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Table No. 21. Return of the Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph Lines for the Year ended 31st March, 1901.

Table No. 22. Statement showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph Construction during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1901.

District. No. of Miles. Travellingexpenses of Inspectors and Linemen. [ Extra Labour. Value Salaries Cost of of of Material Material Inspectors purchased. issued from and Stores. Linemen. Total Cost of Maintenance. Average Cost per Mile. lUckland Wellington felson lanterbury Itago 1,8514 1,911 J 955| 889J 1,641 £ s. a. 837 19 5 1,125 7 9 1,039 16 10 486 15 4 644 15 11 £ s. d. 1,008 11 9 1,701 16 8 2,138 11 8 902 10 9 850 16 2 £ s. d. 411 5 4 ' 350 18 0 1,274 0 11 221 0 0 788 0 3 £ s. d. 581 15 10 2,048 18 1 1,831 15 7 1,447 0 0 779 7 4 £ s. d. 2,770 0 0 3,028 0 0 1,785 0 0 1,940 0 0 1,435 0 0 £ s. d. 5,609 12 4 8,255 0 6 8,069 5 0 4,997 6 1 4,497 19 8 £ s. d. 3 0 7 4 6 4 8 8 10 5 12 4 2 14 10 lables .. (knots) itores 7,249g 244 4,134 15 3 236 13 11 134 11 9 6,602 7 0 2,050 4 7 330 10 0 3,045 4 6 23 17 6 448 19 5 6,688 16 10 10,958 0 0 31,429 3 7 2,310 16 0 914 1 2 4 6 9 9 9 5 Totals 34,654 0 9 4,506 0 11 8,983 1 7 3,518 1 5 6,688 16 10 10,958 0 0

Line. Expenditure. Material from Stores. Total Cost during the Year. Telephone exchanges,— Ashburton Auckland Blenheim Christchureh Dunedin Peilding Gisborne Greymouth ... Hastings Hawera Hokitika Invercargill ... Marton Masterton Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Pahiatua Palmerston North Stratford Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington ... Woodville £ s. d. 12 16 0 563 2 6 19 5 6 278 11 7 888 2 1 26 11 5 85 5 5 24 2 0 2 15 10 17 10 2 4 13 0 229 18 5 2 14 0 16 19 0 16 5 8 34 12 0 12 1 2 72 6 8 290 8 5 23 9 0 7 0 11 6 2 9 138 0 4 91 10 1 690 18 1 22 0 5 £ s. d. 67 15 9 1,407 6 8 130 13 8 427 3 10 1,569 3 11 168 6 9 273 6 9 168 16 1 13 8 0 93 6 4 957 4 11 42 4 2 229 19 10 64 8 5 189 2 5 491 3 4 152 19 11 631 11 4 281 6 9 70 16 7 44 13 10 501 0 5 308 18 4 2,023 12 4 130 7 9 £ s. d. 80 11 9 1,970 9 2 149 19 2 705 15 5 2,457 6 0 194 18 2 358 12 2 192 18 1 16 3 10 110 16 6 4 13 0 1,187 3 4 44 18 2 246 18 10 80 14 1 223 14 5 503 4 6 225 6 7 921 19 9 304 15 9 77 17 6 50 16 7 639 0 9 400 8 5 2,714 10 5 152 8 2 Total exchanges 3,577 2 5 10,438 18 1 14,016 0 6 Mangonui-Oruru-Peria ... Kerikeri Ohaeawai-Pakaraka Whangarei-Kawakawa .„. Kaihu-Aranga ... Dargaville-Tangiteroria ... Otamatea Mangawai-Te Arai Kaukapakapa-Makarau ... Auckland-Kawakawa Auckland-New Plymouth Auckland-Manukau Heads Howick-Motuihi Island ... 121 11 5 11 99 7 126 16 170 3 442 3 0 12 1 3 61 16 85 3 241 7 4 9 3 1 8 2 0 6 6 3 9 23 9 1 33 0 9 32 9 5 99 5 10 4 7 5 23 5 10 121 11 4 29 0 10 132 8 0 126 16 1 202 13 1 541 9 0 4 19 5 24 9 4 61 16 6 665 9 3 2,550 12 7 3 9 2 241 7 7 580 6 0 2,309 4 10 3 9 2 129 4 5 112 3 2