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Table No. 22. Return of the Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph Lines for the Year ended 31st March, 1895.

Table No. 23. Statement showing the Total Cost of New Zealand Telegraph Lines, Cables, and Telephone Exchanges up to the 31st December, 1894.

Approximate Cost of Paper— Preparation, not given; printing (1,875 copies), Mil 10s.

By Authority: Samuel Costall, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB9s.

Section. No. of Miles. Travelling Expenses of Linemen and Inspectora. Extra Labour. Cost of Material used for Repairs. Salaries of Linemen and Inspectors. Total Coat of Maintenance. Biverton to Balelutha Tokomairiro to Queenstown Balolutha to Waitaki Waitaki to Christchurch Christchurch to Kumara Kumara to Lyell Lyell to Nelson Nelson to Blenheim, including Tophouse Line Blenheim to Kaikoura Kaikoura to Christchurch Wellington to New Plymouth Wellington to Napier Napier to Tauranga Tauranga to Thames Auckland South Auckland North P.s. "Terranora" 458J 414 557J 410| 228 198 307i 133 £ s. d. 254 1 0 168 15 5 415 18 8 271 6 5 293 7 5 181 11 11 164 9 0 180 1 9 £ s. d. 304 3 11 225 10 9 469 17 7 896 15 2 285 0 6 184 16 11 55 15 1 312 7 6 £ s. d. 368 19 2 130 2 10 678 11 5 853 15 8 105 14 4 94 17 3 161 13 1 404 13 0 £ s. d. 371 0 0 262 0 0 427 0 0 550 0 0 480 0 0 371 0 0 163 0 0 405 0 0 £ s. d. 1,298 4 1 786 9 0 1,991 7 8 2,571 17 3 1,164 2 3 832 6 1 544 17 2 1,302 2 3 104 271 586J 449 543J 127 559 615 126 4 11 143 18 7 492 0 7 451 8 9 472 1 11 89 8 10 437 6 6 359 4 8 430 18 9 375 13 4 457 12 2 811 17 7 815 17 3 155 17 1 771 17 10 566 6 11 462 7 5 284 16 7 295 7 8 2,271 0 11 1,448 14 9 410 15 0 39 0 4 761 3 6 397 0 0 41 5 2 240 0 0 505 0 0 1,162 0 0 875 0 0 526 0 0 235 0 0 555 0 0 810 0 0 1,082 0 3 1,319 19 7 4,382 13 8 3,587 1 1 2,224 14 2 519 6 3 2,525 7 10 2,132 11 7 503 12 7 Totals 5,961$ 4,501 6 4 7,582 15 9 8,747 10 8 7,937 0 0 28,768 12 9 5,9611 liles of line; average ci ist per mile, £i 16s. 6d.

Section of Line. Total Cost of Section. £ s. d. North Island. Total, North Island, to 31st December 1893 Expenditure on sundry lines constructed during 1894 256,710 12 11 2,086 7 2 Total 258,797 ° 1 South Island. Total, South Island, to 31st December, 1893 Expenditure on sundry lines constructed during 1894 255.234 18 6 4,189 14 4 Total for South Island 259,4 2 4 I2 IO Total for North Island 258,797 ° 1 Total for colony 518,221 12 u Cook Strait cables 89,905 2 4 Telephone exchanges 123,595 11 5 Grand Total /73i,722 6 8