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Table No. 19. Table showing Cost of Constructing Telegraph and Telephone Lines during the Year ended 31st March, 1917.

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Line. Total Cost, including Material from Stores. Tntal Cost. Total cost, including Material from Stores. Total Cost,* Line including Ij " 1 "' Material from Stores. I from stores. Telephone Exchanges— Auckland (automatic) . . Auckland Coromandel Dargaville Hamilton (automatic) . . Hamilton Kaikohe Kawhia Kohukohu Mangere Mangonui Matata Mount Eden (automatic) Opotiki Paeroa Ponsonby (automatic) .. Pukeatua Remuera (automatic) Rotorua Taumarunui Tauranga Te Kuiti Thames Tirau Waihi Waitoa Warkwoiih Whangarei Blenheim Carterton Danncvirko Eketahuna Eltham Keatherston Feilding Oisborne Hastings Hawera Levin Marton Mastertoti NapierNew Plymouth Pahiatua Palmerston North Patea Stratford Taihape. Waipawa Wairoa Wanganui Wellington Nelson Murehison Reefton Westport, Ash bin-ton Cheviot Christcliurcli . . ( iroymouth Hokitika Kaikoura Rakaia Rangiora . . Timaru Waiau Waimate Balclutha Cromwell Dunedin Core Invercargill Oamaru Quoenstown Tapanui £ 3,498 11,835 19 505 837 10,313 10 1 61 29 984 222 97 1,351 1.711 8 283 72 258 823 2,438 3,091 . 1,886 326 18 78 91 3,631 1,397 2,796 797 730 606 2,126 3,279 5,695 3,489 I ,119 1,420 I , 199 1,977 2,678 701 2,800 2,250 52 938 1,903 262 182 10,962 17,131 2,548 7 6 152 884 3 13,019 19 619 58 502 221 1,362 401 751 1,107 362 15,262 1,836 3,871 296 20 28 Lines — £ Aratoro Telephone-line . . . . 81 Auckland-Dargaville (metallic circuit) .. 3,226 Auckland Puhoi (metallic circuit) . . 484 Auckland - Pukekohe - Tuakau (metallic circuit) . . . . . . .. 683 Auckland-Thames—Paeroa (metallic circuit) 247 Awakeri Telephone-office .. .. 5 Greenwood's Corner Telephone-office . . 6 Hamilton-Auckland (metallic circuit) .. 2,757 Helensvillc-Paparoa (metallic circuit) . . 13 Huapai Telephone Extension .. . . 3 Hungalmnga Telephone Extension . . 147 Hamiii-aria Telephone-office . . .. 70 Kaeo (Morse) . . .. .. . . 3 Kaihere Telephone-office .. .. J Kaitaia (Morse) . . .. .. 20 Kawakawa-Russell (metallic circuit) .. 32 Kirikopuni Telephone-office . . .. 4 Kolickohe Telephone-office . . .. 51 Kopaki Telephone Extension . . . . 4 Kopuku Telephone Extension . . . . 61 Mamaranui Telephone-office . . .. 4 Mangonui-Peria (metallic circuit) . . 371 Matahuru Telephone-office .. .. 19 Mokauiti (removal) . . .. . . 25 Morrinsville-Matamata (metallic circuit) .. 191 Mount Maunganui Telephone Extension . . 172 Muripara - Te Whaiti Telephone-line . . 278 Ngapaenga Telephone Extension . . 1 Nohoroa Telephone-office .. .. 12 Ohaeawai-Kawakawa (metallic circuit) . . 431 Ohautira Telephone Extension . . . . 12 Oparau - To Awamutu (connections) . . 13 Opotiki-Cisborne Telephone Circuit .. 1,579 Opua (Morse) . . . . . . . . 18 Owhiro Telephone-office . . .. 21 Paetawai Telephone-office .. .. 14 Paparata Valley (removal) . . . . 9 Paparoa-Tokatoka (metallic circuit) . . 165 Portland Telephone-office . . . . 18 Raglan - Te Akau Telephone-line . . 177 Rataroa Telephone-office .. . . 1 Riponui—Tapuhi (new wire) . . .. 5 Rowsell's Telephone-office . . . . 5 Taumarunui-Ohura (metallic circuit) .. 163 Tauranga-Whakatane (metallic circuit) .. 1,924 Tauriko Telephone-office . . . . 4 Te Anga Telephone-office . . . . " 9 Te Kuiti - Hamilton (metallic circuit) .. 233 Te Pene Telephone-office . . . . .17 Te Puna (removal) . . .. . . 44 Te Waitcre Tslephone-offioe .. . . 1 Tukerangi Telephone-office . . .. 6 Waikaraka Telephone-office .. .. 5 Waimiha-Ongarue (metallic circuit) . . 2 Waitangi Telephone Extension . . . . (18 Whangarata Telephone Extension . . 2 Whangarei-Hukerenui (metallic circuit) .. 25 Whangarei-Onerahi (new line) . . .. 295 Blenhoim-Seddon (metallic circuit) . . 115 Blenheim-Nelson (Morse circuit).. .. 32 Gisborne-Opotiki Telephone Circuit .. 2,644 lhakara Telephone-office .'. .. 23 Mangahouhi Telephone Extension . . 74 May Morn (metallic circuit) . . .. 3 Murumuni Telephone Extension . . 11 Ngapeka .. .. . . . . 59 Paekakariki-Waikanae (metallic circuit) .. 1!) Pahiatua-Palmcrston North (metallic circuit) 60 Riariki Telephone Extension . . . . 89 iStratford-Hawera (metallic circuit) . . 792 Tahunaroa Telephone Extension. . .. 145 Te Huia Telephone Extension . . . . 5 Te Marua Telephone Extension . . . . 82 Waitotara-Orangimea Telephone Extension 526 Wanganui-Wellington (metallic circuit) . . 5,364 Wantwood Telephone-office .. .. 3 £154,299