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1922. NEW ZEALAND

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1921.

Contents. PAGE PAGE Introduction ... ... ... 1 Savings-bank ... ... .. 9 Receipts and Payments ... ... 1,2 Work performed for other DepartStaff ... ... ... ... 2 ments ... ... ' ... 9,10 Promotion Board ... ... ... 3 Telegraphs ... ... ... 10,11 Appeal Board ... ... ... 3 Subsidized Lines... ... ... 11 Departmental Correspondence Technical Machine Printing-telegraphs ... 11 Classes... ... 3 Curtailment of Telegraph Attendance 11 Examinations ... ... 3 Transmission of Telegrams by TeleRepresentation of Department on Cham- phone ... ... ... 11 bers of Commerce ... ... 3 Abolition of Special-messenger Service 11 Census ... ... ... ... 4 Ocean Cable Services ... ... 12 Amalgamation of Greymouth, Hokitika, Proposed Duplication of the Pacific and Westport Postal Districts ... 4 Cable... ... ... ... 12 Transfer of certain Offices from Hamilton New Zealand Submarine-cable Service 12 to Auckland Postal District ... 4 Wireless Telegraphy ... ... 12,13 Naming of New Post or Telephone Office 4 Telephone Exchanges ... ... 13 War-loan Certificates ... ... 4 Automatic-telephone-exchange InPost Office Investment Certificates ... 4 stallations ... ... ... 14-16 Stores Branch ... ... ... 4 Grouping of Telephone-exchange SubWorkshops ... ... ... 5 scribers' Lines for the Purpose Government Motor Service ... ... 5 of Intercommunication outside the Post Office ... ... ... 5 Ordinary Hours of Attendance ... 16 Dead and Missing Letters ... ... 5 Transfer of Telephone-exchange ConProhibited Correspondence ... ... 6 nection ... ... ... 16 Register of Newspapers and Magazines 6 Telephone Facilities for Backblocks • 16 " Window" Envelopes ... ... 6 Operation of Hydro-electric-power "Householder" Circulars ... ... 6 Boards ... ... ... 16 Parcel-post ... ... ... 6 Slot Telephones ... ... ... 16 Postage-stamps ... ... ... 6,7 Ocean Mail-services ... ... 7 Intercolonial Mail-services ... ... 7 APPENDIX. Inland Mail-services ... ... 7,8 Buildings ... ... ... 8 Designation of Offices changed or Money-orders ... ... ... 8,9 corrected ... ... ... 17 Postal Notes ... ... ... 9 Cable Business ... ... ... 17 British Postal Orders ... ... 9 I Radio-telegrams ... ... ... 17 (For Index to Tables see page ii, and for Detailed Index see pages iii and iv.)