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Table I. TOTAL COST of the LINES of TELEGRAPH throughout New Zealand and of the Cook Strait Cable.

Section of Line. Length of Section in Miles. Cost of Clearing Bash. Cost of Wire, Total Cost of Arms, Poles, including Insulators, Ac, Delivery. including Carriage. Cost of Erection. Total Cost of Section. Cost per Mile. Riverton to Invercargill ... Bluff to Invercargill [nvercargill to Mataura ... Mataura to Waitaki Waitaki to Hurunui Hurunui to Nelson White's Bay Line Port Chalmers Line Dhristehureh to Greymouth 3-reymouth to Westport ... Blenheim to Woodend, reconstruction, including White's Bay Line (194 miles) ... Palmerston to Naseby rokomairiro to Queenstown rokomairiro to Queenstown, reconstruction, 140 miles rhird Wire from Dunedin to Oamaru (including loop line to Kakanui, 4 miles), 94 miles Dbrist church to Hokitika, reconstruction, 146 miles Dhristehurch to Akaroa ... kelson (o Motueka Jreymouth to Reefton [jeitlifield to Waiau invereargill to Winton BCokitika to Ross taiapoi to Rangiora Jreyinouth to Westport, reconstruction, 67 miles ... invercargill to Balclutha, reconstruction, 70 miles... lavelock to Nelson, reconstruction, 25 miles [bird Wire, Oamaru to Christchurch, 161 miles Second Wire, Christchurch to Hokitika, 146 miles Second and Third Wires, Hokitika to Greymouth, 60 miles Fourth Wire, Palmerston to Dunedin, 33 miles Eteefton to Lyell... Capanui and Switzer's Line, from Clinton Fourth Wire, Blenheim to Christchurch (completed from Christcburch to Leilhfield), 29 miles STaseby to Clyde Line Jouthbridge Line Dargill's Line from Roxburgh 3"eraldine Line from Temuka Fourth and Fifth Wires, Christchurch to Bluff (completed from Christchurch to Dunedin and from Bluff to Clinton), 307 miles ... Railway Wires, — Dunedin to Tokomairiro, 33 miles Hampden to Waitaki, 35 miles ... 24 19 32 189 218 241 7 8 176 67 £ s. d 1,229 3 3 £ s. d. 547 2 10 1,199 0 0 8,353 18 0 6,554 8 8 5,213 14 0 £ s. d. 96 10 11 739 1 4 3,034 7 9 3,427 13 6 3,953 3 4 £ s. d. 262 12 7 812 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 £ 8. 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 £ s. d. 37 15 3 42 15 6o 75 4 9 69 7 0 63 0 76 58 6 0c 71 18 lid 100 0 Oe 21 12 9/ 104 10 5 1,951' 7 6 1,070 16 5 960 15 4 54 140 100 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 2g 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 6 872 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 6A 139 14 1 63 3 2 47 3 5 49 2 11 36 12 6 401 3 0 675 14 3 69 16 9 1,216 9 1 1,962 0 1 29 5 8 1,221 3 9 113 15 5 706 12 3 2,041 11 5 29 3 3 379 18 6 17 15 0 144 5 2 541 18 8 21 13 6 936 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 32 3,863 3 6 15 0 0 898 5 6, 335 11 3 799 15 9 212 13 10 503 11 0 563 5 1 6,064 15 9 17 1 4 189 10 5 48 615 13 4 669 9 5 393 13 4 1,678 16 1 34 19 6 56 30 2 12 2,351 10 3 649 9 2 16 4 0 30 11 9 286 9 7 3,311 11 6 353 8 0 157 1 0 324 1 10 131 17 6 632 19 9 217 6 10 24 0 10 33 17 3 418 7 1 6,296 1 6 1,220 4 0 197 5 10 388 10 10 14 8 6 112 8 7 40 14 8 98 12 11 32 7 6 1,041 7 8 6,339 19 6 1,768 14 10 9,150 2 0 29 16 1 104 12 2 66 0 0 522 2 9 190 12 4 231 9 10 135 11 10 858 4 9 392 4 a 26 0 1 11 4 1 Totals, South Island 1,570 10,269 17 3 44,863 11 3 36,270 10 8 43,114 18 1 134,518 17 3 85 13 7 Lyell's Bay to Wellington Wellington to Patea Wellington to Masterlon ... Uasterton to Castle Point CJastle Point to Porangahau Porangahau to Napier Napier to Tauranga Auckland to Alexandra 4 180 60 36 53 68 200 152 67 18 6 264 4 6 22 15 1 176 9 4 74 0 0 153 18 6 123 5 0 4,647 12 7 2,362 10 0 2,459 15 6 9,404 12 6 104 6 0 2,315 9 5 839 4 4 388 18 6 722 18 6 918 9 8 5,763 13 7 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 0 285 6 0 10,093 12 3 3,460 15 1 1,679 2 8 4,367 14 8 4,704 15 4 21,090 3 0 3,256 0 0! 71 6 0 56 1 6 57 18 4 46 19 6 82 8 2 69 3 9 105 9 0 21 8 5 Carried forward a Purchased from Southland Go\ ;ost of poles, &c. e Purchased from pi ;otal cost includes £2,047 18s. lOd. foi rernmer rivate fi: f new n it. h Includes nn. / Purchae laterial. A 6 p £450, purchasi sed from Cantei ler cent, interes e of Lytteltoi rbury Govern: it guaranteed line, c Appi lent, g Pure] >n this line. :imate cost, d Approxiniat led from Otago Government a_F. 1a.