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1933.

NEW ZEALAND.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT FOB THE YEAE 1922-23.

Contents. PAOR PAGE Introduction ... ... ... 1 Postal Notes ... ... ... 9 Receipts and Payments ... ... 1,-2 British Postal Orders ... ... 9 Staff ... ... ... ... 2 Savings-bank ... ... .. 9 Appeal Board ... ... ... 3 War-loan Certificates ... ... 9 Departmental Correspondence Technical Post Office Investment Certificates ... 9 Classes ... ... ... ... 3 Work performed for other DepartExaminations ... ... 3 ments ... ... ... 9 Rates and Charges: Reductions ... 3 Telegraphs ... ... ... 10 Reconstitution of Westport Postal Dis- Reduction in Telegraph Rates ... 10 trict ... ... ... ... 3 New Rates for Toll Communications 10 Post and Telegraph Amendment Act, Night Letter-telegrams ... ..,. 10 1922 ... ... ... ... 3 Received Inland Telegram: Abolition Official Inquiries, Conduct of ..4 of Office Copy ... ... ... 10 Representation of Department on Cham- Telegraph and Toll Business ... 11 bers of Commerce ... ... 4 Schedule of Paid Telegrams, &c. ... 11 Preparation of Electoral Rolls ... 4 Table showing Use by the Public of Attendance at Money-order Offices and Telegraph and Toll Services ... If Savings-banks ... ... ... 4 Subsidized Lines... ... ... 12 Gray Memorial Prize ... ... 4 Alterations, Installations, &c. ... 12 Stores Branch ... ... ... 4 Number of Telegraph - offices in Workshops ... ... ... 5 Dominion ... .... ... 12 Government Motor Service ... ... 5 Poles and Wire ... ... ... 12 Bicycles ... ... ... ... 5 New Telegraph and Toll Works ... 12 Post Office . ... ... ... 5 Machine-printing Telegraphs ... 12 Undeliverable Postal Packets ... 5 New Zealand Submarine-cable Service 13 Miscellaneous Information ... ... 6 Ocean Cable Services ... ... 13 Missing Postal Packets ... ... fi Radio Communications ... ... 14 Prohibited Postal Packets ... ... (i Telephone-exchange Service ... 15 Registration of Newspapers and Maga- Telephone Facilities for Backbloeks 19 zincs ... ... ... ... 6 Supply of Materials ... ... 19 " Householder" Circulars ... • ... 6 Automatic-telephone-exchange In- " Window" Envelopes ... ... 6 stallations ... ... ... 19 Private Mail-bags: Restricted Use ... 6 Coin-in-the-slot Telephones ... 20 Postage-stamps ... ... ... 7 Parcel-post ... ... ... 7 Overseas Mails ... ... ... 7 APPENDIX. Intercolonial Mail-services ... ... 8 Inland Mail-services ... ... 8 Designations of Offices changed ... 21 Buildings... ... .. ... 8 Cable Business ... ... ... 21 Money-orders ... ... ... 8 Radio-telegrams ... ... ... 21 (For Index to Tables see page ii, and for Detailed Index see pages iii and iv.)