REPORT ON THE WORKING OF

CL—No. 31

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TABLES REFERRED TO IN THE FOREGOING REPORT.

Table A. TOTAL COST of the LINES of Telegraph throughout NEW ZEALAND, and of the Cook STRAIT CABLE.

Total number of miles of Line, 2,135. Total number of miles of Wire, 3,823. There are fifty miles of line (from Patea to Opunake) included in Maintenance Table which are not shown in this table, the New Plymouth lino not being completely finished yet. a Purchased from Southland Government. b Includes £450, purchase of Lyttelton line, c Approximate cost. d Approximate cost of poles, &c. c Purchased from private firm, f Purchased from Canterbury G-overnrnent. g Purchased from Otago Government; total cost includes £2,047 18s. lOd. for new material, h 6 per cent, interest guaranteed on this line, i Average cost per mile, South Island. Tc Includes cost of exploration of three routes : one by Waipukurau and Wanganui ; one by Masterton and Wanganui; and one by Wellington and Wanganui (present route). I Supply of poles included in cost of erection, mOf this amount £2,276 was paid to tho Imperial Government for purchase of the lino ; the balance, £980, is tho cost of extension from Ngaruawahia to Hamilton, and from Alexandra to Kihi Kihi. n Includes alteration of line and bush clearing ; nearly all material packed on horseback, o Average cost per mile, North Island, p Total average cost per mile.

Suction of Line. to.SrS M0Q Cost of Clearing Bush. Total Cost of Poles for Section, including Delivery. Cost of Wire, Arms, Insulators, &c. including Cartage. Cost of Erection. Total Cost of Section. Cost per Mile. Riverton to Invercargill Bluff to Invercargill Invercargill to Mataura Mataura to Waitaki Waitaki to Hurumu Hurunui to Nelson White's Bay Line Port Chalmers Line Christchurch to Greymouth Greymouth to Westport ... Blenheim to Woodend, reconstruction, including White's Bay Line (194 miles) Palmerston to Naseby Tokomairiro to Queenstown Tokomairiro to Queenstown, reconstruction, 140 miles Third Wire from Dunedin to Oamaru (including loop line to Kakanui, 4 miles), 94 miles ... Christchurch to Hokitika, reconstruction, 146 miles ... Christchurch to Akaroa Nelson to Motueka 24 19 32 189 218 241 7 8 176 67 £ s. d. 1,229 3 3 £ s. d. 547 2 10 1,199 0 0 8,353 18 0 6,554 8 8 5,213 14 0 £ s. cl. 96 10 11 739 1 4 3,034 7 9 3,427 13 0 3,953 3 4 £ s. d. 262 12 7 812 15 6 469 11 0 1,720 13 3 3,760 19 0 3,661 6 0 503 12 6 800 0 0 3,808 0 0 3,019 17 9 £ s. d. 906 6 4 812 15 6 2,407 12 4 13,108 19 0 13,743 1 2 14,057 6 7 503 12 6 800 0 0 3,808 0 0 7,002 17 0 £ s. d. ! 37 15 3 i 42 15 6a 1 75 4 9 > 69 7 0 63 0 11 58 6 0c 71 18 lid 100 0 Oe 21 12 9/ 104 10 5 l,95l". 7 6 1,070 16 5 960 15 4 54 140 100 0 0 5,136 12 5 754 14 10 2,022 15 4 247 2 2 3,484 12 0 435 19 9 4,432 1 4 10,743 19 9 1,437 16 9 4,432 1 4 55 7 7 26 12 6 31 13 2g 2,247 3 10 2,247 3 10 16 1 0 264 12 0 830 16 11 426 15 9 1,522 4 8 16 3 10 4 50 32 65" 10 0 10 10 0 1,881 16 5 805 2 6 872 13 2 446 13 5 721 5 8 375 5 8 873 12 11 817 18 5 321 11 2 3,202 2 9 2,409 16 7 1,580 0 0 21 18 8 48 3 11 49 7 6/i Totals, South Island... 1,261 3,356 10 9 32,654 11 3 16,855 11 4 31,859 2 9 84,725 16 1 67 3 di Lyell's Bay to Wellington ... Wellington to Patea Wellington to Masterton ... Masterton to Castle Point... Castle Point to Porangahau Porangahau to Napier Napier to Tauranga Auckland to Cambridge, via old line to Alexandra, including branch line to Hamilton Auckland to Newcastle, reconstruction, 70 miles, including new line from Hamilton to Cambridge, 12 miles Mercer to Thames, including four towers for spanning Thames and Piako Rivers Second Wire from Napier to Tauranga, 200 miles Tauranga to Kati Kati Kati Kati to Grahamstown Third Wire from Auckland to Mercer, 40 miles 4 180 60 36 53 68 200 67 18 6 264 4 6 22 15 1 176 9 4 74 0 0 153 18 6 123 5 0 4,647 12 7 2,362 10 0 2,459 15 6 9,404 12 6 104 6 0 2,315 9 5 839 4 4 388 18 6 722 18 6 918 9 8 5,763 13 7 57 15 0 3,002 11 9 2,357 6 3 1,267 9 1 1,105 16 10 1,252 10 2 5,767 18 5 285 6 0 10,093 12 3 3,460 15 1 1,679 2 8 4,367 14 8 4,704 15 4 21,090 3 0 71 6 0 56 1 6k 57 18 U 46 19 61 82 8 2 69 3 9 105 9 0 152 3,256 0 0 3,256 0 0 21 8 5«» 12 1,393 14 6 841 15 9 1,453 3 8 3,688 13 11 44 19 8 36 2,158 8 10 1,386 13 10 1,492 7 5 5,037 10 1 139 18 7 30 43 793 19 9 1,584" 1 3 31 17 0 1,041 3 0 2,521 19 5 2,607 9 1 530 5 9 1,461 8 6 880 11 1 1,266 0 10 1,482 15 3 4,313 16 11 2,837 9 7 7,050 4 5 21 11 4» 94 11 8 163 19 2 234 0 9 383 18 5 617 19 2 15 9 0 Totals, North Island ... Totals, South Island ... 874 1,261 3,137 6 11 3,356 10 9 26,144 18 4 32,654 11 3 18,114 13 8 16,855 11 4 25,086 4 2 31,859 2 9 72,483 3 1 84,725 16 1 82 18 80 67 3 9i 2,135 6,493 17 8 58,799 9 7 34,970 5 0 56,945 6 11 157,208 19 2 73 12 8p Cook Strait Cable, including freight from London and expense of laying... Total expenditure (exclusive of lines in progress) 29,864 0 0 187,072 19