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TABLE F. COMPARATIVE TABLE showing the Progress of the TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT during the Financial Years ended 30th June, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, and 1877.

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Number of Telegrams forwarded during the Year. Revenue derived from Private, Press, and Provincial Government Messages, and Incidental Receipts. Year ended Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. of Stations open. General Government. Total. Value of General Government Messages. Total Value of Business done during the Year. Cost of Maintenance of Stations. Cost of Maintenance of Lines. Total Expenditure. Cost of Maintenance of Lines per mile. Tariff in Operation. Private, Press, and Provincial Government. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. £ a. d. £ a. d. 30Ui June, 186(5 699 1,390 13 24,761 2,476 27,237 5,561 19 2 483 3 2 6,045 2 4 3,934 3 4 2,443 2 11 6,377 6 3 3 9 10 „ 1867 757 1,498 21 55,621 15,331 70,952 9,070 10 1 3,770 4 8 12,840 14 9 8,017 14 7 2,541 4 11 10,558 19 6 3 7 1 Mileage tariff. „ 1868 1,110 2,223 31 72,241 26,244 98,485 11,652 3 7 6,672 0 3 18,324 3 10 9,489 17 10 5,406 7 3 14,896 5 1 4 17 4 „ 1869 „ 1870 „ 1871 1,329 1,661 *1,976 2,495 2,897 3,247 45 56 72 106,070 122,545 253,582 50,097 62,878 59,292 156,157 185,423 312,874 18,520 10 4 17,218 1 4 22,419 8 8 13,430 11 9 12,252 6 0 9,876 17 6 31,951 2 1 29,470 7 4 32,296 6 2 14,266 12 7 16,417 7 4 21,254 4 3 8,547 4 9 14,120 4 10 11,344 3 8 22,813 17 4 30,537 12 2 32,598 7 11 6 S 6 8 9 11 5 19 6 Mileage tariff in operation up to 1st Sept., 1869; uniform 2s. 6d. tariff from 1st Sept., 1869, to 31st March, 1870; and Is. tariff from 1st April, 1870. » 1872 ta,i86 3,823 81 344,524 67,243 411,767 28,121 10 0 11,043 3 9 39,164 13 9 23,593 9 9 8,858 19 7 32,452 9 4 4 2 3 n 1873 J2.356 4,574 93 485,507 83,453 568,960 39,680 18 9 11,105 2 0 50,786 0 9 27,040 18 10 9,479 5 4 36,520 4 2 4 1 11 „ 1874 §2,530 5,782 105 645,067 107,832 752,899 46,508 18 10 12,618 11 6 59,127 10 4 38,801 19 4 15,021 17 11 53,823 17 3 6 3 11 From 1st November, 1873, address and signature given in free. „ 1875 ||2,98G 6,626 127 786,237 130,891 917,128 55,301 12 3 13,679 10 9 68,981 3 0 45,814 11 4 14,240 19 7 60,055 10 11 4 16 4 „ 1876 T3,154 7,247 142 890,382 160,704 1,051,086 62,715 10 4 16,154 6 0 78,869 16 4 61,696 14 5 21,074 8 8 82,771 3 1 5 18 10 „ 1877 **3,259 7,423 155 952,283 172,159 1,124,432 65,644 15 3 17,024 8 9 82,669 4 0 63,353 10 10 17,931 8 0 81,284. 18 10 5 12 11