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NEW ZEALAND, 1894.

New Zealand Telegraph Service, 31st December, 1894.

Number Telegraph Stations 691 Miles of Line Wire ... .... 14,481 Miles of Line 5958 Total Expenditure on all Lines (Telegraph and Telephone) to 31st December, 1894 £689,914 19s. Bd. Number of Messages transmitted for Cash 1,816,296 Revenue £86,894 10s. Bd. Number of Messages transmitted O.H.M.S. ... 230,543 Value of Messages O.H.M.S £26,075 14s. Id. International:— Messages transmitted, No. 5591. Value .. £21,758 os. 2d. Messages received, No. 5354. Telephone Exchanges:— Number of Telephones on 31st December, 1894 4477 Amount received in 1893 £21,105 14s. 10d. Ditto 1894 £23,100 14s Bd. J G. WARD

TASMANIA, 1894.

TELEGRAPH STATISTICS, 1894.

Total Miles of Line on 31st December, 1894 . ... 1435 Total Miles of Wire on 31st December, 1894 2402 Number of Stations— Government . . 152 Railway Department .. 60 212 Net Receipts for Year 1894. £10,834