Railway Financial Reports




JAN. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 105

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 9th December, 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 5,639 9 0 45,740 2 7 9,190 3 11 59,604 19 5 130·31 825 17 3 1,076 4 0
Kaihu .. 20 821 13 6 5,365 7 7 556 8 11 6,237 12 1 116·26 387 10 0 450 9 10
Gisborne .. 49 3,152 2 3 24,044 16 11 2,385 10 0 24,733 7 0 103·08 707 6 9 729 2 0
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,141 307,745 12 5 2,460,006 4 3 225,887 7 3 2,071,834 12 2 84·22 3,117 17 7 2,625 18 0
Total .. 1,290 317,358 17 2 2,535,156 11 4 238,019 10 1 2,162,410 10 8 85·30
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,429 162,299 0 1 1,499,662 15 10 162,157 3 5 1,487,742 9 3 99·21 1,515 17 7 1,503 16 6
Westland .. 157 11,539 18 7 124,488 1 7 13,238 10 1 111,966 12 6 89·94 1,145 6 6 1,030 2 6
Westport .. 36 7,283 16 6 84,295 12 10 5,672 2 2 51,543 18 8 61·15 3,382 4 8 2,068 2 5
Nelson .. 61 1,817 18 4 15,428 12 0 2,198 15 4 21,568 17 11 139·80 365 6 10 510 14 10
Picton .. 56 2,825 8 8 26,361 4 7 2,745 14 9 26,912 15 4 102·09 679 19 0 694 3 7
Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. 566 11 5 5,045 16 7 929 17 7 10,373 4 6 205·58 .. ..
Total .. 1,739 186,332 13 7 1,755,282 3 5 186,942 3 4 1,710,107 18 2 97·43
Grand total 3,029 503,691 10 9 4,290,438 14 9 424,961 13 5 3,872,518 8 10 90·26

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 5,210 12 0 46,271 13 2 5,559 13 2 55,156 13 3 119·20 835 9 3 995 17 8
Kaihu .. 20 815 19 11 6,154 8 7 734 15 6 7,632 19 2 124·02 444 9 9 551 5 5
Gisborne .. 49 2,875 3 0 30,263 17 4 2,513 9 9 27,817 12 1 91·92 892 2 8 820 0 5
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,133 288,152 3 10 2,594,191 10 9 244,265 10 11 2,396,860 7 2 92·39 3,307 6 0 3,055 14 5
Total .. 1,282 297,053 18 9 2,676,881 9 10 253,073 9 4 2,487,467 11 8 92·92
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,429 154,847 14 3 1,488,943 6 6 177,893 4 6 1,717,105 11 6 115·32 1,509 19 9 1,741 7 0
Westland .. 157 13,949 9 11 134,949 3 9 13,121 15 6 125,440 11 4 92·95 1,241 15 5 1,154 1 9
Westport .. 36 8,976 8 10 79,021 18 4 6,593 18 8 62,221 11 0 78·74 3,170 12 8 2,496 10 10
Nelson .. 61 1,968 2 0 19,124 12 10 2,450 19 9 25,687 6 3 134·32 452 17 2 608 5 3
Picton .. 56 2,986 8 3 28,821 13 2 3,691 17 6 31,921 13 3 110·76 743 8 5 823 7 6
Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. 645 1 7 4,284 17 0 930 1 5 8,555 14 5 200·13 .. ..
Total .. 1,739 183,373 4 10 1,755,145 11 7 204,681 17 4 1,970,932 7 9 112·30
Grand total 3,021 480,427 3 7 4,432,027 1 5 457,755 6 8 4,458,399 19 5 100·60

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, 8th January, 1923. L. HAMANN, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.



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

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railways, Traffic Returns, Revenue, Expenditure, North Island, South Island

🚂 Railway Working Account for December 1922

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

🚂 Estimated Cost of Construction of Railways to 1922

🚂 Transport & Communications
8 January 1923
Railways, Construction Costs, Whangarei, Kaihu, Tauranga, Gisborne, Westland, Westport, Nelson, Picton, Lake Wakatipu
  • L. Hamann, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways