THE TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.

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E.—No. 7.

Table A. TOTAL COST of the LINES of TELEGRAPH throughout New Zealand, and of the COOK'S STRAIT CABLE

Section op Line. =+« a o.9 M CO r3 Cost of Clearing Bush. Total Cost of Poles for Section, including Delivery. Cost of Wire Arms, Insulators, &o. including Cartage. Cost of Erection. Total Cost of Section. Cost per Mile. Bluff to Invercargill... Invercargill to Mataura Mataura to Waitaki... W raitaki to Hurunui... Hurunui to Nelson ... White's Bay Line Port Chalmers Christchurch to Greymouth... Greymouth to Westport Blenheim to Woodend,reconstruction, including White's Bay line (194 miles) Tokomairiro to Queenstown. . 19 32 189 218 241 7 8 176 67 £ s. d. 1,229' 3 3 £ s. d. 1,199 0 0 8,353 18 0 6.554 8 8 5,213 14 0 £ s. d. 739 1 4 3,034 7 9 3,427 13 6 3,953 3 4 £ 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 3,808 0 0 3,019 17 9 £ s. d. 812 15 6 2,407 12 4 13,108 19 0 13,743 1 2 14,057 6 7 503 12 6 800 0 0 3,808 0 0 7,002 17 0 £ s. d. 42 15 6a 75 4 9 69 7 0 63 0 71 58 6 0c 71 18 lid 100 0 Oe 21 12 9/ 104 10 5> 1,951' 7 6 1,070 16 5 960 15 4 140 100 0 0 5,136 12 5 2,022 15 4 3,484 12 0 4,432 1 4 10,743 19 9 4,432 1 4 55 7 7 31 13 2h Total Middle Island... 1,097 3,280 10 9 27,528 9 6 14,137 16 7 26,473 8 4 71,420 5 2 65 2 li Lyall's Bay to Wellington ... Wellington to Patea via Wanganui Wellington to Masterton Masterton to Castle Point ... Castle Point to Porangahau... Porangahau to Napier Auckland to Cambridge, via old line to Alexandra, including branch line to Hamilton ... Auckland to Newcastle, recon struction 70 miles, including new line from Hamilton to Cambridge, 12 miles 4 180 59| 35f 53 68 67 18 6 264 4 6 22 15 1 176 9 4 74 0 0 123 5 0 4,647 12 7 2,362 10 0 2,459 15 6 104 6 0 2,315 9 5 839 4 4 388 18 6 722 18 6 918 9 8 57 15 0 3,062 11 9 2,357 6 3 1,267 9 1 1,105 16 10 1,252 10 2 285 6 0 10,093 12 3 3,460 15 1 1,679 2 8 4,367 14 8 4,704 15 4 71 6 0 56 1 etc 57 18 4Z 46 19 61 82 8 2m 69 3 9m 152 3,256 0 0 3,256 0 0 21 8 5» 1,393 14 6 841 15 9 1,453 3 8 3,688 13 11 44 19 8 12 Total North Island ... Total Middle Island... 5641 1,097 605 7 5 3,280 10 9 10 986 17 7 27,528 9 6 6,131 2 2 1-4137 16 7 13,812 12 9 26,473 8 4 31,535 19 11 71,420 5 2 55 17 4o 65 2 li 1,6611 3,885 18 2 38,515 7 1 20,268 18 9 40,286 1 1 102,956 5 1 61 19 4p look's Strait Cable, including freight from London, and expense of laying... 'otal Expenditure (exclusive of lines in progress. 29,864 0 0 132,820 5 1 Total number of miles of Line, 1661 \ ; tot! Government, b Includes £ Purchased from private firm, and cost of maintenance guar; )47 18s. lOd. for new materia one by Waipukurau and Wai route), t Supply of Poles ai ection. n Of this amount £2 ? cost of extension from Ngan id. p Total average cost per tal number of miles of Wire, 2897. a Purchased from Southland d Approximate cost of Poles, &e. e cert, and difference between receipts : Government; total cost includes £20 cost of exploration of three routes ; ( Wellington and Wanganui (present ] and supervision included in cost of ore of the line; the balance, £980, is the o Average cost per mile, North Islan £450, purchase of Lyttelton line, c Approximate cost, a. f Purchased from Canterbury Government, g Six per ranteed by Nelson Government, h Purchased from Otago al. i Average cost per mile, Middle Island, h Includes inganui; one by.Masterton and Wanganui; and one by ind supervision included in cost of erection, m Survey !2,276 was paid to the Imperial Government as purchase ruawahia to Hamilton, and from Alexandra to Kihi Kihi. ' mile. Oedinaet, Press, and Provi the Year ended 3 Table B B. ncial Government Te: iOth June, 1870, and the 3LEGEAMS despatched during each Quarter of ; Revenue derived from each Class. Septemb: EE Qr/AKTEE, .869. Decemb: !E Q.l .869. FAETEE, Maec: : QuAETEE, .870. Jun: QtJAETEE, ,870. No. of Telegrams Revenue Derived. No. Of Telegrams Revenue Derived. No. of Telegrams Revenue Derived. No. of Telegrams Revenue Derived. )rdinary Telegrams 'ress Do. 'ro. Govt. Do. 24,307 1,152 877 3753 17 0 340 4 3 271 10 1 21,972 853 897 3558 13 0 216 18 0 216 11 0 23,351 740 870 3781 10 6 182 4 0 198 17 0 44,788 1,460 1,278 3636 10 O 241 14 0 182 10 0 Totals ... 26,336 4365 11 4 23,722 3992 2 0 24 961 4162 11 6 47,526 4060 14 0 The half crown tariff came inti operation on 1st Septei iber, 1869, and the present shilling tariff on 1st A] iril, 1870.