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POSTAL SERVICES Table No. 3. —Postings

TELEGRAPH SERVICES Table No. 4. —Telegrams and Cablegrams

Table No. 5. —Radio Telegrams

TELEPHONE SERVICES Table No. 6.—Telephones connected, etc.

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Number posted. Postage Receipts. Year ended Letters, Letter-cards, Post-cards. Accounts, Packets, Newspapers. Parcels. Total Articles posted. 1939 (31st December) .. 1941 „ 1945 „ 1947 (31st March) 158,587,000 142,996,000 140,355,000 160,680,000 124,307,000 113,090,000 89,852,000 126,044,000 I 4,663,000 5,784,000 6,637,000 7,602,000 287,557,000 261,870,000 236,844,000 294,326,000 £ 1,317,628 1,436,959 1,780,052 3,062,538

Inland Telegrams. Cablegrams. Year ended 31st March, Ordinary. Press. Forwarded. Received. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue (New Zealand Portion). Number. Revenue (New Zealand Portion.) 1946.. 1947.. 7,296,916 7,109,613 £ 480,885 495,463 351,425 409,693 £ 79,708 90,197 476,087 361,253 £ 17,148 17,934 454,751 324,699 1 £ 19,059 16,895

Year ended 31st March, Forwarded. Received. Number. Revenue (New Zealand Portion). Number. Revenue (New Zealand Portion). 1946 1947 25,585 27,712 £ 11,904 10,742 46,931 60,860 £ 22,470 28,050

Year ended 31st Maxch, Subscribers' Main Stations (a). Service Phones (6). Extension Stations, all Classes (")• Number of Public Call Offices id). Revenue from (a), (fi), and (d). PrivatelyOwned Phones connected with Public Telephoneoffices. Number of Toll Stations. Total Telephonestations. Telephones per 1,000 of Population. 1946 1947 194,508 206,337 3,005 3,168 60,783 65,251 1,413 1,456 £ 2,062,355 2,050,313 4.200 4,'300 1,854 1,829 265,763 282,341 151-2 158-2