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Table No. 17. 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.

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Number ol Telegrams, I ;£ during the Yea £i j Private, j Govern- £ ! and Press. ! ment. v Number ol Telegrams forwarded during the Year. forwarded Cost of xr - Total Value ,. . - Maintenance Cost ot -r . u \r i r e Cost of _ f Mam- — — Telegraph Value of of Maintenance M °L Total | tenance of Revenue from all ; Government Business done .. Lines. _ „,.. .. Sources. Messages. during *' excluding Expenditure. Lines Total. the Year. Stations. Australian Cable : P« Mile. Subsidy. Year ended Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. O - Tariff in Operation. ■ 30th June, 1866' 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 699 i,390 757 i,498 1,110 2,223 1,329 2,495 1,661 ! 2,897 1,976 ; 3,247 13 j 24,761 2,746 21 j 55,621 15,331 31 72,241 26,244 45 106,070 50,097 56 j 122,545 62,878 72 j 253,582 59,292 81 344,524 67,243 93 485,507 83,453 105 645,067 107,832 127 786,237 130,891 142 890,382 160,704 155 952,283 172,159 £ s. d £ s. d. 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 27,407 5,56i 19 2 483 3 2 j 6,045 2 4 3,934 3 4 2,443 2 11 6,377 63 3 9 10 70,952 9,070 10 1 ■ 3,770 4 8 ' 12,840 14 9 8,017 !4 7 2,541 4 11 10,558 19 6 371 98,485 11,652 3 7 6,672 o 3 18,324 3 10 9,489 17 10 5,406 7 3 14,896 51 4 17 4 156,167 18,520 10 4 13,430 11 9 31,951 2 1 14,266 12 7 8,547 4 9 22,813 T 7 4 6 8 6 185,423 17,218 1 4 12,252 6 o 29,470 7 4 16,417 7 4 14,120 ' 4 10 30,537 12 2 8 9 11 312,874 22,419 8 8 9,876 17 6 32,296 6 2 21,254 4 3 JI >344 3 8 32,598 7 11 5 19 6 411,767 28,121 10 o 11,043 3 9 39,i64 13 9 23,593 9 9 8,858 19 7 32,452 94423 568,960 39,680 18 9 11,105 2 o 50,786 o 9 27,040 18 10 9,479 5 4 36,520 42 4 1 II 752,899 46,508 18 10 12,618 11 6 59,127 10 4 38,801 19 4 15,021 17 11 53,823 17 3 6 3 11 917,128 55,301 12 3 13,679 10 9 68,981 3 o 45,814 11 4 14,240 19 7 60,055 i° n 4 16 4 1,051,086 62,715 10 4 16,154 6 o 78,869 16 4 61,696 14 5 21,074 8 8 82,771 31 5 18 10 1,124,442 65,644 15 3 17,024 8 9 82,669 4 o 63,353 IO i°| £ 7,93 I 8 o 81,284 18 10 5 12 11 ]■ Mileage tariff. Mileage tariff in operation up to rst Sept., 1869; uniform as. 6d. tariff from ist Sept., 1869, to 31st March, 1870; and is. tariff from ist April, t8?o. / I 1872 2,185 3,823 1873 2,356 4,574 1874 2,530 5,782 1875 2,986 6,626 From ist November, 1 1873, address and signature given in free. . 1876 3,154 j 7,247 1877 3,259 i 7,423 1878 1879 31st March, 1880 3,434 ' 8,°35 3,512 j 8,117 3,638 ! 9,333 182 1,065,481 194,843 195 1,201,982 246,961 214 824,734 183,675 227 1,058,342 246,370 234 1,215,849 222,923 1,260,324 73,284 1 10 19,148 12 4 92,432 14 2 69,340 1 8118,259 4 9 j 87,599 65 5 10 o 1,448,943 85,402 O 2 26,949 2 2 112,351 2 4 79,502 O 5 17,299 7 IO i 96,801 83509 1,008,409 58,120 3 3 19,707 6 3 77,827 9 6 68,651 10 10 14,758 4 5 I 83,409 15 3 434 1,304,712 73,002 2 o 27,021 3 8 100,023 5 8 78,224 1 823,154 8 3 1101,378 9 11 667 1,438,772 78,828 19 8 22,737 l6 4 101,566 16 o 69,165 5 o 18,292 13 4 j 87,457 18 4 4 17 4 1881 3,758 ; 9,587 1882 3,824 9,653