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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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THE TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.

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