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TABLE D. COMPARATIVE TABLE showing the Progress of the TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT during the Financial Years ended 30th June, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, and 1878.

Year en sled Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. of Stations open. Private, Press, and General Provincial Government. Government. Number of Telegrams forwarded during the Year. Total. Revenue derived from Private, Press, and Provincial Government Messages, and Incidental Receipts, Value of General Government Messages. Total Value of Business done during the Year. Cost of Maintenance of Stations. Cost of Maintenance of Lines. Total Expenditure. Cost of Maintenance of Lines per Mile. Tariff in Operation. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. a. £ a. d. £ a. d. £ a. d. 30th Juno, 1866 699 1,390 13 24,761 2,476 27,237 5,561 19 2 483 3 2 6,045. 2 4 3,934 3 4 2,443 2 11 6,377 6 3 3 9 10 h „ 1867 757 1,498 21 55,621 15,331 70,952 9,070 10 1 3,770 4 8 12,840 14 9 8,017 14 7 2,541 4 11 10,558 19 6 3 7 1 i . |- Mileage tariff. „ „ 1868 1,110 2,223 31 72,241 26,244 98,485 11,652 3 7 6,672 0 3 18,324 3 10 9,489 17 10 5,406 7 3 14,896 5 1 4 17 4 J „ 1869 1,329 2,495 45 106,070 50,097 156,157 18,520 10 4 13,430 11 9 31,951 2 1 14,266 12 7 8,547 4 9 22,813 17 4 6 8 6 "1 . „ 1870 „ 1871 1,661 *1,976 2,897 3,247 56 72 122,545 253,582 62,878 59,292 185,423 312,874 17,218 1 4 22,419 8 8 12,252 6 0 9,876 17 6 29,470 7 4 32,296 6 2 16,417 7 4 21,254 4 3 14,120 4 10 11,344 3 8 30,537 12 2 32,598 7 11 8 9 11 5 19 6 Mileage tariff in operation up to 1st Sept., 1869; uniform 2s. 6d. |- tariff from 1st Sept., 1869, to 31st March, 1870; and Is. tariff from 1st April, 1870. ,, „ 1872 t2,18o 3,823 81 344,524 67,243 411,767 28,121 10 0 11,043 3 9 39,164 13 9 23,593 9 9 8,858 19 7 32,452 9 4 4 2 3 1873 12,356 4,574 93 485,507 83,453 568,980 39,680 18 9 11,105 2 0 50,786 0 9 27,040 18 10 9,479 5 4 36,520 4 2 4 1 11 J ,, „ 1874 §2,530 5,782 105 645,067 107,832 752,899 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 1 „ 1875 ||2,986 6,626 127 786,237 130,891 917,128 55,301 12 3 13,679 10 9 68,981 3 0 45,814 11 4 14,240 19 7 60,055 10 11 4 16 4 From 1st November 1873, address and signature given in free. J „ 1876 13,154 7,247 142 890,382 160,704 1,051,086 62,715 10 4 16,154 6 0 78,869 16 4 61,696 14 5 21,074 8 8 82,771 3 1 5 18 10 „ „ 1877 **3,259 7,423 155 952,283 172,159 1,124,432 65,644 15 3 17,024 8 9 82,669 4 0 63,353 10 10 17,931 8 0 81,284 18 10 5 12 11 „ 1878 tt3,434 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 0 * From tl t From tl t From tl § From tl lis mileage 78 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance, lis mileage 32 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance, lis mileage 42 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance. lis mileage 106 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance. ]] From this mileage 31 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance. IT From this mileage 174 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance. ** From this mileage 85 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance, ft From this mileage 116 miles to bo deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance.