✨ Railway Financial Reports
RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending
15th September, 1923.
| Section | Miles open. | Revenue. | Expenditure. | For a Twelve-monthly Period. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four-weekly. | Total to Date. | Four-weekly. | ||
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | ||
| NORTH ISLAND, | ||||
| Whangarei | 80 | 6,828 3 6 | 37,466 16 11 | 6,220 16 4 |
| Kaihu | 24 | 487 7 3 | 3,599 7 8 | 713 11 7 |
| Gisborne | 49 | 2,474 16 10 | 16,419 12 9 | 2,356 9 2 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,151 | 288,517 10 10 | 1,668,123 0 5 | 221,288 12 1 |
| Total | 1,304 | 298,307 18 5 | 1,725,608 17 9 | 230,574 9 2 |
| SOUTH ISLAND, | ||||
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,429 | 164,902 5 3 | 1,004,396 18 4 | 156,923 3 10 |
| Westland | 159 | 18,676 16 1 | 95,872 5 7 | 20,428 7 4 |
| Westport | 36 | 8,955 8 0 | 64,458 16 6 | 6,132 14 2 |
| Nelson | 61 | 1,734 9 1 | 9,871 19 2 | 2,169 17 1 |
| Picton | 56 | 2,181 3 11 | 15,408 10 6 | 3,110 12 0 |
| Lake Wakatipu Steamers | 558 13 9 | 3,233 7 7 | 640 12 6 | |
| Total | 1,741 | 197,008 16 1 | 1,193,241 17 8 | 189,405 6 11 |
| Grand total | 3,045 | 495,316 14 6 | 2,918,850 15 5 | 419,979 16 1 |
CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
| 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 | 36 | 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 | 1,869 3 11 | 7,307 14 2 | 206·06 | |||
| Total | 1,739 | 179,584 5 8 | 1,205,843 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 |
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. |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | £506,381 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 | £63,192 0 0 |
| Balance of cost of raising loan of £1,000,000 for Railways Improvement Authorization Act, 1914, Account | ... | ... |
| Totals | £40,275,161 0 0 | £6,575,910 0 0 |
Railways Department, 15th October, 1923.
L. HAMANN,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.
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- L. Hamann, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways