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Table No. 18. 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.

9 Oxi Number of Telegrams during the Ye; forwarded , Cost of r. . Maintenance Cost of Q f , Maintenance .. Station* excluding stations. Australian Cable Subsidy. Cost of Maintenance of Lines per Mile, Year ended Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. £8. So A Z Revenue from all Sources. Value of Government Messages. Tota! Value of Business done during the Year. Total Expenditure. Tariff in Operation. Private and Press. Government. . Total. 30th June, 1866 699 1,390 24,761 2,746 27,407 £ s. d. 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 £ ■■ d. 6,377 6 3 £ *• d. 3 9 10 \- Mileage tariff. 13 1867 757 1,498 21 55.621 15.331 70,952 9,070 10 1 3,77o 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 3i 72,241 26,244 98,485 11,652 3 7 6,672 o 3 18,324 3 10 9,489 17 10 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 11 9 31,951 2 1 14,266 12 7 8,547 4 9 22,813 17 4 6 8 6 1870 1871 1,661 1,976 2,897 3.247 56 72 122,545 253,582 62,878 59,292 185,423 312,874 17,218 1 4 22,419 8 8 12,252 6 o 9,876 17 6 29,470 7 4 32,296 6 2 16,417 7 4 21,254 4 3 14,120 4 10 ",344 3 8 30,537 12 2 32,598 7 " 8 9 11 5 19 6 I Mileage tariff in operation up to ist Sept., 1869; unil form as. 6d. tariff from ist f Sept., i860, to 31st March, 1870; and is. tariff from 1 ist April, 18^0. 1872 2,185 3,823 81 344.524 67.243 411,767 28,121 10 o ",043 3 9 39,164 13 9 23,593 9 9 8,858 19 7 32,452 9 4 423 1873 2,356 4,574 93 j 485,507 83.453 568, g6o 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 1 786,237 130,891 917,128 55,30i 12 3 13,679 10 9 68,981 3 o 45,814 11 4 14,240 ig 7 60,055 10 11 4 16 4 1876 1877 1878 3,154 3.259 3,434 7,247 7,423 8,035 142 155 182 890,382 952,283 ji,065, 481 160,704 172,159 194.843 1,051,086 1,124,442 1,260,324 62,715 10 4 65,644 15 3 73,284 1 10 16,154 6 o 17,024 8 9 19,148 12 4 78,869 16 4 82,669 4 0 92,432 14 2 61,696 14 5 63.353 10 10 69,340 1 8 21,074 8 8 17,931 8 o 18,259 4 9 82,771 3 1 81,284 r 8 10 87,599 6 5 5 18 10 5 12 11 5 10 o From ist November, 1873, address and signature given in free. 1879 3,5" 8,117 195 11,201,982 j 824,734 1,058,342 1,215,849 246,961 1,448,943 85,402 0 2 26,949 2 2 112,351 2 4 79,502 o 5 17,299 7 10 96,801 8 3 509 31st March, 1880 3.638 9,333 214 183.675 1,008, 409 58,120 3 3 19,707 6 3 77,827 9 6 68,651 10 10 14,758 4 5 83,409 15 3 4 3 4 1881 3,758 9,587 227 246,370 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 J 1882 3,824 9,653 234 222,923 1.438,772 78,828 19 8 22,737 16 4 101,566 16 o 69,165 5 o 18,292 13 4 87.457 18 4 4 17 4