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

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railways, Traffic, Passengers, Revenue, Goods, Statistics, Picton, Lake Wakatipu

🚂 Railway Working Account for the period ending 14th October 1916

🚂 Transport & Communications
13 November 1916
Railways, Revenue, Expenditure, Financial Report, North Island, South Island
  • J. Macdonald, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways

🚂 Corresponding Period Last Year Railway Working Account

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railways, Revenue, Expenditure, Financial Report, Historical Data

🚂 Estimated Cost of Construction of Railways to 31st March 1916

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13 November 1916
Railways, Construction Costs, Financial Report, Public Works Department
  • J. Macdonald, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways