Railway Financial Reports




JULY 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2291

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 23rd June, 1928.

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.
NORTH ISLAND,— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Kaihu .. 24 395 13 2 1,571 11 1 966 2 2 2,765 12 6 175·98 283 15 1 499 7 0
Gisborne .. 60 2,811 1 1 8,557 2 8 3,437 14 9 10,245 16 2 119·73 618 0 4 739 19 6
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,353 302,275 14 6 961,974 16 9 269,041 14 9 810,877 5 11 84·29 3,149 9 0 2,654 15 3
Total .. 1,437 305,482 8 9 972,103 10 6 273,445 11 8 823,888 14 7 84·75
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,627 210,607 18 6 682,641 11 10 205,879 13 5 613,116 12 5 89·81 1,819 16 4 1,634 9 6
Westport .. 43 11,226 12 6 30,717 15 3 7,555 17 6 21,937 18 7 71·42 3,095 11 9 2,210 16 0
Nelson .. 64 1,573 1 6 5,890 8 5 3,224 9 8 9,501 14 4 161·31 398 16 7 643 6 9
Picton .. 56 2,533 3 5 8,723 13 6 3,286 6 4 10,252 19 9 117·53 675 0 11 793 7 9
Total .. 1,790 225,940 15 11 727,973 9 0 219,946 6 11 654,809 5 1 89·95
Operating total 3,227 531,423 4 8 1,700,076 19 6 493,391 18 7 1,478,697 19 8 86·98
Miscellaneous Revenue 22,826 8 2 69,928 5 6 .. .. ..
Lake Wakatipu Steamers 533 4 10 2,184 14 0 1,886 11 3 4,455 4 10 203·93
Refreshment Rooms, Advertising, Road Motors, and other Subsidiary Services 20,542 17 8 67,263 8 4 20,326 9 6 62,035 8 4 92·23
Departmental Dwellings 7,562 4 1 22,717 13 2 13,089 9 10 37,306 19 6 164·22
Grand Total .. 3,227 582,887 19 5 1,862,171 0 0 528,694 9 2 1,582,495 12 4 84·98

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Kaihu .. 24 438 1 0 1,356 1 0 752 4 1 2,167 12 6 159·85 244 16 10 391 7 7
Gisborne .. 60 2,193 12 5 7,366 14 8 3,590 6 4 10,589 19 5 143·75 532 0 10 764 16 8
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,316 295,147 16 11 997,734 3 8 265,915 8 2 800,820 0 1 80·26 3,301 8 10 2,649 17 4
Total .. 1,400 297,779 10 4 1,006,456 19 4 270,257 18 7 813,577 12 0 80·84
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,618 201,071 2 11 695,677 12 0 200,017 16 4 611,814 9 1 87·95 1,863 3 4 1,638 11 3
Westport .. 43 11,094 9 9 33,790 11 5 7,639 2 7 23,332 3 4 69·05 3,405 5 0 2,351 6 1
Nelson .. 64 1,113 5 1 4,625 5 0 2,742 13 7 8,894 11 8 192·31 313 3 5 602 4 9
Picton .. 56 2,394 8 3 8,675 14 6 3,030 0 10 9,683 15 3 111·62 671 6 9 749 6 10
Total .. 1,781 215,673 6 0 742,769 2 11 213,429 13 4 653,724 19 4 88·01
Operating total 3,181 513,452 16 4 1,749,226 2 3 483,687 11 11 1,467,302 11 4 83·88
Miscellaneous Revenue 19,459 16 11 61,387 14 5 .. .. ..
Lake Wakatipu Steamers 591 4 5 2,136 1 7 1,270 1 5 3,606 10 3 164·26
Refreshment Rooms, Advertising, Road Motors, and other Subsidiary Services 14,971 15 1 52,048 9 5 14,231 9 5 44,769 19 5 86·02
Departmental Dwellings 6,899 10 3 20,724 18 3 12,107 3 5 34,819 2 0 168·01
Grand Total .. 3,181 555,375 3 0 1,885,583 5 11 511,296 6 2 1,550,498 3 0 82·23

COST of CONSTRUCTION of RAILWAYS, ROLLING-STOCK, ETC., to 31st March, 1928, 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 .. .. .. .. .. 1,463,159 0 0
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 864,343 0 0 713,898 0 0
North Island Main Lines and Branches .. 26,444,795 0 0 4,884,993 0 0
South Island Main Lines and Branches 21,635,302 0 0 207,410 0 0
Westport .. .. .. .. 703,907 0 0 175,080 0 0
Nelson .. .. .. .. 585,019 0 0 69,864 0 0
Picton .. .. .. .. 690,595 0 0 17,129 0 0
Lake Wakatipu Steamer Service.. 44,387 0 0 ..
In Suspense—
Surveys, North Island .. .. .. 29,681 0 0
Miscellaneous, North Island .. .. 5,169 0 0
Surveys, South Island .. .. .. 5,763 0 0
Miscellaneous, South Island .. .. 5,168 0 0
General .. .. .. .. 26,917 0 0 ..
P.W.D. Stock of Permanent-way .. 16,943 0 0
Balance of cost of raising loan of £1,600,000 for Railways Improvement Authorization Act 1914 Account .. 15,875 0 0
Totals .. .. £51,187,376 0 0 £7,610,082 0 0

Railways Department, 23rd July, 1928. H. VALENTINE,
D Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.



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🚂 Railway Working Account, showing Revenue and Expenditure to the Termination of the Period ending 23rd June, 1928 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
23 July 1928
Railways, Revenue, Expenditure, Statistics, North Island, South Island, Kaihu, Gisborne, Nelson, Picton, Lake Wakatipu
  • H. Valentine, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways

🚂 Cost of Construction of Railways, Rolling-Stock, etc., to 31st March, 1928

🚂 Transport & Communications
23 July 1928
Railways, Construction Costs, Rolling-Stock, Kaihu, Tauranga, Gisborne, Nelson, Picton, Lake Wakatipu
  • H. Valentine, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways