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REPORT ON THE WORKING OF

Table I. NUMBER of INTERPROVINCIAL LETTERS forwarded during the Year ended 31st December, 1870; number of TELEGRAMS despatched in each PROVINCE during the Year ended 30th June, 1871; and proportion of TELEGRAMS to every 100 LETTERS; together with a similar Return for the previous Year.

Table K. COST of MAINTENANCE of TELEGRAPH LINES for the Financial Year ending 30th JUNE, 1871.

1870-71. 1869-70. Province. Number of Letters. Number of Proportion of Telegrams sent for every 100 Letters. Number of Letters. Number of Proportion of Telegrams sent for every 100 Letters. Telegrams. Telegrams. Wellington klarlborough Jelson Canterbury iVcst land )tago Southland ilavke's Bny L':irnn;iki VucMand 336,375 92,124 185,179 410,938 225,157 578,299 74,536 76,553 28,320 619,466 51,300 10,682 29,111 41,486 25,188 79,117 13,203 14,025 2,490 46,212 15-26 11-59 15-72 1009 1118 1368 1771 18-32 8-79 7-45 302,209 53,562 176,903 397,352 212,400 538,329 75,445 65,967 26,578 495,315 34,494 7,945 25,361 27,255 21,318 44,927 6,512 10,451 61G 6,544 11-41 1483 1433 685 8-79 834 863 1581 2-31. 1-32 Total Number of Lett. Total Number of Tele: Proportion of Telcgran 1870-71. «... ... ... 2,626,947 ;rams ... ... 312,874 is to every 100 Letters.. 1191 1869-70. 2,374,060 185,423 781 18G8-69. 2,549,488 156,167 612 II IG7-68. )38,578 .06,101 547

Section. Number of Miles. Salaries of Linemen and Inspectors. Travelling Expenses of Linemen and Inspectors. Extra Labour. Cost of Material used for repairs. Total Cost of Maintenance. Cost Per Mile. Sluff to Balclutlia 'okomairiro to Queeustown ... ialrlutha to Waitaki Vailaki to Christchurch Ihrutchnrch to Greymouth ... l-reyinouth to AVestport 'hristclmi'ch to Blenheim ilenheim to Nelson, including White's Bay Line ... Vcllington to Patea. ... Vellington to Napier... rapier to Tauranga ... 114 140 152 148 176 67 208 £ s. d. 414 6 8 341 10 0 299 9 1 337 13 4 380 12 2 196 0 0 403 12 6 £ s. d. 260 6 7! 185 15 3 259 2 5 212 17 81 299 10 5! 173 15 8| 311 11 5 £ s. d. 257 14 1 13 4 0 292 12 4 147 15 9 69 18 10 11 10 0 90 3 2 £ s. d. 203 2 3 19 13 0 741 15 0 160 2 3 221 4 1 0 15 6 99 5 7 £ s. d. 1,133 9 7 560 2 3 1,592 18 10 858 9 0 971 5 6 382 1 2 904 12 8 £ 8. d. 9 19 2 a 4 0 0 10 9 7 & 5 16 0 5 10 4 5 14 0 4 7 0 92 180 221 200 399 10 10 319 12 8 506 13 11 207 0 0 229 14 11 262 10 2 359 2 2 131 3 9 235 3 0 72 8 4 170 14 11 7 4 2 219 17 3 48 9 0 87 14 8 0 2 0 1,084 6 0 733 0 2 1,184 5 8 345 15 11 11 15 9c 4 12 5 7 2 1 14 7 Luckland lines 1,698 200 3,896 7 2 736 0 5 2,685 10 5 571 16 11 1,368 8 7 233 15 7 1,802 0 7 50 4 0 9,752 6 9 1,591 16 11 5 14 10 d 7 19 2 e Totals lirerton to Invercargill 'almerston to Naseby 1,898 24 54 -1,632 7 3,257 7 4 1,002 4 1,852 4 7 11,344 3 8 5 19 6/ ::: I 1,976 4,632 7 7 3,257 7 4 1,002 4 2 1,852 4 7 11,344 3 8 5 19 6/ a Includes cost of reconstri •econstructiou of line between Picton and a point four miles no per mile, Auckland lines, f Ti muntenaooe. h Line opened 2( notion of Waikouai jrth of H otal averj Oth June, line ; new po iti and the "\ avelock. d 1 age cost per 1871: no ex >les throughou kVaitaki Kiver iverage cost mile, g Lim pense incurred it, between B ■. c Include; per mile, Bli e opened 261 1 for mainten; 51uff and Inve ;s cost of recc uff to Napier !th April, 187 lance. ercargill. b Ii obstruction of and Patea. < 1 : no expeusi [ncludes cost of f line between e Average cost le incurred for