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Table No. 18. Table showing the Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines for the Year ended 31st March, 1920.

District. TravellingMiles of Miles of e |Sf el .f Wire. Line. En^ aa Linemen. Extra Labour. Bural rr„i- 0 i Salaries Telephones: „ Jr-\ of Material. Assistance ! oufof Item Engineers Settlers. Maintenance. Lin a e n men . Total Cost *»-*» average Maintenance. 1-Jgj of per Mile of L , Auckland Wellington Canterbury Otago ■ £ 13,882 4,171 3,543 17,880 4,320 3,547 9,856 2,299 3,037 9,133 2,931 2,515 £ 11,267 9,021 6,106 6,962 £ £ £ £ 5,727 .. 20,537 17,108 11,977 .. 24,545 24,727 5,069 .. 14,212 9,994 4,268 .. 13,745 9,760 £ £ s. d. £ s. d. 37,645 2 14 3 9 0 6 49,272 2 15 1 11 8 1 24,206 2 9 1 10 10 7 23,505 2 11 6 8 0 5 Totals .. Cables 50,751 13,721 12,642 416* .. 42 33,356 98 27,041 .. 73,039 61,589 6,731 .. 6,871 73,039 61,589 134,628 2 13 1 9 16 3 6,871 16 10 4+ 134,628 2 13 1 9 16 3 6,871 6,871 16 10 4t Stores Rural telephones — Assistance to settlers Laboratory Wireless stations .. Total telegraph-lines Telephone exchanges 167 137 79 51,167 13,721 13,067 177,509 5,110 3,628 4,000 3,799 1,857 43,110 37,290 6,728 .. 10,895 2,358 549 j 549 1,772 .. 5,708 945 .. 2,881 43,217 .. 99,943 63,947 21,208 .. 62,126 68,696 10,895 549 5,708 2,881 2,358 13,253 549 5,708 2,881 163,890 130,822 13,253 549 5,708 2,881 99,943 63,947 163,890 62,126 68,696 130,822 - : i 1 1 J i I i i Grand totals •• i .. j 228,676 228,676 18,831 16,695 18,831 16,695 80,400 80,400 64,425 549 162,069 132,643 64,425 549 162,069 132,643 ! 294,712 294,712 L 1 _L