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TABLE H — continued. Total Cost of Lines of Telegraph, &c. — continued.

Section of Line. Length of Section in Miles. Cost of Clearing Bush. Total Cost of Poles, including Delivery. Cost of Wire, Arms, Insulators, &c, including Carriage. Cost of Erection. Total Cost of Section. Cost per Mile. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ a. d £ s- d- £ s. d. £ a. A. Fourth and Fifth Wires, Christchurch to Dunedin, and Third and Fourth Wires, Dunedin to Bluff, completion of (79 miles double wire) ... Second Wire, Tokomairiro to Lawrence, 34 miles ... Otago Heads Line Kaitangata Line Bangiora to Oxford Outram Line Eeefton to Westport Keefton to Westport, additional expenditure, 28 miles Blenheim to Tophouse Third Wire, Nelson to Greymouth, 200 miles Christchurch to Waitaki, reconstruction, 143 miles Christchurch to Greymouth, reconstruction, 176 miles Railway Wires— Dunedin to Tokomairiro, 33 miles Hampden to Waitaki, 35 miles Winton to Lowther Nuggets and Catlin's, — Biver Line Duntroon Line Hokitika to Ross, reconstruction, 20 miles Blenheim to Christchurch, Fourth Wire, including reconstruction Kaiapoi to Blenheim, 206 miles Eeefton to Ahaura, reconstruction, 24 miles Nelson to Blenheim, reconstruction, 80 miles (completed Blenheim to Havelock, 40 miles) Wyndham Line Portobello and Quarantine Station Line ... Lowther to Kingston Line Dunedin to Mosgiel, New Wire, 11 miles Polleston to Darfield, Junction Diversion Blenheim to Christchu.ch, reconstruction (additional expenditure, 206 miles) Beefton to Ahaura, reconstruction (additional expenditure, 24 miles) Lowther to Kingston Line (additional expenditure, 31 miles) Catlin's Eiver Line (additional expenditure, 24 miles) Nelson to Blenheim, reconstruction, now completed from Havelock to Nelson, 40 miles 14 6 21 7 28 "6o 37 24 22 1,189 17 o 6 15 0 199 9 5 150 12 o| 20 o o 345 10 6 184 16 2 663 14 10 151 4 8 602 7 o 514 19 o 2,115 12 6 7° 2 3 462 19 9 62 19 o 104 12 2 66 o o 348 11 6 375 10 7 523 2 10 264 5 o 405 11 2 37 8 5 174 1.5 3 73 6 10 197 7 S 55 o 6 502 17 7 194 1 8 1,219 18 10 1,796 2 10 48 13 2 23 6 9 522 2 9 190 12 4 267 14 7 240 17 7 220 11 11 26 13 4 539 3 7 1.37 6 1 374 o 2 139 19 1 95 14 11 92 4 4 636 1 10 247 4 4 808 8 8 1,025 8 11 217 9 5 367 3 1 231 9 10 I3S 11 10 34i 14 9 146 4 3 191 7 0 233 1 7 1,095 6 9 194 14 6 894 5 11 398 2 1 956 17 2 298 9 6 2,93i 3 5 963 o o 4,343 9 5 2,891 14 o 729 2 4 453 8 10 858 4 9 392 4 2 958 o 4 762 12 5 935 1 9 523 19 11 13 17 3 5 14 6 63 17 6 66 7 o 45 11 3 42 12 9 104 13 8 34 7 10 72 7 9 14 9 2 5 1 11 2 11 6 26 o 1 11 4 1 25 17 10 31 iS 6 42 10 1 26 4 o 1,832 IO o 2,175 5 2 3,270 16 4 7,278 11 6 35 6 8 1,323 O o 90 1 10 603 5 8 2,016 7 6 84 o 4 i,i37 1 4 80 IO o 175 16 3 22 3 2 223 15 6 24 17 3 1,536 13 1 127 10 5 38 8 4 3i 17 7 4 4 31 86 19 0 472 0 0 46 14 IO 272 2 O 86 2 9 126 4 8 219 16 7 870 6 8 54 19 2 28 1 6 14 11 8 38 11 o 53 2 8 4 16 7 16 374 10 o 132 9 T 336 17 10 843 17 5 52 14 10 166 16 0 173 14 10; 258 9 2 599 o o 2 18 2 17 19 3 170 12 s 188 1 8 7 16 8 537 10 o 244 18 4 782 8 4 25 4 9 369 10 0 40 17 6 204 12 2 614 19 8 25 12 6 178 6 o i7 9 4 553 8 6 749 3 10 18 14 7 Total, South Island ... 1,962 19,769 11 11 66,941 2 ol 51,078 7 5 62,712 8 81 200,501 IO o 102 3 10 Lyell's Bay to Wellington Wellington to Patea Wellington to Masterton... Masterton to Castlepoint... Castlepoint to Porangabau Porangahau to Napier 4 180 60 36 53 68 67 18 6 264 4 6 22 15 1 176 9 4 74 o o 123 S o 4,647 12 7 104 6 o 2,31s 9 5 8.39 4 4 388 18 6 722 18 6 918 9 8 57 15 o 3,062 11 9 2,357 6 3 1,267 9 1 1,105 16 10 1,252 IO 2 285 6 o 10,093 12 3 3,460 15 1 1,679 2 8, 4,367 14 8 ; 4,704 IS 4 7160 56 1 6 57 18 4 46 19 6 82 8 2 69 3 9 2,362 10 o 2,459 iS 6;