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Return showing the Capital Cost, Working Expenses, and Revenue of the Telephone Exchanges, Year by Year from the Date of their Establishment.

Note.—Excluding the estimated cost of superintendence, inspection, &c, and the value of the instruments and material in stock, the total capital cost was £49,407 Ss.

Annual Gross Bevenue. Capital Cost for Wire, Instruments, Poles, Labour, Freight, Superintendence, &c. Wire Laid. 13™ >° ■3 * I ao2n <! Exchange. Date ol Establishment. No. of Connections. Avorage for each Connection. Total for all Connections. ■vt 4} Average Miies C05t P" Jymes- Mile. Gross Working Expenses, including 10 per cent, for wear and tear. Total nett Kevenue, i.e., Salance of Revenue over Working Expenses. Amount of Subscriptions received during the Year. Average Amount of each Subscription. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. d. Auckland .. .. .. 24th October, 1881 .. 439 3,666 9 8 8 7 0 25 5 7J 11,098 15 6 336 33 0 8 2,152 15 9 1,513 13 11 13-64 Napier.. .. .. .. 24th September, 1885.. 104 791 1 6 7 12 1 22 6 10J 2,323 17 0 46 52 13 8 466 5 8 324 15 10 13-94 Wellington .. .. .. 1st March, 1883 402 2,609 5 2 6 9 9 32 9 7 13,057 0 7 249 52 9 6 2,331 12 0 277 13 2 2-12 Blenheim .. .. .. 1st April, 1887 45 365 11 6 8 2 5 30 7 4f 1,366 13 4 26 52 11 3 353 11 4 12 0 2 0-87 Nelson .. .. .. 1st November, 1884 .. G4 542 8 8 8 9 6 19 12 0 1,254 8 4 31 40 9 3 358 8 9 183 19 11 14-59 Christchurch .. .. .. 1st October, 1881 D32 2,714 5 1 8/3 6 21 17 8J 7,266 0 4 232 31 6 4 1,683 13 11 1,030 11 2 14-17 Timaru .. .. .. 16th October, 1885 .. 60 475 5 10 7 18 5 15 15 95 947 8 10 19 49 17 4 332 13 10 142 12 0 14-88 Oamaru .. .. .. 25th November, 1884.. 47 364 0 5 7 14 10 20 19 5J 985 13 9 32 30 16 1 281 11 3 82 9 2 8-23 Duneain .. .. .. 26th April, 1882 515 4,175 4 9 8 2 2 22 16 10J 11,764 9 1 276 42 12 6 2,282 19 0 1,892 5 9 10-8 Invercargill .. .. .. 7th November, 1883 .. DO 457 13 11 7 5 4 16 9 0J1 1,036 9 10 18 57 & 8 339 0 10 118 13 1 11-38 Wanganui .. .. .. 16th March, 18S6 81 720 2 0 8 17 10 27 0 0 2,187 1 9 45 48 12 0 455 10 8 264 11 4 12-7 Total for year ending 31st March, 1888 2,152 16,881 8 6 7 16 10 24 15 2 53,287 18 4 1,310 40 13 6 11,038 3 0 5,843 5 6 10-96 Total for year ending 31st March, 1887 2,042 15,477 16 2 7 11 7 21 16 G 44,566 16 5 1,107 40 5 2 9,807 3 7 5,670 12 7 12-67 Total for year ending 31st March, 1886 1,710 12,294 1 2 7 3 8 21 16 8 37,319 12 1 811 46 0 4 8,985 0 5 3,309 0 9 8-86 Total for year ending 31st March, 1885 1,075 10,008 3 6 9 6 2 23,461 17 6 6,181 0 0 3,827 3 6 16-31 Total for year ending 31st March, 1884 715 7,746 16 7 10 16 8 15,604 17 6 3,375 0 0 4,371 16 7 28-01 Total for year ending 31st March, 1883 379 5,014 9 2 13 1 5 8,271 13 6 2,317 0 0 2,697 9 2 32-62 Total for year ending 31st March, 1882 .. 116 613 5 2 5 5 8 2,531 14 0 963 0 0