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Table No. 19. Table showing the Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines for the Year ended 31st March, 1914.

District. Miles of Wire. Miles of Line. Travellingexpenses of Engineers and Linemen. Extra Labour. Material. Upkeep of s.s. Tutanekai. Rural Telephones: Assistance to Settlers. Mafntlnance. Linemen - Total Cost of Maintenance. Average Average Cost Cost per Mile per Mile of Wire. of Line. Auckland 11,372 3,686 £ s. a. 2,406 3 2 £ s. d. 2,958 10 8 £ s. d. 3,455 1 9 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 8,819 15 7 £ s. d. 7,126 0 0 £ s. d. 15,945 15 7 £ s. d. 1 8 0 £ s. d. 4 6 6 Wellington 14,632 3,532 2,398 3 7 5,898 11 0 6,380 18 1 14,677 12 8 8,831 0 0 23,508 12 8 1 12 1 6 13 1 Nelson 2,639 1,047 814 16 0 925 2 5 736 5 9 ' 2,476 4 2 2,159 0 0 4,635 4 2 1 15 1 4 8 6 Canterbury 7,929 1,995 1,847 0 9 4,092 16 2 3,151 14 2 9,091 11 1 5,194 0 0 14,285 11 1 1 16 0 7 3 2 Otago 8,070 2,784 1,331 18 8 1,344 12 7 1,296 12 11 3,973 4 2 4,795 0 0 8,768 4 2 1 1 9 3 3 0 Total 44,642 13,044 8,798 2 2 15,219 12 10 15,020 12 8 39,038 7 8 28,105 0 0 67,143 7 8 1 10 1 5 2 11 Cables 374* 344 17 3 890 9 7 137 17 0 5,314 17 0 6,688 0 10 6,688 0 10 17 17 8f Stores 62 3 9 1,664 18 9 1,727 2 6 1,543 0 0 3,270 2 6 Rural telephones — Assistance to settlers 1,374 17 4 1,374 17 4 1,374 17 4 Laboratory, &c. 191 0 3 649 14 6 659 8 7 1,500 3 4 1,500 3 4 Wireless stations 258 19 4 507 15 0 441 16 5 1,208 10 9 1,208 10 9 Total telegraph-lines 9,655 2 9 18,932 10 8 16,259 14 8 5,314 17 0 1,374 17 4 51,537 2 5 29,648 0 0 81,185 2 5 Telephone exchanges 79,154 2,314 1,769 5 4 18,041 13 8 14,749 18 0 34,560 17 0 19,262 0 0 53,822 17 0 Grand total 11,424 8 1 36,974 4 4 31,009 12 8 5,314 17 0 1,374 17 4 86,097 19 5 48,910 0 0 135,007 19 5 * Knots. + Per knot.