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Table No. 16. Table showing the Paid Telegrams of all Codes forwarded during the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1919, and the Revenue received therefrom.

Table No. 17. Table showing the Class and Number of Instruments and Batteries in Use at Telegraph-offices for the Year ended 31st March, 1919.

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June Quarter, 1918. ! September Quarter, 1918. December Quarter, 1918. March Quarter, 1919. ■Totals. Class of Telegrams. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. _j_ Number. Revenue. Number. { Revenue. Number. Revenue. Ordinary Urgent Press Bureau 1,424,881 99,818 72,363 1,297,541 £ 103,142 8,817 7,869 39,149 1,356,356 96,405 68,747 1,327,140 £ 97,233 1,239,952 8,618 293,946 7,329 77,954 39,956 1,403,356 £ 94,730 24,263 7.820 44,621 1,527,918 124,612 86,162 1,492,731 £ 107,358 9,701 7,360 45,828 £ 5.549,107 402,463 614,781 51,399 305,226 30,378 5,520,768 169,554 Gross totals Less other lines and credits 2,894,603 158,977 !' 2,848,648 42,810 | 153,136 40,893 3,015,208 171,434 42,021 1 3,231,423 170,247 42,416 11,989,882 653,794 168,140 Net totals, 1918-19 116,167 112,243 j 129,413 127,831 485,654 Net totals, 1917-18 2,779,696 109,784 j 2,677,878 I 105,954 3,004,292 119,440 3,048,844 I 119,044 11,510,710 454,222

Morse Instruments in Use. Single- Double- Direct current current Sounders Duplex. Duplex. Quad. Automatic. Number of Telephones not conNumber of Cells. District. Constant Intermittent Current. Current. Quadtranslators. tected to an : ; , Exchange. i R—Jn- | Leclanche. Danieu - Bichromate. Storage. I j ' j Auckland Canterbury Nelson .. Otago .. Wellington 51 119 5 58 125 75 17 20 85 87 12 9 3 1 15 6 7 3 2 16 3 24 12 3 6 27 1 9 4 1 3 21 70 9 60 42 87 10,146 642 ' 68 2.819 672 : 1,016 1,594 290 50 5,207 85 598 12,709 4,675 : 1,034 1,101 335 223 4 2 4 231 Totals 358 358 : 284 284 40 34 3 72 1 38 268 32,475 • 6,364 2,786 1,659 241 Total number of Morse sets, 830.