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Receipts and Payments. The receipts and payments of the Department for the financial year 1914-15 are shown in the following table : —
The total receipts exceeded those of 1913-14 by £89,138 3s. B.id.
*The receipts and payments for the ten years ended 31st March, 1915, and for tho years 1881-82, 1891-92, and 1901-2, are shown hereunder: —
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Item. Postal. Tolegraph. Total. Receipts. £ s. d. 646,076 5 64 26,698 1 34 752 16 2" 14,968 10 4 10,4.01 19 74 £ s. d. £ s. d. 646,076 5 64 26,698 1 34 7.52 16 2 14,968 1.0 4 19,111 8 104 347,596 13 9 303,856 1 4 Stamps for postage Money-order and postal-note commission Money-order commission received from foreign offices Private box and bag fe,es Miscellaneous receipts Paid telegrams Telephone exchanges* 8,709 9 8 347,596 13 9 303,856 1 4 Totals 698,897 12 11J 660,162 4 4 1,359,059 17 34 Payments. Salaries (classified offioers) Salaries (country Postmasters and telephonists, and contributions to Railway Department) Conveyance of mails by sea Conveyance of inland mails Conveyance of mails by railway Money-order commission credited to foreign offices Maintenance of telegraph and telephone lines Miscellaneous £ s. d. 288,456 6 10 18,509 0 0 £ s. d. 403,664 9 0 37,019 0 0 £ s. d. 692,120 15 10 55,528 0 0 79,726 18 11 89,093 10 2 71,546 11 1 2,281 15 0 79,726 18 11 89,093 10 2 71,540 11 1 2,281 15 0 91,765 10 5 164,787 6 6 84,570' 8 6 91,765'l0 5 80,216 18 0 Balance of receipts over payments 634,184 10 6 64,713 2 54, 612,605 17 5 47,496 6 11 1,246,850 7 11 112,209 9 44 Totals 698,897 12 11J 660,162 4 4 1,859,059 17 34 * Increase under this heading due to alteration in dates of < which would under the old method have fallen into 1915-16 receipl lolleoting half yei l-ly subscription 1, a proportion of ;s.
Year. Receipts. Payments. Balance of Receipts over Payments. 1881-1882 £ £ 234,529 2,33,291 £ 1,238 1891-1892 1901-1902 320,058 488,573 268,343 465,756 51,715 22,817 1905-1906 1906-1907 1907-1908 1908-1909 1909-1910 1910-1911 1911-1912 1912-1913 1913-1914 1914-1915 684,878 746,249 822,639 913,994 961,500 1,037,265 1,087,710 1,167,826 1,269,921 1,359,059 578,726 619,121 709,024 807,652 858,059 914,069 988,911 1,069,272 1,173,314 1,246,850 106,152 127,128 113,615 106,342 103,441 123,196 98,799 98,554 96,607 112,209 Total for ten ears £1,086,043