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Table No. 26. Cost of Telegraph Lines and Cables throughout the Colony.

Table No. 27. Return of the Number and Amount of Telegraph Money Orders Issued within the several Postal Districts during the Year ended 31st December, 1884.

Section of Line. Length of Section in Miles.1 Total Cost of Section. Cost per Mile. £ ». d. £ •■ d. North Island. "otal, North Island, to 31st December, 1883 Expenditure on sundry lines constructed during year 1884 (173J miles) 1,850$ 202,866 13 5 mi 5.315 7 5 47 13 4 Totals 1, g52 208,182 o 10 Sooth Island. "otal, South Island, to 31st December, 1883 Expenditure on sundry lines constructed during year 1884 (264 miles) 2, 224 221,269 5 3 781 5,531 16 2 70 g 4 'otal, South Island, to 31st December, 1884 2,3O2j 226,801 I 5 "otal, North Island, to 31st December, 1884 1,962 2oS,l82 O IO Totals 4 ,26 4 J 434,983 2 3 look Strait Cables, laying same, repairs, &c. 81,280 2 4 'elephone Exchanges 26,178 2 11 Total 542,441 7 6

Districts. Number. Commission. Amount. Auckland .. Blenheim .. Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru 3,622 44° 1.473 1,576 4 86 756 365 631 1,066 528 322 229 890 321 842 2,359 590 £ *■ d. 181 2 o 22 O O 73 13 o 78 16 o 24 6 o 37 16 o 18 5 o 31 11 o 53 6 o 26 8 o 16 2 o 11 9 o 44 10 o 16 1 o £ s. d. 14,162 3 1 1,686 II O 5,yS6 14 10 6,485 18 o 1,846 19 ij 2,979 9 1 1,347 3 o 2,098 12 3 4,862 17 7 2,112 2 7 1, 199 8 3 648 10 7 3,4i7 14 9 1,121 12 6 3,204 6 8 9,675 13 8 2,605 3 Io Wanganui .. Wellington Westport .. 42 2 o 117 19 o 29 10 o Totals 16,496 824 16 o 65,241 1 7