New Zealand Gazette – 1923 – No. 42

Page 1334

✨ Railway Financial Statistics



RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending
31st March, 1923.

Section. Miles open. 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,--Whangarei 80 £ 7,036 4 5 £ 73,963 9 0 £ 10,436 13 3 | £ 92,585 12 7 | 125·18 | £ 924 10 10 | £ 1,157 6 5
Kaihu 20 £ 911 16 9 £ 8,865 14 5 £ 599 5 1 | £ 8,592 10 0 | 96·92 | £ 443 5 9 | £ 429 12 6
Gisborne 49 £ 3,433 12 0 £ 38,301 7 7 £ 2,380 17 2 | £ 33,946 1 7 | 88·63 | £ 781 13 3 | £ 692 15 6
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,140 £ 358,496 10 4 £ 3,888,546 18 8 £ 221,789 17 2 | £ 2,946,839 18 5 | 75·78 | £ 3,411 0 | £ 22,584 19 0
Total 1,289 £ 369,878 3 6 £ 4,009,677 9 8 £ 235,206 12 8 | £ 3,081,964 2 7 | 76·86 | |
SOUTH ISLAND,--South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,429 £ 226,350 0 10 £ 2,834,586 3 10 £ 143,212 15 4 | £ 2,093,221 5 6 | 89·66 | £ 1,633 14 5 | £ 1,464 16 4
Westland 157 £ 13,986 6 8 £ 184,755 14 1 £ 12,837 19 0 | £ 167,611 0 0 | 90·72 | £ 1,176 15 10 | £ 1,067 11 9
Westport 36 £ 11,640 12 10 £ 125,242 16 10 £ 6,212 15 3 | £ 76,129 1 3 | 60·79 | £ 3,478 19 5 | £ 2,114 13 11
Nelson 61 £ 1,931 5 2 £ 23,823 10 5 £ 2,376 2 3 | £ 30,775 8 3 | 129·18 | £ 461 11 2 | £ 596 4 11
Picton 56 £ 3,915 11 10 £ 40,366 4 1 £ 3,370 3 10 | £ 38,696 0 6 | 95·86 | £ 720 16 6 | £ 691 0 0
Lake Wakatipu Steamers £ 1,099 15 6 £ 9,350 7 11 £ 958 17 3 | £ 14,099 17 1 | 150·79 | |
Total 1,739 £ 258,922 12 10 £ 2,718,124 17 2 £ 168,968 12 11 | £ 2,420,532 12 7 | 89·05 | |
Grand total 3,028 £ 628,800 16 4 £ 6,727,802 6 10 £ 404,175 5 7 | £ 5,502,496 15 2 | 81·79 | |

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
NORTH ISLAND,--Whangarei 80 £ 6,573 2 9 £ 70,199 19 1 £ 10,180 10 2 £ 80,870 2 6 115·20 £ 877 10 0 £ 1,010 17 6
Kaihu 20 £ 886 5 2 £ 9,907 18 0 £ 1,063 16 9 £ 10,851 0 2 109·52 £ 495 7 11 £ 542 11 0
Gisborne 49 £ 3,506 5 6 £ 44,260 19 1 £ 2,434 10 7 £ 38,534 6 11 87·06 £ 903 5 9 £ 786 8 4
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,133 £ 288,150 15 11 £ 3,897,030 5 6 £ 248,082 17 5 £ 3,373,716 5 0 86·57 £ 3,439 11 4 £ 2,977 13 8
Total 1,282 £ 299,116 9 4 £ 4,021,399 1 8 £ 261,761 14 11 £ 3,503,971 14 7 87·13
SOUTH ISLAND,--South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,429 £ 175,824 3 4 £ 2,238,023 4 9 £ 156,912 8 3 £ 2,377,517 9 2 106·23 £ 1,569 13 11 £ 1,667 10 8
Westland 157 £ 13,835 12 9 £ 189,150 3 4 £ 10,864 18 11 £ 175,409 17 1 92·74 £ 1,204 15 7 £ 1,117 5 2
Westport 36 £ 9,608 13 11 £ 115,452 18 4 £ 5,890 2 3 £ 85,581 6 3 74·13 £ 3,207 0 6 £ 2,377 5 2
Nelson 61 £ 2,163 2 10 £ 28,194 12 6 £ 2,722 12 8 £ 36,505 15 3 129·48 £ 462 4 2 £ 598 9 1
Picton 56 £ 3,809 4 11 £ 43,351 7 2 £ 3,745 14 11 £ 45,401 5 3 104·73 £ 774 2 8 £ 810 14 9
Lake Wakatipu Steamers £ 729 17 7 £ 8,019 6 4 £ 1,397 14 0 £ 13,339 2 7 166·34
Total 1,739 £ 206,060 15 4 £ 2,622,191 12 5 £ 181,533 11 0 £ 2,733,754 15 7 104·25
Grand total 3,021 £ 505,177 4 8 £ 6,643,590 14 1 £ 443,295 5 11 £ 6,237,726 10 2 93·89

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.
Whangarei £ 877,244 0 0 £ 480,032 0 0
Kaihu £ 100,265 0 0 £ 74,650 0 0
Tauranga £ 791,244 0 0 £ 420,322 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 £ 0 0 0
In Suspense—Surveys, North Island £ 38,443 0 0 £ 0 0 0
Miscellaneous, North Island £ 5,169 0 0 £ 0 0 0
Surveys, South Island £ 5,763 0 0 £ 0 0 0
Miscellaneous, South Island £ 5,168 0 0 £ 0 0 0
P.W.D. Stock of Permanent-way £ 261,306 0 0 £ 0 0 0
W.R.D. Stock of A.O.L. and R.I.A. Stores £ 554,691 0 0 £ 67,319 0 0
Balance of cost of raising loan of £1,000,000 for Railways Improvement Authorization Act, 1914, Account £ 0 0 0 £ 0 0 0
Totals £ 39,309,097 0 0 £ 5,380,651 0 0

Railways Department, 7th May, 1923.

L. HAMANN,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.



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🚂 Railway Working Account, Revenue and Expenditure to 31st March 1923

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Railways, Financial Accounts, Revenue, Expenditure, Statistics, Construction Costs
  • L. Hamann, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways