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Table No. 19. Table showing the Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines for the Year ended 31st March, 1916.

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District. Miles of Wire. TravellingMiles expenses of engineers Linemen. Extra Labour. Material. Upkeep of s.s. Tutanekai. Rural Telephones: Assistance to Settlers. Total Expenditure out of Vote Maintenance. Salaries of Engineers and Linemen. Total Cost of Maintenance. Average Average Cost Cost per Mile per Mile of Wire. of Line. Auckland 12,526 3,984 £ 2,929 £ 6,929 £ 8,372 £ £ £ 18,230 £ 10,463 £ 28,693 £ s. d. 2 5 10 £ s. d. 7 4 0 Wellington 15,544 3,708 2,674 5,646 15,988 24,308 10,380 34,688 2 4 8 9 7 1 Nelson 2,988 1,121 513 465 805 1,783 1,466 3,249 119 2 18 0 Canterbury 8,482 2,025 1,010 1,1/15 1,646 3,771 6,900 10,671 1 5 2 5 5 5 Otago 8,512 2,846 1,430 2,055 4,254 7,739 6,270 14,009 1 12 11 4 18 5 Total 48,052 13,684 8,556 16,210 31,065 55,831 35,479 91,310 1 18 0 6 13 Cables 374* 51 258 91 2,715 3,115 3,115 8 6 7f Stores 1 1,812 6,629 8,442 1,948 10,390 Rural telephones — Assistance to settlers .. 1,650 1,050 1,650 Laboratory, &o. 15 995 919 1,929 1,929 Wireless stations 112 1,372 803 2,287 2,287 Total telegraph-lines 8,735 20,647 39,507 2,715 1,650 73,254 37,427 110,681 Telephone exchanges 128,525 3,437 2,070 18,640 18,305 39,021 23,661 62,682 Grand total 10,805 39,293 57,812 2,715 1,650 112,275 61,088 173,363 * Knots. t Per knot.