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Bridge, Mangonui, Manukau, Manukau Heads, Manutahi, Maori Hill, Maori Point, Maraekakaho, Maropiu, Marsden Point, Martinborough, Marton, Masterton, Masterton Railway, Matakana, Matakanui, Matakohe, Matamata, Matata, Mataura, Mataura Island, Mauku, Maungakaramea, Maungatapere, Maungaturoto, Mauriceville, Mauriceville Railway, Maxwelltown, Mendip Hills, Mercer, Merrivale, Methven, Middlemarch, Midhirst, Mikonui, Millburn, Miller's Flat, Milton, Miranda, Mititai, Moeraki, Mohaka, Mokihinui, Mornington, Morrinsville, Morrison's, Mosgiel, Mossburn, Motueka, Motueka Wharf, Motunau, Motupiko, Mount Albert, Mount Eden, Mount Linton, Mount Pisa, Mount Roskill, Mount Somers, Murchison, Muriwai, Napier, Naseby, Nelson, Nelson Creek, Nenthorn, Nevis, New Brighton, Newman, Newmarket, New Plymouth, Newton, Ngahauranga, Ngahere, Ngaire, Ngakawau, Ngapara, Ngaruawahia, Ngatimote, Ngaturi, Ngawha, Nightcaps, Nine-mile, Normanby, Norsewood, Northcote, North-east Harbour, North-east Valley, Nuggets, Nuhaka, Oakura, Oamaru, Oamaru Railway-station, Oaonui, Ocean Bay, Ogilvie's, Ohaeawai, Ohariu, Ohau, Ohaupo, Ohinemutu, Ohingaiti, Ohiwa, Ohoka, Okaiawa, Okaihau, Okain's Bay, Okarito, Okato, Okete, Okoroire, Omanaia, Omapere, Omata, Onehunga, Onehunga Wharf, Ongaonga, Ophir, Opoho, Opononi, Opotiki, Opua, Opunake, Orari, Orepuki, Oreti Plains, Orewa, Ormond, Ormondville, Oroua Bridge, Otago Heads, Otahuhu, Otakaia, Otakeho, Otaki, Otakou, Otamita, Otautau, Otiake, Otira Gorge, Otorohanga, Outram, Owaka, Oxford, Paeroa, Pahautanui, Pahi, Pahiatua, Pahiatua Railway, Paikakariki, Pakarae, Pakawau, Pakuranga, Palmerston, Palmerston North, Panmure, Papakaio, Papakura, Papanui, Paparoa, Papatoetoe, Paraparaumu, Parenga, Parnassus, Parnell, Parua Bay, Patea, Patearoa, Patumahoe, Patutahi, Peel Forest, Peep-o'-Day, Pemberton, Pembroke, Penrose, Petane, Petone, Petone Railway, Picton, Pigeon Bay, Pihama, Pine Bush, Pirongia, Pleasant Point, Plimmerton, Pohangina, Pohui, Pokeno, Pomahaka, Ponsonby, Porangahau, Porirua, Poroti, Port Albert, Port Awanui, Port Chalmers, Port Molyneux, Portobello, Port Robinson, Pouto (Kaipara Heads), Prebbleton, Puerua, Puhoi, Pukekohe, Pukerau, Puketapu, Pukeuri Junction, Pungarehu, Puniho, Purakanui, Puriri, Putaruru, Queensberry, Queenstown, Rae's Junction, Raglan, Rahotu, Rakaia, Ramarama, Rangiahua, Rangiora, Rangiriri, Rangitata, Rangiwahia, Rata, Ratanui, Raumai, Ravensbourne, Rawene, Reefton, Reefton Railway, Renwicktown, Richmond, Rimu, Riversdale, Riverton, Riwaka, Robin Hood Bay, Rock and Pillar, Rolleston, Romahapa, Rona, Rongotea, Roslyn, Ross, Rotherham, Rotorua, Roxburgh, Ruapekapeka, Russell, Ryal Bush, St. Albans, St. Andrew, St. Bathan's, St. Clair, St. Heliers Bay, Sandymount, Sanson, Sawyer's Bay, Scarrott's, Seacliff, Seddonville, Sefton, Shag Point, Shannon, Sheffield, Sherry River, Shortland, Skipper's, Southbridge, South Dunedin, South Norsewood, Spit, Spring Creek, Springfield, Spring Grove, Springston, Stafford, Stanley Brook, Stillwater, Stirling, Stoke, Stratford, Studholme Junction, Sumner, Sumner (Bureau No. 2), Sydenham, Tadmor, Taheke, Taieri Beach, Taieri Mouth, Taipa, Taipo, Tairua, Taita, Tai Tapu, Takaka, Takapau, Takapuna, Tamahere, Tapanui, Tapanui Railway, Tapu, Taradale, Tarata, Tarawera, Tariki Road, Tarras, Tatarariki, Taueru, Taumarere, Taupiri, Taupo, Tauranga, Tawa Flat, Te Ahuahu, Te Arai Bridge, Te Aro, Te Aroha, Te Aute, Te Awamutu, Te Kopuru, Te Mata, Templeton, Temuka, Te Nui, Te Puke, Thames, The Camp, The Forks, The Lake, The Port (Nelson), Thornbury, Thorndon, Thorpe, Tikokino, Timaru, Timaru Railway, Tinakori Road, Tinwald, Tirau, Tokarahi, Tokatea, Tokatoka, Tokatoka Wharf, Toko, Tokomaru Bay, Tolaga Bay, Tophouse, Totara Flat, Totara North, Towai, Trentham Rifle-Range, Tuakau, Tuamarina, Tuapeka Mouth, Tuapeka West, Tuparoa, Turakina, Turiroa, Turua, Upper Hutt, Upper Kuaotunu, Upper Moutere, Upper Queen Street, Upper Riccarton, Upper Symonds Street, Upper Takaka, Upper Waiau Ferry, View Hill, Wade, Wadestown, Waerengaahika, Waharoa, Waianiwa, Waiau, Waihemo, Waihi, Waihola, Waihopai, Waihou, Waikaia, Waikaka, Waikaka Siding, Waikaka Valley, Waikanae, Waikari, Waikino, Waikiwi, Waikoikoi, Waikomiti, Waikouaiti, Waima, Waimangaroa, Waimangaroa Junction, Waimata Valley, Waimate, Waimate North, Waimatuku, Wainui, Wainuiomata, Waiorongomai, Waipahi, Waipapakauri, Waipara, Waipatiki, Waipawa, Waipiro Bay, Waipori, Waipu, Waipu Junction, Waipukurau, Wairakei, Wairau Bar, Wairau Valley, Wairio, Wairoa, Wairoa Pilot-station, Waitaha Ferry, Waitahuna, Waitangi, Waitapu Wharf, Waitara, Waitati, Waitekauri, Waitepeka, Waitetuna, Waitotara, Waituna West, Waiuku, Waiwera, Waiwera South, Wakapuaka, Wakapuaka (Suburban), Wakefield, Wallacetown, Wallingford, Wanganui, Wanstead, Waotu, Warkworth, Washdyke, Wataroa, Waverley, Weatherstone, Weber, Wedderburn, Wellington, Wellington Railway, Wellington South, Wellsford, Weston, Westport, Whakapara, Whakarewarewa, Whakataki, Whakatane, Whangapoua, Whangarei, Whangarei Heads, Whangaroa, Whatawhata, Whenuakura, Whirinaki, White Cliffs, Whitianga, Wimbledon, Winchester, Winslow, Winton, Woodbury, Woodhaugh, Woodlands, Woodville, Woodville Railway-station, Woolston, Worser Bay, Wyndham. 2. The capital cost of constructing the lines to each telegraph and telephone bureau in the colony: The information is not obtainable beyond the data given in the attached statement marked A. 3. The distances of connections with main lines: The distances for those stations mentioned in statement A will be found on the attached statement marked B. 4. The revenues received from each bureau from the date of first commencing operations until the end of last financial year: The information asked for is not obtainable, except for the stations shown on the attached statement marked C. 5. The names of localities where bureaux (if any such exist) are being run free of paying the usual charges : None. 6. A list of those bureaux with and without undertakings of guarantee against loss: The following telephone offices and bureaux are at present guaranteed for a period of five years against loss to the department: Apiti, Ballance, Beck's, Bullendale, Cardiff, Crookston, Epsom, Halswell, Hanmer Plain, Hukerenui, Kilbirnie, Kiripaka, Lake Tekapo, Maharahara, Makara, Makuri, Mangahao, Mataura Island, Maungakaramea, Maungatapere, Ngaturi, Nuhaka, Ohiwa, Peel Forest, Pohangina, Poroti, Raumai, The Camp,* Upper Waiau Ferry, Waikaka, Waimata Valley, Wainui.

* Revenue guaranteed up to £13 Is. per annum for an indefinite period.