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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. Lencth . of r™i r.t Total Cost °f Miles. Cost of Wire, Arma, Insulators, Ac, including Carriage. Cost of Erection. Total Cost of Section. Cost per Mile. £ s. d. £ s. a. 547 2 10 £ s. d. £ s. a. 96 10 11 262 12 7 812 15 6 739 1 4 469 11 0 [ 3,034 7 9 1,720 13 3 3,427 13 6 3,760 19 0 ! 3,953 3 4 3,661 6 0 503 12 6 800 0 0 3,808 0 0 960 15 4 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 £ s. d. 37 15 3 •42 15 6 75 4 9 69 7 0 i63 0 7 c58 6 0 d71 18 11 elOO 0 0 /21 12 9 104 10 5 Riverlon to Invercargill ... .,. Bluff to Inreroargill ... Invercargill to Mataura ... Mataura to Waitaki Waitaki to Hurunui ... ITurunui to Nelson ... ... White's Bay Lino ... Port Chalmers Lino Christchureh to G-reymouth Greymouth to Westport ... Blenheim to Woodend, reconstruction (including White's Bay Line), 194milc9 Palinorston to Naseby Tokomairiro 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 Christchurch to Akaroa ... Nelson to Motucka Greymouth to Reefton ... Leithfield to Waiau Invercargill to Winton Hokitika to Boss Kaiapoi to Bangiora Greyraouth to Westport, reconstruction, 07 miles ... Invercargill to Balcluthn, reconstruction, 70 miles... Havelock to Nelson, reconstruction, 25 miles Third Wire, Oamaru to Christchurch, 161 miles Second Wire, Christchurch to Hokitika, 14G miles Second and Third Wires, Uokitika to Greymouth, 60 miles ... Fourth Wire, Palmerston to Dunedin, 33 miles Eeefton to Lyell Tapanui and Switzer's Line, from Clinton Fourth Wire, Blenheim to Christchurch (completed from Christchurch to Leithfield), 29 miles ... Naseby to Clyde Lino Southbridge Line Cargill's Line from Eoiburgli Geraldine Line from Temuka Fourth and Fifth Wires, Christchurch to Bluff (completed from Christchurch to Dunedin and from Bluff to Clinton), 307 miles ... Christchurch to Hokitika, reconstruction, 146 miles Tokomairiro to Queenstown, reconstruction, 140 miles Greymouth to Hokitika, reconstruction, 30 miles ... Blenheim to Christchurch, reconstruction, 206 miles* Nelson to Lyell ... Second Wire, Greymouth to Lycll, 82 miles Fourth and Fifth Wires, Christchurch to Dunedin, and Third and Fourth Wires, Dunedin to Bluff, completion of (79 miles double wire) Second Wire, Tokomairiro to Lawrence, 34 miles Otago Heads Line .,, ... Kaitangata Line ... ... Bangiora to Oxford ... ... Outram Line ... ... ,„ Bailway Wires, — Dunedin to Tokomairiro, 33 miles Hampden to Waitaki, 35 miles ... "54 140 4 60 32 50 37 14 20 8 24 19 32 189 218 241 7 8 176 67 1,229' 3 3 l,95l' 7 6 100 0 0 65 10 0 10 10 0 2,649 0 0 401 3 0 1,109 0 0 8,353 18 0 6,554 8 8 5,213 14 0! 1,070 16 5 5,136 12 5 754 14 10 264 12 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 0 675 14 3 1,221 3 9 379 18 6 936 2 10 290 6 0 2,022 15 4 3,484 12 0 247 2 2 435 19 9 4,432 1 4 ' 2,247 3 10 830 16 11 426 15 9 446 13 5 873 12 11 721 5 8 817 18 5 375 5 8 321 11 2 1,101 6 7 1,795 9 11 688 2 5 847 4 6 156 4 11 209 1 0 208 11 6 200 12 6 48 2 8 37 17 6 69 16 9 1,216 9 1 113 15 5 706 12 3 17 15 0 144 5 2 1,935 7 2 1,077 10 8 1,286 7 0 518 13 6 499 7 0 216 2 5 10,743 19 9 1,437 16 9 4,432 1 4 2,247 3 10 1,522 4 8 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 1,962 0 1 2,041 11 5 541 18 8 3,949 0 8 2,095 6 6 715 9 5 55 7 7 26 12 6 #31 13 2 16 1 0 16 3 10 21 18 8 48 3 11 A49 7 6 139 14 7 63 3 2 47 3 5 49 2 11 36 12 6 29 5 8 29 3 3 21 13 6 24 10 6 14 7 0 11 18 5 ■ 32 3,863' 3 6 15 0 0 898 5 6 335 11 3 212 13 10 799 15 9 503 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 66 30 2 12 2,351 10 3 649 9 2 1G 4 0| 30 11 9 286 9 7 131 17 6 3,311 11 6 632 19 9 353 8 0 217 6 10 157 10 24, 0 10 324 1 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 2,610 0 6 252 11 0 462 2 0 1,294 5 3 4,618 18 9 31 12 8 685 8 0 41 12 9 110 15 0 837 15 9 5 19 8 1,181 9 0 789 19 1 451 6 5 1,757 9 1 4,180 3 7 139 6 9 118 101 18 1 4,210 5 8 1,099 17 6 5,429 8 3 1,885 12 3 1,645 9 7 2,649 19 1 2,435 2 9 4,732 17 5 14,724 15 9 22 19 5 124 15 8 405 7 6 654 10 619 5 4 1,678 13 10, i, 20 9 5 150 12 0 405 11 2 539 3 7 1,095 6 9 ' 13 17 3 14 6 21 7 20 0 0 345 10 6 184 16 2 663 14 10 151 4 8 37 8 5 137 6 1 174 15 3 374 0 2 73 6 10 139 19 1 197 7 5 95 14 11 65 0 6 92 4 4 194 14 6 894 5 11 398 2 1 956 17 2 298 9 6 I 5 14 6 63 17 6 66 7 0 45 11 3 42 12 9 104 12 2 66 0 0 522 2 9 231 9 10 190 12 4 135 11 10 858 4 9: 392 4 8 26 0 1 11 4 1 Totals, South Island 1,736 1 18,373 10 6J 1,55,012 0 9: !«, 358 13 9 52,355 13 3 169,129 18 3 I I 97 8 6 ! a Purchased from Southland Oovi cost of poles, &c. e Purchased from | ment; total cost includes £2,047 18s. 1 1 * 47 mile 1 1 :s entirely new 1 I r Lines. Climate cost, d urchased from C line. I Approximals Dtago Goveraimmeni private LOd. for t. b Includes ; firm. /Purel 1 new material. £450, purchase based from Ca h 6 per cent. e of Lyttelton line, c Apprc mterbury Government, g Pi , interest guaranteed on this 1