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TABLE E. COST of MAINTENANCE of Telegraph Lines for the Financial Year ended 30th June, 1878.

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Section. Number of Miles. Salaries of Linemen and Inspectors. Travelling Expenses of Linemen and Inspectors. Extra Labour. Cost of Material used for Repairs. Total Cost of Maintenance. Cost per Mile. 1 Rivet-ton to Balclutha, including Winton and Switzer's Lines ... 200 £ a. d. 373 15 0 £ s. d. 286 4 10 £ s. d. 57 15 5 £ a. d. 17 2 10 £ a. d. 734 18 1 £ s. d. 3 13 5 Tokomairiro to Queenstown 142 275 0 0 122 16 9 17 2 6 28 16 5 443 15 8 3 2 6 Balclutha to Waitaki, including Naseby, Ophir, St. Bathans, Kaitangata, Outram, and Otago Heads Lines 293 548 19 0 170 17 10 144 0 2 47 17 4 917 14 4 3 2 7 Waitaki to Christchurch, including Akaroa, Geraldine, Oxford, and Lyttelton Lines 231 473 7 8 390 15 10 337 3 6 482 6 4 1,683 13 4 7 5 9 Christchurch to Greymouth, including Boss Line 196 392 18 4 720 9 7 158 12 7 126 4 4 1,398 4 10 7 2 8 Greymouth to Wcstport, including Reef ton and Lyell Lines '... 177 443 10 0 426 9 5 192 0 11 118 3 11 1,180 4 3 6 13 4 -Christchurch to Blenheim, including Bangiora Line (8 miles), Southbridge Line (30 miles), and Waiau Line (37 miles) ... 283 698 15 0 444 7 0 208 8 0 90 9 3 1,441 19 3 5 1 10 Blenheim to Nelson, including White's Bay and Wakapuaka Lines 92 258 15 0 266 16 0 108 14 6 29 5 2 663 10 8 7 4 2 Nelson to Lyell, including Motueka Line 150 190 16 8 349 15 5 42 8 7 18 7 9 601 8 5 4 0 2 Wellington to New Plymouth, including Opunake Line, and Lines Palmerston North from Foxton (25 miles), and Palmerston to Feilding (12 miles) 338 573 19 6 761 1 1 • 283 5 4 174 0 4 1,792 6 3 5 6 0 Wellington to Napier 221 463 6 8 415 13 9 155 9 8 158 12 11 1,193 3 0 5 7 11 Napier to Tauranga, including Gisborne and Opotiki Lines 363 977 4 8 490 19 11 183 9 0 128 7 0 1,780 0 7 4 18 0 Tauranga to Grahamstown 73 1 410 18 4 247 12 8 171 5 8 48 2 10 877 19 6 12 0 6 Auckland to Coromandel and Alexandra, including Manukau Heads, Tokatea, and Waiwera Lines 286 951 5 0 612 3 7 493 6 6 302 8 8 2,359 3 9 8 4 11 Auckland to Bay of Islands and Hokianga, including Kawakawa to Mongonui 273 525 8 4 526 1 7 128 1 4 11 11 7 1,191 2 10 4 7 3 I Totals 6,238 5 3 *5 10 0 3,318 7,557 19 2 2,681 3 8 1,781 16 8 18,259 4 9 * Total areragi Note. —Blenheim to Tophouse (60 miles), Win ton to Lowthei cost of mainentani (37 miles), and "W 3e per mile. "aipukurau to Kopua (19 miles), not included in this table.