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APPENDIX.

DESIGNATIONS OF OFFICES CHANGED.

CABLE BUSINESS. The Dominion's outward international and Australian cable business, excluding Press, for the years 1920-21 and 1919-20 was as follows:— INTERNATIONAL. Number of Value. Messages. £ 1920-21 ... ... 101,992 ... ... ... 160,906 1919-20 ... ... 91,108 ... ... ... 163,565 Increase 10,884 = 1194 per cent. Decrease 2,659 = 1-63 per cent. AUSTRALIAN. Number of Value. Messages. £ 1920-21 ... ... ... 126,310 ... ... 31,245 1919-20 ... ... ... 117,496 ... ... 29,830 Increase 8,814 = 7'5 per cent. 1,415= 4-74per cent. There was a total increase of 19,698 messages, and a decrease in value of £1,244. ' The decrease in value is due to a decrease in the number of words in international messages of 59,507. This is accounted for by a reduction in Government traffic, and by the more extensive use of code as the restrictions were removed. Of the total revenue received on forwarded cable messages —viz., £192,151 —£182,974 was paid to other Administrations and £9,177 retained by New Zealand. RECEIVED CABLE MESSAGES. The number of cable messages received jn New Zealand during the years 1920-21 and 1919-20, exclusive of Press, was as follows :— International. Australian. 1920-21 ... ... 98,575 ... ... ... 124,840 1919-20 ... ... 88,826 ... ... ... 112,295 Increase 9,749 = 10-97 per cent. Increase 12,515 = 11-17 per cent BADIO-TELEGBAMS. The radio business transacted by the New Zealand coast stations during the years 1920-21 and 1919-20 was as follows :—

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Year. Number of Fo warded. Amount earned by New Zealand. Numbi Total Value. Messages. Number of Received. icr of Amount earned by Words. New Zealand. Received. Messages. Words. 1920-21 ... 1919-20 ... 11,267 181,853 11,589 192,822 £ 3,133 4,332 £ 7,201 20,756 9,114 19,109 246,407 4,861 248,063 5,272 Decrease 322 j 11,469 1,199 1,913 1,647* 1,656| 411 no