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Table No. 20. Ordinary and Press Telegrams forwarded during the Four Quarters ended 31st December, 1892, also for each Quarter of the Year ended 31st December, 1891, and the Revenue derived therefrom.

Table No. 21. Return of the Number and Amount of Telegraph Money Orders issued within the several Postal Districts during the Year ended 31st December, 1892.

Table No. 22. Value of Shipping, Weather, and Government Telegrams transmitted during the Year ended 31st December, 1892.

March Quarter. June Quarter. Septe: iber Quarter. Decei iber Quarter. Tot: Is for Year. Class. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. 1892. h'dinary .. 410,992 45,396 £ s. d. 20,112 19 3 2,174 3 6 357,190 37,6ii £ •• d. 17,552 2 8 1,670 10 6 346,685 48,806 £ ■■ d. 16,319 1 4^ 2,526 6 8 396,143 43,241 £ s - d. 18,748 4 4 1,938 10 4 1,511,010 175,054 £ s. d. 72,732 7 7J 8,309 11 o 'ress Totals .. 456,388 22,287 2 9 394,801 19,222 13 2 395,49! 18,845 8 oj 439,384 20,686 14 8 1,686,064 81,041 18 7J 1891. Irdinary .. 426,231 53>°4° 21,873 7 4 2,716 3 9 396,536 39,312 20,272 18 8 1,689 J 7 2 358,353 56,042 17,117 19 6 3,382 10 4 377.367 39,229 18,690 o ii 1,801 14 3 1,558,492 187,623 1,746,115 77,954 6 5 9,590 5 6 87,544 11 11 'ress Totals .. 435,848 21,962 15 10 20,491 15 2 479,271 24,589 II I 414,400 20,500 9 10 416,596

Districts. Number. Commission. Amount. Auckland .. Blenheim .. Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui .. Wellington Westport .. 3.209 536 1,289 1.597 728 1,138 292 601 1,723 448 618 158 549 256 1,191 3,379 831 £ s - d. 160 9 o 26 16 o 64 g o 79 *7 ° 36 8 o 56 18 o 14 12 o 30 1 o 86 3 o 22 8 o 30 18 o 7 18 o 27 9 o 12 l6 O 59 11 o 168 19 o 41 11 o £ s. d. 11,688 16 11 1,686 19 11 4,558 17 2 6,595 9 4 2,383 19 4 3,894 19 4 1,096 3 10 1,881 7 7 6,811 11 10 1,422 o 10 2,073 o 6 425 6 10 1,751 13 8 864 2 2 3,743 11 9 11,772 14 9 2,970 9 o Totals i8,543 927 3 o 65,621 4 g Totals for 1891 18,800 62,407 6 5 940 o o

Districts. No. Amount. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport 33,859 5,Ol8 I5,3l6 20,323 3.542 5.710 2,984 8,187 11,912 5,841 6,681 1,711 4.172 3,302 9,869 74,068 5.584 £ s. d. 3.574 i° 2 499 8 7 1,722 10 7 2,282 13 10 437 9 2 675 7 9 367 13 o 886 7 1 1,186 5 3 558 15 o 688 14 9 188 15 o 353 4 9 324 13 9 966 o 8 8,954 10 3 675 7 5 Totals .. 218,079 24,342 7 o Totals for 1891 .. 24,840 5 7 222,149