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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 66

Telegraph System

Telegraph System.

The telegraph system is entirely in the hands of the Government. The difficulties to be overcome before telegraphic communication was page 94 generally established were of an unusual character, the country being to a large extent rugged and wild, while the Islands being divided by Cook Strait rendered it necessary to undertake the laying of a telegraph cable to connect them. The work, however, was pushed forward with great vigour. By July, 1873, 2,356 miles of line had been completed, carrying 4,574 miles of wire, at a cost (inclusive of the submarine cable) of £224,580. The number of miles of line now open is 4,264; of wire, 13,294.