Railway Financial Accounts




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1897-98.

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing the Revenue and Expenditure to the Termination of the Four-weekly Period ending 29th May, 1897.

Section. Miles open for Traffic. REVENUE. EXPENDITURE. For a Twelve-monthly Period, Average to Date.
Four-weekly. Total to Date. Four-weekly. Total to Date. Per Cent. of Revenue. 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 .. 8 165 18 3 334 16 1 357 15 4 689 8 1 205·91 272 0 7 560 2 10
Whangarei .. 18 737 15 0 1,659 1 11 748 12 9 1,588 12 4 95·75 599 2 4 573 13 4
Kaihu .. 17 1,430 13 2 2,959 0 8 384 0 6 763 14 0 25·81 1,131 7 11 292 0 1
Auckland .. 309 9,810 5 7 22,835 3 3 7,954 16 6 15,035 4 3 65·84 480 7 0 316 5 6
Napier-Taranaki .. 332 14,791 12 10 30,275 5 5 15,010 17 9 27,648 9 8 91·32 592 14 9 541 6 2
Wellington .. 110 7,660 10 4 17,404 1 4 4,231 8 7 10,096 10 11 58·01 1,109 1 8 643 8 2
Total .. 794 84,596 15 2 75,467 8 8 23,687 11 5 55,821 19 3 73·97
MIDDLE ISLAND,—
Hurunui-Bluff .. 1,133 65,103 8 2 144,469 10 5 32,769 13 9 70,869 10 10 49·06 828 16 4 406 11 6
Greymouth-Brunner 8 1,804 9 6 3,631 11 8 964 16 3 2,116 12 5 58·28 2,950 13 3 1,719 15 1
Greymouth-Hokitika 24 629 10 8 1,485 10 7 432 6 10 867 18 2 58·42 402 6 7 235 1 2
Westport .. 31 3,793 2 6 8,353 11 7 1,498 6 4 3,112 14 3 37·26 1,751 11 1 652 13 4
Nelson .. 23 718 12 1 1,762 16 9 626 3 1 1,312 16 10 74·47 498 3 10 371 0 5
Picton .. 21 668 10 1 1,680 2 11 616 10 8 1,594 19 5 94·93 520 0 11 493 13 7
Total .. 1,240 72,717 13 0 161,383 3 11 36,907 16 11 79,874 11 11 49·49
Grand total .. 2,034 107,314 8 2 236,850 12 7 65,595 8 4 135,696 11 2 57·29

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Kawakawa .. 8 207 14 7 395 8 3 193 14 7 442 3 7 111·83 321 5 5 359 5 5
Whangarei .. 15 619 3 4 1,233 5 7 479 3 3 876 14 0 71·09 534 8 5 379 18 1
Kaihu .. 17 422 4 10 1,079 3 2 204 6 3 522 12 11 48·43 412 12 4 199 16 8
Auckland .. 309 9,254 16 6 19,301 16 9 7,416 8 8 13,634 11 4 70·64 406 0 6 286 16 3
Napier-Taranaki .. 332 15,268 19 2 30,187 11 11 11,063 19 5 20,364 14 0 67·46 591 0 5 398 14 1
Wellington .. 94 5,926 12 2 12,263 9 11 3,823 15 0 7,266 13 1 59·25 848 0 2 502 9 7
Total .. 775 31,699 10 7 64,460 15 7 23,181 7 2 43,107 8 11 66·87
MIDDLE ISLAND,—
Hurunui-Bluff .. 1,132 60,146 8 5 119,688 0 0 33,599 7 4 63,810 10 4 53·31 687 5 1 366 8 1
Greymouth-Brunner 8 2,121 7 3 3,692 19 2 1,174 16 11 1,943 19 3 52·64 3,000 10 7 1,579 9 4
Greymouth-Hokitika 24 615 16 3 1,259 19 11 454 16 5 710 3 8 56·36 341 5 0 192 6 10
Westport 31 3,890 16 5 6,922 9 0 1,159 10 8 2,255 0 8 32·58 1,451 9 8 472 16 7
Nelson .. 23 801 10 11 1,663 2 10 709 0 3 1,254 8 6 75·43 470 0 4 354 10 3
Picton .. 21 663 2 5 1,295 16 0 621 13 4 1,116 19 4 86·20 401 1 8 345 14 7
Total .. 1,239 68,239 1 8 134,522 6 11 37,719 4 11 71,091 1 9 52·85
Grand total .. 2,014 99,938 12 3 198,983 2 6 60,900 12 1 114,198 10 8 57·39

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

Railway Department, 29th June, 1897.



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29 June 1897
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  • A. C. Fife, Accountant, New Zealand Railways