Railway Financial Reports




Oct. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2989

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 18th September, 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 .. .. 24 478 5 6 3,199 16 1 752 9 7 4,730 3 10 147·83 288 17 5 427 0 8
Gisborne .. .. 60 2,764 11 9 16,443 13 9 3,361 5 5 19,944 11 5 121·29 593 16 0 720 4 5
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,299 305,651 13 6 1,914,432 2 3 262,611 6 0 1,564,065 10 9 81·70 3,226 10 0 2,636 0 2
Total .. 1,383 308,894 10 9 1,934,075 12 1 266,725 1 0 1,588,740 6 0 82·15
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,618 184,380 3 9 1,271,274 11 8 193,008 9 4 1,178,978 19 5 92·74 1,702 7 4 1,578 15 6
Westport .. .. 43 10,857 18 5 66,267 19 2 7,661 17 3 45,086 14 3 68·04 3,339 1 8 2,271 16 3
Nelson .. .. 64 1,689 8 7 10,497 13 6 2,772 13 9 16,040 19 2 152·81 363 3 11 554 19 7
Picton .. .. 56 2,089 4 11 16,457 17 3 3,391 11 1 20,576 9 3 125·03 636 15 3 796 17 3
Total .. 1,781 199,016 15 8 1,364,498 1 7 206,834 11 5 1,260,683 2 1 92·39
Operating total 3,164 507,911 6 5 3,298,573 13 8 473,559 12 5 2,849,423 8 1 86·38
Miscellaneous Revenue .. 18,113 4 6 113,602 8 2 .. .. ..
Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. 647 8 6 3,964 9 2 1,496 14 11 7,431 1 0 187·44
Refreshment Rooms, Advertising, & other Subsidiary Services .. 13,554 0 1 93,254 2 7 12,063 2 0 76,409 14 7 81·94
Departmental Dwellings .. 6,318 18 4 37,029 3 10 11,368 19 1 62,077 1 7 167·64
Grand total .. 3,164 546,544 17 10 3,546,423 17 5 498,488 8 5 2,995,341 5 3 84·46

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Kaihu .. .. 24 646 4 9 3,531 9 8 894 17 8 5,593 17 10 158·40 318 16 3 505 0 1
Gisborne .. .. 60 2,311 19 0 14,079 7 9 3,447 13 11 18,289 18 6 129·91 508 8 5 660 9 5
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,246 323,797 0 6 1,832,743 3 3 252,568 15 6 1,463,999 1 11 79·88 3,186 19 1 2,545 15 0
Total .. 1,330 326,755 4 3 1,850,354 0 8 256,911 7 1 1,487,882 18 3 80·41
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,595 192,761 19 6 1,167,724 13 4 191,961 5 10 1,127,138 17 2 96·52 1,586 5 0 1,531 2 5
Westport .. .. 43 9,391 19 2 56,205 15 2 7,670 19 2 44,275 9 5 78·77 2,832 1 6 2,230 18 8
Nelson .. .. 61 1,898 16 5 10,626 10 9 2,725 6 11 16,533 7 2 155·59 377 8 11 587 5 0
Picton .. .. 56 2,891 10 16,776 14 10 3,214 1 9 19,103 15 3 113·87 649 2 0 739 2 8
Total .. 1,755 206,944 5 3 1,251,333 14 1 205,571 13 8 1,207,051 9 0 96·46
Operating total 3,085 533,699 9 6 3,101,687 14 9 462,483 0 9 2,694,934 7 3 86·88
Miscellaneous Revenue .. 15,852 6 3 94,548 5 1 .. .. ..
Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. 602 18 5 4,282 8 4 1,233 13 8 7,384 16 8 172·45
Refreshment Rooms, Advertising & other Subsidiary Services .. 13,621 18 4 77,269 8 3 9,880 9 0 57,996 7 1 75·06
Departmental Dwellings .. 5,169 1 6 29,713 5 0 9,761 5 5 56,030 2 6 188·57
Grand total .. 3,085 568,945 14 0 3,307,501 1 5 483,358 8 10 2,816,345 13 6 85·15

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, 18th October, 1926. H. VALENTINE, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.



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18 October 1926
Railways, Revenue, Expenditure, Statistics, Financial Report
  • H. Valentine, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways