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TABLE D. 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, 1877, and 1878.

Number of Telegrams forwarded during the Year. Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages, and Incidental Receipts. Year ended. Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. Number of Stations open. Value of General Government Messages. Total Value lof Business done during the Year. Cost of Maintenance of Statious. Cost of Maintenance of Lines. Total Expenditure. Cost of Maintenance of Lines per Mile. Tariff in Operation. Private, Press, and Provincial Government. General Government. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 30th June, 1866 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 >o „ 1867 757 1,498 21 55,621 i5,33i 70,952 9,070 10 1 3,77° 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 .1,652 3 7 6,672 o 3 18,324 3 10 9,489 17 1° 5,4o6 7 3 14,896 5 1 4 17 4 „ „ 1869 „ „ 1870 .. „ 1871 1,329 .,661 •1,976 2,495 2,897 3,247 45 56 72 106,070 .22,545 253,582 50,097 62,878 59,292 156,157 .85,423 312,874 18,520 10 4 17,218 1 4 22,419 8 8 13,430 11 9 12,252 6 o 9,876 17 6 3i,95i 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 II.344 3 8 22,813 17 4 30,537 12 2 32,598 7 11 6 8 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. „ .872 +2,185 3,823 81 344,524 67,243 411,767 28,121 10 o ",043 3 9 39,164 13 9 23,593 9 9 8,858 19 7 32,452 9 4 423 ,, ,, 1873 4-2,356 4,574 93 485,507 83,453 568,960 39,680 18 9 11,105 2 o 50,786 o 9 27,040 18 10 9,479 5 4 36,520 4 2 4 in „ „ 1874 §2,530 5,782 •05 645,067 107,832 752,899 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 .. .. .875 „ 1876 l|2,986 T3-I54 6,626 7,247 127 142 786,237 890,382 130,891 160,704 917,128 1,051,086 55,30i 12 3 62,715 10 4 13,679 10 9 16,154 6 o 68,981 3 o 78,869 16 4 45,814 11 4 61,696 14 5 14,240 19 7 21,074 8 8 60,055 10 11 82,771 3 1 4 16 4 5 18 10 From 1st November, 1873, address and signature given in free. „ 1877 **3,259 7.423 •55 952,283 172,159 1,124,432 65,644 15 3 17,024 8 9 82,669 4 o 63,353 10 10 i7,93i 8 o 81,284 18 10 5 '2 11 „ .878 ++3,434 8,035 182 1,065,481 194,843 1,260,324 73,284 1 10 19,148 12 4 92,432 14 2 69,340 1 8 18,259 4 9 87,599 6 5 5 10 o ,, „ .879 +t3,5i2 8,117 '95 1,201,982 246,961 1,448,943 85,402 o 2 26,949 2 2 H2,35I 2 4 79,502 o 5 17,299 7 10 96,801 8 3 509