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Revenue and Expenditure. The revenue and expenditure of the Department for the financial year 1910-11 are shown in the following table : —

The total revenue exceeded that of 1909-10 by £75,765 7s. o_d., and the expenditure exceeded the expenditure of 1909-10 by £56,009 12s. 9d. Postal matter delivered in New Zealand, including that received from abroad, during the senreached a total of 100,328,930 letters, 7,895,251 post-cards, 50,301,836 other articles, and 1,281,253 parcels. 569,657 money-orders, for £2,457,522 18s. 5d., were issued, and 449,773, for £2,126,588 16s. 7d., paid. The increase in the number of orders issued as compared with last year was 30,917. The postal-note business continues to increase. During the year 1,666,959 postal notes, of the value of £524,942 18s. 6d., were sold, being an increase of 17-82 per cent, in number and 17-27 in amount as compared with the preceding year. The number of British postal orders sold increased from 54,360, valued at £29,676 lis. 10d., to 67,769, for £35,270 7s. 9d., and 19,941 orders, for £13,183 16s. 6d., were paid, as against 18,326, for £12,411 165., paid during the previous year. The savings-bank deposits (£10,708,938 16s. lOd.) exceeded the withdrawals (£9,695,514 16s. Id.) by £1,013,424 os. 9d. There has been added £424,668 Is. as interest, making a total increase of £1,438,092 Is. 9d., and bringing the whole amount at credit up to £14,104,989 19s. 2d., a sum which equals £13 Bs. 7d. per head of the population. The number of old-age pension payments was 186,857, as compared with 177,839 in the previous year, the respective amounts being £383,392 10s. Bd. a'hd £362,495 lis. The total number of telegrams forwarded was 8,559,055, an increase of 712,165, or 9-08 per cent., over the business of the previous year. The number of bureau communications continues to show a marked increase, being 2,031,376, as against 1,757,869. The amount expended on telegraph-extension was £111,868, with liabilities amounting to £71,904 on account of works for which the authority of Parliament was granted too late for the necessary expenditure to be brought within the financial year. / On the 31st March, 1911, there were 11,316 miles of telegraph-line and 37,212 miles of wire. The length of submarine cables within the Dominion was 368 knots. The number of telephone-exchange connections still continues to increase.

Item. Postal. Telegraph. Total. Receipts. Stamps for postage 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. £ s. d. 556,804 11 9 22,388 18 8 098 19 1 11,790 3 9 11,407 9 8}| 7,318 10 0 265,624 2 10J ll.l . 173 0 10 I £ s. d. 550,804 11 9 22,388 13 3 698 19 1 11,790 3 9 18,785 19 8£ ! 205,024 2 10| ! 161,173 6 10 Balance of expenditure over revenue 003,149 17 6* 434,115 19 8£ 12,593 17 4 J 1,037,265 17 3 Totals 603,149 17 6j 446,709 17 1 1,037.265 17 3 Expenditure. Salaries (classified officers) Salaries (country Postmasters and telephonists, and contributions to Railway Department) Conveyance of mails by sea ., Conveyance of inland mails Conveyance of mails by railway Rural mail services Money-order commission credited to foreign offices Maintenance of telegraph-lines Miscellaneous £ s. d. £ s. d. 204,721 4 G 320,505 4 7 10,498 0 0 82,998 0 0 02,870 10 6 (ill, 540 0 4 00,908 18 8 181 0 0 2,250 4 6 47,280 12 10 50,380 16 11 45,919 19 8 407,359 10 9 440,709 17 1 135,790 6 9J £ s. d. 525,226 9 1 49,496 0 0 02,879 10 6 69,540 0 4 60,908 18 8 1S1 0 9 ■2, 1250 4 6 47,280 12 10 96,300 16 7 Balance of revenue over expenditure (Postal) (whole Department) 914,069 7 10 123,196 9 5 Totals 003,149 17 GJ 440,709 17 1 1,037,205 17 3