New Zealand Gazette – 1898 – No. 3

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✨ Railway Financial Report

Jan. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 73

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1897–98.

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing the Revenue and Expenditure to the Termination of the Four-weekly Period ending 11th December, 1897.

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	211 11 11	1,505 15 8	203 3 3	2,202 10 10	146·27	271 17 7	397 13 7
Whangarei ..	18	1,342 18 2	7,557 11 3	499 1 9	6,448 7 10	85·32	606 9 5	517 9 3
Kaihu ..	17	727 11 1	8,591 16 0	316 13 5	3,795 19 9	44·18	730 0 5	322 10 8
Auckland ..	312	12,056 7 2	96,462 4 1	7,118 5 9	64,608 2 3	66·98	447 15 7	299 18 3
Napier–Taranaki ..	332	21,333 18 0	138,592 14 1	13,071 14 3	114,920 12 5	82·92	602 19 8	499 19 9
Wellington ..	113	12,054 0 4	72,304 15 2	5,784 0 11	43,939 9 7	60·77	951 2 9	578 0 1
Total ..	800	47,726 6 8	325,014 16 3	26,992 19 4	235,915 2 8	72·59

MIDDLE ISLAND,—
Hurunui–Bluff ..	1,142	54,683 4 0	502,865 1 9	34,942 8 6	319,564 17 1	63·55	639 19 4	406 13 10
Greymouth–Brunner ..	8	2,005 16 10	16,955 4 8	467 8 0	8,553 1 11	50·45	3,061 7 3	1,544 6 2
Greymouth–Hokitika ..	24	728 12 1	6,346 16 7	735 7 11	3,977 10 9	62·67	381 19 8	239 7 9
Westport ..	31	3,363 3 9	31,813 4 11	1,325 14 6	13,525 0 7	42·51	1,482 6 9	630 4 0
Nelson ..	23	818 15 1	6,514 0 2	719 5 1	6,462 1 3	99·20	409 1 10	405 16 7
Picton ..	21	578 19 1	4,809 16 2	463 18 11	5,800 9 3	120·60	330 16 8	398 19 6
Total ..	1,249	62,178 10 10	569,304 4 3	38,654 2 11	357,883 0 10	62·86
Grand total ..	2,049	109,904 17 6	894,319 0 6	65,647 2 3	593,798 3 6	66·40

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CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Kawakawa ..	8	203 10 10	1,779 12 5	219 8 11	1,909 19 10	107·33	321 6 5	344 17 2
Whangarei ..	18	784 15 9	5,787 19 2	960 2 1	5,639 12 4	97·44	545 4 10	531 5 4
Kaihu ..	17	1,308 7 7	5,616 1 1	326 7 4	2,376 3 3	42·31	477 3 7	201 17 11
Auckland ..	309	11,432 3 7	87,393 2 4	6,534 9 6	62,280 11 7	71·27	408 10 6	291 2 8
Napier–Taranaki ..	332	17,446 17 5	130,578 10 1	11,234 0 6	92,186 1 9	70·60	568 2 3	401 1 6
Wellington ..	94	9,177 16 5	56,079 12 1	3,868 17 3	34,773 8 1	62·01	861 14 10	534 6 10
Total ..	778	40,353 11 7	287,234 17 2	23,143 5 7	199,165 16 10	69·34

MIDDLE ISLAND,—
Hurunui–Bluff ..	1,133	56,901 16 0	468,849 14 8	30,567 14 8	291,232 15 7	62·12	597 18 1	371 7 11
Greymouth–Brunner ..	8	1,913 10 0	17,120 12 0	1,111 9 8	9,633 19 8	56·27	3,091 4 4	1,739 9 4
Greymouth–Hokitika ..	24	617 10 5	6,024 4 4	473 7 3	3,005 19 3	49·90	362 11 4	180 18 3
Westport ..	31	3,106 14 7	29,341 16 3	1,479 11 9	12,982 19 2	44·25	1,367 3 7	604 18 10
Nelson ..	23	897 5 10	6,223 19 9	810 8 10	5,966 18 6	95·87	390 17 7	374 14 8
Picton ..	21	433 9 8	4,549 8 2	534 11 4	4,876 15 7	107·20	312 18 5	335 8 9
Total ..	1,240	63,870 6 6	532,109 15 2	34,977 3 6	327,699 7 9	61·58
Grand total ..	2,018	104,223 18 1	819,344 12 4	58,120 9 1	526,865 4 7	64·30

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

Railway Department, 11th January, 1898.

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