FEB. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 383
RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending
7th January, 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. |
| Kaihu | 24 | 611 6 2 | 4,734 15 11 | 704 10 3 | 7,145 10 5 | 150·92 | 256 9 4 | 387 1 0 |
| Gisborne | 60 | 2,790 9 8 | 24,953 18 3 | 3,123 2 8 | 33,675 11 2 | 134·95 | 540 13 5 | 729 12 9 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,316 | 382,112 3 2 | 3,188,125 11 2 | 265,070 0 3 | 2,650,168 1 2 | 83·13 | 3,153 19 7 | 2,621 15 8 |
| Total | 1,400 | 385,513 19 0 | 3,217,814 5 4 | 268,897 13 2 | 2,690,989 2 9 | 83·63 | | |
| SOUTH ISLAND,— | | | | | | | |
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,618 | 228,690 5 11 | 2,052,573 13 1 | 190,685 5 3 | 1,980,932 8 5 | 96·51 | 1,649 3 3 | 1,591 12 0 |
| Westport | 43 | 9,738 15 7 | 103,904 16 11 | 6,768 1 5 | 76,288 2 6 | 73·42 | 3,141 6 2 | 2,306 7 9 |
| Nelson | 64 | 1,822 7 7 | 14,490 1 3 | 2,532 3 7 | 27,790 12 6 | 191·79 | 294 6 7 | 564 10 0 |
| Picton | 56 | 3,332 18 3 | 26,517 18 7 | 3,314 12 6 | 32,574 9 5 | 122·84 | 615 11 11 | 756 3 11 |
| Total | 1,781 | 243,584 7 4 | 2,197,486 9 10 | 203,300 2 9 | 2,117,585 12 10 | 96·36 | | |
| Operating total | 3,181 | 629,098 6 4 | 5,415,300 15 2 | 472,197 15 11 | 4,808,574 15 7 | 88·80 | | |
| Miscellaneous Revenue | | 22,455 7 11 | 219,753 6 5 | | | | | |
| Lake Wakatipu Steamers | | 1,418 3 6 | 6,868 2 10 | 1,181 14 1 | 12,317 17 2 | 179·35 | | |
| Refreshment Rooms, Advertising, Road Motors, and other Subsidiary Services | | 26,597 6 4 | 167,119 10 11 | 19,356 15 2 | 147,746 8 8 | 88·41 | | |
| Departmental Dwellings | | 7,484 13 11 | 71,044 9 6 | 11,270 15 11 | 125,900 3 7 | 177·21 | | |
| Grand Total | 3,181 | 687,053 18 0 | 5,880,086 4 10 | 504,007 1 1 | 5,094,539 5 0 | 86·64 | | |
CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
| NORTH ISLAND,— | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kaihu | 24 | 499 7 6 | 5,081 7 1 | 734 7 2 | 7,833 9 3 | 154·16 | 275 4 10 | 424 6 3 |
| Gisborne | 60 | 3,289 8 5 | 27,358 8 4 | 3,043 6 2 | 32,620 10 7 | 119·23 | 592 15 4 | 706 15 7 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,299 | 385,353 7 3 | 3,247,889 18 4 | 256,091 11 2 | 2,600,449 19 8 | 80·07 | 3,270 13 2 | 2,618 13 7 |
| Total | 1,383 | 389,142 3 2 | 3,280,329 13 9 | 259,869 4 6 | 2,640,903 19 6 | 80·51 | | |
| SOUTH ISLAND,— | | | | | | |
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,618 | 225,395 6 1 | 2,072,988 16 7 | 185,187 17 1 | 1,960,596 2 2 | 94·58 | 1,665 11 4 | 1,575 5 3 |
| Westport | 43 | 8,298 14 0 | 108,759 14 9 | 6,584 13 6 | 76,384 9 7 | 70·23 | 3,288 1 9 | 2,309 6 0 |
| Nelson | 64 | 1,956 14 4 | 17,105 14 5 | 2,971 6 0 | 27,534 4 1 | 160·96 | 351 19 11 | 566 11 10 |
| Picton | 56 | 3,399 10 6 | 26,750 12 6 | 4,217 19 9 | 35,724 8 8 | 135·55 | 621 0 0 | 829 6 4 |
| Total | 1,781 | 239,050 4 11 | 2,225,604 18 3 | 198,961 16 4 | 2,100,239 4 6 | 94·37 | | |
| Operating total | 3,164 | 628,192 8 1 | 5,505,934 12 0 | 458,831 0 10 | 4,741,143 4 0 | 86·11 | | |
| Miscellaneous Revenue | | 20,686 1 9 | 200,251 8 6 | | | | | |
| Lake Wakatipu Steamers | | 1,310 4 0 | 7,165 7 9 | 1,151 16 9 | 12,292 19 9 | 171·56 | | |
| Refreshment Rooms, Advertising, & other Subsidiary Services | | 24,633 0 3 | 159,703 4 7 | 17,971 5 4 | 130,623 6 8 | 81·79 | | |
| Departmental Dwellings | | 6,636 10 9 | 63,044 4 4 | 9,841 4 8 | 104,430 15 0 | 165·65 | | |
| Grand Total | 3,164 | 681,458 4 10 | 5,936,098 17 2 | 487,795 7 7 | 4,988,490 5 5 | 84·04 | | |
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 | ... | ... | 108,548 0 0 | 10,780 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 | ... | ... | £49,188,916 0 0 | £6,844,561 0 0 |
Railways Department, 6th February, 1928.
H. VALENTINE,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.