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Table No. 21. Return of the Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph Lines for the Year ended 31st March, 1897.

Table No. 22. Statement showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph Construction during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1897.

District. No. of Miles. Travellingexpenses of Linemen and Inspectors. Extra Labour. Cost of Salaries of T ,. , r t Material used Linemen lotaicost for and Bepairs. Inspectors. Maintenance. Auckland Wellington .. Nelson Canterbury .. Otago P. and T. stores Cables 1,604 J 1.522J 857^ 847J 1,452| £ s. a. 884 7 7 1,011 17 1 591 0 5 769 12 2 716 9 5 27 6 4 25 2 6 £ s. d. 780 16 6 1,469 2 3 845 15 7 1,439 7 8 547 12 11 245 1 5! 361 1 9 I £ s. d.| £ s. d. £ s. d. 842 11 4 2,263 6 8 4,771 2 1 2,184 11 10 2,660 0 0| 7,325 11 2 690 17 2 1,555 0 0 3,682 13 2 4,470 15 3! 1,480 16 8 8,160 11 9 879 18 11 1,343 0 0 3,487 1 3 221 18 11 ! .. 494 6 8 288 16 9 .. 675 1 0 Totals C,284| 4,025 15 6 5,688 18 1 9,579 10 21 9,302 3 4 28,596 7 1

Line. Expenditure. ! l Material from Stores. Total Expenditure during the Year. Telephone exchanges New copper wires,— Auckland-Taupo Auckland-Paeroa Wanganui-New Plymouth Wanganui-Napier Napier-Taupo Napier-Wairoa Hutt-Hastings Blenheim-Kaikoura ... Kaikoura-Christchurch Greymouth-Beefton ... Dunedin-Waitaki Wheatstone instruments, — Wellington ... Dunedin Cape Maria Van Dieinen Te Aroha-Katikati Taupiri-Huntly Upper Kuaotunu Puriri... Waikino loop ... Lichfield „ Maungataupere Whangarei-Poroti Hikurangi-Whakapara ... Maungakaramea Totara North ... Hukerenui extension Waipapakauri extension... Ormond-Waimata Ellerslie Eacecourse Herbertville-Wimbledon Wallingford Dannevirke-Weber and Wimbledon Waikanae extension Whenuakura extension ... Hutt-Taita Bell Block Marton-Eata ... £ s. d. 2,799 12 10 £ s. d. 6,391 14 5 £ s. d. 9,191 7 3 370 7 3 250 3 3 312 3 8 77 6 6 378 6 3 360 18 6 2 2 3 18 10 0 18 3 11 61 7 5 1,021 7 4 269 16 1 11 11 4 14 2 3 388 11 2 311 10 8 1,333 11 0 347 2 7 389 17 7 '375 0 9 2 2 3 928 0 1 395 8 6 475 19 3 39 12 8 132 12 11 35 1 8 909 10 1 395 8 6 343 6 4 4 11 0 174 11 10 165 19 9 174 11 10) 165 19 9 3 15 7 5 0 0 12 6 53 3 4 7 10 15 14 7 0 10 6 0 19 0 530 11 2 3 13 8 283 18 5 116 2 9> 256 19 5 6 7 7 274 8 11 38 13 a 77 16 3. 9 19 8 4 16 4 14 3. 64 11 0 44 9 6 37 13 3 50 15 9 68 17 5 227 0 11 325 7 4 3 15 7 5 0 0 12 6 23 18 3 0 16 8 12 0 0 10 6 29 5 1 6 19 6 7 2 7 299 15 9 3 13 8 150 19 10 29 12 4 116 9 3 15 6 183 5 7 0 19 0 230 15 5 132 18 7 86 10 5 140 10 2 5 2 1 91 3 4 38 13 8 27 11 6 7 2 3 50 4 9 2 17 5 4 16 4 14 3 27 19 9 8 6 5 13 8 8 16 11 7 33 8 7 104 10 9 181 5 11 36 11 3 36 3 1 24 4 7 34 4 2 35 8 10 122 10 2 144 1 5 Koputarua Maharahara extension Pahiatua, Mangahao, and Ballance 4—F. 1.