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Table No. 22. Table showing the Capital Cost, Working-expenses, and Revenue of the Telephone Exchanges, Year by Year, from the Date of their Establishment.

Year. Capita Instrumenl - S Dabou n.2 Superint CD *= 3 n Average p5 o | Cost of each Con- ■ nectiou. a.1 Cost for ts, Wire, Poles, ir, Freight, jendence, &c. Revenue. Salaries and Allowances of ClerkB, <fec. Materials and Linemen. Working-expenses. Rent. Fuel, * Wear-and- Light, Paper, sear, &c. Printing, Binding, &c. Balance of Revenue over Workingexpenses. Annual Kate per Cent. yielded on Capital Cost. Total for all Connections. Total. Total for the year ended 31st March, — 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 .. 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 ! „ £ s. d. 116 ! 21 16 6 379 I 21 16 6 715 j 21 16 6 .. 1,075 21 18 6 .. 1,710 20 8 6 .. 2,038 j 19 19 5 .. ! 2,153 I 22 19 0 .. 2,249 1 23 18 10 .. 2,402 24 4 1 .. 2,587 24 17 1 .. 3,080 24 16 11 .. 3,690 ! 24 16 11 .. 4,244 24 12 1 .. 4,616 -25 6 3 .. 5,143 24 6 6 .. 5,747 | 23 7 4 .. 5,787 | 24 11 6 .. 6,203 ' 24 5 3 .. 7,150 22 14 1 .. 8,210 i 21 9 7 .. 9,260 20 18 0 .. 10,633 20 2 6 .. 112,105 19 19 8 .. 14,423 21 19 7 .. 15,333 23 13 9 .. 17,403 24 2 2 £ s. d. 2,531 14 0 8,271 13 6 15,604 17 6 23,461 17 6 37,319 12 1 40.686 3 1 49,407 5 0 53,849 11 6 58,229 3 0 64,294 4 4 76,579 1 8 91.687 11 1 104,425 3 0 116,845 10 4 125,108 4 1 134,299 11 4 142,218 11 8 150,490 18 9 162,333 1 2 176,349 1 8 193,511 6 2 213,966 10 8 241,903 2 6 '295,029 7 2 1363,192 6 9 1420.088 12 1 £ a. d. 613 5 2 5,014 9 2 7,746 16 7 10,008 3 6 12,294 1 2 15,477 16 2 16,881 8 6 17,613 4 0 18,581 11 7 19,961 4 2 18,571 7 8 19,155 11 5 21,771 4 4 21,552 12 10 25,933 12 9 29,248 19 5 36,422 6 8 39,718 7 7 43,303 2 10 49,117 0 8 55,542 4 9 62,151 8 11 71,028 6 3 79,061 7 4 89,542 1 5 100,814 1 3 £ 8, d. £ a. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. 285 0 0 275 0 0 | 253 0 0 150 0 0 595 0 0 595 0 0 827 0 0 300 0 0 695 0 0 770 0 0 1,560 0 0 350 0 0 1,770 0 0 ! 1,590 0 0 2,346 0 0 475 0 0 2,849 1 3 1,704 0 0 ', 3,731 19 2 : 700 0 0 2,873 0 0 ; 1,580 10 0 4,068 12 2 320 0 0 3,119 10 0 ! 2,252 0 0 , 4,940 14 6 330 0 0 3,315 10 0 ! 2,249 7 0 | 5,344 9 2 835 0 0 3,790 0 0 2,206 10 0 ! 5,823 0 1 375 0 0 4,192 0 0 2,249 18 5 ! 6,429 8 5 394 3 9 4,630 0 0 ! 2,345 2 9 I 7,658 7 11 393 1 6 7,405 0 0 ! 2,695 19 10 9,168 15 1 464 6 2| 7,720 0 0 3,313 1 1 10,442 10 4 741 18 9| 9,285 0 0 4,253 11 4 11,684 11 0 817 19 5 9,686 0 10 j 5,303 11 9 12,510 16 5 1,952 8 3 12,306 9 7 7,398 0 10 13,429 19 1 .1,856 13 2 14,181 18 0 11,834 2 11 7,110 18 7 1,881 11 11 15,030 7 1 16,190 4 0 7,524 10 11 1,861 2 3 15,710 13 2 20,847 13 6 8,116 13 0 !1,892 10 8 16,304 6 3 18,225 18 9 8,817 9 0 2,000 15 10 18,448 3 5 20,570 0 9 I 9,675 11 9 i2,078 12 10 20,885 13 3 22,078 4 11 !l0,698 6 6 2,614 15 0 23,359 8 3 22,507 9 10 12,095 3 1 2,986 3 8 25,121 16 1 26,781 19 6 14,751 9 4 4,447 18 4 26,506 16 5 22,576 6 8 18,159 12 4 5,270 0 9 32,913 16 8 26,145 3 4 21.004 8 7 6,162 18 1 £ s. d. 963 0 0 ! 2,317 0 0 ! 3,375 0 0 6,181 0 0 8,985 0 5 ' 8,842 2 2 i 10,642 4 6 j 11,244 6 2 12,194 10 1 13,265 10 7 15,026 12 2 19,734 1 1 22,217 10 2 26,041 1 9 29,452 17 3 34,991 2 8 35,008 11 5 40,606 4 3 ; 46,567 10 4 45,348 9 10 50,772 8 9 56,276 19 8 60,948 4 10 71,103 3 3 72,512 16 2 86.226 6 8 £ a. d. 207 16 0 4,492 8 8 3,653 7 4 3,827 3 6 5,011 19 7| 6,635 14 0 6,239 4 1 6,368 17 10; 6,387 1 6 6,695 13 7 3,544 15 6 - 578 9 8j -446 5 10 -3,420 1 9 -3,519 4 6 -5,742 3 3 1,413 15 3 -887 16 8 -3,264 7 6 3.768 10 10 4.769 16 0 5,874 9 3 10,080 1 5 7,958 4 1 17,029 5 3 14,587 14 7 8-17 54-31 2341 16-31 13-42 1630 12-63 11-82 1100 10-43 4-63 Loss. Loss. Loss. Loss. Loss. 0-99 Loss. Loss. 214 2-46 2-75 417 2-69 4-69 3-47 i * This column includes 6 per cent, for wear-and-tear. and 5 per cent, for debenture capital, except in 1897-98 and following years, in which only 5 per cent, for debenture capital is included.