Railway Financial Reports




JAN. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 79

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending
11th December, 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 24 488 19 8 4,581 19 7 828 6 11 7,099 2 1 154·94 275 15 4 427 5 3
Gisborne .. 60 2,839 12 3 24,068 19 11 3,062 8 2 29,577 4 5 122·88 579 8 10 712 0 11
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,299 348,642 12 0 2,862,536 11 1 264,037 17 9 2,344,358 8 6 81·90 3,205 2 3 2,624 18 5
Total .. 1,383 351,971 3 11 2,891,187 10 7 267,928 12 10 2,381,034 15 0 82·36
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,618 209,011 0 2 1,847,593 10 6 201,299 8 7 1,775,408 5 1 96·09 1,649 8 3 1,584 19 4
Westport 43 12,788 12 8 100,461 0 9 8,947 13 2 69,799 16 1 69·48 3,374 13 2 2,344 13 11
Nelson 64 1,743 16 8 15,149 0 1 3,401 3 11 24,562 18 1 162·14 346 17 6 562 8 7
Picton 56 2,290 13 9 23,351 2 0 4,132 9 4 31,506 8 11 134·93 602 6 2 812 13 4
Total .. 1,781 225,834 3 3 1,986,554 13 4 217,780 15 0 1,901,277 8 2 95·71
Operating total 3,164 577,805 7 2 4,877,742 3 11 485,709 7 10 4,282,312 3 2 87·79
Miscellaneous Revenue 24,758 16 9 179,540 16 9 .. 11,141 3 0 190·28
Lake Wakatipu Steamers 675 15 7 5,855 3 9 1,026 6 11
Refreshment Rooms, Advertising, & other Subsidiary Services 13,237 0 0 135,094 14 4 12,785 18 4 112,652 1 4 83·39
Departmental Dwellings 6,329 4 0 56,407 13 7 10,176 14 8 94,589 10 4 167·69
Grand total .. 3,164 622,806 3 6 5,254,640 12 4 509,698 7 9 4,500,694 17 10 85·65

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

Section. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
NORTH ISLAND,—
Kaihu 24 596 12 3 4,909 3 7 748 16 10 8,000 17 5 162·98 295 9 2 481 10 9
Gisborne .. 60 3,497 2 11 22,932 14 0 3,211 3 4 27,425 9 8 119·59 552 1 8 660 4 11
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,246 371,940 19 2 2,831,433 3 7 265,356 6 9 2,241,434 15 0 79·16 3,280 3 10 2,596 13 7
Total 1,330 376,034 14 4 2,859,275 1 2 269,316 6 11 2,276,861 2 1 79·63
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,603 209,531 19 6 1,742,571 0 10 194,028 14 0 1,711,717 3 3 98·23 1,576 11 0 1,548 12 9
Westport 43 10,732 9 6 84,863 6 8 7,523 13 3 66,939 15 7 78·88 2,850 14 1 2,248 12 6
Nelson 61 2,629 10 1 16,761 13 2 2,628 4 2 24,770 9 10 147·78 396 18 1 586 11 0
Picton 56 3,122 16 7 25,555 9 5 3,598 1 8 29,985 5 9 117·33 659 3 5 773 8 7
Total 1,763 226,016 15 8 1,869,751 10 1 207,778 18 1 1,833,412 14 5 98·06
Operating total 3,123 602,051 10 4 4,729,026 11 3 477,095 5 0 4,110,273 16 6 86·92
Miscellaneous Revenue 21,585 8 6 154,769 18 2 .. 10,729 2 4 169·11
Lake Wakatipu Steamers 740 9 1 6,344 9 0 1,004 6 9
Refreshment Rooms, Advertising & other Subsidiary Services 12,793 10 8 115,820 6 7 11,163 14 8 88,984 0 8 76·83
Departmental Dwellings 5,254 12 0 45,385 2 0 9,513 9 5 83,764 3 6 184·56
Grand total .. 3,123 642,425 10 3 5,051,346 7 0 498,776 15 10 4,293,751 3 0 85·00

COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAYS, ROLLING-STOCK, ETC., to 31st March, 1926, as furnished by Public Work 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, 10th January, 1927. H. VALENTINE,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.



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