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Table No. 25. Table showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph Construction during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1908.

Line. Expenditure. Material from Stores. Total Cost during the Year. Telephone exchanges, — Ashburton ... ... Auckland Blenheim .. ... Christchurch Dannevirke ... Dunedin ... Feilding Gisborne Greymouth ... Hamilton Hawera Hokitika Invercargill Lawrence Levin Masterton Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Pahiatua Palmerston North Rotorua Stratford Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington ... Westport Whangarei ... £ a. d. 24 18 1 5,730 15 7 108 9 11 5,583 17 6 28 8 8 3,734 17 2 78 16 3 660 15 1 34 12 9 144 15 11 55 1 1 37 15 10 4,226 15 5 2 14 0 183 18 0 239 10 10 1,162 17 2 79 4 6 269 4 5 34 12 8 34 7 3 461 3 7 25 5 1 8 19 323 19 0 1,132 15 7 1,424 2 10 5,706 11 10 3 10 2 196 3 5 £ s. d. 169 11 7 5,918 2 10 442 7 1 8,090 9 5 187 12 2 1,889 3 8 253 17 8 2,774 1 11 300 19 4 197 15 7 243 2 5 ' 60 12 5 7,475 7 8 8 13 7 661 3 3 850 7 0 5,011 14 2 2,191 18 11 2,408 19 1 57 9 1 193 18 8 2,628 14 5 111 2 8 158 6 7 557 15 8 3,675 5 2 3,805 16 7 6,053 7 1 58 1 2 145 17 5 £ s. d. 194 9 8 11,648 18 5 550 17 0 13,674 6 11 216 0 10 5,624 0 10 332 13 11 3,434 17 0 335 12 1 342 11 6 298 3 6 98 8 3 11,702 3 1 11 7 7 845 1 3 1,089 17 10 6,174 11 4 2,271 3 5 2,678 3 6 92 1 9 228 5 11 3,089 18 0 136 7 9 166 8 4 881 14 8 4,808 0 9 5,229 19 5 11,759 18 11 61 11 4 342 0 10 Total exchanges 31,738 1 4 56,581 14 3 88,319 15 7 Kaimaumau (Cape Maria van Diemen) Mangatete (branch off Mangonui-Herekino line) Herekino-Pukepoto (Mangonui) ... Mangonui-Kaiaka Kohukohu-Motukaraka ... Towai-Marlow... Towai-Kawakawa W hangae-Hupara Hukerenui-Riponui Kaipara Flats-Waiwawa Hangatiki-Waitomo Dargaville-Auckland Matakohe-Ararua Matakohe-Hukatere (Waihungarua) Pouto-Tangaihi Waihaha Kiripaka-Ngunguru Hukerenui-Piako Waipu-Kuakaka Whakapirau-Batley Mareretu (Waipu-Paparoa line) ... Helensville-Woodhill Papakura-Manurewa Auckland-Tuakau Auckland-Hamilton Rukuhia Glen Murray-Woodleigh Aotea-Kawhia... ... Kawhia - Oparau - Hauturu - Kinohaku - Te Maika-Te Rauamoa 26 14 2 0 7 0 0 19 0 26 14 2 16 0 1 14 6 10 6 20 17 6 70 10 0 26 2 0 36 3 2 93 3 10 1 7 6 13 0 0 2 6 3 14 0 5 1 6 6 2 4 0 19 0 20 13 5 51 12 11 8 0 4 15 8 10 0 19 0 77 7 6 0 18 0 25 19 7 0 18 0 9 12 9 5 11 10 14 5 10 21 6 0 35 11 9 6 16 0 7 2 10 21 16 6 91 3 5 51 12 11 31 2 4 36 3 2 15 8 10 94 2 10 77 7 6 2 5 6 27 2 7 1 0 6 13 6 9 5 11 10 20 3 5 29 15 6 35 18 8 11 8 11 43 13 5 26 9 10 109 14 3 57 19 1 8 8 11 110 0 4 16 6 2 15 1 2 5 17 7 8 9 6 0 6 11 11 8 11 16 2 7 12 17 2 55 9 4 27 10 10 13 12 8 109 14 3 2 9 9 8 8 11 30 6 8 16 6 2 3 16 8 79 13 8 11 4 6