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Table H. TOTAL COST of the LINES of TELEGRAPH throughout New Zealand and of the Cook Strait Cable.

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Section of Line. Length of* Section in Miles. Cost of Clearing Bush. Total Cost of Poles for Section, including Delivery. Cost of Wire, Arms, Insulators, &c, including Carriage. Cost of Erection. Total Cost of Section. Cost per Mile. £ •■ d. £ 8. d. 547 2 10 £ s. d. 96 10 11 £ s. d. 262 12 7 812 15 6 469 11 o 1,720 13 3 3,760 19 o 3,661 6 o 503 12 6 800 o o 3,808 o o 3,019 17 9 U 906 6 4 P 812 15 6 2,407 12 4 13,108 19 o 13,743 1 2 14,057 6 7 503 12 6 800 o o 3,808 o c 7,002 17 o £ B. d. 37 15 3 42 15 (ta 75 4 9 69 70 63 o 1b 58 6 oc 71 18 lid 100 o oe 21 12 9/ 104 10 5 Eiverton to Invercavgill Bluff to Invercargill ... Invercargill to Mataura Mataura to Waitaki Waitaki to Hurumii ... JIurumii to Nelson White's Bay Line Port Chalmers Line Christehurch to Grreymouth Greymouth to Westport Blenheim to Woodend, reconstruction, including White's Bay Line (194 miles) Palmerston to Naseby... Tokomairiro to Queenstown Tokomairiro to Queenstown, reconstruction, 140 miles Third Wire from Dunedin to Oamaru (including Loop Line to Kakanui, 4 miles), 94 miles Christehurch to Hokitika, reconstruction, 146 miles ... Christehurch to Akaroa Nelson to Motueka Greymouth to Beefton Leithfield to Waiau Invercargill to Winton Hokitika to Boss Kaiapoi to Bangiora ... Grreymouth to Westport, reconstruction, 67 miles ... Havelock to Nelson, reconstruction, 25 miles Invercargill to Balelutha, reconstruction, 70 miles ... Third Wire, Oamaru to Christchurch, 161 miles Second Wire, Christehurch to Hokitika, 146 miles ... Second and Third Wires, Hokitika to Greymouth, 60 miles ... Fourth Wire, Palmerston to Dunedin, 33 miles ... Tapanui and Switzers Line from Clinton Eeefton to Lyell Fourth Wire, Blenheim to Christchurch, completed from Christchurch to Leithfield, 29 miles... Eailway Wires, —■ Dunedin to Tokomairiro, 33 miles Hampden to Waitaki, 35 miles 24 19 32 189 218 241 7 8 176 67 54 140 4 5° 32 S° 37 14 20 8 1,229 3 3 i.9Si 7 6 100 o o 65 10 o 10 10 o 2,649 ° ° 401 3 o 1,199 o o 8,353 18 o 6,554 8 8 5.213 14 o 1,070 16 5 5.136 12 5 754 14 10 264 12 o 1,881 16 ( 805 2 6 872 13 2 1,440 14 o 801 12 4 29S 2 o 172 12 6 207 o o 739 1 4 3,°34 7 9 3,427 13 6 3.953 3 4 960 15 4 2,022 15 4 247 2 2 830 16 11 446 13 5 721 S 8 375 S 8 1,101 6 7 688 2 5 156 4 11 208 11 6 48 2 8 3,484 12 o 435 >9 9 4,432 1 4 2,247 3 10 426 15 9 873 12 11 817 18 5 321 11 2 i,795 9 11 847 4 6 209 1 o 200 12 6 37 17 6 10,743 19 9 i,437 16 9 4,432 1 4 2,247 3 10 1,522 4 8 3,202 2 9 2,409 16 7 1,580 o e 6,986 10 6 2,336 19 3 660 7 11 982 19 6 293 o 2 55 7 7 26 12 6 31 '3 2S 16 1 o 16 3 10 21 18 8 48 3 11 49 7 6/1 139 14 7 63 3 2 47 3 5 49 2 11 36 12 6 675 14 3 69 16 9 1,216 9 1 1,962 o 1 29 5 8 379 18 6 17 15 o 144 5 2 541 18 8 21 13 6 1,221 3 9 "3 15 5 706 12 3 2,041 11 5 29 3 3 936 2 10 i,935 7 2 1,077 10 8 3,949 o 8 24 10 6 290 6 o 1,286 7 o 518 13 6 2,095 6 C 14 7 o 499 7 ° 216 2 5 7i5 9 5 11 18 5 15 o o 335 M 3 212 13 10 563 s 1 17 1 4 48 32 3,863 3 6 615 13 4 898 5 6 669 9 5 799 15 9 393 13 4 503 11 o 1,678 16 1 6,064 IS 9 34 19 6 189 10 5 286 9 7 131 17 6 418 7 1 14 8 6 104 12 2 66 o o 522 2 9 190 12 4 231 9 10 I3S 11 10 858 4 9 392 4 2 26 o 1 11 4 1 Totals, South Island 1,470 10,269 17 3 40,774 8 5 25,784 8 1 40,437 18 7 117,266 13 1 79 IS S Lyell's Bay to Wellington Wellington to Patea ... Wellington to Masterton Masterton to Castle Point Castle Point to Porangahau Porangahau to Napier... Napier to Tauranga Auckland to Alexandra Auckland to Newcastle, reconstruction, 70 miles, including new line from Hamilton to Cambridge, 12 miles Mercer to Thames, including four towers for spanning Thames and Piako Rivers Second Wire, from Napier to Tauranga, 200 miles 4 180 60 36 53 68 200 152 67'i8 6 264 4 6 22 15 1 176 9 4 74 o o 153 18 6 123 S 8 4.647 I2 7 2,362 10 o 2.459 IS c 9,404 12 6 104 6 o 2,3iS 9 S 839 4 4 388 18 6 722 18 6 918 9 8 S.763 13 7 57 '5 o 3,062 n 9 2,357 6 3 1,267 9 : 1,105 16 IO 1,252 IO 2 5.767 18 5 3,256 o o 285 6 o 10,093 12 3 3,460 15 1 1,679 2 8 4.367 14 8 4.7O4 15 4 21,090 3 o 3,256 o 0 71 6 o 56 1 6 57 18 4 46 19 6 82 8 2 69 3 9 105 9 o 21 8 s 1..393 H 6 841 IS .9 1.453 3 8 3.688 13 11 44 19 8 12 36 2,158 8 10 1,386 13 10 1.492 7 5 S,°37 i° 1 139 18 7 793 19 9 31 17 o 2,607 9 1 880 11 1 4.313 16 11 21 11 4 Carried forward 801 1,553 5 8 22,581 15 11 15,888 18 8 21,953 9 8 6i,977 9 « a Purchased from Southland ( tate cost of poles, &c. e Purchase rovernment; total cost includes &', Jovernn ■A from 2,017 11 tent, b Inclui private firm, is. lOd. for ne< les £450, pun f Purchased r material. I mase of Lytte] from Canterb 1 6 per cent, ini lton line. 0 Aiury Governme tercst guarante pproximato cost ;nt. g Purchasi ;ed on this line. ;. d Approxied from Otago