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Table No. 21. Return of the Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph Lines for the Year ended 31st March, 1902.

Table No. 22. Statement showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph Construction during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1902.

District. No. of Miles. Travellingexpenses of Inspectors and Linemen. Extra Labour. Cost of Material purchased. Value of Material issued from Stores. Salaries of Inspectors and Linemen. Total Cost Average of Cost Maintenance, per Mile Luokland Wellington lelson lanterbury >tago .. 1,890 2,069§ 948J 895 1.666J £ s. d. 944 9 3 1,041 10 8 1,311 16 6 527 5 4 818 9 2 £ s. d. 1,839 15 11 1,293 13 6 3,186 6 8 925 16 6 1,360 17 9 £ s. d. 3,144 13 11 151 4 ? 2,504 9 5 720 7 8 709 11 6 £ s. d. 2,673 13 0 1,538 12 5 2,548 15 0 1,030 8 0 793 14 3 £ s. d. 2,840 0 0 2,930 0 0 1,501 0 0 1,935 0 0 1,455 0 0 £ s. d. 11,442 12 1 6,955 1 2 11,052 7 4 5,138 17 6 5,137 12 10 £ s. d. 6 11 3 7 3 11 13 2 5 14 10 3 18 Sables .. (knots) [tores 7.469J 248'7 4,643 10 11 92 10 6 138 15 10 8,606 10 4 1,095 6 9 477 8 7 7,230 7 0 11 17 9 524 12 1 8,585 2 8 405 11 4 10,661 0 0 39,726 10 11 1,605 6 4 1,140 16 6 5 6 5 0 12 11 Totals 4,874 17 3 10,179 5 8 7,766 16 10 8,990 14 0 10,661 0 0i 42,472 13 9

Line. Expenditure. Material from Stores. Total Cost during the Year. Telephone exchanges, — Ashburton Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dannevirke ... Dunedin Feilding Gisborne Greyinouth ... Hawera Hokitika Invercargill Masterton Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Pahiatua Palmerston North Stratford Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington ... Westport 0. . £ s. d. 4 8 1 203 11 4 426 12 2 0 4 0 1,173 18 10 8 17 6 80 10 0 8 11 2 149 1 10 390 9 6 131 14 9 299 4 5 52 15 2 23 13 6 5 12 5 41 17 2 32 8 7 30 4 6 6 6 10 152 10 4 154 1 1 136 0 5 661 0 8 £ s. d. 57 3 8 1,036 13 0 20 14 1 1,629 13 6 257 0 5 1,287 13 8 75 10 5 267 8 8 124 14 2 575 12 9 693 1 5 276 2 6 1,064 3 6 286 18 1 173 13 5 307 18 2 139 1 8 93 12 0 329 7 0 134 18 3 60 7 9 398 2 3 517 8 5 2,821 18 8 359 12 10 £ s. d. 61 11 9 1,240 4 4 20 14 1 2,056 5 8 257 4 5 2,461 12 6 84 7 11 347 18 8 133 5 4 724 14 7 1,083 10 11 407 17 3 1,363 7 11 339 13 3 197 6 11 313 10 7 180 18 10 126 0 7 359 11 6 141 5 1 212 18 1 552 3 4 653 8 10 3,482 19 4 359 12 10 Total exchanges 4,173 14 3 12,988 10 3 17,162 4 6 Doubtless Bay ... Horeke-Bawene Kerikeri Whangarei-Liinestone Island Mangawai-Te Arai Pahi-Whakapirau Helensville-Tahekeroa ... Henderson-Swanson Auckland-Mahoenui Auckland-Eotorua Ellerslie Racecourse Mount Eoskill-Waikowai Manurewa Bureau Tuakau-Onewhero ... Cambridge-Hautapu Thames-Paeroa Thames-Hikutaia 220 14 1 71 2 8 86 19 10 14 14 0 19 14 11 2 19 1 273 5 3 296 12 1 2,491 7 9 27 12 7 153 5 7 57" 18 10 19 12 1 2,712 1 10 27 12 7 71 2 8 240 5 5 14 14 0 77 13 9 2 19 1 19 12 1 273 5 3 1,605 6 1 17 3 5 39 3 6 6 4 11 46 6 7 101 4 11 32 17 8 4 13 11 1,308 14 0 17 3 5 12 13 10 26 9 8 6 4 11 2 3 3 73 2 6 32 17 8 44 3 4 28 2 5 4 13 11