New Zealand Gazette – 1928 – No. 1

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✨ Railway Financial Reports



RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending
10th December, 1927.

Section. Miles open for Traffic. Revenue. Expenditure. For a Twelve-monthly Period. Average to Date.
Four-weekly. Total to Date. Four-weekly.
NORTH ISLAND,-- £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Kaihu 24 548 17 0 4,123 9 9 725 1 6
Gisborne 60 2,586 3 6 22,163 8 7 2,939 15 11
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,316 346,768 17 11 2,806,013 8 0 264,608 11 2
Total 1,400 349,998 18 5 2,832,300 6 4 268,273 8 7
SOUTH ISLAND,--
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,618 207,913 2 10 1,823,883 7 2 193,957 17 6
Westport 43 9,354 17 11 94,166 1 4 7,166 5 5
Nelson 64 1,618 15 1 12,667 13 8 2,555 11 4
Picton 56 2,912 8 9 23,185 0 4 3,291 9 4
Total 1,781 221,799 4 7 1,953,902 2 6 206,971 3 7
Operating total 3,181 571,798 3 0 4,786,202 8 10 475,244 12 2
Miscellaneous Revenue
Lake Wakatipu Steamers
Refreshment Rooms, Advertising, Road Motors, and other Subsidiary Services
Departmental Dwellings
Grand Total

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,--
Kaihu 24 488 19 8 4,581 19 7 828 6 11 7,099 2 1 154·94 275 15 4
Gisborne 60 2,839 12 3 24,068 19 11 3,062 8 2 29,577 4 5 122·88 579 8 10
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,299 348,642 12 0 2,862,536 11 1 264,037 17 9 2,344,358 8 6 81·90 3,205 2 3
Total 1,383 351,971 3 11 2,891,187 10 7 267,928 12 10 2,381,034 15 0 82·36
SOUTH ISLAND,--
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,618 209,011 0 2 1,847,593 10 6 201,299 8 7 1,775,408 5 1 96·09 1,649 8 3
Westport 43 12,788 12 8 100,461 0 9 8,947 13 2 69,799 16 1 69·48 3,374 13 2
Nelson 64 1,743 16 8 15,149 0 1 3,401 3 11 24,562 18 1 162·14 346 17 6
Picton 56 2,290 13 9 23,351 2 0 4,132 9 4 31,506 8 11 134·93 602 6 2
Total 1,781 225,834 3 3 1,986,554 13 4 217,780 15 0 1,901,277 8 2 95·71
Operating total 3,164 577,805 7 2 4,877,742 3 11 485,709 7 10 4,282,312 3 2 87·79
Miscellaneous Revenue
Lake Wakatipu Steamers
Refreshment Rooms, Advertising, & other Subsidiary Services
Departmental Dwellings
Grand Total

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.
Kaihu 192,111 0 0
Tauranga
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
Miscellaneous, North Island
Surveys, South Island
Miscellaneous, South Island
General 7,575 0 0
P.W.D. Stock of Permanent-way 108,548 0 0 10,730 0 0
W.R.D. Stock of A.O.L. Stores 15,380 0 0
Balance of cost of raising loan of £900,000 for Railways Improvement Authorization Act 1914 Account
Totals £49,183,916 0 0 £6,844,561 0 0

Railways Department, 9th January, 1928.

H. VALENTINE,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.



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🚂 New Zealand Railways Traffic Returns for December 1927 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
9 January 1928
Railways, Traffic, Revenue, Expenditure, Financial Report, December 1927
  • H. Valentine, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways