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Table B. Cost of Maintkn. .NCE of Te: .egbaph Lines for the Financial ear ended 30th TINE, 1872. Biverton to Balclutha Tokomairiro to Queenstown Balclutha to Waitaki, including Naseby Line... Waitaki to Christclmrcb, including Akaroa Line Cliristehurch to Greymouth Greyniouth to Westport Christchurch to Blenheim ... Blenheim to Nelson, including White's Bay Line Nelson to Motueka Wellington to Opunake Wellington to Napier Napier to Tauranga Tauranga to Grahanistown... Auckland to Grahamstown and Alexandra Section. Number of Miles. 138 140 210 198 176 67 208 92 32 230 221 200 73 200 Salaries of Linemen and Inspectors. £ a. d. 490 0 0 548 6 8 177 1 8 419 4 8 402 1 8 150 0 0 480 2 3 292 10 0 Travelling Expenses of Linemen and Inspectors. £ s. d. 114 2 6 149 9 2 202 0 0 188 1 9 338 15 11 100 10 9 193 5 0 151 1 7 Extra Labour. £ s. d. 26 14 0 7 5 6 81 13 2 64 6 10 62 13 7 16 6 0 72 3 9 73 18 6 Cost of Material used for Repairs. £ a. d. 15 17 0 18 5 0 63 17 1 50 2 6 103 16 0 29 0 6 29 7 3 10 6 Total Cost of Maintenance. £ s. d. 646 13 6 723 6 4 524 11 11 721 15 9 907 7 2 295 17 3 774 18 3 518 10 7 Cost per Mile. £ s. d. 4 13 9 5 3 4 2 9 11 3 12 11 5 3 1 4 8 4 3 14 6 5 12 9 473 1 0 507 18 4 354 16 8 36 13 4 645 0 0 256 0 1 259 14 10 200 18 7 23 6 11 408 16 6 165 2 7 46 15 6 45 15 6 5 0 0 212 5 5 11 3 6 26 17 0 47 14 0 905 7 2 841 5 8 649 4 9 65 0 3 1,285 1 0 3 18 8 3 16 1 3 4 11 0 17 10 6 8 6 1819 1 2,185 4,976 16 3 2,586 3 7 880 0 4 415 19 5 8,858 19 7 4 2 3t * No cost for maintenance 'et inci irred. Line opened oi i28tl h May, 1872. f Total average COi it per mile. Insulation Tests of the Cook Steait Cable for the Tc after Two Minutes' Blectri TaW( e C. , 1869, 187i .ads (Britisl i, 1871, and 187: Association Un respective of Eesis sars e: ided 30th June, 1 m in Millions of ( 868, 3hm .its ilj, shi tance) wing the Resistance per Knot Date. No. 1 Wire. No. 2 Wire. No. 3 Wire. Date. No. 1 Wire. No. 2 Wire. No. 3 Wire.: Date. No. 1 Wire. No. 2 | Wire. | No. 3 Wire. Date. No. 1 Wire. No. 2 Wire. No. 3 Wire. Date. No. 1 Wire. No. 2 Wire. No. 3 Wire. 1867— September 1 ... September 30 October 14 November 1 ... November 14... December 2 ... 473 634 547 598 574 608 71 102 179 326 10-6 10-5 554 634 620 667 643 709 1869— March 27 April 19 May 11 May 17 June 22 July 27 August 24 September 27 October f November 8 ... December 3 ... 467 483 562 531 522 649 667 754 26 30 31 14 15 13729 748 950 963 931 1,104 1,200 1,275 1870— January 22 ... February 22 ... March 18 March 20 April 26 May 31 June 26 July 16 August 16 September 17 October 20 ... 526 417 442 344 430 456 355 517 473 508 471 334 306 86 •446 2-3 ■393 1-7 8-7 5-5 865 707 967 619 812 871 622 893 763 1,108 1,069 1870— November 21... December 21... 505 480 102 7'7 1,149 1,121 1871— Julyf August 25 September 25 ... October f November 23 ... December 28 ... 751 517 1-36 131 1,444 1,123 1871— January 21 ... February 21 ... March 23 April 24 May 23 June 24 574 565 497 508 489 717 6-7 20 239 1-85 208 1-28 1,312 1,173 1,166 1,003 955 jl 1,288 641 570 265 998 1,481 1,079 1868— June 7 * September 11 September 17 930 630 697 55 22o 635 1,094 946 1,000 582 638 625 1,253 1,159 j 1872— January 27 February 27 ... March 31 April 25 May 28 June 22 579 596 676 553 649 687 829 9-5 185 391 44-4 49-6 981 1,073 938 979 1,173 1,146 * This teBt was taken with zinc to earth; all the others with cc ipper to irth. fNote est taken a.