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972
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 25
RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending
2nd March, 1929.
| 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. | ||
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | |||
| NORTH ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| Kaihu | 24 | 752 8 10 | 6,370 2 10 | 868 7 6 | 10,076 10 2 | 158·18 | 287 10 10 | 454 16 10 |
| Gisborne | 60 | 3,306 3 5 | 33,577 6 0 | 3,155 7 7 | 39,936 6 6 | 118·94 | 606 5 2 | 721 1 6 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,413 | 422,587 7 4 | 3,997,980 4 2 | 289,870 15 1 | 3,239,768 0 11 | 81·04 | 3,142 14 8 | 2,546 14 4 |
| Total | 1,497 | 426,645 19 7 | 4,037,927 13 0 | 293,894 10 2 | 3,289,780 17 7 | 81·47 | ||
| SOUTH ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,627 | 268,735 17 4 | 2,579,564 9 1 | 206,632 10 5 | 2,411,954 2 10 | 93·50 | 1,717 19 10 | 1,606 7 3 |
| Westport | 43 | 12,736 6 6 | 123,549 2 0 | 7,550 16 9 | 89,190 2 0 | 72·19 | 3,112 13 5 | 2,247 0 9 |
| Nelson | 64 | 2,669 1 11 | 21,883 14 5 | 3,562 0 10 | 38,170 18 10 | 174·43 | 370 8 7 | 646 2 6 |
| Picton | 56 | 4,148 14 2 | 33,885 10 9 | 3,647 17 1 | 39,814 4 11 | 117·50 | 655 10 6 | 770 4 4 |
| Total | 1,790 | 288,289 19 11 | 2,758,882 16 3 | 221,393 5 1 | 2,579,129 8 7 | 93·49 | ||
| Operating total | 3,287 | 714,935 19 6 | 6,796,810 9 3 | 515,287 15 3 | 5,868,910 6 2 | 86·35 | ||
| Miscellaneous revenue | 23,169 0 8 | 279,056 14 5 | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Lake Wakatipu Steamers | 1,200 6 4 | 9,714 1 0 | 1,154 14 2 | 16,096 11 11 | 165·70 | |||
| Refreshment-rooms, Advertising, Road Motors, and other Subsidiary Services | 24,461 15 11 | 272,766 18 10 | 23,257 8 9 | 260,171 5 5 | 95·38 | |||
| Departmental Dwellings | 8,173 13 6 | 97,018 0 5 | 13,738 2 8 | 156,653 19 1 | 161·47 | |||
| Grand Total | 3,287 | 771,940 15 11 | 7,455,366 3 11 | 553,438 0 10 | 6,301,832 2 7 | 84·53 |
CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
| 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. | ||
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | |||
| NORTH ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| Kaihu | 24 | 564 5 2 | 5,978 4 10 | 717 15 1 | 8,550 6 6 | 143·02 | 269 17 0 | 385 19 0 |
| Gisborne | 60 | 2,955 13 1 | 30,725 3 7 | 3,202 11 11 | 40,331 18 10 | 131·27 | 554 15 2 | 728 4 4 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,315 | 371,032 9 4 | 3,945,370 14 1 | 279,879 7 4 | 3,205,604 13 4 | 81·25 | 3,251 16 0 | 2,641 18 5 |
| Total | 1,399 | 374,552 7 7 | 3,982,074 2 6 | 283,799 14 4 | 3,254,486 18 8 | 81·73 | ||
| SOUTH ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,618 | 241,651 2 1 | 2,530,592 19 11 | 202,808 3 1 | 2,385,570 10 10 | 94·27 | 1,694 7 3 | 1,597 5 3 |
| Westport | 43 | 11,993 17 3 | 127,369 10 6 | 7,352 5 5 | 90,578 3 3 | 71·26 | 3,208 18 5 | 2,286 10 11 |
| Nelson | 64 | 2,256 10 1 | 19,064 13 3 | 3,094 3 5 | 33,930 4 1 | 177·97 | 326 2 1 | 580 7 9 |
| Picton | 56 | 3,879 3 2 | 34,166 16 5 | 3,302 1 6 | 38,753 17 8 | 113·43 | 660 19 4 | 749 14 1 |
| Total | 1,781 | 259,780 12 7 | 2,711,194 0 1 | 216,556 13 5 | 2,548,832 15 10 | 84·01 | ||
| Operating total | 3,180 | 634,333 0 2 | 6,693,268 2 7 | 500,356 7 9 | 5,803,319 14 6 | 86·70 | ||
| Miscellaneous revenue | 21,614 7 5 | 262,133 2 7 | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Lake Wakatipu Steamers | 845 15 7 | 8,941 12 2 | 1,079 16 7 | 14,329 1 9 | 160·25 | |||
| Refreshment - rooms, Advertising, Road Motors, and other Subsidiary Services | 19,581 14 8 | 207,308 17 8 | 18,833 9 0 | 184,484 6 1 | 88·99 | |||
| Departmental Dwellings | 7,540 4 0 | 86,138 19 9 | 12,215 5 7 | 149,843 8 8 | 173·95 | |||
| Grand Total | 3,180 | 683,915 1 10 | 7,257,790 14 9 | 532,484 18 11 | 6,151,976 11 0 | 84·76 |
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 | 1,463,159 0 0 |
| Tauranga | .. | 713,898 0 0 |
| Gisborne | 864,343 0 0 | 4,884,993 0 0 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 26,444,795 0 0 | 207,410 0 0 |
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 21,635,302 0 0 | 175,030 0 0 |
| Westport | 703,907 0 0 | 69,864 0 0 |
| Nelson | 585,019 0 0 | 17,129 0 0 |
| Picton | 690,595 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, 8th April, 1929.
H. VALENTINE,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.
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