New Zealand Gazette – 1926 – No. 30

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✨ Railway Financial Statistics



1292 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 30

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 31st March, 1926.

Section. Miles open for Traffic. Revenue: Four-weekly. Revenue: Total to Date. Expenditure: Four-weekly. Expenditure: Total to Date. For a Twelve-monthly Period Average to Date: Per Cent. Revenue. For a Twelve-monthly Period Average to Date: Revenue per Mile of Railway. For a Twelve-monthly Period Average to Date: Expenditure per Mile of Railway.
NORTH ISLAND,— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Kaihu 24 1,078 4 4 8,411 1 2 1,032 10 4 11,353 17 0 134.99 350 9 3 473 1 7
Gisborne 60 4,448 2 1 39,565 0 11 4,412 5 7 41,110 3 1 103.90 659 8 4 685 3 5
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,276 461,289 3 2 4,534,945 18 2 344,406 5 1 3,367,038 5 5 72.25 3,611 3 7 2,681 3 6
Total 1,360 466,815 9 7 4,582,922 0 3 349,851 1 0 3,419,502 5 6 74.61 3,419 1 1 2,552 11 6
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,618 325,686 4 5 2,808,451 5 0 256,305 8 1 2,566,989 9 3 91.40 1,752 2 6 1,601 10 0
Westport 43 12,874 0 3 127,267 15 0 8,742 16 7 96,523 7 6 75.84 2,959 14 4 2,244 14 7
Nelson 61 3,373 17 3 28,281 11 1 3,440 4 4 36,654 7 9 129.61 463 12 8 600 17 10
Picton 56 5,144 2 11 42,351 11 2 4,432 7 0 44,900 4 1 106.02 756 5 7 801 15 10
Total 1,778 347,078 4 10 3,006,352 2 3 272,920 16 0 2,745,067 8 7 91.31 1,714 11 3 1,565 17 4
Operating total 3,138 813,893 14 5 7,589,274 2 6 622,771 17 0 6,164,569 14 1 81.23 2,418 10 1 1,964 9 9
Miscellaneous Revenue .. 21,974 11 0 234,486 13 5 .. .. .. .. ..
Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. 1,111 18 0 10,625 0 0 1,334 3 1 15,612 14 1 146.94 .. ..
Refreshment Rooms, Advertising, & other Subsidiary Services .. 20,146 15 10 198,174 1 7 24,679 18 3 158,338 0 9 79.90 .. ..
Departmental Dwellings .. 6,543 15 1 68,661 4 3 11,221 18 11 129,907 9 10 189.20 .. ..
3,138 863,670 14 4 8,101,221 1 9 660,007 17 3 36,468,427 18 9 79.85 .. ..
Subsidy—Branch Lines and Isolated Sections (11 months) .. .. 344,829 18 7 .. .. .. .. ..
Accrued Subsidy, 1 month .. 14,710 9 11 14,710 9 11 .. .. .. .. ..
Grand total .. 878,381 4 3 8,460,761 10 3 660,007 17 3 6,468,427 18 9 76.45 .. ..

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

Section. Miles open for Traffic. Revenue: Four-weekly. Revenue: Total to Date. Expenditure: Four-weekly. Expenditure: Total to Date. For a Twelve-monthly Period Average to Date: Per Cent. Revenue. For a Twelve-monthly Period Average to Date: Revenue per Mile of Railway. For a Twelve-monthly Period Average to Date: Expenditure per Mile of Railway.
NORTH ISLAND,— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Kaihu 24 885 16 11 9,071 14 3 807 3 11 9,224 10 3 101.68 377 19 9 384 7 1
Gisborne 60 3,452 15 11 38,000 17 10 3,460 12 10 36,386 9 9 95.75 728 7 3 697 8 4
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,246 400,480 9 2 4,255,890 0 3 265,624 11 3 3,051,272 6 9 71.70 3,425 17 4 2,472 4 8
Total 1,330 404,819 2 0 4,302,962 12 4 269,892 8 0 3,096,883 6 9 71.97
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,595 260,417 14 10 2,610,240 3 5 195,123 7 8 2,276,893 7 11 87.23 1,636 16 7 1,427 15 10
Westport 43 11,553 13 7 130,365 15 5 8,641 18 4 91,275 15 1 70.02 3,567 18 1 2,498 1 6
Nelson 61 2,502 15 9 24,736 17 2 3,068 19 4 31,862 5 1 128.80 405 10 5 522 6 8
Picton 56 3,963 3 2 34,122 15 1 3,219 14 11 36,221 9 1 106.15 609 6 8 646 16 3
Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. 1,046 2 4 10,096 2 4 1,066 9 0 12,279 6 10 121.62 .. ..
Total 1,755 279,483 9 8 2,809,561 13 5 211,120 9 3 2,448,532 4 0 87.15
Grand total 3,085 684,302 11 8 7,112,524 5 9 481,012 17 3 5,545,415 10 9 77.97

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 17,493 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, 10th May, 1926.

H. VALENTINE,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.



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

🚂 Transport & Communications
10 May 1926
Railways, Traffic, Revenue, Expenditure, Statistics, North Island, South Island
  • H. Valentine, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways