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Table No. 17 Comparative Table showing the Progress of the Telegraph Department during the Financial Years ended 30th June, 1866, to 30th June, 1879, 31st March, 1880, to 31st March, 1882, and Calendar Years ended 31st December, 1882, to 31st December, 1893.

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c Number of Telegrams forwarded during the Year. Cost of Maintenance of Lines, excluding Australian Cable Subsidy. Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. during tne Year. I Private. ! Govern - and Press. ; ment. Total. — j Telegraph Revenue from all I Sources. Value of Government Messages. Total Value of Business done during the Year. Cost of Maintenance of Stations. Total Expenditure. Cost of Maintenance of Lines per Mile. Year ended C &, 1° z Tariff in Operation. 3<3th June, 1866 699 24,761 2,746 5,561 19 2 483 3 2 £ s. d. 6,045 2 4 3,934 3 4 £ s. d. 2,443 2 11 £ B. d. 6,377 6 3 £ s- d. 3 9 10 [■ Mileage tariff. 1,390 13 27,407 1867 757 1,498 21 55,621 I5,33i 70,952 9,070 10 1 3,77° 4 8 12,840 14 9 8,017 14 7 2,541 4 11 10,558 19 6 3 7 1 1868 1,110 2,223 31 72,241 26,244 98,485 11,652 3 7 6,672 o 3 18,324 3 10 9,489 17 10 5,406 7 3 14,896 5 1 4 17 4 1869 1 329 2,495 45 106,070 50,097 156,167 18 520 10 4 13,430 11 9 31.951 2 1 14,266 12 7 8 547 4 9 22,813 J 7 4 6 8 6 1870 1871 1,661 1,976 2,897 3 247 56 72 122 545 253,582 62,878 59,292 185,423 312 874 17,218 1 4 22,419 8 8 12,252 6 o 9,876 17 6 J 29,470 7 4 32,296 6 2 16,417 7 4 21,254 4 3 14,120 4 10 ii,344 3 8 30,537 12 2 32 598 7 11 8 9 11 5 19 6 Mileage tariff in operation up to 1st Sept., 1869; uniform 2S. 6d. tariff from ist Sept., 1869, to 31st March, 1870; and is. tariff from ist April, 1870. 1872 2 185 3,823 81 344,524 67 243 411 767 28 121 10 o 11,043 3 9 39,i64 13 9 23 593 9 9 8 858 19 7 32,452 9 4 423 i873 2,356 4,574 93 485,507 83,453 568,960 39,680 18 9 11 105 2 o ; 50,786 o 9 27,040 18 10 9,479 5 4 36,520 4 2 4 1 11 1874 2,530 5,782 105 645,067 107,832 752 899 46,508 18 10 12,618 11 6 59,127 10 4 38,801 19 4 15,021 17 11 53,823 17 3 6 3 11 From ist November, 1873, address and signature given in free. From ist Jan., 1886, delayed telegrams posted to addressees immediately after their receipt at offices of destination. 1875 2,986 6,626 127 786,237 130,891 917 128 55 301 12 3 13,679 10 9 68,981 3 o 45 814 11 4 14,240 19 7 60,055 10 11 4 16 4 1876 3 154 7 247 142 890,382 160,704 1,051 ,086 62 715 10 4 16,154 6 o | 78,869 16 4 61,696 14 5 21,074 8 8 82 771 3 1 5 18 10 1877 3 259 7,423 155 952 283 172 159 1 124,442 65,644 15 3 17,024 8 9 82,669 4 o 63 353 10 10 17,931 8 o 81,284 18 10 5 12 11 1878 3,434 8,035 182 1,065,481 194,843 1,260,324 73 284 1 10 19,148 12 4 92,432 14 2 69,340 1 8 18,259 4 9 87,599 6 5 5 10 o 1879 3 512 8 117 195 1,201,982 246,961 1,448,943 85,402 o 2 26,949 2 2 J 112,351 2 4 79 502 o 5 j17 299 7 10 96,801 8 3 5 ° 9 31st March, 1880 3,638 9,333 214 824,734 183,675 1,008,409 58,120 3 3 19,707 6 3 77,827 9 6 68,651 10 10 I4>758 4 5 83,409 15 3 4 3 4 1881 3 758 9,587 227 1,058,342 246,370 1,304,712 73,002 2 o 27,021 3 8 J 100,023 5 8 78,224 1 8 23,154 8 3 101,378 9 11 667 1882 3 824 9,653 234 1,215,849 222,923 1,438,772 78,828 19 8 22,737 16 4 101,566 16 o 69,165 5 o 18,292 13 4 87,457 18 4 4 17 4