New Zealand Gazette – 1941 – No. 28

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✨ Railway Financial Report

Abstract of Railways Working Account.

FOUR-WEEKLY PERIOD ENDED 1ST MARCH, 1941, 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	401	313	+ 88	686	678	+ 8	285	365
Gisborne	2,732	2,428	+ 294	2,599	2,473	+ 126	123	45
North Island main line and branches	557,836	555,847	+ 2,039	410,561	401,032	+ 9,529	147,325	154,815
South Island main line and branches	307,620	279,902	+ 28,258	246,694	233,764	+ 12,930	60,926	45,598
Westport	8,515	7,819	+ 696	7,215	6,334	+ 881	1,300	1,485
Nelson	1,007	1,043	- 36	1,570	1,444	+ 126	563	401
Picton	4,610	4,484	+ 126	3,762	3,904	- 142	848	580
Total railway operation	882,761	851,296	+ 31,465	673,087	649,629	+ 23,458	209,674	201,667
Miscellaneous revenue	29,861	20,952	+ 91	787	737	+ 50	29,861	29,932
Lake Wakatipu steamers	713	539	+ 174	787	737	+ 50	74	198
Refreshment-rooms, advertising, road services, and other subsidiary services	77,657	72,792	+ 4,865	65,551	61,690	+ 3,861	12,106	11,102
Departmental dwellings	11,386	11,137	+ 249	14,574	15,931	- 1,357	3,188	4,794
Total	1,002,378	965,716	+ 36,662	753,999	727,987	+ 26,012	248,379	237,729

1ST APRIL, 1940, TO 1ST MARCH, 1941 (335 days), WITH COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR PERIOD 1ST APRIL, 1939, TO 2ND MARCH, 1940 (337 days).

Revenue.			Expenditure.			Net Revenue.
1940-41.	1939-40.	Variation.	1940-41.	1939-40.	Variation.	1940-41.	1939-40.
£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
4,111	2,778	+ 1,333	8,551	9,394	- 843	4,440	- 6,616
19,997	26,107	- 6,110	26,513	30,664	- 4,151	6,516	- 4,557
5,593,337	4,952,693	+ 640,644	4,671,404	4,387,143	+ 284,261	921,933	565,550
3,023,745	2,778,492	+ 245,253	2,858,529	2,740,391	+ 118,138	165,216	38,101
104,149	89,048	+ 15,101	81,454	75,855	+ 5,599	22,695	13,193
9,249	8,753	+ 496	18,543	22,095	- 3,552	9,294	- 13,342
87,369	37,244	+ 125	42,059	44,650	- 2,591	4,690	- 7,406
8,791,957	7,895,115	+ 896,842	7,707,053	7,310,192	+ 396,861	1,084,904	584,923
365,774	362,011	+ 3,763	—	—	—	365,774	362,011
6,292	6,594	- 302	10,065	10,182	- 117	3,773	- 3,588
823,423	797,371	+ 26,052	755,153	771,307	- 16,154	68,270	26,064
133,879	130,864	+ 3,015	178,897	188,253	- 9,356	45,018	- 57,389
10,121,325	9,191,955	+ 929,370	8,657,168	8,279,934	+ 377,234	1,470,157	912,021

ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING REVENUE AND TRAFFIC.

Four-weekly Period.			Year to Date.
1940-41.	1939-40.	Variation.	1940-41.	1939-40.	Variation.
£	£	£	£	£	£
Passengers	197,513	214,112	- 16,599	2,146,005	1,874,275
Parcels, luggage, and mails	25,707	8,156	+ 17,551	293,088	290,736
Goods	643,569	610,872	+ 32,697	6,159,129	5,543,473
Labour and demurrage	15,972	18,156	- 2,184	193,753	186,631
Total railway operating revenue	882,761	851,296	+ 31,465	8,791,957	7,895,115
Passengers	No.	3,016,901	3,035,133	- 18,232	24,212,545
Live-stock	Tons	108,708	104,463	+ 4,245	578,893
Tumber	"	51,176	39,772	+ 11,404	542,933
Other goods	"	615,517	603,985	+ 11,532	6,504,441
Total goods	"	775,401	748,220	+ 27,181	7,626,267
Road Services—
Passengers	No.	724,379	605,315	+ 119,064	7,038,796
Revenue: Passenger	£	41,801	33,496	+ 8,305	421,826
Goods	£	2,308	4,242	- 1,934	34,793

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	115,638	119,344	- 3,706	1,431,601	1,351,545
Signals and electrical appliances	16,201	14,468	+ 1,733	194,617	179,126
Rolling-stock	163,431	151,096	+ 11,735	1,864,467	1,745,271
Transportation—
Locomotive	171,770	166,643	+ 5,127	1,864,777	1,741,077
Traffic	186,111	176,351	+ 9,760	2,125,662	2,064,131
General charges	6,175	7,849	- 1,674	76,663	82,421
Superannuation subsidy	13,761	13,278	+ 483	149,266	146,621
Total operating expenditure	673,087	649,629	+ 23,458	7,707,053	7,310,192
Net operating revenue	209,674	201,667	+ 8,007	1,084,904	584,923
Total railway operating revenue	882,761	851,296	+ 31,465	8,791,957	7,895,115

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

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