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2472
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 60
RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 18th July, 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 | 8,499 10 8 | 32,977 19 11 | 8,254 11 8 | 30,146 19 3 | 91·42 | 1,217 18 9 | 1,113 7 8 |
| Kaihu .. | 24 | 485 18 0 | 2,309 11 1 | 1,124 14 9 | 3,872 3 1 | 167·66 | 312 15 0 | 524 7 1 |
| Gisborne .. | 60 | 1,958 11 7 | 9,257 8 9 | 3,689 3 7 | 11,752 19 5 | 126·96 | 501 8 11 | 636 12 5 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,158 | 282,198 13 8 | 1,178,888 1 11 | 243,079 2 10 | 940,097 17 9 | 79·78 | 3,307 1 7 | 2,638 8 11 |
| Total .. | 1,830 | 293,142 13 11 | 1,222,883 1 8 | 256,097 12 10 | 985,869 19 6 | 80·62 | ||
| SOUTH ISLAND,-- | ||||||||
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,595 | 172,641 3 10 | 787,160 2 1 | 191,542 2 2 | 738,944 4 11 | 93·87 | 1,603 18 8 | 1,505 13 9 |
| Westport .. | 43 | 8,180 13 6 | 38,423 6 10 | 7,310 3 8 | 29,214 10 8 | 76·03 | 2,904 1 10 | 2,208 1 6 |
| Nelson .. | 61 | 1,887 16 4 | 7,020 4 5 | 3,974. 8 8 | 11,042 16 2 | 157·30 | 374 0 7 | 588 6 11 |
| Picton .. | 56 | 2,136 12 0 | 11,336 18 4 | 3,424 19 2 | 12,720 2 9 | 112·20 | 657 18 11 | 738 4 5 |
| Total .. | 1,755 | 184,846 5 8 | 843,940 11 8 | 205,651 13 8 | 791,921 14 6 | 93·84 | ||
| Operating total | 3,085 | 477,988 19 7 | 2,066,823 13 4 | 461,749 6 6 | 1,777,791 14 0 | 86·02 | ||
| Miscellaneous | 20,314 1 11 | 62,661 11 6 | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Lake Wakatipu Steamers | 695 11 8 | 3,007 19 7 | 959 16 3 | 4,840 3 3 | 160·91 | |||
| Refreshment Rooms, Advertising, and other Subsidiary Services | 18,076 15 11 | 71,754 18 1 | 19,680 11 6 | 74,555 15 6 | 103·90 | |||
| Grand total .. | 3,085 | 517,075 9 1 | 2,204,248 2 6 | 482,389 14 3 | 1,857,187 12 9 | 84·25 |
CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
| NORTH ISLAND,-- | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whangarei .. | 88 | 7,159 3 3 | 24,598 11 11 | 9,324 5 4 | 28,711 17 0 | 116·72 | 908 9 5 | 1,060 7 7 |
| Kaihu .. | 24 | 481 9 6 | 2,216 2 0 | 795 14 4 | 2,866 16 6 | 129·36 | 300 1 11 | 388 4 4 |
| Gisborne .. | 49 | 2,522 11 11 | 10,463 5 0 | 2,676 4 1 | 10,328 1 5 | 98·71 | 693 19 10 | 685 0 6 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,153 | 287,152 3 10 | 1,138,717 15 11 | 233,108 1 7 | 866,653 9 3 | 76·12 | 3,213 11 6 | 2,446 1 3 |
| Total .. | 1,314 | 297,315 8 6 | 1,175,995 14 10 | 245,904 5 4 | 908,560 4 2 | 77·22 | ||
| SOUTH ISLAND,-- | ||||||||
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,596 | 171,356 7 1 | 732,122 18 11 | 178,416 17 6 | 667,268 13 6 | 91·14 | 1,494 12 0 | 1,362 4 0. |
| Westport .. | 36 | 9,797 11 11 | 38,129 4 9 | 7,659 19 7 | 24,952 1 9 | 65·44 | 3,442 4 5 | 2,252 12 4 |
| Nelson .. | 61 | 1,509 14 2 | 6,657 10 9 | 2,496 9 5 | 8,602 19 0 | 129·22 | 354 14 1 | 458 7 1 |
| Picton .. | 56 | 2,398 10 10 | 9,921 2 11 | 3,189 1 1 | 11,277 6 6 | 113·66 | 575 15 8 | 654 8 7 |
| Lake Wakatipu Steamers | 652 7 3 | 2,658 15 6 | 1,067 15 9 | 3,211 10 2 | 120·79 | .. | .. | |
| Total .. | 1,749 | 185,714 11 3 | 789,439 12 10 | 192,830 8 4 | 715,312 10 11 | 90·60 | ||
| Grand total .. | 3,063 | 483,029 19 9 | 1,965,485 7 8 | 438,734 8 8 | 1,623,872 15 1 | 82·62 |
Cost of Construction of RAILWAYS, ROLLING-STOCK, ETC., to 31st March, 1925, 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 .. .. .. .. | 1,184,198 0 0 | 371,334 0 0 |
| Kaihu .. .. .. .. | 192,164 0 0 | .. |
| Tauranga .. .. .. .. | .. | 1,242,335 0 0 |
| Gisborne .. .. .. .. | 864,825 0 0 | 618,391 0 0 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches .. | 20,134,115 0 0 | 3,147,462 0 0 |
| South Island Main Lines and Branches .. | 20,179,781 0 0 | 405,420 0 0 |
| Westport .. .. .. .. | 703,063 0 0 | 113,684 0 0 |
| Nelson .. .. .. .. | 445,246 0 0 | 124,308 0 0 |
| Picton .. .. .. .. | 688,246 0 0 | 17,498 0 0 |
| Lake Wakatipu Steamer Service .. | 44 300 0 0 | .. |
| In Suspense— | ||
| Surveys, North Island .. .. | .. | 38,083 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 | .. | 125,951 0 0 |
| W.R.D. Stock of A.O.L. and R.I.A Stores .. | 134,808 0 0 | .. |
| Balance of cost of raising loan of £1,000,000 for Railways Improvement Authorization Act 1914 Account | .. | 42,193 0 0 |
| Totals .. .. .. .. | £44,570,746 0 0 | £6,262,754 0 0 |
Railways Department, 17th August, 1925.
H. VALENTINE,
Acting Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.
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Railways, Revenue, Expenditure, Financial Report, North Island, South Island
- H. Valentine, Acting Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways