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Table No. 22. Return of the Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph Lines for the Year ended 31st March, 1899.

Table No. 23. Statement showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph Construction during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1899.

District. No. of Miles. Travollingoxpenses of Inspectors and Linemen. Extra Labour. Value Cost of of Material Material purchased. issued from Stores. Salaries of Inspectors and Linemen. Total Cost of Maintenance. Average Cost per Mile. £ s. d. 833 11 10 1,004 16 10 610 1 2 980 18 6 700 0 11 81 19 3 66 17 10 £ s. d. 1,624 16 2 1,547 17 9 839 15 10 913 9 10 771 9 4 1,372 17 7 322 12 9 & s. d362 4 2 242 14 4 170 6 9 231 7 6 558 19 11 47 5 2 114 3 7 £ a. d. 422 0 1 3,136 18 1 1,498 18 5 270 19 10 441 5 5 432 9 8 £ s. a. 2,575 0 0 3,151 0 0 1,767 0 0 1,765 0 0 1,531 0 0 £ s. d. 5,817 12 3 9,083 7 0 4,886 2 2 4,161 15 8 4,002 15 7 1,934 11 8 503 14 2 £ s. d. Luckland Vellington lehon ianterbury )tago .. 'ables .. itores .. 1,749 J 1,732 874J 867 1,513 Totals 6,736 4,278 6 4 7,392 19 3 1,727 1 5 6,202 11 6 10,789 0 0 30,389 18 6 4 4 6

Line. Expenditure. Material from Stores. Total Expenditure during the Year. Telephone exchanges,— Ashburton Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth ... Hastings Invercargill ... Masterton Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Pahnerston North Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington ... £ S. d. 13 3 0 1,071 9 0 0 3 6 152 19 5 65 0 0 29 12 7 6 15 0 25 9 8 28 12 4 9 11 6 15 14 6 1 13 0 12 3 10 8 19 0 15 17 6 4 2 0 4 10 34 8 9 402 11 8 £ s. d. 57 5 6 3,346 17 9 0 6 7 152 4 2 533 16 11 155 18 10 42 9 0 79 4 2 71 14 2 32 3 4 70 8 9 0 11 0 103 8 2 65 19 9 38 12 11 25 16 9 11 4 1 219 17 6 1,362 0 6 £ s. d. 70 8 6 4,418 6 9 0 10 1 305 3 7 598 16 11 185 11 5 49 4 0 104 13 10 100 6 6 41 14 10 86 3 3 2 4 0 115 12 0 74 18 9 54 10 5 29 18 9 15 5 1 254 6 3 1,764 12 2 Total exchanges New copper wires,— Wanganui-New Plymouth Kaikoura-Waitaki Waitaki-Dunedin Auckland-Mokau Auckland- Whangarei Whangapoua-Opitonui ... Waihopo Loop Line Paeroa-Paeroa Eailway ... Kaeo-Saies 1,902 7 3 233 10 8 293 15 4 15 2 4,458 7 3 16 1 6 53 0 0 7 19 0 7 19 5 4 0 4 6 19 0 6 6 9 6 0 0 16 6,369 19 10 771 14 11 0 11 2 2,117" 3 8 8,272 7 1 1,006 5 7 294 6 6 1 5 2 6,575 10 11 16 1 6 65 6 1 14 11 4 7 19 5 4 0 4 31 8 8 12 9 8 9 6 0 3 14 11 6 2 5 82 14 8 405 2 7 189 5 6 75 18 9 641 6 0 219 19 3 254 10 8 55 11 9 12 6 1 6 12 4 Aoroa Upper Onehunga Bureau Kerikeri Great North Eoad Arch Hill Bureau Waipapa Toko-Strathmore Inglewood-Tarata Bell Block-Lepperton ... Dannevirke-Weber Ormond-Te Karaka Te Karaka—Whatatutu ... Moawhango 25 6 11 12 3 2 2 16 0 379 1 1 30 17 6 20 10 5 471 4 3 219 19 3 101 11 8 14 18 3 3 13 5 6 2 5 79 18 8 26 1 6 158 8 0 55 8 4 170 1 9 152 19 0 40 13 6