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1901. NEW ZEALAND.

POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT (REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR 1900.

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

My Lord,— General Post Office, Wellington, 26th August, 1901. I have the honour to submit to your Excellency the Eeport of the Post and Telegraph Department for the year 1900, 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 will be a memorable one in the department on account of the introduction by New Zealand of the universal penny-post — the first universal penny-post to be introduced by any country in the world. The continuance of the expansion of the telegraph business, which has increased in volume of paid telegrams in four years by no less than 54-68 per cent., is remarkable. In that period the value of paid telegrams has risen by 29-68 per cent. —a sure indication of the success of the sixpenny telegram. The balance of expenditure over revenue on the telegraph side, which two years ago was nearly £30,000, has fallen to £8,036 for 1900—a most gratifying result. The postal work continues to show a steady and satisfactory increase. The following table shows the revenue and expenditure for the year ended 31st March, 1901 :—

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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. 265,833 0 0 20,335 19 2 654 19 3 6,217 13 4 23,816 5 10 £ s. d. £ s. d. 265,833 0 0 20,335 19 2 654 19 3 6,217 13 4 35,295 12 6^ 126,381 14 6" 49,117 0 8 11,479 6 8 J 126,381 14 6 49,117 0 8 Balance of expenditure over revenue (Telegraph) 316,857 17 7 186,978 1 10£ 8,036 19 6J 503,835 19 5 ; Totals £310,857 17 7 £195,015 1 5 £503,835 19 5% 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-cable subsidies 97,652 1 11 45,438 5 3 41,897 15 5 14,357 2 1 1,908 1 7 144,867 11 6 19,487 11 10 29,659 9 7 1,000 8 6 242,519 13 5 45,438 5 3 41,897 15 5 14,357 2 1 1,908 1 7 19,487 11 10 51,662 18 10 1,000 8 6 22,003 9 3 Balance of revenue over expenditure (Postal) .. „ „ (combined department) 223,256 15 6 93,601 2 1 195,015 1 5 418,271 16. 11* 85,564' 2 6J Totals £316,857 17 7 £195,015 1 5 £503,835 19 5,

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It will be of interest to compare the revenue and expenditure year by year for the past ten years as shown in the table below. 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, 1901, and for the Year 1881-82.

The revenue of both branches for 1900-1, after making due allowance for the loss on the penny-post for the first three months of 1901, exceeded that of the previous year by £15,590 3s. lfd., the rate of increase being 3 - 19 per cent. The expenditure increased by £27,823 15s. 4d., or 7-13 per cent. The balance of revenue over expenditure was £85,564 2s. 6|d., as compared with £97,797 14s. 9d. for 1899-1900. Adding the value of the free official correspondence and Government telegrams, there is a credit balance on the year's transactions of £203,129 Bs. BJd. The amount payable to the Bailway Department for the conveyance of mails was £32,951 19s. 6d., against which the sum of £23,441145. 9d. was received by this department for the postage on railway correspondence, private-box rents, transmission of railway telegrams, and maintenance of railway telegraph-wires. £9,129 was contributed 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 £18,639 4s. 9d. 36,185,045 letters were posted, equal to 4739 letters to each head of the population—an increase of 1,152,593. The number of forwarded telegrams of all codes was 3,898,128 —an increase of 428,497. 83 post-offices were established (including 4 reopened). The number of post-offices open at the close of the year was 1,686. 369,834 money-orders, for £1,214,852 16s. 5d., were issued, and 264,018 orders, representing £1,042,348 4s. 5d., paid. 490,505 postal notes, of the value of £154,434 Is., were sold. £4,170,428 15s. 3d. was deposited in the Post-Office Savings-Banks, and £3,827,416 7s. 3d. withdrawn. The total amount to credit of depositors on the 31st December last was £5,809,552 ss. 3d., as compared with £5,320,370 14s. 10d. at the close of the previous year. 986 inland-mail services (excluding services by railway) were in operation during the year. At the close of the year there were 7,249 miles of telegraph-line and 20,682 miles of wire. The net expenditure on telegraph construction was £50,100 19s. 7d. There were 8,210 telephone-exchange connections on the 31st March last. The subscriptions received amounted to £49,117 os. Bd. Staff. The total number of officers on the staff on the 31st March was as under: — 31st March, 1901. Postmaster-General ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Classioed Staff. First Division ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 Clerical Division ... ... ... ... .., ... 1,020 Non-clerical Division ... ... ... ... ... ... 600 Distributors and Messengers ... ... ... ... ... 437 Total, Classified Staff ... ... ..: ... ... 2,061 Employes not on Permanent Staff: — Country Postmasters ... .... ... ... ... ... 1,500 Nightwatchmen ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 Postmasters and Telegraphists or Telephonists who are Eailway officers 151 Total ... ... ... ... ... ... 3,715

Year. Revenue. Expenditure. Balance of Revenue over Expenditure. £ s. 234,529 8 a, o £ s. 233,291 10 a. 4 £ s. 1,237 17 d. 8 1881-82 L891-92 L892-93 L893-94 L894-95 l895-96 :896-97 1897-98 .898-99 :899-1900 .900-1901 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 16 503,835 19 3 4 3 9 5 0 3 1 4 268,343 1 1 278,394 9 1 293,704 7 3 299,971 1 4 332,325 4 8 353,699 14 5 364,403 3 1 390,197 8 6 390,448 1 7 418,271 16 11 51,715 0 40,364 1 50,972 5 57,478 13 33,402 1 38,417 6 43,980 12 55,572 18 97,797 14 85,564 2 2 3 0 5 9 7 2 7 9 6* Total for ten years £555,264 16 2*

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Compabative Return of Officers of the Post and Telegraph Department for the Years ended 31st March, 1900, and 31st March, 1901. Mar. 31, Mar. 31, Mar. 31, Mar. 31. 1900. 1901. 1900. 1901. Postmaster-General .. .. .. 1 1 Brought forward .. .. 94 108 Secretary .. .. .. .. 1 1 Assistant Inspectors of Post-offices .. 3 3 Superintendent of Electric Lines .. 1 1 Chief Postmasters .. .. 16 17 Assistant Secretary and Inspector .. 1 1 Postmasters and Officers in Charge on Controller of Money-orders and Savings- Permanent Staff .. .. .. 11l 119 banks and Accountant .. .. 1 1 Clerks (including Telephone Exchange] Chief Clerk .. .. .. .. 1 1 Cadettes and Cadets in Post-offices) I QrQ 1 „„., Assistant Contr. M.0.5.8., and Accountant 1 1 Operators (including Cadets in Tele- f Jt>y I,urfl Clerks in General Post Office— graph-offices) .. .. J Secretary's Office .. .. ..13 16 Letter-carriers .. .. .. 202 227 Inspector's and Dead-letter Branch .. 6 6 Messengers (Post Office) .. .. 37 46 Controller of Money-orders and Savings- Linemen .. .. .. ... 67 73 banks and Accountant's Branch ..49 57 Telegraph Distributors and Message Boys 349 437 Storekeeper and Assistants .. .. 6 7 Nightwatchmen .. .. .. 2 3 Electrician (also Telegraph Inspector) .. .. 1 Postmasters and Telegraphists or TeleAssistant Electricians .. .. .. 1 2 phonists who are Railway officers .. 149 151 Mechanicians and Cadets .. .. 8 8 Country Postmasters and Telephonists .. 1,474 1,500 Telegraph Inspectors .. .. .. 4 4 Carried forward .. 94 108 Totals .. .. .. 3,473 3,715 The establishing of the penny-post and the almost phenomenal expansion of the telegraph business has resulted in a busy time for the staff generally during the r past year. A severe strain has been put upon the principal officers of the General Post Office, particularly in connection with staff matters, as may be realised from the fact that, in conseqij£rie : e of the absence of officers in South Africa, resignations and daily demands for additional staff on the part of the principal offices, the supply of lads eligible for operating cadetships for the first time for many years fell practically to zero. Since 1891 a considerable number of boys with a knowledge of telegraph operating had been constantly available from among junior letter-carriers and telegraph messengers at country offices, and others in the non-clerical division, but the rapid promotions during the year exhausted the supply. It has in consequence been necessary to establish classes for training telegraph cadets at Wellington and Invercargiil. A number of lads has already passed through the classes. At the same time the establishing of classes has had a good effect in stimulating juniors to strive to attain the necessary qualifications for a position as a learner, with the result that there is now a reserve of telegraphists for emergencies. On the postal side of the service the shortage of staff has been made up as far as possible by promoting deserving letter-carriers and others who have shown, by endeavouring to learn officework in their own time, that they will be likely to become good clerks. In some few instances lads not previously employed in the department have been selected from the list of Civil Service scholars. In August last amended regulations in connection with promotion and vacancies were made under the Classification Acts. The principal effect of the new regulations has been to group the officers in certain of the clerical and postmasters' classes, giving officers in classes of equal importance equal rights to vacancies occurring in the grouped class next above that in which they happen to be. The interchangeability of officers in the classes concerned had been followed to some extent in practice, but the regulations remove all possibility of misunderstanding. Opportunity was taken at the same time to offer rewards by providing special increments to cadets passing the Junior or Senior Civil Service Examination, with the gratifying result that a healthy rivalry has been created among cadets to improve their education. The minimum age for entry for telegraph messengers was raised from twelve to thirteen, and the maximum from fifteen to sixteen, a provision found necessary owing to the department having been compelled to reject many promising lads on account of the age-limit. Message-boys passing the Junior or Senior Civil Service Examinations are now given prior claim to cadetships. Health of Staff. As is shown in the table below, the health of the staff generally during the year was good:—

There were six deaths of officers in the service. By the death of Dr. Lemon, late Superintendent of Electric Lines, and for many years head of the Department, who retired some years ago, the colony lost a valued citizen. Dr. Lemon's name will be long remembered in connection with New Zealand Telegraphs. Assuming charge of the Electric Telegraph Department shortly after its inception, he saw the carrying out of many changes and reforms. Dr. Lemon was well known for his scientific attainments and the electrical work done by him under the adverse conditions which obtained many years ago.

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Numbers comprised. Average Absence per Sick Officer. Average Sickabsence per each Officer employed. en 1,075 136 Days. 9-52 9-89 Davs. 3-54 8-58 'omen

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Universal Penny Postage. The introduction of penny postage on the Ist January, 1901, was indeed an important and memorable event in the postal progress of the colony, and was befittingly celebrated on the advent of the new century. With the commencement of the new year an Executive Council, presided over by the Officer Administering the Government, was held in one of the rooms of the General Post Office, for making the Order in Council bringing the universal penny rate into operation. Following this, at the invitation of the Postmaster-General, there was a gathering of a number of principal officials and citizens to celebrate so important an event in the colony's history. The gathering served a double purpose, as advantage was taken to present the Postmaster-General on behalf of the entire staff of the department with a medallion, a reproduction of the universal penny postagestamp, and an illuminated address, suitably inscribed, commemorative of this important and farreaching postal reform. A souvenir card, date-stamped immediately on the expiry of the old year, was at the same time issued by the Postmaster-General to official dignitaries, politicians, and prominent business people within the Empire, as well as to leading officials in foreign countries. For the occasion the General Post Office was brilliantly illuminated, and appropriate devices exhibited. Eeciprocal recognition of the penny post throughout the British Empire, with the exception of Australia, had already been secured, the replies being highly appreciative and complimentary. Although few foreign countries have been able to adopt a reciprocal penny rate, a large number has agreed to accept and deliver our penny letters without surcharge, and only wait the next gathering of the Postal Union in the hope that an agreement may be come to as to the general adoption of penny postage. France, the United States, and other important countries, while unable to accept the penny rate, have evinced much sympathy; and the German Imperial Post Office, to which many notable postal reforms are due, while not definitely committing itself to any course of action at the next Postal Union Congress, has written in such terms as to give this department little reason to doubt that it will support a proposal to introduce a universal penny post throughout the Postal Union. The British Imperial Post Office has throughout been generously helpful, and has evinced much interest in the result of the negotiations now going on. The following is the list of countries to which the penny rate applies : — New Zealand (includiug Aitutaki, Cook Islands, Mangaia, and Niue), United Kingdom, Aden, Africa—British Central, Africa—British East, Akassa, Antigua, Asaba, Ascension, Bahamas, Barbados, Benin, Bermudas, Bonny, Borneo—British North, Brass, British Guiana, Canada, Cape Colony, Ceylon, Chili*, Costa Bica*, Cyprus, Dominica, Ducie Island, Easter Island, Egypt*, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Forcados, Gambia, Gibraltar, Gold Coast, Grenada, Grenadines, Honduras— British, Hongkong, India, Italy*, Jamaica, Johore, Labuan, Lagos, Liberia*, Malay States, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico*, Montserrat, Natal, Nevis, New Hebrides, Newfoundland, Nicaragua*, Niger (northern, including Borgu, Idda, and Lakoja), Nigeria (southern, including Burutu, Calabar, new and old, and Onitsha), Norfolk Island, Opobo, Orange Eiver Colony, Paraguay*, Penang, Peru*, Pitcairn Island, Portugal*, Portuguese Colonies*, St. Helena, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent (Windward Islands), Samoan Islands, Sarawak, Servia*, Seychelles, Siam*, Sierra Leone, Society Islands, Solomon Islands, Straits Settlements, Switzerland*, Tobago, Tongan Islands, Transvaal, Trinidad, Turk's Islands, Uganda, Virgin Islands, Zanzibar. Where not reciprocated by the foreign countries marked with an asterisk in the foregoing list, our penny letters are delivered without charge. The department has reason to be satisfied with the replies from foreign countries, and especially with the strong indication that prominence will be given the question of universal penny postage at the ensuing Postal Union Congress, which is to be held in Eome in 1902 or 1903. The adoption of the penny-post by the colony was estimated would involve a loss of £80,000; and, although the " countings " and other checks show that the loss will be much less, the fact is not to be accepted as implying that the loss was originally over-estimated. Several "countings " have been taken, but each showed considerable variations. The original "countings" were probably made too early, as the public had then scarcely realised that a penny stamp would carry a letter to any part of the colony, to Great Britain, and to nearly every part of the Empire. Some allowance must also be made in respect to the sales of the new stamp for philatelic purposes, and of the old penny stamp, in anticipation of its early withdrawal. While there had been a very marked increase in the number of letters posted at the larger centres, there was for a time no appreciable spring in the postings at country offices. This, however, is now changed, and the increase in the number of posted letters is general throughout the colony. The loss, however, is not to be determined solely by the actual postage face-value of the letters, as the introduction of the penny rate has also brought about an increase in printed matter, especially commercial papers. The latest "counting," which was made last month, indicates that the yearly increase of paid letters posted was at the rate of about ten millions over the number posted last year, and the net postage loss about £43,591. This is a surprising result, and the fact may be accepted as additional proof of the generous appreciation of the penny-post, and the unexampled and sustained prosperity throughout the colony, while it affords good reason to believe that the total loss following the introduction of this great reform will very soon be made up.

* Foreign countries outside the scope of the Imperial penny-post scheme.

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Appeal Board. The Appeal Board met in May last year. Nineteen appeals were considered, of which nine were reported against by the Board. Of the remaining ten the Minister was advised by the Crown Law Officer that two of the appeals could not legally be given effect to ; one case recommended by the Board for reconsideration has been settled by the promotion of the officer concerned to the first suitable vacancy ; two claims from officers engaged in money-order and savings-bank work for higher pay were deferred ; one case had been met by the action of the department in ordinary course; another, involving a question of precedence, was placed beyond dispute by the promotion of the two officers principally concerned to vacancies which were offering; and one appeal against a payment for house-rent and for payment of a small sum for performing Customs work was met by carrying out the Board's recommendation to enforce payment of rent, and to pay for the additional duties performed. The question a,s to the salary and status of a mail-clerk in charge of a staff was deferred until general action could be taken to place all officers holding similar positions on the same footing. This, it is hoped, may be done this year. The remaining case was adjusted in the manner recommended by the Board. The term of office of the elective members of the Board—Messrs. W. McNickle and F. M. Scully —having expired by effluxion of time, an election was held on the 25th February last, when Mr. J. H. Stevens was returned for the postal branch, and Mr. H. G. Greatbatch for the telegraph branch. Mr. McNickle had held office since 1895, having served for three terms. Mr. Stevens, the newly elected postal member, held office for the biennium 1897-99. The new Board met in May last. Expbess Dblivebt and Special-messenger Services. Express delivery and special-messenger services were introduced on the Ist January last, but so far the public has been slow to take advantage of either service. It is difficult to assign a reason for this; but no doubt the very large proportion of telephone-exchange connections with private houses, the great number of private boxes let at the principal post-offices, the existing facilities for telegraphing, and the conveniences for bureau communications, combine to render an express service of less value than would otherwise be the case. The special-messenger service, which was established principally for the benefit of telephone-exchange subscribers, is being more freely made use of, but not to the extent expected. Inspection. 1,022 offices were visited and inspected, the distance travelled being 18,475 miles. Old-age Pensions. The Post-office duties connected with the old-age pensions have been satisfactorily overtaken. The consideration shown pensioners by the paying-officers and others has been most commendable, and has done much to minimise inconveniences which up to the present would appear to have been unavoidable in carrying on the system. The total number and value of transactions during the year ended 31st March last showed an increase of 25 per cent, on the previous year's work, as indicated by the following return : —

Comparative Return showing Number and Amount of Old-age Pension Payments made each Month, for the Two Years ended 31st March, 1901.

1899-1900. 1900-1. Month. Number of Payments. Amount. Number of Payments. Amount. April May June July August September October ... November December 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 10,899 11,094 11,242 11,314 11,366 11,434 11,561 11,566 11,745 11,913 12,028 11,982 £ s. d. 15,601 4 5 15,877 4 7 16,095 13 8 16,216 11 4 16,270 13 2 16,375 8 9 16,552 8 5 16,554 6 3 16,819 19 7 17,035 11 4 17,212 1 10 17,116 7 3 January ... February ... March Totals 138,144 110,449 £157,333 18 6 £197,727 10 7

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Return for same Period of Payments and Amounts in each Postal District.

New Postage-stamps, etc. In connection with the inauguration of universal penny postage by New Zealand, a new Id. stamp was designed and printed in London, and issued in the colony on the Ist January last. On the plates coming to hand, the printing was undertaken by the Stamp-printing office. The stamp is of carmine colour. In the top corners are rosettes, below which are the words " New Zealand." A graceful female figure, representing New Zealand, stands in the foreground against a globe. In the background Mount Egmont is faintly outlined, and a mail steamer is shown in the middle distance. Underneath are the words " Universal Postage," and below this " One Penny." The English print was on unwatermarked paper, but in the New Zealand print watermarked pa/per has been used. The perforations vary. A 1-J-d. postage-stamp die was engraved in America, and the stamp printed and issued in the colony. The stamp is khaki-coloured, and symbolizes New Zealand's response to the Empire's call for troops. The Queens-head stamps were finally withdrawn from sale to the public on the 31st July last. In connection with the suppression of so-called trading-stamp companies by Act, discount stamps have been printed by Government, and are sold at money-order offices to traders. The stamps, which cannot be used in prepayment of postage, are redeemed in quantities of the value of not less than Is. when attached to cards provided for the purpose. An experimental issue of booklets containing twelve and thirty stamps at Id. has been made, and although the sale has for the present been confined to the Chief Post Offices the number purchased is sufficient to indicate the popularity of the scheme. Each leaf contains six stamps, and is separated from the next leaf by a piece of waxed paper, the covers of the booklet being utilised for announcing the rates of postage and other postal information of a useful nature. A ■ charge of Jd. is made for the cost of binding, &c. It will not be possible to supply the booklets to all post-offices until a plate is obtained which will enable the stamps to be printed in blocks of six. New stamp-perforating machinery has been imported by the Government Printer, and is now being set up. The reduction of the postage on post-cards to places within the Postal Union, from lij-d. to Id., necessitated the issue of new postal cards, which are similar in design to the former issue with the exception that the translation of the heading in French as required by the Postal Union Convention has been added. To commemorate the introduction of universal penny postage, a limited supply of specially designed post-cards bearing the Postmaster-General's greetings was issued to prominent personages throughout the Empire. A further series of pictorial post-cards is about to be issued. As, however, the manufacture of pictorial post-cards has during the last month or two been taken up briskly by private firms, it is probable that the Post Office will, after a small quantity of illustrated cards has been printed from the present blocks, discontinue issuing any but plain cards. The object of Government in issuing pictorial post-cards was to advertise the scenery of the colony ; but it would appear that the pastime of collecting pictorial post-cards, which has become popular in Europe during the last few years, is now being taken up in New Zealand. Some of the cards turned out by private firms are very creditable.

1899-1900. 1900-1. Postal District. Number of Paymonte. Amount. Number of Payments. Amount. Auckland... Blenheim... Christchurch Dunedin ... Gisborne ... Greymouth Hokitika ... Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru ... Thames ... Timaru ... Wanganui Wellington Westport... 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 31,799 1,813 19,575 20,755 1,579 5,792 5,710 7,803 5,286 4,257 2,926 2,707 5,942 3,989 3,756 11,058 3,397 & s. a. 45,058 1 0 2,528 12 1 27,742 4 8 29,730 6 10 2,330 1 0 8,596 4 7 8,451 10 5 11,317 4 5 7,193 16 6 5,873 3 4 4,168 5 10 3,941 4 8 8,664 9 8 5,705 1 6 5,394 17 1 16,036 12 8 4,995 14 4 Totals 110,449 £157,333 18 6 138,144 £197,727 10 7

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Letter-cards are now sold at Id., the large stock in hand being surcharged " One penny " over the ljd. stamp. A new series of postal notes was issued, and brought into use on the Ist January last. Post Office Act. "The Post Office Act, 1900," came into operation on the Ist January, 1901. The Act is mainly a consolidation of previous measures, and includes parts of the Savings-bank Acts of 1867 and amendment of " The Gaming and Lotteries Act, 1885." Provision is made for fixing the maximum rates of freight and passenger-fares in the case of contracts for the conveyance of mails by sea or inland waters. The insurance of parcels and registered postal packets is provided for, and provision is also made for a scheme for the insurance of letters. A fee of ss. is now required to be paid before a newspaper can be registered at the General Post Office. The PostmasterGeneral is also empowered to strike out of the list any publication he deems not to be a newspaper. Under clause 22 power is given to enforce a penalty against any shipping office, public or private lodging-house, retaining more than two months any letter addressed to its care. Telegrams are also included. Power is also given to refuse delivery of a postal packet bearing previously used or defaced stamps, unless the addressee discloses the name of the sender. Penalties are provided for wilful damage to any post-office letter-box, telegraph-post, or telephone-post, and for the posting of any postal packet containing any indecent or obscene print, painting, photograph, engraving, book, card, article, or representation oi any kind, or the posting of any postal packet having on the cover words, &c, of an indecent, obscene, or grossly offensive character. There is also provision for punishing persons affixing posters and other matter on telegraph-poles. Extension of Houes of Telegraph Offices. On Ist September last year an arrangement was made under which the chief telegraph-offices were to remain open for public business continuously day and night, Sundays and holidays not excepted; but it was found that the business done did not warrant the continuance of the arrangement, and the hours were subsequently altered as follows : Ordinary week-days, between the hours of 8 a.m. and midnight; Sundays, between the hours of 9.30 a.m. and 10 a.m., and 5 p.m. and 5.30 p.m.; and statutory holidays, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., and 7 p.m. and midnight. The offices to which these hours apply are given the advantage of ordinary rates on Sundays, instead of the double rates which were formerly applicable. Missing Abticles of Value alleged to have been posted. In view of the unjust suspicion which frequently attaches to postal officials, occasionally involving the whole of the employes of one or more offices, and of the difficulty of disproving erroneous statements that valuable articles had been sent through the post but not received, it is considered desirable to refer to a case tried in the Supreme Court recently, where a fine of £10 was inflicted under section 98, paragraph 2 of "The Post Office Act, 1900," upon a person falsely representing that he had posted articles of value, when in reality he had not done so. His Honour the Judge said, " The offence was a serious one because it affected the character of postal officials. The effect of making a false statement such as the prisoner had pleaded guilty to, was to throw suspicion on the officials at the post-office, which was a very serious thing indeed. It appeared, however, that those connected with receiving and delivering letters had so good a character that in this particular instance it was not affected in the eyes of their superior officers. Still, one must not look at this view of the case, for there was necessarily a suspicion in regard to the officials, and it arose through the falsehood of prisoner." Pacific Cable. The Committee of representatives of Colonial and other Governments mentioned in last year's report has been superseded by a permanent Board controlling all business connected with the cable. A contract between the Governments of the United Kingdom, Canada, New South Wales, Victoria, New Zealand, and Queensland and the Telegraphic Construction and Maintenance Company (Limited), of London, was signed in December last for the construction and laying of the cable from Vancouver to Fanning Island, Fiji, Norfolk Island, Queensland, and New Zealand. The total cost is £1,975,000, including the cost of installation, surveying route, &c. The cable surveying steamer "Britannia" recently visited New Zealand in connection with the survey of the route, and for the purpose of selecting a landing-place for the cable. The representative of the Pacific Cable Board, Mr. B. B. Peake, was met at Russell by the Superintendent of Electric Lines. After visiting several places on the coast to the north of Auckland, Doubtless Bay was finally selected as the landing-place in New Zealand for the cable. Plans have also 'been prepared for the necessary buildings for offices and staff quarters, and everything should be in readiness for the landing of the cable by April next. It is expected that the cable will be laid about the end of next year. Copies of correspondence to date will be presented to Parliament in the usual course.

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Business ovbe Existing Cables. The number and value of cable messages forwarded from New Zealand during 1900 are shown in the following statement: —

The colony's outward international and intercolonial cable business, not including Press, for the years 1899 and 1900 was as follows : — Messages. Value. International, — Number. £ s. d. 1900 ... ... ... 11,947 ... 42,132 16 11 1899 ... ... ... 10,335 ... 36,881 13 9 Increase ... 1,612 Increase ... 5,251 3 2 or 15-60 per cent. or 14-24 per cent. Messages. Value. Intercolonial, — Number. £ s. d. 1900 ... ... ... 50,328 ... 13,086 9 2 1899 ... ... ... 49,722 ... 11,690 18 11 Increase ... 606 Increase ... 1,395 10 3 or 1-22 per cent. or 11-94 per cent. The total increase in 1900 was therefore 2,218 messages, arid £6,646 13s. sd. in value. The forwarded and received cable Press business for the past ten years ended 31st December, 1900, has been :—

No™. The intercolonial cable Press rate was reduced from 3d. to Id. per word on the Ist April, 1893.

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Destination. Ordinary. Prei is. No. of Messages. Value. No. of Messages. Value. International ... ... New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia 11,947 28,516 1,496 1,306 1,599 15,598 1,813 £ s. d. 42,132 16 11 6,626 11 2 443 5 5 444 17 0 600 2 7 4,331 16 6 639 16 6 96 911 £ s. 732 0 714 13 a. 8 6 27 10 10 3 Total for 1900 62,275 55,219 6 1 1,034 1,457 4 5 Total for 1899 60,057 48,572 12 8 1,800 10 4 1,570

Forwarded. Received. Year. Number of of Words. Value. Number of of Words. Value. Messages. Messages. 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 837 791 796 994 1,168 1,069 1,294 1,154 1,570 1,034 45,285 44,263 57,390 103,366 68,682 92,946 128,839 133,342 182,066 139,295 £ s. 932 15 898 3 504 9 899 4 433 13 531 4 945 4 907 7 1,800 10 1,457 4 a. 8 9 9 9 0 9 8 0 4 5 2,828 2,884 2,883 3,033 3,926 2,946 3,665 3,599 3,822 4,014 198,935 197,477 202,170 203,326 314,136 285,369 323,617 282,882 298,218 333,300 £ s. A. 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 1,878 9 1

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Traffic over Cable for Year ended 31st December, 1900, showing proportion earned by the New Zealand-Sydney Cable.

POST OFFICE. Articles posted and deliveked. The number of articles posted in the colony, and received from places outside the colony, during 1900, as compared with the number in 1899, was as under : — Letters— 1900. 1899. Increase. Posted in the colony .. .. .. 36,185,045 35,032,452 Eeceived from places outside the colony .. 2,477,251 2,348,219 88,662,296 37,380,671 1,281,625 Letter-cards — Posted in the colony ~ .. .. 1,236,183 1,103,700 132,483 Post-cards— Posted in the colony .. .. ... 1,858,064 1,605,383 Received from places outside the colony .. 50,451 37,668 1,908,515 1,643,051 265,464 Books and pattern-packets— Posted in the colony .. .. .. 16,111,221 16,211,572 Received from places outside the colony .. 1,604,181 1,448,286 17,715,402 17,659,858 55,544 . ii—F. 1.

hitivart Ordinary. Press. Messages. Words. Amount. Messages. Words. Amount. International New South "Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania ... Victoria Western Australia 11,947 28,516 1,496 1,306 1,599 15,598 1,813 158,511 341,96818,886 18,777 19,337 187,783 23,442 £ s. d. 1,975 16 0 4,104 3 0 222 14 1 222 13 4 233 2 2 2,242 13 10 277 0 9 96 911 7,315 130,630 £ s. d. 30 9 7 542 18 11 27 1,350 5 12 6 Totals 62,275 768,704 9,278 3 2 1,034 139,295 579 1 0 Moan Messages, Words. Amount. Ordinary Press 62,275 1,034 768,704 139,295 & s. d. 9,278 3 2 579 1 0 Totals 63,309 907,999 9,857 4 2 Inward. Ordinary Press Totals 55,601 743,492 3,666 278,689 i 59,267 1,022,181 8,281 8 8 1,170 13 11 9,452 2 7 I Grand Totals. Outward Inward 63,309 59,267 907,999 1,022,181 9,857 4 9,452 2 2 7 122,576 1,930,180 19,309 6 9

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Newspapers— Posted in'the colony .. .. .. 12,347,374 11,447,657 Received from places outside the csolony .. 4,698,341 4,269,731 17,045,715 15,717,388 1,328,327 Parcels— Posted in the colony .. .. .. 199,220 193,143 Received from places outside the colony .. 34,236 30,207 233,456 223,350 10,106 The letters increased 343 ; letter-cards, 12-00 ; post-cards, 16-16 ; books and pattern-packets, 0-31 ; newspapers, 845; and parcels, 4-52 per-cent. The increase in 1899 was: Letters, 7-61; letter-cards, 20-28; post-cards, 11-02; books and pattern-packets, 6-27 ; newspapers, 4-12 ; and parcels, 916 per cent. The average number of letters posted per head of population was estimated to be 47"39, or 4901 including letter-cards. The averages in 1899 were 46-31 and 4777 respectively. The Post Office receipts for the year amounted to £316,857 17s. 7d. —a decrease of £8,443 4s. 4d., or 26 per cent., the result of the penny post for the three months ended 31st March last. The expenditure was £223,256 15s. 6d., as against £207,205 3s. 3d.—an increase of £16,051 12s. 3d., or 775 per cent. There was a balance of revenue over expenditure of £93,601 2s. Id. The estimated value of official (free) correspondence was £82,238. The gross earnings of the Post Office for the year were therefore £399,096, and the credit balance £175,839. WOBK PEBFOBMED FOX OTHBB DEPARTMENTS. Customs duties amounting to £19,236 Bs. 4d. were collected on articles received through the post from places beyond the colony, and £1,453 12s. 9d. on account of ordinary Customs work. The sum of £2,006 12s. was collected from the sale of game licenses. Premiums amounting to £28,528 18s. lid. were collected from policyholders on behalf of the Government Life Insurance Department. £585 7s. 6d. was collected for the Government Printer on the sale of Government publications. Income-tax amounting to £84,303 18s. Bd., and land-tax for £225,963 12s. 4d. were received at post-offices. Fees under the Live-stock Acts amounting to £20,522 12s. 3d. were collected. The sum of £4,322 2s. 6d. was received for machinery-fees. The receipts from the sale of miners' licenses amounted to £1,254 14s. £14,169 os. 2d. was lodged at post-offices for investment in New Zealand Consols. The receipts on behalf of the Public Trust Office were £334,917 2s. 7d., and payments £336,697 12s. 3d. Railway receipts for £10,233 17s. sd. were also accounted for through the Post Office Account. The fees collected in respect of the registration of births, deaths, and marriages totalled £2,326 11s. The Advances to Settlers Office receipts amounted to £635,786 12s. 2d., and payments ■£638,125 4s. Bd. Fees, &c, were also collected on account of the Audit Office, Hospitals and Charitable Aid, water-rates, Goldfields, County Councils, Clerks of Court, Road Boards, Harbourmasters, Arms Act, fishing licenses, Police Department, Lunacy Department, Factories Act, Education Department, Btamp Department, Homing-pigeons Protection Act, Registration of Brands, Hanmer Springs Sanatorium, Rotorua Baths, Rotorua patients, Electoral Act, the Treasury, Licensing Act, and valuation revenue. The payments made by the Post Office on behalf of the Treasury were £535,887 15s. sd. Gboss Receipts and Payments. The gross receipts dealt with during the year were —Departmental, £9,321,952 12s. 5d.; on account of other departments, £2,114,044 18s. 2d. : total, £11,435,997 10s. 7d. The payments were —Departmental, £9,311,943 Is. 4-J-d.; on behalf of other departments—to individuals, £1,701,968 13s. 2d.; to Government accounts, £373,592 10s. 9d.; a total of £11,387,504 ss. 3id. The gross receipts and payments were therefore £22,823,501 15s. 10-J-d. for the year. Lettbe-cabbibes' Delivbbies. Deliveries by letter-carriers were established at: New Plymouth—lnglewood; Wellington— Featherston ; Westport—Burnett's Face. Letter-carriers' deliveries were extended at : Auckland (C.P.O.j—from Mount Albert (by Stewart's Road and Swan's Road) to the junction of Hillsbro' Road, thence to Onehunga Road. Christchurch (suburbs) —the East Linwood delivery to include Mile Road and the east side of the Canal Reserve. Gisborne (C.P.O.) —to suburb of Whataupoko, so as to include Whitaker Street, thrice weekly (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday). Invercargill—Mataura, along Wyndham Road South. Nelson (C.P.O.)—to the end of Hampden Street West. New Plymouth (C.P.O.)—from Cutfield Road (late boundary) to the Breakwater, taking in all houses each side of the road. Wanganui—Eltham, a quarter-mile northwards, to corner of Mountain and Racecourse Roads ; Ma-rton, about a half-mile, once daily in the afternoon, along High Street to the north-western borough boundary. Wellington—Masterton, to include suburb of Lansdowne. Newspapebs begisteebd. Nine newspapers were registered for transmission by post, and nineteen ceased publication.

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Beceiving-boxes. Thirty-eight receiving-boxes were established at : Auckland—City and suburbs, 11. Christchurch— City and suburbs, 3; Hororata, 1; Kaiapoi, 1. Dunedin — City and suburbs, i; Green Island, 1. New Plymouth—Town, 2. .Timaru —Temuka, 1. Wanganui —Meremere, 1. Wellington—City and suburbs, 6; Greytown North, 1 ; Hutt, 3 ; Masterton, 1; Petone, 2. Two receiving-boxes were closed at: Dunedin—City, 1. Wellington—City, 1. Designations op Offices. The designations of offices were changed as follows : Auckland —Maunganui Bluff to Aranga, Newmarket (telegraph-office) to Newmarket Bail way, Otau to Paparimu, Pukeatua to Nanahu, Tangihua to Tangiteroria, Tokatoka to Behia, Tokatoka Wharf to Tokatoka. Christchurch — Addington to Addington Bailway. Gisborne—Tikitiki to Kahukura. Napier —Mahia to Opoutama. Wanganui—Punihu Stream to Te Kiri. A designation was corrected at: Auckland—Mangapeehi to Mangapehi. Post-offices established, etc. Eighty-three post-offices were established (of these four were reopened offices) and eighteen closed:— Opened. Addington (R. 0.), Chriatchurch . Matakitaki, Westport Tahekeroa, Auckland Arakihi, Gibborne Motukarara, Christchurch Tanglewood, Wellington Arama, Auckland Nevesville (reopened), Thames Taumatatahi, Wang-mui Arno, Timaru North-east Valley, Dunedin Te Koroa, Auckland Awaroa, Auckland Ohakea, Wellington Te Moehau, Wanganui Bell Hill, Greymouth Ohape, Timaru Terapatiki, Napier Belvedere, Wellington Okiwi, Auckland The Key, Invercargill Ohristchurch Exhibition, Christchurch Omihi, Christchuroh Tokatoka, Auckland Conway, Christchurch Opango, Auckland Tuahiwi, Christchurch Deep Stream, Dunedin Otahuti, Invercargill Tuiwahi, Wellington Ferndale, Invercargill Otau, Auckland Turangatere, Wanganui Glen Oroua, Wellington Otira Railway, Greymouth Tutamoe, Auckland Globj Mine, Greymouth Parakao, Auckland Upper Mobaka, Napier Hairini, Auckland Parapara, Wanganui Wahimomona, Timaru Hicks Bay (reopened),. Gisborne Poerua, Greymouth Waihao Downs, Timaru Ikawai, Timaru Pukahu, Napier Waikakaho (reopened), Blenheim Kaiarero, Oamaru Pukeatua, Auckland Waikaraka, Auckland Kaiteratahi, Giaborne Putara, Wellington Waingawa, Wellington Kilbirnie, Wellington Rataui, Westport Waiotapu, Auckland Koeke, Wanganui Bai Falls, Blenheim Waiouru, Wanganui Kohuratahi, New Plymouth Rakauroa, Gisborne Waipapa, Auckland Ladbrook's, Christchurch Boslyn, Dunedin Wairepo, Wanganui Leith Valley, Dunedin Ruakituri, Napier Westmere, Wanganui Levels, Timaru Ruakiwi, Auckland Wbarerata, Gisborne Mahora, Napitr Ruanui, Wanganui Wheatstone (reopened), ChristMangamingi, Wanganui Salisbury, Timaru church Maraeroa, Auckland Saundere Road, Wellington Wheturau, Gisborne Marima, Wellington I Strand Arcade, Auckland Whitcombe, Dunedin. Closed. Anaroa, Napier Mararoa, Invercargill Pine Island, Auckland Epsom, Auckland Matahiwi, Napier Putiki Bay, Auckland Hicks Bay, Gisborne Herrivale, Invercargill Rakautaua, Wangauui Kawatau, Wanganui Nenthorn, Dunedin Taikorea, Wellington Kokako, Napier Newton Plat, Westport Terapatiki, Napier Lowrie's, Wanganui Parkeston, Nelsou Western Springs, Auckland. The number of post-offices open at the end of the year was 1,686. Pabcel-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, 1898, 1899, and 1900 :—

1890. 1898. 1899. 1900. Postal Districts. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Gisborne.. Napier .. Wanganui Wellington Nelson .. Westport Groymouth Hokitika Blenheim Ohristchuroh 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 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 j 27,216 14 23,997 5 173,884 9 18,254 2 5,038 11 8,384 15 I 7,606 2 5,730 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 I 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 47,320 3,496 3,548 2,372 10,269 10,167 52,500 6,195 2,183 3,036 2,772 2,258 36,028 2,040 1,324 40,282 7,666 lb. oz. 145,640 1 10,767 4 11,298 9 6,926 15 32,831 15 32,562 4 187,716 3 20,000 2 5,684 15 9,305 4 10,140 2 6,956 4 135,426 6f 8,274 1 4,739 7 144,791 10 23,933 — Totals 136,327 384,883 8 204,603 698,301 3 223,350 765,836 9£ I 233,456 I 794,994 6f

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The following table shows the number and weight of parcels exchanged with the United Kingdom and the under-mentioned places during the years 1899 and 1900 : —

The declared value of parcels received from places outside the colony in 1900 was £87,662. The Customs duty collected amounted to £16,642 11s. 6d. The declared value of parcels despatched to places beyond the colony was £11,800, as against £10,806 in 1899. On the Ist February, 1900, a direct exchange of parcels was established with Cape Colony, and also with the other South African Colonies via Capetown. This service has been much used and appreciated by those having friends and relatives serving in the several New Zealand Contingents luring the war. The direct parcel exchange inaugurated with the United States of America on the Ist July, 1900, has already assumed considerable proportions. In the eleven months ended 31st May, 707 parcels were despatched to, and 1899 parcels received from, that country. On the Ist January, 1901, a substantial reduction was made in the rates of postage on parcels to the United Kingdom. The new rates are arranged in three stages only, as follows: For a parcel not exceeding 3 lb., Is. ; over 31b. but not over 71b., 25.; over 71b. but not over 111b., 3s. :as against the former rates of Is. for the first pound and 6d. for each succeeding pound. This system of dividing the postages on parcels into three stages is termed the three-step scale, and also applies to parcels addressed to a number of British possessions and foreign countries sent by way of London. Efforts are being made to extend the three-step scale to as many countries as possible, in order to eventually secure uniformity of system in parcel-post rates combined with the lowest possible charges to the public. Official Coebbspondencb. ■ The estimated volume and value of official and other free correspondence posted during 1900 is given in the statement below :—

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Eeci jived. Despatched. Country. 1899. 1900. 1899. 1900. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. United Kingdom and foreign countries (via London) United States Hawaii Vancouver Victoria New South Wales South Australia Queensland Tasmania.. Western Australia Samoa Earotonga Fiji Norfolk Island Ceylon Uruguay Cape Colony Transvaal 19,719 lb. oz. 68,628 0 21,682 lb. oz. 76,132 0 4,524 lb. oz. 10,128 5 4,690 lb. oz. 9,769 0 56 3 82 3,235 5,691 258 327 152 244 14 10 29 115 4% 178 0 11,076 0 16,097 8 779 15 712 12 434 11 538 0 02 11 15 0 60 13 898 24 147 3,540 6,229 ■ 244 308 143 260 15 19 36 2,242 0 40 13 236 5 12,849 8 17,629 8 715 4 631 8 406 2 756 0 94 7 45 3 95 1 24 67 1,346 1,975 194 293 315 266 213 70 109 62 3 139 0 2,771 13 5,714 1 527 13 748 0 712 3 739 13 667 3 220 5 324 11 395 14 89 1,322 1,809 191 267 312 262 128 65 139 1 165 15 707 345 1,021 7 25 6 145 0 3,033 12 4,774 0J 526 8 659 14 746 3 689 2 415 13 257 15 447 1 5 8 372 7J 27 5 1,400 1 J 681 12 340 739 15 '382 864 15f 166 14 379 1 54 0 309 590 8 Totals 30,207 99,438 94 34,236 113,332 2J 9,576 23,188 7 10,916 24,998 3 J

District. Letters. Packets. *&£? Ne ™ e - Postage Value of Official Correspondence. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington Nelson Westport.. Greymouth Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch Timaru Oamaru .. Duneclin Invercargill 274,937 51,167 116,821 19,448 116,984 321,893 944,420 79,222 26,530 75,803 23,936 59,410 325,020 75,491 47,216 338,516 288,730 15,408 3,149 15,200 1,482 9,756 17,616 128,120 6,240 250 3,219 2,610 2,600 19,890 3,200 1,820 40,304 12,324 11,949 1,666 1,800 806 2,208 4,304 32,110 6,062 1,000 1,867 1,582 600 12,250 2,481 1,467 5,328 4,419 67,377 20,762 33,500 11,140 53,836 91,695 130,400 41,496 21,910 39,294 13,936 22,000 109,990 32,000 34,268 188,476 I 71,919 j £ 6,690 1,388 3,028 594 3,307 7,883 22,353 2,407 898 2,174 760* 1,531 8,455 2,047 1,533 10,361 6,829 Totals 983,999 I £82,238 3,185,544 283,188 91,899

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Dead Lbttees. The following comparative tahle 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 034 per cent., as against 0-28 per cent, in 1899. 23,735 book-packets and circulars were returned to foreign countries. 61,045 were returned to senders through the Dead-letter Office ; 38,514 were returned by Chief Postmasters : a total of 123,294 book-packets and circulars, as compared with 113,343 in 1899. 382 letters were wrongly addressed; 25 letters were discovered to have been posted with previously used stamps ; 1,840 unclaimed registered letters were dealt with. 2,256 newspapers and 1,352 books and other articles without addresses were received, many of which were subsequently applied for and delivered. 798 newspapers were returned to the publishers. 472 letters and 149 letter-cards were posted without addresses. 10 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 senders where practicable :— £ s. d. 299 post-office orders ... ... ... ... ... 715 10 10£ 40 bank drafts ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,289 6 6 220 cheques ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,617 3 10 10 dividend warrants and bonus certificates ... ... ... 414 6 promissory notes ... ... ... ... 231 18 9 Postal notes ... ... ... ... ... ... 78 3 11 Stamps ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 21 9 4| Bank-notes ... ... ... ... 179 0 0 • Gold ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 32 10 0 Silver and copper ... ... ... ... ... 5 2 10 Representing a total of ... ... £4,174 7 5 In addition, 2 gold watches, 6 silver watches, 1 silver watch and chain, 1 ladies' watch, 3 Waterbury watches, 1 metal watch, 1 metal watch and chain, 1 gold watch-chain, 1 silver watchchain, 10 gold rings, 3 ladies' gold rings, 2 silver rings, 3 gold brooches, 3 silver brooches, 2 greenstone brooches, 2 gold-mounted greenstone pendants, 1 silver-mounted greenstone pendant, 2 greenstone pendants, 1 piece greenstone, 1 silver saltspoon with greenstone handle, 1 pair silvermounted greenstone carver rests, 3 pairs gold sleeve-links, 2 gold shirt-studs, 2 gold scarf-pins, 1 gold medal, 1 gold nugget, 1 small bottle of gold, 1 pair gold-rimmed eye-glasses, 1 silver-mounted card-case, 1 silver-mounted pocket-book, 2 dollar certificates, 1 Transvaal shilling, 1 Canadian fivecent piece, 1 ladies' belt-clasp, 1 ornamental paper-knife and pen, 7 pawn-tickets, 27 share-certi-ficates, 14 collectors' approval sheets of obliterated postage-stamps, 2 packets of obliterated postagestamps, 1 steerage-ticket of U.S.S. Company (Wellington to Lyttelton), 1 order on Shaw, Saville and Albion Company for ticket, 1 passage ticket from Port Said to Brisbane, 1 coach-ticket, tramtickets, 1 Christchurch Exhibition medal, 1 dogs-head handle for walking-stick, 1 revolver. The number of inland, intercolonial, and international articles received and disposed of during the years 1899 and 1900 was as under :—

Manner of Disposal. 1884. 1885. 3886. 1887. 1888. 1889. I 1890. 1894. 189G. j 1898. i 1899. 1900. •pened and returned to the writers teturned unopened to other countries leissued >estroyed Returned unopened by Chief Postmasters 68,942 9,134 66,592 j 8,115 66,729 8,359 62,847 7,287 55,118 6,892 62,654 60,5401 61,745 6,220 7,779! 8,941 92 141! 130 4,340 2,660i 4,725 21,164 21,931' 22,042 63,112 68,872 7,546 8,899 148 i 219 4,069 '. 3,368 26,414 33,273 74,132 9,706 76,692 9,707 107 3,986, j 17,593; 185 2,872 I 19,187 251 6,600 21,144 96 5,974j 20.185 1 ; 88' i 5,246j 19,963; 178; 4,536; 22,915i 265 4,900 40,282 I 96,951 103,083 96,389 ! Totals 99,762 87,307 94,470 93,051; 97,583 101,289 J 114,631 111,467 131,846 i

1899. 1900. Letters. Letter- Post- p . -, cards, cards. a( -Kets. News- Tpt - t Letter- Post- p . . Newspapers, setters. cards cards. * acket3 ' papers. Inland. Returned, delivered, &c, through Deadletter Office Returned by Chief Postmasters direct .. Destroyed in accordance with law 60,332 20,334 3,682 1,946 119 2,594; 2,581 158! 48,704 40,686 1,211 770 62,751 36,660i 3,987 2,085 I l,704J 3,622' 108i 59,258 38,514! 1,453| 798 31,130 142 I [38 ', 394 Intercolonial. Originally addressed to other colonies:— Returned to writers Destroyed in accordance with law .. Returned to other colonies as unclaimed 4,041 242 4,298 ■ • S3 11 25 1,228 75 4,998 4,249 270 ! 4,025! 91 6 26 789 48 5,814j 12 39 International. Originally addressed to other countries :— Returned to writers Destroyed in accordance with law .. Returned to other countries as unclaimed 5,206 316 5,331 108 8, 31 677 32 17,050 5,949 379 5,529 128 8 35 998 47 17,921 9 "53 Totals 103,78: 2,086; 5,599 114,661 31,901 123,799 2,319 5,728 124,842 39,192

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Missing Letters. 969 inquiries for letters and 771 for other articles alleged to have been posted and not delivered were made during 1900. In 548 of the inquiries for letters and 441 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 " Cases. Letters. Other Articles. Found to have been 45 36 ... Missent, misdelivered, or otherwise delayed through fault of Post Office. 37 30 ... Delayed in delivery through fault of addressees. 32 25 ... Not posted. 55 44 ... Posted later than advised ; forwarded by slower routes than letters of advice, &c. 101 82 ... Defectively or wrongly addressed. 66 53 ... Mislaid or lost after delivery. 49 40 ... Eeturned through Dead-letter Office as unclaimed, &o. ]63 131 ... Delivered. Reason for inquiry not given, but probably in most cases omission by addressees to acknowledge receipt. 548 441 Registered Letters. The number of registered articles dealt with in 1900, compared with the numbers in 1890, 1898, and 1899, is shown below :—

Inland Mails. The mail-services throughout the colony were conducted throughout the year without any serious interruption. Another mail-sorting car was built at the end of 1900 by the Railway Department for the Post Office, and brought into use on the Christchurch-Culverden line, the extension and increased frequency of mail-traffic on that section having for some time past pointed to the necessity for instituting that further means of despatch in the sorting and delivery of mails. The number of contracts for inland mails in operation in 1900 was 625. There are in addition 361 services not under bond. The length of inland postal routes by road (counted one way only) was 10,137 miles, and the total number of miles travelled 2,510,152, at an average cost of 326 d. per mile. In 1899 the respective mileages were 9,678 and 2,236,056, and the average cost 3-27 d. per mile. Ordinary trains with mails travelled 2,858,805 miles. The estimated sum payable to the Railway Department for the conveyance of mails by ordinary trains was £32,951 19s. 6d. Inland Mail-services. The following services were established during the year:— Auckland— As required : Awanui Post-office and Wharf ; Hohoura, landing and shipping mails ; Waihopo, landing-service ; Whangamarino Post-office-Railway-station. Daily : Te Awamutu-Hairini. Thrice weekly: Kaukapakapa-Takekeroa. Twice weekly : Tangaihi, landing-service ; Te Mata-Raglan and Hamilton Road,

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1890. 1898. 1899. 1900. Postal Districts. From Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. From Places beyond the Colony. Registeredin the Colony. Totals. From Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. From Places beyona the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. Auckland Thames New Plymouth .. Gisborne Napier Wangaimi Wellington Blenheim Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Inveroargill 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 24,003 3,863 2,783 24,311 11,559 13,891 289 1,031 232 948 1,584 13,107 68 709 179 540 ! 60 5,371 507 170 6.352 1 3,357! 94,138 16,654 15,003 5,034 18,8531 18,569, 69,297 4,397 10,270 7,100 7,360i 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 25,1391 24,7791 93,287i 5,568) 12,658j 8,050 9,080 4,447 53,312 9,198' 7,407: 45,971 ' 27,367 18,108 267 1,310 421 l,659j 2,151 9,513 116 644 354j 680| 94 5,404 1,196 120 6,954 3,352j 101,533 19,912 16,903 7,193 26,685! 24,980 85,915 6,371 14,726 6,974! 11,606 4,344 49,049 9,973 8,880 44,003' 24,989' 119,641 20,179 18,213 7,614 28,344 27,131 95,428 6,487 15,370 7,328 12,286 4,438 54,453 11,169 9,000 50,957 28,341 Totals 26,374 169,321 195,095 48,395 389,828 438,223 54,871 434,766 489,137 52,343 4.64,036 516,379

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Weekly: Awanui Landing-Kaitaia (giving Kaitaia twice-weekly mail); MangatuTutamoe ; Matakohe-Ararua ; Peria-Te Koroa ; Poroti-Parakao ; Port FitzroyOkiwi; Taupo-Tokaanu, twice weekly, November-April, weekly, May-October, (actually established 1899) ; Eowsell's-Maungaturoto ; Waingaro-Buakiwi; Waiotu Eailway-station-Hukerenui-Towai (giving two last-named twice-weekly mail); Whangarei-Pama Bay. Bleheim — Weekly : Tuamarina-Waikakaho. Fortnightly: Havelock-Mahau-Maori Bay-Tira Ora-Homewood-Brightlands-Ketu Bay-Te Peru. Christchurch — Daily: Ladbrook's Post-office-Kail way-station ; Woodend-Tuahiwi. Twice weekly : Okain's Bay Post-office-Wharf. Six times yearly : Lyttelton-Chatham Islands (renewal). Dunedin — As required : Mosgiel Post-office-Kailway-station. Twice daily : Dunedin-North-east Valley ; Dunedin-Eoslyn. Twice weekly : Deep Stream-Clark's. Fortnightly : Glenavy-Whitecombe. Gisborne — As required : Gisborne Chief Post-office-Wharves. Weekly : Port Awanui Coach Eoad-Hangaroa ; Whakarau-Eakauroa ; WhatatutuWheturau. Greymouth — Thrice weekly : Beef ton-Globe Mine. Weekly : Nelson Creek-Bell Hill. Invercargill— Four times weekly : Winton-Hedgehope. Thrice weekly : Waianiwa-Otahuti. Twice weekly : Brown's-Hokonui-Spring Hills ; Mataura-Ferndale. Weekly : Otautau-Scott's Gap (giving Scott's Gap a twice-weekly mail). Monthly : Invercargill-Te Oneroa-Cromarty (renewal). Napier — Daily : Hastings-Mahora ; Hastings-Pukahu. New Plymouth — Twice weekly: Wangamomona-Kohuratahi. Thames — Daily : Omahu Post-office-Eailway-station. Weekly: Opotiki-Motu; Puriri-Nevesville. Timaru — As required : Timaru Chief Post-office-Eailway-station (subsidised service). Daily: Levels Post-office-Eailway-station; Waimate-Arno-Waihao Forks-Waihao Downs. Thrice-weekly : Temuka-Ohape-Clandeboye. Twice weekly : Glenavy-Pike's Point Boad-Waikakahi (returning via Dog Kennel Eoad, delivering correspondence.) Weekly : Waihao Downs-Pentland Hills (no post-office). Oamaru — As required : Oamaru Chief Post-office-Eailway-station (first subsidised service). Wanganui— As required : Kai Iwi Post-office-Eailway-station. Daily : Brunswick Bailway-station-Westmere. Twice weekly : Mangaweka-Baahine. Weekly : Aberfeldie-Parapara ; Kauangaroa-Mangatipoua. Wellington — As required : Chief Post Office-Wellington South. Daily : Carterton-Belvedere; Eongotea-Glen Oroua. Twice weekly : Mangamaire-Marima; Masterton-Waingawa ; Mauriceville-Ditton (no post-office) ; Nireaha-Atea ; Nireaha-Putara. Weekly: Te Nui-Te Mai (no post-office). Westport — Daily : Burnett's Face (letter-delivery). Monthly : Karamea-Little Wanganui. The following services were extended : — Auckland— Auckland City, clearing receivers (area extended to embrace three miles and a half from Chief Post-office); Birkenhead-Dairy Flat to Pukeatua; Fairburn's-Victoria Valley-Takamie to Herekino ; Ohaeawai-Kerikeri to Waipapa ; PapakuraHunua to Otau. Christchurch —■ Eakaia-Overdale-Dorie to Kyle.

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Greymouth— Daily throughout week to daily and twice daily: Ngahere-Nelson Creek. Invereargill— Four times weekly to daily : Winton-Brown's-Hedgehope. Twice weekly to daily: Invereargill-West Plains. Twice to thrice weekly : Fortrose-Tokonui Gorge-Quarry Hills-Niagara-Waikawa; Nightcaps-Opio-Annandale ; Queenstown-Malaghan's ; Thornbury-Isla BankDrummond. Once to twice weekly : Manapouri-Hillside Creek, Ist November to 30th April (once weekly Ist May to 31st October) ; Orepuki-Te Tua; Woodlands-Dacre. Napier— Twice to thrice daily : Farndon-Clive. Once to twice weekly : Dannevirke-Ngapaeruru-Waipafciki-Weber-Ti-tree Point-Wimbledon-Herbertville (see " Abolished"); Weber-Waione. Nelson — Thrice weekly to daily : Bichmond-Motueka-Biwaka. Twice to four times weekly : Motupiko-Motupiko Railway (by two separate twiceweekly services). New Plymouth— Thrice weekly to daily : Inglewood-Tarata ; Waitara-Onaero-CJremii. Twice and thrice weekly to thrice weekly throughout: Inglewood-Kaimata-Tarata-Purangi. Twice to thrice weekly : Stratford-Mahoe-Bowan. Once to twice weekly : Huiakama-Pohukura-Wangamomona ; Toko-Strathmore ; Urenui-Uruti Boad. Thames— Once to twice daily : Paeroa-Waihi; Paeroa-Waitekauri. Four times weekly to daily : Waitekauri-Golden Gross. Twice and thrice weekly to thrice weekly throughout year: Hikutaia-Maratoto. Twice weekly to thrice weekly : Tauranga-Te Puke; Waihi-Tauranga. Wanganui— Thrice to four times daily : Bull's-Greatford. Thrice weekly to daily : Mangaweka-Utiku-Taihape. Twice to thrice weekly: Manutahi-Whakamara (no post-office)-Mokoia Block (no post-office)-Meremere (open delivery). Once to twice weekly : Holden's-Pukeroa-Pohonui, including Mangarnahoe JunctionKaretu Boad-Turakina Valley Boad-Koeke-Buanui (see "Extended"). Wellington— Twice to thrice daily : Clareville Post-office-Bailway-station. Daily to twice daily : Masterton-Kuripuni. Five times weekly to daily : Halcombe-Stanway; Waituna West-Bewa. Thrice weekly to daily : Ashhurst-Pohangina. Twice to thrice weekly : Mangahao-Makomako-Nikau; Nireaha-Atea ; PohanginaAwahou; Pohangina-Upper Pohangina. Once to twice weekly : Makuri-Coonoor; Pongaroa-Manuhara. The frequency of the following services was diminished :— Wanganui — Daily to twice weekly : Marton-South Makirikiri (delivering correspondence). Twice to once weekly : Utiku-Pukeokahu. The following services were abolished: — Auckland— Hohoura-Waihopo. Invereargill— Mararoa-The Key. Napier— Dannevirke-Ngapaeruru-Waipatiki-Weber (separate service). Wairoa-Morere-Nuhaka-Mahia (31/12/99, on establishment of through-service, Gisborne-Wairoa). Nelson — Belgrove-Tophouse. Timaru — Morven Post-office-Eailway-station. Wanganui— Bakautaua Post-office-Bailway-station. The following services have been otherwise altered : —■ Auckland —■ Botorua-Wairakei, two routes, to leave Botorua, vid Waiotapu, on Thursdays and Saturdays ; and vid Atiamuri on Tuesdays. Pirongia-Kawhia, coach substituted for horse-service; Ban giriri-Churchill-Glen Murray, Mercer substituted for Bangiriri, and launch for horse-service. Blenheim — Blenheim-Seddon, from coach to horse-service. Picton-Onapua-Te Weka-Te Awaite, to call at Onapua both ways. iii—F. 1.

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Christchurch —Akaroa-Wainui, steam-launch on afternoon of first Friday monthly, to return vid Duvauchelle and not direct from Wainui. Gisborne— Gisborne-Tarewa-Morere-Nuhaka-Mahia-Wairoa, now made one through-service. Port Awanui-Hick's Bay, by inclusion of mail to and from East Cape Lighthouse once monthly. Invercargill — Otautau-Clifden, by inclusion of Scott's Gap (see "Established"). Wanganui— Eitham-Awatuna and Punihu Stream-Opunake, services are now continuous. Moawhango-Waiouru, by inclusion of Te Moehau and Turangarere (new offices) Tokaanu-Pipiriki, by inclusion of Waiouru (new office). Wellington— Carnarvon-Feilding, to take in Ohakea-Sanson-Awahuri-Bongotea, by round service on four roads; Feilding-Awahuri-Bongotea to be Carnarvon-Bongotea-Sanson-Awahuri-Feilding; Wellington-Pelorus Sound-Havelock, by inclusion of Elaine Bay on outward trip (making a call both ways). Westport— Westport-Charleston, route to be vid Nine-mile Beach. Ocean Mail-services, Beference was made in last year's report to the fact that the Oceanic Steamship Company, of San Francisco (the J. D. Spreckels and Brothers Company), had secured a ten-years contract from the United States Government for a three-weekly service between San Francisco, Auckland, and Sydney by American-registered steamers, and that the United States maritime laws had been applied to the Hawaiian Islands, under which British vessels were prevented from trading between San Francisco and Honolulu. This led the contractors, the Union Steam Ship Company (with whom the Oceanic Company were associated in carrying out the service), to appeal to the Government to cancel their cod tract as from the commencement of the Oceanic Company's new service, instead of allowing it to run out by efnuxion of time in March, 1901. To agree to this involved the retirement of New Zealand from the position of principal contractor. It should be mentioned here that the colony initiated the service in 1870, on the collapse of the Panama line ; maintained it under many adverse conditions, and for many years had borne the greater portion of the cost. The United States' contract with the Oceanic Company, and the application of the arbitrary maritime laws to the Hawaiian Islands, not only affected the Union Company as contractors, but it also meant that a New Zealand shipping company was to be driven out of the service. It was, however, fully recognised that it would be impossible for the Union Company to continue, as Messrs. Spreckels had secured an American subsidy of over £50,000 a year for their own vessels, and the " Moana " had already been shut out from carrying passengers and cargo between Honolulu and San Francisco—a very profitable section of the service. The Government, after very full consideration, decided to relieve the company of its contract as requested. It did so with considerable regret, and, in communicating the fact, complimented the company on the admirable manner in which they had carried out the service during the fifteen years they had been contractors. The temporary renewal of the service was dealt with by the House of Bepresentatives last session, when the following resolutions were agreed to on the 11th October, 1900 : — Resolved, " (1.) That this House authorises the Government to enter into a temporary agreement with the J. D. Spreckels and Brothers Company for the continuance of the San Francisco mail-service once every three weeks, in the place of four-weekly, for a period not exceeding twelve months, from about the 21st November, 1900. (2.) The payment for the conveyance of mails from New Zealand to San Francisco shall be at the rate of 10s. sd. per pound for letters, Is. per pound for books, packets, &c, and 6d. per pound for newspapers. (3.) The time between San Francisco and Auckland shall not exceed sixteen days. (4.) No bonus shall be paid for early arrival, and penalties at the rate of £4 an hour to be enforced only when late delivery exceeds forty-eight hours. (5.) All mails tendered to the contractors at Auckland and San Francisco by or on behalf of the Postmaster-General of New Zealand shall be conveyed by the contract vessels, and sufficient and secure accommodation shall be provided for the same. (6.) Suitable accommodation and lighting shall be provided for the purpose of sorting the mails on board the contract vessels, and first-class accommodation provided without charge for a mail-agent and an assistant, or, if required, two assistants. (7.) During the continuance of the contract, and so long as the same shall be faithfully carried out by the contractors, no charge for harbour dues, dock dues, or other rates shall be made or levied under ' The Harbours Act, 1878,' or any amendment thereof, or under any special Act in that behalf, at the Port of Auckland for any of the steam-vessels employed in carrying out the contract. (8.) Any agreement entered into between the PostmasterGeneral of New Zealand and J. D. Spreckels and. Brothers Company shall, where applicable, follow the provisions of the agreement entered into with the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand (Limited), on the 14th day of August, 1895, and the renewed agreement made on the 11th day of April, 1899." The resolutions in due course were forwarded to the Oceanic Company, and Mr. J. D. Spreckels (President of the Company) replied that, while he accepted the rates of payment fixed by the House, he declined to be bound by any contract until he had had experience of the running of the new steamers; and it was, perhaps, as well that he came to such a determination, because of the continued irregular running of his service since its initiation.

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The new service was fixed to commence from San Francisco on the 31st October, 1900, and from Sydney on the 4th December. The new steamers, however, not being ready, the " Alameda " and " Mariposa " had perforce to be employed as substitute vessels for a voyage or two. One accident after another to the machinery of the new vessels, when they did begin running, disorganized the service, and this has continued almost up to the time of writing, involving the company in very considerable expense on account of repairs and delays, and at the same time destroying the good name the San Francisco route had for punctuality. The service is not now looked upon with that favour it formerly was, especially by business people in Great Britain, who have repeatedly complained of the great inconvenience they suffer through the irregular delivery of the colonial mails. The effect of this may be gathered from the fact that, notwithstanding the increased frequency of the service, there has been a material falling-off in the volume of mailmatter sent from Great Britain by way of San Francisco. The last inward mail from London comprised 256 bags only, as against an average of about 450 by each mail under the four-weekly running. Instead of the three-weekly mail, under an accelerated time-table, diverting mail-matter from the Federal service, as it should have done, an increased quantity of correspondence for months past is being regularly received by the Brindisi and Naples routes. Mr. Spreckels now believes that all trouble with the vessels' machinery has been overcome, and that the irregularities in the running may be regarded as at an end. The last inward voyage of the " Sierra " confirms this to some extent, as, notwithstanding her forty-one hours' detention at Honolulu and Pango Pango, she was only twenty-eight hours late in reaching Auckland. She averaged sixteen knots an hour throughout the three days immediately prior to her arrival at Auckland. With the exception of the weakness in the machinery, the vessels are said to be well suited for a first-class passenger and fast-mail service. The papers which are to be submitted to Parliament will afford further information as to the present position of the service. They will also show that any contract entered into by this colony can only apply to the outward service, the inward service and the departure of the vessels from San Francisco being completely regulated by the United States Post Office. As a matter of fact, the Postmaster-General, Washington, has made it quite clear that the Oceanic Company has no authority whatever to negotiate or contract with New Zealand for the transport of any mails from San Francisco to the colony. Mr. Spreckels is so far satisfied with the strengthening of the vessels' machinery that he has submitted proposals for a five-years contract. These are under consideration, and in due course will be laid before the House of Eepresentatives on the question of the continuance of the service coming up for consideration. It may be mentioned, however, that the colony is now paying at the rate of £17,000 a year for the use of the service for the transport of its outward mails. Up to the present there is no indication that Australia will subsidise the service. New South Wales, which formerly paid £4,000 a year to the four-weekly service, is paying minimum poundage rates of 2s. per pound for letters and 4s. 6d. per hundred-weight for other matter. The increased frequency of the San Francisco service necessitated a rearrangement of the coastal service, at an additional cost of about £1,000 a year. In connection with the withdrawal of the Union Company from the San Francisco service, there was no outward despatch by that route in November. Arrangements were made for a close connection at Sydney with the Brindisi and Vancouver services that month. Mainly on this account the payment to the Vancouver service, which under ordinary conditions should be inappreciable, was £762. The subsequent irregular running of the San Francisco steamers also necessitated special arrangements for connecting with the outward Federal mails at Sydney and Melbourne. Ebcbipts and Payments on Account of the San Feancisoo, Peninsular and Omental, and Oeient Mail-services for the Year 1900. San Francisco Service. Dr. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Payments by weight— On mails from New Zealand ... ... 12,693 6 0 On mails from the United Kingdom ... 4,505 10 2 On mails from the Australian Colonies, Fiji, &c. 5,439 0 5 ■ 22,637 16 7 Interprovinciai service, mail agents, &o, ... ... 4,818 17 11 rp ~ , [ San Francisco to New York ... ... 4,300 7 5 lransltcnarges (New YorktoQueenstown 1,831 16 8 33,588 18 7 Oβ. Postages collected in the colony ... ... ... 12,840 12 4 Postages from London ... ... ... ... 4,505 10 2 Contributions from non-contracting colonies ... ... 5,439 0 5 22,785 2 11 Net cost to the colony ... ... ... ... £10,803 15 8 595,717 letters, 7,235 post-cards, 611,191 books, and 1,285,302 newspapers were received from, and 535,029 letters, 6,498 post-cards, 142,782 books, and 525,125 newspapers were despatched to, the United Kingdom via 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 3085 days in 1899; and from London to Auckland, 31-71 days, as compared with 31-54 days in the previous year. The shortest delivery was made in 30 days.

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Peninsular and Oriental and Orient Lines (Federal Mail-service). De. £ s. d. £ s. d. Payments to P. and O. and Orient lines ... ... 5,774 16 4 Transit charges across Australia ... ... ... 414 12 9 Transit charges across Europe ... ... ... 666 9 7 Gratuities (to and from Australia) ... ... ... 2,184 12 4 _ 9,040 11 0 Oβ. Postages collected in the colony ... ... ... 5,085 14 4 Postages from London and foreign offices ... ... 1,088 16 8 6,174 11 0 Net cost to the colony ... ... ... £2,866 0 0 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 : Eeceived—soo,3B2 letters, 6,078 post-cards, 310,093 books, and 1,273,818 newspapers ; despatched—2o9,B77 letters, 2,549 post-cards, 56,620 books, and 248,360 newspapers. 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 1900 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.. .. 34 31 31-71 .. 45 38 39-38 .. 46 37 39-15 Auckland to London.. .. 32 30 30-85 .. 47 38 40-36 .. 44 38 4074 London to Wellington .. 35 32 32-86 .. 48 38 4035 .. 43 38 39-96 Wellington to London .. 33 31 32-69 .. 49 37 41-20 .. 46 37 42-14 London to Dunedin.. .. 37 33 3407 .. 46 39 4113 .. 47 39 41-71 Dunedin to London .. .. 34 32 3369 .. 47 38 41-01 .. 47 40 41-89 London to Bluff .. .. 38 34 34-82 .. 45 38 40-38 .. 46 38 40-96 Bluff to London .. .. 35 33 34-44 .. 46 37 40-26 .. 46 39 41-14 The several subsidised mail sea-services, the subsidy-payments for the year 1900, the dates when established, and the date on which each terminates are shown as follows :—

Buildings. Steps for providing better accommodation for the larger chief post-offices have been taken. The structural alterations and additions at the Auckland Chief Post-office mentioned in last year's report, and now on the point of completion, should afford sufficient accommodation for some years to come, and enable the enormously increased volume of work to be overtaken with greater facility. At Wellington, where the need for additional space is more urgent than elsewhere, some relief has been given by removing the money-order and savings-bank branch of the office to the premises recently occupied by the Bank of New Zealand in Lambton Quay. This has afforded increased

Duration of Service. Service. Annual Subsidy.or Payment. When terminated or terminable. Number of Voyages per Annum. Mileage for Complete Voyage. Cost per Mile. When established. .Auckland and San Francisco Auckland and Fiji Auckland and South Pacific Islands Auckland and Devonport Auckland and Great Barrier Dargaville and Tangiteroria Helensville and Matakohe Helensville and Dargaville Horeke, Kohukohu, Rawene, Waitapu, and Opononi Russell and Opua Wbangaroa and Totara North Wellington, Ketu Bay, Homewood, Maori Bay (and other offices), and Havelock Nelson, Motueka, Totaranui, Takaka, and Collingwood Westport and Karamea Westport and Little Wanganui .. Hokitika, Okarito, Bruce Bay, Paringa, Haast, Okura, and Jackson's Bay Lyttelton and Chatham Islands (including Pitt's Island) Bluff and Half-moon Bay £ s. d. 1,690 0 0 1,200 0 0 60 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 April, 1871 June, 1880 June, 1885 Aug., 1863 Oct., 1891 Nov., 1893 Not determined* Dec, 1902 Dec, 1902 Dec, 1902 17 13 12 939 52 52 f 52 t 104 52 11,850 2,334 6,992 6 120 46 118 1 170/ 48 s. d. 1 6-92 1 1-37 0 3-43 0 2-56 0 9-62 0 1003 I 550 0 0 Jan., 1881 Dec, 1902 0 5-54 157 0 0 Jan., 1889 Dec, 1902 1 3-10 90 0 0 25 0 0 350 0 0 Jan., 1889 Jan., 1891 Dec, 1891 Dec, 1902 Dec, 1902 Dec, 1902 104 52 26 16 2 183 1 0-98 4 9-69 1 5-65 125 0 0 Dec, 1902 52 130 0 4-44 I 400 0 0 j June, 1886 I Jan., 1895 Jan., 1886 Dec, 1902 Dec, 1902 Dec, 1902 36 12 6 102 ) 82 J" 384 1 8-62 600 0 0 5 2-50 300 0 0 Mar., 1902 6 1,050 0 11-43 Bluff, Te Oneroa, and Cromarty .. 245 0 0 j 360 0 0 I 300 0 0 3,500 0 0 b July, 1886 April, 1893 Nov., 1901 Nov., 1886 Dec, 1902 Nov., 1901 Nov., 1902 Mar., 1901 52 12 12 13 } 48 208 I 1 11-56 2 10-62 2 4-85 Interprovincial service in connection with San Francisco line a Mails carried at present under arri expected contract will be made later, wl .8 for ten years, from about the end of li nails leaves Onehunga on a Tuesday. -angement with hen service mo] 1900. b. Oceanic Steam S! ■e settled. Ocean ?fols one-thirteeni hip Company of Sa ;ic Company's cont: bh of £d00 for eacr. bn Francisco ract with Ur i trip on wh: on poundagf lited States ich steamer basis. It is government Nith inward

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counter-space for the parcels, stamps, registered-letter, and delivery branches, and allowed a considerable increase of space to be thrown into the mail-room. The alterations, while affording some relief, can at best be regarded as a temporary measure, which will serve until additions can be made on the Government acquiring the block adjoining that on which the General Post Office building stands. The necessary notice in this direction has been given under the Public Works Act. At Dunedin nothing has been done as yet for enlarging the Chief Post-office, but, as the new law-courts building is now almost completed, it is hoped that the congested state of the office-accommodation will be relieved during the ensuing twelve months. A considerable extension of the telegraph-office at Dunedin is about to be undertaken by building over the triangular space facing Bond Street, on which a small building occupied by the Registrar of Births, &c, at present stands. This will provide for a much-needed enlargement of the instrument-room, and at the same time will give space on the ground-floor for large despatch and messengers' rooms. On the upper floor the additional space obtained will be utilised for the increasing number of telephone-exchange switchboards. New buildings in brick have been erected, or are in course of erection, at the following places : — Ashburton, Auckland, Caversham, Bketahuna," Feilding, Gisborne, Hamilton, Inglewood, Motueka, Opunake, Sumner, Temuka, and Wanganui. In these brick buildings an improved style of architecture has been adopted, and they are built on a scale to meet future requirements. New offices in wood have been erected, or are about to be erected, at Alfredton, Aratapu, Karangahake, Kawhia, Tola.ga Bay, and Toko. The following general repairs, additions, &c, were carried out during the year:— Additions, fitting up private letter-boxes, painting, papering, &c, Alexandra; alterations, additions, private letter-boxes, Auckland; alterations and repairs, Barry's Bay; additions, fittings, asphalting yard, erecting and painting fence, &c, Bluff; alterations and repairs, Ohristchurch; reinstating building destroyed by fire, Clinton; alterations and repairs, Dunedin; rebuilding washhouse, repairs, painting, &c, Kaitangata ; additions to quarters, Katikati; painting, Longford ; laying on water, and general sanitary improvements, Lyttelton; alterations and repairs, Makuri; repairs, &c, Manurewa; drainage, &c, Martinborough; fittings and furniture for new office, Masterton ; repairs, &c, Miller's Flat; additions, Morven ; repairs to roof, &c, Napier ; new private letter-boxes, alterations, refurnishing, &c, New Plymouth; alterations and repairs, Newton; repairs and renovations, Ohaeawai; additions for quarters, Otahuhu; alterations and repairs, Otautau ; repairs, Paeroa ; furnishings and fittings for new office, Petone ; repairs, &c, Pleasant Point; purchase of land and buildings, and alterations, Ponsonby; repairs, &c, Porootarao; repairs, &c, Rakaia ; repairs and painting, Ross; additions, repairs, &c, Eotorua; new private letter-boxes, repairs, and alterations, Roxburgh ; repairs and renovations, Russell; new office, and fencing, Shag Point; fittings, Strand Arcade; repairs, &c, Templeton; repairs, Te Nui; repairs and alterations, Timaru ; repairs, &c, Upper Hutt; alterations and repairs, Waihola; repairs, 4c, Wairoa; alterations and. repairs, Wakapuaka; fittings, furniture, &c, Wereroa; alterations and repairs, Whakataki; repairs and alterations, Woolston. MONEY-OBDEKS. Twenty-four money-order offices were opened during the year—namely, Addington, Awahuri, Awhitu, Cheltenham, Clive, Colyton, Prasertown, Gimmerburn, Havelock North, Kawhia, Morven, North-east Valley, Opoutama, Otira, Pongaroa, Porootarao, Port Awanui, Roslyn, Strand Arcade, Tadinor, Templeton, Tokatoka, Utiku, and Whangapara. Pour offices were closed—namely, Nenthorne, Okupu, Tauhoa, and Jackson's. The number of offices open at the end of the year was 454, as against 434 twelve months previously. 369,834 money-orders were issued for £1,214,852 16s. 5d., as compared with 344,664 for £1,118,808 ss. 7d. in 1899—an increase of 25,170 in number and £96,044 10s. 10d. in amount. 264,018 money-orders, amounting to £1,042,348 4s. 5d., were paid, as against 244,917 for £948,013 3s. 4d. during 1899—an increase of 19,101 orders and £94,335 Is. Id. There were 39,311 telegraph money-orders issued for £127,551 12s. 6d., as compared with 36,933 for £120,034 3s. 2d. in 1899—an increase of 2,378 in number and £7,517 9s. 4d. in amount. 130,269 orders for £262,992 9s. Id. were issued on places beyond New Zealand, as against 123,310 orders for £254,295 os. 10d. during 1899. 25,613 orders for £95,318 15s. 9d. were issued at places beyond New Zealand for payment in the colony, as compared with 24,023 orders for £85,824 4s. 6d. during the previous year. The commission received for money-orders amounted to £16,512 12s. 9d., as against £15,533 4s. 6d. received during 1899. Direct exchanges of orders between New Zealand and Cook Islands and Samoa were established during the year. Postal Notes. On Ist January, 1901, a new series of postal notes of the following denominations was issued : Is., Is. 6d., 25., 2s. 6d., 35., 55., 10s., 155., 20s. The design is new, and each denomination is printed in ink of distinctive colour. The following offices were created postal-note offices during the year ended 31st March, 1901 : — Addington.' Kilbirnie. Okaiawa. Sumner. Awahuri. Kokonga. Opoutama. Tβ Karaka. Bainham. Makapora. Otakeho. Templeton. Brooklyn. Matamau. Otira. Tokatoka. Elaine Bay. Matau. Pongaroa. Upper Waiwera. Gimmerburn. Morven. Purekireki. Weraroa. Havelook North. Ngaire. Roslyn. Whangapara. Karori. Nireaha. Seddon. Wimbledon. Kerikeri. North-east Valley. Strand Arcade. Winelow.

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Total opened, 36 ; 4 closed—viz., Jackson's, Nenthorn, Okupu, and Waiotemarama. The number of offices at which postal notes were sold at the end of the financial year was 529, as compared with 497 on the 31st March, 1900. 490,505 notes, of the value of £154,434 Is. were sold, as against 461,447, for £147,686 Bs. 6d., sold during the previous year. The postal notes paid numbered 486,553, of the value of £153,586 125., as compared with 457,767, for £146,778 125., paid during 1899-1900. The postal-note commission amounted to £3,255 19s. 9d. Savings-banks. There were twenty-two offices opened during the year for the transaction of savings-bank business—namely, Addington, Awahuri, Awhitu, Cheltenham, Olive, Colyton, Frasertown, Gimmerburn, Havelock North, Kawhia, Morven, North-east Valley, Otira Railway, Pongaroa, Porootarao, Eoslyn, Strand Arcade, Tadmor, Templeton, Tokatoka, Utiku, and Whangaroa. Pour offices were closed—namely, Jackson's, Nenthorn, Okupu, and Tauhoa. There were 445 offices open at the end of 1900, as against 427 at the end of the previous year. 46,086 accounts were opened and 31,724 closed, the net gain on the year's working being 14,362 accounts. The number of depositors on the 31st December was 197,408, and the proportion of accounts per head of population was one in 3-90, as compared with one in 4-13 at the end of the previous year. The deposits numbered 347,056, representing £4,170,428 15s. 3d., an average of £12 os. 4d. per transaction. The withdrawals numbered 227,079, for £3,827,416' 7s. 3d., an average of £16 17s. Id. for each withdrawal. The net amount added to the depositors' savings during the year was therefore £343,012 Bs. plus £146,169 2s. sd. interest earned, making a total of £489,181 10s. sd. The total amount at credit of depositors increased from £5,320,370 14s. 10d. at the close of the previous year to £5,809,552 ss. 3d. on the 31st December last, representing a sum equal to £7 10s. 9d. per head of the entire population, and £29 Bs. 7d. per depositor. Last year the figures were £7 os. Bd. and £29 Is. 4d. respectively. The interest credited to depositors since the Post-Office Savings-Banks were established in 1867 now amounts to £2,186,962 18s. Bd. The cost of working the savings-banks amounted to 4-39 pence per transaction, or £10,500 for the year. The cost of management per cent, on total amount at credit of depositors was 0-180 per cent., or 3s. 7d. per £100. Average number of deposits per day, 1899 ... ... ... ... 1,025 1900... ... ... ... 1,134 Increase per cent. ... ... ... ... ... ... 10-63 Average number of withdrawals per day, 1899 ... ... ... 676 1900 ... ... ... 742 Increase per cent. ... ... ... ... ... ... 9-76 Average daily amount deposited, 1899 ... ... ... £11,911 14s. od. 1900 ... ... ... £13,628 17s. Id. Average daily amount withdrawn, 1899 ... ... ... £11,167 12s. 10d. 1900 ... ... ... £12,507 17s.lid. On the Ist April, 1900, the fees chargeable to depositors in connection with the repayment of savings-bank deposits by telegram were reduced to 6d. for ordinary and Is. for urgent messages. 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 £222,305 Bs. O-Jd., as compared with £192,376 13s. 4|d.—an increase of £29,928 14s. Bd., or 15-56 per cent. The following is a comparison of the traffic in paid telegrams during the last six 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 1900-01 ... 3,534,444 „ 11-88 „ ... 126,382 „ 1049 Tblbgkaph Business. Table showing the number of telegrams forwarded, and the revenue derived therefrom, during the four quarters of the financial years 1899-1900 and 1900-1901 respectively : —•

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Number of Telegrams forwarded. Eevi jnue. m a go §8 M p. Quarter. Year ended Year ended 31st March, 31st March, 1900. 1901. Increase per Cent. 1899-00. 1900-01. 'une quarter September quarter )ecember quarter darch quarter ... 715,127 701,965 832,126 909,875 827,137 793,385 924,231 989,691 15-66 13-02 11-07 8-77 £ s. 26,149 4 25,667 12 30,082 17 32,483 9 d. 0 o £ s. d. 29,359 6 10 27,905 3 li 32,675 14 2i 36,441 10 4 12-28 8-72 8-62 12-18 3,159,093 3,534,444 11-88 ill4,383 2 1 126,381 14 6 10-49

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The number of telegrams of all codes forwarded during last financial year was 3,898,128 —an increase of 428,497, or 12-35 per cent., over 1899-1900. The proportion of telegrams per head of population was 5-10, as compared with 4 70 the previous year. The number of ordinary telegrams forwarded was 2,840,426, of the value of £96,186 os. 6d., compared with 2,578,863 for £89,716 15s. 2d., in 1899-1900—an increase of 261,563 and £6,469 ss. 4d. The urgent telegrams numbered 160,428, of the value of £10,549 7s. Id.—an increase of 32,852 in number and £2,136 11s. 6d. in amount. 275,738 Press telegrams, of the value of £12,291 17s. 4d., were forwarded in 1900-01, as compared with 255,362, valued at £10,770 13s. "9d., forwarded in 1899-1900—an increase of 20,376, or 798 per cent., in number, and 14-12 per cent, in value. The value of each Press telegram averaged 10-70 d., as against 10-12 d. in 1899-1900. The bureau messages numbered 257,852, of the value of £7,354 9s. 7d., as compared with 197,292, of the value of £5,482 17s. 7d.—an increase of 60,560 in number and £1,871 12s. in amount. The average value of each bureau message was 6-85 d., as against 6-67 d. in 1899-1900. The number of Government telegrams forwarded was 363,684, valued at £35,327 6s. 2d., as compared with 310,538, of the value of £29,431 19s. —an increase of 53,146 in number and of £5,895 7s. 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, and to the departmental war reports which were forwarded to places not served by newspapers on the day of issue. 39,311 money-orders for £127,551 12s. 6d. were transmitted by telegraph, as against 36,933 for £120,034 3s. 2d. in 1899-1900—an increase of 2,378 telegrams. The number of forwarded telegrams to every hundred letters posted in New Zealand for delivery within the colony was 10-77, as against 9-94 in 1899-1900. The telegraph receipts for the financial year, including telephone-exchange subscriptions, private-wire rents, &c, amounted to £186,978 Is. compared with £162,944 14s. sd. in 1899-1900—an increase of £24,033 7s. s£d., or 14-75 per cent. The expenditure, excluding cable subsidy, was £194,014 12s. lid., as compared with £181,634 11s. 3d. for the previous year—an increase of £12,380 Is. Bd., or 6-82 per cent. There were 7,249 miles of line and 20,682 miles of wire at the close of the year—an increase of 339 and 1,454 miles respectively. The net expenditure out of Public Works Fund for telegraph extension was £50,100 19s. 7d., as compared with £26,771 7s. 9d. in 1899-1900. The number of private wires and subidised lines was 313, compared with 248 in 1899-1900. The amount received for rent, maintenance, &c, was £1,861 16s. 10d., as against £1,587 2s 10d. in 1899-1900. The total number of telegraph- and telephone-offices open at the close of the year was 991. Of these, 237 were telegraph- and 754 telephone-offices. Offices opened and closed during Financial Year ended 31st March, 1901. Opened. Addington. Gummie's Bush. Mokihinui Mine. South Invercargill. Allandale. Gumtown. Mokotua. Strand Arcade. Annat. Henley Railway. Moonlight. Surrey Hills. Aro Street. Hope. Morven. Tangiteroria. Arundel. Ikawai. Motuihi. Tangowahine. Borton's. Kaikorai. Ohakune. Tatapouri. Centre Bush. Kaimata. Oruru. Teddington. Gbarteris Bay. Kapuka. Otamatea. Te Horo. Christohuroh Exhibi- Katioi. Otira Railway. Te Moehau. Hon. Leitbfield. Pakaraka. Three Channel Plat. Cobden. Limehills. Peebles. Tiraumea. Conway. Livingstone. Peria. Tisbury. Dallington. Maerewhenua. Pipiriki. Titiroa. Douglas Road. Mangaituroa. Port Levy. Upper Mobaka. Dunrobin. Mangapehi. Purau. Waddington. Gebbie's Flat. Manurewa. Raetihi. Waihao Downs. Gladstone Road. Marsden. Rakaunui. Waimatua. Glen Oroua. Matawhero. Redclifis. Waiouru. Goodwood. Maunganui Bluff. Remuera. Waterfalls. Governor's Bay. Meeanee. Rooky Nook. Weraroa. Greenmeadows. Mitchelltown. Silverhope. Yaldhurst. Closed. Ohristohuroh Exhibi- Eweburn. Onaero. i Papanui Bureau, tion. Mosgiel Bureau. Paikakariki. j The Forks. Opened during year, 83 ; closed, 7. Telephone Exchanges. There were on the 31st March last twenty-two central exchanges and twenty-six subexchanges.

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The following is a comparative return of the telephone-exchange connections for the years 1899-1900 and 1900-1901 :— -,-, , No. of Subscribers or Connections : Exchan § 6 - Mar. 31, 1900. Mar. 31, 1901. Ashburton ... ... ... ... 100 ... 106 Auckland ... ... ... ... 1,134 ... 1,263 Blenheim ... ... ... ... 75 ... 91 Christchurch ... ... ... ... 968 ... 1,048 Eangiora ... ... ... ... 14 ... 13 Dunedin ... ... ... ... 1,082 ... 1,204 Balclutha ... ... .... ... 15 ... 16 Kaitangata ... ... ... ... 6 ... 5 Milton ... ... ... ... 20 ... 20 Palmerston South ... ... ... 15 ... 15 Port Chalmers ... ... ... 17 ... 19 Waikouaiti ... ... ... ... — ... 8 Feilding ... ... ... ... 78 ... 98 Gisborne ... ... ... ... 145 ... 184 Greymouth ... ... ... ... 94 ... 114 Hawera ... ... ... ... 91 ... 105 Bltham ... ... ... ... 9 ... 12 Manaia ... ... ... ... 9 ... 14 Invercargill ... ... ... ... 250 ... 278 Bluff ... ... ... ... 22 ... 23 Edendale ... ... ... ... — ... 5 Gore ... ... ... ... 58 ... 63 Lumsden ... ... ... ... — ... ■ 14 Mataura ... ... ... ... 8 ... 9 Otautau ... ... ... ... 22 ... 24 Eiversdale ... ... ... ... 13 ... 16 Eiverton ... ... ... ... — ... 18 Winton ... ... ... ... 13 ... 17 Woodlands ... ... ... ... 5 ... 5 Wyndham ... ... ... ... ... 13 Masterton ... ... ... ... 81 ... 104 Napier ... ... ... ... 297 ... 316 Hastings ... ... ... ... 45 ... 48 Nelson ... ... ... ... 78 ... 107 New Plymouth ... ... ... 212 ..'. 230 Inglewood ... ... ... ... 6 ... 11 Waitara ... ... ... ... 11 ... . 14 Oamaru ... ... ... ... 127 ... 161 Ngapara ... ... ... ... — ... 1 Pahiatua ... ... ... ... — ... 63 Woodville ... ... ... ... — ... 15 Palmerston North ... ... ... 127 ... 157 Stratford ... ... ... ... 57 ... 68 Thames ... ... ... ... 79 ... 78 Timaru ... ... ... ... 91 ... 123 Wanganui ... ... ... ... 250 ... 284 Marton ... ... ... ... 9 ... 25 Wellington ... ... ... ... 1,417 ... 1,585 Total ... ... ..'. 7,150 8,210 The connections may be classified as follows : Paying, 7,550; free, 202; bureaux, 458; total, 8,210. The telephone-exchange receipts amounted to £49,117 os. Bd.—an increase of £5,813 17s. lOd. 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 £45,348 9s. lOd. The following are the particulars of telegraph- and telephone-wires, &c, in the colony on 31st March, 1901 :— Telegraph. Telephone. Miles of line, Ist April, 1900 ... ... ... ... 6,910 501 31st March, 1901 ... ... ... 7,249 545 Miles of wire, Ist April, 1900 ... ... ... ... 19,228 6,343 31st March, 1901 ... ... ... 20,682 6,987 Increase during the year —- Miles of line ... ... ... ... ... 339 44 Miles of wire ... ... ... ... ... 1,454 644 Submarine cable, Ist April, 1900 ... ... ... 242 knots 8 knots. 31st March, 1901 ' ... ... ... 244 knots 11-6 knots.

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TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE. Auckland. The following new lines have been erected and completed :— Miles of Poles. Miles of Wire. Rotorua to Waiotapu Prison ... ... ... ... 9 9 Whangarei to Kawakawa ... ... ... ... ... 30-J Mangonui to Oruru and Peria ... ... ... ... 10 10 Branch off Waipapa line to Kerikeri ... ... ... 3£ 3-J Ohaeawai to Pakaraka ... ..-. ... ... ... 3-| 5-J Mangawai to Te Arai ... ... ... ... ... i 3-J-Kaihu to Aranga ... ... ... ... ... b\ 5£ Dargaville to Tangiteroria ... ... ... ... 17 17 Auckland to Waiwera . . ... ... ... ... ... 28 Lead off Manukau Heads wire to Manurewa ... ... 1 \ Auckland to Gladstone Road ... ... ... ... \\ Howick to Motuihi ... ... ... ... ... 4 5 Auckland to Strand Arcade ... ... ... ... ... \ Auckland to Mahoenui ... ... ... ... ... 155£ Lead to Mangapehi ... ... ... ... ... ... -| Lead off Tairua line to Gum town ... ... ... 4J 4f Maketu to Te Puke ... ... ... ... ... \\ 12 For Railway Department — Hukerenui to Hukerenui Railway ... ... ... i i Extension of Kamo Railway ~ ... ... ... -| |- Penrose to Mount Smart ... ... ... ... ... -f For Public Works Department— Kaukapakapa to Tatiekeroa ... ... ... ... 9 9 Parootarao to Ongarue ... ... ... ... 13J 15 82f 317| The additions for the year are therefore 82f miles of poles and 317-f of wire, making a total of 1,851-J- miles of poles and 4,474-§ miles of wire in this district. The total number of offices in the district is 225. The following changes were made : Maketu, converted from Morse station to telephone ; Te Puke and Ponsonby, converted from telephone to Morse. Duplex sets were installed at Paeroa and Waihi to relieve the pressure on the AucklandWaihi wire. In addition to the above, the following railway telephone-offices were opened : Porootarao (Engineer's office), Waimeha, Maramata, Ongarue, Makarau, Tahekeroa, Hukerenui, Kamo, Mount Smart, and Remuera. Maintenance. On Cape Maria van Diemen line, 40 miles of No. 14 copper wire were replaced with No. 8 iron wire. The following sections have been overhauled and strengthened : Dargaville-Kaihu, 6f miles ; Thames-Te Aroha and Waiorongamai, 36 miles; Hikutaia to Whangamata, 16 miles. One mile of bad line near Maketu was moved to a less exposed position, and at Rotorua three miles of line were moved to the opposite side of road to clear the Rotorua electric-light wires. The Auckland-Hamilton section is now receiving a thorough overhaul, and spans are being shortened to reduce the frequency of contacts, a considerable source of trouble in the past. The Rotorua-Taupo section is being repoled and strengthened. The Auckland-Kawakawa (via Wade) line requires overhauling and strengthening, as does the Drury-Manukau Heads line. Telephone Exchange. The exchange is in a satisfactory condition, and a steady increase of subscribers has taken place, there being now 1,261 connections, including 52 bureaux, an increase of 127 during the year. Two miles of poles and 90 miles 54 chains of wire were erected. The Grafton Road and Kyber Pass lines were repoled for a length of one mile and threequarters. Two new sections of 300 numbers each have been ordered for the Auckland switchboard. This will provide accommodation for a total of 2,100 subscribers. Thames Exchange. This exchange is in good order; the number of subscribers at the end of the year was 78, including 7 bureaux. At Paeroa an exchange is being installed with a trunk wire to Thames, and will soon be in working-order. iv—F. 1.

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Wellington. Construction. In connection with the opening of new offices and new exchanges, also providing further outlets for the traffic at existing offices, the following new lines have been erected: — Miles of Poles. Miles of Wire. Wellington to Dannevirke ... ... ... ... 124 Palmerston North to Woodville and Pahiatua (trunk wire ... 28£ connecting exchanges) Wanganui to Inglewood ... ... ... ... 91 Aro Street, Wellington, to Mitchelltown ... ... Of Of Main line to Petone new office (loop) ... ... ... l^ Wellington South (bureau-wire extension) ... ... ... Of Wellington South (telegraph-wire) ... ... ... ... 2$Wellington to Paikakariki (deviation at Pahautanui) ... 2 10 Inglewood to New Plymouth ... ... ... 12£ 37^ Marton to Wanganui (trunk exchange-wire) ... ... ... 24 Wellington to Hutt ... ... ... 7| Stratford line to Douglas Boadj Inglewood line to Kaimata I ... ... ... 0J Otaki line to Te Horo J Taradale to Meanee ... ... ... ... 2f 2£ Koputarua (extension from Otaki line) ... ... 0-J- O^ Eketahuna (loop to new office) ... • ... ... 0£ 6 Eongotea to Glen Oroua ... ... ... 3 3 Eata to Silverhope ... ... ... ... 0J 2f New Plymouth to Pungarehu ... ... ... ... 28 Alfredton to Pongaroa ... ... ... ... 27 27 Sentry Hill to Mahoenui ... ... ... ... 70 Napier to Pakipaki and Napier-Hastings ... ... 12-J 68 Transferred from Exchange (Hutt) ... ... ... 1£ Poles. Wire. For the Eailway Department — M. oh. M.eh. New Plymouth Bail way to Breakwater ... 1 70 1 70" New Plymouth Eailway to quarry 0 25 Hastings Eailway to Hastings Eacecourse ... 010 Aramaho to Turakina (blocks) ... 11 0 30 67 -.„- oas. Upper Hutt to Gross Creek (repeaters) 1 40 * For Public Works Department— Makohine Viaduct ... j 08 Workshops extension ... J Total ... ... ... 74f 572f Dismantled. Napier to Pakipaki and Napier-Hastings ... ... 8 72 Wellington-Paikakariki ... ... ... 1£ 7f Bull's-Bongotea ... ... ... ... ... 8 Total ... ... . ... 9£ 87i The total additions for the year were therefore 64-| miles of poles and 484|- miles of wire, making a grand total of 1,911-f miles of poles, carrying 6,437f miles of wire in this district. Maintenance. Six miles and a quarter of corroded No. 8 iron wire were replaced with copper wire between Opunake and Pihama. The sections Longburn to Foxton, Palmerston North to Bunnythorpe, and New Plymouth to Pungarehu have been completely overhauled and considerably strengthened by inserting new and larger poles in place of those showing signs of decay. At Featherston the loop-line of half a mile has been reconstructed with heavier poles and copper wire. Between Featherston and Greytown the line has been considerably strengthened by making every second pole a double one. In other parts of the district necessary repairs have been effected, advantage being taken to do this whenever new lines were being run. Improvements have been made in several offices by fitting new test-boards—viz., at Wanganui, Woodville, Midhirst, Opoutama, Uruti Eoad, Tongaporutu, Mokau, and Awakino. Midhirst, Petone, Wellington South, and Martinborough have been converted from telephone to Morse stations. Masterton, Eketahuna, Petone, and Wellington South have been transferred to the new offices erected at these places. The Featherston office has been refitted with new instrument tables. Bridging bell telephones have been placed in circuit at Cross Creek, Summit, Kaitoke, and Upper Hutt for the Eailway Department, in place of Edison-Bell telephones. Pending the erection of new offices, the Wanganui Office and Exchange have been removed to temporary premises. Offices. There are 272 offices in the district, an increase of 22 during the year. Of this number, 56 are telegraph and 216 telephone.

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The Mangatera and Manakau offices were destroyed by fire, but arrangements were at once made to obviate public inconvenience. One office (Paikakariki) has been closed. Six quadruplex sets are now worked almost constantly in the Wellington office—two to Christchurch, one to Dunedin, and one to Auckland, whilst those to Wanganui and Napier are used at intervals daily. It is intended to place quadruplex repeaters in circuit at Blenheim on two of the cables, in order that additional outlets may be obtained without unnecessary transmissions. By means of these instruments, Christchurch and Greymouth may be reached direct from Wellington on one set and Nelson and Wakapuaka on the other, all of these offices using duplexes. A quadruplex set is being installed at Gisborne, and another at Napier, to meet the increasing traffic in that direction. Cables. The No. 4 Lyall Bay cable developed two faults during a heavy southerly gale about the end of May. The tests made located the breaks at 3 knots and 10 knots respectively from the Lyall Bay end. The s.s. "Tutanekai" left to effect repairs on the 26th June. The repairs were completed and communication restored on the 7th July. Bad weather interfered greatly with the operations. 2 knots 486 fathoms of 5-ton cable were used in repairing both breaks. On 20th July the s.s. " Tutanekai," with a cable staff on board, left for Auckland to lay a cable from the mainland to Motuihi Island. The work was successfully completed on the 24th July, 3 knots 570 fathoms of cable being used. Early in September the No. 3 Oterangi Bay-White's Bay cable parted. The break was located at 2 knots from the Oterangi Bay side. The s.s. "Tutanekai," with repairing staff, left to restore the cable on 28th September. The repair was effected on the 7th October. Very bad weather was experienced during the operations. It was found necessary to put in a new shore end, 4 knots 785 fathoms of 7-ton cable being used All cables now test well, and are working satisfactorily. Exchanges. The Wellington Exchange continues in a satisfactory condition. The numerous applications for connections necessitated the addition of one section of 300 numbers to the switchboard, bringing the present capacity of the exchange up to 1,800 numbers. Two more sections have been ordered, which will bring the capacity up to 2,400. The total number of subscribers on 31st March, 1901, was 1,585, an increase of 168 for the year. Of this number, 1,501 are paying connections, 43 free (Government), and 41 bureaux. The aggregate of all telephones connected with this exchange is 1,819. One mile and a quarter of poles and 159 miles of wire were erected, and two miles of wire were dismantled, making a total of 37 miles 60 chains of poles and 1,482 miles 24 chains of wire exclusively used in connection with this exchange. Other Exchanges. There are now eighteen exchanges in the Wellington District, an increase of two upon the total of last year. New exchanges were opened at Pahiatua and Woodville, which now have 64 and 15 subscribers respectively. The Gisborne and New Plymouth Exchanges have been refitted. All the exchanges are now in good order, and the number of subscribers rapidly increasing. The subscribers connected with the various exchanges in the district total 3,324, an increase of 401 during the year. The telephones in use connected with exchanges number 3,653. There are 195 miles 22 chains of poles and 2,523 miles 9 chains of wire connected with the exchanges in this district. Nelson. Construction. The following lines and wires were erected during the year :— Miles of Poles. Miles of Wire. M. oh. M. oh. Greymouth to Cobden ... ... ... ... ... 075 Greymouth to Marsden ... ... ... ... ... 9 50 Greymouth to Biunnerton ... ... ... ... ... 8 50 Main line to Three Channel Flat ... ... ... ... 0 3 Seddonville to Mokihinui Mine ... ... ... 1 20 1 20 Eai Valley deviation ... ... ... ... 31 0 62 0 French Pass to Elmslie's Bay ... ... ... 0 60 0 60 Arawata Ferry ... ... ... ... ... 1 40 1 40 HaastEiver ... ... ... ... ... 1 0 1 20 Stoke to Hope ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 11 35 40 86 9 Transferred from Christchurch Inspector's district, &c... 40 0 102 0 75 40 188 9 Dismantled ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 0 Total increase ... ... 75 40 187 9 The total mileages in this district are now 955f of poles and 2,572J of wire.

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Maintenance. The Hokitika-Eoss line has been practically rebuilt, and is now in first-class order. The Westp'ort line has also received considerable attention, and the section Hope Junction to within a few miles of Lyell has been thoroughly overhauled. The Blenheim-Picton line has been almost rebuilt, a third wire being run at the same time. The line over the Maungatapu near Nelson has been deviated via , the Rai Valley, 31 miles of poles and 62 miles of wire being erected in connection therewith. Most of the telephone circuits have now been supplied with bridging bell telephones, a considerable improvement being effected thereby. The business, especially on the West Coast, is increasing, and fully occupies the wires. Offices. There are 123 telegraph- and telephone-offices in the district. Telephone Exchanges. The three exchanges in the district (Blenheim, Nelson, and Greymouth) are in good workingorder, and the subscribers steadily increasing. Nelson now has 107 (an increase of 29), Greymouth 114 (an increase of 20), and Blenheim 91 (an increase of 16), making a total of 312, or 65 for the year. C ANTEBBUBY. Construction. The following extensions of lines and wires were made during the year:— Miles of Poles. Miles of Wire. Sheffield to Annat ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 Christchurch to Port Levy, &c. ... ... "... 27 29 Waimate to Waihao Downs ... ... ... ... 8 9 Amberley to Leitbfield ... ... ... ... ... 4 Sheffield'to Waddington ... ... ... 1$ Christchurch to Dallington ... ... ... ... 1 2 Lead off Peel Forest line to Arundel ... ... ... 2-J- 2-J Christchurch to Prebbleton .. ... ... ... ... 9 Lead off Mount Somers line to Surrey Hills ... ... 2 2 Christchurch to Yaldhurst ... ... ... ... 2 8 Christchurch to Gebbie's Plat (extension Taitapu line) ... ... 5 Timaru to Fairlie (trunk wire)... ... ... ... ... 39 Timaru main line to Morven (loop) ... ... ... 1-J- 3 For Railway Department — Jackson's to Otira Railway ... ... ... ... ... 13 Kaiapoi to Eyreton Junction ... ... ... ... ... 1 \ Total ... ... ... ... 44 1301 Transferred to the Nelson District Inspector's charge, Kumara to Jackson's ... ... ... ... 27 64 The net increase, therefore, for the district is 17 miles of poles and 66-J- miles of wire. This, added to the total of last year, makes a grand total for the district of miles of line, carrying 3,244-| miles of wire. Maintenance. The Timaru-Waitaki section has received a thorough overhaul, the line being strengthened where necessary, and several hundred cracked and broken insulators replaced. From Timaru to Temuka the main line has been strengthened and wires raised. This work was carried out simultaneously with the erection of the Temuka trunk wire. The Christchurch-Akaroa line has received some pressing repairs, and will be put in thorough order when the trunk wire for Akaroa is being run. This is to be done shortly. The Timaru-Fairlie line of 40 miles has also been thoroughly overhauled and put in complete order. All the locals in the Christchurch office are now being run off two storage-cells instead of the usual practice of using a separate local for each circuit. The innovation has conduced towards a more constant current being maintained. The total number of offices in the district is 135. Twenty new offices were opened during the year. Exchange. The Exchange is working very satisfactorily, and subscribers steadily increasing in number. The increase for the year is 80, and the total number 1,048. Another section for the multiple switchboard of 450 numbers has been ordered to meet future requirements. The capacity of the exchange will then be 1,950. The total number of subscribers connected with the four exchanges in this district is 1,290. The Timaru and Ashburton exchanges and Rangiora sub-exchange are in good order. At Timaru 20 new subscribers have been added since last report. A trunk wire is being run to Temuka, where a sub-exchange will shortly be opened. Five miles and three-quarters of poles and 138 miles of wire were erected, and two miles of wire dismantled, during the year, making a total mileage of 99-J- miles of poles and 1,487f miles of wire connected with the four exchanges in the district.

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DUNBDIN. The following lines were erected during the year :— Miles of Poles. Miles of Wire. Oamaru to Peebles... ... ... ... 1-J- l^ Invercargill to South Invercargill ... ... ... If Lawrence to Alexandra (second wire) ... ... ... 62 Invercargill to Waimahaka ... ... ... ... 25-f Henley to Waihola ... ... ... ... 5 Invercargill to Wyndham (trunk wire) ... ... 25 42 Invercargill to Gore (metallic circuit) ... ... ... 40 Invercargill to Eiverton (trunk wire) ... ... 19 19 Winton to Limehills ... ... ... -| 7J Eiverton to Gummie's Bush ... ... ... 6 6 Georgetown to Borton's ... ... ... ... 5-J-Main line to Waikouaiti (trunk line) ... ... ... J Palmerston to Goodwood ... ... ... \ 5 The Camp to Broad Bay ... ... ... 2 11 Duntroon to Livingstone ... ... ... 11 11 ' Henley to Berwick... ... ... ... ... 4 Dunedin to Kaikorai ... ... ... ... If Georgetown to Ikawai ... ... ... 4 4 Heriot to Dunrobin ... ... ... 6 6 Wyndham to LMendale (trunk wire) ... ... ... 3f Winton to Lumsden (trunk wire) ... ... ... 35f Waimahaka to Titiroa ... ... ... \ \ For the Railway Department- - Eanfurly to Wedderburn ... ... ... 8£ 8| Oamaru to Breakwater, &c, and removing wires and instruments to new station, Oamaru ... ... 1-J- 3-J Dunedin to Cattle-yards ... ... ... ... 3-^ Invercargill Eailway to Signal-cabin Dunedin to number-taker's box 1 Invercargill to shunter's box Dunedin to north box Kensington to Semaphores ... ... ... ... 2-J-Main line to Cattle-yards ... ... ... f 2-|-Mosgiel to Stationmaster's house) ± Hyde to Stationmaster's house ) For Public Works Department— Wedderburn to Blackstone Hill ... ... 8| 12J Owaka to Public Works Camp... ... ... ... 2 Orepuki to Public Works Camp ... ... ... J Heriot to Public Works Camp... ... ... ... 1 Total ... ... ... 95 336 i The above additions bring the totals in the district up to 1,641 miles of poles, carrying miles of wire. • Offices. The total number of telegraph-offices open for public business is 62, and of telephone 175, a total of 237. The telephone-office at Eweburn was closed and the bureau at Mosgiel transferred to the post-office. Maintenance. The lines throughout the district have worked very well during the year, there having been no serious interruptions. Some 500 miles of line were overhauled and put in good order. Although a great number of totara poles have now been in use for upwards of thirty years, a large percentage is still in first-class condition, both North and South Island timber giving equally good results. Telephone Exchanges. The multiple switchboard which was brought into use in the Dunedin exchange on the 26th May, 1900, has demonstrated by its smooth working its great superiority over the old system. The work has been greatly facilitated. The number of subscribers connected with the exchange increased during the year from 1,082 to 1,204, a difference of 122. In anticipation of further increase, a new section of 450 numbers has been ordered, which will bring the capacity of the exchange up to 1,950. New Exchanges. New exchanges have been opened at Edendale, Lumsden, Ngapara, Eiverton, Waikouaiti, and Wyndham. Two metallic circuits have been established between Invercargill and Bluff, and one between Invercargill and Gore, with excellent results, the disturbances from induction previously experienced being practically eliminated. The total number of subscribers in the Otago District at the end of the financial year was 1,967, an increase of 294. The number of telephones in use connected with exchanges numbered 2,208, in addition to 190 connected with the telegraph system. The total mileage of telephone-exchange poles was 114f, and of wire 1,357f. v—F. 1.

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Table No. 1. Table showing the Number and Amount of Money Orders issued and of Money Orders payable in New Zealand since the Year 1863.

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Issued in the Colony. Where payable. Total. Commission received. In the Colony. United Kingdom and Foreign Offices. Australia and other British Possessions. Year. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. £ s - d - 1,057 9 o £ s - d - 9,613 11 11 £ ■• d. 21,944 2 1 4,645 £ s - d. 24,145 7 5 11,586 £ s. d. 55,7°3 1 5 1863 2,201 4,74° 1873 3,562 3 2 34,288 142,642 4 10 ",913 48,547 11 4 6,150 28,068 5 5 52,351 219,258 1 7 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 9,022 10 6 9,525 3 8 9,553 o 7 8,54i 7 10 8,532 10 5 8,377 6 4 8,696 13 5 8,823 10 ° 9,649 14 9 9,452 o o 132,232 144,227 146,406 H3,598 119,091 122,042 127,323 130,641 138,555 140,672 402,558 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 26,211 28,712 28,722 27,389 26,057 26,636 26,206 25,053 26,590 27,45i 91,634 4 7 96,901 14 o 95,920 9 10 87,904 9 10 84,264 12 9 81,488 10 3 79,167 o 4 74,566 13 9 77,481 2 9 78,848 1 7 14,113 13,113 13,494 14,693 I4,43i 13,709 18,547 20,733 30,094 31,315 46,939 17 11 45,317 12 4 45,604 15 2 47,574 9 11 45,285 6 11 42,451 4 4 51,909 6 10 54,543 3 7 69,674 o o 75,235 7 10 172,556 186,052 188,622 155,680 159,579 162,387 172,076 176,427 195,239 199,438 541,132 15 5 572,666 5 2 581,395 8 9 547,755 2 9 555,744 13 5 555,996 o 9 589,545 14 9 602,077 in 651,989 19 6 694,847 4 5 1893 10,248 14 5 146,133 576,358 17 2 29,616 86,544 19 11 35,208 88,025 8 9 210,957 750,929 5 10 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 10,600 19 7 ii,433 13 8 12,671 6 7 13,835 15 4 M,747 9 6 15,533 4 6 16,512 12 9 155,534 162,600 181,505 193,867 206,265 221,354 239,565 608,042 2 11 635,062 17 11 717,217 19 1 762,592 10 3 798,725 15 8 864,513 4 9 951,860 7 4 28,513 28,882 29,238 3i,770 35,377 38,528 40,925 79,348 10 2 78,465 o 4 82,498 15 6 93,649 1 3 107,140 7 5 122,064 3 ! 122,934 10 4 38,631 52,015 58,823 68,002 76,728 84,782 89,344 89,392 11 10 99,076 16 8 102,443 1 o 114,589 3 5 123,375 4 6 132,230 17 9 140,057 18 9 222,678 243,497 269,566 293,659 318,370 344,664 369,834 776,783 4 11 812,604 14 11 902,159 15 7 970,830 14 11 1,029,241 7 7 1,118,808 5 7 1,214,852 16 5 Drawn on the Colony. Where issued. Total. In the Colony. I United Kingdom and Foreign Offices. Australia and other British Possessions. Year. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. £ B. d. 9,169 4 6 £ * d. 1,824 o 8 558 £ s. d. 3,077 13 7 3,°4° ..■■£ s. d. 14,070 18 9 1863 2,067 415 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 H3>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 U 17,679 o 6 20,091 17 4 22,650 1 10 23,423 l6 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 47,890 2 6 48,700 9 6 41,064 6 6 141,654 155,517 159,335 129,242 i33,9io 144,450 150,651 i5i,747 160,069 160,115 441,411 9 9 475,555 17 10 490,686 7 5 471,185 7 o 482,437 17 4 513,728 8 2 541,759 6 8 548,833 2 6 582,054 o 3 611,177 16 1 1893 146,133 576,358 17 2 8,746 9,293 9,938 10,254 10,085 10,671 10,624 10,342 32,616 17 2 10,679 40,929 2 5 165,558 649,904 16 9 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 155,534 162,600 181,505 193,867 206,265 221,354 239,565 608,042 2 11 635,062 17 11 717,217 19 1 762,592 10 3 798,725 15 8 864,513 4 9 951,860 7 4 33,786 17 6 35,155 7 9 35,553 7 1 35,238 10 3 36,106 9 10 37,290 8 7 36,014 6 3 10,690 11,520 11,507 11,407 12,753 13,399 15,271 38,571 3 1 39,862 18 10 40,836 4 7 40,105 1 11 44,558 10 10 48,533 15 11 59,304 9 6 175,517 184,058 203,266 215,359 229,689 245,377 265,178 680,400 3 6 710,081 4 6 793,607 10 9 837,936 2 5 879,390 16 4 950,337 9 3 1,047,179 3 1

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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 1899 and 1900.

iSUED IN 'ew Zealand. 1899. 1900. Where payable. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. United Kingdom and Foreign Offices United States of America Canada Cape Colony Ceylon Cook Islands Fiji Germany Hawaii Hongkong India Natal New South Wales Queensland South Australia Straits Settlements Tasmania Victoria Western Australia 34.112 3.931 308 165 3 1 £ s. d. in, 290 7 3 9,i34 10 7 1,089 5 3 535 " 1 78 15 11 35,47° 4,873 306 181 46 63 43 577 5 203 557 58 14,924 843 847 65 56,004 14,225 979 £ s - d - 109,325 9 3 11,671 2 2 1,024 l 7 11 591 18 9 108 19 4 289 18 7 103 4 3 1,927 15 2 10 3 9 975 8 6 2,119 1 5 226 2 6 50 472 13 243 345 15 15,168 772 829 82 54,006 12,088 680 128 2 1 1,611 14 5 27 10 10 1,390 14 2 1,674 7 2 51 8 10 39,652 14 4 2,317 o 4 1,954 8 7 205 11 5 51,242 7 10 29,574 10 6 2,336 o 3 4O,539 3 1 2,537 11 9 2,059 6 5 189 3 1 53,593 2 10 33,462 8 8 2,237 JI 8 Totals 123,310 254,295 o 10 130,269 262,992 9 I iRAWN on New Zealand. 1S99. 1900. Where issued. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. United Kingdom and Foreign Offices United States of America Canada Cape Colony Ceylon Cook Island Fiji Germany Hawaii Hongkong India Natal .. New South Wales Queensland South Australia Straits Settlements Tasmania Victoria Western Australia 9.405 i ,109 197 375 28 229 93 17 28 190 X 7 5.O37 939 514 56 1,366 3.136 1,287 £ s. d. 32,688 16 2 4,016 11 1 943 3 5 j>750 3 4 84 16 11 637 3 10 535 7 10 49 13 6 68 6 1 718 3 6 91 16 9 16,290 8 10 .,940 o 1 1.941 12 11 164 19 6 5,443 17 4 9,614 o 9 6,845 2 8 9,030 1,217 346 410 26 55 334 78 17 39 216 102 4,958 1,028 503 57 2,526 3,328 i>343 £ s. d. 30,836 2 2 4,712 18 4 2.074 13 4 1,893 16 4 64 16 5 436 15 1 937 1 4 409 3 5 56 2 4 123 o 5 601 3 i 387 3 3 17,631 12 3 4.409 2 3 1,850 o 7 173 19 1 11,464 18 6 10,428 11 9 6,767 15 10 Totals 24,023 85,824 4 6 25,613 95,318 15 9

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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, 1901.

Number of Postal Notes sold. Total. Year. At Is. At Is. 6d. At 2s. At 2s. 6d. At 3s. At 5s. At 7s. 6d. At 10s. At 12s. 6d. At 15s. At 17s. 6d. At £1. At £5.* Number. Value. Quarter ended Mar. 31,1886 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 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 55,748 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 1900-1901 85,460 68,066 13,834 52,691 14,702 80,629 24,534 70,999 13,363 23,745 6,855 35,067 560 490,505 154,434 1 0 * First issued on 17th June, 1895.

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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 1900.

Money-Orders. Savings s-Banks. Office. Issued. Paid. egg Deposits. i2 Withdrawals. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. Auckland Aoroa Aratapu Avondale Awhitu Bombay Cabbage Bay .. Cambridge Clevedon Coromandel Dargaville Devonport Drury Ellerslie Hamilton Helensville Hikurangi Howick Huntly Kaeo Kaihu Kaikohe Kaitaia Kaiwaka Kamo Kaukapakapa .. Kawakawa Kawhia 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 Onehunga Opitonui Opononi Otahuhu Otorohanga Pahi .. Papakura Paparoa Parneir Parua Bay Pirongia Pokeno Ponsonby Porootarao Poroti Port Albert Puhoi Pukekohe Raglan Rangiriri Rawene Rehia Rotorua Russell Strand Arcade Taheke Tairua Tikapuna Taupo Te Awamutu .. Te Kopuru Te Kuiti Te Mata Tirau 22,568 348: 957 51 92 212 242 1,007 257 1,635 1,555 573 215 143 1,362 424 535 43 983 384 720 683 742 59 386 257 630I 98 177 333 334 351 293 308 1,065 104 215 180 125 514 241 236 101 60 721 1,671 655 339 231 85 46 i,O45 366 175 379 374 243 306 248 457 283 247 145 420 1,490 263 225 89 549 182 236 221 280 2,028 257 34 107 1,063 295 402 783 490 89 217 £ s. d. 1,189 19 6 13 12 o 40 4 o I 15 6 280 6 1 3 7 3 6 35 1 3 7 18 o 67 16 9 164 7 o 2169 6 18 9 6 13 3 54 5 6 14 9 9 19 18 9 1 3 o 35 18 o 18 o o 34 19 o 91 6 6 54 18 3 I 15 6 13 5 6 8 12 9 34 4 6 663 7 3O 11 18 3 12 1 6 15 5 6 26 3 6 14 7 6 92 16 o 5 11 o 990 729 489 16 3 9 7 13 3 8 18 o 4 3O 1 17 9 26 2 6 70 o 3 22 5 3 23 11 6 7 9 3 2 16 6 176 51 12 6 15 8 9 14 17 9 13 11 o 15 14 o 10 12 6 11 8 o 8 19 9 18 5 o 1006 723 4 3 6 14 13 o 60 3 3 28 1 3 7 7 9 416 20 5 3 660 770 8 11 3 1240 87 2 o 8 13 6 2 10 3 5 4 6 ' 98 6 9 2 4 3 11 8 9 .16 19 9 29 18 3 24 13 3 2 14 o 7 1 9 £ s. d. 71,185 4 7 928 15 10 2.77 1 3 9 106 12 3 140 9 o 580 16 6 663 2 2 3,038 1 10 672 17 6 4,254 19 11 7,870 17 5 i,i93 15 ° 558 6 7 372 4 6 4,189 11 10 1,126 18 3 1,737 16 11 65 13 3 2,978 16 3 1,093 J 7 4 3,073 12 11 3,936 X 3 ° 3,443 12 7 143 0 4 1,161 13 10 74 8 ° 5 2,544 13 3 401 6 4 574 14 o 1,045 6 3 871 1 7 1,351 8 o 1,262 13 2 862 o 2 4,771 6 10 351 2 1 7°5 18 3 587 13 10 385 19 1 1,212 19 6 797 13 ° 644 11 9 221 6 10 89 5 o i,55i 14 4 3,473 11 1 1,805 I( 5 o 1,204 19 1 609 16 5 292 o 5 147 12 10 3,230 1 6 1,140 8 4 1,025 3 TI 881 7 10 1,042 13 10 603 4 8 820 11 10 948 2 1 980 2 2 868 14 2 759 15 4 416 5 6 815 8 5 5,304 18 11 1,311 8 9 618 6 3 247 6 10 1,527 10 o 477 5 9j 464 13 3 772 4 7 868 11 2 7,455 16 5 662 i8 10 128 3 6 353 11 5 4,890 3 6 131 14 1 1,007 9 Io 1,284 4 ° 2,210 17 6 1,964 15 2 136 17 4 519 9 o 41,617 43 127 259 8 9i 53 609 107 917 247 638; 95 120 888 I47| 124 61 264 74 66 52 62 5 121 68 200 3° 99 66 100 67 78 101 139 68 4 1 41 90 66 16 129 197 - 7° 398 1,425 389 64 109 29 10 1,042 47 47 472 r 34 85 187 39 768 60 79 49 1,106 £ e. d. 151", 351 17 3 334 17 9 450 19 o 742 11 9 16 8 10 569 12 9 290 11 3 2,363 7 7 467 16 o 3,5 8 7 13 9 912 13 1 I 2,196 5 o 522 14 9 473 2 6 3,139 18 5 375 4 1 54 1 I 4 217 9 10 924 9 3 385 12 7 261 1 2 261 17 o 356 9 6 26 5 o 394 9 1 213 15 2 814 4 4 279 16 o 631 6 1 237 r 6 423 I 8 371 ° ° 425 4 3 261 5 10 765 4 8 287 3 6 159 18 2 167 o 9 225 14 5 275 7 4 64 9 9 479 6 8 737 1 ° 297 11 3 1,459 5 o 4,592 17 11 1,231 19 9 355 o 3 592 11 6 112 17 1 65 19 1 3,7O4 6 3 196 9 o 247 5 2 i,779 8 3 606 g 3 336 12 1 1,005 16 6 162 9 2 2,591 3 ° 289 13 2 253 16 8 166 19 9 3,738 o 2 239 2 5 114 17 6 206 o 5 142 18 2 1,021 10 7 314 19 o 172 17 11 645 16 8 74 o 7 4,525 5 5 899 6 10 2,829 59 6 7 io 5 2T 10 102 21 IOI 156 69 7 25 137 45 26 11 82 18 35 59 21 6 36 18 T 4 25 16 15 17 24 33 43 11 20 21 10 16 12 23 19,477 551 531 97 5 173 49 711 132 973 859 780 75 132 1,148 301 233 56I 515 185 242 450 235 33 267 206 362 43 152 109 13 1 132 157 190 266 100 ii 4 155 117 132 53 133 16 20 369 1,562 292 195 148 60 20 362 159 44 504 117 139 201 119 963 80 £ ■• d. 375,572 11 8 1,714 on 3,648 14 11 621 6 o 5 16 0 1,432 6 9 147 2 7 ii.igo 13 8 469 18 9 7.445 15 2 11.379 4 7 3,656 11 o 693 5 7 404 10 o 12,249 3 5 2,179 17 11 2,302 18 4 129 16 o 3,159 16 6 1,123 5 8 1,428 2 o 4,795 16 o 2,667 15 o 720 16 o 3,097 17 8 i,352 9 ° 3,557 n ° 539 11 ° 1,800 4 o 567 15 o 1,049 2 O 1,231 8 o 2,804 9 o 1,154 J 5 ° 3,196 o 4 1,385 16 o 1,384 14 4 784 8 o 1,357 5 o 1,900 9 8 773 o ° 1,370 9 8 72 3 o 62 18 o 2,896 6 7 10.380 18 6 2,259 10 1 1,403 12 o 808 3 5 525 6 o 253 11 o 4,676 13 4 1.149 18 o 519 5 o 3,870 o o 1,824 12 O 1,236 8 o 1,548 18 7 2,198 17 o 3,175 12 9 589 16 o 866 3 3 1,367 9 1 1,135 11 11 2,120 3 9 2.150 10 o 1,403 9 5 1,582 o o 4,794 3 5 703 17 o 494 2 o 692 o 4 940 o o 7,749 9 7 1.446 3 10 63 o o 340 18 o 4,900 3 11 18 11 o 1,190 15 0 5,085 8 5 2,472 11 o 1,690 15 8 146 4 10 842 5 o 3,162 16 14 6 1 4 1 44 5 61 89 24 3 3 44 20 14 42 8 19 16 1 21 4 20 6 4 4 4 5 10 15 6 17 3 3 2 2 22,134 55 118 14 2 72 17 303 40 445 276 227 31 26 424 i°3 in 13 180 52 94 86 60 9 159 83 117 7 93 50 60 56 39 41 67 38 80 48 16 77 24 17 1 £ s. d. 430,057 l8 11 225 3 9 1,494 5 5 55 8 o 29 o o 732 19 7 74 3 4 8,588 5 6 240 12 3 4,964 5 10 6,803 ! 2 j>077 17 6 328 4 2 134 17 2 8.963 I II 853 17 IO 1,935 12 6 117 9 o 2,848 4 4 868 15 2 910 8 4 1,288 13 1 1.436 14 11 183 10 o 3,139 13 1 714 15 5 2,576 9 o 288 7 o 828 7 6 1,108 18 9 729 4 2 1,047 : 7 6 568 o 7 661 7 11 1,036 10 9 842 o o 583 12 1 570 3 4 196 7 6 1,315 16 9 562 18 7 225 7 9 300 16 2 6 1,000 6 2 3,7° 8 7 3 1,579 5 7 639 12 6 568 16 o 281 12 5 25 12 4 1.437 13 11 179 9 2 219 19 o 1,581 10 7 1,545 6 5 551 5 1 882 4 1 1,986 7 8 653 2 4 375 3 9 280 16 9 883 1 4 277 4 11 441 16 o 752 17 8 706 5 10 781 16 o 2,186 12 8 474 13 1 103 19 4 414 8 8 114 9 6 3.964 7 10 469 16 7 2 24 139 56 26 24 4 9 59 18 11 61 23 13 5 1 1 : 7 1 4 57 268 182 45 29 22 2 13 58 22 37 33 14 90 15 18 104 125 219 282 124 147 48 376 112 4 14 11 6 9 3 28 7 4 7 7 7 10 6 122 26 33 124 79 43 81 7 1 89 32 24 34 36 29 25 48 15 136 30 17 58 16 54 22 50 21 264 101 47 184 25 735 149 11 26J 8oj 3° 23 12 5 8 20 9 15 21 125 17 1 19 72 3 15 36 47 25 4 J 4 95 98 103 726 202 5 42 543 9 91 385 401 137 31 us 7 28 5 1 6 2 40 9 327 44 , , 94 8 11 640 15 3 183 4 6 396 4 1 1,688 8 2 584 6 8 380 3 1 184 6 10 233 4 11 141 12 IO i, r 79 3 7 542 61 269 3 5 2,976 4 1 i>655 15 5 991 3 7 74 o 0 345 19 10 24 101 57 69 395 98 98 27 37 7 18 2 7 20 13 78 7 32 121 20 112 84 4 20 21 2

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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 1900— continued.

Money-Orders. Saving! 5-Banks. Oltice. Issued. Paid. a-. r 5 h ■ Deposits. • . With C "^ " u No. < Withdrawals. hdrawals. Amount. No. Commission. Amount. No. I Amount. 7 ° u < o 1 No. Amount. Auckland — cont'd. Tokatea Tokatoka Tuakau Up'r SymondsSt. Wade Waereuga Waihopo Waihoa Waipu Waiuku Waiwera Waotu Warkworth Wellsford Whangapara .. Whangarei Whangaroa Wharekawa Whitianga Blenheim Cullensville Havelock Kekerangu Picton Renwicktown .. Spring Creek .. Chbistchurch .. Addington 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 Templeton Tinwald Upper Riccarton Waiau Waikari Whitecliffs Woodend Woolston DUNEDIN Alexandra South Allanton Balclutha 139 51 391 524 198 63 437 319 791 558 56 74 457 185 355 2,287 222 251 1,264 3,027 170 907 102 1,274 228 169 19,605 42 553 887 3.360 33 171 92 696 104 293 177 120 *75 174 42 93 44 267 128 166 127 7" 1,319 107 390 163 196 411 J 2,416 367 151 79 138 451 82 JOO 538 1 ,ogo 62 89 79 206 286 1,109 78 882 i s. d. 5 3O 2 11 9 14 18 3 19 18 o 14 7 o 1 12 6 54 1 3 9 13 o 47 15 9 17 2 3 296 3 13 9 15 12 9 19 1 9 11 10 6 i°5 4 9 11 6 9 19 8 o 64 15 6 145 11 6 7 12 6 31 8 o 410 44 8 9 9 15 0 6 14 3 920 4 6 1 18 o 23 4 3 28 6 3 132 7 o 180 566 2 9 9 26 5 3 5 3 3 11 1 ,3 5 19 9 3 13 9 636 580 1 7 3 409 1 6 3 9 16 9 2 12 3 5 19 o 426 29 8 6 56 7 o 3 15 6 13 18 9 740 7 3° If 5 4 3 115 13 6 11 8 6 5 19 9 3 1 9 476 14 r 4 3 300 3 11 3 15 13 o 41 4 6 1 19 9 3 8 9 2 15 o 6 17 9 940 42 18 o 2 13 3 33 16 3 056 2 17 3 5 4 3 11 60 £ *■ d. 471 17 8 180 19 3 1,174 8 4 1,077 I2 2 712 17 1 120 4 4 2,428 9 7 1,212 13 7 3,071 1 8 1,443 I2 10 220 14 4 183 13 3 1,236 3 3 946 4 4 1,304 7 1 8,058 14 9 700 18 1 1,040 14 10 4,375 3 8 10,997 18 7 538 10 3 2,775 2 10 236 6 9 3,733 3 10 721 2 6 536 4 3 62,777 15 8 109 8 4 1,599 2 6 2,748 10 1 ",413 5 4 99 18 10 334 ° 8 245 1 8 8,186 12 4 264 1 8 745 15 1 468 7 5 296 1 7 471 4 6 590 7 8 129 18 7 202 4 8 in 13 8 903 7 6 251 13 9 443 6 11 3°i 5 5 2,497 3 6 6,496 6 7 334 11 7 1,390 19 1 456 18 o 342 6 9 1,317 16 7 7,201 5 11 1,440 19 11 367 16 4 202 8 5 381 12 1 1,479 12 o 214 7 5 169 on 1,466 11 4 3,659 19 8 130 5 1 213 4 6 456 18 6 652 3 2 743 3 6 4,410 16 o 224 9 10 2,118 4 8 28 18 10 227 o 9 254 15 8 919 12 1 1,244 3 11 306 12 5 191 o 4 527 16 3 60,713 10 7 8,5°9 3 4 310 15 8 3,983 18 7 J9 7 122 260 52 21 46 40 99 189 28 3° 209 27 14 7 J 3 74 12 156 1,766 5i 201 25 363 31 51 26,087 33 271 185 1,168 12 55 10 281 22 93 43 37 113 57 6 38 17 82 £ s - d - 103 16 4 32 10 o 541 8 2 695 11 1 164 5 6 98 3 4 565 6 3 127 9 2 473 1 2 865 17 6 124 16 6 157 o 10 818 16 2 101 2 6 61 8 8 2,695 18 9 324 3 2 55 10 4 721 o o 7,993 18 6 277 13 I 911 5 o 167 8 9 1,475 16 2 115 15 3 222 2 3 114,164 19 11 109 9 6 927 4 5 698 14 6 4,547 1 3 81 1 o 251 14 5 74 10 4 1,821 10 7 112 o 4 398 o 2 135 18 3 234 o 9 310 14 1 218 1 1 19 14 9 159 12 2 124 14 1 382 4 1 155 5 o 182 11 7 195 3 9 1,494 12 3 1,779 9 8 138 19 11 739 7 5 504 5 1 720 10 1 524 5 9 4, 101 o 3 254 o 3 144 18 10 517 7 5 47 " 8 869 7 7 405 H 4 127 12 6 601 17 9 2,489 11 6 136 11 9 386 10 4 360 16 4 408 16 7 552 2 7 727 7 7 163 1 2 2,556 9 9 3 3 28 18 19 3 16 11 50 38 19 3 45 9 14 235 20 28 72 474 6 38 81 25 15 5,269 25 57 39 382 6 14 10 49 6 23 6 17 8 21 4 15 10 19 7 13 9 106 96 12 58 11 55 31 317 21 6 ■ 28 24 8 109 156 136 14 48 48 219 301 53 26 3 r 9 73 81 1,642 139 147 529 3,47i 32 297 60 605 168 96 48,338 7i 455 373 2,574 52 81 46 378 38 150 79 82 92 169 31 102 35 160 39 97 60 1,068 5" 84 375 141 294 234 2,889 194 43 204 13 289 91 80 310 i,552 3i 127 105 129 218 267 85 1,946 3 124 150 200 218 114 104 183 33,865 347 84 598 / s. d. 231 15 o 11 i 9 1,010 o 6 783 10 9 1,602 2 o 220 9 o 1,136 o o 625 9 2 2,916 16 1 2,415 16 11 309 14 o 276 3 o 3,057 14 4 1,032 6 6 522 70 22,040 16 8 1,026 2 9 2,293 3 6 4,327 I ! 50,703 11 9 203 o 2 2,904 7 4 702 13 o 6,825 5 o 612 o oi 498 1 9 613,160 16 9 409 14 o 3,955 1 11 4,165 11 o 26,417 2 2 775 15 o 527 3 2 521 9 o 6,437 12 o 547 1 o i,335 5 o 910 11 o 872 8 o 845 9 2 1,698 12 o 240 18 o 791 2 O 356 4 ° 1,605 16 o 320 11 9 399 8 o 779 5 ° 11,859 I2 8 7,332 18 3 1,035 2 2 4>73i 1 2 501 9 6 666 17 5 3,421 13 2 24,862 7 1 1,667 18 o 499 11 o 609 2 3 114 11 o 2,625 6 i 471 13 o i,299 15 8 2,692 13 8 21,027 11 3 195 7 6 in 7 o 692 6 3 1,188 11 4 2,889 3 9 2,833 8 6 986 3 6 9,852 19 7 9 15 o 886 12 2 838 8 o 3,549 17 o 3,415 8 5 613 4 o 590 1 o 1,468 13 o 471,403 8 2 4,085 4 2 962 o 11 11,388 i 5 10 2 1 5 3 9 19 2 11 4 92 3 4 22 421 6 13 1 24 2 2 4,181 26 2O 144 I I 3 19 4 10 6 7 7 1 16 4 48 3° 29 5 18 43 7 1 135 19 27 86 24 7 7°5 35 10 102 2,784 16 102 7 .241 *4 13 39,855 ■ 5 126 126 1,312 6 25 36 185 7 44 29 25 38 54 X 4 25 6 28 14 24 41 451 231 31 127 39 4i 84 888 £ »■ d. 166 16 3 42 10 o 535 2 8 170 17 6 198 17 4 26 10 o 364 14 10 868 11 8 1,058 9 9 1,493 2 8 296 19 3 150 12 o 1,855 8 7 588 18 7 76 19 o 13,608 6 11 489 1 9 519 14 1 1,063 18 6 46,678 8 8 124 9 6 1,542 14 2 68 1 2 3,023 8 4 135 15 11 115 4 10 639,943 6 8 15 19 0 1,819 8 11 2,017 1 9 21,814 o 2 179 17 10 170 12 9 579 12 2 3,592 12 7 53 3 o 547 5 11 324 6 9 454 19 7 549 o 10 902 3 o 132 4 9 328 4 6 130 9 2 289 10 o 63 17 8 199 16 o 419 15 9 9,444 17 o 5,257 9 7 588 12 1 1,953 7 1 983 10 5 171 8 5 1,000 o 1 11,888 4 1 952 1 11 1,460 19 9 177 4 o 383 19 II 1,857 15 6 48 4 o 321 3 o 1,817 IX H 15,525 19 4 353 7 1 53 10 2 1,414 9 10 521 11 6 1,596 19 10 596 5 6 399 5 8 1,536 1 3 1000 341 17 6 39 6 6 2,582 12 2 1,603 1 2 422 7 9 1,049 8 5 683 14 10 479,863 14 8 2,476 10 3 174 18 4 8,658 15 8 2 1 30 49 44 363 277 47 213 138 243 96 1,050 74 40 120 21 197 108 2 2 74 43 3 '7 3 10 7 120 11 6 40 3O 5o 28 "3 T 5 19 113 651 5 20 37 46 106 29 163 706 3° 125 68 4 5° 16 11 46 184 7 14 15 19 27 57 9 170 2 1 20 2 1 17 85 2 1 5 11 21 100 121 no 7 3 48 40 3° 265 1 39 18 96 82 34 754 9 83 123 307 357 116 7i 237 18,450 2,355 136 1,384 13 9 9 4 5 6 2 10 6 8 12 9 865 10 o 95 15 3 4 ° 9 48 3 3 47 5° 77 104 66 217 5 o 286 9 3 277 7 8 850 10 3 787 17 1 105 9 9 267 18 9 M3,O54 5 1 4,324 e ° 138 9 7 2,335 11 10 16 10 23 33 12 8 2 12 13 2 8 29 56 68 30,289 207 23 306 32 97 35,215 553 28 57 1 20 29 3,903 74 18 104 3 3.142 37 4 55

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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 1900— continued.

Money-Orders. Savings s-Banks. Office. Issued. Paid. < ° Deposits. CO II Withdrawals. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. Dunedin— cont'd. Caversham Clinton Clyde Cromwell Dunback Dunedin North Gimmerburn .. Green Island .. Hamilton South Heriot Hyde Kaitangata Kelso Lawrence Lovell's Flat .. Macrae's Flat .. Middlemarch .. Miller's Flat .. Milton Mosgiel Naseby Nenthorn North-east Valley Ophir Outram Owaka Palmerston South Patearoa Pembroke Port Chalmers Puerua Ranfurly Roslyn Roxburgh St. Bathan's .. Seacliff South Dunedin Stirling Tapanui Waihola Waikaia Waikoikoi Waikouaiti Waipori Waitahuna Waitati GlSBORNE Port Awanui .. Tokomaru Bay Tolaga Bay Tuparoa Waipiro Bay Greymouth Ahaura Blackball Brunnerton Jackson's Nelson Creek .. Ngahere Otira 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 283 695 746 1,429 221 2,159 10 !47 174 193 394 1,002 264 1,488 131 465 710 457 1,129 464 i>51 2 4 12 892 328 963 817 33O 212 1,441 153 522 26 932 432 233 695 302 956 168 508 72 403 401 388 152 3,98o 37 194 171 177 246 3,919 4M 570 755 417 340 104 28 2,439 68 £ ■• d10 8 9 25 3 6 29 o 3 55 ■ S 3 6 13 6 82 o 9 050 5 8 3 4 3 0 5 13 6 11 29 35 15 o 9 17 3 50 17 3 4 13 8 13 14 9 21 12 6 14 19 3 38 13 3 17 14 o 47 5 9 020 086 32 19 6 11 09 25 18 o 27 18 9 11 2 6 6 18 o 62 7 3 476 17 18 6 o 18 3 34 8 6 12 19 o 9 5 9 25 4 6 10 6 6 30 17 9 7 18 o 17 o 6 250 12 2 3 12 17 3 11 12 o / s. d. 774 1 5 1 2,180 15 7 2,789 17 7 5,006 14 7 927 9 7 4,476 7 1 23 2 6 391 9 9 602 12 5 550 3 8 1,169 7 IJ 3,057 r 7 9 791 15 6 4,402 6 10 345 11 6 1,504 6 1 2,226 12 7 1,431 o 10! 3,345 14 3 1,099 4 7 6,391 19 o 19 4 7 16 18 2 3,633 4 8 1,171 10 5 3,030 2 10 3,024 8 4 1,284 n 4 621 7 6 3,945 2 8 397 15 11 1,709 10 10 47 3 8 3,706 6 1 1,481 14 11 709 8 2 1,423 4 o 938 12 3 2,840 o 9 516 1 9 1,417 1 7 228 2 81 1,559 o 81 1,155 6 oi 1,130 7 7 428 4 11 13,461 10 11 187 16 o 590 2 3 485 10 2 552 13 8 696 2 10 12,688 2 2 i>355 7 ! 1,908 7 6 2,398 17 8 1J830 15 4 1,487 10 9 310 4 o 9i 5 5 7,678 2 8 207 4 6 554 11 4 4,903 19 2 251 6 1 3,158 11 2 275 9 6 1,310 6 2 1,237 J 6 1 17,404 4 2 2,155 15 5 652 4 3 2,490 7 4 676 15 o 663 14 9 192 16 5 913 14 7 7,619 7 10 276 16 11 567 16 10 944 2 o 3,081 15 11 753 16 1 3,810 7 7 1,174 o 2 354 I2 3 47 1 37° 45 607 i i68 14 62 108 225I 441 1, 096J 19 50 78 55 647 535 466I 1 4 84 107 221 510 23 62 828 51 48 2 449 90 125 467 87 189 39 101 11 221 96 104 128 i>355 18 £ s. d. j, 154 2 8 463 7 I 1 1,801 17 9 1.606 12 3 155 19 6 2,249 19 2 3 10 6 671 o 3 58 15 8 292 15 1 I,l62 II 2 829 15 5 210 19 5 4,634 3 11 46 13 o 271 7 7 414 o 11 255 16 3 2.607 13 2 i,947 9 2 i,735 9 6 2 10 o 7 12 9 379 o o 405 16 8 1,008 4 7 1,864 16 2 67 16 1 492 3 10 3,103 5 10 172 16 8 202 1 6 11 3 o 1,872 6 10 345 I0 2 567 18 11 1,489 on 332 9 4 646 3 5 240 11 4 397 13 7 46 5 6 740 19 2 794 16 o 421 15 2 788 9 4 5,333 8 3 88 12 4 154 8 9 161 3 5 97 9 o 434 r 7 o 11,820 19 9 473 7 2 414 2 7 713 1 3 174 10 o 141 14 10 37 !6 10 3 14 6 2,761 15 o 195 15 O 185 14 10 4,519 o i 236 i 7 2,616 4 7 no 1 7 1,072 11 5 147 2 9 18,983 1 9 658 8 7 127 18 8 1,401 8 10 195 9 9 257 13 11 63 6 7 371 7 2 3,766 1 10 118 2 o 45 14 1 522 4 6 717 12 6 208 4 o 425 17 3 549 7 1 53 35 21 56 8 543 39 8 1 4 19 89 13 140 11 10 24 15 103 116 91 6 29 24 33 55 19 195 15 7 12 56 J 3 17 129 24 56 13 24 28 579 206 123 263 67 5,202 220 51 51 in 581 43 661 39 24 155 65 755 645 437 27 118 154 246 467 109 2,068 80 18 28 233 83 151 1,568 121 353 88 154 147 £ »■ d. 1,406 15 7 2,004 8 11 1,661 15 10 2,978 15 5 527 11 4 28,346 8 11 1,152 18 6 849 19 2 535 o 10 803 19 4 5,400 10 4 391 9 o 8,356 14 4 401 7 2 443 19 o 1,980 o o 1,093 1 1 9,825 8 3 5,493 8 5 4,075 4 10 139 6 o 1,245 13 2 1,425 1 11 3,884 17 4 4,619 1 7 457 4 3 14,688 10 11 1,085 I 9 o 230 o 1 387 16 o 3,845 11 11 943 3 o 1,094 o 5 8,319 12 9 1,249 18 o 3.758 6 4 1,121 14 o 1,388 19 8 i,558 17 1 5 15 5 33 5 185 16 2 12 9 24 11 63 2 6 10 5i 33 36 12 7 13 21 7 109 5 1 39 4 2 43 13 26 6 23 11 26 63 74 125 3i 1,096 "62 9 29 24 119 25 320 8 *4 5i 49 297 158 150 2 33 39 124 184 27 619 29 10 3 151 29 24 267 61 99 37 72 74 £ >• d. 227 5 1 918 4 10 1,472 7 2 2,819 3 8 366 14 4 i3,!0i o 3 563 18 4 160 3 11 779 4 6 458 5 o 2,336 11 1 510 17 6 5,90o 4 7 94 17 10 209 o o 855 3 5 1,232 1 9 7,508 6 7 4,725 13 7 1,695 16 7 146 754 13 " 266 2 2 2,365 17 11 2,225 x 5 648 14 8 g,029 4 8 ' 428 4 5 167 19 2 32 7 o 3,589 15 o 592 6 5 217 6 1 3,394 J 5 4 1,268 3 5 2,550 12 5 797 7 1 610 o 6 1,080 19 4 5 11 3 208 2 3 3 14 9 11 3 o 9 3O 9 18 9 14 3 6 191 7 6 15 3 9 24 13 9 32 2 9 16 6 6 13 16 6 4 5 3 1 1 6 21 14 843 "78 78 5,156 997 8 10 363 15 o 62,593 17 3 14 4 655 43 32 3,816 1,167 6 1 314 1 1 55,939 1 5 35 64 22 53 2,861 90 93 218 18 35 11 82 744 1 11 961 2 6 789 6 8 1,744 o o 44,271 11 o 432 9 6 i,975 12 9 5,123 11 4 1,060 7 5 408 1 9 299 10 o 26 17 o 13,257 5 1 380 12 o 649 9 4 12,279 19 7 548 16 o 4,915 2 8 1,152 9 11 1,895 9 4 461 10 10 95,33 2 1 7 1,924 2 11 1,504 10 9 4,200 15 9 803 7 7 i,O45 4 3 250 1 o i,i55 16 9 16,089 10 8 98 4 o igi 12 o 1,964 16 o 3,987 3 8 53O 15 8 5,332 1 5 1,051 19 9 7 11 22 58 18 64 2,574 33 69 211 281 9 7 307 7 3 120 1 11 502 2 9 47,986 16 7 347 3 7 1,033 2 2 2 ,734 J 9 5 370 18 o 467 6 11 94 2 2 780 8,616 13 11 148 13 11 64 10 o 17,228 10 o 297 9 4 6,331 8 11 1,090 12 8 1,291 19 5 310 10 ri 97,953 ! 6 1,log 17 10 1,018 2 6 2,259 10 3 398 14 8 282 17 o 87 4 8 264 2 3 12,333 6 7 76 3 7 29 5 8 1,093 X 6 o 3,400 17 7 267 2 1 2,3 2 9 7 5 656 4 6 T 43 5i 208 5 20 41 25 15 2 40 480 12 35 55 11 7 11 3 214 8 3,3O5 93 196 655 io6| 38 60 6 1,222 32 52 699 32 449 177 241 66 6,515 255 108 509 86 114 38 118 1,130 27 28 J 57 353 132 397 100 415 5 9 21 8 29 37 13 4 465 21 820 3 4 1 92 3 2 192 1,792 118 1,118 170 439 285 5,359 598 232 861 249 174 94 300 2,398 95 205 297 1,060 255 1,223 43° 112 1 6 386 7 11 9 75 14 6 463 42 18 3 5 13 o 17 8 3 11 19 9 240 16 9 24 7 3 9 11 o 35 8 o 7 18 9 6 7 3 2 17 3 10 6 9 92 19 9 300 6 13 3 11 o 6 34 19 3 8 10 o 47 3 6 15 3 9 4 1 47 1. 115 41 603 19 260 39 5,533 169 41 344 40 54 26 72 1,014 28 8 164 221 51 97 191 12 132 5 85 16 35 7 915 42 22 76 18 I 25 1 61 8 14 5 865 27 5 39 10 3 8 9 112 12 710 10 270 75 95 37 5,014 85 38 202 23 9 32 214 5 2 32 58 16 78 24 2 30 34 14 34 524 10 6 75 190 26 133 44 1 22 39 4 33 X 4

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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 1900— continued.

Money-Orders. Saving! =-Banks. Office. Issued. Paid. III Deposits. No. Amount. * . ss Withdrawals. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. Invercargill— ctd. Pukerau Queenstown Riversdale Riverton Thornbury Waikaka Waipahi Wairio Winton Woodlands Wyndham Napier Blackburn Clive .. Dannevirke Frasertown Hastings Havelock North Herbertville Kaikora North Kumeroa Makaretu Makotuku Mohaka Norsewood Ongaonga Opoutama Ormondville .. Porangahau Spit Takapau Taradale Te Aute Tikokino Waione Waipawa Waipukurau .. Wairoa Weber 158 939 458 752 130 280 175 147 813 205 451 5,650 73 73 2,703 93 2,302 8 217 408 141 159 279 222 486 181 48 634 332 7 J 5 534 3 T 4 137 237 99 1,296 934 965 229 3,805 70 152 896 714 54 105 168 231 291 7 650 311 102 124 295 4,388 1,422 643 995 306 257 2,811 928 4,944 479 552 270 38 573 171 232 24 239 4,478 566 2,302 178 159 160 57 963 1,908 931 1 837 460 £ s. d. 4 16 o 36 18 3 16 5 6 26 1 3 4 5 3 8 12 6 5 9O 5 19 o 31 9 3 7 8 3 15 6 9 264 15 o 2 7 3 2 15 6 109 5 3 6 3 6 104 o Q ( 0 5 9 12 12 9 13 5 o 4 n 3 5 11 o 870 9 17 3 16 11 6 619 1 18 3 20 o 6 20 17 o 36 2 3 18 19 6 11 18 3 5 12 9 910 1 16 o 53 9 6 40 o o 51 14 6 789 167 8 o 2 19 3 6 80 34 7 3 25 14 9 1 16 3 4 15 9 5 8 9 9 18 6 8 10 o 063 25 16 3 16 12 9 3 3 9 4 5 6 11 8 6 183 15 9 50 6 9 22 6 o 44 o 6 17 4 6 9 10 3 109 2 6 40 2 2 172 17 3 12 4 9 15 13 6 7 17 o 1 8 9 20 4 O 626 836 I I 9 740 211 16 O 18 7 o 93 M o 716 5 3 6 6 11 3 266 34 4 ° 80 1 o 35 11 3 68 18 o 18 5 9 £ ■• d. 457 5 1 2,889 12 1 1,447 1 9 2,098 18 4 363 on 864 13 9 469 3 o 558 19 9 2,124 17 9 711 15 10 i,346 11 3 18,810 18 2 252 7 1 175 17 7 7,525 1 10 329 14 10 6,655 1 9 21 13 o 761 12 11 893 3 6 377 18 5 408 6 7 707 11 10 605 9 11 1,442 16 2 551 1 7 103 15 2 1,812 18 o 1,167 lI 2 2,134 17 9 1,635 13 2 816 8 4 370 18 2 694 14 8 449 13 11 3,586 15 7 3,050 9 7 3,489 10 6 609 o 5 12,524 o 9 238 5 5 469 2 6 3,444 15 6 2,303 5 11 129 8 5 429 9 11 551 10 2 719 14 1 592 2 7 19 11 o 2,408 o 8 997 16 11 278 14 10 214 11 11 967 16 2 14,433 18 10 4,078 13 I 2,087 IO 5 3,oi6 4 5 i,348 3 1 851 2 5 10,271 1 3 2,655 I2 o 26,020 7 1 2,456 17 9 1,571 10 4 i,°74 7 3 151 5 10 2,854 ° ° 444 17 4 809 1 1 90 4 10 547 12 9 14,472 5 8 1,709 14 1 6,216 13 11 489 7 3 535 11 4 512 6 8 !53 7 6 3,313 10 8 5,243 !2 9 2,620 19 9 5,517 o 4 1,248 4 7 34 410 108 407 28 35 75 22 227 122 183 5,962 7 13 949 42 1,380 1 1 42 72 18 £ s- d. 99 o o i,7°3 9 9 430 14 6 1,711 15 8 119 1 8 122 5 10 189 9 0 65 17 1 789 17 o 333 13 1 688 15 3 20,681 6 3 46 13 o 33 6 5 3,798 15 6 144 8 8 4,682 4 2 1 13 o 238 10 2 248 14 2 112 2 6 136 3 8 277 ,15 8 318 I 5 370 17 8 163 o 5 700 460 12 o 156 11 7 1,637 14 7 235 6 1 403 0 4 354 15 7 108 15 2 34 14 8 2,170 16 2 990 4 o 1,659 16 3 185 17 6 17,723 o 10 233 15 4 519 17 4 949 16 4 1,017 1 9 136 19 19 57 6 10 114 13 7 903 9 11 137 5 4 17 45 28 : 75; 12 13 5 68 9 50: 994J 15 272 279: 4 8 24 5 16 19 21 24 9 no 379 in 577 69 44 22 47 335 57 292 8,017 57 1,339 23 2,O37 45 62 134 22 61 146 79 166 99 £ B. d. 848 10 7 3,730 12 IO I,H3 13 4 4,145 9 1 509 15 11 431 11 8 260 o o 532 3 7 5,663 6 6 702 o 1 2,790 o o 90,713 18 II 126 6 1 14,421 4 8 143 11 o 21,167 J 9 11 185 19 o 424 6 o 1,468 1 6 no 16 o 621 2 4 1,627 14 2 659 10 2 2,000 18 3 472 6 9 12 37 22 32 4 5 8 26 1 25 1,091 4 106 4 144 1 1 16 47 144 49 148 21 21 10 18 "5 27 80 6,138 20 704 6 865 10 8 58 8 £ s. d. 1,357 8 2 2,637 8 5 852 6 6 2,599 6 4 216 1 5 270 15 7 94 19 5 379 15 2 1,815 5 2 323 16 3 2,422 12 10 103,134 14 3 94 3 4 IO >337 2 2 322 13 10 12,463 2 o 237 11 6 176 o 1 880 12 3 44 18 3 271 14 8 777 3 5 181 12 7 810 11 8 340 12 6 27 84 63 79 37 2 3 6 15 7 13 2 29 43 33 69 40 122 52 496 73 in 107 33 5 758 295 398 28 4,660 59 139 163 258 32 25 45 238 36 17 32 52 27 29 15 17 90 154 586 133 235 56 98 768 3 3 1,511 6 o 2,420 3 o 1,682 14 10 1,220 7 o 516 6 4 1.135 11 5 11 "'eg 26 1,408 18 1 605 15 2 1,024 9 2 1,204 r 9 5 418 3 1 240 13 o . 311 12 8 5 15 9 9 4 5 123 55 ■ 108 36 23 Nelson.. Belgrove Brightwater .. Collingwood Motueka Motupiko Motupiko Rly... Ngatimote Richmond Riwaka Tadmor 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 77 36 96 23 645 13 23 49 62 4 7 14 20 43 1 46 33 13 15 21 620 377 583 69 5,744 127 177 322 481 67 52 112 9,041 17 1 4,254 5 11 5,514 9 8 346 8 6 80,119 11 .8 1,334 7 9 1,381 11 o 3.698 3 4 3,815 o 10 373 I 1 7 200 10 o 780 5 8 4,857 6 4 861 15 o 217 10 o 3,159 12 2 2,768 1 7 709 13 o 464 16 10 2,084 19 9 80,180 6 6 13,962 4 11 2,064 14 4 4,408 14 3 2,038 10 11 545 o 1 25,580 6 1 7,790 10 9 55, 866 1 2 1,206 6 1 1.699 13 5 1,170 18 o 159 19 11 1,093 2 2 471 11 9 292 12 o 240 12 o 830 18 8 58,407 18 10 2,967 16 1 7,853 18 9 767 2 o 474 19 2 612 18 o 20 I O 3,263 12 II 7,778 o 4 9,569 1 6 5,243 19 11 873 5 5f 50 29 42 515 5 6 9 35 1 '265 202 232 5 3,855 49 56 103 194 10 7,323 4 5 2,784 7 o 3,096 3 2 22 o o 81,312 15 6 1,139 11 6 648 17 6 2,006 17 3 3,6i6 3 11 61 18 o 95 o o 368 2 2 3,512 12 6 593 10 1 192 198 6 239 241 89 73 252 4,744 1,283 206 4 J 5 105 46 1,769 605 4,186 3 8 5 5 43 90 7 1 172 77 21 25 152 3,9i7 299 92 215 108 47 780 286 656 10 11 198 15 10 70 6 8 65 11 4 506 8 7 17,557 5 3 1,212 16 2 324 2 2 799 10 1 614 6 3 206 3 o 3,254 3 o 1,157 1 Io 10,032 14 7 470 11 7 1,187 7 9 173 15 4 117 o 4 649 13 3 389 o 2 247 16 3 22 o o 445 6 10 11,215 5 8 257 16 9 1,347 9 11 474 11 5 55 19 o 171 19 o 73 10 7 978 8 7 3,162 8 4 2,514 8 9 2,226 o 5 523 o 10 729 163 35 7 1 18 18 400 109 628 26 18 4 I 9 7 r 3 80 19 36 6 7 150 26 518 10 6 7 2 6 123 37 24 27 82 3,809 416 123 182 64 31 782 2 75 2,976 45 41 3° 8 3,082 17 2 618 o 3 412 11 4 259 6 o 1,878 2 3 78,714 5 9 7,224 1 9 2,017 5 6 3,900 2 11 1,187 9 9 357 12 o 17,483 1 9 3,910 19 4 51,895 o 3 571 o 2 959 18 1 602 4 o 139 14 11 609 10 10 385 11 9 323 7 3 113 o 7 392 14 5 75,130 19 1 1,607 6 4 4,097 10 10 444 8 9 170 13 2 275 17 3 67 14 8 3,983 9 7 4,907 16 10 9,620 3 3 4,642 8 5 605 18 2 2,534 81 324 44 40 125 80 27 10 3 23 13 4 12 135 149 108: 21 127! 83 61 27, 223I 4,691; 3601 941 119: 61 40 10 34° 804 713 511 93 41 4 101 2,913 31 270 105 11 58 11 29 670 45 142 21 13 10 4 9 2 13 838 18 42 3 1 7 1 4i 22 21 14 5i 4,450 93 409 67 24 18 4 170 418 415 311 56 234 977 684 580 121 3 45 144 in 83 30 45 61 59 43 13

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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. <; o No. Deposits. 'eposits. Amount. §■3 s s Withdrawals. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. No. Atnourr. Thames— continued. Waihi Waikino Waiorongomai Waitekauri Whakatane Timaru Albury Fairlie Geraldine Glenavy Makikihi Morven Orari Pleasant Point.. St. Andrew's .. Studholme Junct. Temuka Waimate Winchester 4.737 837 "3 1,247 404 5,003 189 455 1,200 / s. d. 199 10 3 35 10 6 3 17 9 59 1 o 15 14 6 188 o 3 603 21 14 6 37 19 9 5 19 9 429 010 4 10 3 8 16 o 6 9 3 209 47 8 9 60 4 9 406 306 9 9 3 13 6 23 19 5 44 2 3 8 12 o 118 13 9 43 15 6 1 11 3 100 17 6 6 38 9 6 3 15 6 14 19 3 49 12 9 3 6 3 57 4 3 10 17 9 18 11 6 34 15 o 13 14 3 26 7 3 11 13 o 6 17 6 10 14 o 34 7 6 i,7O7 3 9 1240 636 8 19 3 16 4 3 1 17 9 49 5 9 2 3 3 6 10 6 2 12 6| 010 25 17 o 37 19 3 36 2 o 86 14 9 56 11 9 4 3 9 42 o 3 14 4 o 5 5 6 30 12 o 699 429 506 15 2 9 4° 3 9 5 7 6 9 10 3 10 11 9 10 5 9 42 13 o 143 2 6 6 12 3 4 12 6 54 8 6 8 13 6 45 18 3 1 6 6 82 18 3 209 19 3 4 16 9 £ s - d - 15,680 1 10 2,694 1 8 269 10 11 4,022 11 7 1.253 6 5 25,124 3 9 1,170 1 4 2,872 12 9 4,119 18 o 1,876 14 2 364 14 3 6 14 6 297 4 8 755 12 10 865 14 5 316 13 6 5,414 17 11 9,785 3 4 323 12 6 23,554 19 9 276 2 4 1,722 1 6 4,203 o 7 574 15 8 8.103 17 5 4,732 9 11 279 12 10 151 3 6 1,586 6 10 2,363 13 o 1.254 3 7 1,419 16 7 4,242 7 5 301 7 6 4,302 17 11 667 1 4 1,3°o 7 5 2,405 18 6 2,170 10 8 2,683 12 4 806 3 10 607 19 3 726 3 6 2,848 5 7 79,746 9 3 631 2 11 667 13 8 1,543 5 o 1,438 19 10 134 18 10 3,549 2 5 163 9 o 712 5 11 205 10 4 226 1,362 16 10 3,274 3 9 2,328 4 5 8,153 4 3 3, 8 5i 5 8 318 14 3 3,018 7 3 1,263 3 Io 582 14 8 1,827 X 9 7 348 13 10 253 7 10 146 19 9 2,127 15 2 3,132 8 5 329 4 2 1,212 13 10 632 2 o 1,009 I 5 o 2,366 16 1 II,974 II 2 458 4 7 476 2 10 3.104 13 4 426 5 7 3,031 15 o 107 9 5 9,034 16 4 15,385 6 10 217 19 5 615 66 34 156 "5 2,401 23 161 323 81 30 £ s- d - 2,358 9 1 - 273 5 11 117 3 o 560 14 11 423 15 3 11,966 15 8 165 18 3 i,333 2 7 1,600 9 6 536 11 7 200 17 o 326 61 3 53 20 806 7 45 120 17 6 2,146 314 17 497 73 6,238 28 221 769 47 46 £ s. d. 19,948 7 1 2,631 16 8 44 8 o 4.378 7 5 616 18 6 90,324 15 10 37 1 9 2 2,991 2 6 10,453 Ir 2 867 o o 512 19 2 178 17 2 26 6 731 2 18 68 1,076 133 . io 2OO .35 4,786 i6 89 318 26 £ s. d. 15,216 1 4 1,517 14 o 42 8 8 3,497 i° o 295 1 4 93.384 1 1 229 10 4 1,218 4 6 7,528 2 10 571 17 2 581 7 5 245 104 2 171 251 231 78 1,375 I-.74I 124] 6.9771 105! 595 1,199 192 2,5O9i 1,215 56 42 428 837 176 387 1,498 91 1,321 267 503 805 556 830 243 245 250 836 23,882 353 ;8 4 4 J 3 483 57 1,267 62 186 80 2 685 i, 088 903 2,289 1,387 93 962 406 177 626 218 5 3 23 Wanganui Alton Bull's Eltham Fordell Hawera Hunterville Hurleyville Kaimanuka Kaponga Manaia Mangamahu Mangaonoho .. Mangaweka Manutahi Marton ,. Normanby Ohingaiti Patea Raetihi Taihape Turakina Utiku Waitotara Waverley .. [ Wellington Adelaide Road Alfredton Apiti Ashhurst Awahuri Carterton Castlepoint Chatham Islands Cheltenham Colyton Courtenay Place Eketahuna Featherston Feilding Foxton Gladstone Greytown North Halcombe Hukanui Hutt Johnsonville Kaitoke .. I Kaiwarra .. | Kimbolton Levin Longburn Makuri Manakau Mangatainoka Martinborough Masterton Mauriceville .. West Molesworth St. Ngahauranga .. Otaki Pahautanui Pahiatua Palmerston North Paraparaumu .. 57 89 93 29 4°3 612 38 5.249 10 282 258 28 460 4 6 567 2 8 874 16 6 136 6 2 2,027 8 9 2,291 13 2 194 14 6 18,625 13 11 27 4 10 916 10 10 1,103 !6 9 125 10 10 4,378 6 4 1,293 15 10 16 8 6 10 10 9 449 4 3 659 o 9 12 I 2 336 15 7 987 10 4 195 17 8 2,825 o o 505 12 9 331 4 2 1,220 12 5 369 15 3 546 o 1 216 7 9 134 4 3 241 12 4 672 19 7 152,835 16 7 119 13 2 66 11 1 490 16 8 636 15 3 43 5 3 1,967 4 4 10 ig 6 210 18 10 38 19 7 10 *7 13 7 117 176 23 i>371 9 68 131 16 345 90 7 1 40 84 73 27 684 945 132 8,092 63 436 573 133 2,228 447 37 10 658 o o 1,428 6 5 1,190 1 6 394 7 3 8,242 10 3 13.797 o 8 1,180 10 9 124,650 5 1 323 14 o 3,529 5 1 7,388 2 2 512 13 5 24,264 9 11 4,854 16 3 234 8 o 54 2 o 2,264 3 o 6,727 8 11 7 6 2 1 3° 69 9 i,352 2 24 45 5 152 42 3 42 28 21 11 292 441 40 6,518 25: 107 284 .26 860 147 15 I 543 12 2 397 14 2 607 6 7 84 2 2 5.443 6 6 11.351 8 3 545 o 6 134,034 10 7 298 13 11 1,327 1 8 6,128 o 6 498 19 5 15,160 6 7 3,061 14 2 341 13 4 300 2,193 Io 11 3,5O9 3 4 1.305 385 5 6 81 185 6 77 234 23 860 125 92 398 69 124 61 42 95 27 80 9 134 33 33 84 33 5° 22 20 233 550 167 378 54 982 230 226 665 116 162 108 62 145 563 40,520 801 1,049 2 6 3,553 19 5 356 5 5 11,879 15 9 2,582 19 8 2,210 15 o 6,548 15 8 1.413 I? 9 1,988 5 o 1,042 11 5 299 16 10 1,205 16 3 4,874 14 2 537.5OO 13 10 3,061 17 o 2.755 5 o 560 13 7 2,089 7 o 313 16 6 10,028 16 4 105 10 o 204 6 o no 7 o 43 6 o 3,688 19 o 5,992 15 11 4,912 4 7 22,891 3 3 10,680 6 o 190 15 o 6,478 6 4 1,758 5 1 467 6 3 9,060 19 3 2,841 o o j 1,200 12 7 396 14 o 1,776 5 10 5,240 3 8 733 o 4 758 16 10 837 18 1 631 14 4 3,150 14 2 3i,i57 Ir 5 870 4 o 1.756 19 4 4,728 12 6 i,i93 9 9 3,782 9 5 3M 5 8 11,110 7 8 48,214 14 11 974 1 ° 21 42 11 37 3 60 70 143 58 190 13 4°3 72 98 242 62 91 44 15 89 179 37.Q7 1 117 3° 30 "5 12 647 19 9 1,580 9 3 192 6 8 8,631 7 7 1,975 5 6 1,313 8 1 5,008 2 4 1,203 9 6 1,095 17 5 581 9 7 175 18 TO 996 2 4 3,75° 19 5 562,142 7 3 524 18 7 690 8 8 240 16 9 2,474 ° 3 312 4 8 7,107 12 8 30 o o 14 o o 69 2 8 8 5 5. 804 1 11 3,887 15 o 3,306 17 7 I4.O37 15 1 6,442 16 11 177 17 o 5,603 4 11 1,243 o 9 889 o 7 4,329 3 5 1,642 6 5 70 5 o 127 3 4 1,018 16 7 3,725 16 10 699 2 3 590 16 8 900 13 1 562 18 0 1,954 X 7 9 20,738 14 1 909 2 3 1 809 12 9 949 12 11 106 4 8 3,035 5 9 . *37 1 3 9,694 18 7 40,922 17 1 473 6 o 12 24 72 10 8 13 2 15 28 40 74 201 38,131 44 22 67 195 9 547 4 28 10 3° 68 4.923 69 32 24 45 14 "5 2 7 13 2 96 78 76 3°3 235 7 101 37 15 103 49 8 125 128 3 : 7 47 918 14 33 51 3 1,356 560 582 1.917 1,429 28 4.775 7 3 8 16 2 51 34 1 2 1 1 11 58 322 323 1,442 377 19 412 107 39 243 95 3° 17 140 346 59 56 72 162 129 1,896 80 15 37 12 443 19 727 3,800 51 254 17 10 1,282 19 o 1,292 3 0 4,7O3 o 3 1,319 10 6 149 3 6 1,471 17 4 591 8 6 300 1 8 911 6 5 367 18 10 8c 2 2 46 17 1 453 10 11 1,425 15 10 3M 12 3 256 17 9 269 4 6 543 12 11 494 16 1 6,443 18 3 322 5 8 119 10 8 170 6 2 27 7 8 1,325 12 o 79 5 o 2,475 18 5 13,450 19 2 171 13 1 751 234 95 822 718 7S! 193; 2491 722 214 58 94 i°5 320 2,816 106 85 1,401 190 465 26 1,001 4,206 83 1 34 32 23 99 no 46 7 5 26 15 1 146 252 200 674 552 19 264 66 45 218 173 9 43 90 308 95 41 53 46 T 53 1,322 I 66 99 no 489 1,203 164 433 216 448 873 3.34 1 199 178 1,206 194 925 4 1 2,263 4,980 103 9 45 94 36 9 25 22 75 4°5 12 14 131 18 83 10 159 701 11 2 16 38 11 4 15 4 23 2 7 2 48 I 74 327 1 44 "3 26 221 12 527 2,141 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 1900 — continued.

SUMMARY.

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Money-Order.-. Savings■Banks. Office. Issued. Paiii. > H^ Cos < ° Deposits. No. Amount. 81 < u Withdrawals. No. 1 Amount. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. Wellington— ctd. Petone Pohangina Pongaroa Porirua Rangiwahia Rongotea Sanson Shannon Taueru Te Aro Te Nui Tinakori Road.. Upper Hutt Waikanae Waituna West Wellington South Whakataki Woodville Westport Addison's Burnett's Face.. Capleston Charleston Denniston Granity Karamea Longford Lyell Millerton Murchison Seddonville Waimangaroa .. 1,244 I05 59 283 264 493 253 379 143 2,655 425 131 275 199 240 663 66 £ ». d. 50 13 6 2 17 3 120; 1 1 5 9 679' 22 16 o 10 1 o 15 I o 5 16 6 109 18 3 19 2 3 476 906 7 14 9 8 4 9 22 14 9 2 13 o 50 19 3 147 13 o 3 12 o 15 19 o 4 4 3 14 12 9 34 19 6 15 1 6 1 16 o 476 23 17 3 19 46 16 7 o 6 11 o 13 15 6 £ s - d - 3,376 3 ° 378 8 6 169 o o 733 9 5 985 6 9 1,556 17 8 731 18 o 1,151 7 6 209 o 6 6,247 17 11 1,313 8 7 215 15 2 686 17 10 480 12 9 658 12 9 1,392 5 7 186 6 11 4,317 8 8 9,460 8 3 221 17 10 1,034 1 10 271 2 1 r,i33 J 7 7 2,380 10 2 916 18 2 192 6 2 465 8 10 2,207 17 11 1.176 16 9 1,604 5 8 53° 13 8 1.177 12 4 521 64 6oj 48 7 1 62 113 16 192 59 13 90 53 37 263 9 935 1,897 17 II 81 90 37 44| 7 167 23 87 94 4 1 £ •■ d. 1,669 8 10 254 7 7 44 10 6 230 o 4 214 7 2 265 10 1 296 2 6 532 4 10 53 4 4 716 19 5 195 8 1 28 10 3 288 6 6 227 o 6 128 2 11 887 2 10 23 17 4 2,844 ID Io 7,012 9 6 82 3 o 72 11 6 77 13 2 244 1 5 275 17 4 147 4 6 196 1 6 38 1 8 656 8 9 64 15 10 718 13 1 407 14 9 T 74 15 5 189 7 3 21 51 24 28 5 423 21 47 3° 28 10 214 9 no 1,802 40 5 179 '296 164 196 41 5,49i| 130 565 3°3 92 3° i,432 48 740 1,837 2 216 47 165 679 328 J 4 16 101 258J 99! 58 9° £ ■■ d 12,801 1 9 273 14 4 104 o o 591 7 7 1,578 19 2 1,355 5 3 I.37 1 J 3 1 490 9 7 19,089 14 8 1,243 11 11 919 15 o 2,363 14 2 823 3 4 294 2 O 8,180 9 I 108 19 0 8,988 14 5 27,304 5 9 20 O O 957 15 7 170 6 1 1,028 3 7 4,276 4 7 1,788 7 4 62 15 o 380 18 o 1,777 4 7 882 2 o 1,103 8 o 551 4 o 786 7 6 68 4 I 7 23 i6 5 i 52 6 5 9 5 62 599: 121 2| 31 106 , 66 ng 17 326; 33 77 60 73 11 280! £ B- d. 7,!5i 15 5 153 19 5 6 18 6 164 9 11 887 10 5 1,695 3 2 1,541 16 3 501 18 5 1,836 18 8 667 11 1 333 14 5 543 17 3 500 14 5 205 10 o 2,825 18 o 163 4 6 5,887 15 2 34,677 " 5 13 12 o 367 3 1 35 10 o 926 2 I 2,076 l8 2 5J9 6 9 30 o o 492 10 5 571 11 3 284 11 9 1,146 14 5 349 8 2 215 12 8 2 6o 4 318; i,7°5! 4 45 6 75! 147! 59; 2 1,492 3,078 in 399 94 380 821 385 7i 115 711 476 362 185 335 293 1 32 11 13 60 48 8 357 3 J 7 8 3i 15 3 10 34 13 8 8 2O 9 7 5 !4 46 36 35 32 25 14

Postal District OF — Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Sisborne Sreymouth Hokitika [nvercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth .. Oamaru Thames rimaru Wanganui Wellington Westport J 68,209: 5,377| 40,152 47-74° I 4.805 ! 9,246 ; 3.922 ;i8, 33 8 19,469 7,975 H.75O 7,522: 21,337 11,169 ;22,i63; 162,637 7,523 £ s. d, 3.447 2 9 249 11 o i,7i3 3 o 1,898 4 2 256 5 3 421 19 3 158 o o 719 14 o 845 8 9 328 19 6 476 8 5 252 17 o 895 13 9 397 8 6 1 904 9 2 3,225 7 6 322 o 9 £ S. d. 221,633 18 7 I9,53 8 9 o 134.762 5 5 153,441 5 1 15,973 15 10 30,510 8 5 11,137 8 2 56,709 14 9 59,44 1 1 7 26,288 6 9 38,742 5 6 36,020 4 3 65,952 6 11 53.293 17 11 73,284 18 9 195,34 8 12 3 22,773 '7 3 59,676 2,488| 34.433! 46,053: i>547; 4.253 2,077 9>7°4 11 ,2561 6,102 5.744; 3,374 6,981 4.340 10,178 53.196 2,616 £ s - d. 1223,238 3 2 I 11,163 19 o '148,849 12 1 188,827 19 6 6,269 18 9 16,922 11 9 8,701 2 o 34,665 17 4 1 39,658 l6 7 1 23,291 o 4 I 25,125 7 9 13.735 6 i 26,734 7 5 22,356 o 10 36,201 16 11 206,437 13 6 10,168 11 5 6,296 644 7.5221 6,2971 947 848 280 1,888 2,114 1,009 1.543 775 1,780 1.364 2,798 9,433 548J 44.727 4,729 65,878 151,541 5.640 5,765 1,664 12, no 15,288 8,372 9,173 5,120 11,73° 9,334 16,660 75.415 S 3,910 £ ■■ d. 6o7,933 4 9 62,448 19 o 782,613 5 3 618,372 8 2 66,841 8 4 67,885 7 2 21,253 8 4 156,189 7 4 162,555 7 9 106,826 16 6 136,57° 7 10 63,031 15 2 125,452 11 7 132,411 14 8 213,810 2 8 805,143 8 9 41,089 2 o 4.361 469 5.005 4,121 698 563 214! 1,368 1,592 619 1.037 577 1,360 951 1,983 6,324 482 29,998 3.177 45.914 35,514; 3.978 3,468 ' 1.197 7.139 9,i75, 4.709 5,682 3.249 7,889! 6,i33! 9.752 47.814] 2,231 [ £ 8. d. 552,046 10 5 51,688 2 7 741,563 16 o 1568,611 1 6 57,150 2 11 61,871 14 8 26,550 11 3 136,529 9 4 1148,512 17 8 99,606 5 5 114,794 18 9 55,992 2 3 Si2,6,i23 i 8 JI22, 4 8 5 I 3 8 1193,709 10 8 728,473 16 4 41,706 12 2 Grand totals .. 369834 16512 12 9 1214852 16 5 264018 1042348 4 5 46,086 347056 4170428 15 3 31.724 227079 3827416 7 3

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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, 1900.

Postal Districts. Number of Post Office SavingsBanks Open at the Close of the Year. Numberof Deposits received daring the Year. Total Amount of Deposits received during the Year. Average Amount of each Deposit received during the Year. Number of Withdrawals during the Year. Total Amount of Withdrawals during the Year. Average Amount of each Withdrawal during the 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. Interest for the Year. Number of Accounts Opened during the Year. Number of Accounts Closed during the Year. Number of Accounts remaining Open at Close of the Year. Total Amount standing to the Credit of all open Accounts, inclusive of Interest to the Close of the Year. Average Amount standing to the Credit of each Open Account at Close of the Year. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier ... Nelson ... New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport '03 10 27 3 5 16 8 44,72 7 4,729 65,878 5'.54' 5, 6 4o 5,765 1,664 12, 110 15,288 8,372 9,'73 5,120 ",73° 9,334 16,660 75,415 3,9 'o £ s. d. 607,933 4 9 62.448 19 o 782,613 5 3 618,372 8 2! 66,841 8 4 67,885 7 2! 21,253 8 4 156,189 7 4! 162,555 7 9 106,826 16 6 '36,570 7 10! 63,031 '5 2 125,452 11 7 132,41 114 8| 213,810 2 8 805,143 8 9] 41,089 2 o £ s. d. 13 11 10 '3 4 1 11 17 7 11 19 11 1 1 17 o 11 15 6 '2 15 5 12 17 11 1012 8 12 15 2 14 17 9 12 6 3 10 13 11 '4 3 9 12 16 8 10 13 6 10 10 2 29,998 3,'77 45,9'4 35,5 '4 3,978 3,468 ',■97 7,'39 9,i75 4,769 5,682 3,249 7,889 6,133 9,752 47,814 2,231 £ s. d. 552,046 10 5 51,688 2 7 741,563 16 o 568,611 i 6 57,15° 2 ii 61,871 14 8 26,550 11 3 '36,529 9 4 148,512 17 8 99,606 5 5 114,794 18 9 55,992 2 3 126,123 1 8 122,485 13 8 193,709 10 8 728,473 16 4 41,706 12 2 £ s. d. 18 8 1 ■655 16 3 o 16 o 3 ■4 7 4 17 16 10 22 3 7 1926 16 3 9 20 17 9 20 4 1 17 4 8 15 '9 9 ■9 '9 5 19 i? 3 15 4 9 18 '3 11 55,886 14 4 10.760 16 5 41,049 9 3 49.761 6 8 9,691 5 5 6,013 12 6 19,659 18 o 14,042 10 1 7,220 11 1 2',775 9 1 7,039 12 11 £ s. d. ... 5,297 2 11 £ s. d. £ s. d. 22,550 2 o 2,281 11 o 27,'93 13 2 21,698 17 o 1,743 'o 9 2,959 '4 9 2,042 15 o 6,226 3 5 6,590 19 6 5,098 1 11 3,5° ' '9 6 2,757 '3 11 4,989 9 9 4,834 7 10 6,198 6 4 23,438 2 6 2,063 l 4 1 6,296 644 7,522 6,297 947 848 280 1,888 2,114 1,009 ',543 775 1,780 ',364 2,798 9,433 548 4,36l 469 4,121 698 563 214 1,368 1,592 619 1,037 577 ',360 95' 1,983 6,324 482 26,1 16 3,63' 38,205 28,451 2,696 3,559 1,568 7,879 9,o.39 5,928 5,M3 3,133 6,985 5.737 10,003 37,022 £ 5. a. 897,716 1 8 92,819 1 4 ',071,797 3 4 868,738 19 1 74,140 14 6 115,239 18 3 75,848 7 'i 245,' 8 9 5 IO 257,516 6 7 192,966 o 11 145,957 3 9 106,431 12 10 190,861 8 9 187,874 18 o 25i,399 ' 8 5 955,320 16 11 79,734 7 2 34 7 6 25 " 3 28 1 1 30 10 8 27 10 o 32 7 7 48 7 5 31 2 5 28 9 9 32 11 o 28 7 7 27 6 6 32 15 ° 25 2 8 25 16 1 3-1 9 5 1 10 670 10 1 '7 ■4 24 '4 9,926 1 o 20,100 12 o 76,669 12 5 617 10 2 Totals for Colony in I goo ... ,, 1899 ... „ „ 1898 ... 1897 ... ,, ,, 1896 ... „ „ 1895 •■ 1894... 1893 ■• 1892 ... „ „ 1891 ... 1. ,, 189O ... 1889 ... 1888 ... 1887 ... 1886 ... 1885 ... 1884 ... 1883 ... 1882 ... 1881 ... „ ,, 1880 ... 1879 ... „ „ 1878 ... ■ 877 ■■• 1876 ... '875 - '874 ... "872 ... „ „ 1871 ... „ 1870 ... „ „ 1869 ... 1868 ... Totals for Colony from 1st Feb. to 31st Dec, 1865 445 427 4O9 388 37' 357 348 327 318 31' 296 294 290 283 271 256 243 222 3 '3,783 281,749 267,615 242,283 2'7,393 2°4,545 202,276 186,945 176,971 162,938 145,355 136,197 137,989 129,279 127,609 129,952 81,660 71,865 69,908 60,953 57,295 56,129 52,627 39,223 31,681 24,642 20,489 17,'33 6,977 4,170,428 15 3 3,644,980 9 10 3,279,611 7 5 3,187,219 2 4 2,881,152 16 3 2,794,506 16 o 2,252,862 6 1 1 2,386,089 10 71 1,878,270 6 4 1,842,987 15 2 1,658,543 3 5 1,515,281 11 3 ',544,747 7 "| 1,312,151 1 5 1,248,405 6 11 1,341,001 3 2 11,227,909 11 4 ',■78,474 4 1 [1,325,852 2 11 11, 189,01 2 2 7, 864,441 18 10! 812,399 11 ii| 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| '94,535 " 6 96,372 7 10 12 o 4 I 1 12 4 II 12 10 II 18 2 11 17 to 1217 1 11 o 3 11 15 11 10 011 10 8 3 10 3 6 91610 10 12 6 9 12 8 9 011 10 4 1 9 9 11 9 4 8 10 4 o 9 8 11 ion 9 11 6 1 1018 o 11 3 6 1 1 11 9 11 14 4 13 5 8 14 16 2 1312 o 1213 6 12 18 o 227,079 206,940 196,764 179,555 167,248 I59,9 O 4 152,136 '36,739 120,628 I I 1,603 106,868 99,l85 96,204 89,962 89,182 84,832 80,800 78,4O5 69,308 6o,I37 57,446 54,698 42,746 39,36.? 39,486 36,977 29,778 21,268 17,254 14,773 9,292 6,365 1,91.9 3,827,416 7 3 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 ', 6 93,5i5 9 3 ',5°o>437 9 5 1,457,081 5 o 1,387,471 1 10 1,182,409 7 6 1,336,287 6 4 ',264,305 8 3 ','95,931 o 11 ',295>7'9 18 3 ',142,599 o 1 902,195 1 8 780,504 13 4 876,180 19 3 742,053 14 3 667,023 7 5 696,281 7 4 729,759 '7 9 620,155 8 9 425,908 3 5 313,176 7 " 261,347 '6 3 209,509 13 2 180,518 4 1 107,094 17 3 26,415 18 9 16 17 1 16 10 3 16 4 9 16 2 o 15 9 'O 14 16 4 14 18 3 '5 '° 5 15 2 o '5 3 5 14 o 9 14 '3 9 '4 8 5 13 2 10 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 17 12 8 19 14 8 20 16 5 20 o 5 18 3 o 17 '3 9 17 11 1 19 8 7 16 16 6 •3 15 3 343,0 12 8 o 227,681 10 2 84,717 10 10 296,049 16 8 289,593 l6 11 425,173 9 5 263,567 13 11 56,921 8 3 149,472 5 (i '58,105 14 o 58,200 6 3 157,276 6 1 129,741 13 11 76,695 14 11 31,978 10 5 183,253 2 10 286,817 o 11 83,937 5 6 ... '5,762 i 5 87,881 19 5 117,245 14 2 10,500 9,5°° 8,500 8,000 7,000 7,000 6,500 6,500 5,500 5,ooo 5,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 3,500 3,5°° 3,000 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,250 1,800 1,556 1,35' 1,264 1,186 789 822 o f38 o 4-26 o 4-29 o 4-10! o 4"45 o 4'37 o 4'6o o 4'29 o 4' 16 o 4'45 o 3'79 0 .V97 o 4-24 o 4-23 o 4-44 o 4'57 o 466 o 4'82 ° 4'5 2 o 6'O4 o 5-69 o 5'33 o 5-98 O 6'2O o 6'44 0 6-55 o 7-14 o 7-63 o 8-23 o 936 o 1077 0 977 1 io'i8 146, 169 2 5 '34,917 19 3 128,128 16 6 137,240 8 o 126,497 16 3 129,489 19 6 114,643 4 11 114,760 1 1 111,301 13 1 104,098 17 o 92,319 o 6 84,809 17 1 78,080 6 o 67,363 '5 3 65,825 9 6 62,228 3 11 57,38i 13 7 56,046 17 3 54>9°9 13 'I 42,204 19 o 32,822 12 4 3',7'5 l8 2 31,664 12 9 29,193 14 6 28,762 4 7 28.565 3 5 26,935 6 8 20,106 16 10 14,711 o 5 11,291 10 10 9,242 3 11 7,412 8 o 4,880 7 3 1,241 5 o 46,086 41,362 37,265 36,394 32,982 30,261 28,669 29,755 26,232 25,'3' 23,719 21,778 21,307 20,368 21,671 20,66 1 20,228 20,386 21,014 25, O 59 '6,137 '5,4oi ' 3,oo.5 '1.235 ",255 ",273 '0,346 7,382 6,205 4>3O4 3,839 3,282 2,520 3',724 28,284 26,628 24,821 22,907 22,001 21,93° ■9,599 18,171 17,872 17,256 15,521 16,543 '5>S '5 '6,757 16,421 '6,447 15,967 14,505 12,718 12,217 12,786 9,634 8,59' 9,472 8,681 5,736 3,8,6 3,188 2,383 2,277 i,8oi 1,186 364 197,408 183,046 169,968 159,33 1 '47.758 '37,683 129,423 122,684 112,528 104,467 97,208 9°,745 84,488 79,724 74,87i 69,957 65,717 61,936 57,5'7 51,008 38,667 34,747 32,132 28,761 26,1 17 24,334 21,742 17,132 '3,566 10,549 8,3'7 6,290 4,252 2,156 |5, 8o 9>55 2 5 3 5.32 O ,37O 14 10 4,957,77i 5 5 4,744,9 2 4 18 1 ;4,3ii,634 '3 5 3,895,543 o 3 3,340,879 'i 4 3,241,998 7 10 2,863,670 12 10 2,695,447 " 6 2,441,876 8 7 2,'9'>45' 14 1 2,048,441 10 9 1,813,084 18 8 ',6i5,979 9 6 ',638,035 '9 5 i,499,n2 o 7 ',409.75' '6 7 i,47 o ,95o 13 6 1,232,787 16 9 903,765 16 10 787,005 19 o 819,071 8 2 767,375 '7 8 723,910 17 5 727,295 7 8 770,836 18 o 664,807 5 10 490,066 7 o 357,654 >4 6 295,372 1 7 231.31' 5 3 163,518 15 7 71,197 14 1 j 29 8 7 1 29 1 4 ; 29 3 5 29 '5 7 i 29 3 7 I 28 s 10 t 25 16 3 , 26 8 6 > 25 9 ° i 25 16 o ■ 25 2 4 24 211 1 24 4 10 ! 22 14 10 1 21 11 8 i 23 8 4 22 16 3 1 22 15 2 ' 25 11 5 1 24 3 4 1 23 7 6 ) 22 12 11 ' 25 9 9 i 26 13 7 ; 27 14 4 : 29 17 9 1 35 9 ° , 38 16 I ' 36 2 5 ' 33 '8 1 35 '0 3 36 '5 5 38 9 1 33 o 5 207 190 178 '65 '47 •38 124 119 103 97 92 81 70 59 55 46 20,030 17 9 14,271 5 9 79.O94 5 6 154,634 2 o 1 17,700 1 2 1 50,991 2 1 54,818 12 5 60,380 1 8 87,440 14 3 69,956 9 '. 63,781 7 4 32,146 14 10 72,106 13 9 14 1 2 14 18 11 13 16 3 ...

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Table No. 6. Balance-sheet of the New Zealand Post Office Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1900.

Balances on let January, 1900. Transactions. Balances on 31st December, 1900. Dr. Cγ. Dγ, Cγ. Dr. Or. £ S. d. 23,859 9 8 £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,311,576 18 2 110,602 19 4 11,754 18 11 1,631 4 8 1,460 3 10 110 7 3 291 7 7 877 o 2 1,937 7 4 56 8 2 987 2 3 2,129 18 3 363 12 3 42,092 13 2 5,302 11 2 3,O45 o 7 191 on 53,890 11 4 38,619 10 8 6,976 15 6 1,887 4 ° £ S. d. 1,305,802 19 6 112,503 17 9 11,090 3 9 2,095 19 o i,938 o 7 90 15 7 497 9 4 942 5 o 1,105 n 8 56 8 o 929 12 o 1,402 19 3 470 18 9 40,914 4 o 4,767 13 2 2,346 on 235 16 11 54,700 13 4 37,737 15 11 6,866 14 1 1,870 17 11 £ s. a. 29,633 8 4 £ s. d. tloNEY Oedeb Accounts :— Money orders (General) United Kingdom, &c. United States of America Canada Cape of Good Hope Ceylon Cook Islands 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 .. 'ostal Accounts:— Stamps Postal Guides Postal notes Private box and bag rents Money-order commission Postal revenue Celegbaph Accounts :— New South Wales Telegraphs New Zealand & Australian Cable Telephone-exchange receipts .. Maintenance of private wires.. Eegistration of code addresses Telegraph revenue .. 3-eneeal Accounts :— Post Office Account Postmasters and Telegraphists Investments Accrued interest on investments Miscellaneous receipts—general Foreign postage Miscellaneous expenses Cable subsidies ?OB OTHEB DePAETMENTS — Advances to Settlers Arms Act Licenses Bath receipts, Rotorua Clerks of Court Bath Beceipts, Hanmer Plain County Clerks Customs dues (H.M.C.) duty (parcels) Factories Act Fishing licenses Education Department Game licenses Geraldine County Council Goldfields revenue Government Audit Government Insurance Government Printer.. Harbourmasters HomiDg-pigeons Protection Act Hospital aud charitable aid .. Income-tax.. Land-tax Licensing Act Lunacy Machinery Mining Act Miners' Guides New Zealand Consols Official Assignee Old-age Pensions Outside patients, Rotorua Police Department Public Trust Railways Registrar of Electors Registration of births, &o. Rents Road Boards Stamp Department receipts .. Sanatorium, Hanmer Plains .. Sheep-rates Stock Department Valuation revenue Water-rates Profit and loss no 3 8 201 12 11 22 14 11 832 2 4 41 17 1 924 12 10 756 16 3 5,320,370 14 10 1,507 o 4 121,659 2 & 77,119 12 11J 3,007 5 4 835 13 5 1,583 14 10J •. 535 1 3* 16,770 15 9 25,576 9 7 13 10 5 566 19 10 138 16 5 557 6 8 7 IO 3 150 3 9 002 40 11 11 845 13 6 181 10 o 662 2 7 705 19 7 1 609 18 9 119,144 10 7 277,643 2 o 5,336,904 7 8 50,215 15 3 4.316,597 17 8 262,803 18 8 434,845 9 9 425 16 o 220,110 12 7 6,152 10 o 16,666 1 3 292,294 3 o^ 44,165 19 o 10,696 8 1 48,427 o o 1,889 9 3 376 12 6 236,930 9 1 2,774,094 I 6 5 7,845,925 2 2 101,000 o o 50,215 15 3 3,56i 7 9 J 13,029 8 3 528,579 15 11 654 o 2 3,827,416 7 3 261,735 5 8 423,296 6 0 410 11 6 162,469 14 6£ 6,152 10 o 16,666 1 3 292,159 13 9 44.175 8 9 10,619 7 o 48,427 o o 1,889 9 3 376 12 6 236,247 19 oj 2,751,984 10 6 7,929,053 3 9l 670,055 o o 47,989 17 8 3,292 1 oj 12,000 o o 535,887 15 5 654 O 2 97 I 5 4 12 1 5 941 19 4 259 3 2 749 13 11 2,010 11 6 517 9 8 114 10 10 1,638 11 o 5,809,552 5 3 2,575 13 4 133,208 6 2J 15 4 6 134,760 11 o 2,997 1 5 7 912 14 6 2,266 4 11 804 8 oi 17,800 4 o 18,268 10 1 1,914 8 10 603 10 9 i,O35 3 5 206 1 9 215 8 7 147 18 5 310 15 6 2 18 11 552 1 2 689 13 6 475 9 5 J 97,O34 4 8 360,771 3 7i 5,905,959 7 8 47,989 17 8 5,363 17 « 107 o o 150 5 3 635,786 12 2 419 o o 1,116 15 o 894 506 2 O 342 12 4 1,453 12 9 19,236 8 4 26 15 o 464 15 o 5 1 6 2,006 12 o 453 9 o 74 6 10 11 6 8 28,528 18 11 585 7 6 266 14 2 120 o 7 1 84,303 18 8 J 225,963 12 4 1500 39 15 o 4,322 2 6 1,254 J 4 o 638,125 4 8 470 o o 1,140 II I 894 536 12 2 345 .2 4 1,381 15 3 19,925 10 9 26 14 o 433 15 o 5 1 6 2,006 12 o 453 9 o 72 17 4 11 6 8 28,580 10 4 461 8 3 234 6 6 1 1 o o 7 1 83,865 o o 177,911 o o 15 o o J 43 5 o 4,414 15 o 1,252 19 o 3,°25 5 5 56 o o 126 9 2 185 3 4 2 10 o 135 7 9 2,928 1 7 154 !3 2 207 5 3 2,238 19 2 010 60 o o 29 o o 16 o o 17 9 6 2,912 8 1 81 4 o 2,860 16 8 z°5 3 3 32 7 8 010 71 10 5 294 13 4 510 9 1 48,347 5 8 700 396 17 6 989 10 o 1 5 6 3 Io ° 3°4 5 o 991 5 o 1 5 6 500 o 12 6 17,994 1 4 69 16 6 14,169 o 2 14,164 O 2 o 12 6 15,952 2 2 193,300 o o 459 18 6 1 3 o 334,917 2 7 10,233 17 5 010 2,326 11 o 222 14 2 o 13 4 210 1,732 13 5 20,522 12 3 255 3 10 11 15 6 116 5 0 247,191 7 1 191,258 o 10 39O 2 O I 3 O 336,697 12 3 9,722 10 5 850 2,307 2 6 222 2 O o 13 4 210 1,780 17 1 21,013 3 11 234 18 0 15 18 9 132 5 o 226,884 17 8 8,957 12 o 893 13 9 840 250 o o 26 2 6 7.177 2 4 1,405 o 9 269 8 6 26 14 8 231 6 6 567 19 8 183 2 10 77 8 o 20 5 10 3 4 0 7 7 3 16 o o 172,396 13 3 152,090 3 10 Totals 5,788,387 19 4 5,788,387 19 4 17 8 20,637,883 17 8 6,417,908 3 11 6,417,908 3 II

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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, 1900.

Description of Securities, &o. Nominal Value. Value at Cost Price. Accrued Interest on 3]st December, 1900. " The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Aot 1896" Debentures, 3J 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 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1896-97 " Debentures, 3 per cent. 65,000 0 0 65,000 0 0 203 0 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... 107,100 0 0 107,100 0 0 1,242 13 0 " The Dairy Industry Act 1898 " Debentures, 3J per cent. 1,781 0 0 1,781 0 0 8 7 11 " 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 Looal Bodies Act 1886" Debentures, 3£ per cent. 457,500 0 0 457,500 0 0 362 9 3 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 ♦2,118 9 10 "The Immigration and Public 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, 4£ per cent. 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. 1,884,940 0 0 1,879,614 0 0 14,011 2 11 " The Land for Settlements Act 1894 " Debentures, 3J per oent. 731,066 0 0 731,066 0 0 4,276 4 9 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 Aot 1894 " Debentures, 3| per cent. 35,000 0 0 35,0*0 0 0 250 5 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 cent. 32,000 0 0 32,000 0 0 737 15 1 Patea Harbour Board Debentures, 4 J 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 oent. 519,200 0 0 519,200 0 0 Westport Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per oent. 459,500 0 0 459,500 0 0 8,972 9 3 Accrued interest on Post Office Account 574 0 2 Totals 5,928,887 0 0 5,905,959 7 8 47,989 17 8 * Includes ei| ;ht half-; ■early interest-payments of £250, and £ 50 balance of a ninth not ■at >aid.

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Table No. 8. POST-OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS. Balance-sheet for the Year ended Slst December, 1900. Dr. £ s. d. Gr. £ s. d. Balance to credit of depositors, Ist Withdrawals during 1900 .. .. 3,827,416 7 3 January, 1900 .. .. .. 5,320,370 14 10 Balance to credit of depositors, 31st Deposits during 1900 .. .. 4,170,428 15 3 December, 1900 .. .. .. 5,809,552 5 3 Interest credited depositors, 1900 .. 146,169 2 5 £9,636,968 12 6 £9,636,968 12 6 Liabilities and Assets. Dr. £ s. d. Gr. £ s. d. Balance to credit of depositors, 31st Securities (vide Table No. 7).. .. 5,905,959 7 8 December, 1900 .. .. .. 5,809,552 5 3 Amount of accumulated profits invested 96,407 2 5 £5,905,959 7 8 £5,905,959 7 8 Profit and Loss. Dr. £ s. d. Gr. £ s. d. Balance forward, Ist January, 1900 .. 152,090 3 10 Interest credited to depositors, 1900 .. 146,169 2 5 Interest received ..£199,201 9 5 Accrued interest written off .. .. 50,215 15 3 Interest accrued on 31st Paid Public Account, for expenses of December, 1900 .. 47,989 17 8 management .. .. .. 10,500 0 0 247,191 7 1 Savings-bank profits carried to revenue .. 20,000 0 0 Balance to next account .. .. 172,396 13 3 £399,281 10 11 £399,281 10 11

Table No. 9. Return showing the Total Number of Post-Office Savings-Bank Accounts open on the 31st December, 1900, classified according to the Balances at Credit, compared with the Number open at the end of 1899.

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: £100 and up to £500. Q3 in M bo Total Number of Accounts open. Auckland Blenheim Ohristchurch .. Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika [nveroargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth.. Oamaru Thames rimaru Wanganui Wellington Westport 18,295 2,818 27,357 20,241 1,949 2,523 956 5,466 6,636 4,210 3,744 2,09i 5,127 4,073 7,720 27,549 1,610 2,962 321 4,060 3,509 356 400 192 1,029 992 659 589 418 796 647 1,026 4,117 260 1,984 212 2,228 2,062 183 251 145 604 606 410 376 273 488 440 538 2,722 182 1,763 174 2,249 1,654 139 240 164 518 494 416 287 240 351 362 445 1,521 156 690 58 1,765 610 38 91 69 175 198 143 81 69 145 124 162 660 73 180 22 279 154 12 30 17 39 54 46 28 27 40 45 44 203 18 136 18 139 101 9 15 9 27 36 33 23 6 15 19 37 141 9 106 8 128 120 10 9 16 21 23 11 15 6 23 27 31 109 5 26,116 3,631 38,205 28,451 2,696 3,559 1,568 7,879 9,039 5,928 5,143 3,133 6,985 5,737 10,003 37,022 2,313 Totals, 1900 142,368 22,333 13,704 11,173 5,151 1,238 773 668 197,408 Totals, 1899 133,851 20,206 10,403 3,915 1,U5 654 586 183,046

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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.

PROM LONDON VIA SAN FRANCISCO. Auckland. Wellington. DUNEDIN. Sydney. ELBOURNE. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Auckland No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Wellington. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London, Date of Arrival in Dunedin. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Sydney. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Melbourne. No. of Days. 1 — 1 • 1900. January February March April May June June July August September October November '3 IO IO 7 5 2 30 28 25 22 20 10 1900. February 14 March 15 April 10 May 8 June 6 July 3 July 31 August 28 September 25 October 24 November 20 December 12 33 3i 31 32 3i 31 31 3' 32 1900. January 13 February 10 March 10 April 7 May 5 June 2 June 30 July 28 August 25 September 22 I October 20 November 1 o 1900. February 16 March 16 April 11 May 9 June 7 July 4 August 1 August 29 September 26 October 25 November 22 December 13 34 34 32 32 32 32 32 32 33 33 33 1900. January 13 February 10 March 10 April 7 May 5 June 2 June 30 July 28 August 25 September 22 October 2° November 1° 1900. February 16 March 17 April 13 May 10 June 9 July 5 August 2 August 30 September 2 7 October 26 November 23 December] 14 34 35 34 33 35 33 33 33 33 34 34 34 1900. January 13 February 1 o March 10 April 7 May 5 June 2 June 30 July 28 August 25 September 22 October 20 November 10 1900. February 19 March 19 April 16 May 12 June 11 July 7 August 4 September 1 October 1 October 29 November 25 December 17 1901. January 9 January 28 37 37 37 35 37 35 35 35 37 37 36 37 1900. January 13 February 1 o March 1 o April 7 May 5 June 2 June 30 July 28 August 25 September 22 October 20 November 1 o 1900. ' February 20 March 20 April 17 May 14 June 12 July 9 August 6 September 3 October 2 October 30 November 27 December 18 38 38 38 37 38 37 37 37 38 38 38 38 December December 1 22 1901. January 4 January 23 34 32 I December 1 ' December 22 1901. January 5 January 24 35 33 December 1 December 22 190 1. January 7 January 26 37 35 December 1 December 22 39 37 December 1 December 2 2 190 1. January 10 January 29 40 38 Maximum Minimum Average 34 31 31171 35 32 32-86 37 33 34'°7 39 40 37 37-86 TO LONDON VIA SAN FRANCISCO. Melbourne. 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. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Auckland. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. ' 1900. January February March April May June July July August September October 16 •3 13 10 8 5 3 3' 28 25 23 1900. February 2 2 March 22 April 19 May 17 June 13 July 12 August 9 September 6 October 3 November i November 29 190 1. January 5 January 27 37 37 37 37 36 37 37 37 36 37 37 1900. January 17 February 14 March 14 April 11 May 9 June 6 July 4 August 1 August 29 September 26 October 24 1900. February 2 2 March 22 April 19 May 17 June 13 July 12 August 9 September 6 October 3 November 1 November 29 190 1. January 5 January 27 36 36 36 ! 35 36 36 35 36 36 1900. January 19 February 16 March 16 April 13 May 11 June 8 July 6 August 3 August 31 September 28 October 26 1900. February 22 March 22 April 19 May 17 June 13 July 12 August 9 September 6 October 3 November 1 November 29 1901. January 5 January 27 34 34 34 34 33 34 34 34 33 34 34 1900. January 20 February 17 March 17 April 14 May 12 June 9 July 7 August 4 September 1 September 29 October 27 1900. February 22 March 22 April 19 May 17 June 13 July 12 August 9 September 6 October 3 November 1 November 29 1901. January 5 January 27 33 33 33 33 32 33 33 33 32 33 33 January 22 February 19 March 19 April 16 May 14 June 11 July 9 August 6 September 3 October 1 October 29 19OO. February 22 March 22 April 19 May 17 June 13 July 12 August 9 September 6 October 3 November 1 November 29 31 31 31 31 3° 3i 3" 31 33 3' 31 November December 3° 21 36 37 December 1 December 22 35 36 December 4 December 24 32 34 December 5 December 25 3i 33 December 6 December 26 1901. January 5 January 27 3° 32 Maximum Minimum Average 37 36 36 35 3577 34 32 33^9 33 3i 32-69 32 3° 3°-85

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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. Ch IISTCHURCH. 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. i ; 1900. Jan. s ]an. 19 Feb. 2 Feb. 16 March 2 March 16 March 30 April 13 April 27 May 11 May 25 June 8 June 22 July 6 July 20 August 3 August 17 August 31 Sept. 14 Sept. 28 October 12 October 26 Nov. 9 1900. Feb. s Feb. 20 March 4 March 18 April 1 April 16 May 1 May 13 May 28 June 1 1 June 25 July 8 July 22 August 5 August 21 Sept. 5 Sept. 18 October 1 October 15 October 31 Nov. 11 Nov. 26 Dec. 1 1 3' 3° 3° 3° 3' 32 3° 31 3' 3' 3° 3° 3° ; 3< 31 33 3° 3' 3 2 1900. ! Jan. S Jan. 19 Feb. 2 Feb. 16 March 2 March 16 March 30 April 13 April 27 May 11 May 25 June 8 June 22 July 6 July 20 August 3 August 17 August 3 1 Sept. 14 Sept. 28 October 12 October 26 Nov. 9 1900. Feb. 6 Feb. 21 March 6 March 20 April 3 April 17 May 2 May 15 May 29 June 13 June 26 July 10 July 24 August 7 August 22 Sept. 6 Sept. 19 October 2 October 16 Nov. 1 Nov. 13 Nov. 2 7 Dec. 12 32 33 32 32 33 : 32 i 32 : 33 33 34 33 32 32 34 ! 32 32 : 33 19OO. J an - 5 j Jan. 19 Feb. 2 Feb. 16 March 2 March 16 March 30 April 13 April 27 May 1 1 May 2 5 June 8 June 22 July 6 July 20 August 3 August 17 August 3 [ Sept. 14 Sept. 28 October 12 October 26 Nov. 9 1900. Feb. 13 Feb. 27 March 13 March 27 April 13 April 27 May i4 May 23 June 9 June 20 I July 3 I July 23 ; August 1 August 13 August 31 Sept. 12 Sept. 24 October 1 1 \ October 26 Nov. 12 I Nov. 19 ! Dec. 4 Dec. 18 . 39 I 39 ! 39 ! 39 J 42 42 45 ! 40 43 40 39 45 40 38 42 38 I 41 42 45 38 39 39 1900. Jan. 5 jan. 19 Feb. 2 Feb. 16 March 2 March 16 March 30 April 1 3 I April 27 i May 11 May 25 i June 8 J June 22 July 6 July 20 August 3 August 17 August 3 1 Sept. 14 Sept. 28 October 12 October 26 Nov. 9 1900. Feb. 14 Feb. 28 March 14 March 28 April 12 April 27 May 12 May 24 I June 8 ; June 22 I July 4 ; July 21 August 2 August 14 August 30 ; Sept. 13 Sept. 25 ! October 10 j October 27 ; Nov. 13 I Nov. 20 I Dec. 5 Dec. 19 40 40 40 40 4' 42 ; 43 4 1 42 J 40 ! 43 i 4 1 i 39 i 4 ' 41 39 40 43 46 39 40 40 1900. Jan. 5 Jan. 19 Feb. 2 Feb. 16 March 2 March 16 March 30 ! 3 April 27 J May 1 1 May 25 June 8 June 22 July 6 I July 20 I August 3 August 17 August 3 1 I Sept. 14 Sept. 28 October ! 2 October 26 Nov. 9 19OO. Feb. 13 Feb. 2 7 March 16 March 29 April 10 April 24 May 11 May 21 J une 7 June 21 July 6 July 19 August 2 August 16 August 29 Sept. 1 1 Sept. 27 October 12 October 25 Nov. 15 Nov. 19 Dec. 3 Dec. 18 39 39 42 i 4' 39 ! 39 42 38 41 42 4' 41 41 40 39 41 42 4' 48 38 38 39 1900. Jan. S Jan. 19 Feb. 2 Feb. 16 March 2. March 16 March , 30 April 13 April 27 j May 11 May 25 June 8 June 22 July 6 July 20 August 3 August 17 August 31 Sept. 14 Sept. 28 October 12 October 26 Nov. 9 1900. Feb. 12 Feb. 26 March i 2 March 27 April r 6 April 25 May 14 May 22 June 5 June 18 July 2 J uly 16 July 30 August 14 August 27 Sept. 14 Sept. 28 Oetober 9 October 22 Nov. 12 Nov. 19 Dee. 3 Dec. 17 38 38 39 45 4° 45 39 39 3.8 38 39 42 42 38 45 08 38 38 Nov. 23 Dec. 25 1901. Nov. 23 Dec. 26 33 Nov. 23 Dec. 3 1 38 j Nov. 23 190 1. 190 1. 32 Jan. 1 i 39 Nov. 23 Jan. 2 40 Nov. 23 Dec. 3 r 190 1. 38 Dec. 7 Dec. 2: Jan. 7 Jan. 20 i 3l Dec. 7 Dec. 2 1 1 901. Jan. 8 |an. 22 32 i 32 Dec. 7 Dec. 2 1 1901. Jan. 13 I Jan. 29 39 ! 39 I Dec. 7 Dec. 2 r Jan. 16 I Jan. 30 40 i 4° Dec. 7 ; Dec. 21 Jan. 14 Jan. 29 :,8 39 j Dec. 7 ; Dec. 21 Jan. 14 Jan. 28 38 38 Maximum Minimum Average 33 ... 31-04 34 32 32-42 45 38 40-38 46 39 4085 48 38 45 38 39-38

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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 London and the under-mentioned Places by the Packets of the Peninsular and Oriental Line— continued.

TO LONDON VIA BRINDISI (P. AND O. PACKETS). AUCKLAND. Wellington. Bluff. Sydney. Melbourne. Date of Despatch from Auckland. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Wellington. Date of Arrival in London. No. Date of of Despatch from Days. Bluff. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Sydney. Date of Arrival in London. No. Date of of Despatch from Days. Melbourne. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. 1900. January 8 January 23 February 5 February 19 March 5 March 20 April 3 April 17 April 30 1900. February 17 March 3 March 17 March 31 April 14 April 28 May 12 May 26 June 9 40 39 40 40 40 39 39 39 40 19OO. January 6 January 20 ! February 3 I February 17 j March 3 I March 17 March 31 1900. February 17 March 3 March 17 March 31 April 14 April 28 May 12 42 42 42 42 •i 2 42 42 1900. January 9 January 23 February 6 February 20 March 6 March 21 April 3 1899. February 17 March 3 March 17 March 31 April 14 April 28 May 12 39 39 39 39 39 38 39 1900. January 16 January 30 February 13 February 27 March 13 March 27 April 10 April 24 May 8 May 22 June 5 June 19 July 3 July 17 July 31 August 14 August 28 Sept. 11 Sept. 25 October 9 October 23 November 6 November 20 1900. February 17 March 3 March 17 March 31 April 14 April 28 May 12 May 26 June 9 June 25 July 8 July 23 August 5 August 20 Sept. 2 Sept. 16 Sept. 30 October 13 October 28 November 10 November 24 December 8 December 23 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 34 33 34 33 34 33 33 33 32 33 32 32 32 33 1900. January 17 January 31 February 14 February 28 March 14 March 28 April 11 April 25 May g May 23 June 6 June 20 Juty 4 July 18 August 1 August 15 August 29 Sept. 12 Sept. 26 October 10 October 24 November 7 November 21 1900. February 17 March 3 March 17 March 31 April 14 April 28 May 12 May 26 June 9 June 25 July 8 July 23 August 5 August 20 Sept. 2 Sept. 16 Sept. 30 October 13 October 28 November 10 November 24 December 8 December 23 3i 31 3i 31 3i 31 3i 33 33 33 32 32 31 32 3i 31 32 May 28 June 25 July 9 July 24 August 6 August 20 Sept. 3 Sept. 17 October 1 October 15 October 29 November 12 July 8 August 5 August 20 Sept. 2 Sept. 16 Sept. 30 October 13 October 28 November 10 November 24 December 8 December 23 1901. January 5 41 4 1 42 40 41 40 4 1 40 40 40 41 May 14 May 29 ; June 26 July 7 August 9 August 18 Sept. 20 Sept. 29 November 1 I November 16 June 25 July 8 August 5 August 20 42 40 40 44 April 30 May 15 May 28 June 8 June 28 July 7 July 23 August 10 August 18 August 31 Sept. 19 June 9 June 25 July 8 July 23 August 5 August 20 Sept. 2 Sept. 16 Sept. 30 October 13 October 28 40 4 1 41 45 38 44 4 1 37 43 43 39 Sept. 16 Sept. 30 38 43 October 28 November 10 38 42 December 8 December 23 37 37 October 31 December 8 38 November 26 40 j 1901. January 19 January 19 November 27 1901. January 5 39 December 4 1901. January 5 32 December 5 1901. January 5 31 December 3 December 12 January 19 January 19 47 38 December 1 December 8 49 42 December 4 December 11 January 19 January 19 46 39 December 11 December 18 1901. January 1 January 19 January 19 39 32 December 19 December 19 1901. January 2 January 19 January 19 31 3i December 24 February 2 40 December 26 February 2 38 December 24 February 2 40 February 2 32 February 2 31 Maximum Minimum Average .. 47 38 4036 49 37 i 41-20 46 37 40-26 39 32 3274 33 3 1 32-22

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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. Melbourne. 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. i — ~— — 1900. Jan. 12 Jan. 26 Feb. 9 Feb. 23 March 9 March 23 April 6 April 20 May 4 May 18 June 1 June 15 June 29 July 13 July 27 August 10 August 24 Sept. 7 Sept. 2 1 October 5 October 19 Nov. 2 Nov. 15 1900. Feb. 13 Feb. 27 March 13 March 27 April 1 1 April 24 May 8 May 22 June s June 19 July 3 July 17 July 3 1 August 14 August 28 Sept. 11 Sept. 2 7 October 9 October 23 Nov. 7 Nov. 20 Dec. 5 Dec. 19 32 3,3 3 2 32 32 3 Z 3 2 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 33 32 33 34 1900. Jan. 12 Jan. 26 Feb. 9 Feb. 23 March 9 March 23 April 6 April 20 May 4 May 18 J une 1 June 15 June 29 July '3 July 27 August 10 August 24 Sept. 7 Sept. 2 1 October 5 October 19 Nov. 2 Nov. 15 [900. Feb. 14 Feb. 28 March 14 March 28 April 12 April 24 May 9 May 23 J une 6 June 20 July 4 July 18 I August 1 August 15 August 29 Sept. 12 Sept. 28 October jo October 24 Nov. 8 Nov. 2 1 Dec. 6 Dec. 20 33 33 33 33 ! 34 32 33 33 i 33 ! 33 i 33 33 33 33 33 33 35 33 34 35 1900. Jan. 12 ! Jan. 26 Feb. 9 Feb. 23 1 March 9 J March 23 April 6 April 20 May 4 May 18 June 1 J une T 5 June 29 July 13 July 27 August 10 August 24 Sept. 7 Sept. 21 I October 5 October 19 Nov. 2 Nov. 15 1900. Feb. 20 March 6 March 20 April 4 April 24 May 7 May 16 May 30 June 15 July 2 July 11 July 27 August 10 August 24 Sept. 7 Sept. 2 1 October 4 October 1 ; Nov. 2 Nov. 12 j Nov. 26 Dec. 11 I Dec. 3r 39 39 39 40 46 45 40 40 42 45 J 42 42 I 42 42 42 38 ! 42 38 38 39 ! 46 1*900. Jan. 12 Jan. 26 Feb. 9 Feb. 23 March 9 March 23 April 6 April 20 May 4 May 18 June 1 June 15 June 29 July 13 July 27 August 10 August 24 Sept. 7 Sept. 21 October 5 October 19 Nov. 2 Nov. 15 1900. Feb. 2 1 March 7 March 2 1 April 5 April 2 3 May 8 May 16 May 3 1 June 14 June 30 July 12 July 26 August 9 August 23 Sept. 6 Sept. 20 October 6 October 16 Nov. 1 Nov. 13 Nov. 27 Dec. 12 Dec. 28 40 4O 40 46 40 41 1 41 ! 43 I 41 1 41 41 4 1 43 39 ! 41 39 39 J 40 19OO. Jan. 12 Jan. 26 Feb. 9 I Feb. 23 March 9 March 23 April 6 April 20 May 4 May 18 June r June 15 I June 29 July 13 July 27 August 1 o August 24 j Sept. 7 Sept. 21 October 5 October 19 Nov. 2 Nov. 15 1900. Feb. 20 March 7 March 22 April 6 April 2 1 May 3 May 15 May 28 June 12 June 28 July Li July 24 August 7 August 2 1 ! Sept. 4 Sept. 18 October 4 October 16 I October 30 Nov. 15 Nov. 27 Dec. 12 i Dec. 27 39 40 41 ■ 42 I 43 4' 39 38 39 4i 40 39 39 ! 39 I 39 39 41 39 i 39 I 41 i 39 i 4° 42 1900. Jan. 12 Jan. 26 Feb. 9 Feb. 23 March 9 March , 23 April 6 April 20 May 4 May 18 June 1 June 15 June 29 July 13 July 27 August 10 August 24 i Sept. 7 Sept. 21 October 5 October 19 Nov. 2 Nov. 15 1900. Feb. 19 March 5 March 19 April 10 Apri! 17 May 1 May 14 May 30 June 1 1 June 26 July 10 July 23 August 6 August 20 Sept. 3 Sept. 17 October 4 October 15 October 28 Nov. 13 Nov. 26 Dec. 13 Dec. 26 190 1. I 38 • 38 * 38 I 46 I 39 39 ! 38 40 38 39 39 38 38 ! 38 38 38 4 1 ! 38 37 39 38 4' 4i 190 1. 190 1. 190 1. 190 1. 1901. Nov. 30 Dec. 14 Dec. 28 Jan. 2 Jan. 16 Jan. 31 33 33 34 Nov. 30 Dec. 14 Dec. 28 Jan. 3 Jan. 17 Feb. 1 34 34 35 Nov. 30 Dec. 14 Dec. 28 : Jan. 9 Jan. 21 I Feb. 6 40 38 I 40 Nov. 30 Dec. 14 Dec. 28 Jan. 10 Jan. 22 Feb. 7 4' 39 4. Nov. 30 Dec. 14 Dec. 28 Jan. 9 Jan. 23 Feb. 6 40 40 40 Nov. 30 Dec. 14 Dec. 28 Jan. 11 Jan. 22 Feb. 6 42 39 40 Maximum Minimum Average 34 32 32-42 35 32 46 38 40-96 46 39 41-08 43 38 39'9& 46 37 39 - '5

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Table No. 12.-ORIENT MAIL-SERVICE-continued Statement showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between London and the under-mentioned Places by the Packets of the Orient Line— continued.

TO LONDON VIA NAPLES (ORIENT PAi KETS). Auckland. Wellington. Bluff. Sydney. Melbourne. Date of Despatch from Auckland. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Wellington. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Bluff. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Sydney. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Melbourne. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. I goo. January 2 January 18 January 30 February 14 February 26 March 15 1900. February 12 February 25 March 11 March 25 April 8 April 22 19OO. 19OO. 1900. January 3 January 16 January 30 February 13 February 26 March 13 March 27 igoo. February 12 February 25 March 11 March 25 April 8 April 22 May 5 1900. 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. 4 Sept. 18 October 2 October 16 October 30 November 13 November 27 1900. February 12 February 25 March 11 March 25 ■ April 8 April 22 May 5 May 20 June 5 June 16 1 July 3 i July 17 July 30 August 13 August 27 i Sept. 12 Sept. 24 October 7 October 22 November 6 November 21 December 3 December 16 December 30 I 1900. January 10 January 24 February 7 February 21 March 7 March 21 April 4 April 18 May 2 May 16 May 30 June 13 j June 27 I July 11 1 July 25 August 8 August 22 I Sept. 5 Sept. 19 October 3 ! October 17 October 31 November 14 November 28 1900. February 12 February 25 March 11 March 25 April 8 April 22 May 5 May 20 June 5 June 16 July 3 July 17 July 30 August 13 August 27 Sept. 12 Sept. 24 October 7 October 22 November 6 November 21 December 3 December 16 December 30 April 10 41 40 39 41 38 40 January 13 January 27 February 10 February 24 March 10 March 26 April 9 April 25 May 5 May 21 June 5 June 16 February 25 March 11 March 25 April 8 April 22 May 5 May 20 June 5 June 16 J ul y 3 July 17 July 30 43 43 43 43 43 40 41 42 43 42 44 40 40 4° 40 40 39 34 33 33 33 33 33 32 33 35 32 35 35 34 34 34 34 33 34 35 36 34 33 33 33 32 32 32 32 32 31 32 34 3 1 34 34 33 33 33 35 33 32 33 34 35 33 32 32 May 20 April 21 May 7 45 40 May 8 May 21 June 6 June 20 July 3 July 16 July 31 August 13 August 28 Sept. 10 Sept. 25 October 8 October 24 November 5 November 21 June 16 July 3 July 17 July 30 August ' 13 August 27 Sept. 12 Sept. 24 October 7 October 22 November 6 November 21 December 3 December 16 December 30 1901. January 27 39 43 41 40 42 43 40 42 42 44 40 41 39 June 5 June 16 June 5 June 18 July 17 July 30 42 42 July 18 July 28 August 12 August 29 Sept. 8 August 27 Sept. 12 Sept. 24 October 7 October 22 40 46 43 39 44 July 18 July 28 August 27 Sept. 12 40 46 October 11 October 20 November 21 December 3 4i 44 August 28 Sept. 10 Sept. 28 October 9 October 19 November 6 November 21 October 7 October 22 November 6 November 21 December 3 December 16 December 30 40 42 39 43 45 40 39 November 23 December 30 37 December 17 41 December 15 1901. January 27 43 December 17 1901. January 27 41 December 25 1901. January 27 33 December 26 igoi. January 27 32 Maximum Minimum Average 44 38 4° 74 46 37 42-14 46 39 41-14 36 32 3376 35 31 32-76

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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, 1900.

Posted in the Colony. Received from Places outside the Colony. Total Correspondence dealt with. 'ostal •istricl :s. Letters. Lettercards. Post-cards. Books, &c. Newspapers. Parcels. Letters. cards" Books , &c - Newspapers. Parcels. Letters. Lettercards. Post-cards. Books, &c. Newspapers. [ Parcels. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill .. 6,483,854 741,702 1,273,44! 283,491 1,617,642 2,012,374 6,484,218 706, 004 235,326 525,551 243,620 417,885 5,163,756 937,209 629,213 5,539,872 2,889,887 2OI,OI9 I9>13 6 47,775 98,735 227,734 25,63c 4,979 9,087 4,953 14,417 196,846 46,722 26,455 168,727 76,414 364,078 32,604 76,557 3,835 91,130 147,030 291,252 35,542 6,097 14,716 6,136 17,875 272,415 62,595 33,7 2 2 268,827 133,653 3,215,846 185,133 392,613 94,796 570,223 755,248 2,711,942 209,434 34,268 193,115 44,343 123,149 2,249,968 332,526 157,118 3,930,450 911,079 2,591,238 180,648 391,807 109,655 524,056 477,685 1,923,753 181,558 ! 99,151 231,452 96,187 114,426 1,969,188 173,095 133,237 2,223,039 927,199 40,287 2,989 2,O22 8,848 8,846 44,322 5,261 1,868 2,583 2,334 1,961 30,897 i>743 1,149 34,4" 6,661 443,332 52,216 85,393 18,027 121,944 123,159 465,780 50,426 16,072 15,291 29,082 366,567 65,797 4i,73i 371,282 178,841 i 8,809 988 2,170 253 2,604 4,072 7,442 1,144 88 394 117 438 7-391 2,104 1,138 7,724 3,575 386,255 20,023 37,664 [ 10,740 66,852 I 94,701 276,671 22,766 4,677 22,546 3,l8l 11,328 209,020 45,652 ! 16,723 284,661 90,721 j 1,106,947 71,607 150,032 42,217 192,953 182,779 767,137 68,860 44,821 76,807 34,675 42,222 685, 064 69,228 50,703 ! 784,409 I 327,880 7,110 509 511 351 1,422 1,323 7,926 936 316 473 j 439 298 5,142 I 298 176 6,087 919 [ 6,927,186 793,9i8 1,358,834 301,518 1,739,586 2 135,533 6,949,998 756,430 251,398 557,862 258,911 446,967 5,530,323 1,003, 006 670,944 5,9",i54 3,068,728 201,019 47,775 6,i75 6i,373 98,735 227,734 25,636 4,979 9,087 4,953 r 4,4i7 196,846 46,722 26,455 168,727 76,414 372,887 33,592 78,727 4,088 93,734 151,102 298, 694 36,686 6,185 15,110 6,253 279,806 64,699 34,86o 276,551 137,228 1,908,515 1,643,051 3,602,101 205,156 430,, 277 105,536 637,075 849,949 2,988,613 232,170 38,945 215,661 47,524 1 34,477 2,458,988 378,178 173,841 4,215,111 1,001,800 I 3,698,185 252,255 54 I ,839 151,872 717,009 660,464 2,690, 890 250,418 308,259 130,862 156,648 2,654,252 242,323 183,940 3,007,448 I 1,255,079 47,397 3,498 3,549 2,373 10,270 10,169 52,248 6,197 2,184 3,056 2,773 2,259 36,039 2,041 1,325 40,498 7,58o 1 I i Totals .. 36,185,045 1,236,183 1,858,064 1,605,383 16, III ,221 12,347,374 199,220 2,477,251 50,451 37,668 1,604,181 j 4 ,698, 341 34,236 I 138,662,296 37,380,671 1,236,183 I7,7 I 5,4O2 17,659,858 I 17,045.715 233,456 Previous year 1 1 i i 35,932,452 I,IO3,7OO J 16,211,572 ! 'ii,447,657 ! 193,143 2,348,219 1,448,286 4,269,731 j j3°,2O7 1,103,700 ji5,7i7,388 223,350

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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, 1900.

Articles subject to Postage. Articles exempt from Postage. Parcels. Service. Letters. Post-cards. Packets, including Printed Matter (except Newspapers), Commercial Papers, and Samples of Merchandise. Number. Weight. Lettercards. Newspapers. Letters. ! Packets. Registered Articles. Newspapers. Postage. Declared Value. Ordinary. | *&£ Single. Eeply paid. Ordinary. Registered. Posted. I Lb. £ s. d.j & s. a. Inland 30,859,307'242,656 1,236,183 1,819,226 1,193 15,389,089 30,582 \ 9,734,5793,144,727 258,906 89,428 935,211 188,314 656,664 11,016 11 1 Intercolonial 708,994 63,781 l,014,460| 25,906 32,582,761332,343 24,748 134 121,490 5,601 507,493 30,868 10,148 1,121,303 9,949 14,134 283,188 1,163 1 39,144 ! 4,163 [ 10,429 330 15 8 I 11,800 0 0 11,800 0 0 International 12,736 27 270,1581 3,611 1,308 I 9,644 ! 6,753 983,999 199,230 | 14,569 581 14 9 Totals .. : Q1 QQQ iyX * \JtJU J681.662 11,929 1 6 1,236,183 1,856,710 ! 1,354 J15,7SO,737J 39,794 ! I I Received. Intercolonial 1,055,060! 13,422 33,543 61 299,277 1,744 1,324,253 17,401 742 911 2,059 10,724 32,988 1,010 7 6 I 87,662 0 International 1,352,522 32,767 16,797 50,340 50 1,298,873 2,934 J 3,371,818 4,892 322 565 211 23,512 80,344 2,751 17 0j Totals ,. 2,407,582! 46,189 Ill 1,598,873 4,678 1,476 j 2,270 34,236 j 1113,332 J 3,762 4 6 87,662 0 4,696,071, 22,293 1,064

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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. Vuckland Chames STew Plymouth .. jisborne papier .. Wanganui Wellington kelson .. iVestport Sreymouth Hokitika 31enheim rimaru.. Damaru Dunedin 3.259,643 374.851 4 X 5,538 "9.587 440,851 554.665 2,448,940 214.731 93.44 6 227,643 75,413 103,936 1,925,323 327,215 216,668 1,838,991 601,049 in ,239 12,792 14,181 4,081 15,044 18,929 83,573 7,328 3.189 7.769 2,574 3,547 65,704 11,167 7,394 62,752 20,511 132,110 27,945 59,205 3,061 22,169 49,837 100,122 768,239 184,890 124,260 16,137 I93.II9 381,240 522,829 48,580 26,914 81,604 16,336 44,626 778,864 107,579 50,294 686,039 267,829 767,245 154.38° 222,366 4O,O2O 131,880 240,784 616,168 11,311 3,224 3,830 1,502 5,944 4,653 5,52O 2,593 1,in 3,830 755 1.045 3,734 1.247 854 6,582 834 58,569 14.513 8,489 16,487 4,502 6,723 90,981 24,992 22,629 101,637 61,648 124,527 53,096 72,594 50,851 40,044 494.4°4 67,197 37.637 5",5i5 206,584 Totals 13,238,490 451.774 747,050 4.299,379 3,831,292 Previous 3 year.. 12,710,379 393.115 657,881 3.810,547 3,579,846 61,64'

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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.

Number of Telegrams forwarded ya during the Year. Cost of Maintenance of Lines, excluding Australian Cable Subsidy. Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. I Private, Govern- T nt 6\ E and Press. I ment. lotal - 1 i — i Telegraph .j 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. Year ended Tariff in Operation. 30th June, 1866 699 l>390 757 i>498 13 24,761 21 J 55,621 31 72,241 2,746 5,561 19 2 £ s- d. 483 3 2 6,045 2 4 £ s - d3,934 3 4 £ s. d. 2,443 2 11 £ ■■ d. 6,377 6 3 £ b. d. 3 9 10 27,407 1867 15,331 70,952 9,070 10 1 3,77° 4 8 12,840 14 9 8,017 X 4 7 2,541 4 11 10,558 19 6 3 7 1 Mileage tariff. 1868 1,110 2,223 26,244 98,485 11,652 3 7 6,672 o 3 18,324 3 10 9,489 17 10 j 5,406 7 3 14,896 5 1 41? 4 1869 1,329 i 2,495 45 ! 106,070 56 122,545 j 50,097 156,167 l8,52O 3 0 4 I3>43O 11 9 31,951 2 1 14,266 12 7 8,547 4 9 22,813 Z 7 4 6 8 6 Mileage tariff in operation up to 1st Sept., 1869; uniform 2s. 6d. tariff from 1st Sept., 1869, to 31st March, 1870; and is. tariff from 1st April, 1870. 1870 1,661 2,897 62,878 185,423 I7,2l8 I 4 12,252 6 o 29,470 7 4 16,417 7 4 14,120 4 10 30,537 12 2 8 9 11 1871 i,976 i 3,247 72 I 253,582 J 59,292 312,874 22,419 8 8 9,876 17 6 32,296 6 2 21,254 4 3 ii,344 3 8 32,598 7 11 5 19 6 1872 2,185 ! 3,823 81 344,524 67,243 411,767 28,121 10 o ",043 3 9 39,164 13 9 23,593 9 9 8,858 19 7 32,452 9 4 423 1873 2,356 , 4>574 2,53° 3,782 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 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>30i 12 3 13,679 10 9 68,981 3 o 45,814 11 4 14,240 19 7 60,055 i° XI 4 16 4 From 1st November, 1873, address and signature given in free. 1876 3,154 7,247 142 I 890,382 160,704 1,051,086 62,715 10 4 16,154 6 o 78,869 16 4 61,696 14 5 21,074 8 8 82,771 3 1 5 18 10 1877 3,259 ; 7,423 155 I 952,283 172,159 1,124,442 65,644 J 5 3 [17,024 8 9 82,669 4 o 63,353 10 10 17,931 8 o 81,284 18 10 5 12 11 1878 3,434 ! 8 ,°35 182 11,065,481 194,843 1,260,324 73,284 1 10 JI9,I48 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 o 9 31st March, 1880 3,038 9,333 214 I 824,734 183,675 I,008, 409 58,120 3 3 19,707 6 3 77,827 9 6 68,651 10 10 14,758 4 5 83,409 15 3 4 3 4 1881 3,758 9,587 227 1,058,342 246,370 I j>304.712 73,002 2 o ■27,021 3 8 100,023 5 8 78,224 1 8 [23,154 § 3 101,378 9 11 667 1882 3,824 9,653 234 1,215,849 222,923 1 1438,772 78,828 19 8 22,737 16 4 101,566 16 o 69,165 5 o [18,292 13 4 87,457 J 8 4 4 17 4

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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.

o Number < di if Telegrams forwarded [ring the Year. Cost of Cost of ! Maintenance Maintenance | »„«„, ; excluding btat.ons. Australian Cable Subsidy. Year ended Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. J- & E Government. Total. Revenue from all Sources. Total Value Value of of Government Business done Messages. during the Year. Total Expenditure. Cost of Maintenance of Lines per Miie. Tariff in Operation. Private, and Press. 31st Dec, 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 3.974 4,°74 4,264 4,463 4,546 4,646 4,79O 4,874 5,148 5,349 5,479 5,513 9,848 10,037 10,474 10, 93 1 11,178 ",375 11,617 11,827 12,812 13,235 13,459 13,515 264 302 33O 375 412 437 473 489 520 573 615 640 1,361,817 208,372 1,379,483 219,917 1,433,458 220,847 1,533,406 240,867 1,583,717 I 252,549 i^89.77 1 ' 245,623 1,548,233 ' 217,630 1,589,157 213,830 1,734,381 : 226,780 1,746,115 : 222,149 1,686,064 I 218,079 1,825,646 : 244,045 1,570,189 1,599,400 1,654,305 1 , 774, 273 1,836,266 i,835,394 1,765,863 1,802,987 1,961,161 1,968,264 1,904,143 2,069,691 £ s, 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 no,6g6 17 8 "7,633 15 9 103,813 8 6J 112,465 15 9 £ s. d. 20,608 11 11 21,555 19 2 20,855 19 7 24,860 g 0 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 0 28,317 7 10 111,242 3 I 115,378 2 5 116,490 5 o 126,512 17 o 133,919 16 11 136,753 15 10 129,476 5 5 130,681 7 7 136,767 10 3 142,474 1 4 128,155 15 6£ 140,783 3 7 £ s. d. 73,554 9 11 73,O54 4 6 70,036 6 2: 77,082 4 4 77,473 10 7 76,580 10 o 72,201 13 5 75,426 9 7 76,845 1 10 85,658 4 11 87,472 13 3 92,109 17 o £ s. d. 22,451 6 3 19,210 6 6 20,041 15 10 29,900 6 2 21,402 18 2 21,321 2 9 23,262 1 o 26,007 1 5 27,546 2 o 28,986 10 10 29,580 10 11 529,141 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 IJ ° 104,391 3 10 114,644 15 9 117,053 4 2 121,251 3 o £ B. d. 5 17 5 4 16 8 4 18 4 4 *5 9 4 15 « 501, 5 8 7 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 thi 31st Marc^ , 1901. s Number of Telegrams i during the Yeai forwarded Revenue (including Miscellaneous Receipts). r. Year ended Number of Miles of Line. of Miles of Wire. si E Telegraph. I Telephone. Government Messages. Total Value of Business done during the Year. Total Expenditure {excluding Cable Subsidy). Remarks. Private, and Press. Government. Total. 31st March, 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 » 1900 „ 1901 6,2454 6,2841 6,484 6,736 6,910 7,249§ 14,8814 I5,764i i6,47o| 18,024 18,746 19,228 20,682! 7°5 743 780 824 878 915 991 I,8O2,I82 1,899,632 2,285,001 2,469,415 3,I59,O93 3,534,444 231,618 224,579 235,168 226,818 243,190 310,538 363,684 2,033,800 2,124,211 2,520,169 2,696,233 2,960,738 3,469,631 3,898,128 £ s. d. 88,459 10 11 97,178 14 oj 100,385 16 I 99,798 8 10J 105,576 6 o I 119,641 11 6J 137,861 1 2j 21,552 12 10 25,933 12 9 29,248 19 5 36,422 6 8 39, 7 l8 7 7 43,303 2 10 49,117 o 8 £ 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 35,327 6 2 £ s. d. 136,062 11 2 148,955 18 8J 152,752 18 o I6O,725 5 2j 170,794 19 5 192,376 13 4J 222,305 8 oj £ s. d. i35,79i o 7 143,665 14 o 153,484 6 8 165,198 13 5 173,152 16 6 181,634 rI 3 194,014 12 11 £ s. d. 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 „ 1,000 8 6 Note. —Tariff, 1890 : is. for ten words, and free address and si delayed, 6d. Later in 1892 the number of words in text and signatv. ignature up to ten words ; delayed telegrams, 6d. 1892 : For twelve words, and free address and signature, ordinary telegrams, is.; ire made eighteen. 1896 : First twelve words, 6d.; each additional word, id.; address and signature paid for.

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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, 1901.

Table No. 18. Return of Paid Telegrams of all Codes forwarded during the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1901, 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, 1900.

Postal Districts. Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages. Value of Government Messages. Total Number of Value of Private Messages of all and Press Codes. Messages. Number of Govt. Messages. Total Number of Messages of all Codes. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier .. Nelson New Plymouth .. Oamaru Thames.. Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport £ s. d. 20,032 10 8 1,933 17 "J 15,389 16 7 19,062 5 3J 2,771 5 5 3,880 12 11 1,739 6 2 7,081 12 1 6,771 12 9 3,066 14 1 4,223 10 4 2,193 2 ij 4,259 16 9 3,482 4 6J 7,265 14 8J| 20,825 13 3il 2,401 18 10 £ s. d. 3,880 3 11 475 10 1 2,147 15 8 1,932 19 6 368 11 8 904 13 9 274 19 9 896 3 7 803 8 1 746 o 1 717 4 9 227 19 3 572 17 2 423 6 2 1,059 5 Io 19,352 19 2 543 7 9 £ * d. 23,912 14 7 2,409 8 oj 17,537 12 3 20,995 4 9i 3,139 17 1 4,785 6 8 2,014 5 11 7,977 15 8 7,575 o 10 3,812 14 2 4,940 15 1 2,421 1 4 J 4,832 13 11 3,905 10 8J 8,325 o 6J 40,178 12 s| 2,945 6 7 558,377 51,767 379,314 500,913 67,628 96,970 4 J ,239 203,500 177,281, i6i,543 116,016 51,164 H5,7I4 77,215 200,090 677,084 58,629 46,218 6,696 25,4 O 9 24,309 5,014 8,788 3,005 11,185 12,250 10,179 9,792 3,163 10,109 5,420 13,198 161,625 7,324 363,684 604,595 58,463 404,723 525,222 72,642 105,758 44,244 214,685 189,531 171,722 125,808 54,327 125,823 82,635 213,288 838,709 65,953 Totals, 1900-1901 126,381 14 6 35,327 6 2 161,709 o 8 3,534,444 3,898,128 Totals, 1899-1900 114,383 2 Ij 143,815 I Ij 3io,538 3,469,631 29,431 19 o 3,I59,O93

June Quarter, 1900. September Quarter, 1900. Decembi I :r Quarter, 1900. March Quarter, 1901. 'otals. Class of Telegrams. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. (rdinary .. Jrgent 'ress 672,160] 35,945! 6i,6oii 57,43 1 £ s. d. |35,742 13 2j I 2,478 o 8 3,155 16 9 1,601 14 9 637.449 28,590 69,424 57,922 34,451 6 1,962 17 9 3,706 18 3 1,654 5 Io 742,175 50,596 64,819 66,641 £ s. d. 37,156 8 4 j 3,201 12 11 3,270 19 8 1,934 2 11 788,642 45.297 79,894; 75,858 £ s. d. 39,986 2 11 2,90615 9 4,012 7 2 2,164 ° x 2,840,426! 160,4281 275,738 257.852 £ s - d. 147,336 10 114 10,549 7 1 14,146 1 10 7,354 9 7 iureau fross totals ,ess other") lines and I credits j 42,978 5 41 13,618 18 6£ 4 r ,775 8 3J 13.870 5 2 45,563 3 ioi 12,887 9 8 '49,069 11 11 12,628 1 7 179.386 9 54 53,004 14 11J let totals, 1900-190 1 fet totals, 1899-1900 827,137 29,359 6 10 753.385 27.905 3 i<1 924,231 32,675 14 2 J 989,691 36,441 10 4 3:534.444 126,381 14 6 715,127: 26,149 4 oj 701,965 25,667 12 oj 832,126 30,082 17 oj 909,875 32,483 9 o 3,159,093 114,383 2 ij

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 .. 6,562 937 3,081 3»365 1,138 1,557 435 i,3I5 2,726 743 1,435 321 2,877 617 3,268 7,658 1,276 £ s - d. 328 2 o 46 17 o 154 I o 168 5 o 56 18 o 77 17 o 21 15 o 65 15 o 136 6 o 37 3 o 71 15 0 16 1 o 143 17 o 3017 o 163 8 o 382 18 o 63 16 o £ s. d. 23,580 6 5 2,619 9 1 11,002 5 3 12,728 1 3 4,150 14 6 5,046 2 7 1,314 4 2 4,799 1.9 11 8,414 15 6 2,269 9 4 4,314 14 o 893 5 7 8,925 7 7 2,012 15 11 9,276 6 2 23,112 9 2 3,091 6 I Totals, 1900 39,311 1,965 11 o 127,551 12 6 Totals, 1899 36,933 1,846 13 o 120,034 3 2

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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.

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it Capital Cost for Instruments, Wire, Poles, Labour, Freight, Superintendence, &c. Working-expenses. Year. Average Cost of Total for all each Con- Connections, neotion. Salaries and Allowances of Clerks, &c. Materials and Linemen. •Wonr and Bent, Fuel, to™. 3 " Light-Paper, Ten per Cent. B ?Xg?lc. Balance of Revenue over Workingexpenses. Annual Rate per Cent. yielded on Capital Cost. Total. Total for the year ended 31st March, — £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1882 116 21 16 6 2,531 14 0 613 5 2 285 0 0 275 0 0 253 0 0 150 0 0 963 0 0 207 16 0 8-17 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 54-31 1884 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 16-31 1886 1,710 20 8 6 37,319 12 1 12,294 1 2 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 16-30 1888 2,153 22 19 0 49,407 5 0 16,881 8 6 j 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 1 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 11-00 1891' 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 3,544 15 6| 10-43 4-63 1892 3,080 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 1893 3,690 24 16 11 91,687 11 1 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 "I 4,244 24 12 1 104,425 3 0 21,771 4 4 7,720 0 0 I 3,313 1 1 10,442 10 4 741 18 9 22,217 10 2 -446 5 10 Loss. 1895 4,616 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 I 5,303 11 9 12,510 16 5 1,952 8 3 29,452 17 3 -3,519 4 6 Loss. 1897 5,747 23 7 4 134,299 11 4 29,248 19 5 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 14,181 18 0 111,834 2 11 7,110 18 7 1,881 11 11 35,008 11 5 1,413 15 3 0-99 1899 6,203 24 5 3 150,490 18 9 39,718 7 7 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. 1901 8,210 21 9 7 176,349 1 8 49,117 0 8 16,304 6 3 [18,225 18 9 8,817 9 0 2,000 15 10 45,348 9 10 3,768 10 10 2-14 * This column includes 5 per cent, for wear-and-tear, and 5 per cent, for debenture capital, except in 1897-98 and following years, in which only 5 per cent, for debenture capital is included.

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Table No. 21. Return of the Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph Lines for the Year ended 31st March, 1901.

Table No. 22. Statement showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph Construction during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1901.

District. No. of Miles. Travellingexpenses of Inspectors and Linemen. [ Extra Labour. Value Salaries Cost of of of Material Material Inspectors purchased. issued from and Stores. Linemen. Total Cost of Maintenance. Average Cost per Mile. lUckland Wellington felson lanterbury Itago 1,8514 1,911 J 955| 889J 1,641 £ s. a. 837 19 5 1,125 7 9 1,039 16 10 486 15 4 644 15 11 £ s. d. 1,008 11 9 1,701 16 8 2,138 11 8 902 10 9 850 16 2 £ s. d. 411 5 4 ' 350 18 0 1,274 0 11 221 0 0 788 0 3 £ s. d. 581 15 10 2,048 18 1 1,831 15 7 1,447 0 0 779 7 4 £ s. d. 2,770 0 0 3,028 0 0 1,785 0 0 1,940 0 0 1,435 0 0 £ s. d. 5,609 12 4 8,255 0 6 8,069 5 0 4,997 6 1 4,497 19 8 £ s. d. 3 0 7 4 6 4 8 8 10 5 12 4 2 14 10 lables .. (knots) itores 7,249g 244 4,134 15 3 236 13 11 134 11 9 6,602 7 0 2,050 4 7 330 10 0 3,045 4 6 23 17 6 448 19 5 6,688 16 10 10,958 0 0 31,429 3 7 2,310 16 0 914 1 2 4 6 9 9 9 5 Totals 34,654 0 9 4,506 0 11 8,983 1 7 3,518 1 5 6,688 16 10 10,958 0 0

Line. Expenditure. Material from Stores. Total Cost during the Year. Telephone exchanges,— Ashburton Auckland Blenheim Christchureh Dunedin Peilding Gisborne Greymouth ... Hastings Hawera Hokitika Invercargill ... Marton Masterton Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Pahiatua Palmerston North Stratford Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington ... Woodville £ s. d. 12 16 0 563 2 6 19 5 6 278 11 7 888 2 1 26 11 5 85 5 5 24 2 0 2 15 10 17 10 2 4 13 0 229 18 5 2 14 0 16 19 0 16 5 8 34 12 0 12 1 2 72 6 8 290 8 5 23 9 0 7 0 11 6 2 9 138 0 4 91 10 1 690 18 1 22 0 5 £ s. d. 67 15 9 1,407 6 8 130 13 8 427 3 10 1,569 3 11 168 6 9 273 6 9 168 16 1 13 8 0 93 6 4 957 4 11 42 4 2 229 19 10 64 8 5 189 2 5 491 3 4 152 19 11 631 11 4 281 6 9 70 16 7 44 13 10 501 0 5 308 18 4 2,023 12 4 130 7 9 £ s. d. 80 11 9 1,970 9 2 149 19 2 705 15 5 2,457 6 0 194 18 2 358 12 2 192 18 1 16 3 10 110 16 6 4 13 0 1,187 3 4 44 18 2 246 18 10 80 14 1 223 14 5 503 4 6 225 6 7 921 19 9 304 15 9 77 17 6 50 16 7 639 0 9 400 8 5 2,714 10 5 152 8 2 Total exchanges 3,577 2 5 10,438 18 1 14,016 0 6 Mangonui-Oruru-Peria ... Kerikeri Ohaeawai-Pakaraka Whangarei-Kawakawa .„. Kaihu-Aranga ... Dargaville-Tangiteroria ... Otamatea Mangawai-Te Arai Kaukapakapa-Makarau ... Auckland-Kawakawa Auckland-New Plymouth Auckland-Manukau Heads Howick-Motuihi Island ... 121 11 5 11 99 7 126 16 170 3 442 3 0 12 1 3 61 16 85 3 241 7 4 9 3 1 8 2 0 6 6 3 9 23 9 1 33 0 9 32 9 5 99 5 10 4 7 5 23 5 10 121 11 4 29 0 10 132 8 0 126 16 1 202 13 1 541 9 0 4 19 5 24 9 4 61 16 6 665 9 3 2,550 12 7 3 9 2 241 7 7 580 6 0 2,309 4 10 3 9 2 129 4 5 112 3 2

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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, 1901 — continued.

Line. Expenditure. Material from Stores. Total Cost during the Year. Manurewa Mangapeehi Gumtown ... ... ■ ... Thames-Paeroa Te Puke Loop ... Whakatane-Taneatea New Plymouth-Pungarehu New Plymouth-Inglewood New Plyinouth-Wanganui Waitara-Tikorangi Courfcenay Street Bureau Douglas Boad Bureau Kaimata Opunake-Pihama Strathmore-Whangamomona Wanganui-Marton Mangaituroa-Pipiriki Eata-Silverhope Matawhero ... ... • ... Tatapouri Eangataiki Upper Mohaka... Greenmeadows-Taradale-Meeanee Napier-Hastings-Pakipaki Ti-tree-Wimbledon Dannevirke-Pahiatua Matahiwi Kimbolton Eongotea-Glenoroua Palmerston North-Pahiatua Weraroa TeHoro Eaumai Alf redton-Pongaroa Lower Hutt Petone Loop Wellington-Dannevirke ... Wellington South Bureau Mitchelltown Bureau Aro Street Bureau ... ... Muritai-Pencarrow French Pass-Elmslie's Bay Nelson-Blenheim Hope Three Channel Flat Mokihinui Brunnerton Bureau Marsden Cobden Kokatihi Eeefton-Greymouth Haast Ferry Arawata-Jackson's Bay ... Gonway Amberley-Leithfield Annat Sheffield-Waddington Yaldhurst Hornby Dallington Christohurch-Port Levy... Gebbie's Valley Prebbleton Allandale Heathcote Valley £ s. a. 0 2 8 0 14 10 151 5 1 £ s. a. 4 11 8 £ s. d. 4 14 4 0 14 10 151 9 4 232 5 5 187 6 1 97 14 3 508 7 11 636 1 2 1,239 0 6 6 0 3 8 18 10 7 17 2 0 16 10 55 14 4 266 7 5 538 10 5 141 9 6 19 5 0 4 2 4 8 10 10 0 18 0 4 14 127 1 5 0 17 6 56 18 6 10 7 5 6 4 6 4 14 71 3 2 256 12 0 6 7 6 3 16 10 3 13 4 807 5 3 34 10 5 33 18 2 1,445 8 5 18 13 1 24 1 6 4 18 8 164 10 10 30 10 9 137 7 2 9 19 9 2 19 10 100 0 2 8 13 9 98 1 9 9 6 5 0 19 6 499 8 9 52 4 8 49 9 6 5 12 6 23 9 8 5 10 2 7 6 8 13 14 2 74 4 4 21 8 9 769 7 0 46 9 1 46 15 2 4 7 1 3 0 0 0 4 3 232 5 5 55 17 7 131 8 6 97 14 3 77 3 7 205 12 0 235 9 4 6 0 3 431 4 4 430 9 2 1,003 11 2 8 18 10 7 17 2 0 16 10 55 14 4 171 14 4 357 18 3 94 13 1 180 12 2 141 9 6 13 4 0 3 18 0 0 18 0 2 3 6 34 13 9 0 17 6 10 3 0 6 10 4 2 4 4 12 10 1 17 10 92 7 8 46 15 6 10 7 5 6 4 6 0 18 0 17 18 10 51 5 6 3 3 4 53 4 4 205 6 6 6 7 6 0 7 8 3 13 4 304 8 0 34 10 5 33 18 2 1,234 0 9 18 13 1 24 1 6 4 18 8 162 7 10 17 15 3 13 5 2 7 6 9 2 12 10 49 15 10 8 13 9 56 1 3 9 6 5 3 9 2 502 17 3 211 7 8 2 3 0 12 15 6 124 2 0 2 13 0 0 7 0 50 4 4 42 0 6 0 19 6 499 8 9 2 5 1 49 19 7 49 9 6 15 0 8 19 5 10 2 3 14 0 13 14 2 4 7 6 15 7 11 3 12 8 297 13 5 10 14 5 12 5 0 74 4 4 21 8 9 471 13 7 35 14 8 34 10 2 4 7 1 3 0 0

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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, 1901— continued.

Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given; printing (1,775 copies), £57.

Authority : John Maokay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9ol.

Line. Expenditure. Material from Stores. Total Cost during the Year. North Linwood Arundel Timaru-Fairlie Waimate-Waihao Morven Georgetown-Ikawai Borton's Peebles ... ... ... Duntroon-Marowhenua ... Dunedin-Oamaru Palmerston South-Hillgrove Palmerston South-Goodwood Henley-Waihola Henley-Berwick Waihola Bureau Macrae' s-Moonlight Kaikorai Valley The Camp-Broad Bay ... Eanfurly-Wedderburn ... Lawrence-Clyde Heriot-Dunrobin Invercargill-Wyndham ... Invercargill-Waimahaka Invercargill-Biverton Invercargill-Gore Mokotua Biverton-Gummie's Bush Titiroa Winton-Lumsden Winton-Limehills £ s. d. 13 11 2 55 17 4 94 4 0 104 19 8 29 7 2 82 3 8 35 9 6 9 11 5 102 13 4 66 4 11 2 9 6 5 11 1 37 0 2 16 1 10 10 4 0 41 3 4 £ s. d. 3 17 8 77 2 10 440 7 5 202 3 4 65 2 11 32 3 2 10 2 9 251 15 4 £ s. a. 17 8 10 133 0 2 534 11 5 307 3 0 94 10 1 82 3 8 67 12 8 19 14 2 354 8 8 66 4 11 45 19 6 30 18 0 71 4 11 40 0 3 10 4 0 47 8 4 13 17 11 47 12 10 32 9 1 1,333 5 7 235 0 2 203 8 8 193 2 6 654 8 11 524 8 7 5 4 7 133 14 3 14 0 418 11 6 41 16 10 43 10 0 25 6 11 34 4 9 23 18 5 32 13 10 32 9 1 975 15 11 61 6 8 203 8 8 39 14 3 515 14 11 112 4 3 6 5 0 13 17 11 14 19 0 357" 9 8 173 13 6 153 8 3 138 14 0 412 4 4 5 4 7 100 17 7 32 16 8 14 0 130 7 11 288 3 7 41 16 10 Purchase of material 10,762 5 10 39,338 13 9 22,941 17 4 33,704 3 2 50,100 19 7 Total expenditure to 31st March, 1900 856,057 6 6 Total expenditure out of Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1901 ... £906,158 6 1 Total cost of lines during 1900-1901 £33,704 3 2

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