New Zealand Gazette – 1924 – No. 1

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 1

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending
8th December, 1923.

Section	Miles open for Traffic.	Revenue.	Expenditure.	For a Twelve-monthly Period. Average to Date.
		Four-weekly.	Total to Date.	Four-weekly.
NORTH ISLAND,---		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei	88	7,182 2 10	57,965 12 8	7,021 6 0
Kaihu	24	703 6 7	5,311 9 4	742 11 4
Gisborne	49	3,249 2 1	25,614 12 10	2,715 2 1
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,151	324,992 6 3	2,588,892 5 2	217,000 10 3
Total ..	1,312	336,126 17 9	2,677,784 0 0	227,479 9 8
SOUTH ISLAND,---
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,429	177,304 2 8	1,513,252 11 1	152,321 15 7
Westland	159	17,299 17 5	148,870 17 9	19,559 15 6
Westport	36	3,240 4 4	73,591 10 3	5,654 8 4
Nelson	61	2,195 6 11	15,934 8 8	2,125 12 7
Picton	56	2,833 16 0	23,466 5 2	2,988 19 8
Lake Wakatipu Steamers		763 5 0	5,003 3 4	731 19 3
Total ..	1,741	203,636 12 4	1,779,618 11 3	183,382 10 11
Grand total	3,053	539,763 10 1	4,457,402 11 3	410,862 0 7

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

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
Kaihu	20	821 13 6	5,365 7 7	556 8 11	6,237 12 1	116·26	387 10 0
Gisborne	49	3,152 2 3	24,044 16 11	2,385 10 0	24,733 7 0	103·08	707 6 9
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,141	307,745 12 5	2,460,006 4 3	3,225,887 7 3	2,071,834 12 2	84·22	3,117 17 7
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
Westland	157	11,539 18 7	124,488 1 7	18,238 10 1	111,966 12 6	89·94	1,145 6 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
Nelson	61	1,817 18 4	15,428 12 0	2,198 15 4	21,568 17 11	139·80	365 6 10
Picton	56	2,825 8 8	26,361 4 7	2,745 14 9	26,912 15 4	102·09	679 19 0
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

ESTIMATED COST of CONSTRUCTION of RAILWAYS, ROLLING-STOCK, &c., 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	£623,768 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	£606,381 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