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Table No. 27. Cost of Telegraph Lines, Telephone Exchanges, and Cables throughout the Colony.

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Section of Line. Number of Miles of Jjine. Total Cost of Section. Cost per Mile. £ s - d. £ s - dNorth Island. Potal, North Island, to 31st December, 1891 Expenditure on sundry lines constructed during 1891 2,566 253,311 14 11 2,099 X 5 I0 49 19 11 t Totals .. 2,608 255,411 10 9 South Island. Total, South Island, to 31st December, 1891 Expenditure on sundry lines constructed during 1891 2,804 88 251,214 5 o 2,298 18 1 26 2 6 Total for South Island 2,892 253>5i3 3 1 Total for North Island 2,608 255,411 10 9 Total for colony 5,500 508,924 13 10 Cook Strait cables 89,905 2 4 Telephone exchanges 107,254 1 3 Grand Total .. 17 5