New Zealand Gazette – 1938 – No. 1

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✨ Railway Financial Report

Abstract of Railways Working Account.

FOUR-WEEKLY PERIOD ENDED 11TH DECEMBER, 1937, WITH COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF PREVIOUS YEAR.

Section.	Revenue.			Expenditure.			Net Revenue.
	1937-38.	1936-37.	Variation.	1937-38.	1936-37.	Variation.	1937-38.	1936-37.
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Kaihu	523	329	+ 194	779	604	+ 175	256	275
Gisborne	1,852	1,621	+ 231	1,958	1,779	+ 179	106	158
North Island main line and branches	371,791	316,826	+ 54,965	327,546	294,984	+ 32,562	44,245	21,842
South Island main line and branches	217,310	193,120	+ 24,190	221,724	207,968	+ 13,756	4,414	-14,848
Westport	7,013	6,148	+ 865	5,833	5,207	+ 626	1,180	941
Nelson	765	569	+ 196	1,623	1,702	- 79	858	-1,133
Picton	2,620	2,354	+ 266	2,865	3,427	- 562	245	-1,073
Total railway operation	601,874	520,967	+ 80,907	562,328	515,671	+ 46,657	39,546	5,296
Miscellaneous revenue	26,098	29,588	- 3,490	..	..	..	26,098	29,588
Lake Wakatipu steamers	545	391	+ 154	787	738	+ 49	242	347
Refreshment-rooms, advertising, motor service, and other subsidiary services	38,770	30,287	+ 8,483	39,628	29,255	+ 10,373	858	1,032
Departmental dwellings ..	10,211	10,073	+ 138	13,639	13,705	- 66	3,428	-3,632
Total	677,498	591,306	+ 86,192	616,382	559,369	+ 57,013	61,116	31,937

1ST APRIL, 1937, TO 11TH DECEMBER, 1937, WITH COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR PERIOD 1ST APRIL, 1936, TO 5TH DECEMBER, 1936.

Revenue.			Expenditure.			Net Revenue.
1937-38.	1936-37.	Variation.	1937-38.	1936-37.	Variation.	1937-38.	1936-37.
£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
2,907	2,470	+ 437	5,507	5,454	+ 53	2,600	2,984
13,609	11,265	+ 2,344	17,530	15,280	+ 2,250	3,921	4,015
3,018,484	2,592,098	+426,386	2,911,029	2,441,664	+469,365	107,455	150,434
1,886,154	1,718,073	+168,081	1,952,361	1,682,277	+270,084	-66,207	35,796
64,959	53,231	+ 11,728	50,733	44,264	+ 6,469	14,226	8,967
7,232	7,038	+ 194	15,244	13,575	+ 1,669	8,012	6,537
21,745	19,244	+ 2,501	25,030	22,858	+ 2,172	3,285	3,614
5,015,090	4,403,419	+611,671	4,977,434	4,225,372	+752,062	37,656	178,047
233,840	225,040	+ 8,800	..	..	..	233,840	225,040
4,146	4,030	+ 116	7,927	7,145	+ 782	3,781	3,115
329,072	239,654	+ 89,418	326,187	222,258	+103,929	2,885	17,396
89,754	88,555	+ 1,199	128,829	116,795	+ 11,034	-39,095	-28,240
5,671,902	4,960,698	+711,204	5,440,377	4,571,570	+868,807	231,525	389,128

ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING REVENUE AND TRAFFIC.

	Four-weekly Period.			Year to Date.
	1937-38.	1936-37.	Variation.	1937-38.	1936-37.	Variation.
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Passengers	130,978	117,530	+ 13,448	1,070,967	991,032	+ 79,935
Parcels, luggage, and mails	24,426	24,615	- 189	211,696	199,644	+ 12,052
Goods	434,031	367,920	+ 66,111	3,617,018	3,119,230	+ 497,788
Labour and demurrage	12,439	10,902	+ 1,537	115,409	93,513	+ 21,896
Total railway operating revenue	601,874	520,967	+ 80,907	5,015,090	4,403,419	+ 611,671
Passengers	.. No.	1,438,699	1,336,436	+ 102,263	14,977,909	14,087,741
Live-stock	.. Tons	39,136	25,380	+ 13,756	352,790	292,790
Timber	..	43,281	35,664	+ 7,617	350,325	325,710
Other goods	..	483,724	430,489	+ 53,235	4,430,453	3,882,339
Total goods	..	566,141	491,533	+ 74,608	5,133,568	4,500,839
Road Motor Services—
Passengers	.. No.	402,835	369,879	+ 32,956	3,646,102	2,921,901
Revenue	.. £	20,940	16,022	+ 4,918	166,078	114,502

ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING EXPENDITURE.

	Four-weekly Period.			Year to Date.
	1937-38.	1936-37.	Variation.	1937-38.	1936-37.	Variation.
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Maintenance—
Way and works	100,837	94,905	+ 5,932	870,537	792,651	+ 77,886
Signals and electrical appliances	13,658	12,738	+ 920	117,774	102,408	+ 15,366
Rolling-stock	139,749	133,023	+ 6,726	1,259,038	1,085,624	+173,414
Transportation—
Locomotive	128,569	108,601	+ 19,968	1,153,623	922,322	+231,301
Traffic	159,531	146,651	+ 12,880	1,406,886	1,163,461	+243,425
General charges	6,149	5,874	+ 275	58,445	49,404	+ 9,041
Superannuation subsidy	13,835	13,879	- 44	111,131	109,502	+ 1,629
Total operating expenses	562,328	515,671	+ 46,657	4,977,434	4,225,372	+752,062
Net operating revenue	39,546	5,296	+ 34,250	37,656	178,047	-140,391
Total railway operating revenue	601,874	520,967	+ 80,907	5,015,090	4,403,419	+611,671

Capital cost of open lines as at 31st March, 1937 | £ 54,696,437
Capital cost of open lines as at 31st March, 1936 | £ 54,253,059

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