REPORT ON THE WORKING OF THE TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT. Appendix K. RETURN of Ordinary Telegrams for the Financial Year ending 30th June, 1869.

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Wellington Government Buildings Westport White's Bay ... 102 13 145 91 '"l8 28 940 1,194 23 237 34 52 392 219 164 45 451 £ s. d. 11 5 3 19 0 15 15 1 11 1 10 2 8 10 b 1 7 149 1 10 187 3 10 2 b 2 40 14 1 3 1 10 4 18 1 96 3 1 34 19 9 14 18 7 4 19 10 37 13 7 83 16 200 88 61 27 114 44 788 1,341 31 324 39 44 539 199 178 49 333 £ s. d. 9 15 4 1 15 6 21 18 3 10 10 3 7 2 8 4 15 9 21 4 4 7 15 4 128 16 8 207 12 2 3 19 7 59 7 6 3 17 9 4 17 131 15 5 30 2 3 16 11 3 6 11 3 29 19 1 79 20 162 109 288 19 339 51 784 1,461 21 474 55 75 682 235 136 40 346 £ a. d. 7 13 2 2 7 3 19 14 3 12 17 2 31 11 8 2 15 10 51 0 9 9 15 2 126 2 7 226 5 7 1 18 11 71 10 4 4 16 0 8 1 11 146 12 0 34 19 4 11 1 5 5 4 7 31 11 8 113 15 187 120 186 11 277 61 756 1,446 23 335 44 49 545 220 103 45 315 £ s. d. 11 5 7 1 18 2 22 1 11 13 11 6 20 2 6 12 3 36 16 4 13 5 7 119 6 5 206 7 11 19 3 56 9 11 4 19 4 12 7 111 4 8 35 3 7 8 12 2 5 17 6 32 5 4 86 11 196 87 151 19 278 42 684 1,247 20 459 50 34 600 195 81 53 256 £ s. d. 8 17 0 12 0 19 18 8 11 17 7 15 7 1 2 13 10 39 17 4 8 19 7 115 0 4 189 6 9 1 17 4 72 2 9 5 16 11 3 10 5 120 13 8 30 9 7 7 15 9 5 17 9 21 0 1 92 17 221 108 175 34 322 52 708 1,341 25 495 62 92 558 220 82 66 334 30 134 384 316 76 198 11 £ s. d. 9 1 11 2 0 2 23 18 6 13 15 1 17 3 8 4 3 3 39 1 3 13 9 8 112 15 4 186 10 3 2 3 6 73 4 10 5 13 9 9 16 9 105 0 2 31 4 1 7 8 3 9 7 1 31 0 8 3 12 6 25 15 11 67 14 3 32 19 10 7 9 9 13 13 3 1 4 11 137 16 227 89 152 25 306 106 922 1,507 29 496 62 54 690 190 82 87 373 48 143 394 360 82 216 6 13 46 265 298 61 £ s. d. 13 0 10 2 10 2 23 3 1 14 1 0 13 15 3 3 15 11 38 9 2 25 17 6 148 19 2 238 1 4 2 14 2 74 16 1 5 10 8 4 16 6 149 16 0 32 18 3 7 19 6 10 13 7 36 9 1 4 7 10 28 4 7 71 8 10 40 19 4 7 18 2 15 16 5 0 16 2 2 4 8 4 15 6 36 10 0 27 3 0 5 14 4 130 12 188 130 100 18 289 10b 871 1,387 24 374 97 72 561 269 63 59 359 31 134 340 323 113 259 11 52 46 284 365 50 £ s. d. 12 11 2 17 6 22 1 3 14 7 1 10 1 10 1 17 10 35 8 7 25 15 0 lb2 11 2 196 6 3 2 3 2 54 19 5 9 18 3 7 7 0 121 16 0 40 2 1 5 7 9 6 9 3 36 4 3 3 2 1 25 6 1 64 8 3 34 6 8 11 17 0 18 15 10 15 0 8 12 4 4 6 7 36 6 2 34 8 9 4 11 1 103 14 254 134 123 15 276 87 959 1,496 40 458 104 95 521 183 106 65 369 37 190 506 428 122 217 16 96 70 360 30b 86 £ s. d. 9 7 11 1 12 8 27 b 6 13 JL6 0 11 4 0 2 0 11 36 :6 2 17 15 7 150 17 11 213 17 3 2 16 5 65 19 9 10 5 11 9 13 2 99 ! . 1 5 26 12 4 9 2 7 7 15 5 34 , 3 4 3 4 2 40 18 11 92 1 10 45 6 9 11 10 7 16 17 11 1 18 1 20 14 9 6 1 5 48 0 10 28 flO 3 9 13 2 127 13 160 126 111 21 251 50 863 1,563 45 369 75 50 561 254 148 46 373 36 177 373 347 119 182 24 88 60 261 344 92 £ s. d. 12 8 4 1 11 4 15 14 0 15 0 4 9 2 9 2 13 5 35 4 4 9 9 5 138 19 1 232 15 4 4 0 2 58 10 11 6 10 9 5 10 8 135 17 2 37 5 3 14 7 4 9 2 4 32 1 2 3 5 0 34 12 1 74 10 2 39 5 4 13 3 5 12 6 2 2 2 4 15 12 8 5 4 3 35 11 0 32 18 5 8 11 3 114 11 217 87 106 27 281 48 811 1,503 45 350 69 70 427 168 133 57 395 38 122 383 367 134 236 32 70 38 267 296 79 £ s. d. 11 4 10 13 8 22 12 9 8 11 5 9 18 3 18 11 37 5 6 9 0 6 123 2 2 210 5 7 3 8 11 53 16 11 6 4 4 8 15 4 83 2 3 22 9 2 12 12 1 8 3 2 35 19 10 2 17 8 21 10 9 75 17 4 41 18 7 12 17 4 16 19 6 2 17 3 11 14 8 3 9 6 35 15 0 27 16 2 7 15 9 111 14 192 98 87 22 258 70 825 1,268 36 549 69 68 523 182 132 58 346 28 182 366 296 129 170 21 98 61 239 250 39 34 41 592 78 338 £ s. d. 10 18 10 16 0 22 2 10 13 13 6 6 6 10 2 17 0 31 5 0 12 17 8 125 14 5 201 0 9 2 2 8 101 9 3 b 19 3 6 4 0 106 8 9 23 13 9 13 b 11 6 13 3 30 4 9 1 18 1 32 11 9 64 8 1 33 10 4 13 6 7 12 16 9 2 17 17 8 7 6 15 27 14 9 23 14 3 3 11 9 3 13 4 4 3 2 96 11 1 18 4 6 52 1 11 1,277 172 2,349 1,267 1,540 256 2,991 744 9,911 16,757 362 4,920 760 755 6,599 2,534 1,408 670 4,250 248 1,873 4,496 4,107 1,344 2,417 161 417 324 3,007 3,580 819 34 722 7,472 505 3,565 33 £ s. d. 127 10 2 20 3 5 256 6 1 153 2 9 150 19 11 35 3 9 401 18 9 159 2 7 1,591 7 1 2,495 13 0 30 19 3 783 1 9 71 17 2 77 8 O 1,407 10 7 379 19 5 129 2 7 86 15 0 388 12 10 22 7 4 369 4 5 853 17 5 474 2 5 134 10 10 175 8 11 16 16 7 76 7 8 30 5 8 404 15 3 335 19 4 88 10 1 3 13 4 102 0 5 1,311 5 5 124 6 7 604 15 2 3 9 7 166 296 351 152 161 9 30 3 b 49 1 6 45 12 4 15 15 6 12 2 6 118 171 367 370 136 177 9 32 17 7 65 6 4 52 10 5 13 6 5 14 12 8 1 2 11 164 406 341 116 190 5 37 1 10 85 7 8 38 16 0 12 7 2 13 9 11 0 9 5 137 349 347 91 212 12 26 16 0 73 16 1 38 5 7 8 4 11 14 19 3 13 5 153 332 261 74 199 5 33 5 6 69 17 1 30 11 3 6 14 0 12 18 9 0 13 10 247 296 67 32 8 11 28 2 10 9 19 223 287 75 29 16 5 ■28 2 4 9 3 7 214 252 67 29 17 11 24 3 10 8 5 4 210 289 61 30 5 4 28 0 9 6 19 1 179 285 54 24 2 3 24 9 6 5 16 10 3 258 313 88 0 7 0 38 6 8 28 9 3 9 6 2 90 564 61 10 18 6 101 7 10 14 1 10 81 749 88 11 15 8 149 13 9 20 16 9 64 572 113 387 4 11 16 7 102 4 1 27 4 3 75 15 0 0 11 11 49 587 79 353 6 6 1 103 18 0 24 1 1 65 15 5 37 559 12 388 1 4 11 1 102 15 11 6 1 10 63 17 0 0 16 38 618 7 425 3 6 10 4 107 14 1 14 1 70 4 7 0 4 5 63 645 16 373 3 9 3 5 116 6 10 2 14 5 61 8 6 0 6 2 61 648 6 304 2 8 18 109 3 0 1 13 7 50 19 9 0 2 2 103 720 17 329 7 16 11 7 121 3 8 2 Jl9 2 50 8 9 0 [10 10 71 671 12 304 6 8 11 9 109 17 4 2 2 10 50 14 7 0 17 4 24 547 16 364 2 3 10 7 90 9 10 3 2 3 63 9 8 0 3 5 3 0 8 6 2 0 3 4 Totals, Bluff to Napier 6,611 973 8 4 7,236 1,137 0 1 8,271 1,273 10 6 7,627 1,134 5 11 7,088 1,068 0 9 7,906 1,111 15 2 8,582 1,283 5 5 8,137 1,174 0 10 9,011 1,266 6 11 8,373 1,225 10 0 7,934 1,093 4 3 7,870 1,138 2 4 94,646 13,878 10 6 Alexandra Auckland Cambridge Hamilton FuhiKihi Mercer Newcastle Onehunga 12 82 21 22 9 18 51 23 15 6 8 0 9 2 16 4 1 19 6 0 17 10 1 17 9 4 13 4 15 9 4 74 23 20 0 10 8 8 10 5 3 0 1 1 16 2 24 94 26 30 2 10 5 9 6 5 3 8 0 2 13 9 23 95 12 29 2 13 2 9 9 10 1 11 11 2 7 0 15 108 59 52 1 27 67 24 2 0 1 18 17 9 9 9 10 4 15 4 0 13 2 18 5 5 18 2 1 13 5 12 77 10 39 5 13 55 11 18 2 7 2 0 12 5 4 6 9 0 17 11 16 4 4 13 5 0 12 1 22 78 14 43 13 12 79 8 2 4 5 7 16 0 1 19 5 4 2 11 18 2 15 3 6 6 11 0 8 10 6 54 36 1 17 68 9 0 14 4 5 2 1 3 13 4 0 13 1 14 6 6 2 10 0 9 7 4 87 3 57 0 8 0 6 10 10 12 2 8 6 4 2 15 92 11 34 30 90 29 2 6 0 9 10 7 18 1 3 5 3 2 15 9 8 4 2 2 10 20 94 16 41 22 79 20 3 11 1 9 8 1 1 19 3 3 18 3 2 4 0 8 9 11 1 6 11 17 79 9 27 19 74 14 2 16 1 8 12 6 1 0 11 2 9 6 1 15 3 7 8 10 14 0 174 1,014 204 430 29 240 783 218 22 10 9 110 8 7 28 4 9 41 11 11 3 6 5 23 0 0 71 15 1 13 19 1 18 53 15 19 4 4 12 7 1 3 11 27 43 15 2 3 6 4 2 2 0 15 8 23 49 29 2 5 7 4 17 1 10 0 14 75 21 1 7 1 4 4 1 2 7 11 Totals, Auckland 238 22 16 9 207 21 3 2 259 24 19 11 260 23 19 1 353 45 14 3 222 21 9 1 269 25 11 11 191 17 17 11 261 25 9 1 301 29 10 10 292 30 17 6 239 25 7 1 3,092 314 16 7 „ Bluffto Napier 6,611 973 8 4 7,236 1,137 0 1 8,271 1,273 10 6 7,627 1,134 5 11 7,088 1,068 0 9 7,906 1,111 15 2 8,582 1,283 5 5 8,137 1,174 0 10 9,011 1,266 6 11 8,373 1,225 10 0 7,934 1,093 4 3 7,870 1,138 2 4 94,646 13,878 10 6 Grand Totals 7,887 1,158 5 0 1,308 17 4 8,328 1,191 18 9 9,272 1,291 16 0 8,674 1,255 0 10 8,226 1,124 1 9 '8,109 1,163 9 5 97,738 14,193 7 1 6,849 996 5 1 7,443 1,158 3 3 8,530 1,298 10 5 7,441 1,113 15 0 8,128 1,133 4 3 8,851