New Zealand Gazette – 1940 – No. 116

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✨ Railway Financial Report

Abstract of Railways Working Account.

FOUR-WEEKLY PERIOD ENDED 12TH OCTOBER, 1940, WITH COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF PREVIOUS YEAR.

Section.	Revenue.			Expenditure.			Net Revenue.
	1940-41.	1939-40.	Variation.	1940-41.	1939-40.	Variation.	1940-41.	1939-40.
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Kaihu	318	288	+ 30	1,039	830	+ 209	721	542
Gisborne	1,603	2,189	- 586	2,234	2,468	- 234	631	279
North Island main line and branches	423,315	368,799	+ 54,516	394,205	363,756	+ 30,449	29,110	5,043
South Island main line and branches	226,091	222,028	+ 4,063	247,090	230,285	+ 16,801	- 20,995	- 8,257
Westport	8,348	9,303	- 955	7,693	7,048	+ 645	655	2,255
Nelson	617	512	+ 105	1,566	1,498	+ 68	- 949	- 1,486
Picton	2,112	2,862	- 750	3,465	3,209	+ 256	- 1,353	- 347
Total railway operation	662,404	605,981	+ 56,423	657,288	609,594	+ 47,694	5,116	3,613
Miscellaneous revenue	32,538	31,878	+ 660				32,538	31,878
Lake Wakatipu steamers	361	465	- 104	726	803	- 77	365	338
Refreshment-rooms, advertising, road services, and other subsidiary services	58,576	62,182	- 3,606	60,169	63,809	- 3,640	- 1,593	- 1,627
Departmental dwellings	11,049	10,823	+ 226	15,968	14,752	+ 1,216	- 4,919	- 3,929
Total	764,928	711,329	+ 53,599	734,151	688,958	+ 45,193	30,777	22,371

1st APRIL, 1940, to 12th OCTOBER, 1940 (195 days), WITH COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR PERIOD 1st APRIL, 1939, to 14th OCTOBER, 1939 (197 days).

Revenue.			Expenditure.			Net Revenue.
1940-41.	1939-40.	Variation.	1940-41.	1939-40.	Variation.	1940-41.	1939-40.
£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
2,166	1,408	+ 758	5,957	5,612	+ 345	3,791	4,204
9,437	14,314	- 4,877	14,194	18,173	- 3,979	4,757	3,859
3,101,146	2,601,958	+ 499,188	2,707,606	2,529,092	+ 178,514	393,540	72,866
1,715,702	1,570,784	+ 144,918	1,680,447	1,614,301	+ 66,146	35,255	43,517
63,246	56,146	+ 7,100	47,759	44,821	+ 2,938	15,487	11,325
5,690	5,094	+ 596	10,989	14,146	- 3,157	5,299	9,052
21,531	20,393	+ 1,138	24,428	26,719	- 2,291	2,897	6,326
4,918,918	4,270,097	+ 648,821	4,491,380	4,252,864	+ 238,516	427,538	17,233
214,407	208,235	+ 6,172				214,407	208,235
2,757	3,598	- 841	5,912	6,037	- 125	3,155	2,439
437,444	461,230	- 23,786	419,173	457,525	- 38,352	18,271	3,705
76,963	74,570	+ 2,393	109,234	109,365	- 131	32,271	34,795
5,650,489	5,017,730	+ 632,759	5,025,690	4,825,791	+ 199,908	624,790	191,939

ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING REVENUE AND TRAFFIC.

	Four-weekly Period.			Year to Date.
	1940-41.	1939-40.	Variation.	1940-41.	1939-40.	Variation.
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Passengers	141,093	123,259	+ 17,834	1,111,867	905,235	+ 206,632
Parcels, luggage, and mails	22,656	25,076	- 2,420	166,818	178,109	- 11,285
Goods	483,094	442,374	+ 40,720	3,521,765	3,077,271	+ 444,494
Labour and demurrage	15,561	15,272	+ 289	118,468	109,488	+ 8,980
Total railway operating revenue	662,404	605,981	+ 56,423	4,918,918	4,270,097	+ 648,821
Passengers	.. No.	1,703,674	1,639,481	+ 64,193	13,943,039	12,723,293
Live-stock	.. Tons	24,772	22,040	+ 2,732	296,605	248,350
Timber	.. "	50,976	49,093	+ 1,883	318,828	284,139
Other goods	.. "	518,028	492,800	+ 25,228	3,891,521	3,476,949
Total goods	.. "	593,776	563,933	+ 29,843	4,506,954	4,009,438
Road Services—
Passengers	.. No.	542,907	491,282	+ 51,625	3,915,842	3,277,413
Revenue: Passenger	£	30,935	24,840	+ 6,095	219,754	175,489
Goods	£	2,383	14,692	- 12,309	22,661	120,713

ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING EXPENDITURE.

	Four-weekly Period.			Year to Date.
	1940-41.	1939-40.	Variation.	1940-41.	1939-40.	Variation.
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Maintenance—
Way and works	122,802	110,178	+ 12,624	844,296	790,812	+ 53,484
Signals and electrical appliances	16,297	16,330	- 33	113,337	101,904	+ 11,433
Rolling-stock	167,595	157,672	+ 9,923	1,02,068	1,033,234	+ 68,834
Transportation—
Locomotive	152,455	140,318	+ 12,137	1,074,080	999,278	+ 74,802
Traffic	180,533	167,614	+ 12,919	1,232,630	1,202,911	+ 29,719
General charges	7,560	6,361	+ 1,199	44,224	46,518	- 2,294
Superannuation subsidy	10,056	11,121	- 1,065	80,725	78,207	+ 2,518
Total operating expenditure	657,288	609,594	+ 47,694	4,491,380	4,252,864	+ 238,516
Net operating revenue	5,116	- 3,613	+ 8,729	427,538	17,233	+410,305
Total railway operating revenue	662,404	605,981	+ 56,423	4,918,918	4,270,097	+648,821

Capital cost of open lines as at 31st March, 1940 .. .. £ 63,059,188
Capital cost of open lines as at 31st March, 1939 .. .. £ 58,676,608

[NOV. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 5287

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