New Zealand Gazette – 1939 – No. 32

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✨ Railway Financial Report

Abstract of Railways Working Account.

FOUR-WEEKLY PERIOD ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1939, 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	392	362	+ 30	962	703	+ 259	570	341
Gisborne	2,600	2,744	— 144	2,701	2,900	— 199	101	156
North Island main line and branches	478,473	379,156	+ 99,317	334,531	368,998	— 34,467	143,942	10,158
South Island main line and branches	293,347	241,399	+ 51,948	227,953	231,128	— 3,175	65,394	10,271
Westport	8,042	5,613	+ 2,429	6,415	7,100	— 685	1,627	— 1,487
Nelson	1,430	1,293	+ 137	1,689	2,676	— 987	259	— 1,383
Picton	4,948	3,364	+ 1,584	4,770	5,056	— 286	178	— 1,692
Total railway operation	789,232	633,931	+155,301	579,021	618,561	— 39,540	210,211	15,370
Miscellaneous revenue	37,705	34,824	+ 2,881	..	..	..	37,705	34,824
Lake Wakatipu steamers	752	725	+ 27	929	701	+ 228	177	24
Refreshment-rooms, advertising, road services, and other subsidiary services	83,038	54,895	+ 28,143	71,589	48,613	+ 22,976	11,449	6,282
Departmental dwellings	10,642	10,054	+ 588	15,704	14,176	+ 1,528	5,062	— 4,122
Total	921,369	734,429	+186,940	667,243	682,051	— 14,808	254,126	52,378

1st APRIL, 1938, TO 31st MARCH, 1939, WITH COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR PERIOD 1st APRIL, 1937, TO 31st MARCH, 1938.

Revenue.			Expenditure.			Net Revenue.
1938-39.	1937-38.	Variation.	1938-39.	1937-38.	Variation.	1938-39.	1937-38.
£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
3,994	4,740	— 746	12,766	8,381	+ 4,385	8,772	— 3,641
30,950	23,499	+ 7,451	33,573	26,800	+ 6,773	2,623	— 3,301
4,894,072	4,592,085	+ 301,987	4,538,604	4,281,337	+ 257,267	355,468	310,748
2,934,006	2,833,900	+ 100,106	2,932,934	2,837,887	+ 95,047	1,072	— 3,987
94,228	91,726	+ 2,502	79,229	75,570	+ 3,659	14,999	16,156
11,143	11,955	— 812	22,273	23,127	— 854	— 11,130	—11,172
36,666	33,920	+ 2,746	44,253	38,683	+ 5,570	7,587	— 4,763
8,005,059	7,591,825	+ 413,234	7,663,632	7,291,785	+ 371,847	341,427	300,040
369,330	350,333	+ 18,997	..	..	..	369,330	350,333
7,168	7,624	— 456	11,313	11,144	+ 169	4,145	— 3,520
829,885	553,721	+ 276,164	782,186	515,278	+ 266,908	47,699	38,443
133,945	130,683	+ 3,262	187,193	183,182	+ 4,011	— 53,248	—52,499
9,345,387	8,634,186	+ 711,201	8,644,324	8,001,389	+ 642,935	701,063	632,797

ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING REVENUE AND TRAFFIC.

	Four-weekly Period.			Year to Date.
	1938-39.	1937-38.	Variation.	1938-39.	1937-38.	Variation.
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Passengers	138,241	117,127	+ 21,114	1,785,646	1,698,021	+ 87,625
Parcels, luggage, and mails	32,949	29,114	+ 3,835	334,170	318,457	+ 15,713
Goods	603,086	475,143	+ 127,943	5,694,936	5,411,297	+ 283,639
Labour and demurrage	14,956	12,547	+ 2,409	190,307	164,050	+ 26,257
Total railway operating revenue	789,232	633,931	+ 155,301	8,005,059	7,591,825	+ 413,234
Passengers	No.	1,440,134	1,322,285	+ 117,849	23,265,768	22,441,212
Live-stock	Tons	80,706	89,183	— 8,477	621,755	668,075
Timber	"	45,073	40,099	+ 4,974	501,644	490,207
Other goods	"	626,202	522,069	+ 104,133	6,415,613	6,357,767
Total goods	"	751,981	651,351	+ 100,630	7,539,012	7,516,049
Road Services—
Passengers	No.	458,838	421,145	+ 37,693	5,732,282	5,446,339
Revenue: Passenger	£	30,761	25,503	+ 5,258	346,503	276,527
Goods	£	18,448	..	+ 18,448	159,109	..

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	98,919	102,490	— 3,571	1,375,829	1,278,980	+ 96,849
Signals and electrical appliances	16,433	19,563	— 3,130	186,546	178,892	+ 7,654
Rolling-stock	150,632	154,118	— 3,486	1,832,615	1,792,562	+ 40,053
Transportation—
Locomotive	133,306	142,628	— 9,322	1,812,857	1,703,110	+109,747
Traffic	169,620	186,203	— 16,583	2,208,310	2,090,471	+117,839
General charges	Cr. 3,377	Cr. 286	— 3,091	82,236	78,787	+ 3,449
Superannuation subsidy	13,488	13,845	— 357	165,239	168,983	— 3,744
Total operating expenses	579,021	618,561	— 39,540	7,663,632	7,291,785	+371,847
Net operating revenue	210,211	15,370	+194,841	341,427	300,040	+ 41,387
Total railway operating revenue	789,232	633,931	+155,301	8,005,059	7,591,825	+413,234

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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