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Table No. 16. 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.

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- I I Number ol Telegrams lorwarded during the Year. Cost or Maintenance of Lines, excluding Australian Cable Subsidy. Number of Miles of Line. Number oi Miles or Wire. Z = x Private GovernE and Press. ment. Value ol Government Messages. Total Value ol Business done during the Year. Cost of Maintenance of Stations. Total Expenditure. Cost or Maintenance of Lines per Mile. Year ended Revenue from all Sources. Tarirtin Optration. Total. 30th June, 1866 699 1,390 13 24,761 2,746 27.407 £ s. d. 5.561 19 2 £ s. d. 483 3 2 £ s. d. 6,045 2 4 £ s. d. 3.934 3 4 £ s. d. 2,443 2 11 6,377 6 3 £ s- d. 3 9 10 Mileage tariff. 1867 757 1.498 21 55.621 15,331 70,952 9,070 10 1 3.77° 4 8 12,840 14 9 8,017 14 7 2,541 4 11 10,558 19 6 3 7 1 1868 1,110 2,223 31 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 1,329 2,495 1,661 2,897 45 106,070 50,097 56 122,545 62,878 156,167 18,520 10 4 13,430 11 9 3i.95i 2 1 14,266 12 7 8.547 4 9 22,813 17 4 6 8 6 Mileage tariff in operation up to 1st Sept., 1869; uniform 28. 6d. tariff tro,n 1st , Sept., i860, to 31st March, 1870; and is. tarirl from 1 1st April, 1R70. 1870 185,423 17,218 1 4 12,252 6 o 29.470 7 4 16,417 7 4 14,120 4 10 30,537 12 2 8 9 ii 1871 i,976 3.247 2,185 3.823 72 253,582 59,292 8 1 344.524 67,243 93 485.507 83,453 105 645,067 107,832 127 786,237 130,891 142 890,382 160,704 312,874 22,419 8 8 9,876 17 6 32,296 6 2 21,254 4 3 11.344 3 8 32,598 7 n 5 19 6 1872 411,767 28,121 10 o 11,043 3 9 39,164 13 9 23.593 9 9 8,858 19 7 32,452 9 4 423 1873 2.356 4.574 568,960 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 5,782 752,899 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 6,626 917,128 55,301 12 3 13,679 10 9 68,981 3 o 45,814 11 4 14,240 19 7 60,055 IO " 4 16 4 1876 3,154 7,247 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 . 65,644 15 3 17,024 8 9 82,669 4 o 63.353 10 10 155 952,283 172,159 1.124,442 17,931 8 o 81,284 18 10 5 12 11 1878 3,434 8,035 182 1,065,481 194,843 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 From 1st November, 1873, address and signature given in free. 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 1183,675 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 1,058,342 246,370 234 1,215.849 222,923 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 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