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APPENDIX H. NEW SOUTH WALES TELEGEAPH SEEVICE, 1891. Number of Stations at 31st December ... ... ... ... 674 Miles of Line 11,697 m. 50 chs. Miles of Wire 24,780 m. 29 chs. Cost of Construction £767,87117 11 Number of Messages transmitted ... ... ... ... 3,578,807 Eevenue £198,531 8 1 NEW SOUTH WALES TELEGRAPH SEEVICE, 1892. Number of Stations at 31st December ... ... ... ... 706 Miles of Line Miles of Wire 26,235 m. 71 chs. Cost of Construction £801,917 13 5 Number of Messages transmitted ... ... ... ... 2,578,197 Eevenue £185,014 1 5

APPENDIX I. TASMANIAN TELEGEAPH SERVICE, 1892. Number of Telegraph Stations ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 153 Miles of Line 1,470 Miles of Wire 2,432 Total Cost of' Construction £67,372 Number of Messages, Paid 279,622 Free 47,882 Eevenue, Gross £28,369 19 7 Net £14,093 5 0 EOBT. HENEY, Superintendent of Telegraphs, Tasmania.

APPENDIX J. STATEMENT OF BUSINESS TRANSACTED BETWEEN NEW SOUTH WALES AND INTEENATIONAL, ALSO NEW SOUTH WALES AND NEW ZEALAND, FOE THE MONTHS OF JANUAEY AND FEBRUARY, 1893. January. —New South Wales to International: messages, 1,443 ; value, £3,747 lis. 4d. February. —New South Wales to International: messages, 1,335 ; value, £3,543 10s. 3d. January. —International to New South Wales : messages, 1,676 ; New South Wales proportion, £135 7s. Id. February. —International to New South Wales : messages, 1,539; New South Wales proportion, £155 15s. 4d. January. —New South Wales to New Zealand : messages, 1,056 ; value, £37 19s. lid. February. —New South Wales to New Zealand : messages, 1,271; value, £45 6s. sd. January. —New Zealand to New South Wales : messages, 996; value, £304 19s. sd. February. —New Zealand to New South Wales : messages, 1,690 ; value, £269 13s. 3d. New South Wales to International, 1892. Messages. Value. £ s. d. January 1,448 3,426 8 11 February 1,417 3,446 7 2 March 1,469 3,271 15 2 April 1,426 3,128 19 4 May 1,395 3,265 3 0 June 1,544 3,641 13 11 July 1,417 3,203 19 11 August 1,509 3,619 4 5 September ... 1,534 3,529 15 9s October 1,660 3,771 14. 1 November... ... .1,641 3,684 6 9December 1,681 3,858 9 5 a International