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Table No. 19. Table showing Cost of constructing Telegraph and Telephone Lines during the Year ended 31st March, 1920.

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Line. Total Cost, i ncluding Material from Stores. Telephone Exchanges. £ Aria Auckland Auckland (automatic) Devonport (automatic) Mount Eden (automatic) Onehunga (automatic) Ponsonby (automatic) Remuera (automatic) Takapuna (automatic) Wellesley Street (automatic) Dargaville Hamilton „ (automatic) Henderson Kaoo Kaitieke Kawakawa Mangonui Otahuhu Pukekohe Rotorua Taumarunui Taupaki Tauranga Te Kuiti Te Teko Thames Warkworth Whakatano VVhangarei Blenheim ,, (automatic) Carterton Dannevirke Eketahuna Eltham Featherston l'eilding Gisborne Hastings Hawera Levin Manakau Marton Masterton „ (automatic) Murchison Napier Nelson New Plymouth Pahiatua Patea Palmeratou North ,, (automatic) Stratford Taihape Tiraumea Waipawa Wairoa Wanganui „ (automatic) Wellington Courtenay Place (automatic) Khandallali (automatic) Wellington South (automatic) Akaroa Ashburton Cheviot Christohurch ,, (Strowger automatic) Culverden Denniston Greymoutli Kaikoura Millerton Rakaia .. Rangiora Reefton .. | .1,131 .. ! 14,167 5,864 12 11 7 8 145 14 627 632 10,478 996 1,148 376 949 1,626 754 2,228 393 976 1,576 177 1,233 2,376 36 582 689 1,229 1,110 2,750 883 1,311 1,215 677 693 697 2,420 8,974 2,799 927 565 273 412 1,463 905 5 2,391 1,651 1,178 1,551 .. i 1 13,772 245 687 2,228 723 466 1,472 14,180 858 26,101 1,221 5 462 2 1,885 450 16,483 1,001 353 16 194 288 2 341 2,591 122

Total Cost, Line including Material from Stores. I Telephone EXCHANGES - -continued. £ Timaru . . .. .. .. I 5,243 Waimate .. .. .. .. 882 Waiau . . .. .. . . 189 Westport . . .. .. .. 208 Balclutha .. .. .. .. 1,074 Cromwell .. .. .. .. 184 Dunedin .. .. .. . . 15,077 Roslyn (automatic) .. . . .. 315 South Dunedin (automatic) .. . . 4 Gore .. .. .. .. 1,065 Heriot .. . . . . .. 74 Invercargill .. .. .. .. 6,826 Naseby and Ranfurly . . . . .. 56 Oamaru .. .. .. .. 1,328 Pembroke . . . . .. .. 923 Queenstown . . . . .. .. | 207 Tapanui .. .. .. .. 2,339 £207,433 Links. Auckland-Thames-Paeroa (metallic circuit) .. 2,140 Awanui Wireless. . .. .. . . 419 Kohumaru Telephone-office .. .. 77 Kumeu.. .. .. .. .. 93 Papatoetoe-Auckland (metallic circuit) .. 2 Pukemiro-Huntly (metallic circuit) .. 37 Puwera-Oakleigh (metallic circuit) .. 134 Taupaki (metallic circuit) .. .. | 350 Thames - Hauraki Plains telephone-line .. 3 Waimauku telephone cabinet .. .. : 13 Auckland Post-office workshops .. ,. ! 25 Gisborne - Tokomaru Bay (metallic circuit) . . 2 Kekerangu - Clarence Bridge line, .. .. 15 Nelson-Blenheim (copper wire) .. .. 1,446 Otaki (underground) .. .. .. 16 Paenga extension .. .. .. 321 Takaka Hill Road .. .. .. 59 No. 6 Cook Strait cable .. .. .. 1,079 Aerial cabling, Christchurch .. .. 672 . Fornside-Springbank (metallic circuit) .. 72 Greymouth (underground .. .. .. I 106 Greymouth-Reefton (metallic circuit) .. | 113 Hokitika (underground) .. .. .. 1,666 Hundalee-Oaro-Kaikoura (metallic circuit) .. 327 Kaiapoi-Ohoka (metallic circuit) .. .. 5 Methven (underground) .. . . .. 675 ' Mount Hercules (removal of office) .. .. 8 Ngakawau (Morse) .. .. .. 66 Paroa Telephone-office .. .. . 14 Rangiora (underground) .. .. .. 1,939 Te Kuha Telephone-office .. .. I 27 Dipton Wost Telephone-office .. •.' 28 Dunedin District Telegraph Engineer's Store 13 Dunedin (underground) (Roslyn) .. .. 2,967 „ „ (Mornington) .. ! 1,376 (North Dunedin) .. 313 (South Dunedin) .. 2,661 Dunedin District Telegraph Engineer's garage extension .. .. .. .. 293 Dunodin District Telegraph Engineer's Office 69 Dunedin-Omimi-Seaoliff circuit .. .. 52 Dunedin-Waihola-Berwiek line .. .. 16 Hekeaia (removal of office) .. .. 9 Lumsden-Kingston circuit .. .. 3 Moeraki extension .... .. .. ' 36 Otara (removal of office) .. .. .. 17 Owaka Valley (removal of office) .. .. 2 Pakeho (opening office) .. .. . . 98 Quarry Hills (removal of office) .. .. 5 Radio-Awarua .. .. .. .. 171 Raukura Telephone-office .. .. .. 9 Waikahaka (removal of office) . . .. 44 Wallacotown (removal of office) . . .. | 1 Wyllie's Crossing .. .. .. j 69 Kiritaki (removal of office) .. ..I 21