P. & T. REVENUE

Grey River Argus, 25 May 1935, Page 5

P. & T. REVENUE

PAST YEAR’S IMPROVEMENT. WELLINGTON, May 24. An improvement of £143.000 in the revenue of the Post and Telegraph Department* is disclosed by the figures for the year ended March 31st. The revenue for the year, compared with that of the previous vear, was as follows: 1934-35. £3.343.000; 1933-34 £3 200 000 Those figures show a sub stantial improvement in the Post Office business, and this has been maintained since the end of tTie financial year. During April, postal receipts were £.8,000 in excess of those for the best postal month of the year, which is December. During April, nlso. there was increased telephone end telegraph business ordinary tele grerns having increased in number by 29, urgent telegram s * bv i 311. and telephone toll calls bv 131.424. Im nroved renditions were reflected j n th • Pos 1 Offi: e Savings Bank transaction s * for there was a surplus of deposits over withdrawals for the month of April amounting to £162,768.