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Table No. 14. 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.

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Number o • of «-g Miles of Z£* Wire. £° Number of dot Private and Press. Number of Telegrams forwarded during the Year. f Telegrams foi iring the Year. Government. ! ir warded Total. - Telegraph Revenue from all Sources. Cost of Maintenance V,? S ' of of MainLines Total tenance of exclndine Expenditure. Lines Australian Cable P er M,le - Subsidy. Tariffin Operation, Year ended Numher of Miles of Line. Total Value Value of of Government Business done Messages. during the Year. Value of Government Messages. Cost of Maintenance of Stations. 1 i i 1 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. I / s. d. 2,443 2 11 6,377 6 3 3 910 ) 2,541 4 11 10,558 19 6 3 7 I 1 1 5,406 7 3 14,896 51 4 17 4 J 8 >547 4 9 22,81317 4 6 8 6|\M 14,120 4 10 ! 30,537 12 2 8 9 11 I ",344 3 8 , 32,598 711 5 19 6 if8,858 19 7 ! 32,452 94 423 9,479 5 4 36,520 4 2 4 1 11 \) 15,021 17 11 53,823 17 36 3 11 k 14,240 19 7 60,055 IO rI 4 16 4 21,074 8 8 82,771 31 5 18 10 p 17,931 8 o 81,284 J 8 10 5 12 11 18,259 4 9 87,599 65 510 o 1 17,299 7 10 96,801 83 509 14.758 4 5 83,409 15 3 434 23,!54 8 3 101,378 9 11 6 6 7 I 18,292 13 4 87,457 18 4 4 17 4 / 22,451 6 3 96,005 15 4 5 17 5 " 19,210 6 6 92,264 11 o 4 16 8 F 20,041 15 10 90,078 20 4 18 4 20,900 6 2 97,982 10 6 ! 4 15 9 21,402 18 2 98,875 8 9 4 15 11 21,321 2 9 97,901 12 9 ! 4 13 9 F 23,262 1 o 95,463 14 5 ■ 5 o 1 26,007 1 5 101,433 11 o ! 5 8 7 27,546 2 o 104,391 3 10 5 13 o 28,986 10 10 114,644 15 9 5 12 7 29,580 10 11 117,053 42 580 129,141 6 o 1121,251 30 5 5 9 I Mileage tariff. Vlileage tarirf in open up to 1st Sept., 1869; form 2s. 6d. tariff fron Sept., i860, to 31st Mi 1870; and is. tariff 1st April, 18^0. From ist Novem 1873, address signature given free. From ist Novem 1873, address signature given free. From ist Jan., 1 delayed telegr posted to addres immediately a their receipt offices of dest tion. 30th June, 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 31st March, 1880 ' 1881 1882 31st Dec, 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 699 757 1, no 1,329 1,661 1,976 2,185 2,356 2,530 2,986 3,154 3,259 3,434 3,512 3,638 3,758 3,824 3,974 4>o74 4,264 4,463 4,546 4,646 4,79° 4,874 5,349 5,479 5,513 i,390 1,498 2,223 2,495 2,897 3,247 3,823 4,574 5,782 6,626 7,247 7,423 8,035 8,117 9,333 9,587 9,653 9,848 10,037 J o,474 10,931 11,178 n,375 11,617 11,827 12,812 13,235 13,459 I3,5i5 13 21 31 45 56 72 81 93 105 127 142 155 j 182 i 195 i 214 I 227 ] 234 P 264 i 302 : 33° h 375 1 412 i 437 ' 473 : 489 : 520 i 573 1 615 : 640 : 24,761 2,746 , 27,407 55,621 15,331 70>952 72,241 26,244 98,485 106,070 50,097 156,167 122,545 62,878 j 185,423 253,582 59,292 j 312,874 344,524 ! 67,243 , 4n,7 6 7 485,507 83,453 , 568,960 645,067 107,832 752,899 786,237 130,891 '■ 917,128 ! 890,382 160,704 1,051,086 1 952,283 172,159 1,124,442 |i,065, 481 ,194,843 1,260,324 1,201,982 246,961 1,448,943 824,734 183,675 1,008,409 :i,058, 342 246,370 1,304,712 11,215,849 222,923 1,438,772 1,361,817 208,372 1,570,189 i,379,4 8 3 219,917 1,599,400 1,433,458 220,847 ,1,654,305 1,533,406 240,867 |i,774, 273 I'S^,? 1 ? 252,549 1,836,266 1,589,771 1245,623 '1,835,394 1,548,233 1217,630 1,765,863 1,589,157 213,830 ;i,802, 987 1,734,381 226,780 1,961, 161 1,746,115 222,149 .1,968,264 1,686,064 218,079 ;i,904, 143 1,825,646 244,045 2,069,691 5,561 19 2 9,070 10 1 11,652 3 7 18,520 10 4 17,218 1 4 22,419 8 8 28,121 10 o 39,680 18 9 46,508 18 10 55,301 12 3 62,715 10 4 65,644 15 3 73,284 1 10 85,402 o 2 58,120 3 3 73,002 2 o 78,828 19 8 90.633 11 2 93,822 3 3 95.634 5 5 101,652 8 o 106,638 12 2 106,548 4 o 106,311 11 6 106,462 18 4 110,696 17 8 "7,633 15 9 103,813 8 6J 112,465 15 9 £ s. d. £ s. d. 483. 3 2 6,045 2 4 3,770 4 8 12,840 14 9 6,672 o 3 18,324 3 10 13,430 11 9 31,951 2 1 12,252 6 0 29,470 7 4 9,876 17 6 32,296 6 2 ",043 3 9 39,164 13 9 11,105 2 o 50,786 o 9 !i2,6i8 11 6 59,127 10 4 13,679 10 9 68,981 3 o '16,154 6 o 78,869 16 4 117,024 8 9 82,669 4 ° 19,148 12 4 92,432 14 2 126,949 2 2 112,351 2 4 |i9,707 6 3 77,827 9 6 127,021 3 8 100,023 5 8 !22,737 16 4 101,566 16 o 20,608 11 11 111,242 3 1 21,555 19 2 115,378 2 5 20,855 19 7 116,490 5 0 24,860 9 o Ii26,5i2 17 o 27,281 4 9 133,919 16 11 30,205 11 10 136,753 15 IO 23,164 13 11 129,476 5 5 124,218 9 3 130,681 7 7 26,070 12 7 136,767 10 3 24,840 5 7 142,474 1 4 J24.342 7 o 128,155 15 6\ !28,3i7 7 10 140,783 3 7 £ s. d. 3,934 3 4 8,017 14 7 9,489 17 IO 14,266 12 7 16,417 7 4 21,254 4 3 23,593 9 9 27,040 18 10 38,801 19 4 45,814 11 4 61,696 14 5 6 3>353 I0 IO 69,340 1 8 79,502 o 5 68,651 10 10 78,224 1 8 69,165 5 o 73,554 9 1 73,054 4 6 70,036 6 2 77,o82 4 4 77,473 IO 7 76,580 10 o 72,201 13 5 75,426 9 7 76,845 1 10 85,658 4 II 87,472 13 3 92,109 17 o; Mileage tariff. Mileage tarirf in operation up to ist Sept., 1869; uniform as. 6d. tariff from ist Sept., 1869, to 31st March, 1870; and is. tariff from ist April, 1870. From ist November, 1873, address and signature given in free. From ist November, 1873, address and signature given in free. From ist Jan., 1886, delayed telegrams posted to addressees immediately after their receipt at offices of destination.