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Appendix H. RETURN for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 30th JUNE, 1868, of the CASH REVENUE derived from PRIVATE, PRESS, and PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT MESSAGES, and of the Value of GENERAL GOVERNMENT MESSAGES; the Number of MESSAGES transmitted by each Station, and the WORKING EXPENSES of each Station.

THE TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.

Hams op Station. Total Cash Revenue derived from Private, Press, and Provincial G-overnment Messages. Value of General Total Value of Total Number of Private, Press, and Provincial Grovernment Messages. Total Number of General Government Messages. Total Number of Messages of all codes. Amount paid for Salaries. Total Cost of Maintenance of each Station. G-overnment Messages. Messages of all codes. Contingencies. RElfAEKS. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. ■ 2,120 14 9 1,029 2 9 104 18 6 183 6 8 111 16 5 72 18 4 331 18 6 91 13 4 102 8 5 79 13 4 933 9 4 8 6 8 320 17 4 97 16 10 172 12 8 73 6 8 855 19 5 137 10 0 159 3 5 83 6 8 183 6 8 227 1 8 64 11 8 263 1 4 135 8 4 104 3 4 83 G 8 GO 10 11 22 19 6 23 15 0 £ s. d. 357 9 7 99 2 10 7 9 0 21 12 7 10 19 0 4 0 6 27 2 1 12 16 G 47 2 4 4 13 0 292 18 6 £ s. d. 2,478 4 4 1,128 5 1 112 7 6 204 19 3 122 15 5 76 18 10 359 0 7 104 9 10 149 10 9 84 6 4 1,226 7 10 ! 8 6 8 361 9 9 102 10 3 183 5 5 83 13 2 894 5 0 148 5 0 172 4 5 133 17 11 192 17 5 276 1 8 I 98 4 8 286 14 8 140 14 10 113 0 1 87 11 11 71 12 11 30 15 6 | 42 6 10 10 7 6 6 G 0 Head Office Wellington Government Buildings Blenheim Picton Havelock Nelson Kaikoura Cheviot Kaiapoi CkristchuTch Ileathcote Lyttelton Timaru Waikouaiti Dunedin Port Chalmers Tokomairiro Balclutha Invercargill Bluff Selwyn White's Bay Hokitika Greymouth Bealey Featherston Greytovm Castle Point Waipukurau Napier 1,110 2 11 93 9 9 216 17 8 130 16 8 72 2 11 710 8 7 77 8 4 109 7 6 112 1 5 1,742 12 6 7 14 10 434 6 3 442 13 G 454 12 6 85 13 2 2,541 3 9 159 0 6 311 12 0 105 6 3 397 3 6 176 16 8 G 6 1 3 11 11 801 13 8 339 7 2 9 4 11 13 13 10 18 10 9 6 18 3 24 1G 2 15 16 3 701 14 8 1,097 17 2 54 9 4 135 18 9 8 14 11 464 14 5 12 15 8 6 7 6 3 10 6 504 4 6 441 1G 9 82 0 8 13 5 5 8 7 0 438 2 3 651 13 7 44 18 10 35 3 3 89 15 10 267 19 1 18 4 0 2,044 17 7 1.191 G 11 301 7 0 268 15 5 80 17 10 1,175 3 0 90 4 0 115 15 0 115 11 11 2,246 17 0 7 14 10 879 3 0 524 14 2 467 18 4 94 0 2 2,979 6 0 810 14 1 38G 10 10 140 9 6 486 19 4 444 15 9 24 10 1 3 11 11 1,953 10 5 538 5 1 37 7 4 18 3 0 18 14 4 7 14 7 24 16 2 15 16 3 5,798 335 2.231 1,342 742 3,882 537 443 1.325 11,187 87 4,965 2,878 3,805 729 16,032 2,069 3,249 973 2,507 1,345 52 28 3,173 1,870 6G 121 135 42 166 127 4,115 1,836 267 971 44 2,624 44 13 10 1,205 4,020 320 56 31 975 4,465 203 78 220 1,782 28 9,913 2,171. 2,498 2,313 786 6,506 581 456 1,335 12,392 87 8,985 3,198 3,861 763 17,007 6,534 3,452 1,051 2,727 3,127 80 28 5,580 2,342 90 146 136 47 166 127 40 12 5 4 13 5 10 12 9 10 6 6 38 5 7 10 15 0 13 1 0 50 11 3 9 10 9 49 0 0 31 13 0 23 13 4 5 6 6 8 16 9 4 5 3 11 2 0 7 16 0 18 11 10 10 7 6 6 6 0 Guaranteed. Subsidy £75 Otago Provincial Government. Guaranteed. 1,151 16 9 198 17 11 28 2 5 4 9 2 0 3 7 0 16 4 2,407 472 24 25 1 5 Guaranteed. Guaranteed. Guaranteed. ... 72,241 26,244 ! 1,250 12 9 | I 9,489 17 10 10,821 10 7 6,672 0 3 17,493 10 10 98,485 8,239 5 1