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Table No. 21. Table showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph Construction during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1909.

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Line Expenditure. Material from Stores. Total Cost during the Year. Telephone exchanges,— Ashburton Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dannevirke ... Dunedin Feilding Gisborne Greymouth ... Hamilton Hawera Hokitika Invercargill ... Lawrence ... ... *... Levin Masterton Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Pahiatua Palmerston North Rotorua Stratford Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington ... Westport Whangarei ... I £ s. d. 31 18 8 6,945 6 7 54 16 2 5,944 1 7 44 9 9 4,130 15 1 137 17 4 349 4 7 65 2 2 598 4 11 28 0 5 21 5 4 3,220 16 10 0 3 6 56 8 2 227 16 3 554 5 11 132 15 11 99 13 1 91 19 11 82 7 3 105 5 3 61 8 10 11 4 6 278 4 0 2,379 0 7 1,989 17 0 5,194 5 2 7 10 11 29 12 1 £ s. d. 191 13 5 6,610 14 1 410 11 3 7,088 17 5 165 18 2 3,059 2 7 390 19 6 1,064 4 3 389 16 3 390 10 7 460 9 11 70 1 10 1,363 14 11 80 14 0 863 15 4 1,917 14 5 181 8 6 467 2 7 205 7 1 375 12 9 517 7 6 262 15 11 179 2 4 250 8 7 1,863 17 7 3,151 12 7 18,266 9 6 156 6 3 81 6 1 £ s. d. 191 13 5 6,610 14 1 410 11 3 7,088 17 5 165 18 2 3,059 2 7 390 19 6 1,064 4 3 389 16 3 390 10 7 460 9 11 70 1 10 1,363 14 11 80 14 0 863 15 4 1,917 14 5 181 8 6 467 2 7 205 7 1 375 12 9 517 7 6 262 15 11 179 2 4 250 8 7 1,863 17 7 3,151 12 7 18,266 9 6 156 6 3 81 6 1 I. £ S. d. » 223 12 1 13,556 0 8 ! 465 7 5 i 13,03_ 19 0 I 210 7 11 7,189 17 8 i 528 16 10 1 1,413 8 10 I 454 18 5 988 15 6 488 10 4 1 91 7 2 4,584 11 9 0 3 6 ) 137 2 2 1,091 11 7 , 2,472 0 4 i 314 4 5 566 15 8 297 7 0 I 458 0 0 i 622 12 9 324 4 9 . I 190 6 10 528 12 7 4,242 18 2 5,141 9 7 i | 23,460 14 8 I 163 17 2 110 18 2 Total exchanges 32,873 17 9 50,477 15 2 83,351 12 11 Paranui - Mangonui - Victoria Valley line ... Kaikohe-Taheke Arapohue (Te Kopuru - Raupo) Dargaville - Te Kopuru - Aratapu Kaihu-Mangata (Tutamoe-Waimatenui) ... Pakaraka- Turntable Hill Waitangi-Paihia-Ohaeawai Kawakawa-Towai Towai-Marlow... Utakura (branch off Rawene-Horeke) Port Charles, Great Barrier Rawhitu-Whangamumu... Russell - Cape Brett Manawaora (branch off Russell- Cape Brett) Titoki (Whangarei-Poroti) Pakotai (Whangarei-Titoki) Titoki-Parakao Raupo (Ruawai-Mapau)... Batley (Waipu-Whakapirau) Ararua (off Matakohe - Waipu line) Whangateau (branch off \V ark worth-Leigh) Opuawhanga (Whangarei-Hukerenui) Whangarei-Opau Hikurangi-Whananaki-Marua Hukerenui-Paiaka Whangarei-Hikurangi (Morse) Luscombe (Waipu-Matakohe) Waihungarua ... Waihungarua (Waipu-Matakohe)... Mareretu-Paparoa Kaipara Plats - Waiwawa 60 7 6 0 14 10 27 4 9 15 13 3 0 12 6 1 2 11 68 8 7 28 4 9 73 18 7 367 12 7 308 12 0 148 15 1 101 15 3 12 3 2 43 19 7 13 19 0 72 9 9 64 13 10 13 2 3 14 8 4 1 1 2 20 5 0 80 9 11 5 7 7 73 13 5 6 12 0 21 10 2 33 2 5 5 12 10 42 2 8 72 10 8 44 14 5 41 3 9 88 3 0 65 6 4 14 5 2 82 16 11 28 4 9 74 19 9 20 5 0 448 2 6 5 7 7 382 5 5 6 12 0 170 5 3 134 17 8 5 12 10 118 7 4 291 7 11 72 15 0 5 13 3 56 2 5 18 11 8 126 2 7 30 19 2 71 19 0 33 4 4 51 14 8 35 9 3 3 12 11 7 16 6 76 4 8 291 7 11 72 15 0 34 10 6 7 13 6 80 13 10 29 18 8 15 13 11 6 15 9 45 2 2 35 9 3 3 12 11 7 16 6 5 13 3 21 11 11 10 18 2 45 8 9 10 6 56 5 1 26 8 7 6 12 6