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Table No. 22. Cost of Telegraph Lines, Telephone Exchanges, and Cables throughout the Colony.

Table No. 23. Return of the Number and Amount of Telegraph Money Orders issued within the several Postal Districts during the Year ended 31st December, 1888.

Table No. 24. Cash Value of Shipping and Weather Telegrams and Amount chargeable to each Department of the Government for Telegrams transmitted during the Year ended 31st December, 1888.

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Section of Line. Number of Miles of Line. Total Cost of Section. Cost per Mile. £ S. d. £ ■• d. North Island. Total, North Island, to 31st December, 1887 Expenditure on sundry lines constructed during year 1888 .. 2,205 33i 235,020 J 2 6 3,926 o i 47 6 o Totals .. 2,288J 238,946 12 7 South Island. Total, South Island, to 31st December, 1887 Expenditure on sundry lines constructed during year 1888 .. 2,44i£ 61J 235,510 12 II 3.549 6 3 5S'3 9 Total, South Island, to 31st December, 1888 2,502} 239.059 19 2 Total, North Island, to 31st December, 1888 2,288! 238,946 12 7 Totals 4>79°2 478,006 11 9 Cook Strait cables 82,309 6 10 Telephone exchanges .. 64,770 18 8 Total 17 3

Districts. Number. Commission. Amount. Auckland .. Blenheim .. Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika .. Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui .. Wellington Westport .. 2,714 562 1.363 1.315 434 1,537 352 559 1.376 474 257 173 669 262 790 2,592 I.O35 £ s. d. 135 14 o 28 2 o 68 3 o 65 15 0 21 14 . o 76 17 o 17 12 O 27 19 o 68 16 0 23 14 o 12 17 O 8 13 o 33 9 o 13 2 o 39 10 o 129 12 o 5i 15 ° 10,458 12 o 1.725 3 ° 4,75 J 16 3 4,648 2 10 1,449 16 11 5,933 15 5 1,260 13 3 1,801 18 o 4.794 1 3 1,765 12 o 719 8 o 568 13 11 2,014 1 8 818 2 o 2,317 17 3 8,363 12 9 3,487 9 4 Totals 16,464 823 4 o 56,878 15 IO

ier, i Department. Value. Colonial Secretary Customs Defence Judicial Postal .. Registrar-General Treasury Public Buildings Shipping Reports Weather Reports General .. £ s. d. 1,378 8 8 2,610 18 4 1,071 2 o 1,902 1 5 4,800 16 7 493 12 o 1,614 2 g 1,869 2 1 3,290 18 10 2,600 o o i,533 ir 3 Total 23,164 13 11