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1900. NEW ZEALAND.

POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT (REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR 1899.

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

My Lobd,— General Post Office, Wellington, 21st July, 1900. I have the honour to submit to your Excellency the report—the sixth which, as Post-master-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner, I have had the privilege of presenting— of the Post and Telegraph Department for the year 1899, 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 year has been one of activity without parallel in the history of the department—the volume of business fully reflecting the general prosperity of the colony. Work on the postal side has increased very steadily in every branch. Letters show an addition of 761 per cent., while letter-cards and post-cards continue to show abnormal increases, and book-packets an upward movement. The telegraph business increased beyond the most sanguine estimate. The traffic, which for the two previous years showed an increase in the number of telegrams of 8-07 and 10-05 per cent, respectively, has still further increased by 16-25 per cent. There was a decrease in revenue of 0-94 in 1897, and an increase of 4-73 per cent, in 1898, which has been followed by an increase of 13-13 per cent, for 1899. The following table shows the revenue and expenditure for the year ended 31st March, 1900:—

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Item. Postal. Telegraph. Total. Receipts. Stamps used for postage (estimated) Money-order and postal-note commission Money-order commission received from foreign offices .. Private box and bag fees Miscellaneous receipts Paid telegrams Telephone exchanges £ s. d. 277,851 13 10 18,999 13 6 596 16 9 5,837 10 0 22,015 7 10 & 9. d. 5,258 9 6 114,383 2 1 43,303 2 10 £ s. d. 277,851 13 10 18,999 13 6 596 16 9 5,837 10 0 27,273 17 4 114,383 2 1 43,303 2 10 Balance of expenditure over revenue (Telegraph) 325,301 1 11 162,944 14 5 20,298 3 11 488,245 16 4 Totals £325,301 1 11 £183,242 18 4 £488,245 16 4 Expenditure. Salaries Conveyance of mails by sea Conveyance of inland mails Conveyance of mails by railway Money-order commission credited to foreign offices Maintenance of telegraph-lines Miscellaneous Telegraph-oable subsidies 92,282 4 4 43,081 18 11 37,563 9 1 13,424 16 11 1,867 11 4 139,269 16 8 231,552 1 0 43,081 18 11 37,563 9 1 13,424 16 11 1,867 11 4 18,865 2 11 42,484 14 4 1,608 7 1 18,985" 2 8 18,865 2 11 23,499 11 8 1,608 7 1 Balance of revenue over expenditure (Postal) (combined department) 207,205 3 3 118,095 18 8 183,242 18 4 390,448 1 7 97,79714 9 TotalB !£325,301 1 11 £183,242 18 4 £488,245 16 4

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The satisfactory result of the year's operations is emphasized on comparing the revenue and expenditure year by year for the past ten years, as set out in the table below. To make the comparison more interesting, the figures for 1881-82 —the first year after the amalgamation of the post-office and telegraph services—are also given : —

Statement showing Revenue and Expenditure of the Post and Telegraph Department for the ten years ended 31st March, 1900, and for the year 1881-82.

The item " Stamps used for postage " is £22,852 more than last year. The revenue of both branches exceeded that of the previous year by £42,475 9s. 3d., the rate of increase being 9-53 per cent. The expenditure increased by £250 13s. Id., or 0-06 per cent. This small increase is mainly accounted for by the reduced payments for ocean mails, on account of the cessation of the couver service. The balance of revenue over expenditure was £97,797 14s. 9d., as compared with £55,572 18s. 7d. for 1898-99. Adding the value of the free official correspondence and Government telegrams, there is a credit balance on the year's transactions of £203,424 13s. 9d. The payment to the Eailway Department for the conveyance of mails was £31,612 Is., against which the sum of £23,441 14s. 9d. was paid to this department for the postage on railway correspondence, private-box rents, transmission of railway telegrams, and maintenance of railway telegraph wires. £9,192 was paid by the Post Office on account of salaries of Eailway officers who also act as Postmasters and Telegraphists or Telephonists, leaving a balance in favour of the Eailway Department of £17,362 6s. 3d. 35,032,452 letters were posted, equal to 46-31 letters to each head of the population—an increase of 2,566,577. The number of forwarded telegrams of all codes was 3,469,631, an increase of 508,893. 67 post-offices were established (including 5 reopened). The number of post-offices open at the close of the year was 1,620. 344,664 money-orders, for £1,118,808 ss. 7d., were issued, and 244,917 orders, representing £948,013 3s. 4d., paid. 461,447 postal notes, of the value of £147,686 Bs. 6d., were sold. £3,644,980 9s. lOd. was deposited in the Post-Office Savings-banks, and £3,417,298 19s. Bd. withdrawn. The total amount to the credit of depositors on the 31st December last was £5,320,370 14s. 10d., as compared with £4,957,771 ss. sd. at the close of the previous year. 1,007 inland-mail services (excluding services by railway) were in operation during the year. At the close of the year there were 6,910 miles of telegraph-line and 19,228 miles of wire. The net expenditure on telegraph construction was £26,771 7s. 9d. There were 7,150 telephone-exchange connections on the 31st March last. The subscriptions received amounted to £43,303 2s. lOd.

Year. Revenue. Expenditure. Balance of Revenue over Expenditure. £ s. 234,529 8 d. 0 £ s. 233,291 10 d. 4 £ s. 1,237 17 d. 8 1881-82 1890-91 1891-92 1892-93 1893-94 1894-95 1895-96 1896-97 1897-98 1898-99 1899-1900 335,329 7 320,058 1 318,758 10 344,676 12 357,449 14 365,727 6 392,117 1 408,383 15 445,770 7 488,245 16 5 3 4 3 9 5 0 3 1 4 262,596 14 268,343 1 278,394 9 293,704 7 299,971 1 332,325 4 353,699 14 364,403 3 390,197 8 390,448 1 6 1 1 3 4 8 5 1 6 7 72,732 12 11 51,715 0 2 40,364 1 3 50,972 5 0 57,478 13 5 33,402 1 9 38,417 6 7 43,980 12 2 55,572 18 7 97,797 14 9 Total for ten years £542,433 6 7

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Staff. The total number of officers on the staff on the 31st March was as under:— 31st March, 1900. Postmaster-General ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Classified Staff. First Division ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 Clerical Division ... ... ... ... ... ... 949 Non-clerical Division ... ... ... ... ... ... 546 Distributors and Messengers ... ... ... ... ... 349 Total, Classified Staff ... ... ... ... ... 1,848 Employes not on Permanent Staff :— Country Postmasters ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,474 Nightwatchmen ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 Postmasters and Telegraphists or Telephonists who are Eailway officers 149 Total ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3,473 Comparative Beturn of Officers of the Post and Telegraph Department for the Years ended 31st March, 1899, and 31st March, 1900. Mar.31, Mar.31, Mar.31, Mar.31, 1899. 1900. 1899. 1900. Postmaster-General .. .. .. 1 1 Brought forward .. 92 97 Secretary .. .. .. .. 1 1 Chief Postmasters .. .. 16 16 Superintendent of Electric Lines .. 1 1 Postmasters and Officers in Charge on Assistant Secretary and Inspector .. 1 1 Permanent Staff .. .. .. Ill 111 Assistant Inspectors of Post-offices .. 3 3 Clerks (including Telephone Exchange \ Controller of Money-orders and Savings- Cadettes and Cadets in Post-offices) j „,„ „„„ banks and Accountant .. .. 1 1 Operators (including Cadets in TeleTelegraph Inspectors .. .. .. 3 4 graph-offices) .. .. j Telegraph Sub-Inspector .. .. 1 .. Letter-carriers .. .. .. 184 202 Electrician .. .. .. .. 1 .. Messengers (Post Office) .. 38 37 Assistant Electrician .. .. .. 1 1 Linemen .. .. .. 66 67 Mechanicians and Cadets .. .. 7 8 Telegraph Distributors and Message Boys 317 349 Clerks in General Post Office— Nightwatchmen .. .. .. 2 2 Secretary's Office .. .. 13 14 Postmasters and Telegraphists or TeleInspector's and Dead-letter Branch .. 6 6 phonists who are Eailway officers .. 149 149 Controller of Money-orders and Savings- Country Postmasters and Telephonists .. 1,403 1,474 banks and Accountant's Branch 46 50 Storekeeper and Assistants .. .. 6 6 Carried forward .. 92 97 Totals .. .. .. 3,295 3,473 The increase of sixty-three officers in the clerical division and thirty-nine in the non-clerical division is mainly the result of the great increase of business already alluded to. Universal Penny Post. It has been determined to introduce a universal penny letter-post in this colony from the 1st January next. The beginning of the new century will fittingly mark the event, which should give widespread satisfaction, and prove an epoch in the history of the colony. New Zealand will by this reform be placed in the forefront of the civilised countries of the world. Not only in the colony but throughout the Empire the penny post will be hailed as an inestimable boon. Judging from the enormous increase in the volume of correspondence which has followed the cheapening of postage-rates in New Zealand in the past, only a few years should elapse before the financial loss incurred at the outset is largely, if not entirely, made up. Militaey Service of Officers of the Department. Eleven officers of the department were accepted for service in South Africa with the New Zealand contingents. The places of the officers will be kept open, and all their rights of seniority under the classification preserved, until the return of the troops to the colony. The department is represented in the Defence Forces of the colony by an infantry corps known as the Post and Telegraph Bines, which forms the E Company of No. 1, Wellington Battalion, and which is recruited entirely from among the post and telegraph officers at Wellington. The company was formed on the 21st May, 1898, on which date the acceptance of its services by the Government was gazetted. It has acquired a reputation for efficiency, and there is evidence that the drill and discipline have had a good effect. Appeal Board. The Board met in June last year and considered nineteen appeals. Of these, eleven failed, and three would have been settled in the ordinary course by the department. Of the remaining five recommendations of the Board, two were carried out, consideration was deferred in one case, and in two cases the Minister was unable to agree with the Board's findings. Health of Staff. This presented no unusual features during the year. Considering the fact that the averages shown in the table below were affected by prolonged absence in several cases, the department may congratulate itself on the general good health of its staff. This has been largely contributed

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to by attention to ventilation of the larger offices, a careful regulation of the hours of duty, and the unusually liberal vacation-leave enjoyed by officers. The table is hereunder :—

There were six deaths during the year. In the deaths of Mr. E. H. Bold, Inspector of Telegraphs ; Mr. W. C. Smythe, Electrician ; and Mr. John Hoggard, Chief Clerk of the Circulation Branch, the department lost three of its principal officers. Mr. Hoggard and Mr. Bold had been connected with the department since 1864 and 1865, and Mr. Smythe since 1884. Old-age Pensions. The department has during the past year been called upon to overtake a large increase_ of work in connection with the paying of old-age pensions. The tact exercised and the consideration shown in the admittedly difficult task of making a large number of small payments to aged and decrepit people has been accomplished with smoothness in working which is very creditable to the officers engaged, and gratifying to the department. _ At the principal chief offices the accommodation was found to be wholly insufficient to cope with the duties and attendance on the first of each month without serious inconvenience to the general public. This was met by utilising part of the telegraph public office in Wellington, and renting suitable rooms for one day in the month at Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin. Beginning the financial year with 5,846 payments, amounting to £8,360 in April, 1899, the figures were almost doubled during March, 1900, when the payments were 10,697, amounting to £15 255 9s 10s. ' The increase month by month was, as anticipated, considerable during the early part of the year; and, on comparing the figures for the last two quarters of the financial year, there is still apparent a steady increase, as shown by the following table !—■

Although there are some 440 money-order offices throughout the colony, it has been found necessary to further extend the facilities for payment of old-age pensions, and a remittance system, worked through non-money-order offices, has proved a great convenience in outlying districts. The work of issuing second-year's certificates and adjusting amendments consequent thereon created a mass of correspondence, largely by telegraph, which was quite unexpected During December registered papers to be dealt with numbered about 190, while in March the number rose to 700. , . At money-order offices the heavy pressure of work usual on the first day of the month is considerably increased by the paying of pensions, the majority of which are claimed on that day The special arrangements made to meet this emergency have, however, in all offices proved adequate to insure payment without delay or inconvenience to pensioners. Eeturn showing number of old-age pension payments, and amount paid each month tor the year ended 31st March, 1900 :—

Numbers comprised. Average Absence per Sick Officer. Average Sickabsence per each Officer employed. Men Women 993 134 Days. 8-85 19-07 Days. 4-38 15-09

Number of Payments. Amount. 'ecember quarter, 1899 [arch quarter, 1900 ... 30,089 31,506 £ 42,830 44,894 s. 14 10 d. 6 8

Month. Number of Payments. Amount. April May June July August September... October November ... December ... January February ... March 5,846 7,341 8,220 8,743 9,172 9,532 9,761 10,093 10,235 10,383 10,426 10,697 £ s. d. 8,360 10 0 10,454 0 0 11,709 6 8 12,447 13 4 13,061 15 0 13,575 8 4 13,892 15 8 14,382 5 9 14,555 13 1 14,771 4 3 14,867 16 7 15,255 9 10 Totals 110,449 £157,333 18 6

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Return showing number of payments and amount paid in each postal district for the year ended 31st March, 1900:—

Automatic Post-marking Machine. The Barr-Eyke automatic post-marking machine which has been in constant use in the Wellington Chief Post-office since August last has proved so satisfactory that it is now regarded as an indispensable part of the office equipment. The mechanism is simple, and only a short experience is necessary on the part of the operator to produce rapid and clear post-marking. An estimate of the speed attained may be gathered from the fact that a skilled operator can, with the machine, stamp as fast as from three to four clerks with hand-stamps. As many as 40,000 articles can be post-marked in an hour. So soon as electric energy is available at the other large offices in the colony it is proposed to introduce additional machines. Inspection. 1,532 post-offices were visited during the year, 24,994 miles being travelled by the Inspectors; in addition to which special visits were made to some offices by Chief Postmasters in connection with urgent matters. New Postage-stamps, etc. The principal changes have been the printing of the stamps in the colony instead of London, and change in one or two colours. The whole of the printing of the new pictorial issue is now done by the Government Printer. The halfpenny, penny, and twopence-halfpenny labels are now issued in the colours decided upon at the Washington Convention —namely, green, red, and dark-blue respectively. The designs and colours of the penny and fourpenny values have been transposed, and the colour of the twopenny changed from claret to violet. Watermarked paper has been used for tbe halfpenny, penny, and twopenny stamps, and similar paper is to be procured for the other varieties. A 1-Jd. postage-stamp die is now being engraved. Postage-due stamps of the value of one-halfpenny, penny, twopence, threepence, fourpence, fivepence, sixpence, eightpence, tenpence, one shilling, and two shillings have been in use for some months, replacing the unpaid-postage dockets. The essential feature of the new system is that the delivering Postmaster is required, before collecting unpaid postage from any person, to affix postage-due stamps of the proper value to the letter or other article and cancel them. The first plates were cast from type-set blocks, but future issues of the stamps will be printed from engraved dies. Stamped envelopes have been printed by the Government Printer from electrotypes, cast from postage-stamp dies, but these have been found to be costly and unsatisfactory. Embossed dies have therefore been cut, and envelopes bearing Her Majesty's effigy in raised white are now on sale. The halfpenny die is octagonal, with green background ; the penny and twopenny, circular with red and violet background respectively. Post-cards showing on the address side views of New Zealand scenery, and also cards with representations of incidents, &c, in connection with the departure of New Zealand contingents to South Africa, were issued. The latter were very popular. A new series of postal-notes will be issued before the end of the current year. Pacific Cable. The Pacific cable question up to the present time is in a more or less unsettled state. Since last year a committee of representatives of colonial and other Governments interested has sat in London to consider ways and means. Its report has been issued confidentially, and has therefore not been published, but its main recommendations have, been made, known to the colonies, and there is now reason to hope that the question will be taken up in a really practical manner without further delay. The proposals of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company in connection with their projected Cape-Australian cable interrupted the Pacific cable negotiations for a time, and resulted in Western Australia, South Australia, and Tasmania deciding to support the Com-

'ostai listrict. 'urn ier o: 'aymeni is. .mount. Auckland ... Blenheim ... Christchurch Dunedin ... Jisborne ... 3-reymouth 3okitika ... invercargill Napier STelson Slew Plymouth Damaru Chames Dimaru iVanganui Wellington iVestport ... 24,845 1,523 15,718 16,822 990 4,912 5,134 6,187 3,402 3,859 2,420 2,231 4,837 2,992 2,820 9,177 2,580 £ s. d. 34,871 5 6 2,104 3 4 22,315 8 10 23,897 2 11 1,475 5 0 7,219 3 4 7,524 6 8 8,933 18 4 4,678 18 4 5,325 0 0 3,421 1 9 3,218 15 0 6,983 10 0 4,281 3 4 4,083 18 4 13,227 0 9 3,773 17 1 Totals 110,449 £157,333 18 6

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pany's Cape cable scheme. At one time there was a probability of New South Wales and Victoria following the lead of Tasmania and Western and South Australia. This, however, has been dissipated—at least, the Governments of Victoria and New South Wales have now fallen into line with Canada, Queensland, and New Zealand in pressing the early completion of the Pacific cable. The latest information is to the effect that tenders have been called by the Board appointed by the Pacific Cable Committee for the manufacture and laying of the cable. Papers which will be laid before Parliament give in detail the history of the question for the past year. Intercolonial Cable Tariff. The original agreement with the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, which was entered into in December, 1892, guaranteed the company a revenue of £26,258 per annum from Ist January, 1893, over the New Zealand-Sydney cable, in return for the reduction of the cable-rates from Bs. 6d. for the first ten words, and lOd. for every additional word in excess of ten, to 2s. and 3d. respectively, the company bearing one-fourth of any loss. On Ist May, 1895, an amended agreement came into operation, under which the guarantee was reduced to £20,000 per annum, and the company ceased to share in the loss. This expired on the 30th April last. The company, in proposing a renewal, claimed that the guarantee should be increased from £20,000 to £26,000 per annum. On this being absolutely declined by the colony, the company determined on a word-rate of 3d., instead of the minimum charge of 2s. for the first ten words, and 3d. each additional word. This was accepted, although much in favour of the company, the deficiency for 1899-1900 under the guarantee agreement being only £1,197. At the same time the company was asked whether it was prepared to sell to the department the cables between here and Australia, in reply to which the Manager in Australasia intimated that he would communicate with his Board. No reply having been received, the Agent-General was requested to ascertain the cost of manufacturing and laying a new cable between New Zealand and Australia, and satisfactory information has been received on the subject. But, pending the laying of the Pacific cable, which would render a Government-owned cable unnecessary, the question will remain in abeyance. The colonies have agreed to an inland rate of Id. per word on cable messages to and from New Zealand. The increased cost to the users of the cable under the new tariff may be seen from the following table in respect to a message of twenty words :—

The following are the total charges for cablegrams under the new tariff: — Between New Zealand and New South Wales ... ... sd. per word. „ New Zealand and Victoria... ... ... ... 6d. „ „ New Zealand and Queensland ... ... ... 6d. „ „ New Zealand and South Australia ... ... ... 6d. „ „ New Zealand and Western Australia ... ... 7d. „ „ New Zealand and Tasmania ... ... ... Bd. „ The charges for Press messages are not affected. The following tables give the amounts paid by the colonies to the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, the receipts from the cable traffic under the 1892 and 1895 agreements, and the proportion of loss borne by the company under the guarantee agreement of 1892 :—

Under the 1892 Agreement.

For Old Rate. New Rate. Increase. New South Wales Queensland ... South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia s. d. 7 2 9 6 9 6 11 4 8 6 11 4 s. d. 8 4 10 0 10 0 13 4 10 0 11 8 s. d. 1 2 0 6 0 6 2 0 1 6 0 4

Contributing Colonies. January-April, 1893 (Pour Months). 1893-94. 1894-95. Totals. New Zealand Victoria ... New South Wales South Australia ... Tasmania Western Australia Cable Company's proportion £ s. d. 1,498 0 6 734 16 9 729 11 6 206 9 6 94 10 2 32 1 7 1,098 10 0 £ s. d. 4,958 8 5 2,432 5 11 2,414 17 4 683 8 6 312 16 4 106 3 6 3,636 0 0 £ s. d. 4,989 15 8 2,447 13 7 2,430 2 10 687 15 0 314 15 11 106 17 0 3,659 0 0 £ s. d. 11,446 4 7 5,614 16 3 5,574 11 8 1,577 13 0 722 2 5 245 2 1 8,393 10 0 Total contributions Cable Company's receipts on actual business 4,394 0 4,359 0 0 0 14,544 11,714 0 0 0 0 14,636 11,622 0 0 0 0 33,574 27,695 0 0 0 0 Amount guaranteed £8,753 0 0 £26,258 0 0 £26,258 0 0 £61,269 Q 0

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Under the Agreement of 1895.

* Queensland became a contributor 7th July, 1897. It will thus be seen that the total amount paid by New Zealand under the two guarantee agreements has been £19,074 9s. 7d., and by the other colonies £23,069 os. sd. Business over Existing Cables. The number and value of cable messages forwarded from New Zealand during 1899 are shown in the following statement: —

The following is a statement of traffic over the New Zealand-Sydney cable for the year from the Ist May, 1899, to the 30th April, 1900, and amounts payable by guaranteeing colonies ; — £ s. d. Amount guaranteed to Cable Company ... ... ... 20,000 0 0 Actual receipts during the above period ... ... ... 18,802 12 6 Showing a loss to the Cable Company of ... ... £1,197 7 6 Apportioned as follows : — £ New Zealand, one-third ... ... ... ... 399 Contributing colonies, including New Zealand, two-thirds .., 798 £1,197 And the contributing colonies' proportions, on the basis of population : — Colony. /fT PopUla i« 0 o Il n Amount. ' (Census, 1891). £ s. d. Victoria ... ... ... ... ... 1,140,405 239 5 7 New South Wales ... ... ... ... 1,132,234 237 11 3 New Zealand ... ... ... ... 620,030 130 111 Queensland ... ... ... ... 393,718 82 12 2 South Australia ... ... ... 320,431 67 4 8 Tasmania ... ... ... ... ... 146,667 30 15 6 Western Australia ... ... ... ... 49,782 10 8 11 Totals ... ... ... 3,803,267 £798 0 0 New Zealand's proportion was therefore £529 Is. lid.

Contributing Colonies. Year 1895-96. Year 1896-97. Year 1897-98. Year 1898-99. Year 1899-1900. Total. New Zealand Victoria .. New South Wales Queensland* . .^ South Australia Tasmania Western Australia £ s. d. 2,693 2 7 1,320 16 9 1,311 7 6 £ s. d. 1,752 10 9 859 18 8 853 15 5 £ s. d. 1,490 7 7 684 18 0 679 19 10 188 6 1 192 8 11 88 1 8 29 17 11 £ s. d. 1,163 2 2 526 4 8 522 9 4 181 13 7 147 17 3 67 13 7 22 19 5 £ s. d. 529 1 11 239 5 7 237 11 3 82 12 2 67 4 8 30 15 6 10 8 11 £ s. d. 7,628 5 0 3,631 3 8 3,605 3 4 452 11 10 1,020 5 11 467 0 1 158 10 2 371 2 7 169 17 5 57 13 2 241 12 6 110 11 11 37 10 9 Total contributions to Guarantee Fund 5,924 0 0 3,856 0 0 3,354 0 0 2,632 0 0 1,197 0 0 16,963 0 0 Cable Company's receipts on actual business |14,076 0 0 16,144 0 0 16,646 0 0 17,368 0 0 18,803 0 0 83,037 0 0 Amount guaranteed 20,000 0 0 20,000 0 0 20,000 0 0 20,000 0 0 20,000 0 0 100,000 0 0

Ordi: lary. Pre: is. Destination. No. of Messages. Value. No. of Messages. Value. International ... New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia 10,335 28,241 1,636 1,470 1,667 14,968 1,740 £ S. d. 36,881 13 9 5,882 11 8 485 7 11 426 18 3 591 10 6 3,692 9 10 612 0 9 82 1,389 £ s. d. 829 2 8 903 12 4 99 67 15 4 Total for 1899 60,057 48,572 12 8 1,570 1,800 10 4 Total for 1898 55,142 43,561 2 4 1,154 907 7 0

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The colony's outward international and intercolonial cable business, not including Press, for the years 1898 and 1899 was as follows : — Messages. Value. International, — Number. £ s. d. 1898 . ... 9,439 ... 32,527 3 4 1899 ',]', 10,335 ... 36,881 13 9 Increase ... 896 Increase ... 4,354 10 5 or 9-49 per cent. or 1339 per cent. Messages. Value. Intercolonial,— Number. £ b. d. 1898 ... ... 45,703 ... 11,033 19 0 1899 ::: 49,722 ... n,690 is n Increase ... 4,019 Increase ... 656 19 11 or 8-79 per cent. or 5-95 per Cent. The total increase in 1899 was therefore 4,915 messages, and £5,011 10s. 4d. in value. The forwarded and received cable Press business for the past nine years ended 31st December, 1899, has been :— .

Note.—The intercolonial cable Press rate was reduced from 3d. to Id. per word on tbe Ist April, 1893. POST OFFICE. Articles posted and delivered. The number of articles posted in the colony, and received from places outside the colony during 1899, as compared with the number in 1898, was as under :— T, P ht-,ers— 1899- 1898 - Increase. Posted in the colony 3 I'M? Received from places outside the colony .. 2,348,/ii9 a.^u.aai 37,380,671 34,737,316 2,643,355 Let p r os°t a edin"the colony .. .. .•• 1,103,700 917,631 186,069 the colony 1,606,888 1,399,450 Received from places outside the colony .. 37,bb8 au,on 1,643,051 1,479,964 163,087 Books and pattern-packets— Posted in the colony 1 owl™ Received from places outside the colony .. 1,448,28b t,j.u,-Jtv 17,659,858 16,618,101 1,041,757 NeW p P ord S nT the colony U.UT.gJ 10,872,459 Received from places outside the colony .. 4,269,731 4,2^d,u^a 15,717,388 15,095,487 621,901 Par °Pos7ed in the colony 193,143 177,559 Received from places outside the colony .. Ai,uvi 223,350 204,603 18,747 The letters increased 7-61; letter-cards, 20-28 ; post-cards, 11-02 ; books and pattern-packets, 6-27; newspapers, 4-12; and parcels, 9-16 per cent. ~„,..„ , .„ Qfl , , -, The increase in 1898 was: Letters, 7-64; letter-cards, 21-19; post-cards, 10-30; books and pattern-packets, 13-61; newspapers, 5-85 ; parcels 3-57 per cent. The average number of letters posted per head of population was estimated to be 46-31, or 47-77 including letter-cards. The averages in 1898 were 44-10 and 45-34 respectively

Forwarded. Received. Number of Number of Year. Value. Value. Messages. Words. Messages. Words. 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 837 791 796 994 1,168 1,069 1,294 1,154 1,570 45,285 44,263 57,390 103,366 68,682 92,946 128,839 133,342 182,066 £ s. 932 15 898 3 504 9 899 4 433 13 531 4 945 4 907 7 1,800 10 d. 8 9 9 9 0 9 8 0 4 ' 2,828 2,884 2,883 3,033 3,926 2,946 3,665 3,599 3,822 198,935 197,477 202,170 203,326 314,136 285,369 323,617 282,882 298,218 £ s. d. 2,739 6 0 2,796 9 4 1,540 17 10 1,179 13 7 1,782 13 5 1,576 1 3 1,752 7 5 1,599 7 0 1,690 12 4

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The Post Office receipts for the year amounted to £325,301 Is. lid.—an increase of £24,825 Bs. 5d., or 8-26 per cent. The expenditure was £207,205 3s. 3d., as against £215,616 12s. Id.—a decrease of £8,411 Bs. 10d., or 3-9 per cent. There was therefore a balance of revenue over expenditure of £118,095 18s. Bd. The estimated value of official (free) correspondence was £76,195. The gross earnings of the Post Office for the year were £401,496, and the credit balance £194,290. Work performed for other Departments. Customs duties amounting to £15,849 18s. 2d. were collected on articles received through the post from places beyond the colony, and £1,537 Is. 7d. on account of ordinary Customs work. The sum of £1,937 12s. 6d. was collected from the sale of game licenses. Premiums_ amounting to £27,992 ss. 3d. were collected from policyholders on behalf of the Government Life Insurance Department. £527 6s. 9d. was collected for the Government Printer on the sale of Government publications. Income-tax amounting to £68,296 35., and land-tax for £217,893 13s. 7d., were received at post-offices. Fees under the Live-stock Acts amounting to £20,358 17s. 6d. were collected. The sum of £3,725 15s. was received for machinery-fees. The receipts from the sale of miners' licenses amounted to £2,147 16s. £12,460 6s. lid. was lodged at post-offices for investment in New Zealand Consols. The receipts on behalf of the Public Trust Office were £256,761 18s. 10d., and payments £254,056 18s. sd. Eailway receipts for £8,385 3s. 9d. were also accounted for through the Post Office Account. The fees collected in respect of the registration of births, deaths, and marriages totalled £2,309 2s. 6d. The Advances to Settlers Office receipts amounted to £457,781 14s. 10d., and payments £457,188 7s. lOd. Fees, &c, were also collected on account of the Audit Office, Hospitals and Charitable Aid, Goldfields, County Councils, Harbourmasters, Alcoholic Liquors Act, Arms Act, fishing licenses, Lunacy Department, Miners' Guides, public baths, Factories Act, Education Department, Justice Department, Homing-pigeons Protection Act, Eegistration of Brands, Hanmer Springs Sanatorium, Electoral Act, water-rates, and the Treasury. The payments made by the Post Office on behalf of the Treasury were £503,237 Is. lOd. Gross Eeceipts and Payments. The gross receipts dealt with during the year were—Departmental, £11,246,942 6s. 7d.;, on account of other departments, £1,756,081 3s. 2d. : total, £13,003,023 9s. 9d. The payments were —Departmental, £11,252,345 ; on behalf of other departments—to individuals, £1,330,130 ss. lid.; to Government accounts, £390,136 17s. Id. : a total of £12,972,612 3s. The gross receipts and payments were therefore £25,975,635 12s. 9d. for the year. Letter-carriers' deliveries. Deliveries by letter-carriers were established at: Auckland—Northcote; Dunedin—Naseby ; Invercargill—Mataura ; New Plymouth—Waitara; Wanganui—Eltham ; Wellington—Kilbirnie and Maranui. Letter-carriers' deliveries were extended at: Auckland—Cambridge, the morning delivery to take in Grey Street, between Queen and Alpha Streets and the Duke Street-Alpha Street block on the west, and on the east Queen Street East as far as Chapel Street, and the Victoria Street-Fort Street block; afternoon delivery, on the north-east, north-west, and south-east of the extended morning delivery, to cover an area about equal in extent thereto : Coromandel, about a quarter mile along the Tiki Eoad, and to take Colebrook's Eoad. Christchurch —City, to include St Martin's, Opawa. Oamaru—Town, about a quarter-mile along main road to Newborough Post-office, and to take in Tweed Street on the west and the factory-lane on the east. Timaru—Town, to include Marchweil, Waimataitai, part of Maori Hill, Newtown, Buchanan Paddock, Watlington, Caversham, and part of Kensington : Temuka, to include both sides of Murray Street. Wellington—Hutt, to Park Avenue and Naenae Lane. Newspapers registered. Twenty newspapers were registered for transmission by post, and seven ceased publication. Eeceiving-boxes. Fifteen receiving-boxes were established at: Gisborne—Whataupoko, 1. Greymouth—Wallsend, 1. Napier —City, 1. New Plymouth—Town, 1; Inglewood, 2. Oamaru—Town, 1. Thames— Greerton, 1; Paeroa, 1; Parawai, 1; Shortland, 1. Wanganui—Town, 1; Hawera, 1. Wellington— City, 2.

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Seven receiving-boxes were closed: Christchurch—City, 1. New Plymouth—Town, 1. Thames—Kuranui, 1. Wanganui—Town, 1 ; Marohima, 1; Waitotara, 1. Wellington—Tinakori Eoad, 1. Designations of Offices. The designations of offices were changed as follow : Christchurch—Hanmer Plain to Hanmer Springs ; Dunedin—Mokamoka to Pounawea ; Invercargill—Waikawa Township to Waikawa; Napier—Mount Wolff to Waione ; Nelson—Wakapuaka to Wakapuaka Suburban ; New Plymouth—Ohonga to Onaero ; Timaru—Three Springs to Kimbell, Waihao to Morven ; Wellington— Fowler's to Kimbolton, Mauriceville to Mauriceville West, Mauriceville Eailway to Mauriceville; Westport—Granity Creek to Granity. Names were corrected as follows : Invercargill—Pyramids to Pyramid ; Timaru—St. Andrew ot St. Andrew's; Wellington—Manukau to Manakau. Post-offices established, etc. Sixty-seven post-offices were established (of these, five were reopened offices) and eight closed. Opened. Atea, Wellington Mount Wolff, Napier St. Omer (reopened), Blenheim Big River, Greymouth Newton Plat, Westport Seddon, Blenheim Braco (R. 0.), Christchurch Ngapaeruru, Napier Sentry Hill, New Plymouth Croydon Bush., Invercargill Ngawaro, Thames Slope Point, Invercargill Pairton, Christchurch Ohinemutu, Auckland Table Plat, Wellington Glencoe, Invercargill Ohonga, New Plymouth Tara, Auckland Halfway Bush (reopened), Dunedin Omahu, Thames Te Kuta, Napier Heawa, Auckland Onapua, Blenheim Ten-mile Creek, Greymouth Horoeka, Napier Orangimea, Wanganui Tererenga, Auckland Huarau, Auckland Peebles, Oamaru Tikitiki, Gisborne Hundalee, Christchurch Pitt Island, Wellington Tinakori Road (R. 0.), Wellington Island Bay, Wellington Pukehou, Wanganui Top Valley, Blenheim Kahuika, Dunediu Pukeokahu, Napier Umutaoroa, Napier Kaimata, New Plymouth Pyramids, Invercargill Upper Blackwater, Greymouth Kaupokonui, Wanganui Ranfurly, Dunedin Waiharara, Auckland Kent Road, New Plymouth Ratapiko, New Plymouth Waikaremoana (reopened), Napier Kokako, Napier Raupo, Auckland Waimahaka, Invercargill Mangapeehi, Auckland Rawhitiroa, Wanganui Waimana, Thames Manuhara, Wellington Reidston, Oamaru Whangamarino, Auckland Matahiwi, Napier Resolution Bay, Blenheim Whangapara (reopened), Auckland Matauri Bay, Auckland Riverlea, Wanganui Wbangaripo.Auckland Miro, New Plymouth Ruakaka (reopened), Auckland Woodleigb, Auckland. Mokamoka, Dunedin Closed. Kimihia, Auckland Mokihinui, Westport Waitoto River, Hokitika Kirikiri, Thames Ohui, Auckland White's Point, Westport. Lake Ooleridge, Christchurch Parawai, Thames The number of post-offices open at the end of the year was 1,620.

Parcel-post. The following table shows the total number and the weight of inland, intercolonial, United Kingdom, and foreign parcels dealt with during the years 1890, 1897, 1898, and 1899:—

Postal Districts. 18S Number. 1890. 190. Weight. Number. 1897. Weight. Number. 1898. Weight. Number. 1899. Weight. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Gisborne.. Napier .. Wanganui Wellington Nelson .. Westport Greymouth Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch Timaru .. Oamaru .. Dunedin Invercargill 24,539 1,731 1,132 1,061 7,021 4,537 29,052 5,348 1,201 2,821 1,600 2,090 21,758 2,263 978 25,312 3,883 lb. oz. 65,406 15 4,334 3 3,103 9 2,977 10 19,512 13 10,994 2 85,226 3 15,329 8 2,718 4 7,102 4 4,476 11 5,050 0 67,202 8 5,600 1 2,409 8 74,824 15 8,614 6 42,287 3,366 2,753 1,979 8,932 6,852 45,195 5,534 1,941 2,773 1,621 1,851 32,298 1,808 1,056 32,504 4,804 lb. oz. 134,523 4 9,945 8 8,001 1 5,862 12 26,526 12 21,508 12 166,995 8 18,168 3 4,977 3 7,777 10 5,583 6 5,441 5 125,764 3 4,554 12 3,436 13 112,672 12 14,314 9 43,147 3,181 2,801 1,975 9,048 7,642 46,208 5,668 1,964 2,950 2,398 1,811 33,072 1,964 1,166 34,641 4,967 lb. oz. 140,528 7 9,179 7 8,554 13 5,619 15 27,216 14 23,997 5 173,884 9 18,254 2 5,038 11 8,384 15 7,606 2 5,736 4 124,895 3 5,147 11 3,796 2 117,065 15 13,394 12 46,633 3,324 3,212 2,283 9,281 8,663 51,150 6,124 2,089 3,099 2,865 1,907 33,707 1,960 1,120 39,976 5,957 lb. oz. 153,492 14 9,963 12 10,238 5 6,008 12 28,500 15 27,627 13 185,938 12 18,845 5 5,157 2 8,876 3 9,645 11 6,180 15 135,437 9 5,815 2 3,843 12 134,014 7 16,249 4J Totals |136,327 384,883 8 |197,554 676,014 5 204,603 698,301 3 223,350 765,836 9 ;

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The following table shows the number and weight of parcels exchanged with the United Kingdom, and foreign countries viâ London, the Australian Colonies and the South Sea Islands, during the years 1898 and 1899: —

The declared value of parcels received from places outside the colony in 1899 was £70,094. The Customs duty collected amounted to £15,849 18s. 2d. The declared value of parcels despatched to places beyond the colony was £10,806, as against £9,245 in 1898. A scheme for the transmission of duty-paid parcels was inaugurated on the Ist October last. Under this arrangement persons in the United Kingdom can forward parcels to New Zealand for delivery, free of all charge, the sender paying all Customs duties, redirection-fees, &c, to the Post Office in the United Kingdom. As this scheme has only been in force for a limited period, it cannot be stated at present to what extent the franked-parcel system is likely to be taken advantage of. The insurance of parcels to and from the United Kingdom appears to be appreciated by the public, and is largely used, especially in connection with valuable parcels forwarded from the United Kingdom for delivery in the colony. The inland and Australian insurance system has not so far, however, been made use of to any great extent. On the Ist instant a parcel-post system was established with the United States of America. Although the question of this exchange was mooted as far back as 1890, the authorities of the United States Post Office have only now been able to agree to the exchange. It is understood that New Zealand is the first of the Australasian Colonies which is in the position of being able to send and receive parcels by post to and from America.

Official Correspondence. The estimated volume and value of official and other free correspondence posted during 1899 is given in the statement below:—

Rec< jived. Despatched. Country. 1898. 1899. 1898. 1899. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. United Kingdom and foreign offices (via London) Victoria .. New South Wales South Australia Queensland Tasmania.. Western Australia Samoa Rarotonga Fiji Hawaii Ceylon Uruguay Vancouver 17,823 lb. oz. 58,865 0 19,719 lb. oz. 68,628 0 4,023 lb. oz. 9,705 8 4,524 lb. oz. 10,128 5 3,292 4,614 235 343 143 190 17 5 14 42 326 10,682 8 13,384 3 688 2 704 0 382 0 459 11 65 11 18 5 53 12 97 8 701 12 3,235 5,691 258 327 152 244 14 10 29 56 340 11,076 0 16,097 8 779 15 712 12 434 11 538 0 62 11 15 0 60 13 115 i§ 739 15 1,311 1,779 190 267 308 236 123 62 27 IS 145 15 37 2,792 3 4,601 15 517 13 686 15 747 4 543 2 382 4 218 4 112 ■ 3 55 9 249 0 18 13 101 8 1,346 1,975 194 293 315 266 213 70 109 24 166 14 67 2,771 13 5,714 1 527 13 748 0 712 3 739 13 667 3 220 5 324 11 62 3 379 1 54 0 139 0 132 178 0 Totals .. 27,044 86,102 8 30,207 99,438 9J 8,541 20,732 5 9,576 23,188 7

District. Letters. Packets. Registered Articles. Newspapers. Postage Value of Official Correspondence. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington Nelson Westport.. Greymouth Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill 269,653 47,599 107,677 22,615 116,966 198,629 928,060 77,808 24,572 73,681 21,208 56,905 285,015 70,655 41,405 328,572 187,608 16,518 3,097 10,794 901 10,148 16,420 152,135 5,110 208 3,148 2,500 2,500 18,075 3,000 1,378 39,280 18,237 15,437 1,602 1,727 863 2,386 4,030 28,011 4,965 1,200 2,264 1,800 550 12,285 1,579 1,528 5,244 3,665 41,357 20,995 33,225 10,024 38,685 87,042 176,897 39,344 20,956 40,124 10,621 21,000 109,002 30,000 31,411 173,712 75,456 £ 6,189 1,324 2,775 622 3,026 5,540 23,281 2,302 848 2,157 653 1,464 7,689 1,904 1,370 9,895 5,156 Totals 2,858 628 303,449 89 136 959,851 76 195

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Dead Letters. The following comparative table shows the number of unclaimed letters, letter-cards, and post-cards dealt with during the under-mentioned years:—

The proportion of dead or unclaimed letters, letter-cards, and post-cards to the total number dealt with in the colony was 0-28, as against o'3l per cent, in 1898. 22,048 book-packets and circulars were returned to foreign countries. 50,559 were returned to senders through the Dead-letter Office, 50 were reissued, 40,686 were returned by Chief Postmasters : a total of 113,343 book-packets and circulars, as compared with 130,320 in 1898. 402 letters were wrongly addressed; 42 letters were discovered to have been posted with previously used stamps; 1,879 unclaimed registered letters were dealt with. 2,325 newspapers and 1,555 books and other articles without addresses were received, many of which were subsequently applied for and delivered. 770 newspapers were returned to the publishers. 432 letters and 98 letter-cards were posted without addresses. 11 letters with libellous addresses were intercepted. 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. 279 post-office orders ... 474 18 7 32 bank drafts ... ... ... ... ... ...2,98115 0 215 cheques ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,395 9 9 2 dividend warrants ... ... ... ... ... 9 13 0 16 promissory notes ... ... ... ... ... 354 610 Postal notes ... ... ... ... ... ... 89 7 9 Stamps ... ... ... .... ... ... ... 23 10 .8 Bank-notes ... ... ... ... ... ... 156 0 0 Gold ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 42 10 0 Silver and copper ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 2 11 Eepresenting a total of ... ... £5,532 14 6 In addition, 1 gold watch, 2 silver watches, 2 ladies' silver watches, 1 gold watch and chain, 1 silver watch and chain, 3 nickel-plated Swiss watches, 2 nickel watches, 2 gold chains, 1 ladies' ring, 7 gold rings, 1 silver ring, 1 gold pendant, 1 greenstone pendant, 1 gold brooch, 2 silver brooches, 1 gold-mounted greenstone brooch, 1 silver-mounted greenstone pendant, 2 gold-mounted sharks' teeth, 1 set of gold studs and one pair of sleeve-links, 1 pair gold sleeve-links, 1 silver lid, 1 silver chatelaine, 1 silver medal, 2 pairs gold-rimmed spectacles, 1 pair ordinary spectacles, 6 sheets postage-stamps, 3 sheets foreign stamps, 2 pencil-cases, 1 Japanese coin, collection of gold coins, 1 purse, 1 cigar-holder, 1 silver-mounted butter-knife with greenstone handle, 6 pawn-tickets, 1 railway-excursion ticket, 1 Tattersalls' ticket Melbourne Cup, 1 U.S.S. Company's saloon ticket Wellington to Greymouth, 1 passage ticket Toronto to Wellington, 1 U.S.S. Company's ticket Onehunga to Wanganui, 2 New Zealand Shipping Company's steerage tickets Monte Video to London, 1 U.S.S. Company's passage order Sydney to Auckland, 3 saloon tickets Lyttelton to Wellington, 5 share certificates, 4 cheque-books, 8 cents, 1 Canadian dollar, 3 woollen shawls, 4 antimacassar covers, 3 pairs of trousers, 9 silk handkerchiefs, 4 pieces of music, 2 dresses, 1 football-cap.. 2 razors, 1 sealskin cap, 11 pairs of woollen socks, 1 bicycle-pump, 21 silk neckties, 1 pair of ladies' gloves, 1 box of shoe-laces, 1 bread knife, 1 carved pipe. The number of inland, intercolonial, and international unclaimed articles received and disposed of during the years 1898 and 1899 was as under : —

Manner of Disposal. 1884. 1885. 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 1894. 1896. j 1897. 1898. 1899. Opened and returned to the writers Returned unopened to other countries Reissued Destroyed Returned unopened by Chief Postmasters 68,942 66,592 66,729 62,847 55,118 62,654 60,540 61,745 6,220 7,779 8,941 63,112 66,886: 68,872 74,132 . 9,134 8,115 8,359 7,287 6,892 7,546 7,648i 8,899 9,706 107 3,986 17,593 185 2,872 19,187 251 6,600 21,144 96 5,974 20,185 88 5,246 19,963 92 141 j 130 4,340 2,660 4,725 21,164| 21,931 22,042 148 4,069 26,414 132] 219 3,245; 3,368 34,260! 33,273 178 4,536 22,915 Totals 103,083 96,3891 87,307 94,470 l 93,051 97,583 101,289 112,171! 114,631 111,467 99,762 96,951 i

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Missing Letters. 809 inquiries for letters and 694 for other articles alleged to have been posted and not delivered were made during 1899. In 381 of the inquiries for .letters and 408 for other articles—over onehalf the total number—the investigations by the department resulted in the missing articles being traced or accounted for. These may be summarised as follows : — Number of " Traced ' Gases. Letters. Other Articles. Pound to have been 37 39 ... Missent, misdelivered, or otherwise delayed through fault of Post Office. 39 42 ... Delayed in delivery through fault of addressees. 29 32 ... Not posted. 26 28 ... Posted later than advised ; forwarded by slower routes than letters of advice, &c. 56 60 ... Defectively or wrongly addressed. 59 63 ... Mislaid or lost after delivery. 27 29 ... Returned through Dead-letter Office as unclaimed, &c. 108 115 ... Delivered. Eeason for inquiry not given, but probably in most cases omission by addressees to acknowledge receipt. 381 408

Registered Letters. The number of registered articles dealt with in 1899, compared with the numbers in 1890, 1897, and 1898, is shown below:—

Inland Mails. The general reletting of tenders for the triennium 1900-2 took place at the end of 1899. The prosperous state of trade and the high price of produce at the time gave reason to suppose that a considerable increase in the cost would be shown. The accepted tenders for the services

Letters Letter " Pos *- Packets News - Letters Letter - Post - Packets News " uetteis. cardS] cardg .rackets. papergi uetters. cards carda rackets. papers# Inland. Returned, delivered, &.C., through Deadletter Office Returned by Chief Postmasters direct .. Destroyed in accordance with law 55,517 30,262 2,706 1,182 "58 2,362 3,011 115 58,777 47,232 704 j 518 I 1 Ja0,956 60,332 20,334 3,682 1,946 119 2,594 2,581 158 48,704 40,686 1,211 770 3M30 Intercolonial. Originally addressed to other colonies :— Returned to writers Destroyed in accordance with law ,. Returned to other colonies as unclaimed 4,821 233 3,800 32 3 20 i,ooi: 56; 3,573] 4,041 242 4,298 83 11 25 1,228 75 4,998 9 12 International. Originally addressed to other countries :— Returned to writers Destroyed in accordance with law Returned to other countries as unclaimed 5,137 251 5,020 40 2 40 576 33 19,161 5,206 316 5,331 108 8 31 677 32 17,050 10 9 Totals 107,747! 1,259 5,625 131,113 31,474 103,782] 2,086] 5,599] 114,661 31,900

1890. 1897. 1898. 1899. Postal Districts. Prom T> B „i R . Places -tteglbk „ % teredin beyond the Colony, Colon yTotals. Prom Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. From Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. From Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. Auckland rhames Slew Plymouth .. jlisborne Napier .. Vanganui Wellington 31enheim STelson .. .. iVestport 3-reymouth Jokitika jhristchureh Cimaru .. )amaru Dunedin 7,119 130 341 118 999 211 6,129 92 322 112 102 95 3,659 312 278 4,615 1,740 34,398 4,781 3,372 2,120 10,911 6,060 30,369 3,193 3,430 3,254 8,879 2,579 20,404 3,551 2,505 19,696 9,819 41,517 4,911 3,713 2,238 11,910 6,271 36,498 3,285 3,752 3,366 8,981 2,674 24,063 3,863 2,783 24,311 11,559 12,517 206 830 231 1,379 1,484 11,594 66 610 196 425 74 4,687 232 109 7,392 3,220 62,903 18,038 14,246 4,850 19,545 17,801 54,235 4,318 10,279 5,472 6,496 3,444 53,212 5,478 4,197 37,322 17,866 75,420 18,244 15,076 5,081 20,924 19,285 65,829 4,384 10,889 5,668 6,921 3,518 57,899 5,710 4,306 44,714 21,086 13,891 289 1,031 232 948 1,584 13,107 68 709 179 540 60 5,371 507 170 6,352 3,357 94,138 16,654 15,003 5,034 18,853 18,569 69,297 4,397 10,270 7,100 7,360 3,586 54,528 6,737 5,040 33,522 19,740 108,029 16,943 16,034 5,266 19,801 20,153 82,404 4,465 10,979 7,279 7,900 3,646 59,899 7,244 5,210 39,874 23,097 17,209 295 1,246 327 1,115 1,850 14,340 97 656 337 583 84 5,143 1,068 163 6,427 3,431 105,710 18,659 15,560 3,868 24,024 22,929 78,947 5,471 12,002 7,713 8,497 4,363 48,169 8,130 7,244 39,544 23,936 122,919 18,954 16,806 4,195 25,139 24,779 93,287 5,568 12,658 8,050 9,080 4,447 53,312 9,198 7,407 45,971 27,367 invercargill Totals 26,374 169,321 195,695] 45,252 339,702 384,954 48,395 389,828 438,223 54,371 434,766 489,137

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under the new contracts were £41,031, as against £35,890 payable for the last year of the preceding triennium. Of the increase of £5,141, about two-thirds is represented by increase on tenders for existing services, and the remaining one-third for increased facilities, new services, &c. Every consideration was shown to the wants of settlers in dealing with the contracts, and services established or accelerated in many cases in which the revenue would not equal the expenditure for some time to come. A new departure was taken in connection with the contracts for clearing the letter-boxes, meeting trains, shipping mails, &c, in the principal cities. Owing to an allegation that a contractor was paying his drivers considerably less than the recognised minimum wage for such work, a clause was inserted in the conditions of the new contracts requiring payment of not less than £2 ss. for each man for a week of forty-eight hours. In Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Napier this had the effect of increasing the cost; while in Wellington it was determined that the department should carry on the work with its own drivers and plant. The steamer-service on Lake Taupo, referred to in last year's report, was commenced on the 20th November, and has been running with regularity since then. The service is performed by a steamer of about 30 tons register, having a speed of ten knots. She is built to carry fifty passengers, and is equipped to the satisfaction of the department. The number of contracts for inland mails in operation in 1899 was 641. There are in addition 366 services not under bond. The length of inland postal routes by road (counted one way only) was 9,678 miles, and the total number of miles travelled 2,236,056, at an average cost of 3-27 d. per mile. In 1898 the respective mileages were 9,457 and 2,168,451, and the average cost 3'26d. per mile. Ordinary trains with mails travelled 2,733,228 miles. The estimated sum payable to the Eailway Department for the conveyance of mails by ordinary trains was £31,612. Inland Mail-services. The following services were established during the year:— Auckland — As required : Tokaanu Post-office and Wharf. Daily : Northcote, delivery of correspondence by non-departmental carrier; RotoruaOhinemutu. Twice weekly : Mangawai-Tara; Whangarimo Post-office and Railway-station. Weekly : Birtle's Bridge-Huarau ; Glen Murray-Woodleigh ; Mangapeehi Post-office and Railway-station ; Matakana-Whangaripo ; Rotorua-Atiamuri-Wairakei-Taupo; Te Kao, landing and shipping mails (re-established); Whangapara, landing and shipping mails. Twice monthly : Te Whaiti-Ruatahuna-Maungapohatu. Blenheim— Twice weekly : Kenepuru-St. Omer. Weekly : Blenheim-Seddon ; Seddon-Awatere ; Wairau Valley-Top Valley. Christchurch— Twice daily : Springston Post-office and Railway-station. Twice weekly : Oxford-East Oxford. Weekly : Hundalee and junction on Waiau-Claverley Coach-road. Dunedin— Daily : Dunedin-Halfway Bush ; Kokonga Railway-station-Kokonga Post-office-Kyeburn. Thrice weekly: Owaka-Mokamoka. Weekly : Papatowai-Kahuika. Gisborne— Twice weekly : Gisborne-Whatatutu. Weekly : Port Awanui-Tikitiki. Greymouth— Twice weekly : Blackwater-Upper Blackwater. Invercargill— Daily : Invercargill-Waimahaka (train service) ; Waimahaka Railway-station-Eortrose. Thrice weekly : Gore-Croydon Bush. Twice weekly : Haldane-Slope Point; Hedgehope-Glencoe. Napier — Thrice daily : Dannevirke-Mangatera (clearing receiving-box). Daily : Pukehou Post-office and Railway-station. Thrice weekly : Dannevirke-Umutaoroa ; Matahiwi Post-office and Railway-station. Weekly : Waipatiki-Horoeka. Nelson — Irregular: Belgrove-Tophouse. New Plymouth — Daily : New Plymouth-Sentry Hill. Twice weekly : Tariki Road-Ratapiko. Oamaru — Twice daily : Peebles Post-office and Railway-station. Daily: Reidston Post-office and Railway-station.

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Thames — Daily : Omahu Post-office and Railway-station ; Thames-Kopu-Puriri-Hikutaia-Paeroa (train service). Daily, one way only : Waihi-Waikino-Karangahake-Paeroa. Weekly: Ruatoki-Waimana. Timaru— Weekly (winter service) : Lake Pukaki-Hermitage (by horse). Wanganui— Daily : Marton-South Makirikiri; Rakautaua Post-office and Railway-station. Twice weekly : Eltham-Rawhiciroa ; Utiku-Pukeokahu. Weekly : Kaimanuka-Orangimea. Wellington — Daily : Island Bay-Berhampore; Kilbirnie and Maranui districts (delivery of correspondence. Twice weekly : Apiti-Table Plat; Nireaha-Atea. Weekly: Manuhara-Pongaroa. The following services were extended : — Auckland — Kaeo-Otoroa, to Matauri Bay. Greymouth— Reefton-Merrijigs, to Big River. Nelson — Motupiko-Sherry River, to Motupiko Railway-station. Wellington — Makuri-Pongaroa, to Mangatiti; Pohangina-Komako-Piripiri, to Delaware Block. The following services were curtailed : — Dunedin — Kokonga-Kyeburn-Naseby-Weddorburn, &c, to Clyde : railway extended from Kokonga to Ranfurly. Service starts from Ranfurly to Clyde. Eweburn and Naseby served by branch service from Ranfurly. Nelson— Belgrove-Inangahua Junction-Reefton, by extension of railway from Belgrove to Motupiko (23rd April, 1899). Wanganui — Manaia-Kapuni-Kaponga, by discontinuance of service between Kapuni and Kaponga. The frequency of the following services was increased : — Auckland— Twice to thrice weekly : Pukekohe-Pukekohe East. Blenheim — Twice to thrice weekly: Blenheim-Renwiektowh-Kaituna-Okaramio-Havelock Suburban-Havelock. Christchurch— Once to twice daily : Christchurch-Templeton ; Christchurch-Upper Riccarton (inward journey only increased). Thrice to four times weekly : Christchurch-Hornby-Prebbleton-Lincoln-Greenpark-Gebbie's Plat-Ataahua-Little River (Little River now has seven mails a week). Dunedin— Thrice weekly to daily: Roxburgh-Coal Creek Elat—Bald Hill Plat—Alexandra South. Twice weekly to daily : Purakanui Post-office and Railway-station. Gisborne — . - Once to thrice weekly : Gisborne-Whatatutu. Invercargill— Twice to thrice weekly: Invercargill-Makarewa. Once to twice weekly during summer: Manapouri-Hillside Creek. Napier— Once to twice daily : Napier-Spit-Western Spit-Eskdale. Once to twice weekly : Dannevirke-Waipatiki-Weber (part of Dannevirke-Herbert-ville service). Nelson — Once to twice weekly : Nelson-Elmslie's Bay. Oamaru — Twice to thrice weekly : Oamaru-Island Cliff-Tokarahi. Thames — Once and twice-weekly (by season) to twice and thrice weekly : Hikutaia-Maratoto. Timaru — Thrice to four times weekly : Temuka-Seadown. Wanganui— Thrice weekly to daily : Manaia-Kapuni. Twice to thrice weekly : Manutahi-Whakamara-Mokoia Block-Meremere. Once to twice weekly during winter : Pipiriki - Mangaituroa - Raetihi - Ohakune ; Wanganui-Koriniti-Jerusalem-Pipiriki (river service).

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Wellington — Thrice weekly to daily: Feilding-Makino-Glenwood-Cunningham's-Waituna West; Kimbolton-Peep-o'-Day-Mangarimu-Pemberton-Rangiwahia. Twice weekly to daily : Waituna West-Rewa. Twice to thrice weekly : Eketahuna-Parkville-Nireaha ; Makuri-Rakaunui-Pongaroa (once to twice weekly thence to Mangatiti). The frequency of the following services was diminished : — Christchurch — From seven to six times weekly : Greenpark-Little River. Wanganui— Prom twice to once weekly : Utiku-Pukeokahu. The following services were abolished : — Auckland — Ahipara-Herekino ; Auckland-Epsom (by train) ; Henderson Post-office and Railwaystation ; Mount Albert Post-office and Railway-station; Otahuhu Post-office and Railway-station; Tairua-Ohui. Dunedin — Beaumont-Tallaburn. Thames— Paeroa-Karangahake-Waikino-Waihi (superseded by train service) ; TaurangaMotiti; Thames-Parawai-Kopu-Kirikiri-Puriri-Hikutaia-Paeroa (superseded by train service). Timaru — Lake Tekapo-Tasman Downs (winter service : replaced by Lake Pukaki-Hermitage service, weekly by horse during winter). Wellington— City, clearing Brooklyn posting-box and posting in Wordsworth Street receiving-box. The following services have been otherwise altered : — Auckland— Rotorua-Wairakei-Taupo, by change of route to new road vid Waiotapu. Blenheim— Blenheim, &c, to Kaikoura, to run via Redwood's Pass instead of Taylor Pass, and to include Seddon. Picton-Endeavour Inlet, by inclusion of Resolution Bay. Invercargill— Wyndham-Glenham-Pine Bush, two services established in place of one. Westport— Westport-Charleston, to new route vid Nine-mile Beach. Ocean Mail-services. The San Francisco mail-service has continued to be performed with admirable regularity. The homeward mails have generally been delivered in less than schedule time, and only twice has the time been exceeded on the inward voyages, and then only through stress of weather. No penalties have been incurred by the contractors on this account. For several voyages since the beginning of the present year the presence of the bubonic plague at Honolulu prevented direct communication with the shore at that port, and the transfer of the mails after fumigation had therefore to be made by lighters. The contract for the renewal of the San Francisco service, which was entered into in 1898 and expired on the 31st March, 1900, has been renewed with the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand until the 31st March, 1901. The Oceanic Steamship Company of San Francisco (the J. D. Spreckels and Brothers Company), now associated with the Union Steam Ship Company in carrying out the present service, having secured a ten-years contract from the United States Government for a service between San Francisco and Australia, has offered to perform a 16-17-days service between Auckland and San Francisco, and twenty-days between Sydney and San Francisco, every three weeks each way, for a payment of £30,000 per annum from the colonies. Three new steamers of 6,000 tons have been built specially for the service. The essential condition of the offer is that the service shall be performed exclusively by vessels registered in the United States. As the resolution of the House of Representatives last year authorising the renewal of the service made it a condition that at least one British-owned vessel should be employed in any new service, and as the New South Wales Government has declined to subsidise any service performed entirely by foreignowned steamers, the Oceanic Company will no doubt find it necessary to modify its demands in some way. The position is further complicated by the fact that Honolulu being now a port of the United States, vessels trading between there and San Francisco are subject'to the provisions of the American maritime laws, which, among other things, prohibit the conveyance of passengers and cargo between ports of the United States except in vessels owned or registered in that country. By the terms of last year's resolution, however, the matter has to be submitted to the House of Representatives before definite action can be taken. The Oceanic Company's offer will be considered in connection with the proposals for a new contract which are to be submitted to the House. The usual printed papers to be laid before Parliament relating to ocean mail-services contain Messrs. Spreckels's proposals, including the time-table under which the service is to be run.

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It is convenient to state at the present time that payment by New Zealand to the present contractors on outward correspondence is made by weight at the following rates: Letters, 10s. sd. per lb. ; book packets, &c, Is. per lb.; and newspapers, 6d. per lb. The United Kingdom pays this department on correspondence to New Zealand, the Australian Colonies, and Fiji : For letters, 40-07 d. per lb.; other articles, 2-86 d. per lb., the whole of which is handed over to the Union Steam Ship Company. The United States Government makesji direct payment of about £28,125 per annum, less $1,000 for each trip by the " Moana." The basis of payment to the Oceanic Company under the recently signed ten-year contract with the United States has not yet been communicated officially, but it is understood to be about £50,000 a year. The following is the resolution of the House of Representatives last session for the continuance of the San Francisco service :— Besolution passed by the House of Bepresentatives, 24th October, 1899. Besolved, That this House authorises the Government to extend the San Francisco mailservice for twelve months from the Ist day of April, 1900, on the present terms and conditions, as set out in the contract agreements dated the 11th day of April, 1899, and the 20th day of July, 1899, and published in Parliamentary Paper F.-6,1899, page 23. That this House also empowers the Government to enter into negotiations for a sixteen- and for a seventeen-days service once every four weeks, and also alternate services once every two weeks and once every three weeks, by vessels of not less than 4,000 tons, between Auckland and San Francisco, for a period of five (or seven) years, commencing about April, 1901 : Provided that at least one British-owned steamer shall be employed in either service. The result of such negotiations to be submitted to the House for confirmation next session, and to have no effect until approved by the House. It has not been practicable to arrange for a close and regular connection with the federal service at Sydney or Melbourne, but every opportunity is taken to provide as convenient a despatch as the running of the intercolonial steamers will permit. Mails for the Vancouver service vid Sydney and Brisbane Continue to be forwarded as circumstances admit. From reports which have reached the department it would appear that the prompt delivery of the mails in London by this route is not yet assured. Receipt's and Payments on Account of the San Francisco, Peninsular and Oriental, and Orient Mail-services for the Year 1899. San Francisco Service. D X £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Payments by weight— On mails "from New Zealand ... ... 12,145 8 11 On mails from the United Kingdom ... 5,825 12 8 On mails from the Australian Colonies, Fiji, &c. 5,634 4 10 23,605 6 5 Interprovincial service, mail agents, &c, ... ... 4,660 9 6 . x , I San Francisco to New York ... ... 4,300 7 5 Transit charges New York tQ Queenstown 1,831 16 8 34,398 0 0 Cr. Postages collected in the colony ... ... - ■ ■ 12,192 19 9 Postages from London ... ... • • • • • 5 > 825 12 8 Contributions from non-contracting colonies ... ... 5,634 4 10 23,652 17 3 Net cost to the colony .. ... ... ... £10,745 2 9 562,069 letters, 6,825 post-cards, 600,754 books, and 1,279,608 newspapers were received from, and 528,649 letters, 6,420 post-cards, 148,806 books, and 460,690 newspapers were despatched to, the United Kingdom vid San Francisco. The average time within which mails were delivered by the San Francisco service was—From Auckland to London, 30-85 days, as against 31-77 days in 1898; and from London to Auckland, 31-54 days, as compared with 31-92 days in the previous year. The shortest delivery was made in 30 days. Peninsular and Oriental and Orient Lines (Federal Mail-service). j) E £ s. d. £ s. d. Payments to P. and O. and Orient lines ... ... 3,05114 9 Transit charges across Australia ... ... ... 149 6 4 Transit charges across Europe ... ... ... 391 11 4 Gratuities (to and from Australia) ... ... ... 1,532 0 11 v 5,124 13 4 Cr. Postages collected in the colony ... ... ... 2,664 8 9 Postages from London and foreign offices ... ... 907 19 6 o,o!A 8 o Net cost to the colony ... ... ... £1,552 5 1 The number of letters, post-cards, books, and newspapers conveyed from and to the United Kingdom by the Peninsular and Oriental and Orient packets were : Received—4o2,64l letters, 4,890 post-cards, 255,052 books, and 1,027,470 newspapers; despatched—loB,s2s letters, 1,317 post-cards, 26,514 books, and 93,773 newspapers. iii—F. 1.

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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 1899 by the San Francisco service and by the Peninsular and Oriental and Orient lines, was :— San Francisco Service. P. and O. Line. Orient Line. Max. Mm. Average. Max. Mm. Average. Max. Mm. Average. London to Auckland.. .. 33 31 31-54 .. 39 37 38-08 .. 43 37 3885 Auckland to London.. .. 35 30 30-85 .. 42 39 40-46 .. 43 37 40-12 London to Wellington .. 34 32 32-77 .. 42 36 39-15 .. 45 38 39-38 Wellington to London .. 36 32 32-69 .. 45 37 41-73 .. 45 37 42-22 London to Dunedin .. .. 35 33 33-92 .. 46 38 4040 .. 46 38 40-48 Dunedin to London .. .. 38 33 33-85 .. 46 39 40-34 .. 45 38 40-66 London to Bluff .. .. 36 34 34-67 .. 45 37 39-65 .. 45 37 39-73 Bluff to London .. .. 39 34 34-60 .. 45 38 39-59 .. 44 37 3991 The several subsidised mail sea-services, the subsidy-payments for the year 1899, the dates when established, and the date on which each terminates are shown as follows : —

a Only proportion due for quarter to 31st March, 1899, expended. b Represents £10 a trip for a temporary service. c Plus one-thirteenth of £500 for each trip on which steamer with inward mails leaves. Onehunga on a Tuesday. Buildings. The altogether insufficient accommodation at the chief post-offices at Auckland, Wellington, and Dunedin is seriously interfering with the efficient performance of the work of the department at those places, and the expansion of business during the year has rendered it necessary that additional floor-space should be provided without further delay. The difficulty at Auckland is now being met by structural alterations and additions to the post-office building at a cost of about £4,000, which should suffice to meet requirements for some time to come. The substitution of steel pillars and girders for the massive brick arches on the main floor of the building will result in largely increased space being obtained for the mail-room, and admit of the counters and public lobby being extended and enlarged. The wants of the money-order and savings-bank branch and the letter-carriers will be met by building over the present area to the eastern side of the building. On the completion of the new Supreme Court at Dunedin the proposed rearrangement of the accommodation in the building in which the chief post-office is situated, providing much needed additional space for the postal business, will be put in hand. While Auckland and Dunedin are to be provided for, nothing as yet has been decided upon for Wellington, where the need for additional accommodation for staff and public is far more pressing. It is imperative that additional office-space be secured without further delay. New offices were erected at Cronadon, Mangaweka, Masterton, Mosgiel, Petone, Renwicktown, and Wellington South (Newtown), and buildings were purchased for the post-offices at New Brighton, Parnell, and Pouto. Land for the erection of post-office buildings was purchased at Caversham, Levin, Newtown, and Takaka. The following general repairs, additions, &c, were carried out during the year: Painting, Ahaura; repairs and painting, Annat; new fence and verandah, painting and repairs, Ashburton ; repairs, alterations, cleaning, and painting, Auckland; fittings, Balfour; additions, Chatham Islands; additions to accommodate new telephone switchboard, &c, Christchurch;

Duration of Service. Service. Subsidy or Payment. When When terminated established, termm a We . Number of Voyages per Annum. Mileage for Complete Voyage. Cost per Mile. Auckland and San Francisco ■Vellington and Vancouver Auckland and Fiji Auckland and South Pacific Islands Auckland and Devonport Auckland and Great Barrier Dargaville and Tangihua (Tangiteroria) Elelensville and Matakohe Elelensville and Dargaville Horeke, Kohukohu, Rawene, Waitapu, and Opononi .. .. rtussell and Opua SVhangaroa and Totara North Wellington, Ketu Bay, Homewood, Maori Bay (and other offices), and Havelock kelson, Mofcueka, Totaranui, Takaka, and Collingwood iVestport and Karamea .. tVestport and Little Wanganui .. hokitika, Okarito, Bruce Bay, Paringa, Haast, Okura, and Jackson's Bay dyttelton and Chatham Islands .. Bluff and Half-moon Bay Sluff, Te Oneroa, and Cromarty .. Interprovincial service in connection with San Francisco line .. Interprovincial service in connection with Vancouver line £ s. d. 12,145 8 11 7,500 0 0* 1,690 0 0 1,200 0 0 60 0 0 250 0 0 75 0 0 April, 1871 Dec, 1897 June, 1880 June, 1885 Aug., 1863 Oct., 1891 Nov., 1893 Mar., 1901 Mar., 1899 Dec, 1902 Dec, 1902 Dec, 1902 13 13 13 12 939 52 52 11,850 13,320 2,334 6,992 6 120 46 s. d. 1 6-92 0 10-40 1 1-37 0 3-43 0 2-56 0 9-62 0 7-53 j 500 0 0 | 148 10 0 Jan., 1881 Dec, 1902 f 52 \ 104 118 ) 170 J 0 5-04 Jan., 1889 Dec, 1902 52 48 1 2-28 90 0 0 25 0 0 Jan., 1889 Jan., 1891 Dec, 1902 Dec, 1902 104 52 16 2 1 0-98 4 9-69 ) 170 0 0" f 350 0 0 | 125 0 0 I 200 0 0 1 600 0 0 Dec, 1891 Sept., 1899 f June, 1886 I Jan., 1895 Aug., 1899 Dec, 1902 Dec, 1902 Dec, 1902 Dec, 1902 13 13 52 26 12 ) 183 | 130 102 ) 82 f 1 5-15 2 11-30 0 4-44 1 1-20 Jan., 1886 Dec, 1902 6 384 5 2-50 300 0 0 300 0 0 360 0 0 ) 3,000 0 0 f 3,500 0 0« 13,000 0 0 a July, 1886 April, 1893 Nov., 1886 April, 1899 Mar., 1902 Dec, 1902 6 52 12 1,050 48 208 0 11-43 2 4-85 2 10-62 Mar.," 1899 Mar., 1901 1 » Dec, 1897 Mar., 1899

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new fence and repairs, Coromandel; new private letter-boxes, Dunedin; underpinning walls, strong-room, &c, Greymouth; repairing foundation and new floor to operating-room, Gisborne; fittings, alterations, repairs, and additions, Hamilton; painting, Havelock; repairs to floor of upper storey, repapering and distempering quarters, Hawera; new safe, and fitting in safes in concrete, Hokitika; alterations, Kawakawa; fittings, Kohukohu ; repairs, Lawrence; fittings and new private letter-boxes, Mangaweka; repairs and new fencing, Mataura; repairs and painting, Mercer; additions, painting, and repairs, Milton; additions and painting, Miranda; repairs, &c, Napier; repairs and painting, Nelson; new fittings, Otahuhu ; gas and fittings, Pahiatua ; painting, papering, and repairs, Palmerston; alterations to building purchased at Parnell; alterations, repairs, and painting, Port Chalmers ; repairs, Raglan; repairs and painting, Riverton ; repairs, Rotorua; additions and repairs, Te Aroha; repairs, Thames; additions, Waotu; alterations, drainage, and fittings, Wakapuaka; minor fittings, repairs, and renovations, Wellington; painting, Westport. Minor additions and repairs were made at other offices, and also additions to several railway-stations to provide for post-office business. The post- and telegraph-office at Hamilton was totally destroyed by fire on the 6th October, while the Postmaster's quarters at Ashburton were partially destroyed through the same cause on the 20th March of this year. New buildings are to be erected at Ashburton, Caversham, Denniston, Feilding, Gisborne, Hamilton, Inglewood, Karangahake, Levin, New Plymouth, Onehunga, Opunake, Sumner, Temuka, and Wanganui; while alterations and additions are to be made at Clyde, Cromwell, Greymouth, Kaikoura (Postmaster's house), Lyttelton, Nelson, Otahuhu (Postmistress's quarters), and Rotorua. Money-orders. Nineteen money-order offices were opened during the year—namely, Howick, Karamea, Longburn, Millerton, Motupiko Railway, Ohoka, Opononi, Pahautanui, Pukeuri Junction, Rahotu, Ranfurly, Riwaka, Takapuna, Tauhoa, Tinakori Road, Tokomaru Bay, Tuparoa, Waihopo, and Waione. Two offices were closed—namely, Omapere and Whananaki. The number of offices open at the end of the year was 434, as against 417 twelve months previously. 344,664 money-orders were issued for £1,118,808 ss. 7d., as compared with 318,370 for £1,029,241 7s. 7d. in 1898—an increase of 26,294 in number and £89,566 18s. in amount. 244,917 money-orders, amounting to £948,013 3s. 4d., were paid, as against 229,720 for £880,052 13s. lid. during 1898—an increase of 15,197 orders and £67,960 9s. sd. There were 36,933 telegraph money-orders issued for £120,034 3s. 2d., as compared with 35,204 for £114,622 13s. Id. in 1898—an increase of 1,729 in number and £5,411 10s. Id. in amount. 123,310 orders for £254,295 os. lOd. were issued on places beyond New Zealand, as against 112,105 orders for £230,515 lis. lid. during 1898. 24,023 orders for £85,824 4s. 6d. were issued at places beyond New Zealand for payment in the colony, as compared with 23,424 orders for £80,665 os. Bd. during the previous year. The commission received for money-orders amounted to £15,533 4s. 6d., as against £14,795 16s. received during 1898. A direct exchange of orders between New Zealand and Natal was inaugurated during the year. A money-order convention between the Cook Islands and this colony has been signed. The exchange will commence from the Ist August. This should prove a boon to the islanders, who are at present heavily mulct for exchange on remittances ; and it is to be hoped that it will also have the effect of ousting the depreciated Chilian dollar in favour of sterling money. Postal Notes. The following new offices were opened during the year ended 31st March, 1900: — Awhicu. Ohoka. Takapuna. Frasertown. Omapere. Tongaporutu. Hawea Flat. Opononi. Tuparoa. Howick. Pahautanui. Utiku. Huiakama. Porootarao. Waihopo. Kawhia. Port Awanui. Wai-iti. Longburn. Pipiriki. Waione. Millerton. Banfurly. Wangamomona. Motupiko Railway. Riwaka. The office at Omapere was closed. Total opened, 26 ; 1 closed. The number of offices at which postal notes were sold at the end of the financial year was 497, as compared with 472 on the 31st March, 1899. 461,447 notes, of the value of £147,686 Bs. 6d., were sold, as against 431,449, for £139,957 45., sold during the previous year. The postal notes paid numbered 457,767, of the value of £146,778 125., as compared with 429,193, for £139,476 2s. 6d., paid during 1898-99. The postal-note commission amounted to £3,054 lis. sd. Savings-banks. There were twenty offices opened during the year for the transaction of savings-bank business —namely, Howick, Karamea, Longburn, Millerton, Motupiko Railway, Ohoka, Opononi, Pahautanui, Pohangina, Pukeuri Junction, Rahotu, Ranfurly, Riwaka, Takapuna, Tauhoa, Tinakori Road, Tokomaru Bay, Tuparoa, Waihopo, and Weber.

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Two offices were closed —namely, Omapere and Whananaki. There were 427 offices open at the end of 1899, as against 409 at the end of the previous year. 41,362 accounts were opened and 28,284 closed, the net gain on the year's working being 13,078 accounts. The number of depositors on the 31st December was 183,046, and the proportion of accounts per head of population was one in 4-13, as compared with one in 4-33 at the end of the previous year. The deposits numbered 313,783, representing £3,644,980 9s. 10d., an average of £11 12s. 4d. per transaction. The withdrawals numbered 206,940, for £3,417,298 19s. Bd., an average of £16 10s. 3d. for each withdrawal. The net amount added to the depositors' savings during the year was therefore £227,681105. 2d. phis £134,917 19s. 3d. interest earned, making a total of £362,599 9s. sd. The total amount at credit of depositors increased from £4,957,771 ss. sd. at the close of the previous year to £5,320,370 14s. lOd. on the 31st December last, representing a sum equal to £7 os. Bd. per head of the entire population, and £29 Is. 4d. per depositor. Last year the figures were £6 14s. Bd. and £29 3s. sd. respectively. The interest credited to depositors since the Post-Office Savings-Banks were established in 1867 now amounts to £2,040,793 16s. 3d. The cost of working the savings-banks amounted to 4-38 pence per transaction, or £9,500 for the year. The cost of management per cent, on total amount at credit of depositors was 0-179 per cent., or 3s. 7d. per £100. Average number of deposits per day, 1898 ... ... ... ... 921 1899... ... ... ... 1,025 Increase per cent. ... ... ... ... ... ... 11-29 Average number of withdrawals per day, 1898 ... ... ... 643 1899 ... ... ... 676 Increase per cent. ... ... ... ... ... ... 5-13 Average daily amount deposited, 1898 ... ... .. £10,717 13s. 7d. 1899 ... ... ... £11,911 14s. Od. Average daily amount withdrawn, 1898 ... ... ... £10,440 16s. 7d. 1899 ... ... ... £11,167125.10 d. TELEGRAPHS. The total value of the telegraph and telephone business for the year ended the 31st March last, including Government telegrams and miscellaneous telegraph receipts, was £192,376 13s. 4d., as compared with £170,794 19s. sd.—an increase of £21,581 13s. lid., or 12-64 per cent. The following is a comparison of the traffic in paid telegrams during the last five years:— Number. Value. 1895-96 ... 1,899,632 ... ... ... £92,289 1896-97 ... 2,285,001 Increase, 20-29 per cent. ... 97,453 Increase, 5-60 per cent. 1897-98 ... 2,469,415 „ 8-07 „ ... 96,537 Decrease, 0-94 1898-99 ... 2,717,548 „ 10-05 „ ... 101,104 Increase, 4-73 1899-00 ... 3,159,093 „ 16-25 „ ... 114,383 „ 13-13 Telegraph Business. Table showing the number of telegrams forwarded, and the revenue derived therefrom, during the four quarters of the financial years 1898-99 and 1899-1900 respectively:—

The number of telegrams of all codes forwarded during last financial year was 3,469,631 —an increase of 508,893, or 17-19 per cent., over 1898-99. The proportion of telegrams per head of population was 4-70, as compared with 4-02 the previous year. The number of ordinary telegrams forwarded was 2,578,863, of the value of £89,716 15s. 2d., compared with 2,242,387, for £78,499 lis. 2d., in 1898-99 —an increase of 336,476 and £11,217 4s. Od. The urgent telegrams numbered 127,576, of the value of £8,412 15s. 7d. —an increase of 14,138 in number and £24 17s. 2d. in amount. 255,362 Press telegrams, of the value of £10,770 13s. 9d., were forwarded in 1899-1900, as compared with 217,783, valued at £10,140 14s. 6d., forwarded in 1898-99—an increase of 37,579, or 17-26 per cent., in number, and 6-22 per cent, in value.

Number of Telegrams forwarded. Revi Quarter. Year ended Year ende 31st March, 31st Marcl 1899. 1900. Year ended 31st March, 1900. Increase per Cent. inue. CD -43 CO CJ go a g 1898-99. 1899-00. June quarter September quarter December quarter March quarter ... 647,284 609,615 712,121 748,528 715,127 701,965 832,126 909,875 10-48 15-15 16-85 21-56 £ s. d. 24,548 10 44 23,008 6 10 26,231 18 5| 27,315 16 8 £ s. 26,149 4 25,667 12 30,082 17 32,483 9 d. 04 0* 0 0 6-52 11-56 14-68 18-92 2,717,548 3,159,093 16-25 101,104 12 4 114,383 2 1 13-13

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The value of each Press telegram averaged 1012 d., as against 11-18 d. in 1898-99. The bureau messages numbered 197,292, of the value of £5,482 17s. 7d., as compared with 143,940, of the value of £3,726 18s. 4d.—an increase of 53,352 in number and £1,755 19s. 3d. in amount. The average value of each bureau message was 6'67d., as against 6-21 d. in 1898-99. The number of Government telegrams forwarded was 310,538, valued at £29,431 195., as compared with 243,190, of the value of £25,500 ss. lOd. —an increase of 67,348 in number and of £3,931 13s. 2d. in amount. This unusual increase is mainly the result of franking privileges having been granted to mayors of boroughs and others in connection with the Patriotic and More Men Funds. 36,933 money-orders for £120,034 3s. 2d. were transmitted by telegraph, as against 35,204 for £114,622 13s. Id. in 1898-99—an increase of 1,729 telegrams. The number of forwarded telegrams to every hundred letters posted in New Zealand for delivery within the colony was 9-94, as against 9-12 in 1898-99. The telegraph receipts for the financial year, including telephone-exchange subscriptions, private-wire rents, &c, amounted to £162,944 14s. 5d., compared with £145,294 13s. 7d. in 1898-99—an increase of £17,650 os. 9d., or 12-15 per cent. The expenditure, excluding cable subsidy, was £181,634 lis. 3d., as compared with £173,152 16s. 6d. for the previous year—an increase of £8,481 14s. 9d., or 4-9 per cent. There were 6,910 miles of line and 19,228 miles of wire at the close of the year—an increase of 174 and 482 miles respectively. The net expenditure out of Public Works Fund for telegraph extension was £26,771 7s. 9d., as compared with £28,550 14s. in 1898-99. The number of private wires and subsidised lines was 248, compared with 201 in 1898-99. The amount received for rent, maintenance, &c, was £1,587 2s. 10d., as against £1,390 18s. 3d. in 1898-99. The total number of telegraph- and telephone-offices open at the close of the year was 915. Of these, 234 were telegraph- and 681 telephone-offices. Forty-two telephone-offices were opened and five closed. The following telephone-offices were opened:— Burnett's Faoe. Moawhango. Te Tua. Cabbage Bay. Morere. Tikitiki. Cross's Creek. Motupiko Railway. Tikorangi. Ellerslie Bureau. Ngapaeruru. Tiritiri. Glen-iti. Opaki. Tokomaru. Hangaroa. Oriental Bay. Totaratahi. Heathcote Valley. Otaki Railway. Utiku. Hilderthorpe. Otipua. Waerengaokuri. Hokianga Heads. Parapara. Wai-iti. Kaupokonui. Bangitaiki. Waikaka Siding. Linton. Seddon. Waimahaka. Makirikiri. Sentry Hill. Waipiata. Matamau. Taihape. West Plains. Millerton. Taneatua. Wright's Bush. The offices at Closeburn, Kimihia, Raumai, Rona, and The Camp were closed. Telephone Exchanges. There were on the 31st March last twenty central exchanges and twenty sub-exchanges. The following is a comparative return of the telephone-exchange connections for the years 1898-99 and 1899-1900:— t;, , Number of Subscribers or Connections : lixcnange. Mar lgg9 _ Mar lgQa Ashburton ... ... ... ... ... 102 ... 100 Auckland ... ... ... ... ... 1,041 ... 1,134 Blenheim ... ... ... ... ... 67 ... 75 Christchurch ... ... ... ... ... 894 ... 968 Rangiora ... ... ... ... ... 14 ... 14 Dunedin ... ... ... ... ... 954 ... 1,082 Balclutha ... ... ... ... ... 14 ... 15 Kaitangata ... ... ... ... ... 6 ... 6 Milton ... ... ... ... ... 19 ... 20 Palmerston South ... ... ... ... ... ... 15 Port Chalmers ... ... ... ... 17 ... 17 Feilding ... ... ... ... ... 78 Gisborne ... ... ... ... ... 123 ... 145 Greymouth ... ... ... ... ... 86 ... 94 Hawera ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 91 Eltham ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 Manaia ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 Invercargill ... ... ... .. ... 216 ... 250 Bluff ... ... ... ... ... 22 ... 22 Gore ... ... ... ... ... 54 ... 58 Mataura ... ... ... ... ... 9 ... 8 Otautau ... ... ... ... ... 15 ... 22 . Riversdale ... ... ... ... ... 12 ... 13 Winton ... ... ... ... ... 8 ... 13 Woodlands ... ... ... ... ... 5 ... 5 Carried forward ... ... ... 3,678 4,263

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-c, v Number of Subscribers or Connections : Monange. gi> 18gg _ Mar lgoo _ Brought forward ... ... ... 3,678 4,263 Masterton ... ... ... ... ... 72 ... 81 Napier ... ... ... ... ... 298 ... 297 Hastings ... ... ... ... ... 40 ... 45 Nelson ... ... ... ... ... 59 ... 78 New Plymouth... ... ... ... ... 165 ... 212 Inglewood ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 Stratford ... ... ... ... ... 57 Waitara ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11 Oamaru ... ... ... ... ... 118 ... 127 Palmerston North ... ... ... ... 131 ... 127 Thames ... ... ... ... ... 80 ... 79 Timaru ... ... ... ... ... 78 ... 91 Wanganui ... ... ... ... ... 205 ... 250 Marton ... ... ... .. ... 9 Wellington ... ... ... ... ... 1,279 ... 1,417 Totals... ... ... ... ... 6,203 7,150 The connections may be classified as follows : Paying, 6,641; free, 165; bureaux, 344: total, 7,150. The telephone-exchange receipts amounted to £43,303 2s. lOd.—an increase of £3,584 15s. 3d. as compared with the subscriptions received during the previous year. The working-expenses and 5 per cent, interest on capital cost for the year amounted to £46,567 10s. 4d. The following are the particulars of telegraph- and telephone-wires, &c, in the colony on 31st March, 1900 :— Telegraph. Telephone. Miles of line, Ist April, 1899 ... ... ... ... 6,736 436 31st March, 1900 ... ... ... 6,910 501 Miles of wire, Ist April, 1899 ... ... ... ... 18,746 5,803 31st March, 1900 ... ... ... 19,228 6,343 Increase during year — Miles of line ... ... ... ... ... 174 65 Miles of wire ... ... ... ... ... 482 540 Submarine cable, Ist April, 1899 ... ... ... 242 knots 8 knots. 31st March, 1900 ... ... ... 242 knots 8 knots. TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE. The demand for telephone - lines reported last year still continues. During 1899 56 renewed applications and 52 fresh applications were received for 108 lines of a total mileage of 975, to erect which would cost nearly £37,000. Of these lines, 15 were estimated to be selfsupporting, while in 62 instances guarantees against loss were asked for, and 31 applications were altogether declined. During the year nine bonds were entered into by County Councils, guaranteeing an annual sum of £169 10s., and the sum of £85 was paid by way of commuted guarantee for four lines erected during the year. The total number of telephone guarantees existing on the 31st December was 58, of an annual value of £1,294 6s. It was decided during the year to extend the scope of guarantees of telephone-lines by accepting bonds from six reputable residents as well as from County Councils, and there are indications that this concession will be freely availed of. The establishing of branch telephone exchanges at the smaller towns, with bureau communication by trunk telephone-lines with the principal trading centres, engaged some attention during 1899. Six applications were received for such branch exchanges, and for the erection of trunk telephone-lines of a mileage of 210, involving an expenditure of £5,072. In five instances requests were agreed to, while one application was declined. Two lines for telephone bureau conversations were also applied for of a mileage of 16J, and of an estimated cost of £215. The following telegraph-works have been carried out during the year in the several districts : — Auckland. Construction. The following new lines have been erected : — Miles of Miles of Poles. Wire. Tokatea-Cabbage Bay .. ... ... ... ... 9 9 Whakatane-Taneatua ... ... ... ..". ... 9f 9f Omapere-Hokianga Heads ... ... ... ... If If For Railway Department — Ellerslie-Penrose ... . . ... ... ... 1 1 Total... ..'. ... ... ... 21J 21| The line from Huntly to Kimihia, containing two miles of poles and three miles of wire, was sold, and is now a private line.

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Maintenance. The following sections have been overhauled and repaired, the aggregate length being 448 miles : Mangonui to Cape Maria van Diemen ; Thames to Coromandel and Whangapoua ; Hamilton to Raglan and Kawhia ; Hamilton to Mahoenui; Morrinsville to Lichfield; Te Kopuru to Pouto ; Devonport to Warkworth; Paeroa to Waihi; Te Aroha to Morrinsville; Drury to Manukau Heads ; Auckland to Drury. Twenty miles of wire were renewed. The Te Kopuru-Mititai cable, which became faulty, was repaired. Offices. The railway offices at Kumeu, Waimamaku, and Kirikiriroa have been connected by telephone. Three constant-current Morse instruments were fitted to the Dargaville-Kaihu Railway circuit. New test-boards were fitted at 8 offices. The Kawakawa public office was transferred to the railway-station ; and the Pouto office to the Native-school building lately purchased by the department. The post- and telegraph-office at Hamilton was transferred to temporary premises owing to the destruction by fire of the department's building on the 6th October. The total number of offices in the district is 210. They are connected by 1,768J miles of line and 4,156 miles of wire. Telephone Exchanges. The branching multiple switchboard which was erected in 1898 continues to give satisfaction. The number of subscribers at the end of the year was 1,134 —an increase of 93 during the year. Two miles and a half of poles and eighty-eight miles of wire were erected. The total number of connections with telephone exchanges in the Auckland Telegraph Inspector's district is 1,217. Thames. This exchange is in good order. The number of subscribers at the end of the year was 69, being a decrease of 11 as compared with the previous year. Wellington. Construction. The following extensions of lines and wires were made during the year:— Miles of Miles of Poles. Wire. Nuhaka-Morere ... ... ... ... ... 6 6 Otakeho-Pihama ... ... ... ... ... ... 8 Longburn-Linton-Tokomaru ... ... ... ... Of 8 Eltham-Stratford (additional wire) ... ... 6 Featherston-Masterton ... ... ... ... ... 24 Waiomatatini-Tikitiki ... ... ... ... 3-J- 3f Tikorangi-Waitara ... ... ... ... ... 4 4 Feilding-Kimbolton ... ... ... ... 17 Pipiriki-Te Horo ... ... ... ... ... 56 56 Hawera-Manaia (trunk telephone-wire) ... ... ... .... 9f Wellington-Oriental Bay (bureau) ... ... ... ... Of New Plyinouth-Waitara ... ... ... ... ... 12 Ohingaiti-Mangaweka... ... ... ... 7 Manga weka-Moawhango ... ... ... ... 25 25 Ngaire-Eltham ... ... ... ... 3 Otaki-Waikanae (bureau) ... ... ... ... 11 Masterton-Waipukurau (three copper wires) ... ... ... 312 Stratford-New Plymouth (trunk telephone-wire) ... ... ... 30 Sentry Hill-Lepperton ... ... ... ... Of Of Te Arai-Hangaroa ... ... ... ... ... 12f 12f Matamau ... ... ... . ... ... If If Jubilee Home-Makirikiri ... ... ... ... 3 3 For Railway Department— Featherston-Masterton Railway ... ... ... 22 22 Carnarvon-Longburn Railway .. ... ... ... Of 13f Wanganui-Aramoho Railway ... ... ... ... 3 3 Spit-Waipukurau (late Nelson Brothers' private wire) ... ... 4 For Public Works Department— Mangaonoho-Makohine workshops ... ... ... 1 1 Purchased by Railway Department from Nelson Brothers 44 Total ... ... ... ... ... 138f 647f Dismantled. Napier-Gisborne ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 Waipukurau-Masterton vid East Coast... ... ... 24 454 Otaki-Paikakariki ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 Total ... ... ... ... ... 24 458 The total additions for the year were 114f miles of poles and 189f miles of wire.

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Maintenance. On the Napier-Gisborne line five miles of line were erected across the isthmus near the Mahia Peninsula to take the place of a line by another route, which was dismantled. When erecting three new copper wires between Masterton and Waipukurau the line throughout the distance was strengthened, and is now in good repair. The completion of these wires has allowed of the dismantling of the line on the old route vid the East Coast, consisting of twenty-four miles of line and 454 miles of wire between Te Nui and Aohanga. A rearrangement of the circuits serving the existing offices on the East Coast was also made ; the offices at Castlepoint, Whakataki, Te Nui, Carswell's, Taueru, and Masterton being fitted with high-resistance bridging telephones, and placed on one circuit. The Te Nui office was also converted from a Morse to a telephone office. The services of the lineman at Te Nui being no longer required he was transferred to another station. Two miles of wire between Otaki and Paikakariki were dismantled. To meet the growing requirements of the Wairarapa district an iron wire was erected between Masterton and Featherston, with intermediate connections at Greytown and Carterton. This circuit, which carries the local traffic, serves to relieve the main circuit to Wellington. The Opunake-New Plymouth line has been overhauled for about thirteen miles north of Opunake, No. llf copper wire replacing the iron wire, which had become much corroded. Further improvement of this line will be made during 1900. The constant-current combined Morse and telephone connection between Masterton and Eketahuna has been replaced by a bridging-telephone circuit, serving Masterton, Masterton Railway, Opaki, Dreyerton, Mauriceville Railway, Mauriceville, Mangamahoe, and Eketahuna. The electrical resistance of the telephones on this line, as also those on telephone circuits throughout the New Plymouth District, has been specially increased to 2,000 ohms, thus enabling more stations to be connected with the circuit without impairing the efficiency of the instruments. To relieve the increased pressure on the line between New Plymouth and Wanganui another copper wire is to be erected, which will be extended to Auckland via Mokau. There will thus be a two-wire alternate route available from the Wellington to the Auckland Province by way of New Plymouth, serving to relieve the wires on the East Coast route. During the year the quadruplex system, which has been working very satisfactorily between Wellington and Auckland, has been applied to other circuits. There are now four quadruplex sets at Wellington, three at Christchurch, two at Dunedin, and one each at Wanganui, Napier, Greymouth, and Invercargill. The quadruplex is now worked with advantage daily on two wires between Wellington and Christchurch, and less frequently between Wellington and Dunedin. It is contemplated to still further introduce the system on other circuits on which traffic is becoming somewhat congested. Offices. The total number of offices in the district is 250. Cables. The No. 4 Lyall Bay cable became faulty about the end of September, and continued to work indifferently until December, when it became useless. The break was located at 12-5 knots from Lyall Bay. The No. 1 cable (Oterangi Bay) suddenly parted on the 2nd March at about 2 knots from Oterangi Bay. The s.s. " Tutanekai" left with a repairing staff on the 18th March. The repair of the No. 1 cable was effected on the 20th March, 800 fathoms of shore-end 7-ton cable being used. The repair of the No. 4 cable was begun on the 3rd April. Owing to bad weather operations were not completed until the 12th April. 1' knot 731 fathoms of cable was used in this work. This cable and the other two from Oterangi Bay are working satisfactorily. Telephone Exchanges. The branching multiple switchboard at Wellington, which has been in operation for over two years, continues to give every satisfaction. The number of subscribers is now 1,417 —an increase of 138 for the year. New exchanges have been opened at Eltham, Inglewood, Manaia, Marton, Waitara, with under ten subscribers each, and at Feilding, Hawera, and Stratford, with 78, 91, and 57 subscribers respectively. The total number of exchanges in the district is 16 —an increase of 8 during the year. A trunk telephone copper wire was erected from Stratford to New Plymouth (30 miles), also from Hawera to Manaia (10 miles), Stratford to Eltham (6 miles), and Stratford to Ngaire (3 miles). These wires are so arranged that telephone conversation can be carried on between all offices in the New Plymouth District from Hawera to Awakino. At Wanganui the number of subscribers is 250. A number of small poles in the main street being insufficiently high and overloaded with wires have been replaced by larger poles. All exchanges in the district are in good working-order. The total number of telephones in use in the district is 2,993, the mileage of poles being 147f and of wire 2,149f. The number of subscribers to all exchanges in the district is 2,884. New exchanges are being established at Pahiatua and Woodville. A trunk telephone-wire to serve the former place with Palmerston North is also being constructed.

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Nelson. Construction. The following lines and wires were erected during the year :— Miles of Miles of Poles. Wire. Kekerangu-Saltwater Lagoon ... ... ... ... ... 9 Seddon line ... ... ... ... ... ... If If Nelson-Belgrove ... ... ... ... 6J Parapara ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 Denniston-Burnett's Face ... ... ... ... 2 2 Millerton ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 Belgrove-Wai-iti ... ... ... ... ... ... 2f Total ... ... ... ... 5f 24 Maintenance. On the Blenheim-Kaikoura section the chief trouble has been intermittent contacts, which, however, will disappear as the length of some of the spans is reduced. Owing to the Starborough Estate being subdivided and fenced about eight miles of line running through it will have to be removed to where it will be accessible to the lineman. A portion of the Nelson-Lyell section has been put in thorough repair. On several of the lines some small diversions are required, poles rebutted, and angles strengthened. These will be attended to during the year. Offices. There are 119 offices in the district. Telephone Exchanges. The Nelson exchange subscribers' connections have received a thorough overhaul and the cables renewed. Everything is in good order. The exchanges at Blenheim and Greymouth are in good order. Some necessary renewal of cables will be made shortly. The total number of subscribers in the district is 242, as compared with 212 last year—an increase of 30. Thirteen miles of poles and 17f miles of wire were erected during the year. The number of telephones in use is 256. Christchurch. Construction. The following new lines and wires have been constructed during the year:— Miles of Miles of Poles. Wire. Timaru-Glen-iti ... ... ... ... ... 3 3 Timaru-Beaconsfield ... ... ... ... ... 2f 6 Christchurch-Heathcote ... ... ... ... ... 5 For Railway Department— Christchurch Railway-station-Addington ... ... ... 2 „ ' Belfast ... ... 9 Heathcote Valley-Lyttelton (through railway-tunnel) ... ... If Hornby-Prebbleton ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 Amberley-Waipara ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 Total ... ... ... ... 5f 36| Maintenance. The shortening of the spans on the Kaikoura section has been completed, and several sets of pipes driven in some of the creeks to secure poles. This section is now in good order. On the Christchurch-Lyttelton line 25 ft. poles which had become overloaded were replaced by 30 ft. poles. The overhaul of the Christchurch-Sumner line, begun last year, has been completed. The Christchurch-Akaroa and Timaru-Waitaki sections are being overhauled. Three circuits —No. 3 south, No. 3 west, and Akaroa-Lyttelton—have been made continuouscurrent circuits with considerable improvement to the signals, and a saving in the number of batteries. Offices. The total number of offices in the district is 115. Three quadruplex instruments have been fitted up during the year for working with Wellington, Dunedin, and Greymouth, and are found to be of much advantage. That working between Christchurch and Greymouth has obviated the erection of a second wire.

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Telephone Exchanges. Christchurch : A new multiple switchboard was erected, and came into use on 17th May. It is giving satisfaction. The number of subscribers is 968—an increase of 74 during the year. The total number of subscribers in the district is 1,173 —an increase of 80. Five miles and a quarter of poles and seventy-two miles of wire were erected during 1899. Timaru: This exchange has been practically reconstructed. Cables have been used for leading in subscribers' connections, and No. 14 copper wire has largely replaced No. 12 iron wire, which had become corroded. Ashburton : This sub-exchange is in good order. A partial destruction of the building by fire necessitated a renewal of the internal fittings. The Rangiora sub-exchange is working smoothly. Dunedin. Construction. The following new lines and wires have been erected: — Miles of Miles of Poles. Wire. Dunedin-Oamaru (additional wire) ... ... ... 74 Dunedin-Palmerston (trunk wire) ... ... ... ... 38 Dunedin-Lawrence (additional wire) ... ... ... 1 37 Dunedin-Port Chalmers (additional wire) ... ... ... 9 Oamaru-Hilderthorpe... ... ... ... ... ... 3 Oamaru-Totaratahi ... ... ... ... ... Of 5f Herbert-Waianakarua... ... ... ... ... 4 J 4f Palmerston-Hillgrove (bureau wire) ... ... ... ... 13 Kokonga-Kyeburn ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 Mosgiel-Otakaia (bureau wire)... ... ... ... ... 9 Milburn-Limekilns ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 Clyde-Alexandra (second wire) ... ... ... ... ... 8 Fortrose-Waimahaka ... ... ... ... ... Of Of Invercargill-West Plains ... ... ... ... If 6f Invercargill-Wright's Bush ... ... ... ... ... 3 Orepuki-Te Tua ... ... ... ... ... 8f 8f For Railway Department— Kokonga Railway line... ... ... ... ... 8 43 Waipiata-Ranfurly Railway ... ... ... ... 5 5 Henley Railway-Otakaia Railway ... ... ... 2f 2f Total 33 275 Maintenance. Three hundred and sixty miles of line have been thoroughly overhauled and reconstructed where necessary, involving the erection of over 700 new poles. The total mileage of telegraph-line at the end of the year was 1,546, and of wire 3,617. In the telephone-exchange connections of the district there are 105 miles of line and 1,239 miles of wire. Great advantage has been derived from the quadruplex system, which has been established between Dunedin and Invercargill and Dunedin and Christchurch. The remarkable increase in telegraph business which has occurred throughout the district resulted in some of the lines being overtaxed, more especially the goldfields line. By utilising existing short sections and constructing a new wire where necessary an additional wire has been secured, between Dunedin and Lawrence. An extra wire has also been erected between Dunedin and Oamaru, while another wire is in course of erection from Lawrence to Alexandra to connect with a local goldfields circuit thence to Cromwell. There are indications that further wire accommodation will shortly be required between Dunedin and Invercargill, and Dunedin and the goldfields. Offices. There are now 221 offices in this district. Exchanges. A branch exchange was opened at Palmerston with ten subscribers, and connected by a trunk wire with the Dunedin Exchange. There are fifteen telephone exchanges in the district—an increase of one during the year. The total number of subscribers is 1,660 —an increase of 184. 1,890 telephones are in use. The new multiple switchboard at Dunedin, which has been erected, came into use on the 26th May, and is giving satisfaction. Seven and a quarter miles of line and ninety miles of wire were erected during 1899. All the exchanges in the district are in good order.

Maps on a scale of ten inches to the mile, showing telegraph and mail routes and post, tele graph, and telephone offices, will be issued shortly.

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Drawn on the Colony.

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Issued in the Colony. Where payable. In [he Colony. United Kingdom and Foreign Offices. Australia and other British Possessions. Total. Year. Commission received. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. Xo. Amount. I . * I / s. d. 1,057 9 o £ s- d. 9,613 11 11 £ s. d. 21,944 2 1 £ s - d - 24,145 7 5 £ s. d. 55,703 1 5 1863 2,201 4,740 4.^45 11,586 i873 3.562 3 2 34,288 142,642 4 10 II.913 48,547 11 4 6,150 28,068 5 5 52,351 219,258 1 7 1883 9,022 10 6 132,232 402,558 12 11 26,211 91,634 4 7 I4, ri 3 46,939 17 11 172,556 541,132 15 5 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 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 10 o i 9,649 14 9 i 9,452 o o 144,227 146,406 "3,598 119,091 122,042 127,323 130,641 138,555 140,672 430,446 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 28,712 28,722 27.389 26,057 26,636 26,206 25.053 26,590 27.451 96,901 14 o 95,920 9 10 87,904 9 10 84,264 12 >g 81,488 10 3 79,167 o 4 74,566 13 9 77,481 2 9 78,848 1 7 I3>"3 13.494 14.693 I4.43I 13.709 18.547 20.733 30.094 3!,3i5 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 10 186,052 188,622 155,680 159,579 162,387 172,076 176,427 195,239 199,438 572,666 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 1893 10,248 14 5 146,133 576,358 17 2 29,616 86,544 J 9 11 35,208 88,025 8 9 210,957 750,929 5 10 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 10,600 19 7 ",433 13 8 12,671 6 7 13,835 15 4 14,747 9 6 15,533 4 6 155,534 162,600 181,505 193,867 206,265 221,354 608,042 2 11 635,062 17 11 717,217 19 1 762,592 10 3 798,725 15 8 864,513 4 9 28,513 28,882 29,238 31,770 35,377 38,528 79,348 10 2 78,465 o 4 82,498 15 6 93,649 1 3 107,140 7 5 122,064 3 1 38,631 52,015 58,823 58,002 76,728 84,782 89,392 11 10 99,076 16 8 102,443 ■ ° "4,589 3 5 123,375 4 6 132,230 17 9 222,678 243,497 269,566 293,659 318,370 1344,664 776,783 4 " 812,604 14 11 902,159 15 7 970,830 14 n 1,029,241 7 7 1,118,808 5 7

Where issued. In the Colony. United Kingdom and Foreign Offices. Australia and other British Possessions. Year. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. ~ I I Amount. No. Amount. 1863 2,067 £ s. d. 9,169 4 6 4i5 £ », d. 1,824 ° 8 558 £ •• d. 3,077 13 7 £ s, d. 14,070 18 9 3,040 1873 34,288 142,642 4 10 1,482 6,625 14 5 1,668 7,689 6 8 37,438 156,957 5 11 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 132,232 144,227 146,406 U3,598 119,091 122,042 127,323 130,641 138,555 140,672 402,558 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 3,725 4,535 5,204 5,824 6,334 7,336 7,469 7,775 7,910 8,152 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 5,697 6,755 7.725 9.545 8,963 15,365 15,859 I3,33i 13,604 11,291 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 47,8go 2 6 48,700 9 6 41,064 6 6 141,654 155,517 159,335 129,242 I33,9IO 144,450 150,651 151,747 160,069 160,115 441,411 9 9 475,555 17 10 490,686 7 5 471,185 7 o 17 4 513,728 8 2 541,759 6 8 548,833 2 6 582,054 o 3 611,177 16 1 1893 146,133 576,358 17 2 8,746 32,616 17 2 10,679 40,929 2 5 165,558 649,904 16 9 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 155,534 162,600 181,505 193,867 206,265 221,354 608,042 2 11 635,062 17 11 717,217 19 1 762,592 10 3 798,725 15 8 864,513 4 9 9,293 9,938 10,254 10,085 10,671 10,624 33,786 17 6 35,155 7 9 35,553 7 1 35,238 10 3 36,106 9 10 37,290 8 7 10,690 11,520 n,507 11,407 12,753 13,399 38,571 3 1 39,862 18 10 40,836 4 7 40,105 1 11 44,558 IO IO 48,533 15 II 175.517 184,058 203,266 215.359 229,689 245,377 680,400 3 6 710,081 4 6 793,607 10 9 837.936 2 5 879,390 16 4 950,337 9 3

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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 1898 and 1899.

Issued in New Zealand. 1898. 1899. Where payable. Number. Number. Amount. Amount. United Kingdom and Foreign Offices United States of America Canada Cape Colony Ceylon Fiji Germany Hawaii Hongkong .. .. India Natal New South Wales Queensland South Australia Straits Settlements Tasmania Victoria Western Australia 31,788 3,169 230 96 28 59 414 6 288 250 £ s. d. 98,373 3 9 7,520 3 5 877 5 11 333 2 5 68 18 I 211 19 2 1,235 16 2 11 4 1 1,622 1 8 1,119 8 6 34,ii2 3,93i 308 165 3 1 50 472 13 243 345 15 15,168 772 829 82 54,oo6 12,088 680 £ s. d. 111,290 7 3 9,134 10 7 1,089 5 3 535 11 1 78 15 11 128 2 1 i,6n 14 5 27 10 10 1,390 14 2 1,674 7 2 51 8 10 39,652 14 4 2,317 o 4 i,954 8 7 205 11- 5 51,242 7 10 29,574 10 6 2,336 0 3 13,283 724 925 22 48,524 11,728 571 35,839 7 2 2,132 13 8 2,159 17 11 47 1 1 46,712 8 4 29,782 16 2 2,468 4 5 Totals 112,105 230,515 11 11 123,310 254,295 o 10 Drawn on New Zealand. Where issued. Number. 1898. 1899. Amount. Number. Amount. Jnited Kingdom and Foreign Offices Jnited States of America .. "anada .. Dape Colony Ceylon Fiji Germany Hawaii Hongkong !ndia STatal <iew South Wales Queensland South Australia Straits Settlements rasmania Victoria Western Australia •• i 9,5oo 1,065 177 384 26 116 86 20 50 123 4,693 781 504 30 1,150 3,io5 1,614 £ s. d. 31,929 2 6 3, 662 2 6 715 7 1 2,099 19 1 65 1 3 232 15 1 483 5 3 31 19 7 84 o 5 482 8 1 9,405 1,109 197 375 28 229 93 17 28 £ B. d. 32,688 16 2 4,016 II I 943 3 5 1,750 3 4 84 16 11 637 3 10 535 7 10 . 49 13 6 68 6 1 7i8 3 6 91 16 9 16,290 8 10 3.940 o 1 1.941 12 11 164 19 6 5,443 17 4 9,614 o 9 6,845 2 8 14,349 7 0 2,838 15 7 1,806 9 10 79 1 o 4,847 o 6 9,566 12 1 7,39i 13 10 190 17 5,037 939 514 56 1,366 3,136 1,287 Totals 23,424 80,665 o 8 24,023 85,824 4 6

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Table No. 3. Table showing the Number and Value of Postal Notes sold from the 1st January, 1886— the date upon which they were first issued— to the 31st March, 1900.

Number of Postal Notes sold. Total. Year. At Is. At Is. 6d. At 2s. 6d. At 5s. At 7s. 6d. At 10s. At 12s. 6d. At 15s. At 17s. 6d. At £1. At £5.* Number. Value. # Quarter ended 31st March, 1886 3,019 2,046 1,012 2,039 969 2,379 695 992 525 2,866 16,542 £ s. d. 6,997 5 6 1886-87 .. 16,605 12,283 6,647 11,566 5,729 13,103 4,090 5,187 2,375 14,961 92,546 37,659 7 0 1887-88 .. 22,467 17,167 9,162 15,553 7,671 17,487 5,278 6,940 2,952 17,578 122,255 47,729 5 0 1888-89 .. 27,428 21,900 11,912 19,741 9,477 21,149 ! ! 6,618 8,243 3,633 19,778 149,879 56,841 18 0 1889-90 .. 32,754 25,387 14,478 23,550 10,894 24,011 | 7,809 9,386 4,158 22,596 175,023 65,484 2 0 1890-91 .. 35,915 28,559 16,092 25,204 12,229 25,906 7,969 10,172 4,366 23,503 189,915 69,721 18 6 1891-92 .. 42,416 33,722 19,383 29,550 14,019 30,132 9,058 11,611 4,953 25,839 220,683 79,325 16 6 1892-93 .. 48,612 38,849 22,038 33,012 16,072 32,747 9,904 12,330 5,369 28,969 247,902 87,856 18 0 1893-94 .. 56,761 j j 44,706 25,461 37,771 18,096 37,687 11,016 13,800 6,156 33,935 285,389 101,002 7 6 1894-95 .. 62,306 49,846 28,975 43,829 20,423 43,167 11,864 15,567 6,790 36,601 319,368 112,307 10 0 1895-96 .. 68,454 56,185 32,801 49,204 22,802 47,787 13,601 17,191 7,020 33,390 1,192 349,627 123,368 6 6 1896-97 .. 74,534 62,056 35,322 54,219 24,871 51,963 14,365 18,102 7,406 32,868 1,090 376,796 129,011 18 0 1897-98 .. 81,958 69,981 38,617 60,843 26,968 56,748 15,463 19,477 7,904 32,179 728 409,866 134,378 9 6 1898-99 .. 86,529 72,710 41,991 64,386 28,448 59,631 16,202 19,990 8,193 32,696 673 431,449 139,957 4 0 1899-1900 93,762 77,431 44,384 70,416 30,680 63,787 16,957 21,393 8,539 33,491 607 461,447 147,686 8 6 753,520 612,828 348,275 540,883 249,348 526,684 150,889 190,381 80,339 391,250 4,290 3,848,687 1,339,328 14 ■ * First issued on 17th June, 189S.

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Table No. 4. Table showing the Number and Amount of Transactions at the several Money Order and Savings Bank Offices in New Zealand during the Year 1899.

Ollice. Issued. Money Orders. Paid. ID . ►11 pSSg Z (J a <° Saving! Deposits. Banks. xli 8 S id TJ < Withdrawals. No. ' Commission. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. .UCKLAND Aoroa Aratapu Avondale Bombay Cabbage Bay .. Cambridge Clevedon Coromandel Dargaville Devonport Drury Ellerslie Hamilton Helensville Hikurangi Howick Huntly Kaeo Kaihu Kaikohe Kaitaia Kaiwaka Kamo Kaukapakapa .. Kawakawa Kihikihi Kohukohu Kuaotunu Mangapai Mangawai Mangawhare .. Mangonui Matakana Matakohe Matamata Maungaturoto .. Mercer Mititai Morrinsville Mount Eden .. Mount Roskill.. Newmarket Newton Ngaruawahia .. Ohaeawai Ohaupo Okaihau Okupu Omapere Onehunga Opitonui Opononi Otahuhu Otorohanga Pahi .. Papakiira Paparoa Parnell Parua Bay Pirongia Pokeno Ponsonby Poroti Port Albert .. Puhoi Pukekohe Raglan Rangiriri Rawene Rotorua Russell Taheke Tairua Takapuna Taupo Te Awamutu .. Te Kopuru Te Kuiti Te Mata Tirau Tokatea Tokatoka Tuakau Up'r SymondsSt. 22,785 j 341 900 80 179 215 902 201 2, j6o 1,57° 423 188 106 1,235 430 444 40 818 355 761 591 885 122 365 306 498 186 256 500 34 5 549 231 995 i°3 205 137 157 375 223 209 108 36 703 1,486 490 350 190 88 325 75 836 628 £ s - d - 1,239 15 3 14 3 6 35 13 ° 2 18 3 5 1 6 606 32 4 6 663 95 10 o 180 13 3 16 4 9 650 4 13 3 45 7 9 14 7 9 17 5 9 169 31 8 3 16 15 3 32 16 o 86 1 o 100 7 6 14 4 6 13 9 o 9 11 o 23 18 6 7 3 9 10 14 o 19 18 6 9 19 9 78 3 o 10 6 9 100 n 2 £ s. d. 73,488 8 11. 650 9 4 2,682 18 10 173 4 4 470 10 2 555 19 7 2,958 2 2 521 16 2 5,802 9 4 8,459 19 6 855 17 3 490 4 4 280 1 5 3,581 10 9 1.133 5 4 1,377 5 4 53 3 10 2,405 8 4 1,174 6 11 2,746 5 o 3,640 3 7 4,963 9 9 695 4 8 948 18 7 907 2 11 1,723 14 9 561 19 o 743 19 11 1,572 19 2 1,072 14 10 3,423 4 4 7" 19 5 5,087 4 4 283 19 7 717 8 4 440 13 o 528 2 6 907 5 11 646 7 1 620 1 5 248 3 10 46 8 6 1,484 3 " 3,188 o 2 1,369 12 6 1,276 6 7 498 14 4 252 14 7 1,081 6 7 565 7 4 2,190 10 11 2,126 5 10 979 17 9 735 4 9 936 17 5 828 8 3 658 1 6 798 1 3 831 9 2 964 8 5 966 12 9 307 5 8 684 13 o 3,070 5 10 507 6 2 243 15 II 1,489 3 3 620 2 9 401 3 6 783 15 10 6,722 15 6 1,168 12 11 239 16 5 3,652 6 1 88 9 10 1,283 15 5 980 19 5 2,735 3 5 2,932 17 9 151 9 9 460 6 8 560 13 11 6,371 15 6 1,078 2 6 845 1 2 39,768 26 138 215 88 32 631 79 838 504 613 125 66 801 163 122 10 259 58 81 26 77 16 £ s - d. 139.37° 19 7 123 3 2 509 o 10 655 II 6 420 2 3 165 5 3 2,322 17 6 324 14 11 2,883 5 4 6,925 15 4 1,879 3 5 624 4 10 288 IO o 2,965 4 4 553 4 2 649 16 3 40 2 o 996 17 11 169 18 7 454 13 5 125 15 1 854 7 II 156 6 2 49° 13 6 156 4 8 862 12 9 436 o 1 186 19 1 454 19 2 347 2 9 440 15 5 177 10 1 653 2 8 260 11 5 201 14 6 334 I 2 o 334 14 6 336 19 9 38 19 5 522 9 6 410 3 6 272 n n 642 6 8 4,35i 8 8 1,130 n 10 330 3 3 367 3 7 232 13 7 125 4 6 109 1 9 2,993 12 11 198 17 4 76 18 2 1,516 8 2 208 2 10 692 6 n 1,051 3 8 215 8 3 2,119 7 n 325 2 8 316 13 8 158 13 8 2,821 8 4 148 1 o 189 9 9 98 o 1 1,199 5 o 404 16 10 223 o 2 410 12 2 4,767 6 5 488 14 6 62 n 6 415 12 3 50 o 2 536 4 6 868 19 2 640 2 3 350 14 6 160 6 6 192 19 2 118 17 9 234 8 o 481 13 3 489 15 6 2,561 59 61 10 12 11 57 21 119 in 73 16 13 105 38 31 2 81 27 45 67 28 7 31 25 44 16 13 23 18 i8,355 335 567 109 132 37 611 121 1,247 588 726 89 53 959 294 213 12 4.55 186 222 346 211 73 251 210 268 138 141 176 S7 221 142 235 78 79 155 53 H9 39 125 27 4 33° 1,546 272 170 129 65 105 14 338 271 34 446 117 119 160 112 773 40 94 94 219 122 £ »■ d313,137 18 8 1,026 6 o 3,338 .4 1 423 8 5 835 9 3 102 10 o 6,997 14 2 35i 14 6 9,500 1 2 8,246 16 4 3,653 14 4 766 8 4 150 9 o 10,037 15 n 2,087 6 6 2,708 11 o 950 4,555 10 6 1,669 r 5 ° 1,364 14 o 3,908 6 o 2,772 13 o 860 16 o 2,298 16 2 1,518 1 o 3,762 15 o 1,671 9 11 1,182 5 o 1,527 4 6 876 7 o 3,169 15 o 1,098 19 6 2,281 13 o 1,327- 3 ° 1,021 4 o 1,192 1 1 427 8 0 1,050 o 1 532 15 o 1,233 1 9 79 3 o 250 1,863 14 7 9,426 3 11 2,363 16 o 1,155 2 2 879 17 8 619 n 5 895 4 1 109 17 o 3.324 8 10 2,440 4 3 289 15 o 2,357 7 6 1.599 5 o 1,592 3 o 1,149 9 8 1,744 o ° 2,412 2 9 881 15 o 663 8 4 1,249 13 IO 1,076 4 9 2,192 3 o 1,345 8 o 888 10 o 2,947 13 22 2 7 3 34 3 80 60 20 4 2 44 18 13 30 13 19 12 21,681 44 123 11 82 19 328 33 504 207 201 36 16 399 92 109 2 183 62 106 54 79 13 H3 60 115 82 £ s. d. 380,728 18 8 250 o o 2,082 18 6 160 15 1 862 9 4 92 12 10 5,994 16 1 366 7 1 6,665 18 8 4,268 4 4 1,211 14 5 569 9 4 31 4 6 7,377 7 6 1,723 2 1 2,038 4 10 900 2,544 2 11 809 5 6 713 4 1 630 13 2 1,496 10 6 152 17 o 1,170 11 4 721 7 10 3,462 12 1 1,008 18 1 474 IO IO 720 19 I 415 6 o 1,201 6 6 35i 18 5 1,119 18 3 430 16 8 550 17 4 493 13 4 584 5 0 463 10 o 513 17 5 560 o 4 19 9 o no 44 248 81 14 1 14 5 25 8 300 9 7 6 5 5 9 5 16 3 11 16 690 8 16 6 5i 107 66 80 69 144 56 43 48 116 101 16 127 149 70 213 i,373 304 77 85 36 18 40 17 3i 12 20 4 5 5 1 12 4 14 4 3 4 6 44 83 28 39 35 64 35 73 36 20 45 23 33 5 22 11 25 5 20 4 13 3 o 19 o 25 14 o 66 2 3 16 7 9 22 12 3 6 1 3 3 9 6 10 7 o 8 1 9 34 1 3 34 18 6 14 3 ° 12 9 o 12 17 6 15 6 o 9 18 9 8 18 9 13 r 9 6 13 12 3 8 17 3 306 12 17 o 73 14 6 5 19 3 2 15 6 18 4 9 646 4 19 o 7 17 6 80 15 3 15 19 9 3 10 3 72 10 o ; 1 n o 3 2 4 2 35 165 56 20 16 9 23 4 54 44 7 66 23 18 27 21 75 7 18 14 ■ 17 33 17 15 40 2 3 9 14 hi 12 52 21 5 5 7 42 291 109 39 25 33 257 7 5 2,961 12 11 1,462 14 7 255 19 o 736 6 7 562 19 0 19 861 54 19 446 58 112 208 4 30 3 5 16 14 134 39 15 128 8i'i8 2 1,856 9 o 213 2 3 93 12 7 1,180 16 7 547 12 2 548 4 11 603 2 1 1,213 12 8 217 5 11 250 3 2 339 7 4 262 2 11 269 8 1 253 13 9 652 11 4 638 15 7 1,800 15 8 801 9 o 140 14 6 588 4 11 2,940 15 10 421 13 IO 65 11 8 604 19 10 101 17 8 532 17 3 4.331 17 5 1,249 5 1 718 17 6 209 13 10 219 15 2 285 14 11 115 5 o 257 13 11 165 18 o 159 354 295 274 301 243 34° 298 276 in 388 47i 190 117 494; 188 1 i68 ! ; 218, 1,865: 344 72 915 45 283 33i 867 811 88 184 161 460 334 ■ 437 57 688 57 63 50 888 21 49 18 295 119 53 94 768 107 21 75 14 94 236 100 66 28 29 29 34 109 141 135 35 236 108 83 78 547 180 26 447 8 80 396 394 190 31 103 67 5i 94 195 2,373 19 6 760 14 8 223 14 4 857 2 6 5,390 o 8 774 14 8 206 n o 5,064 15 11 20 12 o 1,021 12 IO 4,049 16 O 2,232 IO 3 i,929 17 IO 169 16 O 521 13 o 302 15 O 542 15 0 1.493 o 7 520 6 1 12 4 11 3 21 1 4 3 8 6 1 5 20 3 1 5 47 1 5 12 1 12 26 16 45 34 63 56 64 31 42 31 39 10 5i 9 127 32 18 55 285 43 11 68 3 61 137 114 59 26 16 30 12 35 39 : 13 9 o 12 2 9 35 10 3 31 9 9 276 6 16 6 690 38 10 3 11 13 9 15 17 6 15 17 76 3 *9 46 42 50 13 8 6 9 20 12 5 5 4 7 3 M

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Table. No. 4 — continued. Table showing the Number and Amount of Transactions at the several Money Order and Savings Bank Offices in New Zealand during the Year 1899— continued.

Money Orders. Saving! Banks. Office. Issue, Commission. Paid. CP3 v o a ZU CD U D. < ° Deposits. No. Amount. 09 si go CD TJ < Withdrawals. I No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. Auckx a n d — cent 'd. Wade Waerenga Waihopo Waihou Waipu Waiuku Waiwera Waotu Warkworth Wellsford Whananaki Whangarei Whangaroa Wharekawa Whitianga Blenheim Cullensville Havelock Kekerangu Picton Renwicktown .. Spring Creek .. Chbistchurch .. Akaroa Amberley Ashburton Bealey Belfast Chertsey Cheviot Coalgate Culverden Darfield Dunsandel Duvauchelle East Oxford .. Ellesmere Glentunnel Greendale Hanmer Springs Hinds Hornby Hororata Kaiapoi Kaikoura Kirwee Leeston Lincoln Linwood Little River Lyttelton Methven Mount Somers.. New Brighton.. Ohoka Oxford Papanui Pigeon Bay Rakaia Rangiora Rolleston St. Albans Sefton Sheffield Southbridge Springfield Springston Sydenham Tinwald Upper Riccarton Waiau Waikari Whitecliffs Woodend Woolston Dunedin Alexandra South Allanton Balclutha Caversham Clinton Clyde Cromwell Dunback Dunedin North 210 47 256 252 661 634 76 84 411 103 3 2,411 235 167 1,224 3,048 237 839 153 1,040 143 204 17,840 487 326 3,238 40 184 134 682 99 235 127 117 188 118 41 77 54 250 121 133 139 664 1,377 123 369 170 164 424 2,436 380 128 78 34 496 88 98 568 1,035 55 89 55 203 277 1,246 72 850 94 100 £ s. d. 16 12 3 1 7 o 38 o o 703 27 6 9 21 6 o 320 4 16 o 12 14 o 8 3 6 016 in 3 9 17 8 6 620 61 14 o 137 11 9 9 19 3 28 7 6 629 33 16 3 5 8 6 930 825 10 3 22 12 6 12 6 3 124 4 3 1 17 9 5 n 6 4 3 0 22 4 3 5 14 o 9 5 9 4 5 6 4 10 6 7 3 0 4 I 9 1 12 o 3 7 6 209 7 17 o 3 5 9 4 11 9 5 7o 27 1 6 55 6 o 4 14 o 12 4 3 7 18 3 6 14 6 15 16 6 118 o 3 11 19 3 4 13 9 3 ,3 6 1 1 3 16 10 o 2 18 3 4 13 6 16 6 9 38 3 o 203 2 15 6 2 4 3 8 11 o 996 41 1 3 2 16 o £ s. d. 804 1 9 106 9 o 1,607 4 9 1,031 4 4 2,100 16 6 1,764 4 o 335 19 10 318 8 9 990 10 4 45i 7 9 6 o 11 8,384 3 o 883 4 9 515 18 1 4,133 12 11 10,092 n 5 710 8 9 2,727 12 9 428 15 8 2,902 19 9 465 18 o 552 10 6 55,357 12 2 1.634 11 7 948 4 5 12,831 9 8 125 19 2 414 3 4 382 2 7 7.492 4 9 318 10 1 577 o 3 338 3 2 332 2 9 506 18 1 540 19 o 127 13 2 172 10 2 145 14 3 685 14 3 315 9 1 3i6 4 7 405 5 o 1,985 17 5 4,959 5 7 439 10 o 1,271 1 4 530 16 2 362 14 o 1,398 2 8 7,117 9 6 1,205 14 3 391 7 7 150 17 9 38 16 3 1,465 17 2 205 3 4 419 3 3 2,329 8 5 3,276 15 1 108 6 2 151 10 n 295 18 1 681 6 10 734 2 10 4,539 3 10 246 17 9 2,239 3 8 220 8 10 186 10 7 806 8 6 866 7 9 308 13 5 172 11 2 492 1 11 50,914 19 1 5,718 11 6 354 5 10 3,105 16 4 655 17 7 2,033 8 7 1,885 2 10 4,188 10 10 838 1 5 4,698 8 3 55 32 30 54 144 195 20 55 206 24 2 734 89 10 185 i,573 36 250 14 447 39 42 24,421 247 170 1,118 9 44 15 209 24 60 33 39 100 38 5 25 14 64 42 23 35 37° 208 56 289 "5 157 102 £ s. d. 267 o 6 166 9 9 311 12 9 188 1 11 756 16 10 866 9 8 85 4 6 434 1 1 724 2 3 151 2 10 6 12 3 2,676 10 7 516 n 6 ■ 24 6 5 825 17 2 6,362 3 8 139 n n 980 9 3 45 1 11 1,582 I 3 150 6 6 139 17 4 99,077 7 7 922 15 2 529 5 9 5,673 16 7 38 6 3 168 9 5 118 18 9 1,005 7 4 92 6 1 279 n 8 102 11 o 124 1 3 335 17 11 no 17 4 31 o o 73 2 9 47 9 10 334 6 3 188 o 9 86 8 1 198 14 2 1,389 3 o 956 10 9 142 11 11 824 11 o 410 8 9 584 12 2 476 19 3 4,083 9 6 309 16 8 127 17 o 368 11 6 8 18 o 862 2 10 467 13 10 in 2 1 1,206 15 3 1,997 17 3 102 1 9 262 1 11 345 8 o 504 18 7 456 10 2 1,648 1 5 264 9 4 2,592 4 6 156 15 2 314 19 7 275 15 5 611 10 7 352 4 6 60 18 3 475 2 9 116,960 12 11 2,521 2 5 99 18 10 1,829 10 4 1,316 13 5 415 o 9 1,253 3 3 1,509 2 3 126 10 2 2,424 6 7 20 I 12 16 27 6l 7 7 28 9 1 193 16 28 34 473 13 42 8 67 27 9 4,512 87 30 399 4 15 10 42 8 12 15 15 9 14 4 n 10 6 5 9 7 141 84 9 55 10 28 13 3°6 31 23 27 167 11 26 53 142 349 36 20 230 74 1 1,389 140 73 312 3,271 46 277 92 483 146 89 43,322 437 275 2,599 44 92 56 333 53 123 78 69 79 107 15 86 20 89 46 100 £ b. d. 1,560 2 O 143 15 o 447 15 o 1,152 7 6 2,590 7 3 2,820 19 5 246 19 o 289 o o 2,312 0 5 909 6 o 030 16,757 16 3 1,834 2 O 838 4 o 3,722 13 o 41,755 5 8 72 4 o 2,433 2 5 506 17 o 4,660 15 5 429 16 o 497 7 2 563,800 10 8 4,500 19 3 »3,303 12 2 24,805 13 10 385 2 o 712 13 1 707 9 3 5,934 5 8 365 13 11 1,312 9 10 736 8 1 687 6 11 703 6 8 830 8 o 102 16 o 511 17 6 153 15 o 863 17 o 303 17 o 344 14 6 794 16 o 12,392 12 6 5,287 o 9 770 12 6 4,540 19 7 683 17 8 511 9 o 2,576 1 1 20,588 12 n 1,739 12 o 1,138 7 7 662 4 7 20 10 o 2 2 3 7 19 15 7 "83 4 21 382 3 13 1 32 3 3 3,789 28 10 147 2 1 13 3 6 4 2 6 5 1 1 2 1 3 2 34 8 4 35 67 121 11 12 98 29 689 43 3 140 2,539 18 86 9 235 13 14 36,523 157 142 1,171 6 25 28 150 18 3i 30 10 42 39 23 24 17 18 13 15 25 479 158 23 136 37 24 63 728 70 34 79 11 129 30 27 104 634 10 n 33 53 136 62 45 248 59 14 73 56 29 39 66 26,939 176 42 263 27 7i 80 134 29 1,002 £ s. d. 354 14 1 104 10 2 44 9 7 686 14 1 1,000 8 4 1,648 3 4 158 o o 88 o o 1,060 8 7 713 16 9 14,756 12 9 1,819 o 7 20 15 o 1,546 12 6 47,791 18 10 76 o 8 1,045 12 4 156 14 3 3,243 18 o 40 16 5 72 7 1 590,329 3 11 2,389 19 10 2,700 4 2 22,306 6 8 112 13 4 247 4 o 285 17 7 2,391 5 1 376 6 8 1,46*1 5 3 356 3 o 220 6 o 557 19 3 872 17 2 270 15 7 377 14 1 213 17 5 289 4 o 79 2 10 121 o 8 346 10 10 9,746 5 2 3,994 10 3 368 19 7 2,712 15 6 284 2 8 152 6 o 1,726 16 n 9,860 18 6 1,090 4 n 456 18 10 841 2 9 r 94 14 5 3,090 9 6 232 10 5 1,042 2 10 i,33i 18 9 13,986 17 10 67 1 2 37 13 9 388 16 11 906 9 9 i,7i5 17 10 612 19 2 457 13 1 i,335 19 6 1,016 3 5 60 n 7 1,420 15 8 i,347 4 o 484 1 5 o 556 11 2 1,270 15 7 448,933 14 4 2,402 11 o 429 14 4 75,94 17 7 203 17 6 1,122 19 2 1,612 14 5 3,041 1 o 278 7 10 11,711 18 n % 1,029 5i 41 108 8 212 127 25 165 577 30 90 74 125 129 152 67 804 48 59 68 106 52 13 8 46 180 25 13 16 72 1,118 456 66 362 146 189 180 2,821 184 9i 212 3 296 104 86 287 1,442 26 153 80 130 263 185 72 i,97i 95 67 192 179 7i 51 180 3i,95i 335 85 702 656 195 157 202 57 4,662 3,077 3 o 564 5 o 1,191 o 9 2,658 4 10 19,640 2 3 181 0 o 143 o o 332 15 o 1,399 16 2 2,780 3 8 1,195 5 9 629 1 1 7,762 10 o 690 17 2 423 5 o 2,640 5 8 2,559 16 3 699 7 o 309 13 o 1,687 o o 420,746 17 2 3,920 8 10 739 10 o 7,873 12 o 1,770 7 2 1,401 17 4 1,868 9 10 3.778 11 3 539 19 o 24,351 7 10 3 7 c 35 2 23 3 3 2 105 14 4 8 1 24 12 3 M 96 I 2 35 22 9 193 15 16 16 29 33 14 9 363 3 18 o 11 17 9 10 2 6 476 260 770 766 12 9 65 14 9 3 9 0 43 8 3 10 2 3 21 13 9 19 9 o 47 3 6 4 19 9 82 2 6 7 4 6o 5 3 5 6 304 300 127 61 199 16,764 1,697 "3 1,3" 273 669 535 1,270 189 2,082 40 16 118 30,061 563 29 555 375 117 349 305 52 601 31 7 16 25 3,4 2 4 69 20 3 4 2,815 4 1 3 46 6 94 43 26 25 48 7 461 u 10 6 27 3 150

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Table No. 4—continued. Table showing the Number and Amount of Transactions at the several Money Order and Savings Bank Offices in New Zealand during the Year 1899 — continued.

Money Orders. Savings Banks, Office. Issued. Paid. An De Sis <° No. j Deposits. eposits. 2 . With s 1 si 1 Amount. .£" No. [ Withdrawals. hdrawals. Amount. No. I Commission. ] Amount. No. Amount. Dunedin — cont'd. Green Island .. Hamilton's Heriot Hyde Kaitangata Kelso Lawrence Lovell's Flat .. Macrae's Flat .. Middlemarch .. Miller's Flat .. Milton Mosgiel Naseby Nenthorn Ophir Outram Owaka Palmerston South Patearoa Pembroke Port Chalmers Puerua Ranfurly Roxburgh St. Bathan's .. Seacliff South Dunedin Stirling Tapanui Waihola Waikaia Waikoikoi Waikouaiti Waipori Waitahuna Waitati Uisborne Tokomaru Bay Tologa Bay Tuparoa Waipiro Bay .. Ureymouth Ahaura Blackball Brunnerton Jackson's Nelson Creek .. Ngahere Reefton Stillwater Totara Flat Hokitika Goldsborough .. Kumara Rimu Ross Stafford Invercargill Arrowtown Balfour Bluff Dipton Edendale Fairfax Fortrose Gore Half-moon Bay Kingston Lumsden Mataura Nightcaps Orepuki Otautau Pukerau Cjueenstown Riversdale Riverton Thornbury Waikaka Waipahi Wairio Winton Woodlands Wyndham 186 204 224 400 828 291 i,358 96 45i 625 396 1,082 445 1,489 33 747 332 903 794 354 213 1,361 144 150 670 470 204 628 3i8 831 139 499 70 430 282 352 129 3,458 175 177 75 210 3,567 399 486 725 867 263 99 2,116 60 187 1,692 86 1,003 120 465 234 4,993 607 165 1,021 260 161 86 354 2,293 141 226 324 992 215 878 369 139 907 44i 700 135 286 171 132 757 185 409 £ s - d659 4 18 o 6 13 o 10 17 3 27 8 9 10 9 3 43 3 o 2 18 6 13 15 3 1840 13 19 9 37 10 3 17 8 6 43 12 o o 17 o 24 11 9 11 4 9 22 9 3 26 18 3 11 19 3 8 10 3 . 55 10 9 4 8 3 5 1 3 23 10 3 15 18 6 683 23 2 o 10 2 3 26 18 o 4 16 3 17 14 6 2 11 o 12 13 3 9 8 3 10 13 9 4°3 183 14 3 11 1 o 8 14 6 3 10 o 12 18 o 179 3 o 14 14 3 16 17 9 28 n o 35 14 6 8 5 3 3 7° 101 3 6 220 6 6 3 74 14 3 3 1 9 37 17 6 3 17 6 16 17 6 7 11 3 215 8 o 24 17 3 670 37 1 6 7 19 o 5 9° 2 16 6 10 13 6 92 15 6 4 n 6 7 3° 12 o 9 32 16 9 7 19 6 32 7 3 13 4 9 469 36 18 9 16 9 9 23 17 6 5 1 o 9 13 6 3 1 3 4 19 9 29 17 3 6 19 9 15 8 3 £ s. d. 401 16 7 676 o 9 521 14 10 1,100 5 8 2,324 16 n 888 13 7 3,882 1 o 224 6 5 1,481 4 n 1,844 8 6 1,320 14 4 3,190 14 9 1,041 16 3 6,393 17 5 129 9 8 2,920 13 4 1,112 12 3 2,837 17 5 2,906 2 1 1,215 11 10 652 14 o 3,577 3 11 426 o 7 553 18 9 2,832 12 n 1,562 o 10 557 19 3 1,229 16 o 843 14 2 2,278 O 2 361 I II i,539 2 5 189 7 o 1,402 5 4 784 19 11 97° 9 5 407 16 6 11,3" 14 3 665 2 10 465 17 o 216 10 2 585 7 11 n,349 5 9 1,100 9 10 1,372 19 11 1,887 n 1 3,996 12 8 851 2 n 174 13 1 6,730 16 4 128 16 2 462 7 7 4,526 19 6 172 14 10 2,586 16 2 188 4 7 1,129 4 7 613 9 11 15,697 12 I 2,108 o 7 404 3 5 2,721 2 5 731 10 7 524 1 10 209 15 n 1,167 x 4 5 7,196 15 2 350 1 7 589 14 3 1, 066 9 7 2,650 5 8 744 16 3 2,689 3 i° 990 6 o 389 3 11 2,858 16 o 1,296 2 3 1,961 3 '4 317 5 11 883 14 o 390 6 7 485 18 5 2,105 o 2 625 11 9 1,288 11 6 155 19 43 65 223 25 798 26 41 61 42 570 471 483 14 143 97 217 468 39 62 788 53 14 293 100 105 432 89 174 52 98 17 239 62 84 88 1,202 30 58 2 37 2,774 84 54 236 33 18 £ s - d. 519 7 1 145 9 2 197 o 9 281 4 3 729 10 7 99 10 7 3,024 12 1 89 11 7 232 15 n 431 9 10 230 10 1 2,380 7 3 i,549. 7 7 2,292 17 5 63 13 6 568 8 5 285 18 7 977 1 6 1,833 5 10 192 3 1 419 9 8 2,691 2 0 259 19 3 52 5 7 1,753 18 4 375 7 9 328 o 1 i,393 18 10 307 4 8 624 19 4 240 15 4 383 19 2 39 19 3 865 o 6 3°5 17 8 447 10 10 444 2 2 5,008 13 4 137 19 4 190 o 10 7 14 7 281 12 4 10,529 4 1 468 1 6 257 15 8 816 o 3 127 17 10 101 10 o 33 4 io 21 50 io 100 6 2 21 30 99 66 62 25 37 38 64 20 183 13 50 23 13 155 16 62 10 38 22 14 16 761 15 30 13 37 382 12 207 20 36 66 369 53 730 12 10 116 io8| 7 o6j 428 1 292 16 72 186 217 436 121 i,77i 59 281 164 145 i,554 122 369 79 177 147 7i 86 4,574 53 128 32 172 2,760 82 135 627 148 3i 33 969 38 45 735 41 501 105 £ s - d. 1,124 9 7 405 10 o 413 10 o 917 12 II 2,390 16 4 544 17 9 9,035 6 6 50 3 o 118 12 o 1,717 10 6 1,643 16 o 8,435 13 8 5,070 3 o 2,908 5 8 8 16 o 820 6 11 1,485 4 6 2,796 6 10 3,917 3 4 791 7 o 11,529 3 o 488 o o 3,58i 11 5 830 1 n 1,177 6 8 4,836 17 3 1,671 1 5 2,730 12 6 710 9 o 1,001 19 7 1,810 16 10 479 8 o 651 n 9 54,401 9 8 500 9 10 980 13 5 239 4 7 1,267 4 0 35,441 13 10 335 1 o 1,184 11 9 4,476 o 10 1,682 4 o 326 o o . 137 18 o 11,182 7 8 131 11 8 275 5 o 17,062 6 4 853 o o 5,432 14 5 1,502 16 o 2,479 8 o 583 15 10 85,862 8 6 1,500 18 7 703 4 0 4,4 J 3 5 4 650 18 o 1,304 15 5 151 4 o 762 12 7 12,812 9 3 245 2 o 155 8 o 1,863 11 1 3,983 6 10 498 6 4 3,788 n 10 i,396 17 9 1,109 17 7 3,839 13 1 1,043 13 0 4,053 18 3 263 6 2 272 11 8 388 3 8 473 15 o 3,538 10 8 417 6 o 2,667 6 n 10 3 5 1 28 10 57 1 2 3 9 5i 28 26 9 12 15 30 6 82 2 33 11 2 29 5 18 7 22 11 6 7 525 1 3 1 18 364 9 9 20 9 3 2 46 15 14 16 104 26 353 10 22 58 45 332 123 134 26 49 120 168 27 469 21 1 137 36 11 217 30 9i 34 60 54 25 32 3,380 20 20 6 56 2,322 46 36 209 41 15 8 £ s. d. 366 12 11 183 5 8 171 7 8 242 12 6 i,430 14 7 297 12 7 8,312 4 4 78 12 3 195 17 2 551 5 10 1,405 I 9 7,264 8 7 3.7io 5 9 2,112 5 1 652 7 8 859 1 2 2,295 10 5 2,391 11 7 678 2 7 7,308 18 10 449 2 10 20 o o 3.519 17 o 925 10 6 66 12 3 1.793 1 o 444 19 11 2,639 13 11 442 1 4 733 9 2 901 11 o 507 4 7 359 19 1 50,549 14 5 185 12 3 214 19 4 46 6 o 555 8 2 40,716 9 o 599 17 6 421 15 o 2,574 1 2 482 2 11 113 H I 54 1 4 6,251 12 7 187 13 o 66 9 11 17,274 14 4 133 4 11 5.796 5 7 691 7 2 1,725 1 9 392 7 2 93.854 17 " 1,793 4 4 460 4 11 2,695 10 o 256 4 10 321 15 9 626 349 18 5 9,55° 3 5 95 15 o 15 o o 767 O 2 2,272 12 I 199 o 5 1,907 I 10 912 4 9 803 11 6 4,033 10 2 i,i55 18 o 3,415 7 10 176 13 11 280 10 4 167 15 6 413 5 6 1,708 10 5 293 6 5 2,029 6 3 16 22 794 17 31 1,034 45 569 17 211 42 5,34i 195 35 399 36 48 25 75 965 23 10 174 I II 2,636 9 o 5i 14 ° 134 19 8 3,766 6 3 260 13 9 2,437 11 2 50 3 4 1,054 12 5 160 1 7 18,368 14 3 1,068 o 3 122 14 8 1,582 16 3 H4 1 3 202 1 7 86 12 o 409 8 10 3.340 3 6 102 2 11 31 13 3 719 17 5 667 4 6 141 11 4 322 18 8 702 15 2 339 7 4 1,661 o 3 354 2 11 1,247 o 7 93 5 8 "4 5 5 132 4 3 143 1 10 850 n 1 237 3 10 645 14 2 73 3° 2 6 196 6 6 118 8 98 15 47 13 795 4° n 91 19 19 2 74 1 2 143 5 54 8 400 15 9 673 10 232 94 89 34 4,583 89 27 176 30 23 1 27 45o 8 2 47 172 19 100 48 58 137 46 165 25 25 9 15 "3 39 91 229 64 5,925 216 84 569 81 17 7 804 26 11 36 9 3 1 174 188 44 81 201 49 382 95 363 25 24 58 27 222 71 177 23 208 10 2 39 75 20 94 36 58 1,030 45 17 175 365 90 281 121 109 429 in 7 104 1 9 32 4 20 53 27 14 66 26 68 15 12 n 9 34 16 42 5 12 7 12 76 16 37 521 74 29 39 56 347 62 270 4 8 26 11 25

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Table No. 4 — continued. Table showing the Number and Amount of Transactions at the several Money Order and Savings Bank Offices in New Zealand during the Year 1899— continued.

Money Orders. Saving; Banks. Office. Issued. Paid. ? £ w 1> £ C <° Deposits. No. Amount. ID 5-°' ss "Withdrawals. No. Commission. | L_ Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. Napier Blackburn Dannevirke Hastings Herbertville .. Kaikora North Kumeroa Makaretu Makotuku Mohaka Norsewood Ongaonga Ormondville .. Porangahau Spit .. Takapau Taradale Te Aute Tikokino Waione Waipawa Waipukurau .. Wairoa Weber Nelson.. Belgrove Brightwater .. Collingwood .. Motueka Motupiko Motupiko Rly... Ngatimote . Richmond Riwaka Takaka The Port Thorpe Upper Moutere Wakefield New Plymouth .. Inglewood Midhirst Opunake Pungarehu Rahotu Stratford Waitara Oamaru Duntroon Hampden Herbert Kakanui Kurow Maheno Ngapara Pukeuri Junction Shag Point Thames Golden Cross .. Karangahake .. Katikati Komata Maketu Miranda Opotiki Paeroa Tauranga Te Aroha Te Puke Waihi Waikino Waiorongomai Waitekauri Whakatane Timaru Albury Fairlie Geraldine Glenavy Makikihi Orari Pleasant Point.. St. Andrew's .. Studholme Junct. Temuka 6,013 57 2,538 2,388 219 349 "9 166 240 222 412 138 556 338 678 446 318 157 187 29 1,392 896 936 199 3,823 85 127 993 73° 83 27 140 198 103 684 254 82 136 262 £ S d. 296 18 6 1 12 o 93 19 o no 9 o 12 12 3 12 18 o 3 5 6 4 17 3 7 17 6 10 1 3 12 15 o 4 10 6 16 17 9 20 7 6 35 13 6 16 7 3 13 2 6| 699: 6 14 6J o 12 o' 52 3 0 34 14 o 52 l6 O' 6 15 9 168 19 9 3 7 9 5 5 3 36 13 3 26 9 3 3 10 3 0 16 o 489 9 1 9 326 24 16 3 10 14 3 2 15 9 5 3 3 10 6 9 168 8 3 50 17 3 16 1 9 42 15 o 20 2 o 3 13 9 103 13 o 36 12 6 147 o 6 890 14 11 9 803 1 13 3 16 6 3 5 14 3 7 15 3 o 15 o 7 4 9 186 8 3 16 6 6 76 13 3 7 5 0 7 11 6 860 £ s. d. 20,073 16 2 177 13 11 6,804 9 9 7,036 19 2 671 1 4 902 17 3 377 13 6 545 8 5 667 11 3 632 10 6 1,255 10 5 379 13 5 1,609 7 6 1,189 11 8 2,082 2 6 i,359 7 o 899 5 11 462 5 o 495 7 4 123 10 n 3,3i6 1 8 2,482 18 3 3,384 13 1 53i 12 9 11,775 6 6 271 1 8 439 6 2 3,834 11 8 2,222 8 n 295 5 2 95 15 11 343 17 o 758 14 2 240 6 8 2,415 9 o 789 3 7 253 13 9 319 14 3 775 4 6 12,440 9 2 4,524 14 3 1,611 16 10 2,830 8 7 1,126 7 2 313 5 1 10,658 15 2 2,714 19 3 20,607 19 9 1,602 11 o 1,522 19 10 888 18 4 115 16 8 2,269 12 2 4i5 10 3 579 6 6 77 10 o 455 2 9 12,077 12 3 1,518 o 6 5,213 15 5 545 12 3 716 14 7 538 14 4 160 14 8 3,148 6 1 5,110 8 10 2,492 n 9 5,207 17 1 895 2 10 13,352 2 1 1,966 17 n 305 12 1 4,217 2 9 1,177 T 7 IO 20,295 9 11 902 15 o 1,466 18 n 4,698 1 1 766 12 10 37i 15 11 455 5 4 839 16 o 886 13 4 232 3 6 4,585 12 l| 5,898 4 897 1,197 29 72 12 38 80 46 105 35 134 50 363 73 116 99 25 1 702 270 400 45 4,531 34 133 141 272 26 £ s. d. 19,958 13 8 7 15 9 3,465 19 o 5,064 12 5 165 14 o 322 17 9 38 10 n 230 13 8 220 n 7 214 19 6 485 3 10 182 13 1 397 1 11 171 16 1 i,i34 17 4 248 19 1 331 16 10 306 1 7 76 10 3 800 2,078 19 2 906 12 6 i,557 o 5 139 15 1 I7,44i 9 5 149 3 11 487 3 10 719 13 2 1,006 o 7 124 16 1 45 16 3 208 5 9 561 7 10 15 17 o 851 7 11 268 2 10 19 11 2 7 1 6 3 675 14 8 18,184 17 6 1,196 17 8 201 11 3 767 2 8 735 10 o 33 1 2 2,493 6 5 1,012 8 6 11,988 13 4 376 14 6 1,371 18 4 161 18 n 898 204 295 15 24 8 20 20 12 26 15 19 17 60 17 18 6 13 83 48 74 '825 27 16 ! 7,377 [ 1,060 i 1,980 i 90 121 i 2 4 I 69 ' 134 I 60 I30 i 132 I I03 8 9 ' I 64O "5 ; 168 > 28 1 78 i 633 ; 424 534 i 4,995 141 i 121 ; 274 1 515 73 33 126 : 232 73 296 208 70 66 218 3,832 1,141 189 488 143 34 1,298 583 3,709 123 69 H5 13 144 7i 69 23 208 4,633 315 962 93 134 17 11 371 743 605 421 102 1,813 227 21 641 49 5,789 31 185 806 45 5" 49 109 73 20 664 £ s. d. 83,123 15 3 9,735 18 1 18,902 5 9 595 4 o 1,587 2 6 115 6 10 737 15 o 988 14 o 893 3 o 1,379 18 o 833 3 2 953 11 3 1,006 15 2 3,219 6 10 1,486 o o 662 I II 195 3 o 641 17 7 6,602 5 6 4,260 7 2 4,302 5 11 84,775 10 1 1,745 16 2 841 9 o 3,446 6 6 6,006 14 8 514 6 3 186 5 o 920 o 6 2,120 1 4 631 6 10 3,229 6 8 1,684 n 11 797 17 o 944 12 o 2,547 1 2 54,654 4 2 10,872 16 4 1,811 6 7 4,206 17 11 1,615 10 5 314 16 6 20,236 10 o 5,830 1 8 48,418 2 8 916 6 6 1,222 3 o 718 19 8 65 3 o 1,430 10 7 466 11 o 237 9 7 95 5 o 985 o 1 55,621 12 11 2,359 18 8 7,510 6 n 298 12 o 64I 2 O 102 13 O 18 I O 938 "87 137 4 9 2 3 3 5 r 4 6 8 4 15 13 9 1 7 56 13 35 499 6 6,062 536 924 8 68 11 22 40 22 83 5i 49 20 no 46 80 16 15 257 152 183 3,526 43 25 82 205 9 3 47 65 32 135 23 15 28 67 3,33i 368 96 129 3i 5 623 233 2,702 44 3i 24 2 £ s. d. 91,699 19 9 7,366 13 5 11,753 6 11 88 8 o 1,349 11 4 5o 7 5 278 19 n 736 16 6 116 o 4 1,421 2 1 877 7 6 886 11 5 219 9 3 524 6 7 659 13 o 43i 17 6 93 15 o 523 9 5 6,202 18 7 2,396 18 9 1,547 3 3 81,055 17 10 709 1 1 688 5 1 1,585 3 11 3,052 g 2 301 19 o 104 2 3 545 8 9 1,228 19 2 298 13 2 2,091 13 4 151 10 n 184 4 o 672 10 9 1,767 9 7 61,894 3 8 5,355 18 10 i,36i 5 3 1.744 14 7 501 8 3 55 o o 13,670 12 6 3,923 6 10 51,858 14 7 365 3 3 582 9 7 439 16 1 800 603 4 4 378 15 5 164 15 o 56 O o 409 1 9 65.803 9 4 481 n 3 4,326 13 9 378 13 o I96 O 2 75 7 8 23 19 4 4,197 2 10 3,977 15 3 5,958 5 11 3,028 11 4 555 o 8 11,980 8 11 1,109 1.5 11 50 13 1 2,270 11 o 489 5 10 70,521 9 6 163 10 o 1,330 14 8 8,064 11 7 759 3 4 262 5 5 500 9 4 434 9 o 212 19 6 237 18 7 3,822 19 2 35 80 12 4 5 27 20 51 I40 7 181 99 8 4 r 7 28 1 7 8 27 57 26 9 12 28 577 153 28 76 26 12 4 20 2 3,920 1,422 494 973 345 95 2,700 919 3,958 316 488 235 46 523 170 224 22 219 4,183 529 1,906 191 253 147 64 910 1,782 878 1,685 352 4>i°5 630 102 1,294 406 4,571 195 339 1,117 209 107 166 333 233 77. i,37i 15 164 4,025 306 7i 196 121 3 3 8 565 64 9 29 3 13 654 268 2,546 65 438 44 37 in 304 96 540 18 12 12, 120 32 438 5 8 259 35 6 6 79 4 3 35 3 3 58 15 6 13 8 9 168 14 9 24 14 9 3 9 9 60 19 9 13 13 9 182 4 o 5 19 o 13 10 6 35 5 11 5 9o 420 403 10 18 o 6 17 o 209 43 17 9 53 40 9 131 2,990 15 242 136 22 76 4 220 999 726 571 122 468 37 29 158 128 2,433 25 89 344 115 31 47 108 92 30 295 150 19 11 479 5 6 250 11 2 184 18 8 53 6 6 454 10 4 11,609 13 1 49 4 1 1,028 n 6 574 9 10 69 9 7 251 1 4 18 17 3 965 8 9 3,584 8 6 2,625 8 6 2,217 16 3 517 13 6 1,643 4 o 133 5 9 105 1 5 541 o 6; 572 15 7 10,342 8 3 J17.14 11 313 15 2 1,844 16 o 834 14 2 142 18 3 389 13 6 467 8 1 439 14 4 166 n o i,338 7 11 3 25 7 12 7 34 614 49 136 15 26 6 3 69 146 103 76 18 255 43 5 97 . 17 739 5 36 132 n 5 15 13 14 4 5,541 3 o 7,786 19 7 10,748 2 I 3,906 2 I 622 13 7 16,830 18 II 1,667 12 4 6l 2 O 5,28l II 4 5l6 13 II 74,022 3 9 250 II o 2,189 n 9 12,106 15 10 676 2 2 850 19 8 632 8 4 i,455 10 5 720 4 11 317 9 10 7,643 8 7 9 8 2 19 737 5 6l 4 3 4 I 25 65 44 33 il 34 24 33 7 54 4,288 43 453 69 27 16 9 166 393 347 268 57 869 100 19 214 37 4,063 17 68 307 32 18 144 17 5 37 8 619 2 8 56 2 3 1 2 1 25 34 27 iij •240 3 38 104 \

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Table No. 4 — continued. Table showing the Number and Amount of Transactions at the several Money Order and Savings Bank Offices in New Zealand during the Year 1899 — continued.

Money Orders. Savings Banks. Office. Issued. Paid. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. I £ - V v o c ZtJ CD <• ° No. Deposits. 'eposits. Amount. D n v CD ID ID O Withdrawals. No. Amoun . 'imaru— continued. Waimate Winchester 1,740 108 6,221 82 539 959 207 2,379 . 1,056 45 57 357 765 177 298 1,696 72 1.375 264 524 893 460 435 247 3°2 I 867 21,897 326 176 418 482 I.I59 66 / s. d. 55 18 3I 3 11 6 268 17 6 2 15 9 21 3 o 32 10 9 8 19 6 in I 9 35 3 o 196 280 17 3 o 35 10 9 3 11 o 11 n 3 51 12 9 323 54 5 6 n 15 9 19 9 o 38 4 6 10 1 o 11 IO o 1° 13 91 10 6 334 7 9 1,637 2 3 11 3 o 4 17 6 7 17 9 14 15 o 46 3 6 240 6 10 o 28 3 o 31 4 3 36 17 3 82 10 9 41 10 o 2 15 6 40 6 o 14 8 3 4 5 3 24 17 6 5 1 9 2 17 g 5 3 0 13 7 9 32 12 6 1 14 o 1206 9 3 3 8 10 3 44 J 4 6 131 lS 3 5 12 o 460 40 o o 8 14 6 37 2 6 0 12 o 74 18 9 199 I 6 476 41 9 9 3 13 6 10 14 o 6 12 3 15 7 6 10 5 o| 10 6 6 503 95 18 o 34 2 9 1 13 6 6 19 3 6 11 5 650 14 3 3 320 52 o 3 154 3 3 3 15 o 11 11 6 229 £ s - d. 9,917 3 5 302 6 6, 19,968 9 1 280 15 4, 1,367 19 6 3.273 10 4 748 15 6 7,345 6 3 4,654 5 2 265 3 2 282 7 6 1,383 2 11 2,088 8 5 804 2 8 986 12 11 4.398 14 3 206 15 11 4.953 17 1 847 1 o 1,586 1 5 2,633 15 7 1,724 4 11 1,672 1 3 777 7 11 882 16 5 2,815 5 10 7 0 ,436 n 3 618 3 4 623 13 2 1,884 14 6 1,551 19 1 3,470 12 5 182 1 4 674 8 1 1,343 14 9 3,427 18 8 2,544 18 9 7,972 8 4 2,837 17 4 184 2 9 2,773 9 11 1,364 9 9 474 18 3 1,498 7 o 347 10 o 200 5 5 203 14 10 1,518. 4 8 2.510 1 6 86 18 o 1,691.16 3 646 5 7 896 19 3 2,231 17 3: 13.319 6 2 428 9 1 527 4 .9 2,284 10 1 425 18 10 2,505 3 6 44 19 10 8,652 16 1 14,562 1 4 253 9 1 2,704 14 8 345 16 6 609 3 4 1,160 12 5 1,066 16 o 606 2 o 816 16 9 230 7 6j 5,766 16 7 2,069.15 11 71 9 11 518 IO IO 358 7 3 520 3 5 923 1 1 192 8 gi 4.511 11 8j 9,839 14 6l 267 o 2 766 o 9| 108 14 1 673 24 4,843 17 250 . 257 50 1,164 280 8 £ s. d. 4,781 12 4 102 9 6 16,880 1 6 50 18 11 833 II 2 1,139 3 O 190 19 o 4,230 IO 2 i,i55 4 6 26 6 o 76 5 7 382 3 9 699 4 3 28 13 10 294 16 8 828 5 g 73 H 6 2,744 4 o 383 12 2 330 11 o 1,226 12 g 188 13 9 375 11 10 198 19 2 279 3 3 853 5 10 139,876 16 3 130 5 10 203 6 o 866 1 7! 864 16 6 1,808 6 6 12 14 o 316 o 7 36 10 6 1,093 16 6 973 17 1 4,212 3 10 1,151 6 4 48 18 6 1,295 1 6 587 14 1 257 6 2 716 6 o 229 14 4 29 8 1 59 12 1 534 18 0 1,074 10 9 31 3 5 433 14 6 233 6 o 429 o 7 496 3 4 6,901 10 8 228 12 1 28 2 o 89 6 6 39 12 6 1.384 6 3 10 o 6 2,125 6 3 12,205 17 7 162 17 10 1,450 14 8 510 6 5 74 4 o 245 4 7 200 5 3 159 12 4 494 3 2 75 18 6 450 16 o 192 15 1 9 3 11 337 1 6 152 o 6 211 ig g 317 3 9 49 8 11 2,224 10 2 5,606 15 6 93 4 10 26 15 1 41 19 o 160 945 92 7>.ii4 60 £ s. d. 13.382 9 9 556 5 2 106,693 2 10 293 15 o 2,633 6 11 4.296 17 3 902 4 5 19,182 1 11 3,981 13 6 90 14 g 152 ig o 1.930 14 4 5.II7 11 3 78 9 1,094 2 4 J 9 29 5,657 23 112 £ s. d. 11,430 16 6 498 3 5 104,235 16 5 227 12 1 2,054 18 3 3,073 16 7 335 7 2 14,332 6 3 2,392 9 7 99 18 3 4 12 2 1,289 17 9 4,392 11 10 Wanganui Alton Bull's Eltham Fordell Hawera Hunterville Hurleyville Kaimanuka Kaponga Manaia Mangamahu .. Mangaonoho .. Manga weka Manutahi Marton Normanby Ohingaiti Patea .. ! Raetihi .. j Taihape .. [ Turakina Waitotara .. j Waverley .. j Wellington Adelaide Road Alfredton Apiti Ashhurst Carterton Castlepoint Chatham Islands Courtenay Place Eketahuna Featherston Feilding Foxton .. ! Gladstone Greytown North j Halcombe .. | Hukanui Hutt Johnsonville Kaitoke Kaiwarra Kimbolton Levin Longburn .. 1 Makuri Manakau .. Mangatainoka Martinborough Masterton Mauriceville .. West Molesworth St. Ngahauranga .. Otaki Pahautanui Pahiatua Palmerston North Paraparaumu .. Petone Pohangina Porirua Rangiwahia Rongotea Sanson Shannon Taueru Te Aro Te Nui Tinakori Road.. Upper Hutt Waikanae Waituna West Wellington South Whakataki Woodville Vestport Addison's Burnett's Face.. ■Capleston . .. 15 1,136 1 42 79 16 283 62 300 436 116 1,822 344 30 20 188 479 24 37 5 127 28 1 213 26 73i 97 8 14 55 1 go 16 3 5 39 97 4 42 4 52 178 49 209 13 845 107 103 369 41 57 53 76 211 35,36o 40 34 no 261 57i 5 35 10 289 233 1,296 309 17 381 131 50 205 71 12 25 140 299 IO 63 65 130 no 2,061 29 95 5 144 34 27 134 22 23 12 31 72 4,479 57 15 16I 49 124 1 6 160 277 46 972 192 230 679 9i 65 86 108 519 37,072 773 70 92 340 838 8 20 1,016 584 560 1,481 868 26 581 174 73 694 503 145 205 172 649 3i 76 86 990 12 10 2,927 6 8 270 2 2 g,822 16 7 1,379 5 1 1,362 9 7 8,715 15 1 1,608 4 4 i,i59 5 2 727 10 2 1,014 7 9 5,044 16 0 477,391 8 6 2,277 4 I 1,000 5 o 493 16 o 2,318 10 5 8,131 3 1 121 19 0 375 17 o 3,625 o 9 5,710 10 1 3,776 II IO 14,280 5 0 6,377 12 11 108 8 o 3 4° 3 61 17 22 61 1 10 8 11 21 4,355 11 2 7 30 59 56 163 15 400 84 92 277 51 68: 41 67 150 33,607 107 28 41 140 336 360 17 11 2,209 5 7 469 12 3 6,772 14 5 1,306 8 2 1,0S0 4 3 6,575 1 o 996 15 o 1,097 3 4 614 6 5 603 12 4 3,223 II 9 494,528 15 3 363 9 5 9°3 13 2 473 8 3 2,002 12 7 4,956 7 9 171 640 1,027 921 2,116 1,043 61! 969; 377. 166 5ii 121 73 106 2 6 114 13 o 656 16 4 3,640 9 2 3,7!7 10 9 13,603 17 7 3,253 10 6 66 19 11 4,285 4 7 1,442 5 1 516 7 8 2,963 14 9 i,35o 2 5 864 17 1 219 3 1 1,028 14 7 2,942 9 1 3" 19 1 643 2 5 59i 7 5 1,015 6 7 2,377 5 o I7,4 : 7 5 4 297 18 11 1,268 11 6 742 o 7 128 10 4 2,433 9 8 1200 10,016 17 5 29,243 6 7 219 12 3 7,518 19 8 94 5 11 135 10 2 107 98 87 243 177 3 93 25 13 79 31 8 9 44 77 11 11 3° 24 105 54 2 in 4,925 1 1 1,368 12 1 1,147 19 2 7,621 14 5 2,488 1 3 1,330 IO o 419 6 0 1,158 7 10 . 4,306 16 5 136 II o 881 7 o 793 4 o 512 15 o 2,376 7 8 22,158 17 9 326 11 4 1,426 6 6 1 3,oi2 15 4 694 12 o 2,ig3 4 1 58 12 o 10,037 6 2 40,065 18 2 728 2 O 12,961 15 5 182 6 o 429 12 O 4 1 17 2 36 8 1 247 183 546 319 6 220 69 33 172 132 23 36 80 296 11 407 990 49 547 171 388, 839| 3,092| 162 155 1,036 194 853 19 2,i74| 4,6go| 87! 1,090 115 256 280 365 246 290 123 2,391 734 54 218 142 210 436 72 1,522 3,312 103 358 53 4 19 39 1 8 6 2 53 5 19 14 452 15 28 15 57 342 12 15 71 16 67 4 182 574 12 74 280 2,389! 69 j 77! 8o5 ! 190 357 6 924 3,805 83 i,559 28 33 180 5 6 13 4 38 49 39 58 135 1,109 38 41 121 21 196 2 491 1,724 31 436 3 25 4 629 j 3,642 43 416 84 24 41 48 60 108 26 176 69 4 76 44 35 no 19 644 ! 1,593 15 7 10 149 8 19 48 17 29 4 365 29 53 28 20 7 56 1 220 247 179 210 29 4,873 182 gi4 8 o 1,561 ig o 1,437 11 11 2ig ig 9 17,144 1 8 2,113 12 1 542 6 o 1,604 1 1 583 7 5 207 14 o 2,253 o 11 40 15 4 8,665 1 o 25,632 9 4 98 16 7 546 5 o 65 le o 73 253 1 42 6 11 7 10 3 41 9 2 6 7i 44 77 18 33i 50 49 58 20 6 601 ig 3 j 1,368 11 4 989 6 6 878 5 4 2,137 16 9 1,016 1 4 93 11 o 487 5 5 i6g 6 o 86 o 1 648 18 6 10 5 3 4,757 2 2 30,894 3 5 64 15 1 161 9 2 45 3 3 415 247 41 23 679 11 2 16 1 49 290 123 2 131 281 6 14 7' 715 i,993 15 124 141 4 4 2 307 1,789 10 23 3

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Table No. 4 — continued. Table showing the Number and Amount of Transactions at the several Money Order and Savings Bank Offices in New Zealand during the Year 1899— continued.

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Money Orders. Savings Banks. Office. No. Commission. Issued. Amount. Paid. A-6 D<= & 3 v uoc < o No. Deposits. 'eposits. Amount. I CT3 J 3S 'ithdrawals. No. Amount. 5° (J (J N>>. Amount. Westport— cont'd. Charleston Denniston Granity Kakaramea Longford Lyell Millerton Murchison Seddonville Waimangaroa .. 37i 9i5 501 29 165 933 209 348 342 410 £ s. d. 17 1 o 39 3 3 19 3 6 o 19 6 603 32 11 6 8 13 o 14 6 o 13 13 6 14 10 3 £ s. d. i,334 13 7 2,662 2 o 1,236 18 5 105 11 7 554 13 11 2,522 14 8 622 6 10 1,229 3 3 1,143 10 9 1,097 8 10 79 63 35 7 10 61 3 25 51 38 £ s. d. 319 17 4 251 o o 169 18 9 54 11 6 77 13 o 268 18 11 15 7 o 206 16 7 141 19 7 133 11 9 23: 53 > 45 2 7| 3°, 27! 11 21 194 7i4 314 15 28 184 161 75 180 £ s. d. 1,432 13 1 4,361 16 10 1,685 12 6 169 o oi 202 15 9' 1,642 14 il 636 18 o 1,039 19 9 1,586 19 o 756 11 9 3 25 12 2 8 61 155 42 13 62 £ s. d. 766 o 9 1,876 o 6 545 10 9 124 11 7 643 14 6 248 19 10 391 6 10 642 18 3 166 7 10 9 2 6 7 24 23 65 29 13 99 SUMMARY. Postal District of — Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth .. Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport £ s. d. £ b. d. £ B. d. £ s. d. £ B. d. 65,543 5,664 37,294 43,031 4,095 8,769 3,600 *7,347 i8,993 7,727 10,868 6,201 19,417 10,566 20,277 57,223 8,049 i3,503 13 8 230 9 o i,574 14 0 1,661 6 o : 219 17 9 1 396 4 6 , 143 19 9 672 4 3 ; 834 9 3 315 10 9 442 3 6 217 10 3 798 7 3 373 13 11 807 13 3 3,003 13 2 337 14 3 222,898 I I 17,880 16 10 123,566 3 6 130,977 3 10 13,244 12 2 28,054 15 4 9,217 9 7 52,443 7 5 57,46i 8 8 24,829 18 11 36,220 15 6 28,535 7 3 58,645 3 3 45,720 13 10 65,947 o 4 179,674 14 9. 23,490 13 4 56,483 1 2,401 132,301 '39,757 1,329 4,063 1,918 9,333 10,691 5,822 5,654 3,474 6,943 4, 306 9,277 49,168 1,997 210,893 4 7 9,399 11 10 132,290 16 7 155,513 16 5 5,626 o 5 15,297 13 11 7,729 8 6 33,800 13 2 37,715 15 5 22,645 16 8 24,624 15 2 15,472 17 2 26,507 9 5 21,282 3 5 33,470 12 4 188,333 19 6 7,408 8 10 5,7i2 639 6,68g 5,530 856 729 299 1,783 1,892 1,203 1,272 670 1,678 1,253 2,39i 8,226 540 40,566 1 4,404 59,853 48,228 4,959 4,868 1,675 ",234 13,989 7,441 7,708 4,544 11,158 8,858 14,334 65,854 4,no 1511,358 17 7 50,355 7 8 713,338 14 1 543,085 11 3 57,389 1 6 55,172 13 9 27,914 o 7 138,161 1 6 142,221 19 11 110,391 5 1 99,542 3 7 54,555 11 1 "9,515 5 4 114,804 1 2 180,297 12 7 687,019 1 6 39,858 1 8 4,068 437 4,59i 3,648 548 493 234 1,270 1,369 597 822 498 1,204 822 1,622 5,687, 374 29,126 2,914 42,207 31,669 3,482 3,ioi 1,132 6,525 8,755 4,305 4,816 2,955 7,375 5,290 8,565 142,424 2,299 490,057 18 8 52,427 7 7 689,098 19 9 530,642 17 7 51,552 o 2 51,467 13 6 26,013 o 11 129,934 12 2 129,224 15 11 94,437 8 o 88,506 9 11 54,866 o o 104,903 5 3 98,239 10 o 157,748 18 9 631,606 19 9 36,571 1 9 Totals I344664 15533 4 6 II18808 5 7 [244917 |948,oi3 3 4I 41,362 313783 3644980 9 10 28,284 206940 3417298 19 8

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Table No. 5. 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, 1899.

Postal Districts. Number of Post Office Number of Savings- Deposits Banks received Open at during the the Close Year. of the Year. Total Amount of Deposits received doting the Year. Average Amount of each Deposit received during the Year. tnt u Average p V?!! 1 f -r , „ , Amount of of With- total Amount ol each drawals Withdrawals Withdrawal during the during the Year. durine Year - 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 Withdrawal, j Interest for thetYear. Number of Accounts Opened during the Year. Number of Accounts Closed during the Year. Number To(a , Amonnt A ° standing to the Accounts Credit " ofall remain- Accounts, ■"g Open v inclasivf . of "Close Interest to the ?! ttle Close of the Year. Year. Average Amount standing to the Credit of each open Account at Close of the Year. I i Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier ... Nelson ... New Plymouth ... Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport 99 7 53 44 10 22 40,566 4,404 59,853 48,228 4,959 4,868 ',675 11,234 7,44i 7,708 4,544 11,158 8,858 '4,334 65.854 4,110 £ s. A 5".358 '7 7 5o,355 7 8 713.338 '4 1 543,085 11 3 57.389 1 6 55.172 13 9 27,914 o 7 138,161 1 6 142,221 19 11 110,391 5 1 99.542 3 7 54.555 ■' 1 i'9,5i5 5 4 114,804 1 2 180,297 12 7 687,019 1 6 39,858 1 8 £ s. d. 12 12 1 1188 n 18 4 "53 ii n 5 1168 16 13 4 12 511 10 3 4 14 16 9 12 18 3 120 1 10 14 3 12 19 3 12 11 7 10 8 8 29,126 2,914 42,207 31,669 3,482 6,525 8,755 4,305 4,816 2,955 7,375 5,290 8,565 42,424 2,299 £ B. d. 490,057 18 8 52,427 7 7 689,098 19 9 530,642 17 7 5i,5S2 o 2 51.467 13 6 26,013 o 11 129,934 12 2 129,224 15 11 94,437 8 o 88,506 9 11 54,866 o o 104,903 5 3 98,239 10 o ■157,748 18 9 631,606 19 9 36,571 1 9 16 16 6 in 19 10 16 6 6 ■6 '5 ' 14 16 1 ■6 n " 2 2 19 7 ■9 18 3 14 15 3 2, 18 9 i8 1 7 '8 " 4 14 4 6 '8 " 5 i 8 8 4 '4 'I « 1.18 2 £ s. d. 21,300 18 11 24,239 14 4 12,442 13 8 5,837 1 4 3,705 o 3 1,900 19 8 8,226 9 4 12,997 4 o 15,953 17 1 11,035 '3 8 £ s- <i2,071 19 11 £ s. d. ; £ s. d.i ' 20,668 1 2 2,053 5 11 25,590 1 1 20,907 8 n j 1,518 7 8 2,743 7 3 2,024 9 9 5,695 16 o 6,061 17 1 4,484 10 1 2,977 18 4 2,587 10 1 4,624 12 8 4,325 5 4 5,541 1 10 21,098 5 o 2,016 1 1 5,712 4,068 639 437 6,689 4,591 5,530 3,648 856 548 729 i 493 299 234 1,783 ',270 1,892 1,369 ',203 597 1,272 822 670 498 1,678 1,204 2,253 822 2,391 1,622 8,226 ! 5,687 54° 374 24,181 819,279 5 4 3,456 79,776 13 11 35,688 1,003,554 O II 26,275 797,278 15 5 2,447 62,705 18 4 3,274 ! 106,266 11 o 1,502 79,102 15 10 7,359 219,303 4 5; 8,517 236,882 17 o 5,538 180,647 7 11 4,637 120,679 15 2 2,935 ; 96,634 6 o 6,565 186,542 9 1 5,324 i 173,114 9 2 9,188 225,101 o 1 33,9'3 i 855,213 2 o 2,247 ' 78,288 3 3 £ - d. 33 '7 7 23 1 8 28 2 5 30 6 10 25 12 6 32 9 2 52 13 4 29 16 o 27 16 3 32 '2 5 26 o 6 32 18 6 28 8 4 32 10 4 ■ 24 10 o « 25 4 4 ;| 34. 16 10 '5 8 10 ... 310 8 11 '7 1.5 23 54 '4 14,612 o 1 16,564 11 2 22,548 13 10 55,412 1 9 3,286 19 n ... 9 13 11 ... Totals for Colony in 1899 ., 1898 ... .897 .- „ „ 1896 ... 1894... '893 •■• '892 ... 1891 ... 1890 ... 1889 ... 1888 ... 1887 ... 1886 ... 1885 ... 1884 ... ■883 ... 1882 ... 1881 ... 1880 ... '879 ... 1878 ... 1877 ... 1876 ... 1874 ... ■873 - 1872 ... 1871 ... 1870 ... 1869 ... 1868 ... Totals for Colony from 1st Feb. to 31st Dec, 1867 427 409 388 37' 357 348 327 3'8 3" 296 294 290 283 271 256 243 222 207 190 178 '65 '47 138 124 "9 103 97 92 81 70 59 55 46 281,749 267,615 242,283 2' 7,393 204,545 202,276 186,945 176,971 162,938 '45,355 i36,'97 '3',373 129,279 127,609 129,952 '25,855 81,660 71,865 69,908 57,295 56,129 52,627 31,681 24,642 20,489 17.133 13.014 6,977 3,644,980 9 10 3,279,6n 7 5 3,187,219 2 4 2,881,152 16 3 2,794,506 16 o 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 ■■ ',312,151 ' 5 1,248,405 6 11 i,34i,ooi 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 12 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 9 194,535 " 6 96,372 7 10 1 1 12 4 11 12 10 11 18 2 11 17 10 12 17 1 11 o 3 11 15 11 10 Oil 10 S 3 10 3 6 91610 1012 6 9 12 8 9 on 10 4 1 9911 948 10 4 o 9 8 11 10 11 9 11 6 1 10 18 o 11 3 6 11 11 9 11 14 4 13 5 8 14 16 2 13 12 o 1213 6 12 18 o 206,940 196,764 '79,555 167,248 '59,904 '52,136 136,739 120,628 1 11,603 106,868 99,185 96,204 89,962 89,182 84,832 80,800 78,405 69,308 60,137 57,446 54,698 42,746 39,363 39,486 36,977 29,778 21,268 17,254 14,773 n,934 9,292 6,365 i,9i9 3,417,298 19 8 3,194,893 16 7 2,891,169 5 8 2,591,558 '9 4 2,369,333 6 7 2,268,624 8 4 2,122,521 16 8 1,821,348 18 1 1,693,515 9 3 1,500,437 9 5 i,457,o8i 5 o 1,387,471 1 io 1,182,409 7 6 1,336,287 6 4 1,264,305 8 3 i,i95,93i 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 91 620,155 8 9! 425,908 3 5 313,176 7 ■' 261,347 16 3 209,509 '3 2 180,518 4 1 107,094 17 3 26,415 18 9 16 10 3 16 4 9 1620 15 9 "J 14 16 4 14 18 3 ■5 ,0 5 15 2 o 15 3 5 14 o 9 14 13 9 '4 8 5 13 210 14 19 8 14 18 o 1416 o 16 10 6 16 9 8 15 o 1 13 11 8 1604 17 7 2 16 18 10 1712 8 19 14 8 20 16 5 20 o 5 18 3 o '7 '3 9 17 1 1 1 19 8 7 16 16 6 13 15 3 227,681 10 2 84,717 IO IO 296,049 16 8 289,593 16 I I 425,173 9 5 263,567 13 1' 56,921 8 3 149,472 5 I' 158,105 14 O 58,200 6 3 157,276 6 1 129,741 13 11 76,695 14 11 31,978 io 5 183,253 2 10 286,817 O II 8.3,937 5 6 ... ■5,762 1 5 87,881 .9 5 ... 117,245 14 2 9,5°° 8,500 8,000 7,000 7,000 6,500 6,500 5,500 5,000 5,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 3,500 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,250 1,800 ',556 ',35' 1,264 1,186 789 822 O 4-38 o 4-26 o 429 o 4'10 o 4'45 o 4'37 o 4-60 o 4-29 o 4- 16 o 4'45 o 3'79 o 3'97 o 4-24 o 4'23 o 4-44 o 4'57 o 4-66 o 4-82 ° 4'5 2 o 6-04 o 5-69 o 5'33 o 5-98 o 6-20 o 6-44 o 6-55 o 7"'4 o 7-63 o 8-23 o 936 o 1077 0 9-77 1 10-18 134,917 19 3 128,128 16 6 137,240 8 0 126,497 16 3 129,489 19 6 114,643 4 " 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'S '8 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 'I 7,412 8 o 4,88o 7 3 1,241 5 o 41,362 37,265 36,394 32,982 30,261 '28,669 29,755 26,232 25,'3' 23,7i9 21,778 21,307 20,368 21,671 20,661 20,228 20,386 21,014 25,059 16,137 '5,401 13,005 11,235 ",255 n,273 10,346 7,382 6,205 4,6i5 4,304 3,839 3,282 2,520 28,284 26,628 24,821 22,907 22,001 2 1,93° 19,599 18,171 17,872 17,256 15,521 l6,543 I5>515 l6,757 16,421 l6,447 15,967 14.505 12,718 12,217 12,786 9.634 8,59' 9,472 8,681 5,736 3,816 3,188 2,383 2,277 1,801 1,186 364 183,046 I, 169,968 . ■59,33' ■ 147,758 |- 137,683 I 129,423 I 122,684 1 12,528 : 104,467 97,208 90,745 84,488 79,724 74,871 69,957 65,717 61,936 57>5'7 51,008 38,667 34,747 32,132 28,761 26, 117 24,334 21,742 17,132 13,566 10,549 8,317 6,290 4,252 2,156: 5,320,370 14 IO 4,957,77 ■ 5 5 4,744,924 18 1 4,3'i,634 13 5 3,895,543 o 3 3,340,879 ■■ 4 3,24i,99 8 7 io 2,863,670 12 10 2,695,447 11 6 2,441,876 8 7 2,191,451 '4 1 2,048,441 10 9 1,813,084 18 8 i,6i5,979 9 6 1,638,035 19 5 1,499,112 o 7 1,409,751 '6 7 ',470,950 '3 6 1,232,787 16 9 903,765 16 10 787,005 19 0 819,071 8 2 767,375 i7 8 723,9 l o '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 29 ■ 4 29 3 5 29 '5 7 29 3 7 28 5 'O 25 '6 3 26 8 6 25 9 o 25 16 0 25 2 4 24 211 24 4 10 22 14 10 21 11 8 23 8 4 22 16 3 22 15 2 25 '• 5 24 3 4 23 7 6 22 12 11 25 9 9 26 13 7 27 14 4 29 17 9 35 9 0 38 16 1 36 2 5 33 18 1 35 10 3 36 15 5 38 9 1 33 o 5 63,781 7 4 20,030 17 9 14,271 5 9 32,146 14 10 72,106 13 9 79,094 5 6 ■54,6.34 2 o 117,700 12 1 50,991 2 1 54,818 12 5 60,380 1 8 87,440 14 3 69,956 9 ' ... 14 1 2 14 18 11 '3 16 3 ...

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Table No. 6. Balance-sheet of the New Zealand Post Office Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1899.

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Balances on 1st January, 1899. Transactions. I Balances on 31st December, 1899. Or. Dr. Or. Dr. Or. Dr. Money Order Accounts :— Money orders (General) United Kingdom, &c. United States of America Canada Cape of Good Hope Ceylon .. Fiji Germany .. Hawaii Hongkong India Natal New South Wales .. Queensland South Australia Straits Settlements Tasmania Victoria Western Australia Commission Savings-bank Accounts :— Deposits and withdrawals Transfers Postal Accounts :— Stamps Postal Guides Postal notes Private box and bag rents Money-order commission Postal revenue Telegraph Accounts :— New South Wales Telegraphs New Zealand & Australian Cable Telephone-exchange receipts .. Maintenance of private wires.. Registration of code addresses Telegraph revenue General Accounts :— Post Office Account Postmasters and Telegraphists Investments Accrued interest on investments Miscellaneous receipts—general Foreign postage .. ... Miscellaneous expenses General Post Office Fine Fund Cable subsidies For other Departments— Advances to Settlers Arms Act Licenses Bath receipts, Rotorua County Clerks Bath tickets Customs dues (H.M.G.) „ duty (parcels) Factories Act Fishing licenses Education Department Game licenses Geraldine County Council Goldflelds revenue Government Audit Government Insurance Government Printer.. Harbourmasters Homing-pigeons Protection Act Income-tax.. Land-tax Licensing Act Lunacy Machinery Mining Act Miners' Guides New Zealand Consols Official Assignee Old-age Pensions Public baths Public Trust Railways Registration of births, &c. brands £ s. d. 21,071 17 11 8,073 10 5 8 15 1 61 18 1 21 6 9 397 4 4 67 5 4 233 8 5 784 4 2 112 623 18 7 1,378 o 7 4,957,771 5 5 1,274 10 11 110,807 2 8 g 10 o 73,144 10 7i 1,256 17 11 602 o 6 916 9 11 £ s. A. 1,282 10 11 20 18 0 17 10 3 236 1 3 40 17 4 989 14 5 613 17 5 i 948 16 8J 89,888 19 II ; 243,030 1 uje 4,969,954 7 8 ] 46,260 1 1 £ s. d. 1,205,511 6 1 112,551 10 2 9,181-19 8 1,095 9 3 2,529 8 1 79 11 9 511 6 g 1,619 15 7 67 8 7 1,404 12 3 1,682 14 7 5i 14 o 39,987 o 7 3,658 17 6 2,081 g 8 207 12 6 51,532 4 7 32,098 17 3 7,260 2 2 1,746 17 5 3,779,898 9 1 223,140 16 8 418,855 8 3 296 17 6 !53,294 3 4 5,783 ° o 15,533 4 6 , 287,483 1 10J 38.488 4 9 9,837 17 1 43.489 1 6 1,556 2 8 362 5 o 207,986 2 7J 3,828,137 4 o ; 6,874,437 18 7 < 1,489,466 O O ] 44,891 11 3 2,771 12 ij 13,487 4 11 519,240 3 9 £ s. d. : 1,202,723 14 4 1 120,638 11 o ! 9,757 14 7 I 1,296 3 9 1,804 3 10 1 108 8 9 640 12 6 1,906 16 3 4g 18 6 1,270 4 8 1,893 8 1 92 5 11 39,939 2 5 4,268 9 g 2,222 2 4 166 16 7 51,231 10 4 32,720 1 7 6,932 10 4 1,838 19 7 3,417,298 ig 8 222,908 7 3 408,003 8 5J 306 7 6 149,319 1 o 5,783 o 0 15,533 4 6 1 287,144 3 11 36,737 17 4 9,604 4 2 43,489 1 6 1,556 2 8 362 5 o 207,318 17 8 3,857,392 14 8 6,gog,050 18 7J 1,856,416 o o 48,847 5 5 2,728 2 7J 10,450 0 o 503,237 I 10 IOO 1,353 o 0 . I £ a. d. 23,859 9 8 no 3 8 201 12 11 22 14 n 832 2 4 41 17 1 924 12 10 756 16 3 5,320,370 14 10 1,507 o 4 121,659 2 5$ 77,119 12 11J 3,007 5 4 835 13 5 1,583 14 10J £ s. d, > ! 13 10 5 566 19 10 138 16 5 557 6 8 7 10 3 150 3 9 002 40 11 11 845 13 6 181 10 o 662 2 7 705 19 7 \ I 609 18 9 119,144 10 7 277,643 2 o 5,336,904 7 8 50,215 15 3 .. 1 491 11 9i 13,733 10 10 9,573 7 8 100 535 1 3i 16,770 15 g 25,576 9 7 i,353 o o 4,770 10 11 50 o o 47 11 10 1,221 17 5 ig 10 o 457,781 14 10 380 o o 685 19 o 330 17 8 480 6 4 1,537 1 7 15,849 18 2 25 3 o 272 15 o I 1 o 1,937 12 6 477 6 4 24 10 6 8 13 4 27,992 5 3 527 6 9 322 16 4 080 68,296 3 o 217,893 13 7 30 o o 49 15 o 3,725 15 o 2,147 16 o 016 12,460 6 11 457,188 7 10 323 o 0 535 13 9 328 7 8 2g5 3 0 i,449 5 8 14,143 14 o 25 3 o 263 5 o 1 1 o 1,937 12 6 477 6 4 8 13 6 8 13 4 27,403 13 4 559 9 4 457 10 8 080 5,363 17 11 107 o o 150 5 3 2 IO o 185 3 4 135 7 9 2,g28 1 7 29 o o 030 16 o o I 2,323 16 2 "3 6 7 J 34 14 4 2,912 8 1 81 4 o 75 7 5 575 19 9 68,300 o 0 218,175 o o 30 o o 45 15 o 3,545 10 o 4,299 6 o 71 10 5 294 13 4 300 216 12 6 700 396 17 6 989 10 o 1 5 6 3,141 o o 140 o 12 6 12,460 6 11 131,600 o o 75 14 o 256,761 18 10 8,385 3 9 2,3og 2 6 050 208 14 o 1,486 13 11 20,358 17 6 14 9 o 6 10 o 2,289 9 4 84 15 o 231,415 13 11 115,647 17 10 127 9 10 254,056 18 5 8,271 9 1 2,259 14 6 050 186 1 9 1,341 8 1 20,365 o 10 650 6 10 o 2,430 o o 68 1*5 . o 209,513 1 2 o 12 6 15,952 2 2 51 15 10 6,252 11 7 779 19 1 200 12 o 8,957 12 o 893 13 9 250 o o Rents Sanatorium, Hanmer Plains .. Sheep-rates Registration of electors Stock Department Valuation revenue Water-rates Profit and loss 3 10 3 86 o 8 574 3 o 26 2 6 231 6 6 567 19 8 840 147 17 11 7 7 3 16 o o 152,090 3 IO 130,187 11 1 Totals 5,353,283 16 II 5,353,283 16 II 20,902,886 I 2j 20,902,886 I 2j 5,788,387 19 4 5,783,387 19 4

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Table No. 7. Securities, &c., standing in the Name of the Postmaster-General on Account of the Post-Office Savings-Bank Fund on the 31st December, 1899.

Nominal Value. Value at Cost Price. Accrued Interest on 31 st December, 1899. Description of Securities, &c. " The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1896 " Debentures, 3§ per cent. £ s. d. 250,000 0 0 £ s. d. 250,000 0 0 £ s. d. 3,643 16 7 " The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1899 " Debentures, 3J per cent. 125,000 0 0 125,000 0 0 731 3 3 " The Consolidated Loan Act 1867 " Debentures, 4 per cent. .. 13,000 0 0 12,480 0 0 109 13 11 " The Consolidated Stock Act 1884 " Debentures, 3J per cent... 54,300 0 0 54,300 0 0 630 0 7 " The Defence and other Purposes Loan Act 1870 " Debentures, 4 per cent. 75,000 0 0 72,000 0 0 632 17 6 " The Defence and other Purposes Loan Act 1870" Debentures, 4J per cent. 8,100 0 0 8,100 0 0 The District Railways Purchasing Acts, 1885 and 1886, Debentures, 4 per cent.. 42,000 0 0 36,076 17 8 418 17 0 The District Railways Purchasing Acts, 1885 and 1886, Scrip, 4 per cent. 34,100 0 0 34,100 0 0 340 1 3 Dunedin Garrison Hall Debentures, 5 per cent. 6,000 0 0 6,000 0 0 129 17 3 " The General Purposes Loan Act 1873 " Debentures, 4 per cent. 5,200 0 0 4,342 0 0 43 17 7 "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act 1886" Deben- , tures, 3J per cent. 312,500 0 0 312,500 0 0 3,511 14 9 Greymouth Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per cent. 100,000 0 0 100,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 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 *1,868 9 10 "The Immigration and Publio Works Loan Aot 1870 " Debentures, 4 per cent. 174,200 0 0 167,272 0 0 1,469 19 2 " The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act 1870 " Debentures, 4J per oent. 20,900 0 0 20,527 10 0 198 8 2 " The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act 1870 " Debentures, 4 per oent. (Imperial guaranteed) 400,000 0 0 400,000 0 0 1,315 1 4 Inscribed Stock, 3 per cent. 1,764,940 0 0 1,764,140 0 0 13,200 14 9 " The Land for Settlements Act 1894 " Debentures, 3J per cent. 701,066 0 0 701,066 0 0 4,100 15 3 " The Land for Settlements Act ' Debentures, 3J per cent. 62,000 0 0 62,000 0 0 541 0 3 " The Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act 1894 " Debentures, 4 per cent. 264,000 0 0 264,000 0 0 2,661 14 0 " The Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act 1894 " Debentures, 3J per cent. 35,000 0 0 35,000 0 0 250 5 5 North Rakaia River Board Debentures, 5 per cent. 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 20 16 5 Oamaru Borough Consolidated Loan 1893 Debentures, 5 per cent. 13,800 0 0 13,800 0 0 345 0 0 Oamaru Harbour Bonds, 5J per oent. 32,000 0 0 32,000 0 0 737 15 1 Patea Harbour Board Debentures, 4J per cent. 13,000 0 0 13,000 0 0 292 10 0 Thames Borough Debentures, 6 per cent. 6,500 0 0 6,500 0 0 190 3 10 Thames Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per cent. 10,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 99 14 6 " The Public Revenues Act 1893 " (Treasury bills), 3J per oenc. 379,200 0 0 379,200 0 0 Westport Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per oent. 439,500 0 0 439,500 0 0 8,752 12 6 Accrued interest on Post Office Account 541 11 0 Totals 5,355,306 0 0 5,336,904 7 8 48,847 5 5 * Includes seven half-yearly interest-payments of £250, and £50 balance of an eighth not yet p: bid.

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Table No. 8. POST-OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS. Balance-sheet for the Year ended 31st December, 1899. Dr. £ s. d. Or. £ s. d. Balance to credit of depositors, 1st Withdrawals during 1899 .. .. 3,417,298 19 8 January, 1899 .. .. .. 4,957,771 5 5 Balance to credit of depositors, 31st Deposits during 1899 .. .. 3,644,980 9 10 December, 1899 .. ' .. .. 5,320,370 14 10 Interest credited depositors, 1899 .. 134,917 19 3 £8,737,669 14 6 £8,737,669 14 6 Liabilities and Assets. Dr. £ s. d. Or. £ s. d. Balance to credit of depositors, 31st Securities (vide Table No. 7).. .. 5,336,904 7 8 December, 1899 .. ' .. .. 5,320,370 14 10 Amount of accumulated profits invested 16,533 12 10 £5,336,904 7 8 £5,336,904 7 8 Profit and Loss. , Dr. £ s. d. Gr. £ s. d. Balance forward, 1st January, 1899 .. 130,187 11 1 Interest credited to depositors, 1899 .. 134,917 19 3 Interest received ..£182,568 8 6 189S accrued interest written off .. 44,89111 3 Interest accrued on 31st Paid Public Account, for expenses of December, 1899 .. 48,847 5 5 management .. .. .. 9,500 0 0 231,415 13 11 Savings-bank profits carried to revenue .. 20,000 0 0 Interest on securities purchased from other departments .. .. .. 203 10 8, Balance to next account .. .. 152,090 3 10 £361,603 5 0 £361,603 5 10

Table No. 9. Return showing the Total Number of Post-Office Savings-Bank Accounts open on the 31st December, 1899, classified according to the Balances at Credit, compared with the Number open at the end of 1898.

Postal District. Not exceeding £20. Exceeding ±'20 and 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. ! ■S IO ■I* X CD H.S Total ' Number of Accounts open. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport 16,976 2,724 26,446 18,787 1,796 2,282 911 5,141 6,286 3,966 3,430 2,002 4,795 3,790 7,104 25,844 1,571 2,780 297 3,092 3,180 323 384 170 943 946 566 533 349 725 613 949 3,526 230 1,817 190 2,176 1,812 158 250 132 591 542 400 323 247, 473 368 498 2,123 186 1,619 158 2,010 1,625 110 226 163 454 476 389 227 233 365 352 386 1,449 101 601 53 887 545 28 83 83 157 168 130 80 82 122 127 152 556 61 189 16 228 154 16 32 13 43 49 50 21 11 41 37 ' 35 187 23 89 13 126 98 9 8 13 16 27 23 15 9 17 16 31 132 12 110 5 123 74 7 9 17 14 23 14 8 2 27 21 33 96 3 24,181 3,456 35,688 26,275 2,447 3,274 1,502 7,359 8,517 5,538 4,637 2,935 6,565 5,324 9,188 33,913 2,247 Totals, 1899 133,851 125,190 20,206 18,001 12,286 10,403 3,915 1,145 | 654 | 586 183,046 169,968 Totals, 1898 11,238 9,641 3,573 1,111 1 j 639 I I 575

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TO LONDON VIÂ SAN FRANCISCO.

Table No. 10.-SAN FRANCISCO MAIL-SERVICE. Statement showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between London and the under-mentioned Places by the San Francisco Mail-service.

FROM LONDON VIA SAN FRANCISCO. Auckland. Wellington. Dunedin. Sydney. Melbourne. ... Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Auckland No. Date of of Despatch from Days. London, 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. 1899. January 14 February 11 March 1 1 April 8 May 6 July 1 July 29 August 26 September 23 October 2 1 November 18 1899. February 14 March 16 April 12 May 10 June 6 July 4 August 1 August 29 September 26 October 25 November 21 December 19 1900. January 18 j I89931 January 14 ] February 11 32 March 11 32 April 8 31 ' May 6 3' J une 3 3 1 J uly 1 31 July 29 3 1 ! August 26 32 I September 23 3 1 I October 2 1 31 \ November 18 1899. February 15 March 17 April 14 May 1 1 June 7 J"iy 5 August 3 August 30 September 27 October 26 November 22 December 2 1 1900. January 19 1899. 32 January 14 34 February 11 34 March 1 1 33 Apr 11 8 32 May 6 32 June 3 33 ' July ' 32 July 29 32 August 26 September 23 3 2 October 2 1 November 18 34 : December 16 1899. February 17 March 18 April 15 May 13 June 8 July 6 August 4 August 3 1 September 28 October 27 November 23 December 22 34 35 35 35 33 33 34 33 33 34 33 34 1899. January 14 February 11 March 1 1 April 8 May 6 June 3 July 1 July 29 August 26 September 23 October 2 1 November 18 1899. February 18 March 20 April 16 May 15 June 10 July 8 August 7 September 2 September 30 October 30 November 25 December 25 / 35 37 36 37 35 35 37 35 35 37 35 37 1899. 1899. January 14 February 20 February 1 1 i March 2 1 March 11 April 18 April 8 May 16 May 6 June 12 June 3 j July 10 July 1 I August 8 July 29 September 4 August 26 October 2 September 23 October 31 October 21 November 27 November 18 December 26 37 38 38 37 37 37 37 38 37 38 December 16 33 December 16 1900. January 20 35 December 16 1900. January 22 37 1900. December 16 January 23 Maximum Minimum Average 33 31 3'"5 4 34 : 32 i 32-77 ! 35 33 339^ 37 35 36 38 37 37'54

ELBOURNE. Sydney. Dunedin. ELLINGTON. 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. 1899. January 20 February 17 March 18 April 15 May 13 June 10 July 8 August 5 September 2 September 30 October 28 November 25 Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Auckland. Date of Arrival in London. So. of Days. ! 1899. February 25 March 2 1 April 19 May 17 June 14 July 13 August 10 September 6 October 4 November 2 November 29 December 29 1900. January 24 1899. February 25 March 2 1 April i 9 May 17 June 14 July '3 August 10 September 6 October 4 November 2 November 29 December 29 18*99. January 2 1 February 18 March 20 April 17 May 15 June 12 July 1 o August 7 September 4 October 2 October 30 November 27 ■ 1899. January February March April May June July August August September October November 14 11 14 11 9 6 4 29 26 24 21 1899. February 25 March 2 1 April 19 May 17 June 14 July 13 August 10 September 6 October ' 4 November 2 November 29 December 29 4 2 38 36 36 36 37 37 36 36 37 36 38 1899. January 16 February 13 March 15 April 12 May 10 June 7 .My 5 August 2 August 30 September 27 October 25 November 22 1899. February 25 March 2 1 April 19 May 17 June 14 Ju!y '3 August 10 September 6 October 4 November 2 November 29 December 29 1900. January 24 4° 36 j 35 j 35 35 36 36 35 35 36 37 1899. January 18 February 15 March 17 April 14 May 12 June 9 July 7 August 4 September 1 September 29 October 2 7 November 24 38 34 33 33 33 34 34 33 33 34 33 35 36 32 32 32 32 33 33 32 32 33 32 34 1899. February 25 March 2 1 April 19 May 17 June 14 July 13 August 10 September 6 October 4 November 2 November 29 December 29 1900. January 24 35 31 3° 3° 30 3' 3' 3° 3° 3i 3° 32 December ■9 1900. January 24 36 I December 20 35 December 22 33 December 23 1900. January 24 32 December 25 j 3° Maximum Minimum Average 42 36 j 37 I j 4° j 35 1 35'8S 38 33 36 ! 32 32-69 I 35 3°

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Table No. 11.-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 BY T! E P. AND O. PACKETS. Melbourne. Sydney. Bluff. Christchurch. Wellington. Auckland. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Melbourne. No. Date of of Despatch from Days. 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 Date of Despatch from j Arrival in London. i Wellington. No. of Days. Date of Date of Despatch from Arrival in London. Auckland. No. of Days. 1899. 1899. Feb. 7 Feb. 20 March 7 March 19 April 2 April 17 May 2 May 14 May 30 J une 12 June 26 July 9 July 24 August 7 August 20 Sept. 4 Sept. 18 October 1 October 16 Oct. 31 Nov. 12 Nov. 27 Dec. 10 .899. , 1899. Feb. 8 Feb. 21 March 8 ! March 2 1 April 4 April 18 May 3 May 16 May 31 June 13 . June 27 July 11 July 25 August 8 I August 22 Sept. 5 Sept. 19 October 3 October 1 7 Nov. i Nov. 14 Nov. 28 Dec. 12 33 : 32 33 32 32 32 33 32 33 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 33 32 32 32 1899. Jan. 6 Jan. 20 Feb. 3 Feb. 17 March 3 March 17 March 3 1 April 14 April 28 May 12 May 26 June 9 June 23 July 7 July 2 1 August 4 August 18 Sept. 1 Sept. 15 Sept. 29 October 13 October 27 Nov. 1 o 1899. Feb. 14 Feb. 28 March 13 March 27 April 11 April 25 May 8 May 22 June 5 June 23 July 3 July 2 1 August 3 August 15 Sept. 4 Sept. 15 Sept. 25 October 16 October 27 Nov. 5 Nov. 2 1 Dec. 5 Dec. 19 39 39 38 38 39 39 38 38 38 42 38 42 4i 39 45 42 38 45 42 37 39 39 39 1899. 1899. Feb. ,5 March 1 March 15 March 28 April 13 April 26 May 10 May 22 June 6 June 22 July 4 July 20 August 2 August 13 Sept. 2 Sept. 16 Sept. 25 October 14 October 28 Nov. 6 Nov. 22 Dec. 6 Dec. 20 40 40 40 39 41 40 40 38 39 41 39 41 40 37 43 43 38 43 43 38 40 40 40 1899. 1899. Jan. 6 Feb. 14 Jan. ' 20 March 2 Feb. 3 March 14 Feb. 17 March 27 March 3 April 13 March 17 April 25 March 3 1 May 11 April 14 May 23 April 28 June 5 May 12 June 21 May 26 July 2 June 9 ! July 18 June 23 i July 31 J uly 7 August 12 July 21 ! August 28 August 4 . Sept. 12 August 18 I Sept. 23 Sept. i I October 13 Sept. 15 October 24 Sept. 29 ! Nov. 7 October 13 Nov. 22 October 27 Dec. 6 Nov. 10 Dec. 20 1900. Nov. 24 Jan. 4 Dec. 8 I Jan. 17 Dec. 22 I Jan. 30 39 41 39 38 4' 39 4i 39 38 4° 37 39 38 36 38 39 36 42 39 39 4° 40 40 1899. '899Jan. 6 Feb. 13 Jan. 20 : Feb. 27 Feb. 3 . March 13 Feb. 17 I March 26 March 3 I April 10 March 17 j April 24 March 31 j May 8 April 14 ' May 22 April 28 June 5 May 12 j June 20 May 26 I July 3 June 9 j July 17 J une 23 J uly 3 1 July 7 I August 15 July 21 ' August 28 August 4 Sept. 11 August 18 ! Sept. 25 Sept. 1 j October 10 Sept. 15 October 23 Sept. 29 Nov. 6 October 13 Nov. 20 October 27 Dec. 4 Nov. 10 Dec. 18 Jan. 6 Jan. 20 Feb. 3 Feb. 17 March 3 March 17 March 3 1 April 14 April 28 May 12 May 26 June 9 June 23 July 7 July 21 August 4 August 18 Sept. 1 Sept. 15 Sept. 29 October 13 October 27 Nov. 1 o 32 Jan. 6 31 Jan. 20 32 Feb. 3 . 30 Feb. 17 30 March 3 31 March 17 32 March 31 30 April 14 32 April 28 3 1 May 12 3 1 May 26 3° J une 9 31 June 23 31 July 7 30 July 21 31 August 4 31 August 18 30 Sept. 1 31 Sept. 15 32 Sept. 29 30 October 13 3 1 October 27 30 ! Nov. 10 30 Nov. 24 Jan. 6 Jan. 20 Feb. 3 Feb. 17 March 3 March 17 March 3 1 April 14 April 28 May 12 May 26 June 9 June 23 July 7 July 21 August 4 August 18 Sept. 1 Sept. 15 Sept. 29 October 13 October 27 Nov. 10 38 38 38 37 38 38 38 38 38 39 38 38 38 39 38 08 38 39 38 38 38 38 38 Nov. 24 Dec. 24 1900. Dec. 26 1900. Nov. 24 1900. Nov. 24 1900. 41 1900. 38 32 Jan. 2 39 Jan. 3 40 Nov. 24 Jan. 1 Dec. 8 Dec. 22 Jan. 9 Jan. 22 32 I Dec. 8 31 I Dec. 22 Jan. 10 Jan. 23 33 32 Dec. 8 Dec. 22 Jan. 16 Jan. 30 39 39 Dec. 8 j Dec. 22 I Jan. 17 i Jan. 31 40 40 40 39 Dec. ,8 Jan. 15 Dec. 22 Jan. 29 38 3 8 Maximum Minimum Average 32 30 ... 30-88 33 32 32-23 45 37 39'65 43 37 40- 12 42 36 39''5 39 37 38-08

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Table No. 11.-PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL MAIL-SERVICE-continued. Statement showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between the under-mentioned Places and London by the Packets of the Peninsular and Oriental Line— continued.

TO LONDON Vll 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. Date of of Despatch from Days. Sydney. Date of Arrival in London. No. Date of of Despatch from Days. Melbourne. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. T899. January 9 January 23 February 6 February 20 March 6 March 20 April 3 April 17 May 1 May 15 May 29 June 12 June 26 July 10 July 24 August 7 August 21 Sept. 5 Sept. 18 October 2 October 16 October 28 November 13 1899. February 18 March 3 March 18 April 2 April 14 April 29 May 13 May 27 June 1 1 June 26 July 10 July 24 August 6 August 20 Sept. 3 Sept. 17 October 1 October 14 October 28 November 11 November 24 December 9 December 24 40 39 40 41 39 40 40 40 4 1 42 42 42 4 1 4 1 4 1 41 41 39 40 40 39 42 41 1899. January 7 January 21 February 6 February 18 March 4 March 17 April 1 April 15 April 29 May 14 May 27 June 9 1899. February 18 March 3 March 18 April 2 April 14 April 29 May 13 May 27 June 11 June 26 July 10 July 24 42 4 1 40 43 43 42 42 43 43 44 45 1899. January 10 January 24 February 7 February 21 March 7 March 21 April 5 April 18 May 2 May 17 May 30 June 9 1899. February 18 March 3 March 18 April 2 April 14 April 29 May 13 May 27 June 1 1 June 26 July 10 July 24 39 38 39 40 38 39 38 39 40 40 4 1 45 1899. January 17 January 31 February 14 February 28 March 14 March 28 April n April 25 May 9 May 23 June 6 June 20 July 4 July 18 August 1 August 15 August 29 Sept. 12 Sept. 26 October 10 October 24 November 7 November 21 1899. February 18 March 3 March 18 April 2 April 14 April 29 May 13 May 27 June 11 June 26 July 10 July 24 August 6 August 20 Sept. 3 Sept. 17 October 1 October 14 October 28 November 11 November 24 December 9 December 24 32 31 32 33 3i 32 32 32 33 34 34 34 33 33 33 33 33 32 32 32 3i 32 33 1899. January 18 February 1 February 15 March 1 March 15 March 29 April 12 April 26 May 10 May 24 June 7 June 2 1 July 5 July 19 August 2 August 16 August 30 Sept. 13 Sept. 27 October n October 25 November 8 November 22 1899. February 18 March 3 March 18 April 2 April 14 April 29 May 13 May 27 June 11 June 26 July 10 July 24 August 6 August 20 Sept. 3 Sept. 17 October 1 October 14 October 28 November 1 1 November 24 December 9 December 24 1900. January 6 January 20 31 3° 31 32 30 31 31 32 33 33 33 32 32 32 32 31 3i 31 30 31 32 July 8 August 20 43 July n August 20 40 August 10 August 19 Sept. 2 Sept. 21 Sept. 30 Sept. 17 Oct. 1 Oct. 14 Oct. 28 November 1 1 38 43 42 37 42 August 8 Sept. r7 40 Sept. 8 Sept. 19 Sept. 29 October 14 October 28 November 11 36 39 43 November 1 December 9 38 October 30 November 14 December g December 24 40 40 November 27 December n igoo. January 6 January 20 40 40 November 25 December 9 1900. January 6 January 20 42 42 November 28 December 12 1900. January 6 January 20 39 39 December 5 December 19 1900. January 2 1900. January 6 January 20 32 32 December 6 December 20 1900. January 3 31 31 December 25 February 3 40 December 23 February 3 42 December 26 February 3 39 February 3 32 February 3 31 Maximum Minimum Average .. 42 39 4046 45 37 4173 45 38 39-59 34 31 32-42 33 3° 31-42

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Table No. 12.-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.

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FROM LONDON BY THE ORIENT LINE. LB0URNE. Sydney. Bluff. Christchurch. Wellington. Auckland. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Melbourne. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Sydney. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival at Bluff. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in 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. 1899. 1899. Feb. 16 Feb. 28 March 14 March 28 April 1 1 April 24 May 9 May 23 June 6 June 20 July 4 July 18 August 1 August 16 August 28 Sept. 13 Sept. 26 October 10 October 24 Nov. 6 Nov. 2 1 Dec. 6 Dec. 21 34 32 32 32 32 31 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 33 3' 33 32 32 32 31 32 33 34 1899. 1899. Feb. 17 March 1 March 15 March 29 April 12 April 25 May 10 May 24 June 7 June 21 July 5 July 19 August 2 August 17 August 29 Sept. 14 Sept. 27 October 11 October 25 Nov. 7 Nov. 22 Dec. 7 Dec. 22 1900. 1899. 1899. Feb. 25 March 7 March 20 April 4 April 17 May 1 May 15 May 29 June 12 June 28 July 14 July 24 August 11 August 24 Sept. 4 Sept. 25 October 6 October 15 Nov. 6 Nov. 14 Nov. 28 Dec. 1 1 Dec. 29 1900. 1899. Jan. 13 Jan. 27 Feb. 10 Feb. 24 March 1 o March 24 April 7 April 21 May 5 May 19 June 2 June 16 June 30 July 14 July 28 August 11 August 25 Sept. 8 Sept. 22 October 6 October 20 Nov. 3 Nov. 17 Jan. 13 Jan. 27 Feb. 1 o Feb. 24 March 1 o March 24 April 7 April 21 May 5 May 19 J une 2 June 16 June 30 July 14 July 28 August 1 1 August 25 Sept. 8 Sept. 22 October 6 October 20 Nov. 3 Nov. 17. 35 33 33 33 33 32 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 34 32 34 33 33 33 32 33 34 35 Jan. 13 Jan. 27 Feb. 10 Feb. 24 March 1 o March 24 April 7 April 2 1 May 5 May 19 June 2 June 16 J une 30 July 14 July 28 August 11 August 25 Sept. 8 Sept. 22 October 6 October 20 Nov. 3 Nov. 17 43 39 38 39 38 38 38 38 38 40 42 38 42 4i 38 45 42 37 45 39 39 38 42 1899. Jan. 13 Jan. 27 Feb. 1o Feb. 24 March 10 March 24 April 7 April 2 1 May 5 May 19 June 2 June 16 June 30 July 14 July 28 August 1 1 August 25 Sept. 8 Sept. 22 October 6 October 20 Nov. 3 Nov. 17 1899. Feb. 24 March 8 March 22 April 5 April 18 May 3 May 16 May 30 June 13 June 27 July '3 July 24 August 10 August 23 Sept. 5 Sept. 25 October 7 October 16 Nov. 4 Nov. 15 Nov. 29 Dec. 12 Dec. 28 42 40 40 40 39 40 39 39 39 39 4i 38 40 39 45 43 38 43 40 40 39 4i Jan. 13 Jan. 27 Feb. 1 o Feb. 24 March 10 March 24 April 7 April 2 1 May 5 May 19 June 2 June 16 J une 30 July 14 July 28 August 11 August 25 Sept. 8 Sept. 22 October 6 October 20 Nov. 3 Nov. 17 .899. Feb. 23 March 7 March 2 1 April 5 April 17 May 2 May 17 June 5 June 13 June 26 July 10 July 27 August 8 August 22 Sept. 2 Sept. 19 October 2 October 17 October 3 1 Nov. 14 Nov. 2 7 Dec. 13 Dec. 27 1900. 41 39 39 40 38 39 40 45 39 38 38 4i 39 39 36 39 38 39 39 39 38 40 40 1899. Jan. 13 Jan. 27 Feb. 10 Feb. 24 March 10 March 24 April 7 April 2 1 May 5 May 19 June 2 June 16 June 30 July 14 July 28 August 11 August 25 Sept. 8 Sept. 22 October 6 October 20 Nov. 3 Nov. 17 1899. Feb. 24 March 6 March 20 April 3 April 17 May 1 May 15 May 30 June 12 June 26 July 10 July 24 August 6 August 23 Sept. 4 Sept. 19 October 2 October 16 October 30 Nov. 13 Nov. 26 Dec. 13 Dec. 29 1900. 42 38 38 38 38 38 38 39 38 38 38 38 37 40 38 39 38 38 38 38 37 40 42 Dec. 1 Dec. 15 Dec. 29 1900. Jan. 2 Jan. 17 Jan. 31 32 33 33 Dec. 1 Dec. 15 Dec. 29 Jan. 3 Jan. 18 Feb. 1 33 34 34 Dec. 1 Dec. 15 Dec. 29 Jan. 9 Jan. 23 Feb. 5 39 39 38 Dec. 1 Dec. 15 Dec. 29 1900. Jan. 10 Jan. 24 Feb. 6 40 40 39 Dec. 1 Dec. 15 Dec. 29 Jan. 9 Jan. 25 Feb. 8 39 4' 4' Dec. 1 Dec. 15 Dec. 29 Jan. 8 Jan. 27 Feb. 10 38 43 43 Maximum ... Minimum Average 34 3' 35 32 33'23 45 37 3973 45 38 4°' 15 45 38 39-38 43 37 38-85 I

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TO LO DON VIA NAPLES (ORIENT 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. j 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. 1899. January 3 1899. February 1 1 39 1898. December 31 1899. January 14 January 28 February 1 1 February 25 March 11 March 25 April 8 April 22 May 8 May 20 June 2 June 17 June 30 July 19 July 29 1899. February 1 1 42 1899. January 3 1899. February 1 1 39 1899. January 10 1899. February 11 32 1899. January 11 1899. February 1 1 31 January 18 January 31 February 14 February 27 March 16 March 27 April 12 April 24 May 10 May 22 June 6 June 19 July 4 July 17 August 1 August 14 August 29 Sept. 11 Sept. 26 October 9 October 25 November 6 November 21 February 25 March 11 March 27 April 9 April 22 May 5 May 21 June 4 June 18 July 4 July 17 July 30 August 13 August 27 Sept. 11 Sept. 24 October 9 October 21 November 5 November 18 December 3 December 17 December 31 1900. January 14 January 28 38 39 4 1 37 39 39 41 39 43 4 1 41 40 4 1 41 4 1 4 1 40 40 4 c 39 41 40 February 25 March n March 27 April 9 April 22 May 5 May 21 June 4 June 18 July 4 July 17 July 30 August 13 August 27 Sept. 11 42 42 44 43 42 41 43 43 41 45 45 43 44 39 44 January 17 February 1 February 14 February 28 March 14 March 28 April 11 April 25 May 9 May 23 June 20 June 30 July 20 August 1 August 18 August 29 February 25 March 11 March 27 April 9 April 22 May 5 May 21 June 4 June 18 July • 4 July 30 August 13 August 27 Sept. 11 Sept. 24 October 9 39 38 40 39 38 4° 40 40 42 40 44 3S 37 4 1 January 24 February 7 February 21 March 7 March 21 April 4 April 18 May 2 May 16 May 30 June 13 June 27 July 11 July 25 August 8 August 22 Sept. 5 Sept. 19 October 3 October 17 October 31 November 14 November 28 February 25 March 11 March 27 April 9 April 22 May 5 May 21 June 4 June 18 July 4 July 17 July 30 August 13 August 27 Sept. 11 Sept. 24 October g October 21 November 5 November 18 December 3 December 17 December 31 igoo. January 14 January 28 32 32 34 33 32 31 33 33 33 35 34 33 33 33 34 33 34 32 33 32 33 33 33 January 25 February 8 February 22 March 8 March 22 April 5 April 19 May 3 May 17 May 31 June 14 June 28 July 12 July 26 August 9 August 23 Sept. 6 Sept. 20 October 4 October 18 November 1 November 15 November 29 February 25 March 11 March 27 April 9 April 22 May 5 May 21 June 4 June 18 July 4 July 17 July 30 August 13 August 27 Sept. 11 Sept. 24 October 9 October 21 November 5 November 18 December 3 December 17 December 31 1900. January 14 January 28 3i 31 33 32 3 1 30 32 32 32 34 33 32 32 32 33 32 33 31 32 3i 32 32 32 Sept. 9 October 21 . 42 October 12 October 21 November 10 November 18 November 18 December 3 December 17 December 31 igoo. January 14 January 28 37 43 37 43 October 10 October 21 November 8 November 21 November 18 December 3 December 17 December 31 1900. January 14 January 28 39 43 39 40 December 4 December 19 41 40 December 2 December 16 43 43 December 5 December 19 40 40 December 12 December 26 33 33 December 13 December 27 32 32 Maximum Minimum Average 43 37 40-12 45 37 42-22 44 37 3991 35 31 32-92 34 30 31-92

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Table No. 13. Table showing the Estimated Number of Letters, Letter-cards, Post-cards, Book-packets, Newspapers, and Parcels dealt with in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand during the Year ended 31st December, 1899.

Posted in the Colony. Received from Places outside the Colony. Total Correspondence dealt with. Postal Districts. Letters. cards" Post-cards. Books, &c. Newspapers. Parcels. Letters. Postcards. Books, &c. Newspapers. Parcels. Letters. Letter, cards. Post-cards. Books, &c. Newspapers. Parcels. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington Nelson Westport Greymouth .. Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill .. 6,268,795 738,673 1,207,778 254,93° x ,724, 749 1,741,727 6,586,437 713,323 229,203 457, "9 216,346 4", 359 5,182,736 930,644 590,304 5,249,452 2,528,877 179,829 19,435 49,153 4,537 57, J 35 84,461 184,951 25,857 3,99i 8,060 4,056 11,076 207,194 42,796 21,437 128,505 71,227 281,177 31,785 68,302 7,969 84,526 128,713 236,808 36,049 2,886 12,389 3,809 13,819 235, T 3i 66,og2 35,893 246,129 113,906 3,908,463 200,824 377,702 107,731 670,423 955,695 2,797,743 228,397 46,904 226, 096 3i,954 113,659 2,119,156 457,834 167,739 2,879,981 921,271 2,696, 876 174,525 365,664 102,895 470,275 445,2ii 1,869,166 167,830 109,239 187,200 84,513 102,908 1,669,018 168,727 123,578 1,911,260 798,772 u,447,657 40,359 2,875 2,761 i,973 8,026 7,496 44,157 5,298 1,810 2,681 2,478 1,644 29,171 1,697 965 34,6o6 5,146 4 2 0,233 49,499 80,949 17,089 H5,598 116,749 44 I ,5" 47,802 15,236 30,629 T 4,495 27,567 347>463 62,373 39,559 351,933 169,534 2,348,219 6,577 738 1,620 189 1,944 3,040 5,556 854 66 348,756 18,072 33,993 9,693 60,336 85,504 249,793 20,547 4,221 20,349 2,871 10,224 188,719 41,202 15,093 257, 005 81,908 1,005,834 65,097 136,393 38,379 175,412 166,163 697,098 62,600 40,746 69,825 31,523 38,384 622,513 62,935 46,094 712,799 297,936 I I 6,274 44.9 45i 310 1,255 1,167 6,993 826 279 418 387 263 4,536 263 155 5,370 811 6,689,028 788,172 1,288,727 272,019 1,840,347 1,858,476 7,027,948 761,125 244,439 487,748 230,841 438,926 5,530,199 993,oi7 629,863 5,601,385 2,698,411 179,829 19,435 49,153 4,537 57> r 35 84,461 184,951 25,857 3,99i 8,060 4,056 11,076 207,194 42,796 2i,437 128,505 71,227 287,754 32,523 69,922 8,158 86,470 131,753 242,364 36,903 2,952 12,683 3,896 14,146 240, 649 67,662 36,743 251,898 n6,575 4,257,219 218,896 411,695 117,424 730,759 1,041,199 3,047,536 248,944 51,125 246,445 34,825 123,883 2,307,875 499,036 182,832 3, 136, 986 1,003,179 3,702,710 239,622 502, 057 141,274 645,687 6n,374 2,566, 264 230,430 149,985 257,025 116,036 141,292 2,291,531 231,662 169,672 2,624,059 1,096, 708 46,63: 3,2i: 2,28; 9,28: 8,66; 6,I2< 2,085 3,09! 2,86; 33,70; 1,961 I,I2< 39,97< 5,95: 294 87 327 5,5i8 1,570 850 5,769 2,669 37,668 Totals .. I 1 1,448,286 35,032,452 32,465,875 1103,700 917,631 1,605,383 16,211,572 193,143 4,269,731 4,223,028 30,207 37,380,671 1103,700 1,643,051 17,659,858 15,717,388 223,351 Previous year ji, 399, 45o I4,34°,I3 I 10,872,459 80,514 2,277,970 .34,737,316 917,631 1,479,964 16,618,101 15,095,487 204,60; 177,559 2,271,441 27,044

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Table No. 14. Table showing the Number of Letters, Letter-cards, Post-cards, Packets, Newspapers, and Parcels posted in New Zealand, and the Number received from beyond the Colony, during the Year ended 31st December, 1899.

Articles exempt from Postage. Parcels. Articles subject to Postage. Service. Letters. Post-cards. Packets, including Printed Matter (except Newspapers), Commercial Papers, and Samples of Merchandise. Lettercards. Newspapers. Letters. Packets. Registered Articles. Newspapers. Number. Weight. Postage. Declared Value. Ordinary, j %£ Single. Reply paid. Ordinary. Registered. Posted. I i ■ 'I 1,574,895 1,053 2,820,051 279,198 29,955 9,380 910,871 Lb. 643,210 £ s. d. 10,649 4 3 £ s. a. Inland 30,068,154 212,191 1,103,700 15,487,831 31,317 9,172,749 86,980 183,567 Intercolonial 773,252 69,255 17,458 92 114,010 5,274 487,057 1,323 40,132 5,052 13,060 358 18 5 [ 10,806 0 0 10,806 0 0 International 946,247 24,143 305,589 11,860 25 1,604,213 1,170 257,687 15,859,528 3,450 828,000 8,622 | 14,871 2,858,628 303,449 833 8,848 959,851 4,524 10,128 666,398 558 0 10 Totals .. I 31,787,653 1,103,700 89,136 193,143 11,566 3 6 40,041 10,487,806 Bet wived. Intercolonial 1,073,984 13,921 22,584 41 245,738 1,432 1,436,111; 2,831,329 17,752 3,913 704 1,031 2,105 10,488 30,811 1,452 11 10 | 70,094 0 0 70,094 0 0 International 1,203,134 33,990 14,998 45 1,196,691 3,422 218 575 186 19,719 68,628 2,585 18 5 Totals .. i 2,277,118: i ! 47,911 37,582 86 1,442,429 4,854 1,606 2,291 30,207 99,439 4,038 10 3 •• 4,267,440 21,665 922

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Table No. 15. Table showing the Number of Letters, Letter-cards, Post-cards, Books, Newspapers, and Parcels delivered by the Letter-carriers from the Post-offices within the several Postal Districts during the Year.

Postal Districts. Letters. Letter-cards. Post-cards. Books, &c. Newspapers. Parcels. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill 3,281,933 349,146 377,565 1 14,255 477,545 539,049 2,528,639 180,997 81,009 228,772 77,927 96,558 1,755,417 292,281 149,038 1,643,869 536,379 IOI.502 10,797 i1,676 3,53i J 4,797 16,671 78,204 5,6o8 2,505 7,074 2,409 2,985 54,291 9,039 4,598 50,841 16,587 134,006 32,351 54,323 2,663 23,75o 44,227 91,291 11,281 5,827 T 5,i94 3,927 6,737 84,890 21,380 12,630 59,519 53,885 790,888 171,710 98,776 12,419 164,486 355,i87 417,994 53,io6 16,199 74,995 J 4,275 39,769 708,787 101,440 4i,3i5 567,351 181,850 750,100 142,988 236,592 27,530 123,904 229,011 6i5,579 79,068 34,388 57,512 52,276 40,307 479,833 64,896 30,617 441,889 173,356 12,320 3,250 2,578 1,736 5,898 4,110 5,841 2,353 1,768 3,977 801 1,001 6,566 i,i59 897 5,856 i,536 61,647 Totals I2 ,710,379 3,579,846 393,"5 657,881 3,810,547 Previous year.. 11,818,502 334, T 99 614,444 3,305,028 3,343,376 60,216

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Table No. 16. 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.

Year ended Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. tf) T- C so E Number c di if Telegrams forwarded iring the Year. varded Total. — Telegraph Value of Revenue from all Government Sources. Messages. Total Value of Business done 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. 5,561 19 2 £ s - d - 483 3 2 £ s - d - 6,045 2 4 £ s. d. 3,934 3 4 £ s - d - 2,443 2 11 £ s. d. 6,377 6 3 £ s. d. 3 9 10 L Mileage tariff. 30th June, 1866 699 1,39° 13 24,761 2,746 27,407 1867 757 1,498 21 55,621 15,331 70,952 9,070 IO I 3,770 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 i° 9,489 17 IO 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 n 9 31,951 2 1 14,266 12 7 8,547 4 9 22,813 17 4 6 8 6 1870 1871 1872 1,661 1,976 2,185 2,897 3,247 3,823 56 72 81 122,545 253,582 344,524 62,878 59,292 67,243 185,423 12,874 1,767 17,218 1 4 22,419 8 8 28,121 10 o 12,252 6 o 9,876 17 6 ",043 3 9 29,47o 7 4 32,296 6 2 39,164 13 9 16,417 7 4 21,254 4 3 23,593 9 9 14,120 4 10 ii,344 3 8 8,858 19 7 30,537 12 2 32,598 7 11 32,452 9 4 8 9 11 5 19 6 423 1 Mileage tariff in operation up to 1st Sept., 1S69; uniform 2s. 6d. tariff from rst Sept., 1869, to 31st March, 1870 j and is. tariff from 1st April, 1870. I 1873 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 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 From 1st November, 1873, address and signature given in free. 1876 3,i54 7,247 142 890,382 160,704 1,051,086 62,715 10 4 16,154 6 0 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 I72, T 59 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 IO 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 2 112,351 2 4 79,502 o 5 17,299 7 10 96,801 8 3 5 0 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 IO IO 14,758 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 8 100,023 5 8 78,224 1 8 23,154 8 3 101,378 9 11 667 1882 3,824 9,653 234 1,215,849 1222,923 1,438,772 78,828 19 8 22,737 16 4 101,566 16 o 69,165 5 0 18,292 13 4 87,457 18 4 4 17 4

Table No. 16 — continued. 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— continued.

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CD ID Number di ,f Telegrams forwarded iring the Year. Cost of Maintenance of Lines, excluding Australian Cable Subsidy. Year ended Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. og go 2 Government. Total. Revenue from all 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. Tariff in Operation. Private, and Press. 1st Dec, 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 3,974 4,074 4,264 4,463 4,546 4,646 4,790 4,874 5,148 5,349 5,479 5,513 9,848 10,037 10,474 10,931 11,178 ",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 1,361,817 1,379,483 1,433,458 1,533,4°6 1,583,717 i,589,77i 1,548,233 1,589,157 i,734,38i I,746,H5 1,686,064 1,825,646 208,372 219,917 220,847 240,867 252,549 245,623 217,630 •213,830 226,780 222,149 218,079 244,045 1,570,189 1,599,400 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 £ b. 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 "7,633 15 9 103,813 8 6} 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. 111,242 3 1 "5,378 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 140,783 3 7 £ s- d. 73,554 9 1 73,054 4 6 70,036 6 2 77,o82 4 4 77,473 10 7 76,580 10 o 72,201 13 5 75,426 9 7 76,845 I IO 85,658 4 11 87,472 13 3 92,109 17 o £ s - 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 0 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 90,078 2 o 97,982 10 6 98,875 8 9 97,901 12 9 95,463 14 5 101,433 11 o 104,391 3 10 114,644 15 9 H7,053 4 2 121,251 3 o £ s - d - 5 17 5 4 16 8 4 18 4 4 15 9 4 15 11 4 13 9 5 0 1 587 5 13 o 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. J or the Financial Years endei 31st March, 1895, to t e 31st Mara , I9OO. of Miles of Line. of Miles of Wire. in ID O CD ojO E CD z Number of Telegrams I during the Yeai forwarded r. Revt (including Miscell mue laneous Receipts). Value of Government Messages. Total Value of Total Expenditure Business done {excluding during Cable Subsidy), the Year. Year ended Remarks. Private, and Press. Government. Total. Telegraph. Telephone. 31st March, 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 „ 1900 5,96ii 6,245,} 6,28 4 f 6,484 6,736 6,910 I4,88ii I5,764i 16,470! 18,024 18,746 19,228 705 743 780 824 878 915 1,802,182 1,899,632 2,285,001 2,469,415 2,717,548 3,159,093 231,618 224,579 235,168 226,818 243,190 310,538 2,033,800 2,124,211 2,520,169 2,696,233 2,960,738 3,469,631 £ s. d. 88,459 10 11 97,178 14 oJ 100,385 16 I 99,798 8 10J 105,576 6 o 119,641 11 6J £ s - d - 21,552 12 IO 25,933 12 9 29,248 19 5 36,422 6 8 39,7i8 7 7 43,303 2 10 £ s. d. 26,050 7 5 25,843 11 11 23,118 2 6 24,504 9 8 25,500 5 10 29,431 19 o £ s. d. 136,062 n 2 148,955 18 8J 152,752 18 0 160,725 5 2j 170,794 19 5 192,376 13 4J £ s. d. i35,79i o 7 143,665 14 o 153,484 6 8 165,198 13 5 173,152 16 6 181,634 11 3 Cable subsidy, 6,492 11 8 4,774 5 5 3,972 8 1 1,849 2 9 1,427 19 11 1,608 7 1

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Table No. 17. Table showing the Cash Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages, the Value of Government Messages, and the Number of Messages transmitted in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand for the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1900.

Table No. 18. Return of Paid Telegrams of all Codes forwarded during the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1900, and the Revenue received.

Table No. 19. Return of the Number and Value of Telegraph Money-orders issued within the several Postal Districts during the Year ended 31st December, 1899.

Postal Districts. Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages. Value of Government Messages. Total Value of Messages of all Codes. Number of Private and Press 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 £ ■• d. 18,362 12 11 1,872 11 7 13,886 6 2j 17,358 5 o 2,437 14 6J 2,919 1 4 1,387 19 4 6,545 15 5i 6,419 5 11 2,816 12 6 3,707 6 0} i,937 10 4j 3,749 7 6 3,082 1 ij 6,143 2 10 19,635 13 7<l 2,121 15 10 £ s - d. 3,565 19 3 409 9 9 2,277 9 10 1,980 17 o 432 14 9 550 3 2 252 12 o 828 10 8 918 11 3 608 8 4 658 3 o 225 14 IO 622 4 4 377 4 5 1,065 14 11 14,164 o 3 494 1 3 £ s. d. 21,928 12 2 2,282 1 4 16,163 J 6 0} 19,339 2 o 2,870 9 3J 3,469 4 6 1,640 11 4 7,374 6 14 7,337 17 2 3,425 o 10 4,365 9 0} 2,163 5 2J 4,371 11 10 3,459 5 6} 7,208 17 9 33,799 13 10J 2,615 17 1 505,092 48,184 336,307 460,424 57,782 69,802 32,709 189,304 165,625 148,105 96,221 44,599 105,895 72,491 167,491 607,950 51,112 43,051 5,918 26,371 23,090 4,922 7,039 2,751 10,247 11,211 9,075 9,058 2,995 9,713 5,309 12,109 120,629 7,050 548,143 54,102 362,678 483,514 62,704 76,841 35,46o 199,551 176,836 157,180 105,279 47,594 115,608 77,800 179,600 728,579 58,162 Totals, 1900 .. "4,383 2 I* 29,431 19 o 143,815 I I* 3,159,093 310,538 3,469,631 2,960,738 Totals, 1899 .. 126,604 18 2 2,717,548 243,190 101,104 12 4 25,500 5 IO

June Quarter, 1899. September Quarter, 1899. December Quarter, 1899. March Quarter, 1900. 'otals. Class of Telegrams. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Irdinary .. Irgent 'ress lureau 589,502 28,742 54,315 42,568 £ s - d - 32,505 8 4 i,95i 15 1 2,483 3 1 1,130 12 1 571,153 23,346 63,317 44,149 £ s. d. 31,742 6 4J 1,587 18 2 3.208 12 2 1.209 11 2 677,121 36,213 65,655 53,137 £ s. d. 35,038 18 8 2,264 4 nJ 3,177 7 ioj 1,502 7 3 741,087 39,275 72,075 57,438 £ s. d. 38,446 15 8 2,608 17 5 3,495 5 7 1,640 7 1 2,578,863 127,576 255,362 197,292 £ s. d. 137,733 9 oJ 8,412 15 7} 12,364 8 8| 5,482 17 7 rross totals .ess other 1 lines and I credits J 7!5,i27 38,070 18 7 11,921 14 6J 701,965 37,748 7 ioJ 12,080 15 10 832,126 41,982 i8 9 11,900 1 8J 909,875 46,191 5 9 13,707 16 9 3,159,093 163,993 10 11J 49,610 8 10 let totals, 1899-1900 let totals, 1898-99 715,127 26,149 4 oJ 701,965 25,667 12 0} 832,121 30,082 17 oJ 909,875, 32,483 9 o 3,i59,093i 114,383 2 ij 647,284 124,548 10 44 609,615 23,008 6 10 712,121 26,231 18 5J 748,528 27,315 16 8 2,7i7,54 i 101,104 I 2 4

Districts. Number. Telegraph Commission. Value of Orders. Auckland .. Blenheim .. Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui .. Wellington Westport .. 6,637 884 2,816 2,840 1,034 i,55i 447 i,437 2,711 786 i,437 293 2,568 567 2,952 6,784 1,189 £ s. d. 33i 17 o 44 4 o 140 16 o 142 o 0 5i 14 o 77 11 o 22 7 o 71 17 o 135 11 o 39 6 o 71 17 o 14 13 o 128 8 o 28 7 o 147 12 o 339 4 o 59 9 o £ 8. d. 23,466 2 6 2,465 16 II 9,198 9 8 10,958 14 5 3,631 8 10 4,908 15 8 i,436 2 1 4,970 17 10 8,833 15 2 2,270 1 5 4,416 13 2 887 8 1 7,216 19 9 1,918 8 6 7,682 7 10 22,363 9 11 3,4o8 n 5 Totals, 1899 36,933 1,846 13 0 120,034 3 2 Totals, 1898 '60 ,622 I 20. Il II,

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Table No. 20. Return showing the Capital Cost, Working-expenses, and Revenue of the Telephone Exchanges, Year by Year, from the Date of their Establishment.

~_. Ui Capital Cost for Instruments, Wire, Poles, Labour, Freight, Superintendence, &c. Working-expenses. Year. s a Salaries and Allowances of Clerks, &c. Materials and Lmemeu. I _ i Balance of Revenue over Workingexpenses. Annual Bate per Cent. yielded on Capital Cost. Average Cost of each Connection. Total for all Connections. •Wear-and- T ? e ,,nt, Fuel, tear, &c, Ll ght, Paper, Ten per Cent. n ?^? tm |; e Binding, &c. Total. Total for the year ended 31st March — £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1882 21 16 6 2,531 14 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 116 613 5 2 285 0 0 275 0 0 253 0 0 150 0 0 963 0 0 207 16 0 1883 379 21 16 6 8,271 13 6 5,014 9 2 595 0 0 595 0 0 827 0 0 300 0 0 2,317 0 0 4,492 8 8 8-17 1884 54-31 715 21 16 6 15,604 17 6 7,746 16 7 695 0 0 770 0 0 1,560 0 0 350 0 0 3,375 0 0 •3,653 7 4 23-41 1885 1,075 21 18 6 23,461 17 6 10,008 3 6 1,770 0 0 1,590 0 0 2,346 0 0 475 0 0 6,181 0 0 3,827 3 6 1886 16-31 1,710 20 8 6 37,319 12 1 12,294 1 2 I 2,849 1 3 1,704 0 0 3,731 19 2 700 0 0 8,985 0 5 5,011 19 7 13-42 1887 2,038 19 19 5 40,686 3 1 15,477 16 2 ! 2,873 0 0 1,580 10 0 4,068 12 2 320 0 0 8,842 2 2 6,635 14 0 1888 16-30 2,153 22 19 0 49,407 5 0 16,881 8 6 3,119 10 0 2,252 0 0 4,940 14 6 330 0 0 10,642 4 6 6,239 4 1 12-63 1889 2,249 23 18 10 53,849 11 6 17,613 4 0 3,315 10 0 2,249 7 0 5,344 9 2 335 0 0 11,244 6 2 6,368 17 10 11-82 1890 2,402 24 4 1 58,229 3 0 18,581 11 7 3,790 0 0 2,206 10 0 5,823 0 1 375 0 0 12,194 10 1 6,387 1 6 1891 1100 2,587 24 17 1 64,294 4 4 19,961 4 2 4,192 0 0 2,249 18 5 6,429 8 5 394 3 9 13,265 10 7 6,695 13 7 10-43 1892 3,060 24 16 11 76,579 1 8 18,571 7 8 4,630 0 0 2,345 2 9 7,658 7 11 393 1 6 15,026 12 2 3,544 15 6 1893 91,687 11 1 4-63 3,690 24 16 11 19,155 11 5 7,405 0 0 2,695 19 10 9,168 15 1 464 6 2 19,734 1 1 -578 9 8 Loss. 1894 4,244 24 12 1 104,425 3 0 21,771 4 4 7,720 0 0 3,313 1 1 10,442 10 4 741 18 9 22,217 10 2 1895 -446 5 10 Loss. 4,016 25 6 3 116,845 10 4 21,552 12 10 9,285 0 0 I 4,253 11 4 11,684 11 0 817 19 5 26,041 1 9 -3,420 1 9 Loss. 1896 5,143 24 6 6 125,108 4 1 25,933 12 9 9,686 0 10 5,303 11 9 12,510 16 5 1,952 8 3 29,452 17 3 1897 -3,519 4 6 Loss. 5,747 23 7 4 134,299 11 4 29,248 19 5 I 12,306 9 7 7,398 0 10 13,429 19 1 1,856 13 2 34,991 2 8 -5,742 3 3 Loss. 1898 .. .. 5,787 24 11 6 142,218 11 8 36,422 6 8 j] 14,181 18 0 11,834 2 11 7,110 18 7 1,881 11 11 35,008 11 5 1899 1,413 15 3 0-99 6,203 24 5 3 150,490 18 9 39,718 7 7 1 15,030 7 1 16,190 4 0 7,524 10 11 1,861 2 3 40,606 4 3 -887 16 8 Loss. 1900 7,150 22 14 1 162,333 1 2 43,303 2 10 ] 15,710 13 2 20,847 13 6 8,116 13 0 1,892 10 8 46,567 10 4 -3,264 7 6 Loss. * This column includes 5 per cent, tor wear-and-tear, and 5 per cent, for debenture capital, except in 1897-98 and following years, in which only 5 per cent, fo/ .ebenture ca] >ital is incl

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Table No. 21. Return of the Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph Lines for the Year ended 31st March, 1900.

Table No. 22. Statement showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph Construction during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1900.

District. No. of Miles. Travellingexpenses of Inspectors and Linemen. Extra Labour. Value Cost of of Material Material purchased. issued from Stores. Salaries of Inspectors and Linemen. Total Cost of Maintenance. Averaga Cost per Mile. £ s. d. 1,035 19 1 1,221 2 5 709 15 4 653 5 11 589 1 5 11 0 2 69 19 8 £ s. d. 1,563 6 8 1,786 4 7 861 7 3 814 17 10 738 16 4 1,196 10 0 285 11 8 £ s. d1,185 0 1 627 19 3 237 5 0 197 11 9 601 11 1 13 7 7 181 16 8 £ s. d. 574 7 2 1,890 10 0 727 15 1 975 11 0 678 6 2 1,051 8 7 £ s. d. 2,767 0 0 2,387 0 0 1,890 0 0 1,240 0 0 1,428 0 0 £ s. d. 7,125 13 0 7,912 16 3 4,426 2 8 3,881 6 6 4,035 15 0 2,272 6 4 537 8 0 £ s. d. mckland Vellington Telson lanterbury >tago .. 'ables .. Itores .. Totals 4,290 4 0 7,246 14 4 3,044 11 5j 5,897 18 0 9,712 0 0 30,191 7 9

Line. Expenditure. Material from Stores. Total Expenditure during the Year. Telephone exchanges,— Ashburton Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Feilding Gisborne Greymouth ... Hawera Invercargill ... Masterton ... Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Palmerston North Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington ... £ s. 22 2 '692 5 14 9 228 12 575 17 372 14 78 9 7 3 463 1 162 2 16 18 24 13 35 13 331 12 52 8 48 12 1 5 39 15 91 15 466 11 d. 2 8 0 1 6 9 6 4 0 8 9 2 9 2 3 5 0 5 8 5 £ s. d. 68 6 8 915 14 91 51 14 li 579 16 6i 1,147 19 8J 835 5 54 150 18 5f 52 0 0 1,103 3 11 257 14 10J 109 9 71 121 14 41 131 7 5 680 2 0 92 9 34 £ s. d. 90 8 10 1,608 0 5i 66 3 1| 808 8 7| 1,723 17 2| 1,208 0 24 229 7 llf 59 3 4 1,566 4 11 419 17 6£ 126 8 4£ 146 7 6J 167 1 2 1,011 14 2 144 17 6J 48 12 5 1 7 5* 111 4 7f 523 12 3 1,781 4 8£ 0 2 51 71 9 2f 431 16 7 1,314 18 Si Total exchanges Auckland-New Plymouth ... Waipapa Whitianga-Gumtown Te Kao Opononi-Hokianga Heads Mangonui-Peria-Oruru ... Tokatea-Cabbage Bay-Coromandel Coromandel-Driving Creek-Tokatea Whakatane-Taneatua Paeroa-Paeroa Railway ... Waitara-Awakino-New Plymouth Waitara-Tikorangi Stratford-New Plymouth Sentry Hill ... - ... Eltham-Stratford Bltham-Ngaire Otakeho-Pihama . .., .... Pipiriki-Te Horo Makirikiri Ohingaiti-Mangaweka ... Mangaweka-Moawhango 3,726 3 8 245 13 7 11 6 0 5 10 24 0 8 125 5 3 362 9 5 136 16 4 38 0 2 4 11 8 9 10 10 29 12 5 4 15 7 0 0 4 16 0 13 9 0 1,687 17 8 70 13 6 29 7 8 568 10 11 8,115 18 9i 4 13 0i 45 4 5i 5 15 10| 17 12 8 51 16 2 148 7 8 10 19 0 51 6 5| 92 16 6| 66 18 5 402 5 8£ 5 16 4i 56 18 Hi 47 12 Ui84 18 lOf 638 8 5i 27 4 5J 11,842 2 5£ 250 6 7| 11 6 0 45 4 5£ 10 16 10£ 41 13 4 177 1 5 510 17 1 10 19 0 188 2 9J 38 0 2 97 8 af 76 9 3 431 18 1£ 9 17 9£ 63 18 11£ 52 8 ll| 98 7 lOf 2,326 6 1£ 97 17 1L| 29 7 8 1,085 7 6 516 16 7-

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Table NO. 22 -continued. Statement showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph Construction during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1900— continued.

Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given ; printing (1,800 copies), ±'68 10s.

By Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9oo. Price Is.]

Line. Expenditure. Material from Stores. Total Cost during the Year. Nuhaka-Morere Ngapaeruru Waerengaokuri-Hangaroa Matarnau Napier-Pakipaki Tatapouri Tikitiki-Waiomatatini ... Ormond-Te Karaka Eangitaiki Alfredton-Pongaroa Masterton-Pahiatua-Woodville-Waipukurau (3 wires) Pahiatua-Palmerston North Masterton-Opaki Featherston-Masterton ... Longburn-Linton-Tokomaru Otaki-Waikanae Te Horo Feilding- Kimbolton Seddon-Awatere Parapara Stoke-Bichmond Belgrove-Wai-iti Denniston-Burnett's Granity-Millerton Arawata Biver-Jaekson's Bay Akaroa-German Bay Ashburton-Mayfield Sheffield-Aniiat Bealey Timaru-Gleniti Heathcote Valley Otipua-Beaconsfield Oam aru-Totaratahi Pukeuri-Hilderthorpe E weburn-Banf urly Dunedin-Lawrence Dunedin-Palmerston D unedin-Oamaru Clyde-Alexandra Mosgiel-Otakia Invercargill-Otautau Merrivale-Clifden Drummond-Heddon Bush Colac Bay-Bound Hill ... West Plains Waimahaka Orepuki-Te Tua Wallacetown-Wright's Bush £ s. d. 103 11 9 0 10 0 143 17 0 9 10 1 52 3 7 £ s. d. 161 6 If 4 2 0 214 14 OJ 27 4 8i £ s. d. 264 17 lOf 4 12 0 358 11 0i 36 14 9} 52 3 7 3 11 6 106 5 0 0 2 6 16 8 26 13 Of 3,222 2 li » 49 7 3 0 2 6 3 11 6 56 17 9 15 11 8 805 11 4 16 8 11 1 4f 2,416 11 3£ 45 12 8 20 1 1 29 12 2 2 4 2 22 6 10 26 0 11 11 8 0 101 8 2f 10 6 8 66 16 7 93 6 2£ 123 12 3i 10 8 OJ 23 2 6 8 15 3f 13 11 2| 40 11 7 13 14 4 46 5 lOf 27 6 4| 7 5 2 6 1 11 101 8 2f 10 6 8 112 9 3 113 7 3J 153 4 5| 12 12 2i 45 9 4 34 16 2f 24 19 2f 40 11 7 19 11 &i 105 6 5J 60 13 4f 7 5 2 7 0 11 5 13 5 15 12 10 -248 110 16 2i 6 14 2| 177 8 24 12 6 7 18 6 2 40 7 44 449 19 11 359 16 3J 967 6 6f 95 0 9 43 9 5} 19 13 7 160 6 4 65 0 0 39 10 0 89 17 6i 5 9 11 291 3 0 18 9 9 5 17 5 59 0 7 33 7 0 0 19 0 5 13 5 1 16 0 79 9 1 0 4 2 45 11 10 5 10 0 0 5 10 31 10 5 276 12 5 56 16 10 94 7 7 37 9 11 12 0 9 6 4 6 160 6 4 65 0 0 39 10 0 76 15 8 1 18 8 248 12 2 2 17 9 15 12 10 0 8 8 31 7 1| 6 10 Of 131 16 ii 6 16 7 18 0 4 8 16 114 173 7 6 302 19 5£ 872 18 Hi 57 10 10 31 8 8£ 13 9 1 13 1 10^ 3 11 3 42 10 10 15 12 0 New cables 9,789 15 367 4 6 0 15,626 18 4i| 25,416 13 10i Purchase of material 10,156 19 16,614 8 6 3 Total expenditure to 31st March, 1899 26,771 7 829,285 18 9 9 £856,057 6 6 Total cost of lines I during 1899-1900, £25,416 13 10

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