THE TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.

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Table I. DEBTOR AND CREDITOR STATEMENT of LINES from BLUFF to NAPIER and PATEA.

Db. To total cost of maintenance of stations „ Total cost of maintenance of lines £ s. d. £ s. d. Ce. . By Cash Receipts as under : Ordinary, Press, and Provincial Government Telegrams Subscriptions from the Press and other receipts £ s. d. £ s. d. 14,745 12 8 12;392 13 5 27,138 6 1 16,162 15 7 637 2 6 16,799 18 1 Balance (credit of lines from Bluff to Napier and Patea) Total cash revenue , Valueof Gen. Gvt. telegrams 27,138 6 1 1,094 16 5 16,799 18 1 11,433 4 5 £28,233 2 6 £28,233 2 6 Tab: le J. De :tor and Creditor Stat :ement for Auckland Lines. De. Co total cost of maintnance Stations „ Total cost of maintenance of Lines £ s. d. 1,671 14 8 £ s. d. Ch. By cash receipts for Ordinary, Press, and Provincial Government tele- £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,727 11 5 3,399 6 1 418 3 3 grams By value of General Government telegrams 819 1 7 Balance (debit to Auckland lines) 1,237 4 10 2,162 1 3 £3,399 6 1 £3,399 6 1 Genera: Balance. 'o Balance to debit of Auckland lines 2,162 1 3 By balance to credit of lines from Bluff to Napier and Patea 1,094 16 5 By balance to debit of Department 1,067 4 10 £2,162 1 3 £2,162 1 3 Table K. UMBER of INTERPROVI] number of Telegrai proportion of Teleg: year. cial Letters forwarded during the year ended 31st December, 1869 ; :s despatched in each Province during the year ended 30th June, 1870; ;ams to every 100 Letters ; together with a similar return for the previous 1869-70. 1868-9. Province. Number of Letters. Number of Telegrams. Proportion of Telegrams sent for every 100 Letters. Number of Letters. Number of Telegrams. Proportion of Telegrams sent for every 100 Letters. Vellington larlborough felson Canterbury Vestland 302,209 53,562 176,903 397,352 242,400 538,329 75,445 65,967 26,578 495,315 34,494 7,945 25,361 27,255 21,318 44,927 6,512 10,451 616 6,544 11.41 14.83 14.33 6 85 8.79 8.34 8.63 15.84 2.31 1.32 328,180 45,523 203,537 539,610 251,108 595,062 84,235 62,539 24,412 6,819 22,592 25,911 17,649 39,123 6.498 8,661 7.43 14.97 1109 48 7 02 6.57 7.71 13.84 )tago louthland lawke's Bay ?aranaki Luckland 439,694 4*502 L02 Total number of letters 'elegrams... grams to every 1869-70. ... 2,374,060 185,423 7 100 Letters ... 7.81 1868-69. 2,549,488 156,167 6.12 1867 1,938, 106, \ f-68. ,578 ,104 5.47 Pronortion of Te]