New Zealand Gazette – 1949 – No. 45

Page 1657

✨ Railway Financial Report and Land Sale Notice



Aug. 4] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1657

Abstract of Railways Working Account

FOUR-WEEKLY PERIOD ENDED 25TH JUNE, 1949

Section. Revenue £ Expenditure. £ Net Revenue. £
North Island main line and branches 725,824 825,233 —99,409
South Island main line and branches 403,636 482,684 —79,048
Nelson 1,458 3,572 —2,114
Total railway operation 1,130,918 1,311,489 —180,571
Miscellaneous and subsidiary services 240,475 236,356 4,119
Total 1,371,393 1,547,845 —176,452

1st APRIL, 1949, TO 25TH JUNE, 1949

Revenue. £ Expenditure. £ Net Revenue. £
2,342,035 2,494,676 —152,641
1,279,162 1,469,524 —190,362
4,838 9,343 —4,505
3,626,035 3,973,543 —347,508
773,675 718,109 55,566
4,399,710 4,691,652 —291,942

ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING REVENUE AND TRAFFIC

Four-weekly Period. £ Year to Date. £
Passenger 176,841 633,063
Parcels, luggage, and mails 34,315 108,010
Goods 894,700 2,815,242
Labour and demurrage 25,062 69,720
Total railway operation 1,130,918 3,626,035
Passengers No. 1,950,055 6,054,429
Live-stock Tons 40,055 177,427
Timber „ 59,040 174,638
Other goods „ 625,720 1,932,188
Total goods „ 724,815 2,284,253
Road Motor Services—
Passengers No. 1,907,684 5,747,468
Revenue £ 140,809 448,907

ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY OPERATING EXPENDITURE

Four-weekly Period. £ Year to Date. £
Maintenance—
Way and works 230,935 671,339
Signals and electrical appliances 36,406 108,087
Rolling-stock 294,583 878,124
Transportation—
Locomotive 315,598 970,263
Traffic 390,888 1,214,920
General charges 14,454 44,917
Superannuation subsidy 28,625 85,893
Total operating expenditure 1,311,489 3,973,543
Net operating loss 180,571 347,508
Total railway operating revenue 1,130,918 3,626,035

Capital cost of open lines as at 31st March, 1949 .. £78,796,320

CROWN LANDS NOTICE

Lands in the Otago Land District for Sale or Lease

District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, 2nd August, 1949.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or lease under the Land Act, 1948, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 19th September, 1949.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday, 21st September, 1949, at 1.30 o’clock p.m., but if any applicant is unable to attend he may be examined by any Commissioner of Crown Lands.

The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the examination of applicants, and the successful applicants are required to pay immediately at conclusion of ballot a deposit comprising the first half-year’s rent or deposit on deferred payments, broken-period rent, and lease fee.

SCHEDULE

TOWN OF FRANKTON EXTENSION NO. 1—URBAN LAND

Lake County

Section. Block. Area. Rental Value or Price. £ Deposit on Deferred Payments (Term: Ten Years). £ Deferred Payments: Half-yearly Installment. £ s. d. Renewable Lease: Half-yearly Rent. £ s. d.
2 IV 0 0 32 35 5 1 17 10 0 15 9
3 IV 0 0 32 35 5 1 17 10 0 15 9
4 IV 0 0 32 35 5 1 17 10 0 15 9
5 IV 0 0 32 45 5 2 10 5 1 0 3
6 IV 0 0 39·6 50 5 2 16 8 1 2 6
7 IV 0 0 39·77 50 5 2 16 8 1 2 6
2 V 0 0 32 35 5 1 17 10 0 15 9
3 V 0 0 32 35 5 1 17 10 0 15 9
4 V 0 0 32 35 5 1 17 10 0 15 9
5 V 0 0 32 40 5 2 4 1 0 18 0
6 V 0 0 34·48 50 5 2 16 8 1 2 6
7 V 0 0 32·76 45 5 2 10 5 1 0 3
8 V 0 0 32 50 5 2 16 8 1 2 6
9 V 0 0 32 45 5 2 10 5 1 0 3

The Town of Frankton is situated 4 miles from Queenstown post-office and school by a good all-weather metalled road.

All the sections have a slight westerly aspect and look on to Frankton arm of Lake Wakatipu. They are good building sites; Sections 3, 4, 6, 7, Block IV, and Sections 4 and 8, Block V, being flat to gently sloping, all the other sections are level. Soil is very light stony schist resting on gravel formation and sections are at present covered in St. Johns wart.

Elevation 1,125 ft. to 1,140 ft.

Preference will be given to applicants who produce conclusive evidence of their intention to build, immediately following their securing a section, a residence in which they will permanently reside.

Any further particulars required may be obtained from the undersigned.

W. T. SPELMAN, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. H.O. 25/1256; D.O. XIV/38, VII/5.)



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🚂 Abstract of Railways Working Account

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railways, Financial Report, Revenue, Expenditure, Net Revenue

🗺️ Crown Lands Notice for Sale or Lease

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
2 August 1949
Land Sale, Lease, Otago Land District, Frankton, Lake County
  • W. T. Spelman, Commissioner of Crown Lands