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Table No. 14 — continued. Comparative Table showing the Progress of the Telegraph Department during the Financial Years ended 31st March, 1895, to 31st March, 1919.

Table No. 15. Table showing the Cash Revenue derived from Paid Telegrams of all Codes, the Value of Franked Government Telegrams, and the Number of Telegrams transmitted in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand for the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1919.

• Revenue i 8 (including Miscel- > SP laneous Receipts). § 3s Telegraph. Telephone. B « I -t Total Total . -5° Value of Expendi- j3» Business ture done i {excluding S" 5 during j Cable $--5 the Year. Subsidy). "3 ,23'» 3 a 1 Number I Number ° ft Year ended of of |- Line. Wire. gg o So •3" H o w o Number of Telegrams i Messages forwarded duri and Bureau ing the Year. Private Gnvernand Press. ment. Total. I 31st Mar., 1895 5,9614 14,881jl 705 1896 6,246* 15,7644, 743 1897 6,284| 16,470£ 780 1898 6,484 18,024 824 1899 6,736 18,746 878 1900 6,910 19,228 : 915 1901 7,249| 20,682f 991 1902 7,469 21,705 | 1,038 1903 7,748J 22,672I 1,103 1904 7,779J 22,920,1- 1,153 1905 7,943J 23,704 1,200 1906 8,355 25,116 1,312 1907 8,953 27,031 1,446 1908 9,656 i 29,343 1,611 1909 10,404 ! 32,654 1,764 1910 10,901 34,788 1,871 1911 11,316 37,212 1,963 1912 11,805 39,370 2,079 1913 12,508 41,892 2,203 1914 13,044 44,642 2,305 1915 13,434 46,778 2,386 1916 13,684 48,052 2,413 1917 13,896 50,320 2,409 1918 13,687 50,291 2,371 1919 13,813 50,742 2,354 1,802,182! 231,618 1,899,632' 224,579 2,285,001 235,168 2,469,415 226,818 2,717,548 243,190 3,159,093 310,538 3,534,444 363,684 3,850,391. 317,590 4,271,218 288,086 4,671,904 293,293 4,900,495 259,250 5,351,084 289,135 6,160,080 236,252 6,958,279 ! 84,644 7,338,017 87,676 7,757,128; 89,762 8,268,3401 92,307 8,971,725 91,408 9,850,379 93,893 10,594,556 99,476 10,716,613 111,355 10,708,910 127,841 10,734,108' 140,952 11,510,710 114,010 11,989,882 101,1.35 2,033,800 2,124,21.1 2,520,169 2,696,233 2,960,738 3,469,631 3,898,128 4,167,981 4,559,304 4,965,197 5,159,745 5,640,219 6,396,332 7,042,923' 7,425,693 7,846,890 8,360,647 9,063,133 9,944,272 10,694,032 10,827,968 10,836,7511 10,875,120 11,624,720: 12,091,017! £ £ £ 88,459 21,552 26,051 97,178 25,933 25,844 100,385 29,248 23,119 99,798 36,422 24,505 105,576 39,718 25,500 119,641i 43,303 29,432 137,861: 49,117 35,327 151,933| 55,542 27,508 1.60,3431 62,151 26,440 166,535! 7.1,028 24,378 171,00l! 79,061 20,598 184,369 89,542 24,168 206,706 100,814 17,487 227,398 1.16,852 4,499 238,103 131,249 4,822 250,212 144,298 4,851 272,942 161,173 4,874 295,334 179,123 4,832 321,951 201,237 4,931 342,595 232,190, 5,031 356,306 303,856 5,776 1 549,627 287,547 9,085 527,249 317,275 10.774 ! 516,865 344,368 6,949 615,786 373,169 5,036 £ £ £ 136,062 135,791 6,492 148,955 143,665 4,774 152,752 153,484 3,972 160,725 165,198 1,849 170,794 173,152 1,427 192,376 181,634 1,608 222,305 194,014 1,000 234,984 212,180 234 248,934 228,185 181 261,941 245,805 10,057 270,660 258,977 .. 298,079 276,580 .. 325,007 291,359 .. 348,749 357,581 .. 374,174 394,649 .. 399,361 411,296 .. 438,989 446,709 .. 479,289 469,716 .. 528,119 509,496 .. 579,816 563,108 .. 665,938 612,665 .. 840,250 658,572 .. 855,298 681,217 .. 868,182 803,691 .. 993,991 879,497 .. £ 6,492 4,774 3,972 1,849 1,427 1,608 1,000 234 181 10,057 Note.—Tariff, 1890 : Is, for ton won For twelvo words, and free address and sij text and signature made eighteen. 1896 : 1906 : For each additional word after first ds, and free address ordinary tele First twelve words, ( , twelve, £d. Septeml and signatu igrams, Is.; 6d.; each a ber, 1915: ] ire up to ten words ; delaj delayed, 6d. Later in 18[ .dditional word. Id.; addrr First twelve words, 8d.; eao ped telegrams, 6d. 1892: 32 tho number of words in ;SS and signature paid for sh additional word, £d.

Postal District. Auckland Blenheim Christohuroh Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invereargill Napier .. ... Nelson .. New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport .. Revenue Vnlnnnf Total Number derived from : Value of Qf Tefeg'r'ams ! ut ° £ Telegrams. Go^iment 1 ofalluodest. , iele g ratu s. all Codes. Telegrams. £ £ £ ' 100,159 518 100,677 2,660,402 9,425 7,449 158 7,607 214,571 3,612 47,104 658 47,762 1,100,804 15,794 37,093 335 i 37,428 876,433 7,039 15,599 196 15,795 340,421 4,751 0,704 141 6,845 j 148,020 3,910 2,472 5 2,477 ' 09,784 120 20,694 137 : 20,831 555,874 5,114 31,653 307 32,020 896,573 7 040 9,422 37-1 9,796 238,425 | 10,275 18,332 82 18,414 525,413 1,856 6,644 65 6,709 142,583 1,312 13,633 41 13,674 371,250 1,210 13,511 101 13,612 335,320 2.197 24,371 235 24,600 032,816 4,381 126,684 1,543 128,227 2.786,976 21,269 4,130 80 4.210 94,217 | 1,824 Total Number of Telegrams of all Codes. 2,669,827 218,183 1.116,598 883,472 345,172 151,930 69,904 560,988 903,619 248,700 527,269 143,895 372,4(10 337,517 037,197 2,808,245 96,041 Totals, 1918-19 485,054 5,036 490,690 11,989,882 101.135 ■185,654 5,030 490,090 11,989,882 101,135 12,091,017 Totals, 1917-18 454,222 6,949 401,171 11,510,710: 114,010 401,171 11,510,710 114,010 11,624,720