POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT (REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR 1904.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1905 Session I, F-01

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1905. NEW ZEALAND.

POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT (REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR 1904.

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

My Lord,— General Post Office, Wellington, 26th June, 1905. I have the honour to submit to Your Excellency the Report 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. Ward, Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner. His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand.

REPORT. The revenue and expenditure of the Department for the year 1904-5 are shown in the following table: —

A continued expansion of the business of the Department has again to be recorded. The revenue for 1904-5 was estimated to produce £34,000 more than that of the previous yea,;-, but the estimate was exceeded by £18,000, the actual increase in revenue being over £52,000. The success of the penny post becomes more apparent, for although 1903-4 showed the estimated postages at £43,000 more than the previous year, a stili further increase of over £36,000 is disclosed by last year's accounts in respect to all postal matter, the receipts from tiiis source having risen in the year from £290,016 to £326,368. Such expansion, of course, necessitates increased expenditure on salaries, in which, however, it will be found that the rate of progression was only about half that of the increase in postages.

Item. Postal. Telegraph. Total. Receipts. Stamps for postage (estimated) Money-order and postal-note commission Money-order commission received from foreign offices Private box and bug fees Miscellaneous receipts Paid telegrams Telephone exchanges £ s. d. 326,367 19 lj 22,238 13 0 742 12 1 7,983 7 6 25,904 19 7£ £ s. d. £ s. d. 326,367 19 1* 22,238 13 0 742 12 1 7,988 7 6 3,420 0 4 29,324 19 11J 167,681 13 7£ 167,581 13 7 J 79,061 7 4 79,061 7 4 Balance of expenditure over revenue (Telegraph) 383,242 11 4 250,063 1 3 J 633,305 12 7 J 8,914 9 5j Totals 383,242 11 4 258,977 10 9 633,305 12 7J Expenditure. Salaries (classified officers) Salaries (country Postmasters and telephonists and contributions to railway officers) Conveyance of mails by sea Conveytmce of inland mails .. Conveyance of mails by railway Money-order commission credited to foreign offices Maintenance of telegraph-lines Miscellaneous £ s. d. 103,689 17 8 18,762 19 6 56,277 6 4 53,371 6 4 37,015 15 0 2,385 19 6 £ s. d. £ a. d. 178,968 15 2 ,' 282,658 12 S 24,077 19 5 42,840 18 11 56,'277 6 4 53,371 6 4 37,015 15 0 2,385 19 5 30,981 14 G , 30,981 14 6 24,949 1 8 54,389 8 5 258,977 10 9 559,921 1 5 29,440 6 9 Balance of revenue over expenditure (Postal) .. , „ (combined Department) 300,943 10 8 82,299 0 8 73,384 11 2J Totals 383,242 11 4 258,977 10 9 ! 633,305 12 7J

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Adding the value of free official posted correspondence (£83,075 Is.) and official telegrams (£20,597 lis. 10d.), the net credit balance on the year's transactions amounts to £177,057 4s. A considerable increase in the expenditure is due to the additional net payment to the Railway Department. For conveyance of mails by rail a total of £50,853 was paid, which, together with a contribution towards the salaries of officers of that Department acting as Postmasters, at the rate of £10,390 per annum, brings the total payment up to £61,243. Against this must be set recoveries amounting to £19,000 for services performed, leaving a balance in favour of the Railway Department of £42,243, compared with £23,631 the previous year. It should be explained that of the £50,853 paid for conveyance of mails the sum of £10,853 represented payment for work done in the previous year. Salaries paid to officers of all classes absorbed 51 per cent, of the revenue, while the expenditure on all services, including salaries, amounts to 88 per cent, of the receipts. The net surplus of the combined departments was £73,385, or almost £20,000 more than chat of the previous year. The money-order business shows but slight advance, the orders issued numbering 407,783 and those paid 313,267, for £1,476,987 and £1,267,351 respectively. The comparatively small increase is accounted for by the greater use year by year of postal notes and the recent exchange of British postal orders inaugurated between this colony and the United Kingdom and certain other parts of the Empire. During the ten months ended the 31st March, 1905, 17,776 British postal orders were sold and 3,912 paid. New Zealand postal notes numbering 785,347, for £250,123 7s. 6d., were sold. Savings-Bank depositors have increased the amount standing to their credit by over £372,000, of which, however, £200,930 represents interest. Deposits totalled £5,836,540, and withdrawals £5,664,770. The balance at credit of depositors on the 31st December, 1904, was equal to £9 Is. per head of the population, amounting in all to £7,761,382. There were 1,429 parcels, valued at £21,117, insured during the year, for which premiums amounting to £46 Bs. 3d. were received. The increase in telegrams handled is about 4 per cent., which, in view of the low rates and heavy increase in postal work, is somewhat disappointing. In all, 5,159,745 messages of all codes were forwarded, producing a revenue of £167,582. The number of telephone-exchange subscribers again shows a considerable increase, having risen from 12,105 to 13,423, while the revenue reached £79,061, or some £8,000 more than the previous year. There were 7,944 miles of telegraph-line, carrying 23,704 miles of wire. The expenditure on telegraph extension was £79,298.

Statement showing Revenue and Expenditure of the Post and Telegraph Department for the Ten Years ended 31st March, 1905, and for the Years 1881-82 and 1891-92.

Staff. The total number of officers on the staff on the 31st March was as under :— 31st March, 1904. Postmaster-General ... .. ... ... ... ... 1 Classified staff:— First Division ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 Clerical Division ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,342 Non-clerical Division ... ... ... ... ... ... 834 Telegraph messengers ... ... ... ... ... ... 525 Total, classified staff ... ... ... ... ... 2,705 Employees not on permanent staff:— Country Postmasters and Postmistresses ... ... ... ... 1,760 Nightwatchmen ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 Mail-cart drivers .. ... ... ... ... ... 4 Postmasters and telegraphists or telephonists who are Railway officers 168 Total;... .. ... ... ... ... ... 4,639

Year. Revenue. Expenditure. Balance of .Revenue over Expenditure. 234,529 s. d. 8 0 £ s. 233,291 10 d. 4 £ s. 1,237 17 d. 8 .881-82 891-92 320,058 1 3 268,343 1 1 51,715 0 2 .895-96 .896-97 .897-98 .898-99 .899-1900 .900-1901 .901-1902 .902-1903 .903-1904 .904-1905 365,727 6 5 392,117 1 0 408,383 15 3 445.770 7 1 488,245 16 4 503,835 19 5 J | 488,573 1 114 i 525,098 17 34 I 580.771 4 54 633,305 12 74 332,325 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 5 487,814 10 0 526,746 14 5 559,921 1 5 33,402 1 38,4:17 6 43,980 12 55,572 18 97,797 14 85,564 2 22,816 12 37,284 7 54,024 10 73,384 11 9 7 2 7 9 6* 64 04 24 Total for ten years £542,244 17 5*

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Comparative Return of Officers of the Post and Telegraph Department for the Years ended 31st March, 1904, and 31st March, 1905. Mar. 31, Mar. 31, Mar. 31, Mar. 31, 1904. 1905. 1904. 1905. Postmaster-General .. .. .. 1 1 Brought forward .. .-. 125 130 Secretary .. .. .. .. 1 1 Assistant Inspectors of Post-offices ' .. -1 4 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 .. .. ..116 111 banks and Accountant .. .. 1 1 Clerks (including Telephone Exchange, Chief Clerk .. .. .. .. 1 1 cadettes and cadets in post-offices) | . ~..„ . , fi( . Assistant Controller of Money-orders and Operators (including cadets in telegraph-r ' Savings-banks and Accountant .. 1 1 offices) ) Clerks in General Post Office— Post Office Sorters .. .. 13 18 Secretary's Office .. .. .. 18 19 Letter-carriers .. .. .. 273 285 Inspector's and Dead letter Branch .. 7 8 Messengers (Post Office) .. ..66 77 Controller of Money-orders and Savings- Linemen .. .. .. 76 69 hanks and Accountant's Branch .. 69 73 Telegraph message-boys .. .. 524 525 Storekeeper and assistants .. .. 10 10 Nightwatohmen .. .. .. 3 2 Master cable steamer " Tutanekai " .. 1 * Mail-cart drivers .. .. .. 4 4 Electrician .. .. .. .. 1 1 Postmasters and telegraphists or teleAssistant Electrician .. .. .. 1 1 phonists who are Railway officers .. 160 168 Mechanicians and cadets .. .. 6 6 Country Postmasters, Postmistresses, and Telegraph Inspectors .. .. .. 5 5 telephonists.. .. .. .. 1,713 1,760 Carried forward .. .. 125 180 Totals .. .. ..4,454 4,639 - Now treated as attached to Marine Department. The conduct of the staff has on the whole been satisfactory. There have, however, been several cases of serious misconduct necessitating criminal prosecutions. Regret has again to be expressed that so small a proportion of the younger officers qualify for the Civil Service examinations.

Health of Staff. The following table gives the average absence of officers on sick-leave: —

The principal causes of absence on account of sick-leave were pulmonary troubles, nervous debility, and surgical operations. The fact that the average absence on sick-leave is increasing appears to point to the urgent necessity for the appointment of Departmental medical officers. Tnere were four deaths. Appeal Board Seven appeals were dealt with by the Board of Appeal in April last year, of which two were reported against, four reported upon in favour of the appellants, and one reported upon partly in the appellant's favour. One was a question of departmental arrangements, in which the Post-master-General was unable to agree entirely with the Board's finding, three were on the subject of the promotion of the officers appealing, and the fifth referred to the promotion of specially qualified officers. Under " The Public Officers' Appointment and Powers Act, 1904." subsection (2) of section 5 of " The Post and Telegraph Department Act, 1894," has been amended so as to provide that the non-elective members of the Board shall be such persons as the Governor from time to time appoints. Mr. John McGowan, Commissioner of Taxes, who had rendered valuable service as Chairman of the Aopeal Board from its inception, died in September last. The late Mr. McGowan possessed the full confidence of the Administration and the service, and his sudden death was keenly regretted. Mr. F. \V. Waldegrave, Under-Secretary. Justice Department, has been appointed Chairman in the place of Mr. McGowan, and Mr. Logan, Superintendent of Electric Lines, reappointed. Newspaper Postage. As announced in last year's report, the London Post Office agreed, subject to certain conditions, to deliver in the United Kingdom without surcharge newspapers posted in New Zealand prepaid Id. each, irrespective of weight. . The penny rate on newspapers from New Zealand has now been extended to the following countries : Ascension, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Honduras, Caicos Islands, Canada, Ceylon, Egypt, Falkland Islands, Federated Malay States, Gambia, Gibraltar, Hongkong, Jamaica, Johore, Labuan, Leeward Islands, Malta, Mauritius, Natal, Newfoundland, North Borneo, Orange River Colony, St. Helena, Sarawak, Sierra Leone, Southern Nigeria, South Sea Islands, Straits Settlements, Transvaal, Trinidad, Turks Islands. The Australian Commonweal h Post office was unable to see its way to agree to a penny rate irrespective of weight, in place of the present charge of Id. for the first 20 oz. and fd. for each additional 10 oz.

Numbers comprised A (Principal Offices). average Absence per Average Sick-absence per Sick Officer. each Officer employed. Men ... Women 1,451 201 Days. Days. 20-64 6-80 ' 24-33 15-74

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Post-office Inspection. During the year the four Assistant Inspectors of post-offices visited and inspected 1,767 offices, and travelled 33.037 miles. In addition to this they also acted as relieving Chief Postmasters in several districts. Offences, etc. A case occurred in which a sum of £93 Bs. Id. was fraudulently withdrawn at Dunedin from a savings-bank account by a person other than the depositor. The culprit, who was prosecuted and sentenced to three years' imprisonment, had stolen the depositor's pass-book. He had claimed to be unable to write owing to an alleged injury to his hand, and was wrongfully identified by a third person. The case proves another instance of the careless, if not reckless, manner in which wellknown persons are often ready to identify men whose surnames are not even known to them. A money-order telegram was claimed by a person at Christchurch other than the aduressee, but of the same name, who cashed the order. He was prosecuted and sentenced to one month's imprisonment. In the Wellington district a person who forged a name on a money-order receipt and requested payment of the amount was prosecuted. He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. A person who forged the name of another at Wellington to a telegram requesting remittance of an amount, and also to a resulting money-order telegram, and received the amount, was convicted and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. For forging a savings-bank withdrawal-receipt, and fraudulently obtaining a considerable sum of money, a young man at Wellington was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. Postage-stamps, etc. Stamps cut from letter-cards, post-cards, postal wrappers, registered-letter envelopes, and embossed envelopes may now be used as adhesive stamps in payment of postage. A " registrationfee " stamp cut out of a registered-letter envelope may be used on any registered packet, but not on an unregistered packet. Postage-due stamps, discount-stamps, or stamps cut from stamped paper (meaning thereby bill or note forms, share-transfer forms, or any other form on which a stamp is impressed for payment of stamp duties under " The Stamp Act, 1882 ") cannot, however, be used for prepayment of postage or for payment of telegrams. Experience having shown that the sale of stamp booklets containing twelve stamps was not sufficient to warrant the continuance of this form of booklet, it has been decided to substitute booklets containing twenty-four penny stamps for those formerly issued containing twelve and thirty stamps. Parcel-post Amended Regulations. Under a recent regulation the enclosure of coin, bank-notes, and bank drafts in inland parcels is permitted, provided the parcels are registered and sealed, Invoices may now be sent in inland parcels. It has been decided to increase the limit of length of parcels containing fishing-rods from 3 ft. 6 in. to 4 ft. 6 in. This will be a decided convenience to sportsmen throughout the colony. To enable the rods to be carried safely special receptacles have been provided. Pictoral Post-cards. By an arrangement with the Commonwealth Post Office, pictorial post-cards bearing communications on the left-hand half of the address side may be sent to and from Australia without surcharge. The British Post Office was approached some time ago with respect to the granting of a similar concession, but was unable to see its way to do so. The post-cards dealt with during the year showed an increase over the previous year of nearly 59 per cent. In 1902 there was a decrease, and in 1903 an iucrease of 11-62 per cent. The increase for last year is accounted for by the ever-growing popularity of the pictorial post-card, which, besides being used freely throughout the year, is posted in large quantities at the Christmas season. It would seem as if these cards are largely replacing the ordinary Christmas-card. Unclaimed Registered Letters. The rule requiring all unclaimed registered letters to be opened in the Dead Letter Office has been relaxed to permit of the return of such letters to the senders unopened when the covers clearly indicate by whom the letters are sent. Departmental Rules and Regulations. The revision of the Rules and Regulations has been completed. The Telegraph section was issued to officers in January last. The General and Postal sections are now in the Press. Post and Telegraph Map. The map was reissued in January last. The next issue will be made in 1907. British Postal Orders. The system of exchanging British postal orders between New Zealand and the United Kingdom, referred to in last report, was brought into operation on the Ist June, 1904, and, judging by the business transacted during the ten months ended the 31st March last, the system is proving a decided convenience in affording a simple means whereby small sums may be remitted at a comparatively nominal rate of commission. The system has now been extended to include all the British Crown colonies and agencies of the British Post Office in foreign countries ; but it is regretted that none of the larger British possessions—such as Canada, Australia, the Cape Colony, Transvaal, Natal, and Orange River Colony—have yet agreed to join.

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The practice of limiting the currency of the postal orders to three months from the last day of the month of issue, after which extra poundage was payable by the holder equal to the original poundage for every three months or fraction thereof beyond the first three months, has been modified in so far that in future only one rate of poundage will be charged after three months' currency, no matter what period may have elapsed since the order was issued. - It has been arranged with the London Post Office that New Zealand stamps not exceeding sd. in value may be affixed to British postal orders issued in New Zealand, and such stamps will be recognised in the United Kingdom as an extension of value of the - particular orders to which they are affixed. In like manner British postage-stamps affixed to orders issued in the United Kingdom will be recognised in New Zealand. During the ten months ended the 31st March last there were 17,776 British postal orders sold, representing £8,821 155., and in the same period 3,912 orders, for £2,768 4s. 6d., were paid. A communication recently received from the Postmaster-General, Cape Town, covered copy of a proposal submitted to the British postal authorities relative to the issue of an Imperial postal order, which, it was suggested, should be used for the reciprocal interchange of remittances of small amounts throughout the Empire, in lieu of the existing arrangement, to which various objections were urged. The objections of the Cape office seem to some extent apparently based upon a mistaken apprehension of the relative proportion of the issues of postal orders and money-orders. Our experience so far has been that there was a very trifling loss in the shape of commission, and that quite a new class of business was created in the remittance of small amounts, which would not have been sent by money-orders, owing to the higher commission. The British postal order has been found to answer admirably the purpose for which it was introduced, and it is not believed that any practical advantage would be gained by substituting an almost similar note under a different name.

Statement showing the Number and Value of British Postal Orders sold in New Zealand from 1st June, 1904, to 31st March, 1905.

Statement showing the Number and Value of British Postal Orders paid in New Zealand from 1st May, 1904, to 31st March, 1905.

Increase of Maximum Amount of Post-office Money-orders. In pursuance of proposals submitted by the General Post Office, London, in 1904, and outlined in last report, authority was given by Order in Council of the 3rd October, 1904, to extend the maximum amount for which a single money-order could be issued in New Zealand for payment within the colony from £20 to £40 ; also authorising the extension of the limit to £40 for money-orders issued in New Zealand for payment in the United Kingdom, British colonies, and foreign countries, provided that the consent in writing of the postal authority of the country concerned is first obtained. Money-orders are now issued for payment in New Zealand up to the increased limit, and the following countries have agreed to the extension as from the dates given below : —

United Kingdom, Ist October, 1904. Fiji, Ist October, 1904. Hongkong, Ist October, 1904. Natal, Ist October, 1904. Transvaal, Ist October, 1904. Australia, Ist December, 1904.

Canada, Ist January, 1905. Ceylon, Ist January, 1905. Germany, Ist February, 1905. Samoa, Ist February, 1905. India, Ist February, 1905. Cape of Good Hope, Ist March, 1905

Money-orders may also be issued for the maximum sum for payment in most of the foreign countries with which this colony has only an indirect exchange. The maximum amount for which a single money-order may be drawn for payment in the United States of America will remain for the present at £20, as the postal laws of that country do not permit of any extension of the existing limit until sanctioned by Congress.

/6 1 1/ 1/6 2/ 2/6 ! 3/ 3/6 4/ 4/6 5/ I 5/6 6/ 6/6 I 7/ 7/6 8/ 8/6 9/ 9/6 10/ 10/6 11/ 358 989 652 713 995 597 310 476 231 1,681 187 368 186 451 290 224 165 151 95 2,095 198 145 11/6 12/ 12/6' 13/ i 13/6 14/ : 14/6 15, : 15/6 16/ I 16/6 17/ 17/6 : 18/ 18/6 19/ 20/ Total. Number. Amount. 67 173 139 129 90 67 38 324 31 84 34 70 65 84 45 169 4,610 17,776 £ s. d. 8,821 15 0

6 1/ 1/6 I 2/ 2/6 i 3/ 3/6 4/ 4/3 5/ 3/6 6/ 6/6 7/ 7/6 8/ 8/6 9/ 9/6 10/ 10/6 11/ 18 83 44 89 170 56 25 39 16 11/6 12/ 12/6 13 13/6 14/ 14/6 15/ 15/6 8 16 13 7 5 8 5 54 'J 359 16/ 10 7 25 11 13 30 15 6 12 5 540 16 8 Total. 16/6 17/ 17/6 18/ 18/6 19/ 20/ 21/ Number. Amount. I i £ sTd. 2 6 10 5 5 10 2,007 145 3,912 2,768 4 6

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Savings-Bank Interest. On the Ist December, 1904, the rate of interest allowed Savings-Bank depositors was raised to 3£ per cent, for balances at credit not exceeding £200, and 3 per cent, for that portion of the balance exceeding £200 but not exceeding £500. This benefits depositors not alone by the increase in the rate, but also by allowing the higher rate on the first £200 at credit irrespective of the sum of the total balance up to £500, whereas in the past the lower rate only was paid on the whole amount at credit so soon as it exceeded £200. In this connection it may be convenient to place on record the fluctuations in the rates of interest allowed since the introduction of post-office savings-banks in New Zealand. They are as follows : — Date when Rate fixed. Up to £200. t £500 Ist February, 1867 ... ... ... ... 4 3 Ist July, 1874 ... ... ... ... 4* 4 Ist June, 1893 ... ... ... ... 4 3£ Ist January, 1896 ... ... ... ... 3 Ist November, 1897 ... ... ... ... 3 2£ Ist December, 1904 ... ... ... ... 3 Card-ledger System as applied to Post-Office Sayings-Bank. The question of adopting the card-ledger system for the accounts of depositors in the Post-Office Savings-Bank is under consideration. It is believed that the card-ledger would afford quicker and more convenient reference, because of the minute classification of accounts, the freedom of the ledger from closed accounts, and the ease with which the cards may be handled. The capacity of the cardledger is practically unlimited. The accounts, once opened, have not to be transferred to a new ledger, as the ledger, without any rewriting, expands and contracts as the accounts increase or are closed. The adoption of the card-ledger would also render possible a variation in the present method of identifying depositors, which is by means of the signature of the depositor written on the fly-leaf of the pass-book. It has been urged against this practice that it is an incentive to fraud, by enabling a depositor's signature to be copied by any dishonest person into whose hands a pass-book may come by theft or otherwise. The card-ledger would enable a specimen signature to be recorded on the card containing the particulars of the depositor's account, by which means the operation of determining the identity of persons applying for withdrawals would be greatly facilitated, and the risk of successful forgery diminished. In order to test the suitability of the system a trial is being made at the" chief post-office, Wanganui. Buildings. During the year new brick buildings were completed and occupied at Eltham and Kaiapoi, and at Otaki (the latter opened on the 10th May last). A new wooden building has been completed at Waikaka. New brick buildings are in course of erection for Palmerston North, Greymouth Nelson, Tauranga, and Winton, and new wooden buildings at Waipiro Bay, Tokomaru Bay, Pungarehu, Whakarewarewa, and Half-moon Bay. The growing requirements of the Wellington Chief Post-office have necessitated the occupation of a large portion of the old building lately purchased from the Levin Estate. The whole of the parcels branch has now been removed into the building facing Grey Street and adjoining the chief post-office, and the letter-carriers have also been housed in commodious quarters on the top floor of the same building, thus setting free considerable space in the mail-room for the urgent requirements of that branch. The growth of business has rendered it necessary to remove the Te Aro Post-office from the shop in which it has been conducted for many years. A suitable building has been rented in Ghuznee Street, and a permanent officer placed in charge. The post and telegraph building at Collingwood was destroyed by a fire which consumed a considerable number of the business premises of the town on the 7th November last, and a new building is about to be erected. The following general repairs, additions, &c, were carried out during the year: Akaroa: additions, drainage, &c. ; Alexandra South : additions, &c, ; Auckland : alterations to and raising roof of telegraph-operating room and telephone exchange, additional room in brick over passage, removal of fumigating-shed to new site ; Christchurch : additional private letter-boxes, &c. ; Feilding: erection of clock ; Grey Lynn: purchase of property and alterations to building ; Hawera: installation of electric light; Kaeo : repairs, &c. ; Lower Hutt: purchase of land for new building ; Manaia : alterations, additions, &c, to quarters ; Mangonui: additions, alterations, &c. ; Middlemarch: additions for post-office at railway-station ; Mohaka : general repairs, drainage, &c.; Oamaru : renovations; Port Albert: repairs, painting, &c.; Pukekohe: additions for post-office at railway-station ; Queenstown : renovations to office and quarters ; Ranfurly : additions for post-office at railway-station; St. Albans : purchase of land and building for post-office, and alterations ; Seddon : additions for post-office at railway-station ; Shannon : addition of new public room, &c. ; Stirling ; additions for post-office at railway-station ; Taihape : fittings for temporary office ;Te Aroha: repairs, painting, &c.; Te Awamutu : repairs, painting, &c. ;Te Horo : erection of office; The Port (Nelson): additions and alterations; Timaru: alterations, &c. ; Waiau : additions to Postmaster's quarters ; Waihi: additional private boxes; Waimate : alterations, additions, &c. ; Waitotara : purchase of site ; Wakapuaka : repairs to officer in charge's and officers' quarters ; Waverley : alterations, painting, &c. ; Wellington (General Post Office): improved accommodation for letter-carriers, renewing plaster damaged by earthquake, alterations and additions to private letter-boxes, fitting up premises for parcels branch; Wellington Telephone Exchange : additions, &c.; Whakatane : removal of temporary building to new site, fencing, &c.

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Old-age Pensions. The following is a comparative return showing the number and amount of old-age pension payments made each month for the two years ended 31st March, 1905: —

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

POST OFFICE. Articles posted and delivered. The number of articles posted in the colony and received from places outside the colony during the year 1904, as compared with the number in 1903, was as under: — Letters— 1904. 1903. Increase. Posted in the colony .. .. .. 60,639,233 56,549,532 Received from places outside the colony .. 4,480,327 3,963,115 65,119,560 60,512,647 4,606,913 Letter-cards— Posted in the colony .. ... .. 1,381,874 1,174,810 207,064 Post-cards— Posted in the colony .. .. .. 2,053.363 1,377,987 Received from places outside the colorjy .. 257,188 75,476 2,310,551 1,453,468 857,088

1903-4. 1904-5. Month. Number of Payments. Amount. Number of Payments. Amount. April May June July August September October ... November December January ... February ... March £ s. 12,272 17,343 0 ... I 12,201 17,237 12 12,060 17,051 17 12,124 17,148 13 12,040 17,010 8 11,989 16,934 11 12,064 17,001 1 11,925 16,827 8 11,938 16,824 16 11,829 16,651 7 11,883 16,760 14 11,601. 16,351 3 d. 8 1 3 1 8 0 7 2 8 6 4 8 11,326 11,475 11,477 11,619 11,621 11,744 11,655 11,587 11,699 ] 1 ,501 11,716 ] 1,544 £ a. d. 15,940 13 0 16,155 17 9 16,171 1 6 16,332 15 9 16,338 17 2 16,487 12 5 16,384 7 8 16,281 8 10 16,466 5 9 16,188 19 1 16,485 2 1 16,237 9 10 Totals 143,926 £203,142 14 8 138,964 138,964 £ £195,470 10 10 £195,470 10 10

Postal District. 1903-4. of PaT—. A — i I 1904-5. Number , of Payments. Amount. 1904-5. Amount. Auckland... Blenheim... Christchurch Dunedin ... Gisborne ... Greymouth Hokitika ... Invevcargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru ... Thames ... Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport... £ s. d. 29,529 41,396 14 10 1,931 2,688 18 4 21,108 29,395 0 9 22,168 31,221 19 7 1,324 1,872 4 4 6,467 9,513 18 5 6,115 8,954 15 LI 9,598 13,500 13 10 5,524 7,680 0 2 4,032 5,419 0 11 2,64(5 3,681 12 1 2,752 3,939 11 4 5,702 8,182 6 2 4,418 6,136 17 3 4,175 6,007 5 8 13,054 18,611 4 7 ... I 3,383 4,940 10 6 £ s. d. 27,769 38,871 5 11 1,748 2,480 18 4 20,959 29,008 5 8 21,600 30,217 4 2 1,226 1,736 0 4 6,268 9,243 17 6 6,081 8,849 19 4 9,481 13,292 17 8 5,325 7,394 5 4 3,620 4,852 9 4 2,614 3,629 9 1 2,512 3,527 15 3 5,457 7,842 8 7 4,352 6,045 15 9 4,067 5,814 2 J 12,640 17,919 2 2 3,245 4,744 14 4 Totals 143,926 ! £203,142 14 8 138,964 ! £195,470 10 10

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Books and pattern-packets— Posted in the colony .. .. .. 17,976,214 17,613,689 Received from places outside the colony .. 2,131,707 1,954,045 20,107,921 19,567,734 540,187 Newspapers— Posted in the colony .. .. .. 15,404,618 14,107,523 Received from plaoes outside the colony .. 6,096,126 5,588,911 21,500,744 19,696,434 1,804,810 P&rcfils Posted in the colony .. .. .. 289,617 267,974 Received from places outside the colony .. 67,887 59,655 357,504 327,629 29,875 The letters increased 761, letter-cards 17-63, post-cards 58-97, books and pattern-packets 2-76, newspapers 9-16, and parcels 9-12 per cent. In 1903 letters increased 6-74, letter-cards 14-57, post-cards 11-62, books and pattern-packets 5-05, newspapers 6-37, and parcels 12-33 per cent. The average number of letters posted per head of population was estimated to be 71-76, or 73-4 including letter-cards. The averages in 1903 were 68-94, or 70-38 including letter-cards. The Post Office receipts for the year amounted to £383,242 lis. 4d., an increase of 11-67 percent. The expenditure was £300,943 10s. Bd., an increase of 11-1 per cent. The balance of postal revenue over expenditure was £82,299 os. Bd. The estimated value of the free official correspondence of other Government Departments was £83,075 Is. The gross earnings of the Post Office for the year were therefore £466,317 12s. 4d., and the credit balance £165,374 Is. Bd. Work performed for other Departments Among the many branches of Government work performed by the Department may be mentioned the following : — Customs duties were collected on parcels and other articles coming through the post from places beyond the colony amounting to £37,209 10s. Bd., and on account of ordinary Customs work £2,212 13s. 7d, The Advances to Settlers receipts amounted to £447,396 12s. lid., and nayments to £451,799 os. 4d. Fishing licenses were issued by Postmasters to the value of £1,566 15s. 6d., and game licenses to the value of £2,263. For the Government Insurance Department premiums were collected from the public amounting to £27,246 ss. sd. Publications sent out by the Government Printer and paid for through the Post Office brought in £831 4s. 3d. Income-tax amounting to £143,656 ss. Id., and land-tax £259,839 Bs. 9d., were collected by Postmasters. The sum of £6,387 195., fees due to the Machinery Department, was received. Under the Mining Act the receipts were £213 6s. New Zealand Consols for £1,030 were sold on behalf of the Treasury. £7,845 19s. 3d. was the amount paid for Official Assignees as dividends in bankrupt estates. The amount paid to old-age pensioners through the Post Office was £196,322 ss. 4d. On behalf of the Public Trustee £433,386 2s. 6d. was received, and £438,856 Is, lOd. paid. Railway revenue amounting to £10,885 13s. was collected by Postmasters. Fees for the registration of births, deaths, and marriages received by Postmaster-Registrars were £2,249 19s. Receipts from the Haniner Springs Sanatorium amounted to £2,217 19s. Id. Sheep rates amounting to £19,247, and £24 7s. sundry amounts, were collected for the Stock Department. On behalf of the Tourist Department £1,502 6s. Id. was received. Valuation Department fees paid to Postmasters reached £2,986 4s. Id. Claims on the General Government for £683,147 14s. 7d. were paid on behalf of the Treasury. Discount-stamps numbering 3,220,800, for £3,355, were sold, and 3.024,864, for £3,150 18s'., redeemed, during the year. The amount invested by the general public in Government 4-per-cent. debentures through the medium of the Post Office was £104,800. Gross Receipts and Payments. The gross amount received by the Department during 1904 was £16,385,474 10s. B£d., of which £13,998,953 19s. 7£d. was departmental, and £2,386,520 lis. Id. on account of other Departments. The gross amount paid out was £16,332,668 18s. 10£ d., made up of £13,930,042 Bs. 4£d. departmental, and on behalf of other Departments—to individuals £1,777,971 Is. 4d., and to accounts £624,655 9s. 2d. The total g;ross receipts and payments were therefore £32,718,143 9s. 7d.

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Lettee-carriers' Deliveries. Deliveries by letter-carrier were established at: Auckland—-Pukekohe, Rotorua, including Ohinemutu. Wanganui—Taihape. Wellington—Levin. Letter-carriers' deliveries were extended as follows : — Auckland (C.P.0.): Second daily delivery in Mount Eden, to include Fairview, Kingsview, and Woodside Roads, Pencarrow Avenue, Windmill and Melton Roads, Paice Avenue. Burnley Terrace, and Kingsland Block. Rotorua, to include village of Whakarewarewa. Christchurch (C.P.0.): In Heathcote district, to include Sandwich Road and part of Norwood Road; Heathcote delivery, to include Baretta Street, Spreydon ; New Brighton delivery, to Breeze's Road and along tramway-line between Wainoni and New Brighton ; Linwood (first delivery), to include Cemetery and Berry's Roads, Kruse, Jubilee, and Stanley Streets, and Cranley Road ; Linwood (second) and North Opawa deliveries, to include Hereford, Cashel, and Buccleugh Streets, Park Road, Tuam Street to Canal Reserve, and Wellington, Havelock, and Marlborough Streets; Sumner, to include Clifton and Seaton. Dunedin (C.P.0.) : St. Kilda delivery, in Anderson's Bay Road to Junction of Tomahawk Road. Mosgiel, quarter - mile along Factory Road, taking in Severn and Mossburn Streets. Greymouth (C.P.0.): Suburban delivery, to include Blaketown district; and Cobden delivery, to include whole of townsnip. Napier (C.P.0.) :To include Western Spit. Dannevirke, to Te Papakuku Block; twenty chains further along the road into the Te Papakuku Block; to take in the district bounded by Colac Street on the north, Taradale Road on the south, the borough boundary on the east, and Adelaide Road on the west. Hastings, to include Frederick, Nelson, and Duke Streets, Cemetery Road, Tomoana Road to Boundary Road, Omahu Road to Canning Works, Southland Road to the " Willows," Willow Park, Grove, and Selwood Roads, Lumsden Road to Taylor's Farm, and Copeland Road to Tait's Farm. Nelson (C.P.0.) :To take in The Port delivery. (The Port separate delivery abolished.) New Plymouth : Inglewood, morning delivery, on west to Waiongona Bridge, and on north to borough boundary ; to include the whole of Konini Street. Waitara, morning delivery on east side of river to end of Richmond Street, also to first house on Main North Road, and to fourth house on Ngatiniaru Road beyond junction with Main North Road; and on west side of river to end of Parris Street, down Nelson Road to McLean Street, and along Brooke's Terrace to Cracroft Street. Timaru (C.P.0.) : North delivery, to include the whole of Waimataitai Hill; south delivery (afternoon), to junction of Otipua and Main South Roads; Waimate, along Timaru Road to Bathgate's Corner. Wanganui (C.P.0.) :To include suburbs of Eastown, Sedgebrook, Gonville, and St. John's once daily; late delivery to include business part of Guyton Street between Victoria Avenue and Wicksteed Street ; Gonville delivery to include Alma Road. Wellington (C.P.0.) : Brooklyn delivery, to include Mitchell Street, Karepa Road, and Rubin Avenue. Carterton, northward, to Christie's, Anderson's Line; eastward from Park Road, taking in Rutland and Richmond Roads ; and westward along Belvedere Road and Connolly's Line to Burnett's. Hutt, from junction of Waiwetu Road to Hutt Racecourse, and from junction of Lower Waiwetu Road to suspension bridge, White's Lane ; also from junction of Lower Waiwetu Road along the Lowry Bay Road to Wainui Hill ; afternoon delivery, to Blackbridge ; afternoon delivery, to Lower Belmont Road, along Parliament Street, and the Hutt Main Road to White's Lane, including Leary and Bridge Streets. Levin, to Weraroa to include Oxford and Seddon Streets as far as Makomako Road, including the intermediate cross streets. Palmerston North, second delivery to include College Street on the south and Fitzroy and Terrace Streets on the east. Letter-carriers' deliveries were increased in frequency at:—Auckland (C.P.0.) : A special delivery made in Queen Street at 11 a.m. on Saturdays. Christchurch: Ashburton, a fourth delivery (in business parts only) made after arrival of express trains; Sumner, a second delivery made daily, except Saturday, around Sumner and Clifton, omitting Redcliffs. Dunedin : Lawrence, from twice to thrice daily. New Plymouth: Inglewood, additional delivery (afternoon) made in principal streets. Wellington : Palmerston North, a third delivery daily made around the Square after arrival of the northern express. Letter-carriers' deliveries were curtailed as follows : —Auckland—Coromandel: Delivery now bounded on the north by posting-box north of hospital, Kapanga Road, south by Hauraki Road, east by Whangapoua and the Tiki Roads to Plummer's Corner, and on the west by Bunker's and Hauraki Freeholds Mines. Letter-carrier's delivery was diminished in frequency as follows : —Wanganui: At Mangaweka by abolition of second delivery daily. Letter-carrier's delivery was abolished at: —Nelson —The Port (included in city delivery). Newspapers registered. Fifteen newspapers were registered for transmission by post, and seven ceased publication. Receiving-boxes. Forty-five receiving-boxes were established at: Auckland—City and suburbs, 6; Kirikiriroa, 1; Rotorua, 1. Christchurch—City and suburbs, 4 ; Ashburton, 1. Dunedin—City and suburbs, 1; Milton, 1; Mosgiel, 1; Waikouaiti, 1. Gisborne—Town, 1. Greymouth-—-Runanga, 1. Hokitika —Ross, 1. Napier—Town, 1; Dannevirke, 2. Nelson—City, 2; The Port, 1. New Plymouth—Town, 1. Timaru—Waimate, 1. Wanganui —Town, 2; Eltham, 1. Wellington— City and suburbs, 8 ; Feilding, 1; Palmerston North, 3; Weraroa, 1. Westport—Town, 1. Seventeen receiving-boxes were closed at: Auckland—City and suburbs, 3; Dargaville, 1. Christchurch—City and suburbs, 2. Gisborne—Town, 2. Thames—Greerton, 1. Wanganui— Eltham, 1. Wellington—City and suburbs, 5 ; Feilding, 1; Mangatainoka, 1; Masterton, 1.

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Designations of Offices. The designations of offices were changed as follows : —Auckland—Arch Hill to Grey Lynn (to Grey Lynn-Arch Hill, 1905); Grey Lynn to Arch Hill (to Surrey Crescent, 1905); Opango to Whangateau. Christchurch—Harewood Road to Harewood. Dunedin—Sandymount to Pukehiki. Gisborne—Te Arai Bridge to Manutuke. Invercargill—Belmont to Mangapiri, Nelson —Elmslie's Bay to French Pass. Wellington —Dreyerton to Kopuaranga. Designations were corrected as follows: —Auckland—Waiau Pah to Waiau Pa. New Plymouth—Tuhara to Tahora. Wellington—Northlands to Northland. Post-offices established, etc. Seventy-two post-offices were established (of these 7 were reopened offices) and 29 closed :— Opened. Anaroa, Napier Mangaoronga, Wellington Pokokomuka, Napier Aorangi, Wellington Mangarakau, Nelson Pori (reopened), Wellington Aorere, Nelson Mangorei, New Plymouth Pukekata, Wanganui Awa-iti, Nelson Manui, Wanganui Ranana, Wanganui Birch Hill, Blenheim Matiere, Auckland Raukura, Wanganui Braebum, Nelson Ma-waro, Timaru Rissington (reopened), Napier Cashmere, Ghristchuroh Moa Creek, Dunedin Robin Hood Bay, Blenheim Egmont Village (reopened), New Ply- Mokoia, Wanganui Sandy Bay, Nelson mouth Mornington, Dunedin Sandymount, Dunedin Eureka, Auckland Naumai, Auckland Streamlands, Auckland Fitzherbert West, Wellington Ngaputahi, Wellington Tatapouri, Gisborne Gate Pa, Thames Ngatira, Auckland Tawharanui, Auckland Grey Lynn, Auckland Ocean Bay, Blenheim Te Ahuahu (reopened), Auckland Hinakura, Wellington Oio, Auckland Tuatapere, Invercargill Horeke, Auckland Okoha, Blenheim Tuturau, Invercargill Hurimoana, New Plymouth Omakau, Dunedin Waiharakeke, Auckland Islington, Christchurch Onerahi, Auckland Waihoaka, Invercargill Kaipaki, Auckland Orautoha, Wanganui Waikawa Bay, Nelson Kakatihi, Wanganui Otago Heads, Dunedin Waingarara, Thames Kanakanae (reopened), Gisborne Otamakitai, Thames Waipapakauri, Auckland Karekare, Auckland Owhango, Auckland Waitoa, Auckland Kohi (reopened), Wanganui Parawa, Invercargill Wakatahuri, Blenheim Kongahu, Westport Pareora East, Timaru Whangape (reopened), Auckland Makauri, Gisborne Pirinoa, Wellington Willowbridge, Timaru. Mangahei, Napier Closed. Aberfeldie, Wanganui Ingram's Homestead, Wanganui Pukeroa, Wanganui Awatere, Blenheim Kanakanae, Gisborne Sedgebrook, Wanganui Cardiff, New Plymouth Kotikotia, Wanganui Sommerville, Wanganui Claverley, Christchurch Kutuku, Hokitika Taumatatahi, Wanganui Greenburn, Christchurch. Mawheraiti, Greymouth Taylorville, Wanganui Grey Lynn, Auckland Ngatapa, Gisborne Western Spit, Napier Hawainga, Wanganui Nihotupu, Auckland Whareponga, Gisborne Henley West, Dunedin Paokington, Auckland Whenuakura, Wanganui Huarau, Auckland Pori, Wellington Whiteoombe, Dunedin. Ida Valley, Dunedin Pouawa, Gisborne The number of post-offices open at the end of the year was 1,887.

Parcel-Post. The following table shows the number and weight of parcels posted during the years 1890, 1900, 1903, and 1904:—

Postal Districts. 1890. 1900. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. 1903. Number. Weight. Number. 1904. Weight. Auckland Thames New Plymouth .. Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Blenheim Ohristchuroh Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill 21,882 1,491 1,007 938 6,265 4,035 25,893 4,723 1,077 2,509 1,413 1,846 19,383 2,013 859 22,500 3,458 lb. oz. 57,912 10 3,661 8 2,674 3 2,570 6 17,075 14 9,563 8 74,544 2 13,370 7 2,332 4 6,243 13 3,924 5 4,357 11 58,708 4 4,774 8 2,123 3 65,329 13 7,477 5 40,287 2,989 3,038 2,022 8,848 8,846 i 44,322 5,261 1,868 2,583 2,527 1,961 30,897 1,743 i 1,149 : 34,411 6,661 lb. oz. 122,449 9 9,094 4 9,615 9 5,771 15 28,142 15 28,206 10 160,737 4 16,916 4 4,645 15 7,711 4 9,173 5 5,976 4 118,206 3 5,294 1 4,162 7 125,419 10 20,617 0 55,623 3,727 4,920 3,363 10,744 12,508 66,238 5,803 2,885 2,991 2,964 2,309 37,573 3,025 1,707 44,619 6,975 lb. oz. 192,866 10 ! 11,196 1 14,845 4 9,820 10 32,946 5 38,127 14 240,286 13 19,771 9 7,758 10J 10,285 5 10,579 7 7,804 8 140,619 3 8,441 9J 5,883 15 164,277 12 19,113 i 61,933 4,381 5,273 2,535 11,528 12,837 75,149 6,733 2,921 3,199 3,131 2,426 39,770 3,176 2,407 44,983 7,235 lb. oz. 219,254 12 12,273 12 16,679 14 7,274 5 35,996 10 41,286 5 272,630 10 22,469 13 7,359 9 10,417 2 11,136 13 7,875 10 144,827 8 9,474 6 8,583 2 170,583 0 20,245 13 Totals .. 121,292 336,643 12 199,413 682,140 7 267,974 934,624 12 289,617 1,018,369 0

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The following table shows the number and weight of parcels exchanged with the United Kingdom and the undermentioned places during the years 1903 and 1904 : —

The declared value of parcels received from places outside the colony in 1904 was £165,939. The Customs duty collected amounted to £34,341 14s. Bd. The declared value of parcels despatched to places beyond the colony was £20,722, as against £20,844 in 1903. On the arrival of the "Turakina" at Wellington in November last, two bags containing 24 parcels were found to have been broached, and part of the contents stolen. The contents of 13 parcels were satisfactorily identified and delivered, leaving 11 having the whole or part of the contents missing. Subsequently a fireman on the " Tongariro " was arrested for receiving a tablecloth knowing it to have been stolen, and sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment. The tablecloth was identified as belonging to one of the broached parcels. Nothing further has been recovered. Arrangements have been made for the more secure stowage of mails in future.

Registered Letters. The number of registered articles dealt with in 1904, compared with the numbers in 1890, 1900, and 1903, is shown below:—

Country. Becei 1903. Number. Weight. rived. 1904. Despi L903. itched. 1904. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. United Kingdom and foreign countries (via London) United States of America .. Canada Victoria .. .. . .. New South Wales South Australia Queensland Tasmania.. Western Australia Samoa Fiji Ceylon Uruguay .. Cape Colony Natal India lb. oz. 37,652 163,875 0 43,808 lb. oz. 192,379 0 7,575 lb. oz. 19,567 0 8,552 lb. oz. 22,127 12 5,024 ! 14,366 6 353 I 762 0 5,058 ! 15,527 10 8,865 25,241 0 347 913 9 449 1,065 0 349 992 8 291 941 6 12 54 2 73 184 7 260 849 13 5,310 386 5,937 9,287 417 555 320 292 12 67 390 15,659 9 755 8 17,607 0 26,903 4 1,198 0J 1,267 8 839 5 719 4 37 6 163 9 1,129 11J 1,286 167 2,365 3,322 325 453 496 394 170 286 78 21 396 89 154 3,442 1 409 14 4,932 12 6,461 14 772 13 1,132 1 1,029 14 905 1 498 5 751 5 190 8 75 15 933 1 204 11 399 13 1,321 286 3,062 3,842 394 677 589 560 175 328 74 24 445 107 204 2,778 11 809 6 6,407 14 7,849 94 932 11 1,644 8 1,230 7 1,209 15 527 9 942 6 192 15J 89 14 947 14 219 9J 470 7 352 730 14 84 141 15 486 1,313 8 391 114 601 558 8 192 8 1,928 4 J Totals 59,655 |226,959 2 67,887 261,338 5J 17,577 41,707 0 20,640 48,381 8£

Postal Districts. From Places beyond the Colony. 1890. Registered in the Colony. 1900. p F la°c?s Re 8 is - Colony. Col ° D >-- 1908. From Regie [ b P eyo°nd ter t e h d e in ! Totals. Colony. Col °^- 1904. Prom *>„„•_ Totals. Totals. Totals. Auckland Thames New Plymouth .. Gisborne Napier .. Wanganui Wellington Blenheim Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Ghristchuroh Timaru 7,119 130 341 118 999 211 6,129 92 322 112 102 95 j 3,659 312 278 4,615 1,740 34,398 4,781 3,3721 2,120| j 10.911J 6,060 30,369 3,193 3,430 3,254 8,879 j 2,579 20,404 3,551; 2,505 19,696 9,819 i 41,517i 4,911! 3,713! 1 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 18,108 267 1,310 421 1,659 2,151 9,513 116 644 354 680 94 5,404 1,196 120 6,954 3,352 101,533J119,641 19,912 20,179 16,903j 18,213 7,193 ; 7,614 26,685, 28,344 24,980 27,131 85,915 95,428 6,37lj 6,487 14,726 15,370 6,974! 7,328 11,606 12,286 4,344 4,438 49,049 54,453 9,973! 11,1691 8,880! 9,000 44,003j 50,957 24,989! 28,341 20,068 345 2,150 337 1,836 2,442 17,934 147 1,314 926 957 536 7,480 705 114| 8,797 6,700 121,952 19,034 22,199 6,791 26,079 30,453 121,729 9,182 18,043 8,425 13,901 10,324 51,623! 10,496! 6,171 53,895 29,214 142,020 19,379 24,349 7,128 27,915 32,895 139,663 9,329 19,357 9,351 14,858 10,860 59,103 11,201 6,285 62,692 35,914 25,746 310 2,017 373 8,584 2,530 20,886 147 1,708 1,059 840 534 8,276 798 140 8,215 6,742 140,533 18,573 17,455 6,948 25,318 33,167 145,256 8,805 19,383 8,759 15,125 9,937 62,440 10,368 6,562 57,759 27,307 166,279 18,883 19,472 7,321 33,902 35,697 166,142 8,952 21,091 9,818 15,965 10,471 70,716 11,166 6,702 65,974 34,049 702,600 Oamaru Dunedin Inveroargill Totals 26,374 169,321 195,695 164,036 516,379 88,905 613,695 52,343 72,788 559,511 632,299

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Official Correspondence. The estimated volume and value of official and other free correspondence posted during 1904 is given in the statement below: —

The estimated value of official correspondence was £83,075 Is.

Dead Letters. The following comparative table shows the number of unclaimed letters, letter-cards, and post-cards dealt with in the Dead-letter Office and by Chief Postmasters 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 035 per cent., as against 0-36 per cent, in 1903. 37,715 book-packets and circulars were returned to foreign countries; 19,131 were returned to senders through the Dead-letter Office; 88,830 were returned by Chief Postmasters : a total of 145,676 book-packets and circulars, as compared with 139,742 in 1903. 1,538 letters were wrongly addressed; 25 letters were discovered to have been posted with previously used stamps ; 2,939 unclaimed registered letters were dealt with. 2,479 newspapers and 1,738 books and other articles without addresses were received, many of which were subsequently applied for and delivered. 1,800 newspapers were returned to the publishers. 681 letters and 200 letter-cards were posted without addresses. 25 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. 476 post-office orders ... ... ... ... ... 1,154 15 9 45 bank drafts ... ... ... ... ... ...4,43114 11 376 cheques ... ... ... ... ... ... 2,769 6 1 19 dividend warrants ... ... ... ... ... 28 10 4 10 promissory notes ... ... ... ... ... 365 16 7 Credit notes ' ... ... ... ... ... ... 300 0 0 Postal notes ... ... ... ... ... ... 211 8 2 Stamps ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 28 7 5| Bank-notes ... ... ... ... ... ... 327 0 0 Gold ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 38 0 0 Silver and copper*... ... ... ... ... ... 14 4 0J Representing a total of ... ... £9,669 3 3f

* Including a United States silver dollar bill.

District. Letters. Packets. Registered Articles. Newspapers. Auckland Thames New Plymouth .. Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington Blenheim Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Christchurch Timaru 918,853 88,777 147,849 47,749 241,956 253,747 1,424,254 53,872 139,958 39,026 55,809 44,824 586,157 104,247 50,037 467,987 346,619 10,817 2,764 15,300 2,296 14,100 4,670 565,699 1,906 7,164 1,016 3,270 3,875 25,480 3,335 1,200 58,567 20,117 26,772 1,730 3,684 992 1,817 7,800 37,156 1,020 6,038 1,971 2,913 4,109 22,204 968 884 17,746 5,314 70,561 36,866 62,835 19,459 60,036 110,729 497,694 25,000 52,608 33,722 23,158 32,200 124,956 24,752 32,199 232,228 81,370 Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill Totals 5,011,721 741,576 143,118 1,520,373

Manner of Disposal. 1884. 1885. 1887. 1890. 1895. 1896. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. Ipened and returned to the writers Returned unopened to other countries toissuod )estroyed teturned unopened by Chief Postmasters 68,942 9,134 107 3,986 17,593 66,592 8,115 185 2,872 19,187 62,847 7,287 96 5,974 20,185 60,54061,065 7,77912,929 141 199 2,660 3,617 21,93125,980 63,112 7,546 148 4,069 26,414 68,872 8,899 219 3,368 33,273 74,132 76,692100,036107,476 9,706 9,707 12,251 14,401 178 265 "5,112 fl3,373 4,536 4,9001 5,705, 6,249 22,915 40,2821 44,523 54,285 111,467131,846167,627195,784 107,271 18,176 203 9,579 93,920 119,642 26,048 234 12,167 85,670 Totals 99,762 96,951 96,389 93,051103,790 101,289 114,631 229,149 243,761 *lm sluding 4,911 troi ipers' letters. t Includini 13,180 troopers' letters.

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In addition, 1 gold watch, 1 gold wrist watch, 16 silver watches, 2 metal keyless watches, 1 Waterbury watch, portions of 2 rolled-gold American Waltham watches, 1 gold chain, 3 silver chains, 1 steel chain, 23 gold-mounted greenstone brooches, 6 gold brooches, 7 silver brooches, 1 metal brooch, 15 gold rings, 2 gold-mounted greenstone pendants, 4 silver-mounted greenstone pendants, 7 greenstone pendants, 2 greenstone bracelets, 3 gold bangles, 3 pairs of gold sleeve-links, 1 gold locket with three small rubies, 1 pair of gold-rimmed spectacles, 1 gold-mounted greenstone bean, 1 greenstone cross, 3 silver sovereign cases, 4 greenstone hearts, 1 greenstone ornament, 2 military ornaments, 2 rubies, 11 pieces of greenstone, 1 gold charm, 8 gold pins, 3 servietterings, 4 silver butter-knives, 6 purses, 1 small silver tray, 1 piece of kauri-gum, 2 studs, 3 small pieces of gold, 1 bread-fork, 1 necklace, 2 trinkets, 17 packets and 39 sheets of foreign stamps, 1 silver coin (foreign), 22 thimbles, 6 pawn tickets, 32 share certificates, 19 Tattersall tickets, 1 half-adult return saloon ticket Wellington to London, 1 half-adult steerage ticket Wellington to Bluff, 1 order for steerage passage Capetown to Wellington, 1 second-class railway ticket Dunedin to Christchurch, half a bank-note, 2 horse-registration certificates, 1 second-class engineer's certificate, and 8 lottery tickets were dealt with.

The number of inland, intercolonial, and international articles received and disposed of during the years 1903 and 1904 was as under:—

Missing Letters. 2,007 inquiries for letters and 1,579 for other articles alleged to have been posted and not delivered were made during 1904. In 1,050 of the inquiries for letters and 833 for other articles—over onehalf the total number—the investigations by the Department resulted in the missing articles being traced or accounted for. These may be summarised as follows : — Number of Traced Cases. Letters. Other Articles. Found to have been 92 57 ... Missent, misdelivered, or otherwise delayed through fault of Post Office. 87 60 ... Delayed in delivery through fault of addressees. 66 48 ... Not posted. 37 55 ... Posted later than advised ; forwarded by slower routes than letters of advice, &c. 142 131 ... Defectively or wrongly addressed. 82 46 ... Mislaid or lost after delivery. 72 21 ... Returned through Dead-letter Office as unclaimed, &c. 472 415 ... Delivered. Reason for inquiry not given, but probably in most cases omission by addressees to acknowledge receipt. 1,050 833 Money-orders. Twenty money-order offices were opened during the year—namely, Ballance, Castleclifi, Cheltenham, Greenmeadows, Grey Lynn, Gumtown, Hinakura, Hukerenui, Kilbirnie, Koeke, Mataroa, Mornington, Muritai, Ohura, Oio, Pihama, Pirinoa, Turangarere, Waimamaku, and Whitford. Four offices were closed —namely, Opitonui, Piriaka, Riverhead, and Tokatea. The number of office.s open at the end of the year was 526, as against 510 twelve months previously. 407,783 money-orders were issued for £1,476,887 Bs. 5d., as compared with 396,312 for £1,416,224 12s. 4d. in 1903—an increase of 11,471 in number and £60,662 16s. Id. in amount. 313,267 money-orders amounting to £1,267,351 os. lid. were paid, as against 304,106 for £1,224,842 12s. 4d. during 1903—an increase of 9,161 orders and £42,508 Bs. 7d.

1903. 1904. Lettors Letter - Post- p-M.-*. News- LettBr . a Letter- Post- p.., kptB Newsletters. oar(Js car(Jg rackets. papers . setters. oards cards racKets. paperSi Inland. Returned, delivered, &c, through Deadletter Office Returned by Chief Postmasters direct .. Destroyed in accordance with law 88,463 88,132 8,333 2,000 452^ 5,788 166 183 17,698j 86,277 1,229 1,650 501787 101,908 81,345 8,684 2,557 753 53 17,369 1,800 4,325! 88,830 .. 405j 1,599 55,307 Australian. Originally addressed to other States :— Returned to writers Destroyed in accordance with law .. Returned to other States as unclaimed 5,366 218 8,387 144 ! 25 1 56 400 515 33 4,831 4,9021 633! 12,900 "37 68 703 .. 129i 64 .. 615: 5,749 .. International. Originally addressed to other countries :— Returned to writers Destroyed in accordance with law .. Returned to other countries as unclaimed 10,679 386 8,890 "63, 370 149 499 966 60 29,455 10,072 828 11,628 316 l,059i .. 595 97 .. 905 31,966 291 350 103 Totals 218,854 2,254 8,041j 141,064 52,787 232,900 3,450 7,411 147,436 57,398

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There were 61,057 telegraph money-orders issued for £210,790 7s. 6d., as compared with 54,933 orders for £187,472 14s. in 1903—an increase of 6,124 in number and £23,317 13s. 6d. in amount. 126,128 orders for £328,661 ss. sd. were issued on places beyond New Zealand, as against 122,777 orders for £308,157 6s. Bd. during 1903. 30,844 orders for £117,617 Bs. 6d. were issued in places beyond New Zealand for payment in the colony, as compared with 30,812 orders for £117,521 9s. lid. during the previous year. The commission received for money-orders amounted to £16,385 95., as against £15,881 18s. sd. received during 1903. Sayings-Bank. There were twenty-one offices opened during the year for the transaction of Savings-Bank business—namely, Ballance, Castlecliff, Cheltenham, Greenmeadows, Grey Lynn, Gumtown, Hinakura, Hukerenui, Kilbirnie, Koeke, Mataroa, Mornington, Muritai, Ohura, Oio, Pihama, Pirinoa, Rangiwahia, Turangarere, Waimamaku, and Whitford. Four offices were closed—namely, Opitonui, Piriaka, Riverhead, and Tokatea. There were 510 offices open at the end of 1904, as against 493 at the end of the previous year. 57,769 accounts were opened and 42,280 closed, the net gain on the year's working being 15,489 accounts. The number of depositors on the 31st December was 259,164, and the proportion of accountsjper head of population was 1 in 3-31, as compared with 1 in 3-42 at the end of the previous year. The deposits numbered 469,799, representing £5,836,540, an average of £12 Bs. 6d. per transaction. The withdrawals numbered 323,609 for £5,664,770 3s. 9d., an average of £17 10s. Id. for each withdrawal. The net amount added by the depositors to their savings during the year was therefore £171,769 16s. 3d., plus £200,930 6s. Id. interest earned and credited, making a total of £372,700 2s. 4d. The total amount at credit of depositors increased from £7,388,681 18s. 7d. at the close of the previous year to £7,761,382 os. lid. on the 31st December last, representing a sum equal to £9 Is. per head of the entire population, and £29 18s. lid. to each depositor. Last year the figures were £9 os. 2d. and £30 6s. sd. respectively. The interest credited to depositors since the Post-Office Savings-Banks were established in 1867 now amounts to £2,907,147 13s. The cost of working the Savings-Banks amounted to 4 - 84 d. per transaction, or-about £16,000 for the year. The cost of management per cent, on the total amount at credit of depositors was 0-206 percent., or 4s. Id. per £100. Postal Notes. The following were created postal-note offices during the year 1904-5 : — Auroa Hinakura Oio Tokarahi Ballance Hukerenui Papatowai Turangarere Cheltenham Livingstone Pihama Waimamaku Colac Bay Mahau Pirinoa Whitford Greenmeadows Nydia Bay Puketitiri Woodside Gumtown Ohura Tiniroto —a total of 23. Six offices were closed—namely, Cardrona, Opitonui, Piriaka, Riverhead, Tokatea, and Upper Waiwera. The number of offices at which postal notes were sold at the end of the year was 620, as compared with 603 on the 31st March, 1904. 785,347 notes of the value of £250,123 7s. 6d. were sold, as against 707,044 for £220,069 lis. sold during the previous year. The postal notes paid numbered 775,417, of the value of £247,320 15s. 6d., as compared with 704,031, of the value of £219,312 2s. 6d., paid during 1903-4. The postal-note commission amounted to £5,404, as against £4,795 3s. 4£d. Inland Mails. During a heavy flood in the Opawa River on the 18th March, 1904, a regrettable accident occurred to the Nelson-Blenheim mail-coach whereby Mr. Geoige Richardson, the driver, lost his life, and four horses were drowned. One bag of mail from Blenheim to Havelock Suburban was lost. The late driver left a wife and one child, who were provided for under the policy against accident which the Department requires all mail-contractors to take out. In March, 1904, floods occurred in the district south of Dunedin, causing interruptions to railway mail-services on the main line, and on the Lawrence and Owaka branch lines. In November last important changes were made in the railway and steamer services providing close through connection between Auckland and Invercargill, which reduced the total time of the journey by south-bound steamer and rail to about fifty-five hours. From Invercargill to Auckland the time occupied is about fifty-two hours. The express daily services between Christchurch and Dunedin, and Dunedin and Invercargill, were, in addition, duplicated. The alterations have provided services which are a marked improvement on those formerly existing. Under the initial arrangement the train from Wellington to New Plymouth was timed to leave at 9.10 a.m., but as this was found to disarrange business in the Manawatu district it was from the Ist March last decided to put forward the time of departure to 7.50 a.m. This involved

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a very close connection for the steamer from Lyttelton, but only on a few occasions during the summer was there any failure. With the beginning of winter, however, the Union Steam Ship Company has found it necessary to withdraw one of the fast steamers from the LytteltonWellington "ferry" service, and to substitute one of the slower steamers of the fleet. The New Plymouth - Onehunga " ferry " service will probably be reduced from daily to four times weekly as from the Ist July. This is much to be regretted. The new train-running made it necessary to provide a night mail staff at the Invercargill Post-office. Following on the extension of railway communication to Omakau (Ophir) on the Otago Central line on the Ist September, 1904, daily mail communication by that route between Dunedin and Cromwell was established ; and the services between Cromwell and Pembroke and Queenstown were improved. Among improvements effected in mail-services during the year were the following : — The delivery of parcels in Auckland City was arranged to be performed by contract. In consequence of an extension of the northern section of the North Island Main Trunk Railway, the subsidised mail-service between Taumarunui and Piriaka was abolished. At the southern end an extension to Taihape admitted of the withdrawal of the coach service between that place and Mangaweka. The mail frequency to Taihape was also increased to twice daily. An additional mail-service, providing a second daily mail, was established between Eltham and Kaponga. The coach service between New Plymouth and Opunake was increased in frequency from thrice weekly to daily; and that between Waiouru and Moawhango was altered by the substitution of Taihape for Moawhango as the southern terminus. On the renewal of the coach service between Springfield and Kumara, the running from Otira to Springfield was increased in frequency from twice to thrice weekly throughout the year, and in the opposite direction a similar increase was arranged for during the tourist season. The Culverden - Hanmer Springs coach service was accelerated. The service between Omarama and Pembroke during the summer, which enabled tourists visiting Mount Cook to travel direct between Lake Pukaki and the southern lakes without deviation to the East Coast, was satisfactorily performed during the summer of 1904-5. The number of contracts for inland mails in operation in 1904 was 647. There were in addition 502 services not under bond. The length of inland postal routes by road (counted one way only) was 11,613 miles, and the total number of miles travelled 2,891,245, at an average cost of 354 d. per mile. In 1903 the respective mileages were 10,569 miles and 2,725,716, at an average cost of 3-57 d. per mile. Ordinary railway-trains with mails travelled 3,573,156 miles. The estimated sum payable to the Railway Department for the conveyance of mails by ordinary trains was £40,000. Ocean Mail-services. San Francisco Service. The San Francisco service, which expires on the 9th November, 1906, has of late impaired its good name for regularity, especially in respect of the homeward voyages. The mails have too frequently been late in reaching London, the delays varying from one day to five days. These delays were not altogether due to the late arrival of the steamers at San Francisco. There have been many delays on the American railways and across the Atlantic from weather conditions and other causes. The contractors are using every effort to assure their steamers reaching San Francisco sufficiently early for the mails to be transferred to the trains for New York timed to leave at 10 a.m. Failure to connect with this train may mean missing the Saturday fast steamer from New "York, and a corresponding late delivery in London. The Twentieth Century express, a very fast train running between Chicago and New York, is now availed of, and as the east-bound trains since the Ist May leave San Francisco at 11 a.m. instead of 10 a.m. it is hoped that the London delivery will be more regular than it has been for some time. On the Union Steam Ship Company's San Francisco contract being cancelled in 1900, and the Oceanic Company taking up the service, there was advisedly no provision for the conveyance of Australian mails, the company being left to make its own arrangements with non-contracting colonies. The Commonwealth applied their poundage rates of 2s. per pound for letters and post-cards, and 4s. 6d. per cwt. for other mail-matter, to the San Francisco service as from the Ist December, 1900, a very material reduction as compared with the rates of 12s. per pound for letters, Is 6d. for books, and 6d. for newspapers formerly paid. The contractors were so dissatisfied that they declined to accept such a minimum payment, and the matter in dispute is still the subject of correspondence. During the Postmaster-General's late visit to Australia he took occasion to confer with the Commonwealth Postmaster-General on the question, in the hope that the service would receive better treatment from the Commonwealth. The service for the collection and distribution coastwise of the San Francisco mails has been performed satisfactorily. Vancouver Service. The contract for the Vancouver service expired in February last, and by temporary extensions is to be continued until August, 1906, at an increased subsidy of £6,000 a year, shared between Canada, the Commonwealth, and Fiji, in the proportion of £3,000, £2,700, and £300.

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Negotiations have been in progress for some time between this colony, the Commonwealth, and Canada, with the object of the service embracing New Zealand. The Queensland Government was desirous of withdrawing, and New Zealand was prepared to take her place and pay £20,000 a year if Brisbane were omitted and the steamers called at Auckland or Wellington at the contractors' option. The Commonwealth Government was agreeable, but Canada was not favourable to the change, although there was reason to suppose that consent would eventually be given. Within the last few weeks the position has assumed an entirely new phase, as the Queensland Government has intimated that it will not be adverse to the continuation of the service provided the subsidy of £10,000 a year is paid by the Commonwealth, as in the case of other mail subsidies, and not by Queensland alone. It is probable that the Federal Government will agree to this, and, if so, New Zealand will thus be effectually shut out, as the service could not take in Brisbane as a calling-place as well as a New Zealand port. The outlook, so far as New Zealand is concerned, in the direction of diverting the service, is now anything but encouraging. At one time there was every prospect of the colony securing it. Further efforts, however, will be made to get the steamers to call at New Zealand. Suez Services. The Federal mail-services performed under contract by the Peninsular and Oriental and the Orient steamship companies between the United Kingdom and Australia expired in January last. The Imperial Government renewed a contract with the Peninsular and Oriental Company for a fortnightly despatch to Australia; but the Commonwealth Government was unable immediately to arrange for the alternating fortnightly service from Australia with either the Orient Company or any other, and for a time forwarded mail-matter at the minimum poundage rates. The Federal Government, however, eventually succeeded in making a contract with the Orient Company as from the 11th and 16th April from Sydney and Naples respectively. The service, which is fortnightly (providing a weekly despatch), is for a 696-hours service for £120,000 a year (against a 662-hours service by the Peninsular and Oriental steamers), and has to be ratified by the Commonwealth Parliament. The contract is operative until January, 1908. The uncertainty of re-establishing a regular weekly contract service between Great Britain and Australia vid Suez resulted in much larger use being made of the San Francisco service for a time. The "Sierra" left San Francisco on the 18th March last with 1,878 bags of mail for all ports, the largest mail despatched by a contract steamer in the San Francisco service; of these, 900 bags were for Australia. As the result of personal discussions in Melbourne in April last between the PostmasterGeneral of New Zealand and the Commonwealth Postmaster-General, there is a probability of the Commonwealth making increased payments to the San Francisco service, and this colony securing the use of the Federal services at Postal Union rates. New Zealand paid the Commonwealth 12s. per pound for letters, Is. 6d. per pound for books, and 6d. per pound for newspapers; while the Commonwealth refused to pay the San Francisco contractors more than 2s. per pound for letters and 4s. 6d. per hundredweight for other matter —a payment wholly inadequate to the value of the service to Australia. Receipts and Payments on Account of the San Francisco, Peninsular and Oriental, and Orient Mail-services for the Year 1904. Saw Francisco Service. Dr. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Payments by weight — On mails from New Zealand ... ... ... 18,467 0 1 On mails from Fiji ... ... ... ... 5664 18,523 6 5 Interprovincial service, mail agents, &c. ... ... ... 4,761 4 5 m ~ , (San Francisco to New York ... ... 4,300 7 5 Transit charges j New York tQ Queenstown 1,822 10 9 ■ —— 29,407 9 0 Cr. Postages collected in the colony ... ... ... ... 14,317 18 5 Contributions from Fiji... ... ... ... ... 56 6 4 14,374 4 9 Net cost to the colony .. ... ... ... £15,033 4 3 1,449,250 letters and post-cards, 729,596 books, and 1,438,332 newspapers were received from, and 1,385,566 letters and post-cards, 222,732 books, and 421,284 newspapers were despatched to, the United Kingdom vid San Francisco. The average time within which mails were delivered by the San Francisco service was— From Auckland to London, 30-78 days, as against 30-22 days in 1903 ; and from London to Auckland, 3055 days, as compared with 30-47 days in the previous year. The shortest delivery was made in 28 days.

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Peninsular and Oriental and Orient Lines (Suez Services). Dr. £ s. d. £ i. d. Payments to P. and O. and Orient lines ... ... 3,649 19 Q Transit charges across Australia ... ... ... 152 19 4 Transit charges across Europe ... ... ... 348 10 6 Gratuities (to and from Australia) ... ... ... 1,993 6 0 — 6,144 14 10 Ob. Postages collected in the colony ... ... ... 1,776 111 Postages, &c, from London and foreign offices ... 1,504 0 11 3,280 2 10 Net cost to the colony .. ... ... £2,864 12 0 The number of letters and post-cards, books, and newspapers conveyed from and to the United Kingdom by the Peninsular and Oriental and Orient packets was : Received —1,014,573 letters and post-cards, 465,906 books, and 1,912,874 newspapers ; despatched—lsB,s92 letters and post-cards, 21,714 books, and 42,970 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 1904 by the San Francisco service and by the Peninsular and Oriental and Orient lines was : — San Francisco Service. P. and O. Line. Orient Line. Max. Mm. Average. Max. Mm. Average. Max. Mm. Average. London to Auckland .. 33 30 30-55 .. 39 37 37-30 .. 43 37 3815 Auckland to London .. 34 28 30-78 .. 43 36 40-07 .. 44 40 41-50 London to Wellington .. 34 31 31-07 .. 40 38 38-67 .. 41 38 39-42 Wellington to London .. 35 30 3183 .. 45 41 42-28 .. 46 37 42-85 London to Dunedin.. .. 35 32 3272 .. 41 38 39-12 .. 44 38 39-25 Dunedin to London.. .. 37 31 33-61 .. 44 40 40-82 .. 45 41 42-29 London to Bluff .. .. 36 33 33-47 .. 40 37 38-37 .. 43 37 38-50 Bluff to London .. .. 38 32 34-36 .. 43 39 40-07 .. 44 40 41-54

The several subsidised sea mail-services, the subsidy-payments for the year 1904-5, the dates when established, and the date on which each terminates are shown below:—

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Service. Annual Subsidy or Payment. Duratioi of Service. Number of Voyages When terminated A^m terminable. Mileage - for Complete Voyage. Cost per Mile. When established. Auckland and San Francisco Auckland and Fiji Auckland and South Pacific islands Auckland and Devonport Auckland and Great Barrier Dargaville and Tangiteroria Helensville and Matakohe Helensville and Dargaville Horeke, Kohukohu, Rawene, Koutu, Rungi Point, and Opononi Russell and Opua Russell and Waitangi Whangaroa (all boating in harbour) Wellington, Ketu Bay, Homewood, Maori Bay (and oiher offices), and Havelock Wellington and Motueka £ s. d. 18,467 0 0 1,690 0 0 1,200 0 0 60 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 450 0 0 147 0 0 Mar., 1870 June, 18S0 June, 1885 Aug., 1863 Oct., 1891 Nov., 1893 Jan., 1881 Jan., 1881 Jan., 1889 Nov., 1906 Dee., 1906 Dec, 1906 Dec, 1906 Dec, 1906 Dec, 1906 Dec, 1906 17 13 12 939 52 52 52 104 52 5,925 2,334 6,992 6 120 46 118 170 48 s. d. 3 8-OOf) 1 1-37 0 3-43 0 2-56 0 9-62 0 1003 0 5-87 0 5-42 1 2-13 102 0 0 10 0 0 44 0 0 Jan., 1889 Jan., 1904 Dec, 1906 Dec, 1906 Dec, 1906 Dec, 1906 156 52 (asrequired) 26 16 14 183 210 0 9-81 0 3-30 f J 700 0 0 (125 0 0 1 137 10 0(») 100 0 0 Dec, 1891 Nov., 1902 Dec, 1906 43 1 0-18 Havelock and Bulwer I Jan., 1904 Dec, 1906 26 64 1 6-83 Nelson, Totaranui, Takaka, and Collingwood Dec. 1906 104 130 0 1-78 Nelson and Croixelles ]80 0 0 I 60 0 0(°) (500 0 0 I 450 0 0(d) 600 0 0 I Jan., 1904 Dec, 1906 52 44 0 6-25 Westport and Karamea Westport and Little Wanganui .. Hokitika, Okarito, Bruce Bay, Paringa, Haast, Okura, and Jackson's Bay Lyttelton and Chatham Islands (including Pitt Island) Lyttelton and Pigeon Bay Bluff and Half-moon Bay i I June, 1886 f Jan., 1895 Jan., 1886 Dec, 1906 Dec, 1906 Dec, 1906 36 12 6 102 I 82 J 384 2 1-13 5 2-50 300 0 0 Mar., 1906 6 1,050 0 1143 225 0 0(e) 245 0 0 (36 0 0 145 0 0(') (300 0 0 ( 234 0 0(e) 4,000 0 0 July, 1886 Dec, 1906 Doc, 1906 156 52 14 48 0 8-57 1 11-56 Bluff and Ruapuko Island I Sept., 1903 I April, 1893 Oct., 1905 April, 1905 52 12 26 208 0 7-07 1 11-03 Bluff and Te Oneroa Interprovincial service in connection with San Francisco line Nov., 1886 Nov., 1906 17 (a) On basis of payment for outi latter carried not to exceed £20,0'0 a y< (b) Subsidy increased by £12 10s. (c) Subsidy increase 1 by £10 froc (A) Subsidy reduced by £50 from (e) First time of treating as a sea (1) Subsidy increased by £9 from (g) Subsidy reduced by £66 fro departments. ward voyage, wb ear. a year from 20tb n 1st April, 190s, i let January, 190c i mail-service, i 28th October, 191 im 1st May, 1904. tioh alone is con itrolled by New Zealand. Payment by weight of rnaili October, 1904, an md Wairangi incl id Nydia Hay included in service, luded in service. 3J. Payments to b< e made in moieties by Marina and Post and Telegraph

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TELEGEAPHS. The total value of the telegraph and telephone business for the year ended the 31st March last, including miscellaneous telegraph receipts and Government telegrams, was £270,660 13s. as compared with £261,941 6s. for the previous year—an increase of £8,719 6s. 7d., or 3-33 per cent. The following is a comparison of the traffic in paid telegrams during the last ten yeara : — Number. Value. 1895-96 ... 1,899,632 ... ... ... £92,289 1896-97 ... 2,285,001 Increase, 2029 percent. ... 97,453 Increase, 5-60 per cent 1897-98 ... 2,469,415 „ 8-07 „ ... 96,537 Decrease, 0-94 1898-99 ... 2,717,548 „ 1005 „ ... 101,104 Increase, -473 1899-00 ... 3,159,093 „ 16-25 „ ... 114,383 „ 1313 1900-1 ... 3,534,444 „ 11-88 „ ... 126,382 „ 1049 1901-2 ... 3,850,391 „ 894 141,581 „ 1203 1902-3 ... 4,271,218 „ 10-93 153,338 „ 830 1903-4 ... 4,671,904 „ 9-38 162,498 „ 597 1904-5 ... 4,900,495 „ 4-89 167,581 „ 312

Telegraph Business. Table showing the number of telegrams forwarded, and the revenue derived therefrom, during the four quarters of the financial years 1903-4 and 1904-5 respectively:—

The telegraph receipts for the financial year, including telephone-exchange subscriptions, private-wire rents, &c, amounted to £250,063 Is. 3-J-d., compared with £237,564 4s. 11-J-d. in 1903-4—an increase of £12,498 16s. 4d., or 5-26 per cent. The expenditure was £258,977 10s. 9d., as against £255,863 Is. 2d. for the previous year—an increase of £3,114 9s. 7d., or 1-22 per cent. There were 7,943-J miles of line and 23,704 miles of wire at the close of the year —an increase of 165 and 773 miles respectively. The net expenditure out of Public Works Fund for telegraph extension was £79,297 15s. Id., as compared with £47,226 19s. 7d. in 1903-4. The number of private wires and subsidised lines was 350, compared with 364 in 1903-4. The amount received for rent, maintenance, &c, was £1,973 19s. 5d., as against £2,018 7s. in 1903-4. The total number of telegraph and telephone offices open at the close of the year was 1,200. Of these, 262 were telegraph-offices, and 938 telephone-offices. The number of telegrams of all codes forwarded during last financial year was 5,159,745 —an increase of 194,548, or 391 per cent., over 1903-4. The proportion of paid telegrams per head of population was 5-75, and 5-65 the-previous year. The number of ordinary telegrams forwarded was 3,720,114, of the value of £126,578 7s. 10§d., compared with 3,603,674, for £123,782 6s. B£d., in 1903-4—an increase of 116,440 and £2,796 Is. 2d. The urgent telegrams numbered 187,027, of the value of £11,894 Bs. 3d.—an increase of 10,251 in number, and £443 17s. 9d. in amount. The average value of each ordinary telegram was BT6d., and of each urgent telegram Is. 3-26 d. 367,066 Press telegrams, of the value of £15,274 19s. 0-Jd., were forwarded in 1904-5, as compared with 364,860, valued at £15,115 19s. Bd., forwarded in 1903-4—an increase of 2,206, or 06 per cent., in number, and an increase of 105 per cent, in value. The value of each Press telegram averaged 9'98d., as against 9-94 d. in 1903-4. The bureau messages numbered 626,288, of the value of £13,833 18s. s|d., as compared with 526,594, of the value of £12,148 16s. 9d.—an increase of 99,694 in number, and £1,685 Is. B£d. in amount. The average value of each bureau message was 53d., as against 5-54 d. in 1903-4. The following figures show the growth of the traffic in bureau messages as compared with ordinary telegrams : — Average Value. Year Year 1904-5. 1903-4. The total number of ordinary tele-) 116,440,0r\ /£2,796, or) „ ..„, qoai grams increased by I 3-23% 226% r' ibd ' B '^ d - relative receipts byThe total number of bureau com-) 99.694,0r| £1,685, [, „, „ ~., munications increased by f 18-93 % j lor 13-87 % I M - o ' o4d '

Number of Telegrams forwarded. E levenue Revenue. Quarter. Year ended Year ended 31st March, 31st March, 1904. 1905. Increase per Cent. 1903-4. 1904-5. SI -w m a S3 o go June quarter September quarter December quarter March quarter ... ... 1,086,890 ,.. 1,069,311 ... 1,215,959 ... 1,299,744 11,142,677 1,134,318 1,280,432 1,343,068 5-13 6'07 5-30 333 £ s. 38,072 6 37,350 18 42,233 3 44,841 5 d. ■ £ s. d. 0 ' 39,262 19 11 7 38,760 4 3 6 43,777 7 10 6£ 45,781 1 7i 312 3-77 3-65 209 4,671,904 4,900,495 4-89 162,497 13 7| ! 167,581 13 7 3-12

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The number of Government telegrams forwarded was 259,250, valued at £20,597 11s. 10d., as compared with 293,293, of the value of £24,377 Is. 7d.—a decrease of 34,043 in number, and of £3,779 9s. 9d. in amount. 61,057 money-orders, for £210,790 7s. 6d., were transmitted by telegraph, as against 54,933, for £187,472 14s.', in 1903—an increase of 6,124 telegrams. The number of paid forwarded telegrams to every hundred letters posted in New Zealand for delivery within the colony was 8-08, as against 8-26 in 1903-4. Telegeaph Messengees' Deliveeies. Telegraph messengers' deliveries (by Departmental messenger) were established as follows : Auckland—Eaglan. Christchurch —Culverden. Greymouth —Totara Flat. New Plymouth— Urenui. Westport—Millerton. Offices opened and closed during Financial Year ended 31st March, 1905. Opened. Akatore, Lauder, Omarama, Tβ Wharau, Baloairn, Lochiel, Otematata, Tokato, Cambridge West, Longbeach, Owaka Valley, Umutaoroa, Oa'gieburn, Maoleod's Terrace, Pirinoa, Waihao Forks, Douglas Road, Mangarawa, Puketeraki, Waikuku, Eiffelton, Maramii, Parekireki, Waimamaku, Flemington, Mount; Eden Railway, Quail Island, Waingaro, Gorge Road, Mount Hercules, Riverlea, Waterton, Hapuka, Ngatira, Roslyn Bush, Wharekuri, Heathdale, Ngaurukehu, Spotswood, Wharerata, Himatangi, Northland, Tahatika, Wnenuakura, Hinakura, Oio, Te Ahuahu, Whetukura, Hinuera, Omakau, Te Akatea, Whitford, Kaikoura Wharf, Omanaia, Terrace End, Willowby. Kohuratahi,

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Summary. Number of offices open on the 31st March, 1904, 1,153; opened during year, 57 ; closed during year, 10; increase, 47. Number of offices open on the 31st March, 1905, 1,200. Ocean Cable Services. There has been an increase of 5 - 89 per cent, in the value of the colony's outward international cable traffic for the year, while the traffic to and from Australia has decreased by 503 per cent, in the number of messages and 809 in value, but this falling-off is probably but temporary. The proportion of cable messages to and from New Zealand transmitted by the Pacific cable exceeds 75 per cent, of the total traffic. The working of the Pacific cable has been satisfactory. Interruptions due to weather conditions and forest fires occurred on the Canadian land-lines, but the delays as a rule did not exceed a few hours. The Pacific Cable Board has been able to arrange with the Atlantic companies for the delivery in duplicate of cablegrams via Pacific to addressees in the United Kingdom. Since early in 1904 the section of the cable between Doubtless Bay and Norfolk Island has been worked by the Wheatstone automatic with much success. The receipts and working-expenses of the Pacific cable for the year ended the 31st March, 1905, are estimated (after six months' working) as under: — £ & Traffic revenue ... ... 80,000 Annuity and renewals ... 112,545 Deficit ... ... ... 82,089 Working-expenses... ... 49,544 £162,089 £162,089 New Zealand's proportion of the deficit of £87,751 4s. sd. on the second year's working of the Pacific cable amounted to £9,750 2s. 9d. The traffic receipts amounted to £79,824. It should be mentioned that the yearly deficit includes a terminable annuity-payment of £77,545, which includes not only interest, but a sinking fund which extinguishes the capital cost of the cable in fifty years. The conference of delegates representing the Pacific cable partners, which has been adjourned from time to time, met on the 21st June instant. Sir Sandford Fleming represents this colony.

Lwatere, Jardiff, Jastle Hill, Ida Valley, Kuripuni, Opitonui, I Piriaka, Thorndon, Waikowhai, Waimatua.

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Cable Business. The number and value of cable messages forwarded from New Zealand during 1904 are shown in the following statement: —

The colony's outward international and Australian cable business, not including Press, for the years 1903 and 1904 was as follows : — International. Number of Value. Messages. £ s. d. 1904 ... ... ... ... ... 22,508 37,994 12 10 1903 ... ... ... ... ... 20,826 35,879 8 7 Inc. 1,682* Inc. 2,115 4 3t ♦ 8-07 per cent. j 589 per cent. Australia. Number of Value. Messages. £ s. d. 1904 ... ... ... ... ... 64,691 12,846 5 2 1903 ... ... ... ... ... 68,120 13,978 1 11 Dec. 3,429* Dec. 1,131 16 9t • 5-03 per cent. f 8-09 per cent. There was a total decrease of 1,747 messages, and an increase of £983 7s. 6d. in value. The forwarded and received cable Press business for the past ten years ended 31st December, 1904, has been :—

ia 'aci. 1C. Ordinary. 'ress. Destination. Number of Messages. Value. Number of Messages. Value. International Australia... 19,202 55,602 £ s. d. 32,722 12 7 10,913 14 10 52 434 £ s. d. 159 18 9 358 9 11 Total for 1904 74,804 43,636 7 5 486 518 8 8 Total for 1903 72,595 39,512 19 2 325 297 0 8 Via Exte; ;sion. Irdinary. 'ress. Destination. Number of Messages. Value. Number of Messages. Value. international Australia... 3,306 9,089 £ s. d. 5,272 0 3 1,932 10 4 88 977 £ s. d. 145 4 0 483 16 0 Total for 1904 12,395 7,204 10 7 1,065 629 0 0 Total for 1903 16,351 10,344 11 4 1,270 938 10 5

Forwarded. Eeoeivei .. Year. Number of Number of Value. Value. Messages. Words. Messages. Words. 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1,168 1,069 1,294 1,154 1,570 1,034 1,420 1,830 1,595 1,551 68,682 92,946 128,839 133,342 182,066 139,295 148,400 202,968 159,732 161,094 £ s. d. 433 13 0 531 4 9 945 4 8 907 7 0 1,800 10 4 1,457 4 5 2,718 12 0 1,772 8 4 1,235 11 1 1,147 8 8 3,926 2,946 3,665 3,599 3,822 4,014 3,989 4,443 5,636 4,488 314,136 285,369 323,617 282,882 298,218 333,300 351,291 396,438 425,824 392,888 £ s. d. 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 2,200 10 6 2,333 10 2 2,169 1 3

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TELEPHONE EXCHANGES. Four new exchanges were opened during the year, and one closed. 1,318 new subscribers were added to the exchanges throughout the colony, bringing the total connections up to 13,423, an increase of 10-89 per cent, for the year. Of the total increase, 595 were added at the four chief centres. There were on the 31st March last 28 central and 57 sub-exchanges, a total of 85 in all. The following is a comparative return of the telephone-exchange connections for the years 1903-4 and 1904-5 :— _ , Number of Subscribers or Connections : Metiange. Maroh 31, 1904. Maroh 31, 1905, Ashburton ... ... ... ... 118 ... 130 Auckland ... ... ... ... 1,707 ... 1,854 Devonport ... ... ... ... 34 ... 38 Blenheim ... • ... ... ... 133 ... 137 Christchurch ... ... ... ... 1,479 ... 1,647 Akaroa ... ... ... ... 36 ... 40 Doyleston ... ... ... ... 7 ... 7 Duvauchelle ... ... ... ... ... 8 Leeston ... ... ... ... 11 ... 10 Lincoln ... ... ... ... 8 ... 6 Little Biver... ... ... ... 8 ... 9 Lyttelton ... ... ... ... 8 ... 8 Bangiora ... ... ... ... 15 ... 15 Southbridge... ... ... ... 6 ... 6 Dannevirke ... ... ... ... 88 ... 109 Dunedin ... ... ... ... 1,579 ... 1,702 Balclutha ... ... ... ... 24 ... 27 Clinton ... ... ... ... 8 ... 8 Kaitangata ... ... ... ... 10 ... 13 Milton ... ... ... ... 21 ... 23 Palmerston ... ... ... ... 18 ... 19 Port Chalmers ... ... ... 21 ... 22 Waikouaiti ... ... ... ... 8 ... 8 Feilding ... ... ... ... 133 ... 45 Sanson ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1 Gisborne ... ... ... ... 281 ... 329 Greymouth ... ... ... ... 183 ... 193 Beefton ... ... ... ... 44 ... 47 Hamilton ... ... ... ... ... ... 66 Hawera ... ... ... ... 143 ... 157 Eltham ... ... ... ... 26 ... 30 Kaponga ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 Manaia ... ... ... ... 18 ... 14 Patea ... ... ... ... 31 ... 33 Hokitika ... ... ... ... 129 ... 132 Kumara ... ... ... ... 10 ... 10 Boss ... ... ... ... 6 ... 6 Invercargill ... ... ... ... 335 ... 372 Bluff ... ... ... ... 30 ... 33 Edendale ... ... ... ... 5 ... 5 Gore ... ... ... ... 83 ... 88 Lumsden ... ... ... ... 16 ... 16 Mataura ... ... ... ... 10 ... 11 Otautau ... ... ... ... 25 ... 24 Biversdale ... ... ... ... 17 ... 16 Biverton ... ... ... ... 18 ... 18 Winton ... ... ... ... 22 ... 25 Woodlands ... ... ... ... 5 ... 5 Wyndham ... ... ... ... 12 ... 12 Masterton ... ... ... ... 155 ... 205 Carterton ... ... ... ... 33 ... 38 Eketahuna ... ... ... ... 18 ... 30 Grey town North ... ... ... 10 ... 9 Napier ... ... ... ... 384 ... 399 Hastings ... ... ... ... 118 ... 185 Weber ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1 Nelson ... ... ... ... 220 ... 251 New Plymouth ... ... ... 320 ... 329 Inglewood ... ... ... ... '18 ... 23 Waitara ... ... ... ... 16 ... 14 Oamaru ... ... ... ... 210 ... 219 Ngapara ... ... ... ... 2 ... 2 Pahiatua ... ... ... ... 79 ... 82 Woodville ... ... ... ... 20 ... 23

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w y. Number of Subscribers or Connections Jixcnange. Maroh 31 igQ4 _ March lgos Palmerston North ... ... ... 264 ... 328 Foxton ... ... ... ... 24 ... 25 Botorua ... ... ... ... 70 ... 91 Stratford ... ... ... ... 98 ... 106 Thames ... ... ... ... 78 ... 82 Paeroa ... ... ... ... 25 ... 29 Timaru ... ... ... ... 206 ... 243 Fairlie ... ... ... ... 12 ... 11 Geraldine ... ... ... ... ... ... 28 St. Andrew's ... ... ... 8 ... 9 Studholme Junction ... ... ... 6 ... 6 Temuka ... ... ... ... 17 ... 18 Waimate ... ... ... ... 29 ... 35 Wanganui ... ... ... ... 425 ... 445 Hunterville ... ... ... ... 5 ... 6 Marton ... ... ... ... 47 ... 63 Okaiawa ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1 Waverley ... ... ... ... 8 ... 7 Wellington ... ... ... ... 2,103 ... 2,260 Westport ... ... ... ... 109 ... 125 Whangarei ... ... ... ... 36 ... 55 12,105 ... 13,423 The connections are classified : Paying, 12,377 ; free, 276; bureaux, 770: total, 13,423. The following are particulars of telegraph and telephone wires, &c, in the colony on the 31st March, 1905, exclusive of those now maintained by the Bailway Department:— Telegraph. Telephone. Miles of lines, 31st March, 1904 ... ... 721$ 31st March, 1905 ... ... 7,943£ 785| Miles of wire, 31st March, 1904 ... ... 22,920$ 9,834| 31st March, 1905 ... ... 23,704 11,028 Increase during the yearMiles of line ... ... ... 164f . 64 Miles of wire ... ... ... 783$ 1,193f Cables — Submarine, 31st March, 1904 ... 283-107 knots. 3-392 knots. 31st March, 1905 ... 283-107 „ 3-392 „ Telephone Bates in other Countries. The following list of rates charged for telephone exchange connections in other countries, extracted from the latest available publications, will be of interest: — New York, for 600 messages a year, $60. (£12); for 800 messages, $75 (£l5) ; for 1,000 messages, $87 (£l7 10s.) ; extra talks, Be. each. For 1,200 messages, $99 (say, £20); and extra talks, 7c. each. Helsingfors (Bussia). —Annual subscription, from £5 to £5 10s. if the instrument and line are hired, and £3 10s. if bought. Workmen and female operators receive on an average 3s. a day of ten hours. Borne. —Subscription, £6 14s. annually, with an extra charge for distances exceeding 3 kilos. (1-8 miles). Workmen's wages, Is. Bd. to 3s. 4d. a day of ten hours. Female operators receive £1 ss. to £2 a month. Florence.—Annual subscription, from £6 10s. for 1 kilo (0-6 mile) to £9 3s. 4d. within 3 kilos. (1-8 miles). Wages same as at Borne. Amsterdam.—Municipal telephone. Each subscriber on entry pays £2 Is. Bd., and £7 10s. per annum. Botterdam. —Entrance fee less than Amsterdam. Private (not business) subscribers pay £5 10s. a year. Capital outlay per wire in Amsterdam, £33 ; Botterdam, £45. Stockholm.—Entrance fee, £2 15s. 6d. Annual subscription, £4 Bs. lOd. for unlimited calls. Average length of wire, 1-3 kilo. (08 mile). Wages, 2s. 9d. to 4s. Id. per ten-hours day. Vienna. —Annual subscription, £8 6s. Bd. within a radius of one mile and a quarter. Female attendants paid from £2 10s. to £3 10s. a month; workmen, 2s. to 3s. a day. Belgium. —Annual subscription, £10 Bs. 4d. Antwerp and Brussels.—Single wire within 3 kilos. (1-8 miles): Annual subscription, £10 Bs. 4d. ; each additional kilo., £2 Is. Bd. For double wires the charge is increased by 50 per cent. Switzerland.'—Annual subscription, £4 and £2 16s. for the first two years, and £1 12s. for succeeding years, a charge of $d. being made for each communication, ' thus proportioning the expense to the use made of the telephone.' Workmen's wages, 3s. to 3s. sd. a day of ten hours. Berlin. —Annual subscription, £7 10s. per instrument. Wages: Female clerks, 2s. 3d. to 3s. a day ; workmen, 3s. to 4s. 6d. a day. Glasgow.—National Telephone Company. Annual subscription, £10 the first year and £8 10s. second year ; or a toll service of £3 10s., and Id. for each talk. Tunbridge Wells.—Maximum rates fixed were those charged by National Company for unlimited users within area—namely, £10 a year within a mile; £2 10s. each additional half-mile.

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In Australian States before Federation and in New Zealand.

Proposed Commonwealth Charges Under Toll System.

Charges in United Kingdom. London.—Unlimited service with two miles, £17 per annum; or toll service, annual subscription, £5, and Id. for each call. Minimum payable for calls, £1 10s. Glasgow municipal rates, £5 ss. per annum ; unlimited conversations. Paris, £12 10s. per annum. Lyons, £10 10s. per annum. Warsaw, £7 10s. per annum. Moscow, £8 7s. per annum. Superimposed Circuits. The Department has for several years been superimposing telephone circuits on telegraph-wires and telegraph circuits on telephone-wires. It is obvious that the use of telegraph-wires for telephone purposes is limited, and nearly all the wires available for this purpose have now been absorbed. Wherever the conditions permit, use will be made of telegraph-wires for telephone purposes or vice versa, either superimposed or on the condenser system. It is intended to give a telephone service between Wellington and Palmerston North on the condenser system —that is, using telegraph-wires both for telegraph and telephone purposes. Certain alterations to the fine will be necessary, but in a few months it is hoped to put the system in operation. There is also in operation what is known as duplex-telephone circuits, and these will be extended where the necessary wires exist. Such a duplex circuit is at work between Napier and Hastings, where four metallic circuit being superimposed on the two metallic-circuit pairs. TELEGBAPH AND TELEPHONE CONSTBUCTION AND MAINTENANCE. New Zealand Cable Services. The cables across Cook Strait, including the Wanganui-Wakapuaka cable, have been periodically tested with satisfactory results. No faults have occurred during the last two years. The cable connecting Island with Stewart Island continues in good working-order. It may be of note that the four CookJ3trait cables are quadruplexed. One is used direct to Dunedin and one to Christchurch. The other two are quadruplexed to Blenheim, and through repeaters .there, Wellington's enabled to work on one a duplex circuit to Christchurch and a duplex circuit to a Greymouth, and on the other a duplex circuit to Nelson and a duplex to Wakapuaka, with Wellington has with these places in the Middle Island, as well as all important towns in the Wellington, Napier, Wanganui, and New Plymouth districts; and also with Auckland.

State. Service for Distances up to One Mile from Exchange. Charge per Annum. New South Wales (Sydney and suburbs) New South Wales (country) Victoria (Melbourne and suburbs) Victoria (country) Queensland (throughout whole State) (Business.. 1 Private residence J Business (Private residence (Business I Private residence (Business (Private residence i One rate up to half-mile (Every additional half-mile I Business 1 Pi-ivate residence (Business I Private residence (Business (Private residence I Business (continuous service) ■j Private (Business (limited service) £ s. d. 9 0 0 5 0 0 8 0 0 5 0 0 9 0 0 5 0 0 7 0 0 5 0 0 6 0 0 1 5 0 6 0 0 4 10 0 7 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 7 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 Tasmania (throughout whole State) Western Australia (throughout whole State) South Australia (throughout whole State) New Zealand

Subscribers connected. Annual Ground-rent. _ _, Extra Calls (each). Free Calls covered by ; Ground-rent. i to 1,000. 1,001 to 5,000. 5,001 to 20,000 to 5,000 ,001 to 20,000... £ s. 4 10 5 0 d. 0 0 300 300 a. a. 0 1 0 1 s. 0 0 d., 0J s. 0 0 d.

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These four cables are equal to sixteen single wires, and a single wire has a capacity in ordinary working of forty messages an hour. When quadruplexed the wire has four times the carrying capacity. The Wanganui-Wakapuaka cable is duplexed, making it equal to two single wires. Trunk Telephone Wires. Contrasted with the use that can be made of a telegraph-wire, it is found that a trunk telephonewire has the very limited capacity of about fifty to sixty spoken communications a day ; and where a telephone circuit, either metallic or single, is carrying that volume of business there is a demand for an extra wire. Where there are other wires on the same poles, efficient communication requires the provision of a metallic circuit—that is, two wires ; and where there is an existing single-wire circuit for any length, and a second one is required, it is absolutely necessary to erect a metallic circuit to have each free from induction from the other. This points to the necessity of charges being made for spoken communications in proportion to the length of wire. This is the practice in England, America, and other countries. In England the charges are 3d. for twenty-five miles, 6d. for twenty-five to fifty miles, 9d. for fifty to seventy-five miles, Is. for seventy-five to 100 miles, and 6d. for every additional forty miles. The time allowed at the above rates is three minutes. With three minutes as the basis of charge it is found from records made here that each spoken communication takes up the circuit for an average of nine minutes. Before the Department extends its trunk-telephone facilities these facts will require consideration, and a preliminary scale of distance rates prepared. On ordinary telephone-lines, which serve the largest number of offices in the colony —namely, 936 out of a total of 1,200 offices—used for the transmission of telegrams, the business that can be done is about twenty messages an hour, while spoken communications between subscribers or telephone bureaux average only six to seven an hour. Cheap Telephone Lines. Every effort is being made to reduce the cost of country extensions, consistent with safety to the public and a reasonable prospect of an uninterrupted service. The cost of poles is the largest item of expenditure, and by the use of a pole costing 10s. extensions may be made for about £20 a mile. Each extension must be dealt with, however, on its merits. Its remoteness from a lineman's station, the character of the country, fenced or open, the number of roads or gateways, whether sheep-country or cropping-country, have all to be considered, also whether long or short cartage of poles and material is necessary. Metallic Circuits. The work of installing metallic circuits to eliminate induction from electric tramways, telegraphwires, and neighbouring telephonic circuits is in progress at Auckland, Wellington, and Dunedin. Materials for Christchurch also are now coming to hand. Wireless Telegraphy. The Department is watching the progress of the system, which has recently been considerably developed; and there can be no question that it has come to stay. When recently in Australia the Postmaster-General of this colony, in the course of an interview with the Commonwealth PostmasterGeneral, discussed the desirableness and feasibility of establishing wireless stations between Australia and New Zealand, and Mr. Sydney Smith expressed himself favourable to the proposition. Since then the matter has been under the consideration of Government, and the Postmaster-General has been requested to make a specific recommendation. For communication with vessels at sea, and outlying islands, the wireless-telegraph system could be brought into use with considerable advantage. Further important developments are foreshadowed by inventors, who, however, are naturally very reticent on the subject; at least, until their latest improvements are open for public use. Electric Tramways and Electric Light Undertakings. The work of the Department under the Electric Telegraph Commissioner, who has the delegated powers of the Board of Control for electrical undertakings, including tramways,"and also the authority under the Electric Lines Act to issue licenses, has been steadily increasing. The tramway undertakings now in existence in the Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin districts include eight Orders in Council, all of which have been reviewed for the Board of Control, and supervision over the electrical conditions of these undertakings is continually being exercised. One of them (the Dunedin tramways) involves a 32-mile transmission-line, in course of erection, at a voltage of 35,000. Up to the present nine licenses have been granted by the Electric Telegraph Commissioner under the Electric Lines Act, and several are now being dealt with. These licenses embody regulations framed to meet the varying circumstances of each instaUation, mainly to secure the safety of the public. The work in connection with this is very great, and involves much consideration and technical knowledge. The following is a list of licenses issued : Bluff, Christchurch, Dunedin, Gore, Hawera, Inglewood, Maori Hill, New Plymouth, Outram, and Beefton. Owing to the many technical branches of electrical work requiring attention, and the rapid growth of all branches of the business, especially in exchange-work, an increase in the superior and technical staff will have to be considered. The Department has officers capable of filling any such positions.

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Schedule of Instruments and Batteries in use in Telegraph-offices.

Auckland District. Construction. The following new lines have been erected during the year : — Miles of Poles. Miles of Wire. Waipa Prison (lead off Waiotapu line) .. .. .. 0 r :l , ; 0 r 3 R Ngaruawahia to Te Akatea and Waingaro .. .. .. 16 16 Auckland to Newton and Mount Eden Bailway .. .. .. 2J Cambridge Sanatorium .. .. .. .. .. OjV, 0-$r Auckland to Warkworth (diversion of Nos. 1 and 2 wires) .. .. 96 Waiotemarama to Waimamaku .. .. .. .. 3J 3J Hinuera (lead off Morrinsville-Putaruru line) .. .. 0J 0| Cambridge to Cambridge West .. .. .. .. 1 1 Auckland to Atiamuri junction (diversion of No. 3 wire) . . .. 156 Tauranga to Te Puke diversion .. .. .. .. 13 26 Paengaroa Junction towards Matata diversion .. .. 18 18 Hamilton to Te Awamutu (diversion of No. 5 wire) .. .. .. ' 18 Auckland - Manukau Heads (second wire) .. .. .. .. 23 For Bailway Department — Paeroa Bailway to Puriri Railway .. .. .. 10J 10£ Totals .. 62* 371£ Bailwav wires ceased to be maintained by this Department from 31st July, 1904 : — Miles of Poles. Miles of Wire. Newmarket-Mount Eden telephone .. .. .. 1£ 1£ Mount Eden and Avondale signal-repeaters .. .. .. .. Of Auckland-Penrose telephones .. .. .. .. .. 1 blocks 1 19} Auckland Bailway crossing bells .. .. .. .. .. Of Greenlane Racecourse platform .. .. .. .. .. 1 Newmarket signalbox tunnel .. .. .. .. .. Of Auckland-Mount Smart telephone.. .. .. .. 7f Otahuhu Railway - Papakura Railway telephone .. .. lOf lOf Tuakau-Whangarata telephone .. .. .. .. .. 2| Huntly-Ohinewai telephone .. .. .. .. 5* 5J Paeroa Bailway - Puriri Railway telephone .. .. .. 10J 10£ Totals 28| 66| The total number of miles of poles and wire in this district, exclusive of those maintained by the Railway Department for their own use, is 2,063J and 5,608| respectively. Maintenance. The. reconstruction of the Auckland - Doubtless Bay section was completed at the beginning of the year. Reconstruction of the section Otahuhu to Hamilton has been finished, and the line from Hamilton to Cambridge rebuilt. These sections are now in first-class order. Nos. 1 and 2 north wires, which originally ran via Helensville, are now on the main line via Waiwera. Another wire from Auckland to Atiamuri Junction (156 miles), taking the place of a wire via Thames and Mercer, has been erected, thus giving another direct wire to Napier and south. The line, Tauranga -Te Puke, has been diverted from the coast to the main road, requiring the erection of 13 miles of poles and 26 miles of wire. The Te Puke - Paengaroa J unction line has been entirely rebuilt and strengthened.

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Inspectors' 3 "a Districts. O S\ - h li o * n° q [ _S I .uckland .. 34 64 Vβ lington 61 151 relaon .. : 9 32 ihristohuroh 101 30 )unedin .. 99 68 Totals .. '304 345 Morse Instruments (in use). I I No. ol Dupl exee. -. t No. of i r NO. Of n,,«rl g S Direct No. of ! &""* No. of O O Sounder Quarts. ; i™°; Autos. a, ■ SetB ' i Sets. 1§ is 33 I Q ] No. of Telephones not connected with Exchanges. STo. of Cells. i : 1 i,i ill J J 0 Q ffl 3! I 13 4 2 10 2 1 14 7 13 18 5 2 9 4 .. 1 3 3 J 5 .. 6 1 2 2 ; l .. 6 1 l I , I 41 J 21 14 41 12 6 I 235 132 115 44 144 5,698 40 274 .. 6 7,771 700 1,130 : 22 38 3,248 .. 541 10 .. !,652 .. 861 552 2 4,474 .. 620 42 4 !2,843 740 j 3,426 626 50 740 I 3,426 12 j 6 670 22,843 626 .

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Maketu-Opotiki line : This line, for a distance of 18 miles along the beach, has been diverted to the main' road. The wholefsection is receiving a thorough overhaul, which will be completed early in the year. Manukau Heads : A second wire, 23 miles long, has been erected on the main south line, for the purpose of forming a|metallic circuit to the junction of the Heads line, thereby eliminating induction. A transformer is inserted at that point, and the circuit continued on the single wire to the terminal office. This arrangement gives entire satisfaction. The Paeroa-Waihi line is being rebuilt, and will be completed early in the year. The Hikutaia Junction line towards Katikati is being diverted to within 8 miles of Katikati, and will run through Waihi, connecting with the new line on to Paeroa, thus providing a much better route. The Cambridge-Te Awamutu line, which carried one wire only and would require considerable attention to thoroughly repair, will be dismantled. The wire has been diverted to the King-country line from Hamilton. Offices. Ten new offices were opened in the district during the year, nine being connected by telephone, and one (Mount Eden Railway) by Morse instruments. Three offices were closed —viz., Waikowhai, Opitonui, and Piriaka; whilst Omanaia was reopened. The total number of offices open is now 271, 50 of which are Morse and 221 telephone. Two offices, Newton and Whakatane, were converted from telephone to Morse, and one, Katikati, from Morse to telephone. The Tauranga, Whakatane, and Mangonui offices have been refitted, whilst those at Dargaville, Cambridge, and Te Awamutu have been fitted with duplex sets, and the Auckland office with two new quadruplex sets of instruments for the purpose of meeting the steadily increasing traffic. Two small offices, Okete and Ardmore, were burnt down during the year, but communication was soon restored. The ceiling of the Auckland operating-room has been raised, and the ventilation considerably improved. Telephone Exchanges. The Auckland Exchange is steadily increasing in numbers, there being on 31st March a total of 1,854 connections, an increase of 147 for the year. Of these, 1,773 are paying, 23 free, and 58 bureaux. There are also 387 extension telephones connected with the exchange. A new section of 300 numbers is being added to the switchboard, which will enable 2,400 connections to be dealt with. 108J miles of poles and 1,951 miles of wire are utilised for the present connections. A new exchange was opened at Hamilton. On the 31st March there were 66 subscribers, requiring the erection of 4f miles of poles and 26 miles of wire. Substantial increases at Rotorua and Whangarei, by 21 and 18 subscribers respectively, have taken place ; whilst all the other exchanges show a slight increase over the number of connections last year. The 7 exchanges are working satisfactorily. The total connections therewith number 2,215 (2,093 paying, 33 free, and 89 bureaux). The poles and wire connected with the various exchanges aggregate, respectively, 138 miles and 2,117J miles Metallic Circuits. On the 31st March there were 285 subscribers connected by metallic circuit. The work on the eastern side of the city, which embraces Otahuhu, Onehunga, Ellerslie, Epsom, Remuera, and Parnell, and most of which required very long circuits, entailing considerable labour, is completed. In the remainder of the city the work will be comparatively easy, and a much larger number of subscribers will be joined up in a shorter time. Wellington District. Construction. The following new lines and wires were erected in this district during the year :— Miles of Miles of Poles. Wire. Inglewood to Halcombe I Part of through wire, Welling-1 .. .. 134J Shannon to Otaki ) ton to New Plymouth .. .. 24 Gladstone to Te Wharau .. .. .. 14 14 Mangatera to Umutaoroa .. .. .. .. 4J 4£ Kilbimie to Maranui (lead off Worser Bay line) . . .. 0J 0J Aramoho to Aramoho Bailway .. .. .. 0J 0J Martinborough to Hinakura .. .. .. .. 14J 14| Waitara to Sentry Hill .. .. .. .... 3f UtikutoOhutu .. .. .. .. Of 1| Ngaurukehu (lead off Mataroa-Buanui line) .. .. 0J 0J Napier to Hastings (metallic circuit) .. .. .... 25 Northland (lead off Wellington-Karori line) .. .. .. 0J Gisborne to Manutuke (metallic circuit) .. .. .. .. 16 Muriwai to Wharerata .. .. .. .... 8 Patea to Whenuakura .. .. .. .... Of Petone to Hutt .. .. .. .. .... 1\

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Co a a truction — continued. Miles of Miles of Poles. Wire. Riverlea (lead off Eltham-Kaponga wire) Napier to Eskdale .. .. .. .... 1 Woodville to Mangarawa .. .. .. .. 2 2 Douglas Road (lead off Toko-Strathmore wire) Wairoa to Opoutama (new route) .. .. 23 46 Telephone exchange to telegraph office, Wellington .. .. .. 0| Napier to Napier Park Racecourse .. .. .... 3 Otaki Railway to Otaki (loop lines) .. .. .. .. 12 Levin to Shannon (new route) . . .. .. .. 9£ 57 Palmerston North to Terrace End .. .. .... 1 Whangamomona to Kohuratahi .. .. .. 4J 4J Ormondville to Whetukura .. .. .. .. 3* 3| Himatangi (bridged across Foxton - Palmerston N., metallic circuit) Transferred from telephone exchange, Napier (for metallic circuits) .. 9f For Public Works Department — Mangaweka to Taihape .. .. .. .. 14 14 Totals .. .. .. ..90 404 Lines dismantled — Whenuakura, from main line to old office .. .. .. 2£ Wairoa to Opoutama (old beach route) .. .. 21 42 Shannon'to Levin (old route) .. .. ..12 72 Totals .. .. .. ..33 116J The above operations resulted in a net increase of 57 miles of poles and 287 J miles of wire, making grand totals of 2,087f miles of poles and 7,330* miles of wire maintained in this district, exclusive of those maintained by the Railway Department for their own use. Ten private wires, principally in outlying districts, have been erected, aggregating 7J miles of poles and lOf miles of wire. Maintenance. The lines generally are in good order, several sections, enumerated below, having recently been overhauled ; but the following sections still need attention : Wairoa-Mohaka, Wangaehu-Feilding, Pakipaki-Waipukurau, Waipukurau-Porangahau, and Otaki-Wellington. The work will be taken in hand during the year. The following sections were overhauled and strengthened with extra or larger poles where necessary : — Miles. Inglewood to Wangaehu .. .. .. .. 120 Nuhaka to .. .. .. .. .. 7 Gisborne to Opoutamaj .. .. .. .. 43 Kaitoke to Upper Hutt .. .. .. .. .. 8 Pohui to Kangitaiki .. .. .. .. 50 Masterton to Castlepoint and Whakataki .. .. .. 45 Gisborne to Manutuke .. .. .. .. .. 8 Wellington to Hutt (partial) .. .. .. .. 8 Opoutama to Mr. Ormond's .. .. .. .. 5£ Nuhaka to Morere .. .. .. .. .. 6f Otaki to Otaki Bailway (reconstructed) .. .. .. 1J I Total .. .. .. .. .. 302f Heavy gales followed by a severe snowstorm in August last did much damage to the line on the high levels between Napier and Taupo. Line faults are still caused by traction-engines andfthreshing-machines colliding with the wires, and also by persons felling trees, or throwing pieces of wire, over the lines. Offices. Sixteen new offices have been opened and three closed during the year. A new Jackknife testboard has been erected at New Plymouth, and the instruments refitted and rearranged to provide room for a forked quadruplex repeater set, which has been installed to work on the Wanganui - New Plymouth and New Plymouth - Auckland circuits. A full quadruplex repeater set has also been installed at Napier for repeating on No. 2 wire, between Wellington and Auckland. A lineman is now stationed at Hastings. A new permanent office has been erected at Eltham, and sledge offices at Te Horo and Kahukura. requiring the transfer of instruments, &c. The name of the Te Arai Bridge office has been changed to Manutuke, and that of Dreyerton to Kopuaranga There are 334 offices in the district—6l Morse and 273 telephone.

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Metallic Circuits. The erection of two additional wires between Napier and Hastings has provided another metallic circuit for bureau purposes, and by coupling this circuit with the previously*existing"metallic circuit, a third metallic circuit has been superimposed on the other two, all of which are" working very satisfactorily and carrying a large amount of work. The section between Wellington and Otaki of the No. 3 Morse wire, Wellington to Palmerston North, and the Wellington-Otaki telephone-wire, have been utilised to install a metallic circuit for bureau purposes between Wellington Exchange and the Otaki Post-office, with intermediate offices bridged across the two wires. Telephonic communication on the circuit, 50 miles in length, is now practically free from induction from neighbouring wires, and the Morse superimposed over these is working very satisfactorily from Wellington to Palmerston North, with Otaki and Levin intermediate. Telephone Exchanges. One new sub-exchange was opened during the year at Kaponga, with 6 subscribers. The exchange at Otakeho was closed. New switchboards have been fitted at Inglewood, Marton, Waitara, and Eltham, and the exchanges at Masterton and Hastings have been refitted. Thirteen telephones were destroyed by fire, 9 of them at Wellington. The exchange at Hawera has been removed to a more suitable and commodious room on the first floor, and a new switchboard installed. Considei able alterations to the lines at Hawera, Manaia, and Okaiawa were needed on account of the operations of the Hawera Electric Light Company. New Plymouth was visited by a severe thunderstorm in August last, and by a whirlwind in December. The former did considerable damage to the switchboard indicator coils and line wires, and the latter damaged the lines considerably. The extensive alterations to the lines in Wellington, on account of the installation of electric tramways, were completed early in January. The subscribers to this exchange continue to increase rapidly, the total number being 2,260, an increase of 157 for the year. Of these, 2,157 are paying subscribers, 49 free, and 54 bureaux. In addition there are 519 extension telephones, making a grand total of 2,779 instruments used. With the addition of the subsection of 300 numbers just received, the capacity of the exchange will be 2,700. The poles and wire necessary to connect the present subscribers total 51f miles and 2,119 miles respectively, irrespective of that connected with bureaux. There are 30 exchanges in the district, all of which are working satisfactorily. The subscribers connected therewith aggregate 5,403, an increase of 535 for the year. Of this number 5,021 are paying, 111 free, and 271 bureaux, connected by 280 miles 67 chains of poles and 4,045 miles 45 chains of wire. Extension telephones at the various exchanges number 793, making a grand total of 6,205 telephones in use. The alterations to the Wellington Exchange building and the installation of the cable-drying machinery therein has been completed, and a large number of poles erected preparatory to the suspension of the lead-covered cables Nelson District. Construction. The following new lines have been erected to connect the offices indicated hereunder : — Miles of Miles of Poles. Wire. Kaikoura to Kaikoura Wharf .. .. .. .. 2 2 McLeod's Terrace (lead off Okarito line) .. .. .... 0£ Heathdale (lead off Brunner line) .. .. .. .. 0* Maniaroa (lead off Tadmor line) Hapuka (cut in on Kaikoura-Blenheim line) . . .. 1 1 Mount Hercules (lead off Okarito line) .. .. .. 0J 0J Totals .. .. .. .. 3J 3-' Lines dismantled— Belgrove section .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 Railway wires, &c, ceased to be maintained by this Department — Greymouth-Beefton section .. .. .. .. 17 26 Westport-Conn's Creek section .. .. .. lOf lOf Westport-Crane Wharf .. .. .. .. Of Of Totals .. .. .. .. 28| 37* The total mileages of poles and wire maintained in this district are 994| and 2,788f respectively. Maintenance. The following sections have been overhauled and strengthened: Takaka-Motueka, MotuekaRichmond, and Hokitika-Kumara. The Ahaura-Reefton section is in course of overhaul. A flying

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overhaul of the Okarito-Ross section has been made, but considerable work is necessary to make the line thoroughly efficient. The Havelock - Pelorus Bridge section was reconstructed, owing to the line having been washed away during a flood in March last year. The encroachment of the Teremakau River on the roadway at several places on the KumaraTaipo section necessitated a deviation of our line at these places. The Haast River signalling-wire, which was washed away, was replaced in a-less dangerous position. Telephones were installed at the Big Wanganui and Wataroa Rivers in place of the bells hitherto used. The lines in connection therewith were also strengthened. The Beefton-Lyell-Longford section requires attention, but the lines generally are in good order. Very few interruptions to traffic have occurred during the year. Offices. Five new offices were opened and one (Awatere) closed, making 158 offices open, of which 23 are Morse and 135 telephone. An extra set of Morse instruments has been put in at Picton to facilitate disposal of the traffic upon arrival of steamers. Several offices have been removed to new premises and others refitted. The Lyell building was struck by lightning on the 25th August last, and the inside of the office, as well as the instruments, and part of the line, was wrecked. Prompt measures were taken to restore communication and effect repairs. The Collingwood office was burnt down on the 7th November. Telephone Exchanges. The exchanges in the district are in good working-order. The subscribers number 901, an increase of 67 for the year. Of this number 774 are paying, 36 free, and 91 bureaux ; 40 extension telephones are in use, making a total of 941 telephones, requiring 64J miles of poles and 436f miles of wire. Christchurch District. Construction. The following new lines and wires were erected : — Miles of Poles. Mites of Wire. Ashburton to Longbeach and Flemington, via Winslow .. 16J . 23f Temuka to Geraldine (metallic trunk circuit) .. .. .. 15 Amberley to Balcairn .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 Woodend to Waikuku .. .. .. .. .. .. 4J Spotswood (fork off Cheviot-Mendip line) .. .. .. OJ OJ Ohoka-Kaiapoi-Woodend (circuit made metallic) .. .. .. 11J Duvauchelle to Akaroa (trunk wire) .. .. .. .. 6 Totals 16f 64f The"construction of the metallic trunk circuit between Glenavy and Waimate to connect with the Oamaru-Glenavy circuit was commenced on the 28th March. The total mileage of poles in the district is 9215, and of wire 3,553f. Maintenance. The overhaul of the line between Timaru and Christchurch has been completed to a point half a mile'north of Rolleston. Every fifth pole is doubled to increase the stability of the line. Four miles of the Bangiora-Amberley line has been reconstructed to give facilities for the erection of additional wires. Minor line maintenance has been attended to where necessary. Offices. Eleven new offices have been opened and one (Castle Hill) closed, a new office in nlace thereof being opened at Craigieburn. A new brick building at Kaiapoi was opened on the 19th December. At Temuka and Geraldine circuits have been rearranged. Those stations now work Morse to Timaru superimposed over the metallic trunk wire, and are no longer in circuit on No. 8 wire. This practically gives Christchurch another clear wire to Timaru. Sydenham has been converted from a telephone to a Morse station. There are 164 offices in the district —61 Morse and 103 telephone. Telephone Exchanges. New sub-exchanges were opened at Geraldine and Duvauchelle. A large amount of reconstruction'work has had to be done in Christchurch City in consequence of the introduction of electric tramways, and also owing to increased business, thus necessitating the use of larger poles. There are 1,647 connections to the Christchurch exchange—l,s63 paying, 39 free, and 45 bureaux— an increase of 168 for the year.

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A new subsection of 450 numbers is being erected, which will bring the capacity of the exchange up to 2,400 KrT"* I 1 f > A 2-horse power motor has been installed to take the place of the gas-engine for charging the batteriea The Timaru exchange has increased by 37 subscribers, there being 243 connections. Ashburton has 130 subscribers, an increase of 12. Other exchanges show slight increases over last year. The total number of subscribers is 2,236 — 2,075 paying, 52 free, and 109 bureaux —an increase of 262. There are 411 extension telephones, 364 of which are connected with the Christchurch exchange. 11l exchanges are working satisfactorily. Dunedin District. Construction. The following extensions have been carried out during the year : — Miles of Poles. Miles of Wire. Kurow to Otematata and Omarama .. .. 32 32 Seacliff to Puketeraki .. .. .. .. .. 0J 2f Invercargill to Winton (metallic circuit) .. .. .. .. 37$ Gorge Road (lead off Waimahaka line) .. .. .. 0$ 0$ Owaka to Owaka Valley, Tahatika and Purekireki .. 13 13 Winton to Lochiel .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 Taieri Beach to Akatore .. .. .. .. .. 7 7 Clinton to Ashley Downs and Clydevale .. .. .. 9$ 15 Omakau to Lauder .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 Oamaru to Glenavy (Waimate metallic trunk) .. .. .. 29f For Public Works Department — Miles of Poles. Miles of Wire. Lauder to Chatto Creek .. .. 13 13 ) ,q, ,qi Heriot to Edievale .. .. 6$ 6s) * - Totals .. .. .. .. 81f 166 The total length of lines at the end of the year was 1,876f miles of poles and 4,422 miles of wire. Maintenance. No interruptions of any consequence occurred during the year. Some 600 miles of line were overhauled. The lines'generally are in good order. Offices. Fourteen new offices were opened and two (Waimatua and Ida Valley) closed, leaving 273 offices open —viz., 69 Morse and 204 telephone stations. ,1 n . -i Telephone Exchanges. A steady increase of subscribers to the Dunedin exchange has taken place, bringing the total connections to 1,702, an increase of 123. Of these 1,641 are paying, 22 free, and 39 bureaux. There are 386 extension telephones, an increase of 50 since last year. Two sections, of 450 numbers each, have been added to the switchboard, which will provide for 2,950 connections. The work of installing the metallic circuit system in Dunedin is now in hand. A large number of circuits should be converted during the year. The subscribers to the 22 exchanges in the district numbered 2,668, an increase of 189. Including extension connections, there were 3,155 instruments. Of the ordinary connections, 2,414 are paying, 44 free, and 210 bureaux. The Oamaru exchange is being refitted with new annunciators. The total mileage of poles connected with the exchanges amounts to 142J and of wire 2,1215.

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Table No. 1. POST-OFFICE MONEY-ORDERS ISSUED AND PAID. Table showing the Number and Amount of Money-orders issued and of Money-orders payable in New Zealand since the Year 1863.

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Issued in the Colony. Where payable. i Total. Commission received. In the Colony. United Kingdom and Foreign Offices. Australia P< and other British >ssessi(>ns. Year. No. Amount. No. Amount. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. I 1_ £ B. d. 1,057 9 ° £ •■ d. 2,201 9,613 11 11 £ •• 4,740 21,944 2 £ ■• d. 21,944 2 1 4,645 £ s- d. 24.145 7 5 11,586 £ »■ d. 55,7O3 1 5 1863 1 1873 3.562 3 2 34,288 142,642 4 10 11,913 48,547 11 48,547 » 4 6,150 28,068 5 5 52,351 219,258 1 7 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 9,022 10 6 9,525 3 8 9,553 o 7 8,541 7 10 8,532 10 5 8,377 6 4 8,696 13 5 8,823 10 o 9,649 14 9 9,452 o o 132,232 402,558 12 11 144,227 430,446 18 10 146,406 439,870 3 9 113,598 412,276 3 o 119,091 426,194 13 9 122,042 432,056 6 2 127,323 458,469 7 7 130,641 472,967 4 7 138,555 504,834 l6 9 140,672 540,763 15 o 26,211 91,634 4 28,712 96,901 14 28,722 95,920 9 : 27,389 87,904 9 : 26,057 84,264 12 26,636 81,488 10 26,206 79,167 o 25,053 74,566 13 26,590 77,48i 2 27,451 78,848 1 91,634 4 7 96,901 14 o 95,920 9 10 87,904 9 10 84,264 12 9 81,488 10 3 79,167 o 4 74,566 13 9 77,481 2 9 78,848 1 7 14,113 I3,"3 13,494 14.693 14.431 I3.7°9 i8,547 20,733 30,094 31,315 46,939 17 11 45,317 12 4 45,604 15 2 47,574 9 11 45,285 6 11 42,451 4 4 51,909 6 10 54.543 3 7 69,674 o o 75,235 7 10 172,556 186,052 188,622 155,680 159,579 162,387 172,076 176,427 195,239 199.438 541,132 15 5 572,666 5 2 581,395 8 9 547,755 2 9 555,744 13 5 555,996 o 9 589,545 14 9 602,077 1 11 651,989 19 6 694,847 4 5 1893 10 10,248 14 5 146,133 576,358 17 2 29,616 86,544 1 9 86,544 [ 9 i' 35,2o8 88,025 s 9 210,957 750,929 5 10 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 M 15 16 10,600 19 7 11,433 13 8 12,67 1 6 7 13,835 15 4 M,747 9 6 15,533 4 6 16,512 12 9 17,518 11 o 14,915 18 2 15,881 18 5 16,385 9 o 1 55,534 608,042 2 11 162,600 635,062 17 11 181,505 717,217 19 1 193,867 762,592 10 3 206,265 798,725 15 8 221,354 864,513 4 9 239,565 95i,86o 7 4 255,344 1,002,056 12 1 258,110 1,014,723 16 0 273.535 1,108.067 5 8 281,655 1,148,226 3 o 28,513 79,348 10 28,882 78,465 o 29,238 82,498 15 31,770 93,649 1 35,377 107,140 7 38,528 122,064 3 40,925 122,934 Io 45,701 125,549 5 : 53,910 138,755 2 63.309 157,789 16 60,490 165,245 o 79,348 10 2 78,465 o 4 82,498 15 6 93,649 1 3 107,140 7 5 122,064 3 1 122,934 Io 4 125,549 5 11 138,755 2 8 157,789 16 o 165,245 o 8 38,631 52,015 58,823 68,002 76,728 84,782 89,344 104,922 55,i87 59,468 65,638 89,392 11 10 99,076 16 8 102,443 I o "4,589 3 5 123,375 4 6 132,230 17 9 140,057 18 9 158,902 3 10 123,580 3 7 150,367 10 8 163,416 4 9 222,678 243.497 269,566 293,659 318,370 344,664 369,834 405,967 367,207 396,312 407,783 776,783 4 11 812,604 14 11 902,159 15 7 970,830 14 11 1,029,241 7 7 1,118,808 5 7 1,214,852 16 5 1,286,508 1 10 1,277,059 2 3 1,416,224 12 4 1,476,887 8 5 Drawn on the Co: on the Colo: iy. Where issued. Year. In the Colon*. United Ki inedom and Foreign Offices. Australia and other British Possessions. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. £ s - d. 9,169 4 6 £ ■■ d. 1,824 o 8 £ »• d. 558 3,077 13 7 3,°4° £ s. d14,070 18 9 1863 2,067 415 1873 34,288 142,642 4 10 1,482 6,625 '4 5 1,668 7,689 6 8 37.438 156,957 5 11 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 132,232 144,227 146,406 113,598 119,091 122,042 127,323 130,641 138,555 140,672 402,558 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 j 15.553 3 11 1 17,679 o 6 ! 20,091 17 4 ! 22,650 1 10 j 23,423 16 2 26,262 14 5 26,887 17 9 27,975 15 5 I 28,518 14 o 29,349 14 7 5,697 23,299 12 11 6,755 27,429 18 6 7,725 3O,7 2 4 6 4 9,545 36,513 3 11 8,963 33.254 2 3 15.365 56,141 4 1 15,859 56,402 1 4 13.33 1 47.890 2 6 13,604 48,700 9 6 11,291 41,064 6 6 141,654 155,517 159,335 129,242 I33,9io 144,450 150,651 151 747 160,069 160,115 441,411 9 9 475.555 17 10 490,686 7 5 471,185 7 o 482,437 17 4 513,728 8 2 541,759 6 8 548,833 2 6 582,054 o 3 611,177 i° ! 1893 14°,"33 576,358 17 2 8,746 32,616 17 2 10,679 40,929 2 5 165,558 649,904 16 9 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 155,534 162,600 181,505 193,867 206,265 221,354 239,565 255.344 258,110 273,535 281,655 608,042 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 1,014,723 16 o 1,108,067 5 8 1,148,226 3 0 9,293 9,938 10,254 10,085 10,671 10,624 10,342 11,082 ii,732 13,035 ".567 33,786 17 6 35.155 7 9 35,553 7 1 35,238 10 3 36,106 9 10 37,290 8 7 36,014 6 3 40,021 14 4 41,370 13 3 49,181 I 3 45,793 1 1 10,690 38,571 3 1 11,520 39,862 18 10 11,507 40,836 4 7 11,407 40,105 I 11 12,753 44,558 10 10 13.399 48,533 15 11 15.271 59.304 9 6 16,688 63,800 4 10 16,527 62,159 i° 8 17,777 68,340 8 8 19,277 71,824 7 5 175.517 184,058 203,266 215.359 229,689 245,377 265,178 283,114 286,369 304,347 312,499 680,400 3 6 710,081 4 6 793,607 10 9 837,936 2 5 879,390 16 4 950,337 9 3 1,047,179 3 1 1,105,878 11 3 1,118,253 X 9 " 1,225,588 15 7 1,265,843 11 6

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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 1903 and 1904.

I ;suED in New Zealand. Where payable. 1903. 1904. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. United Kingdom and Foreign Offices through United Kingdom United States of America Canada Cape Colony Ceylon Fiji Germany Hongkong India Natal .. New South Wales Queensland Samoa South Australia Straits Settlements Tasmania Transvaal Victoria Western Australia 52,172 10,307 535 146 115 94 820 268 513 102 25,650 2,710 10 1,321 35 3,998 in £ s. d. 131,198 2 10 24,090 5 9 2,009 8 2 424 8 2 453 10 2 213 9 4 2,463 18 5 987 2 Q 1,529 13 4 383 13 10 65,341 2 8 8,209 J 6 2 37 9 o 3,447 10 11 123 2 6 8,267 5 7 360 2 o 55,747 4 7 2,870 o 6 49,097 10,507 564 168 122 140 871 378 605 87 28,021 3,189 15 1.515 55 4,270 151 25,247 1,126 £ »• d. 141,033 3 10 21,801 11 5 1,866 4 5 524 18 9 353 1 11 494 13 10 2,389 17 5 1,275 10 6 1,989 4 9 312 14 5 70,002 10 7 91500 8 6 20 8 o 4>°5i 1 1 208 17 6 9,207 16 o 607 2 6 59,366 5 o 3,655 15 o 22,904 966 Totals 308,157 6 8 122,777 126,128 328,661 5 5 iRAWN on New Zealand. 19°31904. Where issued. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. 10,676 35,731 o 11 £ s. d. 34,472 5 6 United Kingdom and Foreign Offices through United Kingdom United States of America Canada Cape Colony Ceylon .. Fiji Germany Hongkong India Natal .. New South Wales Queensland 1,654 364 445 29 501 124 49 269 437 5>9i9 1,132 581 599 61 1,848 824 3,989 1,311 6,867 J 7 9 2,281 2 4 1,916 17 9 44 15 5 1,466 19 10 808 5 5 214 14 10 966 9 11 2,273 16 o 19,798 o 9 4,583 4 9 5,773 17 2 2,142 15 9 282 13 3 8,135 4 4 4,5oi 13 7 13,684 15 10 6,047 4 4 9,334 i> 571 424 444 32 490 135 70 357 36i 5,922 1,198 527 662 51 2,438 830 4,613 1,385 6,228 15 1 2,212 3 5 1,943 3 4 112 6 8 1,673 5 2 661 5 3 289 16 7 1,331 15 2 1,556 18 4 18,654 7 o 4,49° 13 4 4,430 15 3 2.313 " 3 174 1 11 11,633 !9 5 4,422 12 4 15,210 1 1 5,805 12 5 Samoa South Australia Straits Settlements Tasmania Transvaal Victoria Western Australia Totals 30,812 117,521 9 11 30,844 117,617 8 6

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Table No. 3. Table showing the Number and Value of Postal Notes sold from the 1st January, 1886— the date upon which they were first issued— to the 31st March, 1905.

Number of Postal Notes sold. Total. Year. At Is. At Is. 6d. At 2s. At 2s. 6(1. At 8s. At 5s. At 7s. 6d. At 10s. At 12s. 6d. At 15s. At 17s. 6d. At £1. At £5.* Number. Value. 2,379 695 £ s. d. 6,997 5 6 Quarter ended Mar. 31,1886 3,019 2,046 1,012 2,039 969 992 525 2,866 16,542 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 7,969 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 10,172 4,366 23,503 I 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 i 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 8,539 32,696 673 607 431,449 461,447 139,957 4 0 147,686 8 6 1899-1900; 93,762 77,431 44,384 70,416 30,680 63,787 16,957 21,393 33,491 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 43,042 560 490,505 154,434 1 0 1901-1902 49,529 30,255 62,285 70,683 65,467 109,663 92,708 32,128 556 556,316 173,317 5 0 1902-1903 54,268 33,409 70,122 76,613 75,700 119,593 102,641 34,508 48,852 58,629 69,206 558 616,264 191,904 13 0 1903-1904 61,379 37,514 85,909 86,626 89,276 134,270 114,755 38,030 656 707,044 220,069 11 0 1904-1905 65,484 40,263 86,711 96,228 99,739 154,281 130,430 42,317 688 785,347 250,123 7 6 * 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 1904.

Money-orders. Savings--banks. Office. Issued. Paid. "1 . ill Z 8 S. ' < * No. Deposits. (A S-α I 3 5! ! Withdrawals. No. Commission, i Amount. No. Amount. Amount. 8 o ; — <" No. Amount. LUCKLAND Ahuroa Aitutaki Aoroa Aratapu Avondale Awhitu Bombay Cabbage Bay .. Cambridge Clevedon Coromandel Dargaville Devonport Drury Ellerslie Fanning Island Grey Lynn Gumtown Hamilton Helensville Hikurangi Howick Hukerenui Huntly Kaeo Kaihu Kaikohe Kaitaia Kaiwaka Kamo Kaukapakapa .. Kawakawa Kawhia Kihikihi Kiripaka Kohukohu Kuaotunu Mamaku Mangapai Mangawai Mangawhare .. Mangonui Matakana Matakohe Matamata Maungaturoto.. Mercer Mititai Morrinsville Mount Eden ., Mount Roskill.. Newmarket Newton Ngaruawahia .. Niue Northcote Ohaeawai Ohaupo Ohura Oio Okaihau Onehunga Onewhero Opitonui Opononi Otahuhu Otorohanga Pahi .. Papakura Paparoa Papatoetoe Parnell Parua Bay Penrhyn Island Piriaka Pirongia Pokeno Ponsonbv 23.O7I 200 IOI 337 1,005 185 71 211 230 1,568 249 1,244 1,892 603 237 143 '3 1 32 12 2,t6o 490 658 91 36 '.307 217 724 623 668 226 154 555 516 199 142 400 360 588 243 409 233 1,065 208 *75 275 185 498 221 429 121 86 783 1,839 698 19 95 281 263 14 27 13' 947 279 59 239 332: 427 155 338 178 63 536 216 £ s - d. 1,185 ! O 5 16 o 8 19 6 10 15 6 56 5 o 5 6 o 200 7 5 0 626 49 18 0 7 17 6 40 3 0 138 6 6 22 4 6 7 11 6 5 5 0 7 10 6 o 19 6 2 15 o 74 17 6 15 17 o 20 12 o 2 16 o I 2 O 42 18 o 706 23 8 6 71 17 0 44 13 o 1 14 6 6 17 6 4 18 o 17 1 o 14 17 o 7 9 6 4 10 o 11 3 6 11 19 6 17 15 6 6 16 6 42 19 6 12 2 6 71 17 o 6 18 0 680 900 9 14 o 14 12 o 6 11 o 15 2 6 486 3 12 6 31 o 6 69 18 6 20 16 6 1 1 6 4 3 0 10 4 6 916 0 13 6 1 2 6 426 37 17 0 9 13 o 1 18 o 9 18 6 1296 12 19 6 5 16 6 11 19 0 5 13 o 1 18 o 20 16 6 690 060 50 10 6 6 12 6 4 3 6 28 8 6 £ s- d 88,684 4 11:51,073 621 14 1 14 1,680 1 2 72 1,019 l6 3 44 3,679 8 o: 238 253 14 gl 227 163 19 io 1 29 719 15 6 84 694 17 9, 41J 5,927 4 1 896 695 19 7 98 3,948 2 3 645 8,636 11 1 333 1,634 '5 ' 867 736 6 10! 87 526 14 ij 197 620 17 7! 67 17 gj 47 125 18 o| 2 7,324 6 9 1,618 1,643 6 4 227 1,934 11 7 122 215 15 3 106 115 13 2] 2 3,910 12 2| 328 669 13 ii! 52 2,432 18 ij 76 3.354 1 71 74 3,014 17 11 91 163 19 7 10 639 18 o 72 463 18 5 36 1,653 5 loi 191 1.932 19 4 ! 172 655 8 5 97 374 I II! 29 1,118 2 4 89 1.567 7 3! 30 1,833 16 6 76 776 1 9 60 2,026 4 5 56 849 4 6 80 4,671 5 7 158 608 8 6 1 47 597 18 1: 31 1,265 14 7 6b 740 13 11 113 1,440 18 o! 104 740 17 6 13 1,614 9 n 188 274 5 ioj 266 249 4 3! 142 2,496 18 3 608 4,622 3 4 1,804 1,823 5 o 467 144 13 ii : 7 217 18 3 145 917 98 68 891 15 9 97 72 16 5 1 100 00 6 455 10 1 52 2,681 11 71 1,074 902 9 y\ 18 247 16 o 16 1,292 27 60 944 2 6 483 1,592 5 6 149 580 11 10 62 989 18 2 [99 445 9 7i 56 I42 12 10; 14 1,280 10 10 817 562 17 I 23 10 9 6 6 6,210 16 3 71 784 4 3 109 466 16 4; 38 1,736 3 i> 1,518 £ s. d. 191,897 8 2 120 8 2 300 6 4 249 17 4 877 9 5 801 8 9 167 18 2 262 9 3 157 o 7 3,687 9 11 557 12 3 2,284 I2 9 1,653 12 5 2,823 J 3 9 400 15 10 702 17 6 152 5 2 900 6,726 17 10 869 6 1 596 6 3 308 18 7 12 17 6 1,266 9 10 248 14 5 342 9 3 372 o 3 658 4 1 45 i 1 3 3 ID 1 5 214 2 10 708 13 5 1,084 1 7 468 11 6 in 12 6 397 15 3 96 17 6 382 17 10 296 2 11 291 11 o 287 o 3 679 14 10 277 8 1 132 11 7 45O 15 1 406 18 g 324 19 5 96 19 7 775 16 9 993 19 o 480 o 3 2,025 13 4 5,844 l 7 9 1,659 I0 o 21 1 10 476 8 7 319 '3 10 501 6 11 13 10 o 47 IO 3 307 7 2 4,078 13 1 77 19 2 139 o 8 246 5 3 1,688 15 0 760 8 10,' 412 10 7 853 13 "I 211 18 oj I08 13 3; 2,767 II 5 138 17 4 8 9 5 374 16 3; 526 19 11i 132 12 1 4,824 11 0 3.97 6 9 23 58 24 2 23 12 181 19 62 194 45 18 20 293 50 46 in 24 3 1 49 33 21 6 39 49 36 8 39 7 34 11 29.303: 56! 217 622 229 9 156 64 1,180 142 5281 1,218 594 103 224I ioj 8 1,874 446 333 ! 58 3 690 121 193 269 241 37 173 163 344 125 247 80 259 137 211 £ s. d. 549,210 6 2 891 6 7 663 14 o 5,177 19 2 1,307 18 10 139 12 o 1,286 9 2 548 9 o 14,992 10 3 804 16 o 5.33° 16 1 13,494 5 7 2,891 18 9 1,191 15 6J 862 14 5! 28 11 o 128 5 o 25,881 5 7 3,406 o 4 3,589 8 1 308 14 1 3i 3 o 5,971 10 9 844 8 o 1,779 15 o 3,063 14 o 3,368 12 o! 451 9 o 1,782 14 8 1,503 5 o 3,419 13 2 1,941 15 o 1,746 14 6 613 1 0 2,216 18 1 763 5 0 1,724 9 11, 1,646 5 6 2,768 16 0 1,976 9 o 3,97O 7 8 1,030 3 o 432 10 o 1,524 19 8 I,O23 I2 8 883 2 2 766 10 o 3.405 19 3 141 5 o| 320 9 oj 3.922 i 5 13,230 15 4 2,591 13 ij 4,200 '4 25 5 3 6 71 Si 14 48 81 6 71 Si 14 48 81 23 7 6 23 7 6 2 2 no 22 T 7 32 2 14 J 7 10 12 1 17 no 22 T 7 32 2 14 J 7 10 12 1 17 18 18 4 7 5 4 5 3 3 19 6 5 8 8 4 3 11 1 1 4 7 5 4 5 3 3 19 6 |35,589 "66 173 36 58 55 573 75 364 503 139 51 38 '8 7 6 144 122 19 271 28 122 146 126 9 130 68 145 121 105 16 116 59 48 54 5i 55 IS? 53 43 99 5° 75 14 117 25 6 £ *• d. 644,599 16 2 379 10 o 418 16 6 3,468 4 8 246 8 5 43 5 0 746 5 4 296 10 11 12,875 4 10 810 11 9 4,496 3 2 8,462 2 3 829 o 5 792 13 7 574 9 3 34 2 8 22,865 19 7 1,621 9 10 2,620 o 1 123 15 o 64 o o 3,56l 12 I 332 10 11 1.378 7 6 1,874 17 4 2,357 8 4 442 19 o 1,840 9 o 716 o o 3,267 3 9 1,555 3 3 1,055 3 4 244 12 8 1,749 10 10 425 13 1 688 2 7 1,124 17 1 1,193 1 i 394 1 8 2,701 17 10 779 10 3 770 2 2 2,206 12 8 908 13 1 515 6 1 373 7 5 2,634 18 8 96 12 9 11 12 1 1,144 14 o 1,721 15 8 4,108 6 2 22 2 3 37 18 8 23 12 79 127 202 289' 71 7 1 120 5 8 8 20 3 34 2 5 73 233 50 92 135 40 246J 79 50 682 2,387 393 4 3 11 1 1 24 33 24 33 93 '53 193 6 12 28 2 9 15 77 12 4 13 60 77 201 149 3 29 57 508 102 26 62 673J 172 "5 139 168 38^ 1.2491 40: 203 5 o 1,087 16 o 999 18 3 45 o 11 556 8 o 1,069 16 o 5,433 2 91 885 16 0 192 o o; 505 19 01 3,624 9 10: 1,513 10 6 1,037 14 3 1,511 7 2, i,975 13 o! 252 2 o: 5,925 6 8: 457 i* o 2 5 10 1 5 21 4 5' 29 7 3 12 4 1 2 5 10 1 8 62 57 2 7 43 198 46 13 44 187 76 42 112 69 12 3i 7 5 805 7 8 1,005 16 10 69 1 8 59 5 o 614 10 4 2,876 15 9 519 11 o 59 9 o 391 17 1 1,664 12 7 741 12 2 723 1 4 1,186 9 7 11,21 10 4 267 17 2 1,566 l8 4 525 11 10 24 11 J 7 23 2 95 4 33, 4 1 '74 37 5 1,403 218 124 74S ... 95J 16 7 104 6441 145 130 1,067 7,214 15 7 i,i35 17 1 1,374 Io °i 4,617 18 o| 1 21 no 68 21 136 944 10 11 840 11 4 620 13 11 1,609 Io 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 1904— continued.

Money-orders. Savings .-banks. Office. Issued. No. I Commission. Paid. Amount. No. Amount. S 3 V »O = < ° Deposits. I Si < 'ithdrawals. No. ; Amount. No. Amount. Auckland— contd. Poroti Port Albert Puhoi Pukekohe Putaruru Raglan Rangiriri Rarotonga Rawene Rehia Riverhead Rotorua Russell Saies Strand Arcade Taheke Tairua Takapuna Tauraarunui Taupo Te Awamutu .. Te Kopuru Te Kuiti Te Mata Te Uku Tirau Tokatea Tokatoka Towai Tuakau Upper Symonds Street Wade Waerenga Waihopo Waihou Waimamaku .. Waipu Waiuku Waiwera Waotu Warkworth Wellsford Whakapara Whakapirau Whangapara .. Whangarei Whangaroa Wharekawa Whitford Whitianga Blenheim Havelock Kekerangu Mahakipawa .. Picton Renwicktown .. Seddon Spring Creek .. Christchurch .. Addington Akaroa Amberley Ashburton Bealey Belfast Chertsey Cheviot Coalgate Culverden Darfield Dunsandel Duvauchelle .. East Oxford .. Ellesmere Glentunnel Greendale Halswell Hanmer Springs 197 165 55 702 96 241 178 368 226 162 34 3.037: 307 87 2,109 89 597 59 1.277 335 456 913 492 93 28 171 38 258! 227 37° 638 172 93 802 3io ! 29 856 696 no 79 573i 92I 343 103 99 3,160 98 50 11 1.250 3.196 797 119 "3 1.399 119 147 200 17.847 259 500 367 3,99i 57 121 114J 8oot 76 219 158 120 109 261 42 151 £ s. d. 15 15 6 4 15 6 196 24 19 6 3 7O 6 18 6 5 17 o 23 r 3 6 780 4 3 6 o 18 6 91 6 6 976 3 3 6 86 13 o 2126 33 16 6 200 40 15 6 11 90 16 o o 44 18 6 14 15 6 2130 0 19 6 676 1 6 o 8 15 o 16 19 6 12 11 .0 22 17 6 7 10 o 2 17. 6 48 7 6 8 19 6 o 12 o 55 2 6 26 18 o / s. d. 827 15 6 420 2 2 178 4 6 2,095 1° 3 372 1 8 751 3 4 622 11 11 2,665 x II 884 2 O 432 12 IO 67 O II; 9,278 6 4! 945 10 6 218 13 8 6,652 4 3 239 10 8 2,433 14 7 168 16 2 5,019 11 3 1,305 15 o i,737 l6 ° 3,O45 4 5 1,794 16 2 228 1 7 '53 13 1 537 o 2 116 1 2 826 16 o 1,009 19 10 1,276 12 3 1,293 5 1 4 8 4 2 3 304 15 o 3,362 on 1,223 5 3 63 9 6 3,562 10 1 2,242 15 5 327 5 7 274 o 4 1,725 11 2 244 17 1 1,109 2 7 262 7 o 316 11 2 11,716 9 o 263 6 4 391 17 o 38 12 6 4,481 15 9 10,964 19 7 2,572 4 4 366 6 11 354 15 2 4.231 7 « 371 9 1 390 6 6 701 8 4 64,178 14 9 628 4 9 1,615 9 o 1,457 17 10 14.899 17 10 202 3 6 292 7 7 309 10 1 4,213 10 6 280 17 5 723 4 0 494 19 o 365 5 1 4" 9 5 1,085 2 10 145 10 o 39° 14 11 202 5 10 272 16 3 2,437 9 5 28 82 7 321! 65 94 33 366 242 4 7 t.437, no: 29 58 49 47 59 in 133 537 223 156 34 1 47 6 38 25 202 241 78 63 210 59 1 in 178 23 •20 £ s. d. log 13 9 397 13 o 51 12 10 1,362 15 6 138 14 10 555 o 7 102 4 11 2,629 7 9 1,055 12 6 14 3 3 17 10 2 7,498 5 10 498 14 7 65 13 4 211 11 o 90 17 1 176 11 2 172 15 1 536 14 6 1,089 13 10 2,648 14 o 1,412 6 5 1,029 9 11 217 8 o 610 205 18 9 24 12 6 134 14 8 113 16 2 927 11 5 704 11 1 314 2 3 322 6 5 2,464 o 3 279 19 3 500 591 5 3 918 18 10 140 o 9 98 3 4 1,030 4 9 61 10 6 442 o 6 124 1 o 100 18 9 3,882 18 11 302 14 1 3 19 o 6 14 17 62 15 12 20 5 4 246 26 12 73 5 37 4 48 22 57 47 27 6 1 '5 3 ro 5 24 44 11 10 33 8 7 29 52 14 6 66 40 104 109 401 "87 79 121 37 48 1.391 142 93 541 41 275 32 275 124 536 444 137 35 21 138 10 77 7 146 726 101 23 156 59 22 206 385 93 14 497 47 132 67 23 2,126 100 4 6 £ s. d. 541 11 o 1,157 2 O 2,482 15 o 4,078 16 3 954 12 8 573 2 o 1,400 7 0 131 8 o 191 o o 14,217 7 2 1,064 X 3 8! 1,382 11 o 4.544 5 6 297 15 o 1,651 5 10 108 13 o 2,658 3 8 1,487 9 11 6,819 '9 Io 3,766 13 o 2,678 13 6 489 3 o 292 17 o 884 t8 4 66 10 o 659 6 I 357 J 5 o 1.284 5 7 3,165 17 o 928 5 o 230 15 7 2,322 I 9 755 3 ° 189 10 o 4,670 9 6 4,171 9 6 422 2 o 294 3 o 4,138 9 2 649 2 O 711 6-0 172 10 o 363 8 o 28,047 14 10 1,248 14 o 727 5 5 300 3,683 18 o 72,036 11 11 4,028 17 1 367 7 0 52 18 0 7,998 18 o 1,100 8 o 984 5 5 467 18 o 804,789 2 8 852 19 7 11,164 J 6 1 5,382 10 6 40,568 17 6 451 5 ° 609 11 0 2.170 19 3 4.499 " 4 128 11 o 1,691 16 11 846 3 1 1,503 2 9 I.O34 3 2 2.171 17 4 549 13 o 984 8 6 271 4 4 84 2 1 2,535 " 2 I 8 2 18 25 3 5 '5 i| 4 I 2 1271 4 1 3 14 3 7 12 5 no 6 4 2 '4 3 11 6 34 18 15 1 1 I 1 11 1 6 2 15 65 3 1 ! 150 68! 29 no: 19 4 759 1 79 40 19 17 63! 30 102! 63 189 r 45 117 12 16 39! 5 43! 29 34j I7 ! 92 36| J 200! 18 27 130: 18: £ s- d. 199 14 11 940 7 9 981 8 3 2,211 7 2 891 1 5 421 19 5 1,010 15 10 143 1 4 16 o o 12,545 2 7 1,631 7 2 515 19 3 302 18 8 85 10 8 763 15 5 95 10 9 j 1,231 2 10 1,097 J 3 9 5,O35 10 3 3,014 10 10 1,625 X 5 11 208 7 8 228 5 2 • l 737 1 1 50 6 5 296 19 8 135 18 o 1,018 9 10 233 16 7 587 1 7 162 19 8 830 1 6 488 2 2 22 15 0 ! 3,°°3 3 i° • 2,962 7 9 194 6 4 333 11 5 ! 2,272 1 6 432 12 1 625 19 4 63 o 4 232 4 7 21,616 14 3 892 5 1 472 o o 3 4 0 2 12 6 20 18 o 3 13 6 9 16 6 386 2 19 6 121 16 o 2 19 o 8 7 6 076 51 11 6 117 16 o 23 3 6 3 14 6 3 18 o 43 2 o 3 18 6 4 12 o 6 13 o 847 2 6 8 5 o 19 6 o 13 16 6 150 3 6 2 1 6 480, 2 16 6; 25" 4 6j 2 19 oj 7 15 0; 5 14 Oj 3 16 6 3 19 3 7 10 6 1 12 6 3 19 o 270 266 192 i,887 I 7 6 '3 41 541 4° 51 65 31,733 205 227 227 1,468 19 76 26 180 17 99 52 33 44 70 6 39 6 23 187 227 18 119 39 23 1,018 53! 2! 849 17 8 8.335 7 11 807 19 o 44 15 6 206 2 1 2,440 o 10 205 17 8 186 8 5 179 6 o 138,971 14 1 726 16 4 1,075 4 2 854 8 3 5,98o 9 3 96 12 10 279 3 5 242 14 7 1,227 6 0 39 13 5 530 12 10 165 13 7 91 6 10 175 15 4 426 19 7 41 2 6 108 o 5| 35 o 3 89 12 3 861 17 o| 9 12 10 1 263 4 8 2 37 585 45 5 4 96 11 20 6 38i 4.197 366 39 37 676 128 125 85 59,M4 274 574 34 6 3-494 34 134 72 323 22 t l6 540 18 I 8) 49 6 1 2 5.594 10 30 16 260 33 15 7 993 37 3 : 75 3-699 201 10 23 409 37 20 12 52,952 43 282 140 1,870 ' 28 ; 47! 162: 17 38j 34 46; 49 67 11 37 1 r 7, 13 121 2,217 8 o 72,919 8 4 4,592 2 4 139 13 11 213 9 11 7,135 16 0 353 3 4 183 12 6 34 6 10 890*777 4 2 283 10 1 7,061 11 1 4,340 7 7 36,244 7 10 29 0 o 163 10 4 j 1,109 15 o ; 4,343 13 8 96 3 1 387 6 6 830 10 7 701 15 7 726 18 3 i,548 12 3 212 3 5 722 1 0 206 18 1 44 2 3 1,346 18 5 5.997 25 74 38 470 15 9 36 7 21 10 15 19 20 8 8 141 56 142 109 141 5° 104! 37! "5 367 a 3 19 1 5 4 J 0, 9! 12! 2 ; 4 13 49 4i i 2 8 49 672 21 0 0

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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 1904 — continued.

Money-orders. Saving: ;-banks. Office. Issued. Paid. *|i- — < ° i No. Deposits. eposits. Amount. H"3 go < ° Withdrawals. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. Christchurch — eld Hinds Hornby Hororata Kaiapoi Kaikoura Kirwee Leeston Lichfield Street Lincoln Linwood Little Akaloa .. Little River .. Lyttelton Mayfield Methven Mount Somers.. New Brighton .. Ohoka Oxford Papanui Pigeon Bay Prebbleton Rakaia Rangiora Rolleston St. Albans Scargill Sefton Sheffield Southbridge Springfield Springfield Railway Works Springston Railway Sumner Sydenham Templeton Tinwald Upper Riccarton Waiau Waikari Waipara Whitecliffs Woodend Woolston Dunedin Alexandra South Allanton Balclutha Caversham Clinton Clyde Cromwell Dunback Dunedin North Gimmerburn .. Green Island .. Hawea Flat Heriot ■ Hyde Kaitangata Kelso Kokonga Lawrence Lovell's Flat .. Macrae's Flat .. Matakanui Middlemarch .. Miller's Flat .. Milton Mornington Mosgiel Naseby North-east Valley Ophir Outram Owaka Palmerston 106 213 86 656 975 117 419 2,405 136 427 47 276 2,223 38 39° 155 92 69 487 221 87 40 619 1.179 4 1 69 650 98 274 242 885 £ s. d. 3 1 o 7 15 o 2 18 6 25 4 o 28 4 o 4 18 6 14 7 o 92 18 6 5 '4 o 15 7 o 1 12 6 10 1 6 103 2 6 1 13 6 12 18 o 636 3 13 6 230 13 16 o 7 7 6 2 18 6 1 18 6 19 4 o 45 12 6 190 230 21 6 3 4 3 6 8 14 o 8 14 6 31 1 o £ s. d. 379 7 3 610 1 7 317 4 4 2,416 4 8 5,262 10 9 391 8 6 1,477 15 5 6,887 2 7 419 2 6 964 16 5 139 6 8 1,041 13 11 7,769 3 9 98 4 5 1,386 17 7 460 13 7 190 15 3 150 17 2 1,683 IJ 3 573 4 o 358 6 3 116 15 2 2,317 7 1 4,297 12. o 152 10 1 185 3 7 2,513 17 1 3 2 9 16 5 894 2 o 722 11 4 3,686 18 5 2O 49 24 38o 208 44 • 158 51 97 426 20 89 1,083 18 66 29 107 37 201 £ »■ d. 128 5 8 329 19 2 62 1 4 1,407 15 9 796 8 3 116 9 8 546 4 3 146 18 5 413 12 10 i,338 5 6 73 15 8 380 8 3 4,251 15 8 54 o o 304 5 10 97 16 4 540 2 6 129 18 3 857 2 11 636 16 7 193 16 6 139 13 4 781 00 2,773 8 7 55 o 0 53° 16 8 173 4 1 309 4 8 37° 12 3 358 o 9 988 17 8 I 10! 122 65 10 70 88 17 78 4 22 3O5 41 19 28l 5i 158 93 1,186 421 103 469 1,482 145 784 11 205 2,965 61 248 88 I 275 33 226 205 47 23 272 1,709 25 191 89 106 137 223 219 24 £ *• d.j 599 o o 1,342 3 3 1.487 1 o 13,487 o 6 6,602 15 10 913 o o 7,077 8 o 7,967 9 6 894 7 3 3,429 8 8; 153 19 o 4,188 16 0 26,845 15 7 224 19 o 2,960 3 8 841 10 ii| 1,092 9 6 256 4 5 1,999 12 7 1,798 9 7 917 16 1 300 o 6 4,153 3 4 26,770 12 11 391 7 8 245 13 o 1,283 5 6 987 2 5 1,482 7 0 2,656 15 7 2,320 4 2 208 2 O 2 a r 63 34 2 26 8 3 24 4 142 2 7 1 6 19 57 34 508 188 3i 162 38 52 148 76 984 12 86 27 64 21 95 57 6 11 123 893 II £ s. d. 260 3 6 286 19 4 591 7 2 14,334 10 10 4,632 8 8 513 o 6 3,315 8 8 590 12 3 336 3 10 848 15 3 i°3 4 3 1,438 1 2 17,935 12 o 451 2 4 1,582 13 4 548 5 9 323 2 6 212 3 2 1,731 o 10 316 19 4 65 o o 475 3 2 3,141 17 4 20,085 2 7 180 ig o 38 15 o 1,002 18 2 797 29 1,185 !9 6 1,714 15 o 2,127 M 5 5 24 3 l 7 2 172 32 30 209 740 22 34 9 7 43 180 3 24 17 9 14 36 29 1 1 22 . 88 144 27 70 75 77 142 2 2 4 7 c II 7 19 37 58 66 109 74 71 2126 237 8 7 47 193 12 8 5 70 631 13 o 3 26 529 5 9 104 774 37 "5 131 391 354 59 141 9i 251 16,828 1,422 J 74 1.313 651 566 662 956 208 1,890 122 i83 75 282 328 1,812 422 128 1,112 204 255 189 616 402 1,115 103 683 1,160 134 1,651 323 959 I S85 3 15 o 31 5 6 1 12 o 3 16 6 5 II 6 12 o o 12 6 6 1 14 6 3 14 6 3 14 6 8 18 o 75O 4 o 49 8 o 5 3O 42 19 o 25 14 6 18 9 o 18 12 6 31 18 o 5 18 6 76 9 o 313 6 746 1 17 o 9 3O 8 18 6 65 7 o 12 11 o 3 4 6 33 17 0 916 7 ! o 546 17 2 6 12 6 6 37 9 o 466 23 3 6 29 o o 4 10 6 55 o o 9 13 6 25 2 o 29 6 6 266 1 8 2,178 5 9 166 10 3 383 2 8 583 18 11 2,555 12 1 1,272 11 5 147 7 10 289 4 3 351 1 3 646 17 11 58,55O 3 8 5,068 6 9 554 8 2 4,514 12 2 1,784 11 1 1,860 6 4 1,874 9 4 3,155 11 o 793 19 2 4,624 5 9 413 11 11 540 8 o 201 13 6 917 14 10 966 9 5 5,550 11 11 1,294 11 1 421 17 10 3,3io 10 9 734 o 10 762 o 4 647 9 6 2,177 13 0 1,243 5 11 3,54° 13 11 217 16 10 1,775 6 2 6,042 15 7 247 15 11 7,141 17 10 1,134 4 6 2,777 13 7 3,456 9 o 156 768 43 26 79 9i 128 708 10 o 2,73i 17 4 201 16 3 94 3 o 547 r 3 10 483 16 4 5M 15 3 88 12 2 239 8 1 125 1 2 737 11 11 134,204 8 8 1,600 14 2 187 16 1 2,157 17 7 1,821 7 8 509 12 7 825 6 9 1,537 15 7 159 15 11 1,945 16 2 66 4 5 718 2 6 54 17 5 298 o 9 227 15 2 1,120 16 1 324 13 2 130 14 3 2,963 7 7 221 2 7 118 12 3 89 10 5 619 18 6 278 5 10 2,555 4 3 315 2 7 2,632 4 7 1,689 14 o 477 11 7 520 14 3 521 7 2 977 15 1 1,781 3 11 28 147 4 15 13 21 281 i,979 88 134 172 240 267 88 58 109 529 43,383 845 163 681 1,764 179 217 433 63 5,945 30 3°9 21 116 29 i,i75 90 31 93O 160 59 1,131 7 0 10,084 4 Io 482 8 o 1,107 15 o 767 13 1 3,023 14 7 4,325 16 6 6lO 13 2 750 14 o 1,469 2 O 1,949 4 4 602,265 19 4 6,662 1 6 1,100 8 11 11,438 11 11 6,058 7 5 2,436 2 2 2,528 12 0 4,3!7 4 o 497 12 11 36,626 13 2 292 4 7 2,519 12 o 174 7 2 1,017 ° 5 262 2 o 9,627 8 10 999 14 6 209 2 o 10,123 8 o 1,356 9 o 945 13 o 8 39 4 9 1 9i 254 31 59 26 716 2 4 1.261 o 7 214 10 7 1,383 2 3 291 8 1 2,745 16 8 1,935 1 3 1,862 10 2 604 9 9 1,044 15 11 i,535 11 1 644,141 7 7 4,5o6 11 5 584 16 5 8,576 16 8 1,989 18 o i,546 13 9 1,345 8 6 2,050 4 11 523 12 1 12,511 12 9 25 8 6 1,108 4 1 24 16 5 505 16 o 379 5 1 6.262 6 i 482 7 9 X 36 3 11 7,504 1 1 647 4 6 263 14 9 20 39 32 218 33.O55 427 28 676 579 124 242 3°3 63 500 10 197 10 62 47 268 64 32 788 35 27 24 119 52 779 69 756 480 142 115 130 221 427 35 16 6 16 127 4,298 91 14 88 160 26 30 60 9 436 8 29 1 4 13 4 3 9 18 119 82 33 27 53 100 38,O39 243 40 306 209 72 103 "3 39 1,079 9 67 2 4,230 32 5 45 35 17 14 22 9 151 2 15 1 20 7 171 14 98 16 6 7 1 81 3 1 68 5 2 35 20 327 27 12 37 1 20 9 16 23 102 85 100 35 26 52 34 49 89 139 183 793 550 868 374 301 338 202 306 724 2,205 9 5 2,249 3 o 9,793 12 2 1,949 10 o 6,724 7 8 3,819 11 8 915 13 0 3,788 3 6 2,115 3 4 4,824 14 2I 7,830 2 11 4 11 57 9 49 16 4 22 49 80 412 37 244 125 20 98 58 162 720 5- 4 1,730 12 10 7,426 4 1 153 13 8 5,842 13 11 2.419 13 3 99 14 5 1,858 16 9 985 12 3 3,212 18 4 5,635 11 6 32 229

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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 1904 — continued.

Money-orders. Saving! i-banks. Office. Issued. No. Commission. ! \__ Amount. Paid. No. Amount. Deposits. Is I o Mo, Amount. I With §5! <" No. Withdrawals. hdrawals. Amount. Dunedin— contd. Patearoa Pembroke Port Chalmers Portobello Puerua Ranfurly Roslyn Rough Ridge .. Roxburgh .St. Bathan's .. Seacliff South Dunedin Stirling Tapanui Waihola Waikaia Waikoikoi Waikouaiti Waipiata Waipori Waitahuna Waitati Wedderburn .. Gisborne 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 Bluff.. Clifden Dipton Edendale Fairfax Fortrose Gore Half-moon Bay Kingston Lumsden Mataura Nightcaps Orepuki Otautau Pukerau Queenstown Riversdale Riverton Thornbury Waikaka Waipahi Wairio Winton Woodlands Wyndham Napier .. .. Blackburn .. Clive.. Dannevirke 256 150 1,301 47 X 33 358 340 325 805 384 236 718 257 709 196 652 80 435 256 195 323 194 199 4,893 115 165 261 3i8 138 270 4,3°7 426 603 449 226 £ s. d. 6 16 o 4 2 6 54 10 6 1 10 o £ s - d. 886 16 o 570 1 o 3,870 7 11 147 6 10 357 9 1 1,232 14 5 783 13 5 1,094 5 6 3,013 6 4 i,372 8 3 892 19 2 1,884 11 11 697 12 5 2,239 16 9 529 12 4 2,156 15 10 204 9 9 1,630 16 5 769 10 9 684 18 4 1,023 6 10 686 18 3 659 9 1 16,918 9 4 402 4 6 581 13 5 879 11 11 1,243 15 11 519 11 3 819 13 10 16,746 o 8 i,332 13 5 2,035 16 1 1,435 14 9 ggo 19 9 673 1 3 467 19 4 10,035 ° 10 279 18 4 668 12 10 6,273 19 5 219 2 4 2,605 6 4 505 o 9 495 14 5 1,677 5 8 765 15 o 20,852 12 8 2,093 16 10 816 1 10 2,757 11 2 147 16 8 717 11 2 gi5 16 11 234 19 11 946 2 4 10,014 13 1 718 18 4 402 19 9 892 5 10 2,834 5 11 1,517 16 11 3,"3 16 5 1,616 6 10 551 10 2 2,753 3 5 1,184 6 6 2,183 o 3 310 3 4 1,150 17 9 527 17 10 304 12 9 2,139 o 8 448 11 2 2,214 12 8 20,183 14 4 217 5 5 218 5 3 13,587 o n 3° 35 796 28 £ s. d. 157 1 2 125 5 8 2,950 19 3 125 9 5 208 5 10 163 17 5 825 17 II 232 I 8 1,129 8 3 440 2 6 745 13 9 2,805 15 5 351 15 2 706 11 11 316 3 6 402 4 7 28 18 2 681 19 1 223 14 9 403 13 3 414 19 11 377 19 4 136 11 5 8,557 4 2 169 1 ij 122 5 1 239 on 210 7 8! 67 9 8j 170 19 10 12,097 3 3 718 o 3 235 2 3 755 15 4 102 13 11 70 o 2 34 5 o 3,555 3 9 66 18 6 167 0 7 4,821 18 10 176 6 6 1,411 14 II 174 15 5 95 15 8 495 5 1 177 5 10 24,243 11 10 57 1 3 1 184 o 6 1,736 13 1 43 7 8 184 5 6 272 2 5 36 i 5 8 124 16 1 4,952 10 10 179 13 7 15 1 3 730 19 10 850 12 o 373 14 8 546 19 7 669 17 11 80 11 4 1,494 15 6 516 5 3 1,131 18 o 106 10 3 131 9 8 231 10 9 59 18 0 808 17 2 296 15 2 551 o o 32,634 12 5 40 15 11 144 18 6 5,628 8 1 II 166 103 2,146 95 78 35 1,278 62 £ 3. d. i ■ 511 i 9 1 16,388 19 3 875 19 o ' 1,015 J 5 6 i 515 17 o 1 5,436 14 o 563 19 o 6,882 14 I ! 1,346 12 O I I,8oi 4 IO ; 9,084 3 2 1 1,091 12 8 3,106 13 8 1 1,053 9 Io 1,824 5 o 70 6 36 3O 6 17 611 £ ?■. d. 295 15 2 8,631 18 1 260 13 3 341 15 7 151 17 4 1,857 8 5 159 13 8 4,847 19 9 316 16 5 742 12 9 3,201 11 6 1,652 5 o 2,510 2 4 372 18 o 939 o 3 2 19 o 8 14 o 13 19 6 9 5 6 25 11 o 11 16 6 79 47 232 61 223 107 192 740 in 13 I2O 28 55 12 3° 22 15 193 24 194 26 7 10 o 25 16 o 800 20 II O 5 14 0 21 5 6 296 12 12 o 23 174 15 35 15 3i 432 143 179 2,138 126 354 136 «6 3 43 i( 23 10 12 55 381 78 101 39 65 203 84 2,865 55 176 1,710 75 835 100 5 19 o 6 19 6 9 10 6 806 5 o 6 190 18 6 3 18 6 5 15 6 8 3 6 io 14 o 5 15 6 8 16 6 169 5 6 13 17 6 22 17 6 14 13 o 8 1 0 6 17 6 3 5 6 109 16 o 2 4 6 640 66 1 6 290 27 5 6 420 4 5 6 16 7 o 6 12 6 257 5 o 15 19 6 7 18 6 34 1 6 0 18 6 7 11 o 8 1 o 286 880 i°5 13 6 6 3 6 5 13 o 10 12 o 32 18 6 J 5 12 o 30 8 o 17 9 o 5 15 6 29 14 o 11 12 O 24 6 6 3 15 o H 7 0 486 3 5 0 25 11 o 5 5 0 18 9 0 243 4 o 1 14 6 286 118 2 p 197 86 12 201 76 68 88 96 37 i,935 48 22 5 2 52 22 37 2,976 127 74 214 19 19 12 984 22 4 1 1,198 29 332 25 25 120 38 6,476 150 29 495 6 46 46 13 30 1,428 5° 9 200 259 87 135 226 31 375 115 305 41 33 88 19 201 160 23 11 14 9 13 1,138 20 34 39 21 50 680 18 49 62 10 335 12 12 188 62 11 16 30 14 1,231 4 S 3i 77 213 50 81 109 37J 7,369 77 105 178 86 200 4,937 126 257 419 123 64 3° 1,942 73 89 996 20 466 28 106 182 68 9,170 236 171 633 i 2,134 12 2 'I 364 10 o 821 o 5 1 639 11 1 ■j 454 l8 « I 95> T 49 18 6 867 10 0 I 895 16 6 1,249 17 11 904 9 3 2,982 10 6 75,892 11 10 1,809 13 6 3,113 16 6 4,397 9 6 1,695 5 5 689 3 o 218 1 o 23,385 13 9 490 2 9 1,027 5 7 18,314 4 8 332 o o 5,474 o 6 259 3 o 1,323 4 o 1,968 6 3 1,307 10 8 130,811 17 2 2,317 3 5 1,704 18 11 5,676 5 7 21 6 6 6 746 14 18 13 680 28 10 H5 205 43 108 19 54 46 23 5-572 36 108 121 33 95 4,O56 45 96 159 21 35 11 756 30 14 843 18 234 61 85 29 7,567 9i 52 280 2,313 16 9 398 11 8 926 13 3 747 4 0 337 3 3 90,397 10 6 245 6 9 720 1 10 1,138 12 7 310 6 6 895 15 10 86,251 7 10 597 3 11 1,732 8 o 2,341 8 4 341 14 8 267 14 8 154 3 6 14,127 8 4 233 5 8 250 1 3 24,659 10 4 1,046 6 8 4,509 18 4 27 o o 1,101 7 o 1,585 11 8 259 10 o 160,696 1 8 1,867 9 6 1,277 4 6 4,164 5 1 114 474 176 6,197 501 227 812 36 222 233 58 272 3,075 217 156 330 1,066 442 1,037 531 188 881 13 34 21 301 11 89 92 36 207 1,965 77 5° 159 582 139 332 240 57 443 53 563 73 135 7 1 57 383 no 264 11,075 720 16 o 2,125 8 10 448 7 6 1,224 J 5 " 30,254 11 9 452 o o 396 11 6 1,649 7 5 7,699 18 11 1,528 1 9 3,028 14 11 2,293 9 11 463 18 o 5,810 8 10 573 4 o 5,477 14 7 633 1 11 1,003 6 10 876 16 6 975 16 o 4,59° 9 5 1,423 10 6 3,098 7 5 27,251 18 4 17 1,239 25 15 35 6 16 6 97 t 17 27 1 24 25 C 23 13 40 2 8 2 3 30 1 26 i,352 3° 48 10 27 835 19 12 240 16 5 1,285 19 11 184 19 o 286 2 2 21,448 14 11 225 12 4 138 10 5 1,016 19 1 3,623 8 o 223 8 5 2,029 6 7 1,141 3 4 482 14 3 3,573 5 11 838 10 4 2,981 9 2 259 16 11 543 8 10 1,022 9 o 202 18 8 2,860 17 5 532 6 5 2,167 J 6 2 54,761 16 8 29 98 30 43 45 61 73 192 24 120 95 26 162 38 219 21 41 28 10 140 24 102 354 760 113 3D9 140 84 785 161 568 5,688 52 59 3.486 9 57 14 32 10 8 68 13 59 1,363 143 6,643 11 38 1. 531 159 2,698 878 19 8 30,789 8 7 8,572 "60 1,381 600 16 1 19,178 3 5 25 498 8 189

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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 1904 — continued.

Money-orders. Savings-banks. Office. Issued. Paid. sll No. Deposits. '(■posits. Amount. m 111 - si < u Withdrawals. No. Commission. Amount. No. I Amount. No. Amount. Napier— continued. Frasertown Greenmeadows Hastings Hatuma Havelock North Herbertville Kaikora North Kumeroa Makaretu Makotuku Mohaka Norsewood Ongaonga Opoutama Ormondville .. Porangahau Port Ahuriri .. Takapau Taradale Te Aute Tikokino Waione Waipawa Waipukurau Wairoa Weber Wimbledon Nelson Belgrove Bright-water Collingwood .. Motueka Motupiko Rly... Ngatimote Richmond Riwaka Tadmor Takaka The Port Thorpe Upper Moutere Wakefield New Plymouth. . Inglewood Midhirst Opunake Pungarehu Rahotu Stratford Tariki Toko Urenui Waitara Oamartj Duntroon Hampden Herbert Kakanui Kurow Maheno Ngapara Pukeuri Junction Shag Point Thames Golden Cross .. Karangahake .. Katikati Komata Maketu Miranda Omahu Opotiki Paeroa Tauranga Te Aroha Te Puke Turua Waihi Waikino I°5 33 2,687 97 130 91 436 158 103 323 174 659 317 129 5M 346 658 526 268 120 258 no i,432 1,023 799 230 98 4,97 6 70 204 1,067 970 166 189 333 330 126 837 388 136 171 363 5,079 1,487 432I 921 247 3^71 2,820 192 395 177 821 4,442 398 450 222 57 572 174 254 5i 156 3,371 5° i,923 341 508 153 81 119 980 1,646 924 1,528 693 79 4>°34 1,402 £ s. A. 3 9 6 146 97 15 o 2 10 o 546 2 17 o 13 13 o 4 15 o 3 13 o 9 15 o 5 7O 22 6 o 8 11 6 3 7O 16 6 o 10 19 6 24 5 6 18 o 6 10 3 o 5 10 6 7 7 6 2 1 6 43 1 ° 33 6 o 34 4 6 790 3 5 0 196 7 o 246 7 9 6| 41 7 6 33 7 6 6 18 o 5 16 6 13 5 6 9 13 o 3 17 6 26 6 o 14 8 oj 4 17 o 596 14 ii 0 195 7 o 51 7 o 13 1 6 32 6 o 890 13 5 0; 93 1 6 : 630! 12 4 o 5 5O 29 3 6 148 14 6 876 1260 656 1 16 6 15 16 o 620 7 5 0 1 9 6 4 17 o 142 o 6 1 7 6 62 19 o 10 5 o 15 17 0 480 2 14 O 4 IO O 30 0 6 53 13 o 30 I 6 47 2 6 22 11 6 290 135 7 6 45 o o £ •• d. 337 5 4 99 '9 7 8,967 9 4 358 3 7 346 18 10 249 8 11 1,165 5 9 498 o 2 405 6 9 959 11 1 599 3 8 2,132 3 11 1,883 18 7 502 o 3 1,859 4 7 1,218 4 1 2,317 1 o 1,636 3 3 924 17 4 427 2 2 1,003 6 5 392 8 8 6,510 12 1 4,855 11 6 2,935 3 10 579 o 4 382 18 7 16,617 13 3 227 19 3 623 1 1 4,881 16 4 3,365 11 11 943 17 1 435 10 10 1,323 18 2 917 12 2 500 9 10 2,895 11 9 1,157 18 7 411 18 2 397 1 4 1,320 4 8 17,445 9 1 4,883 11 2 1,425 8 10 3,183 1 2 888 4 1 1,206 2 10 10,667 2 1 649 o o 1,346 16 10 436 13 3 2,982 8 6 27,!37 2 7 2,95° 3 4 1,367 10 3 894 6 6 180 12 11 3,O33 13 2 527 14 7 1,003 8 11 162 8 2 373 19 o 12,119 19 10 117 16 4 6,235 10 3 954 4 11 1,428 6 2 438 10 3 242 o 2 590 19 10 3,552 9 o 5,466 2 5 2,838 18 o 4,625 9 o 2,581 6 2 193 1 3 12,410 2 8 4,028 9 2 34 2,O93i 100 20 94 19 1 Hi 7' 38 116 36 24 127 46 390 133 108 162 62 11 780 3 : 3 308 32 20 5,437 30 121 I5 1 332 102 28 266 35 45 220 134 i8| 25 154 5,393 437 8 7 268 74 86 1,123 28 86 £ s. d. 141 I 10 27 o 6 6,819 I 2 46 8 7 384 6 8 87 3 8 347 4 11 in 2 3 26 10 7 335 3 10 274 12 5 481 2 6 172 1 7 114 9 6 516 16 o 203 7 9 1,583 12 8 441 5 i° 352 10 6 467 11 1 226 9 7 33 19 ° 2,466 6 o 893 1 5 i,!35 19 3 118 4 5 141 14 o 21,744 7 4 92 12 6 542 5 I 606 10 6 1,144 12 5 343 12 9 109 11 8 1,269 9 io 148 8 io 455 4 5 1,156 1 1 386 3 0 100 18 6 83 7 5 651 o 6 25,244 17 ° 1,855 17 2 387 17 7 909 11 io 506 11 9 494 8 7 4,747 4 8 100 10 io 357 8 6 202 o 4 1,416 4 6 11,800 16 11 469 14 8 1,156 15 9 342 14 o 182 18 3 739 2 2 241 14 10 112 1 9 69 14 2 688 10 9 10,923 19 9 27 3 o 1,154 18 2 371 1 8 71 12 9 262 15 1 184 3 o 126 5 o 1,164 l6 2 2,656 18 8 2,650 15 7 2,883 I 2 ° 882 I 2 201 17 2 3,979 5 7 340 17 9 23 9 454 3 19 8 24 8 3° 4 1 47 38 21 17 77 47 29 17 25 100 65 79 10 ■782 11 18 75 68 H 11 26 22 10 68 24 19 11 39 756 164 30 65 17 21 302 I 20 71 37 3,278 8 188 5i 170 60 48 211 "3 228! 188 in 143 730 170 247 IOIj 13° '786 570 440 38 6,630 147 177 425 632 121 42 288 186 54 3 6 4 245 107 90 280 5,935 1,409 161 341 108 95 1,968 86 r8 7 80 683 5,586 118 109 '35 29 164 61 £ «■ d. 794 8 6 97 4 o 39,497 12 7 38 9 2, 1.246 o 10; 626 5 1 1,914 2 O 325 11 o 810 13 6; 2,353 4 Hi 1,085 12 4 2.247 8 8' 1,506 16 o ! 1,300 10 o 1,504 7 7 3,530 3 0 2,934 10 o 1,282 7 o 847 5 o: 1,485 12 9 8,285 1 5 7,160 o 1 5,128 16 6 384 5 o ; 113,504 6 o 2,539 13 51 1,644 2 8 6,434 15 10 6,684 7 10: 1,369 o o 1 594 1 0 3,i8o 13 3 j 1,762 3 11 554 8 1 6,923 12 2 2,036 3 1 949 2 7 726 12 1 3,109 14 3 79,527 7 10; 13,988 4 3 1,715 19 1 4,679 13 10, 1,957 4 5 452 12 8 ! 21,359 3 8 795 2 oj 2,OIO 2 II; 476 7 5i 7,187 17 3 86,662 13 o 950 8 2 2,251 14 4 1,336 0 6 1,247 3 o 1,602 13 9 809 3 6 814 13 4 162 19 3 434 2 3 66,011 14 2 189 o o 9,259 17 10 1,226 6 9 1,592 12 2 401 10 o 75 1 o 244 10 o 4,800 2 7 8,692 11 6 11,579 6 o 8,620 3 8 2,476 13 4 89 8 0 29,263 15 5 3,9i4 5 7 11 174 1 5 4 14 3 10 12 14 28 9 17 7 10 '4 8: 9 9 57 25 35 1 707 6 i 10 24 3 2 1 3° 4 5 6 928 95 17 37 3: 15 178 5 14 3 59 707 7 15 7 11 9 11 _ 5! 4 777 1 67 18; 13 6 1 53 72 73 51 27 1 221 24 51 4 1,561 3 65 10 60 22 27 80 63 127 76 67 38 93 74 96 37 51 344 206 203 22 5,610 45 47 164 281 19 32 85 112 15 220 41 12 32 91 5,171 630 88 196 52 56 1,009 44 124 30 278 4,490 36 54 29 15 52 3° 16 36 4,221 575 107 97 34 5 22 243 466 571 412 121 1,568 206 £ * d. 352 2 6 15 5 0 23,389 7 5 101 12 5 772 14 5 84 6 6 913 19 1 148 5 o 839 7 8 1,717 12 10 479 16 7 2,129 o 6 1,314 1 11 1,306 4 1 408 12 8 796 11 7 1,709 17 2 1,083 2 11 557 6 o 642 13 4 4,799 o 6 4,048 19 8 3,704 13 10 297 8 10 128,835 9 6 2,066 13 1 718 17 5 2,919 4 8 5,695 8 o 238 6 7 464 14 10 i,737 3 10 1,426 14 o 216 7 9 5,415 '4 2 317 12 11 136 10 o 605 18 5 1,959 2 II 93,3i6 8 3 11,218 5 4 1,097 4 11 3,265 18 7 831 12 8 1,387 17 1 19,071 17 7 502 9 11 1,660 10 11 461 4 7 3,835 o 4 87,677 2 5 540 4 11 2,032 10 1 847 o 2 123 6 5 1,003 7 5 823 ig 5 162 15 7 28 17 o 323 0 3 81,682 7 ii 106 1 11 6,157 6 7 680 8 10 859 6 3 298 3 7 98 17 10 169 3 o 3,975 II 9 7,624 1 3 9,985 19 3 8,325 1 l 2,235 io 5 10 9 0 24,293 18 4 2,432 17 5 43 347 2,8 4 9| 98 347 4 2 38 151 50 34 16 181 3,100 265 94 20 117 23 22 292 798 736 688 105 822 17 28 10 8 27 21 26 5 9 564 3 130 26 131 22 98 4,208 13 1,131 182 43 9 5 7 52 134 90 119 5i 6 34° 56 15 39 l>4 1,002 745 706 279 22 3,188 585 213 38 952 81 415 93

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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 1904 — continued.

2—F. 1.

''{ Money-orders. Savings■banks. Office. Issued. Paid. Amount. a ■ ||1 Deposits. C i3 s! — %" No. /ithdrawals. No. Commission. Amount. No. No. Amount. Amount. Thames— contd. Waiorongomai Waitekauri Whakatane Timaru Albury Fairlie Geraldine Glenavy Makikihi Morven Orari Pleasant Point.. St. Andrew's .. Studholme Junct. Temuka Waimate Winchester Wanganui A 1 ton Aramoho Awatuna East .. Bull's Castlecliff Eltham Fordell Hawera Hunterville Hurleyville Kaponga Koeke Manaia Mangamahu Mangaonoho .. Mangaweka Manutahi Marton Mataroa Moawhango Normanby Ohingaiti Okaiawa Otakeho Patea Pihama Raetihi St. John's Taihape Turakina Turangarere .. Utiku Waitotara Waverley Wellington Adelaide Road Alfredton Apiti Ashhurst Awahuri Ballance Bunnythorpe .. Carterton Castlepoint Chatham Islands Cheltenham Colyton Courtenay Place Cross Creek Eketahuna Featherston Feilding Foxton Gladstone Greytown North Halcombe Hinakura Hukanui Hutt Johnsonville Kaitoke Kaiwarawara .. Karori Kilbirnie 87 375 417 5,650 298 584 1,055 231 138 180 221 286 373 109 1,363 2,455 105 6,712 145 337 84 8ioj £ •• d2 11 6 13 6 6 12 8 o 209 1 6 8 14 6 20 13 6 34 2 6 5 I0 o 690 506 5 11 o 970 11 14 o 2 13 O 40 6 6 77 9 o 2 18 o 272 3 o 490 11 3 6 2 15 6 28 17 o 440 56 14 6 4 13 6 95 4 o 38 19 o 1 5 o 16 10 6 270 21 8 o 4 9O 540 39 16 0 2 10 6 57 7 o 13 1 0 11 19 3 876 12 13 o 4 16 o 596 36 16 o 076 18 i 6 6 15 o 63 19 6 900 076 12 15 6 8 18 o 29 13 6 1,998 5 6 1296 7 11 6 11 10 o 14 1 o 620 060 5 10 o 50 2 6 090 6 13 o 1 14 o 800 25 9. o £ s. d. 238 19 1 i,I33 17 8 1,257 7 7 39,274 3 8 2,016 6 5 3,062 15 4 4,185 18 4 986 1 2 560 15 5 1,030 15 8 665 11 5! 950 16 1 1,522 10 3 359 o 11 4,699 11 8 17,948 17 7 261 5 5 28,880 17 7 422 18 6i 855 7 1 227 16 7 2,584 8 9] 291 1 9 6,592 8 10 524 18 11 10,776 11 6 5,O33 I2 o 197 13 3 1,714 9 10 349 9 9 1,944 2 6 665 6 7 485 19 10 5,954 l6 7 328 2 4 8,683 7 8 1,343 l6 o 1,681 18 2 641 o 8 1,412 10 11 434 18 8 468 17 o 4,052 18 3 36 16 5 2,591 18 o 558 12 o 8,681 I 5 824 5 9 34 5 o 1,401 13 3 754 H o 3,228 1 10 108,742 19 9 736 16 11 881 3 11 1,910 16 3 1,252 16 4 605 3 7 54 I I 440 5 o 4,889 16 9 40 11 2 774 14 8 122 o o 669 18 4 1,678 3 10 12 95 116 3,325 39 154 391 116 70 65 33 91 107 33 492 721 46 J 7,028 17 127 6 £ s - d. 32 7 6 3M 13 o 657 7 2 19,213 3 4 285 9 o 766 o o 1,781 13 7 889 17 10 260 13 5 423 14 2 133 7 1 837 1 3 544 " 2 162 1 3 2,339 8 11 3,612 o 10 158 19 4 24,575 5 6 122 16 6 432- 2 9 22 12 O 1,170 9 6 81 o o 1,944 l8 5 289 17 7 6,860 o o 1,393 5 2 33 8 11 407 1 5 7 19 o 999 14 2 148 19 o 129 8 2 1,332 19 8 84 o o 4,525 4 11 29 8 3 129 14 6 249 11 2 351 o 3 184 3 2 108 6 6 i,372 3 7 I 18 26 1,139 16 5° 130 15 13 13 8 15 169 97 9,165 7 1 262 1,007 68 53 60 73 117 164 46 1,021 1,463 132 io,343 47 236 £ s. d. 81 3 o 994 o 8 1,280 18 1 156,926 16 4 2,492 1 7 3,715 7 9 14,997 4 9 622 11 3 968 15 3 1,206 10 3 639 11 6 2,454 17 6 1,546 6 9 580 8 6 12,892 5 2 22,570 6 4 1,024 7 I0 148,582 3 10 3°5 12 9 1,445 14 9 9 8 13 974 3 9 93 6 1 6 18 88 49 7,062 16 95 409 36 31 33 34 45 52 15 352 679 67 9,204 28 £ s. d. 122 4 4 1,266 12 8 948 16 7 160,241 15 o 809 19 4 1,711 3 2 12,869 5 1 446 o 10 366 13 11 625 14 3 427 18 9 499 12 5 395 7 2 398 1 11 6,904 13 9 17,175 11 9 1,044 T 3 2 173,856 2 9 223 11 5 363 15 10 2 23 52 7 153 221 10 12 10 1,416 45 121 10 1.773 2 6 3 39 41 421 18 553 68 1,836 358 9 98 3 181 44 37 391 20 1,286 "6g 12 396 66 1,184 114 2,259 564 32 334 17 47 1 2,550 7 2 369 18 o 13,760 4 6 896 17 2 29,890 13 10 5,200 4 2 270 9 11 4,863 14 1 107 3 o 5,990 4 o 4 1 5 98 3 161 229 14 522 3 1 997 189 18 2,384 18 3 60 13 o 11,999 9 11 252 12 10 21,016 8 o 2,198 18 4 140 10 3 4,262 1 10 4 9 3 4,833 6 o 157 i,736 150 2,586 1,217 33 519 90 582 152 159 1,477 90 1,658 407 354 235 446 151 133 1,164 9 736J 201 2,281 265 10 496 276 918 28,463 34 1 227 477 448 157 16 148 i,59i 17 197 38 215 711 7 40 70 80 38 23 363 173 15 352 51 1,185 5 7 47 « 6 1,992 5 10 245 6 o 210 14 332 101 5 66 4 83 9 114 6 175 43 16 24 34 20 21 100 4 35 13 204 24 1 65 589 97 1,168 146 62 154 216 122 75 695 14 142 79 743 i°5 3 72 140 498 6o,539 996 178 158 306 93 1 122 1,266 1 53 38 113 2,062 56 683 568 2,503 977 35 689 263 2 78 1,123 454 102 257 84 10 798 17 5 5,828 11 2 1,154 2 o 11,224 11 6 1,473 18 3 858 19 9 1,312 17 10 1,836 12 5 1,208 12 2 785 o 9 8,035 16 o 13 7 8 1,944 1° 8 390 7 o 10,816 17 5 1,068 5 3 56 o o 729 4 2 1,212 1 1 5,773 12 o 816,727 12 7 3,411 16 o 1,996 4 3 1,095 16 4 2,297 2 2 607 10 o 300 1,228 18 o 13< 1 9 5 9 19 o 658 4 o 269 5 4 1,981 15 4 5,575 7 7 462 18 9 9,584 10 5 5,734 8 7 32,005 10 3 9,242 4 4 264 9 1 5,295 9 11 2,093 X 9 10 7 3O 464 19 o 11,632 17 4 3, 39O 4 1 1,858 7 o 646 11 o 307 8 2 9 13 o 33 8 . 42 1 43 6 49 6 85 5 2 16 15 10 13 45 8 137 1 217 22 297 30 560 29 20 68 92 57 62 324 1 78 1 488 14 3 4,364 18 11 496 7 9 12,159 14 11 349 11 7 192 I 6 1,100 3 8 1,066 18 6 i,539 o 6 1,190 7 7 6,507 17 2 600 1,279 13 4 100 6,119 9 9 522 8 2 106 12 473 78 59 79 189 46,761 39 31 80 214 4 1 1 59 732 3 87 5 37 76 339 16 10 308 15 3 716 4 10 190,244 11 o 146 13 3 220 3 9 285 1 11 802 5 1 167 12 6 018 202 6 6 2,730 5 7 14 9 o 832 3 1 16 14 6 279 9 3 187 19 9 22 3° 64 7.358 7 1 25 33 36 13 1 16 153 13 7 46 7,!75 J 4 9 6 26 3 1 7 58 2 42 76 256 57,839 85 46 104 171 42 2 69 543 2 6 599 15 5 558 3 2 5,908 13 9 907,672 5 6 310 8 3 1,276 10 3 1.081 10 1 2,510 16 10 685 13 8 " 16 6 9 1.082 13 7 10,660 6 o 6 5 2 106 7 4 50 15 10 2,212 6 11 549 12 7 8 8 1 21 136 9 101 65 392 151 7 77 47 1 17 151 42 2 9 16 5 46 149 955 806 3,003 1,614 50 811 372 26 189 858 227 127 121 77 16 3° 19 6 28 1 o 105 18 6 52 7 o 240 25 4 o 13 1 6 o 19 o 560 36 8 6 7 10 o 4 3 6 3 X 4 o 286 o 12 oj 3,217 1 2 2,426 1 4 11,285 o 3 5,204 18 1 192 3 11 2,360 9 7 1,382 2 8 107 10 4 681 19 11 2,995 4 0 615 17 o 423 5 3 256 17 o 180 5 7 55 2 6 313 267 i,95i 481 24 498 138 1,242 13 11 927 18 9 6,409 8 4 1,942 15 7 86 12 4 1,822 15 5 528 2 7 22 28 176 64 8 37 20 339 237 1,214 553 31 311 H3 7,095 10 4 4,923 10 7 28,783 12 7 7,945 13 5 489 17 9 4,686 11 2 1,787 i[ 5 34 3i6 165 12 221 o 6 1,156 18 o 584 I 3 33 I0 o 73 9 3 216 12 3 10 o o 1 44 16 3i 310 141 25 36 13 1 479 12 4 5,275 18 11 1,629 12 2 584 19 2 419 16 II 101 I 5 5OO 22 1 3 18 4 3 o 12 1

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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 1904 — continued.

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Money-orders. Savings ;-banks. Office. Issued. Paid. iJ-2 < ° No. Deposits. 'ithdrawals. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. Amount. No. Amount. Wellington— ctd. Kimbolton Koputarua Levin Longburn Makuri Manakau Mangatainoka Martinborough Masterton Mauriceville West Molesworth St. Muritai Ngahauranga .. Nireaha Otaki Pahautanui Pahiatua Palmerston North Paraparaumu .. Petone Pirinoa Pohangina Pongaroa Porirua Rakaunui Rangiwahia Rongotea Sanson Shannon Taueru Te Aro Te Horo Te Nui Tinakori Road.. Upper Hutt .. Waikanae Waituna West Wellington South Weraroa Whakataki Woodville Westport Addison's Burnett's Face.. Capleston Charleston Denniston Fern Flat Granity Inangahua June. Karamea Longford Lyell Millerton Murchison Seddonville Waimangaroa .. 381 116 I,35O 175 242 261 299 930 3,96o 202 153 1,802 16J 449j 79 1,245 54 2,210 5,953 155 2,034 4 138 375 256 268 244 564 194 992 85 3,586 172 210 115 352 610 152 i,7M 566 61 £ s - d - 1226 3 13 o 43 9 o 5 15 o 566 8 9 6 656 32 18 o 147 16 O; 6 5 6 4 19 6 71 1 o 086 15 16 o 2 14 O 40 15 o I 14 6 64 14 o 224 3 o 5 5o; 74 10 6 020 3 18 6 9 17 6 9 10 6 5 14 6 6 8 6 20 11 o 5 15 o 33 5 6 3 4 0 149 16 o 520 826 3 14 6 12 6 6 19 6 6 4 11 o 65 7 o 15 16 3 1 16 o £ *■ d. 1,201 14 6 329 14 1 4,302 15 5 440 11 8 825 10 9 798 10 6 766 o 6 2,773 15 9 14,735 14 11 537 2 " 425 8 2 5,oi7 3 6 33 12 5 1,142 7 10 257 o 2 3,668 3 6 I5 1 17 7 7,586 2 9 20,477 1 2 384 1 7 5,610 5 4 10 16 10 145 18 3991 68 62I 69! 79! 203, 2,447; 63! 59! 31 20 18 508 13 1,129 5.156 4 1 801 i ; : i 1 £ •■ d. 492 17 8; 81 11 51 1,816 6 8 334 5 11 241 18 7 377 15 10 226 13 10! 935 4 10 8,675 6 7 269 6 3 35 1 1 392 8 11 4 14 2 78 14 11 90 17 1 1,629 4 5 53 19 6 3.956 9 11 18,410 4 o 150 16 10 2,877 I 2 ° 36 22 116 44 8 27 15 63 531 16 13 155 16 287 78 858 255 58 139 156 426 4,030 130 125 2,237 71 242 40 836 63 i,346 6,656 102 4,050 1 53 86 138 9 63 313 116 545 48 7,284 73 146 468 278 123 86 5,865 245 53 951 2,578 £ •■ d. 3,503 10 1 924 17 o 9,187 18 8 1,544 17 5 347 17 3 1,294 3 11 890 19 9 3.944 17 4 48,658 2 11 1,717 1 o 1,865 1 ° 10,327 19 4 197 2 2 !>494 13 ° 324 2 o 5,132 6 10 585 14 3 13,674 8 10 88,563 7 6 1,117 17 11 30,812 14 5 100 18 4 53 22 2 14 4 19 263 6 6 84 23 475 130 18 80 91 190 2,036 59 56 212 £ s- d. I.39I o 5 400 10 6 5,207 10 10 1,022 12 11 195 7 10 685 17 9 956 19 I 1,997 12 1 35,140 14 5 704 9 o 1,267 8 10 1,892 14 3 89 10 10 415 19 9 358 4 8 3,786 19 3 216 18 2 10,655 IO 2 71,718 3 o 190 4 6 20,169 19 10 20 35 2 125 7 192 1,026 15 372 1 I 55 4 98 449 3 129 15 56 15 356 26 559 3,688 32 i,55i 400 9 10 1,573 2 5 952 10 o 614 13 6 967 2 6 1,839 5 9 546 5 5 2,831 4 8 331 19 1 9,958 17 8 556 2 1 781 13 9 275 5 3 1,151 19 o 1,894 14 1 437 5 2 4,420 5 9 1,542 15 10 235 7 6 5,274 14 11 10,618 3 8 139 8 11 i,53O 9 5 223 8 1 876 10 8 4,146 9 7 378 1 3 2,014 14 7 375 9 o 932 18 5 566 1 7 2,566 13 o 2,618 8 2 1,654 8 2 1,132 19 7 1,238 7 9 '64 60] 1] 1 1 - ; 1 1 ; i ; I > ) i 323 19 10 243 I I 4!3 3 4 116 14 7 244 5 3 478 17 4 327 8 4 649 3 4 49 8 6 1,458 o 5 222 14 3 148 6 1 36 13 o 480 6 9 337 13 7 198 4 3 4,393 7 3 293 ° 5 48 7 9 3,353 19 2 8,618 8 8 1690 211 2 8 84 5 6 187 o 11 771 13 4 680 11 9 226 19 o 26 2 o 392 9 11 98 12 5 695 6 3 312 10 5 2,372 6 6 248 3 10 273 3 11 1 9 13 16 323 5 4 1,066 4 4 1,011 4 o 137 11 o 449 14 8 2,543 3 9 903 4.0 4,635 o 3 257 14 o 27,591 8 6 278 10 o 1,800 18 5 1,049 12 o 3,456 o 4 i,243 7 6 1,080 10 1 30,792 8 4 2,717 6 8 151 17 o 10,797 19 9 42,693 1 4 2100 2,986 12 2 240 18 o 1,184 J 9 ° 7,099 6 10 180 4 o 3,460 6 4 252 13 1 724 14 2 185 o o 1,305 14 II 6,004 14 4 2,178 10 5 2,175 1 2 583 18 9 2 3° 45 21 12 366 6 o 542 17 10 216 10 4 179 16 11 22 13 1 1,933 19 10 1,017 Io 7 3,078 4 6 488 11 0 1,619 J 3 10 419 19 0 930 19 4 196 8 4 2,077 16 7 819 4 11 625 15 1 11,374 13 11 2,293 1 6 268 6 7 9,ggo 1 6 55,193 11 4 2 112 1 I9j 39 115 64 202 8 272 26 37 13 134 71 45 1,202 60 1 3 1,191 2,048 5 44 18 49 162 62 66 9 64 16 4 37 52 22 101 2 5i° 14 26 43 36 23 16 556 37 8 1 40 15 18 1 55 4 9 4 4 13 2 185 13 1 69 513 3 132 62 220 26 352 24 38 43 107 80 30 1,313 140 18 486 2,462 1,545 2,986 30 568 70 249 974 100 629 99 261 43 19 o 115 1 6 1 2 6 21 14 o 296 990 39 17 o 386 24 10 o 366 8 18 6 4 16 o 21 14 o 38 o o 15 11 o 12 7 o 9 17 6 114 359 1 55 6 15 70 5 56 13 12 2 388 36 132 782 11 353 70 40 20 14 3 3°i 62 11 53 171 8 88 781 15 6 138 19 2 551 8 5 2,589 12 2 266 18 10 1,776 11 8 43 5 o 169 16 7 78 15 11 i,O53 7 4 1,832 16 6 1,037 9 5 628 6 10 290 10 3 141 647 940 491 347 285 100 65 146 5i 73 2 17 149 23 33 14 93 923 179 223 81 1 2 1 8 35j 12 5 10 6 58 125 49 63 39 I UMMARY. Postal District of — Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth .. Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport 79,187 6,090 42,223 46,362 6,160 9,394 3,484 19,815 21,109 10,326 12,938 6,776 18,711 13,048 26,776 76,567 8,817 £ *. d. 3.473 18 o 206 17 6 1,737 8 o 1,717 11 6 234 2 O 357 2 o 127 3 o 710 9 6 765 16 6 385 18 o 459 12 6 212 19 6 638 12 6 439 10 o 913 o 3 3,673 5 9 332 2 6 £ »• d. 284,017 17 o 19,952 17 10 151,880 13 7 155,686 12 2 21,365 O 2 34,665 17 3 12,542 3 II 64,362 9 I 77,752 15 6 36,020 4 5 45,113 17 10 37,630 19 5 60,453 9 9 77,524 9 4 104,660 17 2 262,244 12 2 31,012 11 10 75,oio 2,814 41,231 44,447 2,168 4,488 1,767 11,196 13,395 7,098 7,972 3.SI3 7,665 5,683 14,040 67,502 2,978 £ s. d. 292,623 18 2 12,405 17 5 177,972 18 3 177,607 18 10 9,536 8 5 17,802 3 o 7-353 2 3 41,125 16 7 56,397 2 11 28,834 5 I0 36,222 12 g 15,804 3 3 28,886 10 2 31,408 1 2 51,820 15 11 266,333 19 11 15,215 6 1 8,213 772 8,610 6,974 !,3O2 1,187 323 2,36O 3,O84 1,198 i>539 973 1,792 1,850 3,3!3 13449 830 62,242 5,653 81,968 69,359 8,015 8,060 1,866 16,387 22,049 9,788 ii,O53 6,453 13,106 I3,7O2 21,248 112,939 5.9" £ : d. 857,732 3 4 87,O37 3 5 1034512 17 2; 1803,587 19 o 1 102,050 2 8 112,719 2 10, 28,978 9 1 217.259 3 6 245,306 13 6 152,012 16 2 '34,149 15 4 95,271 11 11 150,792 19 9! 222,637 i° 9 270,755 11 8 1250459 6 3 71,276 14 6 5,714 625 6,619 5,292 806 881 280 1,692 2,026 819 1.354 766 ! i,435 1.294 2,660 9,366 651 47.527 4,4" 6o, 95 2J 44.757! 5.965 5,223 1.273 10,286 13,393 6,806 7,678] 4,765! 8,815! 8,926 14,194 75,428: 3»2io £ ■■ d. 841,868 6 8 \ 85,571 13 2 1,046,467 5 2 !756,2o8 3 o 93,707 14 o 106,296 16 2 33,189 4 o 215,315 14 5 226,152 18 7 152,753 18 1 136,648 10 2 93,562 3 8 1151,272 18 o 203,916 10 6 266,047 T 7 7 ,i,i89,357 5 8 [ 66,433 4 » 5,664,770 3 9 Grand totals .. 40778316385 9 o 1,476,887 8 5 313267 1,267,351 o 11 57769 469,799 5.836,540 o o 42,280 323609

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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, 1904.

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Postal Districts. Number of Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the ' Year. Number ot Deposits received during the Year. Total Amount of Deposits received during the Year. Average Amount of each Deposit received during the Year. Number of Withdrawals during the Year. Total Amount of Withdrawals during the Year. Average Amount of each Withdrawal during the Year. Excess of Deposits over Withdrawals during the Year. Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits during the Year. Cost of Management during the Year. A verage Cost ot each Transaction, Doposit 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. t >-, £ *• a. £ •■ d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland 119 62,242 857.732 3 4 13 15 7 47.527 841,868 6 8 17 14 3 15,863 16 8 30,588 4 11 8,213 5,714; 35,«46 1,188,265 8 o! 33 3 o Blenheim 8 5,653 87.O37 3 5 15 711 4,4" 85.571 13 2 19 8 o 1,465 10 3 2,966 7 1 772: 625: 4,376 116,659 2 21 26 13 2 Christchurch .. 64 81,968 1,034,512 17 2 12 12 5 60,9521 1,046,467 5 2 17 3 4 .. ii,954 8 o 36,129 o 3 8,610 6,619 47,492 i,377,i95 13 5 29 o o Dunedin 52 69,359 803,587 19 o 11 11 9 44,757 756,208 3 o 16 17 11 47,379 16 o 15 14 2 8,342 8 8 31,322 11 1 6,974 5,292 35,677 1,203,768 14 9 33 14 10 Gisborne 6 8,015 102,050 2 8 12 14 8 5,965 93.7O7 !4 ° 2,664 8 3 1,302 806 4,122 107,541 16 4 26 1 10 Greymouth 10 8,060 112, 719 2 10 13 19 8 5,223 106,296 l6 2 20 7 o 6,422 6 8! 26 1 5 .. 4,210 14 11 4,406 7 6 1,187 881 4,662 170,675 4 41 36 12 2 Hokitika 7 1,866 28,978 9 1 15 10 7 1,273 33,189 4 o 1,901 11 5 323 280 1,708 66,703 7 9 39 1 1 Invercargill 27 16,387 217,259 3 6 13 5 2 10,286 215,315 I 4 5 20 18 8| 1,943 9 ! 9,074 7 8 2,360 1,692 10,458 339,253 15 9 32 8 10 Napier 27 22,049 245.306 13 6; II 2 6 13.393 226,152 l8 7 16 17 9 19,153 14 II! 8,704 17 4 3.084 2,O26J 11,969 341,050 19 ij 28 9 11 Nelson 15 9,788 152,012 16 2 I 15 10 7 6,806 152,753 18 I 22 8 11 .. 741 1 11 6,279 3 3 1,198 819 7.423 237,680 3 11 32 o 5 New Plymouth 11 ",053 134,149 15 4 12 2 9 7,678| 136,648 10 2. 17 15 11 .. 2,498 14 10 4,883 12 9 1,539 1,354: 6,757 181,517 11 10 26 17 3 Oamaru 10 6,453 95,271 II I 14 r 5 3 4,765 93.562 3 8 19 12 8 1,709 7 5 3,767 19 6 973 766 ! 3,871 141,155 4 7 36 9 ,4 Thames 19 13,106 150,792 19 9 11 10 1 8,815 151,272 j8 o 17 3 3 ■• 479 18 3 5,781 15 4 1,792 1,435 8,327 217,525 11 4 26 2 6 Timaru 14 ! 13,702 222,637 10 9 16 5 o 8,926 203,916 10 6 22 16 11 18,721 03 6,924 o 1 1,850 1,294 7,767 274.556 8 9 35 7 o Wanganui 33 21,248 270,755 11 8 12 14 10 14.194 266,047 17 7 18 14 10 4,707 14 1 8,796 17 6 3,313 2,66o| 13,073 336,546 1 6 25 14 10 Wellington 72 112,939 1,250,459 6 3 11 1 5 75,428 i.i89,357 5 8 15 15 4 61,102 07 33,888 4 3 13.449 9,366! 52,420 1,349,925 8 3 25 15 1 Westport 16 5,9" 71,276 14 6 : 12 1 2 3,210 66,433 4 n 2O 13 II 4,843 97 2,850 17 11 830 651 3,216 111,361 9 2] 34 12 7 Totals for Colony in 1904 .. 5io 469,799 5,836,540 o o 12 8 6 323,609 5,664,770 3 gj 17 10 i! 171,769 16 3 16,000 o 4'84 200,930 6 i 57,769 42,280 259.164! 7,761,382 o 11 29 18 II

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Table No. 5.— POST-OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS. -GENERAL STATEMENT.— continued. 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, 1904— continued.

Number of PostOfficc Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Year. Number of Deposits received duringthe Year. Total Amount of Deposits received during the Year. Average Amount of Number each of With- j Total Amount of Deposit drawals I Withdrawals received during ' during the Year, during the ' the Year. Year. Average Amount of each Withdrawal during the Year. Excess of Deposits over Withdrawals during the Year. W*,=a,s Ma°naf 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. Totals for Colony in 1904 .. 1903 •• 1902 .. 1901 .. 1900 .. 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 510 493 481 466 445 427 409 388 37 1 357 348 327 318 311 296 294 290 283 271 256 243 222 £ s. d. £ s. d. 469,799 5,836,540 o o 12 8 6 444,510! 5,661,592 15 2 12 14 9 411,215 5,069,619 6 2 12 6 7 380,808 4,611,456 6 1 12 2 2 347,056 4,170,428 15 3 12 o 4 313,783; 3,644,980 9 10 11 12 4 281,7491 3,279,611 7 5 11 12 10 267,615 3,187,219 2 4 11 18 2 242,283; 2,881,152 16 3 11 17 10 217,393 2,794,506 16 o 12 17 1 204,545 2,252,862 6 11 11 o 3 202,276 2,386,089 10 7 11 15 11 186,945 1,878,270 6 4 10 on 176,9711 1,842,987 15 2 10 8 3 162,938 1,658,543 3 5 10 3 6 153,920 1,515,281 11 3 9 16 10 145,355 1,544,747 7 « i° 12 6 136,197! 1,312,151 15 9 12 8 137,989! 1,248,405 6 11 9 on 131,373: i,34i,ooi 3 2 10 4 1 129,279! 1,227,909 11 4 9 9 11 127,609 1,178,474 41948 129,952' 1,325,852 2 11 10 4 o 125,855 1,189,012 27 9 8 11 81,660 864,441 18 10 10 11 9 71,865 812,399 11 11 11 6 1 69,908] 762,084 12 o 10 18 o 6°,953 681,294 T 3 2 rI 36 57,295 664,134 12 6 11 11 9 56,129 657,653 4 o 11 14 4 52,627: 699,249 14 3 13 5 8 39,223: 580,542 5 5 14 16 2 31,681 430,877 o o 13 12 o 24,642] 312,338 18 4 12 13 6 20,489; 264,328 5 7 12 18 o 17,133 240,898 5 9 14 1 2 13,0141 194,535 11 6 14 18 11 6,977 96,372 7 10 13 16 3 323,609 301,076 273,454 247,854 227,079 206, 940 196,764 179,555 167,248 159,904 152,136 1 36,739 120,628 111,603 106,868 99,185 96,204 89,962 89,182 84,832 80,800 78,405 69,308 60, 137 57>446 54,698 42,746 39,363 39,486 36,977 29,778 21,268 £ s. d. £ s. d. 5.664.770 3 9 17 10 1 5,343,828 5 o 17 15 o 4.708.771 11 2 17 4 5 4,230,193 6 2 17 1 4 3,827,416 7 3 16 17 1 3,417,298 19 8 16 10 3 3,194,893 16 7 16 4 9 2,891,169 5 8 16 2 Oi 2,591,558 19 4 15 9 10 2,369,333 6 7 14 16 4 2,268,624 8 4 14 18 3 2,122,521 16 8 15 10 5 1,821,348 18 1 15 2 o 1,693,515 9 3 15 3 5 j>500.437 9 5 14 o 9 1,457,081 5 o 14 13 9 1,387,471 1 10 14 8 5 1,182,409 7 6 13 2 10 1,336,287 6 4 14 19 8 1,264,305 8 3 14 18 o 1,195,931 o 11 14 16 o 1,295,719 18 3 16 10 6 1,142,599 o 1 16 9 8 902,195 1 8 15 o ij 780,504 13 4 13 11 8 876,180 19 3 16 o 4 742,053 14 3 17 7 2 667,023 7 5 16 18 10 696,281 7 4 17 12 8 729,759 17 9 19 14 8 620,155 8 9 20 16 5 425,908 3 5 20 o 5 313,176 7 11 18 3 o 261,347 16 3 17 13 9 209,509 13 2 17 11 1 180,518 4 i! 19 8 7 107,094 17 3 16 16 6 26,415 18 9 1315 3 £ s. d. £ s. d. 171,769 16 3 317,764 10 2 360,847 15 o 381,262 19 11 343,012 80 227,681 10 2 84,717 10 10 296,049 16 8 289,593 16 11 425,173 9 5 15,762 1 5 263,567 13 11 56,921 83 M9.472 5 11 158,105 14 o 58,200 63 157,276 61 129,741 13 11 87,881 19 5 16,000 15,000 14,000 1 1,500 10,500 8,500 8,000 7,000 7,000 6,500 6,500 5,500 5,000 5,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 3,500 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,500 1 2,500 1 2,500 2,250 1,800 1,351 1,264 1,186 789 822 s. d. o 484 o 4'83i o 4 90 o 439 o 439 ° 4"38 o 4-26 o 4-29, o 410 o 4-45 o 437 o 460, o 4-29 o 416 o 4'45 o 379 ? 397 o 4' 2 4 o 423 o 444 o 4'57 o 466 o 4-82 o 4 - 5 2 ; o 604 o 5-69' o 533 o 598 o 620 o 6-44 o 6-55! o 714 o 7-63 o 823 £ S. d. 200,930 6 1 187,130 2 8 172,926 1 7 159,198 4 o 146,169 2 5 134,917 19 3 128,128 16 6 ' 137,240 8 o 126,497 16 3 129,489 19 6 "4,643 4 I 1 114,760 1 1 111,301 13 1 104,098 17 o 92,319 o 6 84,809 17 1 78,080 6 o 67,363 J 5 3 65,825 9 6 62,228 3 11 57,38i 13 7 1 56,046 17 3 54,909 13 11 42,204 19 o 32,822 12 4 1 31,715 18 2 i 31,664 12 9 ; 29,193 14 6 1 28,762 4 7 28,565 3 5 i 26,935 6 8 20,ib6 16 10 I 14,711 o 5 I 11,291 10 10 >| 9,242 3 " 'I 7,412 8 o '! 4,880 7 3 !i 1,241 5 o 57,769 57,047 53,587 50,046 46,086] 41,362 37,265 36,394 32,982 30,261 28,669 29,755 26,232 25,131 23,7*9 21,778 21,307 20,368 21,671 20,6611 20,228 20,386 21,014 25,059 16,137 15,401 13,005 11,235 ",255 ".273 10,346! 7,382! 6,205 4,615 4,3O4i 3,839 3,282 2,520 42,280 259,164: 40,837 243,6751 38,558; 227,465 35,018' 212,436 31,724! I97,4O8 28,284 183,046 26,628 169,968 24,821 159,331! 22,907 147,758 22,OOI 137,683 21,930 129,423 19,599 I22,684j 18,171 112,528, I7,872 : 104,4671 17,256 97,208 15,521 9o,745 16,543 84,488 15,515: 79,724 i6,757l 74,871 16,421! 69,957 ! 16,447 65,717 15,967 61,936 14,5051 57,517 12,718 51,008 12,217 38,667 12,786 34,747 9,634 32,132 8,591 28,761 9,472 26,117 : 8,681 24,334 ! 5,736 21,742 ' 3,816 17,132 3,188 13,566 2,383! 10,549 ; 2,277 8,317; 1,801 6,290 1,186 4,252 364 2,156 £ s. d. £ s. d 7,761,382 o 11 29 18 *i 7,388,681 18 7 30 6 5 6,883,787 5 9 30 5 3 6,350,013 9 2 29 17 10 5,809,552 5 3. 29 8 7 5,320,370 14 10 29 1 4 4,957,771 5 5 29 3 5 4,744,924 l8 I 1 29 15 7 4,311,634 13 5 29 3 7 3,895,543 o 3 28 5 10 3,340,879 11 4 25 16 3 3,241,998 7 10 26 8 6 2,863,670 12 10 25 9 o 2,695,447 TI 6 25 16 o 2,441,876 8 7: 25 2 4 2,191,451 14 1! 24 2 11 2,048,441 10 9 24 4 10 1,813,084 18 8] 22 14 10 1,615,979 9 6 : 21 11 8 1,638,035 19 5 23 8 4 1,499,112 o 7 22 16 3 1,409,751 16 7 22 15 2 1,470,950 13 6 25 11 5 1,232,787 16 9 24 3 4 9 O 3,765 16 10 23 7 6 787,005 19 o! 22 12 11 819,071 8 2 25 9 9 7 r 7,375 17 8 26 13 7 723,910 17 5 27 14 4 727,295 7 8 29 17 9 770,836 18 o 35 9 o 664,807 5 10 38 16 1 490,066 7 o 36 2 5 357,654 14 6 33 18 1 295,372 1 7 35 10 3 231,3" 5 3! 36 15 5 163,518 15 7 38 9 1 71,197 14 1 33 o 207 190 178 165 147 138 124 119 103 97 92 81 70 59 55 46 76,695 14 11 31,978 10 5 117,245 14 2 183,253 2 10 286,817 ° Ir i 83,937 5 6| 63,7 81 7 4 20,030 17 9 m>271 59! 32,146 14 10 .. , 72,106 13 9 17,254 14,773 ii,934 9,292 6,365 1,919 79,094 56 154,634 20 117,700 121 50,991 21 54,818 12 5 60,380 1 8i 87,440 14 3 69,956 91 o 936 o 1077 0 977 1 1018

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Table No. 6. Balance-sheet of the New Zealand Post Office Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1904.

General Post Office, Wellington, 29th May, 1905.

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Balances on 1st January, 1901. Cr. Dr. Transi ;tions. Balances on 31s December, 1904. Or. Dr. Or. Dr. Or. Dr. Money-order Accounts :— Money-orders (general) United Kingdom, &c. United States of America Canada Cape of Good Hope Ceylon Fiji Germany Hongkong India Natal New South Wales Queensland South Australia Samoa Straits Settlements Tasmania Transvaal 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 British postal orders—H.O. a/c C.P.M'sa/c „ London a/c B.P.O. commission Postal revenue Telegraph Accounts :— New South Wales Telegraphs New Zealand & Australian Cable Pacific Cable Board Telephone-exchange receipts .. Special messenger receipts Maintenance of private wires.. Registration of code addresses Cable deposits Telegraph revenue General Accounts :— Post Office Account Postmasters and Telegraphists Investments Accrued interest on investments Miscellaneous receipts (general) Foreign postage Miscellaneous expenses Discount-stamps For other Departments :— Advances to Settlers Arms Act licenses Auctioneers' license fees Clerks of Court County Clerks Customs dues (H.M.C.) Customs duty (parcels) Education Department Factories Act Fishing licenses Game licenses Geraldine County Council Goldfields revenue Government Audit fees Government Insurance Government Printer.. Homing-pigeons Protection Act Income-tax.. Industrial schools Land-tax Licensing Act Lunacy Machinery Mining Act Miners' Guides New Zealand Consols Official Assignee Old-age Pensions Old-age Pensions (miscellaneous) Public Trust Railways Registration of births, &c. Rents Sanatorium, Hanmer Springs Sheep rates Stock Department Tourist Department Valuation revenue Government debentures Miscellaneous revenue Tender for loan Suspense Acoount Profit and loss £ s. a. 31,942 17 9 £. s. d. £ s. d. 1,595,936 15 2 147,438 9 24 21,930 6 o 2,468 9 6 2,026 17 9 385 2 1 1,632 14 8 2,401 15 10 1,288 5 9 i,999 3 7 1,858 o 3 71,108 13 5 9,557 o 5 4,661 4 3 8,111 19 1 381 13 o 12,794 10 6 5,127 13 3 64,020 on 6,762 16 5 2,332 10 2 £ s. dI,596,889 6 7 I5O,357 4 11 22,863 2 o 2,2g8 2 4 1,970 19 1 4*3 9 2 1,681 17 2 2,773 10 3 1,282 16 7 1,853 11 9 1,587 4 5 71,313 4 1 9,154 18 2 5,094 18 6 4,452 18 4 176 1 9 11,779 16 2 4,444 M 7 63,986 18 10 5,868 7 3 2,332 18 4 £ s. a. 30,990 6 4 £ s. a. 180 9 7 3,O99 5 3l 546 4 5 403 17 11 182 13 8 386 ii 7 574 5 1 238 12 4 37 7 5 904 203 13 7 1,608 o 4 8 10 9 184 10 7 252 16 1 1,979 14 9 3 1 7 38 18 9 872 8 10 601 13 o 982 17 5 13 9 9 390 4 9 778 6 9 415 12 o 5,283 12 4 153 19 1 i,757 1 5 1,063 18 11 43 9 6 1,624 11 7 51 12 2 742 7 1 381 o 3 1,315 19 8 822 16 6 7 8 5 5 z 1,349 1 9 71 12 8 785 13 4 7,388,681 18 7 2,256 13 7 6,037,470 6 1 474,449 18 11 5,664,770 3 9 472,548 16 4 7,761,382 on 4,157 16 2 J 44,375 3 4 4 16 10 79,962 4 9 504,705 19 6 527 1 2 247,692 10 2 7,369 2 o i6,64g 10 o 157,491 13 4 56,046 13 4 6,385 13 7i 72 6 24 338,867 7 5 500,431 7 7J 522 17 2 245,922 o 6 7,369 2 o 16,649 10 o ' 56,046 13 4 6,284 i° 8 6,385 12 54 72 6 2J 338,812 16 4 148,649 15 2} g o 10 81,732 14 5 101,445 o o 49,762 2 8 012 4,327 *5 9i 4,382 6 10J 74 o 11 149 14 9 1,657 i? i° 5,517 3 4 3,350 8 10 41,581 7 1 79,171 7 o 206 14 4 2,073 13 10 519 2 6 2,549 6 84 301,600 6 5 5,373 4 1 3,38o 19 5 41,669 8 1 79,171 7 o 206 14 4 2,073 13 10 519 2 6 2,436 7 34 302,925 14 7$ 218 o 2 119 4 2 1,569 16 10 2,408 15 4 J 112 19 5 1,083 7 2 210,608 5 2 320,138 o 5 7,385,929 7 8 64,892 17 8 4,171,898 19 94 10,497,445 18 11J 914,700 o o 64,892 17 8 9,194 10 54 4,564 4 5 669,235 2 o I 3,355 o o 4,271,912 16 10J 10,557.941 6 7 1,293,768 18 o 73,379 10 2 9,105 18 6 2,100 16 1 I 683,147 14 7 3,150 18 o 310,622 2 3 380,633 8 o* 7,764,998 5 8 73,379 10 2 1,294 9 9 7,697 18 4 26,488 8 7 1,621 2 o 1 > 383 1 8J 10,161 6 8 12,575 16 o 1,825 4 o 8,122 1 4 37 o o 447,396 12 11 420 o o 1500 6 12 11 351 9 5 2,212 13 7 37,209 10 8 10 7 o 51 7 o 1,566 15 6 2,263 o o 545 9 6 171 5 7 29 16 8 27,246 5 5 831 4 3 1 7 o H3,656 5 1 400 259,839 8 9 20 o o 100 6,387 19 o 213 6 o 451,799 o 4 425 o o 15 o o 6 12 11 3.719 13 11 32 o o 56 5 o 306 18 11 3,i85 13 4 300 407 14 5 2,376 18 3 36,501 6 4 13 7 o 50 16 o 1,478 11 o 2,263 ° o 545 9 6 166 15 1 29 16 8 26,731 6 3 679 12 8 1 7 o 142,671 o o I4 2 14 3 3-893 17 8 69 19 o on o 158 3 6 030 4 '3 6 1,956 16 4 27 1 9 2,471 15 6 178 13 4 48 o 7 258,736 o o 20 o o 7 10 o 6,293 II 6 299 16 o ■ 1,033 5 8 400 1,743 o 6 639 11 9 6 10 o 386 7 6 529 10 o 1 5 6 480 15 o 443 ° ° 1 5 6 23 19 1 17,258 6 7 18,237 7 ° 639 17 11 216 2 6 24 15 o 191 6 4 52 2 1 100 in 18 II 1 1 7 1,030 o o 7,836 o 3 195,400 o o 63 11 8 433,386 2 6 10,885 13 o 2,249 19 o 298 2 9 2,217 19 1 19,247 o o 24 7 o 1,502 6 1 2,986 4 1 104,800 o o 22 7 5 4,885 o o 250 I 64 333,967 o 3 1,030 o o 7,845 19 3 196,322 5 4 63 11 8 438,856 1 10 10,671 10 1 2,223 1 o 290 3 3 2,148 17 8 19,221 16 1 25 7 o i,47i 4 5 2,967 o o 104,800 o o 22 7 5 14 o 1 16,336 1 3 12,767 7 8 854 o 10 243 o 6 32 14 6 260 7 9 77 6 o ■143 ° 7 20 5 8 4,885 o o 248,163 8 11 250 o o 304,925 14 8 28,635,310 17 2 o 1 6J 277,204 14 6 Totals 7,998,389 13 9 7,998,389 13 9 28,635,310 17 2 8,538,296 18 3 8,538,296 18 3

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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, 1904.

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Description of Securities, &c. Nominal Value. Value at Cost Price. Accrued Interest on 33st December, 1904. . " The Government Advances to Settlers Extension Act 1901 " Debentures, 3J per cent. " The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1899" Debentures, 3J per cent. " The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Aot 1902 " Debentures, 4 per oent. "The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1903" Debentures, 4 per cent. " The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Aot 1903 " Debentures, 4 per cent. " The Consolidated Loan Act 1867 " Debentures, 4 per cent. .. " The Consolidated Stock Act 1884 " Debentures, 3 per cent. .. " The Consolidated Stock Act 1884 " Debentures 3i per cent. .. " The Dairy Industry Act 1898 " Debentures, 3J per cent. " The Defence and other Purposes Loan Act 1870 " Debentures, 4 per cent. " The Defence and other Purposes Loan Act 1870" Debentures, 4J per cent. The District Railways Purchasing Acts 1885 and 1886 Debentures, 4 per cent. The District Railways Purchasing Acts 1885 and 1886 Scrip, 4 per cent. Dunedin Garrison Hall Debentures, 5 per cent. " The General Purposes Loan Act 1873 " Debentures, 4 per oent. "The Government Advances to Settlers Aot 1894" Debentures, 4 per cent. "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act 1886" Debentures, 3J per cent. Greymouth Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per oent. .. Hamilton Borough Debentures, 4J per cent. Hokitika Harbour Board Debentures, 5 per cent. " The Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Act 1903 " Debentures, 3J per cent. " The Immigration and Public Works Loan Aot 1870 " Debentures, 4 per cent. " The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act 1870 " Debentures, 4J per cent. " The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act 1870 " Debentures, 4 per oent. (Imperial guaranteed) Inscribed Stock, 3 per cent. " The Land for Settlements Act 1894 " Debentures, 3| per oent. The Land for Settlements Act Debentures, 3J per cent. "The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act 1900" Debentures, 4 per cent. "The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act 1900" Debentures, 4 per cent. " The Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act 1894 " Debentures, 4 per oent. " The Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Aot 1894 " Debentures, 3J per cent. " The Local Bodies' Loans Aot 1901 " Debentures, 3J per oent. " The Scenery Preservation Aot 1903 " 3J per cent. .. Oamaru Borough Consolidated Loan 1893 Debentures, 5 per cent. Oamaru Harbour Bonds, 5J per oent. Patea Harbour Board Debentures, 4J per cent. " Toe State Coal-mines Aot 1901 " Debentures, 3£ per oent. .. " The State Fire Insuranee Act 1903 " Debentures, 3J per oent. ! Thames Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per cent. " The Public Revenues Act 1893 " (Treasury bills), 3£ per oent. Westport Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per oent. Accrued interest on Post Office Account £ s. d. 80,000 0 0 £ s. d. 80,000 0 0 £ s. d. 230 2 9 125,000 0 0 125,000 0 0 731 3 3 100,000 0 0 100,000 0 0 328 15 4 5,050 0 0 5,050 0 0 101 0 0 142,900 0 0 142,900- 0 0 2,380 7 1 13,000 0 0 65,000 0 0 789,700 0 0 1,781 0 0 75,000 0 0 12,480 0 0 65,000 0 0 789,700 0 0 1,781 0 0 72,000 0 0 109 13 11 646 8 9 9,162 13 2 8 7 11 632 17 6 8,100 0 0 8,100 0 0 42,000 0 0 36,076 17 8 418 17 0 34,100 0 0 34,100 0 0 340 1 3 5,500 0 0 5,200 0 0 30,000 0 0 5,500 0 0 4,342 0 0 30,000 0 0 119 0 10 43 17 7 98 12 7 231,500 0 0 231,500 0 0 2,686 0 6 125,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 125,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 2,500 0 0 56 4 4 3,118 9 10* 57 10 8 J 174,200 0 0 167,272 0 0 1,469 19 2 20,900 0 0 20,527 10 0 198 8 2 400,000 0 0 400,000 0 0 1,315 1 4 2,184,940 0 0 741,066 0 0 62,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 ■2,176,582 18 0 741,066 0 0 62,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 17,918 10 5 4,334 14 9 541 0 3 164 7 8 150 0 0 150 0 0 2 9 11 279,000 0 0 279,000 0 0 2,812 18 7 35,000 0 0 35,000 0 0 250 5 5 650,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 13,800 0 0 650,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 13,800 0 0 7,471 5 7 57 10 8 345 0 0 31,000 0 0 21,870 0 0 140,000 0 0 1,500 0 0 I 10,000 0 0 i 599,200 0 0 489,500 0 0 31,000 0 0 21,870 0 0 140,000 0 0 1,500 0 0 10,000 0 0 599,200 0 0 489,500 0 0 714 14 0 390 19 3 1,221 12 9 8 9 8 99 14 6 9,755 4 1 506 19 9 Totals 7,790,957 0 0 7,764,998 5 8 73,379 10 2 • Interest over six years in arrear; principi ,1 fell due 11th November, 1890.

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Table No. 8. Post-Office Sayings-Bank. Balance-sheet for the Year ended 31st December, 1904. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. Balance to credit of depositors, Ist Withdrawals during 1904 .. .. 5,664,770 3 9 January, 1904 .. .. .. 7,388,681 18 7 Balance to credit of depositors, 31st Deposits during 1904 .. .. 5,836,540 0 0 December, 1904 .. .. .. 7,761,382 011 Interest credited to depositors, 1904 .. '200,930 6 1 £13,426,152 4 8 £13,426,152 4 8 Liabilities and Assets. Dr. £ s. d. Or. £ s. d. Balance to credit of depositors, 31st j Securities (vide Table No. 7).. .. 7,764,998 5 8 December, 1904 .. .. .. 7,761,382 011 j Accumulated profits .. £277,204 14 6 Balance of assets over liabilities .. 277,204 14 6; Less amount invested and included in total of securities above.. 3,616 4 9 273,588 9 9 £8,038,586 15 5 £8,038,586 Profit and Loss. Dr. £ s. d. Gr. £ s. d. Interest credited to depositors during 1904 200,930 6 1 Balance forward, Ist January, 1904 .. 248,163 8 11 Interest paid on debentures purchased by Rebate on investments paid before due Department, ex div. .. .. 102 10 11 date .. .. .. .. 57 10 8 Paid Public Account, for expenses of Interest received during £ s. d. Savings-bank management during 1904 16,000 0 0 1904.. .. .. 260,431 6 5 Savings-bank profits carried to postal Accrued interest on 31st revenue .. .. .. .. 23,000 0 0 December, 1904 .. 73,379 10 2 Balance to next account .. .. 277,204 14 6 • £333,810 16 7 Less accrued interest on 31st Deoember, 1903 .. 64,892 17 8 268,917 18 11 Savings-bank fines .. .. .. 98 13 0 £517,237 11 6 £517,237 11 6

Table No. 9. Return showing the Total Number of Post-Office Savings-Bank Accounts open on the 31st December, 1904, classified according to the Balances at Credit, compared with the Number open at the end of 1903.

Postal District. Not ; Exceeding exceeding i £20 and £20. up to £50. Exceeding £50 and up to £100. Exceeding £100 and up to £200. Exceeding Exceeding £200 and ±'800 and up to £soo. up to £400. Exceeding £400 and up to £500. w.S Total Number of Accounts open. Auckland Blenheim 3hristchureh .. Dunedin jisborne Jreymouth 3okitika !nvercargill Napier kelson Jew Plymouth.. Jainam Phames Pimaru .Vanganui Wellington iVestport 25,629 3,374 35,062 24,886 3,038 3,166 1,103 7,059 8,959 5,287 4,998 2,499 6,379 5,405 10,037 38,496 2,254 3,759 383 4,991 4,220 494 507 211 1,377 1,192 872 734 546 732 949 1,264 5,631 369 2,690 241 3,124 2,791 278 432 139 946 758 525 463 340 532 565 787 3,497 255 2,287 246 2,632 2,317 194 333 184 738 669 460 371 344 440 512 605 3,043 208 916 287 80 29 981 I 370 ! 934 I 270 75 20 128 59 51 10 233 55 231 . 87 158 J 65 128 : 23 93 . 29 156 ! 38 184 I 59 219 77 984 ■ 409 73 ! 31 144 10 187 136 13 21 5 30 48 34 24 10 28 46 49 i 156 16 134 13 145 123 10 16 5 20 25 22 16 10 22 47 I 35 I 204 11 35,846 4,376 47,492 35,677 4,122 4,662 1,708 10,458 11,969 7,423 6,757 3,871 8,327 7,767 13,073 52,420 3,216 Totals, 1904 187,631 28,231 18,363 15,583 5,624 1,918 956 858 259,164 Totals, 1903 174,563 26,887 • 5,499 1,795 243,675 17,592 15,589 905 845

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Table No. 10. Inland Mail-services established, accelerated, etc.

District. Name of Service. Frequency. Remarks. Luckland Awanui-Waipapakauri Coromandel-Driving Creek Hinuera Post-office-Railway-station Waitoa Post-office-Railway-station Kakahi Railwa3'-station-Owhango-Oio Kihikihi : rural delivery to Waimanu Onerahi Post-office-Steamer Driving Creek-Tokatea (see Coro-mandel-Driving Creek, daily) Waikumete-Karekare Herekino-Whangape Horeke-Koutu-Rawene-Kohukohu-Opononi Kaihu-Aranga-Kawerua Mangawai-Te Arai As required Daily .. Established. ,, (See Abolished.) ,, Thrice weekly .. Twice weekly Weekly >» • • Mangonui-Oruru-Peria Matakana-Tawharanui Ohaeawai - Te Ahuahu - Okaihau - Utakura-Maraeroa-Horeke Hukerenui Post-office-Railway-sta-tion ,, (Giving Te Arai a twiceweekly mail from Manga wai and Wellsford al- ,, ternately.) „ (See Abolished.) Scarrot's Post-office-Steamer Tangaihi Landing-Service Kuaotunu-Upper Kuaotunu Frequency increased: daily to as required. Frequency decreased : as required to once weekly. Frequency decreased: as required to once weekly. Frequency decreased: four times to twice weekly. Frequency decreased : weekly to fortnightly. (See Abolished.) Altered : now Tauwhare-Eureka (new office), Tamahere omitted. Abolished. Whangamata-Wharekawa Tauwhare-Tamahere Birtle's Bridge-Huarau Coromandel-Tokatea Ohaeawai-Okaihau Ruakaka Road-Mangapai Taumarunui-Piriaka ,, (See Established.) „ (See Established.) ,, (As a subsidised service; offices now connected by railway.) Whangamata-Wharekawa Waikumete-Nihotupu Waiuku-Packington Wairau Valley- Birch Hill Picton-Portage >> •lenheim Havelock, &c.-Bulwer Weekly Established. Frequency increased : twice weekly to daily. Altered : by inclusion of Nydia Bay, after Maori Bay. ,, by inclusion of Ocean Bay and Robin Hood Bay (new Post-offices.) Tuamarina-PortJUnderwood ihristchureh.. Seddon-Awatere Sockburn Post-office-Railway-station Rangiora-Haylands (no post-office)-Birch Hill (no post-office)-Raka-huri (no post-office)-Orahaki (no post-office) Akaroa-Pigeon Bay Post-office Ealing-Carew Daily Thrice weekly .. Abolished. Established. Christchurch Chief Post-office-Rail-way-station Christchurch-Rolleston (by railway) Cust Post-office-Railway-station .. Mayfield-Valetta Railway-station .. Christchuroh-Greenpark-Motukarara -Ataahua-Little River Fernside Post-office-Railway-station f j , t-- j Culverden-Upper Waiau Ferry-Han-mer Springs fFlaxton-Ohoka .. .. Extended: to include Pigeon Bay Wharf. ,, to Ruapuna, (See Frequency Increased.) Frequency increased : extra trip daily (to meet express train). Frequency increased: daily to twice daily. Frequency increased: daily to twice daily. Frequency increased: daily to twice daily. Frequency increased: eight to nine times a week. Frequency increased : daily and thrice weekly to twice daily. J?. Frequency increased : daily and thrice weekly (summer and winter) to daily throughout year. Frequency increased : five times a week to daily. Frequency increased : thrice weekly to daily. Frequency increased : thrice weekly to daily. Ashburton-Westerfield (by railway) Ashley Bank-North Loburn

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Table No. 10 — continued. Inland Mail-services established, accelerated, etc. — continued.

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District. Name of Service. Frequency. Frequency. Remarks. Christohurch— continued. Loburn-Okuku . . daily Frequency increased : thrice weekly to daily. Frequency increased : twice to thrice weekly. Frequency increased: twice to thrice weekly (extended to Ruapuna. See Extended.) Frequency increased: twice to thrice weekly. Frequency increased : weekly to weekly and twice weekly. Accelerated. Frequency decreased: thrice jto twice weekly. Curtailed : Claverley closed ; service to stop at Conway Flat. Altered: by exclusion of Greenburn (office closed). Abolished. Established —Wainui Ealing-Carew Springfield, &c.~Kuinara Waiau - Hawkeswood (twice) - Claverley (once) Culverden-Hanmer Springs Green park-Lincoln Waiau-Hawkeswood-Conway FlatClaverley Waiau-Kaikoura Dunedin Oxford-East Oxford Dunedin-Mornington .. Ophir Post-office-Railway-station .. Ratanui Post-office - Catlin's River Railway-station Beck's-Lauder Railway-station Ophir-Poolburn.. Poolburn-Moa Creek Port Chalmers-Otago Heads Pern broke-Cardrona Dunedin - Sandymount (Pukehiki, name changed) Taioma, &c. - Ida Valley (railway service) Cromwell- Lowburn Ferry - Queensberry - Luggate - Hawea Flat - Albert Town-Pembroke Hawea Flat-Maungawera ■ Twice daily Daily Thrice weekly .. Weekly weekly ! .. „ (See Curtailed.) T ,, (Winter service renewed.) Extended to Sandymount; new office of same name further on. Extended to Ophir. Frequency increased : twice to thrice weekly. Ratamii-Houipapa Palmerston-Shag Valley-Dunback-Green Valley-Morrison's Ratanui-Tarara - Papatowai section of Ratanui-Tahakopa service Ida Valley-Poolburn-Ophir-Chatto Creek-Alexandra South Frequency increased : twice to thrice weekly (one way only). Frequency increased : weekly outwards and twice weekly inwards to thrice weekly each way. Frequency increased : weekly to thrice weekly. Frequency increased : weekly to twice weekly. Curtailed : by exclusion of Ida Valley, Poolburn, and Ophir ; coach service now starts from Ophir railwaystation. (See Extended.) Curtailed: by exclusion of Beck's. (See Established.) Abolished. St. Bathan's-Cambrian-Beck's Glenary-Whitecombe Henley West Post-office-Henley Rail-way-station Owaka-Ratanui Poolburn (delivery of correspondence, including Lower Valley to Noone's and Dundas's and to McNaughton's corner) Makauri Post-office-Railway-station Te Karaka-Kanakanae Daily Twice weekly (Oct. - May) ; weekly (June - Sept.) ,, (Owing to railway extension.) 1.1 / / Established. 3!isborne eekly (( t) ; we Oct. eekly Tolaga Bay Post-office and beach service Gisborne-Patutahi -- Sept, b.) Extended to include vessels in roadstead. Gisborne-Tolaga Bay Te Karaka-Poututu Tolaga Bay-Tokomaru Bay-Waipiro Bay Gisborne - Pakarae - Hauiti-Tolaga Bay Gisborne-Tolaga Bay [ Frequency increased : thrice weeklyfto daily. Frequency increased : twice to thrice weekly. Frequency increased : weekly to twice weekly. Frequency increased : weekly to twice weekly. ! Frequency decreased : thrice to twice J weekly. Altered: by inclusion of Tatapouri (new office). Altered : by deviation of route when rivers in flood. Altered : by deviation of route when rivers in flood. Abolished. Port Awanui, &c.-Hicks Bay Te Karaka - Poututu - Whakarau - Motu Gisborne-Pouawa

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Table No. 10— continued. Inland Mail-services established, accelerated, etc.— continued.

District. Name of Service. Frequency. Kern arks. Gisborne— ctd. Greymouth .. Patutahi-Ngatapa Te Karaka-Kanakanae Paroa Post-office-Railway-station Greymouth-Paroa Daily Abolished. Established. Frequency increased : thrice weekly to daily, by train, replacing coach service. Frequency decreased: daily to thrice weekly. Abolished : post-office closed. Hokitika Invercargill .. Greymouth - Paroa - Rutherglen - Marsden-Dunganville Mawheraiti Post-office - Railway-sta-tion. Hokitika-Kutuku-Lower KokatahiUpper Kokatahi Queenstown Post-office-Steamers .. Wright's Bush-Railway-station Mataura-Tuturau Glenorchy Post-office-Wharf Kinloch Post-office-Wharf Invercargill-Te Oneroa Orepuki-Te Tua Wild Bush-Main Road As required Daily Thrice weekly . . Twice weekly Frequency increased : weekly to twice weekly. Established. (First subsidised service.) Monthly „ (Renewal.) Extended to Tuatapere. Frequency increased : twice to thrice weekly. Frequency increaseil : weekly to twice weekly. Frequency increased : weekly to twice weekly. Frequency decreased : thrice to twice weekly. Altered: by inclusion of Waihoaka (new office). Abolished as a subsidised service. (Service now performed by railway.) Abolished. Established. Extended to Pokokomuka and Mangahei (new offices). Frequency increased :' thrice weekly to daily. Frequency increased : thrice weekly to daily. Frequency increased : twice weekly to daily. Frequency increased: twice to thrice weekly. Frequency increased : weekly to thrice weekly. Mossburn-Matuku Te Anau-Glade House Wendonside - Junction at Muddy Creek Orepuki-Te Tua-Tuatapere Edendale-Wyndham Napier Paterson's Inlet-The Neck Anaroa-Pukehou Dannevirke-Ngapaeruru Daily Waipawa-Ongaonga Waipawa-Tikokino Ormondville-Whetukura Takapau-Ashley Clinton-Makaretu Nelson Dannevirke-Ngapaeruru-Waipatiki-Weber-Ti-tree Point-Wimbledon-Herbertville Riwaka-Sandy Bay Totaranui-Awa-iti Belgrove-Tophouse Nelson-Stoke Thrice weekly .. Twice weekly Weekly Established. Collingwood-Rockville Nelson-Collingwood Frequency increased: daily to twice daily. Frequency increased: twice to four times weekly. Frequency increased : weekly to twice weekly. Altered : mails to be carried by coach instead of by railway. Established. Nelson-Richmond New Plymouth Inglewood-Egmont Village New Plymouth-Kent Road-Egmont Village New Plymouth-Kent Road Thrice weekh Twice weekly „ (Abolished as a separate service.) New Plymouth-Mangorei Inglewood-Kaimata-Tarata-Purangi Frequency increased: thrice weekly to daily, Tarata-Purangi portion of service, making service daily right through. Frequency increased : to daily. Frequency decreased: twice weekly (Nov.-April) and weekly (May-Oct.) to weekly throughout the year. Altered: by inclusion of Hurimoana (new office). Abolished. (As a separate service. See Established, New Ply-mouth-Egmont Village.) ,, (As a separate service. See Established, New Ply-mouth-Egmont Village.) New Plymouth-Opunake New Plymouth-Hillsborough Whangamomona-Kohuratahi-Tahora New Plymouth-Egmont Village New Plymouth-Kent Road

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Table No. 10— continued. Inland Mail-services established, accelerated, etc.— continued.

District. Name of Service. Frequeucy. Kemarks. Oamaru Oamaru-Tokarahi-Livingstone-Mae-rewhenua Oamaru-Maheno-Incholme frequency increased: thrice to four times weekly, frequency increased : twice to thrice weekly, frequency decreased : thrice to twice weekly. Established. car. See Abolished.) Thames Kurow-Wharekuri-Omarama Tauranga-Oropi-Ngawaro-Rotorua Thrice weekly .. Hikutaia-Otamakitai Whakatane-Waingarara .. .. Opotiki-Torere-Omaio Weekly ,, . . . • Fortnightly •' „ (See Frequency Increased. Extended to Wharekawa. Frequency increased : thrice weekly to daily (1st Oct.-30th June). Frequency increased: fortnightly to weekly. (See Established.) Abolished. (By motor car.) Established. Hikutaia-Otamakitai Paeroa-Netherton Timaru Opotiki-Torere - Omaio section of Opotiki-Cape Runaway service Tauranga-Oropi-Ngawaro-Rotorua Pareora East Post-office-Railway-station Willowbridge Post-office - Railwaystation Mawaro Post-office-Coal Creek Rail-way-station Ikawai-Takitu Lake Pukaki-Herinitage Twice daily a Thrice weekly .. »» Twice weekly .. Weekly „ (Open delivery service.) ,, (Winter service performed byjTourist and Health Resorts Department; reestablished. ) Extended : to Lyalldale. „ to vessels at wharf, and to include distribution of letter-carriers' bags. Frequency increased :j j four times ■ • '& Frequency increased]: thrice weekjy|to daily. Frequency increased : twice weekly to daily. Established. St. Andrew's-Blue Cliffs Timaru Chief Post-office-Railway-Station Orari-Geraldine .. • • Waitohi Road] - stationKerrytown Makikihi-Hunter Eltham Post-office-Railway-station Hunterville j|Post - office - Railwaystation Taihape Post-office-Railway-station Utiku Post-office-Railway-station Eltham-Mangatoki-Kaponga Makoia Post-office-Railway-station Wanganui and around Nos. 1 and 2 Lines Mangaweka-Manui Taihape-Raukura Raetihi-Orautoha-Pukekata As required Wanganui »» • ■ >» Twice daily ti Daily .. »» »> . . • • » »> • • • * „ (Rural delivery.) Thrice weekly .. Twice weekly .. Twice weekly (Nov. - April); weekly (MayOct.) Weekly >» ti I Te Moehau Junction-Turangarere Koeke - Mataroa - Sommerville via Rongoiti and Panemango Roads Makirikiri-Aberfeldie Marton Junction, &c-Mangaweka (railway-service) Waverley Post-office- Railway-station i „ (For winter, June - Oct., giving Turangarere twiceweekly mail during winter.) Extended to include Huia, Whaka, and Murray's Track Roads. Extended to Kotikotia. (See Altered.) Extended to Utiku and Taihape. (See Altered. ) Frequency increased : six to eight times daily. Frequency increased: twice to thrice daily. Frequency increased: daily to twice daily. (See Altered.) Frequency increased: twice weekly to daily. Frequency increased : twice to thrice weekly. Frequency increased: weekly to twice weekly. Taihape Post-office-Railway-station Mangaweka-Utiku-Taihape Marton-South Makirikiri Eltham-Rawhitiroa .. Mangaweka - Hawainga - Kawhatau Junction - Kawhatau Valley - Auputu-Mangakoeka Road-Upper Kawhatau Ngamatia-Wangaehu Valley RoadMangamahu a f(Mangamahu - Ingram's Homestead service.) Waverley-Kohi Frequency increased : weekly to twice weekly. Frequency increased: weekly to daily (summer) and thrice weekly (winter).

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Table No. 10.— continued. Inland Mail-services established, accelerated, etc. — continued.

District. Name of Service. Frequency. Remarks. I Wanganui— ctd. Bull's-Greatford Frequency decreased: four times to thrice daily. Frequency decreased: four times to thrice daily. Frequency decreased : daily to twice weekly. Frequency decreased : twice weekly to weekly. Curtailed : by closing of Sommerville. Curtailed : Whaka and Ngaminga Road and Murray's Track now served from Koeke. (See Extended.) Altered : by closing offices at Kotikotia and Aberfeldie, and opening office at Kakatihi (mileage reduced by four miles). Altered : from coach to train service. Wanganui-Marton-Feilding-Palmer-ston North (railway service) Marton-South Makirikiri (delivering correspondence, &c.) Patea-Maben Road Koeke-Mataroa-Sommerville Mangaonoho-Tiriraukawa Makirikiri-Kotikotia-A berfeldie Manga weka-Manui - Ohutu - Utiku Taihape Manga weka-Utiku-Taihape Waiouru-Turangarero-Moawhango • • Wanganui-Pipiriki Eastown Post-office-Railway-station Manga weka - Manui - Ohutu -UtikuTaihape Mangaweka-Te Kapua Road (delivery service) Mokoia Post-office-Railway-station Patea-Maben Road Te Moehau Junction-Turangarere Wanganui-Sedgebrook Altered : to include Manui (new office). Altered : by substitution of Taihape as terminus in place of Moawhango. Altered : to include Ranana (new office). Abolished. ,, (Coached service. See Altered. ) >> „ (Sedgebrook now served by letter-carrier.) Wellington .. Waverley - Kohi (delivering correspondence into boxes, &c.) Whenuakura Post - office-Railway-station Aorangi Post-office-Railway-station Colyton-Wanganui Harbour Board Block-Spur Road-Midland Road Dalefield Post-office-Railway-station Feilding-Awahuri-Sanson-Ohakea Palmerston North-Fitzherbert West Palmerston North-Newbury - Awa-huri-Rongotea-Carnarvon Ngaputahi - Pohangina - Komako Road Junction Woodville-Ballance-Mangahao Eketahuna-Mangaoronga Hinakura-Martinborough Rakaunui-Waikereru-Waiowaka .. Admiral (no post - office) - Clifton Grove (no post-office)-Gladstone Hinakura-Glendhu - Pahaoa - Glenburn Pori - Kaitawa and Pori - Saunders Road-Alfredton Bull's-Sanson Daily .. ,, Thrice weekly . . Established. Twice weekly Weekly ,, (Open-bag delivery.) ,, (Re-established.) Mangahao-Makomako-Nikau Ashhurst Post-office-Railway-station Eketahuna - Pleckville - Tawataia - Alfredton Stokes Valley-Taita Extended to Ohakea, and to return via Macdonald's line, delivering correspondence where practicable. Extended to Marima. Frequency increased : four to six times daily. Frequency increased : thrice weekly to daily. Frequency increased: twice to thrice weekly. Frequency decreased : thrice to twice weekly. Altered : by inclusion of Ohoka (new post - office in Anakoa Bay) and Wakatahuri (new office), and exclusion of Te Puru (now otherwise served). Abolished. Masterton-Wliareama Wellington-Havelock (sea service).. Rakaun ui - Waikereru Waiowaka—Waikerern Karamea-Kongahu Weekly Established. estport

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Table No. 11.-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. .UCKLAND. Wellington. DUNEDIN, Sydney. Melbourne. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Auckland No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Wellington. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Dunedin. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Sydney. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Melbourne. No. of Days. 1 1904. January January February March April April May June June July August August September October October November 9 20 2 14 4 i6 6 '7 8 29 '9 1904. February 9 March 3 March 2 1 April 1 1 May 3 May 23 June 13 July 4 July 26 August 15 September 5 September 26 October 17 November 7 November 28 December 20 3' 33 3° 3° 3' 3° 3° 30 3' 3° 3° 3° 3° 3° 3° 3' 1904. January 9 January 30 February 20 March 12 April 2 April 23 May 14 June 4 June 25 July 16 August 6 August 27 September 1 7 October 8 October 29 November 19 . 1904. February 1o March 4 March 2 2 April 12 May 4 May 24 June [4 J"iy 5 July 27 August 16 September 7 September 27 October 18 November g November 29 December 2 1 32 34 3' 3' 32 3' 3' 3' 32 3> 32 3' 31 32 3' 32 1904. [904. January 9 ] February 1 1 January 30 March 5 February 20 i March 23 March 12 April 14 April 2 I May 5 April 23 May 25 May 14 ' June 15 June 4 July 6 June 25 J July 28 July 16 ! August 17 August 6 September 8 August 27 September 28 September 17 October 19 October 8 November 10 October 29 November 30 November [9 December 22 33 32 33 33 32 32 32 33 32 33 32 32 33 32 33 1904. January 9 January 30 February 20 March 12 April 2 April 23 May 14 June 4 June 25 July 16 August 6 August 27 September 17 October 8 October 29 November 19 1904. February 13 March 7 March 25 April 15 May 7 May 27 |une 17 July 8 July 3° August 20 September to September 30 October 2 1 November 12 December 2 December 24 35 37 34 34 35 34 34 34 35 35 35 34 34 35 34 35 1904. January 9 January 30 February 20 March 12 April 2 April 23 May 14 June 4 June 25 July 16 August 6 J August 27 September 17 October 8 October 29 November 19 1904. February 15 March 8 March 26 April 16 May 9 May 28 June 18 July 9 August 1 August 22 September 12 October I October 2 2 November 14 December 3 December 26 37 38 35 35 37 35 35 35 37 3 7 3 7 35 35 37 35 37 December December 10 3' 1905. January 1 1 J anuary 3 1 32 31 December 10 December 3 1 1905. January 12 February 1 33 32 ■9°5December 10 January 13 December 31 February 2 34 33 December 10 December 31 ■9°5January 16 February 4 37 35 December 10 December 3 1 1905. January 17 February 6 i 38 37 - Maximum Minimum Average 33 3° 3°'55 34 3' 35 32 3272 37 34 3478 38 35 36-22 'O LONDON VIA SAN FRANCISCO. N ELBOURNE. Sydney. DlTNEDIN. /ELLINGTON. Auckland. Date of Despatch from Melbourne. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Sydney. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Date of Despatch from Arrival in Dnnedin. London. No. of Davs. Date of Despatch from Wellington. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Auckland. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. 1904. January January February March April April May June June July August August September October October November 9 3"= JO I 2 2 2 3 4 16 6 2? '7 8 29 1904. February 15 March 10 March 28 April 18 May 9 May 28 June 19 July 14 August 1 August 22 September 1 1 October 1 October 23 November 12 December 4 December 24 37 40 37 37 37 36 40 37 37 36 35 36 35 36 35 .904. January 11 February 1 February 22 March 14 April 4 April 25 May 16 June 6 |une 27 July 18 August 8 August 29 September 19 October 10 October 3 1 November 2 1 1904. February 15 March 1 o March 28 April 18 May 9 May 28 June 19 July 14 August 1 August 22 September 11 October 1 October 23 November 12 December 4 December 24 35 38 35 35 35 33 34 38 35 35 34 33 1904. 1904. January 12 ' February 15 February 2 March 10 February 23 March 28 March 15 April 18 April 5 J May 9 April 26 i May 28 May 17 June 19 June 7 July 14 June 28 J August , 1 July 19 ! August 22 August 9 September 1 1 August 30 October 1 September 20 October 23 October 11 November 12 November 2 December 4 November 23 December 24 34 37 34 34 34 32 33 37 34 34 33 32 33 32 32 3' 1904. January 14 February 4 February 25 March 17 April 7 April 28 May 19 June 9 June 30 .1 uly 2 1 August 11 September 1 September 22 October 13 November 3 November 24 1904. February i § March 1 o March 28 April 18 May 9 May 28 June 19 July 14 August 1 August 22 September 11 October 1 October 23 November 12 December 4 December 24 32 32 3' 35 32 32 3° 3" 3° 3' 3° 1904. January 15 February 5 February 26 March 18 April 8 April 29 May 20 J une 1o July 1 July 22 August 12 September 2 September 23 October 15 November 4 November 25 1904. February 15 March 1 o March 28 April 18 May 9 May 28 June 19 July 14 August 1 August 22 September 1 1 October 1 October 23 November 12 December 4 December 24 31 34 3' 3' 3' 29 3° 34 3' 3' 3° 29 30 28 3° 29 December 10 January 16 37 December 12 !9°.v January 16 35 December 14 January 16 >9°5January 4 February 9 33 December 15 '9°5January 16 32 December 16 '9°5January 16 3i December 3> February 9 40 '9°5January 2 February 9 38 36 1905. January 5 February 9 I >9°5January 6 February 9 35 34 Maximum Minimum Average ... j 40 ■•• I 35 38 33 34-8.S 37 3i 3361 35 3° 3'-83 34 28 •

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Table No. 12.-PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL MAIL-SERVICE. Statement showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between London and the undermentioned Places by the Packets of the Peninsular and Oriental Line.

FROM LONDON BY THE P. AND O. PACKETS. Melbourne. YDNEY. Bluff. LUFF. CHRISTCHURCH. Wi LLINGTON. UCKLAND. _, I Date of Date of Despatch from i Arrival in London. Melbourne. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Sydney. No. Date of of Despatch from Days. London. Date of No. ; Date of Date of Arrival at of Despatch from j Arrival in Bluff. Dai's. London. Christchurcb. No. Date of of Despatch from Days. London. Date of Arrival in Wellington. I No. of Days. 1 Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Auckland. No. of Days. 1904. 1904. Jan. 1 Feb. 1 Jan. 15 Feb. 14 Jan. 29 Feb. 29 Feb. 12 March 13 Feb. 26 March 27 March 1 1 April 10 March 25 i April 24 April 8 May 9 April 22 May 23 May 6 j June 5 May 20 ; June 19 June 3 I July 3 June 17 j July 18 July 1 i August 1 July 15 J August 15 July 29 August 29 August 12 Sept. 12 August 26 Sept. 26 Sept. 9 October 1 o Sept. 23 : October 23 October 7 j Nov. 7 October 21 ! Nov. 21 Nov. 4 ! Dec. ; Nov. 18 Dec. 18 31 30 3i 30 30 30 3° 3° 31 31 3' 3' 31 31 3° 3' 31 3 e 1904. Jan. I Jan. 15 fan. 29 Feb. 12 Feb. 26 March I I March 2; April 8 April 22 May 6 May 20 June 3 June 17 July '5 July 29 August 12 August 26 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 October 7 October 2 1 Nov. 4 Nov. 18 1904. 1904. Feb. 2 32 Jan. 1 Feb. 15 31 ■ Jan. 15 March 1 32 Jan. 29 March 1 j 32 • Feb. 12 March 29 32 ! Feb. 26 April 12 , 32 I March 11 April 26 32 1 March 25 May 10 32 April 8 May 24 32 I April 22 June 7 32 ' May 6 June 20 31 May 20 J uly 5 32 June 3 July 19 32 June 17 August 2 32 July I August 16 32 July 15 August 30 32 July 29 Sept. 13 32 August 12 Sept. 27 j 32 August 26 October 11 32 ! Sept. 9 October 2; 32 Sept. 23 Nov. 8 32 October 7 Nov. 22 32 October 21 Dec. 6 32 J Nov. 4 Dec. 20 ; 32 ; Nov. 18 1904. '9°4- '9°4Feb. 9 39 Jan. 1 Feb. 10 Feb. 22 38 Jan. 15 Feb. 23 March 8 39 Jan. 29 March 9 March 21 38 Feb. 12 March 22 April 3 37 Feb. 26 April 4 April 20 40 I March ri April 21 May 3 39 j March 25 May 4 May 16 38 ! April 8 May 17 May 30 38 ! April 22 June 1 June 13 38 : May 6 June 14 June 29 40 ' May 20 June 30 July 11 38 June 3 July 13 July 2; 38 June 17 July 26 August 8 I 38 July 1 August 9 August 22 J 38 July 15 j August 23 Sept. 5 38 July 29 j Sept. 6 Sept. 19 38 August 12 I Sept. 20 October 3 38 August 26 j October 4 October 18 39 Sept. 9 j October 19 October 31 38 Sept. 23 1 Nov. 1 Nov. 14 38 1 October 7 Nov. 15 Nov. 28 ; 38 October 21 Nov. 29 Dec. 12: 38 Nov. 4 I Dec. 13 Dec. 27 39 Nov. 18 i Dec. 27 1904. 40 Jan. I 39 Jan. 15 40 ; Jan. 29 39 i Feb. 12 38 ; Feb. 26 4 1 ' March 1 1 40 March 25 39 April 8 40 ! April 22 39 ] May 6 41 j May 20 40 j June 3 39 I June 17 39 July '5 39 j July 29 39 ! August 12 39 I August 26 40 J Sept. 9 39 Sept. 23 39 October 7 39 October 2 ( 39 Nov. 4 39 Nov. 18 1904. Feb. 8 Feb. 23 March 8 March 2 2 April 6 April 19 May 2 May 17 May 30 June 14 June 29 July 13 July 27 August 9 August 22 Sept. S Sept. 19 October 3 October 19 October 3 1 Nov. 15 Nov. 28 Dec. 12 Dec. 26 38 39 39 39 40 39 38 39 38 39 40 40 4° 39 38 38 38 38 40 38 39 ?8 38 38 1904. Jan. , Jan. 15 Jan. 29 Feb. 12 Feb. 26 March 1 1 March 2 5 April 8 April 22 May 6 May 20 June 3 |une (7 July July 15 July 29 August 12 August 26 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 October 7 October 2 1 Nov. 4 Nov. 18 1904. Feb. 7 Feb. 22 March 6 March 2 1 April 4 April 17 May 1 May 15 May 29 J une 13 June 26 July 11 July 26 August 7 August 21 Sept. 4 Sept. 18 October 2 October 17 October 30 Nov. 13 Nov. 27 Dec. 11 Dec. 25 37 38 37 38 38 37 37 37 37 38 37 38 39 37 37 37 37 37 38 37 37 37 37 3 7 1905. Dec. 2 Dec. 16 Dec. 30 >9°S1905. 1905. Jan. 10 39 Dec. 2 j Jan. 1 1 Jan. 24 39 Dec. 16 j Jan. 24 Feb. 6 38 Dec. ' 30 | Feb. 7 40 ! Dec. 2 39 ! Dec. 16 39 Dec. 30 1905. 38 38 38 Dec. 2 Dec. 16 Dec. 30 1905. Dec. 2 j Jan. 3 Dec. 16 Jan. 15 Dec. 30 , Jan. 30 3 2 3° 3 1 Jan. 4 33 Dec. 2 Jan. 17 32 Dec. 16 Jan. 31 32 Dec. 30 Jan. 9 Jan. 23 Feb. 6 Jan. 8 I an. 22 Feb. 5 37 37 37 Maximum Minimum Average 32 3° 33 3' 31-96 40 37 4' 38 3937 40 38 39 37 37'3°

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TO LONDON VIA BRINDISI (P. AND O. PACKETS). Auckland. Wellington. Sydney. Melbourne. Bluff. 1 Date of Date of No. Date of Date of Despatch from Arrival in of Despatch from Arrival in Sydney. London. Days. Melbourne. London Date of Despatch from Auckland. Date of No. Arrival in of London. Days. 1904. February 13 40 February 27 40 March 12 40 March 26 • 40 April 8 36 April 23 40 May 7 40 May 21 i 40 June 4 40 June 19 41 July 3 41 July 19 1 43 July 31 41 August 14 41 August 28 41 Sept. 11 41 Sept. 25 1 41 October 8 40 October 22 40 November 5 40 November 19 40 December 3 40 December 16 j 38 December 30 '■ 39 1905. January 14 40 January 28 39 Date of Despatch from Wellington. Date Arrival Londo Date of Arrival in London. : of No. Date of il in of Despatch from on. ; Days. Bluff. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. No. of Days. ' ' I 1904. January 4 January 18 February 1 February 15 March 3 March 14 March 28 April 1 1 April 25 May 9 May 23 June 6 June 20 July 4 July 18 August 1 August 15 August 29 Sept. 12 Sept. 26 October 10 October 24 November 8 November 21 1904. January 2 January 16 January 30 February 13 February 27 March 12 1904. February 13 February 27 March 12 March 26 April 8 April 23 190^ Februar Februat March March April April MayJune June July July August i August i Sept. Sept. ■ . October i Octobei j Noveml Decemt Decemt Deceml 14. I9°4.ry 13 42 January 5 ,ry 27 42 January 18 12 42 February 1 26 42 February 15 8 41 February 29 23 42 March 14 March 28 21 42 April 11 4 42 April 25 19 43 May 10 3 43 ; May 23 19 45 ! June 6 31 43 j June 21 r 4 43 J ul y 4 28 43 July 18 11 43 August 2 25 43 I August 15 :r 8 42 August 29 :r 22 42 Sept. 12 iber 5 42 Sept. 27 Octo >;" 10 ber 3 42 October 24 ber 16 41 November 7 iber 30 41 j November 21 1904. February 13 February 27 March 12 March 26 April 8 April 23 May 7 May 21 June 4 June 19 J»iy 3 July 19 July 31 August 14 August 28 Sept. 11 Sept. 25 October S October 22 November 5 November 19 December 3 December 16 December 30 January ,14 January 28 39 40 40 40 39 40 40 40 40 40 4i 43 40 41 41 40 41 40 40 39 40 40 39 39 1904. 1904. I9O4- 1904. January 12 February 13 32 January 13 ! February 13 January 26 February 27 32 January 27 February 27 February 9 March 12 32 February 10 March 12 February 23 March 26 32 February 24 j March 26 March 8 ! April 8 31 March 9 j April 8 March 22 I April 23 32 March 23 , April 23 April 5 j May 7 32 April 6 j May 7 April 19 j May 21 32 April 20 i May 21 May 3 J June 4 32 May 4 j une 4 May 17 j June 19 33 May 18 j une 19 May 31 I July 3 33 June 1 j uly 3 June 14 July 19 35 June 15 uly 19 June 28 July 31 33 June 29 : uly 31 July 12 ] August 14 33 July 13 | August 14 July 26 j August 28 33 July 27 August 28 August 9 j Sept. 11 33 August 10 Sept. 11 August 23 Sept. 25 33 [ August 24 Sept. 25 Sept. 6 October 8 32 i Sept. 7 October 8 Sept. 20 October 22 32 Sept. 21 ; October 22 October 4 November 5 32 October 5 i November 5 October 18 November 19 32 October 19 ! November 19 November 1 December 3 32 November 2 December 3 November 15 December 16 31 j November 16 December 16 November 29 December 30 31 j November 30 j December 30 1905. 1905. December 13 January 14 32 December 14 January 14 December 27 January 28 32 December 28 January 28 1905. 1905. January 10 February 11 32 January 11 February 11 .51 JO 3« 31 31 32 34 32 32 32 32 31 3" 31 31 30 April 9 April 23 May 7 May 21 ; June 4 j June 18 July 2 July 16 i July 30 i August 13 August 27 Sept. 10 Sept. 24 May 21 June 4 June 19 ! July 3 I July 19 July 31 August 14 August 28 i Sept. 11 Sept. • 25 October 8 ! October 22 j November 5 October 22 November 5 November 19 December 3 December 16 December 30 January 14 January 28 December 5 December 20 1905. J anuary 2 December 3 December 17 190 January Januar) Februa: y 14 42 December 5 y 28 42 December 19 iry 11 42 January 2 40 40 3i 3' j February 11 40 December 31 February 1 1 February 11 40 3" Maximum Minimum Average .. 43 4007 45 41 42-28 43 39 40-07 35 31 3226 34 3° 31-26

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Table No. 13.-ORIENT MAIL-SERVICE. 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.

FROM LONDON BY THE ORIENT LINE. Melbourne. Sydney. Bl.UFF. Christchurch. Wellington. Auckland. Date of Date of Despatch from Arrival in London. Melbourne. 1904. 1904. Jan. 8 Feb. 9 Jan. 22 Feb. 23 Feb. S March 8 Feb. 19 March 23 March 4 April 5 March 18 April 19 April 1 May 4 April 15 May 17 April 29 May 31 May 13 June 14 May 27 June 28 June 10 : July 12 June 24 i July 26 July 8 August 9 July 22 August 23 August 5 Sept. 6 August 19 ; Sept. 20 Sept. 2 October 4 Sept. 16 October 18 Sept. 30 j Nov. 1 October 14 j Nov. 15 October 28 Nov. 29 Nov. 11 Dec. 13 No. of Days. 32 33 32 32 33 32 32 32 3232 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 Date of Date of No. Date of Date of j No. Date of Despatch from Arrival in of Despatch from Arrival at of Despatch from London. Sydney. Days. London. Bluff, j Days. London. 1904. >9°4- 1904. 1904- '9°4Jan. 8 Feb. 11 34 Jan. 8 i Feb. 16 39 Jan. 8 Jan. 22 Feb. 24 33 Jan. 22 ! March 1 39 Jan. 22 Feb. 5 i Marcti 9 33 Feb. 5 March 15 39 Feb. 5 Feb. 19 March 24 j 34 Feb. 19 April 2 43 j Feb. 19 March 4 April 6 I 33 March 4 j April 12 39 March 4 March 18 April 20 j 33 March 18 ! April 25 38 March 18 April 1 May 5 34 April 1 May 9 38 April 1 April 15 May 18 33 April 15 May 24 39 | April 15 April 29 June 1 33 April 29 ; June 7 39 April 29 May 13 June 15 May 13 ] June 20 38 May 13 May 27 June 29 33 May 27 July 4 38 May 27 June 10 July 13 33 June 10 July 19 39 June 10 June 24 July 27 June 24 1 August 1 38 June 24 July 8 August 10 33 July 8 August 16 j 39 July 8 July 22 August 24 33 July 22 August 29 38 July 22 August 5 Sept. 7 33 August 5 Sept. 12 38 August 5 August 19 Sept. 21 , : August 19 Sept. 26 38 August 19 Sept. 2 October 5 33 ; Sept. 2 October 11 39 I Sept. 2 Sept. 16 October 19 33 Sept. 16 i October 23 ! 37 j Sept. 16 Sept. 30 : Nov. 2 : Sept. 30 : Nov. 7 38 \ Sept. 30 October 14 Nov. 16 33 October 14 I Nov. 21 38 ; October 14 October 28 Nov. 30 1 October 28 , Dec. 5 38 October 28 Nov. 11 Dec. 14 ' 33 Nov. 11 ; Dec. 19 38 Nov. ii 1905. Nov. 25 Dec. 29 34 Nov. 25 Jan. 3 , 39 Nov. 25 1905. Dec. 9 Jan. 11 I 33 j Dec. 9 Jan. 15 37 Dec. 9 Dec. 23 Jan. 26 34 Dec. Jan. 30 38 Dec. 23 Date of Despatch from London. Date of j No. Arrival at of Bluff. J Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Christchurch. 1904. Feb. 17 March 2 March 16 April 1 April 13 April 26 May 1 1 May 26 June 8 June 21 July 20 August 3 August 17 August 30 Sept. 14 Sept. 27 October 12 October 25 Nov. 8 Nov. 22 Dec. 6 Dec. 20 No. of Days. 40 40 40 42 40 39 40 4' 40 39 39 40 40 40 39 40 39 . 40 39 39 39 39 39 Date of Despatch from London. 1904. Jan. 8 I an. 22 Feb. ; Feb. 19 March 4 March 18 April 1 April 15 April 29 May 13 May 27 June 10 June 24 July 8 July 22 August 5 August 19 Sept. 2 Sept. 16 Sept. 30 October 14 October 28 Nov. 11 1904. Feb. 17 40 March 1 39 March 15 39 March 31 41 April 13 40 April 26 39 May 11 40 May 24 39 June 8 40 June 22 40 July 5 39 July 18 38 August 3 40 August 16 39 August 31 ; 40 Sept. 14 40 Sept. 27 39 October 1 2 40 October 26 40 Nov. 9 40 Nov. 21 38 Dec. 5 I 38 Dec. 19 ! 38 Date of No. Arrival in of Wellington. Days. 1904. Jan. 8 Jan. 22 Feb. 5 Feb. 19 March 4 March 18 April 1 April 1 5 ' April 29 May .3 May 2 7 J une 1o June 24 July 8 July 22 August 5 August 19 Sept. 2 Sept. 16 Sept. 30 ; October 14 October 28 ' Nov. 1 1 Date of Date of Despatch from Arrival in London. Auckland. 1904. Feb. 19 Feb. 29 March 14 April 2 April 1 1 April 24 May 12 May 23 June 5 June 20 July 3 July 17 August 1 August 14 August 28 Sept. 11 Sept. 25 October 9 October 24 Nov. 7 Nov. 20 Dec. 4 Dec. 18 No. of Days. 42 43 38 37 4' 3 7 38 37 38 37 37 37 37 38 38 37 37 37 1905. . Nov. 25 1905. Nov. 25 ■9°5Nov. 25 Dec. 27 Dec. 9 Jan. ic Dec. 23 Jan. 24 32 32 32 ! Jan. 4 Jan. ,6 Jan. 31 4° 38 39 Dec. 9 J3ec. 23 Jan. 4 40 Jan. 17 39 Feb. 1 40 Jan. 3 Jan. 15 Feb. 3 39 3 7 4^ Dec. 9 Dec. 23 Maximum Minimum Average 32 32-08 34 - 43 ! X3 ■•■ 37 ; 33-19 ... 38-5 43 37 38-5 42 38 3961 41 38 3942 43 37 l_

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TO LONDON VIA NAPLES (ORIENT PACKETS). I Auckland. Wellington. Blufk Sydney. Melbourne. ' Date of Date of Despatch from Arrival in Auckland. London. pj ( Date of n°' ° Despatch from Da ? s - i Wellington. Date of Arrival in London. ; N , Date 11I Date of «. . Date of Date of I y. Despatch from : Arrival in vi Despatch from Arrival in • vs - BluH. London. ua - vs - .Sidney. London. N of Rate of Date of j) a ' vs Despatch ftom Arrival in Melbourne. London. No. of Days. 1904. 1904. January 11 February 21 January 25 March 6 February 9 March 20 February 22 April 4 March 7 ' April 17 March 21 May 1 April 4 May 16 April 18 I May 29 May 3 June [4 May 16 I June 28 May 30 I July 12 une 13 July 25 une 27 August 8 uly 11 I August 22 ' uly 26 , Sept. 5 August 9 Sept. 18 August 22 October 3 Sept. 5 October 17 Sept. 19 October 30 October 3 November 15 October 17 \ November 27 October 31 ' December 10 November 14 December 28 1905. November 29 . January 8 December 12 January 22 4 0 4 2 4 1 4 1 42 4i 42 43 43 4 2 42 42 4 1 40 42 42 41 43 41 40 44 40 41 1904. January 11 January 23 February 6 February 20 March 5 March 25 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 7 October 18 October 29 November 12 1904. February 21 March 6 March 20 April 4 April 17 May 1 May 16 May 29 June 14 June 28 July 12 July 25 August 8 August 22 Sept. 5 Sept. 18 October 3 October 17 October 30 November 15 November 27 December 10 December 28 1905. January 8 January 22 41 43 43 44 43 37 44 43 45 45 45 44 44 44 44 43 44 44 43 39 40 42 46 1904. January 11 January 26 February 8 February 22 March 7 March 21 April 5 April 18 May 3 May 16 May 30 June 13 June 27 July 11 July 25 August 8 August 22 Sept. 5 Sept. 19 October 3 October 18 October 31 November 14 1904. February 21 41 March 6 40 March 20 41 April 4 42 April 17 41 May 1 41 May 16 41 May 29 41 June 14 42 June 28 43 July 12 43 July 25 42 August 8 42 August 22 42 Sept- 5 42 Sept. 18 41 October 3 42 October 17 42 October 30 41 November 15 43 November 27 40 December 10 40 December 28 44 1905. January 8 41 January 22 41 February 5 41 1904. January 19 February 2 February 16 March 1 March 15 March 29 April 12 April 26 May 10 May 24 June 7 June 21 July 5 July 19 August 2 August 16 August 30 Sept. 13 Sept. 27 October 11 October 25 November 8 November 22 December 6 December 20 1905. January 3 1904. February 21 33 March 6 33 March 20 33 April 4 34 April 17 33 May 1 33 May 16 34 May 29 33 June 14 35 June 28 35 July 12 35 July 25 34 August 8 34 August 22 34 Sept. 5 34 Sept. 18 33 October 3 34 October 17 34 October 30 33 November 15 35 November 27 33 December 10 32 December 28 36 1905. January 8 33 January 22 33 1904. January 20 February 3 February 17 March 2 March 16 March 30 April 13 April 27 May 11 May 25 June 8 June 22 July 6 July 20 August 3 August 17 August 31 Sept. 14 Sept. 28 October 12 October 26 November 9 November 23 1904. February 21 March 6 March 20 April 4 April 17 May 1 May 16 May 29 June 14 June 28 July 12 July 25 August 8 August 22 Sept. 5 Sept. 18 October 3 October 17 October 30 November 15 November 27 December 10 December 28 1905. January 8 January 22 32 32 32 33 32 32 33 32 34 34 34 33 33 33 33 32 33 33 32 34 32 31 35 November 26 December 15 43 38 November 28 December 12 December 7 December 2J 1905. January 4 32 32 December 26 February 5 41 December 24 February 5 43 December 26 February 5 33 'February 5 ! 32 I 1 1 1 i_ 1 35 31 32-69 Maximum Minimum Average • •! 44 40 •• 4''5 46 37 42-85 44 40 41-54 36 32 3369 1

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Table No. 14. 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, 1904.

Received from Places outside the Colony. Total Correspondence dealt with. Posted in the Colon). Postal Districts. Letters. Lettercards. I Post-cards. Books. &c. Newspapers. Parcels. Letters. Books, &c. Newspapers. Parcels. Letters. Letter- p os t.cards. Books, &c. Newspapers. Parcels. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington Blenheim Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill .. 10,968,507 1,068,873 1,811,342 639,132 2,850,435 3.335-891 11,820,826 828,880 1,266,603 451,061 827,632 341.393 I 8,763,982 I 1,671,852 956,436 8,685,808 4.35o,5So 209,482 28,223 43,836 12,428 62,686 94,276 252,304 18,681 45,825 4,524 18,330 4.485 211,523 53,768 26,962 174,382 120,159 1,381,874 459.797 33.93O 106,275 16,913 82,550 123,786 357.4O9 18,863 55,939 6,682 3O,732 190,541 44,564 18,811 271,362 224,055 2,053,363 2,645,555 205,530 418,330 127,155 656,379 821,536 4,025,305 201,539 321,052 76,401 175,082 40,157 2,914,851 443,098 145,795 3,713,589 1,044,860 3,202,069 61,933 200,239 4,381 428,287 5,273 245,271 ' 2,535 612,622 11,528 722,594 12,837 2,144,644 75,149 208,793 6,733 224,198 I 2,921 :33,34 r 3,!99 332,280 3,131 102,154 i 2,426 2,930,210 I 39,77° 477,147 ! 3, J 76 151. 93 1 2 >4°7 2,406,125 44,983 882,713 S 7,235 810,292 78,989 133,858 210,647 246,522 873,279 61,254 93,601 33,333 61,162 25,228 647,486 123,549 70,680 641,709 , 321,507 57,6o7 4,248 13,305 2,117 io,335 15.498 44,780 : 2,36l ] 7,003 836 3,847 1,396 23,871 5,579 2,355 33,999 28,051 257,188 75,476 313. 7 IQ 24,375 49,6i3 15,080 77,846 97.434 477,322 j 23,902 38,076 9,061 20,764 4.762 ; 345,644 I 52,55i 17.291 ; 440,356 ] 123,920 1,267,230 J 79.2 34 169,473 i 97,O43 242,414 j 285,930 I 848,764 82,579 88,715 52,763 40,422 ! 1,159,642 j ! 188,807 60,119 [ I 952,219 j 349,289 6,096,126 5,588,911 1,026 1,235 594 2,702 3,oo8 ,17,624 1,578 684 749 733 568 I 9,322 744 564 jio,544 1.695 11,778,799 1,147,862 1,945,200 686,363 3,061,082 3,582,413 12,694,105 890,134 1,360,204 484,394 888,794 366,621 9,411,468 1,795,4°! 1,027,116 9,327,517 4,672,087 209,482 28,223 43,836 12,428 62,686 94,276 252,304 18,681 45.825 4,524 18,330 4,4 8 5 211,523 53,768 26,962 174,382 120,159 5i7,4°4 I 38,178 119,580 19,030 92,885 139,284 402,189 21,224 62,942 7,5i8 , 34,579 J 12,55° I 214,412 ; 5o,i43 1 21,166 ' 305,361 252,106 2,959,265 229,905 467,943 142,235 734,225 918,970 4,502,627 225,441 359,128 85,462 195,846 44,9'9 3,260,495 495,649 163,086 4,153,945 1,168,780 4,469,299 279,473 597,760 342,314 855,036 1,008,524 2,993,4O8 291,372 3I2,9I3 186,104 463,763 142,576 4,089,852 665,954 212,050 3.358,344 I,232,002 76,450 5,4O7 6,508 3,129 14,230 15,845 92,773 8,311 3,605 3,948 3,864 2,994 49,092 3,920 2,97' 55,527 8,93° 4,480,327 3,963,"5 ■ i 2,131,707 67,887 65,119,560 1,381,874 i 2,310,551 20,107,921 19,567.734 21,500,744 357,50' Totals .. 60,639,233 17,976,214 15,404,618 |289,6l7 1,453,463 Previous year 1,954,°45 60,512,647 1,174,810 19,696,434 327,621 1,377.987 17,613,689 267,974 59,655 56,549,532 1,174,810 14,107,523

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Table No. 15. 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, 1904.

Service. Letters. Articles subject to Postage. Articles exempt from Postage. Packets, including Printed Matter (except Vnat ..ai-rt* Newspapers), I out cards. Commercial Papers, I Letter- and Samples of News- ]>*♦,.„> Pneketa Registered { Newscards. Merchandise. papers. betters. Packets. Articles I papera . « Single I Reply paid. Ordinary. Registered. Articles exempt from Postage. 1 - Number. Weight. ! Parcels. I I _ . . Postage. D~£2* Ordinary. | ggggj I I I I Posted. 268,977 969,988 Inland Australian .. International Totals .. .. 51,991,886;268,295 .. 1,342,558; 40,881 .. 1,751,826! 44,970 .. 55,086,270 354,146 1,381,874 jl,747, 267 j 1,859 16,633,342 83,700 12,062,47714,956,753 732,548 139,409 !l ,515,108 : 102,290 .. 228,307 3,990 785,3711 35,639 2,501 2,113 , 446 201,947 ! .. 372,989 6,288 1,036,3971 19,329 6,527 1,596 4,319 1,381,874 2,051,504 1,859 17,234,638 43,978 13,8S4,245;5,011,721 741,576 143,118 1,520,373 I L . I i 9,124 19,275 £ s. d. £ s. a. 15,752 18 632 7 1J ) 120,722 0 0 907 13 10J ) 17,292 2 8 20,722 0 0 11,516 29,106 143,118 ;l,520,373 289,617 1,018,369 I [ Received. Australian International Totals .. .. 1,760,1911 28,687 .. 55,845 .. 2,621,400 45,857; .. 201,343 .. 4,381,5911 74,544 | .. 257,188 i 55,845 .. 431,801 3,663 j 1,760,709 15,391 . 1,193 1,057 1,480 201,343 .. 1,687,684 6,954 4,333,586 6,929 412 815 351 J 257,188 .. 2,119,485 10,617 6,094,295 22,320 1,605 1,872 1,831 1,057 j 815 J 1,480 16,808 I 48,534 351 51,079 212,804 1,522 0 5 ) Il65,939 0 5,088 0 0 J 2,119,485 10,617 22,320 1,605 1,872 1,831 j 67,887 |261,338 6,610 0 5 I 165,939 0

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Table No. 16. Table showing the Number o f 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 1904.

I Letter-cards. | Post-cards. Books, &c. Newspapers. Parcels. Postal Districts. Letters. Auckland .. Thames New Plymouth Gisborne Napier .. ... Wanganui .. • .. Wellington .. Blenheim .. Nelson .. Westport ..-;-. Greymouth Hokitika .. _ Christchurch Timaru.. Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill 4,5*0,760 606,380 649.473 258,642 978,675 849,413 4.359.191 179,150 344,342 186,486 317.372 97,648 2,881,917 593,688 319,973 3,628,897 966,386 103,112 13.831 14,814 5,899 22,322 '9,374 99,427 4,o85 7,854 4,253 7.239 2,227 65,733 13,541 7,298 82,770 22,042 210,205 35.6i6 4 r ,559 4,909 42,384 6i,445 265,514 8,559 21,753 11,724 24,934 7.443 118,827 36,543 33,655 3O4.854 82,100 969,798 145>254 102,997 14,894 321,029 468,907 1,879,249 45,93^ H5.I53 33-259 80,693 47,007 996.353 135.865 47,480 1,382,606 569,613 889,211 150,648 259,032 46,867 215,634 280,993 1,063,604 59,056 202,060 65,959 75.431 31,681 599,326 94,286 ; 53,763 ; 937,387 223,264 20,580 4,192 4,121 1,968 5,172 6,041 17,522 2,737 4.982 2,972 5,241 1,231 i5,94i 2,485 2,106 9,481 3,622 Totals 21,738,393 495,822 1,312,024 7,386,089 5,248,202 110,394 Previous year .. 20,146,768 6,820,120 - 5,077,823 i I". 353 419.552 94!.9i3

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

Yra? ended I . Number Number of of Miles ol Miles of Line. Wire. ti o • j= Private, GovernB , and Press. ment. Number of Telegrams during the Ye; forwarded it. Telegraph Value ot Revenue from all Government Sources. Messages. Total Value of Business done during the Year. Cost of _ , i Maintenance Cost of of Maintenance I j nes o °. excluding Stations. Australian Cable Subsidy. Total Expenditure. Cost of Maintenance of Lines per Mile. Tariff in Operation. Total. r r. A 30th |une, 1866 699 j 1,390 13 24,761 2,746 £ s. d. 5,561 19 2 £ s. d. 483 3 2 6,045 2 4 3,934 3 4 £ *■ d2,443 2 11 6,377 6 3 3 9 10 ' 3 7 1 4 17 4 6 8 6, £ s. d. 3 9 10 j-Mileage tarifi. 27,4O7 1867 757 1,498 21 55,621 I5,33i 70,952 9,070 10 1 3.77° 4 8 12,840 14 9 8,017 14 7 2,541 4 11 10,558 19 6 3 7 1 1868 1,110 2,223 31 72,241 26,244 98,485 11,652 3 7 6,672 o 3 18,324 3 10 9,489 17 10 5,4°6 7 3 14,896 5 1 4 17 4 1869 1,329 j 2,495 45 106,070 50,097 156, 167 18,520 10 4 13,430 11 9 31,951 2 1 14,266 12 7 8,547 4 9 22,813 J 7 4 6 8 6 O O O <| 8 9 11 5 19 6 423 4 I II ; 6 3 II Mileage tariff in operation up to 1st Sept., 1869; uniform as. 6d. tariff fro.n 1st Sept., 1869, to 31st March. 1870; anil is. tariff from 1st April, 1870. ] 1870 1,661 2,897 56 122,545 62,878 185,423 17,218 1 4 12,252 6 o 29,470 7 4 16,417 7 4 14,120 4 10 30,537 12 2 8 9 11 1871 1,976 i 3.247 2,185 S 3,823 2,356 4.574 7 2 253.582 59,292 312,874 22,419 8 8 9,876 17 6 32,296 6 2 21,254 4 3 ",344 3 8 32,598 7 11 5 19 6 1872 81 344.524 67,243 411,767 28,121 10 o 11,043 3 9 39,164 13 9 23,593 9 9 8,858 19 7 32,452 9 4 423 1873 93 485.507 83,453 568, 960 39,680 18 9 11,105 2 o 50,786 o 9 27,040 18 10 9,479 5 4 36,520 4 2 4 1 11 i874 2,530 5.782 105 645,067 107,832 752,899 46,508 18 10 12,618 11 6 59,127 10 4 38,801 19 4 15,021 17 11 53,823 17 3 6 3 11 1875 2,986 6,626 127 786,237 130,891 917,128 55,301 12 3 13,679 10 9 68,981 3 o 45,814 11 4 14,240 19 7 60,055 10 11 4 16 4 5 18 10 5 12 11 5 10 o 4 16 4 From 1st November, 1873, address and signature given in free 1876 3,154 7,247 142 890,382 160,704 1,051,086 62,715 10 4 16,154 6 o 78,869 16 4 6i,6g6 14 5 21,074 8 8 82,771 3 1 5 18 10 i877 3,259 7,423 155 ! 952,283 172,159 1,124,442 65,644 15 3 17,024 8 9 82,669 4 o 63,353 IO IO 17,931 8 o 81,284 l8 10 5 12 11 1878 3,434 8,035 182 1,065,481 194,843 1,260,324 73,284 i 10 19,148 12 4 92,432 14 2 69,340 1 8 18,259 4 9 87,599 6 5 5 10 o 1879 3,512 1 8,117 195 1,201,982 246,961 j>448.943 85,402 o 2 26,949 2 2 112,351 2 4 79,502 o 5 17,299 7 10 96,801 8 3 509 31st March, 1880 3.63« 1 9.333 214 824,734 183,675 1,008,409 58,120 3 3 19,707 6 3 77,827 9 6 68,651 10 10 I4>758 4 5 83,4 O 9 15 3 4 3 4 1881 3,758 9,587 227 1,058,342 234 i>215.849 246,370 1,304,712 73,002 2 o 27,021 3 8 100,023 5 8 78,224 1 8 23>i54 8 3 101,378 9 11 667 1882 3,824 : 9,653 222,923 1.438,772 78,828 19 8 22,737 16 4 101,566 16 o 69,165 5 o 18,292 13 4 87.457 .18 4 4 17 4

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Table No. 17— continued. Comparative Table showing the 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.

Number Year ended j m £ of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. o 2 Number of Telegrams forwarded during the Year. Telegraph Value of Revenue from all Government Sources. Messages. Total Value of Business done during the Year. Cost of Maintenance of Stations. Cost of Maintenance of Lines, excluding Australian Cable Subsidy. Total Expenditure. Cost of Maintenance of Lines per Mile. Tariff in Operation. Private, Governand Press. ment. Total. r j : 1 I I I T~ ! 31st Dec, 1882 3,974 1883 4,074 1884 ; 4,264 1885 4,463 1886 4,546 1887 4,646 , 1888 4,790 1889 4,874 1890 5,148 1891 5,349 1892 5,479 1893 5,513 9,848 10,037 10,474 11,178 11,617 11,827 I2,8l2 13,235 13,459 13,515 264 302 330 375 412 437 473 489 520 573 615 640 1,361,817 208,372 1,379,483 219,917 1,433,458 220,847 1,533,406 240,867 1,583,717 252,549 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 1,825,646 244,045 1 1,570,189 1,599,400 1,654,305 I,774, 2 73 1,836,266 1,835,394 1,765,863 1,802,987 I,961,161 I,968,264 1,904,143 2,069,691 £ s d. £ s. d. 90.633 11 2 20,608 11 11 93,822 3 3 21,555 19 2 95.634 5 5 20,855 19 7 101,652 8 o 24,860 9 o 106,638 12 2 27,281 4 9 106,548 4 o 30,205 11 10 106,311 11 6 23,164 13 11 106,462 18 4 24,218 9 3 ,110,696 17 8 '26,070 12 7 |"7,633 15 9 24,840 5 7 1103,813 8 7 o 112,465 15 9 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 10 129,476 5 5 130,681 7 7 136,767 10 3 142,474 1 4 128,155 15 6$ 140,783 3 7 i ' ( 73,554 9 73,O54 4 70,036 6 77,082 4 77,473 10 76,580 10 72,201 13 75,426 9 76,845 1 1 85,658 4 1 87,472 13 92,109 17 73,554 9 1 73,054 4 6 70,036 6 2 77,082 4 4 77,473 10 7 76,580 10 o 72,201 13 5 75,426 9 7 76,845 1 10 85,658 4 11 87,472 13 3 92,109 17 o £ s - d. 22,451 6 3 19,210 6 6 20,041 15 10 20,900 6 2 21,402 18 2 21,321 2 9 23,262 1 o 26,007 1 5 27,546 2 o 28,986 10 10 29,580 10 11 29,141 6 o £ »• 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 Ix ° !O4,39i 3 10 114,644 15 9 117,053 4 2 121,251 3 o £ s. d. 5 17 5 4 16 8 4 18 4 4 15 9 4 15 n 4 13 9 5 o 1 5 8 7 5 13 o 5 12 7 580 5 5 9 From 1st Novembei 1873, address and signature given in free. From 1st Jan., 1886, delayed telegrams posted to addressees immediately after their receipt at offices of destination. For the Financial Years ended 31st March, 1895, to 31st March, 1905. I v Number 1° Private, £ and Press. Z (including Miscell Total Value Value of of Government Business done Messages. during the Year. of Telegrams 1 luring the Yeai forwarded f< r enue ilaneous Receipts). Year ended Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. I Total Expenditure (excluding Cable Subsidy). Remarks. Government. Total. Telegraph. Telephone. I I I _l 1 '■ £ s. d. £ s. d. 26,050 7 5 136,062 11 2 25,843 11 11 148,955 18 8J 23,118 2 6 152,752 18 o 24,504 9 8 160,725 5 2J 25,500 5 10 170,794 19 5 29,431 19 o 192,376 13 4j 35,327 6 2 222,305 8 oj 27,507 17 6 234,984 2 2 26,440 2 10 248,934 19 4 24,377 1 7 261,941 6 6J 2O,597 H IO 270,660 13 if I I 1 31st March, 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 , 1900 . 1901 . 1902 1903 1904 1905 • 6,2 4 5£ .. 6,284! .. 6,484 •• 6,736 6,910 j ■■ 7,469 •■ 7,748$ j •• 7,7794 7.943J I 4 ,88i£ -5,764i 16,470! 18,024 18,746 19,228 2O,682| 21,705 22,6728 22,920 J 23,7O4 705 1,802,182 743 1,899,632 780 2,285,001 824 2,469,415 878 2,717,548 915 3,i59,O93 991 3,534,444 1,038 3,850,391 1,103 4,271,218 j i>153 4,671,904 I r,2oo 4,900,495 I 231,618 J 224,579 235,168 226,818 243,190 310,538 363,684 317,590 1 288,086 ! 293,293 259,250 : 2,033,800 2,124,211 2,520,169 2,696,233 2,960,738 3,469,631 3,898,128 4,167,981 4,559,3°4 4,965,197 5,159,745 J £ s. d. 88,459 10 11 97,178 14 oj (100,385 16 1 j 99,798 8 10J 105,576 6 x> 119,641 11 6J 137,861 1 2J 19 II l6 o,343 7 7 166,535 18 8£ 1171,001 13 11J £ s. d. 21,552 12 10 25,933 12 9 29,248 19 5 36,422 6 8 39,7i8 7 7 43,303 2 10 49,117 o 8 55,542 4 9 62,151 8 11 71,028 6 3 79,061 7 4 £ »■ d. i35,79i o 7 143,665 14 o 153,484 6 8 165,198 13 5 !73,i52 16 6 181,634 « 3 194,014 12 11 212,180 16 o 228,185 10 7 245,805 9 7 258,977 10 9 £ s. d. Cable subsidy, 6,492 11 8 5 5 3.972 8 1 1,849 2 9 » 1,427 19 11 . 1,608 7 1 „ 1,000 8 6 234 15 o , 181 10 o » 10,057 n 7 Nil. 1 I

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Table No. 18. Table showing the Cash Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages, the Value of Government Messages, and the Number of Messages transmitted in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand for the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1905.

Table No. 19. Return of Paid Telegrams of all Codes forwarded during the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1905, and the Revenue received.

Table No. 20. Return of the Number and Value of Telegraph Money-orders issued within the several Postal Districts during the Year ended 31st December, 1904.

Postal Districts. Revenue derived from Value Private Governs and Press Messat Messages. Total v , . , Total Number of Number Number Value 01 Value of Private of of M Messages of all and Press Government Messages Messages. Codeg Messages. Messages. of all Codes. . . . _ ■ :of ment iges. I Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth .. Oamaru Thames.. Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport £ •• d. £ .. 28,136 17 8 3,329 2,658 13 1 J! 423 •• 19.7 11 7 2* 1,847 : •• 17,504 ° 8J 1,303 4.291 4 94 369 : 4.292 8 ioj 441 : 1,637 2 9 183 : ■8,597 17 9 839 .. 1 10,116 13 4 838 .. J 4,344 2 6 768 5,39° 1 7j 642 2,585 19 2i 171 .. I 5,275 17 8 388 .. : 4,686 o 8 I 318 •• 10,733 4 oi 757 : .. 34,721 8 24 7,446 : 2,898 13 6 528 : £ s. d. £ s. d. 3,329 o 10 31,465 18 6 821,046 , 42,455 863,501 423 5 5 3,o8i 18 6J 75,046 5,858 80,904 1,847 ! 4 IJ 2I >559 2 I i 54 I ,696 ; 21,211 ' 562,907 1,303 3 4 18,807 4 oj 502,145 i 18,582 I 520,727 369 17 9 4>66i 2 6J 116,053 5,477 I 121,530 441 19 6 4,734 8 4$ 112,467 1 5,717 118,184 183 15 3 1.820 18 o 48,092 1,940 50,032 839 1 10 9,436 19 7 265,479 11,687 277,166 838 6 2 10,954 J 9 6 ! 301,872 , 8,009 i 309,881 768 6 2 5,112 8 8 I 219,230 j n,go6 I 231,136 642 9 10 6,032 11 54 152,862 j 9,912 162,774 171 8 8 2,757 7 io| 69,569 j 2,420 71,989 388 o 4 I 5,663 18 o ' 142,885 ] 4,804 147,689 318 o 4 5,004 1 0 128,755 j 5,110 133,865 757 12 6 11,490 16 64 320,935 ! 8,930 329,865 7,446 12 6 42,168 o 841,005,444 87,820 1,093,264 528 16 6 3,427 10 o 76,919 7,4*2 84,331 s. d. 0 10 5 5 14 11 3 4 17 9 19 6 15 3 1 10 6 2 6 2 9 10 8 8 o 4 o 4 12 6 12 6 16 6 Totals, 1904-5 • ■ 167,581 13 7i 20,597 i 20,597 11 10 :o,597 11 10 188,179 5 544,900,495 259,250 5,159,745 4,377 1 7 186,874 15 293,293 4,965,197 11 10 188,179 5 54 Totals, 1903-4 .. 1162,497 13 24,377 1 7 186,874 15 24 4,671,904 293,293 iri 1 * —1 tftj 1 ir*t

Class of Telegrams. June Quarter, 1904. Number. Revenue. September Quarter, 1904. December Quarter, 1904. March luarter, 1905. "otals. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. >rdinary .. Irgent 'ress £ s. d. 866,33041,152 14 5 43,520! 2,864 18 6 J 88,760! 3,918 14 4 144,067 3,222 2 9 £ •■ d. 853,207,40,935 9 6J 40,5181 2,560 16 9| 93,000; 4,449 9 5ji 147.593, 3.260 19 2} 981,357 48,986 87,844 162,245 £ •■ d. 44,944 11 1 3,098 6 5J 4.243 7 <5£ 3,575 11 4 1,019,220 54.o°3 97,462 172,383 £ s. d.J 46,805 o 4^3,720,114 3,37°. 6 54 187,027 4,523*13 6J 367,066 3,775 5 2 626,288 £ *■ d. 173.837 15 5 11,894 8 3 17,135 4 io£ 13.833 18 5i lureau rross totals .ess other \ lines and >• credits J 1,142,67751,158 10 oj 11,895 10 ij 1,134,318 51,206 15 o 12,446 10 9 1,280,432 55,861 16 5 12,084 8 7 1,343,068 58,474 5 6jj 4,900,495 12,693 3 n 216,701 7 o 49,119 13 4$ let totals, 1,142,67739,262 19 11 1,134,318,38,760 4 3 1,280,432 43.777 7 i° 1,343,068 45,781 i 7^4,900,495 j 44,841 5 6^4,671,904 167,581 13 7j 1904-5 [et totals, 1,086,89038,072 6 o 1,069,311 37,350 18 7 1,215,959 42,233 3 ° k>299.744 162,497 13 7; i9°3-4

Districts. Number. Telegraph Commission. Value of Orders. Districts. L ' 111 ' ■ * ' ■ IU ' • . Auckland .. Blenheim .. Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui .. Wellington.. Westport .. ! 10,809 I ,192 4.431 4.378 2,004 2,343 723 2,031 4.!73 1,377 1,896 529 3,231 i,39o 5,725 13,'92 1.633 £ ». d. 540 9 o 59 12 o 221 11 0 218 18 o 100 4 o 117 3 o 36 3 o 101 II O 208 13 o 68 17 o 94 16 o 26 9 o 161 11 o 69 10 o 286 5 o 659 12 o 81 13 o £ s- d. 40,645 7 9 3.584 17 8 15,682 15 4 15,308 11 3 7,060 o 4 9.344 2 8 2,965 17 7 6,748 r 2 13,270 o 5 5,046 11 8 6,172 17 8 -.753 3 10 10,014 Io I0 4,934 8 11. 17,785 8 10 45,086 16 3 5,386 15 4 Totals, 1904 61,057 6i,o57 3,052 17 o 3,052 17 o 2io,79o 7 6 210,790 7 6 Totals, 1903 '■ 1 54.933 2,746 13 o 187,472 14 o

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

Year. a a Capital iCost for Instruments, Wire, Poles, Labour, Freight, Superintendence, &c. Average | Cost of Total for all each Con- j Connections, nection. Revenue. Salaries and I Allowances of Clerks, &c. Materials and Linemen. i Working-expenees. Kent, Fuel, * Wear-and- Light, Paper, tear, &c. Printing, Binding, &c. [ Total Balance uf Annual Kate Revenue per Cent. over Working- yielded on expenses. Capital Coat. Total for tho year ended 31st March,— 1882 £ s. d. £ s. d. 116 21 16 6 2,531 14 0 379 21 16 6 8,271 13 6 £• s. d. 5 2 £ s. d. £ ■ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 285 0 0 275 C 0 253 0 0 150 0 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. 963 0 0 207 16 0 8-17 1883 5,014 9 2 595 0 0 595 0 0 827 0 0 300 0 0 2,317 0 0 4,492 8 8 3,375 0 0 3,65:-) 7 4 54-31 23-41 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 ' 1885 1,075 21 18 6 23,461 17 6 10,008 3 6 1,770 0 0 j 1,590 0 0 2,346 0 0 475 0 Oj 6,181 0 0 3,827 3 6 16-31 1886 1,710 20 8 6 37,319 12 1 2,038 19 19 5 40,686 3 1 12,294 1 2 2,849 1 3 1,704 0 0 3,731 19 2 700 0 Oj 8,985 0 5 5,011 19 7 13-42 1887 15,477 16 2 2,873 0 0 '. 1,580 10 0 4,068 12 2 ' 320 0 0 8,842 2 2 I 6,635 14 0 16-30 1888 2,153 22 19 0 49,407 5 0 2,249 23 18 10 53,849 11 6 16,881 8 6 3,119 10 0 2,252 0 0 4,940 14 6 i 330 0 0 10,642 4 6 6,239 4 1 12-63 ! 1889 17,613 4 0 3,315 10 0 2,249 7 0 5,344 9 2 ! 335 0 0 i 11,244 6 2 6,368 17 10; 11-82 1890 2,402 24 4 1 I 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 13,265 10 7 J 6,695 13 7 15,026 12 2 3,544 15 6, 19,734 1 1 -578 9 8J 11-00 10-43 4-63 Loss. 1891 2,587 I 24 17 1 64,294 4 4 19,961 4 2 4,1.92 0 0 2,249 18 5 6,429 8 5 j 394 8 9 1892 3,060 ' 24 16 11 76,579 1 8 18,571 7 8 4,630 0 0 j 2,345 2 9 7,658 7 11 393 1 6 1893 3,690 24 16 11 91,687 11 1 19,155 11 5 7,405 0 0 i 2,695 19 10 9,168 15 1 464 6 2 1894 ... .. ...... . . I 4,244 24 12 1 ilO4,425 3 0 21,771 4 4 7,720 0 0 3,313 1 1 10,442 10 4 | 74] L8 9 i 22,217 10 2 -446 5 10: i Loss. 1895 4,616 25 6 3 J116,845 10 4 21,552 12 10 9,285 0 0 4,253 11 4 11.684 11 0 817 19 r, 9,686 0 10 j 5,303 11 9 12,510 16 5 1,952 8 3 12,306 9 7 J 7,398 0 10 13,429 19 1 1,850 18 2 14,181 18 0 11,834 2 11 7,110 18 7 1,881 11 11 15,030 7 1 16,190 4 0 7,524 10 11 1,861 2 3 15,710 13 2 20,847 13 6 8,116 13 0 1,892 10 8 16,304 6 3 18,225 18 9 j 8,817 9 0 2,000 15 10 18,448 3 5 20,570 0 9 i 9,675 11 9 2,078 12 10 20,885 13 3 !22,078 4 11 ilO,698 6 6 2,614 15 0 23,359 8 3 22,507 9 10 12,095 3 1 2,986 8 8 26,041 1 9 -3,420 1 9; Loss. 1896 5,143 24 6 6 'l25, 108 4 1 25,933 12 9 29.452 17 3 |_8,519 4 6 Loss. i 1897 5,747 2a 7 4 184,299 11 4 29,248 19 5 34,991 2 8 -5,742 3 8 Loss. 1898 5,787 J 24 11 6 142,218 11 8 36,422 6 8 35,008 11 5 ; 1,413 15 3 099 1899 -i 6,203 24 5 3 150,490 18 9 39,718 7 7 40,606 4 3 -887 16 8 L^.HS. 1900 7,150 I 22 14 1 162,333 1 2 43,303 2 10 46,567 10 4 -3,264 7 6 Lose. 1901 8,210 21 9 7 176,349 1 8 49,117 0 8 45,348 9 10 3,768 10 10 214 1902 9,260 20 18 0 193,511 6 2 55,542 4 9 50,772 8 9 , 4,769 16 o! 56,276 19 8 { 5,874 9 3 2-46 2-75 1903 10,633 20 2 6 213,966 10 8 62,151 8 11 1904 12,105 19 19 8 1241,903 2 6 71,028 6 3 60,948 4 10 10,080 1 5 71,103 3 3 7,958 4 1 4-17 2-69 1905 14,423 21 19 7 295,029 7 2 79,061 7 4 |25,121 16 1 26,781 19 6 114,751 9 4 j4,447 18 4 * This column includes ft per cent, for wear-au-i-tear. and 5 per cent, for debenture capital, except in 1897-98 and following years, in which onl 6 >er cent, for debenture ca] lital is included.

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Table No. 22. Return of the Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph Lines for the Year ended 31st March, 1905.

Table No. 23. Statement showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph Construction during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1905.

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District. No. of Miles. Travellingexpenses of Inspectors and Linemen. Extra Labour. Cost of Material purchased. Value of Material issued irom Stores. Salaries of Inspectors and Linemen. Total Cost of Maintenance. Average Cost per Mile. Auckland Wellington Nelson Canterbury Otago .. .. 2,063 J .. 2,O87g 994| 92l| .. 1,876§ £ s. d. 1,202 1 2 1,452 12 1 897 15 3 6GS 1 10 854 16 2 £ s. 4. 3,960 0 11 3,856 0 5 1,786 5 2 926 7 2 1,337 3 4 £ s. a. 4,938 5 11 5,262 16 5 216 19 7, 327 7 0 1,055 2 1 £ s. d. 2,605 11 2 626 7 7 1,211 3 6 1,532 13 6 750 9 11 £ s. cl. 2,558 0 0 3,071 0 0 1,583 0 0 1,832 0 0 1,428 0 0 £ s. el. 15,26-1 5 2 14/268 16 6 5,695 3 6 5,286 9 C> 5,425 11 6 £ s. a. 7 8 0 6 16 8 5 14 6 5 14 10 2 17 10 Cables .. 7,943| 283 7,943 I 283 knots 5,075 6 6 8 16 1 11,866 3 0 953 15 2 11,800 11 0 14 0 11 6,726 5 8 585 1 6 10,472 0 0 400 0 0 45,940 0 2 1,961 13 8 5 15 8 6 18 8 per knot Stores .. kuots 107 15 6 312 5 2 1,210 1 1 537 0 0 2,167 1 9 Totals : 5,191 18 1 13,132 3 4 13,024 13 0 7,311 7 2 11,409 0 0 50,069 1 7

Line. Expenditure. Material from Stores. Total Co-t during the Year. Telephone exchanges,— Ashburton Auckland Blenheim Cambridge Christchurch Dannevirke ... Dunedin Feilding Gisborne Greyinouth ... Hamilton Hawera Hokitika Invercargill ... Masterton Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Pahiatua Palmerston North Eotorua Stratford Thames Timaru Waihi Waipawa Wanganui Wellington ... Westport Whangarei ... £ s. d. 7 4 6 4,893 16 3 0 11 0 12 15 3 1,085 10 0 47 4 4 914 7 11 15 14 2 120 15 6 21 12 5 205 7 7 68 5 10 12 5 1 91 15 7 78 5 7 171 12 8 26 16 6 14 4 6 134 14 1 13 7 6 119 11 10 19 10 9 5 13 0 4 3 6 236 15 4 £ s. d. 101 16 5 10,103 18 11 76 1 10 262 7 8 2,449 9 0 220 1 11 9,594 6 9 300 6 0 603 3 7 167 5 9 174 19 4 293 13 7 39 6 7 329 0 0 460 16 11 802 16 1 278 5 1 200 2 6 195 18 10 53 13 3 630 0 11 82 4 8 153 5 1 50 2 0 584 12 2 10S 14 4 110 17 2 385 12 8 14,442 8 2 100 10 6 68 10 5 £ s. d. 109 0 11 14,997 15 2 76 12 10 275 2 11 3,534 19 0 267 6 3 10,508 14 8 316 0 2 723 19 1 188 18 2 380 6 11 361 19 5 51 11 8 420 15 7 539 2 6 974 8 9 305 1 7 214 7 0 330 12 11 67 0 9 749 12 9 101 15 5 158 18 1 54 5 6 821 7 6 108 14 4 110 17 2 485 10 9 15,671 13 0 121 .12 0 98 1 11 99 18 1 1,229 4 10 21 1 6 29 11 6 Total exchanges 9,701 16 7 43,424 8 1 53,126 4 8 Kaitaia-Herekino Omapere-Waioteinarama Waiotemarama-Waimamaku Howick-Whitford Ngaruawahia - Te Akatea - Waingaro Hinuera Cambridge - Cambridge West 133 4 98 8 54 12 95 4 200 10 15 16 17 12 2 0 3 9 4 1 2 76 5 11 Iβ" 6 8 42 2 0 5 13 10 12 2 9 209 10 1 98 8 0 72 18 11 95 4 9 242 12 4 21 9 11 29 14 11

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Table No. 23- continued. Statement showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph Construction during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1905— continued.

By Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9os.

Line. Expenditure. Material from Stores. Total Cost during the Year. Kaiteratahi - Te Karaka ... Gisborne-Manutuke (Te Arai Bridge) Muriwai-Wharerata Waitara-Sentry Hill Whangamomona-Kohuratahi Toko-Tutitawa-Punuihakau Wanganui-Taihape Mangaweka-Taihape Hunterville-Koeke Aramoho - Aramoho Eail way-station Wellington-New Plymouth Napier-Hastings Dannevirke-M angatera-U m utaoroa Ormondville-Whetukura Woodville-Mangarawa ... Pahiatua-Mangamaire ... Gladstone-Te Wharau ... Martinborough-Hinakura (Pahaoa) Kaikoura-Hapuku Kaikoura - Kaikoura W h arf Cheviot-Spotswood Amberley-Balcairn Woodend-Waikuku Duvauchelle Ashburton-Waterton-Longbeach ... Lowcliff-Hinds... Geraldine Trunk Kurow-Otematata-Omarama Queenstown-Long Gully Oamaru-Waiinate Ophir-Poolburn Seacliff-Puketeraki Mosgiel-Momona Woodside-Maungaatua ... Taieri Beach - Akatore ... Winton-Lochiel Henot-Edievale Balclutha Trunk Clinton-Ashley Down-Clydevale O waka-Purekireki Nuggets-Tokata Invercargill - Mabel Bush Invercargill-Winton Invercargill - Gorge Eoad Te Tua - Tuatapere £ s. a. 13 1 0 45 14 0 36 13 6 5 9 9 10 4 10 2 15 0 0 7 6 33 3 4 220 2 8 0 12 6 245 13 1 26 16 10 34 16 6 67 15 3 45 19 2 0 13 0 143 16 6 146 19 11 20 19 10 24 3 6 3 12 98 13 10 6 16 5 5 0 284 18 3 £ 8. I 3 3 163 17 77 4 1 0 14 133 8 47 18 692 18 1 17 84 8 5 11 484 2 209 6 101 13 25 10 15 6 14 3 8 18 63 0 42 9 73 17 5 8 27 3 26 11 32516 i £ s. d. 3 3 2 163 17 5 77 4 10 0 14 4 133 8 5 47 18 0 692 18 5 1 17 1 84 8 6 5 11 0 484 2 2 209 6 7 101 13 4 25 10 5 15 6 7 14 3 0 8 18 4 63 0 6 42 9 5 73 17 5 5 8 1 27 3 7 26 11 9 £ s. d. 16 4 2 209 11 5 113 18 4 6 4 1 143 13 3 50 13 0 693 5 11 35 0 5 304 11 2 6 3 6 729 15 3 236 3 5 136 9 10 93 5 8 61 5 9 14 16 0 152 14 10 210 0 5 63 9 3 98 0 11 8 9 3 125 17 5 32 13 3 5 5 0 610 14 6 70 19 4 316 17 9 477 6 5 10 19 10 348 11 2 75 7 0 46 16 6 0 10 0 21 14 0 188 18 1 37 3 0 41 19 6 0 10 0 11 0 4 417 12 1 11 14 6 123 7 11 358 19 5 15 5 11 26 16 10 72 12 6 325 5 5 5 12 6 50 6 11 36 19 5 26 8 0 0 10 0 1 10 3 152 9 2 12 16 2 41 19 6 0 10 0 11 0 4 336 3 3 2 3 6 93 7 6 175 11 4 9 7 7 26 0 0 70 19 ■ 244 5 ; 152 1 i 5 7 - 298 4 : 38 7 ' 20 8 i 20* 3 ' 36 8 l: 24 6 11 81 8 II 9 11 I 30 0 i 183 8 : 5 18 ■ 0 16 II 325 16 3 70 19 4 244 5 3 152 1 0 5 7 4 298 4 3 38 7 7 20 8 6 20 3 9 36 8 11 24 6 10 81 8 10 9 11 0 30 0 5 183 8 1 5 18 4 0 16 10 Purchase of material 13,221 15 66,076 0 1 0 47,435 4 1 60,656 19 2 Total expenditure 1904-5 79,297 15 1 Total expenditure to 31st March, 1904 1,053,692 9 6 Total expenditure out of Public Works Fund to 31 sc March, 1905 £1,132,990 4 7 Total cost of lines during 1904-5 £60,656 19 2