New Zealand Gazette – 1924 – No. 37

Page 1321

✨ Railway Financial Reports

MAY 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 26th April, 1924.

Section	Miles open for Traffic.	Four-weekly.	Total to Date.	Four-weekly.	Total to Date.	Per Cent.	Revenue per Mile of Railway.	Expenditure per Mile of Railway.
NORTH ISLAND,—
Whangarei	88	£ 4,538 6 5	£ 4,538 6 5	£ 4,766 3 1	£ 4,766 3 1	105·02	£ 670 8 8	£ 704 1 10
Kaihu	24	£ 529 0 2	£ 529 0 2	£ 605 1 6	£ 605 1 6	114·38	£ 286 10 11	£ 327 15 0
Gisborne	49	£ 2,419 16 9	£ 2,419 16 9	£ 2,190 13 8	£ 2,190 13 8	90·53	£ 641 19 11	£ 581 4 0
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,151	£ 269,164 8 4	£ 269,164 8 4	£ 197,116 10 10	£ 197,116 10 10	73·23	£ 3,040 1 8	£ 2,226 6 3
Total ..	1,312	£ 276,651 11 8	£ 276,651 11 8	£ 204,678 9 1	£ 204,678 9 1	73·98
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,429	£ 167,579 2 8	£ 167,579 2 8	£ 125,980 5 4	£ 125,980 5 4	75·18	£ 1,524 10 3	£ 1,146 1 5
Westland	159	£ 16,353 0 7	£ 16,353 0 7	£ 13,965 4 9	£ 13,965 4 9	85·40	£ 1,337 0 10	£ 1,141 16 1
Westport	36	£ 7,862 1 4	£ 7,862 1 4	£ 4,447 0 7	£ 4,447 0 7	56·56	£ 2,839 1 7	£ 1,605 16 8
Nelson	61	£ 1,638 10 4	£ 1,638 10 4	£ 1,640 19 1	£ 1,640 19 1	100·15	£ 349 3 10	£ 349 14 3
Picton	56	£ 2,323 15 9	£ 2,323 15 9	£ 2,119 3 10	£ 2,119 3 10	91·20	£ 539 9 0	£ 491 19 1
Lake Wakatipu Steamers		£ 896 13 10	£ 896 13 10	£ 695 9 2	£ 695 9 2	77·56
Total ..	1,741	£ 196,653 4 6	£ 196,653 4 6	£ 148,848 2 9	£ 148,848 2 9	75·69
Grand total ..	3,053	£ 473,304 16 2	£ 473,304 16 2	£ 353,526 11 10	£ 353,526 11 10	74·69

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

| NORTH ISLAND,— | | | | | | | | |
| Whangarei | 80 | £ 5,702 9 10 | £ 5,702 9 10 | £ 5,903 5 1 | £ 5,903 5 1 | 103·52 | £ 926 13 1 | £ 959 5 7 |
| Kaihu | 24 | £ 768 14 0 | £ 768 14 0 | £ 642 11 0 | £ 642 11 0 | 83·59 | £ 416 7 7 | £ 348 0 11 |
| Gisborne | 49 | £ 2,671 10 1 | £ 2,671 10 1 | £ 2,634 0 10 | £ 2,634 0 10 | 98·60 | £ 708 13 4 | £ 698 16 6 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,140 | £ 282,483 5 3 | £ 282,483 5 3 | £ 206,123 2 9 | £ 206,123 2 9 | 72·97 | £ 3,221 6 0 | £ 2,350 10 6 |
| Total .. | 1,293 | £ 291,625 19 2 | £ 291,625 19 2 | £ 215,302 19 8 | £ 215,302 19 8 | 73·83 | | |
| SOUTH ISLAND,— | | | | | | | | |
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,429 | £ 171,568 9 1 | £ 171,568 9 1 | £ 146,247 18 6 | £ 146,247 18 6 | 85·24 | £ 1,560 16 1 | £ 1,330 9 2 |
| Westland | 157 | £ 15,207 2 8 | £ 15,207 2 8 | £ 12,140 18 5 | £ 12,140 18 5 | 79·84 | £ 1,259 3 10 | £ 1,005 6 0 |
| Westport | 36 | £ 10,066 13 7 | £ 10,066 13 7 | £ 6,057 19 9 | £ 6,057 19 9 | 60·18 | £ 3,635 3 10 | £ 2,187 12 2 |
| Nelson | 61 | £ 1,756 19 7 | £ 1,756 19 7 | £ 2,134 6 3 | £ 2,134 6 3 | 121·48 | £ 374 8 9 | £ 454 17 1 |
| Picton | 56 | £ 3,097 12 3 | £ 3,097 12 3 | £ 2,958 14 8 | £ 2,958 14 8 | 95·74 | £ 717 8 9 | £ 686 17 0 |
| Lake Wakatipu Steamers | | £ 683 2 2 | £ 683 2 2 | £ 966 11 7 | £ 966 11 7 | 141·50 | | |
| Total .. | 1,739 | £ 202,379 19 4 | £ 202,379 19 4 | £ 170,506 9 2 | £ 170,506 9 2 | 84·25 | | |
| Grand total .. | 3,032 | £ 494,005 18 6 | £ 494,005 18 6 | £ 385,809 8 10 | £ 385,809 8 10 | 78·10 | | |

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		£ 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	£ 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		£ 5,768 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