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Table No. 16. 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.

Eβ n . Number of Telegrams forwarded during the Year. Cost of r c Maintenance Cost of f Maintenance , ines Subsidy. Total Rxpenditure. Cost of Maintenance of Lines per Mile. Tariffln Operation. Year ended Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. 2= .c Private GovernE and Press. merit. Z , Total. — Telegraph Revenue from all Sources. Value of Government Messages. Total Value of Business done during the Year. 30th June, 1866 699 1,390 13 24,761 2,746 27,407 £ s. d. I / s. d. £ s. d. 5,561 19 2 483 3 2 6,045 2 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. 3.934 3 4 2,443 2 II £ s. d. £ s. d. 6,377 6 33 9 10 ) 1867 757 1,498 21 55.621 15,331 7 O .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 6 371 1- Mileage tariff. 1868 I.IIO 2,223 3' 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 14,89V 51 4 17 4 1869 1,329 2,495 45 106,070 50,097 156,167 18,520 10 4 13,430 11 9 31,951 2 1 14,266 12 7 8,547 4 9 22,81 } 17 4 6 8 6 1870 1871 1872 1,661 2,897 56 122,545 62,878 185,423 1,976 3,247 72 253,582 59,292 312,874 2,185 3,823 81 344,524 67,243 411,767 17,218 1 4 12,252 6 o 29,470 7 4 22,419 8 8 9,876 17 6 32,296 6 2 28,121 10 o 11,043 3 9 39,!64 13 9 " 16,417 7 4 14,120 4 10 21,254 4 3 11,344 3 8 23.593 9 9 8.858 19 7 27,040 18 10 9,479 5 4 38,801 19 4 15,021 17 11 45,814 11 4 14,240 19 7 61,696 14 5 21,074 8 8 30,537 r2 2 8 9 11 32,598 7 11 5 19 6 32,452 94423 Mileage tariff In operation up to ist Sept., 1869; uniform as. 6d. tariff from 1st Sept., i860, to 31st March, 1870; and is. tarill from 1st April, 18J0. 1 1873 2,356 4,574 93 485,507 83,453 568,960 39,680 18 9 11,105 2 o 50,786 o 9 36,520 4 2 4 1 11 1874 2.53° 5,782 105 645,067 107,832 752,899 46,508 18 10 12,618 11 6 59,127 10 4 53,823 17 3 6 3 11 1875 2,986 6,626 127 786,237 130,891 917,128 55,301 12 3 13,679 10 9 68,981 3 o 60,055 10 11 4 16 4 From ist November, 1873, address and f signature given in free. 1876 3,154 7,247 142 890,382 160,704 1,051,086 62,715 10 4 16,154 6 o 78,869 16 4 82,771 31 5 18 10 1877 1878 3,259 7,423 155 952,283 172,159 1,124,442 3,434 8,035 182 1,065,481 194,843 1,260,324 65,644 15 3 17,024 8 9 82,669 4 o 63.353 10 10 17,931 8 o 69,340 1 8 18,259 4 9 81,284 l8 10 5 12 11 73,284 1 10 19,148 12 4 92,432 14 2 87,599 65 5 10 o 1879 3,512 , 8,117 J 95 1,201,982 246,961 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 83509 jist March, 1880 3,638 9,333 214 824,734 183,675 1,008,409 58,120 3 3 19,707 6 3 77,827 9 6 68,651 10 10 14,758 4 5 78,224 1 8 23,154 8 3 69,165 5 o 18,292 13 4 83.409 '5 3 4 3 4 1881 3,758 9,587 227 1,058,342 246,370 1,304,712 73,002 2 o 27,021 3 8 100,023 5 8 101,378 9 11 667 1882 3,824 9,653 234 '1,215,849 222,923 1,438,772 78,828 19 8 22,737 l6 4 101,566 16 o 87,457 18 4 4 17 4