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RETURN No. 6. Estimated Cost of Construction of Railways, Net Revenue, and Rate of Interest earned on Capital expended on Opened Lines.

A. C. Fife, Kailway Accountant.

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1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 1891. Section. State of Line. c 2 st of Net Eate of struction. Revenue. Interest. 0' Net Eate of struction. Bwenme. Interest. Cron° f Net Eate ot struction. Avenue. Interest. Cost of Construction. Net Bate of Revenue. Interest. CCon° f Net Eate of struction. Avenue. Interest. Cost of Construction. Net Eate of Eevenue. Interest. Kawakawa £ 89,441 £ 958 £ s. d. 115 £ 90,528 £ 1,951 £ s. d. 2 3 1 £ 90,069 £ 1,393 £ s. d. 1 10 11 £ 89,99.3 £ 973 £ s. d. 118 £ 90,235 £ 857 £ s. d. 0 19 0 £ 90,235 £ 1,039 £ s. a. 1 3 0 Whangarei-Kamo Marton-Te Awamutu] (North End) . Auckland Opened Unopened Opened Unopened Opened 68,241 60,780 °617 0 18,' 1 69,961 182,869 717 1 6' 6 69,721 135,501 "si 0 2° 4 69,722 104,838 108,978 1,688,971 161,186 662,832 64,708 7,785 99,018 1,400,674 °692 0 1910 70,095 49,054 178,377 1,720,587 134,414 656,164 133,390 1,200 103,452 1,408,900 °398 0 ll' 4 70,095 52,226 f 184,354 ( 1,725,583 168,465 (• 847,918 J °2,369 103,452 { 1,416,947 1426 1 12 2 1,545,181 81,437 559,800 12,109 37,929 2 9 1 1,672,506 51,694 628,669 7,303 19,228 130 1,807,971 112,500 659,892 28,160 23°950 166 J- 33,210 1 16 11 I 28,351 1 9 10 I 42,342 ) 2 4 4 Napier Unopened Opened Unopened 27|647 4 18° 9 29'341 4 13° 4 27,645 4 3° 9 31,346 4 14 7 34'214 5 4 3 I 55,473 Marton-Te Awamutu ( (South End) 1 Wanganui Opened 2 6 10 1,349,900 18,330 41,815 8° 650 0 1210 1,398,738 7,255 0 10° 4 1,403,041 9° 765 0 1311 I 13,312 0 17 9 I 23,919 1 11 7 Unopened 41,816 41,798 41,895 41,898 42,117 Wellington - Foxton (private line) Wellington 20,850 2 11 2 961,871 18,236 22,036 2 5 10 966,386 49,344 2 0 3 976,465 74,510 20,753 2 2 6 1,050,095 15,459 25,623 2 8 10 1,051,577 15,194 29,820 2 16 9 Oppned Unopened 815,000 92,762 19,436 Stock Surveys Miscellaneous Hurunui-Blufi 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 17,334 5,169 7,428,562 419,786 189,893 15,959 127,234 54,549 214,804 14,111 163,965 12,500 198,570 28,130 162,595 20,229 5,169 7,574,218 440,437 195,114 15,959 127,234 69,38!) 222,894 14,111 165,178 12,500 198,494 30,465 105,072 26,163 5,169 7,580,494 503,246 199,121 15,959 127,234 92,274 232,934 14,111 165,087 12,500 198,548 32,442 75,590 27,200 5,169 7,805,935 430,666 200,219 15,959 127,234 99,784 226,415 14,111 165,448 12,500 199,033 32,568 81,423 25,000 37,600 5,168 27,498 5,169 7,971,242 329,426 200,231 15,959 127,234 100,611 227,354 14,111 165,447 ■ 12,500 199,151 43,847 66,124 25,000 37,619 5,168 Opened Unopened Opened Unopened 239' 601 3 5° 9 196,488 2 1211 204,192 2 1311 222^714 2 18° 9 276 °016 3 10° 9 270,881 3 711 Grcymouth 9,850 5 9 3 10,'437 5 10° 2 11 °450 5 17° 5 131188 6 12 6 8° 338 4 33 9,675 4 16 8 Harbour Works Groymouth-Hokitika Westport ,, Harbour Works Nelson Opened 8,'492 3 19 2 10|385 4 16° 8 8 °444 3 15° 9 13°000 5 11 8 13,'696 6 10 121588 5 10 9 Opened Unopened Opened Unopened 2° 206 16 6 1°764 1 l" 6 1,°429 0 17° 4 1°180 0 13 8 "96 0 i' 2 -2,230 Picton °278 0 2 10 °94 0 6°11 -270 °252 0 2° 6 1°274 0 1210 °284 0 2° 10 Stock .. Stock in suspense Surveys Miscellaneous Opened 36,117 5,169 37,095 5,169 37,094 5,169 37,572 5,168 Total opened .. Total unopened 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 0 13,472,837 1,402,350 350,570 2 12 0 13,899,955 1,264,803 412,782 2 19 5 14,278,586 1,065,637 420,998 2 18 11 Gross total 13,726,166 357,078 2 12 0 14,219,116 299,696 2 2 2 14,603,109 307,515 2 2 1 14,875,187 350,570 2 7 2 15,164,758 412,782 2 14 5 15,344,223 420,998 2 14 10 Note. —The amount stal :ed as cost of lonstructioi of opened lines includes the Provincial and G< meral Government expenditure on railways, but does not include expenditure on the Greymouth and Westport Harbour Works.