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Table No. 16. 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. tf) T- C so E Number c di if Telegrams forwarded iring the Year. varded Total. — Telegraph Value of Revenue from all Government Sources. Messages. Total Value of Business done during the Year. Cost of Maintenance of Stations. Cost of Maintenance of Lines, excluding Australian Cable Subsidy. Total Expenditure. Cost of Maintenance of Lines per Mile. Tariff in Operation. Private, and Press. Government. 5,561 19 2 £ s - d - 483 3 2 £ s - d - 6,045 2 4 £ s. d. 3,934 3 4 £ s - d - 2,443 2 11 £ s. d. 6,377 6 3 £ s. d. 3 9 10 L Mileage tariff. 30th June, 1866 699 1,39° 13 24,761 2,746 27,407 1867 757 1,498 21 55,621 15,331 70,952 9,070 IO I 3,770 4 8 12,840 14 9 8,017 14 7 2,541 4 11 10,558 19 6 3 7 1 1868 1,110 2,223 31 72,241 26,244 98,485 11,652 3 7 6,672 o 3 18,324 3 i° 9,489 17 IO 5,406 7 3 14,896 5 1 4 17 4 1869 1,329 2,495 45 106,070 50,097 156,167 18,520 10 4 13,430 n 9 31,951 2 1 14,266 12 7 8,547 4 9 22,813 17 4 6 8 6 1870 1871 1872 1,661 1,976 2,185 2,897 3,247 3,823 56 72 81 122,545 253,582 344,524 62,878 59,292 67,243 185,423 12,874 1,767 17,218 1 4 22,419 8 8 28,121 10 o 12,252 6 o 9,876 17 6 ",043 3 9 29,47o 7 4 32,296 6 2 39,164 13 9 16,417 7 4 21,254 4 3 23,593 9 9 14,120 4 10 ii,344 3 8 8,858 19 7 30,537 12 2 32,598 7 11 32,452 9 4 8 9 11 5 19 6 423 1 Mileage tariff in operation up to 1st Sept., 1S69; uniform 2s. 6d. tariff from rst Sept., 1869, to 31st March, 1870 j and is. tariff from 1st April, 1870. I 1873 2,356 4,574 93 485,507 83,453 568,960 39,680 18 9 11,105 2 O 50,786 o 9 27,040 18 10 9,479 5 4 36,520 4 2 4 1 11 1874 2,530 5,782 105 645,067 107,832 752,899 46,508 18 10 12,618 11 6 59,127 10 4 38,801 19 4 15,021 17 11 53,823 17 3 6 3 11 1875 2,986 6,626 127 786,237 130,891 917,128 55,301 12 3 13,679 10 9 68,981 3 o 45,814 11 4 14,240-19 7 60,055 10 11 4 16 4 From 1st November, 1873, address and signature given in free. 1876 3,i54 7,247 142 890,382 160,704 1,051,086 62,715 10 4 16,154 6 0 78,869 16 4 61,696 14 5 21,074 8 8 82,771 3 1 5 18 10 1877 3,259 7,423 155 952,283 I72, T 59 1,124,442 65,644 15 3 17,024 8 9 82,669 4 o 63,353 10 10 17,931 8 o 81,284 18 IO 5 12 11 1878 3,434 8,035 182 1,065,481 194,843 1,260,324 73,284 1 10 19,148 12 4 92,432 14 2 69,340 1 8 18,259 4 9 87,599 6 5 5 10 o 1879 3,512 8,117 195 1,201,982 246,961 1,448,943 85,402 O 2 26,949 2 2 112,351 2 4 79,502 o 5 17,299 7 10 96,801 8 3 5 0 9 31st March, 1880 3,638 9,333 214 824,734 183,675 1,008,409 58,120 3 3 19,707 6 3 77,827 9 6 68,651 IO IO 14,758 4 5 83,409 15 3 4 3 4 1881 3,758 9,587 227 1,058,342 246,370 1,304,712 73,002 2 O 27,021 3 8 100,023 5 8 78,224 1 8 23,154 8 3 101,378 9 11 667 1882 3,824 9,653 234 1,215,849 1222,923 1,438,772 78,828 19 8 22,737 16 4 101,566 16 o 69,165 5 0 18,292 13 4 87,457 18 4 4 17 4