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Table No. 7. Table showing the Estimated Number of Postal Articles posted and delivered in New Zealand during the Year ended 31st December, 1939.

Table No. 8. Table showing Cable, Radio-telegraph, and Radio-telephone Business transacted during the Year ended 31st March, 1940, as compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1939. Cable Messages.

Radio-telegrams.

Radio-telephone Calls.

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Post-cards. Ac 1 *™' Newspapers. Parcels. Posted .. .. 154,819,534 3,767,507 105,237,805 19,068,818 4,663,379 Delivered .. .. 157,784,041 4,743,450 113,913,107 22,669,294 4,809,995 Total.. .. 312,603,575 8,510,957 219,150,912 41,738,112 9,473,374

International. Australian. Total. Forwarded. Received. Forwarded. Received. Year ended 1 Revenue Revenue Revenue Revenue Revenue Number of earned Number of earned Number of earned Number of earned Number of earned Messages, by New Messages, by New Messages, by New Messages, by New Messages, by NewZealand. Zealand. Zealand. Zealand. Zealand. £ i £ £ £ £ 31st March, 1940 .. 179,685 9,433 155,242 8,168 137,449 5,005 128,860 4,891 601,236 | 27,497 31st March, 1939 .. 181,087 17,781 155,058 I 6,333 163,650 4,929 160,555 5,011 660,350 | 24,054 Pkess Messages (included in above totals). 31st March, 1940 .. 1,475 167 i 5,687 1 648 1 5,357 [ 717 7,641 896 | .20,160; 2,428 31st March, 1939 .. 1,792 142 [ 3,543 289 5,286 681 7,260 845 17,881. 1,957

Forwarded. Received. Total. Year ended Number Revenue Number Revenue Number Revenue of earned by of earned by of earned by Messages. New Zealand. Messages. New Zealand. Messages. New Zealand. £ ! £ £ 31st March, 1940* .. .. 8,843 3,113 15,694 2,717 24,537 i 5,830 31st March, 1939 .. .. 14,749 3,384 27,263 4,266 42,012 7,650

Outward. Inward. Total. Period j Number of Kevenue earned Number of Revenue earned Number of ! Revenue earned Calls. by New Zealand. Calls. by New Zealand. Calls. j by New Zealand. £ £ £ 31st March, 1940* .. .. .. 729 558 689 550 1,418 1,108 31st March, 1939 .. .. .. 1,676 1,466 1,781 1,432 3,457 2,898 * Radio services restricted under war conditions.