✨ Railway Financial Reports
Sept. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2183
RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 16th August, 1924.
| 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. | ||
| NORTH ISLAND,— | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | ||
| Whangarei .. | 88 | 6,967 17 11 | 31,566 9 10 | 8,682 15 5 | 37,394 12 5 | 118·46 | 992 12 11 | 1,104 16 10 |
| Kaihu .. | 24 | 511 13 9 | 2,727 15 9 | 840 5 1 | 3,707 1 7 | 135·90 | 295 10 3 | 401 12 0 |
| Gisborne .. | 49 | 2,991 8 3 | 13,454 13 3 | 2,860 10 4 | 13,188 11 9 | 98·03 | 713 18 5 | 699 16 9 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,153 | 276,249 7 11 | 1,414,967 3 10 | 231,808 17 4 | 1,098,462 6 7 | 77·63 | 3,193 17 6 | 2,479 7 8 |
| Total .. | 1,314 | 286,720 7 10 | 1,462,716 2 8 | 244,192 8 2 | 1,152,752 12 4 | 78·81 | ||
| SOUTH ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,596 | 173,285 18 2 | 905,408 17 1 | 182,258 9 7 | 849,527 3 1 | 93·83 | 1,477 19 6 | 1,386 14 6 |
| Westport .. | 36 | 10,858 16 10 | 48,988 1 7 | 8,098 2 2 | 33,050 3 11 | 67·47 | 3,538 0 7 | 2,387 0 6 |
| Nelson .. | 61 | 1,538 16 0 | 8,196 6 9 | 2,460 10 8 | 11,063 9 8 | 134·98 | 349 7 0 | 471 11 2 |
| Picton .. | 56 | 2,226 9 2 | 12,147 12 1 | 2,722 1 11 | 13,999 8 5 | 115·24 | 563 19 11 | 649 19 2 |
| Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. | 554 11 0 | 3,213 6 6 | 1,099 3 3 | 4,310 13 5 | 134·15 | .. | .. | |
| Total .. | 1,749 | 188,464 11 2 | 977,954 4 0 | 196,638 7 7 | 911,950 18 6 | 93·25 | ||
| Grand total .. | 3,063 | 475,184 19 0 | 2,440,670 6 8 | 440,830 15 9 | 2,064,703 10 10 | 84·60 |
CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
| 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. | ||
| NORTH ISLAND,— | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | ||
| 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 | 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 | 1,586 | 164,972 10 0 | 916,690 2 7 | 174,655 5 2 | 852,880 19 5 | 92·98 | 1,502 15 5 | 1,397 6 11 |
| 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 | 916,882 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 |
COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAYS, ROLLING-STOCK, ETC., to 31st March, 1924, 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 .. .. .. .. | 962,512 0 0 | 529,488 0 0 |
| Kaihu .. .. .. .. | 191,902 0 0 | .. |
| Tauranga .. .. .. .. | .. | 1,107,661 0 0 |
| Gisborne .. .. .. .. | 699,362 0 0 | 714,114 0 0 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches .. | 19,076,401 0 0 | 2,642,373 0 0 |
| South Island Main Lines and Branches .. | 15,994,401 0 0 | 315,086 0 0 |
| Westland .. .. .. .. | 2,438,977 0 0 | 1,502,724 0 0 |
| Westport .. .. .. .. | 699,940 0 0 | 97,627 0 0 |
| Nelson .. .. .. .. | 444,816 0 0 | 98,684 0 0 |
| Picton .. .. .. .. | 687,691 0 0 | 18,128 0 0 |
| Lake Wakatipu Steamer Service .. .. | 44,350 0 0 | .. |
| In Suspense— | ||
| Surveys, North Island .. .. .. | .. | 35,103 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 .. .. | .. | 200,580 0 0 |
| W.R.D. Stock of A.O.L. and R.I.A Stores | 159,075 0 0 | .. |
| • Balance of cost of raising loan of £1,000,000 for Railways Improvement Authorization Act, 1914, Account | .. | 61,726 0 0 |
| Totals .. .. .. .. | £41,399,427 0 0 | £7,339,394 0 0 |
Railways Department, 15th September, 1924. L. HAMANN, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.
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