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Table No. 23. Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph Lines for the Year ended 31st December, 1882.

Section. Number of Miles. Travelling Expenses of Linemen and Inspectors. Extra Labour. Cost of Material used for Repairs. Salaries of Linemen and Inspectors. Total Cost of Maintenance. Cost per Mile. Riverton to Balclutha Tokomairiro to Queenstown ... Balclutha to Waitaki Waitaki to Christchurch Christchurch to Greymouth ... Greymouth to Lyell ... ... Lyell to Nelson Nelson to Blenheim Blenheim to Christchurch ... ... Wellington to New Plymouth Wellington to Napier Napier to Tauranga Tauranga to Thames Auckland to Waikato and Coromandel Auckland to Kawakawa Kawakawa to Mongonui Repairs to No. i Cook Strait Cable 3°9 142 3°5 190 177 92 426 363 73 270 322 S3 £ s. d. 95 i? 8 144 17 1 260 14 2 21316 4 306 8 8 95 19 3 128 14 4 255 8 o 381 5 3 432 8 8 359 5 10 538 iS " 190 17 5 367 4 9 265 5 7 72 12 5 I £ s. d. 18 9 7 5 6 3 7 19117 8 178 9 3 330 16 n 29 16 7 16 5 o 106 11 10 118 3 9 329 1 9 137 19 6 442 6 6 101 18 3 334 11 1 73 7 5 57 • 5 £ s. d. 167 4 9 106 2 10 542 12 3 4°3 7 '' 404 o o 140 17 6 29 14 11 47 4 4 140 19 6 S9 6 3 7 316 19 10 296 18 5 72 8 4 328 14 8 57 ° 7 11 10 4 363 6 8 428 6 8 813 6 8 5°3 6 8 578 6 8 330 o o 205 o o 546 o o 663 6 8 890 o o 792 10 o 835 o o 332 10 o 305 o o 469 3 4 IlOO O £ s. d. 644 18 8 735 <° 2 1,808 10 9 i,2gg o 2 1,619 I2 3 596 13 4 379 '4 3 955 4 2 i,3°3 is 2 2,247 14 ° 1,606 15 2 2,113 o 10 697 14 o i>335 i° 6 864 16 11 251 4 2 3,99i " 9 £ s. d. 2 1 9 5 3 7 S 8 11 4 5 2 8 5 3 3 7 5 1 9 S 10 7 8 5 3O 5 S 6 670 5 16 5 911 1 4 18 11 2 13 8 4 14 9 ... Totals 3.824 8,165 3 4 22,451 6 3 5 17 S* 4,109 II 4 2,523 o I 3,661 19 9 * Total average cost per mile. Note. —Te Puke Line (7 miles), Ormond Line (83 miles), Whakatane Line (1 mile), Makatoka Line (7J miles), Te Aroha Line (13 miles), Kohukohu Line (6 miles), Heawa Line (1 mile), Tuakau (5 miles) Gladstone (9 miles), Fordell (3 miles), Fortrose (23 miles), Ngapara (17 miles), Motupiko (11 miles), Methven (22 miles), Boatman's (4 miles), Macetown (7 miles), Sumner (5 miles), not included in this table.