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Expenses Attending Maintenance of Cables. Expenses of s.s. " Sherard Osborn," effecting numerous repairs, ag- £ s. 6. gregating sixty-four days .. .. .. .. £3,181 18 2 Expenses of s.s. " Sherard Osborn " during remainder of six months 4,031 0 3 7,212 18 5 Expenses of s.s. "Recorder," effecting numerous repairs, aggregating eighteen days .. .. .. .. .. 655 19 11 Expenses of s.s. " Recorder " during remainder of six months .. 5,090 7 2 5,746 7 1 Cable expended on repairs, and sundry expenses of stations, after deducting value of picked-up cable .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,860 12 9 Insurance of cable on board maintenance-ships .. .. .. .. 579 19 4 Expenses of cable depot at Singapore .. .. .. .. .. 1,758 0 8 Charter of Great Northern Company's maintenanoe-ship for repair of cables in the China seas, and agreed charge for call of ship .. .. .. ■ .. 1,420 0 0 Depreciation of cable stores .. .. .. .. .. 1,544 6 5 Per Revenue Aocount .. .. .. .. £21,122 4 8

General Beseeve Fond, 31st December, 1893. Dr. £ s. d. Or. £ a. d. The following amounts for new cables and By Balanoe of Reserve Fund at 30th cable renewals have from time to time June, 1893 .. .. .. 519,217 2 8 been charged against the Reserve and Interest received during half-year .. 6,638 8 10 Revenue Accounts :— Balance transferred from Revenue Rangoon-Penang cable, 1877 .. .. 134,437 4 8 Account to 31st December, 1893 .. 107,830 10 11 Rangoon-Penang oable renewals, 1884-85 and 1887 .. .. .. .. 21,175 4 2 Hongkong-Manila cable, portion of cost, 1880 .. .. .. .. 16,071 10 0 Singapore-Batavia cable, renewal, 1881.. 64,363 11 5 Java-Australian cables, partial renewals, 1884 and 1888 .. .. .. 41,754 17 0 Singapore-Saigon cable, renewals, 1884-85 and 1887-88 .. .. .. 59,677 111 Victoria-Tasmania duplicate cable, 1885 31,190 5 0 Penang-Singapore cable, renewal, 1886.. 53,245 3 8 Hongkong-Saigon cable, partial renewals, 1889--90 and 1892.. .. £15,880 19 9 Less value of cable recovered and credited to Reserve Fund, 1893 1,271 4 8 14,609 15 1 Western Australia cable, 1889-90 .. 119,898 0 5 New Zealand duplicate cable, 1890 .. 188,433 15 6 Madras-Penang, partial renewal, 1890-91 .. £91,896 1 4 Less value of cable reoovered and credited to Reserve Fund, 1893 737 15 9 qi ieo k 7 Hongkong-Tonquin, partial renewal, 1890 and 1891 .. .. .. 34,328 1 0 Madras-Penang duplicate cable, 1890-91 244,135 14 9 Penang-Sumatra cable, 1891 .. .. 14,924 6 5 Singapore-Penang triplicate cable, 1892 25,974 19 4 Shanghai-Foochow, partial renewal, 1892 5,307 13 10 £1,160,685 9 9 Balance oarried down .. .. 633,686 2 0 £633,686 2 0 £633,686 2 0 Balance as per balance-sheet ..£633,686 2 0