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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, Railway Accountant.

Section. State of Line. Cost of Net Bate ot structTon. Avenue. Interest. 1888. Cost of . Net Bate of struction. Bevenue. Interest. 1889. C ° st of Net Bate of struction. Revenue. Interest. 1890. Cost of Construction. Net Bate of Kevenue. Interest. 1891. Cost of Construction. 1892. C Con° f Net Eate of struction. Revenue. Interest. 1893. Cost of Construction. Net Bevenue. 1894. Bate of Interest. C ° st ot Net Bate of struction. Avenue. Interest. 1895. Cost of Construction. Net Bate of lievenue. Interest. 189S. %* of Net Mate of struction. Revenue. Interest. 1897. Net Eevenue. Kate of Interest. 90,009 £ 1,393 £ s. d. 1 10 11 £ 89,993 £ 973 £ s. d. 118 £ 90,235 £ 857 £ s. d. 0 19 0 £ 90,235 £ 1,039 £ s. d. 13 0 £ 90,337 £ 1,225 £ s. d. 17 1 £ 90,337 £ 551 £ s. d. 0 12 2 £ 90,337 £ 156 £ s. d. 0 3 5 £ 90,337 £ -405 £ s. d. £ 90,638 £ 450 £ s. d. 0 9 11 £ 90,038 £ - 283 £ s. d, Kawakawa Whangarei-Kamo Opened Unopened Opened Unopened Opened Unopened Opened 69,721 "81 0 2 4 69,722 692 0 19 10 70,095 '398 0 11 4 70,095 1,126 1 12 2 72,090 244 0 6 9 70,145 15,080 49,622 71,287 ! 184,584 { 1,727,703 252,940 ( 860,318 J 49,776 103,587 U, 427,489 646 -161 0 18 5 70,145 24,306 49,942 85,690 | 184,584 1 1,882,058 122,865 / 861,739 J 39,522 139,933 11,429,178 807 120 13 0 0 4 10 115,834 3,046 51,138 94,064 I 184,584 I 1,922,810 128,690 I 862,737 -j 62,178 143,527 [ 1,432,849 1,335 1,266 130 2 9 6 115,935 W,879 51,982 111,372 f 185,098 ( 1,939,747 130,030 / 866,268 \ I 143,117 \ 1,441,569 l^238 2,785 114 5 7 2 137,734 1,195 54,990 119,713 ( 184,624 \ 1,979,071 110,371 J , 872,931 J 98,761 143,630 [ 1,446,564 1,304 5^476 0 18 11 9 19 2 Kaibu Marton-Te Awamutu f (North End) \ Auckland Napier Unopened Opened Unopened 135,501 1,807,971 112,500 659,892 28,160 23,950 27,645 16 6 4 3 9 104,838 108,978 1,688,971 161,186 662,832 64,708 7,785 99,018 1,400,674 I 33,210 31i346 1 16 11 4 14 7 49,054 178,377 1,720,587 134,414 656,104 133,390 1,200 103,452 1,408,900 I 28,351 34,214 1 9 10 5 43 52,226 ( 184,354 \ 1,725,583 168,465 847,918 2,369 103,452 1,416,947 I 42,342 ) ■ 55,473 2 4 4 54,420 ( 184,585 I 1,725,333 208,819 ! 857,243 18,959 103,587 1,425,225 ) 1 ) 39,756 74,952 2 17 1 J I 40,439 77,767 2 2 3 1 J 1 I 42,533 76,224 2 12 I 38,863 ■ 77,874 1 16 10 I 42,856 I 73,577 2 0 4 I 49,795 ) [ 67,207 ] 2 6 0 Marton-Te Awamutu I (South End) 1 Wanganui 2 6 10 3 2 10 3 5 0 3 2 8 3 3 10 3 0 0 2 4 7 Opened 1,403,041 9,765 0 13 11 J 13,312 0 17 9 J 23,919 1 11 7 Unopened 41,798 41,895 41,898 42,117 42,117 42,117 42,117 42,117 42,117 42,116 Wellington -Foxton (private line) Wellington 966,386 49,344 20,229 5,169 7,574,218 440,437 195,114 15,959 127,234 69,389 19,436 2 0 3 976,465 74,510 26,163 5,169 7,580,494 503,246 199,121 15,959 127,234 92,274 20,753 2 2 6 1,050,095 15,459 27,206 5,169 7,805,935 430,666 200,219 15,959 127,234 99,784 25,623 2 8 10 1,051,577 15,194 27,498 5,169 7,971,242 329,426 200,231 15,959 127,234 100,611 29,820 2 16 9 1,054,465 17,237 27,498 5,169 8,322,942 40,007 200,288 15,959 127,234 117,748 28,698 2 14 5 1,067,812 25,383 27,502 5,109 8,328,213 72,900 200,288 15,959 127,234 153,327 31,608 2 19 3 1,072,596 42,927 27,502 5,169 8,362,183 100,303 200,288 15,959 127,234 32,884 3 14 1,073,440 69,082 27,502 5,169 8,465,620 61,813 200,288 15,959 127,234 29,587 2 15 1 1,080,107 93,197 27,502 5,169 8,494,807 102,098 200,288 15,959 127,234 34,384 3 3 8 1,098,418 116,470 28,597 5,169 8,551,104 129,967 200,288 15,959 127,234 39,284 3 .11 7 Opened Unopened Surveys Miscellaneous .. Hurumii-Bluff .. Opened Unopened Opened Unopened 204,192 2 13 11 222,714 2 18 9 276,016 3 10 9 : 270^881 8 711 232,258 2 15 10 271,566 3 5 3 258,572 3 1 10 j 240,881 2 10 11 244,420 2 17* 7 296[760 8 t) 5 Greymouth 11,450 5 17 5 13J188 f> 12 6 8,338 4 8 3 9,675 4 16 8 11,556 5 15 5 10,769 5 7 6 10,24.6 5 2 4 10,730 5 7 2 11,499 5 14 10 10,099 5 0 10 , Harbour Works G-reymouth-Hokitika 1 li' 3 7 4 10 4,132 16,671 2 3 2 7 6 7 4,'356 23,313 2 5 3 10 4 11 Westport Harbour Works Nelson Opened 222,894 14,111 165,178 12,500 198,494 30,465 105,072 8,444 3 15 9 232,934 14,111 165,087 12,500 198,548 32,442 75,590 13^000 5 11 8 226,415 14,111 165,448 12,500 199,033 32,568 81,423 25,000 37,600 5,168 13,696 6 10 227,354 14,111 165,447 12,500 199,151 43,847 66,124 25,000 37,619 5,168 12,588 5 10 9 227,496 14,111 165,609 12,500 202,491 49,148 47,379 25,000 37,619 5,168 16,613 7 6 0 227,496 14,111 165,609 12,500 204,917 56,34.1 48,968 25,000 37,644 5,168 I 15,147 6 13 2 171,032 227,495 14,111 165,609 12,537 204,917 57,591 44,431 25,000 37,665 5,168 512 15,669 0 6 0 6 17 9 186,083 227,494 14,111 165,641 12,537 205.231 58,347 25,359 25,000 37,678 5,168 2,905 16,479 191,409 227,494 14,111 166,562 12,537 205,511 58,361 28,540 25,000 37,890 5,168 192,597 227,494 14,111 166,736 12,537 205,573 58,637 32,788 25,000 38,795 5,168 Opened Unopened Opened Unopened 429 0 17 4 1,130 0 13 8 "96 0 12 -2,230 2,048 14 9 "967 0 il 8 -194 746 0 9 0 1,016 0 12 2 '422 0 5 1 Picton -270 252 0 2 6 1,274 0 12 10 284 0 2 10 1,564 0 15 5 81 0 0 9 -95 -1,670 -1,354 -629 Stock .. Stock in suspense Surveys Miscellaneous Opened 37,094 5,169 37,572 5,168 Total opened Total unopened 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 14,656,691 841,092 408,914 2 15 9 14,733,120 1,033,412 449,380 3 10 15,137,030 805,097 437,434 2 17 9 15,352,613 790,054 418,691 2 14 6 15,425,532 903,432 431,673 2 16 0 15,577,392 957,588 497,104 3 3 10 Gross total 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 15,497,783 408,914 2 12 9 15,766,532 449,380 2 17 0 15,942,133 437,434 2 14 10 16,1-12,667 418,691 2 11 10 16,328,964 431,673 2 12 10 16,534,980 497,104 3 0 1 Not*:.—The amount stated as cost of construction of opened lines includes the Provinoil .1 and General Government expenditure in railways, but does no include expenditure on the Greymouth and Westport Harbour Works.