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Return showing the Capital Cost of the Telephone-exchanges of under a Hundred Connections to the 31st March, 1897, and the Revenue and Estimated Working-expenses for the Financial Year 1896-97.

General Post Office, J. K. Logan, Wellington, 9th September, 1897. Superintendent of Electric Lines.

Approximate Cost 0/Paper.—Preparation, not given ; printing (1,400 copies), £1 4s. Price, 3d.]

i # By Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB97.

S 2 O Capital Cost 1 Wire, Pol Freight, Supe for Instruments, les, Labour, irintendence, &c. orking-expenses Balance of Revenue over Workingexpenses. Balance of Workingexpenses over Revenue. Exchange. Average Cost of each Connection. Total for all Connections. Salaries and Allowances of Clerks, &e. Linemen, Batteries, and Material. Wear-and-tear, 10 per cent.* Kent, Light, Fuel, Paper, Printing. &c. Total. £ s. a. ' £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ 9. a. 68 13 4 £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. 319 5 1 £ S. d. £ s. a. Ashburton 96 15 5 10 1,468 1 10 420 0 1 78 15 7 146 16 2 25 0 0 100 15 0 Blenheim 64 30 5 9 1,938 8 3 295 5 5 88 6 8 105 13 2 193 16 10 28 17 7 416 14 3 121 8 10 Greymouth .. 72 22 17 4 1,646 6 9 381 6 10 74 2 10 98 17 1 164 12 8 27 9 6 365 2 1 16 4 9 Nelson 60 19 17 10 1,193 10 8 292 4 8 93 2 6 131 5 9 119 7 1 25 3 6 368 18 10 76 14 2 Oamaru 96 15 3 1 1,454 18 0 439 8 4 112 10 0 256 18 2 145 9 10 41 7 3 556 5 3 116 16 11 Palmerston North 86 25 17 11 20 13 3 2,227 3 5 1,756 5 8 423 2 11 160 8 4 93 15 10 222 14 4 55 12 4 532 10 10 109 7 11 Thames 85 385 2 10 180 0 0 140 5 0 175 12 8 35 0 6 530 18 2 145 15 4 Timaru 74 15 7 11 1,139 4 2 361 6 2 70 0 0 74 5 0 113 18 5 45 0 0 303 3 5 58 2 9 * This column includes 5 per cent, for wear-and-tear and 5 per cent, for debenture capital.