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Table No. 16— continued. 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— continued.

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Year ended Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. O .go Number of Telegrams during the Ye; I ' "I forwarded .r. Telegraph Revenue from al! Sources. Total Value 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, Governand Press. ment. Total. • 31st Dec, it 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 10,037 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 1,361,817 1,379,483 1,433,458 1,533,406 1,583,717 1,589,771 1,548,233 1,589,157 i,734.38i 1,746,115 1,686,064 1,825,646 '208,372 ,219,917 : 22O,847 1240,867 '252,549 1245,623 '213,830 226,780 |222,I49 218,079 244,045 £ s, d. 1,570,189 90,633 11 2 1,599,400 93,822 3 3 1,654,305 95,634 5 5 1,774,273 101,652 8 o 1,836,266 106,638 12 2 i>835.394 106,548 4 o 1,765,863 106,311 11 6 1,802,987 106,462 18 4 1,961,161 110,696 17 8 1,968,264 117,633 15 9 1,904,143 103,813 8 6J 2,069,691 112,465 15 9 £ s. d. 20,608 11 ii, 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. 111,242 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 6$ 140,783 3 7 £ s. 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 87.472 13 3 92,109 17 o £ s. 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 90,078 2 o 97,982 10 6 98,875 8 9 97,901 12 9 95,4 6 3 J 4 5 101,433 TI ° 104,391 3 10 114,644 15 9 117,053 4 2 121,251 3 o £ s. d. 5 17 5 4 16 8 4 18 4 415 9 4 15 11 4 13 9 5 o 1 5 8 7 5 13 o 5 12 7 580 5 5 9 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.

i 8 Number of Telegrams f during the Yeai ~orwarded Revenue. Year ended Number of Miles of Line. Miles of I 2°Wire. .2° Private, and Press. Government. Government Messages. Total Value of Total Expenditure Business done ' (excluding during Cable Subsidy), the Year. Remarks. Total. Telegraph. Telephone. 31st March, 1895 1896 1897 1898 6,245! 6, 2 8 4 f 6,484 14,8814 I 5.764i 18,024 7°5 743 780 824 1,802,182 1,899,632 2,285,001 2,469,415 231,618 224,579 235,168 226,818 2,033,800 2,124,211 2,520,169 2,696,233 88,459 10 11 97,178 14 o\ 100,385 16 1 99,798 8 10J £ s - d. 21,552 12 10 25,933 « 9 29,248 19 5 36,422 6 8 / s. d. 26,050 7 5 25,843 11 11 23,118 2 6 24,504 9 8 £ s. a.: / s. a. 136,062 11 2 135,791 o 7 X 48,955 18 8j! 143,665 14 o 152,752 18 o : 153,484 6 8 160,725 5 2j| 165,198 13 5 £ s - d - Cable subsidy, 6,492 11 8 4.774 5 5 3.972 8 1 1,849 2 9