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Table H. COMPARATIVE TABLE showing the Progress of the Telegraph DEPARTMENT during the Financial Years ended 30th June, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872.

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Year ended. Number of Miles of Line. of Stations Open. Number ol Telegrams forwarded .uring Year. and Provincial Government Messages, and Incidental Receipts. Revenue derived from rv • t_ T> Value of General Government Messages. Total Value of Business done during the Year. Cost of Maintenance of Stations. Cost of Maintenance of Lines. Total Expenditure. a jj *c3 P-i Tariff in Operation. Private, Press, and Provincial Government. General Government. Total. 27,237 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 30th June, 1866 699 13 24,761 2,476 5,561 19 2 483 3 2 6,045 2 4 3,934 3 4 2,443 2 11 6,377 6 3 3 9 10 Mileage tariff. „ „ 1867 757 21 55,621 15,331 70,952 9,070 10 1 3,770 4 8 12,840 14 9 8,017 14 7 2,541 4 11 10,558 19 6 3 7 1 j? j? „ „ 1868 1,110 31 72,241 26,244 98,485 11,652 3 7 6,672 0 3 18,324 3 10 9,489 17 10 5,406 7 3 14,896 5 1 4 17 4 » >) „ „ 1869 „ 1870 1,329 1,661 45 56 106,070 122, 545 50,097 62,878 156,157 185,423 18,520 10 4 17,218 1 4 13,430 11 9 12,252 6 0 31,951 2 1 29,470 7 4 14,266 12 7 16,417 7 4 8,547 4 9 14,120 4 10 22,813 17 4 30,537 12 2 6 8 6 8 9 11 Mileage tariff in operation up to 1st Sept., 1869; uniform 2s. 6d. tariff from 1st Sept., 1869, to 31st March, 1870 ; and present Is. tariff from 1st April, 1870. » ,. 1871 *1,976 72 253,582 59,292 312,874 22,419 8 8 9,876 17 6 32,296 6 2 21,254 4 3 11,344 3 8 32,598 7 11 5 19 6 „ „ 1872 f2,185 81 344, 524 67,243 411,767 28,121 10 0 11,043 3 9 39,164 13 9 23,593 9 9 8,858 19 7 32,452 9 4 4 2 3 • From this mileage 78 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance. t Prom this mileage 32 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance.