New Zealand Gazette – 1938 – No. 77

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✨ Railway Financial Report

Abstract of Railways Working Account.

FOUR-WEEKLY PERIOD ENDED 17TH SEPTEMBER, 1938, WITH COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF PREVIOUS YEAR.

Section.	Revenue.			Expenditure.			Net Revenue.
	1938-39.	1937-38.	Variation.	1938-39.	1937-38.	Variation.	1938-39.	1937-38.
Kaihu	£251	£193	+ £58	£1,088	£536	+ £552	£837	£343
Gisborne	2,321	1,366	+ 955	2,487	2,010	+ 477	166	644
North Island main line and branches	321,419	326,095	- 4,676	349,223	323,832	+ 25,393	- 27,804	- 2,263
South Island main line and branches	204,724	203,618	+ 1,106	222,422	214,342	+ 8,080	- 17,698	- 10,724
Westport	7,619	8,507	- 888	6,492	5,933	+ 559	1,127	2,574
Nelson	648	857	- 209	1,670	1,670	..	- 1,022	- 813
Picton	2,035	2,762	- 727	3,379	2,735	+ 644	- 1,344	27
Total railway operation	539,017	543,398	- 4,381	586,763	551,058	+ 35,705	- 47,746	- 7,660
Miscellaneous revenue	26,483	25,107	+ 1,376	..	..	..	26,483	25,107
Lake Wakatipu steamers	439	492	- 53	838	929	- 91	- 399	- 437
Refreshment-rooms, advertising, road services, and other subsidiary services	56,713	38,899	+ 17,814	56,917	36,862	+ 20,055	204	2,037
Departmental dwellings	10,100	9,812	+ 288	14,800	15,429	- 629	- 4,700	- 5,617
Total	632,752	617,708	+ 15,044	659,318	604,278	+ 55,040	- 26,566	13,430

1ST APRIL, 1938, TO 17TH SEPTEMBER, 1938, WITH COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR PERIOD 1ST APRIL, 1937, TO 18TH SEPTEMBER, 1937.

Revenue.			Expenditure.			Net Revenue.
1938-39.	1937-38.	Variation.	1938-39.	1937-38.	Variation.	1938-39.	1937-38.
£1,362	£1,608	- £246	£5,803	£3,446	+ £2,357	- £4,441	- £1,838
13,100	8,611	+ 4,489	15,163	11,806	+ 3,357	- 2,063	- 3,295
2,047,447	2,011,030	+ 36,417	2,103,961	1,931,672	+ 172,292	- 56,514	- 79,367
1,266,378	1,289,494	- 23,116	1,366,077	1,301,302	+ 64,775	- 99,699	- 11,808
43,559	43,208	+ 351	38,049	33,662	+ 4,387	5,510	9,546
4,444	5,146	- 702	10,888	10,251	+ 637	- 6,444	- 5,105
12,897	14,856	- 1,959	19,622	16,005	+ 3,617	- 6,725	- 1,149
3,389,187	3,373,962	+ 15,225	3,561,366	3,308,144	+ 253,422	- 172,379	- 65,818
159,560	153,334	+ 6,226	..	..	..	159,560	153,334
2,617	2,672	- 55	5,249	5,761	- 512	- 2,632	- 3,089
330,000	212,864	+ 117,145	323,488	210,450	+ 113,038	6,521	2,414
60,695	59,180	+ 1,515	84,823	93,423	- 8,600	- 24,128	- 34,243
3,942,068	3,802,012	+ 140,056	3,975,126	3,617,778	+ 357,348	- 33,058	184,234

ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING REVENUE AND TRAFFIC.

	Four-weekly Period.			Year to Date.
	1938-39.	1937-38.	Variation.	1938-39.	1937-38.	Variation.
Passengers	£123,368	£129,591	- £6,223	£761,478	£707,657	+ £53,821
Parcels, luggage, and mails	24,530	23,277	+ 1,253	143,505	140,580	+ 2,925
Goods	376,992	373,646	+ 3,346	2,401,542	2,447,753	- 46,211
Labour and demurrage	14,407	11,884	+ 2,523	82,662	77,972	+ 4,690
Total railway operating revenue	539,017	543,398	- 4,381	3,389,187	3,373,962	+ 15,225
Passengers	.. No.	2,477,453	2,376,376	+ 101,077	11,093,816	10,650,554
Live-stock	.. Tons	25,946	27,806	- 1,860	235,481	263,541
Timber	.. "	41,039	38,392	+ 2,647	229,839	225,859
Other goods	.. "	473,323	473,467	- 144	2,920,039	3,057,426
Total goods	..	540,308	539,663	+ 643	3,385,379	3,546,826
Road Services—	.. No.	401,677	402,783	- 1,106	2,684,829	2,435,072
Revenue: Passenger	£	23,325	18,621	+ 4,704	146,878	106,964
Goods	£	11,066	..	+ 11,066	46,873	..

ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING EXPENDITURE.

	Four-weekly Period.			Year to Date.
	1938-39.	1937-38.	Variation.	1938-39.	1937-38.	Variation.
Maintenance—
Way and works	£104,438	£98,502	+ £5,936	£650,424	£572,602	+ £77,822
Signals and electrical appliances	14,613	13,087	+ 1,526	89,715	77,736	+ 11,979
Rolling-stock	146,789	143,137	+ 3,652	857,579	839,849	+ 17,730
Transportation—
Locomotive	134,934	125,143	+ 9,791	835,296	771,807	+ 63,489
Traffic	167,517	153,710	+ 13,807	1,013,488	937,487	+ 76,001
General charges	6,664	5,674	+ 990	44,710	38,589	+ 6,121
Superannuation subsidy	11,808	11,805	+ 3	70,354	70,074	+ 280
Total operating expenses	586,763	551,058	+ 35,705	3,561,566	3,308,144	+ 253,422
Net operating revenue	- 47,746	- 7,660	- 40,086	- 172,379	65,818	- 238,197
Total railway operating revenue	539,017	543,398	- 4,381	3,389,187	3,373,962	+ 15,225

Capital cost of open lines as at 31st March, 1938 | £ | 56,065,187
Capital cost of open lines as at 31st March, 1937 | .. | 54,696,437

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