New Zealand Gazette – 1927 – No. 72

Page 3295

✨ Railway Financial Reports



Oct. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3295

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 17th September, 1927.

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 .. 24 402 12 3 2,630 18 5 692 1 0 4,271 3 10 162·35 237 10 3 385 11 11
Gisborne .. 60 2,660 18 3 15,118 14 7 3,443 9 6 21,551 16 2 142·55 545 19 1 778 5 3
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,316 292,596 15 10 1,849,931 12 4 261,827 10 8 1,590,858 6 11 86·00 3,053 3 7 2,625 11 11
Total .. 1,400 295,660 6 4 1,867,681 5 4 265,963 1 2 1,616,681 6 11 86·56
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,618 185,397 8 7 1,238,965 0 11 193,143 12 7 1,203,998 6 0 97·18 1,659 2 0 1,612 5 6
Westport .. 43 9,037 1 6 63,657 15 10 7,300 6 10 47,021 6 5 73·87 3,207 11 3 2,369 5 10
Nelson .. 64 1,512 7 3 8,572 16 6 2,693 2 6 17,318 9 3 202·02 290 4 6 586 6 1
Picton .. 56 2,554 14 10 15,864 6 8 3,313 3 7 19,100 7 9 120·40 613 16 0 739 0 1
Total .. 1,781 198,501 12 2 1,327,059 19 11 206,450 5 6 1,237,438 9 5 97·01
Operating total 3,181 494,161 18 6 3,194,741 5 3 472,413 6 8 2,904,119 16 4 90·90
Miscellaneous Revenue 19,675 4 10 125,974 2 10 .. .. ..
Lake Wakatipu Steamers 527 3 11 3,652 4 3 1,412 7 10 7,375 13 7 201·95
Refreshment Rooms, Advertising, Motor Service, and other Subsidiary Services 15,013 9 2 95,887 18 11 13,907 6 11 86,245 0 9 89·94
Departmental Dwellings 7,096 15 4 41,659 0 11 14,345 8 7 75,722 15 7 181·77
Grand Total .. 3,181 536,474 11 9 3,461,914 12 2 502,078 10 0 3,073,463 6 3 88·78

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.
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

COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAYS, ROLLING-STOCK, ETC., to 31st March, 1927, 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 .. 192,111 0 0 ..
Tauranga .. .. 1,407,081 0 0
Gisborne .. 863,780 0 0 716,961 0 0
North Island Main Lines and Branches .. 24,770,638 0 0 4,244,487 0 0
South Island Main Lines and Branches .. 21,219,375 0 0 175,400 0 0
Westport .. 704,934 0 0 151,992 0 0
Nelson .. 582,796 0 0 48,909 0 0
Picton .. 689,772 0 0 17,184 0 0
Lake Wakatipu Steamer Service .. 44,387 0 0 ..
In Suspense—
Surveys, North Island .. .. 40,337 0 0
Miscellaneous, North Island .. .. 5,169 0 0
Surveys, South Island .. .. 5,763 0 0
Miscellaneous, South Island .. .. 5,168 0 0
General .. 7,575 0 0 ..
P.W.D. Stock of Permanent-way .. .. 10,730 0 0
W.R.D. Stock of A.O.L. Stores .. 108,548 0 0 ..
Balance of cost of raising loan of £900,000 for Railways Improvement Authorization Act 1914 Account .. 15,380 0 0
Totals .. £49,183,916 0 0 £6,844,561 0 0

Railways Department, 17th October, 1927. H. VALENTINE, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.



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🚂 Railway Working Account for the period ending 17th September, 1927

🚂 Transport & Communications
17 October 1927
Railways, Revenue, Expenditure, Financial Report, North Island, South Island, Statistics
  • H. Valentine, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways

🚂 Corresponding Period Last Year Railway Working Account

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railways, Revenue, Expenditure, Financial Report, Comparative Data, North Island, South Island

🚂 Cost of Construction of Railways, Rolling-Stock, etc., to 31st March, 1927

🚂 Transport & Communications
17 October 1927
Railways, Construction Costs, Rolling-Stock, Financial Report, North Island, South Island
  • H. Valentine, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways