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CONTENTS—continued. PAGE PAGE Telegraph and Toll Traffic .. .. 21 Proposed Short-wave Service between New Cable Services .. .. 21 Zealand and the Pacific Islands .. 29 Restoration of Week-end Cable Service 23 Opening of Radio-stations in Pacific Cable Traffic . . .. .. 23 Islands .. .. .. _ .. 29 Extensions to Toll and Telegraph Systems 23 Value of Radio-telegraphy to Ships in Toll Communication between Kingston and Distress .. •• Queenstown 25 Examination for Ship Operators Cert inEffect of High-tension Lines .. .. 25 cates .. .. .. .. 30 ~ . , it ok Reception of Trans-Atlantic Radio ieleMaintenance of Lines .. .. 2iD , es an< * ire '' '' " 26 Establishment of Beam Radio Service Table showing Class and Number of Tele- between Great Britain and Canada .. 31 graph Instruments and Batteries in use Radio Telepllon e Broadcasting .. 31 at Telegraph Offices for the Year ended Dunedin Exhibition Broadcasting-station 32 31st March, 1927 .. .. 27 Radio Receiving-apparatus for the Use of New Zealand Submarine Cables .. 28 the Duke and Duchess of York .. 32 Wireless Services .. .. 28 Telephone Statistics .. .. 33, 35 New Zealand Coast Stations Equipment, Graph showing Telephone Development in Operation, &c. .. .. .. 28 New Zealand 1910 to 1927 .. .. 34 Wireless Telegraph and Telephone Com- Automatic Telephone Exchanges .. 36 munication between Auckland Harbour Technical Development of Telephone and and Tiritiri .. .. 29 Telegraph Engineering .. .. 38 (Interleaved are illustrations of repeater equipment in connection with the inter-Island telephone communication ; the " Crossley " car used by T.R.H. the Duke and Duchess of York during the greater part of the Royal visit; the fleet of " Crossley " cars used in connection with the Royal toui of the Dominion ; and the Marton Post-office, together with graphs indicating departmental revenue and expenditure.) APPENDIX. PAGE Designation of Offices changed .. .. .. .. .. .. •. .. 39 Cable Business .. .. .. .. .. . • • • • • .. 39 Radio Telegrams .. .. .. .. .. .. .. • • .. 40 (For index see page iii'and for Detailed Index see pages iv-vi.)