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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL OPERATIONS AND BUSINESS OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 st MARCH, 1926.

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS. The receipts and payments of the Department for the financial year 1925-26 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. d Postages .. .. .. .. •• •• 1,077,600 15 2£ .. 1,077,600 15 21 Money-order and postal-note commission .. ■. 48,447 4 8 .. 48.447 4 8 Money-order commission received from foreign offices .. 933 7 7 .. 933 7 7 Private box and bag rents and rural delivery fees .. 24,546 11 11 .. 24,546 11 11 Miscellaneous receipts .. .. .. .. 168,748 15 10 17,158 3 10 185,906 19 8 Paid telegrams .. .. , • • ■ • • • • 424,642 1 424,642 1 j Paid tolls .. .. .. .. •• •• •• 358,036 12 11J 358,036 12 11* Telephone exchange rentals and miscellaneous .. .. .. 980,282 17 3f 980.282 17 3i Totals .. .. ■■ 1,320,276 15 2£ 1,780,119 15 10 10 Payments. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Salaries .. .. .. •• •• 614,628 8 1 903,841 4 8 1,518,469 12 9 Conveyance of ocean mails .. .. .. •• 69,237 1 11 .. 69,237 1 11 Conveyance of inland mails .. .. .. .. 144,779 10 1 .. 144,779 10 1 Conveyance of mails by rail.. .. .. 103,247 13 11 .. 103,247 13 11 Money-order commission credited to foreign offices .. 2,765 84 .. 2,765 84 Maintenance of telegraph and telephone lines .. .. .. 194,748 12 10 194,748 12 10 Motor services and workshops .. .. •• 27,956 14 6 25,566 9 10 53,523 4 4 Miscellaneous .. .. •• •• 164,687 16 5 158,097 5 8 322,785 2 1 1,127,302 13 3 1,282,253 13 0 2,409,556 6 3 Balance of receipts over payments .. .. .. 192,974 1 11J 497,866 2 7J 690,840 4 7 Totals .. .. .. 1,320,276 15 2k 1,780,119 15 74 3,100,396 10 10

„ „ i,, vrn .. f , Balance of Keceipts Excess of Payments iear - lteceipts. Payments. oyer Payments. over Receipts. f £ £ £ 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 19 2-1913 .. .. 1,167,826 1,069,272 98,554 1913-1914 .. .. •• •• 1,269,921 1,173,314 96,607 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 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 2,4*6,257 473,193 1925-1926 .. .. .. 3,100,396 2,409,556 690,840