ANNUAL REPORT OF THE POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1934-35.

CONTENTS.

PAGE PAGE Receipts and Payments .. .. 3, 13 Missing Postal Packets.. .. .. 21 Post Office Savings-bank .. .. 3, 21 Money-orders .. .. .. 21 Staff .. .. .. .. 4, 13 Postal Notes .. .. .. .. 21 Visit of His Royal Highness, the Duke of British Postal Orders .. .. .. 21 Gloucester .. .. .. .. 4, 23 Post Office Investment Certificates .. 21 Visit of Engineering Officers to United Work performed for other Departments .. 21 Kingdom . . .. .. .. 5 Facilities for Travelling Public sending Commercial Branch .. .. .. 5, 15 Telegrams .. .. .. .. 24 Buildings .. .. . .. 5, 16 Greetings Telegrams .. .. .. 24 Postage-stamps .. .. .. 6, 18 New Telegram Form and Envelope .. 24 New Packet Service .. .. .. 6, 17 Transmission of Telegrams by Telephone 24 Reduction in Newspaper Postage Rate .. 7 Launching of " New Zealand Star " by Removal of Restrictions on Articles posted Telegraphic Impulse .. .. 24 at Halfpenny Rate .. .. . . 7 Toll Services : Reduction in Rates, ProInland and Ocean Mail-services .. ...7, 17 vision of New Services and Facilities, &c. 24 Air Mails .. .. .. ..7, 18 Maintenance of Telephone and Telegraph Charges for Telegrams .. .. .. 9 Communications .. .. .. 26 Telephone Exchange Services .. .. 9, 33 Carrier-current Telephone Systems and Telephone-exchange Attendance .. 9 Voice-frequency Toll Repeaters .. 27 Toll Service .. .. .. ..10, 24 Machine-printing Telegraphs .. .. 27 Radio Telegraph and Telephone Services.. 11, 29 Telegraph Batteries .. .. .. 28 Broadcasting Service .. .. ..11, 30 Extension of Telegraph and Toll Systems.. 28 Interference with Radio Reception ..12, 32 Poles and Wire .. .. .. 28 Departmental Correspondence School .. 14 New Zealand Submarine Cables .. 28 Examinations .. .. .. 15 Departmental Radio Stations: Operation 29 Suggestions Board .. .. .. 15 Provision of Improved Radio Equipment at Stores Branch .. .. .. 15 Christchurch and Dunedin .. .. 30 Workshops .. .. .. .. 16 Direct Radio-telegraph Service with Pacific Departmental Motor-vehicles .. .. 16 Islands .. .. .. .. 30 Bicycles .. .. .. .. 16 Free Radio-telegraph Medical Service for " Small Packets" Service: Introduction .. 17 Shipping .. .. .. .. 30 Division of Christchurch and Dunedin City Private Commercial Radio Stations .. 32 Areas into Postal Districts .. .. 17 Danger of Proximity of Wireless Aerials to Overseas Mails . . .. . . 17 Electric-lines .. .. .. 32 Inspection .. .. .. .. 20 Departmental Toll Lines used for BroadBurglary of Post-office Premises, &c. .. 20 casting Purposes .. .. .. 32 Articles delivered .. . . .. 20 Development of Telephone - exchange Average Number of Letters posted per Unit Systems .. .. .. .. 33 of Population .. .. .. 20 Telephone Statistics .. .. .. 34 Dead Letter Office .. .. .. 20 Public Call Offices .. .. .. 35 Prohibited Correspondence .. .. 20 Automatic Telephone Exchanges .. 35 TABLES.

1. Receipts ancl Payments .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 36 2. Money-order Business since 1863 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 36 3. Parcel-post, Overseas . . .. .. .. . . .. . . .. 37 4. General Statement of Post Office Savings-bank Business for Year ended March., 1935 .. 38 5. General Statement of Post Office Savings-bank Business from inception in 1867 to 1935 .. 39 6. Letters, Newspapers, Parcels, &c., posted and delivered .. .. .. 40 7. Telegraph and Toll Business, 1934 and 1935 . . .. .. .. .. .. 41 8. Cable, Radio-telegraph, and Radio-telephone Business, 1934 and 1935 .. .. .. 42

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