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Table No. 27. Total Cost of Lines of Telegraph throughout the Colony, and of Cook Strait Cables.

Table No. 28. Return of the Number and Amount of Telegraph Money Orders Issued within the several Postal Districts during the Year ended 31st December, 1881.

Length of Section in Miles. r.-»or e Total Cost of Cleans!,. Cost of Wire, Arms, Insulators, &c, including Carriage. Total Cost of Section. Cost per Mile. Section of Line. Cost of Erection. Nobth Island. rotal North Island to 31st March, 1881 3ape Egmont Line Featherston to Waihenga Line Wellington to Pauhatanui Line £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,722 7 ii,i74 S 4 56,786 19 3 30 o o 57,974 16 11 61 6 6 69,210 10 11 69 13 4 195,146 12 5 160 19 10 22 19 11 '3 161 16 3 142 9 9 96 15 6 401 1 6 30 17 o 18 13 '5 o 179 18 9 7' 4 o 264 17 9 14 14 4 Totals 1.760 ii,i74 5 4 56,992 10 6 58,358 II II 69.448 3 y 195,973 I' 6 South Island. total South Island to 31st March, 1881 Iddington to Bakaia and South Lines, repairs (36 miles) EUverton to Otautau Line, additional expenditure (18 miles) Richmond to Motueka, reconstruction, and new line, Motueka to Collingwood, additional expenditure (76 miles) ... iVaiau Crossing fimaru and AJbury Line 12,036 20,642 16 9 69,483 1 11 ioi 18 3 52,040 o 5 1,093 9 7 5 9 0 64,925 1 10 2,187 n 1 79 6 0 207,091 o 11 3,382 18 11 84 15 o 93 19 5 4 14 2 71 n 2 606 132 19 o 54 6 3 30 o o 260 17 IO '25 17 5 36 o 6 910 17 1 1 13 1 "28 517 o 3 32 10 7 rotal South Lines to 31st March, 1882 Potal North Lines to 31st March, 1882 2,064 20,642 16 9 70,102 o 5 53,349 9 8 67,537 3 o 211,631 9 10 1,760 ",i74 5 4 56,992 10 6 58,358 11 n 69,448 3 9 195,973 11 6 Totals 3,824 3i,8i7 2 1 111,708 1 7 136,985 6 9 407,605 1 4 [27,094 10 n look Strait cables, repairs 'elephone exchanges :o ditto. &e. (see last report) ... 80,676 6 8 4,3i8 17 1 492,600 5 1 Total

[istricl :s. lum! >er. lommission. .mount. iuckland ... Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin jlisborne jrrey mouth Hokitika Invercargill... Sapier ... ... Velson New Plymouth Damaru Blames Cimaru Wanganui ... Wellington ... Westport ... 2,820 442 1,483 1,480 279 592 398 6.S5 9" 377 483 212 213 413 1,172 •,859 472 £ s. d. 325 15 8 54 o 4 167 13 8 165 18 o 34 6 o 69 5 8 42 15 8 71 18 o 115 18 8 43 1 o 55 11 8 22 12 8 26 17 8 44 13 4 131 12 4 204 17 8 60 9 8 £ s. d. 11,087 '2 I 1,915 2 O 5,812 17 6 5,5H '3 3 1,221 12 3 2,351 11 6 ',373 1 7 2,406 13 1 4,223 8 5 1,452 14 5 1,886 1 6 722 4 5 794 17 3 1,441 16 1 4,38i 12 7 6,716 14 11 2,213 10 o Totals ... 1,6. l6 2 IO