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TABLE K. TOTAL COST of the LINES of TELEGRAPH throughout New Zealand and of the Cook Strait Cable.

« 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 Government, g Purchased from Otago Government ; total cost includes £2,047 18s. lOd. for new material.

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Section of Line. Length of Section in Miles. Cost of Clearing Bush. Cost of Wire, Total Coat of Arms, Poles, including Insulators, &c, Delivery. including Carriage. Cost of Erection. Total Cost of Section. Cost per Mile. Riverton to Inyercargill ... Bluff to Invercargill Invercargill to Mataura ... Mataura to Waitaki ... ... Waitaki to Hurunui Hurunui to Nelson White's Bay Line Port Chalmers Line Christchureh to Greymouth Greymouth to Westport... Blenheim to Woodend, reconstruction (including White's Bay Line), 191 miles Palmerston to Naseby Tokomairiro to Queenstown Tokomairiro to Queenstown, reconstruction, 140 miles Third AVire from Dunedin to Oamaru (including loop line to Kakanui, 4 miles), 94 miles Christchurch to Ilokitika, reconstruction, 146 miles Christclmrch to Akaroa ... Nelson to Motueka Greyinouth to Reefton ... Leithfield to Waiau Invercargill to Winton ... Ilokitika to Ross Kaiapoi to Rangiora Grejmouth to Westport, reconstruction, 67 miles Invercargill to Balcluthn, reconstruction, 70 miles Ilavelock to Nelson, reconstruction, 25 miles Third Wire, Oamaru to Christchureh, 161 miles Second Wire, Christchurch to Hokitika, 146 miles Second and Third Wires, Ilokitika to Greymouth, GO miles ... Fourth Wire, Palmers ton toDunedin, 33 miles Recfton to Lyell Tapanui and Switzer's Line, from Clinton Fourth Wire, Blenheim to Christchurch (completed from Christchurch to Leithfield), 29 miles ... Nascby to Clyde Lino Southbridgo Lino Cargill's Line from Roxburgh Geraldine Lino from Temuka Fourth and Fifth Wires, Christchurch to Bluff (completed from Christchurch to Dunedin find from Bluff to Clinton), 307 miles ... Christchurch to Ilokitika, reconstruction, 140 miles Tokomairiro to Queenstown, reconstruction, 140 miles Greymouth to Ilokitika, reconstruction, 30 miles Blenheim to Christchurch, reconstruction, 206 miles Nelson to Lyell... Second Wire, Greymouth to Lyell, 82 miles Fourth and Fifth Wires, Christchurch to Dunedin, and Third and Fourth Wires, Dunedin to Bluff, completion of (79 miles double wire) ... Second Wire, Tokomairiro to Lawrence, 34 miles Otago Heads Line ICaitangata Line Rangiora to Oxford Outram Lino Reef ton to Wcstport Railway Wires, — Dunedin to Tokomairiro, 33 miles Ilampden to Waitaki, 35 miles ... 24 19 32 189 218 241 7 8 176 67 £ s. d. £ s. d. 547 2 10 £ s. a. 96 10 11 £ 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 C 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 a42 15 6 75 4 9 69 7 0 J63 0 7 c58 6 0 dil 18 11 elOO 0 0 /21 12 9 104 10 5 1,199 0 0 8,353 18 0 6,554 8 8 5,213 14 0 739 1 4 3,034. 7 9 3,427 13 6 3,953 3 4 1,229 3 a l,95l' 7 6 1,07016 5 960 15 4 100 0 0 5,13G 12 5 754 14 10 2,022 15 4 217 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 G #31 13 2 "54, 140 2,247 3 10 2,247 3 10 16 1 0 4 2G4 12 0 830 16 11 426 15 9 1,522 4 8 16 3 10 50 32 50 37 14 20 8 65 10 0 10 10 0 2,649 0 0 1,881 16 5 805 2 6 872 13 2 1,440 14 0 801 12 4 295 2 0 172 12 6 207 0 0 416 13 5 721 5 8 375 5 8 1,101 6 7 688 2 5 156 4 11 208 11 f, 48 2 8 873 12 11 817 18 5 321 11 2 1,795 9 11 847 4 G 209 1 0 200 12 6 37 17 6 3,202 2 9 2,409 16 7 1,580 0 0 6,9SG 10 6 2,336 19 3 660 7 11 982 19 6 293 0 2 21 18 8 48 3 11 49 7 6 139 14 7 63 3 2 47 3 5 49 2 11 36 12 6 401 3 0 675 14 3 G9 16 0 1,216 9 1 1,962 0 1 29 5 8 1,221 3 0 113 15 5 70G 12 3 2,041 11 5 29 3 3 379 18 6 17 15 0 144 5 2 541 18 8 21 13 G 93G 2 10 1,935 7 2 1,077 10 8 3,919 0 8 24 1G G 290 6 0 1,286 7 0 518 13 6 2,095 6 G 14 7 0 499 7 0 216 2 5 715 9 5 11 18 5 32 3,863 3 G 15 0 0 898 5 6 335 11 3 799 15 9 212 13 10 503 11 0 5G3 5 1 6,004 15 9 17 1 4 189 10 5 48 615 13 4 669 9 5 393 13 4 1,678 16 1 34 19 6 56 30 2 12 2,351 10 3 649 9 2 16 4 0 30 11 9 286 9 7 3,311 11 G 353 8 0 157 1 0 324 1 10 131 17 6 632 19 9 217 6 10 24 0 10 33 17 3 418 7 1 6,296 1 G 1,220 4 0 197 5 10 388 10 10 14 8 6 112 8 7 40 14 8 98 12 11 32 7 6 1,041 7 8 6,339 19 6 1,768 14 10 9,150 2 0 29 16 1 2,610 0 G 252 11 0 462 2 0 1,294 5 3 4,618 18 9 31 12 8 685 8 0 41 12 9 110 15 0 837 15 9 5 19 8 1,181 9 0 789 19 1 451 6 5 1,757 9 1 4,180 3 7 139 6 9 118 101 18 1 4,210 5 8 1,099 17 6 5,429 8 3 1,885 12 3 2,649 19 1 1,645 9 7 2,435 2 9 4,732 17 5 14,724 15 9 22 19 5 124 15 8 405 7 6 654 1 0 619 5 4 1,678 13 10 20 9 5 150 12 0 405 11 2 539 3 7 1,095 6 9 13 17 3 14 G 21 7 28 20 0 0 345 10 6 184 16 2 663 14 10 151 4 8 G02 7 0 37 8 5 174 15 3 73 6 10 197 7 5 55 0 6 502 17 7 137 6 1 374 0 2 139 19 1 95 14 11 92 4 4 636 1 10 194 14 6 894 5 11 398 2 1 956 17 2 298 9 6 2,931 3 5 5 14 6 63 17 6 66 7 0 45 11 3 42 12 9 104 13 8 1,189 17 C 104 12 2 66 0 0 522 2 9 190 12 4 231 9 10 135 11 10 858 4 9 392 4 2 26 0 1 11 4 1 Totals, South Island 1,764 19,503 7 6 55,614 7 9 43,861 11 4 52,991 15 1 172.0G1 1 8 97 10