✨ Railway Financial Statistics
Jan. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 97
N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1898-99.
RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing the Revenue and Expenditure to the Termination of the Four-weekly Period ending 10th December, 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 | 256 7 11 | 1,553 14 1 | 179 5 11 | 1,924 3 7 | 123·84 | 280 10 7 | 347 8 5 |
| Whangarei .. | 18 | 928 10 2 | 8,920 7 10 | 489 18 9 | 4,978 5 3 | 55·81 | 715 16 8 | 399 9 10 |
| Kaihu .. | 17 | 485 11 7 | 5,627 9 3 | 383 11 1 | 3,247 7 4 | 57·71 | 478 3 0 | 275 18 5 |
| Auckland .. | 312 | 12,879 0 1 | 102,401 6 8 | 7,874 9 6 | 72,050 19 5 | 70·36 | 474 1 7 | 333 11 4 |
| Wellington—Napier—New Plymouth .. | 451 | 33,879 12 7 | 243,457 17 2 | 18,210 0 8 | 176,239 18 11 | 72·39 | 779 14 9 | 564 9 1 |
| Total .. | 806 | 48,429 2 4 | 361,960 15 0 | 27,137 5 11 | 258,440 14 6 | 71·40 | ||
| MIDDLE ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| Hurunui—Bluff .. | 1,154 | 59,557 9 4 | 519,264 1 4 | 35,406 11 8 | 338,059 12 5 | 65·10 | 656 11 10 | 427 9 4 |
| Greymouth—Brunner | 8 | 2,162 11 1 | 15,973 0 2 | 1,174 12 3 | 9,467 8 5 | 59·27 | 2,884 0 4 | 1,709 7 11 |
| Greymouth—Hokitika | 24 | 881 5 9 | 6,898 7 11 | 495 0 0 | 4,230 17 7 | 61·33 | 415 3 8 | 254 12 9 |
| Westport .. | 31 | 4,049 16 9 | 36,538 12 2 | 1,532 0 5 | 14,634 16 0 | 40·05 | 1,702 10 4 | 681 18 2 |
| Nelson .. | 23 | 854 11 6 | 7,075 16 7 | 1,221 12 3 | 10,434 18 2 | 147·47 | 444 7 6 | 655 6 8 |
| Picton .. | 21 | 639 13 7 | 5,561 11 0 | 603 8 3 | 6,713 5 1 | 120·71 | 382 10 10 | 461 15 2 |
| Total .. | 1,261 | 68,145 8 0 | 591,311 9 2 | 40,433 4 10 | 383,540 17 8 | 64·86 | ||
| Grand total .. | 2,067 | 116,574 10 4 | 953,272 4 2 | 67,570 10 9 | 641,981 12 2 | 67·34 |
CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
| NORTH ISLAND,— | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | |||
| Kawakawa .. | 8 | 211 11 11 | 1,505 15 8 | 203 3 3 | 2,202 10 10 | 146·27 | 271 17 7 | 897 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 |
| Wellington—Napier—New Plymouth .. | 445 | 33,387 18 4 | 210,897 9 3 | 18,855 15 2 | 158,860 2 0 | 75·33 | 689 10 2 | 519 7 7 |
| 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 | 1,825 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 |
A. C. FIFE,
Accountant, New Zealand Railways.
Railway Department, 10th January, 1899.
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