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Rboeipsds and Payments. The. receipts ami payments of the Department for the financial year 1918-19 are shown in the following table : —

The total receipts exceeded those of 1917-18 by £135,279. The receipts and payments for fins ten years ended 31st March, 1919, and for the years 1881-82, 1891-92, and 1901-2, are shown hereunder: —

Item. Postal. Telegraph. Total. _, , Receipts. £ s. d. Postages .. .. .. ' .. .. .. 935,548 10 2 Money-order and postal-note commission .. .. .. 26,912 0 11 Money-order commission received from foreign, offices .. .. 775 7 11 Private box and bag rents .. .. .. .. .. 18,369 16 7 Miscellaneous receipts .. .. .. .. .. 1,979 7 4 Paid telegrams Telephone exchanges Totals .. .. .. .. 983,585 2 11 £ s. d. 130,131 12 9J 485,6.54 1 II 373,168 16 7£ £ s. d. 935,548 10 2 26,912 0 11 775 7 11 18,369 16 7 132,111 0 U 485,654 1 11 373,168 16 7i Payments. £ s. d. Salaries (classified officers) .. .. .. .. .. 288,024 15 6 Salaries (country Postmasters and telephonists, and contributions 21,391 0 0 to Railway Department) (Jonveyaneo of mails by sea .. .. .. .. 59,238 0 7 Conveyance of inland mails .. .. .. .. 122,019 9 2 Conveyance of mails by railway .. .. .. .. 80,179 11 9 Money-order commission credited to foreign offices .. .. 2,346 19 8 Maintenance of telegraph and telephone lines Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. 249,351 5 II 988,954 II 4 £ s. d. 429,474 0 0 37,607 (l 0 1,972,539 14 8 £ s. d. 717,498 16 '6 58,998 0 0 59,238 0 7 122,019 9 2 80,179 11 9 2,346 19 8 134,616 9 10 527,150 18 10 134,616 9 10 277,799 12 II 822,551 2 6 Balance of receipts over payments .. .. .. .. 161,034 0 5 Totals .. .. .. .. 983,585 2 II 879,497 2 9 109,457 8 7 1,702,048 6 3 270,491 9 0 988,954 II 4 1,972,539 14 3

Year. Receipts. Receipts. Payments. Balance of Receipts over Payments. 1881-1882 £ 234,529 £ 233,291 £ 1,238 1891-1892 320,058 268,343 51,715 1901-1-902 488,573 465,756 22,817 1909-1910 1910-1911 1911-1912 1912-1913 1913-1914 1914-1915 1915-1916 1916-1917 1917-1918 1918-1919 * * i 961,500 1,037,265 1,087,710 1,167,826 1,269,921 1,359,059 1,695,757 1,809,317 1,837,260 1,972,539 858,059 914,069 988,911 1,069,272 1,173,314 1,246,850 1,296,522 1,370,810 1,489,446 1,702,048 103,441 123,196 98,799 98,554 96,607 112,209 399,235 438,507 347,814 270,491 Total for ten years 14,198,154 I 12,109,301 12,109,301 2,088,853 _ I