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Table No. 26. Total Cost of Lines of Telegraph throughout the Colony, and of Cook Strait Cables.

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. North Island. Total North Island to 31st March, 1882 ... Te Aroha Wire ... Paeroa Wire Te Puke (ioj miies) Kohukohu Wire... Tiki Wire Turua Wire Ormond (11 miles) Paparoa (5 miles) Whakatane Wire Tamahere (6 miles) Papakura (3 miles) Kaikohe (6 miles) Taumarere (6 miles) Kaeo (6 miles) ... Mangawai (6 miles) Aratapu to Heawa (6 miles) Tuakau (6 miles) Kaukapakapa (7 miles) ... Waitemata Cable and North Shore Wire Gladstone Wire ... Fordell Wire Makatoka Wire ... Wellington to Wanganui, reconstruction... Kaitoke to Summit Wire ... Ormondville Wire £ s. d. 1,760 11,174 5 4 5 13 7 6 "•8i 1 5 9 3 ■ 1 75 £ s. d. £ 56,992 291 212 192 37 156 7 95 217 116 56 £ b. d. £ •■ d. £ s- d- £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,760 13 7 6 "si 1 ii,i74 5 4 56,992 10 6 291 9 7 212 17 3 192 o 6 37 5 o 156 7 6 58,358 11 11 180 14 6 337 18 7 84 7 1 68 19 11 45 16 6 76 o 4 79 6 4 37 19 1 47 9 6 4 13 4 20 4 8 48 11 6 3 15 2 11 210 69,448 3 9 284 16 5 161 14 1 95 8 9 102 19 o 60 18 o 45 1° 9 78 9 6 30 19 2 "8 15 9 23 o 2 4i 5 9 1690 112 o 195,973 11 6 757 ° 6 712 9 11 371 16 4 171 18 11 106 14 6 158 16 1 3H 3 4 68 18 3 56 5 3 27 1.3 6 61 1 o 5 65 o 6 5 7 2 12 12 10 186 2 7 86 11 6 188 17 4 "3 9 1° 58 4 7 S3 2 4 28 13 2 36 19 2 '■3 is 7 56 5 3 4 12 3 20 10 2 10 16 9 I IO o 5 7 13 o 95 5 o 143 9 4 20 16 3 66 o 6 59 1° 6 42 13 3 58 2 3 27 11 10 53 19 4 86 n 6 37 iS 5 16 4 3 9 3 73 217 IO IO 116 18 4 56 1.5 6 181 17 11 82 17 9 48 17 6 15 1° 1 172 11 7 80 s 8 12 10 2 572 o 4 280 1 9 118 3 2 15 IO 1 3i 2 5 39 7 8 2 1 4 164 8 5 39 8 6 134 1 o 22 16 o 39 8 6 298 9 5 22 16 o Totals ... 1,821 11,174 s 4 5 1,821 n,i74 S 4 58,376 58,376 13 o 60,188 19 6 71,045 11 8 200,785 9 6 South Island. Total South Lines to 31st March, 1882 ... Fortrose Wire Ngapara Wire ... Belgrove to Motupiko Wire Nelson to Moutere (1 2 miles) Rakaia to Methven Wire .. Reeftoa to Boatman's Wire Arrow to Macetown Wire ... Christchurch to Sumner Wire West Coast, Middle Island, reconstruction... 2,064 20,642 16 9 7 2,3 17 11 22 4 7 5 2,064 23 ■7 11 20,642 16 9 70,102 429 272 265 12 372 242 111 202 70,102 o 5 429 5 o 272 o o 26.5 17 8 12 8 o 372 o o 242 6 6 53,349 9 8 i45 7 4 105 8 10 155 I 2 12 14 8 172 9 o 6180 67,537 3 o 135 17 4 120 7 7 100 ! 5 9 54 14 o 121 3 6 63 18 1 74 14 6 50 12 6 211,631' 9 10 7109 8 407 16 5 521 H 7 79 16 8 665 12 6 367 12 7 i8y 7 11 206 10 6 30 17 9 29 ,5 8 47 8 7 6 13 o 30 5 1 81 13 11 27 1 1 41 6 1 22 4 7 5 in 5 o "4 13 5 44 13 ° 202 12 6 163 13 3 2,036 4 3 2,402 10 o Total South Island to 31st March, 1883 ... 2,153 20,642 16 9 7 72,009 2,i53 20,642 16 9 72,009 15 1 54,324 18 4 70,295 10 6 217,273 o 8 Total North Island to 31st March, 1883 ... 1,821 11,174 545 1,821 11.174 5 4 58,376 58,376 13 0 60,188 19 6 71,045 11 8 200,785 9 6 Totals ... 3.974 31.817 2 1 13 3,974 31,817 2 1 130,386 8 30,386 1 H4,SI3 I? 1° 141,341 2 2 418,058 IO 2 Cook Strait Cables, laying sa ame, and repairs, &c. 8l,280 2 4 Telephone exchanges 6,034 9 7 Total 5°5.373 2 1