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RETURN No. 6. Statement showing Cost of Construction, Net Revenue, and Rate of Interest on Opened Lines for the Years ending 3lst March, 1883, 1884, 1885, and 1886.

A. C. Fife, Eailway Accountant.

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<1 1883. 1884. 1883. 1886. Section. Line. Cost of Construction.* Net Eevenue. Eate of Interest. Cost of Construction.* Net Eevenue. Kate of Interest. Cost of Construction.* Net Eevenue. Rate of I Interest.! Cost of Construction.* Eate of Interest. Net Revenue. Kawakawa Whangarei-Kamo Auckland Opened Unopened Opened £ s. d. 26,603 0 1 36,948 17 11 54,153 0 5 1,112,719 14 11 64,592 2 8 £ s. d. 621 2 4 420 4 9 27,295 2 3 £ s. d. 2 6 8 0 15 6 2 9 1 £ s. a. 26,603 6 1 47,371 19 8 61,557 14 11 1,179,937 0 0 106,209 1 1 £ s. d. 621 2 4 -20 4 0 28,079 0 11 £ s. d. 2 6 8 £ s. d. 86,283 0 0 64,032 0 0 1,319,672 0 0 106,441 0 0 £ s. a. 655 4 9 488 6 10 34,274 10 1 £ s. d. 0 15 2 0 15 3 2 12 0 £ s. d. 89,441 0 0 68,241 0 0 1,545,181 0 0 81,437 0 0 60,780 0 0 559,800 0 0 12,109 0 0 815, 000 0 0 92,762 0 0 1,349,900 0 0 18,330 0 0 41,815 0 0 £ s. d. 958 7 5 •616 18 11 37,928 19 6 £ s. d. 115 0 18 1 2 9 1 Unopened 2 V 7 Main Trunk Line, North Island Napier Opened Unopened Opened Unopened Opened Unopened 419,298 14 11 32,003 0 0 764,860 12 6 3,017 4 0 1,097,046 3 8 72,714 0 0 40,237 8 9 103,729 19 5 3,890 12 3 2,506 19 6 6,299,302 15 10 326,035 9 8 163,096 14 2 43,895 4 9 80,802 0 4 14,553 9 10 3 9 5 469,533 16 6 22,200 0 0 781,416 16 0 7,963 4 0 1,221,567 5 8 10,875 18 5 41,191 15 8 163,361 13 7 7,534 18 3 5,168 9 11 6,615,631 6 1 325,003 11 2 166,268 17 0 88,094 17 7 78,665 6 0 43,000 0 0 206,944 17 1 8,467 9 11 156,682 7 0 5,700 0 0 192,307 3 3 14,567 3 0 139,742 2 1 27,343 7 4 5,168 10 0 18,572 5 4 3 19 1 551,218 0 0 22,165 7 7 4 0 5 27,646 18 2 - 4 18 9 Wellington .. 12,989 14 10, jl 14 0 11,126 7 5 1 8 6 799,714 0 0 50,000 0 0 1,334,573 0 0 16,798 4 4 2 i 0 20,850 9 6 2 11 2 Wanganui 15,499 0 0 1 8 3 7,691 7 10 0 12 7 12,362 7 11 0 18 6 8,650 1 1 0 12 10 Wellington-Foxton (private line) Stock Surveys Miscellaneous Hurunui-Bluff ._ 41,404 0 0 16,612 0 0 5,168 0 0 6,908,840 0 0 311,389 0 0 176,975 0 0 46,200 0 0 127,018 0 0 17,129 0 0 5.168 0 0 7,288,049 0 0 355,199 0 0 180,300 0 0 15,959 0 0 127,230 0 0 37,777 0 0 214,402 0 0 14,111 0 0 166,700 0 0 8,214 0 0 195,800 0 0 23,805 0 0 300,241 0 0 36,117 0 0 5.169 0 0 Opened Unopened Opened Unopened 273,656 1 5 4 6 11 222,099 11 9 3 V 2 251,781 16 7 3 12 10 239,600 10 0 3 5* 9 Greymouth . . 7,554 12 1 4 12 8 8,311 4 0 4 19 9 8,495 16 9 4 16 0 9,850 7 7 5 9 3 „ Harbour Works Hokitika Harbour Works Westport „ Harbour Works Nelson Opened 199,891 3 7 1,334 18 1 2 3 4| 6,618 14 9 3 3 11 210, 8S6 0 0 13,593 0 0 164,490 0 0 7,500 0 0 193,511 0 0 16,000 0 0 263,823 0 0 36,117 0 0 5,168 0 0 6,127 15 9 2 18 1 8,491 18 8 3 19 2 Opened Unopened Opened Unopened 153,223 13 4 2,000 0 0 188,801 15 6 13,567 3 0 81,249 0 11 20,785 1 6 2,506 19 7 2,460 13 0 1 12 1 1,827 11 1 1 3 4 2,170 14 0 1 6 5 2,205 14 10 1 (S 6 Picton Stock Surveys Miscellaneous 1,140 16 5 0 12 1 386 18 7 0 i 0 365 14 3 0 3 9 278 4 0 0 2 10 - .. .. .. .. .. .. • • • • Total opened Total unopened 10,478,997 14 11 930,481 10 3 360,525 16 0 3 8 10 11,078,500 9 7 1,147,629 7 8 1305,314 0 0 2 15 1 11,810,194 0 0 1,040,433 0 0 355,685 18 10 3 0 3 12,472,814 0 0; 1,253,352 0 0 357,078 9 8 2 17 3 • • • • .. .. ■ ■ Gross total.. 11,409,479 5 2 360,525 16 0 3 3 2 12,226,129 17 3 305,314 0 0 2 9 11 12,856,627 0 0 355,685 18 10 15 4 13,726,166 0 0 357,078 9 8 2 12 0 • The amount stated as cost of construction includes tha Proving il ani Gfaneral G^73"i n^ai espnlifcnre 01 railways o)ii)Unlun)3iil anl al Government, viz., £156,387 for Eotorua, £73, 3;!0 for Ashburton Forks, £31, 103 for DuntroDn, an 1 £ii,'Jl3for Waiaufce Iins3 arran'amiatsfoi.' those piyjiiaabi hwi under the Auckland Section, and the amounts for the othar Iine3 under She Hurunui-Blu£f Section. so the purchas3-money f Lai bjja concluded. Tt for the District Railways taken over he amount for the liotorua line is in> by the eluded