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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 83
RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending
9th November, 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. | ||
| NORTH ISLAND— | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | ||
| Kaihu | 24 | 400 17 9 | 2,961 9 11 | 730 10 3 | 5,984 2 7 | 202·06 | 200 10 4 |
| Gisborne | 60 | 1,965 4 4 | 18,297 1 10 | 2,947 14 2 | 24,876 9 10 | 113·96 | 495 10 11 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,413 | 301,162 8 1 | 2,430,988 16 1 | 316,282 3 11 | 2,313,512 18 1 | 95·17 | 2,795 14 6 |
| Total | 1,497 | 303,528 10 2 | 2,452,247 7 10 | 319,960 8 4 | 2,344,373 10 6 | 95·60 | |
| SOUTH ISLAND— | |||||||
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,627 | 193,244 5 4 | 1,705,208 18 7 | 221,640 1 3 | 1,724,910 8 9 | 101·16 | 1,703 2 3 |
| Westport | 43 | 11,514 0 10 | 83,564 6 1 | 8,887 18 3 | 68,021 13 9 | 81·40 | 3,157 19 1 |
| Nelson | 64 | 1,862 12 8 | 15,595 18 7 | 4,217 15 8 | 29,185 5 10 | 187·13 | 395 19 10 |
| Picton | 56 | 2,211 16 2 | 18,800 17 10 | 3,381 2 1 | 27,722 8 11 | 147·45 | 545 11 3 |
| Total | 1,790 | 208,832 15 0 | 1,823,170 1 1 | 238,126 17 3 | 1,849,839 17 3 | 101·46 | |
| Operating total | 3,287 | 512,361 5 2 | 4,275,417 8 11 | 558,087 5 7 | 4,194,213 7 9 | 98·10 | |
| Miscellaneous revenue | 29,828 9 3 | 219,789 14 5 | .. | 12,279 2 3 | .. | ||
| Lake Wakatipu steamers | 688 9 11 | 6,122 13 2 | 1,591 11 7 | 200·55 | |||
| Refreshment-rooms, Advertising, Road Motors, and other Subsidiary Services | 22,458 9 4 | 177,499 0 6 | 23,289 19 10 | 181,189 16 7 | 104·76 | ||
| Departmental dwellings | 8,396 14 8 | 66,507 4 10 | 14,282 7 8 | 112,925 10 0 | 167·28 | ||
| Grand Total | 3,287 | 573,733 8 4 | 4,745,336 1 10 | 597,251 4 8 | 4,500,607 16 7 | 94·84 |
CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
| NORTH ISLAND,— | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaihu | 24 | 483 7 2 | 3,681 5 2 | 821 10 11 | 6,839 11 1 | 185·79 | 249 5 1 | 463 1 11 |
| Gisborne | 60 | 2,298 16 6 | 20,789 5 7 | 3,286 1 11 | 26,911 17 11 | 129·45 | 563 0 10 | 728 17 3 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,413 | 314,460 10 8 | 2,443,361 10 3 | 272,156 7 8 | 2,150,561 4 7 | 88·02 | 2,917 18 4 | 2,568 4 11 |
| Total | 1,497 | 317,242 14 4 | 2,467,832 1 0 | 276,264 0 6 | 2,184,312 13 7 | 88·51 | ||
| SOUTH ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,627 | 181,995 17 7 | 1,631,735 16 6 | 200,378 5 10 | 1,617,830 17 5 | 99·15 | 1,630 5 11 | 1,616 8 0 |
| Westport | 43 | 12,050 9 6 | 83,128 6 9 | 7,972 18 11 | 60,388 11 5 | 72·65 | 3,141 9 7 | 2,282 2 6 |
| Nelson | 64 | 1,453 9 3 | 13,370 0 3 | 3,068 0 1 | 25,546 0 3 | 191·07 | 339 9 6 | 648 12 7 |
| Picton | 56 | 2,149 2 6 | 20,035 17 4 | 3,082 7 0 | 26,571 11 6 | 132·62 | 581 8 0 | 771 1 0 |
| Total | 1,790 | 197,648 18 10 | 1,748,270 0 10 | 214,501 11 10 | 1,730,337 0 7 | 98·97 | ||
| Operating total | 3,287 | 514,891 13 2 | 4,216,102 1 10 | 490,765 12 4 | 3,914,649 14 2 | 92·85 | ||
| Miscellaneous revenue | 22,393 15 0 | 188,437 1 2 | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Lake Wakatipu Steamers | 666 10 10 | 4,849 7 2 | 1,180 19 0 | 11,670 0 10 | 240·65 | |||
| Refreshment-rooms, Advertising, Road, Motors, and other Subsidiary Services | 20,345 0 0 | 169,992 5 7 | 21,266 19 11 | 165,798 9 2 | 97·53 | |||
| Departmental dwellings | 7,899 9 3 | 63,861 6 1 | 13,129 13 7 | 105,003 15 3 | 164·43 | |||
| Grand Total | 3,287 | 566,196 8 3 | 4,643,242 1 10 | 526,343 4 10 | 4,197,121 19 5 | 90·39 |
COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAYS, ROLLING-STOCK, ETC., to 31st March, 1929, 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 | 192,175 0 0 | .. |
| Gisborne | 864,892 0 0 | 733,801 0 0 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 31,112,315 0 0 | 4,482,076 0 0 |
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 22,342,140 0 0 | 72,164 0 0 |
| Westport | 706,352 0 0 | 248,640 0 0 |
| Nelson | 585,569 0 0 | 101,546 0 0 |
| Picton | 691,228 0 0 | 17,514 0 0 |
| Lake Wakatipu Steamer Service | 44,387 0 0 | .. |
| In Suspense— | ||
| Surveys, North Island | .. | 29,862 0 0 |
| Miscellaneous, North Island | .. | 5,169 0 0 |
| Surveys, South Island | .. | 5,763 0 0 |
| Miscellaneous, South Island | .. | 5,168 0 0 |
| General | 29,540 0 0 | .. |
| P.W.D. Stock of Permanent-way | .. | 5,913 0 0 |
| Totals | £56,568,598 0 0 | £5,707,616 0 0 |
Railways Department, 9th December, 1929.
H. VALENTINE,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.
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