Railway Revenue and Expenditure Statistics




1878

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 83

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1898-99.

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing the Revenue and Expenditure to the Termination of the Four-weekly Period ending 15th October, 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 .. 8 189 13 7 1,123 10 10 157 16 3 1,592 14 3 141·76 260 16 5 369 14 9
Whangarei .. 18 995 6 2 7,002 9 8 475 18 1 3,932 2 5 56·15 722 9 7 405 13 11
Kaihu .. 17 393 15 2 4,739 10 3 406 2 8 2,559 15 2 54·01 517 15 3 279 12 9
Auckland .. 312 11,284 2 4 77,886 5 5 7,689 14 6 55,954 17 5 71·84 463 12 2 383 1 3
Wellington–Napier–New Plymouth .. 451 25,031 14 10 182,377 10 3 19,921 6 2 139,921 5 10 76·72 751 0 0 576 3 5
Total .. 806 37,894 12 1 273,129 6 5 28,650 17 8 203,960 15 1 74·68
MIDDLE ISLAND,—
Hurunui–Bluff .. 1,142 52,774 18 4 405,069 18 0 35,739 8 11 267,066 16 7 65·93 658 14 8 484 6 2
Greymouth–Brunner 8 1,806 16 8 11,902 4 2 999 16 1 7,372 11 4 61·94 2,763 0 3 1,711 9 9
Greymouth–Hokitika 24 752 12 2 5,243 7 11 853 17 5 3,448 7 6 65·77 405 14 9 266 16 9
Westport .. 31 3,649 9 1 28,924 11 11 1,657 18 10 11,519 11 0 39·83 1,732 16 2 690 2 3
Nelson .. 23 757 7 9 5,518 15 9 1,249 7 11 7,960 15 0 144·25 445 12 4 642 15 10
Picton .. 21 518 4 4 4,249 7 7 738 3 0 5,019 3 2 118·12 875 15 11 443 17 5
Total .. 1,249 60,259 8 4 460,908 5 4 40,678 12 2 302,387 4 7 65·61
Grand total .. 2,055 98,154 0 5 734,037 11 9 69,329 9 10 506,347 19 8 68·98

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,— £ s. d. £ 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 4 419 17 10
Whangarei .. 18 898 1 9 5,251 10 8 647 8 0 5,267 11 7 100·31 541 16 6 543 9 7
Kaihu .. 17 953 9 3 7,231 19 1 485 16 1 3,002 16 8 41·52 790 0 11 328 0 9
Auckland .. 312 10,370 17 1 73,107 9 0 5,805 11 7 50,277 10 5 68·77 486 13 3 300 6 0
Wellington–Napier–New Plymouth .. 445 20,427 3 9 152,448 10 3 17,664 13 7 121,310 5 3 79·75 642 2 8 512 2 5
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 8 0 63·12 649 15 8 410 3 3
Greymouth–Brunner 8 1,726 1 2 13,285 0 9 984 17 6 7,635 16 2 57·48 3,084 0 6 1,772 11 11
Greymouth–Hokitika 24 708 1 5 4,977 11 3 456 9 5 2,880 3 7 57·86 385 3 4 222 17 5
Westport .. 31 2,981 10 9 25,489 15 7 1,369 4 6 10,783 2 9 42·30 1,527 0 9 645 19 10
Nelson .. 23 701 12 9 5,075 4 2 675 4 11 5,188 16 4 102·24 409 16 0 418 19 5
Picton .. 21 877 1 9 3,856 9 2 400 14 4 4,732 16 5 122·72 841 0 11 418 10 11
Total .. 1,240 56,860 9 3 449,101 5 10 37,783 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

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

Railway Department, 15th November, 1898.



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15 November 1898
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