✨ Railway Financial Reports
2924
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 81
RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 8th November, 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. of Revenue. | Revenue per Mile of Railway. | Expenditure per Mile of Railway. | ||
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | |||
| NORTH ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| Whangarei .. | 88 | 7,398 8 7 | 53,334 18 4 | 10,317 3 7 | 71,882 5 5 | 134·78 | 984 17 7 | 1,327 7 5 |
| Kaihu .. | 24 | 725 1 10 | 4,721 11 2 | 639 19 5 | 5,699 13 11 | 120·72 | 319 13 9 | 385 18 4 |
| Gisborne .. | 49 | 2,614 14 11 | 21,504 2 10 | 2,579 4 0 | 20,661 15 6 | 96·08 | 713 2 11 | 685 4 3 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,153 | 317,256 8 7 | 2,320,196 19 10 | 233,391 15 2 | 1,770,562 7 8 | 76·31 | 3,271 19 3 | 2,496 17 5 |
| Total .. | 1,314 | 327,994 13 11 | 2,399,757 12 2 | 246,928 2 2 | 1,868,806 2 6 | 77·87 | ||
| SOUTH ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,596 | 190,365 13 6 | 1,464,870 16 7 | 174,412 2 8 | 1,386,554 17 1 | 94·65 | 1,493 7 2 | 1,413 10 5 |
| Westport .. | 36 | 10,231 14 1 | 79,586 15 10 | 7,057 3 10 | 54,513 1 9 | 68·50 | 3,592 9 2 | 2,460 13 3 |
| Nelson .. | 61 | 1,910 13 5 | 13,685 18 8 | 2,548 17 10 | 18,869 14 10 | 137·88 | 364 11 8 | 502 13 7 |
| Picton .. | 56 | 2,283 12 8 | 18,393 2 6 | 2,505 7 11 | 21,566 5 6 | 117·25 | 533 14 7 | 625 16 2 |
| Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. | 600 10 7 | 4,986 2 3 | 995 4 8 | 7,450 18 2 | 149·43 | .. | .. | |
| Total .. | 1,749 | 205,392 4 3 | 1,581,522 15 10 | 187,518 16 11 | 1,488,954 17 4 | 94·15 | ||
| Grand total .. | 3,063 | 533,386 18 2 | 3,981,280 8 0 | 434,446 19 1 | 3,357,760 19 10 | 84·34 |
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. of Revenue. | Revenue per Mile of Railway. | Expenditure per Mile of Railway. | ||
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | |||
| NORTH ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| Whangarei .. | 88 | 6,791 10 2 | 50,783 9 10 | 6,001 15 5 | 61,621 5 1 | 121·34 | 1,025 2 10 | 1,243 18 1 |
| Kaihu .. | 24 | 523 2 5 | 4,608 2 9 | 691 18 1 | 5,989 2 11 | 129·67 | 312 0 2 | 405 10 4 |
| Gisborne .. | 49 | 2,995 14 1 | 22,365 10 9 | 2,764 6 6 | 20,357 7 3 | 91·03 | 741 12 6 | 675 2 4 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,151 | 308,214 8 2 | 2,263,899 18 11 | 217,355 8 9 | 1,733,530 4 2 | 76·57 | 3,211 11 1 | 2,459 3 6 |
| Total .. | 1,312 | 318,524 14 10 | 2,341,657 2 3 | 226,813 8 9 | 1,821,497 19 5 | 77·79 | ||
| SOUTH ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,588 | 184,798 3 1 | 1,467,019 8 9 | 171,937 8 5 | 1,381,421 10 8 | 94·17 | 1,502 10 0 | 1,414 16 8 |
| Westport .. | 36 | 2,791 10 2 | 70,351 5 11 | 5,299 15 2 | 49,225 18 6 | 69·97 | 3,175 11 7 | 2,222 0 0 |
| Nelson .. | 61 | 1,962 9 7 | 13,738 16 9 | 2,097 3 7 | 17,901 3 10 | 130·30 | 365 19 11 | 476 17 6 |
| Picton .. | 56 | 2,322 1 8 | 20,632 9 2 | 3,081 0 1 | 26,396 16 3 | 127·93 | 598 14 2 | 765 19 6 |
| Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. | 462 1 1 | 4,239 18 4 | 828 19 11 | 6,294 9 8 | 148·46 | .. | .. | |
| Total .. | 1,741 | 192,336 5 7 | 1,575,981 18 11 | 183,244 7 2 | 1,481,239 18 11 | 93·99 | ||
| Grand total .. | 3,053 | 510,861 0 5 | 3,917,639 1 2 | 410,057 15 11 | 3,302,737 18 4 | 84·30 |
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, 8th December, 1924.
L. HAMANN,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.
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South Island Main Lines and Branches Traffic Returns
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🚂 Railway Working Account for Period Ending 8th November 1924
🚂 Transport & CommunicationsRailways, Revenue, Expenditure, Traffic, North Island, South Island
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🚂 Cost of Construction of Railways to 31st March 1924
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Railways, Construction Costs, Opened Lines, Unopened Lines
- L. Hamann, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways