New Zealand Gazette – 1940 – No. 75

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✨ Railway Financial Report

Abstract of Railways Working Account.

FOUR-WEEKLY PERIOD ENDED 22ND JUNE, 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	280	160	+ 120	838	788	+ 50	558	628
Gisborne	1,120	2,152	- 1,032	2,061	2,795	- 734	941	643
North Island main line and branches	431,902	370,431	+ 61,472	391,224	351,981	+ 39,243	40,679	18,450
South Island main line and branches	254,075	225,666	+ 28,409	240,872	229,891	+ 10,981	13,203	4,225
Westport	8,498	8,149	+ 349	6,511	6,462	+ 49	1,987	1,687
Nelson	906	561	+ 345	1,546	1,345	+ 201	640	1,284
Picton	3,085	2,808	+ 277	3,740	3,289	+ 451	655	481
Total railway operation	699,867	609,927	+ 89,940	646,792	597,051	+ 49,741	53,075	12,876
Miscellaneous revenue	28,828	27,543	+ 1,285	924	-	+ 149	28,828	27,543
Lake Wakatipu steamers	321	465	- 144	775	924	- 149	454	459
Refreshment-rooms, advertising, road services, and other subsidiary services	58,444	63,024	- 5,480	58,849	64,507	- 5,664	399	583
Departmental dwellings ..	11,121	10,508	+ 523	15,483	15,811	- 328	4,362	5,213
Total	798,581	712,457	+ 86,124	721,893	678,293	+ 43,600	76,688	34,164

1ST APRIL, 1940, TO 22ND JUNE, 1940 (83 days), WITH COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR PERIOD 1ST APRIL, 1939, TO 24TH JUNE, 1939 (85 days).

Revenue.			Expenditure.			Net Revenue.
1940-41.	1939-40.	Variation.	1940-41.	1939-40.	Variation.	1940-41.	1939-40.
£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
933	649	+ 284	2,299	2,310	- 17	1,360	1,661
4,102	5,737	- 1,635	6,249	8,007	- 1,758	2,147	2,270
1,415,549	1,193,589	+ 221,960	1,181,255	1,060,523	+ 120,732	234,294	133,066
798,516	734,259	+ 64,257	722,394	687,380	+ 35,014	76,122	46,879
25,692	22,059	+ 3,633	18,065	17,983	+ 82	7,627	4,076
2,832	2,571	+ 261	4,834	5,502	- 668	2,002	2,931
11,122	8,921	+ 2,201	11,192	10,291	+ 901	70	1,370
2,258,746	1,967,785	+ 290,961	1,946,282	1,791,996	+ 154,286	312,464	175,789
91,773	87,498	+ 4,275	-	-	-	91,773	87,498
1,300	1,809	- 509	2,289	2,590	- 301	989	781
195,198	208,914	- 13,716	182,423	201,000	- 18,578	12,776	7,914
33,044	31,773	+ 1,271	44,951	45,678	- 722	11,907	13,900
2,590,061	2,297,776	+ 282,285	2,175,944	2,041,259	+ 134,685	404,117	256,517

ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING REVENUE AND TRAFFIC.

	Four-weekly Period.			Year to Date.
	1940-41.	1939-40.	Variation.	1940-41.	1939-40.	Variation.
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Passengers	127,531	121,290	+ 6,241	499,130	421,219	+ 77,911
Parcels, luggage, and mails	22,903	25,701	- 2,798	72,847	77,639	- 4,792
Goods	530,095	448,581	+ 81,514	1,640,271	1,424,298	+ 215,973
Labour and demurrage	19,338	14,355	+ 4,983	52,408	44,629	+ 7,869
Total railway operating revenue	699,867	609,927	+ 89,940	2,258,746	1,967,785	+ 290,961
Passengers	No.	1,593,428		5,615,208
Live-stock	Tons	43,914	36,334	+ 7,580	189,979	148,277
Timber	"	43,040	38,641	+ 4,399	126,609	113,477
Other goods	"	595,101	502,332	+ 92,769	1,763,881	1,597,350
Total goods	"	682,055	577,307	+ 104,748	2,080,469	1,859,104
Road Services—
Passengers	No.	568,790	451,190	+ 117,600	1,711,179	1,386,418
Revenue: Passenger	£	30,253	23,679	+ 6,574	95,630	79,729
Goods	£	3,668	17,360	- 13,698	11,774	53,649

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	122,449	111,096	+ 11,353	368,632	329,135	+ 39,497
Signals and electrical appliances	17,564	15,176	+ 2,388	50,756	42,367	+ 8,389
Rolling-stock	154,944	143,313	+ 11,631	459,212	416,493	+ 42,719
Transportation—
Locomotive	155,300	141,375	+ 13,925	476,987	432,826	+ 44,161
Traffic	178,421	168,706	+ 9,715	537,242	517,567	+ 19,675
General charges	6,625	6,257	+ 368	19,064	10,721	+ 657
Superannuation subsidy	11,489	11,128	+ 361	34,389	33,887	+ 502
Total operating expenditure	646,792	597,051	+ 49,741	1,946,282	1,791,996	+ 154,286
Net operating revenue	53,075	12,876	+ 40,199	312,464	175,789	+ 136,675
Total railway operating revenue	699,867	609,927	+ 89,940	2,258,746	1,967,785	+ 290,961

Capital cost of open lines as at 31st March, 1940 .. .. £ 63,069,188
Capital cost of open lines as at 31st March, 1939 .. .. £ 58,676,608

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