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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1938-39.

CONTENTS.

PAGE Receipts and Payments > .. .. 3,5 Post Office Savings-bank .. ..3,17 Staff .. .. .. .. ..3,5 Buildings .. .. .. ..4,10 Telephone Services .. .. 4, 21, 26 Return, of Persons employed in Department 6 Health of Permanent Staff .. . . 6 Personal .. .. .. 6 Visit of Engineering Officers to Australia . . 6 Promotions and Salary Increases .. 7 Minimum Remuneration for Adult Married Officers .. .. .. 7 Appeal Board .. .. . . 7 Reports on Officers .. .. 7 Measles Epidemic .. . . 8 Charwomen : Payment for Sick-leave .. 8 Sick Benefit Fund .. .. 8 Correspondence School .. . . 8 Examinations .. .. .. 8 Suggestions Board . . . . 8 Commercial Branch .. .. 8 Stores Branch .. .. 9 Workshops .. .. .. 9 Centennial Exhibition : Dep a r t mental Services and Exhibits . . . . ..II Transport of Coronation Robes .. .. II Departmental Motor-vehicles .. .. 11 Bicycles .. .. .. 11 Overseas Letter-postage Rates: Revision ! I Parcel and Packet Rates and Charges : Alterations . . . . ..12 Inland Mail-services . . . . ..12 Ocean Mail-services .. ... 13 Inland Air Mails . . .. 13 Empire Air Services .. .. 13 Accident to Flying-boat " Calpurnia " . . 14 Fire on " Rimutaka " : Damage to ParcelMails .. .. .. ..14 Overseas Parcels : Prepayment of Charges 14 Express - delivery Service with Empire Countries .. .. ... 14 Fanning Island : Closing of New Zealand Postal Agency . . .. 14 Postage-stamps, &c. .. .. 15 Centennial Postage-stamp Issue .. .. 16 Honey-seals .. . . . . 16 Stamp-vending Machines .. .. 16 I nspection . . . . .. 16 Burglaries .. .. .. 17 Dead-letter Office Returns . 17 Postal Packets reported Missing . . 17 Money-orders .. .. .. 17 Postal Notes .. .. .. 17 British Postal Orders ~ .. .17

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PAGE School Savings-bank .. . . .. 17 Savings-bank Letters of Credit . . . . 18 Post Office Investment Certificates .. 18 Work performed for other Departments . . 18 Registration of Motor-vehicles, &o. .. 18 Employment Work . . . . 18 Telegraph Traffic .. .. 19 Reduction in Empire Cable Rates .. 19 International Telecommunications Conference, Cairo, 1938 .. .. .. .. 19 Decorative Telegram Stationery .. 19 Inland Code Telegrams .. .. 20 Continuous Attendance for Cable Traffic .. 20 Radio-telegram Charges from British Ships.. 20 Opening of Radio-telegraph Offices . . 20 Overseas Letter-telegram Service .. 20 General Election and Licensing Poll, 1938 21 Telegraph Weather Reports . . 21 Multi-channel Voice-frequency Telegraphy 21 Printing Telegraphs . . .. 21 Telephone Toll Service .. .. .. 21 After-hour Toll Facilities . . . . 21 Toll Accounts: Enveloping .. 21 Carrier-current Telephone Systems .. 22 Extension of Toll and Telegraph Systems.. 22 Maintenance of Telegraph and Telephone Services .. .. .. 23 Poles and Wire .. .. 24 Field Operations : Mole Cable Plough . . 24 Cook Strait Cables .. .. 24 Foveaux Strait Cable .. .. 24 Wellington-Radio . . . . 25 Awarua-Radio . . . . 25 Apia-Radio .. .. .. 25 Emergency Radio Service .. .. 25 New Radio Station (Musick Memorial) at East Tamaki .. .. 25 Aeradio Services .. .. 25 Radio Equipment for Marine Department.. 26 Telephone Development . . . . 26 Telephone Equipment, Miscellaneous : Reduction. in Charges .. .. 26 Telephone-exchange Attendance . . 27 Number of Telephone-exchanges .. 27 Public Call Offices .. .. 27 New Automatic-telephone Equipment . . 27 Increases in Exchange Switching-equip-ment, &c. .. .. .. .. 27 Telephone Statistics .. .. 29 Overseas Radio-telephone Service.. . . 30 Radio-receiving Licenses .. .30 Private Broadcasting-stations .. ..31 Private Experimental Stations .. .31