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Table No. 25. Cost of Telegraph Lines, Telephone Exchanges, and Cables throughout the Colony.

Section of Line. Number of Miles of .Line. Total Cost of Section. Cost per Mile. £ ■■ a. £ S. d. North Island. Total, North Island, to 31st December, 1890 Expenditure on sundry lines constructed during year 1891 .. 2.5014 64i 248,175 17 8 5.135 17 3 79 18 8 Totals 2,565! 253,3" 14 11 South Island. Total, South Island, to 31st December, 1890 Expenditure on sundry lines constructed during year 1891 .. 2,646! 1574 244,523 15 2 6,690 9 10 42 9 6 Total, South Island, to 31st December, 1891 2,8o 4 J 251,214 5 o Total, North Island, to 31st December, 1891 2.565! 253.3 11 H « Totals .. 5.37° 504,525 19 11 Cook Strait cables 81,280 2 4 Telephone exchanges .. 88,368 17 9 Total £674,175 o o