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TAB Total Cost of the Linj _E |. — contii :s of Telegi med. tAPIf, &C. —1 'ontinuei. Section of Line. Length of Section in Miles. Cost of Clearing Bush. Total Cost of Poles, including Doliyery. Cost of Wiro, Arms, Insulators, &c, including Carriage. Cost of Erection. ! Total Cost of Cost per Section. Milo. I £ s. d. £ s. a. 123 5 0' 4,647 12 7j £ b. a. 104 G 0 2,315 9 5; 839 4 4 [ 388 18 6! 722 18 G 918 9 8 5,763 13 7 £ b. a. 57 15 0 3,002 11 9 2,357 G 3 1,267 9 I, 1,105 16 10, 1,252 10 2 5,767 18 5! 3,250 0 0 £ s. (1. 285 0 0 10,093 12 3 3,460 15 1 1,679 2 8 4,367 14 8 1 4,704 15 4 21,090 3 CM 3,256 0 0 £ 8. <1. > 71 6 0 66 1 6 1 57 18 4 4G 19 6 K-2 8 2 69 3 9 , 106 9 0 21 8 5 Lyell's Bay to Wellington Wellington to Patea, Wellington to Masterton ... Mnstrrton to Castlepoint Castlepoint to 1'orangahau Porangaliau to Napier Napier to Tauranga Auckland to Alexandra ... Auckland to Newcastle, reconstruction, 70 mill':, (including new line from Hamilton to Cambridge, 12 miles) Mercer to Thames, including four towers for spanning 'Thames and Fiako Rivers ... Second Wire from Napier to Tauranga, 200 miles Tauranga to Katikali Katikali to Giabimistown Third Wire from Auckland to Mercer, 40 miles Third Wire from Auckland to Grahamslown, 76 miles Third Wiro from Wellington to Masterton, GO miles ; from Napier to Waipukurau, 42 miles Grahamstown to Coromandel Patea to New Plymouth, 90 miles; less 28 miles not yet erected Onehunga to Junction, reconstruction, 5 miles ... Third Wire, Napier to Grahamstown, 270 miles Manukau Heads Line Cambridge to Alexandra, reconstruction, 50 miles... Maketu to Opotiki Wellington Signal Station Line and Lunatic Asylum Second Wire, Wellington to Wanganui, completed from Wanganui to Bull's, 20 miles Poverty Bay Lino Eaiparu and Bay of Islands Line ... Masterton to Waipukurau, Third Wire, 115 miles Foxton to Palmerston Fourth Wire, Wellington to Masterton, and Waipukurau to Napier, 102 miles Tokotca Lino ... ... ... Thames Alteration, including Pukorokoro Line, 9 miles Second Wire, Wanganui to Hawera, 58 miles Second Wire, Wellington to Wanganui, completed from Wellington to Otuki and Bull's to Foxton, 82 miles Fourth Wire, Waipukurau to Porangahan, 18 miles Second Wire, Wellington to Wnnganui, completion of, 32 miles Ohincmutu Line Eangiriri to Mercer, reconstruction, 9 miles Railway Wires, — Auckland to PenrOEe, 8 miles 4 180 60 36 53 68 200 152 12 36 30 43 30 62 36 67 18 6 264 4 6] 22 15 1 176 9 4 74 0 0 153 18 6 793 19 9 1,584 1 3 1,108 13 6 2,362 10 0 2,459 15 6! 9,404 12 (A I 1,393 14 61 2,158 8 loj 31 17 0 1,041 3 0 2,521 19 5 173 1 6 146 17 6 605 6 3 4,02G 17 io! 40 5 0 37 18 8 833 17 8 841 15 9 1,386 13 10 2,607 9 1 530 5 9 1,461 8 6 234 0 9 816 9 7 188 17 2 414 6 9 1,144 11 3 4 6 0 3,C80 10 4 340 5 8 1,453 3 S 1,492 7 5 880 11. 1 1,200 0 10 1,482 15 3 383 18 5 1,136 6 11 1,020 11 10 2,076 12 0 2,002 5 9 36 19 10 1,844 11 4 1,057 15 7 3,688 13 11 5,037 10 1 4,313 16 11 2,837 9 7 7,050 4 5 617 19 2 2,125 18 0 1,356 G G 4,204 18 6 7,173 14 10 81 10 IO, 5,563 0 41 2,231 18 11 44 19 8 139 18 7 21 11 4 94 11 8 103 19 2 13 9 0 27 19 5 13 5.10 140 3 3 ki« 14 1 I 16 6 2 1 : 20 12 0 61 19 11 54 844 7 6 1,959 8 3 349 5 8 1,238 9 10 643 4 7 1,301 4 6 1,836 17 9 4,499 2 7 30 14 9 83 6 4 4 62 6 0 90 9 8 34 18 6 187 14 2 4G 18 6 107 220 23"vr, 0' 5,323 0 8 54 0 0 3,524 10 0 4,993 15 0 385 4 3 5,610 4 0 2,685 16 0 202 16 6 4,519 6 3 5,256 0 6 642 0 0 13,677 15 3 18,258 18 2, 24 13 10 : 127 1G 7 j 82 15 4, 25 96 5 6 653 12 3 1,542 9 0; 283 13 0 555 6 5 241 10 2 2,194 0 11 1,178 15 5 ! 19 1 6 47 3 0 "4 138 7 6 83 1 10 932 5 2 27 12 5 677 2 5 91 5 8 1,747 18 1 201 19 11 17 2 8 50 9 11 49 9 0 420 8 4 811 8 3 1,281 5 7 142 7 3 19 7 0 693 16 0 211 16 0 924 19 0 15 18 11 551 0 3 2,875 4 4 1,937 6 5 5,363 11 0 65 8 2 321 17 0 216 16 3 354 7 11 893 1 2 49 12 3 "2 187 14 6 9 12 0 328 1 6 109 13 0 976 10 9 21 16 0 1,492 G 9 141 1 0 46 12 8 70 10 6 26 17 G 66 16 3 93 13 9 10 8 2 33 13 11 43 19 6 77 13 5 9 14 2 Totals, North Island ... Totals, South Island ... 1,418 1,736 9,642 11 1 18,373 10 6 45,508 7 4 55,042 0 9 42,554 0 3 43,358 13 9; 52,208 4 0 52,355 13 3 149,913 2 8 100,129 18 3 +105 14. 5 t97 8 6 3,154 28,016 1 7 100,550 8 1 85,912 14 0 104,563 17 3 319,043 0 11 Cook Strait Cable, including freight from London, and expenses of laying 29,864 0 0 Total Expenditure, exclusive of lines in progress 318,907 0 11 Total num! er of n niles of Line, 1,154. Total nu imber of miles of Wire, 7,247. * This cost, per mill + Average cost per includ lile of les poles and line. laterial for port] ion of line (28 miles) yet to be erected.