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Table No. 18. Table showing the Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines for the Year ended 31st March, 1919.

District. TravellingMiles Miles e^^? s^° f of Wire. o Line. En | 1 n a d eers Linemen. --. j Materia,. «S<£ •£-= *££- E nekai - to Settlers. Maintenance. Lmemen. Total Cnst Average Average 1 otal cost Cost Oost Maintenance per Mile per Mile Maintenance. of wire of Line Auckland 13,748 4,169 £ 3,508 £ 8,653 £ 7,523 £ £ £ 19,684 17,213 £ 13,243 18,882 i : £ 32,927 36,095 £ s. d. ' 2 7 11 £ s. d. 7 17 11 Wellington 15,907 3,546 2,230 6,708 8,275 2 5 5! 10 3 7 Nelson Canterbury 2,959 9,019 1,117 2,055 992 3,257 548 7,767 718 7,473 i 2,258 18,497 8,008 1,314 7,340 7,363 3,572 25,837 15,371 14 2 2 17 4 1 13 9 3 4 0 12 11 5 5 5 1 Otago 9,108 2,926 1,998 3,499 2,511 Total 50,741 13,813 11,985 27,175 j 26,500 186 j 2,261 47 882 65,660 2,587 10,867 882 48,142 1,752 113,802 2,587 12,619 882 2 4 1 6 4 5f 8 4 Cables 416* 93 Stores 3,130 | 7,737 Rural telephones — Assistance to settlers .. Laboratory, &c. 7 I i 1,566 923 i 2,496 2,496 Wireless stations 221 1,290 517 j 2,028 2,028 Total telegraph-lines 33,347 ! 37,938 84,520 49,894 134,414 51,157 13,813 12,306 Telephone exchanges 165,962 4,789 2,455 27,770 ! 19,871 50,096 60,175 110,271 Grand total 217,119 18,602 14,761 61,117 | 57,809 47 882 ■ 134,616 110,069 244,685 * Knots. t Per knot.