THE TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.
(BY TELEGRAPH.) , ; . (from pupp,. OWN correspondent. ) . Wellington,- July 16,. <{ „ The report, ; of. the cJ [Telegraph rDepart- ' 'men't for" the ' financial ~period of ninemonths ending,[3lst March,.. [that the ''revenue 1 amounted to thus disclosing a falling off' of L15 ; ,000 as com-, with ldst result .attributable to : the 'depression". ' . The*' expenditure exceeded'the J revenue by L 5582.'* This result is in some measure attributable to the freijueht- trah'sfer of J officers from j one station to another,- -Ordered by-the Hciusef No station has a larger staff thaii is required, and - of the 214 stations open there are only-3,9 where the telegraph j and posl^' : 'S'ti^e# of jittf'^6^' I iThe nominal strength of the department : isi 843pasagairist' 1 80 i f the increase being apparently attributable .to' an increase in the number of stations', of which 22 were opened during the year, equally divided between the two Islafads. During , erected,' arid 80(1 miles of wire run: on existing lines,...making a total mileage'in circuit of 4535. The total length of cable laid is 10SJ- kuots. I
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 16 July 1880, Page 2
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176THE TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT. Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 16 July 1880, Page 2
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