THE TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.
[By Telegraph.]
[from oub own oobeespondent.j WELLINGTON, July 15.
The report of the telegraph transactions for the nine months ended 31b* March has been laid on the table of the House. The revenue, £53,914, shows a falling off compared with last year of £15,000, owing to the depression. The revenue, however, is again increasing. 1,008,409 messages of all codes were transmitted, showing a proportionate decrease on the previous year of 18,842. The expenditure exceeds the revenue by £5587, which IB accaunted for by the depression and frequent shifting of officers as ordered by the House. Fourteen and a quarter telegrams were sent to every 100 letters. The number and value of money order telegrams show a slight proportional decrease. The value represented is £46,425, and the cammiseion received £1338. The report says that there is no reason why the facilities afforded by the New Zealand department for the transmission of money should not be adopted wherever the telegraph system exists, and between foreign countries and the colony, which practice would prove remunerative to the various telegraph administrations. No station is at present overmanned. Of 214 stations there are only nineteen where the telegraph and postal duties are not amalgamated. The urgent and delayed codes are greatly increasing in favor with the public. During the year seventy-nine miles of line have been erected, and 806 miles of wire run on existing lines, making the total mileage in circuit 4538. Eleven new stations have been opened in each Island. The nominal strength of the Department is 843, bb against 801 last year. The duplex system is working with increased success. The total length of cable laid is 108 J knots. The total number of letters sent in 1869-70 was scaroely two and a half millions, and in the last nine months seven and a half millions. The revenue derived from press telegrams during the nine months was £4595, and from ordinary telegrams, £49,319.
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1995, 16 July 1880, Page 3
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324THE TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT. Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1995, 16 July 1880, Page 3
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