Railway Financial Reports




3084
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 107

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 19th August, 1916.

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,—
Whangarei .. 74 3,305 3 11 19,995 16 11 2,752 18 10 13,189 17 3 65·96 702 11 2 463 8 6
Kaihu .. 20 389 3 1 2,318 10 2 574 5 9 3,040 5 8 131·13 801 8 2 395 4 9
Gisborne .. 44 1,688 7 1 10,103 18 7 1,236 4 9 6,337 10 3 62·72 597 1 1 374 9 9
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,108 173,581 9 8 983,544 8 7 115,822 0 0 576,964 6 10 58·66 2,307 19 21,353 19 9
Total .. 1,246 178,964 3 9 1,015,962 14 3 120,385 9 4 599,532 0 0 59·01
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,404 105,836 6 6 660,549 14 4 86,940 5 5 425,428 10 11 64·41 1,223 4 10 787 16 7
Westland .. 157 13,470 16 8 66,314 18 2 7,680 5 8 38,284 15 10 57·73 1,098 4 2 694 0 4
Westport .. 36 9,711 0 8 43,908 15 11 4,354 19 2 20,815 0 7 47·41 3,171 3 10 1,503 7 4
Nelson .. 61 2,143 10 2 12,932 12 0 1,970 11 6 9,107 12 1 70·42 551 4 6 388 3 10
Picton .. 56 1,984 6 2 10,489 17 0 1,553 3 8 8,038 2 6 76·63 487 0 7 373 4 0
Lake Wakatipu Steamers 381 2 11 2,501 11 1 792 9 0 2,363 12 5 94·49 .. ..
Total .. 1,714 133,527 3 1 796,697 8 6 103,291 14 5 504,037 14 4 63·27
Grand total .. 2,960 312,491 6 10 1,812,660 2 9 223,677 3 9 1,103,569 14 4 60·88

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,—
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Whangarei .. 74 3,386 19 0 17,524 3 8 2,468 19 0 12,615 16 8 71·99 615 14 3 443 5 2
Kaihu .. 20 360 16 5 2,094 3 6 380 18 8 2,083 15 11 99·74 272 4 10 271 10 10
Gisborne .. 44 1,383 19 11 8,928 7 1 1,937 4 5 7,025 17 1 78·69 527 11 8 415 8 3
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,101 162,199 19 4 845,259 18 6 122,429 17 10 595,606 0 0 70·46 1,996 1 5 1,406 10 5
Total .. 1,239 167,331 14 8 873,806 12 9 127,216 14 11 617,336 9 8 70·65
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,404 112,849 8 5 616,563 13 2 88,975 0 3 450,580 7 1 73·08 1,141 15 8 834 8 2
Westland .. 157 13,536 6 2 61,601 18 1 9,150 10 9 38,845 10 6 63·06 1,020 3 2 643 6 0
Westport .. 36 9,846 11 9 42,144 13 2 3,641 12 0 20,921 16 0 49·64 3,043 15 7 1,511 0 5
Nelson .. 61 2,450 10 10 12,570 16 9 1,850 7 0 9,737 11 9 77·46 535 16 1 415 0 11
Picton .. 48 1,654 15 0 9,095 5 6 2,003 5 8 8,924 15 3 98·02 492 19 3 483 8 6
Lake Wakatipu Steamers 400 5 1 2,401 6 8 688 12 9 2,571 6 1 107·08 .. ..
Total .. 1,706 140,737 17 3 744,377 13 4 106,309 8 5 531,581 6 8 71·41
Grand total .. 2,945 308,069 11 11 1,618,184 6 1 233,526 3 4 1,148,917 16 4 71·00

ESTIMATED COST of CONSTRUCTION of RAILWAYS, ROLLING-STOCK, etc., to 31st March, 1916, as furnished by Public Works Department and by Grey mouth and Westport Harbour Boards respectively

Section. Cost of Opened Lines. Cost of Unopened Lines.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Whangarei .. .. .. .. 760,095 0 0 124,909 0 0
Kaihu .. .. .. .. 99,962 0 0 17,194 0 0
Tauranga .. .. .. .. .. 255,719 0 0
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 585,768 0 0 231,245 0 0
North Island Main Lines and Branches .. 15,049,532 0 0 821,396 0 0
South Island Main Lines and Branches .. 14,431,457 0 0 122,625 0 0
Westland .. .. .. .. 2,054,716 0 0 588,288 0 0
Westport .. .. .. .. 592,089 0 0 95,672 0 0
Nelson .. .. .. .. 542,171 0 0 35,189 0 0
Picton .. .. .. .. 672,439 0 0 14,981 0 0
Lake Wakatipu Steamer Service.. 43,708 0 0 ..
In Suspense—
Surveys, North Island .. .. .. .. .. 35,701 0 0
Miscellaneous, North Island .. .. .. .. .. 5,169 0 0
Surveys, South Island .. .. .. .. .. 5,752 0 0
Miscellaneous, South Island .. .. .. .. .. 5,168 0 0
P.W.D. Stock of Permanent-way .. .. .. .. .. 118,190 0 0
W.R.D. Stock of A.O.L. Stores .. .. .. .. 25,945 0 0 ..
Totals .. .. .. .. £34,857,882 0 0 £2,477,198 0 0

Railway Department, 18th September, 1916.

J. MACDONALD,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.



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🚂 New Zealand Railways Traffic Returns for August 1916 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railways, Traffic, Passengers, Revenue, Goods, Tons, South Island, Westland, Westport, Nelson

🚂 Railway Working Account for August 1916

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railways, Revenue, Expenditure, North Island, South Island, Whangarei, Kaihu, Gisborne, Westland, Westport, Nelson, Picton, Lake Wakatipu Steamers

🚂 Estimated Cost of Construction of Railways to March 1916

🚂 Transport & Communications
18 September 1916
Railways, Construction Costs, Opened Lines, Unopened Lines, Whangarei, Kaihu, Tauranga, Gisborne, Westland, Westport, Nelson, Picton, Lake Wakatipu Steamer Service
  • J. Macdonald, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways