P. & T. REVENUE.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 May 1924, Page 4

P. & T. REVENUE.

'ii!K TKI.Ki’hOX!-: KXt'HANCK imnu.Kn. m-Tcr of postage. WELLINGTON. April ‘Jt> Tin* Post and Telegraph rmMiii" of ill;* l>i.tni!iiiiu lor I In* •ianunry-Aiarch (punier discloses that it exceeds the (•( i-n*inmci 1 M;x figures last year Tsy IMS.:*,;;-.;.

Tin* postal revenue was L'.’W.s,. 1 V2 7. again I C:171.7i! I, n lulling off of L'Fi,f'77, w!i!<•!• is no dnldst mainly aecnimted for liy the return to penny postage. Tite actual receipts for postages wer* L'270.-7S, which is £,'‘,7.000 below tin* Sana* quarter la~t year, so ti*at while reduction in postage* was one-third. tin* rcdiiclion under the heading of postage is approximately oiii*-,'i!( h. I’ostal revenue includes delivery fees, l>ox and bag rents, money-order and postaijnoto commission. The receipts under the last two headings were L\'2M<7. about £IOO better than hist year. TELEPHONE ItKC'FI I’TS DOUBLED. Tie telegraph revemte amounted to Cd.'l >'2. or £!)-l. olid over last year's ligitres, Imt this is mainly tiecoiinteil tor by a tremendous increase in telephone exchange receipts, which have more than doubled. Telegrams produced £MII,t)S:J, which is £O-jOO better than itt the corresponding cjttarler. hut reeeipts from telephone exchanges were £IO:!,‘.MO, against £77,i11” for the same rpiarter in 1{)23,

The telephone exchange receipts are n t at all proportionate to. the size and population of the districts as the following instances show :—Auckland £321 (q Wellington £I7BO, Christchurch £-1003, Dunedin £35,5G2, . Invercargill £13.502, Gisborne £10,083. Napier £2-1,110, New Plymouth £l-1,-201, Wanganui £17,778. On the other hand the largo centres have a much larger private telephone service. The press telegrams sent during the quarter numbered 117,081, and produced £10,115. Toll communications, which are also included in telegraph revenue, amounted to £85,033, against £70,773 for the corresponding quarter last year. Telephone exchange and toll communications total £218,873 for the quarter and are both included in the telegraphic revenue.