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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL OPERATIONS AND BUSINESS OF TH DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1925.

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS. The receipts and payments of the Department for the financial year 1924-25 are shown in the following table : —

Receipts and Payments for the Years 1881-82, 1891-92, 1901-2, 1911-12, and following Years.

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Item. Postal. Telegraph. Total. Receipts. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. u Postages .. .. .. .. .. .. 988,386 15 .. 988,386 15 11| Money-order and postal-note commission .. .. 50,703 18 11 .. 50.703 18 11 Money-order commission received from foreign offices .. 938 15 11 .. 938 15 11 Private box and bag rents and rural delivery fees .. 49,856 4 2 .. 49,856 4 2 Miscellaneous receipts .. .. .. .. 168,056 1 5 15,189 4 8J 183,245 6 1| Paid telegrams .. .. .. .. .. .. 404,707 6 0 404,707 6 0 Paid tolls .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 344,393 4 1| 344,393 4 IJ Telephone exchange rentals and miscellaneous .. .. .. 867,218 6 3 867.218 6 3~ Totals .. .. .. .. 1,257,941 16 4£ 1,631,508 1 1 2,889,449 17 5| Payments. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. 602,832 0 1 886,494 1 1 1,489,326 1 2 Conveyance of ocean mails .. .. .. .. 76,424 13 2 .. 76,424 13 2 Conveyance of inland mails .. .. .. .. 134,010 10 0 .. 134,010 10 0 Conveyance of mails by rail.. .. .. .. 102,023 3 3 .. 102,023 3 3 Money-order commission credited to foreign offices .. 2,821 8 10 .. 2,821 8 10 Maintenance of telegraph and telephone lines .. .. .. 234,284 1 7 2.34,284 1 7 Motor services and workshops .. .. .. 37,144 6 6 33,968 11 6 71,112 18 0 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. 151,273 11 2 154,980 16 6 306,254 7 8 1,106,529 13 0 1,309,727 10 8 2,416,257 3 8 Balance of receipts over payments .. .. .. 151,412 3 4-| 321,780 10 5 473,192 13 9£ Totals .. .. .. .. 1,257,94116 4| 1,631,508 1 1 2,889,449 17 5£

Year. Receipts. Payments. Balance of Receipts Excess of Payment? • over Payments. over Receipts. £ £ £ £ 1881-1882 .. .. .. .. 234,529 233,291 1,238 1891-1892 .. .. .. .. 320,058 268,343 51,715 1901-1902 .. .. .. .. 488,573 465,756 22,817 1911-1912 .. .. .. .. 1,087,710 988,911 98,799 1912-1913 .. .. .. .. 1,167,826 1,069,272 98,554 1913-1914 .. .. .. .. 1,269,921 1,173,314 96,607 I 1914-1915 .. .. .. .. 1,359,059 1,246,850 112,209 1915-1916 .. .. .. .. 1,695,757 1,296,522 399,235 1916-1917 .. .. .. .. 1,809,317 1,370,810 438,507 ! 1917-1918 .. .. .. .. 1,837,260 1,489,446 347,814 j 1918-1919 .. .. .. .. 1,972,539 1,702,048 270,491 ! 1919-1920 .. .. .. .. 2,106,995 1,944,161 162,834 1920-1921 .. .. .. .. 2,590,441 2,591,786 .. 1,345 1921-1922 .. .. .. .. 2,811,535 2,451,571 359,964 1922-1923 .. .. .. .. 2,687,768 2,114,994 572,774 1923-1924 .. .. .. .. 2,688,954 2,120,584 568,370 1924-1925 .. .. .. .. 2,889,450 2,416,257 473,193