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Receipts and Payments. The receipts and payments of the Department for the financial year 1915-16 are shown in the following table:—

The receipts and payments for the ten years ended 31st March, 1916, and for the years 1881-82, 1891-92, and 1901-2, are shown hereunder:—

Item. Postal. Telegraph. Total. Receipts. Postages 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. 801,9337 14 10J 27,407 14 1 571 9 3 15,311 12 8 13,354 4 8* & s. d. £ s. d. 801,937 14 10J 27,407 14 1 571 9 3 15,311 12 8 176,842 13 2J 386,138 5 2J 287,547 7 8J 163,488 8 6 386,138 5 2J 287,547 7 8J Totals 858,582 15 7 837,174 1 5 1,695,756 17 0 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 £ a. d. 293,722 7 4 21,408 0 0 £ s. d. 412,555 12 6 40,052 0 0 £ s. d. 706,277 19 10 61,460 0 0 69,764 14 10 95,483 7 5 71,874 17 6 1,809 18 3 69,764 14 10 95,483 7 5 71,874 17 6 1,809 18 3 112,275 3 8 177,575 13 4 83,886* 6 8 112,275' 3 8 93,689 6 8 Balance of receipts over payments 637,949 12 0 220,633 3 7 658,572 2 10 178,601 18 7 1,296,521 14 10 399,235 2 2 Totals 858,582 15 7 837,174 1 5 1,695,756 17 0 The total receipts exceeded those of 1914-15 by £33i 3,696 19s. 8£d

Year. Receipts. Payments. Balance of Receipts over Payments. £ 234,529 £ 233,291 £ 1,238 1881-1882 1891-1892 1901-1902 320,058 488,573 268,343 465,756 51,715 22,817 1906-1907 1907-1908 1908-1909 1909-1910 1910-1911 1911-1912 1912-1913 1913-1914 1914-1915 1915-1916 746,249 822,639 913,994 961,500 1,037,265 1,087,710 1,167,826 1,269,921 1,359,059 1,695,756 619,121 709,024 807,652 858,059 914,069 988,911 1,069,272 1,173,314 1,246,850 1,296,522 127,128 113,615 106,342 103,441 123,196 98,799 98,554 96,607 112,209 399,235 Total for ten years 11,061,920 9,682,794 1,379,126