p.—]

24

Table No. 20. TELEPHONE EXCHANGES. Return showing the Capital Cost, Working-expenses, and Revenue of the Telephone Exchanges, Year by Year, from the Date of their Establishment.

-, 33* Capital Cost for Instruments, Wire, Poles, Labour, Freight, Superintendence, &c. Working-expenses. Year. Salaries and Allowances of Clerks, &c. Materials and Linemen. Balance of Bevenue over Workingexpenses. Annual Rate per Cent. yielded on Capital Cost. B a Average Cost of each Connection. Total for all Connections. •Wear and Kent, Fuel, taSfdto.?" "eht, Paper, Ten per Cent. b£S*£So. Total. Total for the year ended 31st March, — £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. ' 1882 116 21 16 6 2,531 14 0 613 5 2 285 0 0 275 0 0 253 0 0 150 0 0 963 0 0 207 16 0 817 1883 379 21 16 6 8,271 13 6 5,014 9 2 595 0 0 595 0 0 827 0 0 300 0 0 2,317 0 0 4,492 8 8 54-31 1884 715 21 16 6 15,604 17 6 7,746 16 7 695 0 0 770 0 0 1,560 0 0 350 0 0 3,375 0 0 3,653 7 4 23-41 1885 1,075 21 18 6 23,461 17 6 10,008 3 6 1,770 0 0 1,590 0 0 2,346 0 0 475 0 0 6,181 0 0 3,827 3 6 16-31 1886 1,710 20 8 6 37,319 12 1 12,294 1 2 2,849 1 3 1,704 0 0 3,731 19 2 700 0 0 8,985 0 5 5,011 19 7 13-42 1887 2,038 19 19 5 40,686 3 1 15,477 16 2 2,873 0 0 1,580 10 0 4,068 12 2 320 0 0 8,842 2 2 6,635 14 0 16-30 1888 ;. 2,153 22 19 0 49,407 5 0 16,881 8 6 3,119 10 0 2,252 0 0 4,940 14 6 330 0 0 10,642 4 6 6,239 4 1 12-63 1889 2,249 23 18 10 53,849 11 6 17,613 4 0 3,315 10 0 2,249 7 0 I 5,344 9 2 335 0 0 11,244 6 2 6,368 17 10 11-82 1890 2,402 24 4 1 58,229 3 0 18,581 11 7 3,790 0 0 2,206 10 0 5,823 0 1 375 0 0 12,194 10 1 6,387 1 6 1100 1891 \ 2,587 24 17 1 64,294 4 4 ■ 19,961 4 2 4,192 0 0 2,249 18 5 6,429 8 5 394 3 9 13,265 10 7 6,696 13 7 10-43 1892 3,080 24 16 11 ■ 76,579 1 8 18,571 7 8 4,630 0 0 2,345 2 9 J 7,658 7 11 393 1 fl 15,026 12 2 3,544 15 6 4-63 1893 .. .. .: , 3,690 24 16 11 91,687 11 1 19,155 11 5 7,405 0 0 2,695 19 10 9,168 15 1 464 6 2 19,734 1 1 -578 9 8 Loss. 1894 4,244 24 12 1 104,425 3 0 21,771 4 4 7,720 0 0 3,313 1 1 10,442 10 4 741 18 9 22,217 10 2 -446 5 10 Loss. 1895 4,616 25 6 3 116,845 10 4 21,552 12 10 9,285 0 0 4,253 11 4 11,684 11 0 817 19 5 26,041 1 9 -3,420 1 9 Loss. 1886 5,143 24 6 6 125,108 4 1 25,933 12 9 9,686 0 10 5,303 11 9 12,510 16 5 1,952 8 3 29,452 17 3 -3,519 4 6 Loss. 1897 5,747 23 7 4 134,299 11 4 29,248 19 5 12,306 9 7 7,398 0 10 113,429 19 1 1,856 13 2 34,991 2 8 -5,742 3 3 Losa. 1898 5,787 24 11 6 142,218 11 8 36,422 6 8 114,181 18 0 11,834 2 11 7,110 18 7 1,881 11 11 35,008 11 5 1,413 15 3 0-99 * This column includes 5 per cent, for wear-and-tear, and 5 per cent, for debenture capital, except in 1897-98, in which year only 5 per cent, for debenture ca] hal is included.