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Table No. 17. 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.

. ! 8 y Number of Telegrams foi i£ during the Year. xi Private Govern- £ and Press. ment. 1 Number of Telegrams forwarded during the Year. >rwarded Total. — Telegraph Revenue from all | Sources. 1 " Cost of Total Value r , , Maintenance Value of of „ V°, st o£ of Government Business done maintenance Uua, Messages. during o,. fi _. excluding the Year. stations. Australian Cable Subsidy. Year ended Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. o • _ Total Expenditure. Cost of Maintenance of Lines per Mile. Tariff in Operation. 30th June, 1866 1867 699 1,390 757 1,498 13 21 24,761 55,621 2,746 27,407 £ s. d. 5.561 19 2 £ s. d. 483 3 2 £ s. d. 6,045 2 4 £ * d. 3,934 3 4 £ s. d. 2,443 2 11 6,377 6 3 £ s. d. 3 9 10 [-Mileage tariff. 15.331 70,952 9,070 10 1 3,77o 4 8 12,840 14 9 8,017 M 7 2,541 4 11 10,558 19 6 3 7 1 1868 i,no 2,223 1,329 2,495 31 I 72,241 26,244 98,485 ".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 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 1872 1,661 2,897 !,976 3.247 2,185 j 3,823 56 72 81 j 122,545 253.582 344.524 62,878 59,292 67,243 185,423 312,874 411,767 17,218 1 4 22,419 8 8 28,121 10 o 12,252 6 o 9,876 17 6 ",043 3 9 29,470 7 4 32,296 6 2 39,i64 13 9 16,417 7 4 21,254 4 3 23,593 9 9 14,120 4 10 ",344 3 8 8,858 19 7 30,537 12 2 32,598 7 11 32,452 9 4 8 9 n 5 19 6 423 1 Mileage tariff in operation up to ist Sept., 1869; uniform 2S. 6d. tariff from 1st Sept., i860, to 31st March, 1870; and is. tariff from rst April, 18J0. 1 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 1107,832 752,899 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 ist November, 1873, address and signature given in free. 1876 3,154 7.247 142 890,382 i160, 704 1,051,086 62,715 10 4 16,154 6 o 78,869 16 4 61,696 14 5 21,074 8 8 82,771 3 1 5 18 10 1877 3,259 7,423 155 952,283 172,159 1,124,442 65,644 15 3 17,024 8 9 I 82,669 4 o 63,353 10 10 17,931 8 o 81,284 J 8 10 5 12 11 1878 3,434 8,035 182 1,065,481 I94. 8 43 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 I 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 3 509 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 10 10 14,758 4 5 83.4 0 9 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 i 9,653 234 i 11,215,849 222,923 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