New Zealand Gazette – 1927 – No. 86

Page 3705

✨ Railway Financial Reports



Dec. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3705

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 12th November, 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. 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 .. 24 438 7 4 3,474 12 9 731 16 11 5,715 18 8 164·50 235 5 3 387 0 4
Gisborne .. 60 2,110 18 6 19,577 5 1 2,814 4 11 27,612 12 7 141·04 530 4 4 747 16 10
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,316 321,290 1 2 2,459,249 10 1 268,985 8 5 2,120,489 9 9 86·23 3,042 5 0 2,623 3 8
Total .. 1,400 323,839 7 0 2,482,301 7 11 272,531 10 3 2,153,818 1 0 86·77
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,618 193,134 13 1 1,615,970 4 4 194,829 1 4 1,596,289 5 8 98·78 1,622 19 3 1,603 3 11
Westport .. 43 10,652 14 8 84,811 3 5 7,618 11 6 62,353 15 8 73·52 3,205 1 6 2,356 7 11
Nelson .. 64 1,310 13 1 11,048 18 7 2,692 5 11 22,702 17 7 205·48 280 10 10 576 8 10
Picton .. 56 2,147 13 4 20,272 11 7 3,200 15 7 25,968 7 7 128·10 588 5 4 753 11 0
Total .. 1,781 207,245 14 2 1,732,102 17 11 208,340 14 4 1,707,314 6 6 98·57
Operating total 3,181 531,085 1 2 4,214,404 5 10 480,872 4 7 3,861,132 7 6 91·62
Miscellaneous Revenue .. 21,084 3 10 175,562 11 7 .. .. ..
Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. 638 0 3 4,795 7 8 1,198 1 10 10,095 19 4 210·54
Refreshment Rooms, Advertising, Road Motors, and other Subsidiary Services .. 14,503 17 10 125,381 11 3 14,087 4 7 113,911 18 1 90·85
Departmental Dwellings .. 7,227 16 3 56,145 3 7 12,480 17 9 102,094 19 3 181·84
Grand Total .. 3,181 574,538 19 4 4,576,288 19 11 508,638 8 9 4,087,235 4 2 89·31

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. 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 .. 24 465 19 8 4,092 19 11 800 12 3 6,270 15 2 153·21 277 2 7 424 11 8
Gisborne .. 60 2,502 4 8 21,229 7 8 3,168 3 8 26,514 16 3 124·90 574 19 3 718 2 1
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,299 317,487 10 11 2,513,893 19 1 258,785 6 10 2,080,320 10 9 82·75 3,169 6 9 2,622 14 5
Total .. 1,383 320,455 15 3 2,539,216 6 8 262,754 2 9 2,113,106 2 2 83·22
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,618 190,627 12 0 1,638,582 10 4 200,783 10 9 1,574,108 16 6 96·07 1,645 13 5 1,580 18 5
Westport .. 43 10,102 17 0 87,672 8 1 7,905 4 8 60,852 2 11 69·41 3,313 4 0 2,299 12 11
Nelson .. 64 1,436 4 8 13,405 3 5 2,547 15 6 21,161 14 2 157·86 345 18 10 546 2 1
Picton .. 56 2,472 15 6 21,060 8 3 3,391 17 10 27,373 19 7 129·98 611 2 7 794 6 8
Total .. 1,781 204,639 9 2 1,760,720 10 1 214,628 8 9 1,683,496 13 2 95·61
Operating total 3,164 525,095 4 5 4,299,936 16 9 477,382 11 6 3,796,602 15 4 88·29
Miscellaneous Revenue .. 19,615 12 1 154,782 0 0 .. .. ..
Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. 672 10 2 5,179 8 2 1,198 14 6 10,114 16 1 195·29
Refreshment Rooms, Advertising, & other Subsidiary Services .. 14,010 10 9 121,857 14 4 12,062 6 5 99,866 3 0 81·95
Departmental Dwellings .. 6,533 15 7 50,078 9 7 11,158 19 9 84,412 15 8 168·56
Grand Total .. 3,164 565,927 13 0 4,631,834 8 10 501,802 12 2 3,990,996 10 1 86·16

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, 12th December, 1927. H. VALENTINE, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.



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🚂 Railway Working Account, showing Revenue and Expenditure to 12th November, 1927 (continued from previous page)

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

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

🚂 Transport & Communications
12 December 1927
Railways, Construction Costs, Rolling-Stock, Financial Report
  • H. Valentine, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways