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Table No. 16. Comparative Table showing the Progress of the Telegraph Department during the Financial Years ended 30th June, 1866, to 30th June, 1879; 31st March, 1880, to 31st March, 1882; and 31st December, 1882, to 31st December, 1890.

Year ended Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. G C c/j H . c o. ; jj° [ ■ Private, g ! and Press. Z 1 j Number of Telegrams forwarded during the Year. I Govern- j ment. I Total. Revenue derived from Private Press Messages, Money-order Telegrams, and Incidental Receipts. Value of Government Messages. Cost of _.,.., - j ~ . , Maintenance Total Value of ! Cost of ot - Business done Maintenance , , during of excluding the Year. Stations. iustraHari ca ble j subsidy. Total Expenditure. Cost of Maini tenance of Lines per Mile. Tariff in Operation. 30th June,. 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 31st March, 1880 1881 1882 31st Dec, 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 , „ 1888 1889 1890 699 757 1,110 1,329 1,661 1,976 0 2,i8 5 (b) 2,356( c) 2,530 c 1) 2,986 (e) 3.154.') 3,259 (g) 3,434 (h) 3,512 (>) 3,638 (J) 3,758 (k) 3,824 0 3,974( m) 4,°74( n) 4,264(0) 4,463 (p) 4,546(i) 4,646 (') 4,790 (s) 4,874 0 5,060 C) 1,390 1,498 2,223 2,495 2,897 3,247 3,823 4,574 5,782 6,626 7> 247 7,423 8,035 8,117 9,333 9,587 9,653 9,848 10,037 10,474 10, 93 1 11,178 ii,375 11,617 11,827 12,771 13 21 31 45 56 72 81 93 105 127 142 155 182 195 214 227 234 264 302 330 375 412 437 473 489 520 24,76l 55,621 72,241 106,070 122,545 253,582 344,524 485,507 645, 067 786,237 890,382 952,283 1,065,481 I,201 ,982 824,734 1,058,342 1,215,849 1,361,817 1,379,483 1,433,458 1,533,406 I,583,7 I7 1,589,771 1,548,233 1,589,157 i.734,38i 2,746 I5,33i 26,244 50,097 62,87s 59,292 67,243 83,453 107,832 130,891 160,704 172,159 194,843 246,961 183,675 246,370 222,923 208,372 219,917 220,847 240,867 252,549 245,623 217,630 213,830 226,780 27,407 70,952 98,485 156,167 185,423 312,874 411,767 568,960 752,899 917,128 1,051 ,086 1,124,442 1,260,324 1,448,943 1,008,409 1,304,712 1,438,772 1,570,189 1,599,400 1,774,273 1,836,266 1,835,394 1,765,863 1,802,987 I,961,161 £ s- d5,561 19 2 9,070 10 1 11,652 3 7 18,520 10 4 17,218 1 4 22,419 8 8 28,121 10 o 39,680 18 9 46,508 18 10 55,301 12 3 62,715 10 4 65,644 15 3 73,284 1 10 85,402 o 2 58,120 3 3 73,002 2 o 78,828 19 8 90.633 11 2 93,822 3 3 95.634 5 5 101,652 8 o 106,638 12 2 106,548 4 o 106,311 11 6 106,462 18 4 110,696 17 8 £ B. d. 483 3 2 3,770 4 8 6,672 o 3 13,430 11 9 12,252 6 o 9,876 17 6 ",043 3 9 11,105 2 o 12,618 11 6 13,679 10 9 16,154 6 o 17,024 8 9 19,148 12 4 26,949 2 2 I9,7 0 7 6 3 27,021 3 8 22,737 16 4 20,608 11 11 21,555 19 2 20,855 19 7 24,860 9 o 27,281 4 9 30,205 11 10 23,164 13 11 24,218 9 3 26,070 12 7 £ s. d. 6,045 2 4 12,840 14 9 18,324 3 10 3i,95i 2 1 29,47o 7 4 32,296 6 2 39,164 13 9 50,786 o 9 59,127 10 4 68,981 3 o 78,869 16 4 82,669 4 ° 92,432 14 2 112,351 2 4 77,827 9 6 100,023 5 8 101,566 16 o 111,242 3 1 H5,378 2 5 116,490 5 o 126,512 17 o 133,919 16 II 136,753 15 10 129,476 5 5 130,681 7 7 136,767 10 3 £ s. d. £ s. d. 3,934 3 4 2,443 2 11 8,017 14 7 2,541 4 11 9,489 17 10 5,406 7 3 14,266 12 7 8,547 4 9 16,417 7 4 14,120 4 10 21,254 4 3 11,'344 3 8 23,593 9 9 8,858 19 7 27,040 18 10 9,479 5 4 38,801 19 4 15,021 17 11 [45,814 11 4 14,240 19 7 161,696 14 5 21,074 8 8 |63,353 10 10 17,931 8 o 1 8 18,259 4 9 [79,502' o 5 17,299 7 10 !68,65i 10 10 114,758 4 5 [78,224 1 8 [23,154 8 3 69,165 5 o :18,292 13 4 73,554 9 1 :22,451 6 3 73,054 4 6 19,210 6 6 70,036 6 2 20,041 15 10 77,082 4 4 20,900 6 2 77,473 10 7 21,402 18 2 76,580 10 o 21,321 2 9 72,201 13 5 123,262 1 o 75,426 9 7 [26,007 1 5 76,845 1 10 27,546 2 o £ 8. d. 6,377 6 3 10,558 19 6 14,896 5 1 22,813 17 4 30,537 12 2 32.598 7 11 32,452 9 4 36,520 4 2 53,823 17 3 60,055 10 11 82,771 3 1 81,284 J8 10 87.599 6 5 96,801 8 3 83,409 15 3 101,378 9 11 87,457 18 4 96,005 15 4 92,264 11 o 90,078 2 o 97,982 10 6 98,875 8 9 97,901 12 9 95,463 14 5 ioi,433 11 o 104,391 3 10 £ s. d. 3 9 10 3 7 1 4 17 4 6 8 6 8 9 n 5 19 6 423 4 1 n 6 3 11 4 16 4 5 18 10 5 12 11 5 10 o 509 4 3 4 667 4 17 4 5 17 5 4 16 8 4 18 4 4 15 9 4 15 11 4 13 9 5 o 1 5 8 7 5 13 o 1 Mileage tariff. Mileage tariff in operation up to 1st Sept., 1809; uniform 2S. 6d. tariff from ist Sept., 1869, to 31st March. 1870; and is. tariff from ist April, 1870. From ist November, 1873, address and signature given in free. From ist Jan., 1886, - delayed-telegrams posted to addressees immediately after their receipt at offices of destination (a) From this mileage 78 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for mail ' (b): .32 C) . 42 (d) .106 (•) . 3i 0 . 174 » C) .150 C) 85 (') .116 (1) . 109 . .tenance. (k) From this mile; (m) (n) (°) (p) (r) (5) (') _". ,ge 95 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance. 102 „ „ „ „ 66 100 „ 190 ,. 199 83 100 „ „ „ „ 144 » 84 186 » » » » n