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Table No. 20. Table showing the Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines for the Year ended 31st March, 1912.

Travelling- Rural Total Miles Miles expenses of Extra A/I ,. - , Upkeep of Telephones: I Bxpendi we out : I Miles Miles of Wire. of Lines, j Travellingexpenses of Engineers and Linemen. I Extra Labour. Material. Upkeep of S.s. Tutanekai. Rural Total qalariBsnf to Settlers. Maintenance. Linemen. Salaries of Total Cost '. Average salaries 01 Total (jost n^It j Engineers and .of , J***,,. Total Cost of Maintenance. Average Cost per Mile of Line. j oi Wire. of lanes. ] Engineers and Labour. «*•-«««.»«. - , g g Xutanekai. Assistance of Vote Linemen. to Settlers. Maintenance. Linemen. j Maintenance. pe * J , lIe oi Line. j i 1 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. ! £ s. d. ' £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland .. .. 9,561 3.136 1,882 1 3 i 2,551 14 9 2,771 5 8 .. 142 9 11 7,347 11 7 Wellington .. .. 12,198 j 3,049 V 2,003 18 2 ! 2,548 18 10 i 3,379 0 8! .. 261 8 0 8,193 5 8 i Nelson .. .. .. 4,436 i 1,601 1,393 13 10 : 2,292 10 5 '. 2,353 15 8 I .. 26 0 3 6.066 0 2 Canterbury .. .. 5,622 1,385 815 7 0 i 552 7 2: 785 10 2 j .. 87 1 11 2,240 6 3 Otago .. .. .. I 7,553 ! 2,634 1,016 17 10 j 749 14 9 j 1,140 5 6 j .. 170 3 2 3,077 I 3 j Total .. .. 39,370 ■ 11,805 7,11118 1 j 8,695 5 11 i 10,429 17 8| .. 687 3 3 26,924 4 11 Knots. Cables .. .. .. 372 .. 93 12 10 328 13 10 | 206 19 10 j 2,000 0 0 .. 2,629 6 6 £ s. d. ! £ s. d. I £ s. d. 5,494 0 0 ! 12,841 11 7 4 1 11 i 5,192 0 0 j 13,385 5 8. 4 7 10 2,246 0 0 I 8,312 0 2 5 3 10 4,454 0 0 j 6,694 6 3 4 16 8 ! 3,664 0 0 J 6,741 13 2 11 2 21,050 0 0 47,974 4 11 4 13 ; Per Knot. 50 0 0 j 2,679 6 6! 741 Stores .... .. i .. 164 18 3 616 16 2 .. .. .. 781 14 5 : ■ . ; I J I j I Total telegraph-lines .. .. 7,370 9 2 j 9,640 15 11 10,636 17 6 2,000 0 0 687 3 3 i 30,335 5 10 | Telephone exchanges .. 37,872 1,538 1,053 0 5 7,870 0 11 8,754 2 9 .. . .. 17,677 4 1 .Grand total .. .. .. 8,423 9 7 17,510 16 10 19,391 0 3 2,000 0 0 687 3 3 | 48,012 9 11 ; 1,388 0 0 2,169 14 5 I . I 22,488 0 0 52,823 5 10 16,114 0 0 33,791 4 1 38,602 0 0 86,614 9 11