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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🚂 New Zealand Railways Traffic Returns for August 1924 (continued from previous page)

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  • L. Hamann, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways