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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1897-98.
RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing the Revenue and Expenditure to the Termination of the Four-weekly Period ending 16th October, 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. | ||
| NORTH ISLAND,- | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | ||
| Kawakawa | 8 | 176 1 4 | 1,106 18 6 | 182 0 10 | 1,808 15 4 | 163-40 | 256 19 4 |
| Whangarei | 18 | 898 1 9 | 5,251 10 8 | 647 8 0 | 5,267 11 7 | 100-31 | 541 16 6 |
| Kaihu | 17 | 953 9 3 | 7,231 19 1 | 485 16 1 | 3,002 16 3 | 41-52 | 790 0 11 |
| Auckland | 312 | 10,370 17 1 | 73,107 9 0 | 5,805 11 7 | 50,277 10 5 | 68-77 | 436 13 3 |
| Napier-Taranaki | 332 | 14,608 6 1 | 100,829 4 2 | 13,053 7 0 | 87,897 16 8 | 87-17 | 564 0 4 |
| Wellington | 113 | 5,818 17 8 | 51,619 6 1 | 4,611 6 7 | 33,412 8 7 | 64-73 | 880 7 1 |
| Total .. | 800 | 32,825 13 2 | 239,146 7 6 | 24,785 10 1 | 181,666 18 10 | 75-96 | |
| MIDDLE ISLAND,- | |||||||
| Hurunui-Bluff | 1,133 | 50,366 1 5 | 396,417 4 11 | 33,846 16 11 | 250,230 3 0 | 63-12 | 649 15 8 |
| Greymouth-Brunner | 8 | 1,726 1 2 | 13,285 0 9 | 984 17 6 | 7,635 16 2 | 57-48 | 3,084 0 6 |
| Greymouth-Hokitika | 24 | 708 1 5 | 4,977 11 3 | 456 9 5 | 2,880 3 7 | 57-86 | 385 3 4 |
| Westport | 31 | 2,981 10 9 | 25,489 15 7 | 1,369 4 6 | 10,783 2 9 | 42-30 | 1,527 0 9 |
| Nelson | 23 | 701 12 9 | 5,075 4 2 | 675 4 11 | 5,188 16 4 | 102-24 | 409 16 0 |
| Picton | 21 | 377 1 9 | 3,856 9 2 | 400 14 4 | 4,732 16 5 | 122-72 | 341 0 11 |
| Total .. | 1,240 | 56,860 9 3 | 449,101 5 10 | 37,733 7 7 | 281,450 18 3 | 62-67 | |
| Grand total | 2,040 | 89,686 2 5 | 688,247 13 4 | 62,518 17 8 | 463,117 17 1 | 67-29 |
CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
| NORTH ISLAND,- | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kawakawa | 8 | 177 6 0 | 1,379 6 3 | 208 2 8 | 1,511 12 1 | 109-59 | 320 3 11 |
| Whangarei | 15 | 595 0 6 | 4,338 19 9 | 646 18 11 | 3,880 19 4 | 89-44 | 537 4 2 |
| Kaihu | 17 | 579 8 5 | 3,266 14 2 | 366 5 0 | 1,720 17 10 | 52-68 | 356 17 4 |
| Auckland | 309 | 10,128 13 4 | 65,619 12 0 | 6,861 16 0 | 48,972 13 4 | 74-63 | 394 7 8 |
| Napier-Taranaki | 332 | 14,202 1 3 | 97,995 12 0 | 10,374 14 2 | 70,861 17 8 | 72-31 | 548 3 4 |
| Wellington | 94 | 5,816 12 8 | 40,600 2 10 | 3,715 17 9 | 27,016 10 5 | 66-54 | 802 2 7 |
| Total .. | 775 | 31,499 2 2 | 213,200 7 0 | 22,173 14 6 | 153,964 10 8 | 72-22 | |
| MIDDLE ISLAND,- | |||||||
| Hurunui-Bluff | 1,133 | 49,352 6 6 | 360,957 16 2 | 31,624 16 8 | 229,078 13 5 | 63-46 | 591 17 8 |
| Greymouth-Brunner | 8 | 1,726 7 1 | 13,392 2 1 | 1,026 11 0 | 7,459 16 5 | 55-70 | 3,108 17 7 |
| Greymouth-Hokitika | 24 | 705 8 1 | 4,715 15 9 | 373 14 9 | 2,219 10 3 | 47-07 | 364 18 3 |
| Westport | 31 | 2,330 2 8 | 23,090 12 4 | 1,237 3 0 | 10,102 10 5 | 43-75 | 1,383 6 2 |
| Nelson | 23 | 560 3 0 | 4,740 10 1 | 767 8 6 | 4,673 8 6 | 98-58 | 382 15 5 |
| Picton | 21 | 469 3 5 | 3,761 19 10 | 619 0 10 | 3,872 0 11 | 102-93 | 332 13 10 |
| Total .. | 1,240 | 55,143 10 9 | 410,658 16 3 | 35,648 14 9 | 257,405 19 11 | 62-68 | |
| Grand total | 2,015 | 86,642 12 11 | 623,859 3 3 | 57,822 9 3 | 411,370 10 7 | 65-94 |
A. C. FIFE,
Accountant, New Zealand Railways.
Railway Department, 16th November, 1897.
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