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Table No. 26. Return showing the Capital Cost, Working-expenses, Income, and Revenue of the Telephone Exchanges, Year by Year, from the Date of their Establishment.
Si Revenue. Capital Cost for Instruments, Wire, Poles, Labour, Freight, Superintendence, &c. Working-expenses. Net Revenue — i.e., Annual Rate per Cent. yielded by Net Revenue on Capital Cost. Year. 13 Received during Year. Annual Kate at Close of Year. Average Cost of each Connection. Total for all Connections. Salaries and Allowances of Clerks, &c. Linemen and Battery Materials. Repairs, Wear-and-tear, &c, Ten r,er Cent. Rent, Fuel, Light, Paper, Printing, Binding, &c. Total. Revenue over Workingexpenses. Total for the year ended 31st March — 1882 18S3 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ S. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. * 116 379 715 1,075 1,710 2,038 2,153 2,249 2,402 2,587 3,080 3,690 613 5 2 5,014 9 2 7,746 16 7 10,008 3 6 12,294 1 2 15,477 16 2 16,881 8 6 17,613 4 0 18,581 11 7 19,961 4 2 18,571 7 8 19,155 11 5 1,170 16 0 6,809 8 8 7,028 7 4 10,008 3 6 13,997 0 0 15,477 16 2 16,881 8 6 17,613 4 0 18,581 11 7 19,961 4 2 18,571 7 8 19,155 11 5 21 16 6 21 16 6 21 16 6 21 18 6 20 8 6 19 19 5 22 19 0 23 18 10 24 4 1 24 17 1 24 16 11 24 16 11 2,531 14 0 8,271 13 6 15,604 17 6 23,461 17 6 37,319 12 1 40.686 3 1 49,407 5 0 53,849 11 6 58,229 3 0 64,294 4 4 76,579 1 8 91.687 11 1 285 0 0 595 0 0 695 0 0 1,770 0 0 2,849 1 3 2,873 0 0 3,119 10 0 3,315 10 0 3,790 0 0 4,192 0 0 4,630 0 0 7,405 0 0 275 0 0 595 0 0 770 0 0 1,590 0 0 1,704 0 0 1,580 10 0 2,252 0 0 2,249 7 0 2,206 10 0 2,249 18 5 2,345 2 9 2,695 19 10 253 0 0 827 0 0 1,560 0 0 2,346 0 0 3,731 19 2 4,068 12 2 4,940 14 6 5,344 9 2 5,823 0 1 6,429 8 5 7,658 7 11 9,168 15 1 150 0 0 300 0 0 350 0 0 475 0 0 700 0 0 320 0 0 330 0 0 335 0 0 375 0 0 394 3 9 393 1 6 464 6 2 963 0 0 2,317 0 0 3,375 0 0 6,181 0 0 8,985 0 5 8,842 2 2 10,642 4 6 11,244 6 2 12,194 10 1 13,265 10 7 15,026 12 2 19,734 1 1 207 16 0 4,492 8 8 3,653 7 4 3,827 3 6 5,011 19 7 6,635 14 0 6,239 4 1 6,368 17 10 6,387 1 6 6,695 13 7 3,544 15 6 -578 9 8 8-17 54-31 23-41 16-31 13-42 16-30 12-63 11-82 110 10-43 4-63 Loss. * This column includes 5 per cent, for wear-and-tear, and 5 per cent, for debenture capital.