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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 9
RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 4th January, 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 | 731 4 7 | 4,190 7 4 | 685 13 5 | 7,445 18 5 | 177·69 | 226 19 7 | 403 6 5 |
| Gisborne | 60 | 2,698 4 6 | 23,348 10 11 | 3,233 14 0 | 31,255 18 9 | 133·87 | 505 17 9 | 677 4 3 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,413 | 367,893 3 3 | 3,140,601 16 6 | 285,469 11 8 | 2,913,349 17 0 | 92·76 | 2,680 7 4 | 2,889 8 10 |
| Total | 1,497 | 371,322 12 4 | 3,168,140 14 9 | 289,388 19 1 | 2,952,051 14 2 | 93·18 | ||
| SOUTH ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,627 | 230,473 16 7 | 2,144,148 9 3 | 202,302 19 8 | 2,143,051 15 0 | 99·95 | 1,713 4 3 | 1,712 6 8 |
| Westport | 43 | 8,126 9 10 | 103,365 3 1 | 7,224 1 5 | 84,122 7 11 | 81·38 | 3,124 19 11 | 2,543 4 9 |
| Nelson | 64 | 1,876 0 7 | 19,105 12 7 | 2,806 0 2 | 35,091 8 1 | 183·67 | 388 1 8 | 712 15 11 |
| Picton | 56 | 3,038 2 8 | 24,491 13 6 | 3,322 3 5 | 34,266 18 5 | 139·91 | 568 11 2 | 795 9 8 |
| Total | 1,790 | 243,514 9 8 | 2,291,110 18 5 | 215,655 4 8 | 2,296,532 9 5 | 100·24 | ||
| Operating total | 3,287 | 614,837 2 0 | 5,459,251 13 2 | 505,044 3 9 | 5,248,584 3 7 | 96·14 | ||
| Miscellaneous revenue | 35,604 6 2 | 284,182 8 8 | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Lake Wakatipu steamers | 1,182 19 8 | 8,050 2 5 | 1,403 11 1 | 14,899 7 10 | 185·08 | |||
| Refreshment-rooms, Advertising, Road Motors, and other Subsidiary Services | 33,673 15 6 | 232,890 18 5 | 27,601 6 5 | 232,713 10 0 | 99·92 | |||
| Departmental dwellings | 8,554 3 10 | 83,634 13 11 | 14,433 7 9 | 141,233 6 7 | 168·87 | |||
| Grand Total .. | 3,287 | 693,852 7 2 | 6,068,009 16 7 | 548,482 9 0 | 5,637,430 8 0 | 92·90 |
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 | 664 7 11 | 4,837 16 4 | 785 12 5 | 8,428 7 11 | 174·22 | 262 1 0 | 456 10 10 |
| Gisborne | 60 | 3,582 15 5 | 27,007 9 7 | 3,224 17 8 | 33,331 15 5 | 123·42 | 585 3 3 | 722 3 10 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,413 | 391,729 12 5 | 3,186,184 10 5 | 267,659 13 2 | 2,683,720 8 3 | 84·23 | 3,020 15 11 | 2,544 8 3 |
| Total | 1,497 | 395,976 15 9 | 3,218,029 16 4 | 271,670 3 3 | 2,725,480 11 7 | 84·69 | ||
| SOUTH ISLAND,— | ||||||||
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,627 | 240,947 11 9 | 2,080,064 6 2 | 189,955 10 9 | 2,003,537 14 10 | 96·32 | 1,662 9 4 | 1,601 6 1 |
| Westport | 43 | 7,527 10 1 | 101,407 0 10 | 6,396 9 8 | 74,312 14 6 | 73·28 | 3,065 15 11 | 2,246 13 3 |
| Nelson | 64 | 1,909 14 7 | 16,906 10 6 | 3,056 15 7 | 31,615 1 1 | 187·00 | 343 8 3 | 642 3 10 |
| Picton | 56 | 3,940 19 6 | 26,726 16 7 | 3,353 12 8 | 32,886 4 6 | 123·05 | 620 8 11 | 763 8 7 |
| Total | 1,790 | 254,325 15 11 | 2,225,104 14 1 | 202,762 8 8 | 2,142,351 14 11 | 96·28 | ||
| Operating total | 3,287 | 650,302 11 8 | 5,443,134 10 5 | 474,432 11 11 | 4,867,832 6 6 | 89·43 | ||
| Miscellaneous revenue | 24,668 16 0 | 234,618 16 9 | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Lake Wakatipu Steamers | 1,393 5 5 | 6,928 12 2 | 1,259 0 8 | 13,967 6 10 | 201·59 | |||
| Refreshment-rooms, Advertising, Road Motors, and other Subsidiary Services | 31,501 18 6 | 221,425 16 11 | 26,181 9 8 | 212,373 15 9 | 95·91 | |||
| Departmental dwellings | 8,312 7 6 | 80,479 0 9 | 11,933 15 2 | 129,634 11 9 | 161·08 | |||
| Grand Total .. | 3,287 | 716,178 19 1 | 5,986,586 17 0 | 513,806 17 5 | 5,223,808 0 10 | 87·26 |
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 |
H. VALENTINE,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.
Railways Department, 3rd February, 1930.
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