Railway Financial Reports




Nov. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3561

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending
11th October, 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.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
NORTH ISLAND—
Kaihu .. 24 295 0 2 2,381 3 3 705 19 11 5,208 13 1 218·77 184 5 2 403 1 0
Gisborne 60 1,382 6 5 14,106 0 7 2,906 4 8 21,135 4 8 149·83 436 12 4 654 3 9
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,440 261,783 3 8 2,039,847 15 4 272,778 15 10 1,989,063 12 0 97·50 2,679 3 11 2,612 9 11
Total 1,524 263,460 10 3 2,056,334 19 2 276,391 0 5 2,015,407 9 9 98·01
SOUTH ISLAND—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,627 168,975 0 10 1,426,142 18 2 198,982 7 11 1,459,517 3 8 112·34 1,627 17 6 1,665 19 5
Westport 43 8,248 12 4 68,266 16 2 7,437 17 7 52,686 1 7 77·18 2,948 8 0 2,275 9 7
Nelson 64 1,087 11 7 11,336 14 11 2,952 9 5 22,407 19 7 197·67 328 19 5 650 4 8
Picton 56 1,924 7 4 17,756 19 1 2,919 18 5 24,233 10 2 136·47 588 17 7 803 13 3
Total 1,790 180,235 12 1 1,523,503 8 4 212,292 13 4 1,558,844 15 0 102·32
Operating total 3,314 443,696 2 4 3,579,838 7 6 488,683 13 9 3,574,252 4 9 99·83
Miscellaneous revenue 30,247 19 5 200,692 1 11 .. 7,801 12 11 ..
Lake Wakatipu steamers 545 8 7 4,526 8 2 1,005 7 4 172·38
Refreshment-rooms, Advertising, and other Subsidiary Services 21,162 13 10 158,308 17 6 20,396 12 10 153,290 8 2 96·83
Departmental dwellings 8,460 13 11 58,952 19 9 13,325 12 6 98,386 15 1 166·89
Grand total 3,314 504,112 18 1 4,002,318 14 10 523,411 6 5 3,833,731 0 11 95·79

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 .. 24 315 10 11 2,560 12 2 839 12 10 5,253 12 4 205·17 198 2 10 406 10 7
Gisborne 60 1,985 2 0 16,331 17 6 2,902 12 10 21,928 15 8 134·27 505 10 3 678 15 0
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,413 294,931 15 4 2,129,826 8 0 309,430 14 1 1,997,230 14 2 93·77 2,799 5 9 2,625 0 3
Total 1,497 297,232 8 3 2,148,718 17 8 313,172 19 9 2,024,413 2 2 94·21
SOUTH ISLAND—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,627 194,839 1 5 1,511,964 13 3 222,802 2 10 1,503,270 7 6 99·42 1,725 16 9 1,715 18 3
Westport 43 12,570 0 10 72,050 5 3 9,236 8 2 59,133 15 6 82·07 3,111 16 1 2,553 19 0
Nelson 64 1,909 16 9 13,733 5 11 3,490 1 7 24,967 10 2 181·80 398 10 3 724 10 1
Picton 56 2,168 1 10 16,589 1 8 3,823 7 8 24,341 6 10 146·73 550 3 0 807 4 9
Total 1,790 211,487 0 10 1,614,337 6 1 239,352 0 3 1,611,713 0 0 99·84
Operating total 3,287 508,719 9 1 3,763,056 3 9 552,525 0 0 3,636,126 2 2 96·63
Miscellaneous revenue 31,595 10 10 189,961 5 2 .. 10,687 10 8 ..
Lake Wakatipu steamers 596 5 3 5,434 3 3 2,193 19 8 196·67
Refreshment-rooms, Advertising, Road Motors, and other Subsidiary Services 21,844 5 8 155,040 11 2 22,639 16 9 157,899 16 9 101·84
Departmental dwellings 8,172 17 8 58,110 10 2 14,705 14 7 98,643 2 4 169·75
Grand total 3,287 570,928 8 6 4,171,602 13 6 592,064 11 0 3,903,356 11 11 93·57

COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAYS, ROLLING-STOCK, ETC., to 31st March, 1930, as furnished by Public Works Department and by Greymouth and Westport Harbour Boards respectively.

Section. Cost of Opened Lines. Cost of Unopened Lines.
£ £
Kaihu 193,140 ..
Gisborne 865,381 1,021,620
North Island Main Lines and Branches 31,928,127 5,846,786
South Island Main Lines and Branches 22,737,013 75,935
Westport 717,926 336,753
Nelson 586,461 173,761
Picton 690,698 88,556
Lake Wakatipu Steamer Service 44,750 ..
In Suspense—
Surveys, North Island .. 29,984
Miscellaneous, North Island .. 5,169
Surveys, South Island .. 5,763
Miscellaneous, South Island .. 5,168
General 24,175 25,819
P.W.D. Stock of Permanent-way .. 123,104
Totals 57,787,671 7,738,418

Railways Department, 10th November, 1930. H. VALENTINE,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.



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🚂 Railway Working Account for October 1930 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
10 November 1930
Railway, Revenue, Expenditure, Statistics, North Island, South Island
  • H. Valentine, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways

🚂 Cost of Construction of Railways to 31 March 1930

🚂 Transport & Communications
10 November 1930
Railway, Construction Costs, Opened Lines, Unopened Lines
  • H. Valentine, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways