New Zealand Gazette – 1931 – No. 1

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✨ Railway Financial Statistics



JAN. 9.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending
6th December, 1930.

Section. Miles open for Traffic. 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 24 494 12 6 3,337 7 3 597 11 1 6,425 3 10 192·52 200 17 2 386 14 0
Gisborne 60 1,560 18 4 17,468 4 6 2,731 4 6 26,679 15 6 152·73 420 10 8 642 5 10
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,449 300,402 6 6 2,612,621 9 7 269,956 11 9 2,527,064 7 2 96·73 2,656 13 3 2,569 13 3
Total 1,533 302,457 17 4 2,633,427 1 4 273,285 7 4 2,560,169 6 6 97·22
SOUTH ISLAND---
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,627 179,491 8 9 1,772,689 16 7 187,498 17 5 1,840,544 12 7 103·83 1,573 15 9 1,634 0 7
Westport 43 8,854 16 8 84,515 0 1 6,948 14 10 66,540 2 5 78·73 2,839 0 1 2,235 3 11
Nelson 64 1,476 17 4 14,217 19 5 2,725 7 0 27,723 6 8 194·99 320 17 10 625 14 0
Picton 56 2,316 10 0 21,698 8 6 2,865 5 10 29,708 11 3 136·92 559 13 8 766 5 10
Total 1,790 192,139 12 9 1,893,121 4 7 200,038 5 1 1,964,516 12 11 104·83
Operating total 3,323 494,597 10 1 4,526,548 5 11 473,323 12 5 4,524,685 19 5 99·86
Miscellaneous revenue
Lake Wakatipu Steamers
Refreshment-rooms, Advertising, and other Subsidiary Services
Departmental dwellings
Grand total 3,323 551,394 13 11 5,063,454 6 5 509,149 18 3 4,854,993 15 5 95·88

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,--- £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Kaihu 24 497 12 10 3,459 2 9 776 2 5 6,760 5 0 195·43 208 3 9
Gisborne 60 2,353 4 7 20,650 6 5 3,145 14 11 28,022 4 9 135·70 497 2 9
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,413 341,719 17 2 2,772,708 13 3 314,367 7 3 2,627,880 5 4 94·78 2,834 8 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
Westport 43 11,674 7 2 95,238 13 3 8,876 12 9 76,898 6 6 80·74 3,199 4 8
Nelson 64 1,633 13 5 17,229 12 0 3,100 2 1 32,285 7 11 187·38 388 17 3
Picton 56 2,652 13 0 21,453 10 10 3,222 6 1 30,944 15 0 144·24 553 7 4
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
Lake Wakatipu steamers
Refreshment-rooms, Advertising, Road Motors, and other Subsidiary Services
Departmental dwellings
Grand total 3,287 628,821 7 7 5,374,157 9 5 588,340 2 5 5,088,947 19 0 94·69

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, 6th January, 1931.

H. VALENTINE,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.



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🚂 New Zealand Railways Traffic Returns for December 1930 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
6 January 1931
Railways, Traffic, Revenue, Expenditure, Statistics, North Island, South Island, Kaihu, Gisborne, Nelson, Picton, Westport, Lake Wakatipu Steamers
  • H. Valentine, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways