F.—2.

TABLE H. TOTAL COST of the LINES of TELEGRAPH throughout New Zealand, and of the Cook Strait Cable.

* Purchased from Southland Government, t Includes £450, purchase of Lyttelton line, t Approximate cost. & Approximate cost of polet, &c. II Purchased from private firm. H Purchased from Canterbury Government. (g-) Purchased from Otago Government; total cost includes ,£2,047 JBs. iod. for new material.

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Section of Line. Length S<=|° n Clearing tsh. Miles. Total Cost of Poles, including Delivery. Cost of Wire, Arms, Insulators, &c, Including Carriage. Cost of Erection. Total Cost of Section. Cost per Mile. Riverton to InTercargill ... Bluff to Invercargill Invercargill to Mataura ... Miitaura to Waitaki Waitaki to Hurunui Hurunui to Nelson White's Bay Line Port Clmlmers Line Cliristchurch to Greyinouth Grey mouth to Westport ... Blenheim to Woodend, reconstruction (including White's Bay Line), 194 miles Palmerston to Naseby Tokomairiro to Queenstown Tokomairiro to Queenstown, reconstruction, 140 miles Third Wire fioni Dunedin to Oamaru (including loop line to Kakanui, 4 miles), 94 miles Cliristchurch to Hokitika, reconstruction, 146 miles ChristehurcH to Akaroa ... Nelson to Motueka Grey mouth to Reef ton Leitlifleld to Waiau Invercavgiil to Winton Hokitika to Ross Kaiapoi to Rangiora Greymouth to Westport, reconstruction, 67 miles Invercargill to Balclutha, reconstruction, 70 miles Havelock to Nelson, reconstruction, 25 miles Third Wire, Oamaru to Cliristchurch, 161 miles Second Wire, Christchurch to Hokitika, 146 miles ... Second and Third Wires, Hokitika to Greymouth, 60 miles Fourth Wire, Palmerston to Dunedin, 33 miles Reef ton to Lyell Tapanui and Switzer's Line, from Clinton ... Fourth Wire, Blenheim to Christchurch (completed from Christchurch to Leithfleld), 29 miles Naseby to Clyde Line Southbridge Line Cargill's Line from Roxburgh Geruliiine 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, Grejmouth to Lyell, 82 miles £ s. d £ s. d. 547 2 10 £ «■ d. 96 10 ii £ , d. 262 12 7 812 15 6 469 11 o| 1,720 13 3 3,760 19 Oj 3,661 6 o 1 503 12 6J 800 o o 3,808 o oj 3>oi9 17 9 £ =■ d. 906 6 4 812 15 6 2,407 12 4 13,108 19 o 13.743 1 2 I4.OS7 6 7 503 12 6 800 o o 3,808 o o 7,002 17 o £ s. d. 37 IS 3 42 15 6 75 4 9 69 7 o t63 o 7 +58 6 o §71 18 11 II100 o o H21 12 9 104 10 5 24 '9 32 189 218 241 7 8 176 67 •»229 3 3 1,199 ° ° 8,353 18 o 6,554 8 8 5,213 14 o 739 1 4 3.034 7 9 3.427 13 6 3.953 3 4 1.95i 7 6 1,070 16 5 960 15 4 100 o o 5,136 12 s 754 14 10 2,022 15 4 247 2 2 3,484 12 o 435 19 9 4,432 1 4 io,743 19 9 1,437 16 9 4,432 1 4 55 7 7 26 12 6 13 2 54 140 2,247 3 10 2,247 3 10 16 1 o 264 12 o 830 16 11 426 15 9 1.522 4 8 16 3 10 4 5° 32 5° 37 14 20 8 65 10 o 10 10 o 2,649 ° ° 1,881 16 5 805 2 6 872 13 2 1,440 14 o 801 12 4 295 2 o 172 12 6 207 o o 446 '3 5 721 s 8 375 S 8 1,101 6 7 688 2 5: 156 4 11 208 11 6, 48 2 8 873 12 11 817 18 5: 321 11 2 1,795 9 n 847 4 6 209 1 o 200 12 6 37 17 6 3,202 2 9 2,409 16 7 1,580 o o 6,986 10 6 2,336 19 3 660 7 11 982 19 6 293 o 2 21 18 8 48 3 11 49 7 6 139 14 7 63 3 2 47 3 5 49 2 11 36 12 6 401 3 o 675 14 3 69 16 9 1 ,216 9 1 1,962 o 1 29 5 8 1,221 3 o "3 IS S 706 12 3 2,041 11 s 29 3 3 379 18 6 17 15 o 144 5 2 54i 18 8 21 13 6 936 2 10 '.935 7 • 1,077 Io 8 3,949 o 8 24 16 6 290 6 o 1,286 7 o 5' 8 '3 6| 2,095 6 6 14 7 o 499 7 oj 216 2 5 /i5 9 5 11 18 5 32 3.863 3 6 15 o o 898 s 6 335 " 31 799 15 9 212 13 10 503 11 o 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 "56 3° 2.35 1 10 3 649 9 2 286 9 7 3,3" 11 6 353 8 o 131 17 6, 632 19 9 217 6 10! 418 7 1 6,296 1 6 1,220 4 o 14 8 6 112 8 7 40 14 8 2 1640 157 1 o 24 o 10! 197 5 10 98 12 11 12 30 11 9 324 1 10 33 17 3 388 10 10 32 7 6 1,041 7 8 6,339 '9 6 1,768 14 io. 9,150 2 o 29 16 1 2,610 o 6 252 ii o 462 2 O 1.294 5 3 4,618 18 9 31 12 8 685 8 o 41 12 9! ■10 15 o 837 IS 9 5 19 8 1,181 9 o 789 19 1 45i 6 5, ',757 9 1 4,180 3 7 "39 6 9 i'18 101 18 1 4,210 5 8 1,099 J7 6 5,429 8 3 1,885 12 3 2,649 19 1 '.645 9 7 2,435 2 9 4,732 17 5 14,724 15 9 22 19 5 124 15 8 405 7 6 654 1 o 619 5 4 1,678 13 10 20 9 5