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Table No. 23. Table showing the Class and Number of Instruments and Batteries in use at Telegraph Offices for the Year ended 31st March, 1906.

Table No. 24. Table showing the Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph Lines for the Year ended 31st March, 1906.

Number of Morse Instruments in Use (Full Sets). Number of Duplexes Nnmh ._ (Differential). Mumper | Number of ~ Sender Quadruplex Single Double Se"T Sets - Current. Current. Number of Automatic Sets. District. Intermittent | Constant Current. i Current. - Single Current. Auckland Wellington Nelson .. Christchurch Dunedin 46 63 34 24 70 48 149 9 86 99 13 15 9 7 2 3 7 4 4 1 12 11 18 1 8 7 1 2 2 . 1 Total 237 391 46 19 12 45 District. Duplex "oseIS - Exchange. Number of Cells. I Gordon. Daniell. j Bichromate. \ Storage. [umber o1 Leclanche. Auckland Wellington Nelson Christohurch Dunedin i 3 7 3 2 243 107 115 52 139 5,260 8,486 3,272 1,692 4,572 40 424 694 1,288 600 861 .. 612 734 3,785 22 20 652 30 724 6 36 16 4 Total 15 656 23,282 62

District. Travellingnj„ „ f expenses of Mties Ins P n c d tors Linemen. Extra Labour. Cost of Material ' purchased. Value of Material issued from Stores. Salaries of Inspectors and Linemen. Total Cost of Maintenance. Average Cost per Mile. Luckland Vellington kelson ianterbury )tago .. 2,127 2,216 1,020 979 2,013 £ a. d. 1,019 1 8 1,336 13 10 736 2 2 617 18 8 847 6 5 £ a. d. 3,042 7 5 3,149 7 6 1,222 17 2 889 16 6 1,319 3 6 £ a. d. 643 18 6 1,237 6 5 304 16 5 318 15 10 945 5 6 £ s. d. 1,445 17 1 3,589 1 11 707 17 3 1,029 2 0 952 3 1 £ s. d. 2,582 0 0 3,308 0 0 1,569 0 0 2,004 0 0 1,569 0 0 £ s. d. 8,733 4 8 12,620 9 8 4,540 13 0 4,859 13 0 5,632 18 6 £ a. d. 4 2 1 5 14 0 4 9 0 4 19 3 2 16 0 'ables .. 8,355 283 knots 4,557 2 9 12 13 6 9,623 12 1 982 7 1 3,450 2 8 89 14 6 7,724 1 4 505 15 2 11,032 0 0 400 0 0 36,386 18 10 1,990 10 3 4 7 1 7 0 8 Itores .. 197 0 5 669 13 0 1,394 10 6 305 0 0 2,566 3 11 Totals 4,766 16 8 11,275 12 2 4,934 7 8 8,229 16 6 11,737 0 0 40,943 13 0