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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.

tn v Number of Telegrams foi jg during the Year. A Private GovernE and Press. ment. Number of Telegrams forwarded during the Yea,r. >rwarded Total. — Telegraph Revenue from all Sources. Value of Government Messages. Total Value of Business done during the Year. Cost of ~ , Maintenance Cost of 0 C Maintenance LineSj o. ?• excluding Stations. Australian Cable Subsidy. Cost of Maintenance of Lines per Mile. Year ended Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. Total Expenditure. Tariff in Operation. 30th June, 1866 699 i,390 24,761 2,746 27,407 £ s. d. 5,561 19 2 £ s. d. 483 3 2 £ 8. d. 6,045 2 4 £ s. d. 3,934 3 4 , £ s. d. 2,443 2 11 6,377 6 3 £ ■»• d. 3 9 IO j-Mileage tariff. 13 1867 757 1,498 21 55,621 I5,33i 70,952 9,070 IO I 3,770 4 8 12,840 14' 9 8,017 J 4 7 2,541 4 11 10,558 19 6 3 7 « 1868 1,110 2,223 31 72,241 26,244 98,485 11,652 3 7 6,672 o 3 18,324 3 IO 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 I 14,266 12 7 8,547 4 9 22,813 17 4 6 8 6 Mileage tariff in operatior up to ist Sept., 1869; uniform as. 6d. tariff from ist f Sept., 1869, to 31st March, 1870; and is. tariff from 1 ist April, 18J0. 1870 1,661 2,897 56 122,545 62,878 185,423 17,218 1 4 12,252 6 o 29,47o 7 4 16,417 7 4 14,120 4 10 30,537 12 2 8 9 11 1871 1,976 3,247 72 253,582 59,292 312,874 22,419 8 8 9,876 17 6 32,296 6 2 21,254 4 3 n,344 3 8 32,598 7 11 5 19 6 1872 2,185 3,823 81 344,524 67,243 411,767 28,121 10 0 11,043 3 9 39,164 13 9 23,593 9 9 8,858 19 7 32,452 9 4 423 1873 2,356 4,574 93 485,507 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 5,782 105 645,067 107,832 752,899 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 6,626 127 786,237 130,891 917,128 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 1876 3,154 7,247 142 890, 382 160,704 1,051,086 62,715 10 4 16,154 6 0 78,869 16 4 61,696 14 5 21,074 8 8 82,771 3 1 5 18 10 1877 3,259 7,4 2 3 155 952,283 172,159 1,124,442 65,644 J 5 3 17,024 8 9 82,669 4 o 63,353 10 IO 17,931 8 o 81,284 18 10 5 12 11 From ist November, 1873, address and signature given in free. 1878 3,434 8,035 182 ' 194,843 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 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 IO IO 14,758 4 5 83,409 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 9,653 234 ,'1,215,849 222,923 1,438,772 78,828 19 8 22,737 16 4 101,566 16 0 69,165 5 o 18,292 13 4 87,457 18 4 4 17 4