E— 2

5 I S3 C 3 'to* <v 1 a I feO g o •2 is | 1 c o S loci IT! So'™ ■IJ'S =S2'S » fl ° o S « 111 * § _o 03 Oi -3 a _6p M I I I s I M g o CD 3 a H i

TABLE G. COST of MAINTENANCE of Telegraph Lines for the Financial Year ended 30th June, 1877.

10

Section. No. of Miles. Salaries of Linemen and Inspectors. Travelling Expenses of Linemen and Inspectors. Extra Labour. Cost of Material used for Repairs. Total Cost of Maintenance. Cost per Mile. Riverton to Balclutha, including Winton and Switzer's Line 200 £ e. d. 283 6 8 £ s. d. 213 1 3 £ s. d. 70 5 10 £ s. d. 12 3 8 £ s. d. 578 17 5 £ e. d. 2 17 10 Tokomairiro to QuoenBtown 140 440 8 4 241 17 6 47 5 0 38 15 10 768 6 8 5 9 9 Balclutha to Waitaki, including Naseby, Ophir, St. Eathan's, Kaitangata, Outram, and Otago Heads Lines 293 527 1 8 227 12 7 237 1 1 77 12 8 1,069 8 0 3 12 11 Waitaki to Christchurch, including Akaroa, G-eraldine, Lyttelton, and Oxford Lines 231 384 3 4 197 2 9 147 11 2 11G 8 6 845 5 9 3 13 2 Christchurch to Greymouth, including Ross Line from Hokitika 196 496 1 0 488 S 9 298 11 1 160 17 9 1,443 18 7 7 7 4 Greymoutli to Westport, including Reefton and Lyell Lines 149 280 16 8 563 12 9 252 17 8 33 14 0 1,131 1 1 7 11 9 Christchurch. to Blenheim, including Eangiora Line, 8 miles^Southbridge Line, 30 miles, and Waiau Line, 37 miles 283 887 14 0 352 5 6 1G3 19 8 123 18 2 1,527 17 4 5 7 11 Blenheim to Nelson, including White's Bay Line ■92 270 0 0 325 1 6 125 4 7 52 4 4 772 10 5 8 7 11 Nelson to Lyell, including Motueka Line 150 221 5 0 241 14 7 61 14 8 34 9 4 559 3 7 3 14 6 Wellington to Opunake and New Plymouth, including Line to Palmerston North from Foxton, 25 miles, and from Palmerston to Feilding, 12 miles 279 501 5 0 526 18 6 430 9 2 133 19 3 1,592 11 11 5 14 1 Wellington to Napier ... 221 486 2 3 343 4 7 140 12 0 126 S 4 1,096 7 2 4 19 2 Napier to Tauranga, including Gisborne and Opotiki Lines 361 696 12 4 551 9 4 407 2 11 35 13 9 1,690 18 4 4 8 1 Tauranga to Grahamstown ... ... ... ... 73 629 3 4 336 7 4 525 6 11 308 G 9 1,799 4 4 24 12 11 Auckland to Coromandel and Alexandra, including Manukau, Tokatea, and Waiwera Lines ... ... ... 28G 704 11 8 636 10 9 358 13 6 80 3 4 1,785 19 3 6 4 10 Auckland to Bay of Islands and Hokianga 220 • 575 9 4 609 13 1 G7 12 2 17 3 7 1,269 18 2 5 15 5 Totals 3,174. *5 12 11 7,384 0 7 5,855 0 9 3,334 7 5 1,357 19 3 17,931 8 0