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Table No. 17— continued. Comparative Table showing the 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-continued.

C Number 0 du )f Telegrams [ring the Ye; forwarded .r. Year ended. Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. so Telegraph Revenue from all Sources. Total Vane Value of • of Government \ Business done Messages, during the Year. Cost of Maintenance of Stations. Cost of Maintenance of Lines, excluding Australian Cable Subsidy. Total Expenditure. Cost of Maintenance of Lines per Mile. Tariff in Operation. Private, and Press. Government. Total. 31st Dec, 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 3,974 4,O74 4 264 4,463 4,546 4,646 4,790 4,874 5,148 5,349 5 479 5,513 9,848 IO ,O37 10,474 10,931 11 178 11 375 11 617 11 827 12 812 13 235 13,459 13,515 264 302 330 375 412 437 473 489 520 573 615 640 11,361 817 ji,379, 483 1,433,458 1 533,406 1,583,717 1 589,771 1 548,233 1 589 157 i,734>38i |i 746,115 1 686,064 1,825,646 208 372 219,917 220, 847 240,867 252 549 245 623 217,630 213 830 226,780 222 149 218 079 I 570,189 1 1599, 4 00 1.654,305 1 774 273 1 836,266 1 835,394 1 765 863 1,802 987 1,961 161 1,968 264 1 904,143 2,069,691 £ e. d. 90,633 11 2 93 822 3 3 95 634 5 5 101 652 8 o 106,638 12 2 106,548 4 o 106,311 11 6 106,462 18 4 110,696 17 8 117.633 15 9 103,813 8 6J 112,465 15 9 £ s. d. 20,608 11 11 21 555 19 2 20,855 19 7 24,860 9 o 27 281 4 9 30,205 11 10 23 164 13 11 24 218 9 3 26,070 12 7 24 840 5 7 24 342 7 o 28,317 7 10 £ s. d. in 242 3 1 115 378 2 5 116,490 5 o 126,512 17 o 133,919 16 II 136,753 15 10 129,476 5 5 130,681 7 7 136,767 10 3 142 474 1 4 128 155 15 6J Bf'7 8 3 3 7 £ b. d. 73 554 9 1 73,054 4 6 70,036 6 2 77,082 4 4 77,473 10 7 76,580 10 o 72 201 13 5 75,426 9 7 76,845 1 10 85 658 4 11 8 7,472 13 3 92,109 17 o £ b. d. 22,451 6 3 19,210 6 6 20,041 15 10 20,900 6 2 21,402 18 2 21 321 2 9 23 262 1 o 26,007 1 5 27 546 2 o 28,986 10 10 29,580 10 11 29,141 6 o £ s. d. 96,005 15 4 ■ 92,264 11 o I 90,078 2 O I 97,982 10 6 I 98,875 8 9 I 97,901 12 9 I 95,463 14 5 IOI >433 " o 104,391 3 10 114,644 15 9 "7,053 4 2 £21,251 3 o / s. d. 5 17 5 4 16 8 4 18 4 4 15 9 4 15 11 4 13 9 5 o 1 5 8 7 5 13 ° 5 12 7 580 5 5 9 From 1st November, 1873, address and signature given in free. From 1st Jan., 1886, delayed telegrams posted to addressees immediately after their receipt at offices of destination. For the Financial Year 1894-95. Year ended Number of Miles of Line. o Number & of J c Miles of ° o. Wire. JO z Number of Telegrams forwarded during the Year. Government. Total. Revenue, Value of Government Messages. Total Value of Business done during the Year. Total Expenditure (excluding Cable Subsidy). Remarks. Private, and Press. Telegraph. Telephone. 31st March, 1895 5,96ii I 4 ,88ijj 705 231,618 2,033,800 I £ s. d. 88,459 IO II £ s, d. 21,552 12 10 £ s- d. 26,050 7 5 136,062 11 2 135,791 o 7 I 802 182