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Table No. 20. Table showing the Capital Cost, Working-expenses, and Revenue of the Telephone Exchanges, Year by Year, from the Date of their Establishment.

U s. 3 J Capital Cost for Instruments, Wire, Poles, Labour, Freight, Superintendence, &c. ! Working-expenses. Balance of Kevenue Annual Kate per Cent. yielded on Capital Cost. Year. ED fl is Average Cost of each Connection. Total for all Connections. Salaries and Allowances of Clerks, Ac. Materials and Linemen. Interest on Capital and Wear-and-tear, &c* Rent, Fuel, Light, Paper, Printing, : Binding, &c. Total. — over Workingexpenses. 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 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 116 379 715 1,075 1,710 2,038 2,153 2,249 2,402 2,587 3,080 3,690 4,244 4,616 5,143 5,747 5,787 6,203 7,150 8,210 9,260 10,633 ..'. 12,105 14,423 15,333 17,403 20,402t 22,815t 25,212+ 28,093 31,475 .. i 36,374 .. ; ■ 41,982 46,260 .. - 50,308 52,986 ■■ | 57.196 £ s. d. 21 16 6 21 16 6 21 16 6 21 18 6 20 8 6 19 19 5 22 19 0 23 18 10 24 4 1 24 17 1 24 16 11 24 16 11 24 12 1 25 6 3 24 6 6 23 7 4 24 11 6 24 5 3 22 14 1 21 9 7 20 18 0 20 2 6 19 19 8 21 19 7 23 13 9 24 2 2 24 18 4 25 18 9 27 2 7 27 17 8 27 18 0 27 11 7 29 11 6 32 9 1 33 2 7 34 7 3 35 6 3 £ 2,531 8,271 15,604 23,461 37,319 40,686 49,407 53,849 58,229 64,294 76,579 91,687 104,425 116,845 125,108 134,299 142,218 150,490 162,333 176,349 193,511 213,966 241,903 295,029 363,192 420,088 508,408 591,760 683,986 783,382 878,133 1,003,131 1,241,628 1,501,482 1,666,561 1,820,860 2.019,892 £ £ 613 285 5,014 595 7,746 . 695 10,008 1,770 12,294 2,849 15,477 2,873 16,881 3,119 17,613 3,316 18,581 3,790 19,961 4,192 18,571 4,630 19,155 7,405 21,771 7,720 21,552 9,285 25,933 9,686 29,248 12,306 36,422 14,181 39,718 15,030 43,303 15,710 49,117 16,304 55,542 18,448 62,151 20,885 71,028 23,359 79,061 25,122 89,542 26,507 100,814 32,914 116,852 38,108 131,249 47 ,-224 144,298 52,315 161,173 54,819 179,123 62,588 201,237 69,078 232,190 80,720 303,856; 89,231 287,547 104,950 317,275 97,681 344,368 | 97,665 275 595 770 1,590 1,704 1,580. 2,252 2,249 2,206 2,249 2,345 2,696 3,313 4,253 5,304 7,398 11,834 16,190 20,847 18,226 20,570 22,078 22,508 26,782 22,576 26,145 36,813 32,995 28,755 39,814 33,791 42,192 53,823 42,548 62,682 71,022 87,664 253 827 1,560 2,346 3,732 4,069 4,941 5,344 5,823 6,429 7,658 9,169 10,442 11,685 12,510 13,430 7,111 7,525 8,117 8,817 9,675 10,698 12,095 14,751 18,159 21,004 25,420 29,588 34,199 39,169 43,907 50,156 62,081 75,074 83,328 91,043 100,994 - £ 150 300 350 475 700 320 330 335 375 395 393 464 742 818 1,952 1,857 1,882 1,861 1,893 2,001 2,079 2,615 2,986 4,448 5,270 6,163 6,902 7,265 7,741 8,031 8,725 9,764 11,744 12,878 13,429 15,115 16,765 £ . 963 •2,317 3,375 6,181 8,985 8,842 10,642 11,244 12,194 13,265 15,026 19,734 22,217 26,041 29,452 34,991 35,008 40,606 46,567 45,348 ■50,772 56,276 60,948 71,103 -72,512 86,226 107, 243 117,072 123,010 141,833 149,011 171,190 208,368 218,731 264,389 274,861 303,088 £ 207 4,492 3,653 3,827 5,011 6,635 6,239 6,368 6,387 6,695 3,544 -578 -446 -3,420 -3,519 -5,742 1,413 -887 -3,264 3,768 4,769 5,874 10,080 7,958 17,029 14,587 9,608 14,176 21,287 19,340 30,112 30,047 23,822 85,125 23,158 42,414 41,280 8-17 54-31 23-41 16-31 13-42 16-30 12-63 11-82 11-00 10-43 4-63 Loss. Loss. Loss. ■ Loss. Loss. 0-99 Loss. Loss. 2-14 2-46 2-75 4-17 2-69 4-69 3-47 1-89 2-40 311 2-46 3-43 2-99 1-92 5-67 1-40 2-33 204 * This column includes 5 per cent, for wear-and-tear and 5 per cent, for debenture capital, except in 1897-98 and following years, in wbich only 5 per cent, for debenture capital is included t In former returns extensions were included for these three years. ; Increase due to alterations in date of collecting half-yearly subscriptions, a proportion of which under the old system would have fallen in to 1915-16 receipts.