POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT (REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR 1911-12.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1912 Session II, F-01

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Session 11. 1912. NEW ZEALAND

POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT (REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR 1911-12.

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

My Lord,— General Post Office, Wellington, 20th June, 1912. I have the honour to submit to Your Excellency the Report of the Post and Telegraph Department for the year 1911-12, and in. doing so to offer the following remarks : — In each of its numerous departments, and in every branch of its manifold relations with the public, the Post and Telegraph service has continued to show the steady increase in the volume of its business, and enlargement in the scope of its usefulness, which has characterized it in former years. Chief among the new spheres of activity are the establishment of the radio-telegraphic system ; the issue of domestic money-orders payable by letter-carriers from house to house ; and the new telephone party-wire arrangements enabling those at a distance from the centres to enjoy telephonic privileges at moderate charges. The Chief Electrician of the Department has returned from an extended visit to America and Europe, during which he thoroughly investigated the most modern telephone systems. A digest of his report will be presented to Parliament in due course. Considerable expenditure for the purpose of modernizing the principal telephone exchanges must be looked for within the next few years. Of the increased business, perhaps the most prominent feature is the rise in the number of parcels posted, amounting to over 35 per cent, in the one year. The postal business proper grows not only in bulk but also in proportion to the population, the number of letters having almost reached one hundred per annum per head of the population. The returns disclose that the accumulated savings of depositors in the Savings-bank now exceed fifteen and a half million pounds sterling. The entire administration of old-age pensions, including widows' pensions, has been successfully carried on by the Department's officers, and the cost thereof is included in the expenditure of the Post Office. The correspondence classes established to enable officers to qualify for the general and technical examinations required by the Department in its efficiency and other tests have been a success, over nine hundred students having taken advantage of the assistance thus afforded. All matters of detail with reference to the revenue, expenditure, and business are fully set forth in the report which follows. I have the honour to be, My Lord, Your most obedient servant, H. G. ELL, His Excellency the Governor, Wellington. Postmaster-General.

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Revenue and Expenditure. The revenue and expenditure of the Department for the financial year 1911-12 are shown in the following table : —

The total revenue exceeded that of 1910-11 by £50,444 13s. 9d, and the expenditure exceeded the expenditure of 1910-11 by £74,842 4s. Bd. The excess of revenue over expenditure is less than it was last year by £24,397. This is due to the increased cost of sea services and the smaller proportional increase in the amount received for postages. Postal matter delivered in New Zealand, including that received from abroad, during the year reached a total of 106,143,040 letters, 6,829,563 post-cards, 53,555,632 other articles, and 1,714,369 parcels. 607,764 money-orders, for £2,759,393 Bs. 5d., were issued, and 483,043, for £2,416,958 15s. 10d„ paid. The increase in the number of orders issued as compared with last year was 38,107. The postal-note business continues to increase. During the year 1,821,566 postal notes, of the value of £574,979 18s. 6d., were sold, being an increase of 9-27 per cent, in number and 9-53 in amount as compared with the preceding year. The number of British postal orders sold increased from 67,769, valued at £35,270 7s. 9d., to 88,528, for £45,687 10s. 6d„ and 23,429 orders, for £15,458 18s. 6d.. were paid, as against 19,941,'f0r £13,183 16s. 6d., paid during the previous year. The savings-bank deposits (£11,627,367 14s. 3d.) exceeded the withdrawals (£10,662,045 15s. 2d.) by £965,321 19s. Id. There has been added £472,874 18s. sd. as interest, making a total increase of £1,438,196 17s. 6d., and bringing the whole amount at credit up to £15,543.186 16s. Bd., a sum which equals £14 9s. Id. her head of the--population. The number of old-age-pension payments was 194,623, as compared with 186,857 in the previous year, the respective amounts being £406,255 I6s. 4d. and £383,392 10s. Bd. The total number of telegrams forwarded was 9,063.133, an increase of 702,486, or 840 per cent., over the business of the previous year. The number of bureau communications continues to show a marked increase, being 2,360,914, as against 2,031,376. The amount expended on telegraph-extension was £147,692, with liabilities amounting to £111,372 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, 1912, there were 11,805 miles of telegraph-line and 39,370 miles of wire. The length of submarine cables within the Dominion was 372 knots. The number of telephone-exchange connections still continues to increase.

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Item. Postal. Telegraph. Total. Revenue. Stamps for postage .. kloney-orrler and postal-note commission Money-order commission received from foreign offices Private box and bug fees Miscellaneous receipts Paid telegrams Delephone exchanges .. .. . . .. ... £ s. d. 562,622 1 6 23,S58 7 11 753 15 1 12,778 0 4 13,239 19 4 2, s. d. £ s. d. 562,622 1 6 23,858 7 11 753 15 1 12,778 0 4 20,142 10 11J 288,431 16 6J 179,123 18 8 6.902 11 7£ 288,4S1 16 6J 179,123 18 8 Totals 613,252 4 2 474,458 6 10 1,087,710 11 0 Expenditure. Salaries (classified offioers) .. Salaries (country Postmasters and telephonists, and contributions to Railway Department) Conveyance of mails by sea Conveyance of inland mails .. Conveyance of mails by railway t'loney-order commission credited to foreign offices ilaintenance of telegraph and telephone-lines Miscellaneous £ s. a. 221,450 19 11 20,469 0 0 87,068 1 6 68,964 0 10 62,024 9 4 2,384 16 9 £ s. a. 336,403 0 0 32,196 0 0 •' £ a. d. 557,853 19 11 52,665 0 0 87,068 1 6 68,964 0 10 02,024 9 4 2,384 16 9 48,012 9 11 109,938 14 3 56,833 6 7 48,012 9 11 53,105 7 8 Balance of revenue over expenditure 510,194 14 11 94,057 9 3 469,716 17 7 4,741 9 3 988,911 12 6 98,798 18 6 Totals 613,252 4 2 474,458 6 10 1,087,710 11 0

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Statement showing Revenue and Expenditure of the Post and Telegraph Department for the Ten Years ended 31st March, 1912, and for the Years 1881-82, 1891-92 and 1901-2.

Staff. Comparative Return oj Officers of tfa; Post and Telegraph Department for the Years ended 31st March, 1911, and 31st March, 1912. Tiie total number of officers on the staff on the 3lst March, 1911 and 1912. was as under :-— 31st March, 31st March, 1911. 1912. Postmaster-General ... ... .. ... 1 1 Classified staff, — First Division ... ... ... .... ... 3 3 Clerical Division ... ... ... ... ...2,599 2,791 Non-clerical Division ... ... ... ...| , 9 ioo Telegraph message-boys ... ... ... ■■■')' Total, classified staff ... ... ...4,531 4,917 Employees not on permanent staff, — Country Postmasters and Postmistresses ... ... 2,138 2,178 Nightwatchmen ... ... ... ... ... 2 2 Mail-cart drivers ... .. ... ... ... 6 4 Postmasters and telegraphists or telephonists who are Railway officers ... ... ... ... 166 157 Total ... ... ... ... ... 6,843 7,258 Health of Staff. The following table gives the average absence of officers on sick-leave :-— Numbers Average Absence fe^hOfflSS? comprised. per Sick Officer. employed. Days. Days. Men ... ... ... 4,191 11-09 4-77 Women ... ... ... 716 1146 9-80 Five officers died during the year. Change of Postmaster-General. The Hon. H. G. Ell succeeded the Right Hon. Sir J. G. Ward as Postmaster-General bri the 2nd April, 1912. Retirements, etc. Mr. W. S. Furby, Telegraph Engineer, Auckland; Mr. S. P. Stevens, Chief Postmaster, Christchurch ; and Mr. W. H. S. Nicholls, Chief Postmaster, Thames, retired on pension during the year after long and faithful service. Mr. C. C. Robertson, Telegraph Engineer, Wellington, who served the Department, for over forty-four years, died on the 23rd April. 1911. Board of Appeal. The departmental Board of Appeal sat from the Bth to the 12th May, 1911. Seven appeals were considered. In one case the Board recommended the promotion of the officer to preserve his seniority.

Year. Revenue. £ s. d. 234,529 8 0 I Expenditure. I . ! £ s. I 233,291 10 a. & Balance of Revenue over Expenditure. .881-1882 £ p. d. 1,237 17 8 L891-1892 L901-1902 320,058 1 488,573 1 320,058 488,573 1 3 i ii| ! .?* 268,343 465,756 268,343 1 1 465,756 9 5 1 9 1 5 51,715 0 2 22,816 12 6| L902-1903 L903-1904 L904-1905 L905-1906 L906-1907 L907-1908 L908-1909 L909-1910 1910-1911 L911-1912 525,098 17 580,771 4 633,305 12 684,878 11 746,249 16 822,639 8 913,994 17 961,500 10 ... i 1,037,265 17 ... ! 1,087,710 11 3* 5* ! 7*1 2 0*1 9*; 2* 3 0 487,814 10 0 526,746 14 5 559,921 1 5 578,726 11 7 619,121 0 9 709,024 16 2 807,652 9 10 858,059 15 1 914,069 7 10 988,911 12 6 37,284 7 54,024 10 73,384 11 106,151 19 127,128 15 113,614 12 106,342 7 103,440 15 123,196 9 98,798 18 3i Of 2i 7" 'Si 7* ** 1* 5 6 Total for ten years £943,367 6 5*

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This was done. In another case the Board agreed with the decision of the Department, but recommended the promotion of the officer when a suitable vacancy occurred. In four cases the Board did not make a recommendation. One appeal was withdrawn. Classification. By Order in Council of the sth September, 1911, counter clerks and despatch clerks, in order to qualify for promotion to the Sixth Class, were required to pass either the Senior Technical Examination or the Second Examination (Postal General), and senior and second telephone-exchange clerks at the principal centres the Senior Technical Examination. - By Order in Council of the 20th November, 19] 1, regulations were made prescribing the syllabus of examinations for entrance to the Engineering Branch of the Department. By Order in Council of the 22nd December, 1911, the double increment granted to officers passing the Senior Examination prescribed by classification regulations was made to apply to all officers in the Clerical Division below the Sixth Class. Previously this form of reward was confined to officers of the Seventh and Eighth Classes. Departmental Correspondence Classes. Correspondence classes for the instruction of officers of the Department in technical telegraphy and telephony, and in subjects of the Civil Service Senior and Junior Examinations and Sixth Standard, were inaugurated in 1910. These classes are of great value to officers in helping them to pass efficiency examinations and to qualify for promotion. Under the correspondence system, officers in the country enjoy the same opportunities for tuition as are enjoyed, by their fellow-officers in towns. Tuition by correspondence is especially suitable for officers working irregular hours, as it enables them to study at a time convenient to themselves, and there is no necessity to miss a lesson through inability to attend at any particular place or time. Papers are set weekly, and these limit the amount of matter to the capacity of the average student. The answering of questions on paper induces close reading by concentrating the attention on certain definite points, the subject being thus more thoroughly assimilated. It has been found that many promising candidates fail to do themselves justice at examinations through nervousness, inability to clearly express their ideas on paper, or the misreading of questions, and that tuition by correspondence increases the confidence of the student because it accustoms him to conditions similar to those of an examination. Corrected answer-papers bearing necessary comments or instruction are returned to the student; and the student is at liberty to ask questions without limit. The fee for each course is the nominal amount of 10s. 6d. The classes have been largely taken advantage of, the number of students for the two years 1910 and 1911 being 902 —450 technical and 452 general. The classes in telegraphy and telephony are conducted by technical officers of the Department, and the Civil Service and Sixth Standard classes by a State-school teacher. The expenditure incurred by the Department, it is expected, will be fully warranted by the increased efficiency of officers Electric-lighting Licenses. By the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, the granting of electric-lighting licenses was transferred from the Post and Telegraph Department to the Public Works Department. Money-orders. A new class of money-orders,, to be known as " domestic money-orders," was introduced on the Ist June, 1912. These money-orders may be obtained at any money-order office, and may be made payable at the home or place of business of any person residing at places .within the Dominion where a regular delivery is made by letter-carrier. The maximum amount for which domestic moneyorders may be issued is £5, and the commission payable is 4d., which includes the delivery fee. It is believed that the system will be a great convenience-to the wives of working-men and to others who find it difficult to go to the post-office during office-hours to obtain payment. Penny Postage. The principle of penny postage continues to spread. The Postmaster-General of Southern Rhodesia in his annual report for 1909 states that in his opinion the moment has arrived for introducing penny postage from that territory to all parts of the British Empire. As the result of representations by New Zealand, the postage on lettersjfrom New Zealand to French Oceania was from the 6th January, 1912, reduced to Id. per ounce. As soon as certain diplomatic arrangements are completed letters from French Oceania to New Zealand will also be sent at the penny rate. On the Ist May, 1911, Australia and Rhodesia reduced the postage rates on letters for the rest of the British Empire to Id. per J oz. ; so that the only places not yet included in the Imperial pennypostage system are a few remote islands in the Pacific. Postage Rates. Representations to the General Post Office, London, with the object of securing a reduction in the postage on newspapers from the United Kingdom to New Zealand were unsuccessful.. Post and Telegraph Amendment Act, 1911. .... By the Post.and Telegraph Amendment Act, 1911, power was given to.the Governor by Order in Council to make regulations prescribing the documents on which an impression indicating a stamp

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value of any prescribed denomination might be made by recording-machines. The Minister of Telegraphs was authorized to grant licenses for the installation and working of apparatus for wireless telegraphy on board any ship registered in New Zealand, whether on the high seas or in New Zealand waters. Parcel-post. There has been a phenomenal growth in the parcel-post business generally, 1,613,010 parcels having been posted in the Dominion during 1911, as against 1,190,711 in 1910. From the Ist March, 1912, the parcel-post rates to Canada were reduced from Is. per pound to the following rates : For parcels not exceeding 3 lb., Is. ; not exceeding 7 lb., 2s. ; and not exceeding 11 lb., 3s. A direct exchange of parcels was also established between Straits Settlements and New Zealand. From the Ist October, 1911, the rate of postage on parcels to the Union of South Africa was reduced from Is. to 9d. per pound. Deferred Cable Messages. From the Ist January, 1.912, a system of deferred cable messages —ordinary and Press— was established. These deferred messages are transmitted after ordinary cable messages. The charge for deferred ordinary cable messages is one-half the rate for ordinary telegrams, and on deferred Press telegrams one-half the Press rate. At present the system of deferred Press messages is in operation only with Great Britain and Vancouver, and that of deferred ordinary cable messages with most countries to which the rate for ordinary cable messages is not less than 9|d. per word. Collection of National Provident Fund Receipts. Since last year's report the work of collecting moneys from contributors to the National Provident Fund has been undertaken by the Post Office. As the knowledge of the benefits of the fund becomes more general no doubt the business of the Post Office in connection therewith will largely increase. Post Office. During 1911 the Assistant Inspectors of Post-offices visited 2,270 offices. In conformity with the system inaugurated in 1909, 444 small non-permanent offices were inspected by the permanent Postmasters in their vicinity. Eighty post-offices were established (of these, 4 were reopened offices), and 25 closed. The number of post-offices open at the end of the year was 2,312, of which 1,747 were, and 5C5 were not, combined with telegraph or telephone offices. The names of 13 offices were changed to meet altered circumstances or to agree more nearly with local designations. The number of articles delivered in the Dominion, including those received from places outside, during the year 1911, as compared with the number in 1910, was as under : — 1911. 1910. Increase. Decrease. Letters and letter-cards .. 106,143,040 100,328,930 5,814,110 Post-cards .. .. 6,829,563 7,895,251 .. 1,065,688 Other articles .. .. 53,555,632 50,301,836 3,253,796 166,528,235 158,526,017 8,002,218 Parcels .. .. 1,714,369 1,281,253 433,116 The letters and letter-cards increased 5-80, post-cards decreased 13-50, other articles increased 6-47, and parcels 33-80 per cent. decrease in the number of post-cards may be accounted for by the continued decline in popularity of the pictorial post-card. In 1910 letters and letter-cards increased 7-13, post-cards decreased 1-92, other articles increased 4-37, and parcels 14-19 per cent. The average number of letters and letter-cards posted per head of population was estimated at 97-85. The average in 1910 was 97-14. The correspondence of 35 persons or firms has been prohibited transmission under section 28 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908. Money-orders may not be issued in favour of such persons or firms. On the sth January a warrant was issued prohibiting the issue of money-orders and delivery of postal correspondence to a company on the ground that it dealt in premium bonds—a lottery or scheme of chance. Subsequently, a test case was brought to determine whether a premium bond was a lottery, and it was decided in the Magistrate's Court, Wellington, that it was. This decision was to be appealed against, but on the company satisfying the Department that it would not use the Post Office for the purposes of the supposed lottery the prohibition was removed. The decision has since been affirmed. Twenty-one newspapers were registered for transmission by post, and 18 were removed from the register. The declared value of parcels received from places outside the Dominion in 1911 was £374.294, as against £307,299 in 1910. The Customs duty collected amounted to £65,967 16s. Bd.

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The declared value of parcels despatched to places beyond the Dominion was £39,521, as against £35,190 in 1910. Five new letter-carriers' deliveries were established. Deliveries were extended in 23 and increased in frequency in 9 places. From the Ist July, 1911, the special-messenger and express delivery services were extended to all offices at which there were telegraph message-boys. The roller obliterating-stamps with movable type used at the Wellington Office for post-marking packets and newspapers have proved satisfactory. From the Ist July, 1911, the system of insurance of letters was extended to European and other countries if sent via London (Suez route only). From July, 1911, lead sealing was adopted as the standard method of sealing mails of all descriptions for places in New Zealand. Australia. United Kingdom. Germany, and the United States of America. During the course of alterations at the Lyttelton Post-office a bundle of old letters was discovered. The letters were post-marked April and May, 1889, and it is supposed that some letter-carrier had secreted them to save himself the trouble of making delivery. In order to avoid delay to mail-matter generally, through the receipt of letters or other articles enclosed in " transparent " envelopes, such envelopes, if the address cannot be easily read, are placed aside during the sorting and dealt with when the work is less pressing. Enclosures in such envelopes folded in such a manner that the address cannot be read are treated as undeliverabie for want of a true address, and if enclosed in an envelope with the transparency running across the breadth of the envelope instead of lengthwise are dealt with as prohibited articles. Postage-stamps. New yellow-coloured 4d. stamps were printed on the 31st January, 1911, and brought into circulation on the sth January, 1912. King Edward overprinted stamps for the South Pacific Islands included in New Zealand territory have been issued as follows: Niue (30th November. 1911) —Jd., 6d., Is.; Aitutaki (August, 1911) —Jd. Stamp-booklets containing eighteen penny stamps and twelve half-penny stamps were issued for sale to the public on the 9th May, 1912. The stamps are printed in small sections bound with sheets of advertisements between the sections in a size handy for carrying in the vest-pocket. The booklets are sold for 25., no charge being made for the binding. Ocean Mail-servioks. San Francisco Service, The service established for one year from the 22nd October, 1910, having proved satisfactory, Government decided to extend it for two years, with Wellington as the outward and inward New Zealand port of call. The contractors placed the R.M.S. " Tahiti" in the service from, the 16th December, 1911, and extended the service to Sydney from the Bth December, 1911. The new steamer is fitted with all modern improvements, and is capable of steaming eighteen knots an hour. She has 15,407 cubic feet of cool-storage and refrigerator space, in addition to considerable insulated space fore and aft. Her tonnage is 7,585. The dates of departure of the steamers from Wellington have been altered (from 29th March. 1912) so as to allow of a fortnightly alternation with the Vancouver service from Auckland. The maximum, minimum, and average periods within which the mails were delivered at and from London and Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin by the San Francisco mailservice are given in Table 15. Vancouver Service. The Auckland-Suva-Honolulu- -Vancouver service commenced with the departure of the " Marama " from Auckland on the 4th August, 1911. The vessels employed have been regularly despatched and the times of transit allowed under the contract have been well, maintained. The maximum, minimum, and average periods within which the mails were delivered at and from London and Auckland, Wellington--.' Christchurch. and Dunedin by the Vancouver mail-service are given in Table 15. Commencing in August. .1911, with the inauguration of the new mail-service from Auckland via Vancouver, the steamers of the San Francisco service made Wellington the port of departure and arrival. Suez Service. The P. and O. steamers resumed making calls regularly every four weeks at Auckland during the southern summer. The s.s. " Warrimoo'' which left Wellington on the 3rd November. 1911. was the only vessel which failed to connect with the outward English mail at Sydney. Payments on Account of the Suez Mail-service during the Year 1911-12. £ Payment to Peninsular and Oriental and Orient lines . . . . . . 16,229 Transit-charges across Australia and Europe .. .. .. .. 7,497 Mail-service to Australia .. . . .. . . ... . . *15,000 38,726

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The maximum, minimum, and average number of days within which the mails were delivered at and from London, and Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin. by the Peninsular and Orient and Orient lines is given in Table 15. Inland Mail-services. Owing to floods in July. 1911, the mail-services in the Marlborough District were somewhat disorganized. The s.s. " Jane Douglas," while on a voyage from Wellington to Hokitika, was wrecked on the 14th January, 1912, between Stephen Island and D'Urville Island. The number of inland mail-services in operation on the 31st December, 1911, was 1,643. Tenders for mail-services for the triennium 1913-15 will be invited shortly. Special attention is to be paid to the substitution of motor vehicles for coaches where this is likely to be a success, and it is hoped to largely extend the system of rural deliveries. Dead and Missing Letters." The undermentioned articles of value were found in letters in the Dead Letter Office, and returned to the senders where practicable : 732 post-office orders, £1,945 13s. sd. ; 62 bank drafts, £6,306 ss. ; 806 cheques, £7,996 Is. ; 24 dividend-warrants, £115 16s. Id. ; 13 promissory notes, £657 Is. Bd. ; postal notes, £794 9s. 6d. ; British postal orders, £91 lis. 6d. ; stamps, £61 3s. 4|d. ; bank-notes, £480.; gold, £61 10s. ; silver and copper, £17 Bs. 11-Jd. : representing a total of £18,527 os. 6d. In addition, 7,442 letters intended for " Tattersall's," containing £3,984 lis. 1-Jd., were received from Hobart as prohibited, and returned to the senders. Amongst others things dealt with, there were 8 gold watches, 30 gold brooches, 8 gold chains. 15 gold rings, 5 gold tie-pins, 4 gold bangles, 3 sets gold earrings, 3 gold lockets and chains, 1 pair gold sleeve-links, 1 gold-mounted tobacco-pouch, 27 gold and greenstone pendants, 6 gold-mounted greenstone brooches, 2 gold-mounted greenstone watch-chains, 34 silver and metal watches, 3 silver brooches, 2 silver chains, 6 greenstone silver-mounted spoons, 2 greenstone silver-mounted butter-knives, 1 silverbacked hair-brush, 1 silver-backed mirror, 1, silver flask, 1 silver serviette-ring, 1 silver photographframe, 1 silver butter-dish, 1 silver sovereign-case, 2 silver cigarette-holders, 3 pieces of electroplate, I steamer-ticket, 6 railway tickets, 9 pawn-tickets, 3 share certificates, and 52 lottery tickets. The proportion of dead or unclaimed letters, letter-cards, and. post-cards to the total number delivered within the Dominion was 0-44 per cent. 212,821 letters were opened and returned to writers through the Dead Letter Office ; 54,591 were returned unopened to other countries ; 526 were reissued ; 21,983 were destroyed ; 206,147 were returned by Chief Postmasters : a total of 496,068 letters, as compared with 424,339 in 1910. 51,416 other articles were returned to foreign countries ; 6,196 were returned to the senders through the Dead Letter Office ; 288,275 were, returned by Chief Postmasters : a total of 345,887 other articles, as compared with 252,227 in 1910. 12,503 letters were wrongly addressed ; 31 letters were discovered to have been posted with previously used stamps ; 8,040 unclaimed registered letters were dealt with. 4,887 newspapers and 3,696 books and other articles without addresses were received, man}- of which were subsequently applied for and delivered. 30,984 newspapers were returned to publishers 3,568 letters and 853 letter-cards were posted without addresses. 125 letters with libellous addresses were intercepted. 4,534 inquiries for postal packets alleged to have been posted and not delivered were made during 1911. In. 2,685 of the inquiries—over one-half of the total number—the investigations by the Department resulted in the missing articles being traced or accounted for. These may be summarized as follows :— Number of Result Traced Cases. 784 .. .. .. v .. Sender responsible for delay. 553 .. .. .. .. Addressee responsible for delay. 238 .. .. .. .. Post Office responsible for delay. 1,110 .. .. :. .. No delay, or responsibility not fixed. 2,685 Offences. A letter containing £4 in postal notes was delivered to the wrong person, who on opening the letter discovered that a mistake had been made ; but intsead of returning the letter to the Post Office converted the contents to his own use. He was afterwards arrested for theft, and sentenced to three weeks' imprisonment. On a charge of the theft of £5 from the post-office, Colac Bay, a man was fined £15 and ordered to refund the amount stolen. The Kiwitea office was entered by a burglar on the 19th January, 1912, and the Postmistress brutally maltreated. Burglars also entered the Manunui Post-office on the 26tli April, 1911, and stole £134 4s. 7d. At Cambridge an officer was sentenced to imprisonment for one month for stealing postal packets ; at Gisborne a man was sentenced to three weeks' imprisonment on a charge of obtaining delivery of letters addressed to another person ; at Hikurangi, a cadet and a railway porter, charged with opening

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letters, were ordered to come up for sentence when called upon ; at Nelson an officer was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for stealing postal packets; at Orepuki a railway cadet was admitted to probation on a similar charge ; at Te Aro two telegraph message-boys, charged with stealing postal packets, were admitted to probation for two years ; and at Thames a letter-carrier was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon on a charge of delaying and destroying circulars. On a charge of defacing Post Office receiving-boxes two boys were severely cautioned in the Juvenile Court, Oamaru. On. a charge of the theft of two money-orders from the counter of the Foxton Post-office a man was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. Several offences occurred in connection with Savings-bank accounts : a person was convicted at Palmerston North for forging a Savings-bank withdrawal ; at Thames a man was convicted on a charge of fraudulently obtaining payment twice of a Savings-bank withdrawal; and at Wellington a man was convicted for forging a Savings-bank withdrawal, A man at Wellington, on a charge of forging a telegram, was ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. Buildings. The following new offices were officially opened: Balclutha, Ellerslie, Green Island, Kilbunie. Kingsland, Manaia, Porirua, Putaruru, Rangiwahia, and Te Aroha. The following offices were transferred to departmental new buildings : Amberley, Avoadale, Culverden, Granity, Hamilton East, Kaeo, Leeston, Manaia, Manutuke, Matata, Mercer, Murchison, Ongarue, Putaruru, Rangiwahia, Riverton, Runanga, Seddon, Shannon, Taneatua, Taradale, Taupo, Te Awamutu, Tikokino, Wairoa, and Warkworth. Sites have been purchased at Eastbourne, Fitzroy, Kawakawa, Little River, Lumsden, Otahuhu, Ravensbourne, Russell, and Taupiri. Duringlthe year buildings were erected at Bannockburn, Ellerslie, Green Island, Kilbirnie, Kingsland, Kirikiriroa, Porirua., Rahotu, Takapau, Waimate, and Wellington (workshops). General repairs, additions, &c, were carried out during the year at the following offices : Ashburton, Avondale, Carterton, Eltham, Hokitika, Huntly, Inglewood, Invercargill, Kaponga, Lawrence, Lower Hutt, New Brighton, Newton, Ohakune, Owaka, Paeroa, Pahiatua, Te Kuiti, Waipiata, Wanganui, Wellington (Molesworth Street), Wellington (Tinakori Road), Wellington (bulk store), and Whakatane. Contracts have been let for buildings at Addington (clock-tower), Balfour, Clive, Hawea Flat, Kaiwarawara, Lyttelton (clock-tower), Otane, Pleasant Point, Takaka (quarters), and Whangamomona. Buildings are in course of erection at Auckland, Kaitangata, Matamata, Murchison, Ohura, Ponsonby, Sydenham, Waiau (lineman's cottage), Wellington (G.P.0.), and Westport. The old post-office building, Shannon, was handed over as a Coronation gift to the residents for a library and reading-room. The Cheltenham Post-office was destroyed by fire on the 18th October, 1911. No postal property, except that in the safe, was saved. The Raglan Post-office was destroyed by fire on the 18th May, 1911. Fires occurred in the following non-permanent offices : Hataitai (14/4/12), Kawerua (2/3/12), Kiritehere (9/5/12), Makomako (30/5/12), Onerahi (26/5/12), Oruanui (1/5/11), Rawhitiroa (1/6/11), Taipa (13/2/11), Waitetuna (25/3/11), and Woodend (25/3/12). Money-orders. During the year there were 46 money-order offices opened and 6 closed, the number remaining open at the end of the year being 704. 607,764 money-orders were issued, for £2,759,393 Bs. 5d., as compared with 569,657 for £2,457,522 18s. 5d., for the previous year —an increase of 38,107 in number and £301,870 10s. in amount. 483,043 money-orders, amounting- to £2,416,958 15s. 10d., were paid, as against 449,773 for £2,126,588 16s. 7d'., during 1910—-an increase of" 33,270 orders and £290,369 19s. 3d. in amount, 163,595 orders, for £497,027 ss. lid., were drawn for payment in places beyond New Zealand. 39,427 orders, for £162,606 12s. Bd., were issued at offices abroad for payment in New Zealand. The commission received for money-orders amounted to £15,307 7s. 7d., as against £14,300 7s. 9d. for 1910, an increase of £1,006 19s. lOd. A direct money-order exchange with France was brought into force from the Ist August, 1911. Postal Notes. Forty-four offices were opened and 7 closed, leaving 866 postal-note offices at the end of the year. 1,821,566 notes, representing a value of £574,979 18s. 6d., were sold, as against 1,666,959 notes, for £524,942 18s. 6d., sold during the previous year—an increase of 9-27 per cent, in number and 9-53 per cent, in value. The postal notes paid numbered 1,811,096, of the value of £572,112 165., as compared with 1,650,065, of the value of £520,675 165., paid during 1910-11. The postal-note commission amounted to £8,329 13s. 2d., as against £7,627 12s. 4d.—an increase of £702 os. 10d, or 9-20 per cent.

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The postal-note facilities were introduced in 1886, and some idea of the remarkable manner in which the business has increased in recent years may be gathered from the following comparative table :— 1883. 1891-92. 1901-2. 1911-12. Number .. .. 83,389 220,683 556,316 1,821,566 Value.. .. .. £34,980 £80,887 £173,317 £574,980 Commission .. .. £638 £1,561 £3,791 £8,330 British Postal Orders. 88,528 orders, representing a value of £45,687 10s. 6d., have been sold, and 23,429, for £15,458 18s. 6d. paid. An extended table of the transactions is printed in Table 5. There was an increase of 30-6 per cent, in the number and 29-54 per cent, in the amount of postal?orders sold during the year, and 17-49 per cent, in the_.number paid. Savings-bank. During the year 43 offices were opened and 3 closed, leaving 687 offices open at the end of 1911. 85,912 accounts were opened and 60,931 closed, the net gain on the year's working being 24,981 accounts. The number of accounts on the 31st December, 1911, was 405,566, and the proportion per head of population was 1 in 2-65, as compared with 1 in 2-76 at the end of the previous year. The deposits numbered 823,832, representing £11,627,367 14s. 3d., an average of £14 2s. 3d. per transaction. The withdrawals numbered 546,022, for £10,662,045 15s. 2d., an average of £19 10s. 6d. for each withdrawal. The net amount added by depositors to their savings during the year was therefore £965,321 19s. Id. excess of deposits, plus £472,874 18s. sd. interest earned and credited, making a total oi £1,438,196 17s. 6d. The total amount at credit of depositors increased from £14,104,989 19s. 2d. at the close of the previous year to £15,543,186 16s. Bd. on the 31st December last, representing a sum equal to £14 9s. Id. per head of the entire population, and £38 6s. 6d. to each depositor. The interest credited to depositors since the post-office savings-banks were established in 1867 now amounts to £5,474,000 17s. 2d. The cost of working the savings-banks amounted to 5-08 d. per transaction, or £29,000 for the year. ' The cost of management per cent, on the total amount at credit of depositors was 0-19 per cent., or 3s. 9d. per £100. Contributors to the National Provident Fund who are also depositors in the Savings-bank may have contributions deducted from their Savings-bank account. The system of Savings-bank nominations, inaugurated some few years ago, has proved acceptable to many persons who have wished to nominate a relative or friend to receive any Savings-bank moneys at their credit in the event of death. At the present time 721 nominations are recorded in the books of the Department. The number of Savings-bank depositors who have given orders for the deduction of their Government Insurance premiums as they fall due from the balance to credit of their Savings-bank accounts is 1,989. The subscribers to the National Provident Fund who have acted in a like manner number 59. The system of transfers of Savings-bank accounts between the Dominion and the United Kingdom has been largely taken advantage of by depositors removing both to and from New Zealand, the total number of transfers effected last year being 518. 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 Dominion amounting to £69,302 18s. 2d., and on account of ordinary Customs work £1,379 os. lid. Advances to Settlers receipts amounted to £3,213,717 65., and payments to £3,199,509 9s. 3d. Fishing licenses were issued by Postmasters to the value of £1,094 2s. 6d., and game licenses to the value of £4,156 3s. For the Government Insurance Department premiums were collected from the public amounting to £27,883 13s. 6d. The sum of £26,836 23. 9d. was paid to Imperial pensioners by Postmasters. Income-tax amounting to £252,482 103. 2d. and land-tax to £468,241 15s. lOd. were collected by Postmasters. The sum of £9,493, fees due to the Machinery Department, was received. Under the Mining Act the receipts were £256 10s. New Zealand Consols for £1,125 were sold on behalf of the Treasury. On behalf of the Public Trustee, £1,660,718 os. sd. was received and £1,652,758 13s. lOd. paid. Railway revenue amounting to £1,068 os. lid. was collected by Postmasters. Fees received for the registration of births, deaths, and marriages amounted to £2,728 Is. Receipts from the Hanmer Springs Sanatorium amounted to £1,901 12s. lOd. Valuation fees paid to Postmasters reached £4,809 18s. Id.

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Claims on the General Government for £1,661,484 13s. 10d. were paid on behalf of the Treasury Discount-stamps numbering 1,223,760, for £1,274 15s., were sold and 1,238,640, for £1,290 5s.> redeemed during the year! Contributions to the National Provident Fund collected by Postmasters amounted to £1,333 16s. 5d. '-. ' Gross Receipts and Payments. The gross amount received by the Department during 1911 was £36,387,554 5s. 4d., of which £30,227,885 13s. lid. was departmental and £6,159,668 11s. 5d. on account of other Departments. The gross amount paid out was £36,314,660 18s. 4|d., made up of £30,183,465 4s. ll-|d. departmental and on behalf of other Departments, to individuals £4,000.577 15s. Id., and to accounts £2,130,617 18s. 4d. The total gross receipts and payments were therefore £72,702,215 3s. 8|d. Telegraphs. The total value of the telegraph and telephone business for the year ended the 31st March, 1912, including miscellaneous telegraph receipts and Government telegrams, was £479,289 17s. 4d., as compared with £438,989 19s. 10d. for the previous year—an increase of £40,299 17s. 6d., or 9-18 per cent. The following is a comparison of the traffic in paid telegrams during the last five years :— Number. Revenue. 1907-8 ... 6,958,279 Increase, 12-96 per cent. ... 222,926 Increase, 10-2 percent. 1908-9 ... 7,338,017 „ 5'46 „ "... 233,517 „ 4-75 1909-10 ... 7,757,128 „ 5-71 244,906 „ 4-88 1910-11 ... 8,268,340 „ 6-59 „ " ... 265,624 „ 8-45 1911-12 ... 8,971,725 „ 851 „ ... 288,431 „ 8-59 The number of telegrams forwarded and the revenue derived therefrom during the four quarters of the financial years 1910-11 and 1911-12 respectively are as follows : —

The telegraph receipts for the financial year, including telephone-exchange subscriptions, privatewire rents, &c, amounted to £474,458 6s. 10d., as compared with £434,115 19s. BJd. in 1910-11—an increase of £40,342 7s. l|d, or 9-29 per cent. The expenditure was £469,716 17s. 7d.. as against £446,709 17s. Id. for the previous year—an increase of £23,007 os. 6d., or 5-15 per cent. There were 11,805 miles of line and 39,370 miles of wire at the close of the year-—an increase of 489 and 2,158 miles respectively. The net expenditure out of Public Works Fund for telegraph-extension was £147,692 6s. Bd.. as compared with £111,867 13s. Id. in 1910-11. The number of private wires and subsidized lines was 519, as compared with 536 in 1910-11. The amount received for rent and maintenance, &c, of such lines was £3,325 17s. 4d., as against £3,712 15s. 4d. in 1910-11. The total number of telegraph and telephone offices open at the close of the year was 2,081. Of these, 310 were Morse-telegraph offices and 1,771 were telephone-offices. The total number of telegraph and telephone offices combined with post-offices was 1747; not combined, 334. The number of telegrams of all codes forwarded during the last financial year was 9,063,133 —an increase of 702,486, or 8-40 per cent, over 1910-11.. The proportion of paid telegrams per head of population was 8-34, and 7-78 the previous year. The number of ordinary telegrams forwarded was 5,911,322, of the value of £185,612 9s. 4d., compared with 5,536,706, of the value of £173,142 15s. Il|d., in 1910-11—an increase of 374,616 in number, and of £12,469 13s. 4|d. in amount. The urgent telegrams numbered 258,983, to the value of £15,854 Bs. lOd.—a decrease of 3,161 in number and £219 Bs. 3d. in amount. The average value of each ordinary telegram was 7'54d., and of each urgent telegram Is. 2-69 d. 440,506 Press telegrams, of the value of £22,152 18s. 7Jd., were forwarded in 1911-12, as compared with 438,114, valued at £22,069 lis. Id., forwarded in 1910-11—an increase in number of 2,392, or 0-55 per cent., and an increase of £83 7s. 6|d., or 0-38 per cent, in value.

Number of Telegrams forwarded. Revenue. Quarter. ' " 'i Year ended Year ended T qi «(■ March 5i e tu nr »i, Increase: Year ended Year ended 1911 mi ! percent.; 31st March, 1911 | 31st March, 1912. l! June quarter September quarter December quarter March quarter ... 1,958,996 |2,099,745 1,930,574 2,084,614 2,160,751 12,353,496 2,218,019 2,433,870 £ s. d. £ s. 7-18 62,873 10 2£ 66,808 8 7-98 62,382 16 ll-j 66,738 18 8-92 ' 69,195 18 11 76,480 3 973 71,171 16 9§ 78,404 6 d. n 8 6-26 6-98 10-53 1016 8,268,340 18,971,725 8-51 J265,624 2 10|-288,431 16 6$ 8-59

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The value of each Press telegram averaged Is. 0-06 d., as against Is. 0-08 d. in 1910-11. The bureau messages numbered 2,360.914, of the value of £64,811 19s. 9d., as compared with 2,031,376, of the value of £54,337 18s. 9d, in 1910-11—an increase of 329,538 in number and £10,474 Is. in amount. The average value of each bureau message was 6-59 d., as against 6-41 d. in 1910-11. The number of Government telegrams forwarded was 91,408, valued at £4,831 10s. 6d., as compared with 92,307, valued at £4,874 os. lfd. —a decrease of 899 in number, and £42 9s. 7|d. in amount. The number of paid forwarded telegrams to every hundred letters posted in New Zealand was 8-57. A telegram-accounting machine on the principle of the cash-register was installed at the Telegraph Office, Wellington, on the 26th July, 1911, and a second machine on the 12th August, 1911. New Zealand Cable Service. There were 372 knots of submarine cable on the 31st March, 1912. The cables across Cook Strait are in good electrical condition, except No. 3, which has shown low insulation for some time. This cable parted late in November, and, owing to unsuitable weather, was not finally repaired until the 15th December. Portions of the three cables landing at Oterangi Bay are in a poor condition mechanically. Repairs were made to the Stephen Island cable, and the shore end at the island moved to a pointless exposed to the wash of the sea. The D'Urville end was found exposed ; a new trench was made, and the cable buried. The Nelson Lighthouse cable parted : a new length was spliced in. 2 miles 7 chains of cable was laid across Pelorus Sound to connect Homewood with Te Rawa. Ocean Cable Services. . The ordinary international telegrams for the year increased by 8-6 per cent., and the intercolonial by 5-8 per cent. New Zealand's proportion of the deficit of £48,210 lis. 9d. on the ninth year's working of the Pacific cable, 1910-11, amounted to £5,356 14s. Bd. The receipts and working-expenses of the Pacific cable for the year ended 31st March, 1912, are estimated as follows :— £ £ Traffic revenue .. .. 153,000 Annuity and renewals .. 107,545 Estimated deficit .. .. 39,526 Working-expenses .. .. 84,981 £192,526 ..' :".; £192,526 . New Zealand's proportion of the loss is stated at £4,392. The share of ordinary paid business obtained by the Pacific cable still shows a decrease. In 1907 the Pacific proportion was 88 per cent., the Eastern 12 per cent. The 1911-12 figures are : Pacific, 69 per cent. ; Eastern 31 per cent. The following figures show the total number of ordinary telegrams forwarded for each of the past five years, and the percentages of such business falling to each route : — Pacific. E.E.A. & C. Year. Messages, j Year - Messages. 1907 .. .. 102,490 88 1907 .. .. 13,610 12 1908 .. .. 101,724 85 1908 .. .. 18,873 15 1909 .. .. 96,648 83 1909 .... 19,812 17 1910 .. .. 87,326 72 1910 .. .. 33,273 28 / 1911-12 .. .. 89,276 69 1911-12. .. 39,374 31 The average best times in which messages are handled on the Pacific route are : — H. m. From London .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 17 From America .. .. .. .. ■ • .. .. 0 23 From Sydney .. .. .. .. .... ..04 From Melbourne .. ..' .. .. .. - '.. .. 0 17 During the year New Zealand has only given the Pacific route 69-48 per cent, of the ordinary business to Australia, as against 72-68 per cent, last year. 912 Press telegrams were sent via Pacific and 1,250 via Eastern, compared with 925 and 1,336 respectively last year. A new deep-sea cable, continued by subterannean cables between Auckland and Muriwai Creek, and between. Sydney and Bondi, is about to be laid by the Pacific Cable Board. The advantage of terminating the cables in large centres of population is expected to be considerable, as several transmissions will be saved and the time reduced between Auckland and Sydney. Wireless Telegraphy. The Wellington Radio-station, situated in the tower of the General Post Office, was opened on the 26th July, 1911, and has successfully carried on radio-telegraphic communication over a normal range at night of 600 miles during the past year. It has demonstrated the great value of such a service to the Dominion and to the ships trading in its waters. The work done by the station has steadily increased, and it is anticipated that as the advantages of radio-telegraphy become more generally recognized the demand for wireless facilities will materially increase. The greatest work done in one day of sixteen hours so far has been 7 messages sent and 32 received. This branch of the service bids fair to become an indispensable adjunct to the Department's telegraph system. It carries on its operations where wire telegraphy is impracticable, minimizes

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maritime dangers and anxieties, and, by keeping ships in touch with the shore or other ships renders unique>rvice to society and commerce. ftfl : . _ J""' V A large part of the plant for the Awanui'high-power stationjhas come Ho': hand, and the task of providing suitable foundations for the towers and other structures appertaining to a modern highpower station is almost completed. Labour troubles have been responsible for delaying to some extent the manufacture and shipment of this plant. The work of erection will shortly be commenced by the contractors, who will next proceed with the erection of a similar South Island station near the Bluff. The material for this station is now coming to hand. The station on Mount Etako, behind Wellington, is nearing completion. The building is of solid construction, designed to resist the heavy wind-forces to which this station will be subjected, and to ensure sufficient quietness which is essential for the accurate deciphering of attenuated signals. This when completed will be the station called " Radio-Wellington." The first of the Government steamers to be equipped with wireless plant will be the cable-steamer " Tutanekai." Accommodation for the wireless equipment is now being provided, and as soon as this is ready the equipment will be installed. The work of linking up the outlying islands has not been lost sight of, and preliminary surveys and estimates have been prepared with this object in view. During the year 1911 eight ships' licenses for the installation of wireless plants have been issued by the Department. An event of importance is the International Radio-telegraphic Convention to be held in London in June, 1912. Numerous propositions affecting all phases of radio-telegraphic service will come up for consideration, and the exchange of views on the regulation and control of wireless traffic will no doubt be of considerable benefit to the countries interested. New Zealand will be represented by Messrs. C. F. W. Palliser and T. E. Donne. Arrangements have been made for the acceptance by the Department of weather radio-telegrams for the Meteorological Office from warships and from vessels belonging to the various companies trading around New Zealand. No charge is at present made by the Department for these weather messages. Radio-telegrams from ships at sea addressed to the radio-telegraphic station, Wellington, merely announcing their expected time of arrival, are accepted free of charge, and the information is passed on to the shipping companies and to the Press. The probable hour of arrival of the steamers at Wellington is notified by the wireless station in the General Post Office to the Chief Post Office, thus facilitating arrangements for the disposal of the mail. Owing to unauthorized wireless installations interfering with official messages, instructions were given to order all amateur aerials to be taken down. Telephone Exchanges.' Thirteen new exchanges were opened during the year, the number of subscribers increased 3,031, and the total number of connections by 4,029. The total number of exchanges now is 193, made up of 60 central and 133 sub-exchanges. The total number of connections is 37,257, compared with 33,228 in 1911. They may he classified as follows : Paying, 27,746 ; bureaux, 3,341 ; service, 388 ; extensions, 5,782. New connections numbered 4,795, and those given up 1,413. The increase in connections is equal to 12-13 per cent. On the 31st March, 1912, there were 1,538 miles of telephone-line and 37,872 miles of wire. New exchanges were opened at Huntly, Kohukohu, Mangonui, Rawene, Russell, Taumarunui, Waiuku, Waiwera, Warkworth, Whakatane, Kirwee, Halcombe, Waitotara, Makuri, Takapau, Mataroa, Greenmeadows, Middlemarch, Clyde, and Kelso ; and additions were made to existing switch-boards at Morrinsville, Cambridge, Te Kuiti, Levin, Taihape, Carterton, Dannevirke, Stratford, Marton, Waipawa, and Wairoa. The work of laying conduits at Auckland to place the telephone-cables underground has proceeded steadily, 2 miles 12 chains having been laid, which, with 25 miles 4 chains previously laid, gives a total of 27 miles 16 chains completed. In addition, 4 miles 48 chains of 3 in. steel pipe has been laid. 3 miles 34| chains of cable has been drawn into the ducts. At Christchurch, 29£ chains of cable was laid during the year, and 7 miles 68 chains of aerial cable erected. At Wellington, 2 miles 57 chains of_lead cable was drawn into the underground ducts, and in a short time all aerial cables in the congested part of the city will be diverted underground. At Taumarunui, armoured cable was laid underground to replace the aerial wires, which were becoming too heavy in the main streets. Subscribers' lines at Lyttelton, Manaia, Shannon, and Napier have been converted from earthworking to metallic circuits ; and similar alterations will be made early at Eltham, New Plymouth, Gisborne, Hawera, Masterton, Palmerston North, Temuka, Waimate, and Geraldine. New exchanges are to be erected at Darfield, Coalgate, Fordell, Urenui, and Rangataua. The Foxton and Patea exchange lines were overhauled and strengthened during the year. By Order in Council dated the 12th June, 1911, the Telephone Exchange Regulations were amended to provide that an exchange with 151 subscribers or over may be kept open continuously if two thirds of the subscribers express in writing their desire that the exchange should be so open continuously and their willingness to pay a minimum rate of £6 per annum in lieu of £5. This decision can be reversed if at least two-thirds of the subscribers express a desire to return to the original hours—B a.m. to midnight. From the Ist January, 1912, the charges on party telephone-lines were materially reduced.

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n A telephone-exchange subscriber may now have the name of a person making a bureau communication from the subscriber's telephone inserted in the weekly account, provided he makes written application therefor and agrees in writing to pay a minimum charge of 6d. on all bureau communications from his connection. . . , . . ., , It has been found necessary to issue special passes to linemen giving them authority to visit departmental offices and subscribers' premises and to make use of telephones on departmental business. Passes have been issued accordingly. Construction of Telegraph and Telephone Trunk Lines. The following is a comparative statement showing the length of new lines and wires erected in Telegraph Engineers' districts during the last five years :— - -

The number of offices in each district on the 31st March, 1912, was as follows:—

Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Trunk Lines. Several sections of line have been overhauled and strengthened : Auckland District, 268 miles ; Wellington District, 433 miles ; Nelson District, 493 miles ; Otago District, 170 miles. The following are the principal lines overhauled and strengthened during the year : CoromandelWhitianaa 27 miles; Hamilton-Cambridge, 14 miles; Hamilton-Kawhia, 17 miles; MangonuiAwanui 20 miles; Ngaruawahia-Huntly, 10 miles; Ohaeawai-Waitangi, 13 miles:; OhaimoOtorohanga 20 miles ; Waiuku-Drury, 18 miles ; Waiuku-Manukau Heads, 20 mdes ; WhakataneOpotiki 38' miles; Whangarei-Kawakawa, 39 miles ; Stoke-Lyell, 113 miles ; St. Helens-Karamea, 34 mile's ■ Mokihinui-Westport, 31 miles; Greymouth-Ngahere, 15 miles; Greymouth-Marsden, 13 miles ' Hokitika-Kumara, 18 miles ; Hokitika-Ross, 14 miles ; Nelson-Wakapuaka, 13 miles ; Richmond-Motueka, 26 miles; Motueka-Takaka, 38 miles; Picton-Flat Creek, 42 miles ;KohatuKorere 14 miles- D'Urville Island, 15 miles; Nydia Bay, 30 miles; Orepuki-Thornbury, 24 miles • Dunedin-Waitati, 17 miles ; Oamaru-Glenavy, 14 miles ; Oamaru-Wmdsor, 13 miles; Oamaru-Ngapara, 17 miles; Oamaru-Duntroon, 28 miles ; Clyde-Cromwell, 13 miles; LawrenceWaipori 14 miles • Milton-Balclutha, 17 miles; Waipukurau-Porangahau, 31 miles; Waitotara Valley 38 miles ■ Wellington-Featherston, 30 miles; Waitara-Urenui-Mahoenui, 67 miles; PateaWaver'ley 10 mile's- Wellington-Paekakariki, 27 miles ; Ohakune-Taihape, 38 miles ; Napier-Waipawa, 39 miles;' Porangahau-Aohanga, 42 miles; Masterton-Castlepoint, 38 miles; Marton-Taihape, 50 miles; Pahiatua-Makuri, 19 miles. „■,.,. , ,j • • .- .x. The section from Wellington to Palmerston North is being overhauled in conjunction with the erection of the Wellington - Palmerston North metallic circuit. Considerable alterations are being made to the metallic circuits m the Vv elhngton District, arrangements being made so that the circuits may be phantomed over when required. The extension of lines to the outlying districts has been vigorously proceeded with. Increased facilities for telegraph and telephone communication between centres have been given by the erection of additional circuits and the conversion of previously earth-workmg circuits to metallic circuits; also by superimposing Morse over telephone metallic circuits. Owing to the increase in the number of circuits, new test-boards were fitted at Denmston, it oxton, Frankton Junction, Granity, Karamea, Kumara, Levin, Longburn, Mahoenui, Manaia, Motueka, Murchison, Reef ton, Takaka, Taupo, Te Awamutu, Te Kuiti, andWarkworth, The followino- offices were converted: From telephone to Morse—Ashhurst, Avondale, Kawina, Matamata, Pongaroa, Porangahau, Taradale, and Wellington North; from Morse to telephone— er! The construction of a metallic circuit between Wellington and Auckland to be used for bureau and telegraphic purposes is progressing.

1008. 190! 1-10. 1910-11. 1911-12. 11 107. Poles. Wire. Poles. Poles. Wire. Wire. J Poles. Wire. Poles. Wire. Auckland Wellington Nelson Canterbury Otago M. ch. 139 60 104 43 245 16 j 90 47 !l21 0 M. ch. 350 60 690 74 484 77 266 20 518 20 M. ch. 228 60 157 2J 52 22 62 30J 248 60 M. ch. 795 0 974 52 254 58 641 50 G44 GO M. ch. 191 36 192 55 38 16 17 78 64 0 M. ch. 953 78 490 53 189 72 268 40 236 40 M. ch. 173 15 117 2o 31 15 50 63 54 0 M. ch. 654 43 989 20 156 27 305 33 351 0 M. ch. 148 58 104 27 G9 31 73 1 93 15 M. ch. 6S3 30 481 9 194 55 250 71 543 15 Totals 3,310 60 504 25 2,183 43 426 41 2,450 43 488 52 2,153 20 1701 0 ■2,811 11 749 15

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APPENDIX.

DESIGNATION OF OFFICES CHANGED OR CORRECTED.

INLAND MAIL-SERVICES ESTABLISHED, EXTENDED, AND ABOLISHED.

Postal District. Changed from Changed to Auckland it ' * * Blenheim Chris tehurch ... Dunedin Invercargill Te Tatua ... Wade Flaxbourne ... Christchurch North ... Bendigo Otago Heads Five Rivers ... Middlevale ... Tatahi Te Akau Stanley Eoad Moumahaki ... Island Bay Bureau ... Mount Eoskill. Silverdale. Ward. Shirley. Lindis Crossing. Taiaroa. Ngawaierima. Charlton. Tahunanui. Kapowai. Wharehuia. Okotuku. Taputeranga. it ■ • • Nelson a ''' New Plymouth... Wanganui Wellington

District. Name ol Service. Frequency. Bemarks. Auckland Dargaville Post-office-Railway-station —wharf Helensville Post-office - Railway-sta- | tion - wharf Maraetai Post-office - wharf Oparau Ferry Post-office - river-bank j Taupo Post-office - lake landing .. Te Arai - Mangawai .. .. ■ Kawakawa Post - office - Railway - j station Auckland - Takapuna .. Piriaka Post-office - Railway-station Auckland-Onehunga Clevedon - Clevedon South Hamilton-Rukuhia (rural delivery).. Kumeu Post-office - Railway-station Morrinsville-Motumaoho Ruakohua - Waiuku - Pukekohe Road Kauroa - Hamilton - Raglan Eoad .. Kirikau - Kokakonui Landing Cambridge - White Hall .. Gordonton-Whitikahu Mangakahia-Titoki Morrinsville-Tauhei (rural delivery).. Ohautira - Ngarauawahia - Raglan Road Ohura-Tatu Otorohanga-Otewa-Tahaia-Parua Bay-Taraunui Tangitu-Mapiu Tangitu-Mokauiti Waingaro-Mangati Whakatiri - s.s. Hirere Whakapirau-Pahi Awaroa River Junction - Naike Kaihu-Mangatu-Tutamoe Kaikohe-Ohaeawai Kihikihi-Korakonui Kihikihi-Wharepuhunga Mangonui - Lake Ohia Mareretu-Taipuha Moehau-Poihakene Rangiriri - Awaroa River Junction .. Russell-Kerikeri Silverdale - Redvale - Dairy Flat / j Silverdale-Redvale As required Established. >t Twelve trips weekly Twice daily Daily >> )» Thrice weekly . . Twice weekly 5) " I Weekly '.'. i " )» J „ Weekly, 1st May to 31st October Weekly, 1st Nov. to 30th April Weekly Tokatoka Wharf - Post-office Waiotapu-Rotorua

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District. Name of Service. Frequency. Kemarks. Auckland— ctd.. , Papatoetoe - East Tamaki Extended to Papatoetoe Railwaystation. Abolished. Blenheim Ohristchurch Clevedon - Clevedon South Devonport-Takapuna Kaihu, &e. - Taheke Kakepuku - Ormsby's Farm Manngatawhiri-Mangatangi Mercer-Kopuku Ohura-Tatu Rukuhia Post-office - Railway-station Te Kopuru — Oruapou Towai-Hukerenui Towai-Kawakawa Wade - Dairy Flat Waiuku-Ruakohua Flaxbourne Post - office - Railway- Twice daily station (15/4/11) Grassmere Post - office - Railway- Daily station Port Underwood - Ocean Bay - Robin Weekly Hood Bay - Blenheim Flaxbourne Post - office - Railwaystation (8/5/11) Christchurch-Halswell Christchurch-Harewood Taitapu-Lincoln Waipiata Post-office-Railway-station ! Daily .. Wairuna Post-office - Railway-station ; „ Greenfield-Pukete .. .. j Thrice weekly .. Pukema-Hillend .. .. .. „ Ururua—Pukema .. .. .. „ Kahuika Post-office - Houipapa Rail- ; Twice weekly way-station Pembroke-Cardrona (winter service) j Weekly Green Island Post-office - Abbotsford Railway-station Papatowai-Kahuika .. .. I Whatatutu-Tahunaroa .. .. Weekly Gisborne, &c. - Wairoa .. Roa-Middle Camp-Soldier's Creek Thrice weekly .. Invercargill (delivery of parcels in As required town and suburbs) Waikawa — Tokonui Gorge .. j Four times weekly Nightcaps—Birchwood . . .. Thrice weekly .. Lumsden - Mossburn - The Key - Te Twice weekly; Anau weekly, winter, to The Key and Te Anau >t (See Established.) ,. t, „ (See Established.) Established. Abolished. Dunedin Established. »t »» »» Abolished. Jisborne Established. Abolished. Established. jreymouth 'nvercargill »» " I Invercargill-Waimahaka .. '.. I Fortrose—Waikawa .. .. Fortrose-Waimahaka .. Takapau Post-office-Railway-station As required Frasertown-Maromauku-Bryne's .. Twice weekly to Maromauku ; weekly to Bryne's Hatuma-Flemington (rural delivery) Twice weekly Napier - Te Pohue .. .. „ Nuhaka — Steed's store .. .. ,, Havelock North - Maraetotara . . Weekly Wairoa-Nuhaka-Morere Ormondville - Whetukura - Te Uri (rural delivery) Tui Post-office - Railway-station .. Twice weekly Kiwi-Tui .. .. .. Kea-Tui Wharehuia - Te Popo - Kupe (rural Thrice weekly .. delivery) New Plymouth — Huatoki .. .. j Twice weekly Uia-Midhirst .. .. .. [ „ Uruti-Ngatamiro .. .. Weekly Uruti-Pehui .. .. .. „ New Plymouth (landing and checking I mails at Breakwater ; also reporting j weather and shipping) New Plymouth - Fitzroy .. .. Stratford — Skinner Road gravel-pit Windsor-Maruakoa .. .. Daily Hakataramea - Station Creek . . Thrice weekly .. Hakataramea - Rocky Point .. Twice weekly Hakataramea - Rocky Point - Deep Weekly Creek Hakataramea - Station Peak - Clarks- Twice weekly .. field - Mount Parker (rural delivery) Maheno-Inchoime Hakataramea - Rooky Point I i Extended to Tokonui. Abolished. [apier Established. )r >> i> felson Extended from Whetukura to Mr. Dassler's residence beyond Te Uri. Established. Extended to Kaka. Abolished. Established. ew Plymouth )t »» Abolished. »» liiinani Established. 1 .. Extended to Kauru Hill. Abolished. (See Established.)

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Inland Mail-services established, extended, and abolished — continued.

District. Name of Service. Frequency. Remarks. 'harass Mackaytown Post - office - Railway-! station ■• Te Puke - Tapuwae Te Puke - Te Matai Taneatua — Opouriao West Te Puke - Papamoa - Tauranga Matata - Lake Rotokohio (rural de- . delivery) Daily Thrice weekly".. . Established. Twice weekly Twice weekly in summer; weekly in winter.* Weekly »» Tauranga — Omanawa Falls I , .".. Mackaytown Post-office — Karanga- j hake Railway-station Temuka Post-office — Railway-station Timaru (parcels - delivery within boundaries of letter-carriers' deliveries) Southby's corner — Pleasant Point Post-office Burke's Pass - Lake Tekapo - Braemar — Tasman Islands Burke's Pass — Lake Tekapo (winter service) Hermitage - Lake Pukaki Sutherland's Post-office — Tycho Flat Kohi-Waverley .. .. Okotuku Post - office - Moumahaki Railway-station Bull's - Brandon Hall - Raumai Roads (rural delivery) Utiku Post-office, along Gorge Road, across the Omatana Bridge and up the Makopua Road as far as O'Brist's farm (rural delivery) Raetihi — Ruatiti and junction of the Manganui-o-te-au and Ohura Roads (rural delivery) Ngutuwera-Moumahaki Wavcrley - Kohi - Karahaki - Putahi Roads (rural delivery) Kaingaroa — Waitangi (Chatham Islands) Waikanao Post-office — Railway-station Johnsonville — Pukehuia — Paparangi (rural delivery) Cartorton, along Belvedere Road to Cobden Road, Hinau Gully, Hururua Road, Mangatariri Road, and Cemetery Road, to Clareville and Carterton (rural delivery) Dyerville, along Dry River Road, to Dixon's (rural delivery) Shannon - Kaihinau and Victoria Roads (rural delivery) Shannon - Victoria Road Upper Hutt - Silverstream - Whiteman's Valley - Wallace (rural delivery) Linton - Moturimu - Kahatarawa (Smith's), (rural delivery) Wellington or Lyttelton - Ouenga — Kaingaroa — Pitt Islands Waitangi (Chatham Islands) Eastbourne (daily delivery in borough) Abolished. (See Established.) 'imaru As required .. Daily Established. Thrice weekly .. Weekly >> Abolished. Wanganul Daily Established. Thrice weekly .. Twice weekly Abolished. (See Established.) Wellington As required Established. Daily Thrice weekly .. )) it Twice weekly it Weekly ti Two monthly Extended to Rona Bay and Day's Bay. Extended to Wadestown. Wellington (conveyance of mails by tram-car) Ihuraua-Wairere Kaiwarawara (delivery by subsidized letter-carrier) Linton-Moturimu Ngakawau Post-office — Westport - Stockton Coal Company's incline — Ngakawau R« ilway-station Ngakawau-Darlington St. Helens - Corb3'vale Twice daily Abolished. >> W: ft, (See Established.) Established. 'estport Daily Weekly [ ; t>

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SUBSIDIZED SEA MAIL-SERVICES. The several subsidized sea mail-services, the subsidy-payments for the year 1911, the dates when established, and the date on which each terminates are shown below : —

CABLE BUSINESS. The number and value of cable messages forwarded from New Zealand during the financial year 1911-12 are shown in the following statement:— [N.B.—The figures shown hereunder are for the financial year ended the 31st March. In previous years the figures for the calendar year have been given.]

Via Pacific.

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Duration Annual Service. Subsidy or Payment. wh established. of Service. Number of — — Voyages When terminated A^m terminable. Mileage for Complete Voyage. Cost per Mile. L_ __!_ s s. a. Auckland and Fiji .. .. 1.690 0 0 ' June, 1880 Auckland and Sou*"h Pacific Islands 1,200 0 0 ] June, 1885 Auckland and Great Barrier .. 250 0 0 Oct., 1891 Auckland, Whaogaroa, and Mango- 126 0 0 Nov., 1907 nui Dargaville and Tangiteroria .. 110 0 0 I Nov., 1893 Helensville and Matakohe .. 150 0 0 j Jan., 1881 Helensville and Dargaville .. 575 0 0 j Jan., 1881 Horeke, Kohukohu, Rawene, 150 0 0 Jan., 1889 Koutu, Rangi Point, Opononi, and Omapere Russell and Opua .. .. 90 0 0 Jan., 1889 New Zealand - San Francisco .. 21,66613 4 Oct., 1910 New Zealand - Vancouver .. 20,000 0 0 Aug., 1911 New Zealand and Australia (Wei- 15,000 0 0 Dec, 1906 lington-Sydney) Wellington, Wakatahuri, Home- \ ( Dec, 1891 wood (and other offices), and . 1n n n I Havelock f 41U ° ° 1 Wellington and Motueka .. ) ( Nov., 1902 Picton, offices in Sounds, and f 265 0 0 | T .„„_ Havelock \ 275 10 0* f Jan " 190T Ngakuta, Whangakoko, Hakahaka, 55 0 0 April, 1911 Ocean Bay, Robin Hood Bay, and Blenheim 13 12 Dec, 1912 52 Dec, 1912 52 Dec, 1912 156 Dec, 1912 104 Dec, 1912 156 Dec, 1912 156 Dec, 1912 (asrequired) Oct., 1913 13 Sept., 1916 13 CO 13 12 52 52 156 104 156 156 (as required) 13 13 52 2,334 6,992 124 368 62 116 128 52 12,180 12,660 1,230 s. d. 1 1-37 0 3-43 0 9-31 0 1-58 0 2-73 0 2-98 0 6-91 0 4-44 2 8-8 2 5-16 4 8'28 52 Dec, 1912 26 26 300 J 220 j 0 5-7 Dec, 1912 43 43 Dec, 1912 26 26 330 0 7-4 Dec, 1912 52 52 86 0 2-7 Portage and Crail Bay .. ■ • | 145 0 0+ } Jan,, 191 ° Nelson, Tarakobe, Tonga Bay, | ... . . . Totaranui, Takaka, and Colling- „" " " + I wood j lb5 U °* > Nelson and Otarawao .. .. 140 0 0 Jan., 1904 Westport and Karamea .. .. ) fic . n n n I June, 1886 Westport and Little Wanganui .. } 1 Jan., 1895 Hokitika, Okarito, Bruce Bay, Pa- 850 0 0 Jan., 1886 ringa, Haast, Okura, and Jackson's Bay Wellington or Lyttelton and Chat- 350 0 0 ham Islands (including Pitt Island) Bluff and Half-moon Bay .. 300 0 0 July, 1886 Bluff and Ruapuke Island .. 43 0 0 Sept., 1903 Bluff, Te Oneroa, and Gromarty .. 137 10 0 April, 1893 Dec, 1912 52 52 106 0 6-16 Dec. 1912 104 104 130 0 2-7 Dec, 1912 52 52 ( 30 12 6 ! 61 102 ! 82 f 270 0 10-59 I Dec, 1912 I 2 9-51 Dec, 1912 6 10 5-93 Aug., 1914 6 6 1,050 1 1-33 Dec, 1912 52 Dec, 1912 19 Dec, 1912 6 52 19 6 I 44 26 190 2 7-47 1 8-89 2 4-95 * Subsidy increased from 1st No from 19th July, 1911. 'ember, 1911. t Subsidy in ireased from 16th lay, 1911. i Subsi< ly increased

i i irdinary. Press. Destination. Number of Messages. Value. Number of Messages. Value. international ... . . ... 28,528 Australia 60,748 £ . s. d. 40,287 6 0 11,378 14 11 238 674 £ a. a. 400 13 7 218 4 3J Total for 1911-12 ... ... 89,276 51,666 0 11 912 618 17 10i Total for 1910 ... ... 87,326 50,778 10 3£ 925 613 10 5f i

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Via Eastern.

The Dominion's outward international and Australian cable business, not including Press, for the years 1911-12 and 1910 was as follows : — International. Number of Value. Messages. £ s. d. 1911-12 ... ... 41,227 ... ... 57,118 13 2 1910... ... ... 37,975 ... ... 53,413 17 3£ Increase 3,252 = 8-6 per cent. £3,704 15 10£ = 69 per cent. AUSTEALIA. Number of Value. Messages. £ 9. d. 1911-12 ... ... 87,423 ... ... 16,059 2 0J1910... ... ... 82,624 ... ... 15,504 2 6| Increase 4,799 = 5-8 per cent. £554 19 6 = 3-6 per cent. There was a total increase of 8,051 messages, and an increase of £4,259 15s. 4-Jd. in value. The number of cable messages received in New Zealand during 1911-12, exclusive of Press, was as follows :— Via Pacific. International. Austialia. 1911-12 ... ... ... ... ... 22,840 48,798 1910 ... ... ... ... ... 20,802 44,976 Increase ... ... ... ... 2,038 Increase 3,822 Via Extension. International. Australia. 1911-12 ... ... • ... ... ... 14,691 31,191 1910 ... ... ... ... ... 14,108 29,503 Increase ... ... ... ••• 583 Increase 1,688 The forwarded and received cable Press business for the past ten years was, —

RADIO-TELEGRAMS. A radio-telegraph station was established at the Wellington General Post Office on the 25th July, 1911. The number of messages transmitted from the day of opening up to the 31st March, 1912, is shown in the following statement: — Number of Number of Value. Messages. Words. £ g. d. Forwarded to ships from the New Zealand coast station 320 3,502 134 411 Received at the New Zealand coast station from ships... 639 6,281 242 16 4

Ordinary. Press. Destination. International Australia ... Total for 1911-12 ... Total for 1910 Destination. ■ Number of Vα! re Number of Messages. i Messages. !_ I £ s. d. ! ... : 12,699 16,831 7 2 36 ... J 26,675 4,680 7 If 1,214 ... J 39,374 21,511 14 3£ 1,250 33,273 18,139 9 61 1,336 Value. £ s. 80 2 599 4 a. 0 71 21,511 14 H 1,250 679 6 n 18,139 9 61 1,336 749 3 4*

Forwan led. Received. Year. Nu: iber of Number of Messages. Words. Value. Messages. Words. 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911-12 ... 1,830 1,595 1,551 2,226 1,815 1,874 2,404 2,270 2,671 2,117 202,968 159,732 161,094 181,196 186,128 135,325 236,759 199,291 168,262 158,590 £' s. d. 1,772 8 4 1,235 11 1 1,147 8 8 1,290 9 3 1,290 7 9 1,003 5 5 2,643 6 Of 2,230 18 3" 1,362 13 lOJ1,297 14 6 4,443 5,636 4,488 4,548 4,061 4,204 4,264 4,515 5,893 6,682 396,438 425,824 392,888 398,878 394,337 405,498 380,117 422,949 528,843 582,247

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Table No. 1. Table showing the Number and Amount of Money-orders issued and of Money-orders payable in New Zealand since the Year 1863. Issued in the Dominion.

Drawn on the Dominion.

ere payable. In tl le Dominion. Unite. For d Kingdom and reign Oflices. Australia and other British Possessions. Total. Year. Commission received. I No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. I 1863 £ s. d. 1,057 9 o 9,613 11 11 £ s. d. i 21,944 2 I 4,645 £ s. d. > 24.145 7 5 [,58£ £ s. d. 6 55,703 1 5 2,201 ■ 4,74° 11,586 1873 3,562 3 2 ! 34,288 I 142,642 4 10 >",9I3 48,547 11 4 6,150 ) 28,068 5 5 52,351 2,351 1 219,258 1 7 1883 9,022 10 6 (132,232 402,558 12 11 26,211 i 91,634 4 7 i I4,«3 i 46,939 17 it 172,556 2,55^ 6 15 5 1893 jio,2 4 8 14 5 |i46,i33 576,358 17 2 :29,616 86,544 1 9 ll j 35,2O8| ! 88,025 8 9 210,957 3,957 7 750,929 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 |i55,534 162,600 181,505 193,867 206,265 221,354 239,565 255,344 258,110 608,042 211 I 635,062 17 11 I 717,217 19 1 I 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 4 O ,925 45,701 53,9io I 79,348 10 2 J 78,465 o 4 82,498 15 6 93,649 1 3 107,140 7 5 122,064 3 T 122,934 Io 4 125,549 5 11 138,755 2 8 38,631 52,015 58,823 68,002 76,728 84,782 89,344 104,922 55,l87 89,392 11 10 99,076 16 8 102,443 1 o "4,589 3 5 123,375 4 6 132,230 17 9 140,057 18 9 158,902 3 10 123,580 3 7 222,678 243,497 269,566 293,659 3i8,37o 344,664 369,834 405,967 367,207 2,678 5,497 ),566 5,659 i,37O 1,834 i,967 ■,207 8 776,783 4 11 7 812,604 X 4 n 6 902,159 15 7 9 970,830 14 11 3 1,029,241 7 7 4 I,Il8,8o8 5 7 4. 1,214,852 16 5 7 1,286,508 1 10 / i,277>059 2 3 1903 ,15,881 18 5 ;273,535 1,108,067 5 8 63,3O9 j !57,789 16 o 59,468 150,367 10 8 396,312 ',312 2 1,416,224 12 4 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 ign 16,385 9 o 9 6 18,278 10 3 [18,846 12 6 12,555 10 3 13,782 14 o 114,300 7 9 •5,3O7 7 7 281,655 287,394 301,650 !3°5,424 |338,752 !383,283 413,314 444,169 1,148,226 3 o 1,189,385 13 4 1,312,270 13 4 1,389,800 4 4. 1,611,968 4 111 1,841,030 7 7; 1,981,877 2 2' 2,262,366 2 6! I 60,490 57,4M 60,120 58,565 67,384 74> 8 93 79,651 88,364 i 165,245 0 8 177,609 18 8 186,902 16 6 193,356 5 3 1226,408 10 1 (256,803 12 2 J273>449 2 2 1289,856 19 9 65,638 72,633 77,250 77,498 81,948 80,564 76,692 75,23I163,416 4 9 174,716 7 10 187,057 12 I 190,434 7 6 212,307 11 10 209,758 18 4 202,196 14 1 207,170 6 2 407,783 417,441 439,020 441,487 488,084 538,740 569,657 607,764 ,783 ,441 ,020 ,487 ,084 ,74° ,657 ,764 5 1,476,887 8 5 [ 1,541,711 19 10 ) 1,686,231 1 11 7 i'.773.590 17 1 \ 2,050,684 6 10 > 2,307,592 18 1 ' 2,457,522 18 5 \ 2,759,393 8 5 I 1

Year. In the Dominion. Where issued. i United Kingdom and Foreign Offices. Australia and other British Possessions. j ~ ' No. Amount. No. Total. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. J I " ! No. Amount. No. i I ' I 1863 £ s. d. 2,067 i 9,169 4 6 £ s. d. i 415 1,824 o 8 £ s. d. 415 1,824 ° 8 £ s. d. 3.077 13 7 £ s. d. 14,070 18 9 558 3.040 1873 34,288 142,642 4 10 1,482 6,625 J 4 5 1,482 6,625 '4 5 1,668 7,689 6 8 37.438 156,957 5 11 1883 132,232 402,558 12 II ' 3,725 15,553 3 11 ' 3,725 15,553 3 11 5,697 23,299 12 11 141,654 441,411 9 9 1893 146,133 576.358 I? 2 8,746 32,616 17 2 8,746 32,616 17 2 10,679 40,929 2 5 165,558 649,904 16 9 I 55,534 I 608,042 2 11 162,600 635,062 17 11 181,505 717,217 19 1 193,867 762,592 10 3 206,265 I 798,725 15 8 221,354 ! 864,513 4 9 239,565 \ 95i,86o 7 4 255,344 11,002,056 12 1 258,110 ii,014,723 16 o . I 9,293 ! 33.7 86 X 7 6 I 9,938 \ 35,155 7 9 i 10,254 ' 35,553 7 1 ! 10,085 j 35,238 10 3 I 10,671 ! 36,106 9 10 10,624 37,290 8 7 10,342 36,014 6 3 ! 11,082 40,021 14 4 1 ii,732 4i,37o 13 3 . 10,690 11,520 11,507 11,407 12,753 13,399 15.271 16,688 16,527 38,571 3 1 39,862 18 10 40,836 4 7 40,105 1 11 44,558 10 10 48,533 15 11 59,304 9 6 63,800 4 10 62,159 10 8 680,400 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 J 9 11 1894 l895 1896 1897 1898 1899 [ 1900 1901 1902 I 9,293 ! 33,7 86 X 7 6 9,938 \ 35,155 7 9 10,254 ' 35,553 7 1 10,085 1 35,238 10 3 10,671 ' 36,106 9 10 10,624 37, 2 9° 8 7 10,342 36,014 6 3 11,082 40,021 14 4 ii,732 4!,37 O 13 3 175.517 184,058 203,266 215,359 229,689 245,377 265,178 283,114 286,369 1903 J 273.535 1,108,067 5 8 13,035 49,i8i 1 3 13,035 49.i8i 1 3 17,777 68,340 8 8 304,347 1,225,588 15 7 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 j 1909 ; 1910 1911 281,655 11,148,226 3 o 287,394 [,189,385 13 4 301,650 1,312,270 13 4 305,424 ;i,389,800 4 4 338,752 11,611,968 4 11 383,283 11,841,030 7 7 413,314 1,981,877 2 2 444,169 2,262,366 2 6 i ",567 45,793 1 1 10,338 47,649 9 o ■ 10,314 50,559 iS 10 10,315 55,032 3 3 10,970 58,499 19 11 11,783 61,289 17 2 11,954 63,196 12 3 11,866 65,074 8 o ",567 45,793 1 1 10,338 47.649 9 o 10.314 50,559 iS 10 10.315 55,032 3 3 10,970 58,499 19 11 11,783 61,289 17 2 11,954 63,196 12 3 11,866 65,074 8 o 19,277 19,669 20,462 21,697 21,886 23,592 24,172 27,561 71,824 7 5 72,437 13 3 75.091 14 2 77,118 8 9 80.500 4 3 82,409 13 2 82.501 9 2 97,532 4 8 312,499 317,401 332,426 337.436 371,608 418,658 449,44° 483.596 1,265,843 11 6 1,309,472 15 7 1,437,922 6 4 1,521,950 16 4 1,750,968 9 1 1,984,729 17 11 2,127,575 3 7 2,424,972 15 2

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Table No. 2. Table showing the Money-orders issued in New Zealand on Offices beyond the Dominion and Money-orders issued at Offices beyond the Dominion on New Zealand, during the Years 1910 and 1911. Issued In New Zealand.

Drawn on New Zealand.

1910. J 911. Where payable. Number. I Amount. Number. . £ s. d. 216,538 6 10 72,803 Amount. ___\ £ 8. d. 237,609 4 3 United Kingdom and Foreign Offices through United Kingdom United States of America Austria Canada Ceylon Fiji .. France 65,809 Germany Hong Kong India New South Wales Norway Queensland 10,287 2,372 841 249 258 1,034 362 949 36,344 70 2,771 32 1,746 41 6,077 47 596 24,584 1,874 19,235 17 7 11,921 33,248 10 4 2,002 3,708 17 6 892 1,452 5 1 260 805 13 8 16b 364 3,225 13 6 1,014 1,568 16 4 448 3,435 10 5 1,067 92,977 0 11 I 34,672 275 3 1 239 9,971 7 7 2,807 192 14 2 21 5,525 12 4 1,730 111 11 11 38 13,165 16 1 6,225 732 16 8 43 2,615 2 6 534 61,893 14 8 24,412 4,905 5 3 1,937 22,546 7 4 25,020 18 4 3,708 7 8 1,611 li 8 586 12 8 779 11 4 2,597 8 3 1,743 12 5 3,780 3 3 95,869 5 11 1,179 11 4 10,182 0 7 123 18 11 5,303 2 11 115 5 11 14,424 18 5 267 8 6 2,237 11 3 62,135 14 0 5,204 16 0 Samoa South Australia Straits Settlements .. .. Tasmania .. .. .. Tonga .. .. .. Union of South Africa .. .. Victoria Western Australia .. .. Totals 156,343 475,645 16 3 163,595 497,027 5 11 I

Where issued. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. United Kingdom and Foreign Offices through United Kingdom Jnited States of America Austria Canada Ceylon ?iji . . France Jermany Hong Kong india .. .. .. Sew South Wales .. .'. £ s. d. 46,737 1 3 • 9,059 £ s. d. 50,443 1 11 8,884 y 2,015 31 710 30 719 165 42 224 9,700 1 1,941 338 1,096 24 1,869 520 693 5,876 1,242 8,994 7 7 97 16 9 2,947 19 8 119 18 11 3,191 2 6 788 8 1 207 19 7 1,027 8 0 29,119 17 10 0 6 7 6,587 18 11 2,454 5 6 3,696 9 6 147 18 7 7,202 8 6 4,124 6 6 4,213 2 4 18,248 4 11 5,790 19 11 2,194 22 789 52 773 31 169 47 166 11,606 18 2,075 373 1,124 18 1,932 726 752 6,156 1,345 10,644 17 2 104 18 9 3,322 7 3 281 9 2 3,460 16 4 49 19 8 595 15 4 275 0 II 633 11 4 33,879 17 7 145 10 !) 7,115 15 4 3,090 4 5 3,440 6 6 70 15 4 7,054 18 9 7,735 5 10 4,459 2 7 19,626 8 3 6,176 10 5 Norway Queensland Samoa South Australia Straits Settlements Casmania .. .. .. Conga Union of South Africa Victoria Western Australia Totals ..- -.. 36,126 145,698 1 5 39,427 162,606 12 8

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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, 1912.

Number of Postal Notes sold. Total. ! At Is. At Is. 6a. At 2s. i At 2s. 6d. At 3s. At 5s. At 7s. 6d. ■ At 10s. Quarter ended Mar. 31.1886 3,019 i 2.046 .. 1.012 ! .. 2,039 i 969 | 2,379 18S6-87..- .. .. 16.605 I 12,283 .. 6.647 : .. 11,566 5,729 : 13,103 1887-88.. .. .. I i 17,167 • .. 9,162 .. 15,553 i 7.671 ; 17,487 1888-89. .1 .. .. ! 27,428 i 21,900 .. j 11,912 .. 19,741 ; 9,477 I 21,149 1889-90.. .. .. 32,754 | 25,387 .. 14,478 : .. 23,550 i 10,894 j 24,011 1890-91.. .. .. 35,915 i 28,559 .. 16,092 : .. 25,204 j 12,229 I 25,906 1891-92.. .. .. 42,416 I 33,722 j .. 19,383 ' .. 29,550 I 14,019 I 30,132 1892-93.. .. .. 48,612 ! 38,849 : .. ; 22,038 i .. 33,012 j 16,072 i 32,747 1893-94.. .. .. I 56,761 j 44,706 j .. : 25,461 .. 37,771 i 18,096 ■ 37.687 I 1894-95... .. .. I 62,306 I 49,846 ; .. 28.975 I .. 43,829 ! 20,423 ■■ 43,167 ! 1895-90..: .. .. 68,454 56,185 ! .. 32,801 I .. 49,204 | 22,802 i 47,787 | 1896-97..: .. .. 74,534 62,056 ' .. ! 35,322 ', .. 54,219 j 24,871 51,963 j 1897-98..: .. .. 81,958 69,981 ; .. 38,617 ; .. 60,843 \ 26,968 j 55,748 1898-99..: .. .. 86,529 72,710 I .. 41,991 ! .. 64,386 i 28,448 ! 59,631 1899-1900 .. .. 93,762 77,431 .. i ii,'68i ; .. 70,416 ; 30,680 ; 63,787 1900-1901! .. .. 85,478 | 68,068 13,834 52,691 114,702, 80,630 j 24.497 ! 71,001 ! 1901-1902 : .. .. 49,529 j 30,255 62,285 ! 70,683 ! 65,467 i 109,663 i .. ; 92,708 1902-1908 . .... .. 54,268 I 33,409 , 70,122 | 76,613 75,700 119,593 : .. ,102,641 1903-1004; .. .. 61,379 j 37,514 85,909! 86,626 : 89,276 i 134,270 \ ' .. 114,755 1904-1906: .. .. 65,484 I 40,263 ! 86,711 : 96,228 99,739 ' 154,281 j .. j 130,430 1905-1906 .. .. 74,389 ! 45,358 98,503 i 108,493 114,411 ! 167.430 '■ .. j 143,216 1906-1907 .. .. 82,417 | 54,375 1106,311 | 120, 32L 128,384 : 187,083 | .. 159,045 j 1907-lPOS; .. .. 89,906 ! 58,202 124,052 J 136,392 143, 854 205, 500 i .. 171,951 1908-lSKi!) .. .. 97,285 j 59,484 15:{, 925 I 162,588 il46, 148 : 227,471 | .. 188,677 | 1909-1010 .. .. 113,825 I 67,406 1181,791 I 195,168 : 166, 486 \ 261,045 i .. I 1910-1'JLi. .. .. 130,645 I 79,792 1211,298 244,941 201,569 301,707 ! .. 242,854 1911-1912 .. .. 141,504 I 85,130 236,665 263,829 1215,984 i 337,338 j .. ■ 261,600 j At 7s. 6d. } i I At 10s. At 12s. 6d. At 15s. _At 17s. 6d. j At £1. * ( I 695 992 425 ; 2,866 I 4,090 5,187 2,375 \ 14,961 5,278 6.940 | 2,952 ! 17,578 ; 6,618 8.243 3,633 i 19,778 7,809 9,386 I 4,158 j 22,596 I 7,969 10.172 j 4.366 j 23.503 ; 9,058 11,611 \ 4,953 ! I 9,904 12,330 | -5,369 ' 28,969 11,016 13,800 I 6,156 ! 33,935 11,864 15,567 I 6,790 j 36,601 i 13,601 17,191 ! 7,020 : 33,390 14,365 18,102 I 7,406 : 32,868 15,463 19,477 ! 7,904 32,179 16,202 19,990 8,193 32,696 16,957 21,393 8,539 j 33,491 13,304 23,875 j 6,799 : 35,067 ! 32,128 J .. : 43,042 34,508 i .. , 48,852 38,030 l .. ; 58,629 i 42,317 i .. ! 69,206 j 46,228 i .. I 76,508 51,559 I .. i 91,193 57,637 i .. I 104,714 i 62,916 j .. ! 123,786 i i 70,967 .. i 143,611 ; 82,253 ! .. ; 171,900 I 88,693 I .. ; 190,823 | At £5.* M92 1,090 728 673 607 560 556 558 656 638 788 954 423 16,442 I 92,546 J 122,255 I 149,879 I 175,023 ! 189,915 I 220,683 ! 247,902 J 285,389 319,368 349,627 376,796 ! 409,866 431,449 461,447 490,506 ! 556,316 616,264 i 707,044 J 785,347 ! 875,324 981,642 i 1,092,631 1,222,280 1,414,752 j 1,666,959 1,821,566 Number. £ s. d. 6,909 15 6 37,659 7 0 47,729 5 0 56,841 18 0 65,484 2 0 69,721 18 6 79,325 16 6 87,856 18 0 101,002 7 6 112,307 10 0 123,368 6 6 129,011 18 0 134,378 9 6 139,957 4 0 147,686 8 6 154,435 16 6 173,317 5 0 191,904 13 0 220,069 11 0 250,123 7 6 276,279 7 6 314,053 6 0 347,300 0 0 389,143 0 0 447,618 14 0 521,942 18 6 574,979 18 6 Value. ' * Tssnpf] onlv from 17tih .Time 1ROS to .Slst G * Issued only from 17th June 1895 to 31st October 907 October 907 * Issued. only trora lvtii June la!J5 to u

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Table No. 4. Table showing the Number and Amount of Transactions at the Money-order and Savings-bank Offices of New Zealand during the Year 1911.

Table No. 5. Statement showing the Number of British Postal Orders of each Denomination sold and paid in the Dominion of New Zealand during the Financial Years 1910-11 and 1911-12.

Money-oracrs. Savings-banks, Office. Issued. No. Commission. Amount. Issued. Paid. < ° No. Dei Deposits. iposits. Amount. = -=' Withdrawals. I No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. 5 o No. Amount. Postal District ob' — £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland .. 142721 3,645 16 1 622,781 19 9 Blenheim .. 7,985 171 14 3 36,438 17 4 Christohuroh .. ! 58,085 1,547 16 6 271,061 3 2 Dunedin.. .. 57,345. 1,299 6 3 221,956 7 4 Gisborne .. ' 14,834 397 10 3 75,116 15 8j Greymouth .. : 17,444 460 19 9j 77,833 10 II 1 Hokitika .. I 3,665: 72 13 9| 14,092 13 9 Invercargill .. 29,206 614 9 3 113,297 18 2 Napier .. .. ! 30,972, '730 12 3! 161,920 15 4 Nelson | 15,069! 329 16 0J 65,362 10 6 New Plymouth . . I 16,928> 360 19 6 : 79,301 5 3 Oamaru .. .. ■ 8,743 160 19 0| 63,639 0 2 Thames .. .. 28,747 601 14 9 123,228 3 5| Timaru .. .. 16,827 349 13 6 113,128 1 5 Wanganui .. , 892 0 6 202,09] 2 8 Wellington .. 101177 3,264 18 3 436,799 4)1 Westport . . J 15,483 406 7 9 81,343 18 8 Grand totals .. 607764 15,307 7 7 2759,393 8 5 135084 ! 4,237 54,467 57,773 , 6,028 1 7,204 : 2,420 17,644 18,939 11,380 10,301 i 4,284 ! 11,226 8,666 21,495 106726 5,169 £ s. d. 652,240 LI 5 28,101 14 1 295,787 9 9 275,035 2 IO| 34,909 17 71 35,505 13 Hi 9,359 11 10 72,210 5 11 116,445 6 8 61,008 17 9 61,739 15 0 19,483 16 5 56,835 12 7 43,368 1 6 103,451 2 11 514,672 7 6 36.803 8 2 17773 145,292 i| 1,055 9,230 11666 131,072 8,105 ! 98,246 2,8791 22,290 2,064: 16,770! 529 2,867 3,427 29,393 4,646 40,331 1,545 14,482 !2,362i 19,399 1 870; 7,744 2,756 22,306 2,577 22,893 5,449 44,893 ! 16924 185,448! 1,285 11,176} 85912 823,832! i £ s. d.| 2348,488 18 8 ! 10,684 152,747 16 10 855 1851,412 7 l! 8,503 1368,087 0 9 6,118 301,500 9 0, 1,924 I 218,786 17 0: 1,769 39,890 0 5' 264 522,667 16 li 2,286 563,572 17 11 ! 3,144 232,565 2 3 1,162 301,693 8 1,686! 131,786 3 7 756: ; 315,988 3 0 2,000 383,654 7 9 1,862 618,796 10 4 3,659 [2126,518 12 5 13,137 j 149,211 2 10 1,122 11627367 14 3 60,931 103445 6,354 I 94,523 1 63,621 115,049 9,186 1,511 17,700 23,777 i 9,892 11,849 ! 5,771 12,705; 15,085' 27,266i J122502' 5,786 £ s. d. 2098,372 5 6 143,823 12 7 1777,364 6 8 1288,198 13 6 266,800 ] 5 211,154 3 9 37,696 11 11 454,337 7 5 497,640 10 7 217,219 8 6 275,110 0 3 145,165 2 10 274,468 0 10 ! 357,407 12 4 ! 537,415 14 3 1,938,922 7 8 140,949 15 2 483043 2416958 15 10 1546022 10662045 15 2

Sold. k>: Paid. Denomination. 1910-11. 1911-12. 1910-11. 1911-12. 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 1,658 4,32C 1,907 3,167 ' 3,872 2,517 991 1,537 722 8,290 211 452 203 247 1,646 284 180 159 105 9,791 209 148 60 203 675 144 69 121 40 2,138 50 99 37 67 373 97 80 152 50 20.544 148 2,189 5,879 2,608 4,376 4,923 4,121 1,349 2,177 1,015 11,429 2,391 13,174 1,297 3,485 637 27,478 153 662 273 609 1,042 353 203 255 75 1,891 36 163 45 115 167 86 33 58 36 2,552 88 47 40 93 123 42 38 62 26 602 11 31 7 26 33 40 24 36 32 9,310 423 183 843 313 780 1,237 465 231 280 106 2,225 50 192 57 105 191 95 33 55 36 2,762 116 68 50 93 148 62 43 69 35 688 30 51 . 26 38 57 44 27 43 40 10,897 565 Value .. Number 67,769 88,328 19,941 '23,429 £35,270 7s. 9a. : £45,687 10s. 6d. £13,183 16s. 6d. £15,458 18s. 6d. 67,769 88,528 * British Postal Orders oi September, 1910. : these denominations were withdrawn from issue at all offices in the Dominion ou the 1st

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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 during the Year ended the 31st December, 1911.

Number of PostOffice Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Year. I I ! ! I ! Average j Withdrawals *"*? Transacover Deposits j • tion, De- I during the Year. ,£$&. posits I rlrawal. j interest Tor rhe Year. ; Number j Number j of of Accounts Accounts ! opened closed \ during during j the Year.lthe Year. Number | To(al Aml)1]Ilt i ..„,,„„ standing to the tmain- Credit of ail ing Open Open Accounts at Close inclusive o£ of the ■ Interest to the v Close oi the Year. Year. Postal Districts. banks Open at the Close Average Number of t.i.i imnnnr ; Amount of ; Number! Deposits lotal Amount each | o rwith- Total Amonnt of received ,, r ?'jEil.,l,, I Deposit I drawals Withdrawals durlngthe r <=«»ed during the , received during . during the Year. Year. Year, ! during the I the Year, i Year. Number of Deposits received duringthe Year. Total Amount of Deposits received during the Year. Average Amount of j Excess of each Deposirs over Withdrawall Withdrawals during ! during the Year, the Year. i Average ; Amount J standing to the Credit of I each Open ! Account at i Close of ! the Year. of the Year. Auckland .. I 187 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. j 145,292 ; 2,348,488 18 8 16 3 3 103,445 j 2,098,372 5 6 \ 9,230 \ 152,747 16 10 16 11 0 6,354 j 143,823 12 7 j i 131,072 J 1,851,412 7 1 j 14 2 6 94,523 1,777,364 6 8 I I 98,246 j 1,368,087 0 9 I 13 18 6 63,621 i 1,288,198 13 6 \ I 22,290 : 301,500 9 0 13 10 6 15,049 266,800 1 5 j £ S. d. £ S. d. 20 5 8| 250,116 13 2 £ s. d. j £ d. £ s. d. I £ s. d. ! £ s. d 80,676 4 4 ! 17,773 110,684 67,355 i 2,722,763 0 9 j 40 8 6 6,970 5 9 1,055 855 6,342 j 227,020 12 10 35 15 11 76,617 1 7 11,666 8,503 67,534 2,480,873 14 9 36 14 8 67,374 17 8 i 8,105 j 6,118 49,270 2,158,017 8 4 I 43 16 0 ! II Blenheim . . I 13 22 12 8 8,924 4 3 j Christchurch .. 71 18 16 1 74,048 0 5 I Dunedin .. 63 20 5 o! 79,888 7 3 Gisborne . . 17 17 14 6 34,700 7 7 9,162 0 11 2,879 I 1,924 j 9,777 ! 317,407 3 4 | 32 9 3 11,049 12 11 i 2,064 1,769 7,711 j 349,478 11 2 ■ 45 6 5 3,222 10 11 529 264 2,163 ! 100,546 17 0 ! 46 9 8 23,504 13 4 ; 3,427 ; 2,286 17,253 j 770,325 8 7 j 44 13 0 .. I 22,202 18 3 ! 4,646 ! 3,144 j 20,160 ; 748,839 8 8 37 2 10 .. 12,064 10 0 I 1,545 : 1,162 ' 10,072 384,684 6 0 : 38 3 10 12,161 17 6 2,362 j 1,686 10,259 j 396,420 4 10 j 38 12 10 13,378 19 3 .. .. 7,915 10 11 • 870 : 756 ; 5.122 239,385 11 5 i 46 14 9 .. 13,214 19 3 I 2,756 j 2,000 12,547 441,498 15 2 ! 35 3 9 .. J 15,971 0 1 : 2,577 | 1,862 ; 12,180 ■ 511,588 16 2 ; 42 0 1 .. 21,876 13 8 j 5,449 j 3,659 21,905 740,209 10 3 33 15 10 .. I 82,743 12 0 ! 16,924 i 13,137 81,010 2,750,225 13 5 33 19 0 6,146 9 4 [ 1,285 ; 1,122 4,906 203,901 14 0 I 41 11 3 I i . ._ . , 29,000! 5-08 5 85,912 60,931 \ 405,566 15,543,186 16 8 38 6 6 Greymouth .. j 15 I 16,770 218,786 17 0 : 13 0 11 9,186 211,154 3 9 22 19 9 7,632 13 3 Hokitika . . j 7 Invercargill .. 30 Napier .. .. j 37 t i I i 2,867 \ 39,890 0 5 j 13 18 3 1,511 37,696 11 11 29,393 522,667 16 1 I 17 15 8| 17,700 454,337 7 5 j 24 19 0 2,193 8 6 25 13 5 68,330 8 8 J 40,331 563,572 17 11 : 13 19 5 23,777 j 497,640 10 7 I 14,482 , 232,565 2 3 16 1 2 9,892 217,219 8 6 j 19,399 ! 301,693 8 4 j 15 11 0 11,849 275,110 0 3 7,744 I 131,786 3 7 17 0 4j 5,771 145,165 2 10 j 20 18 7 65,932 7 4 Nelson .. .. 21 New Plymouth .. j 18 21 19 2 15,345 13 9 23 4 4 26,583 8 1 ! 25 3 1 Oamaru.. .. 10 Thames.. .. j 23 22,306 : 315,988 3 0 14 3 4! 12,705 I 274,468 0 10 I 21 12 1 41,520 2 2 Timaru . . 16 22,893 i 383,654 7 9 ; 16 15 2, 15,085 357,407 12 4 i 23 13 10 26,246 15 5 i Wanganui .. 50 I 19 14 2 81,380 16 1 44,893 I 618,796 10 4 ! 13 15 8 27,266 537,415 14 3 Wellington .. 89 185,448 2,126,518 12 5 11 9 4; 122,502 1,938,922 7 8 i 15 16 7 187,596 4 9 Westport .. 20 Totals for 1911 j 687 11,176 149,211 2 10 13 7 0 5,786 ! 140,949 15 2 I 823,832 11,627,367 14 3 14 2 3 546,022 10,662,045 15 2 24 7 3 8,261 7 8 19 10 6 965,321 19 1

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Table No. 6a—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, 19 11.

Number of Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Year. Number of Deposits received he Year. Total Amount of Deposits received during the Year. Average Amount of each Deposit received dining 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 Excess of Deposits over Withdrawals Withdrawals | over Deposits during the Year. \ 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 remainins Open at Close ot 1 he Year. Total Amount standing to the CreilitVall Open Accoa j=. inclusive o r Interest to the Close of the Year. Average Amount standing to the Credit of each Open Account at Close of the Year. Totals for 191 1 1910 .. 1909 •■ 1908 1907 1906 .. .. J 1905 .. .. 1904 .. ..I 1903 ■• :,. 1902 .. igOI . . „ igOO l899 I898 .. I8 97 .. I896 I895 .. I894 •■ I8Q3 . . „ . l892 .. I89I I89O I889 .. I888 .. I887 .. I886 I885 I884 I883 •■ I882 .. l88l .. I88O I879 I878 . . I876 .. l875 .. I874 .. l873 .. l872 .. I87I I87O I869 I868 Totals from 1st Feb. to 31st Dec, 1867 £ s. d. £ s. d. 687 823,83211,627,367 14 3 14 2 3 546,0221 647 768,82410,708,938 16 10 13 18 7 520,413 619 724,501 9,611,119 11 3! 13 5 4 520,971 593 I 706,101 9,674,075 4 o! 13 14 o| 484,672 563 I 650,990 9,351,663 19 7J 14 7 4 433,796 54 1 ! 593,764 7,907, !54 I2 5| 13 6 4 386,536 520 j 509,112 6,625,744 o ioj 13 o 3 346,022 510 469,799 5,836,540 o o 12 8 6 323,609 493 j 444,5io| 5,661,592 15 2 12 14 9I 301,076 481 I 411,215! 5,069,619 6 2 12 6 y< 273,454 466 ! 380,8081 4,611,456 6 11 12 2 2 247,854 445 I 347,056] 4,170,428 15 31 12 v o 4 227,079 427 313,783 3,644,980 9 10; 11 '12 4: 206,940 409 I 281,749 3,279,611 7 5 11 12 ioj 196,764 388 j 267,615 3,187,219 2 4j 11 18 2] 179,555 371 j 242,283 2,881,152 16 3| 11 17 10 167,248 357 j 2i7,393j 2,794,506 16 o 12 17 1 159,904 348 ■ 204,545 2,252,862 6 ii| 11 o 3j 152,136 327 I 202,276 2,386,089 10 7 11 15 11 136,739 318 j 186,945! 1,878,270 6 4! 10 o hi 120,6281 311 j 176,971! 1,842,987 15 2 10 8 3 111,603 296 ! 162,938! 1,658,543 3 5; 10 3 6 106,868 294 J 153,920 1,515,281 11 3 9 16 10 99,185 290 J 145,355 1,544,747 7 "j 10 12 6, 96,204 283 I 136,197 1,312,151 15 9 12 8> 89,962 271 j 137,989 1,248,405 6 11 90 11 89,182 256 ; 131,373 1,341,001 3 2 10 4 1 84,832 243 ; 129,279 1,227,909 11 4! 9 9 r 1 80,800 222 : 127,609 1,178,474 4 ij 9 4 8; 78,405 207 129,952 1,325,852 2 11 10 4 oj 69,308 190 i 125,855 1,189,012 2 7I 9 8 ill 60,1371 178 '■ 81,660 864,441 18 10 10 11 9 57,446 165 ; 71,865 8l2,399 II II; II 6 I 54,698 147 69,908! 762,084 12 O IO l8 O 42,746 138 j 60,953 681,294 13 2 11 3 6 39,363! 124 57,295 664,134 12 6 11 11 g! 39,486' 119 : 56,129 657,653 4 oj 11 14 4 36,977] 103 52,627 699,249 14 3I 13 5 8j 29,778 97 39,223 580,542 5 5 14 16 21 21,268 92 3I,68l 430,877 O o] 13 12 O; 17,2541 81 24,642! 312,338 18 4 12 13 6 14,773 70 ; 20,489! 264,328 5 7! 12 18 o; 11,934 59 J 17,133 240,898 5 gj 14 1 2] 9,292 55 ; 13,014 194,535 11 6: 14 18 11! '6,365 46 j 6,977 96,372 7 10! 13 16 3! 1,919 1 i 10,662,045 15 2! 9,695.514 I 6 A 9,499,3 ! 9 16 4; 9,417,820 10 3 8,125,123 o o 6,907,103 I? 7 5,984,184 12 2 5.664.770 3 9 5,343,828 5 o 4.708.771 11 2 4,230,193 6 2I 3,827,416 7 3 3,417,298 19 8| 3,194,893 16 7; 2,891,169 5 8 2.59 I ,558 19 4 2,369,333 6 7 2,268,624 8 4 2,122,521 16 8 ; 1,821,348 18 1 i 1,693,515 9 3 1 i,5oo,437 9 5 i 1,457,081 5 o j>387.47 1 1 I0 : 1,182,409 7 6 : 1,336,287 6 4 i 1,264,305 8 3 1 1,195,93! o I 1 : 1,295,719 18 3 ! 1,142,599 o 1 'j 902,195 1 8 >; 780,504 13 4 ! 876,180 19 3 > 742,053 14 3 ! 667,023 7 5 ji 696,281 7 4 '{ 729,759 17 9| i| 620,155 8 9 i| 425,908 3 5 [ 313,176 7 « S 261,347 16 3 1 209,509 13 2 > 180,518 4 1 5 107,094 17 3 ) 26,415 18 9 £ s d[ 19 10 6 18 12 71 18 4 8 19 8 B 18 14 7 i I? 17 S 1 17 5 11 17 10 ij 17 J 5 o| I? 4 5l 17 1 4I 16 17 1 16 10 31 16 4 gl 16 2 o; 15 9 loj 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 9 8 15 o 1 13 11 8 16 o 4 17 7 2 16 18 10 17 12 8 19 14 8 20 16 5 20 o 5 18 3 o 17 13 9 17 11 1 19 8 7 16 16 6 13 15 3 £ B. d. 965,321 19 I 1,013,424 o 9 111,799 14 ill 256,254 13 9 1,226,540 19 7 1,000,050 14 10 641,559 8 8 j 171,769 16 3 ! 317,764 10 2 I 360,847 15 o I 381,262 19 ill J 343,012 8 Oj I 227,681 10 2 ■I 84,717 10 10 > 296,049 16 8 ij 289,593 16 11 425,173 9 5 i 263,567 13 11 11 56,921 8 3 ' 149,472 5 11 1 158,105 14 o l| 58,200 6 3 1 i 157,276 6 1 1 129,741 13 11 £ s. d. £ 29,000 28,000 27,000 127, 000 I 19,000 I 17,000 I 16,500 i 16,000 15,000 14,0001 11,500 10,500 9,500 I 8,500 .. j 8,000 i 7,000 I 7,ooo 15,762 1 5j 6,500! I 6,5oo| ! 5,5OO 5,000 5,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 87,881 19 5 4,000 4,000 J 4,000 117,245 14 2 4,000 4,000 3,500 3.5OO 63,7 8 i 7 4 3,ooo 2,500 2,500 32,146 14 10 2,500 72,106 13 9 2,500 2,250 1,800 i,556 i,35i 1,264 1,186 789 822 s. d. j £ s. d. o 508 472,874 18 5 o 5-21 424,668 i o o 5-20 395,804 4 5 o 544! 379,8o8 6 7 o 4'2o! 343,424 7 2 o 4'i6| 291,191 19 1 o 4'63J 259,081 7 6 o 4-84! 200,930 6 1 o 4-83I 187,130 2 8 o 490J 172,926 1 7 o 4'39; 159,198 4 ° o 4'39: 146,169 2 5] o 438S 134,917 19 3 o 4'26' 128,128 16 6 o 4'2gi 137,240 8 o! o 410 126,497 16 3 o 4'45 129,489 19 6 o 437 H4,643 4 n o 460 114,760 1 1 o 4291 111,301 13 1 o 4'i6| 104,098 17 o o 4'45! 92,319 o 6 o 379 84,809 17 1 0 3'97 78,080 6 o o 4'24 67,363 15 3 o 423J 65,825 9 6 o 444 62,228 3 11 o 457 57,38i 13 7 o 4'66| 56,046 17 3 o 482 54,9O9 13 11 o 452 42,204 19 o o 6-04! 32,822 12 4 o 5'6gj 31,715 18 2 o 5'33 31,664 12 9 o 5'g8l 29,193 14 6 o 6'2oi 28,762 4 7 o 644! 28,565 3 5 o 6-55; 26,935 6 8 o 714; 20,106 16 10 o 763! 14,711 o 5 o 8'23 : 11,291 10 10 o 9-36 9,242 3 11 o 1077 7,412 8 o 0 977 4,880 7 3 1 1018 1,241 5 o 85,912 60,931 78,566 57,695 77,400 59,763 8o,i33i 57, 82 9 74,67i| 53,644 70,2061 47,526 60,015 43,H3 57,769 42,280 57,047 40,837 53,587 38,558 50,0461 35,018 46,086, 31,724 41,362 28,284! 37,265! 26,628; 36,394! 24,821 32,982, 22,907 30,261! 22,001 28,669] 21,930 29,755 19,599 26,232 18,171 25,131 17,872 23,719 I7, 2 56 21,778; 15,521 21,307! 16,543 20,368] 15,515 21,6711 16,757 20,661 16,421 20,228] 16,447 20,386! 15,967 21,0141 14,505 25,059 12,718 16,137 12,217 15,401! 12,786 13,005 9,634 11,235! 8,591 ii,255| Q >472 11,273; 8,681 io,3 4 6j 5,736 7,382 3,816 6,205; 3,i88i 4,615 2,383* 4,304. 2,277! 3,8391 1,801 3,282! 1,186 2,520! 364I 405, 566 380,585 359,714 342,077 319,773 2g8,746 276,066 259,164 243,675 227,465 212,436! 197,4081 183,046 169,968 i59,33i; H7,758 137.683 129,423 122,684 112,528 104,467 97,2o8 9O,745 84,488 79,724 74,871 69,957 65,717 61,936 57,517 51,008 38,667 34,747! 32,1321 28,761 26,117 24,3341 21,742 I7,i32| 13,566 io,549 8,317 6,290 4,252 2,156 £ s. d. £ s. d. !5>543,186 16 8 38 6 6 14,104,989 19 2 37 1 3 12,666,897 17 51 35 4 3 12,159,293 18 ii 35 10 11 11,523,230 17 gj 36 09 9,953,265 11 o 33 6 4 8,662,022 17 1 31 7 6 7,761,382 on 29 18 11 7,388,681 18 7 30 6 5 6,883,787 5 9 30 5 3 6,350.013 9 2 29 17 10 I 5,809,552 5 3J 29 8 7 5,320,370 14 loj 29 1 4 4,957,771 5 5i 29 3 5 4>744,924 I 8 1 29 15 7 4,3ii,634 13 5 29 3 7 3,895,543 ° 3 28 5 10 3,340,879 11 4 25 16 3 3,241,998 7 10! 26 8 6 I 2,863,670 12 10 25 9 o ! 2,695,447 11 6 25 16 o : 2,441,876 s 7 25 2 4 2,191,451 14 I 24 2 II 2,048,441 10 9 24 4 10 1,813,084 18 8 22 14 10 1,615,979 9 6 21 11 8 1,638,035 19 5 23 8 4 1,499,112 o 7 22 16 3 1,409,751 16 7 22 15 2 i,47o,95o 13 6 25 11 5 1,232,787 16 9 24 3 4 903,765 16 10 23 7 6 787,005 19 oi 22 12 11 819,071 8 2 25 9 9 767,375 17 8 26 13 7 723,910 17 5 27 14 4 727,295 7 8' 29 17 9 770,836 18 oi 35 9 o 664,807 5 10! 38 16 1 490,066 7 oj 36 2 5 357,654 14 61 33 18 1 295,372 1 7 35 10 3 231,3" 5 3 36 15 5 163,518 15 7 38 9 1 71,197 14 1 33 o 5 ) 76,695 14 II 1 31,978 10 5 i! I 183,253 2 10 : 286,817 o 11 I 83,937 5 6 H . •• ! 20,030 17 9 ) 14,271 5 9 1 - i 79,O94 5 6 ) 154,634 2 0 ) 117,700 12 1 ) 50,991 2 1 [ 54,818 12 5 7 60,380 1 8 > 87,440 14 3 i 69,956 9 1

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Table No. 7. Balance-sheet of the New Zealand Post Office Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1911.

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Balances on 1st January, 1911. Transactions. Balances on 31st December, 1911. Or. Dr. Or. Dr. Cr. Dr. Money-obdek Accounts :— ■ Money-orders (general) United Kingdom United States of America Australia Austria Canada Ceylon Fiji France Germany Hong Kong India Norway .. Samoa Straits Settlements Tonga Union of South Africa Commission Savings-Bank Accounts :— Deposits and withdrawals Transfers Postal Accounts :— Stamps Postal Guides Postal notes Private box and bag rents Money-order commission British postal orders —H.O. a/c —C.P.M.'s a/o ,, —London a/c B.P.O. commission Postal revenue Telegraph Accounts :— ■ New South Wales Telegraphs New Zealand and Australian Cable .. Pacific Cable Board Telephone-exchange receipts Special-messenger receipts Maintenance of private wires Registration of code addresses Cable deposits Telegraph revenue General Accounts :— Post Office Account Postmasters and Telegraphists Investments Accrued interest on investments Miscellaneous receipts (general) Foreign postage Foreign Mail Settlement Account .. £ s. d. 42,079 4 0 27,696 5 8 J 919 10 0 3,144 6 0 3,818 10 1 185 13 1 2,624 10 8 153 7 8 703 1 9 275 10 3 14,104,989 19 2 6,741 9 8 178,104 12 3 10 1 2 110,836 1 6J £ s. d. 80 10 0 236 13 4 1,045 4 7 27 13 6 2,100 19 10 1,317 16 5 418 16 7 £ s. d. 2,924,238 3 11 295,751 4 2J 22,844 10 9 225,919 14 0 25,103 16 3 4,196 1 1 1,619 7 10 3,632 19 1 783 9 3 2,612 8 3 1,753 19 0 3,799 5 3 1,182 10 4 2,695 4 7 168 4 5 5,810 18 11 5,720 3 4 2,325 17 10 12,100,242 12 8 979,297 11 7 921,535 13 11 558 4 4 578,788 19 2 11,923 13 8 15,307 7 7 46,472 18 4 42,538 19 2 40,199 4 10J 459 13 3J 606,824 14 5J £ s. d. 2,915,214 18 6 297,783 13 9J 23,625 2 3 224,224 7 0£ 22,629 13 1 4,175 14 3 1,718 17 3 3,470 7 9 50 4 8 3,872 11 0 1,804 14 9 2,772 19 8 1,172 13 0 3,105 18 6 71 17 5 7,754 12 7 4,492 6 3 2,349 13 10 10,662,045 15 2 979,614 18 8 905,395 3 2 J 554 18 2 570,012 13 3J 11,923 13 8 15,307 7 7 42,538 19 2 40,602 4 10 40,202 17 4J 459 13 3J 612,777 7 0 £ s. d. 51,102 9 5 25,663 16 li 138 18 0 4,839 12 11J 6,292 13 3 86 3 8 733 4 7 1,364 7 11 102 11 11 1,729 7 4 285 7 7 68 13 6 15,543,186 16 8 6,424 2 7 194,245 2 11J 13 7 4 119,612 7 5 £ s. d. 60 3 2 74 2 0 1,455 18 6 4,044 13 6 89 19 4 442 12 7 20,9i8 15 0 18,796 15 7 24,852 14 2 20,733 9 11 12 9 5 16 1 11 4,492 0 1 1,460 12 5j 508 17 11 231 16 5 1,899 16 3 16,301 3 10 6,408 1 4 49,717 12 3 178,964 7 2 475 9 10 3,344 13 8 1,262 14 3 4,834 14 3 541,531 0 10 16,268 11 7 6,377 0 10 49,838 5 3 178,964 7 2 475 9 10 3,344 13 8 1,262 14 3 4,839 1 1J 540,953 8 0J 541 10 2 262 16 11 1,779 3 3 270 10 9£ 6,082 17 3 266 3 11 6,660 10 0J 587,132 18 6 465,582 14 10 13,725,819 19 7 150,578 4 5 10,070,901 2 1 22,503,002 7 0 1,446,593 0 0 150,578 4 5 15,199 2 0J 44,694 3 11 31,066 7 4 9,926,837 9 2 22,596,271 11 3J 2,990,343 0 0 163,826 3 5 14,802 8 11 34,766 0 8 41,720 6 8 443,069 5 7 558,851 19 1, 15,269,569 19 i 163,826 3 5 3,652 10 9£ 4,996 9 6 10,653 19 4 4,049 3 11 14,924 12 9

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Table No. 7—continued. Balance-sheet of the New Zealand Post Office Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1911— continued.

Balances on 1st January, 1911. Transactions. Balances on 31st December, 1911. Cr. Dr. Cr Dr. Cr. Dr. Ieneral Accounts — continued. Miscellaneous expenses Discount stamps 'ob other Departments :— Advances to Settlers Arms Act Licenses Audit fees Clerks of Court County Clerks Customs dues (H.M.C.) Customs duty (parcels) Education Department Electoral receipts Factories Act Fishing licenses Game licenses Goldfields revenue Government Insurance Government Printer Imperial pensions Income-tax Land-tax Licensing Act Machinery Marine light dues Mining Act Miners' Guides National Provident Fund receipts .. New Zealand Consols Official Assignee Old-age pensions „ Miscellaneous Public Trust Railways Registration of births, &c. Rents Sanatorium, Hanmer Springs Stock Department Valuation revenue Miscellaneous revenue Suspense Account Profit and loss \ •• £ s. d. 30,708 17 8 2,086 13 0 £ s. d. ! £ s. d. 1,664,647 15 6 1,272 15 0 £ s. d. 1,661,484 13 10 1,303 0 0 £ s. d. 33,871 19 4 2,056 8 0 £ s. d. 14,668 1 11 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 12 0 3,213,717 6 0 160 0 0 10 0 0 74 4 8 203 8 0 1,379 0 U 69,302 18 2 2 0 0 19 10 0 40 14 0 1,094 2 6 4,156 3 0 138 2 0 27,883 13 6 25 8 4 33,000 0 0 252,482 10 2 468,241 15 10 20 0 0 9,493 0 0 2 6 4 256 10 0 3,199,509 9 3 160 0 0 10 13 4 64 4 8 203 8 0 1,707 8 8 68,351 1 8 2 0 0 19 2 0 40 14 0 1,184 5 0 4,156 3 0 135 4 3 27,953 0 9 24 9 7 26,836 2 9 252,430 0 0 468,105 0 0 20 0 0 9,676 12 6 2 6 4 308 5 0 1 5 6 1,090 18 3 1,125 0 0 0 12 6 404,312 4 10 1 10 0 1,652,758 13 10 1,392 2 8 2,676 6 6 263 19 10 1,940 0 6 6 0 0 4,711 10 7 15 16 8 28,875 18 8 3 0 0 4 6 8 10 12 0 •• 341 19 3 6,160 17 0 •• i3 11 6 7,112 13 6 .. 0 8 0 132 0 0 "il 17 6 j _. 7 0 6 1,979 7 2 1 6 9 6,718 18 5 155 14 6 2,183 3 10 4 2 9 2,048 14 5 0 8 0 555 1 2 103 4 4 2,046 8 0 799 0 0 0 3 4 479 0 0 1 5 6 .. 615 7 6 0 3 4 427 5 0 1,333 16 5 1,125 0 0 242 18 2 0 12 6 27,179 13 6 0 13 4 33,461 11 7 324 1 9 184 1 0 11 4' 10 176 11 9 ■ ■ 404,000 0 0 0 16 8 1,660,718 0 5 1,068 0 11 2,728 1 0 255 19 2 1,901 12 10 10 10 0 4,809 18 1 14 2 6 2 1 0 666,066 12 0 26,867 8 8 41,420 18 2 235 15 6 3 4 2 138 4 1 4 10 0 238 5 0 139 17 6 1 14 2 257,942 18 10 664,239 15 4 "2 1 0 I 259,769 15 6 1 Totals 14,934,354 1 0 : 14,934,354 1 0 62,430,839 10 5 J ; I 62,430,839 10 5 J 16,442,961 11 2 16,442,961 11 2 General Post Office, Wellington, 14th March, 1912.

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Table No. 8. Securities, etc., standing in the Name of the Postmaster-General on Account of the Post-Office Savings-Bank Fund on the 31st December, 1911.

Description of Securities. Nominal Value. Cost-price. Accrued Interest on 3] st December, 1911. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Aot 1899 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1900 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1900 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1901 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1901 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1902 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Act 1902 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1903 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1903 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1903 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 190S Debenture?, 4 per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1906 Debentures, 3J per oent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1907 Debentures, 3£ per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1908 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1909 Debentures, 4 per cent. Canadian Stock, 3 per cent. Canadian Stock, 2£ per cent. Cape of Good Hope Consolidated Stock, 3J per cent. The Coal-mines Act 1908 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Consolidated Loan Act 1867 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Conaolidated Stock Act 1884 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Consolidated Stock Act 1884 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Consolidated Stock Act 1884 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Dairy Industry Act 1898 Debentures, 3 J per oent. The Dairy Industry Act 1898 Debentures, 3| per cent. The Defenoe and other Purposes Loan Act 1870 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Defence and other Purposes Loan Act 1870 Debentures, 3J per cent. Dunedin Garrison Hall Debentures, 4J per cent. The General Purposes Loan Act 1873 Debentures, 4 per oent. .. The Government Advances to Settlers Act 1894 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Government Advances to Settlers Act 1906 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Government Advances to Settlers Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Government Advances to Settlers Extension Act 1901 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Government Advances to Workers Act 1906 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Government Advances to Workers Act 1906 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act 1886 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Government Kailways Act 1908 Debentures, 3J per cent. .. The Government Railways Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. .. The Government Railways Act 1908 and Finance Act 1909 Debentures, 4 per oent. The Government Railwaye Act 1908 and Finance Act 1909 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Government Railways Amendment Act 1910 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Government Railways Amendment Act 1910 Debentures, 3| per cent. Greymouth Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per cent. Hamilton Borough Debentures, 4J per cent. The Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Acts 1903 and 1905 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Act 1905 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Act 1907 Debentures, 4 per oent. The Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Act 1907- Debentures, 34 per oent. The Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Act 1907 Debentures, 3J per cent. £ s. d. 125,000 0 0 £ s. d. 125,000 0 0 £ a. d. 731 3 3 200 0 0 2C0 0 0 1 6 3 56,500 0 0 56,500 0 0 325 1 4 32,600 0 0 32,600 0 0 570 10 0 2,500 0 0 2,500 0 0 7 3 10 3,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 9 17 3 125,000 0 0 125,000 0 0 359 11 9 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 20 0 0 170,100 0 0 170,100 0 0 2,833 8 9 61,525 0 0 61,525 0 0 1,076 13 9 51,750 0 0 51,750 0 0 1,035 0 0 500,000 0 0 500,000 0 0 8,750 0 0 200,000 0 0 200,000 0 0 3,500 0 0 50,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 436 6 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 6 0 0 5,000 0 0 12,666 15 11 200 0 0 40,000 0 0 13,000 0 0 194,200 0 0 283,500 0 0 165,000 0 0 438 0 0 1,343 0 0 75,000 0 0 4,800 0 0 10,133 8 9 186 1 3 40,000 0 0 12,480 0 0 194,200 0 0 283,500 0 0 165,000 0 0 438 0 0 1,343 0 0 72,000 0 0 79 7 6 88 3 9 3 14 1 271 7 4 109 13 11 2,830 10 6 3,289 7 4 1,914 8 11 6 7 8 19 11 6 632 17 6 8,100 0 0 8,100 0 0 141 15 0 4,500 0 0 5,200 0 0 300,000 0 0 4,500 0 0 4,342 0 0 300,000 0 0 87 13 1 43 17 7 863 0 5 555,000 0 0 555,000 0 0 1,596 11 7 12,900 0 0 12,964 10 0 258 0 0 80,000 0 0 80,000 0 0 230 2 9 25,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 71 18 4 205,000 0 0 205,000 0 0 3,587 10 0 231,500 0 0 231,500 0 0 2,686 0 6 85,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 100 0 0 85,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 100 0 0 i 13 3 50,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 50,350 0 0 50,350 0 0 733 17 4 11,150 0 0 11,150 0 0 27 15 11 220,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 100,000 0 0 220,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 100,000 0 0 4,273 19 3 56 4 4 575 6 9 50,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 287 13 5 10,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 32 17 6 67,000 0 0 67,000 0 0 385 9 6 27,590 0 0 27,590 0 0 402 2 8

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Table No. 8— continued. Securities, etc., standing in the Name of the Postmaster-General on Account of the Post-Office Savings-Bank Fund on the 31st December, 1911 — continued.

Description of Securities. Nominal Value. Cost-price. Accrued Interest on 31st December, 1911. The Hutt Railway ana Roaa Improvement Act 1910 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act 1870 Debentures, 4J per oent. The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act 1870 Debentures, 4 per oent. Inaia Stook, 3J per cent. .. .. .. India Stock, 3 per cent. Inscribed Stook, 3J per cent. Inscribea Stock, S per cent. Irish Land Stock, 2f per cent. The Lana for Settlements Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Land for Settlements Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Land for Settlements Act 1908 Debentures, 3J per cent. .. The Land for Settlements Act 1908 Debentures, 3J per cent. .. The Land for Settlements Act 1908 Debentures, 3J per cent. .. The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act 1900 Debentures, 3J per oent. The Lanas 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, 4 per cent. The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act 1900 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act 1900 Debentures, 3J 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 1908 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Local Bodies' Loans Act 1908 Debentures, 3J per cent. .. The Local Bodies' Loans Aot 1908 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Local Bodies' Loans Act 1908 Debentures, Z\ per cent. The Maori Land Settlement Act 1905 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Maori Land Settlement Act Amendment Act 1907 Debentures, 3J per cent. New South. Wales Stock, 3J per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteea Advances Aot 1909 Debentures, 3J per oent. The New Zealand State-guaranteea Advances Act 1909 Debentures, 3J per cent. The New Zealand Land for Settlements Act 1908 and Stateguaranteed Advances Amendment Act 1910 Debentures, 3J per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 1910 (Land for Settlements Branch) Debentures, 3J per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 1910 (Land for Settlements Branch) Debentures, 3J per cent. The Oamaru Borough Consolidated Loan Debentures, 5 per cent. Patea Harbour Board Debentures, 4J per cent. The Post-Office Savings-Bank Fund Investment Act 1907 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Post and Telegraph Aot 1908 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Railways Improvement Authorization Act 1907 Debentures, 3J per oent. The Reserve Fund Securities Aot 1907 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Scenery Preservation Act 1908 Debentures'," 3 J per cent. South Australian Stock, 4 per cent. South Australian Stock, 3J per cent. The State Coal-mines Aot 1901 Debentures, 3J per oent. The State Fire Insurance Act 1908 Debentures, 3J per cent. Thames Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per cent. Tiroaru Borough Council Debentures, 4 per cent. The Public Revenues Aot 1910 Treasury bills, 3J per cent. Victorian Stock, 3 per oent. The Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Aot 1910 Debentures, 3J per cent. Wellington City Council Debentures, 4 per oent. Wellington City Council Debentures, 4 per oent. Wellington Harbour Board Debentures, 4J per oent. Westport Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per cent. Aocrued interest on Post Office Aooount £ s. a 15,000 0 0 £ s. a. 15,000 0 0 £ s. a. 218 12 7 20,900 0 0 20,527 10 0 198 8 1 175,300 0 0 168,372 0 0 1,479 4 9 216 14 5 52 13 9 618,000 0 0 2,260,495 11 1 100 0 0 300 0 0 400 0 0 76,150 0 0 62,000 0 0 27,000 0 0 741,066 0 0 213 18 9 45 15 0 618,000 0 0 2,244,582 18 0 89 15 0 300 0 0 400 0 0 76,150 0 0 62,000 0 0 27,000 0 0 741,066 0 0 2 0 6 0 8 5 11,445 17 6 18,885 2 10 1 16 9 6 0 0 5 13 6 1,332 12 6 541 0 3 155 6 10 4,334 14 8 9,550 0 0 9,550 0 0 176 16 5 2,400 0 0 2,400 0 0 36 10 6 20,000 0 0 20,000 0 0 199 9 0 10,650 0 0 10,650 0 0 155 4 6 5,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 87 10 0 339,000 0 0 339,000 0 0 2,990 12 3 100,000 0 0 785,000 0 0 150,000 0 0 786,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 25,650 0 0 50,000 0 0 100,000 0 0 785,000 0 0 150,000 0 0 786,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 25,650 0 0 50,000 0 0 1,160 5 5 9,108 2 6 1,740 8 1 9,119 14 7 143 16 8 448 17 6 875 0 0 27,000 0 0 400,000 0 0 26,865 0 0 400,000 0 0 340 16 8 3,490 7 11 1,918,600 0 0 1,918,600 0 0 15,996 2 9 44,925 0 0 44,925 0 0 786 3 9 99,000 0 0 99,000 0 0 854 7 7 8,000 0 0 8,000 0 0 44 9 10 13,800 0 0 30,000 0 0 125,000 0 0 13,800 0 0 30,000 0 0 125,000 0 0 345 0 0 536 6 0 2,187 10 0 75,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 75,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 1,312 10 0 800,000 0 0 40,000 0 0 1,772 16 2 12,000 0 0 100,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 4,000 0 0 200,000 0 0 12,379 19 10 100,000 0 0 800,000 0 0 40,000 0 0 1,861 9 0 11,760 0 0 100,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 4,000 0 0 200,000 0 0 10,708 13 10 100,000 0 0 11,660 5 0 230 2 8 19 15 0 222 5 0 872 12 0 11 10 1 99 14 6 196 10 6 1,457 10 7 100,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 28,900 0 0 489,500 0 0 99,000 0 0 24,500 0 0 28,900 0 0 489,500 0 0 2,000 0 0 500 0 0 420 12 8 9,790 0 0 351 3 0 Totals 15,303,321 11 2 15,269,569 19 7 163,826 3 5

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Table No. 9. Post-Office Savings-Bank. Receipts and Payments for the Year ended 31st December, 1911, Dr. £ s. d. Gr. £ s . d. Balance to credit of depositors on 1st Withdrawals during 1911 .. .. 10,662,045 15 2 January, 1911 .. .. .. 14,104,989 19 2 Balance to credit of depositors on 31st Deposits during 1911 .. .. 11,627,367 14 3 December, 1911 .. .. .. 15,543,186 16 8 Interest credited to depositors, 1911 .. 472,874 18 5 £26,205,232 11 10 £26,205,232 11 10 Liabilities and Assets. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s . d, Balance to credit of depositors on 31st Securities .. .. .. .. 15,269,569 19 7 December, 1911 .. .. .. 15,543,186 16 8 Balanoe uninvested .. .. .. 5331386 12 7 Balanoe of assebs over liabilities .. 259,769 15 6 £15,802,956 12 2 £15,802,956 12 2 Profit and Loss Account. Dr. £ s. d. Gr. £ 8 , d. Interest credited to depositors during 1911 472,874 18 5 Balance forward, 1st January, 1911 .. 257,942 18 10 Interest paid on debentures purchased by Interest received during £ s. d. Department .. .. .. 350 12 6 the year .. .. 501,869 18 3 Paid Public Account, for cost of Savings- Accrued interest on 31st bank management .. .. .. 29,000 0 0 December, 1911 .. 163,826 3 5 Purchase of home savings-bank boxes .. 1,436 0 0 Savings-bank profits for 1910 paid to 665,696 1 8 revenue .. .. .. .. 10,000 0 0 Less accrued interest on Balance to next account .. .. 259,769 15 6 31st December, 1910 .. 150,578 4 5 515,117 17 3 Sundry receipts .. .. .. 370 10 & £773,431 6 5 . £773,431 6 5

Table No. 10. Return showing the Total Number of Post-Office Savings-Bank Accounts open on the 31st December, 1911, classified according to the Balances at Credit.

Postal District. Not Exceeding exceeding £20 and £20. up to £50. Exceeding £50 and up to £100. Exceeding £100 and up to £200. Exceeding £200 and up to £300. Exceeding Exceeding £300 and £400 and up to £400. up to £500. Exceeding £500 and up to £600. Total Number of Accounts open. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth .. Hokitika Invercargill .. Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington .. Westport 49,404 4,716 48,470 33,675 7,153 5,280 1,463 11,422 14,441 7,081 7,297 3,353 9,102 8,270 15,906 59,765 3,359 6,389 556 6,991 5,439 1,053 793 197 2,049 2,173 1,101 1,072 610 1,298 1,478 2,502 8,030 535 4,228 379 4,711 3,704 677 569 175 1,384 1,387 758 721 434 863 944 1,411 5,298 418 3,778 344 3,825 3,204 483 539 161 1,269 1,105 569 612 374 646 754 1,076 4,117 306 1,615 157 1,674 1,502 186 229 90 576 493 269 262 157 314 365 458 1,767 133 817 94 837 857 110 134 32 261 240 128 147 86 155 172 253 879 72 413 43 454 410 47 71 19 146 134 82 57 56 70 92 134 482 40 343 31 324 275 35 53 19 99 88 52 48 28 50 62 95 349 29 338 22 248 204 33 43 7 47 99 32 43 24 49 43 70 323 14 67.3S5 6,342 67,534 49,270 9,777 7,711 2,163 17,253 20,160 10,072 10,259 5,122 12,547 12,180 21,905 81,010 4,906 Totals, 1911 290,157 42,266 28,061 23,162 10,277 5,274 2,750 1,980 1,639 405,566 Totals, 1910 270,812 40,931 26,966 22,070 9,536 4,761 2,544 1,631 1,314 380,585

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Table No. 11. Return showing the Number and Amount of Old-age Pension Payments made each Month for the Two Years ended 31st March, 1912.

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

1910-11. 1911-12. Month. Number of Payments. Amount. Number of Payments. Amount. April May June July August September October ... November December 15,218 15,402 15,477 15,455 15,575 15,579 15,589 15,657 18,693 12,566 15,763 15,883 £ s. 31,008 18 31,389 15 31,539 1 31,483 3 31,714 4 31,669 7 31,743 9 31,844 13 38,307 6 26,331 7 33,063 18 33,297 5 d. 1 2 4 6 8 5 6 2 6 7 0 9 15,907 16,152 16,011 16,145 16,181 16,152 16,184 16,307 20,147 12,578 16,399 16,460 £ s. d. 33,328 12 11 33,774 6 4 33,482 16 10 33,744 15 0 33,798 18 5. 33,706 10 11 33,742 5 4 34,002 1 2 42,039 6 7 26,146 16 2 34,169 17 0 34,319 9 8 January ... February... March Totals 186,857 383,392 10 8 194,623 406,255 16 4

Postal District. Number of Payments. 1910-11. 1911-12. Amount. Number of Payments. Amount. Auckland... Blenheim... Christchurch Dunedin ... Gisborne ... Greymouth Hokitika ... Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru ... Thames ... Timaru ... Wanganui Wellington Westport... 39,219 2,252 31,044 27,965 1,429 6,349 6,473 11,516 6,,972 3,742 3,343 3,737 6,608 7,333 5,856 19,646 3,373 £ s. a. 79,770 18 7 4,634 13 4 63,893 14 9 56,867 15 6 2,761 16 8 13,280 1 2 13,742 15 3 23,658 13 11 14,333 18 2 7,796 10 6 6,745 9 3 7,700 15 11 13,722 2 6 14,985 10 5 12,255 1 5 40,211 8 7 7,031 4 9 41,091 2,368 32,591 28,864 1,490 6,304 6,292 11,866 7,448 3,827 3,572 3,822 6,684 7,730 6,485 20,928 3,261 S, s. d. 85,157 11 3 4,971 15 2 68,159 10 1 59,996 10 0 2,973 4 11 13,392 9 8 13,384 4 5 24,834 15 8 15,534 8 3 8,100 7 1 7,309 15 1 7,990 3 1 14,111 3 11 16,285 9 8 13,688 12 0 43,435 18 6 6,929 17 7 Totals 186,857 383,392 10 8 194,623 406,255 16 4

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Table No. 12. Table showing the estimated Number of Letters and Letter-cards, Post-cards, Book-packets, Newspapers, and Parcels posted and delivered in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand during the Year ended 31st December, 1911.

Posted in the Dominion. Delivered in the Dominion. Total posted and delivered. Letters and -c ~ Letter-cards. Post-cards. Books, &c. Newspapers. Parcels. Letters and Letter-cards. Newspapers. Parcels. Letters and Letter-cards. Post-cards. Books, &a. pair's. J ,P»«"«-Post-cards. Books, &c. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth.. Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport 19,585,650 1,372,854 13,345,233 jll,173,433 1,625,338 1,207,740 536,253 5,246,366 5,815,815 2,144,198 2,482,955 1,339,455 2,212,126 3,245,516 5,870,164 21,310,238 794,253 1,110,590 75,855 713,661 635,804 88,465 45,981 27,794 313,248 244,725 152,906 215,059 69,251 98,631 246,181 409,019 955,994 22,750 6,086,306 335,493 3,664,532 4,095,157 619,777 194,818 124,614 1,453,091 1,761,126 532,182 527,541 217,994 419,008 919,262 1,686,809 7,375,680 124,345 3,946,039 280,605 2,989,398 1,931,499 627,317 318,578 170,222 713,064 945,455 416,329 477,146 170,885 298,597 423,492 1,066,269 4,026,316 135,577 383,071 11,869 296,868 195,802 30,290 12,519 15,327 47,021 59,111 25,948 27,378 8,437 18,785 21,255 66,807 382,551 9,971 19,344,572 1,611,805 14,958,671 11,378,302 1.757,886 1,713,842 712,517 6,291,129 6,015,932 2,311,907 2,830,932 1,986,231 I 2,476,591 i 3,870,555 ' 6,771,843 21,142,134 968,191 1,058,642 99,216 1,114,958 840,073 102,323 80,119 60,385 439,387 302,237 189,293 133,133 115,115 131,339 262,314 440,960 1,421,628 38,441 4,944,160 411,125 3,428,035 3,878,212 435,266 333,502 334,932 1,585,090 1,666,964 723,086 511,329 448,292 461,435 1,310,478 1,726,335 6,289,010 203,450 3,672,136 558,480 2,615,236 2,442,206 838,019 734,201 304,187 j 1,319,240 1,671,657 698,594 774,462 287,313 582,166 812,786 2,054,975 5,218,356 280,917 383,808 37,057 187,295 126,104 49,264 39,003 21,363 87,832 105,535 45,885 64,196 19,682 59,774 37,929 148,307 278,522 22,813 I 38,930,222 2,984,659 28,303,904 22,551,735 3,383,224 2,921,582 1,248,770 11,537,495 11,831,747 4,456,105 5,313,887 3,325,686 4,688,717 7,116,071 12,642,007 42,452,372 1,762,444 2,169,232 175,071 1,828,619 1,475,877 190,788 126,100 88,179 752,635 546,962 342,199 348,192 184,366 229,970 508,495 849,979 2,377,622 61,191 11,030,466 746,618 7,092,567 7,973,369 1,055,043 528,320 459,546 3,038,181 3,428,090' 1,255,268 1,038,870! 666,286i 880, 443 1 2,229,740! 3,413,144 13,664,690 327,795 7,618,175 839,085 5,604,634; 4,373,705 1,465,336 1,052,779 474,409 2,032,304 2,617,112 1,114,923 1,251,608! 458,198 880,763 1,236,278 3,121,244 9,244,672 416,494 766,87! 48,921 484,161 321,901 79,55' 51,52! 36,69( 134,85! 164,641 71,83! 91,57' 28,11! 78,55! 59,18' 215,11' 661,07! 32,78' Totals ;99,307,587 5,425,914 30,137,735 18,936,788 1,613,010 106,143,040 6,829,563 28,690,701 24,864,931 : 1,714,369 205,450,627 12,255,477 I 58,828,436! 3,801,719 3,327,37! Previous year .. 96,440,038 5,786,417 18,636, 484 18,375,596 1,190,711 100,328,930 7,895,251 ■26,371,878 13,929, 958 ;1,281, 253 196,768,968 13,681,668 55,008,362^ 42,305,554i |2,471,96*

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The high maxima were occasioned by an accident to the machinery of the " Aorangi," causing a delay of seven days.

Table No. 13. Registebed Abticles. The number of registered articles dealt with in 1911, compared with the numbers in 1890, 1900, and 1910, is as follows :— 1890. 1900. 1910. 1911. From places beyond the Dominion ... 26,374 52,343 132,493 152,349 Registered in the Dominion ... ... 169,321 464,036 993,675 1,194,570 Totals ... ... 195,695 516,379 1,126,168 1,346,919 Dead Letters . 1910. 1911. Opened and returned to writers ... ... 179,850 212,821 Eeturned unopened to other countries ... ... 45,551 54,591 Eeissued ... ... ... ... ... 559 526 Destroyed ... ... ... ... ... 24,200 21,983 Eeturned unopened by Chief Postmasters ... 174,179 206,147 Totals ... ... ... 424,339 496,068 The increase in the letters registered in the Dominion during 1911 must be attributed largely to the general election.

Table No. 14. Pabcel-post. The following shows the number and weight of parcels posted during the years 1890, 1900, 1910, and 1911 :— 1890. 1900. 1910. 1911. Number ... 121,292 199,413 1,190,711 1,613,010 Weight ... 336,6431b. 12 oz. 682,1401b. 7 oz. 3,953,2841b. 15 oz. 5,392,3601b. 3 oz. The following table shows the number and weight of parcels exchanged with the United Kingdom and the undermentioned places during the years 1910 and 1911 : —

Table No. 15. SAN FRANCISCO, VANCOUVER, AND SUEZ SERVICES. Statement showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between London and the undermentioned Places by the San Francisco Mail-service. FROM LONDON VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

Eeceived. Despatched. Country. 1910. Number. 1911. Weight. 191 Number. 1910. )10. Weight. 19: Number. 1911. )11. Weight. Number. Weight. United Kingdom and foreign countries (via London) United States of America .. Canada Victoria New South Wales South Australia Queensland Tasmania.. Western Australia Samoa Fiji Ceylon Uruguay Cape Colony Natal India Tonga Hong Kong* 83,312 lb. oz. 478,632 0 93,998 lb. oz. 530,896 0 12,252 lb. oz. 37,745 6 13,112 lb. oz. 42,041 10 6,164 601 8,241 13,365 518 765 469 377 18 145 535 19,568 15 1,380 12 26,747 8 39,352 0 1,233 2 J 1,766 10 1,128 8 781 4 80 9 400 3 2,600 5 7,591 568 8,358 13,262 519 878 473 371 16 137 549 26,683 6 1,094 8 27,140 14 42,214 0 1,403 13 1,933 9 1,173 0 834 14 88 6 350 10 2,732 3 1,022 351 3,153 4,963 409 752 720 412 148 511 86 118 157 197 222 167 39 2,677 124 780 5 7,259 0 11,273 2 936 15 1,709 4 1,716 7 980 14 638 11 1,475 6 245 44 377 12 293 6 478 11 839 475 6 99 10 1,095 377 3,140 5,357 415 897 694 476 157 511 70 97 115 243 235 280 96 2,931 6 866 8 7,720 3 12,552 8 968 14 2-, 092 10 1,535 6 1,101 3 612 11 1,420 1 216 13 318 12 364 12 667 1 842 9 914 13 248 15 452 96 1,049 7 107 763 6 163 12 5,577 11 33 5 325 0 463 32 1,138 16 357 775 10 42 5 5,765 6 68 3 1,492 11 Totals 116,221 580,481" 14J 128,726 644,689 6 .25,679 70,002 12J 27,367 77,416 11 * With Hong Kong the system was only in operation for five months in 1910.

Auokland. Wellington. ; Christchurob Dunedin. Sydney. Melbourne. laximum (in days) Tinimum „ .verage „ 43 34 36 44 33 35 45 34 36 45 34 36 48 38 40 *

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Table No. 15— continued. TO LONDON VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

The high maxima were occasioned by an accident to the machinery of the " Aorangi." which caused the mails to be seven days late in reaching London.

Statement showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between London and the undermentioned Places by the Vancouver Mail-service. FROM LONDON VIA VANCOUVER.

TO LONDON VIA VANCOUVER.

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 Service. FROM LONDON VIA BRINDISI (P. AND O. PACKETS).

TO LONDON VIA BRINDISI (P. AND O. PACKETS).

Statement showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between London and the undermentioned Places by the Packets of the Orient Line. FROM LONDON VIA TARANTO (ORIENT PACKETS).

TO LONDON VIA TARANTO (ORIENT PACKETS).

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Melbourne. Sydney. i Dunedin. '• Christchuroh Wellington. j i Auckland. Maximum (in days) Minimum „ Average „ 45 38 40 i 44 37 39 39 32 34 39 32 34 i 38 31 33 37 30 32

I Melbourne. Sydney. ! I Auckland. | Wellington. Christchurch Dunedin. _J i Maximum (in days) Minimum Average „ *- 34 31 32 ! 35 32 33 36 33 31 36 33 34

Maximum (in days) Minimum Average „ i Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch Dunedin. i I 35 36 37 37 31 32 33 33 32 33 34 34 Sydney. 39 35 36 M Melbourne. lelbou 41 37 38

j 1 Melbourne, i Sj'dney. I i I Auckland. I Wellington. Ohristohuroh Dunedin. Maximum (in days) Minimum „ Average „ 30 29 30 32 30 31 38 35 37 39 34 38 i 39 35 39 40 35 38

Auckland. Wellington. Christchureh I i I Dunedin. ! Sydney. Melbourne. laximum (in days) finimum iverage ) 37 36 36 36 37 35 36 35 36 I _ i 37 36 36 32 31 31 31 30 30 M" * No mails received.

Melbourne. Sydney. Auckland. Wellington. Christohuroh Dunedin. raximum (in days) lininmm „ .verage 31 30 30 32 31 31 38 35 37 39 36 38 ]_ 40 37 38 39 38 38

Auckland. Wellington. ; Christchurch Dunedin. Sydney. Melbourne. Maximum (in days) Minimum Average ! ... i i 40 37 38 39 37 37 40 38 38 i "' 40 38 38 I 34 32 32 33 31 31

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Table No. 16. Comparative Table showing the Progress of the Telegraph Department during the Financial Years ended 30th June, 1866, to 30th June, 1879; 31st March, 1880, to 31st March, 1882; and Calendar Years ended 31st December, 1882, to 31st December, 1893.

I 0 E z Number of Telegrams forwarded during the Year. Cost of Maintenance of Lines, excluding Australian Cable Subsidy. Cost of Maintenance of Lines per Mile. Year endeH Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. Private j Governand Press. ment. Total. Revenue from all Sources. Value ot Government Messages. Total Vain? of Business done during the Year. Cost of Maintenance of Stations. Total Expenditure. Tariff in Operation. 30th June, 1866 6gg i»39° 13 I 24,761 2,746 27.407 £ s - d. 5,561 19 2 483 3 2 £ s- d. 6,045 2 4 £ »■ d. 3,934 3 4 2,443 2 11 £ s. d. £ s. d. 6,377 63 3 9 10 J- Mileage tariff. 1867 757 J >498 21 55,621 I A . *s>331 70.952 9,070 10 1 3.77O 4 8 12,840 14 9 8,017 J 4 7 2,541 4 11 10,558 19 6 3 7 1 1868 1,110 2,223 31 J 72,241 26,244 98,485 11,652 3 7 6,672 o 3 18,324 3 10 9,489 17 10 5.4O6 7 3 14,896 51 4 17 4 1869 1,329 2,495 45 106,070 50.097 156,167 18,520 10 4 13.430 ii 9 31,951 2 1 14,266 12 7 8,547 4 9 22,81:3 17 4 6 8 6 Mileage tariff in operation up to 1st Sept., 1869; uniform as. 6d. tarill"from ist Sept., 1869, to 31st March, 1870; antl is. tariir from ist April, 1870. 1870 1,661 J 2,897 56 122,545 62,878 185,423 17,218 1 4 12,252 6 . o 29.470 7 4 16,417 7 4 14,120 4 10 30,537 12 2 8 9 11 1871 1,976 ! 3,247 i 72 I 253,582 59.292 312,874 22,419 8 8 9,876 17 6 32,296 6 2 21,254 4 3 11,344 3 8 32,598 7 11 5 19 6 1872 2,185 J 3.823 81 I 344,524 I 67.243 411,767 28,121 10 o 11,043 3 9 39,164 13 9 23,593 9 9 8,858 19 7 32,452 9 4 4 2 3 1873 i 2 .356 4,574 93 i 485.507 83.453 568,960 39,680 18 9 11,105 2 o 50,786 o 9 27,040 18 10 9.479 5 4 36,520 4 2 j 4 I II 1874 2,530 : 5.782 IO 5 ! 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 j 6 3 11 1875 2,986 • 6,626 127 J 786,237 130,891 917,128 55.3OI 12 3 13,679 10 9 68,981 3 o 45,814 11 4 14,240 19 7 60,055 10 11 J 4 16 4 1876 3.154 1 7.247 142 J 890,382 160,704 1,051,086 62,715 10 4 16,154 6 o 78,869 16 4 61,696 14 5 21,074 8 8 82,771 31 5 18 10 ■877 J 3,259 : 7,423 155 I 952.283 J 172,159 1,124,442 65,644 15 3 17,024 8 9 82,669 4 o 63.353 IO 10 |i7,93i 8 o 81,284 J 8 10 5 12 11 1878 1879 3.434 ! 8 >°35 3,512 J 8,117 182 11,065,481 i 194,843 1,260,324 73,284 1 10 19,148 12 4 92,432 14 2 69,340 I 8 18,259 4 9 87,599 6 5 5 10 o From ist November, 1873, address and signature given in free. 195 11,2OI, 982 : 246,961 1.448.943 85,402 o 2 26,949 2 2 112,351 2 4 79,502 o 5 17,299 7 10 96,801 83 509 51st March. 1880 I 3.638 i 9,333 214 i 824,734 I 183,675 1,008, 409 58,120 3 3 19,707 6 3 77,827 9 6 68,651 10 10 H.758 4 5 83,409 15 3 4 3 4 1881 3.758 J 9,587 227 11,058,342 I 234 (1,215,849 246,370 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 ; 6 6 7 1882 1 3,824 9,653 222,923 1.438,772 78,828 19 8 22,737 16 4 101,566 16 o 69,165 5 oj 18,292 13 4 87,457 18 4 j 4 17 4

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Table No. 16 — continued. Comparative Table showing the Progress of the Telegraph Department during the Financial Years ended 30th June, 1866, to 30th June, 1879; 31st March, 1880, to 31st March, 1882; and Calendar Years ended 31st December, 1882, to 31st December, 1893— continued.

Note.—Tariff, 1890 : is. for ten words, and free address and signature up to ten words ; delayed telegrams, 6d. 1892 : For twelve words, and free address and signature, ordinary telegrams, is. ; delayed, 6d. Later in 1892 the number of words in text and signature made eighteen. 1896: First twelve words, 6d.; each additional word, id.; address and signature paid for. 1906: For each additional word after first twelve, £d.

For the Financial Years ended 31st March, 1895, to 31st March, 1912.

Year ended Number of : Miles ol Line. Ii Number O , of cS Miles of >-a. Wire. M° Private Governand Press. tnent. Number of Telegrams forwarded during the Year. Total. Revenue from all Sources. Value of Government Messages. Cost of Total Value Cost of Maintenance Business done j Maintenance during Stations excluding the Year. Stations. Australian Cable Subsidy. Total Expenditure. Coat of Main- : ! tenance of Lines per Mile. Taritt in Operation. 31st Dec. 1882 I 1883 1884 J 1885 1886 i 1887 J 1888 J 1889 I 1890 1891 1892 1893 3.974 4.O74 4.264 4.463 4.546 4,646 4.790 4.874 5,148 5,349 5,479 5,513 9,848 ; 264 10,037 3°2 IO.474 : 33O 10,931 J 375 11,178 ; 412 11.375 ! 437 11,617 \ 473 11,827 ! 489 12,812 I 520 13,235 I 573 13.459 ! 615 13,515 i 640 1,361,817 208,372 1,570,189 : 90,633 II 2 i,379,4 8 3 219.917 !i.599. 4°o : 93.822 3 3 i>433.458 220,847 1,654,305 : 95,634 5 5 1,533,406 240,867 11,774,273 j101,652 8 o 1,583,717 1252,549 11,836,266 1106,638 12 2 I .589,77i '245,623 1,835,394 '106,548 4 o 1,548,233 1217,630 1,765,863 '106,311 11 6 j>589.157 j213,830 11,802,987 ;io6,462 18 4 1,734,381 1226,780 |i,961, 161 1110,696 17 8 1,746,115X1222,149 11,968,264 1117,633 15 9 1,686,064 ! 218,079 ii,904, 143 103,813 8 6£ 1,825,646 1244,045 12,069,691 112,465 15 9 20,608 11 ir 21,555 19 2 20,855 19 7 24,860 9 o 27,281 4 9 30,205 11 10 23,164 13 11 24,218 9 3 26,070 12 7 24,840 5 7 24,342 7 o 28,317 7 10 £ s. d. 111,242 3 1 ! 115.378 2 5 J 116,490 5 o j 126,512 17 o : 133,919 16 11 136,753 X 5 10 J 129,476 5 5 ; 130,681 7 7 ! 136,767 10 3 ! 142,474 1 4 128,155 15 6J| 3 7 73.554 9 1 73,054 4 6 70,036 6 2 77,082 4 4 77.473 10 7 76,580 10 o 72,201 13 5 75.426 9 7 76,845 1 10 85,658 4 11 87.472 13 3 92,109 17 o 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. \£ s. d. 96,005 15 4:51? 5 1 92,264 11 o ! 4 16 8 90,078 2 o J 4 18 4 97,982 10 6 4 15 9 98,875 8 9 I 4 15 11 97,901 12 9 I 4 13 9 j 95.463 14 5 j 5 ° 1 J 101,433 11 ° I 5 8 7 j IO4.39I 3 IO 1 5 13 o 114,644 15 9 i 5 12 7 I 117,053 4 2 j 5 8 o 121,251 3 o i 5 5 9 ; ] V From 1st November, 1873, address and signature given in free. From 1st Jan., 1886, - delayed telegrams posted to addressees immediately after their receipt at offices of destination.

I i 8 Number ] O . Miles of °°- Wire. ji O Z Number of Miles of Line. Number of Telegrams forwarded during the Year. Revenue ! (including Miscellaneous Receipts). Value of Government Messages. Total Value of Business done ; , during the Year. Total Expenditure {excluding Cable Subsidy). Year emied Private and Press. Government. Total. Telegraph. i I Telephone. Remark*. 31st March, 1895 1896 1897 . ■ 1898 1899 rgoo 1901 1902 1903 1904 ■1905 1906 1907 ,. : 1908 , J 1909 „ : 1910 „ 191 1 „ 1912 5,g6iJ 14,881^ 6,245! 15,764! 6,284! I 16,470} 6,484 ! l8,O24 6,736 : 18,746 6,910 19,228 7,249g 1 2O,682§ 7,469 : 21,705 7,748 J ; 22,6723 7,779i i 22,920 J 7.9431 23,704 8,355 25,116 8,953 ! 27,031 9,656 ; 29,343 10,901 j 34,788 lr ,3i6 ; 37,212 11,805 ' 39,37° 7°5 743 780 824 878 915 991 1,038 1,103 1,153 I,2OO 1,802,182 1,899,632 2,285,001 2,469,415 2,717,548 3,I59,O93 3,534,444 3,850,391 4,271,218 4,671,904 4,900,495 5,351,084 6,160,080 6,958,279 7,338,oi7 7,757,128 8,268,340 8,971,725 231,618 224,579 235,168 226,818 243,190 310,538 363,684 ! 317,590 i 288,086 293,293 259,250 289,135 236,252 I 84,644 87,676 j 89,762 92,397 I 91,408 I 2,033,800 2,124,211 2,520,169 2,696,233 2,960,738 3,469,631 3,898,128 4,167,981 4,559,304 4,955,197 5,159,745 5,640,219 6,396,332 7,042,923 7,425,693 7,846,890 8,360,647 9,063.133 £ s. d. 88,459 10 11 97,178 14 oj 100,385 16 I 99,798 8 10J 105,576 6 o 119,641 11 6.J 137,861 1 2J 151,933 19 11 I 160,343 7 7 166,535 18 8J 171,001 13 n| 184,369 6 2 206,706 15 8J 227,398 6 8 238,103 16 5 250,212 2 1 272,942 12 10J 29S,W 8 2 21,552 12 10 25,933 12 9 29,248 19 5 36,422 6 8 39,7i8 7 7 43,303 2 10 49,117 o 8 I 55,542 4 9 62,151 8 11 71,028 6 3 79,o6i 7 4 89,542 1 5 100,814 o 3 116,852 13 10 131,249 o 7 144,298 2 9 161,173 6 10 179,123 18 8 £ s. d. 26,050 7 5 25,843 11 11 23,118 2 6 24,504 9 8 25,500 5 10 29,431 19 o 35,327 6 a 27,507 17 6 26,440 2 10 24,377 1 7 20,597 11 10 24,168 10 4 17,486 19 8 4,498 16 7| 4,821 10 10 4,850 17 2 4,874 o ij 4,831 10 6 136,062 11 2 148,955 18 8£ 152,752 18 o 160,725 5 2j 170,794 19 5 192,376 13 44 222,305 8 oj 234,984 2 2 J 248,934 19 4 261,941 6 6J 270,660 13 298,079 17 11 325,007 15 7! 348,749 17 ij 374,174 7 10 399,361 2 o 438,989 19 io| 479,289 17 4 £ s- d. i35,79i o 7 143,665 14 o 153,484 6 8 j 165,198 13 5 i 173,152 16 6 181,634 ZI 3 194,014 12 11 212,180 16 o 228,185 10 7 j 245,805 9 7 258,977 10 9 276.580 12 5 291,359 12 6 j 357.581 1 3 I 394,649 19 6 411,296 17 2 i 446,709 17 1 469,716 17 7 £ s. d. Cable subsidy, 6,492 11 8 4.774 5 5 3.972 8 1 1,849 2 9 1,427 19 11 1,608 7 1 1,000 8 6 234 15 o 18 i 10 o 10,057 IJ 7 1,312 1,446 1,764 1,871 1,963 2,079

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Table No. 17. Table showing the Cash Revenue derived from Paid Telegrams of all Codes, the Value of Franked Government Telegrams, and the Number of Telegrams transmitted in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand for the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1912.

Table No. 18. Table showing the Paid Telegrams of all Codes forwarded during the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1912, and the Revenue received there from.

Table No. 19. Table showing the Class and Number of Instruments and Batteries in use at Telegraphoffices for the Year ended 31st March, 1912.

Postal District. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames.. Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westporf Totals, 1911-12 .. Totals, 1910-11 ... Revenue , vaiim nf derivedfrorr, £Uueoj T j™°, Government I £ s. d. £ s. d. •■ i 58,959 11 4lj 740 7 44 .. ! 5,010 10 10 i 240 12 4 .. i 29,682 9 3J 538 13 9 .. i 23,691 1 8 290 18 b\ ■■ ! 9,337 5 9: 96 15 2 6,546 16 3 183 18 oj .. i 2,345 o 74; 84 ij .. 15,077 15 2 165 3 6^ .. I 19,920 4 ij 180 2 7j . . J 6,749 O I ! 644 17 O .. i 8,221 7 i ; 125 12 5J .. 4.310 19 6 32 6 iij .. j 8,721 94; 36 15 3J .. I 8,516 19 6 ; 82 6 o ! .. I 19,301 18 3J: 105 7 8 .. ; 57,6l8 14 2$ 1,086 3 oj 4,420 13 54 273 6 7 .. 288,431 16 6J 4,831 10 6 .. 265,624 2 10J 4,874 o if ... *r«f-ii Number Value of i Numberof of Codes, Telegrams. £ s. d.j I 59,699 18 9 1 1,827,336' 14,115 : 5,251 3 2 : 163,111' 4,808 30,221 3 oj 889,094, 9,659 I 23,982 o z\ 720,297 4,809 J \ 9,434 o 11 I 247,520; 1,927 I 6,73° 14 3i 3,677 2 .353 4 9 68,592: 160 15,242 18 8J 467,198 3,268 20,100 6 9 644,859 3,661 : 7,393 17 1 , 283,507; 12,613 8,346 19 6J. 258,423 2,474 I 4.343 6 5i\ 112,341 671 I 8,758 4 7J 279,325: 740 8,599 5 6 ; 259,148 1,608 19,407 5 IiJ! 617,8111 1,961 J 58,704 17 3 J 1,828,789 19,863 4,694 o oj 124,301; 5,394 293,263 7 oj 8,971,725! 91,408 270,498 3 0 ! 8,268,3 4 oj 92,307 Total Number or' Telegrams of all Codes. 1,841,451 167,919 I 898,753 725,106 249,447 183,750 68,752 470,466 648,520 296,120 I 260,897 113,012 280,065 260,756 619,772 1,848,652 129,695 4,831 10 6 9,063,133 8,360,647

June Quarter, 1911. September Quarrer, ign. December Quarter, 1911. March Quarter, 1912. rotals. Class of Telegrams. i Number. Rei-enue. 1 I Revenue. Number. Revenue. j Number. I Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. [ " i I I J I Irdinary .. Irgent 'ress iureau 1,403,164 58,654 98,983 538.944 £ s - d ' 59,961 6 11 3,644 15 10 I 5,261 12 6^ 14,803 4 8 I £ s. d. 1,356,67659,687 15 ij 56,6341 3,61518 5 1 109,0931 6,178 8 7£ 562,211 15,362 I II 1,562,758 73,95° 115,351 ; 601,437 £ ■■ d. 67,078 2 9 11,588,724 4,173 8 8 69,745 6,458 4 7 : "7.°79 16,490 6 3J 658,322 £ *■ d. 68,230 o 4 15,911,322 4.420 5 11 I 258,983 6,664 17 4ji 44O,5O6 18,156 610^2,360,914 £ S. d. 254.957 5 ij 15,854 8 10 24.563 3 ij 64,811 19 9 rross totals ,ess other j lines and y credits ) 2,099,745 .. 183,670 19 Il£ 116,862 II 9 2,084,61484,844 4 1 18,105 5 I0 J 2,353,496 94,200 2 34:2,433,870' I 17,719 18 10 10 6 119,067 3 10 8,971,725 360,186 16 10 ; 71,755 o 3 i tet totals, ign-i2 let totals, igio-n 2,099,745 |66,8o8 8 i\ 2,084,614166,738 18 2J 2,353,496 76,480 3 5 J 2,433.870 78,404 6 8 8,97I,725| |288,43i 16 6J [265,624 2 10J 1,958,996! ]62,873 10 2^ 1.930,574 62,382 16 11J 2,160,751 69,195 18 11 2,218,019 71,171 16 gj 8,268,340!

Number of Morse lustra- Number of Duplexes I w ,„*, ments irf Use (Full Sets). (Differential). | "umper Number Number ™ rnpf of of . - - Quarlruplex Automatic Intermittent ' Constant ; Single Double I gets. I Sets ' Sets, Current. Current. \ Current. Current. District. I Auckland Wellington Nelson .. Canterbury Otago .. 48 62 34 20 83 64 169 12 111 103 16 19 10 3 1 3 9 8 4 1 3 20 31 i 9 8 ■ I 1 2 2 1 Totals 217 459 40 25 72 District. I i Number of $ZXnt £,;? nected with becs - Exchange. i' Number of Cells. Leelanche., Gordon. Daniell. Bichromate, j Storage. Auckland Wellington Nelson Canterbury Otago Totals 9 125 .. 9 203 3 50 .. I . . 2 9 1 43 i I 24 430 i "" " " ~ ' ~~ r 8,436 474 687 484 6 10,817 1,223 1,607 210 47 4,250 312 360 1,724 66 988 ; 886 2 4,754 ... 530 210 42 29,981 : 2,075 4,172 | 1,790 97

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Table No. 20. Table showing the Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines for the Year ended 31st March, 1912.

Travelling- Rural Total Miles Miles expenses of Extra A/I ,. - , Upkeep of Telephones: I Bxpendi we out : I Miles Miles of Wire. of Lines, j Travellingexpenses of Engineers and Linemen. I Extra Labour. Material. Upkeep of S.s. Tutanekai. Rural Total qalariBsnf to Settlers. Maintenance. Linemen. Salaries of Total Cost '. Average salaries 01 Total (jost n^It j Engineers and .of , J***,,. Total Cost of Maintenance. Average Cost per Mile of Line. j oi Wire. of lanes. ] Engineers and Labour. «*•-«««.»«. - , g g Xutanekai. Assistance of Vote Linemen. to Settlers. Maintenance. Linemen. j Maintenance. pe * J , lIe oi Line. j i 1 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. ! £ s. d. ' £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland .. .. 9,561 3.136 1,882 1 3 i 2,551 14 9 2,771 5 8 .. 142 9 11 7,347 11 7 Wellington .. .. 12,198 j 3,049 V 2,003 18 2 ! 2,548 18 10 i 3,379 0 8! .. 261 8 0 8,193 5 8 i Nelson .. .. .. 4,436 i 1,601 1,393 13 10 : 2,292 10 5 '. 2,353 15 8 I .. 26 0 3 6.066 0 2 Canterbury .. .. 5,622 1,385 815 7 0 i 552 7 2: 785 10 2 j .. 87 1 11 2,240 6 3 Otago .. .. .. I 7,553 ! 2,634 1,016 17 10 j 749 14 9 j 1,140 5 6 j .. 170 3 2 3,077 I 3 j Total .. .. 39,370 ■ 11,805 7,11118 1 j 8,695 5 11 i 10,429 17 8| .. 687 3 3 26,924 4 11 Knots. Cables .. .. .. 372 .. 93 12 10 328 13 10 | 206 19 10 j 2,000 0 0 .. 2,629 6 6 £ s. d. ! £ s. d. I £ s. d. 5,494 0 0 ! 12,841 11 7 4 1 11 i 5,192 0 0 j 13,385 5 8. 4 7 10 2,246 0 0 I 8,312 0 2 5 3 10 4,454 0 0 j 6,694 6 3 4 16 8 ! 3,664 0 0 J 6,741 13 2 11 2 21,050 0 0 47,974 4 11 4 13 ; Per Knot. 50 0 0 j 2,679 6 6! 741 Stores .... .. i .. 164 18 3 616 16 2 .. .. .. 781 14 5 : ■ . ; I J I j I Total telegraph-lines .. .. 7,370 9 2 j 9,640 15 11 10,636 17 6 2,000 0 0 687 3 3 i 30,335 5 10 | Telephone exchanges .. 37,872 1,538 1,053 0 5 7,870 0 11 8,754 2 9 .. . .. 17,677 4 1 .Grand total .. .. .. 8,423 9 7 17,510 16 10 19,391 0 3 2,000 0 0 687 3 3 | 48,012 9 11 ; 1,388 0 0 2,169 14 5 I . I 22,488 0 0 52,823 5 10 16,114 0 0 33,791 4 1 38,602 0 0 86,614 9 11

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Table No. 21. Table showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph Construction during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1912.

Line. Expenditure. Expenditure. atenal from Stores. 'oti tal Co c t during the Year. Telephone exchanges, — Ashburt.on . . . . .. Auckland .. .. .. Blenheim .. .. .. • • Christchurch .. . . . . Dannevirke Dunedin Feilding Gisborne Greymouth . . . . .. Hamilton .. .. .. • • j Hawera .. .. .. Hokitika Invercargill Levin Masterton Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Pahiatua Palmerston North Rotorua Stratford Thames Timaru Wanganui .. .. .. Wellington Westport Whangarei £ s. 112 14 11.269 13 193 8 4.039 2 110 10 3.534 7 260 1 645 13 : 83 2 33 18 213 1 9 6 1.356 15 156 13 824 0 4,728 8 107 13 : 213 12 2,155 4 46 7 317 2 125 6 104 1 394 14 618 12 1,303 4 6,316 9 33 9 227 5 : £ s. d. 112 14 9 11,269 13 10 193 8 7 4,039 2 7 110 10 6 3.534 7 4 260 1 7 645 13 10 83 2 10 33 18 7 213 1 2 9 6 8 1.356 15 9 156 13 5 824 0 8 4,728 8 5 107 13 11 213 12 8 2,155 4 1 46 7 7 317 2 0 125 6 6 104 1 5 394 14 2 618 12 0 1.303 4 2 6,316 9 8 33 9 6 227 5 11 d. 9 L0 7 7 6 4 7 10 10 7 2 8 9 5 8 5 11 8 1 7 0 (j 5 2 0 2 8 6 11 £ s. d. 478 15 0. 8,638 2 3 784 0 11 6,715 2 2 397 13 11 5,012 7 1 j 633 12 9 1,312 11 8 271 6 5 585 18 11 ! 309 0 6 51 2 2 2,064 18 11 107 6 1 1,346 7 10 6,539 12 5 331 1 8 1 471 7 6 1,625 5 8 118 10 4 830 13 0 75 8 2 335 11 0 ; 624 2 3 1.086 15 1 i 2,999 7 3 11,182 3 0 145 4 11 143 0 4 i £ s. d. 591 9 9 19,907 16 1 977 9 6 10,754 4 9 508 4 5 8,546 14 5 893 14 4 1,958 5 6 354 9 3 619 17 6 522 1 8 60 8 10 3,421 14 8 263 19 6 2,170 8 6 11,268 0 10 438 15 7 685 0 2 3,780 9 9 164 17 11 1,147 15 0 200 14 8 439 12 5 1.018 16 5 1.705 7 1 4,302 11 5 17.498 12 8 178 14 5 370 6 3 Total exchanges 39.534 4 1 55,216 9 2 94,750 13 3 Kohumaru Extension Kerikeri-Purerua Extension .. Russell-Opua .. .. .. • • i Ivydale Extension .. . . .. Kawakawa-Opua . . .. Otonga Extension .. .. Tanekaha Extension .. .. .. j Whangarei-Kawakawa (trunk telephone circuit) Whangarei-Houto .. . . Whangarei Heads - Taurikura Extension Rukuwai-Taraunui-Waiparera .. Wnatoro Extension .. .. Parua Bay - Onerahi Extension Dargaville-Tangowahine .. Dargaville-Tekopuru-Tatarariki Reotahi Telephone .. .. • ■ i Waipu - North River Extension . . .. Maungaturoto-Wairere Otamatea Extension Okonga Extension Tauhoa-Mangakura Extension Mangakura-Glorit .. .. Pukapuka Extension .. . . Pohuehue Telephone-office .. Warkworth -- Mullet Point - Te Kapa Extension Tahekeroa Extension .. .. Dargaville-Whangarei (metallic circuit) Redvale Extension .. .. ■. Ruahau-Piha Extension .. .. 0 14 34 17 0 7 11 1 8 8 1 5 144 14 38 15 13 2 146 16 0 8 0 4 19 19 1 11 114 8 88 17 0 18 1 12 0 12 3 10 1 12 187 1 22 12 4 11 23 10 6 0 6 5 8 8 1 2 0 3 9 6 8 0 7 9 0 4 6 8 6 8 3 6 7 12 9 9 30 3 2 17 7 4 9 19 9 13 4 3 65 0 2 17 14 10 21 1 2 8 8 8 6 0 8 4 12 7 477 12 2 56 17 0 25 11 6 177 4 1 6 16 5 0 4 6 41 5 11 53 7 8 6 12 11 132 14 11 104 3 7 0 18 0 6 8 10 0 12 6 21 10 7 159 0 0 5 2 4 220 18 7 4 15 0 4 12 7 332 18 1 18 1 10 12 9 6 30 7 10 6 7 8 21 6 3 53 7 8 5 1 11 18 6 4 15 5 10 4 16 6 17 19 11 157 7 6 5 2 4 33 16 11 11 2 11 33 15 2 4 11 6 104 2 8 15 0 7 80 12 1 15 0 7

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Table No. 21 — continued. Table showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph Construction during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1912 — continued.

Line. I Expenditure. Material from Stores. Total Cost during the Year. Waikumete-Karekare Auckland -Dargaville . . . . Auckland-Waiwera .. .. Auckland-Wiri Extension .. .. Auckland-Matamata . . .. . . j Auckland- Katikati .. . . Auckland-Wellington (Auckland-Horopito) . . Auckland - New Plymouth Line-diversion Auckland-Pukekohe (metallic circuit) Otahuhu-Papakura (metallic circuit) Pokeno - Pokeno Valley - Bombay - Paparata Valley - Mangatawhiri Valley - Miranda - Mercer Waiuku-Ruakohua Extension . . Otaua - Waiuku and Puni - Akaaka - Otaua Extensions Waiterimu Extension Korakonui Extension Ngaruawahia-Mercer Hamilton-Cambridge Hamilton-Kawhia (metallic circuit) Tepapatapu .. .. . . ... Mairoa-Marakopa .. .. Mahoenui-Paemako Wardville Extension Turangaomoana-Okauia Matamata-Monamara Matamata-Tauranga Miranui Extension Waiharakeke-Hauturu-Pukeinoi Te Awamutu - Kaputulii .. Kihikihi-Wharepuhunga Pukeatua Extension Rotorua-Hamilton (metallic circuit) Rotorua-Ngongotaha Okere—Rotorua (metallic circuit) Pongakawa - Okere Falls Kaiangaroa Plains Extension Rotorua-Tauranga via Te, Pu and Oropu Muripara - Te Houhe Ohura Roto Extension Tokirima (extension from Tatu) Piopio Exchange and Te Mapara Extension . . Ongarue-Taumarunui (metallic circuit) , ' Taumarunui-Hamilton (metallic circuit) Taumarunui-Raurimu (metallic circuit) .. j Waitewhena Extension .. . . .. i Ongarue-Tangitu Taringamotu Extension Waimiha Taumarunui Houseboat Taumarunui-Otunui Taumarunui-Ohakune Piriaka Extension Manunui-Kakahi (metallic circuit) Raurimu-Kaitieke Extension Whakatete Telephone Kerepehi-Waitakaruru Thames-Puriri (metallic circuit) Wharepoa Extension Waitoa-Ngarua Matata-Manawahe £ s. d. 9 0 3 2 7 0 1 8 3 38 19 2 24 0 3 2 6 10 3,782 3 10 6 5 10 4 4 11 179 9 7 10 10 4 245 8 10 3 18 8 121 8 4 1 1 6 12 12 10 331 11 7 14 18 7 10 12 8 44 9 8 1 0 6 3 5 0 7 18 0 1 10 0 20 9 8 4 15 7 3 4 6 14 0 235 0 8 27 3 8 1 0 0 45 14 3 1 5 0 4 10 0 0 13 6 3 2 0 80 7 10 423 13 0 0 19 2 4 2 6 0 5 4 197 1 8 3 4 1 21 5 2 13 0 3 8 0 12 6 0 16 6 3 16 1 0 16 5 94 0 0 1 0 0 92 5 11 25 12 4 53 0 4 64 13 10 0 11 0 £ s. a. 54 10 10 ••I 395 10 9 37 4 1 14 4 0 1,528 0 7 3 5 8 483 1 6 130 13 7 77 9 3 3 19 7 17 2 2 25 9 9 5 0 8 349 7 5 238 3 2 35 0 7 5 19 9 62 13 2 11 3 11 7 8 10 0 10 0 40 5 3 47 2 1 44 19 8 £ s. d. 63 11 1 2 7 0 396 19 0 76 3 3 38 4 3 2 6 10 5.310 4 5 9 11 6 483 1 6 134 18 6 256 18 10 14 9 11 262 11 0 29 8 5 5 0 8 470 15 9 239 4 8 47 13 5 5 19 9 394 4 9 14 18 7 10 12 8 55 13 7 10 6 3 5 0 15 6 10 2 0 0 60 14 11 51 17 8 48 4 2 14 0 348 4 6 27 3 8 10 0 45 14 3 851 5 0 4 10 0 0 13 6 14 7 8 80 17 10 1,147 6 4 282 2 0 744 2 5 222 6 0 229 19 1 94 14 0 72 11 11 6 15 11 3 8 0 12 6 0 16 6 3 16 1 54 14 9 94 0 0 4 7 6 173 5 4 26 15 10 53 0 4 144 13 0 0 11 0 113 3 10 850 0 0 11 5 8 0 10 0 723 13 4 281 2 10 739 19 11 222 0 8 32 17 5 91 9 11 51 6 9 5 12 11 53 18 4 3 7 6 80 19 5 1 3 6 79 19 2

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Table No. 21— continued. Table showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph Construction during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1912 — continued.

Line. Expenditure. Expenditure. Material from Stores. Total Cost [ during the Year. ' '""" ~ t Whakatane-Opotiki . . .; Opouriao - Opouriao West Matahanea-Oponae Te Araroa - Whangaparoa Otoko - Te Karaka (metallic circuit) .. ; Gisborne-Morere Waipawa-Waipukurau . . .. .. . Waipawa-Napier.. .. .. ■ ■ Waipukurau-Porangahau . . .. .. Takapau-Ormondville-Waipukurau Ngamoko Extension Te Rehunga - Kiritaki .. .. . . ;. Te Rehunga - Ruaroa .. .. Mangatuna Extension .. .. .. Aohanga-Porangahau .. . . .. ! Pongaroa-Korepo-Akitio .. . . .. i Pahiatua-Dannevirke .. . . .. Pahiatua-Pongaroa .. .. Kaiwhata Telephone Extension .. .. j Kuku .. .. I Levin-Foxton .. . . .. .. j Kaharoa Extension . . .. .. ! Marotiri Extension . . . . .. j Foxton-Rongotea-BulPs (metallic circuit) Weraroa-Levin (metallic circuit) .. .. j Hukinga Telephone Extension .. .. j Whatarangi (new office) .. .. .. 1 Masterton-Tinui-Castlepoint . . Wellington - Palmerston North .. Wellington-Featherston (metallic circuit) Wellington-Auckland (Wellington-Horopito).. j Awakino-Mangaawakino Waitara-Urenui (metallic circuit) .. Urenui-Okoke .. .. .. Urenui-Pukearuhe Extension Whakawhiti .. .. • ■ ■ • i Tawhiwhi Extension Tarahua-Moturoa .. .. Lower Mangorei Telephone Mangorei Extension Midhirst-Makara .. .. .. i Stratford- Whangamomona Stratford - Mountain House .. .. j Tuna Extension .. .. \ Eltham- Kaponga .. .. '"' .. Oeo Extension .. .. .. .. Raetihi-Ruatiti Extension .. ..' Raetihi-Wanganui and Omakukuru-Oreore . . j Hawera-Normanby .. .. Hawera-Ararata .. .. .. Kohi-Mataimoana .. .. Nukuhau Extension Moumahaki Farm Orangimea - Rangitatau - Puao Extension .. Wanganui-Waitotara .. .'; .. i Wanganui-Raetihi Waverley-Kohi .. .. .; Puniwhaka-Turakina Hunterville-Marton Ohakea Extension Ocean Bay - Kakapo Bay.. .; The Grove Telephone Extension Te Rawa Extension .. £ s. d. 633 13 4 13 14 3 8 8 9 1 11 0 1 15 5 7 19 2 13 13 9 156 0 9 357 15 11 35 7 8 29 2 0 23 3 0 34 17 10 560 19 7 58 11 9 128 2 1 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 18 11 91 16 0 43 14 8 2 11 6 4 3 3 1 15 10 8 0 0 1 17 0 821 0 0 138 10 5 0 10 3 1,881 19 10 150 0 6 6 18 0 9 7 3 61 4 4 0 18 0 1 12 0 0 1 8 5 15 0 43 2 0 0 13 5 8 17 a 0 12 6 29 17 11 30 9 7 1 14 0 27 7 0 432 6 2 16 10 6 1 4 0 2 3 4 316 0 6 1 8 6 7 5 8 267 16 9 36 8 7 0 1 4 62 16 10 1 3 0 25 4 10 7 3 0 105 1 6 £ s. d. 382 17 11 ; 0 10 0 102 4 5 I 4 10 3 146 8 3 4 10 8 94 17 3 36 6 2 22 10 11 57 10 0 33 10 10 433 16 0 5 0 4 5 2 11 197 0 9 109 13 0 6 10 6 2 2 9 2 1 8 13 12 9 3 10 11 323 9 9 615 0 2 1,813 0 2 £ S. d. 382 17 11 0 10 0 102 4 5 4 10 3 146 8 3 4 10 8 94 17 3 36 6 2 22 10 11 57 10 0 33 10 10 433 16 0 5 0 4 5 2 11 197 0 9 109 13 0 6 10 6 ■ 2 2 9 2 1 8 13 12 9 3 10 11 323 9 9 615 0 2 1,813 0 2 234 19 5 65 18 9 4 11 2 5 2 6 7 11 1 191 13 3 377 14 11 20 16 8 27 0 5 7 2 4 50 6 7 146 7 8 39 5 1 0 1 11 35 16 9 145 1 4 0 10 11 322 1 10 22 5 10 11 17 8 15 3 11 238 7 7 £ s. d. 1.016 11 3 I 14 4 3 8 8 9 1 11 0 i 103 19 10 7 19 2 \ 18 4 0 I 146 8 3 ! 160 11 5 ! 452 13 2 i 71 13 10 51 12 11 I 80 13 0 34 17 10 I 594 10 5 58 11 9 I 561 18 1 0 5 0 5 10 4 6 1 10 i 288 16 9 • 153 7 8 I 9 2-0 i 6 6 0 i 3 17 6 I. 21 12 9 5 7 11 I 1,144 9 9 ! 753 10 7 0 10 3 i 3,695 0 0 150 0 6 i 241 17 5 9 7 3 I 127 3 1 ! 5 9 2 I 6 14 6 7 12 9 5 15 0 ■< 234 15 3 0 13 5 386 11 11 0 12 6 ! 50 14 7 i 57 10 0 8 16 4 77 13 7 ! 578 13 10 55 15 7 1 5 11 2 3 4 i 351 17 3 18 6 7 5 8 412 18 1 36 8 7 0 10 11 0 14 ) 384 18 8 ) 23 8 10 i 37 2 6 22 6 11 343 9 1 234 19 5 65 18 9 4 11 2 5 2 6 7 11 1 191 13 3 377 14 11 20 16 8 27 0 5 7 2 4 50 6 7 146 7 8 39 5 1 0 1 11 35 16 9 145 1 4 0 10 11 322 1 10 22 5 10 11 17 8 15 3 11 238 7 7

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Line. i I Canvastown - Deep Creek Ward-Kekerangu (metallic circuit) .. i Mangamaunui Extension . . . . . I Whangakoko Extension Kenepuru Heads - Endeavour Inlet Turnbull River Telephone Extension Richmond - Upper Moutere . . GHenhope Telephone Extension .. Hope Junction Telephone Extension Sandy Bay Telephone Extension Takaka-Puramahoi Nclson-Atawhai Extension . . , I Riverina Telephone Extension Nelson-Motueka (metallic circuit) . . Longford-Tutalri Owen Junction - Kawatiri Extension Arapito-McNab's . . . . Umere Telephone Extension .. Charleston—Tiromoana .. .. I Upper Matakitaki - Warwick J unction Inchbonnie Telephone-office Rewanui Extension .. .. j Mahinapua Office . . .. . I Merrijigs Reefton - Big River Blackwater-Ikamatua Extension . . . . J Poerua Extension Greymouth-Runanga .. . . Harihari Cheese-factory Extension .. .. Kumara-Callaghan's . . . . Stafford-Awarere Telephone-line .. .. | Waioruarangi Bureau . . .. i Hawkeswood-Hundalee .. . . | Leader Extension Waipara-Amberley Leithfield-Amberley Amberley-Baleairn . . . . . . Rangiora-Southbrook .. . . Annat - Russell's Flat Eirwee -Darfield .. .. .. • Kirwee-Courtenay Extension .. i Courtenay-Whakahua Hororata - Lake Coleridge .. j Springfield - Kowai Bush . . Cass-Springfield (Otira deviation) .. Craigiebum Extension .. .. * .. j Akaroa - Gough's Bay .. ■ Lyndhurst - Methven (metallic circuit) Hinds (metallic circuit) Arundel-A nderson's Clandeboye-Orton Temuka-Clandeboye, via Ohape Extension Simon's Pass Bureau Chamberlain Extension Motukaika Extension Fairview Bureau St. Andrew's - Pareora Extension . . Willowbridge-Waimate Timaru-Raorao-Pareora . . Timaru-Glenavy Oamaru-Glenavy Oamaru-Windsor Oamaru-Ngapara .. Expenditure. £ 8. d. 10 15 0 0 7 6 2 3 0 244 3 10 0 6 6 44 2 5 1 3 0 55 8 3 ! 11 6 3 8 2 0 5 19 5 158 15 4 174 5 8 53 2 0 7 2 0 5 8 0 4 2 10 349 14 1 1 1 10 20 11 5 328 0 10 0 5 10 31 4 11 1 15 4 12 15 4 23 13 1 9 0 1 3 2 0 355 14 7 51 11 10 22 15 7 12 4 0 41 9 4 4 6 2 80 0 3 47 16 11 859 4 -5 9 19 8 100 17 11 ■ 0 12 11 2 11 0 8 4 0 28 19 6 86 2 5 23 14 2 5 14 4 1 17 0 92 0 6 165 8 9 17 6 0 0 10 10 42 15 6 1 18 7 243 17 3 ! 93 0 9 ! 56 10 11 5 12 4 Material from j Total Cost during Scores. the Year. !_ i ■ £ s. d. £ s. d. 10 15 0 108 17 9 108 17 9 4 6 9 4 14 3 5 4 6 7 7 6 31 5 7 275 9 5 25 3 4 25 9 10 77 13 7 121 16 0 3 6 7 3 6 7 3 8 6 4 11 6 48 0 8 103 8 11 13 13 3 ■ 24 19 6 17 2 3 25 4 3 12 6 1; 18 5 6 307 11 0 J 466 6 4 53 6 8 227 12 4 15 5 1 68 7 1 7 2 0 27 4 3 32 12 3 52 4 7 56 7 5 46 13 5 396 7 6 3 8 6 4 10 4 21 10 10 42 2 3 3 18 11 : 3 18 11 3 19 11 ! 3 19 11 36 11 11 i 364 12 9 0 5 10 21 6 7 52 11 6 11 13 4 13 8 8 10 3 6 22 18 10 27 12 8 51 5 9 10 12 8 19 12 9 3 2 0 56 9 9 412 -4 4 14 3 9 ; 65 15 7 22 10 1 i 45 5 8 15 19 4 ; 28 3 4 41 9 4 7 12 5 11 18 7 14 17 10 94 18 1 88 11 4 88 11 4 16 6 9 64 3 8 62 9 9 62 9 9 859 4 5 10 7 4 ; 20 7 0 1 4 6 i 102 2 5 2 3 0: 2 15 11 2 11 0 43 11 11 j 51 15 11 37 7 9 66 7 3 34 0 11 120 3 4 2 13 6 26 7 8 5 14 4 6 0 7! 7 17 7 27 15 5 ! 119 15 11 70 10 5 235 19 2 35 15 6 I 53 1 6 0 10 10 35 6 1 78 1 7 15 3 3 3 10 609 5 9 853 3 0 298 0 10 391 1 7 56 10 11 5 12 4

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Table No. 21 — continued. Table showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph Construction during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1912 — continued.

Line. Expenditure. .aterial from Stores. otal Cost during the Year. Oamaru-Duntroon Oamaru-Maheno (metallic circuit) Oamaru-Hampden (metallic circuit) D untroon-Otekaieke Kiaora Telephone-line Windsor-Bairnddery Whitstone Extension Hampden Square - Hillgrove - Moeraki Waikouaiti-Karitane-Puketeraki Green Island Morse Office.. Mosgiel-Momona Allanton (metallic circuit). . Milburn-Clarendon Extension Manuka Creek Telephone-office Stoney Creek Telephone-office Merino Downs - Pukewhenua Clinton - Waiwera South .. Waipahi-Popotunoa Lawrence-Dunedin Dunedin-Balclutha Clyde-Cromwell Bendigo Extension Dunedin-Middlemarch Middlemarch-Mount Stoker Sutton-Barewood Hindon Extension Etal Creek Telephone Extension East Chatton Extension . . Mataura-Tuturau Springhills Telephone Ryall Bush - Tussock Creek Thornbury-Riverton-Orepuki Invercargill-Winton (second trunk line) Pararahi Extension Five Rivers Extension Menzies Ferry Extension Wireless installation, Awanui „ Wellington ,, Christchurch £ s. d. 137 0 10 0 16 0 3 14 7 19 6 6 36 12 4 103 6 5 1 6 0 47 2 1 78 2 2 £ s. d. 36 13 5 30 11 3 13 17 8 6 3 9 32 6 8 29 0 8 27 4 8 £ s. d. 137 0 10 0 16 0 3 14 7 55 19 11 67 3 7 117 4 1 7 9 9 79 8 9 107 2 10 27 4 8 4 5 0 109 18 6 19 17 6 6 3 11 6 7 6 50 4 2 61 4 3 0 3 5 1,487 8 9 1,104 18 4 56 0 6 63 1 10 30 1 11 40 1 5 8 2 8 182 16 10 1 13 0 53 7 0 24 1 11 33 8 7 122 15 0 337 8 9 22 14 6 19 2 5 4 13 11 9 7 6 1,511 17 3 1,863 8 4 33 18 10 4 5 0 66 18 10 6 19 11 1 8 1 1 12 1 46 9 5 56 15 9 0 3 5 1,014 11 3 779 11 1 29 13 4 49 15 3 12 15 10 6 5 11 8 2 8 119 18 5 1 13 0 42 18 10 23 6 11 24 18 6 97 4 5 189 7 9 10 17 10 42 19 8 12 17 7 4 15 10 4 15 5 3 14 9 4 8 6 472 17 6 325 7 3 26 7 2 13 6 7 17 6 1 33 15 6 62 18 5 10 8 2 0 15 0 8 10 1 25 10 7 148 1 0 11 16 8 19 2 5 4 13 11 9 7 6 1,511 17 3 1,863 8 4 33 18 10 Purchase of material 63,874 12 83,817 14 I 7 £73,439 17 10 137.314 9 11 Totfl! expenditure, 1911-12 147,692 6 8 Total expenditure to 31st March, 1911 * .. 1,878,058 4 4 Total expenditure out of Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1912 £2,025,750 11 0 Total cost of lines during the year £137,314 9 11

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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

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5 J a O Capital Cost for Instruments, Wire, Poles, : Labour, Freight, Superintendence, &c. svenue. Working-expenses. Balance of .Revenue over Workingexpenses. Annual Kate per Cent. yielded on Capital Cost. Year. Average i Cost of each Connection. Total for all ! Connections. Salaries and Allowances of Clerks, &c. j Materials and Linemen. Kent, Fuel, Wear-and- Light, Paper, tear, &c* ' Printing, : Binding, &c. I Total. Total for tho year prided 31 st March, — 1882 .. 1883 .. .. 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 .... 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 •'I ■ £ s. d. 116 21 16 6 379 21 16 6 \ 715 21 16 6 1,075 21 18 6 1,710 I 20 8 6 2,038 19 19 5 2,153 ! 22 19 0 2,249 ; 23 18 10 2,402 ! 24 4 1 2,587 I 24 17 1 3,080 J 24 16 11 3,690 24 16 11 4,244 ] 24 12 1 4.616 25 6 3 5,143 ! 24 6 6 5,747 > 23 7 4 5,787 ' 24 11 6 6,203 i 24 5 3 j 7,150 : 22 14 I I 8,210 21 9 7 9,260 20 18 0 10,633 20 2 6 12,105 19 19 8 14,423 21 19 7 15,333 ' 23 13 9 17,403 24 2 2 20,402f: 24 18 4 22,815f! 25 18 9 :25,212t 27 2 7 128,093 27 17 8 131.475 27 18 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. 2,531 14 0 613 5 2 8,271 13 6 ! 5,014 9 2 15,604 17 6 J 7,746 16 7 23,461 17 6 i 10,008 3 6 37,319 12 1 ; 12,294 1 2 40.686 3 1 ! 15,477 16 2 49,407 5 0 ' 16,881 8 6 53,849 11 6 17,613 4 0 58,229 3 0 18,581 11 7 64,294 4 4 19,961 4 2 76,579 1 8 18,571 7 8 91.687 11 1 19,155 11 5 104,425 3 0 i 21,771 4 4 L16,845 10 4 : 21,552 12 10 125,108 4 1 I 25,933 12 9 134,299 11 4 i 29,248 19 5 L42.218 11 8 i 36,422 6 8 L50,490 18 9 > 39,718 7 7 L62,333 1 2 ! 43,303 2 10 176,349 1 8 i 49,117 0 8 193,511 6 2 ! 55,542 4 9 213,966 10 8 ; 62.151 8 11 ■241,903 2 6 ' 71,028 6 3 295,029 7 2 : 79,061 7 4 363,192 6 9 89,542 1 5 420,088 12 1 ,100,814 1 3 508,408 7 8 116,852 13 10 591,760 0 7 131,249 0 7 683,986 11 1 144,298 2 9 783,382 15 4 161, 173 6 10 378,133 8 7 179.123 18 8 £ s. d. 285 0 0 595 0 0 695 0 0 1,770 0 0 2,849 1 3 2,873 0 0 3,119 10 0 3,315 10 0 3,790 0 0 4,192 0 0 4,630 0 0 7,405 0 0 7,720 0 0 9,285 0 0 9,686 0 10 12,306 9 7 14,181 18 0 15,030 7 1 15,710 13 2 16,304 6 3 18,448 3 5 20,885 13 3 23,359 8 3 25,121 16 1 26,506 16 5 32,913 16 8 38,107 12 8 47,224 7 0 52,315 1 8 54,818 13 10 62,588 11 10 £ s. d. 275 0 0 595 0 0 770 0 0 1,590 0 0 1,704 0 0 1,580 10 0 2.252 0 0 2,249 7 0 2,206 10 0 2,249 18 5 2,345 2 9 2,695 19 10 3,313 1 1 4.253 11 4 5,303 11 9 7,398 0 10 11,834 2 11 16,190 4 0 20,847 13 6 18,225 18 9 20,570 0 9 22,078 4 11 22,507 9 10 26,781 19 6 22,576 6 8 ■26,145 3 4 36.813 9 6 32,995 2 4 28,755 11 11 39.814 5 4 33,791 4 1 £ s. d. 253 0 0 827 0 0 1,560 0 0 2,346 0 0 3,731 19 2 4,068 12 2 4,940 14 6 5,344 9 2 5,823 0 1 6,429 8 5 7,658 7 11 9,168 15 1 10,442 10 4 11,684 11 0 12,510 16 5 13,429 19 1 7,110 18 7 7,524 10 11 8,116 13 0 8,817 9 0 9,675 11 9 10,698 6 6 12,095 3 1 14,751 9 4 18,159 12 4 21,004 8 7 ■25,420 8 5 29,588 0 0 34,199 6 7 39,169 2 9 43,906 13 5 £ s. d. 150 0 0 300 0 0 350 0 0 475 0 0 700 0 0 320 0 0 330 0 0 335 0 0 375 0 0 394 3 9 393 1 6 464 6 2 741 18 9 817 19 5 1,952 8 3 1,856 13 2 1,881 11 11 1,861 2 3 1,892 10 8 ■2,000 15 10 2,078 12 10 2,614 15 0 2,986 3 8 4,447 18 4 5,270 0 9 6,162 18 1 6,902 8 6 7,264 18 5 7,740 18 1 8,031 0 7 3,724 19 2 £ s. d. 963 0 0 2,317 0 0 3,375 0 0 6,181 0 0 8,985 0 5 8,842 2 2 10,642 4 6 11,244 6 2 12,194 10 1 13,265 10 7 15,026 12 2 19,734 1 1 22,217 10 2 26,041 1 9 29,452 17 3 34,991 2 8 35,008 11 5 40,606 4 3 46,567 10 4 45,348 9 10 50,772 8 9 56,276 19 8 60,948 4 10 71,103 3 3 72,512 16 2 86,226 6 8 107,243 19 1 117,072 7 9 123.010 18 3 141,833 2 6 149.011 8 6 £ s. d. 207 16 0 4,492 8 8 3,653 7 4 3,827 3 6 5,011 19 7 6,635 14 0 6,239 4 1 6,368 17 10 6,387 1 6 6,695 13 7 3,544 15 6 -578 9 8 -446 5 10 -3,420 1 9 -3,519 4 6 -5,742 3 3 1,413 15 3 -887 16 8 -3,264 7 6 3.768 10 10 4.769 16 0 5,874 9 3 10,080 1 5 7,958 4 1 17,029 5 3 14,587 14 7 9,608 14 9 14,176 12 10 21,287 4 6 19,340 4 4 30,112 10 S 8-17 54-31 23-41 16-31 13-42 16-30 12-63 11-82 11-00 10 43 463 Loss. Loss. Loss. Loss. Loss. 0-99 Loss. Loss. 2-14 2-46 2-75 4-17 2-69 4-69 347 1-89 2-40 3-11 2-46 3-43 * This column includes 5 pei- cent, for wear-aud-tear, and S per cent, for debenture capital, except in 1R97-98 and following years, in which only 5 per cent, for debenture capital is included. extensions were included for these three years. t In former returns

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Table No. 23. Table showing the Number of Connections at each Telephone Exchange.

Number of Connections on 31st March. Exchange. 1912. 1911. J ";' ~~\ Ashburton .Connections. Extensions. Total. j Extensions. Total. i J ! ! 241 26 267 220 21 241 Auckland Devonport Helensville Northcote Onehunga Pukekohe Takapuna .. Waiuku 3,906 : 1,149 5,055 3,469 989 4,458 83 4 I 87 67 1 68 ..31 1 32 24 1 25 10 , .. 10 10 .. 10 59 ! 4 63 49 i 4 53 54 1 55 47 1 48 37 I ... 37 27 .. 27 ..32 .. 32 * * * Balclutha Clinton Kaitangata 100 6 106 75 I 79 16 i 16 16 .. 16 .. I 12 .. 12 12 .. 12 Blenheim Picton Oarterton Greytown 352 32 384 324 28 352 .. 98 2 100 94 2 96 120 9 129 101 8 109 .. J 81 2 83 73 2 75 Cheviot 40 .. 40 36 .. 36 Christchurch Akaroa Doyleston Duvauchelle Kaiapoi Kirwee Leeston Lincoln Little Eiver Lyttelton New Brighton Southbridge Sumner .. i 3,182 924 4,106 2,945 818 3,763 .. : 42 ; 4 46 33 4 37 11 ;• 11 11 .. l] 20 .. 20 20 .. 20 44 .. 44 43 1 44 10 .. 10 * * * 20 1 21 19 .. 19 12 2 14 12 2 14 15 .. 15 16 .. 16 .. J 22 1 23 21 1 22 .. I • 6 .. 6 6 .. 6 12 .. 12 13 .. 13 ..I 15 .. 15 18 .. 18 Cromwell Clyde 31 i 31 29 .. 29 ..12 1 13 * * . * Dannevirke Ormondville Takapau Weber 250 22 272 223 19 242 29 .. 29 29 .. 29 34 .. 34 " * * * 19 .. 19 20 .. 20 1 ! . s> Dargaville Aratapu Tangowahine Te Kopuru .. : 94 5 99 76 .. 76 15 j 15 15 i .. 15 13 .. 13 13 .. L3 37 .. 37 32 .. 32 Dunedin Lawrence Middlemarch Milton Mosgiel Outram Palmerston Port Chalmers Waikouaiti .. ! 2,940 821 3,761 2,723 761 3,484 51 1 52 51 .. 51 23 .. 23 * * * 52 I 53 45 1 46 38 1 39 35 .. 35 .. 29 .. 29 23 .. 23 32 4 36 30 3 33 43 J I 44 41 .. 41 .. I 1] I 11 10 i ... 10 Eketahuna Alfredton 89 1 90 77 .. 77 19 .. 19 20 .. 20 Eltham Kaponga 91 8 99 79 4 83 .. 1 .. _ 19 17 .. 17 * Opened during the year.

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Table No. 23 — continued. Table showing the Number of Connections at each Telephone Exchange— continued.

I Number of Connections on 31st March, Exchange. 1912. 1911. I Direct Extensions. Total. '. r , I)lre f c . t : Extensions. Total. Connections. Connections. Featherston .. Martinborough ..88 9 97 79 8 87 83 2 85 73 2 75 Feilding Cheltenham Halcombe Kiwitea Rongotea ... Sanson 286 27 313 270 23 293 .. j 16 .. 16 16 .. 16 .. I 14 .. 14 * * * ..16 1 17 12 1 13 27 .. 27 25 .. 25 17 .. 17 16 ... 16 Grisborne 981 92 1,073 861 85 946 Gore Balfour Mataura Riversdale Waikaia Waikaka Waipahi Greymouth Reefton .. 218 27 245 194 25 219 10 .. 10 9 .. 9 24 3 27 20 2 22 30 I 30 29 .. 29 12 .. 12 10 .. 10 12 .. 12 10 .. 10 .'. 8 8 8 .. 8 387 43 430 369 38 407 ..74 4 78 72 4 76 Hamilton Cambridge Huntly Morrinsville Ngaruawahia Te Awamutu 398 39 437 323 26 349 ..' Ill 3 114 93 2 95 24 1 25 * * * 68 1 69 59 .. 59 36 .. 36 32 .. 32 ..73 6 77 46 4 50 Hastings 657 71 728 567 61 628 Hawera Manaia Okaiawa Opunake Otakeho 256 25 281 233 23 256 32 2 34 27 1 28 7 ... 7 6 .. 6 38 ] 39 35 1 36 5 .. 5 6 .. 6 Hokitika Kumara Ross Invercargill Bluff Edendale .. Lumsden Nightcaps Orepuki Otautau Riverton Tuatapere Waimahaka Winton Woodlands Wyndham 160 6 166 156 5 161 33 .. 33 29 .. 29 35 .. 35 21 .. 21 815 195 1,010 692 ; 164 856 75 ' 7 82 72 5 77 15 3 18 15 .. 15 24 .. 24 24 .. 24 7 ... 7 8 .. 8 8 .. 8 9 .. 9 63 1 64 55 .. 55 39 .. 39 37 .. 37 12 .. 12 12 .. 12 23 .. 23 23 .. 23 ..58 1 59 50 1 51 10 .. 10 11 .. 11 33 3 36 28 2 30 Kaikoura 34 1 35 33 , 1 34 Kimbolton Apiti 29 .. 29 28 .. 28 14 .. 14 13 .. 13 Kohukohu Rawene 23 .. 23 * * * .. I 29 .. 29 * * * Levin Otaki Shannon 61 5 66 70 3 73 55 3 58 53 2 55 28 i 28 24 j 24 * Ojwned during the year.

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Table No. 23 -continued. Table showing the Number of Connections at each Telephone Exchange— continued.

Number of Connections on Slsfc March, I Exchange. 1912. 1911. i I I Direct Connections. I I i _ „__„„ Extensions. J Total. Connection* Extensions Total. i I Mangonui 41 41 * * * Marton Bull's Hunterville 176 43 48 8 1 184 43 49 168 34 43 i 8 1 176 34 44 I Masterton 531 54 585 491 44 535 Napier Greenmeadows 860 203 1,063 12 785 * . 198 * 983 * Nelson Motueka Richmond Takaka Wakefield .. ..I 466 .. I 63 ..I 28 51 27 43 2 509 65 28 51 27 449 57 27 45 26 42 1 ' i 491 58 27 45 26 New Plymouth Inglewood Waitara 445 .. 61 ..I 59 58 1 2 503 62 61 412 61 47 55 1 i 467 61 48 Oamaru Duntroon Kurow Ngapara 389 19 .. i 27 .. j 18 35 1 424 20 27 18 351 18 27 17 26 i 377 18 27 17 Opotiki Whakatane .. j 64 42 -4 68 42 59 * 1 60 * Paeroa Te Aroha .. i 67 .. 74 8 2 75 76 60 65 5 1 65 66 Pahiatua Makuri Pongaroa Woodville .. I 135 . .. 6 28 65 9 3 144 6 28 68 i 129 * 27 56 8 * 1 137 * 27 57 Palmerston North Ashhurst Foxton Longburn Tokomaru .. I 685 22 .. i 95 ... 13 .. 13 100 2 1 785 22 97 13 13 58 I 621 23 83 13 13 54 85 2 3 1 706 25 86 13 13 55 Patea .. .. 57 Queenstown Arrowtown Glenorchy ..\' 41 21 ... 8 1 41 21 8 48 10 45 41 18 8 43 9 37 41 18 8 43 9 37 Rakaia Chertsey Methven 47 10 45 Rangiora Amberley Oust .. : 49 .....: 17 12 4 2 53 19 12 43 10 11 4 I 47 10 11 Rotorua .. 187 15 202 179 14 193 Stratford 219 18 237 201 16 217 Taihape Mangaweka Mataroa Ohakune Raetihi Utiku .... i 130 .. 35 ..; i4 .. ! 69 ..I 32 ■ J 21_ 8 1 I _ 138 35 14 70 32 21 105 31 * 52 22 21 l_ 7 * 112 31 52 22 21 *O >ened during the year.

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Number of Connections on 31st March, Exchange. " ~ I 1912. Oo B neo e t°ionJ Total - Co—ns. 1911. Extensions. xtensiom ». j Total. _!_ Tapanui Heriot Kelso 21 10 5 1 22 10 5 20 9 * 1 * 21 9 Taumarunui 47 47 * ♦ * Tauranga Tβ Puke 70 18 2 72 • 18 63 13 2 65 13 Tβ Kuiti Otorohanga 124 32 10 1 134 33 j 100 24 6 1 106 25 Thames 175 18 193 161 10 171 Timaru Fairlie Geraldine St. Andrew's Temuka 584 70 92 13 83 107 2 3 4 691 72 95 13 87 530 59 87 12 54 97 2 3 3 627 61 90 12 57 Waihi 104 9 113 j 111 9 120 Waimate Studholme Junction 131 8 10 141 8 118 8 9 127 8 Waipawa Otane Waipukurau 148 29 126 6 13 1 148 1 154 29 126 192 19 22 1,039 34 38 132 27 101 160 17 22 791 * 41 6 138 27 101 Wairoa Mohaka Nuhaka 179 18 22 10 1 170 18 22 Wanganui Waitotara Waverley 891 34 37 130 * 921 * 1 42 Warkworth 38 38 * * * Wellington Johnsonville Lower Hutt Petone Upper Hutt 3,740 6 54 ,- 12 39 1,214 1 : 4,954 6 54 12 40 3,457 6 52 17 28 1,133 4,590 6 52 17 28 Westport 210 15 j 225 202 12 214 Whangarei Kawakawa Russell 204 48 23 13 1 217 49 23 185 42 * 10 1 * 195 43 * Totals 31,475 5,782 37,257 i 28,093 5,135 33,228 year.