POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT (REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR 1913-14.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1914 Session I, F-01

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1914. NEW ZEALAND.

POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT (REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR 1913-14.

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

General Post Office, Wellington, 24th June, 1914. My Lobd, — I have the honour to submit to Your Excellency the Report of the Post and Telegraph Department for the financial year 1913-14, and in doing so to offer the following remarks: — The business of the Department continues to be satisfactory. The excess of receipts over expenditure during the year was £96,606. A notable feature of the year's working was the large extension of telegraphic and telephonic facilities. No less than 1,073 miles of pole line and 34,899 miles of wire were erected. The system of week-end cable messages has been extended during the year to several countries, as shown in the report. Considerable public attention has been given to the radio-telegraphic service. The increase in messages over the previous year was 54 per cent, for forwarded and 87 per cent, for received communications. The charge for radio-telegrams exchanged between a telegraph-office in the Dominion and ships trading exclusively between Australia and New Zealand or between New Zealand ports has been reduced by 50 per cent. Active preparations are being made for the installation of the automatic-telephone system in the six centres for which a tender was let last year. In the industrial disturbance which took place at the end of 1913 the Department maintained mail communication with a minimum of inconvenience to the public. The maximum amount on which interest is allowed in the Savings-bank was increased rom £600 to £1,000. A system of transferring" Savings-bank accounts between New Zealand and Australia was inaugurated. Mr. W. R. Morris, the Secretary to the Department, has been appointed to represent the Dominion at the Postal Union Congress to be held at Madrid in September of this year. Matters of detail will be found at length in the report and tables which follow. I have the honour to be, My Lord, Your obedient servant, R. Hbaton Rhodes, Postmaster-General. His Excellency the Governor, Wellington.

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Receipts and Payments. The receipts and payments of the Department for the financial year 1913-14 are shown in the following table: —

The total receipts exceeded those of 1912-13 by £102,095 12s. 9id.

The receipts and payments for the ten years ended 31st March, 1914, and for the years 1881-82, 1891-92, and 1901-2, are shown hereunder: —

Item. Postal. Telegraph. Total. Receipts. £ s. d. 639,903 10 2 27,740 8 2J 819 8 0 14,292 4 0 12,379 19 10J £ s. d. £ s. d. 639,903 10 2 27,740 8 2J 819 8 0 14,292 4 0 20,754 16 7 334,220 12 11 J 232,190 13 8" Itampa for postage .. loney-order and postal-note commission loney-order commission received from foreign offices .. 'rivate box and bag fees liscellaneous receipts 'aid telegrams telephone exchanges 8,374 16 8 J 334,220 12 11J 232,190 13 8 Totals 695,135 10 3 574,786 3 4 1,269,921 13 7 Payments. Salaries (classified officers) lalaries (country Postmasters and telephonists, and contributions to Railway Department) Jonveyance of mails by sea Jonveyance of inland mails .. ... ionveyance of mails by railway loney-order commission credited to foreign offices laintenance of telegraph and telephone-lines Miscellaneous .. .. . ■ ■ ■ £ s. d. 270,420 9 2 20,027 0 0 £ s. d. 377,905 15 6 31,055 0 0 £ s. d. 648,326 4 8 51,082 0 0 82,610 11 6 8i,377 17 2 77,047 11 11 2,431 6 5 82,610 11 6 84,377 17 2 77,047 11 11 2,431 6 5 86,097 19 5 141,341 3 9 73,291 1 11 86,097 19 5 68,050 1 10 Salanoe of receipts over payments 610,205 18 1 84,929 12 2 563,108 16 9 11,677 6 7 1,173,314 14 10 96,606 18 9 Totals 695,135 10 3 571,786 3 4 1,269,921 13 7

Year. Receipts. Payments. Balance of Receipts over Payments. .881-1882 £ 234,529 s. d. 8 0 £ a. 233,291 10 a. 4 £ s. a. 1,237 17 8 1891-1892 1901-1902 320,058 488,573 1 3 1 Hi 268,343 465,756 1 9 1 5 51,715 0 22,816 12 2 6| 1904-1905 1905-1906 1906-1907 1907-1908 1908-1909 1909-1910 1910-1911 1911-1912 1912-1913 1913-1914 633,305 12 684,878 11 746,249 16 822,639 8 913,994 17 961,500 10 1,037,265 17 1,087,710 11 1,167,826 0 1,269,921 13 7* 2 0* 9* 2* 2* 3 0 7 559,921 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 1,069,272 7 11 1,173,314 14 10 73,384 11 24 106,151 19 7" 127,128 15 3* 113,614 12 7-| 106,342 7 4| 103,440 15 l| 123,196 9 5" 98,798 18 6 98,553 12 10$ 96,606 18 9 Total for ten years £1,047,219 0 9

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Staff. Comparative Return of Officers of the Post and Telegraph Department for the Years ended 31st March, 1913, and 31st March, 1914. The total number of officers on the staff on the 31st March, 1913 and 1914, was as under: — 31st March, 31st March, 1913. 1914. Postmaster-General ... ... .. ... 1 1 Classified staff, — Administrative Division ... ... ... ... 3 3 Professional Division .. ... ... ... 34 36 Clerical Division ... ... ... ... ...2,262 2,361 General Division ... ... ... ... ... 3,094 3,236 Total, classified staff ... ... ...5,362 5,637 Employees not on permanent staff, — Country Postmasters and Postmistresses ... ... 2,219 2,306 Nightwatchmen ... ... ... ... ... 5 5 Postmasters and telegraphists or telephonists who are Railway officers ... ... ... ... 155 148 Switchboard attendants ... ... ... 40 Total ... ... ... ... ... 7,741 8,136 Health of Staff. The following table gives the average absence of officers on sick-leave : — Numbers Average Absence Average Absence comprised. per Sick Officer. employed. 061 " Days. Days. Men ... ... ... 4,892 12-40 4-23 Women ... ... ... 744 14-32 8-35 Sixteen officers died during the year. Personal. Mr. W. H. Renner, Chief Postmaster, Gisborne, retired on pension during the year after long and faithful service. Mr. J. Comeskey, Postmaster at Upper Hutt, died on the 29th March, 1914, as the result of injuries received while removing a telephone from a building adjoining a burning store, in which an explosion occurred. Postal Union Congress. Mr. W. R. Morris, the-Secretary of the Department, has been appointed to represent the Dominion at the Postal Union Congress which takes place at Madrid in September next. Mr. F. V. Waters, one of the Assistant Secretaries, will act as Secretary during his absence. Mr. R. H. Hooper will accompany Mr. Morris as fonctionnaire attache. Instruction Classes for Officers. The correspondence classes inaugurated in 1910 for the tuition of officers of the Department in technical telegraphy and telephony, and in subjects of the Civil Service Senior and Junior Examinations and the Sixth Standard, were continued during 1913. The total number of students for the year was 474, of whom 172 were technical students. The results of the year's work were most satisfactory. A class of junior officers was established on the Ist June, 1914, for instruction in shorthand and typewriting. In all, fifty lads received instruction at the Telegraph Learners' Schools at Oamaru and Wellington. The special course of lectures on physics held at Victoria College during the 1913 session was attended by seven engineering officers, all of whom achieved satisfactory results. Six officers are similarly attending the College this year Although not dealing with the directly technical side of telegraph and telephone engineering, this •x urse of lectures embraces the fundamental theories and principles underlying the class of work nerally dealt with by telegraph and telephone engineers. Examinations. Since the introduction of professional examinations for engineering officers in November, 1911, seven officers have qualified by examination for the position of Assistant Engineer or Electrician, and ten for the position of Sub-Engineer or Assistant Electrician. Newspaper Postage. By enactment of the Imperial Parliament provision was made in 1913 for the registration at the General Post Office, London, subject to certain conditions, of newspapers published in New Zealand at intervals of not more than seven days. Registration entitles such newspapers to transmission within the British Isles at the newspaper rate of |d. per copy-irrespective of weight.

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Parcel-post, Under amended parcel-post regulations which came into operation on the Ist September, 1.913, no receipt is given to the sender of an ordinary inland parcel (as distinguished from a receipt-parcel), and no receipt for such parcel is takerfyby the Post Office on delivery to the addressee. For an inland receipt-parcel (the extra payment for which is Id.) the Department gives a receipt to the sender at the office of posting and guarantees to take a receipt from the addressee on delivery. No claim for compensation for the loss or damage in the Post Office of an inland parcel is entertained unless a receipt has been paid for. Delivery by mail contractor of articles by parcel-post was established at Gisbome on the Ist May, 1913. During 1913 2,076,802 parcels were posted in the Dominiorl, as against 1,623,830 in 1912. By Order in Council dated the 18th February, 1914, power was taken under the authority of section 57 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, to sell by public auction to the highest bidder, without reserve, any unclaimed foreign parcel on which duty is payable. Previously such parcels could be sold only when the amount bid was sufficient to cover the duty assessed in?"each case. The following proposals for improving the parcel-post system are under consideration : —J" 1. An increase from 111b. to 281b. in the limit of weight for places served by rail or steamer. The rates will be the same as at present up to 131b., the rate per pound above 131b. being Id. 2. For the taking from the addressee of a receipt for each parcel delivered. 3. For the delivery to the sender of an acknowledgment of posting on payment of a fee of Id. 4. For compensation up to £2 in the case of all uninsured parcels. 5. For an express transit system whereby the Department will guarantee to send a parcel forward by the first letter-mail. Post Office. During 1913 the Assistant Inspectors of Post-offices visited 2,034 offices. 595 non-permanent offices were inspected by permanent Postmasters in their vicinity. Eighty-four post-offices were established (of which 7 were reopened offices) and 51 closed. The number of post-offices open at the end of the year was 2,383. The names of 17 offices were changed to meet local circumstances. The number of articles delivered in the Dominion, including those received from places beyond, during the year 1913 as compared with the number in 1912 was as under : —■ 1913. 1912. Increase. Decrease. Letters and letter-cards .. 113,413,664 108,143,256 5,270,408 Post-cards .. .. 5,733,364 6,058,962 .. 325,598 Other articles .. ... 51,931,243 54,068,196 .. 2,136,953 171,078,271 168,270,414 Parcels .. .. 2,199,032 1,735,567 463,465 The letters and letter-cards increased 4-87, post-cards decreased 5-37, other articles decreased 3-95, and parcels increased 26-70 per cent. The decrease in the number of post-cards may be accounted for by the continued decline in the popularity of the pictorial post-card. The decrease in the number of other articles is principally attributable to the fact that the inland postal rates on letters and on other articles being now almost identical, correspondence formerly sent as printed or commercial matter is forwarded by letter-post. Probably the industrial crisis towards the close of 1913 is also responsible for some shrinkage. In 1912 letters and letter-cards increased 1-88, post-cards decreased 11-28, other articles increased 0-96 per cent. The average number of letters and letter-cards posted by unit of population during 1913 was estimated at 101-91. The average in 1912 was 102-06. The declared value of parcels, received from places outside the Dominion in 1913|was £475,143, as against £435,594 in 1912. The Customs duty amounted to £80,546 19s. 3d. The declared value of parcels despatched to places beyond the Dominion in 1913 was £51,562, as against £39,432 in 1912. The correspondence of 37 persons or firms was 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. Letters addressed to prohibited persons or firms withheld from delivery during the year numbered 2,075. Prohibition was withdrawn in respect of nine persons or firms. Fourteen newspapers were registered for transmission by post, and 16 were removed from the register. Eight new letter-carriers' deliveries were established. Deliveries were extended in 24 and increased in frequency in 9 places. From the Ist January, 1914, the renta 1 for a private box at a place where a letter-carrier's delivery is established was reduced by one-half to a holder living beyond the limits of the delivery. Automatic stamp-vending machines were erected at 5 offices. Six machines were installed in the Exhibition building at Auckland during the currency of the Exhibition. All branches of the Department's business were conducted at the Auckland Exhibition from the Ist December, 1913, to the 25th April following. Post and telegraph offices were opened at the military camps at Hautapu, Takapau, Kowai, and Matarae. Slight alterations were made in the prices charged for packets of postal stationery.

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Industrial Disturbance. The industrial disturbance which occurred between October and December, 1913, affected the Department's services, and some difficulty was experienced in maintaining postal communication. The Wellington-Lyttelton ferry steamers were replaced slower boats, which frequently failed to connect with the express trains at Lyttelton. The Nelson-Picton-Wellington service was maintained by subsidizing the small coastal steamer "Nikau." Places southward of Nelson were for some steamer communication, and their mails were sent overland via Christchurch. Special coaches were provided to overcome the increased traffic on that route. The Auckland, Gisborne, and Napier districts suffered considerable postal delays, but were served occasionally by small steamers. Mail-steamers which were scheduled to sail for Australia, Anierica, and the United Kingdom were affected. The San Francisco mail-steamer " Moana " was detained for five days at Wellington, the Vancouver steamer " Makura " for a similar period at Auckland, and parcel-mails for despatch by direct boats via South also seriously delayed. The weekly services from Auckland and from Bluff for the Commonwealth were suspended for several weeks. To meet the extraordinary conditions of trade, the maximum weight-limit of in'and parcels was temporarily extended from 11 lb. to 21 lb. for parcels addressed to places served by rail or steamer, and the limit of size was increased ; the rate per pound remained unaltered The public readily availed themselves of this concession, and many parcels which had hitherto been sent by steamer as ordinary freight were sent through the post. Post and telephone offices were opened at special-constabulary camps at Auckland, Christchurch, and Wellington. Considering the difficult situation, the public|were not seriously inconvenienced in respect of the Department's business, the main interruption being that-of regular mail-communication. Postage-stamps. The new issue of King George postage-Stamps is expected to be ready about the end of this year. A new die showing the effigy of King George V was brought into use on the 7th July, 1913, for embossing envelopes with the |d. postage-stamp. The order which was made demonetizing certain postage and revenue stamps was subsequently varied to exclude from its provisions the 2s. and ss. revenue stamps of 1882. Stamps at |d., Id., 3d., and 6d. overprinted " Auckland Exhibition, 1913," were on sale during the currency of the Exhibition. Halfpenny and penny post-cards bearing views of Auckland City, and showing the imprint " Auckland Exhibition, 1913-14," were also similarly vended. To minimize illicit trafficking in "official" stamps issued for the use of Government Departments, it was decided in November, 1913, to sell the stamps to the public on the understanding that they were not available for prepayment of postage. Ocean Mail-services. The maximum, minimum, and average periods within which the mails were delivered at and from London and New Zealand by the various ocean mail-services are given in Table 14. San Francisco Service. The Wellington - San Francisco contract, which expired in October, 1913, was extended to March, 1914. A new contract has been let for a period of five years from the Ist July, 1914. The steamships " Tahiti," " Moana," and " Aorangi " will perform the service at the outset, but the two lastnamed vessels will be replaced, not later than December, 1915, by two vessels of larger size and improved design, fitted with cold-storage chambers of at least 30,000 cubic feet capacity. The subsidy is £25,000 per annum. The number of voyages is thirteen per annum, and the contract time is twenty-one days. Provision is made whereby on the inward voyage vessels may stay at Rarotonga not more than thirty hours in the event of weather-conditions retarding the loading of perishable cargo. The rate for butter has been fixed at |d. per pound up to the 31st March, 1916, and fd. per pound from the Ist April, 1916, to the termination of the contract. By terms of contract these rates apply likewise to the Vancouver contract. With the exception of the interruption caused by the industrial disturbance at the end of 1913, the service has been regularly performed, and time-table dates generally have been maintained. The " Aorangi," which left San Francisco on the Ist April, 1914, was compelled to return to that port owing to an accident to the main steam-pipe. The vessel resailed thirty-six hours later, and arrived in Wellington two days after schedule time. Vancouver Service. The contract for the Auckland-Suva-Honolulu-Vancouver service has been satisfactorily performed during the past year. The Vancouver mail-steamer was allowed to leave Auckland at 10 a.m. on Saturdays, instead of Fridays at 3 p.m., from November, 1913, to April, 1914, on the contractors guaranteeing that the connection with the east-bound mail-trains from Vancouver should not be missed under normal conditions. The original time-table was reverted to on the Bth May, 1914. Suez Service. The arrangement by which Auckland was made a port of call for P. and O. steamers during the summer months was not renewed for 1913-14. The P. and 0. steamer last called at Auckland on the 13th April, 1913.

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On three occasions the steamers from Wellington failed to connect with the outward English mail at Sydney. On arrival of the English mail by the " Maheno " at Auckland on the 13th July, 1913, it was found that a mail-bag and an enclosed registered-letter bag had been cut open and two boxes of jewellery broken into, and their contents, to the value of £319 4s. 2d., abstracted. Police inquiries in London and New South Wales were fruitless. The robbery probably took place before the mails arrived at Sydney. Auchland-Rarotonga-Takiti and Auckland-Fiji Services. The subsidy of £1,200 a year, which has been paid since 1885, for the Auckland-Rarotonga-Tahiti service to assist in the development of trade, and also the contract for the carrying of mails between Auckland and Fiji entered into in 1880, involving a subsidy of £1,690 per annum, will cease in June, 1914. Thereafter the usual poundage rates will be paid. Payments on Account of the Suez Mail-service during the Year 1913-14. £ Payment to Peninsular and Oriental and Orient lines .. ... . . .. .. 10,784 Transit charges across Australia and Europe . . .. .. .. .. .. 7,178 Mail-service to Australia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15,289* £33,251 Inland Mail-services. During the year motor-cars replaced the mail-coaches on three mail-routes in the Blenheim district, and are giving a quicker despatch for mails. The extension of the railway-line from Cass to Halpin Creek has reduced, as from the Ist November last, the time of travel between Greymouth and Christchurch by one hour and thirteen minutes. It is hoped that this will do away with the winter delay to mails, as the railway has replaced the coaches over the worst part of the road. During an outbreak of smallpox in July and August, 1913, mails received from infected areas were disinfected. Mails exchanged between the Dominion and the Commonwealth of Australia were treated similarly. On the 26th November, 1913, a mail-coach upset in the Waiapu River near Kahukura. The mails were carried down the river, but were recovered with the exception of two private bags. While crossing the Waipaoa River (Gisborne) a mail-coach overturned and was swept away. A bag containing the mail from Whatatutu to Wheturau was lost. In consequence of heavy rainfall, the Main Trunk and New Plymouth express trains were held up on the 17th December, 1913, by slips north of Marton. The mails were brought on to Wellington by special relief train. Owing to the interruption of railway traffic by floods in the Otago District during August, special arrangements were made to forward mails by motor and coach. On the 23rd December, 1913, the Oturehua-Cambrian mail-coach was overturned in the Manuherikia River. One mail-bag was not recovered. No registered letters were lost. The approaches to the Mararoa Bridge on the Lumsden -Te Anau Road were washed away on the 28th October, 1913, and caused the suspension of the mail-service for a week. Serious floods in Southland on the 30th March caused damage to roads and railways. Interrupted mail-communication was restored within two days. Postal officers at Gore who were on duty in the early morning before the flood reached its maximum height in the township maintained communication by telegraph and telephone until the waters subsided. The Department suitably recognized their praiseworthy services. Dead and Missing Letters. Six thousand inquiries for postal packets alleged to have been posted and not delivered were made during 1913. In 3,632 of these, investigation resulted in the missing articles being traced or accounted for. The cases may be summarized as follows :— Number of Result Traced Cases. 965 .. .. .. . . . . Sender responsible for delay. 810 .. .. .. . . .. Addressee responsible for delay. 358 .. .. .. .. '.. Post Office responsible for delay. 1,499 .. .. .. .. .. No delay, or responsibility not fixed. 3,632 The undermentioned articles of value were found in letters in the Dead Letter Office and returned to senders where practicable: 751 post-office orders, £2,639 2s. lid.;. 67 bank drafts, £3,970 Bs. sd. ; 877 cheques, £8,173 9s. 7d. ; 23 dividend warrants, £67 Bs. 4d. ; 15 promissory notes, £451 18s. ; postal notes 17s, ; British postal orders, £122 6s. Id. ; stamps, £52 12s. Ofd. ; banknotes (including a 20-dc i iar bill and a 15-rupee bank-note), £577 3s. 4d. ; gold, £79 10s. ; silver and copper, £15 9s. l-|d.: representing a total of £16,728 4s. lOd. Amongst other things dealt with were 10 gold watches, 5 gold brooches, 9 gold chains, 30 gold rings, 7 gold tie-pins, 6 gold bangles, 1 gold medal, 5 gold sleeve-links, 5 gold pendants, 5 small gold

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nuggets, 48 greenstone ornaments, 17 silver watches, 6 silver chains, 10 silver spoons, 55 metal watches, 2 tourist tickets, 2 railway tickets, 17 pawn tickets, 33 share certificates, 52 lottery tickets, 73 Tattersall tickets. The proportion of dead or unclaimed letters, letter-cards, and post-cards to the total number delivered within the Dominion was 0-47 per cent., as against 0-49 per cent, in 1912. 225,719 letters were opened and returned to writers through the Dead Letter Office ; 62,301 were returned unopened to other countries ; 322 were reissued ; 36,448 were destroyed ; 242,535 were returned by Chief Postmasters; a total of 567,325 letters, as compared with 562,761 in 1912. 45,020 other articles were returned to foreign countries ; 4,812 were returned to senders through the Dead Letter Office ; 202,758 were returned by Chief Postmasters : a total of 252,590 articles, as compared with 370,698 in 1912. 23,326 letters were wrongly addressed ; 39 letters were discovered to have been posted with previously used stamps ; 6,874 unclaimed registered letters were dealt with. 5,056 newspapers and 3,495 books and other articles without addresses were received, many of which were subsequently applied for and delivered. 25,100 newspapers were returned to publishers ; 2,576 letters and 1,234 letter-cards were posted without addresses. Fifty letters with libellous addresses were intercepted. Offences. The post-office at Whakainatau. was broken into and over £257 in cash and £4 15s. in stamps, together with four registered letters, were abstracted from a safe. The offenders were not traced. Burglaries took place at five other offices. In one instance the contents of five mail-bags were interfered with. Three posting-boxes were feloniously broken open and the contents abstracted. The following penalties were imposed : — For posting indecent prints, £20 and costs. For forging and uttering, three months' imprisonment. For obtaining money-orders by valueless cheques, conviction and admission to probation for two years. For inducing by false pretences to deliver a postal packet, a fine of £3, and £1 Bs. costs. For unlawfully opening a registered letter, conviction. For affixing in prepayment of postage a, previously used stamp, conviction. A firm complained of the theft of correspondence from its private box, but investigation disclosed that the thefts were committed by the firm's employee. For endeavouring to corrupt telegraph message-boys, a man was sentenced to four years' reformatory treatment. Buildings. The following offices were officially opened : Halcombe, North-east Valley, Ohaupo, Roxburgh, Te Awamutu, Tirau, and Tuakau. The following offices were transferred to departmental new buildings : Awanui, Brooklyn, Clareville, Kaikohe, Kaitaia, Marokopa, Opotiki, Papakura, Roxburgh, Seatoun, Tokaanu, and Waiuku. In addition to these, buildings were erected at Halcombe, Hikurangi (telephone exchange), Hinuera (sledge office), Kaitieke (sledge office), North-east Valley, Ohaupo, Oterangi Bay (cable hut), Tauranga (lineman's shed), Tirau, Tuakau, and Wellington (bulk store). Contracts have been let for buildings at Akaroa, Dargaville, Havelock North, Raetihi, Raglan, Reef ton, and Seddon. Buildings are in course of erection at Raetihi, Raglan, Reefton, Rotorua, and Waipukurau. Sites have been purchased at Buckland, Clareville, Claudelands, Edendale, Gore (storage-yard), Hororata, Invercargill (store), Lumsden, Mangatoki, Maori Hill, Matakana, Matangi, Motueka (for Postmaster's residence), Northcote, Okaramio, Piopio, Te Horo, Waitoa, Walton, Ward, Whatawhata, and Woodend. The island of Aitutaki was devastated by a hurricane which struck it at about midnight on the 9th January, 1914. The building in which the post-office was situated was destroyed, only the four walls remaining standing. No letters and no books or papers of value were lost. The business of the office was transferred to a room in the Postmaster's residence. Money-orders. During the year there were 33 money-order offices opened and 11 closed, the number remaining open at the end of the year being 764. 690,745 money-orders were issued, for £3,357,774, as compared with 666,425, for £3,231,349, for the previous year —an increase of 24,320 in number and £126,424 in amount. 560,946 money-orders, amounting to £3,003,400, were paid, as against 536,130, for £2,870,523, during 1912 —an increase of 24,816 orders and £132,877 in amount. 174,209 orders, for £536,151, were drawn for payment in places beyond New Zealand. 44,143 orders, for £180,571, were issued at offices abroad for payment in New Zealand. The commission received for money-orders amounted to £16,872, as against £16,399 for 1912, an increase of £474. Postal Notes. Forty-one offices were opened and 8 closed, leaving 944 postal-note offices at the end of the year. 2,238,842 notes, representing a value of £721,743, were sold, as against 1,970,643 notes, for £636,473, sold during the previous year —an increase of 13-61 per cent, in number and 13-39 per cent, in value.

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The postal notes paid numbered 2,213,100, of the value of £704,883, as compared with 1,957,576, of the value of £624,087, paid during 1912-13. The postal-note commission amounted to £10,225, as against £9,030 —an increase of £1,195, or 13-23 per cent. British Postal Orders. 118,479 orders, representing a value of £61,450, have been sold, and 26,995, for £16,956, paid. An extended table of the transactions is printed in Table 5. There was an increase of 17-7 per cent, in the number and 18-97 per cent, in the amount of postal orders sold during the year, and 10-6 per cent, in the number paid. Savings-bank. During the year 33 offices were opened and 10 closed, leaving 747 offices open at the end of 1913. 81,260 accounts were opened and 54,865 net gain on thefyear's working being 26,395 accounts. The number of accounts on the 31st December, 1913, was 458,594, and the proportion per head of population was 1 in 2-47, as compared with 1 in 2-55 at the end of the previous year. The deposits numbered 907,876, representing £11,286,702, an average of £12 Bs. Bd. per transaction. The withdrawals numbered 634,801, for £11,041,454, an average of £17 7s. lOd. for each withdrawal. t The net amount added by depositors to their savings during the year was £245,248, excess of deposits, plus £555,908 interest earned and credited, making a total of £801,156. The total amount at credit of depositors increased from £16,330,257 at the close of the previous year to £17,131,414 on the 31st December last, representing a sum equal to £15 2s. per head of the entire population, and £37 7s. 2d. to each depositor. The interest credited to depositors since the post-office savings-banks Were established, in 1867, amounts to £6,541,508. The cost of working the savings-banks amounted to 4-67 d. per transaction, or £30,000 for the year. The cost of management per cent, on the total amount at credit of depositors was 0-18, or 3s. 6d. per £100. The maximum amount on which Savings-bank interest is allowed was increased from £600 to £1,000 from the Ist January, 1914. During the year 1913, 283 nominations were made by depositors in favour of relatives or other persons to receive Savings-bank moneys due to them at the time of their decease. The total number of nominations in force on the 31st December, 1913, was 1,052. Transfers of Savings-bank accounts between the Dominion and the United Kingdom by depositors removing to one or the other country last year totalled 706. A similar system of transferring Savings-bank accounts between New Zealand and Australia was inaugurated on the Ist November, 1913, and the number of transfers from that date to the end of the year was—s4 from New Zealand and 89 to New Zealand. Two comptometers were installed in the money-order office at Wellington and one each at Dunedin a\nd Invercargill for use in computing and checking Savings-bank interest, and checking the totals of periodical statements. Increased efficiency has resulted. 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 £82,810, and on account of ordinary Customs work £923. Beer-duty stamps to the value of £9,915 were sold by Postmasters. Advances to Settlers receipts amounted to £1,814,294, and payments to £1,807,377. Fishing licenses were issued by Postmasters to the value of £1,139, and game licenses to the value of £2,989. For the Government Insurance Department premiums were collected from the public amounting to £213,663. The sum of £27,941 was paid to Imperial pensioners by Postmasters. Income-tax amounting to £307,117 and land-tax to £590,251 was collected by Postmasters. The sum of £11,478, fees due to the Machinery Department, was received. Under the Mining Act the receipts were £228. New Zealand Consols for £100 were sold on behalf of the Treasury. On behalf of the Public Trustee, £942,289 was received and £933,190 paid. Fees received for the registration of births, deaths, and marriages amounted to £2,598. Receipts from the Hanmer Springs Sanatorium amounted to £1,967. Valuation fees paid to Postmasters reached £6,062. Claims on the General Government for £1,802,811 were paid on behalf of the Treasury. Discount-stamps numbering'Blo,72o, for £845, were sold and 815,424, for £849, redeemed during the year. Contributions to the National Provident Fund collected by Postmasters amounted to £11,210. Old-age pensions paid during 1912 amounted to £425,974, military pensions to £24,305, and widows' pensions to £26,645 ; while payments on behalf of the Public Service Superannuation Board reached £118,277. Payments not exceeding £5 are now made by the Post Office on behalf of the Treasury for any Department of the Public Service on vouchers properly completed and certified by local departmental controlling officers.

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Repayment to immigrants of the amounts deposited with the High Commissioner for New Zealand in London is now undertaken by the Department. Telegraphs. The total value of the telegraph and telephone business for the year ended 31st March, 1914, including miscellaneous telegraph receipts and Government telegrams, was £579,816, as compared with £528,120 for the previous year, an increase of £51,696, or 9 - 79 per cent. The following is a comparison of the traffic in paid telegrams during the last five years :— Number. Receipts. 1909-10 ... 7,757,128 Increase, 5-71 per cent. ... 244,906 Increase, 4-88 per cent. 1910-11 ... 8,268,340 „ 6-59 „ ... 265,624 „ 8-45 1911-12 ... 8,971,725 „ 8-51 „ ... 288,431 „ 8-59 1912-13 ... 9,850,379 „ 9-79 313,960 „ 885 1913-14 ... 10,594,556 „ 7-55 „ ... 334,221 „ 6-45 The number of telegrams forwarded and the receipts therefrom during the four quarters of the financial years 1912-13 and 1913-14 respectively are as follows :—

The telegraph receipts for the financial year, including telephone-exchange subscriptions, privatewire rents, &c, amounted to £574,786, as compared with £523,189 in 1912-13, an increase of £51,597, or 9-86 per cent. The payments were £563,108 16s. 9d., as against £509,496 13s. 7d. for the previous year— an increase of £53,612 3s. 2d., or 10-52 per cent. The amount expended on telegraph-extension was £392,648, with liabilities amounting to £235,666 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. The net payment in 1912-13 was £251,375. The number of private wires and subsidized lines was 534, as compared with 517 in 1912-13. The amount received for rent and maintenance, &c, of such lines was £3,553, as against £3,866 in 1912-13. The extension of lines into remote districts is proceeding vigorously, and 131 new offices were opened during the year. The total number of telegraph and telephone offices open at the close of the year was 2,305. Of these, 316 were Morse-telegraph offices and 1,989 were telephone-offices. The total number of telegraph and telephone offices combined with post-offices was 1,946 ; not combined, 359. The offices at Raglan, St. Kilda, and Tirau were converted from telephone to Morse; and those at Aratapu, Green Island, Utiku, and Wellington North from Morse to telephone. The number of telegrams of all codes forwarded during the last financial year was 10,694,032 —an increase of 749,760, or 7-54 per cent, over 1912-13. The proportion of paid telegrams per unit of population was 9-43, and 8-93 the previous year. The number of ordinary telegrams forwarded was 6,265,463, of the value of £198,405, compared with 6,177,847, of the value of £193,787, in 1912-13—an increase of 87,616 in number, and of £4,618 in amount. The urgent telegrams numbered 309,152, of the value of £20,354 —an increase of 28,882 in number and £2,100 in amount. ■ "The average value of each ordinary telegram was 7-6 d., and of each urgent telegram Is. 3-80 d. 481,564 Press telegrams, of the value of £24,053, were forwarded in 1913-14, as compared with 456,350, valued at £23,424, forwarded in 1912-13 —-an increase in number of 25,214, or 5-53 per cent., and an increase of £629, or 2-77 per cent, in value. 'The value of each Press telegram averaged 11-99 d., as against Is. 0-32 d. in 1912-13. The bureau messages numbered 3,538,377, of the value of £91,409, as compared with 2,935,912, of the value of £78,496, in 1912-13 —-an increase of 602,465 in number and £12,913 in amount. i j The average value of each bureau message was 6-20 d., as against 642 d. in 1912-13. The number of Government telegrams forwarded was 99,476, valued at £5,030, as comparedjwith 93,893, valued at £4,931 —an increase of 5,583 in number, and £99 in amount. The number of paid forwarded telegrams to every hundred letters posted in New Zealand was 9-58.

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Numl )er of Telegrai forwarded. •evenue. Quarter. Year ended 31st March, 1913. Year ended 31 at March, 1914. Increase Year ended percent. 31st March, 1913. Year ended 31st March, 1914. a a |S •SS. June quarter September quarter December quarter March quarter ... 2,341,714 2,308,351 2,565,435 2,634,879 2,464,650 2,425,366 2,804,542 2,899,998 5*25 5-07 9'32 10'06 £ s. 75,180 1 73,973 1 81,318 8 83,488 13 d. 4 6 n £ s. 77,738 18 76,656 5 89,256 10 90,568 19 d. H 0 6 1 3-40 3-63 9-76 8-48 9,850,379 10,594,556 7-55 ! 313,960 5 1 334,220 12 11 J 6-45

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The length of telegraph and telephone line and wire on the 31st March, 1913 and 1914, respectively, was as follows : —

Telegraph and interurban-telephone lines were overhauled and reconstructed during the year in the several districts as follows: Auckland, 107 miles; Wellington, 206 miles; Nelson, 94 miles; Canterbury, 338 miles ; Otago, 400 miles : total, 1,145 miles. New test-boards for long-distance lines were installed at Blenheim, Halcombe, Otorohanga, Palmerston North, Taihape, Tokomaru Bay, Tolaga Bay, Waihi, Waipu. The first coin-in-slot telephones erected in the Dominion were installed at the Lambton and Thorndon railway-stations, Wellington, on the 17th August, 1910. There are now 93 such instruments in use at the principal centres of population throughout the Dominion, 57 of these having been installed during the year. Two " James " machines for folding telegrams were installed in the Dunedin Telegraph-office. Telegraph cash-registers were installed at Gisborne and Invercargill. By an Order in Council under the Post and Telegraph Amendment Act, 1913, regulations have been made prohibiting the transmission of telegrams of a nature or character defined therein. The maximum number of connections on a party line connected with an automatic-telephone-exchange circuit is limited to four. New Zealand Submarine Cable Services. During August, 1913, the cable-steamer " Tutanekai " carried stores to the Macquarie Islands for the members of the Mawson Antarctic Expedition. There are 374 knots of submarine cable in the Dominion. Repairs were effected to Nos. 1 and 2 Oterangi Bay cables, and to No. 4 Lyall Bay cable. The cable to Stewart Island was interrupted for several weeks. The submarine cable connecting East Cape Island with the mainland was replaced during July and August, 1913. Ocean Cable Services. The following table shows the total number of ordinary telegrams forwarded by each route during the past five years, and the percentages of the total of such business falling to each : — Pacifio. Eastern. Year. Messages. « a f Year. Messages. P —f 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 1912-13 .. .. 99,617 71 1912-13 .. '.. 40,680 29 1913-14 .. .. 104,638 73 1913-14 .. .. 38,023 27 The number of international cable messages forwarded during the year shows an increase of 13 per cent, on the number sent during 1912-13, whilst the number forwarded to Australian stations decreased by 3-97 per cent. Messages received from international stations increased by 12 per cent., but there was a decrease of 3 per cent, in the Australian received traffic. New Zealand's proportion of the deficit of £32,269 17s. sd. on the eleventh year's working of the Pacific cable (1912-13) amounted to £3,585 Ids. lOd. Owing to the opening of the new cable between New Zealand and Australia, and the consequent alterations thereupon, the Pacific Cable Board authorities have found it impossible to give any estimate of the receipts and expenditure for the year. The share of ordinary outward business handled by the Pacific cable again shows a slight increase on that obtained during the previous year. In 1912-13 the Pacific proportion was 71 per cent., and the Eastern 29 per cent. The 1913-14 figures are : Pacific, 73 per cent. ; Eastern, 27 per cent. During the year New Zealand has given the Pacific route 74-38 per cent, of the ordinary business to Australia, as against 71-42 per cent, last year. 1,811 Press telegrams were sent via Pacific and 2,035 via Eastern, compared with 1,106 and 1,574 respectively last year. The number of cables sent as " deferred ". during the year shows an increase of approximately 35 per cent, over the previous year's figures. Week-end Cable Messages. The system of week-end cable messages is being freely availed of by the public, particularly by business firms. During the year, 4,087 messages, at a total value of £4,919, were forwarded from New Zealand,

Mil. is of Pole Lii ie. Miles of Wire. Year ended 31st March, 1913. Year ended 31st March, 1914. Increase. Year ended Year ended 31st March, 31st March 1913. 1914. Increase. Telegraph and interurban telephone Telephone-exchange plant... 12,508 1,977 13,044 2,514 536 537 41,892 44,642 47,005 79,154 88,897 123,796 27,50 32,149 14,485 15,558 1,073 34,899

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The minimum rate of 18s. for twenty-four words previously charged between Great Britain and this Dominion has been reduced to 15s. for twenty words. Received messages, instead of being posted at the cable-station, are now telegraphed over the whole route, and posted on Monday night at the office of destination for delivery by the first mail on Tuesday. Week-end cable messages between New Zealand and the Union of South Africa are now accepted for transmission via the Eastern route. The rate is Bd. per word, and the minimum charge 13s. 4d. They are also accepted for India, Burma, and Ceylon at a rate of B|d. per word, with a minimum charge of 14s. 2d.; and for Canada (via Pacific) at 7d. a word, with a minimum of lis. Bd. Arrangements are being made to extend the system to Germany. Wireless Telegraphy. The increase in the number of radio-telegraphic messages over the previous year was 54 and 87 per cent, for the forwarded and received respectively. The increase, especially of messages received, can be partially accounted for in the opening of the high-power stations at Awanui and Awarua and the station at Chatham Islands. There are now five New Zealand coast stations. These provide adequately for the needs of shipstations in all directions around these coasts, and also secure communication between Chatham Islands and New Zealand. The Chatham Islands station (opened on the 18th September, 1913) established a much-needed link with the mainland of New Zealand. It also serves to extend the range of communication with ship-stations to the eastward. The position of the station is 47° 57' S., 176° 31' W.—416 miles from Radio-Wellington. The wireless set is a 2|kw. Telefunken, with a normal range of 300 miles by day and 600 miles by night. The prime motive power is generated by an oil-engine. A storagebattery of considerable capacity ensures reliability. The aerial is of the T type, and is suspended at a height of 150 ft. from two tubular steel structures 300 ft. apart. An earthed counterpoise completes the aerial equipment. The high-power stations at Awanui and Awarua were both opened for commercial work on the 18th December, 1913. Awanui is situated in 34° 54' S., 173° 18'-E., and Awarua in 46° 30' S., 168° 23' E. These stations are of 30 kw. primary power and have identical Telefunken equipments. The severe tests made prior to their being taken over by the Department proved them capable of fulfilling all requirements and of ensuring wireless communication with Australia at any hour of the day or night. The radio-station at Auckland is now used only for daylight work. When weather-disturbance is expected a free weather-telegram is sent out for the benefit of shipping from Awanui, Awarua, and Wellington, at 8, 9, and 10 p.m. respectively. A continuous " listening " service is maintained at Awanui, Awarua, and Wellington, the latter station being open continuously for commercial work. The wireless coastal stations are connected with the land-line systems, and arrangements exist for promptly transmitting wireless messages over the land lines and immediately communicating distress-signals to the proper authorities. Twenty-two ship-stations are registered in New Zealand. The compulsory equipment of certain New Zealand vessels will operate from the Ist July, 1914. Regulations were prepared by the Marine Department under the powers conferred by the Shipping and Seamen Amendment Act, 1909, and were gazetted on the 23rd October, 1913. Provision is made, inter alia, for the installation of wireless telegraphy on every steamship registered in New Zealand and carrying passengers which is engaged in the foreign or intercolonial trade (except steamships trading to Chatham, Auckland, Campbell, and Antipodes Islands), and every home-trade steamship which is authorized by her ordinary survey certificate to carry not less than 150 passengers at sea. Such vessels are to be placed in the third class, wherein they have no fixed working-hours, are not bound to perform any regular " listening " service, and are not required to carry an emergency installation. The regulations governing the use of wireless telegraphy on ship-stations registered in New Zealand, and licensed by the Minister of Telegraphs, have been revised and brought into conformity with the recommendations of the International Radio-telegraphic Convention, London, 1912. The Post and Telegraph Amendment Act, 1913, provides for regulating the use of wireless telegraphy on British and foreign ships, not registered in New Zealand, while within its territorial waters. Regulations giving effect to this supervision have been prepared. It has been arranged that the wireless coast stations of New Zealand shall co-operate with the British Association for the Advancement of Science in the collection of data of atmospheric electrical disturbances which interfere with the receipt of wireless signals. Observations will be made simultaneously in many parts of the world, and it is expected that this joint action will produce results of practical scientific value. Amended radio-telegraphic regulations came into force on the Ist January, 1914. The charge for the transmission of radio-telegrams to or from ships trading exclusively between Australia and New Zealand or between ports on the coast of New Zealand from or to any telegraph-office in the Dominion was reduced from lOd. to sd. a word. Provision was made in the Post and Telegraph Amendment Act, 1913, for fuller powers to restrict the erection and maintenance of stations by amateur experimenters. In the Christmas season of 1913 arrangements were made whereby greetings between Australia and New Zealand could be transmitted by wireless at 4s. per message of not more than four words, and with New Zealand and Australian vessels at 3s. per message. The hill on which the Wellington Radio-telegraph Station is situated has been named " Mount Wakefield." The name of the station, " Radio-Wellington," is not altered. Arrangements were made for the Chatham Islands Wireless Station to report the arrival and departure of vessels. 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Association for the Advancement of Science. Suitable conditions have been imposed as to the use and control of the station, which is to be used only for the reception and not for the transmission of signals. Its use is to be confined to members of the scientific teaching staff of the College and their assistants, and no telegraphic message received is to be communicated to any person other than an officer of the Department. The Department has reserved the right to inspect the station and plant at any time, and to suspend its working during any period. The permission given is revocable at any time by His Excellency the Governor. This is the first occasion on which an Order in Council has been made authorizing the installation of a private wireless telegraph-station. Telephone Exchanges. Twenty-five new exchanges were opened during the year, the number of subscribers increased by 5,233 and the number of connections by 6,481. The total number of exchanges now is 238, made up of 61 central and 177 sub exchanges. The total number of connections is 49,415, compared with 42,934 in 1913. They may be classified as follows : Paying direct, 37,486 ; extensions, 7,433 ; bureaux, 4,009 ; service, 487. New connections numbered 7,621, and those given up 2,015. The increase in connections is 6,481, equal to 15-09 per cent. In addition there are 395 telephone bureaux not connected with exchanges. There are 2,514 miles of telephone-exchange lines and 79,154 miles of wire. 52,292 miles of wire are in use, and 26,862 miles available for new connections. This is an increase of 537 miles of line and 32,149 miles of wire over last year. The percentage of the total telephone-stations (meaning exchange connections and bureaux) to the population of the Dominion on 31st March, 1914, is 4-36. The percentages in each of the four principal-cities are : Wellington, 8-14; Dunedin, 6-34 ; Auckland, 6-15 ; and Christchurch, 5-72. New exchanges were opened in the Auckland District at Awanui, Hikurangi, Howick, Kaitaia, Matamata, Maungaturoto, Ohaupo, Ohura, Ongarue, Papakura, Taneatua, Taupo, Tuakau, and Waipu ; in the Wellington District at Okato, Porirua, Taradale, Te Araroa, Tokomaru Bay, Tolaga Bay, and Ward; in the Nelson District at Denniston and Murchison ; and in the Canterbury District at Pleasant Point and Springfield. There are 1,472 party-line circuits, with a total of 4,642 subscribers. A fire (caused by a tramway trolly-pole striking a pair of aerial telephone-leads which fouled the high-power trolly-wires) occurred in the distributing-frame at the Telephone Exchange, Wellington, on the 7th January, 1914, about 1,500 connections being affected. Communication was restored by the following morning. Automatic Exchanges. The Strowger automatic system is in operation at Auckland with a capacity of 1,300 lines and at Wellington with a capacity of 1,000. About 600 lines at Auckland and 400 at Wellington are in use, with satisfactory results. Trouble is occasionally experienced due to excess of dampness following on injury to the overhead lead cable resulting in lowered insulation ; but this trouble, of course, equally affects'any other central-battery system. It is the intention to replace these cables more generally by lead-covered cables laid underground. The work of laying the ducts is proceeding at Auckland and Wellington, and the drawing-in of the cables will soon be undertaken. When this is completed and the telephones throughout the area are connected with the automatic system the advantages of the change will be more fully realized. The Strowger equipment at the two exchanges named was introduced to provide additional switchboard accommodation for new subscribers, pending the fulfilment of the contract let last year for an automatic installation. The Western Electric Company is now manufacturing the material required under the contract. A new building to accommodate the exchange at Hamilton will be erected very shortly. The telephone-lines in the town will be renewed to provide metallic circuits. At Blenheim a portion of the site of the post-office is available for an exchange building, which will be erected shortly. The telephone-lines are being improved. At Masterton a new building is being erected on a portion of the post-office site, and the work of converting the lines to metallic circuit is also in hand. At Oamaru there is ample room in the post-office building for the switchboard. Necessary alterations will soon be completed. The telephone-lines have already been converted to metallic circuit. In Auckland there will be several sub-exchanges. Those at Remuera, Ponsonby, and Mount Eden will be the first to be equipped, and the necessary buildings are now being considered. There is sufficient land upon which to erect a building on the Mount Eden Post-office site. These installations should be in full operation in a year's time. The manufacture of equipment for additional installations at Wellesley Street and at Devonport and Orfehunga is in hand. Accommodation and submarine telephone cable to serve the Devonport side of the harbour will be provided for early. Wellington will likewise have several sub-exchanges. A building to accommodate 4,000 connections is in course of erection at Courtenay Place, and alterations and additions are being made at the Wellington South Post-office to provide accommodation. These two sub-exchanges should be in operation in about nine months. A building for a small exchange is about to be erected at Khandallah. Sub-exchanges at Kelburne and Karori should also be in hand about the end of the year. The main AVellington exchange, which is to be located in a new building on a site near the present one, will be undertaken about the same time. The manufacture of equipment will be carried on during the year, so that there should be no delay in getting the plant in working-order when the buildings are ready for occupation. Country Telephone-lines. Preliminary steps to the erection of lines under the Country Telephone-lines Act, 1912, are being taken by a few local bodies. The small amount of activity in this direction may probably be explained by the Department's generous party-line system, which has popularized the telephone in outlying districts previously precluded by high rates from participating in the benefits of the telephone.

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DESIGNATION OF OFFICES CHANGED OR CORRECTED.

INLAND MAIL-SERVICES ESTABLISHED, EXTENDED, AND ABOLISHED.

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Postal District. Changed from Changed to Auckland it II If 31enheim Dhristchurch Junedin J3rooklynn ... Kohumaru ... Mangapai Wharf Okoroire Eangipai Shortland Street Te Houhi ... Wharepapa ... Pauri Wakaipa Hamilton South WycliffeBay Eotomana ... Paru Tahamoana ... Te Aute Kakatihi • Nihotapu. Kenana. Oakleigh. Okoroire Springs. Okoroire. Auckland Bast B.O. Kopuriki. Wharepaina. Glenlee. Springston South. Pukepouri. Poatiri. Rotomanu. Freshford. Haumoana. Opapa. Kakatahi. 3-reymouth !nvercargill Napier iVanganui

District. Name of Service. Frequency. Remarks. .uckiand Paihia Post-office - Beach .. Te Rapa Post-office - Railway-station Tirau Post-office - Railway-station .. Top of Queen Street - C.P.O., Auckland Opaheke Post-office - Railway-station Cambridge - Karapiro - Taotaoroa (rural delivery) Cambridge - Victoria Road (rural delivery) Matamata - Te Poi Motumaoho Extension - Harbottle's and Dodd's Roads Okoroire-Waiomou Owhango Post-office - Railway-station Putaruru - Te Whetu Rototuna — Horsham Downs Taringamotu Post - office — Railwaystation Tirau-Piarere .. .. Waihou-Eastport Road (rural delivery) Kaipara Flats - Matangaao Mapiu-Kaitangiweka Maungatautari — Horahora Creamery Otamatea Post-office - Railway-station Puhoi-Pukapuka.. Kihikihi-Ranginui Maungatapere-Kara Mercer-Kopuku Opatu Post-office-Landing Owhango - Hikimutu Valley Road .. Putaruru-Puketarua Putaruru-Tokoroa Taheke-Punakitere Te Kuiti — Tapairn Waikumete-Fiha.. Warkworth-Waiwhiu Wharepuhunga-Matapara Aranga-Oranoa Broadwood-Runaruna Coromandel-Whitianga Kaikohe-Tautoro Kohukohu-Tutekehua Kohaki Post-office - Railway-station As required Established. j> • ■ Twice daily Daily .. j, ■ • )? t> Thrice weekly .. >> • • Twice weekly >j if • ' ss }, • • Weekly )> 5) >>

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

District. Name of Service. Frequency. Remarks. aickland — ctd. Okaihau-Waihongi Onerahi-Takahiwai Orere Point Post-office - steamer Pakotai - Cheddar Hills Parenga - Te Hapua Te Hana - Tomarata Waitomo Caves — Haylocks (rural delivery) Aoroa Post-office — steamer Cambridge-Karapiro Dargaville Post-office - Wharf Karapiro-Taotaoroa Onerahi, &o. — Parua Bay Otamatea-Batley Parua Bay - Taraunui Raurimu Post-office - Railway-station St. Heliers, &c. - St. John's College Silverdale-Nanahu Tirau-Tapapa Top of Queen Street - C.P.O., Auckland Towai-Ruapekapeka Waiotemarama-Kawerua .. Whakapara-Puhipuhi, Whangarei-Kara Blenheim, &c. - Ocean Bay Picton-Havelock Motukarara Post - office - Railwaystation Hawarden Railway - station - WoodWeekly Established. Abolished. „ (See Established.) (See Established.) >> „ (See Established.) Blenheim Weekly Twice daily Established. Extended to include Port Ligar Established. Christchurch .. Daily Dunedin grove Hororata-Coalgatc Cust-Pukeraumati Kaikoura - Kaikoura Suburban Glentunnel-Kisselton Whakamatau — Iron Store Gebbie's Plat - Motukarara Kaikoura - Kaikoura Suburban Whakamatau -Iron Store Benhar Post-office - Railway-station Galloway Post - office - Railway - station Rae's Junction Post-office - coach on main road Golden Point - Macrae's Flat Otekura, &c. - Glenomaru Railwaysiding Ahuriri Flat Post-office - Glenomaru Railway-siding Delivery of post parcels between Chief Post - office, Gisborne, and boundaries of letter-carriers' deliveries Matawai-Motu Matawai Post-office — Railway-station Otoko-Rakauroa-Wharerata Post-office - Mail-coach .. Thrice weekly .. Twice weekly Weekly Daily Thrice weekly .. >> >> >> Abolished. „ (See Established.) Established. >> >> ■ ■ Abolished. 1 Gisborne Daily .. Established. Thrice weekly .. ,, j> >> • • Twice weekly in summer ; weekly in winter Weekly Greymouth Hokitika Invereargill Horocra - Te Araroa Waimata Valley - Arakihi Road (rural delivery) Gisborne, &c. - Rakauroa Gisborne-Tamarau Otoko—Rakauroa Delivery of post parcels between C.P.O., Greymouth, and boundaries of letter-carriers' deliveries Hokitika, &c. - Fox's Hokitika, &c. - Jackson's Bay Kumara-Di Hmanstown Limehill - South Hillend Queonstown Wharf - Post-office Titiroa Railway-station - Pine Bush Waikaka Valley Post-office - Railwaystation Winton - Heddon Bush Birchwood - Wairaki Junction - Nightcaps Waikaka - North Chatton Invereargill - Naeroa Mataura-Waimumu Glade House - Milford Sound Half-moon Bay - Murray River Nightcaps-Birchwood Titiroa - Pine Bush Winton, &c. - South Hillend Daily Daily .. >> Extended to Matawai. Abolished. Established. Abolished. >> Established. >> j) Thrice weekly .. jj • • Twice weekly j> Extended to Te Tipua. Abolished. „ (See Established.) >> 5?

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District. Name of Service. Frequency. Bemarks. Napier Napier, &c. - Wairoa Napier-Wairoa (addition to regular service) Hastings delivery of post parcels .. Hastings, &c. - Waiterenui Homestead Matatera - Piripiri Settlement Napier - Port Ahuriri Poukawa - Poukawa Railway-station Tahamoana-Clive Maraekakaho-Mangatahi .. Rangitaiki-Taharua Ongaonga-Blackburn Ormondville-Whetukura Napier, &c. - Wairoa Kaka Post-office - Railway-station .. Whangamomona - Railway terminus Korito - Lower Mangorei .. Korito—Mangorei Ihaia-Opunake As required Daily Thrico weekly .. Twice weekly Established >> Extended to Hinerua. Extended to Pederson's Gate. Abolished. (See Established.) Nelson New Plymouth As required Daily Established. Daily in summer; twice weekly in winter Thrice weekly .. yy Oamaru Inglewood, &c. - New Plymouth Kotare - Junction Okau and Mokau Roads Inglewood-Kaimiro Korito, &c. - New Plymouth Egmont Village - Inglewood Okau-Kotare Okau - Junction Okau and Mokau Roads Waitara Post-office, &c. - Beach Windsor-Ngapara Omarama-Longslip Paengaroa-Maketu .. .. Te Puke along Te Matai Bush and Rangiuru Roads Thames-Coromandel Taneatua - Opouriao West Te Puke - Maketu Horopito Post-office - Railway-station Bull's-Sanson Taihape, &c. - Papaki Road Matukuroa-Whenuakura Twice weekly Weekly Thrice weekly .. Twice weekly >> Extended to Rahiri. Abolished. y> Established. Thames Weekly Abolished. Wanganui As required Daily Established. Daily 1st Sept. to 31st May; twice weekly 1st June to 31st August Twice weekly Hurleyville - Maben Road Taihape-Kaweka (rural delivery) .. Mangaohutu - River Landing Murumuru-Raetihi Te Tuhi Landing - Burnet's Homestead Wanganui-Kakatahi (rural delivery) Huntervillc, around the Silverhope Block, Mangahoe, and back to Hunterville Makirikiri-Papaiti Te Roti - Matapu Whenuakura — Maben Road Winiata Post-office - Railway-station Wellington, conveyance of mails by tramway within city and to suburbs of Brooklyn, Island Bay, and Kilbirnie Paekakariki Post - office - Railwaystation C.P.O., Wellington, &c. - Courtenay Place Wellington, &c. - Seatoun Masterton-Westbush Taita - Lower Hutt Palmerston North, delivery of post parcels Weekly As required Extended to Mr. Glenn's Abolished. ,, 'ellington Established. >» ■ • Twice daily Twice daily over business area; daily over borough Daily Apiti - Ridge Road (rural delivery).. Kimbolton-Apiti Kimbolton-Kiwitea Masterton-Homebush Masterton, &c. - Rangitumau Masterton, delivery of post parcels Tawa Flat Post-office - Railwaystation Alfredton, &c. - Waihoki Valley ... | >; ;, Weekly

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SUBSIDIZED SEA MAIL-SERVICES. The several subsidized sea mail-services, the subsidy-payments for the year 1913, the dates when established, and the date on which each terminates are shown below : —

District. Name of Service. Frequency. Bemarks. 'ellington— ctd. Kopikopiko-Hukanui Kimbolton, &c. - Rangiwahia Masterton - Lands End Palmorston North - Fitzherbert West (rural delivery) Raumai, &c. - Piripiri Opaki-Rangitumau Peep-o'-Day Post-office - coach on main road Te Wharau - Kummerstein Waimarie — Lower Mokihinui Railwaystation Karamea-Oparara Murchison-Katanga Westport-Karamea Westport - Little Wanganui Tenamu-Corbyvale Weekly Established. Extended to Peep-o'-Day Post-office Extended along Craigie Lea Road. Extended one mile and a half beyond Fitzherbert West. Extended to Foote's Mill. Abolished. Thrice weekly .. Established. 'estport Twice weekly Weekly Thrice monthly Monthly Abolished.

Service. Annual Subsidy or Payment. Duration of Service. Wben terminated or terminable. Number of Mileage Voyages for per j Complete Annum. Voyage. Cost per Mile. When established. Auckland and Fiji Auckland and South Pacific Islands Auckland and Great Barrier Auckland, Whangaroa, and Mangonui Dargaville and Tangiteroria Helenaville and Matakohe Helensville and Dargaville Horeke, Kohukohu, Rawene, Koutu, Eangi Point, Opononi, and Omapere Offices in Whangarei Harbour Eussell and Opua New Zealand - San Francisco New Zealand - Vancouver New Zealand and Australia (Wel-lington-Sydney) Wellington, Wakatahuri, Homewood (and other offices), and Havelock Picton, offices in Sounds, and Havelock Picton, Grove Wharf, Te Awaite, and Resolution Bay Picton and Portage Portage and Kenepuru Head Port Nelson and Waikawa Bay .. Ngakuta, Whangakoko, Hakabaka, Kakapo Bay, Ocean Bay, Robin Hood Bay, and Blenheim Portage and Crail Bay £ s. d. 1,690 0 0 1,200 0 0 250 0 0 126 0 0 June, 1880 June, 1885 Oct., 1891 Nov., 1907 June, 1914 June, 1914 Deo., 1915 Dec, 1915 13 12 52 52 2,334 6,992 124 368 s. d. 1 1-37 0 3-43 0 9-31 0 1-58 130 0 0 150 0 0 615 0 0 119 15 0 Nov., 1893 Jan., 1881 Jan., 1881 Jan., 1889 Dec, 1915 Dec, 1915 Dec, 1915 Dec, 1915 156 104 156 156 62 116 128 52 0 3-22 0 2-98 0 7-39 0 3-54 117 0 0 90 0 0 •21,666 13 4 20,000 0 0 15,000 0 Sept., 1912 Jan., 1889 Oct., 1910 Aug., 1911 Dec, 1906 Dec, 1915 Dec, 1915 Mar., 1914 Sept., 1916 156 416 13 13 52 22 8 12,180 12,660 1,230 0 8-18 0 6'49 2 8-8 2 5-16 4 8-28 440 0 0 Dec, 1891 Dec, 1915 26 300 1 1-56 f 320 0 0 ( 330 0 0* 185 0 0 I Jan., 1907 Dec, 1915 26 330 0 9-23 Jan., 1913 Dec, 1915 156 88 0 3-23 60 0 0 70 0 0 25 0 0 ( 75 0 0 { 77 10 Of Jan., 1913 Jan., 1913 Jan., 1913 Dec, 1915 Dec, 1915 Dec, 1915 312 104 26 14 46 62 0 3'3 0 3-51 0 3-72 I April,-1911 Dec, 1915 52 86 0 4-16 j 130 0 0 1 137 0 0\ 220 0 0 I Jan., 1910 Dec, 1915 52 106 0 5-96 Nelson, Tarakohe, Tonga Bay, Totaranui, Takaka, and Gollingwood Nelson and Otarawao Westport and Karamea Westport and Little Wanganui .. Hokitika, Okarito, Bruce Bay, Paringa, Haast, Okura, and Jackson's Bay Wellington or Lyttelton and Ghatham Islands (including Pitt Island) Blufi and Half-moon Bay Blufi, Te Oneroa, and Gromarty .. Dec, 1915 104 130 0 3-90 100 0 0 Jan., 1904 I June, 1886 \ Jan., 1895 Jan., 1886 Dec, 1915 ( 52 36 12 6 61 102 I 82 I 270 0 7-57 I 800 0 0 J Dec, 1915 3 5-24 750 0 0 Mar., 1913 9 3-11 350 0 0 Aug., 1914 6 1,050 1 1-33 300 0 0 137 10 0 , July, 1886 April, 1893 Dec, 1915 Dec, 1913 52 6 44 . 190 2 7-47 2 4-95 * Subsidy increased from 1st February, 1913. from 14th January, 1913, t Subsidy increased from 10th April, 1913, t Subsidy increased

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CABLE BUSINESS. Hereunder is shown the number and value of cable messages forwarded from New Zealand during the finacial year 1913-14, in comparison with the figures for 1912-13 :—

Via Pacific.

Via Eastern.

The Dominion's outward International and Australian cable business, excluding Press, for the same two years was as follows : — International . -._... .... Number of Value. Messages. £ s. d. 1913-14 ... ... 52,859 ... ... 68,402 5 2* 1912-13 ... ... 46,780 ... ... 61,876 6 0 Increase 6,079 =13 per cent. 6,525 19 2\ = 10-5 per cent. Australian . Number of Value. Messages. £ s. d. 1913-14 ... ... 89,802 ... ... 17,217 5 2\ 1912-13 ... ... 93,517 ... ... 17,467 16 10£ Decrease 3,715 = 3-97 per cent. 250 11 8 = 1-4 per cent, There was a total increase of 2,364 messages, and an increase in value of £6,275 7s. 6^d.

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Ordinary. Press. Destination. Number of Messages. Value. Number of Messages. Value. international Australian Totals for 1913-14... ... 37,841 ... 66,797 ... 104,638 £ s. d. 46,987 7 7 13,089 12 1 323 1,488 £ s. d. 339 16 9 593 16 3 60,076 19 8 1,811 933 13 0 Totals for 1912-13... ... 99,617 55,444 12 n 1,106 1,076 17 8*

>rdinary. 'ress. Destination. Number of Messages. Value. Number of Messages. Value. international Australian 15,018 23,005 £- s. 21,414 17 4,127 13 a. 47 1,988 £ s. 48 4 1,746 17 d. 2 7 Totals for 1913-14... 38,023 25,542 10 9 2,035 1,795 1 9 Totals for 1912-13... 40,680 23,899 10 3 1,574 1,084 11 n

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RECEIVED CABLES. The number of cable messages received in New Zealand during the years 1912-13 and 1913-14, exclusive of Press, was as follows: — Via Pacific. International. Australian. 1913-14 ... ... ... ... ... 30,010 51,497 1912-13 ... ... ... ... ... 26,901 51,366 Increase ... ... ... ... 3,109 Increase 131 Via Eastern. International. Australian. 1913-14 ... ... ... ... ... 18,373 32,171 1912-13 ... ' ... ... ... ... 16,326 34,872 Increase ... ... ... ... 2,047 Decrease 2,701

PRESS. The forwarded and received cable Press business for the past five years was, —

RADIO-TELEGRAMS. The undermentioned return, covering the years 1912-13 and 1913-14, does not include weather telegrams and shipping advices, which are sent free over the radio-telegraphic system : —

Forwarded. Received. I i. .necei iiveu. Year. Numl ! Messages. Number o ber o Words. I Value. Numt Messages. Number of ber of Words. 909 .910 911-12 ... .912-13 ... .913-14- ... 2,270 2,671 2,117 2,680 3,846 199,291 168,262 158,590 252,725 455,175 ; j £ s. d. 2,230 18 3 1,362 13 10J 1,297 14 6 2,161 9 4 2,728 14 9 ] 4,515 5,893 6,682 6,004 6,212 422,949 528,843 582,247 546,187 621,923 • Includes 249 forwarded deferred Pres: messages at a value of £229 14s. 5£d.

Forwarded. Received. Year. Number of Number of n Messages. Words. I, j Messages. Words. i i 913-14 912-13 1,682 22,102 1,095 ; 10,946 £ s. d. 625 3 11 434 17 8 3,618 1,932 36,918 16,909 £ a. 1,310 0 666 15 d. 2 6 Increases ... 587 11,216 190 6 3 1,686 20,009 643 4 8

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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.

SSUED IN THE I0MINI0N. Where payable. In the Dominion. United Kingdom and Foreign Offices. Australia and other British Possessions. Total. Year. Commission received. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. 1863 £ ■■ d. 1,057 9 0 2,201 £ s- d - 9,613 11 11 4,74° £ ■■ d. 21,944 2 1 4,645 / ■■ d. > 24,145 7 5 11,586 £ s. d. 55,7°3 1 5 1873 3,562 3 2 34.288J i| 142,642 4 10 ",913 48,547 11 4 6,150 1 28,068 5 5 52,351 219,258 - 1 7 1883 I 9,022 10 6 132,232 402,558 12 11 26,211 91,634 4 7 ] I4,"3 1 46,939 17 11 172,556 541,132 15 5 1893 110,248 14 5 146,133! 1! 576,358 17 2 29,616 86,544 19 11 35,2O8 i 88,025 8 9 210,957 750,929 5 10 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 10,600 19 7 n>433 13 8 12,671 6 7 13,835 15 4 M,747 9 6 15,533 4 6 16,512 12 9 17,518 11 o 14,915 18 2 155,534 162,600 181,505 193,867 206,265 221,354 239,565 255,344 258,110 . 608,042 2 11 , 635,062 17 11 ; 717,217 19 1 ■ 762,592 10 3 798,725 15 8 864,513 4 9 951,860 7 4 1,002,056 12 I 1,014,723 16 o 28,513 28,882 29,2381 3i,77o 35,377 38,528 40,925 45,7oi 53,9io 79,348 10 2 78,465 o 4 82,498 15 6 93,649 1 3 107,140 7 5 122,064 3 1 122,934 I0 4 125,549 5 11 138,755 2 8 38,631 52,OI5! i 58,823! j 68,002 76,728 84,7821 89,344 104,922 55,187 89,392 11 10 l| 99,076 16 8 ,1102,443 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 7 222,678 243,497 269,566 293,659 318,370 344,664 369,834 405,967 367,207 776,783 4 11 812,604 r 4 IJ 902,159 15 7 970,830 14 11 1,029,241 7 7 1,118,808 5 7 1,214,852 16 5 1,286,508 1 10 1,277,059 2 3 1903 15,881 18 5 273,5351 1,108,067 5 8 63,3°9 157,789 16 o 59,468 150,367 10 8 396,312 1,416,224 12 4 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 16,385 9 o 117,073 9 6 18,278 10 3 18,846 12 6 12,555 10 3 13,782 14 o 14,300 7 9 15.307 7 7 16,398 16 2 281,655! 287,394 301,650 305,424 338,752 383,2831 4*3,314! 444,169: 493,345: [1,148,226 3 o 1,189,385 13 4 1,312,270 13 4 1,389,800 4 4 1,611,968 4 11 1,841,030 7 7 1,981,877 2 2 2,262,366 2 6 2,702,469 8 7 60,490 57,414 60,120 58,565 67,384 74,893 79,651 88,364 98,452 165,245 o 8 177,609 18 .8 186,902 16 6 193,356 5 3 226,408 10 1 256,803 12 2 273,449 2 2 289,856 19 9 322,037 9 10 65,638 72,633 77,250 77,498: 81,948: 80,564 : 76,692 : 75,231 : 74,628: 163,416 4 9 174,716 7 10 187,057 12 1 !9°,434 7 6 212,307 11 10 209,758 18 4 202,196 14 1 207,170 6 2 206,842 16 1 407,783 417,441 439,020 441,487 488,084 538,740 569,657 607,764 666,425 1,476,887 8 5 1,541,711 19 10 1,686,231 1 11 1.773.590 17 1 2,050,684 6 10 2,307.592 18 1 2,457,522 18 5 2,759,393 8 5 3,231,349 14 6 1913 16,872 6 5 5i6,536j: 2,821,623 10 5 100,634 336,992 19 11 73,575 199,157 11 o 690,745 3,357,774 I 4 Drawn on the Domi: ION. Where issued. Year. In the Dominion. United Kingdom and Foreign Offices. Australia and other British Possessions. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. 1863 2,o67 £ s. d. 9,169 4 6 415 £ ■■ d. 1,824 o 8 £ ■• d. 558 ' 3,O77 J 3 7 3,°4° 1,668 j 7,689 6 8 : 37,438 £ s. d. 14,070 18 9 1873 34,288 : 142,642 4 10 1,482 6,625 14 5 156,957 5 11 1883 132,232 402,558 12 11 3,725 15,553 3 I 1 5,697 : 23,299 12 11 141,654 10,679 i 40,929 2 5 165,558 441,411 9 9 1893 146.133 576,358 17 2 8,746 32,616 17 2 649,904 16 9 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 155,534 162,600 181,505 193,867 206,265 221,354 239,565 255,344 258,110 608,042 2 11 635,062 17 11 717,217 19 1 762,592 10 3 798,725 15 8 864,513 4 9 951,860 7 4 1,002,056 12 1 1,014,723 16 o 9,293 9,938 10,254 10,085 10,671 10,624 10,342 11,082 11,732 33,786 17 6 35,i55 7 9 35,553 7 J 35,238 10 3 36,106 9'io*' 37,290 8 7 . 36,014 6 3 40,021 14 4 41,37° !3 3 10,690 38.57 1 3 1 175,517 11,520 39,862 18 10 184,058 11,507 40,836 4 7 203,266 11,407 40,105 1 11 215,359 12,753 44,558 10 IO ; 229,689 13,399 48,533 15 II ' 245,377 15,271 59,304 9 6 265,178 16,688 63,800 4 10 283,114 16,527 j 62,159 10 8 286,369 680,400 3 6 710,081 4 6 793,607 10 9 837,936 2 5 879,390 16 4 950,337 9 3 1,047,179 3 1 1,105,87s 11 3 1,118,253 19 n 1903 273,535 1,108,067 5 8 I3,O35 ; 49,i8i 1 3 17,777 68,340 8 8 304,347 1,225,588 15 7 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 281,655 287,394 301,650 305,424 338,752 383,283 413,314 444,169 493,345 |l,I48,226 3 o 1,189,385 13 4 1,312,270 13 4 1,389,800 4 4 1,611,968 4 11 I,841,030 7 7 11,981,877 2 2 2,262,366 2 6 2,702,469 8 7 11,567 10,338 10,314 10,315 10,970 n,783 11,954 11,866 13,195 45,793 1 1 47,649 9 o 50,559 18 10 55,032 3 3 58,499 19 11 61,289 17 2 63,196 12 3 ; : 65,074 8 O 72,743 7 1 19,277 71,824 7 5 312,499 19,669 72,437 13 3 ' 317,4° x 20,462 75,091 14 2 332,426 21,697 77,ii8 8 9 337,436 21,886 ' 80,500 4 3 371,608 23,592 ; 82,4O9 13 2 418,658 24,172 82,501 9 2 , 449,440 27,56i I 97,532 4 8 1 483,596 30,266 I 100,830 15 o 536,806 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 2 876,043 10 8 I9I3 516,536 {2,821,623 10 5 12,693 1 70,084 o 4 31,450 ; 110,486 10 11 560,679 3,002,194 1 8

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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 1912 and 1913.

■SSTTBD IN llW 1EALAND. 1912. 1913. Where payable. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. United Kingdom and Foreign Offices through United Kingdom United States of America Austria Canada Ceylon Fiji France .. Germany Hong Kong India New South Wales Norway Queensland .. Samoa South Australia Straits Settlements Tasmania Tonga Union of South Africa Victoria Western Australia £ s. d. 80,559 262,235 17 7 13,167 24,967 12 7 2.177 28,376 16 9 960 3,950 10 1 253 1,379 11 9 183 869 18 9 1,212 1,780 7 3 969 2,794 15 11 445 1,683 8 5 1,342 5,296 6 7 35,394 98,796 0 3 311 1,575 15 1 2,823 9,701 5 3 19 109 0 6 1.657 4,839 3 1 37 105 9 9 5,263 12,856 15 1 38 197 4 2 571 2,595 8 2 23,617 58,860 4 5 2,08! 5,908 14 6 £ s. d. 82,403 266,274 7 9 13,584 25,700 1 4 2,546 38,418 1 9 1,083 4,439 12 0 222 1,060 5 10 196 1,254 13 6 691 1,436 19 0 1,074 3,352 7 8 382 1,415 19 1 1,540 7,393 4 11 34,495 91,985 11 7 311 1,502 11 6 2,486 . 8,315 6 7 25 308 10 11 1,663 5,498 8 10 32 123 15 9 5,481 12,110 6 11 47 356 0 9 566 2,618 1 4 23,525 57,079 11 8 1,857 5,506 12 3 Totals 173,080 528,880 5 11 174,209 [ 536,150 10 11 Drawn on New Zealand. 1912. 1913. Where issued. Number. Number. Amount. Amount. United Kingdom and Foreign Offices through United Kingdom United States of America Austria Canada Ceylon Fiji .. France Germany Hong Kong India New South Wales Norway Queensland Samoa South Australia Straits Settlements Tasmania Tonga Union of South Africa Victoria Western Australia 9,547 £ s. d. 51,260 1 4 9,692 £ S. d. 54,199 0 8 ■ 2,264 23 998 57 790 92 184 35 179 13,892 12 2,094 320 1,320 19 2,070 753 668 6,692 1,452 9,816 3 9 181 3 4 4,345 19 3 383 16 10 3,426 8 11 168 7 7 742 11 4 134 3 11 754 1 6 41,132 12 4 29 3 3 7,139 8 3 1,709 16 4 4,280 3 7 57 10 6 8,136 15 9 8,836 0 2 3,829 14 9 20,011 1 2 7,198 18 3 2,295 36 1,108 44 749 112 212 32 179 13,791 17 2,300 329 1,365 20 2,186 743 625 6,961 1,347 10,934 7 10 624 9 10 4,212 7 7 275 17 10 3,721 0 6 363 17 9 844 1 2 65 18 11 734 4 0 42,546 18 1 116 7 2 8,166 9 6 3,001 15 11 4,639 8 3 104 10 9 8,283 12 9 8,802 14 9 3,583 10 1 19,970 4 5 5,379 13 6 Totals 43,461 173,574 2 1 44,143 180,570 11 3

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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, 1914.

Year. At Is. At Is. 6d. I At 2s. At 2s. 6d. At 3s. At 5s. Number of Postal Notes sold. Total. At 7s. 6d. At 10s. At 12s. '6a. At 15s. At 17s. 6d. At £1. At £5.* Number. Value. Quarter ended Mar. 31,1886 1886-87 1887-88 1888-89.. 1889-90 1890-91 1891-92 1892-93 1893-94 1894-95 1895-96 1896-97 1897-98 1898-99 1899-1900 1900-1901 1901-1902 1902-1903 1903-1904 1904-1905 1905-1906 1906-1907 1907-1908 1908-1909 1909-1910 1910-1911 1911-1912 1912-1913 1913-1914 3,019 16,605 22,467 27,428 32.754 35,915 42,416 48,612 56,761 62,306 68,454 74,534 81,958 86,529 93,762 85,478 49,529 54,268 61,379 65,484 74,389 82,417 89,906 97,285 113,825 130,645 141,504 154,201 172,400 2,046 12,283 17,167 21,900 25,387 28,559 33,722 38,849 44,706 49,846 , 56,185 ' 62,056 69,981 72,710 77,431 ' 68,068 30,255 33,409 37,514 40,263 45,358 54,375 58,202 59,484 67,406 79,792 85,130 92,342 103,753 |i I •• I ■■ J .. I 13,834 62,285 70,122 85,909 86,711 98,503 106,311 124,052 153,925 181,791 211,298 236,665 264,844 1298,669 1,012 6,647 9,162 11,912 14,478 16,092 19,383 22,038 25,461 28,975 32,801 35,322 38,617 41,991 44,384 52,691 70,683 76,613 86,626 96,228 108,493 120,321 136,392 162,588 195,168 244,941 263,829 279,311 324,417 I •• I •" 2,039 11,566 15,553 19,741 23,550 25,204 29,550 33,012 37,771 43,829 49,204 54,219 60,843 64,386 70,416 80,630 109,663 119,593 134,270 154,281 167,430 187,083 205,500 227,471 261,045 301,707 337,338 367,942 418,712 969 5,729 7,671 9,477 10,894 12,229 14,019 16,072 18,096 20,423 22,802 24,871 26,968 28,448 30,680 24,497 2,379 13,103 17,487 21,149 24,011 25,906 30,132 32,747 37,687 43,167 47,787 51,963 55,748 59,631 63,787 71,001 92,708 102,641 114,755 130,430 143,216 159,045 171,951 188,677 214,453 242,854 261,600 283,206 312,870 695 4,090 5,278 6,618 7,809 7,969 9,058 9,904 11,016 11,864 13,601 14,365 15,463 16,202 16,957 13,304 992 5>187 6,940 8,243 9,386 10,172 11,611 12,330 13,800 15,567 17,191 18,102 19,477 19,990 21,393 23,875 32,128 34,508 38,030 42,317 46,228 51,559 57,637 62,916 70,967 82,253 88,693 95,535 106,560 425 2,866 2,375 14,961 2.952 : 17,578 3,633 I 19,778 4,158 22,596 4,366 23,503 4.953 ; 25,839 5,369 J 28,969 6,156 i 33,935 6,790 I 36,601 7,020 i 33,390 7,406 i 32,868 7,904 j 32,179 8,193 i 32,696 8,539 I 33,491 6,799 ! 35,067 j 43,042 j 48,852 ! 58,629 I 69,206 i 76,508 91,193 104,714 123,786 143,611 171,900 190,823 213,153 245,230 1,192 1,090 728 673 607 560 556 558 656 688 788 954 423 16,442 92,546 122,255 149,879 175,023 189,915 220,683 247,902 285,389 319,368 349,627 376,796 409,866 431,449 461,447 490,506 556,316 616,264 707,044 785,347 875,324 981,642 1,092,631 1,222,280 1,414,752 1,666,959 1,821,566 1,970,643 2,238,842 £ 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 0 524,942 18 6 574,979 18 6 636,473 0 6 721,742 13 2 14,702 65,467 75,700 89,276 99,739 114,411 128,384 143,854 146,148 166,486 201,569 215,984 220,109 256,231 * Issued only from 17th June, 1895, t o31st itober, 1907.

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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 1913.

Money-orders. Savings-banks. Postal District. Issued. Paid. Number of New Deposits. ! Number of Accounts closed. Number. 'ithdrawals. Number. Commission. Amount. Number. Amount. Accounts opened. ■ Number ■ Amount. Amount. Auckland 176,540 176,540 4,560 6 8 £ s. d. 4,560 6 8 816,814 0 11 £ s. d. 816,814 0 11 163,394 £ s. d. 840,482 15 11 18,799 £ s. d. 179,725 2,385,282 19 5 10,738 136,691 . £ s. d. 2,301,270 1 8 Blenheim 9.268 9.268 200 6 4 200 6 4 44,335 15 1 44,335 15 1 4,893 37.655 11 6 1,077 10,172 j 155,660 17 9 140,951 j 1,739,413 11 9 851 I 7.152 155.733 I 4 Christchurch 63,299 63,299 1,668 6 5 1,668 6 5 317,251 3 7 317,251 3 7 62,077 357.263 17 6 9,938 6,701 j 104,407 1,697,945 3 7 Dunedin 60,884 60,884 1,354 11 5 1,354 11 5 252,347 15 8 252,347 15 8 62.858 317,164 10 11 7,043 .102,134 I 1,268,927 5 8 5,075 J 69.585 1,277,536 17 7 Gisborne 17,218 17,218 430 13 7 430 13 7 86,279 19 8 86,279 19 8 6,872 42.848 8 11 2.688 26,013 i 301,109 0 0 1,816 ! 18,446 286.682 9 1 Greymouth 16,817 16,817 384 14 11 384 14 11 77,869 17 6 77,869 17 6 8,114 40,663 7 4 1,398 14,478 j 174,969 8 4 1,179 ; 8,581 170,168 7 10 Hokitika .. F 3,971 3,971 79 15 6 79 15 6 16,206 6 3 16,206 6 3 2,649 j 11,972 9 6 263 2,691 36,687 2 2 31,129 462,215 7 1 240 1,674 39,805 3 2 Invereargil] 32,033 32,033 663 13 2 663 13 2 131,017 16 2 131,017 16 2 20,002 88,607 19 10 3,153 2,235 21,496 467,251 19 3 Napier Nelson 36,106 17,323 36,106 17,323 854 3 0 377 13 10 854 3 0 377 13 10 200.390 2 7 84,654 4 6 200,390 2 7 84,654 4 6 22,512 13,040 12,291 4,338 141,413 15 L 78,275 5 7 78.423 15 2 24,175 18 3 4,737 1,646 46,809 J 599.236 6 8 16,437 231,276 0 0 3,107 J 29,010 1,018 11,093 569,019 15 3 245,705 12 2 New Plymouth.. 18,704 18,704 417 16 10 417 16 10 90.988 0 5 90,988 0 5 2,216 20,931 I 284,223 10 11 1,569 J 13.145 275,560*11 6 Oamaru 10,327 10,327 190 I 9 190 I 9 75,380 12 10 75,380 12 10 940 9,363 j 161.355 16 2 627 j 6,205 151.513 6 7 Thames 28,509 28,509 568 14 1 568 14 1 132.514 0 10 132,514 0 10 12,738 J 65,109 9 6 2,469 21,459 i 270,697 5 3 1,884 j 13,380 275,847 17 5 Timaru .: 19,382 19,382 410 8 (5 410 8 (5 150. 838 9 4 150.838 9 4 10,710 56.507 19 10 2.573 24.259 j 358.608 0 6 1,755 I 16,632 346,233 3 6 Wanganui 50,106 50,106 1,019 0 7 I 1,019 0 7 249.400 5 6 249,400 5 6 27.898 j 132.953 4 2 5,195 50,246 611.608 2 8 3,761 ; 32.108 599.875 3 1 Wellington 115,383 115,383 3,338 6 4 3,338 6 4 559,423 7 1 559,423 7 1 121,254 652,041 8 2 16,050 200,149 2.125;67l 2 6 11,164 138,771 2,051,139 12 11 Westport 14,875 L4,875 353 13 6 353 13 6 72,050 3 5 72,056 3 5 5,306 37,850 4 4 1,069 10.930 119,760 10 7 1,145 J 6,425 130,166 2 11 Grand totals 690,745 ! 16,872 6 5 3,357,774 1 4 560,946 3,003.400 1 6 81,260 907,876 11,286,702 7 r> 54,865 | 634,801 11,041,454 8 10

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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 1912-13 and 1913-14.

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s< >ld. Paid. Denomination. I 1912-13. 1913-14. 1912-18. 1913-1*. 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 2,486 6,363 2,960 4,897 5,371 6,469 1,415 2,421 1,037 13,025 2,418 14,785 2,878 . 7,131 3,278 5,649 6,287 7,095 1,647 2,778 1,403 15,287 3,018 17,851 238 1,009 318 828 1,369 478 231 354 118 2,386 84 218 68 96 223 99 38 48 32 2,978 124 57 34 120 163 63 41 63 24 751 20 35 24 22 47 47 24 40 33 10,850 - 610 274 1,148 344 991 1,696 623 259 356 140 2,632 56 251 69 112 245 97 46 81 47 3,335 137 83 33 183 183 62 34 91 33 912 22 41 28 28 47 57 19 47 44 11,555 554 1,278 1,592 3,725 4,747 687 891 31,323 36,947 Number 100,661 118,479 24,405 £15,681 Is. 6d. 26,995 Value .. £16,956 Is. oa. £51,651 19s. 7d. £61,449 12s. 9d. * British Postal Orders st September, 1010. if these denominate m> were withdrawn from issue at all offices in the Dominion on thi

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Table No. 6.— POST OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS.— GENERAL STATEMENT. Table showing the Business of the Post Office Savings-banks in the various Postal Districts in New Zealand during the Year ended the 31st December, 1913.

Postal Districts. Number of Post Office Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Year. Number of Deposits received duringthe Year. Total Amount of Deposits received durintr theYear. Average Amount of each Deposit received during the Year. Number Of Withdrawals during the Year. Total Amount of Withdrawals during the Year. Average ; Amount of each Withdrawal durintr the Year. Excess of Deposits over Withdrawals during the Year. Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits during the Year. Cost of Management during the Year. Average Cost of each Transaction, Deposit or Withdrawal. Interest for the Year. Number of Accounts opened during the Year. Number of Accounts closed during [ the Year.i Number of Accounts remaining Open at Close of the Year. Total Amount standing to the Credit of all Open Account?, inclusive of Interest to the Close of the Year. Average Amount standing to the Credit of each Open Account at Close of the Year I j £ s. d. £ s. d. 2,385,282 19 5 13 5 5136,691 £ s. d. 2,301,270 1 8 £ s. d.i 16 16 9 £ s. d. 84,012 17 9 £ s. d. ; £ d. £ s. d: 100, 188 19 0 18,799 10,738 £ s. d. 83,364 3,146,396 13 10 £ s. d. 37 14 10 Auckland .. 214 179,725 Blenheim .. I 14 -j 10,172 155,660 17 9 15 6 1 7,152 155,733 1 4 21 15 6 72 3 7 8,609 11 11 ; 8,293 19 1 1,077 851 6,986 j 250,759 1 4 35 17 11 Christchurch .. 70 140,951 1,739,413 11 9 12 6 10104,407 1,697,945 3 7 16 5 3 41,468 8 2 86,853 10 1 ; 9,938 6,701 73,936 2,691,023 17 7 36 7 11 Dunedin .. 66 102,134 .1,268,927 5 8 I 12 8 6 69,585 1,277,536 17 7 18 7 2J i 76,400 6 10 7,043 5,075 : 11,463 14 3 J 2,688 1,816 53,123 2,308,536 2 9 43 9 2 Gisborne .. 21 26,013 301,109 0 0 ! 11 11 6 18,446 286,682 9 1 15 10 10 14,426 10 11 11,711 361,923 14 7 30 18 1 - Greymouth .. 16 14,478 174,969 8 4 j 12 1 8| 8,581 170,168 7 10 19 16 7 4,801 0 6 I . j I 11,560 15 2 j 1,398 1,179 8,009 352,084 15 8 43 19 3 Hokitika .. 8 I 2,691 Invercargill .. 31 j 31,129 Napier .. .. 41 46,809 Nelson .. .. 26 16,437 New Plymouth .. 18 20,931 36,687 2 2 j 13 12 8 1.674 462,215 7 1 14 17 0 21,496 599,236 6 8 12 16 0 29,010 39,805 3 2 467,251 19 3 569,019 15 3 23 15 7 21 14 9 19 12 3 30,216 11 5 3,118 1 0 5,036 12 2 14,429 12 2 ; 3,492 19 7 J 263 240 27,365 10 3 3,153 2,235 26,733 11 10 4,737 3,107 2,320 102,810 5 3 19,326 818,822 10 9 23,517 j 839,537 9 3 44 6 4 42 7 5 35 14 0 231,276 0 0:14 I 5 1!,093 245,705 12 2 22 3 0 13,882 17 11 I 1,640 1,018 .. I 14,307 15 6 J 2,216 1,569 11,366 412,128 11 11 36 5 2 284,223 10 LI 13 11 7 13,145 275,560 11 6 20 19 3 8,662 19 5 11,542 437,253 1 3 37 17 8 Oainaru.. .. 11 9,363 Thames .. 27 . 21,459 Timaru .. .. 16 24,259 Wanganui .. 54 50,246 161,355 16 2 17 4 8 6,205 151,513 6 7 24 8 * 9,842 9 7 I 5,744 287,690 0 11 50 1 8 I : 9,531 11 11 940 j 627 270,697 5 3 12 12 4 13,380 358,608 0 6 J 14 15 8 16,632 275,847 17 5 20 12 4 5,150 12 2 I i 14,863 1 8 2,469 | 1,884 13,440 454,276 5 11 33 16 0 j 346,233 3 6 20 16 4 12,374 17 0 18.689 17 6 I 2,573 1,755 13,821 569,890 8 1 41 4 8 611,608 2 8 12 3 5 32,108 2,125,671 2 6 10 12 5138,'771 119,760 10 7 J 10 1.9 2 6,425 599,875 3 1 18 13 8 11,732 19 7 26,448 10 8 ! 5,195 3,761 98,632 7 9 16,056 11,164 24,860 813,945 14 8 32 14 10 Wellington .. 95 J200, 149 Westport .. 19 10,930 2,051.139 12 11 130,166 2 11 14 15 7 20 5 2 74,531 9 7 10,405 12 4 7,199 0 7 1,069 1,145 90.295 3,073,270 2 4 34 0 9 5,234 211,065 0 3 40 6 6 Totals for 1913.. 747 1907, 876 11,286,702 7 5 12 8 8:634,801 11,041,454 8 10 17 7 10 245,247 18 7 30,000 4-67 555,908 9 7 ! 81,260 54,865 1458,594 17,131,413 16 4 37 7 2

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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, 1913.

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Number of PostOffice Savingsbanks Open at the Close of the Year. Number of Deposits received duringthe Year. Total Amount of Deposits received during the Year. Average Amount of each Deposit received during the Year. Number of Withdrawals during the Year. Total Amount of Withdrawals during the Year. Average i Amount of i each Withdrawal during the Year. Excess of Deposits over Withdrawals during the Year. Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits during the Year. Cost of Management during the Year. Average Cost of each Transaction, Deposit or Withdrawal. Interest for the Year. Number of Accounts opened during the Year. Number of Accounts closed during the Year. Number of Accounts remaining Open at Close of the Year. Total Amount standing to the Credit of all Open Accounts, inclusive of Interest to the Close of the Year. Average Amount standing to the Credit of each Open Account at Close of the Year. rotals for 1913 .. 1912 .. „ 1911 .. . 1910 .. igog .. 1908 1907 .. 1906 1905 .. 1904 .. 1903 .. 1902 .. . 1901 .. . 1900 1899 .. 1898 .. 1897 •• 1896 .. 1895 .. 1894 •• 1893 .. 1892 .. 1891 .. 1890 .. 1889 .. 1888 .. 1887 .. 1886 .. 1885 .. 1884 .. 1883 .. 1882 .. 1881 .. 1880 .. 1879 •• 1878 .. 1877 .. 1876 .. 1875 .. 1874 .. 1873 .. 1872 .. 1871 .. 1870 .. 1869 .. 1868 .. Totals from 1st Feb. to 31st Dec, 1867 747 724 687 647 619 593 563 54 1 520 510 493 481 466 ■ 445 427 409 388 371 357 348 327 3i8 3" 296 294 290 283 271 256 243 222 207 190 178 165 147 138 124 119 103 97 92 81 70 59 55 46 907,8761 877,8893 823,8321 768,824] 724,501 706,101 650,990 593,764 509,112 469,799 444,5io 411,215 380,808 347,056 313,783 281,749 267,615 242,283 217,393 204,545 202,276 186,945 176,971 162,938 153,920 145,355 136,197 137,989 i3i,373 129,279 127,609 129,952 125,855 81,660 7i,865l 69,908 6o,953 57,295 56,129 52,627 39,223 31,681 24,642 20,489 i7i x 33 13,014 6,977 £ s. d. 1,286,702 7 5 1,725,182 16 5 11,627,367 14 3 10,708,938 16 10 9,611,119 11 3 9,674,075 4 o 9,351,663 19 7 7,907,154 12 5 6,625,744 o 10 5,836,540 o o 5,661,592 15 2 5,069,619 6 2 4,611,456 6 1 4,170,428 15 3 3,644,980 9 10 3,279,611 7 5 3,187,219 2 4 2,881,152 16 3 2,794,506 16 o 2,252,862 6 11 2,386,089 10 7 1,878,270 6 4 1,842,987 15 2 1,658,543 3 5 1,515,281 11 3 1,544,747 7 " 1,312,151 1 5 1,248,405 6 11 1,341,001 3 2 1.227,909 11 4 1,178,474 4 1 1,325,852 2 11 1,189,012 2 7 864,441 18 10 ;| 812,399 11 11 I 762,084 12 o 5 681,294 13 2 j 664,134 12 6 ) 657,653 4 o T 699,249 14 3 j 580,542 5 5 [ 430,877 o o > 312,338 18 4 ) 264,328 5 7 i 240,898 5 9 I 194.535 11 6 ! 96,372 7 10 12 8 8j 13 7 1 13 18 7 13 5 4 13 14 o J 4 7 4 13 6 4 13 ° 3 12 8 6 12 14 9 12 6 7 12 2 2 12 o 4 11 12 4 11 12 10 11 18 2 11 17 10 12 17 1 11 o 3 11 15 11 10 O II 10 8 3 10 3 6 9 16 10! 10 12 6 9 12 8 9 o 11 10 4 1 9 9 11 948 10 4 o 9 8 11 10 11 9 11 6 1 10 18 o 11 3 6 11 11 9 11 14 4 13 5 8 14 16 2 13 12 o 12 13 6 12 18 o 14 1 2 14 18 11 13 16 3 634,801 589,388 546,022 520,413 520,971 484,672 433,796 386,536 346,022 323,609 301,076 273,454 247,854 227,079 206, 940 196,764 179,555 167,248 159,904 152,136 136,739 120,628 111,603 106,868 99,l85 96,204 89,962 89,182 84,832 80,800 78,405 69,308 60,137 57,446 54,698 42,746 39,363 39,486 36,977 29,778 21,268 17,254 14,773 11,934 9,292 1,919 £ s. d. 11,041,454 8 10 11,449,711 3 7 10,662,045 15 2 9,695,514 16 1 9,499,319 16 4 9,417,820 10 3 8,125,123 o o 6,907,103 17 7 5,984,184 12 2 5.664.770 3 9 5,343,828 5 o 4.708.771 II 2 4,230,193 6 2 3,827,416 7 3 3,417,298 19 8 3,194,893 16 7 2,891,169 5 8 2,591,558 19 4 2,369,333 6 7 1 2,268,624 8 4 1 2,122,521 16 8 1 1,821,348 18 1 i 1,693,515 9 3 ; 1,500,437 9 5 i i,457,o8i 5 o ■ 1,387,471 I 10 : 1,182,409 7 6 : 1,336,287 6 4 1 1,264,305 8 3 > I,i95,93i o 11 i 1,295,719 18 3 ! 1,142,599 o 1 ■ 902,195 1 8 i 780,504 13 4 > 876,180 19 3 i 742,053 14 3 [ 667,023 7 5 > 696,281 7 4 729,759 17 9 ! 620,155 8 9 ! 425,908 3 5 313,176 7 11 I 261,347 16 3 209,509 13 2 : 180,518 4 I i 107,094 17 3 1 26,415 18 9 £ s d. 17 7 10 19 8 6 19 10 6 18 12 7 18 4 8 19 8 8 18 14 7 J 7 17 5 17 5 11 17 10 1 17 15 o 17 4 5 17 1 4 16 17 1 16 10 3 16 4 9 16 2 O 15 9 IO 14 l6 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 J 3 9 17 11 1 19 8 7 16 16 6 13 15 3 £ s. d. 245,247 18 7 275,471 12 10 965,321 19 1 1,013,424 o 9 111,799 14 11 256,254 13 9 1,226,540 19 7 1,000,050 14 10 641,559 8 8 171,769 16 3 317,764 10 2 360,847 15 o 381,262 19 11 343,012 8 o 227,681 10 2 84,717 10 10 296,049 16 8 289,593 16 11 425,173 9 5 263,567 13 11 56,921 8 3 149,472 5 11 158,105 14 o 58,200 6 3 157,276 6 1 129,741 13 11 £ s. d. • • 15,762 1 5 £ i 30,000 29,000 29,000 28,000 27,000 27,000 19,000. 17,000 16,500 16,000 15,000 14,000 11,500 10,500 9,500 8,500 8,000 7,000 7,000 6,500 6,500 5,500 5,000 5,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4 000 4,000 4,000 3,500 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,250 1,800 1,556 1,351 1,264 1,186 789 822 o 467 o 4-74 o 508 O 5'2I o 5-20 o 5'44 O 4'2O o 4-16 o 4-63 o 4-84 o 4-83 o 490 o 4'39 o 439 o 4-38 o 4-26 o 429 o 4-10 o 4'45 0 4'37 o 4-60 o 4-29 o 4-16 o 4'45 o 379 o 3'97 o 4-24 o 4-23 o 4-44 o 4'57 o 466 o 4'82 o 452 o 604 o 5-69 o 533 o 598 o 620 o 644 o 655 o 7-14 o 763 o 823 o 936 o 1077 0 977 1 1018 £ s.d 555,908 9 7 511,598 18 8 472,874 18 5 424,668 1 o 395,8o4 4 5! 379,808 6 7] 343,424 7 2 291,191 19 1 259,081 7 6 200,930 6 1 187,130 2 8 172,926 1 7 159,198 4 o 146,169 2 5 134,917 19 3 128,128 16 6 137,240 8 o 126,497 16 3 129,489 19 6 114,643 4 11 114,760 1 1 111,301 13 1 104,098 17 o 92,319 o 6 84,809 17 1 78,080 6 o 67,363 15 3 65,825 9 6 62,228 3 11 57,38i 13 7 56,046 17 3 54,.9O9 13 11 42,204 19 o 32,822 12 4 31,715 18 2 31,664 12 9 29,193 14 6 28,762 4 7 28,565 3 5 26,935 6 8 .20,106 16 10 14,711 o 5 n,2gi 10 10 9,242 3 11 7,412 8 o 4,880 7 3 1,241 5 o 81,260 85,529 85,912 78,566 77,400 80,133 74,671 70,206 60,015 57,769 57,047 53,587 50,046 46,086 41,362 37,265 36,394 32,982 30,261 28,669 29,755 26,232 25,131 23,719 21,778 2I,3O7 20,368 21,671 20,661 20,228 20,386 2I,OI 4 25,059 J 6,i37 15,401 13,005 ",235 11,255 ",273 10,346 7,382 6,205 4,615 4,304 3,839 3,282 2,520 54.865 58,896 60,931 57,695 59,763 57,829 53,644 47,526 43,ii3 42,280 40,837 38,558 35,oi8 31,724 28,284 26,628 24,821 22,907 22,001 21,930 19,599 18,171 17,872 17,256 15,521 i6,543 15,515 i6,757 16,421 16,447 15,967 14,505 12,718 12,217 12,786 9,634 8,59i 9,472 8,681 5,736 3,816 3,188 2,383 2,277 1,801 1,186 364 458,594 432,199 405,566 380,585 359,714 342,077 319,773 298,746 276,066 259,164 243,675 227,465 212,436 197,408 183,046 169,968 i59,33i 147,758 137,683 129,423 122,684 112,528 104,467 97,208 90,745 84,488 79.724 74,871 69,957 65,717 61,936 57,517 51,008 38,667 34,747 32,132 28,761 26,117 24,334 21,742 17,132 13,566 10,549 8,317 6,290 4,252 2,156 17,131,413 16 4 16,330,257 8 2 i5,543, 186 16 8 T 4,104,989 19 2 j2,666, 897 17 5 t 2,159,293 18 1 ji,523, 230 17 9 9,953,265 11 o 8,662,022 17 1 7,761,382 on 7,388,681 18 7 6,883,787 5 9 6,350,013 9 2 5,809,552 5 3 5,320,370 14 10 4,957,771 5 5 4,744,924 l8 1 4,311,634 13 5 3,895,543 o 3 3,340,879 11 4 3,241,998 7 10 2,863,670 12 10 2,695,447 11 6 2,441,876 8 7 2,191,451 14 1 2,048,441 10 9 1,813,084 18 8 1,615,979 9 6 1,638,035 19 5 1,499,112 o 7 i,4O9,75i x ° 7 1,470,950 13 6 1,232,787 16 9 903,765 16 10 787,005 19 o 819,071 8 2 767,375 17 8 723,910 17 5 727,295 7 8 770,836 18 o 664,807 5 10 490,066 7 o 357,654 J 4 6 295,372 1 7 231,3" 5 3 163,518 15 7 71,197 14 1 37 7 2 37 15 8 38 6 6 37 1 3 35 4 3 35 i° 11 36 o 9 33 6 4 31 7 6 29 18 11 30 6 5 30 5 3 29 17 10 29 8 7 29 1 4 29 3 5 29 15 7 29 3 7 28 5 10 25 16 3 26 8 6 25 9 o 25 16 o 25 2 4 24 2 11 24 4 10 22 14 10 21 11 8 23 8 4 22 16 3 22 15 2 25 11 5 24 3 4 23 7 6 22 12 11 25 9 9 26 13 7 27 14 4 29 17 9 35 9 o 38 16 1 36 2 5 33 18 1 35 10 3 36 15 5 38 9 1 33 o 5 87,881 ig 5 i 76,695 14 11 31,978 10 5 117,245 14 2 183,253 2 10 286,817 o 11 83,937 5 6 " 63,781 7 4 20,030 17 9 1 14,271 5 9 32,146 14 10 72,106 13 9 79,094 5 6 154,634 2 o 1 117,700 12 1 1 50,991 2 1 54,818 12 5 60,380 1 8 87,440 14 3 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, 1913.

Balances on isi January, 1913. Transactions. Balances on 31st December, 1913. Cr. Dr. Or. Dr. Cr. Dr. Money-order Accounts :— Money-orders (general) United Kingdom, &c. United States of America Australia Austria Canada Ceylon Fiji Prance Germany Hong Kong India Norway Samoa Straits Settlements Tonga .. .. 1. 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.'sa/c. „ London a/c .. B.P.O. commission Postal revenue State Savings Bank of Victoria . . Commonwealth Bank of Australia 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 .. • ■ I £ s. d. 58,214 10 10 35,009 10 7 415 16 3 7,133 11 0 3,221 8 1 44 11 3 875 0 10 2,427 17 1 238 16 6 2,574 9 10 456 13 8 30 16 3 16,330,257 8 2 6,567 14 7 214,799 0 0 39 12 3 144,320 16 4 29,935 4 2 20,398 12 8 0 0 5 1,988 11 11J 983 7 10 226 15 9 4,233 3 1 1,077 3 4 3,618 4 10J 4,235 12 4J 11,231 1 0 £ s. d. 802 2 3 229 11 4 I,i29 16 7 4,206 2 4 159 3 4 477 17 0 £ s. d. 3,541,221 12 9 346,894 19 2J 25,836 6 8 190,401 2 6 38,521 14 3 6,176 8 8 1,067 11 11 3,796 7 0 1,445 11 7 3,374 6 4 1,423 19 4 7,430 12 3 1,506 6 8 4,101 5 2 124 14 2 8,829 3 5 4,031 13 0 2,511 9 6 11,842,610 17 0 940,634 3 11 1,038,199 7 10J 708 6 10 691,954 3 4 13,871 8 5 17,120 19 5 77,181 5 0 59,389 7 6 58,905 1 11 657 18 1 671,280 8 9 7,769 7 6 627 7 4 £ s. d. 3,540,603 16 6 353,298 1 4 26,448 6 5 194,615 1 9 39,921 18 0 5,280 14 6 1,079 9 10 3,744 16 6 1,644 14 4 5,186 3 4 1,585 15 8 7,903 14 3 1,510 6 7 3,016 16 1 109 4 11 8,824 14 11 3,922 19 10 2,496 0 9 11,041,454 8 10 941,093 18 11 1,005,104 6 0J 739 7 1 694,355 2 7 13,871 8 5 17,120 19 5 59,389 7 6 59,530 7 7 58,905 2 4 657 18 1 670,768 10 2 4,296 18 2 144 11 1 £ s. d. £ b. d. 58,832 7 1 28,606 8 h\ 196 3 6 2,919 11 9 1,821 4 93 11 11 32 13 4 178 0 10 675 18 1 616 0 1 77 0 2 2,101 7 10 452 13 9 45 7 0 46 5 6 4,201 13 10 50 10 2 462 8 3 17,131,413 16 4 6,107 19 7 247,894 1 10 8 12 0 141,919 17 1 47,727 i 8 ! 20,257 12 7 2,500 10 6£ 3,472 9 4 482 16 3 19,612 8 5 6,403 7 5 54,895 4 1 277,124 3 4 533 4 1 3,308 14 0 1,667 6 6 17,060 6 3 695,716 3 9 19,849 6 9 6,360 18 2 56,730 4 4 * 277,124 3 4 533 4 1 3,308 14 0 1,667 6 6 16,779 13 6 694,190 0 7£ 746 9 6 269 5 0 2,398 2 10 1,357 16 1 5,144 8 0 309,571 4 3 570,153 8 9 1 16,301,669 19 7 180,063 13 7 8,461,913 14 6| 22,374,063 17 5 542,842 0 0 180,063 13 7 20,098 0 3 23,063 1 3 8,418,514 4 4J 22,432,239 3 9 1,324,810 10 0 184,521 12 7 18,333 18 8£ 23,815 19 SJ 266,171 14 1 628,328 15 U 17,083,638 9 7" 184,521 12 7 5,999 13 11 10,478 2 64

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I Balances on 1st January, 1918. Transactions. Balances on 81st December, 1913. Cr. Dr. Cr. Dr. Dr. Or. General Accounts — continued. Foreign Mail Settlement Account .. Miscellaneous expenses Discount-stamps Foe othee Departments :— Advances to Settlers Arms Act licenses Auctioneers' licenses .. Beer-duty stamps Clerks of Court County Clerks Customs dues (H.M.C.) Customs duty (parcels) Electoral reoeipts Factories Act Fishing licenses Game licenses Goldfields revenue Government Insurance Government Printer Imperial pensions Income-tax Inspection of Weights and Measures Land-tax Licensing Act Machinery Marine Department receipts Mining Act National Provident Fund receipts .. New Zealand Consols Old-age pensions .. „ (Miscellaneous) Public Service Superannuation Fund Public Trust Registration of births, &c. Rents Sanatorium, Hanmer Springs Stock Department Valuation revenue Miscellaneous revenue Widows' Pensions Military Pensions Suspense Account Profit and loss t, * • J :: j v. i £ s. d. 57,869 14 10 1,996 19 0 12,413 5 9 4 0 0 33 7 2 ! 86 1 7 78 6 2 8,158 7 9 iis o o 14 3 1 1,358 18 10 0 1 0 6,918 18 6 30 5 6 50,667 14 7 961 0 0 4 16 8 366 10 0 182 13 11 29,837 3 8 1,165 13 3 I 24,288 16 11 305 18 0 8 10 4 266 15 3 49 10 6 1 11 1 2,272 14 3 '. 1,293 15 0 ; 2 1 0 ! 283,157 14 5 £ s. d. £ s. d. 20,023 11 1 1,754,818 19 1 875 0 0 1,814,294 7 10 143 0 0 5 0 0 12,019 10 0 ! 322 6 6 81 14 11 923 7 0 i 82,810 8 6 0 2 0 45 11 0 1,139 0 0 i 2,989 2 0 216 8 3 213,662 17 7 4 6 0 22,000 0 0 307,117 6 9 0 1 11 590,251 7 0 22 0 0 11,478 5 0 246 4 .7 227 10 0 11,209 16 2 100 0 0 j 411,900 0 0 ! 3 11 5 I 117,353 3 9 942.289 6 2 2,598 1 0 332 5 6 1,966 13 8 1 15 0 6,061 17 9 14 0 6 25,700 0 0 24,700 0 0 785,639 16 7 £ s. d. 20,023 11 1 1,802,810 12 4 877 18 0 1,807,377 7 7 143 0 0 5 0 0 9,268 13 0 343 2 8 167 16 6 ! 1,000 10 8 82,112 6 3 I 0 2 0 45 6 0 1,178 12 6 2,989 2 0 226 0 4 207,105 1 2 • 4 0 0 27,941 9 4 306,865 0 0 0 1 11 604,980 0 0 22 0 0 11,903 12 6 228 13 9 222 15 0 11,147 4- 0 100 0 0 425,974 5 2 3 11 5 118,277 4 1 933,190 6 2 2,674 4 0 332 5 2 2,008 17 1 1 15 0 6,088 4 9 15 11 7 26,645 1 9 24,305 3 0 767,548 16 9 £ ' s. d. 9,878 1 7 1,994 1 0 19,330 6 0 4 0 0 2,750 17 0 12 11 0 12 6 8,856 10 0 0 5 0 72 7 6 4 11 0 7,916 15 3 0 7 0 977 9 2 282 12 4 35,939 1 7 535 12 6 22 7 6 371 5 0 245 6 1 15,762 18 6 241 12 11 33,387 16 11 229 15 0 8 10 8 224 11 10 23 3 6 1,327 12 6 1,688 12 0 2 10 301,248 14 3 £ a. d. Totals .. .. '.'..., I 17,368,462 19 0J 17,368,462 19 0J 59,453,558 6 7J 59,453,558 6 7J 18,167,794 15 5£ 18,167,794 15 5\

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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, 1913.

Description of Securities. Nominal Value. Cost-price. Accrued Interest on 31 Bt December, 1913. The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Act 1900 Debentures, 4 per oent. The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Act 1900 Debentures, 3J per oent. The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Aot 1901 Debentures, 3J per oent. The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Aot 1901 Debentures, 3J per oent. The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Aot 1901 Debentures, 3| per oent. The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Aot 1902 Debentures, 3} per oent. The Aid to Publio Works and Land 'Settlement Aot 1903 Debentures, 4 per oent. The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Aot 1903 Debentures, 4 per oent. The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Aot 1903 Debentures, 3J per oent. The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Aot 1906 | Debentures, 3J per oent. The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Aot 190S Debentures, 3J per oent. The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Aot 1906 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Aot 1907 Debentures, 3J per oent. The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Aot 1908 Debentures, 3J per oent. The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Aot 1909 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Aot 1911 Debentures, 3| per oent. The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Act 1911 j Debentures, 3f per oent. The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Aot 1912 i Debentures, 3| per oent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Aot 1913 Debentures 4 per oent. The Aid to Water-power Works Act 1910 Debentures, 3J per oent. The Aid to Water-power Works Aot 1910 Debentures, 4 per oent. x The Appropriation Act 1912 Debentures, 3f per oent. Canadian Stock, 3 per oent. .. .. .. ( . I Canadian Stoob, 2J per oent. .. .. .. ..I Cape of Good Hope Consolidated Stock, 3J per cent. .. .. j The Coal-mines Act 1908 Debentures, 3J per cent. .. .. The Coal-mines Act 1908 Debentures, 3f per cent. .. The Consolidated Loan Aot 1867 Debentures, 3f per oent. The Consolidated Stock Aot 1884 Debentures, 3f per oent. The Consolidated Stock Aot 1884 Debentures, 3$ per oent. The Consolidated Stock Aot 1884 Debentures, 3J per oent. The Dairy Industry Act 1898 Debentures, 3J per oent. The Dairy Industry Aot 1898 Debentures, 3§ per cent. The Defenoe and other Purposes Loan Aot 1870 Debentures, 3f per oent. The Defenoe and other Purposes Loan Aot 1870 Debentures, 3J per oent. The General Purposes Loan Aot 1873 Debentures, 4 per oent. .. The Government Advanoes to Settlers Aot 1906 Debentures, 34 per cent. The Government Advanoes to Settlers Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Government Advanoes to Settlers Extension Aot 1901 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Government Advanoes to Workers Aot 1906 Debentures, 3J per oent. The Government Loans to Looal Bodies Aot 1886 Debentures, 3J per oent. The Government Railways Aot 1908 Debentures, 3J per cent. .. The Government Railways Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. .. The Government Railways Aot 1908 and Finance Aot 1909 Debentures, 4 per oent. The Government Railways Aot 1908 and Mnanoe Aot 1909 Debentures, 3J per oent. The Government Railways Amendment Aot 1910 Debentures, 3J per oent. The Government Railways Amendment Aot 1910 Debentures, 8J per oent. The Government Railways Amendment Aot 1910 Debentures, 3| per oent. The Government Railways Amendment Aot 1910 Debentures, 3| per oent. The Government Railways Amendment Aot 1910 Debentures, 4 per cent. Greymouth Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per oent. Hamilton Borough Debentures, 4J per oent. £ s. d. 200 0 0 £ s. d. 2C0 0 0 £ s. d. 16 3 56,300 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 8,100 0 0 8,100 0 0 ! 24 19 3 128,000 0 0 128,000 0 0 j 394 10 4 1,250 0 0 1,250 0 0 25 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 9 500,000 0 0 500,000 0 0 8,750 0 0 61,750 0 0 61,750 0 0 ' 1,080 12 6 8,650 0 0 8,650 0 0 j 162 3 9 200,000 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 50,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 154 2 2 49,000 0 0 49,000 0 0 918 15 0 175,300 0 0 175,300 0 0 1,386 15 9 115,000 0 0 115,000 0 0 749 11 9 50,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 308 4 4 80,000 0 0 80,000 0 0 i 460 16 5 10,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 12,666 15 11 200 0 0 40,000 0 0 135,000 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 10,000 0 0 4,800 0 0 10,133 8 9 186-1 3 40,000 0 0 135,000 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 61 12 10 75 0 0 78 19 0 3 10 0 349 0 9 1,262 3 1 102 16 10 3,032 14 1 3,289 7 i 1,914 8 11 6 7 8 19 11 6 593 6 5 8,100 0 0 8,100 0 0 5,200 0 0 105,000 0 0 141 15 0 43 17 7 302 1 1 5,200 0 0 105,000 0 0 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 4 231,500 0 0 231,500 0 0 I 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 1 13 3 50,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 50,350 0 0 50,850 0 0 733 17 4 11,150 0 0 11,150 0 0 j 195 2 6 10,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 187 10 0 5,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 93 15 0 30,000 0 0 30,000 0 0 240,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 I 348 9 9 4,800 0 0 56 4 4 240,000 0 0 3,000 0 0

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Description of Securities. Nominal Value. Cost-price. Accrued Interest on 31st December, 1913. I I £ s. a. Che Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Aots 1903 and 1905 I 100,000 0 0 Debentures, 3J per cent. Phe Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Act 1905 Deben- 50,000 0 0 tures, 3J per cent. Phe Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Act 1907 Deben- 10,000 0 0 tures, 4 per oent. Phe Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Act 1907 Deben- 67,000 0 0 tures, 3J per oent. Che Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Act 1907 Deben- ! 27,590 0 0 tures, 3£ per cent. Phe Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Act 1910 Deben- j 15,000 0 0 turea, 3J per cent. Phe Immigration and Publio Works Loan Act 1870 Deben- 20,900 0 0 tures, 3J per oent. [ndia Stock, 3J per cent. ... .. .. .. .. 216 14 5 india Stock, 3 per cent. .. .. .. .. .. 52 13 9 inscribed Stook, 3J per cent. .. .. .. .. 618,000 0 0 insoribed Stook, 8 per cent. .. .. .. .. 2,260,495 11 12, :rish Land Stock, 2| per oent. .. .. .. .. 100 0 0 Phe Irrigation and Water-supply Aot 1913 Debentures, i per 10,000 0 0 cent. Phe Land for Settlements Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. .. j 300 0 0 Phe Land tor Settlements Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. .. 400 0 0 Phe Land for Settlements Act 1908 Debentures, 3£ per cent. .. 76,150 0 0 Phe Land for Settlements Act 1908 Debentures, 3J per cent. .. 62,000 0 0 Che Land for Settlements Act 1908 Debentures, 3J per cent. .. 27,000 0 0: Phe Land for Settlements Consolidation Act 1900 Debentures, , 4,700 0 0 3J per cent. Phe Land for Settlements Consolidation Act 1900 Debentures, i 8,400 O 0 4 per cent. Phe Land for Settlements Consolidation Act 1900 Debentures, 20,000 0 0 4 per cent. Phe Land for Settlements Consolidation Aot 1900 Debentures, | 10,650 0 0 3J per cent. Phe Land for Settlements Consolidation Act 1900 Debentures, 5,000 0 O 3J per cent. Phe Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Aot 339,000 0 0 1894 Debentures, 3J per cent. Phe Local Bodies' Loans Act 1901 Debentures, 3J per cent. .. 100,000 0 0 Phe Local Bodies' Loans Act 1908 Debentures, 3£ per cent. .. 785,000 0 0 Phe Local Bodies'Loans Act 1908 Debentures, 3| per cent. .. 150,000 0 0 Phe Local Bodies'Loans Act 1908 Debentures, 3J per cent. .■. 786,000 0 0 Phe Looal Bodies'Loans Act 1908 Debentures, 3J per cent. .. 50,000 0 0 Phe Maori Land Settlement Act 1905 Debentures, 3J per cent. 25,650 0 0 I Phe Maori Land Settlement Act Amendment Act 1907 Deben- 50,000 0 0 tures, 3J per cent. Phe Native Land Purohase Act 1892 and New Zealand Loans 125,000 0 0 Aot 1908 Debentures, 3J per oent. flew South Wales Stock, 3J per cent. .. .. .. 27,000 0 0 Phe New Zealand Consols Act 1908 Debentures, 3£ per cent. .. 340 0 0 Phe New Zealand Consols Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. .. 400 0 0 Phe New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act 1909 Deben- 400,000 0 0 tures, 3j per oent. Phe New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act 1909 Deben- 1,918,600 0 0 1, tures, 3$ per cent. Phe New Zealand Land for Settlements Aot 1908 and New 44,925 0 0 Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Amendment Act 1910 Debentures, 3£ per cent. Phe New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Aots 1909 and 1910 99,000 0 0 and the New Zealand Loans Act 1908 (Land for Settlements Branoh) Debentures, 3| per oent. Phe New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and a 1910 8,000 0 0 (Land for Settlements Branoh) Debentures, 3J per cent. Phe New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 1910 64,850 0 oi (Land for Settlements Branoh) Debentures, 3£ per oent. Phe New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 1910 15,300 0 0 (Land for Settlements Branoh) Debentures, 3| per cent. Phe New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 1910 12,350 0 0 (Land for Settlements Branch) Debentures, 3| per cent. Phe New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Aots 1909 and 1910 21,500 0 0 (Land for Settlements Branch) Debentures, 3| per oent. Phe New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 1910 741,066 0 0 (Land for Settlemonts Branch) Debentures, 3| per cent. Phe New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act 1909 (Land 410,000 0 0 I ■ for Settlements Branoh) Debentures, 3| per cent. Phe New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Aots 1909 and 1910 750,000 0 0 (Advances to Settlers Branch) Debentures, 3| per oent. Phe New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Aot 1909 (Ad- 37,000 0 0 vanoes to Settlers Branch) Debentures, 3| per cent. Phe New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 1910 I 205,000 0 0 (Advances to Workers Branch) Debentures, 3J per cent. Phe New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Aot 1909 (Ad- 100,000 0 0 vances to Workers Branch) Debentures, 3| per cent. Phe New Zealand State-guaranteed Advanoes Acts 1909 and 1910 ! 30,000 0 0 (Native Land Settlement Branoh) Debentures, 3f percent. ?he New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 1910 50,000 0 0 (Native Land Settlement Branch) Debentures, 3| percent, i & s. d. 100,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 67,000 0 0 27,590 0 0 15,000 0 0 20,900 0 0 213 18 9 45 15 0 618,000 0 0 2,244,582 18 0 89 15 0 10,000 0 0 300 0 0 400 0 0 76,150 0 0 62,000 0 0 27,000 0 0 4,700 0 0 2,400 0 0 20,000 0 0 10,650 0 0 5,000 0 0 339,000 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 & s. 100,000 0 50,000 0 10,000 0 67,000 0 27,590 0 15,000 0 20,900 0 213 18 45 15 618,000 0 ,244,582 18 89 15 10,000 0 300 0 400 0 76,150 0 62,000 0 27,000 0 4,700 0 2,400 0 20,000 0 10,650 0 5,000 0 339,000 0 100,000 0 785,000 0 150,000 0 786,000 0 50,000 0 25,650 0 50,000 0 125,000 0 26,865 0 340 0 400 0 400,000 0 ,918,600 0 44,925 0 99,000 0 8,000 0 64,850 0 15,300 0 12,350 0 21,500 0 741,066 0 410,000 0 750,000 0 37,000 0 205,000 0 100,000 0 30,000 0 50,000 0 d. & s. d. 0 575 6 9 0 287 13 5 0 65 15 1 0 385 9 6 0 402 2 8 0 218 12 7 0 165 6 9 9 1 17 11 0 0 7 10 0 10,815 0 0 0 16,907 4 3 0 2 3 1 0 90 19 2 0 j 6 0 0 0 J 6 13 3 0 1,332 12 6 0 541 0 3 0 j 155 6 10 0 j 94 0 0 0 39 19 6 0 199 9 0 0 155 4 6 0 87 10 0 0 j 2,990 12 3 0 1,160 5 5 0 9,108 2 6 0 1,740 8 1 0 9,119 14 7 0 143 16 8 0 i 448 17 6 0 ! 875 0 0 0 I 783 7 9 0| 313 5 5 0 4 19 1 0 6 13 3 0 3,490 7 11 0 16,741 13 8 0 786 3 9 0 863 17 6 0 46 0 6 0 1,134 17 6 0 94 6 3 0 231 11 3 0 335 15 0 0 4,644 6 10 0 3,833 4 3 0 5,316 15 2 0 345 18 6 0 3,587 10 0 0 934 18 7 0 280 9 7 0 467 9 4 £ s. d. 575 6 9 287 13 5 65 15 1 385 9 6 402 2 8 218 12 7 165 6 9 1 17 11 0 7 10 10,815 0 0 16,907 4 3 2 3 1 90 19 2 6 0 0 6 13 3 1,332 12 6 541 0 3 155 6 10 94 0 0 39 19 6 199 9 0 155 4 6 87 10 0 2,990 12 3 1,160 5 5 9,108 2 6 1,740 8 1 9,119 14 7 143 16 8 448 17 6 875 0 0 125,000 0 0 783 7 9 26,865 0 0 340 0 0 400 0 0 400,000 0 0 313 5 5 4 19 1 6 13 3 3,490 7 11 1,918,600 0 0 16,741 13 8 44,925 0 0 786 3 9 99,000 0 0 863 17 6 8,000 0 0 46 0 6 64,850 0 0 1,134 17 6 15,300 0 0 94 6 3 12,350 0 0 231 11 3 21,500 0 0 335 15 0 741,066 0 0 4,644 6 10 410,000 0 0 3,833 4 3 750,000 0 0 5,316 15 2 37,000 0 0 345 18 6 205,000 0 0 3,587 10 0 100,000 0 0 934 18 7 30,000 0 0 280 9 7 50,000 0 0 467 9 4

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Description of Securities. Nominal Value. Cost-price. Accrued Interest on 31st December, 1913. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act 1909 (Native Land Settlement Branch) Debentures, 3| per oent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act 1909 (Native Land Settlement Branch) Debentures, 4 per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act 1909 (Local Authorities Branch) Debentures, 3| per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act 1909 (Local Authorities Branch) Debentures, 3J per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act 1909 (Local Authorities Branch) Debentures, 4 per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Aot 1909 (Looal Authorities Branch) Debentures, 4 per cent. '. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act 1909 (Guaranteed Mining Advances Branch) Debentures, 3f per cent. Oamaru Borough Consolidated Loan Debentures, 5 per cent. Patea Harbour Board Debentures, 4J per cent. The Post Office Savings-bank Fund Investment Aot 1907 Debentures, 3f per cent. The Post and Telegraph Act 1908 Debentures, 3| per cent. The Railways Improvement Authorization Act 1907 Debentures, 3J per oent. The Eeserve Fund Securities Act 1907 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Scenery Preservation Act 1908 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Scenery Preservation Act 1908 Debentures, 3f per oent. .. The Scenery Preservation Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. South Australian Stock, 4 per cent. South Australian Stock, 3J per cent. Thames Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per cent. Timaru Borough Council Debentures,4 per oent. The Public Revenues Act 1910 Treasury Bills, 4 per cent. Victorian Stook, 3 per cent. The Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Act 1910 Debentures, 3J per cent. Wellington City Council Debentures, 4 per oent. Wellington City Council Debentures, 4 per cent. Wellington Harbour Board Debentures, 4J per cent. Wellington Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per oent. Westport Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per oent. Accrued interest on Post Office Account £ s. d. 54,500 0 0 110,000 0 0 96,000 0 0 275,000 0 0 9,000 0 0 48,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 13,800 0 0 35,000 0 0 125,000 0 0 75,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 £ s. a. 54,500 0 0 110,000 0 0 96,000 0 0 275,000 0 0 9,000 0 0 48,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 13,800 0 0 35,000 0 0 125,000 0 0 75,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 £ s. d. 509 10 9 1,033 19 5 897 10 8 2,399 13 0 89 15 1 477 11 9 46 14 11 345 0 0 625 13 8 2,343 15 0 1,406 5 0 800,000 0 0 40,000 0 0 20,000 0 0 14,000 0 0 1,772 16 2 12,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 4,000 0 0 100,000 0 0 12,379 19 10 100,000 0 0 800,000 0 0 40,000 0 0 20,000 0 0 14,000 0 0 1,861 9 0 11,760 0 0 10,000 0 0 4,000 0 0 .100,000 0 0 10,708 13 10 100,000 0 0 11,660 5 0 230 2 8 123 5 9 92 1 1 19 15 0 210 0 0 99 14 6 80 0 0 185 13 11 1,457 10 7 100,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 28,400 0 0 45,000 0 0 489,500 0 0 99,000 0 0 24,500 0 0 28,400 0 0 45,000 0 0 489,500 0 0 2,000 0 0 500 0 0 413 7 1 587 13 7 9,790 0 0 419 4 8 Totals 17,105,711 11 2 17,083,638 9 7 184,521 12 7

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Table No. 9. Post Office Savings-bank. Receipts and Payments for the Year ended 31st December, 1913. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. Balance at credit of depositors on Ist Withdrawals during 1913 .. .. 11,041,454 810 January, 1913 .. .. .. 16,330,257 8 2 Balance at credit of depositors on 31st Deposits during 1913 .. ..11,286,702 7 5 December, 1913 .. .. .. 17,131,413 16 4 Interest credited to depositors, 191.3 .. 555,908 9 7 £28,172,868 5 2 . £28,172,868 5 2 Liabilities and Assets. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d, Balanoe at oredit of depositors on 31st Securities .. .. .. .. 17,088,638 9 7 December, 1913 .. .. .. 17,131,413 16 4 Balanoe uninvested.. .. .. 349,024 1 0 Balance of assets over liabilities .. 301,248 14 3 £17,432,662 10 7 . £17,432,662 10 7 Profit and Loss Account. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. Interest credited to depositors during 1913 555,908 9 7 Balance forward, Ist January, 1913 .. 288,157 14 5 Interest paid on debentures purchased by Interest received during £ s. d. Department .. .. .. 815 10 the year .. .. 587,481 1 5 Paid Publio Account, for cost of Savings- Accrued interest on 31st bank management .. .. .. 30,000 0 0 December, 1913 .. 184,52112 7 Purchase of home savings-banks .. 1,567 14 2 Balance to next account .. .. 301,248 14 3 772,002 14 0 Less accrued interest on 31st Deoember, 1912 .. 180,063 13 7 591,939 0 5 Sundry receipts .. .. .. 1,958 9 0 Profit on redemption of securities at maturity .. .. .. .. 11,678 10 0 £888,733 13 10 • £888,783 13 10 ===== |

Table No. 10. Return showing the Total Number of Post Office Savings-bank Accounts remaining open on 31st December, 1913, classified according to the Balance at Credit of each Account.

Postal District. Not Exceeding exceeding £20 and £20. up to £50. Exceeding Exceeding Exceeding' Exceeding Exceeding £50 and £100 and £200 and £300 and £400 and up to £100. up to £200. up to £300. up to £400. up to £500. Exceeding! "2§ £500 and I g=rt up to £600. * gJ Total Number of Accounts open. Auckland .. 59,971 8,639 5,595 Blenheim .. 5,153 i 668 438 Christchurch.. ; 53,861 7,383 j 4,768 Dunedin .. j 36,321 ; 5,823 | 4,053 Gisborne .. 8,644 j 1,259 753 Greymouth . . : 5,660 681 594 Hokitika .. 1,622 214 165 Invercargill . . 13,018 2,226 1,546 Napier .. 16,998 < 2,484 1,643 Nelson .. 8,155 1,205 821 New Plymouth ! 8,335 j 1,169 759 Oamaru .. 3,578 j 776 505 Thames .. I 9,940 1,303 817 Timaru .. ! 9,342 1,615 I 1,132 Wanganui .. 18,352 2,520 1,675 Wellington .. ; 66,972 8,930 : 5,561 Westport .. 3,747 492 ; 371 4,764 352 4,091 3,522 567 511" 139 1,363 1,260 640 677 442 716 899 1,256 4,598 312 2,009 167 1,820 1,591 250 255 91 595 523 272 299 [ 202 313 395 507 1,970 147 1,053 86 964 889 123 149 i 43 300 270 142 146 I 105 167 222 244 1,013 73 561 55 489 433 45 71 24 141 147 60 76 55 89 85 146 582 48 371 40 302 268 39 49 14 81 95 40 42 50 54 79 81 355 26 401 27 258 223 31 39 8 56 ' 97 31 39 31 41 52 79 314 18 83,364 6,986 73,936 53,123 11,711 8,009 2,320 19,326 23,517 11,366 11,542 5,744 13,440 13,821 24,860 90,295 5,234 Totals, 1913 329,669 : 47,387 31,196 26,109 11,406 5,989 3,107 1,986 1,745 458,594 Totals, 1912 311,389 ; 43,952 29,602 24,195 10,832 I 5,667 ; 2,850 2,020 1,692 432,199

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Table No. 11. 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, 1913.

Posted in the Dominion. ' Delivered in the Dominion. Total posted and delivered. Postal Districts (1913). Letters and Letter-cards. Post-cards. Books, &c. Newspapers. Parcels. Books, &e. Newspapers. Parcels. | Letter-cards p °st-cards. : Books, &o. Newspapers. Parcels. Auckland Blenheim Christchureh .. Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth.. Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport Totals 25,449,804 1,359,364 13,871,216 11,817,853 1,769,541 1,046,810 502,731 5,568,306 6,298,264 2,304,927 2,594,273 1,548.278 2,257,535 3,565,061 5,502,243 24.417,037 674,293 1,189,474 57,369 526,279 601,302 82,342! 26,884 26,195 235,521 302,224 116,623 103,610 69,550 84,357 213,252 221,338 858,039 15,171 6,603,684 344,852 3,077,288 3,782,728 483,762 177,387 114,902 981,930 2,051,117 548,074 573,184 242,567 414,285 735,161 1,377,707 6,805,703 132,765 4,485,252 ! 255,931 j 2,866,959| 2,082,994] 652,552i 252,694! 148,681' 763,6271 990,141 386,763 444,016 187,954! 300.391 389,090 816,239 4,179,961 118,859 585,858 16,068 264,134 238,550 30,810 16,068 11,089 63,609| 74,7371 31,863 37,791 14,092} 28,132 34,268 85,189 533,637 10,907| 24,039,990 1,644,864 15,787,057 11,424,478 2,015,039; 1,383,109 588,822 6,473,766 6,057,415 2,378,545 2,877,680 2,149,979 2,720,354 4,137,016 5,885,243 22,887,449 962,858 1,059,513 64,688 873,522 701,857 79,521 40,898 35,295 370,383 299,208 149,175 118,950 104,468! 111,371 202,579 266,812 1,217,138 37,986 5,522,569 356,954 3,618,485 3,928,639 418,184 274,313 192,569 ■■I, 209, 832 11,622,842 ii :548, 379 !, '526,695 '•' 388,2841 i! 514,150 1,076,127 1,243,879 6,039,904 198,783 - 4,495,478 514,280 2,363,647 2,405,052! 881,413 495,183 226,785 l,303,523| 1.715,389 645,970 720,993 305,747 632,151 735,657| 1,449,903 5,053,438 306.046 543,056: 49,489,794 43,042 3,004,228 219,458 29,658,273 177,667 23,242,331 60,984 3,784,580 33,131 2,429,919 22,885 1,091,553 109,621 12,042,072 140,949 12,355,679 65,468 4,683,472 72,317 5,471,953 30,317 3.698,257 78,607 4,977,889 54,259 7,702,077 162,658! 11,387,486 359,247! 47,304,486 25,366 ! 1,637,151 2,248,98712,126,253 122,057 701.806 1,399,801 6.695,773 1,303,159 7,711,367 161,863 901,946 67,782' 451.700 e^490 1 307,471 605,904: 2,191,762 601,432 3,673,959 265,798 1.096,453 222,560 1,099,879 174,018| 630.851 195,728: 928,435 415,831 1,811,288 488,150 2,621,586 2,075.177)12,845,607 53,157: 331,548 8,980,730 770,211 5,230,606 4.488,046 1,533,965 747,877 375,466 2,067,150 2,705,530 1,032,733! 1,165,009 493, 701 J 932,542 1,124,747 2,266,142 9,233,399 424,905 1,128,91' 59, IK 483,591 416,21' 91,79' 49,19! 33,97' 173,231 215, 68< 97,33: 110,101 44,40! 106,73! 88,52' 247,84' 892,88^ 36,27; 110,547,536 4,729,530 28,447,096 19,322,104 2,076,802 113,413,664 5,733,364 27,680,588 24,250,655 2,199,032 223,961,200 10,462,894 56,127,684 43,572,759 ]4,275,83' Previous year .. 106,040,863! 5,193,565 31,127,216| 19,629,521 1,623,830 108,143,256 6,058,962 30,237,701 23,830,495} 1,735,567 214,184.119 11,252,527] 61,364,917 43,460,016! 3,359,39'

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Table No. 12. Eegistebed Aeticles. The number of registered articles dealt with in 1913, compared with the number in 1890. 1900, 1910, and 1912, is as follows : — 1890. 1900. 1910. 1912. 1913. Prom places beyond the Dominion 26,374 52,343 132,493 142,686 152,249 Eegistered in the Dominion ... 169,321 464,036 993,675 1,161,909 1,196,100 Totals ... ... 195,695 516.379 1,126,168 1,304,595 1,348,349 Dead Lettees. 1912. 1913 Opened and returned to writers ... ... 224,948 225,719 Eeturned unopened to other countries ... ... 59,457 62,301 Eeissued ... ... ... ... ... 785 322 Destroyed ... ... ... ... ... 31,452 36,448 Eeturned unopened by Chief Postmasters ... 246,119 242,535 Totals ... ... ... 562,761 567,325

Table No. 13. Pabcel-post. The following shows the number and weight of parcels posted during the years 1890, 1900, 1910, 1912, and 1913:—

The following table shows the number and weight of parcels exchanged with the United Kingdom and the undermentioned places during the years 1912 and 1913 : —

Table No. 14. 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.

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Table No. 12. Eegistebed Aetiolbs. The number of registered articles dealt with in 1913, compared with the number in 1890 1900, 1910, and 1912, is as follows : — 1890. 1900. 1910. 1912. 1913. From places beyond the Dominion 26,374 52,343 132,493 142,686 152,249 Eegistered in the Dominion ... 169,321 464,036 993,675 1,161,909 1,196,100 Totals ... ... 195,695 516.379 1,126,168 1,304,595 1,348,349 Dead Letters. 1912. 1913 Opened and returned to writers ... ... 224,948 225,719 Eeturned unopened to other countries ... ... 59,457 62,301 Eeissued ... ... ... ... ... 785 322 Destroyed ... ... ... ... 31,452 36,448 Eeturned unopened by Chief Postmasters ... 246,119 242,535 Totals ... ... ... 562,761 567,325 Table No. 13. Pakcel-post. The following shows the number and weight of parcels posted during the years 1890. 1900, 1910, 1912, and 1913:— — 1890. 1900. 1910. 1912. 1913. ■ Number 121,292 199,413 1,190,711 1,623,830 2,076,802 Weight 336,643 lb. 12 oz. 682,140 lb. 7 oz. 3,953,284 lb. 15 oz. 5,279,140 lb. 12 oz. 6,981,871 lb. 0 oz. 1890. 1900. 1910. The following table Kingdom and the undern The following table shows the number and weight of parcels exchanged with the United Kingdom and the undermentioned places during the years 1912 and 1913 :— Country. 19: Number. 1912. Received. Despatched. )12. 1913. 1912. 1913. Weight. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Received. Jnited Kingdom and foreign countries (via London) Jnited States of America .. Canada Victoria .. tfew South Wales.. South Australia Jueensland Tasmania Vestern Australia.. Jamoa HJi Ceylon Jruguay /ape of Good Hope tfatal hdia 101,630 lb. oz. 589,085 0 111,686 lb. oz. 656,718 0 13,719 lb. oz. 44,236 11 15,256 lb. oz. 49,942 10 9,506 839 8,703 14,625 496 830 527 455 25 101 643 34,483 5 1,674 0 28,843 14 45,727 0 1,232 4 2,053 0 1,422 2 1,091 6 66 6 298 2 3,230 14 11,524 1,066 9,382 15,792 531 776 501 333 18 170 512 41,330 8 2,480 0 33,866 0 48,720 0 1,234 8 1,884 0 1,160 1 735 10 68 2 506 1 ! 1,409 1 1,196 463 3,231 5,561 488 865 788 496 187 682 55 120 66 314 318 266 112 40 3,265 8 1,217 9| 8,485 13| 13,065 0 1,090 5 1,880 11 1,754 2 1,395 3 759 12 2,043 0 172 3 392 1 156 2 719 5 1,233 5 977 2 377 1 89 14 1,803 720 3,464 6,149 587 992 816 470 244 780 57 142 55 322 325 305 147 67 5,508 3 2,240 13 8,653 2 15,555 8 1,455 13 2,275 8 1,898 6 1,071 6 1,082 15 2,466 1 149 7 611 6 153 13 789 12 1,211 9 1,162 11 597 6 273 5 421 718 1 529 971 11 Conga long Kong Itraits Settlements 1,370 11 391 131 7,278 6 20 11 1,832 6 404 11 1,491 18 453 149 7,462 12 32 12 2,315 12 486 6 Totals 140,704 719,461 8 154,931 801,381 4 83,310 11 32,701 28,967 97,099 10 Table No. 14. 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. Auokland. Wellington. Chriatchuroh Dunedin. Sydney. laximum (in days) linimum „ .verage „ 39 34 36 38 33 35 39 34 36 40 34 37 * * No mails reoeived. 5—F. 1.

Table No. 12. Eegistebed Aetiolbs. The number of registered articles dealt with in 1913, compared with the number in 1890 1900, 1910, and 1912, is as follows : — 1890. 1900. 1910. 1912. 1913. From places beyond the Dominion 26,374 52,343 132,493 142,686 152,249 Eegistered in the Dominion ... 169,321 464,036 993,675 1,161,909 1,196,100 Totals ... ... 195,695 516.379 1,126,168 1,304,595 1,348,349 Dead Letters. 1912. 1913 Opened and returned to writers ... ... 224,948 225,719 Eeturned unopened to other countries ... ... 59,457 62,301 Eeissued ... ... ... ... ... 785 322 Destroyed ... ... ... ... 31,452 36,448 Eeturned unopened by Chief Postmasters ... 246,119 242,535 Totals ... ... ... 562,761 567,325 Table No. 13. Pakcel-post. The following shows the number and weight of parcels posted during the years 1890. 1900, 1910, 1912, and 1913:— — 1890. 1900. 1910. 1912. 1913. ■ Number 121,292 199,413 1,190,711 1,623,830 2,076,802 Weight 336,643 lb. 12 oz. 682,140 lb. 7 oz. 3,953,284 lb. 15 oz. 5,279,140 lb. 12 oz. 6,981,871 lb. 0 oz. 1890. 1900. 1910. The following table Kingdom and the undern The following table shows the number and weight of parcels exchanged with the United Kingdom and the undermentioned places during the years 1912 and 1913 :— Country. 19: Number. 1912. Received. Despatched. )12. 1913. 1912. 1913. Weight. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Received. Jnited Kingdom and foreign countries (via London) Jnited States of America .. Canada Victoria .. tfew South Wales.. South Australia Jueensland Tasmania Vestern Australia.. Jamoa HJi Ceylon Jruguay /ape of Good Hope tfatal hdia 101,630 lb. oz. 589,085 0 111,686 lb. oz. 656,718 0 13,719 lb. oz. 44,236 11 15,256 lb. oz. 49,942 10 9,506 839 8,703 14,625 496 830 527 455 25 101 643 34,483 5 1,674 0 28,843 14 45,727 0 1,232 4 2,053 0 1,422 2 1,091 6 66 6 298 2 3,230 14 11,524 1,066 9,382 15,792 531 776 501 333 18 170 512 41,330 8 2,480 0 33,866 0 48,720 0 1,234 8 1,884 0 1,160 1 735 10 68 2 506 1 ! 1,409 1 1,196 463 3,231 5,561 488 865 788 496 187 682 55 120 66 314 318 266 112 40 3,265 8 1,217 9| 8,485 13| 13,065 0 1,090 5 1,880 11 1,754 2 1,395 3 759 12 2,043 0 172 3 392 1 156 2 719 5 1,233 5 977 2 377 1 89 14 1,803 720 3,464 6,149 587 992 816 470 244 780 57 142 55 322 325 305 147 67 5,508 3 2,240 13 8,653 2 15,555 8 1,455 13 2,275 8 1,898 6 1,071 6 1,082 15 2,466 1 149 7 611 6 153 13 789 12 1,211 9 1,162 11 597 6 273 5 421 718 1 529 971 11 Conga long Kong Itraits Settlements 1,370 11 391 131 7,278 6 20 11 1,832 6 404 11 1,491 18 453 149 7,462 12 32 12 2,315 12 486 6 Totals 140,704 719,461 8 154,931 801,381 4 83,310 11 32,701 28,967 97,099 10 Table No. 14. 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. Auokland. Wellington. Chriatchuroh Dunedin. Sydney. laximum (in days) linimum „ .verage „ 39 34 36 38 33 35 39 34 36 40 34 37 * * No mails reoeived. 5—F. 1.

FROM LONDON VIA SAN FRANCISCO. Auokland. Wellington, j Chriatchuroh Dunedin. Sydney. laximum (in days) linimum „ .verage 39 34 36 38 33 35 39 34 36 40 34 37 * * No mails reoeived.

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

Statement showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between London and the undermentioned Places by the Packets of the Peninsular and Oriental Service.

Statement showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between London and the undermentioned Places by the Packets of the Orient Line.

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Sydney. Dunedin. Christchurch Wellington. Auckland. Maximum (in days) Minimum „ Average „ * 41 32 35 41 32 35 40 31 34 41 32 35 * No mails despatched.

FROM LONDON VIA ■AN' Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch Dunedin. Sydney. Maximum (in days) Minimum „ Average „ 36 30 33 37 31 34 38 32 35 38 32 35 I 41 35 38 TO LONDON VIA VANCOUVER. Sydney. Dunedin. Christchurch Wellington. Auckland. laximum (in days) linimum „ 46 37 38 41 34 36 41 34 36 38 33 35 37 32 '34 .verage „

Auckland. Wellington. Ctaristehurch Dunedin. Sydney. Melbourne. Maximum (in days) Minimum „ Average „ 39 36 37 40 38 38 42 38 39 42 38 39 31 31 31 31 30 30 TO LONDON VIA BRINDISI (P. AND 0. PACKETS). Auckland. Wellington. Christehureh Dunedin. Sydney. Melbourne. Maximum (in days) Minimum „ Average „ 38 36 36 37 34 35 38 36 36 38 36 36 33 31 31 32 30 30

FROM LONDON VIA TARANTO (ORIENT PACKETS). Melbourne. Sydney. [ Auckland. Wellington. Christchuroh Dunedin. Maximum (in days) Minimum „ Average „ 31 30 30 32 30 31 41 34 37 40 35 38 41 36 38 41 36 39 TO LONDON VIA NAPLES (ORIENT PACKETS). Auckland. Wellington. Christohuroh Dunedin. Sydney. Melbourne. Maximum (in days) Minimum „ Average . „ 39 36 38 38 35 37 39 36 38 39 36 38 33 31 32 32 30 31

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Table No. 15. 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.

OB o • _ Number of Telegrams forwarded during the Year. 1 Year ended Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. y3 , during the Year. 2= r.c Private Govern- £ and Press. ment. Total. — i Telegraph Revenue from all Sources. Value of Government Messages. Total Value o£ Business done Maintenance th°Y&. Stations. Cost of Maintenance of Lines, excluding Australian Cable Subsidy. Total Expenditure. Cost of Maintenance of Lines per Mile. TariH in Operation. 30th June, 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 31st March, 1880 1881 1882 31st Dec, 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 699 757 1,110 1,329 1,661 1,976 2,185 2,356 2,530 2,986 3,154 3,259 3,434 3,512 3,638 3,758 3,824 3,974 4,074 4,264 4,463 4,546 4,646 4,790 4,874 5,148 5,349 5,479 5,513 I,39O 1,498 2,223 2,495 2,897 3,247 3,823 4,574 5,782 6,626 7,247 7,423 8,035 8,117 9,333 9,587 9,653 9,848 10,037 x o,474 '0,931 11,178 r i,375 11,617 jn.827 I2,8l2 !3,459 : 3,5i5 13 21 3 1 45 56 72 81 93, 105 ' 127 142 155 182 '95 214 227 234 264 302 330 375 412 437 473 489 520 573 615 640 24,761 55,621 72,241 106,070 122,545 253,582 344,524 485,507 645, 067 786,237 890,382 952,283 1,065,481 1,201,982 824,734 1,058,342 1,215,849 1,361,817 1,379,483 1,433,458 ji,533,4°6 1,583,717 1,589,771 1,548,233 1,589,157 i,734,38i 1,746,115 1,686, 064 1,825,646 2,746 I5,33i 26,244 50,097 62,878 59,292 67,243 83,453 107,832 130,891 160,704 172,159 r 94,843 246,961 183,675 246,370 222,923 1208,372 1219,917 1220, 847 240, 867 252,549 245,623 217,630 213,830 226,780 !222,I 4 9 |2i8,o79 1244,045 27.4O7 98,485 156,167 185,423 312,874 411,767 568,960 752,899 917,128 1,051,086 1,124,442 1,260,324 1,448,943 1,008,409 1,304,712 1,438,772 1,570,189 1,599,400 ;I. 654. 3O5 J .774. 273 I,836, 266 1.835.394 1,765,863 1,802,987 1,961,161 1,968,264 1.904,143 2,069,691 £ s, d. 5,561 19 2 9,070 10 1 11,652 3 7 18,520 10 4 17,218 1 4 22,419 8 8 28,121 10 o 39,680 18 9 46,508 18 10 55,301 12 3 62,715 10 4 6 5.644 15 3 73,284 1 10 85,402 o 2 58,120 3 3 73,002 2 o 78,828 19 8 90.633 11 2 93.822 3 3 95.634 5 5 101,652 8 o 106,638 12 2 106,548 4 o 106,311 11 6 106,462 18 4 8 "7.633 15 9 103,813 8 6J 112,465 15 9 £ s. d. 483 3 2 3,770 4 8 6., 672 o 3 13,430 I 1 9 12,252 6 o 9,876 17 6 ",043 3 9 11,105 2 0 12,618 11 6 13,679 10 9 16,154 6 o 17,024 8 9 19,148 12 4 26,949 2 2 19,707 6 3 27,021 3 8 22,737 16 4 20,608 11 11 21,555 19 2 20,855 19 7 24,860 9 o 27,281 4 9 30,205 11 10 23,164 13 11 24,218 9 3 26,070 12 7 24,840 5 7 24,342 7 o 28,317 7 10 £ s- d. 6,045 2 4 12,840 14 9 18,324 3 10 31,951 2 1 29,470 7 4 32,296 6 2 39,164 13 9 50,786 o 9 59,127 10 4 68,981 3 o 78,869 16 4 82,669 4 o 92,432 14 2 112,351 2 4 77,827 9 6 100,023 5 8 101,566 16 o 111,242 3 1 115,378 2 5 116,490 5 o 126,512 17 o 133,919 16 II 136,753 15 10 129,476 5 5 130,681 7 7 136,767 10 3 1142,474 1 4 128,155 15 61 140,783 3 7 £ s. d. 3,934 3 4 8,017 J 4 7 9,489 17 10 14,266 12 7 16,417 7 4 21,254 4 3 23,593 9 9 27,040 18 10 38,801 19 4 45,8i4 " 4 61,696 14 5 63,353 10 10 69,340 I 8 79,502 o 5 68,651 10 10 78,224 1 8 69,165 5 o 73,554 9 1 73,O54 4 6 70,036 6 2 77,082 4 4 77,473 i° 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 2,443 2 11 2,541 4 11 5,406 7 3 8,547 4 9 14,120 4 10 ",344 3 8 8,858 19 7 9,479 5 4 15,021 17 11 14,240 19 7 21,074 8 8 17,931 8 o 18,259 4 9 17,299 7 10 14,758 4 5 23,154 8 3 18,292 13 4 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. 6,377 6 3 10,558 19 6 14,895 5 1 22,813 17 4 1 30,537 12 2 32.598 7 11 32,452 9 4 36,520 4 2 53,823 17 3 60,055 Io Ix 82,771 3 I 81,284 18 10 87.599 6 5 96,801 8 3 83,409 15 3 101,378 9 11 87,457 18 4 96,005 15 4 92,264 n o 90,078 2 o 97,982 10 6 98,875 8 9 97,901 12 9 95,463 J 4 5 101,433 11 o 104,391 3 10 114,644 15 9 II7,O53 4 2 121,251 3 o £ s. d. 3 9 10 3 7 1 4 17 4 6 8 6 8 9 11 5 19 6 4 2 3 4 in 6 3 11 4 16 4 5 18 10 5 12 II 5 IO O 5O9 4 3 4 667 4 J 7 4 5 17 5 4 16 8 4 18 4 4 J 5 9 4 15 11 4 13 9 5 o 1 5 8 7 5 13 o 5 12 7 580 5 5 9 . Mileage tariff. Mileage taritt in operation up to 1st Sept., 1869; uniform as. 6d. tariff from 1st Sept., 1869, to 31st March, 1870; and is. tariff from ist April, 1870. From ist November, 1873, address and signature given in free. From ist November, 1873, address and signature given in free. From ist Jan., 1886, " delayed telegrams posted to addressees immediately after their receipt at offices of ' destination.

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(A EE Number of Telegrams f during the Yeai orwarded Revenue (including Miscellaneous Receipts). r. i Total Value of F3usiness done during the Year. Total Expenditure {excluding Cable Subsidy). Year ended of Miles of Line. of Miles of Wire. oJO Government Messages. Remarks. Private and Press. Government. Total. Telegraph. Telephone. 31st March, 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 „ 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 „ 1910 191 1 1912 1913 1914 6,245 J 6,284! 6,484 6,736 6,910 7,2491 7,469 7,748 J 7,779i 7,943j 8,355 8,953 9,656 io, 404 10,901 11,316 11,805 12,508 13,044 14,881* 15,764s i6,47of 18,024 18,746 19,228 20,682! 21:705 22,672! 22,920 J 23,7°4 25,116 27,031 J 29,343 i 32,654 34,788 37,212 39,37° 41,892 44,642 705 743 780 824 878 915 991 1,038 1,103 I,153 1,200 1,312 1,446 1,611 1,764 1,871 l>963 2,079 2,203 2,305 1,802,182 1,899,632 2,285,001 2,469,415 2,717,548 3,159,093 3,534,444 3,850,391 4,271,218 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 9,850,379 10,594,556 231,618 224,579 235,168 226,818 243,190 3 IO >538 363,684 3I7,59O 288,086 293,293 259,250 289,135 236,252 84,644 87,676 89,762 92,3O7 91,408 93,893 99,476 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>965,I97 5,159,745 5,640,219 6,396,332 7,042,923 7,425,693 7,846,890 8,360,647 9,063,133 9,944,272 10,694,032 88,459 10 11 97,178 14 o\ 100,385 16 1 99,798 8 10J 105,576 6 o 119,641 11 6J 137,861 1 2J 151,933 19 11 160,343 7 7 166,535 18 8J 171,001 13 11J 184,369 6 2 206,706 15 8J 227,398 6 8 238,103 16 5 250,212 2 1 272,942 12 ioj 295,334 8 2 321,951 6 4 342,595 9 8 £ s. d. 21,552 12 10 25,933 12 9 29,248 19 5 36,422 6 8 39,7i8 7 7 43,303 2 10 49,117 o 8 55,542 4 9 62,151 8 11 71,028 6 3 79,061 7 4 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 8 201,237 7 3 232,190 13 8 £ s. d. 20,050 7 5 25,843 11 11 23,118 2 6 24,504 9 8 25,500 5 10 29,431 19 o I 35,327 6 2 i 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 7J 4,821 10 10 4,850 17 2 4,874 o ij 4,831 10 6 4,931 o 7 5,029 19 10J 136,062 11 2 148,955 18 8J 152,752 18 o 160,725 5 2j 170,794 19 5 192,376 13 4j 222,305 8 oj! 234,984 2 2 248,934 19 4 261,941 6 6J 270,660 13 1 J 298,079 17 11 325,007 15 74 348,749 17 ij 374,174 7 10 399,361 2 o 438,989 19 10J 479,289 17 4 528,119 14 2 579,8l6 3 2j £ s. d. £ s. A. 135,791 o 7 ' Cable subsidy, 6,492 11 8 143,665 14 o I, „ 4,774 5 5 153,484 6 8 „ 3>9?2 8 1 165,198 13 5 ! . 1,849 2 9 173,152 16 6 J „ 1,427 19 11 181,634 n 3 « 1,608 7 1 194,014 12 11 i „ 1,000 8 6 212,180 16 o „ 234 15 0 228,185 10 7 J „ 181 10 o 245,805 971 „ 10,057 11 7 258,977 10 9 I 276.580 12 5 291,359 12 6 357.581 1 3 394,649 19 6 411,296 17 2 446,709 17 1 469,716 17 7 509,496 13 7 563,108 16 9 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, id.

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Table No. 16. 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, 1914.

Table No. 17. Table showing the Paid Telegrams of all Codes forwarded during the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1914, and the Revenue received therefrom.

Table No. 18. Table showing the Class and Number of Instruments and Batteries in Use at Telegraphoffices for the Year ended 31st March, 1914.

Postal District. Revenue derived from Paid Telegrams of all Codes. Value of Franked Government Telegrams. Total Value of Telegrams of all Codes. Number of Paid Telegrams. Number of Franked Government Telegrams. Total Number of Telegrams of all Codes. Auckland Blenheim Christchurcb Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Jnvercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames.. Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport £ ■■ d72,207 12 2j 5,668 3 10 35,090 17 ij 27,487 I 6 J 10,742 7 6j 6,739 5 8" 2,579 6 2J 16,273 11 ij 23,637 J 9 4 7,763 14 Jj 9,162 18 54 5,467 12 94 9,298 14 8 10,425 8 24 21,875 12 3J 65,716 10 9 4,083 17 1 £ •■ d. 879 16 o 227 18 9J 620 11 54 310 5 4 153 7 3 181 5 8 8 19 9 168 12 104 214 19 2 5M 15 i°4: 95 o 8 48 13 9 47 4 8* 80 12 24 92 )o 3 | 1,148 19 14 236 6 114 £ s. d. 73,o87 8 2j 5,896 2 7-J 35.7 11 8 7 27,797 6 10J 10,895 14 9i 6,920 11 4 2,588 5 11J 16,442 4 o 23,852 18 6 8,278 10 o 9,257 19 ij 5,5i6 6 6J| 9,345 19 48 10,506 o 5 21,968 2 7 66,865 9 lo i 4,320 4 o| 2,307,959 193,847 1,098,434 85i,787| 275,536: 180,9361 75,935 514,283 797,305 308,150 289,469; 128,858 302,272 317,523 715,9" 2,121,376 "4,975 16,273 4,461 12,766 6,407 3,260 3,772 179 3,477 4,239 11,845 1,892 1,129 1,225 i,596 1,827 20,474 4,654 2,324,232 198,308 1,111,200 858,194 278,796 184,708 76,114 517,760 801,544 319,995 291,361 129,987 303,497 3i9,"9 7*7,738 1 2,141,850 1 119,629 j 10,694,032 Totals, 1913-14 .. 334,220 12 11J 5,029 19 104 339,250 12 10 io,594,556 99,476 Totals, 1912-13 .. 3i3,96o 5 I 4,931 o 7 318,891 5 8 9,850,379 93,893 9,944> 2 7 2

June Quarter, 1913. September Quarter, 1913. December Quarter, 1913. March Quarter, 1914. Totals. Class of Telegrams. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. )rdinary .. Irgent 'ress 1,491,207 73.316 106,727 793,400 £ s. d. 65,968 4 4J 4,791 6 9 5,290 7 o 20,931 13 10 1,407,851 66,140] 115,270 836,105 £ B. d. 65,273 7 II I 4,36l 16 7 6,505 3 8 21,748 17 3 84,264 I35,73i 927.395 £ «• d. 72,235 17 114 5.671 8 3 7,751 18 oj 23,877 12 i\ 1,709,253 85,432 123,836 981,477 £ s. d. 75,879 2 3 5,529 o 11 6,996 10 I^ 24,850 18 5^ 6,265,463 309,152 481,564 3,538,377 £ s - d - 279,356 12 6 20,353 I2 6 26,543 18 10 91,409 1 8 Sureau iross totals ,ess other 1 lines and 1 credits ) 2,464,650 96,981 11 11J 19,242 13 7 2,425,366 97.889 5 5 21,233 ° 5 '2,804,542 109,536 16 4J 20,280 5 10J 2,899,998 113,255 11 9 22,686 12 8 10,594,556 417,663 5 6 83,442 12 6J let totals, 1913-14 Jet totals, 1912-13 2,464,650 77,738 18 4J 2,425,366 176,656 5 o 2,804,542 89,256 10 6 2,899,998 90,568 19 1 10.594,556 334,220 12 114 313,960 5 1 2,34 I ,7 I 4 75,180 1 4 2,308,351 73,973 i 6 2,565,435 81,318 8 Ji 2,634,879 83,488 13 7i 9,850,379

Number of Morse Instruments in Use (Full Sets). Number of Duplexes (Differential). Number of Directsounder Sets. Number of Quadruplex Sets. Number of Automatic Sets. District. Single Double Current. Current. Constant Intermittent Current. Current. .uekland Wellington lelson .. Janterbury )tago .. 77 153 1 119 59 45 86 27 21 85 11 19 6 11 1 8 15 6 6 1 3 18 2 19 31 2 13 9 1 1 Totals 409 264 48 :.«; 18 74 Number o1 Quadruple: Translatoi Sets. Number of Telephones not connected with Exchange. f umber of Jells. District. L an°d a Dry. e G ° rd °n- Daniell. Bichromate. Storage. Auckland Wellington Nelson Canterbury Otago .. 10 14 2 Ill 191 8 41 44 8,814 12,126 1,687 2,460 5,130 30,217 891 630 562 2,420 1,764 I 191 66 50 40 .. 2 460 857 i 946 8 70 496 264 4 3,891 3,787 I 1,963 I 80 Totals 26 395

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Table No. 19. Table showing the Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines for the Year ended 31st March, 1914.

District. Miles of Wire. Miles of Line. Travellingexpenses of Engineers and Linemen. Extra Labour. Material. Upkeep of s.s. Tutanekai. Rural Telephones: Assistance to Settlers. Mafntlnance. Linemen - Total Cost of Maintenance. Average Average Cost Cost per Mile per Mile of Wire. of Line. Auckland 11,372 3,686 £ s. a. 2,406 3 2 £ s. d. 2,958 10 8 £ s. d. 3,455 1 9 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 8,819 15 7 £ s. d. 7,126 0 0 £ s. d. 15,945 15 7 £ s. d. 1 8 0 £ s. d. 4 6 6 Wellington 14,632 3,532 2,398 3 7 5,898 11 0 6,380 18 1 14,677 12 8 8,831 0 0 23,508 12 8 1 12 1 6 13 1 Nelson 2,639 1,047 814 16 0 925 2 5 736 5 9 ' 2,476 4 2 2,159 0 0 4,635 4 2 1 15 1 4 8 6 Canterbury 7,929 1,995 1,847 0 9 4,092 16 2 3,151 14 2 9,091 11 1 5,194 0 0 14,285 11 1 1 16 0 7 3 2 Otago 8,070 2,784 1,331 18 8 1,344 12 7 1,296 12 11 3,973 4 2 4,795 0 0 8,768 4 2 1 1 9 3 3 0 Total 44,642 13,044 8,798 2 2 15,219 12 10 15,020 12 8 39,038 7 8 28,105 0 0 67,143 7 8 1 10 1 5 2 11 Cables 374* 344 17 3 890 9 7 137 17 0 5,314 17 0 6,688 0 10 6,688 0 10 17 17 8f Stores 62 3 9 1,664 18 9 1,727 2 6 1,543 0 0 3,270 2 6 Rural telephones — Assistance to settlers 1,374 17 4 1,374 17 4 1,374 17 4 Laboratory, &c. 191 0 3 649 14 6 659 8 7 1,500 3 4 1,500 3 4 Wireless stations 258 19 4 507 15 0 441 16 5 1,208 10 9 1,208 10 9 Total telegraph-lines 9,655 2 9 18,932 10 8 16,259 14 8 5,314 17 0 1,374 17 4 51,537 2 5 29,648 0 0 81,185 2 5 Telephone exchanges 79,154 2,314 1,769 5 4 18,041 13 8 14,749 18 0 34,560 17 0 19,262 0 0 53,822 17 0 Grand total 11,424 8 1 36,974 4 4 31,009 12 8 5,314 17 0 1,374 17 4 86,097 19 5 48,910 0 0 135,007 19 5 * Knots. + Per knot.

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Table No. 20. Table showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph and Telephone Construction during the Year ended 31st March, 1914.

Line. Expenditure. Material from Stores. Total Coat during the Year. Telephone exchanges — Ashburton Auckland Blenheim Christchurch . . . . .. Dannevirke Dunedin Feilding Gisborne Greymouth Hamilton Hawera Hokitika Invercargill Levin Masterton Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Pahiatua Palmerston North Eotorua Stratford Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport Whangarei £ s. d. 398 19 4 28,870 1 6 2,514 10 1 5.459 16 11 164 0 9 4,753 2 9 404 3 2 3.349 5 4 112 0 8 1,838 14 4 2.441 13 4 58 3 3 3,505 8 2 281 2 7 1,129 4 10 4,199 17 9 586 18 11 1,115 7 0 252 13 3 466 6 10 503 15 7 125 3 5 1,162 12 9 772 17 4 2,258 9 5 2,468 14 2 19,561 1 0 57 17 5 376 17 6 £ s. d. 420 18 4 40,020 14 1 3,760 3 2 10,707 5 2 603 1 9 7,422 2 9 732 2 3 4,560 6 5 172 9 4 1,323 4 7 5.644 10 6 161 15 4 4,744 4 7 488 12 6 2,058 7 11 7.640 7 1 1,642 4 0 3,256 13 6 324 16 11 700 19 5 929 10 3 291 3 7 350 4 1 1,630 0 5 3,132 6 5 5,397 8 11 40,149 3 2 131 6 11 894 0 8 £ s. d. 819 17 8 68,890 15 7 6,274 13 3 16,167 2 1 767 2 6 12,175 5 6 1,136 5 5 7,909 11 9 284 10 0 3,161 18 11 8,086 3 10 219 18 7 8,249" 12 9 769 15 1 3,187 12 9 11,840 4 10 2,229 2 11 4,372 0 6 577 10 2 1,167 6 3 1,433 5 10 416 7 0 1,512 16 10 2,402 17 9 5,390 15 10 7,866 3 1 59,710 4 2 189 4 4 1,270 18 2 Total exchanges 89,188 19 4 149,290 4 0 238,479 3 4 Te Hapua Extension Kaurinui Extension Ohaeawai Telephone-office Mangonui-Ohaeawai-Kawakawa (metallic circuit) Kaitaia-Takahue Extension Mangamuka Extension Mangatangirau Extension Otoroa - Matauri Bay Extension Kerikeri-Purerua Extension Broadwood-Whakarapa Extension Taikawhana Extension Punakitere Extension Mairi Extension Oue Extension Kawakawa-Ohaeawai (metallic circuit) Tanekaha Extension Tutukaka Extension Maungakohatu Extension Dargaville-Whangarei Whangarei (metallic circuit) Pukehuia Extension Puwera Telephone-office .. Waipu-Paparoa (metallic circuit) Waipu - Maungaturoto Junction (metallic circuit) Waipu-Ruakaka (metallic circuit) Otamatea Extension Waiwhiu Extension Woodcocks Extension Te Mara Waiaka ... Dairy Flat Reweti Telephone-office Kennedy's Bay Extension Auckland-Wellington New Line 4 14 6 5 2 0 34 18 11 39 13 5 5 2 0 0 9 1 110 4 4 88 2 0 0 9 1 22 2 4 1 7 0 246 12 6 7 2 0 64 13 0 21 3 4 22 10 4 246 12 6 10 3 5 64 13 0 132 17 5 377 14 9 19 16 10 21 8 6 14 18 0 14 0 9 47 3 4 0 4 0 6 5 3 31 0 11 3 10 0 269 3 7 57 9 8 19 7 8 9 10 8 41 9 7 3 15 374 10 4 6 9 1 14 6 8 11 2 8 14 0 9 47 3 4 0 4 0 1 13 5 . 2 0 10 3 10 0 132 17 5 3 4 5 13 7 9 7 1 10 3 15 4 4 11 10 29 0 1 36 16 3 7 2 6 3 9 1 7 4 0 269 3 7 20 13 5 12 5 2 6 17 34 5 7 51 3 3 2 10 14 13 3 1 6 6 25 18 1 15 7 5 0 10 0 91 0 11 20 17 9 125 11 6 29 10 7 3 15 1 12 9 6 3 15 0 40 17 1 125 11 6 80 13 10 5 16 1 27 2 9 5 16 66 15 2 15 7 5 0 10 0 91 12 10 8,637 1 7 0 11 11 8,916 3 10

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Table No. 20— continued. Table showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph and Telephone Construction during the Year ended 31st March, 1914— continued.

Line. i Expenditure. Material from Stores. Total Cost during the Year. Auckland-Helensville (metallic circuit) Onehunga East Extension Panmure-Ellerslie (metallic circuit) Milford Extension Birkenhead-Wainoni Extension Papatoetoe-Manurewa (metallic circuit) Kohimarama Extension Te Marama Extension Parawera Camp Bureau Oparakau Extension Waipipi Extension Pukekohe Telephone-line .. Manurewa-Pukekohe (metallic circuit) Pukekohe-Patumahoe (metallic circuit) Drury-Waiuku (metallic circuit) Patumahoe - Waiau Pa Extension Waiau Pa Extension Paparimu Extension Piarere Extension Pokeno-Pukekohe (metallic circuit) Razorback Extension .. ... Thames-Pokeno Morse Wire Motutieke Telephone-office Tuketuke Extension Kopuarahi Extension Tairua-Hikuai Extension Whangamarino Extension Tehoe Extension Taihaia Extension Eastport Extension Pipitoa Telephone-office Te Araroa - Whangaparoa Te Araroa (Morse and metallic circuit) Raglan - Te Mata - Aotea Telephone-wire Te Mata - Aotea Telephone-wire Kauroa Extension Raglan - Te Aku Extension Te Pahu Extension Harapipi Extension Hamilton-Auckland (metallic circuit) Morrinsville-Hamilton (telephone circuit) Hamilton-Raglan Telephone-wire Maungatautari-Horahora .. Cambridge-Horahora-Maungatautari (metallic circuit) Cambridge - Te Awamutu (metallic circuit) .. Ohaupo-Cambridge (metallic circuit) Matanuku Extension Cambridge-Rotorua (metallic circuit) Te Mawhia Extension Komakorau Extension Ranginui Extension |f>j .. Matapara Extension 1 ? *fi Horsham Downs Extension Tirau Post-office Tirau-Okoroire (metallic circuit) Okoroire Extension Puketurua Extension Te Poi Extension Kaimai Extension Waharoa-Matamata (metallic circuit) Kawhia-Te Awamutu Telephonic Communication Kawhia - Te Raumoa Puketotara Extension Rangiatea Extension Maihiihi Extension .. .. £ s. d. 112 10 7 17 6 6 18 19 6 105 10 7 12 13 1 5 8 0 2 4 0 1 5 0 2 19 6 19 1 4 104 4 9 15 8 10 1 10 2 99 2 8 48 0 5 60 2 9 15 13 5 580 0 0 3 6 11 0 2 6 0 13 0 97 4 10 36 19 1 133 9 8 12 14 0 101 5 8 £ s. d. 341 14 9 22 2 8 4 0 5 50 5 1 53 18 2 19 13 11 4 0 2 18 3 7 0 16 9 20 10 6 36 7 3 3 15 4 124 3 8 88 5 4 19 11 2 232 6 10 12 6 1 7 17 4 £ s. d. 454 5 4 39 9 2 18 19 6 4 0 5 155 15 8 12 13 1 59 6 2 21 17 11 1 5 0 6 19 8 37 4 11 0 16 9 104 4 9 35 19 4 37 17 5 3 15 4 223 6 4 136 5 9 19 11 2 292 9 7 27 19 6 580 0 0 11 4 3 0 2 6 5 0 7 195 15 8 36 19 1 134 16 5 13 19 10 316 1 5 4 5 10 1,035 2 1 198 0 1 175 1 3 2 15 -4 22 12 9 25 13 6 102 5 7 92 12 7 4,328 18 7 310 4 5 419 19 4 0 3 1 196 7 8 4 7 7 98 10 10 611 10 8 118 8 0 135 15 10 16 9 1 5 10 214 15 9 4 5 10 423 11 5 79 12 1 39 5 5 2 15 4 9 12 6 13 0 3 25 13 6 37 12 11 57 14 10 499 11 0 98 18 7 231 14 6 64 12 8 34 17 9 3,829 7 7 211 5 10 188 4 10 0 3 1 66 6 11 130 0 9 256 12 7 89 16 9 380 15 11 0 3 4 18 4 8 15 19 7 34 16 8 21 10 6 76 10 0 32 7 4 108 12 2 763 10 7 4 6 2 34 13 0 3 17 0 56 9 1 0 8 6 37 4 4 16 0 8 135 2 3 5 11 3 449 4 10 26 12 10 333 2 7 32 7 4 198 8 11 1,144 6 6 4 9 6 52 17 8 15 19 7 38 13 8 77 19 7 0 8 6 103 2 11 16 0 8 169 1 3 43 17 10 738 9 2 26 12 10 8 6 0 65 18 7 33 19 0 38 6 7 289 4 4 8 6 0 10 6 9 93 19 8 30 16 6 0 8 2 121 4 2 50 0 0 91 5 7 0 8 2 131 10 11 143 19 8

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Table No. 20 — continued. Table showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph and Telephone Construction during the Year ended 31st March, 1914— continued.

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Line. Expenditure. Material from Stores. Total Cost during the Year. £ 8. d. £ s. d. 167 8 7 £ s. d. 167 8 7 13 13 3 2 5 7 52 17 2 0 13 9 342 9 7 421 2 0 277 2 8 6 12 4 3 16 1 277 4 2 750 19 9 160 13 6 182 11 6 196' 2 4 103 2 0 37 8 7 2 1 1 17 4 4 0 5 7 327 14 1 23 1 8 9 19 8 7 13 6 342 2 2 255 6 4 7 8 11 8 18 6 4 16 0 28 11 0 136 11 8 0 10 0 33 14 5 62 7 3 1,233 3 3 Pukeatua (Tauriri) Extension Taihoa Extension Ngongotahi-Tauranga (metallic circuit) Nohoroa Extension Wharepapa Extension Rotorua - Te Teko Extension Putaniru-Rotoma (metallic circuit) Rotorua-Waiotapu (metallic circuit) Fort Galatea Extension Otangihakau Telephone-office Matakanea-Oponae Extension Opotiki - Cape Runaway Telephone-line Cape Runaway Line Moeatoa-Mangaohae Extension Parakoko Telephone-office Parakoko Valley Extension Rira Telephone-office Kaeaea-Rira Extension Tokaanu Morse Taumatawhenga Extension Muripara - Te Houhi Extension Awamarino Telephone-office Onekeneke Junction - Taupo Wires Paraheka Valley Extension Whenuanui Extension Whenuanui Line Mangapapa Extension Waitaanga Extension Mahirakau Extension Roto Extension Taumarunui-Otonui Extension Otonui Extension Tangitere Extension Miritu Extension Waitara - New Plymouth, Waitara-Stratford, Stratford - New Plymouth Telephone-wires Matara - New Plymouth Line Hillborough Extension Ratapiko Extension Motonui Extension Ngatimiro Extension Maraekowhai Extension Te Huia Extension Mangaohutu Extension Potae Ma Extension Wanganui-Pipiriki Telephone-wire Manaia-Auroa (metallic circuit) Hawera-Manutahi (metallic circuit) Hawera-Manawapou Maungakaretu Extension Matukuroa Telephone-office Quarantine Island - Napier Bureau Napier-Waipawa (metallic circuit) Napier-Taradale, Hastings-Havelock Circuit Tokomaru Bay - Gisborne (metallic circuit) .. Napier South Telephone-office Haumoana Telephone-line Mangatahi Extension Hastings-Taradale (metallic circuit) Waverley-Waitotara (metallic circuit) Waiouru-Karioi Telephone-wire Tauangatutu Extension Karioi Extension Turakina South Extension Marton-Hunterville (metallic circuit) Rongotea Siding Bureau Palmerston North - Waipawa (metallic circuit) Porirua Hospital - Post-office Bainesse Telephone-office 13 13 3 1 17 3 5 5 6 0 13 9 293 7 6 421 2 0 113 4 7 2 19 0 0 3 3 272 9 8 387 5 11 0 8 4 47 11 8 49 2 1 20 12 4 163 18 1 3 13 4 3 12 10 4 14 6 363 13 10 160 13 6 161 19 2 196 2 4 13 12 8 19 3 1 2 1 1 17 4 4 89 9 4 18 5 6 0 5 7 327 14 1 3 2 5 112 14 7 23 1 8 6 17 3 7 13 6 229 7 7 255 6 4 7 1 11 0 7 0 8 18 6 1 0 7 28 11 0 3 15 5 0 10 0 33 14 5 13 17 6 205 9 4 136 11 8 48 9 9 1,027 13 11 1 4 0 36 12 4 0 19 9 49 15 3 25 5 0 32 4 7 100 9 9 131 9 11 7 4 0 3 15 0 28 0 0 0 4 0 2 9 0 2 11 8 1 11 10 4 19 4 71 2 0 6 15 3 32 2 4 144 9 4 115 4 0 20 1 5 15 1 5 3 18 9 12 14 9 2 11 8 14 0 38 4 2 5 19 1 120 17 3 25 5 0 6 15 3 64 6 11 244 19 1 246 13 11 27 5 5 3 15 0 15 1 5 28 0 0 4 2 9 12 14 9 2 9 0 0 6 0 2,090 5 9 4 9 3 62 16 4 230 10 3 2 2 5 8 6 8 4 16 7 5 7 2 5 12 11 5 1 10 387 1 11 0 11 0 507, 10 10 13 3 2 1 0 0 833 6 5 60 9 1 49 9 10 0 6 0 1,256 19 4 4 9 3 2 7 3 181 0 5 2 2 5 8 6 8 1 18 7 4 16 7 3 8 7 5 12 11 4 8 10 322 11 11 0 13 0 64 10 0 0 11 0 6 0 0 501 10 10 13 3 2 i o o

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Table No. 20 — continued. Table showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph and Telephone Construction during the Year ended 31st March, 1914— continued.

Line. Expenditure. Material from Stores. Total Cost during the Year. 'almerston North - Marton (metallic circuit) 'almerston North - Woodville (metallic circuit) laharahara West Extension lasterton-AHredton (metallic circuit) Wellington - Palmerston North (metallic circuit) Wellington-Porirua Vellington-Hutt (underground) Vellington-Paekakariki .. 'ahamoana Extension Jpper Hutt - Akatarawa laymorn Extension feudorf Telephone-office latariki Telephone-office . . Sainham Bureau 'ort Hardy Extension Vhareatea Extension felson - Port Nelson Wire 'admor-Glenhope Extension lapua Extension larakeke Extension Jpper Moutere Bureau Wakefield-Belgrove (metallic circuit) lavelock-Mahakipawa, Picton-Mahakipawa-Manaroa (metallic circuit) lavelock-Renwicktown Telephone-line 'e Mehia Telephone-office.. )enniston - Burnett's Face (metallic circuit) franity-Mokihinui Extension [atanga Telephone-line .. Vaitaiawa Extension )parara Extension langatina Extension [otinga Extension [atanga Telephone-office .. 'airdown Telephone-office [awatiri-Glenhope Extension 'abian's Valley Extension langarata Extension 'oito Extension laruawera Telephone-office lapuka - Clarence Bridge (metallic circuit) .. lapuka-Kaikoura (metallic circuit) lauhunga Telephone-office [aikoura - Green Hills (metallic circuit) rreymouth-Stillwater Telephone-line lokitika - Kanieri Forks and Hokitika-Rua-tapu (metallic circuit) lokitika-Kumara Telephone-line .. Jameron's Extension lawarden Bureau lawarden Morse Wire 'okama Extension )mihi Bureau larehoko Extension 'en-mile Creek Telephone-office Jterations consequent on erection of Lake Coleridge Power-line Jusfr-Springbank (metallic circuit) .. tangiora-Amberley (metallic circuit) )aro Extension .. Jhristchurch-Bakaia (metallic circuit) Jhristchurch-Kaiapoi (metallic circuit) Ihristchurch-Ashburton (metallic circuit) Jhristchurch-Leeston (metallic circuit) Jhristchurch-Kaikoura (metallic circuit) Jhristchurch-Darfield (metallic circuit) )hristchurch-Sockburn (metallic circuit) £ s. d. 484 13 3 313 7 3 12 4 6 £ s. d. 791 11 10 224 3 5 75 9 9 9 3 9 0 4 3 £ s. d. 1,276 5 1 537 10 8 87 14 3 9 3 9 77 1 1 76 16 10 1 4 9 22 17 0 22 3 6 0 18 0 4 1 8 2 0 0 8 1 9 8 2 10 153 3 4 4 3 7 28 2 6 42 8 11 8 14 3 3 0 0 8 1 9 1 4 9 8 2 10 176 0 4 4 3 7 28 2 6 64 12 5 9 12 3 3 0 0 4 18 6 12 10 4 2 2 94 2 4 106 6 4 17 16 8 0 6 6 74 12 6 383 6 1 46 6 4 40 2 1 5 16 0 4 12 10 4 2 2 47 16 0 66 4 3 12 0 8 0 6 6 27 10 3 55 8 1 47 2 3 327 18 0 321 12 4 1 0 0 14 14 2 34 0 2 3 3 0 25 2 2 89 14 5 2 0 0 12 12 2 1 0 10 186 9 7 47 5 0 15 0 982 11 1 10 9 11 38 10 0 25 0 3 24 0 9 26 13 9 4 4 7 128 5 8 41 16 1 6 9 5 32 8 4 4 0 9 1,304 3 5 10 0 25 4 1 72 10 2 3 3 0 50 2 5 113 15 2 2 0 0 26 13 9 12 12 2 5 5 5 314 15 3 89 1 1 7 14 5 32 8 4 6 7 3 22 2 0 54 5 4 33 13 0 88 16 11 0 8 0 83 8 7 2 6 6 22 2 0 54 5 4 33 13 0 39 8 3 0 8 0 81 4 5 49 8 8 2 4 2 107 10 6 27 1 6 0 14 2 15 9 0 17 8 4 0 2 4 3 0 1 2 15 0 413 6 7 8 10 5 32 4 11 3 6 8 33 13 2 3 9 0 13 5 7 3.11 6 16 0 8 116 0 11 59 6 5 4 0 10 49 2 2 17 8 4 3 11 4 16 5 8 6 6 6 429 7 3 22 15 9 194 7 4 16 7 7 1 2 6 43 4 0 327 9 8 111 7 6 1,662 0 5 175 16 9 244 14 7 14 6 4 110 5 1 1,071 9 2 142 2 9 2,001 2 1 220 0 4 1,339 10 1 22 15 9 439 1 11 30 13 11 1 2 6 153 9 1 1,398 18 10 253 10 3 3,663 2 6 395 17 1 1,339 10 1

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Table No. 20— continued. Table showing the Expenditure on, and the Cost of, Telegraph and Telephone Construction during the Year ended 31st March, 1914 — continued.

Line. Expenditure. Material from Stores. i Total Cost during the Year. J Cashmere Hills - Teddington (metallic circuit) New Brighton Hororata - Lake Coleridge Line Quail Island Glenroy Extension Irwell Extension Eolleston Bureau Upper Eiccarton Ashburton-Winslow (metallic circuit) Ashburton-Windermere (metallic circuit) Ashburton-Tinwald (metallic circuit) Ashburton-Mayfield (metallic circuit) Little River - Akaroa (metallic circuit) Maronan Extension Lynnford Extension Owersby Extension Walesbach Extension Tripp Extension Motukarara Extension Moura Extension Rangitata Island Extension Upper Shotover Extension Kuriheka Extension Marakerake Extension Kauru Hill Extension .. Palmerston-Waikouaiti (metallic circuit) Palmerston-Hampden (metallic circuit) Parawa Extension SeaclifE Telephone-office Omimi Bureau Balfour-Gore Morse G-reenvale Telephone Extension Park Hill Extension Dunedin - Port Chalmers (metallic circuit) .. Poatiri Extension Te Tipua Extension Ngaro Extension.. Ngamotu Extension Hawthorndale Extension .. Winton-Dipton (metallic circuit) . Glencoe Extension Gore-Tapanui (metallic circuit) Te Houka Extension Waikirikiri Extension Waronui Extension Wangaloa Extension Papatotara Extension Invercargill-Lumsden (metallic circuit) Riverton-Otautau-Nightcaps (metallic circuit) Papatupu Extension Otekura Extension Awatea Extension Papatowai Railway Telephone-office Wireless Installation — Awanui Wellington Awarua Chatham Islands Rarotonga £ s. d. 475 10 0 £ s. d. 56 16 2 8 16 5 £ s. d. 532 6 2 8 16 5 266 0 0 10 16 0 74 6 7 1 15 2 7 8 4 5 17 5 27 4 8 80 4 1 19 12 9 95 14 10 1,315 12 8 16 16 8 35 1 4 56 7 2 4 0 11 0 7 6 2 12 6 66 10 7 76 19 4 144 17 5 138 13 2 123 11 4 153 11 1 82 1 8 130 0 4 0 13 8 152 17 8 51 14 1 43 7 0 36 6 1 177 15 5 150 6 6 6 11 4 10 6 10 242 10 9 21 8 3 16 0 10 266 11 4 6 3 1 872 2 7 2 17 4 184 1 9 107 18 0 117 19 1 102 1 7 2 8 3 288 19 1 147 12 7 34 2 8 100 6 7 12 19 7 266 0 0 10 16 0 74 4 4 0 2 3 1 15 2 3 1 0 46 0 2 7 18 4 4 3 8 257 7 3 16 16 8 20 10 10 26 17 4 4 7 4 5 17 5 27 4 8 34 3 11 11 14 5 91 11 2 1,058 5 5 14 10 6 29 9 10 4 0 11 0 7 6 2 12 6 38 15 3 27 15 4 76 19 4 115 14 0 113 4 8 101 12 11 125 4 5 31 3 11 75 10 1 0 13 8 131 0 4 28 12 7 0 17 11 14 17 5 147 3 10 26 6 0 6 11 4 2 3 6 206 4 1 5 9 6 10 3 47 13 11 6 3 1 480 16 5 2 17 4 129 16 3 35 11 8 46 12 4 50 3 9 2 8 3 102 1 2 54 19 2 24 2 4 41 13 5 2 0 9 29 3 5 25 8 6 21 18 5 28 6 8 50 17 9 54 10 3 21 17 4 23 1 6 42 9 1 21 8 8 30 11 7 124 0 6 8 3 4 36 6 8 15 18 9 15 0 7 218 17 5 391 6 2 54 5 6 72 6 4 71 6 9 51 17 10 186 17 11 92 13 5 10 0 4 58 13 2 10 18 10 13,017 10 9 112 3 3 13,736 15 1 3,057 2 5 401 4 0 15 12 10 13,033 3 7 112 3 3 13,736 15 1 3,057 2 5 401 4 0 Purchase of material 138,377 16 254,269 16 9 6 184,708 16 11 323,086 13 8 Total expenditure, 1913-14 Total expenditure to 31st March, 1913 392,647 13 2,277,125 4 3 8 Total expenditure out of Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1914 Total cost of lines during the year £2,669,772 17 11 £323,086 13 8

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

rI Capiti Instrumen Labou Superint al Cost for ts, Wire, Poles, tr, Freight, ;endence, &c. Working-expenses. Year. Balance of .Revenue over Workingexpenses. Annual Hate Per Cent. yielded on Capital Cost. go Average Cost of each Connection. Total for all Connections. Salaries and Allowances of Clerks, &c. Materials and Linemen, Wear-and-tear, &c* Bent, Fuel, Light, Paper, Printing, Binding, &c. Total. Total for the year ended 31st 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 1913 1914 116 379 715 1,075 1,710 2,038 2,153 2,249 2,402 2,587 3,080 3,690 4,244 4,616 5,143 5,747 5,787 6,203 7,150 8,210 9,260 10,633 12,105 14,423 15,333 17,403 20,402t 22,815t 25,212t 28,093 31,475 36,374 41,982 £ s. d. 21 16 6 21 16 6 21 16 6 21 18 6 20 8 6 19 19 5 22 19 0 23 18 10 24 4 1 24 17 1 24 16 11 24 16 11 24 12 1 25 6 3 24 6 6 23 7 4 24 11 6 24 5 3 22 14 1 21 9 7 20 18 0 20 2 6 19 19 8 21 19 7 23 13 9 24 2 2 24 18 4 25 18 9 27 2 7 27 17 8 27 18 0 27 11 7 29 11 6 £ s. d. 2,531 14 0 8,271 13 6 15,604 17 6 23 ,'461 17 6 37,319 12 1 40.686 3 1 49,407 5 0 53,849 11 6 58,229 3 0 64,294 4 4 76,579 1 8 91.687 11 1 104,425 3 0 116,845 10 4 125,108 4 1 134,299 11 4 142,218 11 8 150,490 18 9 162,333 1 2 176,349 1 8 193,511 6 2 213,966 10 8 241,903 2 6 295,029 7 2l 363,192 6 9 420,088 12 1 508,408 7 8 591,760 0 7 683,986 11 1 783,382 15 4 878,133 8 7 1,003,131 5 4 1,241,628 11 2 £ s. d. 613 5 2 5,014 9 2 7,746 16 7 10,008 3 6 12,294 1 2 15,477 16 2 16,881 8 6 17,613 4 0 18,581 11 7 19,961 4 2 18,571 7 8 19,155 11 5 21,771 4 4 21,552 12 10 25,933 12 9 29,248 19 5 36,422 6 8 39,718 7 7 43,303 2 10 49,117 0 8 55,542 4 9 62,151 8 11 71,028 6 3 79,061 7 4 89,542 1 5 100,814 1 3 116,852 13 10 131,249 0 7 144,298 2 9 161,173 6 10 179,123 18 8 201,237 7 3 232,190 13 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 69,078 1 1 80,720 6 3 £ 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 83,791 4 1 42.191 16 9 53,822 17 0 £ 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 50,156 11 3 62,081 8 7 £ 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 3 741 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 8,724 19 2 9,763 15 2 11,744 0 11 £ 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 j 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 6 171,190 4 3 208,368 12 9 £ 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 2 30,047 3 0 23,822 0 11 8-17 54-31 23-41 16-31 13-42 16-30 12-63 11-82 11-00 10-43 4-63 Loss. Loss. Loss. Loss. Loss. 0-99 Loss. Loss. 2-14 2-46 2-75 4-17 2-69 4-69 3 47 1-89 2-40 3-11 2-46 3-43 2-99 1-92 * This column includes 5 per cent, for w f In former returns extensions were in< ear-and-tear and 5 per cent, for debenture capital, except in 1897-98 and following years, in which only 5 per cent, for debenture capital is included, iluded for these three years. ■

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Table No. 22. Table showing the Number of Connections at each Telephone Exchange.

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Number of Connectii ins on 31st March. 1914. 1913. Exchange. ConSon, Exte " Total. Direct Connections. Extensions. Total. Ashburton 303 40 343 272 33 305 Auckland Devonport .. Helensville .. Howick Manurewa .. Maungaturoto Northcote .. Onehunga .. Papakura .. Papatoetoe.. Pukekohe .. Takapuna .. Tuakau Waiuku 5,231 129 36 19 29 5 10 87 4:3 29 101 50 22 41 1,491 7 1 6,722 136 3719 29 5 10 90 43 30 105 51 23 41 4,536 104 31 * 22 * 10 66 * 1,356 4 1 3 5,892 108 32 22 10 69 3 1 4 1 1 23 88 43 * 2 23 90 43 33 33 Balclutha Clinton Kaitangata.. Owaka 150 17 14 36 10 160 17 14 38 118 16 13 32 7 125 16 13 32 '*2 Blenheim Havelock Picton Renwicktown Seddon Ward 406 50 88 21 106 24 37 6 443 50 94 21 108 . 24 355 34 102 17 94 * 37 3 392 34 105 17 96 2 2 Carterton Greytown .. 185 102 12 4 197 106 180 85 12 3 192 88 Cheviot 39 1 40 41 41 Christchurch .. Akaroa Coalgate Darfield .. Doyleston .. Duvauchelle East Oxford Kaiapoi Kirwee Leeston Lincoln Little River Lyttelton .. New Brighton Southbridge Springfield .. Sumner 3,813 60 25 42 10 18 15 56 11 21 14 15 22 9 11 8 12 1,114 4 3 4,927 64 28 42 10 18 15 56 11 24 16 15 22 9 11 8 13 3,490 51 22 41 12 19 14 49 11 20 12 15 23 9 12 * 1,021 5 1 4,511 56 23 41 12 19 14 49 11 21 14 15 23 9 12 3 2 1 2 .-»- 1 11 11 Cromwell Clyde 33 14 1 33 15 31 12 1 31 13 Dannevirke .. Ormondville Takapau Weber 325 35 70 34 35 360 35 70 35 271 30 66 28 26 297 30 66 29 1 "l * Opened during the 'ear.

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Number of Connectii ins on 31st March. Exchange. 1914. 1913. Direct Connections. Extensions. Total. Connections. Extensions - Total. Dargaville Aratapu Tangowahine Te Kopuru.. 141 20 12 43 10 151 20 12 43 119 22 12 40 5 124 22 12 40 Dunedin Lawrence .. Middlemarch Milton Mosgiel Outram Palmerston.. Port Chalmers Waikouaiti.. 3,432 51 26 91 45 32 44 52 19 956 1 1 2 4,388 52 26 92 47 32 48 54 19 3.177 49 28 89 40 31 42 48 16 876 1 1 1 4,053 50 28 90 41 31 46 50 16 4 2 4 2 Eketahuna Alfredton .. 210 20 6 216 20 179 19 1 180 19 Eltham Kaponga 131 32 11 142 32 105 26 11 116 26 Featheraton .. Martinborough 111 135 10 1 121 136 101 104 8 2 109 106 Feilding Cheltenham Halcombe .. Kiwitea Rongotea .. Sanson 330 16 15 30 33 34 34 364 16 15 31 35 34 317 16 16 24 30 29 28 345 16 16 24 31 29 1 2 1 Gisbome Te Araroa .. Tokomaru Bay Tolaga Bay 1,280 44 86 85 119 1 2 1 1,399 45 88 86 1,135 * * 100 1,235 * Gore Balfour Mataura Riversdale .. Waikaia Waikaka Waipahi 265 14 40 31 13 14 7 37 2 302 14 42 31 13 14 7 245 10 35 31 13 13 8 36 3 281 10 38 31 13 13 8 Greymouth .. Reefton 393 81 47 6 440 87 393 76 44 6 437 82 Hamilton Cambridge .. Huntly Matamata .. Mercer Morrinsville Ngaruawahia Ohaupo Raglan Te Awamutu 572 179 39 74 26 161 54 16 24 237 83 10 1 4 4 2 655 189 40 78 26 165 56 16 24 248 474 152 30 * 22 87 41 * 61 5 1 3 535 157 31 22 90 41 11 21 132 "7 21 139 Hastings 970 126 1,096 797 94 891 * Opened during the r ear.

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Table No. 22- continued. Table showing the Number of Connections at each Telephone Exchange— continued.

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Number of Connections on 31st March. 1914. 1913. Exchange. Direct Connections. Extensions. Total. Direct Connections. Extensions. Total. Hawera Manaia Okaiawa Opunake Otakeho 319 116 8 41 3 44 2 363 118 8 42 3 301 98 7 38 5 30 2 331 100 7 39 5 1 1 Hokitika Kumara Ross 172 33 37 11 183 33 37 168 34 36 10 178 34 36 Invercargill .. Bluff Edendale Lumsden Nightcaps .. Orepuki Otautau Riverton Thornbury.. Tuatapere .. Waimahaka Winton Woodlands .. Wyndham .. 1,015 73 16 30 16 10 94 51 13 15 25 79 12 40 263 8 3 1 1,278 81 19 31 16 10 95 52 13 15 26 80 12 43 925 73 16 26 14 9 74 44 13 14 25 67 13 37 230 7 3 1,155 80 19 26 14 9 75 45 13 14 26 68 13 40 1 1 "l 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 Kaikoura 70 1 71 38 1 39 Kimbolton Apiti 46 18 46 18 33 13 33 13 Kohukohu Rawene 37 34 1 37 35 28 32 28 32 Levin Otaki Shannon 78 57 31 7 3 85 60 31 67 55 28 6 3 73 58 28 Mangomii Awanui Kaitaia 35 20 33 35 20 33 51 * 51 * Marton Bull's Hunterville.. 266 63 128 16 2 5 282 65 133 213 48 77 11 224 48 79 2 Masterton 707 73 780 628 63 691 Murchison 29 29 * Napier Greenmeadows Taradale 1,013 20 82 259 1,272 20 82 954 18 * 237 1,191 18 Nelson Motueka Richmond .. Takaka Wakefield .. 568 101 34 74 41 69 6 637 107 34 75 41 526 79 27 57 39 51 6 . 577 85 27 58 39 1 1 * Opened during the ear.

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Number of Connections on 31st March. Exchange. 1914. 1913. Direofc Connections Extensions. Total. ConSL. Extensions. Total. New Plymouth Inglewood .. Okato Urenui Waitara 519 83 14 25 92 69 3 588 86 14 25 95 502 80 * 63 1 565 81 3 21 68 3 21 71 Oamaru Duntroon .. Kurow Ngapara 427 23 29 18 37 1 464 24 29 18 407 19 26 19 35 1 442 20 26 19 Opotiki Taneatua .. Whakatane 84 18 45 6 90 18 46 77 * 6 83 1 47 47 Paeroa Te Aroha .. 84 94 11 1 95 95 77 87 11 1 88 88 Pahiatua Makuri Pongaroa .. Woodville .. 215 22 31 76 11 226 22 31 81 149 15 28 66 9 158 15 28 69 5 "3 Palmerston North Ashhurst Foxton Longburn .. Tokomaru .. 850 23 117 7 15 132 5 982 23 122 7 16 766 23 99 9 16 123 2 889 23 101 9 17 1 1 Patea 76 1 77 68 1 69 Queenstown .. Arrowtown Glenorchy .. 43 26 8 43 26 8 40 24 8 40 24 8 Eakaia Chertsey Methven 68 10 85 1 69 10 86 58 10 66 1 59 10 66 1 Rangiora Amberley .. Oust 68 28 13 9 2 77 30 13 60 20 13 6 2 66 22 13 Rotorua Putaruru .. Taupo 219 33 15 24 1 243 34 15 209 23 * 26 1 235 24 Stratford 249 25 274 232 20 252 Taihape Mangaweka Mataroa Ohakune Raetihi Rangataua .. Utiku 202 50 13 88 37 29 18 14 1 2 216 51 13 90 37 29 18 181 49 15 81 33 20 24 13 1 194 49 15 82 33 20 24 Tapanui Heriot Kelso 25 10 6 2 27 10 6 22 9 6 2 24 9 6 Taumarunui .. 122 5 127 94 2 96 * Opened during the 'ear.

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Table No. 22- continued. Table showing the Number of Connections at each Telephone Exchange— continued.

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Number of Connections on 31st March. ■ Exchange. 1914. 1913. Direct Connections. Extensions. Total. Direct Connections. Extensions. Total. i Tauranga Tβ Puke 97 28 3 100 28 77 19 3 80 19 Te Kuiti Ohura Ongarue Otorohanga Piopio 203 20 18 76 56 11 1 1 2 3 214 21 19 78 59 174 * 12 186 43 25 2 45 25 Thames 212 . 29 241 186 25 211 Timaru Albury Fairlie Geraldine Pleasant Point St. Andrew's Temuka 735 33 105 95 28 31 125 136 87 J 33 109 99 28 31 133 646 21 93 94 * 131 . 4 4 777 21 97 98 4 4 8 25 100 6 25 106 Waihi 99 9 108 101 10 111 Waimate Studholme Junction .. 178 12 J8 196 12 148 10 12 160 10 Waipawa Otane Waipukurau 210 47 J97 10 1 2 220 48 199 193 41 164 9 1 2 202 42 166 Wairoa Mohaka Nuliaka 264 21 27 18 1 282 22 -27 202 18 22 16 1 218 19 22 Wanganui Fordell Waitotara Waverloy 1,091 10 35 58 196 1.287 10 35 59 982 10 35 48 178 1 1,160 10 35 -19 1 Warkworth Waiwera 54 18 54 19 51 18 51 18 1 Wellington Johnsonville Lower Hutt Petone Porirua Upper Hutt 4,660 6 91 14 3 61 1,480 6,140 6 92 14 3 65 4,122 6 65 13 * 1,276 5,398 6 65 13 1 4 46 2 48 Westport Denniston 227 3 19 246 3 225 * 17 242 Whangarei Hikurangi Eawakawa Ohaeawai Russell Waipu 335 30 54 45 27 132 26 361 30 56 45 27 133 275 * 19 294 2 46 32 26 * 2 48 32 26 1 Totals 41,982 7,433 49,415 36,374 6,560 42,934 * Opened during the year.

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Diagram 1.— Illustrating combined Postal and Telegraph Receipts and Payments

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Diagram 2.—Illustrating the Value of Moneyorders issued and paid.

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Diagram 3.—Illustrating the Value of Postal Notes sold.

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Diagram 4.—Illustrating the Progress of the Post Office Savings-bank.

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Diagram 5.—Illustrating the Number of Articles posted.

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Diagram 6. —Illustrating the Number of Parcels posted.

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Diagram 7.— Illustrating the Number of Miles of Telegraph Wire in Operation.

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Diagram 8. —Illustrating the Number of Miles of Telephone (Exchange) Wire.

Note. — A large quantity of aerial wire was dismantled in igio.

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Diagram 9. —Illustrating the Number of Paid Telegrams forwarded.

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Diagram 10. —Illustrating Increase in the Number of Telephone-exchange Connections.

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