Railway Financial Reports




Sept. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2635

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 19th August, 1922.

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.
NORTH ISLAND,— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Whangarei .. 80 4,409 10 4 25,039 18 6 5,334 9 3 34,681 10 9 138·50 813 15 11 1,127 3 0
Kaihu .. 20 435 11 10 2,684 11 10 638 5 1 3,682 17 4 137·19 348 19 11 478 15 6
Gisborne .. 49 2,276 16 2 13,063 16 5 2,759 6 1 15,025 15 4 115·02 693 3 8 797 5 9
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,141 243,454 1 5 1,328,209 14 3 227,536 2 3 1,183,336 19 0 89·09 3,032 19 6 2,702 3 2
Total .. 1,290 250,575 19 9 1,368,998 1 0 236,268 2 8 1,236,727 2 5 90·34
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,429 151,640 8 7 877,102 15 0 160,973 14 8 854,622 1 4 97·44 1,595 16 11 1,554 18 11
Westland .. 157 13,832 14 4 71,109 7 4 11,696 6 3 63,085 13 7 88·72 1,174 18 0 1,044 14 8
Westport .. 36 7,866 14 4 50,360 15 0 4,527 6 1 28,565 11 4 56·72 3,637 3 4 2,063 1 5
Nelson .. 61 1,594 2 4 8,661 3 5 2,462 0 1 12,444 18 0 143·69 369 3 4 530 8 9
Picton .. 56 3,025 0 11 15,512 2 9 2,748 8 2 14,855 17 11 95·77 720 4 2 689 14 10
Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. 472 1 11 3,012 15 4 1,002 4 8 5,938 10 3 197·11 .. ..
Total .. 1,739 178,431 2 5 1,025,758 18 10 183,409 19 11 979,512 12 5 95·49
Grand total 3,029 429,007 2 2 2,394,756 19 10 419,678 2 7 2,216,239 14 10 92·55

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Whangarei .. 80 4,525 2 2 26,816 0 1 5,502 11 8 32,086 17 3 119·66 871 10 5 1,042 16 6
Kaihu .. 20 517 2 0 3,511 15 7 764 6 7 4,307 8 9 122·66 456 10 8 559 19 4
Gisborne .. 49 2,585 19 5 18,085 10 3 3,716 0 11 16,271 15 4 89·97 959 12 10 863 8 0
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,133 253,378 6 1 1,470,872 13 2 260,520 16 2 1,404,241 9 1 95·47 3,375 6 11 3,222 8 10
Total .. 1,282 261,006 9 8 1,519,285 19 1 270,503 15 4 1,456,907 10 5 95·89
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,429 149,349 4 11 886,481 10 10 191,147 3 0 1,008,532 2 11 113·77 1,622 9 0 1,845 16 0
Westland .. 157 13,721 8 11 79,316 13 6 13,944 9 5 70,583 12 3 88·99 1,313 10 6 1,168 16 0
Westport .. 36 8,514 2 1 46,478 11 2 6,835 6 11 35,883 13 7 77·21 3,356 14 2 2,591 12 0
Nelson .. 61 1,793 7 2 11,216 9 3 2,882 15 8 15,534 13 9 138·50 478 1 7 662 2 9
Picton .. 56 3,072 0 5 17,293 14 1 3,731 9 10 17,923 6 3 103·64 802 18 5 832 3 1
Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. 354 17 2 2,480 10 6 998 9 2 4,519 0 9 182·18 .. ..
Total .. 1,739 176,805 0 8 1,043,267 9 4 219,539 14 0 1,152,976 9 6 110·52
Grand total .. 3,021 437,811 10 4 2,562,553 8 5 490,043 9 4 2,609,883 19 11 101·85

ESTIMATED COST of CONSTRUCTION of RAILWAYS, ROLLING-STOCK, etc., to 31st March, 1922, 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 .. .. .. .. .. 877,244 0 0 480,032 0 0
Kaihu .. .. .. .. .. 100,265 0 0 74,650 0 0
Tauranga .. .. .. .. .. .. 791,244 0 0
Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. 688,378 0 0 420,322 0 0
North Island Main Lines and Branches .. .. .. 17,725,193 0 0 1,781,110 0 0
South Island Main Lines and Branches .. .. .. 15,377,595 0 0 131,101 0 0
Westland .. .. .. .. .. 2,206,551 0 0 1,141,852 0 0
Westport .. .. .. .. .. 606,005 0 0 95,862 0 0
Nelson .. .. .. .. .. 444,781 0 0 62,027 0 0
Picton .. .. .. .. .. 684,686 0 0 19,283 0 0
Lake Wakatipu Steamer Service.. .. .. 43,708 0 0 ..
In Suspense—
Surveys, North Island .. .. .. .. 38,443 0 0
Miscellaneous, North Island .. .. .. .. 5,169 0 0
Surveys, South Island .. .. .. .. 5,763 0 0
Miscellaneous, South Island .. .. .. .. 5,168 0 0
P.W.D. Stock of Permanent-way .. .. .. .. 261,306 0 0
W.R.D. Stock of A.O.L. and R.I.A. Stores .. .. .. 554,691 0 0 ..
Balance of cost of raising loan of £1,000,000 for Railways Authorization Improvement Act, 1914, Account .. .. .. .. 67,319 0 0
Totals .. .. .. .. .. £39,309,097 0 0 £5,380,651 0 0

Railways Department, 18th September, 1922. L. HAMANN,
Acting Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🚂 New Zealand Railways Traffic Returns for August 1922 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railways, Traffic, Passengers, Goods, Revenue, Westport, Nelson, Picton, Lake Wakatipu, Comparative Statement

🚂 Railway Working Account for August 1922

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

🚂 Estimated Cost of Construction of Railways to March 1922

🚂 Transport & Communications
18 September 1922
Railways, Construction Costs, Whangarei, Kaihu, Tauranga, Gisborne, Westland, Westport, Nelson, Picton, Lake Wakatipu
  • L. Hamann, Acting Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways