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Table No. 19. Ordinary and Press Telegrams forwarded during the Four Quarters ended 31st December, 1890, also for each Quarter of the Year ended 31st December, 1891, and the Revenue derived therefrom.

Table No. 20. Return of the Number and Amount of Telegraph Money Orders issued within the several Postal Districts during the Year ended 31st December, 1891.

Table No. 21. Value of Shipping, Weather, and Government Telegrams transmitted during the Year ended 31st December, 1891.

March Quarter. June Quarter. September Quarter. December Quarter. Total: s for Year. Class. Revenue. Number. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. \ Revenue. Number. Revenue. 1891. Ordinary .. Press 426,231 53,°4° I s. d. 21,873 7 4 2,716 3 9 396,536 39,312 £ ■• d20,272 18 8 358,358 i,68g 17 2 56,042 £ *■ d. 17,117 19 6 3,382 10 4 377,377 39,229 £ s. d. 18,690 o 111,558,492 1,801 14 3! 187,623! 20,491 15 2^,746,113 £ •■ d. 77,954 6 5 9,590 5 6 Totals .. 479,271 24,589 11 1 435,848 21,962 15 10! 414,400 20,500 9 10 416,606 87,544 11 11 1890. Ordinary .. Press 417,619 38,904 20,961 14 2 1,809 l8 9 368,537 39,455 18,393 2 I! 365,615 1,690 8 8, 64,009 19,622 11 1 3-426 5 1 389,728 50,514 18,191 9 4 1>54 1 . 499 1,858 15 4 192,882 77,168 16 8 8,785 7 10 Totals .. 456,523 120,083 10 9 1 429,624 23,048 16 2 20,050 4 81,734,381 22,771 12 II 407,992 440,242 85.954 4 6

Districts. Number. Commission. Amount. Auckland .. Blenheim .. Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne .. Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui .. Wellington Westport .. ■'.'.* I\ 3.237 732 1.435 1,590 607 i.3" 285 542 1.731 476 372 151 654 239 939 3.361 1,138 £ s. d. 161 17 o 36 12 O 71 15 o 79 10 o 30 7 o 65 11 o 14 5 ° 27 2 o 86 11 o 23 16 o 18 12 o 7 11 o 32 14 o 11 19 o 46 19 o 168 i o 56 18 o £ •■ d. 11,604 J 3 f> 2,346 8 4 5,121 9 9 5,487 6 5 1,893 T 4 r 3,862 18 7 837 3 § 1,573 8 8 6,011 9 4 1.739 13 6 1,294 14 3 451 12 1 2,052 2 5 878 19 2 2,908 19 1 10,870 17 8 3,471 15 11 Totals 18,800 940 o O 62,407 6 5 Totals for 1890 18,468 923 8 o 60,869 9 3

Districts. No. Amount. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin .. Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth .. Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport 33.236 6,266 I5,6i2 22,162 4,020 6,313 2,797 8-732 10,126 6,870 5,74i 2,186 5,860 3-869 8,90s 72,607 6,847 £ ■■ d. 3,4 J 3 3 o 687 9 2 1,601 4 9 2,528 7 10 453 13 8 694 1 4 307 6 4 777 18 11 995 o 6 721 4 10 636 14 9 239 19 2 606 17 3 409 4 6 830 7 8 9,113 o 8 824 II 3 Totals 222,149 24,840 5 7 Totals for 1890 .. • • 226,780 26,070 12