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TABLE E. Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph Lines for the Year ended 31st March, 1881.

Section, Number of Miles. Travelling Expenses of Linemen and Inspectors. Extra Labour. Cost of Material used for Repairs. Salaries of Linemen and Inspectors. Total Cost of Maintenance. Cost per Mile. Birerton to Balclutha, including Winton to Lowther's, Switzer's, Catlin's Eirer Wyndhani, and Lowther to Kingston Lines Tokomairiro to Queenstown Balclutha to Waitaki, including Naseby, Ophir, St. Bathans, Kaitangata' Outram Otago Heads, Duntroon, and Portobello Lines ,., ... Waitaki to Christchurch, including Akaroa, Geraldine/Southbridge, Lyttelton, and Bolleston to Darfield Junction ... ... ... i>t Christchurch to Greymouth, including Boss Line Greymouth to Lyell, including Westport Line ... Lyell to Nelson, including Tophouee to Blenheim and Motueka Lines Nelson to Blenheim, including Wakapuaka and White's Bay Lines Blenheim to Christchurch, including Waiau, Eangiora, and Oxford Lines Wellington to New Plymouth, including Foxton to Feilding, Palmerston'to Woodville, and Opunake Lines Wellington to Napier, including Castlepoint, Kopua, and HaBting'sLines Napier to Tauranga, including Gisborne and Opotiki Lines Tauranga to Grahamstown ... Auckland to Coromandel and Alexandra, including Maimkau Heads and'bnehung'a Auckland to Kawakwa, including Waiwera,"Eussell/'Hokianga,' Port libert, and Dargaville Lines ... ... ... ... ' Kawakawa to Mongonui 296 142 319 277 196 177 210 92 253 £ s. a. 135 5 8 136 8 8 233 16 s 229 8 8 365 18 10 214 16 9 212 11 11 268 5 9 364 7 7 £ s. d. 20 16 5 17 11 6 460 3 8 212 13 1 68 9 6 94 811 53 8 8 482 o 3 £ s. d. 124 14 8 109 16 1 307 16 7 1,048 8 9 170 14 1 165 6 11 159 3 o 128 8 10 724 14 6 £ S. d. 345 6 8 440 10 10 558 11 8 511 4 2 499 2 4 37o 16 8 170 13 4 477 5 o 825 6 o £ s. d. 626 3 5 704 7 1 1,560 8 4 2,001 14 8 819 9 10 636 17 2 927 8 3 2,396 8 4 £ s. d. 223 4 19 2 4 17 10 746 5 19 6 4 12 1 307 10 1 7 9 9 S 373 240 363 73 55° 12 3 575 4 9 644 8 8 234 15 6 236 6 4 48 1 1o 6 654 13 2 *94 7 5 422 11 10 345 1 3 3°5 '5 10 137 13 10 912 4 2 915 19 11 768 12 6 461 12 2 2,121 14 7 2,317 16 5 2,373 i° 2 1,028 8 11 5 13 9 9 r 3 1 6 10 9 14 1 9 270 558 7 7 435 2 6 739 19 11 708 7 2 2,441 17 2 9 o 10 322 53 460 19 8 59 5 6 193 6 9 11 11 2 348 13 2 69 5 1 676 19 2 206 18 4 1,679 18 9 347 ° * 5 4 4 6 10 11 Totals ... 5,244 14 2 3 ! 75 I 19 8 5>3°8 4 4 8,849 IO 1 23.154 8 3 667* „ * Total average cost per mile. NoiE.-Stoney Eiyer to Opunake (28 miles), Motueka to Collingwood (48 miles), Port Chalmers to Seacliff (13 miles), and Er erton to Otautau ;ines (13 miles), not included in this ti ible.