STILL MOUNTING.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1980, 10 February 1914, Page 10

STILL MOUNTING.

POST * TELEGRAPH BUSINESS. (By Telezrafch—Prces AnseolivtJu&J Aiiiiklimct, February 9. 'Returns furnished by the* Jloii. R. H. Rhodes, i'o.itnjiistcivGcncral, show that tho Jlitrnber of loiters and /postcards posted in New Zoiland hist year was 115,035,000, aft increase of 3,801.430; and parcels, 2,081,080, an increase Of 457,240. 'Letters ond postcards delivered totalled 116,468,240, an -increase of 2,266,620; and parcels 2,038,610, -an increase of 303,043. Tho postage revenue' of the Dominion was £ii42,7Ul in 1912, and £670,982 in 1913—an increase of £28,281. A similar increase is shown in telegraph business. In 1912 the telegrams dealt with numbered 9,649,370. the valuo being £308,8*6, while in 1913 10,329,487. telegrams, worth £327,140,, were dealt with, The- number of tele.- 1 phono connections in tho Dominion in 1912 was 41,560, and tlio revenue from tho service .was £154,932. Last year there 'were- 46,442 connections,, which produced £276,499 in revenue. Tho system of deferred cable messages instituted c-n January, 1, 1012, providing for transmission at half the ordinary charge is' being fully appreciated by the cabling public. During the December quarter of 1912 a total of 1465 deferred messages, of the value-of £1332, -were forwarded from New Zealand, and 1466 messages were received. During the December quarter,' 1913, there w.eto forwarded 2116 messages, of tho total value of £1752, and 2214 messages were received.