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Abstract G. Expenses attending Maintenance of Cables. Expenses of s.s. " Sherard Osborn," effecting numerous repairs, ag- £ s. d. gregating fifty days .. .. .. .. ..£2,671 3 11 Expenses of s.s. " Sherard Osborn" during remainder of six months .. 5,447 8 8 8,118 12 7 Expenses of s.s. " Eecorder," effecting numerous repairs, aggregating 126 days .. .. .. .. .. .. £6,286 9 2 Expenses of s.s. " Eecorder " during remainder of six months .. 2,074 1 5 8,360 10 7 Cable expended on repairs and sundry expenses of stations after deducting value of picked-up cable .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,405 10 5 Insurance of cable .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,316 12 7 Expenses of cable depot at Singapore .. .. .. .. .. 1,383 9 3 Agreed charge for call of Great Northern Company's maintenance-ship for repair of oables in the China seas .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 Depreciation of cable and other stores .. .. .. .. .. 2,206 11 3 Per Eevenue Account .. .. .. .. £29.791 6 8

Genekal Eesebve Fund, 31st Decembeb, 1894. Dr. £ s. d. I Or. £ s. d. To Part cost of Singapore-Hongkong cable 100,000 0 0 By Balance of Eeserve Fund at 30th June, The following amounts for new cables and 1894 .. .. .. .. 640,989 5 10 cable renewals have from time to time Interest received during half-year .. 7,177 9 8 been charged against the Reserve and Profit on sale of Eeserve Fund investEevenue Accounts: — ments .. .. .. .. 3,745 2 0 Eangoon-Penang cable, Balance transferred from Eevenue Ae--1877 .. ..£134,437 4 8 count .. .. .. .. 89,686 15 9 Eangoon-Penang cable renewals, 1884-85 and 1887 .. .. 21,175 4 2 Hongkong-Manila cable, portion of cost, 1880 .. 16,07110 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 duplioate cable, 1885 .. 31,190 5 0 Penang-Singapore oable, renewal, 1886 .. 53,245 3 8 Hongkong-Saigon cable, partial renewals, 1889--90 and 1892, £15,880 19a. 9d. Less value of cable recovered and • credited to Eeserve Fund, 1893, £1,271 4s. Bd. .. .. 14,609 15 1 Western Australia cable, 1889-90 .. .. 119,898 0 5 New Zealand duplioate cable, 1890 .. .. 188,433 15 6 Madras-Penang, partial renewal, 1890-91, £91,896 Is. 4d. Less value of cable recovered and credited to Eeserve Fund, 1893, £737 15a. 9d... .. .. 91,158 5 7 Hongkong-Tonquin partial renewal, 1890 and 1891 .. .. 34,328 1 0 Madras-Penang duplicate oable, 1890-91 .. 244,135 14 9 Penang-Sumatra cable, 1891 .. .. 14,924 6 5 Singapore-Penang triplicate cable, 1892 .. 25,974 19 4 Sbanghai-Foochow, partial renewal, 1892 .. 5,307 13 10 Singapore-Hongkong cable, 1894 .. .. 100,000 0 0 £1,260,685 9 9 To Balance carried down .. .. 641,598 13 3 £741,598 13 3 £741,598 13 3 Balanc* as per balanoe-eheet ..£641,598 13 3 13—1. 7.