RETURN No. 6. Statement showing Approximate Cost of Construction, Net Revenue, and Rate of Interest on Opened Lines or the Years ending 31st March, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, and 1888.

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Note.— The amount stated as cost of construction includes the Provincial and General Government expenditure on railways opened and unopened, and also the purchase-money for the District Bail-ways taken over by the Government. A. C. Fife, Eailway Accountant.

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1883. 18-84. 1885. 1886. 1887. 1888. Section. Line. Cron° f Net Bateof struction. Revenue Interest. °j? fc ° f Net Rate of struction. -Revenue Interest. Crmi° f Net Bate of struction. Bevenue Interest. CCon° f Net struction. Eeve ™ Rate of Interest. Cost of Con- : struction. Net Revenue Rate of 'Interest. Cost of Construction. Net Kevenuc Kate of Interest. Kawakawa Opened Unopened Opened £ i 26,603 36,949 54,153 1,112,720 64,592 £ 621 £ s. d. 2 6 8 £ 26,603 47,372 61,558 1,179,937 106,209 £ 621 £ s. d. 2 3 8 £ 86,283 £ 655 £ s. d. 0 15 2 £ 89,441 & 958 l£ s. d. ,115 £ 90,528 £ 1,951 a, s. d. 2 3 1 £ 90,069 £ 1,393 & s. a. 110 11 Whangarei-Kamo Auckland 420 27,295 0 15 6 2 9 1 •• - 20 28,079 •• 2 V 7 64,032 1,319,672 106,441 488 34,275 0 15 3 2 12 0 68,241 1,545,181 81,437 60,780 559,800 12,109 815,000 92,762 1,349,900 18,330 41,815 ' 617 37,929 JO 18 1 2 9 1 69,961 1,672,506 51,694 182,869 628,669 7,303 961,871 18,236 1,398,738 '717 19,228 1 6' 6 13 0 69,721 1,807,971 112,500 135,501 659,892 28,160 966,386 49,344 1,403,041 81 23,950 0 2 4 16 6 Main Trunk Line, N.I. .. Napier Unopened ! •• Wellington Opened Unopened Opened Unopened Opened Unopened 419,299 32,003 764,860 3,017 1,097,046 72,714 40,237 14,553 12,990 3 9 5 1 14 0 469,584 22,200 781,417 7,963 1,221,567 10,876 41,192 18,572 11,126 3 19 1 18 6 I 551,218 799,714 50,000 1,334,573 22,165 16,798 4 0 5 2 2 0 27,647 20,850j 4 18 9 2 11 2 29,341 22,036 i 13 4 2 5 10 27,045 19,430! 4 3 9 2 0 3 Wanganui 15,499 1 8 3 7,691 0 12 7 12,362 0 18 6 8,650i 0 12 10 7^255i 0 10 4 9,765 0 1311 Wellington - Foxton (private line) Stock .. Surveys Miscellaneous .. Hurunui-Bluff ■• 41,404 41,816 41,798 i ■• •■ .. ■ • Opened Unopened Opened Unopened 103,730 3,891 2,507 6,299,303 326,035 163,097 43,895 80,802 273,656 4 6 11 163,362 7,535 5,168 6,615,631 325,004 166,269 88,095 78,665 43,000 206,945 8,467 156,683 5,700 192,307 14,567 139,742 27,343 5,169 222,100 •■; 3 V 2 16,612 5,168 6,908,840 311,389 176,975 46,200 127,018 251,782 3 12 10 17,129 5,168 7,288,049 355,199 180,300 15,959 127,230 37,777 214,402 14,111 166,700 8,214 195,800 23,805 300,241 36,117 5,169 239,001 3 5 9 17,334 5,169 7,428,562 419,786 189,393 15,959 127,234 54,549 214,804 14,111 163,965 12,500 198,570 28,130 162,595 37,095 5,169 196,4881 2 12*11 20,229 5,169 7,574,218 440,437 195,114 15,959 127,234 69,389 222,894 14,111 165,178 12,500 198,494 30,465 105,072 37,094 5,169 204,192 2 18*11 Greymouth 7,555 4 12 8 8,311 4 19 9 8,496 4 16 0 9,850 5 *9 3 10,437 5 10- 2 11,450 5 17' 5 „ Harbour Works Greymouth-Hokitika Westport „ Harbour Works Nelson •• •■ " i Opened 199,891 4,335 2 3 4 6,619 3 3' 11 210,886 13,593 164,490 7,500 193,511 16,000 263,823 36,117 5,168 6,128 2 18 1 8,492 3 19 2 10,385 4 16 8 8,444 3 15 9 Opened Unopened Opened Unopened 153,224 2,000 188,802 13,567 81,250 20,785 2,507 2,461 1 12 1 1,828 1 a 4 2,171 16 5 2,206 16 6 1,764 116 1,429 0 17 4 Picton 1,141 0 12 1 "387 0 4 01 366 0 3* 9 278 0 2 10 94 0 6*11 -270 Stock Surveys Miscellaneous I •• •• • • • • Total opened .. Total unopened 10,478,998 930,481 11,409,479 360,526 3 8 10 11,078,501 1,147,629 12,226,130 305,314 2 15 1 11,810,194 1,046,433 355,686 3 0 3 12,472,814 1,253,352 357,078 2 17 3 13,017,567 1,201,549 299,696 2 6 0 13,352,978 1,250,131 ;307,515 2 6 360,526 3 3 2! 305,314 • • •• 2 15 4 13,726,166 357,078 • • .. Gross total |2 9 11 12,856,627 355,686 2 12 0 14,219,116 299,696 2 2 2 14,603,109 307,5151 2 2