3260
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 77
RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending
16th October, 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. | Revenue | Expenditure |
| | | | | | | of | per Mile | per Mile |
| | | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | Revenue. | of Railway. | of Railway. |
| NORTH ISLAND,--- | | | | | | | | |
| Kaihu | 24 | 427 4 2 | 3,627 0 3 | 739 19 1 | 5,470 2 11 | 150·82 | 280 13 5 | 423 5 9 |
| Gisborne | 60 | 2,283 9 3 | 18,727 3 0 | 3,402 1 2 | 23,346 12 7 | 124·67 | 579 13 0 | 722 12 9 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,299 | 281,974 5 11 | 2,196,406 8 2 | 257,469 18 2 | 1,821,535 3 11 | 82·93 | 3,168 3 9 | 2,627 9 2 |
| Total | .. | 1,383 | 284,684 19 4 | 2,218,760 11 5 | 261,611 13 5 | | 1,850,351 19 5 | 83·40 |
| SOUTH ISLAND,--- | | | | | | | | |
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,618 | 176,680 6 8 | 1,447,954 18 4 | 194,346 6 4 | 1,373,325 5 9 | 94·85 | 1,661 19 4 | 1,576 6 1 |
| Westport | 43 | 11,301 11 11 | 77,569 11 1 | 7,860 4 0 | 52,946 18 3 | 68·26 | 3,350 3 7 | 2,286 14 11 |
| Nelson | 64 | 1,471 5 3 | 11,968 18 9 | 2,572 19 6 | 18,613 18 8 | 155·52 | 353 16 7 | 550 5 5 |
| Picton | 56 | 2,129 15 6 | 18,587 12 9 | 3,405 12 6 | 23,982 1 9 | 129·02 | 616 8 7 | 795 6 6 |
| Total | .. | 1,781 | 191,582 19 4 | 1,556,081 0 11 | 208,185 2 4 | | 1,468,868 4 5 | 94·39 |
| Operating total | .. | 3,164 | 476,267 18 8 | 3,774,841 12 4 | 469,796 15 9 | | 3,319,220 3 10 | 87·93 |
| Miscellaneous Revenue | .. | .. | 21,563 19 9 | 135,166 7 11 | .. | | .. | .. |
| Lake Wakatipu Steamers | .. | .. | 542 8 10 | 4,506 18 0 | 1,485 0 7 | | 8,916 1 7 | 197·83 |
| Refreshment Rooms, Advertising, & other Subsidiary Services | .. | .. | 14,593 1 0 | 107,847 3 7 | 11,394 2 0 | | 87,803 16 7 | 81·42 |
| Departmental Dwellings | .. | .. | 6,515 10 2 | 43,544 14 0 | 11,176 14 4 | | 73,253 15 11 | 168·23 |
| Grand total | .. | 3,164 | 519,482 18 5 | 4,065,906 15 10 | 493,852 12 8 | | 3,489,193 17 11 | 85·82 |
CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
| NORTH ISLAND,--- | | | | | | | | |
| Kaihu | 24 | 360 1 9 | 3,891 11 5 | 849 16 7 | 6,443 14 5 | 165·58 | 301 2 8 | 498 12 5 |
| Gisborne | 60 | 2,592 5 7 | 16,661 13 4 | 2,995 7 10 | 21,285 6 4 | 127·75 | 515 14 4 | 658 16 8 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,246 | 293,313 8 7 | 2,126,056 11 10 | 250,634 15 2 | 1,714,633 17 1 | 80·65 | 3,168 17 1 | 2,555 12 9 |
| Total | .. | 1,330 | 296,255 15 11 | 2,146,609 16 7 | 254,479 19 7 | | 1,742,362 17 10 | 81·17 |
| SOUTH ISLAND,--- | | | | | | | | |
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,595 | 167,414 16 2 | 1,335,139 9 6 | 192,021 15 5 | 1,319,160 12 7 | 98·80 | 1,554 11 6 | 1,535 19 5 |
| Westport | 43 | 8,240 12 1 | 64,446 7 3 | 7,597 3 4 | 51,872 12 9 | 80·49 | 2,783 8 0 | 2,240 6 11 |
| Nelson | 61 | 1,615 15 4 | 12,242 6 1 | 2,923 13 7 | 19,457 0 9 | 158·93 | 372 14 4 | 592 7 5 |
| Picton | 56 | 2,645 6 7 | 19,422 1 5 | 3,512 14 5 | 22,616 9 8 | 116·45 | 644 2 0 | 750 0 9 |
| Total | .. | 1,755 | 179,916 10 2 | 1,431,250 4 3 | 206,055 6 9 | | 1,413,106 15 9 | 98·73 |
| Operating total | .. | 3,085 | 476,172 6 1 | 3,577,860 0 10 | 460,535 6 4 | | 3,155,469 13 7 | 88·19 |
| Miscellaneous Revenue | .. | .. | 20,587 13 5 | 115,135 18 6 | .. | | .. | .. |
| Lake Wakatipu Steamers | .. | .. | 604 14 3 | 4,887 2 7 | 1,191 13 10 | | 8,576 10 6 | 175·49 |
| Refreshment Rooms, Advertising & other Subsidiary Services | .. | .. | 13,626 4 2 | 90,895 12 5 | 9,896 1 2 | | 67,892 8 3 | 74·69 |
| Departmental Dwellings | .. | .. | 5,198 15 2 | 34,912 0 2 | 9,176 1 11 | | 65,206 4 5 | 186·77 |
| Grand total | .. | 3,085 | 516,189 13 1 | 3,828,690 14 6 | 480,799 3 3 | | 3,297,144 16 9 | 86·23 |
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. |
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| Kaihu | £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
| Tauranga | 192,161 0 0 | .. |
| Gisborne | .. | 1,336,421 0 0 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | .. | 698,715 0 0 |
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | .. | 23,583,578 0 0 | 3,543,051 0 0 |
| Westport | .. | 20,930,719 0 0 | 107,468 0 0 |
| Nelson | .. | 704,922 0 0 | 141,301 0 0 |
| Picton | .. | 447,508 0 0 | 161,753 0 0 |
| Lake Wakatipu Steamer Service.. | .. | 689,933 0 0 | 17 243 0 0 |
| In Suspense--- | .. | 44 300 0 0 | .. |
| 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 | .. | .. | .. |
| Balance of cost of raising loan of £500,000 for Railways Improvement Authorization Act 1914 Account | .. | 146,409 0 0 | 23,580 0 0 |
| Totals | .. | .. | £47,608,676 0 0 | £6,107.779 0 0 |
H. VALENTINE,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.
Railways Department, 15th November, 1926.