APRIL 8] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
Decisions of the Bureau of Industry under Part III of the Industrial Efficiency Act, 1936
Bureau of Industry, C.P.O. Box 3025, Wellington.
NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to the authority conferred on the Bureau of Industry under Part III of the Industrial Efficiency Act, 1936, the following decisions have been made in respect of applications for licences.
J. R. CUTTANCE, Acting-Secretary.
| Applicant and Location. | Nature of Application. | Decision. | Date. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| M. R. Andrews, Hamilton | Retail Sale and Distribution of Motor-spirit For a variation of the conditions of his existing licence covering sales from two pumps to be installed inside proposed garage and service-station premises at the corner of Commerce Street and Lake Road, Frankton | Declined | 30th Mar., 1948. |
| The Blenheim Dairy Co-operative Co., Ltd. | For a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump installed on factory premises, Main South Road, Blenheim | " | " |
| W. B. Hancock, Wellington | For a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump to be installed on service-station premises at 60 Ohiro Bay Parade | " | " |
| G. Bonney, Mataura | To resell motor-spirit from one pump to be installed on garage premises at Mataura | Reconsidered and granted | " |
| Gormack, Wilkes, and Davidson, Ltd., Box 79, Invercargill | For a licence to resell motor-spirit from two pumps to be installed outside new garage premises in Yarrow Street, Invercargill | Granted (inside building) | " |
CORRIGENDUM
In the New Zealand Gazette No. 66, dated 13th November, 1947, on page 1770, under the heading "Decisions of the Bureau of Industry under Part III of the Industrial Efficiency Act, 1936," notice was given of an application having been granted to Messrs. A. H. Davis and K. J. W. Payne, 74 Pitt Street, Auckland, for a variation of their existing licence to permit wholesale distribution. This notice is hereby cancelled, and the following substituted therefor :-
Footwear-manufacturing Industry
| Applicant and Location. | Nature of Application. | Decision. | Date. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Messrs. A. H. Davis and K. J. W. Payne, 74 Pitt Street, Auckland | For a variation of their existing licence to permit the wholesale distribution | Granted (to permit the manufacture of infants' shoes, sizes 3-9, women's and children's shoes by the machine-sewn, fair-stitched, and cemented processes) | 8th Oct., 1947. |
Abstract of Railways Working Account
FOUR-WEEKLY PERIOD ENDED 28TH FEBRUARY, 1948
| Section. | Revenue. | Expenditure. | Net Revenue. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| North Island main line and branches | £ 853,386 | £ 767,618 | £ 85,768 |
| South Island main line and branches | £ 491,525 | £ 472,618 | £ 18,907 |
| Nelson | £ 1,228 | £ 2,986 | -£ 1,758 |
| Total railway operation | £ 1,346,139 | £ 1,243,222 | £ 102,917 |
| Miscellaneous and subsidiary services | £ 245,355 | £ 206,250 | £ 39,105 |
| Total | £ 1,591,494 | £ 1,449,472 | £ 142,022 |
1ST APRIL, 1947, TO 28TH FEBRUARY, 1948
| Section. | Revenue. | Expenditure. | Net Revenue. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| North Island main line and branches | £ 7,920,892 | £ 8,584,972 | -£ 664,080 |
| South Island main line and branches | £ 4,565,172 | £ 5,161,808 | -£ 596,636 |
| Nelson | £ 12,243 | £ 38,866 | -£ 26,623 |
| Total railway operation | £ 12,498,307 | £ 13,785,646 | -£ 1,287,339 |
| Miscellaneous and subsidiary services | £ 2,751,358 | £ 2,405,311 | £ 346,047 |
| Total | £ 15,249,665 | £ 16,190,957 | -£ 941,292 |
ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING REVENUE AND TRAFFIC
| Section. | Four-weekly Period. | Year to Date. |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Passenger | £ 232,720 | £ 2,384,179 |
| Parcels, luggage, and mails | £ 43,670 | £ 470,230 |
| Goods | £ 1,048,262 | £ 9,428,131 |
| Labour and demurrage | £ 21,487 | £ 215,767 |
| Total railway operation | £ 1,346,139 | £ 12,498,307 |
| Passengers | No. 1,946,753 | No. 22,925,758 |
| Live-stock | Tons 114,467 | Tons 644,957 |
| Timber | Tons 60,339 | Tons 617,422 |
| Other goods | Tons 703,348 | Tons 7,399,091 |
| Total goods | Tons 878,154 | Tons 8,661,470 |
| Road Motor Services—Passengers | No. 1,650,958 | No. 19,385,389 |
| Revenue | £ 141,249 | £ 1,548,706 |
ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING EXPENDITURE
| Section. | Four-weekly Period. | Year to Date. |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Maintenance—Way and works | £ 203,410 | £ 2,321,595 |
| Signals and electrical appliances | £ 32,775 | £ 387,590 |
| Rolling-stock | £ 287,057 | £ 3,002,928 |
| Transportation—Locomotive | £ 311,664 | £ 3,477,851 |
| Traffic | £ 366,313 | £ 4,111,516 |
| General charges | £ 10,738 | £ 146,682 |
| Superannuation subsidy | £ 31,265 | £ 337,484 |
| Total operating expenditure | £ 1,243,222 | £ 13,785,646 |
| Net operating—Revenue | £ 102,917 | |
| Loss.. | | £ 1,287,339 |
| Total railway operating revenue | £ 1,346,139 | £ 12,498,307 |
Capital cost of open lines as at 31st March, 1947 £ 75,354,243