POST OFFICE AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT (REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR 1884.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1885 Session I, F-01

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1885. NEW ZEALAND.

POST OFFICE AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT (REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR 1884.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

Sib,— General Post Office, Wellington, 18th August, 1885. I have the honour to submit to your Excellency the report on the Postal and Telegraph Service for the year 1884, with a statement of revenue and expenditure to the 31st March last. I have, &c, Julius Vogel, Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner. His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand.

EEPOET. A satisfactory increase of business in all branches was the result of the year's operations. The revenue for the financial year was £284,245 2s. 9d.—an increase over the former year of £15,060 15s. 5d., or 5-59 per cent. The expenditure, excluding what was charged to Loan and the separate vote for buildings, was £256,497 16s. lid., against £252,097 14s. 9d. expended the previous year—an increase of £4,400 2s. 2d., or 1-74 per cent. only. The balance of revenue over the ordinary expenditure for the year was therefore £27,747 ss. lOd. The revenue and expenditure in detail are given in the statement underneath: — Revenue. £ s. d. ] Expenditube. £ s. d. Stamps used for postage .. .. 135,000 00 | Salaries .. .. .. .. 123,048 0 4 Money-order commission collected in the ; Conveyance of mails by sea .. .. 56,681 18 7 colony .. .. •■ •• 9,482 12 4 Conveyance of inland mails .. .. 27,09119 10 Money-order commission received from j Conveyance of mails by rail .. .. 372 7 6 foreign offices . *• 412 10 5 i Money-order commission credited to Private box and bag fees .. .. 4,225 10 | foreign offices .. .. .. 1,337 1 8 Postage from foreign offices .. .. 27,351 9 0 ; Maintenance and repairs to telegraph Miscellaneous receipts (postal) .. .. 9,595 810 lines, and miscellaneous .. .. 39,616 9 0 Ordinary and Press telegrams .. .. 84,568 2 1 \ Cable subsidies .. .. .. t 5,350 0 0 Telephone exchanges .. .. ■• 10,008 3 6' Miscellaneous receipts (telegraph) .. 3,602 071 256,497 16 11 Balance of revenue over expenditure .. 27,747 510 £284,245 2 9 £284,245 2 9

The revenue, however, does not represent the value of the actual work performed. The franked correspondence and telegrams forwarded on Government service, and for which no payment is made, have not been taken into account. The value of these amounted to £70,830 Is. sd. and £20,855 19s. 7d. respectively—a total of £91,686 Is. This sum added to the cash receipts brings up the gross earnings of the department to no less than £375,931 3s. 9d. for the year, or £119,433 6s. lOd. over and above the ordinary expenditure. It may fairly be urged that payment should be made for the whole of the work which in performed gratuitously for other departments of the Government service. Were such a change applied generally throughout the service, it is believed a considerable saving would be effected. £11,905 os.' 6d. was expended on new buildings, additions, repairs, &c, and charged to the vote for public buildings. I—F. 1.

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On account of telegraph extension, &c, the sum of £25,911 12s. 6d. was spent out of loan. 35,257,846 letters were dealt with—an. increase of 1,669,438. 1,654,305 telegrams of all codes were forwarded, being an increase of 54,905 telegrams. The Savings Bank deposits for the calendar year exceeded the withdrawals by £31,978 10s. 5d., compared with an excess of withdrawals of £117,245 14s. 2d. over the deposits in 1883. The introduction of postal notes for circulation within the colony has been decided upon. The value of the notes and the poundage payable thereon will be, — Value of Note. Poundage. One shilling ... ... ... ... ... One halfpenny. One shilling and sixpence ... ... ... „ Two shillings and sixpence ... ... ... One penny. Five shillings ... ... ... ... ... „ Seven shillings and sixpence ... ... ... Twopence. Ten shillings ... ... .... ... ... Threepence. Twelve shillings and sixpence ... ... ... „ Fifteen shillings ... ... ... ... „ Seventeen shillings and sixpence ... ... ... „ Twenty shillings ... ... ... ... „ It is the intention to give practical effect to this decision early in January next. It is also proposed to establish a parcels post, and a Bill providing for both inland and foreign parcels posts has been introduced in Parliament. Should the Bill be passed, it is intended to establish an inland parcels post early next year. It is also the desire to extend the system to places outside the' colony. The fact of there now being a contract service by the direct steamers nas removed many of the difficulties which hitherto interposed the way of establishing a parcels post between the colony and Great Britain. During the year 51 officers of the permanent staff were appointed, 29 resigned, 6 were dispensed with, 4 dismissed, and 7 died. Departmental changes, &c, involved 130 transfers. 108 telegraph-message boys were taken on, 41 resigned, 6 were dispensed with, 11 dismissed, and 3 died. The net increase was 47. The total strength of the staff of permanent officers at the close of the year was 927. This was exclusive of 218 telegraph-message boys, and 697 country postmasters. The nature and extent of the business performed by each branch of the service will be found disclosed in the statements which follow, and in the appended tables. It may be remarked that, whatever may have been the effects of ,the depression experienced in several parts of the colony during the year, the business of the Post Office and Telegraph in no way suffered. POST OFFICE. The number of letters, post-cards, book-packets and pattern-parcels, and newspapers delivered and posted during the year, compared with the number dealt with in 1883,, was as under : — 1884. 1883. Increase. Letters—Delivered .. .. .. .. 19,237,790 17,768,357 Posted .. .. .. .. 16,020,056 15,820,051 35,257,846 33,588,408 1,669,438 Post-cards—Delivered .. .. .. .. 561,652 539,682 Posted .. .. .. .. 591,903 574,717 1,153,555 1,114,399 39,156 Books and parcels—Delivered .. .. .. 1,529,603 1,197,521 .Posted .. .. .. 1,511,510 1,321,363 3,041,113 2,518,884 522,229 Newspapers—Delivered .. .. .. 7,525,596 6,911,203 Posted .. .. .. .. 6,568,146 6,419,360 14,093,742 13,030,563 1,063,179 The letters increased 4-97, post-cards 3-51, books and parcels 20-73, and newspapers 8-16 per cent. The average number of letters posted by each person was estimated at 28'39. The cash receipts for the financial year ended the 31st March last amounted to £186,066 16s. 7d., being an increase of £9,384 7s. 10d., or 5-31 per cent. Stamps were estimated to have increased £3,000; money order commission increased by £128 18s. 2d. ; and private box and bag fees, £75 Is. The postage received from foreign post offices was £6,724 3s. 9d. in excess of the sum received during the previous year, while the miscellaneous receipts fell off £627 17s. Bd. The expenditure on postal services was £161,069 14s. lid., against £158,200 os. Bd. for the former year, an increase of £2,869 14s. 3d., or 1-81 per cent. The expenditure, it should be noted, was £24,997 Is. Bd. less than the revenue. ' • The value of the free correspondence has been estimated at £70,830 Is. sd. Including this item, the gross earnings of the Post Office amounted to £256,896 18s., or an apparent surplus of £95,827 3s. Id. on the year's business. Property-tax receipts amounting to £93,688 16s. 2d., in 21,241 payments, were collected at post offices. 1,149 game licenses, for £1,635 195., and certificates for fees amounting to £2,743 10s., in Connection with the inspection of machinery, were issued at post offices.

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Forms of application for registering patents are now to be procured at any money order office. 5,898,381 letters, 202,848 post-cards, 274,246 books, circulars, and parcels, and 1,642,599 newspapers were delivered by letter-carriers during the year. The letters increased by 558,507, post-cards 29,632, books, &c, 52,792, and newspapers 153,295. The letter-carriers' deliveries in several districts were extended and altered to meet requirements. Deliveries have been established at Akaroa and Geraldine, and the deliveries at Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Greymouth extended. At Auckland the deliveries were extended so as to include Surrey Hills, Eichmond Boad, Eichmond Avenue, and Great North Eoad. At Christchurch the deliveries now include Avonside, Hitchen's Corner, the Suburb of Dallington, and Spreydon. At Dunedin daily deliveries have been established at Eavensbourne and Eothesay, and deliveries extended to Mornington, Woodhaugh, and Pine Hill. At Greymouth the delivery now includes High Street (South) and Preston Eoad (South-west). 13 additional receivers were opened during the year—l at Auckland, lat Napier, 3at Wellington, 1 at Patea,l at Greymouth, 2 at Christchurch, 1 at Oamaru, 2 at Dunedin, and 1 at Invercargill. 7 receiving boxes were closed during the year. The total number of pillar, wall, and lamp-post receivers increased to 216. Newspapers are now permitted to be posted in all receivers. 45 additional post-offices were established, 4 reopened, and 14 closed during the year:—

Adams Plat (reopened), Dunedin. Birkenhead, Auckland. Brookby, Auckland. Chelsea, Auckland. Cunningham's, Wellington. Dacre (reopened), Invercargill. Eltham, Wanganui. Gimmerburn, Dunedin. Glen-iti, Timaru. Greenhithe, Auckland. Harben, Westport. Hicks Bay, Gisborne. Hillgrove, Oamaru. Hunter, Timaru. Kaiawa, Thames. Kerikeri, Auckland. Kopua (reopened), Napier. Ashburton Porks, Christchurch. 'Big River, Thames. Horrelville, Christchurch. Kowai Bush, Christchurch. Mangawhero, Wanganui.

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Lichfield, Auckland. Manurewa, Auckland. Matarawa, Wellington. Morrison's Bush, Wellington. North Taieri, Dunedin. Okoroire, Auckland. Omata (reopened), New Plymouth. Orewa Palls, Auckland. Oroua Downs, Wellington. Otama Bridge, Invercargill. Port Underwood, Blenheim. Pouto, Auckland. Puhatikotiko, Gisborne. Pukerua, Wellington. Quartzville, Thames. Romahapa, Dunedin. Closed. Matamau, Napier. Middle Kyeburn, Dunedin. North Taieri, Dunedin. Omata, New Plymouth. Redclifie, Timaru.

Botoiti, Thames. Euapuna, Christchurch. Seatonville, Westport. Tawatapu, Wellington. Tawhere, Auckland. Te Atukara, Wellington. Te Rori, Auckland. Upper Takaka, Nelson. Waiomio, Thames. Waipara, Christchurch. Waipipi, Auckland. Waitaha Perry, Hokitika. Waitakerei, Auckland. Wataroa, Hokitika. Wharekahika, Gisborne. Whareora, Auckland. Terawhiti, Wellington. Waiheke, Auckland. Whare Plat, Dunedin. Wliatipu, Auckland.

The total number of post offices open at the end of the year was 969. The following table shows the numbers open in 1883 and 1884:—

The names of the following post offices have been changed : Waterford to Katikati, Governor's Bay to Teddington, Ohinetahi to Governor's Bay, Ohinemutu to Eotorua, Makeritu to AshleyClinton, Waimea to Goldsborbugh, Swift Creek to Heriot, Elbow to Luinsden, Upper Ferry to Hakateramea. Government Insurance agencies were established at the post offices at Fairlie Creek, Lumsden, Port Albert, St. Andrew, and Whitianga.

!4. 181 Postal Districts. Chief Offices. Secondclass Post Offices. Sub-Post Offices. Totals. Chief Offices. Secondclass Post Offices. Sub-Post Offices. Totals. Auckland Thames New Plymouth .. Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill Chatham Islands 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 202 33 19 14 44 28 73 33 22 22 27 16 136 40 19 130 80 1 205 35 21 15 46 29 74 35 23 23 28 19 139 41 20 132 82 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 i 189 30 19 11 a 28 67 32 ■20 22 25 15 137 39 18 129 78 1 192 32 21 ia 46 29 68 34 21. 23 26 18 140 40 19 131 80 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Totals 17 13 939 969 17 13 904 934

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Late-letter boxes have been affixed to the Foxton-Wanganui-New Plymouth trains. 16 newspapers were registered for transmission through the post; and 167 newspapers at the end of the year were on the register of the General Post Office. 10 magazines were also registered, making the total number registered 169. Subscriptions to Hansard are now received at all post offices. Letter-carriers' uniforms are now made of materialsfof entirely colonial manufacture. Comparative Eetuen of Officers of the Postal Department for the Years 1883 and 1884. Officers. 1884. 1883. Officers. 1884. 1883. Postmaster-General .. .. 1 1 Chief Postmasters .. .. 17 17 Secretary .. .. .. 1 1 Postmasters .. .. 13 13 Inspector of Post Offices .. .. 1 1 Clerks and Cadets .. .. 114 110 Accountant, Money Order and Savings Sub-Postmasters.. .. .. 939 904 Bank Department .. .. 1 1 Letter-carriers .. .. 74 C7 Clerks in General Post Office .. 7 6 Messengers .. .. 13 12 Clerks in Money Order and Savings Bank Department .. .. 8 8 Totals .. .. ..1,191 1,143 Mail Agents .. .. .. 2 2 The sum paid for the carriage of interprovincial and intercolonial mails by unsubsidized vessels was £5,093 4s. 4d. 4,051 private boxes were let, which, together with the fees on 289 private bags, produced a revenue of £4,225 Is. The following statement gives the value of the services performed for other departments of the Government by the Post Office for which no payment was made :—

Free Official Correspondence.

The estimated value of the free correspondence for 1883 was £75,596 2s. 7d.

Dead Letters. The number of unclaimed letters received and disposed of during the under-mentioned years is shown in the following table: —

The unclaimed letters dealt with show an increase of 3'06 per cent, compared with the number disposed of the previous year. 5,254 book-packets and circulars were returned to foreign countries, 5,199 were returned to the senders through the Dead Letter Office, and 6,679 were returned by Chief Postmasters : a total of 17,132 book-packets and circulars, against 13,078 in 1883. The under-mentioned articles of value were found enclosed in letters opened in the Dead Letter Office, and returned to the senders where practicable :— £ s. d. 206 money orders ... ... ... ... ... 594 9 8 36 bank drafts ... ... ... ... ... ... . 2,165 8 4 94 cheques ... ... ... ... ... ... 819 11 11 3 promissory notes ... ... ... ... ... 463 10 3 Stamps ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 15 10 Banknotes ... ... ... ... ... ... 202 0 0 Gold ... ... ... ... ... ...■ 31 0 0 Silver and copper ... ... ... ... ... 3 16 3 Representing a total of ~. ... £4,289 12 3

Postal District. Letters. Books. Value. Postal District. Letters. Books. Value. Luckland 'hames few Plymouth .. Hsborne Tapier .. Vanganui Vellmgton lelson .. Vestport 1-reymouth .. lb. oz. 19,541 15 518 6 3,191 13 385 10 2,903 14 4,263 6 134,484 10 3,902 15 1,900 0 5,987 14 1b. oz. 15,276 4 744 3 970 0 679 0 315 0 5,684 0 237,802 0 4,165 0 105 11 3,450 0 £ s. d. 5,803 7 10 164 2 0 912 0 11 127 4 4 784 17 4 1,328 19 10 48,625 8 6 1,187 8 7 510 3 10 1,737 10 4 Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch Tiraaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill lb. oz. 2,006 8 536 1 8,994 9 2;802 14 1,240 6 10,547 12 2,849 2 lb. oz. 2,095 0 3,140 0 23,436 0 2,728 0 1,100 0 15,538 0 3,337 4 £ s. d, 604 18 C 250 16 £ 3,252 1 i 839 7 4 369 0 £ 3,460 13 £ 872 0 2 Totals 206,063 11 320,571 6 70,830 1

Manner of Disposal. 1870. 1875. 1880. 1881. 1882. 1883. 1884. •pencd and returned to the writers.. Returned unopened to other countries Reissued .. >estroyod Returned unopened by Chief PostPostmasters 17,516 39,051 6,088 10,321 63 78 2,960 0,081 27,227 55,531 60,977 10,503 240 5,135 52,038 9,372 159 3,969 53,507 8,539 54 6,189 69,452 j 68,942 8,143 | 9,134 67 | 107 3,302 3,986 15,833 17,593 96,797 99,762 11,160 12,810 14,378 Totals 88,015 78,348 82,667

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In addition, 1 gold locket with blackstone and pearl, 1 greenstone cross and pendant, goldmounted, 1 wedding ring, 1 gold hunting watch and case, 1 silver brooch and 1 pair of silver earrings, 2 pairs of gold earrings, 1 silver ring with emerald and pearl, 1 silver chronograph watch, 1 gold ring and 2 pairs of earrings set with stones, 1 pair of greenstone earrings, gold-mounted, 1 silver locket and chain, 1 gold ring set with jewels, 1 silver lever hunting watch and Canadian gold chain, 1 silver ring, 3 diamond studs, 1 New Zealand gold-plated railway-pass, 1 piece of polished greenstone, 1 gold nugget in quartz, 1 piece of velvet, 1 silk handkerchief, 1 leather purse with steel clasp and chain, 1 flute, and 2 Crimean shirts, wore received at the Dead Letter Office. 5,15i unclaimed registered letters were dealt with, including 4,309 returned notices originally issued from Registrars of Electors. 22 letters detained for postage were received, 2 of which were subsequently forwarded. 649 newspapers and 431 books and other articles without addresses were also received: of these, 66 were delivered, and 91 book-packets forwarded to London for return to the senders. 94 letters were posted without addresses. 8 letters with libellous addresses were intercepted. 128 letters were imperfectly and wrongly addressed. 2,812 letters were refused. 9 letters were posted with previously-used stamps.

Registered Letters. The number of registered letters dealt with, compared with the numbers in 1881, 1882, and 1883, is shown below: —

Buildings. Extensive alterations are being carried out at the Auckland office. That part of the building formerly occupied by the Customs has been given up to the Post Office; and the accommodation for both public and officials is being improved and enlarged. This was much needed. New offices at The Port (Nelson), Picton, and Oamaru have been completed. Offices have also been erected at Petone (railway station) and Chatham Islands. Eepairs and alterations have been effected to the buildings at Onehunga, Te Awamutu, Opotiki, New Plymouth, Napier, Otaki, Blenheim, Nelson, Timaru, and Invercargill. Additions have been made to the buildings at Wairoa, Waipawa, Cable Bay, Naseby, Lawrence (Postmaster's residence), Wyndham, Waikaia, and Eiversdale. The new office at Greymouth is nearly completed; and offices are to be built at Te Awamutu, Katikati, Woodville, Opotiki, Lawrence (Postmaster's quarters only), Palrnerston South, and Bluff. Additions or alterations are being made, or to be made, to the buildings at Onehunga, Mercer, Maketu, Wairoa, Cambridge, Kihikihi, Hawera, Wanganui, Takaka, Sheffield, Kaiapoi, Christchurch, Cromwell, and Ophir.

Inland Mail Sebvices. The following are the particulars of the several inland mail services for the year:— Performed by coach and mail-cart... ... ... ... ... 140 „ on horseback ... ... ... ... ... ... 247 , on foot ... ... ... ... ... ... 46 „ by water ... ... ... ... ... ... 34 „ by railway ... ... ... ... ... ... 60 Total number of services ... ... ~ t 527

1881. 1882. 1883. 1884. Postal Districts. From Places beyond the Colony. Regist6rthe in TotalsColony. From Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. Prom Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. From Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. Auckland Fhames .. STew Plymouth 3-isborne .. STapier VVanganui Wellington kelson iVestport.. 3-reymouth Hokitika .. Blenheim Jhristchurch Kmaru .. Damaru .. Dunedin .. [irvercargill 4,010 135 356 09 770 481 2,824 797 75 175 188 166 4,150 550 315 4,190 1,471 15,385 1,167 2,413 757 3,926 5,081 13,630 2,629 906 1,881 1,823 1,400 15,274 3,783 1,886 13,328 4,492 19,395 1,302 2,709 826 4,696 5,562 16,454 3,426 1,041 2,056 2,011 1,506 19,430 4,333 2,201 17,518 5,903 4,642 161 507 130 921 439 3,137 805 106 187 220 215 4,271 512 271 4,217 1,484 15,459 1,136 2,589 745 4,141 4,771 15,147 2,581 809 1,999 1,700 1,286 13,677 2,853 1,712 13,344 5,100 20,101 1,297 3,096 875 5,062 5,210 18,284 3,380 915 2,186 1,920 1,501 17,948 3,305 1,983 17,501 6,584 4,964 292 401 155 973 522 3,252 988 80 194 174 209 4,256 506 277 4,425 1,230 15,831 3,337' 2,738 1,024 4,574 4,845 16,945 2,707 1,014 2,106 1,662 1,319 13,678 2,865 1,985 12,358 5,837 20,795 3,629 3,139 1,179 5,547 5,367 20,197 3,695 1,094 2,300 1,836 1,528 17,934 3,371 2,262 16,783 7,067 5,803 217 560 141 1,037 316 3,654 969 61 133 185 112 4,429 341 228 4,677 1,456 19,852 2,913 3,266 903 4,518 4,898 18,250 3,065 1,290 1,911 1,333 1,397 17,297 3,311 l,638j 12,192 7,649 25,651 3,131 3,821 l,04i 5,55! 5,21. 21,90f 4,03! 1,35: 2,04! 1,511 1,50! 21,721 3,05! 1,801 16,86! 9,101 Totals 20,728 89,821 110,549 22,225 89,049 111,274 22,898 94,825 117,723] 24,319 105,683 130,00!

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Aggregate mileage ... ... ... ... ... ... 9,120 Total number of miles travelled ... ... ... ... 3,295,901 Cost to.the department ... ... ... ... ... £25,689 11s. lOd. Average cost per mile ... ... ... ... • ... ... l-87d. The total cost in 1883 was ... ... ... ... £25,170 11s. 7d. And the cost per mile ... ... ... ... ... ... 2d. There was a net increase of 12 services, and of 280,916 in the number of miles travelled. The periodical tenders for the inland mail services for the term of two years from the Ist January last show a net increase in cost of £2,106 3s. lOd. per annum. The tenders in many cases were higher than in former years. Several additional services were provided for and the frequency of others increased. The following new services have been established : — Thrice weekly between Cambridge and Eotorua. Thrice weekly between Wairoa and Te Kapu. ' Fortnightly between Wanganui and Jerusalem. Once weekly between Takaka and Collingwood. Twice weekly between Neudorf and Upper Moutere. Weekly between Heddon Bush and South Hillend. Twice weekly between Invercargill and West Plains. Weekly between Kenepuru and Kenepuru Heads and Endeavour Inlet. Weekly between Sherry Eiver and Baton. Twice weekly between Waitaki and Eedcliff. Twice weekly between Maerewhenua and Main Eoad. Weekly between Tauranga, Whakatane, and Opotiki. Weekly between Ormond and Puhatikotiko. Thrice weekly between Greytown and Morrison's Bush. Fortnightly between Picton, Watamanga, and Port Underwood. Weekly between Eiwaka and Takaka. Weekly between Ngakawau and Seatonville (Mokihinui Eeefs), via Sweet's. Daily between Weet Melton and Eolleston. Thrice weekly between Georgetown Post Office and Eailway Station. Daily between Weston Post Office and Eailway Station. Weekly between Woodlands and Dacre. The frequency of the following services has been increased :— Between Morrinsville and Te Aroha, from thrice weekly to daily. Between Nelson and Eeefton, from once to twice weekly, and subsequently to thrice weekly. Between Westport and Inangahua Junction, from thrice weekly to daily (including Sunday, but not Monday). Between Outraru and Hindon, from once to thrice weekly. Between Cromwell and Bannockburn, from twice to thrice weekly. Between Lower Moutere and Ngatimote, from twice to thrice weekly. Between Papakura and Wairoa, from thrice weekly to daily. Between Te Aroha and Shaftesbury, from once to twice weekly. Between Feilding and Awahuri, from twice to thrice weekly. Between Masterton. and Bideford, from once to twice weekly. Between East Takaka and Takaka, from weekly to six times monthly. * Between Hokitika and Humphrey's, from weekly to thrice weekly. Between Irwell Eailway Station and Brookside, from thrice weekly to daily. Between Waihola and Taieri Beach, from once to twice weekly. Mail Steam Seevices. A contract for five years was made on the 9th December last with the New Zealand Shipping Company Limited for a four-weekly mail service by their direct steamers running between Plymouth and the colony. The service alternates with the San Francisco line, and secures to New Zealand, as far as practicable, regular fortnightly mail communication with Great Britain. The service began at Plymouth on the 20th and from the colony on- the 21st December. The main provisions of the contract are : The steamers are at liberty to arrive at and depart from the ports of either Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, or the Bluff, and are exempt from payment of light dues and also all harbour clues at the first port of arrival in, the colony. The mails are required to be conveyed from New Zealand to Plymouth in 42 days, and from Plymouth to the colony, in 4.5 days. Bonus of £5 an hour for the early delivery of the mails, and a penalty of £4 an hour for late arrival. The payments to the contractors to be in proportion to the quantity of mail matter conveyed, at the following rates : — Letters, 12s. per lb. Books and packets, Is. per lb. Newspapers, 6d. per lb. It was estimated that these payments would yield the company for the first year about £13,000. The service, so far, has been performed well within contract time. The average passage homeward has been 39 days 6 hours, and 42 days 18 hours outward. For the five months ended May last bonuses to the amount of £3,320 were earned. In consideration of New Zealand esta-

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blishing and maintaining the service, the London Post Office has agreed to pay over to the colony the outward postages, less the British inland rate. The credits amount to :On letters, 15-02d. per oz.; books and packets, Is. 2d. per lb.; and newspapers, 4-68d. per lb. Any reference to this new mail line would be incomplete without it being recorded that the service is the outcome of colonial enterprise, and that it is a matter for congratulation that a New Zealand company should be in a position to contract for the conveyance of our mails to and from Great Britain by steamers equal to the finest and best appointed afloat. For collecting and distributing the mails despatched and received by the direct steamers an agreement has been made with the Union Steam Shipping Company, also for five years. The subsidy is £3,500 for the first year, and £3,000 per annum for the balance of the term. On announcing that the colony had established the direct contract service, this had the effect of terminating satisfactorily the controversy with the London Poßt Office in connection with its refusal to restrict the use of the Brindisi route for specially-marked correspondence for New Zealand. That office consented to again send by way of Brindisi only such mail matter for the colony as might be superscribed for that route, as had been the practice prior to the beginning of 1884, and to forward the bulk mails alternately by the San Francisco and the direct contract lines. The action of the London Post Office in persisting to despatch mail matter via Brindisi, which should have gone by way of San Francisco, resulted in a heavy loss to the colony. This will be understood when it is stated that in 1883, when nothing but specially-addressed British correspondence was sent via Brindisi, only 111,211 letters, 49,209 books and packets, and 261,824 newspapers were despatched by London to New Zealand; while in 1884 no less than 282,588 letters, 150,358 books, and 793,195 newspapers were forwarded by that route. The diverting of so much mail matter from the San Francisco to the Brindisi services had the effect of increasing the colony's loss, it is estimated, on the ocean mail services by £7,000 a year. In order to further reduce the loss sustained in the transmission of correspondence to Great Britain by way of Suez-Brindisi it was deemed advisable to increase the letter postage from Bd. to Is. per half-ounce. By the terms of the amended contract for the renewal of the San Francisco service for the two years ending November next, New South Wales took power to withdraw from the contract at the end of the first year, in the event of the contractors not obtaining contributions from the United States or other sources equal to one-third of the total subsidies payable by the colonies, and which were to be equally divided between the two colonies, and to be applied in reduction of the payments to the contractors. The contractors failed to secure any such contribution, and thereupon New South Wales gave the required notice of withdrawal. The clause which gave that colony the right to withdraw from the contract also required the contractors, immediately the notice of withdrawal was served on them, to inform New Zealand of the fact. This was not done ; but the contractors, without consulting this colony, endeavoured to secure New South Wales's adhesion to the contract by offering to reduce that colony's subsidy, and finally agreed to a reduccion of £7,000. This action was strongly disapproved, and the contractors were informed that, unless they were prepared to make New Zealand a similar reduction, the proposed arrangement with New South Wales would not be agreed to. The contractors declined to make any reduction in New Zealand's subsidy, and further negotiations failed to bring about a satisfactory agreement with them. Eventually this colony, as sole contractor, offered New South Wales the use of the service for £7,000 for the remainder of the contract term—twelve months, and to allow it to retain the postages on the outward mail matter and the London Post Office credits. This was accepted, and the New South Wales mails are now conveyed under these terms. In addition to the payment by New South Wales of the £7,000, New Zealand, as sole contractor, also receives the whole of the contributions from the other noncontracting colonies which formerly were, shared with New South Wales. The contract with the Pacific Mail Company terminates in November next, and, under the authority of the House of Representatives, tenders are being called for a new service. The San Francisco service has continued to be performed with commendable regularity. The average time between London and Auckland was shorter than in 1883, and more particularly was this the case with the homeward mails. Since November last the time between San Francisco, Auckland, and Sydney has been shortened by twenty-four hours, as provided by the contract the time between Auckland and San Francisco having been, reduced from 21 days 22 hours to 20 days 22 hours. The average time from London to Auckland for the year was 38-31 days, against 39-08 in 1883; and from Auckland to London, 37-62 days, against 38-85 the previous year. The maximum, minimum, and average number of days within which mails were delivered between London and New Zealand, Sydney, and Melbourne during 1884 by the San Francisco and Brindisi services were as follows :— London to Auckland ... ... 41—37 = 38-31 ... 54—41 = 46-79 Wellington ... ... 43—39 = 40-38 ... 52—43 = 46-59 Dunedin ... ... 44—41 = 41-62 ... 52—39 = 45-31 „ Sydney ... ... 46—41 = 43-08 ... 45—34 = 38-15 Melbourne ... ... 47-43 = 44-38 ... 43—33 = 36-69 Auckland to London ... ... 42—36 == 37-62 ... 51—44 = 47-75 Wellington „ ... ... 44—38 = 39-62 ... 54—45 = 49-27 Dunedin „ ... ... 45—39 = 40-69 (Bluff) 55—43 = 46-16 Sydney „ ... ... 47—41 = 42-62 ... 43—35 = 40-05 Melbourne „ ... ... 48—42 = 43-62 ... 42—34 = 39-00

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With the especial object of fostering trade with the South Sea Islands a contract for two years for a steam service every two months by the " Janet Nicoll," of 763 tons, has been entered into with Messrs. Donald and Edenborough, of Auckland, at a subsidy of £4,200 a year. The service is from Dunedin to Lyttelton, Wellington, Napier, and Auckland, thence to Tonga, Samoa, Tahiti, and Earotonga, or from Auckland to Earotonga, Tahiti, Samoa, and Tonga, at the option of the contractors. The service commenced at Dunedin on the sth June last. Several gentlemen, in the position of delegates and representatives of Chambers of Commerce and commercial interests, accompanied the steamer for the purpose of specially inquiring and reporting on the prospects of extending trade with the Islands. A representative of the Post Office also accompanied the steamer, to inquire into postal matters. It is expected that the establishment of direct steam communication between New Zealand and the Islands will ultimately lead to a large increase of business in both directions. A fresh arrangement haa been made for serving Karamea and the settlements south of Hokitika. It was represented that the former arrangements for communicating with the southern settlements were unsatisfactory. The department was urged to increase the frequency of the steam service from once in three months to once in every two months, and to secure a better class of steamer. This was agreed to, and tenders giving effect to these suggestions were invited for the service. Only one tender was received, viz., from the owners of the steamer " Napier," at £1,800 per annum. This offer was accepted for twelve months, but with the right of renewal for a further twelve months if desired. The question of how these West Coast settlements can be best served will be reconsidered shortly, and other arrangements probably adopted in the place of renewing the present service. With the desire of giving the settlers at Stewart Island regular means of communicating with the mainland a service by steamer between the Bluff and the several settlements on the island has replaced the service by sailing vessel. The service, which is for two years, is once a week, and is performed by the Bluff Harbour Board's steam-tug, at a subsidy of £300 for the first and £250 for the second year. Another service by steamer for giving a number of isolated settlers regular means of communication was established on the Ist December last between Auckland and the settlements on Great Barrier Island. The service is weekly, and is performed by the Northern Eiver Steamship Company. The contract is for two years, and is at the rate of £200 per annum. The estimated receipts and payments in respect of the San Francisco and Suez-Brindisi (Peninsula and Oriental and Orient) services for the year were as under : — Ebceipts and Payments on account of the San Francisco, Colombo-Brindisi, and Suez-Brindisi Mail Services for the Tear 1884. San Francisco Service. De. £ s. d. £ s. d. Subsidy to Pacific Mail Company ... ... 31,250 0 0 Bonus paid contractors ... ... ... 3,377 10 0 Light-dues (charged on Estimates) .... ... 900 0 0 Interprovincial services, Mail Agents, &c. ... 7,150 0 0 42,677 10 0 Ce. Postages from London Post Office ... ... 10,43117 6 Postages collected in the colony ... ... 19,320 15 6 Eeceipts from non-contracting colonies ... ... 5,188 6 5 34,940 19 5 Net cost to the colony ... ... ... £7,736 10 7 The estimated net cost of the service for 1883 was £4,735 4s. 3d. 361,563 letters, 120,273 books, and 875,660 newspapers were received from, and 467,497 letters, 41,541 books, and 499,090 newspapers despatched to, the United Kingdom, &c, by the San Francisco service. Colombo-Brindisi, Victorian Packet Service. De. £ s. d. £ s. d. Payments to Victoria ... ... ... ... 4,922 8 7 Intercolonial service, &c. ... ... ... 346 5 2 5,268 13 9 Ob. Postages from London Post Office .;. ... 1,486 2 8 Postages collected in the colony ... ... 842 16 11 2,328 19 7 Net cost to the colony ... ~, >~ £2,939 14 2 The estimated net cost for 1883 was £4,630 9s. sd. 63,690 letters, 24,382 books, and 167,596 newspapers were received from the United Kingdom, cfec, by the Colombo-Brindisi service; and 19,412 letters, 815 books, and 1,969 newspapers despatched.

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Suez-Brindisi, New South Wales Packet Service. Dr. £ s. d. £ s. a. Payments to New South Wales ... ... 7,353 3 5 Intercolonial service, &c. ... ... ... 981 17 4 8,335 0 9 Ob. Postages from London Post Office ... ... 2,508 5 6 Postages collected in the colony ... ... 725 9 5 3,233 14 11 Net cost to the colony ... ... ... £5,101 5 10

218,898 letters, 125,976 books, and 625,599 newspapers were received from the United Kingdom, &c, by the Suez-Brindisi service; and 16,750 letters, 1,009 books, and 1,635 newspapers despatched. The payments made for the year for the transmission of correspondence by the Torres Straits Mail Service amounted to £10 15s. 2d. 12,542 letters, 161 books, and 9,891 newspapers were received from the United Kingdom, and 62,838 letters, 7,072 books, and 32,126 newspapers were despatched to the United Kingdom, by direct steamers. Money Orders. Money-order business was extended to 22 offices, namely, Paparoa, Kaeo, Darfield, Pukerua, Methven, Bannockburn, Portobello, Fordell, Goldsborough, Petone, Pukerau, Fairlie Creek, Eiversdale, Bombay, Tuakau, Devonport, Parnell, Ponsonby, Upper Symonds Street, Papakura, Greytown South, and Taupiri. The money-order office at Pahautanui was closed. The total number of money-order offices open at the end of the year was 243. 186,052 orders for £572,666 ss. 2d. were issued during the year, as compared with 172,556 orders for £541,132 15s. sd. in 1883, an increase of 13,496 orders for £31,533 9s. 9d. 155,116 orders for £475,199 14s. Bd. were paid, against 141,438 orders for £439,869 19s. Id. in 1883, the increase being 13,678 orders and £35,329 15s. 7d. The number of money orders issued for payment in the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, Canada, and the Australian Colonies was 41,825 for £142,219 6s. 4d. 11,290 orders for £45,108 19s. were issued in those countries for payment in New Zealand. The balance against the colony was, therefore, £97,110 7s. 4d. In 1883 the excess of foreign orders issued in the colony over those paid was £99,721; in 1882, £104,665; and in 1881, £97,605. The telegraph was used for the transmission of 16,496 orders for £65,241 Is. 7d., against 16,261 orders for £64,735 6s. 7d. in 1883, an increase of 235 orders for £505 15s. The revenue from money-order commission was £9,525 3s. Bd., against £9,022 10s. 6d. for the year 1883, an increase of £502 13s. 2d. Arrangements have recently been completed for the exchange of money orders between New Zealand and certain foreign countries and British colonies through the medium of the London Post Office, which hitherto were not included in any money-order system with New Zealand. The following are the countries to which the new arrangement applies : Foreign Countries. —Belgium, Denmark, Danish West Indies, Dutch East Indies, Egypt, German Empire, Holland, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland. British India (including the agencies of the Indian Post Office at Aden, Bagdad, Bunder Abbas, Bushire, Busrah, Guadur, Jask, Linga, Muscat, and Zanzibar). British Colonies. —British America: Newfoundland.. Other Colonies: Bermuda, Ceylon, Falkland Islands, Hong Kong (including the agencies of the Hong Kong Post Office at Amoy, Canton, Foo Chow, Hankow, Hoihow, Ningpo, Shanghai, and Swatow), Straits Settlements. South and West Africa: Cape Colony, Gambia, Gold Coast, Lagos, Mauritius, Natal, St. Helena, Seychelles, Sierra Leone. West Indies : Antigua, Bahamas, Barbadoes, British Guiana, Dominica, Grenada, Honduras (British), Jamaica, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Tobago, Trinidad, Turks Island ; Cyprus, North Borneo. The rates of commission to be paid by the remitters are the same as on money orders payable in the United Kingdom, but a deduction by way of commission is made by the London Post Office from the amount of each order for arranging the payment at the office of destination. This deduction is at the under-mentioned rates : For sums not exceeding £2 sterling, 3d.; for sums exceeding £2 but not exceeding £5, 6d.; for sums exceeding £5 but not exceeding £7, 9d.; for sums exceeding £7 but not exceeding £10, Is. The arrangement only came into operation in March last, and there has not been time to observe to what extent it meets the public convenience. Savings-Banks. During the year 22 additional savings-bank offices were opened and 1 office closed. The total number of savings-bank offices open at the close of the year was 242. 20,228 new accounts were ppened against 20,386 in 1883 ; and 16,447 accounts closed against 15,967 the preceding year. The number of open accounts on the 31st December last was 65,717 against 61,936 at the close of 1883. Of these, 48,262 had balances at credit of under £20; 8,352 of from £20 to £50 ; 4,791 of from £50 to £100; 3,179 of from £100 to £200; 754 of from £200 to £300; 225 of from £300 to £400, 84 of from £400 to £500; and 70 of over £500. 2—F. 1.

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Statement showing the Number of Savings-Bank Accounts open on the 31st December, 1884, with Balances at Credit, classified. Also, the Total Number of Accounts compared with those for 1883.

129,279 deposits, amounting to £1,227,909 11s. 4d., were received. Each deposit averaged £9 9s. lid., against £9 4s. Bd. for 1883, 80,800 withdrawals, for £1,195,931 os. lid., were made, the average of each being £14 165.; while the average in 1883 was £16 10s. 6d. The total amount at the credit of depositors on 31st December last was £1,499,112 os. 7d., against £1,409,751165. 7d. at the close of 1883, an increase of £89,360 4s. for the year 1884. The deposits exceeded the withdrawals by £31,978 10s. sd. In 1883 the excess of withdrawals over deposits was £117,245 14s. 2d. Interest amounting to £57,381135. 7d. was credited depositors. In 1883 it was £56,046 17s. 3d. The average cost of each Post Office Savings-Bank transaction, deposit or withdrawal, for the year, was 4 T 73-d.; and for the whole period of the existence of the Post-Office Savings-Banks in the colony, 6d. The total amount of interest placed to the credit of depositors since the Post-Office SavingsBanks were established, on the Ist February, 1867, has been £489,088 Bs. sd. TELEGRAPHS. The business for the year shows a fairly satisfactory increase over the previous twelve months. 1,654,305 messages of all codes were transmitted, being an increase of 54,905 messages, or 3'43 per cent. 1,257,818 ordinary messages were forwarded, of the value of £72,414 ss. 2d. The number dealt with in 1883 was 1,221,590, for £72,868 16s. There was, therefore, an increase of 36,228 messages, but a decrease in value of £454 10s. lOd. The number of Press messages transmitted was 175,640, on which £8,212 10s. 2d. was received, compared with 157,893 messages, of the value of £8,532 19s. 9d., dealt with the previous year. The number therefore increased by 17,747, but fell off in value by £320 9s. 7d. The receipts from Press messages for the year were equal to about one-ninth of the value of the ordinary telegrams, although they contained, it is estimated, about seven times the number of words more than the ordinary messages. The number of telegrams of all codes and their value dealt with during the calendar year, compared with the previous year's messages, were as under:— Ordinary Telegrams. Press Telegrams. Government Telegrams. Number. £ s. d. Number. £ s. d. Number. £ s. d. 1884 ... 1,257,818 72,414 5 2 175,640 8,212 10 2 220,847 20,855 19 7 1883 ... 1,221,590 72,868 16 0 157,893 8,532 19 9 219,917 21,555 19 2 Increase I 36 '228 - 17' 747 - 930 increase ... 1 2 . g6pc _ _ 11-23 p.c. ... 0-42 p.c. D f - 454 10 10 ... 320 9 7 ... 699 19 7 .Decrease... j _ 0-62 p.c. ... 3'75 p.c. ... 3-21 p.c. The cash receipts for the financial year, inclusive of telephone-exchange subscriptions, privatewire rents, &c., amounted to £98,178 6s. 2d. The expenditure during the same period (exclusive of £25,911 12s. 6d. paid out of loan on account of construction, &c.) was £95,428 2s. ; the cash revenue was therefore £2,750 4s. 2d. in excess of the ordinary expenditure. But taking into account the Government messages, £20,855 19s. 7d., and the fees collected on money-order telegrams, £824 165., but not paid over by the Postal branch, the actual value of the services performed by the telegraph was £119,859 Is. 9d., which gave an apparent profit of £24,430 19s. 9d. for the year, equal to 4-50 per cent, on the capital cost.

Postal District. Not exceeding £20. Over £20 Over £50 and under and under £50. £100. Over £100 and under £200. Over £200 and under £300. Over £300 and under £400. Over £400 and under £500. Over £500. Total. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch .. Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika 6,520 882 10,316 9,115 297 1,017 686 1,838 1,765 2,026 882 888 1,596 1,299 1,795 6,825 515 1,079 175 1,854 1,431 52 172 116 342 .336 262 169 208 249 273 275 1,278 81 695 95 1,089 820 23 111 75 182 196 142 111 112 130 159 136 668 47 502 68 749 528 9 64 49 126 92 112 83 68 88 88 103 423 27 103 8 178 113 3 15 15 30 29 34 23 16 24 16 i 22 111 14 28 2 62 41 16 3 21 14 8 18 10 8,951 1,233 14,287 12,072 384 1,388 944 2,529 2,429 2,587 1,279 1,296 2,095 1,843 2,346 9,367 687 Inveroargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth.. Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Wcstport 7 1 5 9 7 5 3 6 3 37 3 1 1 4 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 1 5 6 i 11 1 "a 14 j .. 754 225 84 ~ < 70 I 65,717 Total 48,262 8,352 4,791 3,179 Totals for 1883 45,042 8,586 4,359 2,894 730 201 70 54 61,936

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43,793 telegrams of the urgent code, of the value of £5,542 165., were forwarded. In 1883 the number was 39,816, for £5,487 9s. Bd. 201,769 delayed messages were transmitted, compared with 168,141 in 1883, and 139,208 in 1882. The Government telegrams increased in number by only 930, but decreased £099 19s. 7d. in value, as against an increase of 11,545 messages, and £947 7s. 3d. in value for the previous year. The average number of messages transmitted during the year for every 100 letters posted was ' 10-32, compared with 10-78 for 1883. The average number of telegrams forwarded to every hundred letters in 1883 and 1884, from offices within the undermentioned districts, was as follows: — 1883. 1884. 1883. 1884. Auckland ... ... 8-95 8-92 New Plymouth... ... 17-17 16-09 Christchurch ... ... 6-57 6-46 Wellington ... ... 15-03 14-93 Dunedin ... ... 8.85 7-57 Westport ... ... 23-03 24-97 Nelson ... ... 18-91 17-92 16,496 money-order telegrams, for £65,241 Is. 7d., were transmitted. The commission amounted to £824 16s. The number of orders increased by 235, and £505 15s. in amount. The number and value of the money-order telegrams forwarded from offices within the several postal districts will be found in Table No. 27. Auckland sent 21-95 per cent.; Christchurch, 8-92 per cent.; Dunedin, 9-55 per cent.; and Wellington, 14-30 per cent, of the total number. These four districts sent more than one-half of the orders. Telegraph offices were opened at Ellerslie, Pairlie Creek, Ellesmere, and Seacliff. The telegraph offices at Worser's Bay, Parihaka, and Baling were closed. Telephone offices were established at Okaihau, Opua, Eaglan, Upper Symonds Street, Wade, Whatawhata, and Waitetuna (Auckland District); Dillmanstown, Kanieri, Stafford, Waimea (Hokitika); Havelock North, Taradale (Napier); Okaiawa (Wanganui) ; Frankton and Otama Bridge (Invercargill); North-East Valley, Port Molyneux, Eavensbourne, Waipori (Dunedin) ; Tapu (Thames) ; Wainuiomata (Wellington) ; Spring Creek and Wairau Bar (Blenheim) ; Akaroa Lighthouse, and View Hill (Christchurch); Hakateramea (Timaru) ; Kurow (Oamaru). There are now 110 offices connected by telephone. A Morse instrument was substituted for the telephone at Woodville. The names of the following offices were changed : Havelock to Havelock North (Napier) ; Ohinemutu to Eotorua, Waterford to Katikati (Thames); Waimea to Goldsborough (Hokitika); Elbow to Lumsden (Invercargill). The number of offices, telegraph and telephone, open at the end of the year was 350. Sixteen cadets were trained in the Learner's Gallery, and another class is being instructed. As a means of extending the usefulness of the telegraph, all offices which previously closed at 5 p.m., now re-open for an hoar in the evening between 7 and 8 o'clock. A further change in the interests of the public has been made since the Ist October last, by the abolition of the receipts hitherto taken for telegrams. Ordinary telegrams for delivery within the colony through a post office are no longer liable to postage. The postage on delayed messages has also been abolished. From the Ist October last all telegrams are prepaid in stamps. This has resulted in a simplification of accounts and an economy of labour. The number of miles of line maintained increased from 4,074 to 4,264. The average cost for maintenance per mile was £4 18s. 4d., against £4 16s. Bd. for the former year. The number of miles of wire increased from 10,037 to 10,474, which, with 2,820 miles of duplexed wire, give 13,294 miles of wire accommodation. The expenditure out of loan during the year for telegraph extension, &c, was £25,911 12s. 6d., and the total expended up to the 31st December last on telegraph lines, cables, &c, amounted to £542,441 7s. 6d. The telephone-exchange system is being rapidly extended. An exchange was established at Nelson on the Ist November last, and one at Oamaru on the 25th of the same month. A branch exchange was opened at the Bluff. Arrangements are already completed for establishing an exchange at Timaru, and one will probably be opened at Napier. ; The dates on which the several exchanges were established, the number of subscribers at the date of opening, and the number on the 30th April last are given in the following statement: — Auckland: Established on 24th October, 1881, with 26 subscribers ; on 30th April, 1885, 306 subscribers. Wellington: Established on Ist March, 1883, with 31 subscribers; on 30th April, 1885, 192 subscribers. Nelson: Established on Ist November, 1884, with 29 subscribers; on 30th April, 1885, 36 subscribers. Christchurch : Established Ist October, 1881, with 27 subscribers; on 30th April, 1885, 179 subscribers. . Oamaru: Established on 25th November, 1884, with 30 subscribers ;on 30th April, 1885, 32 subscribers. Dunedin : Established on 26th April, 1882, with 56 subscribers ; on 30th April, 1885, 329 subscribers. Invercargill: Established on 7th November, 1883, with 32 subscribers; on 30th April, 1885, 40 subscribers. A total of 1,114 subscribers on 30th April last. Auckland shows an increase of 112 subscribers; Wellington, 68; Christchurch, 26 ; Dunedin, 45 ; and Invercargill 5 for the year,

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The telephone-exchange receipts on the 30th April last were at the rate of £12,588 15s. a year. Under the reduced rates of subscription, which came into operation on the Ist July ultimo, the receipts are now £9,548 10s. per annum. The capital expended up to the 31st December last in connection with establishing the several exchanges was £26,178 2s. lid., and the annual cost for maintenance, repairs, and working expenses is estimated at £5,590 17s. The reductions made in the subscription to the telephone exchanges since they were established have been as follow: On the Ist January, 1884, the annual subscription for the first year was reduced to £12 from £17 10s., which dated back from the establishing of the exchanges ; and for subsequent years from £12 to £10. On the Ist July last a further reduction, as under, was made : — Per Annum. To each of the first one hundred subscribers to any new exchange— For a single wire to the end of the first year ... ... £9 0 0 For every year following ... ... ... ... 800 To every subscriber after the first hundred to any new exchange, and to every subscriber to the exchanges already established... ... 10 0 0 For every year following ... ... ... ... ... 800 For every additional wire required ... ... ... ... 700 The above rates are for connections with a telephone exchange of werehouses, stores, shops, and business-places not more than half a mile from the exchange, and of private residences not more than one mile from the exchange. For every additional quarter of a mile or fraction thereof— To the end of the first year ... ... ... ... 100 For every year following ... ... ... ... ... 015 0 The extent to which the advantages of the telephone exchanges are availed of in New Zealand, compared with what has followed the introduction of the system in London and in four of the principal cities in the United States, will be gathered from the following statement: — Statement showing, according to latest Returns, the Number of Subscribers to the several Telephone Exchanges in New Zealand, and also in several of the Principal Cities of the United States and in London, together with the Population, Annual Subscription to the Exchanges, &c. Average rp -, , Number Number of Population leiepnone o f Sub- Calls daily Population. to each Annual Subscription. Exchanges at soribers . by each Subscriber. Subscriber. ( For each of the first one hundred connections to any new exchange: For hire of each set of instruments , ~ -, „„„ t. „ „. „„„ IAO _ and wire to the end of the first year, £9. Auckland .. 320 5-6 34,088 106-5 Fo r every year after the first, £8. „. „. . „„. „ ~„ „„ noc -ihc-i For every connection after the first hundred to any Wellington .. 204 9-25 22,885 112-1 new exchange, and for every connection with the „ , on A-n i 957 ißfi-s exchanges already established, £10. ISelson •• dJ 40 7' 287 1868 For every year after the first, £8. „, ~ , , ~„. ,„ , or, r,ir irro no For every additional set of instruments and wire reChnstchureh.. 184 10-2 32,915 178-88^ quire d by one person or firm, £7. Oamaru .. 33 2-5 6,587 199-6 The above rates are for connections with a tele- ' •'■''*'" phone exchange of warehouses, stores, shops, and „ ~ „,„ o-, An mo 11-woo business-places not more than half a mile from the Dunedm .. 343 8-1 43,846 127-83 exchange, and of private residences not more than Tnvprr-nvcril] 41 i-A qqW 998-0 Olle mOe fl' Om tlie exonan§einvercargiU .. 41 4 4 y,dso 0 ¥qt every additional quarte r of a mile or fraction thereof: For the first year, £1. t For every year after the first, 15s. London .. 12,000 10-9 4,000,000 334-0 £20. New York .. 4,808 5-4 1,206,299 250-9 $150 (£3l 55.). Chicago .. 3,246 8-4 503,185 155-0 $125 (£26 os. 10d.). Philadelphia.. 2,199 8-0 847,170 385-2 $120 (£25). Brooklyn .. 1,846 3-0 566,663 307-0 $90 (£lB 155.). The number of subscribers to the New Zealand exchanges is exclusive of the free connections, of which there are 8 in Auckland, 30 in Wellington, 5 in Nelson, 11 in Christchurch, 6 in Oamaru, 15 in Dunedin, and 1 in Invercargill. The following examples of the extraordinary differences which exist in the subscriptions charged for telephonic service (telephone exchanges) in various parts of the United Kingdom will not be uninteresting : Dundee (controlled by a co-operative company, every subscriber a shareholder) £5 a year; Carlisle, £10; Belfast, £15; Leeds, £14; Dublin, £12; Aberdeen,£lo; Leicester, £14; Bradford, £15—second year, £10; Halifax, £10; Sheffield, £10; Wolverhampton, £12 ; Wolverhampton and Birmingham, £18; Wolverhampton and Walsall, £17; Newcastle-on-Tyne, £12; Newcastle-on-Tyne and Gateshead, £14; Nottingham, £10 10s.; Birmingham, £12; Hull, £14; Edinburgh, £15 155.; Glasgow, £20; Liverpool, £20 ; Manchester, £20. Bureau offices have been established at Upper Symonds Street (Auckland), Caversham Town Hall, Eavensbourne, North-East Valley (Dunedin). There are 22 bureau offices.

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Fourteen additional private wires were erected during the year, making the number of these wires maintained by the department 90. The revenue derived from the private wires is at the rate of £1,330 4s. lOd. a year. The following gives the result of the operations carried out in the several districts during the year under the immediate direction of the Inspectors : — Auckland District. The following extensions have been completed during the year: Waiwera to Tiritiri, Hamilton to Raglan, Waitakerei to Railway Loop Line, Waihori to Morrinsville, Waiwera to Wade, Whangarei. Railway- Station to Opua Wharf, Auckland to Newmarket (No. 9 railway wire), Hamilton to Frankton Junction (railway wire), Te Awamutu to Railway Station, Thames to Tapu, Kawakawa to Opua, Ohaeawai to Okaihau: making a total of 85 miles of line and 113 of wire, including four and a half of cable. The lines throughout the district have remained in good order. About a third of the whole have received a slight overhaul, principally the renewal of kauri poles, where decayed. The telephone exchange has worked satisfactorily, and the number of subscribers considerably increased. Napier District. During the year the following lines have been erected : Havelock to Hastings, Napier to Taradale, extension of railway line from Makatoka to Danevirk: making a total of 20 miles of wire and 16 miles of poles. New offices have been opened at Havelock, Taradale, and Danevirk. The continuation of the line from Taupo to Cambridge via Waotu is progressing. The length of the line will be 77 miles. The line to Frasertown from Wairoa is also in progress, and nearly finished. A diversion has been made on the Tauranga-Katikati Section of five miles to bring the wires nearer the road. \ The following lines have undergone thorough repair and reconstruction : Napier to Tauranga, Maketu to Opotiki, and the Te Puke line: all decayed poles, upwards of 536, covering about 170 miles of line, have been butted or renewed. Long arms have been fixed on the Tauranga loop and the line from Napier to Hastings. Four miles of wire have been renewed on the beach between Napier and Farndon, where the corrosion due to sea-water has rendered the line weak. Also 30 miles of wire have been renewed on the Eotorua loop, where the sulphurous-acid fumes had reduced the line to a dangerous condition. The lines generally are in good order throughout the district. Wellington District. During the year all the lines in this district have received a thorough overhaul, and are all in first-class condition. For the Railway Department, a telephone line has been constructed between Sentry Hill and Waitara on the existing line of poles, and the railway-station at New Plymouth has been placed in circuit on the No. 3 wire, which terminates at Inglewood. It is proposed to extend this line to Normanby, which will then give the Railway Department through wire communication from Wanga.nui to New Plymouth. The railway-stations at Hawera and Patea have been connected by telephone with the telegraph offices at the same places. On the Wellington and Masterton Railway the ABC instruments between Featherston and Cross's Creek and Cross's Creek and the Summit have been replaced by telephones. A telephone line has been run from the Lower Hutt telegraph office to the Waiwetu, and the railway-station at Petone has been connected with the railway-station at Wellington, also by telephone. Owing to the growing requirements of the Woodville office, the telephone connecting it with Palmerston North has been replaced by a Morse instrument. This alteration has necessarily increased the cost of the maintenance of the office by over £100. It has been found by experience that wherever it is practicable to substitute the telephone for the Morse instrument a large saving in departmental expenditure is effected. The Constabulary telegraph office at Parihaka has been closed, and the line connecting it with Pungarehu has been dismantled; the wire was only erected, in the first instance, in a temporary manner. The usual tests of the three Cook Straits cables for the year ended 31st December last will be found in Tables 24 and 25. So far as it was possible to judge by the results of their respective insulation tests the cables appeared in good condition. Note.—Without any previous warning, communication by the three-wire Cook Strait cable was completely interrupted on the evening of the 12th June last. The break has beeii located at a point about twelve miles from White's Bay. Special arrangements providing for the Wakapuaka cable being fully utilized were at once adopted, and provision made for working the remaining cables continuously from 8 a.m. to 4 a.m. This, so far, has enabled the South Island work to be got off without any perceptible delay. The repairing-cable steamer of the Eastern Telegraph Extension Company has been telegraphed for, and it is expected she will arrive in Wellington in the course of a few weeks, when repairing the cable will be proceeded with. The previous break to this cable occurred on the 19th February, 1882, and repairs were completed in May following. It may be added that the cable has been laid since 1866. Blenheim District. (Kaikoura and Collingwood and West Coast Lines.) During the year the following lines have been erected for telephone communication : Westport to Waimongoroa, an additional wire from Goldsborough to Hokitika and Kanieri, Kumara to

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Dillmanstown, Motupiko to Sherry, Blenheim to Wairau Bar; and at present under construction, Collingwood to Capo Farewell. The Blenheim and White's Bay Section has been overhauled and strengthened. The lines in the district have been carefully overhauled and placed in an efficient state of repair. A telephone exchange has been opened at Nelson. Canterbury District. During the year the following lines and wires have been erected : New wire, Christchurch to Waitaki; line, Albury to Fairlie Creek; line, Oxford to View Hill; telephone line, Akaroa to Akaroa Lighthouse; telephone line, Lyttelton to Lyttelton Lighthouse. Christchurch to Kaikoura : Some parts of this section will require additional attention shortly. Christchurch to Waitaki: Many of the poles in this section will want renewing, as they are getting very tender. Arahura Junction to Eolleston : The road-crossings in this section have been raised. The line between Bealey and Arthur's Pass will be overhauled shortly, and all defective saplings removed. Christchurch to Akaroa : Many of the poles in this section are getting tender. A slight overhaul has been made during the year. A considerable diversion had to be made along Lake Forsyth to allow the railway works to proceed. All other lines in this district are in thoroughly good order, and have been carefully overhauled. The telephone exchange in Christchurch is working very well, and gradually increasing. Otago Disteict. During the year the following lines have been erected: Gore to Pukerau, Gore to Eiversdale, Dunedin to Bavensbourne, Dunedin to Caversham, Bluff to Signal Station and Flagstaff, Queenstown to Frankton, Duntroon to Kurow and Hakateramea, a section of wire (14-J- miles) from Oamaru to Waitaki. Several Eailway and Marine Department lines have been erected. The principal works of maintenance have been reconstruction (six miles) from Mataura southwards. The whole of the line from Mataura to Balclutha was overhauled, and a number of new pole-butts put in. About a mile of line has been reconstructed between Milton and Balclutha. The line from Waitaki to Dunedin was overhauled. In addition to special repairs all lines have been overhauled and many minor repairs made, and are now in thoroughly good working order. The Bluff to Invercargill, Invercargill to Eiverton, and Invercargill to Winton Sections, however, require an overhaul. The telephone exchanges at Dunedin, Invercargill, Port Chalmers (branch), and Oamaru are working very satisfactorily.

The usual tables and Telegraph charts are appended.

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Table No. 1. Table showing the Number and Amount of Money Orders issued and of Money Orders made payable in New Zealand, Year by Year, since the Year 1867.

Table No. 2. Table showing the Money Orders issued in New Zealand on Offices beyond the Colony during the Years 1883 and 1884.

Table showing the Money Orders issued at Offices beyond the Colony on New Zealand during the Years 1883 and 1884.

Money 'RDERS ISSUED IN THE Colony. v Commission Year- received. I the Colony. United Kingdom and Germany. Where payable. Australi ian Colonies, &c. Total. No. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. Amount. 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 £ s- d. 1,815 19 6 1,863 1 6 1,932 3 o 2,367 3 6 2,608 3 6 «f,o68 17 6 3,562 3 2 4,393 2 3 4,950 19 4 5,261 19 2 5,7*4 18 4 6,288 13 o 7,285 1 6 7,943 15 4 7,582 8 5 8,267 9 8 9,022 10 6 9,525 3 8 10,293 11,898 I4,3°5 16,821 20,514 28,156 34,288 40,968 48,611 55,748 64,000 7°,53I 83,479 97,275 99,523 108,916 132,232 144,227 £ s. d. 49,496 13 o 54,342 18 6 63,897 1 10 73,344 11 9 88,546 9 7 120,125 14 8 142,642 4 10 171,683 6 1 193,551 13 9 212,089 1 6 233,804 15 1° 250,861 6 o 297,290 13 8 320,260 19 11 321,635 3 3 360,196 4 9 402,558 12 11 430,446 18 10 9,242 9,241 9,263 9,624 10,407 10,619 11,913 14.379 16,949 17,331 18,369 21,169 24,461 27,587 25,376 25,898 26,211 28,712 £ s- d. 40,998 14 11 40,581 13 9 39,939 8 6 41,472 3 7 44,197 18 3 44,535 9 9 48,547 11 4 57,821 2 6 66,332 14 9 66,977 4 2 69,670 11 10 80,681 15 8 91,665 4 0 104,149 5 10 90,229 5 3 91,530 17 9 91,634 4 7 96,901 14 o 4,938 4,715 4.859 5,419 5,37° 5,885 6,150 7,365 7,467 7,176 8,303 9,317 10,059 10,786 10,657 13.348 14,113 13,113 £ s. d. 25,115 5 1 23,286 11 5 23,381 14 7 25.637 12 7 24,653 5 9 26,347 17 7 28,068 5 5 33.659 19 2 33.597 2 3 31,202 o 3 31,498 0 I 36,711 15 2 39,717 2 4 40,994 15 4 40,317 19 2 47,641 7 5 46,939 17 II 45,317 12 4 24,473 25,854 28,427 31,864 36,291 44,660 52,35i 62,712 73,027 80,255 90,672 101,017 117,999 135,648 135,556 148,162 172,556 186,052 £ s- d. 115,610 13 o 118,211 3 8 127,218 4 11 140,454 7 11 157,397 13 7 191,009 2 o 219,258 1 7 263,164 7 9 293,481 10 9 310,268 5 11 334,973 7 9 368,254 16 10 428,673 o o 465,405 I I 452,182 7 8 499,368 9 11 541,132 15 5 572,666 5 2 Money Orders drawn on the Colo: IY. Wl iere issued. Total. Year. In the Colony. United Kingdom and Germany. Australian Colonies, &c. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 io,353 11,903 14,250 16,798 20,514 27,983 34,288 40,968 48,611 55,748 64,000 7o,53i 83,479 97,275 99,523 108,916 132,232 144,227 £ s- d49^931 17 2 54.349 8 3 63,820 15 5 73,245 8 3 88,592 o 3 119,676 I 2 142,642 4 IO 171,683 6 1 193,551 13 9 212,089 1 6 233,804 15 10 250,861 6 o 297,290 13 8 320,260 19 11 321,635 3 3 360,196 4 9 402,558 12 11 430,446 18 10 1,198 1,401 I,2l8 1,156 1,396 1,504 1,482 1,603 1,969 2,243 2,258 2,260 2,544 3.466 3.466 3.421 3.725 4.535 £ s. d. 5,649 2 10 6,502 3 o 5,630 18 8 5,523 4 4 6,217 11 5 7,078 8 6 6,625 14 5 7,284 10 7 9,262 9 7 10,202 13 6 9,744 8 8 9,833 18 6 10,673 3 11 14,811 14 8 14,078 17 3 13.416 1 9 15,553 3 11 17,679 o 6 1,108 1,294 1,272 1,267 I,3l8 1,459 1,668 1,800 1,995 2,385 2,568 2,528 2,942 3,913 4,649 5,076 5,697 6,755 £ ■• d. 5,57° 6 4 6,685 1 3 6,382 4 3 6,055 6 11 5,9i4 18 7 6,803 15 3 7,689 6 8 8,316 17 5 9,340 19 11 10,838 16 8 11,056 2 7 10,698 14 3 12,295 5 4 15,829 o 3 18,863 4 2 21,090 4 10 23,299 12 11 27,429 18 6 12,659 14,598 16,740 19,221 23,228 30,946 37.438 44.371 52,575 60,376 68,826 75,319 88,965 104,654 107,638 117.413 141,654 155,517 £ 3. d. 61,151 6 4 67,536 12 6 75,833 18 4 84,823 19 6 100,724 10 3 133,558 4 11 156,957 5 11 187,284 14 1 212,155 3 3 233,130 11 8, 254,605 7 1 271,393 18 9 320,259 2 11 350,901 14 10 354,577 4 8 394,702 11 4 441,411 9 9 475,555 17 1°

1883. 1884. Where payable. Number. Amount. Number. Amount, Jnited Kingdom .. Germany Jnited States of America .. Canada Victoria louth Australia lew South Wales Queensland 'asmania Vestern Australia 26,056 255 i.57° 16 7.731 405 3.452 318 527 10 £ *• d. 90,770 11 9 863 12 10 4.132 14 4 65 18 o 24,988 11 9 1,372 9 6 12,699 o 1 1,287 10 6 2,363 1 3 30 12 6 28,434 278 i. 97i 7i 5,868 446 3.763 322 656 16 £ s. d. 95,891 3 5 1,010 10 7 5,105 2 2 237 14 7 21,080 15 2 1,658 4 IO 12,894 15 5 1,411 8 7 2,886 O IO 43 10 9 Totals 138,574 2 6 4°.33° 41,825 142,219 6 4

1883. 1884. Where issued. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. United Kingdom and Germany United States of America .. Canada Victoria South Australia New South Wales Queensland .. .. Tasmania Western Australia .. 3.625 171 16 1,916 297 2,589 33i 450 27 £ s. d. 15,553 3 11 99o 15 6 106 13 9 6,686 6 6 1,154 17 o 10,604 13 1 1,500 10 2 2,071 3 5 184 13 6 4.535 242 45 2.172 3°4 2,809 406 748 29 £ s. d. 17,679 o 6 1,159 19 8 262 10 3 7.898 7 7 1.147 13 1 11,734 13 11 1,812 1 11 3.241 3 7 173 8 6 Totals 38,852 16 10 9,422 II,290 45,108 19 o

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Table No. 3. Table showing the Number and Amount of Transactions at the several Money Order and Savings Bank Offices in the Colony of New Zealand during the Year 1884.

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Money Orders. Savings Banks. Issued. Paid. < ° Deposits. C T3 O £ Withdrawals. Office. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amuunt. .UCKLAND Alexandra Aratapu Bombay Cambridge Coromandel Dargaville Devonport Drury Hamilton Helensville Herd's Point .. Huntly Kaeo Kaitaia Kamo Kawakawa Kihikihi Kohukohu Mangapai Mangawai Mangawhare .. Maungaturoto .. Mercer Mongonui Morrinsville .. Newmarket Newton Ngaruawahia .. Ohaeawai Ohaupo Onehunga Otahuhu Pahi Papakura Pap'aroa Parnell Pokeno Ponsonby Port Albert .. Pukekohe Raglan Russell Taupiri Te Awamutu .. Te Kopuru Tuakau Upper Symonds Street Wade Waipu Waiuku Waiwera Wangarei Wangaroa Warkworth Whitiangi Slenheim Havelock Kaikoura Picton Renwicktown .. !hristchurch .. Akaroa Amberley Ashburton Cheviot Coalgate Darfield Dunsandel Duvauchelle Hurunui Kaiapoi Leeston Lyttelton Methven Oxford Papanui Rakaia Rangiora Sheffield Southbridge .. Springfield Sydenhanl 14,500 804 798 12 1,176 635 581 IO 182 1,033 563! 306270 I63 208 409 759 442 198 261 107 410 I°3 272 385 229 169 585 387 306 193 478 219 177 2 85 32 107 8 249 372 346 462 11 507 546 32 15 £ •■ d. 1,001 17 6 32 19 4 34 9 8 086 53 13 2 31 o 4 25 18 4 066 720 45 14 10 22 17 10 23 3 4 11 2 oj 630 776 18 12 10 34 8 10 21 13 4 13 4 ° 946 4 10 6 17 18 8 3 19 2 9 11 2 14 9 o 802 8 1 2 31 10 2 16 o 10 £ •■ d49,433 14 5 2,353 16 10 2,771 18 2 59 3 o 3,334 9 11 1,812 12 2 1,764 7 11 12 13 o 647 6 10 3,007 2 o 1,657 19 4 1,299 19 ° 688 6 10 480 18 4 868 10 6 1,215 18 10 2,286 10 8 1,092 15 4 788 10 9 1,180 10 6 271 7 6 1,880 4 4 341 15 11 675 9 o 1,183 12 6 568 15 2 384 11 7 1,518 15 o 1,070 o 5 I,i59 3 6 536 2 3 1,544 6 3 621 4 o 574 3 1 1 10 o 278 19 11 103 3 1 323 10 2 11 17 6 719 16 5 1,194 17 JI 1,721 12 6 1,126 19 4 26 3 4 1,269 12 4 1,854 19 o 135 10 o 43 8 6 22,398 270 118 £ ». d. 74,397 7 4 1,024 9 5 399 5 9 6 19 1 1,897 0 7 1,112 13 o 581 o 7 27 13 o 692 13 II 2,178 6 9 564 ° 5 208 15 9 167 8 6 57 17 8 59 10 1 313 8 6 636 o 4 804 6 10 114 2 8 141 8 6 243 o 7 130 16 8 21 3 8 253 10 1 485 8 3 go 16 6 266 14 10 1,967 6 7 53° 14 4 375 o 9 361 14 2 2,344 15 4 987 4 1 276 1 9 44 ! ° 157 5 4 9 16 o IIO 18 2 12 O O 241 3 2 585 7 10 244 1 8 992 16 3 i,934 48 50 5 79 3° 49 ",348 256 3°6 7 4°3 275 394 £ a. d.| 140,779 14 8: 3,360 13 8, 2,995 9 7\ 19 5 o; 2,564 12 1 i,5i5 17 °\ 3,152 2 o 1 2,130, 3 28 2 3 o| 15 I7j 10,532 42 93 128 67 79 £ s. d. 163,862 17 10 589 4 2 1,352 5 10 6 15 8 2,016 o 1 528 6 10 1,043 2 6 587 3i8 167 6 •• ! I 468 6 7, 3,797 15 7, 2,261 1 8| 880 7 o\ 447 3 9 222 10 o 384 4 6 1,662 16 oj 3,439 2 71 1,043 5 o; 267 12 oi 592 1 9, 182 10 o 2,418 17 4 190 2 oi 671 4 9 1,540 8 o 532 11 o 428 2 8 2,075 3 9 788 7 o 98 5 o 373 18 o 2,426 11 1 1,468 19 1! 508 o o 500 725 18 3 050 300 4 o ! 367 9 9 3,332 10 8 1,650 3 4 200 0 o 117 2 2 97 7 ° 209 19 3 1,646 18 10 2,184 6 8 699 19 10 153 ° ° 90 o o 112 16 2 1,011 o 9 173 811 156 70 48 18 20 83 192 182 8 76 48 8 15 19 7 40 42 26 4 7 5 34 16 18 22 37 52 86 73 502 303 21 1! 3 96 15 20 16 32J 21 77 58 5° 293 449 118 16 2 I 4 i 10 7! 69 I 63 5 31 4° 12 29 67 70 12 9 86 68 26 3° 30 39 42 12 88 i 1 129 30 93 632 169 90 79 647 256 72 11 31 4 32 3 78 146 70 265 30 5 6 41 31 14 1 17 3 6 37 11 196 47 94 93 176 207 567 270 10 75 289 227 43 2 52 4 27 3 11 6 4 3 9 23 25 5 2 74 J5 o 237 18 8 74° 5 3 32 7 4 104 6 8 526 15 11 703 12 4 243 19 9 223 11 2 961 4 9 1,820 2 9 301 17 11 21 19 2 7 3 4 27 16 8 12 3 10 10 o 2 020 3 14 !° I 10 10 3 5 6 056 964 14 8 o 12 11 2 17 13 10 086 20 13 2 1 13 193 18 10 22 29 1 19 6 109 108 33 112 8 180 159 12 919 6 5 734 14 o 199 16 o 443 2 o 25 18 o 1,023 J4 6 1,799 1 o 11 8 o o 10 o 1 7 17 3 14 1 5 4 15 1 33 48 14 40 3 29 42 1 177 15 o 0 10 o 356 8 5 413 5 1 277 4 5 376 17 6 43 3 10 570 11 7 545 ° 3 600 19 7 o 26 5 o 1 I 10 106 251 49 3 727 9 3 134 ° 4 906 3 1 24 4 1 1 95 470 326 268 1,043 457 454 235 2,455 505! 457! 672 68 3 o 10 19 1 2 13 6 6 10 8 8 41 13 6 23 6 6 17 15 8 10 12 o 125 15 2 24 6 8 23 4 4 26 14 10 280 757 9 2 25 10 6 12 11 4 93 1 8 4 11 o 6 19 8 4 4 4 460 6 14 6 916 29 4 6 13 13 4 86 13 o 6 16 o 15 4 8 1 11 o 23 11 8 36 1 2 14 5 10 16 2 10 10 12 10 16 13 o 223 I 7 1,719 11 6 1,270 7 9 872 4 11 3,32O 9 9 1,667 J6 5 1,598 6 6 657 9 3 8,187 6 2 1,907 14 10 1,402 5 6 i,94i 5 2 210 5 o 39,248 3 8 1,487 12 0 700 10 o 5,736 16 1 261 19 o 410 4 8 235 15 8 217 12 o 486 2 4 849 2 6 1,425 1 7 743 11 9 4,760 17 0 44i 13 6 983 1 3 67 5 11 1,982 5 5 1,925 14 7 1,269 4 2 914 I • 7 895 2 5 853 2 4 24 137 160 46 357 80 292 26 856 165 146 490 19 14,426 241 131 goi 124 12 11 802 17 8 708 14 0 245 15 7 1,268 11 8 256 13 10 746 13 5 121 3 9 2,923 17 3 616 16 10 513 19 o 1,596 4 1 48 10 1 41,729 3 1 782 7 o 459 6 10 2,868 9 8 4 8 3 273 15 8 47 3 § 93 6 9 140 11 6 61 12 6 1,239 16 2 308 19 2 2,800 8 10 190 4 4 632 15 5 185 10 1 345 1 9 1,575 i5 11 375 9 7 587 2 11 248 19 11 1,592 2 2 10 14 23 10 68 33 ■ 35 32 271 18 134 67 153 85 323 in 180 106 1,527 35 102 262 167 8 o 1,254 3 o 1,125 J4 ° 528 9 0 3.003 17 o 1,284 o o 1,579 14 o 1.004 10 o I7, 693 I 5 1,072 1 6 788 7 1 2,249 12 7 184 8 o 219,035 o 8 1,920 1 1 1,736 18 9 8,808 5 2 457 9 o 9 13 10 2 37 12 9 r7 54 38 20 161 46 38 11 1,080 206 12 1 819 9 2 333 15 1 371 19 8 2,149 9 10 735 15 9 701 1 2 224 o o 16,816 12 7 374 1 ° 303 5 11 1,852 16 7 97 o o 222,519 13 9 1,396 18 1 1,341 14 10 7,194 8 2 25 o o 198 27 4 1 10 2,660 46 37 212 4 7 26 31 23 89 3 15,276 70 81 485 2 n,573 524 310 2,033 88 182 106 68 150 244 576 267 1,410 151 415 33 539 695 383 343 239 362 22 19,894 34 1 218 1,008 19 2,297 30 23 169 3 59 J4 3i 38 22 394 101 846 63 175 44 109 495 103 160 64 540 2 1 5 7 19 112 29 207 6 19 20 61 142 624 139 1,383 16 62 10 o 211 10 o 398 4 5 795 " 7 4,i3i 10 4 920 3 7 ",735 13 o 174 5 2 1,872 16 1 135 10 o 1,888 17 o 3,915 14 9 927 1 6 922 2 9 891 15 o 4,263 3 3 2 5 1 93 22 134 2 14 3 4 19 24 281 62 469 11 76 86 49 18 o 74 10 8 282 15 11 247 o 4 3,275 4 5 567 13 9 7>4i7 10 5 107 16 8 1,273 19 o 700 1,630 12 4 3,875 16 6 7 J7 9 4 798 1 11 302 17 1 551 18 0 34 4 45 73 9 26 12 130 205 33 229 483 78 177 87 1,136 25 62 15 23 IO 31 215 45 77 26 ■112

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Table No. 3 — continued. Table showing the Number and Amount of Transactions at the several Money Order and Savings Bank Offices in the Colony of New Zealand during the Year 1884— continued.

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Money Orders. Saving! Banks. Office. Deposits. P < ° Withdrawals. No. Commission. Issued. Amount. Paid. ef-g..: * < ° ' No. >eposits. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. Christchurch— continued. Waiau Waikari Woolston DlJNEDIN Albany Street .. Alexandra South Balclutha Bannockburn .. Blueskin Caversham Clinton Clyde Cromwell Green Island .. Greytown Hamilton's Kaitangata Lawrence Milton Mosgiel Naseby Ophir Outram Owake Palmerston Port Chalmers.. Portobello Roxburgh St. Bathan's South Dunedin Stirling Tapanui Waihola " .. Waikaia Waikouaiti Waitahuna £ 8. d. . £ s. d. £ s- d- £ •• d. £ s. d. 318 422 85 12,072 1,591 745 1,217 117 150 140 676 576 726 198 12 288 694 1,201 872 319 712 392 344 251 855 i,44i 20 635 362 218 225 948 134 57° 475 325 2,085 64 2,367 826 15 11 8 16 14 8 3 9 6 676 o 6 88 19 2 27 15 8 43 16 2 3 12 o 5 15 o 600 25 14 4 21 9 2 31 4 4 10 18 8 090 10 11 o 24 2 2 45 13 8 34 16 8 16 7 8 28 13 6 13 17 i°i 15 14 8 9 1 4 33 3 10 89 18 o 1 6 o' 23 14 2 12 19 4 9 17 10 7 10 8 32 11 6 4 5 6 20 4 8 16 11 10 I 1,151 2 9 i 1,296 5 11 > 192 3 10 > 36,398 12 o : 4,180 15 11 i 2,011 5 o i 2,845 1 8 1 173 4 8 1 454 5 3 1 35i 1 1 3 1,722 12 I : 1,467 18 7 . 1,925 17 1 ! " 598 18 2 I 20 6 II 1 949 14 4 : 1,877 18 6 > 2,988 1 1 > 2,231 19 9 I 964 19 41 ' 1,775 11 9 > 841 17 1 i 966 7 4 773 14 6 1 2,084 5 8 > 4,461 19 1 1 63 13 8 : 1,701 9 4 778 14 2 1 441 12 1 ; 481 .9 2 i 2,282 19 8 319 17 11 2,052 15 4 i,3" 7 4 845 12 1 7,282 11 4 163 17 10 7,929 3 2 4,112 2 3 79 9 11 1,661 15 11 742 6 7 4,602 9 11 5,437 IO 4 2,562 16 7 706 1 o 1,552 19 o 949 14 3 75 8 6 12,360 12 10 1,686 15 9 I ,304 14 6 800 18 3 458 17 9 332 9 10 5,217 17 8 598 6 3 1,394 7 8 1,600 15 11 971 4 6 449 3 9 •1,912 8 o 251 14 11 '2,319 6 5 36S 5 7 697 17 o 1,327 3 9 449 10 o 1,740 8 8 13,473 4 ° 2,738 11 10 220 7 8 1,702 19 4! 995 17 10 1,236 17 8 964 9 4 2,058 7 1 2,465 9 11 1,062 2 o 1,284 7 8 47 96 4 1 35>i72 746 "5 590 5 129 270 146 240 165 114 213 18 11 312 3 7 72 6 5 80,717 3 5 3,054 12 II 426 2 9 1,699 o 4 26 o 0 448 9 5 737 7 1 402 8 9 475 4 9 539 8 « 382 i7 7 19 32 10 2,044 383 11 67 6 18 25 28 15 27 38 8 ( 93 in 147 13,479 3,955 53 37i 16 95 227 189 82 117 221 9 43 214 321 372 248 148 36 116 13 405 1.973 96 23 598 107 182 2.027 19 2 1,274 3 4 508 2 5 153,544 4 4 16,795 1 5 638 12 10 2,320 12 o 20 4 o 404 11 7 680 14 3 798 11 4 257 11 o 54 1 7 8 1,877 7 6 4 5 0 573 8 0 1.028 18 2 2,801 16 11 3,709 18 1 1,128 15 4 339 8 o 86 18 Q 586 9 10 135 15 o 1,717 1 8 11,617 14 2 265 10 o 1,171 14 o 103 4 0 2,733 9 3 245 5 ° 747 14 ° 545 15 4 480 8 o 587 15 o 247 14 o 7,638 1 3 65 19 o 16,795 12 4 733 3 ° 6 8 12 2,336 255 7 37 37 35 32 12,291 820 23 108 901 11 7 741 10 11 338 2 5 177,296 17 4 7,210 17 3 325 18 2 1,365 14 2 8 21 15 7 21 13 1 4 27 48 43 16 16 8 9 3 26 23 42 37 19 45 43 1 35 82 118 149 49 26 311 17 2 154 7 8 452 16 2 i6( 6 7 118 712 569 175 35i 76' 116 54| 628 1,212 5 141 63 264 8 4 212 46 109 256 I23 882 21 1,822 128 37' 2 6 378 3 10 2,117 l5 7 1,639 i-i o 635 6 3 831 5 10 218 o 7 422 2 8 275 17 6 1,951 10 o 4,33° 12 7 9 3 I 517 i6 I 236 1 7 863 16 5 267 3 Io 529 5 7 196 16 4 429 10 2 719 4 6 454 4 7 3,413 12 11 101 9 5 6,979 o 2 460 12 g| 15 14 o! 355 8 4 265 5 5 3,250 17 7 4,292 17 9 1,278 o 1 109 1 5 680 14 8 211 7 6 900 12,723 13 4 47i 14 3 1,750 1 2 141 6 4 65 8 o 56 1 5 1,805 5 8 242 16 11 414 14 7 500 14 8 260 13 9 135 11 8 929 12 10 55 1 9 1,248 1 11 151 13 9 98 12 1 586 3 3 320 9 3 565 o 6 9,528 16 8 1,139 17 1 61 1 6 245 8 8 106 2 8 406 7 3 122 11 6 658 10 6 1,309 7 4 601 4 7 708 3 6 9 38 63 69 27 14 13 15 5 35 271 4 22 224 10 36 11 53 616 1 53 4 152 26 47 22 20 53 12 808 49;, 19 9 83.; 13 6 ] 9 7 1,053 15 o 86) 6 4 2,677' 5 n 2,555 o 7 94i 13 9 435 15 10 277 4 5 495 2 11 200 8 7 1,073 13 7 8,679 3 o 10 o o 916 2 6 39 4 8 1,121 10 2 156 16 o 634 1 2 237 9 8 255 17 6 974 7 10 242 9 6 9,296 1 10 29 19 o 21,698 1 3 788 14 5 9 78 13 26 12 7 19 9 2°9 3 243 11 54 80 152 59 937 10 1,353 96 21 1 32 8 21 7 3 14 8 168 1 248 5 Gisbokne Ormond Greymouth Ahaura Barrytown Brunnerton Nelson Creek .. Reefton HOKITIKA Kumara Rimu Ross Stafford Waimea 22 532 177 1,328 1,544 938 306 487 288 46 4,142 552 39i 265 233 146 1,853 166 12 2 o 130 12 10 2 18 6 136 12 8 35 19 10 0 14 6 30 1 10 8 17 o 77 10 4 88 16 2 43 1 4 10 13 4 22 3 8 11 13 2 1 8 6 2 77 43 1,093 1,385 346 30 204 65 2 4,016 181 22 9 57 104 65 23 3° 9 499 38 26 6 98 119 271 494 414 149 198 72 6 2,616 154 238 37 54 i,395 5 11 563 12 o 2,002 6 3 6,343 8 7 3,446 2 8 1,222 2 o 1,694 1 1 416 4 o 54 12 1 30,067 16 6 1,875 9 6 1,590 5 10 395 8 8 694 2 8 8 1 5 1,118 33 25 53 106 481 164 57 74 32 557 16 8 586 5 7 2,592 17 6 7,843 18 8 2,277 2 9 393 8 2 1,132 5 7 .206 4 6 37 127 3° 8 21 Q Invercargill Arrow River .. Campbelltown .. Dipton Edendale Fortrose Gore Kingston Lurasden Mataura Otautau Pukerau Queenstown Riversdale Riverton Thornbury Waipahi Winton Woodlands Wyndham Napier Hastings Mohaka Ormomlville Porangahau Port Ahuriri . . Takapau Taupo Waipawa Waipukurau .. Wairoa 210 13 o 25 5 2 16 18 6 9 3 2 7 4 4 4 19 6 68 7 10 7 3 4 18 2 6 21 9 o 15 3 6 606 29 15 10 2 19 10 31 19 o 5 3 o 986 19 6 8 6 10 4 26 8 8 238 11 8 55 15 10 3 14 2 21 15 10 18 10 4 20 3 2 13 8 o 33 13 o 43 9 8 21 4 2 21 6 8 559 39 19 17 593 51 in 506 18 2,042 32 35 19 10 32,384 11 9 959 1 1 307 I IT 173 10 6 133 18 o 447 639 37i 175 C45 79 774 136 290 522 184 670 3>689 • 920 68 625 22A 379 356 494 847 346 375 170 62 50 285 11 92 26 32 14 6 '384 13 104 203 54 10 181 10 3,347 11 1 17 18 o 1,017 3 1 572 9 2 915 8 1 49 2 o 1,649 o 6 42 14 o 2,691 4 9 igo 4 o 139 7 11 1,190 19 4 292 4 o 1,457 14 11 31,659 12 5 3,503 8 9 78 13 o 935 12 3 676 12 o 1,106 3 2 480 11 o 2,487 8 7 2,404 3 o 1,068 16 o 398 6 o 48 8 24 12 1 13 127 4 25 66 19 3 36 6 1,637 6 6 64 o o 36S 18 2 664 1 2 384 6 7 168 1 6 1,294 3 " 51 19 5 1,234 4 I 54 5 I" 103 2 3 5°4 9 3 53 15 2 1,209 11 4 37,258 5 2 ■ 2,109 19 1 12 o o i,ioS 12 II 404 o 10 365 8 8 208 4 o 547 14 6 1,312 o 8 783 1 2 434 10 8 3O 6 447 29 26 147 117 129 2,940 34° 16 49 6 35 8 38 469 97 1 452 27 25 106 48 104 2,969 423 12 68 34 1 18 O 17 453 23 129 6 5 37 8 53! 2,323 140 35 11 75 22 120 35 108 547 180 13 6 25 13 26 55 3° 13 31 149 60 "3 277 160 8 2 4 3 2 25 9 15 43 21 17 121 36 28 235 74

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Table No. 3 — continued. Table showing the Number and Amount of Transactions at the several Money Order and Savings Bank Offices in the Colony of New Zealand during the Year 1884— continued.

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Office. Money Orders. Issued. Paid. Cgg < ° No. Deposits. Savin e posits. Amount. Savings Banks. ags Banks. _ u o o Withdrawals. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. [ELSON Belgrove Bright-water Collingwood .. Motueka Port Richmond Takaka Wakefield [ew Plymouth .. Inglewood Opunake Parihaka Stratford Waitara Iamaru Duntroon Hampden Herbert Kakanui Maheno Ngapara 'hames Katikati Maketu Ohinemutu Opotiki Paeroa Tauranga Te Aroha TePuke Waiorongomai.. Whakatane 'iMARU Fairlie Creek .. Geraldine Pleasant Point.. St. Andrew Temuka Waimate Vanganui Bull's Fordell Hawera Manaia Manutahi Marton Normanby Patea Turakina Waitotara Waverley Wellington Carterton Castlepoint Chatham Islands Featherston Feilding I^oxton Greytown Halcombe Hutt Kaitoke Martinborough Masterton Otaki Pahautanui Palmerston North Petone Pukerua Sanson Te Aro Tenui Upper Hutt .. Woodville Vestpokt Boatman's Charleston Longford Lyell 3,°47 131 83 650 484 226 134 327 131 2,224 184 606 393 327 37 1 3,848 219 43 1 238 202 142 167 1,914 231 132 478 483 268 1,210 837 65 489 107 3,635 83 603 132 118 684 1,241 3,688 469 28 1,255 548 410 895 3°4 760 196 188 £ s. d. 156 4 2 596 3 17 8 23 16 o 23 1 2 17 5 2 6 11 4 15 13 6 5 10 8 106 IO 2 7 12 O 21 17 2 17 7 10 II 5 2 15 15 6 188 19 4 9 o 10 15 5 4 858 8 11 o 5 18 6 6 1 10 93 18 o 8 11 10 620 31 6 2 25 9 10 11 10 o 50 16 6 42 3 2 2 5 8 22 o o 638 191 2 2 £ *• d. 9,790 1 9 354 15 8 311 o 10 2,455 18 3 1,747 6 9 942 19 4 406 10 o 1,088 7 8 419 11 o 7,061 2 10 646 4 7 1,465 1 2 I,O5O O 2 945 6 2 1,119 o 4 11,698 16 o 760 5 3 1,377 19 o 558 3 o 689 3 5 382 3 11 469 10 4 5,624 10 6 481 5 8 328 7 2 1,675 6 7 1,488 15 6 781 16 4 3.073 17 3 2,720 13 11 122 19 2 1.55i 7 9 3*5 17 9 ",317 5 9 311 0 2 1,605 J7 9 325 o 9 380 18 1 i,944 IS Io 3.074 18 1 n,457 4 7 1,463 11 1 82 1 o 3.427 1 7 1,678 8 10 1,169 7 1 2,315 12 8 623 11 10 1,925 12 4 607 18 5 578 2 3 1,229 8 2 40,960 16 2 1,689 7 IT 457 J3 9 298 4 3 969 1 7 3,412 3 11 2,054 3 3 1,563 15 4 1,172 19 6 1,009 J8 10 360 4 5 517 o 7 5,3!7 16 4 1,058 15 3 55 12 3 4.428 12 5 206 15 3 567 16 7 617 14 1 2,918 9 6 1,205 14. 7 478 14 8 2,57° 13 3 5,640 2 8 1,935 Io 6 1,064 8 1 864 3 6 3,784 16 9 4,270 36 59 164 225 75 123 104 54 2,154 129 188 55 196 297 2,040 54 186 62 40 35 24 1,567 66 48 216 224 74 797 298 19 69 53 2,116 7 206 31 18 £ s. d. 15,784 17 10 172 o 10 177 7 6 555 9 8 850 o 5 295 17 3 567 1 1 383 18 3 179 4 6 7,140 16 1 643 3 11 582 11 1 241 15 7 878 2 5 1,001 5 10 7,160 12 6 222 10 5 549 16 o 275 7 2 132 7 2 127 19 7 59 10 2 5,049 19 1 221 9 9 143 9 7 1,234 17 7 819 3 4 271 3 4 2,828 13 5 984 o 6 97 9 3 245 7 3 179 4 1 6,5O9 3 3 42 14 3 709 4 8 122 4 1 60 11 4 1,108 2 6 I,260 15 1 9,980 7 10 546 7 6 22 11 7 2,636 on 823 17 9 217 7 2 1,336 17 2 673 4 11 1,830 9 7 367 19 4 244 12 5 309 1 9 47,971 6 10 687 16 3 279 4 5 27 7 2 53i 15 9 1,902 16 8 974 15 o 624 3 5 713 13 11 524 17 o 35 9 3 115 15 5 2,867 11 10 360 17 2 54 6 1 2,956 12 o 39 6 6 6 12 6 254 1 4 288 3 3 335 7 9 261 10 11 744 16 6 3,657 17 10 142 3 6 209 5 o 169 19 3 698 14 o 308 12 10 X7 42 29 17 8 23 300 22 32 12 9 36 440 13 10 5 6 16 2,701 101 56 77 438 219 101 32 134 2,030 154 170 166 32 165 2,503 122 48 54 28 52 73 2, 3 o8 90 3 1 107 81 9i 319 156 2 147 o £ s. d. 28,545 9 5 451 14 2 250 16 o 633 16 o 2,284 11 o 1,069 1 6 1,058 7 9 272 5 o 950 12 O 27,214 15 5 928 3 4 1,436 16 4 1,808 8 6 228 1 3 1,647 15 5 21,020 16 5 4.60 15 10 219 3 o 435 10 5 305 o 6 560 17 I 587 3 10 16,654 10 4 169 10 5 186 9 1 2,203 4 9 797 16 10 502 1 5 2,103 5 2 1,052 2 10 25 10 10 1,098 11 6 30 o o 23,663 3 1 350 9 10 1,568 18 o 299 6 o 642 4 9 1,937 J2 O 3,665 10 1 24,703 6 10 964 2 11 IO O O 6,517 13 5 1,217 17 10 1,337 15 o 2,019 o 3 966 5 8 3,619 11 7 261 17 o 381 8 4 614 5 5 148,340 o 2 2,794 9 ° 554 « 2 34 6 7 4 52 11 13 12 13 294 19 10 4 3 1-4 4°3 3 7 2 1 6 i,go6 13 18 20 163 5« 34 28 47 1,562 52 63 37 23 4 1 1,546 12 21 9 14 12 8 1,683 19 108 38 34 105 78 £ s- d. 31,968 17 2 85 10 3 285 15 o 209 6 5 3,o73 9 5 560 11 1 368 9 2 554 19 4 756 o 6 28,071 2 7 660 17 2 836 l' 4 719 1 4 321 10 5 932 14 5 22,800 2 8 96 9 4 380 4 10 185 10 9 181 11 o 387 11 o 116 o o 23,328 3 8 321 18 4 126 o o ' 1,245 1 7 988 5 9 395 5 3 2,182 o 5 684 9 2 88 6 5 379 5 6 200 27,049 6 3 16 o o 1,619 r 3 o 108 19 10 383 14 2 926 1 1 2,598 o 8 27,915 18 2 724 15 5 600 5,024 6 10 1,846 7 2 365 4 3 1,312 17 2 798 14 9 1,758 19 5 172 3 9 204 10 2 235 2 6 146,645 8 2 2,070 o 8 176 13 4 14 295 12 8 36 16 16 354 3 59 4i 2 5° 2 459 9 60 16 15 53 88 387 27 1 106 25 21 54 21 68 7 5 21 2,136 90 10 14 20 9 29 23 3 9 3 39 . 1 4 14 10 26 5 o 4 16 10 5 10 o 28 18 6 50 o 2 187 18 6 21 17 8 1 11 6 57 10 10 24 13 o 16 17 6 40 13 10 11 1 8 32 17 8 768 764 20 6 8 765 2 6 25 o o 9 19 o 3 7 6 16 17 8 51 16 o 35 6 6 24 10 6 16 2 10 14 8 o 3 5 8 10 8 10 83 19 2 16 9 o o 14 4 74 5 8 4 12 10 4 13 6 10 9 4 60 1 6 16 17 8 7 1 4 30 12 2 101 14 2 29 16 4 20 12 6 10 14 2 36 13 10 347 404 3,326 182 6 835 231 57 499 168 595 93 57 114 14,101 250 5° 5 180 668 2,5" 28 263 39 42 226 545 2,622 222 447 1 ■ 34 4 6 3° 65 416 20 1,951 3 78 11 23 92 176 1,965 78 1 225 70 26 108 588 Il8 76 377 114 252 62 56 13 11 17 7 32 9 1 9 1,879 41 1 40 101 14,561 473 38 49 95 22 17 32 10,570 168 8 443 14,326 614 154 78 371 1,169 735 ' 564 462 309 90 174 r,7 4 6 327 12 1,466 72 117 238 1,165 3i5 176 778 1,647 425 473 191 760 324 228 164 165 15 30 941 84 14 997 7 3 77 91 70 72 209 960 34 74 28 245 35 87 54 52 21 53 6 16 202 26 228 5i8 214 37° 162 325 80 36 944 167 13 561 63 29 88 2,473 131 118 261 826 83 91 10 58 1,170 13 o 2,610 9 10 1,586 3 4 2,393 3 2 716 3 1 2,393 11 o 113 o o 361 15 10 9,046 1 5 957 6 6 152 o o 5,870 16 o 447 7 8 291 1 o 318 9 10 5,674 6 7 1,496 4 10 1,036 16 7 i,437 4 6 9,535 14 6 877 9 9 469 1 o 66 13 o 466 I 5 19 53 25 33 15 25 12 87 13 55 187 83 in 55 93 23 13 363 63 1 244 11 771 12 9 2,560 15 7 917 11 3 1,524 6 3 579 12 1 1,939 10 7 49 9 7 173 4 7 5,902 13 5 405 14 6 500 4,389 15 4 106 1 9 25 10 o 3H 13 4 1,210 2 7 590 7 11 346 11 5 1,184 I2 ° 9,715 2 2 328 17 o 260 2 2 37 12 11 358 16 io115 20 16 13 334 4 1 19 59 137 22 7 1 59 1 1 13 8 27 118 2 32 271 33 3° 75 549 25 27 4 33 15 8 2 15 15 Totals 186052 9,525 6 8 572,666 5 2 155116 475,199 14 8 20,228 129297 1227909 II 4 16,447 8o,Soo 1195931 o 11

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Table No. 4 Table showing the Business of the Post Office Savings Banks in New Zealand, Year by Year, from the Date of their Establishment to the 31st December, 1884.

Poslal Districts. Number of Post Office Savings Banks Open at the Close of the Year. Number of Deposits received daring the Year. Total Amount of Deposits received during the Year. Average Amount of each Deposit received during the Year. Number of Withdrawals during the Year. Total Amount of Withdrawals during the Year. Average Amount of each Withdrawal during the Y:ar. Excess of Deposits over Withdrawals during the Year. Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits during the Year. Cost of Management during the Year. Average Cost of each Transaction, De-! posit, or Withdrawal. Number ' Number of of Interest for Accounts 'Accounts the Year. Opened \ Closed during during the Year, the Year. Interest for the Year. Number of Accounts remaining Open at Close of the Year. Total Amount standing to the Credit of all open Accounts, inclusive of Interest to the Close of the Year. Average Amount standing to the Credit of each open Account at Close of the Year. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invevcargill Napier ... Nelson ... New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport 5 33 2 6 6 ! 2O I9> 257 1,998 26,663 24,062 947 ',937 ',333 4,820 4>33 6 2,880 3.34° 4.573 1,068 £ s. d. 199,693 12 3 21,987 10 7 269,014 8 o 208,737 H 8 7,7°4 ° 3 21,489 ig 6 13,176 10 5; 48,196 4 o 44,799 6 2 35,516 12 10 33,264 o 3 23,589 7 ■ 24,823 3 2 32,127 3 9 42,613 4 3 189,761 14 6 11,414 19 8 £ s. d. 10 7 5 11 o 1 10 1 9 8 13 6 828 11 I !O 9 '7 8 10 o o 10 6 7 9 4 1 12 410 8 3 5 7 8 7 8 15 10 964 8 13 8 10 13 9 12,665 1,226 17.53' 813 1.335 808 2,662 2,778 2,287 1,622 2,117 2.334 2,688 12,491 638 £ s. d.j 195,745 2 6 19,443 16 1 255,639 4 1 212,456 12 3 9,326 o 10! 26,223 15 5 11,852 19 8 4!>75° 8 5 44,543 '7 8 37,862 18 4 3i,54' 7 3 24,147 9 7 29,740 16 ij 32,701 15 0 40,364 19 7 171,889 7 1 10,700 11 1 £ s. d. '5 9 3 ■5 17 2 14 11 7 14 2 9 "95 19 12 10 14 '3 4 : TS '3 8 16 o 8 ' 16 11 1 1/ H 9 H '7 9 14 011 14 o 2 I5 O4 '3 15 2 '6 15 £ 14.16 o 1610 6 16 9 8 15 o 1 13 11 8 1604 '7 7 2 16 18 10 17 12 8 19 14 8 20 16 5 20 o 5 18 3 o 17 13 9 17 n 1 19 8 7 16 16 6 £ s. d. 3,948 9 9 2,543 '4 6 13,375 3 11 1,323 'o 9 6,445 '5 7 255 8 6 £ s. d. | 3,7'8 17 7 1 1,622 o 7 4.733 '5 " - .1 £ s. d. - ... i ... ... ... I £ s. A. 8,441 8 9 3,281 2,626 i>°'3 '3 5 367 235 12,665 9 8 3,737 2,982 10,089 15 3 3,428 3,265 269 2 6 212 169 1,215 1 11 342 299 I 8'3 5 7 235 '95 2,214 10 2 930 : 715 2,124 "3 2 748 I 544 1,967 11 1 466 I 458 1,423 6 8 411 344 I 1,308 18 1 504 I 422 'j i,737 16 4 537 464 j 1,792 o 4 I 700 587 I 1,822 9 5 j 743 ; 59' 7,908 1 7 I 3,405 I 2,393 ! 574 9 8 j 182 j 158 57,38i 13 7 j 20,228 I 16,447 56,046 17 3 20,386 I 15,967 54,909 13 11 1 21,014 j 14,505 42,204 19 o I 25,059 I 12,718 ; 32,822 12 4 16,137 12,217 31,715 18 2 15,401 • 12,786 31,664 12 9 ! 13,005 9,634 29,193 14 6 : 1 1,335 i 8,591 28,762 4 7 ; 11,255 : 9,472 28,565 3 5 ; 11,273 j 8,681 26,935 6 8 ! 10,346 \ 5,736 20,106 16 10 i 7,382 I 3,816 14,711 o 5 j 6,205 ; 3,188 11,291 10 10 ! 4,615 j 2,383 9,242 3 11 j 4,304 2,277 7,412 8 o j 3,839 1,801 4,88o 7 3 i 3,282 1,186 1,241 5 o ! 2,520 364 1.233 14,287 12,072 384 1,388 944 I 2,529 2,429 2,587 1,279 i 1,296 ! 2,095 I 1.843 ; 2,3-46 i 9,367 687 £ s d. 217.734 6 9 27,896 15 11 334,630 6 10 262,1 10 11 5 5,99i 9 7 30,463 2 6 21,831 10 5 59.739 '3 7 53,803 15 5 50,538 7 9 37.769 3 5 32,810 12 o 40,949 9 10 44,116 16 8j 48,241 19 i O| 215,693 17 2 14,790 i 6 £ s. a. 24 6 6 2212 6 23 8 5 21 14 3 15 12 1 21 18 11 23 2 6 23 12 5 22 3 o 19 10 9 29 10 7 25 6 4 19 10 11 i 23 18 9 20 11 3 23 o 6 2110 7 11 2.346 5 6 9 6 7 11 1,722 13 o 558 2 6 4,917 12 11 574 " 3 I - 7 12 2,248 4 8 17,872 7 5 714 8 7 22 ... ! 5 1 2216 3 22 15 2 25 " 5 24 3 4 23 7 6 22 12 11 25 9 9 26 13 7 27 14 4 29 17 9 35 9 o 38 16 1 36 2 5 33 18 1 35 10 3 36 15 s 38 9 1 Totals for Colony in 1884 ... „ • „ 188? ... 1882 ... „ „ 1881 ... „ „ 1880 ... „ „ 1879 ... 1877 ... „ „ 1876 ... ■875 - „ „ 1874 ... „ „ 1872 ... „ „ 1871 ... „ „ 1870 ... 1868 ... Totals for Colony from 1st Feb. to 31st Dec, 1867 ... 243 I 222 207 I90 178 ■47 ■38 124 119 103 97 92 81 7° 59 55 129,279 127,609 129,952 ' 25,855 81,660 71,865 69,908 60,953 57,295 56,129 52,627 39-223 31,681 24,642 20,489 17.'33 1,227,909 11 4 1,178,474 4 1 1,325,852 2 11 1,189,012 2 7 864,441 18 10 812,399 11 11 762,084 12 o 681,294 '3 2 664,134 12 6 657, 653 4 o 699,249 14 3 580.542 5 5 4,30,877 o o 312,338 18 4 264,328 5 7 240,898 5 9 ■94.535 I' 6 9 911 ■9 4 8 10 4 o 9 8 11 10 1 1 9 11 6 1 10 18 o 11 3 6 1 1 11 9 11 14 4 '3 5 8 14 16 2 13 12 o 1213 6 12 18 o 80,800 78,405 69,308 60,137 57,446 54,698 42,746 39,363 39,486 36,977 29,778 21,268 17.254 14,773 n,934 9,292 6,365 '.'95,93' ° 1' 1,295,719 18 3 '.'4 2.599 o 1 902,195 1 8 780,504 13 41 876,180 19 3 742,053 14 3 667,023 7 5 696,281 7 4 729,759 '7 9 620,155 8 9 425,908 3 5 313,176 7 11 261,347 16 3 209,509 13 2; 183,518 4 1 107,094 17 3 3i,978 10 5 183,253 2 10 286,817 o 11 83,937 5 6 20,030 17 9 H.271 5 9 117,245 14 2 ... j 63,781 7 4 32,146 14 10 72,106 13 9 4,000 4,000 ■ 4,000 3,500 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,250 1,800 i,556 1,264 1,186 789 0 4t 73 o 4f ° 4t o 4lf 0 Si o 6 o 6£ o 6§ o 6f o 8f 0 9& o ioj§ o 9 f 65,717 6l,936 57.5 '7 : 51,008 38,667 34,747 32,132 28,761 26, 117 24,334 21,742 17,132 13,566 10,^49 ! 8,317 6,290 4.252 1,499,112 o 7 1,409,751 '6 7 1,470,950 13 6 1,232,787 16 9 903,765 16 10 787,005 19 o 819,071 8 2! 767,375 !7 8 723,910 17 5 727,295 7 8 770,836 18 o 664,807 5 10 490,066 7 o 357,654 14 6 295,372 1 7 23',3" 5 3 163.518 15 7 79,094 5 6 154,634 2 o 117,700 12 1 50,991 2 1 54818 12 5 60,380 1 8 87,440 '4 3 14 1 2 14 18 11 ... 46 6.977 96,372 7 10 13 16 3 1,919 26,415 18 9 13 IS 3 69,956 9 1 822 1 10J 2,156 71,197 14 1 33 ° 5

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Table No. 5. Balance-sheet of the New Zealand Post Office Account for the Year ended the 31st December, 1884.

Table No. 6. Securities, &c., standing in the Name of the Postmaster-General, on Account of the PostOffice Savings Bank Fund, on the 31st December, 1884.

Balances on 1st January, 1884. Transactions. Balances on 31st December, 1884. Cr. Dr. Cr. Dr. Cr. Dr. Money Oedeb Accounts :— Money orders Commission United Kingdom United States of America Victoria South Australia New South Wales Queensland Tasmania Western Australia £ s. a. 12,596 8 8 16,042 14 8 937 0 3 453 1 7 £ s. d. 991 16 8 258 5 3 £ s. a. 618,019 12 3 1,874 9 3 98,017 13 2 5,389 18 6 21,258 9 8 1,671 12 4 13,008 3 Hi 1,622 3 7 2,907 0 4j 204 0 3 £ s. d.l 617,461 6 2 1,355 18 3 95,216 7 4 5,955 7 5 20,963 10 7| . 1,156 19 7i 13,483 3 Hi 1,825 4 II 1 3,265 4 1 174 9 0 & s. d. 13,154 14 9 18,844 0 6 371 11 4 748 0 8 256 7 6 £ s. d. 473 5 8 171 11 1 303 8 11 346 3 0 630 1 7 13 18 3 143 1 8 271 17 10 43 9 6 ! I Savings Bank Accounts :— Deposits and withdrawals Transfers 1,409,751 16 7 836 1 3 1,285,329 0 5| 85,100 11 6 1,195,931 0 11 83,720 16 0 1,499,149 16 1 2,215 10 9 Telegeaph Accounts:— Receipts New South Wales New Zealand and Australian Cable 244 8 5 718 10 2 321 0 2 126,473 18 10 21,153 14 8 9,925 18 11 124,366 4 11' 20,907 18 i' 9,854 18 9 2,352 2 4 964 6 6 392 0 4 Revenue Accounts: — Stamps Postal Guides Private-box and bag rents Miscellaneous revenue Money order commission Revenue—Total 67,036 4 5 0 6 6 199,580 7 7 311 5 6 4,038 16 0 410 7 7 9,525 3 8 180,093 9 10 166,510 8 9 311 12 0 4,038 16 0 410 7 7 9,525 3 8 179,500 19 1 100,106 3 3 1,958 13 0 2,551 3 9 &BNEKAL Accounts :— Post Office Account Postmasters and Telegraphists .. Investments Accrued interest on investments Advances to Treasury for payment of foreign money orders Commission on postage stamps .. Gratuities for carriage of mails .. Miscellaneous expenses.. License fees Government Insurance receipts .. Registration of births, &c. Receipts under Live Stock Acts .. Machinery fees Property-Tax Maintenance private wires Credits to votes Profit and loss 29,176 14 6 87,092 9 1 1,377,921 10 0 17,876 8 7 9,618 17 0 56 9 6 535 4 2 1,291 2 1 564,336 7 3 2,310,257 12 11 500 0 0 17,876 8 7 21,449 18 2 557 1 8 5,223 11 4 15,187 16 4 1,532 19 0 8,707 11 1 1,019 9 6 16,666 12 5 2,740 10 0 55,672 2 7 348 16 8 202 7 0 70,027 16 3 655,135 7 10 2,351,717 5 5 6,100 0 0 7,131 16 8 33,000 0 0 512 13 10 5,110 4 7 15,019 15 0 1,532 19 0 8,610 19 0 1,011 4 6 16,466 17 1 2,711 10 0 47,346 7 1 348 16 8 202 7 0 70,328 17 7 119,975 15 1 128,552 1 7 1,383,521 10 0 7,131 16 8 2,168 18 10 12 1 8 421 17 5 1,123 0 9 522 18 11 70 2 6 298 19 6 198 0 0 5,209 19 8 619 11 0 78 7 6 498 14 10 227 0' 0 13,535 15 2 ■ V 7,909 8 6 7,608 7 2 Totals 1,525,277 5 10 1,525,277 5 10 5,778,222 18 6 '5,778,222 18 6 1,663,673 19 5 1,663,673 19 5

Description of Securities, &o. Nominal Value. : Value at Cost Price. Interest and Dividends accrued but not received at End of the Year. Oamaru Harbour Mortgages, 5J per cents Patea Harbour Debentures, 7 per cents Oamaru Town Corporation Debentures, 7 per cents .. North Bakaia River Bonds, 6 per cents „ ,, 6 per cents Consolidated Loan, 4 per cents Westland Loan, 5 per cents Immigration and Public Works Loan, 1870, 4 per cents „ 4J per cents „ 5 per cents Waimakariri Eiver Bonds, 6 per cents General Purposes Loan, 4 per cents Defence Loan, 4 per cents .. 4£ „ Deficiency Bills, 5 per cents Inscribed Stock, 5 per cents Consolidated Stock, 4 per cents General Purposes Loan, 5 per cents Post Office Account £ s. d. 33,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 6,000 0 0 13,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 173,200 0 0 14,900 0 0 131,600 0 0 4,500 0 0 5,200 0 0 75,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 483,100 0 0 250,000 0 0 83,400 0 0 49,500 0 0 £ s. d. 33,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 6,000 0 0 12,480 0 0 50,800 0 0 166,272 0 0 14,527 10 0 131,600 0 0 4,500 0 0 4,342 0 0 72,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 483,100 0 0 250,000 0 0 83,400 0 0 49,500 0 0 £ s. a. 760 16 1 276 12 8 132 6 6 29 18 5 15 15 7 109 13 11 527 7 11 1,461 10 4 141 8 11 558 16 10 44 7 8 43 17 7 632 17 6 1,027 7 11 557 10 5 108 • 9 10 702 18 7 Totals 1,394,400 0 0 1,383,521 10 0 7,131 16 8

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Table No. 7.-SAN FRANCISCO MAIL SERVICE. Statement showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between London and the under-mentioned Places by the San Francisco Mail Service.

HOMEWARD VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

Me-. LEOURNE. Sydney. DUNEDI.W Wellington. Auckland. 1884. January January February March April May |uue July August September Octobei' November Date of Despatch from Melbourne. 2 3° 27 26 21 18 8 5 1884. February 19 March 13 April 1 [ May 8 June 6 July 3 July 3> August 28 September 26 October 24 November 20 December 18 1885. January 14 Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. 48 44 43 44 43 43 43 44 44 43 43 Date of Despatch from Sydney. .88 4. January 3 January 31 February 28 March 2 7 April 24 May 22 June 19 July 17 August 14 September 1 1 October g Novem ber 6 Date 0! Arrival in London. 1884. February 19 March 13 April 1 1 May 8 June 6 July 3 July 3' August 28 September 26 October 24 November 20 December 18 1885. January 14 No. of Days. 47 42 43 42 43 42 42 42 ! 43 43 j 42 42 ; 4' Date of Date of Despatch from Arrival in Dunedin. London, 1884. 1884. January 5 February 19 February 2 March 13 March 1 April 1 ! I March 2Q May 8 April 26 June 6 May 23 I July 3 June • 21 I July 31 I July 19 \ August 28 August 16 | September 26 j September 13 j October 24 I Octobsr 1 1 ! November 20 I November 8 1 December 18 1885. I December 6 '. January 14 No. of Days. 45 40 4. 40 4' 4' 40 40 4' 4' 40 40 Date of Despatch from Wellington. 1884. January 6 February 3 March 2 March 30 I April 27 May 25 June 2 2 July 20 August [7 September 14 October 12 I November 9 Date of Arrival in London. 1S84. February 19 March 13 April 11 May 8 June 6 July 3 July 3! August 28 September 26 October 24 November 20 December :8 '88:. January 14 No. of Days. 44 39 40 39 40 39 39 39 40 40 39 39 Date of Despatch from Auckland. 1884. January 8 I February 5 March 4 April 1 April 29 j May 27 June 24 July 22 August 19 September 16 October 14 November 11 j Date of Arrival in London. J 1884. February 19 March 13 April 11 May 8 June 6 Ju'y 3 July 3' August 28 September 26 October 24 I November 20 December 18 1885. January 14 No. of Days. 42 37 38 37 38 37 37 37 38 38 37 37 December o 42 December 4 39 December 7 | 38 December 9 ! 3<5 I ' I 1 I 1 Maximum Minimum Average 48 43"6z 47 41 42-62 45 39 44 39'62 42 36 3 7 -6*

OUTWARD VIA SAN FRANCISCO. Auckland. Wellington. DUNEDIN. Sydney. Melbourne. Date of Despatch from London. Date ol Arrival in Auckland. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in' Wellington. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from i London, Date of Arrival in Dunedin. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Sydney. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Melbourne. No. of Days. 1884. January 3 January 3 1 February 28 March 2 7 April 24 May 22 June 19 July 17 August 14 September 1 1 October 9 November 6 1884. February 11 Marcli 1 1 April 6 May 4 June t June 28 July 27 August 24 September 2 r October 18 November 15 December 15 1885. January 14 39 40 38 ! 3 38 37 39 1884. January 3 January 31 February 28 March 2 7 April 24 May 22 June 19 July 17 August 14 September 1 1 October 9 November 6 1884. February 13 March 12 April 9 I May 6 i June 3 1 June 30 July 3° I August 26 : September 23 October 2 1 November 17 December 16 1885. January 16 1884. 41 January 3 41 January 31 41 February 28 I 40 I March 27 i 40 April 24 39 May 22 41 I June 19 40 j July 17 40 I August 14 40 ! September 1 1 I 39 : October 9 j 40 November 6 i 43 ; December 4 1884. February 14 March 13 April 10 May 7 June 5 July 2 July 3' August 27 September 24 October 2 2 November 19 December 17 1885. January 17 42 42 42 4 1 42 4' 42 4i 4' 4' 4! 4' January 3 January 3 1 February 28 March 27 April 24 May 2 2 June 19 July 17 August 14 September 1 1 October 9 November 6 1884. February 15 March 15 April 11 May 9 June 6 July 2 j August 1 August 29 September 26 j October 23 \ I November 20 December 20 j 1885. January 19 43 44 43 43 43 4' 43 43 43 42 42 44 _ 1884. January 3 January 31 February 28 March 27 April 24 May 22 June 19 July 17 August 14 September 11 October 9 November (> 1884. February 16 March 18 April 12 May ! o June 7 July 4 Augu.'t 2 August 30 September 27 October 24 November 2 1 December 22 1885. January 20 44 47 44 44 44 43 44 44 44 43 43 46 December 4 ! 4, December 4 44 December 4 46 December 4 47 Maximum Minimum. Average 37 38-31 43 39 44 4 1 4162 46 41 47 43 4438

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Melbourne. Sydney. Bluff. DUNEDIN, Wellington. Auckland. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Melbourne. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from j London. Date of Arrival in Sydney. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival at Bluff. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Dunedin. No. I Date of Date of of j Despatch from ; Arrival in Days. ] London. | Wellington. 1884. 1884. 46 Jan. 11 Feb. ' 28 52 Jan. 25 March 17 45 Feb. 8 March 26 45 Feb. 22 April 9 46 March 7 April 26 45 March 21 May 7 45 April 4 May 21 45 - April 18 ! June 4 45 May 2 June 18 45 May 16 July 2 45 May 3° July 16 45 June 13 I July 30 46 June 27 August 13 45 I July 1J August 28 45 July 25 Sept. 10 45 August 8 Sept. 24 45 August 22 October 8 45 Sept. 5 October 22 49 Sept. 19 Nov. 9 45 October 3 Nov. 19 45 October 17 Dec. 4 45 October 31 Dec. 18 45 Nov. 14 Dec. 31 •885. I No. Date of of Despatch from Days. London. Date of Arrival in Auckland. No. of Days. , . ! 1884. Jan. 11 Jan. 25 Feb. 8 Feb. 22 March 7 March 21 April 4 April 18 May 2 May 16 May 30 June 13 June 27 July 11 July 25 August 8 August 22 Sept. 5 Sept. 19 October 3 Ocu ber 17 October 3 1 Nov. j 4 1884. Feb. 20 March 8 March 18 March 3 1 April 15 April 2; May 12 May 26 June 8 June 22 July 6 July 2 1 August 3 August 16 Aa^Uit 3 1 Sept. 14 Sept. 29 October 13 October 26 Nov. 1 1 Nov. 23 Dec. 7 Dec. 20 00. 100540 43 39 38 39 37 38 38 37 37 36 37 37 38 37 39 37 37 36 i 1884. 1884. Jan. 11 ; Feb. 2 1 Jan. 25 March 10 Feb. 8 March 19 Feb. 22 April 2 March 7 April 16 March 21 April 28 April 4 j May 13 April 18 : May 27 May 2 June 9 May {6 June 23 May 30 July 8 June 13 : July 22 June 27 August 5 July 1 1 August j8 July 25 Sept. 2 August 8 Sept. 16 August 22 Sept. 30 Sept. 5 October 14 Sept. 19 October 28 October 3 Nov. 12 October 17 ! Nov. 25 October 3 1 i Dec. 9 Nov. 14 Dec. 25 1885. 41 45 40 40 40 38 39 39 38 38 39 39 39 .?8 39 39 39 39 39 40 39 39 39 1884. Jan. 11 Jan. 25 Feb. 8 Feb. 22 March 7 March 21 April 4 April 18 May 2 May 16 May 30 June 13 June 27 July 11 July 25 August 8 August 22 Sept 5 Sept. 19 October 3 October 17 October 3 1 Nov. 14 1884. Feb. 25 March 16 March 24 April 7 April 22 May S May 19 June 2 June 16 June 30 July 13 July 28 August 11 August 25 Sept. 8 Sept. 22 October 6 October 20 Nov. 7 Nov. 16 Dec. 1 Dec. 15 Dec. 29 1885. 45 5' 45 45 46 45 45 45 45 45 44 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 49 44 45 45 45 1884. Jan. 11 ] Jan. 25 Feb. 8 Feb. 22 March 7 March 21 April 4 April 18 May 2 May 16 May 30 June 13 June 27 I July 1 [ I July 25 August 8 August 22 Sept. 5 Sept. 19 Oct >ber 3 October 17 October 3 1 Nov. 14 1884. Feb. 26 March 17 March 24 April 7 April 22 May 5 May 19 June 2 June 16 J une 30 July 14 July 28 August J 2 August 25 Sept. 8 Sept. 22 October 6 October 20 Nov. 7 Nov. 17 Dec. 1 Dec. 15 Dec. 29 1885. 1884. 48 \ Jan. 1 1 52 Jan. 25 47 Feb. 8 47 Feb. 22 50 March 7 47 I March 21 47 April 4 47 April 18 47 May 2 47 May 16 47 May 30 47 June 13 47 ! June 27 48 ! July 11 47 j July 25 47 August 8 47 August 22 47 Sept. s 51 Sept. 19 47 October 3 48 October 17 48 October 3 1 47 Nov. 14 1884. Feb. 26 March 19 March 25 April 9 April 24 May 8 May 2 0 June 3 June 17 July 2 July 15 July 29 August 12 August 27 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 Oct. 7 Oct. 22 Nov. 4 Nov. 19 Dec. 2 Dec. 17 Dec. 3 [ 1885. Jan. 14 Jan. 27 Feb. 11 46 46 47 46 46 4& 47 46 46 46 47 46 47 4" 47 47 Nov. 28 Djc. 12 Dec. 26 I ,|an- 5 Jan. 17 1-eb. 1 38 37 Nov. 28 Jan. 6 Dec. 12 I Jan. 20 Dec. 26 ! Feb. 3 3 fJ 39 39 Nov. 28 Dec. 12 Dec. 26 Jan. 12 Jan. 25 Feb. 1 o 45 44 46 Nov. 28 Dec. 12 Dec. 26 Jan. 12 [an. 26 Feb. 11 45 Nov. 28 Jan. 16 45 Dec. 12 Jan. 28 47 D^c. 26 Feb. 14 49 Nov. 28 47 Dec. 12 50 Dec. 26 47 46 47 Maximum Minimum Average I 43 36 ••■ 37'73 45 38 39'3> 51 44 45'35 52 45 45 62 52 47 47'8i 54 46 4681

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Table No. 8.-PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL MAIL SERVICE-continued. Statement showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between London and the under-mentioned Places by the Mail Service viâ Colombo and Brindisi— continued.

HOMEWARD VIA COLOMBO AND BRINDISI. Auckland, Wellington. Bluff, Sydney. Melbourne. Date of Despatch from Auckland. Date of Ar;ival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Wellington. Date of Arrival ia London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Bluff. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Sydney. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Melbourne. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. 1883. December 24 1884. January 9 January 22 February 5 February 19 March 5 March 19 April 1 1884. February 13 1884. 1884. 1884. 1884. 1884. January 1 1884. February 13 1884. January 3 1884. February 13 5i 43 41 February 27 March 10 March 24 April 7 April 21 May 6 May 19 49 48 48 48 47 48 48 February 6 March February 14 April 24 7 47 53 January 11 January 26 February 22 March 7 March 21 April 4 April 12 April 25 May 9 May 28 June 6 June 20 February 27 March 10 April 7 April 21 May 6 May 19 June 3 June 14 June 29 July 13 July 28 August 10 47 44 45 45 46 45 52 50 5i 46 52 5i January 15 January 29 February 13 February 27 March 12 March 26 April 9 April 21 May 5 May 19 June 2 June 16 June 30 July 14 July 28 August 11 August 25 Sept. 8 Sept. 22 October 8 October 22 November 5 November 19 February 27 March 10 March 24 April 7 April 21 May 6 May 19 June 3 June 14 June 29 July 13 July 28 August 10 August 24 Sept. 7 Sept. 21 October 5 October 21 November 3 November 17 December 2 December 16 December 30 1885. January 12 January 27 43 41 40 40 40 41 40 43 40 41 41 42 41 41 41 41 41 43 42 40 41 41 41 January 17 January 31 February 14 February 28 March 13 March 27 April 10 April 22 May 6 May 20 June 3 June 17 July 1 July 15 July 29 August 12 August 26 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 October 9 October 23 November 6 November 20 February 27 March 10 March 24 April 7 April 21 May 6 May 19 June 3 June 14 June 29 July 13 July 28 August 10 August 24 Sept. 7 Sept. 21 October 5 October 21 November 3 November 17 December 2 December 16 December 30 1885. January 12 January 27 41 39 39 39 39 40 39 42 39 40 40 41 40 40 40 40 40 42 41 39 40 40 40 March 13 , May 6 54 April 10 June April 26 June May 10 j June June 20 ; August July 4 [ August 3 29 10 24 54 49 50 5i 51 1 .. •■ .'. I '.. i 45 46 46 :: :: .. October 18 October 31 November 14 December 2 December 16 I December 30 1885. j January 12 ; January 27 December 10 January 27 48 December 6 January 27 52 November 28 December 12 45 46 44 December 3 December 17 40 41 December 4 December 18 1885. January 1 39 40 I i December 24 February 9 47 1 I December 27 i February 9 December 31 February 9 40 February 9 39 Maximum Minimum Average .. 51 47 48-2 54 47 51'22 52 44 47 43 40 4107 42 39 996

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Table No. 9.-ORIENT MAIL SERVICE. Statement showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between London and the under-mentioned Places by the Mail Service vi â Suez and Brindisi.

OUTWARD VIA BR! :ndisi and suez. Melbourne. Sydney. Bluff. Dunedim. Wellington. Auckland. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Melbourne. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Sydney. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival at Bluff. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Dunedin. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Wellington. 1884. Feb. 20 March 8 March 19 March 30 April [4 April 26 May 14 May 27 June 9 June 23 July 8 July 31 August 5 August 17 Sept. 1 Sept. 14 October 2 October 13 October 26 Nov. 9 Nov. 24 Dec. 7 Dec. 2 2 1885. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Auckland. No. of 1 Days. 1 1884. Jan. 4 Jan. 18 Feb. 1 Feb. 15 Feb. 29 March 14 March 28 April 1 1 April 35 May 9 May 23 June 6 June 20 July 4 July 18 August 1 August 15 August 29 Sept. 12 Sept. 26 October 1 o October 24 Nov. 7 1884. Feb. 10 Feb. 26 March 12 March 2 2 April 5 April 16 May 1 May 17 May 29 June 14 June 39 July 11 July 27 August 7 August 32 Sept. 4 Sept. 19 October 2 October 1 7 October 3 1 Nov. 16 Nov. 30 Dec. i 3 37 39 40 34 34 36 35 37 34 35 34 35 34 35 35 37 37 36 1884. Jan. 4 Jan. 18 Feb. 1 Feb. 15 Feb. 39 March 14 March 28 April 1 1 April 25 May 9 May 23 June 6 June 20 July 4 July 18 August 1 August 15 August 29 Sept. 12 Sept. 26 October 1 o October 24 Nov. 7 1884. Feb. 1 1 Feb. 27 March 13 March 24 April 7 April 17 May 2 May 19 May 30 June 16 June 30 July 12 July 29 August 8 August 23 Sept. 5 Sept. 20 October 4 October 18 Nov. 1 Nov. 18 Dec. 2 Dec. 15 38 40 41 38 38 34 35 38 35 38 38 36 39 35 36 35 36 36 3" 39 39 38 1884. Jan. 4 Jan. 18 Feb. 1 Feb. 1 5 Feb. 29 March 14 March 28 April 11 April 35 May 9 May 33 June 6 June 30 July 4 July 18 August 1 August 15 August 29 Sept. 12 Sept. 26 October 1 o October 34 Nov. 7 1884. Feb. 18 March 3 March 16 March 31 April 13 April 22 May 12 May 25 June 9 June 23 July 7 July 20 August 4 August 17 Sept. 1 Sept. 15 Sept. 29 October 13 October 27 Nov. 7 Nov. 33 Dec. 7 Dec. 2 3 .885. 45 45 44 45 44 39 45 44 45 45 45 44 45 44 45 45 45 45 45 42 43 44 45 1884. Jan. 4 ]an. 18 Feb. 1 Feb. 15 Feb. 39 March 14 March 38 April 11 April 35 May 9 May 33 June 6 June 30 July 4 July 18 August 1 August 15 August 29 Sept. 12 Sept. 26 October 10 October 34 Nov. 7 1884. Feb. 18 March 4 March 17 March 3 1 April 14 April 22 May 12 May 26 June 9 June 23 July 8 July 3 1 August 4 August 18 Sept. 3 Sept. 15 Sept. 30 Oct. 13 Oct. 28 Nov. 7 Nov. 23 Dec. 8 Dec. 23 1885. 45 46 45 45 45 39 45 45 45 45 46 45 45 45 46 45 46 45 46 42 44 45 46 1884. Jan. 4 Jan. p8 Feb. 1 Feb. 15 Feb. 29 March 14 March 28 April 1 1 April 25 May 9 May 23 June 6 June 20 July 4 July 18 August 1 August 15 August 39 Sept. 13 Sept. 26 October 1 o October 34 Nov. 7 47 5° 47 44 45 43 47 46 45 45 46 45 46 44 45 44 48 45 44 44 45 44 45 1884. Jan. 4 Jan. 18 Feb. 1 Feb. 15 Feb. 29 March 14 March 38 April 11 April 35 May 9 May 23 June 6 June 20 J«iy 4 July 18 August 1 August 15 August 29 Sept. 13 Sept. 36 October 1 o October 24 Nov. 7 1884. Feb. 19 March 4 March 19 April 1 April 20 April 24 May 8 May 27 J une 12 June 24 Ju! y '3 July 33 August 8 August 19 Sept. 6 Sept. 16 October 6 October 13 October 31 Nov. 1 1 Nov. 37 Dec. 9 Dec. 3 3 1885. ' 46 46 47 46 5i 4' 41 46 48 46 5 1 46 49 46 5° 46 5' 45 49 46 48 46 46 Nov. 2 1 Dec. 26 ,883. 35 Nov. 2 1 Dec. 27 .885. 36 Nov. 3 1 Jan. 4 44 Nov. 3 1 Jan. 5 45 Nov. 2 1 Jan. 5 _ Nov. 2 1 Jan. 6 46 Dec. 5 Dec. 19 Jan. 9 Jan. 23 35 35 Dec. S Dec. 19 Jan. 10 Jan. 24 36 36 Dec. 5 Dec. 19 Ian. 19 Feb. 6 45 49 Dec. 5 Dec. 19 Jan. 19 Feb. 6 45 49 Dec. 5 Dec. 19 Jan. 20 Feb. 2 46 45 Dec. 5 Dec. 19 Jan. so Feb. 3 46 46 Maximum Minimum Average 40 35 "5 4' 34 37 49 44-46 49 39 45 5° 43 4538 52 4' 46-77

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HOMEWARD VIA SUEZ AND BRINDISI. Auckland. Wellington. Bluff. Sydney. Melbourne. Date of Despatch from Auckland. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Wellington, Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Bluff. Date of Arrival in London. No. of i Days. Date of Despatch from Sydney. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Melbourne. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. 1884. 1884. 1884. 1884. 1884. January 5 January 18 February 1 1884. February 17 March 2 March 16 1884. January 10 January 24 February 7 February 21 March 6 March 20 April 3 April 17 May 1 May 15 May 29 June 12 June 26 July 10 July 24 August 7 August 21 Sept. 4 Sept. 18 October 2 October 16 October 30 November 13 1884. February 17 March 2 March 16 March 31 April 14 April 28 May 15 May 26 June 10 June 19 July 6 July 20 August 3 August 17 Sept. 3 Sept. 14 October 3 October 14 October 28 November 8 November 24 December 8 December 24 1885. January 5 January 20 February 2 1884. January 11 January 25 February 8 February 22 March 7 March 21 April 4 April 18 May 2 May 16 May 30 June 13 June 27 July 11 July 25 August 8 August 22 Sept. 5 Sept. 19 October 3 October 17 October 31 November 14 1884. February 17 March 2 March 16 March 31 April 14 April 28 May 15 May 26 June 10 June 19 July 6 July 20 August 3 August 17 Sept. 3 Sept. 14 October 3 October 14 October 28 November 8 November 24 December 8 December 24 1885. January 5 January 20 February 2 January 16 January 30 February 13 March 12 March 26 April 8 April 23 May 6 May 20 June 4 June 18 July 2 July 15 July 30 August 13 August 27 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 March 2 March 16 March 31 April 28 May 15 May 26 June 10 June 19 July 6 July 20 August 3 August 17 Sept. 3 Sept. 14 October 3 October 14 October 28 November 8 46 46 47 47 5° 48 48 44 47 46 46 46 5° 46 51 48 49 46 February 29 March 15 March 29 April 25 June 6 April 14 April 28 May 15 June 10 July 20 43 44 44 45 44 47 46 44 38 38 38 39 39 39 42 39 40 - 35 38 38 38 38 41 38 43 40 40 37 39 39 41 37 37 37 38 38 38 41 38 39 34 37 37 37 37 40 37 42 39 39 38 38 40 July 31 August 15 Sept. 14 October 3 45 49 July 4 July 18 August 1 August 9 August 29 Sept. 12 Sept. 26 October 10 October 24 November 8 August 17 Sept. 3 Sept. 14 October 3 October 14 October 28 November 8 November 24 December 8 December 24 1885. January 5 January 20 February 2 44 47 44 55 46 46 43 45 45 46 Sept. 17 November 8 52 October 22 November 5 December 8 December 24 1885. January 5 January 20 February 2 47 49 October 24 November 7 December 8 December 24 1885. January 5 45 47 November 19 December 4 December 17 47 47 47 November 20 46 November 22 December 6 December 19 44 45 45 I November 27 December 11 December 25 39 40 39 November 28 December 12 December 26 38 39 38 Maximum Minimum Average 51 44 47'3 52 45 4733 55 43 45'33 43 35 39-°4 42 34 38-04

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Table No. 10. Return showing the several Subsidized Mail Steam Services, the Date when established, and also the Date each terminated or terminates.

Table No. 11. Table showing the Number of Officers employed in the several Chief Post-Offices and Second-class Post-Offices in the Colony during the Years 1883 and 1884.

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Duration of Service. Service. Annual Subsidy. When established. When terminated or when terminable. Number of Voyages per Annum. Mileage for Complete Voyage. Cost per Mile. mckla.id and San Francisco Luckland and Fiji Luckland, Waiwera, and Warkworth ... Luckland, Kawau, and Omaha lelensville and Matakohe ... lelensville and Dargaville ... Vestport and Karamea £ 3'>2.=;0 1,690 Oct., 1875 June, 1880 Nov., 1885 f I C I • 3 '3 104 S 2 '56 104 13 11,916 2,334 9° 140 118 170 102 £ ■• d. 0 4 of o 1 ii ■250 45° Aug., 1881 Jan., 1881 Dec, 1886 Dec, 1886 ]° o 3i ]° o 3 300 Jan., 1881 Two months' o 4 6$ Sept., 1881 notice 310 ° 5 7l lokitika and Jackson's Bay 'ort Chalmers and Manukau lanukau and Port Chalmers ) 35° 5,000 4 May, 1877 Nov., 1885 '3 1,743 ° 4 S

1884. 1; !8 3 . Post-Offices. E rt I Id U I 0 to S3 1 ¥ v | o y I 2 9 Ej 1 g C O H Auckland Russell Thames Onehunga ... Tauranga Gisborne New Plymouth Waitara I i 20 14 2 37 I 1 I 19 12 2 34 1 I i i 1 2 4 2 2 2 S . 1 11 1 I i 2 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 I. I 1 1 1 2 I i 2 2 1 I 2 1 4 1 10 Napier Port Ahuriri ... Wellington ... Wangauui ... Nelson The Port Westport Blenheim Picton KaiTiOura Christchurch Lyttelton Akaroa Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Port Chalmers Invercargill ... Campuelltown Hokitika I 6 4 1 6 3 i '7 3 3 6 2 . 2 1 26 7 7 1 I 6 2 2 1 I I 1 1 3 3 1 24 6 I 2 1 1 2 1 1 I I 1 1 3 3 1 1 I 1 3 3 2 I i i 1 1 l 1 1 I I 30 11 1 1 33 3 1 6 1 I 20 11 1 33 3 1 7 36 3 11 i I 1 I I 1 i 2 I 2 I I 3 2 2 1 1 3 3 20 2 1 1 I i 22 1 6 14 1 2 2 39 3 11 1 I "3 1 2 I 2 1 I 6 2 2 2 2 1 1 I 1 1 1 4 4 2 Greymouth ... Chatham Islands I 5 4 2 2 2 I 2 1 1 i 1 I I Totals '7 13 114 74 '3 23' •7 13 IIO 67 12 219

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Table No. 12. Comparative Table showing the Postal Revenue, and Number of Letters, Post-cards, Books, and Newspapers delivered and posted, within the several Postal Districts, during the Years 1881, 1882, 1883, and 1884.

Postal Districts. I Revenue. Letter Delivered. Letters. TS. Posted. Delivered. Posted. Post-cards. Delivered. Posted. Books. Delivered. Posted. Newspapers. uckland — 1881 1882 188; 1884 £ s. d. 26,045 4 3 26,982 8 si 28.968 3 7 37.832 1 9 2,563,418 3,080,779 3.458,923 3,675,880 2,36i,775 2,728,420 3.150.236 3,155,594 89,'93 85,124 1 10,084 100,135 91,091 105,300 102,167 98,917 164,268 207*530 247,559 236,405 148,79^ 19',763 257,766 230,087 ',325,636 ',729,338 1,417,988 1,342,783 1,068,093 1,394.549 ■,699.308 1.633,216 'hames— 1881 1882 1883 1884 1,701 6 9 2,300 5 5 4.497 '5 9 3,774 3 5 I54.°37 183.716 438.087 4O3.377 123,695 162,825 377.764 370,162 3.°29 3,965 8,853 9,°35 2,522 4,316 8,606 8.255 10,686 8,847 22,828 26,546 8,775 3,224 24,417 '8.Q54 9 '.45 5 " 7.' 3' 214,916 241,423 91,026 90,610 150,540 150,861 lew Plymouth— 1881 1882 1883 1884 2,607 9 11 2,993 11 9 3,259 12 9 3,206 7 8 197,717 266,045 249,054 267,488 174,421 212,199 230,854 222.365 10,7 12 7.644 14.833 8,476 '2,558 9.529 10,686 14.924 17,446 21,203 19,617 37.323 6,708 10,270 11,219 21,164 156,364 '53.2.5 2 141,596 169,104 8i,497 86,5'5 79,807 973i8 risborne— 1881 1882 188 s 1884 1,212 18 4 2.377 2 5 3,250 13 5 1,598 6 7 124,267 109,278 148,278 162,084 82,290 128,479 152,919 139,308 1,040 2,106 799 4.654 3-99l 4,641 9,087 7.792 9,7" 15,691 6,302 9.958 10,140 14,768 113,022 !°2,757 107,549 124.969 38,272 68,641 60,541 80,148 3,9°° 1, 196 apier— 1881 1882 1883 1884 6,270 19 4 6,506 6 9 7,352 18 7 6,096 15 1 462,878 5°2,554 673,036 740,688 399.789 556,79° 611,026 628,303 11,219 11,258 14,9" 18,083 8,671 13,650 12,948 21,138 44.954 53.'7° 63,557 69,017 39,884 37.258 4'.574 41.665 298,467 268,015 34°.°'5 3:6.291 208,078 231,283 258,986 2595.58 anganui— 1881 1882 1883 1884 7,258 6 8 8,163 16 10 9-55' '3 8 7.953 5 o 7'7,873 77O.393 820,599 888,'io8 49','53 721,643 672,698 679,952 25,337 24,466 2.5,5°6 36,621 20,514 3'.733 37,687 56,667 63,590 68,757 121,732 2 7.93 7 42,458 52,962 48,516 457.639 386,504 33S-673 456,014 183,612 196,482 180,427 100,398 ellington — 1881 1882 188? 1884 54,682 15 7 56,684 16 10 68,353 '7 " 65,992 o 5 ',977,4'7 2,279,186 2,486,471 2,632, i 10 1,319,266 1,900,405 2,236,242 2,358,200 31.525 31,226 S9, 852 45,383 28,470 33,475 50,505 5' .480 107,965 164,920 174,902 186,992 190,398 219,037 225,542 374,140 818,038 780,660 767,403 759,187 539.617 569,166 665,704 703,430 felson — 1881 1882 1883 1884 4.O3O 5 4 4,174 10 7 4,060 6 9 4.886 14 3 254-553 346,671 387,374 561,015 288,522 380,627 379.844 391,248 3.783 5.55' 8,827 ",245 5.94' ",245 '5,964 12,57' 25.623 33,767 24.856 59,631 2 1,957 18,044 3°,87S 19.058 159,614 ' 73-823 '63,592 '74,356 87,256 144,144 '32,132 109,291 r estport — 1881 1882 1883 1884 J, 1 19 18 3 1,636 7 6^ 2,042 11 1 1.635 " 2 80,167 92,534 124,566 103,922 58,708 87,984 119,405 118.41 7 884 1,508 4>°43 2,900 7' 5 1,183 1.599 8,268 11,492 7,709 9,477 1,638 2,691 3,016 5.7Q8 78,793 76.621 92.573 72,020 26,052 33,501 40,300 40,1 18 rreymouth 1881 1882 1883 1884 3.39S 1° ' 4,928 4 6 5,018 2 2 4-'QQ '7 3 216,294 250,926 245.79' 263,172 276,588 3'6,758 247,611 232,791 3.'O7 4,368 9,6.59 5,642 2,327 3.328 5,694 5>°S7 19,838 •8,434 15,171 29,679 34-7'° '7.55° 17,290 14612 199,641 197,091 '85,549 207.480 176,072 167,934 146,328 134,680 iokitika— 1881 1882 1883 1884 2,851 3 7 2,821 14 9 3,009 18 8 2,217 811 '67,635 155.948 197,782 215,007 142,415 148,824 166,894 163,826 3.' 33 3.'7 2 3,575 6,123 3-445 2,1 '9 2,626 2,249 i6,575 12,827 '4,794 30,602 4,953 4,368 8,905 7.2'S 182,091 140,00 1 157,885 174,629 7 2,943 7 5,842 82.862 8;.^8 ilenheim—1881 1882 1883 1884 2,268 4 o 3,041 18 10 2,955 IO 5 2,284 6 2 '53.348 200,772 235.664 297,622 '33.185 190,229 207,090 202,397 2,483 4,180 6,136 8,320 2,132 2,535 2,990 5,226 ' ',544 "3,942 21,424 30.576 6,617 10,036 11,414 ' 9,396 120,263 131,717 125.931 149.019 46,149 62,140 70,005 78,442 7 63,555 913,224 858,637 '.157.767 Ihristchurch— 1881 1882 1883 1884 27,451 2 o 26,433 '2 9 26,694 1 9 3 '-475 'Q 5 2,536,092 2,781,389 3.°74,'34 3,326.895 2,436,343 2,885,480 2,820,792 2,75 '.372 78,793 106,756 115,440 126,048 '55.623 127,309 '5'.333 '43.013 142,454 166,704 182,650 259,376 148,772 349.57° 287,536 274-495 966,875 996,75° 9' 1.638 1 ,025,700 Timaru— 1881 1882 1883 1884 6,855 '2 I0 8,299 110 8,961 12 5 6,543 8 3 577.863 618,124 718,341 769,95' 532,663 631,540 613,119 602,264 29,614 26,858 34,32° 33.4'° 15.9S' 29,627 22,438 22,803 62,218 6°,235 67,002 66.924 21,853 25,57' ■25,883 26,572 248,729 228,525 229.606 372,779 140,881 161,655 170,794 176.813 lamaru— 1881 1882 1883 1884 3,924 19 7 4,658 19 5 5.263 16 10 3,833 10 1 329.1.H 344.526 4°2,493 527.904 307,086 338,845 323,856 35 7.3i8 7,891 8-775 8,398 12,103 7,462 11,674 15,925 10,205 29,848 32,496 29 562 53.040 20.163 20.852 20,215 2;,181 208,572 '67,073 173,017 247.572 101,179 97.214 86,853 112.541 'unedin — 1881 1882 188? 1884 28.364 2 1 1 29,269 9 6 28,723 17 7 3*55' '7 5 2,345,72o 2,746,692 3,°7 6 >344 3,276,884 2,234,5°5 2,858,921 2,706,210 2,797-977 53-846 7°.S77 79.7i6 8;,189 1 12,047 1 ' 5.44O 111,631 123,526 '55,74° 164,677 164,944 233,675 198,679 298,831 257.545 310,037 ',279.551 1,263,829 I.o63,959 (,i86,c68 1,'57.99' 1,412,697 1,155,609 1,284.660 — 1881 1882 1883 1884 7.77° '8 4 8,530 18 1 9,742 13 n 9,1" 5 5 730,327 797,186 1,031,420 i,i 25,683 606.788 748,891 803,491 848,562 26,585 20,943 31,629 42.653 20,098 31.993 24.297 28,522 57.057 45.958 62,478 62,917 33,8=0 47.'9° 35.o6i 59,852 ."3,9'3 444,386 482.313 566,202 237. >°7 250,029 280,527 264.147 "otals— 1881* 1882 1883 1884 187,810 17 9 199,803 6 1 221,707 7 3 225,993 9 3 13,588.740 15,526,719 17.768,357 '9.237.79° 11,969,191 14,998,860 15,820.05 1 16,020,056 382,174 418,477 539,682 561,652 490,366 540,618 574,7 '7 59 '.9°3 940,238 1,087,584 1,197,521 1,529,603 921,944 1,308,671 ',321,363 1,51 1,510 ,228,663 7>357.471 6,911,203 7.525.596 5.019,380 = ,955.626 6,119,360 6,568,146 * The official postage decreased hy £5,717 195. 4d.. when co: ipared with that of the previous ear.

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Table No. 13. Table showing the estimated Number of Letters, Post-cards, Book-packets and Parcels, and Newspapers delivered and posted, within the several Postal Districts of New Zealand, during the Year ended 31st December, 1884.

Table No. 14. Table showing the Number of Letters, Post-cards, Books, &c., and Newspapers delivered by the Letter-carriers from the Post-Offices within the several Postal Districts during the Year ended 31st December, 1884.

Table No. 15. Table showing the Number of Letters, Book-packets, and Newspapers received from and despatched to Places outside the Colony during the Year ended 31st December, 1884.

livi :rei osi Postal Districts. Letters. Post-cards. BlS d Newspapers. Letters. Post, cards. Books and Parcels. Newspapers, Auckland Thames ■ New Plymouth Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill 3,675,880 403,377 267,488 162,084 740,688 888,108 2,632,110 561,015 103,922 263,172 215,007 297,622 3,326,895 769,951 527,904 3,276,884 1,125,683 109,135 9,O35 8,476 1,196 18,083 36,621 45.383 11,245 2,990 5,642 6,123 8,320 126,048 33,4 10 12,103 85,189 42,653 236,405 26,546 37.323 15,691 6g,oi7 121,732 186,992 59,631 9.477 29,679 30,602 30,576 259,376 66,924 53,O4O 233,675 62,917 1,342,783 241,423 169,104 124,969 356,291 456,014 759,187 174,356 72,020 207,480 174,629 149,019 I,025,700 272,779 247,572 1,186,068 566,202 3,155,594 370,162 222,365 139,3°8 628,303 679,952 2,358,200 391,248 118,417 232,791 163,826 202,397 2,751.372 602,264 357,318 2,797,977 848,562 98,917 8,255 14,924 4,641 21,13s 37,687 51,480 I2,57i 1.599 5,057 2,249 5,226 143,013 22,893 10,205 123,526 28,522 230,087 18,954 21,164 14,768 41,665 48,516 374,140 19,058 5,798 14,612 7,215 19,396 274,495 26,572 25/181 310,037 59,852 1,633,216 159,861 97.318 80,548 259.558 190,398 703.430 109,291 40,118 134,680 85,358 78,442 1.157.767 176,813 112,541 1,284,660 264,147 Total 19,237,790 561,652 1,529,603 7.525,596 16,020,056 591,903 1,511,510 6,568,146 6,119,360 Previous year.. 6,911,203 15,820,051 574,717 1,321.363 17.768,357 539,682 1,197,521

Postal Districts. Letters. Post-cards. Books, Circulars, and Parcels. Newspapers. Auckland rhames .. Mew Plymouth jisborne Slapier .. iVanganui Wellington Melson .. kVestport iireymouth Htokitika 31enheim "hristchurch rimaru .. Damaru .. Dunedin 1 1,494,615 145,960 87,715 27,952 99,035 197,596 667,039 136,684 28,118 61 ,.994 52,752 7°,773 1,314,462 144,254 100,060 964,082 305,290 42,182 7,875 6,856 999 7,783 14,406 15,972 2,862 1,584 1,33° 2,982 3,517 43,308 9,708 4,765 28,298 8,421 59,320 3,832 8,344 i,7i7 11,304 17,127 26,333 4,56o 2,154 2,383 7,679 6,772 47,915 14,463 9,250 40,467 10,626 466,020 32,029 55,159 n,233 27,161 79,401 161,977 35,282 20,247 27,489 30,822 38,317 270,690 35,596 23,453 267,072 60,651 Totals 5,898,381 202,848 274,246 1,642,599 Previous year 5,339.874 173,216 1,489,304 221,454

Received. Despatches. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Letters. Books. j Newspapers. Jnited Kingdom— Via San Francisco By Victorian Packet By New South Wales Packet By Direct Steamer By other routes .ustralian Colonies ither places *. 361,563 63,690 218,898 12,542 33i 459,398 91,128 120,273 24,382 125,976 i6i 89 57,455 32,088 875,660 167,596 625,599 9,891 255 535,579 189,852 4 57,497 19,412 16,750 62,838 40 443,877 85,954 4x,54i 815 1,009 7,072 2 499,090 1,969 1,635 32,126 35,234 7,872 3 290,528 93,900 Totals 1,207,550 360,424 2,404,432 1,096,368 93.545 919,251 Previous year .. 1,093,391 292,972 2,188,673 1,016,854 89,434 847,361

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Table No. 16. Statement of Correspondence received from the United Kingdom viâ San Francisco and per Victorian and New South Wales Packets during the Year ended 31st December, 1884.

Table No. 17. Statement of Correspondence despatched to the United Kingdom viâ San Francisco and per Victorian and New South Wales Packets during the Year ended 31st December, 1884.

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rid San Francisco. Per Victorian Packets. Per New South Wales Packets. Date of Receipt. Letters. Books. Newspapers, Letters. Books. Newspapers. Letters, Books. Newspapers. anuary 40,362 n,455 85.350 6,361 4,235 3,882 534 1.251 1,478 1,086 2,381 1,619 i,957 54 155 741 573 14,632 7,15° 12,494 201 6,328 6,871 1,048 2,055 833 5,573 February 27,907 5,339 45,257 12,197 5,313 6,75O 3,016 42,650 15,215 March .. 26,302 9,581 99>39° 15,166 4,378 13,902 4>4 25 15,651 4,606 12,414 4,776 14,484 7,697 1,928 6,834 2,216 8,283 1,951 5,32i 1,433 7>767 39,422 13,211 42,830 12,138 42,038 ",556 39,330 12,505 42,990 // • • • • \.pril 23,553 7,566 55,172 836 i,i33 970 i,477 1,114 1,643 2,459 2,064 2,728 2,811 3, OI4 2,403 2,228 321 507 346 508 233 764 1,021 1,441 732 879 1,163 590 749 2,243 5,856 1,996 8,146 2,439 7,o5i 4,142 8,522 4,256 9,288 3,520 8,39O 4,309 May .. '.'. 28,046 9,949 75>605 une 23,753 37,856 8,301 2,119 89.393 40,712 uly '.'. '.'. 26,034 8,066 62,275 3,'586 12,139 3,958 12,686 3,837 11,444 3,225 14,888 3,752 14,087 3,809 17,198 4,922 1,225 7,162 1,146 8,128 1,420 7,387 1,489 17,421 2,282 7,544 2,134 ",835 2,774 9,648 39,589 9,254 37,141 10,600 42,251 8,955 36,935 9,515 42,660 9,599 40,392 9,597 Vugust 23,653 7,480 85,345 September 24,234 11,811 45,672 October 25,841 10,388 54,187 2,649 2,848 2,486 2,716 3.019 2,513 3,752 1,052 I,in 879 1,328 1,679 920 679 9,154 4,061 8,020 3,96o 8,792 3,293 ",434 STovember 26,013 12,972 87,890 December 28,009 15,246 49,412 Totals .. 361,563 120,273 875,660 63,690 24,382 167,596 !2i8,898 125,976 625,599 Previous Year 1,278,892 108,770 490,890 169,456 49,IO9 259,683 2,441 20 2,141

n& San Francisco. Per^ Victorian Packets. Per New South Wales Packets. Date of Dispatch. Letters. Books. Letters. Books. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Newspapers. Newspapers. anuary 32,176 3,188 36,577 1,072 1,274 41 35 105 98 157 1,492 166 313 34 8 18 us 20 28 4 February 38;893 3.784 43,980 173 2,677 1,219 2,603 821 18 7 85 62 89 . 29 20 • 73 8 37 I Vtarch .. Vpril '.'. '.'. Way '.'. '.'. 37,225 38^56 38,666 37.537 2,794 3.078 2,119 2,562 39.ii6 39,730 4°.7 85 46,186 1.234 323 1,707 1. 177 119 835 454 1,241 40 7 56 46 8 37 24 46 223 101 299 95 1 69 22 246 143 16 77 52 156 692 30 279 870 '376 18 57 34 26 72 1 7 97 45 2 42 5 une 38,593 3.336 4x.3Oi 73 25 1,966 981 1,874 584 1,450 660 1,481 939 1,308 290 488 60 6 4 25 122 102 181 146 63 153 84 144 32 51 15 13 21 uly August 37 .'^s 36,337 4,033 2,334 36,360 36,435 '187 23 18 92 27 99 24 90 16 81 September 31,403 1,909 36,230 October 31,871 3,263 33,820 871 316 631 155 185 120 36 16 57 47 57 24 22 21 29 79 4 1 95 3 33 3 November 36,602 61588 36,370 109 10 6 December 32,090 2,553 32,200 3 91 53 Totals .. 4 57.497 4i.54i 499,090 19,412 815 1,969 16,750 1,000 1,635 Previous year 473,205 48,642 23-576 1,84a 12,373 928 494.425 1,194 745

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Table No. 18. Table showing the Estimated Correspondence posted and delivered, with the Expenditure and Revenue of the Post Offices, in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand, and of the General Post Office, for the Year 1884.

Total Estimated Correspondence posted and delivered. Expenditure. Revenue, Postal Districts. No. of Offices. Letters. Post-cards. Books and ! N( , wspapers . Parcels. . v " Cost of Conveyance of Mails. Salaries. Contingencies. Total. Estimated. Official Postage. Total. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington 205 35 21 46 29 76 6.831,474 773.539 489,853 301,392 1,368,991 1,568,060 4,990,310 208,052 17,290 23,400 5,837 39,221 74,3O8 96,863 466,492 45,500 58,487 3°.459 110,682 170,248 561,132 £ s. d. 2,975,999 3,314 5 6 401,284 1,169 5 ° 266,422 396 o o 205,517 344 " o 615,849 1,629 ° o 646,412 732 1 2 1,462,617 | 3,015 18 4 £ s. d. 9,587 10 8 2,536 1 1 1,008 10 0 624 7 1 2,684 I2 9 2,524 12 11 6,585 12 2 1,748 8 7 349 14 10 174 19 1 13& 16 10 268 11 o 184 16 8 1,957 18 4 £ s. d. 14,650 4 9 4,055 on 1,579 9 1 1,105 14 11 4.582 3 9 3,441 10 9 11,559 8 10 £ s. d. 32,028 13 11 3,610 1 5 2,294 6 9 1.47i 2 3 6,211 17 9 6,624 5 2 17,366 11 11 £ s. d. 5,803 7 10 164 2 o 912 o 11 127 4 4 784 17 4 1,328 19 10 48,625 8 6 £ s. d. 37,832 1 S 3,774 3 5 3,206 7 £ 1,598 6 7 6,996 15 1 7,953 5 c 65,992 o 5 I Totals for North Island -.. 427 16,323,619 464,971 1,443,000 6,574,100 I 10,601 I o 25,551 6 8 4,821 5 4 4o,973 13 o 69,606 19 2 57,746 o 9 127,352 19 I Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin ,. Invercargill 35 23 23 28 19 139 41 20 132 82 952,263 222,339 495,963 500,019 6,078,267 1,372,215 885,222 6,074,861 1.974,245 23,816 4,589 10,699 8,372 13,546 269,061 56,303 22,308 208,715 7i>i75 78,689 15.275 44,291 37.8i7 49,972 533,871 93,496 78,221 543,712 122,769 283,647 ! 1,460 18 II 112,138 I 470 10 o 342,160 ■ 418 o o 259.987 I.O97 J6 8 227,461 I 730 o o 2,183,467 : 3,294 15 11 449,592 I 645 6 8 360,113 j 215 o o 2,470,728 I 5,184 o 6 830,349 I 1,572 2 2 I,960 I 4 470 18 4 1,058 o o 1,026 10 o 8,121 6 3 2,072 10 1 1,075 19 11 9,084 o 10 3,158 4 9 249 16 I 89 4 8 176 15 IO 98 17 o 37i i? 4 1,809 11 10 167 12 2 105 16 4 1,741 15 2 819 9 9 3,670 16 4 1,030 13 o 1,652 15 10 2,366 15 I 2,128 7 4 13,225 14 o 2,885 8 11 1,396 16 3 16,009 J6 6 5,549 16 8 3.699 5 8 1.125 7 4 2,363 6 11 1,612 10 11 2,033 9 5 28,223 9 2 5,704 on 3,464 9 5 29,091 3 8 8,239 5 3 1,187 8 7 510 3 10 i,737 10 4 604 18 o 250 16 9 3,252 1 3 839 7 4 369 o 8 3,460 13 9 872 o 2 4,886 14 3 1,635 II 2 4.IO0 17 3 2,217 8 11 2,284 6 2 31,475 10 5 6,543 8 3 3,833 i° 1 32,551 17 5 9,"i 5 5 Totals for Middle Island .. 542 18,934,227 688,584 I,598,H3 7,519,642 15,088 10 10 29,197 12 II 5,630 16 2 49,916 19 11 85,556 8 8 13,084 o 8 98,640 9 General Post Office 58,711 10 o 4.191 15 9 1,079 o 1 63,982 5 10 1 33,608 17 9 33,608 17 - •• Totals for the Colony 969 1,153,555 14,093,742 84,401 1 10 35,257,846 3,O4I,H3 58,940 15 4 n,53i 1 7 154,872 18 9 188,772 5 7 70,830 I 5 259,602 7

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Table No. 19. Cash Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages; Value of General Government Messages; Number of Messages transmitted by each Station; and the Working Expenses of each Station, for the Year ended 31st December, 1884.

Name of Station. Total Cash Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages. Value of General Government Messages. Total Value of Messages of all Codes. Total Number of Private and Press Messages. Total Number of General Govt. Messages Total Number of Messages of all Codes. Amount paid for Salaries. Contingencies. Total Cost of Maintenance of Station. Head Office Auckland Alexandra Aratapu Avondale Cambridge Coromandel Dargaville Devonport Drury Ellerslie Hamilton Heawa Helensville Herd's Point .. Hikurangi Huntly Kaeo Kaikohe Kamo Kaukapakapa .. Kawakawa Kihikihi Kirikiriroa Kohukohu Mangapai Mangawai Mangawhare Manukau Heads Maungaturoto .. Mercer Mongonui Morrinsville Newm'ket Bureau Newm'ket R'lway Newton Ngaruawahia .. Ngawha Northcote Ohaeawai Ohaupo Onehunga Bureau Onehunga Opua Otahuhu Pahi Papakura Paparoa Papatoitoi Parnell Penrose Pokeno Ponsonby Port Albert Puhoi Pukekohe Raglan Rangiriri Russell Takapuna Tamahere Taumarere Taupiri Te Awamutu .. Te Kopuru Tokatea Tuakau Up'r Symonds St. Wade Waihou Waimate North Waipu Waitakerei Waitetuna Waiuku Waiwera Wangarei Wangaroa Warkworth Whangapoua .. Whatawhata Whitiangi Blenheim Havelock Kaikoura £ s- d8,846 16 1 126 9 7 85 2 2 6 10 2 691 3 5 162 19 9 146 7 2 49 1 10 22 14 9 11 3 11 437 9 6 19 3 11 173 14 " 75 18 11 37 2 6 55 17 IO 61 18 2 60 18 10 81 18 o 17 16 6 211 17 5 192 18 10 42 7 8 95 4 7 13 9 8 35 o 11 62 4 8 6 19 11 30 5 8 64 17 10 in 19 1 34 15 2 15 13 9 85 o 9 115 14 10 92 12 3 10 7 o 856 47 o 8 74 5 8 28 19 6 195 18 5 1 2 5 62 4 1 47 i° 9 21 15 3 22 1 1 861 64 19 5 11 3 10 11 7 2 43 6 1 48 17 3 11 4 4 47 8 9 27 16 3 29 13 5 220 9 8 692 24 8 5 13 18 9 22 16 10 102 15 5 134 13 7 11 11 9 11 16 8 £ *■ d. 1,523 1 5 253 6 8 5 1 4 £ s- d10,369 17 6 379 16 3 90 3 6 6 10 2 793 5 1 212 19 8 160 10 9 50 1 10 41 17 9 11 12 1 540 8 9 19 5 11 259 14 10 122 12 8 37 2 6 60 9 1 64 18 1 60 19 10 96 4 3 18 5 3 261 18 9 281 13 II 43 16 1 100 o 9 13 11 8 37 3 o 64 6 1 88 11 3 3i 14 3 108 6 7 167 15 7 35 6 6 16 o 9 131 18 3 125 2 9 150 16 6 10 7 0 856 56 6 7 X32 4 4 29 3 6 376 10 8 262 68 19 2 50 8 o 30 17 I 27 9 2 8 17 2 68 3 10 11 9 1 12 6 2 43 14 5 57 6 5 11 16 7 51 10 11 33 18 10 33 9 2 345 9 o 7 11 4 25 4 o 15 10 2 23 12 11 153 14 11 144 11 9 11 11 9 19 4 8 14 14 3 11 15 6 39 10 10 37 11 11 68 6 9 5 5 9 9 18 6 68 1 8 149 19 4 407 10 8 161 9 5 79 3 9 29 10 8 8 15 9 102 19 10 1,371 2 7 112 19 6 342 5 2 146,582 1,915 1,518 127 10,207 2,970 2,255 1,114 417 185 5,7o8 349 3.427 1,309 587 1,015 997 735 1.324 289 3.125 2,979 799 1,614 288 608 954 846 5io 1,168 1,847 602 481 i>501 2,085 1,661 144 255 798 1,287 841 3.467 24 1,113 805 413 402 152 i>397 200 204 1,076 845 191 881 438 479 4.324 133 414 238 392 1.813 2.134 202 222 464 188 653 639 1,192 82 156 1,140 2,215 4.736 2,310 1,042 411 140 1.567 13.765 i,954 4>I56 14,603 1,068 90 : 161,185 2,983 1,608 127 n,4i5 3,608 2,478 i,i34 636 187 6,867 35i 4,197 2,084 587 1,074 1,042 736 1.533 293 3,6i7 3,712 822 1,705 290 639 993 2,37° 529 1,680 2,633 614 494 1,928 2,222 2,463 144 255 975 2,109 845 6,143 36 1,199 855 507 449 155 1,444 203 213 1,084 g2i 199 93i 513 53i 5,867 141 417 251 401 2,432 2,298 202 293 464 195 657 680 1,250 83 167 1,215 2,257 6,116 2,694 1,207 4i5 151 1,673 16,001 2,230 5,140 £ s- d3.884 4 2 5,127 1 8 70 o o £ *• d676 14 2 647 18 3 25 6 7 28 10 2 2 19 6 89 o o 20 10 9 10 19 5 39 5 2 5 8 5 2 18 9 27 19 1 6 14 3 13 4 7 12 13 o 9 3 6 2 18 9 13 7 2 11 10 9 15 3 ° 12 4 5 44 1 7 5i 5 8 11 10 9 25 15 3 521 9 15 10 19 12 11 27 1 3 896 19 5 10 72 14 10 2 18 9 6 5 3 5 14 11 32 17 8 21 18 5 4 13 2 4 19 11 13 16 7 20 8 11 8 16 6 15 9 5 2 19 3 825 15 3 4 2 18 9 7 18 11 2 18 9 28 3 8 2 18 9 2 18 9 22 16 o 5 18 11 489 6 11 11 826 • 7 15 1 26 18 3 5 3 6 670 692 2 18 9 12 11 1 12 3 o 5 14 5 2 18 9 2 18 9 463 5 18 2 12 9 1 15 15 6 2 18 9 2 18 9 9 15 2 32 2 II 40 IO 3 14 J3 5 16 16 3 3 7 11 2 18 9 14 17 6 252 16 11 8 10 5 14 16 9 £ s. d. 4,560 18 4 5,774 19 11 95 6 7 28 10 2 2 19 6 312 o o 137 10 9 108 19 5 39 5 2 91 8 5 2 18 9 257 19 1 6 14 3 93 4 7 102 13 o 9 3 6 2 18 9 13 7 2 11 10 9 102 13 o 12 4 5 270 11 7 126 5 8 11 10 9 25 15 3 521 9 15 10 19 12 11 102 1 3 896 99 5 10 152 14 10 2 18 9 6 5 3 23 14 11 159 7 8 160 8 5 4 13 2 4 19 11 92 16 7 100 8 11 8 16 6 207 9 5 2 19 3 99 2 5 97 13 4 2 18 9 7 18 11 2 18 9 28 3 8 2 18 9 2 18 9 22 16 o 25 18 11 489 6 11 11 826 7 15 1 206 18 3 5 3 6 670 692 2 18 g 115 1 1 100 3 o 5 14 5 2 18 9 2 18 9 4 6 3 5 18 2 12 9 1 108 15 6 2 18 9 2 18 g 103 15 2 119 12 n 169 o 3 101 3 5 101 6 3 3 7 11 2 18 9 14 17 6 3,089 6 H 101 o 5 112 16 9 102 1 8 49 19 11 14 3 7 100 19 3 o 082 102 19 3 020 85 19 11 46 13 9 1,208 638 223 20 219 2 1.159 2 223 o o 117 o o 98 o o 86 o o 230 o o 770 775 80 o o 90 o o 4 11 3 2 19 11 010 14 6 3 089 50 1 4 88 15 1 1 8 5 4 16 2 020 59 45 1 209 4 492 733 23 91 2 3i 39 1,524 19 512 786 12 13 427 137 802 87 10 o 226 10 o 75 o o 221 2 1 5 81 11 4 I 8 7 43 8 9 55 16 6 o 11 4 070 46 17 6 9 7 11 58 4 3 75 o o 80 o o 80 o o 1800 126 10 o 138 10 o 9 5 11 57 18 8 040 180 12 3 1 3 9 6 15 1 2 17 3 9 1 10 5 8 1 o 11 1 3 4 5 "53 o 19 o 084 892 O 12 3 4 2 2 6 2 7 3 15 9 124 19 4 122 0 15 7 1 11 5 o 16 1 50 19 6 9 18 2 177 822 79 o o 80 o o 4 2,676 12 86 5° 94 47 3 47 3 9 8 76 8 5° 75 52 i,543 8 3 13 9 619 164 192 o o 91 o o 82 10 o 20 0 0 180 o o 102 10 O 88 o o 780 71 14 14 3 10 11 5 39 5 6 34 13 10 64 9 11 542 8 10 3 63 12 7 146 15 6 290 14 7 137 o 8 53 13 11 29 3 4 7 12 9 96 5 5 1,197 4 5 93 19 4 263 8 9 1 4 1 °54 2.18 1 3 16 10 0 1 7 1 8 3 4 9 1 3 3 10 116 16 1 24 8 9 25 9 10 074 1 3 o 6 14 5 173 18 2 19 o 2 78 16 5 7 4 41 58 1 11 75 42 1,380 384 165 4 11 106 2,236 276 984 93 o o 94 o o 87 10 o 128 10 o 86 10 o 84 10 o 2,836 10 o 92 10 o 98 o o

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Name of Station. Total Cash Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages. Value of General Government Messages. Total Value of Messages of all Codes. Tnt ,, Total Total ., , Number Number __,„„_» „,u Number . .. Amount paid of Private n °'. m., 0 ,,™, for Contingencies, and Press °^° eI al MessaSes Salaries. M „„„, Govt. of all Messages. M CodeSi Total Cost of Maintenance of Station. Blenheim — continued. Kekerangu Picton Renwicktown .. White's Bay Christchurch Addington Akaroa Amberley Ashburton Bealey Burnham Chertsey Cheviot Coalgate Cust Darfield Dunsandel Duvauchelle Ealing Ellesmere Hinds Hornby Hurunui Kaiapoi Kirwee Leeston Lincoln Lyttelton Methven Oxford Papanui Rakaia Rangiora Rolleston Sefton Sheffield Southbridge South. Malvern .. Springfield Springston Sumner Sydenham Tinwald Waiau Waikari Winslow Dunedin Abbotsford Albany Street .. Alexandra South Balclutha Bannockburn .. Bluespur Caversham Clinton Clyde Cromwell Dunedin Rlwy. St. Greytown Henley Kaitangata Kelso Lawrence Millburn Milton Mosgiel Naseby Ophir Otago Heads .. Outram Owake Palmerston Pembroke Portobello Port Chalmers .. Port Molyneux.. Ravensbourne .. Roxburgh Seacliff St. Bathan's South Dunedin.. Stirling _ Tapanui Waihemo Waihola £ s. d. 44 2 8 183 19 6 20 13 II 1 o 5 6,926 2 o 8 19 10 221 3 1 123 3 8 735 10 1 31 10 5 5 11 8 15 17 o 171 4 7 32 3 3 31 10 6 16 8 5 26 7 3 49 2 8 648 1 11 3 17 8 9 17 11 4 43 17 I0 153 17 3 29 9 8 87 17 o 28 3 11 778 o 4 64 17 10 63 7 3 15 10 3 124 17 5 152 2 5 14 7 7 21 o 10 46 3 o 156 10 1 11 3 2 61 8 4 1207 33 12 10 45 1 8 11 4 6 90 3 1 96 1 o 16 19 4 7,976 18 7 22 10 4 258 14 10 100 9 1 161 3 5 29 7 9 8 17 4 34 JI ° 102 3 5 92 o 8 221 14 10 3 1 8 15 10 9 22 8 o 78 2 4 43 18 5 223 1 8 16 19 1 165 6 4 53 8 4 185 16 3 73 8 5 4 17 o 67 16 7 30 14 4 215 14 2 90 10 o 6 7 11 499 9 6 2 8 10 0 12 0 78 6 1 1 18 7 77 18 8 35 14 I0 37 9 7 115 6 11 57 8 10 24 13 3 £ s. d. 22 3 10 94 1° 5 107 £ s. d. 66 6 6 278 9 11 21 14 6 1 o 5 7,641 8 7 8 19 10 259 18 8 144 1 5 796 3 2 70 7 6 16 15 5 15 19 9 173 13 6 38 10 7 31 19 4 17 13 2 26 18 9 51 17 4 6 6 6 1 11 3 17 10 9 17 11 4 51 o I 176 16 8 30 10 6 93 I2 2 29 5 9 1,192 5 4 70 15 o 70 10 8 17 18 6 136 2 7 163 13 9 15 2 1 21 9 o 56 14 1 160 18 3 1266 63 4 6 13 2 8 37 3 2 48 6 6 n 8 6 118 o o no 9 7 17 4 8 9,088 14 o 23 19 8 269 18 11 113 I2 5 199 9 5 30 o 5 8 17 4 39 5 10 236 14 3 217 10 n 246 5 11 3 6 1 16 1 2 22 17 6 99 4 I 45 17 1 282 15 2 16 19 1 175 2 10 60 17 1 244 7 1 82 10 5 57 3 IO 103 10 9 32 6 4 317 7 5 96 15 7 6 9 11 924 16 9 2 18 3 o 12 o 108 8 o 4 13 9 86 16 10 36 11 9 38 9 1 147 9 7 58 15 3 26 19 7 74i 3,°9i 39° 19 103,236. 139 3,272 2,110 10,515 669 109 274 1,032 55° 54i 274 460 783 103 32 297 312 692 2,618 512 i,455 512 i3,95o 1,in i,034 294 2,084 2,666 270 373 779 2,279 211 325 1,357 20 1,066 4,448 410 19 109,775 139 3,898 2,33° 11,126 1,301 265 275 1,073 599 547 293 472 821 £ s. d. 72 10 o 227 10 o £ s. d. 940 52 11 6 5 3 5 4 19 o 531 2 6 2 18 9 29 17 11 7 7 5 68 8 9 16 7 2 2 18 9 2 18 9 8 13 4 2 18 9 2 18 9 3 5 8 2 18 9 14 19 7 2 18 9 2 18 9 2 18 9 306 11 o 11 27 o 6 2 18 9 14 5 o 2 18 9 68 17 2 50 4 5 13 16 3 2 18 9 38 14 1 1270 329 2 18 9 5 16 3 10 8 3 5 6 5 725 2 18 9 10 5 3 29 11 8 2 18 9 11 11 5 5 14 11 2 18 9 588 17 4 2 18 9 31 7 7 ir 3 5 15 8 9 883 4 ig 2 2 18 g 18 7 3 15 12 9 44 1 8 2 18 9 2 18 9 729 10 o 1 2 18 9 34 3 3 2 18 9 13 17 2 5 19 11 17 17 3 10 6 5 6 14 11 8 19 2 2 18 9 29 o 10 19 o 11 3 n 2 102 14 4 2 18 9 3 1 9 10 12 2 2 18 9 17 ° 3 7 iS 8 2 18 9 12 7 5 2 18 9 2 18 9 £ s- d81 14 o 280 1 6 5 3 5 82 9 o 4,287 2 6 2 18 9 137 17 11 25 7 5 507 18 9 81 7 2 2 18 9 2 18 9 66 3 4 2 18 9 2 18 9 3 5 8 2 18 9 82 9 7 2 18 9 2 18 9 2 18 9 306 97 10 11 207 10 6 2 18 9 14 5 ° 2 18 9 509 17 2 5° 4 5 31 16 3 2 18 9 145 14 I 184 17 o 329 2 18 9 89 16 3 28 8 3 565 725 2 18 9 10 5 3 266 1 8 2 18 9 76 11 5 23 14 II 2 18 9 5,545 7 4 2 18 9 142 7 7 "3 13 5 155 89 883 4 19 2 20 18 9 156 17 3 88 2 9 140 11 8 2 18 9 2 18 9 729 101 o 1 2 18 9 232 13 3 2 18 9 166 17 2 28 19 11 151 17 3 102 16 5 11 14 11 27 g 2 22 18 9 222 10 10 19 o 11 13 11 2 45° 4 4 2 18 9 3 1 9 135 2 2 2 18 9 92 o 3 87 18 8 2 iS 9 123 17 5 2 18 9 2 18 9 715 6 7 6,539 77 10 o 3,756 o o 38 15 7 20 17 9 60 13 1 38 17 1 n 3 9 029 2 8 11 6 7 4 0 8 10 1 4 9 o 11 6 2 14 8 o 1 10 626 220 611 632 156 1 41 49 6 19 12 38 I 108 o o 18 o o 439 10 o 65 o o 57 i° ° 67 10 o 020 723 22 19 5 I o 10 5 15 2 1 I 10 414 5 o 5 17 2 7 3 5 2 8 3 11 5 2 11 11 4 0 14 6 082 10 11 1 482 1 3 4 I 16 2 12 1 3 10 4 3 4 1° 040 27 16 II 14 8 7 °54 1,111 15 5 1 9 4 11 4 1 13 3 4 38 6 o o 12 8 937 227 576 808 201 1,365 1,586 295 131,439 396 4,513 i,777 2,910 444 159 658 1,955 1,413 3,231 40 255 368 i,3°4 790 3,993 286 2,737 977 2,612 1,192 352 1,464 553 3,452 1,325 118 8,522 39 22 1,289 42 1,221 652 658 1,994 585 584 2 82 215 14 95 16 5,979 58 96 15 114 166 7 7 119 58 14 21 13 10 46 3 274 130 3 8,387 20 187 132 545 5 104 32 299 312 774 2,833 526 i,550 528 19,929 1,169 1,130 309 2,198 2,832 277 380 898 2,337 225 958 240 586 854 204 1,639 1,716 298 139,826 416 4,700 1,909 3,455 449 159 737 3,947 2,240 3,538 42 261 375 1,670 804 4,654 286 2,859 1,052 3,329 1,281 1,226 i,95o 577 4,760 i,375 120 14,047 44 22 1,758 69 1,300 667 669 2,390 597 606 86 10 o 180 10 o 441 o o 18 o o 107 o o 172 10 o 84 o o 18 o o 236 10 o 65 o o 18 o o 4,956 10 o III o o 102 10 O 140 o o 4 14 10 134 10 10 125 10 3 24 11 1 °45 0 10 5 096 21 1 9 1 18 8 59 13 6 79 1,992 827 307 2 6 7 366 14 661 18 o o 138 10 o 72 10 o 96 10 o 91 o o 198 10 o 9 16 6 7 8 9 58 10 10 920 52 6 10 35 14 2 1 12 o 101 13 3 657 020 425 7 3 095 122 75 717 89 874 486 24 1,308 50 2 5,525 5 153 ° ° 23 0 0 134 o o 92 10 o 500 18 10 o 20 0 0 193 10 o 10 o o 347 10 o 30 1 n 2 15 2 8 18 2 o 16 11 0 19 6 32 2 8 1 6 5 264 469 27 • 79 15 11 396 12 22 124 10 0 75 o o 80 o o III 10 o

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Name of Station. Total Cash Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages. Value of General Government Messages. Total Value of Messages of all Codes. Total Number of Private and Press Messages. Total Number of Geiieal Govt. Messages. Total Number Messages of all Codes. Amount paid lor Salaries. Contingencies. Total Cost of Maintenance of Stations. Dunedin— continued. Waikaia Waikouaiti Waitahuna Waitati Gisborne Ormond Greymouth Ahaura Brunnerton Reeftou Hokitika Dillman's Town Kanieri Kumara Ross Stafford Waimea Invercargill Arrow Campbelltown .. Dipton Edendale Elbow Fortrose Gore Kingston Lumsden Macetown Maori Point Mandeville Mataura Otama Bridge .. Otautau Pine Bush Pukerau Queenstown Riversdale Riverton Skipper's Thovnbury Waipahi Winton Woodlands Wyndham Napier Farndon Hastings Herbertville Kaikora North .. Makatoka Mohaka Ormondville Petane Porangahau Port Ahuriri Takapau Taradale Tarawera Taupo Waipawa Waipukurau Wairoa Havelock North Nelson Belgrove Brightwater Collingwood Motueka Motupiko Port, Nelson Richmond Takaka Tophouse Upper Moutere Wakapuaka Wakefield New Plymouth .. Inglewood Opunake Parihaka Pungarehu Stratford Waitara Oamaru Duntroon Enfield £ s. d. 43 n 2 53 18 2 28 3 11 32 14 6 1,649 o 8 3° 5 4 1,488 3 9 77 19 ° 70 15 o 755 9 7 1,154 X4 7 3 19 4 3 3 2 210 7 1 146 3 9 17 3 2 8 16 11 1,938 1 10 171 17 9 3 J5 5 9 36 15 4 38 12 6 89 12 1 38 9 o 306 9 7 38 o 11 18 19 6 26 2 8 o 14 3 38 15 6 63 2 7 062 £ s- d7 9 8 644 o 16 1 £ ■■ d. 51 o 10 60 2 6 722 930 521 597 21,334 580 23,512 i,3O7 1,143 13,084 16,533 82 84 64 16 806 £ s. d. 92 10 o 1800 £ s- d7 18 9 322 2 18 9 2 18 9 104 8 5 10 12 9 133 18 5 50 13 2 8 n 10 27 10 6 107 1 2 2 18 9 3 13 9 12 18 5 12 O 2 48O 3 17 8 168 12 5 32 4 5 21 7 n 2 18 9 2 18 9 8 13 5 11 18 9 20 o 1 2 18 9 2 18 9 10 16 2 369 6 14 8 28 15 2 2 18 9 7 19 9 7 13 8 2 18 9 22 3 8 14 1 o 17 17 8 6 5 7 2 18 9 2 18 9 5 14 11 3 8 9 !0 4 5 321 7 3 4 10 9 23 n 11 4 19 3 3 13 9 5 14 " 1222 2 18 9 7 12 2 17 3 o 29 6 7 8 2 3 2 18 9 10 15 2 21 16 9 21 9 4 16 4 1 19 2 3 2 18 9 186 18 5 3 16 o 3 4O 14 1 8 9 11 8 605 14 6 3 7 15 11 10 13 8 4 16 3 5 15 5 30 11 9 3 14 9 98 11 2 6 6 11 10 2 11 8 14 9 3 13 9 3 16 3 13 19 11 155 16 3 6 11 5 4 5 2 £ s- d100 8 9 21 2 2 2 18 9 2 18 g 585 18 5 10 12 9 943 18 5 152 3 2 33 " 10 417 10 6 802 1 2 2 18 9 3 13 9 175 3 5 113 o 2 480 3 17 8 1.657 " 5 158 14 5 397 J7 11 2 18 9 2 18 9 8 13 5 11 18 9 226 10 1 2 18 9 45 8 9 10 16 2 3 6 9 6 14 8 165 15 2 2 18 9 7 19 9 7 13 8 2 18 9 147 *3 8 52 1 o 140 17 8 6 5 7 2 18 9 2 18 9 5 14 « 3 8 9 104 4 5 3,734 7 3 4 10 9 101 11 11 87 9 3 3 13 9 5 14 « 97 2 2 2 18 9 7 12 2 77 3 ° 214 6 7 83 2 3 2 18 9 90 15 a 99 6 9 164 9 4 112 14 1 124 12 3 2 18 9 1,505 8 5 3 16 o 3 4° 114 n 8 120 1 8 605 H 6 3 25 15 11 83 13 8 79 16 3 5 15 5 283 1 9 3 14 9 869 6 2 6 6 11 129 2 11 18 14 9 18 13 9 3 16 3 91 19 11 1,130 16 3 6 11 5 4 5 2 71 19 1 24 9 11 24 19 9 263 14 11 54 4 9 173 6 1 21 9 o 45 19 o 29 5 3 103 19 3 50 19 5 126 12 8 2,453 9 11 49 14 2 388 15 6 55 11 1 40 17 8 55 9 1 51 10 6 28 13 2 22 7 5 74 7 3 389 15 3 53 10 6 0 3 1 25 14 3 159 o o 277 o 6 137 5 6 313 5 11 1 10 1 1,996 1 10 27 6 6 17 19 4 64 13 3 153 7 3 14 7 3 162 1 5 65 o 10 101 10 7 11 18 n 13 2 5 5 14 5 24 2 7 1,164 *8 11 49 2 10 127 14 10 26 7 6 25 13 9 34 * 3 294 2 1 1,768 18 10 2 ig o 235 o 2 3 8 11 429 15 o 23 4 4 13 l6 9 65 2 8 235 3 6 011 45 4 1 14 6 8 1 18 1 1 18 6 26S 7 7 22 10 7 189 6 6 2 4 8 2 12 11 8 16 11 112 85 14 10 4 18 7 019 1 010 o 18 10 49 10 8 4 17 3 0 14 9 0100 73 16 2 1 17 6 56 11 10 050 0 17 8 1 8 10 9 9 1 5 4° 38 19 8 493 6 2 4 16 7 53 17 1 4 8 n 4 !5 IO 26 11 5 546 17 5 7 086 29 o o 35 13 6 1,884 o 10 33 14 3 1,917 18 9 101 3 4 84 11 9 S20 12 3 1,389 18 1 3 19 4 3 4 3 255 11 2 160 10 5 19 1 3 10 15 5 2,206 9 5 194 8 4 504 12 3 39 o o 41 5 5 98 9 o 39 10 2 392 4 5 42 19 6 19 18 7 26 3 8 0 14 3 39 14 4 112 13 3 062 76 16 4 25 4 8 25 9 9 337 ." 1 56 2 3 229 17 11 21 14 o 46 16 8 30 14 1 113 8 4 56 3 5 165 12 4 2,946 16 1 54 IO 9 442 12 7 60 o o 45 13 6 82 o 6 56 15 o 45 18 9 22 15 11 83 18 2 487 9 8 78 9 10 0.3 1 29 12 7 261 o o 306 2 2 150 3 6 397 8 o 1 10 1 2,318 4 1 32 17 10 19 19 7 72 18 6 171 9 2 17 12 o 255 19 4 71 6 9 log 1 7 36 8 5 13 13 6 5 18 6 27 5> 10 i,602 17 o 59 13 3 227 o 1 65 18 1 36 10 10 43 13 1 439 o 6 1,981 6 8 74 8 9 10 15 9 54 2,947 2,512 241 123 28,S40 2,69S 7,°85 632 688 1,553 707 5,187 674 308 510 11 488 1,218 6 1,223 364 411 4,196 911 2,742 3*4 S27 538 1,847 890 2,173 35,140 876 6.211 872 710 944 869 5O9 360 1,217 6,387 902 3 391 2,540 4.497 2,360 5,078 26 30,448 491 344 1,207 2,996 255 2,945 1,215 1,831 220 237 21,094 445 17,593 954 2,265 463 420 647 5,552 25,658 879 136 30 3,083 36 4,259 245 242 897 2,518 1 411 191 23 16 2, 2o2 232 2,849 35 24 109 10 998 114 18 1 7 629 "69 9 10 820 18 678 3 12 18 no 90 635 3,97i 63 617 48 60 3°9 74 167 5 158 1,448 213 994 537 627 24,417 616 27,771 i,552 1,385 13,981 19,051 82 55 3,358 2,7°3 264 139 31,122 2,930 9,934 667 712 1,667 717 6,185 788 326 5" 11 495 1,847 6 1,292 373 421 5,016 929 3,42O 317 839 556 i,957 980 2,808 39,"i 939 6,828 920 770 1,253 943 676 365 i,375 7,835 1,115 3 431 3,571 4,890 2,550 6,432 26 33,9io 568 369 1,327 3,237 288 4,760 1,308 1,958 615 243 21,096 479 21,579 1.054 3,216 849 547 760 7,781 28,265 1,136 148 481 10 o 810 o o 101 10 o 25 o o 390 o o 695 o o 162 s o 101 o o 1,489 o o 126 10 o 376 10 o 206 10 o 42 10 o 137 o o 125 10 o 38 0 c 123 o o 94 o o 3,413 o ° 78 o o 82 10 o 85 o o 9 10 11 97 14 5 24 19 4 60 o o 185 o o 75 o o 3i8 4 102 o o 29 1 8 12 18 o 84 2 1 40 1,031 393 190 1,354 80 o o 77 10 o 143 o o 96 10 o 105 10 o 322 2 3 5 11 4 203 8 5 3 18 1 11 3 4 9 93 17 n 6 5 11 7 11 o 24 9 6 on 1 041 3 3 3 437 18 1 10 10 5 99 5 3 39 10 7 10 17 1 9 11 10 144 l8 5 212 7 10 20 6 7 o 19 10 3,462 77 25 120 241 33 1,815 93 127 395 6 34 3,986 100 951 386 127 "3 2.229 2,607 257 12 1,318 10 o 100 10 o no 10 o 18 o o 73 o o 75 o o 252 10 o 770 15 o 119 o o 10 o o 15 o o 78 o o 975 ° o 54 2 2 9 15 II

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Name of Station. Total Cash Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages. Value of Genera! Government Messages. Total Value of Messages of all Codes. Total Number of Private and Press Messages. Total Number of General Govt. Messages. Total Number of Messages of all Codes. Amount paid for Salaries. Contingencies. Total Cost of Maintenance of Station. >amaru — continued. Hampden Herbert Kakanui Maheno Ngapara Pukeuri Weston 'hames Katikati Maketu Miranda Ohinemutu Opotiki Paeroa Tapu Tauranga Te Aroha Te Puke Turua Wairongomai .. Whakatane 'imam Albury Fairlie Creek .. Geraldine Makikihi Orari Pleasant Point .. Rangitata St. Andrew Studholme Temuka Waimate Waitaki Washdyke Winchester Wanganui Bull's Fordell Greatford Hawera Manaia Manutahi Marton Normanby Okaiawa Otakeho Patea Turakina Waitotara Waverley Wellington Ashurst Carterton Castlepoint Featherston Feilding Foxton Gladstone Greytown North Halcombe Hutt Kaitoke Manawatu Heads Martinborough .. Masterton Otaki Pahautanui Palmerston North Petone Sanson Taueru Te Aro Tenui Upper Hutt Woodville Vestport Boatman's Charleston Longford Lyell Murchison Waimangaroa .. £ % d. 60 4 4 20 7 9 58 6 3 36 1 1 23 14 o 6 5 8 4 14 5 1,247 X3 Io 51 9 1 94 13 I0 15 7 2 483 18 2 325 19 11 143 7 n 1 17 4 5S5 H 4 294 9 11 43 12 o 22 19 9 206 1 6 113 3 11 1,653 7 11 41 15 8 12 14 6 106 18 2 24 3 9 22 11 3 34 J9 5 20 3 7 46 9 o 29 19 6 157 14 5 234 19 7 16 19 2 18 7 1 19 7 2 1,958 12 1 206 11 11 19 14 6 10 1 4 605 10 2 132 16 11 63 10 4 325 7 7 56 12 2 2 17 7 21 7 1 337 6 1 58 10 3 55 18 8 135 12 11 6,151 10 1 22 9 11 185 4 4 79 12 5 160 6 o £ s- d465 539 1 10 6 1 18 o 15 18 11 050 010 176 o 3 5 6 5 15 7 10 036 179 2 7 87 8 8 30 7 o 243 9 6 39 4 4 1 2 3 036 8 12 3 26 5 11 206 8 1 400 266 16 12 4 068 o 11 6 2 12 7 o 16 6 010 061 20 17 7 63 10 6 o 17 4 074 O54 476 13 6 8 19 11 3 l6 5 6 M 3 117 10 10 22 11 4 16 1 6 £ s- d. 64 10 9 25 11 6 59 16 9 37 19 1 39 12 11 6 10 8 4 15 5 1,423 14 1 56 15 6 no 1 8 15 10 8 663 o 9 4 J3 8 7 173 14 « 1 17 4 829 3 10 333 14 3 44 X4 3 23 3 3 214 13 9 139 9 10 1,859 16 o 45 15 8 15 1 o 123 10 6 24 10 5 23 2 9 37 12 o 21 o 1 46 10 o 30 5 7 178 12 o 298 10 1 17 16 6 15 14 5 19 12 6 2,435 5 7 215 11 10 23 10 11 16 15 7 723 1 o 155 8 3 79 11 10 355 11 7 72 18 6 2 17 7 21 17 o 398 18 4 106 12 3 72 17 o 143 19 9 n,992 13 7 23 3 8 204 14 3 146 9 1 199 19 1 365 15 1 482 7 4 26 18 1 189 4 6 109 10 10 77 18 3 11 13 o o 13 7 63 15 10 699 17 4 152 10 11 17 4 7 S08 o 1 1,046 372 911 669 426 122 78 19,000 883 1,521 256 6,740 4,787 2,455 48 9,467 5,244 757 406 3,087 1,764 23,106 682 227 1,879 425 484 590 356 732 675 2,824 3,366 270 318 375 33,051 3,503 380 180 9,041 2,357 i,i55 4,784 1,036 55 409 5,902 1,034 1,029 2,385 226,374 4 J5 3,292 1,251 2,900 5,184 6,970 760 2,780 1,211 49 25 21 26 222 5 1 1,223 73 145 2 1,290 919 293 2,304 498 11 2 164 233 2,242 40 28 130 3 5 25 7 2 5 1S1 579 3 3 5 5,554 132 89 67 i,395 2G1 190 362 214 1,095 397 932 695 648 127 .79 20,223 95" 1,666 258 8,030 5,706 2,748 48 11,771 5,742 768 408 3,251 1,997 25,348 722 255 2,009 428 489 615 363 734 680 3,005 3,945 273 321 380 38,605 3,635 469 247 10,436 2,618 1,345 5,146 1,250 55 416 6,618 1,765 1,257 2,522 281,468 423 3,56o 2,059 3,36o 5,919 8,563 769 3,°°7 1,790 i,373 174 68 1,069 10,798 2,703 2S5 11,928 478 i,356 447 3,445 2,053 592 3,467 20,876 2,384 1,216 £ *• d18 o o 77 10 o 911 10 o 82 10 0 120 o o 85 o o 139 o o 149 o o 95 10 o 352 10 o 168 o o 78 o o 1,275 o o 117 10 o 218*16 8 229 o o 1,422 10 o 130 10 o 253 10 o 100 10 o 70 o o 140 o o 62 10 o £ s- d. 5 14 lI 303 13 7 9 2 18 9 2 18 9. 2 18 9 3 16 6 197 17 1 8 6 6 23 5 8 3 18 1 25 8 8 9 :9 8 8 14 11 2 18 9 32 12 11 23 8 5 13 14 5 7 X9 11 23 18 5 31 O 2 203 9 o 3 5 9 2 18 9 11 12 6 2 18 9 3 9 9 326 2 18 9 2 18 9 2 18 9 16 8 8 18 13 8 2 18 9 2 18 9 2 18 9 165 19 6 18 4 2 2 18 9 25 o 11 44 Io 4 20 5 4 15 12 6 29 15 3 6 10 2 2 18 9 6 13 o 55 7 5 5 14 XI J3 7 4 9 15 2 875 7 5 8 8 3 12 8 10 £ s. d. 23 14 11 303 go 17 9 2 18 9 2 18 9 2 18 9 3 16 6 1,109 7 1 90 16 6 143 5 8 88 18 1 164 8 8 158 19 8 104 4 11 2 18 9 385 2 11 191 8 5 !3 14 5 7 19 11 101 18 5 3102 1,478 9 o 3 5 9 2 18 9 129 2 6 2 18 9 3 9 9 3 2 6 2 18 9 2 18 9 2 18 9 235 5 4 247 13 8 2 18 9 2 18 9 2 18 9 1,588 9 6 148 14 2 2 18 9 25 o 11 298 o 4 120 15 4 85 12 6 169 15 3 69 o 2 2 18 9 6 13 o 338 7 5 25 14 11 32 7 4 118 5 2 8,934 7 5 883 115 8 10 89 o 5 102 o 6 175 17 9 229 2 2 13 12 11 140 16 6 883 130 16 8 463 4 1 2 12 11 6 408 17 10 104 7 3 9 5 1° 320 13 2 2 18 9 121 10 1 5 9° 46 4 8 79 2 7 20 18 9 55 18 2 384 13 o 148 8 8 S3 17 8 78 8 3 125 18 2 6 10 II 15 3 io30 4 o 16 6 4 o 9 11 61 12 3 48 2 O 16 18 4 8 6 10 5,841 3 6 o 13 9 19 9 11 66 16 8 39 13 I 41 7 2 98 15 1 o 18 8 iS 4 8 40 2 8 3 12 8 3 J7 « 7 716 73 1 228 137 55,094 8 268 80S 460 735 1,593 9 227 579 54 37 283 o o 20 o o 19 o o 108 10 o 8,059 o o 103 o o 80 o o 78 o o 157 10 o 205 o o 905 24 o 6 18 7 9 24 2 2 13 12 11 15 6 6 883 968 4 6 3 4 1 2 12 11 6 40 17 10 24 7 3 9 5 10 22 13 2 2 18 9 20 10 1 324 7 11 383 12 3 25 19 5 170 19 10 69 8 2 74 5 7 7 15 1 o 13 7 55 13 8 617 17 11 133 19 5 16 16 o 708 14 1 9 10 7 71 15 o 26 17 2 161 10 8 822 81 19 5 18 11 6 0 8 7 99 6 o 22 19 2 3 9 3 097 7 6 2 14 7 4 1 4 1 18 2 6 396 7 3 13 13 6 11 12 o 4 18 1 29 19 o O 18 2 27 4 9 i,3r9 137 68 934 9,788 2,46O 278 10,561 177 1,297 44° 3,3OI 1,853 577 3,243 16,395 2,126 1,099 394 2,786 358 636 135 1,010 243 7 1,367 301 59 7 144 200 15 224 4,481 25S 117 97 378 16 43° 125 10 o 121 IO O 368 o o 80 o o 29S o o 115 2 9 30 7 4 213 2 8 1,059 3 II 107 19 8 55 4 3 23 7 4 161 3 4 23 1 10 36 19 4 32 9 9 75 4 3 27 6 9 168 16 10 129 10 1 31 11 5 231 5 2 1,455 11 2 121 13 2 66 16 3 28 5 5 191 2 4 24 o o 64 4 1 101 o o 20 o o 62 10 o 18 o o 45 10 o 317 10 o 87 10 o 72 10 o 72 10 o 112 IO O 5 9O 26 4 8 16 12 7 2 18 9 I082 67 3' o 60 18 8 11 7 8 5 18 3 13 8 2 6 10 11 15 3 10 491 3,164 374 1,066 Totals .. 80,626 15 4 20,855 19 7 101,482 14 II 1.433.458 220,847 1,654,305 60,401 2 6 9,635 3 8 70,036 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Table No. 20. Number of Letters posted in each Postal District during the Year ended 31st December, 1884; Number of Telegrams forwarded in each Postal District during the Year ended 31st December, 1884; and the Proportion of Telegrams to every 100 Letters; together with a similar Return for the previous Year.

1883. 1884. Districts. Number of Letters. Number of Telegrams. Proportion of Telegrams to every 100 Letters. Number of Letters. Number of Telegrams. Proportion of Telegrams to every too Letters. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill . . Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport 2,928,573 202,276 2,632,113 2, 513, 7" I47,3I4 237,554 161,715 696,636 582,137 359,"3 219,795 312,484 371,078 597,565 662,521 2,090,243 119,388 262,093 25,848 173,157 222,578 24,811 49,902 25,246 73,158 72,047 67,909 37,752 34,846 68,396 42,017 77,804 3M,332 27,504 8-95 12-78 6-57 8-85 16-84 2100 15-61 105 1237 18-91 17-17 11-15 18-43 7-O3 11-74 15-03 2303 3,155,594 202,397 2,751,372 2,797,977 139,308 232,791 163,826 848,562 628,303 391,248 222,365 357,3i8 370,162 602,264 679,952 2,358,200 118,417 282,078 29,314 177,952 212,009 25,033 44,689 25,650 76,824 80,153 70,148 35,786 33,522 63,572 39,567 76,284 352,154 29,570 892 14-48 646 7'57 1796 19-11 15-65 9°5 !275 1792 1609 9-38 17-17 6-56 II'2I I4-93 2497 Year. Number of Letters. Number ofTclegrams. Proportion of Telegrams sent to every 100 Letters. 1884 1883 1882 1881-82 1880-81 1879-80 (for niue months only) .. 1S78-79 1877-78 1876-77 1875-76 i874~75 l873~74 1872-73 1871-72 1870-71 1869-70 1868-69 1867-68 16,020,056 14,834,217 14,546,748 11,059,677 10,895,998 7,065,510 7,374,786 6,078,384 5,540,920 4,731,873 4,059,517 3,209,837 2,828,372 2,41s,021 2,626,947 2,374,060 2,749,488 1,938,578 1,654,30s 1,599,400 1,570,189 1,438,772 1,304,712 1,008,409 1,448,943 1,260,324 1,124,432 1,051,086 917,218 752,899 568,960 411,677 312,874 185,423 146,167 106,104 I0'32 1078 1079 I3 Joo 11-97 14-27 1964 20-71 2029 22-21 22-59 Z3-45 19-76 I7-O2 IJ-9I 7 -8i 6-12 5'47 Ti Me No. 21. Ordinary ; also fo: each C md Press Telegrams despatched r each Quarter of the Year ended during the Four Quarters ended 31s 31st December, 1884, and the Reve st December, 1883, snue derived from lass. March Quarter. June Quarter. Septem' >er Quarter. December Quarter. Totals. Telegrams. Number. Revenue derived. Number. Revenue derived. Number. Revenue derived. Number. Revenue derived. Number. Revenue derived. 1883. )rdinary .. 'ress 320,658 39,77i £ s. d. 19,329 9 1 2,086 11 o £ 8. d. 308,91618,399 17 9 38,293; 2,088 4 2 £ s. d. 17,254 13 10 2,494 18 8 17,884 15 ,4: 1,863 5 HJ 19,748 1 3 £ * d. 72,868 16 o 8,532 19 9 81,401 15 9 290,071 41,808 3oi,945 38,021 ■1,221,590 157.893 1.379>483 Totals .. 360,429 21,416 o 1 347,20920,488 1 11 331,879 19,749 12 6 330,966 1884. )rdinary .. 'ress 319.744 42,661 18,700 2 9 2,030 2 5; 307,61617,900 16 4 41,369 2,128 5 9 299,500 47,091 17,602 o 1 2,158 3 7 330.958 44,5i9 18,211 6 o 1,895 18 5 1,257,818 175,640 72,414 5 2 8,212 10 2 Totals .. 362,405 20,730 5 2 348,98520,029 2 1 I 346.591 19,760 3 8 375,477 20,107 4 5 J. 433.458 80,626 15 4

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Table No. 22. Comparative Table showing the Progress of the Telegraph Department during the Financial Years ended 30th June, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1576, 1577, 1878; to the 31st March, 1880, 1881, and 1882; and to the 31st December, 1882, 1883, and 1884.

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rt Number of Telegrams forwarded during the Year. Revenue derived from Private and I Year ended Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. c a. z r, * .- . Oovern- ~ \ mei_t. Oovernment.: Total. I Press Messages, Money-order Tel-grams, and Incidental Receipts. Value of Government Messages. Total Value of Business done during the Year. Co>t of Maintenance of Stations. Cost of Maintenance of Lines. Total Expenditure. Cost of Maintenance of Lines per Mile. Tariff in Operation. 30th June, 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 31st March, 1880 1881 1882 31st Dec, 1882 1883 1884 699 757 I ,110 1,329 1,661 1,976 (a) 2,185 (b) 2,356 (c) 2,530 (°) 2,986 (e) 3,154 (f) 3,259 (g) 3,434 (h) 3,512 (') 3,638 (i) 3,758 (k) 3,824 0 3,974 (m) 4,°74i n) 4,264 (■>) 1,390 1,498 2,223 2,495 2,897 3,247 3,823 4,574 5,782 6,626 7,247 7,423 8,035 8,117 9,333 9,587 9,653 9,848 10,037 10,474 13 21 31 45 56 72 81 93 i°5 127 142 155 182 195 214 227 234 264 302 33° 24,761 55,621 72,241 106,070 122,545 253,582 344,524 485,507 645,067 786,237 890,382 952,283 1,065,481 1,201 ,982 824,734 1,058,342 1,215,849 1,361,817 !,379.4S3 1,433,458 2,746 15,331 26,244 50,097 62,878 59,292 67,243 83,453 107,832 130,891 160,704 172,159 194,843 246,961 183,675 246,370 222,923 208,372 219,917 220, S47 27,237 7°,952 98,485 156,157 185,423 312,874 411,767 568,960 752,8g9 917,128 1,051,086 1,124,432 I,260,324 1,448,943 1,008,409 1,304,712 1,438,772 1,570,189 1,599,400 1,654,305 .5,561 19 2 9,070 10 I ",652 3 7 18,520 10 4 17,218 1 4 22,419 8 8 28,121 10 o 39,680 18 9 46,508 18 10 55,301 12 3 62,715 10 4 65,644 15 3 73,284 1 10 85,402 o 2 58,120 3 3 73,002 2 o 78,828 19 8 90.633 11 2 93,822 3 3 95.634 5 5 £ s. d. 483 3 2 3,77° 4 8 6,672 o 3 13,430 11 9 12,252 6 o 9,876 17 6 ",043 3 9 11,105 2 o 12,618 11 6 13,679 10 9 16,154 6 o 17,024 8 9 19,148 12 4 26,949 2 2 19,707 6 3 27,021 3 8 22,737 16 4 20,608 11 11 £ B. d. 6,045 2 4 12,840 14 g 18,324 3 10 31,951 2 1 29,47° 7 4 32,296 6 2 39,164 13 9 50,786 o 9 59,127 10 4 68,981 3 o 78,869 16 4 82,669 4 o 92,432 14 2 112,351 2 4 77,827 9 6 100,023 5 8 101,566 16 o 111,242 3 1 H5,378 2 5 116,490 5 o £ s. d. 3,934 3 4 8,017 14 7 9,489 17 10 14,266 12 7 16,417 7 4 21,254 4 3 23,593 9 9 27,040 18 10 38,801 19 4 45,814 11 4 61,696 14 5 63,353 10 10 69,340 1 8 79,502 o 5 68,651 10 10 78,224 1 8 69,165 5 o 73,554 9 1 73,054 4 6 70,036 6 2 £ 8. d. 2,443 2 11 2,541 4 11 5,4o6 7 3 8,547 4 9 14,120 4 10 11,344 3 8 8,858 19 7 9,479 5 4 15,021 17 11 14,240 19 7 21,074 8 8 17,931 8 o 18,259 4 9 17,299 7 10 14,758 4 5 23,154 8 3 18,292 13 4 22,451 6 3 19,210 6 6 20,041 15 10 £ s. d. 6,377 6 3 10,558 19 6 14,896 5 1 22,813 17 4 30,537 12 2 32.598 7 11 32,452 9 4 36,520 4 2 53,823 17 3 60,055 10 11 82,771 3 1 81,284 18 10 87.599 6 5 96,801 8 3 83,4 0 9 15 3 101,378 9 11 87,457 18 4 96,005 15 4 92,264 11 o 90,078 2 o 3 9 10 3 7 1 4 17 4 6 8 6 8 9 11 5 19 6 423 4 1 11 6 3 11 4 16 4 5 18 10 5 12 11 5 10 o 509 4 3 4 667 4 17 4 5 17 5 4 16 8 4 iS 4 Mileage tariff. Mileage tariff in operation up to 1st Sept., 1869; uniform 2s. 6d. tariff from 1st Sept., 1869, to 31st March, 1870; and is. tariff from 1st April, 1870. From 1st November, 1873, address and " signature given in free. 21,555 19 2 20,855 19 7 W From this mileage 78 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance. (h) . 32 (c) „ 42 (d) 106 (e) . 31 (') .174 («) ,150 ... (b) From this mileage 85 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance. 0 n6 (1) ,109 (") . 95 0) „ 102 (m) . 65 (°) ,190

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Table No. 23. Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph Lines for the Year ended 31st December, 1884.

Section. Number of Miles. T ravelling Expenses of Linemen and Inspectors. Extra Labour. Cost of Material used for Repairs. Salaries of Linemen and Inspectors. Total Cost of Maintenance. Cost per Mile. Riverton to Balclutha Tokomairiro to Queenstown Balclutha to Waitaki Waitaki to Christchurch Christchurch to Greymoutk Greymouth to Lyell Lyell to Nelson Nelson to Blenheim Blenheim to Christchurch Wellington to New Plymouth Wellington to Napier Napier to Tauranga Tauranga to Thames Auckland South (to Waikato) Auckland North (to Hokianga and Kawakawa) Kawakawa to Mongonui 332 211 356 332 196 182J 269 92 253J 429 270 374i 86 316 322 53 £ s. d. 177 11 2 161 2 5 16S 10 o 256 2 s 286 8 1 163 15 8 149 13 4 245 8 4 324 7 3 456 16 2 480 16 8 605 3 4 154 11 10 262 17 10 274 12 10 38 2 5 £ s d. 115 6 1 28 5 6 194 ° 5 185 14 o 228 18 9 74 2 o 216 16 o 231 iS 8 129 15 10 831 6 9 346 19 o 645 1 6 166 13 g 34° 9 5 538 2 3 31 14 6 I s d. 237 6 3 9 7 10 400 o o 89 17 9 291 13 8 184 o 8 166 3 4 89 5 11 109 18 9 513 16 8 153 11 o 307 15 10 203 3 4 215 12 7 99 13 10 H 4 3 456 13 4 639 3 4 654 3 4 663 6 8 458 6 8 325 o o 72 10 o 265 o o 855 16 8 '987 10 o 917 10 o 785 o o 370 o o 497 10 o 427 10 o 70 0 o I 986 16 10 837 19 1 1,416 13 9 1,195 ° Io 1,265 7 2 746 18 4 605 2 8 831 12 11 1,419 18 6 2,789 9 7 1,898 16 8 2,343 ° 8 894 8 11 1,316 9 10 1,339 18 11 154 1 2 £ s. d. 2 19 5 3 19 5 3 19 7 3 11 11 6 10 1 4 2 1 2 4 11 909 5 12 2 6 10 o 707 6 5 3 10 3 4 4 3 3 4 3 2 2 18 1 Totals 4>°74i 3,085 11 8 8,445 o o 20,041 15 10 4 18 4* 4,205 19 9 4>3°5 4 5 * Total average cost per mile. Note. —Makatoka to Danevirk (12 miles), Taradale line (3J miles), Rotcrua loop (§ miles), Tauranga to Waterford, deviation (5 miles), Napier to Farndon, deviation (ij miles), Tiritiri line (18 miles) Raglan line (35 miles), Waitakerei Railway, loop (4 miles), Morrinsville line (11 miles), "Wade line (2 miles), Opau line (2 miles), Opua line (6 miles), Okaihau (7 miles), Westport to Waimangaroa (11 miles , Blenheim to Wairau Bar (5J miles), Kumara to Dillmanstown (2 miles), Albury to Fairlie Creek (9J miles), Plumpton Park, loop line (J mile), Gore to Pukerau (8J miles), Gore to Riversdale (ic miles , Bluff Signal and Pilot Station (3 miles), Queenstown to Frankton (5 miles), Duntroon to Sandhurst (15J miles), Okaiawa (4 miles), not included in this table.

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Table No. 24. Insulation Tests of the First and Second Cook Strait Cables for the Year ended 31st December, 1884, showing the Resistance per Knot after Two Minutes' Electrification in Megohms (British Association Units of Resistance).

Table No. 25. Insulation Tests of the Wanganui and Wakapuaka Cable for the Year ended 31st December, 1884, showing the Resistance per Knot after Ten Minutes' Electrification in Megohms (British Association Units of Resistance). Length of Cable laid, 108-69 Knots.

No. I Wire. No. 2 Wire. No. 3 W c. .Second Conk Strait Cable. Dielectric Resistance per Knot. First Cook Strait Cable. January 170 202 383 January 1.342 February 163 I90 357 February 1,226 March .. 161 189 366 March 1,403 April* .. April .. May 163 I89 in May .. 1,488 June 166 183 343 June .. 1,086 July .. 192 I96 35s July .. i,375 August .. 170 187 3C7 August 1.473 September 175 I96 368 September 1,290 October 172 197 346 October 1,289 November 175 201 368 November i,375 December l6l 183 330 December 1,289 * No test taki

Date. Dielectric Resistance per Knot. Copper Resistance per Knot in Ohms. Mean Temperature of Sea-bottom calculated from the Observed C.R. Twenty Cells. Deg. Fahr. 'anuary .. 4.582 10-99 585 February 4.569 11 09 59 «arch .. 4,658 11 04 61 Vpril 4.558 ii'O4 61 Way 4.569 11 02 60 une 4.956 1104 60 uly 5.009 1101 59 Vugust 6,486 11'04 60 September 6,738 1095 56 October .. 6,365 1101 59 November 6,111 1092 55 December 5,335 11'04 60

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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

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Table No. 28. Cash Value of Shipping and Weather Telegrams and Amount chargeable to each Department of the General Government for Telegrams transmitted during the Year ended 31st December, 1884.

By Authority: George Didseury, Government Printer, Wellington.- 1885.

Department. Value. Colonial Secretary Customs Defence Judicial Postal Registrar-General Treasury Public Works Shipping Reports Weather Reports £ s. d. 2,629 3 4 562 4 11 2,589 12 2 l,»75 3 9 1,823 7 3 163 0 5 1,398 11 5 5,216 14 11 3,110 19 4 1,487 2 1 Total 20,855 19 7

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