New Zealand Gazette – 1934 – No. 34

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✨ Railway Financial Report

Abstract of Railway Working Account.

FOUR-WEEKLY PERIOD ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1934, WITH COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF PREVIOUS YEAR.

Section.	Revenue.			Expenditure.			Net Revenue.
	1933-34.	1932-33.	Variation.	1933-34.	1932-33.	Variation.	1933-34.	1932-33.
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Kaihu	603	348	+ 255	470	575	— 105	133	227
Gisborne	2,101	1,385	+ 716	1,635	1,590	+ 45	466	205
North Island main line and branches	309,419	261,126	+ 48,293	261,379	220,578	+ 40,801	48,040	40,548
South Island main line and branches	227,323	203,159	+ 24,164	191,440	161,212	+ 30,228	35,883	41,947
Westport	4,916	5,505	— 589	4,439	3,995	+ 444	477	1,510
Nelson	1,609	1,512	+ 97	1,400	1,147	+ 253	209	365
Picton	3,574	3,685	— 111	2,158	2,455	— 297	1,416	1,230
Total railway operation	549,545	476,720	+ 72,825	462,921	391,552	+ 71,369	86,624	85,168
Miscellaneous revenue	37,368	33,087	+ 4,281	..	..	..	37,368	33,087
Lake Wakatipu steamers	1,240	961	+ 279	1,157	586	+ 571	83	375
Refreshment-rooms, advertising, motor service, and other subsidiary services	21,216	16,886	+ 4,330	22,854	19,451	+ 3,403	— 1,638	— 2,565
Departmental dwellings	10,716	10,670	+ 46	13,797	15,864	— 2,067	— 3,081	— 5,194
Total	620,085	538,324	+ 81,761	500,729	427,453	+ 73,276	119,356	110,871

1ST APRIL, 1933, TO 31ST MARCH, 1934, WITH COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR PERIOD 1ST APRIL, 1932, TO 31ST MARCH, 1933.

Revenue.			Expenditure.			Net Revenue.
1933-34.	1932-33.	Variation.	1933-34.	1932-33.	Variation.	1933-34.	1932-33.
£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
3,824	3,698	+ 126	5,956	6,052	— 96	— 2,132	— 2,354
15,996	14,428	+ 1,568	18,202	18,947	— 745	— 2,206	— 4,519
3,285,912	3,107,566	+178,346	2,774,587	2,767,580	+ 7,007	511,325	339,986
2,220,825	2,107,113	+113,712	1,976,349	1,932,435	+ 43,914	244,476	174,678
63,322	64,065	— 743	54,268	58,459	— 4,191	9,054	5,606
11,639	13,402	— 1,763	19,082	21,733	— 2,651	— 7,443	— 8,331
27,317	28,803	— 1,486	28,702	28,548	+ 154	— 1,385	255
5,628,835	5,339,075	+289,760	4,877,146	4,833,754	+ 43,392	751,689	505,321
334,938	339,517	— 4,579	..	..	..	334,938	339,517
9,617	7,864	+ 1,753	9,610	8,200	+ 1,410	7	336
222,083	210,372	+ 11,711	209,616	196,119	+ 13,497	12,467	14,253
137,238	137,575	— 337	150,781	145,786	+ 4,995	—13,543	— 8,211
6,332,711	6,034,403	+298,308	5,247,153	5,183,859	+ 63,294	1,085,558	850,544

ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING REVENUE AND TRAFFIC.

Four-weekly Period.			Year to Date.
1933-34.	1932-33.	Variation.	1933-34.	1932-33.	Variation.
£	£	£	£	£	£
Passengers	125,597	84,743	+ 40,854	1,336,334	1,207,296
Parcels, luggage, and mails	25,924	21,465	+ 4,459	281,889	283,822
Goods	389,080	361,804	+ 27,276	3,911,245	3,745,777
Labour and demurrage	8,944	8,708	+ 236	99,367	102,180
Total railway operating revenue	549,545	476,720	+ 72,825	5,628,835	5,339,075
Passengers	No.	1,201,302	1,022,580	+178,722	19,047,186
Live-stock	Tons	75,341	72,180	+ 3,161	548,806
Timber	"	27,915	17,563	+ 10,352	301,221
Other goods	"	461,705	454,751	+ 6,954	4,792,174
Total goods	"	564,961	544,494	+ 20,467	5,642,201
Road Motor Service—
Passengers	No.	226,706	208,703	+ 18,003	2,783,184
Revenue	£	6,526	6,044	+ 482	79,184

ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING EXPENDITURE.

Four-weekly Period.			Year to Date.
1933-34.	1932-33.	Variation.	1933-34.	1932-33.	Variation.
£	£	£	£	£	£
Maintenance—
Way and works	104,222	95,476	+ 8,746	993,207	931,273
Signals and electrical appliances	9,376	10,938	— 1,562	110,298	105,586
Rolling-stock	148,492	96,711	+ 51,781	1,220,102	1,188,474
Transportation—
Locomotive	86,390	79,085	+ 7,305	1,064,827	1,114,801
Traffic	101,320	95,751	+ 5,569	1,253,833	1,255,280
General charges	Cr. 1,281	Cr. 872	— 409	58,944	61,252
Superannuation subsidy	14,402	14,463	— 61	175,935	177,088
Total operating expenses	462,921	391,552	+ 71,369	4,877,146	4,833,754
Net operating revenue	86,624	85,168	+ 1,456	751,689	505,321
Total railway operating revenue	549,545	476,720	+ 72,825	5,628,835	5,339,075

Capital cost of open lines as at 31st March, 1932 | £ | 51,424,883
Capital cost of open lines as at 31st March, 1933 | £ | 51,480,949

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