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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 49
N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1898–99.
RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing the Revenue and Expenditure to the Termination of the Four-weekly Period ending 28th May, 1898.
| 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 | 158 7 3 | 312 1 4 | 220 6 9 | 423 15 7 | 135·80 | 253 11 1 | 344 6 6 |
| Whangarei .. | 18 | 947 4 10 | 2,227 4 10 | 479 15 2 | 914 12 5 | 41·07 | 804 5 8 | 380 5 7 |
| Kaihu .. | 17 | 807 19 5 | 1,621 19 6 | 383 8 7 | 717 6 8 | 44·23 | 620 3 4 | 274 5 6 |
| Auckland .. | 312 | 10,454 0 1 | 24,296 8 0 | 8,666 4 2 | 16,500 8 7 | 67·91 | 506 3 6 | 343 15 2 |
| Wellington–Napier–New Plymouth .. | 451 | 28,543 12 8 | 62,600 7 6 | 20,275 4 4 | 41,227 3 2 | 65·86 | 902 4 5 | 594 3 8 |
| Total .. | 806 | 40,911 4 3 | 91,058 1 2 | 30,024 19 0 | 59,783 6 5 | 65·65 | ||
| MIDDLE ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| Hurunui–Bluff .. | 1,142 | 64,802 16 10 | 137,232 5 9 | 40,184 11 7 | 78,613 2 6 | 57·29 | 781 1 10 | 447 8 11 |
| Greymouth–Brunner .. | 8 | 1,407 0 11 | 3,547 6 0 | 973 1 0 | 2,189 12 1 | 61·73 | 2,882 3 7 | 1,779 1 1 |
| Greymouth–Hokitika .. | 24 | 756 11 7 | 1,765 7 7 | 450 4 5 | 1,019 17 6 | 57·77 | 478 2 5 | 276 4 4 |
| Westport .. | 31 | 4,508 7 7 | 8,426 12 10 | 1,389 18 8 | 2,865 5 7 | 34·00 | 1,766 17 6 | 600 15 8 |
| Nelson .. | 23 | 695 12 2 | 1,673 5 6 | 1,045 3 10 | 1,930 2 11 | 115·35 | 472 17 8 | 545 9 6 |
| Picton .. | 21 | 642 17 3 | 1,543 0 3 | 758 18 5 | 1,396 15 8 | 90·52 | 477 12 0 | 432 6 9 |
| Total .. | 1,249 | 72,813 6 4 | 154,187 17 11 | 44,801 17 11 | 88,014 16 3 | 57·08 | ||
| Grand total .. | 2,055 | 113,724 10 7 | 245,245 19 1 | 74,826 16 11 | 147,798 2 8 | 60·27 |
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CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
| NORTH ISLAND,— | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kawakawa .. | 8 | 165 18 3 | 334 16 1 | 357 15 4 | 689 8 1 | 205·91 | 272 0 7 | 560 2 10 |
| Whangarei .. | 18 | 787 15 0 | 1,659 1 11 | 748 12 9 | 1,588 12 4 | 95·75 | 599 2 4 | 573 13 4 |
| Kaihu .. | 17 | 1,430 13 2 | 2,959 0 8 | 384 0 6 | 763 14 0 | 25·81 | 1,131 7 11 | 292 0 1 |
| Auckland .. | 309 | 9,810 5 7 | 22,835 3 3 | 7,954 16 6 | 15,035 4 3 | 65·84 | 480 7 0 | 316 5 6 |
| Wellington–Napier–New Plymouth .. | 442 | 22,452 3 2 | 47,679 6 9 | 19,242 6 4 | 37,745 0 7 | 79·16 | 714 1 10 | 565 4 8 |
| Total .. | 794 | 34,596 15 2 | 75,467 8 8 | 28,687 11 5 | 55,821 19 3 | 73·97 | ||
| MIDDLE ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| Hurunui–Bluff .. | 1,133 | 65,103 8 2 | 144,469 10 5 | 32,769 13 9 | 70,869 10 10 | 49·06 | 828 16 4 | 406 11 6 |
| Greymouth–Brunner .. | 8 | 1,804 9 6 | 3,631 11 8 | 964 16 3 | 2,116 12 5 | 58·28 | 2,950 13 3 | 1,719 15 1 |
| Greymouth–Hokitika .. | 24 | 629 10 8 | 1,485 10 7 | 432 6 10 | 867 18 2 | 58·42 | 402 6 7 | 235 1 2 |
| Westport .. | 31 | 3,793 2 6 | 8,353 11 7 | 1,498 6 4 | 3,112 14 3 | 37·26 | 1,751 11 1 | 652 13 4 |
| Nelson .. | 23 | 718 12 1 | 1,762 16 9 | 626 3 1 | 1,312 16 10 | 74·47 | 498 3 10 | 371 0 5 |
| Picton .. | 21 | 668 10 1 | 1,680 2 11 | 616 10 8 | 1,594 19 5 | 94·93 | 520 0 11 | 493 13 7 |
| Total .. | 1,240 | 72,717 13 0 | 161,383 3 11 | 36,907 16 11 | 79,874 11 11 | 49·49 | ||
| Grand total .. | 2,034 | 107,314 8 2 | 236,850 12 7 | 65,595 8 4 | 135,696 11 2 | 57·29 |
A. C. FIFE,
Accountant, New Zealand Railways.
Railway Department, 28th June, 1898.
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