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Table No. 23—continued. Statement showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph Construction during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1899 — continued.

By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB99.

Line. Expenditure. Material from Stores. Total Coat during the Year. Ormondville-Man gatera... Feilding Eaoecourse Otaki Eaoecourse Murutai Seatoun Dreyerton Cunningham's ... Molesworth Street Colling wood-Bainham ... Belgrove-Tophouse Eenwicktown-Kaituna ... Eeef ton-Crushington Westport-Cardiff Owen Junction Ngahere-Blackball Greymouth-Stillwater ... Orari-Geraldine Ashburton-May field Eangiora-Fernside Eangiora-Ashley Bank ... Papanui Bealey Linton Downs ... Kaiapoi -Woodend Waikari-Ha warden German ©ay Ngapara-Tokarahi Wairio-Wrey's Bush Hyde-Kokonga Windsor Balclutha-Warepa Drummond-Heddon Bush Colac Bay-Eound Hill ... Merrivale-Clifden Invercargill-Otautau B weburn-Eanf urly £ s. d. 1 16 6 "a 19 o "3 1 7 9 10 244 0 9 66 1 6 63 12 9 80 15 9 82 14 0 13 2 46 2 5 125 9 11 6 14 0 12 5 9 £ s. d. 81 17 8 14 9 2 19 1 3 4 9 9 4 17 2 3 12 0 50 15 4 79 1 2 102 3 4 21 8 0 0 18 0 26' 0 0 172 16 8 7 19 6 16 5 3 4 18 16 1 £ s. d. 81 17 8 1 16 6 14 9 2 23 0 3 4 9 9 7 18 9 9 10 3 12 0 294 16 1 145 2 8 165 16 1 102 3 9 82 14 0 0 18 0 13 2 26 0 0 46 2 5 298 6 7 14 13 6 28 11 0 4 18 1 6 1 0 4 0 20 0 5 192 9 7 0 16 2 2 17 4 134 6 7 28 19 9 4 17 10 126 16 2 96 12 1 102 2 4 282 3 3 361 16 0 9 2 0 0 4 0 12 3 6 112 7 7 0 2 6 2 8 8 129 6 3 7 16 11 80 2 0 0 13 8 0 8 8 5 0 4 28 19 9 4 11 12 9 8 19 16 11 38 12 3 61 18 10 283 8 11 0 16 9 114 6 6 76 15 2 63 10 1 220 4 5 78 7 1 9 2 0 Cable No. 3, Oterangi-White's Bay 9,801 12 925 15 8 2 11,163 15 4,709 3 8 0 20,965 8 5,634 18 4 2 Purchase of material 10,727 17,823 7 10 6 2 15,872 18 8 26,600 6 6 Total expenditure to 31st March, 1898 28,550 14 800,735 4 0 9 Total cost of lines during 1898-99 £829,285 18 9 £26,600 6 6