New Zealand Gazette – 1934 – No. 66

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✨ Railway Financial Report

Abstract of Railway Working Account.

FOUR-WEEKLY PERIOD ENDED 21ST JULY, 1934, WITH COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF PREVIOUS YEAR.

Section.	Revenue.			Expenditure.			Net Revenue.
	1934-35.	1933-34.	Variation.	1934-35.	1933-34.	Variation.	1934-35.	1933-34.
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Kaihu	210	165	+ 45	515	393	+ 122	— 305	— 228
Gisborne	990	731	+ 259	1,326	1,362	— 36	— 336	— 631
North Island main line and branches	214,273	212,018	+ 2,255	216,715	206,922	+ 9,793	— 2,442	— 5,096
South Island main line and branches	148,366	142,762	+ 5,604	157,153	148,672	+ 8,481	— 8,787	— 5,910
Westport	5,021	4,845	+ 176	4,181	4,359	— 178	840	486
Nelson	732	678	+ 54	1,253	1,277	— 24	— 521	— 599
Picton	1,332	1,512	— 180	1,911	2,293	— 382	— 579	— 781
Total railway operation	370,924	362,711	+ 8,213	383,054	365,278	+ 17,776	—12,130	— 2,567
Miscellaneous revenue	27,218	24,533	+ 2,685	..	..	..	27,218	24,533
Lake Wakatipu steamers	506	439	+ 67	759	961	— 202	— 253	— 522
Refreshment-rooms, advertising, motor service, and other subsidiary services	15,924	14,420	+ 1,504	15,829	14,381	+ 1,448	95	39
Departmental dwellings ..	10,333	10,332	+ 1	13,009	11,781	+ 1,228	— 2,676	— 1,449
Total	424,905	412,435	+ 12,470	412,651	392,401	+ 20,250	12,254	20,034

1ST APRIL, 1934, TO 21ST JULY, 1934, WITH COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR PERIOD 1ST APRIL, 1933, TO 22ND JULY, 1933.

Revenue.			Expenditure.			Net Revenue.
1934-35.	1933-34.	Variation.	1934-35.	1933-34.	Variation.	1934-35.	1933-34.
£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
1,374	858	+ 516	2,115	1,759	+ 356	— 741	— 901
4,421	3,487	+ 934	5,430	5,522	— 92	— 1,009	— 2,035
964,596	889,743	+ 74,853	863,469	833,034	+ 30,435	101,127	56,709
700,364	682,125	+ 18,239	623,624	597,058	+ 26,566	76,740	85,067
22,599	20,629	+ 1,970	17,040	17,132	— 92	5,559	3,497
3,511	3,225	+ 286	5,034	4,972	+ 62	— 1,523	— 1,747
6,883	7,183	— 300	7,588	8,317	— 729	— 705	— 1,134
1,703,748	1,607,250	+ 96,498	1,524,300	1,467,794	+ 56,506	179,448	139,456
102,505	93,398	+ 9,107	..	..	..	102,505	93,398
2,575	2,246	+ 329	2,791	3,089	— 298	— 216	— 843
65,659	62,816	+ 2,843	62,758	59,241	+ 3,517	2,901	3,575
42,062	41,947	+ 115	51,337	45,451	+ 5,886	— 9,275	— 3,504
1,916,549	1,807,657	+108,892	1,641,186	1,575,575	+ 65,611	275,363	232,082

ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING REVENUE AND TRAFFIC.

	Four-weekly Period.			Year to Date.
	1934-35.	1933-34.	Variation.	1934-35.	1933-34.	Variation.
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Passengers	81,957	74,132	+ 7,825	363,042	361,823	+ 1,219
Parcels, luggage, and mails	19,222	17,671	+ 1,551	80,520	76,495	+ 4,025
Goods	261,574	263,416	— 1,842	1,227,778	1,137,865	+ 89,913
Labour and demurrage	8,171	7,492	+ 679	32,408	31,067	+ 1,341
Total railway operating revenue	370,924	362,711	+ 8,213	1,703,748	1,607,250	+ 96,498
Passengers	.. No.	1,143,671	1,090,604	+ 53,067	5,820,145	5,667,274
Live-stock	.. Tons	22,458	20,797	+ 1,661	170,614	157,058
Timber	.. ,,	22,458	19,941	+ 2,517	95,918	71,439
Other goods	.. ,,	353,506	354,818	— 1,312	1,596,351	1,493,009
Total goods	.. ,,	398,422	395,556	+ 2,866	1,862,883	1,721,506
Road Motor Services—
Passengers	.. No.	210,201	201,837	+ 8,364	870,619	838,443
Revenue	.. £	5,792	5,551	+ 241	24,502	23,695

ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING EXPENDITURE.

	Four-weekly Period.			Year to Date.
	1934-35.	1933-34.	Variation.	1934-35.	1933-34.	Variation.
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Maintenance—
Way and works	79,282	71,761	+ 7,521	315,221	291,873	+ 23,348
Signals and electrical appliances	9,764	8,140	+ 1,624	40,508	32,168	+ 8,340
Rolling-stock	97,698	93,132	+ 4,566	372,336	358,228	+ 14,108
Transportation—
Locomotive	81,344	79,348	+ 1,996	335,868	332,208	+ 3,660
Traffic	98,362	95,581	+ 2,781	393,100	383,624	+ 9,476
General charges	4,437	4,804	— 367	18,337	19,470	— 1,133
Superannuation subsidy	12,167	12,512	— 345	48,930	50,223	— 1,293
Total operating expenses	383,054	365,278	+ 17,776	1,524,300	1,467,794	+ 56,506
Net operating revenue	—12,130	— 2,567	— 9,563	179,448	139,456	+ 39,992
Total railway operating revenue	370,924	362,711	+ 8,213	1,703,748	1,607,250	+ 96,498

Capital cost of open lines as at 31st March, 1933 | £ 51,480,949
Capital cost of open lines as at 31st March, 1934 | £ 53,909,347

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