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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 40
RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending
25th April, 1925.
| 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 | 7,955 3 0 | 7,955 3 0 | 7,168 19 11 | 7,168 19 11 | 90·12 | 1,175 3 10 | 1,059 1 2 |
| Kaihu .. | 24 | 536 11 1 | 536 11 1 | 719 1 4 | 719 1 4 | 134·02 | 290 12 8 | 389 9 11 |
| Gisborne .. | 60 | 2,202 6 0 | 2,202 6 0 | 2,105 19 0 | 2,105 19 0 | 95·62 | 477 3 4 | 456 5 9 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,158 | 313,332 7 3 | 313,332 7 3 | 206,815 9 9 | 206,815 9 9 | 66·00 | 3,517 12 0 | 2,321 15 3 |
| 1,330 | 324,026 7 4 | 324,026 7 4 | 216,809 10 0 | 216,809 10 0 | 66·91 | |||
| SOUTH ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,595 | 201,796 3 7 | 2,01,796 3 7 | 164,748 8 6 | 164,748 8 6 | 81·64 | 1,644 14 8 | 1,342 15 6 |
| Westport .. | 43 | 9,420 2 0 | 9,420 2 0 | 6,428 15 3 | 6,428 15 3 | 68·25 | 2,847 18 9 | 1,943 11 7 |
| Nelson .. | 61 | 1,975 12 8 | 1,975 12 8 | 2,325 18 1 | 2,325 18 1 | 117·73 | 421 0 9 | 495 13 8 |
| Picton .. | 56 | 3,065 14 6 | 3,065 14 6 | 2,754 11 2 | 2,754 11 2 | 89·85 | 711 13 9 | 639 9 0 |
| Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. | 908 18 2 | 908 18 2 | 1,222 4 4 | 1,222 4 4 | 134·47 | .. | .. | |
| 1,755 | 217,166 10 11 | 217,166 10 11 | 177,479 17 4 | 177,479 17 4 | 81·73 | |||
| Total | 3,085 | 541,192 18 3 | 541,192 18 3 | 394,289 7 4 | 394,289 7 4 | 72·86 | ||
| Refreshment Rooms and other Subsidiary Services | 19,374 0 10 | 19,374 0 10 | 13,885 8 0 | 13,885 8 0 | 71·76 | |||
| Grand total .. | 3085 | 560,566 19 1 | 560,566 19 1 | 408,174 15 4 | 408,174 15 4 | 72·81 |
CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
| Section. | Miles open for Traffic. | Revenue. | Expenditure. | Per Cent of Revenue. | Revenue per Mile of Railway. | Expenditure per Mile of Railway. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four-weekly. | Total to Date. | Four-weekly. | Total to Date. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | |||
| NORTH ISLAND,— | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | ||||
| 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 | 1,588 | 183,932 3 3 | 183,932 3 3 | 139,945 10 1 | 139,945 10 1 | 76·09 | 1,505 14 10 | 1,145 13 0 |
| 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 |
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 |
H. VALENTINE,
Acting Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.
Railways Department, 26th May, 1925.
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