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1922. NEW ZEALAND.

POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT (REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR 1921-22.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

Sir,— General Post Office, Wellington, 4th July, 1922. I have the honour to submit to Your Excellency the report of the Post and Telegraph Department for the financial year 1921-22. The receipts amounted to £2,811,535, and the payments to £2,451,571 : there was thus an excess of receipts over payments of £359,964. I have, &c, J. 6. Coates. His Excellency the Governor-General. Postmaster-General.

Receipts and Payments. The receipts and payments of the Department for the financial year 1921-22 are shown in the following table : —

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Item. Postal. Telegraph. Total. Receipts. £ s. d. 1,410,251 9 5 49,050 11 0 908 5 1 33,883 18 0 4,603 15 9 £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,410,251 9 5 49,050 11 0 908 5 1 33,883 1.8 0 10,012 14 1 685,855 0 7 014,307 3 0i Postages Money-order and postal-note commission Money-order commission received from foreign offices .. Private box and bag rents and rural delivery fees Miscellaneous receipts Paid telegrams Telephone exchanges 12,008 18 4 085,855 0 7 014,307 3 0J Balance of payments over receipts (Telegraph) 1,499,303 19 3 1,312,231 7 11J 1,830 8 8§ 2,811,535 7 2£ Totals 1,499,303 19 3 1,314,007 10 8 2,811,535 7 2J Payments. Salaries (classified officers) Salaries (country Postmasters and telephonists and contributions to Railway Department) Conveyance of ocean mails Conveyance of inland mails Conveyance of mails by rail Money-order commission credited to foreign offices Maintenance of telegraph and telephone lines Miscellaneous £ s. d. 056,800 4 3 32,110 0 0 57,818 8 0 157,326 9 10 83,425 9 0 2,883 18 10 £ s. d. 895.028 6 2 43,890 0 0 £ s. d. 1,551,894 10 5 70,000 0 0 .57,818 8 0 157,320 9 10 83,425 9 0 2,883 18 10 170,395 6 3 351,827 7 7 147,073 3 4 170,395 (i 3 204,754 4 3 Balance of receipts over payments (Postal) Balance of receipts over payments (whole Department) 1,137,503 14 3 361,800 5 0 1,314,067 10 8 2,451,571. 10 11 359,903 10 3-J Totals 1,499,303 19 3 1,314,067 16 8 2,811,535 7 2J