The document discusses the conductor material required for various overhead and underground transmission line systems. It derives the ratios of conductor material required for different AC and DC systems by equating power transmitted and line losses. For overhead lines, DC two-wire with mid-point earthed requires 0.25 times the material of DC two-wire with one end earthed. Single phase AC two-wire requires 1/√2 times and three phase three-wire requires 1/3 times the material of DC two-wire with one end earthed. Similarly, it compares underground cable systems and provides a table comparing all the transmission systems.