POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT (REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR 1901.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1902 Session I, F-01

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1902. NEW ZEALAND.

POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT (REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR 1901.

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

My Loed, — General Post Office, Wellington, 23rd June, 1902. I have the honour to submit to Your Excellency the Eeport of the Post and Telegraph Department for the year 1901, 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. Waed, Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner. His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand.

REPORT. The results of the year are probably the most noteworthy in the history of the Department. Notwithstanding the introduction of penny postage, the gross revenue, which might have been expected to show a serious drop, is only less by £15,262 than for the previous year. The postal receipts, instead of being much below those of 1900, as might have been anticipated, have reached within £35,761 of the 1900 figures. The expansion of the telegraph business, referred to last year as remarkable, shows no signs of lessening; and the popular sixpenny telegram, although its increasing numbers have resulted in a sharp rise in the expenditure on salaries for additional telegraph staff and for telegraph maintenance, bids fair shortly to produce a balance of revenue over expenditure, instead of a deficit, as has been the case for so many years. Since the introduction of the sixpenny telegram in 1896 the number of forwarded ordinary and urgent telegrams has more than doubled in the six years—viz., from 1,701,524 to 3,521,986 —an increase little short of phenomenal. That the penny post, which involved the handling of close upon thirteen million additional letters, has been successfully introduced and carried on while the increased expenditure for postal salaries is only £6,468 may fairly be credited to careful management. As, however, the reserve capacity of the postal staff at many of the second-and third-class offices is probably near exhaustion, further increase in the volume of work will prove to be more costly in proportion than that already overtaken, and an increased expenditure on that account may be looked for. The following table shows the revenue and expenditure for the year ended 31st March, 1902 :—

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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. 232,523 0 0 20,837 4 5J 705 2 2 6,405 4 11 20,626 5 9 £ s. d. 10,352 17 4 141,581 2 7 55,542 4 9 £ s. d. 232,523 0 0 20,837 4 54 705 2 2 6,405 4 11 30,979 3 1 141,581 2 7 55,542 4 9 Balanoe of expenditure over revenue (Telegraph) 281,096 17 3J 207,476 4 8 4,939 6 4 488,573 ] 11 J Totals £281,095 17 3J £212,415 11 0 £488,573 1 11J

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A comparison of the revenue and expenditure year by year for the past ten years is shown in the table below. The figures for 1881-82 —the first year after the amalgamation of the Post Office and Telegraph services—and 1891-92, are also given.

Statement showing Revenue and Expenditure of the Post and Telegraph Department for the Ten Years ended 31st March, 1902, and for the Years 1881-82 and 1891-92.

The balance of revenue over expenditure for last year was £22,816 12s. 6id., as compared with £85,564 2s. 6|d. for 1900-1. Adding the value of the free official correspondence and Government telegrams, there is a credit balance on the year's transactions of £112,466 10s. o^d. The amount payable to the Railway Department for the conveyance of mails was £40,847 75., against which the sum of £30,426 6s. was recovered by this Department for the postage on Eailway correspondence, private-box rents, transmission of Eailway telegrams, and maintenance of Eailway telegraph wires. £9,727 was also contributed by the Post Office on account of the salaries of Eailway officers who also act as Postmasters and telegraphists or telephonists, leaving a balance in favour of the Eailway Department of £20,148. 48,370,816 letters were posted, equal to 62-18 letters to each head of the population, an increase of 12,185,771. The percentage of letters to each head of the population is believed to be the highest in the world. The total increase on all letters dealt with was 12,881,969. The number of forwarded telegrams of all codes was 4,167,981, an increase of 269,853. 74 post-offices were established (including 6 reopened). The number of post-offices open at the close of the year was 1,739. 405,967 money-orders, for £1,286,508 Is. 10d., were issued ; and 283,611 orders, representing £1,108,399 6s. 2d., paid. 556,316 postal notes, of the value of £173,317 55., were sold. £4,611,456 6s. Id. was deposited in the Post-Office Savings-banks, and £4,230,193 6s. 2d withdrawn. The total amount to credit of depositors on the 31st December last was £6,350,013 9s. 2d., as compared with £5,809,552 ss. 3d. at the close of the previous year. 1,067 inland-mail services (excluding services by railway) were in operation during the year. At the close of the year there were 7,469 miles of telegraph-line, and 21,705 miles of wire. The net expenditure on telegraph construction was £31,728 16s. 2d. There were 9,260 telephone-exchange connections on the 31st March last. The subscriptions received amounted to £55,542 4s. 9d.

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Item. 'ostal legrsp" 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 £ s. d. 104,120 0 0 61,471 18 3 42,966 8 5 37,318 8 4 1,939 7 5 £ f. d. £ s. d. 157,057 0 0 261,177 0 0 . 61,471 18 3 42,366 3 5 17,318 8 4 1,939 7 5 25,878 13 0 25,878 13 0 29,245 3 0 54,770 4 0 234 15 0 I 234 15 0 25,525 1 0 Balance of revenue over expenditure (Postal) .. , „ (combined Department) 253,340 IS 5 27,755 18 104 212,415 11 0 I 465,756 9 5 '.'. 22,816 12 6$ Totals £281,096 17 3£ £212,415 11 0 £488,573 1 11J

Year. Rovenue. Expenditure. Balance of Revenue over Expenditure. 234,529 s. a. 8 0 £ s. 233,291 10 a. 4 £ s. d. 1,237 17 8 1881-82 1891-92 320,058 1 3 268,343 1 1 51,715 0 2 1892-93 1893-94 1894-95 1895-96 1896-97 1897-98 1898-99 1899-1900 1900-1901 1901-1902 318,758 10 4 344,676 12 3 357,449 14 9 365,727 6 5 392,117 1 0 408,383 15 3 445,770 7 1 488,245 16 4 503,835 19 54 488,573 1 111 278,394 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 11 465,756 9 5 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 22,816 12 3 0 5 9 7 2 7 9 6* 64 Total for ten years £526,366 8- 7

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Staff. The total number of officers on the staff on the 31st March was as under :— 31st March, 1902. Postmaster-General ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Classified staff:— First Division ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 Clerical Division ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,139 Non-clerical Division ... ... ... ... ... ... 627 Distributors and messengers ... ... ... ... ... 468 Total, classified staff ... ... ... ... ... 2,238 mployees not on permanent staff:— Country Postmasters and Postmistresses ... ... ... ... 1,601 Nightwatohmen ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 Mail-cart drivers ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 Postmasters and telegraphists or telephonists who are Bail way officers 144 Total ... ... ... ... ... ... 3,990 CoMPABATiVE Beturn of Officers of the Post and Telegraph Department for the Years ended 31st March, 1901, and 31st March, 1902. Mar.3l, Mar. Bl, Mar.3l, Mar.3l, 1901. 1902. 1901. 1902. Postmaster-General .. .. .. 1 1 Brought forward .. .. 108 123 Secretary .. .. .. .. 1 1 Assistant Inspectors of Post-offices .. 3 3 Superintendent of Electric Lines .. 1 1 Chief Postmasters .. .. 17 17 Assistant Secretary and Inspector .. 1 1 Postmasters and Officers in Charge on Controller of Money-orders and Savings- Permanent Staff .. .. .. 119 111 banks and Accountant .. .. 1 1 Clerks (including Telephone Exchange j Chief Clerk .. .. .. .. 1 1 cadettes and cadets in post-offices) (, „.,-. -. Assistant Controller of Money-ordera and Operators (including cadets in telegraph-1 ' ' ' Savings-banks and Accountant .. 1 1 offices) .. .. .. j Clerks in General Post Office— Letter-carriers .. .. .. 227 234 Secretary's Office .. .. .. 16 18 Messengers (Post Office) .. 46 49 Inspector's and Dead-letter Branch .. 6 7 Linemen .. .. .. 73 70 Controller of Money-ordors and Savings- Telegraph distributors and message boys 437 468 banks and Accountant's Branch .. 57 66 Nigbtwatchmen .. .. .. 3 3 Storekeeper and assistants .. .. 7 7 Mail-cart drivers .. .. .... 4 Electrician (also Telegraph Inspector) .. 1 1 Postmasters and telegraphists or teleAssistant Electricians .. .. .. 2 2 phonists who are Railway officers .. 151 144 Mechanicians and cadets .. .. 8 7 Country Postmasters, Postmistresses, Telegraph Inspectors .. .. .. 4 4 and telephonists .. .. .. 1,000 1,601 Carried forward .. ..108 123 Totals .. .. ..3,715 3,990 Provision for increased staff required to overtake the rapidly expanding business was again at times a matter of some difficulty, but has been met by a thorough change in the recruiting arrangements. The policy of the Department of offering inducement to lads and others in the non-clerical division to qualify for promotion lias not been disturbed, and it is gratifying to find that the spirit of emulation thus created has produced an increased desire for self-improvement among juniors in the service, and the consequent discovery of many promising officers. The classes for training telegraph cadets were not carried on throughout the whole of the summer months, but have had again to be resumed. Besides providing staff on account of resignations, deaths, and increased business, the vacancies caused by the fifty-one employees who have gone to South Africa with the several contingents had also to be filled. The positions of these officers are kept open for them, and this had always to be borne in mind when filling the vacancies. Several telegraphists have left this service for South Africa, and others contemplate applying for positions in the Transvaal now that the war has ended. The conduct of officers has been extremely good, and the almost total absence of complaint and the loyalty of the staff on both sides of the service is a credit to its members. A word of acknowledgment should be given to the letter-carriers throughout the colony, particularly those in the principal centres, for the efficient manner in which they overtook the suddenly increased delivery of mail matter which followed the introduction of the penny post. An endeavour has been made to reward the men as a body by making as many promotions as possible from their ranks to the clerical division, and it is hoped by the establishment of a special class of sorters to give promotion to suitable letter-carriers who are not educationally or otherwise qualified for the clerical division. It is intended to introduce to Parliament an amending Classification Bill, which will, among other things, improve the lower grades of the non-clerical division. The employment of night staffs at Wellington and Dunedin having proved an undoubted success, it was decided in September last to appoint a night staff, consisting of a clerk and a messenger, at the Chief Post Office, Auckland. This arrangement enables mails arriving by small coastal steamers during the night to be sorted, and the clearances made from the letter-receivers to be stamped and sorted ready for the morning staff, which has now more time to attend to the despatch of the country mails.

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Appeal Boabd. The new Board, which met in May last year, dealt with fifteen appeals, ten of which were reported against by the Board. One would have been righted in ordinary course ; one referred to a question of numerical order which had resulted from a former decision of the Board ; one referred to the definition of numerical position in the grouped classes under the regulations of 1900; one recommendation could not be carried out owing to the adverse opinion of the Law Office, but, as the circumstances were exceptional, the officer concerned was promoted from the non-clerical to the clerical division ; in the remaining case an officer's promotion was antedated. Although the number of legitimate appeals was small, a more than usual number of important points was involved. Not the least satisfactory of the findings of the Board were two in which the principle of fitness as against mere length of service was upheld. Heretofore officers have been allowed unusual facility for appealing—that is to say, so-called appeals have been made on account of grievances, real or imaginary, which the PostmasterGeneral had not first been given an opportunity to adjudicate upon. A stricter procedure should in future be followed, by requiring officers to first state their case to the Department and obtain the Postmaster-General's decision. The Board has in the past been troubled with far too many trivial appeals, in which the appellants had no real grievance, or else had some minor complaint which could or would have been settled out of hand by reference to the Department. Health of Staff. The health of the staff was affected by the epidemic of influenza and measles which prevailed throughout the colony during last winter. The following table gives the average absence of officers on sick-leave : —

There were four deaths. The death of Mr. George Eliot Bliott, who was the first Secretary of the Post Office when the Department was separated from the Colonial Secretary's office in 1862, took place on the 17th September last year, at the ripe age of eighty-four. Mr. Bliott retired on pension as far back as 18712, but notwithstanding his advanced age at the time of his death he continued to take a keen interest in the developments of the Post Office. Mr. Bliott had charge of the Department during the busy period after the discovery of <jold in Otago, and successfully pioneered it through the comparatively short but stirring times which saw the Maori war in the North, and the transfer of the seat of Government from Auckland to Wellington. It may be mentioned that at the time of Mr. Eliott's retirement the Department dealt with less than six and a half million articles, and at the time of his death over ninety-one and a half million were handled. Penny Postage. The loss on the penny post for the first year has been below anticipations. Instead of a loss of £80,000 as originally estimated, the actual loss may be put down at about £34,000. The enormous increase of mail matter for the year, including nearly thirteen million additional letters dealt with, mainly the result of the penny post, was unprecedented, but it was handled without hitch of any kind. Since the last report the following countries have been added to the list of those with which New Zealand has reciprocal penny postage : The British Postal Agencies at Amoy, Canton, Foochow, Hankow, Hoihow, Liv Rung Tau, Ningpo, Shanghai, and Swatow. The one defect in the original scheme, owing to the inability of Australia to respond to the invitation of this colony to enter either into a reciprocal agreement or one under which our letters prepaid at Id. might be accepted and delivered without surcharge, was removed by the adoption, at the suggestion of the Postmaster-General, of the latter arrangement as from the 28th April last. It is hoped that the time is near when the Commonwealth will be in a position to enter into a fully reciprocal agreement. In the meantime the privilege of sending letters to Australia for Id. is warmly appreciated by the people of New Zealand. As mentioned elsewhere, the extension of penny postage to Australia involved the reduction by this colony of its terminal rate on cable messages exchanged with Australia from Id. to Jd. per word ; but, on the other hand, the Commonwealth made a liberal concession by reducing its terminal rate from Id. per word per State to a uniform Id. for the whole of Australia. It is not anticipated that there will be any considerable addition to the countries participating in the penny post until after the International Postal Congress to be held at Eome in 1904. The extension of the penny post to Australia means an initial loss of postage of about £4,000 a year, and the reduction of our terminal rate on New Zealand-Australian cable messages a further loss of revenue at the rate of about £2,400 per annum, based on the intercolonial traffic at the time the reduction was decided upon. GUATUITIES ON SHIP MAILS. On the Ist January, 1901, owing to the introduction of the universal penny postage, the gratuities payable for the carriage of ship mails by unsubsidised vessels were reduced from Id. each

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Numbers comprised. Average Absence per Sick Officer. Average Sickabsence per each Officer employed. Men Women 1,184 148 Days. 12-53 14-13 Days. 5-99 14-61

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letter to 2a. per pound on letters for delivery at places beyond the colony, from -J-d. each to Is. per pound on letters for delivery from one provincial district to another, and from Jd. each to 4d. per pound on letters for delivery at any place within the same provincial district. The amount paid for gratuities for ship mails, 1900-1, was £14,126 14s. 9d., as against £10,549 14s. 10d. in 1901-2. WOKK FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS, AND FjKEE TELEGRAMS AND POSTAGE. The ever-increasing call made upon the Post Office to perform functions which in other countries are undertaken by special State officers tends to swell very considerably the work of the Department, and to increase the number of officers employed and the salaries paid. These services have been willingly undertaken, and performed with such efficiency as to lead to their real importance being in a measure overlooked, although the saving to other departments is very much greater than the increase in Post Office salaries. The time has arrived when Post Office expenditure should no longer be debited with the cost of the increased salaries of officers because of their performing outside duties. The unreasonableness of this may be gathered from the fact that the salaries of a number of our classified officers is based on cheir total work, including of course the work undertaken for other departments. During the past year the total receipts on account of other departments were £2,205,826, and the total payments on their behalf £2,247,477. During a period of five years the vouchers paid for the Treasury have increased in number by 53 per cent., the transactions on behalf of the Public Trustee by 62 per cent., those on behalf of the Superintendent, Advances to Settlers, by 1,096 per cent.; Customs duties collected on parcels have increased 225 per cent. ; fees collected for game licenses, 42 per cent. ; for the Government Printer, 87 per cent; for the Income-tax Department, 52 per cent. ; for sheep rates, 54 per cent. ; and for registration of births, deaths, and marriages, 32 per cent. Among the new business undertaken may be mentioned the collection of fees under the Arms Act and Homing-pigeons Act, for fishing licenses, for baths at Eotorua and Hanmer Springs, and for the Valuation Department. The payment of all old-age pensions, the number of which during the past three years has increased over 80 per cent., involving considerable labour, demands special mention. The discount-stamp system, which in some centres is being freely used, in the aggregate means a considerable number of transactions. With the following exceptions, no payment is received by the Post Office for the services performed : Old-age Pensions, Advances to Settlers, Public Trust, and game licenses. A mutual arrangement exists between the Eailway Department and Post Office for settlement of the claims for services rendered. The prepayment of Government telegrams and correspondence may here be appropriately raised again. The abolition of free telegrams is as urgent to-day as it was when the question was last reviewed. The system is still abused—diffuse and inconsequential telegrams, and matters which could be equally well dealt with by post, are too frequently being sent by wire, to the exclusion at times of more legitimate telegraph business. The franking-list is also getting beyond reasonable limits and out of hand, owing to the large number of names added to it from time to time. Economy would assuredly result were Government telegrams required to be prepaid, and to a lesser degree would this apply to the large quantity of mail matter now sent free through the Post Office. Such has been the experience in Gape Colony since the Government there decided that Government telegrams and correspondence should be paid for —more particularly in respect to the telegrams, which immediately fell off by nearly one-half. The Commonwealth Government, it may be mentioned, has determined to abolish the franking system in Australia, for good and sufficient reasons. The value of free telegrams (GYMs) forwarded last year in New Zealand was £27,508, and free postage £62,142, making the total £89,650. Old-age Pensions. The following is a comparative return showing number and amount of old-age pension payments made each month, for the two years ended 31st March, 1902 : —

• Month. ] Number of Payments. 1900-1. 1901-2. Amount. Number of Payments, i Amount. April ... May June July August September October ... November December 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 11,900 12,107 12,110 12,220 12,210 12,121 12,256 12,343 12,257 12,296 12,285 12,322 £ s. d. 16,962 19 5 17,207 17 7 17,190 16 11 17,327 17 9 17,276 9 8 17,132 4 6 17,321 8 8 17,446 0 6 17,292 10 2 17,350 5 6 17,333 3 7 17,406 7 1 January ... February ... March Totals 138,144 £197,727 10 7 146,427 £207,248 1 4

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

Inspection. 1,410 offices were visited and inspected, the distance travelled being 24,517 miles. New Postage-stamps, etc. Postage-stamps at -Jd. and Id. printed on thin paper watermarked " N.Z." with star were printed during the year. It is hoped soon to use watermarked paper for the other values. The introduction of new perforating-machinery has resulted in better work being turned out than formerly. All cause of complaint in respect of the adhesive properties of the gum used has now been removed. Following on the annexation of Penrhyn Island ar.d Niue to New Zealand, a limited supply of current New Zealand postage-stamps at Id. was overprinted " Niue " by means of a rubber stamp in November last, and sent to the Niue Post Office for sale to the public. Since then New Zealand postage-stamps at |-<L, Id., and 2-|d. have been overprinted at the Government Printing Office for Penrhyn Island and Niue and forwarded to those offices. The overprint consists of the name of the island and the value of the stamp —"J Peni," " Tai Peni," and " 2| Peni" respectively for Penrhyn Island, and " -J- Peni," "Taha Peni," and "2J Peni" for Niue. No change has yet been made in the Gook Islands stamps, but this is to be considered in connection with a proposal to create stamps of special design for Penrhyn Island and Niue. Penny pictorial post-cards bearing views of the principal cities of the colony and its scenery were issued in September last. Competitive designs have been invited for new post and letter cards to bear the King's effigy in place of that of the late Queen Victoria. Pacific Cable. Since last year's report a practical advance has been made with this important undertaking, the sections Queensland-Norfolk Island, Norfolk Island-New Zealand, Norfolk Island-J?iji having been laid by the cable steamer " Anglia," which sailed from London on the Bth January last. Mr. Charles Henry Reynolds, G.1.E., formerly Director of Telegraphs, India, who was appointed General Manager to the Pacific Cable Board in August, 1901, visited the colony in March, and fully discussed with the Postmaster-General matters connected with the Pacific cable. His visit was of material advantage to the Governments and the Board. The shore end of the Queensland-Norfolk Island cable was laid at Southport on the 13th March, and the " Anglia " landed the Norfolk Island end on the 20th of that month, leaving the same day for New Zealand. About thirty miles from Doubtless Bay the cable had to be cut and buoyed owing to rough weather, but the shore end was successfully landed on the 24th March, the important event being celebrated with some ceremony in the presence of the Postmaster-General, the General Manager to the Pacific Cable Board, members of the Advisory Board, officials of the Cable Construction Company, and of the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Department, one of the members of the House of Representatives for Auckland, and members of the Press. The steamer then proceeded to the buoyed end, and the final splice was made at 3.15 p.m. on the 26th March, when telegrams were forwarded by the Postmaster-General to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Imperial Postmaster-General, the Governor-General, the Premier, and the Postin asters-General of Canada and the Australian Commonwealth, the Chairman of the Pacific Cable Board, the Agent-General, and others.

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Postal District. ] Number of Payments. 1000-1. 1901-2. Amount. Number of Payments. Amount. Auckland... Blenheim... Christchurcli Dunedin ... Gisborne ... .:. Greymouth Hokitika ... Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru ... Thames ... Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport... 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 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. d. 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 32,091 1,863 20,828 22,283 1,236 6,409 6,128 8,848 5,640 4,238 3,051 2,876 5,911 4,614 4,261 12,446 3,704 £ ■ s. d. 44,821 3 2 2,635 19 5 29,064 10 3 31,486 17 10 1,756 6 6 9,458 11 6 8,992 7 2 12,620 4 7 7,775 10 3 5,755 10 8 4,294 8 4 4,147 7 4 8,550 14 2 6,569 13 6 6,081 11 11' 17,823 6 10 5,413 17 11 Totals 138,144 138,144 £197,727 10 7 146,427 £207,248 1 4

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The laying of the Norfolk Island-Fiji section was completed on the 10th April, when further congratulatory messages were exchanged with the Officer administering the Government of Fiji, and others. The cable is expected to be completed to Vancouver and opened for through traffic about November next. The cables were tested daily for thirty days on behalf of the Pacific Cable Board, and at the end of that time were found to be working satisfactorily, and taken over by the Board in terms of the contract with the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company for making and laying the cable. A site consisting of 15 acres 2 roods 16 perches of Block IV., Mangonui Survey District, Auckland, had been reserved for cable-station purposes at Doubtless Bay, and acres were subsequently purchased. The contract for the buildings was accepted on the 10th December, 1901, and the cable-house was reported as finished on the 3rd March, 1902. The office building was completed at the beginning of April, the staff quarters at the end of that month, and the residences for the Superintendent and the Assistant Superintendent at the end of May. The land, buildings, <fee, are to be paid for by the Pacific Cable Board and become its property. As one outcome of Mr. Beynolds's visit it was arranged between the Pacific Cable Board and the Postmaster-General that the working of the land lines as well as the cable should be undertaken by the Board's staff, this Department paying a proportion of the. operators' salaries for the land-line work. So far this arrangement has been found to work very satisfactorily. One of our experienced officers was transferred to the service of the Board and appointed to the charge of the station. As a direct result of the advent of the Pacific cable the terminal Australian rate on New Zealand-Australian traffic was reduced to a uniform Id. per word, instead of Id. per word per State, as hitherto, and the New Zealand terminal rate from Id. to fd. per word. This enabled the charges for New Zealand-Australian telegrams, except to and from Tasmania, being reduced to one uniform rate of 4|d. per word, and to Tasmania to 5Jd. The additional Id. to Tasmania is to cover the transmission over the Australia-Tasmania cable. Lengthy negotiations, however, had taken place before the terminal rates were settled, and the reduction of New Zealand's rate to |d. was conditional on the Commonwealth accepting New Zealand's penny letters and delivering without surcharge. No change has been made in the terminal rate for international traffic. The rate for Government telegrams vid Pacific Cable is Id. per word less than for ordinary telegrams. To Norfolk Island the charge for ordinary telegrams is 3d. per word, and to Fiji Bd. per word. In addition to the reduction of the rates for telegrams to and from Australia, the opening of the Pacific cable has, in one unexpected direction, given considerable relief to the senders of cable telegrams to places beyond Australia, by bringing about a general reduction of the rates from New Zealand, Queensland, and Victoria to the more favourable rates which had subsisted in New South Wales, South Australia, and Western Australia under an agreement with the Eastern Extension Company. The rates on ordinary telegrams from New Zealand to Europe were reduced, as from the Ist June, from ss. 2d. to 3s. 4d. per word. This reduction is made under a tentative agreement between the Australian Commonwealth and the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, subsequently extended to this colony by the company, whose action is highly appreciated by the New Zealand Government. The agreement, however, is subject to the whole question of rates and cable matters generally coming up for discussion in London presently. The Pacific cable was opened for business on the 23rd April. A separate copper wire from Auckland to Doubtless Bay was erected for the cable traffic, which up to the present has in volume far exceeded anticipations. On the completion of the Pacific cable the through rate to and from Europe by that" route will be 3s. per word. Copies of correspondence to date will be presented to Parliament in usual course. Cable Communication with South Apbica. On the Ist November, 1901, the new cable between Durban in the Colony of Natal and Freniantle in Western Australia was opened for traffic. The section Fremantle to Glenelg was opened on the Ist March last. This cable is divided into five sections, as follows : (1) Durban to Mauritius; (2) Mauritius to Eodrigues; (3) Eodrigues to Cocos; (4) Cocos to Fremantle; and (5) Fremantle to Glenelg in South Australia. The rates on telegrams from New Zealand to Durban and Capetown were reduced from 7s. 6d. to 3s. and 3s. Id. per word respectively from Ist December, 1901, a sympathetic reduction also applying to other South African stations. Stewaet Island Cable. The laying of a cable from Bluff to Lee Bay, connecting by four miles of land line with Half-moon Bay, which was successfully accomplished on the 11th June instant, was a notable event, completing as it does telegraphic communication from one extremity of the colony to the other. The cable was laid in an unusually short space of time, showing the value of the Government possessing a cable steamer. On the sth June the Postmaster-General directed that the work was to be done. The fixing of the cable machinery was begun the same day, the cable required taken on board without delay, and the " Tutanekai " was able to leave Wellington at noon on the Bth, and she reached the Bluff on the forenoon of the 10th. During the afternoon the landing-place at Ocean Beach, outside the Bluff, was surveyed; at daylight the following morning the operation of laying the cable commenced; seven hours later the shore end was landed at Lee Bay and connected up with the land line, which had already been erected ; and a telephone-office opened the same afternoon at Half-moon Bay. The cable, which is a single-core, and weighs six tons to the knot, is a little over nineteen knots in length.

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The cable, besides bringing a comparatively isolated community and district into closer touch with the rest of New Zealand, will greatly enhance the popularity of Stewart Island as a holiday and tourist resort, and be of considerable benefit to persons visiting the place either on business or pleasure. In addition to its value as a means of connecting Stewart Island with the mainland, the cable will be of great service for defence purposes. Business over Existing Cables. The number and value of cable messages forwarded from New Zealand during 1901 are shown in the following statement: —

The colony's outward international and intercolonial cable business, not including Press, for the years 1900 and 1901 was as follows : — Messages. Value. International, — Number. £ s. d. 1901 ... ... ... 11,879 ... 32,744 4 4 1900 ... ... ... 11,947 ... 42,132 16 11 Decrease ... 68 Decrease ... 9,388 12 7 or 0'57 per cent. or 2228 per cent. Messages. Value. Intercolonial, —• Number. £ s. d. 1901 ... ... • ... 53,080 ... 14,230 13 3 1900 ... ... ... 50,328 ... 13,086 9 2 Increase ... 2,752 Increase ... 1,144 4 1 or 5-47 per cent. or 8-74 per cent. The total increase in 1901 was therefore 2,684 messages, but a decrease of £8,244 8s. 6d. in value. The forwarded and received cable Press business for the past ten years ended 31st December, 1901, has been :—

Note. The intercolonial cable Press rate was reduced from 3d. to Id. per word on the Ist April, 1893,

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Ordii iary. Press. Destination. No. of Messages. Value. No. of Messages, j Value. i international ... few South Wales Queensland 5Outh Australia Casmania /ictoria Western Australia 11,879 29,868 1,172 1,448 2,023 16,589 1,980 £ S. 32,744 4 7,336 0 353 18 476 5 734 6 4,696 16 633 6 d. 4 6 5 4 4 2 6 £ s. d. 302 i 2,011 13 1 1,052 662 6 8 7 1 16 4 59 42 16 11 Total for 1901 64,959 46,974 17 7 1,420 2,718 12 0 Total for 1900 62,275 55,219 6 1 1,034 1,457 4 5

Forwarded. Received. Year. Nu iber of Number of Value. Value. Messages. Words. Messages. Words. 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 791 796 994 1,168 1,069 1,294 1,154 1,570 1,034 1,420 44,263 57,390 103,366 68,682 92,946 128,839 133,342 182,066 139,295 148,400 £ s. d. 898 3 9 504 9 9 899 4 9 433 13 0 531 4 9 945 4 8 907 7 0 1,800 10 4 1,457 4 5 2,718 12 0 2,884 2,883 3,033 3,926 2,946 3,665 3,599 3,822 4,014 3,989 197,477 202,170 203,326 314,136 285,369 323,617 282,882 298,218 333,300 351,291 £ s. d. 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 1,967 19 3

POST OFFICE. Articles posted and delivered. Although the number of letters handled increased by 12,881,969, letter-cards and post-cards showed a decrease. This, however, was to be expected, as the tendency of the penny post is for many such articles to fall into the letter mails. The number of articles posted in the colony, and received from places outside the colony, during the year 1901, as compared with the number in 1900, was as under : Letters— 1901. 1900. Increase. Posted in the colony .. .. .. 48,370,816 36,185,045 Received from places outside the colony .. 3,173,449 2,477,251 51,544,265 38,662,296 12,881,969 Letter-cards— Decrease. Posted in the colony .. .. .. 1,023,295 1,236,183 212,888 Post-cards— Posted in the colony .. .. .. 1,460,589 1,858,064 Received from places outside the colony .. 61,788 50,451 1,522,377 1,908,515 386,138 Books and pattern-packets— Posted in the colony .. .. ..16,176,195 16,111,221 Increase. Received from places outside the colony .. 2,086,371 1,604,181 18,262,566 17,715,402 547,164 Newspapers— Posted in the colony .. .. .. 13,858,234 12,347,374 Received from places outside the colony .. 5,115,398 4,698,341 18,973,632 17,045,715 1,927,917 Parcels— Posted in the colony .. .. .. 233,491 199,220 Received from places outside the colony .. 39,951 34,236 273,442 233,456 39,986 The letters increased 33-32, letter-cards decreased 17'22, post-cards decreased 20-23, books and pattern-packets increased 3-09, newspapers increased 11-31, and parcels increased 17-13 per cent. In 1900 letters increased 3'43 ; letter-cards, 12-00; post-cards, 16-16; books and patternpackets, 0-31 ; newspapers, 8-45 ; and parcels, 4-52 per cent. The average number of letters posted per head of population was estimated to be 62-18, or 63-49 including letter-cards. The averages in 1900 were 4739, or 4901 including letter-cards. The Post Office receipts for the year amounted to £281,096 17s. 3£d. —a net decrease of £35,761 0s. 3£d.> or 11-29 per cent. The expenditure was £253,340 18s. 5d., as against £223,256 15s. 6d.—an increase of £30,084 2s. lid., or 13-48 per cent. The increase was mainly caused by unusually heavy payments for ocean mails to close the accounts of the expired San Francisco contract, and the new service. The conveyauce of inland mails and mails by railway also showed a considerable increase. There was a balance of revenue over expenditue of £27,755 18s. 10|d. The estimated value of official (free) correspondence was £62,142. The gross earnings of the Post Office for the year were therefore £343,239, and the credit balance £89,898. Work performed for other Departments. Customs duties amounting to £23,671 8s. were collected on articles received through the post from places beyond the colony, and £2,093 6s. 2d. on account of ordinary Customs work. The sum of £2,509 10s. was collected from the sale of game licenses. Premiums amounting to £28,726 2s. 4d. were collected from policyholders on behalf of the Government Insurance Department. £584 4s. 6d. was collected'for the Government Printer on the sale of Government publications. Income-tax amounting to £111,605 12s. lid., and land-tax for £240,499 15s. 5d., were received at post-offices. Fees under the Live-stock Acts amounting to £21,143 13s. were collected. The sum of £4,487 12s. 2d. was received for machinery fees. The receipts from the sale of miners' licenses amounted to £1,041 17s. £11,815 was lodged at post-offices for investment in New Zealand Consols. The receipts on behalf of the Public Trust Office were £381,390 17s. 8d., and payments £381,034 12s. 5d. Railway receipts for £13,086 10s. lOd. were also accounted for through the Post Office Account. The fees collected in respect of the registration of births, deaths, and marriages totalled £2,041 8s. 3d. The Advances to Settlers Office receipts amounted to £563,976 7s. 2d., and payments £564,246 15s. 6d. Fees, &c, were also collected on account of the Audit Office, water rates, goldfields, County Councils, Clerks of Court, Harbourmasters, Arms Act, fishing licenses, Lunacy Department, li—F. 1.

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Factories Act, Education Department, Homing-pigeons Protection Act, Hanmer Springs Sanatorium, Rotorua baths, Botorua patients, the Treasury, Licensing Act, valuation revenue, Coalmines Act, Immigration Restriction Act, and loan-debenture receipts. The payments made by the Post Office on behalf of the Treasury were £580,159 os. 2d. 1,549,360 discount-stamps, valued at £1,622 55., were sold during the year, and 1,140,240, for £1,187 155., redeemed. Gboss Receipts and Payments. The gross receipts dealt with during the year were: Departmental, £13,336,337 3s. 4d.; on account of other departments, £2,205,826 3s. sd. : total, £15,542,163 6s. 9d. The payments were: Departmental, £13,390,980 10s. Id.; on behalf of other departments —to individuals, £1,732,784 19s. Bd.; to Government accounts, £514,692 3s. 4d. : a total of £15,638,457 13s. Id. The gross receipts and payments were therefore £31,180,620 19s. 10d. for the year. Letter-carriers' Deliveries. Deliveries by letter-carriers were established at: Blenheim —Havelock ; Thames —Opotiki; Te Aroha. Letter-carriers' deliveries were extended as follows : In Auckland (suburbs) —The twice-daily delivery now includes Grange Road and Mount Eden and Mount Roskill districts to the north of Grange Road. At Devonport (Auckland), (by subsidised carrier) —To include the whole of the Borough of Devonport and Sunnyside. Christchurch —At New Brighton, along New Brighton Road as far as Professor Bickerton's. Dunedin —At Balclutha, northwards to include the Main North Road to junction with Cemetery Road, also Yarmouth, Lyne, and Argyle Streets; and westwards to include Ryrie Street and Rosebank Road as far as junction with Ryrie Street. New Plymouth (C.P.O.) —To Vogeltown. Timaru—Geraldine, to Waihi Terrace. Newspapers registered. Sixteen newspapers were registered for transmission by post, and eleven ceased publication. Receiving-boxes. Twenty-six receiving-boxes were established at: Auckland—City and suburbs, 11. Christchurch—City and suburbs, 6. Dunedin—City and suburbs, 2. Invercargill—Riverton,3. Napier— Wairoa, 1. New Plymouth—Town, 1. Wellington—City and suburbs, 1; Woodville, 1. Three receiving-boxes were closed at: Christchurch—City, 2. Dunedin—City, 1. Designations op Offices. The designations of offices were changed as follows: Auckland—Otonga East to Marua ; St. Heliers Bay (post-office) to St. Heliers. Christchurch—Conway to Conway Flat. Dunedin— Idaburn to Rough Ridge. Wellington—Manuhara to Maku ; Oroua Downs to Himatangi. Designations were corrected as follows : Auckland—Ongaruhe to Ongarue. New Plymouth— Wangamomona (post-office) to Whangamomona. Post-offices established, etc. Seventy-four post-offices were established (of these six were reopened offices) and twenty-one closed :— Opened. Amodeo Bay, Auckland Mahakipawa, Blenheim I Rarotonga (as a New Zealand Ararua (Dec, /00), Auckland Mangaramarama, Wellington office), Auckland Aratiatia, Auckland Matapu (reopened), Wanganui Riponui, Auckland Ardgowan, Oamaru Matuku, Invercargill Rongokokako, Wellington Ashley Downs, Dunedin Maungaraupi, Wellington St. John's, Wanganui Belmont, Invercargill Moneymore, Dunedin Springston Railway, Ohriatchurch Benmore, Invercargill Newton Plat (reopened), Westport Stanley Road, New Plymouth Big Omaha, Auckland Ngatapa, Napier Tangaihi, Auckland Bulwer, Blenheim Niue, Auckland Tatarariki, Auckland Cape Runaway, Thames Ocean Beach, Invercargill Taumata, Dunedin Clydevale, Dunedin Ohangai, Wanganui Te Rapa, Auckland Pencourt, Auckland Omokoroa, Thames Te Wharau, Wellington Golden Ridge, Nelson Oparau, Auckland Te Whiti, Wellington Hamilton South (reopened), Dunedin Orinoco, Nelson Titoki, Auckland Hatuma, Napier Paengaroa, Thames Tuhara, New Plymouth Hauturu, Auckland Paerau, Dunedin Umutoi (reopened), Wellington Hayward's Point, Dunedin Paiaka, Auckland Victoria Bridge, Dunedin Idaburn, Dunedin Pakorari, Hokitika Waikereru, Wellington Kahukura (reopened), Gisborne Pakowhai, Napier Waiowaka, Wellington Kanakanae, Gisborne Paremata (reopened), Wellington Waitapu, Nelson Karewarewa, Wellington Patoka, Napier Weraroa, Wellington Kawarau Bridge, Dunedin Pukehinau, Wellington Whakamara, Wanganui Korora, Wellington Puketoi, Wellington Whakaronga, Wellington Kutuku, Hokitika Putere, Napier Wharekopae, Gisborne Maben Road, Wanganui Rangitumau, Wellington Wild Bush, Invercargill.

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Closer!. Blandville, Chrietohuroh Kahukura, Gisborne Rough Ridge, Dunedin Christohurch Exhibition (R. 0.), Christ- Karewarewa, Wellington Ruakaka, Auckland ohurch Linburn, Dunedin Serpentine, Dunedin Glenwood, Wellington Little Rakaia, Christehurch Te Kuta, Napier Hamilton South, Dunedin Newton Flat, Westport Turangarere, Wanganui Hawkeswood, Christohuroh Paremata, Wellington Waima, Auckland Heawa, Auokland Puketoi, Wellington Wainuioru, Wellington. Huiakama, New Plymouth The number of post-offices open at the end of the year was 1,739.

Parcel-post. The following table shows the total number and the weight of inland, intercolonial, United Kingdom, and foreign parcels dealt with during the years 1890, 1899, 1900, and 1901: —

The following table shows the number and weight of parcels exchanged with the United Kingdom and the undermentioned places during the years 1900 and 1901 : —

The declared value of parcels received from places outside the colony in 1901 was £109,683. The Customs duty collected amounted to £22,406. The declared value of parcels despatched to places beyond the colony was £16,154, as against £11,800 in 1900. Direct parcel-post exchanges have been arranged with Natal and with India during the year,

L890. J 1899. 1900. 1901. Postal Dietriots. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Gisborne.. Napier .. Wanganui Wellington Nelson .. Westport Greymouth Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch Timaru .. Oamaru .. Dunedin Tnvercargill 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 46,633 3,324 3,212 2,283 9,281 8,663 51,150 6,124 2,089 3,099 2,865 1,907 33,707 1,960 1,120 39,976 5,957 lb. oz. 153,492 14 9,963 12 10,238 5 6,008 12 28,500 15 27,627 13 185,938 12 18,845 5 5,157 2 8,876 3 i 9,645 11 6,180 15 ; 135,437 9 ! 5,815 2 i 3,843 12 134,014 7 16,249 4£ 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 i 135,426 6| 6,274 1 4,739 7 144,791 10 23,933 0 53,428 4,357 4,799 2,653 12,202 12,680 63,647 7,023 2,676 3,628 3,505 2,765 44,310 2,420 1,920 43,503 7,920 lb. oz. 178,086 4 11,968 12 14,558 1 9,238 3 37,313 7 40,574 1 229,967 5J 20,924 6 6,549 14 11,327 10 11,587 3 8,332 13 145,750 2 ; 8,576 1 7,418 13 163,322 15 22,741 0 Totals 136,327 384,883 8 223,350 765,836 9J 233,456 794,994 6| 273,442 928,236 14 J

Eeci jived. Despi Ltchecl. Country. 1900. 1901. 1900. 1901. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Nui»ber. Weight. Number. Weight. United Kingdom and foreign countries (w<5 London) United States Vancouver Victoria New South Wales South Australia Queensland Tasmania.. Western Australia Samoa Rarotonga Fiji Norfolk Island Ceylon Uruguay Cape Colony Transvaal Natal Malta India 21,682 lb. oz. 76,132 0 24,011 lb. oz. 93,411 0 4,690 lb. oz. 9,769 0 5,787 lb. oz. 15,308 0 •922 147 3,540 6,229 244 308 143 260 15 19 36 2,282 13 236 5 12,849 8 17,629 8 715 4 631 8 406 2 756 0 94 7 45 3 98 1 3,019 221 2,853 7,260 284 408 217 211 8,784 15 299 8 13,235 0 21,233 0 857 6 807 14 567 13 617 6 409 89 1,322 1,809 191 267 312 262 128 65 139 1 165 15 707 345 1,047 13 145 0 3,033 12 4,774 0J 526 8 659 14 746 3 689 2 1 415 13 ; 257 15 1 447 1 5 8 372 7J 27 5 1,400 lj 681 12 833 131 1,456 638 245 342 377 264 155 86 168 2,380 1 285 10 3,045 0 1,600 3 707 1 990 6 914 8 692 12 394 4 378 15 532 8 "32 60 109 12 137 2 382 864 15| 487 1,196 3$ 101 17 537 378 26 239 15 36 1 1,342 6 779 10 56 2 309 590 8 814 860 0 "72 2 103 0 21 0 "m 78 11 Totals 34,236 113,332 2f 39,951 142,140 15J 10,916 24,998 8 J 11,588 29,762 1 * Six months only. + Four months only.

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Official Coeeespondence. The estimated volume and value of official and other free correspondence posted during 1901 is given in the statement below : —

The estimated value of official correspondence was £62,142. Dead Lettees. The following comparative table shows the number of unclaimed letters, letter-cards, and post-cards dealt with during the undermentioned years :—

The proportion of dead or unclaimed letters, letter-cards, and post-cards to the total number dealt with in the colony was 0-31 per cent., as against 0-34 per cent, in 1900. 24,678 book-packets and circulars were returned to foreign countries ; 35,734 were returned to senders through the Dead-letter Office ; 46,456 were returned by Chief Postmasters : a total of 106,868 book-packets and circulars, as compared with 123,294 in 1900. 481 letters were wrongly addressed; 29 letters were discovered to have been posted with previously used stamps ; 2,106 unclaimed registered letters were dealt with. 2,518 newspapers and 1,386 books and other articles without addresses were received, many of which were subsequently applied for and delivered. 1,951 newspapers were returned to the publishers. 435 letters and 142 letter-cards were posted without addresses. 8 letters with libellous addresses were intercepted. The undermentioned articles of value were found in letters opened in the Dead-letter Office, and returned to senders where practicable : — £ s. d. 347 post-office orders ... ... ... ... ... 959 10 3 31 bank drafts ... ... ... ... ... ... 2,144 8 6 225 cheques ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,954 17 3 2 dividend warrants ... ... ... ... ... 6 12 0 4 promissory notes ... ... ... ... ... 43 8 3 Postal notes ... ... ... ... ... ... 93 9 6 Stamps ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 21 18 2 Bank-notes ... ... ... ... ... ... 191 0 0 Gold ... ... ... ... ... 43 0 0 Silver and copper ... ... ... ... ... ... 718 Eepresenting a total of ... ... £5,465 5 7 In addition, 1 ladies' gold watch and chain, 3 silver watches, 1 silver watch and chain, 1 silver keyless watch, 2 keyless metal watches, 2 metal watches, 1 metal watch and clasp, 1 Waterbury watch, 1 gold-mounted silk watch-guard, 1 rolled-gold chain, 1 gold watch-chain bar, 4 silver chains, 2 pairs gold sleeve-links, 1 pair greenstone links, 2 gold scarf-pins, 1 ladies' gold scarf-pin, 1 ladies' gold tie-clip, 5 gold rings, 5 gold brooches, 6 silver brooches, 3 brooches, 3 gold-mounted greenstone brooches, 5 greenstone brooches, 1 pair gold-mounted greenstone

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District. Letters. Packets. Registered Articles. Newspapers. Auckland Thames New Plymouth .. Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Blenheim Christehureh Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill 333,370 75,489 108,747 31,884 120,116 262,197 1,428,034 109,109 35,828 57,772 18,780 66,001 450,982 97,461 51,064 383,256 239,174 33,735 2,851 15,000 3,468 9,596 6,034 328,798 6,825 440 3,214 2,688 2,964 26,692 3,750 2,080 49,844 18,616 12,164 1,702 1,850 660 2,310 7,518 31,916 5,481 1,443 3,026 1,981 720 13,800 3,194 1,420 9,500 4,180 67,114 33,332 33,570 17,868 54,750 90,970 242,043 40,560 29,224 46,085 27,231 24,756 144,450 32,000 34,164 194,664 79,092 Totals 3,869,264 516,595 102,865 1,191,873

Manner of Disposal. 1884. 1885. 1886. 1887. 1889. 1890. 1894. 1896. j 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. ipened and returned 68,942 to the writers leturned unopened to 9,134 other countries leissued .. .. 107 )estroyed .. .. 3,986 Returned unopened by | 17,593 Chief Postmasters 66,592 66,729 62,847 62,654 60,540' 61,745 7,779 8,941 63,112 68,872 74,132 76,692 100,036 8,115 8,359 7,287 6,220 7,546 8,899 9,706 9,707 12,251 185 2,872 19,187 251 6,600 21,144 96 5,974 20,185 92 4,340 21,164 141j 130 2,660 j 4,725 21,9311 22,042 148 4,069 26,414 219 3,368 33,273 178 4,536 22,915| 265 4,900 40,282 *5,112 5,705 44,523 Totals 99,762 96,951 103,083 96,389 94,470 93,051 97,583 101,289 114,631 111,467 131,846 167,627 * Including 4,911 troopers' letters.

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earrings, 1 pair greenstone earrings, 2 gold-mounted greenstone charms, 1 gold-mounted greenstone pendant, 5 silver-mounted greenstone pendants, 1 greenstone pendant, 1 silver-mounted greenstone spoon, 1 silver butter-knife with greenstone handle, 1 Railway Servants' Society's pendant, 1 gold tooth-pick, 1 pair gold-rimmed eye-glasses, 1 gold bangle, 1 gold-mounted tusk, 1 small piece of gold, 1 set silver spoons, 1 silver serviette-ring, 1 silver match-box, 1 cut-glass salve-pot with silver lid, 1 red leather purse, 2 books foreign stamps, 4 sheets foreign stamps, 47 packets foreign stamps, 1 certificate of title and memo, of mortgage, 1 gum license, 1 steamer ticket (single, Melbourne to Wellington), 4 feathers for hat, and violin-strings were dealt with. The number of inland, intercolonial, and international articles received and disposed of during the years 1900 and 1901 was as under: —

Missing Letters. 1,090 inquiries for letters and 861 for other articles alleged to have been posted and not delivered were made during 1901. In 626 of the inquiries for letters and 533 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. Pound to have been 62 53 ... Missent, misdelivered, or otherwise delayed through fault of Post Office. 20 17 ... Delayed in delivery through fault of addressees. 34 , 29 ... Not posted. 64 55 ... Posted later than advised ; forwarded by slower routes than letters of advice, &c. 114 96 ... Defectively or wrongly addressed. 61 51 ... Mislaid or lost after delivery. 37 32 ... Returned through Dead-letter Office as unclaimed, &c. 234 200 ... Delivered. Reason for inquiry not given, but probably in most cases omission by addressees to acknowledge receipt. 626 533 Registered Letters. The number of registered articles dealt with in 1901, compared with the numbers in 1890, 1899, and 1900, is shown below :—

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1900. 1901. uetters. Letter- Post- p..i. at . j News- T _ tt ._. Letter- Post- p . t Newscards, cards. acke 's- ! papers . Letters. cards cards rackets. papers Inland. Returned, delivered, &c, through Deadletter Office Returned by Chief Postmasters direct .. Destroyed in accordance with law 62,751 i 2,085 1,704 59,258 798 88,115 1,726 1,360 34,215 1,951 1,704 59,258 798 88,115 1,726 1,360 34,215 1,951 36,660 3,987 3,622 38,514 .. 40,909 .. 3,614 46,456 .. 142 108 1,45338,394 4,746 118 86 9,13942,736 3,622 108 38,514 .. 1,453 38,394 40,909 4,746 "ii8 3,614 86 46,456 9,139 421736 Australian. Originally addressed to other States :— Returned to writers Destroyed in accordance with law .. Returned to other States as unclaimed 4,249 270 4,025 91 6 2(1 789 .. 48 .. 5,814| .. 5,475 291 4,969 91 ]() 3a 556 34 3,959 "89 "48 International. Originally addressed to other countries :— Returned to writers Destroyed in accordance with law .. Returned to other countries as unolaimec 5,949 379 5,529 128 8 35 998! .. 47| .. 17,921i .. 8,272 439 7,091 109 15, 44 963 45 20,719 "53 "67 Totals [123,799 2,319 5,728 124,842 39,192 160,307 1,959; 5,361 116,086 44,687

1890. 1899. 1900. 1901. Postal Districts. From Places beyond the Colony. Begistered in the Colony. Totals. From Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. From Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totale. From Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. Auckland Thames New Plymouth .. Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington Blenheim Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Christehurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin In verc argil] 7,119 130 341 118 999 211 6,129 92 322 112 102 95 3,659 312 278 j 4,615 ; 1,740 26,374 34,398 4,781 3,372 2,120 10,911 6,060 30,369 3,193 3,430 3,254 8,879 2,579 20,404 3,551 2,505 19,696 9,819 41,517 4,911 3,713 2,238 11,910 6,271 36,498 3,285 3,752 3,366 8,981 2,674 24,063 3,863 2,783 24,311 11,559 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 22,929i 78,947i 5,471 12,002 7,713 8,497 4,363 48,169 8,130 7,244 39,544 23,936 122,919 18,954 16,806 4,195 25,139 i 24,779 i 93,287 5,568 12,658 8,050; 9,080i 4,447| 53,3121 9,198 7,407 27,367' 18,108 267+ 1,310 421 1,659 2,151! 9,513] 116 644 354 680 94| 5,404 1,196 120 6,954 3,352 1101,533 I 19,912 16,903 7,193 26,685 ! 24,980 85,915 0,371 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 18,577 302 1,498 421 1,952 2,364: 13,5951 116 ! 1,018: 880 602 503 ! 5,690 1,260 116 7,746 5,107 117,891 22,768 18,306 6,468 26,404 : 32,707 1106,859 8,071 14,814 8,518 13,776 6,634 56,399 10,736 7,815 53,324 26,071 136,468 23,070 19,804 6,889 28,356 35,071 120,454 8,187 15,832 9,398 14,378 7,137 62,089 11,996 7,931 61,070 31,178 Totals 169,321 195,695 54,371 434,766 489,137 52,343 464,036 516,379 61,747 537,561 599,308

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Inland Mails. The general contracts for inland mail-services would in the ordinary course expire at the end of this year. In view, however, of the great inconvenience caused by the services terminating so near the time of the parliamentary election, the Postmaster-General has decided to extend as many of the contracts as possible for one year, so that future lettings will not fall into the same year as the general election. The majority of the contractors has decided to accept the Department's offer of renewal on existing terms. A steam service from Wanganui to Pipiriki, in addition to that carried out by Messrs. Hatrick and Co., has been arranged with the Wanganui Settlers Eiver Steamship Company To meet the growing requirements of the Auckland District a railway travelling post-office was established as from the 19th May last. As at present arranged the sorting-vans run to and from Auckland and Hamilton. The vans cross at Mercer, where the sorting clerks exchange. The number of contracts for inland mails in operation in 1901 was 648. There are in addition 419 services not under bond. The length of inland postal routes by road (counted one way only) was 10,310 miles, and the total number of miles travelled 2,518,094, at an average cost of 3'37d. per mile. In 1900 the respective mileages were 10,137 and 2,510,152, and the average cost 3-26 d. per mile. Ordinary railway-trains with mails travelled 2,982,764 miles. The estimated sum payable to the Eailway Department for the conveyance of mails by ordinary trains was £40,847 7s. Inland Mail-services. The following services were established during the year : — Auckland— As required : Big Omaha Post-office-steamers*. Daily : Fencourt Post-office-Railway-station. Thrice weekly : Porootarao Post-office-train. Twice weekly : Oparau-Kawhia Eoad ; Towai-Euapekapeka. Weekly : Amodeo Bay Post-office-steamer ; Hukerenui-Paiaka : Hukerenui-Eipo-nui; Kawhia-Hauturu ; Kawakawa-Opua ; Eussell-Opua. Blenheim— Weekly: Blenheim-Seddon (continued). Dunedin— Daily : Hayward's Point-Purakanui; Wedderburn Post-office-Bailway-station. Thrice weekly: Idaburn-Ophir-Chatto Creek-Alexandra South : Milton-Money-more; Patearoa-Waipiata; Bough Eidge-Idaburn; Waiwera South-Ashley Downs-Taumata-Clydevale. Twice weekly : Waipiata-Hamilton South (re-established). Weekly: Patearoa-Paerau. Gisborne — Twice weekly during eight months of year, weekly four winter months : Te KarakaKanakanae; Patutahi-Ngatapa. Weekly: Ngatapa-Wharekopae; Port Awanui-Kahukura (re-established). Invercargill — Twice daily : Ocean Beach Post-office-Eailway-siding. Twice weekly : Wild Bush-Main Eoad. Weekly: Mossburn-Matuku. Monthly : Te Oneroa-Cromarty (continuation). Napier— Daily : Maharahara Bast Post-office-Oringi Eailway-station ; Napier-Pakowhai. Weekly : Dannevirke-Weber (while coach runs : service resumed); Petane-Te Kuta; Putere-Wahanui. Nelson— As required : Port Wharf-vessels in roadstead. Thrice weekly : Ngatimote-Orinoco. New Plymouth— Daily : Midhirst-Stanley Eoad. Thames— As required : Paeroa Post-office-Te Puke Wharf. Thrice weekly : Paeroa-Netherton ; Omokoroa-Junction on Tauranga Eoad. Twice weekly : Omahu-Cryer's Landing. Fortnightly : Eaukokore-Cape Eunaway-Hicks Bay. Timaru— Twice weekly : Fairlie, round service in Eaincliff district (rural delivery). Wanganui— Daily: Hawera - Manaia (making a twice-daily mail); Mokoia Railway-station-Whakamara (new office)-Meremere-Ohangai (new office); Te Eoti-Matapu. Twice weekly: Patea-Maben Eoad ; Wanganui - Makirikiri - Koriniti-Jerusalem-Pipiriki (in addition to existing service). Weekly : Pipiriki-Putikituna (extension provided for in Wanganui-Pipiriki contract); Wanganui-Koriniti-Jerusalem - Pipiriki (Ist May-31st October; winter service resumed under agreement up to 24th May for 1901, and extended to correspond with previous winter periods).

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Wellington — As required : Eketahuna Post-office-Railway-station ; Hukanui Post-office-Bailway-station. Daily: Pahiatua-Mangaramarama; Palmerston North-Terrace End-Whakaronga (see " Extended "). Thrice weekly : Colyton-Spur Boad ; Hukanui-Maungaraupi; Mangamahoe-Hast-well's (giving Hast well's a daily mail); Porirua-Paremata (delivery of letters); Bangitumau-Opaki; Te Nui-Annedale-Manawa. Twice weekly : Carterton-Gladstone-Te Wharau-Land's End (no post-office); Horne-wood-Flat Point-Waikekino ; Korora-Pongaroa; Masterton-Te Whiti; Bakau-nui-Waikereru. Weekly: Glendhu (no post-office)-Glenburn (no post-office) ; Kaitawa-Pori; Puke-hinau-Maku; Waikereru-Waiowaka. The following services were extended : — Auckland— Birkenhead-Birkdale (letter-delivery) to include Borough of Birkenhead as far as Hadfield's Corner on Eoberts Eoad. Dunedin — Dunedin-South Dunedin tram-service to include conveyance of mails between Dunedin, North-east Valley, and Caversham, and also conveyance of letter-carriers ; St. Bathan's-Cambrian to Beck's. Nelson — Collingwood-Parkeston to Golden Eidge (new office : Parkeston closed). New Plymouth — Whangamomona-Kohuratahi to Tuhara. Wanganui— Mangaweka-Kawatau to junction of Kawatau Valley and Auputu Eoads, and to Upper Kawatau and Mangakoheka, weekly. Wellington— , Alfredton-Waterfalls and Alfredton-Pori to Saunders Road (new office); Karori letter-delivery to Creswick and Northlands, and to Tinakori Eoad boundary; Pahiatua-Konini-Hamua-Newman to Eketahuna; Palmerston North-Terrace End to Whakaronga; Utuwai-Apiti to Umutoi (post-office reopened). The frequency of the following services was increased : — Auckland — Once to twice daily : Te Awamutu-Hairini. Twice to thrice weekly : Manurewa-Alfriston-Brookby ; Pirongia-Karamu ; TauhoaMaugakura. Twice and once weekly (summer and winter) to thrice and once weekly (Ist Novem-ber-30th April, Ist May-31st October) ; Taupo-Tokaanu. Once to twice weekly : Coromandel-Cabbage Bay; Mangapai-Euarangi-Waikiekie ; Porootarao-Ongarue. Christchurch— Daily to iwice daily : Christchurch-Glentunnel; Tinwald-Christchurch. Five times weekly to daily (in afternoon), with morning mails twice weekly : Christ-church-Methven-Lauriston-Lyndhurst-Cairnbrae. Twice weekly to daily (5/12/01 to 30/4/02; twice weekly for remainder of year): Kowai Bush-Springfield. Dunedin — Thrice weekly to daily : Outram-Woodside-Maungatua. Gisborne — Thrice weekly to daily : Gisborne-Kaiteratahi-Te Karaka-Whatatutu. Fortnightly to weekly: Te Araroa-Hicks Bay section of Port Awanui-Hicks Bay service (whole service now weekly). Greymouth — Four times weekly to daily: Greymouth-Paroa section of Greymouth-Dunganville service. Hokitika — Twice to thrice weekly : Kumara-Westbrook-Greenstone. New Plymouth — Weekly to twice weekly : Purangi-Matau. Timaru— Thrice weekly to daily : Timaru-Fairview-Claremont-Priest's Corner (no post-office)-Southburn-Pareora (terminal point)-Otipua-Kingsdown (no post-office)-Salis-bury-Timaru (round service). Wanganui — Twice and once weekly (summer and winter) to thrice and twice weekly (Ist Novem-ber-30th April, Ist May-31st October); Tokaanu-Waiouru-Karioi-Ohakune-Eaetihi-Mangaituroa-Pipiriki. Wellington— Once to twice weekly : Utuwai-Apiti. The frequency of the following service was diminished : — Christchurch — Twice to once daily : Springston Post-office-Railway-station.

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" (a.) This House authorises the Government to enter into a contract with the said company for a renewal of the present San Francisco mail-service for a term of one year and six months, subject to the following conditions :— " (b.) That the payment for the conveyance of mails from New Zealand to San Francisco shall be at the rate of 7s. 6d. per lb. for letters, Is. per lb. for books, packets, &c, and 6d. per lb. for newspapers, with a minimum of £15,000 and a maximum of £20,000 per annum ; or " (c.) That, in lieu of the foregoing payments, a fixed annual subsidy of £20,000 be paid, provided that one British-owned steamer, registered in New Zealand, be employed in the service. " (d.) That the time between San Francisco and Auckland shall not exceed seventeen days. " (c.) That no bonus shall be paid for early arrival, and a penalty at the rate of £4 an hour shall be enforced only when late delivery exceeds forty-eight hours. " (/.) That 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 provided for the same. " (g.) That 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. " (h.) That 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. " (t.) That any agreement entered into between the Postmaster-General of New Zealand and the J. D. Spreckels and Brothers Company shall, where applicable, follow the provisions of the agreement entered into between the Postmaster-General and 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. " (j.) And that the terms and conditions of clause 7 of the agreement of the 14th day of August, 1895, providing for the detention of the vessels at San Francisco for the mails from Great Britain, shall be given effect to as far as may be consistent with the contract subsisting between the J. D. Spreckels and Brothers Company and the United States Government." On the purport of the resolutions being communicated to Mr. Spreckels, he at first declined to accept the terms because the payment for letters was reduced from 10s. sd. to 7s. 6d. per pound. Further negotiations, however, resulted in his practically agreeing to carry on the service in terms of the resolutions. The contract, after revision, has been sent Mr. Spreckels for execution by his company. The service, unfortunately, has not been performed with that regularity which was expected when the initial difficulties connected with the machinery of the new vessels had been overcome. The irregular running has been due to several causes, amongst others the quarantine restrictions, which have more or less interfered with the due despatch of the vessels from Auckland, delaying their arrival at San Francisco. The late arrival there of a few hours only may mean, and has resulted in, three or four days' delay in the delivery of the mails in London —whenever the connection with the Saturday fast steamer from New York was missed, which has caused much dissatisfaction among the business people in London. After repeated representations Mr. Spreckels has agreed to put forward the departure of the steamers from Sydney and Auckland by one day, a change which it is hoped will enable the mails to connect regularly with the Saturday fast steamer from New York, and assure their delivery in London on due date. The question of opening up negotiations for a Vancouver and for a Federal mail-service was also discussed by the House of Representatives last session, and the following resolutions agreed to:— Vancouver Mail-service. " Resolved, — " 2. That this House authorises the Government to enter into negotiations for establishing a three-weekly or a four-weekly Vancouver mail-service, subject to the following conditions : — " (a.) That the contract shall be for a term of not less than three or more than five years. " (b.) That the payment shall not exceed £20,000 a year. " (c.) That the service shall be performed by vessels of not less than 6,000 tons, having firstclass passenger accomodation and fitted with all modern improvements, and also refrigeratingchambers, and chilled chambers for fruit and dairy produce. " (d.) That the time shall not exceed eighteen days between Vancouver and a New Zealand port, the selection of which to be at the contractor's option. " (c.) That the terms and conditions of contract proposed in respect of the San Francisco service shall be applied to the Vancouver service so far as they can be adopted." Federal Mail-service. " Resolved, — " 3. That the Government shall also negotiate for a fortnightly intercolonial service to provide prompt connection with the Federal mail-service at Melbourne and Sydney, — (a.) Between Wellington and Sydney ; and (b.) Between Melbourne and the Bluff; and, in addition, in the event of the San Francisco service not being arranged, (c.) Between Sydney and Auckland." iii— F. 1.

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It has been impracticable to do anything respecting a Vancouver service, as the present contract between the Canadian-Australian Boyal Mail Line and the Governments of Canada, New South Wales, and Queensland does not terminate until 1903. Advantage is taken of the service whenever circumstances are suitable. Since the steamers have again called at Fiji, mails for both America and the United Kingdom are forwarded regularly from Auckland, the AucklandFiji steamer being timed to reach Suva one or two days in advance of the departure of the contract vessel for Vancouver. It has not been considered advisable to reopen negotiations for an intercolonial service connecting with the Federal mail-service at Sydney and Melbourne. Nothing will now be done until after the Premiers' Conference in London, which it is understood is to consider the whole question of ocean mail-services as affecting the Commonwealth and New Zealand. Receipts and Payments on Account of the San Francisco, Peninsulak and Oriental, and Obient Mail-services for the Year 1901. San Francisco Service. Dr. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Payments by weight— On mails from New Zealand ... ... 18,958 1 5 On mails from the Australian States, Fiji, &c... 1,289 1 6 (from Ist January to 30th June only) 20,247 2 11 Interprovincial service, mail agents, &c. ... ... 5,582 6 4 T ~ , j San Francisco to New York ... ... 4,300 7 5 lranslt cnar S es I New York to Queenstown ... ... 1,822 10 9 31,952 7 5 Oβ. Postages collected in the colony ... ... ... 13",569 5 9 Contributions from non-contracting colonies ... ... 1,289 1 6 14,858 7 3 Net cost to the colony ... ... ... ... £17,094 0 2 816,054 letters, 9,912 post-cards, 506,667 books, and 1,065,486 newspapers were received from, and 917,437 letters, 11,142 post-cards, 184,085 books, and 905,751 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, 30-88 days, as against 30-85 days in 1900 ; and from London to Auckland, 30-94 days, as compared with 31-71 days in the previous year. The shortest delivery was made in 28 days. Peninsular and Oriental and Orient Lines (Federal Mail-service). Dr. £ s. d. £ s. d. Payments to P. and O. and Orient lines ... ... 3,604 12 10 Transit charges across Australia ... ... ... 219 17 9 Transit charges across Europe ... ... ... 468 5 7 Gratuities (to and from Australia) ... ... ... 1,756 9 8 6,049 5 10 Cβ. Postages collected in the colony ... ... ... 2,051 8 2 Postages, &c, from London and foreign offices ... 1,323 16 4 3,375 4 6 Net cost to the colony ... ... ... £2,674 1 4 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 —745,357 letters, 9,052 post-cards, 403,396 books, and 1,657,104 newspapers ; despatched—l44,o36 letters, 1,749 posfc-cards, 23,612 books, and 135,211 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 1901 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. Avorage. London to Auckland.. .. 33 30 30-91 .. 43 36 37-62 .. 43 38 3946 Auckland to London.. .. 33 28 30-88 .. 42 38 4000 .. 45 40 41-38 London to Wellington .. 35 31 32-24 .. 41 30 39-00 .. 42 39 39-92 Wellington to London .. 36 29 32-53 .. 44 36 4223 .. 47 40 43-08 London to Dunedin .. .. 36 33 3353 .. -43 39 3963 .. 46 38 40-13 Dunedin to London .. .. 37 31 33-94 .. 43 38 4035 .. 46 41 41-98 London to Bluff .. .. 37 34 34-28 .. 42 38 38-88 .. 45 37 39-38 Bluff to London .. .. 38 32 34-69 .. 42 37 39-60 .. 45 40 41-23

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Buildings. The alterations carried out at the Auckland Chief Post-office have been entirely satisfactory, and the accommodation is now convenient and sufficiently commodious, it is believed, for many years. The acquiring of the land adjoining the General Post-office, Wellington, to enable additions to be made to the building for the growing requirements of the service is being arranged for. Notwithstanding the location of the money-order office and the post-office savings-bank in temporary quarters, every other branch of the post and telegraph, service at Wellington is still in need of increased accommodation, and additions to the present building are urgently required. At Christchurch the business has quite outgrown the present accommodation, and enlargement and rearrangement of the building have become imperatively necessary. The necessary steps are being taken to utilise the rooms recently occupied for Court purposes at Dunedin for providing improved accommodation for the chief post-office. New chief post-offices are proposed for Greymouth and Nelson, and additions to the buildings at New Plymouth, the present accommodation having become much too small for the business. New buildings are also proposed at Bull's, Bltham, Woodville, Carterton, Hunterville, Palmerston North, and Levin. A suitable site has now been acquired at the latter place. The business of the Department also demands buildings at Tuparoa, Tokomaru Bay, Norsewood, Urenui, Taihape, Waikaka, and Whakatane. New offices at Spit, Eaetihi, Te Puke, Paparoa, and Dargaville, and an addition to the tele-graph-office at Dunedin, are being proceeded with. The following general repairs, additions, &c, were carried out during the year:— Completion of new building, furniture, &c, Alfredcon ; completion of new building, Aratapu ; completion of new building, furniture, &c, Ashburton ; alterations, furniture and fittings, and purchase of site for and erection of caretaker's cottage, Auckland ; postal accommodation at rail-way-station, Avondale ; alterations, additions, furniture, and fittings, Blenheim; asphalting, &c, Bluff; completion of new building, furniture, &c, Caversham ; erection of strong-room, renovations, repairs, &c, Christchurch; additions, alterations, &c, Clyde; additions, alterations, furniture, &c, Cromwell; repairs and painting, Dannevirke ; purchase of land, erection of new building, &c, Denniston ; purchase of laud for and erection of building for Pacificcable Station, Doubtless Bay; additions, alterations, and renovations, Dunedin; completion of new building, Eketahuna; completion of new building, furniture, fittings, &c, Jb'eilding; painting, repairs, furniture, &c, Foxton; new building (in course of construction), Gisborne; erection of new building, Gore; completion of new building, furniture, fittings, &c, Hamilton; new building, furniture, and fittings, Hanmer Springs ; renovations, drainage, new clock, &c, Hawera; new building, Inglewood ; additions, Kai-iwi; Postmaster's residence, Kaikoura ; completion of new building, fittings, &c, Karangahake ; erection of new building, Kawhia ; erection of new office at railway-station, Leeston ; additions, Lyttelton ; installation of drainage, lineman's storeroom, &c, Masterton ; temporary office building, Mercer; purchase of land, Mornington; new building, furniture, fittings, &c, Motueka; completion of new building, Naseby ; additions, &c, New Plymouth ; repairs and renovations, Newton ; erection of new building, One-

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hunga ; repairs to Postmaster's residence, Ophir ; new building, furniture, &c, Opunake; telephone bureau, Orepuki; postal accommodation at railway-station, Ormondville; repairs, painting, &c, Otaki; installing water-supply Papanui ; additions, drainage, &c, Eenwicktown ; providing accommodation at railway-station, St. Andrew's ; additions, &c, South Dunedin ; erecting new office at railway-station, Springston ; completion of new building, new clock, &c, Sumner; postal accommodation at railway-station, Takapau; erection of Postmaster's residence, Tarawera , ; new building, Teinuka; new building, furniture, and fittings, Toko; erection of new building, Tolaga Bay ; increasing accommodation at railway-station for post-office, Waitahuna; repairs and renovations, Waiwera ; new building (in course of construction), Wanganui ; new building, furniture, fittings, &c, Weber; excavations, alterations, &c, General Post Office, painting, alterations, and installing electric light in old Colonial Bank buildings for moneyorder office, additions to Post and Telegraph Store, Wellington; renovations and repairs, Westport. MONEY-ORDEBS. Twenty-six money-order offices were opened during the year —namely, Bunnythorpe, Karori, Kokonga, Little Akaloa, Mahakipawa, Moawhango, Nireaha, Okarito, Omahu, Onewhero, Ongarue, Otakeho, Papatoetoe, Portobello, Prebbleton, Rakaunui, Springston Railway, Sumner, Tahekeroa, Te Karaka, Tokaanu, Waipiata, Wedderburn, Weraroa, Whakapirau, and Wimbledon. Three offices were closed —namely, Cullensville, Hamilton South, and Springston. The number of offices open at the end of the year was was 477, as against 454 twelve months previously. 405,967 money-orders were issued for £1,286,508 Is. 10d., as compared with 369,834J'f0r £1,214,852 16s. sd. in 1900 —an increase of 36,133 in number and £71,655 ss. sd. in amount. 283,611 money-orders, amounting to £1,108,399 6s. 2d., were paid, as against 264,018 for £1,042,348 4s. sd. during 1900—an increase of 19,593 orders and £66,051 Is. 9d. There were 46,570 telegraph money-orders issued for £147,524 14s. 9d., as compared with 39,311 for £127,551 12s. 6d. in 1900—an increase of 7,269 in number and £19,973 2s. 3d. in amount. 150,623 orders for £284,451 9s. 9d. were issued on places beyond New Zealand, as against 130,269 orders for £262,992 9s. Id. during 1900. 27,770 orders for £103,821 19s. 2d. were issued at places beyond New Zealand for payment in the colony, as compared with 25,613 orders for £95,318 15s. 9d. during the previous year. The commission received for money-orders amounted to £17,518 11s., as against £16,512 12s. 9d. received during 1900. Postal Notes. The following offices were created postal-note offices during the year ended 31st March, 1902 : — Bannoekburn. Mangatoki. Prebbleton. Tarata. Canvastown. Manurewa. Rata. Te Wharau. Hastwell's. Northcote. Ruanui. Tokaanu. Hawea Plat. Omahu. Saies. Wainui. Ketu Bay. Onewhero. Skipper's. Waipiata. Little Akaloa. Ongarue. Springston Railway. Whakapirau. Mahakipawa. Papatoetoe. Strathmore. Mamaku. Portobello. Tahekeroa. Total opened, 30; 9 closed—namely, Cullensville, Hamilton South, Hawea Flat, Huiakama, Makarora, Mandeville, Motupiko, Purekireki, and Springston. The number of offices at which postal notes were sold at the end of the financial year was 550, as compared with 529 on the 31st March, 1901. 556,316 notes, of the value of £173,317 ss. were sold, as against 490,505, for £154,434 Is., sold during the previous year. The postal notes paid numbered 552,878, of the value of £172,522 15s. 6d., as compared with 486,553, for £153,586 125., paid during 1900-1. The postal-note commission amounted to £3,790 15s. ll^d. Savings-banks. There were twenty-four offices opened during the year for the transaction of savings-bank business—namely, Bunnythorpe, Karori, Kokonga, Little Akaloa, Mahakipawa, Moawhango, Okarito, Omahu, Onewhero, Ongarue, Otakeho, Papatoetoe, Portobello, Prebbleton, Eakaunui, Springston Railway, Sumner, Tahekeroa, Te Karaka, Tokaanu, Waipiata, Wedderburn, Weraroa, and Whakapirau. Three offices were closed —namely, Cullensville, Hamilton South, and Springston. There were 466 offices open at the end of 1901, as against 445 at the end of the previous year. 50,046 accounts were opened and 35,018 closed, the net gain on the year's working being 15,028 accounts. The number of depositors on the 31st December was 212,436, and the proportion of accounts per head of population was 1 in 3-66, as compared with 1 in 3-90 at the end of the previous year. The deposits numbered 380,808, representing <£4,611,456 6s. Id., an average of £12 2s. 2d. per transaction. The withdrawals numbered 247,854, for £4,230,193 6s. 2d., an average of £17 Is. 4d. for each withdrawal. The net amount added to the depositors' savings during the year was therefore £381,262 19s. lid. plus £159,198 4s. interest earned, making a total of £540,461 3s. lid.

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The total amount at credit of depositors increased from £5,809,552 5s. 3d. at the close of the previous year to £6,350,013 9s. 2d. on the 31st December last, representing a sum equal to £8 3s. 3d. per head of the entire population, and £29 17s. 10d. per depositor. Last year the figures were £7 10s. 9d. and £29 8s. 7d. respectively. The interest credited to depositors since the Post-Office savings-banks were established in 1867 now amounts to £2,346,161 2s. 8d. , The cost of working the savings-banks amounted to 4-39 pence per transaction, or £11,500 for the year. The cost of management per cent, on total amount at credit of depositors was 0'181 per cent., or 3s. 7d. per £100. Average number of deposits per day, 1900 ... ... ... ... 1,134 1901... ... ... ... 1,244 Increase per cent. ... ... ... ... ... ... 9-7 Average number of withdrawals per day, 1900 ... ... ... 742 1901 ... ... ... 810 Increase per cent. ... ... ... ... ... ... 9-16 Average daily amount deposited, 1900 ... ... .. £13,628 17s. Id. „ ' 1901 ... ... ... £15,070 2s. 4d. Average daily amount withdrawn, 1900 ... ... ... £12,507 17s. lid. 1901 ... ... ... 3s. 2d. 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 £234,984 2s. 2d., as compared with £222,305 8s. 0|d. —an increase of £12,678 14s. l$d., or 5-7 per cent. The following is a comparison of the traffic in paid telegrams during the last seven 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 „ 10-49 1901-02 ... 3,850,391 „ 8-94 „ ... 141,581 „ 12-03 Telegraph Business. Table showing the number of telegrams forwarded, and the revenue derived therefrom, during the four quarters of the financial years 1900-1 and 1901-2 respectively : —

The number of telegrams of all codes forwarded during last financial year was 4,167,981 —an increase of 269,853, or 6-92 per cent., over 1900-1. The proportion of telegrams per head of population was 533, as compared with 510 the previous year. The number of ordinary telegrams forwarded was 3,046,421, of the value of £107,633 2s. 10d., compared with 2,840,426 for £96,186 os. 6d., in 1900-I—an increase of 205,995 and £11,447 2s. 4d. The urgent telegrams numbered 164,541 of the value of £10,913 2s. 9d.—an increase of 4,113 in number and £363 15s. Bd. in amount. 328,405 Press telegrams, of the value of £13,878 17s. Id., were forwarded in 1901-2, as compared with 275,738, valued at £12,291 17s. 4d., forwarded in 1900-I—an increase of 52,667, or 19-1 per cent., in number, and 12-91 per cent, in value. The value of each Press telegram averaged 10-14 d., as against 10-70 d. in 1900-1. The bureau messages numbered 311,024, of the value of £9,195 9s. 4d., as compared with 257,852, of the value of £7,354 9s. 7d.—an increase of 53,172 in number and £1,840 19s. 9d. in amount.

Quarter. Number of forwa Telegrams ,rc3ed. Increase per Cent. Eevi snue. 1901-2. 2 a — go Year ended 31st March, 1901. Year ended 31st March, 1902. 1900-1. June quarter September quarter December quarter March quarter ... 827,137 793,385 924,231 989,691 951,480 874,759 980,310 1,043,842 1503 10-26 6-07 5-47 & s. d. 29,359 6 10 27,905 3 1\ 32,675 14 2i 36,441 10 4 £ s. 34,983 9 32,333 13 35,773 9 38,490 10 a. 5 2 9 3 19-16 15-87 9-48 5-62 3,534,444 3,850,391 8-94 126,381 14 6 141,581 2 7 12-03

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The average value of each bureau message was 7'09d., as against 6'Bsd. in 1900-1. The number of Government telegrams forwarded was 317,590, valued at £27,507 17s. 6d., as compared with 363,684, of the value of £35,327 6s. 2d;—a decrease of 46,094 in number and £7,819 Bs. Bd. in amount. This decrease is due to the cessation of the departmental war reports which were forwarded to places not served by newspapers on the day of issue, and of the franking privileges extended to -Mayors and other local authorities in connection with the despatch of the contingents to South Africa, etc. 46,570 money-orders for £147,524 14s. 9d. were transmitted by telegraph, as against 39,311 for £127,551 12s. 6d. in 1900-I—an increase of 7,259 telegrams. The number of forwarded telegrams to every hundred letters posted in New Zealand for delivery within the colony was 7 - 96, as against 10-77 in 1900-1. The Telegraph receipts for the financial year, including telephone-exchange subscriptions, private-wire rents, &c, amounted to £207,476 4s. Bd., compared with £186,978 Is. lOid. in 1900-1, —an increase of £20,498 2s. 9sd., or 10-96 per cent. The expenditure was £212,415 11s., as compared with £195,015 Is. sd. for the previous year —an increase of £17,400. 9s. 7d., or 8-92 per cent. There were 7,469 miles of line and 21,705 miles of wire at the close of the year—an increase of 220 and 1,023 miles respectively. The net expenditure out of Public Works Fund for telegraph extension was £31,728 16s. 2d., as compared with £50,100 19s. 7d. in 1900-1. The number of private wires and subsidised lines was 365, compared with 313 in 1900-1. The amount received for rent, maintenance, &c, was £1,959 195., as against £1,861 16s. 10d. in 1900-1. The total number of telegraph and telephone offices open at the close of the year was 1,038. Of these, 240 were telegraph-offices and 798 telephone-offices. Offices opened and closed during Financial Year ended 31st March, 1902. Opened. Adam's Flat. Kawarau Bridge. Paemako. Tahekeroa. Auroa. Kerikeri. Paremata. Tamumu. Awatuna. Kimbell. Patangata. Te Arai. Awatuna East. Koiterangi. Penoarrow. Upper Kokatahi. Barkly Village. Kowai Bush. Pohokura. Waikowhai. Cave. Limestone Island. Pongaroa. Waiotapu. Cricklewood. Lower Kokatabi. Queen's Wharf. Waitapu. Elsthorpe. Mahakipawa. Rai Palls. West Melton. Penoourt. Mamaku. Eaumai. Whakapirau. Plat Greek. Mangamahu. Robinson's Bay. Whangamoa. Hautapu. Mangaramarama. Rough Ridge. Whangamomona. Hill Top. Mangawhero. St. John's. Woodstock. Huiakama. Nireaha. Saunders Road. Kaitawa. Omahu. Spririgston Railway. Kauangaroa. ' Ongarue. Sutherland's. ' Closed. Ararimu South. French Farm. Kaikorai. Tβ Kao. Canville. Heawa. Otamatea. Douglas Road. Huiakama. Otira Gorge. Opened during year, 57 ; closed 10. Telephone Exchanges. There were on the 31st March last 23 central exchanges and 35 sub-exchanges. The following is a comparative return of the telephone-exchange connections for the years 1900-1 and 1901-2 :— „ , No. of Subscribers or Connections : Exchan § c - Mar. 81, 1901. Mar. 31, 1902. Ashburton ... ... 106 ... 107 Auckland ... ... ... ... 1,263 ... 1,371 Blenheim ... ... ... ... 91 ... 98 Christchurch ... ... ... ... 1,048 ... 1,164 Akaroa ... ... ... ... ... 33 Bangiora ... ... ... ... 13 ... 13 Dunedin ... ... ... ... 1,204 ... 1,291 Balclutha ... ... ... ... 16 ... 20 Kaitangata ... ... ... ... 5 ... 5 Milton ... ... ... ... 20 ... 20 Palmerston South ... ... ... 15 ... 18 Port Chalmers ... ... ... 19 ... 20 Waikouaiti ... ... ... ... 8 ... 8 Feilding ... ... ... ... 98 ... 99 Gisborne ... ... ... ... 184 ... 215 Greymouth ... ... ... ... 114 ... 128 Hawera ... ... ... ... 105 ... 117 Eltham ... ... ... ... 12 ... 13 Manaia ... ... ... ... 14 ... 18 Otakeho ... ... ... ... ■ ■ 1 Patea ... ... ... ... ... 24

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„ , No. of Subscribers or Connections : Exohan g e - Mar. 81, 1901. Mar. 31, 1902. Hokitika ... ... ... ... ... 95 Invercargill ... ... ... ... 278 ... 291 Bluff ... ... ... ... 23 ... 25 Edendale ... ... ... ... 5 ... 6 Gore ... ... ... ... 63 ... 66 Lumsden ... ... ... ... 14 ... 16 Mataura ... ... ... ... 9 ... 10 Otautau ... ... ... ... 24 ... 26 Eiversdale ... ... ... ... 16 ... 17 Eiverton ... ... ... ... 18 ... 19 Winton ... ... ... ... 17 ... 19 Woodlands ... ... ... ... 5 ... 4 Wyndham ... ... ... ... 13 ... 12 Masterton ... ... ... ... 104 ... 11l Carterton ... ... ... ... ... 22 Eketahuna ... ... ... ... — ... 14 Napier ... ... ... ... 316 ... 334 Hastings ... ... ... ... 48 ... 54 Nelson ... ... ... ... 107 ... 138 New Plymouth ... ... ... 230 ... 253 Inglewood ... ... ... ... 11 ... 17 Waitara ... ... ... ... 14 ... 14 Oamaru ... ... ... ... 161 ... 173 Ngapara ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1 Pahiatua ... ... ... ... 63 ... 71 Woodville ... ... ... ... 15 ... 17 Palmerston North ... ... ... 157 ... 187 Stratford ... ... ... ... 68 ... 86 Thames ... ... ... ... 78 ... 81 Paeroa ... ... ... ... — ... 17 Timaru ... ... ... ... 123 ... 162 Fairlie ... ... ... ... — ... 10 Temuka ... ... ... ... — ... 15 Wanganui ... ... ... ... 284 ... 328 Hunterville ... ... ... ... — ... 6 Marton ... ... ... ... 25 ... 29 Wellington ... ... ... ... 1,585 ... 1,731 Total ... ... ... 8,210 9,260 The connections may be classified as follows : Paying, 8,501 ; free, 217; bureaux, 542 : total, 9,260. The telephone-exchange receipts amounted to £55,542 4s. 9d., or £6,425 4s. Id. more than the previous year. The working-expenses, plus 5 per cent, interest on the capital cost, amounted to £50,772 Bs. 9d. for the year. The following are the particulars of telegraph and telephone wires, &c, in the colony on the 31st March, 1902 :— Telegraph. Telephone. Miles of line, Ist April, 190] ... ... ... ... 7,249 545 31st March, 1902 ... ... ... 7,469 601 Miles of wire, Ist April. 1901 ... ... ... ... 20,682 6,987 31st March, 1902 ... ... ... 21,705 7,767 Increase during the year— Miles of line ... ... ... ... ... 220 56 Miles of wire ... ... ... ... ... 1,023 780 Submarine cables, Ist April, 1901 ... ... ... 244 knots 11-6 knots. 31st March, 1902 ... ... ... 248-7 knots 12-5 knots. TELEGEAPH AND TELEPHONE CONSTEUCTION AND MAINTENANCE. Auckland. Construction. The following new lines have been erected and completed : — Miles of Poles. Miles of Wire. Pahi to Whakapirau ... ... ... ... 04Whangarei to Limestone Island ... ... ... 3 3 Auckland to Eotorua ... ... ... ... — 171

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Miles of Po'es. Miles of Wire. Avondale Eacecotirse, loop in on No. 2 .. ... 0-J 1 Mount Eoskill to Waikowhai ... ... ... 3f 3f Auckland to Ellerslie Eacecourse ... ... ... — 4-| Cambridge to Hautapu ... ... ... - ... 4 4-J-Waitekauri to Waikino... ... ... ... — 3^ Thames to Paeroa (trunk wire) ... . ... — 22 Waiotapu and Police-station, Eotorua ... ... 0-| Of Tahekeroa to Ahuroa ... ... ... ... 5i 5% Ongarue to Taumarunui ... ... ... 14 14 Taumarunui to Tunanui ... ... ... 7 7 For Railway Department : — Avondale railway signals ... ... ... — 0 J Ellerslie-Penrose (block and telephone) ... .. — 2 Totals ... ... ... 38i 242£ The additions for the year make a grand total of 1,890 miles of poles and 4,717 miles of wire in this district. Cables. The following cables were laid during the year:— Miles of Three-core. Miles of Single-core. Mainland to Limestone Island ... ... ... — 1-J-Pahi to Whakapirau ... ... ... ... — O^ Motuihi Island to Waiheke Island ... ... .. — 2J Ponsonby to Northcote... ... .. ... 1 Totals ... ... ... 1 H Offices. The following changes were made : Karangahake, Waiwera, and Putaruru were converted from telephone to Morse offices, and Kuaotunu converted from Morse to telephone. Two quadruplex sets were fitted at Auckland to correspond with quadruplex repeater sets installed at Paeroa and Hamilton respectively. These repeaters have given most satisfactory results, providing muchneeded outlets for the increased traffic at a minimum cost. New offices were erected at Aratapu, Hamilton, and Onehunga, and are now occupied. A bureau has been opened at the latter office. Drury, Paeroa, and Eotorua offices were refitted. In addition to the above, offices were opened for the Public Works Department at Ahuroa, Opotiki, Taumarunui, and Tunanui on the Central Eailway route. The erection of an extra wire from Auckland to Doubtless Bay to meet the Pacific cable has been started, and will be finished early in the year. The whole of the Auckland-Mangonui section of line requires rebuilding, the present poles being small and much decayed. Maintenance. The section Auckland-Mercer is undergoing an extensive overhaul, the line being largely strengthened. The Mercer-Hamilton section is also receiving attention. The Eotorua-Taupo section was completed to Atiamuri, and alterations are being made further south, where several deviations from the existing route will be made to improve the working conditions of the main line. Helensville to Warkworth. —As the main north line between Northcote and Warkworth is being thoroughly strengthened, this route may be discarded, as all tracks have been abandoned, the culverts and bridges being washed away. It has been a very bad piece of line to maintain, all material having to be packed at great expense; and, moreover, a line is being erected along the railway-line towards "Warkworth. It may be necessary to abandon the line running via Miranda to Thames and erect additional wires on the main line, to avoid the swamps and rivers, which cause considerable trouble at times. Telephone Exchanges. The Auckland Exchange continues in a satisfactory condition, and a steady increase of subscribers has taken place, amounting to 110 during the year. The total connections are 1,371, including 47 bureaux. Thames. —This exchange is in good order, and has 81 subscribers, including 8 bureaux. Paeroa. —A sub-exchange was installed here during the year with 17 subscribers. A trunk wire connects with Thames. The total subscribers to the exchanges in the district now number 1,469, connected by 119| miles of poles and 1,550J miles of wire. One mile of single-core cable has been laid between Ponsonby and Northcote for telephoneexchange purposes.

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Wellington. Construction. New lines and wires, as shown below, have been erected in connection with the opening of new offices, and providing much-needed extra outlets for increased traffic : — Miles of Poles. Miles of Wire. Muritai to Pencarrow Lighthouse ... ... ... 6 6 Strathmore to Whangamomona ... ... ... 17 17 Ti-tree to Wimbledon ... ... ... ... 7£ 7J Pahiatua to Kaitawa ... ... ... ... 3£ 4|Wanganui to Mangamahu ... ... ... 22 25 Pahiatua to Hamua ... ... ... ... — 9 Otakeho to Auroa ... ... ... ... 4f 4f Kaponga to Awatuna ... ... ... ... .7 7 Waipawa to Tamumu, Patangata, and Elsthorpe .. 19 Eketahuna to Nireaha ... ... ... ..4 4-J Lead off Kaitawa line to Mangaramarama ... ... OJ O^ Lead off Eketahuna-Alfredton line to Eongomai ... 4J 4J Gisborne to Kaiteratahi ... ... ... 3| I3i Queen's Wharf Bureau... ... ... ... —- Of Trunk telephone lines have been erected between the following offices :— Masterton to Carterton (metallic circuit) ... ... — 18 Masterton to Eketahuna ... ... ... 26 Hastings to Napier (metallic circuit) ... ... — 25 Patea to Hawera ... ... ... ... — 20£ Hunterville to Silverhope ... ... ... — 3 Poles. Wire. For the Railway Department— Mile?. Miles. Aramoho to Kai-Iwi (block wire) ... — 9J^ Running-shed foreman, Palmerston North — 0£ Summit semaphore wire ... ... — Of Upper Hutt semaphore wire ... ... — 1 Wanganui (running-shed foreman) ... — Of Wanganui to Aramoho (block wire) ... — 3 Featherston to Cross Creek (block wire) ... — 7-J-Kai-Iwi to Waverley (block 2 wires) ... 20J 40 J Waverley to Manutahi (block 2 wires) ... 16 J 33£ - qa Manutahi to Hawera (block wire) ... — 10 * * Lower Hutt to Upper Hutt (block wire)... — 23J Wangaehu to Marton (block 2 wires) ... 16J 32J Woodside to Greytown North (block wire) 3 3 Wanganui to Aramoho (block 2 wires) ... — 6 Wanganui to Hawera ... ... — 60 Featherston to Carterton (block) ... — 12^ Palmerston North to Longburn (block) ... 3f 3f Kaitoke semaphore wire ... ... — 0J Totals ... ... ... 157| 461J Making a grand total in the district of 2,069f miles of poles and miles of wire. Maintenance. The lines throughout the district are in good order, and there were no serious interruptions to communication during the year. The following sections have received a thorough overhaul, viz. : New Plymouth to Sentry Hill, 12 miles; Carterton to Masterton, 9 miles; Wellington to Porirua, 13 miles; Ongaonga to Tikokino, 7 miles ; Wairoa to Opoutama, 29 miles (some 60 poles were raised or lowered as required where sand had shifted); Nuhaka to Moeangiangi, 60 miles (Gisborne-Napier line); and a number of poles on the sandhills on the Wairoa-Nuhaka section were also lowered or raised, as found necessary. Owing to the recurring trouble and expense on this part of the section, it will be necessary to shift the line to avoid the sand-drifts. Several larger poles were erected in the Feilding-Bunnythorpe section to raise wires at roadcrossings. Other lines are in course of overhaul, principally Greytown to Carterton, 6 miles, and Woodville to Dannevirke, 17 miles, in connection with trunk wires being erected on these sections. A considerable number of minor alterations has also been effected tending to improve the working condition of the main lines. New test-boards have been fitted at Upper Hutt and Stratford, and a testing-box at Paikakariki, and sound-proof boxes have been put in at Masterton and Muritai. Offices. A quadruplex set has been installed at Gisborne, and a corresponding set at Napier, which fully meets traffic requirements. iv—F. 1.

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A quadruplex repeater set has been installed at Masterton, amply providing for much-needed extra communication between that office and Wellington, and at the same time allowing the latter office to work through to Dannevirke and intermediate offices. It is intended to instal similar sets of instruments at Hawera and Palmerston North in the near future. Herbertville and Porangahau have been converted from Morse to telephone offices; and Midhirst from telephone to Morse. The " local " batteries in the Wellington office have been replaced by storage-cells, a change which has proved both beneficial and economical. Alfredton, Feilding, Inglewood, Opunake, Toko, Tolaga Bay, and Weber have been transferred to new offices erected at those places. Gables. On the 27th January, No. 4 Lyell Bay cable developed a fault, which has been located close to White's Bay. The cable can still be used for duplex purposes, but owing to the fault its capacity for work is reduced. Repairs will be effected as soon as the s.s. " Tutanekai" is available for the work. The three cables from Oterangi Bay to White's Bay, and the cable from Wanganui to Wakapuaka, have given no trouble during the year, and all are testing well. Telephone Exchanges. Preparations are being made to enlarge the switchboard-room at the Wellington Exchange to accommodate two additional sections of 300 each, which will soon be required to meet the steadily increasing number of subscribers. The total number of subscribers on the 31st March was 1,731, an increase of 146 for the year. Of this number 1,644 are paying connections, 43 free, and 44 bureaux. The aggregate of all telephones connected with this exchange is 2,041. 8} miles of poles and 131 miles of wire were erected during the year, making a total of 46 miles of poles and 1,613} miles of wire now connected with the exchange. Feilding. —The removal to the new post-office necessitated practically the reconstruction of the exchange. 82 subscribers are connected. Wanganui. —The number of subscribers is 321. A large amount of reconstruction work has had to be done to strengthen the lines, which were overloaded in several of the main streets. Napier. —A metallic circuit has been erected between the Napier and Hastings Exchanges, practically eliminating induction. This exchange has 326 subscribers. Other Exchanges , —The Manaia Sub-exchange has been refitted with a 50-number annunciator and modern apparatus. The transfer of the Inglewood Exchange to the new office necessitated the reconstruction of the principal lines. All the telephone exchanges in this district, of which there are now 23, are in good workingorder. Five new branch exchanges were opened during the year—viz., Carterton, Eketahuna, Hunterville, Patea, and Otakeho—while three more are in course of construction —viz., Dannevirke, Greytown North, and Waverley. The subscribers connected with the several exchanges in the district total 3,761, an increase of 437 during the year. The number of telephones in use connected with the exchanges is 4,078. There are 200} miles of poles and 2,815J miles of wire now in use in connection with the exchanges in this district. Nelson. Construction. The following lines and wires were erected during the year : — Greymouth to Beefton, 48 miles, to enable the former office to have direct communication with Wellington; Blenheim to Nelson, 95 \ miles, enabling Nelson also to work with Wellington direct. Kokatahi, Upper Kokatahi, Koiterangi, Eai Palls, Flat Creek, Whangamoa, Waitapu, Mahakipawa, and Woodstock were connected with the main system. The Okura Biver was spanned with 1 mile of line, and connected by telephone for signalling purposes. The total miles of poles and wire in this district is now 948f and 2,699} respectively. Maintenance. There has been a thorough overhaul during the year of the lines Ahaura-Greymouth, Grey-mouth-Hokitika, Hokitika-Okarito, and Lyell-Eeefton. The line between Otira Gorge and Taipo has also been overhauled and put in order. The lines across the rivers south of Okarito are all working well. The Waiho Eiver will presently also be spanned for ferry purposes. The sections Nelson-Hope Junction, Nelson-Wakapuaka Junction, Picton-Pelorus Bridge, have received a thorough overhaul, and spans shortened where necessary. The Blenheim-Kaikoura section has also received attention, but requires extensive overhauling. All telephone-offices have been supplied with the latest bridging bell telephones, considerably improving the conditions of working. The business throughout the district is increasing, and the wires are fully occupied. Offices. Nine new offices were opened during the year and one closed (Otira Gorge). Kaikoura office has been transferred to the charge of the Nelson Inspector.

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Telephone Exchanges. An exchange was opened at Hokitika during the year with 42 subscribers, which increased to 95 by 31st March. The exchanges at Nelson (138 subscribers), Greymouth (128), and Blenheim (98) are in good order, and the number of subscribers steadily increasing. The total number in the district is now 459, an increase of 147 for the year, connected by 46| miles of poles and 238 of wire. Canterbury. Construction. The following lines were erected and wires run during the year:— Miles of Poles. Miles of Wire. Timaru to Temuka (trunk, metallic circuit) ... ... — 24 Yaldhurst to West Melton ... ... ... "... 7 7 Christchurch to Akaroa (trunk) ..." ... ... — 49 Springfield to Kowai Bush ... ... ... ... — O^ Darfield to Coalgate ... ... ... ... ... — 7-J For Public Works Department— Waipara to Cheviot Eailway ... ... ... ... 11£ 22J For Eailway Department— Christchurch to Christchurch Eailway ... ... ... — 1 Eangiora to Southbrook ... ... ... ... — 2 Totals ... ... ... ... ... 18£ 118$ Morse instruments were placed in the offices at Bennett's and Doyleston. One office was closed (French Farm). Maintenance. The Christchurch-Lyttelton section has received considerable attention between Christchurch and Heathcote, 30 ft. poles being substituted for 25 ft. The line is good now for some time, but existing poles over the hill are heavily loaded, and the question of a duplicate line, or substitution of larger poles on existing line, will have to be considered. Christchurch-Akaroa line has been overhauled, strengthened where necessary, and portions of it shifted from the hills to the road. Other sections have been attended to when necessary, but a large amount of work will be necessary during the coming year on the south and west coast lines. Telephone Exchanges. The telephone exchanges and sub-exchanges are working satisfactorily. A new sub-exchange, with 10 subscribers, was opened at Temuka, and placed in metallic circuit with Timaru. It works most satisfactorily. Another sub-exchange was opened at Akaroa with 21 subscribers, and is in circuit with Christchurch Exchange. All the telephone-offices connected with Akaroa are now bureaux. There are now three exchanges and four sub-exchanges in the Canterbury District, with two more of the latter to be constructed shortly. The Christchurch Exchange is increasing. 116 new subscribers have been connected during the year, making a total of 1,164. Timaru list has increased to 162. The total subscribers of all exchanges in the district numbers 1,504. The poles and wires connecting subscribers total 116| and 1,663J miles respectively. • Otago. Construction. The following extensions were carried out during the year : — Miles of Poles. Miles of Wire. Dunedin to Port Chalmers (second trunk wire) ... ... — 16 Wedderburn to Eough Eidge... ... ... ... — 8£ Otautau to Orepuki (Morse circuit) ... ... ... 5 30£ Main line to Hamilton South... ... ... ... 0J Mount Stewart to Adam's Flat ... ... ... 3} 3J Arrowtown to Kawarau Bridge ... ... ... — 6 Eanfurly to Waipiata ... ... ... ... 5 Main line to Barkly Village ... ... ... ... 0£ South Dunedin to Caversham ... ... ... 1 For the Eailway Department— Miles of Poles. Miles of Wire. Ida Valley to Ophir... ... 10 16 W T aitati-Mosgiel (tablet block system) 4 37 -. fiil fifll Milton-Clarksville 2 2 iD ± DU * Sundry telephone and indicator wires Of 5J Totals ... ... ... 251 130 i

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Offices. The telephone bureau at Kaikorai Valley has been closed, and the telegraph-office at Caversham moved from the Eailway-station to new Post-office. Maintenance. There have been no serious interruptions during the year. 320 miles of line have been overhauled and put in good working-order. With extensions this year, the total mileage of lines in this district now amounts to of poles, and 4,084f of wire. A much-needed addition to the Dunedin Telegraph-office is now being carried out. Telephone Exchanges. A steady increase of subscribers to the various exchanges in the district has taken place, the total now being 2,067; increase, 133. Of this number, the Dunedin Exchange claims 1,291, an increase of 87 for the year. The total length of telephone-exchange lines now amounts to 118f miles of poles, and 1,500 miles of wire.

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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.

Drawn on the Colony.

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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. :86 3 £ s- d. 1,057 9 o 2,201 £ s - d - 9,613 11 11 4,74° £ S. d. 2i,g44 2 1 4>645 £ s. d. 24,145 7 5 11,586 £ *■ d. 55,703 1 5 873 3,562 3 2 34,288 142,642 4 10 11,913 48,547 11 4 6,150 28,068 5 5 52,351 2ig,258 1 7 :883 1884 1885 886 1887 888 :889 890 891 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 8,6g6 13 5 8,823 10 o 9,649 14 9 9,452 o o 132,232 144,227 146,406 H3,598 ng,ogi 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,ig4 13 9 432,056 6 2 458,469 7 7 472,967 4 7 504,834 16 g 540,763 15 o 26,211 28,712 28,722 27,389 26,057 26,636 26,206 25,053 26,590 27,451 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 I4,H3 I3,"3 13,494 i4>693 M,43i 13,709 i8,547 20,733 30,og 4 3i,3i5 46,939 17 11 45,317 " 4 45,604 15 2 47,574 9 11 45,285 6 11 42,451 4 4 5i,gog 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 54 1 >i32 15 5 572,666 5 2 58i,395 8 g 547,755 2 9 555,744 13 5 555,996 o 9 589,545 14 9 602,077 1 11 651,989 19 6 694,847 4 5 893 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 10 894 895 896 :8g 7 :8g8 :8gg 900 :goi 10,600 19 7 ii,433 13 8 12,671 6 7 13,835 15 4 14,747 9 6 15,533 4 6 16,512 12 g 17,518 11 o 155,534 162,600 181,505 193,867 206,265 221,354 239,565 255,344 608,042 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 1,002,056 12 1 28,513 28,882 2g,238 3i,77o 35,377 38,528 40,925 45,7oi 7g,348 10 2 78,465 o 4 82,4g8 15 6 93,649 1 3 107,140 7 5 122,064 3 1 122,g34 10 4 125,549 5 11 38,631 52,015 58,823 68,002 76,728 84,782 89,344 104,g22 89,392 11 10 99,076 16 8 102,443 ! ° 114,589 3 5 123,375 4 6 132,230 17 9 140,057 18 9 158,902 3 10 222,678 243,497 26g,566 293,659 318,370 344,664 369,834 405,967 776,783 4 11 812,604 14 H 902,i5g 15 7 970,830 14 11 1,029,241 7 7 1,118,808 5 7 1,214,852 16 5 1,286,508 1 10

Where issued. Total. In the Colony. t United Kingdom and Foreign Offices. Australia and other British Possessions. Year. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. 863 2,067 £ s - d. 9,169 4 6 415 £ s. d. 1,824 o 8 558 £ s- d. 3,077 13 7 3,040 £ s. d. 14,070 18 g 873 34,288 142,642 4 10 1,482 6,625 14 5 1,668 7,68g 6 8 37,438 156,g57 5 11 883 884 :885 886 887 888 :88g 890 :8gi :8g2 132,232 144,227 146,406 113,598 119,091 122,042 127,323 130,641 138,555 140,672 402,558 12 11 430,446 18 10 439,870 3 9 412,276 3 o 426,194 13 9 432,056 6 2 458,469 7 7 472,967 4 7 504,834 16 9 540,763 15 o 3,725 4,535 5,204 5,824 6,334 7,336 7,469 7,775 7,910 8,152 15,553 3 11 1:7,679 o 6 20,ogi 17 4 22,650 1 10 23,423 16 2 26,262 14 5 26,887 17 9 27,975 15 5 28,518 14 o 29,349 14 7 5,6g7 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 ii, 33,254 2 3 56,141 4 1 56,402 1 4 47, 8go 2 6 48,700 9 6 41,064 6 6 141,654 155,517 159,335 I2g,242 133,910 144,450 150,651 151,747 i6o,o6g 160,115 441,411 g g 475,555 17 10 4go,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 1 893 146,133 575,358 17 2 8,746 32,616 17 2 io,67g 40,929 2 5 165,558 649,go4 16 9 1894 895 896 897 :8g8 :8gg :goo 1901 155,534 162,600 181,505 193,867 206,265 221,354 239,565 255,344 608,042 2 11 635,062 17 11 717,217 19 1 762,592 10 3 798,725 15 8 864,513 4 9 g5i,86o 7 4 1,002,056 12 1 9,293 9,938 10,254 10,085 10,671 10,624 10,342 11,082 33,786 17 6 35,155 7 9 '35,553 7 1 35,238 10 3 36,106 9 10 37,2go 8 7 36,014 6 3 40,021 14 4 10,690 11,520 11,507 11,407 12,753 13,399 15,271 16,688 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 63,800 4 10 175,517 184,058 203,266 215,359 22g,68g 245,377 265,178 283,114 680,400 3 6 710,081 4 6 793,607 10 9 837,936 2 5 879,390 16 4 95o,337 9 3 1,047,179 3 1 1,105,878 11 3

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Table No. 2. Table showing the Money-orders issued in New Zealand on Offices beyond the Colony, and Money-orders issued at Offices beyond the Colony on New Zealand, during the Years 1900 and 1901.

Drawn on New Zealand.

;sued in New Zealand. 1900. 1901. Where payable. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. .Jnited Kingdom and Foreign Offices Jnited States of America .. Canada .. Colony .. Ceylon .. "00k Islands ?iji Germany Hawaii Hongkong india SJatal lew South Wales Queensland south Australia Straits Settlements rasmania Victoria Western Australia 35,470 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 17 11 59i 18 9 108 19 4 289 18 7 i°3 4 3 1,927 15 2 10 3 9 975 8 6 2,119 1 5 226 2 6 4°>539 3 1 2,537 11 9 2,05g 6 5 189 3 1 53,593 2 10 33,462 8 8 2,237 n 8 38,092 6,829 389 183 87 201 87 780 £ s. d. 107,571 2 7 16,013 15 3 1,468 16 11 484 15 8 216 14 8 934 7 1 286 12 0 1,964 8 1 842 5 3 2,031 9 2 189 6 5 44,203 5 1 3,344 16 4 2,408 2 o 150 15 11 62,184 1 8 38,og5 13 8 2,061 2 o 200 519 64 15,951 1,097 957 62 69,012 15,410 7°3 Totals 130,269 262,992 9 1 150,623 284,451 9 9

1900. 1901. Where issued. 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 9,030 1,217 346 410 26 55 334 78 17 39 216 £ 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 1 387 3 3 17,631 12 3 4,469 2 3 1,850 o 7 173 19 1 11,464 18 6 10,428 11 9 6,767 15 10 9,35i 1,390 293 545 30 189 370 34i 48 183 195 5,227 1,082 584 30 3,"4 3,5i3 1,285 £ s. d. 31,429 9 8 5,934 18 3 1,621 15 3 3,016 2 6 101 4 8 1,562 g 2 1,234 n 10 2,657 6 5 159 9 9 413 19 10 1,111 11 10 18,525 7 6 4,776 3 9 2,012 5 o 84 6 3 I2,gg4 7 o 10,424 14 g 5,76i 15 9 102 4,958 1,028 503 57 2,526 3,328 1,343 Totals 25,613 95,318 15 9 27,770 103,821 19 2

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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, 1902.

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 £ a. 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 1901-1902 49,529 30,255 62,285 70,683 65,467 109,663 92,708 32,128 43,042 556 556,316 173,317 5 * 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 1901.

Money-Orders. Savings-Banks. Office. Issued. Paid. «J 3 C z S S. < ° Deposits. §"8 Withdrawals. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. o 5 No. Amount. .UCKLAND 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 Okaifoau Onehunga Onewhero Ongarue Opitonui Opononi Otahuhu Otorohanga Pahi .. Papakura Paparoa Papatoetoe Parnell Parua Bay Pirongia Pokeno Ponsonby Porootarao Poroti Port Albert Puhoi Pukekohe Raglan Rangiriri Rawene Rehia Rotorua Russell Strand Arcade Taheke Tahekeroa Tairua Tikapuna Taupo Te Awamutu .. Te Kopuru 22,676 469 1,164 102 141 234 222 1,243 213! 1,290 1,321 562 262 160 i,372 493 525 99 1,007 325 m 400 472 87 360 315 559 264 199 290 321 319 196 360 802 158 260 224 "3 455 233 233 104 128 772 1,709 662 £ s. d. 1,205 9 ° 18 2 3 51 12 o 3 13 6 3 15 6 7 16 o 6 13 o 4 1 5 6 649 5° 5 ° 118 o o 22 14 3 7'5 3 6 12 o 49 19 & 18 5 o t 7 8 9 2 19 6 35 7 9 13 9 6 30 2 o 4° J 9 3 28 5 9 2 18 9 12 2 o 11 10 6 20 1 o 11 13 6 889 11 1 0 10 19 3 11 o 9 11 6 6 16 11 o 65 17 3 6 5 9 19 13 3 7 J 5 6 420 14 : 9 3 6 14 o 8 14 9 3 15 9 3 11 6 28 5 o 67 o 6 2176 18 6 6 £ ■• d. 75,367 7 6 1,328 15 o 3,402 o 5 213 5 9 215 7 o 721 7 2 574 3 2 3,9io 3 5 508 17 6 3,3i8 1 5 5,862 19 1 i>375 15 5 611 17 6 376 15 5 4,217 16 o 1,305 19 3 1,478 2 9 215 19 6 2,655 8 11 964 16 10 2,472 1 4 1,830 12 10 1,789 15 6 221 12 4 963 18 7 i,i39 2 3 1,687 ° 2 8 53 17 4 727 17 5 848 17 8 882 9 5 1,237 13 4 643 2 5 1.007 16 o 3,423 10 2 453 6 11 .,008 3 2 608 10 3 344 18 8 1,148 16 9 684 2 5 740 2 1 220 7 7 141 1 11 1,854 4 11 3,584 12 3 1,870 13 6 1,028 8 2 785 7 2 324 9 9 2,569 16 10 225 14 9 2,467 14 9 1,808 2 4 986 7 3 711 16 1 944 5 10 54° 5 3 710 1 o 762 12 4 48 3 2 1,235 15 10 gio 18 5 702 o 9 394 2 10 1,346 9 3 7,350 10 1 1,055 X 4 1 525 17 3 211 7 9 1,762 13 3 348 15 11 384 1 8 1,011 3 o 558 15 7 8,037 1 J 774 4 4 3,303 14 7 362 12 4 86 19 8 2,937 12 6 179 8 6 1,280 15 o 1,338 13 8 2,898 9 44,780 46 194 140 28 61 49 719 99 919 263 681 107 136 1,030 255 170 75 369 65 74 54 51 11 104 55 187 79 84 55 92 52 70 7 1 147 64 4 1 47 84 108 £ s - d - 159,844 10 7 312 o 10 639 8 3 579 17 1 137 16 11 374 13 3 263 4 6 2,454 5 3 444 5 3 3>3°9 14 5 983 1 8 2,401 10 7 594 17 8 504 16 10 3,688 7 3 792 13 8 1,113 9 n 294 13 11 2,516 3 3 305 2 3 309 15 o 389 1 6 290 8 9 56 12 6 442 9 10 181 15 9 561 1 10 408 5 2 364 18 2 33O 9 5 390 16 5 277 16 1 373 17 4 198 19 2 658 10 2 373 o 5 198 18 11 121 1 o 235 8 9 338 6 6 93 11 6 499 9 4 623 9 o 369 14 9 1,506 1 10 5,761 14 8 1,668 17 10 364 17 5 487 9 3 160 2 9 3,876 4 11 92 2 5 no 7 11 213 6 1 275 15 1 1,850 4 o 774 13 8 661 9 10 1,008 11 7 J 4 8 4 3 100 2,462 15 6 278 5 o 324 6 9 160 8 10 4,078 14 11 386 12 3 77 2 10 299 2 10 220 7 4 i,i54 13 9 371 o 1 185 1 8 363 18 3 19 5 9 5,638 18 7 707 17 9 94 8 11 "3 o 7 3,135 40 76 17 6 28 16 94 17 88 142 74 10 32 152 49 37 2 70 17 38 39 2r 3 32 20 36 21 22 34 10 16 14 25 22 13 19 22 6 21 8 19 8 5 39 163 55 25 21 20,980 456 6og 95 15 194 7° 758 118 770 940 748 in 257 i>33 1 325 322 3 2 532 151 252 295 182 54 240 200 39° 56 I5 1 160 114 90 108 239 198 98 155 176 106 202 58 153 35 40 468 1,626 349 191 169 67 345 35 320 210 £ s. d. 408,100 5 7 1,525 15 6 4,578 16 o 496 2 7 168 10 o 1,888 3 4 331 13 o 10,097 ° 2 993 3 1 7,311 18 1 10,706 11 11 3,152 5 1 1,004 19 9 910 4 o 15,089 18 11 2,259 4 7 3,965 19 4 143 15 ° 4,135 19 11 1.513 2 o 1,790 8 o 2,786 18 o 2,300 10 o 816 9 o 2,782 7 o 1,909 16 9 4,637 4 3 1.802 1 8 1,496 16 2 1,467 o 9 884 12 o 1,666 7 5 1,375 3 o 2,199 5 Io 1,500 10 o 1,318 18 o 2,124 rI ° 1,361 15 9 813 5 ° 2,271 6 8 666 10 o 1,612 15 1 73 13 ° 69 2 o 2.803 13 7 10,871 12' 3 2,753 5 3 1.5 1 4 12 5 865 1 10 533 4 ° 4,015 17 o 326 11 o 3,689 o 7 1,669 Z 7 4 373 16 o 3,802 11 11 1,817 I 2 4 831 17 10 1,756 16 o 2,055 4 ° 31 11 o 3,896 4 2 675 o o 558 15 10 1,038 14 o 1,771 7 5 3,417 1 3 1,725 2 O 2,116 o o 1,854 o ° 4,724 14 o 986 7 3 457 5 o 662 18 10 304 16 o 8,682 10 9 1,197 I 2 O 2,485 II 4 288 14 o 24 o o 4,106 18 6 93 4 o 1,285 19 1 5,097 14 11 4,012 9 10 3,387 J 4 25 3 6 1 49 54 40 3 1 61 23 12 1 8 21 11 7 15 c 22 II r 7 4 1 4 9 g 10 c 9 7 24,325 74 145 10 81 32 360 42 4°5 260 243 27 46 454 109 102 J! 56 104 68 92 9 140 79 120 34 123 82 59 51 39 47 57 51 67 63 35 85 27 42 7 5 62 263 166 54 45 27 IO 3 9 26 43 29 . 141 49 49 69 66 £ s. d. 467,490 5 2 555 14 2 2,255 8 9 37 5 4 800 1,264 7 8 113 18 2 10,028 3 1 559 14 5 5,063 17 11 5,942 1 3 1,524 5 6 404 2 o 377 17 o 9,738 6 11 1,320 19 8 1,628 9 8 110 14 o 2,795 15 6 1,143 6 o 1,066 10 6 895 33 10 1.456 14 5 202 1 8 2,065 J ° I 1,010 16 o 2,186 4 2 571 1 11 1,609 2 7 1,005 o 3 697 5 4 1,088 10 7 690 6 1 751 5 3 971 10 1 697 5 4 906 o 4 8 49 4 3 352 12 11 1.457 13 3 336 12 1 880 16 5 38 9 o 22 15 o 855 4 2 3,170 8 4 1,534 18 4 537 M 1 741 12 11 539 o 1 1,369 9 9 195 1 9 200 5 10 419 4 2 321 5 8 1,692 18 4 798 7 11 475 I 9 990 8 3 1,515 13 5 1 5 o 855 11 11 267 11 3 664 10 7 313 1 2 300 12 10 5" 3 5 899 o 9 440 18 11 624 14 3 3,178 15 10 509 7 6 240 9 o 662 6 10 196 5 6 5,758 17 8 619 19 10 182 1 4 97 2 2 21 149 196 90 401 1,627 438 73 101 29 1,108 13 54 24 8 9 1 15 r 304 260 101 846 103 674 490 191 333 336 203 264 235 23 568 279 245 113 695 2,062 251 238 83 603 129 176 242 185 2,348 297 1,454 84 17 771 61 10 o 9 4 9 3 39 11 ° 3 7 6 27 15 3 20 3 9 14 16 9 11 17 o 13 2 9 8 10 9 8 5 3 10 4 o o 15 o 21 16 O 946 7 5 6 3 13 ° 26 13 9 84 6 o 20 15 o 8 11 9 329 23 6 o 420 5 10 o 10 4 9 6 17 6 90 2 3 9 18 9 59 14 3 4 12 o o 14 0 56 8 9 329 12 9 o 17 12 9 35 14 9 9 19 69 55 470 156 109 180 46 1 728 47 85 50 1,2311 82 14 52 15 83 23 6 52 20 17 24 11 2 114 9 13 9 98 85 11 21 26 76 20 10 11 10 121 44 54 6 105 hi 142 125 20 1,124 54 124 124 536 397 101 169 88 462 113 127 83 58 809 188 190 28 3 37 1 11 83 4°5 520 c 24 7 c 8 7 27 2 c I 3 182 45 37 20 74 40 20 54 16 190 51 27 58 21 346 20 61 34 272 68 52 9i 6 24 r 8 6 4 26 1,020 135 37 39 5 1 7 1 4 1 4 7 7 75 62 75 420 125 387 5 6 203 2 9 440 o 9 1,781 15 5 789 10 6 17 49 4 1 40 2 16 48 64 23 43 32 15 97 10 883 14 9 45 10 o 573 6 3 3,369 10 11 3,003 10 6 341 418 873 3 18 25 34 no 151

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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 1901 — continued.

Money-Orders. Saving! i- Banks. Office. Issued. Paid. zSS Deposits. go Withdrawals. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. Auckland— contd. Te Kuiti Te Mata Tirau Tokaanu Tokatea Tokatoka Tuakau Up'r SymondsSt. Wade Waerenga Waihopo Waihou Waipu Waiuku Waiwera Waotu Warkworth Wellsford Whakapirau .. Whangapara .. Whangarei Whangaroa Wharekawa Whitianga Blenheim Havelock Kekerangu Mahakipawa .. Picton Renwicktown .. Spring Creek .. Cheistchurch .. 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 Akaloa .. Little River .. Lyttelton Methven Mount Somers.. New Brighton .. Ohoka Oxford Papanui Pigeon Bay Prebbleton Rakaia Rangiora Rolleston St. Albans Sefton Sheffield Southbridge Springfield Springston Springston Rly. Sumner Sydenham Templeton Tinwald Upper Riccarton 518 104 250 26 i57j 246; 346; 578 123 82 337 3 10 586 595 86 87 498 175 45 804 2,308 188 166 1,369 3,4°7 949 109 86 1,292 200 179 21,742 183! 548 865 3,585 69 177 100 843 86 301 158 142 132 205 56 101 65 278 99 156 104 583 1,290 132 373 172 326 12 422 2,768 419 158 72 150 456 161 1 B. d. 20 18 o 3 1 o 7 16 6 0 17 6 5 18 6 8 12 o 12 9 3 21 19 9 7 4 9 2-0 6 31 17 o 8 16 9 18 13 3 20 16 o 2 18 o 4 15 3 20 2 o 15 13 9 1 12 o 30 11 6 90 16 6 8 11 9 11 7 o 53 9 6 150 7 9 31 14 9 3 18 o 2 18 9 46 o 3 740 790 980 7 6 770 21 12 9 27 9 3 142 9 o 2 5 3 5 10 o 290 29 19 3 3 12 3 13 14 3 523 13 o 4 16 3 670 2 16 9 3 12 o 1 19 6 10 o 9 2 15 9 5 18 9 4 1 3 25 2 3 5i 7 o 4 11 3 13 5 9 6 13 9 12 11 9 063 16 3 o 124 14 9 13 1 9 640 296 5 10 o 14 4 3 5 4O 4 16 6 on 6 16 16 3 43 1 f> 223 3 11 o 3 18 6 10 5 6 10 6 o 66 0 6 o 19 6 200 2 3 6 40 8 9 280 3 r 7 9 6 15 9 £ ■■ d. 1,962 14 7 280 o 2 601 3 7 78 18 1 441 18 6 572 12 6 1,094 5 5 1,187 9 8 359 6 0 198 19 3 1,527 17 1 1,122 8 5 1,666 12 9 1,887 15 3 255 13 8 240 16 4 i,532 12 9 701 2 10 103 15 8 3,110 16 6 7,601 13 7 458 16 0 587 11 10 4,080 16 6 11,823 12 4 2,932 9 4 309 7 1 222 5 4 4,152 2 8 579 7 IO 565 9 3 65,156 16 o 383 18 9 1,728 16 6 3,050 3 10 12,264 18 4 192 10 8 274 14 o 214 1 7 7,510 14 o 223 9 8 896 1 9 450 6 ii 305 8 o 405 2 7 682 10 3 200 11 o 222 7 o 143 2 O 863 8 2 317 12 2 421 II 4 324 9 3 1,972 2 6 5,660 14 11 422 8 11 1,242 16 4 438 14 5 511 12 5 22 14 8 1,437 10 4 7,704 8 7 1,529 16 10 488 o 9 109 4 7 418 1 6 i,38o 5 3 345 13 9 348 o o 3i 9 7 1,372 19 6 3,514 1 4 133 1 4 217 3 6 296 2 10 976 4 1 744 13 6 6 ,953 10 1 94 14 9 149 14 9 138 15 9 2,433 15 9 188 7 o 192 17 5 407 10 9 100 46 51 4 28 46 120 201 63 33 29 54 84 170 35 36 230 23 30 39 847 92 21 173 1,855 206 23 49 448 27 49 28,872 141 342 193 1,284 8 57 16 4!5 18 98 55 3O 102 84 5 30 20 109 40 61 26 456 245 47 157 100 £ *• d. 478 3 1 324 o 7 261 3 2 13 7 6 164 12 9 229 3 5 462 12 11 610 1 o 198 1 8 130 15 5 275 8 1 143 18 1 356 1 10 946 2 4 216 18 2 276 17 o 992 10 1 70 14 9 154 9 11 306 6 o 3,179 J 9 3 425 5 10 101 1 8 1,064 X 4 8 8,893 6 8 1,204 18 4 80 9 4 288 17 1 1,807 14 11 156 16 2 198 10 10 127,201 4 3 482 17 3 1,343 4 10 697 5 4 5,ii3 1 2 19 o 6 169 18 3 60 4 o 2,109 5 11 52 5 6 367 12 9 188 o 5 141 9 9 353 13 8 376 5 9 37 8 3 117 6 6 92 15 11 631 11 2 119 13 5 312 13 11 74 19 5 2,013 18 1 1,016 15 1 135 1 3 588 6 1 360 2 7 1,286 7 11 467 568 8 2 4,084 14 6 321 7 5 226 3 3 443 9 9 103 15 9 94 1 J 3 3 537 16 10 205 18 6 14 10 o 760 11 o 2,353 2 8 66 6 8 601 10 3 301 6 10 419 7 6 247 10 o 492 6 3 118 7 o 135 6 1 126 2 2 2,652 o 6 no 19 11 142 19 1 288 12 4 !7 5 12 2 2 23 23 27 16 3 20 13 24 39 1 3 42 17 7 5° 235 8 17 65 476 52 7 5 108 >7 10 5,4 62 36 66 34 483 3 17 13 54 3 20 117 24 128 5 27 96 127 241 III 18 57 70 168 255 59 29 350 9i 26 288 1,651 135 112 558 3-658 337 40 3i 622 196 133 52,490 222 508 357 3.044 52 116 93 387 25 177 68 £ s- d - 1,419 14 5 283 10 o 730 16 o 65 9 o 263 10 o 366 o 6 1,446 6 o 1,076 3 11 1,076 19 8 126 o o 1,123 12 2 707 15 o 3,592 3 9 3,063 8 9 294 7 o 615 11 6 3,834 10 1 i,53° 5 o 92 14 o 2,794 11 3 28,294 17 1 2,898 11 4 2,010 7 o 3,594 13 3 50,121 16 2 3,433 13 2 361 6 9 121 1 o 6,048 6 o 888 6 9 491 o o 720,946 8 7 627 9 10 6,565 13 10 5,127 14 6 33,887 3 4 483 5 o 517 3 1 1,156 10 5 7,810 17 8 250 15 o 1,808 17 o 525 10 5 706 11 o 493 3 o 1,980 9 1 385 o o 770 17 6 363 13 9 1,963 6 o 405 6 3 858 15 6 1,073 6 o 15,098 18 6 5,713 12 9 1.341 9 5 6,707 o 3 1,024 2 10 1,186 14 o 900 3,702 14 5 25,230 18 11 2,114 11 11 705 16 o 671 18 1 117 4 o 3,050 2 2 967 2 O 8OO 2 O 36 18 o 4,727 10 11 24,772 4 I 185 10 9 115 o o 724 17 o 1,585 18 4 2,450 5 o 3,907 15 10 443 16 o 360 9 o 533 1 1 9,366 4 2 554 12 o 975 18 0 1,317 15 9 9 2 2 2 8 5 5 3 1 4 7 5 8 6 1 83 2 3 26 4°3 17 2 40 II 4,701 2 29 16 186 2 2 15 3 2 8i 25 16 4 10 11 52 24 49 7 11 51 79 85 16 12 107 30 1 25 739 5° 9 144 2,900 162 10 7 356 32 M 42,524 37 185 126 1.457 7 3° 35 184 12 37 41 21 £ s- d. 900 6 3 304 15 11 349 7 " 46 o o 84 15 2 223 10 o 1,230 o 7 75 9 7 304 o o 35 8 6 189 15 5 879 6 4 1,556 16 6 1,301 15 8 97 10 o 151 4 o 2,282 16 4 621 10 4 500 339 14 ° 16,618 5 1 963 16 7 41 11 5 1,308 12 1 54,016 16 o 2,578 14 5 198 o o 53 7 6 6,415 12 o 140 9 6 78 15 9 729,449 5 5 245 1 2 5,298 o o 2,977 8 6 21,738 7 5 34 8 6 205 12 3 283 10 10 3,986 11 5 131 15 5 1,188 4 6 429 19 3 236 12 6 866 10 10 2,193 16 9 73 18 o 634 1 8 108 15 9 588 17 11 206 7 3 263 9 2 612 4 2 7.737 3 11 3,702 14 5 228 18 o 3.359 ° 3 139 6 8 280 9 8 18 o o 908 16 o 15,025 8 6 1,024 2 o 492 13 8 291 7 o 144 18 2 2,108 13 11 235 13 11 485 16 5 400 1,892 on 15,358 15 I 54 o o 7i 3 o 539 5 11 878 1 4 1,607 18 3 653 9 2 64 10 o 303 2 8 303 1 6 2,625 11 4 591 19 7 651 15 9 71 4 6 11 14 6 25 5 10 95 76 185 40 87 60 190 57 150 92 1,385 432 94 433 176 620 3 262 3,127 199 66 313 18 333 215 7 1 13 352 1,696 18 89 no 170 231 366 4 2 9 7 31 71 8 47 10 2 10 18 10 17 12 140 67 10 66 2 1 1 5 4 51 39 1 17 1 4 1 24 26 44 452 208 22 154 29 77 1 90 990 66 343 2 122 1,089 75 . 52 154 42 219 140 4i[ 4 179 683 23 160 83 112 66 14 109 2 39 295 3° 13 34 6 4 1 19 10 17 J 4 119 7 11 5 3O 64 11 118 22 8 120 20 535 1,158 65 94 98 301 3i8 1,855 3 1 62 67 1,012 4 56 226 3 17 87 49 3O 1 158 666 1 9 11 20 38 61 6 3 26 191 11 1 7 3 15 8 5 16 47 67 100 121 17 23 39! 803! 3i| 32j 63; 43 33 167 2,003 55 113 141 3 2 39 2 42 9 22 48 296 19 60 77 108 139 r 7 16 4 2 15

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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 1901 — continued.

Money-Orders. Savings-Banks, Office. Issued. Paid. js = 5 £ = c Deposits. Cβ 11 Withdrawals, No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. Si < ° No. Amount. Christchurch— ctd Waiau Waikari Whitecliffs Woodend Woolston DUNEDIN Alexandra South Allanton Balclutha Caversham Clinton Clyde Cromwell Dunback Dunedin North Gimmerburn .. Green Island .. Hamilton South Heriot Hyde Kaitangata Kelso Kokonga Lawrence Lovell's Flat .. Macrae's Flat .. Middlemarch .. Miller's Flat .. Milton Mosgiel Naseby North-east Valley Ophir Outram Owaka Palmerston South Patearoa Pembroke Port Chalmers Portobello Puerua Ranfurly Roslyn Roxburgh St. Bathan's .. Seacliff South Dunedin Stirling Tapanui Waihola Waikaia Waikoikoi Waikouaiti Waipiata Waipori Waitahuna Waitati Wedderburn .. 319 442 139 75 252 19,806 2,102 116 1,563 318 736 786 1,299 228 2,391 74 173 62 256 332 1,149 368 no i,598 131 425 719 474 1,088 58i 1,270 97 1.797 271 1,052 788 322 231 1,767 9 162 390 229 8/7 447 243 760 334 842 228 513 72 454 106 / s. d. 11 4 3 16 19 g 486 309 849 8g6 10 9 85 8 3 2 17 o 52 4 3 11 8 6 23 13 o 28 13 9 47 4 6 6 1 3 86 4 3 1 15 o 649 1 8 6 8 2 3 8 18 9 40 11 9 !2 4 3 2 15 9 53 5 3 3 18 9 12 5 9 22 o o 15 16 3 37 5 9 20 6 6 37 4 6 3 12 o 73 1 9 8 1 3 28 17 o 2 4 ! 3 9 17 6 9 12 3 75 12 o o 10 6 4 3 3 11 1 6 £ s- d. 1,183 ° 7 1,344 3 1 308 14 11 242 2 7 527 10 11 60,931 8 10 7,492 19 6 253 11 5 4,4i6 13 3 716 8 5 1,923 19 11 2,816 17 2 4,251 7 11 891 15 4 4,696 3 2 263 7 4 423 18 5 249 14 11 745 6 3 869 16 9 3,266 17 11 1,143 15 2 320 8 9 4,310 10 10 326 13 o 1,375 16 11 2,464 2 3 1,sio 19 11 3,180 2 3 i,357 7 7 5,"6 13 4| 219 3 6 7,658 13 4 788 17 o 3,536 o 5 2,805 12 I 1,058 15 4 83O 5 6: 4,712 2 O 62 10 o 1 375 12 7 1,293 17 5: 386 2 9 j 3,594 10 7 1,507 17 6 676 7 o| i,497 16 4 932 19 7 2,866 12 1 812 7 7 1,37° 3 2 145 4 6 1,574 6 10 399 16 7 917 ° 5 1,290 14 11 614 10 1 2,098 7 10 13,911 9 10 464 4 5 264 9 o 473 15 2 74 1 l6 3 628 18 10 809 9 8' 15,122 11 1 1,53° 3 5 1,848 5 5 2,726 19 5 1,503 13 o 398 10 2, 515 14 2i 9,i94 5 81 232 19 10 699 16 2 5,846 16 10 403 7 3 3,i53 14 9 91 13 o 288 3 9 i,37° 5 1 1,013 14 Ix 18,766 17 11 2,373 1 9 622 13 8 68 155 56 52 144 34,005 446 27 572 372 154 310 415 57 528 10 172 4 54 106 286 81 7 901 39 63 120 65 721 58i 508 82 128 128 223 496 27 66 1,000 1 57 44 134 346 86 J 34 627 120 190 96 104 13 246 17 84 119 107 55 1,423 40 8 32 62 £ s. d. 357 10 9 564 13 3 593 12 4 222 4 3 447 o 7 138,528 3 8 1,961 17 9 96 4 8 2,104 6 2 I,III O I 591 18 1 1,202 2 3 1,851 16 10 235 14 3 2,075 9 9 26 1 9 634 10 11 13 5 10 252 16 3 842 17 6 1,101 15 2 378 6 5 28 18 11 3,998 13 9 103 1 6 459 18 1 515 18 9 272 7 10 2,387 8 5 2,060 19 o 1,749 11 5 267 6 o 625 8 11 476 12 6 1,083 4 r 1,864 J 5 Io 70 10 11 391 3 2 3,585 o 8 5 10 o 221 17 9 184 12 11 502 14 3 i,54i 2 5 345 10 5 446 10 7 2,219 16 2 657 " 3 570 o 9 359 19 3 411 o 7 48 4 9 828 4 5 33 14 5 472 1 11 573 8 2 55O 17 3 159 14 5 5,396 16 o 220 9 g 33 14 o 140 9 1 197 12 8 95 4 10 316 o 4 10,696 o 1 532 17 9 477 2 1 854 18 5 112 10 6 9 38 3 21 30 4,063 97 10 in 73 43 3° 55 6 5i6 4 47 2 29 12 72 16 X 7 112 10 6 25 15 95 94 57 28 72 26 58 77 10 197 9 10 2 8l 60 166 242 83 135 248 36,585 566 95 786 672 204 237 348 64 5,607 10 397 22 97 81 524 68 3i 772 39 33 140] 120 778 692 360 3°3 305 174 294 544 97 2,023 22 58 17 489 296 68 £ s- d. 2,382 3 o 2.859 10 o 404 3 o i,060 9 o 1,678 15 6 503,500 15 8 4,753 5 8 715 4 ° 9,003 9 9 2,001 5 4 1,803 X 8 10 2,377 7 5 4,052 10 8 425 4 6 31.497 17 7 44 17 ° 2.046 17 1 287 14 0 1,118 2 9 1,083 14 4 3,9i8 13 3 705 9 o 145 15 o 12,002 10 7 749 16 9 401 o o 2.047 5 8 1,155 13 6 9.860 10 7 6,230 10 8 2,996 3 9 874 1 o 3,472 2 5 1,694 J 6 o 3,977 3 7 5,566 2 6 274 7 o 14,220 15 8 75 11 o 1,244 3 o 160 16 o 2,280 2 6 4,185 12 8 701 8 3 1,265 8 9 7,809 6 3 1,043 X 7 ° 3,688 13 7 1,510 11 6 754 17 8 7 10 1 6 16 3,7 l6 39 4 55 6 15 8 3i 3 204 8 I 2 7 6 39 3 4 63 2 3 71 7 47 4i 27 4 13 9 11 37 5 104 4 6 4 88 31 43 72 31.759 213 25 289 35 50 82 139 27 1,152 1 57 8 29 18 159 21 7 302 11 23 59 44 314 179 H7 13 55 54 J 34 205 16 614 1 16 6 63 122 £ ■• d. 1,808 9 6 2,205 ° 8 308 3 6 516 19 1 896 2 10 514,792 18 11 2,74! 5 8 179 o 7 7,325 18 10 529 11 4 929 17 5 1,251 18 8 3,269 15 7 401 6 10 12,274 1 6 700 448 6 1 117 2 9 252 8 6 285 1 6 2,168 2 11 143 18 4 22 17 9 6,54! 5 1 105 3 6 293 1 8 909 6 11 832 13 7 5,963 8 1 3,574 ° 2 2,034 10 1 J 79 17 3 539 7 4 821 17 7 2,377 " 8 2,897 16 2 101 16 6 6,785 3 8 o 10 o 375 18 5 102 o o 640 18 5 2,288 6 10 188 13 4 75 5 4 3,128 18 5 854 11 3 3,016 3 9 744 18 10 412 o 5 7 12 3 33 10 9 14 o 9 9 3° 28 4 9 11 5 9 26 15 g 10 10 9 16 9 9 1 14 6 13 9 6 2 19 3 12 11 9 11 15 3 6 14 o 22 15 3 217 2 3 7 9 9 2 18 o 8 11 3 11 26 11 14 o 14 17 o 216 14 o 19 i 6 25 9 6 33 o o 14 5 o 5 16 6 5 7 3 137 iz 3 2 19 6 10 12 9 14 20 I6 3 19 59 17 25 190 1,636 128 369 108 7 23 7 4 27 13 38 8 31 19 316 40 136 32 37 139 9 19 8 123 31 2,205 13 6 333 5 o 12 70 13 1,215 3 o 322 o 4 4 GlSBORNE Port Awanui .. Te Karaka Tokomaru Bay Tolaga Bay Tuparoa Waipiro Bay .. Greymouth Ahaura Blackball Brunnerton Nelson Creek .. Ngahere Otira Railway .. Reefton Stillwater Totara Flat HOKITIKA Goldsborough .. Kumara Okarito Rimu Ross Stafford Invercargill .. Arrowtown Balfour 323 396 162 528 4,317 130 75 161 221 246 300 4,559 438 563 822 19 15 27 917 11 29 64 12 49 54° 29 4 1 50 13 3 11 248 7 7 168 8 81 119 91 145 5.7O2 45 137 172 54 190 3,731 150 257 493 79 59 48 1,315 49 56 835 52 379 1,367 14 5 918 2 9 1,125 8 o 69,167 o 2 156 5 o 1,184 8 I 1,468 8 7 789 11 10 1,915 14 o 49,58i 4 4 1,573 5 11 2,349 4 8 5,008 8 5 1,061 14 10 402 6 c 4°5 13 9 18,320 2 6 219 14 6 873 18 11 15,825 1 7 I,168 8 o 4,i°3 7 5 11 4 3 696 2 9 13 4 48 31 X 7 4.326 9 46 147 19 78 2,845 52 77 158 46 17 17 539 12 16 835 17 234 679 7 7 355 18 1 193 15 4 69,061 15 6 48 10 6 333 7 9 766 o 2 423 3 10 931 15 11 53.267 17 3 74° 3 9 1,218 6 1 1,791 6 6 266 o 4 225 7 8 117 18 1 11,222 19 7 75 12 6 250 7 11 25,741 J 4 9 433 12 11 3.975 10 1 20 58 2,861 137 128 238 21 506 5 19 21 335 137 H3 2,898 74 231 2,051 113 1,259 15 169 484 292 6,290 683 268 1 90 15 o 4 15 6 48 15 o 169 5 17 3 17 I 1 9 11 14 3 267 17 6 24 8 6 9 0 3 19 45 926 24 58 1,180 34 580 4 31 191 47 5,7 r 7 190 37 47 9 o 252 17 11 3,152 2 4 104 19 3 248 2 1 5,"4 1 2 233 17 2 2,914 17 6 22 2 1 184 8 6 840 11 3 204 15 7 20,048 18 9 665 9 11 158 11 7 7 2 114 1 4 196 48 13 25 6 1,064 37 12 126 228 66 7,805 233 76 1,295 4 7 2,352 7 4 858 9 10 105,563 o 8 2,589 10 11 1,609 18 o 6 19 4 54 109 22 5.674 99 5i 565 4 6 2,267 17 5 222 5 6 108,632 10 9 1,607 16 6 1,197 * 10 984 28 8

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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 1901 — continued.

Money-Orders. Saving! i-Banks. Ollice. No. Commission. Issued. Amount. No. Paid. Amount. « § I Deposits. I . With n <" No. Withdrawals. htlrawais. Amount. No. Amount. Invekcargill— ctd. Bluff Dipton Edendale Fairfax Fortrose .. 1 Gore .. .. Half-moon Bay j Kingston .. j Lumsden Mataura Nightcaps Orepuki Otautau 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 .. I Taradale Te Aute Tikokino Waione Waipawa Waipukurau .. Wairoa Weber Wimbledon Nelson.. .. j Belgrove Brightwater Collingwood Motueka .. j Motupiko Motupiko Rly... Ngatimote Richmond Riwaka Tadmor Takaka ' .. The Port Thorpe .. j Upper Moutere Wakefield New Plymouth. . ] Inglewood .. ! Midhirst Opunake Pungarehu Rahotu Stratford Waitara Oamaru Duntroon Hampden Herbert ' .. Kakanui Kurow Maheno Ngapara 1,035 230 249 100 265 2,973 96 194 363 1,163 320 i,456 483 130 894 454 787 154 347 177 121 837 211 448 5,970 63 108 3,284 128 2,438 105 128 £ ■■ d. 44 X 4 3 8 7 3 863 2 17 o 7 19 6 115 9 o 2 19 6 5 12 9 13 2 6 37 18 3 12 13 9 54 7 o 15 9 3 3 17 6 34 14 9 16 1 6 28 2 6 503 11 o 6 5 12 o 4 1 3 33 19 3 7 1 9 15 5 o 280 7 6 2 17 3 3 10 o 118 11 3 703 108 16 6 £ s. d. 2,905 13 9 658 10 6 998 16 9 155 6 7 806 8 3 8,667 19 5 320 5 10 483 9 9 967 1 4 3,156 8 6 1,221 6 8 4,418 17 1 ■ 1,176 7 8 352 10 2 2,784 11 8 1,357 Io Io 2,204 16 4 343 17 10 1,006 2 9 428 16 4 332 o 3 2,081 7 9 617 17 3 1,237 11 7 21,260 2 6 300 14 o 261 17 11 9,324 7 8 53O 13 10 7,275 19 2 274 18 8 348 10 5 1,159 14 6 492 19 4 485 15 5 704 16 9 517 5 8 2,026 10 9 532 2 8 4 8 5 14 3 2,446 19 5 1,123 17 o 2,485 13 7 i,5i3 14 5 738 4 2 357 o 4 868 14 6 547 7 3 3,578 18 3 3,784 1 10 3,467 1 2 557 6 o 367 4 2 13,046 11 o 231 13 2 518 12 6 3,994 4 9 2,399 9 11 121 8 10 442 5°! 85: 27! 59 1,150! 34 9 183 234j 52| 122 223 37 399 92 418 23 36 86 15 266 64 192 6,237 30 i,°33 1,613 78 38 90 6 36 95 45 81 30 23 131 45 464 76 106 160 43 9 729 353 406 26 6 4,982 41 156 108 £ s- d. 1,974 210 221 18 2 681 4 11 72 13 6 305 13 2 3,759 5 10 150 11 6 20 5 7 632 4 2 697 H 1 218 o 8 392 5 11 626 8 o 126 3 3 i,539 17 § 350 4 10 1,672 10 7 98 11 6 131 12 9 182 6 2 43 o 6 932 o 5 228 6 2 92 15 13 9 31 232 4 4 33 7i 13 "3 29 8 59 24 75 18 17 12 9 87 20 38 1,010 6 7 1 79 ng 42 153 i>350 16 18 204 429 129 555 116 73 365 106 562 80 69 61 60 34O 80 262 8,453 £ »• d. 5,781 II 6 617 6 7 991 14 o 211 17 o 1,656 11 9 17,847 11 3 122 18 o 839 9 o 2,256 5 7 6,176 11 9 509 19 o 6,221 2 5 1,476 10 6 498 o 2 2,853 H ° 780 18 o 5,390 19 io 874 13 o 490 i o 500 12 O 562 12 O 4,849 17 5 1,453 19 4 2,467 13 5 95,290 12 3 47 5 5 2 9 127 3 1 10 43 3 34 12 '97 27 26 10 44 607 20 5 ' 50 203 28 164 60 4i H3 41 178 38 35 11 £ s. d. 2,085 9 11 338 5 4 267 12 11 317 13 o 544 M 7 12,013 3 10 205 18 8 76 12 8 745 15 8 4,629 7 3 305 3-3 3,533 6 5 860 5 5 477 12 11 3,734 1 7 423 4 10 3,111 2 o 646 13 1 264 6 5 106 o o 387 17 6 1,865 18 o 179 16 10 7°2 5 5 108,436 8 4 7 30 15 32! 8! 9 1 4 28 C 16 19 J 3i 18 77 6,567 557 158 144 248 222 759 214 132 757 324 763 512 3°4 130 312 140 1,297 1,079 957 228 126 4,174 89 165 1,116 751 33 118 161 3 19 o 5 16 6 17 6 9 5 15 9 5 7 6 8 11 6 9 11 6 23 15 o 6 13 o 5 19 o 25 14 9 17 14 3 39 11 o 20 13 o 11 18 o 606 12 I 9 2 13 O 52 4 o 43 3 9 52 10 6 7 13 3 600 183 8 9 2 19 3 7 1 6 44 4 3 27 9 6 1 5 3 5 1 9 5 3 6 9 12 6 8 5 6 2 3 3 22 3 9 15 15 6 2 13 9 520 12 8 3 228 o 3 62 12 6 28 2 9 45 10 3 23 16 6 11 5 3 150 6 6 48 5 9 169 13 9 10 7 o 16 18 6 9 9 3 I 19 9 18 10 9 7 3 3 969 770 12 10 22,997 o 11 15 5 6 125 16 2 3,849 9 11 252 9 4 5,912 o 6 358 17 6 161 5 5 458 8 10 35 19 6 186 11 5 288 19 2 164 5 1 309 o o 105 o 4 93 9 o 820 11 9 154 13 7 1,857 2 9 273 19 7 349 9 9 622 2 6 213 14 1 46 8 4 2,230 2 11 2,033 19 1 1,746 8 4 91 10 10 59 19 10 18,060 12 8 162 9 9 607 2 3 494 18 2 1,256 o 1 174 16 6 59 3 8 155 o 6 1,252 10 8 249 15 8 206 5 o 582 3 2 413 8 7 66 18 11 99 8 6 739 7 7 18,177 5 4 1,282 o 10 410 16 3 844 o 3 584 18 11 244 8 7 4,038 13 7 1,152 16 6 9,968 4 3 638 17 1 997 3 3 126 9 7 219 1 1 1,025 17 7 460 16 1 69 II 5 33 329 3 327 26 7 30 rt II 23 I6 25 IO 27 39 53 35 3° 3 12 84 70 80 16 684 14 19 63 79 8 17 33 31 16 59 241 10 148 1,607 35 2,179 315 85 205 21 68 141 64 161 150 ■; 4 8 177 545 158 254 39 in 671 373 518 89 5,905 138 165 386 490 53 55 101 222 200 31 264 288 81 59 243 4,993 1,470 183 424 107 73 2,154 598 4,507 190 161 146 23 133 77 74 530 15 2 18,201 2 2 254 13 o 23,497 16 I 857 11 o 540 4 0 2,569 17 2 217 1 10 1,174 17 6 1,066 10 2 523 13 6 1,588 4 2 709 9 1 1,511 11 8 i,934 13 4 2,837 6 3 3,33O 18 2 1,247 9 o 436 12 6 800 8 3 7,358 19 8 6,248 8 9 5,218 18 1 517 10 2 84,989 11 8 2,345 o 1 1,124 6 6 7,472 6 4 5,434 8 11 311 4 o 382 9 o 813 12 9 1,934 16 9 1,174 11 1 288 2 1 6,115 8 2 2,118 2 7 715 15 o; 407 7 o 3,779 14 o 76,848 12 7 15,655 18 o 2,617 18 2 5,74i 3 9 2,187 o 3 393 15 5 27,557 18 9 8,441 11 2 59,382 8 3 972 5 11 1,162 11 3 1.251 17 10 115 19 o 1.252 19 3 1,181 2 9! 379 6 7! 1,171 10 164 4 149 6 19 8 14 ii 4 8 18 19 11 12 2 4 44 34 61 1 604 17 27 41 920 16 967 62 12 91 7 36 56 47 76 53 66 48 102 55 163 28 50 289 199 308 22 4,394 45 53 132 199 8 139 6 o 14,262 3 3 450 1 7 15,981 3 10 8 97 3 1 99 16 3 1,857 o 7 105 7 o 744 13 11 980 19 10 307 14 2 1,346 2 11 348 2 4 1,169 4 2 579 19 5 498 17 4 1,281 3 6 716 10 11 274 14 3 667 5 5 5,973 16 3 5,086 7 10 3,684 11 7 310 o 9 92,693 19 o 1,071 6 6 887 2 7 2,133 14 2 3,604 4 o 106 o o 102 3 8 419 4 2 1,073 4 11 1,164 14 4 256 5 o 2,579 5 1 536 18 o 291 7 8 316 11 6 1,875 6 9 89,893 14 2 9,624 15 o 2,352 19 2 3,799 9 5 845 on 334 18 8 19,745 19 7 4,567 o 10 56,890 3 6 688 8 5 1,362 7 2 914 5 7 63 3 10 504 o 3 80 13 10 60 10 9 233 293 67 636 324 75 137 321 5,372 1,761 754 1,130 411 312 3,753 1,114 4,870 39O 548 297 54 593 214 252 534 7 4 504 19 o 713 8 4 638 1 1 213 3 o 2,178 6 6 1,013 8 9 265 18 7 298 10 3 1,050 I4 O: 16,218 8 10 4,599 19 4 2 203 13 3 3,156 18 g 1,374 8 6 805 1 4 13,753 19 5 2,856 13 o 25,811 11 1 2,104 18 4 1,549 18 6 1,555 13 5 184 3 4 3,003 19 3 516 16 6 775 15 10 324 34 35 39 289 61 28 151 131 18 30 167 4,203 331 120 209 117 81 1 4 7 7 4 1 4 3 2 6 7 41 82 93 19 137 33 18 28 56 4,261 473 in 940 297 2,749 84 339 35 63 133 80 26 c 22 768 2O8 41 82 15 15 439 104 631 24 19 19 6 39 18 732 79 17 40 5 6 198 38 546 9 10 211 49 25 1,054 312 3,242 39 48 48 12 4 6 9 4 1 3i 11 8 9

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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 1901 — continued.

Money-Orders. Savings-Banks. Office. Issued. Paid. ill — -go No. Deposits. deposits. Amount. Withdrawals. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. O Amaru — continued. Pukeuri Junction Shag Point Thames Golden Cross .. Karangahake .. Katikati Komata Maketu Miranda Omahu Opotiki Paeroa Tauranga Te Aroha Te Puke Waihi Waikino Waiorongomai Waitekauri Whakatane Timaru Albury Fairlie Geraldine Glenavy Makikihi Morven Orari Pleasant Point.. St. Andrew's .. Studholme Junct. Temuka Waimate Winchester Wanganui Alton Bull's Eltham Fordell Hawera Hunterville Hurleyville Kaimanuka Kaponga Manaia Mangamahu .. Mangaonoho .. Mangaweka Manutahi Marton Moawhango Normanby Ohingaiti Otakeho Patea Raetihi Taihape Turakina Utiku Waitotara Waverlfiy Wellington Adelaide Road Alfredton Apiti Ashhurst Awahuri Bunnythorpe .. Carterton Castlepoint Chatham Islands Cheltenham Colyton Courtenay Place Eketahuna Featherston Feilding Foxton Gladstone Greytown North Halcombe Hukanui Hutt Johnsonville Kaitoke 25 251 3-788 549 2,478 205 288 122 59 4 2 1,059 1,928 944 1,769 452 5,640 1,070 109 1,085 439 5,349 212 57 1 1,274 240 112 129 186 336 310 80 i,474 1,785 149 7,823 117 716 i,6ii 195 2,699 i,354 49 45 507 807 200 442 1,673 no £ 8. d. o 16 3 7°3 164 2 o 18 18 o 95 5 9 826 9 10 o 5 11 3 2 1 9 160 37 14 9 74 4 6 37 15 6 60 6 9 17 4 9 222 11 o 40 7 6 369 48 12 9 16 14 3 206 16 o 620 28 5 6 37 13 6 5 7 3 416 480 3 18 3 11 16 o 920 2 11 9 47 2 3 60 10 6 5 9 3 333 1 3 4 10 9 28 3 o 57 8 6 7 11 o 119 4 o 49 19 9 1 13 6 1 11 o 22 13 6 35 19 9 4 18 o 16 3 3 54 6 3 470 56 13 3 9 7 9 10 16 6 21 1 6 5 15 6 39 12 1 20 4 o 48 o 3 9 15 6 10 17 6 11 8 6 £ •■ d. 87 8 11 501 4 7 11,144 7 7 1,769 5 1 6,868 o 10 648 7 3 937 4 o 311 19 9 174 16 2 r 5i 7 7 3,556 16 2 4,947 JI 4 2,608 12 7 5,378 16 11 i,376 1 3 16,469 11 11 3,188 3 11 305 10 9 3,400 7 6 1, 39O 5 5 26,855 13 7 1,437 6 o 2.477 » o 4,086 9 9 1,436 14 11 354 7 10 950 9 3 290 19 6 850 13 11 1,239 2 10 280 II 9 5,255 2 8 11,427 10 11 474 7 6 23,681 13 5 354 13 6 2,174 6 6 5,266 16 6 515 5 3 8,127 14 7 4,542 11 3 226 17 3 170 6 7 1,711 13 10 2,390 14 1 835 3 9 1,177 2 7 4,855 14 I0 309 2 11 4,688 3 6 727 14 1 693 15 5 1,671 1 3 382 9 10 2,806 10 o 2,512 5 4 4,152 12 11 640 7 11 1,180 6 10 791 17 9 3,5O4 1 1 85,016 3 11 466 11 2 873 6 6 1,647 Io 7 1.478 14 8 400 18 6 97 5 o 4,136 9 7 81 8 3 697 1 6 303 17 11 449 2 11 1.639 *9 i° 3,351 18 2 2,368 18 7 8,937 18 .8 3.640 10 5 296 4 4 2,724 16 4 1,020 5 5 696 1 3 2,035 4 IO 589 3 8 220 16 9 19 162 3,643 27 313 125 22 49 11 2 220 969 791 575 132 943 93 46 177 120 2,648 64 179 319 "5 3O 44 7 1 no 126; 34 512 648 45 6,198 11 320 344 4 1 1,455 348 £ s - d - 62 18 6 546 4 10 12,963 13 9 89 8 3 1,189 17 2 528 10 6 103 3 6 176 8 4 50 12 1 13 17 I 975 10 4 3,249 19 3 2,953 o 3 2,364 6 2 53O 16 3 3,896 16 2 282 6 8 243 16 8 581 17 3 548 11 8 11,632 12 3 306 o 7 835 12 5 1,414 16 6 746 2 2 134 6 11 299 18 8 197 18 9 468 8 8 802 5 8| 115 18 2 2,121 11 5 2,476 4 11 145 3 11 22,263 3 4 31 1 9 1,020 11 2 1,481 3 8 204 o 7 5,017 5 3 1,377 4 2 29 16 o 13 18 5 328 8 2 687 o 7 27 18 1 559 17 8 928 2 5 59 10 o 3,323 13 1 142 6 7 427 1 11 255 10 4 90 4 7 1,172 3 5 721 5 4 947 11 4 256 10 9 163 2 8 334 7 6 716 4 8 161,298 11 6 44 16 6 181 4 3 225 18 11 710 11 2 107 13 7 47 o o 2,090 18 6 56 7 o 688 8 1 82 17 6 113 8 7 348 6 6 1,653 I2 II 1,195 12 5 5,7O7 14 2 i,447 9 3 27 7 2 1,557 o 2 496 12 1 148 17 3 1,257 I0 7 450 12 4 144 6 4 4 24 629 45 147 23 28 8 1 2 75 150 "3 81 33 480 53 11 68 27 833 . 9 50 141 10 7 9 4 24 17 13 135 169 17 r .354 10 44 166 26 319 84 5 5 45 88 18 202 4,094 301 1,009 149 153 33 6 8 455 862 723 529 109 2,954 398 30 534 in 7,o8i 54 239 855 30 43 24 55 105 63 53 769 1,039 139 8,463 85 372 726 : 43 2,167 425 32 22 229 480 £ B. d. 264 3 3 749 17 8 59,750 9 11 2,396 o 2 9,005 3 10 781 8 o 1,138 1 7 394 5 o 29 3 o 21 2 o 6,223 4 n 7,875 17 2 9,192 15 9 5,616 12 6 1,301 17 4 29,827 8 4 2,379 18 9 no 12 9 4,529 16 11 731 2 9 89,903 18 7 774 9 1 2,514 11 4 11,291 11 6 186 15 8 330 11 o 636 14 9 428 18 o 1,090 5 10 622 l8 2| 695 10 o 9,586 13 6 15,272 19 1 1,444 5 8 127,809 o 9 436 3 o 2,666 11 1 9,043 5 11 1,130 17 8 20,495 1 2 4,803 16 7 90 17 o 254 14 6 3,135 2 8 6,228 1 7 15 I,OO9 8 75 8 1 30 60 60 40 13 256 26 3 42 7 73° 1 75 2 1 1 3 7 2 4 48 78 9 i,374 13 25 60 3 159 39 1 18 80 4,6i7 54 509 80 55 ] 174 403 508 309 7 1 i,435 180 11 217 32I 5,013 : 4 99 352 12 21 18 32 33; 19 13 281 428 57 7,110 40 J 34 333 36 877 159 9 8 £ *• d. 136 3 7 849 7 2 77,899 1 9 752 4 3 5,923 13 8 689 3 o 512 9 9 326 13 1 34 10 6 11 11 6 I 3,796 5 2 6,342 11 o 9.987 4 1 4,536 5 2 944 5 1 22,320 13 10 2.319 7 6 32 17 4 2,914 17 4 406 14 7 97,578 15 o 293 6 10 1.988 2 8 7,448 11 2 141 18 3 183 3 8 344 « 4 257 15 « 636 18 1 292 1 9 77 I0 3 5,312 19 o 9,534 18 2 1,464 19 5 133,723 8 8 578 o 2 2,527 17 3 6,270 13 4 301 4 o 15,611 2 2 4,102 4 11 246 8 6 83 10 5 1.320 4 9 4,704 13 2 4 63 216 1 16 46 52 208 23 102 248 20 1,000 3° 106 36 100 11 161 39 38 45 17 78 40 78 12 18 36 58 5,59° 73 12 2O6 517 53 967 84 254 197 49 540 155 303 (>[ i,535 3 9 4,952 4 9 910 9 o 13,026 14 8 1,135 14 1 2,796 6 9 1,617 18 6 200 17 1 7,120 1 1 2,399 11 5 3,691 7 3 735 16 11 748 11 11 1,227 2 z 6,654 i° 7 577,994 8 o 2,430 11 6 663 11 o 1,170 18 8 3,501 6 o 263 14 o 229 7 9 12,433 7 3 96 3 o 323 4 ° 280 7 11 1,072 16 4 5,901 11 o 7,567 4 o 3,899 3 3 18,512 12 8 8,573 o Io 219 17 o 5,7°5 10 7 2,820 14 9 991 16 3 9,932 8 7 2,964 16 o 1,770 7 o 11 43 6 78 3 19 22 60 240 24 484 28 86 107 14 231 107 147 25 36 93 202 40,946 95 49 68 168 751 10 10 3,547 13 1 339 10 7 10,961 18 o 3°3 5 o 2,202 12 4 1,563 16 6 149 12 6 7,629 12 8 1,903 7 9 2,302 15 4 186 18 o 419 13 2 827 16 5 4,866 14 4 625,624 13 5 326 1 7 1,675 6 10 607 2 10 2,892 8 4 222 15 1 T93 o o 9,992 10 11 213 17 6 47 17 4 209 11 7 618 10 6 671 8 2 5,961 13 2 3,177 J 4 o 17,776 2 6 5,578 17 9 105 9 9 4,226 17 o 1,500 2 o 483 9 3 4,779 16 6 2,287 18 11 243 11 9 1,441 *73 256 576 148 983 782 1,358 255 412 283 974 26,222 297 234 537 527 163 44 1,310 5: 175 95 169 807 1,165 915 2,514 i>336 106 984 392 199 744 272 95 40 10 3 1,922 1 6 9 15 6 830 12 18 o 17 17 5 5 17 9 1 11 3 50 13 9 1 17 3 600 386 703 30 13 6 37 19 6 36 10 6 92 11 o 51 9 o 4 7 6 38 13 o 12 15 6 636 35 7 o 990 2 13 9 74 14 378 102 155 7 1 38 94 211 41,288 23 28 60 212 43 7 558 9 65 29 32 103 331 345 i,7i4 413 9 400 126 33 46 16 3 154 1 no 134 487 43,82O 782 63 198 333 100 19 1,086 4 53 12 ■40 10 11 26 5,396 13 10 12 29 2 32 16 421 4 6 56 10 8 22 126 81 80 228 143 7 89 44 11 9 4 1 55 95 1,836 579 574 1,729 1,164 34 722 241 78 807 598 109 1 1 2 17 28 35 153 7 1 24 28 143 280 161 712 395 15 284 108 39 273 J 43 29 34 281 107 33 3 42 14 6 42 14 1 100 23 5

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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 1901 — continued.

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Money-Orders Savings-Flanks. Office. No. Commission. Issued. Amount. No. Paid. Amount. < ° Dc No. Deposils. 'eposits. Amount. IP No. I Withdrawals. Amount. Wellington—cM. Kaiwarra Karori Kimbolton Levin Longburn Makuri Manakau Mangatainoka Martinborough Masterton Mauriceville .. West Molesworth St. Ngahauranga .. Nireaha Otaki Pahautanui Pahiatua Palmerston North Paraparaumu .. Petone Pohangina Pongaroa Porirua Rakaunui Rangiwahia Rongotea Sanson Shannon Taueru Te Aro Te Nui Tinakori Road.. Upper Hutt .. Waikanae Waituna West Wellington South! Weraroa .. | Whakataki Woodville Westport Addison's Burnett's Face.. Capleston * Charleston Denniston Granity Karamea Longford Lyell Millerton Murchison Seddonville Waimangaroa .. 180 42 5" 1,184 203 284 234 465 979 3,868 263 137 i>755 329 61 1,124 81 2,398 5,208 133 i,55i 159 299 258 72 269 455 192 361 169 3.090 329 165 286! 384I 250 1,191 284 87 1,684 3.503 133 496 64 314 952 416 139 125 613 479 441 243 337 £ s- d. 7 8 o 1 17 o 17 17 o 42 18 9 7 3 3 6 17 3 10 7 o 11 6 o 46 o o 158 7 6 8 18 o 3 8 3 70 7 3 16 7 3 1 16 o 52 17 3 2 13 6 82 3 6 205 7 3 4 14 o 62 18 3 3 16 3 6 13 9 12 2 O I 14 3 609 21 9 9 6 12 3 12 13 9 636 131 2 o 10 6 6 596 13 4 o 16 9 o 8 11 o £ s. d268 8 8 38 97 7 4 19 i,7H 9 3 165 3,264 13 9 409 474 16 3 43 743 10 2 46 703 10 6 1 59 931 9 7: 138 2,417 o 6 164 14,151 o 9 1,940 679 16 11 75 364 10 o 17 4,384 26 80 751 6 7 22 130 9 2! 3 3,325 7 11 514 199 12 7 21 8,547 17 5l 859 14,833 6 1 4,230 309 7 4 4° 3,764 11 8 587 361 16 7 66 893 J 3 5 41 704 03 92 224 2 9 .. 960 09 44 1,400 35 75 547 6 1 63 1,089 11 2 93 366 55 10 7,434 15 1 204 747 4 3 35 286 16 8 21 906 18 o 88 1,036 15 4 34 495 16 o 41 2,393 o 2 814 561 5 11 38 266 15 5 11 4,773 16 10 952 11,167 Io Io !,777 332 13 9 23 1,214 37 28 273 8 10 9 747 7 7 "3 3,274 17 1 in 1,126 15 6 50! 402 8 9 35 496 15 8 21 2,167 n 9 231 1,244 14 ° 19 1,728 75 93 606 16 3 40 1,344 18 5 67 £ s. d 67 17 4 49 8 1 692 12 1 i,53i 3 6 138 14 10 284 1 7 268 14 5 476 1 6 629 12 II 6,324 14 8 280 4 6 61 4 4 297 13 5 65 10 8 10 9 o 1,691 o 11 71 8 o 3,086 10 3 14,521 14 3 126 12 8 1,872 1 9 208 1 10: 176 14 2 335 6 i\ 181 17 11 289 9 4 233 3 7 440 8 31 34 3 8 705 1 oil 98 16 10 120 5 11 367 19 5 90 17 4 162 15 11 2,557 18 1 118 4 3 69 6 O: 3,205 19 5 7,135 13 I 63 3 11 90 10 10 70 10 6 320 17 7 551 2 11 174 2 8 129 8 8 124 18 2 896 8 1 49 2 6 951 3 o 93 13 8 211 1 1 15 226 17 93 53 261 124 741 40 231 13 49 22 105 27, 155 <">4i 339 455 3,o88 II 79 14 80 125 1,646 28 191 1 81 486 9 28 213! 1,182 682J 4,367 5 64 315 2,595 16 47 18 41 12 83 5 14 44 341 21 200 24 200 15 62 425 5,757 29 140 58 735 38 290 22 75 10 37 530 3,671 27 III 71 41 131 795 298 2,102 3 10 50 308 6 33 30 190 79) 647 42 342 8 19 6 16 14 72 63 334 21 117 20 103 14 67 £ s. d 536 8 2 548 1 8 2,461 o 10 6,986 13 3 i,349 17 9 839 15 11 1,100 19 o 1,259 11 7 3,633 12 10 33,797 18 5 926 19 10 1,244 Io ° 6,55i 3 2 I,IO4 H ! 50 o o 4,i54 12 7 227 l6 4 13,430 2 5 61,586 14 o 397 3 o 18,016 3 1 478 7 o 460 3 o 353 16 o 152 o 6 3,076 16 3 1,428 10 o 2,044 J 6 o 380 10 1 20,473 11 10 1,569 8 8 1,063 5 o 1,768 9 8 461 10 6 307 10 9 16,508 18 4 997 18 2 32 2 8 9,266 11 6 27,283 9 5 93 13 1 2,100 12 10 261 3 4 2,377 4 11 5,164 5 7 2,700 14 1 181 1 o 252 18 9 669 7 11 1,748 4 11 972 13 4 964 8 8 794 2 6 6 1 19 44 13 4 19 11 23 196 9 6 23 4 28 4 89 3O7 1 84 3 3 5 2 15 11 8! 32 10 97 308 90 29 64 66 165 1,545 75 58 158 39 2 229 15 562 2,237 37 835 24 28 3i 4 io8, ! 56 127 19 46 77 54 52 16 £ S. d. 163 18 5 75 o 7 2,071 6 9 5,634 16 5 502 13 3 371 10 I 1,204 1 5 1,140 9 5 2,534 7 9 23,818 18 2 976 11 7 1,345 2 3 1,368 11 2 312 9 5 41 10 o 3,i6o 3 11 199 10 2 9,859 2 3 45,150 19 1 1,312 2 10 io,576 5 4 479 15 o 241 6 1 184 4 6 28 16 o 1,256 15 o 1,028 10 6 2,368 19 8 135 3 10 2,721 14 1 764 17 10 294 5 8 888 14 7 363 6 4 386 2 9 4,780 2 1 396 5 1 33 12 11 7,963 18 2 30,862 10 10 10 5 o 805 16 o 176 11 10 1,120 6 4 1,292 7 2 1,147 14 o 40 o o 76 IO 2 1,012 II O 579 1 9 614 13 10 456 10 1 319 11 9 72 9 7 5 6 I45i 11 42 13 9 8 12 3 303 56 4 o 164 19 6 4 12 o 17 18 9 389 10 17 o 40 15 6 17 11 9 3 18 oj 4 11 0! 21 9 9,' 20 13 O| 17 9 9 903 13 14 o 75 314 7, 5 11 20 9 795 45 12 420 i>715 2 36 10 74 129 79 1 6 20 6 11 3 3 6 47 43 26 26 24 SUMMARY. Postal District of — Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth .. Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport £ s., • £ s. d £ s - d £ s. d £ s. d. 71,468 6,222 44,77" 51,555 5,450 IO,2OO 4,383 |2O,728j 121,587 8,693 14,6071 7.494 22,026 12,207 25,989 70,327: 8,255 *3.3O° " 3 ! 249 12 6 i 1,854 8 9 ;2,002 12 6 > 273 14 g > 470 18 3 ; 180 15 6 I 795 18 9 911 16 o 354 l8 3 I 597 19 9 1 251 5 6 863 15 9 433 3 9 1,025 J 3 1 3,600 7 8 : 350 19 o 5225,640 4 4 i 20,584 13 10 »I4I.7I5 !3 6 >159,343 3 5 I 17,294 3 2 i 33,772 18 4 1 12,167 15 7 i 60,446 8 2 67,818 5 7 27,722 17 o '44,969 2 5 36,091 9 9 j 64,627 6 o 57,417 1 5 80,091 2 9 210,677 7 2 26,128 9 5 6 4,433 2,657 38,204 45,334 1,643 4,457 2,067 10,242 12,059 6,594 6,298 3,690 8,258 4,945 11,672 58,441 2,617 240,523 19 9 12,630 13 4 163,916 2 4 183,081 19 9 6,400 6 8 16,478 19 5 9,5M J 3 3 36,700 15 3 45,814 1 11 24.580 1 8 26,735 o 3 14,115 3 8 30,742 11 4 21,697 ! ° 42,579 3 5 222,026 16 6 10,861 16 8 6,744 675 8,021 6,652 1,082 949 301 2,139 2,302, 1,087 1,672 793 i,974 i,438: 2,913 10,650! 654 148,350 i 5,017 72,792 :;57.O97 : 6,300 1 6,237 1,686 -14,053 ,16,715 8,681 10,002 5,53i 12,458: io,549: 17,261: 83,719! 4,36o >67O,577 15 4 ' 61,465 9 10 1917,592 o 5 '665,675 13 4 1 74,681 7 8 ■ 79,795 13 10 1 25,602 18 9 175,194 15 1 178,465 2 11 119,406 15 11 139,443 18 1 66,712 11 9 141,305 o 8 134,780 2 2 224,846 1 10 890,346 18 2 45,564 o 4 4,56i 476 5.54 1 4,704 738 680 276 1,476 1,780 730 1,115 609 1,644 975 2,075 7,225 413 32,975 3,48i 49,258 37,239, 4,625! 3,779 1,271 7,997 IO,28lj 5,345 6,496 3,537 8,687 6,392 10,850: 53,421 I 2,22O ;J6o3,639 4 1 : 63,481 15 2 l8 39,34° J 5 9 1,595,692 1 9 ; 71,564 13 8 1 69,175 19 8 33,206 5 2 149,269 16 7 ji66,ig8 14 6 109,111 7 4 131,163 17 9 61,549 4 1 I39,75O 8 7 125,555 ri 6 207,426 3 10 825,552 17 o 38,514 9 9 Grand totals .. 405967 17518 11 o 1286508 1 10 283611 1108399 6 2 50,046 380808 4611456 6 1 35,oi8 247854 4230193 6 2

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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, 1901.

Postal Districts. Number of PostOffice SavingsBanks Open at the Close of the Year. Number of Deposits received during tile 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. I 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 109 7 58 49 6 10 7 27 25 16 8 48,35O 5,OI7 72,792 57,O97 6,300 6,237 1,686 !4,O53 16,715 8,681 10,002 5,53i 12,458 10,549 17,261 83,719 4,36o| £ s. d. 670,577 15 4 61,465 9 10 917,592 o 5 665,675 13 4 74,681 7 8 79,795 13 10 25,602 18 9 175,194 15 1 178,465 2 11 119,406 15 11 139,443 18 1 66,712 11 9 141,305 o 8 134,780 2 2 224,846 1 10 890,346 18 2 45,564 o 4 £ s. d.| 13 17 5 12 5 o 12 12 1 11 13 2 11 17 1 12 15 11 15 3 9 12 9 4 10 13 6 13 15 1 13 18 10 12 1 3 11 6 10 12 15 6 13 o 6 10 12 8 32,975 3,48i 49,258 37,239 4,625 3,779 1,271 7,997 10,281 5,345 6,496 3,537 8,687 6,392 10,850 53,421 2,220 £ s. d. £ s. d. 603,639 4 1 18 6 1 63,481 15 2 18 4 9 839,34 O 15 9 i? ° 9 595,692 1 9 15 19 11 71,564 13 8 15 9 6 69,175 19 8 18 6 1 33,206 5 2 26 2 6 149,269 16 7 18 13 4 166,198 14 6 16 3 4 109,111 7 4 20 8 3' 131,163 17 9 20 3 10 61,549 4 1 17 8 o I39,75O 8 7 16 1 9 I2 5,555 n 6 19 12 10 207,426 3 10 19 2 4 825,552 17 o 15 9 1 38,514 9 9 J 7 7 °l £ s. d. 66,938 11 3 78,251 4 8 69,983 11 7 3,116 14 o 10,619 14 2 25,924 18 6 12,266 8 5 10,295 8 7 8,280 o 4 5,163 7 8 1,554 12 1 9,224 10 8 17,419 18 o 64,794 1 2 7,049 10 7 £ s. d. 2,016 5 4 .. 7,603 6 5 I s. d. 24,537 9 1 6,744 2,409 5 8 675 29,453 7 " 8,021 24,233 10 o: 6,652 1,977 3 1,082 3,204 7 4 949 1,936 6 11 301 6,935 9 7 2,139 7,077 6 10 2,302 5,335 16 5 1,087 3,984 10 11 1,672 2,983 13 6 793 5,105 10 5 1,974 5,180 9 o 1,438 6,811 12 8 2,913 25,818 16 11 10,650' 2,213 7 o 654! 4,561 476 5.54 1 4,7O4 738 680 2 7 6 1,476 1,780 73O 1,115 609 1,644 975 2,075 7,225 413 28,299 3,830 40,685 3O,399 3,040 3,828 1,593 8,542 9,561 6,285 5,700 3,317 7,315 6,200 10,841 40,447 2,554 £ s. d. 989,192 2 o 93,212 1 8 1,179,501 15 11 962, 956 o 8 79,234 12 4 129,063 19 9 70,181 8 5 278,049 13 11 276,860 1 10 208,597 5 lr 158,221 15 o 114,578 14 o 197,521 11 3 202,279 17 8 275,631 9 1 i,O45,933 15 o 88,997 4 9 £ s. d. 34 19 1 24 6 9 28 19 10 31 13 7 26 1 3 33 14 4 44 1 ! 32 11 o 28 19 2 33 3 10 27 15 2 34 10 10 27 o 1 32 12 6 25 8 6 25 17 2 34 16 11 10 18 14 26 62 10 9 o .. Totals for Colony in 1901 .. „ 1900 .. 1899 .. 1898 .. 1897.. 1896.. 1895 .. 1894 .. 1893.. 1892 .. 1891 .. 1890 .. 1889 .. 1888 .. 1887 .. 1886 .. 1885 .. 1884 .. 1883 .. 1882 .. 1881 .. 1880 .. 1879 .. 1878 .. 1877 .. 1876 .. 1875 .. 1874 .. 1873 .. 1872 .. 1871 .. 1870 .. 1869 .. 1868 .. Totals for Colony from 1st Feb. to 31st Dec, 1867 466 445 427 409 388 371 357 348 327 3i8 3" 296 294 290 283 271 256 243 222 207 190 178 165 147 138 124 119 103 97 92 81 380,808 347,056 313,783 281,749 267,615 242,283 217,393 204,545 202,276 186,945 176,971 162,938 153,920 145,355 136,197 137,989 I3i,373 129,279 127,609 129,952 I2 5,855 81,660 71,865 69,908 6o,953 57,295 56,129 52,627 39,223 31,681 24,642 20,489 !7,i33 13,014 6,977 4,611,456 6 1 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 2,794,5°6 16 o 2,252,862 6 11 2,386,089 10 7 1,878,270 6 4 1,842,987 15 2 1,658,543 3 5 1,515,281 11 3 1,544,747 7 " 1,312,151 1 5 1,248,405 6 11 1,341,001 3 2 1,227,909 11 4 4 1 1,325,852 2 11 1,189,012 2 7 864,441 18 10 812,399 11 11 762,084 12 o 681,294 J 3 2 664,134 12 6 657,653 4 o 699,249 14 3 580,542 5 5 430,877 o o 312,338 18 4 264,328 5 7 240,898 5 9 194,535 11 6 96,372 7 10 12 2 2 I2O4 II 12 4 II 12 10 II 18 2 11 17 IO 12 17 I 11 o 3 11 15 11 10 o 11 10 8 3 10 3 6 9 16 10 10 12 6 9 12 8 9 o 11 10 4 1 9 9 11 9 4 8 10 4 o 9 8 11 10 11 9 11 6 1 10 18 o 11 3 6 11 11 9 11 14 4 13 5 8 14 16 2 13 12 o 12 13 6 12 18 o 247,854 227,079 206, 940 196,764 179,555 167,248 159,904 152,136 136,739 120,628 111,603 106,868 99,i85 96,204 89,962 89,182 84,832 80,800 78,405 69,308 60,137 57,446 54,698 42,746 39,363 39,486 36,977 29,778 21,268 17,254 H,773 11,934 9,292 6,365 1,919 4,230,193 6 2 3,827,416 7 3 3,417,298 19 8 3,194,893 16 7 2,891,169 5 8 2,591,558 19 4 2,369,333 6 7 2,268,624 8 4 2,122,521 16 8 1,821,348 18 1 1,693,515 9 3 i,5OO,437 9 5 1,457,081 5 o t 1,387,471 1 10 1,182,409 7 6 1,336,287 6 4 1 ,264, 305 8 3 1,195,931 o 11 1,295,719 18 3 1,142, 599 o 1 902,195 1 8! 780,504 13 4 876,180 19 3 74 2 ,O53 X 4 3 667,023 7 5 696,281 7 4 729,759 17 9 620,155 8 9' 425,908 3 5; 313,176 7 11 261,347 16 3 209,509 13 2; 180,518 4 I 107,094 17 3 26,415 18 9 17 1 4 381,262 19 11 16 17 1 343,012 8 o 16 10 3 227,681 10 2 16 4 9 84,717 10 10 16 2 o 296,049 16 8 15 9 10 289,593 16 11 14 16 4 425,173 9 5 14 18 3 15 10 51 263,567 13 11 15 2 Oj 56,921 8 3 J 5 3 5 149,472 5 11 14 o 9i 158,105 14 o 14 13 9 58,200 6 3 14 8 5I 157,276 6 1 13 2 10] 129,741 13 11 14 19 8 14 18 o 76,695 14 11 14 16 O: 31,978 10 5 16 10 6 1 16 9 8| 183,253 2 10 15 o 1 286,817 o 11 13 11 8; 83,937 5 6 16 o 4 17 7 2 20,030 17 9 16 18 10 14,271 5 9 17 12 8 19 14 8[ 20 16 5] 79,094 5 6' 20 o 5 154,634 2 o 18 3 Oj 117,700 12 I J 7 13 9 1 50,991 2 I 17 11 i] 54,818 12 5 19 8 7J 60,380 1 8, 16 16 6\ 87,440 14 3 13 15 3! 69,956 9 1 •- .. 15,762 I 5 •• ■• 87,881 19 5 117,245 14 2 1 1,500 10,500 9,5OO 8,500 8,000 7,ooo! 7,000 6,500 6,500 5,5oo| 5,000; 5,000' 4,000 4,ooo| 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 3,5oo 3,5oo 3,000 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,250 1,800! i,556! i,35i 1,264 1,186! 789; 822 o 439 o 4'39 o 4-38 o 4-26 o 4-29 o 410 0 4'45 o 4'37 o 4-60 o 4-29 o 4'i6 o 445 o 379 o 397 o 424 o 423 o 444 o 4'57 o 4 66 o 482 o 4'52 o 604 o 569 o 533 o 598 o 620 o 6'44 o 655 o 714 o 763 o 8 23 o 936 o 1077 0 977 1 1018 159,198 4 o 50,046 146,169 2 5 46,086 134,917 19 3 41,362 128,128 16 6 37,265 137,240 8 o 36,394 126,497 16 3 32,9821 129,489 19 6 30,2611 114,643 4 11 28,669: 114,760 1 1 29,755 111,301 13 1 26,232 104,098 17 o 25,131 92,319 o 6 23,719! 84,809 17 1 21,778 78,080 6 o 21,307 67,363 15 3 20,368 65,825 9 6 21,671 62,228 3 11 20,661 57,381 13 7 20,228 56,046 17 3 20,386 54,909 13 11 21,014! 42,204 19 o 25,059 32,822 12 4 16,137 31,715 l8 2! I5,4OI 31,664 12 9: 13,005 29,193 14 6 11,235 28,762 4 7 : 11,255 28,565 3 5 11,273 26,935 6 8| 10,346 20,106 16 10 7,382' 14,711 o 6,205; 11,291 10 10 4,615 9,242 3 " 4,3O4 7,412 8 o 3,839 4,880 7 3 3,282 1,241 5 o 2,520 35,oi8 31,724 28,284 26,628 24,821 22,907 22,001 21,930 19,599 18,171 17,872 17,256 15,521 i6,543 15,515 i6,757 16,421 16,447 15,967 14,505 12,718 12,217 12,786 9,634 8,59i 9,472 8,681 5,736 3,8i6 3,188 2,383 2,277 1,801 1,186 364* 212,436 197,408 183,046 169,968 159,331 147,758 137,683 129,423 122,684 112,528 104,467 97,2o8 9O,745 84,488 79,724 74,871 69,957 65,717 61,936 57,517 51,00S 38,667 34,747 32,132 28,761 26,117 24,334 21,742 17,132 13,566 10, *H9 8,317 6,290 4,252' 2,156: 6,350,013 9 2 5,809,552 5 3 5,320,370 14 10 4,957,771 5 5 4,744,924 l8 1 4,3",634 J 3 5 3,895,543 o 3; 3,340,879 11 4 3,241,998 7 10 2,863,670 12 10 2,695,447 IJ 6 2,441,876 8 7 2,191,451 14 1 2,048,441 10 9 1,813,084 18 8 1,615,979 9 6 1,638,035 19 5 1,499 ,112 o 7 i,4O9,75i 16 7 1,470,950 13 6 1,232,787 16 9 903,765 16 10 787,005 19 o 819,071 8 2 767,375 17 8 723,910 17 5 727, 295 7 8 770,836 18 o 664,807 5 10 490, 066 7 o 357,654 14 6 295,372 1 7 231,3" 5 3 163,518 15 7 71,197 14 1 29 17 10 29 8 7 29 1 4 29 3 5 29 15 7 29 3 7 28 5 10 25 16 3 26 8 6 25 9 o 25 16 o 25 2 4 24 2 11 24 4 10 22 14 IO 21 II 8 23 8 4 22 l6 3 22 15 2 25 11 5 24 3 4 23 7 6 22 12 11 25 9 9 26 13 7 27 14 4 29 17 9 35 9 ° 38 16 1 36 2 5 33 18 1 35 10 3 36 15 5 38 9 1 33 o 5 63,781 7 4 32,146 14 10 72,106 13 9 70 59 55 46 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, 1901.

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Balances on 1st January, 1901. Cr. Dr. Transactions. Balances on 31st December, 1901* Cγ. Dr. Cγ. Dr. Or. Dr. iToney-order Accounts :— Money-orders (general) United Kingdom, &c. United States of America Canada Cape of Good Hope Ceylon Cook Islands Fiji Germany Hongkong India Natal New South Wales Queensland South Australia Straits Settlements .. Samoa Tasmania .. Victoria Western Australia Commission Savings-Bank Accounts :— Deposits and withdrawals Transfers Postal Accounts: — Stamps Postal Guides Postal notes Private box and bag rents Money-order commission Postal revenue Pelugeaph Accounts :— New South Wales Telegraphs New Zealand & Australian Cable Telephone-exchange receipts .. Maintenance of private wires.. Registration of code addresses Special messenger Telegraph revenue 3-eneral Accounts :— Post Office Account Postmasters and Telegraphists Investments Accrued interest on investments Miscellaneous receipts (general) Foreign postage Miscellaneous expenses ?oe othek Departments :— Advances to Settlers Arms Act licenses Auctioneers' license fees Bath receipts, Eotorua Clerks of Court Bath receipts, Hanmer Plain County Clerks Customs dues (H.M.O.) Customs duty (parcels) Factories Act Fishing licenses Education Department Game licenses Geraldins County Council Goldfields revenue Government Audit Government Insurance Government Printer.. Harbourmasters Homing-pigeons Protection Act Income-tax.. Land-tax Licensing Act Lunacy Machinery Mining Act Miners' Guides New Zealand Consols Oificial Assignee Old-age Pensions Outside patients, Rotorua Public Trust Railways Registration of births, &c. Rents Sanatorium, Hanmer Plains .. Sheep rates Stock Department Valuation revenue Water rates Coal-mines Act Immigration Restriction Aot.. Loan-debenture receipts Discount-stamps Suspense Acoount Profit and loss £ s. a. 29,633 8 4 £ ■. d. £ s. d. 1,391,672 17 o 109,529 2 4 16,104 13 o 2,083 13 I 2,888 18 6 338 7 n 1.620 3 o 1,222 9 5 2,875 1 2 852 12 5 2,045 12 4 987 14 5 45,465 15 3 4,870 o 6 2.621 3 5 152 6 o 442 3 5 62,511 11 o 43.519 11 5 5,880 13 1 1,952 17 10 £ s. d. £ s. d. 27,972 5 11 12,599 5 11 164 6 10 £ s. d. 97 15 4 12 1 5 941 19 4 259 3 2 749 13 11 i,914 8 10 603 10 9 1,035 3 5 206 1 9 215 8 7 147 l8 5 1,393,333 19 5 95,oi5 7 7 16,038 1 6 1,639 on 3,095 14 11 315 7 3 1,580 8 9 1,241 15 4 3, 000 9 2 822 4 10 2,140 5 11 1. 134 4 7 43,111 16 3 5.025 19 9 2,957 4 ° 86 3 1 2,248 6 9 62,130 19 o 44,023 15 o 5,840 8 11 1,967 15 8 35 2 1 816 11 4 289 10 9 655 o 4 158 18 7 1,241 19 10 166 7 6 234 14 6 294 8 7 2,010 11 6 4,364 10 6 466 14 9 • ■ 517 9 8 310 15 6 181 9 1 63 4 o 2 18 II 1,806 3 4 114 10 10 1,638 11 o 495 2 10 1.134 7 5 552 I 2 689 13 6 •• 511 17 o 704 11 4 5.809,552 5 3 2,575 13 4 4.770,654 10 1 : 286,234 3 6 4,230,193 6 2 286,545 11 10 6,350,013 9 2 2,264 5 o 133,208 6 2J 15 4 6 134,760 11 o I ' 397,814 17 5 373 6 6 224,956 1 5 6,43° 3 4 17,553 10 o 254,662 6 10 132,526 9 o^ __ 397, J 33 o 3 358 2 o 155,085 8 4 6,43O 3 4 !7,553 i° o 255,725 13 °4 64,889 17 11 475 9 5J 587 16 9 2,997 15 7 912 14 6 35,502 17 9 10,851 13 3 54,843 11. 5 1,935 15 6 408 10 o 38 12 1 254,911 10 iojl 36,191 13 o 10,893 Io 3 54,843 11 5 i,935 15 6 408 10 o 38 12 1 255,625 19 o 2,309 o 4 870 17 6 2,266 4 11 1,551 16 gj 97,034 4 8 360,771 3 7j: 5.905,959 7 8 47,989 17 8 14,452,734 19 10 8,458,553 8 2 1,733,400 o o 47.989 17 8 3,329 10 9 6,338 10 5 573,22,6 17 1 4,526,694 15 5 8,375,374 16 " 2,189,400 o o 56,934 10 7 2,473 15 9 15,753 17 8 580,159 o 2 170,994 o 3 277,592 12 4 1 6,36i,959 7 8 56,934 10 7 804 8 oj 17,800 4 o 18,268 10 1 1,660 3 o i 8,384 16 9" 11,336 7 o 3,025 5 5 56 o o ■• 563,976 7 2 435 o o 1 15 o 1,274 J 5 8 483 ■813 14 6 299 13 2 2,093 6 2 23,671 8 o 30 6 o 717 12 6 100 564,246 15 6 431 ° o 1 15 o 1,219 8 10 4 8 3 544 4 6 299 13 2 2,052 7 0 24,074 7 2 30 7 o 702 12 6 2,754 17 1 60 o o •■ 126 9 2 181 16 o 154 13 2 424 3 2 207 5 3 2,238 ig 2 010 60 o o 248 4 5 1,836 o o 75 o o 17 9 6 2,860 16 8 205 3 3 32 7 8 010 510 9 1 48.347 5 8 2,509 10 o 429 11 8 243 5 6 900 28,726 2 4 584 4 6 248 4 o 180 111,605 I2 11 240,499 15 5 25 o o 40 6 o 4,487 12 2 1,041 17 o 100 2,509 10 o 429 11 8 243 9 3 600 29,543 14 11 645 2 2 201 8 4 190 112,080 o o 278,910 o o 25 o o 37 8 o 4,213 19 8 1,502 7 o 17 5 9 300 2,043 4 1 144 5 7 79 3 4 36 2 o 9,937 1 1 I ■• 3 10 o 3°4 5 o 991 5° 1 5 6 500 o 12 6 17,994 x 4 69 16 6 7,177 2 4 1,405 o 9 269 8 6 26 14 8 183 2 10 77 8 o 20 5 10 3 4° •■ 11,815 o o 210,200 O O 390 12 O 381,390 17 8 13,086 10 10 2,041 8 3 289 5 o 2,237 5 5 21,143 13 o 87 18 10 3.764 8 5 70 10 o 010 150 o o 48 10 0 2,112 IO O 250 o o 262,291 7 6 11,815 o o 206,522 5 7 404 15 6 381,034 12 5 13,010 8 1 2,063 10 3 241 13 8 2,126 8 9 21,143 o o 107 3 6 3,760 o o 70 10 o 010 150 o o 48 10 o 822 6 o 680 577 17 6 530 15 o 1 5 6 500 o 12 6 21,671 15 9 55 13 o 7,533 7 7 1,481 3 6 247 6 6 74 6 o 293 19 6 78 1 0 112 7 12 5 238,734 2 2 1,290 4 o 250 0 o 195,953 i8 7 172.396 13 3 Totals 6,417,908 3 11 6,417,908 3 11 25,118,018 5 8 25,118,018 5 8 6,873,066 6 3 J |6,873, 066 6 3i

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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, 1901.

Description of Securities, &c. Nominal Value. Value at Cost Price. Accrued Interest on 33 st December, 1901. "The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1896" Debentures, 3J per cent. £ s. d. I 350,000 0 0 £ s. d. 350,000 0 0 £ s. d. 5,101 7 5 " 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... 571,600 0 0 571,600 0 0 6,632 2 6 " The Dairy Industry Act 1898 " Debentures, 3J per oent. 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, 3J per cent. 231,500 0 0 231,500 0 0 2,295 15 2 Greymouth Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per cent. 100,000 0 0 100,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 Hamilton Borough Debentures, 5J per cent. 3,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 68 14 3 Hokitika Harbour Board Debentures, 5 per cent. ... 10,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 1,918 9 10 "The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act 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 Publio 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 " Dobentures, 3J per cent. 731,066 0 0 731,066 0 0 4,276 4 9 The Land for Settlements Act Debentures, 3£ per cent. 62,000 0 0 62,000 0 0 541 0 3 " Tho Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act 1894 " Debentures, 4 per cent. 264,000 0 0 264,000 0 0 2,661 14 0 " The Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act 1894 " Debentures, 3£ per cent. 35,000 0 0 35,000 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. 31,000 0 0 31,000 0 0 714 14 0 Patea Harbonr Board Debentures, 4J per cent. 13,000 0 0 13,000 0 0 292 10 0 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 cent. 629,200 0 0 629,200 0 0 Westport Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per cent. 474,500 0 0 474,500 0 0 9,443 3 0 Accrued interest on Post Office Account 681 8 0 Totals 6,384,887 0 0 6,361,959 7 8 56,934 10 7

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Table No. 8. Post-Office" Sayings-Bank. Balance-sheet for the Year ended 31st December, 1901. Dr. £ s. d. Or. £ s. d. Balance to credit of depositors, Ist Withdrawals during 1901 .. .. 4,230,193 6 2 January, 1901' .. .. .. 5,809,552 5 3 Balance to credit of depositors, 31st Deposits during 1901 .. .. 4,611,456 6 1 December, 1901 .. .. .. 6,350,013 9 2 Interest credited depositors, 1901 .. 159,198 4 0 £10,580,206 15 4 £10,580,206 15 4 Liabilities and Assets. Dr. £ s. d. Or. £ s. d. Balance to credit of depositors, 31st Securities (vide Table No. 7).. .. 6,361,959 7 8 December, 1901 .. .. .. 6,350,013 9 2 Amount of accumulated profits invested 11,945 18 6 £6,361,959 7 8 £6,361,959 7 8 Profit and Loss. Dr. £ s. d. Gr. £ s. d. Balance forward, Ist January, 1901 .. 172,396 13 3 Interest credited to depositors, 1901 .. 159,198 4 0 Interest received ..£204,38116 11 Accrued interest written off .. .. 47,989 17 8 Interest accrued on 31st Paid Public Account, for expenses of December, 1901 .. 56,934 10 7 management .. .. .. 11,500 0 0 261,316 7 6 Savings-bank profits carried to postal Premium for release of loan .. .. 975 0 0 revenue .. .. .. .. 20,000 0 0 Interest on debentures purchased, ex div. 46 0 6 Balance to next account .. .. 195,953 18 7 £434,688 0 9 £434,688 0 9

Table No. 9. Return showing the Total Number of Post-Office Savings-Bank Accounts open on the 31st December, 1901, classified according to the Balances at Credit, compared with the Number open at the end of 1900.

Exceeding Exceeding £300 and £400 and up to £400. up to £500. 03 ic H.S i Postal District. Not exceeding £20. Exceeding .620 and up to £50. Exceeding £50 and up to £100. Exceeding Exceeding £100 and £200 aud up to £200. up to £300. Total Number of Accounts open. Auckland Blenheim Christehurch .. Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth.. Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport 19,633 2,981 29,412 - 21,392 2,220 2,638 973 5,794 7,024 4,466 4,188 2,167 5,378 4,291 8,2i9 31,013 1,769 3,196 334 4,240 3,754 378 451 209 1,127 1,050 680 640 472 827 811 1,191 4,062 321 2,229 221 2,716 2,263 217 308 147 729 627 448 398 305 512 476 603 2,344 162 1,998 190 2,743 1,884 159 264 169 582 537 430 316 263 371 381 499 1,818 193 758 65 1,014 695 34 117 59 219 195 167 99 74 145 159 165 727 73 233 136 18 , 12 300 137 204 101 18 12 20 20 11 12 48 25 62 37 41 . 31 30 17 20 10 43 21 40 ; 18 59 i 32 230 I 139 22 8 116 9 123 106 7 W s 18 29 22 12 6 18 24 43 114 6 28,299 3,830 40,685 30,399 3,040 3,828 1,593 8,542 9,561 6,285 5,700 3,317 7,315 6,200 10,841 40,447 2,554 Totals, 1901 153,593 142,368 23,743 14,705 12,797 4,765 1,394 : 768 671 212,436 Totals, 1900 22,333 18 704 11,173 5,151 238 773 668 197,408

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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 undermentioned Places by the San Francisco Mail-service.

FROM LONDON VIA SAN FRANCISCO. Auckland. Wellington. Dunedin. Sydney. ELBOURNE. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Auckland No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Wellington. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from ; London, Date of Arrival in Dunedin. No. ] of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Sydney. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Melbourne. No. of Days. 1901. January February February March April April May June June August August September October November November 12 2 16 6 18 8 29 20 10 21 2 1901. February 12 March 5 March 26 April 18 May 6 May 27 June 18 July 9 July 30 August 20 September io October 1 October 2 2 November 12 December 3 December 24 3« 3> 3« 33 30 3° 31 3» 3' 31 3' 3' 3" 31 3' 31 1901. January 12 February 2 February 23 March 16 April 6 April 27 May 18 June 8 June 29 July 20 August io August 31 September 2 1 October 12 November 2 November 23 190 1. February 13 March 6 March 2 7 April 20 May 8 May 29 June 19 July 10 July 3' August 2 2 September 12 October 2 October 23 November 13 December 4 December 25 32 32 32 35 32 32 32 32 32 33 33 32 32 32 32 32 1 90 1. January 12 February 2 February 23 March 16 April 6 April 27 May 18 June 8 June 29 July 20 August 10 August 3 1 September 2 1 October 12 November 2 November 23 190]. February 14 March 8 March 28 April 2 1 May 9 May 30 June 21 July 11 August 1 August 23 September 13 October 4 October 24 November 14 December 6 December 26 33 34 33 36 33 33 34 33 33 34 34 34 33 33 34 33 1901. 1901. January 12 February 16 February 2 ! March 9 February 23 March 30 March 16 April 23 April 6 , May 11 April 27 June 1 May 18 June 23 June 8 July 13 June 29 ' August 5 July 20 August 24 August 10 September 16 August 31 October 7 September 2 1 October 26 October 12 November 16 November 2 December 7 November 23 December 28 35 35 35 38 35 35 36 35 37 35 37 37 35 35 35 35 1 901. January 12 February 2 February 23 March 16 April 6 April 27 May 18 J une 8 June 29 July 20 August 10 August 31 September 2 1 October 12 November 2 November 23 1901. February 18 March 1 1 April 1 April 25 May 13 June 3 June 25 July 16 August 5 August 26 September 17 October 7 October 28 November 18 December 9 December 30 37 37 37 38 37 37 38 37 37 3 7 37 37 December '4 1902. January 13 3° j December 14 1902. January 14 31 December 14 1902. January 16 33 1902. December 14 January 17 34 December 14 1902. January 18 35 Maximum Minimum Average 33 3° 3°"94 35 3' 32-24 36 33 33'53 38 34 35'53 40 35 37"24 LONDON VIA SAN FRANCISCO. ELBOURNE. Sydney. Dunedin. Wellington. Auckland. Date of Despatch from Melbourne. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Sydney. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Dunedin. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Wellington. Date of Arrival in London. No. I of Days. Date of Despatch from Auckland. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. i i 1901. January February February March April May May June June August September September October November 16 26 18 8 8 20 10 29 22 12 2 4 190 1. February 24 March 1 o March 30 April 25 May 1 s June 13 June 26 July 17 August 6 August 28 September 14 October 9 October 28 November 17 December 7 39 37 32 38 37 36 37 37 38 37 33 37 35 34 33 1901. January 17 February 2 February 26 March 19 April 9 May 9 May 21 June 11 July 2 July 23 August 13 September 3 September 24 October 15 November 5 190 1. February 24 March 1 o March 30 April 25 May 15 June 13 June 26 July 17 August 6 August 28 September 14 October 9 October 28 November 17 December 7 1902. January 1 January 20 38 36 32 37 36 35 36 36 35 32 36 34 33 32 I 90 I. January 18 February 4 February 27 March 20 April 1 o May 10 May 2 2 June 12 July 2 July 24 August 14 ! September 4 I September 25 October 16 November 6 I 1901. ■ February 24 March 10 March 30 ! April 25 May 15 June 13 June 26 July 17 August 6 August 28 September 14 October 9 October 28 November 17 December 7 1902. January I January 20 37 34 3> 36 35 34 3 s 35 35 35 3' 35 33 32 3' 1901. January 19 February 5 February 28 March 2 1 April 11 May n May 23 t June 14 July 3 July 26 August 15 September 5 September 27 October 18 November 8 190 1. February 24 March l o March 30 April 25 May 15 June 13 June 26 July 17 August 6 August 28 September 14 October 9 October 28 November 17 December 7 1902. January 1 January 20 36 33 3° 35 34 33 34 33 34 33 3° 34 3' 3° 29 1901. January 22 February 6 March 2 March 24 April 13 May 13 May 25 June 15 July 5 J«iy 27 August 17 September 7 September 28 October 19 November 9 19OI. February 24 March 1 o March 30 April 25 May 1 5 June 13 June 26 July 17 August 6 August 28 September 14 October 9 October 28 November 17 December 7 33 32 28 32 32 3' 32 32 32 32 28 32 3° 29 28 November December 2 5 16 1902. January 1 January 20 37 35 November 26 December 17 36 34 November 2 7 December 18 | 35 33 November 29 | December 20 ' 33 3' November 30 December 2 1 1902. January t January 20 32 3° Maximum Minimum Average 39 32 36 38 32 34'94 37 3' 3.V94 36 ; 29 32'S3 33 28 30-88 *A *

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FROM LONDON BY T: E P. AND O. PACKETS. Sydney. Bluff. Christchurch. Wellington. Auckland. ;leourne. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Melbourne. No. ' Date of of Despatch from Days. London. Date of No. Arrival in ( >f Sydney. 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. 190 1. 190:. Feb. 6 Feb. 18 March 4 March 18 April 2 April 16 April 28 May 12 May 27 J une 9 June 25 July 8 July 21 August 5 August 20 Sept. 1 Sept. 15 Sept. 30 October 13 October 29 Nov. 11 I Nov. 25 Dec. 9 1 901. 33 J an - 4 31 Jan. 18 3 1 Feb. 1 3 ' Feb - ' 5 32 March 1 32 March 15 30 March 29 30 April 12 3 1 April 26 30 May 10 32 May 24 31 June 7 30 June 21 3' July 5 32 July 19 30 August 2 30 August 16 31 August 30 30 Sept. 13 32 Sept. 27 3 1 October 11 3 1 October 25 3 1 Nov. 8 1901. Feb. 7 ' 34 Feb. 20 i 3^ March ; j 32 March 19 32 April 3 ; 33 April 18 34 April 30 32 May 14 J 32 May 28 I 32 June i 1 32 June 26 July 9 32 July 23 32 August 6 32 August 21 i^ Sept. 3 ' 32 Sept. 17 32 October I 3 2 October 15 32 October 30 ! 33 Nov. 12 I 32 Nov. 26 32 Dec. 10 32 1901. 1901. Feb. 12 Feb. 25 March 1 1 March 27 April 9 April 23 May 6 May 2 1 June 4 June 18 J uly 2 July >5 July 3° August 13 August 27 Sept. 10 Sept. 23 October 7 October 22 Nov. 6 Nov. 19 Dec. 2 Dec. 17 1902. 39 .38 40 39 39 39 39 39 39 38 39 39 39 39 38 38 39 40 39 ! 38 39 190 1. 190 1. Feb. 13 Feb. 26 March 12 March 28 April 10 April 24 May 7 May 22 June 5 June 19 July 3 ; July 16 July 3' August 14 August 28 Sept. 11 Sept. 24 ■ October 9 October 23 Nov. 7 Nov. 20 Dec. 3 Dec. 18 40 ; 39 39 41 I 4° 4O 39 40 40 40 4° 39 40 40 40 40 39 40 40 41 40 39 40 1901. 19OI. Feb. 13 Feb. 23 March 13 March 25 April 10 April 2, May 8 May 2 1 J une 5 June 17 July 4 July 16 July 29 August 13 August 29 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 October 8 October 2 I Nov. 5 Nov. 19 Dec. 2 Dec. 17 40 36 40 4° 4' 40 39 4° 38 4< 39 39 41 38 .38 39 38 39 08 39 190 I. 19OI. Feb. 14 Feb. 25 March 1 1 March 23 April 13 April 22 May 6 May 20 June 3 June 15 July 1 July 15 July 27 August 12 August 26 Sept. 7 Sept. 22 October 7 October 19 Nov. 4 Nov. 17 Nov. 30 Dec. 15 Jan. 4 Jan. 18 Feb. 1 Feb. 15 March 1 March 15 March 29 April 12 April 26 May 1 o May 24 June 7 June 21 July 5 July 19 August 2 August 16 August 30 Sept. 13 Sept. 27 October 1 1 October 2; Nov. 8 Jan. 4 Jan. 18 Feb. 1 Feb. 15 March 1 March 15 March 29 April 12 April 26 May ] o May 24 June 7 June 21 July 5 July 19 August 2 August 16 August 30 Sept. 13 Sept. 27 October 11 October 2^ Nov. 8 Jan. 4 (an. t8 Feb. 1 Feb. 15 March ; March 15 March 29 April 12 April 26 May 10 May 24 June 7 I June 21 , July 5 July 19 August 2 August 16 August 30 Sept. 13 Sept. 27 October 1 1 October 2 5 Nov. 8 Jan. 4 (an. 18 Feb. 1 Feb. 15 March 1 March 1 5 March 29 April 12 April 26 May 10 May 24 June 7 June 21 July S July 19 August 2 August 16 August 30 Sept. 13 Sept. 27 October I 1 October 2; Nov. 8 Jan. 4 Jan. 18 Feb. 1 Feb. 15 March 1 March 15 March 29 April 12 April 26 May 1 o May 24 June 7 June 21 July 5 July 19 August 2 August 16 August 30 Sept. 13 Sept. 27 October I I October 2 s Nov. 8 41 43 38 38 36 38 36 3 7 38 36 37 36 37 Nov. 22 Nov. 22 Nov. 22 1902. Nov. 2 2 Dec. 3 1 Not. 22 Dec. 30 1902. 38 Dec. 24 32 Nov. 22 Dec. 25 }^ J an - 3 42 Jan.' , 40 39 1902. 3 1 Dec. 6 3 1 Dec. 20 1902. Dec. 6 Dec. 20 Jan. 13 Jan. 28 Dec. 6 j Dec. 20 ! Jan. 14 Jan. 29 ! Dec. 6 Dec. 20 1902. 39 Dec. 6 Dec. 20 36 3 i Dec. 6 Dec. 20 Jan. 6 ! Jan. 20 Jan. 7 I 32 |an. 2 1 32 ; 38 39 39 40 ,l an - 13 Jan. 28 Jan. 1 1 Jan. 26 Maximum Minimum Average 30 ... 31-04 34 32 32-38 42 38 38-88 41 39 39'8< 4' 39 43 36

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TO LONDON VIA BRINDISI (P. AND O. PACKETS). Auckland. Wellington. Bluff. Sydney. Melbourne. Date of Despatch from Auckland. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Wellington. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Bluff. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Sydney. Date of Arrival in London. No. Date of of Despatch from Days. Melbourne. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. 1901. January 7 January 23 February 4 February 18 March 5 March 18 April 1 April 15 April 29 May 13 May 28 June 10 June 24 July 9 July 22 August 5 August 21 Sept. 3 Sept. 16 October 1 October 14 October 30 November 12 . 1901. February 16 March z March 15 March 30 April 12 April 26 May 12 May 25 June 10 June 24 July 7 July 22 August 4 August 19 Sept. 1 Sept. 14 Sept. 29 October 13 October 26 November 9 November 23 December 8 December 21 1902. January 4 January 18 40 38 39 40 38 39 41 40 42 42 40 42 . 41 41 4 1 40 39 40 40 39 40 39 39 1901. January 5 January 19 February 2 February 16 March 2 March 16 March 30 April 13 April 29 May 11 May 25 June 8 June 22 July 6 July 20 August 3 August 17 August 31 Sept. 14 October 4 October 12 October 26 November 9 1901. February 16 March 2 March 15 March 30 April 12 April 26 May 12 May 25 June 10 June 24 July 7 July 22 August 4 August 19 Sept. 1 Sept. 14 Sept. 29 October 13 October 26 November 9 November 23 December 8 December 21 1902. January 4 January 18 42 42 4 1 4 1 43 42 42 44 43 44 43 44 43 42 43 43 42 36 12 43 42 19OI. January 8 January 24 February 5 February 19 March 5 March 19 April 2 April 16 April 30 May 14 May 29 June 10 June 25 July 10 July 22 August 6 August 19 Sept. 3 Sept. 17 Sept. 30 19OI. February 16 March 2 March 15 March 30 April 12 April 26 May 12 May 25 June 10 June 24 July 7 July 22 August 4 August 19 Sept. 1 Sept. 14 Sept. 29 October 13 October 26 November 9 39 37 39 38 40 39 4 1 4i 39 42 40 40 41 39 41 40 39 40 1901. January 15 January 29 February 12 February 26 March 12 March 26 April 9 April 23 May 7 May 21 June 4 June 18 July 2 July 16 July 30 August 13 August 27 Sept. 10 Sept. 24 October 8 October 22 November 5 November 19 1901. February 16 March 2 March 15 March 30 April 12 April 26 May 12 May 25 June 10 June 24 July 7 July 22 August 4 August 19 Sept. 1 Sept. 14 Sept. 29 October 13 October 26 November 9 November 23 December 8 December 21 1902. January 4 January 18 32 32 31 32 31 31 33 32 34 34 33 34 33 34 33 32 33 33 32 32 32 33 32 1901. 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 17 July 31 August 14 August 28 Sept. 11 Sept. 25 October 9 October 23 November 6 November 20 19OI. February 16 March 2 March 15 March 30 April 12 April 26 May 12 May 25 June 10 June 24 July 7 July 22 August 4 August 19 Sept. 1 Sept. 14 Sept. 29 October 13 October 26 November 9 November 23 December 8 December 21 1902. January 4 January 18 31 3° 3i 3° 3° 32 31 33 33 32 33 32 33 32 31 32 32 31 31 31 32 31 October 29 November 12 December 8 December 21 40 39 November 25 December 9 40 40 November 23 December 7 42 42 November 25 December 10 1902. January 4 January 18 40 39 December 3 December 17 32 32 December 4 December 18 1902. January 1 31 3i December 24 February 2 40 December 20 February 2 44 December 23 February 2 41 December 31 February 2 33 February 2 32 Maximum Minimum Average .. 42 38 40 44 42-23 42 37 39'D 34 31 32'5 • • 33 3° 3i'5

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FROM LONDON BY THE ORIENT LINE. Melbourne. Sydney. Bluff. Christchukch. Wellington. Auckland. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Melbourne. No. Date of of Despatch from Days. London. Date of No. Arrival in of Sydney. 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 Date of Despatch from i Arrival in London. | Auckland. No. of Days. 190 1. 1901. Feb. 14 Feb 27 March 14 March 26 April 9 April 23 May 7 May 2 2 June 4 June 19 July 3 July 16 July 29 August 13 August 27 Sept. 10 Sept. 24 October 8 October 24 Nov. 5 Nov. 19 Dec. 3 Dec. 17 1901. 1 90 1. Feb. 1 s 35 Feb. 28 34 March 16 36 March 27 j 33 April 10 J 33 April 24 ' 33 May 8 33 May 23 34 June 20 ■■ 34 .l"'y 5 ! 35 J ul y '7 J 33 July 30 32 August 14 August 28 Sept. 1 1 I Sept. 25 : 33 October 9 [ 33 October 25 35 Nov. 6 Nov. 20 j Dec. 4 33 Dec. 18 S 1902. Jan- 3 35 Jan. 16 34 Jan. 29 i 45 39 39 39 38 38 38 39 43 38 39 38 37 39 38 39 43 39 ! 38 38 38 41 39 42 40 40 40 40 39 39 40 42 39 40 39 38 40 39 40 42 40 39 40 39 1901. 1901. Feb. 20 March 6 March 20 April 2 April 16 April 30 May 14 May 29 June 11 June 27 July 10 J ul y 23 August 6 August 22 Sept. 5 Sept. 18 October 2 October 1 7 October 3 1 Nov. 13 Nov. j6 Dec. 24 I 90 . Feb. 22 March 4 March 25 April 2 April 16 April 30 May 13 May 27 June 10 June 25 July 13 July 22 August 6 August 19 Sept. i Sept. 17 Sept. 30 October 1 5 Nov. 2 Nov. 12 Nov. 25 Dec. 9 Dec. 23 1901. Feb. 2 1 March 5 March 2 2 April 3 April 17 May 1 May 15 May 28 June 11 June 26 July 12 July 23 August 7 August 20 Sept. 2 Sept. 18 October 1 October 16 Nov. 1 Nov. 13 Nov. 26 Dec. 1 1 Dec. 24 1901. 1901. Feb. 22 March 8 March 23 April 1 April 15 April 29 May 13 May 31 June 10 June 29 J uly 1 1 July 22 August 5 August 20 Sept. 2 Sept. 16 Sept. 30 October 14 Nov. 2 Nov. 11 Nov. 25 Dec. 9 Dec. 23 Jan. 1 1 Jan. 25 Feb. 8 Feb. 22 March 8 March 2 2 April s April 19 May 3 May 17 May 31 June 14 June 28 July 12 July 26 August 9 August 23 Sept. 6 Sept. 20 October 4 October 18 Nov. 1 "Nov. 15 34 Jan. 1 I 33 J an - 25 34 Feb. 8 32 Feb. 22 32 March 8 32 ) March 22 32 April 5 31 April 19 32 May 3 33 May 17 33 May 3 1 32 June r4 31 June 28 32 July 12 32 July 26 32 August 9 32 ; August 23 32 Sept. 6 34 Sept. 20 32 October 4 3 2 October 18 32 Nov. i 32 Nov. 15 34 Nov. 29 33 Dec. 13 32 Dec. 27 Jan. 1 1 ]an. 2, Feb. 8 Feb. 22 March 8 March 22 April 5 April 19 May 3 May 17 May 3 1 June 14 June 28 July 12 July 26 August 9 August 23 Sept. 6 Sept. 20 October 4 October 18 Nov. 1 Nov. 15 Jan. 1 1 |an. 2: Feb. S Feb. 22 March 8 March 2 2 April 5 April 19 May 3 May 17 May 3 1 June 14 June 28 July 12 July 26 [ August 9 j August 23 Sept. 6 Sept. 20 October 4 October 18 Nov. 1 Nov. 15 Jan. 1 1 Jan. 25 Feb. 8 Feb. 22 March 8 March 2 2 April 5 April 19 May 3 May 17 May 3 1 June 14 June 28 July 12 July 26 August 9 August 23 Sept. 6 Sept. 20 October 4 October 18 Nov. 1 Nov. 15 40 40 40 39 39 39 39 40 39 4 1 40 39 39 4' 41 40 4° 4' 41 40 39 4° 39 Jan. 11 Jan. 25 Feb. 8 Feb. 22 March 8 March 22 April 5 April 19 May 3 May 17 May 3 1 June 14 J June 28 July 12 July 26 August 9 August 23 Sept. 6 Sept. 20 ! October 4 October 18 Nov. 1 Nov. 15 42 42 43 38 38 38 38 42 38 43 41 38 38 39 38 38 38 38 43 38 38 38 Nov. 29 Dec. 13 Dec. 27 1902. Jan. 2 Jan. 15 Jan. 28 Nov. 29 Dec. 13 Dec. 27 1902. Jan. 13 |an. 20 Feb. 4 45 38 39 Nov. 29 Dec. 13 Dec. 27 1902. Jan. [ 1 |an. 22 Feb. 5 43 40 40 Nov. 29 Dec. [3 Dec. 27 1902. Jan. 10 Jan. 22 Feb. 5 42 40 40 1 Nov. -29 Dec. 1 j Dec. 27 1902. Jan. [1 [an. 22 Feb. 3 43 40 38 Maximum Minimum Average 34 3" 32-46 36 32 3.V.54 45 37 39-38 43 38 40 42 39 39'92 43 3« 39'4&

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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 undermentioned Places by the Packets of the Orient Line— continued.

TO LONDON VIA NAPLES (ORIENT PACKETS). Auckland. Wellington. Bluff. Sydney. Melbourne. Date of Despatch from Auckland. Date of Arrival in London. v c Date of n3' « 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. igoi. igoi. igoi. 1901. 1901. January 1 January 15 January 29 February 12 February 26 March 12 March 26 April 9 April 23 May 7 May 21 June 4 June 17 July 2 July r 5 July 29 August 12 August 26 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 October 8 19OI. February 10 February 24 March 10 March 24 April 7 April 22 May 7 May 19 June 2 June 16 July 1 July 16 July 29 August 12 August 29 Sept. 8 Sept. 23 October 8 October 21 November 3 November 18 40 40 40 40 40 41 42 40 40 40 41 42 42 41 45 41 42 43 42 41 41 43 41 1901. January 8 January 22 February 5 February 19 : March 5 j March 19 i April 2 April 16 April 30 May 14 May 28 June 11 June 25 July 9 July 23 ' August 6 August 20 Sept. 3 Sept. 17 October 1 October 15 October 29 November 12 November 26 1901. February 10 February 24 March 10 March 24 April 7 April 22 May 7 May 19 June 2 June 16 July 1 July 16 July 29 August 12 August 29 Sept. 8 Sept. 23 October 8 October 21 November 3 November 18 December 1 December 18 December 29 1902. January 13 January 26 1901. 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 1901. February 10 February 24 March 10 March 24 April 7 April 22 May 7 May 19 June 2 June 16 July 1 July 16 July 29 August 12 August 29 Sept. 8 Sept. 23 October 8 October 21 November 3 November 18 December 1 December 18 December 29 1902. January 13 January 26 January 14 February 24 January 28 March 10 February 12 March 24 February 25 April 7 March 11 April 22 March 26 ■ May 7 April 9 May 19 April 22 June 2 May 7 June 16 May 20 July 1 une 3 j July 16 une 18 i July 29 uly 1 ! August 12 uly 15 August 29 uly 30 Sept. 8 August 13 Sept. 23 August 26 October 8 Sept. 11 October 21 Sept. 23 November 3 October 7 November 18 October 22 December 1 November 4 December 18 November 18 December 29 1902. December 3 January 13 December 16 January 26 December 30 February 9 40 41 42 42 40 4 1 40 4 2 43 41 42 45 40 41 43 40 41 42 40 44 41 41 41 41 January 12 January 29 February 9 February 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 19 November 2 November 16 November 30 December 14 December 28 February 24 March 10 March 24 April 7 April 22 May 7 May 19 June 2 June 16 July 1 July 16 July 29 August 12 August 29 Sept. 8 Sept. 23 October 8 October 21 November 3 43 40 43 43 44 45 43 43 43 44 45 ■14 44 47 43 44 45 44 43 33 33 33 33 33 34 35 33 33 33 34 35 34 34 37 33 34 35 34 33 34 33 36 33 32 32 32 33 34 32 32 33 34 33 33 36 32 33 34 33 32 33 32 35 32 December 1 December 18 December 29 1902. January 13 January 26 43 46 43 November 5 November 18 December 18 December 29 44 43 December 2 December 16 1902. January 13 January 26 42 41 December 10 December 24 34 33 December 11 December 25 1902. January 8 33 32 February 9 43 December 30 February 9 4 1 1902. January 7 February 9 33 February 9 32 Maximum Minimum Average 45 . •• i 4O 47 40 43*68 45 40 41-23 37 33 3378 36 32 3277

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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, 1901.

Posted in the Colony. Received from Places outside the Colony. Total Correspondence dealt with. 'oh 'istrici :s. Letters. ctr: *—•*• Books, &c. Newspapers. Parcels. Letters. Postcards. 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 .. 9,161,568 912,951 1,556,490 395,941 2,087,969 2,424,240 9,095,632 1,022,437 324,428 635,804 278,213 585,702 7,086,573 1,282,853 781,911 7.395. US 3,342,989 189,072 248,248 14,196 18,447 51,324 65.130 3,120 ; 4,485 41,028 ! 73,021 70,278 j 82,628 161,694 I 226,408 23.985 ! 24,271 3,536 8,580 6,123 10,673 2,£52 ; 6,110 10,452 : 10,153 201,630 ! 262,873 36,062 j 41,132 22,139 j 29,029 126,204 ! 212,355 59,800 : 137,046 2.577.O37 2,620,527 189,748 194,337 373,568 420,966 103,687 156,169 5O4,I35 5I3,7O 8 717,893 503,074 3,207,962 2,085,330 256,855 224,445 56,914 107,159 130,104 221,572 32,227 104,559 138,585 121,472 2,987,052 2,732,340 271,427 , 186,992 140,426 i 148,252 3,588,932 2,624,687 899,643 892,645 45,i3i 3,763 4,203 2,243 io,543 11,143 54,398 5.931 2,307 3,076 2,993 2,417 38,308 2,072 36,400 6,848 567,928 66,889 109,392 23,093 156,214 I 57,77 I 596,684 64,596 20,588 4i,39O 19,588 37.254 469,588 84,286 53.457 475,628 229,103 10,788 1,210 2,658 3,189 4.987 9,"4 1,401 108 483 H3 536 9,052 2,577 1,394 9,460 4,378 5O2,O2I 26,042 48,986 13,968 86,948 123, 100 359,634 29,609 6,083 29.323 4,137 15,733 271,715 59,375 21,750 370,023 117,924 1,205, 191 77,966 163,355 45,966 210,087 199,010 835,224 74,975 48,801 83,627 37,754 45.971 745,867 75,375 55,205 854,029 356,995 8,297 594 596 410 1,659 1,543 9,249 1,092 369 552 512 348 6,002 348 205 7,103 1,072 9,729,496 979,840 1,665,882 419,034 2,244,183 2,582,011 9,692,316 1,087,033 345,016 677,194 297,801 622,956 7,556,i6i i,367,!39 835,368 7,870,743 3,572,092 189,072 259,036 14,196 19,657 51,324 67,788 3,I2O j 4,795 41,028 76,210 70,278 ! 87,615 l6l,694 : 235,522 23,985 25,672 3,536 8,688 6,123 ' II , I 56 2,652 6,253 10,452 , 10,689 201,630 ; 271,925 36,062 43,709 22,139 . 30,423 126,204 221,815 59,800 1 141,424 3,079,058 215,790 422,554 117,655 59I,o83 840,993 3,507,596 286,464 62,997 159,427 36,364 I54,3l8 3,258,767 330,802 162,776 3,958,955 1,017,567 3,825,718 272,303 584,321 202,135 723,795 702,084 2,920,554 299,420 155,960 305.199 142,313 167,443 3,478,207 262,367 203,457 3,478,716 1,249,640 18,973,632 53,428 4.357 4,799 2,653 12,202 12,686 63,647 7,023 2,676 3,628 3,505 2,765 44,3io 2,420 1,920 43.5O3 7,920 Totals .. I i 148,370,816 1,023,295 1,460,589 16,176,195 13,858,234 233.491 3.173,449 61,788 2,086,371 5,115,398 39,951 51,544,265 1,023,295 1,522,377 18,262,566 273,44: Previous year 36,185,045 1,236,183 1,858,064 l6,III,22I 12,347,374 |2,477. 251 1,604,181 4,698,341 34,236 38,662,296 1,236,183 1,908,515 |i7,7 I 5,4O2 17,045,715 233,451 199,220 5O,45I

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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, 1901.

Articles subject to Postaj Articles exempt from Postage. Parcels. !e. Service. Letters. Lettercards. Post-cards. rackets, including Printed Matter (except j Newspapers), Commercial Papers. ! and Samples of News- | T ,. Merchandise. | papers. ""store Ordinary. Registered. p , . Registered Newsracisecs. Articles, j papers. Number. | Weight. Postage. Declared Value. °T- j %£t Single. Eeply paid. >sied. Inland Intercolonial 40,993,818 263,432 780,336 87,769 1,023,295 1,426,638 15,632 1,287 15,444,041 143,209 265,905 41,185 3,978 5,822 10,734,1233,827,966 484,397 539,390 30,2'53 10,869 lb. 100,094 1,106,315 221,903 756,335 1,773 48,086 3,322 7,949 998 37,472 8,266 21,812 £ s. d.| £ s. d. 12,714 9 9 380 18 10J) I 16,154 0 0 607 5 V,) 13,702 14 2 16,154 0 -0 International 1,371,325 32,510 17,032 1,392,848 11,045 21,329 Totals .. 43,145,479383,711 1,023,295 1,459,302 1,287 102,865 1,191,873 233,491 j786,096 15,S53,155 50,985 : 12,666, 3613, 869, 264 516,595 I liecezved. intercolonial .. I 1,212,688 17,141 • 38,636 805,496 1,271,933 2,330 ! 1,488,525 4,888 ' 3,624,204 18,402 1,326 4,560 j 398 1,030 412 2,016 11,233 37,218 1,108 17 Oi) [•109,683 0 0 653 ; 28,718 104,923 2,527 8 3 j International Totals .. .. 1,883,570 35,646 .. 3,096,253 52,787 23,152 61,788 7,213 5,112,729 22,962 1,724 J 1,442 -. 2,077,429 2,669 39,951 142,141 3,636 5 3 109,683 0 0

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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 1901.

Postal Districts. Letters. Letter-cards. Post-cards. Books, &c. Newspapers. Parcels. / Auckland Thames New Plymouth Gisborne Napier .. Wanganui Wellington Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch Timaru.. Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill •• ! 3.555,607 .. 1 534.262 .. i 482,249 143,980 557,°°3 614,259 .. J 3,210,149 •• ! 249,961 116,385 249,971 90,812 .. i 129,048 2,259,706 408,559 260,636 .. j 2,382,548 831,451 75,157 ",293 10,194 3,O43 ri ,773 13,055 67,855 5,284 2,460 5,284 1,920 2,728 47,765 8,636 5,5O9 50,361 17,576 135,681 29,002 31,290 2,954 20,950 42,729 120,394 14,510 7,057 16,580 4,444 4,344 75.O56 20,201 26,522 118,765 62,265 842,333 I95,O37 68,103 19,842 196,682 415,827 871,949 65,450 34,394 106,293 14,381 40,598 849,385 116,864 38,121 870,393 378,846 754,186 I6l,l8l 190,519 44,533 140,398 232,864 767,591 H7, 6 34 62,877 69,840 38,178 36,835 558,531 75.841 48,847 639,566 210,200 13,347 4,007 4,274 1,755 5,93° 5,881 10,024 1,605 2,472 4,401 961 1,052 ",483 1,828 .946 7.450 922 Totals .. j 16,076,586 78,338 339,893 732,744 5,124,504 4,179,621 Previous year .. ■• ! 13,238,490 451,774 747,050 4.299.379 3.831,292 58,569 t

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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 Miles of Line. u Number of Telegrams forwarded during the Year. Value of Government Messages. Total Value of Business done during the Year. Cost of Cost of Maintenance Maintenance , ines Q. °- excluding canons. Australian Cable Subsidy. Total Expenditure. Cost of Maintenance of Lines per Mile. Tariff in Operation. Year ended of -5 i ' r~ Miles of °£ Wire. .c Private,. GovernE and Press. ment. Total. — lelegraph Revenue from all Sources. 699 I, 39O 13 24,761 2,746 27,407 £ s. d £ s. d. £ s. d. 5,561 19 2 483 3 2 6,045 2 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. 3,934 3 4 2,443 2 11 £ s. d. £ s. d. 6,377 6 3 3 9 10 30th June, 1866 1867 757 1,498 21 55>62i I5.33I 7°>952 j 9,070 10 1 3,770 4 8 12,840 14 9 8,017 14 7 2,541 4 11 10,558 19 6 3 7 1 14,896 5 1 4 17 4 Mileage tariff. 1868 1, no 2,223 31 72,241 26,244 98,485 11,652 3 7 6,672 o 3 18,324 3 10 18,520 10 4 13,430 11 9 31,951 2 1 17,218 1 4 12,252 6 o 29,470 7 4 9,489 17 10 5,406 7 3 1869 1,329 : 2,495 45 106,070 50,097 156,167 14,266 12 7: 8,547 4 9 22,813 17 4 ■ 6 8 6 Mileage tariff in operation up to ist Sept., 1869; uniform 2s. 6d. tariff from ist Sept., 1869, to 31st March, 1870; and is. tariff from Tst April, 1870. 1870 1,661 2,897 56 122,545 62,878 I 185,423 16,417 7 4 14,120 4 10 30,537 12 2 I 8 9 11 1871 i>976 : 3,247 2,185 i 3,823 72 J 253,582 59,292 312.874 81 344, 524 ' 67,243 411,767 22,419 8 8 9,876 17 6 32,296 6 2 . 21,254 4 3 11,344 3 8 32,598 7 11 I 5 19 6 1872 28,121 10 o 11,043 3 9 39, 1 64 13 9 23,593 9 9 ! 8,858 19 7 32,452 9 4 i 4 2 3 1873 2,356 ! 4.574 j 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 4 214 1 11 . " 1874 1875 2,530 5,782 2,986 6,626 1 3,154 7,247 3,259 7,423 105 645,067 107,832 752,899 127 786,237 130,891 917,128 142 890,382 160,704 1,051,086 155 952,283 172,159 1,124,442 46,508 18 10 12,618 11 6 59,127 10 4 55,301 12 3 13,679 10 9 68,981 3 o 62,715 10 4 16,154 6 o 78,869 16 4 65,644 15 3 17,024 8 9 ! 82,669 4 o 38,801 19 4 15,021 17 11 45,8i4 « 4 14.24° 19 7 53.823 17 3 j 6 3 11 60,055 10 11 ! 4 16 4 1876 61,696 14 5 21,074 8 8 82,771 31 5 18 10 1877 63,353 IO IO i7,93i 8 o 81,284 18 10 ■ 5 12 11 From ist November, 1873, address and signature given in free. 1878 1879 31st March, 1880 3,434 8,035 3,512 8,117 j 3,638 9,333 J 3,758 9,587 3,824 9.653 182 1,065,481 194,843 1,260,324 195 1,201,982 246,961 1,448,943 214 824,734 l8 3,675 1,008,409 227 1,058,342 246,370 1,304,712 234 1.215. 849 222,923 1,438,772 73,284 1 10 19,148 12 4 92,432 14 2 85,402 o 2 26,949 2 2 112,351 2 4 58,120 3 3 19,707 6 3 77,827 9 6 69,340 1 8 18,259 4 9 79,5°2 o 5 17,299 7 10 68,651 10 10 14,758 4 5 87,599 6 5 5 10 o 96,801 83509 83,409 15 3 4 3 4 1881 73,002 2 o 27,021 3 8 100,023 5 8 78,828 19 8 22,737 ID 4 101,566 16 o 78,224 1 823,154 8 3 101,378 9 11 667 1882 69,165 5 0118,292 13 4 87,457 18 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.

Note.—Tariff, 1890 : is. for ten words, and free address and signature up to ten words ; delayed telegrams, 6d. 1892 : For twelve words, and free address and signature, ordinary telegrams, is.; delayed, 6d. Later in 1892 the number of words in text and signature made eighteen. 1896 : First twelve words, 6d. ; each additional word, id.; address and signature paid for.

8 0 Number of Telegrams during the Ye: forwarded IT. Total Value Cost rf „ . ° , Maintenance Business done o £ ,», Stations. Cost of Maintenance of Lines, excluding Australian Cable Subsidy. Year ended Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. si Telegraph Value of Revenue from all Government Sources. Messages. Total Expenditure. Cost of Maintenance of Lines per Mile. Tariff in Operation. Private, Governand Press. ment. Total. 31st Dec, 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 18.89 1890 1891 1892 1893 3,974 4,O74 4,264 4,463 4,546 4,646 4,79O 4,874 5,148 5,349 5,479 5,5i3 9,848 10,037 10,474 10,931 11,178 ",375 11,617 11,827 12,812 13,235 13,459 264 302 330 375 412 437 473 489 520 573 615 640 1,361,817 208,372 I,379,483 219,917 1,433,458 220,847 1,533,406 240,867 1,583,717 252,549 1,589,771 245,623 1,548,233 217,630 1,589,157 213,830 1,734,381 226,780 1,746,115 222,149 1,686,064 218,079 1,825,646 244,045 1,570,189 1,599,400 1,654,305 1,774,273 1,836,266 1,835,394 1,765,863 1,802,987 1,961,161 1,968,264 1,904,143 2,069,691 90.633 II 2 93,822 3 3 95.634 5 5 101,652 8 o 106,638 12 2 106,548 4 o 106,311 11 6 106,462 18 4 110,696 17 8 "7,633 15 9 103,813 8 6£ 112,465 15 9 £ s. d. 20,608 11 11 21,555 19 2 20,855 19 7 24,860 9 o 27,281 4 9 30,205 11 10 23,164 13 11 24,218 9 3 26,070 12 7 24,840 5 7 24,342 7 o 28,317 7 10 111,242 3 1 115,378 2 5 116,490 5 o 126,512 17 o 133,919 16 II 136,753 15 !O 129,476 5 5 I3O,68l 7 7 136,767 10 3 142,474 I 4 128,155 15 6J 140,783 3 7 £ S. d.i 73,554 9 I 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. 122,451 6 3 !i9,2io 6 6 '20,041 15 10 20,900 6 2 21,402 18 2 21,321 2 9 23,262 1 o 26,007 1 5 27,546 2 o 28,986 10 10 29,580 10 11 29,141 6 o £ s. d. 96,005 15 4 92,264 11 o 90,078 2 O 97,982 10 6 98,875 8 9 97,901 12 9 95,463 14 5 101,433 XI o 104,391 3 10 114,644 15 9 117,053 4 2 121,251 3 o £ s. d. 5 X Z I f From 1st November, 4 jo 1873, address and signature given in 4 J 5 9 free 4 5 From 1st Jan., 1886, \ I3 9 . delayed telegrams 5 ° posted to addressees 5 ° 7 immediately after 5 I3 ° I their receipt at 3 T 2 7 offices of destina5 8 ° tion. 5 5 9 J or the Financial Years ended 31st March, 1895, to l ' le 3 Ist March, 1902. Number of Telegrams f during the Yeai forwarded Revenue (including Miscellaneous Receipts). Number of Miles of Wire. r. Year ended Number of Miles of Line. I* 2 Value of Government Messages. Total Value of Business done during the Year. TotaJ Expenditure (excluding Cable Subsidy). Remarks. Private, and Press. Government. Total. Telegraph. Telephone. 31st March, 1895 1896 1897 1898 1S99 „ 1900 igoi 1902 ■ ■ 5,96l4 6,2 4 5i 6,284! 6,484 6,736 6,910 7,249! 7,469 14.8814 -5,764* 18,024 18,746 19,228 2O,682§ 21,705 705 743 780 824 878 915 991 1,038 1,802,182 I,899,632 2,285,001 2,4°9,4 I 5 2,717,548 3,159,093 3,534,444 3,85O,39i 231,618 224,579 235,168 226,818 243,190 3 IO >538 363,684 3I7,59O 2,033,800 2,124,211 2,520,169 2,696,233 2,960,738 3,469,631 3,898,128 4,167,981 £ s. d. 88,45g 10 11 97,178 14 oA 100,385 16 1 99,798 8 10J 105,576 6 o 119,641 11 6j 137,861 1 2 i 151,933 19 11 £ s. d. 21,552 12 10 25,933 12 9 29,248 19 5 36.422 6 8 39,718 7 7 43,3O3 2 10 49,117 o 8 55,542 4 9 / 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 27,507 17 6 £ ■■ d. 136,062 11 2 148,955 18 8J 152,752 18 o 160,725 5 2 J 170,794 19 5 192,376 13 4i 222,305 8 oj 234,984 2 2 £ s. d. £ s. d. 1 35,79 I o 7 I Cable subsidy, 6,492 11 8 143,665 14 o „ 4,774 5 5 153,484 6 8: „ 3>972 8 1 165,198 13 5 „ 1,849 2 9 173,152 16 .6 J „ !i427 19 11 181,634 11 3 „ 1,608 7 1 194,014 12 11 „ 1,000 8 6 212, 18c 16 o „ 234 15 o

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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, 1902.

Table No. 18. Return of Paid Telegrams of all Codes forwarded during the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1902, 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, 1901.

Postal Districts. Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages. Value of Government Messages. Total Value of Messages of all Codes. I Number of ' Number Private of and Press Government Messages. 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 I s. d. £ ■. d .. 21,969 6 1 3,935 19 7 2,109 16 2J 473 2 3 .. 16,590 6 2 2,555 7 4 .. 17,914 2 9 2,454 4 11 3,3i5 14 5 335 16 o 3,952 1 6 855 15 8 1,760 14 4 252 19 6 7.565 3 5 871 13 4 •• i 7.536 6 8 841 19 4 3,279 3 3J 1,014 12 10 .. 1 4,992 o 9 802 14 9 .. ] 2,229 11 4J 286 19 9 4.600 11 o.J 541 19 4 ... 3,663 16 1 450 13 1 .. 8,360 3 5 1,354 17 11 .. ! 29,140 17 2 9,979 9 6 2.601 7 11 I 499 12 5 £ *■ d. 3,935 19 7 473 2 3 2,555 7 4 2,454 4 11 335 16 o 855 15 8 252 19 6 871 13 4 841 19 4 1,014 12 10 802 14 9 286 19 9 541 19 4 45° '3 1 i,354 r 7 11 9,979 9 6 499 12 5 £ s. d. 25,905 5 8 2,582 18 5J 1 19,145 13 6 20,368 7 8 3,651 10 5 4,807 17 2 2,013 13 10 8,436 16 9 8,378 6 o 4,293 16 1* 5,794 15 6 2,516 11 i^ 5,142 10 4 J 4,114 9 2 9,715 1 4 39,120 6 8 3,101 o 4 619,505 55,8l6 417,207 491,054 74,409 102,234 43,146 220,084 198,882 180,846 131,521 54,335 120,112 88,492 230,548 757,249 64,951 45.767 6,748 28,948 29,597 4,908 8,167 2,594 12,893 12,115 13,281 ",597 3,8i4 9,209 6,366 14,303 100,227 7,056 665,272 62,564 446,155 520,651 79,317 110,401 45,74O 232,977 210,997 194,127 143,118 58,149 129,321 94,858 244,851 857,476 72,007 4,167,981 13,898,128 Totals, igoi-2 Totals, igoo-i .. 141,581 2 7 i 27,507 17 6 .. 126,381 14 6 35.327 6 2 27,507 17 6 169,089 o 1 3,850,391 3i7,59o 161,709 o 8 3,534,444 363,684

Class of Telegrams. June Qnarter, 1901. Number. Revenue. September Quarter, 1901. Number. ; Revenue. December Quarter, 1901. March Quarter, 1902. 'otals. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. trdinary .. irgent 'ress iureau 755,204 41,842 8l,II5 73,319 £ s - d. 38,148 13 6J 2,866 8 10 3,826 1 7 2,112 o 5 690,910 33.564 75,654 74.631 / S. d. 34,990 2 74 2,315 6 1 3,680 11 10 2,196 11 8 775,025 I 42,733' 83,529; 79,023 £ s. d. 36,860 15 4 1 2,707 o 8 3,954 11 2 2,358 9 6 825,282 46,402 88,107 84,051 / s. d. 39,979 12 O 3,024 7 2 4,160 13 4 2,528 7 9 3,046,421 164,541 328,405 311,024 £ ■• d. 149,979 3 6 10,913 2 9 15,621 17 11 9,195 9 4 tross totals .ess other \ lines and I credits ) 46,953 4 4*| ii,969 14 nj 43,182 12 2j 10,848 19 oj 45,880 16 8 10,107 6 11 49,693 o 3 11,202 10 o 185,709 13 6 44,128 10 11 let totals, 1901-2 let totals, 1900-1 951,480 34.983 9 5 874,759; 32,333 13 2 980,310 35,773 9 9 1,043,842 38,490 10 3 3,850,391 141,581 2 7 827,137 29,359 6 10 753.385; 27,905 3 ii 924,231 132,675 14 2J 989,691 36,441 IO 4 3.534.444 126,381 14 6

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 .. 6,865 927 3.634 3.752 1,395 2,120 656 1,644 3.57° 1,013 2.237' 399 2,879 849 4,138 9,150 i,342 £ s- d. 343 5 0 46 7 o 181 14 o 187 12 o 69 15 o 106 o o 32 16 o 82 4 o 178 ro o 50 13 o in 17 o 19 19 o 143 19 o 42 9 o 206 18 o 457 10 o 67 2 o £ s- d. 22,645 8 3 2,807 12 5 12,620 14 1 13,526 16 9 4,609 13 o 6,865 9 IX 1,983 8 8 5,268 19 2 11,028 3 7 3,145 15 2 6,400 13 3 1,238 19 9 8,181 2 2 2,713 16 5 n.75 1 1 5 Ir 28,572 16 10 4, J 63 9 5 Totals, 1901 46,570 2,328 10 o 147,524 14 9 Totals, 1900 1,965 11 o 127,551 12 6 39.3"

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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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Capital Cost for Instruments, Wire, Poles, Labour, Freight, Superintendence, &c. Revenue. Working-expenses. Year. Balance of Revenue over Workingexpenses. Annual Rate per Cent. yielded on Capital Cost. a a Average Cost of Total for all each Con- Connections, nection. Salaries and Allowances of Clerks, &c. Materials and Linemen. I ; Rent, Fuel, * Wear-and- Light, Paper, tear, &c. Printing, Binding, &c. Total. Total for the year ended 31st March, — £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. a. 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 - j 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 J 15,604 17 6 ; 7,746 16 7 695 0 0 770 0 0 1,560 0 0 350 0 0 1,590 0 0 2,346 0 0 475 0 0 3,375 0 0 3,653 7 4 2341 1885 1,075 21 18 6 23,461 17 6 J 10,008 3 6 1,770 0 0 6,181 0 0 3,827 3 6 16-31 1886 1,710 20 8 6 37,319 12 1 i 12,294 1 2 ! 2,849 1 3 1,704 0 0 3,731 19 2 700 0 0 1,580 10 0 4,068 12 2 | 320 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 8,842 2 2 6,635 14 0 16-30 1888 1889 2,153 22 19 0 49,407 5 0 16,881 8 6 3,119 10 0 2,252 0 0 4,940 14 6 i 330 0 0 2,249 7 0 5,344 9 2 335 0 0 10,642 4 6 6,239 4 1 12-63 2,249 23 18 10 53,849 11 6 17,613 4 0 3,315 10 0 11,244 6 2 6,368 17 10! 11-82 1890 2,402 24 4 1 58,229 3 0 18,581 11 7 3,790 0 0 2,206 10 0 5,823 0 1 375 0 0 12,194 10 1 6,387 1 6 1100 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 I 394 3 9 13,265 10 7 6,695 13 7 10-43 1892 3,080 24 16 11 76,579 1 8 18,571 7 8 4,630 0 0 2,345 2 9 j 7,658 7 11 393 1 6 15,026 12 2 3,544 15 6J -578 9 8 4-63 Loss. 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 1894 4,244 24 12 1 104,425 3 0 21,771 4 4 7,720 0 0 3,313 1 1 10,442 10 4 j 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 4,253 11 4 11,684 11 0 817 19 5 26,041 1 9 -3,420 1 9 Loss. 1896 5,143 24 6 6 125,108 4 1 25,933 12 9 9,686 0 10 5,303 11 9 12,510 16 5 1,952 8 3 29,452 17 3 -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 1,413 15 3 Loss. 0-99 1898 5,787 24 11 6 142,218 11 8 36,422 6 8 14,181 18 0 11,834 2 11 J 7,110 18 7 1,881 11 11 35,008 11 5 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! 214 1902 9,260 20 18 0 193,511 16 2 55,542 4 9 18,448 3 5 20,570 0 9 i 9,675 11 9 2,078 12 10 50,772 8 9 4,769 16 0 2-46 • This column includes 5 per cent, for wear-aud-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, 1902.

Table No. 22. Statement showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph Construction during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1902.

District. No. of Miles. Travellingexpenses of Inspectors and Linemen. Extra Labour. Cost of Material purchased. Value of Material issued from Stores. Salaries of Inspectors and Linemen. Total Cost Average of Cost Maintenance, per Mile Luokland Wellington lelson lanterbury >tago .. 1,890 2,069§ 948J 895 1.666J £ s. d. 944 9 3 1,041 10 8 1,311 16 6 527 5 4 818 9 2 £ s. d. 1,839 15 11 1,293 13 6 3,186 6 8 925 16 6 1,360 17 9 £ s. d. 3,144 13 11 151 4 ? 2,504 9 5 720 7 8 709 11 6 £ s. d. 2,673 13 0 1,538 12 5 2,548 15 0 1,030 8 0 793 14 3 £ s. d. 2,840 0 0 2,930 0 0 1,501 0 0 1,935 0 0 1,455 0 0 £ s. d. 11,442 12 1 6,955 1 2 11,052 7 4 5,138 17 6 5,137 12 10 £ s. d. 6 11 3 7 3 11 13 2 5 14 10 3 18 Sables .. (knots) [tores 7.469J 248'7 4,643 10 11 92 10 6 138 15 10 8,606 10 4 1,095 6 9 477 8 7 7,230 7 0 11 17 9 524 12 1 8,585 2 8 405 11 4 10,661 0 0 39,726 10 11 1,605 6 4 1,140 16 6 5 6 5 0 12 11 Totals 4,874 17 3 10,179 5 8 7,766 16 10 8,990 14 0 10,661 0 0i 42,472 13 9

Line. Expenditure. Material from Stores. Total Cost during the Year. Telephone exchanges, — Ashburton Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dannevirke ... Dunedin Feilding Gisborne Greyinouth ... Hawera Hokitika Invercargill Masterton Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Pahiatua Palmerston North Stratford Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington ... Westport 0. . £ s. d. 4 8 1 203 11 4 426 12 2 0 4 0 1,173 18 10 8 17 6 80 10 0 8 11 2 149 1 10 390 9 6 131 14 9 299 4 5 52 15 2 23 13 6 5 12 5 41 17 2 32 8 7 30 4 6 6 6 10 152 10 4 154 1 1 136 0 5 661 0 8 £ s. d. 57 3 8 1,036 13 0 20 14 1 1,629 13 6 257 0 5 1,287 13 8 75 10 5 267 8 8 124 14 2 575 12 9 693 1 5 276 2 6 1,064 3 6 286 18 1 173 13 5 307 18 2 139 1 8 93 12 0 329 7 0 134 18 3 60 7 9 398 2 3 517 8 5 2,821 18 8 359 12 10 £ s. d. 61 11 9 1,240 4 4 20 14 1 2,056 5 8 257 4 5 2,461 12 6 84 7 11 347 18 8 133 5 4 724 14 7 1,083 10 11 407 17 3 1,363 7 11 339 13 3 197 6 11 313 10 7 180 18 10 126 0 7 359 11 6 141 5 1 212 18 1 552 3 4 653 8 10 3,482 19 4 359 12 10 Total exchanges 4,173 14 3 12,988 10 3 17,162 4 6 Doubtless Bay ... Horeke-Bawene Kerikeri Whangarei-Liinestone Island Mangawai-Te Arai Pahi-Whakapirau Helensville-Tahekeroa ... Henderson-Swanson Auckland-Mahoenui Auckland-Eotorua Ellerslie Racecourse Mount Eoskill-Waikowai Manurewa Bureau Tuakau-Onewhero ... Cambridge-Hautapu Thames-Paeroa Thames-Hikutaia 220 14 1 71 2 8 86 19 10 14 14 0 19 14 11 2 19 1 273 5 3 296 12 1 2,491 7 9 27 12 7 153 5 7 57" 18 10 19 12 1 2,712 1 10 27 12 7 71 2 8 240 5 5 14 14 0 77 13 9 2 19 1 19 12 1 273 5 3 1,605 6 1 17 3 5 39 3 6 6 4 11 46 6 7 101 4 11 32 17 8 4 13 11 1,308 14 0 17 3 5 12 13 10 26 9 8 6 4 11 2 3 3 73 2 6 32 17 8 44 3 4 28 2 5 4 13 11

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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, 1902— continued.

Line. Expenditure. Material from Stores. Total Cost during the Year. Waikino-Waitekauri Motuihi-Waiheke Island Botorua-Waiotapu Postmaster's Bath, Eotorua Paemako Porootarao-Ongarue Ongarue-Taumaranui New Plymouth-Auckland Opunake-Pihama-Manaia Strathmore-Whangamomona-Huikama Otakeho-Auroa Kaponga-Awatuna Wanganui-Hawera W an gan ui-Okoia Wanganui-Castlecliff Wanganui-Fordell-Mangamahu ... Eongotea-Glenoroua Peilding Awahuri-Bongotea Weraroa Paremata Taradale-Fernhill Waipawa-Tamamu-Patangata-Elsthorpe ... Wirnbledon-Ti-tree £ s. d. 18 2 4 89 2 4 263 15 8 2 18 3 4 11 2 0 14 1 82 0 0 53 8 2 4 10 0 432 13 4 45 13 2 58 2 9 9 12 0 & s. a. 14 8 1 76 11 8 £ s. d. 32 10 5 165 14 0 263 15 8 36 7 5 9 19 1 5 8 1 82 0 0 54 4 11 4 10 0 455 2 2 82 17 4 247 11 2 9 12 0 7 0 1 49 10 10 790 2 6 10 18 0 130 19 6 36 2 9 3 7 6 6 7 9 89 0 8 520 17 8 120 11 9 4 18 5 105 15 7 98 10 10 6 17 7 191 4 1 0 11 5 125 2 7 131 13 7 3 11 0 54 0 0 0 12 2 91 4 1 1 13 2 11 10 2 71 15 7 12 17 2 3 6 6 3 19 0 4 13 9 5 10 0 6 0 6 130 14 10 64 9 5 11 1 6 401 17 10 259 2 2 25 8 9 81 10 0 5 18 9 29 8 7 3 9 6 0 18 11 290 4 10 4 11 4 329 14 6 3 15 5 45 11 11 5 12 2 3 15 10 4 11 4 11 3 15 9 4 13 4 5 8 8 33 9 2 5 7 11 4 14 0 6" 16 9 22 8 10 37 4 2 189 8 5 7 0 1 49 10 10 155 5 11 634 16 7 10 18 0 13019 6 36 2 9 3 7 6 6 7 9 32 6 11 152 4 3 56 13 9 368 13 5 120 11 9 Papatawa Pahiatua-Kaitawa Pahiatua-Hamua Mangaramarama Alfred ton-Pongaroa Alfredton-Saunders Eoad Eketahuna-EoDgomai ... Eketahuna-Nireaha Raumai Masterton-Carterton Trentham Muritai-Pencarrow Blenheim-Nelson Gullensville-Pelorus Sound Mahau Mahakipawa ... Waitapu Motupipi Whangamoa Eai Valley Flat Creek Hope-Tophouse ... Greymouth-Eeefton Kanieri-Woodstock-Eimu Eimu-Kokatahi Kokatahi-Koiterangi Kokatahi-U pper Kokatahi Okura Ferry Kowai Bush JJarfield-Coalgate Prebbleton Yaldhurst West Melton Bureau Kaikoura-Christchurch ... Christchurch-Akaroa trunk Hilltop Bureau Timaru-Temuka Timaru-Fairlie Creek Pleasant Point Bureau ... Sutherland's Bureau Cave „ Albury „ Oricklewood Kimbell • 22 11 6 8 10 0 0 14 0 181 1 4 4 18 5 83 4 1 90 0 10 6 3 7 10 2 9 0 11 5 17 17 5 27 15 5 3 11 0 107 5 2 103 18 2 54 0 0 6" 12 2 91 4 1 1 13 2 0 12 9 71 15 7 10 0 2 10 17 5 2 17 0 3 6 6 3 19 0 0 8 6 62 13 6 214 17 10 78 7 9 4 5 3 5 10 0 6 0 6 130 14 10 1 15 11 11 1 6 187 0 0 180 14 5 25 8 9 42 18 11 4 19 29 8 7 38 11 1 1 17 0 3 9 6 0 18 11 67 19 6 222 5 4 4 11 4 242 1 1 3 15 5 87 13 5 45 11 11 5 12 2 3 15 10 4 11 4 11 3 15 9 4 13 4 5 8 8

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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, 1902— continued.

Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, uot given ; printing (1,875 copies), .£57 14s.

Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9o2.

Line. Expenditure. I Material from Stores. Total Cost during the Year. Waihao Ferry ... Georgetown-Ikawai Blackstone Hill-Ophir ... Wedderburn-Idaburn Banfurly-Waipiata Hamilton's Dunedin-Port Chalmers... South Dunedin-Caversham Milton-Adams Flat Heriot-Dunrobin Arrowtown-Kawarau Waikaia Bureau Invercargill-Lumsden Riverton-Colac Bay-Orepuki Titiroa £ s. d. 4 14 7 121 9 4 26 6 8 14 8 4 1 19 6 56 2 1 42 13 8 3 7 2 15 6 8 11 8 7 2 12 0 106 0 9 0 0 9 £ s. d. 0 19 9 88 12 4 51 12 10 29 8 3 40 7 6 10 12 4 24 10 2 £ s. d. 0 19 9 93 6 11 121 9 4 77 19 6 43 16 7 1 19 6 96 9 7 10 12 4 67 3 10 3 7 2 45 9 5 11 8 7 8 3 7 260 9 10 6 4 5 30 2 9 5 11 7 154 9 1 6 3 8 Purchase of material 9,165 13 22,563 2 9 5 20,007 3 4 29,172 17 I Total expenditure 1901-2 31,728 16 2 Total expenditure to 31st March, 1901 906,158 6 1 Total expenditure but of Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1902 ... ... j>0K3 ... £937,887 2 3 Total cost of lines during 1901-2 £29,172 17 1