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TABLE H. Total Cost of Lines of Telegraph throughout the Colony, and of Cook Strait Cables.

Return of the Nu mber and Amount of Teleg raph Money Orders Issued within the several Postal Districts during the Year ended 31st December, 1880.

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Section of Line. Length of Section in Miles. Cost of Clearing Bush. Total Cost of Poles, including Delivery. Cost of Wire, Arms, Insulators, &c, including Carriage. Cost of Erection. Total Cost of Section. Cost per Mile. South Island. Total South Island to 31st March, 1880 ... Eiverton to Otautau Line (18 miles) Nelson to Blenheim, reconstruction, additional expenditure (80 miles) ... Kichmond to Motueka, reconstruction, and new line, Motueka to Collingwood (76 miles) Oamaru to Timaru Eailway Wire (52 miles) Eeefton to Lyell, reconstruction (32 miles) Port Chalmers to Seacliff Wire (32 miles) 1,962 13 £ s. 19,769 11 11 873 4 10 £ s. d. 66,941 2 o 216 12 6 210 6 8 £ s. 51,078 7 77 16 11 £ s. d. 62,712 8 8 21 16 4 131 12 11 I. £ b. d. 8 200,501 10 o 4 316 s 9 1 341 19 7 . £ s. d. 0 9 17 11 5 4 5 6 48 1,052 2 9 54i 15 11 961 13 6 > 3,428 17 o 45 2 4 21 3 6 116 10 5 i 137 13 11 2 12 11 1,062 18 o 36 15 3 726 9 o 1 1,826 2 3 57 1 4 13 2,036 20,642 16 9 69,483 1 11 284 1 5 254 ii o 538 12 5 16 16 8 Nokth Island. Total North Island to 31st March, 1880 ... Eeilding to Marton via Halcombe Third Wire, Wanganui to Hawera (58 miles) New Plymouth to Stoney Eiyer, reconstruction, and new line Stoney Eiver to Opunake (50 miles) Wellington to ITeatherston, reconstruction (45 miles) 52,040 o 5 64,925 1 10 207,091 o 11 1,676 ",I74 5 4 54,741 5 3 56,444 9 9 66,993 6 7 i i89,353 6 11 18 407 3 6 126 5 o 420 o o 953 8 6 52 19 4 798 3 4 608 3 7 1,029 3 6 2,435 10 5 41 19 10 28 794 7 2 596 o 7 460 2 9 1,850 10 6 37 o 2 46 o o 199 18 o 307 18 1 553 16 1 12 6 1 Totals, North Island... ' Totals, South Island... 1,722 2,036 11,174 5 4 20,642 16 9 .56,786 19 3 69,483 1 11 57,974 16 11 52,040 o 5 59,210 10 11 64,925 1 10 195,146 12 5 207,091 o 11 Mi 8 I_i,8i7 2 1 26,270 1 2 10,014 17 4 34,135 12 9 402,237 13 4 Mount Egmont Eoad Eepairs to No. 1 Cook Strait Cable Expenditure on Bailway-lines South (to be recovered from Public Expenditure on Ka,lway-lines North (to be recovered from Public No. 1 Cook Strait Cable, including freight from London and expeNo. 2 Cook Strait Cable, including freight from London, expens spare cable, and demurrage of ship "Zealandia " Five miles spare No. 1 Cable, including freight from London No. 3 Cable including freight from London, expenses of laying a] Eepairs to No. 1 Cook Strait Cable (additional expenditure) and Works Department) Works Department) lses of laying es of laying, and 8i miles of 1,006 11 6 2,126 17 9 ',939 9 2 1,423 18 11 29,864 o o id iif knots spare cable miles of spare cable 13,248 6 8 2,822 4 3 25,338 1 2 2,906 17 3 82,914 o o

District. Number. Commission. Amount. Auckland ... Blenheim ... Christchurch Dunedin Q-reymouth. Hokitika Inveroargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui ... Wellington .., Weetport ... 2,485 5°4 i,537 1,673 755 443 651 1,185 354 384 278 139 472 i>i57 2,i55 325 £ b. d. 291 s o 62 5 o 189 10 8 194 16 o 91 9 4 49 1 8 70 4 o 147 17 8 43 10 8 46 12 8 31 6 o 15 8 o 50 9 8 127 17 o 247 10 o 37 16 4 £ e. d. IO,O2O 3 6 2,223 19 3 6,761 18 6 6,669 5 o 3,223 5 4 1,616 18 o 2,259 2 4 5,3i8 7 6 i,S5o 1 5 1,646 7 o 1,044 17 4 5°7 3 8 i>6l3 13 7 4,200 3 o 8,385 2 n 1,294 3 7 Totals ... !4>497 1,696 19 8 58,334 II II