E.—No. 5.

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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REPOET ON THE TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.

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