New Zealand Gazette – 1928 – No. 65

Page 2703

✨ Railway Financial Report



Aug. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2703

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending
21st July, 1928.

Section. Miles open Revenue. Expenditure. For a Twelve-monthly Period. Average to Date.
for Traffic. Four-weekly. Total to Date. Four-weekly.
£ s. d. £ s. d. Total to Date.
£ s. d.
NORTH ISLAND,--
Kaihu 24 441 13 1 2,013 4 2 842 15 0
Gisborne 60 2,698 16 11 11,255 19 7 3,368 0 8
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,353 280,324 7 7 1,242,299 4 4 268,565 18 9
Total 1,437 283,464 17 7 1,255,568 8 1 272,776 14 5
SOUTH ISLAND,--
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,627 198,869 16 9 881,511 8 7 205,233 14 5
Westport 43 10,423 9 11 41,141 5 2 7,814 2 1
Nelson 64 1,367 9 1 7,257 17 6 5,571 8 3
Picton 56 2,295 2 5 11,018 15 11 3,219 12 11
Total 1,790 212,955 18 2 940,929 7 2 219,838 17 8
Operating total 3,227 496,420 15 9 2,196,497 15 3 492,615 12 1
Miscellaneous Revenue 28,855 18 10 98,784 4 4 1,568 12 3
Lake Wakatipu Steamers 443 9 0 2,628 3 0 6,023 17 1
Refreshment Rooms, Advertising, Road Motors, and other Subsidiary Services 20,386 16 6 87,650 4 10 20,364 4 0
Departmental Dwellings 7,796 6 8 30,513 19 10 14,148 11 5
Grand Total 3,227 553,903 6 9 2,416,074 7 3 528,696 19 9
2,111,192 12 1
CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
NORTH ISLAND,--
Kaihu 24 485 13 11 1,841 14 11 707 16 7
Gisborne 60 2,304 13 6 9,671 8 2 3,710 4 7
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,316 281,416 1 3 1,279,150 4 11 263,233 19 11
Total 1,400 284,206 8 8 1,290,663 8 0 267,652 1 1
SOUTH ISLAND,--
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,618 179,876 5 11 875,553 17 11 199,411 7 7
Westport 43 9,122 1 10 42,912 13 3 7,848 6 5
Nelson 64 1,165 2 7 5,790 7 7 2,976 17 11
Picton 56 2,305 0 1 10,980 14 7 2,935 15 5
Total 1,781 192,468 10 5 935,237 13 4 213,172 7 4
Operating total 3,181 476,674 19 1 2,225,901 1 4 480,824 8 5
Miscellaneous Revenue 22,079 7 9 83,467 2 2 1,305 19 11
Lake Wakatipu Steamers 468 18 11 2,665 0 6 4,912 10 2
Refreshment Rooms, Advertising, Motor, Service and other Subsidiary Services 15,434 3 4 67,482 12 9 14,215 2 1
Departmental Dwellings 7,095 17 2 27,820 15 5 12,857 6 9
Total 3,181 521,753 6 3 2,407,336 12 2 509,202 17 2
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 0 175,030 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, 20th August, 1928.

H. VALENTINE,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.



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🚂 Railway Working Account, showing revenue and expenditure to 21st July, 1928 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
20 August 1928
Railways, Revenue, Expenditure, Financial Report, Statistics, North Island, South Island
  • H. Valentine, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways