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Table No. 22. Return of the Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph Lines for the Year ended 31st March, 1903.

Table No. 23. Statement showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph Construction during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1903.

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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 ' Average of Cost. Maintenance. . per Mile l_ Auckland Wellington Nelson Canterbury Otago land ngton m n-bury i .. .. 1,984! .. 2,014f992?, 917 | •• 1,8404 £ s. d. 1,186 5 3 1,367 5 1 972 18 1 641 11 11 693 16 11, £ s. d. 1,494 2 2 2,029 12 11 1,922 0 5 604 12 -I 976 11 3 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 2,742 19 2 2,574 18 2 2,745 0 0 427 13 0 1,835 7 10 2,810 0 0 363 8 11 1,788 3 4 1,350 0 0 -107 5 10 888 9 5 1,760 0 0 761 10 2 798 10 6 1,320 0 0 £ s. d. 2,742 19 2 427 13 0 363 8 11 -107 5 10 761 10 2 £ s. d. £ s. d. 10,743 4 9 5 8 3J 8,469 18 10 4 4 1 6,396 10 96 8 10J 4,451 19 6 4 17 1 4,550 8 10 2 9 5.) 34,612 2 8 4 9 4 2,161 9 2 7 17 9 3,209 12 3 Cables .. (knots) Stores 7,748| 274 4,861 17 3 110 14 2 74 5 9 7,086 19 1 1,417 11 5 464 12 4 4,792 17 1 46 11 8 2,670 14 2 7,885 9 3 586 11 11 9,985 0 Totals 5.04C 17 2 8, 90' "I 2 10 7,510 2 11 8,472 1 2 9,985 0 0 39,983 4 1

Line. Expenditure. Material from Total Cost during Stores. the Year. Telephone exchanges, — Ashburton Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dannevirke ... ... ... - Dunedin Feilding Gisborne Greymouth ... Hawera Hokitika Invercargill ... Masterton Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Pahiatua Palmerston North Eotorua Stratford Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington ... Westport ... £ s. d. 25 3 4 1,235 3 10 14 6 6 911 16 10 424 7 3 847 0 7 32 7 1 83 12 0 25 9 3 28 7 3 55 0 6 328 0 8 212 4 6 88 10 4 24 4 6 31 16 8 57 7 11 19 13 4 110 14 0 130 17 7 12 1 8 42 0 10 50 4 2 258 4 9 785 15 4 290 18 9 £ s. d. £ s. d. 80 19 8 106 3 0 2,120 5 11 ' 3,355 9 9 124 1 4 I 138 7 10 1,851 15 10 2,763 12 8 551 18 0 I 976 5 3 1,924 1 3 | 2,771 1 10 67 11 1. 99 18 2 309 4 ('» 392 16 6 176 5 3 . 201 14 6 165 5-7 193 12 10 136 18 0 191 18 6 252 17 0 580 17 8 451 19 3 : 664 3 9 468 16 10 557 7 2 282 5 8 306 10 2 381 3 1 412 19 9 96 12 4 154 0 3 68 11 6 : 88 4 10 415 14 2 526 8 2 196 17 8 ■ 327 15 3 217 6 9 229 8 5 25 11 9 67 12 7 405 6 11 455 II 1 879 17 8 1,138 2 5 2,434 17 9 3,220 13 1 243 10 4 534 9 1 Total exchanges Doubtless Bay ... Waihopo Horeke Whangaroa Totara North-Mangonui... Warkworth-Whangarei ... Aoroa-Mangawhare Tuakau-Onewhero Pahi-Whakapirau Limestone Island Raupo-Eehia ... Ahuroa Waingaro-Ngaruawahia... Awhitu Central-Manukau Heads ... 6,125 9 5 6,369 8 4 38 10 5 195 8 3 0 10 0 99 2 11 70 19 6 8 5 5 259 6 0 0 13 4 167 0 9 0 10 10 2 12 2 49 8 9 14,329 15 1 3 17 9 6 3 7 2 5 6 185 18 8 767 0 10 31 18 3 1 11 3 96 7 10 157 12 11" 28 3 9 4 10 10 15 6 6 26 19 8 20,455 4 6 6,373 6 1 44 14 0 197 13 9 186 8 8 99 2 11 838 0 4 40 3 8 260 17 3 97 1 2 157 12 11 195 4 6 5 18 47 18 8 76 8 5