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Table No. 23. Table showing the Class and Number of Instruments and Batteries in use at Telegraph Offices for the Year ended 31st March, 1908.

Table No. 24. Table showing the Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph Lines for the Year ended 31st March, 1908.

Number of Morse instru- Number of Duplexes „ h mente in Use (Full Sets). (Differential). JNumoer Number Number TV \t Of Of —: J eounder Q uadro P lex Automatic Intermittent Constant Single Double gets. 8et9 ' Sets, Current. Current. Current. Current. I , J I District. tuckland Vellington lelson .. 'hristetauroh )unedin 52 61 39 27 79 46 131 10 87 103 11 18 8 6 2 5 10 7 4 1 9 16 •21 4 9 7 1 2 1 1 Totals 258 377 377 45 45 27 27 9 57 6 District. Number of Qnadruplex 1®P*°" Q Tran B la P to r u ££Hlth hets - Exchange. Number of Cells. Daniell. Bichromate. Storage. 490 .. 6 1,230 ! 84 47 650 50 861 616 2 660 42 4 3,891 ! 792 59 Leclanche. Gordon. I Auckland Wellington Nelson Christohuroh Dunedin 4 321 8 131 3 116 2 65 118 5,590 9,496 3,670 1,832 4,954 25,542 80 ! 725 162 Totals 17 761 967

District. of Wire. Miles Miles of of Wire. Lines. Travellingexpenses of Inspectors and Linemen. I Extra Labour. Cost of Material purchased. Value of Material issued from Stores. Salaries of Inspectors and Linemen. Total Cost of Maintenance, j Average Cost per Mile of Line. | Auckland 6,556 Wellington 9,256 Nelson .. 3,643 Canterbury 4,156 Otago .. 5,733 6,556 9,256 3,643 4,156 5,733 2,402 2,478 1,412 1,181 2,183 £ s. d. 958 0 7 2,454 1 5 689 4 0 812 17 11; 764 3 111 £ a. A. 2.006 8 5 3,445 18 0 1,057 14 8 2,453 4 4 1,107 0 8 £ s. d. 1,222 19 10 9,287 11 4 256 16 2 1,088 15 6 370 16 11 £ s. d. 966 9 10 4,374 10 6 593 5 6 1,354 10 1 603 4 6 £ a. d. 3,051 0 0 2,610 0 0 1,882 0 0 2,675 0 0 1,960 0 0 £ a. d. 8,204 18 8 22,172 1 3 4,479 0 4 8,384 7 10 4,805 6 0 £ a. d. 3 8 4 8 18 11 3 3 5 7 2 0 2 4 0 29,344 9,656352 knots 5,678 7 10 194 1 10 10,070 6 1 2,694 17 11 12,226 19 9 116 5 6 7,892 0 5 821 17 7 12,178 0 0 265 0 0 48,045 14 1 4"092 2 10 4 19 6 11 12 6 Cables Stores •• 130 17 3 843 3 11 6,416 5 1 432 0 0 7,822 6 3 Totals 6,003 6 ll| jl3,608 7 11 18,759 10 4 8,713 18 0 12,875 0 0 i 59,960 3 2