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Table No. 20. Table showing Cost of Constructing Telegraph and Telephone Lines during the Year ended 31st March, 1916.

Line. Total Cost, including Material from Stores. Total Cost, T ino Including *' lne - Material from Stores. Line. Telophono Exchanges— Auckland Coromandel Dargavillo .. .. Hamilton Kaikohe Kawhia Mangonui Matata Mount Eden (automatic) Opotiki Paeroa Ponsonby (automatic) Pukeatua Romuora Taumarunui Tauranga Te Kuiti Thames Waihi Walton Whangaroi Blenheim Carterton Dannevirke Eketahuna Eltham Eeatherston .. Eeilding Gisborne ... .. Glonoroua Hastings Hawera Hinakura Kahutara Levin Marton Mastorton Maxwelltown .. . . ... Motu Napier .. Now Plymouth Ohingaiti Patea Pahiatua Palmorston North .. .. Raurimu Stratford .. Taihapo '. .. . . Waipawa Wairoa Wanganui Wellington .. .. Nolson Wostport Roefton .. Ashburton Christchurch Culvorden Greymouth Kaikoura Rakaia Rangiora Timaru Waimate Waiau Balclutha Cromwell Dunodiu Gore Invercargill Oamaru Quoonstown Tapanui £ 27,978 38 137 10,179 358 60 415 1,207 4 1,190 945 5 77 3 2,371 31,922 2,537 360 8 55 4,112 3,313 341 1,075 729 450 1,233 1,049 5,502 11 6,230 447 138 218 1,409 3,847 0,901 109 907 1,343 4,340 211 235 1,972 2,220 192 154 2,539 338 465 0,005 20,050 2,132 124 53 400 11,005 52 12 43 1,492 818 3,155 238 757 525 41 8,020 .. ' 483 3,7312 235 3143 24 Lines— continued. £ Cambridge-Rotorua (metallic circuit) .. 45 Drury-Waiuku (metallic circuit) ,. 667 Frankton Junction Bureau .. .. 5 Hauraki Road -Telephone-office .. .. 19 Huruiki Tolephonc-offico .. .. 5 Helensville-Paparoa (metallic circuit) .. 4 Hamilton-Auckland (metallic circuit) .. 573 Huapai Telephone Extension .. .. 6 Kaitaia (Morse) .. .. .. 4 Kawakawa—Russell (metallic circuit) .. 276 Kaeo (Morse) .. .. .. .. 20 Kaihere Telephone-office .. .. 6 Mokauiti Tolephono Extension .. .. 127 Muripara - To Whaiti .. .. .. 62 Mamaranui Telephone-office .. .. 1 Mangonui-Poria (metallic circuit) .. 81 Morrin8ville-Matamata .. .. 416 Oranga Telephone-office .. .. 141 Owhango Tolephono Extension .. .. 462 Okahukura Tolephono Bureau .. .. 3S3S Otway's Telephone Extension .. .. 1 Opotiki-Gisborne (telephone circuit) .. 470 Opararau - Te Awamutu .. .. 26 Owhiro Telephone-office .. .. 23 Opua (Morse) .. .. ... .. 4 Patctonga Telephone Extension.. .. 384 Paparda-Tokatoka Alterations .. .. 347 Pukeatua-Wharepuhunga .. .. 103 Ponsonby Learners' Gallery .. .. 52 Ratarba Telephone-office .. .. 8 Raurimu-Taumarunui .. .. .. 55 Rotongaro Telephone Extension .. 236 Rotoma .. .. .. .. 7 To Puna, removal of office .. .. 3 Taumarunui-Ohura .. .. .. 861 Te Aroha - Wardville .. .. .. 242 Tauranga-Whakatane . . .. ... 1,149 Tukirangi Telephone-office .. .. 41 Turiapua Tolephone-offiee .. .. 5 To Waitere Telephone-office .. .. 5 Thornton Telephone-office .. .. 4 To Kuiti-Hamilton (metallic circuit) .. 1,140 Upper Papamoa Telephone Extension .. 116 Whakapara - Helena Bay .. .. 161 Whil libra Telephone-office .. .. 314 Whangarei-Hukerenui .. .. .. 5 Whangarata Telephone Extension .. 9 Waotu Telephone-offico .. .. 140 Waikokowai Telephone-office .. .. 135 Waimiha-Ongarue (motallic circuit) .. 297 Birch Hill Telephone Extension .. .. 55 Blenheim-Nelson (Morse) .. .. 645 Dannevirke-Weber (metallic circuit) .. 299 Gisborne-OpotikiTelephone Circuit .. 2,215 Kahukura — Tokoinaru Bay Telephone-line 2,057 Kokohuia Tolephono Bureau . . .. 21 Maymorn Military Camp .. .. 67 Murumuru Telephone Extension.. .. 24.3 Ngapeka Telephone Extension .. . . 102 Orangamea-Rangalalau—Puao Extension.. 3 Piu-kakariki-Waikanae (metallic circuit) .. 3171 Pahiatua-Palmorston North (metallic circuit) .. .. .. .. 13 Tahunaroa Tolephono Extension.. .. 1 Temarua Telephone-office .. .. 10 Urukaka Telephone-offico .. .. 1 Wantwood Telephone-office .. . . 54 Wellington-Masterton (metallic circuit) .. 1,048 Wellington—Palmorston North (metallic circuit) .. .. .. .. 28 Whiritoa Telephone-office .. .. 29 Awaiti Telephone-office.. .. .. 119 Baton Telephone Extension .. .. 75 Braoburn Telephone-office . . .. 9 Dryden's Bay Telephone-line .. .. 83 Eern Flat Extension .. .. .. 11 Hira Telephone-office .. .. .. 24 Karamea Heads Telephone-office . .• 11 Matariki Telephone-office . . .. 6 Nelson-Tadmor (metallic circuit) .. 334 £105,079 Lines — Auckland-Dargaville (metallic circuit) Aratoro Telephone Line Bayswater Telephone Extension.. Brigham's Creek Telephone Extension 013 47 44 7