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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 79
RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 15th October, 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. | ||
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | |||
| NORTH ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| Kaihu .. | 24 | 405 7 0 | 3,036 5 5 | 712 17 11 | 4,984 1 9 | 164·15 | 234 18 11 | 385 13 5 |
| Gisborne .. | 60 | 2,347 12 0 | 17,466 6 7 | 3,246 11 6 | 24,798 7 8 | 141·98 | 540 12 6 | 767 11 5 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,316 | 288,027 16 7 | 2,137,959 8 11 | 260,645 14 5 | 1,851,504 1 4 | 86·60 | 3,023 8 3 | 2,618 6 5 |
| Total .. | 1,400 | 290,780 15 7 | 2,158,462 0 11 | 264,605 3 10 | 1,881,286 10 9 | 87·16 | ||
| SOUTH ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,618 | 183,870 10 4 | 1,422,835 11 3 | 197,461 18 4 | 1,401,460 4 4 | 98·50 | 1,633 2 8 | 1,608 12 0 |
| Westport .. | 43 | 10,500 12 11 | 74,158 8 9 | 7,713 17 9 | 54,735 4 2 | 73·81 | 3,202 17 1 | 2,363 19 7 |
| Nelson .. | 64 | 1,165 9 0 | 9,738 5 6 | 2,692 2 5 | 20,010 11 8 | 205·48 | 282 11 8 | 580 13 3 |
| Picton .. | 56 | 2,260 11 7 | 18,124 18 3 | 3,667 4 3 | 22,767 12 0 | 125·61 | 601 1 8 | 755 1 0 |
| Total .. | 1,781 | 197,797 3 10 | 1,524,857 3 9 | 211,535 2 9 | 1,498,973 12 2 | 98·30 | ||
| Operating total | 3,181 | 488,577 19 5 | 3,683,319 4 8 | 476,140 6 7 | 3,380,260 2 11 | 91·77 | ||
| Miscellaneous Revenue | 28,504 4 11 | 154,478 7 9 | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Lake Wakatipu Steamers | 505 3 2 | 4,157 7 5 | 1,522 3 11 | 8,897 17 6 | 214·03 | |||
| Refreshment Rooms, Advertising, Motor Service, and other Subsidiary Services | 14,989 14 6 | 110,877 13 5 | 13,579 12 9 | 99,824 13 6 | 90·03 | |||
| Departmental Dwellings | 7,258 6 5 | 48,917 7 4 | 13,891 5 11 | 89,614 1 6 | 183·20 | |||
| Grand Total .. | 3,181 | 539,835 8 5 | 4,001,750 0 7 | 505,133 9 2 | 3,578,596 15 5 | 89·43 |
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 | 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 13 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 |
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, 14th November, 1927.
H. VALENTINE,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.
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