IMPROVED BUSINESS
REVENUE OF POST OFFICE. PAST YEAR’S FIGURES. An improvement of £143,000 in the revenue of the Post and Telegraph Department is disclosed by the figuses for the year ended March 31. The revenue for the year, compared with that of the previous year, was as follows: —1934-5, £3,343,000; 1933-4, £3,200,000. These figures show a substantial improvement in Post Office business, and this has been maintained since the end of the financial year. During April, the postal receipts were £BOOO in excess of those for the best postal month of the year, which is December. During April, also, there was increased telephone and telegraph business,, ordinary telegrams havingincreased in number by 29,158, urgent telegrams by 1311 and telepho'ne toll calls by 131,424. Improved conditions were reflected in the Post Office Saving Bank transactions, for there was a surplus of deposits over withdrawals for the month of April amounting to £162,768.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 4699, 28 May 1935, Page 5
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151IMPROVED BUSINESS King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 4699, 28 May 1935, Page 5
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