✨ Railway Financial Statistics
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 36
RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 1st May, 1926 (thirty-one days).
| 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,— | ||||||||
| Kaihu | 24 | 710 19 5 | 710 19 5 | 901 12 8 | 901 12 8 | 126·82 | 385 2 2 | 488 7 8 |
| Gisborne | 60 | 3,129 8 10 | 3,129 8 10 | 3,216 15 6 | 3,216 5 6 | 102·79 | 678 0 11 | 696 19 4 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,276 | 399,720 8 11 | 399,720 8 11 | 270,783 13 7 | 270,783 13 7 | 67·73 | 4,072 7 9 | 2,758 5 2 |
| Total | 1,360 | 403,560 17 2 | 403,560 17 2 | 274,852 1 9 | 274,852 1 9 | 68·11 | ||
| SOUTH ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,618 | 301,382 2 3 | 301,382 2 3 | 212,046 10 2 | 212,046 10 2 | 70·36 | 2,421 9 9 | 1,703 14 3 |
| Westport | 43 | 10,628 16 6 | 10,628 16 6 | 7,647 16 7 | 7,647 16 7 | 71·95 | 3,213 7 4 | 2,312 2 8 |
| Nelson | 61 | 2,480 1 3 | 2,480 1 3 | 2,643 4 10 | 2,643 4 10 | 106·58 | 528 10 9 | 563 6 3 |
| Picton | 56 | 3,551 18 1 | 3,551 18 1 | 3,697 7 8 | 3,697 7 8 | 104·11 | 824 11 0 | 858 9 1 |
| Total | 1,778 | 318,042 18 1 | 318,042 18 1 | 226,034 19 3 | 226,034 19 3 | 71·07 | ||
| Operating total | 3,138 | 721,603 15 3 | 721,603 15 3 | 500,887 1 0 | 500,887 1 0 | 69·41 | ||
| Miscellaneous Revenue | 24,199 13 0 | 24,199 12 0 | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Lake Wakatipu Steamers | 901 16 11 | 901 16 11 | 1,139 8 2 | 1,139 8 2 | 126·34 | |||
| Refreshment Rooms, Advertising, & other Subsidiary Services | 25,159 3 4 | 25,159 3 4 | 16,751 17 11 | 16,751 17 11 | 66·58 | |||
| Departmental Dwellings | 6,505 17 4 | 6,505 17 4 | 8,184 16 7 | 8,184 16 7 | 125·81 | |||
| Grand total | 3,138 | 778,370 5 10 | 778,370 5 10 | 526,963 3 8 | 526,963 3 8 | 67·70 |
CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR (twenty-five days).
| 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,— | ||||||||
| Kaihu | 24 | 516 17 9 | 516 17 9 | 719 1 4 | 719 1 4 | 139·11 | 279 19 7 | 389 9 11 |
| Gisborne | 60 | 2,196 1 0 | 2,196 1 0 | 2,105 19 0 | 2,105 19 0 | 95·90 | 475 16 3 | 456 5 9 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,246 | 318,098 3 6 | 318,098 3 6 | 213,984 9 8 | 2 3,984 9 8 | 67·27 | 3,318 16 10 | 2,292 11 8 |
| Total | 1,330 | 320,811 2 3 | 320,811 2 3 | 216,809 10 0 | 216,809 10 0 | 67·58 | ||
| SOUTH ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,595 | 199,031 17 8 | 199,031 17 8 | 164,748 8 6 | 164,748 8 6 | 82·77 | 1,622 4 1 | 1,342 15 6 |
| Westport | 43 | 9,350 1 8 | 9,350 1 8 | 6,428 15 3 | 6,428 15 3 | 68·76 | 2,826 15 5 | 1,943 11 7 |
| Nelson | 61 | 1,909 1 2 | 1,909 1 2 | 2,325 18 1 | 2,325 18 1 | 121·84 | 406 17 0 | 495 13 8 |
| Picton | 56 | 3,008 4 9 | 3,008 4 9 | 2,754 11 2 | 2,754 11 2 | 91·57 | 698 6 10 | 639 9 0 |
| Total | 1,755 | 213,299 5 3 | 213,299 5 3 | 176,257 13 0 | 176,257 13 0 | 82·63 | ||
| Operating total | 3,085 | 534,110 7 6 | 534,110 7 6 | 393,067 3 0 | 393,067 3 0 | 73·59 | ||
| Miscellaneous Revenue | 6,173 12 7 | 6,173 12 7 | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Lake Wakatipu Steamers | 908 18 2 | 908 18 2 | 1,222 4 4 | 1,122 4 4 | 134·47 | |||
| Refreshment Rooms, Advertising & other Subsidiary Services | 14,598 4 9 | 14,598 4 9 | 5,968 16 8 | 5,968 16 8 | 40·89 | |||
| Departmental Dwellings | 4,775 16 1 | 4,775 16 1 | 7,916 11 4 | 7,916 11 4 | 165·76 | |||
| Grand total | 3,085 | 560,566 19 1 | 560,566 19 1 | 408,174 15 4 | 408,174 15 4 | 72·81 |
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, 31st May, 1926.
H. VALENTINE,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.
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