The annual report of the Posh Office and Telegraph Department, for the year 1887, has been laid before the Mouse, and from which we make tlfe following extracts :— - There has been & considerable expansion in the business of the department. Tho cash receipts for the financial year were £311,008 19s being an increase of £5,148 5s 5d or 1.68 per cent over the receipts for the year 188G-7. The expenditure was £270,030 10s lOd, compared with £292,292 13s Bd, expended the preceding year, a decrease of £21,C57 2s 10d, or 7.40 per cent. The revenue was £40,973 8s 2d, in excess of the expenditure. For the previous year the balance in favour of revenue was £14,167 19s 10d. The ordinary postage increased by £7,500 ; foreign postage, £7,718 13s lid ; telephone exchanges. £1,403 2s 4d ; and miscellaneous (telegraph), £518 3s ; while in miscellaneous (postal), and ordinary Press telegrams there was a decrease of £6,366 and £5,581 Is lOd respectively. On the expenditure side there was an increase of £908 for salaries ; while for conveyance of mails by sea, there was an exceptionally large decrease of £18,669 0s 4d, and on accountof maintenance, etc.,£3,329 4s 2d. Tho Following figures, showing money order and savings-bank transactions, will bo of local interest :—
No Amount Office. issued. £ s d Moirinsvillo ... 115 ... 396 19 4 Knrnng-nhake ... 41 ... 123 7 8 Katikati 122 ... 351 0 0 Paeroa 280 ... 729 12 8 ToAroha 480 ... 1693 16 6 Waiorongomai ... 15G ... 536 8 5 No. Amount Paid. £ s d Merrinsville ... 54 ... 188 5 4 Karangahako ... 9 ... 23 710 Katikati 69 ... 327 16 2 Paeroa 94 ... 295 17 11 ToAroha 310 ... 1123 8 4 Waiorongomai .. 67 ... 297 7 5 SAVINGS BANKS. New Amount Office Accounts No. deposited. opened, deposits £ h d Momnsvillc ... 7 ... 61 380 9 0 K.ircinftulmke... 4 .... 14 9 4 0 Katikati ... 8 ... 75 180 11 0 Paeroa 1H ... 111 600 19 0 Te Arolm ... 45 ... 2G9 1043 9 9 Waiorongonuii 15 ... 112 4G9 10 0 Accounts No. Amount closed, deposits withdr'n £ s d Moninwille ... 2 ... 20 188 15 5 Kaiangahake ... 2 ... 5 20 3 4 Katikati 5 ... 25 59 0 0 Paeroa 7 ... 18 296 1 3 Te Aroha 29 ... 101 808 15 8 Waiorongomai 9 ... 58 464 8 3
MONEY ORDERS.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 294, 29 August 1888, Page 2
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