Railway Financial Reports




SEPT. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2493

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 18th August, 1923.

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. 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 5,818 17 1 30,638 13 5 6,984 5 0 40,366 6 6 131·75 995 15 2 1,311 18 1
Kaihu .. 24 472 11 5 3,112 0 5 609 17 1 3,900 18 10 125·35 337 2 9 422 12 1
Gisborne .. 49 2,465 6 8 13,944 15 11 1,902 6 3 12,213 6 1 87·58 739 18 7 648 1 1
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,151 257,439 14 6 1,379,605 9 7 218,573 10 0 1,079,765 12 9 78·27 3,140 8 2,457 17 7
Total .. 1,304 266,196 9 8 1,427,300 19 4 228,069 18 4 1,136,246 4 2 79·61
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,429 149,698 8 3 839,494 13 1 157,999 5 2 776,966 1 7 92·55 1,527 8 5 1,413 13 1
Westland .. 157 15,274 1 9 77,195 9 6 16,656 0 0 75,414 17 10 97·69 1,278 7 11 1,220 9 7
Westport .. 36 10,435 6 2 55,503 8 6 6,376 19 8 31,591 6 9 56·92 4,008 10 5 2,281 12 0
Nelson .. 61 1,562 5 0 8,137 10 1 2,259 11 2 10,995 6 11 135·12 346 16 11 468 13 1
Picton .. 56 2,175 1 10 13,227 6 7 3,336 4 7 17,463 16 4 132·03 614 2 9 810 16 5
Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. 358 0 7 2,674 13 10 871 0 11 3,951 0 11 147·72 .. ..
Total .. 1,739 179,503 3 7 996,233 1 7 187,499 1 6 916,382 10 4 91·98
Grand total 3,043 445,699 13 3 2,423,534 0 11 415,568 19 10 2,052,628 14 6 84·70

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Whangarei .. 80 4,409 10 4 25,039 13 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

ESTIMATED COST of CONSTRUCTION of RAILWAYS, ROLLING-STOCK, ETC., to 31st March, 1923, 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 .. .. .. .. 898,357 0 0 534,958 0 0
Kaihu .. .. .. .. 100,503 0 0 87,650 0 0
Tauranga .. .. .. .. .. 938,344 0 0
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 694,683 0 0 623,763 0 0
North Island Main Lines and Branches .. 18,601,788 0 0 2,175,729 0 0
South Island Main Lines and Branches 15,782,936 0 0 197,748 0 0
Westland .. .. .. .. 2,268,816 0 0 1,483.099 0 0
Westport .. .. .. .. 306.381 0 0 95,955 0 0
Nelson .. .. .. .. 444,816 0 0 75,996 0 0
Picton .. .. .. .. 687,499 0 0 18 082 0 0
Lake Wakatipu Steamer Service.. 44.271 0 0 ..
In Suspense—
Surveys, North Island .. .. 41,172 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 .. 224,122 0 0
W.R.D Stock of A.O.L. and R.I.A. Stores 145,111 0 0 ..
Balance of cost of raising loan of £1,000,000 for Railways Improvement Authorization Act, 1914, Account .. 63,192 0 0
Totals .. .. .. .. £40,275,161 0 0 £6,575,910 0 0

Railways Department, 17th September, 1923. L. HAMANN,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.



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🚂 New Zealand Railways Traffic Returns for August 1923 (continued from previous page)

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

🚂 Railway Working Account for the Period Ending 18th August 1923

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

🚂 Estimated Cost of Construction of Railways to 31st March 1923

🚂 Transport & Communications
17 September 1923
Railways, Construction Costs, Financial Report, Whangarei, Kaihu, Tauranga, Gisborne, North Island, South Island, Westland, Westport, Nelson, Picton, Lake Wakatipu
  • L. Hamann, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways