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Table No. 22. Return of the Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph Lines for the Year ended 31st March, 1904.

Table No. 23. Statement showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph Construction during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1904.

I District. %£ Travelling- j expenses of Inspectors % and Linemen. Value Salaries Cost of of of Total Cost li,xtra Material Material Inspectors of Labour. purchased. issued from and Maintenance. Stores. Linemen. Average Cost per Mile .uckland .. 2,029 Vellington .. 2,030J lelson .. 1,019$ Janterbury .. 904J )tago .. .. 1,794$ £ a. A. 1,295 2 4 1,266 0 2 1,009 1 10 687 17 1 1,012 12 7 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. 4,544 18 9 4,840 16 11 1,817 16 0 2,615 0 0 15,113 14 0 2,120 17 5 831 13 0 4,361 7 0 3,100 0 0 11,679 17 7 1,826 10 7 220 13 6 1,185 15 8 1,613 0 0 5,855 1 7 1,003 7 4 335 9 1 1,554 18 9 1,636 0 0 5,217 12 3 1,828 8 7 1,015 19 6 1,027 11 11 1,412 0 0 6,296 12 7 £ s. d. 7 9 0 5 15 04 5 14 9} 5 15 4 3 10 2 7,7791 iables .. (knots) 283 .tores 7,7791 283 5,270 14 0 39 10 10 107 18 5 11,324 2 8 959 17 8 413 7 10 7,244 12 0 106 2 4 1,287 9 0 9,947 9 4 757 11 6 10,376 0 0 44,162 18 0 1,863 2 4 1,808 15 3 5 13 6* 6 11 8 Totals 47,834 15 7 5,418 3 3 112,697 8 2 8,638 3 4 10,705 0 10 10,376 0 0

Line. Expenditure. Material from Stores. Total Cost during the Year. Telephone exchanges,— Ashbuxton Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dannevirke ... Dunedin Feilding Gisborne Greymouth ... Hamilton Hawera Hokitika Invercargill ... Masterton Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Pahiatua Palmerston North Rotorua Stratford Thames Timaru Wanganui ... Wellington ... Westport Whangarei ... £ S. d. 22 2 5 2,684 15 7 14 17 0 899 13 6 95 8 1 1,953 9 1 22 5 6 113 12 5 141 5 0 69 10 8 16 19 1 92 8 3 70 7 11 83 14 5 245 1 9 22 10 9 28 18 0 62 4 7 4 5 .10 324 17 2 47 18 4 ... ! 1 12 11 ... | 6 14 9 357 0 1 126 4 6 774 9 7 ... ! 12 9 3 ... i 120 16 1 . | £ S. d. 134 7 7 5,511 19 0 153 15 3 3,204 16 7 230 8 6 1,953 3 10 183 11 6 563 6 1 640 13 6 199 0 4 143 17 6 241 6 8 216 16 10 249 10 4 684 1 6 233 10 0 320 11 5 109 8 10 44 4 7 617 6 6 349 16 4 65 11 8 11 14 6 475 16 8 691 8 5 2,031 11 9 84 1 9 175 1 11 £ S. d. 156 10 0 8,196 14 7 168 12 3 4,104 10 1 325 16 7 3,906 12 11 205 17 0 676 18 6 781 18 6 268 11 0 160 16 7 333 14 11 287 4 9 333 4 9 929 3 3 256 0 9 349 9 5 171 13 5 48 10 5 942 3 8 397 14 8 67 4 7 18 9 3 832 16 9 817 12 11 2,806 1 4 96 11 0 295 18 0 Total exchanges 8,415 12 6 19,520 19 4 27,936 11 10 Doubtless Bay-Auckland Fairbairns-Victoria Valley Waiotemarama Paradise Warkworth-Whangarei ... Te Kopuru-Dargaville ... Mapuna Euapekapeka ... N aumai-Eaupo Koutu Wayby Albany 170 6 3 11 14 6 116 12 2 51 13 6 130 14 0 15 11 6 ... 5 6 10 15 0 13 14 7 0 4 0 ... j 114 13 3 36 5 0 31 15 10 11 12 2. 4 11 0 16 10 7 17 11 4 10 9 27 18 7 | I i 170 6 3 11 14 6 152 17 2 51 13 6 130 14 0 47 7 4 11 12 2 9 7 11 2 1 10 21 12 6 4 14 9 142 11 10