Railway Financial Reports




JUNE 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1953

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 26th April, 1930.

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. £ s. d.
Kaihu 24 544 17 4 544 17 4 654 11 8 654 11 8 120·14 295 2 9 354 11 4
Gisborne 60 2,259 13 2 2,259 13 2 3,010 17 8 3,010 17 8 133·26 489 11 10 652 7 2
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,413 323,167 16 4 323,167 16 4 270,549 9 6 270,549 9 6 83·72 2,973 4 9 2,489 2 8
Total 1,497 325,972 6 10 325,972 6 10 274,214 18 10 274,214 18 10 84·12
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,627 233,067 14 1 233,067 14 1 193,765 12 5 193,765 12 5 83·14 1,862 5 0 1,548 4 5
Westport 43 9,794 3 4 9,794 3 4 6,614 15 0 6,614 15 0 67·54 2,961 0 7 1,999 16 2
Nelson 64 1,878 2 5 1,878 2 5 2,858 4 8 2,858 4 8 152·19 381 9 11 580 11 7
Picton 56 3,173 17 2 3,173 17 2 3,663 3 7 3,663 3 7 115·42 736 15 9 850 7 7
Total 1,790 247,913 17 0 247,913 17 0 206,901 15 8 206,901 15 8 83·46
Operating total 3,287 573,886 3 10 573,886 3 10 481,116 14 6 481,116 14 6 83·83
Miscellaneous revenue 30,189 15 4 30,189 15 4 .. .. ..
Lake Wakatipu steamers 1,029 14 9 1,029 14 9 1,145 12 5 1,145 12 5 111·25
Refreshment-rooms, Advertising, Road Motors, and other Subsidiary Services 26,905 6 8 26,905 6 8 22,604 14 0 22,604 14 0 84·02
Departmental dwellings 8,579 19 1 8,579 19 1 13,453 19 0 13,453 19 0 156·81
Total 3,287 640,590 19 8 640,590 19 8 518,320 19 11 518,320 19 11 80·91

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

Section. Miles open for Traffic. Revenue. Expenditure. For a Twelve-monthly Period. Average to Date.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
NORTH ISLAND,—
Kaihu 24 452 10 10 452 10 10 753 19 4 753 19 4 166·61 245 2 6 408 8 0
Gisborne 60 2,543 12 10 2,543 12 10 3,584 1 2 3,584 1 2 140·90 551 2 5 776 10 11
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,413 302,377 16 0 302,377 16 0 255,782 2 1 255,782 2 1 84·59 2,781 19 3 2,353 5 4
Total 1,497 305,373 19 8 305,373 19 8 260,120 2 7 260,120 2 7 85·18
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,627 240,601 6 5 240,601 6 5 201,121 16 0 201,121 16 0 83·59 1,922 8 11 1,606 19 11
Westport 43 11,097 2 3 11,097 2 3 7,816 3 3 7,816 3 3 70·43 3,354 18 10 2,363 0 6
Nelson 64 2,067 16 3 2,067 16 3 2,847 16 1 2,847 16 1 137·72 420 0 6 578 9 3
Picton 56 2,839 5 5 2,839 5 5 2,833 19 1 2,833 19 1 99·81 659 2 4 657 17 8
Total 1,790 256,605 10 4 256,605 10 4 214,619 14 5 214,619 14 5 83·64
Operating total 3,287 561,979 10 0 561,979 10 0 474,739 17 0 474,739 17 0 84·48
Miscellaneous revenue 22,472 10 10 22,472 10 10 .. .. ..
Lake Wakatipu Steamers 1,193 1 3 1,193 1 3 1,060 6 4 1,060 6 4 88·87
Refreshment-rooms, Advertising, Road Motors, and other Subsidiary Services 24,376 9 6 24,376 9 6 22,427 0 9 22,427 0 9 92·00
Departmental Dwellings 8,395 12 1 8,395 12 1 12,824 13 3 12,824 13 3 152·75
Grand total 3,287 618,417 3 8 618,417 3 8 511,051 17 4 511,051 17 4 82·64

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 June, 1930. H. VALENTINE, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.



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🚂 Railway Working Account, showing revenue and expenditure to 26th April, 1930 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
9 June 1930
Railways, Revenue, Expenditure, Financial Report, North Island, South Island, Lake Wakatipu Steamers
  • H. Valentine, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways