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Table No. 24. Cost of Telegraph Lines and Cables throughout the Colony.

Table No. 25. Return of the Number and Amount of Telegraph Money Orders Issued within the several Postal Districts during the Year ended 31st December, 1887.

Table No. 26. Cash Value of Shipping and Weather Telegrams and Amount chargeable to each Department of the General Government for Telegrams transmitted during the Year ended 31st December, 1887.

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Section of Line. Number of Miles ot" Line. Total Cost of Section. Cost per Mile. North Island. £ s. d. £ s- d. rotal, North Island, to 31st December, 1886 Expenditure on sundry lines constructed during year 1887 .. 2.130I 744 229,657 15 10 5,362 16 8 72 g 2 Totals 2,205 235,020 12 6 South Island. Total, South Island, to 31st December, 1886 Expenditure on sundry lines constructed during year 1887 .. 2,4*51 26 233,728 13 6 1,781 19 5 68 10 9 Total, South Island, to 31st December, 1887 2,441^ 235,510 12 11 rotal, North Island, to 31st December, 1887 2,205 235,020 12 6 Totals .. 4.646.I 47O.53I 5 5 'ook Strait cables 81,280 2 4 'elephone exchanges .. 58,303 9 7 Total £610,114 17 4

Districts. Number. Commission. Amount. Auckland .. Blenheim .. Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika .. Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui .. Wellington Westport .. 2,657 471 1,451 1,500 497 1,562 306 636 1.755 413 3i7 208 524 317 804 2.735 746 £ ■■ d. 132 17 o 23 11 o 72 11 o 75 o o 24 17 o 78 2 o 15 6 o 31 16 o 87 15 o 20 13 o 15 17 o 10 8 o 26 4 o 15 17 o 40 4 o 136 15 o 37 6 o £ s. d. 10,283 4 6 1.498 4 5 5,536 1 9 5.518 10 7 1,759 4 2 6,274 3 7 1,065 7 o 2,012 19 3 6,980 12 9 1,513 14 11 995 II ° 673 5 3 i,573 8 5 1,142 10 11 2.519 11 1 9,216 1 11 2,827 3 7 Totals 16,899 844 19 o 61,389 15 i

Department. Value. Colonial Secretary Customs Defence Judicial Postal Registrar-General Treasury Public Works Shipping Reports Weather Reports .. General 3,378 8 8 2,612 18 4 2,071 19 11 2,482- 1 5 3,800 16 7 993 12 o 1,814 2 9 4,901 2 1 3,290 18 10 3,300 o o 1 1559 11 3 Total 30,205 11 10