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Receipts and Payments. The receipts and payments of the Department for the financial year 1913-14 are shown in the following table: —

The total receipts exceeded those of 1912-13 by £102,095 12s. 9id.

The receipts and payments for the ten years ended 31st March, 1914, and for the years 1881-82, 1891-92, and 1901-2, are shown hereunder: —

Item. Postal. Telegraph. Total. Receipts. £ s. d. 639,903 10 2 27,740 8 2J 819 8 0 14,292 4 0 12,379 19 10J £ s. d. £ s. d. 639,903 10 2 27,740 8 2J 819 8 0 14,292 4 0 20,754 16 7 334,220 12 11 J 232,190 13 8" Itampa for postage .. loney-order and postal-note commission loney-order commission received from foreign offices .. 'rivate box and bag fees liscellaneous receipts 'aid telegrams telephone exchanges 8,374 16 8 J 334,220 12 11J 232,190 13 8 Totals 695,135 10 3 574,786 3 4 1,269,921 13 7 Payments. Salaries (classified officers) lalaries (country Postmasters and telephonists, and contributions to Railway Department) Jonveyance of mails by sea Jonveyance of inland mails .. ... ionveyance of mails by railway loney-order commission credited to foreign offices laintenance of telegraph and telephone-lines Miscellaneous .. .. . ■ ■ ■ £ s. d. 270,420 9 2 20,027 0 0 £ s. d. 377,905 15 6 31,055 0 0 £ s. d. 648,326 4 8 51,082 0 0 82,610 11 6 8i,377 17 2 77,047 11 11 2,431 6 5 82,610 11 6 84,377 17 2 77,047 11 11 2,431 6 5 86,097 19 5 141,341 3 9 73,291 1 11 86,097 19 5 68,050 1 10 Salanoe of receipts over payments 610,205 18 1 84,929 12 2 563,108 16 9 11,677 6 7 1,173,314 14 10 96,606 18 9 Totals 695,135 10 3 571,786 3 4 1,269,921 13 7

Year. Receipts. Payments. Balance of Receipts over Payments. .881-1882 £ 234,529 s. d. 8 0 £ a. 233,291 10 a. 4 £ s. a. 1,237 17 8 1891-1892 1901-1902 320,058 488,573 1 3 1 Hi 268,343 465,756 1 9 1 5 51,715 0 22,816 12 2 6| 1904-1905 1905-1906 1906-1907 1907-1908 1908-1909 1909-1910 1910-1911 1911-1912 1912-1913 1913-1914 633,305 12 684,878 11 746,249 16 822,639 8 913,994 17 961,500 10 1,037,265 17 1,087,710 11 1,167,826 0 1,269,921 13 7* 2 0* 9* 2* 2* 3 0 7 559,921 1 5 578,726 11 7 619,121 0 9 709,024 16 2 807,652 9 10 858,059 15 1 914,069 7 10 988,911 12 6 1,069,272 7 11 1,173,314 14 10 73,384 11 24 106,151 19 7" 127,128 15 3* 113,614 12 7-| 106,342 7 4| 103,440 15 l| 123,196 9 5" 98,798 18 6 98,553 12 10$ 96,606 18 9 Total for ten years £1,047,219 0 9