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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL OPERATIONS AND BUSINESS OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1927.

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS. The receipts and payments of the Department for the financial year 1926-27 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 .. .. .. .. .. •• 1,103,580 17 9£ .. 1,103,580 17 9J Money-order and postal-note commission .. .. 49,608 6 3 .. 49,608 6 3 Money-order commission received from foreign offices .. 954 19 7 .. 954 19 7 Private box and bag rents and rural, delivery fees .. 46,084 2 5 .. 46,084 2 5 Miscellaneous receipts .. .. .. .. 200,658 2 10 36,219 16 11 236,877 19 9 Paid telegrams .. .. .. •• •• •• 415,877 8 4 415,877 8 4 Paid tolls .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 372,611 11 4£ 372,611 11 4£ Telephone exchange rentals and miscellaneous .. .. .. 995,071 3 995,071 3 10i Totals .. .. .. .. .. 1,400,886 8 10 b 1,819,780 0 6 3,220,666 9 4£ Payments. Salaries .. .. .. .. •• •• 632,377 10 8 887,960 11 1 1,520,338 1 9 Conveyance of ocean mails .. .. .. .. 73,523 2 3 .. 73,523 2 3 Conveyance of inland mails .. .. .. .. 139,054 1 0 .. 139,054 1 0 Conveyance of mails by rail .. .. .. .• 102,757 6 0 .. 102,757 6 0 Money-order commission credited to foreign offices .. 2,836 10 11 .. 2,836 10 11 Maintenance of telegraph and telephone lines .. .. .. 169,822 7 1 169,822 7 1 Motor services and workshops .. .. •• 25,607 5 10 16,919 2 1 42,526 7 11 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. 145,583 19 4 149,832, 8 11 295,416 8 3 1,121,739 16 0 1,224,534 9 2 2,346,274 5 2 Balance of receipts over payments .. .. •• 279,146 12 10J 595,245 11 4 874,392 4 2^ Totals .. .. .. .. •• 1,400,886 8 10i 1,819,780 0 6 3,220,666 9 4£ The total cash value of the transactions of the Department, inclusive of the above, amounted to approximately £166,780,000 for the year.

v 00 , T! P,vmpnta Balance of Receipts Excess of 1'ayments Year - Receipts. layments. overpayments. over Receipts. ■ ■ ; If ! £ £ £ £ 1881-1882 .. .. •• •• 234,529 233,291 1,238 1891-1892 .. .. •• 320,05S 268,343 51,715 1901-1902 .. .. 488,573 465,756 22,817 1911-1912 .. .. .. ! 1,087,710 988,911 98,799 1912-1913 .. .. •• •• j 1,167,826 1,069,272 98,554 1913-1914 .. •• •• •• I 1,269,921 1,173,314 96,607 1914-1915 .. .. •• •• 1 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 2,416,257 473,193 1925-1926 .. .. .. •• 3,100,396 2,409,556 690,840 1926-1927 .. .. •• •• 3,220,666 1 2,346,274 874,392