POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT (REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR 1905.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1906 Session II, F-01

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Session 11. 1906. NEW ZEALAND.

POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT (REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR 1905.

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

My Lord, — General Post Office, Wellington, 6th August, 1906. I have the honour to submit to Your Excellency the Report of the Post and Telegraph Department for the*year 1905, 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.

EBPOET. The expansion of business which has been recorded in the reports for many years past still continues. Never has the revenue been so buoyant as during the year just closed. The estimate of revenue, which was considered to be an optimistic one, has been exceeded by £29,578, and the balance of revenue over expenditure was greater than ever attained in the historj' of the Department. The year has throughout been a record one, and it is gratifying to find that an increase in earnings of £51,572 over the previous year has been gained at the moderate increase of expenditure of £18,805. Even on the telegraph side, where an annual deficiency is looked for, the excess of expenditure over revenue was comparatively so slight that it is reasonable to hope that a small surplus will be shown for the current year. The financial outlook in all branches of the Department is very bright. The revenue and expenditure of the Department for the year 1905-6 are shown in the following table: —

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Item. Postal. Telegraph. Total. Receipts. £ s. d. 353,873 11 7 23,668 19 10J 637 10 3 8,726 3 0 24,060 18 10J £ a. d. £ a. d. 353,873 11 7 23,608 19 10J 637 10 3 8,726 3 0 27,955 17 3J 180,474 7 9 89,542 1 5 Stamps for postage Money-order and postal-note commission Money-order commission received from foreign offices Private box and bag fees Miscellaneous receipts Paid telegrams .. .. .. • • ■ Telephone exohanges 3,894 18 5 180,474 7 9 89,542 1 5 Balance of expenditure over revenue (Telegraph) 410,967 3 7 273,911 7 7 2,669 4 10 684,878 11 2 Totals 410,967 3 7 276,580 12 5 684,878 11 2 Expenditure. Salaries (classified officers) Salaries (country Postmasters and telephonists and contributions to railway officers) Conveyance of mails by sea Conveyance of inland mails Conveyance of mails by railway Money-order commission credited to foreign offices Maintenance of telegraph-lines Miscellaneous £ s. d. 110,602 3 1 18,958 0 6 54,610 15 7 52,929 4 7 32,619 10 4 1,916 19 1 £ s. d. 189,941 5 0 24,491 1 10 £ a. d. 300,543 8 1 43,449 2 4 54,610 15 7 52,929 4 7 32,619 10 4 1,916 19 1 35,089 3 0 57,568 8 7 30,509' 6 0 35,089 3 0 27,059 2 7 Balance of revenue over expenditure (Postal) (combined Department) 302,145 19 2 108,821 4 5 276,580 12 5 578,726 11 7 106,151'19 7 Totals 410,967 3 7 276,580 12 5 684,878 11 2

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Postage-stamp sales alone exceed those of the previous year by £27,506, and the estimate by £13,874. Telephone-exchange receipts increased £10,481, and paid telegrams produced £12,892 more than in 1904-5. The total revenue exceeded that of 1904-5 by £51,572. If to the balance of revenue over expenditure there be added the value of free official postal correspondence (£94,252 ss. 7d.) and official telegrams (£24,168 10s. 4d.), the net credit balance on the year's transactions will be found to be £224,572 15s. 6d. The money-order business again shows a relatively small percentage of increase. As will be seen from the tables, some 15,500 more orders were dealt with in all. The orders issued numbered 417,441, and those paid 318,127, for £1,541,712 and £1,310,810 respectively. Almost half the total net increase in money-order business is with New South Wales alone, the issues on that State having increased 23 per cent, and the orders drawn there on New Zealand by 9 per cent. New Zealand postal notes numbering 875,324 were sold, their value being £276,279. The British postal-order business showed marked expansion, the number of orders sold having increased from 17,776 to 27,369, and the number paid from 3,912 to 7,364. The number of parcels insured during the year was 1,517, valued at £17,682, upon which premiums amounting to £46 13s. 4d. were received. The increase in the amount standing to the credit of Savings-Bank depositors far exceeds that of any previous year. The deposits (£6,625,744) exceeded the withdrawals (£5,984,185) by £641,559. To this there has been added £259,081 as interest, making a total increase of £900,640, and bringing the whole amount of savings up to £8,662,023, an amount which equals £9 16s. 4d. per head of the population. The number of old-age pensions payments shows a considerable increase, having risen from 138,964 to 141,018, representing £195,471 and £254,361 respectively. For making these payments and the consequent accounting involved, there is now received from the Old-age Pensions Department a sum of £1,010 per annum, which, however, does not nearly cover the cost of the work to the Post Office. Telegrams show a far more satisfactory rate of increase than in the previous year, the number dealt with having risen from 5,159,745 to 5,640,219. This is equal to an increase of about 9J per cent. The revenue amounted to £180,474. The telephone exchanges still continue to rapidly expand. The number of connections on 31st March last was 15,333. The year previous it was 13,423. The receipts increased from £79,061 to £89,542. The amount expended on telegraph extension was £77,186; but there are liabilities amounting to £83,295 on account of works for which the authority of Parliament was granted too late for the necessary expenditure to be brought within the financial year. On the 31st March, 1906, there were 8,355 miles of telegraph-line and 25,116 miles of wire. The length of cables within the colony was 283 knots. The total number of telegrams forwarded does not in itself convey an adequate idea of the work performed by the telegraph branch. Each inland forwarded message becomes a received message at the office of destination. Thus, while the forwarded messages numbered 5,640,219, the received numbered 5,617,224, the difference being due to fewer cable messages being received than forwarded. A very large number of messages have also to be transmitted en route. These numbered 8,723,612. Adding together all these figures it will be found that the number of telegrams dealt with at all stations reached the very large total of 19,981,055. This does not include service telegrams of the Post and Telegraph Department.

Statement showing Revenue and Expenditure of the Post and Telegraph Department for the Ten Years ended 31st March, 1906, and for the Years 1881-82 and 1891-92.

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Year. Revenue. Expenditure. Balance of Revenue over Expenditure. £ 234,529 s. d. 8 0 £ s. 233,291 10 d. 4 £ s. d. 1,237 17 8 .881-82 .891-92 320,058 1 3 268,343 1 1 51,715 0 2 .896-97 .897-98 .898-99 .899-1900 .900-1901 .901-1902 .902-1903 .903-1904 .904-1905 .905-1906 392,117 1 0 408,383 15 3 445.770 7 1 488,245 16 4 503,835 19 5i 488,573 1 ll| 525,098 17 3| 580.771 4 5* 633,305 12 7£ 684,878 11 2 353,699 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 5 578,726 11 7 38,417 6 43,980 12 55,572 18 97,797 14 85,564 2 22,816 12 37,284 7 54,024 10 73,384 11 106,151 19 7 2 7 9 H 3| 0* 2* 7 Total for ten years £614,994 15 8*

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Staff. The total number of officers on the staff on the 81st March was as under :— 31st March, 1906. Postmaster-General ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Classified staff:— First Division ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 Clerical Division ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,893 Non-clerical Division ... ... ... ... ... ... 471 Telegraph messengers ... ... ... ... ... ... 555 Total, classified staff ..: ... ... ... ... 2,923 Employees not on permanent staff: — Country Postmasters and Postmistresses ... ... ... ... 1,829 Nightwatchmen ... ... ... •... ... ... 2 Mail-cart drivers .. ... ... ... ... ... 4 Postmasters and telegraphists or telephonists who are Railway officers 171 Total... .. ... ... ... ... ... 4,929 Comparative Return of Officers of the Post and Telegraph Department for the Years ended 31st March, 1905, and 31st March, 1906. Mar. 31, Mar. 31, Mar. 81, Mar. 31 1905. 1906. • 1905. 1906. Postmaster-General .. .. .. 1 1 Brought forward .. .. 130 140 Secretary .. .. .. .. 1 1 Assistant Inspectors of Post-offices .. 4 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 .. .. .. 114 118 banks and Accountant .. .. 1 1 Clerks (including Telephone Exchange \ Chief Clerk .. .. .. .. 1 1 cadettes and cadets in post-offices) L , Rfi 1 „.„ Assistant Controller of Money-orders and Operators (including cadets in telegraph- f ' ' Savings-banks and Accountant .. 1 1 offices) J Clerks in General Post Office— . Post Office Sorters .. .. 18 19 Secretary's Office .. .. 19 19 Letter-carriers .. .. .. 285 303 Inspector's and Dead-letter Branch .. 8 8 Messengers (Post Office) .. 77 75 Controller of Money-orders and Savings- Linemen .. .. .. 69 74 banks and Accountant's Branch .. 73 82 Telegraph message-boys .. .. 525 555 Storekeeper and assistants .. 10 10 Nightwatchmen .. .. .. 2 2 Electrician .. .. .. .. 1 1 Mail-cart drivers .. .. .. 4 4 Assistant Electrician .. .. .. 1 3 Postmasters and telegraphists or teleMechanicians and cadets .. .. 6 5 phonists who are Railway officers .. 168 171 Telegraph Inspectors .. .. .. 5 5 Country Postmasters, Postmistresses, and telephonists.. .. .. ..1,760 1,829 Carried forward .. .. 130 140 Totals .. .. .. 4,639" 4,929 With the exception of a regrettable breach of duty on the part of three officers, the conduct of the staff as a whole was good. The rapid expansion of the telegraph business made it necessary to open a school for learners. As there was sufficient spare accommodation at Oamaru that office was selected, and a class of twenty-four lads commenced on the 19th February, 1906. A second class is now in course of tuition. The principle of filling all clerical positions by promotion from the non-clerical divison will have to be restricted to some extent. While promoted non-clerical officers give satisfaction in certain positions in the clerical division, it is becoming daily more evident that the performance of nonclerical work during the more plastic years of a young man's life seriously handicaps him against purely clerical work, such as that of the money-order and savings-bank and other similar branches of chief post-office work. A scheme has been approved under which periodical examinations will be held for vacant cadetships. His Majesty the King was pleased on the Ist July, 1905, to confer upon Mr. William Gray, Secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department, the Companionship of the Imperial Service Order, a well-deserved recognition of long and faithful public service. The regulations under " The Post and Telegraph Classification and Regulation Act, 1890," have been amended as regards letter-carriers of the second grade, who are now required to have ten years' service in the Department or class before they are eligible for promotion to the first grade. Such eligibility is also subject to the officer being favourably reported upon as regards competency, conduct, and merit. Telephone-exchange cadettes with ten years' service or over have been placed in the class of cadettes with a maximum salary of £100 by four annual increments of £5. To conform with the provisions of " The Education Act, 1904," the regulations issued under "The Post and Telegraph Classification and Regulation Act, 1890," were altered in the direction of requiring that an appointee to a telegraph messengership shall possess a Fifth Standard pass or its equivalent. No person is now eligible for appointment to the Department if two or more persons belonging to his family are already officers of the Department. The expression " family " includes father, mother, and their children. Not more than one daughter in a family is eligible for appointment as a telephone-exchange cadette.

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

Appeal Board. The new Board, which met in April last year, dealt with three appeals. In one case the finding was favourable to the appellant, and in two instances the appeals were not sustained. Postal Union Congress. The sixth Postal Union Congress, which was to have met in 1904, but was postponed from year to year at the instance of the Italian Government, assembled at Rome on Saturday, the 7th April last. The inaugural address was delivered by His Excellency M. Alfredo Baccelli, the Italian Minister of Posts and Telegraphs, in the presence of the Diplomatic Corps and of the High Government officials. Their Majesties the King and Queen of Italy honoured the assembly by their presence. M. Senator Cruciani-Alibrandi, Syndic of the City of Rome, also addressed the assemblage. The Congress, which met for general business on the following Monday, under the presidency of the Italian Director-General of Posts, had more than ordinary interest for New Zealand. It was the first at which the colony was directly represented by its Postmaster-General, while the Minister's important proposals in favour of universal penny postage and for a separate vote for New Zealand lent additional interest ,to the proceedings. The practical business began by the appointment of three committees, whose business it would be to revise the existing Convention and regulations, and examine the new proposals and suggested amendments, for the final adjudication of the Congress. The first (or " Grand ") Committee comprised the delegates of the principal Union countries, including Australia and New Zealand, and was presided over by the principal British delegate. This Committee, among other things, had to deal with all questions relating to postage-rates, sea and territorial transit-charges, &c. The propositions emanating from the Australasian Colonies also came under the review of this Committee. A summary of the more important business, and the decisions of the Congress on the propositions brought forward by and on behalf of New Zealand, are given below. A fuller report of the proceedings will be laid before Parliament later on. New Zealaud's proposal for universal penny postage was introduced by the PostmasterGeneral in an impressive speech, setting forth the great advantages of cheap postage and 'the success which had attended the introduction of penny postage in Canada and New Zealand. The motion was seconded by the delegate for Egypt, who strongly advocated its adoption, and was cordially supported by the Commonwealth -delegate. When the question came to a vote, only the United States, Egypt, and Australasia were found supporting the motion, Great Britain, Canada, India, and Japan abstaining from voting. On its becoming known that Great Britain would not support the motion, its defeat was a foregone conclusion. The opposition displayed by many of the delegates was for other than financial reasons—a disinclination to move with the times, and a belief that the proposals were somewhat ambitious for so young a colony. But there is little doubt that the discussion awakened a very wide interest in the question, and that the Congress of 1911 will give the world universal penny postage. Meantime it may be possible for New Zealand to establish restricted unions with some of the Union countries for penny postage. Such a union, it is hoped, may be possible with the United States, or, failing this, an agreement for the delivery of our pennyletters within the States without surcharge. These matters were discussed with the President and the Postmaster-General of the United States by the Postmaster-General of this colony when he passed through America. Germany, it should be mentioned, had already carried a proposition to raise the letter-weight from 15 to 20 grammes, as opposed to Great Britain's proposal to reduce the letter-rate from 2|d. to 2d. for the first half-ounce, and from 2£d. to Id. for each succeeding half-ounce, a proposal strongly opposed by Germany, France, and other Continental countries. After the division was taken, Great Britain intimated that it could not accept the 20 grammes—an impossible weight for countries which had not adopted the decimal system, and that it would bring up the question ■ again. Japan's proposal to reduce the rate from 2jd. to 2d. was also defeated. At a later stage Great Britain moved that the letter-rate be 2£d. for the first 20 grammes, and lid. for each succeeding 20 grammes, and that the countries not having the decimal system should adopt the ounce (which is" over 28 grammes) as the equivalent of 20 grammes. The proposal was again strongly opposed by Germany, France, and others, but after a very animated debate in full Congress, Great Britain's motion was carried by a majority of four. The reduction, which means a material concession to the public, but is more favourable to countries not using the decimal system, will not have effect until October next year. The question of a separate vote for New Zealand was brought forward in the first Committee by the principal British -delegate in a forcible and tactful speech, demonstrating that the colony

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was entitled to separate representation. The Postmaster-General of New Zealand spoke strongly in favour of the motion, affirming that New Zealand was entitled to a vote of her own. Australia and Egypt also urged that the separate vote be given. Appeals for additional representation from the United States, Germany, France, Italy, and Portugal had also been made, and were considered with Great Britain's proposals. There was, however, strong opposition from the outset to New Zealand being given a separate vote, and its nature may be gathered from the fact that Germany was prepared to waive its claim for increased voting-powers for its colonies if the other countries would do the same, in the hope, no doubt, of defeating Great Britain's proposals. Hungary moved an amendment to give an extra vote to the United States only, and to maintain the status quo in respect of the other countries. This amendment, which was intended to burke New Zealand obtaining a separate vote, was carried by a majority of three—eleven to eight. Five countries, the United States, Argentine, Denmark, Mexico, and Holland abstained from voting. As Great Britain's motion was not defeated on its merits, the Postmaster-General determined, after conferring with the British and other delegates, to have the question brought up again in full Congress. This was done, and the motion providing for a separate vote for New Zealand was carried by a majority of two, after a hard and anxious struggle, and heated debate. Germany, France, and other countries renewed their opposition to New Zealand having a separate vote; but a better appreciation of the justice of the colony's claim was now shown by the majority of the delegates, and the unreasonable opposition was defeated. On the motion being carried, Germany, France, Italy, and Portugal's applications for additional representation for their colonies were granted, practically without debate, Great Britain and her colonies supporting. Great Britain's comprehensive proposals for a general reduction in the sea- and land-transit rates, after a very protracted and somewhat acrimonious debate, and the acceptance of an amendment by Switzerland, submitted with the object of reconciling the strong objections raised by France and Italy to the suggested reductions in the railway rates for the transit of forward mails through their territories, were practically agreed to. The reductions mean a considerable saving to New Zealand in respect of the San Francisco service, as the heavy territorial special rates so long paid for the transit of the British and colonial mails betw r een San Francisco and New York are to be abolished. The ordinary territorial and sea rates are also to be reduced, and the total reductions will result in a saving to the colony in respect of the San Francisco service. Up to the present these payments have been made on 1896 statistics. Since 1896 the correspondence has more than doubled, so that under the new statistics to be taken in 1907 the payments would, at the old rates, have increased proportionately. Under the reduced rates, however, the amount will remain about the same as now paid—practically a saving of about £5,000 a year. The reductions do not have effect until October, 1907. Mr. Shattky's (of Hastings, New Zealand) reply stamp was submitted for consideration; but it, with other similar propositions, was set aside in favour of Great Britain's "reply coupon," which was approved by Congress. This coupon is of the nature of a small postal order, payable to bearer, and exchangeable for a postage-stamp of the value of 25 centimes (2|d.). The International Bureau will supply coupons of the value of 25, 10, and 5 centimes, exchangeable for postage-stamps of equivalent value in any country adopting the scheme. A small additional charge may be made to cover the cost of printing, &c. It was claimed that the coupon system precludes fraud, and disposes of the vexed question of exchange on the values of the currencies of different countries —safeguards which it was held were not provided by Mr. Shattky's scheme. The coupon really provides a reply-paid stamp. New Zealand's proposal that seeds should be admitted at sample rates was not agreed to. The proposition by New Zealand to exclude gambling and lottery circulars from the post was met by a decision of the Congress that countries whose legislation did not prevent the transmission of such matter should take power to prohibit delivery, and to notify the International Bureau that such articles would not be accepted. It is the intention to amend our law in this direction. Another proposal of New Zealand's, to reduce the postage on printed matter to enable the bulky weekly newspapers being forwarded at |d. for 40z., in place of 2 oz., was unfortunately not agreed to. The transmission of " spent " letters at book rates of postage was adopted under certain conditions. Post-cards may now have writing on the left-hand front half of the card, and vignettes and photographs on thin paper are allowed to be affixed to the cards. Post-cards, subject to the regulations being complied with, will also be accepted for transmission by post at printed-paper rates. The regulation against postage-stamps being placed on the back of letters was amended. While not actually prohibiting stamps being affixed on the back of posted articles, the Congress strongly urged the public to place them on the front. There will, however, be no penalty for placing a stamp on the back of an article sent by post. Many other amendments and reforms of a far-reaching character and for simplifying the general administration were agreed to. These will be referred to in more detail in the separate paper which is to be laid before Parliament. The several changes and amendments do not have effect until October, 1907. The Congress concluded its business on the 25th May. The next Congress is to meet at Madrid in 1911. This brief reference to the Congress proceedings would not be complete without hearty acknowledgment of the many courtesies extended by the Italian Government to the delegates and their parties, and appreciation of the lavish hospitality which provided many instructive and diverting excursions and entertainments. Newspaper Postage. The penny rate on newspapers from New Zealand has been further extended, and now applies to the following countries: Ascension, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Hon-

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duras, British New Guinea, British N. Borneo, Caicos Islands, Canada, Ceylon, Cyprus, Egypt, Falkland Islands, Fed. Malay States, Gambia, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Johore, Labuan, Leeward Islands, Malta, Mauritius, Natal, Newfoundland, Orange River Colony, St. Helena, Sarawak, Sierra Leone, South Sea Islands, Southern Nigeria, Straits Settlements, Transvaal, Trinidad, Turks Islands, Zanzibar. Newspapers for Australia and British New Guinea exceeding 20 oz. in weight for each copy are still liable to an additional -Jd. for each 10 oz. over 20 oz. The United Kingdom also continues to accept New Zealand newspapers prepaid Id. each, irrespective of weight, subject to certain conditions. Post-office Inspection. During the year the four Assistant Inspectors of post-offices visited and inspected 1,535 offices, and travelled 80,046 miles. In addition to this they also acted as relieving Chief Postmasters in several districts. Offences. A sea captain was prosecuted and fined 10s., with £1 Bs. costs, for failing to give notice of the intended sailing of his vessel, as required by sections 39 and 40 of " The Post Office Act, 1900." A letter-carrier was sentenced to a term of imprisonment for unlawfully detaining postal matter, &c. A Maori who forcibly took illegal possession of a letter, and on being remonstrated with violently assaulted a Postmaster, was convicted and bound to keep the peace. He was also ordered to pay costs, or in default to be imprisoned for two months with hard labour. For forgery of a receipt for £26 3s. 6d. withdrawn from a Savings-Bank account, a young man at Wellington was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, to be concurrent with a term which he was then serving. The presiding Justice in giving sentence took occasion to denounce in strong terms the prevalent gambling mania which in that instance had been responsible for the crime. A man obtained wrongful possession of a letter, addressed to another person, containing a money-order, and exchanged the order for, cash from a third person. He was prosecuted, and failing to pay a fine which was inflicted was imprisoned for one month. A person who was found guilty of sending a false telegram by which he fraudulently obtained a sum of money, and of forgery of the receipt on a money-order telegram, was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment for the first offence and two years for the second, the sentences to be concurrent. At Wellington a man was charged with having " fraudulently stated that he had posted a packet containing money, which he had not done," an empty envelope only having been posted. The suspicion laid upon Postal officers by such fraudulent action was regarded as casting a serious aspect on the case, as against which the Judge ruled that "a false statement did not mean an attempt to defraud." His Honour said the point to be considered by the jury was " whether the prisoner, when he made the false statement to the detective, intended to deceive the Post Office people into believing that the amount had been posted, and whether he intended to deceive the addressee by his act." The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the accused was admitted to probation for twelve months. His Honour was of opinion "that the offence lay; but it might be that argument before the Court of Appeal would show that no offence had been committed, and if it could be established that a man could make a statement reflecting upon the honesty of our Post Office officials without creating a breach of the law, it might be well to make an alteration in the law. An officer was charged in five indictments with the theft of postal packets and the misappropriation of moneys. He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to one year's imprisonment on each charge, the sentences to be concurrent. There have been prosecutions of persons who have posted post-cards considered to be of an indecent and immoral nature, with the result in one instance that a fine of £3 and costs was inflicted. Strict measures are taken to intercept in the post obscene cards, but the evil effect of such articles being circulated cannot be overcome while the cards are imported and sold in the colony. , New Postage-stamps, etc. The former plates from which the Id. postage-stamp was printed having become worn, new plates were brought into use in January last. The design of the Id. and 2d. postage-due stamps is now the same as that for the -|d. value— viz., green with red centre. Post-cards. During the year arrangements have been made whereby pictorial post-cards bearing communications on the left-hand half of the address side may be sent to the following countries: Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, Dahomey, Danish West Indies, Denmark, Egypt, Erithrea, France, French Congo, French Guiana, French Guinea, French Indo-China, Germany, Hayti, Holland, Hungary, Iceland, India (French), Italy, Ivory Coast, Luxemburg, Macao, Madagascar, Martinique, Mexico, Montenegro, New Caledonia, Norway, Portugal, Portuguese East Africa, Portuguese India, Portuguese Timor, Portuguese West Africa, Reunion, Roumania, Russia, Senegambia, Sia.m, Society Islands, Somaliland (French), Somaliland (Italian), Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tahiti, Tunis, Tripoli (Africa), Italian Agencies at Tripoli and

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Bengasi. The Commonwealth of Australia had agreed to accept such cards in 1904. Great Britain has intimated its willingness to receive post-cards, pictorial or otherwise, similarly bearing written communications on the front. The recent importation into the colony of post-cards bearing pictures calculated to have an immoral effect on the community is a subject which calls for consideration. Such cards which may be received for transmission by post are at once intercepted. In some instances the senders have been prosecuted for a breach of the provisions of the Offensive Publications Act, and in one case a serious warning was given. A supply of indecent post-cards which had arrived from abroad by parcel post was confiscated by the Customs Department in accordance with section 198 of " The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882." Affixing Stamps to Letters. It is now obligatory that postage-stamps be affixed on the front or address side of a letter, and in the right-hand upper corner of that side. Stamps placed on the back of a letter are no longer recognised, and the letter is charged as insufficiently prepaid. On redirected letters fresh stamps may not be placed over the stamps which have been previously used. This rule has, however, been amended by the late Postal Congress. " Cut-out " Envelopes. "Cut-out" envelopes—namely, covers having an aperture in the front to allow the address of the enclosure to be read—are now prohibited from transmission by post. Receiving-boxes. The posting of matter in receiving-boxes has been restricted to letters, and to newspapers and other articles which do not exceed 13 in. in length and 2 in. in thickness. Not more than six newspapers or other printed articles may, however, be posted in any one receiving-box in one day by the same person or on behalf of any one person. This regulation was found necessary owing to the boxes being frequently blocked by large numbers of newspapers from publishing offices, &c. Early History of the New Zealand Post Office. A brief history of the postal service of the colony from the year 1831 until the passing of the Post Office Act of 1858, compiled by Mr. D. Robertson, Chief Clerk of the Department, from early official documents and information received from old colonists, has been issued. The book makes an interesting addition to the volumes relating to the early colonisation of New Zealand. Departmental Rules. The General and Postal section of the Departmental Rules and Regulations, the revision of which has been completed, is now through the Press, and is being issued to officers. Buildings. During the year brick buildings were erected at Mornington, Otaki, and Palmerston North, and wooden buildings at Half-moon Bay, Kahukura, Lyell Bay (cable hut), Parnell, Pungarehu, Waipiro Bay, Waitotara, and Whakarewarewa. At Puketeraki a contribution was made towards the cost of a building on the Native reserve. At Linwood a property was purchased for the purpose of a post-office building. Buildings in brick are in course of erection at Bull's, Greymouth, * Hutt, Nelson, New Plymouth, Otautau, Taihape, Tauranga, and Winton. Wooden buildings are being erected at Collingwood and Millerton. Sites for buildings were purchased at Devonport and Johnsonville. At Christchurch the growth of the Department's business has necessitated extensive alterations and additions to the chief post and telegraph office, and these are now in hand. Substantial alterations have been made and offices refitted at Napier. The question of extensive additions to the General and Chief Post Office building, Wellington, is being considered. The following general repairs, additions, &c, were carried out during the year: —Amberley: providing accommodation at railway-station for postal purposes; Auckland: supply of fireextinguishers and additional private letter-boxes; Culverden : providing accommodation at rail-way-station for postal purposes; Dannevirke: additions, furniture, fittings; Dunedin: additions to Money-order Office; Dunedin North: repairs and renovations; Eltham: drainage, watersupply, &c.; Fairlie: providing accommodation at railway-station for postal purposes ; Feilding : repairs, &c, necessitated through damage caused by fire in adjoining building; Grey Lynn: alterations; Greymouth: renovations, &c, to Chief Postmaster's residence; Greytown North: additions and alterations; Henderson: providing accommodation at railway-station for postal purposes; Inglewood: installing electric light; Kihikihi: improvements; Longburn : providing accommodation at railway-station for postal purposes; Lumsden: providing accommodation at railway-station for postal purposes; Oamaru: improvements; Pahiatua: additions and alterations; Palmerston: additions; Pembroke: additions; Petone: repairs and renovations put in hand; Ponsonby: repairs, painting &c. ; Reefton: renovations and drainage; St. Albans: alterations to property purchased; Timaru: renovating clock-tower, &c.; Waikaia: alterations ; Waipawa: additions and alterations; Wairoa: erecting bathroom, wash-house, &c.; Waverley: improvements ; Wellington : alterations and renovations, and fitting up parcel office; additions to mechanicians' workshop; Winchester: providing accommodation at railway-station for postal purposes; Woodlands : providing accommodation at railway-station for postal purposes. Inland Telegraphic Code Addresses. The system of code addresses, which had formerly been applicable only to cable messages, was, on the 6th April last, extended to apply to inland telegrams. The concession is of considerable

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convenience to the mercantile community, which has largely availed itself of the opportunity to register code addresses for their inland telegrams. " Collect " Telegrams for Government Departments. With a view to restricting the number of "collect" telegrams for Government Departments, which have usually been franked as on public service by the addressees, a regulation has been made that such messages shall only be accepted for transmission when addressed from or to duly authorised persons. Press Telegrams for Country Newspapers. A concession in the rate for Press telegrams for country newspapers has been made. Between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. the rate is Is. for every 150 words or fraction thereof. Not more than one such telegram may be sent to any one newspaper on any one day. A country newspaper is defined as one printed and published at any place other than a city or town where there is a chief post-office. Telephone Trunk Wires. The charges for the use of telephone trunk wires have been altered and assimilated in regard to subscribers' and non-subscribers' rates for distances exceeding twenty-five miles. A charge is now made for sending out for the person to whom it is desired to converse with. Private Telephone Annunciator Charges. A charge of ss. per annum is now levied as rental for the number on the annunciator by which the connection of a private telephone with a telephone exchange is obtained. Payment of Imperial Pensions. On the Ist September the Department added further to its many duties the payment of Imperial pensions to such pensioners as reside in the colony. The work, though not bulking very largely, necessitates the handling of a large number of special forms and the observance of many special rules, the pensions emanating from various branches of the Imperial service. The system set up to meet requirements is working smoothly, and there has been an entire absence of complaint on the part of the pensioners. Old-age Pensions. The Post Office, as the medium through which the monthly payment of old-age pensions is made, performs a very considerable portion of the work in connection with that system. Throughout the length and breadth of the country the aged, who are often more or less infirm, are enabled by the widely extended facilities afforded, to obtain the pension with a minimum of inconvenience. They present their pension certificate, which is indorsed by the paying officer, sign a receipt, and receive the pension in cash. The Post Office first distributes and then collects the warrants, afterwards accounting for these payments to the Treasury. They are made out of a special imprest granted monthly by the Hon. the Colonial Treasurer to the General Post Office in Wellington. The postal officials necessarilycome into more regular and personal contact with the pensioners than any other officials concerned, and consequently it is to them that the old folk appeal for information upon the thousand and one questions about which they require enlightenment. Yet so complete is the organization, and so smoothly does the whole arrangement work, that the outsider hardly knows that the Post Office has added this work to its manifold duties. 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, 1906: —

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1904-5. .905-6. Month. Number of Payments. Amount. Number of Payments. Amount. April May June July August September October ... November December 11,326 11,475 11,477 11,619 11,621 11,744 11,655 11,587 11,699 11,501 11,716 11,544 £ s. 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 11,437 11,721 11,654 11,599 11,571 11,501 11,749 11,767 11,885 11,859 12,063 12,212 £ s. d. 16,141 13 7 16,528 13 7 16,428 3 0 16,354 6 7 16,323 18 1 23,915 5 6 24,457 14 3 24,498 15 5 24,715 12 7 24,651 14 5 25,030 14 11 25,314 4 7 January ... February... March Totals 138,964 £195,470 10 10 141,018 £254,360 16 6

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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 1905, as compared with the number in 1904, was as under: — Letters— 1905. 1904. Increase. Posted in the colony .. .. .. 64,750,510 60,639,233 Received from places outside the colony .. 4,914,431 4,480,327 69,664,941 65,119,560 4,545,381 Letter-cards— ■ •— Posted in the colony .. .. .. 1,451,320 1,381,874 69,446 Post-cards— Posted in the colony .. .. .. 2,942,953 2,053,363 Received from places outside the colony .. 708,074 257,188 3,651,027 2,310,551 1,340,476 Books and pattern-packets— Posted in the colony .. .. .. 21,347,921 17,976,214 Received from places outside the colony .. 2,359,980 2,131,707 23,707,901 20,107,921 3,599,980 Newspapers— Posted in the colony .. .. ..17,288,829 15,404,618 Received from places outside the colony .. 6,337,533 6,096,126 23,626,362 21,500,744 2,125,618 Posted in the colony .. .. .. 313,617 289,617 Received from places outside the colony .. 78,400 67,887 392,017 357,504 34,513 i The letters increased 698, letter-cards 5"03, post-cards 5802, newspapers 989, other printed matter and pattern-packets 179, and parcels 965 per cent. In 1904 letters increased 761, letter-cards 17 - 63, post-cards 5897, newspapers 9 - 16, other printed matter and pattern-packets 2 - 76, and parcels 912 per cent. The average number of letters posted per head of population was estimated to be 74-43, or 76-09 including letter-cards. The averages in 1904 were 71 - 76, or 734 including letter-cards. The Post Office receipts for the year amounted to £410,967 3s. 7d., an increase of 723 per cent. The expenditure was £302,145 19s. 2d., an increase of o'4o per cent. The balance of postal revenue over expenditure was £108,821 4s. sd. The estimated value of free correspondence of other Government departments was £94,252 ss. 7d. The gross earnings of the Post Office for Ihe year were therefore £505,219 9s. 2d., and the credit balance £203,073 10s, ii—F. 1. -

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Postal District. Number of Payments. 1904-5. 1905-6. Amount. Number of Payments. Amount. Auckland... Blenheim... Christchurch Dunedin .... ... Gisborne ... Greymouth Hokitika ... Invercargill ... Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru ... Thames ... Timaru ... Wanganui Wellington Westport... 27,769 1,748 20,959 21,600 1,226 6,268 6,081 9,481 5,325 3,620 2,614 2,512 5,457 4,352 4,067 12,640 3,245 £ s. d. 38,871 5 11 2,480 18 4 29,008 5 8 30,217 4 2 1,736 0 4 9,243 17 6 8,849 19 4 13,292 17 8 7,394 5 4 4,852 9 4 3,629 9 1 3,527 15 3 7,842 8 7 6,045 15 9 5,814 2 1 17,919 2 2 4,744 14 4 28,016 1,695 22,369 21,791 1,249 6,016 5,972 9,454 5,213 3,337 2,866 2,591 5,521 4,518 4,182 12,916 3,312 £ a. 50,265 11 3,055 3 40,155 0 39,247 4 2,246 18 11,206 19 11,065 1 17,102 15 9,213 0 5,755 0 4,987 11 4,682 6 10,126 7 8,060 13 7,641 11 23,383 0 6,166 10 d. 5 0 9 2 5 8 7 6 6 6 0 7 6 7 9 6 1 Totals 138,964 £195,470 10 10 141,018 £254,360 16 6

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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 £42,658 7s. 6d., and on account of ordinary Customs work £2,318 15s. Bd. Advances to Settlers receipts amounted to £639,930 10s., and payments to £640,754 10s. lOd. . Fishing licenses were issued by Postmasters to the value of £1,578 17s. 6d., and game licenses to the value of £2,126. For the Government Insurance Department premiums were collected from the public amounting to £28,504 lis. 7d. Publications sent out by the Government Printer and paid for through the Post Office brought in £719 14s. 7d. Income-tax amounting to £155,109 Is., and land-tax £289,897 6s. Id., were collected by Postmasters. The sum of £6,746 17s. 6d., fees due to the Machinery Department, was received. Under the Mining Act the receipts were £314 6s. New Zealand Consols for £1,130 were sold on behalf of the Treasury. £5,172 Bs. 6d. was the amount paid for Official Assignees as dividends in bankrupt estates. The amount paid to old-age pensioners through the Post Office was £228,275 13s. 7d. On behalf of the Public Trustee £468,040 14s. lid. was received, and £448,484 7s. 3d. paid. Railway revenue amounting to £9,573 16s. lid. was collected by Postmasters. Fees for the registration of births, deaths, and marriages received by Postmaster-Registrars were £2,286 4s. Receipts from the Hanmer Springs Sanatorium amounted to £2,026 16s. sd. Sheep rates amounting to £20,074 13s. 4d., and £22 Is. sundry amounts, were collected for the Stock Department. On behalf of the Tourist Department £1,099 19s. 2d. was received. Valuation Department fees paid to Postmasters reached £3,968 12s. sd. Claims on the General Government for £754,920 10s. were paid on behalf of the Treasury. Discount-stamps numbering 3,273,560, for £3,409 19s. 2d. were sold, and 3,078,896 for £3,207 3s. Bd. 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 £55,050. Gross Receipts and Payments. The gross amount received by the Department during 1905 was £18,189,901 15s. 3|d., of which £15,442,800 19s. lljd. was departmental, and £2,747,100 15s. 4d. on account of other Departments. The gross amount paid out was £18,171,224 19s. 10d., made up of £15,464,619 Is. departmental, and on behalf of other Departments—to individuals £2,082,084 14s. 3d., and to accounts £624,521 4s. 7d. The total gross receipts and payments were therefore £36,361,126 15s. l|d. Letter-carriers' Deliveries. Deliveries by letter-carrier were established at—Nelson-Motueka; Wanganui-Hunterville, Waverley; Wellington-Johnsonville, Otaki (by permanent letter-carrier in place of by lineman). Letter-carriers' deliveries were extended as follows:—Auckland (C.P.0.): To include area bounded by Richardson, Swan, and Hillsborough Roads and Pah Estate. Avondale, to include Block House Bay. Cambridge, to include Stafford, Robinson and Richmond Streets, Taylor Street East, and Thorndon Road as far as McLean Street. Hamilton, along east bank of Waikato River to Valder's corner, thence along Primrose's northern boundary to continuation of Grey Street, Claudelands, and to the railway-line. Christchurch (C.P.0.): City North, third delivery to include Colombo Street North from Colombo Street Bridge to Peterborough Street and Victoria Street, from Peterborough Street to Bishop's Court; City South, third delivery to include Colombo Street from Tuam Street to Moorhouse Avenue, Manchester Street from St. Asaph Street to Moorhouse Avenue, Marton Street, Dundas Street, St. Asaph Street between Manchester Street and Lower High Street, Lower High Street from Tuam Street to Barbadoes Street South; Fendalton, delivery to include Braco Settlement, afternoon delivery to include Wairarapa Terrace, Queen Street, Holmwood Road, Helmore's Road, and Fendalton Road to railway crossing; Heathcote, delivery to include Wychbury Street; Richmond, afternoon delivers- to include Bealey Street, part of Gresford Street and Swan's Road; St. Albans North, afternoon delivery to include Crescent Road, Dover Street, Henley Street, Spooner's Road, School Road, and portion of St. Albans Lane; Spreydon, delivery to include Neville and Cobham Streets; Sydenham delivery to include Wherstead Street. Dunedin (C.P.0.): St. Clair delivery extended to Ravenswood Road. Lawrence, extended along Beaumont Road as far as Hastings Street and across Tuapeka Creek. Palmerston, for 250 yards beyond north town boundary on Dunback Road. Ravensbourne, from north-east boundary for 25 chains along Main West Harbour Road. Gisborne (C.P.0.): On Kaiti side, to include Crawford Road, Parau Street, Dickson Street, De Lautour Road to Huxley Road, Iranui Road, Hinaki Street, Harris Street to River, Huruhura Road, Haronga Road, and Heta Road. Hokitika (C.P.0.): Afternoon delivery to be full, instead of in business parts only. Napier (C.P.0.): To south end of borough. New Plymouth (C.P.0.): To include Westown and Frankley

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Road. Timaru (C.P.0.): To include whole of Otipua Road. Waimate, along Parsonage Road to White's, and along road towards Painstown to Buckingham's and adjoining dwelling; also to include Bushtown and Belt, King and Opie Streets. Wanganui (C.P.0.): 4 p.m. delivery to include Victoria Avenue between Guyton and Ingestre Streets; also St. John's delivery to include Upper London Street. Eltham, along Castle Street. Patea, to include district south-east side of bridge in neighbourhood of railway-station. Wellington (C.P.0.): Along Adelaide Road from Duppa Street to Island Bay, serving houses along beach, returning along Adelaide Road and serving houses at back of Newtown Park; also city delivery to include Northland and Creswick. Feilding, morning delivery to include Kawakawa Road, Aorangi Street and Aorangi Settlement; afternoon delivery to include Awahuri Road, Giesen's Estate, Ranfurly Road, Makino Road, Kimbolton Road as far as Kiwitea Bridge, returning via Kimbolton Road. Hutt, to include Drew's Farm, Taita Gorge, to Stokes Valley Post-office. Otaki, along Mill Road to Hospital, Waerenga Road to Armstrong's, Main Road northward to Waitahu Bridge, Main Road southwestward to Powell's. Letter-carriers' deliveries were increased in frequency at: —Auckland (C.P.0.): Once to twice daily, area bounded by Portland Road, Remuera Road to corner of Victoria Avenue, Waipiti and Cornwall Avenues, Green Lane to entrance of Cornwall Park, Manukau Road to Royal Oak Hotel, Mount Stuart and Church Roads, Surrey Crescent and Wolseley Avenue. Christchurch (C.P.0.): In city south, delivery from twice to thrice daily, portion of Colombo Street, Lichfield Street, Lower High Street, Manchester Street, Tuam Street, Oxford Terrace, Durham Street, St. Asaph Street, Marton Street, Dundas Street, and Eaton Place. Invercargill (C.P.0.): Afternoon delivery to commence at 3 o'clock, and additional delivery established in business portion of town at noon. Timaru: At Geraldine, Temuka, and Waimate, by addition of midday delivery in business parts only, after arrival of express train. Letter-carriers' deliveries were curtailed as follows: —Auckland: Onehunga, to area bounded by Richardson, Swan, and Hillsborough Roads and Pah Estate (see Auckland (C.P.0.), under "Extended"). Newspapers Registered. Twenty-eight newspapers were registered for transmission by post, and ten ceased publication. Receiving-boxes. Forty-seven receiving-boxes were established at: Auckland—City and suburbs, 2; Onehunga, 1; Te Awamutu, 1; Whangarei, 1. Blenheim—Town, 1. Christchurch—City and suburbs, 4} Amberley, 1; Rangiora, 4. Dunedin —City and suburbs, 2; Mornington, 1; Port Chalmers, 1. Gisborne—Town, 1. Invercargill —Town, 1. Napier—Town, 2; Dannevirke, 1. Nelson — City, 2. New Plymouth —Town, 1; Inglewood, 2. Oamaru —Town, 2; Hampden, 1. Timaru— Town, 2; Temuka, 1. Wanganui—Town and suburbs, 2; Marton, 1; Ohingaiti, 1; Taihape, 1. Wellington—City and suburbs, 5; Pahiatua, 2. Seven receiving-boxes were closed at: Auckland —City and suburbs, 1. Dunedin —Mornington, 1. Greymouth—Town, 1. New Plymouth—lnglewood, 1. Oamaru —Town, 1. Thames — Waitekauri, 1. Wellington—Pahiatua, 1. Designation of Offices. The designation of offices were changed as follows: Auckland—Tangawahia to Taniwha. Invercargill —Seaward Moss to Awarua Plains. Nelson —Puponga to Puponga Wharf. Designations were corrected as follows: New Plymouth—Poniuhakau to Puniwhakau. Wanganui —Momahaki to Moumahaki. Wellington —Paikakariki to Paekakariki. Post-offices established, etc. Sixty-nine post-offices were established (of these eight were reopened offices) and nineteen closed. Opened. Arataha, Gisborne. Moewhare, Auckland. Rotomana, Greymouth. Aro-yll East, Napier. Morton Mains, Invercargill. Ruakohua, Auckland. Aokautcre, Wellington. Mount Bruce, Wellington. Ruataniwha, Napiei. Cardiff (reopened), New Plymouth. Okaeria, Auckland. Runanga, Greymouth. Craigieburn, Christchuich." Okau, New Plymouth. Spreydon (reopened), Christchurch. Cromarty, Invercargill. Omoana, Wanganui. Tahuna, Auckland. Douglas Road, New Plymouth. Oparure, Auckland. Taikorea (reopened), Wellington. Edievale, Dunedin. Oratia, Auckland. Tapawera, Nelson. Flaxbourne, Blenheim. Oruanui, Auckland. Tararua, Wellington/. Grassniere, Blenheim. Ouruhia, Christchurch. Tatu, New Plymouth. Hangatiki, Auckland. Papaiti, Wanganui. Te Haroto, Napier. m _ Ida Valley (reopened), Dunedin. Papamoa, Thames. Te Houhi, Auckland., Kirikopuni, Auckland. Paradise, Invercargill. Tokaanu (reopened, 22/5/05), Auckland. Kiritehere, Auckland. Piopio, Auckland. Tokaora, Wanganui. Kohumaru, Auckland. Poniuhakau, New Plymouth. Waingake, Gisborne. Lauder, Dunedin. Poroporo, Thames. . Wairangi, Nelson. Makahu, New Plymouth. Pukenui, Auckland. Wakatahuri (reopened, 29/5/05), BlenMangaone Valley, Napier. PuketeraM, Dunedin. heim. Mangarawa, Wellington. Puponga, Nelson. Whangara, Gisborne. Matapouri, Auckland. Puwera, Auckland. Whareponga (reopened), Gisborne. Matatoki, Thames. Rangiheke, Auckland. . Whenuakma (reopened), Wanganui. Miramar, Wellington. Raurinm, Auckland. Whenuakura Railway, Wanganui. Mitcham', Christchurch. Rawhiti, Auckland. Woodcock's Auckland. Moengawahine, Auckland.

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Closed. Aorangi, Wellington. Ohinemutu, Auckland. Te Awa, Wellington. Braco, Christchurch. Opitonui, Auckland. Te Oneroa, Invercargill. Castle Hill, Christchurch. Owhango, Auckland. Tokaanu, Auckland (28/2/05). Eastown, Wanganui. Pukerimu, Auckland. Tokatea, Auckland. Galatea, Auckland. Puponga Wharf, Nslson. Upper Mohaka, Napier. Karitane, Dunedin. Ridgelands, Wellington. Wakatahuri, Blenheim (31/3/05). Kawarau Bridge, Dunedin. The number of post-offices open at the end of the year was 1,937.

Parcel-Post. The following table shows the number and weight of parcels posted during the years 1890' 1900, 1904, and 1905:—

The following table shows the number and weight of parcels exchanged with the United Kingdom and the undermentioned places during the years 1904 and 1905: —

The declared value of parcels received from places outside the colony in 1905 was £188,543. The Customs duty collected amounted to £39,728 Is. lOd. The declared value of parcels despatched to places beyond the colony was £20,610, as against £20,722 in 1904.

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1890. 1900. 1904. 1905. Postal Districts. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Auckland Thames New Plymouth .. Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin 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 44,322 5,261 1,868 2,583 2,527 1,961 30,897 1,743 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 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 5i 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 68,037 4,263 5,299 2,120 12,589 14,900 85,782 7,209 2,855 2,712 3,421 2,618 41,968 2,848 2,017 47,362 7,617 Lb. oz. 224,620 14 12,467 13 16,373 15 8,871 8 39,659 10 46,542 14 295,495 15J 22,828 7 7,072 13 8,854 1 11,-904" 11 8,762 7 152,861 13 8,540 14 6,168~13 182,306 2 21,573 10 Totals .. 289,617 313,617 1,074,901 4J 121,292 336,643 12 199,413 682,140 7 11,018,369 0

Received. Despatched. Country. 1904. 1905. 1904. 1905. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. United Kingdom and foreign countries (vid London) United States of America .. Canada Victoria New South Wales South Australia Queensland Tasmania.. Western Australia Samoa Fiji Ceylon Uruguay Cape Colony Natal India 43,808 Lb. oz. 192,379 0 50,777 Lb. oz. 234,131 0 8,552 Lb. oz. 22,127 12 8,778 Lb. oz. 22,722 0 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 6,083 413 7,058 10,734 443 641 358 313 20 93 340 17,398 0 930 4 19,578 4 30,804 0 1,163 10 1,502 4 881 11 779 0 53 13 225 6 1,299 14| 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 9% 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 1,515 293 3,067 4,330 435 894 630 526 239 297 100 29 233 278 225 3,318 6 672 11 6,483 1 8,385 9 853 11 1,812 11 1,193 14 1,110 4 697 1 747 9 251 2J 97' 0 432 3 530 13 481 12 391 114 601 558 8 192 8 1,928 4J 357 85 685 649 4 139 0 2,291 8} Totals 67,887 261,338 5JI 78,400 ,311,821 10J 20,640 48,381 8J 21,869 49,789 11J

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Registered Letters. The number of registered articles dealt with in 1905, compared with the numbers in 1890, 1900, and 1904, is shown below: —

Official Correspondence. The estimated volume and value of official and other free correspondence posted during 1905 is given in the statement below:—

The estimated postage value of officiarcorrespondence was £94,252 ss. 7d.

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:—

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1890. 1900. 1904. 1905. Postal Districts. From «„„,-«. Plnpfic rtegisteredin be t y° the coioV 0ol °-yTotals. From Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. From E ,, Plnepta -KeglShI™t,A teredin be X ona the Colony. <*»ony. Totals. Places **&*■ Colony. Colony. Totals. Auckland Thames New Plymouth .. Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington Blenheim Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Christchurch Timaru 7,119 130 341 118 999 211 6,129 92 322 112 102 95 . 3,659 312 278 4,615 1,740 34,398 4,781 3,372 2,120 10,911 6,060 30,369 3,193 3,430 3,254 8,879 2,579 20,404 3,551 2,505 19,696 9,819 41,517 4,911 3,713 2,238 11,910 6,271 36,498 3,285 3,752 3,366 8,981 2,674 24,063 3,863 2,783 24,311 11,559 18,108 267 1,310 421 1,659 2,151 9,513 116 644 354 680 94 5,404 1,196 120 6,954 3,352 101,533 19,912 16,903 7,193 26,685 24,980 85,915 6,371 14,726 6,974 11,606 4,344 49,049 9,973 8,880 44,003 24,989 119,641 20,179 18,213 7,614 28,344 27,131 95,428 6,487 15,370 7,328 12,286 4,438 54,453 11,169 9,000 50,957 28,341 516,379 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 88,905 140,533 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 27,307 613,695 166,279 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 22,103 294 2,995 476 1,813 2,620 20,935 171 1,837 936 719 550 10,293 1,410 147 8,160 6,495 158,466 20,346 19,202 7,874 26,297 35,239 157,517 9,854 19,514 7,481 11,412 10,535 73,304 10,548 6,967 59,473 32,252 i180,569 i 20,640 I 22,197 8,350 28,110 37,859 178,452 10,025 21,351 8,417 12,131 11,085 83,597 11,958 7,114 67,633 38,747 Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill Totals 26,374 169,321 195,695 52,343 464,036 702,600 666,281 748,235 81,954

District. Letters. Packets. Registered Articles. Newspapers. Auokland Thames New Plymouth .. Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington Blenheim Nelson .. ... Westport Greymouth Hokitika Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill 1,088,828 104,767 168,064 62,816 299,767 294,398 1,442,688 76,505 153,881 42,016 52,663 55,497 499,863 124,761 58,435 767,520 361,426 12,406 2,960 15,800 2,376 15,632 5,020 626,610 1,869 7,312 1,091 4,785 3,963 51,823 6,300 1,307 67,315 21,561 39,162 3,369 4,731 1,264 2,371 7,900 40,728 1,510 6,041 1,895 2,989 4,602 32,270 520 1,004 20,390 9,768 71,238 37,502 62,835 19,959 62,714 110,830 552,563 29,306 52,980 28,170 44,978 31,900 126,498 28,500 29,899 236,490 79,570 Totals 5,653,895 848,130 180,514 1,605,932

Manner of Disposal. 1884. 1885. 1890. 1895. 1896. j 1898. 1899. I 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. I j 1905. •pened and returned to the writers Returned unopened to other countries teissued )estroyed Returned unopened by Chief Postmasters 68,942 9,134 107 3,986| 17,593 66,592 8,115 185 2,872 19,187 60,540 61,065 63,112 7,77912,929 7,546 141 199 148 2,660 3,617 4,069 21,93125,980 26,414 93,051103,7901101,289 68,872 8,899 219 3,368 33,273 74,132 9,706 178 4,536 22,915i ! 76,692100,036107,476 9,707 12,251 14,401 265 *5,112tl3,373 4,900 5,705 6,249 40,282 44,523 54,285 131,846167,627195,784 i 107,271 18,176 203 9,579 93,920 119,642 26,048 234 12,167 85,670 125,106 26,943 265 18,060 97,267 " Totals '"'','. 99,762 96,951 114,631 111,467 229,149 243,761 267,641 * Including 4,911 troopers' letters. i Including 13,180 troopers' letters.

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The proportion of dead or unclaimed letters, letter-cards, and post-cards to the total number dealt with in the colony was 0-38 par cent., as against 0-35 per cent, in 1904. 43,485 book-packets and circulars were returned to foreign countries; 26,619 were returned to senders through the Dead-letter Office; 110,342 were returned by Chief Postmasters : a total of 180,446 book-packets and circulars, as compared with 145,676 in 1904. 1,706 letters were wrongly addressed; 25 letters were discovered to have been posted with previously used stamps; 3,257 unclaimed registered letters were dealt with. 2,395 newspapers and 1,603 books and other articles without addresses were received, many of which were subsequently applied for and delivered. 1,590 newspapers were returned to the publishers. 1,228 letters and 245 letter-cards were posted without addresses. 27 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. 455 post-office orders ... ... ... ... ... 1,064 15 0 58 bank drafts ... ... ... ... ... ...4,120 14 7 437 cheques ... ... ... ... ... ...4,930 11 8 36 dividend warrants ... ... ... ... ... 50 7 6 12 promissory notes ... ... ... ... ... 241 5 5 Credit notes ' ... ... ... ... ... ... 45 8 4 Postal notes ... ... ... ... ... ... 249 5 6 Stamps ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 36 16 4* Bank-notes ... ... ... ... ... ... 284 0 0 Gold ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 47 0 0 Silver and copper ... ... ... ... ... ... 14 1 3J Representing a total of ... ... £11,084 5 8 In addition, 7 gold watches, 10 silver watches, 3 metal watches, 3 Waterbury watches, 9 goldmounted greenstone brooches, 5 gold brooches, 4 silver brooches, 1 silver-mounted greenstone brooch, 1 greenstone cross, 10 gold chains, 8 silver chains, 17 gold rings, 2 silver rings, 4 silver match-boxes, 1 silver sovereign-case and match-box, 2 pairs of gold sleeve-links, 2 nuggets of gold, 11 oz. of gold, 1 gold tusk, 1 gold lock for bangle, 11 greenstone hearts, 6 gold-mounted greenstone pendants, 1 gold medal, 1 gold necklace, 1 gold tooth-pick, 1 gold locket, 1 silver-mounted greenstone pendant, 5 gold tie-pins, 1 opal tie-pin, 1 greenstone bangle with gold and pearl setting, 1 small cut-glass jar with silver top, 1 silver-mounted brush and comb, 1 silver-mounted card-case, 2 jam-spoons with greenstone handles, 1 silver jam-spoon, 1 silver-plated button-hook and shoehorn, 1 silver tooth-pick, 1 silver butter-knife, 1 silver bread-fork, 3 silver cigarette-cases, 2 silver cigarette mouth-pieces, 1 silver note-case, 1 spoon of Egyptian design, 1 bangle frame, 2 lady's purses, 1 pair of ear-rings, 1 set of false-teeth, 7 thimbles, 1 pocket-knife, 4 kauri-gum licenses, 13 pawn tickets, 37 Tattersall tickets, 10 share certificates, 2 trotting certificates, 1 fixed-deposit receipt, 4 sheets and 2 packets of foreign stamps, 1 saloon return ticket New Plymouth to Onehunga, 1 steerage ticket Wellington to Auckland, 1 steerage ticket Wellington to Lyttelton, 1 steerage ticket Lyttelton to Onehunga, 1 order for a steerage ticket Lyttelton to Auckland, and a railway workman's pass Hamilton to Te Aroha were dealt with. The number of inland, intercolonial, and international articles received and disposed of during the years 1904 and 1905 was as under :—

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1904. 1905. r .„„„ Letter- Post- t,. „,,„..„ News- T „ ft .„. Letter- PostLetters. eardB cards Packets. papers Letters. eards _ Packets. Newspapers. Inland. Returned, delivered, &c, through Deadletter Office Returned by Chief Postmasters direct.. Destroyed in accordance with law 101,908 81,345 8,684 2,557 753 53 4,325 405 17,369] 88,830! 1,599 I 1,800 i551307 106,160 92,128 11,402 2,684 791 417 5,139! 1,605 ! 24,439 110,342 2,107 1,590 32^849 Australian. Mginally addressed to other States :— Returned to writers Destroyed in accordance with law .. Returned to other States as unclaimed 4,902 633 12,900 "37 68 129 615 703 641 5,749 5,224 810 11,901 232j 430' 669j 764 69 7,784 40 International. Originally addressed to other countries :— Returned to writers Destroyed in accordance with law .. Returned to other countries as unclaimed 10,072 828 11,628 316 595 905 1,059 97 31,966 10,362 1,475 13,106 292 1,427 1,267 1,416 129 35,701 103 291 '*80 12,900 3,45i 7,41l| 147,436' '57,398i ,252,568 3,595 il 478 182,751 34,431

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MISSINGr Lettebs. 1,641 inquiries for letters and 1,472 for other articles alleged to have been posted and not delivered were made during 1904. In 874 of the inquiries for letters and 903 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 63 75 ... Missent, misdelivered, or otherwise delayed through fault of Post Office. 44 43 ... Delayed in delivery through fault of addressees. 34 44 ... Not posted. 28 63 .... Posted later than advised ; forwarded by slower routes than letters of advice, &c. 106 146 ... Defectively or wrongly addressed. 95 49 ... Mislaid or lost after delivery. 65 49 ... Returned through Dead-letter Office as unclaimed, &c. 439 434 ... Delivered. Reason for inquiry not given, but probably in most cases —•— omission by addressees to acknowledge receipt. 874 903 Money-orders. Fourteen money-order offices were opened during the year—namely, Brooklyn, Colac Bay, Henderson, Islington, Kaipara Flats, Kinohaku, Leigh, Moana, Puponga, Raurimu, Tangowahine, Te Rauamoa, Tiniroto, and Upper Matakitaki. Three offices were closed —namely, Golden Cross, Oio, and Whangapara. The number of offices open at the end of the year was 537, as against 526 twelve months previously. 417,441 money-orders were issued for £1,541,711 19s. 10d., as compared with 407,783 for £1,476,887 Bs. sd. in 1904, an increase of 9,658 in number and £64,824 lis. sd. in amount. 318,127 money-orders amounting to £1,310,810 Is. 2d. were paid, as against 313,267 for £1,267,351 os. lid. during 1904, an increase of 4,860 orders and £43,459 os. 3d. There were 63,682 telegraph money-orders issued for £228,423 ss. 10d., as compared with 61,057 orders for £210,790 7s. 6d. in 1904,. an increase of 2,625 in number and £17,632 18s. 4d. in amount. 130,047 orders for £352,326 6s. 6d. were issued on places beyond New Zealand, as against 126,128 orders for £328,661 ss. sd. during 1904. 30,007 orders for £120,087 2s. 3d. were issued in places beyond New Zealand for payment in the colony, as compared with 30,844 orders for £117,617 Bs. 6d. during the previous year. The commission received for money-orders amounted to £17,073 9s. 6d., as against £16,385 9s. received during 1904. Money-order exchanges were established between New Zealand and the Orange River Colony as from the Ist July, 1905, and with Tonga as from the Ist January, 1906. The Administration of the Straits Settlements has fallen into line with others, and increased the maximum amount for which a single order may be drawn to £40. Exchanges are in course of negotiation with Austria and Tahiti. Sayings-Bank. There were thirteen offices opened during the year for the transaction of Savings-Bank business —namely, Brooklyn, Colac Bay, Henderson, Islington, Kaipara Flats, Kinohaku, Leigh, Moana, Puponga, Raurimu, Tangowahine, Te Rauamoa, and Upper Matakitaki. Three offices were closed —namely, Golden Cross, Oio, and Whangapara. There were 520 offices open at the end of 1905, as against 510 at the end of the previous year. 60,015 accounts were opened and 43,113 closed, the net gain on the year's working being 16,902 accounts. The number of depositors on the 31st December.was 276,066, and the proportion of accounts per head of population was 1 in 320, as compared with 1 in 331 at the end of the previous year. The deposits numbered 509,112, representing £6,625,744 os. 10d., an average of £13 os. 3d. per transaction. The withdrawals numbered 346,022 for £5,984,184 12s. 2d., an average of £17 ss. lid. for each withdrawal. The net amount added by the depositors to their savings during the year was therefore £641,559 Bs. Bd., plus £259,081 7s. 6d. interest earned and credited, making a total of £900,640 16s. 2d. The total amount at credit of depositors increased from £7,761,382 os. lid. at the close of the previous year to £8,662,022 17s. Id. on the 31st December last, representing a sum equal to £9 16s. 4d. per head of the entire population, and £31 7s. 6d. to each depositor. Last year the figures were £9 Is. and £29 18s. lid. respectively. The interest credited to depositors since the Post-Office Savings-Banks were established in 1867 now amounts to £3,166,229 os. 6d. The cost of working the Savings-Banks amounted to 4'63d. per transaction, or £16,500 for the year. The cost of management per cent, on the total amount at credit of depositors was o'l9 per cent., or 3s. lOd. per £100. The excess of deposits over withdrawals during the year constituted a record, amounting to £641,559, a sum most nearly approached in the year 1904-5, when the figures were £425,173.

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Postal Notes. The following were created postal-note offices during the year 1905-6: — Athol Henderson Ohutu Tarras Awanga. Huiroa Okato Taupiri Awarua Plains Islington Ongarue Te Araroa - BarewoOd Kaipara Flats Puponga Te Rauamoa Beaumont Kinohaku Rangitata Tuatapere Brookside Kohatu Raupo Upper Matakitaki Buckland Kopu Raurimu Waiouru Elsthorpe Leigh Ruahine Whangapara Glen Murray Moana Tangowahine Whatatutu. Glenorchy ' Ohau - —a total of 38. Four offices were closed —namely, Motupiko Railway, Oio, Omapere, and Whangapara. The number of offices at which postal notes- were sold at the end of the year was 654, as compared with 620 on the 31st March, 1905. 875,324 notes of the value of £276,279 7s. 6d. were sold, as against 785,347 for £250,123 7s. 6d. sold during the previous year. The postal notes paid numbered 869,392, of the value of £274,678 16s. 6d., as compared with 775,417, of the value of £247,320 15s. 6d., paid during 1904-5. The postal-note commission amounted to £5,979 4s. l£d., as against £5,404. The steadily continued growth of the postal-note business is one of the most notable features of the Department's work. Provision has been made for the issue of a duplicate of a lost or destroyed postal note upon proof of ownership and particulars as to number and amount accompanied by an indemnity should the original at any time be paid. British Postal Orders. The Imperial postal-order scheme has during the past year proved both its usefulness and ttie fact that it has met a public want. It has been extended to include Transvaal, Na.tal, and Orange River Colony. So far Australia, Canada, and Cape Colony have not seen fit to take advantage of the system. In the case of Australia at least, the necessity has been made manifest, and correspondence is proceeding upon the question of the adoption of some system of interchange of British or colonial orders. 27,369 orders have been sold, valued at £13,581 18s., and 7,364 paid for £5,052 7s. 6d. An extended table of the transactions is printed elsewhere. The 20s. order is the most popular, sales having reached 26 per cent, of the total. Following in order of popularity are the 10s., 55., Is., 2s. 6d., with a percentage of 12, 9, 6, and 6 respectively. At the bottom of the list stands the order issued at 16s. 6d. Inland Mails. The Westport-Reefton coach-service was interrupted for ten days owing to landslips in the Buller Gorge. The Westport-Karamea sea service was interrupted during September, 1905, in consequence of the mail contract steamer being barbound at Okarito. A substitute steamer performed the service for one or two trips, and the mails were in addition carried overland. A bag of mail while being carried from Waipiro Bay to Port Awanui was lost on the beach by'the mailman. It was subsequently found, the contents being intact but somewhat damaged by salt water. The contractor for the Milton-Glenledi mail-service, while on his homeward journey on the 3rd April, 1906, was accidently killed through his horse bolting. While being transhipped at sea a bag of mail from Totaranui to Takaka was lost. A mail-carrier lost a bag of mail from Collingwood to Mangarakau. There was a gratifying absence of floods in the Otago and Southland Districts during the year. The general contracts for inland services expire at the end of this year. Tenders for the services will be called for about September next, when the whole of the inland mail contracts will be reviewed. Among alterations effected in mail-services during the year were the following:— The coach-service between Paeroa and Waihi was terminated owing to the opening of the section of railway between those places. The coach-service between Waiouru and Taihape was increased in frequency, from, once weekly in winter and twice weekly in summer to twice weekly throughout the year. The number of contracts for inland mails in operation in 1905 was 654. • There were in addition 530 services not under bond. The length of inland postal routes by road (counted one way only) was 11,513 miles, and the total number of miles travelled 2,960,501, at an average cost of 3 - 63 d. per mile. In 1904 the respective mileages were 11,613 miles and 2,891,245, at an average cost of 3\54d. per mile. Ordinary railway-trains with mails travelled 3,633,187 miles. The estimated sum payable to the Railway Department for the conveyance of mails by ordinary trains was £44,000. Ocean Mail-services. San Francisco Service. The total amount paid at poundage rates to the contractors for the contract year ended November, 1905, was £19,173 18s. sd. The maximum payable amount for any year under the contract is £20,000. The present contract expires in November next. Proposals for a renewal of the service will be brought down for the consideration of Parliament. The dispute between the Commonwealth and the contractors relative to the rate of poundage to be paid as from the Ist December, 1900, for the conveyance of Australian postal matter has not so far been settled.

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The 6 p.m. passenger-train which formerly left San Francisco daily for New York has been taken off, and a fast mail-train substituted. The time-table for the fast mail-train is as follows: Leave San Francisco, say, Monday, 6 p.m., arrive Chicago 10.30 a.m.; arrive New York Friday, 9.30 a.m. Leave New York, say, Monday, 3.15 a.m., due San Francisco Thursday, 12.28 p.m. This reduces the actual time from San Francisco to New York to 3 days 12 hours 30 minutes, and from New York to San Francisco to 3 days 12 hours 13 minutes. Owing to the disastrous earthquake and fire which destroyed the City of San Francisco on the 18th April last, the San Francisco mail-service has been seriously disturbed. The " Sonoma," which was due to leave on the day after the earthquake, was kept back until the 31st May, after which date the time-table was resumed. Mails by the "Ventura" which left Auckland on the 13th April, and by the " Sierra " which left Auckland on the 4th May, received prompt despatch from San Francisco to New York. There was no outward steamer from Auckland on the 25th May, and the trip of the loth June was also dropped. Mails from New Zealand were forwarded to America and London as opportunity offered by the Vancouver and direct steamers, and via Suez. The mails which should in ordinary course have come on by the " Sonoma " on the 19th April were diverted to Vancouver, and conveyed thence by the R.M.S. " Moana "on the 28th April. Under the exceptional circumstances, the Canadian and Commonwealth Governments generously consented to the " Moana's " calling at Auckland on her way to Australia, the result being that the mails reached Auckland on the 18th May, only eleven days later than they would have arrived had they come on by the " Sonoma." The " Moana " made excellent time throughout, her trip from Vancouver to Auckland, including the stoppage at Honolulu and Fiji, being 18 days 23 hours. In connection with the mails from London, it was only necessary to divert one lot to another route —namely, that which should have left London via San Francisco on the 28th April. These mails were sent via Brindisi on the 27th April, reaching New Zealand on the 4th, sth, and 6th June, or about a week later than if they had come via San Francisco. On the whole, the colony is to be congratulated on the very slight inconvenience which resulted from the disturbance in the service. Credit is due to the Mail Agent attached to the " Sonoma," who, in the face of many difficulties, and on his own initiative, succeeded in transferring the mails from San Francisco to Vancouver. The Department is also indebted to the officers of the Railway Mailservice and Post-office of the United States and others for invaluable assistance. The service for the collection and distribution coastwise of the San Francisco mails has been performed satisfactorily. Vancouver Service. The contract between the Federal Government and the Union Steam Ship Company has been extended until next year. The Commonwealth subsidy now totals £26,000 per annum. Canada has expressed its disapproval of Brisbane being replaced by a New Zealand port as the southern terminus of the service; but the whole question of the future of the service will, no doubt, be fully gone into before the expiry of the contract in 1907. Suez Services. A new contract between the Imperial Post Office and the Peninsular and Oriental Company was concluded on the 25th July, 1904, for a term of three years from the Ist February, 1905. The Commonwealth Government entered into a contract with the Orient Company on the,2sth April, 1905, for a fortnightly service between Naples and Adelaide, which, with the Peninsular and Oriental fortnightly service between Brindisi and Adelaide, provides a weekly exchange of mails between London and the Commonwealth. It runs for nearly three years from the 4th April, 1905, to the 31st January, 1908, and may be terminated on the Commonwealth giving notice before the Ist day of February, 1906. This notice, it is understood, was given on the 14th November, 1905. During the short break between the termination of the late Peninsular and Oriental and Orient contract and the new one made with the Orient Company by the Commonwealth in April, 1905, the Commonwealth intimated that New Zealand could use the services at the reduced poundage rates of 2s. per pound of letters and 4s. per hundredweight of other matter. Since then it is understood that New Zealand may avail itself of the services on payment of Postal Union rates 3s. L7d. per pound of letters and 3'76d. per pound of other articles. . The rates paid by New Zealand in 1904 were: Adelaide to Italy, letters and post-cards, 12s. per pound; books, Is. 6d. per pound; newspapers, 6d. per pound. The amount paid for 1904 at the above rates was £3,649 19s. At the Postal Union rates the payments would not have exceeded £1,400. Receipts and Payments on Account of the San Francisco, Peninsular and Oriental, and Orient Mail-services for the Year 1905. San Francisco Service. JJ) Ei £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Payments by weight— On mails from New Zealand (eighteen voyages) ... 20,508 9 5 On mails from Fiji ... ... ■•• ••• 42 11 2 20,551 0 7 Interprovincial service, mail agents, &c. ... ... ••• 4,687 7 10 ~ . (San Francisco to New York ... ... 4,300 7 5 Transit charges | New Y ork to Queenstown 1,822 10 9 31,361 6 7 Cr. Postages collected in the colony ... ... ... ••• 16,463 9 10 Contributions from Fiji... ... ... ■■■ ••• 42 11 2 16,506 1 0 Net cost to the colony ... ... ... ••• £14,855 5 7 iii—F. 1.

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1,647,540 letters and post-cards, 786,065 books, and 1,549,800 newspapers were received from, and 1,811,708 letters and post-cards, 251,702 books, and 351,302 newspapers were despatched to, the United Kingdom via San Francisco. The average time within which mails were delivered by the San Francisco service was—From Auckland to London, 3039 days, as against 3078 in 1904; and from London to Auckland, 3L06 days, as compared with 3055 days in the previous year. The shortest delivery was made in 29 days. Peninsular and Oriental and Orient Lines (Federal Mail-service). „ Dr - £ s. d. £ s. d. Payment to P. and O. and Orient lines ... 1,034 15 4 Transit charges across Australia ... ... 162 14 0 Transit charges across Europe ... ... 326 19 1 Gratuities (to and from Australia) ... ... 2,023 13 10 3,548 2 3 Cr. Postages collected in the colony ... ... 1,877 7 1 Postages, &c, from London and foreign offices ... 1,531 16 4 3,409 3 5 Net cost to the colony ... ... ... £138 18 10 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—l,l9l,osB letters and post-cards, 465,220 books, and 1,909,962 newspapers; despatched—l77,2s7 letters and postcards, 19,339 books, and 28,272 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 1905 by the San Francisco service and by the Peninsular and Oriental and Orient lines was : San Francisco Service. P. and O. Line. Orient Line T , , Max. Mm. Average. Max. Mm. Average. Max. Mm. Average. London to Auckland .. 34 30 31-06 .. 42 35 36-93 42 37 38-33 Auckland to London .. 34 29 30-39 .. 40 35 38-93 !.' 44 38 41-00 London to Wellington .. 35 31 32-29 .. 40 36 38-18 41 38 39-19 Wellington to London .. 35 30 31-39 .. 43 38 41-08 .. 46 40 43-52 London to Dunedin.. .. 36 32 33-35 .. 43 36 39-18 43 39 39-32 Dunedin to London.. .. 36 31 32-39 .. 41 39 40-08 45 42 42-33 London to Bluff .. .. 37 33 34-10 .. 42 35 38-43 .. 42 38 38-57 Bluff to London .. .. 37 32 33-14 .. 40 38 39-33 .. 44 41 41-58 The several subsidised sea mail-services, the subsidy-payments for the year 1905, the dates when established, and the date on which each terminates are shown below :

(a) Payment for IS voyages was actually made during the year. V 2 £ U , bS -f y m< f eaß , e ? fe y £W a year from 16th February, 1906, and Whatanihi included in service, (o) Subsidy reduced by £50 from Ist January, 1906. (tt) Service diminished in frequency from weekly on reletting of service on 25th January, 1906. Mrvice on atoclMa^wSf ted from anci Cromarty included in service on 15th June, 1905. Subsidy reduced by £59 on reletting of

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Duration of Service. Service. Subsidy or Payment. Annual Number of Mileage for Complete Voyage. Cost per Mile. When established. When terminated or terminable. per Annum. 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, Rangi Point, and Opononi Russell and Opua Russell and Waitangi Whangaroa (all boating in harbour) Wellington, Ketu Bay, Homewood, Maori Bay (and other offices), and Havelock Wellington and Motueka Havelock and Bulwer Nelson, Totaranni, Takaka, and Collingwood kelson and Croixelles 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 Bluff and Rviapuke Island( a ) £ a. d. 20,508 9 5 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, 1880 June, 1885 Aug., 1863 Oct., 1891 Nov., 1893 Jan., 1881 Jan., 1881 Jan., 1889 Nov., 1906 Dec, 1906 Dec, 1906 Dec, 1906 Dec, 1906 Dec, 1906 Dec, 1906 17f) 13 12 939 52 52 52 104 52 5,925 2,334 6,992 6 120 46 118 170 48 s. d. 3 10-15 1 1-37 0 3-43 0 2-56 0 9-62 0 10-03 0 5-87 0 5-42 1 2-13 102 0 0 10 0 0 44 0 0 ( 700 0 0 Jan., 1889 Jan., 1904 Dec, 1906 Dec, 1906 Dec, 1906 Dec, 1906 156 52 (as required) 26 16 14 0 9-81 0 3-30 Dec, 1891 183 | 210 j 64 130 '. 710 0 0(») 137 10 0 100 0 0 Nov., 1902 Jan., 1904 Dec, 1906 Dec, 1906 Dec, 1906 43 26 104 1 0-21 1 7-83 0 1-78 60 0 0 f 450 0 0(«) | 400 0 0 600 0 0 Jan., 1904 | June, 1886 } Jan., 1895 Jan., 1886 Dec, 1906 Dec, 1906 Dec, 1906 Dec, 1906 52 36 12 6 44 102 | 82 t 384 0 6-29 1 10-55 5 2-50 300 0 0 Mar., 1906 6 1,050 0 11-43 225 0 0 245 0 0 45 0 0 j 234 0 0 ( 175 0 0 4,000 0 0 July, 1886 Sept., 1903 Dec, 1906 Dec., 1906 Dec, 1906 156 52 26 14 48 26 0 8-57 1 11-56 1 3-95 Bluff and Te Oneroa( e ) interprovincial service in connection with San Francisco line I April, 1893 Nov., 1886 May, 1906 12 208 1 5-63 Nov., 1906 17

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TELEGRAPHS. 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 £298,079 17s. lid., as compared with £270,660 13s. l|d. for the previous year —an increase of £27,419 4s. 9Jd., or 1013 per cent. The following is a comparison of the traffic in paid telegrams during the last ten years: — Number. Value. 1896-97 ... 2,285,001 ... ... ... 97,453 1897-98 ... 2,469,415 Increase, 8-07 percent. ... 96,537 Decrease, 0-94 per cent. 1898-99 ... 2,717,548 „ 10-05 „ ... 101,104 Increase, 4-73 1899-00 ... 3,159,093 „ 16-25 „ ... 114,383 „ 13-13 1900-1 "... 3,534,444 „ 11-88 „ ... 126,382 „ 10-49 1901-2 ... 3,850,391 „ 894 „ ... 141,581 „ 12-03 1902-3 ... 4,271,218 „ 10-93 „ ... 153,338 „ 8-30 1903-4 ... 4,671,904 „ 9-38 „ ... 162,498 „ 5-97 1904-5 ... 4,900,495 „ 4-89 „ ... 167,581 „ 3-12 1905-6 ... 5,351,084 „ 9-19 180,474 „ 7-69

Telegraph Business. Table showing the number of telegrams forwarded, and the revenue derived therefrom, during the four quarters of the financial years 1904-5 and 1905-6 respectively: —

The telegraph receipts for the financial year, including telephone-exchange subscriptions, private - wire rents, &c, amounted to £273,911 7s. 7d., compared with £250,063 Is. 3Jjrd. in 1904-s—an increase of £23,848 6s. 3|d., or 954 per cent. The expenditure was £276,580 12s. 5d., as against £258,977 10s. 9d. for the previous year— an increase of £17,603 Is. Bd., or 6'Bo per cent. There were 8,355 miles of line and 25,116 miles of wire at the close of the year—an increase of 411 and 1,412 miles respectively. The net expenditure out of Public Works Fund for telegraph extension was £77,186 7s. 2d., as compared with £79,297 15s. Id. in 1904-5. ,The number of private wires and sudsidised lines was 335, compared with 350 in 1904-5. The amount received for rent, maintenance, &c, was £2,182 9s. 6d., as against £1,973 19s. sd. in 1904-5. The total number of telegraph and telephone offices open at the close of the year was 1,312. Of these 267 were telegraph-offices and 1,045 telephone-offices. The number of telegrams of all codes forwarded during last financial year was 5,640,219 — an increase of 480,474, or 931 per cent., over 1904-5. The proportion of paid telegrams per head of population was 6 - 15, and 5 - 75 the previous year. The number of ordinary telegrams forwarded was 3,995,998, of the value of £135,203 12s. 9jd., compared with 3,720,114, of the value of £126,578 7s. 10jd., in 1904-s—an increase of 275,884 and £8,625 4s. lid. The urgent telegrams numbered 211,571, of the value of £12,807 Bs. lid.—an increase of 24,544 in number and £913 os. Bd. in amount. The average value of each ordinary telegram was B'l2d.,.and of each urgent telegram Is. 2-52 d. 379,185 Press telegrams, of the value of £16,094 15s. 9jd., were forwarded in 1905-6, as compared with 367,066, valued at £15,274 19s. Ojd., forwarded in 1904-s—an increase of 12,119, or 330 per cent, in number, and an increase of 5"37 per cent, in value. The value of each Press telegram averaged 10'19d., as against 9'9Bd. in 1904-5. The bureau messages numbered 764,330, of the value of £16,368 10s. 3d., as compared with 626,288, of the value of £13,833 18s. s£d.— an increase of 138,042 in number, and £2,534 lis. 9jd. in amount. The average value of each bureau message was 5 - 14 d., as against 5 - 30 d. in 1904-5.

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Number of forwa Telegrams irded. Revi snue, Quarter. Increase per Cent. in a co nx 1-1 Ox Year ended 31st March, 1905. Year ended 31st March, 1906. 1904-5. 1905-6. June quarter September quarter December quarter March quarter ... 1,142,677 1,134,318 1,280,432 1,343,068 1,255,080 1,226,811 1,414,598 1,454,595 9-84 8-15 10-48 8-30 £ a. d. 39,262 19 11 38,760 4 3 43,777 7 10 45,781 1 li £ a. d. 42,296 7 0 41,658 16 6 47,762 5 10 48,756 18 5 7-73 7-48 9-10 6-50 4,900,495 5,351,084 9'19 167,581 13 71 2 180,474 7 9 7-69

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The following figures show the growth of the traffic in bureau messages as compared with ordinary telegrams:— Average Value. Year Year 1905-6. 1904-5. The total number of ordinary tele-) 275,884,0r\ /£8,625 4s. lld.,) QlO , aIR , grams increased by J 7-42 % and relative re I or 6-81 % P l2i B ' l6d ' The total number of bureau com.-) 138,042, or j celpts by •" J £2,534 lis. 9£d.,) .. . , - „ n , munications increased by J 22-04 % j [ or 18-32 % J O- - 14 "- 0-6 W. The number of official telegrams forwarded was 289,135, valued at £24,168 10s. 4d., as compared with 259,250, of the value of £20,597 lis. lOd. —an increase of 29,885 in number, and of £3,570 18s. 6d. in amount. 63,682 money-orders, for £228,423 ss. 10d., were transmitted by telegraph, as against 61,057, for £210,790 7s. 6d., in 1904—an increase of 2,625 telegrams. The number of paid forwarded telegrams to every hundred letters posted in New Zealand for delivery within the colony was 826, as against BPOB8 P 08 in 1904-5. Telegraph Messengers' Deliveries. Telegraph messengers' deliveries (by departmental messenger) were established as follows: Christchurch —Amberley, St. Albans. Dunedin—Omakau. Invercargill—Mataura. Napier — Ormondville, Takapau, Weber. Timaru—Pleasant Point, Winchester. Wanganui—Raetihi. Wellington—Johnsonville. Offices opened and closed during Financial Year ended 31st March, 1906. Opened. Ahipara Islington Niagara Springburn Ahuriri Flat Kaihiku Ohinewai Taikorea Allanton Bureau Kaikoura Suburban Ohura Tapawera Aponga Kaipara Flats Oruanui Tawai Ashley Downs Kaurihohore Otara Te Anau Barrhill Kelchers Ouruhia Te Haroto Bishops Kiritaki Pakipaki Te Maire Blind River Koeke 1 Pakowhai Te Moehau Braemore Komako Parkvale Te Pare Cardiff Korere Paterangi] Te Tatua Carnarvon Levels Pohonui Te Teko Clydevale Little Wanganui Ferry Progress Junction Te Uku Dromore Lowcliffe Pukenui The Key Edievale Mabel Bush Pukeroa . Tokonui Gorge Greenfield Makahu Puniwhakau Totara Valley Green Hills Manapouri Puponga Tututawa Grove Bush Mangamaire Purangi Twelve-mile Landing Hairini Matatoki Quarry Hills TJmutoi Hangatiki Matau Rakauhauka Upper Waiwera Hazelburn Matiere Rangiheke Utuwai Herbert Bureau Merton Raurimu Waihaorunga Herekino Miramar Reikorangi Waikawa Highbank Moana Rewa Waikawa Valley Hillend Moewhare Rongokokaho Waikiekie Holmeslea Mokoiaj Rotomana Waimai Huiroa Momona Ruatangata Waimea West Ida Valley Moumahaki Farm Ruataniwha Wakatahuri Ihuraua Valley Myross Bush Seaward Moss Whangape. Islay Downs Ngaputahi Shag Valley Closed. Kawarau Bridge Tokatea Upper Mohaka. Summary. Number of offices open on the 31st March, 1905, 1,200; opened during year, 115; closed during year, 3; increase, 112. Number of offices open'on the 31st March, 1906, 1,312. Ocean Cable Services. There has been an increase of 62 per cent, in the number of messages, but a decrease of 037 per cent, in the value of the colony's ordinary outward international cable traffic for the year; while the ordinary traffic from Australia shows increases of 3*37 per cent, in the number of messages, and 054 in the value. 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. Delays due to weather conditions and forest fires occurred occasionally on the Canadian land lines, but as a rule they were trifling. New Zealand's proportion of the deficit of £75,849 18s. 6d. on the third year's working of the Pacific cable amounted to £8,427 15s. 4d. The receipts and working-expenses of the Pacific cable for the year ended the 31st March, 1906, are estimated as under: — £ . £ Traffic Revenue .. .. .. 82,000 Annuity and Renewals .. .. 111,545 Estimated Deficit .. .. .. 86,017 Working-expenses .. .. .. 56,472 £168,017 £168,017

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During the past three years the business of the Pacific cable has steadily increased. Of the ordinary paid business the Pacific obtained in 1903 82 per cent., in 1904 86 per cent., and in 1905 87 per cent., the Eastern Company's share being 18, 14, and 13 per cent, during the same years. The New Zealand figures for the past three years' ordinary telegrams are: — Pacific. E. E. A. & C. Year. Messages. Year. Messages. 1903 72,595 1903 16,351 1904 74,804 1904 12,395 1905 78,765 1905 12,013 There has been a marked increase in the Press, the figures for which are as follow:— Pacific. E. E. A. & C. Year. Messages. Year. Messages. 1903 325 1903 1,270 1904 486 1904 1,065 1905 722 1905 1,504 Recent checks show that the average best time in which messages are handled on the Pacific route are:— Hr. mm. From London ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 20 ~ America ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 12 „ Sydney ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 8 ~ Melbourne ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 13 The Pacific service continues working smoothly, and there are scarcely any interruptions of any moment. The figures show that not only has New Zealand given the Pacific cable support beyond the most favourable estimate of international business, but it has also given that route 87 per cent, of the ordinary business to Australia. The conference of delegates representing the Pacific partners, which had adjourned from time to time, met on the 21st June, 1905. Sir Sandford Fleming represented this colony. The report of the Conference will be found in the paper on telegraph cables to be presented to Parliament this year. Mr. C. H. Reynolds, CLE., General Manager to the Pacific Cable Board, visited Australia iv March-April of this year, the object of his mission being the reorganization of the Pacific cable management in the Commonwealth. Later in April Mr. Reynolds visited New Zealand on a tour of inspection. On the 23rd April, 1906, the two cables of the Eastern Extension Company between New Zealand and Australia parted. Communication by cable was thus restricted to the Pacific route until the 28th May, when one of the Eastern Company's cables was repaired. Cable Business. The number and value of cable messages forwarded from New Zealand during 1905 are shown in the following statement:

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! irdinary. Press. Destination. Number of Messages. Value. Number of Messages. Value. International Australia... 20,507 58,258 £ a. d. 33,137 19 6 11,136 2 1 39 683 £ a. d. 75 11 3 323 8 7 Total for 1905 78,765 44,274 1 7 722 398 19 10 Total for 1904 74,804 43,636 7 5 486 518 8 8 Via Exte iSion. irdinary. Press. Destination. Number of Messages. Value. Number of Messages. Value. 'nternational Australia... 3,398 8,615 £ a. d. 4,717 10 11 1,780 2 10 106 1,398 £ s. 240 17 650 12 d. 5 0 Total for 1905 12,013 6,497 13 9 1,504 891 9 5 Total for 1904 12,395 7,204 10 7 1,065 629 0 0

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TELEPHONE EXCHANGES. ' Sixteen new exchanges were opened during the year, and the number of subscribers increased by 1,910. The total number of exchanges now numbers 101, made up of 29 central and 72 sub-exchanges. The total number of connections is 15,333, compared with 13,423 in 1905. They may be classified as follows: Paying, 14,108; free, 296; bureaux, 929. New connections numbered 2,537, and those given up 627. The increase in connections is equal to 1423 per cent. On the 31st March, 1906, there were 885 miles of telephone-line and 12,798 miles of wire. The following is a comparative return of telphone-exchange connections for the years 1905-6 and 1904-5 :— ' i„hano» Number of Subscribers or Connections : Mcnange. Maroh lgQ6 _ Maroh lgQg Ashburton ... ... ... ... 138 ... 130 Auckland ... ... ... ... 2,036 ... 1,854 Cambridge ... ... ... ... 42 Devonport ... ... ... ... 37 ... 38 Onehunga ... ... ... ... 23 Blenheim ... ... ... ... 157 ... 137 Picton ... ... ... ... 41 Christchurch ... ... ... ... 1,887 ... 1,647 Akaroa ... ... ... ... 40 ... 40 Doyleston ... ... ... ... 7 ... 7 Duvauchelle ... ... ... 7 ... 8 Leeston ... ... ... ... 11 ... 10 Lincoln ... ... ... ... 6 ... 6 - Little River... ... ... ... 8 ... 9 Lyttelton ... ... ... ... 13 ... 8 Rangiora ... ... ... ... 15 ... 15 Southbridge... ... ... ... 5 ... 6 Dannevirke ... ... ... ... 127 ... 109 Makotuku ... ... ... ... 1 Dunedin ... ... ... ... 1,848 ... 1,702 Balclutha ... ... ... ... 33 ... 27 Clinton ... ... ... ... 11 ... 8 Kaitangata ... ... ... ... 13 ... 13

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Forwari led. Receivei Year. Number of Number of Value. Value. Messages. Words. Messages. Words. 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1,069 1,294 1,154 1,570 1,034 1,420 1,830 1,595 1,551 2,226 92,946 128,839 133,342 182,066 139,295 148,400 202,968 159,732 161,094 181,196 £ a. d. 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 1,290 9 3 2,946 3,665 3,599 3,822 4,014 3,989 4,443 5,636 4,488 4,548 285,369 323,617 282,882 298,218 333,300 351,291 396,438 425,824 392,888 398,878 £ a. 1,576 1 1,752 7 1,599 7 1,690 12 1,878 9 1,967 19 2,200 10 2,333 10 2,169 1 2,254 18 d. 3 5 0 4 1 3 6 2 3 5

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Exchanea Number of Subscribers or Connections : s Maroh 31, 1906. Maroh 31, 1905 Milton ... ... ... ... 24 ... 23 Mosgiel ... ... ... ... 22 Palmerston South ... ... ... 21 ... 19 Port Chalmers ... . ... ... 24 ... 22 Waikouaiti ... ... ... ... 8 ... 8 Feilding ... ... ... ... 166 ... 145 Kimbolton ... ... ... ... 11 Rongotea ... ... ... ... 8 Sanson ... ... ... ... 1 .. 1 Gisborne ... ... ... ... 395 ... 329 Greymouth ... ... ... ... 220 ... 193 Reefton ... ... " ... ... 55 ... 47 Hamilton ... ... ... ... 88 ... 66 Hawera ... ... ... ... 158 ... 157 Eltham ... ... . ... ... 28 ... 30 Kaponga ... ... ... ... 6 ... 6 Manaia ... ... ... ... 14 ... 14 Otakeho ... ... ... ... 1 Ratea ... ... ... ... 33 ... 33 Hokitika ... ... ... ... 129 ... 132 Kumara ... ... ... ... 10 ... 10 Ross ... ... ... ... 6 ... 6 Invercargill ... ... ... ... 413 ... 372 Balfour ... ... ... ... 6 Bluff ... ... ... ... 42 ... 33 Bdendale ... ... ... ... 5 ... 5 Gore ... ... ... ... 104 ... 88 Lumsden ... ... ... ... 16 ... 16 Mataura ... ... ... ... 11 ... 11 Otautau ... ... ... ... 23 ... 24 Riversdale ... ... ..; ... 18 ... 16 Riverton ... ... ... ... 18 ... 18 Winton ... ... ... ... 25 ... 25 Woodlands ... ... ... ... 5 ... 5 Wyndham ... ... ... ... 12 ... 12 Lawrence ... ... ... ... 30 Masterton ... ... ... ... 243 ... 205 Carterton ... ... ... ... 44 ... 38 Eketahuna ... ... ... ... 43 ... 30 Featherston ... ... ... 28 Greytown North ... ... ... 14 ... 9 Martinborough ... ... ... 48 Napier ... ... ... ... 445 ... 399 Hastings ... ... ... ... 245 ... 185 Waipawa ... ... ... ... 36 Weber ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1 Nelson ... ... ... ... 283 ... 251 New Plymouth ... ... ... 324 ... 329 Inglewood ... ... * ... ... 28 ... 23 Waitara ... ... ... ... 14 ... 14 Oamaru ... ... ... ... 235 ... 219 Ngapara _ ... ... ... ... 3 ... 2 Pahiatua ... ... ... ... 83 ... 82 Woodville ... ... ... ... 28 ... 23 Palmerston North ... ... ... 396 ... 328 Foxton ... ... ... ... 37 ... 25 Longburn ... ... ... ... 5 Rotorua ... ... ... ... 103 ... 91 Stratford ~. ... ... ... 119 . ... 106 Thames ... ... ... ... 98 ... 82 Paeroa ... ... ... ... 36 ... 29 Waihi ... ... ... ... 56 Timaru ... ... ... ... 294 ... 243 Fairlie ... ... ... ... 12 ... 11 Geraldine ... ... ... ... 40 ... 28 St. Andrew's ... ... ... 8 ... 9 Studholme Junction ... ... ... 5 ... 6 Temuka ... ... ... ... 18 ... 18 Waimate ... ... ... ... 48 ... 35 Wanganui ... ... ... ... 480 ... 445 Bull's ... ... ... ... 16 Hunterville ... ... ... ... 11 ... 6 Marton ... ... ... ... 73 ... 63 Okaiawa ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1 Waverley ... ... ... ... 10 ... 7 Wellington ... ... ... ... 2,462 ... 2,260 Westport ... ... ... ~. 124 ... 125 Whangarei ... ... ... ... 74 ... 55 Totals ... ~, ~.. 15,333 ~. 13,423

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Wireless Telegraphy. Much attention has been given to wireless telegraphy. Negotiations have been proceeding with the Commonwealth Government for establishing a wireless-telegraph system between Australia and New Zealand, and some of the outlying islands,, but nothing definite will be settled until there has been practical experience of the working of the installation just completed by the Marconi Company between Queenscliff, Victoria, and Devonport, Tasmania. The Commonwealth and the New Zealand Governments have been approached by the Marconi Company, London; the International Telegraph Construction Company (Shoemaker's system), New York; the Lodge-Muirhead Wireless and General Telegraph Syndicate, London; the Gesellschaft fur Drahtlose Telegraphic (Slaby-Arco-Braun system), Berlin; and the Wireless Telegraphy Company (Telefunken system), Berlin. No business arrangement has been made with either company, as the intention is to invite tenders, under certain well-defined conditions, at the proper time. When at Rome the Postmaster-General had the opportunity of seeing the practical working of the Marconi wireless system between Monte Mario, Rome, and the island of Sardinia, a distance of about two hundred miles, which is maintained for military purposes. Messages were exchanged between the two stations with marked promptness and clearness, and the advantages of the system otherwise demonstrated. This means of communication between the two points is regarded as of great strategic value by the Italian Government, which have also equipped their war-vessels with the Marconi wireless system of telegraphy. While in London, the Postmaster-General met Mr. Marconi and other representatives of his company. The Lodge-Muirhead Wireless and General Telegraph Syndicate's system was also seen. On the voyage from Liverpool to New York in the White Star Company's " Majestic," which is fitted with one of Marconi's low-power apparatus, the Marconi Company was good enough to place the installation at the disposal of the Postmaster-General. News bulletins from Great Britain or America were accurately received daily, and official and private messages received and sent as well. The " Majestic " was in repeated touch with steamers travelling east and west, and messages giving the position of the vessels, the weather conditions—present and prospective—exchanged. This information, to say nothing of its obvious advantages to the travelling public, is of the highest value to navigators, who now look upon the wireless system as indispensable. To demonstrate the possibilities of the Marconi system, the company's London manager sent a message from Poldhu to the Postmaster-General when the " Majestic " was about twelve hundred miles from Liverpool, to prove the feasibility of transmitting wireless messages between Australia and New Zealand. The message was correctly received; but a reply could not at the time be sent owing to the " Majestic " being fitted with low-power, and not high-power, apparatus. At New York representatives of the International Telegraph Construction Company (Shoemaker wireless system) invited the Postmaster-General to visit the company's factory and the United States Navy Yard to witness the practical working of their system, which had been adopted by the United States naval authorities. It was not convenient to visit the factory, but the installation at the navy yard, and another fitted up on the United States war-ship " Maryland " were seen. The authorities expressed themselves as well satisfied with the working of the Shoemaker system. • The Marconi system, it may be mentioned, has been adopted by the British naval authorities, and they are satisfied with its working. TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE. New Zealand Cable Services. The four cables across Cook Strait, and also the Wanganui-Wakapuaka cable, have been periodically tested, and found to be electrically sound. There has been no fault in these cables for over three years. A new cable hut has been built a short distance inshore at Lyell Bay, and the end of the cable transferred to it from the old hut, which has become buried in sand. Late in November a break occurred in the cable across Foveaux Strait. The fault was found to be near the north shore. The insertion of a new shore end was completed by the cable-repairing ship on the Bth December, and the cable is now in good order. The short cables in other parts of the colony are satisfactory. Owing to the great increase which has taken place in telegraphic business passing between the North and Middle Islands, it has become necessary to make greater use than formerly of the Wakapuaka-Wanganui cable. Superimposed Circuits. As will be seen from the reports on Telegraph Inspectors' districts which follow, the Department has during the year extended the work of superimposing telegraph circuits on telephone-wires, and of telephone circuits on telegraph-wires, wherever this has been practicable and the volume of business has called for it. It should, however, be again stated that only where the conditions are suitable may circuits be superimposed, and that a general application of this means of increasing accommodation is not practicable. A third metallic circuit has been provided between Invercargill and the Bluff by superimposing on two circuits already existing, and a similar improvement has been effected between Invercargill and Gore. Telephone Exchange Metallic Circuits. 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Electric Tramway and Electric Light Undertakings. One Order in Council for electric-tramway extension has been reviewed by the Department during the year on behalf of the Board of Control, and supervision is being exercised over the tramway systems in operation to insure the regulations for their control being complied with. Three_ licenses for the electric lighting of boroughs under "The Electric Lines Act, 1884," have been issued, and applications for several others are under consideration. Auckland District. Construction. „ , ,„,„,,. .. _ " Poles. Wire, the following new lines ana wires were erected during the year : — M. eh. M. eh. Mangonui to Ahipara, Herekino, and Whangape ... ... 27 0 47 0 Waihi to Paeroa (exchange trunk wire) ... ... 140 Whangarei to Ruatangata and Aponga .. ... ... 150 190 Te Awamutu to Hairini ... ... .... ... 3 0 3 0 Te Awamutu to Paterangi ... ... ... ... 5 0 5 0 Mangapai to Moewhare and Waikiekie .... ... ... 10 0 10 0 Waiugaro to Waimai ... ... ... ... ... 80 80 Whakatane to Te Teko ... ... ... ... ... 12 0 12 0 Ongarue to Ohura ... ... ... ... ... 28 40 30 0 Waiwera to Upper Waiwera ... ... ... ... 420 420 Huntly to Ohinewai ... ... ... ... ... 040 620 Whangarei to Kaurihohore ... ... ... ... 040 040 Mangonui to Pukenui ... ... ... ... ... 010 010 Te Awamutu to Hangatiki ... ... ... ... 020 020 Waihi Junction (old line near Bowentown) ... ... 10 0 20 0 Hikutaia Junction to Paeroa (diversion) ... ... 22 0 Paeroa to Waihi (diversion of wires) ... ... 280 Mercer to Paeroa (diverted from Miranda) ... 89 0 Panmure to Howick (extending wire) ... ... 5 0 Auckland to Te Tau ... ... .. ... 3 0 Mercer to Rangiriri (made metallic) ... ... 160 Waihou to Waitoa ... ... ... ;.. 30 Ohaupo to Te Awamutu (Morse wire extended) ... 7 0 Te Awamutu to Taumarunui (Morse wire) ... 74 0 124 10 426 30 Paeroa Railway to Puriri Railway (maintained for Railway Department) ... ... ... ... ... 10 20 10 20 134 30 436 50 The following lines were dismantled: — Te Awamutu to Cambridge (old No. 5) ... ... ... 14 0 17 0 Tauranga to Opotiki (old line replaced by new) ... ... 20 0 80 0 Hikutaia Junction, near Bowentown (old line replaced by new) 37 0 148 0 Paengaroa Junction to Rotorua (three wires) ... 90 0 71 0 335 0 The net increase is 63 miles 30 chains of line, and 101 miles 50 chains of wire. The total distance of line in this district is 2,126 miles 70 chains, and of wire 5,709 miles 57 chains, exclusive of that maintained by the Railway Department for its own use. Maintenance. The wire across Ohiwa Harbour was fitted with half a mile of single-core cable. Two pieces of single-core cable, each 310 yards in length, were laid across the Hairini River, near Tauranga, to carry the Opotiki and Rotorua wires. The old line extending from 5 miles south of Tauranga, where a new line connects to Maketu, has been sold for dismantling. The line carrying two wires from Paeroa to Waihi has been rebuilt and extended for a distance of 10 miles —namely, to the vicinity of Bowentown —where it intersects the old line to Katikati. The old line of four wires from this junction to Hikutaia Junction has been abandoned and sold for dismantling. It measured 37 miles, and contained 148 miles of wire. This section had completely decayed, and had been both troublesome and expensive to maintain. There is now a firstclass line through to Rotorua, with the exception of the portion between Bowentown Junction and Tauranga, which it is intended shall be overhauled and strengthened. From Paengaroa Junction to Rotorua three wires of 90 miles in length were dismantled. The Hamilton-Morrinsville-Paeroa line has been overhauled and strengthened, and is now in good order. The section from Paeroa to Thames is being attended to. A line via Miranda was diverted to run by way of Hamilton, Paeroa, and Waihi to Tauranga. The Auckland-Morrinsville wire has been made a constant-current circuit. In connection with the Tauranga-Matata—Whakatane wire, a condenser apparatus has been fitted at Whakatane and Matata to superimpose a telephone circuit on the Opotiki Morse circuit, and is working satisfactorily. iv—F. 1.

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Of the old line between Te Awamutu and Cambridge, 17 miles of wire have been dismantled, and 14 miles of line which was decayed and useless have been sold. The Auckland-Otahuhu line has been overhauled and a new wire erected, thus completing the overhaul of the main Waikato line. Offices. Twenty-five new offices were opened during the year. One office was closed—viz., Tokatea. Two offices were converted from Morse to telephone, and one was converted from telephone to Morse. Quadruplex instruments were fitted at Hamilton and Thames, and a duplex instrument at Tauranga. The duplex set at Te Awamutu was removed. The following offices were refitted and supplied with new test-boards: Paemako, Morrinsville, Te Aroha. The office at Frankton Junction was removed from the railway-station to a store, which was fitted up for the purpose. At Whakarewarewa the office was removed to a new departmental building. The total number of telegraph and telephone offices open is 295, of which 49 are Morse and 246 are telephone offices. Telephone Exchanges. The subscribers to the Auckland Exchange are steadily increasing in number, there being on the 31st March a total of 2,036 connections, an increase of 182 for the year, as compared with 147 for the previous year. Of these connections 1,948 are paid for, while 26 are free, and 62 are bureau connections. There are also 447 extension telephones connected with the exchange, an increase of 60 for the year. The work of enlarging the telephone exchange to provide accommodation for extension of the switchboard is now in hand. The connections to the exchange involve the use of 114 miles 73 chains of line, and 1,983 miles 16 chains of wire. There are 16 miles 60 chains of dead wire. Of aerial wire 1,272 miles have been replaced by double wire in leaden metallic-circuit cables. The aerial wire replaced by metallic-circuit wires is being, or will be, dismantled. Three new exchanges have been opened—viz., at Cambridge, with 13 miles of wire on 1 mile of line; at Waihi, with 15 miles of wire on 2 miles of line; and at Onehunga, with 9 miles of wire on 70 chains of line. At Hamilton there are 22 subscribers ; at Whangarei, 19 ; at Thames, 16 ; at Rotorua, 12 ; and at Paeroa, 7 subscribers. There are 10 exchanges in this district, having a total of 2,593 connections, of which 2,446 are subscribed to, while 37 are free, and 110 are bureau connections. The total increase of connections at all exchanges during the year was 378. Substantial increases in the number of subscribers took place in most of the exchanges. The number of extension telephones in the district is 457. The total length of lines and wires connected with the 10 exchanges aggregates 152 miles 52 chains and 2,204 miles respectively, exclusive of 34 miles of dead wire. Telephone Metallic Circuits. The metallic circuits at Auckland brought into use numbered 647 on the 31st March, and provision has been made for introducing a large additional number on the western side of the city. The plan adopted has been to first convert the circuits subject to tramway interference, and to deal later with those in the city proper where there is not much induction. This explains why a comparatively small number of subscribers' connections has so far been converted into metallic circuits. The nearer the work draws to a completion the greater will be the rate of progress. A specially made metallic cable, having 2,300 yards of 26 pairs of wires, has been laid across the harbour to serve the North Shore. This will shortly be brought into use. Wellington District. Construction. The following new lines and wires were erected in this district during the year: — Poles. Wire. M. eh. M. eh. Pahiatua to Mangamaire ... ... ... ... 1 54| 1 54J Wellington to Shannon (completion of Wellington - New Plymouth), (new wire) ... • ... ... 64 0 Hunterville to Koeke ... ... ... ... ... 24 0 24 0 Hawera to Mokoia ... ... ... ... ... 0 12 6 40 Carterton to Parkvale ... ... ... ... ... 0 44 3 40 Napier Park Racecourse to Taradale ... ... 1 40 Douglas Road to Puniwhakau ... ... ... ... 860 860 Eketahuna to Rongokokako ... ... ... ... 070 070 Halcombe to Makino .. ... ... ... 6 9 Kilbirnie to Miramar ... ... . . ... ... 045 133 Wanganui to Taihape ... ... ... .. 730 Waverlev to Moumahaki Farm ... ~. ~. , .., I 40 440

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Poles. Wire. M. eh. M. eh. Maharahara to Kiritaki ... ... ... ... 260 260 Branch to Te Moehau ... ... ... ... ... 0 15 0 15 Featberston to Te Pare ... ... ...' ... ... 9 0 15 10 Branch to Ruataniwha ... ... ... ... 0 1| Pohangina to Komako ... ... ... ... ... 100 100 Tarata to Matau ... ... ... ... ... 13 40 13 40 Hastings to Pakipaki ... ... ... ... ... 010 5 0 Turakina to Wangaehu ... .. ... ... 4 64 Eketahuna to Ihuraua Valley ..: ... ... ... 560 560 Waikanae to Reikorangi (metallic circuit) ... ... 3 0 6 0 Apiti to Utuwai ... ... ... ... ... 140 140 Waituna West to Rewa ... ... ... ... ... 50 50 Douglas Road to Huiroa ... ... ... ... 40 40 Puniwhakau to Makahu ... ... ... ... 4 40 4 40 Rongotea to Carnarvon ... ... ... ... . . 3 26 3 26 Glen Oroua to Taikorea ... ... ... ... 30 30 Fernhill to Pakowhai ... ... ... ... ... 2 40 2 40 Napier to Pohui ... ... ... ... 26 0 Extension to Peep-o'-Day (new office) ... ... ... 015 015 Sentry Hill to Waitara ... ... ... ... ... 4 0 25 40 Trunk telephone wires— Feilding to Kimbolton ... ... ... ... 180 Bull's to Marton ... ... . ... 9 0 Gisborne to Te Karaka (metallic circuit) ... ... 37 0 Palmerston North to Longburn (metallic circuit) ... 80 Palmerston North to Rongotea (metallic circuit) ... ... 640 31 0 Waipawa to Waipukurau (metallic circuit) ... 8 0 Feather ston to Greytown North ... ... ... 180 Featherston to Martinborough ... ... ... 12 0 Wellington to Palmerston North ... ... ... 92 40 For Public Works Department—Taihape to overseer's office ... ... ... ... 060 060 Turangarere to Waiouru ... ... ... 10 0 Waiouru to Ohakune .. ... ... ... 170 Douglas Road to Huiroa ... ... ... 3 0 Taihape to Mataroa ... ... ... ... ... 60 60 Stratford to Waipuku ... ... ... ... 4 40 Railway wire— Muritai to Pencarrow Heads Quarry ... ... ... 060 060 Poles. Wire. ' Less wires dismantled— M. eh. M. eh. 136 71J 622 38 Sentry Hill to Waitara... ... 4 0 25 40 Railway wire ceased to be maintained by the Department— Woodville Railway to Ngawapurua Bridge ... ... ... 40 40 8 0 29 40 Net increase ... . . ... ... 128 711 592 78 The lengths of lines and wires now maintained in this district are 2,216 miles 4l£ chains and 7,923 miles 68 chains respectively. Eleven private wires, aggregating 1 mile 42 chains of line and 11 miles 49 chains of wire, were erected during the year. There are 25 authorised but uncompleted construction works, some of which are nearing completion, and others will be proceeded with, as soon as practicable. These works include extensions to new districts and the erection of wires on existing lines to give increased accommodation and to improve existing services. Maintenance. The lines throughout the district are in good order. The overhaul of the main lines from Wellington to New Plymouth and from Palmerston North to Napier has been completed during the year. There are branch lines requiring overhaul, and this will be done during the coining year. The following sections were overhauled and strengthened, extra or larger poles being provided where necessary : — Miles. Himatangi to Bull's ... ... ... ... ... ... 21 Wairoa to Frasertown ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 Wairoa to Mohaka ... ... ... ... ... ... 22 Waipawa to Waipukurau ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 Waipawa to Pakipaki ... ... ... ... ... ... 23 Pahiatua to Makuri ... ... ' .. ... ... ... 18 Tolaga Bay to East Cape ... ... ... ... ... ... 67

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Miles. Palmerston North to Kaiwarawara ... ... ... ... ... 90 Feilding to Wangaehu • • ■ - - - - - - • ■ • • • • ... 34 Feilding to Kimbolton ... ... ... ... ... ... 18 New Plymouth to Mahoenui ... ... ... ;.. ... 70 Ormond to Waimata Valley ... ... ... ... ... 8 380 Early in June an unusually heavy snowstorm did considerable injury to the lines, especially those lightly constructed in the higher altitudes, as, for instance, those between Pohui and Tarawera and in the vicinity of Taihape, Eketahuna, Mauriceville, Takapau, Wakarara, and Stratford. Interruptions continue to be caused by traction-engines and threshing-machines fouling the wires, and by persons felling trees or throwing pieces of wire over the lines. Thirteen instances of the latter kind occurred. Telegraph insulators have very frequently been wantonly broken. Two lads caught in the act were charged with the offence in the Magistrate's Court, and fined 10s. each, and costs, Bs. 6d. and £1 15s. respectively. New jack-knife test-boards have been fitted at Palmerston North, Dannevirke, Taihape, Waipawa, and Kaitoke. A second quadruplex repeater has been installed at Napier to work on an Auckland-Wellington circuit, and another forked quadruplex repeater has been fitted up at New Plymouth, which provides two duplex circuits —viz., one between Wellington and New Plymouth, and one between Wellington and Auckland. Offices. New offices have been erected at Palmerston North, Otaki, Longburn, Waipiro Bay, Pungarehu, and Tuparoa, and the transfer of apparatus has been effected. Te Aro, Shannon, and Kimbolton have been converted from telephone to Morse offices. Thirty-five offices were opened during the year. One office —viz., that at Upper Mohaka —was closed. There are 368 offices in the district, of which 64 are Morse and 304 telephone offices. Telephone Exchanges. Nine new exchanges were opened, as follows: Bull's, with 12 subscribers; Featherston, with 16 subscribers; Kimbolton, with 5 subscribers; Longburn, with 5 subscribers; Makotuku, with 1 subscriber; Martinborough, with 28 subscribers; Otakeho, with 1 subscriber; Rongotea, with 8 subscribers; Waipawa, with 15 subscribers. Nine telephones were destroyed by fire —namely, one each at Hastings, Napier, Palmerston North, Stratford, Wanganui, and Wellington, and three at Feilding. Considerable alterations to the lines at New Plymouth were necessitated owing to the installation of the Borough Council's electric-light system. In regard to the Wellington Exchange, the conversion of the subscribers' telephone wires into metallic circuits is progressing satisfactorily, 685 subscribers' connections having been improved in this direction. The increase in the number of subscribers continues, the number now reaching 2,462, an increase of 202, as compared with 157 last year. Of these, 2,355 are paying connections, 52 are free, and 55 are bureau connections. There are also 582 extension telephones, making a grand total of 3,044 connections. A large number of new lines has been erected, and a considerable quantity of old material has been dismantled to provide accommodation for lead-covered cables. There are now 53 miles of lines and 2,357 miles 75 chains of wire connected with the exchange. Lead-covered cables of various sizes have been suspended, representing 752 miles of double wire, of which 439 miles have been brought into use to replace a similar mileage of aerial wire. Three gangs of men are employed in the installation of metallic telephone circuits, and it is contemplated to increase this number shortly. Considerable alterations to telephone-lines have been necessary in Island Bay and Brooklyn, and along the Kilbirnie proposed tramway route, to meet the requirements of the tramway extensions in those directions. Two sections of multiple switchboard, which will increase the capacity of the exchange by accommodation for 600 subscribers, will arrive shortly. When in position these will provide, with present boards, accommodation for 3,300 subscribers. There are now 39 exchanges in the district, an increase of 9 for the year, all of which are working satisfactorily. The subscribers connected therewith aggregate 6,183 in number, an increase of 780 for the year, as compared with 535 last year. Of these connections 5,735 are paid for, 121 are free, and 327 are bureau connections. They are connected by 329 miles 45 chains of line, and 4,651 miles 33 chains of wire. Extension telephones at the various exchanges number 869, making a grand total of 7,062 telephones. The number of subscribers is increasing so rapidly that many of the exchanges have outgrown the accommodation provided. It is imperative that greater space should be provided for immediate requirements. At Gisborne, Napier, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, and Wanganui provision is being made for further accommodation, and for the installation of new multiple switchboards which are shortly to arrive. Several of the smaller exchanges will also require additional space in the near future.

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The construction of the Wairoa Exchange is expected to be completed shortly. The establishment of proposed exchanges at Alfredton, Opunake, and Waipukurau will be put in hand immediately. Metallic Circuits. Additional metallic-circuit telephone trunk wires have been established between Featherston and Greytown North, Palmerston North and Rongoiea, Palmerston North and Longburn, and Gisborne and Te Karaka. It is proposed to superimpose a Morse circuit on the two circuits last mentioned. Metallic circuits have also been provided by looping a telegraph-wire with a telephone trunk wire between the following offices: Feilding and Kimbolton, New Plymouth and Waitara, New Plymouth and Inglewood, Inglewood and Stratford, Stratford and Eltham, Hawera and Patea, Patea and Waverley, Waverley and Wanganui, Marton and Bull's, Martinborough and Featherston, Napier and Pohui. Morse circuits are superimposed on these sections. Condenser metallic circuits have been established between Wellington and Palmerston North, and between Waipawa and Napier, with Hastings intermediate, two telegraph-wires being used in each case. These circuits are working satisfactorily. Nelson District. Construction. The following new lines and wires have been erected during the year: — Poles. Wire. M. eh. M. eh. Twelve-mile Landing ... ... ... ... 0 4 Progress Junction ... ... ... ... ... 172 172 Forsyth Bay ... ... ... .. ... ... 10 0 10 0 Puponga ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 10 Greymouth to Stillwater (metallic circuit) ... ... 20 53 Stillwater to Moana (metallic circuit) ... ... 28 0 Westport to Granity (metallic circuit) ... ... 180 Westport to Burnett's Face (metallic circuit) ... 15 0 Moana to Rotomana (metallic circuit) ... ... ... 040 14 60 Little Wanganui Ferry... .. ... ... 0 3 Tapawera ... ... ... ... ... " 01 Totara Flat (loop) ... ... ... ... 0 65 Waimea West ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 40 2 40 Korere ... ... ... .... ... ... 7 30 7 30 Blenheim to Picton (trunk line) ... ... .. 18 0 Picton to Mahakipawa .. ... ... ... 12 0 Blind River extension ... ... ... ... ... 1 73 1 73 25 15 152 1 The line from Okarito to Bruce Bay has been constructed as far as the Waiho Gorge. There are 1,019 miles 66 chains of line and 2j940 miles 49 chains of wire maintained in this district. Maintenance. The following sections have been overhauled and strengthened during the year: Ahaura to Reef ton, Reefton to Inangahua Junction, and Inangahua Junction to within 3 miles of Lyell. The Kaikoura-Clarence Bridge section has been cleared of scrub, and a deviation of the line made on the whole Kaikoura.section in several places to clear heavy slips. The Okarito—Ross section suffered very much from bad weather and lightning. This section needs overhauling and will receive attention. The Greymouth-Kumara section and the Mokihinui section at Westport have had the angles strengthened, and the sections have been cleared of undergrowth. A loop has been put in at Totara Flat and the office there converted into a Morse station, thus relieving the telephone circuit. An overhaul of the Collingwood-Farewell Spit line and its branches is required, and will shortly be put in hand. The lines generally have been very free from interruptions during the year, and have received careful inspection. At Hokitika it was found necessary to erect a number of large poles, owing to alterations to the approaches of the railway bridge. Offices. During the year 11 new offices have been opened, making a total of 169 for the district, of which 25 are Morse and 144 are telephone stations. The offices at Flaxbourne, Pakawau, and Stoke have been removed to other premises, and several other offices have been refitted. The office building at Greymouth was moved back to make room for the erection of a new building. The conduct of business was not thereby interrupted. New post and telegraph buildings are in course of erection at Greymouth and Nelson.

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Telephone Exchanges. A sub-exchange has been opened at Picton with 22 subscribers, and connections made with offices at Pelorus Sound and Havelock, thus enabling 15 bureaux to obtain direct telephonic communication with Picton and Blenheim. The number of subscribers' connections to the exchanges in this district is steadily increasing, and now totals 1,025, of which 871 are paying connections, while 39 are free, and 115 are bureau connections. There are also 53 extension telephones, making a total of 1,078 connections. The Nelson Exchange has 12 miles 38 chains of line and 156 miles of wire. At this exchange the new poles for the alterations in the routes to lead the wires to the new building have been erected, and wires are being run. A branching multiple switchboard, with accessories, is under order for installation in the new building at Nelson. It will provide for 900 subscribers. The Greymouth Exchange has 25 miles 48 chains of line and 154 miles 45 chains of wire. When the new building is ready a new telephone switchboard will be provided. The length of line and wire in the district is 73 miles 59 chains and 505 miles 45 chains respectively. There are 9 exchanges in this district, all of which are working satisfactorily. Metallic Circuits. The erection of an additional wire between Greymouth and Rotomana has provided a metallic circuit for bureau purposes between these two points, and at several intermediate offices. Additional wires, with Morse circuit superimposed, have also been erected between Westport and Granity and Westport and Burnett's Face for metallic circuits. Between Blenheim and Picton a single wire was run and combined with a telegraph-wire to make a metallic circuit, upon which the Morse circuits were superimposed. Telephonic communication on these circuits is now practically free from induction, and the telegraph superimposed upon the several circuits is working satisfactorily. Christchurch District. Construction. The following new lines and wires have been erected during the year: — Poles. Wire. M. eh. M. eh. Waimate to Glenavy ... ... ... ... 340 Ashburton to Hinds and Lowcliffe ... ... ... 7 40 19 0 Mount Somers to Springburn ... ... ... ... 5 0 5 0 Ouruhia (loop and metallic circuit) ... ... ... 020 040 Loop into Morven (loop and metallic circuit) ... 3 0 Ashburton to Dromore ... ... ... ... 6 40 Waihao Downs to Waihaorunga ... ... ... ... 70 70 Rakaia to Highbank ... ... ... ... ... 17 0 17 0 Loop into Makikihi (metallic circuit) ... ... 0 40 Loop into Islington (metallic circuit) ... ... 2 40 Pleasant Point to Hazelburn ... ... ... ... 10 0 10 0 Glenavy to Tawai ... ... ... ... ... 5 0 5 0 Tawai to Ikawai ... ... ... ... ... 5 40 5 40 Timaru to Levels ... ... ... ... 7 0 Levels to Pleasant Point ... ... ... 5 0 Timaru to Fairlie ... ... ... ... .... ... 38 0 57 20 165 40 On the Waipara-Cheviot section 11 miles of line have been reconstructed along the railway route. The total number of miles of line and wire in this district is 978f and 3,719J respectively. Maintenance. An overhaul of the main line from Waiau to Kaiapoi was made. A number of new poles was put in, and the section put in good order. The Washdyke-Fairlie section also received attention. The line from Springfield to Otira received a thorough overhaul, two old wires in the Otira Gorge being renewed and all doubtful poles attended to. The line is in good order. Minor maintenance work has also been performed. Offices. Fifteen new offices have been opened during the year. The Mount Somers office has been converted from a Morse to a telephone and bureau station. Sumner is now a Morse office, the circuit being superimposed on a telephone metallic circuit. There are 178 offices in the district, of which 60 are Morse and 118 are telephone stations. Telephone Exchanges. There has been no increase in the number of exchanges. There has been a considerable increase in the number of exchange subscribers. This is particularly the case at Christchurch.

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The sub-exchanges at Geraldine and Waimate are rapidly developing. To meet the requirements at Geraldine a second trunk wire is to be run from Timaru to Temuka, to relieve the present circuit, which at present serves both exchanges. Two new cables have been run into the Ashburton Exchange to provide for additional connections. For the Timaru Exchange larger poles were erected to replace those overloaded and unsafe. Provision was also made for future requirements. A fire which occurred in this exchange on the 22nd July damaged several cables. The necessary repairs were quickly effected without inconvenience to subscribers. A new room was built to accommodate the telephone exchange at Waimate. The Waimate-Glenavy trunk metallic'circuit was opened on the 19th April, 1905. A second wire has been run from Timaru to Fairlie to provide, with the present wire, a metallic circuit between those places. Much improvement in telephonic communication has resulted. At the Christchurch Exchange a new section of branching multiple switchboard, providing for 450 connections, was added to the switchboard early in the year. Two new sections, each of which will provide for 450 connections, are under order. When these are in position there will be switchboard accommodation for 3,300 subscribers. The installation of metallic circuits for subscribers has begun, and is being proceeded with as rapidly as possible. The greater part of the work of erecting the requisite poles has been completed, and 4 miles of overhead cables have been suspended. The work has been delayed by building operations, the room for the terminal apparatus not being yet available. The motor and the air-compressor for air-drj-ing the insulation of leadcovered cables are now in position, and it is expected that they will be working shortly. The number of subscribers' connections to the Christchurch Exchange is 1,887, comprising 1,800 paying connections, and 40 free and 47 bureau connections. Considerable alterations to the lines throughout the city, such as strengthening poles, altering routes, elevating and insulating wires in connection with the introduction of electric tramways, &c, have been effected during the year. There are 502 extension telephones in the district, of which 425 are connected with the Christchurch Exchange and 58 with that at Timaru. There are 2,562 connections in the district, as compared with 2,236 for last year, which gives an increase of 326 connections. The total length of line and wire is 176 miles and 2,656 miles 45 chains respectively. Dunedin District. Construction. „ , Poles. Wire. The following lines and wires have been erected during the year:— M. eh. M. eh. Invercargill to Mabel Bush ... ... ... ... 13 0 16 0 Mosgiel to Momona ... ... ... ... ... 220 920 Bluff to Green Hills ... ... ... ... 5 0 Invercargill to Awarua Plains ... ... ... 1 60 Balclutha to Hilleud ... ... ... ... ... 6 50 11 0 Invercargill to Gore (second trunk metallic circuit)... 85 0 Oamaru to Kurow (trunk wire) ... ... ... 460 Dunedin to Mosgiel (trunk wire) ... ... 22 0 Morrison's to Islay Downs ... ... ... ... 020 140 Dunedin to Milton (trunk wire) ... .. ... 37 0 Waikouaiti to Merton ... ... ... ... 5 40 Clydevale to Greenfield ... ... ... ... 3 0 3 0 Warepa to Kaihiku ... ... .... •■■ ••• 3 0 3 0 Centre Bush to Dipton (bureau wire) ... ... 11 0 Rough Ridge to Ida Valley ... ... ... ... 50 50 Oamaru to Ngapara (Morse circuit) ... ... 12 40 Maheno to Hampden Square ... ... ... •- ••• 13 0 Waimahaka to Waikawa and Otara ... ... ... 36 0 37 40 Mossburn to Te Anau and Manapouri ... ... ... 52 0 52 0 For the Public Works Department: — Chatto Creek to Alexandra South ... .. ... 10 40 10 40 Owaka to Catlin's River Camp ... ... ... ... 50 50 For the Railway Department: — Edendale to Kamahi ... ... ... ... 360 Tapanui to Kelso ... ••• ••• ••• * 0 136 50 400 20 There were 2.013J- miles of line and 4,822£ miles of wire in the district on the 31st March, 1906, exclusive of telephone-exchange connections. Maintenance. With the exception of the break in the Stewart Island cable, from the end of November to the Bth December, there have been but few interruptions during the year, all lines having worked satisfactorily. About one-fourth of the lines of the district has received an overhaul. When running trunk lines and other extensions it has been necessary to strengthen and overhaul the existing lines.

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Offices. Thirty new offices were opened, one was closed, and one was transferred to the Christchurch district. The number of offices at the end of the year was 301 —viz., 71 Morse and 230 telephone stations. Telephone Exchanges. Three new exchanges have been opened—viz., at Balfour, with 6 subscribers; Lawrence, with 30; and Mosgiel, with 22 subscribers—making a total of 25 exchanges for the district. The number of subscribers' connections has increased during the year from 2,668 to 2,970. Of these 2,668 are paying connections, 46 are free, and 256 are bureau connections. This is an increase of 302, as compared with 189 during the previous year. Including 555 extension telephones, the total number of connections at all exchanges is 3,525. In connection with exchanges in the district there are 153 miles 20 chains of line and 2,416 miles of wire. The business between Invercargill and Gore having outgrown the capacity of one metallic circuit, it became necessary to run an extra pair of wires. As two metallic circuits were thus established, the Department was enabled to superimpose on these a third metallic circuit. By this means the telephone accommodation between those places has been trebled. These circuits were arranged so that, if necessary, the third circuit might be temporarily dispensed with and a Morse connection superimposed on each metallic circuit. Increased telephonic accommodation which was required between Invercargill and Bluff was provided by similarly superimposing a third circuit on two circuits already in use. The Mataura telephone circuits to Invercargill and to Gore, which were previously single wires and liable to strong induction, were converted into metallic circuits by connecting the telephone-wire to a tele-graph-wire and superimposing a Morse circuit. A trunk wire was run from Oamaru to Kurow, and, in conjunction with an existing telegraphwire, provided a telephone circuit, with the Duntroon office intermediate, the Morse circuit being superimposed. This improved the imperfect working that had been experienced as the result of two telephone earth-circuits having been erected parallel to each other, and facilitated the transmission of messages. The total connections to the Dunedin Exchange number 1,848, an increase of 146 for the year. Of these 1,785 are paying connections, while 22 are free and 41 are bureau connections. There are 440 extension telephones, an increase of 54 for the year. Steady progress has been made in Dunedin with the conversion of exchange connections from earth-return to metallic-return circuits. All subscribers (numbering 310) in the suburbs of Anderson's Bay, Caversham, North-east Valley, St. Clair, St. Kilda, South Dunedin, and Woodhaugh have had their connections thus improved. Of metallic-circuit double wires in lead cables 876 miles have been erected. Of this 489 miles have been brought into use, displacing open aerial wire to the extent of 416 miles, of which 246 miles have been dismantled. The total mileage of line connected with the Dunedin Exchange is 76. Including single-wire and metallic circuits in use, the mileage of wire is 1,856. For the. Invercargill Exchange a new branching multiple switchboard has been ordered, and is expected to arrive shortly. The necessary alterations have been made to accommodate the switchboard.

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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. Australia and other British Possessions. Total. Commission received. In the Colony. United Kingdom and Foreign Offices. Year. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. £ s. d. 1,057 9 o £ s - d - 9,613 11 11 £ 8. d. 21,944 2 1 £ 8. d. 24,145 7 5 11,586 £ s. d. 55,703 1 5 1863 2,201 4,74° 4-645 1873 3,562 3 2 34,288 142,642 4 10 '",913 48,547 11 4 6,150 28,068 5 5 52,351 219,258 1 7 1883 9,022 10 6 132,232 402,558 12 11 26,211 91,634 4 7 I4,"3 46,939 17 11 172,556 541,132 15 5 1893 10,248 14 5 I46>133 576,358 17 2 29,616 86,544 19 11 35,208 88,025 8 9 210,957 750,929 5 10 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 10,600 19 7 ",433 13 8 12,671 6 7 13,835 15 4 14,747 9 6 15,533 4 6 16,512 12 9 17,518 11 o 14,915 18 2 155,534 162,600 181,505 193,867 206,265 221,354 239,565 255,344 258,110 608,042 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 28,513 28,882 29,238 31,770 35,377 38,528 40,925 45,701 53,9io 79,348 10 2 78,465 o 4 82,498 15 6 93,649 1 3 107,140 7 5 122,064 3 I 122,934 10 4 125,549 5 n 138,755 2 8 38-631 52,015 58,823 68,002 76,728 84,782 89,344 104,922 55,187 89,392 n 10 99,076 16 8 102,443 1 o 114,589 3 5 123,375 4 6 132,230 17 9 140,057 18 9 158,902 3 10 123,580 3 7 222,678 243,497 269,566 293,659 3i8,37o 344,664 369,834 405,967 367,207 776,783 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 1903 15,881 18 5 273,535 1,108,067 5 8 63,309 157,789 16 o 59,468 150,367 10 8 396,3" 1,416,224 12 4 1904 1905 16,385 9 o 17,073 9 6 281,655 287,394 1,148,226 3 o 1,189,385 13 4 60,490 57,414 165,245 o 8 177,609 18 8 65,638 72,633 163,416 4 9 174,716 7 10 407,783 417,441 1,476,887 8 5 1,541,711 ig TO Drawn on the Colony. Where issued. Total. In the Colony. I United Kingdom and Foreign Offices. Australia and other British Possessions. Year. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. :863 2,067 £ 8. d. 9,169 4 6 £ s. d. 1,824 o 8 558 £ s. d. 3,077 13 7 £ * d. 14,070 18 9 415 3.°4° 873 34,288 142,642 4 10 1,482 6,625 14 5 1,668 7,689 6 8 37-438 156,957 5 " :88 3 132,232 402,558 12 11 3,725 15,553 3 « 5,697 23,299 12 n 141,654 441,411 9 9 893 146,133 576,358 17 2 8,746 32,616 17 2 10,679 40,929 2 5 165,558 649,904 16 9 :8 94 :8 95 :8g6 897 :898 899 :goo 1901 :go2 155,534 162,600 181,505 193,867 206,265 221,354 239,565 255,344 258,110 608,042 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 9,293 9,938 10,254 10,085 10,671 10,624 10,342 11,082 ",732 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 10,690 11,520 11,507 11,407 12,753 13,399 15,271 16,688 16,527 38,57i 3 1 39,862 18 10 40,836 4 7 40,105 1 11 44,558 10 10 48,533 15 11 59,304 9 6 63,800 4 10 62,159 10 8 175.517 184,058 203,266 215,359 229,689 245,377 265,178 283,114 286,369 680,400 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 n 903 273,535 1,108,067 5 8 13,035 49,181 1 3 17,777 68,340 8 8 304,347 1,225,588 15 7 :9°4 1905 281,655 287,394 1,148,226 3 o 1,189,385 13 4 11,567 IO,338 45,793 1 1 47,649 9 o 19,277 19,669 71,824 7 5 72,437 13 3 312,499 317,40! 1,265,843 11 6 1,309,472 15 7

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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 1904 and 1905.

;sued IN EW Zealand. 1904. i9°SWhere payable. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. United Kingdom and Foreign Offices through United Kingdom United States of America Canada Cape Colony Ceylon Fiji Germany Hong Kong India Natal New South Wales Orange River Colony* Queensland Samoa South Australia Straits Settlements Tasmania Transvaal Victoria Western Australia £ s. d. 141,033 3 10 £ 8. d. 153,867 3 9 49,097 44,777 10,507 564 168 21,801 11 5 1,866 4 5 524 18 9 353 1 n 494 13 10 2,389 17 5 1,275 10 6 1,989 4 9 312 14 5 70,002 10 7 11-774 589 187 129 141 855 337 652 69 34,544 9 3,184 8 1,582 44 4,480 140 25,258 1,288 21,679 6 2 i,935 o 1 552 16 1 422 11 11 584 17 3 2,035 7 2 1,126 .3 2 1,856 1 7 304 13 10 78,474 5 3 3° 17 ° 9,350 13 4 28 1 7 4,171 11 10 114 o 2 11,125 16 n 684 1 5 59,874 O 2 4,108 17 IO 122 I40 871 378 605 87 28,021 3,189 15 1,515 55 4,270 151 25,247 1,126 9,500 8 6 20 8 o 4,051 1 1 208 17 6 9,207 16 o 607 2 6 59,366 5 o 3,655 15 o Totals 126,128 328,661 5 5 352,326 6 6 130,047 * Direct money-order exchange from 1st July, 1905. Drawn on New Zealand. 1904. 1905. Where issued. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. United Kingdom and Foreign Offices through United Kingdom United States of America .. Canada Cape Colony .. .. .... Ceylon .. Fiji Germany Hong Kong .. India Natal New South Wales Orange River Colony* Queensland Samoa South Australia .. .. Straits Settlements Tasmania Transvaal Victoria Western Australia 9,334 £ 8. d. 34,472 5 6 8,068 £ 8. d. 35,947 6 4 i,57i 424 444 32 490 135 70 357 36i 5,922 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 i>33i 15 2 1,556 18 4 18,654 7 o 1,659 384396 44 614 138 60 249 286 6,465 7 i,350 473 735 35 2,285 694 4,618 i,447 6,633 19 3 2,009 4 11 1,875 18 2 125 6 1 1,982 11 4 926 8 5 259 12 10 990 14 11 1,406 18 5 20,331 16 8 20 13 o 5,232 8 4 4,141 15 o 2,819 1 11 188 11 7 10,695 1 11 3,489 8 5 13,850 18 8 7,159 6 1 1,198 527 662 51 2,438 830 4,613 1,385 4,49o 13 4 4,43o 15 3 2,313 11 3 174 1 11 ",633 19 5 4,422 12 4 15,210 1 1 5,805 12 5 Totals 30,844 117,617 8 6 30,007 120,087 2 3 * Direct money-order exchange from 1st July, 1905

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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, 1906.

Number of Postal Notes sold. Total. Tear. At Is. 6d. , At 2s. At 7s. 6d. At 10s. At 17s. 6d. At £1. At £5.* At Is. At 2s. 6d. At 3s. At :5s. At 12s. 6d. At 15s. Number. Value. Quarter ended Mar. 31,1886 1886-87 3,019 16,605 2,046 12,283 1,012 6,647 2,039 11,566 969 5,729 2,379 13,103 695 4,090 992 5,187 525 2,866 2,375 14,961 2,952 | 17,578 3,633 19,778 16,542 92,546 £ s. d. 6,997 5 6 37,659 7 0 1887-88 22,467 17,167 9,162 15,553 ! 7,671 17,487 5,278 6,940 122,255 47,729 5 0 1888-89.. 27,428 21,900 11,912 19,741 9,477 21,149 6,618 8,243 149,879 56,841 18 0 1889-90 32,754 25,387 14,478 23,550 10,894 24,011 7,809 9,386 4,158 22,596 .; 4,366 23,503 175,023 65,484 2 0 1890-91 35,915 28,559 16,092 25,204 12,229 25,906 7,969 10,172 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 37,771 18,096 37,687 11,016 13,800 6,156 33,935 285,389 101,002 7 6 25,461 1894-95 62,306 49,846 28,975 43,829 I 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 1897-98 1898-99 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 81,958 69,981 38,617 60,843 26,968 55,748 15,463 19,477 7,904 32,179 728 409,866 134,378 9 6 86,529 72,710 41,991 ,64,386 28,448 59,631 16,202 19,990 8,193 32,696 673 431,449 139,957 4 0 1899-1900 .. .. 93,762 77,431 44,384 70,416 30,680 63,787 16,957 21,393 8,539 33,491 607 461,447 147,686 8 6 1900-1901 85,460 68,066 13,834 52,691 14,702 80,629 24,534 70,999 13,363 23,745 6,855 35,067 560 490,505 154,434 1 0 1901-1902 49,529 30,255 62,285 70,683 65,467 109,663 92,708 32,128 43,042 556 556,316 173,317 5 0 1902-1903 54,268 33,409 70,122 76,613 75,700 119,593 102,641 34,508 48,852 558 616,264 191,904 13 0 1903-1904 .. ... 61,379 37,514 85,909 86,626 89,276 134,270 114,755 38,030 58,629 656 707,044 220,069 11 0 1904-1905 '..' 65,484 40,263 86,711 96,228 99,739 154,281 130,430 42,317 69,206 688 785,347 250,123 7 6 1905-1906 74,389 45,358 98,503 108,493 114,411 167,430 143,216 46,228 76,508 788 875,324 276,279 7 6 * First issu ed 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 1905.

Office. Money-orders. Savini s-banks. Issued. Paid. 0) - G z Deposits. C T3 ■3 K Si < Withdrawals. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. .UCKLAND Ahuroa Aitutaki Aoroa Aratapu Avondale Awhitu Bombay Cabbage Bay .. Cambridge Clevedon Coromandel Dargaville Devonport Drury Ellerslie Fanning Island Grey Lynn-Arch Hill Gumtown Hamilton Helensville Henderson Hikurangi Howick Hukerenui Huntly Kaeo Kaihu Kaikohe Kaipara Flats .. Kaitaia Kaiwaka Kamo Kaukapakapa .. Kawakawa Kawhia Kihikihi Kinohaku Kiripaka Kohukohu Kuaotunu Leigh 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 Opononi Otahuhu Otorohanga Pahi .. Papakura Paparoa Papatoetoe Parnell Parua Bay Penrhyn Island Pirongia Pokeno Ponsonby 23,080 192 58 244 997 201 104 235 258 1.502 299: 989: 1.977: 585 321 106 77 164 £ s. d. 1.236 5 6 5 18 6 3 9o 790 49 17 6 6 18 o 4 18 o 7 16 o 760 50 3 6 9 19 o 30 12 o 183 15 6 22 4 O 10 3 O 470 5 13 6 560 £ 8. d. 95,696 O O 776 15 7 569 2 3 651 8 2 3,737 6 4 428 2 o 265 9 5 782 8 4 868 12 4 5,827 7 5 992 1 9 2,980 11 10 10,810 4 2 1,590 8 0 1,078 5 8 329 12 9 280 14 8 3° 8 3 1 52,473 5 65 46 200 261 17 82 38 972 78 844 479 846 96 194 1 188 £ 8. d. 197,533 16 3 71 II o 203 3 8 297 4 1 806 8 5 842 9 8 35 19 6 299 2 9 115 4 4 4,465 1 6 484 7 8 2,950 6 5 3,648 16 II 3,092 8 6 617 6 11 919 8 3 100 688 2 3 4.213 4 9 62 16 6 19 12 181 9 46 226 69 20 28 3i,7i2 43 i4i 640 208 15 181 43 1-253 129 363 1,403 657 116 235 £ 8. d. 634,704 18 2 628 4 9 677 17 0 5,900 7 O 608 4 9 215 18 o 1,888 19 o 243 2 o 13.965 13 9 887 5 2 3,945 10 o 17,844 16 9 4,460 o 10 1,512 o 4 916 10 o 4.529 8 20 3 1 6 38,559 15 48 191 38 2 67 5i 569 64 389 592 156 54 44 £ 8. d. 694,669 8 6 163 15 o 252 14 9 3,762 o 7 181 19 7 40 o o 763 15 5 34 8 2 9 10,557 10 7 503 19 6 4,729 11 11 !2,255 4 7 i,339 2 1 758 11 11 265 13 7 79 ii 46 114 21 5 6 32 224 1,006 11 8 I 20 70 2 0 173 2,512 600 6 672 96 283 1,261 194 711 567 24 737 55 295 175 675 505 190 20 162 437 33° 21 I O 88 9 o 26 1 6 036 20 16 o 2 19 6 830 42 3 o 6 n o 25 5 6 79 13 6 120 45 13 6 1 13 ° 10 9 6 5 10 o 21 7 o 12 18 o 5 12 o o 11 6 6 c 6 14 8 6 10 4 0 1,040 o 9 8,747 16 7 2,608 2 11 5 7 5 2,117 O x 223 i 6 887 18 II 3,735 9 8 539 17 2 2,682 5 8 3.598 7 2 92 10 2 3.187 17 o 146 19 8 864 o 5 520 5 8 2,201 4 2 1,514 8 1 507 6 10 58 5 8 457 16 5 i,5n 3 2 1,176 4 11 13 1.652 241 2 109 104 22 40 6 2 8,086 18 8 1,067 o 2 4 19 6 562 7 7 457 18 5 72 13 4 1,491 2 8 173 12 2 397 6 9 436 19 7 3i 312 44 50 13 8 93 12 112 2,276 403 1 426 70 32 776 119 192 374 8 162 1,747 15 o 34,786 5 8 2,660 4 9 50 o o 3,077 2 2 226 9 o 276 13 o 6,934 8 10 890 12 o 2,116 11 3 4,467 12 o 173 4 ° 2,336 9 5 530 18 o 2,929 17 6 1.587 5 o 3,600 15 o 1,794 2 8 971 4 1 14 13 ° 812 19 6 2,350 5 6 597 9 o 11 o o 1,110 15 o 1,040 16 o 2,172 18 8 3,084 14 o 3.362 15 o 968 o o 1.199 3 o 1,941 18 4 2,298 5 o 1,047 J 6 I 592 o o 3,806 6 9 232 4 o 126 4 o 3.575 o 3 14,899 3 o 4,562 2 7 1 «5 27 10 2 10 , 1.095 155 137 50 17 282 40 102 205 5 1 23,474 18 8 1,440 15 11 2,103 14 3 225 6 8 247 10 o 4,998 4 9 423 o 4 1,581 o o 1,342 10 4 32 o o 1,726 10 9 610 o 0 2,502 3 8 804 3 9 3,023 8 10 1,282 13 10 1,381 15 4 45 o o 1,159 9 1 i,334 12 4 404 15 o 345 54 75 85 24 66 3 27 6 37 6 9 14 100 105 4 103 41 215 141 130 1 n 9i 22 763 10 2 11 6 7 506 1 2 162 11 9 754 14 6 1,001 18 1 571 1 6 690 41 9 6 611 13 3 119 7 7 1 34 8 36 36 25 1 12 20 5 1 39 208 173 313 149 180 1 77 258 90 1 193 67 129 257 253 61 119 116 141 no 42 235 31 61 744 2,442 512 10 14 3 17 14 20 100 11 125 90 151 "9 118 5 16 3 69 no 35 790 3i8 310 278 1.055 290 203 432 243 487 175 481 93 78 832 1,976 852 26 85 300 274 73 837 128 1,033 253 157 375 434 115 302 186 50 468 268 23 1 o 860 36 II o 24 14 6 84 7 6 n 16 6 6 18 o 15 12 6 15 o 6 14 13 6 5 4 6 17 17 6 3 18 6 2 11 o 31 9 6 74 4 6 26 14 o 226 3 16 o 21 8 o 8 16 6 216 32 19 6 4 17 6 42 4 0 880 6 16 o 13 9 6 13 13 6 3 15 6 906 7 13 o 1 11 6 19 6 6 10 10 o 006 680 3 9 6 31 6 o 2,273 4 10 837 17 8 1.851 7 1 1,443 2 8 5,127 8 6 902 o 2 683 19 7 3,000 13 4 998 10 3 1,316 15 4 510 8 o i,479 1 5 259 9 7 152 14 2 2,433 6 7 4.852 8 5 2,347 5 6 322 14 11 235 19 1 1,344 14 5 862 18 10 395 4 I 1 3,673 12 11 379 14 o 3,071 1 3 781 12 5 788 16 9 1,009 15 2 1,831 18 o 359 13 3 745 4 9 594 17 4 J 34 13 7 1,221 10 8 778 18 o o 13 o 826 7 5 385 10 8 1,983 1 7 9i 26 49 66 180 69 31 136 103 74 24 189 240 153 624 2,020 473 9 142 58 9i 24 106 31 1,267 33 67 440 180 40 152 69 13 901 505 4 2 96 2 8 472 11 7 318 2 11 762 4 3 555 9 3 182 17 o 1,099 17 11 340 10 1 304 7 6 175 5 10 778 7 o 868 6 8 607 8 7 2,060 13 o 6,663 11 11 2,053 6 1 26 17 6 458 4 1 228 8 5 461 2 1 215 9 2 619 14 3 200 14 11 4,950 16 3 169 8 4 191 7 11 1,492 17 8 1,103 r.6 11 244 2 6 667 14 6 250 15 8 56 4 2 3,243 7 3 282 6 7 I 12 4 331 3 5 126 16 4 5,653 17 11 34 15 17 22 27 8 16 28 18 15 2 42 5 3 74 226 70 11 4 1 5 12 2 6 10 6 5 5 16 3 23 41 38 89 36 31 55 140 42 47 115 63 62 2Q II 4 20 5 104 265 217 1,154 18 10 869 12 o 697 13 8 864 13 8 2,392 15 1 611 o 11 463 10 1 2,342 15 6 1,346 9 o 752 18 11 438 9 I 2,669 7 9 85 12 2 41 19 o 1,058 19 5 2,242 17 o 2,870 4 9 11 18 27 12 157 11 85 19 5 50 16 101 152 135 15 883 79 476 97 33 571 104 67 153 184 51 1,072 49 203 o 8 2,246 6 o 2,279 18 9 908 15 2 9,568 8 1 856 o o 5,749 14 9 1,014 2 o 502 I o 2,513 4 1 708 18 4 417 " 3 o 1,649 o 5 2,484 o o 410 19 o 4,648 - 4 8 54 8 2 o 3 6 6 7 14 5 38 3 2 28 8 21 57 55 21 150 34 213 53 37 186 84 48 94 77 19 154 31 62 7 9 1,620 7 5 1,276 8 1 947 2 1 1,891 15 2 518 3 8 3,328 19 4 939 I 8 10 304 11 8 1,567 3 3 1,077 13 3 337 10 o 1,307 13 o 1,643 o 8 174 3 o 927 3 7 367 13 o 3 3° 14 6 70 8 8 43 3 89 33 i.59o 25 2 1 204 no 827 16 10 92 151 69 1,194 809 11 o 766 o 4 4,760 11 1 59 26 166 651 13 1 280 5 7 1,512 o 9 3 3°

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Table No. 4 — continued. Table showing the Number and Amount of Transactions at the several Money-order and Savings-bank Offices in New Zealand during the Year 1905 — continued.

Money-orders. Savings-banks. Office. Issued. Paid. no > s 9 9 o c Zu v o a. <° D< No. Deposits. leposits. Amount. » . Wirt a-o ~ M " " No. < Withdra^vals. hdrawals. Amount. No, Commission. Amount. No. Amount. Auckl AN D — contd. Poroti Port Albert Puhoi Pukekohe Putaruru Raglan Rangiriri Rarotonga Raurimu Raweue Rehia Rotorua Russell Saies Strand Arcade Taheke Tairua Takapuna Tangewahine .. Taumarunui Taupo Te Awamutu .. Te Kopuru Te Kuiti Te Mata Te Rau-a-moa .. Te Uku Tirau 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 277 175 77 728 192 299 138 356 182 253 156 2,766 347 49 1,909 160 495 57 67 2,326 345 605 924 558 103 17 23 202 298 180 382 777 / s. d. 27 6 6 586 216 28 9 6 6 16 6 946 4 17 o 22 17 6 8 11 6 7 11 o 630 87 o 6 10 4 o 1 14 6 83 15 o 4 3 6 27 12 o 1 11 6 220 77 6 6 11 8 6 £ s. d. i,3" 5 o 453 4 3 227 15 9 2,439 18 1 863 11 2 988 15 10 591 13 2 2,502 19 1 1,081 14 4 888 16 4 469 9 10 9.605 19 5 993 12 11 117 11 7 6,154 15 8 474 18 6 1,850 8 8 135 6 6 230 o 5 9,740 6 o 1,206 10 9 2,096 5 2 3,478 5 3 1,832 6 9 251 19 2 42 17 8 88 6 8 676 14 9 1,202 10 5 846 12 8 1,314 18 9 1,692 14 7 26 52 19 382 62 no 53 802 36 131 15 i,393 218 23 86 49 80 68 5 196 135 308 227 144 28 £ s. d. 172 5 10 194 16 9 95 12 1 1,632 16 10 112 11 1 788 1 6 242 19 9 3,478 3 6 288 18 8 545 12 10 63 18 4 6,612 1 o 825 7 5 107 16 11 292 7 10 245 3 4 533 10 10 204 15 o 19 11 6 1,246 18 o 885 9 7 i,438 3 2 2,291 1 5 901 6 1 142 2 7 9 19 o 84 18 8 481 6 8 155 18 9 178 15 6 637 12 o 1,270 5 4 22 19 12 67 23 8 31 17 7 217 21 12 49 9 33 11 16 81 76 127 97 487 119 42 132 no 49 1,400 137 68 654 34 219 37 84 399 136 583 497 181 39 4 53 144 151 22 141 611 £ 8. d. 819 II O 1,687 11 6 2,418 4 o 7,212 19 2 958 3 7 571 11 o 1,792 7 4 1,004 on 224 19 o 13,804 1 3 1,038 16 1 655 o 7 4.933 14 o 409 n o 2,292 II o 114 13 o 288 12 O 6,114 15 6 1,941 IO IO 5,435 11 8 4,756 12 o 2,881 6 7 211 13 5 14 9 o 517 3 o 1,427 16 7 1,114 14 10 85 16 o 1,360 7 2 3.185 3 9 3 4 4 17 10 2 5 1 9.5 11 1 1 2 7 3 4 17 13 23 23 13 I 18 43 45 234 70 36 37 85 12 669 87 59 10 28 55 34 17 158 74 213 212 83 22 £ s. d. 175 6 2 789 4 7 2,028 11 1 5,562 6 5 1,074 16 1 502 7 o 382 19 o 718 14 2 217 6 2 8,084 1 3 1,283 14 o 834 16 5 32 14 o 366 3 5 659 10 2 182 16 1 118 3 o 2,181 0 I 1,525 3 10 6,093 4 8 3.353 18 9 2,535 6 7 230 3 8 20 11 0 46 9 6 15 4 o 300 080 21 64 39 27 5 4 8 1 185 10 o 761 13 o 289 15 o 76 12 8 1,500 8 1 o 14 o 750 14 2 6 736 12 10 6 28 16 o 17 64 27 34 141 343 1 18 30 18 5 24 42 3 4 1 18 1 50 34 12 105 14 44 7 9 168 86 723 3" 171 818 663 86 39 675 137 315 135 57 3,098 167 63 28 1,203 3.590 770 85 101 i,35i 144 310 228 17,569 279 486 436 3,55i 72 84 716 320 45 11 o 8 17 o 4 13 o 44 18 o 20 18 6 2 12 6 1 o o 25 6 6 10 4 6 966 3 17 o 250 115 1 o 4 11 6 7 17 o o 17 o 37 6 o 139 19 6 23 3 6 2 12 6 518 O IO 295 O I 2,924 18 9 1,308 16 5 532 14 7 3,169 17 11 i,934 15 7 233 5 11 64 11 11 2,056 3 o 617 2 11 966 14 n 366 18 o 199 o 3 11,372 o 1 421 1 6 385 16 8 71 17 6 3,775 6 3 12,890 10 6 2,526 8 7 235 18 9 257 6 3 4,333 1 6 423 10 1 1,093 15 7 675 12 5 64,442 7 7 639 4 5 i,596 17 9 i,474 5 10 12,944 8 6 360 4 9 249 19 2 299 12 6 4,058 3 o 319 2 9 951 6 1 443 14 4 308 7 10 616 18 9 665 8 2 147 6 6 411 19 4 209 16 4 210 o o 2,134 3 1 108 39 151 73 13 183 209 3° 25 216 17 101 34 15 1,140 61 352 10 3 195 14 6 2,777 5 5 284 17 7 48 11 5 1,626 18 1 950 5 5 158 8 3 132 18 2 680 12 o 76 10 3 392 13 7 211 6 6 87 3 8 4,572 3 5 269 3 5 12 14 5 99 10 9 642 2 4 10,495 4 o 754 9 4 19 8 3 67 18 2 2,599 11 4 308 2 1 284 o 3 356 16 4 145,256 12 3 72i 13 4 814 16 5 842 19 3 5,420 5 5 44 7 o 251 1 o 53 1 9 1,311 19 2 19 5 5 455 14 4 223 2 9 162 10 11 124 12 2 257 18 11 59 17 6 141 15 5 25 19 10 29 4 10 580 4 5 11 13 33 15 26 32 66 11 3 54 6 20 6 4 283 3 4 9 46 609 46 3 4 132 17 28 10 6,256 24 68 76 44 139 80 161 247 4" 129 16 395 50 158 70 24 2,373 77 63 22 373 4,714 401 20 11 992 221 928 o o 329 o 0 2,566 2 8 800 10 8 376 15 o 4,075 12 o 4.452 7 o 601 15 10 225 8 o 4,098 6 6 582 14 o 969 13 10 542 5 11 222 9 o 31,074 13 2 631 1 o 1,417 13 0 121 IO 0 2 I 9 9 2 10 20 5 2 15 8 5 7 38 ii 68 55 28] 97 182 20 14 122 25 35 15 5 1,084 34 6 310 3 10 116 16 2 948 13 9 751 3 8 228 15 3 1.43° 2 3 2,302 16 2 193 2 2 102 13 4 1.956 15 3 971 4 3 517 8 2 145 19 o 203 o o 23.597 3 5 545 8 8 98 8 7 103 3 19 146 1.944 179 7 19 585 56 47 7i 30,690 215 242 209 i,398 10 68 19 179 7 97 60 27 43 58 12 1 300 43 13 6 4 13 o 9 17 o 7 17 o 873 o 6 8 17 6 18 11 0 15 7 6 135 6 6 290 366 3 17 o 24 16 o 3 12 o 9 14 o 4 19 o 3 9 0 606 5 3 6 250 4 14 3 2 3 9 2 17 3 18 7 0 43 533 4 15 9 44 10 28 8 131 108 63,606 370 630 34i 3,744 23 134 96 398 5i 161 50 140 in 169 50 94 33 109 300 4,244 2 6 92,718 15 7 4,906 17 2 268 2 O 107 ig o 11,165 17 5 1,091 13 o 2,088 4 o 629 15 o 943,335 13 3 1,405 17 o 9,046 19 2 4,57i 3 2 42,go8 18 o 323 13 o 688 17 6 1,737 6 6 7,377 9 8 415 4 o 1,513 5 o 535 6 1 i,95i 3 o 1,424 17 o 1,722 13 o 516 1 9 857 2 6 275 14 2 185 9 5 3,038 16 11 "16 471 29 2 56 3 5 1 5,736 4 27 12 266 1 154 3.969 201 3 5 424 44 31 11 54,016 66 264 in 1,838 6 32 48 142 20 49 37 44 35 42 15 35 15 10 84 2,259 16 11 82,679 2 3 4,421 6 o 21 o o 13 14 3 6,152" 7 6 959 16 6 422 17 5 84 15 10 944,443 9 6 542 11 3 7,629 7 7 2,528 5 1 36,302 10 1 52 13 1 150 7 o 887 2 I 4,l82 19 I 147 18 O 801 I IO 808 1.8 621 15 3 575 9 7 787 11 4 314 14 o 647 13 4 168 8 2 19 8 o 887 17 4 124 785 92 227 146 108 158 192 36 127 67 69 570 1 8 13 5 19 10 2 7 7 40 0 20 7 14 n 11 5 4 y 11 132 30 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 1905 — continued.

Money-orders. Saving! s-banks. Office. No. Commission. Issued. Amount. Paid. at . Deposits. No. Amount. ID c -a" -. 9 go < ° Withdrawals. 1 No. Amount. No. Amount. Christchurch— ctd Hinds , .. Hornby Hororata Islington 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 Rail- ... way 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 ;■ Loveil's Flat .. Macrae's Flat .. Matakanui Middlemarch .. Miller's Flat .. Milton Mornington Mosgiel Naseby North-east Valley Ophir Outram Owaka . . .. Palmerston; ■ .. 92 195 74 2 648 924 121 409 2,8g4 141 394 42 318 2,153 43 397 igi 72 59 428 241 87 47 . 614 1,149 29 202 .1,029 79 247 2go 1,311 / s. d. 2 19 6 6 14 6 2 12 6, 0 1 o 23 5 o 29 1 6 5 6 6 13 10 6 in 16 o 4 15 6 16 3 o 1 5 o 11 9 o gg 11 6 1 10 o 13 10 6 8 5 6 2 13 6 236 14 4 o 7 16 6 2 19 6 1 14 o 18 17 6 42 3 o 1 1 o 6 13 6 29 16 o 2 18 6 8 10 6 10 15 6 44 17 o / s. d. 290 4 9 515 12 6 297 6 10 1 10 o 2,083 18 10 4,918 8 3 404 10 4 1,371 2 2 8,476 6 4 376 17 o 927 15 3 101 13 6 1,237 10 2 7,752 o 11 94 13 2 1,279 3 3 585 8 g 118 8 7 219 o 10 1,679 15 10 . 562 17 8 294 12 1 118 5 7 2,114 19 4 3,783 4 5 in 16 o 442 8 3 3,167 1 3 327 8 1 837 11 3 813 13 i° 5,3i6 7 10 25 39 18 £ 8. d. 117 3 6 153 3 8 43 10 7 14 35 9 48 298 99 £ 8. d. 405 10 o 1,683 1 7 868 10 6 6 6 31 45 42 £ s. d. 319 15 5 304 17 2 498 5 11 200 9-.5I6 5 o 4,196 3 11 809 19 4 4,508 i 11 683 O 2 245 2 3 866 13 3 4 2 10 1,387 12 5 16,291 2 1 188 4 10 1,374 5 9 768 9 6 339 19 3 209 15 10 2,158 8 2 1,297 7 6 98 3 9 397 7 4 4,271 1 4 18,562 1 4 62 19 o 762 2 o 536 15 7 1,021 1 1 761 15 7 2,281 15 11 553 2 o 10 15 o 2 387 262 38 156 50 96 486 28 96 1,130 9 76 43 "3 34 150 148 39 34 214 651 12 177 41 7i 74 78 III i,493 9 8 1,151 18 3 171 r 9 5 773 6 11 125 5 9 432 18 8 1,675 7 n 151 18 3 398 15 9 4,949 3 9 2g 11 11 347 14 3 248 g 8 496 12 5 ng o 7 64g 10 2 517 o 2 24g 6 8 153 13 10 771 16 7' 2,573 16 o 30 19 11 679 11 10 241 6 6. 2gg 13 10 401 12 11 325 17 3 433 4 o 130 87 16 77 143 10 1,212 543 103 544 2,288 101 999 26 215 2,801 59 292 78 289 35 219 309 55 42 317 1,830 30 327 128 161 163 282 277 28 I9,"5 18 9 11,910 2 11 2,085 o 1 8,327 10 1 13,473 7 2 997 16 7 3,792 o 7 645 3 1 3,150 o 1 24,676 o 7 311 4 6 3,38i 17 9 1,225 12 4 1,090 1 5 207 12 o 2,369 13 3 2,225 8 6 666 15 3 447 4 o 4,265 12 8 2g,04i 16 g 298 19 o 1,523 18 7 1,296 11 10 1,593 9 7 i,574 13 7 3,620 13 11 2,822 8 9 329 9 o "69 3 1 6 19 5 1 485 194 3 1 172 33 35 112 90 2 33 283 14 2 10 102 2 5 84 964 13 79 24 56 31 84 go 14 17 152 851 12 65 ■" 23 53 44 "7 55 1 32 16 4 I 29 3 24 42 6 6 55 207 6 2 I 15 2 I 3 22 91 39 24 20 19 38 45 1 2 8 5 18 3 64 2 10 6 216 10 8 38 180 17 i 7 67 1,256 10 1 1 30 307 19 1 128 783 95 99 137 388 305 65 122 98 271 16,815 2,033 159 1,220 570 659 724 1,004 202 1,695 130 201 97 240 354 1,706 416 154 1,048 139 240 159 671 412 1,020 152 700 1,018 165 1,026 315 8gi : 893 4 15 6 30 12 o 3 13 6 3 3 0 4 17 6 10 5 o 10 9 I o 2 o o 336 3 18 6 900 749 3 6 66 17 0 486 40 9 0 20 14 o 19 17 o 21 9 o 34 12 o 5 4° 68 1 6 329 4 9 2,079 17 o 377 14 8 313 6 3 437 18 3 3,325 3 10 1,064 17 10 192 13 9 251 13 7 311 14 0 621 1 8 60,316 13 6 7,328 4 3 409 7 II 4,242 3 5 1,364 2 10 2,181 12 4 2,696 12 11 3,289 5 6 685 1 2 4,237 14 o 449 o 3 577 7 8 251 10 7 745 16 8 1,031 6 4 5,011 19 10 1,249 5 3 476 15 8 3,474 5 2 476 8 1 685 18 8 507 14 9 2,439 on 1,350 8 7 3,242 14 11 378 6 9 2,432 o 7 4,665 7 2 35i 14 9 3,899 12 4 1,085 o 8 2,654 4 o 3,248 7 1 103 776 44 17 85 60 104 61 20 43 246 32,890 419 28 623 55o 116 214 315 58 596 15 204 11 70 36 280 59 20 708 24 38 15 133 46 780 179 642 419 215 138 129 236 432 415 6 7 2,746 8 10 202 7 6 64 15 9 545 17 6 456 4 11 34 1 17 5 142 13 8 69 3 3 214 17 4 843 4 1 134,540 19 11 1,682 5 4 158 14 1 2,381 12 7 1,845 11 o 521 o o 7gg 18 6 1,264 17 8 ig4 11 11 2,101 5 2 55 2 o 734 3 2 81 5 9 336 2 6 105 17 7 1,016 8 11 256 7 11 66 12 g 2,644 16 1 90 8 10 188 10 9 107 2 7 610 9 11 242 18 11 2,648 1 4 74i 2 7 2,359 17 7 1,458 16 9 770 2 8 508 4 o 466 1 4 1,273 o o .1,727 12 2 27 179 8 8 15 36 33 11 8 11 43 4,572 129 J 4 in 146 40 29 88 15 394 6 295 2,019 , 91 129 . 158 317 296 49 76 76 682 48,282 1,160 1,274 1 6 10,248 9 10 565 6 o 995 4 4 1,167 7 3 3,693 8 o 5,517 I 8 9 329 9 10 317 I 8 o 1,105 7 o 2,662 8 10 706,585 14 7 11,410 5 5 928 18 7 12,801 16 1 8,099 7 3 3,491 3 6 3,173 o 7 6,528 3 3 898 o 1 37,574 o 2 345 2 6 2,407 14 o 373 18 6 1,119 14 4 303 5 6 9,068 6 7 1,222 2 o 330 5 9 12,319 12 3 714 10 0 893 11 8 5 33 3 1 3 12 3 3 3 15 4,301 30 6 62 61 - -287 ' 22 33 •' 23 ' 95 '■ 94 20 17 5i 135 42,173 338 25 342 235 7i 99 153 44 1,025 16 95 3 38 11 266 47 12 322 18 7 547 14 11 1,646 16 4 208 16 3 596 15 6 '228 8 8 1,592 o 2 2,4g4 18 8 675 : 3 7 480 1 10 1,452 15 4 1,220 10 o 717,117 2 5 5,627 14 5 732 18 5 11,023 7 7 1,875 6 n i,736 1 5 1,833 12 10 3-o55 3 3 6g2 17 8 13,994 15 8 112 11 7 2,187 18 10 62 o o 576 5 1 175 6 10 6,456 16 10 493 9 5 83 9 9 6,784 13 4 196 18 1 77 19 5 121 703 i,956 261 268 610 66 5.929 34 279 21 135 42 871 101 33 17 6 28 4 144 3 17 4 19 o 7 11 o 2 19 6 7 15 6 9 14 o 57 16 6 12 15 6 400 3i 17 6 5 17 6 6 10 6 4 3 0 20 1 6 13 10 o 36 10 6 6 ig 6 25 9 o 26 8 o 5 8 6 30 2 o 10 o 6 23 7 6 26 16. o 25 5 24 11 117 15 3 "3 1.3 10 3° 866 87 62 144 274 960 519 896 359 409 253 167 . 332 808 2,ggo 9 10 3,604 6 o 12,199 5 1 1,982 8 6 9,9o8 7 3 3,811 1 o 1,902 o 5 2,905 14 3 1,908 o 3 4,711 16 6 8,160 13 1 11 3 58 12 38 3 2 65 79 475 57 227 113 34 72 64 152 256 1,242 14 8 2,263 8 2 10,138 16 8 293 12 5 4,321 10 o 2,343 15 o 126 17 2 I.I33 15 11 1,683 o 9 2,685-2 6 6,051 2 9 20 22 129 43 104 35 42 40 18 . 47 73 9 12 68 18 4i 19 7 10 17 . 13 43

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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 1905 — continued.

"Money-orders. Saving: 5-banks. Office. Issued. Paid. I Deposits. <; o No. Amount. 2 . Witt 3 9 O cn ih no. Withdrawals. hdrawals. Amount. No. I Commission. : [ Amount. No. 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 Tiniroto Tokomaru Bay Tolaga Bay Tuparoa Waipiro Bay .. Greymouth Ahaura " Blackball Brunnerton Moana Nelson Creek .. Ngahere Otira Railway .. Reefton Stillwater Totara Flat .. Hokitika Goldsborough .. Kumara Okarito Rimu Ross Stafford Invercargill Arrowtown Balfour Bluff.. Clifd en Colac Bay 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 260 l6 3 ; 1,272 51 134 475 325 279 890 377 244 695 225 706 157 824 71 477 233 125 333 200 £ a. d. 7 7 6 5 5 6 52 12 o 216 3 1 6 11 18 6 12 19 6 7 11 o 29 16 o 11 5 6 8 10 6 25 9 o 670 22 2 6 5 10 o 27 11 o 1 17 6 14 o o 5 11 6 3 14 6 9 17 6 7 16 6 4 14 o 223 17 6 5 1 6 6 g o 0 14 o 12 4 6 16 6 6 10 8 o 13 1 o 188 14 6 12 10 6 16 1 6 14 19 6 1 11 6 8 13 6 6 13 6 690 106 12 6 2 16 6 4 19 0 71 4 o 1 17 o 25 I o 3 1 6 240 14 17 o 6 13 o 265 3 o 13 17 o 10 2 6 £ s - d - 770 2 11 609 2 3 3,937 2 11 206 4 7 326 19 6 i,553 17 11 893 5 11 923 16 g 3,372 o 4 i,2g5 1 4 779 16 6 i,737 11 4 606 o 8 27 28 817 23 95 65 267 53 168 117 234 597 164 182 18 79 8 206 58 52 "5 78 20 £ 8. d. 100 g g 104 17 6 3,047 19 4 95 3 4 256 17 9 216 11 4 1,156 1 3 141 9 5 758 0 1 427 9 2 984 3 2 2,217 o 4 340 19 1 656 12 II III 2 3 311 2 3 log II 4 808 5 7 168 5 2 297 17 o 561 14 9 286 6 4 173 8 10 10,360 16 10 196 1 11 360 4 2 7 147 4 5 9 "3 4 5i 21 19 164 12 48 9 49 95 1,826 77 51 74 1.377 73 440 104 262 i,g6o 74 424 84 239 £ 8. d. 664 7 o 14,286 II o 534 9 6 441 2 o 707 14 o 5,8o8 4 7 305 1 o 6,535 6 7 1,103 18 9 2,645 7 4 11,335 17 5 710 18 o 5,251 13 11 824 13 11 2,8og 1 2 2 88 3 2 30 1 34 5 7 36 14 20 6 18 12 558 22 29 i6 227 25 201 56 49 372 48 no £ s. d. 174 2.3 8,519 18 o 296 1 2 357 18 11 373 5 o 2,129 4;io 200 12 2 4.736 17 g 893 4 II 1.35o 7 3 4,016 7 2 8go g 11 3.314 8 10 546 10 8 2,202 1 0 170 5,416 138 187 18 292 433 251 377 4,550 396 425 394 40 234 181 183 2,826 91 141 1,898 52 766 89 64 449 187 6,240 459 294 718 48 65 179 3M 79 301 3,097 235 121 35i 1,053 456 893 577 150 .842 322 9t3 '77 372 181 82 7.76 154 727 5,625 2,104 o o 469 7 3 2,873 1 7 182 17 o 1,703 1 5 794 3 5 360 15 3 1,077 l'3 6 689 2 10 612 9 9 20,065 5 8 590 8 4 705 9 o 91 11 o 1,503 1 1 1,663 6 9 1,082 5 8 1,512 17 o 18,183 16 7 1,361 13 9 1,620 3 3 i,393 5 3 149 18 6 1,112 19 8 682 6 10 734 9 3 10,178 9 4 246 16 4 474 o 6 7,038 17 6 166 5 4 2,348 9 7 325 11 9 210 6 11 1,526 12 8 698 13 8 22,223 1 10 1,611 17 1 869 4 3 2,288 3 3 223 5 2 178 o 3 552 1 8 1,483 8 10 253 16 11 953 11 7 9,334 3 o 706 3 7 381 15 9 1,061 1 5 3,123 15 3 1,605 o 8 2,749 14 7 1,610 5 9 322 11 1 2,736 17 1 997 10 o 2,587 15 11 258 17 4 1,293 11 9 658 4 11 252 12 11 2,447 13 5 456 15 7 2,559 15 8 21,970 6 4 2,239 58 48 53 81 36 49 3,oi5 100 53 201 9 12 17 36 1,004 15 53 1,223 24 393 26 23 124 43 6,513 139 53 496 2 219 o 10 487 17 11 in 8 9 26g 16 6 11,790 15 2 726 14 6 223 18 1 596 15 5 27 15 6 40 ig 6 42 8 g 95 8 2 3,58o 15 4 7i 3 6 292 9 3 4,632 8 8 124 17 4 1,709 17 o 184 13 3 77 2 4 675 14 2 203 7 8 25,183 3 9 523 2 4 376 8 1 1,752 14 2 21 2 o 64 9 7 275 14 5 433 o 3 104 10 6 172 ig 11 5,140 16 10 213 7 3 - 28 17 10 754 13 9 997 17 10 521 9 8 781 3 8 791 7 10 141 10 g 1,763 9 3 317 6 9 1,206 5 I 62 12 9 128 2 3 188 3 10 66 14 4 899 4 9 320 17 10 867 2 6 34,982 5 8 42 8 35 15 7 1,252 36 45 5i 11 56 659 25 12 30 5 4 12 10 264 13 8 159 2 61 6 16 259 47 176 117 45 8,538 125 176 230 58 216 5,053 M3 135 285 22 84 66 55 1 ,g89 76 77 952 20 418 18 144 187 76 10,063 229 146 763 2,842 18 7 350 17 o 2,427 16 o 976 10 3 78 4 o 108,752 4 2 1,032 13 o 2,528 15 3 2,070 11 o 683 6 6 3,010 1 1 76,714 16 11 1,033 11 4 1,853 5 7 3,432 8 4 474 19 o 1,063 11 o 561 14 6 450 12 o 23,087 13 o 543 1 o 583 3 o 17,067 10 1 385 19 o 5,i8o 3 7 206 7 o 1,402 19 o 2,338 8 8 825 o o 155,960 I 10 2,323 17 2 2,415 4 9 6,834 5 3 12 7 5 4 769 7 14 21 3 27 618 7 8 16 2 1 5 152 2 222 2 44 2 8 44 go 96 27 55 i 3i 14 6,995 44 131 153 42 145 3,959 71 70 115 4 3i 13 17 749 19 8 846 8 ig2 8 54 104 3i 8,293 89 5i 251 1,805 4 g 6g2 g 10 525 11 1 300 5 6 320 19 6 106,857 7 2 275 3 2 1,262 8 5 1,041 o 6 476 2 3 1,672 4 9 74,019 2 10 555 10 5 i,34i 6 5 1,440 3 o 97 5 3 685 6 5 140 14 11 191 2 6 14,621 2 7 118 8 10 5° 13 0 19,815 2 1 94 17 3 3,569 0 o 68 19. o 357 13 2 2.427 1 o 353 o c 166,632 10 2 1,131 19 9 1.780 18: 6 3,880 13 2 322 15 5 403 16 10 513 9 3 100 15 11. 406 14 7 21,921 o 11 226 17 2 51 14 6 1.428 17 10 4,436 9 2 863 18 8 1,800 3 6 1,465 9 5 713 7 11 2,509 15 6 826 5 6 4.781 1 9 234 14 3 647 18 o 714 1 1 287 16 9 3,092 9 3 265 10 8 2,746 12 9 157,732 ic 4 27 6 1,322 33 25 103 15 6 1,270 20 9 41 30 I o 1 g o 216 6 1 6 9 19 6 2 18. o 8 17 o 102 19 6 6 12 0 3 1 6 11 13 6 32 9 6 16 2 6 26 9 6 17 14 o 440 28 60 10 5 o 30 12 .0 2 11 6 11 15 o 5 16 o 2 17 6 28 4 o 4 15 6 22 10 o 248 o 6 22 59 66 24 49 1,471 55 ■ 8 199 302 113 156 253 34 447 94 313 11 40 83 15 245 217 213 6,537 9 14 18 2 16 316 14 7 25 75 21 45 56 19 46 24 63 7 20 6 40 79 74 37 208 2,260 7i 55 168 565 139 283 274 91 356 87 566 58 147 54 54 47 1 139 333 11,820 180 12 o 848 2 2 1,514 19 1 557 2 5 1,088 o o 34,758 9 4 556 3 7 472 11 8 1,807 17 5 6,552 12 6 2,051 15 9 2,694 7 6 2,423 12 o 854 1 6 5,537 2 o 1,353 10 5 6,602 15 7 616 11 o 1,258 6 8 621 4 5 940 18 o 6,804 16 10 1,079 2 6 5,235 13 o 149,846 o 8 5 5 6 3 14 108 5 3 11 37 10 17 15 3 19 13 35 2 6 16 26 36 12 44 947 24 3 96 223 37 122 104 30 152 40 222 16 53 23 10 217 25 log 9,333 I 3 97 12 65 1,322 4 42 2 31 1,383

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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 1905— continued.

Money-orders. Savings ;-banks. Office. Issued. Paid. tn S 3 <u <° Deposits. 3 it < u Withdrawals. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. Napier— continued. Blackburn Clive Dannevirke 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 Brightwater Collingwood .. Motueka Motupiko Rly... Ngatimpte Puponga Richmond Riwaka Tadmor Takaka The Port Thorpe Upper Moutere Wakefield New Plymouth.. Inglewood Midhirst Opunake Pungarehu Rahotu Stratford Tariki Toko Urenui Waitara Oamaru 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 4° 95 3,584 103 81 3,131 iog 168 96 373 168 142 363 173 600 285 158 578 386 729 470 295 138 307 140 1,546 1,129 929 238 118 5,111 79 216 1,051 1,067 205 178 134 329 396 200 925 508 126 193 346 4,692 1,388 477 793 226 34i 2,499 136 365 219 887 4,400 467 437 23 1 68 £ s. d. 1 8 o 3 12 o 126 18 6 3 13 6 2 14 o 127 15 6 3 5 6 856 3 15 o 11 14 o 646 5 5 6 11 16 o 5 4 6 18 16 o 7 14 6 4 12 o 17 19 o 13 5 6 30 6 6 16 8 6 10 12 6 5 5 0 9 9° 2 15 o 48 3 6 40 6 o 46 4 6 9 13 o 3 7° 203 4 o 290 846 43 4 6 37 9 6 6 11 o 580 4 16 o 11 16 o £ 8. d. 214 3 11 290 2 1 14,790 7 8 333 6 i, 182 13 7 11,354 12 10 333 18 7 5i3 7 11 362 3 o 949 14 11 578 15 4 488 o 1 984 9 5 553 3 5 1,856 1 6 1,400 5 1 575 18 7 2,194 6 6 1,332 1 11 2,718 4 3 1,482 10 9 862 5 6 473 3 7 1,235 3 6 538 7 4 7,966 15 7 6,453 15 2 4,076 1 1 752 12 2 408 17 o 18,082 14 6 274 16 9 690 15 4 4,934 2 11 3,95i 7 2 707 12 4 461 12 8 433 12 n 961 17 1 1.083 4 10 698 1 1 3,532 16 4 1.616 5 5 328 8 8 447 8 6 1,303 18 10 15,584 13 6 4.617 o 11 1,486 2 11 2,517 4 o 729 3 11 ,092 5 7 10,846 18 2 430 16 4 1.084 ° ° 626 3 1 2,972 15 11 28,656 17 o 3,229 17 o 1,281 16 II 805 9 g 202 10 7 2,931 16 4 603 19 4 992 5 it 327 5 10 347 19 o 12,195 17 2 28 6 n 6,249 7 4 1,031 5 5 2,004 IO 3 389 11 6 258 8 8 227 2 9 3,459 14 o 5,263 14 4 2,880 15 4 4,624 8 6 2,207 8 1 224 4 3 13,870 5 8 4,175 1 9 7 42 i,757 44 30 2,026 7 84 21 "5 23 10 67 47 122 53 19 125 45 5" 97 106 177 42 12 806 3i9 320 45 27 5,786 4 1 83 167 326 90 35 5 242 42 38 243 201 27 25 156 5,4 8 4 429 65 252 85 83 1,108 33 66 54 388 2*758 99 373 77 35 163 4° 48 20 146 2,843 £ s - d - 68 1 g 152 3 10 6,782 3 3 262 1 4 125 2 5 7,651 1 10 27 14 o 273 O I no 14 6 440 11 6 140 13 2 42 10 o 263 12 9 285 19 5 519 10 11 210 13 2 79 5 o 575 14 4 211 8 1 1,781 18 11 408 11 1 379 16 5 519 7 1 269 12 o 84 9 7 2,7g4 12 10 1,233 6 6 i,ig2 12 o 206 18 5 2ig 6 6 24,354 17 8 152 6 11 39o 0 5 6g6 8 6 1,203 4 g 249 5 7 175 6 11 16 3 6 993 2 8 168 1 8 226 14 2 1,711 17 4 634 2 3 92 10 6 131 2 9 570 6 2 26,796 4 7 1,997 18 1 219 o 3 971 17 7 524 17 8 368 7 7 4,201 1 o 108 15 9 294 8 4 288 6 3 1,650 15 1 10,332 15 6 406 12 1 1,199 19 9 43i 16 5 147 15 11 1,067 9 I0 152 12 5 225 19 II 55 2 7 533 12 9 io,6g8 n 5 14 553 27 21 543 7 23 11 26 10 8 24 37 51 21 37 15 74 38 21 11 24 112 84 146 22 '813 13 24 55 • 76 12 8 18 35 26 147 3,085 86 86 3,79i 39 179 65 182 73 7i 196 118 277 226 194 136 884 186 235 93 131 '825 6ig 712 81 7,210 123 201 385 66g 92 68 7i 294 226 81 £ 8. d. 1,130 7 1 38,138 17 IO 1,224 15 9 242 16 o 48,204 5 1 132 18 o 1,875 o 9 566 IO IO 2,720 I 2 489 0 3 1,129 9 o 2,181 11 10 939 2 10 2,878 9 3 1,522 17 7 2,326 16 6 1,509 4 4 4,716 2 8 2,744 8 6 1,272 7 6 1,250 18 5 i,6g2 17 4 13,464 g 1 7,529 6 3 8,856 12 2 1,037 19 6 129,795 8 11 2,506 o 0 1,994 19 9 6,660 8 6 11,012 7 9 1,600 12 g 524 12 0 813 11 10 3,615 1 o 3.028 5 1 660 15 8 8,380 19 3 2,864 8 11 612 13 o 678 7 o 5,428 2 o 86,046 o 2 15,759 13 2 1,396 9 5 6,170 12 7 1,403 1 9 892 2 2 23,018 g 1 gg8 10 10 1,004 1 6 705 3 6 6,72g ig 10 93,556 7 3 776 16 6 1,690 4 o 2,046 7 o 155 9 2 2,876 8 1 i,og8 11 10 gi6 6 o 203 4 o 402 2 4 60,578 o 7 600 8,302 8 2 1.523 13 10 2,433 8 4 421 17 8 248 5 o 389 3 o g,2g3 o 10 7.524 14 8 13,534 4 5 7,322 IO o 3,i49 7 11 26g 6 o 32,g26 15 8 4,445 8 10 2 275 13 1 189 4 18 3 14 5 7 x 7 12 26 7 23 7 8 9 8 4 9 47 30 61 4 727 5 13 9 27 6 4 1 9 6 2 53 1.771 62 29 1,778 19 85 14 96 3° 20 94 52 132 85 81 46 114 61 83 46 54 379 292 321 50 5,717 48 69 159 300 3i 33 6 104 106 17 225 49 25 30 105 5,246 655 67 134 49 58 gio 48 no 26 301 4,293 44 56 39 17 47 20 35 10 47 4,264 4 543 84 137 40 5 18 176 452 587 477 106 7 1,724 266 £ 8. d. 347 4 9 30,207 o 4 429 o 9 56 1 o 30,888 14 8 143 16 6 1,673 o 5 148 16 3 2,169 4 7 1,288 12 7 834 19 9 2,247 19 1 259 6 10 1,763 14 o 904 9 3 1,758 9 11 1,564 12 9 943 9 1 2,047 14 5 479 4 7 696 1 2 959 14 2 9,316 11 8 4,586 o 6 4,707 11 6 1,166 7 5 131.146 4 5 1,514 II I 1,590 o 2 3.452 17 5 6,400 12 1 669 8 2 259 2 8 70 o 3 1,209 10 9 1,496 17 2 107 O II 4.902 5 2 354 10 5 270 16 9 628 18 6 2,487 7 o 97,028 16 4 10,554 14 ° 1,132 13 ° 2,869 11 9 709 16 2 740 4 4 15,198 18 1 1,271 1 10 1,228 5 8 461 8 7 3.931 1 2 84,344 6 g 595 4 3 i,344 13 " 939 6 9 129 19 o 667 o 7 5I8 17 o 356 12 3 125 o 0 517 2 8 81,500 6 o 201 1 9 6,794 17 3 433 4 8 1.322 4 7 229 17 4 26 8 3 81 8 3 4,704 4 4 6,309 o 7 8,623 14 10 5,942 11 4 I,160 14 4 45 o o 26,i7g 4 o 3,417 " 2 11 10 o 620 32 7 6 19 14 o 3 19 o 6 16 6 12 79 46 12 10 48 777 153 23 56 15 17 301 17 34 8 83 792 15 17 15 6 505 404 105 94 380 5,736 1,448 150 366 96 101 2,098 74 153 67 629 5,949 in 136 164 20 196 74 142 31 "9 4,003 2 1,012 161 455 64 15 27 34° 1,146 828 834 308 25 3.135 657 24 7 2 4 7 945 84 12 14 5 o 178 15 6 46 9 6 14 18 o 25 10 6 7 15 6 11 9 6 83 8 o 4 13 o 10 12 6 6 6 6 33 7 0 158 12 6 11 6 6 1296 6 11 6 30 1 9 104 8 16 2 43 661 7 12 570 175 259 68 141 3,282 II 1,780 349 634 127 84 82 977 1,645 898 1,539 633 69 4,355 1,422 2 10 o 17 9 6 636 7 7 6 286 3 17 6 142 17 6 060 60 14 o 10 16 o 22 3 O 3 8 6 290 286 30 17 o 53 19 6 29 11 o 48 9 6 21 16 6 296 151 16 6 44 17 ° 3i 19 15 7 16 539 4 7 9 4 7 241 80 1,105 o i° 316 10 4 100 17 3 i8g 3 5 igg 1 o 64 19 6 1,161 5 4 2,787 10 g 2,401 ig 4 2,938 o 3 964 14 o 222 2 4 3,849 10 1 383 14 81 112 9 765 1 58 8 17 3 1 20 24 48 33 19 282 807 623 700 192 34 1,027 96 55 9 10 76 "5 132 124 4 -35 60 75 56 21 44 2 429 68 257 34

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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 1905 — continued.

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Money-orders. Savings-banks. Office. Issued. Paid, £ 3 OJ v o c -7 n U < ° De No. Deposits. eposits. Amount. S . With <" No. Withdrawals. hdrawals. Amount. No. Commission. Amount. No. 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! 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 Brooklyn 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 91 213! 447 5,736 333 558 961 202 120 182 182 33i 265 9i 1,444 2,447 106 6,647 140 364 104 706 154 1,668 182 2,264 1,162 74 606 74 576 157 146 i,i75 95 1,712 564 403 251 348 128 100 1.123 112 806 181 2,629 291 561 824 246 994 28,755 311 214 495 415 164 25 49 150 1,526 32 179 169 151 614 £ 8. d. 2 12 0 6 14 O 12 13 6 210 18 0 8 8 6 19 14 o 32 3 6 4 18 6 4 13 6 4 19 o 4 13 0 10 12 6 8 12 6 310 44 19 6 76 6 6 2 19 o 280 18 o 5 9 0 12 14 6 3 16 6 24 12 o 4 5 6 55 9 6 690 86 2 o 38 14 6 250 21 18 o 2 11 o 20 3 0 496 4 12 o 32 2 O 2 16 O 61 16 6 17 3 6 13 iq 6 806 11 40 4 3 6 426 35 o o 3 14 o 22 11 o 6 11 o 78 o 6 9 11 6 21 8 o 22 19 6 960 34 10 o 1,961 2 o 10 10 o 8 15 6 13 15 6 12 1 6 700 o 10 6 £ s. d. 216 17 6 624 7 1 1,270 3 4 33,805 16 8 2,5g2 11 4 2,82g 8 5 4.374 o o 775 10 2 519 19 10 912 o 5 505 19 10 1,310 19 10 1.193 3 8 377 18 4 4,748 3 6 17,770 10 11 239 1 1 27,029 6 o 639 9 10 1,041 o 9 265 I o 2,329 9 6 317 9 8 6,462 19 4 547 3 4 9,008 o 6 5.572 15 '2 263 12 3 2,149 14 10 298 6 11 1,893 H II 755 16 3 437 & 9 5,040 2 5 315 3 2 7,671 16 g 1,876 14 6 1,982 8 5 635 13 2 1,237 16 o 433 2 o 415 9 8 3i7i4 19 8 368 13 11 3.364 19 6 450 4 7 9,595 13 11 783 14 5 i,995 1 9 2,472 15 10 815 14 9 3,679 4 10 117,020 11 7 620 15 6 894 3 1 2,082 2 9 1,066 14 5 587 4 o "4 7 7 103 13 9 484 9 6 4,58i 13 3 94 8 5 9H 3 10 47i 11 9 497 17 11 1,636 12 5 3 40 135 3,338 31 148 292 69 52 37 41 82 76 37 481 749 33 7,007 12 161 3 472 33 686 42 1,636 376 7 121 13 193 26 31 406 19 1.232 37 58 99 106 34 23 301 15 141 26 £ 8. d. 5 9 0 175 6 3 677 7 2 12,898 1 o 129 6 8 576 o 6 1,162 19 1 424 14 11 211 11 3 143 10 7 95 19 o 447 15 10 280 9 2 97 15 10 1,860 12 9 2,805 1 9 148 9 11 26,890 13 o 57 4 10 725 2 4 15 19 6 1,329 13 i° 134 17 10 2,724 7 4 159 17 8 6,111 17 6 1,687 16 7 42 3 6 561 17 7 64 4 6 789 1 4 115 16 11 88 16 3 1,695 11 o 53 3 4 4,306 6 6 154 3 1 282 10 2 37i 19 5 478 11 7 125 3 2 90 14 9 1,061 1 7 93 11 7 594 15 9 97 16 6 2,284 9 5 143 1 11 109 4 5 633 18 7 357 12 4 746 18 g ig6,4g2 15 o 67 18 g 158 5 10 239 18 5 798 3 2 130 7 5 36 17 4 39 o 6 337 16 1 2,720 12 10 6 7 11 716 8 3 148 15 o 106 12 2 262 10 11 10 9 32 1,104 10 68 "7 10 20 13 9 34 35 9 141 257 8 1,480 18 45 60 12 230 15 329 105 8 74 8 86 8 78 6 178 36 20 24 19 21 50 98 124 9,7°4 84 35i 978 46 94 60 83 116 ig2 48 1,063 1,691 121 10,895 80 311 362 86 1,309 141 2,333 606 42 378 16 500 50 468 81 i,3" 147 7i 153 113 145 87 737 53 218 41 1,080 93 296 214 163 £ s. d. 302 14 o 828 o 7 1,317 9 o 153,489 16 10 1,029 7 7 3,39o 5 o 14,532 7 8 639 10 1 1,246 13 3 1,235 17 4 806 2 o 1,150 7 10 1,611 5 3 367 15 2 13,314 19 2 28,745 4 8 929 15 2 160,132 14 1 888 18 o 2,148 2 9 4,506 7 8 266 14 o 14,934 3 11 1,163 1 o 30,529 5 3 8,578 11 8 135 2 o 3,914 18 1 • 166 6 o 7,589 10 5 719 14 o 4,895 9 9 549 1 o 14,366 14 9 1,450 12 6 763 7 7 1,410 15 8 1,204 I2 7 814 14 3 483 14 7 8,244 11 o 835 7 2 2,680 2 4 161 10 o 15,968 4 1 818 9 7 3,io° 7 8 3,307 11 o 1,641 10 9 8,915 3 11 894,741 3 " 2,808 5 3 2,925 15 3 2,532 1 5 3,126 12 10 783 1 2 31 5 o 136 2 10 1,265 4 1 16,061 7 8 490 609 10 1 1,932 10 10 432 12 o 5,975 o 0 318 17 o 12,856 13 1 6,232 12 10 35,441 14 10 8,607 4 2 230 o o 7,33i 3 3 i,26g 14 5 100 9 o 558 19 7 15,932 19 11 i,599 7 0 1,480 6 5 597 11 o 638 12 o 237 16 5 1 12 16 1,012 4 11 62 6 5 7 5 7 6 2 54 in 6 1,871 6 8 30 116 4 168 40 4 24 2 41' 2 39 6 87 10 1 10 6 12 7 47 3 6 24 76 84 7,386 23 97 373 29 36 33 37 35 46 25 359 738 46 9,776 22 75 182 9 615 24 1,102 274 12 141 3 202 22 280 34 589 39 20 75 7i 53 45 3°5 11 80 £ s. d. 143 o 2 1 1,214 9 5 1,034 13 1 1161,042 11 6 288 12 5 i,44g 8 10 8,858 o o 314 2 10 893 13 o 1,284 3 5 319 6 g 465 7 7 4go 14 10 302 1 5 7,047 6 10 18,247 16 2 623 17 3 184,258 11 7 161 2 1 452 9 3 2,168 6 1 86 o o n,759 19 o 315 3 8 23,547 1 10 5,044 17 8 67 6 o 2,610 13 11 152 12 10 5,001 11 o 434 16 o 3,943 12 1 218 10 2 10,252 9 10 495 8 10 231 18 9 1,929 17 3 969 17 11 761 o 4 737 18 o 4,785 2 11 125 6 8 1,472 8 6 39 16 6 8,426 7 8 641 19 2 484 14 3 1,199 14 11 483 o 3 6,416 15 2 955,094 5 11 5°4 2 o 1,165 J 4 4 1,298 10 4 2,461 19 7 658 2 1 75 o o 15 2 o 1,028 2 5 12,517 10 8 15 107 22 50 5i7 48 27 103 84 ig6 48,038 23 34 63 216 45 9 11 69 723 3 66 42 29 98 4 252 II 79 52 29 70 7,i95 58 35 29 38 17 1 13 19 158 1 8 537 64,536 912 183 260 301 118 5 81 165 i,479 1 47 250 79 1,841 58 979 606 3,194 1,004 30 792 194 15 75 1,392 290 95 199 90 79 94 8 7 25 11 34 7,355 7 6 8 14 561 42 43 95 88 243 63,421 82 52 93 166 57 2 7 92 608 21 4 210 566 49 11 o o 18 o 796 5 11 6 5 4 0 25 5 o 9 73 1 10 12 16 7 44 56 123 138 1 7 440 3 6 927 5 4 530 5 4 1,251 895 3.057 1,358 43 953 396 92 129 1,026 220 141 103 65 94 38 17 ° 31 15 6 no 3 6 46 6 0 2 14 6 32 8 6 12 7 o 416 460 44 5 o 7 13 o 4 12 o 3 7° 260 2 16 6 4,ogo 15 o 2,635 16 5 11,634 8 6 4,691 13 1 163 3 8 3,107 17 1 1,056 15 8 300 11 11 496 g 5 3,536 7 7 618 4 1 522 8 7 225 8 10 160 18 g 179 15 o 315 346 1.775 518 21 516 127 6 37 456 211 8 27 64 122 1,002 o 3 1,206 16 10 6,270 10 2 2,359 15 1 96 4 7 2,058 13 5 460 10 10 21 14 7 163 3 10 1,816 13 11 686 1 4 51 12 10 73 11 1 26g 11 1 550 11 o 42 13 98 5 124 89 461 135 3 88 28 9 7 194 24 8 6 29 25 205 72 3 36 15 1 376 244 i,499 53i 7 300 131 3 29 454 118 22 26 40 17 7,986 5 8 3,665 5 2 25,358 19 5 6,398 1 8 61 14 5 5,646 13 6 1,116 18 11 51 13 20 17 10 289 18 7 7,952 19 4 866 1 10 213 18 4 250 14 3 360 18 2 118 3 10 2 12 18 4

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Table No. 4— continued. Table showing the Number and Amount of Transactions at the several Money-order and Savings-bank Offices in New Zealand during the Year 1905 — continued.

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Money-orders. Saving! s-banks. .Office. Issued. Paid. <ti * 3 " 9 o 3 Z 9 8. * < o No. Deposits. « . Withdrawals. §s r~- - <| u No. I Amount. No, Commission. Amount. No. Amount. I 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 Up. Matakitaki Seddonville Waimangaroa .. 441 116 1,282 236 230 237 303 974 4,458 179 164 1,818 29 180 150 1,072 59 2,189 6,752 146 2,026 124 128 405 263 257 310 494 249 987 93 4,522 154 178 109 376 406 155 2,077 526 85 1,659 3,031 3i 733 96 281 983 98 578 127 339 141 591 894 582 43 380 314 £ 8. d. 14 5 o 440 40 11 6 7 16 6 5 10 o 7 15 o 726 32 16 o 173 1 6 6 1 6 6 ig 6 74 13 6 100 6 17 o 4 16 o 35 14 6 226 70 6 o 265 12 6 4 12 o 81 2 o 3 10 o 3 15 6 10 7 6 980 5 13 6 7 16 6 19 14 6 760 33 18 o 2 11 6 178 1 0 486 7 11 6 326 14 4 o 13 10 6 4 11 6 84 18 o 13 9 3 2 11 6 50 13 6 123 11 o 100 34 6 o 2 18 o £ 8. d. 1,288 18 11 381 10 6 3,722 6 6 639 5 0 730 11 6 654 10 11 811 10 3 2,724 11 5 16,894 9 8 552 8 7 481 19 2 5,130 10 10 104 9 o 589 9 o 478 3 3 3,i5i 5 7 207 4 5 9,133 11 11 24,24g 10 1 379 15 8 6,514 16 g 288 15 6 368 17 9 i,47g 12 11 832 2 5 611 4 7 1,250 18 4 1,714 12 7 661 12 5 3,221 4 8 140 1 4 12,282 7 9 424 11 4 695 4 8 208 8 4 1,201 ig 3 i,555 6 5 420 10 11 5,39i 16 1 1,204 3 4 281 12 2 5.376 1 4 11,384 19 3 106 12 o 2,111 7 9 278 19 4 997 5 11 4,409 16 2 276 17 7 1,828 5 4 395 8 9 1,181 5 6 480 17 8 2,121 17 11 2,585 14 2 2,303 12 5 no 15 5 I,28o ig 3 1,230 5 7 158 II 524 68 43 58 101 191 2,511 47 12 88 24 26 16 588 7 1,128 5,284 46 857 • 8 43 55 107 16 49 93 48 ig2 14 355 12 48 10 ■ I £ 8. d 7°7 3 5 57 18 8 2,024 15 4 380 12 5 127 2 6 321 3 3 383 5 4 557 17 10 9,329 8 4 208 3 1 30 11 6 444 6 9 87 1 6 74 1 2 78 10 1 2,005 8 5 18 g o 3,889 18 8 19,242 19 8 129 8 4 3,039 8 8 28 10 6 185 10 7 278 4 5 456 1 11 56 12 3 225 9 11 337 18 6 141 4 4 943 6 7 59 19 o 1,479 8 9 55 5 2 132 12 5 45 3 3 487 4 2 310 18 8 174 7 8 4,548 14 3 45i 9 4 51 17 8 2,780 3 6 9,252 16 10 10 o o 125 18 2 142 10 8 235 19 5 617 17 3 81 18 11 37 15 123 43 11 35 12 108 568 11 11 160 6 15 17 93 9 242 1,041 21 425 5 8 15 19 7 42 - 58 14 106 6 806 20 24 42 39 35 6 214 140 778 330 65 141 154 556 4,362 117 "9 2,559 49 148 107 774 74 1,563 7,346 97 3,982 11 57 102 143 18 148 300 127 628 £ 8. d. 2,375 7 2 1.107 16 11 10,086 15 5 1,923 2 1 73° 12 3 748 14 o 2,093 8 11 7,3i8 17 11 53,657 2 2 1,482 16 o 2,500 15 5 10,552 14 11 287 10 3 954 18 7 765 18 5 4,825 17 6 802 17 5 i8,477 15 7 93,187 6 4 1,324 4 9 30,851 1 o 141 6 11 396 8 4 i,544 11 5 1,166 12 5 201 o o I.I55 5 9 2,238 17 o 765 6 2 5,644 14 7 131 10 o 51,614 7 2 766 19 5 1,856 15 9 1.108 14 o ,3,7o6 6 9 "1,490 12 2 516 6 o 37,37° 2 5 1,940 12 2 193 2 o 15,286 5 1 46,253 4 4 12 o o 2,083 5 8 625 18 o 1,487 10 11 5,810 14 2 105 15 o 2,582 12 5 368 17 5 465 14 8 354 9 4 966 14 g 4,g27 8 2 1,830 1 8 1 3 o 2,265 14 7 422 13 o 18 1 42 33 3 17 10 28 252 3 12 24 1 3 55 2 105 5.10 6 163 2 6 6 7 4 26 8 38 2 86 5i 416 136 22 87 82 218 2,252 57 70 257 6 30 34 359 35 699 4,387 48 i,537 4 20 38 29 10 3i 159 53 328 20 536 25 33 48 129 53 24 1.374 126 8 536 2,433 2 59 11 £ s. d, 2,032 5 11 885 5 7 7,182 o 4 2,42 1 6 6 403 3 9 1,258 10 11 1,514 14 8 2,468 14 4 43,824 o 3 783 9 7 1,965 .1.5 9 1,817 18 o 65 13 o 255 8 7 774 4 o 4,369 3 3 433 5 3 11,684 3 4 79,067 18 1 526 19 4 17,835 9 4 32 15 o 552 5 4 631 6 7 641 10 7 171 o 5 35i 10 3 2,249 19 10 888 1 3 4, 6 57 13 2 361 17 6 3,852 2 8 375 16 5 837 6 4 190 7 o i,757 3 « 444 13 8 702 10 4 14,415 10 9 1,876 6 11 71 18 1 8,823 17 11 58,729 14 5 600 748 1 8 269 2 4 396 13 1 I,566 4 8 15 2 7 1,026 11 n 5go o o 240 12 10 178 14 6 628 7 g 1,951 16 5 1,528 1 7 20 o o 618 1 7 181 17 7 137 62 36 1.117 96 12 922 2,274 1 22 29 45 108 18 58 21 90 15 100 64 89 632 17 7 i59 - 379 46 5 24 63 1 35 15 9 3 10 82 26 24 10,722 in 175 501 318 174 66 6,g6i 152 42 i,og8 2,609 2 363 44 150 774 9 305 71 45 14 73 806 166 5 255 65 7i 4 6 16 4 5 203 10 1 59 511 9 1 7 14 1 10 1 3 1 7 28 7 10 12 o 38 o o 306 21 8 6 3 16 o 11 0 6 4 7 6 19 12 o 36 12 o 18 8 o 1 6 6 15 6 o 9 19 6 49 143 1 88 3° 21 253 13 7 71 6 o 543 13 3 84 1 10 912 6 5 317 11 o 1,708 8 3 12 40 125 62 1 66 23 70 54 212 13 8 169 9 2 4 56 10 12 5

Postal District of — Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth .. Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport 81,834 6,579 42,655 45,914 7,112 9,461 3,505 20,106 22,297 11,064 12,023 6,816 18,638 12,958 27,567 79,670 9,242 £ 8. d. 3,713 10 6 234 16 o 1,786 5 3 1,698 8 o 288 2 o 37° 1 6 124 17 6 719 8 6 854 10 o 417 16 6 423 5 6 228 16 6 650 18 6 436 19 o 973 8 6 3,797 1 9 355 4 o £ 8. d. 305,660 17 II 22,436 3 8 152,626 15 9 155,312 19 5 27,214 4 6 36,137 19 3 12,314 17 5 65,780 16 6 88,225 14 8 39,5o8 15 4 41,987 4 4 39,379 17 8 61,201 9 10 71,955 4 o 105,860 13 3 283,023 6 4 33,085 o o 78,238 2,908 40, oog 44 ,iog 2,564 4,515 1,856 11,6g2 13,643 7,507 8,047 3,759 7,227 5,466 14,291 69,238 3,058 £ 8. d. 312, g86 7 11 14,885 9 9 183,227 16 7 177,311 10 2 12,005 6 11 17,489 3 2 7,608 o 5 44,098 9 9 62,294 18 4 31,765 11 9 37,421 12 2 14,553 17 2 28,241 2 11 21,282 8 3 55,i8o 4 4 275,717 17 2 14,740 4 5 8,688 849 9,091 7,222 i,45i 1,042 277 2,463 3,282 1,287 1,484 933 1,786 1,835 3,55i 14006 768 66,6g3 6,598 89,063 74,809 9,343 7,985 1,815 17,810 24,537 10,908 10,918 6,942 13,284 14,631 23,"7 124,903 5,756 £ 8. d. 980,947 4 4 "2,977 3 2 1202388 4 2 935,313 6 9 118,077 " o 109,798 15 8 27,406 7 4 253,943 16 4 299,623 6 2 180,176 13 5 144,124 4 o 103,721 16 2 154,816 8 6 222,489 7 o 307,285 9 o 1402090 10 9 70,563 17 1 6,055 567 6,649 5,329 841 811 299 i,737 2,186 853 1,254 720 1,424 1,298 2,72g 9,744 617 51,316 4,688 61,792 49,016 7,5io 5,056 1,243 11,271 15,184 7,024 7,604 4,608 9,074 9,263 15,147 83,060 3,166 £ 8. d. 901,120 5 3 94,754 19 9 1089239 16 o 840,826 6 3 "1,584 6 3 93,260 16 2 26,685 12 6 224,187 18 2 259,320 8 3 156,560 2 n 135,126 10 11 89,538 3 2 149,363 n 4 201,627 2 10 27g,676 10 1 1262616 19 5 68,6g5 2 11 5,984,184 12 2 Grand totals .. 17073 9 6 417441 1541711 19 10 318127 1,310,810 1 2 60015 509,112; 6,625,744 O IO 43,"3 346022

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Table No. 5. Statement showing the Number of British Postal Orders of each Denomination sold and paid in New Zealand during the Financial Years 1904-5 and 1905-6.

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Sold Paid Denomiuation. 1904-5 (Commenced 1/6/04). 1905-6. 1904-5 (Commenced 1/5/04). 1905-8. s. d. 0 6 1 0 1 6 2 0 2 6 3 0 3 6 4 0 4 6 5 0 5 6 6 0 6 6 7 0 7 6 8 0 8 6 9 0 9 6 10 0 10 6 11 0 11 6 12 0 12 6 13 0 13 6 14 0 14 6 15 0 15 6 16 0 16 6 17 0 17 6 18 0 18 6 19 0 19 6 20 0 21 0 358 989 652 713 995 597 310 476 231 1,681 187 368 186 451 290 224 165 151 95 2,095 198 145 67 173 139 129 90 67 38 324 31 84 34 70 65 84 45 169 542 1,698 891 1,076 1,593 935 558 713 349 2,637 311 597 259 552 419 318 240 219 119 3,220 267 201 91 308 191 166 123 111 57 487 64 121 53 79 94 101 103 318 18 83 44 89 170 56 25 39 16 359 7 25 11 13 30 15 6 12 5 540 16 8 8 16 13 7 5 8 5 54 9 10 2 6 10 5 5 10 28 206 102 230 333 134 48 72 29 700 26 68 19 32 64 29 12 18 10 954 47 9 14 36 17 15 7 11 6 82 2 8 5 7 12 5 6 10 2 3,704 245 4,610 7,188 2,007 145 Number 17,776 27,369 3,912 7,364 Value .. £8,821 15s. £13,581 18s. £2,768 4s. 6d. £5,052 7s. 6d.

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Table No. 6—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, 1905.

Postal Dtstrlctt. Number of PostOffice Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Year. Number of 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. 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 ot the Year. £ S. d. £ 8. d. £ 8. d. £ 8. d. £ 8. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. £ 8. d. £ 8. d. £ 8. d. Auckland 124 66,6g3 g8o, g 4 7 4 4 14 14 2 5i.3i6 901,120 5 3 17 II 2 79,826 19 1 39,257 6 10 8,688! 6,055 38,479! 1,307,349 13 "I 33 19 6 Blenheim 8 6,598 "2,977 3 2 17 2 6 4,688 94-754 19 9 20 4 3 18,222 3 5 4,044 12 4 849 567 4,658 138,925 17 II 2g 16 6 Christchurch .. 65 89,063 1,202,388 4 2 13 10 o 61,792 i,o8g,23g 16 o 17 12 7 113,148 8 2 45,551 7 5 9,091 6,649 49,934 1,535,895 9 o 30 15 2 Dunedin 52 74, 8og 935,313 6 9 12 IO I 49,016 840,826 6 3 17 3 1 94,487 o 6 40,611 18 8 7,222 5.329 37,570 1,338,867 13 11 35 12 9 Gisborne 6 9,343| 118,077 11 o 12 12 9 7.5io 111,584 6 3 14 17 2 6,493 4 9 3,541 10 8 1.45i 841 1 4,732 117,576 11 9; 24 16 11 Greymouth 11 7,985 109,798 15 81 13 15 o 5,056 g3,26o 16 2 I 18 8 II| 16,537 19 6 5,750 6 10 1 1,042! 811 4,8g3 192,963 10 81 39 8 9 Hokitika 7 1,815 27,406 7 4 15 2 o| 1.243 26,685 '12 6 21 9 4 720 14 10 2,219 19 1 277 299 1,686 69,644 1 8 41 6 2 Invercargill 28 17,810 253,943 16 4 14 5 2 11,271 224,187 18 2 19 17 10 29.755 18 2 11,509 19 7 2,463 1.737 11,184 380,519 13 6 34 o 6 Napier 27 24,537 2gg,623 6 2 12 4 3 15.184 259,320 8 3 17 1 7 40,302 17 11 11,727 11 5 3,282 2,186 13,065 393,o8i 8 5 30 1 g Nelson 16 io,go8 180,176 13 5 16 10 4 7.024 156,560 2 11 22 5 91 23,616 10 6 8,355 9 7 1,287 853 7,857 269,652 4 o 34 6 5 New Plymouth 11 io,gi8 144,124 4 o 13 4 o 7,604 135,126 10 11 17 15 5 8,997 13 1 6,006 4 6 1,484 1.254 6,987; 196,521 9 5 28 2 6 Oamaru 10 6,g42 103,721 16 2 14 18 10 4,608 89,538 3 2 19 8 7 14,183 13 Oj 4,824 2 4 933 720 4,0841 160,162 19 11 39 4 4 Thames 18 13,284 154,816 8 6\ 11 13 1 9,o74 149,363 " 4 16 9 3 5.452 17 2 7.003 2 7 1,786] 1,424 8,689! 229, g8i 11 1 26 9 4 Timaru 14 i4. 6 3i 222,489 7 o 15 4 2 9,263 201,627 2 10 21 15 4 20,862 4 2 9,139 19 4 1,835 i,2g8 8,304! 304,558 12 3 36 13 6 Wanganui 33 23."7 307,285 9 o 13 5 10 15,147 279,676 IO I 18 9 3 27,608 18 11 1 1,266 11 1 3,55i 2,72g I3,8g5 375,4i6 11 6 56,682 1,534.059 19 1 27 o 4 Wellington 73 124,903 1,402,090 10 9 11 4 6 83,060 1,262,616 19 5 15 4 o 139,473 " 4i 44,655 19 6 14,006 9,744 27 1 3 Westport 17 5,756 70,563 17 1 12 5 2 3,166 68,695 2 11 21 13 " 1,868 14 2I 3,615 5 9 768 617 3,367 116,845 9 1 34 14 1 I I Totals for Colony in 1905 .. 520 509,112 6,625,744 o 10 13 O 3 346,022 5,984,184 12 2 17 5 II 641,559 8 8 16,500 jo 4-63 259,081 7 6| 60,015! 43,"3 276,066 8,662,022 17 I 31 7

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Table No. 6.—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, 1905 — continued.

Number of PostOffice Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Year. Number of Deposits received during the Year. Total Amount of Deposits received during the Year. Average Amount of j Number each of WithDeposit drawals received during during the the Year. Year. Total Amount of Withdrawals during the Year. Average ] Amount of ! Excess of each Deposits over Withdrawal Withdrawals during during the Year, the Year. Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits during the Year. Cost of Management during the Year. Average Cost of each Transaction, Deposit or Withdrawal. Interest for the Year. Number of Accounts Opened during the Year. Number of Accounts Closed during the Year. Number of Accounts remaining Open at Close of the Year. Total Amount standing to the Credit of all Open Accounts, inclusive of Interest to the Close of the Year. Average Amount standing to the Credit of each Open Account at Close of the Year. Totals for Colony in 1905 .. 1904 •• 1903 .. 1902 .. 1901 .. „ 1900 .. 1899 .. 1898 .. 1897 • • 1896 .. 1895 •• 1894 .. 1893.. 1892 .. 1891 .. 1890 .. 1889 .. 1888 .. 1887 .. 1886 .. 1885 .. 1884 .. 1883 .. 1882 .. 1881 .. 1880 .. 1879 .. 1878 .. 1877 .. 1876 .. 1875 ■ • 1874 .. 1873 • • 1872 .. 1871 .. 1870 .. 1869 .. 1868 .. Totals for Colony from 1st Feb. to 31st Dec, 1867 520 510 493 481 466 445 427 409 388 371 357 348 327 318 3" 296 294 290 283 271 256 243 222 207 190 178 165 147 138 124 119 103 97 92 81 70 59 55 46 509,112 469,799 444,5io 411,215 380,808 347,056 313,783 281,749 267,615 242,283 217,393 204,545 202,276 186,945 176, g7i 162, g38 153,920 145,355 136,197 137,989 131,373 i2g,27g 127,609 129,952 125,855 81,660 71,865 69,908 6o,953 57,295 56,129 52,627 39,223 31,681 24,642 20,489 i7,i33 13,014 6,977 £ s. d. 6,625,744 ° IO 5,836,540 o o 5,661,592 15 2 5,o6g,6ig 6 2 4,611,456 6 1 4,170,428 15 3 3,644,980 9 10 3,279,611 7 5 3,187,219 2 4 2,881,152 16 3 2,794,506 16 o 2,252,862 6 11 2,386,089 10 7 1,878,270 6 4 1,842, 987 15 2 1,658,543 3 5 1,515,281 11 3 1.544,747 7 " 1,312,151 1 5 1,248,405 6 11 1,341,001 3 2 1,227,909 11 4 1,178,474 4 1 1,325,852 2 11 1,189,012 2 7 864,441 18 10 812,399 11 11 762,084 12 o 681,294 13 2 664,134 12 6 657,653 4 o 699,249 14 3 580,542 5 5 430,877 o o 312,338 18 4 264,328 5 7 240, 898 5 9 194,535 11 6 96,372 7 10 £ 8. d. 13 o 3 12 8 6 12 14 9 12 6 7 12 2 2 12 o 4 11 12 4 11 12 10 II 18 2 11 17 10 12 17 I II O 3 II 15 II IO O II 10 8 3 10 3 6 9 16 10 10 12 6 9 12 8 9 o 11 10 4 1 9 9 11 948 10 4 o 9 8 11 10 11 9 11 6 1 10 18 o 11 3 6 11 11 g 11 14 4 13 5 8 14 16 2 13 12 o 12 13 6 12 18 o 14 1 2 14 18 11 13 16 3 346,022 323-609 301,076 273,454 247,854 227,079 206, 940 ig6,764 179,555 167,248 159,904 152,136 136,739 120,628 1 11,603 106,868 99,185 g6,204 89,962 89,182 84,832 80,800 78,405 69,308 60,137 57,446 54,698 42,746 39,363 39,486 36,977 29,778 21,268 17,254 14,773 ",934 9,292 6,365 i,9i9 £ 8. d. 5,984,184 12 2 5.664.770 3 9 5,343,828 5 O 4.708.771 II 2 4,230,193 6 2 3,827,416 7 3 3,4i7,2g8 ig 8 3.194,893 16 7 2,891,169 5 8 2,591,558 19 4 2,369,333 6 7 2,268,624 8 4 2,122,521 16 8 1,821,348 18 1 1,693,515 9 3 1,500,437 9 5 1,457,081 5 o 1,387,471 1 10 1,182,409 7 6 1,336,287 6 4 1.264,305 8 3 i,i95,93i o 11 1,295,719 18 3 i,i42,599 o 1 902,195 1 8 780,504 13 4 876,180 19 3 742,053 14 3 667,023 7 5 696,281 7 4 729,759 17 9 620,155 8 g 425,908 3 5 313,176 7 11 261,347 16 3 209,509 13 2 180,518 4 1 107,094 17 3 26,415 18 9 £ s. d. 17 5 " 17 10 1 17 15 o 17 4 5 17 1 4 16 17 1 16 10 3 16 4 9 16 2 o 15 9 10 14 16 4 14 18 3 15 10 5 15 2 O 15 3 5 14 o 9 14 13 9 14 8 5 13 2 10 14 19 8 14 18 o 14 16 o 16 10 6 16 g 8 15 o 1 13 " 8 16 o 4 17 7 2 16 18 10 17 12 8 ig 14 8 20 16 5 20 o 5 18 3 o 17 13 9 17 11 1 19 8 7 16 16 6 £ ' 8. d. 6 4!,559 8 8 171,769 16 3 317,764 10 2 360,847 15 o 381,262 19 11 343,012 8 o 227,681 IO 2 84,717 IO 10 296,049 16 8 289,593 16 II 425,173 9 5 263,567 13 11 56,921 8 3 149,472 5 11 158,105 14 o 58,200 6 3 157,276 6 1 129,741 13 11 £ 8. d. •• 15,762 1 5 87,881 ig 5 £ 16,500 16,000 15,000 14,000 11,500 10,500 9,500 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 2,500 2,500 2,250 1,800 1,556 I.35I 1,264 1,186! 789) 822! s. d. o 4-63 o 4-84 o 4-83 o 4 90 o 439 o 439 o 4-38 o 426 o 429 o 4-10 o 4-45 o 4'37 o 460 o 4-29 o 416 o 445 o 3-79 o 3 97 o 4'24 o 423 o 4'44 o 4'57 o 466 o 4-82 o 4-52 o 604 o 569 o 5-33 o 5-98 o 620 O 644 o 6-55 o 714 0 763 o 8-23 o 936 o 10-77 0 977 1 1018 £ s. d. 259,081 7 6 200, g30 6 1 187,130 2 8 172, g26 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, 48g 19 6 114,643 4 n 114,760 1 1 111,301 13 1 104,098 17 o 92,319 o 6 84,809 17 1 78,080 6 o 67,363 15 3 65,825 9 6 62,228 3 11 57,381 13 7 56,046 17 3 54,909 13 n 42,204 19 o 32,822 12 4 31,715 18 2 31,664 12 9 29,193 14 6 28,762 4 7 28,565 3 5 26,935 6 8 20,106 16 10 14,711 o 5 11,291 10 10 9,242 3 " 7,412 8 o 4,880 7 3 1,241 5 o 60,015 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 23,719 21,778 21,307 20,368 21,671 20,66l 20,228 20,386 21,014 25,059 16,137 15,401 I3,O05 ",235 11,255 ",273 10,346 7,382 6,205 4,615 4,304 3,839 3,282 2,520| 43,"3 42,280! 4 0 .837 38,558 35,Ol8 31,724 28,284 26,628 24,821 22,907 22,OOI 21,930 19,599 18,171 17,872 17,256 15,521 16,543 15,515 16,757 16,421 16,447 15,967 I4>505 I2,7l8 12,217 12,786 9,634 8,591 9,472 8,68l 5,736 3,8l6 3,l88 2,383 2,277 1,801 I,l86 364 276,066 259,164 243,675 227,465 212,436 197,408 183,046 169,968 ,159,331 147,758 137,683 129,423 122,684 112,528 104,467 97,2o8 90,745 84,488 79,724 74.871 69,957 65,717 61,936 57,517 51,008 38,667 34,747 32,132 28,761 26,117 24.334 21,742 17,132 13,566 10,549 8,317 6,2go 4.252 2,156 £ 8. d. 8,662,022 17 I 7,761,382 O II 7,388,681 18 7 6,883,787 5 9 6,350,013 9 2 5,809,552 5 3 5.320,370 14 10 4,957,771 5 5 4,744,924 18 1 4,3",634 13 5 3,895,543 o 3 3,340,879 " 4 3,241,998 7 10 2,863,670 12 10 2,695,447 11 6 2,441,876 8 7 2,191,451 14 1 2,048,441 10 9 1,813,084 18 8 1,615,979 9 6 1,638,035 19 5 1,499,112 o 7 1,409,751 16 7 1,470,950 13 6 1,232,787 16 g 903,765 16 10 787,005 19 o 819,071 8 2 767,375 17 8 723,910 17 5 727,295 7 8 770,836 18 o 664,807 5 10 490, 066 7 o 357,654 14 6 295,372 1 7 23i,3" 5 3 163,518 15 7 7i,i97 14 1 £ s. d. 31 7 6 29 18 11 30 6 5 30 5 3 29 17 10 29 8 7 29 1 4 29 3 5 29 15 7 29 3 7 28 5 10 25 16 3 26 8 6 25 9 o 25 16 o 25 2 4 24 2 n 24 4 10 22 14 10 21 11 8 23 8 4 22 16 3 76,695 14 11 31,978 10 5J "7,245 14 2 22 15 2 25 11 5 24 3 4 23 7 6 22 12 11 25 9 9 26 13 7 27 14 4 29 17 9 35 9 o 38 16 1 36 2 5 33 18 1 35 10 3 36 15 5 38 9 1 33 o 5 183,253 2 10 286,817 o 11 83,937 5 6 63.781 7 4 -• 20,030 17 g 14,271 5 9 32,146 14 10 72,106 13 g 79,094 5 6 154,634 2 o 117,700 12 1 50,991 2 1 54,818 12 5 60,380 1 8 87,440 14 3 69,956 9 1 - 13 15 3

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Table No. 7. Balance-sheet of the New Zealand Post Office Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1905.

General Post Office, Wellington, 11th May, 1906.

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Balances on li >t January, 1905. Trans: actions. Balances on 31si December, 1905. Cr. Dr. Cr. Dr. Cr. Dr. tlONEY-ORDER ACCOUNTS : — Money-orders (general) United Kingdom, &e. United States of America Australia Canada Cape of Good Hope Ceylon Fiji Germany .. .. Hong Kong.. India Natal Orange River Colony Samoa Straits Settlements Transvaal Commission SAVINGS-BANK ACCOUNTS :— Deposits and withdrawals Transfers .. 'ostal Accounts :— Stamps Postal Guides Postal notes Private box and bag rents Money-order commission British postal orders —H.O. a/e C.P.M'sa/o London a/o B.P.O. commission .. Postal revenue ?eleoeaph Accounts :— New South Wales Telegraphs New Zealand & Australian Cable Pacific Cable Board Telephone-exchange receipts .. Special messenger receipts .. Maintenance of private wires.. Eegistration of code addresses Cable deposits Telegraph revenue .. teneral Accounts :— Post Office Account Postmasters and Telegraphists Investments Accrued interest on investments Miscellaneous receipts (general) Foreign postage Miscellaneous expenses Discount-stamps Por other Departments:— Advances to Settlers Arms Act licenses Auctioneers' licenses Company licenses Clerks of Court County Clerks Customs dues (H.M.O.) Customs duty (parcels) Electoral receipts Factories Act Fishing licenses Game licenses Geraldine County Council Goldfields revenue Government Audit Government debentures Government Insurance Government Printer.. Homing-pigeons Protection Act Imperial pensions Income-tax Industrial schools Land revenue Land-tax .. .. " Licensing Act Machinery Matakana East Road Board .. 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 Treasury imprests refunded .. Tourist receipts Valuation revenue Miscellaneous revenue Suspense Acoount Profit and loss £ s. d. 30,ggo 6 4 £ s. d. £ a. d. 1,663,428 16 2 163,660 16 2 21,754 14 1 174,254 17 7 2,408 19 o i,729 5 5 455 6 o i,932 4 9 2,045 9 o i,i37 8 5 1,868 3 11 1,703 5 " 31 o 1 3-214 6 3 "5 3 o 3,157 3 " 2,273 2 1 £ s. d. 1,663,989 4 7 154,594 8 8 21,431 8 8 174,411 18 3 2,214 19 10 1,895 2 1 366 16 2 i,994 9 7 2,683 9 5 1.161 7 9 1,455 14 8 1,414 9 2 20 15 1 4.162 9 2 igo ig 4 3,5" 4 10 2,075 12 7 £ s. d. 30,42g 17 11 5,967 2 2£ £ 8. d. 3,ogg 5 34 546 4 5 222 19 o 1,828 16 7 1,67] 15 11 403 17 11 182 13 8 209 18 9 348 10 4 904 97 10 2 252 16 1 315 o 11 1,608 o 4 8 10 g 184 10 7 969 19 11 596 19 10 15 8 7 601 13 o 10 5 o 312 16 3 51 12 2 1,624 " 7 2,572 14 6 24 4 2 735 1 2 588 3 10 381 o 3 785 13 4 7,761,382 on 4,157 16 2 6,884,825 8 4 517,413 6 8 5,984,184 12 2 516,444 1.6 2 8,662,022 17 I 5,126 6 8 148,649 15 2J 9 O IO 8i,732 14 5 549,882 11 2J 556 12 4 276,279 7 8 8,064 r 7 3 17,418 ig 6 534,134 7 44 553 6 o 273,800 15 6 8,064 17 3 17,418 ig 6 12,626 ig 2 13,284 15 1 12,809 7 6 151 10 7 372,103 12 3 164,397 19 oj 1272 84,211 6 7 101,445 o o 49,762 2 8 0 12 I2,g7i 15 o 12,810 16 8 151 10 7 366,688 18 8 88,818 o 10 49,449 2 7 1 io, 4 4,382 6 104 1,032 6 8J 2l8 O 2 119 4 2 1,569 16 IO 5,039 4 1 3,242 7 10 42,055 18 2 88,463 3 5 248 13 6 2,og8 1 11 539 15 o 2,565 14 1 321,945 17 7 5,117 11 6 3,244 r 2 40,931 8 8 88,463 3 5 248 13 6 2,098 1 11 539 15 o 2,562 15 44 319,023 9 24 139 12 9 117 IO IO 2,694 6 4 112 19 5 1,083 7 2 115 18 ij 4,005 15 6| 310,622 2 3 380,633 8 oj 7,764,998 5 8 73,379 10 2 4,559,922 18 5 . 11,471,141 13 5 952,076 17 8 73,379 10 2 n,972 6 3 4,725 10 1 754, g2o 10 o 3,378 o o 4,78g,o6g 9 11 11,506,367 1 54 t,62g,575 o o 82,733 17 o n,8g6 13 4 2,254 J 4 ° 752,069 5 8 3,389 19 o 539,768 13 9 415,858 16 1 8,442,496 8 o 82,733 17 o 1,383 1 8J 10,161 6 8 12,575 16 o 1,825 4 o i,458 14 74 12,632 2 9 15,427 o 4 1,813 5 o 3,719 13 11 32 o o 639,930 10 o 261 o o 30 o o IO o o 30 4 o 366 13 IO 2,318 15 8 42,658 7 6 26 3 o 60 16 o 1,578 17 6 2,126 o o 55i 9 1 133 19 4 15 13 4 55,050 o o 28,504 11 7 7i9 14 7 1 3 o 15,500 o o 155,log 1 o 640,754 10 10 278 0 o 30 o o IOOO 28 14 o 366 13 IO 2,281 1 9 42,603 10 1 21 1 o 61 7 o 1,589 4 o 2,126 o o 55i 9 1 133 8 4 12 13 4 54,35° o o 28,196 16 5 707 o 6 130 7,357 8 o 156,010 o o 400 22 5 o 287,400 o o 20 o o 6,662 17 6 200 358 16 o 2,895 13 1 15 o o 1 10 0 142 14 3 3,893 17 8 180 8 2 3,948 15 1 520 ono 158 3 6 147 17 o 4 13 6 546 300 700 o o 2,779 10 8 191 7 5 2,471 15 6 178 13 4 8,142 12 0 132 6 8 1,033 5 8 400 1,743 o 6 480 15 o 22 5 O 28g,8g7 6 1 20 o o 6,746 17 6 200 314 6 o 4,240 6 7 564 15 o 443 o o 1 5 6 398 IO o 1 5 6 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 1,130 o 0 5,172 8 6 236,450 o o 3 3 7 468,040 14 11 9,573 16 11 2,286 4 o 277 15 11 2,026 16 5 20,074 13 4 22 I o 49 3 8 i,ogg ig 2 3,968 12 5 ig 1 6 o 15 104 367,114 15 5 1,130 o o 5,143 9 9 228,275 13 7 3 3 7 448,484 7 3 9,552 9 1 2,288 13 0 280 5 5 2,052 9 2 20,ogo ; i3 4 22 s 1 0 49: 3 8 1,242. 19 g 3,965 o o 16 5 9 093 37i,97i 12 1 42 18 10 24,510 7 8 32,323 15 4 875 8 8 240 11 6 30 5 o 234 15 o 61 6 o 143 o 7 20 5 8 23 18 1 2 15 9 082 272,347 17 10 o 1 6J 277,204 14 6 Totals 8,537.5" 1 8 8,537-5" 1 8 31,34 9,246 3 10 31.34g.246 3 IO 9,487,234 19 oj! '9,487,234 19 oi

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Table No. 8. Securities, &c., standing in the Name of the Postmaster-General on Account of the Post-Office Savings-Bank Fund on the 31st December, 1905.

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Description of Securities, &c. Nominal Value. Value at Cost Price. Accrued Interest on 31st December 1905. "The Government Advances to Settlers Extension Act 1901" Debentures, 34 per cent. " Tbe Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1899 " Debentures, 34 per cent. " The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1901 " Debentures, 4 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 1901" Debentures, 34 per cent. " The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Aot 1903 " Debentures, 4 per cent. "The Aid to Public Works and Land Setilement Act 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, 34 per cent... " The Consolidated Stock Act 1884 " Debentures, 3| 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, 44 per cent. Dunedin Garrison Hall Debentures, 5 per cent. " The General Purposes Loan Act 1873 " Debentures, 4 per cent. " The Government Advances to Settlers Act 1894 " Debentures, 4 per cent. " The Government Advances to Settlers Act 1894 " Debentures, 34 per cent. "The Government Loans to Looal Bodies Act 1886" Debentures, 34 per cent. Greymouth Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per cent. Hamilton Borough Debentures, 44 per cent. Hokitika Harbour Board Debentures, 5 per cent. " The Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Act 1903 " Debentures, 34 per cent. "The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act 1870 " Debentures, 4 per oent. " The Immigration and Publio Works Loan Act 1870 " Debentures, 44 per cent. " The Immigration and Publio Works Loan Act 1870 " Debentures, 4 per oent. (Imperial guaranteed) Inscribed Stock, 3 per cent. Inscribed Stock, 3J per oent. " The Land for Settlements Act 1894 " Debentures, 34 per cent. The Land for Settlements Acts 1894 and 1897 Debentures, 34 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 Land for Settlements Consolidation Act 1900 " Debentures, 34 per cent. " The Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act 1894" Debentures, 4 per cent. " The Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Aot 1894 " Debentures, 3J per cent. " The Local Bodies' Loans Act 1901 " Debentures, 3J per cent. "The Local Bodies' Loans Act 1901 " Debentures, 4 per cent. "'The New Zealand Consols Act 1894 " Debentures, 3J per cent. "'The Scenery Preservation Act 1903 " Debentures, 34 per cent. Oamaru Borough Consolidated Loan 1893 Debentures, 5 per cent. Oamaru Harbour Bonds, 54 per cent. Patea Harbour Board Debentures " The State Coal-mines Act 1901 " Debentures, 34 per cent. .. " The State Fire Insurance Act 1903 " Debentures, 3J per cent. " The State Fire Insurance Act 1903 " Debentures, 4 per cent. Thames Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per cent. " The Public Revenues Act 1893 " (Treasury bills), 34 per oent. Westport Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per cent. Accrued interest on Post Office Account £ a. d. 80,000 0 0 £ s. d. 80,000 0 0 £ s. d. 230 2 9 1-25,000 0 0 125,000 0 0 731 3 3 17,600 0 0 17,600 0 0 352 0 0 100,000 0 0 100,000 0 0 328 15 4 15,000 0 0 15,000 0 0 11 10 1 5,825 0 0 5,825 0 0 116 10 0 167,900 0 0 167,900 0 0 2,500 18 0 13,000 0 0 65,000 0 0 507,500 0 0 128,200 0 0 1,781 0 0 75,000 0 0 12,480 0 0 65,000 0 0 507,500 0 0 128,200 0 0 1,781 0 0 72,000 0 0 109 18. 11 646 8 9 5,888 7 5 1,868 11 1 8 7 11 632 17 6 8,100 0 0 8,100 0 0 5,000 0 0 5,200 0 0 30,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 4,342 0 0 30,000 0 0 108 4 4 43 17 7 98 12 7 210,000 0 0 210,000 0 0 604 2 2 231,500 0 0 231,500 0 0 2,686 0 6 140,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 45,000 0 0 140,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 45,000 0 0 2,771 4 7 56 4 4 3,618 9 10* 258 18 1 174,200 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 0 358,300 0 0 741,066 0 0 62,000 0 0 2,176,582 18 0 358,300 0 0 741,066 0 0 62,000 0 0 19,624 14 5 5,270 1 8 4,334 14 9 541 0 3 25,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 164 7 8 150 0 0 150 0 0 2 9 11 10,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 7 13 5 279,000 0 0 279,000 0 0 2,812 18 7 60,000 0 0 60,000 0 0 371 1 10 755,000 0 0 55,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 13,800 0 0 31,000' 0 0 26,870 0 0 140,000 0 0 1,500 0 0 500 0 0 10,000 0 0 599,200 0 0 489,500 0 0 755,000 0 0 55,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 13,800 0 0 31,000 0 0 26,870 0 0 140,000 0 0 1,500 0 0 500 0 0 10,000 0 0 599,200 0 0 489,500 0 0 8,333 6 8 729 6 3 364 7 8 57 10 8 345 0 0 714 14 0 423 12 8 1,221 12 9 8 12 7 3 5 9 99 14 6 9,755 4 1 893 18 3 Totals 18,462,532 0 0 8,442,496 8 0 82,733 17 0 * Interest over seven years in arrear; principal fell due 11th November, 1896.

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Table No. 9. Post-Office Sayings-Bank. Balance-sheet for the Year ended 31st December, 1905. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. Balance to credit of depositors, Ist Withdrawals during 1905 .. .. 5,984,184 12 2 January, 1905 .. .. .. 7,7,61,382 011 Balance to credit of depositors, 31st Deposits during 1905 .. .. 6,625,744 010 December, 1905 .. .. ..8,662,022 17 1 Interest credited to depositors, 1905 .. 259,081 7 6 £14,646,207 9 3 £14,646,207 9 3 Liabilities and Assets. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. Balance to credit of depositors, 31st Securities (vide Table No. 8).. .. 8,442,496 8 0 December, 1905 .. .. .. 8,662,022 17 1 Accumulated profits .. .. 272,347 17 10 Balance of assets over liabilities .. 272,347 17 10 S.B. cash in Post Office Account .. 219,526 9 1 £8,934,370 14 11 £8,934,370 14 11 Profit and Loss. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. Interest credited to depositors during 1905 259,081 7 6 Balance forward, Ist January, 1905 .. 277,204 14 6 Interest paid on debentures purchased by Gain on sale of debentures purchased Department, ex div. .. .. 10 14 5 below par .. .. .. .. 5,923 2 4 Paid Public Account, for expenses of Interest received during £ s. d. Savings-bank management during 1905 16,500 0 0 1905 .. .. 278,379 2 1 Savings-bank profits carried to postal Accrued interest on 31st revenue .. .. .. .. 23,000 0 0 December, 1905 .. 82,733 17 0 Balance to next account .. .. 272,347 17 10 £361,11219 1 Less accrued interest on 31st Deoember, 1904 .. 73,379 10 2 287,733 8 11 Savings-bank fines .. .. .. 78 14 0 £570,939 19 9 £570,939 19 9

Table No. 10. Table showing the Total Number of Post-Office Savings-Bank Accounts open, on the 31st December, 1905, classified according to the Balances at Credit, compared with the Number open at the end of 1904.

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Table No. 9. No. 9. Post-Opeice Savings-Bank. 3avings-Bank. Balance-sheet for the Year ended 31st December, 1905. ended 31st December, 1905. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. A. Balance to credit of depositors, 1st Withdrawals during 1905 .. .. 5,984,184 12 2 January, 1905 .. .. .. 7,7,61,382 0 11 Balance to credit of depositors, 31st Deposits during 1905 .. .. 6,625,744 0 10 December, 1905 .. .. .. 8,662,022 17 1 Interest credited to depositors, 1905 .. 259,081 7 6 Cr. £ s. A. Withdrawals during 1905 .. .. 5,984,184 12 2 Balance to credit of depositors, 31st December, 1905 .. .. .. 8,662,022 17 1 £14,646,207 9 3 £14,646,207 9 3 £14,646,207 9 3 Liabilities and Assets. and Assets. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. Balance to credit of depositors, 31st Securities (vide Table No. 8).. .. 8,442,496 8 0 December, 1905 .. .. .. 8,662,022 17 1 Accumulated profits .. .. 272,347 17 10 Balance of assets over liabilities .. 272,347 17 10 S.B. cash in Post Office Account .. 219,526 9 1 Cr. £ s. d. Securities (vide Table No. 8).. .. 8,442,496 8 0 Accumulated profits .. .. 272,347 17 10 S.B. cash in Post Office Account .. 219,526 9 1 £8,934,370 14 11 £8,934,370 14 11 £8,934,370 14 11 Profit and Loss. id Loss. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. Interest credited to depositors during 1905 259,081 7 6 Balance forward, 1st January, 1905 .. 277,204 14 6 Interest paid on debentures purchased by Gain on sale of debentures purchased Department, ex div. .. .. 10 14 5 below par .. .. .. .. 5,923 2 4 Paid Public Account, for expenses of Interest received during £ s. d. Savings-bank management during 1905 16,500 0 0 1905 .. .. 278,379 2 1 Savings-bank profits carried to postal Accrued interest on 31st revenue .. .. .. .. 23,000 0 0 December, 1905 .. 82,733 17 0 Balance to next account .. .. 272,347 17 10 Cr. £ s. d. Balance forward, 1st January, 1905 .. 277,204 14 6 Gain on sale of debentures purchased below par .. .. .. .. 5,923 2 4 Interest received during £ s. d. 1905 .. .. 278,379 2 1 Accrued interest on 31st December, 1905 .. 82,733 17 0 £361,11219 1 Less accrued interest on 31st Deoember, 1904 .. 73,379 10 2 287,733 8 11 Savings-bank fines .. .. .. 78 14 0 £570,939 19 9 £570,939 19 9 Table No. 10. Table showing the Total Number of Post-Office Savings-Bank Accounts open on the 31st December, 1905, classified according to the Balances at Credit, compared with the Number open at the end of 1904. Postal District. Not exceeding £20. Exceeding £20 and up to £50. Exceeding £50 and up to £100. Exceeding £100 and up to £200. Exceeding Exceeding £200 and £800 and up to £300. up to £400. Exceeding £400 and up to £500. , ri I •a 8 Total SS§ Number of x M Accounts H.S open. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch .. Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth.. Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport 27,932 3,538 36,419 26,056 3,552 3,302 1,070 7,605 9,723 5,539 5,156 2,629 6,610 5,767 10,459 40,747 2,377 3,718 409 5,357 4,349 531 550 214 1,387 1,337 895 769 550 843 944 1,447 6,417 387 2,675 273 3,399 2,879 306 425 140 981 867 587 459 378 501 652 879 3,962 248 2,380 246 2,764 2,543 210 333 177 786 709 503 362 329 451 547 671 3,601 223 1,041 107 1,130 1,051 86 159 58 267 252 188 153 126 167 195 242 1,116 73 352 50 464 332 26 67 16 89 93 85 41 38 57 93 95 446 26 192 16 223 195 10 33 6 33 55 33 25 22 34 57 56 184 20 189 19 178 165 11 24 5 36 29 27 22 12 26 49 46 209 13 38,479 4,658 49,934 37,570 4,732 4,893 1,686 11,184 13,065 7,857 6,987 4,084 8,689 8,304 13,895 56,682 3,367 Totals, 1905 198,481 30,104 19,611 16,835 6,411 2,370 1,194 |1,060 276,066 Totals, 1904 187,631 28,231 18,363 15,583 5,624 1,918 956 858 259,164

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TABLE No. 11. Inland Mail-services established, extended, etc.

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District. Name of Service. Frequency. Eemarks. Luckland Auckland landing servioe .. Ngaruawahia-Te Kowhai Waiuku-Ruakohua Pirongia-Te Rauamoa-Oparau (Kawhia Road)-Kawhia Waerenga-Okaeria Whangarei-Onerahi Houhora-Te Kao-Parenga Kakepuku-Ormsby's Farm Mangonui-Kohumaru Matapouri-Ngunguru Morrinsville-Tabuna Onewhero-Wairamarama Rangi Point-Mitimiti-Whangape .. Russell-Rawhiti Te Houhi-Muripara Te Kuiti-Oparure Waikumete-Oratia Oponini - Omapere - Waiotemarama - Waimamuku Te Maika-Kiritehere Auckland, &o.-Ahuroa (railway service) Kamo-Aponga As required Daily (summer), thrioe weekly (winter) Thrice weekly .. Twice weekly Established. (Renewal.) « » (See Abolished.) Weekly (Renewal.) (Renewal.) (See Abolished.) „ (one way) Fortnightly Extended: to Woodooek's (new offioe). Kaiwaka-Hakaru-Mangawai Dargaville, &c.-Kaihu (railway servioe) Ohinewai-Matahuru Extended: to Moengawahine (new office). Frequenoy increased: twioe weekly to as required. Frequency increased: thrioe weekly to daily. Frequenoy inoreased : weekly to twioe weekly. Altered: to Oio-Raurimu (new offioe). Abolished. Kakahi Railway-station-Oio Driving Creek-Tokatea Herekino-Whangape Kaihu-Aranga-Kawerua Ohinewai Railway-station-Post-offioe Omapere Post-office-steamer Onerahi Post-office-steamer Pirongia-Te Rauamoa Rangi Point-Mitimiti Russell landing servioe (See Established.) (See Established.) (Now performed by stafl arrangement.) (See Established.) Te Rauamoa-Oparau (Kawhia Road)Kawhia Wade-Whangaparaoa Blind River Post-office - mail - ooaoh on main road Seddon, <&c.-Kaikoura Four times weekly Established. (See Altered.) Blenheim Altered : by exclusion of Blind River. (See Established.) Altered: by inolusion of Flaxbourne (new office) before Kekerangu. Altered: by inclusion of Grassmere (new office) after Seddon. Established. Christchurch .. Liohfield Street Post-office - Christohurch Chief Post-offioe Chertsey-Pendarves Marshland (delivery of letters by subsidised carrier) Scargill-Motunau-Stonyhurst Gate .. Springfield, &o.-Kumara Waipara - Omihi - Scargill (railwayservice Christchurch - Redclifis — portion of Christchurch-Sumner servioe Springfield, &e.-Kumara .. As required Daily Thrioe weekly .. (Renewal.) Extended to Ethelton. Soargill-Oheviot Frequency inoreased: daily to twioe daily. Frequenoy increased: twioe to thrioe weekly. Frequenoy decreased : by discontinuance of Sunday trip from Springfield. Curtailed: by exclusion of Scargill and Motunau, owing to railway extension ; service now Ethelton-Domett-Cheviot Altered : by exolusion of Castle Hill (office closed) and inolusion of Craigieburn (new office) after Porter's Pass. Altered : Arrangement for extra weekly mail continued for June and July to maintain twice weekly mail throughout the year. Springfield, &c.-Kumara .. Waiau-Hawkeswood

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Table No. 11 — continued. Inland Mail-services established, extended, etc. — continued.

District. Name of Service. Frequency. Remarks. Dunedin Cromwell-Bannockburn Hawea Flat-Maungawera Queensberry-Tarras Pembroke-Cardrona Pomahaka-Heriot (railway service) .. Tapanui Post office-Railway-station Thrice weekly .. Twice weekly Established. „ (Renewal.) Dunedin-Caversham-Dunedin North-North-east Valley-South Dunedin Karitane Post-office-Puketeraki Rail-way-station Taioma, &o.-Omakau (railway servioe) Weekly „ (Winter service renewed). Extended to Edievale. Frequency increased: twice to thrioe daily. Altered: by inclusion of Anderson's Bay before Caversbam. See Abolished. Altered : by closing of Karitane and opening of post office at Puketeraki. Altered: t>y inclusion of Lauder (new office) after Rough Ridge. Altered: by inclusion of Ida Valley (office reopened) after Lauder. Abolished. (See Altered.) Abolished. Established. Taioma, &o.-Omakau (railway servioe) lisborne Dunedin-Anderson's Bay Queensberry-Tarras Kaiteratahi Post- office-Railway-sta-tion Te Karaka Post-office-Railway-station Hauiti-Arataha Manutuke-Waingake Gisborne-Wharerata-Tarewa-Morere-Nuhaka-Wairoa Twioe daily Twice weekly Weekly „ (Extra weekly servioe during tourist season, 1st Feb., 1905, to 30th April, 1905.) Extended to Te Karaka. Frequency increased : weekly to twioe weekly, during tourist season. (See Established.) Frequenoy inoreased : weekly to twioe weekly. Ditto. Curtailed: to Te Karaka-Whatatutu (owing to railway extension). Abolished. Established. Gisborne-Kaiteratahi (railway service Gisborne, &o.-Wairoa Poututu-Whakarau-Motu portion of Te Karaka-Motu servioe Whakarau-Rakauroa Kaiteratahi-Te Karaka-Whatatutu.. reymouth Te Araroa-East Cape Lighthouse Greymouth-Runanga (railway service) Poerua-Rotomana Ahaura-Atarau Daily Twioe weekly Weekly Ngahere-Blaokball Ahaura-Upper Moonlight „ (Separate servioe. See Altered.) Frequenoy increased: daily to twioe daily. Altered: by exolusion of Atarau, now served by a separate servioe. (See Established.) Established : extra service. (See Frequency increased.) Frequency inoreased: fortnightly to weekly. (See Established.) 3okitika Gillespie's Beach-Bruce Bay-Mahi-tahi-Paringa Gillespie's Beach-Paringa portion of Gillespie's Beach-Jaokson's Bay servioe Paradise-Glenorchy Te Anau-Glade House Fortnightly [nveroargill As required Twice weekly Established. „ (Renewal, 1st Nov., 1905, to 30th April, 1906.) (Renewal, 6th Oot., 1905, to 6th June, 1906.) (Renewal, 1st Nov., 1905, to 30th April, 1906.) „ (Renewal.) Frequency increased : twioe to thrice weekly. Frequency inoreased : weekly to twice weekly. (1st Nov., 1905, to 30th April, 1906.) Frequency decreased: twioe to onoe weekly. Altered : by closing of Te Oneroa and opening of Cromarty; servioe now Inveroargill-Cromarty. Established. „ (Rural delivery.) „ (Renewal.) Garston-Upper Nevis Weekly Glade House-Milford Sound Fortnightly Invercargill-Te Oneroa Mill Road-Mabel Bush Monthly Mossburn-Matuku Mossburn-Matuku Invercargill-Te Oneroa apier Waipawa-Argyll East Takapau—South Makaretu Ngapaeruru-Pokokomuka-Mangahei Nuhaka-Mangaone Valley Hastings-Havelook North Daily Thrice weekly .. Twioe weekly Weekly elson Waipukurau-Porangahau seotion of Waipukurau-Herbertville servioe Napier-Taupo Stanley Brook - Thorpe - Dovedale - Wakefield Stanley Brook - Thorpe - DovedaleWakefield Collingwood-Puponga Thrice weekly .. Frequenoy inoreased: twioe to thrice daily. Frequency increased : twioe to thrioe weekly. Altered: by inclusion of Te Haroto (new office) after Pohui. Established. (Renewal. See Frequency increased.) Frequency inoreased : twioe to thrioe weekly. (See Established.) Frequenoy increeasd : weekly to twice weekly. Altered : by inclusion of Wairangi. • The Port-Croixelles

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District. Name of Service. Frequency. Remarks. ew Plymouth Egmont Road Crossing-Hillsborough Makahu-Strathmore Okau Post-offioe-Junction of Okau and Mokau Roads Puniwhakau-Tututawa Tariki-Ratapiko Toko-Tutu tawa Whangamomona, &c.-Tahora Tututawa-Douglas Road Thrioe weekly .. Twioe weekly Established. (3ee Abolished.) „ (Renewal.) Douglas Road-Huiroa Toko-Huiroa Toko-Tututawa Extended : to Tatu (new offioe). Frequency increased : twice to thrioe weekly. (See Curtailed.) Frequency inoreased : weekly to twice weekly. (See Curtailed.) Curtailed : now Douglas Road-Huiroa. (See Frequency increased.) Curtailed: now Tututawa-Douglas Road (owing to railway extension). (See Frequency increased.) Altered : by inolusion of Douglas Road (new office) after Toko. Abolished. (See Established.) Established. Stratford-Whangamomona 'hames New Plymouth-Hillsborough Ohiwa-Opotiki Waihi Post-office-Railway-station .. Karangahake Post-offioe - Railwaystation Waikino Post-office-Railway-station Paeroa - Mackaytown - Karangahake-Waikino-Waihi (railway servioe) As required Eight times daily Five times daily.. Four times daily „ (Railway servioe, superseding coach servioe. See Abolished.) Established. Mackaytown Post-offioe-Karangahake Railway-station Waitekauri-Golden Cross Twice daily Thames-Te Aroha (railway servioe) .. Paeroa - Mackaytown - Karangahake-Waikino-Waihi Wahimomona - Beautiful Valley (no post-office) Levels Post-offioe - Rosewell (no post-office) and Papaka (no postoffice) Settlements Sutherland's Post-offioe-Tycho Flat (no post - office) - Cave - Cannington (no post-office) Cave-Cannington-Motukaika Lake Pukaki-Hermitage Frequenoy decreased: daily to twioe weekly. Altered : by inclusion of Matatoki (new office) after Kopu. Abolished. (Goaoh servioe. See Established.) Established. (Rural delivery.) 'imaru Thrioe weekly .. Twioe weekly a a Twioe weekly Weekly Weekly (Winter servioe performed by Tourist Department re-esta-blished.) Frequency increased: twioe to thrioe weekly. Curtailed : to Sutherland's - Tyoho Flat - Cave, by abolition of Cave - Cannington portion. Temporarily discontinued: in terms of agreement. (Winter service by Tourist Department. See Established.) Established. (Renewal.) Waihao Downs-Pentland Hills Sutherland's-Tyoho Flat-Cave-Can-nington Lake Pukaki-Hermitage .. Eltham-Mangatoki-Kaponga Patea-Whenuakura Wanganui (Nos. 1 and 2 Lines) Daily 'anganui „ (Rural delivery ; renewal.) Hawera-Tokaora .. Turakina-Mangara Creek .. Whenuakura-Maben Road Daily (summer), thrioe weekly (winter) Ditto Daily (summer), weekly (winter) Thrice and once weekly Thrioe weekly .. (Renewal.) Eltham - Rawhitiroa - Mangamingi (thrioe weekly)-Omoana (weekly) Hawera-Ararata (no post-offioe) (See Abolished.) Okoia-No. 3 Line-Long Acre Valley Bull's-Greatfora .. Taihape-Mataroa portion of TaihapeRuanui service Tokaanu-Pipiriki, in respect of Mangaituroa offioe only Twioe weekly „ (Rural delivery. Renewal.) „ (Rural delivery.) Frequenoy increased: thrioe to four times daily. Frequency inoreased : thrice weekly to daily. Frequency increased: twice to five times weekly — thrice via Pipiriki, and twioe via Taihape. (10th Nov., 1905.) Frequency inoreased : weekly to thrioe weekly. Frequenoy inoreased : twioe (summer) and once weekly (winter) to twioe weekly throughout the year. Pipiriki-Taumarunui Waiouru - Turangarere - Taihape

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Table No. 11— continued. Inland Mail-services established, extended, etc. — continued.

District. Name of Service. Frequency. Remarks. Wanganui— ctd. Waverley Post-office-Railway-station Wanganui-Waverley-Patea-Hawera-Eltham-Stratford-New Plymouth Tokaanu-Pipiriki, in respect of Mangaituroa office only Frequenoy decreased: eight to seven times daily. Frequency decreased : four times to thrice daily, outwards by train. Frequency decreased : five times to twice weekly—once via Pipiriki and once via Waiouru. (1st February, 1905.) Frequency decreased : twice (summer) and onoe weekly (winter) to once weekly throughout the year. Abolished. (See Established.) Raetihi-Orautoha-Pukekata ellington Eltham-Mangamingi Eltham-Rawhitiroa Wellington : conveyanoe of mails by tramway within the Wellington Ward, &c. Wellington Harbour servioe Brooklyn-Wellington Colyton-Midland Road Eketahuna-Rongokokako-Kaiparoro Mount Bruce-Mikimiki Junction (no post-office)-Masterton Palmerston North-Aokautere Peep-o'-Day Post-office-coach on main road Wellington-Miramar (new offioe) Woodville-Mangarawa Rangiwahia-Whitebridge (no poseoffice) As required Daily .. Daily Established. (Renewal.) (Conveyance of parcels.) „ (Renewal.) Established. (See Abolished.) (Rural delivery.) Daily (summer), twioe weekly (winter) Four times weekly Thrioe weekly .. (Rural delivery.) Taikorea-Oroua Bridge Gladstone-Longbush (no post-office).. Hautere Cross-Te Horo Tararua-Aokautere Rakaunui-Waikereru Waiowaka-Waikereru Ohau Post-offioe-Railway-station Twice weekly Weekly (Rural delivery.) (1st Jan., 1904.) (See Abolished.) Nireaha-Eketahuna Waikanae-Reikorangi Alfredton-Pori Kaitawa-Pori - Saunder's Road-Al-fredton Apiti-Table Flat Frequenoy inoreased : twice to thrice daily. Frequency inoreased: thrioe weekly to daily. Frequency inoreased: thrice weekly to daily. Frequency increased : weekly to twioe weekly. Curtailed : to Pori - Saunder's Road - Alfredton. Altered: from closed mail to opendelivery service. Altered : to include the despatch of a mail for Crown-land tenants on the line of route. Abolished. Hinakura-Martinborough Aorangi Post-office-Railway-station Colyton-Te Awa .. Mangamahoe-Hastwell's-Kaiparoro Stokes Valley-Taita Waiowaka-Rakaunui Westport-Karamea (thrice monthly)Little Wanganui (monthly) (See Established.) Thrioe monthly and monthly (See Established.) Established. (Renewal.) 'estport

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Table No. 12. —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.

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FROM LONDON Vll SAN FRANCISCO. Dunedin. Sydney. Melbourne. Auckland. Wellington. 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. ! I , 1905. ~J anuary 2 1 -(February 1 1 March 4 March 25 April 15 May 6 May 27 June 17 July 8 July 29 August 19 September 9 September 30 October 21 November 11 February 25 March 20 April 1 o April 29 May 20 June 12 July 5 July 24 August 14 September 4 September 26 October 16 November 7 November 28 December 19 1906. January 10 January 29 1905. January February March March April May May June July July August September September October November 21 II 4 6 17 8 29 19 9 3° 21 11 1905. February 20 March 15 April 5 April 24 May 15 June 5 June 30 July 18 August 7 August 28 September 20 October 9 October 3 1 November 21 December 12 1906. January 4 January 23 3° 32 3° 3° 3° 34 3 1 3° 3° 32 3° 3' 3' 3 1 1905. January 2 1 February 1 1 March 4 March 25 April 15 May 6 May 27 [une 17 July 8 July 29 August 19 September 9 September 30 October 2 1 November 1 1 1905. February 22 March 16 April 6 April 25 May 16 June 7 July 1 July 19 August 9 August 29 September 22 October 10 November 1 November 22 December 13 1906. January 5 January 24 32 33 33 3i 3' 32 35 32 32 3i 34 3i 32 32 32 1905. January 21 February 11 March 4 March 25 April 15 May 6 May 27 June 17 July 8 July 29 August 19 September 9 September 30 October 2 1 November 11 1905. February 23 March 17 April 7 April 26 May 18 June 8 July 2 July 20 August 10 August 30 September 23 October 1 1 November 2 November 23 December 14 1906. January 6 January 25 33 34 34 32 SS 33 36 33 33 32 35 32 33 33 33 1905. January 21 February 11 March 4 March 25 April 15 May 6 May 27 June 17 July 8 July 29 August 19 September 9 September 30 October 2 1 November 11 1905. February 24 March 20 April 9 April 28 May 19 June 10 July 4 July 22 August 11 September 2 September 25 October 14 November 6 November 27 December 18 1906. January 9 January 27 34 37 36 34 34 35 38 35 34 35 37 35 37 37 37 35 37 37 35 35 37 39 37 37 37 38 37 38 38 38 December December 2 23 33 3' December 2 December 23 34 32 December 2 December 23 35 33 December 2 December 23 38 35 December 2 December 23 39 37 Maximum Minimum Average 34 3° 3 |- ° 6 35 3i 32-29 36 32 33'35 38 34 3576 39 35 37"»2 'O LONDON Vll SAN FRANCISCO. Wellington. Auckland. Melbourne. Sydney. Dunedin. Date of Despatch from Melbourne. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Sydney. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Dunedin. Date of Arrival in London. 1 No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Wellington. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Auckland. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. I 1905. February 9 1904. December 3 1 1905. February 9 40 1905. January 2 1905. February 9 38 1905. January 4 1905. February 9 36 1905. January 5 1905. February 9 35 I 9 0 S . January 6 34 1905. January 2 1 February 11 March 4 March 25 April 15 May 6 May 27 June 17 July 8 July 29 August 19 September 9 September 30 October 2 1 November 11 February 27 March 22 April 9 May 3 May 21 June 10 July 2 July 22 August 13 September 2 September 23 October 14 November 6 November 25 December 18 1906. January 8 January 27 37 39 36 39 36 35 36 35 36 35 35 35 37 35 37 January 23 February 13 March 6 March 27 April 17 May 8 May 29 J une 19 July 10 July 3 1 August 21 September 1 1 October 2 October 23 November 13 February 27 March 2 2 April 9 May 3 May 21 June 10 July 2 July 22 August 13 September 2 September 23 October 14 November 6 November 25 December 18 1906. J. January 8 January 27 35 37 34 37 34 33 34 33 34 33 33 33 35 33 35 January 25 j February 15 March 8 March 29 April 19 May 10 May 31 June 2 1 July 12 August 2 August 23 September 13 October 4 October 25 November 15 I February 27 March 22 April 9 May 3 May 21 June 10 July 2 July 22 August 13 September 2 September 23 October 14 November 6 November 25 December 18 1906. January 8 January 27 33 35 32 35 32 3> 32 3' 32 3i 3' 3' 33 3< 33 January 26 February 16 March 9 March 30 April 20 May 11 June 1 June 22 July 13 August 3 August 24 September 14 October 5 October 26 November 16 February 27 March 22 April 9 May 3 May 21 June 1o July 2 July 22 August 13 September 2 September 23 October 14 November 6 November 25 December 18 1906. January 8 January 27 32 34 31 34 3i 3° 31 3° 3 1 3° 3° 3° 32 3° 32 January 27 February 17 March 10 March 3 1 April 2 1 May 12 June 2 June 23 July 14 August 4 August 25 September 15 October 6 October 27 November 17 February 27 March 22 April 9 May 3 May 21 June 10 July 2 July 22 August 13 September 2 September 23 October 14 November 6 November 25 December 18 1906. January 8 January 27 31 33 3° 33 3° 29 3° 29 3° 29 29 29 3i 29 3" December 2 December 23 37 35 December 4 December 25 35 S3 December 6 December 27 33 3i December 7 December 28 32 3° December 8 December 29 3' 29 Maximum Minimum Average 40 35 38 33 34"39 36 : 32-39 35 I 3'"39 34 29 3°'39

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Table No. 13. —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 T: :E P. AND O. PACKETS. Melbourne. Sydney. Bluff. Christchurch. Wellington. Auckland. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Melbourne. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Sydney. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival at Bluff. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Christchurch. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Wellington. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Auckland. No. of Days. 1905. Jan. 13 Jan. 27 Feb. 10 *Feb. 17 Feb. 24 March 1 o *March 17 March 24 April 7 April 2 1 May s May 19 June 2 June 16 June 30 July 14 July 28 August 11 August 25 Sept. 8 Sept. 22 October 6 October 20 Nov. 3 Nov. 17 1905. Feb. 13 Feb. 27 March 12 March 24 March 26 April 9 April 2 1 April 23 May 7 May 21 June 4 June 19 July 2 July 16 July 3° August 13 August 27 Sept. 10 Sept. 25 October 8 October 22 Nov. 5 Nov. 19 Dec. 3 Dec. 18 3' 3' 30 35 3° 3° 35 3° 3° 30 3° 3i 3° 3° 3° 3° 3° 30 31 3° 3° 3° 3° 3° 3' 1905. Jan. 13 Jan. 27 Feb. 10 Feb. 17 Feb. 24 March 10 March 17 March 24 April 7 April 2 1 May 5 May 19 June 2 June 16 June 30 July 14 July 28 August 11 August 25 Sept. 8 Sept. 22 October 6 October 20 Nov. 3 Nov. 17 >9°5Feb. 14 Feb. 28 March 13 March 25 March 27 April 10 April 22 April 25 May 8 May 2 2 June 6 June 20 July 3 July 18 July 3 1 August 14 August 28 Sept. 11 Sept. 26 October 9 October 23 Nov. 6 Nov. 20 Dec. 4 Dec. 19 32 32 31 36 31 3' 36 32 3' 3i 32 32 3i 32 3i 3' 31 3' 32 3' 3' 31 3> 3' 32 1905. Jan. 13 Jan. 27 Feb. 10 Feb. 17 Feb. 24 March 1 o March 17 March 24 April 7 April 21 May s May 19 June 2 June 16 June 30 July 14 July 28 August 11 August 25 Sept. 8 Sept. 22 October 6 October 20 Nov. 3 Nov. 17 1905. Feb. 20 March 7 March 20 March 3 1 April 3 April 17 April 28 May 2 May 16 May 29 June 13 June 26 July 10 July 25 August 7 August 22 Sept. 4 Sept. 18 October 2 October 16 October 30 Nov. 13 Nov. 24 Dec. 11 Dec. 25 38 39 38 42 38 38 42 39 39 38 39 38 38 39 38 39 38 38 38 38 38 38 35 38 38 1905. Jan. 13 Jan. 27 Feb. 10 Feb. 17 Feb. 24 March 1 o March 17 March 24 April 7 April 21 May 5 May 19 June 2 June 16 June 30 July 14 July 28 August 11 August 25 Sept. 8 Sept. 22 October 6 October 20 Nov. 3 Nov. 17 1905. Feb. 21 March 8 March 20 March 30 April 4 April 18 April 27 May 3 May 17 May 30 June 14 June 27 July 11 July 26 August 8 August 23 Sept. s Sept. 19 October 3 October 1 7 October 3 1 Nov. 14 Nov. 25 Dec. 11 Dec. 26 39 40 38 41 39 39 40 40 39 40 39 39 40 39 40 39 39 39 39 39 39 36 38 39 1905. Jan. 13' Jan. 27 Feb. 10 Feb. 17 Feb. 24 March 1 o March 17 March 24 April 7 April 2 1 May ; May 19 June 2 June 16 June 30 July 14 July 28 August 1 1 August 25 Sept. 8 Sept. 22 October 6 October 20 Nov. 3 Nov. 17 Feb. 20 March 6 March 2 2 March 29 April 1 April 17 April 26 May 3 May 13 May 29 June 13 June 26 July 11 July 24 August 7 August 21 Sept. 5 Sept. 17 October 3 October 16 October 28 Nov. 12 Nov. 28 Dec. 9 Dec. 26 1906. 38 38 40 40 36 38 40 4° 36 38 39 38 39 38 38 38 39 37 39 38 36 37 39 36 39 1905Jan. 13 Jan. 27 Feb. 1 o Feb, 17 Feb. 24 March 10 March 17 March 24 April 7 April 21 May 5 May 19 June 2 June 16 June 30 July 14 July 28 August 1 1 August 25 Sept. 8 Sept. 22 October 6 October 20 Nov. 3 Nov. 17 I9°5Feb. 19 March 5 March 19 March 3 1 March 3 1 April 16 April 28 April 30 May 12 May 28 J une 1 1 June 25 July 9 July 23 August 4 August 20 Sept. 3 Sept. 15 October 1 October 15 October 27 Nov. 12 Nov. 26 Dec. 8 Dec. 24 1906. 37 37 37 42 37 42 37 35 37 37 37 37 37 35 37 37 3-5 37 37 35 37 37 35 37 Dec. 31 1906. 1906. Dec. I 1906. Jan. 9 1906. Dec 1 3° Dec. 1 Jan. 2 32 39 Dec. 1 Jan. 10 40 Dec. 1 Jan. 8 38 Dec. 1 Jan. 7 37 Dec. 15 Dec. 29 Jan. 14 Jan. 28 3° 30 Dec. 15 Dec. 29 Jan. [6 Jan. 29 32 31 Dec. 15 Dec. 29 Jan. 22 Feb. 5 38 38 Dec. 15 Dec. 29 Jan. 23 Feb. 6 39 39 Dec. 15 Dec. 29 Jan. 23 Feb. 5 39 38 Dec. 15 Dec. 29 ]an. 21 Feb. 4 37 37 Maximum Minimum Average 35 30 36 3' 42 j 35 ! 38-43 i 4i 36 39' 2 1 40 36 38-18 42 35 36-93 : * Extra mails desj >atched during cessation of Orient mail-service.

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TO LONDON Vll BRINDISI (P. AND O. PACKETS). Auckland. Wellington. Bluff. Sydney. Melbourne. Date of Despatch from Auckland. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Wellington. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Bluff. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Sydney. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Melbourne. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. 1905. January 2 1905. February 11 40 1904. December 31 1905. January 14 January 28 February 11 February 28 1905. February 11 42 1905. January 2 February 11 40 1905. January 10 1905. February n 32 1905. January n 1905. February 1 1 31 January 16 February 2 February 13 February 27 March 15 March 27 April 10 April 24 May 8 May 22 June 6 June 19 J"'y 3 July 19 July 31 August 14 August 29 Sept. 11 Sept. 25 October 10 October 23 November 6 November 22 February 24 March 10 March 24 April 7 April 21 May 5 May 20 June 3 June 17 July 1 July 16 July 29 August 12 August 26 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 October 7 October 21 November 3 November 17 December 1 December 15 December 29 1906. January 12 January 26 39 36 39 39 37 39 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 38 40 40 39 40 39 39 39 37 April 8 April 22 May j.o June 3 June 17 July 1 July 15 July 29 August 12 August 30 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 October 7 October 21 November 4 November 18 February 24 March 10 March 24 April 7 May 20 June 3 June 17 July 16 July 29 August 12 August 26 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 October 7 October 21 November 3 November 17 December 1 December 15 December 29 1906. January 12 January 26 4 1 41 4 1 38 42 42 38 43 42 42 42 42 42 42 41 41 41 41 4 1 January 17 January 30 February 13 February 27 March 13 March 27 April 10 April 25 May 8 May 22 June 6 June 19 July 3 July 17 July 31 August 14 August 28 Sept. 13 Sept. 25 October 9 October 23 November 6 November 20 February 24 March 10 March 24 April 7 April 21 May 5 May 20 June 3 June 17 July 1 July 16 July 29 August 12 August 26 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 October 7 October 21 November 3 November 17 December 1 December 15 December 29 1906. January 12 January 26 38 39 39 39 39 39 40 39 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 38 39 39 39 39 39 January 24 February 7 February 21 March 7 March 21 April 4 April 18 May 2 May 16 May 30 June 13 June 27 July 11 July 25 August 8 August 22 Sept. 5 Sept. 19 October 3 October 17 October 3 1 November 14 November 28 February 24 March 10 March 24 April 7 April 21 May 5 May 20 June 3 June 17 July 1 July 16 July 29 August 12 August 26 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 October 7 October 21 November 3 November 17 December 1 December 15 December 29 1906. January 12 January 26 31 31 31 31 32 32 32 32 33 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 3i 3i 3i 3i 31 January 25 February 8 February 22 March 8 March 22 April 5 April 19 May 3 May 17 May 31 June 14 June 28 July 12 July 26 August 9 August 23 Sept. 6 Sept. 20 October 4 October 18 November 1 November 15 November 29 February 24 March 10 March 24 April 7 April 21 May 5 May 20 June 3 June 17 July 1 July 16 July 29 August 12 August 26 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 October 7 October 21 November 3 November 17 December 1 December 15 December 29 1906. January 12 January 26 30 3° 3° 30 3° 30 31 31 31 32 31 31 31 31 3 1 31 31 3° 3° 3° 30 30 December 4 December 18 1906. January 5 39 39 December 2 December 16 41 41 December 4 December 18 1906. January 1 39 39 December 12 December 26 1906. January 9 3i 31 December 13 December 27 1906. January 10 3° 30 February 9 35 December 30 February 9 41 February 9 39 February 9 31 February 9 3° Maximum Minimum Average .. 40 35 3893 43 38 41-08 40 38 39-33 33 3I-52 32 3° 30-52

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FROM LONDON BY THE ORIENT LINE. Melbourne. Sydney. Blutf. Christchurch. Wellington. Auckland. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival ir. Melbourne. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Sydney. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival at Bluff. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Christchurch. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Wellington. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Auckland. No. of Days. 1905. Jan. 6 *Jan. 20 *April 14 April 28 May 12 May 26 June 9 June 23 July 7 July 21 August 4 August 18 Sept. 1 Sept. 1 s Sept. 29 October 13 October 27 Nov. 10 1905. Feb. 7 Feb. 23 May 16 May 30 June 13 June 27 July 11 July 25 August 8 August 23 Sept. 5 Sept. 19 October 3 October 1 7 Nov. 1 Nov. 14 Nov. 28 Dec. 12 32 34 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 33 32 32 32 32 33 32 32 32 1905. Jan. 6 Jan. 20 April 14 April 28 May 12 May 26 June 9 June 23 July 7 July 21 August 4 August 18 Sept. ( Sept. 15 Sept. 29 October 13 October 27 Nov. 10 1905. Feb. 8 Feb. 24 May 17 May 31 June 14 June 28 July 12 July 26 August 9 August 24 Sept. 6 Sept. 20 October 4 October 18 Nov. 2 Nov. 15 Nov. 29 Dec. 14 33 35 33 33 S3 33 33 33 33 34 33 33 33 33 34 33 33 34 1905. Jan. 6 Jan. 10 April 14 April 28 May 12 May 26 June 9 June 23 July 7 July 21 August 4 August 18 Sept. 1 Sept. 15 Sept. 29 October 13 October 27 Nov. 1 o '9°5Feb. 14 March 3 May 23 June 6 June 20 July 3 July 18 July 31 August 14 August 29 Sept. 11 Sept. 25 October 9 October 24 Nov. 7 Nov. 20 Dec. 4 Dec. 18 39 42 39 39 39 38 39 38 38 39 38 38 38 39 39 38 38 38 1905. Jan. 6 Jan. 20 April 14 April 28 May 12 May 26 June 9 June 23 July 7 July 21 August 4 August 18 Sept. 1 Sept. 15 Sept. 29 October 13 October 27 Nov. 10 1905. Feb. , S March 2 May 24 June 7 June 21 July 4 July 19 August 1 August 15 August 30 Sept. 12 Sept. 26 October 10 October 24 Nov. 7 Nov. 21 Dec. s Dec. 19 4° 41 40 40 40 39 40 39 39 40 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 '90SJan. 6 Jan. 20 April 14 April 28 May 12 May 26 June 9 June 23 July 7 July 21 August 4 August 18 Sept. 1 Sept. 15 Sept. 29 October 13 October 27 Nov. 10 1905. Feb. 14 March 1 May 22 June 6 June 19 July 4 July 19 July 31 August 14 August 31 Sept. 1 1 Sept. 25 October 1 1 October 24 Nov. 8 Nov. 21 Dec. s Dec. 20 1906. 39 40 38 39 38 39 40 38 38 40 38 38 40 39 40 39 39 40 1905. Jan. 6 Jan. 20 April 14 April 28 May 12 May. 26 June 9 June 23 July 7 July 21 August 4 August 18 Sept. i Sept. 15 Sept. 29 October 13 October 27 Nov. 10 1905. Feb. 12 March 3 May 21 J une 4 J une 18 July 3 July 17 July 3° August 13 Sept. 1 Sept. 10 Sept. 24 October 9 October 22 Nov. 7 Nov. 20 Dec. 3 Dec. 22 37 42 37 37 37 38 38 37 37 42 37 37 38 37 39 38 37 42 Nov. 24 1906. Nov. 24 1906. Nov. 24 Nov. 24 1906. Nov. 24 Dec. 26 32 Nov. 24 Dec. 27 33 Jan. 1 38 Jan. 2 39 Jan. 3 40 Jan. 1 38 Dec. 8 Dec. 22 1906. Jan. ic Jan. 23 33 32 Dec. 8 Dec. 22 1906. Jan. 11 Jan. 24 34 33 Dec. 8 Dec. 22 Jan. 15 Jan. 29 38 38 Dec. 8 Dec. 22 Jan. 15 Jan. 29 38 38 Dec. 8 Dec. 22 Jan. 17 Jan. 31 40 Dec. 8 Dec. 2 2 Jan. 19 Jan. 29 42 38 Maximum Minimum Average 34 32 32-24 35 33 33'29 42 38 38-57 41 38, 39"29 41 38 39' ■ 9 42 37 38-33 * No mails were despatched from London by the Orient Line between 20th January and 14th April to cessation of contract.

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TO LONDON Vll NAPLES (ORIENT PACKETS). Auckland. Wellington. Bluff. Sydney. Melbourne. Date of Despatch from Auckland. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Wellington. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Bluff. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Sydney. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Melbourne. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. 1905. January 11 January 23 February 6 February 20 *March 20 April 5 April 17 May 1 "May 29 June 12 June 30 July 10 July 24 August 7 August 21 Sept. 4 Sept. 21 October 2 October 16 November 1 November 13 February 19 March 5 March 22 April 4 April 30 May 14 May 28 June 12 July 10 July 24 August 7 August 21 Sept. 4 Sept. 18 October 2 October 17 October 29 November 12 November 25 December 10 December 25 1906. January 7 January 21 39 41 44 43 41 39 41 42 42 42 38 42 42 42 43 38 41 40 39 42 1905. January 7 January 21 February 4 February 18 March 18 April 15 April 29 May 27 June 10 June 24 July 8 July 22 August 5 August 19 Sept. 2 Sept. 16 Sept. 30 October 14 October 31 November 11 1905. February 19 March 5 March 22 April 4 April 30 May 28 June 12 July 10 July 24 August 7 August 21 Sept. 4 Sept. 18 October 2 October 17 October 29 November 12 November 25 December 10 December 25 1906. January 7 January 21 43 43 46 45 43 43 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 45 43 43 42 40 44 January 9 January 23 February 6 February 20 March 20 April 3 April 17 May 1 May 29 June 12 June 26 July 10 July 24 August 7 August 21 Sept. 4 Sept. 18 October 2 October 17 October 30 November 13 1905. February 19 March 5 March 22 April 4 April 30 May 14 May 28 June 12 July 10 July 24 August 7 August 21 Sept. 4 Sept. 18 October 2 October 17 October 29 November 12 November 25 December 10 December 25 1906. January 7 January 21 4 1 41 44 43 4 1 4 1 4 1 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 43 41 4i 39 41 42 1905. January 17 January 31 February 14 February 28 March 28 April 11 April 25 May 9 June 6 June 20 July 4 July 18 August 1 August 15 August 29 Sept. 12 Sept. 26 October 10 October 24 November 7 November 21 1905. February 19 March 5 March 22 April 4 April 30 May 14 May 28 June 12 July 10 July 24 August 7 August 21 Sept. 4 Sept. 18 October 2 October 17 October 29 November 12 November 25 December 10 December 25 1906. January 7 January 21 33 33 36 35 33 33 33 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 33 33 32 33 34 1905. January 18 February 1 February 15 March 1 March 28 April 12 ■ April 26 May 10 June 7 June 21 July 5 July 19 August 2 August 16 August 30 Sept. 13 Sept. 27 October n October 25 November 8 November 22 1905. February 19 March 5 March 22 April 4 April 30 May 14 May 28 June 12 July 10 July 24 August 7 August 21 Sept. 4 Sept. 18 October 2 October 17 October 29 November 12 November 25 December 10 December 25 1906. January 7 January 21 32 32 35 34 33 32 32 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 34 32 32 3i 32 33 November 27 December 13 41 39 November 25 December 9 43 43 November 27 December 11 41 4 1 December 5 December 19 1906. January 2 33 33 December 6 December 20 1906. January 3 32 32 December 25 February 4 4 1 December 23 February 4 43 December 25 February 4 41 February 4 33 February 4 32 Maximum Minimum Average 44 38 41 46 40 43-52 44 4 1 41-58 36 32 j 33-62 35 3i 32-67 I * Mails despatched from Welli ington on 4th March and Auckland and Bluff on 6th March f( irwarded b; German line. Mails des] .tched from Wellinj ;ton on r Ith May and Auckland and Bli Fon 1 th May forwarded b; French lii ic

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Table No. 15. 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, 1905.

Posted in the Colony. Received from Places outside the Colony. Tot :al Correspondence dealt with. itricts. Letters. cards'." Post-cards. Books, &c. Newspapers. Parcels.Letters. Postcards. Books, &c. Newspapers. Parcels. Letters. Letter, cards. Post-cards. Books, &c. Newspapers. Parcels. Auckland Thafaes New Plymouth Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington Nelson Westport Greymouth .. Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill .. 11,653,417 1,129,739 1,824,407 763,152 3,302,916 3,822,313 12,653,785 1,324,557 442,065 920,189 409,552 898,625 9,022,373 1,841,996 1,032, 460 9,111,245 4,597.7 I 9 238,758 34,177 44,278 14,274 65,689 106,977 287,235 41,548 6,461 24,648 5,915 20,124 203,658 53,235 29,094 184,015 91,234 539,565 62,140 88,894 27,235 150,176 181,649 615,784 70,278 23,140 43,069 19,994 22,854 335, 335 60,164 27,378 393,120 282,178 3,594,369 245,713 480,283 176,245 794,612 1,157,375 4,280, 664 328,696 65,878 144,406 74,659 259,937 3,994,30-1 437, 0 7I 199,847 3,978,366 1,135,499 3,818,967 200,148 429,455 3H,44I 791,533 753,286 2,763,969 212,784 135,824 337,324 118,053 216,281 2,923,046 537,772 147,316 2,470,783 1,120,847 68,037 4,263 5,299 2,I2t> 12,589 14,900 85,782 7,209 2,855 2,712 3,421 2,618 41,968 2,848 2,017 47,362 7,617 883,854 85,737 138,372 57,913 250,491 290,983 959,732 100,433 33,552 69*618 31,279 68,200 684,448 139,707 78,353 693,093 348,666 129,819 14,950 21,487 6,552 36, 132 43,704 148,066 16,908 \ 5,567 10,362 4,810 5,498 80,681 14,475 6,587 94,584 67,892 397, I77 27,151 53)071 19,475 87,804 127,889 474,050 37,i5o 7", 657 15,523 8,869 27,329 44!,37° 48,296 22,087 439,609 125,473 1,399,420 73,374 1 57,438 114,174. 290, 175 276,154 1,013,271 78,006 49,793 123,729 43,278 79,288 1,071,588 197,148 54,006 905,789 410,902 17,009 1,066 1,325 53° 3,M7 3,725 21,443 1,802 714, 678 855 10,492 712 504 11,840 1,904 12,537,271 1,215,476 1,962, 779 821,065 3,553,407 4,113,296 13,613,517 1,424,990 475,6i7 989, 807 440,831 966,825 9,706,821 1,981,703 1,110,813 9,804,338 4,946,385 238,758 34,*77 44,278 14,274 65,689 106,977 287,235 4!,548 6,461 24,648 5,915 20,124 203,658 53,235 29,094 184,015 91,234 669,384 77,090 110,381 33,787 186,308 225,353 763,850 87,186 28,707 53.431 24,804 28,352 416,016 74,639 33,965 487,704 350,070 3,991,546 272, 864 533,354 195,720 882,416 1,285,264 4,754,714 365,846 73,535 159,929 83,528 287, 266 4,435,671 485,367 221,934 4,417,975 1,260,972 5,218,387 273,522 586,893 425,615 1,081 ,708 1,029,440 3,777,240 290, 790 185,617 461,053 161,331 295,569 3,994,634 734,920 201,322 3,376,572 1,531,749 23,626,362 85,04! 5,32< 6,62, 2,65c 15,73* 18,62; 107,22; 9,01: 3.56i 3,39' 4,27' 3,27: 52,461 3,56< 2,52: 59,20: 9.52: Totals .. 64,750,510 1,451,320 2,942,953 21,347,921 17,288,829 15,404,618 313,617 !4,9i4,43i ,708,074 2,359,980 6,337,533 78,400 |69,664,94I 1,451,320 3,651,027 i23,7°7,9oi 392,01. Previous year 4,480,327 1257,188 I2.131.707 167,887 65,"9,56o 1,381,874 2,310.551 160,639,233 1,381,874 12,053,363 17,976,214 1289,617 6,096,126 120,107,921 21,500,744 357. 5°'

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Table No. 16. 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, 1905.

Articles subject too Postage. Articles exemp from Postage. Parcels. Packets, including Printed Matter (except Newspapers), Commercial Papers, and Samples of Merchandise. i Letters. Lettercards. Post-cards. Service. Postage. Declared Value. Ordinary, j *>& j Newspapers. Letters. Packets Registered r/acKets. Artio , es . Newspapers. Number. Weight. Single. Reply paid. Ordinary. Registered. •sted. ft. £ s. d. £ a. d. Inland Australian .. 55,014,794 1,4.38,9071 854,658 j 42,549 1,451,320 J2,187, 494 248,163 1,976 19,808,383; 233,825? 25,924 5,664 13,745,21o'5,611,591 838,618 898,076, 23,061 3,009 1,039,611 19,243 6,503 178,138 1,118 1,601,232 783 291,748 9,382 1,025,112 19,839 17,016 1 9 649 5 5 [ 20,610 0 0 '_ 20,610 0 0 International 2,041,989: j 48,806 505,320 457,583; 8,166 1,258 3,917 11,987 29,951 902 13 5 Totals .. 58,495,690 446,013 1,451,320 2,940,977 15,682,8975,653,895 848,130 180,514 1,605,932 ! 313,617 1,074,902 18,568 0 7 1,976 20,499,791; 39,754 Beceived. Australian ! I 1,965,279 22,290 2,851,246 46,269 4,816,525j 68,559 286,080 431,626 3,953 1,783,546 1,914,859 7,086 4,552,312 2,346,485 11,039 6,335,858 20,155 _.._.■ .... 2,040 590 416 588 2,456 1,178 1,568 19,547 54,709 1,754 18 2 58,853 257,113 5,904 1 4 [ 188,543 0 International 421,994 708,074 8,014 28,169 107 Totals .. 1,675 78,400 ! 311,822 ' 7,658 19 6 188,543 0 --

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Table No. 17. Table showing the Number of Letters, Letter-cards, Post-cards, Books, Newspapers, and Parcels delivered by the Letter-carriers from the Post-offices within the several Postal Districts during the Year 1905.

Postal Districts. Letters. j Letter-cards. I Post-cards. Books, &c. Newspapers. Parcels. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington Blenheim Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Christchurch Timaru Oamaru .. Dunedin Invercargill 4,825,332 637,022 648,104 315,855 877,985 1,009,826 4,917,482 201,663 395,439 153,599 377,630 116,487 3,218,133 667,664 339,320 3,540,600 1,044,838 108,041 14,263 14,511 7,072 19,658 22,610 110,104 4,515 8,854 3,439 8,455 2,608 72,055 14,949 7,597 79,275 23,394 297,227 52,007 56,490 IO,544 49,175 73,469 486,735 18,127 44,136 13,763 34,952 9,288 214,759 49,867 35,121 5i5,ni i",233 1,052,761 159,904 119,628 27,274 259,276 526,772 2,310,395 48,948 169,755 46,570 92,955 68,009 1,199,949 176,293 63,59o 1,589,047 584,832 890,400 141,677 251,002 54,460 214,002 333,039 1,188,013 50,118 193,771 50,242 120,898 33,ioo 659,911 103,710 53,919 1,007,599 220,691 21,833 3,726 2,994 2,006 4,746 5,267 18,754 2,477 4,721 2,583 7,082 1,169 22,348 2,128 1,476 9,844 5,32i Totals 23,286,979 521,400 2,072 ,004 8,495,958 5,566,552 118,475 Previous year .. 21,738,393 495,822 7,386,089 5,248,202 1,312,024 110,394

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Table No. 18. 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.

9 Oxi Number of Telegrams during the Ye; forwarded , Cost of r. . Maintenance Cost of Q f , Maintenance .. Station* excluding stations. Australian Cable Subsidy. Cost of Maintenance of Lines per Mile, Year ended Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. £8. So A Z Revenue from all Sources. Value of Government Messages. Tota! Value of Business done during the Year. Total Expenditure. Tariff in Operation. Private and Press. Government. . Total. 30th June, 1866 699 1,390 24,761 2,746 27,407 £ s. d. 5,561 19 2 £ s. d. 483 3 2 £ s. d. 6,045 2 4 £ s. d. 3,934 3 4 / s. d. 2,443 2 11 £ ■■ d. 6,377 6 3 £ *• d. 3 9 10 \- Mileage tariff. 13 1867 757 1,498 21 55.621 15.331 70,952 9,070 10 1 3,77o 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 3i 72,241 26,244 98,485 11,652 3 7 6,672 o 3 18,324 3 10 9,489 17 10 5.406 7 3 14,896 5 1 4 17 4 1869 1.329 2,495 45 106,070 50,097 156,167 18,520 10 4 13,430 11 9 31,951 2 1 14,266 12 7 8,547 4 9 22,813 17 4 6 8 6 1870 1871 1,661 1,976 2,897 3.247 56 72 122,545 253,582 62,878 59,292 185,423 312,874 17,218 1 4 22,419 8 8 12,252 6 o 9,876 17 6 29,470 7 4 32,296 6 2 16,417 7 4 21,254 4 3 14,120 4 10 ",344 3 8 30,537 12 2 32,598 7 " 8 9 11 5 19 6 I Mileage tariff in operation up to ist Sept., 1869; unil form as. 6d. tariff from ist f Sept., i860, to 31st March, 1870; and is. tariff from 1 ist April, 18^0. 1872 2,185 3,823 81 344.524 67.243 411,767 28,121 10 o ",043 3 9 39,164 13 9 23,593 9 9 8,858 19 7 32,452 9 4 423 1873 2,356 4,574 93 j 485,507 83.453 568, g6o 39,680 18 9 11,105 2 o 50,786 o 9 27,040 18 10 9,479 5 4 36,520 4 2 4 1 11 1874 2,530 5,782 105 645,067 107,832 752,899 46,508 18 10 12,618 11 6 59,127 10 4 38,801 19 4 15,021 17 11 53,823 17 3 6 3 11 1875 2,986 6,626 127 1 786,237 130,891 917,128 55,30i 12 3 13,679 10 9 68,981 3 o 45,814 11 4 14,240 ig 7 60,055 10 11 4 16 4 1876 1877 1878 3,154 3.259 3,434 7,247 7,423 8,035 142 155 182 890,382 952,283 ji,065, 481 160,704 172,159 194.843 1,051,086 1,124,442 1,260,324 62,715 10 4 65,644 15 3 73,284 1 10 16,154 6 o 17,024 8 9 19,148 12 4 78,869 16 4 82,669 4 0 92,432 14 2 61,696 14 5 63.353 10 10 69,340 1 8 21,074 8 8 17,931 8 o 18,259 4 9 82,771 3 1 81,284 r 8 10 87,599 6 5 5 18 10 5 12 11 5 10 o From ist November, 1873, address and signature given in free. 1879 3,5" 8,117 195 11,201,982 j 824,734 1,058,342 1,215,849 246,961 1,448,943 85,402 0 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 3.638 9,333 214 183.675 1,008, 409 58,120 3 3 19,707 6 3 77,827 9 6 68,651 10 10 14,758 4 5 83,409 15 3 4 3 4 1881 3,758 9,587 227 246,370 1,304,712 73,002 2 o 27,021 3 8 100,023 5 8 78,224 1 8 23,154 8 3 101,378 9 11 667 J 1882 3,824 9,653 234 222,923 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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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.

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Number of Miles of Line. CO s Number 1 di tf Telegrams tring the Ye; forwarded tr. Total Value of Business done during the Year. Cost of Maintenance . of Stations. Cost of Maintenance of Lines, excluding Australian Cable Subsidy. of Miles of Wire. og z Value of Government Messages. Total Expenditure. Cost of Maintenance of Lines per Mile. ■ Year ended Private and Press. Revenue from all Sources. Tariff in Operation. Government. Total. 31st Dec, 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 3,974 4,074 4,264 4,463 4,546 4,646 4,79o 4,874 5,148 5,349 5,479 5.513 9,848 10,037 10,474 10,931 11,178 ",375 11,617 11,827 12,812 13,235 13,459 13,515 264 302 330 375 412 437 473 489 520 573 615 64O 1,361,817 1,379,483 1,433,458 1,533,406 1,583,717 1,589,771 1,548,233 1,589,157 1,734,381 I,746,H5 1,686, 064 1,825,646 208,372 219,917 220,847 240, 867 252,549 245,623 217,630 213,830 226,780 222, I49 218,079 244,045 1,570,189 1,599,400 1,654,305 1,774,273 1,836,266 1,835,394 1,765,863 1,802,987 1,961,161 1,968,264 1,904,143 2,069,691 £ B. d. 90.633 II 2 93,822 3 3 95.634 5 5 101,652 8 o 106,638 12 2 106,548 4 o 106,311 11 6 106,462 18 4 110,696 17 8 117.633 15 9 103,813 8 64 112,465 15 9 £ s. d. 20,608 11 11 21,555 19 2 20,855 19 7 24,860 9 o 27,281 4 9 30,205 II IO 23,164 13 II 24,218 9 3 26,070 12 7 24,840 5 7 24,342 7 o 28,317 7 10 £ s. d. 111,242 3 1 H5,378 2 5 116,490 5 o 126,512 17 o 133,919 16 II 136,753 15 10 129,476 5 5 130,681 7 7 136,767 10 3 142,474 1 .4 128,155 15 6J 140,783 3 7 £ s. d. 73,554 9 1 73,054 4 6 70,036 6 2 77,082 4 4 77,473 10 7 76,580 10 0 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 £ s. d. 96,005 15 4 92,264 11 o 90,078 2 o 97,982 10 6 98,875 8 9 97,901 12 9 95,463 14 5 101,433 11 o ID 4,39i 3 10 "4,644 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 11 4 13 9 5 o 1 5 8 7 5 13 o 5 12 7 580 5 5 ,9 From ist November, 1873, address and signature given in free. From ist Jan., 1886, - delayed telegrams posted to addressees immediately after their receipt at offices of destination. J For the Financial Years ended 31st March, 1895, to ist March, 1906. u a Number of Telegrams f during the Yeai forwarded Revenue (including Miscellaneous Receipts). Year ended Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. jo 'z Government Messages. Total Value of Business done during the Year. Total Expenditure (excluding Cable Subsidy). Remarks. Private and Press. Government. Total. Telegraph. Telephone. 31st March, 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 „ 1901 1, 1902 1903 1904 " „ 1905 1906 5,96i4 6,245* 6,284! 6,484 6,736 6,910 7,249! 7,469 7,7481 7,779g 7,943j 8,355 I4,88l4! I5,764i 16,470} 18,024 18,746 19,228 20,682$ 21,705 22,67,2! "22,92bj! 23,704 I 25,Il6 I ! 705 743 780 824 878 915 991 1,038 1,103 i,i53 1,200 1,312 1,802,182 1,899,632 2,285,001 2,469,415 2,717.548 3.159,093 3,534,444 3.850,391 4,27,1,2.18 4,671,904 4,900,495 5,351,084 231,618 224,579 235,168 226,818 243,190 310,538 363,684 317,590 288,086 293,293 259,250 289,135 2,033,800 2,124,211 2,520,169 2,696,233 2,960,738 3,469,631 3,898,128 4,l67,98l 4,559,304 4,965,197 5,159,745 5,640,219 £ s. d. 88,459 IO II 97,178 14 oj 100,385 16 I 99,798 8 10J 105,576 6 o 119,641 11 6J 137,861 1 24 151,933 19 11 160,343 7 7 166,535 18 84 171,001 13 11 4 184,369 6 2 £ s- d. 21,552 12 IO 25,933 12 9 29,248 19 5 36,422 6 8 39,7i8 7 7 43,303 2 10 49,117 o 8 55,542 4 9 62,151 8 11 71,028 '"6 ij 79,061 7 4 89,542 1 5 £ 5.. d. 26,050 7 5 25,843 11 11 23,118 2 6 24,504 9 8 25,500 5 10 29,431 19 o 35,327 6 2 27,507 17 6 26,440 2 10 24,377 1 7 20,597 11 i° 24,168 10 4 £ s. d. 136,062 11 2 148,955 18 8J 152,752 18 o 160,725 5 2j 170,794 19 5 192,376 13 4J 222,305 8 oj 234,984 2 2 248,934 19 .4. 261,541 6 6| 270,660 13 i| 298,079 17 11 £ s. d. 135,791 o 7 143,665 14 o 153,484 6 8 165,198 13 5 173,152 16 6 181,634 11 3 194,014 12 11 212,180 16 o 228,185 10 7 245,865 9 7 258,977 10 9 276,580 12 5 £ s. d. Cable subsidy, 6,492 11 8 4774 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 IO o 10,057 11 7 -

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Table No. 19. Table showing the Cash Revenue derived from Private and Press Telegrams, the Value of Government Telegrams, and the Number of Telegrams transmitted in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand for the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1906.

Postal Districts. Revenue derived from Private and Press Telegrams. Value of Government Telegrams. Total Total Number of Number Number Value of Private of of Telegrams of all and Press Government Telegrams Codes. Telegrams. Telegrams. of all Codes. Auckland 31enheim Christchurch Dunedin 3isborne greymouth rlokitika Invercargill STapier .. Slelson Slew Plymouth .. Damaru rhames.. rimaru Wanganui Wellington Westport £ s. d. 31,663 9 11 3,257 2 4 20,378 11 4 17,754 7 54 4,797 13 34 4,532 12 5 1,703 12 5 8,685 4 44 ii,793 11 5 4,610 18 4 5,52o 17 4 2,770 18 65 5,607 15 o 5,096 o oj 11,658 13 44 37(731 2 2 2,911 18 o £ b. d. 4,068 15 II 459 17 3 2,244 2 o 1,525 1 1 421 13 1 570 18 8 223 14 7 899 6 2 913 13 4 975 2 10 766 6 11 180 '■ 2 9 605 11 2 397 9 10 776 15 2 8,614 5 11 525 13 8 £ b. d. 35,732 5 10 3,7i6 19 7 22,622 13 4 19,279 8 6J 5,219 6 44 5,103 11 1 1,927 7 o 9,584 10 64 12,707 4 9 5,586 1 2 6,287 4 3 2,951 1 34 6,213 6 2 5,493 9 ioJ 12,435 8 64 46,345 8 1 3,437 11 8 924,451 90,805 576,169 520,144 138,450 117,661 49,068 272,294 359,659 241,260 157,892 75,465 156,893 144,837 353,247 1,096,327 76,462 49,805 6,563 25,614 20,644 6,228 6,836 2,275 11,103 9,008 13,934 ii,398 2,403 5,897 5,803 9,4i3 94,642 7>569 289,135 974,256 97,368 601,783 540,788 144,678 124,497 51,343 283,397 368,667 255,194 169,290 77,868 162,790 150,640 362,660 1,190,969 84,031 5,640,219 Totals, 1905-6 180,474 7 9 24,168 10 4 204,642 18 1 5,351,084 Totals, 1904-5 167,581 13 74 20,597 11 10 188,179 5 54 4,900,495 259,250 5,159,745

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Table No. 20. Table showing the Paid Telegrams of all Codes forwarded during the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1906, and the Revenue received therefrom.

Table No. 21. Table showing the Number and Value of Telegraph Money - orders issued within the several Postal Districts during the Year ended 31st December, 1905.

June [uarter, 1905. September Quarter, 1905. December Quarter, 1905. March luarter, 1906. 'otals. Class of Telegrams. Number. Revenue. Number. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Revenue. Number. Revenue. (rdinary .. Irgent 'ress Sureau 942,683 48,922 92,669 170,806 £ a. d. 42,518 2 10J 2,997 6 6 4,456 15 04 3,709 2 o 909,107 42,567 96,604 I78,533| £ s. d. 43,242 10 74 2,719 17 1 4,802 4 7 3,843 2 9 1,056,601 62,126 98,615 197,256 £ s. d. 48,129 6 1 3,523 14 2 4,622 on 4,209 9 3 1,087,607 57,956 91,297 217,735 £ s. d. 50,323 o 64 3,566 II 2 4.213 13 8 4,606 16 3 3,995.998 211,571 379,i85 764,330 5,351,084 £ s. d. 184,213 o 14 12,807 8 11 18,094 14 24 16,368 10 3 231,483 13 6 Iross totals .ess other ] lines and I credits ) 1,255,080 53,68i 6 5 11,384 19 5 1,226,811 154,607 15 04 112,948 18 6J 1,414,598 60,484 10 5 12,722 4 7 1,454,595 62,710 1 74 13,953 3 24 51,009 5 9 fet totals, 1905-6 let totals, 1904-5 1,255,080 42,296 7 o 1,226,811 '41,658 16 6 1,414,598 47,762 5 10 1,454,595 48,756i8 5 l5,35i,o84 180,474 7 9 167,581 13 74 1,142,6771 139,262 19 11 I.i34,3i8j38,7 6 0 4 3 1,280,432 43,777 7 10 |i,343,o68l 45,78i 1 7i 4,900,495

Districts, Number. Telegraph Commission. Value of Orders. Auckland .. Blenheim .. Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui .. Wellington.. - Westport .. 11,606 1,246 4,498 4,462 2,54i 2,512 705 2,261 4,682 1,726 1,831 597 3,291 1,218 6,042 12,861 1,603 £ s. d. 580 6 o 62 6 o 224 18 o 223 2 o 127 1 o 125 12 o 35 5 o 113 1 o 234 2 o 86 6 o 91 11 o 29 17 o 164 11 o 60 18 o 302 2 0 643 1 o 80 3 o £ s. d. 45,625 11 4 3,848 o 5 17,547 15 2 16,159 11 3 9,972 6 4 10,073 6 9 2,882 15 7 7,"8 3 8 15,351 18 8 6,432 19 3 5,540 5 3 1,837 15 4 9,667 1 10 3,999 16 11 i8,947 5 I' 47,948 19 2 5.469 13 o Totals, 1905 63,682 3,184 2 O 228,423 5 10 Totals, 1904 61,057 3,052 17 O 210, '90

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Table No. 22. Table showing the Capital Cost, Working-expenses, and Revenue of the Telephone Exchanges, Year by Year, from the Date of their Establishment.

9 Capital Cost for Instruments, Wire, Poles, Labour, Freight, Superintendence, &c. Working-expenses. Tear. Kevenue. Balance of Bevenue over Workingexpenses. Annual Bate per Cent. yielded on Capital Cost. la ° Average Cost of each Connection. Salaries and Allowances of Clerks, &c. Materials and Linemen. * Wear-and-tear, &c. Rent, Fuel, Light, Paper, Printing, Binding, &c. Total (or all Connections. Total. 'otal for the year ended 31st March, — 1882 116 £ s. d. £ s. d. 21 16 6 2,531 14 0 £ s. d. 613 5 2 £ s. d. 285 0 0 £ s. d. 275 0 0 £ s. d. 253 0 0 £ s. d. 150 0 0 £ s. d. 963 0 0 £ a. d. 207 16 0 8-17 1883 379 21 16 6 j 8,271 13 6 5,014 9 2 595 0 0 595 0 0 827 0 0 300 0 0 2,317 0 0 4,492 8 8 54-31 1884 715 21 16 6 15,604 17 6 7,746 16 7 695 0 0 770 0 0 1,560 0 0 350 0 0 3,375 0 0 3,653 7 4 23-41 1885 1,075 21 18 6 ' 23,461 17 6 10,008 3 6 1,770 0 0 1,590 0 0 2,346 0 0 475 0 0 6,181 0 0 3,827 3 6 16-31 1886 1,710 20 8 6 | 37,319 12 1 12,294 1 2 I 2,849 1 3 1,704 0 0 3,731 19 2 700 0 0 8,985 0 5 5,011 19 7 13-42 1887 2,038 19 19 5 40,686 3 1 15,477 16 2 ii J 2,873 0 0 1,580 10 0 4,068 12 2 320 0 0 8,842 2 2 6,635 14 0 16-30 1888 2,153 22 19 0 49,407 5 0 16,881 8 6 3,119 10 0 2,252 0 0 4,940 14 6 330 0 0 10,642 4 6 6,239 4 1 12-63 1889 2,249 23 18 10 | 53,849 11 6 17,613 4 0 j 3,315 10 0 2,249 7 0 5,344 9 2 335 0 0 11,244 6 2 , 6,368 17 10 11-82 1890 2,402 24 4 1 ; 58,229 3 0 18,581 11 7 3,790 0 0 2,206 10 0 5,823 0 1 375 0 0 12,194 10 1 6,387 1 6 1100 1891 2,587 24 17 1 64,294 4 4 19,961 4 2 | 4,192 0 0 2,249 18 5 6,429 8 5 394 3 9 13,265 10 7 6,695 13 7 10-43 1892 3,080 24 16 11 ! 76,579 1 8 18,571 7 8 4,630 0 0 2,345 2 9 7,658 7 11 393 1 6 15,026 12 2 3,544 15 6 4-63 1893 3,690 24 16 11 91,687 11 1 24 12 1 104,425 3 0 19,155 11 5 7,405 0 0 2,695 19 10 9,168 15 1 464 6 2 19,734 1 1 - 578 9 8 Loss. 1894 4,244 21,771 4 4 I 7,720 0 0 3,313 1 1 10,442 10 4 741 18 9 22,217 10 2 -446 5 10 Loss. 1895 4,616 25 6 3 |116,845 10 4 24 6 6 |l25,108 4 1 21,552 12 10 ; 9,285 0 0 4,253 11 4 111,684 11 0 817 19 5 26,041 1 9 -3,420 1 9 Loss. 1896 5,143 25,933 12 9 \ 9,686 0 10 5,303 11 9 12,510 16 5 1,952 8 3 29,452 17 3 -3,519 4 6 Loss. 1897 5,747 23 7 4 134,299 11 4 29,248 19 5 [l2,306 9 7 7,398 0 10 1.3,429 19 1 1,856 13 2 34,991 2 8 -5,742 3 8| Loss. 1898 5,787 24 11 6 |l42,218 11 8 36,422 6 8 14,181 18 0 11,834 2 11 i 7,110 18 7 1,881 11 11 35,008 11 5 1,413 15 3 0-99 1899 .. .. .. .. 6,203 24 5 3 |150,490 18 9 39,718 7 7 15,030 7 1 16,190 4 0 7,524 10 11 1,861 2 3 40,606 4 3 -887 16 8 Loss. 1900 7,150 22 14 1 162,333 1 2 43,303 2 10 |l5,710 13 2 20,847 13 6 I 8,116 13 0 |l,892 10 8 46,567 10 4 -3,264 7 6 Loss. 1901 8,210 21 9 7 176,349 1 8 49,117 0 8 16,304 6 3 118,225 18 9 8,817 9 0 2,000 15 10 45,348 9 10 3,768 10 id 214 1902 9,260 20 18 0 193,511 6 2 20 2 6 213,966 10 8 55,542 4 9 18,448 3 5 20,570 0 9 9,675 11 9 2,078 12 10 50,772 8 9 4,769 16 0 2-46 1903 10,633 62,151 8 11 20,885 13 3 22,078 4 11 110,698 6 6 2,614 15 0 56,276 19 8 5,874 9 3 2-75 1904 12,105 19 19 8 |241,903 2 6 71,028 6 3 23,359 8 3 22,507 9 10 12,095 3 1 2,986 3 8 60,948 4 10 10,080 1 5 4-17 1905 14,423 21 19 7 (295,029 7 2 23 13 9 363,192 6 9 79,061 7 4 25,121 16 1 26,781 19 6 14,751 9 4 4,447 18 4 71,103 3 3 7,958 4 1 2-69 1906 15,333 89,542 1 5 J26.506 16 5 22,576 6 8 18,159 12 4 5,270 0 9 72,512 16 2 17,029 5 3 4-69 * This column includes 5 per cent, for wear-and-tear, and 5 per cent, for debenture capital, except in 1897-98 and following years, in which only 5 per cent, for debenture capital is included.

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Table No. 23. Table showing the Class and Number of Instruments and Batteries in use at Telegraph Offices for the Year ended 31st March, 1906.

Table No. 24. Table showing the Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph Lines for the Year ended 31st March, 1906.

Number of Morse Instruments in Use (Full Sets). Number of Duplexes Nnmh ._ (Differential). Mumper | Number of ~ Sender Quadruplex Single Double Se"T Sets - Current. Current. Number of Automatic Sets. District. Intermittent | Constant Current. i Current. - Single Current. Auckland Wellington Nelson .. Christchurch Dunedin 46 63 34 24 70 48 149 9 86 99 13 15 9 7 2 3 7 4 4 1 12 11 18 1 8 7 1 2 2 . 1 Total 237 391 46 19 12 45 District. Duplex "oseIS - Exchange. Number of Cells. I Gordon. Daniell. j Bichromate. \ Storage. [umber o1 Leclanche. Auckland Wellington Nelson Christohurch Dunedin i 3 7 3 2 243 107 115 52 139 5,260 8,486 3,272 1,692 4,572 40 424 694 1,288 600 861 .. 612 734 3,785 22 20 652 30 724 6 36 16 4 Total 15 656 23,282 62

District. Travellingnj„ „ f expenses of Mties Ins P n c d tors Linemen. Extra Labour. Cost of Material ' purchased. Value of Material issued from Stores. Salaries of Inspectors and Linemen. Total Cost of Maintenance. Average Cost per Mile. Luckland Vellington kelson ianterbury )tago .. 2,127 2,216 1,020 979 2,013 £ a. d. 1,019 1 8 1,336 13 10 736 2 2 617 18 8 847 6 5 £ a. d. 3,042 7 5 3,149 7 6 1,222 17 2 889 16 6 1,319 3 6 £ a. d. 643 18 6 1,237 6 5 304 16 5 318 15 10 945 5 6 £ s. d. 1,445 17 1 3,589 1 11 707 17 3 1,029 2 0 952 3 1 £ s. d. 2,582 0 0 3,308 0 0 1,569 0 0 2,004 0 0 1,569 0 0 £ s. d. 8,733 4 8 12,620 9 8 4,540 13 0 4,859 13 0 5,632 18 6 £ a. d. 4 2 1 5 14 0 4 9 0 4 19 3 2 16 0 'ables .. 8,355 283 knots 4,557 2 9 12 13 6 9,623 12 1 982 7 1 3,450 2 8 89 14 6 7,724 1 4 505 15 2 11,032 0 0 400 0 0 36,386 18 10 1,990 10 3 4 7 1 7 0 8 Itores .. 197 0 5 669 13 0 1,394 10 6 305 0 0 2,566 3 11 Totals 4,766 16 8 11,275 12 2 4,934 7 8 8,229 16 6 11,737 0 0 40,943 13 0

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Table No. 25. Table showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph Construction during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1906.

Line. Expenditure. Material from Stores. Total Cost during the Year. telephone exchanges,— Ashburton Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dannevirke ... Dunedin Feilding Gisborne Greymouth ... Hamilton Hawera Hokitika Invercargill ... Lawrence Masterton Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Pahiatua Palmerston North Eotorua Stratford Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington ... Westport Whangarei ... £ s. d. 36 17 1 5,512 19 9 101 10 7 2,745 3 2 70 19 8 4,244 19 4 292 10 6 179 7 2 115 1 0 50 1 6 16 3 1 11 11 10 119 11 6 57 4 6 622 7 10 817 6 6 10 8 11 77 7 10 109 3 8 40 4 2 226 14 5 26 10 10 3 15 11 218 6 10 207 0 9 247 19 7 4,516 7 1 42 12 10 22 7 3 £ s. d. 107 1 9 9,517 18 3 393 4 11 13,826 18 7 185 10 5 6,177 18 8 626 2 6 666 5 11 218 11 11 96 2 3 110 17 7 5 9 10 524 4 5 81 12 5 1,400 7 2 1,503 16 8 250 10 4 220 5 11 217 12 3 96 2 11 678 10 5 69 4 1 93 15 0 410 2 9 506 19 7 755 15 6 8,528 2 3 109 12 9 41 7 6 & S. d; 143 18 10 15,030 18 0 494 15 6 16,572 1 9 256 10 1 10,422 18 0 918 13 0 845 13 1 333 12 11 146 3 9 127 0 8 17 1 8 643 15 11 138 16 11 2,022 15 0 2,321 3 2 260 19 3 297 13 9 326 15 11 136 7 1 905 4 10 95 14 11 97 10 11 628 9 7 714 0 4 1,003 15 1 13,044 9 4 152 5 7 63 14 9 Total exchanges 20,742 15 1 47,420 4 6 68,162 19 7 Leigh-Pakiri ... Waiharara re Uku Kutarere Druanui Manawaru-Aratiatia, &c. Waingaro- Waimai re Kuiti-Mangapehi Pukekawa - Glen Murray Dpper Waiwera Moewh are-Waikiekie Pe Eauamoa - Oparau-Kawhia Kaipara Plats ... Ruarangi-W aikiekie Dngarue-Mangaroa Ponga-Hunua ... Kaurihohore Eangatiki Paterangi jrrahamsfern ... Eairini Pukenui Euntly-Ohinewai Whangarei-Aponga Whangape Kaitaia-Herekino Matangi-Tauwhare Waitoa Dtara - Waioweka Valley 0 8 0 6 14 7 7 17 6 6 15 3 17 11 7 8 4 3 5 9 0 10 19 1 5 10 11 68 8 11 21 9 10 63 18 7 56 14 7 17 13 4 17 19 7 14 18 10 13 6 6 10 19 1 6 6 2 68 8 11 142 8 11 74 16 3 210 5 7 75 14 2 120 17 7 153 19 4 5 18 10 81 3 8 481 19 10 38 18 6 12 14 2 9 17 1 77 8 8 8 12 11 34 7 11 5 18 6 55 12 8 274 19 1 195 18 11 398 17 8 24 8 11 20 4 7 28 3 7 120 19 1 10 17 8 153 11 0 58 0 10 120 17 7 17 9 44 2 2 384 19 11 17 13 0 2 18 0 13 8 59 10 0 153 19 4 4 11 1 37 1 6 96 19 11 21 5 6 9 16 2 8 13 5 17 18 8 8 12 11 11 12 9 2 0 0 33 1 8 67 1 5 15 19 1 22 15 2 3 18 6 22 11 0 207 17 8 179 19 10 398 17 8 "i 4 2 24 8 11 16 0 5 28 3 7

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Table No. 25 — continued. Table showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph Construction during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1906— continued.

Line. Expenditure. Material from Stores. Total Cost during the Year. Ohaupo - Te'Awamutu ... Te Awamutu - Taumarunui Taneatua - Te Teko Whangamomona-Kohuratahi Toko-Tmutawa-Puniwhakau Tarata-Purangi-Matau ... Douglas Road - Huiroa ... Kohuratahi-Tuhara Opunake - Te Kiri Puni whakau-Makahu Ormondville-Whetukura Maharahara-Kiritaki Napier Park Extension ... Wairoa- Mohaka (metallic circuit) Ruataniwha Napier-Pohui ... Taradale-Pako wh ai Hastin gs-Pakipaki Gisborne - Tolago Bay ... Te Karaka (metallic circuit) Brunswick Marton - Wanganui (metallic circuit) Hunterville-Koeke Kaponga-Mahoe Ohutu-Lower Moawhango Wanganui-Taihape Hawera-Mokoia Kaponga-Kapuni Eltham-Omana Waverley-Moumahaki ... Te Moehau Mataroa-Tiriraukawa Wanganui-New Plymouth Wangaehu-Turakina ... Manaia-Inaha ... Mangatainoka-Makairo ... Pohangina-Komako Ohui-Waiowaka Masterton-Pahiatua Hutt-Trentham Pahiatua-Manganiaire ... Feilding-Kim bol ton Woodville-Mangarawa ... Mangatoro-Waitahora ... Mangatoro-Pokokomuka Aokautere Wellington - New Plymouth Eketahuna-Eongokokaka Garterton-Parkvale Featherston-Kahautara ... Apiti-Utuwai ... Wellington-Palmerston North .... Halcombe-Makino Waituna West - Eewa ... Masterton - Greytown North (metallic circuit) Featherston - Te Maire - Te Pare... Mangamahoe-Hastwell's Ihuraua Valley... Eongotea-Carnarvon Palmerston North - Newbury ... ... Waikanae-Eeikorangi ... Glen Oroua - Taikorea ... £ s. d. 14 9JS0 291 14 *2 121 10 0 70 19 3 294 5 10 290 9 2 3 16 9 0 4 5 2 11 6 52 3 11 12 8 5 60 4 7 12 0 £ S. d. 7 16 4 24 8 10 5 10 11 2 6 2 72 6 11 16 16 5 £ s. d. 14 9 0 299 10 6 145 18 10 76 10 2 296 12 0 362 16 1 20 13 2 0 4 5 107 11 1 69 11 10 13 1 3 73 10 10 4 4 3 225 0 3 6 4 0 171 10 6 57 1 0 22 3 4 447 11 11 514 6 3 34 8 2 149 6 1 450 2 8 17 18 7 0 3 3 165 15 5 65 10 7 79 11 4 83 18 0 38 2 0 7 3 1 35 9 4 20 14 1 53 7 6 10 0 0 18 6 222 17 2 57 17 0 121 3 7 1 0 0 44 7 8 72 13 7 0 15 16 18 5 8 16 29 9 4 471 18 3 38 3 1 35 3 5 195 18 7 420 12 6 1,196 0 2 19 12 8 104 6 11 154 15 0 10 0 91 18 0 2 16 0 6 5 3 59 15 0 84 1 8 20 13 6 0 12 6 445 2 10 0 3 0 0 3 3 130 1 6 5 3 0 58 6 6 11 16 10 20 17 2 2 4 10 8 3 6 20 14 1 6 2 6 10 0 0 18 6 174 12 8 57 17 0 4 10 1 0 0 43 18 0 38 18 3 0 15 104 19 7 17 7 11 0 12 10 13 6 3 3 2 3 225 0 3 5 4 0 79 12 6 54 5 0 15 18 1 387 16 11 430 4 7 13 14 8 148 13 7 4 19 10 17 15 7 35 13 11 60 7 7 21 4 10 72 1 2 17 4 10 4 18 3 27 5 10 47' 5 0 48" 4 6 117 2 7 0 9 8 33 15 4 0 7 6 159 9 11 30 7 6 22 18 2 57 13 6 380 9 6 271 10 4 4 10 0 85 9 8 16 18 5 8 16 29 1 10 312 8 4 7 15 7 12 5 3 138 5 1 40 3 0 924 9 10 15 2 8 18 17 3 154 15 0 1 13 6 10 4 8 16 16 11 11 8 11 11 9 5 86 3 1 34 1 7 1 13 6 10 4 8 110 14 6 37 15 8 11 9 5 116 11 7 44 13 7 93 17 7 26 6 9 30 8 6 10 12 0

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Table No. 25 — continued. Table showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph Construction during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1906 — continued.

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Line. Expenditure. Material from Stores. Total Cost during the Year. Te Haroto Manaroa - Forsyth Bay ... ... Blenheim - Picton (metallic circuit) Picton-Mahakipawa Blind Eiver Line Waimea West ... Puponga Line ... Tapawera Motupiko - U pper Motupiko Little Wanganui Ferry ... Granity (metallic circuit) Globe Mine - Progress Junction ... Twelve-mile Landing ... ... - Stillwater-Moana Greymouth-Stillwater ... Moana-Eotomana ... Okarito - Bruce Bay Ashburton-Lowcliffe Amberley-Balcairn Chaney's Corner ..... Kaikoura Sub. ... Mount Somers - Springburn Dromore Islington ... ... Hanmer Duplex Line Eakaia-Highbank Morven Line ... Waihao Downs - Waihaorunga Makikihi Trunk Line Hazelburn Line Glenavy-Ikawai Timaru - Fairlie (metallic circuit) ... Temuka (metallic circuit) Glenavy-Pelvins Oamaru-Waimate Oamaru-Kurow Hampden-Oamaru Oamaru-Ngapara Enfield-Windsor Clinton - Ashley Downs - Clydevale Dunedin-Milton Lauder Line Balclutha-Hillend Dunedin - Invercargill (metallic circuit) Taieri Beach - Akatore ... Heriot-Edievale Mosgiel-Momona Outram-Outram Eailway-station ... Momona-Allan ton Ahuriri Flat Morrison's-Islay Downs Eough Eidge - Ida Valley Waikouaiti-Merton Inch Valley Bureau Warepa-Kaihiku Clydevale-Greenfield Mataura Island Additions Invercargill - Mabel Bush Invercargill - Gore Trunk Line Fortrose-Otara... Winton-Lochiel Eiversdale -Wendon Clifton - Seaward Moss ... £ s. d. 0 3 6 163 9 8 105 16 7 71 10 2 21 6 10 ! 19 3 0 12 0 74 1 10 3 5 8 142 4 7 26 15 0 27 2 2 292 13 8 50 14 5 74 9 6 9 19 0 220 14 2 39 12 6 "l 5 0 80 0 8 9 13 17 8 9 14 0 180 1 10 31 2 7 77 17 1 2 19 0 116 2 6 90 16 6 85 9 6 88 4 3 124 14 0 278 13 6 36 9 9 12 7 3 1 0 8 184 1 5 514 15 6 11 12 6 171 6 4 112 12 6 2 12 6 102 7 11 69 11 0 "6 11 9 3 6 2 4 8 0 61 5 8 14 2 3 0 10 6 45 3 10 52 9 11 8 2 0 179 17 11 548 18 1 2 12 0 0 13 2 0 14 6 2 15 0 £ s. d. 4 17 2 215 19 0 129 10 6 46 0 9 37 9 2 15 4 8 29 2 6 4 19 91 14 9 8 14 6 156 6 8 9 18 1 5 1 10 163 1 11 67 14 7 63 9 8 124 0 7 0 4 11 15 6 6 4 7 10 88 3 10 35 13 8 17 14 3 114 0 0 260 3 1 7 17 4 45 2 9 5 17 9 137 14 11 11 3 1 167 11 3 255 9 7 67 19 9 267 8 10 103 14 4 58 10 11 4 15 9 66 3 6 45 12 1 4 3 3 21 6 8 160 8 0 4 7 11 224 11 6 17 2 4 8 3 3 19 5 10 2 6 18 3 7 25 9 1 13" 1 1 13 19 4 1 6 10 900 18 11 1 14 0 3412 0 15 1 6 £ S. d. 5 0 8 379 8 8 235 7 1 117 10 11 58 16 0 15 4 8 48 5 6 5 3 9 165 16 7 12 0 2 298 11 3 35 13 1 32 4 0 455 15 7 118 9 0 137 19 2 133 19 7 220 19 1 39 12 6 15 6 6 5 12 10 168 4 6 44 14 11 35 3 0 115 4 0 440 4 11 38 19 11 122 19 10 8 16 9 253 17 5 101 19 7 253 0 9 255 9 7 156 4 0 392 2 10 382 7 10 95 0 8 17 3 0 10 8 250 4 11 560 7 7 15 15 9 192 13 0 273 0 6 2 12 6 106 15 10 294 2 6 17 2 5 0 0 7 5 7 14 10 6 79 9 3 39 11 4 0 10 6 58 4 11 66 9 3 8 2 0 181 4 9 1,449 17 0 4 6 0 0 13 2 35 6 6 17 16 6

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Table No. 25 — continued. Table showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph Construction during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1906 — continued.

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Line. i Expenditure. Material from Stores. Total Cost during the Year. Bluff-Greenhills Waimahaka-Waikawa ... Centre Bush - Dipton Mossburn - Te Anau £ s. d. 4 7 0 341 19 11 34 17 7 697 18 4 £ S. d. 19 12 2 160 5 1 £ 8. d. 23 19 2 502 5 0 34 17 7 896 14 4 198 16 0 Purchase of material 32,016 11 10 45,169 15 4 57,030 10 5 89,047 2 8 Total expenditure 1905-6 77,186 7 2 Total expenditure to 31st March, 1905 1,132,990 4 7 Total expenditure out of Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1906 ... £1,210,176 11 9 Total cost of lines during 1905-6 £89,047 2 3