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Table No. 21. Return showing the Capital Cost, Working-expenses, and Revenue of the Telephone Exchanges, Year by Year, from the Date of their Establishment.

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Is Capital Cost for Instruments, Wire, Poles, Labour, Freight, Superintendence, &c. Materials and Linemen. Working-expenses. Working-pxrmtises. Working-expenses. Balance of Revenue over Working- ! Kent, Fuel, ! expenses. *Wear-and- Light, Paper,! r,.,,..,, tear, &c. Printing, ; ' oc '" Binding, &c. Annual Kate per Cent. yielded on Capital Cost. Year. is Average Cost of each Connection. Salaries and Allowances of Clerks, &c. Total for all Connections. Total for the year ended 31st March, — £ s. d. £ s. d. | £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 275 0 0 253 0 0 150 0 0 £ s. d. aj a. u.. 275 0 0 595 0 0 770 0 0 £ s. d. | £ s. d.l £ s. d. £ s. d. j I 253 0 0 150 0 0 963 0 0 207 16 0 I 827 0 0 300 0 0 2,317 0 0 | 4,492 8 8 I 1,560 0 0 j 350 0 0 3,375 0 0 3,653 7 4 8-17 54-31 23-41 1882 116 21 16 6 2,531 14 0 613 5 2 285 0 0 1883 379 21 16 6 8,271 13 6 5,014 9 2 595 0 0 595 0 0 827 0 0 300 0 0 1884 715 21 16 6 15,604 17 6 7,746 16 7 695 0 0 770 0 0 1,560 0 0 350 0 0 1885| 1,075 21 18 6 23,461 17 6 10,008 3 6 1,770 0 0 1,590 0 0 2,346 0 0 ; 475 0 0 ,590 0 0 I 2,346 0 0 ; 475 0 0 6,181 0 0 I 3,827 3 6 16-31 . ... .. I 1886 1,710 20 8 6 37,319 12 1 12,294 1 2 2,849 1 3 1,704 0 0 3,731 19 2 ; 700 0 0 ,704 0 0 ,580 10 0 ,252 0 0 I 3,731 19 2 ; 700 0 0 8,985 0 5 i 5,011 19 7 I 4,068 12 2 320 0 0 8,842 2 2 6,635 14 0 I 4,940 14 6 : 330 0 0 10,642 4 6 6,239 4 1 13-42 16-30 12-63 '. 1887 .. .. 2,038 19 19 5 40,686 3 1 15,477 16 2 2,873 0 0 1,580 10 0 4,068 12 2 320 0 0 1888 2,153 22 19 0 49,407 5 0 16,881 8 6 3,119 10 0 2,252 0 0 | 4,940 14 6 330 0 0 ' 1889 2,249 23 18 10 53,849 11 6 17,613 4 0 3,315 10 0 '2,249 7 0 5,344 9 2 I 335 0 0 ,249 7 0 I 5,344 9 2 , 335 0 0j 11,244 6 2 : 6,368 17 10; 11-82 1890 2,402 24 4 1 58,229 3 0 ■ 18,581 11 7 I 3,790 0 0 2,206 10 0 ; 5,823 0 1 375 0 0J ,206 10 0 I II I j 5,823 0 1 375 0 0| 12,194 10 1 6,387 1 61 1100 1891 2,587 24 17 1 64,294 4 4 19,961 4 2 4,192 0 0 | 2,249 18 5 ! 6,429 8 5 394 3 9 ,249 18 5 i I 6,429 8 5 394 3 ■ 9 13,265 10 7 6,695 13 7 |10-43 1892 3,080 24 16 11 76,579 1 8 18,571 7 8 i 4,630 0 0 2,345 2 9 ; 7',658 7 11 : 393 1 6 ,345 2 9 ; I ; 7',658 7 11 ; 393 1 6 15,026 12 2 3,544 15 6 4-63 1893 3,690 24 16 11 | 91,687 11 1 I 19,155 11 5 ; 7,405 0 0 2,695 19 10 ] 9,168 15 1 j 464 6 2 ,695 19 10 ) j 9,168 15 1 464 6 2 19,734 1 1 -578 9 8 Loss. 1894 j 4,244 24 12 1 1104,425 3 0 .21,771 4 4 . . j 7,720 0 0 S 3,313 1 1 10,442 10 4 ' 741 18 9 ,313 1 1 . 10,442 10 4 ; 741 18' 9 22,217 10 2 , -446 5 loj Loss. 1895 1896 4,616 5,143 25 6 3 116,845 10 4 ! 21,552 12 10 24 6 6 125,108 4 1 25,933 12 9 9,285 0 0 ! 9,686 0 10 4,253 11 4 11,684 11 0 817 19 5 5,303 11 9 12,510 16 5 1,952 8 3 7,398 0 10 1.3,429 19 1 1,856 13 2 ,253 11 4 ,303 11 9 ,398 0 10 834 2 11 : 11,684 11 0 817 19 5 26,041 1 9 -3,420 1 9 I 12,510 16 5 1,952 8 3 29,452 17 3 -3,519 4 6 I 1.3,429 19 1 1,856 13 2 34,991 2 8 -5,742 3 3 7,110 18 7 1,881 11 11 35,008 11 5 1,413 15 3 Loss. Loss. Loss. 099 1897 .. 5,747 23 7 4 134,299 11 4 29,248 19 5 12,306 9 7 14,181 18 0 1898 5,787 24 11 6 142,218 11 8 36,422 6 8 I 11,834 2 11 7,110 18 7 1,881 11 11 1899 6,203 24 5 3 150,490 18 9 39,718 7 7 15,030 7 1 16,190 4 0 7,524 10 11 1,861 2 3 ,190 4 0 847 13 6 ) 7,524 10 11 1,861 2 3 40,606 4 3 -887 16 8 i 8,116 13 0 1,892 10 8 46,567 10 4 j -3,264 7 6 Loss. Loss. 1900 7,150 22 14 1 162,333 1 2 43,303 2 10 15,710 13 2 16,304 6 3 18,448 3 5 20,847 13 6 8,116 13 0 1,892 10 8 1901 8,210 21 9 7 176,349 1 8 49,117 0 8 18,225 18 9 ; 8,817 9 0 15 10 20,570 0 9 \ 9,675 11 9 |2,078 12 10 ,22,078 4 11 10,698 6 6 2,614 15 0 ,225 18 9 ,570 0 9 078 4 11 I ; 8,817 9 0 |2,000 15 10 45,348 9 10 3,768 10 10 I ! 9,675 11 9 ;2,078 12 10 50,772 8 9 4,769 16 0 . 10,698 6 6 2,614 15 0 50,276 19 8 i 5,874 9 8 2-14 2-46 2-75 1902 .. .. 9,260 20 18 0 193,511 6 2 55,542 4 9 1903 10,633 20 2 6 213,966 10 8 62,151 8 11 ',20,885 13 3 * This column includes 5 per cent, for wear-aud-tear, and 5 per cent, for debenture capital, except in 1897-98 and following years, in which only 5 per cent, for debenture capital is included.