Railway Financial Statistics




July 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1213

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1898-99.

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing the Revenue and Expenditure to the Termination of the Four-weekly Period ending 25th June, 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 .. 8 191 4 3 503 5 7 229 10 11 653 6 6 129·81 272 12 2 853 17 8
Whangarei .. 18 958 17 1 3,196 1 11 646 1 1 1,560 13 6 48·99 767 0 5 375 14 4
Kaihu .. 17 816 8 2 2,438 7 8 354 2 1 1,071 8 9 43·94 621 11 0 273 2 3
Auckland .. 312 10,641 17 3 34,988 5 3 7,247 4 4 23,747 12 11 67·97 485 5 1 329 16 7
Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth .. 451 24,412 11 0 87,012 18 6 20,451 1 10 61,678 5 0 70·88 836 0 10 592 12 5
Total .. 806 37,020 17 9 128,078 18 11 28,928 0 3 88,711 6 8 69·26
MIDDLE ISLAND,--
Hurunui-Bluff .. 1,142 60,856 19 0 198,089 4 9 39,475 11 6 118,088 14 0 59·61 751 13 0 448 1 9
Greymouth-Brunner .. 8 1,329 0 5 4,876 6 5 1,113 18 10 3,303 10 11 67·75 2,641 6 9 1,789 8 5
Greymouth-Hokitika .. 24 664 9 6 2,429 17 1 617 18 3 1,637 15 9 67·40 438 14 6 295 14 3
Westport .. 31 4,539 0 9 12,965 13 7 1,683 19 8 4,549 5 3 35·09 1,812 8 1 635 18 4
Nelson .. 23 845 10 6 2,518 16 0 1,492 1 6 3,422 4 5 135·87 474 11 1 644 15 4
Picton .. 21 610 1 5 2,153 1 8 610 5 4 2,007 1 0 93·22 444 5 9 414 3 1
Total .. 1,249 68,845 1 7 223,032 19 6 44,993 15 1 133,008 11 4 59·64
Grand total .. 2,055 105,865 19 4 351,111 18 5 73,921 15 4 221,719 18 0 63·15

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,--
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Kawakawa .. 8 143 5 8 478 1 9 223 18 9 913 6 10 191·04 258 19 3 494 14 6
Whangarei .. 18 640 3 4 2,299 5 3 713 9 10 2,302 2 2 100·12 553 10 6 554 4 3
Kaihu .. 17 913 3 0 3,872 3 8 525 7 0 1,289 1 0 33·29 987 0 6 328 11 7
Auckland .. 312 9,912 9 11 32,747 13 2 7,673 2 3 22,708 6 6 69·34 458 10 0 317 18 10
Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth .. 442 21,845 10 3 69,524 17 0 15,787 2 5 53,532 3 0 77·00 689 18 10 531 4 8
Total .. 797 33,454 12 2 108,922 0 10 24,923 0 3 80,744 19 6 74·13
MIDDLE ISLAND,--
Hurunui-Bluff .. 1,133 55,560 9 10 200,049 14 3 36,221 9 5 107,091 0 3 53·53 765 2 5 409 11 9
Greymouth-Brunner .. 8 2,052 16 8 5,684 8 4 1,033 7 4 3,149 19 9 55·41 3,079 1 2 1,706 4 10
Greymouth-Hokitika .. 24 762 4 0 2,247 14 7 439 2 10 1,307 1 0 58·15 405 16 10 235 19 11
Westport .. 31 3,321 1 6 11,674 13 1 1,443 8 4 4,556 2 7 39·03 1,631 18 10 636 17 7
Nelson .. 23 769 1 0 2,531 17 9 557 9 5 1,870 6 8 73·87 477 0 5 352 7 6
Picton .. 21 564 15 10 2,244 18 9 506 12 11 2,101 12 4 93·62 463 4 10 433 13 4
Total .. 1,240 63,050 2 10 224,433 6 9 40,201 10 3 120,076 2 2 53·50
Grand total .. 2,037 96,504 15 0 333,355 7 7 65,124 10 6 200,821 1 8 60·24

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

Railway Department, 26th July, 1898.



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🚂 Railway Working Account showing Revenue and Expenditure for Four Weeks Ending 25 June 1898

🚂 Transport & Communications
26 July 1898
Railways, Revenue, Expenditure, Financial Account, Statistics, North Island, South Island, 1898
  • A. C. Fife, Accountant, New Zealand Railways