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Table H. TOTAL COST of the LINES of TELEGRAPH throughout NEW ZEALAND, and of the COOK STRAIT CABLE.

Section of Line. "S.S Him Cost of Clearing 1 Bush. Total Cost of Poles for Section, including Delivery. Cost of Wire, Arms, Insulators,&c. including Cartage. Cost of Erection. Total Cost of Section. Cost per Mile. Riverton to Invereargill... Bluff to Invercargill Invercargill to Mataura ... Mataura to Waitaki Waitaki to Hurunui Hurunui to Nelson White's Bay Line Port Chalmers Line Christchurch to Greymouth Greymouth to Westport Blenheim to Woodend,reconstruction, including White's Bay Line (194 miles) Palmerston to Naseby ... Tokoniairiro to Queenstown Tokomairiro to Queenstown, reconstruction, 140 miles Third Wire from Dunedin to Oamaru (including loop line to Kakanui, 4 miles), 94 miles ... Christchurch to Hokitika, reconstruction, 146 miles ... Christchureh to Akaroa... Nelson to Jlotueka Grevmouth to Keefton ... Leithfield to Waiau Invercargill to Winton ... Hokitika to R093 Kaiapoi to Rangiora Greymoutli to Westport, reconstruction, 67 miles Havelock to Nelson, reconstruction, 25 miles ... Invercargill to Balclutha, reconstruction, 70 miles Third Wire, Oamaru to Christchurch, 161 miles Second Wire, Christchurch to Hokitika, 116 miles Second and third Wirea, Hokitika to G-reymouth, 00 miles ... 24 19 32 189 218 241 7 8 176 67 £ s. d. £ s. d. 547 2 10 £ s. d. 96 10 11 £ s. d. 262 12 1 812 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. 906 6 4 812 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 £ e. d. 37 15 3 42 15 6a 75 4 9 69 7 0 63 0 76 58 6 0c 71 18 lid 100 0 Oe 21 12 9/ 104 10 5 1,199 0 0 8,353 18 0 6,554 8 8 5,213 14 0 739 1 4 3,034 7 9 3,427 13 6 3,953 3 4 1,229 3 3 1,951 7 6 1,070 16 5 960 15 4 100 0 0 5,136 12 5 754 14 10 2,022 15 4 247 2 2 3,484 12 0 435 19 9 4,432 1 4 10,743 19 9 1,437 16 9 4,432 1 4 55 7 7 26 12 6 31 13 1g 54 140 2,247 3 10 2,247 3 10 16 1 0 4 264 12 0 830 16 11 426 15 9 1,522 4 8 16 3 10 50 32 50 37 14 20 8 65 10 0 10 10 0 2,649 0 0 1,881 16 5 805 2 G S72 13 2 1,440 14 0 801 12 4 295 2 0 172 12 6 207 0 0 446 13 5 721 5 8 375 5 8 1,101 6 7 688 2 5 156 4 11 208 11 6 48 2 8 873 12 11 817 18 5 321 11 2 1,795 9 11 847 4 6 209 1 0 200 12 6 37 17 6 3,202 2 9 2,409 16 7 1,580 0 0 6,986 10 6 2,336 19 3 660 7 11 982 19 6 293 0 2 21 18 8 48 3 11 49 7 64 139 14 7 63 3 2 47 3 5 49 2 11 36 12 6 40l" 3 0 675 14 3 69 16 9 1,216 9 1 1,962 0 1 29 5 8 379 18 6 17 15 0 144 5 2 541 18 8 21 13 6 1,221 3 9 113 15 5 706 12 3 2,041 11 5 29 3 3 936 2 10 1,935 7 2 1,077 10 8 3,949 0 8 24 10 6 290 6 0 1,286 7 0 518 13 6 2,095 6 6 14 7 0 499 7 0 216 2 5 715 9 5 11 18 5 Totals, South Island 1,390 6,406 13 9 39,074 17 5 22,980 7 9 38,829 1 3 107,291 0 2 77 3 9 Lyell's Bay to Wellington Wellington to Patea Wellington to Masterton Masterton to Castle Point Castle Point to Porangahau Porangahau to Napier ... Napier to Tauranga Auckland to Cambridge, via old line to Alexandra, including branch line to Hamilton Auckland toNeweastle,reconstruction, 70 miles, including new line from Hamilton to Cambridge, 12 miles Mercer to Thames, including four towers for spanning Thames and Piako Rivers Second Wire from Napier to Tauranga, 200 miles Tauranga to Ivati Ivati ... Kati Kati to Grahamstown Third Wire from Auckland to Mercer, 40 miles Third Wire from Auckland to Grahamstown, 76 miles Third Wire from Wellington to Masterton, and 60 miles from Napier to Waipukurau, 42 miles Grahamstown to Coromandel ... 4 180 60 36 53 68 200 152 12 67 18 6 264 4 6 22 15 1 176 9 4 74 0 0 153 18 6 123 5 0 4,617 12 7 2,3(52 10 0 2,459 15 6 9,404 12 6 1,393 14 6 104 6 0 2,315 9 5 839 4 4 388 18 6 722 18 6 918 9 8 5,763 13 7 841 15 9 57 15 0 3,062 11 9 2,357 6 3 1,267 9 1 1,105 16 10 1,252 10 2 5,767 18 5 3,256 0 0 1,453 3 8 285 6 0 10,093 12 3 3,460 15 1 1,679 2 8 4,3G7 14 8 4,704 15 4 21,090 3 0 3,256 0 0 3,688 13 11 71 6 0 56 1 6 57 18 4 46 19 6 82 8 2 69 3 9 105 9 0 21 8 5 44 19 8 36 2,158 8 10 1,386 13 10 1,492 7 5 5,037 10 1 139 18 7 30 43 793 19 9 31 17 0 1,041 3 0 2,521 19 5 2,607 9 1 530 5 9 1,461 8 6 880 11 1 1,266 0 10 1,482 15 3 4,313 16 11 2,837 9 7 7,050 4 5 21 11 4 94 11 8 163 19 2 1,584 1 3 234 0 9 383 18 5 617 19 2 15 9 0 173 1 6 816 9 1 1,136 G 11 2,125 18 0 27 19 5 30 1,108 13 6 146 17 6 605 6 3 188 17 2 414 6 9 1,020 11 10 2,076 12 0 1,356 6 6 4,204 18 6 13 5 10 140 3 3 Carried forward ... 904 4,246 0 5 27,070 3 7 19,534 7 2 29,319 14 11 80,170 6 1 a Purchased from Southland Gi :ost of poles, &c. e Purchased fron nent; total cost includes £2,047 U ivernmc i privati is. lOd. int. h Includes £450, purch: b firm, f Purchased from ( for new material, h 6 per c ase of Lytteltoi Canterbury Goi :ent. interest gt i line, e Appi rernment. g 1 laranteed on tl •oximate cost, 'urehased from lis line. Approximatt •tago Govern-