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DETAILED INDEX. a- page . h - PA( « Advertising need of work by returned soldiers .. 9 _ e f' Te ' S)c * ... & ~ . J o Letter-cards— Allowances, relieving 3 Post ed and delivered . .. 9,32 a 'J ,777 i'mi 'i' a * " " £ ~ unaddressed .. ..10 Amendment to Post and Telegraph Act .. . . 5 T " j i -d j o Letters— Appea Board 3 Carrying for hire 5 Appeal, right of .. .. .. '3 DeaOlalt with 10,33 Articles delivered . . .. .. » .. . , , ~ j ,„ ~,,., . , . , ~ ~ a ~ proportion to number dehvered .. ..10 Auckland mail arrangement during strike, ire. .. 8 Delivered Q32 Automatic telephone-exchange installations .. 17 Miaa'no in Posted and delivered .. .. .. .. 32 B. Posted : average number per head of population .. 9 Balance-sheet of Post Office Account .. 22, 23, 24 „ unaddressed .. .. .. 10 Batteries, class of, and number in use .. .. 15 ~ with previously used stamps ... . 10 Betting, prevention of .. .. .. .. 5 Registered, unclaimed .. . . .. 10 Board and residence for junior officers in Wellington 3 With libellous addresses .. .. .. 10 Bonus, cost of living .. .. .. .. 3 Wrongly addressed .. .. .. . . 10 Book-packets posted and delivered .. .. 32 Loitering in post or telegraph office .. .. 5 British postal orders sold .. .. 13 Buildings .. .. .. .. ..12 M. Business done for other Departments .. 14, 23, 24 Magazines registered .. .. . . .. 10 „ registration of .. .. 10 Q_ Mail-services— Cable messages — Aeri'il 11 Deferred; .16 Inland "_ "_ \\ [ u>l ._ Intercolonial tramc .. .. .. lb, 18 Ocean . . 11 12 International traffic .. .. .. 16, 18 g ea ■ j^ Number .. .. .. ... 16,18 Missing letters'.'. '.". .".' .'.' '.'. 10 Press .. .. .. .. . .16 Money-order— Value •• •• •• •• -.IS Commission .. .. .. 13,19 Cables Exchange with other countries.. .. ..13 New Zealand .. .. .. .. 15 Increase of commission .. .. ..13 Oooan .•• _ ■■ •■„. , •■ ■• „ Issued and paid .. .. .. 13,19 Chief post-office at Hamilton, establishment .. 3 Offices open &c. .. 12 Chief Telegraph Engineer, visit to Europe and America .. .. .. .. .. 8 jgClasses, departmental correspondence .. . . 3 Newspapers Commission, money-order, increase .. ..13 Posted and delivered.. .. .. ..32 Congress, Postal Union at Madrid . . .. <>, 7 unaddressed . 10 Correspondence prohibited .. .. .. 1.0 Registered .... 10 Removed from register .. .. 10 D. Returned to publishers .. . . 10 Dead letters .. .. .. .. 10, 33 Night letter telegrams .. .. .. 14, 34 Declarations of Post and Telegraph Officers .. 5 Non-permanent Postmasters and telephonists salaries 3 Deferred cable message .. .. 16 Designation of offices changed .. .. . . 18 ■ q ■p. Ocean cable services (see " Cable messages," _ , ._, , . ~ ' " Pacific cable," &c). Eastern Extension cable- mail-services (see « Mail I"). Number and percentage oi messages forwarded and Officers ™ ceiv f? }* Absence of, average 2 Press cablegrams .. .16 Board and residence for, in Wellington .. .. 3 Share of business .. .. .. .. 16 Death of 2 Examinations 3 Examinations', efficiency '.'. V. '.'.3 Exchanges, telephone (see Telephone exchanges ). Pinine r Expenditure of Department .. .. 1,2 Health » ■„ Number .. .. .. .. . , 2 ....... . Retirement of .. .. .. .. 2 Fines, imposition of 5 offices (see under " Post," " Telegraph," &c). „ „ designation changed .. .. ..18 Overtime .. .. .. .. . . 3 Gray Memorial Prize, awards .. .. .. 8 p Pacific cable— ■"■• Number and percentage of messages forwarded and Hamilton made a chief post-office .. .. 3 received .. .. .. .. . . l(i Health of staff.. .. .. .. .. 2 Press telegrams .. .. .. .. 16 Share of business .. .. .. ..10 I. Packets alleged to have been posted and not delivered 10 Increase in rates .. .. .. .. 4 Parcels— Inland mail-services (see " Mail-services"). Delivered ..- .. .. .. 9,32,33 Inspection of post-offices .. .. .. 9 Foreign (inwards), declared value of, and Customs Instrum ents, telegraph, class of, and number in use.. 15 duty collected on .. .. .. . . 9 Interest-bearing limits, increase .. .. .. 5 Foreign (inwards), pilfering from mails .. .. 8

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