✨ Railway Financial Reports
Nov. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3591
RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 14th October, 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 | 3,894 7 2 | 28,757 17 2 | 2,603 12 6 | 18,340 15 11 | 63·78 | 721 14 5 | 460 5 10 |
| Kaihu | 20 | 531 2 6 | 3,288 3 6 | 540 16 11 | 4,145 11 8 | 126·08 | 305 6 8 | 384 19 11 |
| Gisborne .. | 44 | 1,980 0 9 | 14,069 5 10 | 1,391 13 11 | 9,109 6 7 | 64·75 | 593 16 8 | 384 9 7 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,108 | 187,330 3 5 | 1,350,567 19 9 | 117,234 10 6 | 815,134 7 2 | 60·35 | 2,263 14 4 | 1,366 5 3 |
| Total | 1,246 | 193,735 13 10 | 1,396,683 6 3 | 121,770 13 10 | 846,730 1 4 | 60·62 | ||
| SOUTH ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,404 | 111,089 6 6 | 879,781 10 11 | 82,806 7 3 | 594,998 11 7 | 67·63 | 1,163 14 8 | 787 0 9 |
| Westland .. | 157 | 13,883 19 5 | 91,491 4 8 | 7,420 1 11 | 52,866 3 6 | 57·78 | 1,082 4 10 | 625 7 0 |
| Westport | 36 | 9,766 11 9 | 62,701 5 8 | 4,172 2 8 | 28,829 14 11 | 45·98 | 3,234 11 10 | 1,487 5 0 |
| Nelson .. | 61 | 2,598 19 11 | 17,527 15 0 | 2,432 13 5 | 13,484 0 8 | 76·93 | 533 12 8 | 410 10 5 |
| Picton .. | 56 | 2,199 10 4 | 14,687 4 2 | 1,351 3 7 | 11,310 12 1 | 77·10 | 487 1 6 | 375 1 11 |
| Lake Wakatipu Steamers | .. | 407 12 6 | 3,291 13 0 | 583 0 1 | 3,431 4 5 | 104·24 | .. | .. |
| Total | 1,714 | 139,946 0 5 | 1,069,480 13 5 | 98,765 8 11 | 704,920 7 2 | 65·91 | ||
| Grand total | 2,960 | 333,681 14 3 | 2,466,163 19 8 | 220,536 2 9 | 1,551,650 8 6 | 62·92 |
CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
| 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 | 3,759 9 2 | 24,810 0 8 | 2,489 15 10 | 17,425 5 5 | 70·23 | 622 12 11 | 437 6 3 |
| Kaihu | 20 | 362 13 8 | 2,768 3 7 | 363 0 0 | 2,913 17 9 | 105·26 | 257 0 11 | 270 11 6 |
| Gisborne .. | 44 | 2,157 9 4 | 12,876 0 2 | 1,466 19 3 | 9,694 5 9 | 75·29 | 543 9 4 | 409 3 6 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,101 | 190,147 1 8 | 1,204,422 10 9 | 113,242 18 9 | 828,141 17 4 | 68·76 | 2,031 12 0 | 1,396 18 0 |
| Total | 1,239 | 196,426 13 10 | 1,244,876 15 2 | 117,562 13 10 | 858,175 6 3 | 68·94 | ||
| SOUTH ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,404 | 109,187 2 9 | 836,338 7 10 | 82,490 19 0 | 622,553 12 0 | 74·44 | 1,106 5 4 | 823 9 10 |
| Westland .. | 157 | 13,108 4 5 | 87,008 16 8 | 7,468 1 6 | 54,493 18 5 | 62·63 | 1,029 4 5 | 644 12 1 |
| Westport | 36 | 9,407 17 6 | 60,077 1 8 | 4,436 5 11 | 29,514 11 2 | 49·13 | 3,099 4 3 | 1,522 11 6 |
| Nelson .. | 61 | 2,361 15 9 | 17,059 3 2 | 1,865 10 3 | 13,387 6 6 | 78·48 | 519 7 4 | 407 11 6 |
| Picton .. | 48 | 2,080 16 11 | 12,860 8 11 | 1,933 5 8 | 12,645 2 9 | 98·33 | 497 11 6 | 489 4 11 |
| Lake Wakatipu Steamers | .. | 470 17 3 | 3,259 2 6 | 464 17 1 | 3,502 13 6 | 107·47 | .. | .. |
| Total | 1,706 | 136,616 14 7 | 1,016,603 0 9 | 108,658 19 5 | 736,097 4 4 | 72·41 | ||
| Grand total | 2,945 | 333,043 8 5 | 2,261,479 15 11 | 216,221 13 3 | 1,594,272 10 7 | 70·50 |
ESTIMATED COST of CONSTRUCTION of RAILWAYS, ROLLING-STOCK, ETC., to 31st March, 1916, as furnished by Public Works Department and by Greymouth 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, 13th November, 1916. J. MACDONALD,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.
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