Railway Financial Report




Dec. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2041

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1896-97.

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing the Revenue and Expenditure to the Termination of the Four-weekly Period ending 7th November, 1896.

Section. Miles open for Traffic. REVENUE. EXPENDITURE. Per Cent. of Revenue. FOR A TWELVE-MONTHLY PERIOD, AVERAGE TO DATE.
Four-weekly. Total to Date. Four-weekly. Total to Date. Revenue per Mile of Railway. Expenditure per Mile of Railway.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
NORTH ISLAND,—
Kawakawa .. 8 196 15 4 1,576 1 7 178 18 10 1,690 10 11 107·26 320 2 10 343 7 10
Whangarei .. 15 664 3 8 5,003 3 5 798 10 11 4,679 10 3 93·53 542 0 2 506 18 11
Kaihu .. 17 1,040 19 4 4,307 13 6 328 18 1 2,049 15 11 47·58 411 15 3 195 18 9
Auckland .. 309 10,341 6 9 75,960 18 9 6,773 8 9 55,746 2 1 73·39 399 9 5 293 3 3
Napier-Taranaki .. 332 15,136 0 8 113,131 12 8 10,090 3 7 80,952 1 3 71·56 553 14 7 396 4 6
Wellington .. 94 6,301 12 10 46,901 15 8 3,888 0 5 30,904 10 10 65·89 810 16 0 534 5 1
Total .. 775 33,680 18 7 246,881 5 7 22,058 0 7 176,022 11 3 71·30
MIDDLE ISLAND,—
Hurunui-Bluff .. 1,133 50,990 2 6 411,947 18 8 31,586 7 6 260,665 0 11 63·28 591 0 7 373 19 7
Greymouth-Brunner 8 1,814 19 11 15,207 2 0 1,062 13 7 8,522 10 0 56·04 3,088 18 10 1,731 2 8
Greymouth-Hokitika 24 690 18 2 5,406 13 11 313 1 9 2,532 12 0 46·84 366 1 7 171 9 7
Westport .. 31 3,144 9 4 26,235 1 8 1,400 17 0 11,503 7 5 43·85 1,375 4 6 603 0 0
Nelson .. 23 586 3 10 5,326 13 11 483 1 2 5,156 9 8 96·80 376 6 10 364 6 4
Picton .. 21 353 18 8 4,115 18 6 470 3 4 4,342 4 3 105·50 318 9 10 336 0 1
Total .. 1,240 57,580 12 5 468,239 8 8 35,316 4 4 292,722 4 3 62·52
Grand total .. 2,015 91,261 11 0 715,120 14 3 57,374 4 11 468,744 15 6 65·55

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Kawakawa .. 8 165 9 10 1,428 2 6 107 13 5 1,141 10 11 79·93 290 1 9 231 17 6
Whangarei .. 15 544 0 4 3,917 2 1 494 13 1 3,277 15 8 83·68 424 7 1 355 1 11
Kaihu .. 17 260 8 11 2,631 9 9 207 14 6 1,692 10 8 64·32 251 10 10 161 15 9
Auckland .. 296 9,538 18 10 73,021 13 1 7,221 12 4 54,064 2 3 74·04 400 17 7 296 16 1
Napier-Taranaki .. 832 15,958 3 8 112,282 19 1 9,331 13 1 79,028 19 10 71·28 549 11 7 386 16 4
Wellington .. 92 5,332 12 9 43,119 0 7 3,848 6 3 30,587 15 9 70·94 761 12 4 540 5 6
Total .. 760 31,799 14 4 236,400 7 1 21,211 12 8 169,792 15 1 71·82
MIDDLE ISLAND,—
Hurunui-Bluff .. 1,126 49,540 14 2 376,364 12 6 31,359 6 1 254,209 9 0 67·54 543 3 1 366 17 4
Greymouth-Brunner 8 1,678 10 11 13,734 8 5 804 5 11 6,843 0 5 49·82 2,789 16 1 1,389 19 9
Greymouth-Hokitika 24 681 18 4 5,014 17 3 318 17 11 2,460 6 7 49·06 339 11 0 166 11 8
Westport .. 31 2,611 4 4 20,999 15 8 1,140 19 2 9,066 13 5 43·18 1,100 15 11 475 5 5
Nelson .. 23 690 10 0 5,112 13 11 566 18 4 4,954 10 3 96·91 361 4 6 350 1 0
Picton .. 21 431 13 3 3,944 4 9 500 9 8 4,461 16 8 113·12 305 4 2 345 5 3
Total .. 1,233 55,634 11 0 425,170 12 6 34,690 17 1 281,995 16 4 66·33
Grand total .. 1,993 87,434 5 4 661,570 19 7 55,902 9 9 451,788 11 5 68·29

Railway Department, 8th December, 1896.

A. C. FIFE,
Accountant, New Zealand Railways.

H. J. H. BLOW,
Under-Secretary, Railways.



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🚂 New Zealand Railways Traffic Returns for four weeks ending 7th November 1896 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
8 December 1896
Railways, Traffic Returns, Revenue, Expenditure, Financial Report
  • A. C. Fife, Accountant, New Zealand Railways
  • H. J. H. Blow, Under-Secretary, Railways