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Table No. 23 — continued. Statement showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph Construction during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1903— continued.

Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9o3.

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Line. Expenditure. I j Material from Stores. Total Cost during the Year. Scargill Kowai Bush Gebbie' s Valley-Kaituna Ataahua Akaroa Trunk ... Leeston Trunk... Green Park Lauriston Westerfield Geraldine-Hilton Waimate Trunk ... ... Maheno Dunback Bureau Seacliff-Waitati Dunedin-Palmerston Dunedin-Balclutha East Taieri Waikawa Bureau Waikaka-Maitland Kawarua Bridge-Gibbston-Waitiri Waikaia-Wendonside Waimahaka Eiversdale-Pyramid Scott's Gap Eiverton-Orepuki Gore-Balfour ... Gore-Otama Bluff-Half-moon Bay £ s. d. £ s. d. 5 17 3 £ s. d. 5 17 3 0 18 5 32 9 5 1 11 8 25 19 4 524 16 4 159 2 5 4 1 11 7 9 9 314 11 9 526 1 1 3 11 5 3 11 7 60 2 0 7 11 2 13 9 3 21 11 11 13 5 0 35 13 4 125 1 9 96 4 6 0 12 10 13 13 1 80 11 8 5 15 3 187 3 11 463 9 5 4,492 11 3 6 18 5 32 9 5 15 3 10 47 6 8 2 3 1 1 4 6 106 9 0 8 6 9 1 11 8 10 15 6 524 16 4 111 15 9 1 18 10 6 5 3 208 2 9 517 14 4 3 11 5 3 11 7 60 2 0 7 11 2 13 9. 3 13 9 1 13 5 0 28 6 1 76 9 8 87 10 10 8" 2 10 7 7 3 48 12 1 8 13 8 0 12 10 4 2 7 15 17 11 9 10 6 64 13 9 5 15 3 90 17 8 407 2 4 339 19 9 96 6 3 56 7 1 4,152 11 6 Purchase of material 18,867 15 10 49,710 11 10 26,063 17 1 44,931 12 11 Total expenditure 1902-3 68,578 7 8 Total expenditure to 31st March, 1902 937,887 2 3 Total expenditure out of Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1903 ... £1,006,465 9 11 Total cost of lines during 1902-3 £44,931 12 11