New Zealand Gazette – 1926 – No. 51

Page 2381

✨ Railway Financial Reports



JULY 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2381

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 27th June, 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.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
NORTH ISLAND,—
Kaihu .. .. 24 492 8 11 1,743 10 1 814 13 3 2,576 10 5 147·78 314 16 0 465 4 1
Gisborne .. .. 60 2,605 14 4 8,382 15 11 3,341 7 2 9,977 9 11 119·02 605 8 6 720 12 0
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,276 315,007 14 10 1,035,821 15 6 263,881 3 7 796,493 2 6 76·89 3,517 13 8 2,704 18 3
Total .. 1,360 318,105 18 1 1,045,948 1 6 268,037 4 0 809,047 2 10 77·35
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,618 203,192 1 3 721,253 15 10 195,671 12 8 602,972 15 7 83·60 1,931 13 3 1,614 17 9
Westport .. .. 43 11,515 2 5 32,830 10 11 7,444 1 10 22,384 0 11 68·18 3,308 10 1 2,255 15 2
Nelson .. .. 64 1,481 17 11 5,996 19 10 2,573 8 3 7,694 3 8 128·30 424 5 7 544 7 0
Picton .. .. 56 2,948 3 4 9,599 6 4 3,367 15 9 10,675 12 9 111·01 742 16 1 826 1 10
Total .. 1,781 219,137 4 11 769,680 12 11 209,056 18 6 643,726 12 11 83·64
Operating total 3,141 537,243 3 0 1,815,628 14 5 477,094 2 6 1,452,773 15 9 80·02
Miscellaneous Revenue .. 17,766 17 0 55,905 7 7 .. .. ..
Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. 674 4 9 2,186 12 6 1,342 7 1 3,701 11 10 169·28
Refreshment Rooms, Advertising, & other Subsidiary Services .. 13,327 11 3 53,079 0 3 12,310 2 8 41,579 8 4 78·34
Departmental Dwellings .. 6,011 11 0 18,513 19 10 11,066 15 9 28,122 11 10 117·87
Grand total .. 3,141 575,023 7 0 1,945,313 14 7 501,813 8 0 1,526,177 7 9 78·45

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

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 .. .. 24 549 17 4 1,823 13 1 922 0 4 2,747 8 4 150·65 329 5 5 496 1 3
Gisborne .. .. 60 2,188 14 10 7,298 17 2 2,697 13 7 8,113 15 10 111·17 527 2 6 585 19 11
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,246 294,914 13 6 920,617 17 6 254,626 8 7 718,911 2 6 78·09 3,201 14 5 2,500 4 6
Total .. 1,330 297,653 5 8 929,740 7 9 258,246 2 6 729,772 6 8 78·49
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,595 198,156 5 4 614,518 18 3 194,216 11 0 547,402 2 9 89·08 1,669 10 10 1,487 3 11
Westport .. .. 43 9,458 19 10 30,242 13 4 7,332 15 3 21,904 7 0 72·43 3,047 14 3 2,207 8 4
Nelson .. .. 61 1,402 5 9 5,132 8 1 2,681 2 10 7,668 7 6 149·41 364 12 0 544 14 11
Picton .. .. 56 2,761 9 3 9,200 6 4 3,257 13 3 9,295 3 7 101·03 711 18 7 719 5 5
Total .. 1,755 211,779 0 2 659,094 6 0 207,488 2 4 586,270 0 10 88·95
Operating total 3,085 509,432 5 10 1,588,834 13 9 465,734 4 10 1,316,042 7 6 82·83
Miscellaneous Revenue .. 13,377 9 5 42,347 9 7 .. .. ..
Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. 648 14 4 2,312 7 11 1,396 15 1 3,880 7 0 167·81
Refreshment Rooms, Advertising & other Subsidiary Services .. 14,777 4 6 39,102 5 8 10,595 3 11 28,778 2 10 73·60
Departmental Dwellings .. 4,951 2 6 14,575 16 6 9,459 17 8 26,097 1 2 179·05
Grand total .. 3,085 543,186 16 7 1,687,172 13 5 487,186 1 6 1,374,797 18 6 81·73

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 .. .. .. .. 689,933 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, 26th July, 1926. H. VALENTINE, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.



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🚂 Railway Working Account for Revenue and Expenditure (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
26 July 1926
Railway, Revenue, Expenditure, Financial Report
  • H. Valentine, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways

🚂 Cost of Construction of Railways and Rolling-Stock

🚂 Transport & Communications
26 July 1926
Railway, Construction Cost, Rolling-Stock, Financial Report
  • H. Valentine, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways