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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 48
RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 25th May, 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 | 357 5 2 | 809 16 0 | 771 11 10 | 1,525 11 2 | 188·39 | 219 6 5 | 413 3 5 |
| Gisborne | 60 | 2,744 9 6 | 5,288 2 4 | 3,137 15 6 | 6,721 16 8 | 127·11 | 572 17 7 | 728 4 0 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,413 | 334,686 4 1 | 637,064 0 1 | 278,246 2 0 | 534,028 4 1 | 83·83 | 2,930 11 8 | 2,456 12 1 |
| Total | 1,497 | 337,787 18 9 | 643,161 18 5 | 282,155 9 4 | 542,275 11 11 | 84·31 | .. | .. |
| SOUTH ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,627 | 262,110 12 1 | 502,711 18 6 | 214,222 5 8 | 415,344 1 8 | 82·62 | 2,008 7 6 | 1,659 6 8 |
| Westport | 43 | 11,585 3 1 | 22,682 5 4 | 7,653 1 5 | 15,469 4 8 | 68·20 | 3,428 14 4 | 2,338 7 5 |
| Nelson .. | 64 | 2,211 9 8 | 4,279 5 11 | 3,661 2 0 | 6,508 18 1 | 152·10 | 434 12 4 | 661 1 3 |
| Picton .. | 56 | 2,540 6 5 | 5,379 11 10 | 3,244 4 2 | 6,078 3 3 | 112·99 | 624 8 4 | 705 10 0 |
| Total | 1,790 | 278,447 11 3 | 535,053 1 7 | 228,780 13 3 | 443,400 7 8 | 82·87 | ||
| Operating total | 3,287 | 616,235 10 0 | 1,178,215 0 0 | 510,936 2 7 | 985,675 19 7 | 83·66 | ||
| Miscellaneous revenue | 21,472 17 7 | 43,945 8 5 | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Lake Wakatipu Steamers | 1,047 1 3 | 2,240 2 6 | 935 2 2 | 1,995 8 6 | 89·08 | |||
| Refreshment-rooms, Advertising, Road Motors, and other Subsidiary Services | 21,795 15 4 | 46,172 4 10 | 22,277 10 6 | 44,704 11 3 | 96·82 | |||
| Departmental Dwellings | 8,364 10 1 | 16,760 2 2 | 13,021 1 11 | 25,845 15 2 | 154·21 | |||
| Grand total | 3,287 | 668,915 14 3 | 1,287,332 17 11 | 547,169 17 2 | 1,058,221 14 6 | 82·20 |
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 | 587 0 2 | 1,175 17 11 | 920 14 4 | 1,799 10 4 | 153·03 | 318 9 5 | 487 7 5 |
| Gisborne | 60 | 3,081 8 11 | 5,746 1 7 | 3,474 11 3 | 6,808 1 5 | 118·48 | 622 10 10 | 737 11 10 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,328 | 323,108 16 6 | 659,699 2 3 | 277,464 10 7 | 541,835 11 2 | 82·13 | 3,252 16 8 | 2,671 13 5 |
| Total | 1,412 | 326,777 5 7 | 666,621 1 9 | 281,859 16 2 | 550,443 2 11 | 82·57 | ||
| SOUTH ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,627 | 241,206 3 0 | 472,033 13 4 | 210,258 0 10 | 407,236 19 0 | 86·27 | 1,888 8 6 | 1,629 4 0 |
| Westport | 43 | 10,246 10 4 | 19,491 2 9 | 7,557 11 4 | 14,382 1 1 | 73·79 | 2,946 6 7 | 2,174 0 7 |
| Nelson .. | 64 | 2,308 12 3 | 4,317 6 11 | 3,328 2 9 | 6,277 4 8 | 145·39 | 438 9 7 | 618 0 0 |
| Picton .. | 56 | 3,303 15 9 | 6,190 10 1 | 3,523 4 6 | 6,966 13 5 | 112·54 | 718 10 10 | 808 12 7 |
| Total | 1,790 | 257,065 1 4 | 502,032 13 1 | 224,666 19 5 | 434,862 18 2 | 86·62 | ||
| Operating total | 3,202 | 583,842 6 11 | 1,168,653 14 10 | 506,526 15 7 | 985,306 1 1 | 84·31 | ||
| Miscellaneous revenue | 22,960 0 2 | 47,101 17 4 | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Lake Wakatipu Steamers | 659 19 4 | 1,651 9 2 | 1,513 2 4 | 2,568 13 7 | 155·54 | |||
| Refreshment - rooms, Advertising, Road Motors, and other Subsidiary Services | 21,396 18 9 | 46,720 10 8 | 20,770 6 11 | 41,708 18 10 | 89·27 | |||
| Departmental Dwellings | 7,620 14 4 | 15,155 9 1 | 12,409 5 11 | 24,217 9 8 | 159·79 | |||
| Grand total | 3,202 | 636,479 19 6 | 1,279,283 1 1 | 541,219 10 9 | 1,053,801 3 2 | 82·37 |
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, 24th June, 1929.
H. VALENTINE,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.
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Railway, Revenue, Expenditure, Statistics, North Island, South Island, Kaihu, Gisborne, Nelson, Picton, Lake Wakatipu Steamers
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Railway, Construction Costs, Rolling-Stock, Kaihu, Tauranga, Gisborne, Nelson, Picton, Lake Wakatipu Steamer Service
- H. Valentine, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways