✨ Railway Financial Statistics
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1
RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending
7th December, 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 | 497 12 10 | 3,459 2 9 | 776 2 5 | 6,760 5 0 | 195·43 | 208 3 9 | 406 17 4 |
| Gisborne | 60 | 2,353 4 7 | 20,650 6 5 | 3,145 14 11 | 28,022 4 9 | 135·70 | 497 2 9 | 674 12 2 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,413 | 341,719 17 | 2,772,708 13 | 314,367 7 | 2,627,880 5 4 | 94·78 | 2,834 8 3 | 2,686 7 3 |
| Total | 1,497 | 344,570 14 7 | 2,796,818 2 5 | 318,289 4 7 | 2,662,662 15 1 | 95·20 | ||
| SOUTH ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,627 | 208,465 14 1 | 1,913,674 12 8 | 215,838 6 7 | 1,940,748 15 4 | 101·41 | 1,698 19 1 | 1,722 19 9 |
| Westport | 43 | 11,674 7 2 | 95,238 13 3 | 8,876 12 9 | 76,898 6 6 | 80·74 | 3,199 4 8 | 2,583 2 11 |
| Nelson | 64 | 1,633 13 5 | 17,229 12 0 | 3,100 2 1 | 32,285 7 11 | 187·38 | 388 17 3 | 728 13 3 |
| Picton | 56 | 2,652 13 0 | 21,453 10 10 | 3,222 6 1 | 30,944 15 0 | 144·24 | 553 7 4 | 798 3 7 |
| Total | 1,790 | 224,426 7 8 | 2,047,596 8 9 | 231,037 7 6 | 2,080,877 4 9 | 101·63 | ||
| Operating total | 3,287 | 568,997 2 3 | 4,844,414 11 2 | 549,326 12 1 | 4,743,539 19 10 | 97·92 | ||
| Miscellaneous revenue | .. | 28,788 8 1 | 248,578 2 6 | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Lake Wakatipu steamers | .. | 744 9 7 | 6,867 2 9 | 1,216 14 6 | 13,495 16 9 | 196·53 | ||
| Refreshment-rooms, Advertising, Road Motors, and other Subsidiary Services | .. | 21,718 2 5 | 199,217 2 11 | 23,922 7 0 | 205,112 3 7 | 102·96 | ||
| Departmental dwellings | .. | 8,573 5 3 | 75,080 10 1 | 13,874 8 10 | 126,799 18 10 | 168·89 | ||
| Grand Total | 3,287 | 628,821 7 7 | 5,374,157 9 5 | 588,340 2 5 | 5,088,947 19 0 | 94·69 |
CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
| Section. | 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 | 492 3 3 | 4,173 8 5 | 803 4 5 | 7,642 15 6 | 183·13 | 251 3 8 | 459 19 8 |
| Gisborne | 60 | 2,635 8 7 | 23,424 14 2 | 3,194 19 10 | 30,106 17 9 | 128·53 | 563 18 7 | 724 15 11 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,413 | 351,093 7 9 | 2,794,454 18 0 | 265,499 10 6 | 2,416,060 15 1 | 86·46 | 2,953 15 9 | 2,553 16 5 |
| Total | 1,497 | 354,220 19 7 | 2,822,053 0 7 | 269,497 14 9 | 2,453,810 8 4 | 86·95 | ||
| SOUTH ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,627 | 207,380 17 11 | 1,839,116 14 5 | 195,751 6 8 | 1,813,582 4 1 | 98·61 | 1,633 5 3 | 1,610 11 9 |
| Westport | 43 | 10,751 4 0 | 93,879 10 9 | 7,527 13 5 | 67,916 4 10 | 72·34 | 3,153 11 6 | 2,281 8 6 |
| Nelson | 64 | 1,626 15 8 | 14,996 15 11 | 3,012 5 3 | 28,558 5 6 | 190·43 | 338 9 5 | 644 10 11 |
| Picton | 56 | 2,749 19 9 | 22,785 17 1 | 2,961 0 4 | 29,532 11 10 | 129·61 | 587 14 7 | 761 15 1 |
| Total | 1,790 | 222,508 17 4 | 1,970,788 18 2 | 209,252 5 8 | 1,939,589 6 3 | 98·42 | ||
| Operating total | 3,287 | 576,729 16 11 | 4,792,831 18 9 | 478,750 0 5 | 4,393,399 14 7 | 91·67 | ||
| Miscellaneous revenue | .. | 21,512 19 7 | 209,950 0 9 | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Lake Wakatipu Steamers | .. | 685 19 7 | 5,535 6 9 | 1,038 5 4 | 12,708 6 2 | 229·59 | ||
| Refreshment-rooms, Advertising, Road Motors, and other Subsidiary Services | .. | 19,931 12 10 | 189,923 18 5 | 20,393 16 11 | 186,192 6 1 | 98·04 | ||
| Departmental dwellings | .. | 8,305 7 2 | 72,166 13 3 | 12,697 1 4 | 117,700 16 7 | 163·10 | ||
| Grand Total | 3,287 | 627,165 16 1 | 5,270,407 17 11 | 512,879 4 0 | 4,710,001 3 5 | 89·37 |
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, 6th January, 1930.
H. VALENTINE,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.
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