PROGRESSIVE OTOROHANGA.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 476, 22 June 1912, Page 5

PROGRESSIVE OTOROHANGA.

Own Correspondent

The Olorohanpa Chamber of Commerce, wishimi to pet sunn; reliable information shownm lin> progress of (hi' district, applii..: to (In 1 Postal Department The etiieials very courteously supplied comparative returns for the vi'iirs Vdos and 1011, a period of three Year:'. During that '/time the postal revenue has increased from a'l'.is li's Id to .0022 for 1911, and the (eh ivrap'n revenue from £lßl to £286, while the money order commission has increased from .I'll fa (o £24 -, .i s ;',,!. The number of postal notes issued in 101 l was 0100. The office stall in 1000 was represented by a postmistress, it now requires a postmaster, two clerks ami a messenf-er to p;et thvuii:;h the work. The po-4 office was opened with about O'O private letter hexes, there are new :■■<■■ in use. A telephone exchange was opened in Oetohe'r, 1010 with, twilve subscribers. In May. 1012, the-' weie 20. The (Horohamja oliire has branch telephone, connections with lionikiwi and Kio Kio, a.nd telephone omre-; e.re to bo opened in the Uaneit.ete idoek at Hamriates. Olewa and Tahaia. In 1008 the Savimw Hank opened 0 1 accounts with deposits 0.00>;> i. in 1!U1 opened !U accounts wit ii deposits 080 IS 17s. !n 100S (here v-a're issued TOO money orders valued al e.O'OOO and in 1011 there was issued 1 ■*'-■! orders for .20000 10s "uf. 'The t< 'eersuiH despatched in 1008 numbered o.tSS, while hi 1011 they nnmhered 0"S1. The follow in j: table shows the eerrespon(ience received and despai elied : -Despatched 1008: letters 00,000, postcards 1,001. books 0 170. newspapers 2700, parcels —: 1011 : oi.NiO. 000o 1 , 7300, 2080, 102. Delivered -1008 ; 11,717, 01S0, 87002. MwO. ; 1011: 80, 10.1, 8 18, 1.0. Oil 1, l-'.'.'O..'-, 2007, Totals- 100S: 70.70!', .<7oo, 12,002). 10,777, --. 1011 : 100.200 0201, 20\017. 10,010, 2.800. The Railway Department informed (.lie chamber that they were unable to supply returns as there had net been a stntionmasti r and oliiee al <■ nurohanga for a year. Owe years ape Otorohanga was a' tablet station with a porter. There is now a stat ionmsster. and consequently :i ticket ollice, a clerk and two porters.