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Table No. 17. Comparative Table showing the Progress of the Telegraph Department during the Financial Years ended 30th June, 1866, to 30th June, 1879; 31st March, 1880, to 31st March, 1882; and Calendar Years ended 31st December, 1882, to 31st December, 1893.

Year ended Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. i i: ' Private, Govern- £ , and Press. , ment. Number of Telegrams forwarded during the Year. warded Total. — Telegraph Revenue from all Sources. Value of Government Messages. Total Value of Business done during the Year. Cost of „ . Maintenance Cost of of Maintenance Unes> _ °. f excluding S Stations. i Australian c able Subsidy. Total Expenditure. Cost of Main. tenancc of Lines per Mile. 1 Tariff in Operation. 30th June, 1866 1867 699 1,390 757 ; 1,498 13 i 24,761 21 I 55,621 : 2,746 1^.331 27,407 70,952 £ s. d. £ s. d.| £ s. d. 5,561 19 2 483 3 2 J 6,045 2 4 9,070 10 1 3,770 4 8 12,840 14 9 11,652 3 7 6,672 o 3 18,324 3 10 £ *■ d. £ s. d. 3.934 3 4 2 ,443 2 11 8,017 14 7 2,541 4 11 6,377 6 3 10,558 19 6 3 9 10 3 7 1 • Mileage tariff. 1868 1,110 : 2,223 31 72,241 26,244 98,485 9,489 17 10 5,406 7 3 14,896 5 1 4 17 4 1869 1,329 I 2,495 45 106,070 50,097 156,167 18,520 10 4 13,430 11 9 31,951 2 1 17,218 1 4 12,252 6 o 29,470 7 4 1 14,266 12 7 8,547 4 9 ! 22,813 17 4 6 8 6 1870 1871 1872 1,661 2,897 1,976 3,247 2,185 3,823 2,356 J 4,574 56 122,545 ; 72 ! 253,582 81 344,524 62,878 59,292 67,243 185,423 312,874 411,767 22,419 8 8 j 9,876 17 6 32,296 6 2 28,121 10 o 11,043 3 9 ' 39, I 64 13 9 39,680 18 9 11,105 2 ° 5°,786 o 9 46.508 18 10 ji2,6i8 11 6 ' 59,127 10 4 55,301 12 3 13,679 10 9 68,981 3 o 62,715 10 4 16,154 6 o 78,869 16 4 65,644 15 3 (17,024 8 9 82,669 4 o 16,417 7 414, 120 4 10 21,254 4 3 n>344 3 8 23.593 9 9i 3,858 19 7 I 3O.537 12 2 32,598 7 11 32,452 9 4 8 9 11 5 19 6 423 Mileage tariff in operation up to ist Sept., i86g j uniform as. 6d. tariff from ist Sept., i86g, to 31st March, 1870; and is. tariff from ist April, 18J0. 1 i873 93 j 485,507 83,453 568,960 27,040 18 10; 9,479 5 4 38,801 19 4 15,021 17 11 45,814 11 4:14,240 19 7 61,696 14 521, 074 8 8 I 36,520 4 2 4 1 11 1874 2,530 ' 5,782 105 645,067 107,832 752,899 53.823 17 3 6 3 II 1875 2,986 6,626 127 ■ 786,237 130,891 J 917, 128 60,055 I0 " 4 16 4 From ist November, 1873, address and signature given in free. 1876 3,154 7,247 142 890,382 ; 160,704 1,051,086 82,771 3 1 5 18 10 1877 3,259 : 7,423 1 155 ; 952,283 j 172,159 1,124,442 63,353 IO I0 1 8 o 81,284 18 10 5 12 11 1878 3,434 I 8,035 182 11,065,481 I 194,843 1,260,324 73,284 1 10 19,148 12 4 j 92,432 14 2 85,402 o 2 126,949 2 2 112,351 2 4 58,120 3 3 119,707 6 3 : 77,827 9 6 73,002 2 o [27,021 3 8 100,023 5 8 78,828 19 8 22,737 16 4 101,566 16 o 69,340 1 818, 259 4 9 ! 87,599 6 5 5 10 o 1879 3,512 8,117 195 11,201,982 ! j 246,961 1,448,943 79,502 o 5)17,299 7 10 96,801 8 3 5O9 31st March, 1880 3-638 9,333 214 j 824,734 183,675 j1,008, 409 68,651 10 io;i4,758 4 5 78,224 1 8123,154 8 3 I 83,409 15 3 4 3 4 „ 1881 3,758 9,587 227 j1,058, 342 J 246,370 i > 3°4.7 1 2 101,378 9 11 667 1882 3,824 J 9,653 234 1,215.849 222,923 ji,438, 772 69,165 5 o|i8,292 13 4 I 87,457 18 4 4 J 7 4 t