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Appendix A. RETURN showing Additional TELEGRAPH LINES erected during the Financial Year ending 30th JUNE, 1868, and the Cost of the same.

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Appendix B. RETURN showing the TOTAL COST of the LINES OF TELEGRAPH throughout NEW ZEALAND belonging to the General Government (exclusive of the Auckland, and Canterbury West Coast Lines,) and the COOK STRAIT CABLE.

RETURN showing the COST OF MAINTENA NCE of TELEGRAPH LINES for the Financial Year ending 30th JUNE, 1868.

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LOOAXITT. si <D '3 Cost of Cost of Poles. Cost of Clearing Bush. Value of Wire, Arms, Insulators, &o. Amount Paid for Erection. Cost of Inspection and Supervision. Total Cost of Lino. Cost per Mile. Survey. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ b. d. £ s. a. £ s. d. I Wellington to Masterton Masterton to Castle Point Castle Point to Porongahau (from the Tenui Junction) ... Porongaliau to Napier 59135| 264 4 6 22 15 1 839 4 4 388 18 6 1,969 13 9; 1,101 13 1 387 12 6 165 16 0 3,460 15 1! 1,679 2 8 57 18 4a I , 46 19 6a 236 17 0 250 13 6 2,362 10 0 ; 2,459 15 6 176 9 4 74 0 0 722 18 6 918 9 8 i 755 10 0, i 831 12 0: 1113 9 10 >!l70 4 8 4,367 14 8 4,704 15 4. 14,212 7 9 : 82 8 2 ■ 69 3 9 53 68 487 10 6 ;4,822 5 6 I 537 8 ll] i '2,869 11 0 14,658 8 10 -I >837 3 0 I )! 65 12 11Z> 216| a Supply of poles included in erection. b Average cost per mile.

!OOK Itea.it )AB1 Locality. Length of Section in miles. Cost of Clearing Bush. Total cost of Poles for Section including Delivery. Cost of Wire, Arms, Insulators, &c, including Cartage. £ s A. Cost of Erection. Total Cost of Section. Cost per Mile. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 812 15 6 469 11 0 1,720 13 3 3,760 19 0 3,661 6 0 503 12 6 800 0 0 £ s. d. 812 15 6 2,407 12 4 13,108 19 0 13,743 1 2 14,057 6 7 503 12 6 800 0 0 £ s. d. 42 15 6a 75 4 9 69 7 0 63 0 1b 58 6 Oo 71 18 lid 100 0 Oe Bluff to Invercargill Invercargill to Mataura Mataura to Waitald Waitaki to Hurunui Hurunui to Nelson White's Bay Line Port Chalmers Line 19 32 189 218 241 7 8 1,229 3 3 1,199 0 0 8,353 18 0 6,554 8 8 5,213 14 0 739 1 4 3,034 7 9 3,427 13 6 3,953 3 4 Total Middle Island... 714 1,229 3 3 21,321 0 8 11,154 5 11 11,728 17 3 45,433 7 1 63 12 7/ Lyall's Bay to Wellington... Wellington to Masterton ... Masterton to Castle Point... Castle Point to Porongahau Porongahau to Napier 4 59| 35f 53 68 264 4 6 22 15 1 176 9 4 74 0 0 123 5 0 104 6 0 839 4 4 388 18 6 722 18 6 918 9 8 57 15 0 2,357 6 3 1,267 9 1 1,105 16 10 1,252 10 2 285 6 0 3,460 15 1 1,679 '2 8 4,367 14 8 4,704 15 4 71 6 0 57 18 4 ? 46 19 % 82 8 2h 69 3 9/t 2,362 10 0 2,459 15 6 Total Northern Island Total Middle Island... 220:J714 537 8 11 1,229 3 3 4,945 10 6 21,321 0 8 2,973 17 0 11,154 5 11 6,040 17 4 11,728 17 3 14,497 13 9 45,433 7 1 65 14 10J 63 12 7 934|1,766 12 2 26,266 11 2 14,128 2 11 17,769 14 7 59,931 0 10 64 2 6/fc Cook Straits Cable Freight from London Expenses of Laying 26,508 0 0 2,500 0 0 856 0 0 29,864 0 0 Total Expenditure (exclusive of re-construction Blenheim and Woodend Line) 89,795 0 10 a Purchased from So d Approximate cost of p< of poles and supervisio: i Average cost per mile, 1 rathland ' oles, &c. n includi Northern Q-overnment. e Purchased ed in cost of Island, k A: b Includes £' from private fin erection. Th i 'erage cost per r 150, purchase of a. /Average c< iiirvey and supi lilo. Lyttelton line, ist per mile, Mil ;rvision include c Approxim; ddle Island, g sd in cost of e ate cost. ■ Supply section.

Number of Miles. Salaries of Travelling Expenses. Extra Labour. Cost of Material used for Repairs. Total Cost of Maintenance. Cost per Mile. Locality. Linemen. Bluff to Balclutha Balclutha to WaitaK Waitaki to Cliristchurch Christchurch to Blenheim Blenheim to Nelson, including White's Bay Line Christchurch to Greymoutli, from 1st January, 6 months 114 152 148 208 £ s. a. 121 15 8 130 4 4 470 16 8 269 8 1 £ s. d. 129 12 0 243 5 10 336 4 9 675 6 6 £ s. a. 14 7 6 56 6 0 254 15 5 388 18 6 £ s. d. 33 15 0 86 3 7 458 1 3 132 G 5 £ s. a. 299 10 2 515 19 9 1,519 18 1 1,465 19 6 £ s. a. 2 12 6| 3 7 10i 10 5 4i 7 0 11 92 242 3 4 223 13 8 428 14 0 223 7 1 1,117 18 1 12 3 Oi 156 5 0 239 8 8 8 4 6 83 3 6 487 1 8 2 15 4 176 1,016 16 10 j5,406 7 3 6 1 G* 890 .1,390 13 1 1,846 11 5 1,151 5 11 * Total cost ier mile, £6 Is. 6d.