New Zealand Gazette – 1932 – No. 77

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✨ Railway Financial Report

Abstract of Railway Working Account.

FOUR-WEEKLY PERIOD ENDED 12TH NOVEMBER, 1932, WITH COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF PREVIOUS YEAR.

Section.	Revenue.			Expenditure.			Net Revenue.
	1932-33.	1931-32.	Variation.	1932-33.	1931-32.	Variation.	1932-33.	1931-32.
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Kaihu	279	368	— 89	354	522	— 168	75	154
Gisborne	1,196	931	+ 265	1,289	1,919	— 650	73	— 988
North Island main line and branches	223,996	242,832	— 19,436	212,357	225,529	— 13,172	11,039	17,303
South Island main line and branches	132,308	135,215	— 2,907	145,459	148,830	— 3,371	—13,151	—13,615
Westport	4,313	5,408	— 1,095	4,176	5,374	— 1,198	137	34
Nelson	706	1,072	— 366	1,576	2,164	— 588	870	1,092
Picton	1,519	1,735	— 216	3,722	2,413	+ 1,309	—2,203	678
Total railway operation	363,717	387,561	— 23,844	368,913	386,751	— 17,838	—5,196	810
Miscellaneous revenue	23,243	25,807	— 2,564	..	..	..	23,243	25,807
Lake Wakatipu steamers	369	356	+ 13	516	634	— 118	147	278
Refreshment-rooms, advertising, motor service, and other subsidiary services	15,301	14,293	+ 1,008	14,769	15,235	— 466	532	942
Departmental dwellings	10,695	10,309	+ 386	10,205	9,968	+ 237	490	341
Total	413,325	438,326	— 25,001	394,403	412,588	— 18,185	18,922	25,738

1ST APRIL TO 12TH NOVEMBER, 1932, WITH COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR PERIOD 1ST APRIL TO 7TH NOVEMBER, 1931.

Revenue.			Expenditure.			Net Revenue.
1932-33.	1931-32.	Variation.	1932-33.	1931-32.	Variation.	1932-33.	1931-32.
£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
2,117	2,440	— 323	3,937	4,365	— 428	—1,820	—1,925
7,201	8,506	— 1,215	11,934	15,398	— 3,464	—4,643	—6,892
1,766,923	1,927,450	—160,527	1,711,378	1,889,319	—177,941	55,545	38,131
1,195,659	1,284,259	— 88,600	1,182,380	1,308,200	—125,820	13,279	—23,941
40,600	50,160	— 9,560	37,339	47,620	—10,281	3,261	2,540
8,203	11,525	— 3,322	14,927	19,133	— 4,306	—6,624	—7,608
14,043	16,689	— 2,626	18,144	20,073	— 1,929	—4,101	—3,404
3,034,836	3,301,009	—266,173	2,970,039	3,304,108	—324,169	54,897	—3,099
201,269	212,872	—11,603	..	..	..	201,269	212,872
3,730	3,810	— 80	5,106	6,524	—1,418	—1,376	—2,714
120,532	127,630	— 7,098	114,240	131,198	—16,958	6,292	—3,568
84,590	83,341	+ 1,249	85,813	92,451	— 6,638	—1,223	—9,110
3,444,957	3,728,662	—283,705	3,185,098	3,534,281	—349,183	259,859	194,381

ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING REVENUE AND TRAFFIC.

Four-weekly Period.	Year to Date.
1932-33.	1931-32.
£	£
Passengers	86,032
Parcels, luggage, and mails	23,275
Goods	245,250
Labour and demurrage	9,160
Total railway operating revenue	363,717
Passengers .. No.	1,154,780
Live-stock .. Tons	13,987
Timber .. "	20,626
Other goods .. "	305,747
Total goods .. "	340,360

Road Motor Service—
Passengers .. No. | 208,336 | 150,323 | + 58,013 | 1,648,557 | 1,353,509 | + 295,048
Revenue .. £ | 6,049 | 4,575 | + 1,474 | 46,766 | 43,338 | + 3,427

ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING EXPENDITURE.

Four-weekly Period.	Year to Date.
1932-33.	1931-32.
£	£

Maintenance—
Way and works | 72,051 | 71,842 | + 209 | 558,651 | 627,186 | — 68,535
Signal and electrical appliances | 7,602 | 7,940 | — 338 | 63,417 | 66,788 | — 3,371
Rolling-stock | 98,721 | 94,379 | + 658 | 752,196 | 814,247 | — 62,051
Transportation—
Locomotive | 82,970 | 80,292 | — 2,678 | 689,710 | 772,070 | — 82,360
Traffic | 93,494 | 102,150 | — 8,656 | 773,037 | 877,643 | —104,606
General charges | 4,663 | 6,565 | — 1,902 | 41,259 | 45,895 | — 4,636
Superannuation subsidy | 14,412 | 14,583 | — 171 | 101,669 | 100,279 | + 1,390
Total operating expenses | 368,913 | 386,751 | —17,838 | 2,979,039 | 3,304,108 | —324,169
Net operating revenue | —5,196 | 810 | — 6,006 | 54,897 | —3,099 | + 57,996
Total railway operating revenue | 368,717 | 387,561 | —23,844 | 3,034,836 | 3,301,009 | —266,173

Capital cost of open lines as at 31st March, 1931 .. .. 60,545,154
Capital cost of open lines as at 31st March, 1932 .. .. 51,424,883

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