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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1931-32

CONTENTS.

page page Receipts and Payments . . ..1,7 Dead Letter Office .. .. 17 Savings-bank .. .. .. ..1,18 Missing Postal Packets .. .. .. 17 Staff . . .. .. .. .. 1, 7 Money-orders .. .. .. 17 Rates and Charges .. .. .. 2 Postal-notes .. .. .. 17 Commercial Branch .. .. .. 2, 8 British Postal-orders . . .. .. 18 Buildings and Land .. .. 2,10,11 Exchange on Overseas Remittances .. 18 Inland and Ocean Mail Services 3, 11, 12 Post Office Investment Certificates .. 18 Air Mails .. '.. .. .. 3, 12 Unemployment Act, 1930, and Amendment Postage-stamps . . . . .. 3, 14 Act, 1931 . . .. 18 Division of Auckland and Wellington Metro- General Election .. .. .. 19 politan Areas into Postal Districts .. 4 Machine-printing Telegraphs .. .. 19 Facilities at Country Centres for effecting Christmas Greeting Telegrams : Reduced Savings-bank Withdrawals .. ..4, 18 Charge . . .. .. 19 Broadcasting Service .. . . .. 4, 23 Daily Letter-telegram Service: Extension 19 International Telegraph and Radio-telegraph Week-end Letter-telegram Service : ExtenConference .. . . .. . . 4, 19 s i o n .. .. .. 20 Telephone Exchange Services .. .. 5, 25 Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Long-distance Telephone Communication 5, 20 Communication .. .. 20 Radio Telegraph and Telephone Services 6, 22 Carrier-current Telephone Systems '. . 20 Office of Postmaster-General . . .. 6 Extension of Toll and Telegraph Systems 20 Appeal Board .. 8 p 0 i es and W ire 21 SrStions CorreSponden ° e Sch ° ol • • I New Zealand Submarine Cables .. 21 Sug a g™ns n ßoard '.'. '.'. '.'. 8 ° Vel ??. a f Radi °-flephone Service .. 22 Stores Branch 9 Establishment of Emergency Radio-stations 22 Workshops .. .. .. 10 Temporary Radio - telegraph Service to Departmental Motor-vehicles .. '.'. 11 Stewart Island .. .. .. 23 Overseas Mails .. .. 12 Departmental Radio Stations: Operation 23 Postage on Newspapers .. .. 15 Co-operation of New Zealand Association of Introduction of Reply System for Business Amateur Radio Transmitters .. .. 23 Correspondence .. .. 16 Radio-telegraph Ship-station Licenses . . 24 Backstamping of Letters .. .. 16 Discontinuance of " Time" Service .. 25 Automatic Stamping-machines .. .. 16 Napier Telephone Exchange .. .. 25 Inspection .. .. .. 16 Development of Telephone Exchange SysBurglary of Post-office Premises, &c. .. 16 terns .. .. .. 25 Articles delivered .. .. .. 17 Telephone Statistics .. .. 26 Average Number of Letters posted per Unit Automatic Telephone Exchanges .. 27 of Population .. .. .. 17 General Engineering .. .. 28 TABLES.

1. Receipts and Payments .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..30 2. Money-order Business since 1863 .. .. .. .. .. .. 30, 31 3. Parcel-post, Overseas .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 31 4. General Statement of Post Office Savings-bank Business for Year ended 31st March, 1932 .. 32 5. General Statement of Post Office Savings-bank Business from 1867 to 1932 .. .. 33 ■6. Letters, Newspapers, Parcels, &c, posted and delivered .. .. .. 34 7. Telegraph and Toll Business, 1931 and 1932 .. .. .. .. .. .. 35 8. Cable, Radio-telegraph, and Radio-telephone Business, 1931 and 1932 .. .. .. 36

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