Railway Financial Reports




JAN. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 43

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending
6th December, 1924.

Section Miles open for Traffic. Revenue. Expenditure. For a Twelve-monthly Period.
Four-weekly. Total to Date. Four-weekly.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
NORTH ISLAND,-
Whangarei 88 7,591 18 0 60,926 16 4 8,906 10 2
Kaihu 24 833 19 7 5,555 10 9 682 14 3
Gisborne 49 2,918 0 6 24,422 3 4 3,659 11 8
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,158 340,117 4 2 2,660,314 4 0 231,908 14 2
Total 1,319 351,461 2 3 2,751,218 14 5 245,157 10 3
SOUTH ISLAND,-
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,596 201,602 18 10 1,666,478 15 5 178,149 12 0
Westport 36 10,915 8 3 90,502 4 1 7,741 4 0
Nelson 61 2,027 15 11 15,713 14 7 2,371 14 5
Picton 56 2,607 19 8 21,001 2 2 2,816 13 3
Lake Wakatipu Steamers 661 13 1 5,647 15 4 746 16 11
Total 1,749 217,815 15 9 1,799,338 11 7 191,826 0 7
Grand total 3,068 569,276 18 0 4,550,557 6 0 436,983 10 10

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,-
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Whangarei 88 7,182 2 10 57,965 12 8 7,021 6 0 68,642 11 1 118.42
Kaihu 24 703 6 7 5,311 9 4 742 11 4 6,731 14 3 126.74
Gisborne 49 3,249 2 1 25,614 12 10 2,715 2 1 23,072 9 4 90.08
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,151 324,992 6 3 2,588,892 5 2 217,000 10 3 1,950,530 14 5 75.34
Total 1,312 336,126 17 9 2,677,784 0 0 227,479 9 8 2,048,977 9 1 76.52
SOUTH ISLAND,-
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,588 194,604 0 1 1,661,623 8 10 171,881 11 1 1,553,303 1 9 93.48
Westport 36 3,240 4 4 73,591 10 3 5,654 8 4 54,880 6 10 74.57
Nelson 61 2,195 6 11 15,934 3 8 2,125 12 7 20,026 16 5 125.68
Picton 56 2,833 16 0 23,466 5 2 2,988 19 8 29,385 15 11 125.23
Lake Wakatipu Steamers 763 5 0 5,003 3 4 731 19 3 7,026 8 11 140.44
Total 1,741 203,636 12 4 1,779,618 11 3 183,382 10 11 1,664,622 9 10 93.54
Grand total 3,053 539,763 10 1 4,457,402 11 3 410,862 0 7 3,713,599 18 11 83.31

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.
Whangarei.. £ s. d. £ s. d.
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 2,642,378 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 61,726 0 0
Balance of cost of raising loan of £1,000,000 for Railways Improvement Authorization Act 1914 Account .. ..
Totals £41,399,427 0 0 £7,389,394 0 0

Railways Department, 7th January, 1925

L. HAMANN,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.



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

🚂 Transport & Communications
7 January 1925
Railways, Traffic, Revenue, Expenditure, Statistics, North Island, South Island
  • L. Hamann, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways