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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.

1 .. . Number | Year ended „£ „, Line. Number of i Miles of I Wire, j H° Private, E and Press. ■£ Number of Telegrams during the Ye; forwarded IT. Revenue from all Sources. Value of Government Messages. Total Value of Business done during the Year. Cost of r _ Maintenance Maintenance Li of , .-' c, t .- excluding Stations. Austra i ian Cable Subsidy. Total Expenditure. Cost of Maintenance of Lines per Mile. Tarilt in Operation. " Private, Governand Press. ment. Total. I I _J 30th June, 1866 699 1,390 13 24,761 21 55,621 2,746 £ s. d £ s. d. 5,561 19 2 483 3 2 £ *• d. 6,045 2 4 £ s3.934 3 4| £ ■■■ d. 2,443 2 11 6,377 6 3 3 9 10 1 J- Mileage tariff. 27,407 1867 757 1,498 15,331 70,952 9,070 10 1 3,770 4 8 12,840 14 9 8,017 J 4 7 2,541 4 11 10,558 19 6 3 7 1 1868 1,110 2,223 31 | 72,241 26,244 98,485 11,652 3 7 6,672 o 3 18,324 3 10 9,489 17 10 5,406 7 3 14,896 5 1 4 17 4 1869 1,329 2,495 45 j 106,070 50,097 156,167 18,520 10 4 13,430 11 9 31,951 2 1 14,266 12 7 8,547 4 9 22,813 17 4 6 8 6 „ 1870 1,661 1871 1,976 1872 I 2,185 2,897 3,247 3,823 , 56 j 122,545 72 253,582 8l i 344,524 ; 62,878 59,292 67,243 185,423 312,874 411,767 17,218 1 4 12,252 6 o 22,419 8 8 9,876 17 6 28,121 10 o 11,043 3 9 29,470 7 4 32,296 6 2 39.164 13 9 16,417 7 4 21,254 4 3 23.593 9 9 14,120 4 10 ",344 3 8 8,858 19 7 30,537 12 2 32,598 7 11 32,452 9 4 8 9 11 5 19 6 423 Mileage tariff in operation up to ist Sept., 1869; unil form 2s. 6d. tariff from ist I Sept., 1869, to 31st March, 1870; and is. tariff from ist April. 1870. 1 1873 . 2,356 4,574 i 93 j 485,507 83,453 568,960 39,680 18 9 11,105 2 o 50,786 o 9 27,040 18 10 9,479 5 4 36,520 4 2 4 1 11 1874 2,530 1875 2,986 5,782 105 I 645,067 107,832 752,899 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 6,626 127 786,237 130,891 917,128 55,301 12 3 13,679 10 9 68,981 3 o 45,814 11 4 14,240 19 7 60,055 10 11 4 16 4 From ist November, 1873, address and signature given in free. 1876 3,154 1877 3,259 7.247 142 I 890,382 155 j 952", 283 160,704 1,051,086 62,715 10 4 16,154 6 o 65,644 I 5 3 117,024 8 9 78,869 16 4 82,669 4 o 61,696 14 5 63.353 IO IO 21,074 8 8 17,931 8 o 82,771 3 1 81,284 18 10 5 l8 10 5 12 11 7.423 172,159 1,124,442 1878 ; 3,434 8,035 182 1,065,481 i 194.843 1,260,324 73,284 1 10 19,148 12 4 92,432 14 2 69,340 1 8 18,259 4 9 87,599 .6 5 5 10 o 1879 3,512 8,117 195 1,201,982 214 824,734 227 1,058,342 246,961 1,448,943 85,402 o 2 26,949 2 2 112,351 2 4 79,502 o 5 17,299 7 10 96,801 8 3 509 1 . 31st March, 1880 , 3,638 9,333 J 183,675 I,008, 409 58,120 3 3 119,707 6 3 77,827 9 6 68,651 10 10 14,758 4 5 83,409 15 3 4 3 4 1881 1 3,758 i 9,587 246,370 1,304,712 73,002 2 o 127,021 3 8 100,023 5 8 78,224 1 8 23,154 8 3 101,378 9 11 667 . _. 1882 3,824 9,653 j 234 1,215,849 222,923 !.438, 772 78,828 19 8 22,737 !6 4 101,566 16 o 69,165 5 o 18,292 13 4 87,457 J 8 4 4 1 ? 4 -' ■