New Zealand Gazette – 1928 – No. 70

Page 2847

✨ Railway Financial Reports



Sept. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2847

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 18th August, 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 .. 24 389 14 3 2,402 18 5 813 18 2 4,422 5 8 184·04 260 6 4 479 1 8
Gisborne .. 60 2,340 13 10 13,596 13 5 3,129 2 1 16,742 18 11 123·14 589 3 10 725 10 7
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,353 290,464 4 9 1,532,763 9 1 267,031 2 11 1,346,474 7 7 87·85 2,984 7 6 2,621 13 2
Total .. 1,437 293,194 12 10 1,548,763 0 11 270,974 3 2 1,367,639 12 2 88·31
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,627 195,131 10 10 1,076,642 19 5 197,731 16 7 1,016,082 3 5 94·38 1,721 9 3 1,624 12 8
Westport .. 43 10,004 14 6 51,145 19 8 7,446 9 11 37,198 10 7 72·73 3,092 10 11 2,249 4 3
Nelson .. 64 1,548 6 1 8,806 3 7 3,149 16 4 16,222 18 11 184·22 357 15 0 659 1 2
Picton .. 56 2,693 17 11 13,712 13 10 3,155 9 9 16,628 2 5 121·26 636 13 5 772 0 5
Total .. 1,790 209,378 9 4 1,150,307 16 6 211,483 12 7 1,086,131 15 4 94·42
Operating total 3,227 502,573 2 2 2,699,070 17 5 482,457 15 9 2,453,771 7 6 90·91
Miscellaneous Revenue .. 21,640 18 3 120,425 2 7 .. 7,317 14 8 ..
Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. 456 14 5 3,084 17 5 1,293 17 7 237·21
Refreshment Rooms, Advertising, Road Motors, and other Subsidiary Services .. 19,703 11 2 107,353 16 0 20,058 0 3 102,457 12 7 95·44
Departmental Dwellings .. 7,433 8 6 37,947 8 4 13,966 11 7 65,422 2 6 172·40
Grand Total .. 3,227 551,807 14 6 2,967,882 1 9 517,776 5 2 2,628,968 17 3 88·58

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Kaihu .. 24 386 11 3 2,228 6 2 703 13 9 3,579 2 10 160·62 241 8 0 387 14 10
Gisborne .. 60 2,786 8 2 12,457 16 4 3,808 2 8 18,108 6 8 145·36 539 16 10 784 13 11
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,316 278,184 11 7 1,557,334 16 6 264,976 16 3 1,329,030 16 3 85·34 3,085 16 7 2,633 9 0
Total .. 1,400 281,357 11 0 1,572,020 19 0 269,488 12 8 1,350,718 5 9 85·92
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,618 178,013 14 5 1,053,567 12 4 199,628 16 9 1,010,854 13 5 95·95 1,693 0 0 1,624 7 4
Westport .. 43 11,708 1 1 54,620 14 4 8,540 9 10 39,720 19 7 72·72 3,302 13 0 2,401 14 9
Nelson .. 64 1,270 1 8 7,060 9 3 2,753 17 2 14,625 6 9 207·14 286 16 8 594 3 1
Picton .. 56 2,328 17 3 13,309 11 10 3,167 13 6 15,787 4 2 118·62 617 18 11 732 19 7
Total .. 1,781 193,320 14 5 1,128,558 7 9 214,090 17 3 1,080,988 3 11 95·79
Operating total 3,181 474,678 5 5 2,700,579 6 9 483,579 9 11 2,431,706 9 8 90·04
Miscellaneous Revenue .. 22,831 15 10 106,298 18 0 .. .. ..
Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. 459 19 10 3,125 0 4 1,050 15 7 5,963 5 9 190·82
Refreshment Rooms, Advertising, Motor, Service and other Subsidiary Services .. 13,391 17 0 80,874 9 9 13,352 12 4 72,337 13 10 89·44
Departmental Dwellings .. 6,741 10 2 34,562 5 7 13,700 18 3 61,377 7 0 177·59
Total .. 3,181 518,103 8 3 2,925,440 0 5 511,683 16 1 2,571,384 16 3 87·90

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, 17th September, 1928

H. VALENTINE,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.



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🚂 New Zealand Railways Traffic Returns for August 1928 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railways, Traffic, Passengers, Goods, Revenue, Statistics

🚂 Railway Working Account for the period ending 18th August 1928

🚂 Transport & Communications
17 September 1928
Railways, Revenue, Expenditure, Financial Report, Statistics
  • H. Valentine, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways

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

🚂 Transport & Communications
17 September 1928
Railways, Construction Costs, Rolling-Stock, Financial Report
  • H. Valentine, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways