E.—No. 8.

RETURN of all Stations now open to the Public; the Dates when so opened; the Number of Messages received and despatched from said Stations ; and the Revenue and Expense of Maintenance of each from Ist September, 1869, to 31st May, 1870.

RETURN OF TELEGRAPH STATIONS, &c.

Number of Messages Forwarded. Number of Messages Received. Value of Messages Forwarded. When Opened. Name of Station. Expense of Maintenance of each Station. Private. Grovernment. Private. Government. Private (actual cash receipts). Government. December, 1869 May, 1867 January, 1868 June, 1866 June, 1865 August, 1868 April, 1868 August, 1868 May, 1867 May, 1865 December, 1869 December, 1869 May, 1865 January, 1868 January, 1868 April, 1868 January, 1867 Januarv, 1868 March," 1870 May, 1865 Jauuary, 1866 January, 1867 December, 1869 May, 1865 February, 1870 December, 1868 June, 1868 April, 1866 June, 1865 Alexandra, Otago Balclutha Bealey Blenheim Bluff Brighton Castle Point Charleston ... Cheviot Christchurch Clyde Cromwell Dunedin Featherston Greymouth Greytow rn Havelock Hokitika Hutt Invercargill... Kaiapoi Kaikoura Lawrence Lyttelton Marton Masterton ... Napier Nelson Oamaru 344 802 171 2, 065 772 633 210 1,991 381 8,193 791 854 15,017 184 4,582 549 962 5,539 104 2,031 1,190 284 789 2,616 227 260 2,153 5,223 2,746 27 47 0 264 1,585 17 190 3 745 46 12 1,446 130 2,482 41 44 3,127 9 192 17 38 23 3,206 50 34 1,620 4, 635 79 265 60S 100 1,753 484 588 170 1,949 370 9,105 696 710 17,102 154 4, 334 502 811 5,297 128 1,996 1,201 246 765 2,626 190 254 1,832 5,806 2,390 30 38 0 518 1,699 16 17 2,085 4 3,103 40 30 3,555 71 2,130 72 59 2,410 10 2,462 29 54 40 2,189 45 35 3,685 2,678 131 £ s. 43 9 105 12 21 10 278 4 121 18 80 0 28 1 265 17 76 12 1,223 0 91 14 101 0 2,098 7 21 16 646 14 67 8 112 1 840 3 8 0 301 4 132 0 34 15 95 9 293 3 23 2 29 12 345 13 764 7 370 16 d. 6 6 6 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 3 6 0 £ s. 4 1 10 4 46 2 199 3 1 17 3 15 31 11 0 12 178 19 7 6 1 11 369 6 25 15 342 8 6 15 8 12 474 17 1 8 40 12 2 16 7 9 3 9 414 16 14 2 6 18 797 1 665 8 16 16 d. 0 6 6 6 0 0 I 6 i 0 6 | 6 0 6 0 6 6 0 6 0 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 6 6 £ s. d. 65 18 0 100 15 8 160 16 6 177 19 7 175 12 0 85 0 0 64 10 0 140 5 11 99 0 6 1,334 17 2 41 1 6 79 4 6 936 4 2 113 12 S 185 1 1 116 10 4 123 5 0 413 10 5 26 10 4 156 12 8 71 2 6 169 2 8 51 2 8 284 2 2 79 13 6 85 3 4 239 17 4 348 6 8 148 7 0 Carried forward