Railway Financial Statistics




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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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14 November 1927
Railways, Traffic Returns, Statistics, Revenue, Expenditure, Construction Costs, Railways Department
  • H. Valentine, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways