✨ Railway Financial Statistics
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74
RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending
16th September, 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. | ||
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | |||
| NORTH ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| Whangarei .. | 80 | 5,354 6 11 | 30,394 5 5 | 5,655 3 7 | 40,336 14 4 | 132·74 | 823 3 7 | 1,092 9 1 |
| Kaihu .. | 20 | 518 11 2 | 3,203 3 0 | 764 14 4 | 4,447 11 8 | 138·85 | 347 0 2 | 481 16 0 |
| Gisborne .. | 49 | 2,708 0 2 | 15,771 16 7 | 2,470 0 5 | 17,495 15 9 | 110·93 | 697 7 10 | 773 12 6 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,141 | 264,894 5 8 | 1,593,103 19 11 | 220,491 4 0 | 1,403,828 3 0 | 88·12 | 3,030 9 7 | 2,670 8 7 |
| Total .. | 1,290 | 273,475 3 11 | 1,642,473 4 11 | 229,381 2 4 | 1,466,108 4 9 | 89·26 | ||
| SOUTH ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,429 | 151,270 1 1 | 1,028,372 16 1 | 159,010 1 7 | 1,013,632 2 11 | 98·57 | 1,559 4 0 | 1,536 17 7 |
| Westland .. | 157 | 14,403 6 4 | 85,512 13 8 | 11,625 10 9 | 74,711 4 4 | 87·37 | 1,180 2 3 | 1,031 0 11 |
| Westport .. | :6 | 9,536 10 1 | 59,897 5 1 | 5,669 8 2 | 34,234 19 6 | 57·16 | 3,604 18 7 | 2,060 8 10 |
| Nelson .. | 61 | 1,502 8 0 | 10,163 11 5 | 2,266 8 2 | 14,711 6 2 | 144·75 | 361 0 0 | 522 10 8 |
| Picton .. | 56 | 2,338 7 5 | 17,850 10 2 | 3,074 18 9 | 17,930 16 8 | 100·45 | 690 12 10 | 693 15 1 |
| Lake Wakatipu Steamers | .. | 533 12 9 | 3,546 8 1 | 1,369 3 11 | 7,307 14 2 | 206·06 | .. | .. |
| Total .. | 1,739 | 179,584 5 8 | 1,205,343 4 6 | 183,015 11 4 | 1,162,528 3 9 | 96·45 | ||
| Grand total | 3,029 | 453,059 9 7 | 2,847,816 9 5 | 412,396 13 8 | 2,628,636 8 6 | 92·30 |
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 .. | 80 | 4,557 9 10 | 31,373 9 11 | 5,871 10 3 | 37,958 7 6 | 120·98 | 849 14 0 | 1,028 0 9 |
| Kaihu .. | 20 | 591 7 9 | 4,103 3 4 | 935 14 0 | 5,243 2 9 | 127·78 | 444 10 2 | 568 0 2 |
| Gisborne .. | 49 | 2,736 10 6 | 20,822 0 9 | 4,262 2 0 | 20,533 17 4 | 98·62 | 920 14 1 | 907 19 2 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,133 | 277,772 18 11 | 1,748,645 12 1 | 254,508 1 11 | 1,658,749 11 0 | 94·86 | 3,343 19 8 | 3,172 1 5 |
| Total .. | 1,282 | 285,658 7 0 | 1,804,944 6 1 | 265,577 3 2 | 1,722,484 18 7 | 95·43 | ||
| SOUTH ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,429 | 156,889 0 3 | 1,043,370 11 1 | 184,907 13 9 | 1,193,439 16 8 | 114·38 | 1,589 15 0 | 1,818 8 4 |
| Westland .. | 157 | 13,997 1 6 | 93,313 15 0 | 13,397 10 3 | 83,981 2 6 | 90·00 | 1,287 15 5 | 1,158 19 6 |
| Westport .. | 86 | 9,676 13 11 | 56,155 5 1 | 7,444 0 4 | 43,327 13 11 | 77·16 | 3,379 14 3 | 2,607 13 8 |
| Nelson .. | 61 | 1,976 13 5 | 13,193 2 8 | 2,457 13 11 | 17,992 7 8 | 136·38 | 468 12 2 | 639 1 6 |
| Picton .. | 56 | 2,835 12 9 | 20,179 6 10 | 3,705 12 9 | 21,628 19 0 | 106·94 | 780 15 0 | 836 16 7 |
| Lake Wakatipu Steamers | .. | 368 9 8 | 2,849 0 2 | 902 8 7 | 5,421 9 4 | 190·29 | .. | .. |
| Total .. | 1,739 | 185,793 11 6 | 1,229,061 0 10 | 212,814 19 7 | 1,365,791 9 1 | 111·12 | ||
| Grand total | 3,021 | 471,451 18 6 | 3,034,005 6 11 | 478,392 7 9 | 3,088,276 7 8 | 101·79 |
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 Improvement Authorization Act, 1914, Account | .. | 67,319 0 0 |
| Totals .. | £39,309,097 0 0 | £5,380,651 0 0 |
Railways Department, 16th October, 1922.
L. HAMANN,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.
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- L. Hamann, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways
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