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When Interrupted. Length o! Interruption. Situation anil Cause. 1877. January 11 ... 1 day ... Between Peake and Charlotte Waters. Insulator off, line touching iron pole. March 19 ... 3 „ ... Between Powell's Creek and Daly Waters. Insulator off, line touching iron pole. June 11 ... 2 „ ... Between Beltana and Strangways Springs. Piece of wire twisted round line-wire and polo. June 11 ... 1 „ ... Between Port Augusta and Beltana. Line broken half mile south of Depdt Creek. August 4 ... 2 „ ... Between Daly Waters and Katherine. Line broken midway between stations. September 21 ... 1 „ ... Between Beltana and Strangways Springs, Broken thirty miles north of Beltana. October 9 ... 1 „ ... Between Charlotte Waters and Alice Springs. Natives burning grass, burnt some poles down. October 14 ... 3 „ ... Between Alice Springs and Barrow's Creek. Bush fires, November 6 ... 3 „ ... Between Powell's Creek and Daly Waters. Natives breaking two insulators at North Newcastle. November 10 ... 2 „ ... Between Barrow's and Tennant's Creeks. Lightning breaking insulators and line on iron poles. November 14 ... 1 „ ... Between Katherine and Yam Creek. Lightning breaking insulators and line on iron poles. November 30 ... 2 „ ... Between Tennant's and Powell's Creeks. Lightning broke insulators and line on iron poles. December 4 ... 2 „ ... Between Powell's Creek and Daly Waters. Lightning broke insulators and line on iron poles. December 8 ... 3 „ ... Between Yam Creek and Southport. Lightning broke five insulators and line touching iron poles. December 13 ... 1 „ ... Between Alice Springs and Barrow's Creek. Natives cut out a shackle. December 15 ... 3 „ ... Between Powell's Creek and Daly Waters. Lightning knocked down several poles, line on ground. December 25 ... 3 ~ ... Between Powell's Creek and Daly Waters. Lightning broke two in- ■—■ sulators ; line touching iron poles. Also between Beltana Total ... 34 days and Strangways Springs. Line chafed through iusulator ; touched iron pole, 1878. January 1 ... 1 day ... Between Katherine and Yam Creek. Largo tree falling across line at crossing of river. January 14 ... 5 „ ... Between Daly Waters and Katherine. Bush fire and heavy storm, blown tree across line. This wet season has been exceptionally bad for cyclones and terrific thunderstorms. February 9 ... 1 „ ... Between Barrow's and Tennant's Creeks. Lightning broke insulators, line touching iron poles. March 15 ... 5 „ ... Between Port Augusta and Beltana. Heavy floods at Willochra washed number of poles down, and line on ground covered with drift. March 23 ... 2\ „ ... Between Charlotte Waters and Alice Srings. Seven poles burnt, sixty miles south of Alice Springs, and line on ground. March 25 ... 2 „ ... Between Peake and Charlotte Waters. Exceptionally heavy floods. March 29 ... 1 „ ... Between Charlotte Waters and Alice Springs. Line broken. Total ... 17| days

Cable Interruptions. When Interrupted. When Restored. Where between. 1872. June 22 ... October 20 ... Port Darwin and Banjoewangie. 1873. February 21 ... February 24 Laud line between Boezki and Banjoewangie. March 31 ... April 2 ... Batavia and Singapore. May 12 ... May 26 ... Penang and Madras. July 13 ... July 13 ... Land line 30 miles from Banjoewangie. November 20 ... November 23 Singapore and Penang. 1874. May 20 ... May 31 ... ] August 13 ... August 15 ... (~,. , 0 . . a , -w. 4 .. oo > Batavia and Singapore. August 16 ... August 23 ... j b r December 10 ... December 29 J Floating Station was established 16 miles from Batavia with daily steam communication to Singapore ©n the 18th Dccsmber:

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