New Zealand Gazette – 1898 – No. 33

Page 787

✨ Railway Financial Statistics



MAY 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 787

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1897–98.

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing the Revenue and Expenditure to the Termination of the Period ending 31st March, 1898.

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 .. 8 190 17 10 2,322 15 5 142 1 0 2,959 19 11 127·43 290 6 11 370 0 0
Whangarei .. 18 1,152 0 5 12,522 5 7 491 15 11 8,538 2 7 68·18 695 13 8 474 6 10
Kaihu .. 17 811 7 4 11,737 9 10 309 19 10 5,252 19 8 44·75 690 8 10 309 0 0
Auckland .. 312 12,247 8 7 148,117 0 2 5,427 4 5 91,292 13 0 61·64 475 12 3 293 2 11
Wellington–Napier–New Plymouth .. 451 28,087 11 11 342,699 7 8 19,463 7 4 234,984 13 7 68·57 770 14 10 528 9 9
Total .. 806 42,489 6 1 517,398 18 8 25,834 8 6 343,028 8 9 66·30
MIDDLE ISLAND,—
Hurunui–Bluff .. 1,142 62,398 18 8 760,021 10 1 33,767 4 1 458,187 8 8 60·29 668 7 1 402 18 6
Greymouth–Brunner 8 1,944 10 11 25,049 0 7 1,176 15 1 12,904 18 7 51·52 3,131 2 7 1,613 2 4
Greymouth–Hokitika 24 746 18 8 9,826 3 10 454 16 0 6,139 11 1 62·48 409 8 6 255 16 4
Westport .. 31 3,662 1 1 45,655 17 6 1,435 11 8 18,922 13 2 41·45 1,472 15 5 610 8 2
Nelson .. 23 887 6 5 10,097 5 11 704 7 6 9,304 17 11 92·15 439 0 3 404 11 3
Picton .. 21 1,009 13 8 7,958 18 3 771 10 9 8,703 0 3 109·35 378 19 11 414 8 7
Total .. 1,249 70,649 9 5 858,608 16 2 38,310 5 1 514,162 9 8 59·88
Grand total .. 2,055 113,138 15 6 1,376,007 14 10 64,144 13 7 857,190 18 5 62·30

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Kawakawa .. 8 208 12 8 2,547 7 10 280 6 3 2,830 5 10 111·11 318 8 6 353 15 9
Whangarei .. 18 1,041 0 11 9,442 10 4 835 18 0 8,138 18 8 86·19 584 10 9 503 16 9
Kaihu .. 17 1,249 5 8 9,696 0 7 572 3 11 4,220 3 11 43·52 570 7 1 248 4 11
Auckland .. 309 13,435 13 10 138,726 19 4 8,754 0 4 88,931 8 4 64·11 448 19 1 287 16 1
Wellington–Napier–New Plymouth .. 426 29,246 19 6 304,145 14 10 26,659 7 7 197,654 15 6 64·99 713 19 2 463 19 7
Total .. 778 45,231 12 7 464,558 12 11 37,102 16 1 301,775 12 3 64·96
MIDDLE ISLAND,—
Hurunui–Bluff .. 1,133 70,086 13 10 728,678 3 5 41,195 16 9 431,918 .7 11 59·27 643 5 5 381 5 10
Greymouth–Brunner 8 2,091 15 1 24,796 11 3 1,840 15 1 14,698 0 0 59·27 3,099 11 5 1,837 5 0
Greymouth–Hokitika 24 814 3 3 9,141 5 8 506 18 7 4,785 2 5 52·35 380 17 9 199 7 7
Westport 31 3,827 12 10 42,559 2 10 1,493 19 1 19,245 12 5 45·22 1,372 17 6 620 16 6
Nelson .. 23 963 12 8 9,611 10 5 1,320 18 10 9,189 19 5 95·61 417 17 10 399 11 3
Picton .. 21 683 14 11 6,812 17 11 876 9 8 7,441 9 11 109·23 324 8 5 354 7 2
Total .. 1,240 78,467 12 7 821,599 11 6 47,234 18 0 487,278 12 1 59·31
Grand total .. 2,018 123,699 5 2 1,286,158 4 5 84,337 14 1 789,054 4 4 61·35

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

Railway Department, 3rd May, 1898.



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🚂 Railway Working Account, showing revenue and expenditure to 31st March 1898

🚂 Transport & Communications
3 May 1898
Railway working account, Revenue, Expenditure, Financial statistics, North Island, Middle Island, Kawakawa, Whangarei, Kaihu, Auckland, Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth, Hurunui-Bluff, Greymouth-Brunner, Greymouth-Hokitika, Westport, Nelson, Picton, March 1898
  • A. C. Fife, Accountant, New Zealand Railways