A YEAR'S PROGRESS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 170, 9 July 1908, Page 2

A YEAR'S PROGRESS.

POST AND TELEGUAPIIS. POINTS AT A OLANCK On .'list March last there were lIUoo miles of telegraph line and 2!!,: m miles of wire in the Dominion. Telegrams numbering 7.H12.92M were sent last year by the people of the nominion, an increase of 2." iS per cent, on the ISIII total. There are 23,1)81 telephone connections, producing a revenue of JJIiG.SK. The average number of letters posted per head of population is S-IAS, or BIUU including letter post-cards'. The sum of C.10.-2S!) was paid last year to Imperial pensioners bv postmasters. The amount invesled by the public in Government -I per eenl. debentures through 111 ediiun of the l'os( (lllice was C 120.975.

I Tjiist year 7(i.".2 letters were wiuiiulv addressed: 11100 tellers and 2111 lettercnnls wore posted without addresses. In tlic Dead Lftti'i- Ollic-i- 72 I'post olTii-f orders f I'lOOni. lin bank dra/ls ( CIM-TI). ami .110 che-pics ( U47t.11) were found in letters opened and returned to senders where practicable. The Dead Letter Olliee. amon-M other tiling, iilso dealt with :l gold. 22 silver, and 1.1 inrtal watches, besides 2.S gold ring's. 12 gold and 2S greenstone brooches; also two sets of artilieial teelli. 4.1 Taflcrsall's ticket,, and 1J pawn tickets. New Zealand's proportion of the: rueific ealile delieit of XT. 1.02.S 12s 2d on the iiflh year's working of the cable, last year was 1:011)2 12n .id; pro|>orlion of loss for lilOS. C77:in. There are III:!!) mile, of telephone lin? and lii.SlO miles of wire in Ihe JJuniiiiion. Last vear 1.0!!2,ii:il postal notes wcic sold, of a value of C) 17..'i(M1. against flSl.lill ( C.'i11.00.-i) fur Ihe previous year. Tli.' cost of niiinagciuciit on the tola! amount al eredit of IV-I (Uli.-r Savings Hanks was ll.lli per eeut.. or "',,1 per .UIOH: cos I of working -1.2 per transaction, or V. 10,000 for tin- rear.