✨ Railway Financial Data
July 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1413
N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1897–98.
RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing the Revenue and Expenditure to the Termination of the Four-weekly Period ending 26th June, 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 | 143 5 8 | 478 1 9 | 223 18 9 | 913 6 10 | 191·04 | 258 19 3 | 494 14 6 |
| Whangarei .. | 18 | 640 3 4 | 2,299 5 3 | 713 9 10 | 2,302 2 2 | 100·12 | 553 10 6 | 554 4 3 |
| Kaihu .. | 17 | 913 3 0 | 3,872 3 8 | 525 7 0 | 1,289 1 0 | 33·29 | 987 0 6 | 328 11 7 |
| Auckland .. | 312 | 9,912 9 11 | 32,747 13 2 | 7,673 2 3 | 22,708 6 6 | 69·34 | 458 10 0 | 317 18 10 |
| Napier–Taranaki .. | 332 | 14,810 14 1 | 45,085 19 6 | 11,425 4 2 | 39,073 13 10 | 86·66 | 588 9 5 | 509 19 11 |
| Wellington .. | 110 | 7,034 16 2 | 24,438 17 6 | 4,361 18 3 | 14,458 9 2 | 59·16 | 1,011 16 0 | 598 12 0 |
| Total .. | 797 | 33,454 12 2 | 108,922 0 10 | 24,923 0 3 | 80,744 19 6 | 74·13 | ||
| MIDDLE ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| Hurunui–Bluff .. | 1,133 | 55,530 3 10 | 200,049 14 3 | 36,221 9 5 | 107,091 0 3 | 53·53 | 765 2 5 | 409 11 9 |
| Greymouth–Brunner | 8 | 2,052 16 8 | 5,684 8 4 | 1,033 7 4 | 3,149 19 9 | 55·41 | 3,079 1 2 | 1,706 4 10 |
| Greymouth–Hokitika | 24 | 762 4 0 | 2,247 14 7 | 439 2 10 | 1,307 1 0 | 58·15 | 405 16 10 | 235 19 11 |
| Westport .. | 31 | 3,321 1 6 | 11,674 13 1 | 1,443 8 4 | 4,556 2 7 | 39·03 | 1,631 18 10 | 636 17 7 |
| Nelson .. | 23 | 769 1 0 | 2,531 17 9 | 557 9 5 | 1,870 6 3 | 73·87 | 477 0 5 | 352 7 6 |
| Picton .. | 21 | 564 15 10 | 2,244 18 9 | 506 12 11 | 2,101 12 4 | 93·62 | 463 4 10 | 433 13 4 |
| Total .. | 1,240 | 63,050 2 10 | 224,433 6 9 | 40,201 10 3 | 120,076 2 2 | 53·50 | ||
| Grand total .. | 2,037 | 96,504 15 0 | 333,355 7 7 | 65,124 10 6 | 200,821 1 8 | 60·24 |
CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
| 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 | 216 1 3 | 611 9 6 | 248 4 5 | 690 8 0 | 112·91 | 331 4 4 | 373 19 4 |
| Whangarei .. | 15 | 706 4 3 | 1,939 9 10 | 388 0 3 | 1,264 14 3 | 65·21 | 560 5 11 | 365 7 3 |
| Kaihu .. | 17 | 541 2 10 | 1,620 6 0 | 307 8 9 | 830 1 8 | 51·23 | 413 0 4 | 211 11 9 |
| Auckland .. | 309 | 9,087 7 5 | 28,389 4 2 | 7,110 6 2 | 20,744 17 6 | 73·07 | 398 2 5 | 290 18 5 |
| Napier–Taranaki .. | 332 | 14,490 15 5 | 44,678 7 4 | 9,403 5 2 | 29,767 19 2 | 66·63 | 583 3 0 | 388 10 9 |
| Wellington .. | 94 | 6,006 18 0 | 18,270 7 11 | 4,040 17 1 | 11,307 10 2 | 61·89 | 842 5 0 | 521 5 4 |
| Total .. | 775 | 31,048 9 2 | 95,509 4 9 | 21,498 1 10 | 64,605 10 9 | 67·64 | ||
| MIDDLE ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| Hurunui–Bluff .. | 1,132 | 53,831 6 8 | 173,519 6 8 | 33,641 10 6 | 97,452 0 10 | 56·16 | 664 4 9 | 373 1 0 |
| Greymouth–Brunner | 8 | 2,034 7 8 | 5,727 6 10 | 1,044 4 2 | 2,988 3 5 | 52·17 | 3,102 6 2 | 1,618 11 10 |
| Greymouth–Hokitika | 24 | 724 4 2 | 1,984 4 1 | 230 18 4 | 941 2 0 | 47·43 | 358 5 2 | 169 18 5 |
| Westport .. | 31 | 3,503 3 1 | 10,425 12 1 | 1,393 12 3 | 3,648 12 11 | 35·00 | 1,457 6 10 | 510 0 6 |
| Nelson .. | 23 | 809 1 0 | 2,472 3 10 | 637 19 7 | 1,892 8 1 | 76·55 | 465 15 6 | 356 10 9 |
| Picton .. | 21 | 592 15 6 | 1,888 11 6 | 501 3 2 | 1,618 2 6 | 85·68 | 389 14 1 | 333 18 0 |
| Total .. | 1,239 | 61,494 18 1 | 196,017 5 0 | 37,449 8 0 | 108,540 9 9 | 55·37 | ||
| Grand total .. | 2,014 | 92,543 7 3 | 291,526 9 9 | 58,947 9 10 | 173,146 0 6 | 59·39 |
A. C. FIFE,
Accountant, New Zealand Railways.
Railway Department, 27th July, 1897.
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