FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE WORKING AND PROGRESS OF THE NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1869 Session I, E-05

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FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE WORKING AND PROGRESS OF THE NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.

PKESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OP THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BY COMMAND OP HIS EXCELLENCY.

WELLINGTON.

1869.

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General Post Office, Sic,— Wellington, Ist July, 1869. I have the honor to submit for the information of your Excellency the Fifth Annual Report on the Telegraph Service of the Colony, for the year ended 30th June, 1869. I have the honor to be, Sir, Tour Excellency's most obedient Servant, Julius Vogel, Telegraph Commissioner. His Excellency Sir G-eorge Ferguson Bowen, K.M.G., Governor of New Zealand.

■ —♦- New Zealand Telegraph, Sic, — Wellington, Ist July 1869. I have the honor to submit the following Eeport on the progress and condition of the Telegraph Department during the financial year ending 30th June, 1869. Extension op Lines. During the past year the lines that were in course of construction at the close of the financial year 1867-8 have been completed. They are as follows : — Greymouih and Westport. This line was erected at the instance of the Provincial Government of Nelson, which has guaranteed six per cent, on the total cost of construction, as well as any deficiency which may hereafter exist between the receipts of the line and the actual cost of working and maintaining it. On its completion, stations were opened at Brighton, Charleston, and Westport. The line consists of a single wire, and is a continuation of the Hokitika and Greymouth line. Its total length is sixtyseven miles, and it has been constructed at a cost of £7,002 175., being at the rate of £104 10s. Bd. per mile. Full particulars of this expenditure will be found in Appendix P. It has been the most expensive line yet constructed, owing to the large amount of bush-clearing that had to be effected ; the high rate of wages (12s. per diem) ; the almost incessant wet weather during the progress of the works ; and the numerous other difficulties which had to be overcome during the course of construction. These difficulties were not unforeseen, and the estimated cost of the line by the Provincial Government of Nelson (£7,000) has only been exceeded by the sum of £2 17s. Since the line has been opened, it has added largely to the revenue of the Department. Appendix H. will show the extent to which it has been made use of by the public at Brighton, Charleston, and Westport, and also the position in which this Department stands to the Provincial Government of Nelson in pursuance of the guarantee above mentioned. As a general description of the line, and the difficulties which its construction presented, may not be uninteresting, I add an extract from the report of Mr. Aitken, to whom the superintendence of this difficult work was intrusted : —■ " The cost of erection is very large, but the sinking throughout was much worse than I ever anticipated. A large proportion of the holes were in rock or cement, and the weather during the progress of the work was, for three-fourths of the time, of the worst description for such work. The whole of the poles are down at least five feet, and the large sized and angled ones are down from six to ten feet. On portions of the line, from fifteen to twenty-four miles from Greymouth, the poles are set up in very bad swamps, in which holes could not be sunk, and which could not be avoided except by erecting the line much too close to the sea to be safe. The surface of the swamps was not so bad, but when broken, poles dropped down by their own weight from five to seven feet, at that depth reaching a solid bottom. All the poles in those swamps have been rendered thoroughly stable by driving pointed stakes from seven to ten feet in length into the solid bottom closely around the pole, and making good the surface with shingle carried for that purpose. " The poles are full-sized, and of good sound timber —white pine and birch, and other woods, the durability of which was doubtful, having been carefully excluded. " The clearing, done by contract, cost £20 14s. lid. per mile, and was from ten to thirty-three feet wide, and I found it necessary to make a further expenditure of £8 7s. 7d. per mile to give the line that degree of safety and stability which I considered indispensable. All trees of a doubtful character have been taken down, and the clearing through the heavy timber, as the line now stands, varies from three-fourths of a chain to two and a half chains in width, according to the nature of the timber through which the line passes. The contract prices for clearing and supplying the poles would have paid the contractors had the weather been good, but the weather they have had to do the work

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in was such that they lost considerably by it. The contractors for No. 2 section had to pay for a large proportion of the clearing £38 to £44 per mile, for which they only received £30 per mile. " The large price of the work in connection with wiring the line is attributable to the roughness of the country, the bad weather, and the great price of packing and other work having to be done by horses ; but the work is well and faithfully done, and will compare favourably with any other work of the kind. " The length of time occupied in constructing the line was owing partly to the rough nature of the country through which large portions of the line passed, but principally to the fearfully bad weather experienced while the work was going on. The men were kept at work during a great portion of the time —wet from morning till night —and several times I thought I would be under the necessity of stopping the work altogether, and waiting for a change in the weather, the men were suffering so much, and so very little work was being done. During the intervals of good weather, the bush was still wet and the ground so thoroughly saturated, and in many places covered with water, that even then the work was carried on under considerable difficulties. Under those circumstances, less work was done in the time than otherwise would have been, and the cost of the whole work was considerably increased, especially in the items of erection and wiring. " While I have endeavoured to keep the expenditure as low as possible, I have not left anything undone (within reasonable limits) that would tend to secure and increase the stability and permanence of the line, and I feel satisfied that the experience of the future will show that any extra expenditure made by me for that purpose has not been incurred uselessly." Blenheim and Woodend. In my last report I mentioned that this important line was then in course of reconstruction, owing to the poles originally placed on the line being of so inferior a description of timber as to require their renewal throughout its entire length. The work has been carried out by Mr. Walter Blake, and was completed in December last. It has been well performed, and the interruptions to the working of the telegraph, caused by removing the wires from the old to the new poles, have been as few as could reasonably have been expected, when the rotten state of the whole line is borne in mind. The length of the reconstructed line is 194 miles, and it has been completed (including the shifting of the two original wires from the old to the new poles, and the addition of a third wire) at an aggregate cost, including all material and labour (see Appendix P.), of £10,743 19s. 9d., being at the rate of £55 7s. 7d. per mile. The portion of the old line south of the Hurunui cost originally £63 Os. 7d. per mile, and that to the north of the Hurunui, £56 6s. per mile ; the new line has cost, therefore, less than these two portions by £8 and £3 per mile respectively. Nothing but heart of totara has been used for poles, and from the care that has been taken in selecting the timber, I do not anticipate any trouble from its decay for at least ten or fifteen years, if not longer. The wire shifted from the old poles may in a few years require renewing in some places where it runs along the sea-beach, but this can be done, when required, at a small expense, and without interruption to the working of the line. This large expenditure (£10,743 19s. 9d.) might, to a certain extent, have been avoided had totara poles been used when the line was first constructed. Where timber has to be supplied from a distance, in my opinion nothing should be used for telegraph poles but totara, which, according to my own experience and that of old settlers, is better adapted for this purpose than any other New Zealand timber. There are, I believe, one or two kinds of wood of quite as lasting a nature as totara, but from their stunted growth or great weight they are practically not available. In Appendix P. the cost of the reconstructed line is given in detail, and Appendix G-. shows, including this outlay and that made on the Westport line, that the total permanent cost of the lines of electric telegraph throughout the Middle Island amounts, up to the present time, to £65,288 3s. lOd. Lines in coitese op Construction. Wellington to Wanganui. The estimated length of this line is 120 miles, and it will consist of a single wire throughout. The general route chosen for its construction after leaving the Hutt line, with the exception of such diversions as the permanent safety of the line may require, is from Kaivvarra-warra to Johnsonville, and from thence alongside the coach road to Wanganui, via Tutaenui and Turakina. The progress of this line has been retarded,to some extent by the unwillingness of certain Natives to allow it to pass over their land. This obstruction will, I hope, be shortly removed, and I expect within three months afterwards to have telegraphic communication established with Wanganui. Contracts have been let for the supply and delivery of poles for over eighty miles (more than half the whole distance), and tenders are about to be received for that portion of the line lying between Waikanae and the Pangilikei liiver. Taupo Line. The progress of this line has been delayed by the Native troubles of the past twelve months ; it has, however, been carried nearly forty miles to the north of Napier, and an office has already been opened at Titiokura, about thirty miles from Napier. The general route followed by the line after leaving the Western Spit, Napier, is up the Petone Valley to Mohaka Church, and from thence to Titiokura. Prom Titiokura it is intended to carry the line to Tauranga, via Turanga—Kumu, Eunanga, Opepe, Tapuaeharura, Oruanui, Orakekorako, llotoiti, and Maketu. As the line in some places will pass through patches of bush, it is intended, where practicable, to fix the insulators to the standing timber, and to clear the undergrowth from its immediate vicinity. Totara, for poles, is pretty plentiful in places on the line above described, with the exception of that portion near Tauranga, for which either totara poles will have to be brought by sea, or puriri will have to be used. The route for the line beyond Tauranga has not yet been explored, but I am given to understand that no serious physical obstacles exist in the way of the further extension

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of the telegraph wires to Auckland via the Thames. The objections of some of the Maori tribes will, however, have to be removed. If the political difficulties in the way of the rapid construction of this line be soon overcome, we shall be able to reach Auckland, by way of Tauranga and the Thames, by June, 1870. If, however, the line could be carried from Oruanui along the old mail track to Cambridge (the most southern station on the Auckland and Waikato line), there would be nothing to prevent telegraphic communication being open between Wellington and Auckland by January, 1870. The whole of the wire and insulators required have been in the Colony for some time. Hamilton to Cambridge — (Auckland and Wailcato Line). Totara poles are now being erected on this line, and as soon as this work is completed it is intended to dismantle the line from Newcastle to Alexandra, via Whatta Whatta, and to maintain communication with Alexandria via Cambridge. It is not contemplated to permanently reconstruct the line between Cambridge and Alexandra, which, as a source of revenue, is entirely useless. As it is desirable, however, for political reasons, that this means of communication should still be kept open, such repairs from time to time will be effected as are found indispensable for this purpose. Maintenance and Eepaies op Lines. Bluff to Balclutha. This section of the line, during the coming year, will require reconstruction in some parts. It is not, however, anticipated that, beyond placing a Lineman at Balclutha, and (during the summer months) getting an experienced Lineman, with two or three assistants, to overhaul such portions of the line as may require repair, much expense will be incurred. The poles now standing will be made use of again by being lowered, and only new ones will be used where it is absolutely necessary. Balclutha to Waitaki. This section, during the past year, has been to a certain extent repaired and overhauled, more particularly that portion between Oamaru and Dunedin. The lino in some places has been straightened, and many bad angles have been cut out. During the next summer that portion of the line lying between Oamaru and the Waitaki Biver will require looking to, and where the present poles are not fit to be used again, new poles of heart of totara will replace them : a stack of poles has been already placed at Oamaru for that purpose and for future repairs. The line between Dunedin and Balclutha will require closer looking to, as the poles in some parts are in a very bad condition, and having been already once lowered they will not be available again. It is intended for the future, w r here new poles have to be erected, not to make use of any other timber than totara, unless the line actually passes through bush, and then only under special circumstances will the timber on the spot be made use of. Waitaki and Christchurch. As very troublesome interruptions on this section have been caused at various times through heavy floods in the large rivers which the line has to cross in this section, and which could not possibly be avoided, some special measures became necessary to protect the line against this source of danger. After much consideration it was determined, as the most effective and economical plan, to drive heavy iron-bark piles to such a depth into the beds of these rivers as to render them perfectly safe from disturbance by floods, and then to fix to the upper portion of these piles the poles on which the wires are earned. This plan has been successfully carried out. Two iron-bark piles have been driven in the Eakaia and one in the Ashburton, in each case to a depth of twenty-one feet into the shingle. Pour piles of the same description have also been driven into the bed of the Waitaki Eiver. So long as these piles remain sound, I anticipate we shall be spared from the serious interruptions, at these rivers, to telegraphic communication, which have hitherto been the cause of so much inconvenience to the public and so much expense and loss of revenue to the Department. No great repairs on this section will be required during the next year, many of the poles being of Australian timber. Christchurch to HolcitiJca and Creymoutli. This section, from Christchurch to within thirty miles of Hokitika, has been completely overhauled during the past year, and in some places reconstructed. The old poles have been for the most part made use of again, and on reference to Appendix B. it will be seen that, beyond the ordinary expenditure for maintenance, no very great outlay has been incurred. Owing to the Westport line being a continuation of the Hokitika and Greymouth line, it became absolutely imperative that the latter should be put in a complete state of repair, so as not to neutralize the beneficial results that were anticipated from the opening up of the new line. Blenheim and Nelson. The bush on this section has given a very great amount of trouble. It seemed in some places that, no matter how wide the clearing on each side of the line was made, the wires would still continue to be damaged by falling trees. To avoid the frequent interruptions which have arisen from the above cause, the Lineman stationed at Havelock has gone carefully over the line with a small gang of men, and has removed all trees that were likely, in falling, to damage the line. At the same time the line has been renewed in many parts—new poles taken from the surrounding bush have been substituted for old ones, many angles have been cut out, and the line has been straightened wherever it was found practicable to do so. A small part of the line between Picton and Blenheim still requires to be renewed. Por this purpose, totara poles have been sent from Wellington to Blenheim, and have been landed there at the moderate cost of 21s. each. When this work is completed, I do not anticipate that this section will require any further expenditure of consequence for the next two or three years.

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Wellington to Napier. On this section the maintenance for the greater part of the past year has been performed by contract in four sub-sections, namely, Wellington to Masterton, Masterton to Castle Point, Tenui Junction to Porongahau, and Porongahau to Napier. The plan, however, has not given satisfactory results, and in future contracts for construction, the provision for repair and maintenance will be dispensed with. It w r as originally adopted under the impression that, if a contractor was bound down to keep a line in order for twelve months after he had constructed it, he would be more likely, in order to save himself from future expense, to erect it properly in the first instance. There may be some force in this argument, but it is not sufficient to outweigh the objections to the plan; and I think that, by adopting a system of careful inspection whilst lines are in course of construction, all chances of work not being faithfully executed may be avoided. The interruptions on this section during the past year have been few and of short duration. The place where the most casualties have occurred is the Taueru. There the line passes through bush, and from the nature of the country it is not possible to wholly provide againt these interruptions. The line runs along the side of a steep hill, the upper side of which is covered with bush, and is subject to land slips in wet weather; so it will be readily seen that the difficulty to be contended against is therefore a very serious one. To render the interruptions, however, as short as possible, precautions have been taken to have spare poles and wire so placed as to be immediately available for repairs. The only other weak point on this section is at Akiteo. There the line, from its necessarily exposed position, suffers much from the strong winds which prevail at certain seasons of the year. Here precautions have also been taken to render interruptions as few as possible. The poles have been strongly stayed along exposed points, and everything has been made as secure as circumstances would permit. As the fern in some portions of this section created considerable danger to the poles from fire during the season for burning oft' the runs, the precaution has been taken to have the sods removed for a radius of three feet round each pole where such a step appeared to be required. Experience has shown the benefit of this precaution, for shortly after the work was completed a heavy fire swept across the line, near the Tenui Junction ; and I am told that this clearing alone saved a mile or more of the line from considerable damage. Pour Linemen are stationed on this section ; namely, at Greytown, Castle Point, Waipukurau, and Napier. The Napier Lineman will do duty on the line north, as well as south, of Napier. The crossings at the Waipukurau and Waipawa rivers gave some trouble lately, during a remarkably heavy flood. These crossings have now, however, been made perfectly secure, and no further trouble may be expected at these points. The other sections of the New Zealand Telegraph, namely, that between Greymouth and Westport, and Blenheim and Christchurch (both in the Middle Island), call for no further comment, as they have been fully dealt with in the first part of my Eeport. Auckland and Waikato Line. This line, from the very bad description of timber used for the poles, has been a constant source of trouble and annoyance during the past year. The amount expended on its maintenance has been out of all proportion to the revenue derived, but the Government make large use of it. During the ensuing year the greater part of the line will be renewed, and as I trust we may in that time be able to open telegraphic communication between Auckland and Napier via Taupo and Tauranga, I anticipate from this extension of communication, and the improved condition of the northern section, more satisfactory financial results than it has yet furnished. In Appendix B. will be found the cost of each section of the line. Instructions were given by the late Telegraph Commissioner, about twelve months since, for the extension of the telegraph from Auckland to the Thames Gold Piold, and steps were taken without delay to give effect to these instructions. It was found, however, that no satisfactory line could be obtained without crossing the land of some Native tribes whose relations with the Government and the European settlers rendered it necessary not to attempt such a proceeding without obtaining their consent in the first instance. To obtain such consent the services of Mr. Mackay, of the Native Department, were called into requisition, but up to the present time no satisfactory result has been obtained. This is the more to be regretted, as telegraphic communication between Auckland and the Thames Gold Pield would not only be a great advantage to the inhabitants of those important localities, but would, in all probability, be a source of considerable profit to the department. Cook Steait Cable. The tests for insulation which are periodically made still give the same satisfactory results as last year. The No. 2 wire has improved considerably, but the No. 3 wire still gives the highest results. Por purposes of comparison, I append the tests (see Appendix O.) of the year 1867-8 in parallel columns, month for month where practicable, with those of the past year. It has not been always possible, during the past year, to take the tests at regular intervals, owing to the unsettled and boisterous state of the weather. The extreme delicacy of the instruments used for testing the cable renders it necessary that the weather during the operation should be quite calm, as ■any vibration of the buiiding during the time of testing would render it impossible to take accurate readings. Miscellaneous. The registered number of complaints made by the Public during the past year is nine, and may be classified as follows :— Six late delivered, three with errors in wording. Each of these complaints was strictly investigated, and the offender punished by a severe fi.ie or otherwise. When it is taken into consideration that the number of telegrams transmitted during the year

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amounts to 156,167, I think it may be fairly said that the number of complaints for such an amount of work is very small, and also that it evinces great care and attention on the part of the staff engaged in the transmission, receipt, and delivery of telegrams. To meet the existing requirements of the Service, and in order to avoid the necessity of procuring operators from the adjacent Colonies, a Learners' Gallery was organized and put in operation in April, 1868. During the past year nine Cadets from this branch of the Service have been drafted into the different stations where vacancies have occurred from promotions to new stations, or where increasing work has rendered it necessary to supplement the staff. The number of stations opened during the year is seven, viz.: —At The Spit (Napier), Waipawa, and Masterton, in the North Island ; and Temuka, Brighton, Charleston, and Westport, in the Middle Island. The duties of Telegraphist and Postmaster have been combined at all these offices, with the exception of Masterton and Westport. The arrangement made during the year 1867-68 for the reception of telegraphic messages at all Post Offices in districts where telegraphic communication did not exist, have not met with that encouragement on the part of the Public that might have been expected from such increased facilities for communication. I am led, however, to believe that this apparent indisposition on the part of the Public to avail itself of the advantages thus offered is in a measure caused by circumstances over which this Department has no control, one of which, I surmise, is that the instructions issued from this office have not been fairly carried out, and by that means a want of publicity has of course been the natural result. The total number of messages received from this source during the year is fifty-one; and the revenue derived from the same is £10 12s. 6d. In order to give the experiment a fair trial, I intend, with your permission, during the current year to have notices placed in the public room of each Telegraph Office, to the effect that " Collect" messages, under certain conditions, will be received at the various Telegraph Offices by post, and forwarded to their destination by telegraph. Before leaving this subject, I may mention that most of the telegrams that have been received have come from Wanganui and Akaroa. By the assistance of the Inspector of Post Offices I am again enabled to furnish you in Appendix I., with a comparative statement of the number of telegrams and of the number of letters despatched within each Province for the last year. I have also placed the former year's results in the same table, in order that one year may be more readily compared with the other. It will be seen, on reference to the table, that Marlborough still makes the largest use of the telegraph in proportion to the letters despatched, and that Nelson and Hawke's Bay very nearly reach the same proportion. This is the more surprising as the facilities for postal communication between the two last-mentioned places and other parts of the Colony is about treble that of Marlborough. The only reason that I can assign for it is, that the mercantile portion of the community begins to find that, owing to the efficient arrangements, and certainty of constant and uninterrupted communicat ion by means of the telegraph, the advantages gained compensate it fully for any pecuniary outlay involved by its use. It will be seen on reference to the table (Appendix A.) that the value of the shipping telegrams transmitted during the year amounts to the large sum of £6,478 lis 5d. There can be no doubt that a certain section of the community benefits to a very great extent by the posting of these telegrams ; but I am still of opinion that the Department loses thousands of pounds yearly by the transaction, while the Public generally reap no commensurate advantage. The means for furnishing these telegrams to the various offices throughout the Colony is very faulty, the Department being dependent for its information on officers over whom it has not the slightest control. Nearly all the complaints of neglect on the part of this Department in publishing the reports of the arrivals and departures of steamers, have been traced to causes outside this Department. I think, if the sending of these telegrams is to be continued, the arrangements for the supply of the information to the various offices should be such as to place the power of dealing with the neglect of an officer more in our hands. Of course this procedure would entail a considerable increase in the expenditure of the Department, and this will be a weighty consideration before adopting any other plan than the present. PlNANCIAL. The tables furnished last year of the total number of telegrams of each eode and their respective values,' —also the table, introduced then for ihe first time, showing the total value of business, the total cash receipts, and the cost of maintenance of each station, —will again be found in Appendices G., K., L., M., and N. The number of telegrams of all codes transmitted during Ihe past year amounts to 156,167, which, after deducting the telegrams transmitted on the Auckland line (4,502), shows an increase of 53,180 on the number (98,485) transmitted during the financial year 1867-68. This large increase is in a measure due to the opening of the Greymouth and Westport line, and to the general inclination of the Public to avail itself of the increased facilities for telegraphic communication. The total cash revenue of the line from Bluff to Napier for the year amounts to £18,178 10s. Id.; and the lotal value of business done, including guarantees, &c, during the same period amounts to £31,277 5s. 4d.; which, after deducting the cost of maintenance of stations (£13,065 6s. 6d.), and maintenance of the lines (£7,022 Os. lUd.), leaves the large balance of £11,189 18s. to the credit of this portion of the line. The returns of ihe Auckland line, treated in the same way, show an excess of expenditure over receipis of £2,052 13s. 3d.; but after deducting this deficiency from the amount (£11,189 18s.) carried to the credit of the line from Bluff to Napier, there still remains the large balance of £9,137 4s. 9d. to the general credit of the Department. The total cash receipts of both lines is £18,520 10s. 4d. ; and the total value of business done, including guarantees, is £31,951 2s. Id.

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The expenditure of the past year has been largely increased through having had partially to reconstruct the several sections referred to in Appendix B. I consider that at least £2,000 of the £7,022 0s. 10d., the cost of the maintenance of the line from Bluff to Napier, has been expended in this way. The enormous cost of the maintenance of the Auckland lino has been caused by its thoroughly bad condition; and until such time as the line is renewed, the same results may be looked for. This large item of expenditure in the maintenance of the lines of the Colony is in a great measure caused by the use of inferior timber for poles, a most fatal mistake, —and one which will always involve a large expenditure so long as anything but totara is used, —where timber has to be taken any distance. I think, on the whole, that the Department shows a steady and satisfactory increase, more especially when the generally depressed state of trade throughout the Colony during the past year is taken into consideration. I have every reason to believe that the day is not far distant when the revenue of the Colony will be considerably augmented by the receipts of this Department. There is no doubt that the use it has been to the Government during the past year has been the means of saving thousands of pounds to the Colony. I have, &c, The Hon. the Telegraph Commissioner, C. Lemon, Wellington. General Manager.

Appendix O. COMPARATIVE TABLE of Insulation Tests of the Cook Strait Cable for the Years ending 1867-8 and 1868-9, showing the resistance per knot, after two minutes' electrification, in millions of Ohmads (British Association units of resistance).

* Note.—This test was taken with zinc to earth—all the others with copper to earth.

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Date. No. 1 Wire.j No. 2 Wire. No. 3 Wire.; Date. No. 1 Wire. No. 2 Wire. No. 3 Wire. September 1, 1867... 30, „ ... October 14, „ November 1, „ ... 14, „ ... December 2, „ ... 473 634 547 598 574 608 71 102 179 326 106 105 554 634 620 667 643 709 September 11, 1868... 17, „ ... 630 697 22-5 63-5 946 1,000 March 27, 1869... April 19, „ ... May 11, „ ... 17, „ ... June 22, „ ... 467 483 562 531 522 15729 748 950 963 931 *June 7, 1868... 930 1,094 5-5

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Appendix A. RETURN showing the Cash Value of Shipping Telegrams and the Amounts actually Chargeable to each Department of the General Government for Telegrams transmitted during the Financial Year ending 30th June, 1869.

Appendix B. RETURN showing the Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph Lines for the Financial Year ending 30th June, 1869.

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July. August. September. October. November. December. January. February. March. April. May. June. Totals. Colonial Secretary Crown Lands ... Customs Defence ... Judicial... Marine ... Native ... Postal ... Public Works ... Registrar Telegraph Treasury Shipping Reports £ s. d. 88 7 11 15 13 11 35 17 7 101 13 2 39 11 4 21 3 9 23 7 11 51 17 4 4 10 7 5 4 4 2 0 8 143 9 6 333 14 9 £ s. d. 31 12 7 12 17 0 16 8 3 62 14 8 30 19 3 11 11 0 45 5 5 35 1 7 9 0 10 5 8 5 13 9 94 19 2 338 7 6 I £ s. d. 48 10 3 22 4 2 24 17 7 85 14 7 49 5 9 8 18 11 16 12 1 53 5 3 £ s. d. 26 5 8 4 0 4 25 13 10 124 6 3 46 18 5 20 9 2 35 1 5 58 13 11 £ s. d. 75 5 5 1 18 4 12 14 6 259 12 1 71 17 7 27 5 2 36 14 6 56 13 0 £ s. d. 92 15 7 2 15 5 22 4 0 261 5 3 41 1 6 17 7 8 10 9 3 103 5 11 £ s. d. 85 19 4 2 18 3 18 4 3 165 0 10 47 17 9 22 6 0 18 7 0 82 15 3 £ s. d. 67 10 8 7 4 9 13 13 10 83 14 5 53 16 4 10 8 4 19 3 8 68 17 11 £ s. d. 114 19 7 7 17 9 16 16 8 184 15 9 47 17 7 11 8 1 33 6 11 64 16 3 £ s. d. 286 8 6 12 12 6 16 4 10 236 19 5 67 4 9 10 5 10 14 12 2 72 10 11 £ s. d. 263 19 11 15 5 5 17 7 8 165 11 0 80 2 3 11 3 6 68 17 11 52 13 3 £ s. d. 265 0 3 11 18 1 15 16 3 161 5 0 47 8 9 10 14 4 36 18 10 43 6 5 £ s. d. 1,446 15 8 117 5 11 235 19 3 1,897 12 5 624 1 3 183 1 9 358 17 1 743 17 0 13 11 5 77 10 1 32 14 8 1,220 13 10 6,478 11 5 3 13 0 4 16 2 83 16 11 379 10 3 3 13 8 4 13 2 147 3 6 529 7 3 2 11 9 6 7 6 166 13 9 554 12 6 14 9 4 17 110 19 9 589 11 6 16 4 9 5 7 5 104 10 10 548 17 11 10 0 7 1 12 8 67 11 0 601 0 8 8 8 2 1 17 4 57 18 9 723 12 7 12 19 5 0 6 2 71 10 4 626 3 8 5 14 4 54 16 8 619 11 0 2 6 11 0 8 3 117 3 8 634 1 10 866 12 9 695 9 5 781 4 11 1026 6 7 13,430 11 9 1272 6 1 1257 2 2 1118 9 7 1009 14 10 1273 15 5 1427 18 6 1355 2 11 1346 8 7

Section. Number of Miles. Salaries of Linemen. Travelling Expenses. Extra Labor. Cost of Material used for Repairs. Total Cost of Maintenance. Cost per Mile. Remarks. Bluff to Balclutha ... Balclutha to Waitaki Waitaki to Christchurch Christchurch to Greymouth ... 114 152 148 176 £ s. d. 175 0 0 175 0 0 310 8 4 387 10 0 £ s. d. 220 6 5 238 4 2 324 1 9 398 3 3 £ s. d. 35 15 6 172 9 9 134 13 7 243 3 0 £ s. d. 41 8 6 322 8 3 197 19 3 310 15 7 £ s. d. 472 10 5 908 2 2 967 2 11 1339 11 10 £ s. d. 4 2 lOf 5 19 5f 6 10 8i 7 12 2 Line renewed in some parts. Greymouth to Westport Christchurch to Blenheim Blenheim to Nelson, including White's Bay Line 67 208 112 10 0 425 0 0 161 6 8 317 2 7 32 4 3 77 13 9 306 0 11 894 7 10 4 11 4i 4 6 0 Includes cost of reconstruction to within 30 miles of Hokitika. 74 11 6 92 321 3 4 227 14 8 543 12 9 316 13 0 1409 3 9 15 6 4 Includes cost of reconstruction to within 3 miles of Nelson. Wellington to Napier 221 187 9 10 227 5 9 129 16 11 180 8 6 725 1 0 3 5 7i Auckland Lines 1178 152 2094 1 6 738 9 11 2114 5 3 530 15 8 1334 3 0 40 19 8 1479 11 1 214 18 8 7022 0 10 1525 3 11 5 19 2i 10 0 8 Cost per mile from Bluff to Napier. 2645 0 11 6 8 6i . Total cost per mile. 1330 2832 11 5 1375 2 8 1694 9 9 8547 4 9

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Appendix C. RETURN for the Financial Year ended 30th June, 1869, of the Cash Revenue derived from Private, Press, and Provincial Government Messages, and of the Value of GENERAL Government Messages; the Number of Messages transmitted by each Station, and the Working Expenses of each Station.

EEPOET ON THE WORKING OF

Name op Station. Total Cash Revenue derived from Private, Press, and Provincial Government Messages. Value of General Government Messages. Total Value of Messages of all codes. Total Number of Private, Press, and Provincial Government Messages. Total Number of General Government Messages. Total Number of Messages of all Codes. Amount paid for Salaries. Contingencies. Total Cost of Maintenance of each Station. Remarks. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,321 175 2,420 1,520 1,611 259 3,128 744 10,338 17,839 382 5,293 847 780 7,364 2,557 1,429 673 4,697 266 2,413 4,778 4,150 1,365 2.703 161 66 3 256 2,180 25 36 586 1,387 178 2,676 3,700 1,636 295 3,714 744 11,348 18,884 586 6,379 941 832 11,270 2,798 1,451 701 9,209 335 5,943 9,389 4,236 2,577 9,589 190 £ s. d. 2,062 19 2 106 1 11 200 0 0 208 5 6 216 9 11 163 6 2 135 0 0 121 5 0 114 11 8 1,245 18 3 946 1 7 97 19 7 230 18 3 120 0 0 90 11 10 358 2 7 172 18 4 90 5 4 122 18 4 357 2 5 50 0 0 259 9 9 392 13 9 187 7 10 95 3 4 226 10 9 100 0 0 £ s. d. 1,221 17 0 19 9 9 18 3 6 25 4 6 31 19 6 87 18 0 20 7 6 32 11 6 31 17 7 319 2 7 79 6 10 25 17 9 56 17 10 27 0 7 34 6 0 13 4 6 35 19 0 8 10 9 18 11 0 16 12 7 36 10 3 88 11 2 16 10 3 23 10 0 17 11 3 31 11 6 15 7 0 £ s. d. 3,284 16 2 125 11 8 218 3 6 233 10 0 248 9 5 251 4 2 155 7 6 153 16 6 146 9 3 1,565 0 10 1,025 8 5 123 17 4 287 16 1 147 0 7 124 17 10 371 7 1 208 17 4 98 16 1 141 9 4 373 15 0 86 10 3 348 0 11 409 4 0 210 17 10 112 14 7 258 2 3 115 7 0 Head Office ... Balclutha Bealey Blenheim Bluff Brighton Castle Point ... Charleston Cheviot Christchurch... Dunedin Eeatherston ... Greymouth ... Greytown Havelock Hokitika Invercargill ... Kaiapoi Kaikoura Lyttelton Masterton Napier Nelson Oamaru Picton Port Chalmers Selwyn ... ... 135 0 10 21 8 9 267 8 10 547 19 9 , 160 11 5 35 10 7 421 6 11 159 2 7 1,749 15 2 2,825 0 8 34 1 7 867 16 7 82 1 4 81 8 8 1,919 5 5 382 7 1 130 15 7 87 7 6 403 3 0 24 2 0 588 2 8 983 1 1 482 3 11 137 8 0 199 11 4 16 16 7 17 15 1 12 8 38 14 3 384 8 1 11 11 1 11 6 11 158 8 10 355 9 8 401 0 3 34 0 1 217 0 9 15 5 5 11 6 9 1,282 16 10 93 17 11 4 4 8 8 10 488 6 0 19 4 10 1,886 0 7 868 14 0 19 0 0 238 1 4 1,244 18 3 11 4 9 152 15 11 22 11 5 306 3 1 932 7 10 172 2 6 46 17 6 579 15 9 159 2 7 2,105 4 10 3,226 0 11 68 1 8 1,084 17 4 97 6 9 92 15 5 3,202 2 3 476 5 0 135 0 3 95 8 6 891 9 0 43 6 10 2,474 3 3 1,851 15 1 501 3 11 375 9 4 1,444 9 7 28 1 4 1,010 1,045 204 1,086 94 52 3,906 241 22 28 4,512 69 3,530 4,611 86 1,212 6,886 29 Including Cadets' Salaries and Expenditure forPoles on hand, £911 5s 3d. Guaranteed. Guaranteed. Guaranteed. Including Rent of Office £210 Guaranteed. Guaranteed.

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Appendix C.— (Continued.) RETURN for the Financial Year ended 30th June, 1866, of the Cash Revenue derived from Private, Press, and Provincial Government Messages, and of the Value of General Government Messages; the Number of Messages transmitted by each Station, and the Working Expenses of each Station.

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Name of Station. Total Cash Revenue derived from Private, Press, and Provincial Government Messages. Value of General Government Messages. Total Value of Messages of all codes. Total Number of Private, Press, and Provincial Government Messages. Total Number of General Total Number of Messages of all Codes. Amount paid for Salaries. Contingencies. Total Cost of Maintenance of each Station. Remarks. Government I Messages. Spit (Napier) Temuka Timarau Tokomairiro ... Waikouaiti ... Waipawa Waipukurau ... Wellington ... Government Buildings Westport White's Bay ... £ s. d. 83 1 10 30 5 8 413 4 3 377 5 3 93 16 8 3 13 4 110 18 3 2,514 1 11 272 13 4 682 13 11 3 9 7 £ s. d. 267 17 6 17 2 33 3 0 66 4 11 4 11 0 0 5 6 80 16 3 1,925 11 0 2,038 5 1 858 13 10 £ s. d. 350 19 4 31 12 10 446 7 3 443 10 2 98 7 8 3 18 10 191 14 6 4,439 12 11 2,310 18 5 - 1,541 7 9 3 9 7 434 324 3,051 3,864 848 34 748 9,753 763 3,868 33 1,281 4 156 289 26 2 219 7,946 3,793 3,241 1,715 328 3,207 4,153 874 36 967 17,699 4,556 7,109 33 £ s. d. 41 13 4 41 13 4 108 0 11 186 16 6 86 0 0 9 3 4 100 0 0 639 10 10 161 5 0 162 1 8 308 16 8 £ s. d. 29 3 3 35 5 10 32 19 2 32 17 9 7 2 0 44 6 1 26 18 0 84 2 9 18 15 4 31 1 0 51 2 10 £ s. d. 70 16 7 76 19 2 141 0 1 219 14 3 93 2 0 53 9 5 126 18 0 723 13 7 180 0 4 193 2 8 359 19 6 Subsidy, £100 per annum. Guaranteed. Subsidy £75 per annum. Guaranteed. Guaranteed. 17,328 1 10 13,098 15 3 30,426 17 1 102,933 48,732 151,665 288 1,426 264 820 53 330 980 341 10,317 2 10 Guaranteed. Alexandra Auckland Cambridge Hamilton KihiKihi Mercer Newcastle Onehunga 25 18 1 110 8 7 28 4 9 42 9 5 3 6 5 23 0 0 73 17 11 14 15 1 28 6 9 102 1 10 17 9 2 79 9 5 4 11 6 26 17 6 64 6 6 8 13 10 54 4 10 212 10 5 45 13 11 121 18 10 7 17 11 49 17 6 138 4 5 23 8 11 191 1,014 204 439 29 240 797 223 97 412 60 381 24 90 183 118 83 11 8 200 10 1 107 6 8 83 11 8 39 2 9 88- 1 4 117 10 0' 59 9 0 2,748 3 8 15 18 6 241 0 11 20 8 0 39 5 8 25 1 0 36 18 6 25 14 10 17 15 6 13,065 6 6 99 10 2 441 11 0 127 14 8 122 17 4 64 3 9 124 19 10 143 4 10 77 4 6 Office closed. Subsidy £20 per annum. 322 0 3 17,328 1 10 331 16 6 13,098 15 3 653 16 9 30,426 17 1 3,137 102,933 1,365 48,732 4,502 151,665 156,167 779 3 2 10,317 2 10 422 2 11 2,748 3 8 1,201 6 1 13,065 6 6 17,650 2 1 13,430 11 9 11,096 6 0 3,170 6 7 14,266 12 7 31,080 13 10 106,070 50,097

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Appendix D. Debtor and Creditor Statement for Lines from Bluff to Napier.

Appendix E. Debtor and Creditor Statement—Auckland Lines.

Dr. '0 Total Cost of Maintenance of Stations 'o Total Cost of Maintenance of Lines ... £ s. d. 13,065 6 6 7,022 0 10 £ s. d. 20,087 7 4 Ob. By Cash Receipts as under, — Ordinary, Press, and Provincial Telegrams Subscriptions from the Press Other Receipts (Tariff Sales, &c. Subsidy from Otago for Tokomairiro Station, for half year ended 31st December, 1868 Amounts due as under, — Subsidy from Otago Province for Tokomairiro Station, for half year ending 30th June, 1869 Subsidy for Spit Station, Napier, for five months, ending 30th J une, 1869, at £100 per annum Guarantee for Eeatherston Station for the year ending 30th June, 1869, £123 17s. 4d., less value of business done, £68 Is. 8d. Guarantee for Sclwyn Station for the year ending 30th June, 1869, £115 7s. less value of business done £28 Is. 4d Guarantee for Temuka Station for six months ending 30th June, 1869, £76 19s. 2d., less Cash Receipts for same period, i?30 5s. 8d. Guarantee for Waipawa Station for month ending 30th June, 1869, £53 9s. 5ci, less Cash Receipts £313s. 4d Guarantee for Waipukurau Station for 13 months ending 30th June, 1869, £137 5s. 6d., less Cash Receipts, £135 14s. 5d. £ s. d. 17,328 1 10 407 16 8 84 16 3 37 10 0 37 10 0 41 13 4 55 15 8 £ s. d. 87 5 8 46 13 6 49 16 1 1 11 1 lalanee (Credit of Bluff and Napier Line 20,087 7 4 11,189 18 0 Total Cash Revenue General Govt. Telegrams ... 18,178 10 1 13,098 15 3 £31,277 5 4! £31,277 5 4

Dr. To Total cost of Maintenance of Stations... £ s. d. 1,201 6 1 £ 8. d. Cr. By Cash Receipts as under, — Ordinary, Press, and Provincial Telegrams Subsidy from AucklandProvince for Onehunga Station for 9 months ending 31st March, 1869 Amounts due as under, — Subsidy from Auckland Province for Onehunga Station for 3 months ending 30th June, 1869 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Total cost of Maintenance of Lines ... 2,726 10 0 322 0 3 1,525 3 11 15 0 0 342 0 3 5 0 0 Total Cash Revenue General Government Telegrams 331 16 6 Balance (debit to Auckland line) 673 16 9 2,052 13 3 £2,726 10 0 Balance. £2,726 10 0 Geitekal 'o Balance to Debit of Auckland line ... ?o Balance to credit of Department ... 2,052 13 3 By Balance to Credit of line from Bluff to Napier 11,189 18 0 9,137 4 9 i£ll,18918 0 £11,189 18 0

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Appendix F. RETURN showing Reconstructed and Additional Telegraph Lines erected during the Financial Year ending 30th June, 1869, and the Cost of the same.

a. Includes cost of Repairs 14 miles north of Kaiapoi. I. Includes cost of fitting-up Offices at Charleston, Brighton, and Westport.

Appendix G. RETURN showing the Total Cost of the Lines of Telegraph throughout New Zealand belonging to the General Government, and the Cook's Strait Cable.

Total number of miles of Line, 1,329 J ; total number of miles of Wire, 2,495. a Purchased from Southland G-overnment. b Includes £450, purchase of Lyttelton Line, c Approximate cost. d Approximate cost of poles, &c. c Purchased from private firm, f Only cost of Line to summit of Arthur's Pass ; from there to Ilokitika not charged for. g Six per cent, and difference between receipts and cost of maintenance guaranteed by Nelson G-overnment. h Average cost per mile, Middle Island, i Supply of poles, and supervision included in cost of erection, k Survey, and supervision included in cost of erection. lOf this amount, £2,276 was paid to the Imperial Government as purchase of the Line. The balance £980, is the cost of extension from Ngaruawahia to Hamilton, and from Alexandra to Kihi Kihi. m Average cost per mile, Northern Island, n Total average cost per mile.

Locality. CD H3 —-. CD r—I *J 3 § "S " 8.8 ■° rP d o Cost of Survey. Cost of Poles. Cost of Clearing Bush. Value of Wire, Arms, Insulators, &c. Amount Paid for Erection. Cost of Inspection and Supervision. Total Cost of Line. Cost per Mile. Toodend to Blenheim, including White's Bay Line (reconstructed) -reymouth to Westport £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ 8. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 390 19 8 5,136 12 5 100 0 0 I 2022 15 4 2540 17 3 10,743 19 9 55 7 7a 194 552 15 1 67 407 11 8 1,070 16 5 I 11951 7 6 l 960 15 4! '1903 16 9 I 708 9 41 7,002 17 0 104 10 55 261 798 11 4 6,207 8 10 2051 7 6 2983 10 8 4444 14 0 1261 4 5 17,746 16 9

Locality. Length of Section in Miles. Cost of Clearing Bush. Total Cost of Poles for Section including Delivery. Cost of Wire, Arms, Insulators, &c. including Cartage. Cost of Erection. Total Cost of Section. Cost per Mile. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 812 15 6 469 11 0 1,720 13 3 3,760 19 0 3,661 6 0 503 12 6 800 0 0 2,108 0 0 3,019 17 9 £ s. d. 812 15 6 2,407 12 4 13,108 19 0 13,743 i 2 14,057 6 7 503 12 6 800 0 0 2,108 0 0 7,002 17 0 £ s. d. 42 15 6a 75 4 9 69 7 0 63 0 75 58 6 0c 71 18 lid 100 0 Oe 11 19 7/ 104 10 5g Bluff to Invercargill ... Invercargill to Mataura Mataura to Waitaki... Waitaki to Hurunui... Hurunui to Nelson ... White's Bay Line Port Chalmers Line ... West Coast Line Greymouth to Westport Blenheim to Woodend, reconstruction, including White's Bay Line (194 miles) 19 32 189 218 241 7 8 176 67 1,229" 3 3 1,199 0 0 8,353 18 0 6,554 8 8 5,213 14 0 739 1 4 3,034 7 9 3,427 13 6 3,953 3 4 l,95l" 7 6 1,070" 16 5 960 15 4 100 0 0 5,136 12 5 2,022 15 4 348,4 12 0 10,743 19 9 55 7 7 Total Middle Island ... 957 3,280 10 9 65,288 3 10 68 4 5A 27,528 9 6 14,137 16 7 20,341 7 01 Lyall's Bay to Wellington ... Wellington to Masterton Masterton to Castle Point ... Castle Point to Porangahau... Porangahau to Napier Auckland Line, including Branch Line to Hamilton... 4 59{ 35f 53 68 264 4 6 22 15 1 176 9 4 74 0 0 123 5 0 2,362 10 0 2,459 15 6 104 6 0 839 4 4 388 18 6 722 18 6 918 9 8 57 15 0 2,357 6 3 1,267 9 1 1,105 16 10 1,252 10 2 285 6 0 3,460 15 1 1,679 2 8 4,367 14 8 4,704 15 4 71 6 0 57 18 4» 46 19 6i 82 8 2k 69 3 9* 152 3,256 0 0 3,256 0 0 21 8 5! Total Northern Island... Total Middle Island ... 372 } 957 537 8 11 3,280 10 9 3,817 19 8 4,945 10 6 27,528 9 6 2,973 17 0 14,137 16 7 9,296 17 4 20,341 7 0 17,753 13 9 65,288 3 10 47 12 lm 68 4 5A l,329i 32,474 0 0 17,111 13 7 29,638 4 4 83,041 17 7 62 8 9» Cook's Strait Cable, including Ereight from London and expense of Laying ... 29,864 0 0 Total Expenditure (exclusive of North Napier and Wanganui Lines in progress) ... 112,905 17 7

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Appendix H. STATEMENT showing the Receipts and Expenditure of the Greymouth and "Westport Line, from its opening on the 1st September, 1868, to the 30th June, 1869; and also the position in which the Provincial Government of Nelson stands in regard to its guarantee for the payment of the Working Expenses of the Line, and Interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum on an outlay of £7000.

Appendix I. STATEMENT showing the number of Interprovincial Letters Despatched during the Postal Year ending 31st December, 1868; the Number of Telegrams forwarded from each Province for the Year ending 30th June, 1869; and the proportion the Telegrams bear to every hundred Letters; together with a similar Return for previous Year, by way of comparison.

1868-9. 1867-8. Total number of Letters 2,549,488 1,938,578 „ „ Telegrams 156,167 106,104 Proportion of Telegrams to every 100 Letters ... 6.12 5.47

Dr. £ s. d. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. £ s. d. Brighton Station, —■ Salaries Contingencies, including office fittings 163 6 2 80 16 0 244 2 2 Brighton Station, — Cash Receipts for Ordinary Telegrams ... Cash Receipts for Press Telegrams Cash Receipts for Provincial Government Telegrams ... Cash Receipts for Excess on Telegrams ... 150 19 11 0 6 6 161 15 2 Charleston Station, — Salaries Contingencies 121 S 0 25 9 6 146 14 6 9 5 0 13 9 kVESTPORT Station, — Salaries Contingencies 162 1 8 23 19 0 186 0 8 Charleston Station, — Cash Receipts for Ordinary Telegrams ... Cash Receipts for Press Tele401 19 9 Maintenance of Line, — Salaries Travelling Expenses Material grams Cash Receipts for Provincial Government Telegrams ... Cash Receipts for Excess on Telegrams ... Press Subscriptions to Mail Summary ... ... ,.. 10 0 112 10 0 161 6 8 32 4 3 306 0 11 18 8 2 448 7 3 3 6 0 interest on £7000 for 10 months at 6 per cent per annum 23 13 4 350 0 0 1,232 18 3 Westport Station, — Cash Receipts for Ordinary Telegrams ... Cash Receipts for Press Telegrams Cash Receipts for Provincial Government Telegrams ... Cash Receipts for Excess on Telegrams ... Press Subscriptions to Mail ■Summary 604 15 2 5 12 6 3alance, excess of Receipts over Expenditure ... 72 6 3 2 5 0 32 0 0 94 3 1 716 18 11 £1,327 1 4 £1,327 1 4

1868-9. 1867-8. Province. Number of Letters. Number of Proportion of Telegrams sent for every 100 Letters. Number of Letters. Number of Telegrams. Proportion of Telegrams sent for every 100 Letters. Telegrams. Wellington Marlborough ... felson Canterbury Vestland )tago louthland lawke's Bay ... Luckland 328,180 45,523 203,537 539,610 251,108 595,062 84,235 62,539 439,694 24,412 6,819 22,592 25,911 17,649 39,123 6,498 8,661 4,502 7.43 14.97 11.09 4.8 7.02 6.57 7.71 13.84 1.02 289,058 47,215 143,374 12,313 6,206 6,962 4.41 13.14 4.85 ] 801,774 42,101 5.25 575,948 81,209 32,668 5,854 5,66 7.20

REPORT ON THE WORKING OF THE TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT. Appendix K. RETURN of Ordinary Telegrams for the Financial Year ending 30th June, 1869.

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August. Se: NOTEMBEB. Deoembeb. Ja: SUAEY. Febbuaey. 'AECH. .PELL. UBTE. Totals. ULY. 'TEMBEE. ITOBEB. ,1 Amount. No. of Telegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams. Amount. No, of Telegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams Amount. No of Telegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams. No. of Telegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams. Amount. Balclutha Bealey Blenheim Bluff Brighton Castle Point ... Charleston Cheviot Christchurch ... Dunedin Featherston ... Greymouth Greytown Havelock Hokitika Invercargill Kaiapoi Kaikoura By ttelton Masterton Napier Nelson Oaraaru Picton Port Chalmers Selwyn Spit (Napier) ... Temuka Timaru Tokomairiro ... Waikouaiti Waipawa . Waipukurau ... Wellington Government Buildings Westport White's Bay ... 102 13 145 91 '"l8 28 940 1,194 23 237 34 52 392 219 164 45 451 £ s. d. 11 5 3 19 0 15 15 1 11 1 10 2 8 10 b 1 7 149 1 10 187 3 10 2 b 2 40 14 1 3 1 10 4 18 1 96 3 1 34 19 9 14 18 7 4 19 10 37 13 7 83 16 200 88 61 27 114 44 788 1,341 31 324 39 44 539 199 178 49 333 £ s. d. 9 15 4 1 15 6 21 18 3 10 10 3 7 2 8 4 15 9 21 4 4 7 15 4 128 16 8 207 12 2 3 19 7 59 7 6 3 17 9 4 17 131 15 5 30 2 3 16 11 3 6 11 3 29 19 1 79 20 162 109 288 19 339 51 784 1,461 21 474 55 75 682 235 136 40 346 £ a. d. 7 13 2 2 7 3 19 14 3 12 17 2 31 11 8 2 15 10 51 0 9 9 15 2 126 2 7 226 5 7 1 18 11 71 10 4 4 16 0 8 1 11 146 12 0 34 19 4 11 1 5 5 4 7 31 11 8 113 15 187 120 186 11 277 61 756 1,446 23 335 44 49 545 220 103 45 315 £ s. d. 11 5 7 1 18 2 22 1 11 13 11 6 20 2 6 12 3 36 16 4 13 5 7 119 6 5 206 7 11 19 3 56 9 11 4 19 4 12 7 111 4 8 35 3 7 8 12 2 5 17 6 32 5 4 86 11 196 87 151 19 278 42 684 1,247 20 459 50 34 600 195 81 53 256 £ s. d. 8 17 0 12 0 19 18 8 11 17 7 15 7 1 2 13 10 39 17 4 8 19 7 115 0 4 189 6 9 1 17 4 72 2 9 5 16 11 3 10 5 120 13 8 30 9 7 7 15 9 5 17 9 21 0 1 92 17 221 108 175 34 322 52 708 1,341 25 495 62 92 558 220 82 66 334 30 134 384 316 76 198 11 £ s. d. 9 1 11 2 0 2 23 18 6 13 15 1 17 3 8 4 3 3 39 1 3 13 9 8 112 15 4 186 10 3 2 3 6 73 4 10 5 13 9 9 16 9 105 0 2 31 4 1 7 8 3 9 7 1 31 0 8 3 12 6 25 15 11 67 14 3 32 19 10 7 9 9 13 13 3 1 4 11 137 16 227 89 152 25 306 106 922 1,507 29 496 62 54 690 190 82 87 373 48 143 394 360 82 216 6 13 46 265 298 61 £ s. d. 13 0 10 2 10 2 23 3 1 14 1 0 13 15 3 3 15 11 38 9 2 25 17 6 148 19 2 238 1 4 2 14 2 74 16 1 5 10 8 4 16 6 149 16 0 32 18 3 7 19 6 10 13 7 36 9 1 4 7 10 28 4 7 71 8 10 40 19 4 7 18 2 15 16 5 0 16 2 2 4 8 4 15 6 36 10 0 27 3 0 5 14 4 130 12 188 130 100 18 289 10b 871 1,387 24 374 97 72 561 269 63 59 359 31 134 340 323 113 259 11 52 46 284 365 50 £ s. d. 12 11 2 17 6 22 1 3 14 7 1 10 1 10 1 17 10 35 8 7 25 15 0 lb2 11 2 196 6 3 2 3 2 54 19 5 9 18 3 7 7 0 121 16 0 40 2 1 5 7 9 6 9 3 36 4 3 3 2 1 25 6 1 64 8 3 34 6 8 11 17 0 18 15 10 15 0 8 12 4 4 6 7 36 6 2 34 8 9 4 11 1 103 14 254 134 123 15 276 87 959 1,496 40 458 104 95 521 183 106 65 369 37 190 506 428 122 217 16 96 70 360 30b 86 £ s. d. 9 7 11 1 12 8 27 b 6 13 JL6 0 11 4 0 2 0 11 36 :6 2 17 15 7 150 17 11 213 17 3 2 16 5 65 19 9 10 5 11 9 13 2 99 ! . 1 5 26 12 4 9 2 7 7 15 5 34 , 3 4 3 4 2 40 18 11 92 1 10 45 6 9 11 10 7 16 17 11 1 18 1 20 14 9 6 1 5 48 0 10 28 flO 3 9 13 2 127 13 160 126 111 21 251 50 863 1,563 45 369 75 50 561 254 148 46 373 36 177 373 347 119 182 24 88 60 261 344 92 £ s. d. 12 8 4 1 11 4 15 14 0 15 0 4 9 2 9 2 13 5 35 4 4 9 9 5 138 19 1 232 15 4 4 0 2 58 10 11 6 10 9 5 10 8 135 17 2 37 5 3 14 7 4 9 2 4 32 1 2 3 5 0 34 12 1 74 10 2 39 5 4 13 3 5 12 6 2 2 2 4 15 12 8 5 4 3 35 11 0 32 18 5 8 11 3 114 11 217 87 106 27 281 48 811 1,503 45 350 69 70 427 168 133 57 395 38 122 383 367 134 236 32 70 38 267 296 79 £ s. d. 11 4 10 13 8 22 12 9 8 11 5 9 18 3 18 11 37 5 6 9 0 6 123 2 2 210 5 7 3 8 11 53 16 11 6 4 4 8 15 4 83 2 3 22 9 2 12 12 1 8 3 2 35 19 10 2 17 8 21 10 9 75 17 4 41 18 7 12 17 4 16 19 6 2 17 3 11 14 8 3 9 6 35 15 0 27 16 2 7 15 9 111 14 192 98 87 22 258 70 825 1,268 36 549 69 68 523 182 132 58 346 28 182 366 296 129 170 21 98 61 239 250 39 34 41 592 78 338 £ s. d. 10 18 10 16 0 22 2 10 13 13 6 6 6 10 2 17 0 31 5 0 12 17 8 125 14 5 201 0 9 2 2 8 101 9 3 b 19 3 6 4 0 106 8 9 23 13 9 13 b 11 6 13 3 30 4 9 1 18 1 32 11 9 64 8 1 33 10 4 13 6 7 12 16 9 2 17 17 8 7 6 15 27 14 9 23 14 3 3 11 9 3 13 4 4 3 2 96 11 1 18 4 6 52 1 11 1,277 172 2,349 1,267 1,540 256 2,991 744 9,911 16,757 362 4,920 760 755 6,599 2,534 1,408 670 4,250 248 1,873 4,496 4,107 1,344 2,417 161 417 324 3,007 3,580 819 34 722 7,472 505 3,565 33 £ s. d. 127 10 2 20 3 5 256 6 1 153 2 9 150 19 11 35 3 9 401 18 9 159 2 7 1,591 7 1 2,495 13 0 30 19 3 783 1 9 71 17 2 77 8 O 1,407 10 7 379 19 5 129 2 7 86 15 0 388 12 10 22 7 4 369 4 5 853 17 5 474 2 5 134 10 10 175 8 11 16 16 7 76 7 8 30 5 8 404 15 3 335 19 4 88 10 1 3 13 4 102 0 5 1,311 5 5 124 6 7 604 15 2 3 9 7 166 296 351 152 161 9 30 3 b 49 1 6 45 12 4 15 15 6 12 2 6 118 171 367 370 136 177 9 32 17 7 65 6 4 52 10 5 13 6 5 14 12 8 1 2 11 164 406 341 116 190 5 37 1 10 85 7 8 38 16 0 12 7 2 13 9 11 0 9 5 137 349 347 91 212 12 26 16 0 73 16 1 38 5 7 8 4 11 14 19 3 13 5 153 332 261 74 199 5 33 5 6 69 17 1 30 11 3 6 14 0 12 18 9 0 13 10 247 296 67 32 8 11 28 2 10 9 19 223 287 75 29 16 5 ■28 2 4 9 3 7 214 252 67 29 17 11 24 3 10 8 5 4 210 289 61 30 5 4 28 0 9 6 19 1 179 285 54 24 2 3 24 9 6 5 16 10 3 258 313 88 0 7 0 38 6 8 28 9 3 9 6 2 90 564 61 10 18 6 101 7 10 14 1 10 81 749 88 11 15 8 149 13 9 20 16 9 64 572 113 387 4 11 16 7 102 4 1 27 4 3 75 15 0 0 11 11 49 587 79 353 6 6 1 103 18 0 24 1 1 65 15 5 37 559 12 388 1 4 11 1 102 15 11 6 1 10 63 17 0 0 16 38 618 7 425 3 6 10 4 107 14 1 14 1 70 4 7 0 4 5 63 645 16 373 3 9 3 5 116 6 10 2 14 5 61 8 6 0 6 2 61 648 6 304 2 8 18 109 3 0 1 13 7 50 19 9 0 2 2 103 720 17 329 7 16 11 7 121 3 8 2 Jl9 2 50 8 9 0 [10 10 71 671 12 304 6 8 11 9 109 17 4 2 2 10 50 14 7 0 17 4 24 547 16 364 2 3 10 7 90 9 10 3 2 3 63 9 8 0 3 5 3 0 8 6 2 0 3 4 Totals, Bluff to Napier 6,611 973 8 4 7,236 1,137 0 1 8,271 1,273 10 6 7,627 1,134 5 11 7,088 1,068 0 9 7,906 1,111 15 2 8,582 1,283 5 5 8,137 1,174 0 10 9,011 1,266 6 11 8,373 1,225 10 0 7,934 1,093 4 3 7,870 1,138 2 4 94,646 13,878 10 6 Alexandra Auckland Cambridge Hamilton FuhiKihi Mercer Newcastle Onehunga 12 82 21 22 9 18 51 23 15 6 8 0 9 2 16 4 1 19 6 0 17 10 1 17 9 4 13 4 15 9 4 74 23 20 0 10 8 8 10 5 3 0 1 1 16 2 24 94 26 30 2 10 5 9 6 5 3 8 0 2 13 9 23 95 12 29 2 13 2 9 9 10 1 11 11 2 7 0 15 108 59 52 1 27 67 24 2 0 1 18 17 9 9 9 10 4 15 4 0 13 2 18 5 5 18 2 1 13 5 12 77 10 39 5 13 55 11 18 2 7 2 0 12 5 4 6 9 0 17 11 16 4 4 13 5 0 12 1 22 78 14 43 13 12 79 8 2 4 5 7 16 0 1 19 5 4 2 11 18 2 15 3 6 6 11 0 8 10 6 54 36 1 17 68 9 0 14 4 5 2 1 3 13 4 0 13 1 14 6 6 2 10 0 9 7 4 87 3 57 0 8 0 6 10 10 12 2 8 6 4 2 15 92 11 34 30 90 29 2 6 0 9 10 7 18 1 3 5 3 2 15 9 8 4 2 2 10 20 94 16 41 22 79 20 3 11 1 9 8 1 1 19 3 3 18 3 2 4 0 8 9 11 1 6 11 17 79 9 27 19 74 14 2 16 1 8 12 6 1 0 11 2 9 6 1 15 3 7 8 10 14 0 174 1,014 204 430 29 240 783 218 22 10 9 110 8 7 28 4 9 41 11 11 3 6 5 23 0 0 71 15 1 13 19 1 18 53 15 19 4 4 12 7 1 3 11 27 43 15 2 3 6 4 2 2 0 15 8 23 49 29 2 5 7 4 17 1 10 0 14 75 21 1 7 1 4 4 1 2 7 11 Totals, Auckland 238 22 16 9 207 21 3 2 259 24 19 11 260 23 19 1 353 45 14 3 222 21 9 1 269 25 11 11 191 17 17 11 261 25 9 1 301 29 10 10 292 30 17 6 239 25 7 1 3,092 314 16 7 „ Bluffto Napier 6,611 973 8 4 7,236 1,137 0 1 8,271 1,273 10 6 7,627 1,134 5 11 7,088 1,068 0 9 7,906 1,111 15 2 8,582 1,283 5 5 8,137 1,174 0 10 9,011 1,266 6 11 8,373 1,225 10 0 7,934 1,093 4 3 7,870 1,138 2 4 94,646 13,878 10 6 Grand Totals 7,887 1,158 5 0 1,308 17 4 8,328 1,191 18 9 9,272 1,291 16 0 8,674 1,255 0 10 8,226 1,124 1 9 '8,109 1,163 9 5 97,738 14,193 7 1 6,849 996 5 1 7,443 1,158 3 3 8,530 1,298 10 5 7,441 1,113 15 0 8,128 1,133 4 3 8,851

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REPORT ON THE WORKING OF THE TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT. Appendix L. RETURN of Press Telegrams for the Financial Year ending 30th June, 1869.

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ULY. August. Sep' TOIBEB. ITOBEE, NOTEMBEB. Be. 1EMBEB. Januaey. Fe: IEUAPY. M ABCH. Apeil. May. UNE. 'otals. No. of Telegrams Amount. No. of Telegrams Amount No. of Telegrams Amount. No. of Telegrams Amount. No. of Telegrams Amount No. of Telegrams Amount. No. of Telegrams Amount. No. of Telegrams tount. No. of Telegrams Amount. No. of Telegrams Amount. No. of Telegrams Amount No. of Telegrams Amount. No. of Telegrams Amount. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 0 3 6 £ s. d. 1 10 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. 0 18 8 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 0 2 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ 8. d. 2 14 10 Balclutha Bealey Blenheim Bluff Brighton Castle Point ... Charleston Cheviot Christchurch ... Bunedin Featherston ... Greymouth Greytown Havelock Hokitika ... 1 3 1 1 6 " 1 6 0 2 11 4 18 0 "3 7 0 "7 0 4 15 4 2 10 1 0 5 3 6 12 0 3 0 'l5 1 15 12 7 0 10 "il 40 "« 8 33 72 15 3 "■41 57 17 0 "'5 19 0 16 6 ft 17 1 3 33 0 6 11 59 10 2 3 21 0 5 9 60 12 5 10 19 1 1 16 10 29 0 1 0 2 6 "■4 26 0 ib 10 14 14 10 31 251 3 2 11 4 12 0 394 2 7 0 6 6 < 0 4 8 10 0 '"l 0 "i 4 " 1 0 3 4 "6 0 9 6 '"4 0 "9 6 "l 0 i 0 '"7 37 2 15 7 19 4 1 19 34 5 "6 11 14 17 5 "l 18 0 2 3 9 6 9 "ii 20 7 13 5 12 10 5 "V 23 7 "5 3 11 8 11 "5 13 4 8 6 6 3 11 "37 9 10 "io 11 6 0 8 "41 12 9 17 10 b 3 8 "il 44 15 16 2 15 18 9 "65 65 23 "7 9 16 14 8 "58 28 23 18 1 3 11 3 107 46 27 3 1 9 13 7 399 349 137 19 9 130 14 1 "s 1 19 1 "io 2 2 17 6 0 5 3 '"5 0 12 6 1 0 "i 0 '"5 2 0 H 6 0 4 8 "l 2 0 "2 0 0 2 4 12 1 13 11 15 8 ]0 1 9 20 18 2 114 15 3 1 21 2 1 4 12 0 0 6 5 0 19 16 14 9 0 3 4 0 2 6 "s 1 13 6 3 5 0 ii 0 0 7 7 "9 4 2 14 6 0 8 2 57 38 3 205 20 21 13 15 6 4 19 2 0 6 5 125 8 11 1 18 0 1 13 0 "l 0 "9 0 1 8 4 5 0 2 11 5 2 3 0 6 8 0 7 6 13 4 15 3 16 3 1 6 0 4 0 6 8 0 10 "i2 4 7 0 '"S 3 4 6 '■17 22 12 10 25 10 "6 6 28 10 "7 9 46 20 10 7 Invercargill Kaiapoi Eaikoura By ttelton Masterton Napier Nelson Oamaru Picton Port Chalmers Selwyn Spit (Napier) ... Temuka Timaru Tokomairiro ... Waikouaiti Waipawa Waipnkurau ... Wellington Government Buildings Westport White's Bay ... '"6 "54 13 6 2 1 b 0 12 0 1 19 0 4 5 6 1 17 9 0 12 3 0 2 0 0 6 6 "29 8 9 1 6 8 0 ib 10 1 12 9 1 4 10 0 4 1 12 2 0 12 6 "3 23 14 1 12 0 "i 0 0 12 6 8 16 2 0 2 0 0 12 6 "38 "l 5 13 1 6 0 0 3 0 1 14 5 0 19 0 1 "29 47 b 2 "26 0 i 0 0 19 0 17 11 0 3 11 0 0 11 8 2 5 6 1 40 1 45 6 2 "l7 0 "i 0 18 0 0 2 4 15 15 6 15 5 17 4 1 3 6 "36 "28 "21 10 6 8 18 9 1 ib 6 53 2 5 10 "l7 "3 1 17 10 0 2 2 12 0 5 10 1 1 "5 6 I 0 12 0 48 1 52 8 5 '"7 '"4 19 6 0 19 25 9 10 3 14 2 0 13 6 0 li 6 2 2 0 " 1 34 1 49 27 1 '"9 "2 0 2 0 10 0 0 12 23 5 5 14 8 9 0 12 0 17 0 1 "4 9 '"2 38 1 52 13 '"7 "l 0 2 0 12 0 0 19 18 9 2 5 2 6 0 9 6 0 15 9 25 1 45 4 2 9 "■4 0 16 0 0 19 12 3 7 16 8 0 2 4 0 13 0 1 13 9 447 7 345 107 15 8 151 14 14 10 2 0 10 11 128 16 6 48 11 9 3 12 4 16 2* 11 6 6 6 8 3 4 6 1 0 8 2 0 9 4 0 12 3 4 0 12 10 0 6 5 "3 0 "6 7 "l4 2 2 17 10 0 7 7 9 0 i9 10 "l 8 0 3 2 1 12 8 '"7 1 b 5 3 8 0 "9 7 1 15 7 "io 1 "6 9 '"2 4 0 12 4 0 7 7 4 2 1 14 1 0 19 "6 3 1 3 6 0 7 7 44 55 5 8 9 0 8 10 0 8 9 2 124 3 0 2 11 74 0 0 0 19 3 184 1 94 16 0 0 1 10 182 38 14 122 12 7 32 18 6 2 5 9 122 19 10 65 14 2 8 10 8 19 3 189 160 0 9 169 95 "4 6 176 82 ii 3 214 104 "i 11 224 145 "7 9 163 1 55 12 4 0 2 9 133 42 "2 6 196 13 83 "6 3 3 17 7 2 2,076 75 38 0 2 11 1,125 4 0 46 10 7 5 12 6 "l 0 1 6 "l 0 "i 0 ' 1 0 2 6 "2 0 "8 9 "9 1 3 9 Totals, Bluff to Napier 288 115 5 10 334 132 13 3 354 193 0 0 303 127 19 8 373 249 12 1 355 206 11 5 376 192 8 2 430 184 1 2 526 294 15 7 482 210 18 2 414 140 19 10 550 181 1 7 4,785 2,229 6 9 Alexandra Auckland Cambridge Hamilton KihiKihi Mercer Newcastle Onehunga "2 0 "i 2 "'4 0 9 4 "3 0 "7 0 12 1 14 8 % 5 1 12 8 17 9 3 7 4 017 6 '"5 0 8 9 '"4 0 10 6 ... ; 0 'i 6 '"2 0 "5 10 "4 0 14 7 15 3 119 8 0 16 O '"1 0 "2 6 "1 1 0 12 0 Totals, Auckland line... 2 0 12 1 0 2 6 5 0 8 9 4 0 10 6 1 0 16 4 0 9 4 4 0 19 0 14 2 0 6 9 2 7 3 44 7 0 6 Totals, Bluff to Napier 288 115 5 10 334 132 13 3 354 193 0 0 303 127 19 8 373 249 12 1 355 206 11 5 376 192 8 2 430 Il84 1 2 526 294 15 7 482 210 18 2 414 140 19 10 550 181 1 7 4,785 2,229 6 9 Grand Totals ... 290 115 7 0 334 132 13 3 354 193 0 0 304 128 2 2 378 250 0 10 359 207 1 11 376 192 8 2 431 184 2 8 530 295 4 11 486 211 17 2 428 143 0 4 559 183 8 10 4,829 2,236 7 3