POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT (REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR 1894.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1895 Session I, F-01

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1895. NEW ZEALAND

POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT (REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR 1894.

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

My Lord,—- General Post Office, Wellington, 13th July, 1895. I have the honour to submit to your Excellency the Eeport on the Post and Telegraph Department for the year 1894, with the usual statement of revenue and expenditure to the 31st March last. I have the honour to be, Your Lordship's most obedient servant, J G. Ward, Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand.

EEPOET The revenue shows a fairly satisfactory increase. The telegraph receipts, however, fell short of the estimate, a result no doubt attributable to the commercial depression which prevailed throughout the colony during the year The circumstance is the more noticeable from the fact that the telegraph traffic of the previous year was abnormally high. A decided improvement in the telegraph business has set in since the beginning of this year, due to a great extent to the increased traffic in telegrams in connection with the marked revival in the gold-mining industry in the Auckland-Thames District. The following statement shows the revenue and expenditure for the financial year ended the 31st March, 1895 :— Bevenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Stamps used for postage (estimated) 210,000 0 0 Salaries 185,509 6 5 Money-order and postal-note commission Conveyance of mails by sea 29,648 14 4 collected in the colony 12,871 2 0 Conveyance of inland mails 28,707 1 0 Money-order commission received from Conveyance of mails by railway 307 2 6 foreign offices 526 7 6 Money-order commission credited to Private box and bag fees 4,955 5 0 foreign offices 1 205 5 9 Postage from foreign offices 1,500 0 0 Maintenance and repairs to telegraphMiscellaneous receipts (postal) 17 584 16 6 lines, and miscellaneous 48,100 19 8 Ordinary and Press telegrams . 85,388 811 Cable subsidies 6,492 11 8 Telephone exchanges 21,552 12 10 Miscellaneous receipts (telegraph) 3,071 2 0 299,971 1 4 Balance of revenue over expenditure 57 478 13 5 £357,449 14 9 £357,449 14 9 The revenue was £12,773 2s. 6d., or 3-71 per cent, more than that of the previous year The expenditure increased by the sum of £6,266 lis. Id., or 213 per cent. The revenue was equal to 10s. 5-|d., and the expenditure to Bs. 9d., per head of the population of the colony The value of official correspondence for the year is estimated at £59,074 10s. 2d., and Government telegrams £26,050 7s. sd. The value of these services, for which no payment was received, was therefore £85,124 17s. 7d., a sum equal to 23-81 per cent, of the cash receipts. The balance of revenue over expenditure was £57,478 13s. 5d., as against £50,972 ss. the previous year If to the former sum be added the value of Government telegrams and the estimated value of official correspondence, the balance in favour of the department for the year is increased to £142,603 lis. The work performed by the department gratuitously for other branches of the public service must not be understood to be confined to the free transmission of letters, &c, and telegrams, as it includes many other descriptions of business of very large proportions. 25,823,967 letters were posted and 27,344,369 delivered—an increase of 79,222 and 1,003,665 respectively Inland parcels posted numbered 149,150, an increase of 1,091 over the previous year

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61 post-offices were established, 1 reopened, and 14 closed. The number open at the close of the year was 1,353. There were 752 inland mail-services in operation during the year, at a cost of £26,042 3s. Id. The number of telegrams of all codes forwarded was 2,033,800 —a decrease of 35,891, or 1-73 per cent. In the matter of telegraph construction, 154 miles of line were erected, compared with 34 the previous year On the 31st March last there were 5,961 miles of line, and 14,881 miles of wire, under the control of the department, exclusive of the telephone-exchange wires, the latter comprising 261 miles of poles and 4,472 miles of wire. The net expenditure on telegraph extension amounted to £19,228 19s. 222,678 money-orders, valued at £776,783 4s. lid., were issued, and 174,810 orders, amounting to £678,556 Is., were paid. 310,360 postal-notes were sold, representing £112,003 2s. 6d.—an increase of 33,255 in number, and £11,995 7s. in amount over 1893. The deposits in the Post-office Savings-banks amounted to £2,252,862 6s. lid., and the withdrawals to £2,268,624 8s. 4d. The total sum standing to the credit of depositors on the 31st December, 1894, was £3,340,879 lis. 4d., as against £3,241,998 7s. lOd. at the end of 1893. The telephone-exchange subscribers or connections on 31st March, 1895, numbered 4,616. The subscriptions received amounted to £21,552 12s. lOd. The following table and return give the numbers of offices and officers of all classes on the 31st December last :—

Comparative Beturn of Officers of the Post Office and Telegraph Department for the Years 1893 and 1894. 1893. 1894. 1893. 1894-Postmaster-General .. 1 1 Chief Postmasters 16 16 Secretary 1 1 Postmasters and Officers in Charge on PerSuperintendent 1 1 manent Staff 163 162 Assistant Secretary and Inspector 1 1 Clerks (including Telephone Exchange Assistant Inspector of Post-offices .. 11 Cadettes and Cadets in Post offices) 373 395 Sub-Inspectors of Post-offices 2 2 | Operators (including Cadets in Telegraph Controller of Money-orders and Savings-banks offices) 326 320 and Accountant 1 1 | Country Postmasters and Telephonists 1,086 1,147 Telegraph Inspectors 3 3 Letter-carriers 141 153' Telegraph Sub-Inspectors 2 1 Messengers (Post Office) 21 23 Electrician 1 1 Linemen .. 62 67 Mechanicians and Cadet 4 4 Telegraph Message Boys 212 219 Clerks in General Post Office — Nightwatchmen 2 2 Secretary's Branch 9 9 Postmasters and Telegraphists or Tele-Dead-letter Branch 5 5 phonists who are Railway officers 133 135. Money-order and Savings-bank Branch .. 20 22 Sorters in Clearing-room 13 13 ] Totals 2,603 2,709 Storekeeper and Assistants .. 5 4 |

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The annual Intercolonial Postal and Telegraph Conference met at Hobart on the Ist February last, at which all the colonies were represented. The question of the telegraph-cable guarantees overshadowed all others, from the fact that Victoria had announced its determination to withdraw from the guarantee agreements, and had this been carried into effect the other colonies would have been compelled to withdraw as well. An increase in the international cable rates would have followed, while New Zealand would either have had to consent to the intercolonial cable rates being raised or become responsible for the colonies' share of the loss on the intercolonial traffic, which amounted to about £11,000 last year. But, after considerable negotiation, and on the representatives of the other colonies agreeing to the following resolution, proposed by the Postmaster-General of this colony, Victoria was prevailed upon to continue its guarantee: — " That the several colonies agree to guarantee international revenue to the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company of £227,000 per year and to make up any loss below that amount, provided the total payment in any one year shall not exceed £10,000 , and to guarantee a revenue of £20,000 on the New Zealand cable, and to make up any loss below that sum, provided the payment in any one year shall not exceed £9,000, provided always that rates not higher than those now ruling be charged by the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company during currency of such guarantee such arrangement to be from year to year, and terminable at two months' notice." It may be explained that under the old agreements the colonies guaranteed the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company a revenue of £237,736 a year in respect of the international cable traffic, and £26,258 on the New Zealand-Sydney cable business, the company in the latter case bearing one-quarter of any loss. The resolution was cabled to the Chairman of the company, in London, for his consideration, and he replied:— " Desiring to meet colonies' wishes as far as possible, and believing commercial outlook improving, and consequently traffic likely increase, I believe I could induce Board and associated administrations to accept Conference proposal, provided arrangements be made for fixed period of at least five years, so as to run concurrently with subsidy agreement." The proviso was subsequently accepted by the Conference, and the resolution amended as follows :— "That the several colonies agree to guarantee international revenue to the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company of £227,000 per year, and to make up any loss below that amount, provided the total payment in any one year shall not exceed £10,000 and to guarantee a revenue of £20,000 on the New Zealand cable, and to make up any loss below that sum, provided the payment in any one year shall not exceed £9,000, provided always that rates not higher than those now ruling be charged by the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company during currency of such guarantee such arrangement to be for a fixed period of five years." As the guarantee is now for a fixed term, and one of finality, it should be regarded by the colonies as satisfactory. It was also agreed by the other colonies to share Victoria's loss on the Victorian-Tasmanian cable in the following manner : — " That the representatives of the several colonies contributing to the guarantee have agreed to share with Victoria, as regards the Tasmanian cable, the guarantee of that colony in the usual proportion (population basis), to pay the first £1,000 of the loss in any one year, and half of any additional loss beyond the £1,000, this guarantee being in addition to the subsidy of £4,200 a year at present contributed by the Colonies of Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania, South Australia, and West Australia." The direct financial effect to the colonies of the new arrangement will be seen from the following table :—■

Table showing the Estimated Contributions to the several Guarantee Funds under the New Arrangement.

New Zealand not only secured a substantial annual saving, but found it unnecessary to propose to increase the New Zealand-Sydney cable press rates from Id. to lfd. per word, which had previously been determined upon. The maintenance of existing cable rates is also assured for the next five years at a much less direct cost to the colonies than was the case under former agreements.

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TT . , . New South Victoria. Waleg _ New Zealand. South Australia. Tasmania. Western Australia.' Total - Eastern Extension Company South Australia £ 1,672 669 11,717 I 260 £ 1,660 665 1,705 258 £ 907 361 £ ill 189 482 76 £ 215 86 221 35 £ 75 30 75 7 £ 5,000 2,000 4,200 790 Tasmania 154 (1,053) (2,892) New Zealand cable 1,934 1,920 543 248 86 8,676 Present payments 6,252 6,208 5,367 1,761 805 273 20,666 8,181 7,339 6,818 2,077 951 322 25,688 Saving 1,929 1,131 1,451 316 146 49 5,022

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Other important resolutions were adopted by the Conference. Among those affecting New Zealand are the following : —■ Canadian Mail-service. " That this Conference reaffirms the desirableness of establishing a four-weekly service (alternating with the San Francisco service) between Australia, New Zealand, and Vancouver, the mail-steamers calling at one main port in New Zealand and such ports in Australia as may be determined upon." Pacific Cable. Considerable discussion took place on this question. The Postmaster-General of Queensland introduced the subject, and submitted the following motion : — " That in the opinion of this Conference it is desirable that — " (a.) The construction, working, and maintenance of a submarine cable through British territory, or under British control, from Vancouver Island to Australasia be undertaken by the Governments of Great Britain, the Dominion of Canada, and the Australasian Colonies as a joint national and public work. " (b.) The cost of its construction, working, and maintenance to be borne in the following proportions—viz., Great Britain one-third, the Dominion of Canada one-third, and the Australasian Colonies one-third. This was seconded pro forma by the Postmaster-General of this colony, who, however, advised the withdrawal of the motion. The Postmaster-General of New South Wales then moved the following amendment, which became the substantive motion, the Postmaster-General, Queensland, withdrawing his on finding that it was not favoured by the other representatives : — "This Conference reaffirms the desirableness of the construction of a Pacific cable to connect the Australasian Colonies and Canada, and, in view of the ascertained practicability of the scheme, respectfully urges upon the various Colonial Governments that steps be taken for the furtherance of the project at the earliest opportunity " The printed papers which have been laid before Parliament disclose the position of the Pacificcable question up to the present time. Unfortunately they do not show that much progress of a practical character has been made. The question of penny postage between the Mother-country the colonies was disposed of by the following resolution : — " That, while sympathizing with the desire expressed by Mr Henniker Heaton for a cheaper postage rate to and from England and the colonies, this Conference regards the present time inopportune for carrying out the proposal, and hereby decides accordingly " The telegraph code vocabulary lately issued by the Berne Telegraph Bureau was considered. Strong representations against its acceptance in its present form are to be made by the Colonies at the Telegraph Convention which is to meet at Buda Pesth next year. Many other matters of a departmental nature affecting the Post and Telegraph services of the colonies were dealt with. These will be found fully set out in the printed report of the Conference proceedings already laid before Parliament. A reciprocal agreement has been entered into between the Railway and this department, under which payment for mails conveyed by ordinary trains is to be made and on the other hand the Eailway Department is to pay for postage and telegrams, and for other services performed for it by this department. For mail-conveyance a payment of £15 a mile over main lines is to be made, plus 3d. per mile for haulage of the post-office sorting-carriages, and £10 a mile on branch lines, which, on present mileage, amounts to £29,328 10s. per annum. Special trains will be paid for at the rate of ss. per mile, as formerly, and for the carriage of parcel mails the payment of -|d. per pound continued. The Eailway Department is to provide and maintain the post-office sorting-carriages, and the Postal officers in charge of the mails are to travel free. For the current year the Eailway pays £3,832 10s. 2d. for postage, and £11,870 14s. 3d. for telegrams also the ordinary subscription for Telephone Exchange connections (in lieu of the capital cost of the connections), the cost of maintenance of railway telegraph-wires, &c.—the total amount receivable by this office being estimated at £17,723 14s. 4d., leaving a net balance of £11,604 15s. Bd. in favour of the Eailway The payment to the Eailway Department for performing the Postal and Telegraph business at combined railway post and telegraph-offices has been adjusted and increased by about £2,000 a year on the sum voted on the 1894-95 estimates. Free passes for Post and Telegraph officers have been abolished, all railway passes now being paid for at special schedule rates. The additional net payment to the Eailway Department for the current year therefore amounts to about £13,900, provision for which has been made on this year's estimates There are other services which will be treated as matters of account, and adjusted accordingly This arrangement with the Eailway revives the question of this department being paid for work performed gratuitously for the public service generally, the value of which last year amounted to about £90,000. Were payment made, economy would follow, especially in connection with the public business transacted by telegraph. The payment for the haulage of the railway mail-carriages with mails by the Wellington and Manawatu Eailway Company has been increased from 3d. to 6d. per train-mile. New £1 and £5 postal-notes have been brought into circulation. They are different in form to the ordinary postal-note, being somewhat like commercial bank-notes. The currency is unlimited in time, as provided by " The Post-Office Acts Amendment Act, 1893," and the notes are payable on demand.

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A new series of the postal-notes of the lower values will shortly replace those now in use. These notes will be of a more convenient size than the existing ones but, unlike the £1 and £5 notes, they will continue to be payable to any person named in the note. A Board of Appeal has been set up under " The Post and Telegraph Department Act, 1894," to consider all appeals in connection with classification. The Board consists of four members —two appointed under the Act and two elected, one by each branch of the service. The elective members hold office for two years. The Board is to meet next month. The Act also amends the classification schedules of the Acts of 1890 and 1891. Provision is made for officers in the sixth class, after twenty years' service, receiving two special annual increments of £10 each, bringing up the pay to £200, but without transfer from the class. A separate class has been set up for telegraph counter-clerks, and the maximum pay of assistant exchange-clerks and assistant despatch-clerks slightly raised. The Act, however, is to be read with " The Post and Telegraph Classification and Eegulation Act, 1890," and the amending Act of 1891, on all matters affecting classification. For the purpose of providing for compensation to be paid officers on their leaving the service, or, in the case of death, to their representatives, provision is made under the Acts of 1890 and 1891, and the regulations made thereunder, for the deduction of £5 per cent, per annum from salaries of officers who may have joined the service since the 13th September, 1890, no deduction, however, to be made until the salary exceeds £100 a year This provision was brought into operation on the Ist April last year It has now been decided to replace this compensation scheme by applying the provisions of "The Civil Service Insurance Act, 1893," to the Post and Telegraph service, and steps are being taken to carry this into effect. The three-halfpenny letter-cards were introduced on the Ist January last, and such was the demand for them, largely for stamp-collectors' purposes, that it was impossible to keep pace with the sales for a time. The stock of the selected card becoming exhausted, a variety of differentcoloured card had to be used, and on this becoming generally known the demand for the different colours was nearly as keen as it was for the original card, stamp-collectors and agents again purchasing freely 179,650 cards were printed during the first three months, and a total of 363,409 issued for the seven months ended June last, but without fully satisfying requisitions. The card, which is a folding one, is very tastefully designed, reflecting great credit on its designer—Mr F W Sears. The colour is light-green. On the front or address side are the words " New Zealand Letter-card," in white letters on a line background, with the Imperial coat of arms in the centre. The postage stamp is printed on the right-hand upper side, and the whole surrounded by a neat border On the back of the card are views of Mount Cook, Mitre Peak, Milford Sound, Lake Taupo, and Mounts Euapehu and Tongariro, and the recently-discovered Sutherland Falls. Underneath these is shown two kiwis in a circle medallion, and a representation of the indigenous totara and rata trees forms a background to the whole. The card is produced by the half-tone engraving process. The work of revising and bringing up to date the Post and Telegraph rules and regulations is in hand. The new edition will be issued before the close of the year The experiment of attaching letter-boxes to the Wellington tramcars, with the object of determining whether such posting conveniences were generally needed by the public, has been in operation for over twelve months. So far the results are not encouraging, as but a minimum use is made of the posting-boxes. Unless more general use is made of the convenience, not only will it not be extended to other large centres, but it will probably be withdrawn altogether The amended rates of postage on newspapers for the United Kingdom and foreign countries— i.e., one penny for the first four ounces, and a halfpenny for each succeeding two ounces in weight— to which reference was made in last report, were brought into operation on the Ist January last. A new issue of postage-stamps has been decided upon, for which designs have been invited. It is intended that each stamp shall be a representation of characteristic or notable New Zealand scenery or genre. Prizes of £150 and £100 will be paid for the first and second selected series of designs. There having been no Post Office report printed prior to that dealing with the year 1859, and the records of the department having been destroyed by fire in 1887 a history of the Post Office from its earliest days in New Zealand has been much needed and frequently asked for A narrative, covering the period from 1831 to 1858, has accordingly been prepared a«d will shortly be issued. Some difficulty has necessarily been experienced in bringing the material together, but a fairly-connected history, embodying the main points of interest, has been compiled from various sources. When the work is completed, the history of the New Zealand Telegraph service, from its inception, will be taken in hand. The specifications of the new cable steamer were referred for revision to Mr. Preece, Electrician to the London Post Office Telegraphs, who has been selected to supervise the building and fitting up of the steamer Tenders have been invited for the construction of the vessel, and, should these be reasonable, the work will be put in hand without delay A further re-arrangement of telegraph circuits has been made during the year, and the Blenheim office entirely relieved of the work of transmitting the traffic between the North and South Islands. Wellington has been placed in direct communication with Christchurch and Dunedin (with or without translators at Blenheim), and provision made for Christchurch and Wakapuaka working direct. Wheatstone automatic instruments have been fitted up in the Wellington and Christchurch offices. These changes have made it possible to reduce the Blenheim staff by thirty-three operators and one distributor The introduction of the Wheatstone instruments, the duplexing of many of the principal circuits to meet an increasing traffic, and providing for ordinary vacancies, enabled the department to find positions for the whole of the officers removed from Blenheim.

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The Number and Value of Cable Messages forwarded to International Countries, to New Caledonia, and to the several Australian Colonies, during 1894, are shown in the following Statement:—

Statement of Traffic over the New Zealand-Sydney Cable, for the Year from the Ist May, 1894, to the 30th April, 1895. £ Amount guaranteed to Cable Company 26,258 Actual receipts during the year 11,622 Showing a loss to the company of .. £14,636 Apportioned as follows : — Cable Company, one-quarter .. 3,659 New Zealand, three-quarters 10,977 £14,636 New Zealand's three-quarter share divided :— New Zealand solus, one-third (= one-quarter of total loss) 3,659 Contributing colonies, including New Zealand, two-thirds (= half of total loss) .. 7,318 £10,977 The contributing colonies' proportion, divided on the basis of population:— Population (Census, . April, 1891). Amount. £ s. d. Victoria 1,140,405 2,447 13 7 New South Wales 1,132,234 2,430 2 10 New Zealand .. 620,030 1,330 15 8 South Australia .. 320,431 687 15 0 Tasmania .. 146,667 314 15 11 Western Australia 49,782 106 17 0 3,409,549 £7,318 0 0 The general increase of international cable traffic for the year ended 30th April last made it unnecessary for the colonies to contribute to the guarantee fund, the receipts having exceeded the guarantee by £976. Statement of the International Traffic on the Eastern Extension Company's European Lines in respect of the Cable Guarantee Fund, for the Year ended 30th April, 1895. £ Amount guaranteed for the year 237,736 Actual revenue . 238,712 Surplus £976 (New Zealand's share of the loss for the year ended 30th April, 1894, amounted to £1,126.)

Ordi: iary Prei >s. Destination. No. o£ Messages. Value. No. of Messages. Value. international Caledonia <Tew South "Wales Queensland 3outh Australia Tasmania Victoria iVestern Australia 5,963 24 14,812 998 901 1,148 10,352 515 £ s. d. 21,431 6 4 19 8 11 3,341 2 3 350 1 11 292 6 4 416 13 9 2,909 10 9 204 19 3 28 841 £ s. d. 326 13 10 532 3 11 125 40 7 0 Total for 1891 34,713 28,965 9 6 994 899 4 9 Total for 1893 34,407 28,687 12 0 796 504 9 9

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Statement of the International Traffic on the Eastern Extension Company's Lines in respect of the South Australian Guarantee Fund, for the Year ended 30th April, 1895. £ Amount guaranteed for the year .. 37,552 Actual revenue 36,427 Loss . .. . £1,125 Of which New Zealand's proportion is £204 lis. 8d. New Zealand's total liabilities for the year are therefore— £ s. d. £ b. d. Intercolonial cable 10,977 0 0 International messages Nil. South Australian land-line 204 11 8 11,181 11 8 Less recoveries— From other colonies (intercolonial cable) 5,987 4 4 Net liability . .. .. £5,194 7 4 The colony's net liability for the previous year was £6,234 8s. 5d. New Zealand's outward international and intercolonial cable traffic, not including Press, for the years 1893 and 1894 was as follows: — International, — Messages. Value. Number. £ s. d. 1893 6,114 20,934 0 10 1894 5,963 21,431 6 4 Decrease .. 151 Increase 497 5 6 or 2-47 per cent. or 2-37 per cent. Intercolonial, — Messages. Value. Number. £ s. d. 1893 28,293 .-. 7,753 11 2 1894 28,750 7,534 3 2 Increase 457 Decrease 219 8 0 or 1-62 per cent. or 2-82 per cent. A net increase in 1894 of 306 messages and £277 17s. 6d. in value. The cable Press business forwarded and received for the past four years has been: —

Note.—The intercolonial-cable Press rate was reduced from 3d. to Id, per word on the Ist April, 1893. POST OFFICE. The number of letters, post-cards, books and pattern-packets, and newspapers delivered and posted during the year, compared with the number dealt with in 1893, was as under: — 1894. 1893. Increase. Letters—Delivered 27,344,369 26,340,704 Posted .. .. 25,823,967 25,744,745 53,168,336 52,085,449 1,082,887 Post-cards—Delivered 1,297,894 1,309,568 Posted . 1,248,819 1 387,542 2,546,713 2,697 110 150,397 Books and pattern-packets—Delivered 6,682,936 7,611,279 Posted .-. 6,900,049 6,548,789 13,582,985 14,160,068 577,083 Newspapers—Delivered 10,483,655 10,699,299 Posted 8,787,935 8,856,731 19,271,590 19,556,030 284,440 The letters increased 2'oB per cent., the post-cards decreased 5 - 58, the books and patternpackets 4'oB, and the newspapers l - 45 per cent. The decrease in the last-mentioned items is attributed to the fact that the returns for 1893 were exceptionally favourable.

Forwarded. Received. Year. Number of Number of Value. Value. Messages. Words. Messages. Words. 1891 1892 1893 1894 837 791 796 994 45,285 44,263 57,390 103,366 £ s. 932 15 898 3 504 9 899 4 d. 8 9 9 9 2,828 2,884 2,883 3,033 198,935 197,477 202,170 203,326 £ s. d. 2,739 6 0 2,796 9 4 1,540 17 10 1,179 13 7

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The increase in 1893 was—Letters 2-91, post-cards 490, books and pattern-packets 6-60, and newspapers 538 per cent. The average number of letters posted per head of population was estimated to be 38-02, in 1893 the average was 3893, The Post Office revenue for the financial year 1894-95 was £247,437 lis., as against £231,480 12s. the previous year an increase of £15,956 195., or 6-89 per cent. The expenditure during the year was £164,180 os. 9d., compared with £170,053 3s. sd. for 1893-94. The lesser expenditure, it may be explained, was due to the fact that £6,976, conveyance of mails by sea, could not be finally charged, and several other payments, owing to the last day of the financial year falling on a Sunday, could not be made, within the year The revenue was £83,257 10s. 3d. more than the expenditure. The estimated value of the free official correspondence was £59,074 10s. 2d. The total estimated value of the earnings of the Post Office business may therefore be put down at £306,512 Is. 2d., leaving a credit balance of £142,332 os. sd. on the year's business after deducting the expenditure. £6,095 6s. 6d. Customs duties were collected upon articles received from beyond the colony through the post. £1,496 10s. were received for the sale of game-licenses. Goldfields revenue amounted to £57 165., and £755 10s. in fees for the sale of miners' licenses, were received on behalf of the Mines Department. Renewal premiums to the amount of £23,575 9s. 2d. were collected from policy-holders of the Government Insurance Department. Income-tax, £52,834 14s. Id., and £211,021 15s. 7d. land-tax, were paid at post offices during the year The fees collected under the Live-stock Acts reached a total of £17,623 6s. Machinery fees amounting to £4,050 were received. Receipts on behalf of the Public Trust Office amounted to £118,694 12s. 7d., and the payments to £119,149 12s. lOd. The fees collected for registration of births, deaths, and marriages were £1,819 os. 9d. Fees on account of Hospitals and Charitable Aid, under the Licensing Act, for the Government Printer, for gum-licenses, public baths, Miners' Guides, and oyster licenses were also collected. Payments on behalf of the Treasury to the extent of £381,307 ss. 4d. were made. The gross receipts for the year were Departmental, £4,364,311 Bs. 3d. ,on account of other departments, £821,954 os. 2d. total, £5,186,265 Bs. sd. The payments were Departmental, £4,296,318 10s. 4d. , for other departments, to individual claimants, £515,134 19s, Id. and to Government accounts, £327,807 19s. 4d. total, £5,139,261 Bs. 9d. The gross receipts and payments were therefore £10,325,526 17s. 2d. To the work of the Post Office has been added that of the receipt and payment of moneys under the Advances to Settlers and New Zealand Consols Acts. The work in connection with the former has already assumed large proportions. During the year 1,112 visits of inspection of post-offices were made by the Inspectors. The distance travelled was 17,922 miles. It is with regret that the death of Mr John Grubb, Assistant Inspector of Post-offices, which took place at Auckland on the 19th of May last, has to be recorded. Mr. Grubb joined the department on the Ist of August, 1863. He was conscientious and painstaking, and gave the department practical evidence throughout his long service of thorough earnestness in his work. Letter-carriers' deliveries were established at Auckland (extra delivery in principal streets at 3.5 p.m.), Carterton, Danevirke, Devonport (second daily delivery to include more populous parts), Dunedin (delivery of letters and telegrams by subsidized carrier from Green Island and Abbotsford), Otaki, Pahiatua, Waipawa, Woodville. Letter-carriers' deliveries were extended at Christchurch—Addington delivery to Halkelt Street and upper part of Wilderness Road, Gore—to south side of Toronto Street, Invercargill— suburban delivery in South Invercagill Otahuhu (subsidized) —to include the whole district, Palmerston North —to extend over the whole borough Port Chalmers —to include part of Mansfordtown , Timaru —to include Sandietown. The delivery was altered at Rangiora—the half-holiday changed to Thursday. Sixty-one post-offices were established, one reopened, and fourteen closed during the year, as under :■ — Opened. Adelaide Road, Wellington. Lowclifie, Christchurch. Pohokura, New Plymouth. Akatore, Dunedin. Maharahara East, Napier. Popotunoa, Dunedin. Ashwick Plat, Timaru. Mangaeturoa, Wanganui. Port Robinson, Christchurch. Belfield, Timaru. Mangatoki, Wanganui. Raetihi, Wanganui. Blackball Mine, Greymouth. Maraetaha, Napier. Rowan, New Plymouth. Castle Hill, Christchurch. Maramarua, Auckland. Seddonville, Westport. Chasland's, Invercargill. Marohema, Wanganui. Silverhope, Wanganui. Copper Creek, Hokitika. Mataura Island, Invercargill. Strathmore, New Plymouth. Cromarty, Invercargill. *Maunganui Bluff, Auckland. Tahakopa, Dunedin. Domett, Christchurch. Moana, Greymouth. Te Roti, Wanganui. Glenledi, Dunedin. Morere, Napier. Te Tua, Invercargill. Gordon, Thames. Ness Valley, Auckland. Te Uku, Auckland. Hastwell's, Wellington. Newstead, Auckland. Three-channel Plat, Westport. Heatherlea, Wellington. Ohakune, Wanganui., Torere, Thames. Hellyer's Creek, Auckland. Ohura, Auckland. Waiau Pah, Auckland. Hohoura, Auckland. Ongaruhe, Auckland. fWaikiekie, Auckland. Houipapa, Dunedin. Otaihape, Wanganui. Waikonini, Napier. Kennedy's Bay, Auckland. Otatara, Invercargill. Wairamarama, Auckland. Kimihia, Auckland. Packington, Auckland. Woodhill, Auckland. Kiwitea, Wellington. Paradise, Auckland. Uruti Road, New Plymouth. Kumara Junction, Hokitika. Plimmerton, Wellington.

* Name of original office at Maunganui Bluff changed to Opanake, and a new office established called Maunganui Bluff, f Name of original office at Waikiekie changed to Ruarangi, and a new office established called Waikiekie.

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Closed. Awahou, Auckland. Horowhenua, Wellington. Puhipuhi, Auckland. Big Bay, Invercargill. Oaonui, New Plymouth. Rewiti, Auckland. Copper Creek, Hokitika. Ohura, Auckland. Ru Point, Auckland. Eastown, Wanganui. Onepoto, Napier. Sandietown, Timaru. Heatherlea, Wellington. Patoka, Napier. The total number of post-offices open at the close of the year was 1,353. The designations of offices were changed as follows Hellyer's Creek to Birkdale, Maunganui Bluff to Opanake, One to Oue, and Waikiekie to Ruarangi, all in the Auckland district. A Government Insurance agency was established at the Cheviot Post-office. Twenty newspapers were registered for transmission by post. Thirteen ceased publication during the year Twenty-five receiving-boxes were established at Auckland, 2, Carterton, 1, Danevirke, 2; Dunedin, 1, Epsom (Auckland), 1 Feilding, 1 , Greytown North, 1 , Kaikoura, 1, Kaitangata, 1, Karori (Wellington), 1, Maraenui (between Omaio and Opotiki), 1, Marton, 1, Napier, 1, Newmarket (Auckland), 1 Pahiatua, 1, Palmerston North, 5 Parnell (Auckland), 1, Port Chalmers, 1, St. Alban's (Christchurch), 1. Five receiving-boxes were closed at Auckland, 2 , Napier, 1 Eeefton, 1, Wellington, 1 There were 343 pillar wall, and lamp-post receivers at the end of the year. 9,628, 385 letters, 458,157 post-cards, 1,773,479 books, circulars, &c, and 2,563,892 newspapers were delivered by letter-carriers.

Parcel-post. The following table shows the total number and the weight of inland, intercolonial, United Kingdom, and foreign parcels posted during the years 1890, 1892, 1893, and 1894: —

The postage collected amounted to £8,907 13s. 2d., compared with £8,600 3s. lid. collected in 1893. The number of inland parcels posted was 149,150, compared with 148,059 in 1893. The increase in the number of inland parcels posted against the number posted in 1893 was 1,091, or 0-74 per cent., compared with an increase of 4,546, or 3 - 17 per cent., in 1893 over 1892. The parcel-post system has been extended to British Central Africa, British New Guinea, Dutch Guiana, Dutch West Indies, Norfolk Island, and Persia. The postage on parcels to the following countries has been reduced Bechuanaland, Cape Colony, Congo Free State, Luxemburg, Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Bulgaria, Egypt, German East Africa, Jeddah, Mauritius, Montenegro, Roumania, Servia, Togo, and Uruguay Negotiations for the direct exchange of parcels with the following countries are now proceeding Ceylon and adjacent countries (this will shorten the routes to a large number of countries the parcels for which have now to be sent via London), France and French colonies (including New Caledonia and Tahiti), by French packets, Uruguay (parcels for South American offices will be conveyed by the direct steamers and landed at Monte Video en route to London), Canada and American countries with which Canada has parcel exchanges , Hongkong and Chinese offices having parcel exchanges with Hongkong, and Hawaiian Islands. Another endeavour has been made to obtain parcel exchanges with the United States, but without success. It is intended to reduce the parcel rates to the United Kingdom from Is. 6d. for the first two pounds and 9d. for each succeeding pound to Is. for the first'pound and 6d. for each succeeding pound. The reduction will probably take effect on the Ist February next.

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Postal Districts. 18$ Number. 1890. !90. Weight. 1892. 1893. 1894. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Auckland Chames Sew Plymouth jisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington STelson *Vestport 3reymouth Hokitika . Blenheim jhristchurch fimaru Damaru Dunedin ;nveroargill 21,882 1 491 1 007 938 6,265 4,035 25 893 4,723 1,077 2,509 1,413 1,846 19,383 2,013 ■ 859 22,500 3,458 lb. oz. 57 912 10 3,661 8 2,674 3 2,570 6 17,075 14 9,563 8 74,544 2 13,370 7 2,332 4 6,243 13 3,924 5 4,357 11 58 708 4 4 774 8 2,123 3 65,329 13 7,477 5 31,699 1 769 1 463 1 103 6 675 4,892 32,677 4 574 1 276 2,634 1 705 2,108 23,804 2,329 872 24,813 3,656 lb. oz. 86,125 10 4,385 11 J 4,903 12 3,310 6 20,779 2 13,352 15 : Illl 365 13 I 14,282 5 3,086 13 ! 6,710 10 4,593 12 5,151 1 ! 1 76,804 0 5,665 6 ! 2,239 0 ; ; I 76,774 3 |j i 9,356 8£' 31 733 1 879 1 795 1 167 7 739 5,074 35,813 4,628 1,286 2,472 1 773 2,0S3 23,976 1 979 971 25,073 3 887 ]b. oz. ; 92,885 11 I 4 614 4 i 4,592 2 3,427 8 22,442 7 14,271 11 1120.554 5 I 14,120 1 3 488 15 6,563 3 5,369 0 : ; 5,534 i 76 976 5 j 4 934 0 : 2,252 4 84,204 9 10,533 12 : 30,900 1,849 2,275 1,186 7 916 4,913 38,519 5,061 1,482 2,310 1,500 1 978 23,755 1 874 862 25 356 3 961 lb. oz. 87 497 1 4,917 6 5,771 2 3 620 11 23 708 6 13,836 10 129 916 11 15,846 10 3 694 8 6,331 12 4,901 10 5,291 0 79 495 9 4,791 8 J 2,134 0 81,667 6 10,620 12 J Totals 121,292 336,643 12 148,049 448,886 15i 153,328 476,764 5 155,697 484,042 7 %

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The following table gives the number of parcels exchanged with the United Kingdom and foreign countries via London and the Australian Colonies during the years 1893 and 1894: —

The declared value of the parcels received from places outside the colony was £27,601 14s. Id. The Customs duty collected amounted to £5,340 7s. 4d. In 1893 the declared value was £27,941 55., and the duty £5,279 2s. Id. The declared value of parcels despatched to places beyond the colony was £7,037 4s. Id., as against £4,860 4s. Bd. in 1893.

Official Correspondence. The estimated value of official or free correspondence for the year is given in the statement below: —

The estimated value for 1893 was £63,838 17s. 9d.

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

The unclaimed letters dealt with show an increase of 0-93 per cent, compared with the number disposed of the previous year. The proportion of dead or unclaimed letters to the total number of letters posted in the colony was 0 - 36 per cent. The number of missing-letter inquiries to the total number of letters posted was in the proportion of 1 to 20,003.

Number of Parcels. Country. Received. Despi ;ched. United Kingdom and foreign offices via London Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania Western Australia 1893. 13,586 2,722 575 163 219 184 29 11 2 9 23 20 1894. 13,147 2,560 2,225 141 215 144 52 21 1893. 2,962 1,209 399 173 142 274 75 11 7 5 6 6 1894. 3,325 1,246 1,075 205 170 279 95 72 12 45 19 4 Samoa Tonga Barotonga Ceylon Straits Settlements 15 25 22 Totals 5,269 6,547 17,543 18,567

Postal Districts. Letters. Books. Value. Postal Districts. Letters. Books. Value. Auckland Phames Sfew Plymouth lisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington kelson tVestport jreymouth lb. oz. 10,043 11J 2,069 10 3,360 12 1,704 0 6,915 12 7,023 0 121,046 11 1,059 2 2,140 0 1,405 9 lb. oz. 10,906 7J 2,611 14 16,200 0 2,725 0 ! 7 112 0 9,050 0 219,340 0 9,250 0 2,450 0 5,269 4 i £ s. d. 2,912 16 0 607 2 3 1 233 18 0 511 3 5 1 993 3 4 2,064 16 2 38,256 15 0 475 8 2 521 14 2 484 11 10 Hokitika Blenheim Christchuroh Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill lb. oz. 1,600 4 2,301 10 10,434 2 2,527 6J 1,595 12 12,551 0 3,670 2 lb. oz. 510 0 4,220 0 19,623 8 1,034 9 1,650 0 7,491 0 2 185 8 £ s. d. 437 7 2 704 5 0 3,191 5 1 695 16 8 454 18 2 3,504 11 2 1,024 18 7 Totals 191,448 8 321,629 2| 59,074 10 2

Manner of Disposal. 1884. 1885. 1 J_ 3886. 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 1892. 1893. 1894. Ipened and returned to the writers Returned unopened to other countries Reissued )estroyed Returned unopened by Chief Postmasters 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 55 118 6,892 88 5,246 62,654 6,220 92 4,340 60,540 7 779 141 2,660 63,483 7,751 128 2,092 62,209 8,255 160 2,941 61,745 8,941 130 4,725 17,593 19,187 21 144 20,185 19,963 21,164 21,931 19,909 23,115 22,042 Totals 99,762 96,951 103,083 96,389 87,307 94,470 93,051 97,583 93,363 96,680

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24,400 book-packets and circulars were returned to foreign countries, 32,691 were returned to senders through the Dead Letter Office, 20 were reissued, and 20,667 were returned by Chief Postmasters a total of 77,778 book-packets and circulars, against 68,899 in 1893. 635 newspapers were returned to the publishers. The under-mentioned articles of value were found in letters opened in the Dead Letter Office, and returned to the senders where practicable : — £ s. d. 203 post-office orders 499 15 1 36 bank drafts 4,174 11 5 162 cheques 1,220 4 5 4 dividend warrants 13 13 8 7 promissory notes 201 10 5 Postal-notes .. 61 2 4 Stamps 22 8 11 Bank-notes .. 128 0 0 Gold 7 0 0 Silver and copper .. 2 13 4 Representing a total of .. £6,330 19 7 In addition, 3 gold watches, 7 silver watches, 1 waterbury watch, 3 silver-plated butter knives, 3 gold studs, 3 gold rings, 1 gold ring with stones, 1 hair ring, 1 silver match-box, gold pin and neckties, 2 gold sleeve-links, 2 imitation diamonds, 2 pairs spectacles, 5 silk handkerchiefs, 1 silk handkerchief and seeds, silk handkerchief and photograph, 18 handkerchiefs, 2 silver brooches, 2 gold brooches, 1 bangle, 4 small gold nuggets, 2 pieces greenstone, 2 watch-chains, 1 locket, 1 silver pendant, 1 shell pendant, chain and ring, 1 silver scent bottle, 2 seals goldmounted, 1 leather purse, 1 pawn ticket, half of £1 note, 1 silk tie, 1 Tattersall's ticket (Newmarket Handicap), 3 sweep-tickets (2 for 55., 1 for £1), steerage tickets—l Sydney to Auckland, 1 Wellington to Timaru, 1 Sydney to Lyttelton, 1 Sydney to Dunedin, N S.S. Company's ticket Paeroa to Auckland, passage ticket San Francisco to Lyttelton, 10 sheets and 1 packet of foreign postage-stamps. 1,173 unclaimed registered letters were dealt with. 1,780 newspapers and 1,136 books and other articles without addresses were received, a considerable number of which were subsequently applied for and delivered. 291 letters were posted without addresses. 5 letters and 1 book with libellous addresses were intercepted. 876 letters were wrongly addressed. 2,938 letters were refused by the addressees. 22 letters were discovered to have been posted with previously-used stamps.

Registered Letters. The number of registered letters dealt with in 1894, compared with the numbers in 1885, 1890, and 1893, is shown below: —

Inland Mail-services. The following are the particulars of the several inland mail-services in operation during the year : — Performed by coach and mail-cart 260 Performed on horseback .. 303 Performed on foot .. 65 Performed by water 40 Performed by railway .. 84 Total number of services ~ 752

1885. 1890. 1893. 1894. Postal Districts. Colony. Colon yTotals. From Places beyond the Colony. Begistered in the Colony. Totals. From Places beyond the Colony. Begistered in the Colony. Totals. From Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. luckland Chames STew Plymouth jisborne Sfapier iVanganui Wellington STelson SVestport Ireymouth Stokitika Slenheim jhristchuroh rimaru 5,890 205 675 108 892 283 4,757 559 45 125 173 181 3 717 440 316 5,645 1,614 22,124 2,879 2,876 922 5,453 4,500 19,218 2,432 1,438 2,835 1 907 1 413 13,678 3 153 1,947 12,737 6,661 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 7 119 130 341 118 999 211 6,129 322 112 102 95 92 3,659 312 278 4,615 1,740 34,398 4,781 3,372 2,120 10,911 6,060 30,369 3,430 3,254 8,879 2,579 3 193 20,404 3,551 2,505 19,696 9,819 41,517 4,911 3,713 2,238 11 910 6,271 36,498 3,752 3,366 8,981 2,674 3,285 24,063 3,S63 2 783 24,311 11,559 8,485 223 286 131 895 584 7,577 330 108 389 106 159 4,544 306 257 5,035 3,044 45 795 4,674 6,425 7,521 15,136 11 761 47,823 4,559 3,481 9,059 3,687 3,357 28,515 3,994 2,712 23,668 16,001 54,280 4,897 6,711 7,652 16,031 12,345 55,400 4,889 3,589 9,448 3 793 3,516 33,059 4,300 2 969 28,703 19,045 11,446 178 360 199 833 689 7 715 268 129 299 70 101 4,480 186 147 5,187 2,199 58,032 5 199 7 180 3,319 16,302 11 753 50,463 5,726 2,977 6,866 4,060 3,624 24 944 3,898 2,515 23,554 14,279 69,478 5,377 7 540 3,518 17 135 12,442 58,178 5,994 3,106 7 165 4,130 3,725 29,424 4,084 2,662 28,741 16,478 )amaru Dunedin invercargill Totals 25,625 106,173 131 798 26,374 169,321 195,695 32,459 238,168 270,627 34,486 244,691 279,177

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Aggregate mileage 11,517 Total number of miles travelled 3,951,569 Cost to the department ... £26,042 3s. Id. Average cost per mile l-58d. The total cost in 1893 was ... £28,547 ss. 6d. And the cost per mile .. l'76d. The following services were established during the year:— Auckland— As required Rotorua Post-office and Railway-station. Daily : Newstead Post-office and Railway-station. Thrice weekly Birkenhead and Birkdale. Twice weekly Opanake and Maunganui Bluff. Weekly Clevedon and Ness Valley , Kaipara Flats and Tauhoa, Maungatawhiri and Maramarua, Onewhero and Wairamarama , Puketutu and Ohura, Puketutu and Ongaruhe , Rotorua, Atiamuri, Wairakei, and Taupo (making twice-weekly mail), Tokatea and Kennedy's Bay, Waiuku and Packington. Christchurch— Thrice weekly Hinds and Lowcliffe. Quarterly Lyttelton and Chatham Islands (renewal) Dunedin— Twice weekly Kyeburn and Naseby (extension of Palmerston and Kyeburn) Milton, Akatore and Glenledi. Weekly Clinton and Popotunoa Ratanui and Houipapa, Ratanui and Tahakopa. Gisborne— Weekly Poututu, Whakarau, and Motu Village (extension of Gisborne-Motu service). Greymouth— As required Greymouth, landing and shipping mails at night. Twice weekly Blackball and Blackball Mine, Teremakau Post-office and Railwaystation. Hokitika— Daily Kumara, Callaghan's, Goldsborough, Stafford, Three Mile, and Hokitika. Twice weekly Kumara, Stafford, and Goldsborough. Weekly Hokitika and Kanieri (additional mail on Saturday evening). Invercargill — Twice weekly Invercargill and Otatara. Thrice weekly Mataura Island and letter-box on Wyndham-Fortrose Road. Weekly Bluff and Half-moon Bay (renewal) • Orepuki and Te Tua Waikawa Valley and Chasland's. Monthly Invercargill or Bluff and Puysegur Point, and subsequently extended to Cromarty Ten times yearly Half-moon Bay and Port Pegasus. Napier— Thrice weekly Maharahara and Mah.arab.ara East. Weekly Ongaonga-Wakarara (re-established). Fortnightly Nuhaka, Morere, and Maraetaha. New Plymouth— Thrice weekly Stratford and Toko (making daily mail) Twice weekly Stratford and Rowan. Weekly Toko, Strathmore, and Pohokura , Urenui and Uruti Road. Thames — Twice weekly Shaftesbury and Gordon ,Te Aroha, Waiorongomai, Shaftesbury, and Gordon. Timaru— Twice weekly Fairlie and Ashwick Flat. Wanganui— As required Waitotara Post-office and Railway-station. Daily Wanganui and Te Roti, Silverhope Post-office and Railway-station. Four times weekly Ball Road Railway-station and Hurleyville. Twice weekly Manaia, Kapuni, and Kaponga. Weekly Kaimanuka and Marohema Moawhango and Te Horo Ratapapa and Bald Hill. Wellington — Daily : Feilding and Kiwitea, Wellington and Plimmerton. Thrice weekly Mangamahoe and Hastwell's Pohangina and Pohangina Township. Westport— Thrice weekly Westport and Seddonville Westport and Three-channel Flat. Weekly Inangahua Junction and Lyell. The frequency of the following services was increased :— Auckland— Twice to thrice weekly Marsden Point and Waipu. Christchurch — Weekly to twice weekly Waipara, Motonau, Domett, and Cheviot. Dunedin— Three to five times weekly Hyde, Kyeburn, and Naseby Twice to thrice weekly Hyde, Kyeburn, Naseby, Wedderburn, &c, on to Clyde. Weekly to twice weekly Owaka, Tahatika, and Purekireki.

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Invercargill — Once to twice weekly Te Anau and Mararoa (during summer). Oamaru — Thrice weekly to daily Georgetown Post-office and Railway-station. Wanganui — Thrice weekly to daily Mangaonoho and Ohingaiti. Twice to thrice weekly Wanganui and Hunterville. Once to twice weekly Mangaonoho and Tokaanu (during summer). Wellington — Once to thrice daily Woodville and Pahiatua. The following services were reduced in frequency : — Greymouth— Twice to once weekly Greymouth and Clonmore. Invercargill— Twice to once weekly. Te Anau and Mararoa (during winter) The following services were abolished : — Auckland— Hikurangi and Puhipuhi, Lichfield and Taupo , Puketutu and Ohura Tarukenga and Rotorua Whitianga and Tairua. Christchurch— Cheviot and Waipara (Saturday service, one way only) , Winslow and Lismore. Dunedin — Pembroke, Omarama, and Lake Pukaki. Thames— Gordon and Shaftesbury , Puriri and Nevesville Tauranga and Te Puke •Te Aroha, Waiorongomai, and Shaftesbury Timaru— Timaru and Sandietown. Wanganui — Hawera and Meremere, Manaia and Kapuni. Wellington— Feilding and Kiwitea, Foxton and Kereru. The extension of the railway to Jackson's, Rotorua, and Hyde admitted of an acceleration in the delivery of the mails conveyed by these lines, and increasing the frequency of the more important of the mail-services branching from Hyde. The biennial tenders closed in October last. The tendering resulted in a slight increase of the cost of the general services. Several new services were provided for, the frequency of others increased, while many were re-arranged in order to keep pace with extended settlement. Buildings. The new offices at Ahaura, Pahiatua, Hawera, and Tapanui have been completed, and portable offices have been provided at Colyton, Taueru, Alfredton, and Lowburn Ferry The following works have also been carried out Additional gas- and water-services, Auckland office, and gas-fittings generally, renewed concrete floor laid in letter-carriers' room, new fittings, Chief Post-office, Christchurch repairs, &c. Chief Post-office, Dunedin lineman s workshop and battery-room, Invercargill office , additions and repairs, Herbertville office additions, Postmaster's residence, Manaia repairs and painting, Opunake building Rotorua building renovated and painted, improved drainage and ventilation, Timaru building, alterations, Temuka office, repairs and drainage, Westport building, additions, Postmaster's residence, Waiau , additions and alterations, Palmerston North office repairs, White's Bay cable-building, additions, Alexandra South office, repairs, &c, Arrowtown office water laid on, Blenheim office alterations, &c. Masterton office , repairs, &c, Nelson office alterations and additions, Waitotara office (recently purchased) rebuilding Kaikora North office , repairs and alterations, Rawene office alterations, public lobby, Kaitangata additions and repairs, Takaka office , fencing at Waipawa. The erection of new offices at Queenstown and Cheviot is in hand, and the new building at Stratford is to be proceeded with immediately The additions and repairs to the Wanganui and Gisborne offices have been completed. Ocean Mail-services. The San Francisco service has been renewed for three years from November 1894, in terms of the following resolutions approved by the House of Representatives last session :— "Resolved —l. That this House empowers the Government to arrange for a renewal of the San Francisco mail-service for a period not exceeding three years. '2. That the basis of the payment for conveyance of mails from New Zealand shall be a rate of lis. per pound on the net weight of the letters conveyed. 3. That all payments or contributions from Great Britain or other countries shall be receivable by the contractors, the colony's direct liability to be for payment of its outward letters only. " 4. That at least one New Zealand steamer in three shall be employed. "5. That the time between San Francisco and New Zealand shall not exceed twenty days. The port of call in the colony to be Auckland or Wellington, at the option of the contractors. No bonus to be paid for early arrival, and penalties, at the rate of £4 an hour, to be enforced only when late delivery exceeds forty-eight hours. " 6. That all the provisions of the existing agreement, where not at variance with the foregoing provisions, shall be applicable to any new contract made under this authority " The London Post Office agreed to continue its payments in aid of the service until 1897 and the sudsiby of £4,000 a year now paid by the Government of New South Wales is also to be continued, subject to the amount being annually appropriated by Parliament.

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The contractors decided that Auckland should be the port of call, as heretofore. Before renewing the contract, inquiries were made as to the possibility of reducing the time between Auckland and San Francisco, but, as the contractors required an additional £15,000 a year to shorten the time by a day, their offer was not entertained An improved class of steamer is needed for this service , and the contractors express their desire to replace the present vessels by larger, swifter, and better-equipped boats if granted a contract for five or seven years. They point out that the policy of Government in renewing the service from year to year only, or for two or even three years, precludes the expenditure of the large amount of capital required to construct or secure vessels of the class essential to improve the line so as to make it a really first-class one both for mails and passengers. This is no doubt correct, and, as the question is one of more than ordinary importance to the colony, it should receive early consideration. At present the superior class of ships employed in the Eastern services is attracting a considerable proportion of the passenger-traffic which would be secured by the San Francisco line were better steamers employed. The position of the Vancouver service is much as it was shown to be in last report. Government, however, has definitely decided not to support the service unless the main boats call at New Zealand, but is prepared to recommend Parliament to vote £20,000 a year for a term of years to secure connection with Canada by the main steamers, and thereby obtain, with the San Francisco line, a fortnightly Pacific service. An offer was made by the contractors for the San Francisco service to extend their service to Vancouver for £10,000 a year, but, after full consideration, it was considered inadvisable to entertain the proposal. Connection with Canada, especially in the interests of trade, to secure the support of the Canadian Government, must be by an independent line of steamers. The very general labour strikes which occurred in the United States last year, and which culminated in the temporary interruption of railway communication between New York and San Francisco, fortunately resulted in delay to one month's mails only—those despatched from Auckland on the 16th June by the " Monowai," which reached San Francisco on the 7th July, two days late. The worst effects of the railway strike had then passed over, although direct communication between San Francisco and New York had not been re-established. It was therefore decided to forward the " Monowai's " mails the following morning by the steamer " Columbia" to Portland, thence by the Great Northern Eailway to Chicago, via Seattle and St. Paul's. This was accomplished in due course, and the mails reached New York on the 17th July They were forwarded the following day to Southampton by the steamer " Paris," and reached London on the 26th—eight days late. The " Arawa " replaced the " Monowai " on the San Francisco line in December last year, and made two voyages. She was taken off the line in May last, in order to be fitted with another boiler, with the view of improving her speed, and was replaced by the " Monowai" for two voyages. The net cost to the colony of the San Francisco Service was £7,963 15s. 3d., as against £7,929 Bs. 3d. the previous year New Zealand's payment for the conveyance of its outward mails was £7,500 16s. 7d. The total amount received by the contractors through this office (including the contributions from the London Post Office and non-contracting colonies) was £17,854 4s. lid. The payments made by the United States and Hawaii are made direct to the contractors. The average time within which mails were delivered by the San Francisco Service was From Auckland to London, 33-08 days, compared with 33-15 days in 1893 , and from London to Auckland, 33-00 days, against 33-38 days the previous year The shortest delivery was made in 32 days. The maximum, minimum, and average number of days within which the mails were delivered at and from London and Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, and Bluff during 1894 by the San Francisco contract service, and by the Peninsular and Oriental and Orient lines, were :— San Francisco Service. P. and O, Line. Orient Line. London to Auckland 35 32 33-00 45 37 4058 47 38 42-54 Auckland to London 40 32 3308 43 38 40-29 43 38 39-42 London to Wellington. 37 34 34-77 48 38 42-15 49 40 41-50 Wellington to London. 42 34 35-08 46 37 42-92 45 37 4287 London to Dunedin 38 35 36-38 51 39 42-67 50 39 4229 Dunedin to London 43 35 36-08 48 40 4379 46 40 43-01 London to Bluff 39 36 37-13 50 38 41-92 49 38 41-54 Bluff to London 44 36 36-83 47 39 43-04 45 39 42-26 Receipts and Payments on Account of the San Francisco and Peninsular and Oriental, and Orient Mail-services for the Year 1894. San Francisco Service. Dr. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Payments by weight — On mails from New Zealand 7,500 16 7 On mails from the United Kingdom 4,806 19 3 On mails from the Australian Colonies, Fiji, &c. 5,546 9 1 17,854 4 11 Interprovincial service, Mail Agents, &c. 3,727 13 10 „ ~ , jSan Francisco to New York .. 4,773 13 11 iranslt coses {New York to Queenstown 1,960 9 8 — 28,316 2 4 Cr. Postages collected in the colony 9,998 18 9 Postages from London 4,806 19 3 Contributions from non-contracting colonies 5,546 9 1 20,352 7 1 Net loss to the colony .. £7,963 15 3

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455,746 letters, 472,117 books, and 1,005,784 newspapers were received from, and 500,328 letters, 90,516 books, and newspapers despatched to, the United Kingdom vid San Francisco. The letters received from the United Kingdom by this route show a decrease of 4-10 per cent., the books an increase of 2-31 per cent., and the newspapers a decrease of 0-13 per cent., and the letters despatched to that country show a decrease of 4-35 per cent., the books 3-22 per cent., and the newspapers 3-22 per cent., against the numbers forwarded in 1893. This is due to the London Post Office having made larger use of the Eastern services outward, and New Zealand of the direct steamers homeward. P and O. and Orient Lines (Fedeml Mail-services). Dr. £ s. d. £ s. d. Payments to P and O. and Orient Lines 2,780 13 5 Transit charges across Australia .. 117 0 3 Transit charges across European Continent 507 13 10 Gratuities (to and from Australia) .. .. 1,477 11 9 4,882 19 3 Cr. Postages collected in the colony ... 2,356 7 7 Postages from London and foreign offices 882 2 4 —— 3,238 9 11 Net loss to the colony .. £1,644 9 4 The numbers of letters, books, and newspapers conveyed from and to the United Kingdom by the P and O. and Orient packets were Received—4ls,4lB letters, 244,573 books, and 985,284 newspapers , despatched—ll2,794 letters, 17,480 books, and 90,599 newspapers.

Return showing the several Subsidised Mail Sea Services, the Subsidy Payments for the Year 1894, the Dates when established, and the Date on which each terminates.

The " Wairarapa," which left Sydney on the 24th October last, was wrecked at Great Barrier Island, Auckland, on the night of the 29th, with great loss of life. Her mails comprised 117 bags and two hampers, and contained 11,278 letters, 1,332 packets, 34 parcels, 14,073 newspapers, and 155 registered letters. Of these, 109 bags and the two hampers were recovered. It was possible to deliver the whole of the recovered letters and comparatively few of the newspapers and other printed articles had to be sent to the Dead Letter Office for disposal. The eight bags of mails not recovered included one of letters from Melbourne for Auckland, a Queensland mail for Gisborne, a mail from Perth to Auckland, and five bags of newspapers from Melbourne and Sydney for Auckland. They contained 1,755 letters, 324 packets, 1,414 newspapers, and 20 registered letters.

Duration of Service. Service. Subsidy or Payment. When When terminated established. termi ° n r able . Number of Voyages Annum. Mileage for Complete Voyage. Coat per Mile. Auckland and San Francisco Auckland and Fiji Auckland and South Pacific Islands Auckland and Great Barrier Helensville and Matakohe Helensville and Dargaville Rawene and Omapere Rawene and Horeke Omapere andJWaitapu Russell and Opua Wellington, Ketu Bay, Maud Island, Maori Bay, Homewood, and Havelock Nelson, Motueka, Totaranui, Takaka, aud Collingwood Hokitika, Bruce Bay, Paringa, Haasfc River, Okuru, Okarito, and Jackson's Bay Westport and Karamea Lyttelton and Chatham Islands Bluff and Half-moon Bay Bluff, Puysegur Point, an'd Cromarty Paterson's Inlet and Half-moon Bay Half-moon Bay and Port Pegasus Interprovincial Service in connection with San Francisco Line £ s. a. 7 500 16 7 1 690 0 0 1,200 0 0 250 0 0 Nov., 1885 June, 1880 June, 1885 Oct., 1891 Nov., 1897 * 13 13 12 52 f 52 I 104 f 52 52 ( 52 156 11,916 2,334 6,992 56 118 1 170 } 34 12 30 ) 8 s. a. 0 11-62 1 1-37 0 3-43 1 8-60 * Dee., 1896 J 480 0 0 i 300 0 0 Jan., 1881 Jan., 1889 Dec, 1896 Dec, 1896 0 4-84 1 6-22 90 0 0 Jan., 1889 Dec, 1896 1 5-31 150 0 0 Dec, 1891 Nov., 1896 26 183 0 7-57 125 0 0 Dec, 1896 52 130 0 4-44 400 0 0 120 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 Jan., 1886 June, 1886 Dec, 1896 Dec, 1896 March, 1896 Dec, 1896 4 12 4 52 280 102 1,050 40 7 1-71 1 11-53 0 11-43 1 11-08 July, 1886 270 0 0 29 0 0 5 0 0 April, 1893 April, 1892 June, 1894 March, 1896 Dec, 1896 12 52 10 80 12 90 5 7-50 0 11-15 0 1-33 3,000 0 0 Nov., 1886 Nov., 1897 13 * On three months' notice.

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Money Orders. Eighteen money-order offices were opened during the year—namely, Adelaide Road (Wellington) Albury, Hikurangi, Jackson's, Kaimanuka, Matakohe, Midhirst, Miller's Flat, Mokihinui, Motupiko, Ngahere, Ngatimote, Orari, Panmure, Porirua, Seddonville, Upper Moutere, and Waikaka and the offices at Kaimata, Tapu, and Whangapoua were closed. The number of offices open at the end of the year was 354, as against 339 the previous year 222,678 money-orders, for £776,783 4s. lid. were issued, compared with 210,957 orders, for £750,929 ss. 10d., in 1893 an increase of 11,721 orders and £25,853 19s. Id. in amount. 174,810 money orders, amounting to £678,556 Is., were paid, as against 165,503, for £648,490 13s. 4d., paid during 1893 an increase of 9,307 in number and £30,065 7s. Bd. in amount. The number of telegraph money-orders issued was 22,721 for £82,148 9s. 6d., compared with 20,381 for £75,496 15s. Bd. in 1893. 67,144 orders for £168,741 2s. were issued on the Australian Colonies and other places beyond New Zealand. 19,983 orders for £72,358 os. 7d. from places beyond New Zealand were paid. The commission received for money-orders amounted to £10,600 19s. 7d., compared with £10,248 14s. sd. received in 1893. A direct exchange of money-orders was established during the year with India (Ist April), Cape Colony, and Canada (Ist July). Postal Notes. The sale of postal-notes was extended to the following post-offices not money-order offices Cardrona, Cheltenham, Clive, Cust, Marohema, Mayfield, Port Molyneux, Springburn, Tapu, Tokomaru Bay, Tutaekara, Urenui, Waikawa, Waimamaku, and Whangapoua. The number of postal-note offices at the end of the year was 391, compared with 361 at the end of 1893. 310,360 postal-notes, of the value of £112,003 2s. 6d., were sold, as against 277,105, of the value of £100,007 15s. 6d., sold in 1893. The postal-notes paid numbered 308,377, of the value of £109,300 16s. 6d., compared with 275,194, of the value of £97,536 155., paid during the previous year—an increase of 33,183 in number and £11,764 Is. 6d. in value. The postal-note commission was £2,166 3s. 6d., an increase of £237 4s. 6d. on the amount received in 1893. Under "The Post Office Acts Amendment Act, 1893," the currency of all postal-notes was made unlimited in time. On the Ist November last a new form of one-pound postal-note, payable on demand, was issued, and a five-pound note, also payable on demand, was circulated on the 17th June ultimo. Savings Banks. Twenty-three savings-bank offices were opened—namely, Adelaide Road (Wellington), Albury, Coalgate, Hikurangi, Jackson s, Kaimanuka, Kumeroa, Matakohe, Midhirst, Miller's Flat, Miranda, Mokihinui, Motupiko, Ngahere, Ngatimote, Orari, Panmure, Porirua, Seddonville, Shag Point, Taradale, Upper Moutere, and Waikaka and two closed—namely, Kaimata and Whangapoua. The number of offices open at the close of the year was 348 an increase of 21. 28,669 new accounts were opened, being 1,086 fewer than the number opened the previous year. 21,930 accounts were closed, compared with 19,599 in 1893 an increase of 2,331. The number of accounts remaining open at the close of the year was 129,423, as against 122,684 in 1893 an increase of 6,739. The proportion of accounts to the population was Ito 5-3. The proportion in 1893 was Ito 5-48. The number of deposits made was 204,545, for £2,252,862 6s. lid. an increase of 2,269 deposits, but a decrease of £133,227 3s. Bd. in amount oh the transactions for 1893. The average of each deposit was £11 os. 3d. In 1893 the average amount was £11 15s. lid. 152,136 withdrawals, amounting to £2,268,624 Bs. 4d., were made, compared with 136,739, for £2,122,521 16s. Bd., during 1893 an increase of 15,397 in number and £146,102 lis. Bd. in amount. The average of each withdrawal was £14 18s. 3d., as against £15 10s. sd. in 1893. For the first time since 1886 the withdrawals exceeded the deposits by £15,762 Is. 5d., in marked contrast to 1893, when the balance in favour of deposits was £263,567 13s. lid. The latter year's transactions were, however, altogether abnormal, and a result of the financial unrest which prevailed during the eight months succeeding February, owing to the suspension of many of the Australian financial institutions. During the eight months the balance of deposits over withdrawals was no less than £311,171 4s. lid., the bulk of which did not bear interest owing to the amounts being in excess of the interest-bearing limit. It was foreseen that the greater portion of this money would rapidly find its way into the usual channels as the panic subsided. This proved to be the case and in October 1893, the Post Office repaid to depositors £11,015 7s. beyond the amount deposited during the month. In the quarter ended the 31st December the excess of withdrawals amounted to £46,929 ss. 3d. March quarter, 1894, £63,840 Bs. 5d., and June quarter, £25,095 9s. sd. a total for the three quarters of £135,865 3s. Id. But for the following quarter the deposits exceeded the withdrawals by £4,200 Bs. 2d., and for December quarter the excess of deposits was £68,973 Bs. 3d. The interest credited to depositors for the year was £114,643 4s. lid., or £116 16s. 2d. less than the sum credited the previous year The decrease is explained by the reduction in the rate of interest made in June, 1893.

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The total amount of interest placed to the credit of depositors' accounts since the establishment of the Post Office Savings Banks in 1867 has been £1,384,518 16s. 9d. The balance standing to the credit of depositors at the close of the year amounted to £3,340,879 lis. 4d., a sum equal to £4 17s. 5d. per head of the population. In 1893 the balance was £3,241,998 7s. 10d., representing £4 16s. 5d. per head. The average cost of each savings-bank transaction, deposit or withdrawal, for the year was 4-37d., and for the period of the existence of the Savings-Banks 4-87d. The number of accounts with balances of £20 and under increased by 6,237, with balances exceeding £20, but not exceeding £200, by only 216, compared with 1,402 the previous year and exceeding £200 by 286, as against 493 in 1893. A statement of accounts, with classified balances, is given in Table No. 8. The number of accounts opened during 1894 by means of stamps affixed to cards, the total number of such accounts open, and the amount at credit on the 31st December last will be gathered from the following return : —

TELEGRAPHS. The total value of telegraph and telephone business for the year ended 31st March, 1895, including Government telegrams, fees collected on money-order telegrams, and miscellaneous receipts, was £136,062 lis. 2d., compared with £140,783 3s. 7d. in 1893—a decrease of £4,720 12s. 5d., or 3-35 per cent. The decrease in the receipts would be due to two causes to the depression in general trade, and to the increase of delayed over ordinary telegrams, which has been so apparent for some time, as may be seen by comparing the business in telegrams for the last three years : — Number. Value. 1892-93 1,710,158 £81,751 1893-94 1,839,094 Increase, 7-54 per cent. 88,371 Increase, 8-10 per cent. 1894-95 1,802,182 Decrease, 2-01 per cent. 85,388 Decrease, 3-38 per cent. And the proportions under the heads of— UeGEKT. OIiDINAKY. DELAYED. were — Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. 1892-93 36,099 £4,643 900,669 £51,078 526,941 £16,238 1893-94 .. 41,600 £5,329 940,563 £53,524 585,436 £18,154 In. 15-24°/« In 14-7770 In. 4-43°/ In. 4-79°/. In. 11 10?. In. 11-80°/. 1894-95 40,367 £5,146 897,114 £50,504 588,826 £18,214 De. 2-96/. De.3-43/. De.4-62?. De.s-64?. In.o-58/c. In.o-33/. Compared with 1893-94, there was a falling-off last year in both urgent and ordinary telegrams— indeed, the business in ordinary telegrams was actually less than it was in 1892-93. The delayed telegrams, however, increased in number and value, a clear indication that telegrams of this code are replacing the ordinary or shilling messages. The proportion of delayed to ordinary telegrams has risen from 1 to 1-61 in 1892-93 to 1 to 1-52 in 1894-95. Since the introduction, in January, 1886, of the present rule requiring that delayed telegrams shall not only be telegraphed during the day but posted for delivery immediately on receipt, the business in this class of telegram has more than doubled in ten years, the number having increased from 265,422 in 1885 to 588,826 in 1894-95, and the proportion to ordinary telegrams risen from 1 to 4-14 to Ito 1-52. On comparatively idle direct country wires delayed telegrams are transmitted almost as promptly as the ordinary or shilling telegrams, and in many country districts this is so much valued that no other code is used, except in urgent or special cases. As there is relatively an unduly large and ever-increasing use made of delayed telegrams under the present liberal regulations, to the evident detriment of the revenue, it becomes necessary to consider what should be done to prevent the receipts from ordinary telegrams being unduly diminished.

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District. No. of Accounts opened during 1894. No. of Accounts open on 31st Dec, 1894. Amount at Credit of Accounts open on 31st Dec, 1894. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport 2 8 15 3 111 ill 596 320 21 8 £ s. d. 85 16 5 186 12 11 674 18 10 102 5 0 3 8 6 7 2 1 3 3 20 67 270 82 56 111 121 44 179 10 21 17 5 34 8 8 701 10 7 21 3 4 183 6 1 119 13 8 177 9 7 107 18 8 80 6 5 12 5 4 2 4 u> &5 Total 81 2,127 2,520 3 6

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The number of telegrams of all codes forwarded during the year was 2,033,800, a decrease of 35,891 on 2,069,691 in 1893, or 1-73 per cent. The proportion of telegrams per head of population was 2-99, as compared with 3-13 the previous year The number of ordinary telegrams forwarded was 897,114, of the value of £50,503 lis. sd. The urgent telegrams numbered 40,367, producing a revenue of £5,146 Is. lOd. There were 588,826 delayed telegrams forwarded, of the value of £18,213 12s. lOd. Press telegrams numbered 197,414, of the value of £9,586 os. 7d., including proportion payable to other lines. In 1893 the figures were 189,991 messages, and £9,006 9s. 2d. in value—the increase in number is therefore 7,423, or 3-91 per cent. The average value of each Press telegram was 11-65 d., as against 11-38 d. in 1893. The bureau messages forwarded during the year numbered 78,461, of the value of £1,939 2s. 3d., an average of 5-93 d. per message. Government telegrams numbered 231,618, of the value of £26,050 7s. 5d., compared with 244,045, valued at £28,317 7s. 10d.—a decrease of 12,427 messages. The money-orders transmitted by telegraph numbered 22,721 for £82,148 9s. 6d., and the telegraph fees £1,136 Is. The number of forwarded telegrams to every hundred letters posted in the colony for delivery within the colony was 8-38. In 1893 the number was 8-04 , in 1892, 7-46, in 1891, 8-29 , and in 1890, 9-12. The telegraph receipts for the financial year, including telephone-exchange subscriptions, private-wire rents, &c, amounted to £110,012 3s. 9d. These figures, compared with £113,196 os. 3d. in 1893-94, show a decrease of £3,183 16s. 6d., or 2-81 per cent. The expenditure amounted to £135,791 os. 7d., as against £123,651 3s. lOd. the previous year —an increase of £12,139 16s. 9d. The credit balance for the financial year, after taking into account the value of Government telegrams, free telephone-exchange connections, and fees on money-order telegrams, was £2,849 lis. 7d. There were 5,961 miles of line, and 14,881 miles of wire at the close of the year—an increase of 448 and 1,366 miles respectively The net expenditure out of loan for telegraph extension was £19,228 195., as compared with £16,126 17s. lOd. in 1893-94. The cost of maintenance of lines was £28,768 12s. 9d., an average of £4 16s. 6d. per mile. The figures for 1893 were £29,141 65., and £5 ss. 9d. per mile. The number of private wires and subsidised lines was 123, compared with 141 in 1893-94. The amount received for rent, maintenance, &c, was £1,278 6s. Bd., as against £1,258 lis. 7d. in 1893-94. Telegraph messengers' deliveries were established at Fairlie, Inglewood, Linwood (Christchurch), Little River, Motueka, and Pleasant Point. The telegraph circuits have been further altered during the year Wellington is now in direct communication (with or without translators at Blenheim) with Christchurch and Dunedin. Christchurch has also been placed in direct communication with Wakapuaka. Sets of Wheatstone instruments have been fitted up in the Wellington and Christchurch offices. Palmerston North has now a direct duplex wire to Wellington, and direct communication with Napier, as well as with Wanganui on a through intermediate wire. The Charleston and Kamo offices were converted from Morse to telephone, and placed in charge of women. Thirty-one bureau offices were opened and three closed during the year The total number of telegraph and telephone offices open at the close of the year was 705. Of these, 235 were telegraph and 470 telephone offices. Sixty-nine telephone offices were opened, and six closed. The offices opened were— Adelaide Road. Hyde Railway. Opononi. Aramoho. Island Bay. Paikakariki. Alfredton. Island Block. Paraparaumu. Alton. Kilbirnie. Port Robinson. Barry's Bay Koromiko. Rae's Junction. Birkenhead. Leigh. Ramarama. Brooklyn. Levin. Ratanui. Brown's. Makara. Sandymount. Cape Campbell. Makino. Seddonville. Cardiff. Manukau. Shannon. Cass. Mangamahoe. Tawataia. Castle Hill. Mangatainoka. The Camp. Clareville. Mangatoki (opened, closed and re- Tokatoka. Colyton. opened). Tokatoka Wharf. Crookston. Mataura Island. Tuamarina. Ferguson's. Mikonui. Upper Waiau Ferry. Frankton Wharf. Ngahere. Waikaka. French Farm. Nine Mile. Waikaka Valley. Halswell. Nuhaka. Wainui. Hanmer Plain. Ohau. Waitaha Ferry. Hauiti. Ohinemutu. Wanstead. Hende's Ferry. Ohingaiti. Weatherstone. Highcliffe. Ohiwa. Wedderburn. Hokonui. One telegraph office was opened at Mangaonoho. The offices closed were — Caversham. | Kew. Mangatoki. Frankton. Kiwitea. Maori Point.

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Telephone Exchanges. There are 14 central exchanges and 10 sub-exchanges, a total of 24. The following table gives the number of subscribers or connections for 1894-95 and 1893-94 respectively: — -rj, , No. of Subscribers or Connections: Jixcnange. Mar 31> Mar _ gl> wgi _ Auckland 811 736 Blenheim 58 57 Christchurch 814 735 Dunedin .. .. 819 788 Balclutha .. 19 15 Milton 14 13 Port Chalmers 16 17 Greymouth 65 60 Invercargill .. 205 176 Bluff 20 19 Gore 49 48 Mataura 9 9 Eiversdale 13 10 Winton .. .. 9 6 Woodlands 7 6 Napier 249 222 Nelson 61 60 Oamaru 84 80 Palmerston North 79 75 Thames 74 83 Timaru 70 65 Wanganui .. 107 91 Wellington 963 872 Hutt ..1 1 Total 4,616 4,244 The total increase in number was therefore 372, and the rate of increase 8-76 per cent. The connections may be classified as follows Paying, 4,202, free, 258, bureaux, 156 total, 4,616. The telephone-exchange receipts during the financial year amounted to £21,552 12s. 10d., as compared with £21,771 4s. 4d. the previous year Had the free connections been paid for the receipts would have amounted to £23,213 4s. 4d. Particulars of the working of the exchanges are given in Table No. 21. The working-expenses, interest on capital cost, and allowance for depreciation for the year amounted to £26,041 Is. 9d. The total expenditure in connection with the telephone-exchange system to 31st March, 1895, was £116,845 10s. 4d. The following works have been carried out during the year in the several districts : — Auckland District. Construction. During the year eight telephone offices were opened namely Birkenhead, Leigh, Ohiwa, Ohinemutu, Opononi, Eamarama, Tokatoka, and Tokatoka Wharf, which involved the erection of six miles of new poles and ten miles of wire. Of the poles about half are double iron poles. A saving has been effected by converting the office at Kamo from Morse to telephone. The works in hand are the running of a wire to Cape Maria Van Dieman from Awanui (the route is in course of survey and alignment), and extending the line from Hamilton to Morrinsville. The first-named work will be 60 and the other 18 miles in length. Maintenance. The southern boundary of the district has been extended as far as Taupo and the East Cape. 712 miles of poles have been examined and cleared, 10 miles of poles and 9 miles of wire have been entirely renewed, and three miles of line dismantled. The lines are in good working order, with the exception of some of the older wires to the north of Auckland, where (probably from the abnormally moist atmosphere) corrosion is very rapid. From this cause a considerable length of wire will require renewing almost immediately The section between Thames and Katikati, in view of its early abandonment, has been merely kept open , no expenditure incurred except what has been necessary to keep the line upstanding. The direct wire between Auckland and Thames has been duplexed. There are now 1,508 miles of poles, carrying 3,189 miles of wire, in this district. Telephone Exchanges. The Auckland and Thames exchanges are in a satisfactory condition. There are indications of greater business activity, and it may be expected that there will be a large increase of subscribers during the coming year

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Wellington District. Construction. One telegraph office, at Mangaonoho, and twenty-six new telephone offices have been opened— namely, Alfredton, Alton, Adelaide Road (Wellington), Aramoho, Brooklyn, Cardiff, Clareville, Colyton, Hauiti, Island Bay, Kilbirnie, Levin, Makara, Makino, Manukau, Mangamahoe, Mangatainoka, Mangatoki, Nuhaka, Ohau, Ohingaiti, Paikakariki, Paraparaumu, Shannon, Tawataia, and Wanstead. 41-| miles of poles, carrying 61 miles of wire, have been erected. An additional wire has also been run from Wellington to the Hutt Racecourse, and a new wire from Porirua to Porirua Asylum (loop line) the Napier-Woodville wire has been extended toPalmerston North, the Napier railway line to Hastings, and a mile of wire erected in connection with changing Eltham from a telephone to a Morse circuit. The Wanganui, Palmerston North, and Hastings Eacecourses have been connected by Morse instruments (using the constant current) with the main system. 52 miles of poles and 121 miles of wire have been erected in connection with extensions. Maintenance. The Napier Inspector's district having been abolished and divided between the Auckland and Wellington districts, the northern boundary of the Wellington district has been extended to Taupo and the East Cape, The main line, Wellington to Upper Hutt, has been thoroughly overhauled, and a considerable portion reconstructed. Three miles of line near Otaki were altered to prevent the wires being placed in contact by birds. The whole of the lines in the district have been overhauled, and are in fairly good order, with the exception of the section Johnsonville to Paikakariki, which will require attention during the present year The line from Hawera to Opunake will in all probability need a new wire run, as the old one is in rather a bad state. The duplex system has been introduced between Wellington and Palmerston North and Napier and Gisborne. The office at Eltham has been converted from telephone to Morse, and the offices at Takapau, Waipukurau Railway, Waipawa Railway, and Kaikora North also similarly treated (using the constant current system). Masterton, Masterton Railway, and Eketahuna, with alternative telephones, have also been connected by this system, with intermediate telephone stations. The Wanganui instrument room has been entirely refitted. The other offices in the district are in good order. There are now 1,371 miles of poles and 3,944 miles of wire in this district. Telephone Exchanges. The four exchanges—namely, Wellington, Napier, Palmerston North, and Wanganui—are in good working order. Cables. On the 28th of April last the three-core cable parted. Tests made at both ends showed twobreaks —one seventeen knots from Lyell Bay, and the other twelve knots from White's Bay On picking up the Lyell Bay end it was found that there were other breaks between these two points , and it was calculated that about ten knots of new cable would be required to make good the repair. When this cable was repaired in February, 1894, it was anticipated from its condition that it might break at any time. In view of this, a new single-core cable was ordered from London, which has been laid over a new route—shorter by ten knots than the old one—between Oterangi Bay and White's Bay, the work being completed on the 6th of May last, a few days after the three-core cable parted. After full consideration it was decided to abandon the three-core cable, and to obtain another single-core cable, and lay it over the new route. This cable has been ordered, and is expected to arrive here in December next. There are now but two cable-wires across Cook Strait in the place of four; but with the aid of the Wheatstone automatic instruments introduced in January last, it has been possible to overtake all telegraph business between the North and South Islands (including delayed and Press messages) with but little delay The insulation of the old No. 4 single-core cable is remarkably low and the cable may fail at any moment, although communication through it is still maintained. The Wanganui-Wakapuaka cable has been permanently duplexed, the necessary apparatus having been obtained from England for that purpose. Nelson District. Construction. New lines have been erected from Ross to Hende's Ferry, 28c| miles Awatere to Cape Campbell, 9 miles, and Mokihinui to Seddonville, 3 miles total, 40 miles of pole and 50 miles of wire. Ten new telephone-offices have been opened—namely, Koromiko, Ngahere, Nine Mile, Seddonville, Tuamarina, Ferguson s, Hende's Ferry, Mikonui, Waitaha Ferry, and Cape Campbell. 195 miles of line have been overhauled and put in good order—namely, Picton to Kaikoura, White's Bay Section, and Blenheim to Tophouse. The lines generally are in good order, but the section from Greymouth to Inangahua (seventy miles) requires attention. Beyond this, little or no outlay will be required this year for repairs. The mileage of poles and wire in this district are 815 and 2,097 respectively Telephone Exchanges. The two exchanges in this district are working satisfactorily

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Canterbury District. Construction. Thirty-seven miles of poles and forty-two miles of wire have been erected during the year, and nine telephone-offices opened—at Cass, Castle Hill, Port Robinson, Wainui, Barry's Bay, French Farm, Halswell, Upper Waiau, Hanmer Plains. Maintenance. A considerable amount of reconstruction will have to be undertaken in several parts of this district during the present year The section from Papanui to Kaiapoi, carrying no fewer than sixteen wires, now requires much heavier poles. The Waipara to Kaikoura Section, seven miles north of Amberley, is in an unsafe condition (many of the poles having been erected over twenty-seven years ago), and a considerable outlay would be required to put it in thorough order It is proposed, however, to abandon this route as part of the main system, except as far as Cheviot—connecting this office with Amberley The main line would then be run from Cheviot to Waiau, and a new line erected between that point and Kaikoura. Much better insulation and, consequently, more satisfactory working, would be secured by adopting the new route. Owing to the large number of wires now on the Ghristchurch-Lyttelton Section, the line will have to be re-poled in the near future. The Addington-Kaiapoi and Rangiora-Amberley Sections require a thorough overhaul this year, and the Southbridge, Akaroa, Geraldine, and the Darfield-Whitecliffs Sections will require the poles re-butted. The Christchurch to Bealey and Taipo line is now undergoing a thorough overhaul. Several diversions from the old route have been necessary owing to the change in the course of the rivers. The Kaiapoi-Waipara to Waiau Sections have been thoroughly overhauled, and are now in firstclass order. There are 838 miles of poles, and 2,790 miles of wire, in this district. Telephone Exchanges. The exchanges in this district are in good order Otago District. Construction. Thirty-eight miles of poles and 94 miles of wire have been erected, as follows Winton to Hokonui, Owake to Ratanui, Beaumont to Island Block, Anderson's Bay to Highcliffe, Gore to Waikaka, Naseby to Wedderburn, Invercargill to Bluff (trunk telephone-wire), Mataura Island loop, Wetherstone loop, and Hyde Railway to Hyde Post-office. Sixteen telephone offices have been opened during the year namely, Brown's, Crookston, Frankton Wharf, Highcliffe, Hokonui, Hyde Railway, Island Block, Mataura Island, Rae's Junction, Ratanui, Sandymount, The Camp, Waikaka, Waikaka Valley Wetherstone, and Wedderburn. Two offices have been closed —namely Caversham and Kew Bureaux. Maintenance. About 300 miles of line have been thoroughly overhauled, and strengthened where necessary The lines generally are in good order, but something like four per cent, of the wooden poles require re-butting or renewing. There are now 1,429 miles of line (including 693 miles of iron poles), carrying 2,861 miles of wire, in this district. Telephone Exchanges. All the exchanges are in good order, and are working well.

Post Office maps, showing the mail routes, Post-offices. &c, are attached. Maps showing the geographical position of the telegraph lines also accompany the report.

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Table No. 1. Table showing the Number and Amount of Money Orders issued and of Money Orders payable in New Zealand, Year by Year, since the Year 1880.

Table No. 2. Table showing the Money Orders issued in New Zealand on Offices beyond the Colony, and Money Orders issued at Offices beyond the Colony on New Zealand, during the Years 1893 and 1894.

Issued in the lOLONY Where payable. United Kingdom and Foreign Offices. Australia and other British Possessions. Total. Year. Commission received. In the Colony. No. Amount. \ Xo. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. l880 l88l 1882 1883 1884 l88 5 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 l893 1894 £ s. d. 7 943 15 4 7 582 8 5 8,267 9 8 9,022 10 6 9,525 3 8 9,553 o 7 8 541 7 10 8,532 10 5 8,377 6 4 8,696 13 5 8,823 Io ° 9,649 14 9 9,452 o o 10,248 14 5 10,600 19 7 97 275 99,523 108,916 132,232 144 227 146,406 II 3>598 119,091 122,042 127 323 1130,641 J138 555 [140 672 146,133 I155 534 £ s. d. 320,260 ig 11 321 635 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 2 458,469 7 7 472,967 4 7 504 834 16 9 540,763 15 o 576,358 17 2 608,042 2 11 27 587 25,376 25,898 26,211 28,712 28,722 27 389 26,057 26,636 26,206 25,O53 26,590 27,451 29,616 28 513 —Z—rs: 104,149 5 10 90,229 5 3 91,530 17 9 91,634 4 7 96,901 14 o 95,920 9 10 87,904 9 10 84 264 12 9 81,488 10 3 79,167 o 4 74,566 13 9 77,48i 2 9 78,848 1 7 86,544 19 11 79,348 10 2 10,786 10,657 13,34 8 14, "3 13,"3 13,494 14,693 X 4,43i I3,7°9 i8,547 20,733 30,094 31 315 35,2o8 38,631- £ s. d. 40,994 15 4 40,317 19 2 47,641 7 5 46,939 17 11 45,317 12 4 45,604 15 2 47,574 9 11 45 285 6 11 42,451 4 4 51 909 6 10 54,543 3 7 69,674 o o 75 235 7 10 88,025 8 9 89,392 11 10 135,648 135,556 148,162 172,556 186,052 188,622 155,680 159,579 162 387 172,076 176,427 195,239 199,438 210,957 222 678 £ T. d. 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 13 5 555,996 o 9 589,545 14 9 602,077 1 11 651,989 19 6 694 847 4 5 750,929 5 10 776,783 4 11 Drawn on the Colo: Where issuei Total. Year. In the Colony. United Kingdom & Fort ;ign Offices Australia and other British Possessions. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. :S8o 881 :882 883 884 :885 886 887 888 ■889 890 :Sgi 1892 :893 894 97,275 99,523 108,916 132,232 144,227 146,406 "3 598 119,091 122,042 127 323 130,641 138,555 140,672 I 4 6 ,i33 155 534 £ s. 4. 320,260 19 11 321,635 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 2 458,469 7 7 472 967 4 7 504,834 16 9 540 763 15 o 576,358 17 2 608 042 2 11 3,466 3,466 3 421 3,725 4,535 5 204 5 824 6,334 7 336 7,469 7 775 7,910 8,152 8,746 9 293 £ «• d14,811 14 8 14,078 17 3 13 416 1 9 15 553 3 11 17,679 o 6 20,091 17 4 22,650 1 10 23 423 16 2 26,262 14 5 26,887 17 9 27 975 15 5 28 518 14 o 29,349 14 7 32,616 17 2 33 786 17 6 3,913 4,649 5,076 5,697 6,755 7 725 9,545 8,963 15,365 15 859 13,331 13,604 11,291 10,679 10,690 15 829 o 3 18,863 4 2 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 47 890 2 6 48 700 9 6 41,064 6 6 40,929 2 5 38,571 3 1 104,654 107 638 117,413 141,654 155,517 159,335 129,242 133 910 144 450 150,651 151 747 160,069 160,115 165 558 175 517 £ •■ d" 350,901 14 10 354,577 4 8 394,702 11 4 441,411 9 9 475,555 17 "J 490,686 7 5 471 185 7 o 482,437 17 4 513 728 8 2 541 759 6 8 548 833 2 6 582,054 o 3 611 177 16 1 649,904 16 9 680,400 3 6

SSUED IN EW EALAND. Number. 1893. 1894. Where payable. Amount. Number. Amount. United Kingdom Foreign Offices through London United States of America Canada Cape Colony Ceylon Hongkong India New South Wales Queensland South Australia Straits Settlements Tasmania Victoria Western Australia 24 969 1,984 2 663 171 I s. d. 70,444 6 11 8,223 18 2 7,876 14 10 804 5 8 23,822 2,109 2,582 197 23 16 76 108 1 •■ d. 65,153 J 9 11 8,629 l8 5 5,564 11 10 643 3 ° 139 16 6 79 5 7 468 1 11 327 17 3 29,071 18 6 21,184 18 2 1,664 17 5 18 9 2 3.845 12 1 31 013 8 9 935 3 6 3 39 15 18 3 219 18 8 15,861 5,604 685 8 1,464 II 236 137 36,571 16 11 9,772 8 o 2,078 10 8 15 13 6 4,074 10 2 33,832 13 2 639 13 9 9,200 15 569 606 6 1.471 11,171 188 Totals 64,824 174,570 8 8 67,144 168,741 2 O Iss ED BEYOND NEW ZEALAND. 1893. 1894. Where issued. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Jnited Kingdom and Foreign Offices Jnited States of America Canada rape Colony "eylon Hongkong jidia >Jew South Wales Queensland South Australia Straits Settlements fasmania /ictoria Western Australia 7.957 612 177 2 16 4.453 698 431 2 1 186 3 552 339 28,923 11 6 2 711 8 io 981 16 10 7 19 o 56 III 8.574 719 187 82 16 10 26 4.519 736 472 1 948 3 281 £ s. d. 3".538 9 8 3 248 7 10 i,og5 14 1 616 ig 8 4 1 « 5 23 12 7 131 15 1 15,839 2 2 2,957 1 4 1,405 10 1 2 10 o 3,782 4 1 11,067 16 8 1,607 5 XI 16,449 17 7 3>O25 1 9 1 173 7 2 2 4 1 5.192 9 5 13 512 18 4 1 5°9 3 2 412 Totals 19,425 73.545 19 7 19.983 72,358 o 7

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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 New Zealand during the Year 1894.

Money Orders. Savings Banks. Office. Issued. Paid. 5 g c <° Deposits. Withdrawals. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. I Amount. .UCKLAND Alexandra Aratapu Avondale Bombay Cambridge Clevedon Coromandel Dargaville Devonport Drury Hamilton Helensville Hikurangi Huntly Kaeo .. Kaitaia Kamo Kaukapakapa Kawakawa Kihikihi Kohukohu Kuaotunu Mangapai Manga wai Mangawhare Matakana Matakohe Matamata Mauku Maungaturoto Mercer Mititai Mongonui Morrinsville Mount Eden Newmarket Newton Ngaruawahia Ohaeawai Ohaupo Omapere Onehunga Otahuhu Otorohanga Oxford Pahi Panmure Papakura Paparoa Parnell Parua Bay Pokeno Ponsonby Port Albert Pukekohe Raglan Rangiriri Rawene Rotorua Russell Tairua Te Awamutu Te Kopuru Te Kuiti Tokatoka Tuakau Upper Symonds Street Wade Waipu Waiuku Waiwera Wangarei Wangaroa Waotu Warkworth Wellsford Whangapoua Whitianga 15,426 119 641 63 196 624 150 668 1,154 293 181 909 581 94 475 226 339 553 93 554 187 170 423 294 206 148 114 c 121 5O I48 262 163 508 136 37 298 741 308 416 139 279 553 219 241 221 207 167 250 263 187 62 £ ■■ d. 858 10 o 3 17 9 26 8 6 2 19 9 5 18 3 23 17 9 4 13 6 28 16 o no 11 6 1290 6 11 3 37 17 9 21 2 3 3 19 6 17 6 o 10 11 6 13 11 6 15 17 3 3 14 9 20 13 6 6 16 9 10 18 6 19 6 o 10 1 9 7 18 9 580 3 15 6 O59 3 14 3 1 12 3 6 6 6 8 17 o 4 13 o 20 8 9 5 17 9 1 II 9 12 3 6 36 10 9 12 5 9 30 14 6 4 10 9 12 9 9 26 10 o 9 3 3 11 6 6 £ s. d. 53,655 16 7 333 12 10 1,802 1 4 153 10 3 687 12 10 1 805 8 7 390 8 4 1,866 2 8 5,183 15 5 653 13 11 583 15 6 2,767 o 5 1,693 6 10 247 II 8 1,592 6 5 693 5 5 1 045 4 6 1 448 1 1 226 8 9; 1,691 o 1 535 14 2 794 1 7 1,419 4 6 1,234 Io XI 492 18 6 459 7 2 309 6 3 5 18 6 418 1 o 143 5 2 588 3 7 875 3 10 455 2 7 1,652 9 10 397 13 4 139 15 1 748 o o 1,799 18 10 884 13 11 1 642 15 g 368 17 9 965 15 7 1,610 3 4 586 8 o 797 2 7 734 6 1 531 4 7 200 524 5 7 849 2 8 642 9 11 679 1 9 233 7 2 558 7 8 630 7 7 1,489 17 10 826 2 8 5°5 3 7 919 7 5 2 778 12 4 698 16 10 433 1 9 955 7 4 1,991 8 10 388 7 8 552 16 o 672 9 4 691 18 o 27,159 30 114 IOI 62 374 47 262 182 285 87 587 219 11 152 53 65 152 25 188 78 46 i°5 60 31 33 35 14 28 97 86 26 123 74 107 249 1,104 189 66 73 40 794 306 55 49 60 3 120 100 459 24 33 536 9i 215 125 37 124 £ ■• d. 97 556 2 4 135 13 3 513 5 2 379 8 10 343 14 2 1,507 4 o 156 18 10 1,037 5 2 838 8 8 1,070 3 9 448 3 6 2,081 7 1 734 3 ° 78 15 6 543 12 11 455 17 5 316 2 8 666 16 o 62 18 1 631 8 3 364 2 8 180 11 9 884 o 4 250 9 10 94 7 8 129 8 11 142 14 6 75 17 o 145 8 3 382 16 7 367 17 8 70 o 7 458 12 2 287 12 o 310 16 6 802 5 8 3 385 12 5 696 9 2 352 8 2 311 10 9 204 10 7 2,740 13 7 1 175 14 o 222 11 o 1,937 7 38 4 18 80 10 3§ 159 4 1 10 112 27 10 20 18 !3 25 13 32 21 16 15 2 9 8 4 4 12 4 6 11 10 19 12 c II 65 27 43 11 3 28 28 26 II 516 37 313 32 90 393 104 219 548 411 73 795 212 23 164 "5 82 287 73 3 2 4 114 50 104 X 7 80 72 39 6 90 5° 25 72 33 116 88 23 73 673 199 137 58 36 209 276 154 "3 47 £ s. d.i 235,658 13 5 256 8 oj 1,887 2 oj 183 7 o 689 13 8 3 219 17 6 396 9 o 2 654 7 10 7,792 17 o 2,443 12 9 609 5 9 7,847 2 5 1 299 6 0 151 o 2 i,559 13 ° 999 19 ° 431 18 o 2,614 1 4! 413 8 o| 3 516 2 o 739 19 ° 511 1 o 1,031 15 2 224 16 o 524 16 o 474 17 ° 402 3 5 48 3 o 526 9 o 476 10 o 542 i o 644 18 I 372 13 o 1,065 10 o 486 10 5 34 1 ° 381 13 11 3 247 12 7 1 303 19 10 1 241 2 9 480 18 o 157 11 10 1,927 5 7 1,668 5 o 1 120 8 11 1 210 13 7 390 2 0 2,089 11 r 39 4 13 67 6 47 8 8 8 14 22 8 29 15 6 6 L C C I c 8 8 e 14,625 31 64 9! 30 22 3 j 24 I08 l6l 119 25 259 91 15 6l 59 5i 202j 40 I65 70 39' 48 27 37 3° 43 1 28 15 3i 54 32 93 32 5 27 7i 112 75 23 21 118 "3 37 20 £ s. d. 275,017 i 4 9 220 3 9 629 14 7 56 2 3 565 13 1 j 3 720 5 3 140 6 3 2 103 17 4 3,949 19 8 1 701 84 284 2 5 4,240 13 11 742 17 4 774 4 2 689 6 6 1,037 6 9 478 o 7 4,011 17 o 402 2 1 2,925 3 11 811 11 2 356 14 5 475 13 5 447 13 7 437 13 1 393 14 3 449 1 2 400 190 9 8 87 15 3 422 6 7 643 6 4 426 o o 1 301 8 2 206 g 6 11 15 o 174 11 o 510 8 10 895 5 10 700 17 5 236 14 11 146 15 10 1 535 15 ° 1,479 8 o 722 15 2 403 2 o 472 4 2 4 8 16 13 4 r 22 14 8 8 9 10 9 790 o 1 6 5 13 3 8 19 3 10 18 6 5 16 o 2 11 6 220 11 3 249 14 7 11 13 6 565 4 3 434 19 10 1,591 19 11 136 12 9 13° 9 4 1 800 12 6 348 14 2 895 7 3 703 12 1 132 7 6 632 10 8 1 563 10 9 516 9 2 397 1° o 803 13 7 1 161 7 3 15 18 5 87 8 11 542 16 6 237 17 5 II II 51 18 102 66 496 26 41 68 96 189 116 18 67 167 671 69| 2IOj 231 35 33i 47 86 873 12 4 1,277 8 0 1 041 7 o 439 18 o 491 5 o 240 15 o 633 8 4 2,024 X 7 4 1,204 1 0 89 12 o 458 1 o 1 692 11 8 510 12 o 152 19 o 1 796 8 o 1,639 17 ° 438 7 o 369 2 o 947 2 o 262 o o 58 49 45 36 34 26 78 86 64 22 775 10 1 1 124 17 9 281 19 3 257 17 o 454 11 5 86 12 3 686 9 7 1 226 13 8 667 4 11 222 11 3 4°5 5 11 1 588 17 8 371 19 2 118 10 1 2 135 o 3 1 337 17 6 409 17 6 70 5 o 583 1 11 100 18 5 10 c 10 ig 51 5 3 17 21 6 7 11 236 249 403 213 161 970 7 5 3 14 19 9 9 10 3 5 4° 12 9 o 40 15 o 7 9 3 8 2 3 14 11 o| 27 14 0! 366 709 690 15 11 o 35 23 3 11 46 8 10 11 233 726 222 149 343 669 93 201 196 242 6 344 128 54 204 212 7 24 130 54 23 3 21 41 133 37 18 10 33 3° 12 11 18 31 7 1 7 2 123 94 4° 4 42 22 10 118 538 472 101 3 16 9 18 14 o 16 14 6 4 3 3 52 10 9 5 16 6 3 4 6 12 1 9 2 13 9 I96 29 19 9 287 12 9 1 779 o o 1 55O 14 2 462 12 4 4,179 II I 344 1 9 172 8 6 1,339 9 1 254 2 o 56 16 3 2 325 12 8 36 122 173 48 569 33 30 153 5i 2 80 159 19 4 592 3 8 923 9 2 185 6 4 2,396 15 4 no 18 1 162 3 11 605 14 6 224 9 1 6 14 6 298 4 o 9 9 27 10 81 36 100 149 64 614 73 18 169 21 6 251 10 o I 126 IO 2 i 794 15 o 412 1 10 7 720 17 8 837 5 o 171 16 o 1,492 4 7 141 6 o 33 12 o 2,372 16 o 5 5 20 3 65 6 33 89 98 28 345 3° 10 go OO 10 9 143 643 19 8 2,024 13 11 i,i77 1 7 290 5 7 5 836 2 o 446 10 ii 6 5 1 5 1 298 18 5 177 11 in 49 8 g 1,654 16 2 1,349 113 68 365 88 II 3 36 3 3 12 24 800 54 3 27 39O

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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 New Zealand during the Year 1894 — continued.

Money Orders. Saving! Banks. Issued. Jig < ° Deposits. < Withdrawals. Office. Paid. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. J Amount. iLENHEIM Cullensville Havelock Kaikoura Kekerangu Picton Renwicktown Spring Creek IHBISTCHURCH Akaroa Alford Forest Amberley Ashburton Bealey Belfast Chertsey Cheviot Coalgate Culverden Darfield Dunsandel Duvauchelle Ellesmere Hanmer Plains Hinds Hororata Kaiapoi Kirwee Leeston Lincoln Little River Lyttelton Methven Mount Somers. Oxford Papanui Pigeon Bay Rakaia Rangiora Rolleston Sheffield Southbridge Springfield Sydenham Tinwald Waiau Waikari Whitecliffs Woolston )ONEDIN Alexandra South Balclutha Caversham Clinton Clyde Cromwell Dunback Dunedin North Green Island Greytown South Hamilton's Heriot Hyde Kaitangata Kelso Lawrence Macrae's Flat Middlemarch Miller's Flat Milton Mosgiel Naseby Nenthorn Ophir Outram Owaka Palmerston South Patearoa 2 129 419 573 489 104 754 66 138 13,072 407 107 274 2,329 70 54 64 1 323 116 144 i°5 88 168 12 103 116 106 529 118 281 102 334 1 664 206 89 381 45 105 397 1 021 48 157 3°9 320 459 55 207 237 167 45 9,867 699 925 139 464 3i8 673 102 1 296 140 82 201 160 826 £ s - d - 99 2 3 15 18 9 21 18 3 21 17 6 4 9 9 29 4 3 2 11 6 7 1 9 711 1 6 19 4 9 2 14 6 11 6 o 96 5 3 2 13 9 256 200 64 11 9 4 19 o 8 17 o 4 10 o 6 3 9 690 096 3 19 o 3 12 3 4 11 3 24 13 o 600 11 10 6 626 13 1 o 89 8 6 829 426 14 2 6 1 17 9 5 11 3 13 2 O 42 16 6 1 15 9 663 11 10 6 11 13 6 20 11 6 2 7 3 11 5 6 9 16 6 679 1 13 o 55O 1 6 2g 14 6 34 10 6 669 15 15 3 13 2 3 24 2 9 3 7 6 59 15 9 5 12 3 2 18 o 740 5 10 6 40 18 o 39 7 6 6 6 6 31 9 9 12 14 3 17 8 3 1 16 0 28 16 9 10 7 o 28 16 6 106 18 o 6 840 23 11 9 22 I O 5 9 3 £ b. d. 7,057 17 6 1 325 18 7; 2 366 15 2 1 5 l6 15 3 1 273 5 82 292 3 8; 187 2 7 537 ° ° 44 635 13 5 i>385 i° 1 301 11 3 864 10 4 8 534 2 1 208 7 o 178 18 o 201 18 4 7 728 12 2 421 19 5 670 19 11 342 13 7 392 4 9 531 o o 37 i° 6 370 16 8 412 13 4 374 16 o 1,920 7 4 628 12 4 971 1 2 404 15 o 1 141 12 21 6,067 n 7 684 16 ol 334 i° ° 1,334 ! II 155 12 o 448 10 6 1,217 3 1 3,344 3 11 125 18 3 613 1 8 1 136 17 5 991 6 1 1,107 17 5 178 2 3 879 2 1 784 16 5 455 9 ° 156 3 8 34 532 3 1 2,487 9 6 2,828 4 10 422 9 9 1 377 14 o 1 294 6 1 I 758 19 6 342 12 7 3,407 on 364 10 9 265 14 6 885 15 3 442 11 7 3,459 13 8 3 340 12 8 639 19 o 2,388 8 1 i,437 1 ° 1 737 14 7 212 5 5 2,269 3 1 539 10 5 2,258 1 5 97 10 7 1 537 6 3 680 15 11 3 105 12 2 1,903 8 o 53° 7 _i 1 222 33 208 170 5 410 21 60 18,983 197 11 189 875 13 39 18 106 28 66 26 29 92 8 18 24 23 322 38 199 no 89 832 54 33 2 35 94 37 91 528 16 58 239 108 692 36 62 80 32 37 21 727 J5° 485 333 95 108 1S6 £ *• d - 4 638 11 7 162 11 4 900 4 11 773 5 6 26 3 o 1 625 7 o 62 19 6 288 8 2 7 1 739 11 7 725 14 ° 43 15 ° 864 18 11 3,180 16 8 53 10 8 133 9 8 99 13 10 840 7 3 122 5 10 3*3 2 9 111 I O 83 17 6 332 12 11 39 10 8 90 2 7 80 7 10 112 6 9 1 708 1 2 141 4 11 610 5 8 447 2 5 329 10 3 3 317 19 1 274 10 4 175 10 10 920 18 4 356 18 6 142 11 2 336 " 4 2,019 11 4 55 2 10 353 17 6 844 15 10 590 o 5 2,694 18 3 102 14 5 263 10 4 416 17 10 151 14 6 in 5 1 78 379 2 10 640 4 10 1,877 X 9 6 , 897 3 7 355 8 3 275 6 1 738 1 2 99 15 1 2 310 18 6 466 15 11 56 9 4 41 14 6 239 11 9 288 18 6 585 5 5 251 12 7 i,995 17 7 147 18 2 329 9 9 5 12 1 1,404 18 1 879 7 8 894 o 4 71 16 9 276 12 7 576 16 o 870 16 4 2,051 14 6 37 4 9 321 21 40 52 5 48 7 II 3.299 43 30 274 1 5 10 41 17 20 12 16 1 2 6 12 93 8 8 9 | 14 27 161 24 9 3° 6 15 23 166 1 9 35 21 138 11 28 22 11 2 363 144 357 208 4 1 474 73 61 29,938 3 11 23 1 1 808 46 5i 4 1 155 13 91 93 52 59 22 14 21 54 845 5° I 394 79 129 i,477 241 51 250 86 63 214 1,097 12 91 215 108 1 383 117 274 121 93 79 20,157 156 525 629 190 III: 144 33 3 529 207 26 57 I 30 197 690 54 430 i 493; 259 300 11 64 146 104 737 £ s - d ' 32 753 ° ° 950 12 7 2,166 17 1 2 123 o 7 169 18 o 3 215 8 1 300 10 o 323 19 o 332,640 18 8 3 376 3 o 1,684 o o 17 460 16 3 326 17 o 436 10 o 338 13 ° 2 8l6 I O 52 12 O i 407 7 10 553 I ° 57 8 6 5 471 15 6 367 14 o 3°4 I 5 9 189 14 2 4 T 5 7 ° 6,580 11 11 467 o o 2,414 5 10 1 141 6 11 1 118 o 8 12,492 18 10 1,634 4 Io 325 16 o 2 465 16 8 423 15 o 658 17 6 2 178 IO 5 13,003 I 5 » 69 7 o 1,103 I ° 2,308 3 6 1,360 14 8 5,330 10 5 865 7 7 2 048 19 7 1,084 J 7 509 5 o 301 18 o 238,670 10 6 1 265 5 o 4,779 13 6 1,213 15 o 1,015 4 2 878 14 o 842 12 5 282 10 o i 17 318 6 2 887 7 5 296 2 0 425 19 o 136 6 o 474 11 o 3 4 e 3 4 7 479 8 4 3,477 16 o 80 12 o 884 10 11 95 5 o I 5 234 10 1 2 160 13 11 1 595 1 9 19 1 o 585 17 o i,356 3 11 817 6 4 2 367 18 3 306 9 25 24 8 1 2,605 29 15 132 2 8 11 2 7 9 6 2 2 59 2 8 1 2 78 21 3 28 3 2 X 4 103 2,280 43 108 III 5 177 11 3i 26,000 no 94 862 1 10 21 102 1 25 19 44 38 1 4 11 22 335 21 85 21 30 573 74 17 144 30 11! 105 533 2 £ s- d - 37,045 4 3 667 16 4 1 806 15 1 1 769 14 8 12 19 o 2,411 19 5 53 o 3 156 5 5 367 715 14 11 3 on 4 10 1 549 14 8 14 775 9 7 500 5° 15 7 268 11 10 2 032 5 9 25 o o 583 3 6 147 2 5 748 12 7 285 10 1 20 o o 85 o o "3 13 5 360 12 8 4,922 10 9 217 18 9 693 18 o 356 8 10 351 18 7 7,604 1 10 1 221 19 6 289 10 4 2 754 10 3 414 18 5 71 12 7 1,639 9 7 9 564 19 8 78 o o 720 3 8 i 1 435 10 11 535 3 6 1 172 1 4 310 4 11 1 112 2 o 393 16 9 426 5 11 73 2 o 271 549 10 4 952 2 6 3,223 16 9 165 7 3 1 539 8 6 361 8 4 638 8 7 128 14 10 8 169 17 3 500 2 7 131 5 9 81 10 6 101 9 7 255 13 6 2,468 4 5 574 9 11 ', 2 201 9 6 65 15 7 561 4 7 30 8 8 4 041 14 4 1,329 4 5 1 135 19 6 3 9 7 207 5 9 245 12 10 1 175 13 7 1 323 16 11 8 43! 88] 13 4 53 5 7 19 2 47 213 35 47 50 41 10 4 2 274 33 91 61 3 1 9 28 8 1 2 293 13 47 27* 6 20,009 53 196 36 80 J 26 121 34 12 31 598 J 53 20 10 1 332 22 4 4 2 159 14 3 7 3 971 58 12 12 8 1,092 195 821 37° 423 48 679 248 708 34 449 227 844 639 148 4 1 55 I 57 44 559 37 84 3 389 248 221 13 80 124 165 443 11! 13 108 9 7 1 20 5 60 37 44 1 11 26 25 61 60 1 34 l! 6 2 48 2 4 24 3 25 185 27 149; 4! 32 3 276 98 68 9 9 46 4 13 45 91 r 37

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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 New Zealand during the Year 1894— continued.

Money Orders. Saving; Banks. Office. Issued. Paid. Deposits. U I"' Si < ° Withdrawals. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. Dunedin — cont'd. Pembroke Port Chalmers Puerua Roxburgh St. Bathan's Seacliff South Dunedin Stirling Tapanui Waihola Waikaia Waikoikoi Waikouaiti Waipori Waitahuna Waitati 220 820 68 £ s. d. 14 15 o 44 14 6 200 £ 3. d. 915 7 4 2,949 6 4 215 8 1 2,333 2 5 1 294 5 2 565 9 3 807 6 6 544 13 o 1 730 18 8 3°5 18 3 1 507 1 8 88 5 4 1.450 13 11 135 16 10 497 16 1 383 2 1 10,463 4 11 508 4 4 i,5i9 9 7 8.476 7 1 1,632 15 8 2,012 8 1 160 19 9 531 7 4 331 12 6 4,087 9 3 228 10 8 457 17 1 4,515 15 9 240 7 1 1 2 6 2.451 12 10 1,002 6 10 954 X 5 11 11,657 Io 1 1,496 11 3 257 18 3 2,631 10 1 639 1 2 592 3 2 1.477 10 10 5.645 18 7 386 2 5 589 12 1 881 6 10 1,695 6 2 1,597 6 6 840 o 2 451 11 9 2.000 17 11 1 349 7 2 1 715 5 3 327 3 4 29 16 11 316 12 10 699 10 2 1 732 9 0 386 1 5 1,080 15 11 18 512 7 o 4 387 16 4 7 699 11 1 665 o 5 1.001 5 2 346 4 3 712 16 9 495 7 4 466 9 7 2 709 18 o 577 11 5 1 031 15 ioj 1,317 14 6 1,981 1 o 1 059 11 11 385 19 2 1,542 15 7 406 16 3 3 436 4 11 2,596 13 o 2,861 12 6 36 734 12 £ "■ d. 140 8 5 2,589 18 o 60 12 10 384 18 6 184 15 7 544 14 n 1,861 12 9 233 5 10 374 16 9 136 2 10 310 18 6 41 17 I 606 13 3 83 5 o 233 6 8 372 19 2 4,827 4 6 159 10 9 381 19 4 6,343 15 4 195 3 11 668 o 4 466 88 3 0 51 19 2 2,695 l6 8 96 7 10 95 2 o 3,089 19 0 83 4 10 181 10 1 585 £ s. d151 8 10 7,985 10 9 7 93 476 £ ■■ d. 239 3 9 5,i84 7 5 702 396 185 3 T 3 170 622 24 11 o 15 4 3 6 19 3 14 9 9 6 14 3 20 19 6 3 9 3 17 12 6 1 8 6 15 10 o 1 17 6 640 4 5 3 170 12 6 7 5 9 21 2 9 122 18 3 1509 31 17 6 1 12 9 6 19 3 3 14 6 61 15 o 3 8 6 5 10 3 66 17 3 406 006 34 2 o 13 1 9 10 15 6 170 15 9 20 11 3 3 17 9 31 9 3 6 14 0 5 17 6 12 2 6 65 7 o 2 15 o 5 8 o 9 18 3 21 14 9 16 3 7 900 4 5° 24 10 o 16 19 9 19 6 3 4 5 3 040 3 14 6 6 18 6 2129 4°3 12 4 o 285 6 6 53 13 o 129 14 6 10 9 o 13 o 9 2 16 9 6 7 3 5 1 o 7 14 o, 22 3 9) 5 17 ° 10 4 9; 18 19 9j 34 8 6 12 9 o! 4 19 9 16 10 9 6 6 9 48 o 9 32 12 o 38 7 3J 100 44 126 513 72 114 30 69 18 202 18 64 106 1,099 26 57 1 812 52 197 3 !3 9 835 36 18 842 23 52 13 14 72 17 44 12 26 3°3 IS2 123 652 78 257 76 153 3.134 12 9 508 2 5 490 15 3 2,478 10 4 546 10 3 1,465 1 6 733 16 o 946 14 9 25 17 2 3° 10 26 100 30 23 139 35 68 39 36 1,903 10 2 242 16 7 206 3 6 1 081 15 10 468 6 2 1,446 o 1 57° 17 5 404 o 2 95 49° 47 495 60 178 "5 2,824 J 47 332 2 326 350 641 37 196 92 1,209 82 155 1,478 89 1 858 358 324 3.467 488 89 711 187 174 413 1,712 66 156 244 645 459 267 "3 553 412 512 100 6 130 J 73 529 115 345 5 160 1 271 2,32O| 202! 12 7 21 140 1,026 15 6 14 51 622 1 7 14 27 509 12 46 269 12 5° 2 11 79 125 2 707 33 244 1,969 72 474 5 43 49 320 56 4 1 799 31 840 19 o 331 13 8 33 344 14 5 297 8 2 2,289 15 3 30,753 14 8 542 1 7 3 152 13 " 12 11 o 209 o o 192 5 8 3,814 16 10 287 18 o 459 18 0 15 850 o 5 378 16 0 469 10 299 4 20 1 8 2 16 374 18 9 322 17 4 39,"7 4 5 68 5 o 757 2 o 36 524 9 6 277 4 6 1 369 18 6 45 10 2 137 13 7 140 19 10 2,108 4 7 170 19 4 80 18 2 12,464 17 2 324 9 7 GlSBORNE Tolaga Bay Waipiro Bay Greymouth Ahaura Brunnerton Jackson's* Nelson Creek Ngahere Reefton Still water Totara Flat HOKITIKA Goldsborough Jackson's Kumara Ross Stafford Invercargill Arrowtown Balfour Bluff Dipton Edendale Fortrose Gore Half-Moon Bay Kingston Lumsden Mataura Orepuki Otautau Pukerau Queenstown River sdale Riverton Thornbury Waikaka Waipahi Wairio Winton Woodlands Wyndham Napier Danevirke Hastings Herbertville Kaikora North Kumeroa Makaretu Makotuku Mohaka Norsewood Ongaonga Ormcndville Porangahau Port Ahuriri Takapau Taradale Taupo Tikokino Waipawa Waipukurau .. Wairoa 27 2,916 8 59 1 766 17 119 5 25 9 171 19 10 517 20 14 64 7 5 124 4 43 4 2 117 4 254 128 36 4 556 78 13 279 56 40 49 -on 5»0 26 9 in 159 63 60 45 237 82 434 24 866 16 2 488 10 3 171 15 2 16,675 7 9 335 4 5 46 o 8 1,081 14 10 176 5 6 216 6 5 241 3 10 2,119 7 7 "7 17 3 50 6 6 360 9 o 539 9 6 339 3 11 196 15 9 240 4 8 950 o 1 272 11 7 1,506 11 5 90 16 8 55 21 13 646 22 9 67 18 418 123 73 4,246 88 62 295 63 52 60 691 6 25 192 261 4.332 16 1 1,994 7 o 336 15 ° 51 612 13 o 519 9 8 616 12 o 2,992 15 5 565 16 o 647 6 3 2,089 1 6 6,787 8 2 42 5 4 207 12 6 I 210 3 6 2,018 8 o 819 14 o 716 12 o 411 15 10 1,997 l8 6 554 5 9 3,987 11 8 373 11 ° 3 6 0 306 9 o 501 10 o 2,969 9 1 406 12 o 1 534 4 1 71 207 4 8 6,883 7 3 H.934 1 1 529 11 10 966 8 4 58 12 6 634 8 32 7 3 8 97 201 77 38 3> 6 35 28 20 150 35 16 5 227 10 2 1 446 on 286 14 7 52,946 i 5 11 464 6 9 297 16 2 1 867 12 o 519 2 6 37 1 5 10 I,O33 5 8 6,000 12 6 18 o o 80 15 o 814 5 9 1 330 11 9 794 8 1 458 13 3 379 o o 1,483 6 6 439 4 11 2,777 11 3 in 14 2 9 19 r 34 1 2 37 42 27 25 6 4 1 19 69 17 I 103 89 61 286 177 460 80 1 13 28 15 14 22 15 39 4 33 357 8 56 119 68 37 28 74 46 197 26 1 39 3° 169 80 125 4.224 4*5 849 42 66 23 17 48 35 56 19 86 97 7 3 96 7 7 736 12 8 250 3 2 472 19 3 16,116 9 2 1,600 1 2 3 282 17 4 240 14 10 274 o 5 75 13 6 88 3 4 165 17 3 221 6 o 238 4 8 88 19 9 295 9 11 135 7 4 614 16 o 196 o 2 250 5 o 195 19 9 61 14 o 2,071 8 7 844 o 7 94° o 7 7 9 5° 9 45 975 128 321 12 16 40 55 250 57 230 6 334 5i6 1 461 76 85 2 25 4 26 989 81 126 3 17 11 10 73 29 94 5 765 356 680 21 64 80 15 o 104 19 2 1,280 5 10 350 11 8 1 625 13 o 82 142 17 6 5 388 4 8 7,455 o 1 172 18 5 596 4 10 3°4' 95 : 74 144 r 34 549 I5i j 3°o| 302! 576 300 i°3 329 123 958 782 638 3i 187 49 78 45 17 702 225 244, 6 7 8 15 5 10 15 4i 21 28 64 33 99 77 63 54 446 "5 439 2 0 519 7 4 171 11 o 1,068 3 o 227 17 o 551 o 6 1 174 13 o 2 142 13 10 1,040 3 4 6 4 3 11 3 1 3 4 8 42 45 9 58 14 20 21 562 18 9 875 17 8 74 16 9 1,432 19 8 159 11 7 189 2 4 415 o 5 382 6 8 694 o 7 42 44 7 8 106 59 64I 46 37 532 405 265I 507 4 4 562 8 o 6,271 13 4 3 865 2 8 3.i8i 2 9I 2 3 61 35 33 18 22 232 200 176 425 8 4 143 3 ° 3.934 i? 5 3.492 8 4 2,365 11 9 * Transferred from Hokitika, 1st Jul ', 1894.

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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 New Zealand during the Year 1894 — continued.

Money Orders. Savings Banks. Office. Issued. Paid. 4i 2§S. < ° Deposits. s s Withdrawals. No. Commission. I Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. Nelson. Belgrove Brightwater Collingwood Motueka Motupiko Ngatimote Richmond Takaka The Port Upper Moutere Wakefield New Plymouth Inglewood Midhirst Opunake Pungarehu Stratford Waitara Oamaru Duntroon Hampden Herbert Kakanui Kurow Maheno Ngapara Shag Point Thames Karangahake Katikati Maketu Miranda Opotiki Paeroa Tapu Tauranga Te Aroha Te Puke Waihi Waiorongomai Waitekauri Whakatane Timaru Albury Fairlie Geraldine Makikihi Orari Pleasant Point.. St. Andrew Temuka Waimate Waitaki Winchester Wanganui Bull's Eltham Fordell Hawera Hunterville Kaimanuka Kaponga Manaia Manutahi Marton Normanby Ohingaiti Patea Turakina Waitotara Waverley Wellington Adelaide Road Ashurst Campbelltown Carterton 2,785 53 134 686 523 11 6 128 363I 2O6| 181 2,900 934 106 549 212 1,867 508 2 798 174 4 r 5 180 76 266 i°5 185 163 1,859 532 172 114 40 584 647 7 647 885 187 698 64 130 275 3.O43 19 244 883 83 13 156 160 663I i,o57 in 67 4,35i 441 627 212 £ s. d. 136 0 o 2 II O 569 26 15 3 18 2 0 o 11 o o 6 o| 670 14 18 6 12 5 3 0 o 61 7 " 3 140 14 o 34 7 9 4 4 9 19 1 7 8 1 o 73 2 6 23 4 9 124 10 9 5 8 3 13 IO 3 6 10 9 2 12 3 10 17 3 466 5 15 3 5 11 o 84 10 6 20 14 9 7 I 3 4 5 9 1 8 6 25 19 9 29 5 3 076 28 18 9 28 5 6 9 10 9 27 4 3 1 18 3 400 13 8 o 142 8 6 0 15 o 11 15 9 30 o 6 3 ° 3 060 636 689 24 10 3 39 2 o 3 8 9 226 214 2 6 22 7 9 26 9 o 720 87 3 9 36 1 o 090 7 1 5 6 23 : 5 3 1 15 8 56 18 9 8 15 o 22 7 4 33 6 6 960 13 o 9 16 2 o I IIO O O o 16 9 12 14 9 6 15 9 37 19 o £ s - d - 9,436 6 2 211 4 3 477 4 10 3,272 10 7 1,959 o 8 28 5 3 30 6 o 418 3 6 1 559 14 5 7H l8 3 2 19 2 629 5 o 9,605 4 1 3,457 9 10 364 13 1 2,126 18 8 8g9 19 8 6,810 16 3 1,898 5 1 9,738 13 10 572 8 o 1,345 5 11 655 7 11 211 13 8 923 9 6 330 2 2 533 16 3 420 3 10 6,146 19 7 2 183 15 4 488 5 1 321 18 2 143 10 1 2,298 15 6 2 175 8 2 15 12 6 1,802 2 6 3,175 8 5 627 19 11 2,397 13 7 151 4 4 44° 15 5 973 5 4 10,311 10 6 65 6 8 927 7 4 2,964 9 6 261 3 8 25 8 10 493 13 11 429 9 1 1,923 9 9 3,914 o 8 336 10 9 176 3 2 16,566 14 6 1,452 13 8 2,476 18 2 691 5 6 6,356 8 7 2,921 6 1 37 19 6 863 15 1 3,926 6 4 190 1 3 5,837 14 6 762 2 9 2 OIO 4 7 2 583 16 2 901 17 8 I IO6 15 II 2,138 9 10 57 397 1 10 40 11 7 1 204 6 7 613 o 11 3,032 7 4 3 749 37 51 76 224 3 1 125 122 108 123 3,435 3°5 3 1 138 64 456 315 1,776 36 37° 52 56 101 58 26 66 1,545 4 1 91 39 14 263 196I 4 613 339 66 74 19 22 161 1,878 £ s - d - 15,675 8 6 112 18 3 158 9 3 394 5 6 1,012 16 7 1 17 6 O 13 2 654 9 6 492 15 10 291 18 11 536 2 3 15 989 12 7 1,686 8 8 137 18 4 696 12 4 315 7 II 2,065 17 8 1,401 5 11 6,351 12 3 92 10 o 1,099 2 o 314 12 11 154 16 3 514 7 9 240 5 o 121 11 6 205 15 8 5,737 10 4 188 6 o 434 2 9 188 11 o 50 9 o 1 377 1 11 900 8 8 18 o 0 2 320 4 6 1,47° 2 7 263 14 6 356 5 4 62 13 3 129 7 0 872 5 7 6,637 11 8 414 16 II 27 41 2 27 29 15 23 514 132 12 24 9 203 63 451 7 15 6 S 17 21 17 266 15 11 4 82 49 66 34[ 4 34 3 207 96 109 140 328 1 4 179 139 141 186 3,039 73° 44 147 5i 641 329 2,720 52 53 52 18 9i 87 81 2,329 73 77 22 329 194 I 495 272 46 247 £ s - d - 46,311 1 10 734 16 0 513 3 o 2,041 12 II 2 596 II 4 5 0 0 460 2 2IO l8 5 2,049 11 6 658 o 11 2,O47 II II 43 005 12 2 6,454 4 7 192 10 11 1,748 10 7 609 6 o 8,561 18 11 4,149 3 o 33,58o 1 4 315 16 6 319 13 2 397 14 o 157 2 11 672 15 9 459 10 5 246 o 8 2 10 0 22,963 12 10 518 3 o 339 16 3 451 7 o 5 362 2 7 1 775 8 5 6,680 14 3 1,929 o 9 3go 6 o 2 338 10 10 383 9 3 10 28 1 11 3 5 6 537 58 1 15 85 35 379 1 6 8 12 302 g 1 33 21 50 3° 4 9 2,870 33 29 79 150 2 7 65 82 42 52 2,864 319 16 115 38 4 J 5 180 2,165 18 39 35 9 39 23 17 z>347 38 39 14 141 104 255 198 5° 96 £ s- d. 52 298 15 10 823 14 1 285 13 2 881 8 11 2,038 18 6 45 o o 143 o 6 1,413 4 6 1 135 9 o 248 o 10 1 551 11 9 51 891 8 1 3,501 16 9 133 19 11 2,064 16 6 467 11 3 6,318 8 4 3,485 o 5 35,178 16 1 129 15 6 495 15 9 572 6 o 58 15 o 594 6 o 259 8 2 93 2 1 25,491 II 2 307 3 9 403 7 0 199 17 1 4 578 19 8 1 180 1 7 5 224 10 2 2,257 16 9 1,004 in 2,189 4 4 6 19 513 3 21 69 2 26 64 3,899 70 477 18 273 10 6 613 3 3 38,976 17 4 71 o o 686 10 8 3 770 5 8 116 o 1 300 722 18 3 269 0 8 3,794 8 8 5,458 8 9 162 3 o 151 3 10 62,833 l8 o 2 254 1 1 3 139 13 2 513 19 6 10,496 11 o 4,160 4 o 31 o o 810 18 I 2,555 8 3 205 8 o 6,926 8 9 1 108 6 7 1 852 19 3 4 582 9 2 879 4 o 2,066 11 7 3,020 o 7 320,465 3 2 40 15 o 697 6 6 497 9 5 8,237 2 3l 10 12 27 2,982 158 9 o 187 7 2 43,989 17 i° 18 o o 551 74 247 22 3 58 81 338 389 33 25 3 261 156 183 39 758 213 1 42 209 16 586 107 47 334 63 72 125 24,747 1 176 22 395 367 19 9 1,147 15 11 77 X 4 2 5 5O 232 3 10 357 2 1 1 256 18 2 1 583 12 2 170 7 6 124 15 6 11,883 10 2 54 s 5 11 1,008 3 3 100 3 9 3,096 15 7 873 10 10 200 320 10 3 961 3 3 84 10 10 2,505 19 4 452 12 6 237 7 2 i,655 1 4 248 15 7 314 1 11 560 17 7 105,631 12 7 120 20 8 79 122 69 42 4 2 5 624 22 46 5 182 387 251 73 948 278 70 237 r 7 682 108 127 519 117 84 280 25,923 21 160 62 765 2 I 36 57 2 10 752 37 3 1 2 108 6 35 3 23 222 8 1 42 11 156 287 3 3° 4,411 169 129! 23 442 146 377 o 7 3,403 15 4 114 9 o 500 406 19 10 70 o 8 1,882 14 9 4,626 5 6 147 18 4 285 3 11 67,856 16 1 2 806 17 4 2,345 6 3 182 1 o 1,770 799 10 257 678 53 1,327 209 562 787 232 254 488 15,925 18 366 187 885 5 9 837 62 73 14 200 72 1 16 58 8 «4 22 3° 8 977 12 2 2 523 16 6 40 87 20 2 7 57 3,182 2 31 8 114 7 39 C 59 15 43 9 9 26 3,268 39 168 13 347 47 38 224 54 32 100 563 14 4 3 466 11 3 127 4 o 6,800 19 8 722 11 3 842 13 6 3,692 5 2 643 7 9 790 12 1 2 246 6 1 355,133 2 7 5 10 o 493 6 o 222 11 7 5,631 1 10 943 12 4 103 8 7 1 477 7 o 17 64 25 3 r 9 82 19 319

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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 New Zealand during the Year 1894 — continued.

SUMMARY.

Money Orders. Saving! Banks. Office. Issued. Paid. *§1 zSS No. Deposits. Amount. I . Withdrawals. 5 ~v~ ' < u j No. Amount. Withdrawals. No. Commission. Amount. No. j Amount. Wellington continued, Castlepoint Chatham Islands Eketahuna Featherston Feilding Fowler's Foxton Greytown North Halcombe Hutt Johnsonville Kaitoke Kaiwarawara Levin Manukau . I Martinborough Masterton Mauriceville Ngahauranga Otaki Pahiatua Palmerston North Petone Porirua Sanson Shannon Te Aro Te Nui Upper Hutt Wellington South Woodville Westport Cape Foulwind Capleston Charleston Denniston Granity Creek Longford Lyell Mokihinui Murchison Seddonville Waimangaroa .. £ •■ d. £ ■• d. £ •-. 4- £ s. d. .£ s - d. 60 135 1,0191 589 1 599 391 589 671 345 237 140 53 76 577 248 389 2,37 6 346 59 666 1 797 3,525 497 47 224 317 1,683 389 163 146 1,526 1,859; 67 25 334 1 345 89 125 873 193 292 12 177 269 6 15 6 42 19 3 25 6 o 65 14 9 11 13 9 22 3 6 34 7 8 13 5 6 11 8 6 5 12 3 1 17 o 3'9 » 18 16 3 9 7 9 17 ° 3 105 11 o 10 10 o 283 29 3 9 61 7 o 156 10 6 21 11 9 1 10 6 8 11 9 11 16 o 162 17 0 854 8 10 4,600 15 1 1 874 15 10 6,744 7 6 1 728 5 11 1,623 14 3 2 344 11 1 1,044 7 5 760 7 1 348 15 11 151 13 11 209 13 2 1,881 6 10 760 15 7 1,074 18 o 11,717 10 4 1,409 17 10 197 3 7 2 309 11 3 7 342 3 1 13,461 13 o 1 269 15 10 134 9 6 884 6 3 1,092 17 6 4,522 6 9 1 231 7 1 442 6 o 560 1 3 5 063 5 4 6,507 o 5 203 5 8 48 12 8 947 18 10 4,024 10 8 252 18 o 473 18 10 3,432 3 9 733 8 2 1 285 5 6 13 7 10 501 8 10 10 32 331 151 741 80 297 321 in 179 4 8 10 14 109 61 64 1 232 49 34 335 505 2 665 320 10 57 89 141 57 77 63 54 1 1 258 9 11 53 80 32 6 1 197 4 6 I 893 8 11 603 4 4 2,946 17 1 616 12 11 1 143 16 6 1 122 3 10 474 15 3 637 o 6 197 5 4 42 15 4 51 15 0 440 11 9 345 11 9 253 5 9 5.004 9 10 165 1 o 122 17 9 1 241 15 1 2 274 o 1 10 288 19 7 1.005 13 4 26 7 4 266 9 o 488 8 4 514 2 5 289 16 9 362 6 11 240 13 4 2,092 4 3 4,710 10 1 24 14 o 32 o o 271 6 6 287 IS 2 37 19 10 161 3 11 258 8 3 157 12 5 120 8 10 14 15 6 63 6 10 2 10 92 68 198 16 66 63 43 86 29 11 38 27 33 288 16 6 12 31 431 324 1,085 75 444 510 195 453 433 46 190 143 83 118: 1*722 83 81 362 694 2 815 879 58 106 I2O 4 289 177 156 386 554 1 278 J 4 13 132 751 76 8 196 22 118 4 o 219 17 9 4.912 13 7 3,155 17 5 10,716 18 8 568 12 4 3 102 18 2 3,766 8 6 1,401 16 10 5,669 6 3 1 787 3 10 185 12 o 464 18 o 1,044 3 9 637 14 o 1 799 5 10 i4>330 2 11 643 7 ° 192 8 o 3 341 16 8 8,005 I 9 6 28,517 15 8 6,134 J 6 4 83 8 2 961 3 8 937 15 7 14 591 10 o 1,664 J 6 2 1 218 o o 1,069 J 5 4 6,497 o o 15 825 2 7 91 19 o 121 10 o I I 27 28 107 4 40 44 25 26 12 2 2 21 4 18 182 II 1 263 133 5H 32 274 226 90 139 139 8 49 84 60 88 902 97 13 172 444 1,615 316 130 16 6 o 14 9 3 847 3 o 2 247 12 o 10,398 13 8 453 16 4 2 742 15 7 3-237 6 4 1 293 4 o 1 554 16 11 1 171 11 9 52 o 8 281 11 6 671 17 3 873 7 9 1,279 11 4 11,002 13 3 1 392 o 9 50 15 9 2,036 14 3 8,948 7 5 24 720 16 2 2,995 6 4 44 5 2 1,012 3 1 587 6 6 2 200 5 1 960 10 7 526 o 8 795 19 5 5,469 14 4 20,459 1 3 300 72 15 o 338 7 6 2,000 17 2 221 o 11 377 13 10 1,416 7 9 26 15 o 284 12 8 9 1 44 162 514 82 20 23 3° 355 34 23 57 "3 205 3 1 23 101 270 40 4 10 7 48 55 355) 81 61 69 313 1 290, I 6 i 32 173 17 18 64 7 12 73 o o 15 10 6 5 15 o 7 11 9 52 15 o 88 15 o 2 18 3 o 16 9 13 4 9 60 13 6 4 1 o 4 14 3 35 15 9 896 15 16 9 O93 7 5 6 5 54 15 6 8 63 249 14 85 10 1 105 9 9 5,461 15 8 254 6 6 167 7 o 1 582 13 7 248 3 o 279 4 o 800 6 14 18 83 3° 25 e 20 32 1 2 19 2 24 11 4 1 3° 1 11 70 499 o o 28 170 15 7

Postal District of — Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport 39,236 4,672 25.934 27 793 3>3°3 5,088 3,108 12,066 14.915 5 077 7,076 4,362 6,841 6,499 I3,O57 38 260 5,39i £ s - d - 1 894 13 o 202 4 o 1,279 12 o 1,255 3 6 199 1 o 252 16 9 128 17 6 499 4 10 765 2 9 230 14 6 302 16 4 179 2 3 286 18 9 270 1 9 586 17 9 2 024 12 8 243 0 3 £ s - d - 128,884 18 4 15,556 18 5 92,675 8 1 92 271 12 7 12,490 18 10 17 919 7 5 9,166 on 40,477 9 3 54 194 12 o 18,739 18 1 25 163 6 8 14 731 1 1 23,342 13 11 21 828 13 10 50,824 10 1 140,091 16 3 18,423 19 2 38,404 2,129 24,767 28,828 1,182 2,975 1 283 7 352 7,458 4,619 4 744 2 54 1 3,487 3 148 6,212 34 075 1 606 £ s. d. 142,441 5 10 8,477 Ix ° 95 332 18 3 105,206 18 6 5 368 14 7 10,238 14 9 4,700 5 5 27 209 7 3 27,997 9 4 19,331 15 3 22,293 3 5 9,094 13 4 14 369 2 5 11,961 5 9 24,853 9 3 143,539 2 4 6,140 4 4 3 6 52 505 4 734 3,884 567 434 217 I 331 1,824 605 957 541 590 851 1 708 5,898 371 22 635 3 721 40,469 33 I" 2,984 3,029 1 444 7,93O 10 736 4,530 4 981 3 156 4 174 5 7 01 9,362 43,991 2 591 £ ■• d. 328 797 18 10 42 °03 5 4 423 307 17 4 311 744 16 3 35,931 17 i° 39,424 19 8 22 892 14 6 83,892 10 3 116,242 15 3 59,172 13 10 64,721 6 2 36,151 4 9 43,635 15 8 54,181 16 11 107,437 1 o 457,679 2 3 25,644 11 1 2,912 395 3,266 3 112 482 383 197 1,005 1,393 459 738 412 471 700 1 179 4,507 3*9 19,550 2 766 29,920 23 718 2,983 2 141 853 5 153 7,829 3,4" 3,947 2,345 3,32i 3,768 6,382 32,401 1,648 £ B. d. 344,205 o 7 43,923 14 5 428,137 19 11 316,230 4 7 39,942 11 5 40,855 18 2 19,749 12 5 75,630 12 8 110,903 4 9 60 864 17 1 67,863 1 3 37 382 4 7 43 182 9 7 55,327 5 9 104,588 14 5 454,465 10 1 25,371 6 8 Totals 222678 10600 19 7 776,783 4 11 174810 678,556 1 o 28,669 2,252,862 6 11 152136 2,268,624 8 4 204545 21,930

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No. 4. POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS.— GENERAL STATEMENT Table showing the Business of the Post Office Savings-Banks in New Zealand Year by Year from the Date they were established, in February, 1867, to the 31st December 1894.

Postal Districts. Number i of Post I Office SavingsBanks ! Open at i the Close. of the I Year. Number of Deposits received during the Year. Average Total Amount of Am °r? nt of f Deposits received cach D . e P° s,t duLgtheYea, d ~*& Year. I Number of Withdrawals during the Year. Average t . . c Amount of Total Amount of . Withdrawals Withdrawal during the Year. WI ( the Year. Excess of Deposits over Withdrawals during the Year. Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits during the Year. Cost of Management during the Year. Average ; Cost of each Transaction, Deposit or With- j drawal. j Interest for the Year. Number 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 Accounts, inclusive of Interest to the Close of the Year. Average Amount standing to the Credit of each open Account at Close of the Year. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier ... Nelson ... New Plymouth Oamaru Thames rimaru Wanganui Wellington Westport 78 8 40 4' 3 9 2 1 22,635 3,72i 40,469 ' 1 1 2,984 3,029 ',444 7,930 10,736 4,53O 4,98i 3,156 4-' 74 5,7° 1 9,362 43,99' 2,59' £ s. d. 328,797 18 IO 42 ; o°3 5 4 423,307 17 4 311,744 16 3 35.931 17 'O 39,424 19 8 22,892 14 6 83,892 io 3 116,242 15 3 59,172 13 10 64,721 6 2 36,15 1 4 9 43,635 !5 8 54,181 16 11 107,437 1 o 457,679 2 3 25,644 11 1 £ s. d 1410 6 "59 1092 984 12 010 >3 ° 4 15 17 1 10 1 1 7 10 i6 7 ■ 3 .' 3 12 19 10 10 9 1 910 1 11 96 10 8 1 9 17 11 ■9,55° 2,766 29,920 23,7 '8 2,983 2,141 853 7,829 3,4" 3,947 2,345 3,321 3.768 6,382 32,401 1,648 344,205 o 7 43,923 14 5 428,137 19 11 316,230 4 7 39,942 11 5 40,855 18 2; '9,749 12 5 75,630 12 8 1 10,903 4 9 60,864 17 1 67,863 1 3 37,382 4 7! 43,182 9 7 55,32/ 5 9 104,588 14 5 454,465 10 1 25,37' 6 8 £ s. d. 17 12 2 '5 '7 7 1462 ■3 6 8 '3 7 9 19 1 8 23 3 ' 14 13 6 '4 3 4 17 16 10 17 3 10 15 18 10 130 1 14 13 8 16 7 9 1406 '5 7 " £ .. d. 3,'43 2 1 8,261 17 7 5,339 'o 6 £ s. d. '5>4O7 1 9 1,920 9 1 1 4,830 2 7! 4,485 8 4 4,°'° '3 7 1,430 18 6 ( £ s. d. £ s. d. 16,742 2 2 2,176 14 3 22,777 12 6 '8,i75 '5 9 1 172 o 5 2,370 19 11 1,572 10 10 4,621 17 3 5,562 17 6 3,443 '9 3 2,626 14 8 2,233 1 6 2,819 11 8 3,388 9 4 4,625 10 10 18,795 '3 5 ',537 "3 8 3,652 5O5 4,734 3,884 567 434 217 1,33' 1,824 605 957 54' 59° 8S' 1,708 5,898 37' 2,912 395 3,266 3,"2 482 383 '97 ',005 ',393 459 738 412 47' 700 1 179 4,5°7 3'9 16,049 2,870 26,03 1 19,522 i>599 2,366 ',■43 5,35° 6,278 4,029 3,279 2,201 3,5 O1 3,833 6,179 23,651 ',542 £ s. d.j 488,824 3 3 64,231 o 8 659,922 10 1 522,634 10 11 33, '7 2 3 9 74,o34 4 7 46,805 15 10 '36,939 '7 o 161,940 7 9 101,340 11 10 73,644 9 2 63,042 6 5 81,356 18 9 97,158 16 10 135,989 12 9 556,516 10 10 43,32.5 10 11 £ s. d. 30 9 2 22 7 7 25 7 o 26 15 5 20 14 11 31 5 IO 40 19 o 25 11 11 25 '5 " 25 3 ' 22 9 2 28 12 10 23 4 9 25 7 o 22 o 2 23 10 7 28 in ■ 2 1,692 3 3 3,i4i '5 ' 1,230 19 10 7 9 12 453 6 1 1,145 8 io| 12 2,848 6 7 3,213 '2 2 273 4 5 .. ... Totals for Colony in 1894 ... ,, „ 1893 1892 .. „ „ 189 c .. ., ,, 1890 .. 1889 1888 .. 1887 1886 1885 .. 1884 ... 1883 .. ,, ,. 1882 ... 1881 ... 1880 .. 1879 ... 1878 1876 ... ■875 .. <8 74 •• „ „ 1872 ... ■ 87. ... 1, „ 1870 ... 1869 ,. „ 1868 .. Totals for Colony from 1st Feb. to 31st Dec, 1867 348 327 3i8 3" 296 294 290 283 271 243 222 204,545 202,276 186,945 176,971 162,938 153,920 '45,355 '36,197 '37,989 '3', 3 73 : 129,279 127,609 '29,952 125,855 81,660 7',86j 69,908 60,953 57,295 56,129 52,627 39,223 31,681 24,642 20,489 17,133 13,014 6,977 2,252,862 6 11 2,386,089 10 7 1,878,270 6 4 1,842,987 15 2 1,658,543 3 5 1,515,281 11 3 ',544.747 7 " ',3'2,'si 1 5 1,248,405 6 11 1,341,001 3 2 1,227,909 11 4 ','78,474 4 1 ',325,852 2 11 1,189,012 2 7 864,441 18 10 812,399 11 11 762,084 12 o 681,294 13 2 664,134 '2 6 657,653 4 o 699,249 14 3 580,542 5 5 430,877 o o 312,338 18 4 264,328 5 7 240,898 5 9 '94,535 11 6 96,372 7 10 11 03 11 15 11 10 on 10 8 3 10 3 6 91610 10 12 6 9 12 8 9 011 10 4 1 9 911 948 10 4 o 9 811 10 11 9 11 6 1 1018 o 11 36 1 1 1 1 9 11 14 4 '3 5 8 14 16 2 13 12 o 12 13 6 12 18 o 152,136 '36,739 120,628 111,603 106,868 99,'8s 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 29,77:8 21,268 17,254 ■4,773 n,934 9,292 6,365 1,919 2,268,624 8 4 2,122,521 16 8 1,821,348 18 1 1,693,5 '5 9 3 ',5oo>437 9 5 1,457,081 5 o ',387,47' ' 'o 1,182,409 7 6 1,336,287 6 4 ',264,305 8 3 ','95,93' o 11 1,295,719 18 3 1,142,599 o 1 902,195 1 8 780,504 13 4 876,180 19 3 742,053 14 3 667,023 7 5 696,281 7 4 729>759 '7 9 620,155 8 9 425,9 o8 3 5 3'3,176 711 261,347 '6 3 209,509 13 2 180,518 4 1 107,094 17 3 26,415 18 9 14 18 3 is i° 5 15 2 o '5 3 5 14 o 9 14 13 9 14 8 5 13 210 1419 8 14 18 o 14 16 o 1610 6 1698 15 o 1 13 11 8 1604 17 7 2 16 18 10 17 12 8 19 14 8 20 16 5 20 o 5 18 3 o '7 '3 9 17 11 1 19 8 7 16 16 6 13 15 3 263,567 13 11 56,921 8 3 149,472 5 11 158,105 4 o 58,200 6 3 157,276 6 1 '29,74' '3 'I 15.762 1 5 6,500 6,500 So 00 5,000 5,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 3,5oo 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,250 1,800 i,55 6 1,351 1,264 1,186 789 822 o 4'37 o 4'6o o 4-29! o 4-16: o 4'45| o 379| ° 3'97! o 4'2.4| o 4'23; o 4'44 o 4'57 o 4'66 o 4'82 o 4-52 o 6'04 o 5^69 o 5'33 o 5-98 o 620 o 6"44 o 6-55 o 7-14 o 7-63 o 823 o 936 o 1077 0 977 1 io' 18 i>4.643 4 11 114,760 1 1 111,301 13 1 104,098 17 o 92,319 o 6 84,809 17 1 78,080 6 o 67,363 15 3 65,825 9 6 62,228 3 11 57,38i 13 7 56,046 17 3 54,909 13 11 42,204 19 o 32,822 12 4 3',7'5 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 11,291 10 10 9,242 3 11 7,412 8 o 4,880 7 3 1,241 5 o 28,669 29,755 26,232 25.13' 23.719 21,778 21,307 20,368 21,671 20,661 20,228 20,386 21,014 25,059 16,137 15,401 13,005 11.235 11,273 10,346 7,382 6,205 4,615 4,304 3,839 3,282 2,520 21,930 ■9.599 18,171 17,872 17.256 15.521 ■6,543 15,5 '5 '6,757 16,421 i6,447 ■5,967 14,505 12,718 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 1,186 364 129,423 122,684 I 12,528 104,467 97,2o8 9o,745 84,488 79,724 74,871 69,957 65,717 61,936 57,517 51,008 38,667 34,747 32,132 28,761 26, 117 24,334 21,742 17,132 13,566 10,549 8,317 6,290 4,252 2,156 3,340,879 u 4 3,241,998 7 [O 2,863,670 12 10 2,695,447 II 6 2,441,876 8 7 2,'9'>45' 14 i 2,048,441 10 9 1,813,084 18 8 '>6i5,979 9 6 1,638,035 19 5 1,499,112 o 7 ',409,75' '6 7 ',47o,95o '3 6 1,232,787 16 9 9 O 3,765 16 10 787,005 iq o 819,071 8 2 767,375 '7 8 723,910 '7 5 727,295 7 8 770,836 18 o 664,807 5 10 490,066 7 o 357,654 '4 6 295,372 1 7 231,3'! 5 3 163,518 15 7 71,197 14 1 25 16 3 26 8 6 207 ] 190 J 178 : ■65 •47 124 119 ] ■03 ' 97 92 81 70 59 55 46 76,695 14 11 3',9/8 10 5 '83,253 2 10 286,817 o 11 83,937 5 6 87,881 19 5 117,245 14 2 63,781 7 4 25 9 o 25 16 o 25 2 4 24 211 24 4 10 22 14 10 21 11 8 23 8 4 22 16 3 2215 2 25 " 5 24 3 4 2.? 7 6 22 12 11 25 9 9 26 13 7 27 14 4 29 17 9 35 9 o 38 16 1 36 2 5 33 '8 1 36 15 5 38 9 ' 33 ° 5 20,030 17 9 14,271 5 9 32,146 14 10 72,106 13 9 79,094 5 6 '54,634 2 o 117,700 12 1 50,991 2 1 54,818 12 5 60,380 1 8 87,44O- M 3 69,956 9 ' 14 1 2 14 18 11 '3 16 3 ...

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No. 5. Balance-sheet of the New Zealand Post Office Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1894.

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Balances on 1st January, 1894. Transactions. Balances on 31st December, 1894. Or. Dr. Or. Dr. Or. Dr. iIonby Oedeb Accounts :— Money orders (General) United Kingdom, &o. United States of America, &c. Canada Cape Colony Ceylon Hongkong India New South Wales Queensland South Australia Straits Settlements Tasmania Victoria Western Australia Commission Savings-Bank: Accounts :— Deposits and withdrawals Transfers Delegeaph Accounts :— Receipts New South Wales New Zealand & Australian Cable Postal Eevenub Accounts: — Stamps Postal Guides Private box and bag rents Miscellaneous receipts Money-order commission Total revenue 3-ENEBAL Accounts :— Post Office Account Postmasters and Telegraphists Investments Accrued interest on investments Postal notes Maintenance of private wires Telephone exchanges Foreign postage Miscellaneous expenses Customs duty Game-license fees Goldfields revenue Government Insurance Gum licenses Hospital and charitable aid Income-tax. Land-tax Licensing Act Live-stock Machinery fees Miners' Guides Mining Act Official Assignee Oyster licenses Property-tax Public baths Public Trust Registration of births, &c. Bents General Post Office Fine Fund Registration of code addresses Government Printer Advances to settlers . New Zealand Consols Profit and loss £ s. d. 17.931 9 ° 7,696 7 1 25 14 11 8 o 10 194 17 8 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 849,917 14 6 847 833 7 6 74 778 4 3 74.947 IS 8 6,295 6 7 6,772 5 7 2 5 480 14 2 623 3 1 80 1 5 42 19 8 472 15 6 523 17 4 329 10 o 332 8 3 29,324 14 6 32i767 H 6 21,311 10 3 20,501 17 4 1,678 8 11 2,492 10 8 18 12 10 7 10 6 5.074 7 2 3.805 o o 31 221 4 1 34,021 12 4 I 539 17 o 1,650 6 7 1,247 8 10 1,219 Io 7 £ s. d. 20,015 16 o 7.526 15 8 45 2 7 143 15 10 £ s. d 451 4 1 419 2 5 142 8 11 2 18 3 2,103 4 1 i>339 15 11 249 16 7 378 8 3 13 12 2 1,059 9 6 435 13 6 1,362 3 2 10 24 14 6 93 5 8 4,001 3 5 199 12 5 396 5 6 1,200 15 2 310 2 o 368 7 3 3,241,998 7 10 1,486 16 7 2.367,505 11 10 2,268,624 8 4 146,337 12 6 146,995 6 11 3 34O.879 11 4 829 2 2 1 1 398 10 11J 1.325 14 4 374 5 5 142 852 5 4 148,625 13 o 22 588 59 22 301 6 10 6,208 10 7 6,092 9 10 1,612 13 3 490 6 2 4.374 16 8J 116,250 o ij 290,867 8 6 298,927 7 4 327 7 6 327 5 o 4.944 I3 o 4.944 I 5 ° 568 10 ij 331 4 3 10,600 19 7 10,600 19 7 212 855 9 8 213 355 18 9 108,190 1 026 237 5 io* 908 1 3 407 12 2 42,671 3 6 3>494 2 4 9,630 13 8 498 14 10J 15 4 6 2,146 9 11 594 o o 131 7 2 6,920 3 8 79.375 3 5 204 151 7 ij 3,189,422 7 8 24,750 o 2 1 885,691 701 919,492 19 11 4.78o,557 5 5*4.786,878 6 6 664,614 o o 693 644 o o 24 750 O 2 28,071 17 II 118 866 o 10 120,146 15 1 1 246 10 6 1 246 10 6 23 100 14 8 23,100 14 8 7 598 18 5 4,000 o o 381 307 5 4 395,885 o 6 6,095 6 6 5,969 13 10 1,496 10 o 1,496 10 o 57 16 o 72 17 6 23 575 9 2 23,998 13 10 594 ° ° 14 14 11 14 14 11 52,-834 14 1 52,313 10 6 211,021 15 7 217 722 9 10 20 o o 20 o o 17,623 6 o 17,626 2 o 4,050 o o 4,006 o o o 10 6 4 13 o 755 Io ° 797 o o 100 18 3 100 5 9 4 10 o 4 10 o 2 16 5 4 5 11 198 10 1 202 16 o 118,694 12 7 119,149 12 10 1,819 09 1 830 13 3 95 7 8 81 17 8 600 6 10 o 41.390 9 3 7.093 o 9 624 7 6J 030 1 723 5 3 652 10 9 219 9 5 113,176 16 4 210,472 8 2 3,218,452 7 8 28,071 17 11 4.947 1 6 2 16 o 166 10 o 4 13 o 3,024 10 o 210 10 o o 10 6 2,983 o o o 12 6 196 29 11 5 4,620 4 1 167 12 o I IO O I IO O 25 5 6 4,165 3 10 155 19 6 15 o o 100 31,269 14 7 290 10 o 290 10 o 193 o 6 129 8 9 87 13 6 2,000 OO I OOO O O 168,997 7 Io 158,204 11 7 63 11 9 87 13 6 1,000 o 0 42,062 10 10 Totals 3 500,065 1 3 i [3,500,065 1 3$ 12,727,195 9 1 12,727,195 9 1 3 584.729 15 Si 3,584,729 15 8J

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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, 1894.

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Description of Securities, &c. I Nominal Value. Value at Cost Price. Interest accrued but not received at Close of £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. i. " Cheviot Estate Payment Act 1893 " Debentures, 4J per cent. 50,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 456 3 3 Consolidated Loan 1867 Debentures, 4 per cent. 13,000 0 0 12,480 0 0 109 13 11 " Consolidated Stock Act 1884 " Debentures, 4J per cent. 1,131,988 0 0 1,131 988 0 0 4,605 8 5 Defence Loan 1870 Debentures, 4 per cent. 75,000 0 0 72,000 0 0 632 17 6 Defence Loan 1870 Debentures, 4J per cent. 8,100 0 0 8,100 0 0 418 17 0 District Railways Purchasing Act Debentures, 4 per cent. 42,000 0 0 36,076 17 8 District Railways Purchasing Act Scrip, 4 per cent. 34,100 0 0 34,100 0 0 340 1 3 General Purposes Loan 1873 Debentures, 4 per cent. 5,200 0 0 4,342 0 0 43 17 7 " Government Loans to Local Bodies Act 1886 " Debentures, 73,000 0 0 73,000 0 0 440 8 8 4 per cent. :l Government Loans to Local Bodies Act 1886 " Debentures, 4J per cent. 249,800 0 0 249,800 0 0 3 726 9 5 Sreymouth Harbour Board Debentures, 5 per cent. 90,000 0 0 90,000 0 0 2,141 15 7 Hamilton Borough Debentures, 5J per cent. 3,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 68 14 3 Hokitika Harbour Board Debentures, 5 per cent. 10,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 *318 9 10 Immigration and Public Works Loan 1870 Debentures, i per 173 200 0 0 166,272 0 0 1,461 10 4 cent. Immigration and Public Works Loan 1870 Debentures, 4J per 20,900 0 0 20,527 10 0 198 8 1 cent. Imperial Immigration and Public Works Loan 1870 Guaranteed Debentures, 4 per cent. 324,000 0 0 324,000 0 0 1,065 4 0 " Land for Settlements Act 1892 " Debentures, 4 per cent. 1,100 0 0 1,100 0 0 7 2 2 " Land for Settlements Act 1892 " Debentures, 4£ per cent. 53,966 0 0 53,966 0 0 405 17 0 " Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act 1894 " 31,800 0 0 31,800 0 0 62 14 7 Debentures, 4 per cent. !, Native Land Purchases Act 1892 " Debentures, 4£ per cent. 125,000 0 0 125,000 0 0 940 1 3 North Rakaia River Board Debentures, 5 per cent. 3,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 62 9 4 Oamaru Borough Debentures, 5 per cent. 5,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 94 10 5 Oamaru Gas Bonds, 5 per cent. 8,800 0 0 8,800 0 0 36 3 3 Oamaru Harbour Mortgages, 5 per cent. 30,000 0 0 30,000 0 0 628 15 4 Oamaru Harbour Mortgages, 5J per cent. 32,000 0 0 32,000 0 0 737 15 0 Patea Harbour Board Mortgages, 4J per cent. 10,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 225 0 0 Thames Borough Debentures, 6 per cent. 6,500 0 0 6,500 0 0 190 3 9 Thames Harbour Board Debentures, 5 per cent. 10,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 250 0 0 Treasury Bills, 4 per cent. 312,800 0 0 312,800 0 0 7,553 4 4 Westport Harbour Board Debentures, 5 per cent. 302,800 0 0 302,800 0 0 Post Office Account 850 2 5 Totals 28,071 17 11 3,236,054 0 0 3,218,452 7 8 * Includes £250 due 11th November.

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Table No. 7 POST-OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS. Balance-sheet for the Year ended 31st December, 1894.

Table No. 8. Return showing the Total Number of Post-Office Savings-Bank Accounts open on the 31st December 1894, with Classified Balances, and the Number open at the end of 1893.

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Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. Balance to credit of depositors, 1st j Withdrawals during the year 2,268,624 8 4 January, 1894 3,241,998 7 10 Balance to credit of depositors, 31st Deposits during the year 2,252,862 6 11 December, 1894 .. 3,340,879 11 4 Interest credited depositors 114,643 4 11 £5,609,503 19 8 £5,609,503 19 8 Dr. Liabilities and Assets. Or. £ s. d. £ s. d. Balance to credit of depositors, 31st Securities (vide Table No. 6) 3,218,452 7 8 December, 1894 3,340,879 11 4 Cash in Post Office Account on 31st December, 1894 122,427 3 8 £3 340,879 11 4 £3,340,879 11 4 Dr. Profit and Loss. Or. £ s. d. £ s. a , Balance forward, 1st January, 1894 31,269 14 7 Interest credited to depositors, 1894 114,643 4 11 Interest on investments £168,997 7 10 Paid Public Account, expenses of manageLess— ment 6,500 0 0 Accrued in- Savings-bank profits carried to revenue 12,000 0 0 tereston31st Balance to next account 42,062 10 10 December, 1893 .£24,750 0 2 Befunds to Treasury 311 6 6 25,061 6 8 143,936 1 2 £175,205 15 9 £175,205 15 9

Postal District. Not ' Exceeding exceeding £20 and £20. up to £50. Exceeding £50 and up to £100. Exceeding £100 and up to £200. Exceeding £200 and up to £300. Exceeding £300 and up to £400. Exceeding £400 and up to £500. ■eg H.S Total. I Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timara Wanganui Wellington Westport 11,645 2,277 19,660 14,441 1,240 1 717 745 3,849 4,563 3,024 2,480 1 534 2,687 2,845 4 836 16,827 1 127 1,651 238 2 727 2,202 155 260 143 692 771 444 376 309 352 441 595 2,747 148 1 137 152 1,667 1,326 120 166 94 408 466 243 218 167 215 254 357 2,439 108 1,056 141 1,304 1 023 58 141 100 288 316 222 142 133 159 206 273 1,001 117 351 40 402 338 20 54 35 82 117 63 40 38 58 53 64 343 33 97 10 140 101 2 13 9 16 30 15 14 10 13 15 22 159 3 65 7 80 46 1 8 6 10 8 18 7 7 7 8 20 73 5 47 5 51 45 1 3 7 11 5 7 5 2 3 10 11 12 62 1 16,049 2,870 26,031 19,522 1 599 2,366 1 143 5,350 6,278 4,029 3,279 2,201 3,501 3,833 6,179 23,651 1 542 14,251 287 129,423 Totals, 1894 95 497 9,537 6,680 2,131 669 371 Totals, 1893 89,260 14,338 9,526 6,388 1,934 680 300 258 122,684

Table No. 9.-S AN 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.

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FROM LONDON VIA SAN FRANCISCO. Auckland. Wellington. DUNEDIN. Sydney. ELBOURNE. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Auckland. 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 Dunedin. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Sydney. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Melbourne. No. of Days. 1894. January 27 February 24 March 24 April 21 May 19 .! une 16 July 14 August 1 1 September 8 October 6 November 3 1894. March 3 March 30 April 26 May 23 June 21 July 18 August 16 September 12 October 11 November 8 December 5 1895. January 2 February 2 1894. 35 I January 27 34 February 24 33 March 24 32 I April 21 33 J May 19 32 i June 16 33 I July '4 32 ! August II 33 ! September 8 33 October 6 32 November 3 32 I December 1 35 1 December 29 1894. March 5 April 1 April 27 May 25 June 23 July 20 August 17 September 14 October 12 November 1 o December 7 1895. January 4 February 4 37 36 34 34 35 34 34 34 34 35 34 1894. January 27 February 24 March 24 April 2 1 May 19 June 16 July 14 August 11 i September 8 October 6 November 3 1894. March 6 April 3 April 29 May 26 June 26 July 22 August 19 September 15 October 14 November 12 December 8 1895. January 5 February 5 36 35 38 36 35 37 35 1894. January 2 7 February 24 March 24 April 2 1 May 19 June 16 July 14 August ! i September 8 October 6 November 3 1894. March 7 April 4 April 30 May 27 June 26 July 23 J August 21 j September 17 ! October 15 November 13 December 10 1895. January 7 I February 6 39 39 37 36 38 37 38 37 37 38 37 1894. January 27 February 24 March 24 April 2 1 May 19 June 16 July 14 August 11 September 8 October 6 November 3 1894. March 9 April 5 May 1 May 28 June 27 July 25 August 22 September 18 October 16 November 14 December 11 '895January 8 February 7 4> 40 38 37 39 39 39 38 38 39 38 December 1 December 29 34 37 December 1 December 29 35 38 December 1 December 29 37 39 December 1 December 29 38 40 Maximum Minimum Average 35 32 33'°o 37 34 3477 38 35 39 37' 6 * 41 37 38-77 TO LONDON VIA SAN FRANCISCO. ELBOURNE. Sydney. DUNEDIN. Wellington. Auckland. Date of Despatch from Melbourne. 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 Dunedin. 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 Auckland. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. 1894. January February March April May June July August September September October 20 [ 7 I 2 9 7 4 1 29 27 1894. February 28 March 28 April 25 May 23 June 20 July 26 August 15 September 12 October 11 November 7 December 6 1895. January 4 February 1 39 39 39 39 39 47* 39 39 40 40 1894. Jan uary 22 February 19 March 19 April 16 May 14 June 1 1 Ju!y 9 August 6 September 3 October 1 October 29 1894. February 28 March 28 April 25 May 23 June 20 July 26 August 15 September 12 October 1 1 November 7 December 6 1895. January 4 February [ 37 37 37 37 j 37 45* 37 37 38 37 38 1894. January 24 February 2 1 March 2 1 April 18 May 16 J u»e 13 July 11 August 8 September 5 October 3 October 3 1 1894. February 28 March 28 April 25 May 23 June 20 July 26 August 15 September 12 October 1 1 November 7 December 6 1895. January 4 February 1 35 35 35 35 43* 35 35 36 35 36 1894. January 25 February 22 March 22 April 19 May 17 June 14 July 12 August 9 September 6 October 4 November 1 I8 9 4February 28 March 28 April 25 May 23 June 20 July 26 August 15 September 12 October 1 1 November 7 December 6 1895. January 4 February 1 34 34 34 34 34 42* 34 34 35 34 35 1894. January 27 February 24 March 24 April 21 May 19 June 16 July 14 August 1 i September 8 October 6 November 3 1894. February 28 March 28 April 25 May 23 June 20 July 26 August 15 September 12 October 11 November 7 December 6 1895. January 4 February 1 32 32 32 32 32 40* 32 32 33 32 33 November December 24 22 4' 4i November 26 December 24 39 39 November 28 December 26 37 37 November 29 December 27 36 36 December 1 December 29 34 34 Maximum Minimum Average 47 39 4C08 45 37 38-08 43 35 36-08 42 34 40 32 33'o8 * Delayed by railroad strike in United States. Mails forwarded from Sa: Francisco via Seattle.

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Table No. 10.-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.

FROM LONDON via BRINDISI (P. AND O. PACKETS). Christchurch. Wellington. Auckland. Melbourne. Sydney. Bluff. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Melbourne. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Sydney, No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival at Bluff. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Christchurch. 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. 1894. Jan. 12 Jan. 26 Feb. 9 Feb. 23 March 9 March 23 April 6 April 20 May 4 May 18 June 1 June 15 June 29 July 13 July 27 August 10 August 24 Sept. 7 Sept. 2 [ October 5 October 19 Nov. 2 Nov. 16 1894. Feb. 14 March 2 March 1 o March 30 April 1 o April 24 May 11 May 23 June 8 June 20 July 3 July 16 August 2 August 15 August 31 Sept. 10 Sept. 28 October 9 October 25 Nov. 3 Nov. 19 Dec. 6 Dec. 16 ,895. 33 35 29 35 35 33 35 33 32 3 1 34 33 35 3i 35 32 34 29 3' 34 3° 1894. Jan. 12 Jan. 26 Feb. 9 Feb. 23 March 9 March 23 April 6 April 20 May 4 May 18 June 1 June 15 June 29 July 13 July 27 August 10 August 24 Sept. 7 Sept. 21 October 5 October 1 9 Nov. 2 Nov. 16 1894. Feb. I S March 3 March 12 March 3 1 April 1 1 April 2S May 12 May 24 June 9 June 21 July 4 July 17 August 3 Augfust ic Sept. 1 Sept. 1 1 Sept. 29 October 10 October 26 Nov. s Nov. 20 Dec. 7 Dec. 18 1895. 34 36 3' 36 33 33 36 34 36 34 33 35 33 36 32 36 33 35 3' 32 35 .S 2 1894. Jan. 12 Jan. 26 Feb. 9 Feb. 23 March 9 March 23 April 6 April 20 May 4 May 18 June 1 June 15 June 29 July "3 July 27 August 10 August 24 Sept. 7 Sept. 21 October 5 October 19 Nov. 2 Nov. 16 1894. Feb. 2 2 March 12 March 20 April 9 April 16 April 30 May 2 1 May 28 June 19 July 3 J uly I o July 23 August 13 August 24 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 October 5 October 15 Nov. 3 Nov. 13 Nov. 2 7 Dec. 14 Dec. 24 .895. 41 45 39 45 38 38 45 38 46 46 39 38 45 42 5° 43 42 38 43 39 39 42 38 1894. Jan. 12 Jan. 26 Feb. 9 Feb. 23 March 9 March 23 April 6 April 20 May 4 May 18 June 1 June 15 June 29 July 13 July 27 August 10 August 24 Sept. 7 Sept. 21 October 5 October 19 Nov. 2 Nov. 16 1894. Feb. 23 March 10 March 2 1 April 1 o April 17 May 1 May 22 May 3 1 June 20 July 2 July 12 July 24 August 15 August 25 Sept. 13 Sept. 2 1 October 6 October 16 Nov. 2 Nov. 14 Nov. 26 Dec. 1 3 Dec. 2 5 1895. Jan. 16 Jan. 22 Feb. 13 42 43 40 46 39 39 46 4i 47 45 41 39 47 43 48 42 43 39 42 40 38 41 39 1894. Jan. 12 Jan. 26 Feb. 9 Feb. 23 March 9 March 23 April 6 April 20 May 4 May 18 June 1 June 15 June 29 July 13 July 27 August 10 August 24 Sept. 7 Sept. 2 1 October s October 1 9 Nov. 2 Nov. 16 1894. Feb. 25 March 8 March 20 April 9 April 18 April 30 May 23 May 3 1 June 19 June 29 July 15 July 23 August 14 August 22 Sept. 11 Sept. 20 October 7 October 17 Nov. 1 Nov. 13 Nov. 28 Dec. 1 2 Dec. 25 1895. Jan. 17 Jan. 24 Feb. 12 44 4' 39 45 40 38 47 46 42 44 38 46 40 46 ! 4' I 44 40 41 39 40 40 39 1894. Jan. 12 Jan. 26 Feb. 9 Feb. 23 March 9 March 23 April 6 April 20 May 4 May 18 June 1 June IS June 29 July 13 July 27 August 10 August 24 Sept. 7 Sept. 2 r October 5 October 19 Nov. 2 Nov. 16 1894. Feb. 23 March 9 March 19 April 9 April 18 April 30 May 18 May 29 June 16 June 26 July 8 July 23 August 10 August 23 Sept. 8 Sept. 18 October 5 October 16 Nov. 1 Nov. 12 Nov. 26 Dec. is Dec. 24 1895. 42 42 38 45 40 38 42 39 43 39 37 .S8 42 41 43 39 42 39 4' 38 38 43 38 Nov. 33 Dec. 14 Dec. 28 Jan. s Jan. 14 Feb. 2 36 36 Nov. 30 Dec. 14 Dec. 28 Jan. 7 Jan. 15 Feb. 4 38 32 38 Nov. 30 Dec. 14 Dec. 28 Jan. 14 Jan. 2 1 Feb. 14 45 38 48 Nov. 30 Dec. 14 Dec. 28 47 39 47 Nov. 30 Dec. 14 Dec. 28 48 41 46 Nov. 30 Dec. 14 Dec. 28 Jan. 14 Jan. 21 Feb. 11 45 38 45 Maximum Minimum Average 36 29 32'92 38 31 34-08 5° 38 41-92 48 38 42-42 48 38 42-15 45 37 40-58

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Table No. 10.-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.

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TO LONDON VIA BRINDISI (P AND O. PACKETS). Auckland. Wellington. Bluff. Sydney. Melbourne. Date of Despatch from Auckland. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Wellington. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Bluff. Date of Arrival in London. No. of 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. 1894. January 8 January 23 February 3 February 17 March 6 March 20 April 4 April 17 May 1 May 15 May 30 June 12 June 26 July 10 July 24 August 8 August 21 Sept. 4 Sept. 18 October 2 October 17 i8 94 . February 18 March 5 March 18 April 2 April 15 April 30 May 12 May 28 June 9 June 24 July 11 July 23 August 7 August 19 Sept. 2 Sept. 15 Sept. 30 October 13 October 28 November 10 November 27 4 1 43 44 40 41 4' 39 40 41 42 40 40 40 39 40 39 41 1894. January 5 January 23 February 1 February 15 1894. February 18 March 5 March 18 April 2 44 41 45 46 1894. January 5 January 20 February 2 February 16 March 3 March 16 March 30 April 13 April 27 l8g4. February 18 March 5 March 18 April 2 April 15 April 30 May 12 May 28 June 9 44 44 44 45 43 45 43 45 43 1894. January 15 January 29 February 12 February 26 March 12 March 26 April 9 April 23 May 7 May 21 June 4 June 18 July 2 July 16 July 30 August 13 August 27 Sept. 10 Sept. 24 October 8 October 22 November 5 November 19 i8g4. February 18 March 5 March 18 April 2 April 15 April 30 May 12 May 28 June 9 June 24 July 11 July 23 August 7 August ig Sept. 2 Sept. 15 Sept. 30 October 13 October 28 November 10 November 27 December 9 December 24 1895. January 5 January 20 34 35 34 35 34 35 33 35 33 34 37 35 36 34 34 33 34 33 34 33 36 34 35 1894. January 16 January 30 February 13 February 27 March 13 March 27 April 10 April 24 May 8 May 22 June 5 June 19 July 3 July 17 July 31 August 14 August 28 Sept. 11 Sept. 25 October 9 October 23 November 6 November 20 1894. February 18 March 5 March 18 April 2 April 15 April 30 May 12 May 28 June 9 June 24 July 11 July 23 August 7 August 19 Sept. 2 Sept. 15 Sept. 30 October 13 October 28 November 10 November 27 December 9 December 24 1895. January 5 January 20 33 34 33 34 33 34 32 34 32 33 36 34 35 33 33 32 33 32 33 32 35 33 34 March 29 April 17 May 12 May 28 44 41 June 23 July 10 July 18 August 7 August 19 Sept. 2 May 26 June 8 July 1 1 July 23 46 45 45 40 46 July 6 "July 19 August 7 August 18 August 29 Sept. 18 Sept. 29 October 11 October 30 November 13 August 19 Sept. 2 Sept. 15 Sept. 30 October 13 October 28 November 10 November 27 December 9 December 24 1895. January 5 January 20 44 45 39 43 45 40 42 47 40 41 Sept. 6 Sept. 19 October 13 October 28 37 39 November 14 December 24 1895. January 5 40 November 8 December 24 January 5 46 November 28 38 November 22 44 November 27 December 11 39 40 December 3 December 17 33 34 December 4 December 18 1895. January 1 32 33 December February 3 39 December 24 February 3 41 December 31 February 3 34 February 3 33 Maximum Minimum Average 43 4029 46 37 42-92 47 39 43'°4 37 33 3427 36 32 3327

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Table No. 11.-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 VlA N. •LES (ORIENT PACKETS). Sydney. Bluff. Christchurch. Wellington. Melbourne. Auckland. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Melbourne. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Sydney. No. -of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival at Bluff. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Christchurch. 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. I8 94 . Jan. s Jan. 19 Feb. 2 Feb. 16 March 2 March 16 March 30 April 13 April 27 May 11 May 25 June 8 June 22 July 6 J uly 20 August 3 August 17 August 31 Sept. 14 Sept. 28 October 12 October 26 Nov. 9 1894. Feb. 8 Feb. 20 March 8 March 22 April 4 April 18 May 2 May 15 May 31 June 14 June 27 July 10 July 24 August 8 August 22 Sept. s Sept. 18 October 4 October 18 October 3 1 Nov. 14 Nov. 28 Dec. 13 34 34 34 33 33 33 32 34 34 33 32 32 33 33 33 32 34 34 33 33 33 34 1894. Jan. 5 Jan. 19 Feb. 2 Feb. 16 March 2 March 16 March 30 April 13 April 27 May 11 May 25 June 8 June 22 July 6 July 20 August 3 August 17 August 3 1 Sept. 14 Sept. 28 October 12 October 26 Nov. 9 1894. Feb. 9 Feb. 2 1 March 9 March 23 April 5 April 19 May 3 May 16 June 1 June 15 June 28 July 11 July 25 August 9 August 23 Sept. 6 Sept. 19 October 5 October 19 Nov. 1 Nov. 16 Nov. 29 Dec. 14 35 33 35 35 34 34 34 33 35 35 34 33 33 34 34 34 33 35 35 34 35 34 35 1894. Jan. 5 Jan. 19 I Feb. 2 ! Feb. 16 March 2 March 16 March 30 April 13 April 27 May 11 May 25 June 8 June 22 July 6 July 20 August 3 August 17 August 31 Sept. 14 Sept. 28 October 12 October 26 | Nov. 9 I 1894. Feb. 16 Feb. 27 March 14 April 4 April 16 April 30 May 7 May 2 1 June 11 June 25 July 2 July 23 August 3 August 24 August 30 Sept. 14 Sept. 24 October 13 October 26 Nov. 5 Nov. 2 1 Dec. 4 Dec. 22 1895. 42 39 40 47 45 45 38 38 45 45 38 45 42 49 4' 42 38 43 42 38 40 39 43 1894. Jan. 5 Jan. 19 Feb. 2 Feb. 16 March 2 March 16 March 30 April 13 April 27 May 11 May 25 June 8 June 22 July 6 July 20 August 3 August 17 August 31 Sept. 14 Sept. 28 October 12 October 26 Nov. 9 1894. Feb. 16 Feb. 28 March 15 April 5 April 17 April 28 May 8 May 22 June 11 June 26 July 4 July 24 August 4 August 25 August 31 Sept. 15 Sept. 25 October 12 October 27 Nov. 6 Nov. 22 Dec. 5 Dec. 2 1 1895. 42 40 41 48 46 43 39 39 46 40 46 43 5° 42 43 39 42 43 39 4i 40 42 1894. Jan. 5 Jan. 19 Feb. 2 Feb. 16 March 2 March 16 March 30 April 13 April 27 May 11 May 25 June 8 June 22 July 6 July 20 August 3 August 17 August 31 Sept. 14 Sept. 28 October 12 October 26 Nov. 9 1894. Feb. 14 March 1 March 14 April 4 April 13 April 25 May 9 May 23 June 8 June 29 July 6 July 18 August 2 August 19 August 30 Sept. 12 Sept. 26 October 11 October 28 Nov. 7 Nov. 22 Dec. 6 Dec. 19 1895. 40 4' 40 47 42 40 40 40 42 49 42 4° 4' 44 41 40 40 41 44 40 41 4 r 40 1894. Jan. 5 Jan. 19 Feb. 2 Feb. 16 March 2 March 16 March 30 April 13 April 27 May 11 May 25 June 8 June 22 July 6 July 20 August 3 August 17 August 31 Sept. 14 Sept. 28 October 12 October 26 Nov. 9 1894. Feb. 15 Feb. 26 March 15 April 3 April 12 April 25 May 8 May 21 June 11 June 26 July 8 July 21 August 4 August 22 Sept. 3 Sept. 13 Sept. 29 October 13 October 29 Nov. 1 o Nov. 24 Dec. 8 Dec. 22 1895. 4 1 4> 46 41 40 39 38 45 46 44 43 43 47 45 41 43 43 45 43 43 43 43 Nov. 23 Dec. 27 1895. 34 Nov. 23 Dec. 28 1895. 35 Nov. 23 I Jan. 1 39 Nov. 23 Jan. 2 40 Nov. 23 Jan. 4 42 Nov. 23 Jan. s 43 Dec. 7 Dec. 2 1 Jan. 9 Jan. 23 33 33 Dec. 7 Dec. 2 1 Jan. 10 Jan. 24 34 34 Dec. 7 I Dec. 21 Jan. 14 Jan. 29 38 39 Dec. 7 Dec. 2 1 Jan. 16 Jan. 30 40 40 Dec. 7 Dec. 2 1 Jan. 17 Jan. 30 4' 40 Dec. 7 Dec. 2 1 Jan. 19 Jan. 29 43 39 Maximum Minimum Average 34 32 33''S 35 33 34">9 49 38 4''54 5° 39 42-27 49 40 4''5° 47 38 42'54

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Table No. 11.-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 NAPLES (ORIENT PACKETS). Auckland. Wellington. Bluff. Sydney. Melbourne. Date of Despatch from Auckland. Date of Arrival in London. w r J Date of l\o. or 1 De atch fl . orn j Da > s - I 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. 1894. anuary 2 January 13 anuary 27 February 13 February 24 March 13 March 28 1894. February 10 February 23 March 10 March 24 April 8 April 22 May 5 1894. 1894. 1894. 1894. 1894. January 8 January 22 February 5 February 19 March 5 March 19 April 2 April 16 April 30 May 14 May 28 June 11 June 25 July 9 July 23 August 6 August 20 Sept. 3 Sept. 17 October 1 October 15 October 29 November 12 November.26 1894. February 10 February 23 March 10 March 24 April 8 April 22 May 5 May 20 June 4 June 17 July 2 July 17 July 30 August 12 August 25 Sept. 10 Sept. 23 October 9 October 20 November 3 November 17 December 3 December 15 December 30 1895. January 12 January 26 33 32 33 33 34 34 33 34 35 34 35 36 35 34 33 35 34 33 33 33 35 33 34 1894. January 9 January 23 February 6 February 20 March 6 J March 20 April 3 Aprii 17 May 1 May 15 May 29 June 12 June 26 July 10 July 24 August 7 August 21 Sept. 4 Sept. 18 October 2 October 16 October 30 November 13 November 27 1894. February 10 February 23 March 10 March 24 April 8 April 22 May 5 May 20 '_ une 4 une 17 ' uly 17 uly 30 August 12 August 25 Sept. 10 Sept. 23 October 9 October 20 November 3 November 17 December 3 December 15 December 30 1895. January 12 January 26 39 4 1 42 39 43 40 38 January 11 February 7 February 23 February 23 March 24 April 8 43 45 44 January 13 January 26 February 9 February 26 March 9 March 24 April 7 April 21 May 4 May 19 February 23 March 10 March 24 April 8 April 22 May 5 May 20 June 4 June 17 July 2 41 43 43 44 42 43 44 44 44 32 31 32 33 33 32 33 34 33 34 35 34 33 32 34 33 35 32 32 32 34 32 33 March 22 April 11 May 5 May 20 44 39 April 26 May 9 May 23 June 5 June 4 June 17 July 2 July 17 39 39 40 42 May 3 June 16 June 17 July 30 45 44 June 15 June 29 July 30 August 12 45 44 Sept. 12 Sept. 25 October 10 October 25 November 7 November 21 July 31 August 9 Sept. 10 Sept. 23 41 45 July 30 Sept. 10 42 October 20 November 3 November 17 December 3 December 15 December 30 1895. January 12 January 26 38 39 39 38 39 Sept. 27 October 10 October 20 October 31 November 3 November 17 December 3 December 15 37 3« 44 45 Sept. 8 October 23 October 20 December 3 42 4i 1895. January 12 January 26 November 20 December 30 1895. January 12 January 26 40 December 5 December 19 38 33 November 29 December. 13 44 44 December 4 December 18 39 39 December 10 December 24 1895. January 7 33 33 35 December 11 December 25 1895. January 8 32 32 December 29 February 11 44 December 31 February 11 42 February 1 1 February 1 1 34 Maximum Minimum Average 43 38 39-42 45 37 42-87 45 39 4226 36 32 33-89 35 31 32-89

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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, 1894.

Table No. 13. 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, 1894.

Table No. 14. Table showing the Number of Letters, Post-cards, Books, and Newspapers delivered by the Letter-carriers from the Post Offices within the several Postal Districts during the Year ended 31st December, 1894.

Delivered. Posted. Postal Districts. Books, &c. Newspapers. Letters. Post-cards. Books, &c. Newspapers. Letters. Post-cards. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill .. 5,324,644 442,169 619,710 277 082 I 709,539 1,503,814 5,159,362 515,840 I86,6O2 324 311 199,212 374,673 4,010,591 876,005 541,619 3 543,397 1 735,799 205,361 20,436 45 188 6,33i 79,755 108,654 191 880 24,037 7 423 10,179 7,982 13,000 164,034 62,803 34,398 176,072 140,361 1,519,648 87 061 206,687 74,997 437 853 388 154 950,924 80,704 54,756 107 211 35,048 154, X 54 799 383 264,758 155,805 893,087 472 706 1 827,267 230,529 384,982 220,545 669,318 722,410 1 723,865 206,895 146,068 219,739 154,960 219,427 1 147 783 294,242 176,098 1 329,809 809,718 4,138,758 392,535 600,418 237,003 1,502,059 I,407,900 5,039,593 516,087 186,303 391,898 170,118 369,122 4,070,768 870,168 545,545 3 718 858 1 666,834 220,298 13,689 33,735 22 373 55,692 "0,253 186,056 23 231 9,45i 13,195 4 576 11,804 175 708 57 J 22 25,428 177,671 108,537 1,401 530 49,816 91,689 33 774 377 884 357 773 1 613,846 103,727 27,118 82,745 16,978 63 115 849 563 262,054 78,390 1,100,619 389,428 1,899,768 113,685 197,145 67 210 415,805 353 353 1 397 344 111,644 92 846 152 321 76,167 126,113 1 630 278 156,455 103,818 1,355 549 538,434 Totals 27.344.369 I 297,894 6,682,936 10,483,655 25,823,967 I 248,819 6,900,049 8,787.935 Previous year 26,340,704 1,309,568 7,6ll,279 10,699,299 I >387>542 6,548,789 8,856,731 25,744,745

Letters. Received. Despatched. Books, &c. Newspapers. Letters. Books, &c. Newspapers. United Kingdom— Vid San Francisco Via Direct packets Vid P and O. and Orient lines Australian Colonies Other places 455,746 472. "7 12,598 j 1 120 415 418 I 244,573 776,110 1,649,236* 156 172 146,956 1,005,784 5 4°o 985 284 1 247 198 302,107 500,328 101 296 112,794 701 543 146,522 90,516 15.036 17,480 92 35° 33.426 4°9,594 68,020 90,599 497,971 130,952 Totals 1,816,044 2,514,002 3.545 773 1 562,483 248,808 I I97 I36 Totals for previous year I,7O2,8O5 ! 1,505,981 3,3*0,957 i 533 7 01 242,951 I 153.506 I I * Increase due to patent medicine circulars.

Postal Districts. Letters. Post-cards. Books, &c. Newspapers. Auckland Fhames Sew Plymouth jisborne SFapier iVanganui Wellington Stelson Westport jreymouth rlokitika 31enheim Dhristchurch rimaru Damaru Dunedin L 2,580,777 155.675 182,679 102,939 436,182 340,168 1,665 246 180,969 49,927 132,801 83,401 79 273 1 723 579 214,824 121,642 1 198 433 379,870 81,418 11,469 16,771 1,403 20,422 28,386 61,574 9,180 2 193 6,045 4> I 97 4,O49 90,527 18,581 9,801 50,056 42 085 315,467 24,445 35,686 7.913 89,235 105 368 208,388 29,383 J 6,374 35,4 6 5 10,082 30,992 284,243 57 379 42 577 356,403 124,079 545.712 52,145 108,281 33.945 83,894 108,435 388,622 74,334 24,429 54.007 67,921 56,184 435 54 1 48,996 27 061 317.433 136,952 Totals 9,628 385 458,157 1 1773.479 2,563,892 Previous year 9,167,480 428,646 1,560,984 2 >344i°4°

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Table No. 15. Table showing the Estimated Postal Revenue, and the Estimated Number of Letters, Post-cards, Books, and Newspapers delivered and posted, within the several Postal Districts, during the Years 1885, 1890, 1893, and 1894.

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Postal Districts. Revenue. Delivered. Letters. Posted. j Delivered. Posted. Post-cards. Delivered. Books. Posted. Newspapers. Delivered. Posted. uckland — 1885 1890 1893 1894 £ s. d. 37,636 12 5 50,005 16 1 52,728 17 8 44,642 6 o 3,776,630 5,083,429 5,354,024 5,324,644 3,206,294 4,286,499 4,697,927 4,'38,758 126,646 208,780 215,306 205,361 127,946 233,845 345,241 220,298 277,927 620,217 i,7°5,769 1,519,648 176,150 660,281 1,426,71 I 1,401,530 1,400,906 2,152,878 2,209,376 1,827,267 1,339,468 2,'55,°4° 2,045,303 1,899,768 'names — 1885 1890 1893 1894 3,887 11 3 3,92O 5 7 3,821 10 3 4,014 15 11 369,100 435,656 429,429 442,169 359,55° 347,538 369,720 39 2 >535 '0,374 15,041 15,860 20,436 11,310 10,701 I3,3'2 13,689 24,674 56,680 88,855 87,061 18,681 24,33° 44,876 49,8i6 240,569 2 24.939 222,313 230,529 187,317 111,172 101,413 113,685 New Plymouth— 1885 1890 ■893 1894 3,210 16 4 3,812 1 7 5,54i 9 1 6,562 3 9 261,426 323,49 2 538,616 619,710 225,966 308,016 537,784 600,418 23,179 24,154 34,5' 5 45,188 24,°37 29,083 41 184 33,735 34-545 48,490 91,35! 206,687 26,676 20,076 59,'5° 91,689 168,844 208,8191 282,24s 1 384,982 98,280 107,141 171.093 '97,145 Gisborne— 1885 1890 1893 1894 ',545 '3 ° 2,353 9 8 2,635 2 1 2,652 12 o 153.998 198,744 263,510 277,082 132,210 180,656 245,076 237,003 1,846 4,810 6 ,773 6,331 2.990 2,560 3,575 22,373 10,699 63,232 42,822 74,997 12,870 34,99i 23,309 33,774 115,089 167,193 217,360 220,545 71,682 71, >o' 70,902 67,210 apier— 1885 1890 1893 ■894 7.953 16 o 10,953 '8 2 15,219 o o 15,683 19 9 795,236 1,039,636 1,555,762 i,7°9,539 711,282 998,733 1,370,486 1,502,059 21,203 38,675 69,225 79,755 21,437 33,52i 72.436 55,692 75.283 121,212 377,702 437,853 52,286 165,202 324.974 377.884 354,159 474,59' 618,397 669,318 309,985 338,990 408,486 415,805 Wanganui — 1 Sft - 188 5 1890 l893 1894 8,219 18 7 11,955 4 7 14,210 18 8 '4,928 11 3 872,430 1,038,882 1,363,869 1,503,814 7'°,775 1,078,236 1,358,136 1,407,900 34,658 63,089 99,528 108,654 36,504 65,440 98,813 110,253 137,956 109,850 295.100 388,154 52,871 146,583 284,284 357,773 441,792 469,35 2 673,'4° 722,410] 193,700 229,893 332,384 353,353 Wellington— 1885 1890 ■893 1894 68,085 '4 7 76,912 9 9 80,737 2 9 84,733 9 0 2,813,460 -3,766,685 4,946,916 5,159,362 2,375.529 3.7'i.877 4,96i,593 5, O 39,593 66,443 '34,498 '97,32 7 191,880 65,104 115.071 199,329 186,056 241,020 524,589 1,156,116 950,924 387,140 750,905 1 186,120 1,613,846 848,601 1,327,664 1,666,847 ',723,865 897,728 1,340,232 ',283,503 1,397,344 lelson — 1885 1890 1893 1894 4,667 18 1 5,103 6 o 6,292 17 5 5,230 12 5 456,222 464,477 549.510 5'5' 8 4o 411,034 443,755 526,162 5'6,087 10.S43 22,334 21,957 24,037 13.234 21,848 25,363 23,231 55,536 62,517 99.645 80,704 35,526 62,840 109,408 103,727 203,346 234,767 237,874 206,895 "7.923 124,341 124,423 111,644 Westport— ,885 1890 1893 1894 1,432 19 2 1,967 2 1 2,222 19 8 2,286 3 3 121,589 190,879 193,024 186,602 114,699 169,889 185,484 186,303 3,7i8 5,642 5.369 7.423 2,73° 5,54' 3,432 9,45 1 10,634 21,164 39.'3O 54,756 5,547 9,i 12 17,056 27,1 18 83,772 '56,936 150,696 146,068 45,ii9 73,686 83.590 92,846 Grey mouth — 1885 1M90 1893 1894 2,920 o 8 3,973 1 10 4, 103 17 6 4,139 H 3 266,682 368,108 329,537 324.3H 227,929 347,354 366,067 391,898 6,240 9,'&5 8,853 i°,'79 5,330 8,548 8,788 '3,'95 26,546 52,975 7i.°32 107,21 1 14,690 37.°79 50,843 82,745 '9O.554 253,474 219,700 219,739 136,552 136,106 157,781 152,321 Hokitika— 1885 1890 1893 1894 2,154 3 1 i>996 5 4 2,189 11 5 2,000 11 10 208,975 187,889 219,700 199,212 169,065 '58,755 181,233 170,1 18 6,214 8,333 6,227 7,982 6,071 5.003 4.056 4.576 21,615 31,356 42,380 35,O48 10,361 16,675 23,166 16,978 168,766 i4i,'93 '75.5'3 154.96° 85,003 65,781 88,361 7 6,.6 7 Blenheim — 1885 1890 1893 1894 2,952 6 o 3,908 14 7 3.822 3 1 3,986 9 10 308,529 334,815 403,221 374,673 242,619 3'7,523 343,63 s 369,122 ii,479 10,608 14,911 13,000 4,173 9,007 9,256 11,804 31,525 49,45 2 "13,178 154,154 13,936 41,176 57,278 63,115 154,544 204,711 252,161 2^9,427 78,520 89.323 ' 13, 126 126,113 Christchurch— ■ 885 1890 1893 1894 31,836 10 o 36,226 7 6 42,100 14 1 41,067 7 10 3,212,638 3,398,291 3,754,920 4,010,591 2,848,443 3,398,556 4,090,099 4,070,768 129,549 186,329 200,161 164,034 145, O 54 181,128 193,206 i75,7o8 266,223 384,475 '.372,605 799,383 269,438 505,820 1 107,327 849,563 i,O5',934 949,806 1 182,896 ■,'47,783J ','95.558 1,260,362 ',795.599 1,630,278 'imam— 1885 1890 1893 1894 6,454 6 2 8,783 M 4 9,063 14 9 8,510 2 5 783,900 782,184 859,144 876,005 607,516 771,361 815,854 870,168 33,670 5O,O37 62,101 62,803 33,553 45.745 53,352 57>'22 69,593 97,786 212,966 264,758 35,2°4 99,251 212,446 262,054 234,260 274,001 339,95° 294,242 127,036 148,566 147,004 156,455 Oamaru — 1885 1890 1893 1894 3,998 7 6 4,355 19 6 4,553 13 4 5,045 3 8 569,101 447,213 485,823 54',6'9 37°,7 2 ' 409,695 469,222 545,545 '5,587 30,615 29,692 34.398 '5,99° 26,247 26,546 25,428 52,156 59,423 127,166 155,805 26,403 49,8i5 62,088 78,390 271,180 '34,355 ' 73,654 176,098 106,444 85,713 •°2,557 103,818 Dunedin — 1885 1890 1893 1894 32,468 19 10 36,908 12 2 38,571 '3 4 39,282 8 o 3,231.124 3,M7>69o 3,463,005 3,543,397 2,820,025 3,406,250 3.699,9'7 3,7'8,8 5 8 97,812 138,320 200,421 176,072 119,119 136,841 202,007 '77,67i 240,409 396,162 1,382,368 893,087 373,035 495,592 1,148,017 1,100,619 1,168,778 1,233.895 1,286,740 1,329,809 1,284,114 ' ',350.466 ',355,549 Invercargill— 1885 1890 ■893 1894 9,873 14 10 12,296 1 2 15,346 2 8 16,192 5 o ■ 170,338 1,207 193 1,630,694 1,735,799 924,820 1 167,244 i.5 26 .33° 1,666,834 54,56i 69,004 121,342 140,361 31,629 60,936 87,646 108,537 94,367 138,749 393.°94 472.7°6 87,438 201,073 411>736 389,428 588,276 612,638 79o,439 809,718 2 74.079 399,086 480,740 538,434 Totals— 1885 1890 '893 1894 229,299 7 6 275,432 9 11 303,161 7 9 300,958 16 2 ■9'37 W378 22,415,263 26,340,704 27.344.369 16,458,477 21,5° '.937 25.744.745 25.^23,967 653,722 1,019,434 1,309,568 1,297.894 666,211 991,065 1.387,542 1,248,819 1,670,708 2,838,329 7,611,279 6,682,936 1,595,252 3,320,801 6,548,789 6,900,049 7,685,370 9,221,212 10,699,299 1°,483,655 6,548,508 8,691,522 8,856,731 8,787,935

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Table No. 16. Table showing the Estimated Correspondence posted and delivered, and the Estimated Expenditure and Revenue, for the several Postal Districts and of the General Post Office for the Year 1894.

Total Estimated Correspondence posted and delivered. Estimated Expenditure. Estimated Revenue. Postal Districts. No. of Offices. Letters. Post-cards. Books and Samples. Parcels. Newspapers. Cost of Conveyance of Mails. Salaries. Contingencies. Total. From Stamps, &c. Official Postage. Total. North Island. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington 301 40 33 26 66 62 9,463.402 834.704 I 220,128 514,085 3,211,598 2,911,714 10,198,955 28,354,586 425,659 34,125 78.923 28,704 1 35.447 218,907 377,936 1 299,701 2,921 178 136,877 298 376 108,771 815,737 745,927 2,564,770 7,591,636 64,185 3 837 4,720 2,465 16,442 10,204 80,010 3.727.035 344,214 582,127 287 755 1,085,123 1,075,763 3,121,209 5,076 on i 333 16 8 587 7 6 584 9 6 1,968 5 1 1,844 4 5 2,338 4 1 £ s. d. 13,025 8 o 2,490 9 11 1,857 i° o 1,048 o o 4,573 o o 3 564 o 7 13,410 6 5 £ s. d. 2,105 1° 2 320 18 6 183 2 0 100 14 6 451 16 I 225 7 o 4.971 2 o £ s. d. 20,206 19 1 4.145 5 1 2,627 X 9 6 1.733 4 o 6,993 1 2 5,633 12 o 20,719 12 6 £ s. d. 41,729 10 o 3,407 13 8 5 328 5 9 2 141 8 7 13,690 16 5 12,863 T 5 1 46,476 14 o £ s. d. 2,912 16 o 607 2 3 1,233 18 o 511 3 5 i,993 3 4 2,064 16 2 38,256 15 o 44,642 6 o 4,014 15 11 6,562 3 9 2,652 12 o 15,683 19 9 14,928 11 3 84,733 9 o Totals for North Island 114 642 181 863 10,223 226 13.732 8 2 39,968 14 II 8,358 10 3 62,059 13 4 |i25,638 3 6 173,217 I? 8 47.579 14 2 Middle Island. Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Blenheim .. Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill 44 30 32 36 33 175 49 27 161 124 1,031,927 372,905 716,209 309,330 743 795 8,081,359 1,746,173 1,087 164 7 262 255 3,402,633 |24,8i3 75O 47,268 16,874 23,374 12 558 24,804 339,742 119,925 59,826 353 743 248,898 184,431 81,874 189,956 52,026 217,269 1,648, 946 526,812 234,195 i,993,7°6 862 134 10,516 3 080 4,798 3,ii6 4,110 49,343 3,895 1,793 52,669 8,231 318,539 238,914 372, 060 231 127 345,540 2,778,061 450, 697 279,916 2,685,358 1,348,152 1,096 5 o 642 9 11 1,009 !6 5 517 8 9 964 o o 3.839 2 4 517 15 O 236 10 o 5,476 on 2 151 6 o 2,436 10 o 1,032 10 o 2,155 15 10 1,064 X 7 6 1,530 10 o 10,524 10 11 2,438 o o 1.317 5 o 10,444 3 4 4.727 5 o 334 17 1 114 13 11 133 17 8 85 on 151 9 o i 106 16 4 203 14 10 93 12 3 1,893 x 2 454 9 9 3,867 12 1 1,789 13 10 3 299 9 11 1,667 7 2 2,645 19 o 15,470 9 7 3,159 9 10 i,647 7 3 17,813 5 5 7 333 o 9 4,755 4 3 1,764 9 1 3,655 2 5 1,563 4 8 3,282 4 10 37,876 2 9 7,8i4 5 9 4,59O 5 6 35,777 16 10 15,167 6 5 475 8 2 521 14 2 484 II 10 437 7 2 704 5 0 3.191 5 1 695 16 8 454 18 2 3.5O4 11 2 1,024 !8 7 5,230 12 5 2,286 3 3 4>!39 14 3 2,000 11 10 3,986 9 10 41 067 7 10 8,510 2 5 5,O45 3 8 39,282 8 o 16,192 5 o Totals for Middle Island : 711 J 1,247,012 5,991 349 141 551 9,048, 364 16,450 14 4 38,262 4 1 68,445 6 7 37,671 7 7 4,571 12 11 j 58,693 14 10 116,246 2 6 11,494 J 6 o 127,740 18 6 General Post Office ; 6,538 o o 764 17 2 45,565 1 3 12,915 7 4 12,915 7 4 Totals for the Colony 53,168 336 13,582,985 1,353 2 546, 7 r 3 323,414 19,271,590 84,178 2 6 13,695 o 4 166,318 9 5 254,799 13 4 59,074 10 2 313,874 3 6

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Table No. 17 Comparative Table showing the Progress of the Telegraph Department during the Financial Years ended 30th June, 1866, to 30th June, 1879, 31st March, 1880, to 31st March, 1882, and Calendar Years ended 31st December, 1882, to 31st December, 1893.

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c Number of Telegrams forwarded during the Year. Cost of Maintenance of Lines, excluding Australian Cable Subsidy. Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. during tne Year. I Private. ! Govern - and Press. ; ment. Total. — j Telegraph Revenue from all I Sources. Value of Government Messages. Total Value of Business done during the Year. Cost of Maintenance of Stations. Total Expenditure. Cost of Maintenance of Lines per Mile. Year ended C &, 1° z Tariff in Operation. 3<3th June, 1866 699 24,761 2,746 5,561 19 2 483 3 2 £ s. d. 6,045 2 4 3,934 3 4 £ s. d. 2,443 2 11 £ B. d. 6,377 6 3 £ s- d. 3 9 10 [■ Mileage tariff. 1,390 13 27,407 1867 757 1,498 21 55,621 I5,33i 70,952 9,070 10 1 3,77° 4 8 12,840 14 9 8,017 14 7 2,541 4 11 10,558 19 6 3 7 1 1868 1,110 2,223 31 72,241 26,244 98,485 11,652 3 7 6,672 o 3 18,324 3 10 9,489 17 10 5,406 7 3 14,896 5 1 4 17 4 1869 1 329 2,495 45 106,070 50,097 156,167 18 520 10 4 13,430 11 9 31.951 2 1 14,266 12 7 8 547 4 9 22,813 J 7 4 6 8 6 1870 1871 1,661 1,976 2,897 3 247 56 72 122 545 253,582 62,878 59,292 185,423 312 874 17,218 1 4 22,419 8 8 12,252 6 o 9,876 17 6 J 29,470 7 4 32,296 6 2 16,417 7 4 21,254 4 3 14,120 4 10 ii,344 3 8 30,537 12 2 32 598 7 11 8 9 11 5 19 6 Mileage tariff in operation up to 1st Sept., 1869; uniform 2S. 6d. tariff from ist Sept., 1869, to 31st March, 1870; and is. tariff from ist April, 1870. 1872 2 185 3,823 81 344,524 67 243 411 767 28 121 10 o 11,043 3 9 39,i64 13 9 23 593 9 9 8 858 19 7 32,452 9 4 423 i873 2,356 4,574 93 485,507 83,453 568,960 39,680 18 9 11 105 2 o ; 50,786 o 9 27,040 18 10 9,479 5 4 36,520 4 2 4 1 11 1874 2,530 5,782 105 645,067 107,832 752 899 46,508 18 10 12,618 11 6 59,127 10 4 38,801 19 4 15,021 17 11 53,823 17 3 6 3 11 From ist November, 1873, address and signature given in free. From ist Jan., 1886, delayed telegrams posted to addressees immediately after their receipt at offices of destination. 1875 2,986 6,626 127 786,237 130,891 917 128 55 301 12 3 13,679 10 9 68,981 3 o 45 814 11 4 14,240 19 7 60,055 10 11 4 16 4 1876 3 154 7 247 142 890,382 160,704 1,051 ,086 62 715 10 4 16,154 6 o | 78,869 16 4 61,696 14 5 21,074 8 8 82 771 3 1 5 18 10 1877 3 259 7,423 155 952 283 172 159 1 124,442 65,644 15 3 17,024 8 9 82,669 4 o 63 353 10 10 17,931 8 o 81,284 18 10 5 12 11 1878 3,434 8,035 182 1,065,481 194,843 1,260,324 73 284 1 10 19,148 12 4 92,432 14 2 69,340 1 8 18,259 4 9 87,599 6 5 5 10 o 1879 3 512 8 117 195 1,201,982 246,961 1,448,943 85,402 o 2 26,949 2 2 J 112,351 2 4 79 502 o 5 j17 299 7 10 96,801 8 3 5 ° 9 31st March, 1880 3,638 9,333 214 824,734 183,675 1,008,409 58,120 3 3 19,707 6 3 77,827 9 6 68,651 10 10 I4>758 4 5 83,409 15 3 4 3 4 1881 3 758 9,587 227 1,058,342 246,370 1,304,712 73,002 2 o 27,021 3 8 J 100,023 5 8 78,224 1 8 23,154 8 3 101,378 9 11 667 1882 3 824 9,653 234 1,215,849 222,923 1,438,772 78,828 19 8 22,737 16 4 101,566 16 o 69,165 5 o 18,292 13 4 87,457 18 4 4 17 4

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Table No. 17— continued. Comparative Table showing the of the Telegraph Department during the Financial Years ended 30th June, 1866, to 30th June, 1879; 31st March, 1880, to 31st March, 1882 , and Calendar Years ended 31st December, 1882, to 31st December, 1893-continued.

C Number 0 du )f Telegrams [ring the Ye; forwarded .r. Year ended. Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. so Telegraph Revenue from all Sources. Total Vane Value of • of Government \ Business done Messages, during the Year. Cost of Maintenance of Stations. Cost of Maintenance of Lines, excluding Australian Cable Subsidy. Total Expenditure. Cost of Maintenance of Lines per Mile. Tariff in Operation. Private, and Press. Government. Total. 31st Dec, 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 3,974 4,O74 4 264 4,463 4,546 4,646 4,790 4,874 5,148 5,349 5 479 5,513 9,848 IO ,O37 10,474 10,931 11 178 11 375 11 617 11 827 12 812 13 235 13,459 13,515 264 302 330 375 412 437 473 489 520 573 615 640 11,361 817 ji,379, 483 1,433,458 1 533,406 1,583,717 1 589,771 1 548,233 1 589 157 i,734>38i |i 746,115 1 686,064 1,825,646 208 372 219,917 220, 847 240,867 252 549 245 623 217,630 213 830 226,780 222 149 218 079 I 570,189 1 1599, 4 00 1.654,305 1 774 273 1 836,266 1 835,394 1 765 863 1,802 987 1,961 161 1,968 264 1 904,143 2,069,691 £ e. d. 90,633 11 2 93 822 3 3 95 634 5 5 101 652 8 o 106,638 12 2 106,548 4 o 106,311 11 6 106,462 18 4 110,696 17 8 117.633 15 9 103,813 8 6J 112,465 15 9 £ s. d. 20,608 11 11 21 555 19 2 20,855 19 7 24,860 9 o 27 281 4 9 30,205 11 10 23 164 13 11 24 218 9 3 26,070 12 7 24 840 5 7 24 342 7 o 28,317 7 10 £ s. d. in 242 3 1 115 378 2 5 116,490 5 o 126,512 17 o 133,919 16 II 136,753 15 10 129,476 5 5 130,681 7 7 136,767 10 3 142 474 1 4 128 155 15 6J Bf'7 8 3 3 7 £ b. d. 73 554 9 1 73,054 4 6 70,036 6 2 77,082 4 4 77,473 10 7 76,580 10 o 72 201 13 5 75,426 9 7 76,845 1 10 85 658 4 11 8 7,472 13 3 92,109 17 o £ b. d. 22,451 6 3 19,210 6 6 20,041 15 10 20,900 6 2 21,402 18 2 21 321 2 9 23 262 1 o 26,007 1 5 27 546 2 o 28,986 10 10 29,580 10 11 29,141 6 o £ s. d. 96,005 15 4 ■ 92,264 11 o I 90,078 2 O I 97,982 10 6 I 98,875 8 9 I 97,901 12 9 I 95,463 14 5 IOI >433 " o 104,391 3 10 114,644 15 9 "7,053 4 2 £21,251 3 o / s. d. 5 17 5 4 16 8 4 18 4 4 15 9 4 15 11 4 13 9 5 o 1 5 8 7 5 13 ° 5 12 7 580 5 5 9 From 1st November, 1873, address and signature given in free. From 1st Jan., 1886, delayed telegrams posted to addressees immediately after their receipt at offices of destination. For the Financial Year 1894-95. Year ended Number of Miles of Line. o Number & of J c Miles of ° o. Wire. JO z Number of Telegrams forwarded during the Year. Government. Total. Revenue, Value of Government Messages. Total Value of Business done during the Year. Total Expenditure (excluding Cable Subsidy). Remarks. Private, and Press. Telegraph. Telephone. 31st March, 1895 5,96ii I 4 ,88ijj 705 231,618 2,033,800 I £ s. d. 88,459 IO II £ s, d. 21,552 12 10 £ s- d. 26,050 7 5 136,062 11 2 135,791 o 7 I 802 182

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Table No. 18. 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 Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1895.

Table No. 19. Return of Paid Telegrams of all Codes forwarded during the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1895, and the Revenue received.

Table No. 20. Return of the Number and Value of Telegraph Money Orders issued within the several Postal Districts during the Year ended 31st December, 1894.

Postal Districts. Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages. Value of Government Messages. Total Number of Value of Private Messages of all and Press Codes. Messages. Number of Govt. Messages. Total Number of Messages of all Codes. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames. Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport £ s. d. 13,604 3 7 1714 3 5 10,786 2 11 102 6 9J 1 929 12 7 2,204 5 o 1,007 ° Io 4,662 9 1 5.943 1 8 2,169 14 9J 2 260 16 5 1,613 13 1 2 517 o o 2 319 7 10 4,744 J 3 5 15,271 9 oj 1,538 8 11 £ s - d. 3,707 12 10 595 4 5 2 119 13 3 2,483 16 8 562 19 3 613 2 7 324 o 1 844 11 3 998 10 o 613 16 8 811 1 1 206 16 10 460 14 3 407 7 6 1 149 19 5 9,561 14 7 589 6 9 £ s. d. 17,3" 16 5 2,309 7 10 12,905 15 8J 13 586 3 5i 2,492 11 10 2 817 7 7 1,331 on 5,507 o 4 6,941 11 8 2,783 11 5i 3 071 17 6 1 820 9 11 2,977 H 3 2 726 15 4 5 894 12 10 24 833 3 7J 2,127 X 5 8 297,054 29,539 195,002 231,653 37 138 41,258 17.97 1 105,118 110,562 51 731 42 554 24,469 48,992 39,676 90,659 408,174 30,632 34.731 5,833 19,350 23 404 4.177 5 i°4 2,661 7,456 9 859 6,402 7 058 1,989 4 779 3 875 10,801 79,099 5.035 331 785 35,377 214,352 255,057 4i,3i5 46,362 20,632 112 574 120,421 58 133 49,612 26,458 53,771 43 551 101 460 487 273 35 667 Totals, 1894-95 Totals for calendar year 1893 85 388 8 11 87,425 9 7 26,050 7 5 28 317 7 10 111,438 16 4 JI5 742 17 5 1,802 182 1,825,646 231 618 244,045 2,033 800 2,069,691

June [uarter, 1894. September Quarter, 1894. Decembi :r Quarter, 1894. March Quarter, 1895. Totals. Class of Telegrams. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. N u m her. Revenue. Ordinary Jrgent Delayed 'ress 3ureau 224,409 ".387 I44>732 44,468 19,176 £ s. d. 19757 J 5 4 1,477 9 11 4,540 8 5 2 045 4 2 489 11 9 • 205 107 8,184 H 1 1 59 4 8 > 445 18,210 £ s. d. 18291 17 9 1,051 7 7 4 4 J 5 " 1 2 573 14 4 455 15 11 228 243 9,631 149,842 50,206 19,167 £ β-d. 19,682 18 11 1 224 19 2 4 566 2 9 2 534 13 10 466 11 9 239,355 11 165I I 53.O93| 54 295 21,908 £ s. d. 21087 18 it |i 392 5 2 14,691 10 7 2 432 8 3 527 2 10 897 114 40,367 588,826 197,414 78,461 ' £ s. d. 78,820 10 11 5 146 1 10 18,213 12 10 9,586 o 7 1,939 2 3 iiross Totals other \ lines and \ credits ) 444,172 28,310 9 7 6,999 10 5i 421 105 26,788 6 8 6,810 6 2* 457,089 28,475 6 5 6,812 1 gj 479,816 3O.I3I ! 7.695 5 9 I Oi I 802,182 "3.705 8 5 28,316 19 6 STett Totals, 1894-95 SFett Totals, 1893-94 ! 457> o8 9 444, r ?2 21,310 19 if 421 105 19,978 o s¥ 21,663 4 7i 479,816 22,436 4 8J 1 802,182 85 388 8 11 442 032 21,075 1 9 435 823 21,258 10 6 467 3O9 22,095 5 7 493.93O 23,942 6 5j I 839,094 88,371 4 3^

Number. Telegraph Commission. Districts. Value of Orders. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport 3,839 625 2,007 1,945 890 862 294 796 2 232 459 789 233 865 369 1,699 4>°45 772 £ e. , d. 191 19 o 31 5 o 100 7 o 97 5 o 44 10 o 43 2 o 14 14 o 39 16 o in 12 o 22 19 O 39 9 o 11 13 o 43 5 o 18 9 o 84 19 o 202 5 o 38 12 o "~ £ s. d. ~ 14,838 o 2 2,089 8 7 7 34° ° 5 7 255 13 9 3 708 6 1 3 300 1 o 884 4 6 2 381 4 II 8,546 15 5 1,681 7 9 2 695 9 9 686 on 2 763 8 1 1 291 15 3 5 749 15 4 14,407 17 9 2 528 19 10 Totals, 1894 22 721 1 136 1 o 82 148 9 6 Totals, 1893 20,381 1,019 I O 75,496 15 8

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Table No 21. Return showing the Capital Cost, Working-expenses, and Revenue of the Telephone Exchanges, Year by Year, from the Date of their Establishment.

J 4 Capital Cost for Instruments, Wire, Poles, Labour, Freight, Superintendence, &c. Working-expenses. Year. Annual Rate at Close of Year. Balance of Revenue over Workingexpenses. Annual Rate per Cent. yielded on Capital Cost. Average Cost of Total for all each Con- Connections nection. Salaries and Linemen, ! *Wear-and- T ? e ,?*>.£ ue1 ' Allowances of Batteries, and tear, &c, ;; a P er > Clerks, &c. Materials. Ten per Cent. B - ™ gf; Total. Total for the year ended 31st March, — 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 116 379 715 1,075 1 710 2,038 2,153 2 249 2,402 2,587 3,080 3,690 4,244 4,616 £ s. d. 21 16 6 21 16 6 21 16 6 21 18 6 20 8 6 19 19 5 22 19 0 23 18 10 24 4 1 24 17 1 24 16 11 24 16 11 24 12 1 25 6 3 £ s. d. 2,531 14 0 8,271 13 6 15,604 17 6 23,461 17 6 37 319 12 1 40,686 3 1 J 49,407 5 0 I 53,849 11 6 58,229 3 0 ] 64,294 4 4 i 76,579 1 8 j 91,687 11 1 104,425 3 0 116,845 10 4 £ s. d. 613 5 2 5,014 9 2 7 746 16 7 10,008 3 6 12,294 1 2 15,477 16 2 16,881 8 6 17,613 4 0 18,581 11 7 19 961 4 2 18,571 7 8 19 155 11 5 21 771 4 4 f21 552 12 10 & s. d. 1 170 16 0 6,809 8 8 7,028 7 4 10,008 3 6 13 997 0 0 15,477 16 2 16,881 8 6 17,613 4 0 18,581 11 7 19 961 4 2 18,571 7 8 19,155 11 5 21 771 4 4 22,621 0 0 £ s. d. 285 0 0 595 0 0 695 0 0 1 770 0 0 2,849 1 3 2,873 0 0 3,119 10 0 3 315 10 0 3 790 0 0 4,192 0 0 4,630 0 0 7,405 0 0 7 720 0 0 9,285 0 0 £ s. d. 275 0 0 595 0 0 770 0 0 1 590 0 0 1 704 0 0 1,580 10 0 2.252 0 0 2,249 7 0 2,206 10 0 2,249 18 5 2,345 2 9 2,695 19 10 3,313 1 1 4.253 11 4 £ s. a. 253 0 0 827 0 0 1,560 0 0 2,346 0 0 3,731 19 2 4,068 12 2 4,940 14 6 5,344 9 2 5,823 0 1 6,429 8 5 7,658 7 11 9 168 15 1 10,442 10 4 11,684 11 0 £ s. d. 150 0 0 300 0 0 350 0 0 475 0 0 700 0 0 320 0 0 330 0 0 335 0 0 375 0 0 394 3 9 393 1 6 464 6 2 741 18 9 817 19 5 £ S. d. 963 0 0 2,317 0 0 3,375 0 0 6,181 0 0 8,985 0 5 8 842 2 2 10,642 4 6 11 244 6 2 12,194 10 1 13,265 10 7 15,026 12 2 19,734 1 1 22,217 10 2 26,041 1 9 £ s. d. 207 16 0 4,492 8 8 3,653 7 4 3,827 3 6 5,011 19 7 6,635 14 0 6,239 4 1 6,368 17 10 6,387 1 6 6,695 13 7 3,544 15 6 - 578 9 8 -446 5 10 -3,420 1 9 8-17 54-31 23-41 16-31 13-42 16-30 12-63 11-82 11-00 10-43 4-63 Loss. Loss. Loss. * This column includes 5 per cent, for wear-and-tear, and 5 per cent, for debenture capital, t A number of subscriptions due, but not paid, will fall into the year 1895-96.

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Table No. 22. Return of the Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph Lines for the Year ended 31st March, 1895.

Table No. 23. Statement showing the Total Cost of New Zealand Telegraph Lines, Cables, and Telephone Exchanges up to the 31st December, 1894.

Approximate Cost of Paper— Preparation, not given; printing (1,875 copies), Mil 10s.

By Authority: Samuel Costall, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB9s.

Section. No. of Miles. Travelling Expenses of Linemen and Inspectora. Extra Labour. Cost of Material used for Repairs. Salaries of Linemen and Inspectors. Total Coat of Maintenance. Biverton to Balelutha Tokomairiro to Queenstown Balolutha to Waitaki Waitaki to Christchurch Christchurch to Kumara Kumara to Lyell Lyell to Nelson Nelson to Blenheim, including Tophouse Line Blenheim to Kaikoura Kaikoura to Christchurch Wellington to New Plymouth Wellington to Napier Napier to Tauranga Tauranga to Thames Auckland South Auckland North P.s. "Terranora" 458J 414 557J 410| 228 198 307i 133 £ s. d. 254 1 0 168 15 5 415 18 8 271 6 5 293 7 5 181 11 11 164 9 0 180 1 9 £ s. d. 304 3 11 225 10 9 469 17 7 896 15 2 285 0 6 184 16 11 55 15 1 312 7 6 £ s. d. 368 19 2 130 2 10 678 11 5 853 15 8 105 14 4 94 17 3 161 13 1 404 13 0 £ s. d. 371 0 0 262 0 0 427 0 0 550 0 0 480 0 0 371 0 0 163 0 0 405 0 0 £ s. d. 1,298 4 1 786 9 0 1,991 7 8 2,571 17 3 1,164 2 3 832 6 1 544 17 2 1,302 2 3 104 271 586J 449 543J 127 559 615 126 4 11 143 18 7 492 0 7 451 8 9 472 1 11 89 8 10 437 6 6 359 4 8 430 18 9 375 13 4 457 12 2 811 17 7 815 17 3 155 17 1 771 17 10 566 6 11 462 7 5 284 16 7 295 7 8 2,271 0 11 1,448 14 9 410 15 0 39 0 4 761 3 6 397 0 0 41 5 2 240 0 0 505 0 0 1,162 0 0 875 0 0 526 0 0 235 0 0 555 0 0 810 0 0 1,082 0 3 1,319 19 7 4,382 13 8 3,587 1 1 2,224 14 2 519 6 3 2,525 7 10 2,132 11 7 503 12 7 Totals 5,961$ 4,501 6 4 7,582 15 9 8,747 10 8 7,937 0 0 28,768 12 9 5,9611 liles of line; average ci ist per mile, £i 16s. 6d.

Section of Line. Total Cost of Section. £ s. d. North Island. Total, North Island, to 31st December 1893 Expenditure on sundry lines constructed during 1894 256,710 12 11 2,086 7 2 Total 258,797 ° 1 South Island. Total, South Island, to 31st December, 1893 Expenditure on sundry lines constructed during 1894 255.234 18 6 4,189 14 4 Total for South Island 259,4 2 4 I2 IO Total for North Island 258,797 ° 1 Total for colony 518,221 12 u Cook Strait cables 89,905 2 4 Telephone exchanges 123,595 11 5 Grand Total /73i,722 6 8

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