THE POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.
IPBB PBHMS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, May 10. In opening the new Post Offioe ml Masterton, the Hon. W. 0. Walker re* ferred to tho enormous increve las! year in post and telegraph work Last yeai's work, as compared witl 1890, in articles posted, showed ai increase of 90'9 per cent.; letter* posted were 47 77 per head, as against 34-37; tho number of telegram's, including froo Government messages, w»i 3,469,731 against 1,961,161, or an increase of 77 per cent. Telophuiu subscribers were now 7,150 agair<*t '2,592, Regirding Svings Bark J transaction*, the balaro at. c edit <>f j depositors lant y«nr Wiifi X-').320 371, -a j against £2,441,876 in 1890, ..»• an »». croiso <:f 118 per c^n 1 . I' it. m f >, ey order and pjatal note drpu-tm-i,r,« s'so iliow groat. increase. incr. 'iom 1212 to 1707. IV.' |; ,s". mil »!»{jr p'i »iv u I. • v ui' '.««■ ' £492,619, "g-.in it £335,3-9, a oieas, of 47 pr reut. I;' he . G iiwij munt work w;»h i all on into account the revenue would be £598,276. Tfce ez'penduure last year was £388,581 j against £262,597, an increase of 48 p*r cant-., chitily dua to the dapwtment andrif uking w. rk for other branches of the public eervico without p»ymont.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 96, 11 May 1900, Page 2
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210THE POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 96, 11 May 1900, Page 2
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