Railway Financial Reports




JULY 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1861

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 29th May, 1926.

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.
NORTH ISLAND,— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Kaihu .. 24 540 1 9 1,251 1 2 860 4 6 1,761 17 2 140·83 338 16 7 477 3 5
Gisborne .. 60 2,647 12 9 5,777 1 7 3,419 7 3 6,636 2 9 114·87 625 17 0 719 18 4
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,276 321,093 11 9 720,814 0 8 261,878 5 4 532,611 18 11 73·89 3,671 17 2 2,713 3 0
Total .. 1,360 324,281 6 3 727,842 3 5 266,157 17 1 541,009 18 10 74·33
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,618 216,679 12 4 518,061 14 7 195,254 12 9 407,301 2 11 78·62 2,081 4 3 1,636 5 1
Westport .. 43 10,686 12 0 21,315 8 6 7,292 2 6 14,939 19 1 70·09 3,222 2 0 2,258 7 4
Nelson .. 61 2,035 0 8 4,515 1 11 2,477 10 7 5,120 15 5 113·41 481 2 4 545 13 2
Picton .. 56 3,099 4 11 6,651 3 0 3,610 9 4 7,307 17 0 109·87 772 0 2 848 4 8
Total .. 1,778 232,500 9 11 550,543 8 0 208,634 15 2 434,669 14 5 78·95
Operating total 3,138 556,781 16 2 1,278,385 11 5 474,792 12 3 975,679 13 3 76·32
Miscellaneous Revenue .. 13,938 17 7 38,138 10 7 .. .. ..
Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. 610 10 10 1,512 7 9 1,219 16 7 2,359 4 9 155·99
Refreshment Rooms, Advertising, & other Subsidiary Services .. 14,592 5 8 39,751 9 0 12,517 7 9 29,269 5 8 73·63
Departmental Dwellings .. 5,996 11 6 12,502 8 10 8,870 19 6 17,055 16 1 136·42
Grand total .. 3,138 591,920 1 9 1,370,290 7 7 497,400 16 1 1,024,363 19 9 74·76

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Kaihu .. 24 756 18 0 1,273 15 9 1,106 6 8 1,825 8 0 143·30 344 19 8 494 7 7
Gisborne .. 60 2,914 1 4 5,110 2 4 3,310 3 3 5,416 2 3 105·99 553 11 11 586 14 11
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,246 307,605 0 6 625,703 4 0 250,300 4 3 464,284 13 11 74·20 3,264 2 0 2,422 0 8
Total .. 1,330 311,275 19 10 632,087 2 1 254,716 14 2 471,526 4 2 74·60
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,595 217,330 15 3 416,362 12 11 188,437 3 3 353,185 11 9 84·83 1,696 15 6 1,439 6 3
Westport .. 43 11,433 11 10 20,783 13 6 8,142 16 6 14,571 11 9 70·11 3,141 14 4 2,202 13 8
Nelson .. 61 1,821 1 2 3,730 2 4 2,661 6 7 4,987 4 8 133·70 397 9 5 531 8 6
Picton .. 56 3,430 12 4 6,438 17 1 3,282 19 2 6,037 10 4 93·77 747 7 4 700 15 8
Total .. 1,755 234,016 0 7 447,315 5 10 202,524 5 6 378,781 18 6 84·68
Operating total 3,085 545,292 0 5 1,079,402 7 11 457,240 19 8 850,308 2 8 78·78
Miscellaneous Revenue .. 22,793 17 7 28,970 0 2 .. .. ..
Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. 757 5 5 1,663 13 7 1,261 7 7 2,483 11 11 149·28
Refreshment Rooms, Advertising & other Subsidiary Services .. 9,726 16 5 24,325 1 2 12,214 2 3 18,182 18 11 74·75
Departmental Dwellings .. 4,848 17 11 9,624 14 0 8,720 12 2 16,637 3 6 172·86
Grand total .. 3,085 583,418 17 9 1,143,985 16 10 479,437 1 8 887,611 17 0 77·59

COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAYS, ROLLING-STOCK, ETC., to 31st March, 1926, 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.
Kaihu .. .. .. .. .. 192,161 0 0 ..
Tauranga .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,336,421 0 0
Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. 865,448 0 0 698,715 0 0
North Island Main Lines and Branches .. .. 23,583,578 0 0 3,543,051 0 0
South Island Main Lines and Branches .. .. 20,930,719 0 0 107,468 0 0
Westport .. .. .. .. .. 704,922 0 0 141,301 0 0
Nelson .. .. .. .. .. 447,508 0 0 161,753 0 0
Picton .. .. .. .. .. 689,923 0 0 17,243 0 0
Lake Wakatipu Steamer Service.. .. .. 44 300 0 0 ..
In Suspense—
Surveys, North Island .. .. .. .. .. .. 39,689 0 0
Miscellaneous, North Island .. .. .. .. .. 5,169 0 0
Surveys, South Island .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,763 0 0
Miscellaneous, South Island .. .. .. .. .. 5,168 0 0
General .. .. .. .. .. 3,698 0 0 ..
P.W.D. Stock of Permanent-way .. .. .. .. .. 22,458 0 0
W.R.D. Stock of A.O.L. and R.I.A Stores .. .. 146,409 0 0 ..
Balance of cost of raising loan of £500,000 for Railways Improvement Authorization Act 1914 Account .. 23,580 0 0
Totals .. .. .. .. .. £47,608,676 0 0 £6,107,779 0 0

Railways Department, 28th June, 1926. H. VALENTINE, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.



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🚂 Railway Working Account, showing Revenue and Expenditure to 29th May, 1926 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
28 June 1926
Railways, Revenue, Expenditure, Financial Report, North Island, South Island
  • H. Valentine, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways

🚂 Cost of Construction of Railways, Rolling-Stock, etc., to 31st March, 1926

🚂 Transport & Communications
28 June 1926
Railways, Construction Costs, Rolling-Stock, Financial Report
  • H. Valentine, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways