New Zealand Gazette – 1942 – No. 49

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✨ Railway Financial Report

Abstract of Railways Working Account.

FOUR-WEEKLY PERIOD ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1942, WITH COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF PREVIOUS YEAR.

Section.	Revenue.			Expenditure.			Net Revenue.
	1941-42.	1940-41.	Variation.	1941-42.	1940-41.	Variation.	1941-42.	1940-41.
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Gisborne	3,272	3,090	+ 182	2,860	2,757	+ 103	412	333
North Island main line and branches	667,504	569,209	+ 98,295	508,453	422,769	+ 85,684	159,051	146,440
South Island main line and branches	396,765	315,089	+ 81,676	297,616	261,986	+ 35,650	99,149	53,123
Westport	10,871	9,474	+ 1,197	6,823	6,716	+ 107	3,848	2,758
Nelson	1,462	1,293	+ 169	1,877	1,721	+ 44	215	428
Picton	5,188	4,073	+ 1,110	4,355	3,808	+ 577	803	270
Total railway operating revenue	1,084,862	902,233	+182,629	821,814	699,737	+122,077	263,048	202,496
Miscellaneous revenue	43,673	32,619	+ 11,054	..	832	+ 165	43,673	32,619
Lake Wakatipu steamers	708	816	- 108	997	832	+ 165	289	16
Refreshment-rooms, advertising, road services, and other subsidiary services	104,760	91,926	+ 12,834	110,093	97,571	+ 12,522	5,333	5,645
Departmental dwellings	12,306	11,299	+ 1,006	18,150	16,287	+ 1,883	5,845	4,968
Total	1,246,308	1,038,893	+207,415	951,054	814,407	+136,647	295,254	224,486

1ST APRIL, 1941, TO 31ST MARCH, 1942 (365 DAYS), WITH COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR PERIOD 1ST APRIL, 1940, TO 31ST MARCH, 1941 (365 DAYS).

Revenue.			Expenditure.			Net Revenue.
1941-42.	1940-41.	Variation.	1941-42.	1940-41.	Variation.	1941-42.	1940-41.
£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
25,998	23,087	+ 2,911	35,380	29,270	+ 6,110	9,382	6,183
6,603,533	6,166,656	+ 436,877	5,511,535	5,102,725	+ 408,810	1,091,998	1,063,931
3,586,282	3,338,834	+ 247,448	3,204,456	3,120,495	+ 83,961	381,826	218,339
114,629	113,624	+ 1,005	81,984	88,170	- 6,186	32,645	25,454
11,211	10,542	+ 669	20,204	20,264	- 60	8,993	9,722
42,227	41,447	+ 780	49,033	45,896	+ 3,167	6,806	4,419
10,383,880	9,694,190	+ 689,690	8,902,592	8,406,790	+ 495,802	1,481,288	1,287,400
390,581	388,392	+ 7,811	..	..	..	390,581	398,392
7,153	7,109	+ 44	11,351	10,898	+ 453	4,198	3,789
1,009,335	915,349	+ 93,986	921,687	852,721	+ 68,966	87,648	62,628
147,389	145,178	+ 2,211	220,404	195,165	+ 25,239	73,015	49,987
11,938,338	11,160,218	+ 778,120	10,056,034	9,465,574	+ 590,460	1,882,304	1,694,644

ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING REVENUE AND TRAFFIC.

	Four-weekly Period.			Year to Date.
	1941-42.	1940-41.	Variation.	1941-42.	1940-41.	Variation.
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Passengers	275,424	199,714	+ 75,710	2,658,778	2,345,718	+ 313,060
Parcels, luggage, and mails	29,889	24,731	+ 5,158	325,897	317,819	+ 8,078
Goods	758,785	659,473	+ 99,319	7,174,060	6,818,603	+ 355,457
Labour and demurrage	20,763	18,315	+ 2,448	225,145	212,050	+ 13,095
Total railway operating revenue	1,084,862	902,233	+ 182,629	10,383,880	9,694,190	+ 689,690
Passengers	.. No.	2,719,520	2,064,378	+ 655,142	28,610,945	26,276,923
Live-stock	.. Tons	128,849	92,521	+ 36,328	739,115	671,414
Timber	.. "	54,951	51,413	+ 3,538	581,056	594,346
Other goods	.. "	667,884	655,981	+ 11,903	7,153,594	7,160,422
Total goods	.. "	851,684	799,915	+ 51,769	8,473,765	8,426,182
Road Motor Services—
Passengers	.. No.	806,781	691,882	+ 114,899	9,022,526	7,730,678
Revenue	.. £	48,223	46,685	+ 1,538	551,153	503,304

ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING EXPENDITURE.

	Four-weekly Period.			Year to Date.
	1941-42.	1940-41.	Variation.	1941-42.	1940-41.	Variation.
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Maintenance—
Way and works	155,084	112,602	+ 42,482	1,615,382	1,544,202	+ 71,180
Signals and electrical appliances	23,157	19,006	+ 4,151	238,169	213,623	+ 24,546
Rolling-stock	178,793	179,509	- 716	2,211,476	2,043,976	+ 167,500
Transportation—
Locomotive	207,167	179,219	+ 27,948	2,113,918	2,043,996	+ 69,922
Traffic	250,252	196,829	+ 53,423	2,479,852	2,322,492	+ 157,360
General charges	Cr. 6,686	Cr. 4,140	- 2,546	72,292	72,523	- 231
Superannuation subsidy	14,047	16,712	- 2,665	171,503	165,978	+ 5,525
Total operating expenditure	821,814	699,737	+ 122,077	8,902,592	8,406,790	+ 495,802
Net operating revenue	263,048	202,496	+ 60,552	1,481,288	1,287,400	+ 193,888
Total railway operating revenue	1,084,862	902,233	+ 182,629	10,383,880	9,694,190	+ 689,690

Capital cost of open lines as at 31st March, 1941 .. .. .. 64,762,794
Capital cost of open lines as at 31st March, 1940 .. .. .. 63,059,188

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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