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Factories Act, Education Department, Homing-pigeons Protection Act, Hanmer Springs Sanatorium, Rotorua baths, Botorua patients, the Treasury, Licensing Act, valuation revenue, Coalmines Act, Immigration Restriction Act, and loan-debenture receipts. The payments made by the Post Office on behalf of the Treasury were £580,159 os. 2d. 1,549,360 discount-stamps, valued at £1,622 55., were sold during the year, and 1,140,240, for £1,187 155., redeemed. Gboss Receipts and Payments. The gross receipts dealt with during the year were: Departmental, £13,336,337 3s. 4d.; on account of other departments, £2,205,826 3s. sd. : total, £15,542,163 6s. 9d. The payments were: Departmental, £13,390,980 10s. Id.; on behalf of other departments —to individuals, £1,732,784 19s. Bd.; to Government accounts, £514,692 3s. 4d. : a total of £15,638,457 13s. Id. The gross receipts and payments were therefore £31,180,620 19s. 10d. for the year. Letter-carriers' Deliveries. Deliveries by letter-carriers were established at: Blenheim —Havelock ; Thames —Opotiki; Te Aroha. Letter-carriers' deliveries were extended as follows : In Auckland (suburbs) —The twice-daily delivery now includes Grange Road and Mount Eden and Mount Roskill districts to the north of Grange Road. At Devonport (Auckland), (by subsidised carrier) —To include the whole of the Borough of Devonport and Sunnyside. Christchurch —At New Brighton, along New Brighton Road as far as Professor Bickerton's. Dunedin —At Balclutha, northwards to include the Main North Road to junction with Cemetery Road, also Yarmouth, Lyne, and Argyle Streets; and westwards to include Ryrie Street and Rosebank Road as far as junction with Ryrie Street. New Plymouth (C.P.O.) —To Vogeltown. Timaru—Geraldine, to Waihi Terrace. Newspapers registered. Sixteen newspapers were registered for transmission by post, and eleven ceased publication. Receiving-boxes. Twenty-six receiving-boxes were established at: Auckland—City and suburbs, 11. Christchurch—City and suburbs, 6. Dunedin—City and suburbs, 2. Invercargill—Riverton,3. Napier— Wairoa, 1. New Plymouth—Town, 1. Wellington—City and suburbs, 1; Woodville, 1. Three receiving-boxes were closed at: Christchurch—City, 2. Dunedin—City, 1. Designations op Offices. The designations of offices were changed as follows: Auckland—Otonga East to Marua ; St. Heliers Bay (post-office) to St. Heliers. Christchurch—Conway to Conway Flat. Dunedin— Idaburn to Rough Ridge. Wellington—Manuhara to Maku ; Oroua Downs to Himatangi. Designations were corrected as follows : Auckland—Ongaruhe to Ongarue. New Plymouth— Wangamomona (post-office) to Whangamomona. Post-offices established, etc. Seventy-four post-offices were established (of these six were reopened offices) and twenty-one closed :— Opened. Amodeo Bay, Auckland Mahakipawa, Blenheim I Rarotonga (as a New Zealand Ararua (Dec, /00), Auckland Mangaramarama, Wellington office), Auckland Aratiatia, Auckland Matapu (reopened), Wanganui Riponui, Auckland Ardgowan, Oamaru Matuku, Invercargill Rongokokako, Wellington Ashley Downs, Dunedin Maungaraupi, Wellington St. John's, Wanganui Belmont, Invercargill Moneymore, Dunedin Springston Railway, Ohriatchurch Benmore, Invercargill Newton Plat (reopened), Westport Stanley Road, New Plymouth Big Omaha, Auckland Ngatapa, Napier Tangaihi, Auckland Bulwer, Blenheim Niue, Auckland Tatarariki, Auckland Cape Runaway, Thames Ocean Beach, Invercargill Taumata, Dunedin Clydevale, Dunedin Ohangai, Wanganui Te Rapa, Auckland Pencourt, Auckland Omokoroa, Thames Te Wharau, Wellington Golden Ridge, Nelson Oparau, Auckland Te Whiti, Wellington Hamilton South (reopened), Dunedin Orinoco, Nelson Titoki, Auckland Hatuma, Napier Paengaroa, Thames Tuhara, New Plymouth Hauturu, Auckland Paerau, Dunedin Umutoi (reopened), Wellington Hayward's Point, Dunedin Paiaka, Auckland Victoria Bridge, Dunedin Idaburn, Dunedin Pakorari, Hokitika Waikereru, Wellington Kahukura (reopened), Gisborne Pakowhai, Napier Waiowaka, Wellington Kanakanae, Gisborne Paremata (reopened), Wellington Waitapu, Nelson Karewarewa, Wellington Patoka, Napier Weraroa, Wellington Kawarau Bridge, Dunedin Pukehinau, Wellington Whakamara, Wanganui Korora, Wellington Puketoi, Wellington Whakaronga, Wellington Kutuku, Hokitika Putere, Napier Wharekopae, Gisborne Maben Road, Wanganui Rangitumau, Wellington Wild Bush, Invercargill.