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Statement showing Revenue and Expenditure of the Post and Telegraph Department for the Ten Years ended 31st March, 1911, and for the Years 1881-82 and 1891-92.

Staff. Comparative Return of Officers of the Post and Telegraph Department for the Years ended 31st March 1910, and 31st March, 1911. The total number of officers on the station the 31st March, 1910 and 1911, was as under: — 31st March, 31st March, 1910. 1911. Postmaster-General ... ... .. ... 1 1 Classified staff, — First Division ... ... ... ... ... 3 3 Clerical Division ... ... ... ... ... 2,427 2,599 Non-clerical Division ... ... ... ...I 1 „-. , qqq Telegraph message-boys ... ... ... ...I I1''^ 4 l ' J Total, classified staff ... ... ...4,185 4,531 Permanent Non-classified staff, — Clerical ... ... ... ... ... ... 26 * Non-clerical ... ... ... ... ... 56 ::: Employees not on permanent staff, — Country Postmasters and Postmistresses ... ... 2,157 2,138 Nightwatehmen ... ... ... ... ... 2 2 Mail-cart drivers ... .. ... ... ... 2 6 Postmasters and telegraphists or telephonists who are Railway officers ... ... ... ... 166 166 Total ... ... ... ... ... 6,594 6,843 Health of Staff. The following table gives the average absence of officers on sick-leave : — Numbers Average Absence Average Absence • j 0 . 0 , ,-._ for each Officer comprised. per Sick Officer. , , r r employed. Days. Days. Men ... ... ... 3,896 10-68 2-46 Women ... ... ... 669 1571 6-10 Nine officers died during the year. Retirements, etc. Mr. J. K. Logan, 1.5.0., who joined the telegraph service in 1865, and who has for the last seventeen years been Superintendent of Electric Lines, retired on pension during the year. During Mr. Logan's term of office the telegraph system of the Dominion developed to its present magnitude. Mr. W. W. Beswick, Chief Postmaster, Oamaru, and Mr. R. Tait, Assistant Postmaster, Christchurch, also retired after long and faithful service. Mr. E. V. Senn, Chief Postmaster, Nelson, who served the Department conscientiously for nearly thirty-five years, died on the 14th November, 1910. Hoard of Appeal. The departmental Board of Appeal sat from the 25th to the 27th April, 1910. Four appeals were considered, and the finding in every case was against the appellants. One appeal was practically against a previous finding of the Board, but as no fresh facts were submitted, the Board did not make a recommendation. In two cases officers appealed against the promotion under Regulation 45, subsection (4), of certain officers on account of their special qualifications, and the fourth was against the officer's classification.

* Now shown under beading "Classified Staff."

Year. Revenue. Expenditure. Balance of Revenue over Expenditure. .881-82 £ 234,529 320,058 s. a. 8 0 1 3 £ s. 233,291 10 268,343 1 (1. £ s. d. 4 1,237 17 8 1 51,715 0 2 891-92 320,058 1 3 901-1902 902-1903 903-1904 904-1905 905-1906 906-1907 907-1908 908-1909 .909-1910 .910-1911 488,573 1 1H 525,096 17 3* 580,771 4 5* 633,305 12 l\ 684,878 11 2~ 746,249 16 0$ ' 822,639 8 9( I 913,994 17 2i 961,500 10 2* ... 1,037,265 17 3 465,756 9 5 487,814 10 0 526,746 14 5 559,921 J 5 578,726 11 7 619,121 0 9 709,024 16 2 807,652 9 10 858,059 15 J 911,069 7 10 22,816 12 37,284 7 54,024 10 73,384 11 106,151 19 127,128 15 113,614 12 106,342 7 103,440 15 123,196 9 6* 3i oi 7 34 H 5" Total for ten years £867,385 0 6