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Return showing the Capital Cost, Working Expenses, Income and Revenue, of the Telephone Exchanges, Year by Year, from the date of their Establishment.

00 a .2 Revenue. Capital Cost for Instruments, Wire, Poles, Labour, Freight, Superintendence, &c. Working Expenses. Exchange at Date of Establishment. © i j Cal ■ Kent, Fuel, Average aaiaiius Lineman Repairs, i Light, for Total for all \ ,,,_„„"„ , and Wear and Paper, each Con- Connections, i Au°wances Battery . Tear, &a., Printing, nection. ; / ~.,._t* »,„ Materials. 10 per cent.- Binding, j Total. sis <3 Received during Year. Annual Rate at Close of the Year. Auckland Napier Wellington Nelson.. Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill Wanganui Oct. 24, 1881 Sept. 21, 1885 March 1, 1883 Nov. 1, 1884 Oct. 1, 1881 Oct. 16, 1885 Nov. 25, 1884 April 2G, 1882 Nov. 7, 1883 March 15,1886 396 73 67 239 58 43 431 07 57 £ s. d. 3,240 4 7 252 17 3 2,028 9 6 490 3 3 1,796 5 2 208 11 6 356 15 11 3,359 4 8 436 14 10 124 14 6 £ s. d. 3,479 0 0 610 0 0 2,137 0 01 538 5 0; 1,962 0 0 486 0 0 322 0 0 3,530 5 0 479 10 0 453 0 0 £ s. d. 24 4 8J 24 11 &\ 21 2 6J 16 9 3J 21 15 6J 14 7 ll| 19 6 ll| 22 7 U 14 8 7i 25 11 Oi £ s. d. 9,597 4 6 1,794 2 6i 5,894 9 1J[ 1,103 2 6J 5,204 14 5| 835 1 7 831 19 2J 9,635 10 10 J 966 17 10J 1,456 9 4J 37,319 12 1 £ s. d. 549 14 C 142 0 0 504 4 0 120 0 0 433 15 8 140 0 0 100 0 0 609 7 7 120 0 0 130 0 0 £ s. d. 311 0 0 83 0 0 305 0 0 83 0 0 300 0 0 83 0 0 63 0 0 310 0 0 83 0 0 83 0 0 £ s. d. 959 14 5 179 8 3 589 8 10 110 6 3 520 9 6 83 10 2 83 3 11 963 11 1 96 13 10 145 12 11 £ s. d. 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 £ s. d. 1,920 8 5 454 8 3 1,498 12 10 303 6 3 1,354 5 2 356 10 2 296 3 11 1,982 18 8 349 13 10 408 12 11 £ s. d. 1,558 11 7 155 11 9 638 7 2 174 18 9 607 14 10 129 9 10 25 16 1 1.547 6 4 129 16 2 44 7 1 16-23 8-63 10-82 15-77 11-66 15-44 3-00 10-03 1335 3-02 Total for year ended the 31st March, 1886 1,710 12,294 1 2 2,849 1 3 1,704 0 0 3,731 19 2 700 0 0 8,985 0 5 I 5,011 19 7 13-42 13,997 0 0 20 8 6J Total for year ended the 31st March, 1885 1884 1883 1882 1,075 715 379 116 '10,008 ■ 3 6 7,746 16 7 5,014 9 2 613 5 2! I 10,008 3 6 7,028 7 4 6,809 8 8 1,170 16 0 23,461 17 6 15,604 17 6 8,271 13 6 2,531 14 0 ■1,770 0 0 695 0 0 595 0 0 235 0 0 1,590 0 0 770 0 0 595 0 0 275 0 0 2,346 0 0 1,560 0 0 827 0 0 253 0 0 475 0 0; 350 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 |6,181 0 0 3,375 0 0 2,317 0 0! 963 0 o! 3,827 3 6 3,653 7 4 !4,492 8 8 ! 207 16 0 16-31 23-41 54-31 8-17