Oct. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1923

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1897-98.

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing the Revenue and Expenditure to the Termination of the Four-weekly Period ending 18th September, 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 .. 8 174 18 1 930 17 2 259 18 8 1,626 14 6 174·76 252 2 2 440 11 5
Whangarei .. 18 730 6 10 4,353 8 11 936 5 9 4,620 3 7 106·13 524 0 6 556 2 8
Kaihu .. 17 857 7 5 6,278 9 10 413 2 2 2,517 0 2 40·09 800 4 0 320 15 11
Auckland .. 312 10,446 19 6 62,736 11 11 7,508 1 4 44,471 18 10 70·89 437 8 5 310 1 6
Napier-Taranaki .. 332 14,124 9 3 86,220 18 1 12,948 2 10 74,844 9 8 86·81 562 13 9 488 8 10
Wellington .. 113 7,023 16 9 45,800 8 5 4,055 14 10 28,801 2 0 62·88 917 1 4 576 13 9
Total .. .. 800 33,357 17 10 206,320 14 4 26,121 5 7 156,881 8 9 76·04

MIDDLE ISLAND,--
Hurunui-Bluff .. 1,133 48,189 12 1 346,051 3 6 35,503 6 1 216,383 6 1 62·53 661 15 3 413 15 11
Greymouth-Brunner .. 8 1,958 6 3 11,558 19 7 1,129 2 1 6,650 18 8 57·54 3,130 11 2 1,801 5 10
Greymouth-Hokitika .. 24 672 11 10 4,269 9 10 367 2 2 2,423 14 2 56·77 385 8 10 218 16 2
Westport .. 31 3,681 15 1 22,508 4 10 1,761 1 4 9,413 18 3 41·82 1,573 3 1 657 19 3
Nelson .. 23 561 17 10 4,373 11 5 1,030 0 1 4,513 11 5 103·20 412 0 1 425 3 10
Picton .. 21 323 19 2 3,479 7 5 868 14 9 4,332 2 1 124·51 358 19 8 446 19 3
Total .. .. 1,240 55,388 2 3 392,240 16 7 40,659 6 6 243,717 10 8 62·13

Grand total .. 2,040 88,746 0 1 598,561 10 11 66,780 12 1 400,598 19 5 66·93

Corresponding Period Last Year.

NORTH ISLAND,--
Kawakawa .. 8 196 6 4 1,202 0 3 169 11 3 1,303 9 5 108·44 325 10 6 353 0 5
Whangarei .. 15 681 9 5 3,743 19 3 767 5 7 3,234 0 5 86·38 540 15 10 467 2 9
Kaihu .. 17 307 4 0 2,687 5 9 173 2 7 1,354 12 10 50·41 342 9 11 172 13 0
Auckland .. 309 9,280 0 10 55,490 18 8 6,801 0 6 42,110 17 4 75·89 389 1 11 295 5 6
Napier-Taranaki .. 332 12,900 11 5 83,793 10 9 10,025 18 5 60,487 3 6 72·19 546 16 11 394 14 11
Wellington .. 94 5,604 16 6 34,783 10 2 3,935 18 4 23,300 12 8 66·99 801 14 11 537 1 5
Total .. .. 775 28,970 8 6 181,701 4 10 21,872 16 8 131,790 16 2 72·53

MIDDLE ISLAND,--
Hurunui-Bluff .. 1,133 47,868 2 3 311,605 9 8 32,973 0 6 197,453 16 9 63·37 596 3 1 377 15 3
Greymouth-Brunner .. 8 1,927 13 6 11,665 15 0 1,070 8 3 6,433 5 5 55·15 3,159 9 5 1,742 6 10
Greymouth-Hokitika .. 24 663 14 0 4,010 7 8 293 2 2 1,845 15 6 46·02 362 0 11 166 12 8
Westport .. 31 3,139 16 7 20,760 9 8 1,367 11 4 8,865 7 5 42·70 1,451 0 0 619 12 5
Nelson .. 23 624 6 4 4,180 7 1 767 0 5 3,906 0 0 93·44 393 16 0 367 19 1
Picton .. 21 416 2 3 3,292 16 5 571 16 4 3,253 0 1 98·79 339 14 8 335 12 6
Total .. .. 1,240 54,639 14 11 355,515 5 6 37,042 19 0 221,757 5 2 62·38

Grand total .. 2,015 83,610 3 5 537,216 10 4 58,915 15 8 353,548 1 4 65·81

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

Railway Department, 19th October, 1897.