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Table No. 20. Table showing the Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines for the Year ended 31st March, 1913.

District. Miles of Wire. Miles of Line. Travellingexpenses of Engineers and Linemen. Extra Labour. Material. Upkeep of S.b. Tutanekai. Rural Total KoWiea nf to Settlers. Maintenance. Linemen. Total Cost of Maintenance. Average Cost per Mile of Wire. Average Cost per Mile of Line. £ s. d. 1,921 17 10 £ s. d. 2,320 9 6 £ 8. d. 2,011 5 10 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 6,253 13 2 £ s. d. 5,255 7 1 £ s. d. 11,509 0 3 £ s. d. 1 1 8 £ s. d. 3 r,; :; Auckland 10,626 3,473 Wellington 12,695 3,143 2,400 9 1 4,097 2 2 4,986 15 7 11,484 li I 7,149 17 6 18,634 4 4 1 9 4 5 18 7 Nelson 2,785 1,036 994 4 ! I ,<;oi 14 11 1,150 5 6 3,746 4 (i 2,528 13 5 6,274 17 11 2 5 1 6 1 1 Canterbury 8,008 2,142 1,209 8 11 2,016 13 10 2,993 1 1 6,219 3 10 3,900 13 6 10,119 17 4 1 5 3 4 14 6 Otago 7,778 2,714 780 13 3 832 4 6 1,010 19 2 2,623 l(i 11 4,370 19 2 6,994 16 1 0 18 0 2 11 7 Total 41,892 12,508 , 7,306 13 2 10,868 4 11 12,152 7 2 30,327 5 3 23,205 10 8 53,532 15 11 1 5 7 4 5 7 Cables Knots. 374 168 6 10 982 1 2 255 6 7 3,454 13 9 4,860 8 4 4,860 8 4 Per Knot. 12 19 11 Stores Rural telephones — Assistance to settlers 126 15 4 ! 325 16 9 452 12 1 1,748 0 0 2,200 12 1 1,059 5 0 1,059 5 0 1,059 5 0 Laboratory, &o. 121 5 5 384 17 0 1,434 11 1 1,940 13 6 1,940 13 6 Wireless stations 17 0 6 91 14 1 74 13 3 183 7 10 183 7 10 Total telograph-lincs 7,740 1 3 i 12,652 13 11 1,683 8 3 ! 11,372 6 5 3,454 13 9 13,916 18 1 1,059 5 0 38,823 12 0 24,953 10 8 63,777 2 8 Telephone exchanges 47,005 1,976 12,131 17 1 25,187 11 9 17,004 5 0 42,191 16 9 Grand total 9,423 9 6 24,025 0 4 26,048 15 2 3,454 13 9 1,059 5 0 64,011 3 9 41,957 15 8 105,968 19 5