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DETAILED INDEX. A- PAGE M Advertising need of work by returned soldiers . . 4 Amendment to Post and Telegraph Act .. . . 4 Magazines registered .. .. .. 6 Appeal Board •. 3 Mail-services— Articles delivered .. .. .. .. 5 Inland .. .. .. .. 6, 12 Automatic telephone-exchange installations .. 11 Ocean .. .. .. .. .. 6 Sea, subsidized .. .. .. 13 B_ Maintenance of lines, cost of .. .. .. 3(5 Balance-sheet of Post Offioe Acoount .. 23, 24, 25 Money-order Batteries, class of, and number in use .. .. 35 Commission 7 l(i 19 Bonus, cost of living .. .. .. ..8 Exchange with other countries'.'. '.'. '.At Book-packets posted and delivered .. ..31 Increase of commission 7 British postal orders paid and sold .. 8,19 l saue d and paid 7,16,17,19 Buildings .. .. .. .. -.7 Offices open, &c 7 Bureau messages : number and value .. V, 40 Business done for other Departments .. 8, 24, 25 r, Newspapers— Cable messages— Postoel and delivered., .. .. ..31 Deferred .. .. .. .. .. 10 „ unaddressed .. .. .. 5 Expeditionary Force .. .. .. 10 Registered .. .. .. .. 6 Intercolonial traffic .. .. .. 9, 14, 15 Removed from register .. .. ..6 International traffic .. .. .. 9, 14, 15 Returned to publishers .. .. .. 5 Number .. .. .. .. 9, 10, 25, 26 Press .. .. . • • • 10, 15 Q Value ........ 14, 15 Cableß Ocean cable services (see " Cable messages," New Zealand .. .. .. .. 9 " Pacific cable," &c). Ocean .. .. • ■ • • .. 9 ~ mail-services (see " Mail"). Censorship: Abolition of .. .. 4 OfficersClasses, departmental correspondence .. .. 3 Absence of, average .. .. .. 2 Commission, money-order, increase .. .. 7 Death of .. .. .. .. 2 Correspondence prohibited .. .. .. 6 Examinations, efficiency .. .. .. 3 Health .. .. .. .. ..2 -p Number .. .. .. .. .. 2 _ „„ Retirement of .. .. .. 2 Dead letters .. .. .. •■ 5, 3A Offices (sco under *'Post," " Telegraph," &c.). Deferred cable message .. .. ..10 designation changed .. .. 5,12 Designation of offices changed .. .. ;>, 12 E. . . P. Eastern Extension cable— Pacific cable— Number and value of messages forwarded and Number and value of messages forwarded and received 11,14,15 received 9,10,14 Press cablegrams 10,15 Press telegrams 10,15 Share of business 9 Share of business .. .. .. .. 9 F ' tons 3 Packets alloged to have been posted and not delivered 6 Exchanges, telephone (sco " Telephone exchanges"). Pa l ce ! s ~ , 5 31 32 " " Foreign (inwards), declared value of, and Customs Tx duty collected on .. .. .. 5 Foreign (outwards), declared value of .. .. 5 Health of stafl.. .. .. ■• .. 2 Posted and delivered .. .. 31,32 Personal and staff .. .. .. .. 2 Postage-stamps .. .. .. ..6 Inland mail-services (see " Mail-services "). Postal notes— Inspection of post-offices .. .. .. 5 Commission .. .. .. .. 7 Instruments, telegraph, class of, and number in use.. 35 Offices opened .. .. .. ..7 Paid .. .. .. .. ..7 L. Sold .. .. .. .. 7, 18 Leave sick .. .. ■ • ■ ■ .. 2 Postal orders, British, paid and sold .. 8, 19 Letter-cards— Post-cards— Posted and delivered .. .. 5, 31 Dolivered .. .. .. .. 5, 31 „ unaddressed .. .. .. .. 5 New die for embossing .. .. .. 6 Letters— Posted .. .. .. .. ..31 Dead, dealt with .. .. .. 5, 32 Postmaster-General .. .. . . . . 2 proportion to number delivered .. .. 5 Post Office Account: balance-sheet .. 23, 24, 25 Delivered .. .. . ■ • • 5,31 Post Office loan certificates .. .. .. 4 Missing .. .. . • • • .. 5 Post-offices — Posted and delivered.. .. .. .. 31 Closed .. .. .. .. .. 5 Posted : avorage number per head of population.. 5 Designation changed . . .. .. 5, 12 „ unaddressed .. .. .. 5 Established .. .. .. .. 5 „ with previously used stamps .. .. 5 Inspection .. .. .. .. .. 5 Registered, unclaimed .. .. .. 5 Number .. .. .. .. .. 5 With libellous addresses .. .. .. 5 Private wires : number and rental .. .. 9 Wrongly addressed .. .. .. .. 5 Prohibition of correspondence .. .. 6

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