POST OFFICE AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT. (REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR 1889.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1890 Session I, F-01

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1890. NEW ZEALAND.

POST OFFICE AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT. (REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR 1889.

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

My Lord,— General Post Office, Wellington, 28th July, 1890. I have the honour to submit to your Excellency the report on the Postal and Telegraph Department for the year 1889, with the customary statement of revenue and expenditure to the 31st March last. I have the honour to be Your Lordship's most obedient servant, Edwin Mitchelson, Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner. His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand.

EBPOET. These has been a general increase of business in both branches. The revenue and expenditure for the financial year ended the 31st March, 1890, are given in the following statement: — Bevenue. £ s. d. Expenditube. £ s. d. Stamps used for postage .. .. 170,000 0 0 Salaries .. .. .. .. 129,712 4 9 Money-order commission collected in the Conveyance of mails by sea .. .. 70,603 16 11 colony .. .. .. .. 8,827 7 1 Conveyance of inland mails .. .. 24,857 1 7 Money-order commission received from Conveyance of mails by railway .. 473 0 0 foreign offices .. .. .. 692 16 4 Money-order commission credited to Private°box and bag fees .. .. 4,197 0 0 foreign countries .. .. .. 1,328 6 2 Postages from foreign offices .. ~ 25,666 17 1 Maintenance and repairs to telegraphMiscellaneous receipts (postal).. .. 12,278 10 8 lines, and miscellaneous .. .. 42,224 19 6 Ordinary and Press telegrams .. .. 83,534 2 4 Cable subsidies .. .. .. 308 6 8 Telephone exchanges .. .. .. 18,58111 7 Cable repairs .. .. .. 4,923 15 5 Miscellaneous receipts (telegraph) .. 4,138 3 11 274,431 11 0 Balance of revenue over expenditure .. 53,484 18 0 £327,916 9 0 £327,916 9 0 The revenue increased £8,076 os. 10d., or 253 per cent. The expenditure exceeded that of the previous year by £13,046 17s. 9d., equal to 4-99 per cent. But for a sum of £13,573, on account of arrears for conveyance of mails by sea, unpaid at the end of 1888-89, having been carried forward, the expenditure would have been £526 9s. Id. less than the previous year. The balance of revenue over expenditure was £53,484 18s., compared with £58,455 14s. lid. in 1888-89. The estimated value of the official correspondence was £82,353 10s. 9d., and that of Government telegrams £24,218 9s. 3d., making a total of £106,572 for services performed gratuitously for other departments of the public service, which, added to the cash receipts of £327,916 9a., gave £434,488 9s. as the total value of the postal and telegraph work performed during the year. The expenditure amounted to £274,431 11s. There was therefore a balance of £160,056 18s. in favour of the department. The value of the official correspondence and Government telegrams was equal to 32-49 per cent, of the cash receipts. 21,026,837 letters were posted, and 21,274,396 delivered. 102,134 inland parcels were posted, an increase of 22,356. There was also a satisfactory increase in the foreign parcels. The parcel-post system has been extended to Australia, except to New South Wales and Queensland. 170,886 postal notes were sold, an increase of 26,907. An exchange of post-cards "with the Australian Colonies was established during the year. 1,802,987 telegrams of all codes were transmitted. 53 offices were established, 2 reopened, and 9 dosed. The total number of post and telegraph or telephone offices open at the close of 1889 was 1,188. This was exclusive of 14 telephone exchanges and 36 telephone bureau offices. i—F. 1.

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The number of inland mail-services at the end of the year was 641, an increase of 32. 84 miles of telegraph line were constructed. At the close of the year there were 4,874 miles of line and 11,827 miles of wire. £16,345 15s. 7d. was expended on telegraph extension during the year. The number of telephone subscribers increased by 130, and the total number on the 31st March, last was 2,384. £1,515,281 11s. 3d. was deposited in the Post Office Savings-bank during the calendar year, and £1,457,081 ss. withdrawn. The total sum at the credit of depositors on the 31st December last was £2,191,451 14s. 2d. For the convenience of the public a temporary post and telegraph office was established at the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, which opened at Dunedin on the 19th November last. The office was placed in communication with the Dunedin Telephone Exchange. The Exhibition closed on the 26th April last, and the following postal and telegraph business was transacted at the office :—• Posted. Delivered. Letters ... ... ... ... ... 7,698 ... 8,976 Post-cards ... ... ... ... ... 348 ... 60 Books ... ... ... ... ... 1,500 ... 264 Newspapers ... ... ... ... 468 ... 2,952 168 money-orders issued, for £578 10s. 4d.; 17 money-orders paid, for £87 12s. Bd. 232 deposits in savings-bank, for £801 10s.; 22 withdrawals, for £194 13s. 2d. 2,990 telegrams were forwarded and 2,300 received. The classification of the service, it is hoped, is now in a fair way to be carried into practical effect. A short Bill, prepared with this object, is to be submitted to Parliament this session. Classification has long been promised, and as long withheld, with the result that the service is disheartened generally. The scheme which the Bill is intended to bring into operation should do much to remove the prevalent discontent, and give the employes encouragement as to the future. The following table and return give the number of offices and officers of all classes on the 31st December last:—

Compaeative Betubn of Officeks of the Postal and Telegraph Department for the Years 1889 and 1888. 1889. 1888. 1889. 1888. Postmaster-General .. .. .. 1 1 Sorters in Clearing-room .. .. 11 9 Superintendent .. .. .■ .. 1 I Storekeeper and Assistants .. 3 8 Secretary .. 1 .1 Chief Postmasters .. .. 16 16 Inspector of Post Offices .. .. 1 1 Postmasters and Officers in Charge on PerAssistant Inspector of Post Offices 1 1 manent Staff .. .. .. 260 260 Controller of Money Orders and Savings Banks Clerks and Cadets .. .. .. 203 203 and Accountant .. .. .. 1 1 Operators .. .. .. .. 290 294 Telegraph Inspectors .. .. 3 3 Country Postmasters and Telephonists .. 912 885 Telegraph Sub-Inspectors .. .. 3 Letter-carriers .. .. .. 104 103 Electrician .. .. . < .. 1 1 Messengers (Post Office) .. .. IS 14 Mechanicians .. .. .% .. 3 Linemen .. .. ..... 46 40 Clerks in General Post Office— Telegraph Message Boys .. .. 205 197 Secretary's Branch .. .. ..7 7^ Nightwatchmen .. .. 2 Dead-Letter Branch .. .. .. 4 3 Money Order and Savings-Bank Branch.. 16 15 I Totals .. .. 2,110 2,071

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New Zealand's outward cable business for 1889 was as under: —

.—a total of 21,939 messages, of the value of £38,538 11s. 10d., of which the cable company received £14,153 Bs. Id. for telegraphing the messages from Wakapuaka to La Perouse. The total number of messages in 1888 was 20,995, and the value £37,787 4s. Id. Eeference was made in last report to the fact that the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company had laid a third cable from Banjoewangi to Australia (Eoebuck Bay), in the hope that, with this additional cable (which avoided, as far as practicable, the volcanic belt known to exist in the neighbourhood of the Straits of Baly), any future interruption to telegraph communication over that section of the company's system would be obviated. Unfortunately this has not been realised, for on the 11th instant communication was completely interrupted on all three cables, and was not restored until the 20th. It was found that the break, as on former occasions, was due to volcanic disturbances. The recent proposal of the Imperial Government to reduce the ocean letter-postage from 6d. to the Postal Union rate of 2^d. per Joz. does not, correctly speaking, come within the review of the year's business, but, as Parliament is to be invited to consider the question, reference to the matter in this report is considered advisable. The proposal came as a surprise. There had been no demand on the part of the colonies for so radical a reduction, and it can only be assumed that in fixing on the 2|d. letter-rate the Imperial Government had in view the early inclusion of the Australasian Colonies in the Postal Union in the event of its proposal being accepted by them. Indeed, any supplementary loss, beyond what would follow the letter-reduction to 2£d., would be unlikely to deter any of the colonies from entering the Union : the advantages of which will be found in parliamentary paper F.-5, 1878. Owing to its mail-service arrangements, the proposed reduction and its probable wider effects would press heavily on New Zealand. From a statement based on the results of the ocean correspondence for 1889, it has been estimated that with the adoption of the 2|d. letter-rate, and assuming that the colony joined the Postal Union, there would be a loss of £30,405 19s. 2d. a year, of which £20,607 would be in respect of the Ban Francisco service. But this would not be the only prospective loss. While there has been no demand for an ocean letter-rate of 2fd., a general desire has been manifested for a uniform Id. rate within the colony, and this reduction might naturally be expected to follow if not precede the acceptance of a 2Jd. rate to the Mothercountry. A Id. inland letter-rate in the place of 2d. would, it is estimated, result in a loss of £50,383 12s. 6d. for a year to the colony, and a corresponding reduction in the letter-postage to Australia would further diminish the postage-receipts by £3,550 ; so that, without allowing for any increase of letters, a contingent loss of £84,339 11s. Bd. a year might have to be faced. The colony could not afford so serious a diminution of its receipts from postage. At the suggestion of South Australia a Postal Conference met at Adelaide about the middle of May to consider the proposal. The near approach of the meeting of Parliament precluded New Zealand being represented. The Conference unanimously decided to adopt the 2-ki. rate, but not to join the Postal Union in the meantime. Eecent correspondence from the Agent-General clearly indicates that the Imperial Treasury would be guided by the views of the majority of the colonies, or even the more important of them, in adopting the 2|d. letter-rate; and that, although the position of this colony was recognised as one which might be dealt with separately, yet it was unlikely that the present letter-postage would be maintained to New Zealand if it were decided to apply the reduced rate to the other colonies. It is apparent therefore that New Zealand could not advantageously continue to levy the higher rate on its outward letters if the postage in the opposite direction were only 2£d., and its neighbours had the benefit of the reduction both ways. Everything points to the need for uniformity in the letter-rate between Australasia and Great Britain, and, now that the other colonies have accepted the reduction, New Zealand has to consider the advisableness of following their example. As already stated, the greater part of the colony's estimated loss on its ocean mail-services on adopting the 2^d. rate would be in respect of the San Francisco service. A renewal of this service cannot be secured on the existing advantageous terms with the Imperial Post Office, under which our mails are carried both ways between San Francisco and London free of charge, and a liberal allowance out of the outward postages is made the colony in return for providing "the service from San Francisco to New Zealand. New South Wales has now notified that it will not subsidise any San Francisco service, even temporarily, after the expiration of the present contract; and, as New Zealand is not likely to maintain the service single-handed, it must look to the Direct steamers, by

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Ordi: .ary. Press. > Destination. M No. of Messages. Value. No. of Messages. Value. £ s. a. 25,649 19 7 4,856 16 1 547 16 3 5,195 13 11 749 10 3 510 18 5 59 14 0 £ s. d. International (beyond Australia) Victoria South Australia ... New South Wales Queensland Tasmania Western Australia 4,333 6,772 707 7,667 963 650 67 233 547 15114 11 816 13 5 Total ... 21,159 37,570 3 6 780 968 8 4

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which, it is believed, arrangements could be made for a fortnightly service on terms that would admit of the colony accepting the 2-|d. letter-rate without involving heavy loss. But there may be a difficulty with the London Post Office in agreeing to forward by the Direct steamers the bulk of the outward-mail matter, inasmuch as London mails are now delivered in New Zealand quicker by the Federal packets than by the Direct service. This will be seen by a reference to the following statement, showing the maximum, minimum, and average times within which mails were delivered at and from London and Auckland, Wellington, and Dunedin (or Bluff) during 1889 by the Peninsular and Oriental and Orient lines and by San Francisco and Direct contract services: — San Francisco Service. 1"'10' p- ana °- Lino- Orient Line. London to Auckland .. .. 39 34 3s-62 .. 53 46 48-23 .. 48 38 43-46 .. 53 39 44-69 Auckland to London .. .. 39 34 35-46 .. 49 40 42-05 .. 48 41 45-00 .. 47 43 45-61 London to Wellington .. 41 36 37-38 .. 51 44 45-77 .. 48 38 4246 .. 49 40 44-65 Wellington to London .. 41 36 37-46 .. 47 38 40-33 .. 46 44 45-33 .. 47 44 45-33 London to Dunedin .. .. 42 38 38-77 .. 53 46 4754 .. 46 39 42-67 .. 47 39 44-08 Dunedin to London .. .. 42 37 38-46 .. 49 38 42-00 .. 49 41 44-17 .. 40 40 43-60 London to Bluff .. .. 43 39 39-52 .. 53 47 48-46 .. 45 38 41-92 .. 46 38 43-12 Bluff to London .. .. 43 38 3921 .. 50 39 43-38 .. 48 40 43-42 .. 45 39 42-85 As the London Post Office contributes to the maintenance of the Federal service, it would for obvious reasons desire to send mails for New Zealand by that line, as beyond the cost of railway transit from Adelaide to Melbourne or Sydney, and sea-transport from Australia to New Zealand, there would be no additional expense—nor would there be to New Zealand either. A service homeward by the Direct steamers would undoubtedly be the best for the colony (assuming, of course, that there was not a mail-line via, San Francisco) ; indeed, a service both ways by these steamers would be the more reliable. Unless there is to be a subsidised intercolonial-connecting service, the delivery of the Federal packet-mails in the colony would be very uncertain. The London Post Office is not at present in a position to indicate its policy as to future mail-service arrangements with New Zealand; but this need not prevent the colony from entering into a contract for a homeward service by the Direct steamers, and to leave that office to provide the outward service, but stipulating for deliver}' within a fixed time. In 1889 the San Francisco and Direct services, main lines only (i.e., excluding mterprovincial services, light dues, Ac, the expenditure on which now amounts to about £8,372 per annum), cost £38,421 10s. 6d. The postages collected in the colony amounted to £21,164 6s. 9d., and the postage-recoveries from the London Post Office, £19,320 7s. 6d.; a total of £40,484 14s. 3d. The postages, therefore, exceeded the cost of the main lines by £2,063 3s. 9d. With a 2-J-d. letter-rate, the postages collected in the colony would only amount to £10,907 12s. 4d. If the colony provided the homeward service only, and the Imperial Government the outward one, nothing would be receivable from the London Post Office. Assuming that a fortnightly service homeward by Direct steamers could be secured for a payment of, say, £8,000 per annum, there would be a difference of £844 Bs. 7d. in favour of the new arrangement compared with the postage-receipts and cost of the main lines, San Francisco and Direct contract services, last year. The net loss to the colony on the San Francisco and Direct contract services for 1889 was £2,379. The following correspondence has taken place in connection with the proposed reduction of the ocean letter-postage to 2-J-d : — The Agent-General to the Hon. the Peemiek, New Zealand. (Telegram.) London, 23rd April, 1890. Postal. —Baikes requests Agents-General meet him Friday with reference to Goschen's proposal reduce postage 2-|d. Instruct whether may say Parliament invited consider proposal.

The Hon. the Premier to the Agent-Geneeal. (Telegram.) Wellington, 24th April, 1890. Postal.—Prepared to consider proposal when received. Loss of revenue involved considerable.

Telegram despatched 30th April, 1890, by Sir Arthur Bltth. Joint Telegram.—Eepeat forthwith to the Governments of New South Wales, Victoria, New Zealand, Queensland, and Tasmania. The London Post Office has written the Agents-General for all the Australian Colonies, asking them to bring Goschen's proposal to reduce postage to 2-Jd. under the consideration of the Colonial Governments; and says, if colonies unanimous to reduce postage to 2|-d. the Imperial Government will reduce forthwith. If diversity of opinion amongst the Australian Colonies, the London Post Office will frame its policy in accordance with the views of the majority, or the views of the more important colonies. If their assent is obtained, will reduce postage to all colonies alike. New Zealand may be considered separately. Reply by wire as soon as you possibly can.

The Hon. the Premies to the Agent-General. (Telegram.) Wellington, 21st June, 1890. Goschen's Pboposals.—Supposing we accept, will Imperial Government continue .clef ray both ways cost conveying mails between Frisco London ? and what contribution would it make to us for providing service between Frisco colony ? Or, supposing we gave up Frisco service and arranged send all mails by Direct fortnightly steamers, what would Imperial Government pay colony for providing

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service ? But, in event Imperial Government deciding make arrangements convey its mails to colony by Direct steamers, what would it be prepared pay companies, stipulating delivery not exceed forty-five days ? Sydney declines renew Frisco service.

Mr. Geay to the Secbetaby, General Post Office, Sydney. (Telegram.) Wellington, 23rd June, 1890. Fedeeal Seevice.—What will be the payments required from non-contracting colonies under the twopenny-halfpenny letter rate ?

The Seoeetaet, General Post Office, Sydney, to the Seceetaby, General Post Office, Wellington. (Telegram.) Sydney, 24th June, 1890. Be your wire : Question of any alteration rates now paid by non-contracting colonies has not so far been considered.

The Agent-Geneeal to the Peemiee. (Telegram.) London, 28th June, 1890. Postal.—^Seen Eaikes. Firstly, Imperial Post Office must consult Imperial Treasury; but my opinion is, Imperial Treasury decline definite answer until it has been decided whether renew Frisco, and anyhow will refuse permanent renewal present apportionment Frisco postage. Secondly, if it can be arranged, Imperial Post Office Imperial Treasury would favour alternative plan based upon the Imperial Government and the New Zealand Government dividing cost, whichever route chosen; but in state business House Commons certainly must wait some time before question even considered.

The Agent-Genebal to the Hon. the Postmasteb-Genebal, Wellington. Sic, — Westminster Chambers, 13, Victoria Terrace, London, S.W., Ist May, 1890. Her Majesty's Postmaster-General, having asked the Agents-General to meet him for the purpose of discussing Mr. Goschen's Budget proposal to reduce the postage from this country to the colonies to a uniform rate of 2-|-d., I telegraphed to you on the 23rd April asking whether I might tell Mr. Baikes that you would invite the New Zealand Parliament to consider the proposal ; and I was much obliged by your prompt reply that the Government would consider the proposal when received. The conference with Mr. Eaikes took place at his room in the House of Commons on the 25th ultimo, when he opened the proceedings by explaining that no discourtesy had been intended towards the colonial Governments by not consulting them before the Budget speech, but the necessity of secrecy in the Financial Statement had made such a consultation impracticable. After a short general conversation I said it was necessary for the colonial Governments to know Mr. Goschen's intentions more clearly than they did now. Were they to understand that the uniform 2-Jd. rate on letters from this country was really determined upon, or was it only a conditional offer depending on the assent of every colonial Government ? Was it an offer that must be unanimously accepted or rejected, or might it be accepted by one colony and not by another? If the Australian Governments differed among themselves, was it open to New Zealand to treat separately with the Imperial Government, seeing that her mail-contracts were independent of the Australian services ? This led to an animated discussion, Mr. Eaikes saying that the latter points had not been thought of either by himself or Mr. Goschen. It was admitted by all present that in case the Colonies of Australia should differ among themselves it would be practically impossible to have different rates for them. This point, in fact, was raised long ago, when Australia was considering whether to come into the Postal Union; and it was then admitted to be impossible to separate the mails between assenting and dissenting colonies. There was another difficulty, arising out of the different rates of internal postage in the colonies, making the effect of a reduction upon their respective postal receipts unequal. Moreover, as the proposal affected the public revenue, it must, of course, be submitted to each colonial Parliament, just as it had been submitted to the House of Commons; and this alone showed how indispensable was a previous declaration by the Imperial Government as to whether the assent of any one Parliament would be effectual to bring in the reduction for that particular colony. No Legislature could be expected to settle such a question subject to the decision of the rest", and the end would very likely be to relegate the whole subject to a Postal Conference, in which case (so far as Mr. Goschen's speech seemed to indicate) the'reduction would have to be adjourned in this country too. Yet no one was ignorant of the fact that, although the proposal had come in the shape of a proffered boon to the public, the British Post Office also wanted to stop the loss of revenue now caused by the quantity of mail-matter destined for Australia that was sent over to France and Germany to be posted there at the 2|d. rate of the Postal Union. Now, although this anomaly did not exist in Australia at present, it would immediately be created if a reciprocal reduction to 2-|d. were made by only one colony. Supposing, for instance, New South Wales were to make the reduction, and Victoria not, a mass of English mail-matter destined for Victoria would go in bulk to Sydney to be posted there, and Victorian mail-matter destined for England would be sent over the border to New South Wales in bulk-packages, to be opened there and the letters posted with the 2Jd. stamp. Victoria would lose not merely the difference between 6d. and 2-|-d. on a half-ounce letter, but the 2£d. too, because her letters destined for England would be put up in bulk-packages, to be taken out and posted in New South Wales, and all that she would get would be the bulk intercolonial postage of the packages ; while New South Wales would get the 2-Jd. ocean postage in detail by stamps affixed to the Victorian letters when taken out of the packages. Surely, then, it must be deemed to be an

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elementary condition of any reduction to 2id. that it must apply to every colony of the group, and a "universal rate " must be admitted to be the only possible one. Moreover, the proposal must be looked upon as part of the Imperial finance, and of the allocation by the Chancellor of the Exchequer not only of his general surplus but of the large postal surplus. This postal surplus was an advantage possessed by the Imperial Government, while the colonial postal services entailed a large aggregate loss. The reduction of postage on this side was accordingly a popular measure for this country; but if it were to be conditional on the reciprocity of every colony, and liable to be defeated by the refusal of even one, then Her Majesty's Government would have all the popularity of offering a boon to the public, while the colonies would have all the unpopularity of frustrating it. The colonies ought, therefore, to be told definitely whether Her Majesty's Government meant to let the reduction come into force at once as regarded letters from this country, leaving the colonies to settle their side of the question in their own way. As to any anomaly by such a course, there was a case in the Brindisi postage of New Zealand, where we had a special rate for mail-matter by that route, notwithstanding the 6d. rate being in force here and in Australia, without doing harm to anybody. I have indicated the salient points in the discussion with Mr. Eaikes. The question was also considered whether the colonies should be asked to enter the Postal Union ; but Sir Arthur Blackwood pointed out that this would involve serious delays of international negotiation, and we therefore agreed that it was better not to mix up the Postal Union question with Mr. Goschen's plan. Mr. Eaikes said that he would consult the Chancellor upon what had passed, and make an official communication to the Agents-General, which lias now been done in the letter from the General Post Office a copy of which is enclosed. The substance of the proposal may therefore be shortly stated in this way:— (1.) If the colonies unanimously approve the reduction of postage to 2id., it will be brought into force immediately on this side ; (2.) If there is a diversity of opinion between the Australian Governments, the Imperial Post Office will act in accordance with the views either of the majority or of the more important colonies; (3.) In that case the postage will be reduced to all colonies alike, as there could not be a rate for some and not for all; (4.) New Zealand may be dealt with independently of the Australian group. Thus Mr. Eaikes disposes of one part of the questions we raised at our interview. But another part is still untouched —namely, whether the Imperial Government will not be obliged to establish the 2-J-d. rate for postage from this country, whether the colonies reciprocate or not. It is, of course, easy to see why this point was left out of the Post Office letter; but, all the same, no one here ever supposed that, the reduction having once been announced for British letters, it could afterwards be withdrawn ; and Mr. Goschen's speech at the London Chamber of Commerce last night can hardly leave a doubt of that point being virtually settled. The formula laid down by Mr. Eaikes is a " postage on letters by all routes at the universal rate of 2-J-d.," and the first Australian colony that reciprocates it must inevitably bring in all the rest. Upon receiving the Post Office letter the Agents-General had a meeting yesterday, and agreed to send a joint telegram, to be communicated to all the Governments from Adelaide, embodying the substance of the proposal. A copy of this message is annexed, and an extract of Mr. Goschen's speech last night. I have, &c, The Hon. the Postmaster-General. ■— P. D. Bell.

Enclosure 1. The London Post Office to the Agent-General. Sib,— General Post Office, 29th April, 1890. I am directed by the Postmaster-General to request that you will be good enough to draw the attention of the Government of New Zealand to that part of the Budget speech in the House of Commons, on the 17th instant, in which the Chancellor of the Exchequer expressed the desire of Her Majesty's Government to deal with the question of the postage to India and the colonies by reducing the postage on letters by all routes to a universal rate of 2-Jd. The Postmaster-General has been requested by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to place himself in communication with the Agents-General of the Australasian Colonies on this important question, in order to obtain their co-operation ; and he will be glad if you will take an early opportunity of bringing the proposed reduction of postage under the consideration of your Government. Mr. Eaikes hopes that the Government of New Zealand will be disposed to agree with the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the opinion that a uniform rate of 2^d. is that which would be the most acceptable to the letter-writing public both here and in the colonies; and, as Her Majestj^'s Government is prepared for the somewhat considerable sacrifice of Imperial revenue winch this reduction will involve, the main question to be considered is whether the Governments of the other parts of the Empire are also prepared to make a similar sacrifice. In case of this principle recommending itself to the unanimous approval of the colonial Governments, Her Majesty's Government will be prepared at once to take steps for carrying it into effect. In the event of a diversity of opinion on the part of the Australian Colonies, the Imperial Post Office would seek to frame its own policy as far as possible in accordance with the views of the majority, or of the more important colonies, and would, in the event of obtaining their assent, be prepared to reduce the postage, as from the United Kingdom, to all the colonies alike, seeing that it would be difficult, on account of geographical considerations, to establish the reduced rate to some and not to all the colonies. Of course, as regards New Zealand, the same"geographical difficulties would not exist, and the wishes of that colony might be considered independently. I am, &c, Sir F, Dillon Bell, K.C.M.G., C.B. 8. A. Blackwoop.

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Enclosure 2. JExtract from the Times, Thursday, Ist May, 1890.; Me. Goschen on the Budget. The Chancelloe of the Exchequer, who was received with loud cheers, said, — . . . The next topic which was suggested to me was one which appealed to me very much, and that is the question of colonial postage. lam glad to think that from among the many items which stand upon your long and interesting programme, that of colonial postage may be struck off, because it has been our privilege, having a surplus to dispose of, to meet this question, in which I believe the London Chamber of Commerce has taken a very serious interest. But I should like, if you will allow me, to make one correction of a popular idea which has distressed me, and it has been this : That in this matter of the reduction of colonial postage the Government have been overruling the views and wishes of the Postmaster-General and the Post Office. I can assure you that that is an utterly unfounded misconception. I can assure you that the Post Office and the Postmaster-General urged this measure upon Her Majesty's Government, and that it is upon their initiative that we have consented to this reform—a reform which I believe commends itself thoroughly to the London Chamber of Commerce. I think it is due to the Postmaster-General, after the erroneous reports spread on the subject, to tell you the real state of the case, and that it is to him that credit and gratitude are due. I can assure you that when the Post Office falls short of its duty, as the London Chamber of Commerce sometimes considers it does, it is rather on the Treasury that the responsibility should be laid than on the Postmaster-General. The Post Office is an ambitious and a capable department. Its capacity is equal to its ambition, and its ambition is equal to its capacity. Therefore let it never be thought that they are content to remain behind the measures or the system of any foreign or colonial Government. Gentlemen, we shall be glad if the reduction which we have proposed in colonial postage should be one of those measures which are pleasant to our colonial fellow-subjects, and I trust that they will be willing to co-operate in order to encourage more frequent communication at a cheaper rate between themselves and their friends at Home.

The Agent-Geneeal to the Hon. the Postmastee-Genebal, Wellington. Sib,— Westminster Chambers, 13, Victoria Terrace, London, S.W., 17th May, 1890. Since writing to you on the Ist instant, on the subject of the proposed reduction of colonial postage to the universal rate of 2£d., I have been in private communication with the Imperial Post Office on several points that will have to be settled for New Zealand mail-matter, if the Australian Colonies come into the scheme but New Zealand stands out. So long as the rate was 6d., the bulk of New Zealand correspondence would always go either by San Francisco or by the Direct steamers; but the existing apportionment of the San Francisco postage between the Imperial and Colonial Governments expires in November with the expiry of the Frisco contract, so that we are already face to face with the old question of what the London Post Office would demand, in the shape of a new apportionment, in any new Pacific mail-service. Now, the adoption of a universal rate of 2-|d. between England and Australia may cause this question of apportionment to take a new shape, and make its settlement more difficult than ever. In 1888 the thirteen London mails by San Francisco were delivered twice in thirty-four days, six times in thirty-five days, twice in thirty-six days, once in thirty-seven days, and twice in thirtyeight days ; while the thirteen London mails by Direct steamer were delivered four times in fortythree days, seven times in forty-four days, and twice in forty-five days. But, out of the P. and 0. and Orient mails of 1888, fifteen were delivered in New Zealand, once in thirty-seven days, thirteen times in thirty-eight days, and once in thirty-nine days. If there is to be no Pacific service, the mailmatter by that route will of course be transferred to the Direct steamers. But, if the universal rate of 2-Jd. "by all routes" were made to apply to London mail-matter destined for New Zealand sent by P. and O. or Orient, the tendency would rather be for mercantile and banking correspondence to go by those routes in preference to the Direct steamers, by reason of the expectation of earlier delivery. For obvious financial reasons, the London Post Office would encourage this tendency ; and the possibility of the tendency being confirmed not only strengthens the chance of the universal rate being extended (on this side) to New Zealand as well as Australia, but diminishes the chance of any favourable reapportionment of Frisco postage if that service should be renewed. Again, supposing the universal rate to be established for Australia "by all routes," and a Pacific service to be renewed (whether by San Francisco or Vancouver), it has yet to be settled whether London letters to Australia by the Pacific route would be 2^-d. or 6d. These and other points have to be considered, but nothing will be done till the result is known of the Postal Conference to take place at Adelaide on the 20th instant. I have, &c, The Hon. the Postmaster-General, Wellington. F. D. Bell.

The highly-important question of the reduction of cable-rates was also dealt with by the Adelaide Conference, negotiations resulting in the following amended proposals being submitted by the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company : — The company to reduce the rate between Adelaide and London on private telegrams from 9s. 4d. to 4s. per word, Government messages from 4s. Bd. to 3s. lid., and press -from 2s s 3d. to Is. lOd. per word. The company to take one-half the risk of any falling-off of revenue, and the colonies to "guarantee the other half. The proposals to be given a trial for twelve months, and, if at the end of the term the increase of traffic was encouraging, the arrangement to be continued for two years longer; but this to be at the option of the company.

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The Conference accepted the proposals, but in doing so, resolved that the Imperial Government should be asked to bear one-half the loss the colonies had to guarantee ; the balance to be shared by the colonies on the basis of population. The Conference also stipulated that the duplicate-cable subsidy >of £32,400 (now borne by New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia, and which has eleven years to run), and the subsidy of £4,200 in respect of the Tasmanian duplicate cable (at present paid by Tasmania), in all £36,600 per annum, should be shared by Great Britain and the whole of the colonies in the same proportions as the guarantee. (Queensland, while agreeing to bear its proportion of the guarantee, declined to share the subsidy.) And, further, that, as the Eastern Company's proposals were based on the assumption that the South Australian land-line charges between Adelaide and Port Darwin would be reduced from Is. 2d. to sd. per word, the Conference decided that the other colonies should recoup South Australia any loss the reduction would involve. Any colony not joining in the guarantee would be required to pay proportionately higher rates for its telegrams. Subsequently, and conditionally on New Zealand accepting the company's proposals, and joining the other colonies in the guarantee, the Eastern Company agreed to reduce the New Zealand-Sydney cable rates from Is. to 6d. per word on international messages, from Bs. 6d. to 6s. for ten words on intercolonial messages, and press messages to 2d. per word—the company taking one-half the risk of loss of receipts, and the colony to guarantee the other half. The effect to New Zealand of these proposed reductions would be : On international messages a rate of ss. 2d. per word in place of 10s. 4d. ; a new rate of 4s. Bd. for Government messages (New Zealand Government international messages are now charged the full rate of 10s. 4d. per word, as the colony does not contribute to the duplicate subsidy) ; for international press messages a rate of 2s. 3d. per word in the place of 3s. sd. ; and on intercolonial messages, as already stated, a reduction from Bs. 6d. to 6s. for ten words. The amount paid by New Zealand on outward cable-messages for 1889, the estimated receipts under the proposed reduced tariff; the saving to the telegraphing public of the colony; and the colony's estimated liability (on the assumption it would have to make good one-half the loss of receipts) in respect of guarantee, and of the subsidy, based on the figures for that year, are given in the following statement: — Paid out by Receipts under • , Colony's New Zealand for proposed p w* Estimated Cables, 1889. Eeduced Tariff. X UDUO- Liability. £ £ £ £ International messages ... 24,825 ... 10,988 ... 13,837 ... 6,918 Intercolonial messages ... 10,543 ... 7,443 ... o, 100 ... 1, 550 35,368 18,431 16,937 8,468 Subsidies ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6,730 £15,198 This.is without taking into account any probable increase of traffic. The colony's liability, of course, would be reduced in proportion to the increase of business. In addition to the liability of £15,198, the colony would also have to pay a proportion of the loss on the South Australian landline. The appeal to the Imperial Government to share half the guarantee and subsidy has been unsuccessful, the Treasury refusing to contribute. It now remains to be seen what further action is to be taken by the Australian Colonies in the matter of the proposed reduction. POST OFFICE. The business for the calendar year was much larger than that for 1888. 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 1888, was as under: — 1889. 1888. Increase. Letters—Delivered .. .. .. .. 21,274,390 20,895,316 Posted .. .. .. .. 21,026,837 19,502,704 42,301,233 40,398,020 1,903,213 Post-cards—Delivered .. .. .. .. 914,342 820,391 Posted .. -.. .. .. 935,818 833,706 1,850,160 1,654,097 196,063 Books and sample-packets-—Delivered .. .. 2,604,719 2,362,230 Posted .. .. 2,776,774 2,366,078 5,381,493 4,728,308 653,185 Newspapers—Delivered .. .. .. .. 8,448,630 8,461,453 Posted .. .. .. .. 8,272,381 7,741,396 16,721,016 16,202,849 518,167 The letters increased 471, post-cards 1185, books and sample-packets 13-81, jind newspapers 3-20 per cent. The increase in 1888 was—Letters 2-59, post-cards 2-89, books and sample-packets 946, and newspapers 5-34 per cent. The average number of letters posted per head of population was estimated to be 34i 25 ;in 1888 the average was 3222.

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The revenue for the financial year was £221,662 lls. 2d., compared with £214,352 Os. Bd. for 1888-89, an increase of 3-41 per cent. The expenditure was £172,998, against £161,214 14s. lid. for the former year, an increase of £11,783 ss. Id., or 731 per cent. The relatively large increase in the expenditure was caused by the sum of £13,573 for conveyance of mails by sea in 1888-89, but not paid at the close of that financial year, having been carried forward—a circumstance which was reverted to in the last report. But for ffhis, the expenditure would have been under what it was the previous year; and even with ths inclusion of the amount in the year's accounts, it was £48,664 lls. 2d. less than the revenue. The estimated value of the free correspondence was £82,353 10s. 9d., an increase of £7,266 2s. 2d. over that of the preceding year. The approximate weight was 269 tons. The cash receipts and the estimated value of the free correspondence amounted to £304,016 Is. lid. Deducting the expenditure of £172,998, and a balance of £131,018 Is. lid. will be found in favour of the Post Office for the year. The credit balance in 1888-89 was £128,224 14s. 4d. Fees, amounting to £1,312 45., for registration of births, deaths, and marriages, were collected at post-offices. 13,848 vouchers, covering £39,250 9s. lid., were paid for other departments of the public service. £11,657 ss. in respect of fees under the Live Stock Acts was collected. The sum of £3,923 was also collected for certificates issued in connection with the inspection of machinery. 23,065 payments, for £241,470 4s. 5Jd., on account of the property-tax, were made at postoffices. £1,014 13s. for game licenses was received. The gratuities paid for the carriage of mails by unsubsidised vessels amounted to £6,501. 3,750 private boxes were let, which, with the fees on 297 private bags, brought in a revenne of £4,244. Letter-carriers' deliveries were established at Balclutha and at the Spit (Port Ahuriri). The following letter-carriers' deliveries were extended : Onehunga (mounted), so as to include Mount Smart, part of Penrose, and portion of Panmure; Brunnerton, embracing Dobson and Taylorville. 17 receiving-boxes were established, viz.: 3 at Auckland, lat Avondale, 2at Christchurch, 1 at Dunedin, 1 at Eereatukahia (Thames), 3 at Wellington, 1 at Parnell, 1 at Dobson, 1 atLyttelton, 2 at Onehunga, and 1 at Lawrence. 7 receiving-boxes were closed: 2 at Auckland, 1 at Paruell, 1 at Eotorua, 1 at Waitotara, 1 at Westport, and 1 at Lawrence. The total number of pillar, wall, and lamp-post receivers at the close of the year was 298. 7,137,107 letters, 306,303 post-cards, 701,697 books and circulars, and 1,916,470 newspapers were delivered by letter-carriers. 53 post-offices were established, 2 reopened, and 9 closed during the year, as under :— Opened. Akitio, Wellington. Koputarua, Wellington. Punihu, New Plymouth. Apiti, Wellington. Long Bay Boad, Christchurch. Rata, Wanganui. Aponga (reopened), Auckland. Long Ridge Village, Invercargill. Tarras, Dunedin. Arawata, Hokitika. Lyndhurst, Christchurch. Tarata, New Plymouth. Arthur's Point, Invercargill. Maitahi, Auckland. Te Akatea, Auckland. Awakino, New Plymouth. Mangamahu, Wanganui. Te Awaite, Blenheim. Babylon, Auckland. Mangatere, Napier. Teremakau, Greymouth. Big River, Greymouth. Maropiu, Auckland. Tikinui, Auckland. Cardiff, New Plymouth. Marshland, Ghristchurch. Towai, Aucklaud. Cullensville, Blenheim. Muriwai, Gisborne. Upper Motupiko, Nelson. Dromore, Christchurch. Nenthorn, Dunedin. Waihopai, Blenheim. Ewcburn, Dunedin. Onamalutu, Blenheim. Waikiekie, Auckland. Fairburn's, Auckland. Onepoto, Napier. Waingaro, Auckland. Franklin, Wellington. Oteramika Gorge, Invercargill. Wayby, Auckland. Glenroy, Christchurch. Pakarac, Gisborne. Waitoto Ferry, Hokitika. Greenhiils, Invercargill. Port Pegasus, Invercargill. Weber, Napier. Inch-Clutha, Dunedin. Pukaki Ferry, Timaru. Weedon's (reopened), Ohrisfcchurch. Kaitawa, Wellington. Puketitiri, Napier. Wheatstone, Christchurch. Karamu, Auckland. Closed. Aponga, Auckland. Greerton, Thames. Pukekura, Auckland. Dobson, Greymouth. Mahakipawa, Blenheim. Waiteti, Auckland. Franklin, Wellington. Mangakahia, Auckland. Upper Mill, Auckland. The total number of post-offices open at the close of the year was 1,167. The name of the office formerly known as Owen Eiver has been changed to Owen Junction. Government Insurance agencies were opened at the post-offices at Eaglan, Eowsell's, and Otautan. Government insurance business was transacted at 210 post-offices. 21 newspapers were registered for transmission by post, and 4 newspapers ceased to publish during the year. The total number of newspapers registered at the General Post-office at the close of the year was 205. 56 magazines and trade 5 catalogues were also registered for transmission "by post. The total number on the register at the end of the year was 337. The Newspaper-exchange regulations were amended to allow exchanges to pass through tha post in printed covers, in the place of being franked by persons specially authorised. ii—F. 1.

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An exchange of penny post-cards with the Australian Colonies was established in November last. Pakcel-post. The following table shows the number and weight of parcels posted and the number delivered during the years 1888 and 1889 : —

The table includes both'inland and United Kingdom parcels. The number of inland parcels posted and delivered was—posted, 102,134 ; delivered, 78,209. The increase in the number of inland parcels posted over the number posted in 1888 was 22,356, or 2802 per cent. The postage collected amounted to £5,143 lls. sd. Of the parcels exchanged with the United Kingdom the numbers were —received, 13,335 ; despatched, 2,452. The received parcels were about five and a half times as many as the despatched. The declared value of the 13,335 parcels received from the United Kingdom was £12,644 15s. 7dThe Customs duty collected amounted to £1,883 4s. 6d., of which £1,751 3s. lid. was paid to Public Account during the year. The foreign parcel-post, through the intermediary of the London Post Office, was extended to nearly all parts of the world on the 2nd January last. Negotiations are in progress for a more direct exchange of parcels through the intermediary of the Melbourne Post Office with India, China, the Straits Settlements, &c. A parcel-post with Australia, except to New South Wales and Queensland, was established at the beginning of this year. The postage is—to South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria, not exceeding 21b. in weight, Is. 2d., and 7d. for every additional pound or fraction of a pound; to Western Australia, Is. 6d. for a 21b. parcel, and 9d. for each additional pound or fraction of a pound. The maximum weight for a parcel is 111b. The rate for sea-conveyance between Australia and New Zealand is 2d. per pound. Feee Official Coebbspondence. The estimated value of the official or free correspondence for the year is given in the statement underneath:—

The'estimated weight was over 269 tons. "The estimated value of the free correspondence for 1888 was £75.087 Bs. 7d.

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1889. 1888. Postal Districts. Posted. 1 — Delivered. Number. Weight. Pc Number. Dsted. i weight. Delivered. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Gisborne Napier VVanganui Wellington Nelson Westport jreymouth .. tiokitika Blenheim Jhristchurch rimaru Damaru Dunedin [nvercargill lb. oz. 19,468 53,351 11 1,199 3,053 1,1 878 j 2,341 14" 770 i 1,969 0 5,354 | 13,802 2 3,344 ! 7,862 8 20,856 ! 55,910 9 3,767 11,013 18J 868 ; 1,859 14 1,630 I 1,024 11| 1,182 ' 3,394 5 1,785 4,008 15 17,370 | 48,403 14 1,760 3,807 1 854 j 1,873 14 20,363 ' 57,366 11 3,138 | 7,722 12$ 13,186 2,651 2,131 1,991 6,747 7,111 14,088 3,295 2,091 3,449 2,007 3,903 8,524 2,899 2,100 11,439 3,932 15,267 8S6 722 694 3,810 2,794 16,591 3,058 674 1,496 922 1,165 10,893 1,267 650 16,594 2,295 lb. oz. 39,276 0 2,091 11 1,744 0 1,731 11 9,787 6 6,044 0 42,627 8 8,405 14 1,497 2 3,840 13 2,517 12 2,603 10 29,534 3 2,740 8 1,417 7 44,115 4i 4,748 0" 8,343 1,776 1,644 1,508 5,060 5,229 10,500 2,286 1,474 2,699 1,698 2,711 5,692 2,049 1,434 9,709 2,911 Totals .. 104,586 281,766 13 91,544 79,778 204,722 13J 66,723

Postal Districts. Letters. Books. Value. Postal Districts. Letters. Books. Value. Auckland Phames Jew Plymouth .. jisbome Napier vVanganui iVellington kelson JVestport jreymouth lb. oz. 24,979 13 2,219 11 2,087 11 1,097 0 4,116 2 7,311 10 153,541 2 3,128 4 1,340 0 1,507 1 lb. oz. 16,297 1 1,995 0 1,200 0 3,549 0 7,527 0 6,271 0 276,424 0 1,150 0 912 0 .$,672 14 £ s. d. 7,661 12 6 660 17 1 609 8 1 410 16 8 1,348 10 8 2,165 8 6 56,241 14 6 877 15 8 401 11 4 590 19 7 Hokitika Blenheim Christehurch .. Timaru Oamara Dunedin Invercargill 1b. oz. 2,068 14 3,274 5 10,367 8 5,143 10 1,889 14 11,454 101 3,237 0 lb. oz. 820 0 6,550 0 14,088 6 1,680 0 2,000 0 16,011 8 1,713 5 £ s. a. 570 0 8 1,103 9 8 3,234 5 7 1,431 5 2 570 12 8 3,618 18 11 856 3 6 Totals 238,764 3£ 364,761 2 82,353 10 9

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Registered Letters. The number of registered letters dealt with, compared with the numbers in 1885, 1887, and 1888, is shown below:—

The registration-fee for all classes of articles was reduced from 6d. to 3d. from September last. Dead Letteks. 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 8-2 per cent, compared with the number disposed of in the previous year. Of the total number of letters posted within the colony only 042 per cent, were unclaimed. 33,180 book-packets and circulars were returned to foreign countries, 7,531 were returned to the senders through the Dead Letter Office, and 11,232 were returned by Chief Postmasters ; a total of 51,943 book-packets and circulars, against 31,804 in 1888. 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. 156 Post Office orders ... ... ... ... ... 571 9 0 86 postal notes ... ... ... ... ... ... 32 10 0 29 bank drafts ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,162 14 9 80 cheques ... ... ... ... ... ... 441 14 1 2 dividend warrants ... ... ... ... ... 825 9 promissory notes ... ... ... ... ... 208 14 2 Stamps ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 15 0 7 Bank-notes ... ... ... ... ... ... 149 0 0 Gold ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 10 0 Silver and copper ... ... ... ... ... ... 1121 Representing a total of ... ... £2, 597 7 1 In addition, 1 gold and 3 silver hunting watches, 2 Waterbury watches, 1 silver chain with greenstone pendant, 3 gold rings, 1 horseshoe pin, 2 ladies' gold rings set with stones, 1 greenstone pendant (gold-mounted), 4 silver brooches, 1 pair of gold earrings, 1 pair of silver earrings, greenstone cross, New Zealand war medal, shark's tooth (silver-mounted), and 2 silver thimbles, 888 unclaimed registered letters were dealt with.

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1885. 1887. 1888. 1889. Postal Districts. boyond ie™*J» Totals. Placed Ee 8is" Colony. <W«y. Totals. From Places beyond the Colony. Eegistered in the Colony. Totals. From Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colon}'. Totals. iuckland [names .. New Plymouth Napier Wangamii Wellington Nelson Westport .. jreymouth Sokitika .. 31enheim Jhristcnuroh rimara Damara .. Dunedin .. [nvercargill 5,890 22,124 28,014 205 2,879 3,084 675 2,876 3,55] 108 922 1,Q3C 892 5,453 G.84E 283 4,500 4,783 4,757 19,218 28.97S 559 2,432 2,991 45 1,438 1,483 125 2,835 2,960 173 1,907 2,080 181 1,413 1,594 3,717 13,678 17,395 440 3,153 3,593 316 1,947 2,263 5,645 12,737 18,382 1,614 6,661 8,275 28,014 3,084 3,551 1,030 6,345 4,783 23,975 2,991 1,483 2,960 2,080 1,594 17,395 3,593 2,263 18,382 8,275 5,996 149 343 81 992 183 5,581 349 39 88 102 113 3,603 405 256 4,172 851 22,743 2,613 2,653 1,736! 6,831| 3,980; 22,U8 2,944 2,318 5,630 1,726 1,514 15,169 2,727 2,356 14,760 7,035 ! 28,739 ! 2,762 I 2,996 I 1,817 7,823 4,168 27,729 3,293 i 2,357 5,724 1,888 1,627 18,772 3,132 2,612 18,932 7,836 7,485 169 831 106 1,008 207 5,138 367 73 157 190 159 4,161 451 353 4,498 1,445 25,205 2,729 2,544 1,513 0,090 3,988 23,036 2,592 2,492 6,258 2,331 1,808 16,250 2,757 2,230 13,079 7,915 32.690 2,898 2,875 1,619 7,698 4,195 28,174 2,959 2,565 6,415 2,521 1,967 20,411 3,208 2,583 18,177 9,360 7,574 152 298 86 1,014 243 5,911 347 93 110 149 101 3,871 373 280 4,480 1,344 26,108 3,389 3,345 1,577 7,782 4,240 25,817 3,123 2,517 9,050 2,490 2,422 17,655 2,547 2,076 14,576 8,874 33,682 3,541 3,643 1,663 8,790 4,483 31,728 3,470 2,610 9,700 2,639 2,523 21,526 2,920 2,356 19,056 10,218 Totals 25,625 142,252 26,298 138,188 164,614 106,173 131,798 23,363 1118,889 124,017 150,315 26,426

Manner of Disposal. 1881. 1882. 1883. 1884. 1885. 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. Ipened and returned to the ' writers .. .. .. [ 52,038 Returned unopened to other countries .. .. .. 9,372 Reissued .. .. .. ' 159 )estroyed .. .. .. 3,969 Returned unopened by Chief Postmasters .. .. 12,810 53,507 8,539 54 6,189 69,452 8,143 67 3,302 68,942 9,134 107 3,986 66,592 8,115 185 2,872 66,729 8,359 251 6,600 62,847 7,287 96 5,974 I 55,118 62,654 6,892 6,220 88 92 5,246 4,340 14,378 15,833 17,593 19,187 21,144 20,185 19,963 21,164 Totals .. ; 78,348 82,667 96,797 99,702 96,951 103,083 90,389 87,307 94,470

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960 newspapers and 283 books and other articles without addresses were received,, a number of which were subsequently applied for and delivered. 147 letters were posted without addresses. 21 letters with libellous addresses were intercepted. 2191 letters were imperfectly and wrongly addressed. 5,067 letters were refused by the addressees. 18 letters were posted with previously-used stamps. Buildings. Offices have been erected at Palmerston North and Pembroke. Additions, alterations, or repairs to buildings have been carried out as under : Ohaeawai, general repairs, roof re-covered with iron ; Coromandel, Miranda, and Mongonui, roofs re-covered with iron ; Auckland, gas-service thoroughly overhauled, iron substituted for lead pipes, and sanitary appliances examined; telegraph store, Wellington, painted, and doors, windows, and guttering repaired; Hutt, interior of building painted, and artesian well bored ; Foxton, general repairs ; Greytown North, Ahaura, Carterton, Havelock, Lyell, Bakaia, repaired and painted; Wakapuaka, chimneys between the Cable Company's and Department's offices rebuilt, and water-service laid on ; Hokitika, wooden ceiling in office substituted for plaster one, damaged by earthquake; Gisborne, watersupply laid on for fire-prevention purposes; Westport, repairs ; Oamaru, sundry repairs ; Blenheim, sundry repairs; Cheviot, lineman's cottage repaired and added to; Dunedin, telegraph-office rooms distempered, and fittings and furniture made good, sanitary appliances rearranged and put in good order; Mataura and Wyndham, buildings painted. Additional accommodation to meet the growth of the business at Invercargill is to be provided. The mail-room of the chief post-office, Christchurch, is to be enlarged. The business for some time has been performed under many disadvantages, from the fact that the work has outgrown the accommodation. Additional office-accommodation is to be provided for the Cable Company at Wakapuaka, to meet requirements in connection with the duplicate-cable recently laid between that place and La Perouse. Inland Mail Seevices. The following are the particulars of the several inland mail services in operation during the year:— Performed by coach and mail-cart ... ... ... ... 192 „ on horseback ... ... ... ... ... ... 280 „ on foot ... ... ... ... ... ... 58 „ by water ... ... ... ... ... ... 36 „ by railway ... ... ... ... ... ... 75 Total number of services ... ... ... 641 Aggregate mileage ... ... ... ... ... 10,702 Total number of miles travelled ... ... ... ... 3,861,879 Cost to the department ... ... ... ... ... £26,008 os. Bd. Average cost per mile ... ... ... ... ... l-62d. The total cost in 1888 was ... ... ... ... £26,104 ss. 4d. And the cost per mile ... ... ... ... ... l-71d. There was a net increase of 32 services ; but the expenditure was £96 4s. Bd. less than in 1888. The following services were established during the year:— Thrice weekly between Birkenhead, Freeman's, Lucas Creek, and Dairy Hat. Weekly between Kamo and Kawakawa. Daily between New Plymouth and Fitzroy. Thrice weekly between Ongaonga and Makaretu. Weekly between Ongaonga and Blackburn. Twice weekly between Kaituna and Onamalutu. Weekly between Hokitika, Waitaha Ferry, Hende's Ferry, Wataroa, and the Forks. Twice weekly in summer and weekly in winter between Tim am and Lake Pukaki, and to Lake Tekapo once a week during the summer months. Weekly between Arrowtown and Cardrona, via Crown Range. Thrice weekly between Colac Bay and Bound Hill. Twice weekly between Oteramika and Mokotua. Twice weekly between Bendigo and Tarras. Weekly between Opotiki and Waiotahi. Weekly between Inglewood and Tarata. Daily between Okehu and Maxwelltown. Weekly between Eeefton and Big Eiver. Weekly between Euatangata and Aponga. Weekly between Whatawhata and Karamu. Fortnightly between Opotiki and Eaukokore. Twice weekly between Stratford and Cardiff. Fortnightly between •Picton and Te Awaite. Thrice weekly between Stirling and Inch-Clutha. Thrice weekly between Macrae's and Nenthorn. Weekly between Edendale and Oteramika.

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Weekly between Fairburn's and Victoria Valley. Daily between Tokatoka Post-office and steamers. Daily between Kaukapakapa Post-office and Railway-station. The frequency of the following services was increased: — . Thrice, instead of twice, daily between Auckland and Devonport. "Thrice, instead of twice, weekly between Takapau and Ashley-Clinton. Twice, instead of once, weekly between Blenheim and Nelson. Thrice, instead of twice, weekly between Westport and Charleston. Four times, instead of thrice, weekly between Greendale, Kimberley, and Charing Cross. Four times, instead of thrice, weekly between Pigeon Bay and Akaroa. Twice, instead of once, weekly between Outram and Middlemarch. Thrice, instead of twice, weekly between Eangiriri and Churchill. Twice, instead of once, weekly between Inglewood and Tarata. Thrice, instead of twice, weekly between Havelock and Mahakipawa. Twice, instead of once, daily between Woodville and Pahiatua. The frequency of the following services was reduced : — Thrice weekly, instead of daily, between Ngaroto and Paterangi. Thrice weekly, instead of daily, between Tamahere Eailway-station and Post-office and Hautapu. Weekly, instead of twice weekly, between Warkworth, Wellsford, and Port Albert. Weekly, instead of twice weekly, between Puriri and Nevesville. Twice, instead of thrice, weekly between Paeroa and Karangahake. Weekly, instead of twice weekly, between Greymouth and Barrytown. Twice, instead of thrice, weekly, between Hinds and Lismore. Thrice weekly, instead of daily, between Taumutu and Lakeside. Weekly, instead of twice weekly, between Owen Junction and Owen Reefs. The weekly service between Ohaeawai and Kaikohe extended to Taheke. The mail-coaches between Thames, Paeroa, and Tauranga now run via Waihi. Mails between Greymouth and Ngahere conveyed by railway, connecting at Ngahere with the Eeefton coach-service, whereby the delivery of the mails at Greymouth and Reefton has been accelerated. The following services were abolished :— Cambridge and Pukekura. Kamo, Aponga, and Mangakahia. Helensville and Kaukapakapa. Mount Somers and Alford Forest. The inland mail-service contracts expire on the 31st December next; and, when dealing with the services for the ensuing two years, the postal wants of new settlements will receive consideration. Regular mail communication, more particularly with isolated districts, is an indirect aid to settlement. Mail Steam Sbeviobs. The question of renewing the San Francisco and Direct mail-service contracts, which expired in November and December, 1889, was considered by the House of Representatives last session, when the following resolutions, submitted by the Government, were approved : — "That, in view of the expiration of the ocean mail-service contracts in November and December next, it is desirable to make further provision for the conveyance of mails fortnightly between the colony and Great Britain, at a total cost not exceeding £28,750. " That, in order to give further time for the development of the proposed Vancouver-Pacific service, the Government be authorised to arrange for a renewal of the present services via San Francisco and by Direct steamer for a period of twelve months. "That the Government, therefore, enter into negotiations— " For joining New South Wales in the renewal of the San Francisco service for twelve months under the following conditions: That the payment to be made shall not exceed £11,250 (exclusive of the cost of interprovincial service, &c, and payment on account of light-dues). That the steamers call at Auckland, as at present, and that the time allowed between Auckland and San Francisco shall not exceed 20 days either way. That bonus shall not be payable for early arrival; and that penalties, at the rate of £4 per hour, shall not be enforced, except when the late delivery of mails exceeds 48 hours on any voyage. That New South Wales shall receive and retain all sums recovered by way of penalties for late arrival, and pay all amounts in respect of demurrage ; and also receive and retain all contributions from non-contracting colonies, and the proportion of the United States payment. The steamers to be exempt from payment of light, harbour, and other dues, as at present; and that in all other respects the provisions of existing contract be given effect to. " To renew with the present contractors, for twelve months, the existing four-weekly Direct service, at a cost not to exceecL£l7,soo (exclusive of the cost of interprovincial service and light dues). The basis of payment to be: Letters 12s. per lb, books Is. per lb., and newspapers 6d. per lb.; and bonus at the rate of £5 per hour be paid for the early delivery of the mails, but no bonus for any voyage to be paid for any period in"excess of 48 hours saved. That a penalty of £4 per hour be enforced for late arrival; that the time from Plymouth to New Zealand shall be

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45 days, and from New Zealand to Plymouth 42 days. That the steamers be exempt from payment of light and harbour dues at the first port of arrival in the colony, and that in all other respects the provisions of existing contract be carried into effect." Ne-w South Wales readily consented to New Zealand joining in the twelve months' extension of the San Francisco service for a payment of £11,250, and the temporary renewal of the Direct service was satisfactorily arranged within the terms mentioned in the resolutions. In the case of the latter service, however, it was agreed that penalties for late delivery of mails should not be enforced for more than 48 hours in respect of any one voyage; and that in the event of a breakdown, or the loss of a contract steamer, the contractors were given the option of immediately terminating the service in lieu of providing a substitute vessel, as required by the terms of the original contract. These concessions appeared to be equitable, remembering that the renewal was for twelve months only. The ocean mail-service question has again to be dealt with, but it is now hampered by two disturbing and unlooked-for factors. The Imperial Government proposes to reduce the ocean letterpostage from 6d. per -Joz. to the Universal Postal Union rate of 2Jd. (a reduction which has been accepted by the Australian Colonies), and New South Wales has determined to discontinue to subsidise any San Francisco service. Unless the United States is now prepared to bear the greater portion of the cost of a San Francisco service, and the colony can secure favourable terms for the transport of the colonial mails between San Francisco and London, it will be out of the question for New Zealand to think of continuing the service alone. The London Post Office has already intimated to the colony that on the termination of the present contract it is not to look for a renewal of the existing arrangements in connection with the San Francisco service, whereby the colony is relieved of any charge for the transport of its mails either way between San Francisco, New York, and London, and in addition receives liberal postage-credits on the outward London mails in return for providing the service from San Francisco to Auckland. There is, however, a Tonnage Bill before the United States Congress, which, if passed, will assure a substantial payment to any San Francisco service carried out by American-owned vessels. The Bill has passed the Senate, but has not as yet been approved by Congress. A satisfactory arrangement with the direct steamship companies for a fortnightly service is no doubt practicable; but, as the Imperial Post Office has not yet decided what its future policy is to be with regard to mail communication with New Zealand, there is at present an uncertainty as to the particular course the colony should take. But the question must be settled within the next few weeks. The printed papers laid before Parliament more fully explain the position of the ocean mailservice question, and in another part of the report the probable financial effect to New Zealand of the proposed reduction of the ocean letter-postage to 2-Jd. per half-ounce is referred to. Nothing further has been heard of the projected Canadian-Pacific mail-service. The San Francisco and Direct mail-service contracts expire respectively in November and December next. The average time within which the mails were delivered during the year between Auckland and London by the San Francisco service was—homeward, 35-46 days, compared with 34-85 days in 1888 ; outward, 3562 days, against 3562 the previous year. The shortest delivery was made in 34 days. By the Direct service the average delivery homeward, from the last port of departure, was 40-33 days, against 40-71 days in 1888; and outward, to first port of arrival, 45-77 days, compared with 44-54 days last year. The shortest delivery was in 37 days. There was a net profit on the San Francisco service for the year of £2,912 14s. 5d., against a loss of £23 Bs. 7d. in 1888. The net cost of the Direct service was £5,291 16s. Bd., compared with £6,680 3s. 4d. in 1888. The maximum, minimum, and average number of days within which the mails were delivered between London and New Zealand, Sydney, and Melbourne, by the San Francisco and BrindisiNaples services, and also between London and the colony by the Direct contract packets, are given below:— San Francisco Service. Dlr|° t _S£ traot P- and 0. Line. Orient Line. London to Auckland .. .. 39 34 35-62 .. 53 46 48-23 .. 48 38 43-46 .. 53 39 44-69 Wellington .. 41 36 37-38 .. 51 44 45-77 .. 48 38 42-46 .. 49 40 44-65 Christchurch .. 42 37 38-13 .. 52 45 46-92 .. 47 39 43-12 .. 47 39 44-23 Dunedin .. .. 42 38 38-77 .. 53 46 47-54 .. 46 39 42-67 .. 47 39 44-08 Bluff .. .. 42 39 39-52 .. 53 47 48-46 .. 45 38 41-92 .. 46 38 43-12 Sydney .. .. 43 39 .40-08 .. .. .. 39 32 34-92 .. 38 34 35-65 Melbourne .. 44 40 41-08 .. .. .. 37 31 33-73 .. 37 33 34-54 Auckland to London .. .. 39 34 35-46 .. 49 40 42-05 .. 48 41 45-00 .. 47 43 45-61 Wellington „. .. .. 41 36 37-46 .. 47 38 40-33 .. 46 44 45-33 .. 47 44 45-33 Christchurch „ .. .. 42 37 38-21 .. 48 37 41-00 .. 50 42 44-82 .. 47 41 44-35 Dunedin „ .. .. 42 37 38-46 .. 49 38 42-00 .. 49 41 44-17 .. 46 40 43-60 Blufi „ .. .. 43 38 39-21 .. 50 39 43-08 .. 48 40 43-42 .. 45 39 42-85 Sydney „ .. .. 45 39 40-54 .. .. .. 40 34 37-19 .. 38 34 36-76 Melbourne „ .. .. 46 40 41-54 .. .. .. 39 33 36-19 .. 37 33 35-58 The estimated receipts and payments in respect of the San Francisco, Direct contract, and Brindisi-Naples (the Peninsular and Oriental and the Orient) services for the year were as follow : —

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Eecbipts and Payments on account of the San Francisco, Direct, Peninsular and Oriental, and Orient Mail Services for the Year 1889. San Francisco Service. De. £ s. d. £ s. d. Subsidy to contractors ... ... ... 20,686 13 8 Bonus ... ... ... ... ... 1,190 0 0 L%ht-dues (charged on estimates) ... ... 663 0 0 Interprovincial service, Mail Agents, &c. ... 4,854 14 4 - Cii. 27,394 8 0 Postages from London Post Office ... ... 9,245 11 2 Postages collected in the colony ... ... 16,050 2 11 Eeceipts from non-contracting colonies... ... 5,011 8 4 30,307 2 5 Net profit to the colony ... ... ... £2,912 14 5 In 1888 the net cost of the service was £23 Bs. 7d. 289,197 letters, 206,988 books, and 634,082 newspapers were received from, and 376,584 letters, 56,386 books, and 350,729 newspapers despatched to, the United Kingdom, &c, by the San Francisco service. Direct Contract, New Zealand Shipping Company. Dk. £ s. d. £ s. d. Payments on weight of correspondence... ... 10,667 3 6 Bonus, &c. ... ... ... ... ... 5,877 13 4 Light-dues (charged on estimates) ... ... 936 0 0 Interprovincial service ... ... ... 3,000 0 0 Ck. 20,480 16 10 Postages from London, &c. ... ... ... 10,074 16 4 Postages collected in the colony ... ... 5,114 310 15,189 0 2 Net cost to the colony ... ... ... £5,291 16 8 The estimated net cost of the service for 1888 was £6,680 3s. 4d. 251,628 letters, 189,639 books, and 590,720 newspapers were received from the United Kingdom, &c, by the Direct contract service; and 146,193 letters, 17,012 books, and 98,535 newspapers despatched. P. and O. and Orient Linen (Federal Mail Service). Db. £ s. d. £ s. d. Payments to P. and O. and Orient Lines ... ... 519 8 4 Transit charges across European Continent ... 28 13 2 Union Steamship Company (to and from Australia) ... 212 19 4 Cm. 761 0 10 Postages from London Post Office ... ... 146 5 8 Postages collected in the colony ... ... ... 716 12 3 862 17 11 Net profit to the colony ... ... £10117 1 The number of letters, books, and newspapers conveyed from and to the United Kingdom, &c, by the Peninsular and Oriental and the Orient packets were: Eeceived, 59,847 letters, 9,258 books, and 29,955 newspapers ; despatched, 6,132 letters, 210 books, and 170 newspapers. Betukn showing the several Subsidised Mail Steam Services, the Subsidy Payments for the Year 1889, the Dates when established, and the Date on which each terminates.

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Duration oi' Service. Service. Subsidy or Payment. Number of Voyages per Annum. Mileage for Complete Voyage. Cost per Mile. When established. When terminated or when terminable. Auckland and San Francisco Direct Steam Service Auckland and Fiji Now Zealand and South Pacific Islands .. .. .. New Zealand and Chatham Islands Helensville and Matakohe .. : Helensville and Dargaville Kawene and Omapere Rawene and Horeke Eussell and Opua Auckland and Great Barrier Island Nelson and Golden Bay .. Hokitika, Bruce Bay, Paringa, Haast. Eiver, Okuru, Okarito, and Jackson's Bay Westport and Karamea Blufi and Stewart Island .. .. j Interprovineial Service in connection ! with San Francisco Line Interprovineial Service in connection with Direct Contract Steamers .. £ s. a. 21,870 13 8 16,544 10 10 1,690 0 0 Nov., 1885 Dec, 1884 June, 1880 Nov., 1890 Dec, 1890 13 13 13 11,016 23,019 2,334 s. a. 2 9'89 1 1-27 1 1-87 , 1,200 0 0 200 0 0 June, 1885 March, 1891 8 4 f 52 t 104 f 52 J 52 ( 156 52 72 6,992 1,050 118 1 170} 34 12 8 120 130 0 5-15 0 11-43 I 450 0 0 [ 240 0 0 Jan., 1881 Jan., 1889 Dec, 1890 Dec, 1890 0 4-53 1 3-82 150 0 0 200 0 0 Dec, 1884 Dec, 1889 Dec, 1890 0 5-77 0 5-13 875 0 0 120 0 0 200 0 0 Jan., 1886 June* 188G July, 1886 Doc, 1890 Dec, 1890 Dec, 1891 6 13 52 280 102 40 4 5'57 1 9-72 1 ll'O8 4,423 0 6 Nov., 1886 Nov., 1890 3,000 0 0 Dec, 1884 Dec, "1890

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MoNEY-OKDEKS. Eight money-order offices were established during the year, viz., Ualfour, Cullensville, Exhibition (Dimedin), Hvmterville, Miranda, Parua Bay, Hororata, Waotu. Three offices were closed. The total number of money-order offices open at the end of the year was 309. 172,076 money-orders, for £589,545 14s. 9d., were issued, compared with 162,387 orders, for £555,996 os. 9d., issued in 1888. Money-orders to the number of 150,500, for £540,890 175., were paid, compared with 144,450 orders, for £513,728 Bs. 2d., paid in 1888. The number of money-orders issued on the Australian Colonies, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, &c, and also on other foreign places, through the London Post Office, was 44,753, for £131,076 7s. 2d.; and 23,328 money-orders, for £83,289 19s. Id., from places beyond the colony were paid in New Zealand. The balance against the colony on money-order account was therefore £47,786 Bs. Id. In 1888 the balance against the colony was £41,535 16s. Id. The maximum amount for money-orders issued in New Zealand for payment in the United States, or vice versa, has been raised to £20. 16,784 telegraph money-orders, for £56,527 17s. lid., were issued, compared with 16,464 orders for £56,878 15s. 10d., in 1888. The money-order commission received for the year amounted to £8,696 13s. sd. Postal Notes. The business in postal notes shows a considerable increase. During the year 170,886 postal notes, of the value of £65,213 13s. Bd., were sold, compared with 143,979 notes, for £56,039 9s. 5-|-d., sold in 1888. 169,778 postal notes, for £63,691 13s. 6d., were paid. The commission derived from the sale of postal notes amounted to £1,239 16s. 2d., an increase of £181 19s. 2Jd. over that for 1888. Savings-banks. 295 post-offices were open for the transaction of savings-bank business. Six offices were established and one closed. 21,778 new accounts were opened, compared with 21,307 opened in 1888, an increase of 471. 15,521 accounts were closed, as against 16,543 closed during 1888, a decrease of 1,022. The total number of post-office savings-bank accounts open on the 31st December, 1889, with classified balances, and the number open at the end of 1888, are given in the table below: —

The number of accounts with balances not exceeding £20 increased by 4,412. Those with balances not exceeding £200 increased by 6,148, and those with balances over £200 by 109. The 90,745 open accounts at the end of the year were in the proportion of 1 to every 6'840f the population. 153,920 deposits, amounting to £1,515,281 11s. 3d., were made during the year. The average amount of each deposit was £9 16s. 10cL, compared with £10 12s. 6d. in 1888. 99,185 withdrawals, for £1,457,081 55., w rere made, the average amount of each being £14 13s. 9d., as compared with £14 Bs. sd. in 1888, The total deposits for the year exceeded the withdrawals by £58,200 6s. 3d. In 1888 the excess of deposits was £157,276 6s. Id. The total amount at the credit of depositors on the 31st December last was £2,191,451 14s. 2d., compared with £2,048,441 10s. 9d. at the close of 1888. The savings of the people were therefore, added to by the substantial sum of £143,010 3s. sd. The interest credited depositors during the year was £84,809 17s. Id., compared with £78,080 6s. in 1888. The total amount of interest added to depositors' accounts since the Post Office Savings-banks were established in 1867 to the 31st December, ±889, has been £847,396 os. 2d. The average cost of each Savings-bank transaction, deposit or withdrawal, for the year was 3id., and for the period of the existence of the Post Office Saving-banks, 6d,

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The number of accounts opened during 1889 by means of stamps affixed to cards, the total number of such accounts open, and the amount at credit, on the 31st December last, may be gathered from the following table :— No. of Accounts No. of Accounts Amount at Credit of Postal District. opened open on Accounts open on during 1889. 81st December, 1889. 31st December, 1889. & s. d. Auckland ... ... 9 ... 100 ... 74 16 10 Blenheim ... ... 7 ... 107 ... 76 2 8 Christchurch ... ... 12 ... 591 ... 680 13 7 Dunedin ... ... 13 ... 377 ... 98 15 0 Gisborne ... ... 10 ... 1 15 11 Greymouth ... ... 9 ... 6 310 Hokitika ... ... 2 ... 0 14 0 Invercargill ... ... 29 ... 23 12 7 Napier ... ... 75 ... 43 9 8 Nelson ... ... 11 ... 383 ... 787 18 5 New Plymouth... ... 6 ... 96 ... 24 8 0 Oamaru ... ... 3 ... 88 ... 125 11 2 Thames ... ... 9 ... 138 ... 112 13 1 Timaru ... ... 4 ... 125 ... 140 19 4 Wanganul ... ... 3 ... 58 ... 46 14 0 Wellington ... ... 13 ... 286 ... 97 3 6 Westport ... ... 2 ... 16 ... 5 19 3 Totals, 1889 ... 92 ... 2,490 ... £2,347 10 10 Totals, 1888 ... 127 ... 2,641 ... £2,242 18 6 A decrease in the number of accounts opened is again shown, but £104 12s. 4d. has been added to the savings. TELEGRAPHS. There was a fair increase of business, due to the improved condition of trade. 1,802,987 telegrams of all codes were transmitted, an increase of 37,124 telegrams compared with the number transmitted in 1888. The number of ordinary and delayed telegrams forwarded was 1,416,914, of the value of £74,231 ss. 3d. The number dealt with "in 1888 was 1,366,478, of the value of £70,667 9s. 2d. 172,243 Press telegrams, of the value of £8,593 16s. 3d., were transmitted, a decrease of 9,512 in number, and £1,690 17s. 2d. in value, compared with 1888. The average value of a Press telegram was Is. o|-d. for the year, against Is. 1-fd. in 1888. The comparative number and value of telegrams of all codes transmitted during the calendar years 1889 and 1888 are given below: — Ordinary and Delayed Telegrams. Press Telegrams. Government Telegrams. Number. £ s. d. Number. £ s. d. Number. £ s. d. 1889 ... 1,416,914 =::74,231 5 3 ... 172,243 8,593 16 3 ... 213,830 24,218 9 3 1888 ... 1,366,478 70,667 9 2 ... 181,755 10,284 13 5 ... 217,630 23,164 13 11 * £77,975 in 1887. The telegraph receipts for the financial year ended the 31st March last—including tele" phone-exchange subscriptions, private - wire rents, &c.—wore £106,253 17s. 10d., compared with £105,488 7s. 6d. in 1888. The expenditure for the same period (exclusive of £16,345 15s. 7d. charged against loan on account of construction) was £101,433 lls., against £100,169 18s. 4d. in 1888-89. The expenditure was £4,820 6s. lOd. less than the revenue. The value of the services performed by telegraph —inclusive of the cost of Government messages, £24,218 9s. 3d., and a sum of £839 45., collected on money-order telegrams —was £130,681 7s. 7d. The expenditure, as already stated, was £101,433 lls. There was therefore a credit balance of £29,247 16s. 7d. on the year's transactions; equal to 467 per cent, on the capital cost. 29,898 urgent telegrams, of the value of £4,059 17s. 7d., were forwarded, a decrease of 3,158 in number, and of £484 14s. Id. in value, compared with the number and value in 1888. 497,628 delayed telegrams were transmitted, as against 475,776 dealt with in 1888, an increase of 21,852. As will be seen, the public continue to make a very liberal use of the delayed system. More particularly is this the case with communications by telegraph to and from country offices, which has the effect of materially reducing the receipts from ordinary messages. The extent to which the delayed system was used may be gathered from the fact that the proportion of delayed to ordinary telegrams for the year was 54-13 per cent. The proportion in 1888 was 5342 per cent. Government telegrams were 3,800 less in number, but £1,053 15s. 4d. more in val'je, than in 1888. Table No. 24 shows the value of free telegrams sent by Government departments during the year. The-number of telegrams to each hundred letters posted in the colony was 857, compared with 9-05 in 1888. iii—F. 1.

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16,784 money-order telegrams, for £56,527 17s. lid., were forwarded, compared with 16,464, for £56,878 15s. 10d., in 1888. The telegraph foes received amounted to £839 45., and the commission £942 2s. The nimiber and value of money-order telegrams forwarded from offices in the several postal districts is given in Table No. 23. Telephone offices were established during the year at the following places : — Akitio. Longburn. Tatarariki. Balfour. Matata. Te Mata. Buckland. Oakura. Waerangahika. Cardrona. Pakarae. Waihopai. Glenore. Pigeon Bay. Wairau Valley. Greendale. The telephone offices at Springston Station and Mangamahoe were closed. At the close of the year there were 233 offices connected by telephone. The number of offices, both telegraph and telephone, open at the end of the year was 485. There were 36 bureaux open in connection with telephone exchanges. A temporary telegraph office was opened in the Exhibition building, Dunedin, which was also made a bureau office for the time being. The telegraph office at Duntroon has been converted into a telephone office. The name of the office known as Darfield Junction was changed to Darfield, and that of Owen River to Owen Junction. The number of miles of line maintained during the year was 4,874, an increase of 84 miles. The average cost per mile for maintenance was £5 Bs. 7d., compared with £5 Os. Id. in 1888. The expenditure out of loan for telegraph extension was £16,345 15s. 7d., being £4,298 11s. 2d. moro than in 1888, but £6,638 10s. 6d. less than in 1887. Telephone Exchanges. The increase in the number of subscribers to the several exchanges for the financial year ended the 31st March last was 130, as shown by the following table : — Mar. 81, 1890. Mar. 31, 1889. Auckland ... ... ... ... ... 459 ... 461 Napier ... .. ... ... ... 115 ... 114 Wanganui ... ... ... ... ... 58 ... 61 Wellington ... ... ... ... ... 458 ... 426 Nelson ... ... ... ... ... 49 ... 53 Blenheim ... ... ... ... ... 46 ... 43 Greymouth ... ... ... ... ... 36 ... 34 Ghristchurch ... ... ... ... ... 389 ... 347 Timaru ... ... ... ... ... 55 ... 52 Oamaru ... ... .. ... ... 53 ... 46 Dunedin ... ... ... ... ... 590 ... 541 Port Chalmers ... ... ... ... ... 11 ... 14 Invercargill ... ... ... ... ... 56 ... 55 Bluff ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 ... 7 2,384 2,254 The capital expended in connection with the several telephone exchanges up to the 31st March, 1890, was £63,540 3s. 3d. The subscriptions received during the. year amounted to £18,581 lls. 7d.; the cost of maintenance was £12,194 10s. Id. The number of private wires was 82, and the receipts therefrom £1,161. Auckland Distkict. The extensions carried out during the year have been 15 miles of line, Te Awamutu to Otorohanga, and a wire from Te Kopuru to Tatarariki. Other extensions in progress at the end of the year were—Morrinsville to Lichfield, 43 miles ; Warkworth to Matakana, 6 miles; Okaihau to Eangiahua, 11 miles; Mongonni to Kaitaia, 30 miles. Telephone offices were opened at Buckland and Tatarariki, and an office reopened at Te Mata. The maintenance of the lines call for no special mention beyond that the general work of renewal and repairs has been kept abreast of the wear and tear, —some 300 miles of line having received an overhaul, renewing and rebutting poles, &c, where necessary. Napiek Distkict. Construction. —A new line has been erected from Waipawa to Tikokino, 18 miles. A wire has been run from Herbertville to Akitio, 14 miles ; and another wire has been run from Gisborne to Muriwai, 12 miles. Bepairs and Benewals. —On the section from Napier to Taupo, now undergoing repair, 3 miles of line have -been shifted and renewed with longer poles ; one hundred poles have been replaced, and fifty secured with butts. The poles from Waipawa to Kaikora have been renewed, and the line reconstructed. About forty poles have been renewed from Kaikora to Pakipaki.

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The following sections have been repaired and put in order: Eotorua to Katikati, Napier to Wairoa, Maketu to Opotiki, Napier to Waipukurau, Mahia to Tologa Bay. The reconstruction of the sections between Otuporahaki and Eotorua, Katikati and Hikutaia, will be carried out at an early date. The>wires and lines generally in this district are in efficient working order. Wellington Distbiot. The new lines erected during the year were a telephone wire from Palmerston North to Longburn, and the extension of the line from Mangamahoe to Eketahuna. Arrangements were also made to extend the telephone wire from Longburn to Oroua Bridge, but the difficulty of finding a suitable person to take charge of the office at Oroua Bridge caused the work to be postponed. This difficulty has been surmounted, and the wire has been run and the office opened. Maintenance. —All the lines in this district are having their usual periodical overhaul. New material is being inserted where necessary. The lines otherwise are in good order. The Wellington Telephone Exchange shows an increase of 40 subscribers for the year and of 24 miles of line. The total number of subscribers to the exchange is 461, and miles of wire 320. Cables. —During the early part of last year the Cook Strait No. 4 Single-core Cable gave signs of weakness in its insulation, but not to an extent as to warrant its being interfered with. Subsequently, however, another fault— one of intermittent disconnection at certain times of the tide in the strait —made itself apparent, and the services of the s.s. " Scotia " (after she had completed the laying of the duplicate-cable from Australia to New Zealand) were secured, and the faulty cable picked up, repaired, and relaid. On examination of the cable many places in the iron armour gave evidence of strong galvanic action, or of some destructive influence, such as is usually found in the vicinity of places more or less subject to earthquakes, so that on the whole the development of the second fault had the effect of hastening the repair of the cable, and saved the department the expense of hiring a ship specially for repairs at some future time. Nelson District. Construction. —A wire has been run from Eenwicktown to Wairau Valley, 18J miles; and a wire for the Eailway Department has been run from Westport to Waimangaroa, 10 miles. Overhauls. —The Blenheim and Kaikoura section has been thoroughly overhauled, poles butted, insulators renewed, and the section put in good order. Blenheim to Tophouse section has also been overhauled in a similar manner. Tophouse to Belgrove section has received similar attention, and quantities of scrub cleared. The lines are all in good working order in this district. Christchuegh Disteiot. Christchurch to Kaikoura section : Between Amberley and Kaikoura this section has received a thorough overhaul; decayed poles have been renewed or stumped, and the section re-armed. The section between Amberley and Christchurch will be overhauled shortly; a portion of it requiring re-polling. Christchurch to Waitaki: This section will be overhauled this year, and considerably strengthened. Eolleston to loop-line : The Eolleston to Springfield section is in fair condition, but west of the latter station the line requires overhauling, which will be carried out at once. The other sections in this district are in good order. Christchurch to Lyttelton : The whole of this section has been reconstructed. Larger poles have been erected, and long arms take the place of short ones. A line between Darfield and Greendale has been erected. Otaoo and Southland Distbiots. The following new lines have been erected : Eiversdale to Balfour, 9 miles ; Cardrona line, 16 miles ; Nenthorn line, 11 miles; Invercargill to Waikivi, Wallacetown Junction, Wallacetown, and Waianiwa, 11-J- miles. The principal repairs have been the completion of reconstruction of 4 miles between Waikouaiti and Blueskin. 11J miles of the Eiverton line has been reconstructed with iron-rail poles, and the remainder of the line re-butted. Generally all the lines in this district are in good working order, and very little will be required during this year.

The usual circuit maps, corrected to date, will be found attached to the report. Postal maps, revised up to the end of March last, are also attached.

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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 1870.

Table No. 2. Table showing the Money Orders issued in New Zealand on Offices beyond the Colony during the Years 1888 and 1889.

Table showing the Money Orders issued at Offices beyond the Colony on New Zealand during the Years 1888 and 1889.

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Money Orders issued in the :olony. Where payahle. Commission received. Total. Year. In the Colony. United Kingdom and Foreign Offices. Australi ian Colonies, Sec. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. I I Amount. 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 £ s- d. 2,367 3 6 2,608 3 6 3,068 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 9,553 ° 7 8,541 7 10 8,532 10 5 8,377 6 4 8,696 13 5 16,821 20,514 28,156 34,288 40,968 48,611 55,748 64, 000 70,531 83,479 97,275 99,52.3 108,916 132,232 144,227 146,406 H3,598 ng,ogi 122,042 127,323 £ s' d73,344 11 9 88,546 9 7 120,125 14 8 142,642 4 10 171,683 6 1 ,193,551 LS 9 1212,089 1 6 1233,804 15 10 1250,861 6 o 1297,290 13 8 320,260 19 11 321,633 3 3 (360,196 4 9 [402,558 12 11 430,446 18 10 [439,870 3 9 [412,276 3 o 426,194 13 9 (432,056 6 2 1458,469 7 7 Money 9,624 10,407 10,619 ",913 14,379 16,949 17,331 18,369 21,169 24,461 27,587 i 25,376 I 25,898 26,211 28,712 28,722 27,389 26,057 26,636 26,206 Orders £ *■ d. 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 o 104,i4g 5 10 go,22g 5 3 91,530 J7 9 91,634 4 7 96,goi 14 o g5,g20 9 10 87,904 9 10 84,264 .12 9 81,488 10 3 79,167 o 4 5,419 5,370 5,885 6,150 7,365 7,467 7,176 8,303 9,3*7 10,059 10,786 10,657 13,348 I4,H3 13, "3 13,494 14,693 14,431 13,709 i8,547 £ s- ~d25,637 12 7 24,653 5 9 26,347 17 7 28,068 5 5 33,659 "J 2 33,597 2 3 31,202 o 3 31,498 o 1 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 45,604 15 2 47,574 9 11 45,285 6 11 42,45.1 4 4 51,909 6 10 31,864 36,291 44,660 52,35i 62,712 73,027 80,255 90,672 101,017 117,999 135,648 135,556 .148,162 172,556 186,052 188,622 155,680 159,579 162,387 1172,076 £ s- d. i40,454 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 1 1 452,182 7 8 499,368 9 11 541,132 15 5 572,666 5 2 581,395 8 9 547,755 2 9 555,744 *3 5 555,996 o 9 589,545 14 9 ; DRAWN ON TH :e Colo Wh iere issued United Kingd lorn & For; eign Oflices Au: Total. In the Colony. .t_alian Colonies, &c. Year. No. Amount, No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 16,798 20,514 27,983 34,288 40,968 48,611 55,748 64,000 7 0,53i 83,479 97,275 99,523 ioS,gi6 132,232 144,227 146,406 H3,598 119,091 122,042 127,172 £ s- d73,245 8 3 88,592 o 3 119,676 1 2 142,642 4 10 171,683 6 1 193,551 13 9 212,089 1 6 233, 8o4 15 10 250,861 6 o 297,290 13 8 320,260 19 11 3'2i,''35 3 3 360,196 4 9 402,558 12 11 430,446 18 10 439,870 3 9 412,276 3 o 426,194 13 9 432,056 6 2 457,600 17 n 1,156 i,396 1,504 1,482 1,603 1,969 2,243 2,258 2,260 2,544 3,466 3,466 3,42i 3,725 4-535 5,204 5,824 6,334 7,336 7,469 £ s- d. 5,523 4 4 6,217 11 5 7,078 8 6 6,625 14 5 7,284 10 7 g,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 II 17,679 o 6 20,091 17 4 22,650 1 10 23,423 16 2 26,262 14 5 26,887 17 9 1,267 1,318 i,459 1,668 1,800 1,995 2,385 2,568 2,528 2,942 3,9L3 4,649 5,076 5,697 6,755 7,725 9,545 3,963 15,365 15,859 £ s. d. 6,055 6 11 5,9i4 18 7 6,803 15 3 7,689 6 8 8,316 17 5 9,34° 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 '■■ 21,090 4 10 23,299 12 11 27,429 18 6 30,724 6 4 36,513 3 11 33,254 2 3 56,141 4 1 56,402 1 4 ig,22i j 23,228 ' 30,946 37,438 I 44,37 1 I 52,575 I 60,376 1 68,826 75,319 88,965 104,654 107,638 "7,413 141,654 155,517 1.59,335 129,242 i33,9io 144,45° 150,500 £ i" d. 84,823 19 6 100,724 10 3 133,558 4 " 155,957 5 11 187,284 14 1 212,155 3 3 233,130 11 8 254,605 7 1 271,393 lS 9 320,259 2 11 350,901 14 10 354,577 4 8 394,702 n 4 441,411 9 9 475,555 17 10 490,686 7 5 471,185 7 o 482,437 17 4 513,728 8 2 540,890 17 o

Where payable. Number. 1 888. Amount. Number. 1889. Amount. United Kingdom Koreign Offices through London United States of America .. Canada Victoria South Australia .. Sew South Wales 2ueensland Fasmania Western Australia 23,866 812 1,845 «3 6,312 352 6,275 275 472 23 I 8- d. 7 2>354 4 7 4,245 18 4 4,378 13 7 5°9 13 9 22,042 16 4 972 6 1 16,528 o 4 1,116 1 10 1,700 15 6 91 4 3 23,44! 865 1,711 189 7,105 4*3 10,098 375 528 28 £ S. d. 69,792 11 7 4,190 2 8 4,141 '15 11 1,042 10 2 23,5O7 7 5 1,317 2 o 23,698 6 o 1,410 11 6 1,868 4 11 107 15 o Totals 4°,345 123,939 14 7 44,753 131,076 7 2

I 1S88. 1889. Where issued. " % Number. Amount. —£ S. d. 23.771 17 4 2,055 11 2 435 5 « 32,652. 6 11 1,074 2 8 I5.I.54 19 5 4,302 11 if 2,704 4 8 252 19 1 Number. Amount. TT s^d-^ 6,765 231786 7 2 598 2,68g 18 7 106 411 12 o 9,349 31.670 18 2 415 1.579 9 3 4,503 ■ i 16,702 14 10 S82 3,824 9 3 655 2,406 16 3 55 217 13 7 Jnited Kingdom and Foreign Offices Jnited States of America .. Canada Victoria South Australia Stew South Wales Jueensland fasmania Western Australia • • i * 6, 7 S 7 468 Si 9,386 328 3.971 962 658 60 Totals .. _ u 22,701 22,701 82,403 18 6 -3.328 83.289 19 I

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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 1889.

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Money Orders. Saving! Banks. > Office. Issued. Paid. Ai Deposits. £ = E O <U ~~"; —— _— Zuft <; ° No. Amount. II Withdrawals. No. Commission. Amount. I No. Amount. No. I Amount. lUCKLAND Alexandra Aratapu Avondale Bombay Cambridge Clevedon Coromandel Dargaville Devonport Drury Hamilton Helensville Huntly Kaeo Kaitaia Kamo Kawakawa Kihikihi Kohukohu Lichfield Mangapai Mangawai Mangawhare .. Matakana Mauku Maungakaramea Maungaturoto.. Mercer Mititai Mongonui Morrinsville Mount Eden .. Newmarket Newton Ngaruawahia .. Ohaeawai Ohaupo Omapere Onehunga Otahuhu Pahi Papakura Paparoa Parnell Parua Bay Pokeno Ponsonby Port Albert Port Fitzroy .. Pukekohe Raglan Rangiriri Rawene Russell Taupiri Te Awamutu .. Te Koporu Tuakau Upper Symonds Street Wade' Waharoa Waipu Waiuku Waiwera Wangarei Wangaroa Waotu Warkworth Whangapoua .. Whitianga Jlenheim Cullensville Havelock Kaikoura Kekerangu Picton Renwicktown .". Spring Creek .. HRISTCHURCH . . Akaroa Alford Forest .. 11,183 200 497 26 160 582 98 525 504 162 131 605 658 482 336 300 414 745 94 172 98 299 109 259 80 43 6 £ *.d. 732 3 6 7 2 6 18 12 6 1 1 6 4 11 6 23 15 2 3 5 4 23 o 2 30 19 10 846 4 14 o 24 n 6 25 17 a 21 3 8 22 5 1 8 15 oj 15 5 10 32 19 10 3 9 2 20 16 2 2 18 6 10 4 4' 486: 11 12 8 2 12 Oj 150! 040 594: 8 16 10 4 3 6 14 5 4 4 4O| I 4 2 12 13 6 29 14 6 10 1 4 32 6 4 3 9 2 6 8 8' 21 17 6 9 10 4 626; 5 5 2 6 3 4 10 9 10 1 4 io 1 2 11 6; 610 9 12 8 1 n 6 11 16 8 £ •■ d. 41,563 11 o 635 1 11 1,57° 2 5 90 10 6 456 18 2 i,754 8 1 211 3 3 1,786 18 7 1,847 11 9 417 8 4 425 15 4 1 1,907 17 1 2,088 11 5 1,687 2 11 1,281 13 1 844 1 7 1,148 19 10 2,329 5 3 240 7 6 920 3 7 310 5 3 1,310 12 9 250 17 10 915 10 5 194 18 10 166 13 6 18 1 4 425 7 ° 836 5 9 450 6 3 1,017 ° 2 249 18 7 60 8 2 665 18 10 1,605 4 11 886 17 3 1,700 10 10 335 14 10 406 10 5 1,298 19 7 621 15 6 407 7 0 467 3 o 524 9 4 635 3 2 79 18 5 226 o 9 369 8 8 761 16 10 135 17 2 1,189 2 3 503 17 3 577 1 o 636 11 4 901 17 5 289 o 5 848 3 1 1,942 10 10 809 6 9 171 15 1 123,724 ■ 131 i 91 i 28 : 54 : 490 i 52 154 > 123 \ 205 \\ i53 : 672 i 179 141 : 31 5° > 136 ! 285 > 105 59 I 29 I 60 ' 5° i 35 1 31 » 30 I 4 > 56 ) 87 ! 8 : 120 47 ! 107 ) 260 £ 8. d. 81,914 4 8 593 3 6 420 18 4 in 18 6 245 12 2 1,641 3 3 147 12 7! 515 o 11 435 11 2 770 10 o 672 18 11 2,112 15 3 684 9 7 541 19 o 117 12 6j 346 15 I 593 7 71 914 12 i| 387 ° 1 334 ! ° 135 16 11 221 6 5 262 3 3 140 2 7 93 14 8 "7 4 3 13 1 11 190 5 3 318 18 10 57 18 11 448 8 11 249 4 8 306 5 10 972 12 o| 3,403 10 5 857 4 9 194 6 6 361 9 7 127 7 10 3,030 17 7 726 19 7 138 10 11 605 18 6 276 12 4 1,359 13 2 7 19 9 396 3 10 1,914 7 4 353 17 11 131 14 9 611 4 1 600 8 2 275 3 6 537 17 5 i,735 11 3 179 o 6 903 2 7 43i 6 9 285 9 3 299 10 11 1,044 16 26 13 10 5° 5 44 78 20 4 61 44 21 14 12 36 32 10 6 7,124 85 188 79 38 290 54 380 308 134 51 407 283 176 55 47 300 362 72 21 51 37 41 153 34 72 £ *• d. 113,725 10 7 586 16 5 1,057 6 ° 75 6 o| 338 19 6 2,607 8 8 697 5 o 3.517 17 o 3,44i 13 6 667 2 11 373 14 ° 2,860 13 6 2,318 6 10 1,236 15 4 579 16 o 640 18 1 2,395 n ° 2,603 6 2 599 1 7 236 7 o 412 15 o 333 13 ° 496 17 o 1,915 16 o 276 3 11 239 8 o: 1,306 2 9 3 2 28 23 22| 5 5 31 39 1 18 I 4 18 8,162 32 43 10 27 149 4 146 74 23 17 152! 112 65 25 29 112 85 50 12 5 12 12 40 18 £ s. d. 1136,824 2 3 : 354 18 o i 5" 1 9 , 18 17 7 91 8 11 1 1,321 13 4 19 10 o ' 1,848 15 6 1,066 7 o 117 is 9 : 169 14 11 J 2,527 15 11 1,979 1 8 644 18 9 255 6 4 428 1 1 1,418 16 11 1,714 10 8 424 15 7 122 o o 28 4 o 131 5 6 98 16 3 584 15 9 222 2 5 41 16 11 i 5 8 9 18 12 1 1 6' I 10! 1 A J34 289 116 344 102 29 252 594 277 343 105 140 392 229 133 150 178 231 27 88 120 1,245 I 221 I 44 76 i 30 ' 854 > 231 3« I 156 77 : 414 i 4 I 60 : 587 i 106 : 16 i 164 I 109 1 53 127 284 32 209 8 4 1 72 71 10 13 4 12 4 3 10 61 18 23 1 15 35 13 10 7 7 21 40 84 20 48 42 7 55 4°3 156 52 65 342 213 166 409 II O; 1,464 15 7 338 11 6 1,267 8 6 t 310 7 0 54 o o 514 14 10 2,088 5 9 696 4 O 581 7 o 211 16 o, 65 9 4 1 i,94i 15 8 688 19 o| 488 4 o 518 1 o 314 7 6 163 6 o 109 o o 304 19 o 156 7 o 858 10 o 200 522 10 o 817 3 o 43 17 6 332 17 o 832 9 o 157 15 o, 2,032 13 oj 1,661 15 01 123 2 OJ 41 5 o 'j I 5 2 5 2 19 8 3 4 2 8 10; 15 31 13 10 9 93 5i 10 12 27 65 79; 18 29 21 i 6 281 52 2 37 32 6 191 4 o 546 10 8 233 1 7 449 17 11 249 5 7 26 15 o 27 13 8 1,126 18 3 664 4 6 57 4 9 62 18 o 103 17 11 587 15 6 779 14 1 239 8 1 214 13 7 127 9 8 212 9 1 47 o o 66 1 7 14 3 7 18 50 56 51 125 5 22 83 114 1 I 4 3 7 243 42 3 I9 145 219 176 249 83 271 531 221 5° 9 6 93 4 10 444 12 o 11 15 o 248 15 1 704 18 3 88 o o 192 6 3 978 14 2 159 19 6 1,986 13 9 1,210 o 5 90 11 10 3 7° 13 5 o 10 6 15 10 10 2 10 9 12 4 386 10 16 io| 22 18 10 7 12 10 266 15 7 2 75 59 11 50 85 59 240 196 38 9 2 8 12 14 32 32 4 4 13 5 19 18 20 36 25 81 85 11 3 1 3 86 41 582 37° 183 1,040 182 I 306 1 8 6 19 11 o 14 4 6 6 13 8, 42 5 61 986 o 18 8 212 4 2 135 3 4 1,856 7 6 1,323 19 8 657 12 10 3,151 9 6 559 o 5 57 14 10 669 14 3 109 19 o 1,839 7 1 7,440 12 9 2,329 8 3 2,424 8 1 -1,439 IS 6 2S0 10 5 2,297 I2 5 282 on 843 11 2 36,277 o 3 1,761 1 4 172 18 8 : 42 II 1 201 ; 253 36 488 63 14 162 1 7 136 1 1,288 150 204 136 9 385 18 139 14,578 207 17 163 13 6 26 10 11 1,173 9 6 928 19 o 194 9 2 1,763 9 6 261 14 o 43 1 6 659 19 4 25 9 2 740 4 6 4,834 18 3 613 8 6 778 4 " 503 4 2 53 2 2 1,495 on - 54 7 1 807 3 4 49,3°9 4 5 879 o 10 69 1 2 6 2 28 20 J4 105 21 243 64 107 99 106 504 87 2 184 9 148 2,123 181 509 8 o 465 2 oj 2,301 17 I 733 16 o 676 1 o' 5,3°6 6 3 1,153 14 ° 27 o o 1,305 18 o 79 17 o i,4°5 5 ° 26,793 o 3 3,574 12 11 2,373 1 11 1,517 & 7 398 6 o, 3,719 16 I 210 3 11 140 14 o 252,029 19 2 1,972 15 10 1 7 15 10 34 3 9 6 61 8i 51 167 20 43 67 1,648 124 52 9 133; is! 40 4 4 58 14 6 1,045 o 4 783 8 3 616 15 7 2,750 12 o 246 4 9 15 o o 530 11 6 30 o o 595 3 5 30,065 19 4 1,068 19 10 938 17 9 ! 1,442 4 1 55 17 o ! 1,718 18 5 34 3 5 6 3 11 271,231 4 o 2,010 3 1 21 195 24 566 2,328 59i 582 424 96 716 82 7 14 4 2 4 2, 25 13 o 117 14 6 33 19 4 25 18 10 23 8 & 400 28 II 2' 4 2 O 10 9 8: 645 12 8 25 2 10 1 16 oj 25 4 4 31 354 61 - 5 13 292 21 12 21 29 38 12 65 12 "2,729 ..i 231 174 7 2j 394 98 20 22,738 362 3 15 3 1 201 10,276 548 63 2,222 28 3 i8,485j 96

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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 1889 — continued.

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Money Orders. I Savinj ; Banks. Office. No. Issued. Commission. Amount. No. Paid. Paid. Amount. I Ir; — < o j No. Deposits. leposits. Amount. C T3 < No. Withdrawals. Amount. "hristchurch— continued. Amberley Ashburton Bealey Belfast Chertsey Cheviot Coalgate Culverden Darfield Dunsandel Duvauchelles .. Ellesmere Hanmer Plain .. Hororata Kaiapoi Kirwee Leeston Lincoln Little River Lyttelton Methven Oxford Papanui Rakaia Rangiora Rolleston . Sheffield Southbridge Springfield Sydenham Tinwald Waiau Waikari Whitecliffs Woolston DUNEDIN Alexandra South Balclutha Blackstone Hill Caversham Clinton Clyde Cromwell Dunedin North Exhibition Green Island .. Greytown South Hamilton's Hyde.. Kaitangata Kelso Lawrence Macrae's Flat .. Middlemarch .. Milton Mosgiel Naseby Nenthorne Ophir Outram Owake Palmerston South Pembroke Port Chalmers Roxburgh St. Bathan's .. Seacliff South Dunedin Stirling Tapanui Waihola Waikaia Waikouaiti Waitahuna Waitati jISBORNE Ormond iRKYMOUTH Ahaura Brunnerton Nelson Creek .. Reefton Richardson £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s-d- £ s. d. £ s. d. 265 1,682 63 36! 75 73 124 135 90; 54 1 119; i 39j 545; 172 264! 55 243; 1,658 215! 410; 56 385 1 992 35 200 259i 237' 388J 57, I97! 261; 129; 22 9^517: 480, 724' 96 Zf 362; 370' 586| 1,0931 45J 171; 42 292 187 470 198 841 369 125 567! 253 631 11 14 10 82 1 8 2 16 o 1 5 o! 1 18 4 j 402 5 4 4 6 19 21 3 !8 10 2 15 6] 5 9 4! 0 15 o 1 18 oj 196; 25 13 ° 6 12 6l 13 15 4J 2 9 6 8 17 o 95 18 2J 10 19 2; 18 3 8 2 16 21 14 18 6 44 7 2 1 5 o 7 12 8 10 ii 2 922 19 6 8 256 10 2 8 10 11 2 4 12 o 1 6 6 583 ° 4 18 18 2! 27 H 8| 3 3 ° 6 16 8 1296 14 6 6 26 11 6 61 17 4 2 13 6 946 200 851 4 3 5,866 12 7 191 o 11 78 II II 187 10 5 237 9 7 383 7 4 524 19 2 313 14 11 212 o 9 443 17 " 84 1 o 147 14 10 88 9 6 1,886 17 2 770 18 3! 791 10 1! 168 2 II! 864 5 8; 6,337 6 3 781 7 7 i,549 3 61 146 7 « 1,301 3 5j 2,870 2 10 I" 5 7 676 16 9) 866 14 o! 820 9 5| 1,009 4 8 184 15 2 753 12 10 870 11 10 457 3 2 84 18 6 34,529 15 11 1,688 12 4 2,133 13 1 326 14 7 405 6 4 989 4 8 983 7 5 1,678 13 11 3,156 16 7 157 1/ ° 7°3 4 2 157 11 8 1,366 7 6 612 11 5 1,624 6 4 625 17 3 2,592 8 5 1,174 3 4 382 2 7 i,956 3 2 803 12 6 2,166 16 7 144 804 8 Ifi 12 7 65 43 12 25! 3° 5! ioj 298 42 112 58 1 62 822 38J 212. 7O; 74| 535 10 84 100 65 535 17 44 63 3° 40 19,559 86 445 11 332 135 136 185 762 5 in 29 3° 22 135 33 656 33 18 497 3 ° 2,778 7 1 24 o 2 91 3 o 72 13 2 45 0 2 334 5 1 173 2 I 36 19 o 112 13 o 114 10 7 10 o o 57 18 6 1 2 3 992 11 3 127 15 8 412 8 1 205 4 1 184 6 4 2,712 8 10 185 13 10 723 5 o 338 11 6 276 4 11 1,980 17 3 54 5 o 3" 7 3 388 12 1 208 on i,552 8 7 70 15 6 160 8 1 239 12 1 71 13 2 105 18 10 68,056 12 9 321 10 2 1,567 o 6 36 10 o 1,087 5 11 481 15 o 376 8 9 618 19 5 2,845 11 3 24 19 8 400 1 7 no 18 4 233 3 7 116 10 4 389 10 10 166 15 10 2,185 16 9 135 15 10 80 4 9 1,458 11 2 752 7 8 2,338 17 2 42 260 4 7 12 9 8 7 12 J4 4 7 in 9 4 2 7 3 172 J3 50 9 44 168 3 22 29 I? "3 17 22 15 16 263 i,449 32 . 3° 5i 38 49 22 61 75 19 24 726 63 281 36 60 1,460 59 258 95 296 928 34 103 176 78 1,101 96 143 79 no 64 16,415 80 465 2,574 1 10 13,376 18 7 340 o o 108 4 o 320 7 o 477 8 5 756 3 o 127 12 o 625 7 10 256 15 o 209 19 11 92 4 o 7,207 17 10 44O 2 10 1,261 7 o 3°7 4 °i 416 5 o 11,499 6 1 682 9 o 3,256 1 4 536 4 o 2,233 12 1 9,979 4 7 267 18 o 1,461 15 o 1,773 16 o 523 18 o 4,094 o 3 602 1 4 1,509 19 o 647 5 10 509 4 o 271 14 o 175,984 6 11 719 4 o 3,769 19 1 16 J43 1 3 4 1 66 11 6 80 c 22 I 22 63 7 11 6 95 634 4 6 17 1 5 6 12 15 259 20 49 11 19 55O 31 96 12 79 292 2 46 54 28 106 41 39 50 13 36 14,164 25 i°5 1,479 3 3 9,678 5 9 77 o o 42 9 o 84 6 4 10 o o 35 o o 23 7 o 311 1 11 97 3 3 55 o o 14 11 6 4,295 8 10 467 3 6 450 14 o 51 o o 255 4 4 S.649 3 5 337 8 4 975 16 0 122 6 10 2,095 14 1 5,827 1 5 17 J5 o 647 8 5 646 8 5 258 5 1 516 9 5 384 19 1 305 17 8 719 6 1 145 11 3 189 3 o 191,013 5 o 427 7 3 2,014 17 2 21 3 6 9 1 3 2,093 24 94 2 1,865 6 29 58 25 10 18 360 5°9 196 4 1 77 3,417 57 264 16 39 1,053 2 4 969 13 1 136 18 o 563 18 6 15,234 12 6 82 1 o 1,390 15 o 166 1 o 415 3 9 6 18 7 22 151 ' 35 67 12 39 736| 6 149 8 4 929 10 o 70 o 10 398 4 o 7,532 4 7 14 4 o 651 9 1 122 7 o 527 o o 5 43 3 11 10 2 50 10 15 11 13 10 7 3 4 17 1 8 6 8 8 34 9 o 12 10 ioj 4 5 6! 23 19 o II I IOj 28 11 4 32 17 58 2 225 72 460 5 1,507 3 7 457 7 1 3,523 14 o 7 17 o 22 7 45 1 f>5 34 134 4 803 5 10 384 18 9 3,090 8 1 30 6 10 404 221 924 78 28 36 419 223 187 3,887 18 2 1,317 7 5 i,34i 14 4 34 11 179 43 48 2,624 2 o 466 17 3 948 10 4 14 296 209 328 633, 265 850 492 338 144 245, 150: 596 107 524 372 156 121 2,031 85 2,536 817 597 262 1,638 85! 14 6 4 898 n 5 o 25 3 4 9 14 10 51 19 o 19 18 6 14 o 2 4 9 6 12 12 6 5 9 2 20 11 8] 4 5 0 18 3 4 1242 630 466 118 19 6 5 10 8 146 9 8 33 18 8 33 14 ° 14 17 10 107 3 10 4 O 2i 991 5 " 681 13 o 1,166 3 6 1,957 2 9 730 6 11 2,7°3 7 7 1,665 2 9 895 4 6 485 14 1 641 15 6 453 ° 7 1,640 16 5 344 J3 3 1,512 17 5 1,008 5 1 564 1 10 •5388 2 6 6,954 5 5 228 6 11 8,466 13 o 3,528 7 11 1,853 6 9 1,349 6 8 5,928 9 4 288 9 2 193 "5 91 484 31 929 155 57 82 445 1 0 418 8 5 431 2 11 1,849 8 4 120 16 6 3,213 8 3 554 10 3 292 6 2 301 4 7 1,530 19 3 148 10 4 628 13 3 177 6 11 179 14 1 915 11 6 295 6 10 153 3 9 3,428 7 3 101 9 10 8,753 3 9 355 7 9 894 1 o 46 8 6 2,700 16 5 128 1 2 15 16 32 139 3° 575 199 4 o 638 16 1 185 1 o 1,277 1 o 11 10 13 26 19 64 122 15 3 313 19 10 546 1 o 1,051 5 11 4 40 2 13 '181 22 1,428 159 55 57 665 77 171 37 94 183 65 73 i>579 10 1,824 100 489 52 - 379 38 8,909 4 6 1,642 8 7 297 8 o 294 2 o 2,394 6 o 778 4 1 937 12 o 407 6 o 730 9 6 977 13 3 398 2 o 587 8 11 13,020 14 9 42 3 2 20,917 5 8 1,450 19 11 4,671 8 4 156 2 o 2,613 2 3 256 10 n 102 16 4 2 47 5 10 3 10 11 9 5 " 208 4 296 15 435 5° 12 16 6,217 6 8 1,393 i° 2 217 6 1 173 12 o 1,141 o 1 322 7 10 585 10 2 172 9 1 510 12 5 831 15 1 406 10 7 146 6 2 13,495 3 2 28 11 o 29,437 2 4 859 3 7 1,697 o g 209 19 10 2,176 5 11 142 13 7 429 43 154 39 56 301 95 49 872 23 2,075 90 231 •14 891 32 4 4 79 17 22 10 15 24 13 14 256 5 269 3° 64 1 82I 125 21 5O 10 5° 53 18 15 1,079 6 1,673 67 103 15 141 2249j 3' 4)

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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 1889 — continued.

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Money Orders. Saving! Banks. Office. Issued. Paid. > = 1s £ = c < ° Deposits. II < Withdrawals. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. H Amount. No. Amount. HOKITIKA Goldsborough .. Kumara Rirnu Ross Stafford Invercargill Arrow River .. Balfour Bluff Dipton Edendale Fortrose G ore .. Half-Moon Bay Kingston Lumsden Mataura Orepuki Otautau I Jukerau Queenstown Riversdale Riverton Thornbury Waikaka Waipahi . Wairio Winton Woodlands Wyndham Napier Danevirke Hastings Herbertville .. Kaikora North Kumeroa Makatoka Mohaka Norsewood Ongaonga Ormondville .. Porangahau Port Ahuriri .. Takapau Taupo Tikokino Waipawa Waipukurau .. Wairoa Nelson.. Belgrove Brightwater Collingwood Motueka Richmond Takaka The Port Wakefield New Plymouth .. Inglewood Opunake Pungarehu Stratford Waitara 1,323! 61 1,072 82 297 320 2,904 456 T4 492 251 236 278 1,310 59 95 354! 414 336 168 156 519 266 4 63 101 6 9 3 4 2 12 O 49 12 4 3 4 6 14 18 2 13 12 2 143 12 o 19 13 4 0 14 o 24 1 o 9 13 6 8 5 4 11 4 2 51 3 » 1 18 6j 3 2 O 13 4 10^ 14 7 10 11 iS 8! 6 iG 8 4 12 o| 22 2 10! 10 13 8 18 6 8 470 006 5 10 8 7 12 o! 14 10 41 3 16 2 15 7 6 250 17 10 25 3 i° 70 2 o 8 3 4 8 17 4 386 6 7 • 4 3 14 6 11 16 10 / s. d. 3,952 G 3 176 4 8 3.320 7 4 160 o 6 1,068 5 5 1,237 14 9 8,915 17 10 I.3 10 9 3 37 9 4 1,824 17 9 810 2 6 678 iG 4 1,028 8 4 4,480 9 5 179 13 11 276 19 8 1,219 2 6 1,262 3 2 1,609 io 2 551 11 8 454 8 1 1,644 G 7 926 19 10 1,279 16 8 289 9 11 500 487 14 3 844 9 2 1,153 13 6 335 7 I 1,188 7 4 14,193 8 9| 2,397 I 4J 3,924 18 10; 470 11 1 667 6 2 396 12 11 670 12 7 246 8 S 1,269 J5 ° 778 16 2 945 19 6 1,174 5 11 1,534 12 10 i,374 17 ° 673 14 8 220 19 1 2,711 13 6 1,521 4 ij i,743 16 9| 8,401 4 8! 240 19 11 395 17 4 2,074 17 1 1,255 12 4 528 4 I 1,111 3 oj 780 5 2 523 18 9| 5,978 18 7j 1,429 12 2; I,32O 12 3 402 14 8 1,435 2 4 973 iG 10 10,024 ° 9 497 6 1 1,077 19 3 643 12 10 739 ° 2 1,172 7 o 492 o 5; 386 3 2 G,272 II 2 336 13 9 •5236 15 10 10 1 5 1,229 3 5 1,624 7 Io 1,737 16 10 57 17 4 1,650 15 4 2,454 1 I 177 O O; 1,342 16 9j 650 13 9] 968 35 235 10 308 44 4,597 100 24G 37 26 36 565 60 8 86 166 62 76 51 270 92 507 48 £ s. d. 3,369 16 9 130 14 9 678 17 1 29 17 4 1,133 Io ° 122 OO 16,170 3 8 4H o 5 839 2 9 141 11 7 109 13 G 144 13 4 1,801 15 7 328 8 5 38 5 o 315 7 3 561 iG 5 196 3 6 282 iS 11 167 17 4 959 19 8 397 5 10 1,844 I2 ° 120 13 o 1 62! 8 24 J3 455 25 2 17 12 8 79 9 25 3° 11 17 2 i 481 34 426 5i 154 72 3-°95 126 2 177 60 81 475 41 3 100 257 55 58 32 198 9i 244 27 £ s. d. 5,327 18 6 462 7 o 5,065 6 9 459 3 o 1,672 8 2 383 18 o 33,080 2 8 497 5 7 37 ° ° 1,012 G o 31S 2 O 3gi 18 10 3,869 10 1 257 18 o 14 10 o 1,112 5 6J 1,437 J5 10 G31 13 o 412 1 o 146 13 10 848 13 4 374 19 9 2,117 o 6 145 3 ° 104! 7 63 8 17 4 357! i7! 11 1 3. 9 50 2; II II 9 ioj 406 19 221 50 100 39 2,187 30 I 167 9 5 32 62 27 29 11 36 14 101 7 £ s. d. 7,430 1 9 232 11 1 6,107 12 o 329 9 6 i,7 65 3 2 243 9 1 32,445 3 7 421 11 5 15 o o 722 13 4 230 3 o 221 16 7 3,251 16 3 237 o o 75 18 11 495 17 4 693 5 5 281 1 o 260 1 1 112 16 9 55r> 3 6 314 6 11 i,537 3 1 36 9 5 39 11 2 6; ii 17 1 1 115 6 n 199 18 10 638 4 3J 566 17 8j 306 8 3 16,062 2 IO 701 18 '8 2,019 16 5 141 14 1 248 5 6 145 9 o 221 o 8 71 17 o 229 18 4 122 14 9 433 4 I0 18G 14 1 551 11 8 277 19 8 216 14 10 40 14 o 1,742 13 3 555 16 6 947 8 2 15,727 7 2 229 12 9 389 4 6 518 12 11 965 12 11 411 18 10 390 11 7 184 18 6 302 4 3 7,650 5 6 765 18 4 713 5 1 170 2 II 1,074 J9 ° 919 2 5 5,796 o 3 128 15 4 576 4 9 172 o 5 158 8 3 364 3 9 202 6 5 113 6 o 5,707 6 o 274 19 3 163 iG 4 400 799 4 7 493 10 3 1,123 17 8 59 1 4 2,014 16 3 1,268 10 2 96 o 3 335 15 4 156 15 11 204 7 o 22O I O; I,058 3 6 481 8 o 1,259 11 5 47,583 14 4 1,166 15 5 6,365 7 o 266 15 4 491 18 3 78 11 5 63 17 10 525 2 11 432 o o 909 2 7 54,695 15 6 744 13 9 2,480 11 3 113 17 2 632 6 10 171 205 308 115 409 4,°92 692! 1,204 14S 167 85 199 53 35« 2o6j 277 232 4151 358 I78I 45 760 458! 454 2,304 76 127 543 404 129 322 199 , 139 1,837 345 398 91 410 275 3,101 138 298 221 192 290 136 101 27 47 196 141 92 4,332| 186 7 10' 28; 15 28 632I 33; 135! ioj 16 28 28 in 112 2! 6 1 8; 6 19 695 12! 7 10 ■ 40 31 64 3,613 59 239 10 141 4,29i 169 729 3i 62 43! 2| 7 7 5 o 10 G 6 iG 13 8 28 3 10 14 6 8 7 16 6 1 13 6j 40 10 ioi 24 13 2 28 1 10 122 15 G 1 10 o 5 5 8 20 13 8| 15 18 10 6 16 10 13 8 6 12 16 4 5 19 4 96 3 4 15 o 2 16 2 6 3 18 o 13 19 10 11 8 2 515 38 71 30 66 21 55 29 "3 49 161 82! 59 6 628 15 9 8 58 27 32 58 38 322 87 46 19 296 246 146 2,557 65 76 172 419 210 ■3 144! 2,336j 339 138 147 183! 2,567 To 5° 5° 59 75 29 2,374 59 10 298 17 o 194 n o 355 12 o 680 7 o 523 11 o 2,021 8 3 974 15 10 484 17 11 179 3 2 3,°7° 7 5 2,393 H o 1,563 3 7 33,283 11 6 512 8 3 652 13 7 1,368 3 2 3,683 o 1 1,718 11 11 600 6 5 655 1.8 o 1,622 4 2 37,710 14 9 4,3O4 I? 3 1,672 19 4 550 10 o 1,645 5 2 1,546 17 ol 27,299 18 9 346 4 o 204 9 o 490 10 o 357 l5 11 786 19 9 527 4 3 219 19 o 23,842 19 4 809 13 9 270 o o 8' 5i •• I 7\ 5 3! 25! 181 IO! 286: 43 32 14 34 39 12 57 34 n M 117 87 65 2,029 14 31 27 127 33 30 29 42 1,899 157 68 16 no 65 1,916 27 18 18 28 28 22 504 4 8 120 in 400 19 4 649 14 o 157 « 4 795 8 6 372 10 3 214 11 3 237 6 5 1,976 2 8 1,546 15 o 836 n 9 36,507 16 o 177 5 6 202 14 o 711 17 4 2,550 4 7 521 16 3 503 16 8 595 11 o 625 1 5 37,762 1 4 3,195 12 7 903 17 3 109 5 o 1,494 18 8 926 16 11 29,015 17 1 284 12 o 296 17 5 95 12 3 218 2 9 387 H 9 260 3 11 93 11 9 26,089 10 5 515 18 8 322 15 5 12 172 248 4,061 45 96 no 216 7 47 17 4 5 48' 36; 241 35 1 i 9 9 18: 61 3| 6 117 97 89 70 2,185 160 158 35 200 244 i,555 38 161 29: 2O 16 28 4 T5 70 24 35 22 416 17 4 14 10 18 25 3 3 6 331 20 10 13 13 380 Oamaru Duntroon Harapden Herbert Kakanui Kurow Maheno Ngapara Thames Katikati Maketu Miranda Opotiki Paeroa Rotorua Tapu Tauranga Te Aroha Te Puke Waiorongomai Whakatanft 2,055 127 96 5 404 468 445 21 141 ig 2 502 10 10 o 746 6 19 10 12 16 4 628 3 13 2 91 3 4 524 3 18 4 048 21 10 2 20 5 8 25 14 8 o 15 10 23 16 8 30 5 8 472 15 14 o 896 5] 37 ioo| 49 26 1,509 87 4 6 225 128 218 26 566 315 31 75 49 14 7 276 10 8 9 G / 1 4 7 3 3" 7 2 2,059 24 IO 43 30 57! 346 171 195 2,010 16 7 1,837 r3 Io 2,702 2 9 17 11 75 76 96 996 6 4 869 8 7 936 4 I 14 519 728 76 392 216 "«l 65 38 3 321 ' 377 14 312 14 5,326 4 5 . 2,823 15 4 147 1 o 1,055 19 1 80 7 o 34 18 x3 149 133 14 69 4 2,881 8 11 1,734 7 o 203 10 9 615 1 6 42 13 6

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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 1889 — continued.

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Money Orders. Savings Banks. V Office. Issued. Paid. Urn > ~ _ " < c Deposits. 1 _ ! u o ithdrawals. No. Commission, i ! |_ A mount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. Timaru Fairlie Creek .. Geraldine Makikihi Pleasant Point.. St. Andrews Temuka Waimate Winchester Wanganui Bull's Fordell Hawera Hunterville Manaia Manutahi Marton Normanby Patea Turakina Waitotara Waverley Wellington Ashurst Campbelltown .. Carterton Castlepoint Chatham Islands Eketahuna Featherston Feilding Foxton Greytown North Halcombe Hutt Johnsonville Kaitoke Kaiwarawara .. Martinborough Masterton Maurieeville .. Newtown Ngahauranga .. Otaki Pahiatua Palmerston North Petone Sanson Te Aro Te Nui Upper Hutt Woodville Westport Boatman's Cape Foulwind Charleston Denniston Longford Lyell Waimangaroa .. 2,4o6! _9_ 59438| 97 63 423: 862 70! 3,182; £ ■■ d. 131 15 o 8 15 4 22 16 0i 6 8 480 2 II 6 18 14 8 34 o 4 2 8 10 159 9 8 18 4 4 3 14 1° 39 19 8 0 12 o 19 5 8 1 5 10 36 8 8 6 17 2 ig 1 2 10 10 2 4 1 2 23 3 o 735 15 6 24 ig 10 7 15 0 23 n 10 264 5 14 6 15 3 6 15 1 6 50 12 8 48 14 2 24 8 8 13 6 2 12 5 10 2 17 8 1 5 o 1 15 10 1050 70 15 8 7 3° 3 13 2 160 23 11 o 22 14 8 104 19 10 21 10 10 12 6 10 68 6 6 g 1 2! 7 18 oj 62 6 4 118 1 o 14 16 2 19 6 10 9 9 io; 44 12 2; 11 32 20 ig 2 8 9 o £ s. d. 7,993 6 8 846 4 7 1,739 18 1 123 9 9 308 o 4 235 15 2 1,297 1° 3 2,702 16 1 185 10 11 11,303 9 6 i,474 5 7 421 6 3 2,923 4 3 69 17 7 1,614 2 10 130 14 6 3,109 3 o 550 2 2 1,429 10 5 745 17 o 274 14 o 1,681 10 3 43,284 18 1 2,279 16 o 887 n 9 1,601 3 3 219 12 2! 629 7 10; 1,951 4 2; 1,197 15 n 5,238 17 93,626 16 4 1,832 7 10: 1,158 IO O: 780 15 8; 166 o 4; 136 18 3; 105 ig o 747 2 7' 5,200 8 o; 832 14 2; 247 8 11 121 1 2 1,746 14 0! 2,715 8 2 8,173 II l! 1,503 6 4 1,116 12 7! 3,975 o 9! 661 8 4 801 4 11 5,617 4 5 6,850 13 n 1.100 o 10 987 17 9 513 9 8 3,064 9 8 1.101 17 2 2,253 17 5 573 3 2 2,092 88 164 3 1 29 64 213 306 14 2,452 113 29 636 1 £ s. d. 7,169 9 o 465 6 1 647 5 I 168 8 4 | 138 17 5 295 12 IO' 778 18 5 1,023 3 8 57 9 9, 8,462 12 91 431 18 11 115 10 61 2,266 13 7 112 o; 799 3 3i 94 5 oi I , 798 9 O; 810 o 7; 1,059 n 8J 239 15 3 157 o 10 488 7 11 68,561 o 4 440 14 7 84 o 4 950 4 10 164 16 9 248 9 6! 958 5 3 437 18 8 2,115 I2 I0: 828 7 I 846 1 54 g6 6 8 770 6 1 46 2 6 49 16 i 18 5 o 206 7 2 ; 3,520 14 10; i8g 19 2| 3°5 5 6j 8 17 o 1 852 o 4, 1,128 12 3 4,807 3 2: 772 18 9 344 9 5 419 8 3 117 17 4 229 11 6 1,727 16 n 3,405 15 7 !34 !5 4 74 6 9 132 6 6j 163 11 2 164 1 11 388 4 10' 132 7 "S 446 11 5i 8 9 67 102 15 517 65 15 86 3,098 45 287 5 46 67 287 600 67 3,544 35i 70 485 £ s. d. 29,637 14 9 346 5 o 2,546 5 6 24 o o 331 15 7. 6-19 13 3 3,966 i 7 4,822 3 2 223 16 9' 41,29b 12 4 2,923 18 5! 527 5 2! 5,815 17 0 445 2 18 1 4 5 30 1 457 15 5 53 2,105 14 103 3 15 29 127 271 19 2,701 98 20 £ s. d. 32,441 8 8 100 13 2 2,210 4 7 74 9 9 !24 3 9 180 11 5 2,63g 6 9 5,252 19 1 449 17 4 38,567 1 2 2,182 8 11 292 10 1 6,307 3 1 401 8g! 869 ii 447i 40] S48 i68 483 233 100 4S6 12,757 614 216 566 57 131 423 354 1,263 i,037 538 288I 227 72 42 43 188 1,506 227 88 34 489 784 2,345 454 332 1,345 184 214 1,643 1,935 251 280 183 864 247 512 174 195 19 54° 150 300 57 43 126 18,077 go 19 275 2g 30 216 144 600 246 258 120 224 21 13 5 46 1,017 52 97 6 238 271 1,313 213 93 101 24 68 493 966 27 30 45 40 29 100 38 48 6 98; 21! 59' 14 5 33 2,213 87 i 21 11 37 n6 198 5426 56: 22 5: 2g: 16 195 10 179 15 571 77 359 88 23 183 18,808 444 53 537 27 58 268 630 620 380 T07 502 335 58 301 57 1,147 5i 226 67 253 198 1,512 667 9° 3,774 97 179 605 1,225 64 130 101 1,601 7 10 104 11 o 4,5i6 7 11 407 14 o 3,672 5 7 743 o 6 165 o o 1,568 12 3 195,241 18 6 2,560 16 10 185 1 o 2,907 17 2 190 12 o 748*18 5 2,010 5 1 4,824 o 10 4,809 I o 2,448 3 9 961 10 3 3,497 9 4 2,696 8 8 186 7 o 351 17 o 705 5 o 8,083 18 1 1,052 5 10 792 13 o 482 3 o 2,454 8 5 2,668 10 2 12,231 19 6 4,617 10 7 51.3 T4 o 10,970 15 o 890 10 6 1,482 18 o 8,025 2 6 13,216 19 10 632 13 g 1,129 II 3 983 11 1 1,545 2 7 838 5 o 948 16 8 822 5 5 23 43 15 37 8 1 14 1,968 21 4 34 4 15 60 50 24 14 36 6 249 122 210 65 145 32 12 60 16,178 87 II 172 3 "69 109 259 igo 151 45 127 60 10 33 3i 448 37 42 27 89 137 605 173 36 360 29 56 250 913 37 18 i,976 17 7 42 3 4 3,527 12 5 1,059 17 11 3,090 12 4 995 1 11 150 7 10 1,513 o 11 210,464 3 5 ggi 11 9 159 4 9 2,426 5 9 38 16 o 928 8 10 2,026 16 4 4,833 15 o 2,467 18 2 2,164 7 2 481 13 8 1,866 6 o 965 5 2 23 8 7 67 13 3 599 7 9 5,390 14 8 402 4 2 407 1 o 96 18 o 1,116 5 10 2,235 9 4 8.551 1 10 3,758 3 10 734 4 4 i,774 6 7 721 o 10 1,009 10 11 4.552 9 3 15,650 13 4 695 14 4 105 11 2 778 on 951 19 9 54° 15 1 470 13 5 161 4 o 5 5 84 40 12 50; 68: 316 80: 9 20 26 102 21 23! 385! 15 25| 129. 211 9 35, 4 47 12 15 32 13 97 2 5 64 236 11 5 4 32 5 6 15 275 45 90 174 44 79 19! 27 34j SUMMARY. Postal District £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. of — Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth .. Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport 28,880 5,020 20,474 23,392i 2,116 5,935 3,155 10,081 io,379 4,243 3,356 4,477 5,552 4,745 7,364 28,461 4,446 1,503 o 1 248 4 o 1,126 2 10 1,169 2 4 124 10 2 340 4 2 153 2 6 426 14 10 568 3 o 207 4 8 156 12 o 194 5 10 251 8 o 226 16 4 342 13 4 1,411 12 oj 246 17 4! gS,g84 n n 17,337 19 6 71,124 12 10 78,045 o 4 7,182 12 4 21,414 12 10 g,gi4 18 11 32,795 4 3 36,916 14 10 15,312 2 4 "-1,540 16 10 15,032 9 8 17,780 14 6 15,432 17 10 25,727 17 4 98,556 18 n 16,445 9 7 34,564 2,329 19,295 27,575 895 3,333 1,600 7,536 6,861 4,901 2,982 2,017 3,276 3,001 4,661 24,399 1,275 122,814 19 I0 9,139 9 4 65,908 11 y 95,440 19 7 3,52g 17 1 12,877 J8 7 5,464 15 11 26,661 4 1 24,917 M 3 19,120 3 5 n,2g3 13 3 7,5" 5 2 12,497 13 4 io,744 10 7 16,725 1 3 91,647 9 7 4,595 10 a 2,302 578 4 ,02g 3,475 261 450 189 874 1,058 54i 585 500 593 7og 967 4,302 365 15,417 3,293 31,459 27,007 1,589 2,882 1,218 5,542 6,657 3,853 3,215 2,993 4,193 4,502 5,945 32,051 2,104 178,311 18 6 38,727 1 8 322,749 1 9 233,183 3 8 13,062 17 11 30,065 g 1 I3,37i 1 5 4g,g28 g 10 68,614 18 6 44,og6 17 1 47,431 3 6 30,233 1 8 40,go6 13 1 42,547 15 7 63,342 12 o 278,592 o 5 20,117 5 7 1,822 3 68 2 ,760 2,5IO 212 398 203 558 870 335 387 417 430 573 673 2,691 3M io,g42 2,044 21,213 16,748 1,085 2,021 «35 2,g6o 4,480 2,362 2^315 2,o6g 2,7og 2,686 3,721 19,824 1,171 171,905 8 11 35,331 3 9 312,506 19 3 226,350 14 8 13,523 14 2 34,522 6 o 16,108 6 7 43,917 2 4 66,479 1 7 42,396 2 9 44,392 11 9 30,652 n 11 35,207 5 2 43,473 14 6 59,704 17 6 261,254 12 2 19,354 »2 o 172076 8,696 13 5: 589,545 14 9 150500 540,890 17 0 21,778 153920 1515281 II 3 115,521 99,185 145708i 5 o

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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, 1889.

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Number of Post Office Savings j Banks Open at i the Close of the Year. ! I ! . ft Postal Districts. Number of Deposits received during 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 Ysar. Excess of Deposits! over Withdrawals during the Year. Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits during the Year. '. Average ,-, . .- : tost of Excess of Cost of | each Withdrawals Manage" i Transacover Deposits .ment I tion, Deduring the Year. ,°°™ 5 ; posit, or the Year., wifh _ } drawal. Interest for the Year. dumber of Accounts Opened during the Year. Number of Accounts Closed during the Year. Number of Accounts remaining Open at Close of the Year. Total Amount standing to the Credit of all open Account's, inclusive of Interest to the Close of the Year. Average Amount standing to the Credit of each open Account at Close of the Year. I Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier ... Nelson ... New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport I '■ 7° 8 35 35 2 1 6 6 23 '7 9 6 8 11 3.293 3«>459 27,007 2,882 1,218 5,54 2 6.65/ 3,853 3,215 2.993 4." 93 4,502 5.945 32,051 2,104 £ s. d.l 178,^11 18 6 38,727 ' 8! 322,749 1 9 233,183 3 8 13,062 17 11 30,065 9 1 13,37' ' 5 49,928 9 10! 68,614 18 6; 44,096 17 1 1 47,43' 3 & 30,233 1 8 40,906 13 1 42,547 15 7 63,342 12 o 278,592 o 5 20, "7 5 7j 10 n 3 n 15 2 10 5 2 8 12 8 8 S 8 10 8 7 10 19 7 902 10 6 2 1114 1 14 15 o 1020 10,942 2,044 21,213 16,748 1,085 2,021 835 2,960 4,480 2,362 2,3' 5 2,069 2,709 2,686 3,72i 19,824 1,171 £ s. d. 171,905 8 11 35,33i 3 9 312,506 19 3 226,350 14 8| 13,523 14 2 34.522 6 o 16,108 6 7 43,9 '7 2 4 66,479 ' 7 42,396 2 9 44,392 'i 9| 30,652 11 u 3S, 2O 7 5 2 43,473 14 6 59,704 17 6 261,254 I2 2! 19,354 12 0 ',457,°8i S °j 1,387,471 1 ioj 1,182409 7 6 1,336,287 6 4 ',264,305 8 3| ','95,93' o 11 ',295,7'9 18 3 1,142,599 o ■ 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 4 25, 9° 8 3 5 313,176 7 "1 261,347 16 3 209,509 13 2j 180,518 4 1! 107,094 37 3 26,415 18 9 £ s. d. j 15 14 2 '756 14 14 8 j 13 10 3 1293 17 1 7 I '9 5 9 14 16 9 14 16 9 17 18 11 19 3 6 14 16 3 12 19 11 16 3 8 16 o 1 '3 3 6 16 1 6 £ s. d. 6,406 9 7 3,395 '7 •' 10,242 2 6 6,832 9 o 6,011 7 6 2,135 '6 " 1,700 14 4 3,038 11 9 i £ s. d. £ j s. d. 460 16 3 4,456 16 n 2,737 52 ■- ■•■ ... I ... 10,706 8 4 1,625 8 o 18,802 4 5 '4,543 " o 547 3 5 ',956 9 5 1, 143 2 2 3,289 10 7 3,430 8 1 2,608 14 9 2,074 17 9 1,941 16 7 2,425 4 1 2,772 19 7 3,060 1 9 12,617 6 6 1,264 10 8 2,302 578 4,029 3,475 261 450 189 874 1 1,058 541 585 500 593 709 967 4,302 365 1,822 368 2,760 2,510 212 398 203 558 87O 335 387 4'7 43O 573 673 2,691 3'4 1O,373 2,068 19,257 •4,957 743 2,078 1,023 3,5 '3 3,9O9 3.095 1,978 1,708 2,749 2,787 3,680 '5,650 •.'77 277,724 9 o 43,495 3 2 478,243 6 9 373,923 10 6 14,220 13 1 49,190 12 3 27,862 8 5 85,864 16 1 87,705 7 8 67,453 4 8 53,488 13 3 48,445 15 5 64,515 6 10 71,108 2 3 79,025 4 5 335,9 '5 4 5 33,269 16 o £ s. d. 26 15 5 21 07 24 16 8 24 19 11 19 2 9 23 13 5 27 4 7 24 810 22 8 8 21 15 10 27 010 28 7 3 23 9 4 25 io 3 2i 9 5 21 93 28 5 3 I 419 IO 3 9 12 9 IO 4 990 10 13 1 8 13 10 911 2 5,699 7 " 3,637 14 6 •7,337 8 3 762 13 7 58,200 6 3 157,276 6 1 129,741 13 11 925 18 11 29 8 ... Totals for Colony in 1889 ... „ „ 1888 ... 1887 ... 1886 ... 1885 ... 1884 ... 1883 ... „ „ 1882 ... „ „ 1881 ... „ 1880 ... » „ 1879 ... „ „ 1878 ... 1877 ... 1876 ... '875 ... 1874 ... 1872 ... 1871 ... „ „ 1870 ... „ „ 1869 ... 1868 ... Totals for Colony from 1st Feb. to 31st Dec, 1867 295 290 283 271 256 243 222 207 190 '78 '65 •47 '38 124 119 •03 97 92 81 70 59 55 46 I53,92O 11,515,281 11 3 '45.355 ',544,747 7 •' 136,197 ',312,151 i 5 137,989 1,248,405 6 11 •3', 373 |',34',ooi 3 2 129,279 1,227,909 i] 4 127,609 1,178,474 4 1 129,952 1,325,852 2 11 125,855 11,189,012 2 7 81,660 i 864,441 18 10 71,865 j 812,399 11 11 69,908 i 762,084 12 0! 60,953 j 681,294 13 2! 57,295 i 664,134 12 6 56,129 I 657,653 4 o 52,627 i 699,249 14 3 39,223 ; 580,542 5 5 31,681 ; 430,877 o oj 24,642 ; 312,338 18 4 20,489 264,328 5 7J •7>'33 240,898 5 9 '3,014 1 194,535 •' 61 6,977 ! 96,372 7 H 9 16 10 10 12 6 9 12 8 9 011 10 4 1 9 9" 9 4 8 1040 9 8 11 10 1 1 9 11 6 1 10 18 o 11 36 11 11 9 11 14 4 '3 5 8 14 16 2 1 3 1 2 o 12.13 6 1218 o 99,185 96,204 89,962 89,182 84,832 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 '4,773 •',934 9,292 6,365 1,919 •4 '3 9 ■4 8 5 13 2 10 14 19 8 14 18 o 14 16 o 16 10 6 1698 15 o 1 13 11 8 1604 '7 7 2 16 18 10 17 12 8 I 19 14 8 20 16 5 20 o 5 18 3 o '7 13 9 17 11 1 19 8 7 I 16 16 6 j 76,695 14 11 3>,9?8 10 5 ■83,253 2 10 286,817 o 11 83,937 5 6 ... 20,030 17 9 i4, 27i 5 9 4,000 o 3* 1 4,000 o 4 4,000 o 4! 87,881 19 5 4,000 o 4J 4,000 o 4I 4,000 o 4J3 117,245 14 2 4,000 o 4§ 4,000 o 4§ 3,500 o 4jf 3,500 o 6^5 63,781 7 4 3>oo° o 5i i 2,500 o 5J • 2,500 o 6 32,146 14 10; 2,500 o 6J 72,106 13 9! 2,500 o 6f 2,250 o 6§ 1,800 o 7I i,S56 o 7]r \- 1,35' o 8f 1,264 o 9A : 1,186 o ioi§ 789 o 9 f . 822 1 10J 84,809 17 1 78,080 6 o 67,363 15 3 65,825 9 6 62,228 3 1 1 57,38i 13 7 56,046 17 3 54,909 13 11 42,204 19 o 32,822 12 4 31,715 18 2 31,664 12 9 29,193 14 6 28,762 4 7 28,565 3 5 26,935 6 8 20,106 16 10 14,711 o 5 1 1,29 1 10 10 9,242 3 11 7,412 8 o j 4,880 7 3 1,241 5 o 2, )77 8 i 2',307 20,368 21,671 20,661 20,228 20,386 25,059 1 •6,137 15,401 13,005 ",255 ",273 1 10,346 6,205 ; 4.615 4.3O4 3,839 3,282 2,520 I '5,52i ! '6,543 i '5,515 : 16,757 16,421 16,447 '5,967 14,505 ■ 2,7.8 12,217 12,786 9,634 8,591 9,472 8,681 5,736 3,8,6 3.188 ! 2,383 2,277 1,801 1,186 j 364 I ! 90,745 84,488 79,724 74,871 69,957 6s,7'7 61,936 57,5 17 51,008 38,667 34,747 32,132 28,761 26,1 17 24,334 21,742 17,'32 '3,566 10,549 8,317 6,290 4,252 2,156 2,191,451 14 2| 24 211 2,048,441 10 9! 24 4 10 1,813,084 18 8| 22 14 10 1,615,979 9 6| 21 1 1 8 ',638,035 19 5 23 8 4 1,499,112 O 7 22 16 3 ',4O9,75' '6 1\ 22 15 2 1,470,950 6: 25 II j 1,232,787 16 9; 24 3 4 9°3>765 '6 10; 23 7 6 787,005 19 O: 22 12 I I 819,071 8 2; 25 9 9 767,375 '7 8 26 13 7 723,910 17 5! 27 14 4 727,295 7 8j 29 17 9 770,836 18 0^5 9 o 664,807 5 10; 38 16 1 7 o; 36 2 5 357,654 '4 6! 33 18 1 295,372 1 7: 35 'o 3 23',3>i 5 3 36 15 5 ■63,5'8 15 7 38 9 ' 71,197 14 1 ss o 5 ... ... 79,O94 5 6 154,634 2 o 117,700 12 1 50,991 2 1 54,818 12 5 60,380 1 8 87,440 '4 3 69,956 9 ' 14 1 2 14 18 11 •3 16 3 '3 15 3 ! j

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Table No. 5. Balance-sheet of the New Zealand Post Office Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1889.

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Balances on lsi January, 1889. Transactions. Balances on iJlsi December, 1889. Cr. Dr. 1 Cr. Dr. Or, Dr, : £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. i £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. iIonby Obdek Accounts :— Money orders United Kingdom, &c. United States of America, &c. Victoria South Australia New South Wales Queensland Tasmania Western Australia Commission 5avings-Bank Accounts :— Deposits and withdrawals Transfers .. Felegraph Accounts :— Receipts New South Wales New Zealand & Australian Cable 'ostal Revenue Accounts: — Stamps Postal Guides Private box and bag rents Miscellaneous revenue Money-order commission Total revenue Jeneral Accounts :— Post Office Account Postmasters and Telegraphists Investments Accrued interest on investments Advances to Treasury for payments to London office on Money Order Account Commission on postage-stamps Gratuities for carriage of mails Miscellaneous expenses License-fees—Game Government Insurance receipts Registration of births, &c. Receipts under Live-Stock Acts Machinery fees Property-tax Postal notes Maintenance of private lines .. San Francisco contributions, moiety to Sydney Consolidated revenue Under District Railways Purchasing Act Registrar of Electors, fees Hospital and charitable - aid rates Postage from London Imperial Institute Customs duties Profit and loss 1,606 8 8 933 3 ° 945 6 1 89 4 8 887 9 10 495 15 8 637 J4 5 68 16 7 210 11 4 762 3 II 42,827 16 11 187,388 18 oj 1,984,651 7 8 14,612 18 5 16,747 l8 1 15.463 7 8 673,447 7 11 75,087 1 2 5,221 4 o 3J.794 9 11 1,33° 13 o 24,069 8 o 4,525 2 o I 2,389 3 11 I 308 12 6 I 931 12 8 \ 2,048,441 10 9 1,600,091 8 4 1,285 5 Ix j 81,274 6 10 145,445 19 2 j 1,409 10 2 ! 24,237 19 o 863 19 10 ! 14,153 8 1 117,204 11 5 268,248 16 9 I 306 16 o 4,177 10 o 409 3 10 8,696 13 5 j 2,203 ° 8J 199,486 5 6J : 991,027 9 9 J3.°39,3°5 2 3 £ 14,612 18 5 1,000 o o I 1 672,755 8 2 80,972 17 7 4> J34 lG 4 32,130 12 I 1,594 14 9 21,446 12 8 3,877 II « 2,438 10 3 219 7 1 1,297 8 8 1 1,457,081 5 o 82,006 15 3 i 141,684 12 2 24.637 13 9 14.479 r5 1 I . 270,856 12 7j: 306 11 o 4,177 10 o 409 3 10 8,696 13 5 198,924 14 6 I 1,027,089 iS 3 3,031,902 12 ij 103,031 o o ; 18,294 S 9 i 7.492 5 1 1,281 8 3 353 6 5 687 o 9 576 7 4 .. . . I I 78.890 5 5 179,986 7 10J 2,087,682 7 8 18,294 8 g 15,747 18 1 16,155 7 5 153 4 8 1.735 5 6 151 14 5 20 8 io 2,191,451 14 1 552 17 ° 2,999 3 1 1,009 15 5 537 12 10 1I4>596 15 6£ 050 2,764 11 9 H.735 16 9 313.619 17 1 1,014 13 0 1,002 17 10 j 16,885 2 8 112 10 6 j 1,312 4 o 585 o o I 11,657 5 o 182 o o i 3,923 o o 241,470 4 5£ 37,724 2 11 62,374 15 IO 1,161 o o 219 10 7J 4,341 11 1 328,670 9 3^ 1,014 r3 ° i 16,806 6 10 1,289 14 ° 12,242 1 o 3,944 o o 231,580 3 11 65,009 5 1 1,161 o o 4,649 5 8 314 15 Si 1,081 13 8 135 o 6 040 161 o o 4,293 15 10 35,089 13 8 5,596 4 Si 88 3 11J 6 14 o 1,059 5 5 019 1,060 511 5 13 6 019 076 o 14 o 076 0 14 o 538 5 10 3.546 5 4 3 5i 4 3 1 1,883 4 6 !7,552 14 10 112,403 4 11 1,887 17 7 3 5 1 1.75i 3 " "2.714 3 3 1,120 1 11 136 3 8 17,241 16 6 Totals 7,988,231 7 3J 7,988,231 7 3 J 2.391.394 15 O| 2,259,000 3 10 2,259,000 3 10 2,391.394 15 o£

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Table No. 6. Securities, &c., standing in the Name of the Postmaster-General on Account of the Post Office Savings-Bank Fund on the 31st December, 1889.

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Description of Securities, &c. Value at Cost Price. Interest and Dividends accrued but not received at Close of Year. Description of Securities, &c. Nominal Value. 4-/t3bciiyLiuii ui Quuuriumb, i^u. Thames Harbour Board Debentures, 6 per cents & s. d. 4, 000 o o £ s. d. 4, 000 o o £ s. d. 120 o o Borough of Thames Debentures, 6 per cents 6,500 o o 6,500 o o J9° 3 9 Oamaru Harbour Mortgages, 5^ per cents 33,000 o o 33,000 o o 760 16 1 Oamaru Harbour Mortgages, 5 per cents 30,000 o o 30,000 o o 628 15 4 Borough of Hamilton Debentures, 5J per cents - .. 6,000 o o 6,000 o o 137 8 6 North Rakaia River Bonds, 5 per cents 5,5^0 o o 5,500 o o 114 10 5 Patea Harbour Board Mortgages, 5 per cents 10,000 o o 10,000 o o 72 12 o Oamaru Corporation Debentures, 7 per cents 5,000 o o 5,000 o o 132 6 6 Consolidated Loan 1867 Debentures, 4 per cents 13,000 o o 12,480 o o 109 13 11 Immigration and Public Works Loan 1870 Debentures, i per cents 173,200 o o 166,272 o o 1,461 10 4 Immigration and Public Works Loan 1870 Debentures, 4 J per 14,900 o o 14,527 10 o 141 8 11 cents Defence Loan 1870 Debentures, i per cents 75,000 o o 72, 000 o o 632 17 6 Defence Loan Debentures, 4J per cents 5, 000 o o 5,000 o o General Purposes Loan, 4 per cents 5,200 o o 4,342 o o 43 17 7 Westland Loan 1873 Scrip, 5 per cents 50,000 o o 50,800 o o 527 7 11 " State Forests Acg 1885 " Debentures, 5 per cents .. 8,000 o o 8,000 o o 132 12 o District Railways Purchasing Act Debentures, 4 per cents 42,100 o o 36,176 17 8 419 16 11 " Public Revenues Act 1880 " Debentures, 5 per cents 38,000 o o 38,000 o o 426 17 o " Public Revenues Act 1886 " Debentures, 4J per cents 100,000 o o 100,000 o o 1,010 19 2 Oamaru Gas Bonds, 6 per cents 8,800 o o 8,800 o o 307 7 11 District Railways Debentures, 4 per cents 34,000 o o 34,000 o o 339 1 4 Hokitika Harbour Board Debentures, 6 per cents 10,000 o 0 10,000 o o 82 3 9 Loans to Local Bodies Scrip, 5 per cents 225,000 o o 225,000 o o 3.729 9 1 Consolidated Stock Scrip, &c, 5 per cents 568,184 o o 568,184 o o 2,568 9 9 Consolidated Stock Debentures, 5 per cents 66,400 o o 66,400 o o 300 3 3 Immigration and Public Works Loan Guaranteed Debentures, 324,000 o o 324,000 o o 1,065 4 0 4 per cents Deficiency Bills, part of No. 250, 5 per cents 105,200 o o 105,200 o o Greymouth Harbour Board Debentures, 5 per cents 45,000 o o 45,000 o o 1,125 ° ° Consolidated Stock Scrip, 4J per cents 49,500 o o 49,500 o o 201 7 9 Westport Harbour Board Debentures, 5 per cents 44,000 o o 44,000 o o 823 5 9 Post Office Account 689 2 4 Totals 2,104,484 ° ° 2,087,682 7 8 18,294 8 g

Table No. 7.-DIRECT MAIL SERVICE. Statement showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between London and the under-mentioned Places by the Direct Mail Service of the New Zealand Shipping Company.

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FROM LONDON VIA PLYMOUTH. I I Auckland. kYELLINGTON. Chrisichurch. a DU-EDIN. I: VERCARGILL. x Date of Despatch from London. Date ot Arrival in Auckland. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Wellington. No. Date of of Despatch from Days. London. Date of No. Arrival in of Christchurcb. Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Dunedin. No. of Davs. Date of Despatch from London. Data of Arrival in Invercargill. •/ No. of Days. 1889. January n February 8 March 8 April 5 May 3 May 31 June 28 July 26 August 28f September 21 J October 18 1889. February 27 March 27 April 24 May 28 June 20 July 18 August 15 September 10 October 15 November 8 December 5 1890. January 2 47 47 47 53* 48 48 48 46 48 48 48 1889. January 11 February 8 March 8 April 5 May 3 May 31 June 28 July 26 August 28 September 2 October 18 1889. February 24 March 24 April 22 May 26 June 18 July 14 August 13 September 8 October 13 November 6 December 2 44 44 45 51* 46 44 46 44 46 46 45 1889. January 11 February 8 March 8 April 5 May 3 May 31 June 28 J uly 26 August 28 September 2 October 18 1889. February 25 March 25 April 24 May 27 June 19 July 16 August 14 September 9 October 14 November 7 December 3 December 31 1890. February 1 j 45 45 47 52* 47 46 47 45 47 47 46 46 50 1889. January 11 February 8 March 8 April 5 May 3 May 31 June 28 July 26 August 28 September 2 October 18 1889. February 26 March 26 April 24 May 28 June 20 July 16 August 15 September 1 o October 15 November 7 December 3 46 46 47 53* 48 46 48 46 48 47 46 1889. January 11 February 8 March 8 April 5 May 3 May 31 June 28 July 26 August 2S September 2 October 18 1889. February 27 March 27 April 25 May 28 June 21 July 17 August 16 September 11 October 16 November 8 December 4 1890. January 1 47 47 48 53* 49 47 49 47 49 48 47 November 15 48 November 15 December 30 1890. January 31 45 November 15 November 15 December 31 46 November 15 47 December 13 February 2 5i December 13 49 December 13 December 13 1890. February 2 51 December 13 February 3 52 Maximum Minimum Average 53 46 4823 51 44 4577 1 52 45 4692 53 46 47'54 53 47 48-46 TO LONDON VIA PLYMOUTH. Auckland. A-LMNGTOK. C) IRISXCHURCH. DUNEDIN. [VERCARGILL. 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 Cb.ristch.urch. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Dunedin. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Invercargill. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. 1889. January 8 February 4 March 5 April 1 i88g. February 23 March 18 April 15 May 11 46 42 41 40 1889. January 10 February 6 March 7 April 3 1889. February 23 March 18 April 15 May 11 44 40 39 38 1889. January 9 February 7 March 6 April 4 1889. February 23 March 18 April 15 May 11 45 39 40 37 1889. January 8 February 6 March 5 April 3 1889. February 23 March 18 April 15 May 11 46 4° 4 1 38 1889. January 7 February 4 March 4 April 2 1889. February 23 March 18 April 15 May 11 47' 42 42 39 i 45 40 41 40 49*: 42 42 § § 43 39 40 39 4840 41 § 44 40 41 40 49*: 41 42 § 45 4i 42 41 5-11 42 43 May 27 June ■ 25 July ' 23 August 20 September 17 October 14 November, 12 July n August 4 September 2 September2g November 5 November 25 December 24 May 30 June 27 July 25 August 22 September 19 October 17 November 14 July 11 August 4 September 2 September 29 November 5 November 25 December 24 1890. January 21 42 38 39 38 39 40 May 29 June 26 July 24 August 21 September 18 October 16 November 13 July 11 August 4 September 2 September 29 November 5 November 25 December 24 1890. January 21 May 28 June 25 July 23 August 20 September 17 October 15 November 12 July 11 August 4 September 2 September 29 November 5 November 25 December 24 1890. January 21 May 27 June 24 July 22 August 19 September 16 October 14 November 11 July 11 August 4 September 2 September 29 November 5 November 25 December 24 1890. January 21 December 10 1890. January 21 42 December 12 40 December 11 41 December 10 42 December 9 43 Maximum Minimum Average 49 4 o 425 47 38 4033 48 37 41 49 38 42 50 39 4308 * Delayed by accident to steamer's machinery. t Departure of steamer del; .yed five days by dock strike t Delayed one day by dock strike. back to Rio de Janiero ; mails transferred to Orinoque. § Ionic put back to Lyttelton; mails sent via San Francisco. •T Coptic put

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Table No. 8.-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. FROM LONDON VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

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Auckland. Wellington. Dunedin. Sydney. Melbour.*h. Hate of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Auckland. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Wellington. No. j Date of of Despatch from Days. ! London. Date of Arrival in Dunedin. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Sydney. No. of Days, i Date of Despatch from j London. I Date of Arrival in Melbourne. No. of Days. 1889. January 26 February 23 March 23 April 20 May 18 June 15 July *, 13 August 10 September 7 October 5 November 2 1889. March 4 March 30 April 28 May 26 June 2 2 j July 20 August 16 September 14 October 12 November 10 j December 7 1890. January 4 February 5 37 35 36 36 35 35 34 35 35 35 39 1889. January 26 February 23 March 23 April 20 May 18 June 15 July 13 August [O September 7 October 5 November 2 ; I > ! 1889. 1889. 1889. March 5 38 ! January 26 March 7 March 31 1 36 ; February 23 . April 2 April 30 38 : March 23 ' May 2 May 27 37 April 20 \ May 29 June 24 37 May 18 J June 25 July 22 37 June .5 [ July 23 August 19 37 July 13 ! August 20 September 15 \ 36 August 10 | September 17 October 14 37 j September 7 j October 15 November 12 38 October 5 : November 13 December 9 37 November 2 j December 10 1890. 1890. January 6 37 November 30 ! January 7 February 7 41 December 28 j February 8 40 38 40 39 .38 .38 38 38 38 .39 38 1889. 1889. 1889. 1889. January 26 j March 8! 41 January 26 March 9 February 23 ■ April 3 | 39 February 23 • April 4 March 23 May 2 [ 40 \ March 23 \ May 3 April 20 ' May 30 ■ 40 April 20 May 31 May 18 June 27 \ 40 May 18 . June 28 June 15 July 2; 40 j June 15 j July 26 July 13 ' August 21 ; 39 ' July 13 j August 22 August 10 ' September 19 40 August 10 ! September 20 September 7 October 17 40 September 7 j October 18 October 5 I November 14 40 October 5 j November 15 November 2 December 12 40 November 2 i December 13 1890. 1890. November 30 j January 8 39 ' November 30 j January 9 December 28 j February 9 43 I December 28 ] February 10 43 39 I 40-08 ... 42 40 4' 4' 41 4> 40 4' 41 4' November 30 December 28 November 30 December 28 38 42 40 44 I 42 38 38-77 44 40 Maximum Minimum Average 39 34 • .* 35' 6a 41 36 - I 37 38 j ... TO LONDON VIA SAN FRANCISCO. Melbourne. Sydney. Dunedin. Wellington. Auckland. "'" 1 _ Date of Date of Despatch from Arrival in Melbourne. London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Sydney. Date of Arrival in London. No. Date of of Despatch from Days. Dunedin. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Date of Despatch from \ Arrival in Wellington. London. i Date of Despatch from j Wellington. Date of Arrival in London. No. j Date of of Despatch from Days. ' Auckland. No. j Date of Date of of I Despatch from Arrival in Days. ' Auckland. London. Ho. of' Days. 1 1 1889. January February March April May June July August September October October 22 19 16 14 9 6 3 29 1889. March 5 ; April 1 I April 29 I May 30 June 23 July 22 j August 19 September 16 October 14 November 11 December 8 1890. January 6 February 7 42 41 41 44 40 41 41 4' 41 4' 40 4i 46 1889. January 23 February 20 March 20 April 17 May 15 June 12 July 10 August 7 September 4 October 2 October 30 November 27 December 24 1889. March 5 f April 1 j April 29 j May 30 j June 23 I July 22 j August 19 September 16 I October 14 November 11 December 8 | 1890. January 6 1 February 7 j 4' 40 40 43 39 40 40 40 40 40 39 40 45 1889. 1S89. January 25 ! March 5 February 22 \ April 1 March 2 2 j April 29 April 19 May 30 May 17 June 23 June 14 July 22 July 12 August 19 August 9 : September 16 September 6 '' October 14 October 4 November 1 1 November 1 December 8 1890. November 29 ; January 6 December 27 i February 7 39 38 38 4i 37 38 38 38 38 38 37 1889. 1889. January 26 March 5 February 23 April 1 March 23 April 29 April 20 May 30 May 18 June 23 June 15 July 22 July 13 August 19 August 10 September 16 September 7 October 14 October 5 November 1 1 November 2 December 8 1890. November 30 January 6 I December 28 February 7 : j 1889. 1889. 38 January 28 March 5 37 j February 25 April 1 37 [ March 25 April 29 40 j April 24* May 30 36 ! May 20 j June 23 37 j June 17 j July 22 37 [ July 15 i August 19 37 : August 12 j September 16 37 ; September 9 1 October 14 37 : October 7 | November 11 j 36 i November 4 j December 8 j 1890. 37 December 2 I January 6 41 December 30 j February 7 | 36 35 35 36 34 35 35 35 35 35 3+ November December 26 2.3 38 42 35 39 Maximum Minimum Average ... j 46 ... I 40 ■■■ 1 4'"54 : ! 45 39 42 37 , 38-46 41 36 _______ 39 34 * Steamer left on due date (22nd), but n iturned on the following day, owing to fire discovered in forehold. Sailed again on 24th.

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Table No. 9.-PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL MAIL SERVICE. Statement showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between London and the under-mentioned Places by the Packets of the Peninsular and Oriental Line.

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Table No. 9.-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 Packets of the Peninsular and Oriental Line— continued. TO LONDON VIA P. AND O. PACKETS.

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AuCKI.ANIJ. Wellington. Bluff. Sydney. Melbourne. Date of Despatch from Auckland. Date of Ariival 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 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. e>. 1889. January 3 January 16 January 30 February 12 February 26 March 12 March 26 April 9 April 24 May 7 May 21 June 4 June 22 1889. February 17 | March 2 March 18 March 31 April 1} 1 April 28 May 12 May 27 j June 6 I June 22 1 July 5 j July 20 I August 3 j 1 45 45 47 47 46 47 47 4§ 43 4 6 45 46 42 1889. January 17 1889. March 2 44 1889. January 5 January 19 February 2 February 15 March 1 March 15 March 30 April 12 April 27 May 11 May 24 June 7 June 22 July 5 July 19 August 2 August 16 August 30 Sept. 13 Sept. 27 October 11 October 25 November 8 1889. February 17 March 2 March 18 March 31 April 13 April 28 May 12 May 27 June 6 June 22 July 5 July 20 August 3 August 17 August 30 Sept. 12 Sept. 28 October 12 October 27 November 10 November 26 December 10 December 22 1890. January 5 January 18 February 3 43 44 44 43 44 43 45 40 42 43 42 43 42 ■13 43 44 44 46 46 44 1889. January 10 January 24 February 7 February 22 March 8 March 22 April . 4 April 19 May 2 May 17 May 30 June 14 June 27 July 12 July 25 August 9 August 22 Sept. 5 Sept. 19 October 3 October 17 October 31 November 14 1889. February 17 March 2 March 18 March 31 April 13 April 28 May 12 May 27 June 6 June 22 July 5 July 20 August 3 August 17 August 30 Sept. 12 Sept. 28 October 12 October 27 November 10 November 26 December 10 December 22 1890. January 5 January 18 February 3 38 37 39 37 36 37 38 38 35 36 36 37 36 34 37 37 3S 38 40 40 38 1889. January 11 January 25 February 8 February 23 March 9 March 23 April 5 April 19 May 3 May 18 May 31 June 14 June 28 July 13 July 26 August 10 August 23 Sept. 6 Sept. 20 October 4 October 18 October 1 November 16 1889 February 17 March 2 March 18 March 31 April 13 April 28 May 12 May 27 June 6 June 22 >iy . 5 July 20 August 3 August 17 August 30 Sept. 12 Sept. 28 October 12 October 27 November 10 November 26 December 10 December 22 1890. January 5 January 18 February 3 37 38 36 35 3<J 37 3S 34 35 35 35 36 35 35 33 36 3G 37 37 39 39 36 July 20 August 1 August 16 July 2 August 17 46 August 30 ! Sept. 12 j Sept. 28 j 41 42 43 ,. I I i8go. December 19 November 18 December 6 December 20 48 43 45 November 28 December 12 December 27 38 37 November 29 December 14 December 28 37 35 37 February 3 46 Maximum Minimum Average 48 41 45 46 44 ! 4533 48 40 43'4 2 40 34 37' J9 39 33 36-19

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Table No. 10.-ORIENT MAIL SERVICE. Statement showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between London and the under-mentioned Places by the Packets of the Orient Line. FROM LONDON VIA ORIENT PACKETS.

Melbourne. i Sydney. Bluff. Christcburch. Wellington. Auckland. Date of Despatch from : London. Date of Arrival in Melbourne. No. Date of Date of No. of Despatch from < Arrival in of Days. London. Sydney, Days. 1889. l88 935 Jan. 11 Feb. 16 36 34 Jan. 25 March 1 35 35 1 Feb. 8 March 15 35 35 i Feb. 22 March 30 | 36 35 ! March 8 April 13 i 36 35 March 2 2 April 27 36 34 April 5 May 10 j 35 33 ! April 19 May 23 j 34 34 May 3 June 7 35 35 May 17 j June 22 36 34 May 31 ! July 5 35 36 June 14 ; July 22 | 38 34 J June 28 ; August 2 j 35 34 July 12 j August 16 ! 35 36 July 26 i Sept. 2 : 38 33 I August 9 ; Sept. 12 j 34 33 i August 23 Sept. 26 ; 34 37 Sept. 6 October 14 j 38 34 Sept. 20 October 25 j 35 37 October 4 Nov. ill 38 34 October 18 Nov. 22 i 35 34 Nov. 1 Dec. 6 ! 35 34 Nov. 15 Dec. 20 ; 35 1890. 35 1 Nov. 29 j Jan. 6 38 34 i Dec. 13 j Jan. 17 35 34 Dec. 27 ! Jan. 31 j 35 1 Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival at Bluff. No. of Days. Date of Date of Despatch from Arrival at London. Chri9tchurch. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Wellington. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Auckland. No. of Days. i I i88 9 . *' I 1889. Feb. 15 Feb. 28 March 15 March 29 April 12 April 26 May 9 May 2 2 June 6 June 21 July 4 July 20 August 1 August 15 August 31 Sept. 1 1 Sept. 25 October 13 October 24 Nov. 10 Nov. 2 1 Dec. 5 Dec. 19 1890. 1889. 1889. Feb. 2 2 March 11 March 25 April 8 April 18 May 6 May 20 May 27 ]une 18 July 2 July 10 July 29 August 1 2 August 26 Sept. 9 Sept. 16 Sept. 30 October 21 October 30 Nov. '18 Dec. 2 Dec. 16 Dec. 30 1890. 42 45 45 45 4i 45 45 38 4 6 46 40 45 46 45 45 j 38 ?8 45 40 45 \ 45 ; 45 Jan. 11 I Jan. 25 Feb. 8 Feb. 22 March 8 March 22 April 5 April 19 May 3 May ' 17 May 31 June 14 June 28 July 12 July 26 August 9 August 23 Sept. 6 Sept. 20 October 4 October 18 Nov. 1 Nov. 15 Jan. 1 1 Jan. 25 Feb. 8 Feb. 2 2 March 8 March 2 2 April 5 April 19 May 3 May 17 May 31 June 14 June 28 July 12 July 26 August 9 August 23 Sept. 6 Sept. 20 I October 4 ; October 18 Nov. 1 Nov. 15 1889. 1889. Jan. 11 I Feb. 26 fan. 25 : March 12 Feb. 8 I March 26 Feb. 22 April 9 March 8 April 20 March 22 May 7 April 5 i May 2 1 April 19 I May 28 May 3 j June 19 May 17 July 1 May 3 1 ; J uly 11 June 14 ! July 30 June 28 ; August 13 July 12 I August 27 July 26 Sept. 10 August 9 Sept. 17 August 23 ; Oct. 1 Sept. 6 j Oct. 22 Sept. 20 Oct. 31 October 4 Nov. 19 October 18 ! Dec. 3 Nov. 1 I Dec. 17 Nov. 15 D.'c. 31 1890. Nov. 29 ! Jan. 14 Dec. 13 I Jan. 22 Dec. 27 : Feb. 5 46 46 46 43 46 46 39 47 45 41 46 46 39 39 46 4> 46 46 46 1889. Jan. 1 1 Jan. 25 Feb. 8 Feb. 2 2 March 8 March 2 2 April 5 April 19 May 3 May 17 May 3 1 June 14 June 28 July 12 ] July 26 ! August 9 August 23 Sept. 6 Sept. 20 October 4 October 18 Nov. 1 I Nov. 15 1889. Feb. 23 March 13 March 2 1 April 1 1 April 22 May 8 May 22 May 30 June 21 July 2 Jul .v '7 August 1 August 9 August 28 Sept. 11 Sept. 19 October 2 October 23 Nov. 1 Nov. 20 Dec. 2 Dec. 11 Dec. 30 1890. 43 47 4i 48 45 47 47 4' 49 46 47 48 42 47 47 4' 40 47 42 47 45 40 45 1889. I Jan. 11 [an. 2^ Feb. 8 Feb. 22 March 8 March 22 April 5 April 19 May 3 May 17 May 3 1 June 14 ! June 28 July 12 July 26 August 9 August 23 Sept. 6 Sept. 20 October 4 October 18 Nov. 1 Nov. 15 1889. Feb. 25 March 12 March 2 1 April 9 April 22 May 8 May 20 May 28 J une 12 July 9 July '5 ! August 3 August 1 2 August 22 I Sept. 9 Sept. 17 October 2 October 26 Nov. 4 Nov. 25 Dec. 2 Dec. 14 Dec. 26 1890. 4? 46 4' 4<> 45 47 45 39 40 53 45 5° 45 45 39 40 5° 45 5 2 45 43 41 Nov. 29 Dec. 13 Dec. 27 Jan. 3 Jan. 16 Jan. 30 I Nov. 29 Dec. 13 Dec. 27 Jan. 13 [an. 20 Feb. 3 45 38 46 40 40 Nov. 29 Dec. 13 Dec. 27 Jan. 16 Jan. 22 Feb. 6 48 40 4' Nov. 29 Dec. 13 Dec. 27 Jan. 18 Jan. 23 Feb. 8 \ 5° 4' 43 i I Maximum Minimum Average 37 ■•• 1 38 33 ... 34 34-54 ■•■ |35' 6 S 1 38 ; 34 I 35' 6 5 46 38 43- '2 47 39 44-23 49 40 44' 6 5 53 39 44-69 i

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Table No. 10.-ORIENT MAIL SERVICE—continued Statement showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between London and the under-mentioned Places by the Packets of the Orient Line— continued. TO LONDON VIA ORIENT PACKETS.

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Auckland. \Yelu_\-gto.w Bluff. SVDNEY, 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 i 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. iS8g. January g 1889. February 24 46 1889. 1889. 1889. January 12 January 26 1889. February 24 March 6 43 39 1889. January iS January 31 February 14 February 28 March 14 March 28 April 11 April 25 May 9 May 23 June 6 June 20 July 4 July 18 August 1 August 15 August 29 Sept. 13 Sept. 27 October 10 October 24 November 7 November 21 1889. February 24 March 6 March 21 April 6 April 20 May 5 May 18 May 31 June 15 June 29 July 11 July 27 August 9 August 25 Sept. 8 Sept. 22 October 5 October 20 November 3 November 14 November 28 December 15 December 28 1890. January 12 37 34 35 37 37 38 37 36 37 37 35 37 36 38 38 38 37 37 37 35 35 38 37 1S89. January 18 February 1 February 15 March 1 March 15 March 29 April 12 April 26 May 10 May 24 June 7 June 21 July 5 July 19 August 2 August 16 August Sept. 14 Sept. 27 October 11 October 25 November 9 November 22 1889. February 24 March 6 March 21 April 6 April 20 May 5 May 18 May 31 June 15 June 29 July II July 27 August 9 August 25 Sept. 8 Sept. 22 October 5 October 20 November 3 November 14 November 28 December 15 December 28 1890. January 12 37 33 34 36 3*5 35 36 36 34 36 35 37 37 37 36 37 34 34 February 5 March 21 44 April 6 April 20 May 5 May 18 4 6 46 46 February 20 45 March 5 March 20 April 2 April 3 March 22 April 5 May 5 May 18 44 43 May 18 45 April 30 May 15 May 29 June 15 June 29 July 11 46 45 43 May 3 May 18 May 31 June 14 June 29 July 12 July 26 August 9 August 23 Sept. 6 Sept. 20 October 4 October 18 November 1 June 15 June 29 July 11 July 27 August 9 August 25 Sept. 8 Sept. 22 October 5 October 20 November 3 November 14 November 2S December 15 43 41 43 4 1 44 44 44 43 44 44 41 41 44 June 25 July 10 July 23 August 7 August 20 August 9 August 25 Sept. 8 Sept. 22 October 5 45 46 47 46 46 Sept. 18 November 3 46 October 15 November 28 44 October 29 December 15 47 November 12 November 26 December 28 1890. January 12 46 47 November 29 1890. January 12 44 December 5 38 December 6 1890. January 26 37 December 11 January 26 46 December 13 44 December 19 January 26 38 December 20 January 26 37 Maximum Minimum Average 47 43 45'6i 47 44 45'33 45 39 38 34 36-76 37 33 5-58

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Table No. 11. 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 1875, 1885, 1888, and 1889.

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i m Postal Districts. 1 Revenue. I j Delivered. Letl Post-cards. Books. Ncwspi Lpers. :crs. Posted. Delivered. Posted. Delivered, j Posted. Delivered. Posted. Auckland — ■ 875 13,133 ' ■ 1885 : 37,636 12 1888 [ 43,590 17 1889 I 45,674 5 d. o 5 3 5 782,329 3.776,630 4,393,636 4,685,018 779,617 3,206,294 3,7'7,766 3,993,990 1 26,646 '50,358 206,557 127,946 I47, O33 196,053 277,927 480,610 5'4,2'5 176,150 384,800 393,731 647,325 [,400,906 1,869,088 1,895,985 326,248 1,339,468 ',757.106 ',973,387 1 hamts — ■875 1885 1888 1889 1,664 o 6 3.887 11 3 3.72 1 9 8 3,816 2 10 119,418 369,100 425,074 386,815 109,954 359,55° 345,020 349, ■ 28 10,374 11,869 i4,<)63 11,310 6,929 9,282 24,674 42,874 56,368 18,681 23,426 26.819 52,223 240,569 252,447 198.601 : 72,462 168,844 178,022 i '81,259 52,886 187,317 117,871 i 101,972 49,632 98,280 9',oi3 1 ' 03.33 7 New Plymouth — 1875 1885 1888 1889 ' ,815 9 5 3,210 16 4 3,'83 3 9 3.578 7 3 97,O4O 261,426 294,983 294.827 89,469 225,966 267,189 297,908 23,179 18,239 20,878 24,O37 21,073 21,528 34,545 35,984 4i,i97 26,676 14,807 3O.O'7 Gis borne — '875 1885 1888 I 1889 i,.i45 '3 ° 1,752 13 10 1,960 o 5 153,998 149,318 i7i,43i 132,210 152,789 166,179 1,846 3,705 7,76i 2,990 3,6oi 4,082 10,699 19,682 22,087 12,870 16,198 '7.979 115,089 133,185 160,862 71,68 7i>52' 72,57 Napier— 1875 j 4,076 19 8 1885 7,953 16 o 1888 j 10,303 4 8 1889 ! 10,939 _5_ 5_ 186,993 795, 236 937,950 96i,779 230,973 711,282 949,104 1,006,395 21,203 28,184 36,530 2i,437 28,015 38,675 75,283 94.328 115,869 52,286 124,189 132,938 128,480 354,159 385,697 420,225 150,750 309,985 328,978 351,962 v\ anganui — 1875 1885 1888 1889 ' 8,219 18 7 9,920 9 5 11,652 16 4 872,430 869,115 967,577 71O,775 871,182 i,o37,75i 34,658 47,554 53,4"2 36,504 64,779 63,765 137,956 143,182 1 23,09/ 52,871 60,190 93.314 441,792 381,589 409,786 '93,70' 217,52, 234,58 Wellington— iS el son— 1875 ' 5'-OS 0 .5 8 I885 ; 68,085 '4 7 1888 i 77,357 14 7 1889 : 87,475 16 11 j 1875 2,399 i> 'O 1885 ; 4,667 18 1 1888 I 5,731 6 4 1889 ! 5,569 12 s_ 802,950 2,813,460 3.566,77' 3,624,153 922,177 2,375,529 3,176,810 3,61)2,013 66,443 94,328 111,241 65,104 85,072 95.823 241,020 394,849 427,336 337.14O 481,156 624,247 596,768 848,601 ','42,648 1,207,180 470,65c 897,72S 1,1 18,27.3 1,274,42c. Nelson— 205,716 456,222 443.287 458,887 180,707 411,034 522,405 492,817 10,543 18,525 24,635 '3,234 25,220 26,078 55,536 56,225 62,010 35.526 5 1,0 I 2 64.805 145,470 203,346 189,631 213,330 11 ',765 117,92.1 149,682 152,89Westport— '»75 1885 I 1888 1889 1,053 6 2 1,432 19 2 1,716 6 8 1,833 18 3 73.527 121,589 162,136 191.243 57,447 1 14,699 140,114 156,130 3,7i8 4,628 4,732 2,730 6,435 2,600 10,634 ,7,667 34,515 5,547 9,464 8,957 95,237 83,772 125,125 155,441 51.25! 45,'" 61,59' 72-44' Greymouth — '875 1885 188S 1889 ; 2,17' '3 7 2,920 o X 3,40119 8 3,896 2 2 146,702 266,682 372,320 339,820 167,980 227,929 3 19.969 352.235 6,240 9,620 9.178 5,330 5,057 6,370 26,546 45,422 51,922 14,690 23,998 33,982 130,734 190,554 260,676 228,085 I53,'O' 136,55 135.33' '55,6? Mokitika — 1875 1885 ; 1888 : 1889 j 1,816 o 9 2,154 3 1 2,091 15 2 2,294 18 6 121,517 208,975 196,248 iS i,337 12 1,743 169,065 179,296 177,229 6,214 9,867 7.397 6,071 8,593 6.513 21,615 19,747 40,300 10,361 17,498 20,501 151,832 168,766 153,686 135,629 68,69; 85,003 74,62c 76,44c Blenheim— 1875 I 1885 1888 1889 1,719 9 o 2,952 6 o 3,247 11 7 4,086 1911 153.723 i 308,529 319,904 329.095 i 131,624 242,619 291,044 33O.421 ".479 12,35° 9.139 4.173 4,628 5,005 31,525 43.979 47.658 13.936 12,194 38,597 153,124 154,544 177.125 181,220 60,787 78,520 80,301 76,752 Christchurch— 1875 17,582 19 8 1885 31,836 10 o 1888 j 34,903 19 9 1889 35,265 4 4 1,052,071 1,000,864 3,212,638 ■ 2,848,443 3,426,007 3,285,867 3,32 1,227 '• 3,351,231 129.549 144,001 141.479 145.O54 163,176 181,259 266,223 332,384 395.382 269,438 472,940 486,850 S29>S54 i,O5i>934 990,782 ',029,353 295,42' i,195,55 i,306,i3 1,077,85' Timaru — 1875 1885 1888 1889 6,454 6 2 7,788 4 6 8,696 17 11 783,900 744.796 746,031 607,516 672,685 74o-324 33,670 43.5" 44.772 33.553 46,72: 50,570 69.593 100,945 105,469 35.204 100,802 146,003 234,260 249,405 255,450 127,036 142,155 ' 84.95 1 Oamaru — 1875 1885 ' 1888 1889 3.998 7 6 3.895 '4 8 4,18(1 8 1 569,101 425^880 416,234 37°.7 2' 374.777 408,629 15,587 23,218 29.393 i5i99O 15.366 '7.199 52,156 50,102 56,5" 26,403 [9,448 40,586 271,180 142,207 129,844 106,44. 85.25 87,23' Dunedin — 1875 j 20,891 5 9 1885 32,468 19 10 1888 35.017 IS 9 1889 j 37,'77 5 'o 1,106,168 3,231.124 3,083,223 3,025,698 1,343,748 2,820,025 3,176,901 3,316,066 97.812 133.913 128,427 119,119 149,071 151,788 240,409 356,161 351,702 373.035 486,824 5 n,953 1,142,015 1,168,778 i,'95,5fl8 1,061,242 872,70c 1,284,11.| 1,645,42.^ ',877,954 Invercargill— <87S I 3,i2i 5 9 1885 i 9,873 14 10 1888 ! 10,691 15 8 1889 : 1 1,560 16 2 205,249 i,J7 0.338 1,084,668 1,173.224 238,>45 924,820 1,059,786 1.158,391 54,s6i 66, 1 63,778 31,629 52,93 6 59,228 94.367 128,089 159,081 87.438 67,132 105.49; 181,133 588,276 634,582 585,143 120,913 274,079 358,605 397,93o Tota Is — ' 1875 ' '22,495 '8 9"! 1885 : 229,299 7 6 1888 > 258,316 211; 1889 ! 279,664 18 2 5»OS3.4«>3 '9.37'.378 21,274,396 5,374,448 '6,458,477 19,502,704^ 21,026,837 653.722 820,391 9' 4,342 666,211 833,706 935.818 1,670,708 2,362,230 2,604,719 '■595.252 2,366,078 2,776.774 4,026,457 ; 7,685,370 8,461,453 ■8,448,635 12,784,820 6,548,508 7>74'.39<> .8,272,381

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Table No. 12. Table showing the estimated Number of Letters, Post-cards, Book-packets, and Newspapers delivered and posted, within the several Postal Districts of New Zealand, during the Year ended 31st December, 1889.

Table No. 13. 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, 1889.

Table No. 14. 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, 1889.

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Posted. Delivi :red. Postal Districts. Letters. Post-cards. Books, &c. j Newspapers. Letters. Post-cards. Books, &c. Newspapers, Auckland .. .. 4,685,018 Thames .. .. 386,815 New Plymouth .. 294,827 | Ciisborne .. .. I7 I,43 I Napier ., .. 961,779 ; VVanganui .. .. j 967,577 Wellington .. . • 3,624,153 Nelson .. .. j 458,887 VVestport .. .. 191,243 I Cireymouth .. .. 339,820 Hokitika .. .. i8i,337 Blenheim .. .. 329,095 Christchurch .. .. 3,321,227) Timaru .. .. 746,031 Oamaru .. .. 4l6>234 Dunedin .. .. 3,025,698 ; Invercargill .. .. i,i73> 224 i 206,557 14.963 20,878 7,761 36,530 53,482 111,241 24>635 4,732 9,178 7,397 9,139 141,479 44,772 29,393 128,427 63,778 514,2I5 56,368 4i, J97 22,087 115, 86g 123", 097 427,336 62,010 34,515 51,922 40,300 47,658 395,382 105,469 56,5" 351,702 159,081 1,895,985 198,601 181,259 160,862 420,225 409,786 1,207,180 213,330 155,44 1 228,085 135,629 181,220 !l, 029,353 255,450 129,844 1,061,242 585,143 3,993,99o 349,128 297,908 166,179 1,006,395 i,o37,75i 3,692,013 492,817 156,130 35 2,235 177,229 330,421 3,351,231 74O,3 24 408,629 3,316,066 1,158,391 196,053 9,282 21,528 4,082 38,675 63,765 95,823 26,078 2,6oO 6,370 6,513 5,OO5 181,259 50,570 I7, J99 151,788 59,228 393,731 26,819 30,017 17,979 132,938 93,314 624,247 64,805 8,957 33,982 20,501 38,597 486,850 146,003 40,586 5n,953 io5,495 1,973,387 101,972 103,337 72>579 351,962 234,585 1,274,429 152,893 72,449 155,675 76,440 76,752 1,077,856 184,951 87,330 1,877,954 397,930 Totals .. [21,274,396 2,604,719 8,448,635 i8,46i,453 21,026,837 935,8i8 2,776,774 8,272,381 914,342 Previous year.. J2O,895,3i6 I 120,895,316 820,391 12,362,230 19,502,704 833,706 2,366,078 7,74 I,39 I

Postal Districts. Letters. Post-cards. Books, Circulars, &e. Newspapers. Auckland Thames .. New Plymouth Gisborne Napier .. Wanganui Wellington Nelson .. Westport Greymouth Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch Timaru .. Oamaru .. Dunedin Invercargill ■ ■ ■ * • i • • i t 1,727.637 167,579 151,142 48,132 227,328 263,912 979. o63 128,837 41.307 129,992 55,066 70.459 i,5io.749 177,803 106,002 1,072,829 279,270 55.no 9,29s 13.925 2.376 7.565 i5,45o 36,072 5,964 c.737 4,202 4. 179 4> J99 66,773 14,670 7.972 35,522 21,289 i i5y,406 12,432 21,676 6,988 16 >477 25.837 99,49^ J5.232 3,688 I 9,185 8,720 10,122 127,015 25,078 13,182 102,432 44.729 352,013 50,026 89,593 23.949 43.°97 96,446 272,825 66,210 21,265 44.774 30.834 35,i°4 326,009 49,202 26,755 284,605 i°3,7 63 Totals 7> I37> IO7 306,303 701,697 1,916,470 Previous year 6,701,407 f I 287,761 r 607,153 1,831,215

Received. Despatched. Letters. Hooks, &c. Newspapers. Letters. Books, &c. Newspapers. Inited Kingdom — Via San Francisco .. .. Viti Direct contract packets Via P. and O. and Orient lines .. Via Direct non-contract packets -si .ustralian Colonies Ither places 289,197 i 251,628 I 59,847 : 6,618 665,901 92,532 I 206,988 189,639 9,258 2,194 301,082 55,987 634, 082 590,720 29,955 4.388 743:95° 163,635 376,584 I4 6 >193 6,132 16,308 602,984 90,062 56,386 17,012 210 I,_2I2 59,033 17,651 350,729 98,535 170 2,698 485,905 106,322 Totals 1,365.723 ! 765,148 2,166,7361,238,263 I5I.5O4 1,044,359

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Table No. 15. Table showing the Estimated Correspondence posted and delivered, with the Estimated Expenditure and Revenue of the Post Offices, in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand, and of the General Post Office, for the Year 1889.

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Total Estimated Correspondence posted and delivered. Estimated Expenditure. Estimated Revenue, Postal Districts, ill' No. of Offices. Cost of Conveyance of Mails. Salaries. Letters. Post-cards. Books and Parcels. Newspapers. Contingencies. Total. From Stamps, &c. Official Postage. Total. North Island. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington 266 j 22 59 40 92 8,679,008 735,943 592,735 337,610 1,968,174 2,005,328 7,316, 166 402,610 24,245 42,406 11,843 75,205 117,247 207,064 907,946 83,187 71,214 40,066 284,807 216,411 1,051,583 3,869,372 3OO>573 284,596 233,441 772,187 644,37! 2,481,609 £ s. d. 4,263 1 o 1,426 9 8 370 3 4 477 o o 1,694 T5 o 699 18 7 I. 715 13 3 £ a. d. 10,628 10 o 2,146 7 5 1,097 Io ° 599 10 o 3,211 10 o 2,673 o o 7,721 3 2 2,615 15 oj 554 3 IO 299 3 7 142 15 4 438 3 9 "5 14 5 2,533 3 ° £ *■ d17,507 6 o 4,127 0 11 1,766 16 11 1,219 5 4 5,344 8 9 3,488 13 o 11,969 19 5 £ *. a. 38,012 12 11 3,155 5 9 2,968 19 2 1,549 3 9 9,590 14 9 9,487 7 10 31,234 2 5 £ «■ d. 7,661 12 6 660 17 1 609 8 1 410 16 8 1,348 10 8 2,165 8 6 56,241 14 6 £ s. d. 45,674 5 5 3,816 2 10 3,57 8 7 3 1,960 o 5 io,939 5 5 11,652 16 4 87,475 16 11 Totals for North Island .. ] I' 539 j I 21,634,964 880,620 2,619,214 8,586,149 10,647 ° Io 28,077 10 7 6,698 18 n \ 45,423 10 4 95,99S 6 7 69,098 8 o 165,096 14 Middle Island. 1 ! Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill 42 30 I 37 155 44 23 i 149 99| 95I,7°4 347,373 692,055 358,566 I 659,516 6,672,458 1,486,355 824,863 C,34i:764 2,331,615 50,713 7,332 15,548 14,144 322,738 95,342 46,592 2S0, 215 I23,OO6 126,815 43,472 85,904 60,801 86,255 882,232 251,472 97,097 863,655 264,576 366,223 227,890 383,760 212,069 257,972 ! 2,107 ,209 440,401 217,074 j 2,939,196 983,073 1,360 6 o 740 10 o 912 o o 1,271 12 o 864 3 11 2,566 12 10 479 2 5 180 19 o 5,086 7 10 1,899 5 Io 1,967 10 o 747 J3 11 1,649 o o 925 10 o 1,668 o o 8,477 I1 3 1,802 16 7 1,899 o o 8,835 10 o 3,134 10 o 327 17 o 196 2 10 192 1 9 123 10 10 255 o 4 1,550 6 6 223 o 1 143 7 7 1,898 19 1 806 18 4 3,655 13 0 1,684 6 9 2,753 1 9 2,320 12 10 2,7 87 4 3 12,594 IO 7 2,504 19 1 2,223 6 7 15,820 16 11 5,S40 14 2 j 4,691 16 9 1,432 6 11 ! 3,3O5 2 7 1,724 17 10 2,983 10 3 32,030 18 9 7,265 12 9 I 3,615 15 5 ' 33,558 6 11 I 10,704 12 8 877 15 8 401 11 4 59o 19 7 570 o 8 1,103 g 8 3,234 5 7 i,43i 5 2 570 12 8 3,618 18 11 856 3 6 5,569 12 : 1,833 18 ; 3,896 2 : 2,294 J8 < 4,086 19 1 35,2C5 4 . 8,696 17 1 4,186 8 37,177 5 I' 11,560 16 Totals for Middle Island .. 628 i 20,666,269 31,107 1 9 4,961 8 3 13,255 2 9 969,540 2,762,279 8,134,867 15,360 19 10 50,815 16 8 5,? 1? 4 4 52,185 5 11 1101,313 o 10 114,568 3 General Post Office 715 4 8 56,492 9 7 ; 25,666 17 I •• •• •■ •• Totals for the Colony ! ! I,85O,I6O i 1,167 42,301,233 j i 5,381,493 16,721,016 76,823 17 4 64,146 o 7 I3. I3 I 7 " 154,101 5 10 1222,978 4 6 82,353 10 9 279,664 18

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Table No. 16. 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, 1876, 1877, 1878, and 1879; to the 31st March, 1880, 1881, and 1882; and to the 31st December, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, and 1889.

(«)From this mileage 78 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance. (k) From this mileage 95 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance. (b) '■■ 32 » r' " « (') » 102 n " 106 * " " " «n) - io ° 0 . 174 , . » . (p s „ 199 (g) . 150 « „ „ „ («) „ 83 p) „ 85 . » . . <r) „ 100 0 „ u6 „ „ ~ „ \f) „ 144 p) . 109 . „ , (*) » 84

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Year ended 0 Number of Telegrams forwarded '5 during the Year. Number Number j . of of J 8 I Miles of Miles of ° S- . Private, fi , Line. Wire. |° Press, and ! g™!^ I _ 1 Provincial : ! 1 Government/ ment' j Revenue derived from Private Telegrams, and : Messages. Incidental Receipts. I Cost of , ,- , c ?. c ' Maintenance Total Valr.c of 1 Cost of ; of Business done ! Maintenance ! Lin^s during of excluding the Year. Stations. \ Austtalian 4 ble | subsidy. I I ! I Total Expenditure. Cost of ! Main1 tenance of \ Lines ; per Mile. I Tarilf in Operation. 30th June, 1866 I 699 1867 ! 757 " f 868 : 1,110 „ 1869 j 1,329 „ 1870 ; 1,661 „ 187 1 | i,97&W 1872 2,i85(!>) 1873 2, 35 6(<:) „ 1874 ! 2,53O (a) 1875 I 2,986 (e) 1876 i 3,I54(') 1877 I 3,259 (B) ( 1878 i 3,434 p) 1879 ! 3,512 p) 31st March, 1880 I 3,638(1) 1881 j 3,758 (k) 1882 : 3,824 (') 31st Dec, 1882 ! 3,974( m) 1883 4,074 (-) 1884 4,264 0) 1885 4,463 p) 1886 ! 4,546 1) 1-887 i 4,646 M 1888 j 4,790 (*) 1889 ! 4,874 0 I 1,39° | 13 24, 761 i,498 i 21 ] 55,621 2,223 ! 31 : 72.241 2,495 ! 45 : 106,070 2,897 ' 56 i 122,545 3,247 : 72 : 253,582 3,823 I 8l ; 344.524 4,574 ! 93 I 485.5°7 5,782 i 105 1 645,067 6,626 I 127 ; 786,237 7,247 I 142 ! 890,382 7,4 23 I J55 I 952,283 8.O35 : l82 !l,O65,48l 8,117 : 195 I,201,982 9,333 I 214 I 824,734 9,587 227 [1,058,342 9,653 234 jl,215, 849 9,848 264 '1,361,817 10,037 302 1,379,483 10,474 330 11,433,458 io,93i 375 i,533,4°6 11,178 412 1,583,717 n,375 437 ii,589,77i ",617 I 473 1,548,233 11,827 I 489 1,589, 157 I £ ». d. I £ s. d. I £ s. d. ' £ s. d. I £ s. d. : £ s. A. \.£ s. d. I 2,746 ] 27,407 5,561 19 2 ; 4S3 3 2 I 6,045 2 4 1 3,934 3 4 I 2,443 2 11 ; 6,377 ° 3 13 9 10 I I5>33I 70,952 : 9,070 10 1 ; 3,770 4 8 j 12,840 14 9 8,0:7 J4 7 ! 2,541 4 11 ; 10,558 19 6 ; 3 7 1 ] 26,244 ' 98,4 8 5 . 11,652 3 7 : 6,672 o 3 1 18,324 3 10 9,489 17 10 ! 5,406 7 3 : 14,896 5 I 4 17 4 50,097 ; 156,167 18,520 10 4 11 9 I 31,951 2 1 14,266 12 7 I 8,547 4 9 ; 22,813 17 4 ! 6 8 6 ■ 62,878 : 185,423 17,218 1 4 112,252 6 o ; 29,470 7 4 16,417 7 4 14,120 4 10 ; 30,537 12 2 i 8 9 11 I 59,292 i 312,874 ; 22,419 8 8 9,876 17 6 I 32,296 6 2 21,254 4 3 :JI,344 3 8 | 32,598 7 11 j 5 19 6 6/,243 '. 4II.767 ! 28,121 10 o 11,043 3 9 I 39,164 13 9 23,593 9 9 8,858 19 7 : 32,452 9 4 \ 4 2 3 83,453 . 568,960 ! 39,680 18 9 11,105 2 o I 50,786 o 9 27,040 18 10 : 9,479 5 4 ' 36,520 4 214 1 11 107,832 : 752,899 \ 46,508 18 10 12,618 11 6 I 59,127 10 4 138,801 19 4 : 15,021 17 11 : 53,823 17 3 ' 6 3 11 130,891 j 917,128 I 55,301 12 3 113,679 10 9 I 68,981 3 o 45,814 11 4 ,14,240 19 7 ; 60,055 10 n 4 16 4 I 160,704 1,051,086 62,715 10 4 : 16,154 6 o I 78,869 16 4 61,696 14 5 '21,074 8 8 : 82,771 3 1 : 5 18 10 172,159 1,124,442 65,644 15 3 117,024 8 9 I 82,669 4 o 63,353 10 10 17,931 8 o j 81,284 18 10 5 12 11 I 194,843 1,260,324 I 73,284 1 10 19,148 12 4 I 92,432 14 2 69,340 1 8 :18,259 '4 9 ! 87,599 65 5 10 o [ 246,961 1,448,943 ! 85,4.02 o 2 26,949 2 2 112,351 2 4 .79,502 o 5 17,299 7 10 I 96,801 83 509! 183,675 11,008,409 58,120 3 3 119,707 6 3 77,827 9 6 168,651 10 10 14,758 4 5 I 83,409 15 3 I 4 3 4 I 246,370 1,304,712 73,002 2 o ; 27,021 3 8 1100,023 5 8 178,224 1 8 23,154 8 3 1101,378 9 11 6 6 7 j 222,923 1,438,772 j 78,828 19 8 ! 22,737 Io 4 1 101,566 16 o 169,165 5 o 18,292 13 4 I 87,457 18 4 i 4 17 4 j 208,372 1,570,189 I 90,633 11 2 J2o,6o8 11 11 [111,242 3 1 73,554 9 1 '22,451 6 3 \ 96,005 15 4 j 5 17 5 219,917 1,599, 400 93,822 3 3 21,55-5 !9 2 115,378 2 5 73,054 4 6 j 19,210 6 6 I 92,264 11 o : 4 16 8 220,847 11,654,305 95,634 5 5 20,855 19 7 116,490 5 o 170,036 6 2 '20,041 15 10 ; 90,078 2 o j 4 18 4 1 240,867 1,774,273 101,652 8 o 24,860 9 o 126,512 17 o 177,082 4 4 :20,900 6 2 97,982 10 6 I 4 15 9 [ 252,549 11,836,266 106,638 12 2 127,281 4 g 133,919 16 11 177,473 10 7 21,402 18 2 98,875 8 9 I 4 15 11 I 245,623 1,835,394 '106,548 4 o '30,205 11 10 [136,753 15 10 J76,58o 10 o ,21,321 2 9 97,901 12 9 i 4 13 9 217,630 1,765,863 1106,311 11 6 :23,164 13 11 [129,476 5 5 172,201 13 5 123,262 1 o 95,463 14 5:5 o 1 213,830 1,802,987 1106,462 18 4 24,218 9 3 1130,681 7 7 175,426 9 7 '26,007 1 5 101^433 11 o '• 5 8 7 I i_ i ! I.I I i I Mileage tariff. Mileage tariff in operation up to 1st Sept.. 1869: uniform 2S. 6d. tariff from is: Sept., 1869, to 31st March 1870; and is. tariff from 1st April, 1870. From 1st November, 1873, address and signature given in free. From 1st Jan., 1886, d e 1 a y e d - telegrams posted to addressees immediately after their receipt at offices of destination

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Table No. 17. Table showing the Cash Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages, the Value of Government Messages, and the Number of Messages transmitted, in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand, for the Year ended 31st December, 1889.

Table No. 18. Number of Letters posted in each Postal District during the Year ended 31st December, 1889; Number of Telegrams forwarded in each Postal District during the Year ended 31st December, 1889; and the Proportion of Telegrams to every 100 Letters; together with a similar Return for the previous Year.

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Postal Districts. Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages. Value of Government Messages. Total Value of Messages of all Codes. Number j of Private ; and Press Messages. Number of Govt. Messages. Total Number of Messages of all Codes. Auckland Blenheim ~hristchurch Dunedin .. Srey mouth Hokitika [nvercargill Mapier kelson Plymouth Damaru Fhames L'imaru vVanganui vVellington vVestport £ s. d. 12,100 15 o 2,093 12 3 10,929 9 I 12,363 3 5 i,359 7 7 3,703 9 2 1,202 16 2 3,871 10 1 5,480 12 7 2,510 7 7 1,547 ° 3 1,901 15 10 2,337 Io ° 2,497 14 11 3,300 8 6 13,701 15 1 1,923 14 o £ •• f 3.419 13 4 573 9 1 2,060 17 11 2,879 10 o 555 11 1 546 14 10 491 12 8 704 16 I] 1,159 15 9 676 2 3 619 2 4 320 7 11 608 13 2 404 16 8 646 18 4 7,701 4 2 849 2 10 £ s. d. 15,520 8 4 2,667 1 4 12,990 7 o 15,242 13 5 1,914 18 8 4,250 4 o 1,694 8 10 4,576 7 ° 6,640 8 4 3,iS6 9 10 •2,166 2 7 2,222 3 9 2.946 3 2 2,902 II 7 3.947 6 Io 21,402 19 3 2,772 16 10 239,949 36,208 186,607 244,790 22,144 65,469 22,400 74,580 83,891 62,067 31,208 30,415 45,662 44,959 61,364 302,673 34,771 25,723 5.961 18,756 26,692 4.517 5.304 3.045 8,434 11,000 6,644 5,942 3,i33 5,975 3,182 8,173 64,297 7. O52 265,672 42,169 205,363 271,482 26,661 7O,773 25,445 83,OT 4 94,891 68,711 37, :[5° 33,548 51,637 48,141 69,537 366,970 41,823 Totals, 1889 Totals, 1888 82,825 1 6 80,952 2 7 24,218 9 3 23,164 13 11 107,043 10 9 104,116 16 6 1.589,157 1,548,233 213,830 217,630 1,802,987 1,765,863

1888. 1889. Districts. Number of Letters. Number of Telegrams. I Proportion of Telegrams to every 100 Letters. Number of Letters. Number of Telegrams. Proportion of Telegram s to every ic^j Letters Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika 3.717.766 291,044 3,285,867 3,176,901 152,789 319,969 179,296 1,059,786 949,104 522,405 267,189 374.777 345,020 672,685 871,182 3,176,810 140,114 269,870 37,o83 189,935 239,545 24,687 77,313 24,274 83,310 93.344 58,829 3 J.95O 34.677 49,653 47.615 70,838 391.366 41.574 7'25 1274 578 7'54 i6'I5 24-16 I3'54 7-86 9-83 H'26 3.993,990 330,421 3,35i,23i 3,316,066 166,179 352,235 177,229 1,158,391 1,006,395 492,817 297,908 408,629 349,128 74 0.324 1,037,751 3,692,013 156,130 265,672 42,171 205,363 271,482 26,661 7°.773 25,445 83,014 94,891 68,711 37,150 33.547 51.637 48,141 69.537 366,970 41,823 665 12-76 613 8-19 16-04 2009 14-36 7-17 943 I3'94 12-47 8-2J 14-79 6-5 67 9'94 26-79 Invercargill .. Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru 31'95 9'25 I4-39 7-07 8-13 I2'3I 29-67 Wanganui Wellington Westport

Year. Proportion of Number of Letters. I Number of Telegrams. Telegrams sent to every 100 Letters. 1889 1888 1887 1886 1885 1884 1883 1882 1881-82 1880-81 1879-80 (for nine months only) .. 1878-79 .. .% 1877-78 1.876-77 1875-76 1874-75 1873-74 1872-73 1871-72 1870-71 1869-70 1868-69 1867-68 21,026,837 19,502,704 18,711,329 18,188,144 !6,458,477 16,020,056 14,834,217 14,546,74s 11,059,677 10,895,998 7,065,510 7,374,7 S6 6,078,384 5,540,920 4,7317873 4,059,517 3,209,837 2,828,372 2,418,021 2,626,947 2,374,060 2,749,488 I»938,578 1,802,98s 1,765,863 1,835,394 1,836,266 :I, 774: 273 1,654,305 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 8-57 9'°5 g-8 io-og 1078 10-32 1078 1079 13-00 11-97 14-27 19-64 20-71 2O'2O, 2221 22-59 23-45 19-76 1702 ii'gi 7-8x 6-12 5'47 <•» ■»

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Table No. 19. Ordinary and Press Telegrams despatched during the Four Quarters ended 31st December, 1888, also for each Quarter of the Year ended 31st December, 1889, and the Revenue derived from each Class.

Table No. 20. Insulation Tests of the First and Second Cook Strait Cables for the Year ended 31st December, 1889, showing the Resistance per Knot after Two Minutes' Electrification in Megohms (British Association Units of Resistance).

Table No. 21. Insulation Tests of the Wanganui and Wakapuaka Cable for the Year ended 31st December, 1889, showing the Resistance per Knot after Ten Minutes' Electrification in Megohms (British Association Units of Resistance). Length of Cable laid, 108-69 Knots.

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„ March Quarter. JlUK Quarter. Septeml ber Quarter. December Quarter. Totali for Year. Clas%. Number. Revenue derived. Number. Revenue derived. Number. Revenue derived. Number. Revenue derived. i Number. I Revenue derived. 1889. >rdinary .. 'ress 389,902 39>i8 4 £ ■■ d21,166 9 1 i>750 15 7 327,171 39,520 £ ■■ d. 16,679 7 7 2,221 14 o 322,467 51,767 s. d.j 16,696 17 8 2,968 1 11 377,374 41,772 / 8. d. 19,688 10 11 1^53 4 9 1,416,914 172,243 £ B.d. 74,231 5 3 8,593 16 3 Totals .. 429,086 22,917 4 8 366,691 18,901 1 7 374,234 19,664 19 7 419,141 21,341 15 8 1,589,157 82,825 1 6 1888. >rdinary .. 'ress 357,824 40,051 i8,373 14 2 2,109 J4 7 347.461 49,°49 17,429 13 6 3,019 8 11 3*5,456 43>63i 16,842 13 3 2,792 14 6 345,737 49,024 18,021 8 3 2,362 15 5 1,366,478 i8i,755 70,667 9 2 10,284 13 5 Totals .. 397,875 20,483 8 9 396,510 359,087 19,635 7 9 394,76i 20,384 3 8 * >54 8.233 80,952 2 7 20,449 2 5

First Cook Strait Cable. No. 1 Wire. N(). 2 Wire. No. 3 Wire. Second Cook Strait Cable. Dielectric Resistance per Knot. [anuary February March .. Vpril .. May fune [uly .. \ugust .. September October Stevember December 164 152 170 170 159 166 176 153 158 J47 136 154 164 157 168 171 169 180 192 179 184 175 165 185 358 332 352 365 347 371 392 336 348 343 320 35° January February March April .. May .. June .. July .. August September October November December 28 49 33 17 ■392 3'35 28-97 556 3'99 4'43 4-8 8-6

Date. Dielectric Resistance per Knot. Copper Resistance per Knot in Ohms. Mean Temperature of Sea-bottom calculated from the Observed C.R. [anuary .. February March \pril May fune [uly August September October .. November December Twenty Cells. 6,400 5.273 4,975 5,3i9 5,261 6,930 7,793 8,403 7.158 6,539 6,293 5,465 10-98 ICV989 10-98 10-95 10-97 10-81 Deg. Fahr. 58 58-5 58 57 57'5 51 55 54 53 54 55 59 10:91 10-889 10-864 1089Q 1091 11

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Table No. 22. Cost of Telegraph Lines, Telephone Exchanges, and Cables throughout the Colony.

Table No. 23. Return of the Number and Amount of Telegraph Money Orders issued within the several Postal Districts during the Year ended 31st December, 1889.

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>, Number of Miles of Ijinc. Section of Line. Total Cost of Section. Cost per Mike. North Island. ["otal, North Island, to 31st December, 1888 Expenditure on sundry lines constructed during year 1889 .. / S. d. £ s. a. 2,28SJ 32 238,946 12 7 1,551 10 6 48 9 8 Totals .. 2,32°1 240,498 3 1 South Island. rotal, South Island, to 31st December, 1888 Expenditure on sundry lines constructed during year 1889 .. 2,5024 52 239,059 19 2 1,895 2 9 36 811 total, South Island, to 31st December, 1889 2.5544 240,955 1 11 fotal, North Island, to 31st December, 1889 2.32OJ 240,498 3 1 Totals .. 4.874f 481.453 5 o 81,280 2 4 look Strait cables 'elephone exchanges .. 63,540 3 3 Total £626,273 io 7

Districts. Number. Commission. Amount. Auckland .. Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Ciisborne Greymouth Hokitika .. Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru 2,693 845 1.372 1,491 480 1,188 356 509 1,418 449 337 [71 704 246 732 2,863 93° £ 3. d. 134 13 ° 42 5 o 68 12 o 74 " o 24 o o 59 8 o 17 16 o 25 9 o 70 18 o 22 9 O 16 17 o 8 11 o £ ■■ d10,404 16 o 2,591 19 5 4,555 8 8 5.036 7 9 1,646 11 7 4,008 3 o 1,021 7 S 1,513 16 o 5,247 19 2 1,616 o 7 968 12 o 602 9 4 2,047 iS 2 782 13 7 2,288 4 2 9,IOO 9 7 3.095 1 3 Wanganui .. Wellington Westport .. 35 4 ° 1260 36 12 o 143 3 o 46 10 o Totals 16,784 8.39 4 ° 56,527 17 n

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Table No. 24. Cash Value of Shipping and Weather Telegrams and Amount chargeable to each Department of the Government for Telegrams transmitted during the Year ended 31st December 1889.

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No. Amount. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier .. Nelson .. New Plymouth Oamaru .. Thames .. Timaru .. Wanganui Wellington Westport 25,7^3 i8,756 26,692 4.517 51304 3.045 8,434 11,000 6,644 5.942 3,133 5,975 3,182 8,173 64,297 7.°52 3.4J9 13 4 573 9 1 2,060 17 11 2,879 Io ° 555 " 1 546 14 10 491 12 8 704 16 11 1,159 15 9 676 2 3 619 2 4 320 7 11 608 13 2 404 16 8 646 18 4 7,701 4 2 849 2 10 Totals 213,830 I 24,218 9 3

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POST and TELEGRAPH MAP OF THE NORTH ISLAND