Railway Financial Reports




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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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🚂 South Island Main Lines and Branches Traffic Returns (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railway, Traffic, Passengers, Goods, Revenue, South Island

🚂 Railway Working Account for the Period Ending 25th April, 1925

🚂 Transport & Communications
26 May 1925
Railway, Revenue, Expenditure, Financial Report, North Island, South Island
  • H. Valentine, Acting Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways

🚂 Cost of Construction of Railways, Rolling-Stock, etc., to 31st March, 1924

🚂 Transport & Communications
26 May 1925
Railway, Construction Cost, Rolling-Stock, Financial Report
  • H. Valentine, Acting Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways