Railway Financial Reports




Feb. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 427

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 8th January, 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 24 499 7 6 5,081 7 1 734 7 2 7,833 9 3 154·16 275 4 10 424 6 3
Gisborne 60 3,289 8 5 27,358 8 4 3,043 6 2 32,620 10 7 119·23 592 15 4 706 15 7
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,299 385,353 7 3 3,247,889 18 4 256,091 11 2 2,600,449 19 8 80·07 3,270 13 2 2,618 13 7
Total 1,383 389,142 3 2 3,280,329 13 9 259,869 4 6 2,640,903 19 6 80·51
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,618 225,395 6 1 2,072,988 16 7 185,187 17 1 1,960,596 2 2 94·58 1,665 11 4 1,575 5 3
Westport 43 8,298 14 0 108,759 14 9 6,584 13 6 76,384 9 7 70·23 3,288 1 9 2,309 6 0
Nelson 64 1,956 14 4 17,105 14 5 2,971 6 0 27,534 4 1 160·96 351 19 11 566 11 10
Picton 56 3,399 10 6 26,750 12 6 4,217 19 9 35,724 8 8 135·55 621 0 0 829 6 4
Total 1,781 239,050 4 11 2,225,604 18 3 198,961 16 4 2,100,239 4 6 94·37
Operating total 3,164 628,192 8 1 5,505,934 12 0 458,831 0 10 4,741,143 4 0 86·11
Miscellaneous Revenue 20,686 1 9 200,251 8 6 .. .. ..
Lake Wakatipu Steamers 1,310 4 0 7,165 7 9 1,151 16 9 12,292 19 9 171·56
Refreshment Rooms, Advertising, & other Subsidiary Services 24,633 0 3 159,703 4 7 17,971 5 4 130,623 6 8 81·79
Departmental Dwellings 6,636 10 9 63,044 4 4 9,841 4 8 104,430 15 0 165·65
Grand total 3,164 681,458 4 10 5,936,098 17 2 487,795 7 7 4,988,490 5 5 84·04

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

Section. 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 24 880 2 6 5,789 6 1 797 16 3 8,798 13 8 151·98 313 11 9 476 11 11
Gisborne 60 4,459 15 11 27,392 9 11 3,128 1 6 30,553 11 2 111·54 593 10 1 661 19 11
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,276 422,694 18 2 3,254,128 1 9 259,955 1 9 2,501,389 16 9 76·87 3,384 19 5 2,601 19 4
Total 1,360 428,034 16 7 3,287,309 17 9 263,880 19 6 2,540,742 1 7 77·29
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,618 239,227 18 1 1,981,798 18 11 189,480 11 4 1,901,197 14 7 95·93 1,611 18 0 1,546 6 10
Westport 43 9,424 6 2 94,287 12 10 7,210 15 11 74,150 11 6 78·64 2,850 11 2 2,241 15 3
Nelson 61 2,825 17 8 19,587 10 10 2,754 5 9 27,524 15 7 140·52 417 8 9 586 11 11
Picton 56 3,440 18 2 28,996 7 7 2,885 19 10 32,871 5 7 113·36 673 2 7 763 1 8
Total 1,778 254,919 0 1 2,124,670 10 2 202,331 12 10 2,035,744 7 3 95·82
Operating total 3,138 682,953 16 8 5,411,980 7 11 466,212 12 4 4,576,486 8 10 84·56
Miscellaneous Revenue 19,799 4 7 174,569 2 9 .. .. ..
Lake Wakatipu Steamers 1,021 19 3 7,366 8 3 1,189 4 10 11,918 7 2 161·79
Refreshment Rooms, Advertising & other Subsidiary Services 23,123 17 1 138,944 3 8 16,757 19 11 105,742 0 7 76·10
Departmental Dwellings 5,440 15 9 50,825 17 9 9,108 5 5 92,872 8 11 182·73
Grand total 3,138 732,339 13 4 5,783,686 0 4 493,268 2 6 4,787,019 5 6 82·77

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.
£ 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 689,923 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, 7th February, 1927. H. VALENTINE, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.



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