POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT (REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR 1915-16.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1916 Session I, F-01

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1916. NEW ZEALAND.

POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT (REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR 1915-16.

Presented In hnth Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

My Lord,— General Post Office, Wellington, 10th June, 1916. I have the honour to submit to Your Excellency the report of the business of the Post and Telegraph Department for the financial year 1915-16, and in doing so offer the following remarks :— As was the case last year, the war has not seriously affected the business of the Department, although necessarily it has added largely to the cost of administering it. The censorship continues, both of letters and of telegrams. The mails for the New Zealand Forces oversea still increase in volume. It has unfortunately been found impossible to substantially advance the work of introducing automatic telephone exchanges owing to the state of war. The total revenue of the Department for the year ended the 31st March, 1916, was £1,695,757, an increase of £336,697 over the preceding year. The confidence of the public in the Post Office Savings-bank is markedly maintained. The balance at credit of depositors is now £22,166,365, and the deposits during the year ended the 31st December, 1915, exceeded the withdrawals by £2,411,083. Your Excellency will be pleased to hear that the from the ranks of the Department into the Expeditionary Forces amount to 1,013, out of a staff of 7,198 permanent and temporary officers. It is with deep regret that I have to add that some of the men have already met their death and a large number have been seriously wounded at the hands of our common enemy. Otherwise the year has been an exceedingly prosperous one for the Department, as will be seen from the information fully set out in the report. I have the honour to be, My Lord, Your obedient servant, J. G. Ward, His Excellency the Governor, Wellington. Postmaster-General.

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Receipts and Payments. The receipts and payments of the Department for the financial year 1915-16 are shown in the following table:—

The receipts and payments for the ten years ended 31st March, 1916, and for the years 1881-82, 1891-92, and 1901-2, are shown hereunder:—

Item. Postal. Telegraph. Total. Receipts. Postages Money-order and postal-note commission Money-order commission received from foreign offices Private box and bag fees Miscellaneous receipts Paid telegrams Telephone exchanges £ s. d. 801,9337 14 10J 27,407 14 1 571 9 3 15,311 12 8 13,354 4 8* & s. d. £ s. d. 801,937 14 10J 27,407 14 1 571 9 3 15,311 12 8 176,842 13 2J 386,138 5 2J 287,547 7 8J 163,488 8 6 386,138 5 2J 287,547 7 8J Totals 858,582 15 7 837,174 1 5 1,695,756 17 0 Payments. Salaries (classified offioers) ... Salaries (country Postmasters and telephonists, and contributions to Railway Department) Conveyance of mails by sea Conveyance of inland mails Conveyance of mails by railway Money-order commission credited to foreign offices Maintenance of telegraph and telephone lines Miscellaneous £ a. d. 293,722 7 4 21,408 0 0 £ s. d. 412,555 12 6 40,052 0 0 £ s. d. 706,277 19 10 61,460 0 0 69,764 14 10 95,483 7 5 71,874 17 6 1,809 18 3 69,764 14 10 95,483 7 5 71,874 17 6 1,809 18 3 112,275 3 8 177,575 13 4 83,886* 6 8 112,275' 3 8 93,689 6 8 Balance of receipts over payments 637,949 12 0 220,633 3 7 658,572 2 10 178,601 18 7 1,296,521 14 10 399,235 2 2 Totals 858,582 15 7 837,174 1 5 1,695,756 17 0 The total receipts exceeded those of 1914-15 by £33i 3,696 19s. 8£d

Year. Receipts. Payments. Balance of Receipts over Payments. £ 234,529 £ 233,291 £ 1,238 1881-1882 1891-1892 1901-1902 320,058 488,573 268,343 465,756 51,715 22,817 1906-1907 1907-1908 1908-1909 1909-1910 1910-1911 1911-1912 1912-1913 1913-1914 1914-1915 1915-1916 746,249 822,639 913,994 961,500 1,037,265 1,087,710 1,167,826 1,269,921 1,359,059 1,695,756 619,121 709,024 807,652 858,059 914,069 988,911 1,069,272 1,173,314 1,246,850 1,296,522 127,128 113,615 106,342 103,441 123,196 98,799 98,554 96,607 112,209 399,235 Total for ten years 11,061,920 9,682,794 1,379,126

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Staff. Comparative Return of Officers of the Post and Telegraph Department for the Years ended 31st March, 1915, and 31st March, 1916. The total number of officers on the staff on the 31st March, 1915 and 1916, was as under :— 31st March, 31st Maroh, 1915. 1916. Postmaster-General ... ... ... ... 1 1 Classified staff— Permanent— Administrative Division ... ... ... 3 Professional Division ... ... ... 36 39 Clerical Division ... ... ... ...2,477 2,855 General Division ... ... ... ... 3,445 3,547 Temporary— Night-watchmen ... ... ... ... 5 6 Postmistresses and assistants ... ... 52 Switchboard attendants ... ... ... 119 336 Note-sorters ... ... ... ... 8 9 Total, classified staff ... ...6,094 6,848 Employees not on permanent staff — Country Postmasters and Postmistresses ... 2,347 2,346 Postmasters and telegraphists or telephonists who are Eailway officers ... ... ... 143 153 Total ... ... ... ... 8,584 9,347 Health of Staff. The following table gives the average absence of officers on sick-leave: — Mean Average Absencs Avorage Absence Number tlrsfck Officer £or each officer on Staff. per sict umcer. employed. Days. Days. Men ... ... ... 5,819 10-31 357 Women ... ... ... 652 17-68 9-22 Fifteen officers died during the year, exclusive of casualties in the Expeditionary Force. Personal and Staff. During the year Mr. H. W. Harrington, Inspector of Telegraph-offices, retired after over fifty years' service. His Majesty the King was pleased during the year to confer the Imperial Service Medal on five ex-officers of the Department in recognition of long and faithful service. It is noteworthy that one of the recipients, Miss Sarah Brock, was the first lady in New Zealand to receive the honour. Up to 31st Maroh, 1916, 747 permanent officers of the Department have been, accepted for service with the Expeditionary Forces; this includes one Nursing Sister. Of these officers I regret to say 27 have been killed in action or have died from wounds or sickness ; 7 are reported as " Missing, believed dead," and 36 have been wounded. The number accepted mentioned above represents 26 per cent, of the permanent male staff eligible for active military service. From the temporary staff 190 men have been accepted. Of these, 4 have been killed in action, lis reported " Missing, believed dead," and 8 have been wounded. The Department's total contribution of men to 31st March numbers 937, and to date 1,013. During the year the Department was asked to supply a wireless-telegraphy troop of sixty-two officers. This constituted a very heavy drain of the Department's experts, but the call was promptly met, and the Department had the satisfaction of supplying the whole troop, including the officers. The Department has also provided a large number of expert telegraphists, mechanicians, and linemen for duty with the Force, and by selecting trained postal men has enabled the postal arrangements abroad for the Expeditionary Force to be placed on a very good footing. The whole of the work in connection with the distribution and collection of the schedules for the War Census Register was undertaken by the Department for the Department of Internal Affairs, and performed very satisfactorily at a minimum cost. Subsequently the Department supplied a large staff of junior officers for sorting the schedules, and a staff of some 244 clerks, who worked after ordinary office hours under the direction of the Government Statistician, preparing the data from which the Register was compiled. The organization of the Department, has been found useful before in work of this nature. During the year 80 officers of the Department in Wellington rendered assistance in the Base Records Office of the Defence Department, writing up the " history sheets " of members of the Expeditionary Force. During the year the Department has given employment to several returned soldiers, and it has been arranged that preference in the matter of employing lads and telegraph message-boys is to be given to sons of members of the Expeditionary Force after fatherless lads have been provided for.

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Owing to the enlistment in the Expeditionary Force of male officers of the Department, it has been necessary to engage a large number of female assistants in many branches of the Department. Th so are employed for the pericd of the war only, and the arrangement enables the Department to hrfd positions open for the return of its permanent officers. Instruction Classes for Officers. The correspondence classes inaugurated in 1.910 for the tuition of officers of the Department in technical telegraphy and telephony, and in subjects of the Public Service Senior and Entrance Examinations and the Sixth Standard, were continued during 1915. During the year the fee was raised from 10s. 6d. to £1 Is, for each course. The total number of students who joined the classes was 353, of whom 119 were technical students. The results of the year's work were, as in previous years, very satisfactory. In all 346 lads received instruction at the telegraph learners' schools at Auckland, Oamaru, and Wellington. Examinations. The number of officers who sat for efficiency examinations during the year 1915-16 was 779. Of this number, 551 (71 per cent.) were successful either wholly or partially. To enable officers of the Department taking magnetism and electricity as a subject for the Public Service Senior Examination to fulfil the conditions regarding a minimum course of practical work iv the subject, arrangements were made at places where the necessary certificate could not otherwise be obtained for certificates from the Telegraph Engineers, countersigned by the Chief Telegraph Engineer, to be accepted by the Education Department. Increased Postage and Telegraph Rates. On the 23rd September, 1915, the postage rates on all postal packets, including parcels, but excepting newspapers, were raised by one halfpenny. But in respect of those addressed to those places beyond the Dominion to which the Postal Union rates already apply no additional charge was imp< sod. The charge on inland packets prepaid at bulk rates — i.e., Hansard, School Journal, &c.—was raised Jd. per pound. An exemption was subsequently made in favour of correspondence addressed to soldiers on active service or in camp in New Zealand, and of correspondence posted by soldiers in New Zealand camps, on all of which the war-tax is remitted. Sailors in H.M. ships on Dominion service have the same privilege. On the same date the following charges were fixed for telegrams : For ordinary telegrams— (a) on week-days, for twelve words or less, including address and signature —urgent, 1 s. 2d. ; ordinary, Bd. ; extra words, Id. and |d. each respectively : (b) on Sundays, for twelve words or less, including address and signature—urgent, 2s. 2d. ; ordinary, Is. 2d. ; extra words, 2d. and Id. each respectively. Sunday rates were made applicable at all offices without exception. For cable messages the charges were increased by 2d. for each message except in. the case of cable messages addressed to soldiers. The rates on Press telegrams were also increased. Parcel-post. By Order in Council of the 20th December, 1915, it was provided that a fresh rate of postage should be charged for the return to the sender of an unclaimed inland parcel. Parcel-post number labels are now supplied at the cost of the Department to any firm posting J ,000 or more parcels per annum. The labels bear the initials of the firm and the name of the town in abbreviated form. Parcels for the Expeditionary Force which are found on arrival at chief offices to be insufficiently packed are returned to the senders for repacking. Since the Ist September, 1915, inland parcels have been insured for any sum not exceeding £2 on payment of a fee of 2d. The War and the Department. Special steps were taken to urgently impress on every officer of the Department the need for economy in the use of official supplies during the continuance of the war. The Department has continued throughout the year to grant concessions wherever possible to soldiers on active service abroad and in camp in. New Zealand, and to the general public in communicating with soldiers. As has been mentioned above, the war-tax has been remitted in the case of correspondence addressed to members of the Expeditionary Forces, whether in camp in the Dominion oron active service abroad, and that posted by soldiers in camp. The estimated value of the concession is £12,000. The rates of postage for parcels addressed to soldiers, nurses, and Sisters in Egypt and despatched by the Suez route were reduced from 2s. Bd. to Is. l|d. for parcels not exceeding 3 b. ; from 4s. 4d. to 2s. 7|d. for parcels not exceeding 7 lb. ; from 6s. to 4s. lid. for parcels not exceeding 11 lb. The Department also agreed to accept parcels for members of the British Expeditionary Forces in France at the postage fixed for parcels for the United Kingdom.

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til May, 1915, public information bureaux were established at all chief post-offices, with the object of affording prompt information to the public on matters concerning the war. It came to the knowledge of the Department that many people were quite at sea as to the avenues of information on a variety of things connected with the war, particularly in matters concerning communication with our men at the front or those lying in the various hospitals ; and in order to give the public every facility of finding out as quickly as possible any legitimate information the bureaux were established. Among the many matters of information the bureaux afford may be mentioned— (I.) Names on nominal rolls of New Zealand Forces ; (2.) Supplying enrolment cards ; (3.) List of wounded ; (1.) Cable rates and methods of cabling money to soldiers ; (5.) Condition of wounded soldiers; (li.) Changes of addresses of next-of-kin of soldiers in the field accepted to be forwarded to Defence Department; (7.) Parcel rates; (8.) Any information regarding relief or patriotic funds. The bureaux are greatly appreciated by the public. The system of free official inquiries by cable about the state of soldiers reported wounded continues to give much satisfaction. It is to be remarked that it is only by the courtesy of the cable companies and the Pacific Cable Board, in carrying the messages without charge, that this system is made practicable. Magazines, books, &c, for the entertainment of soldiers in camp in New Zealand or on active service have been accepted from the public by Postmasters, and forwarded without charge to Wellington. Unpaid or insufficiently prepaid letters and post-cards from soldiers and sailors on active service belonging to any of the allies of Great Britain have been delivered free of charges. Post-offices, money-order offices, and savings-banks were opened at the military camps. Patriotic Funds. The Department continues to render assistance to the organizers of the various patriotic and relief funds by the granting of special concessions. Contributions from officers of the Department, as a separate body to the Belgian and other warrelief funds ceased in February, 1916. The total amount contributed by officers through the Department was £3,685 Us. Bd. Post Office. During 1915 the Inspectors of Post-offices visited 2,021 offices. 560 non-permanent offices were inspected by permanent Postmasters in their vicinity. Fifty post-offices were established (of which 4 were reopened offices), and 44 closed. The number of post-offices open on the 31st December, 191.5, was 2,402. The names of ten offices were changed to meet local circumstances. The number of articles delivered in the Dominion, including those received from places beyond, during the year 1915, as compared with the number in 1914, was as under : — 1915. 1.9.14. Increase. Doorcase. Letters and letter-cards.. 119,542,410 118,808,274 734,136 Post-cards .. .. 5,078,723 5,646,784 .. 568,061 Other articles .. 48,528,376 55,492,801 .. 6,964,425 Totals .. 173,149,509 179,947,859 Parcels .. .. 2,886,039 2,585,719 300,320 The letters and letter-cards increased 0-61, post-cards decreased 10-05, other articles decreased I 2-55, and parcels increased 11 '61 per cent. In 1914 letters and letter-cards increased 4-76, post-cards decreased I'sl, other articles increased 6-86, and parcels increased 17-58 per cent. The average number of letters and letter-cards posted per unit of population during 1915 was estimated at 111-53. The average in 19.14 was 105-01. The declared value of parcels received from places outside the Dominion in .1915 was £444,648, as against £448,108 in 1914. The Customs duty amounted to £70,299 7s. The declared value of parcels despatched to places beyond the Dominion in 1915 was £35,674, as against £44,470 in 1914. The inland rates for books and printed papers and for pattern and sample packets have been reduced to correspond with the inland parcel rates in all cases where they formerly exceeded them. The new rates for books and printed papers were adopted, on the 21 st January, 1916; those for pattern and sample packets on the 18th February, 1916. Owing to uncertainty in obtaining supplies of paper the monthly issue oi the Post and Telegraph Guide Supplement was replaced by a pamphlet containing additions and alterations to the Guide. On the Lst January, 1916, amended regulations lor the prepayment of postage in cash by the " permit " system came into force. On the Ist August, 1915, the offices in the Eltham, Hawera, and Waimate West Counties, and also those offices in the Egmont and Stratford Counties which were included in the Wanganui Postal District, were transferred to the New Plymouth Postal District.

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Special arrangements were made by the Department to deal with the large amount of undelivered correspondence returned from the Military Base Post-office at Alexandria. Many of the parcels returned undelivered from the Base Post-office in Egypt were infested with vermin. By arrangement with the Wellington Hospital Board the parcels were sterilized in the steam disinfector before being returned to the senders. Prohibited Correspondence. The correspondence of 13 persons or firms was prohibited transmission, under section 28 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908. Letters addressed to prohibited persons or firms withheld from delivery during the year numbered 598. Prohibition was withdrawn in the case of 1 person. Under the authority of the regulations made under the War Regulations Act, 1914, postal packets were prohibited transmission to 33 persons or firms. Telegrams may not be transmitted to or moneyorders issued in favour of such persons or firms. Newspapers. Thirteen newspapers were registered for transmission by post, and 11 were removed from the register. Thirty-three magazines were registered. Automatic Stamp-vending Machines. Automatic penny-stamp-veiiding machines were erected at 5 offices during 1915, making a total of 76 machines in use throughout the Dominion. In addition to these 76 machines which sell Id. stamps, there are halfpenny-stamp-vending machines in operation at Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Palmerston North, Wanganui, and Wellington. These machines have proved a great convenience to the public, and have relieved the counter officers to a great extent. The numbers of stamps sold from the machines for the past three years are as follows :■ — 1913 .. .. .. .. .. 984,000 1914 1,222,560 1915 .. .. .. .. .. 1,365,840 Post-card-vending machines are installed at Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Greymouth, Nelson, Palmerston North, Wanganui, and Wellington, and a lettsr-card-vending machine at Wellington. Postage-stamps. The King George series of postage-stamps, designed by Mr. H. Liuley Richardson, R.8.A., was issued on 30th July, 1915. The design consists of an inset full side-face likeness of His Majesty King George V. The border is an adaptation of a Maori rafter pattern ; and the four stars in each lower corner are further symbolical of the Dominion. The words are " Postage and Revenue," and, in larger letters, " New Zealand." The denominations are shown in figures only, and are in the upper corners. They and the colours are as follow : |d., sap-green ; ljd., grey ; 2d., aniline-mauve ; 2|-d., slate-blue ; 3d., sepia ; 4d., orange-yellow ; 4-|-d., myrtle-green ; 6d., rose-carmine ; 7|d., red-brown ; 9d., olivegreen ; Is., orange-red. The new values l|d., 4|d., and 7|d. were introduced for parcel-post purposes, and the existing Id, value has not been changed. The new stamps were sold concurrently with those of the old issue until the supply of the latter was exhausted. Official stamps of the £1 denomination, being no longer required, were withdrawn from issue on the 31st August, 1915. Current stamps overprinted with two stars and the words "War Stamp " were issued on the 24-th September, 1915. In view of the increase of postage for war-tax purposes, a new inland post-card printed in red and bearing Id. postage was issued in November, 1915. By the Finance Act, 1915, the duty on. receipts for amounts of £2 and over was increased to 2d. The 2d. stamp was found to be unsuitable by reason of its colour for cancellation with pen and ink. It was, therefore, decided to interchange the colours of the 2d. and 4d. denominations. Twopenny stamps of the new colour (yellow) were issued on the 15th January, 1916. The new 4d. stamps were issued on the 7th April, 1916. In December, 1915, embossed envelopes hearing postage I |d. were ordered through the High Commissioner. The new die was provided in London. \ Halfpenny and threepenny stamps of the King George series were overprinted " Official " and issued on the 12th October and 9th December, 1915, respectively. Owing to the great demand for l|d. stamps, arrangements were made to print this denomination by the surface process in sheets of 240 impressions each. The printing of this denomination by the slower and more costly intaglio process has been discontinued. The same die has been used for the printing of a new l|d. letter-card. It was intended on the issue of the King George stamps to discontinue the printing of all denominations of the King Edward issue. It was found, however, owing to the imposition of the war-tax of |d. on. postal matter and 2d. on telegrams, that the sd. stamp was in groat demand for parcel-post purposes and the Bd. stamp for telegraph messages. As these denominations were not, included in. the King George issue, it was decided to continue printing those of the King Edward issue meanwhile. Owing to the large number of J |d. and Bd. stamps required by Government officials for the prepayment of charges on letters and telegrams, it has been decided to overprint " Official " stamps of these

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denominations. This action will result in a large saving in the consumption of stamp-paper, in connection with which it is anticipated that some difficulty may be experienced in obtaining sufficient supplies. Ocean Mail-services. San Francisco Service. In October, 1914, the R.M.S. " Marama," formerly of the Vancouver service, was transferred to this route. In November, 1915, this vessel was withdrawn from the San Francisco service and converted into a hospital ship. The service has since been performed by the R.M.S. " Maitai " and R.M.S. " Moana." By speeding-up these two vessels the time-table has been fairly well maintained. Owing to the R.M.S. " Maitai " requiring overhaul, the round trip due to commence at Wellington on the 3rd February last was cancelled. Owing principally to the dislocation of the transatlantic service, the average time occupied during 1915 in the delivery of mails from Wellington to London was thirty-seven days instead of thirty-one days. Vancouver Service. This service is still being carried out by the R.M.S. " Makura " and R.M.S. " Niagara." Owing to delay en route for Vancouver, 200 bags of English mails for New Zealand ex " Adriatic " failed to connect with the R.M.S. " Makura " on the voyage commencing at Vancouver on the 16th February, 1.91.6. The mails were diverted to San Francisco and despatched by the s.s. " Ventura " on the 29th February, arriving in New Zealand on. the 28th March. Forty-six bags of letters and 165 bags of newspapers, &c, intended for New Zealand were lost in the s.s. " Arabic," sunk by a German submarine on the 19th August, 1915. Owing principally to the dislocation of the transatlantic service, the average time occupied during 1915 in the delivery of mails from Auckland to London was thirty-five days instead of thirty days. Suez Service. The overland transit of mails through Europe was resumed in June, 1915, the port of transhipment being Marseilles in place of Brindisi or Naples. Correspondence to be sent by this route still requires to be specially superscribed. Inland Mail-services. The contracts for inland mail-services expired on the 31st December, 1915. Owing to the unsettled conditions all contractors were asked to extend their contracts until the 31st December, 1916. Approximately three-fifths of the total number agreed to the extension, and alternative tenders were invited for one year and three years for those services the contractors for which declined to extend. This year tenders will be invited for two years for most, if not all, of the contracts extended or re-let for one year, thus making all inland-mail contracts terminate on the 31st December, 1918. Owing to a difficulty in obtaining a tender for the midnight clearance of pillar-boxes at Dunedin, the Department decided to undertake the service by its own officers supplied with motor-cars. By the grouping of a number of services in close proximity to Napier, the Department found it advantageous to perform them also by a departmental officer and a motor-car. On all mail-services advertised as rural deliveries contractors are now required to carry a stock of stamps, and to obtain money-orders and postal notes for settlers along the route. Owing to serious floods the south-bound express from Auckland on the 22nd July was unable to proceed farther than Te Kuiti. The mails were brought on by a special train, and the departure of the s.s. " Maitai " from Wellington for San Francisco was delayed in order to enable a connection to be made with her. For a few days railway communication was seriously interrupted. On the 24th July mails from Auckland for offices in. the South Island and the southern, part of the North Island were despatched by steamer. The railway-line between Stratford and Whangamomona was blocked during the last week of August, and light mails were sent by pack-horse and by horse-drawn, vehicle. Dead and Missing Letters. There were 6,844 inquiries made during 1915 for postal packets alleged to have been posted and not delivered. In 4,582 of the inquiries, over two-thirds of the total number, the investigations by the Department resulted in the missing articles being traced or accounted for. These may be summarized as follows :— Traced Cases. 1,020 .. .. Sender responsible for delay. 1,018 .. .. Addressee responsible for delay. 438 .. .. Post Office responsible for delay. 2,106 .. .. No delay, or responsibility not fixed. Total .. 4,582 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. 282,102 letters (including 5,584 registered, and 55,511 soldiers' letters) were opened and returned to writers through the Dead Letter Office ; 44,609 letters were returned unopened to other countries ; 1,452 were reissued ; 45,636 were destroyed ; 204,376 were returned to senders by Chief Postmasters ; 18,185 were returned by Chief Postmasters to other countries : a total of 596,360 letters, as compared with 565,125 in 1914.

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9,064 other articles were returned to foreign countries ; 3,156 were returned to the senders through the Dead Letter Office ; 148,365 were returned by Chief Postmasters ; 24,312 were returned by Chief Postmasters to other countries : a total of 184,897 other articles, as compared with 247,448 in 1914. 22,711 letters were wrongly addressed ; 67 letters were discovered to have been posted with previously used stamps. 3,906 newspapers and 2,726 books and other articles without addresses were received, many of which were subsequently applied for and delivered. 21,420 newspapers were returned to publishers. 2,752 letters and 1,579 letter-cards were posted without addresses. 290 letters with libellous addresses were intercepted. Buildings. The following new office buildings were opened : Arrowtown, Chatham Islands, Edcndale, Glenorchy Hikurangi, Mamaku, Manunui, Matiere, Methvcn, Ohingaiti, Patumahoe, Port Nelson, Ross, Waimamaku, and Whatawhata. The accommodation proving inadequate for the increasing requirements, the local officers of the Tourist and Pensions Departments in Wellington, which, formerly occupied portions of the General Post Office building, vacated them in December, 1915. Money-orders. The money-order business for the. year shows a falling-off in. the number of transactions, but an increase in the total of the amount remitted. This is due principally to the war having cut off communication with certain European countries, and also to the fact that postal notes are being more largely used.for the remittance of small amounts. - Twenty-six money-order offices were opened, and seven closed, leaving 806 offices open at the close of the year. The money-orders issued numbered 664,860, for a total of £3,471,818 ; those paid to 555,068, for £3,146,578. The business with countries outside New Zealand decreased for the reasons already referred to, the total amount sent abroad being £485,797, and the amount received from abroad being £165,699. It will be noticed that there is an entry against both Austria and Germany of orders drawn on New Zealand. The explanation, of this is that a large number of orders issued in New Zealand on those countries prior to the declaration of the war have been repaid to the remitters in New Zealand, and the amounts having been originally credited to Austria and Germany have now been debited to those countries. The total commission received for the transaction of moiiey-order business amounted to £15,819. Postal Notes. The postal-note business shows the usual increase. 2,370,079 postal notes, for £723,314, were issued, and 2,364,495 were paid. On this business the commission of £10.561 was received. Forty offices were opened and 12 closed, leaving 1,016 postal-note offices in operation at the end of the year. British Postal Orders. The war has had the effect of decreasing the British postal-order business by about 8 per cent., the number sold amounting to 101,859, as compared with 110,625 for the previous year. The amount sent away by means of this very useful form of remittance was £57,352. The twenty-shilling and ten-shilling notes still continue to have the greatest sales. It is a matter for regret that the Australian Administration has not yet agreed to transact British postal-order business, as the orders may now be obtained and. cashed, with this exception, throughout the British Empire. Savings-bank. The business of the Post Office Savings-bank shows a remarkable increase in the excess of deposits over withdrawals, an excess which has not been approached at any time during the history of the bank. It amounted to no less than £2,411,083 ; and, in addition to this, there was credited to depositors' accounts an amount of £707,252 for interest. Thus the total amount at credit of depositors was increased during the year by no less than £3,118,335. The total balanoe at credit of depositors on the 31st December, 1915, was £22,166,365. These results are an indication of the confidence reposed in the Government institution by the people of the Dominion. There were 26 new savings-bank offices opened during the year and 5 closed, leaving a total of 787 offices at which savings may be dope sited and withdrawals made. 83,244 new accounts were opened and 57,421. closed, leaving 509,085 still in operation at the end of the year. This gives a proportion of one account in every 2-28 of the population. Full particulars as to the numbers of deposits and withdrawals will be found in the tables. The total transactions show a material increase. The deposits reached a total of £13,706,057 and the withdrawals £11,294,974. The average deposit amounted to £14 2s. sd. and the average withdrawal to £17 3s. 9d., while the average amount at credit of each depositor was £43 10s. lOd. If the total at credit be divided equally between the entire population it would amount to £19 os. sd. per head. The working-expenses of the Savings-bank amounted to 4-42 d. per transaction, which gives a cost per cent, on the total amount at credit of depositors of OT4 per £100.

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The system of nominations by depositors in favour of relatives who receive moneys at their creditin case of death is steadily growing in favour. During the year 388 additional nominations were made, bringing the total in force up to 1,309. The system is an excellent one, particularly for those persons whose whole estate is the amount of their savings in the bank, as it relieves their nominees from the procedure necessary in connection with the proving of the will or the obtaining of letters of administration. The system of transfer of accounts between the Dominion and the United Kingdom resulted in £33,677 being transferred to the United Kingdoln and £7,473 to New Zealand. A Similar arrangement with the Australian Savings-banks resulted in £53,728 being transferred to Australia and £47,645 to New Zealand. Work performed for other Departments. The scope of the Department's usefulness to the State is constantly being widened, and there are very few services under State control for which the Post Office is not in some measure the agent dealing directly with the public. Among the many branches of work undertaken during the year those deserving of particular mention are Customs duties collected for a total amount of £78,426, and for the same Department £10,156 for beer duty. The agencies for the State Advances, Public Trust, and Government Insurance Departments lead to a very large amount of business. The amount received on acoount of State Advances reached a total of £1,911,903, for the Public Trustee £1,334,826, and for the Government Insurance £239,103; while the amounts paid were £1,927,428 for the State Advances and £1,333,611 for the Public Trustee. Land and income tax may be paid at any money-order office, and the total amount of these taxes received during the year was £1,189,692. For the Valuation Department fees amounting to £6,396 were collected. A very large number of claims chargeable to the appropriations made by Parliament are paid through the medium of the Post Office on behalf of the Treasury. Last year- the amount so paid in cash was £2,708,698. For the Pensions Department £477,941 was paid on account of old-age pensions, £48,680 on account of military pensions, and £35,822 on account of widows' pensions. There was also a considerable amount paid out on account of war pensions and miners' pensions. Contributions to the National Provident Fund collected by Postmasters amounted to £19,053, and £129,957 was paid out on behalf of the Public Service Superannuation Fund. Among the items which do not bulk largely with regard to amount but involve numerous transactions may be mentioned the sale of fishing licenses, to the value of £1,442, and game licenses, £3,642; machinery- and boiler-certificate fees collected, £12,804; mining licenses, £215; and sanatorium receipts, £1,425. On behalf of the British Government £29,003 was paid to Imperial pensioners resident in New Zealand. For the registration of births, deaths, and marriages and the performance of the marriage ceremony Postmasters collected £3,656. It may be a matter of interest that some Registrars are Postmistresses, and have proved themsdves adept in performing the marriage ceremony. Discount stamps valued at £782 and numbering 750,720 were sold, but the popularity of these stamps seems to be steadily diminishing, the sales being practically confined to Wellington. Since the Ist January, 1916, the Post Office has also acted as agent for the Public Service Superannuation Fund in the matter of applications for loans, in addition to the payment of superannuation allowances. The work performed in connection with the payment of allotments made by members of the New Zealand military forces has assumed very large proportions, the number of payments made amounting to the large total of 200,880 for £951,700. Some idea of the other services performed may be obtained from the balance-sheet of the Post Office Account. Telegraphs. The telegraph revenue shows a marked increase, which is principally due to two causes—(l) the increased telegraph rates which were in force for the last six months of the year, and (2) to a payment received from the Defence Department on account of the immense amount of work performed for that Department during the first fifteen months of the war. The grand total of the telegraph revenue, including telephone exchanges and miscellaneous receipts, amounted to £837,174, equivalent to an increase of almost 27 per cent. If to this be added the value of " free " Government telegrams, the total amounts to £846,259. The payments made on account of these services amounted to £658,572, an increase equal to about 7 \ per cent. The increase in this class of expenditure has been kept down by reason of two main factors—the first, the large number of officers who have enlisted and whose places are taken by juniors; the second, the very considerable decrease in the number of Press messages, which has enabled the staffs at large centres to be materially reduced. The outstanding feature of the telegraph business is the large and steadily increasing number of bureau communications, which are to some extent taking the place of the sixpenny telegram; for, while the number of ordinary telegrams decreased from 6,169,047 to 6,062,131, the number of bureau messages increased from 3,753,592 to 3,963,801. Thus, while the number of telegrams fell off by 106,916, the bureau communications increased by 210,209. The extension of the telegraph and telephone lines was steadily proceeded with during the year. Twenty-seven new offices were opened, bringing the total number up to 2,413 on the 31st March. Of these, 334 were Morse telegraph-offices and 2,079 telephone-offices,

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From the 523 private wires and subsidized lines the amount of rent and maintenance received was £3,989. The various telegraph tables give full particulars with reference to telegrams handled. The total number of all codes dealt with was 10,836,751, an increase of only 8,783 over the previous year. The proportion of paid telegrams per unit of population was 9-29. While ordinary telegrams show the decrease in number already referred to, the increased rates produced an increased revenue therefrom of £24,180, and urgent ordinary telegrams, which showed a considerable falling-off in number for the same reason, showed an increase of £155 in revenue, The number of Press telegrams fell from 471,455 to 383,155, but the revenue derived therefrom on account of the increased rates during the last half of the year was £24,417, as against £22,328. The bureau business was not affected by the increased rates, and, in addition to showing the increase in number referred to above, also gave the greater revenue by £12,116. At the same time the average value of each bureau message increased from 6-38 d. to 6-78 d. The Government messages, for which no payment was received, show a tendency to steadily increase, and during the year they totalled 127,841. Their value at ordinary rates amounted to £9,085. The increase shown is no less than 16,486 telegrams. The number of paid telegrams forwarded amounted to 8-71 messages for every 100 letters posted in New Zealand. The overhaul and reconstruction of telegraph and inter-urban telephone-lines was steadily proceeded with during the year, the number of miles in each Telegraph Engineer's district so dealt with being as follows : Auckland, 312 ; Wellington, 356 ; Nelson, 231 ; Canterbury, 114 ; Otago, 1,126. Owing to increase in business, five offices were converted from telephone to Morse offices, and in two cases, where the business did not justify the retention of Morse instruments, the offices were converted from Morse to telephone. The total number of telegraph-instrument sets of all classes in use in the Dominion numbers 870. A double-current duplex set has been fitted up at Westport, the consequent rearrangement of circuits permitting direct working with Wellington. New test-boards have been installed for long-distance lines at eighteen of the more important telegraph-offices. The length of telegraph and telephone line and wire on the 31st March, 1915 and 1916 respectively, was as follows : —

There was no alteration in the length of submarine cable, which remains at 374 knots. During the year faults developed in the No. 2 Cook Strait cable, and in the cable between Motuihi and Waiheke and between Motuihi and Howick. They were, however, promptly repaired. In the two first cases it was found that the fault was caused by a species of crustacean borer, and in the third case the armouring of the cable was eaten away by chemical action. Ocean Cable Services. The cable business during the year shows a marked increase in the traffic handled, and also discloses the fact that the Pacific route, which in the previous year handled 74 per cent, of the ordinary outward business, only received 67 per cent., while the Eastern Company increased their proportion of the business from 26 per cent, to 33 per cent. 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 : — Pacific Eastern. Year. Messages. *$£*£• Year. Messages. P ™ a a f c 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 1914-15 .. .. 106,018 74 1914-15 .. .. 37,446 26 1915-16 .. .. 114,151 67 1915-16 .. .. 56,684 33 The number of international cable messages forwarded during the year shows an increase of 34-75 per cent, on the number sent during 1914-15, and the number forwarded to Australian stations shows an increase of 7-98 per cent. Messages received from international stations increased by 46-55 per cent., and there was an increase of 11-43 per cent, in the Australian received traffic. New Zealand's proportion of the deficit of £7,915 Bs. id. on the thirteenth year's working of the Pacific cable amounted to £879 9s. 9d,

Mil is of Pole Li le. iles of Wire. Yoar ended 31st March, 1915. Year ended 31st March. 1916. increase. Year endod 31st March, 1915. Year ended 31st March. 1916. Increase. 'elegraph and inter-urban telephone 'elephone-exchange plant... 13,434 3,029 13,684 3,437 250 408 46,778 113,479 48,052 128,525 1,274 15,046 Totals 16,463 17,121 658 160,257 176,577 16,320 New Zea .AND SuBMj iRINE CaBI r.E Servic IE.

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During the year New Zealand has given the Pacific route 68-19 per cent, of the ordinary business to Australia, as against 75-66 per cent, last year. 963 Press telegrams were sent via Pacific and 1,542 via Eastern, compared with 1,124 and 1,608 respectively last year. The number of cables sent as " deferred " during the year shows an increase of approximately 93 per cent, over the previous year's figures. The Pacific Cable Board's auxiliary schooner " Strathcona " was wrecked on the Minerva Reef during a voyage from Auckland to Fanning Island. All on board were saved, but a bag of mails was lost. There has been a very large increase in the number of week-end messages sent, the total number being '28,387, an increase of 212 per cent. To a great extent this increase is accounted for by the number of such messages sent to members of the Expeditionary Forces, with reference to which special arrangements have been made and special facilities afforded. Owing to the exigencies of the war the week-end cable service was occasionally suspended. Arrangements were made, however, to accept messages to be telegraphed to Montreal and posted from that city to the United Kingdom. Wireless Telegraphy. The two high-power stations at Awanui and Awarua have continued to work satisfactorily, also the low-power stations at Wellington and Chatham Islands. The low-power station at Auckland was closed on the Bth May, 1.915, but not dismantled. Ships continue to exercise care not to disclose their whereabouts, and, owing to the restriction placed since the outbreak of war upon business of an unimportant nature, a considerable decline in the volume of wireless traffic has resulted. Twenty-four ship-stations are registered in New Zealand. Observations are being made at Chatham Islands and Awarua of atmospheric electrical, disturbances which prevail in greater or less degree at all times. These arc despatched to the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Wireless communication on long waves between Awanui and Apia, Samoa, a distance of 1,550 knots, established shortly after the seizure of the Samoan group by the New Zealand Expeditionary Force on behalf of the Imperial Government on the outbreak of war, continues to be satisfactorily maintained. Recently the wireless station at Awarua served a useful purpose that is unusual in these waters. The chronometers of the " Aurora " had not been checked since that vessel's departure for the southern seas. The vessel was returning damaged, and required correct time to check the chronometers. Arrangements were made by which at the three consecutive hours of 11 a.m., noon, and 1 p.m. the Observatory clock at Wellington, was connected direct to a land-line circuit to the Awarua wireless-station. The length of this circuit was approximately 650 miles. The ship was on the lookout for a wireless signal, which was despatched by preconcerted arrangement practically stimutaneously with its receipt over the land circuit. The result was found to be highly satisfactory. The native trees that have been planted on the 30-acre site of the Wellington radio-station on Mount Wakefield are doing well, and giving promise that in a few years they will relieve the denuded aspect that prevails at present. Telephone Exchanges. The expansion of the telephone-exchange system continued steadily throughout the year. Ten new exchanges were opened, and the number of subscribers increased by 3,542 and connections by 4,715. The total number of exchanges is 259, of which 62 are central exchanges— i.e., self-contained —-and 197 sub-exchanges. The total number of connections of all kinds amounts to 58,976, of which 44,836 are directpaying connections and 8,668 extensions, and 5,472 bureau and service connections. The increase in the connections during the year amounted to 8-69 per cent. The telephone-exchange system includes 3,437 miles of line and 128,525 miles of wire. The total revenue received was £287,547, an apparent decrease on last year's figures; but, as was explained in the returns, on account of the alteration in. due date of subscriptions, receipts fell into the previous year which would in ordinary course have been collected during the currency of the year just closed. The necessary alignment will be completed during the present year, and in future the figures will not be affected. The conversion of earth-working exchanges to metallic circuit is steadily proceeding, and 19 exchanges have been changed to the latter system during the year. Of the existing exchanges, 195 are on the metallic-circuit system, 57 on the single-line system, and 7 are in course of conversion from single line to metallic. The party-line connection has become exceedingly popular. There are now 2,541 party-line circuits, with a total of 8,505 subscribers, an increase in this particular branch of exchange work of 478 lines and 1,810 circuits. The work of laying the telephone-cables underground is still proceeding, and during the year four and a half miles of ducts, fifteen miles of pipes, and sixteen miles of armoured cable were thus laid. Toll circuits are now available for telephone communication between Wellington and Napier, and Napier and Gisborne. The proportion of exchange connections of all kinds to the population of the Dominion on the 31st March, 191.6, was slightly over 5 per cent. The percentages in each of the four principal centres are as follows : Wellington, 9-54 ; Auckland, 6-55 ; Christchurch, 6-28 ; Dunedin, 6-91. The number of telephone connections at the ten principal telephone exchanges on the 31st March, 1916, was as follows: Auckland, 7,563; Wellington, 7,140; Christchurch, 5,547; Dunedin, 4,725; Gisborne, 1,557; Wanganui, 1,533; Napier, 1,454; Hastings, 1,420; Invercargill, 1,408; Palmerston North, 1,213.

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Slot Telephones. The installation of slot telephones for public use has beeu fully justified by the results, and the experience of the Department has been that wherever there is a fair population or a public centre the machines are appreciated by the public, and an extensive use made of them. During the year 59 new slot installations have been made, bringing the total number up to 198. The revenue derived from these machines amounted to £6,343, an increase of £1,984 over the receipts during the previous year. The reduction from 2d. to Id. on instruments within one-half mile from telephone exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christohuroh, and Dunedin, introduced during 1914, has been extended to cover the distance of two miles from these exchanges. The reduction applies also to several other towns in the Dominion. The result has been that wherever there is a busy centre the reduced rate has had the effect of promoting the use of the service to such an extent that the revenue is well maintained. A check on the business done shows that these telephones are not much availed of between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.—in fact, the distribution of business accords fairly well with that of the general working of an exchange. There are numerous applications for the establishment of these slot telephones under consideration, and the workshops have in hand the manufacture of a large number of machines. A considerable number of micro-telephones continue to be stolen from the various cabinets. Automatic Exchanges. The opening of the automatic exchanges has been seriously delayed on account of materials not coming to hand owing to the war. The transfer of the manufacture from Antwerp to London, mentioned in last year's report, did not prove successful, owing partly to the scarcity of skilled craftsmen, and also to the fact that the factories were required for the manufacture of munitions of war. To meet the Department's requirements the company then transferred its tools for the manufacture of these automatic appliances to their extensive works at Chicago, and although this was done as promptly as possible there was necessarily a considerable time occupied in fitting up the appliances and adapting the stall to the new requirements. The latest advice is that matters are now progressing as well as can be reasonably expected in the unique conditions, and that a much more rapid delivery of the equipment may be looked for. The necessary buildings for automatic exchanges have been completed at Blenheim, Hamilton, Ponsonby, Mount Eden, and Remuera. In all these places some of the apparatus is to hand, as well as for the exchange at Oamaru. Plans have been prepared and approved for the erection of a building in Wellesley Street, Auckland, which, while providing accommodation for a post-office, will also be the site of the automatic equipment for the principal exchange,. In this connection it may be well to remark that provision for improved communication between Devonport, Takapuna, and Onchunga and the principal exchange in Auckland City is necessarily deferred owing to the difficulties that have arisen owing to the war. Before these places can work into the city exchanges it is necessary that the latter should be first completed, and such completion is entirely dependent upon the arrival of apparatus. The installation of automatic equipments has necessitated considerable alterations in the outside plant. In some places, such as Blenheim, Hamilton, and Masterton, the existing exchanges are singlewire earth-working systems. It was necessary, therefore, to introduce metallic circuits for any new system of switchboard, and this led to a good deal of underground work, which has already been completed at Masterton and Blenheim and is nearing completion at Hamilton. The Auckland and Wellington metallic circuits had existed in overhead lead cables, it has been found desirable to place these in ducts Under ground, and also to extend the area over which such underground protection and facilities should be afforded. The work has progressed satisfactorily. At Christchurch the switchboard accommodation has been exhausted for some time, and new subscribers have been accommodated upon detached standard switchboards. While this arrangement gives the necessary service, it is not' without serious disadvantages. It can only be availed of to a limited extent —that extent has now almost been reached. About two years ago an order was placed for a new toll-board for Christchurch, but owing to the war the last lot of this material is only now arriving, and it is hoped that the use; of it will enable the Department to carry on until better provision is made. Some automatic equipment has been ordered, to be installed in a new exchange building at St. Albans and at Sydenham, and when these installations are complete the strain on the main switchboard will be relieved, and leave accommodation for growth until a new main automatic exchange is erected in Hereford Street. At Dunedin also the switchboard accommodation is practically exhausted. It has been decided to install automatic equipment on the Western Electric system throughout the whole area. This can not be done at once, and to relieve the present switchboard it is proposed to install automatic exchanges of the ultimate capacity of 2,000 lines in South Dunedin and Roslyn. When these two exchanges are in service they will relieve the present main exchange and render it capable of meeting future growth until a new main exchange can be erected, equipped, and brought into service. The Strowgcr automatic apparatus at Wellington and Auckland continues to work satisfactorily. The whole 1,000 lines at Wellington are in operation. At Auckland there are 747 lines in use, leaving 553 still available, a number which will enable new business to be handled until one or more of the outlying automatic exchanges is brought into service. At Wellington there is very little spare switchboard accommodation of any kind. It is expected, however, that the Courtenay Place and Wellington South automatic exchanges will be ready for operation about the end of the year, and it is thought that it will be practicable to provide for all new connections in the meantime. It is anticipated that the equipment for all the exchanges for which the Department now has buildings in readiness will be shipped from America during June.

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APPENDIX.

DESIGNATION OF OFFICES CHANGED OR CORRECTED.

INLAND MAIL-SERVICES ESTABLISHED, EXTENDED, AND ABOLISHED.

Postal District. Changed from Changed to Auckland Hangatiki Central Maraekowhai Okoroire Okoroire Springs Oranga Ranginui Wainoni Lake Coleridge Hyde Pahika Pukema Okura Shortland Ohakune East Hangatiki. Houseboat. Okoroire Railway. Okoroire. Makeokeo. Ngahape. Greenhithe. Whakamatau. Hyde Township. Wairuna. I'ukekoma. Okura. Thames South. Ohakune junction. HH ■ ' ,,. I) ' ' )) ' • Christohurch Dunedin >> HH Hokitika Thames Wanganui

District. Name of Service. Frequency. Remarks. r .uokland Taumai-unui Post - office - Railwaystation -River Landing Tokatoka Post-office - Wharf As required Established, Greenwood's Corner-Auokland Horotiu Post-office - Railway-station Aratapu-Mititai .. Ciunln-iilge-Bruntwood Dargaville-Ruawai Prankton .function - To Rapa (rural delivory) Manunui-Ngapuke Ohaupo along Ohaupo and Lake Roads Tatua Railway - station - Tatuanui Post-office Te Awaniutu - Mangapiko (rural delivery Te Awamutu-Te l'ahu (rural delivery) Waihou - MorrinsviUe and Thomas Roads (rural delivery) .. Waihou Railway-station - Post-office Otiria - Tuhipa - Kaikohe Fourteen trips weekly Twice daily Daily Pour times weekly to Kaikohe; thrice weekly to Tuhipa Thrloe weekly .. Kiwitahi RaUway-station to settlers' boxes (rural delivery) Morrinsville-Patetonga Onerahi-Portland Pirongia-Oranga • Waiwhakatu - Pirongia - Oparau Perrv Road

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

District. Name of Service. Frequency. Remarks. LUckland — ctd. Onehunga-Waiuku About nine timos monthly Twice weekly Established. Aria-Onaio Hendorson-Massey (rural delivery) .. .Kaikohe-Tautoro along Mangakahia and Otaienga Roads (rural delivery) Kawhia-Owhiro Matahuru-Kaihere Matakohe-Ararua Matakoho-Parahi (rural delivery) .. Whitianga Whenuakito Woodleigh-Waikaria Port Albert - Wharohi no . . Sai os-Otangaroa Kuaotunu Landing Service Mai mgat apere-Kara To Kauwhata Railway-station - Waorenga Aratapu-Mititai Bickorstaffc-Waipu Big Omaha Post-offiee - Steamer .. Bruntwood Post-offiee - Railway-sta-tion Dargaville-Mititai Dargaville - Te Kopuru Hairini - Te Awamutu Hautapu Post-office - Railway-station Hikurangi - A point near Marua Kaikohe along Mangakahia and Otaienga Roads Kaikohe-Tautoro Kaiwaka-Hakaru Kakahi Post-office - Railway-station Matakohe-Ararua Matakohe-Oparaku Maungaturoto-Waipu Oparau Perry Post-office - River Bank Otamatea Post-office - Ranganui Rail-way-station Pipiwai-Titoki Poroti-Kokopu Putaruru-Lichfield Putarui-u-Tokoroa Te Rapa Post-office - Railway-station S.s. " Kanieri " - Parua Bay Tatua Railway - station - Settlers' Boxes To Awamutu Post-office - Railway station Tokatoka Post-office - Wharf Waerenga-Taniwha Whakapirau-Maungaturoto Whangapara-Awanga Whitianga-Cumtown Whitianga-Whcnuakitc Blenheim - Top Valley Pieton-Urukaka Seddon - Tetley Brook (rural delivery) Blenheim-Hillersden Renwicktown - Bonhojiai Fabian's Valley - Wairau Valley Mahakipawa-Cullensville Mayiield - Porateko district (rural delivery) Waiau-No. 2 Settlement. . Parnassus-Kai koura Papatowai Post-oifioe - Maelonnan Railway-station Kahuika Post-office - Caberfeidh Railway Siding Pembroke - Mount Barker (rural delivery) Ratanui-Tarara (rural delivery) Tahakopa Post-office - Railway-sta-tion Kaitangata - Inchclutha Kahuika Post-office - Houipapa Railway Siding Miller's Plat Post-office - Coach and delivery of telegrams Ratanui-Papatowai Tautuku-Papatowai Wharuarimu-Papatowai Weekly Fortnightly ,, (See Abolished.) ,, (See Abolished). Extended to Kokopu. (See Abolishod.) Extended to Tauiwha. Abolished. ,, (See Established.) )! ,, (See Extended.) Abolishod. To meet Main Trunk expresses ,h Twice weekly .. (See Established.) Established. Blenheim Weekly Christchurch .. Extended to Wantwood. ,, to Netherwood. Abolishod. Thrice weekly .. Established, Dunedin Twice weekly Thrice weekly .. Established. hj Twiee weokly t> HI Extended to Paretai. Abolished. it »»

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District. Name of Service. Frequency. Remarks. Uisborno Rakauroa Post-offiee -Railway-sta-tion Otoko Post-office -Railway-station.. Roefton — Murray ('reek Kumara Wainihinihi (Jarston Post-office - Railway-station Mataura Post-office - Railway-station Wairio-Moretown Olenorehy Post-office - Wharf As required Established. Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Twice weekly Abolished. Established. Extended to Tuhua. Established. As required Daily".. '.'. Thrice weekly in summer; twice weekly in winter Thrice weekly .. Twice weekly Napier Nelson New Plymouth Jamaru rhames rimaru Pukerau-Benio (rural delivery) Mataura - Knowsley Park (rural delivery) Bluff - Ruapuke island Queenstowu - Moke Creek.. Matamau-Tataramoa Takapau - Otawhao Block (rural delivery) Main Road -Mangahei Post-office . . Bronte Comer - Mahanu .. (!ollingwood-Ferntown Riwaka-Umukuri Okato-Carrington Road (rural delivery) Rahotu-Kahui. Ngariki and Manihi Roads Inglewood-Kaimiro Ngaore-Pukengahu (rural delivery).. Okato - Carrington Road (rural delivery) Briston Post-office - Waitara Road Railway-station Omarama-Longslip Windsor-Maruakoa Capo Runaway Beach - Post-office .. Waihau Bay - Raukokore Manawaru-Hungahunga Opotiki - Otara Road Ake Ake - Tauranga Willowbridge Post - office - Railwaystation Waihao Forks - AUanholm Settlement Waiariari - Hook Railway-station .. Willowbridge Post-office - Railwaystation Hawera-Manaia Ngaere-Pukengahu, via Cheal Road (rural delivery) Chief Post Office and suburbs by electric tram Makowhai - Rongotea Tramline Junction Woodville-Ngaawapurua . Foatherston - Featherston Military Camp Tiakitahuna Post-office - Railwaystation Te Rauparaha - Corge Railway-station Eastbourne - Day's Bay . . Eketahuna-Newman Feilding - Rongotea Foxton - Sanson Ohau Post-office - Railway-station . Little Wanganui Post-office - Wharf - Junction Karamea Road Sullivan's Bridge - Ariki Ariki-Paenga (rural delivery) Seddon ville-Waitaiawa Waitaiawa-Karamea Fern Flat - Paenga Fern Flat - Sullivan's Bridge Karamea-Arapito Karamea - Little Wanganui St. Helen's - Corbyvale Te Namu - Little Wanganui Twice monthly .. Daily .. Thrice weekly .. Twice weekly Thrice weekly .. Daily Twice weekly Weekly As required Daily Weekly Thrioe daily Thrice weekly .. Abolished. Established. Abolished. Established. Extended to Rahiri. ,, to Wingrove Road. to Newall Road School Abolished. Established. Extended to Oamaru. Established. Abolishod. Established. (See Abolished.) Abolislied. Vanganui Daily . (See Established.) Established. Wellington I, As required. Daily .. Twice daily t. .. Thrice weekly .. Abolished. ,'estport As required Established. Pour times weekly Weeklyt$ Abolished. tt »» tt tt

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SUBSIDIZED SEA MAIL-SERVICES. The several subsidized sea mail-services, the subsidy-payments for the year ended 31st December, 1915, the dates when established, and the date on which each terminates are shown below :—

Service. Annual SubBidy or Payment. Duration When established. of Service. Number of Voyages When terminated A^m terminable. Mileage for Complete Voyage. Cost per Mile. Auckland and Great Barrier Auckland, Whangaroa, and Mangonui Dargaville and Ruawai Dargaville and Tangiteroria Helensville and Matakohe Helensville and Dargaville Horeke, Kohukohu, Rawene, Koutu, Rangi Point, Opononi, and Omapere Offices in Whangarei Harbour Horeke Russell 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 Pioton, Grove Wharf, Te Awaite, and Resolution Bay Pioton and Portage Portage and Kenepuru Head Port Nelson and Waikawa Bay .. Ngakuta, Hakahaka, Kakapo Bay, Ooean Bay, Robin Hood Bay, and Blenheim Portage and Crail Bay Port Nelson, Tarakohe, Tonga Bay, Totaranui, Takaka, and Collingwood Port Nelson and Croixelles Waitai and French Pass Westport and Karamea Westport and LittleJWanganui .. Wellington or Lyttelton and Chatham Islands (including Pitt Island) Bluff and Half-moon Bay £ s. d. 250 0 0 126 0 0 Oct., 1891 Nov., 1907 Dec, 1916 52 Dec, 1916 52 124 368 s. d. 0 9-31 0 1-58 90 0 0 160 0 0 150 0 0 900 0 0 119 15 0 Jan., 1916 Nov., 1893 Jan., 1881 Jan., 1881 Jan., 1889 Dec, 1916 312 Dec, 1916 260 Dec, 1916 I 104 Dec, 1916 312 Dec, 1916 156 40 62 116 128 52 0 1-73 0 2-38 0 2-98 . 0 5-4 0 3-54 117 0 0 32 0 0 90 0 0 25,000 0 0 20,000 0 0 15,000 0 0* Sept., 1912 Jan., 1916 Jan., 1889 Oot., 1910 Aug., 1911 Dec, 1900 Dec, 1916 156 Dec, 1916 52 Dec, 1916 416 June, 1919 13 Sept., 1916 13 Mar., 1915 52 22 9 8 12,180 12,660 1,230 0 8-18 1 4-43 0 6-49 8 1-89 2 5-16 1 8-28 440 0 0 Dec, 1891 Dec, 1916 26 300 1 1-56 330 0 0 Jan., 1907 Dec, 1916 26 330 0 9-23 192 10 0 Jan., 1913 Dec, 1916 156 88 0 3-36 60 0 0 70 0 0 25 0 0 77 10 0 Jan., 1913 Jan., 1913 Jan., 1913 April, 1911 Dec, 1916 12 Dec, 1916 304 Dec, 1916 126 Dec, 1916 52 14 46 62 80 0 3-3 0 3-51 0 3-72 0 4-16 147 0 0 200 0 0 Jan., 1910 Dec, 1916 52 Dec, 1916 104 106 130 0 6-4 0 3-55 100 0 0 25 0 0 | 400 0 0 Jan., 1904 June, 1914 Nov., 1914 Dec, 1916 52 Dec, 1916 52 Jan., 1915 j Sept., 1916 6 61 12 102 1 82 } 1,050 0 7-57 0 961 1 3-27 500 0 0 1 7-05 300 0 0 July, 1886 Dec, 1916 52 44 2 7-47 * Subsid; abolished lKth [arch, 1915.

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CABLE BUSINESS. Hereunder are shown the number and value of cable messages forwarded from New Zealand during the financial year 1915-16, in comparison with the figures for 1914-15 :—

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. £ 1915-16 ... ... ... 80,124 ... ... _ 100,216 1914-15 ... ... ... 59,460 ... ... " 95,097 Increase 20,664 = 34-75 per cent. 5,119 = 5-38 per cent. Australian. Number of Value. Messages. £ 1915-16 ... ... ... 90,711 ... ... 22,999 1914-15 ... ... ... 84,004 ... 19,663 Increase 6,707 = 7-98 per cent. 3,336 = 16-96 percent. There was a total increase of 27,371 messages, and an increase in value of £8,455

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. ■";' - . -':■' ... ' ' Ordii n, lary. Pres ss. Destination. Number of Messages. Number ( \\...... i .,... I Number of Messages. "" Value. Value. Messages International Australian Totals for 1915-16 ... 52,296 ... 61,855 ..;■ 114,151 £ 62,638 15,507 240 723 £ 292 193 78,145 963 485 Totals for 1914-15 ... 106,018 79,460 1,124 533

Ordi iary. Press. -. r '■' Destination. ■ ! Number of Messages. Value. Number of ,. , Messages. Valne ' International... Australian 27,828 28,856 £ 37,578 7,492 £ 22 55 1,520 844 1,542 899 Totals for 1915-16 56,684 45,070 1,542 Totals for 1914-15 37,446 35,301 1,608 858

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RECEIVED CABLES. The number of cable messages received in New Zealand during the years 1915-16 and 1914-15, exclusive of Press, was as follows:— ~;;':;-: Via Pacific. '■ ' ' International. Australian. 1915-16 ... ... ... ... ... 41,933 52,596 1914-15 ... 27,214 49,611 Increase ... ... ... ... 14,719 Increase 2,985 Via Eastern. International. Australian. 1915-16 ... ... ... ... ... 34,187 37,844 1914-15 ... '~:.'. ... - ... ... 24,816 31,549 Increase ... ... , ... ... 9,371 Increase 6,295

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

~ t RADIO-TELEGRAMS, The radio business transacted by the New Zealand Coast Stations during the years 1915-1916 and 1914-1915 was as follows :—

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■;'/ Forwarded. Number of Messages. Words. Forwarded. Value. Rooeived. Year. Number of Messages. Words. L911-12 1912-13 L913-14 L914-15 L915-16 ... fa ,. 2,117 . 2,680 . 3,846 .. 2,732 . 2,505 158,590 252,725 455,175 212,120 201,665 £ 1,298 2,161 2,729 , 1,390 1,384 6,682 6,004 6,212 8,056 9,739 582,247 546,187 621,923 796,352 967,485 i

Forwarded. - '■;;; .-■ t Reoeived : Year. Number of Amount earned by Messages. Words. New Zealand. Number of Amount earned by New Zealand. Total Value. Messages. Words. 1915-16 1914-15 ■ ■;.. : 3,076 Z 2,4.18 3' [ . . 61,759 47,998 1,26,2 £ 2,296 1,077 4,666 4,656 71,291 64,284 £ s [fir, 574 1,049 Li L^ Increases ... 658 13,761 540 1,219 10 7,007 525 Lili. -_ i. : .. . ■ The increase in the numbe: ,nd 0-21 per cent, for the forwi • of radk irded am ic i-telegraphic 1 [received re; messages, i ipectively. )ver the previous .■ear was 27'2

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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 "OMINION. - ; Where payable. Year. Commission received. . __, In the Dominion. United Kingdom and Foreign Offices. Australia and other British Possessions. Total. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. 1863 £ 1 1057 £ 9,614 £ 21,944 4,645 £ 24,145 11,586 £ 55,703 2,201 4,74° 1873 3,562 ' 34,288 142,642 11,913 48,548 6,150 28,068 52,351 219,258 1883 9,023 132,232 402,559 26,211 91,634 I4,"3 46,940 172,556 541,133 1893 10,249 146,133 576,359 29,616 86,545 35,208 88,025 210,957 750,929 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 10,601 "i434 12,671 13,836 14,747 15,533 16,513 17,519 14,916 155,534 162,600 181,505 193,867 206,265 221,354 239,565 255,344 258,110 608,042 635,063 717,218 762,593 798,726 864,513 951,860 1,002,057 1,014,724 28,513 28,882 29,238 31,770 35,377 38,528 40,925 45,7oi 53,9io 79,349 78,465 82,499 93,649 107,140 122,064 122,935 125,549 138,755 38,631 52,OI5 58,823 68,002 76,728 84,782 89,344 104,922 55,187 89,393 99,077 102,443 "4,589 123,375 132,231 140,058 158,902 123,580 222,678 243,497 269,566 293,659 318,370 344,664 369,834 405,967 367,207 776,783 812,605 902,160 970,831 1,029,241 1,118,808 1,214,853 1,286,508 1,277,059 1903 15,882 273,535 1,108,067 63,309 157,790 59,468 150,368 396,312 1,416,225 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 16,385 17,073 18,279 18,847 12,556 13,783 14,300 '5,307 i6,399 281,655 287,394 301,650 305,424 338,752 383,283 4i3,3M 444,169 493,345 1,148,226 1,189,386 1,312,271 1,389,800 i,6n ,968 1,841,030 1,981,877 2,262,366 2,702,469 60,490 57,4M 60,120 58,565 67,384 74,893 79,651 88,364 98,452 165,245 177,610 186,903 193,356 226,409 256,804 273,449 289,857 322,037 65,638 72,633 77,250 77,498 81,948 80,564 76,692 75,231 74,628 163,416 174,716 187,058 190,434 212,308 209,759 202,197 207,170 206,843 407,783 417,441 439,020 441,487 488,084 538,740 569,657 607,764 666,425 1,476,887 1,541,712 1,686,231 1,773,591 2,050,684 2,307,593 2,457,523 2,759,393 3,231,350 1913 1914 1915 16,872 16,336 15,819 516,536 536,674 5",487 2,821,624 2,933,911 2,986,021 100,634 87,774 81,483 336,992 299,155 263,371 73,575 67,070 71,890 199,158 194,439 222,426 690,745 691,518 664,860 3,357,774 3,427,505 3,471,818 Drawn on ; •he Dominion. When issued. Year. In the Dominion. United 1 Forei] nited Forei Kingdom and ;ign Offices. Australia and other British Possessions. Total. I No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. 1863 , £ 9,169 1,824 558 £ 3,078 £ 14,071 2,067 415 3.04° 1873 34,288 142,642 1,482 6,626 1,668 7,689 37,438 156,957 1883 132,232 402,559 3,725 15,553 5,697 23,300 141,654 441,411 1893 146,133 576,359 8,746 32,617 10,679 40,929 165,558 649,905 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, no 608,042 635,063 717,218 762,593 798,726 864,513 951,860 1,002,057 1,014,724 9,293 9,938 10,254 10,085 10,671 10,624 10,342 II,082 ",732 33,787 35,155 35,553 35,239 36,106 37,290 36,014 40,022 4i,37i 10,690 11,520 11,507 11,407 12,753 13,399 15,271 16,688 16,527 38,571 39,863 40,836 40,105 44,559 48,534 ■ 59,304 63,800 62,160 175,517 184,058 203,266 215,359 229, 68g 2 45,377 265,178,-, 283,114 286,369 680,400 710,081 793,608 837,936 879,391 950,337 1,047,179 1,105,879 1,118,254 1963 273,535 1,108,067; 13,035 49,181 .17,777 68,340 304,347 1,225,589 1904 1905 1906 1907 [908 1909 1910 1911 1912 281,655 287,394 301,650 305,424 338,752 383,283 4i3,3M 444,169 493,345 1,148,226 1,189,386 1,312,271 r,389,800 1,611,968 1,841,030 1,981,877 2,262,366 2,702,469 11,567 10,338 10,314 10,315 10,970 H,783 ii,954 11,866 13,195 45,793 47,649 50,560 55,032 58,500 61,290 63,196 65,074 72,743 19,277 19,669 20,462 21,697 21,886 23,592 24,172 27,561 30,266 71,824 72,438 75,092 77,118 80,500 82,410 82,501 97,532 100,831 312,499 317,401 332,426 337,436 371,608 418,658 449,440 483,596 536,806 1,265,844 1,309,473 1,437,922 1,521,951 1,750,968 1,984,730 2,127,575 2,424,973 2,876,044 1913 1914 1915 5i6,536 536,674 511,487 2,821,624 2,933,9" 2,986,021 12,693 ii,439 i2,409 70,084 60,324 58,189 31,450 30,974 30,356 110,487 110,032 107,510 560,679 579,087 5541252 3,002,194 3,104,268 3,3131.720

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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 1914 and 1915.

ISSUED in New Zealand. ini,H 1914. Where payable. Number. Amount. 1914. 1915. Number. 1915. Amount. Number. Amount. . Number. Amount. £ United Kingdom and Poreign Offices through United 71,752 234,174 Kingdom United States of America .. .. .. 12,904 26,808 Austria .. .. .. .. .. 1,769 34,135 Canada .. .. .. .. .. 1,148 6,381 Ceylon .. .. .. .. .. 216 1,163 Fiji .. .. .. .. .. 227 1,507 France .. .. .. . . 498 1,096 Germany .. .. .. .. . . 633 1,94] Hong Kong .. .. .. .. .. .346 1,314 India .. .. .. .. 1,517 9,333 New South Wales .. .. .. .. 32,369 90,849 Norway .. . . .. .. .. 210 957 Queensland .. .. .. .. .. 2,321 8,539 £ £ 234,174 67,176 221,320 67,176 13,698 1,599 347 274 413 618 1,627 32,782 196 2,474 £ 221.32C 39,29 1 ; 7,463 1,434 1,577 1,554 4,98C 11.20S 101,4813 1,190 9,118 71,752 12,904 1,769 1,148 216 227 498 633 346 1,517 32,369 210 2,321 8 1,562 37 4,264 18 525 20,594 1,926 26,808 13,698 39,297 34,135 6,381 1,599 7,463 1,163 347 1,434 1,507 274 1,577 1,096 413 1,554 1,94] 1,314 618 4,985 9,333 1,627 11,202 90,849 32,782 101,489 957 196 1,199 8,539 2,474 9,119 44 5,082 1,777 5,625 156 44 176 10,527 4,497 12,3)60 89 29 118 2,340 587 2,973 51,889 22,280 57,473 5,270 2,955 6,433 Samoa .. .. .. .. .. 8 44 South Australia .. .. .. .. 1,562 5,082 Straits Settlements .. .. .. .. 37 156 Tasmania .. .. .. .. .. 4,264 10,527 Tonga .. .. .. .. .. 18 89 Union of South Africa .. .. .. .. 525 2,340 Victoria .. .. .. .. .. 20,594 51,889 Western Australia .. .. .. .. 1,926 5,270 l!777 44 4,497 29 587 22,280 2,955 5,626 176 12,3160 US 2,973 57,473 6,433 Totals .. .. .. .. 154,844 493,594 154,844 493,594 153,373 485,797 153,373 485,797 Drawn on New Zealand. 1914. Where issued. — Number. Amount. Number. 1915. 1915. Amount. £ United Kingdom and Foreign Offices through United 8,8331 46,024 Kingdom United States of America .. .. .. 2,113 9,608 Austria .. .. .. .. .. 16 160 Canada .. .. .. .. .. 1,238 8,702 Ceylon .. .. .. .. .. 63 293 Fiji .. .. .. .. .. .. 858 4,365 France .. .. .. .. .. 77 150 Germany .. .. .. .. .. 112 596 Hong Kong .. .. .. .. .. 35 84 India .. .. .. .. .. 207 847 New South Wales .. .. .. .. 13,697 42,807 Norway .. .. .... .. 27 355 Queensland .. .. .. .. .. 2,216 7,451 Samoa .. .. .. .. .. 261 3,431 South Australia .. .. .. .. 1,115 3,637 Straits Settlements .. .. .. .. 30 74 Tasmania .. .. .. .. .. 2,258 7,790 Tonga .. .. .. .. .. 510 5,456 Union of South Afrioa .. .. .. .. 448 2,523 Victoria .. .. .. .. .. 7,054 20,972 Western Australia .. .. .. .. 1,245 5,032 8,833 £ 46,024 9,699 2,262 298 847 52 977 57 71 41 228 13,452 22 2,470 1,251 23 1,905 548 410 6,918 1,234 9,699 I I £ 42,673 10,787 4,07] 3,351 367 4,939 215 264 154 956 42,082 179 8,463 . 51320 112 8,300 5,231 2,300 21,273 4,662 £ 42,673 2.1,1.3 16 1,238 63 858 77 112 35 207 13,697 27 2,216 261 1,115 30 2,258 510 448 7,054 1,245 9,608 160 8,702 293 4,365 150 596 84 847 42,807 355 7,451 3,431 3,637 74 7,790 5,456 2,523 20,972 5,032 2,262 298 847 52 977 57 71 41 228 13,452 22 2,470 10,787 4,071 3,3151 367 4,939 215 264 154 956 42,082 179 8,463 1,251 23 1,905 548 410 6,918 1,234 5,320 112 8,300 5,231 2,300 21,273 4,662 Totals .. .. .. .. 42,413 170,357 42,413 42,765 165,699 170,357 42,765 165,699

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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, 1916.

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Number of Postal Notes sold. Total.. . Year. At Is. At Is. 6d. ; - At -2s. At 2s. M. At 3s. At 5s. 1 At 7s. 6d. At 10s. At 12s. 6d. At 15s. i At 17s. 6d. J 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 1914-1915 1915-1916 3,019 2,046 16,605 12,283 22,467 17,167 27,428 21,900 32,7-54 25.387 35.915 28,559 42.416 33,722 48,612 38,849 56.761 44,706 62,306 49,846 68,454 56,185 74,534 62,056 81,958 69,981 86,529 72,710 93.762 77,431 85,478 68,068 49,529 :30,255 54,268 33,409 61,379 37,514 65,484 40,263 74,389 45,358 82.417 54,375 89,906 , 58,202 97,285 59,484 113,825 67,406 130,645 79,792 141,504 85,130 154,201 92,342 172,400 103,753 182,733 107,483 186,873 114,570 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 13,834 52,691 62,285 70,683 70,122 76,613 85,909 86,626 86,711 96,228 98,503 108,493 106,311 120.321 124,052 136,392 153,925 ! 162,588 181,791 195,168 211,298 244,941 236.665 263,829 264,844 279,311 298,669 324,417 307,934 346,011 319,115 364,086 14,702 65,467 75,700 89,276 99,739 114,411 128,384 143,854 146,148 166,486 201,569 215,984 220,109 256,231 263,522 267,3832.039 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 80,630 109,663 119,593 134,270 154,281 167,4330 187,083 205,500 227,471 261,045 301,707 337,338 367,942 418,712 444,427 461,1:37 I 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 25.906 330.132 32.747 37,687 43,167 47.787 51,963 55,748 59,631 63,787 71,001 92,708 102,641 114,755 130,4:30 143,216 159,045 171,951 188,677 214,453 242,854 261,600 283,206 312,870 325,071 334,277 695 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 32,128 334,508 38,030 42,317 46,228 51.559 57,637 62,916 ■70,967 82,253 88,693 95,5335 106,560 107,506 111,095 425 2,375 2,9-52 3,633 4,158 4,366 4,953 5,369 6,156 6,790 7,020 7,406 7,904 8,193 8,539 6,799 2.866 14.961 17,578 19.778 22,596 23,503 25,839 28,969 33,935 36.601 33,390 32,868 32,179 32,696 33,491 35,067 43,042 48,852 58,629 69,206 76,508 91,193 104,714 123,786 143,611 171,900 190,823 213,153 245,230 229,610 211,543 1,192 1,090 728 673 607 560 556 558 656 688 788 954 423 I £ 16.442 6,910 i 92,546 337.659 122,255 47,729149.879 56,842 175,023 65,484.' 189,915 69,722 220,683 79,326; 247,902 87,857 285,389 101,002; 319,368 112,308 349,627 123,368 i 376,796 129,012 409,866 134,378 « 431,449 139,957 461,447 147,686; 490,506 154,436 556,316 173,317 ■ 616,264 191,905 707,044 220,070 - 785,347 250,123 875,324 276,279 981,642 314,053 1,092,631 347,:300 1,222,280 389,143 1,414,752 447,619 1,666.959 524,943 1,821,566 574,980 1,970,643 636,473 2,238,842 721,743 2,314,327 725,118 2,370,079 723,314 -■ I I -• i | i- * Issued only from 17th June, 1895, to 31st October, 1907. ,■ ■'- - ilr<-

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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 1915.

Postal District. Money-orders. Savings-banks. Issued. Paid. Number of New Accounts opened. Deposits. Number of Acconnts closed. Number. Withdrawals. Number. Commission. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Amount. ' Auckland 165,720 £ s. d. 3,969 13 2 £ s. d. 763,328 5 5 164,520 £ s. d. 836,838 10 11 16,988 188,273 £ s. d. 2,622,810 7 4 10,994 143,081 £ • s. d. 2,166,843 18 8 Blenheim 9,369 182 13 4 43,061 6 7 4,837 42,582 19 3 947 10,915 170,376 12 1 766 6,950 151,108 15 3 Christchurch .. 57,588 1,500 15 6 311,450 15 3 63,296 385,193 1 11 9,397 144,128 2,079,387 6 3 6,324 105,579 1,716,387 11 8 Dunedin 55,407 1,268 1 1 249,392 8 11 57,165 306,832 0 3 6,729 106,999 1,478,885 14 0 4,763 68,365 j 1,227,182 3 3 Gisborne 16,727 416 8 6 97,792 16 7 6,727 41,835 13 8 2,400 24,291 319,716 0 0 1,907 17,675 283,769 10 11 Greymouth 18,168 412 12 10 85,960 15 1 8,001 43,526 13 11 1,248 '■ 13,532 186,382 17 2 1,046 8,095 173,311 17 3 Hokitika 3,751 78 13 2 17,556 0 9 2,636 11,871 15 6 285 2,441 35,847 16 2 245 1,557 37,747 1 10 Invercargill 27,002 543 7 2 117,025 0 6 19,146 90,339 11 5 3,077 33,072 487,500 3 4 2,146 20,433 414,399 17 5 Napier 35,764 803 10 3 216,973 4 9 22,983 172,965 18 6 4,265 47,998 713,090 0 4 3,239 31,125 617,770 5 1 Nelson 16,627 359 11 5 77,432 4 11 13,053 81,090 19 9 1,639 18,169 298,537 19 5 1,030 11,010 237,363 16 6 New Plymouth 22,501 479 5 10 124,633 17 9 13,609 98,829 13 3 5,571 29,871 602,808 19 8 1,552 14,533 318,035 6 4 Oamaru 9,300 169 4 0 80,170 12 5 4,343 25,349 19 7 1,037 10,501 213,538 5 5 685 6,652 178,108 4 1 Thames 29,401 569 7 0 147,403 5 11 12,192 73,360 8 1 2,482 22,007 310,356 1 10 1,842 13,452 281,666 4 4 Timaru 17,229 352 19 8 163,380 13 4 10,428 61,689 14 4 2,468 26,765 517,250 18 11 1,737 16,843 411,494 13 7 Wanganui 43,434 866 16 10 258,799 15 4 25,272 I 146,189 1 0 | 4,759 50,779 724,566 8 6 6,574 34,924 i 760,085 11 3 Wellington 123,302 3,550 0 0 654,438 5 4 121,814 700,336 1 7 19,166 232,256 2,820,646 13 2 11,751 151,733 2,201,800 4 9 Westport 13,570 296 5 6 63,018 4 11 5,046 27,745 12 3 786 ! 8,762 124,355 2 1 820 5,230 117,898 14 3. Grand totals 664,860 15,819 5 3 3,471,817 13 9 555,068 3,146,577 15 2 83,244 970,759 13,706,057 5 8 57,421 657,237 11,294,973 16 5

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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 1914-15 and 1915-16.

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Denomination. 1914-15. Sold. 1915-16. Pa) id. 1914-15. 1915-16. 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 *ll 0 *ll 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 2,367 6,136 2,596 5,085 5,997 4,429 1,413 2,655 1,117 15,068 2,957 17,619 1,816 4,990 2,159 4,421 5,629 3,235 1,257 2,353 874 14,001 2,408 16,439 482 1,204 412 1,081 1,863 592 293 420 180 3,477 89 199 63 186 232 117 46 66 71 3,110 123 64 24 125 162 52 25 83 31 781 42 56 34 30 73 72 46 67 96 9,654 634 248 997 305 948 1,517 465 240 342 105 2,515 49 203 81 135 258 118 29 43 39 2,849 73 57 38 132 122 56 26 82 24 748 16 27 14 21 42 28 15 16 29 9,663 302 1,338 1,1.97 3,988 3,605 810 788 37,050 36,687 Number 110,625 101,859 26,417 23,017 £14,062 Value .. £15,298 £59,771 £57.852 * British Postal Orders 1st September, 1910. >t these denominatii me were withdrawn from issue at all 01 ices in the Dominion on the

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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, 1915.

Postal Districts. Number ; of Post Office Number of Savings- . Deposits banks ] received Open at ! duringthe the Close Year. of the j Year, j Average _ _. . . Amount of Number Total Amount £ach of With- Total Amount of otiJeposits Deposit drawals' ' Withdrawals - received during the nc^ ved during i during the Year. ar - -3 duringthe the Year. Year. i Avera S e ! Cost of Amount of Excess of Excess of ,, each Deposits over Withdrawals 1 zr~A Withdrawal Withdrawals over Deposits j d ™v!,„ during during the Year, during the Year. : . y e ar the Year. -1 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 Tota , AmQunt Accounts standing to the remain- Credit of all ingOpen Open Accounts, ■n* rin-P inclusive of of the to the Y ear Close of the Year. Average Amount standing to the Credit of each Open Account at Close of the Year. I Auckland 229 188,273 _ £ s. d. 2,622,810 7 4 170,376 12 1- £ s. d. 13 18 7 15 12 2 143,081 6,950 £ s. d. 2,166,843 18 8 151,108 15 3 £ s. d.i 15 2 11 21 14 10 £ s. d. £ s. d. 455,966 8 8 19,267 16 10/1 .. -; 362,999 14 7 £ d. £ s. d. 128,910 2 8 16,988 10,271 16 0 947 10,994 766 95,194 7,527 £ s. d. 4,087,116 4 1 311,156 19 8 £ s. d. 42 18 8 41 6 9 Blenheim 16 j 10,915 Christchurch 72 144,128 2,079,387 6 3 14 8 7 105,579 1,716,387 11 8 16 5 2 110,253 2 0 9,397 6,324 80,174 3,446,364 3 6 42 19 9 Dunedin 66 106,999 1,478.885 14 0 13 16 51 68,365 1,227,182 3 3 17 19 01 251,703 10 9J I 92.950 7 6 1 6,729 4,763 56,715 2,849,649 5 7 50 4 11 - Gisborne 21 I 24,291 319,716 ; ,0 0 186,382 17 2 13 3 3 13 15 6 17,675 8,095 283,769 10 11 173,311 17 3 337,747 flO 16 1 1 21 8 2 - 35,946 9 1 13,070 19 11 1,899 5 8 73,100 5 11 14,681 8 2 ! 2,400 13,779 19 1 j 1,248 1,907 1,046 12,737 8,492 457,531 2 7 412,778 8 9 35 18 5 48 12 2 Greymouth 19 13,532 Hokitika 9 ! 2,441 315,847 16 2 14 13 9 1,557 24 4 10 3,922 18 3 285 245 2,422 112.581 15 11 46 9 8 Invercargill 32 33,072 487,500 3 4 14 14 10 20,433 414,39y 17 5 20 5 7 31,548 2 2 j 3,077 2,146 20,968 952,187 7 6 45 8 3 Napier 45 i 47,998 713.090 0 4 : ' 298,537 19 5 14 17 2 16 8 7 31,125 617,770 5 1 19 17 0 95,319 15 3 35,227 7 4 4,265 3,239 26,285 1,094,534 11 4 41 12 10 Nelson 27 ' 18,169 11,010 237,363 16 6 21 11 2 61,174 2 11 16,777 17 8 I 1,639 1,030 12,449 527,055 11 4 42 6 9 I New Plymouth .. 30 ! 29,871 602,808 19 8 20 3 7 - 14,533; 318,035 6 4 21 17 8 284,773 13 . 4j 35,430 14 20,479 11 1 5,571 1,552 16,118 779,573 13 0 48 7 4 Oamaru 11 10,501 213,538 ■? 5 5 310,356 1 10 517,250 18 11 20 6 8 14 2 1 19 6 6 6,652 178,108 4 1 26 15 6 12,006 11 3 1,037 685 6,366 368,145 5 1 57 16 7 Thames . .. 30 22,007 13,452 281,666 4 4 20 18 9 28,689 17 6 17.661 17 8 2,482 1,842 14,700 538,676 il 10 36 12 9 Timaru .. 3 6 j 26,765 16,843 411,494 13 7 24 8 7 I - ■ 105,756 5 41 25,875 6 4 2,468 1,737 15,303 808,690 1 1 52 16 11 Wanganui 43 i 50,779 724,566 8 6 14 5 5 34,924 760,085 11 3 21 15 3 35,519 2 9 618,846 8 5J 6,456 7 10 31,991 6 I 4,759 6,574 24,652 911,868 6 7 36 19 10 Wellington ! 103 1232,256 2,820,646 13 2 124,355 2 ll '-1 12 2 11 14 3 10 151,733 2,201,800, .4 ;;9 14 10 3 133,027 16 3 19,166 11,751 103,697 4,275,288 8 0 41 4 7 Westport 18 8,762 5,230 117,898 14 3 22 10 10! 7,886 14 3 786 820 5,286 233,166 16 3 44 2 2 !_ Totals for 1915 787 970,759 13,706,057-5 8 14 2 5 657,237 11,294,973 16 5 17 3 9j 2,411,083 9 3; 30,000 4-42 707,252 3 9 j 83.244 57,42] 509,085 ;22,166,364 12 1 43 10 11

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, 1915.

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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 Average Amount of Number Average each j of With- 1 Total Amount of Amount of Excess of Deposit : drawais Withdrawals ,, r ' a , c , „. !£K5, IZ ■ , a - ■ .u \r Withdrawal Withdrawals received 1 during during the Year. , . . - v„„.. during*. |« he YeS f .| ,£?£_ during threat. Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits during the Year. Average C ° stof C e°a S ch° f Management ... ~ during t >°n, D <:- the Yelr P oslt or tie Year. with _ drawal. Interest for the Year. I 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 al! Open Accounts, inclusive of Interest to the Close of the Year. Average Amount landing to the Credit of each Open Account at Close of the Year. Totals for igi5 .. .. 787 1914 .. .. 766 1913 .. .. 747 1912 .. .. 724 191 1 .. .. 687 1910 .. .. 647 1909 .. .. 619 1908 .. .. 593 1907 • • - 563 1906 .. .. 541 1905 .. .. 520 1904 .. .. 510 1903 .. .. 493 1902 .. .. j 481 1901 .. .. 466 1900 .. .. 445 1899 .. .. 427 1898 .. ... 409 1897 .. .. 388 1896 .. .. 371 1895 ■- •- 357 1894 ■ • • • 348 1893 ■■ -■ 327 1892 .. .. 318 1891 .. .. 311 1890 .. .. 296 1889 .. .. 294 1888 .. .. 290 1887 .. .. 283 1886 .. .. 271 1885 .. .. 256 1884 .. .. 243 1883 .. .. 222 1882 .. .. 207 1881 .. .. 190 1880 .. .. 178 1879 .. .. 165 1878 .. .. 147 1877 .. .. 138 1876 .. .. 124 1875 .. .. 119 1874 .. .. 103 1873 .. .. 97 1872 .. .. g2 1871 .. 81 1870 .. .. j 70 i86g .. .. ! 59 1868 .. .. i 55 Totals from ist Feb. to 31st j 46 Dec, 1867 970,759 884,405 907,876 877, 88g 823,832 768,824' 724,501 706,101 650, ggo 593,764! 509,112; 469, 7gg 444,5io! 411,215, 380,808 347,056 313,783 281,749 267,615 242,283 217,393; 204,545 202,276 186,945 176,971 162,938 153,920 145,355 136,197 137,989 131,373 129,279 127,609 I2g,952 125,855 81,660 71,865 69,908 6o,953 57,295 56,i2g 52,627 39,223 31,681 24,642 20,489 17,133 13,014 6,977 I s. d. 13,706,057 5 8 11,904,322 19 8 11,286,702 7 5 11,725,182 16 5 11,627,367 14 3 16 10 g,611, 119 n 3 9,674,075 4 0 9,351,663 19 7 7,907,154 I2 5 6,625,744 ° IO 5,836,540 o o 5,661,592 15 2 5,o6g,6ig 6 2 4,611,456 6 1 4,170,428 15 3 3,644,g8o g 10 3,279.6n 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 n 3 1.544.747 7 " 1,312,151 1 5 1,248,405 6 11 1,341,001 3 2 i,227,9og 11 4 1,178,474 4 1 1,325,852 2 n 1,189,012 2 7 864,441 18 10 812,399 n n 762,084 12 o 681,294 13 2 664,134 12 6 657.653 4 o 6gg,2 4 g 14 3 580,542 5 5 430,877 o o 312,338 18 4 264,328 5 7 240, 8g8 5 g 194,535 11 6 96,372 7 10 £ s. d. 14 2 5 13 9 2! 12 8 8 13 7 1 14 2 3 13 18 7 13 5 4 13 14 o 14 7 4 13 6 4 13 o 3 12 8 6 12 14 9 12 6 7 12 2 2 12 o 4 n 12 4 n 12 10 11 18 2 11 17 10 12 17 1 II o 3 II 15 II 10 O II 10 8 3 10 3 6 9 16 10 10 12 6 9 12 8 g o 11 10 4 1 9 9 11 9 4 8 10 4 o 9 8 n 10 11 9 n 6 1 10 18 o n 3 6 n n 9 11 14 4 13 5 8 14 16 2 13 12 o 12 13 6 12 18 o 657,237 657,622 634,801 589,388 546,022 520,413 520,971 484,672 433.796 386,536 346,022 323,609 301,076 273,454 247,854 227, o7g 206, g40 196,764 179,555 167,248 159,904 152,136 I36,739i 120,628 in,6o3 ; 106,868 99,i85| 96,204: 8g,g62l 8g,i82l 84,832' 80,800! 78,405! 69,308 60,137; 57.446; 54,698; 42,746| 39.363: 39,486 36,g77 29,778 21,268 17,254 14,773 H.934 9,292 6,365 1,919 £ S. d. 11,294,973 16 5 10,603,018 6 3 11,041,454 8 10 11,449,7" 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, 2g8 19 8 2,8gi,i6g 5 8 2,591,558 19 4 2,369,333 6 7 2,268,624 8 4 2,122,521 16 8 1,821,348 18 1 1.693.515 9 3 1,500,437 9 5 i,457>°8i 5 o 1,182,409 7 6 1,336,287 6 4 1,264,305 8 3 I.I95.93I ° " i.2g5,7i9 18 3 i,i42,5gg o 1 902,195 1 8 780,504 13 4 876,180 ig 3 742,053 J 4 3 667,023 7 5 6g6,28i 7 4; 729,759 17 9 620,155 8 9I 425,908 3 5 313,176 7 n 261,347 16 3 209,509 13 2 180,518 4 1 26,415 18 g i s. d. 17 3 9 16 2 6 17 7 10 ig 8 6 19 10 6 18 12 7! 18 4 8 19 8 8 18 14 7 17 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 10 14 16 4 14 18 3 15 10 5 15 2 o 15 3 5 14 o 9 14 13 9 14 8 5 13 2 10 14 19 8 14 18 o 14 16 o 16 10 6 16 9 8 15 o 1 13 n 8 16 o 4 17 7 2 16 18 IO 17 12 8 19 14 8 20 16 5 20 0 5 18 3 o 17 13 9 17 11 1 19 8 7 16 16 6 13 15 3 £ s- d. 2,411,083 9 3 1,301,304 13 5 245,247 18 7 275,471 12 10 965,321 19 1 1,013,424 o 9 iii,7gg 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 3'8i,262 ig 11 343,012 8 o 227,681 10 2 84,717 10 10 2g6,04g 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 3I 157,276 6 1 129,741 13 iij ; £ ,-d • ■ -• . -• •■ •• l • 15,762 1 5 30,000 30,000 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, OOO; 4, oooi 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 3.500 3,500| 3, ooo; 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,250 1,800 1.556 i,35i 1,264 1,186 789 822 s. d. o 4-42 o 4'67 o 467, o 4'74! o 5-08! o 5'2I o 5-20; o 5'44i o 4-20 o 4'i6 : o 4'63; o 4' 8 4 o 4-83! o 4-90; o 4'39 o 4'39 o 438 o 4-26 o 429 o 4-10 o 4'45 o 4'37 o 460 o 429 o 416 o 4'45 o 379 o 3'97 o 4-24 o 423 o 4'44 o 4'57 o 466 o 4-82 o 4'52 o 604 o 5'6g o 5'33 o 5-98 o 620 o 644 o 655 o 7'i4 o 763 o 823 o 936 o 10-77 0 977 1 1018 £ s. d. 707,252 3 g 615,310 9 4 555,908 9 7 511,598 18 8 472,874 18 5 424,668 1 o 395,804 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 !34,9I7 19 3 128,128 16 6 137,240 8 o 126,497 16 3 i2g,48g 19 6 114,643 4 11 114,760 1 ij 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 54,909 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 11,291 IO IO 9,242 3 11 7,412 8 0 4,88o 7 3 1,241 5 o 83,244 78,519 81,260 85,529 85,912 78,566 77,400 80,133 74,671 j 70,206; 60,015! 57.769 57,047 53,587; 50,046! 46,0861 41,362! 37.265 36,394 32,982 30,261 28,669 29,755! 26,232 25,131! 23,719! 21,778; 2i.3°7| 20,368; 21,671 20,661 20,2281 20,386! 21,014; 25,059 16,137: i5,4 OI i 13,005, 11,235 n,255 11,273! 10,346 7.382 6,205 4.615J 4.304 ! 3.839 3,282! 2,520 57,421 53,851 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,oi83 31,724! 28,284 26,628 24,821 22,907 22,001 2i,g30 19,599 18,171 17,872 17.256 15,521 i6,543 15,515 16,757 16,421 16,447 15,967 14,505 12,718 12,217 12,786 9,634 8,591 9,472 8,681 5,736 3,8i6 3,188 2,383 2,277 1,801 1,186 364 5og,o85 483,262 458,594 432,199 405,566 380,585! 359,714 342,077, 319,773 298,746 276,066 259.164, 243,675: 227,465! 212,436 197,408 183,046 169,968 159, 33I 1 147,758 137,683: 129,423; 122,684 112,528 104,467 97,208 90,745 84,488 79,724 74,871 69,957 65,77 61,936 57,517 51,008 38,667 34.747 32,132 28,761 26,117 24,334 21,742 17,132 13,566 io,S49 8,37 6,2go 4,252 2,156 £ s. d. 22,166,364 12 1 19,048,028 19 1 17,131,413 16 4 16,330,257 8 2 15,543,186 16 8 14,104,989 19 2 112,666,897 17 5 12,159,293 18 1 ,11,523,230 17 9 9,953, 2 65 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 4,744,9 2 4 lS 1 4,311,634 13 5 3,895,543 o 3 3,340,879 n 4 3,24i,gg8 7 10 2,863,670 12 10 2,695,447 n 6 2,441,876 8 7 2,191,451 14 1 2,048,441 10 g 1,813,084 18 8 i, 6 i5,979 9 6 1,638,035 19 5 i,4gg,ii2 o 7 1,409,751 16 7 !,47°, 950 13 6 1,232,787 16 9 903,765 16 10 787,005 ig o 8ig,o7i 8 2 767,375 17 8 723,910 17 5 727,295 7 8 770,836 iS o 664,807 5 10 490,066 7 o 357,654 14 6 295,372 1 7 231,311 5 3 163,518 15 7 71,197 14 1 £ s. d. 43 IO IO 39 8 4 37 7 2 37 15 8 38 6 6 37 1 3 35 4 3 35 10 n 36 o 9 33 6 4 3i 7 6 29 18 n 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 IO 22 14 IO 21 II 8 23 8 4 22 l6 3 22 15 2 25 II 5 24 3 4 23 7 6 22 12 n 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 19 5 76,695 14 11 31,978 10 5 - 117,245 14 2 183,253 2 10 286,817 o n! 83,937 5 6J 1 63,781 7 4 20,030 17 9 14,271 5 g 32,146 14 10 72,106 13 g 79.094 5 6 154.634 2 o 117,700 12 1 50,991 2 1 54,818 12 5 60,380 1 8 87,440 14 3 69,956 9 1 " •• .. 14 1 2 14 18 11 13 16 3 ""- -•

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Table No. 7. Balance-sheet of the New Zealand Post Office Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1915.

Balances on 1st January, 1915 Transactions. Balances on 31st December, 1915. Cr. Dr. Cr. Dr. Cr. Dr. Money-order Accounts :— Money-orders (general) United Kingdom, &c. United States of America Australia Austria Canada Ceylon Fiji France Germany Hong Kong India Norway Samoa Straits Settlements Tonga Union of South Africa Commission Savings-bank Accounts :— Deposits and withdrawals Transfers Postal Accounts :— Stamps Postal Guides Postal notes Private box and bag rents Money-order commission British postal orders —H.O. a/c .. C.P.M.'s a/c ,, London a/c B.P.O. commission Postal revenue Telegraph Accounts :— New South Wales Telegraphs New Zealand and Australian Cable Pacific Cable Board Telephone-exchange receipts Special-messenger receipts Maintenance of private wires Registration of code addresses Cash deposits Telegraph revenue General Accounts :— Post Office Account Postmasters and Telegraphists Investments Accrued interest on investments .. Miscellaneous receipts (general) Foreign postage £ s. d. 64,432 19 3 23,969 19 54 1,900 11 5 149 3 2 676 12 9 98 9 5 2,543 15 6 223 8 3 49 8 0 19,048,028 19 1 5,360 9 1 238,873 3 7 6 17 2 151,614 19 3 24,593 19 2 23,092 6 5 5,032 9 10$ 1,969 13 7 573 13 6 4,743 12 6 1,822 13 4 10,882 13 4 8,934 6 3 7,607 11 11 £ s. d. 149 16 3 733 18 11* 942 4 7 851 4 6 789 2 8 j £ s. d. 3,639,819 9 2 300,197 14 84 39,602 0 2 196,931 5 6 6 16 2 14,381 2 4 1,442 1 3 4,767 4 0 1,563 1 6 3 8 11 5,010 4 2 11,257 10 7 1,202 4 8 £ s. d. 3,633,633 15 4 296,3371 13 6 37,431 15 5 194,948 13 84 4,080 18 0" 8,004 4 7 1,525 10 3 4,966 5 8 1,142 7 4 265 13 1 4,888 8 5 8,818 12 6 1,088 10 1 244 3 3 5,244 3 9 2,354 5 7 2,298 4 6 £ s. d. 70,618 13 1 27,796 0 8 2,020 8 6 1,248 12 10 5,434 13 2 65 14 2 1,097 6 11 220 5 2 4,982 13 7 337 2 10 564 13 1 £ s. d. 2,173 10 5 1.050 6 2 1.051 6 10 . 1,195 6 11 18 1 6 3,423 15 9 482 11 0 .. 1,195 6 11 2,080 10 1 87 18 10 445 16 8 176 13 9 3,900 18 1 3,006 17 6 2,261 10 2 " 14,413,309 9 5 1,156,824 3 0 11,294,973 16 5 1,156,338 10 2 22,166,364 12 1 5,846 1 11 ' 1,110,359 8 64 642 19 10" 746,433 0 0 14,975 10 10 16,840 6 2 56,533 6 8 59,188 19 2 57,706 5 S5J 610 6 24 788,754 9 9-|-1,046,503 18 5 634 13 10 720,563 16 0 14,975 10 10 16,840 6 2 59,188 19 2 58,290 13 0 57,706 5 5§ 610 12 5| 789,363 17 4 3302,728 13 84. 15 3 2 177,484 3 3 21,938 6 8 23,990 12 7 4,423 2 4 0 6 3 " 30,913 1 3 10,166 11 7 77,464 17 11 284,053 13 84. 537 13 11 3,986 9 11 2,422 9 9 22,194 0 5 785,304 14 Hi 31,086 16 1 10,279 1. 1 79,289 7 2 2S4,053 13 8J 537 13 11 3,986 9 11 2,422 9 9 22,311 7 6 791,779 16 3i 1,795 18 9 461 4 0 2,919 3 3 1,705 6 3 4,407 12 0 " 536,629 19 3 631,382 2 6* 18,808,307 9 7 193,311 1 1 12,872,111 18 1 26,556,142 11 3J 1,937,450 0 0 193,311 1 1 23,693 15 74. 13,940 15 6J 13,260,070 13 3 26,707,557 19 10 J 4,369,592 0 0" 214,131 6 9 26,890 5 64 16,153 1 1 5,737 16 4 5,395 6 4 J 924,588 14 5 782,797 11 li 21,240,449 9 7 214,131 6 9

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Foreign Mail Settlement Account .. Miscellaneous expenses Discount stamps Commonwealth Savings-bank State Savings-bank of Australia .. 'or other Departments :— ■ Advances to Settlers Arms Act licenses Auctioneers' licenses Audit fees Beer-duty stamps Clerks of Court County Clerks Customs dues (H.M.C.) Customs duty (parcels) Education Department Electoral receipts Factories Act Fishing licenses Game licenses Goldfields revenue Government Insurance Government Printer Health Department Homing-pigeons Protection Act .. Imperial pensions Income-tax Land-tax Land revenue Licensing Act Machinery Marine Department Militant pensions Miners' pensions Mining Act National Provident Fund receipts.. New Zealand loan debentures Old-age pensions ,, (miscellaneous) .. Wheat receipts Public Trust Public Service Superannuation Workers' Dwellings Account Registration of births, &c. Rents Sanatorium, Hanmer Springs Stock Department Valuation revenue Widows' pensions Beer-duty receipts Miscellaneous revenue Samoan administration War pensions Hospital-ship receipts Suspense Account Profit and loss .. 4,993 19 2 2,090 11 0 35,627 16 5 2 0 0 2,909 2 11 0 10 0 112 3 9 4,665 10 9 2 6 0 3 11 0 79 19 0 15 0 9,505 18 3 0 3 0 3,072 3 6 3,862 2 9 129,115 9 11 0 3 0 1,200 7 6 17 3 4 •2,174 7 6 371 10 0 850 3 3 18,807 4 9 34,556 3 6 2,859 4 11 346 15 0 17 1 8 189 14 2 0 5 0 41 5 0 1,698 17 11 101 0 2 2 10 294,741 10 6 165 8 3 4,129 5 8 11,076 19 1 2,505.718 0 8 800 0 0 8,306 2 11 53,911 13 0 1,911,903 9 10 168 0 0 5 13 4 9,160 6 9 56 4 9 189 19 10 1,220 19 1 77,205 9 10 12 11 0 23 14 0 1,441 15 6 3,641 18 0 40 19 0 239,103 4 10 2 11 0 253 2 3 0 3 0 30,002 3 1 403,939 9 10 785,753 5 2 8 16 0 20 10 0 12,804 9 9 247 11 10 48,500 0 0 800 0 0 214 10 0 19,053 6 6 690,348 10 0 477,800 0 0 8 13 4 133,936 9 3 1,334,826 0 5 132,670 6 8 46 10 5 I 3,656 1 0 252 6 6 1,424 19 11 0 10 0 6,395 16 4 36,080 0 0 996 0 54 6 12 4" 2,842 3 0 5,700 0 0 279 6 0 7 10 0 940,462 5 9 11,076 19 1 2,708,697 15 9 761 13 0 7,350 5 6 53,333 13 2 1,927,427 10 9 168 0 0 5 13 4 10,886 4 11 54 14 9 189 19 10 1,183 14 8 71,538 11 0 14 17 0 27 5 0 1.381 17 0 3,641 18 0 24 10 0 238.077 7 9 2 14 0 106 16 3 0 3 0 29,002 9 6 329,510 0 0 885,255 0 0 8 9 0 20 10 0 13,220 4 9 233 15 2 4S,679 10 3 581 10 0 189 10 0 18,849 16 1 696,348 10 0 477,941 1 7 8 13 4 133,936 9 3 1,333,610 18 5 129,957 1 11 21 9 8 3,601 10 0 259 5 6 1,484 3 11 0 15 0 6,193 15 5 35,821 11 10 45 0 0 107 3 6 464 3 1 4,235 6 2 931,749 Q 9 2,128 18 0 790 9 2 20,103 15 6 2 0 0 1,183 4 9 2 0 0 149 8 2 10,332 9 7 139 17 6 17 14 0 10,531 15 4 146 6 0 4,071 17 1 78,291 12 7 29,613 15 1 0 10 0 784 12 6 31 0 0 1,994 17 3 218 10 0 396 10 0 1,053 13 8 18,666 3 2 35,771 5 6 5,572 9 8 25 0 9 401 6 0 10 2 8 130 10 2 243 5 11 1,957 6 1 951 0 54. 0 9 0 2,377 19 11 1,464 13 10 279 6 0 9 11 0 303,454 15 6 197,985 15 11 3,551 5 10 Totals.. 2 20,181,201 20,181,201 5 10 20 5 10 9,181,201 5 10 75,360,729 3 114 75.360.729 3 114 2 75,360,729 3 114 23,372,899 23.372.899 8 54 2: 8 54. 23,372,899 8 5. '3.372. SAP 8 fVl 20,181,201 5 10 75,360,729 3 114.

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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, 1915.

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Description of Securities. Nomiual Value. Accrued Interest on 31st December, 1915. Cost-price. The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Act 1900 Debentures, 4 per oent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1900 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Aot 1900 Debentures, 34. per cent. (New Zealand Loans Aot, 1908) The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Aot 1901 Debentures, 34. per oent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1901 Debentures, 34. per cent. The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Act 1901 Debentures, 3f per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1901 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Act 1902 Debentures, 3| per oent. The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Act 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 Act 1903 Debentures, 34. per oent. The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Aot 1906 Debentures, 34. per oent. The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Aot 1908 Debentures, 34. per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Aot 1906 Debentures, 3| per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Aot 1907 Debentures, 34. per oent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Aot 1908 Debentures, 34. per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1911 Debentures, 3| per oent. The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Aot 1911 Debentures, 3J per oent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1912 Debentures, 3| per cent. The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Aot 1914 Debentures, 4 per cent, The Aid to Water-power Works Act 1910 Debentures, 3J per cent, Tho Aid to Water-power Works Aot 1910 Debentures, 4 per cent. Akaroa County Council Dobontures, 44. per oent. The Appropriation Act 1912 Debentures, 3J per oent. Canadian Stock, 3 per cent. .. .. ... Canadian Stook, 24. per cent. Cape of Good Hope Consolidated Stook, 34. per cent. The Coal-mines Act 1908 Debentures, 34. per cent. The Coal-minos Act 1908 Debentures, 3f per cent. The Consolidated Loan Aot 1867 Debentures, 3J per oent. The Consolidated Stock Act 1884 Debentures, 3$ per cent. The Consolidated Stook Act 1884 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Consolidated Stook Act 1884 Debentures, 34. per cent. The Defence and other Purposes Loan Act 1870 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Defence and other Purposes Loan Aot 1870 Debentures, 3J per oent. The Ellesmere Land Drainage Board Debentures, 4 per cent. .. The Finance Act 1909 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Finance Act 1909 and Government Railways Aot 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. Tho Fruit Preserving Industry Aot 1913 Debentures, 4 per oent. The General Purposos Loan Act 1873 Debentures, 4 per oent. .. The Government Advances to Settlers Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. Tho Government Advances to Settlers Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. Tho Government Advances to Settlers Extension Act 1901 Debentures, 4 per oent. The Government Advances to Settlers Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per oent. The Government Railways Aot 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. .. The Government Railways Aot 1908 Debentures, 4 per oent. .. The Government Railways Aot 1908 and Finance Act 1909 Debontures, 4 per oent. The Government Railways Amendment Act 1910 Debentures, 84 per cent. The Government Railways Amendment Aot 1910 Debentures, 34 per oent. Tho Government Railways Amendment Act 1910 Debentures, 3| per cont. £ s. d. 200 0 0 £ s. d. 200 0 0 £ s. d. 16 3 500 0 0 500 0 0 3 5 9 56,500 0 0 56,500 0 0 325 1 4 32,600 0 0 32,600 0 0 570 10 0 2,500 0 0 2,500 0 0 7 3 10 8,100 0 0 8,100 0 0 24 19 3 300 0 0 300 0 0 6 0 0 128,000 0 0 128,000 0 0 394 10 4 1,250 0 0 1,250 0 0 25 0 0 170,100 0 0 170,100 0 0 2,883 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 0 162 3 9 200,000 0 0 200,000 0 0 3,500 0 0 50,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 436 0 .0 50,000 0 0 00,000 0 0 154 2 2 49,000 0 0 49,000 0 0 918 15 0 175,3300 0 0 175,300 0 0 1,386 15 9 1,845,000 0 0 1,845,000 0 0 12,131 10 0 50,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 3108 4 4 249,000 0 0 249,000 0 0 1,583 11 7 900 0 0 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 75,000 0 0 900 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 75,000 0 0 13 8 6 61 12 10 75 0 0 395 12 4 3 10 0 349 0 9 1,262 3 1 101 10 1 3,032 14 1 1,914 8 11 593 6 5 8,100 0 0 8,100 0 0 141 15 0 2,850 0 0 46,901 0 0 50,000 0 0 2,850 0 0 46,901 0 0 50,000 0 0 24 7 2 765 16 8 11,600 0 0 5,200 0 0 105,000 0 0 11,600 0 0 5,200 0 0 105,000 0 0 115 13 8 43 17 7 345 4 1 12,900 0 0 12,964 10 0 258 0 0 80,000 0 0 80,000 0 0 263 0 3 25,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 82 3 10 140,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 100 0 0 140,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 100 0 0 133 3 0 1 13 3 50,350 0 0 50,350 0 0 733 17 4 11,150 0 0 11,150 0 0 195 2 6 10,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 187 10 0

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Description of Securities. Nominal Value. Cost-price. Accrued Interest on 31st December, 1915. The Government Railways Amendment Act 1910 Debentures, 3| per oent. The Government Railways Amendment Aot 1910 Debentures, 4 per oent. Greymouth Harbour Board Debentures, 4 por cent. Hamilton Borough Counoil Debentures, 4J per oent. The Hauraki Plains Amendment Act, 1913, Debentures, 4 per cent. The Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Aots 1903 and 1905 Debentures, 34. per oent. The Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Aot 1907 Debentures, 34. per oent. The Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Aots 1903, 1905, and 1907 Debentures, 4 per oent. The Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Act 1910 Debentures, 3J per cent. The Hutt: Railway and Road Improvement Aot 1910 Debentures, 4 per oent. The Immigration and Publio Works Loan Aot 1870 Debentures, 8§ per cent. India Stook, 34. per cent. India Stock, 3 per oent. Inscribed Stock, 34. per cent. Insoribed Stock, S per oent. Irish Land Stock, 2j per cent. The Irrigation and Water-supply Act 1913 Debentures, 4 per oent. The Kauri Gum Industry Amendment Aot 1914 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Land for Settlements Aot 1908 Debentures, 4 por cent. The Land for Settlements Act 1908 Debentures, 34. per cent. .. The Land for Settlements Act 1908 Debentures, 3J per oent. .. The Land for Settlements Aot 1908 Debentures, 3| per cent. .. The Land for Settlements Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per oent. The Land for Settlements Act 1908 Debentures, 4 por cont. The Land for Settlements Aot 1908 and New Zealand Stateguaranteed Advances Amendment Act 1910 Debentures, 34 per oent. The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act 1900 Debentures, 4 per oent. The Land for Settlements Consolidation Aot 1900 Debentures, 4 per cent. The Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Aot 1894 Debentures, 4 per oent. The Land Laws Amendmont Act 1913 Debentures, 4 per oent. The Land Laws Amendment Act 1913 Debentures, 4 per oent. The Land Laws Amendment Act 1913 Debentures, 4 per cent. Tho Land Laws Amendment Aot 1913 Debentures, 4 per cont. The Looal Bodies' Loans Aot 1903 Debentures, 34. per cont. The Local Bodies' Loans Aot 1908 Debentures, 3J per cent. Tho Looal Bodies' Loans Aot 1908 Debentures, 3| per cent. The Looal Bodies' Loans Aot 1908 Debentures, 4 per cent. Tho Looal Bodies' Loans Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per oent. The Maori Land Settlement Aot 1905 Debentures, 34. per cent. The Maori Land Settlement Act Amendment Act 1907 Debentures, 3J- per cent. The Mining Amendment Act 1913 Debentures, 4 per oent. The Native Land Amendment Aot 1913 Debentures 4 per oent. The Native Land Purohase Act 1892 and New Zealand Loans Act 1908 Debentures, 3| per oent. New South Wales Stock, 34 per cent. The New Zealand Consols Act 1908 Debentures, 8j per cent. .. The New Zealand Consols Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per oent. .. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Aot 1909 (Advances to Settlers Branoh) Debentures, 34. per oent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act 1909 (Advanoes to Settlers Branoh) Debentures, 3| per oent. Tho New Zealand State-guaranteed Advanoes Acts 1909 and 1910 (Advanoes to Settlers Branch) Debentures, 3| per oent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Aot 1909 (Advanoes to Workers Branoh) Debentures, 34. per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act 1909 (Advances to Workers Branoh) Debentures, 3J per oent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 1910 (Advances to Workers Branoh) Debentures, 34 per cont. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advanoes Act 1909 (Guaranteed Mining Advances Branch) Debentures, 3f per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act 1909 (Land for Settlements Branoh) Debentures, 34. per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advanoes Aots 1909 and 1910 and New Zealand Loans Act 1908 (Land for Settlements Branch) Debentures, 34. per oent. £ s. d. 5,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 260,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 100,000 0 0 27,590 0 0 127,000 0 0 15,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 20,900 0 0 216 14 5 52 13 9 618,000 0 0 2,260,495 11 1 100 0 0 85,000 0 0 23,000 0 0 300 0 0 70,150 0 0 02,000 0 0 27,000 0 0 2336,015 0 0 10,000 0 0 44,925 0 0 2,600 0 0 20,000 0 0 £ s. d. 5,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 260,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 100,000 0 0 27,590 0 0 127,000 0 0 15,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 20,900 0 0 213 18 9 45 15 0 618,000 0 0 2,244,582 18 0 ' 89 15 0 85,000 0 0 23,000 0 0 300 0 0 76,150 0 0 62,000 0 0 27,000 0 0 236,015 0 0 10,000 0 0 14,925 0 0 2,600 0 0 20,000 0 0 £ s. d. 93 15 0 1,000 0 0 5,200 0 0 56 4 4 166 11 6 575 6 9 402 2 8 835 1 5 218 12 7 13 8 0 165 6 9 5 12 0 13 2 10,815 0 0 16,907 4 8 17 6 823 11 2 124 7 8 6 0 0 1,332 12 6 541 0 3 155 6 10 8,830 4 4 132 12 0 786 3 9 52 0 0 199 9 0 341,000 0 0 341,000 0 0 3,438 0 6 10,000 0 0 9,800 0 0 52,400 0 0 148,000 0 0 785,000 0 0 786,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 231,500 0 0 250,000 0 0 25,650 0 0 50,000 0 0 I 10,000 0 0 9,800 0 0 52,400 0 0 148,000 0 0 785,000 0 0 786,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 231,500 0 0 250,000 0 0 25,650 0 0 j 50,000 0 0 100 16 5 163 17 9 872 17 0 1,390 9 3 9,108 2 6 9,119 14 7 143 16 8 3,069 15 0 3,315 1 3 448 17 6 875 0 0 11,500 0 0 433,500 0 0 125,000 0 0 11,500 0 0 433,500 0 0 125,000 0 0 75 12 4 3,974 12 6 783 7 9 27,000 0 0 340 0 0 400 0 0 100,000 0 0 26,865 0 0 340 0 0 400 0 0 100,000 0 0 785 15 5 4 19 1 6 13 3 872 12 0 37,000 0 0 37,000 0 0 345 18 6 750,000 0 0 750,000 0 0 5 ,'316 14 9 325,000 0 0 325,000 0 0 2,835 18 11 100,000 0 0 100,000 0 0 934 18 7 205,000 0 0 205,000 0 0 3,587 10 0 5,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 46 14 11 25,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 218 3 0 99,000 0 0 99,000 0 0 863 17 6

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Table No. 8- continued. Securities, etc., standing in the Name of the Postmaster-General on Account of the Post Office Savings-bank Fund on the 31st December, 1915 — continued.

Description of Securities. Nominal Value. Cost-price. Accrued Interest on 31st December 1915. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 1910 (Land for Settlements Branoh) Debentures, 34. per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advanoes Acts 1909 and 1910 (Land for Settlements Branoh) Debentures, 34. per oent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advanoes Acts 1909 and 1910 (Land for Settlements Branch) Debentures, 3} per oent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advanoes Acts 1909 and 1910 (Land for Settlements Branch) Debentures, 3| per oent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advanoes Aot 1909 and 1910 (Land for Settlements Branoh) Debentures, 3| per oent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 and 1910 (Lands for Settlements Branch) Debentures, 3| per oent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act 1909 (Land for Settlements Branoh) Debentures, 3| per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Acts 1909 (Local Authorities Branch) Debentures, 4 per oent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advanoes Act 1909 (Local Authorities Branoh) Debentures, 34. per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advanoes Aot 1909 (Looal Authorities Branoh) Debentures, 34. per oent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act 1909 (Local Authorities Branoh) Debentures, 34. per oent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Aot 1909 (Looal Authorities Branoh) Debentures, 34. per oent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Aot 1909 (Looal Authorities Branoh) Debentures, 3| por cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advanoes Act 1909 (Local Authorities Branoh) Debentures, 4 per oent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advanoes Act 1909 (Native Land Settlement Branoh) Debentures, 3J per oent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advanoes Aots 1909 and 1910 (Native Land Settlement Branch) Debentures, 3| per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advanoes Aots 1909 and 1910 (Native Land Settlement Branch) Debentures, 3f per oent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Aot 1909 (Native Land Settlement Branoh) Debentures, 3| per cent. The New Zealand State-guaranteed Advanoes Act 1909 (Native Land Settlement Branoh) Debentures, 4 per oent. Oamaru Borough Consolidated Loan 1893, Debentures, 5 per oent. Patea Harbour Board Debentures, 44. per oent. The Post and Telegraph Act 1908 Debentures, 4 per oent. The Railways Improvement Authorization Aot 1914 Debentures, 4 per oent. The Rangitaiki Land Drainage Amendment Aot 1913 Debentures, 4 per oent. The Rangitaiki Land Drainage Amendment Act 1913, Debentures, 4 per oent. The Reserve Fund Securities Aot 1907 Debentures, 34. por oent. The Scenery Preservation Aot 1908 Debentures, 3J per oent. .. The Scenery Preservation Aot 1908 Debentures, 3f per cent. .. The Scenery Preservation Aot 1908 Debentures, 4 per oent. The Soenery Preservation Aot 1908 Debentures, 4 per oent. South Australian Stook, 4 per cent. South Australian Stook, 34. per oent. The State Advances Act 1913 (Advanoes to Settlers Branoh) Debentures, 4 per oent. The State Advances Aot 1913 (Advanoes to Workers Branoh) Debentures, 4 per oent. The State Advanoes Aot 1913 (Looal Authorities Branch) Debentures, 4 per cent. Thames Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per oent. Timaru Borough Counoil Debentures, 4 per oent. The Public Revenues Aot 1910 and Amendment Act 1915 (No. 2) Treasury Bills, 4 per oent. Victorian Stook, 3 por oent. The Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Act 1910 Debentures, 34. per oent. The Waikaka Branoh Railway Act 1905 Debentures, 4 per cent. Wellington City Counoil Debentures, 4 per oent. Wellington City Counoil Debentures, 4 per oent. Wellington Harbour Board Debentures, 4J per cent. Wellington Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per oent. Westport Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per oent. Aoorued interest on Post Office Aooount £ s. d. 8,000 0 0 64,850 0 0 741,066 0 0 12,350 0 0 15,300 0 0 21,500 0 0 410,000 0 0 48,000 0 0 400,000 0 0 975,000 0 0 112,000 0 0 275,000 0 0 96,000 0 0 9,000 0 0 3381,600 0 0 330,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 54,500 0 0 110,000 0 0 £ s. d. 8,000 0 0 64,850 0 0 741,066 0 0 12,350 0 0 15,300 0 0 21,500 0 0 410,000 0 0 48,000 0 0 400,000 0 0 975,000 0 0 112,000 0 0 275,000 0 0 96,000 0 O 9,000 0 O 381,600 0 0 30,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 54,500 0 0 110,000 0 0 £ s. d. 46 15 10 1,134 17 6 4,644 6 10 231 11 3 94 6 2 385 15 0 3,833 4 3 478 18 3 3,490 7 11 8,507 16 10 976 6 3 2,399 13 0 897 10 8 89 15 1 3,329 16 8 280 9 7 467 9 4 509 10 9 1,096 19 9 13,800 0 0 35,000 0 0 200,000 0 0 110,000 0 O 13,800 0 0 35,000 0 0 200,000 0 0 110,000 0 0 345 0 0 625 13 8 4,000 0 0 1,075 1 4 10,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 132 12 0 21,000 0 0 21,000 0 0 207 4 7 800,000 0 0 40,000 0 0 20,000 0 0 19,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 1,772 16 2 12,000 0 0 573,200 0 0 800,000 0 0 40,000 0 0 20,000 0 0 19,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 1,861 9 0 11,760 0 0 573,200 0 0 11,660 5 0 230 2 8 123 5 9 124 18 7 32 17 6 88 11 10 210 0 0 1,884 9 8 50,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 164 7 8 200,000 0 0 200,000 0 0 657 10 7 10,000 0 0 4,000 0 0 200,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 4,000 0 0 200,000 0 0 99 14 6 12,379 19 10 100,000 0 0 10,708 13 10 100,000 0 0 185 13 11 1,457 10 7 53,476 0 0 100,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 27,900 0 0 50,000 O 0 489,500 0 0 53,476 0 0 99,000 0 0 24,500 0 0 27,900 0 0 50,000 0 0 489,500 0 0 351 12 6 2,000 0 0 500 0 0 406 1 6 684 18 7 9,790 0 0 449 1 0 Totals 21,262,522 11 2 21,240,449 9 7 214,131 6 9

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Table No. 9. Post Office Savings-bank. Receipts and Payments for the Year elided Slut December, 1915. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. Balance at credit of depositors on Ist Withdrawals, 1915 .. .. .. 11,294,973 16 5 January, 1915 .. .. .. 19,048,028 19 1 Balance at credit of depositors on 31st Deposits 1915 .. ~ .. 13,706,057 5 8 Decembor, 1915 .. .. ..22,166,364 12 1 Interest credited to depositors, 1915 .. 707,252 3 9 £33,461,338 8 6 £33,461,338 8 6 Liabilities and Assets. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. Balance at credit of depositors on 31st Securities.. .. .. .. 21,240,449 9 7 December, 1915 .. .. .. 22,166,364 12 1 Balance uninvested. . .. .. 1,229,369 18 0 Balance of assets over liabilities .. 303,454 15 6 £22,469,819 7 7 £22,469,819 7 7 Profit and Loss Account. Dr. £ s. d. I Cr. £ s. d. Interest credited to depositors during 1915 707,252 3 9 ' Balance forward, Ist January, 1915 .. 294,74110 6 Interest paid on debentures purchased by Interest received during £ s. d. tho Department .. .. 2 26! the year .. .. 724,349 5 8 Paid Public Account, for cost of Savings- Aoorued interest on 31st bank management .. .. .. 80,000 0 0 December, 1915 .. 214,131 6 9 Purchase of home savings-banks 1,170 18 9 Sundry expenditure .. .. .. 12 14 8 938,480 12 5 Balance forward to next acoount .. 303,454 15 6 Less accrued interest on 31st Deoember, 1914 .. 193,311 1 1 745,169 11 4 Sundry receipts ... .. .. 1,981 13 4 £1,041,892 15 2 £1,041,892 15 2

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Table No. 10. Savings-bank Accounts remaining open on 31st December, 1915, classified according to Balance at Credit of each Account.

District. Not Exceeding Exceeding : Exceeding Exceeding Exceeding i Exceeding ; Exceeding : Exceeding Exceeding : Exceeding Exceeding exceeding £20 and £50 and £100 and' £200 and £300 and £400 and £500 and £600 and £700 and £800 and £900 and £20. up to £50. up to £100. up to £200. up to £300. up to £400. up to £500. up to £600. up to £700. up to £800. ' up to £900. up to £1,000. Total Exceeding Number oi £1,000. Accounts open. ... I Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier . . Nelson .. New Plymouth Oamaru . . Thames .. Timaru .. Wanganui Wellington Westport 6S,998 4,061 56,378 38,003 9,212 5,973 1,717 13,837 18,816 8,567 10,811 3,850 10,969 10,009 18,200 73,741 3,826 I 9,487 2,118 8,304 6,3357 1,404 755 228 2,411 2,691 1,454 1,912 858 1,450 1,728 2,522 11,052 455 6,273 500 5,739 4,453 831 549 140 1.808 1,811 942 1.228 627 899 1,277 1,483 7,138 349 5,145 396 4,677 3,743 678 561 153 1,522 1,448 755 1,080 458 761 1,054 1,256 5,770 302 2,289 186 2,208 1,792 268 269 85 655 661 339 474 248 324 508 516 2,581 152 1,288 98 1,206 967 119 157 44 331 348 164 245 139 77 270 307 1,499 87 666 71 020 535 94 93 19 188 188 82 143 j 77 82 149 118 715 51 416 47 457 367 60 55 17 105 132 55 94 43 50 114 111 490 25 252 18 262 190 32 31 10 46 75 40 49 31 43 84 56 279 19 124 8 111 102 12 22 4 22 34 17 31 11 15 37 27 126 7 76 11 73 64 7 11 2 11 25 11 16 4 8 18 22 105 5 68 1 47 53 10 6 0 12 21 5 15 14 9 11 12 67 3 112 95,194 12 ! 7,527 92 80,174 89 56.715 10 12,737 10 8,492 3 2,422 20 20,968 335 26,285 18 12,449 20 16,118 6 6,366 13 14,700 44 15,303 22 24,652 134 103,697 5 5,286 Totals. 1915 3350,968 55,186 316,047 29,759 j 13,555 7,346 3,891 2,638 1,517 710 469 354 645 j 509,085 I 347,464 j 47,722 333,3354 27,499 12,011 6,707 3,534 2,239 Exceeding £600. 2,732 483,262 Totals. 1914

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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, 1915.

Posted in the Dominion. Delivered in the Dominion. Total posted and delivered. Postal Districts (1915). Letter-ca* ds 1 Post - cards - I Books, <fec. Newspapers. Parcels. I Letter-cards. rost - cards - Books, &c. Newspapers. Parcels. betters and t>„„* ,i„ Letter-cards. J Post-cards. Books, <fec. Newspapers. Parcels. Auckland .. 29,905,478 Blenheim .. 1,481,069 Christchurch .. 15,490,841 Dunedin .. 12,363.361 Gisborne .. 2,339,803 Greymouth •• 1,125,405 Hokitika .. 580,569 Invercargill .. 6,370, 422 Napier .. 6,638,606 Nelson .. 2,320,224 New Plymouth 3,413, 580 Oamaru .. 1,540, 540 Thames .. 2,530,570 Timaru .. 4,574,764 Wanganui .. 5,316,897 Wellington .. 26,220,191 Westport .. 793,129 987,025 7,691,361 39,156 201,472 473,4861 3,125,927 666,705; 4,183,331 46,241 498,906 16,159 166,316 16,315! 97,475 225,576 1,962,083 238,407 1,962,614 75,257 537,603 116,428 675,830 60,788 247,652, 65,910 417,483 229,528 1,150,246 191,425; 1,188,934 707,486 ; 7,562,280 8,177 123,262| 4,835,456 257,738 2,445,010 1,963,461 544,5661 223,639 156,195 902,168 953,167 282,971 553,151 213,135 328,769 511,693 823,326 161,187! 754,806 23,972 396,396 286,039 44,954 22,997 11,843 88,296 100,152 47,593 65,364 21,697 47,034 57,005 112,970 737,451 19,968 25,391,210, 1,737,424 16,295,071 11,317,995 2,433,899 1,365,143' 757,081 6,671,496 7,107,750 2,464,592 3,691,064 2,061,839 3,115,892 4,605,809 5,640,167 23,690,121 1,195,857 961,233 47,112 990,197 581,906 76,752 32,968' 23,140 269, 633 1 282,9711 101,114! 140,920 94,432 111,111 193,258 207,974 937,300 26,702 4,766,047 265,512 3,740,906 3,459,768 573,911 241,852 152,776 1,371,916 1,781,234 455, 104 621,491 382,122 676,572 1,187,342 1,141,062 4,851,574, 231,166 4,266,691 : 451,399 : 2,286,362 1,987,284 994,396 3 487,812 i 271,739 1 1,256,580 : 1,768,169 631,839 837,759 : 304,213 604,370 814,476 1,311,518 : 4,010,305 343,109 636,756: 55,296,688 ! 55,251 3,218,493 300,908 31,785,912 259,499! 23,681,356 78,1381 4,773,702 51,586| 2,490,548! 27,635J 1,337,650 133,420 13,041,918 172,206 13,746,356 84,057 4,784,816 114,155 7,104,644 44,041 3,602,379 104,878 5,646,462 85,910 9,180,573 178,958 10,957,064 530,075' 49,910,312 28,566; 1,988,986 j 1,948,25812,457,4081 9,102,147 86,268 466,984! 709,137 1,463,683 6,866,833; 4,731,372 1,248,611 7,643,099 3,950,745 122,993 1,072,817! 1,538,962 49,127' 408,168' 711,451: 39,455 250,251 427,934 495,209 3,333,999 2,158,748! 521,378 3,743,848 2,721, 3336] 176,371 992,707 914,810! 257,348 1,297,321 1,390,910: 155,220! 629,774 517,348 177,02l! 1,094,055| 933,139 422,786! 2,337,588! 1,326,169 399,399' 2,329,996 2,134,844 1,644,78612,413,854 7,538,187 34,879! 354,428 504,296 : 1,391,563 79,223 697,30' 545,53! 123,09: 74,58, 39,47! I 221,711 272,351 179,51! 65,73! 151,915 291,92! 1,267,52( 48,53^ — Totals .. 123,005,449 4 4,164,069 j 31,792,775 1 31,792,775 18,683,514 5,078,723; 25,900,355 9,242,792!57, 693, 130 41,311, 535 : 5,724,571 4,164,069 18,683,514 2,838,537: 119,542,410 22,628,021; 2,886,039 242,547,859 Previous Year .. 115,093,046 4 4,938,258 34,104,217 1 4,938,258 34,104,217 19,892,873 19,892,873 2,469,428 118,808,274 5,646,784; 31,605,691 23,887,110 2,585,719 233,901,320 10,585,042 65,709,908 43,779,9835,055,14' i

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Table No. 12. Begistered Articles. The number of registered articles dealt with in 1915, compared with the number in 1890, 1900, 1910, and 1914, is as follows : — 1890. 1900. 1910. 1914. 1915. Prom places beyond the Dominion 26,374 52,343 132,493 139,003 118,416 Eegistered in the Dominion ... 169,321 464,036 993,675 1,390,880 1,323,708 Totals ... ... 195,695 516.379 1,126,168 1,529,883 1,442,124 Dead Letters. 1914. 1915. Opened and returned to writers ... ... 231,706 282,102 Eeturned unopened to other countries ... ... 48,715 44,609 Eeissued ... ... ... ... ... 368 1,452 Destroyed ... ... ... ... ... 44,662 45,636 Eeturned unopened to writers by Chief Postmasters 217,672 204,376 Eeturned? unopened to other countries by Chief Postmasters ' ... 22,002 18,185 Totals ... ... ... 565,125 596,360

Table No. 13. Parcel-post. The following shows the number and weight of parcels posted during the years 1890, 1900, 1910, 1914, and 1915 :—

— 1890. 1900. 1910. 1914. 1915. Number 121,292 199,413 1,190,711 2,469,428 2,838,537 Weight 336,6431b. 12 oz. 682,1401b. 7 oz. 3,953,2841b. 15 oz. 8,756,5961b. 14oz. 10,886,7091b. 11 oz. 1890. 1900. 1910. The following table shows the number and weight of parcels exchanged with the United Kingdom and the undermentioned places-during the years 1914 and 1915:— larcels exchanged with the United and 1915:— Iteceived. Despatched. Country. Number. 1914. Weight. 1915. 1914. 1915. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Unitod Kingdom and foreign countries (via London) United States of America . New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Egypt Canada Victoria New South Wales South Australia Queensland Tasmania Western Australia.. 107,707 lb. oz. 660,747 0 115,639 lb. oz. 737,201. 0 16,681 lb. oz. 59,0319 4 34,517 lb. oz. 104,692 15 12,225 47,3107 14 14,995 2,128 63,702 13 5,295 0 1,832 5,839 3 2,032 60,21.4 6,624 0 215,084 0 Samoa Fiji Ceylon Uruguay Capo of Good Hope Natal India 1,256 8,590 15,630 483 718 464 351 13 176 553 3,902 0 29,440 4 45,33310 0 1,167 1 1,746 12 1,107 6 799 13 30 15 597 11 2,586 64. 1,499 8,574 15,990 524 837 390 463 *. 244 566 5,904 0 310,042 12 45,321 0 1,305 1 2,036 0 881 0 1,004 15 698 10 2,211 11 651 3,612 6,483 556 952 810 509 139 768 48 133 49 315 323 265 1,897 13 9,418 12 16,929 13 1,310 8 2,332 14 1,785 12 1,360 3 562 12 2,237 6 146 11 550 11 153 2 812 6 1,485 4 1,021 6 714 3,802 9,209 560 1,093 819 568 *.. 1,112 357 114 83 309 498 294 260 113 79 2,318 1 9,630 5 26,146 12 1,451 9 2,762 11 1,966 2 1,482 4 3,768 11 1,933 12 383 7 212 0 785 4 2,818 11 1,184 8 1,4319 15 405 6 320 13 483 813 12 484 790 15 1,246 11 6,294 2J 40 4 1,090 31 5,062 0 114 8 Tonga Tahiti Hong Kong Straits Settlements 457 138 2,597 0 493 14 694 103 4,068 0 350 3 93 57 363 15 215 4 Totals 150,567 805,002 2| 164,251 906,049 8 314,276 107,462 15 116,747 3185,411 2 * Now treated ,s inland.

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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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T.WW. Auokland. Wellington. Christchuroh Dunedin. Maximum (in days) Minimum „ Average „ 46 33 37 47 32 36 48 33 38 48 33 "'7 38 TO LONDON VIA S^ .N FRANCIS; Dunedin. 30. Christchuroh Wellington. I Auckland. Maximum (in days) Minimum „ Average „ 43 37 38 43 37 38 42 36 37 43 37 38 Statement showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between the undermentioned Places by the Vancouver Mail-service. iondon and FROM LONDON VIA VANCOUVER. Auckland. Wellington. | Christchurch Dunedin. Sydney. Maximum (in days) Minimum „ Average „ 37 39 32 33 34 35 40 34 36 40 34 36 42 37 38 TO LONDON VIA VANCOUVER. Sydney. Dunedin. Christchurch Wellington. Auckland. Maximum (in days) ... ... 46 44 44 42 41 Minimum „ ' ... ... 36 34 34 32 31 Average „ ... ... 40 38 38 36 35 46 36 10 44 34 38 44 34 38 42 32 36 41 31 35 Statement showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between London an the undermentioned Places by the Suez Service. very of Mails between London and ez Service. FROM LONDON (P. AND O. PACKETS). — Melbourne. Sydney. Auckland. Wellington. Christchuroh Dunedin. :ETS). Maximum (in days) Minimum „ Average „ 39 32 36 40 33 37 47 38 44 47 38 44 48 38 45 48 38 45 TO LONDON (P_ AND O. PACKETS). Auokland. ! Wellington. Ohristohuroh Dunedin. Sydney. Melbourne. Maximum (in days) Minimum „ Average „ 48 40 43 47 39 42 48 40 43 48 40 43 41 34 38 40 33 37 PROM LONDON (ORIENT PACKETS). Melbourne. Sydney. Auokland. Wellington. Christchuroh Dunedin. Maximum (in days) Minimum „ Average „ 44 31 36 45 32 37 51 38 43 52 38 44 53 39 45 53 39 45 TO LONDON (ORIENT PACKETS). Auokland. Wellington, Christchuroh Dunedin. Sydney. Melbourne. laximum (in days) linimum „ verage _ 47 40 44 46 39 43 47 40 44 47 40 44 40 34 37 39 33 36

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Table No. 15. Comparative Table showing the Progress of the Telegraph Department during the Financial Years ended 30th June, 1866, June, 1879; 31st March, 1880, to 31st March, 1882; and Calendar Years ended 31st December, 1882, to 31st December, 1893.

Year ended Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. IS jo z Private and Press. Number of Telegrams forwarded during the Year. Government. Total. Telegraph Revenue from all Sources. Value of Government Messages. Cost of Total Value r . . Maintenance of of D . , Maintenance T .„„ Business done - Lines. during Stations excludimr the Year. Australian Cable Subsidy. Total Expenditure. Cost of Maintenance of Lines per Mile. Tariftin 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 2,53° 2,986 3.154 3.259 3.434 3,512 3,638 3,758 3.824 3,974 4,o74 4,264 4,463 4,546 4,646 4,790 4,874 5,349 5,479 5,513 I.390 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 I 9.333 : 9,587 9,653 9,848 10,037 10,474 10,931 11,178 ",375 11,617 11,827 12,812 13,235 13,459 13,515 13 21 31 45 56 72 81 93 105 127 142 155 182 195 214 227 234 264 302 330 375 412 437 473 489 520 573 615 640 24,761 55,621 72,241 106,070 122,545 253,582 344,524 i 485,507 j 645,067 1 786,237 890,382 952,283 1,065,481 j ;1,201, 982 ; j 824,734 1,058,342 j 1,215,849 1,361,817 1.379,483 j i,433,458 ; 1,533,406 11,583,717 1.589.771 : 1,548,233 |: 1,589,157 ■ 1,734,381 : I,746,H5 \: 1,686,064 ''•'■ 1,825,646 ■ 2,746 15,331 26,244 50,097 62,878 59,292 67,243 83,453 1107,832 130,891 160,704 172,159 :i94,843 246,961 ;i8 3 ,6 7 5 1246,370 222,923 1208,372 JZI9.9I7 ;220,847 240,867 :252,549 3245,623 217,630 213,830 226,780 222,149 218,079 244,045 27,407 70,952 98,485 156,167 185,423 312,874 411,767 568,960 752,899 917, 128 1,051,086 11,124,442 1,260,324 I 1 ,44 8 >943 1,008,409 11,304,712 1,570,189 !i,599, 400 ,1,654,305 !,774, 273 1,836,266 1,835,394 1,765,863 1,802,987 1,961,161 1,968, 264 !i.9°4. 143 2,069,691 £ s. d. 5,561 19 2 9,070 10 1 II > 6 52 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 65,644 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 4 110,696 17 8 117,633 15 9 103,813 8 6§ 112,465 15 9 £ s. d. £ s. d. 483 3 2 6,045 2 4 3,770 4 8 12,840 14 9 1 6,672 o 3 18,324 3 10 -13,430 11 9 31,951 2 1 12,252 6 o 29,470 7 4 9,876 17 6 32,296 6 2 11,043 3 9 39,164 13 9 [11,105 2 o 5°,?86 o 9 12,618 11 6 59,127 10 4 13,679 10 9 68,981 3 o 116,154 6 o 78,869 16 4 17,024 8 9 82,669 4 o 19,148 12 4 92,432 14 2 26,949 2 2 112,351 2 4 19,707 6 3 77.827 9 6 27,021 3 8 100,023 5 8 ,22,737 16 4 101,566 16 o 20,608 11 11 111,242 3 1 21,555 19 2 115,378 2 5 20,855 19 7 116,490 5 o 24,860 9 o 126,512 17 o 27,281 4 9 133,919 16 n 30,205 11 10 136,753 x 5 10 23,164 13 11 129,476 5 5 24,218 9 3 130,681 7 7 26,070 12 7 136,767 10 3 124,840 5 7 142,474 I 4 24,342 7 o 128,155 15 6\ 28,317 7 10 140,783 3 7 £ s. d. 3,934 3 4 8,017 r 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 I0 10 69,340 1 8 79,502 o 5 68,651 10 10 78,224 1 8 69,165 5 o 73,554 9 1 73,054 4 6 70,036 6 2 77,082 4 4 77,473 IO 7 76,580 10 o 72,201 13 5 75,426 9 7 76,845 1 10 85,658 4 11 87,472 13 3 92,109 17 o • £ s. d. j £ s. d. £ s. d. . 2,443 2 11 6,377 63 3 9 10 ] j 2,541 4 11 10,558 19 6 3 7 1 t 1 5,406 7 3 14,89. 51 4 17 4 j 8,547 4 9 I 22,813 174 6 8 6 |\ 14,120 4 10 30,537 12 2 8 9 11 ' H,344 3 8 32,598 7 'I 5 19 6 I 8,858 19 7 1 32,452 94 423 1 9.479 5 4 36,520 42 4 1 11 \) Ii5,02i 17 11 1 53,823 17 3 6 3 11 . 514,240 ig 7 j 60,055 10 11 4 16 4 I 21,074 8 8 82,771 31 5 18 10 17,931 8 o : 81,284 18 10 5 12 11 [ 18,259 4 9 I 87,599 65 510 Oil 17,299 7 10 1 96,801 83 509 14.758 4 5 83,409 15 3 434 23,154 8 3 101,378 9 11 6 6 7 I 18,292 13 4 87,457 18 4 1 4 17 4 7 22,451 6 3 96,005 15 4 517 5 1 19,210 6 5 92,264 11 o 4 16 8 : 20,041 15 10 90,078 20 4 18 4 20,900 6 2 97,982 10 6 4 15 9 21,402 18 2 98,875 89 4 15 11 21,321 2 9 97,901 12 9 4 13 9 23,262 1 o 95,463 14 5 , 5 o 1 26,007 1 5 ! 101,433 11 0,5 8 7 27,546 2 o 104,391 3 10 5 13 o 28,986 10 10 114,644 15 9 ; 5 12 7 29,580 10 11 117,053 42580 29,141 6 o 121,251 30559 ;- Mileage tariff. I Mileage tariff in operation up to ist Sept., i86o- uniform 2s. 6d. tariff from ist Sept., 1869, to 31st March, 1870; and is. taritf from IS! 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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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, 1916.

Year ended Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. <h d So •S" Sis Number of dur Telegram; ■ing the Yi forwarded ; ir. ' Revenue (including MiscellaneousReceipts). Telegraph. Telephone. li §1 Total Total Value of ExpendiBusineps ture done {excluding during Cablo the Year. Subsidy). il o -Private and Press. Government. Total. J 31st Mar., 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 - 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 5,961$ 6,245$ 6,284J 6,484 6,730 6,910 7,249$ 7,409 7,748J 7,779J 7,9431§ 8,3155 8,953 9,650 10,404 10,901 11,310 11,805 12,508 13,044 13,434 13,084 14,881$ 15,764-} 16,470f18,024 18,746 19,228 20,082 -j! 21,705. 22,672| 22,920J 23,704 25,116 27,031 29,3143 312,054 34,788 37,212 39,370 41,892 44,642 40,778 48,052 705 743 780 824 878 915 991 1,038 1,103 1,153 1,200 1,312 1,446 1,611 1,704 1,871 1,903 2,079 2,203 2; 305 2,380 2,413 1,802,182 1,899,032 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 7,338,017 7,757,128 8,268,340 8,971,725 9,850,379 10,594,550 10,716,013 10,708,910 231,618 224,579 235,168i 226,818 243,190 310,538 363,684 317,590 288,086 293,293 259,250 289,135 2316,252 84,044 87,070 89,762 92,3107 91,408 93,893 99,476; 111,355 127,841 £ £ 2,033,800 88,459 21,552 2,124,211 97,178 25,933 2,520,169 100,385 29,248 2,696,233 99,798 ' 36,422 2,960,738 105,576 39,718 3,469,631 11,9,641 43,303 3,898,128 137,861 49,117 4,167,981 151,933 55,542 4,559,304 100,3143 62,151 4,905,197 160,5,35 ! 71,028 5,159,745 171,001 79,061 5,040,219 184,369 89,542 6,396,338 206,700 100,814 7,042,923 227,3198 1.10,852 7,425,093 238,103 131,249 7,846,890 250,212 144,298 8,360,647 272,942 .1.61,173 9,063,133 295,3314 1.79,123 9,944,272 321,951 201,237 10,694,0,32 342,595 232,190 10,827,968,356,306 303,856 10,830,751 549,627 287,547 £ 26,051 25,844 23,119 24,505 25,500 29,432 35,327 27,508 26,440 24,378 20,598 24,168 17,487 4,499 4,822 4,851 4,874 4,832 4,931 5,031 5,776 9,085 £ 136,062 148,955 152,752 160,725 170,794 192,376 222,305 234,984 248,9314 261,941 270,600 298,079 3125,007 348,749 374,174 3199,361 438,989 479,289 528,119 579,816 665,938 846,259 £ 135,791 143,665 153,484 165,198 173,152 181,634 194,014 212,180 228,185 245,805 258,977 276,580 291,359 357,581 394,649 411,296 446,709 469,716 509,496 563,108 612,665 658,572 £ 0,492 4,774 3,972 1,849 1,427 1,608 1,000 234 181 10,057 Notk—Tar: For twelve word: text and signatu 1906: Por oach iff, 1890 : i, and fi-ot ro made e additional Is. for ton won ii address and sif lightoon. 1890: I word after first Is, and free [nature, ord First twolv twelve, Jd. i address . linary tole; 'o words, f and signature up to ten words grams, Is.; delayed, 6d. Lat< 3d. ; oach additional word, Id. ; delaj ir in 18S ; addre red telcgr: (2 tho nun iss and sig tins, Od. aber of w [nature p: 1892 : -ords in aid for.

Postal District. Revenue derived from Paid Telegrams of all Codes. s —of ™: s;r msz 0 ! «™r Total Number of Telegrams of all Codes. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne ttreymoutli Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson ... • New Plymouth .. Oamaru Thames Timaru ... ; Wanganui Wellington Westport £ 79,487 5,949 38,642 310,5310 12,270 6,699 2,451 17,504 25,755 8,904 13,739 5,83(0 '. 11,428 11,262 20,410 9.1,290 3,917 £ 1,116 185 671 456 226 179 8 269 215 506 95 50 180 1.24 111 4,521 173 £ 80,603 6,134 39,313 310,986 12,490 0,878 2,459 17,773 25,970 9,470 13,8354 5,886 11,608 11,386 20,527 95,811 4,090 2,259,125 184,848 993,282 808,804 292,018 162,121 08,198 521,022 817,905 328,511 414,047 130,907 332,139 310,184 015,1831 2, .308,933 95,023 18,132 3,523 12,136 9,074 5,290 3,018 109 5,920 4,273 11,118 1,940 1,291 2,470 2,090 1,980 40,700 31,433 2,277,257 188,371 1,005,418 817,878 297,314 165,739 08,367 : '526,942 822,178 339,029 415,987 132,258 334,009 318,880 617,169 2,409,699 99,056 Totals, 1915-16 386,138 9,085 3195,224 10,708,910 127,841 10,8310,751 Totals, 1914-15 3147,597 5,777 353,373 .10,716,613 111,3355 10,827,968

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Table No. 17. Table showing the Paid Telegrams of all Codes forwarded during the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1916, and the Revenue received therefrom.

Table No. 18. Table showing the Class and Number of Instruments and Batteries in Use at Telegraph-offices for the Year ended 31st March, 1916.

December Quarter, 1915. March Quarter, 1916. June Quarter, 1915. September Quarter, 1915. Totals. Class of Telegrams. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Ordinary Urgent Press Bureau 1,521,307 75.791 112,434 933,157 £ 76,297 5,334 6,361 26,136 1,501,518 | 75,754 115,570 975,753 £ 80,429 5,744 7,276 27,507 ! 1,508,029 72,171 80,875 996,146 £ 90,323 5,733 7,120 28,175 1,531,277 76,107 74,276 1,058,745 £ 92,759 5,958 6,799 30,151 6,062,131 299,823 383,155 3,963,801 £ 339,807 22,770 27,557 111,969 Gross totals Less other lines and credits 2,642,689 114,128 26,511 2,668,595 120,956 2,657,221 29,656 131,351 2,740,405 29,413 101,938 135,667 30,386 105,281 10,708,910 502,103 115,965 Net totals, 1915-16 87,617 91,300 105,281 386,138 Net totals, 1914-15 2,716,586 84,376 2,651,742 88,174 2,635,856 86,673 2,712,429 88,375 10,716,613 347,596 1

Number of Morse Instruments in Use (Full Sets). Number of Duplexes Nnr ., bpr (Differentials). dumber 1 Direct- r „ sounder Single Double s e t s . Current. Current. Number Number Number of of of Quadruples Quadruples Automatic Translator Sets. Sets. Sets. Number of Telephones Number of Cells. District. Constant ! Intermittent Current. Current. Single Double Current. Current. sounder Sets. nected with Exchange. Gordon - DanielL Bichromate. Storage. Auokland Wellington Nelson .. Canterbury Otago .. ■ 66 128 2 114 59 76 S6 29 20 93 12 17 4 11 1 9 13 7 7 1 11 3 21 32 2 13 8 1 7 14 249 109 9,226 831 429 548 12,336 3,569 I 1,426 223 1,867 152 50 2,5:34 332 ! 958 854 5,299 66 550 260 201 2 4 2 2 1 6 46 Totals 369 14 76 24 410 31,262 4,950 3,413 1,885 209 304 45 37 I i I Total number of Morse sets, 870.

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Table No. 19. Table showing the Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Lines for the Year ended 31st March, 1916.

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District. Miles of Wire. TravellingMiles expenses of engineers Linemen. Extra Labour. Material. Upkeep of s.s. Tutanekai. Rural Telephones: Assistance to Settlers. Total Expenditure out of Vote Maintenance. Salaries of Engineers and Linemen. Total Cost of Maintenance. Average Average Cost Cost per Mile per Mile of Wire. of Line. Auckland 12,526 3,984 £ 2,929 £ 6,929 £ 8,372 £ £ £ 18,230 £ 10,463 £ 28,693 £ s. d. 2 5 10 £ s. d. 7 4 0 Wellington 15,544 3,708 2,674 5,646 15,988 24,308 10,380 34,688 2 4 8 9 7 1 Nelson 2,988 1,121 513 465 805 1,783 1,466 3,249 119 2 18 0 Canterbury 8,482 2,025 1,010 1,1/15 1,646 3,771 6,900 10,671 1 5 2 5 5 5 Otago 8,512 2,846 1,430 2,055 4,254 7,739 6,270 14,009 1 12 11 4 18 5 Total 48,052 13,684 8,556 16,210 31,065 55,831 35,479 91,310 1 18 0 6 13 Cables 374* 51 258 91 2,715 3,115 3,115 8 6 7f Stores 1 1,812 6,629 8,442 1,948 10,390 Rural telephones — Assistance to settlers .. 1,650 1,050 1,650 Laboratory, &o. 15 995 919 1,929 1,929 Wireless stations 112 1,372 803 2,287 2,287 Total telegraph-lines 8,735 20,647 39,507 2,715 1,650 73,254 37,427 110,681 Telephone exchanges 128,525 3,437 2,070 18,640 18,305 39,021 23,661 62,682 Grand total 10,805 39,293 57,812 2,715 1,650 112,275 61,088 173,363 * Knots. t Per knot.

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Table No. 20. Table showing Cost of Constructing Telegraph and Telephone Lines during the Year ended 31st March, 1916.

Line. Total Cost, including Material from Stores. Total Cost, T ino Including *' lne - Material from Stores. Line. Telophono Exchanges— Auckland Coromandel Dargavillo .. .. Hamilton Kaikohe Kawhia Mangonui Matata Mount Eden (automatic) Opotiki Paeroa Ponsonby (automatic) Pukeatua Romuora Taumarunui Tauranga Te Kuiti Thames Waihi Walton Whangaroi Blenheim Carterton Dannevirke Eketahuna Eltham Eeatherston .. Eeilding Gisborne ... .. Glonoroua Hastings Hawera Hinakura Kahutara Levin Marton Mastorton Maxwelltown .. . . ... Motu Napier .. Now Plymouth Ohingaiti Patea Pahiatua Palmorston North .. .. Raurimu Stratford .. Taihapo '. .. . . Waipawa Wairoa Wanganui Wellington .. .. Nolson Wostport Roefton .. Ashburton Christchurch Culvorden Greymouth Kaikoura Rakaia Rangiora Timaru Waimate Waiau Balclutha Cromwell Dunodiu Gore Invercargill Oamaru Quoonstown Tapanui £ 27,978 38 137 10,179 358 60 415 1,207 4 1,190 945 5 77 3 2,371 31,922 2,537 360 8 55 4,112 3,313 341 1,075 729 450 1,233 1,049 5,502 11 6,230 447 138 218 1,409 3,847 0,901 109 907 1,343 4,340 211 235 1,972 2,220 192 154 2,539 338 465 0,005 20,050 2,132 124 53 400 11,005 52 12 43 1,492 818 3,155 238 757 525 41 8,020 .. ' 483 3,7312 235 3143 24 Lines— continued. £ Cambridge-Rotorua (metallic circuit) .. 45 Drury-Waiuku (metallic circuit) ,. 667 Frankton Junction Bureau .. .. 5 Hauraki Road -Telephone-office .. .. 19 Huruiki Tolephonc-offico .. .. 5 Helensville-Paparoa (metallic circuit) .. 4 Hamilton-Auckland (metallic circuit) .. 573 Huapai Telephone Extension .. .. 6 Kaitaia (Morse) .. .. .. 4 Kawakawa—Russell (metallic circuit) .. 276 Kaeo (Morse) .. .. .. .. 20 Kaihere Telephone-office .. .. 6 Mokauiti Tolephono Extension .. .. 127 Muripara - To Whaiti .. .. .. 62 Mamaranui Telephone-office .. .. 1 Mangonui-Poria (metallic circuit) .. 81 Morrin8ville-Matamata .. .. 416 Oranga Telephone-office .. .. 141 Owhango Tolephono Extension .. .. 462 Okahukura Tolephono Bureau .. .. 3S3S Otway's Telephone Extension .. .. 1 Opotiki-Gisborne (telephone circuit) .. 470 Opararau - Te Awamutu .. .. 26 Owhiro Telephone-office .. .. 23 Opua (Morse) .. .. ... .. 4 Patctonga Telephone Extension.. .. 384 Paparda-Tokatoka Alterations .. .. 347 Pukeatua-Wharepuhunga .. .. 103 Ponsonby Learners' Gallery .. .. 52 Ratarba Telephone-office .. .. 8 Raurimu-Taumarunui .. .. .. 55 Rotongaro Telephone Extension .. 236 Rotoma .. .. .. .. 7 To Puna, removal of office .. .. 3 Taumarunui-Ohura .. .. .. 861 Te Aroha - Wardville .. .. .. 242 Tauranga-Whakatane . . .. ... 1,149 Tukirangi Telephone-office .. .. 41 Turiapua Tolephone-offiee .. .. 5 To Waitere Telephone-office .. .. 5 Thornton Telephone-office .. .. 4 To Kuiti-Hamilton (metallic circuit) .. 1,140 Upper Papamoa Telephone Extension .. 116 Whakapara - Helena Bay .. .. 161 Whil libra Telephone-office .. .. 314 Whangarei-Hukerenui .. .. .. 5 Whangarata Telephone Extension .. 9 Waotu Telephone-offico .. .. 140 Waikokowai Telephone-office .. .. 135 Waimiha-Ongarue (motallic circuit) .. 297 Birch Hill Telephone Extension .. .. 55 Blenheim-Nelson (Morse) .. .. 645 Dannevirke-Weber (metallic circuit) .. 299 Gisborne-OpotikiTelephone Circuit .. 2,215 Kahukura — Tokoinaru Bay Telephone-line 2,057 Kokohuia Tolephono Bureau . . .. 21 Maymorn Military Camp .. .. 67 Murumuru Telephone Extension.. .. 24.3 Ngapeka Telephone Extension .. . . 102 Orangamea-Rangalalau—Puao Extension.. 3 Piu-kakariki-Waikanae (metallic circuit) .. 3171 Pahiatua-Palmorston North (metallic circuit) .. .. .. .. 13 Tahunaroa Tolephono Extension.. .. 1 Temarua Telephone-office .. .. 10 Urukaka Telephone-offico .. .. 1 Wantwood Telephone-office .. . . 54 Wellington-Masterton (metallic circuit) .. 1,048 Wellington—Palmorston North (metallic circuit) .. .. .. .. 28 Whiritoa Telephone-office .. .. 29 Awaiti Telephone-office.. .. .. 119 Baton Telephone Extension .. .. 75 Braoburn Telephone-office . . .. 9 Dryden's Bay Telephone-line .. .. 83 Eern Flat Extension .. .. .. 11 Hira Telephone-office .. .. .. 24 Karamea Heads Telephone-office . .• 11 Matariki Telephone-office . . .. 6 Nelson-Tadmor (metallic circuit) .. 334 £105,079 Lines — Auckland-Dargaville (metallic circuit) Aratoro Telephone Line Bayswater Telephone Extension.. Brigham's Creek Telephone Extension 013 47 44 7

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Table No. 20 — continued. Table showing Cost of Constructing Telegraph and Telephone Lines during the Year ended 31st March, 1916— continued.

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Lin,e. Total Cost, including Material from Stores. Total Cost, i in., including LinB - Material jfrom StoreB. lines — continued. Nelson-Wakapuaka Suburban (metallic circuit) Onakaka-Collingwood Telophone-wire Pangatotara Telephone Extension Stomor Extension Upper Moutere -Motueka (motallie circuit) Westport-Waitaiawa (metallic circuit) Blackball (Morse) Christchurch-Kaiapoi Telephone-line Christchurch -Little River (metallic circuit■) Christchurch-Rangiora (metallic circuit) .. Charwoll Forks Telephone Extension Courts Island Telephone-office Diamond. Harbour Telephone-office Greymouth-Otira (motallie circuit) Mataipuke Telephone-office Porowhita-Methven Telephone-line Port Levy - Pigeon Bay Line Rakaia-Mothven (metallic circuit) Rangiora—Pernside (metallic oircuit) Sefton Bureau Office Springston Railway Bureau Timaru - Pleasant Point (metallic circuit) Tuhua Telephone-office.. Waikari- Hawarden Alexandra-Clyde Trunk Line and Exohange £ 59 101 39 35 141 400 215 480 705 300 130 23 29 352 8 136 126 218 54 127 11 45 38 37 361 Lines— continued. £ Ardlussa Telephone-office, removal .. 37 Bluff-Greenhills (motallie circuit) .. 28 Brydone-Mataura Telephone Circuit .. 21 Fortifloation Telephone Extension . . 183 Glenomaru Telephono Extension . . 51 Invercargill Railway - Edendale (metallic circuit) .. ■• •• •• 245 Kaka Point - Gorge Telephone-wire .. 14 Lawrence-Roxburgh Circuit .. .. 590 Makarewa Junction Telephone-office .. 24 Mossbank Telophone Extension Motorimu Telephone-office .. .. 97 Mowhiti Telephono Extension .. .. 212 Orawia Bridge Telephone-office .. .. 58 Owaka-Ratanui Telephone Extension .. 10 Paretai Telephone-office .. •. 20 Pukekoura Telephone Extension .. 97 Rooklands Telephone Extension.. .. 27 St. Patrick's Telephone-office .. .. 2 Tahawai Telephone Extension .. .. 146 The Reefs (new) Telephone-office .. 53 Tika Telephone-office .. . ■ • • 6 Tuatapere (Morse installation) .. .. 309 Wehenga Telephone Extension .. .. 53 £189,194

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

Year. In in ol ■" 2 •A _ _L Capital Cost for Instruments, Wire, Poles, Labour, Freight, Superintendence, &c. Average Cost of Total for all each Con- Connections, nection. Salaries and Allowances of Clerks, &c. W< Materials and Linemen. Working-expenses. ork king-expenses. Interest on Rent, Fuel, Capital and Light, Paper, Wear-and- Printing, tear, <fcc* Binding, &c. Total. Annual Balance of Rate Revenue per Cent. over yielded Working- ~ on expenses. Capital Cost. 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 1915 1916 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 20,4021 22,815f 25,212f 28,093 31,475 36,374 41,982 46,260 50,308 £ 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 32 9 1 33 2 7 £ 2,5331 8,271 15,604 23,461 37,319 40,686 49,407 53,849 58,229 64,294 76,579 91,687 104,425 116,845 125,108 134,299 142,218 150,490 162,333 176,349 193,511 213,966 241,903 295,029 363,192 420,088 508,408 591,760 683,986 783,382 878,133 1.003,131 1.241,628 1,501,482 1,666,561 £ 613 5,014 7,746 10,008 12,294 15,477 16,881 17,613 18,581 19,961 18,571 19,155 21,771 21,552 25,933 29,248 36,422 39,718 43,303 49,117 55,542 62,151 71,028 79,061 89,542 100,814 116,852 131,249 144,298 161,173 179,123 201,237 232,190 303,856+ 287,547 £ 285 595 695 1,770 2,849 2,873 3,119 3,316 3,790 4,192 4,630 7,405 7,720 9,285 9,686 12,306 14,181 15,030 15,710 16,304 18,448 20,885 23,359 25,122 26,507 32,914 38,108 47,224 52,315 54,819 62,588 69,078 80,720 88,231 104,950 £ 275 595 770 1,590 1,704 1,580 2,252 2,249 2,206 2,249 2,345 2,696 3,313 4,253 5,304 7,398 11,834 16,190 20,847 18,226 20,570 22,078 22,508 26,782 22,576 26,145 36,813 32,995 28,755 39,814 33,791 42,192 53,823 42,548 62,682 I [ £ 253 827 1,560 2,346 3,732 4,069 4,941 5,344 5,823 6,429 7,658 9,169 10,442 11,685 12,510 13,430 7,111 7,525 8,117 8,817 9,675 10,698 12,095 14,751 18,159 21,004 25,420 29,588 34,199 339,169 43,907 50,156 62,081 75,074 8.3,328 £ 150 300 350 475 700 320 330 335 375 395 393 464 742 818 1,952 1,857 1,882 1,861 1,893 2,001 2,079 2,615 2,986 4,448 5,270 6,163 6,902 7,265 7,741 8,0:31 S, 725 9,764 11,744 12,878 13,429 £ 963 2,317 3,375 6,181 8,985 8,842 10,642 11,244 12,194 13,265 15,026 19,734 22,217 26,041 29,452 34,991 35,008 40,606 46,567 45,348 50,772 56,276 60,948 71,103 72,512 86,226 107,243 117,072 123,010 141,833 149,011 171,190 208,368 218,731 264,389 £ 207 4,492 3,653 3,827 5,011 6,635 6,239 ; 6,368 6,387 6,695 3,544 -578 -446 -3,420 -3,519 -5,742 1,413 -887 -3,264 3,768 4,769 5,874 10,080 7,958 17,029 14,587 9,608 14476 21,287 19,340 330,112 30,047 23,822 85,125 23,158 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 5-67 1-40 * This column includes 5 per cent, for wear-and-tear and 5 per cent, for debenture capital, except in 1897-98 and following years, in which only 5 per cent, for debenture capital is included. 1 Informer returns extensions were included for these three years. I Increase due to alterations in date of collecting half-yearly subscriptions, a proportion of which under the old system would have fallen into 1915-16 receipts.

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Table No. 22. Table showing the Number of Telephone-exchange Connections at each Telegraph Engineer's District in the Dominion.

Approximate Cost oj Paper. — Preparation, aot given ; printing (1,250 copies), £42 10s.

Authority : Marcus V\ Marks, Government Printer, Wellington. —1916

Price Is.]

Number of Connectii ms on 31st March. - 1916. 1915. Engineer's Distriot. Condons. Extensions. Total. Direot Connections. Extensions. Total. Luckland Vellington Jelson .anterbury 12,442 2,027 14,469 21,292 3,398 24,690 1,445 124 1,569 7,836 1,660 9,496 7,293 1,459 8,752 11,185 19,485 1,315 7,304 6,971 1,917 13,102 3,050 22,535 114 1,429 1,526 8,830 1,394 8,365 1,917 3,050 114 1,526 1,394 )tago Totals 50,308 8,668 58,976 46,260 8,001 54,26.1