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Table No. 26. Cost of Telegraph Lines and Cables throughout the Colony.

.Section of Line. Length of Section in Miles. Cost of Clearing Bush. Cost of Wire, Total Cost of Arms, Poles, including Insulators, &c, deliverv. including carriage. Cost of Erection. Total Cost of Section. Cost per Mile. North Island. total, North Island, to 31st March, 1883 VTaungatoroto Line (7 miles) Whitiangi Line (34 miles) .. tVaiorongomai Line rlikurangi Line (6 miles) Rangiriri Line (13 miles) Ponsonby Line (2 miles) Parnell Line (1 mile) Dnehunga Wharf Line (8J miles) Newmarket Bureau {2 miles) Mapier to Petane Line (7 J miles) Siapier-Tarawera Line Dtakehu Line (4 miles) £ s..d. £ s. d. £ •• d. £ ■■ d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,821 ii,i74 5 4 58,376 13 o 60,188 19 6 80 15 o 239 3 5 40 7 9 57 3 10 99 o 5 71,045 11 8 47 3 4 699 17 7 43 " 3 16 8 9 28 18 3 200,785 9 6 127 18 4 1,164 16 o 83 19 o 73 12 7 127 18 8 no 5 6 18 5 6 3 1 6 4 27 19 8 12 5 5 9 16 10 22 3 47 o 0 178 15 o I" 54 10 o 108 10 6 65 o o 228 o 6 16 16 2 2i 60 o 0 38 14 o 19 8 9 52 6 10 48 18 o 37 4 6 18 6 9 87 12 o 116 13 3 70 13 7 11 13 6 968 17 13 5 Totals 1,8504 11,221 5 4 58,669 18 oi 160,924 10 o 72,051 o I 202,866 13 5; South Island. rotal, South Island, to 31st March, 1883 Cromwell to Pembroke Line Jueenstown to Skippers Line (21 miles) 3ape Saunders Line (8 miles) 3annockburn Line Murchison's Line (3J miles) 31uespur Line Line (7 miles) Vtilburn Line (4 miles) iVaitaki to Purakanui (5 miles) Richmond to Brightwater (4 miles) Additional Expenditure on Lines— Rakaia to Methven, Boatman's, &c. Railway Wires .. 2,153 38 15 7 5 I* 3 i 1 20,642 16 9 72,009 15 1 978 10 o 217 12 O IOO O O 55 15 o 24 o c 67 o 6 54,324 18 4 699 4 6 153 " 7 115 II 6 98 9 2 12 5 o 49 4 8 75-. 8 4 57 19 1 30 5 o 70,295 10 6 296 15 11 122 4 5 56 3 9 39 12 6 42 18 6 38 10 o 50 14 o 35 13 1 60 17 o 217,273 o 8 1,974 i° 5 493 8 o 271 15 3 193 16 8 79 3 6 154 15 2 126 2 4 121 2 2 91 2 O 100 18 4 5i 19 3 23 9 11 33 19 5 38 15 4 22 12 5 5i 11 9 18 o 4. 30 5 8 18 4 4 27 10 o 23 2 6 23 13 o 46 15 6 11 13 10 201 17 6 241 16 I fotal, South Island, to 31st December, 1883 2,224 20,642 16 9 73,480 2 7 55,639 19 8 71,062 12 8 221,269 5 3 rotal, North Island, to 31st December, 1883 1,850,1 11,221 5 4 58,669 18 o . 60,924 10 o 72,051 o 1 202,866 13 5 Totals 4,°74i 31,864 2 I 1116,564 9 8| 424,135 i8 8 132,150 O 7; 143,113 12 9 3ook Strait Cables, laying sa: me, repairs, &c. 81,280 2 4 'elephone exchanges,—Direc it expenditure .. 11,113 J4 0 Tot al 516,529 15 o