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

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

🚂 Railway Working Account for September 1923

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

🚂 Estimated Cost of Construction of Railways to March 1923

🚂 Transport & Communications
15 October 1923
Railways, Construction Costs, Public Works Department
  • L. Hamann, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways