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TASMANIA, 1897. Number of Telegraph Stations (including Public Telephone and Railway Offices) 226 Miles of Line wire ~ 2446 i Miles of Line 1484 Total cost of construction to 31st December, 1897 £70 751 Inland and Intercolonial. Approximately— Number of Messages transmitted (including about 43,421 0.P.5.0. Messages).. 342,633 Revenue (including £4442 approx. valueof 0.P.5.0. business), gross £33,722, net £19,909 International. Messages transmitted—Number 763 Value £1860 Messages received—Number 647 AT n Value £3327 Net Revenue to Tasmania £63 Telephones. Number ~ ( §10 Amount received in 1897 for Telephones £3526 Is. Post and Telegraph Department, Hobart, Ist April, 1898.