Railway Financial Statistics




SEPT. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1825

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1899–1900.

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing the Revenue and Expenditure to the Termination of the Four-weekly Period ending 19th August, 1899.

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 .. 8 116 2 10 582 6 2 120 1 0 728 5 11 125·07 189 5 0 236 13 11
Whangarei .. 21 970 9 1 4,718 11 10 579 19 9 3,175 6 1 67·29 584 4 2 393 2 8
Kaihu .. 17 363 15 6 2,390 14 6 418 16 5 1,727 2 1 72·24 365 12 10 264 2 11
Auckland .. 327 11,138 9 5 58,504 19 8 8,170 11 0 41,274 10 0 70·55 465 3 6 328 3 6
Wellington–Napier–New Plymouth .. 451 24,566 7 1 138,617 4 9 21,830 9 1 107,717 14 7 77·71 799 2 6 620 19 9
Total .. 824 37,155 3 11 204,813 16 11 31,119 17 3 154,622 18 8 75·49
MIDDLE ISLAND,—
Hurunui–Bluff .. 1,173 57,425 13 10 343,622 12 11 39,159 4 4 203,470 7 2 59·21 770 0 5 455 19 1
Greymouth–Brunner 8 2,238 17 4 10,993 2 7 832 15 4 4,541 1 1 41·31 3,572 15 5 1,475 16 10
Greymouth–Hokitika 24 752 18 9 3,984 18 6 472 14 8 2,312 15 10 58·04 431 14 0 250 11 0
Westport .. 31 4,925 15 0 22,317 1 5 1,576 2 9 8,649 13 1 38·76 1,871 15 1 725 9 1
Nelson .. 23 616 18 8 4,265 2 2 916 10 8 5,376 16 8 126·07 482 2 10 607 16 4
Picton .. 21 726 6 11 4,348 19 8 794 8 3 3,378 6 0 77·68 538 8 11 418 5 4
Total .. 1,280 66,686 10 6 389,531 17 3 43,751 16 0 227,728 19 10 58·46
Grand total .. 2,104 103,841 14 5 594,345 14 2 74,871 13 3 382,351 18 6 64·33

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Kawakawa .. 8 101 15 9 794 6 3 265 2 4 1,214 16 2 152·94 258 3 0 394 16 3
Whangarei .. 18 807 11 10 4,910 5 0 800 4 7 3,017 15 6 61·46 709 5 2 435 18 0
Kaihu .. 17 656 8 2 3,817 3 2 363 2 4 1,845 8 1 48·34 583 16 0 282 4 9
Auckland .. 312 10,058 13 3 55,446 11 9 7,997 13 5 40,007 10 9 72·16 462 1 1 333 7 11
Wellington–Napier–New Plymouth .. 451 21,297 4 7 133,310 2 6 19,695 12 2 99,842 18 9 74·90 768 10 7 575 11 10
Total .. 806 32,921 13 7 198,278 8 8 29,121 14 10 145,928 9 3 73·60
MIDDLE ISLAND,—
Hurunui–Bluff .. 1,142 52,065 2 0 301,231 18 5 38,973 17 3 194,465 7 3 64·56 685 16 4 442 14 10
Greymouth–Brunner 8 1,931 3 0 8,158 15 9 998 7 4 5,591 17 4 68·54 2,651 12 2 1,817 7 2
Greymouth–Hokitika 24 643 9 1 3,780 2 2 528 7 0 2,586 17 10 68·43 409 10 3 280 4 11
Westport 31 3,953 12 5 21,269 3 3 1,592 16 6 7,882 10 6 37·06 1,783 17 4 661 2 4
Nelson .. 23 780 7 0 4,080 7 10 1,387 1 6 5,691 19 8 139·50 461 5 3 643 8 10
Picton .. 21 545 6 11 3,181 7 11 651 10 6 3,610 17 6 113·50 393 17 9 447 1 2
Total .. 1,249 59,919 0 5 341,701 15 4 44,132 0 1 219,829 10 1 64·33
Grand total .. 2,055 92,840 14 0 539,980 4 0 73,253 14 11 365,757 19 4 67·73

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

Railway Department, 19th September, 1899.



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🚂 Railway Working Account showing Revenue and Expenditure for Four-weekly Period ending 19 August 1899

🚂 Transport & Communications
19 September 1899
Railways, Revenue, Expenditure, Statistics, North Island, Middle Island, Financial Report
  • A. C. Fife, Accountant, New Zealand Railways