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Table No. 23. 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, 1878, and to the 31st March, 1880, 1881, and 1882.

Or Year ended Number Number of of Miles Miles of of Line. Wire. Number of Telegrams forwarded during the Year. Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages, Money-Order ■ Telegrams, and Incidental Receipts. Total Value of Business done during the Year. f. . , Cost of Cost of MainMaintenance Total ten^' c n eof of Expenditure. u Lmes - per Mile. Tariff in Operation. Number of Stations Open. General Government. Total. Value of Government Messages. Cost of Maintenance of Stations. M Private, Press, and Provincial Government. 30th June, 1S66 „ 1867 „ 1868 „ „ 1869 „ „ 1870 « >, 1871 „ 1872 » 1873 „ 1874 ,, ,, 1875 „ 1876 „ 1877 „ 1878 „ 1879 31st March, 1880 „ „ 188 1 „ „ 1882 699 757 1,no 1,329 1,661 t2,i8s 4^2,356 §2,530 ||2,986 H3-IS4 **3,259 tt3,434 tt3,Si2 §§3,638 Il!l3,758 HH3.824 1,39° 1,498 2,223 2,495 2,897 3,247 3,823 4.574 5.782 6,626 7,247 7,423 8,035 8,117 9>333 9,587 9,653 '3 21 31 45 56 72 81 93 i°5 127 142 iSS 182 24,761 55,621 72,241 106,070 122,545 253,582 344,524 485,507 645,067 786,237 890,382 952,283 1,065,481 1,201,982 824,734 1,058,342 1,215,849 2,476 i5,33i 26,244 50,097 62,878 59,292 67,243 83,453 107,832 130,891 160,704 172,159 194.843 246,961 183,675 246,370 222,923 27,237 70,952 98,485 156,157 185,423 312,874 4",767 568,960 752,899 917,128 1,051,086 1,124,432 1,260,324 1,448,943 1,008,409 1,304,712 1,438,772 £ b. d. 5o6i 19 2 9,070 10 1 11,652 3 7 18,520 10 4 17,218 1 4 22,419 8 8 28,121 10 o 39,680 18 9 46,508 18 10 55,301 12 3 62,715 i° 4 65,644 15 3 73,284 1 10 85,402 O 2 58,120 3 3 73,002 2 O 78,828 19 8 £ s. d. 483 3 2 3,770 4 8 6,672 o 3 i.3,430 11 9 12,252 6 o 9,876 17 6 ",043 3 9 11,105 2 o 12,618 11 6 13,679 10 9 16,154 6 o 17,024 8 9 19,148 12 4 26,949 2 2 19,707 6 3 27,021 3 8 22,737 16 4 £ s. d. 6,045 2 4 12,840 14 9 18,324 3 10 3i,95i 2 1 29,470 7 4 32,296 6 2 39,i64 13 9 50,786 o 9 59,127 10 4 68,981 3 o 78,869 16 4 82,669 4 o 92,432 14 2 112,351 2 4 77,827 9 6 100,023 5 8 101,566 16 o £ s. d. 3,934 3 4 8,017 14 7 9,489 17 10 14,266 12 7 16,417 7 4 21,254 4 3 2.3,593 9 9 27,040 18 10 38,801 19 4 45,814 n 4 61,696 14 5 6.3,353 10 10 69,340 1 8 79.502 o 5 68,651 IO IO 78,224 1 8 69,165 5 0 £ s. d. 2,443 2 11 2,541 4 n 5,4o6 7 3 8,547 4 9 14,120 4 10 n,344 3 8 8,858 19 7 9,479 5 4 15,021 17 11 14,240 19 7 21,074 8 8 17,931 8 o 18,259 4 9 17,299 7 10 '4,758 4 5 23,154 8 3 18,292 13 4 £ s. d. 6,377 6 3 10,558 19 6 14,896 5 1 22,813 17 4 30,537 12 2 32.598 7 11 32,452 9 4 36,520 4 2 53,82.3 17 3 60,055 10 1 1 82,771 3 1 81,284 18 IO 87.599 6 5 96,801 8 3 83,409 15 3 ■01,378 9 11 87,457 '8 4 £ s. d. 3 9 10 3 7 1 4 17 4 6 8 6 8 9 n 5 19 6 423 4 in 6 311 4 16 4 5 18 10 5 '2 11 5 10 0 5 o 9 4 3 4 667 4 i? 4 > Mileage tariff. Mileage tariff in operation upto ist Sept., 1869; uni- [ form 2s. 6d. tariff from rst [ Sept., 1869, to 31st March, 1870; and is. tariff from J Ist April, 1870. I From ist November, 1873, address and j* signature given in free. J I9S 214 227 234 * From this mileage 78 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance, t From this mileage 32 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance. J From this mileage 42 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance. § From this 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. If 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, tt From this mileage 116 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance. XX From this mileage 109 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance. §§ From this mileage 95 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance. ||[ From this mileage 102 miles to be deducted before compuling the cost per mile for maintenance. 1f1f From this mileage 66 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance.