POST OFFICE AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT (REPORT OF THE), FOR THE YEAR 1881-82.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1882 Session I, F-01

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1882. NEW ZEALAND.

POST OFFICE AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT (REPORT OF THE), FOR THE YEAR 1881-82.

Presented to loth Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

Sir, — General Post Office, Wellington, 24th June, 1882. I have to submit to your Excellency a general report on the operations of the Post Office and Telegraph service of New Zealand for the year 1881-82, being the first combined report issued since the services were amalgamated on the Ist January, 1881. I have, <fee, Walter W. Johnston, Postmaster-General and Commissioner of Telegraphs. His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

E E P O E T. The results which have followed the amalgamation of the Postal and Telegraph services, gauged by the experience of the past year, have been satisfactory, and, as seemed advisable, the consolidation of offices was extended. The business of the department shows a large and satisfactory increase for the year. This may be accepted as additional evidence of renewed commercial activity and the expansion of trade generally. Improvements in the service and increased facilities from time to time have been carried out, and otherwise the requirements of the public received every reasonable consideration. The increase in the number of letters dealt with was 2,733,463, or 1197 per cent., and the telegrams of all codes 134,060, or 10-27 per cent. The gross receipts of the department exceeded the previous year's by £11,936 14s. 5d., or 5 36 per cent. The revenue and expenditure for the year are set forth in the following statement: — Statement of the Eevenue and Expenditure of the Post Office and Telegraph Department for the Tear ended 31st March, 1882.

Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditube. £ s . d. Sale of postage-stamps ... ... 120,98117 0 Salaries ... ... ... ~, 111,209 10 7 Money order commission collected in the Conveyance of mails by sea ... ... 57,727 8 9 colony ... ... ... ... 7,714 9 5 Conveyance of inland mails ... ... 25,504 17 6 Money order commission received from Money order commission credited to foreign foreign offices ... ... ... 287 1 5 offices ... ... ... ... 1,252 18 7 Private box and bag fees ... ... 3,680 3 6 Maintenance and repair of telegraph lines 18*.292 13 4 Postage from foreign offices ... ... 17,940 011 Cable subsidies ... ... ... 5,250 0 0 Miscellaneous receipts (Postal) ... ... 3,538 11 5 Miscellaneous,— Ordinary telegrams ... ... ... 71,529 9 7 Postal ... ... £5,768 19 11 Press telegrams ... ... ... 7,089 9 9 Telegraph... ... 8,285 1 8 Miscellaneous receipts (Telegraph) ... 1,768 5 0 14 054 1 7 Balance of revenue over expenditure ... 1,237 17 8 £234,529 8 0 £234,529 T"o

_ That the revenue exceeded the expenditure by £1,237 17s. Bd. is a matter for congratulation ; but, taking into account the value of the services performed for other departments (i.e., official postage, £58,584 13s. Bd., and Government telegrams, £22,737 16s. 4d.), the gross earnings of the department for the year will be found to have exceeded the expenditure by no less than £82,560 7s. Bd. The revenue for the current year has been estimated at £245,000. In further commenting on the general progress of the service, it will be more convenient, perhaps, that each branch be reported upon separately. It should be remarked, however, that, while the Post Office tables embrace the operations of that branch during the calendar year ended the 31st December, 1881, those relating to the Telegraph are for the financial year ended the 31st March last. This want of uniformity was unavoidable, but future reports will deal only with the results of the calendar year. POST OPEICE. The business of this branch, as disclosed in the several tables appended, continued to increase, and was much greater than estimated.

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The gross revenue for the financial year amounted to £154,142 3s. Bd., against £150,315 Bs. 7d. for the previous year, an increase of £3,826 15s. Id., or 254 per cent. The estimated expenditure, inclusive of the liabilities of the preceding year (and which for the first time were included as current expenditure), was £144,125 18s. Bd., or £10,016 ss. less than the receipts. Added to the balance of £10,016 ss. as above, the sum of £58,584 13s. Bd., the estimated value of the official free postage, and £68,600 18s. Bd. represents the net earnings of the Post Office for the year. The current year's postal revenue has been estimated at £160,000. The number of letters, post-cards, book-packets and pattern-parcels, and newspapers delivered and posted during the year, compared with the number dealt with in 1880, is given in the following table: — 1881. 1880. Increase. Letters —Delivered ... ... ... ... 13,588,740 10,963,012 Posted ... ... ... ... 11,969,191 11,861,456 25,557,931 22,824,468 2,733,463 Post-cards —Delivered ... ... ... ... 382,174 264,507 Posted ... ... ... ... 49 0 ,366 334,384 872,540 598,891 273,649 Book-packets and pattern-parcels—Delivered ... 940,238 673,669 Posted ... 921,944 999,781 1,862,182 1,673,450 188,732 Newspapers—Delivered ~. ... ... 7,228,663 5,651,270 Posted ... ... ... ... 5,019,380 4,621,647 12,248,043 10,272,917 1,975,126 The letters increased 11-97, post-cards 4569, book-packets H'27, and newspapers 19 - 23 per cent., as against an increase in 1880 of B'9l, 199, 1991, and 214 per cent, respectively. The estimated number of letters posted by each person in the colony was 2389. " The Stamp Act 1875 Amendment Act, 1881," authorized the interchange of postage and duty stamps by enacting that " one form of stamp of various denominations, according to the money-value of each, may be created, which maybe used either as postage-labels or for any other purpose for which stamps are used or permitted to be used, whether under 'The Stamp Act, 1875,' or ' The Stamp Eec Act, 1880,' or otherwise howsoever, except under ' The Beer Duty Act, 1880.' " On the Ist April last a new series of combined " postage and revenue " stamps, of the following denominations, colours, and designs, were issued: — One penny ... Crimson ... Queen's head in oval. Twopence ... Mauve ... Queen's head in circle, hexagon border. Threepence ... Yellow ... Queen's head in oval. Eourpence ... Dark-green ... Queen's head in dotted circle. Sixpence ... Sepia-brown ... Queen's head in square. Eightpence ... Blue ... Queen's head in circle, hexagon border. One shilling ... Indian red ... Queen's head in circle. The two-shilling and five-shilling postage-stamps have been replaced by duty-stamps of similar values ; and the higher values of duty-stamps are now accepted in prepayment of postage, and may therefore be used for either duty or postage purposes. The newspaper halfpenny stamp and the postcard impressed stamp have not been changed. The former stamp can be used only in prepayment of postage. By this change the item of postal revenue hitherto derived from the sale of postage-stamps will no longer appear in the revenue accounts. All receipts from the sale of stamps at the several post offices are now accounted for as revenue proper of the Stamp Department. It was found to be impossible to apportion the sales, and it was decided that the total receipts from the sale of stamps should in the meantime be paid over as stamp revenue. To arrive at the postal revenue it will be necessary to do so by a special process ; but, as the results can only be approximate, it will not be possible to determine with accuracy the actual receipts. The work of inspection continued to show satisfactory results, The Christchurch, Dunedin, Oamaru, Timaru, Invercargill, Auckland, Thames, Wellington, Wanganui, and New Plymouth Districts were visited by the Inspector. It was deemed desirable to grant the Inspector such assistance as would enable a complete inspection being made of the post offices not in charge of permanent officers. Two experienced officers from the relieving staff were temporarily detached for this purpose, who visited the whole of the country post offices in the Auckland, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, and Invercargill Districts. They also visited the minor combined offices. Over 500 offices were inspected during, the year. The system under which it is proposed to classify the Telegraph officers will also be extended to the employes of the Post Office branch, and thereby secure one system of general application for the whole service. Eor departmental and other reasons the fixed commissions, fees, &c, hitherto paid direct to Postmasters for services performed by them for the Insurance, Begistrar-Gcneral's, Stamp, and other departments, are now placed to the credit of the Postal-Telegraph vote, and the equivalent added to the fixed salaries of the officers. With the desire to afford a convenience to the public, and at the same time to commemorate an important event in the history of the colony, a post and telegraph office was established at the International Exhibition, which was opened at Christchurch on the 10th April last, and the office placed

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in communication with the Christchurch Telephone Exchange. Dp to the 17th instant the following postal and telegraph business had been transacted at the Exhibition building: — Posted. Received. Letters ... ... ... ... ... 2,333 ... 2,691 Post-cards ... ... ... ... ... 352 ... 65 Books ... ... ... ... ... 32 ... 54 Newspapers ... ... ... ... ... 1,164 ... 845 47 money orders issued, for £146 7s. 6d. ; commission, £2 10s. 2d ; 2 money orders paid, for £14; 306 telegrams forwarded, of the value of £16 19s. ; 319 telegrams received. To facilitate the circulation of printed serials through the post at a minimum rate of postage a magazine-post has been established, permitting oonafide magazines to circulate within the colony at a postage rate of fd. per two ounces or fraction thereof. Every magazine must be submitted for approval before it can be forwarded at the reduced rate. Dp to the present time forty-eight publications have been admitted to the privileges of the magazine-post. The introduction of "reply post-cards" has been decided upon. Stamped envelopes and speciallyprepared registered-letter covers are also to be issued. To prevent the purloining of postage-stamps by the employes in large establishments it has been decided that the stamps may be perforated with the initials of the firms, &c , so as to render the improper sale of such stamps a matter of difficulty. The perforation, with initials, of the stamps on postcards and newspaper-wrappers is also allowed. The introduction of cards for the saving of pence by school-children for deposit in the Post Office Savings Banks has been attended with a fair measure of success. Erom Eebrtiary, 1881, to the 31st December last 8,656 accounts were opened by means of the penny-stamp deposit-cards; and the average amount at the credit of each account at the end of May last had increased to 7s. sd. The amount standing to the credit of Savings Bank depositors on the 31st December last had increased from £903,765 16s. lOd. in 1880 to £1,232,787 16s. 9d. This sum was held by 51,008 persons, the average amount to the credit of each being £24 3s. 4d. Every tenth person had an account in one or other of the Post Office Savings Banks. 135,556 money orders were issued for £452,182 7s. Bd., inclusive of 14,241 money orders for £55,516 2s. lOd. transmitted by telegram. A scheme for the interchange of money orders with Germany was introduced on the Ist November, and the exchange of money orders with the United States commenced on the Ist January last. In addition to collecting £136,068 10s. 4d. on account of property-tax, involving the dealing with about 17,000 payments and the issue of a corresponding number of receipts, game and other license fees have also been received by Postmasters. The sheep-tax, rabbit-rate, &c, are henceforth to be paid at post offices. Private boxes are now opened on Sundays from 10.30 a.m. till 5.30 p.m. The post and telegraph offices at Wanganui are to be amalgamated on the Ist July proximo, and those at Greymouth about the Ist September. The letter-carriers' deliveries have been further extended at Auckland, Christchurch, and Invercargill ; and deliveries established at Onehunga, Tauranga, Picton, and Waimate. 3,505,729 letters, 126,540 post-cards, 126,594 books, &c, and 907,994 newspapers were delivered by the letter-carriers during the year. Ten additional receiving boxes and six iron-pillar receivers were erected, and seven receiving boxes removed or closed. The total number of these receivers at the end of the year had increased to 151. 46 new offices were established, 4 re-opened, and 33 closed, as shown hereunder : —• Post Offices Opened and Closed dueing 1881. Opened. Aongatete, Auckland. Limehills, Invercargill. Pungarehu, New Plymouth. Buckland, Auckland. Mallaghan's, Invercargill. Bahotu, New Plymouth. Cracroft, Christchurch. Manaia, Wanganui. St. Omer, Blenheim. Dalmore, Invercargill. Mapourika, Hokitika. Tadmor, Nelson (reopened). Eastown, Wanganui. Matawai, Auckland. Taupaki, Auckland. Egmont Village, New Plymouth. Moonlight, Dunedin. Te Aroha, Thames. Ellerslie, Auckland. Newland's, Christchurch. Te Houka, Dunedin. Plemington, Christchurch. Ngaire, Wanganui. Te Kao, Auckland. Oreen Valley, Dunedin. North Loburn, Christchurch. Te Puke, Auckland. Grove, Blenheim (reopened). Okehu, Wanganui. Trentham, Wellington (reopened). Ileddon Bush, Invercargill. Okoroiri, Auckland. Upper Eerry, Timaru. Ida Valley, Dunedin. Opaheke, Auckland. Upper Waianiwa, Invercargill. Kaituna Valley, Blenheim. Otakelio, Wanganui. Victoria Valley, Auckland. Kauangaroa, Wanganui. Otonga, Auckland. Waikomiti, Auckland. Kenepuru, Blenheim. Pahiatua, Wellington. Waitetuna, Auckland. Kiwitca, Wellington. Parihaka, New Plymouth. Wangaparapara, Auckland. Lake Tekapo, Timaru (reopened). Parua, Auckland. Closed. Ararimu, Auckland. Homewood, Blenheim. St. John's, Wanganui. Ashbourne, Christchurch. Kelly's Creek, Hokitika. Stanton's, Hokitika. Ashburton Gorge, Christchurch. Lake Tekapo, Timaru. Sprcvdon, Cliristcliurch. Arthur's Point, Invercargill. Lowther, Invercargill. Tadmor, Nelson. Big Bay, Hokitika. Morven, Diihedin. The Grove, Blenheim. Eden Creek, Dunedin. Ohonga Perry, Wellington. The Beefs, Dunedin. Goodwood, Dunedin. Periwaka, Auckland. Tiki, Auckland. Gap, Invercargill. Pinebill, Dunedin. Trentham, Wellington. Horseshoe Bay, Invercargill. Pinnacle, Invercargill. Upper Parnell, Auckland. Hakateramea, Timaru. Pukaki Perry, Timaru. Waitapu, Nelson. Harcourt's Perry, Hokitika. Bahotu, New Plymouth. Wharekahiku, Napier.

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The number of post offices actually open on the 31st December last, compared with the number in 1880, will be found from the following table: —

The names of the following post offices were chaDged : Taratahi (Wellington) to Clareville ; Eosbery (Greymouth) to Barrytown; Otepopo (Oamaru) to Herbert; Manaia (Auckland) to Dunbar's; Waitetuna (Auckland) to Okete ; Tadmor (Nelson) to Upper Motueka; Opaki (Wellington) to Dreyerton ; Thornbury Junction (Invercargill) to Thornbury; Eoxhill Station (Nelson) to Wai-iti; Manuherikia (Dunedin) to Alexandra South. Government Insurance agencies were opened at the post offices at Chatham Islands, Coalgate, Dargaville, Leeston, Pahi, Pukekohe, Takaka, Te Kopuru, Sydenham; and the agency at Dunsandel closed. 13 additional money order and savings banks offices were established ; and two offices opened for the transaction of money-order business only. Comparative Eettjen of Officers of the Postal Department for the Tears 1880 and 1881. Officers. 1881. 1880. Officers. 1881. 1880. Postmaster-General ... ... i I Chief Postmasters ... ... 17 16 Secretary ... ... ... 1 1 Postmasters ... ... ... 13 12 Inspector of Post Offices ... ... 1 1 Clerks and Cadets ... ... n 1 113 Accountant, Money Order and Savings Sub-Postmasters... ... ... 838 828 Bank Department ... ... I 1 Letter-carriers ... ... ... 57 55 Clerks in General Post Office ... 6 6 Messengers ... ... ... n 15 Clerks in Money Order and Savings Shipping officers ... ... ... 2 2 Bank Department ... ... 5 6 —— Mail Agents ... ... ... 3 3 Totals ... ...1,067 1,060 71 additional stamp licenses were issued in 1881, and 17 cancelled. The total number of licensed stamp-vendors on the 31st December last was 453, who received £1,088 6s. lOd. by way of poundage on the sale of stamps. The sum paid for the carriage of interprovincial and intercolonial mails by unsubsidized vessels was £3,272 ss. 3d., but this did not represent what was actually due. 3,370 private boxes were let, which, together with the fees on 205 private bags, produced a revenue of £3,404 Bs. 6d. The total number of miles travelled by the inland mail services was 2,690,812, at a total cost of £23,334 18s., or an average of 2*oBd. per mile. The railway services continue to be performed without charge. In 1880 the total cost of the inland services was £35,062 Is. Id., and the rate per mile 3Ad. £5,358 7s. Bd. was the net cost of the San Francisco Service, and £4,706 3s. 4d. that of the service via Galle-Brindisi for the year. The extent to which the Post Office was used for the free transmission of official correspondence is shown by the following statement: — Okficiatj Cobbespondence. Letters. Books. £ s. d. Letters. Books. £ s. d. Auckland ... 14,185 lb. ... 12,055 lb. ■•• 4,266 5 2 Hokitika ... 4,402 lb. ... 1,4785 lb. ... 1,223 3 4 Thames ... 976 „ ... 1,030 „ ... 297 19 9 Blenheim ... 725 „ ~, 2,675 a ••■ 287 16 6 New Plymouth 1,752 „ ... 2,024 „ ... 547 13 o Christchurch 8,765 „ ... 33,3762 „ ... 3,460 8 5 Gisborne ... 325 „ ... 656 „ ... 108 12 o Timaru ... 2,422! ~ ... 1,224 „ •■• 687 611 Napier ... 1j473i v ... 2,794 „ ... 486 1 2 Oamaru ... 1,250 „ ... 1,000 „ ... 366 13 4 Wanganui ... 3,6652 „ ... 2,160 „ ... 1,051 4 4 Dunedin ... 7,990 „ ... 11,5552 „ ... 2,540 12 8 Wellington ... 134,039 „ ... 47,973 „ ...40,363 2 5 Invercargill ... 1,316 „ ... 1,605 ~ ■■• 405 14 7 Nelson ... 2,710 „ ... 4,562 „ ... 883 19 5 Westport ... 1,028 „ ... 922 „ ... 277 6 8 Total ... ... £58,584 13 8 Greymouth ... 4,737 „ ... 1,980 „ ... 1,330 14 o ——— — The estimated value was £5,717 19s. 4s. less than the previous year.

Ii. 18! to. Postal Districts. Chief Offices. Secondclass Post Offices. Sub-Post Offices. Totals. Chief Offices. Secondclass Post Offices. Sub-Post Offices. Totals. Auckland Thames New Plymouth. G-iBborne Napier Wanganui "Wellington Nelson Westport Gtreymouth Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch ... Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill Chatham Islands 3 1 1 1 188 H '5 8 40 26 60 28 16 25 24 >5 132 36 18 132 60 192 iS '7 9 42 27 61 30 17 26 2 2 177 5° 22 60 26 16 24 29 12 132 37 18 142 55 180 '5 15 53 23 61 28 '7 25 3° 15 '35 38 19 144 57 1 25 18 2 2 •35 37 19 134 62 2 2 1 1 I I I 1 2 Totals 838 868 16 828 <7 13 12

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Dead Letters. The number of unclaimed letters received and disposed of in the Dead Letter Office, year by year, since 1876, was as under: —

There were also 218 book-packets and circulars returned to foreign countries, 3,006 returned to the senders through the Dead Letter Office, and 4,999 returned by Chief Postmasters; a total of 8,223 book-packets and circulars. The dead letters disposed of in 1881 show a decrease of 1098 per cent, compared with the number dealt with the previous year, a fact no doubt due to the public giving greater attention to the repeated cautions issued by the department, urging that in all cases full and distinct addresses should be affixed to correspondence intended to be delivered through the Post Office. The under-mentioned articles of value were found enclosed in letters opened in the Dead Letter Office:— £ s. d. 177 money orders ... ... ... ... ... ... 535 310 73 bank drafts ... ... ... ... ... ... 3,927 12 1 108 cheques ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,16113 4 Postage-stamps ... ... ... ... ... ... 8 16 11lBanknotes ... ... ... ... ... ... 191 0 0 Gold ... ... ... ... ... ... 15 0 0 Silver and copper ... ... ... ... ... ... 14 6} Eepresenting a total of ... ... ...£5,840 10 9 In addition to the above, 1 pair greenstone and gold earrings, 1 pair gold nugget earrings, 1 greenstone and gold miniature harp, 2 greenstone and gold-mounted pendants, 2 gold lockets, 1 gold chain, 2 leather purses, 4 gold nuggets, and 1 silk dress were also received in the Dead Letter Office. 956 unclaimed registered letters were dealt wdth. 158 letters were detained for postage, of which 3 were subsequently prepaid and forwarded. 525 newspapers and 230 books and other articles without addresses were received ; of these, 52 were delivered. 73 letters were posted without addresses. 12 letters with obscene and libellous addresses. 114 letters imperfectly and wrongly addressed. 956 letters were refused. 4 letters were posted with previously-used postage-stamps. The number of registered letters received from places beyond the colony, and the number registered in the several postal districts, year by year, from 1878 to 1881, are given in the following table :—

Registered Letters.

Manner of Disposal. 1876. 1877. 187S. 1879. 1880. 1881. >pened and returned to the writers Returned unopened to other countries... teissued ... )estroyed ... leturned unopened by Chief Postmasters 44,067 9.703 83 5.217 52,607 9.835 94 3.417 53.483 8,733 117 5,14° 61,589 9,713 122 4,738 725 76,887 60,977 "0,503 240 5,'35 11,160 5 Z >038 9,372 159 3,969 I2,8lO ... ... Totals 59.o7o 65,953 67,473 88,015 78,348

1878. 1879. 1880. 1881. Postal Districts. From Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. From Places beyond the Colony. Register th d e in j T Colony, j From Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. From Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. Auckland Thames... New Plymouth ... Gisborne Napier ... Wanganui Wellington Nelson ... Westport Greymouth Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch Timaru... Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill 2,055 H5 179 io,374 919 992 12,429 1,064 1,189 2,735 '54 290 12,569 922 1,429 15.304 1,076 ',7'9 3,195 123 334 'S.625 911 i,939 18,820 1,034 2,273 4,010 '35 356 69 770 481 2,824 797 75 •75 188 166 4,156 550 315 4,190 1,47' 20,728 15,385 1,167 2,413 757 3,926 5,081 13,630 2,629 966 1,881 1,823 1,400 15,274 3,783 1,886 13,328 4,492 89,821 '9,395 1,302 2,769 826 4,696 5,562 16,454 3,426 1,041 2,056 2,011 1,566 19,430 4,333 2,201 17,518 5,963 59i 3,095 3,68*6 627 309 2,743 487 82 182 3,828 4,004 12,167 1,894 862 1,205 i,343 988 12,640 2,532 i,454 11,889 3,38i 1 4,455 4,3i3 14,910 2,381 944 ',387 1,562 1,120 '5,496 2,905 1,630 15.473 3.863 88,538 75i 376 2,803 473 108 196 180 188 3,831 418 232 3.442 1,126 4,485 4,354 12,894 2,020 1,104 ',776 1,882 1,263 15,873 3,757 1,615 13,136 4.4*95 87,129 5.236 4,73° 15,697 2,493 1,212 1,972 2,062 ',45> 19,704 4,i75 1,847 16,578 5,621 2,121 84 2 3° 214 127 2,281 12,510 1,407 697 1.420 1,636 740 10,786 14,631 1,769 78. 1,650 1,850 867 13,067 219 132 2,856 373 176 3,584 482 1 2,819 444 11,670 9.613 3>"9 57,3o8 12,432 3,563 68,978 Totals I5.43I I |73,io7 [17,776 104,905 110,549

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BuiLDINQS. The new offices at Alexandra, Kamo, Castlepoint, and Collingwood have been completed and occupied. Necessary alterations, consequent upon amalgamation, were carried out at Blenheim Chief Post Office, and the offices at Hokianga, Oxford, and Bluff altered, and the accommodation improved. Eepairs were effected at the Auckland, Onehunga, Cheviot, and Greymouth offices. The Carterton office has been enlarged, and additions made to the railway-stations at Taupiri, Elbow, and Brunnerton for postal-telegraph purposes. The offices at Hamilton and Eeefton have been reroofed. The new building at Wellington for the joint accommodation of the Post Office and Telegraph has been commenced. It is being erected on the site of the old offices. Meanwhiie suitable temporary office-accommodation has been secured. The new building, which has been designed to meet requirements many years hence, should be completed in October, 1883, and is to be lighted with the electric light. A new office is also being erected at Dunedin South. The offices at Hawera, Opunake, and Temuka are being altered. Additions are being made to the Hastings, Kaikoura, and Otautau Eailway-stations. New offices are to be built at Oamaru, Picton, Kihikihi, Te Aroha, and Paeroa. Inland Mail Services. The inland mail services show a decrease in cost of £11,727 3s. Id. for the year. This was mainly due to the reductions and alterations decided upon in 1879, when inviting tenders for the performance of the services for 1881-82. Several of the more expensive services were either abolished or replaced by cheaper ones, which was effected with little or no inconvenience to the public. The tenders, too, were generally lower than in former years —a circumstance to be ascribed to the cheapness of labour and,the exceptionally low price of horse-feed which ruled in 1879. The following are the particulars of the inland services for the year:— Performed by coach and mail-cart ... ... ... ... ... 129 ~ on horseback ... ... ... ... ... ... 199 „ on foot ... ... ... ... ... ... 55 „ by water ... ... ... ... ... ... 33 „ by railway ... ... ... ... ... ... 53 Total number of services ... ... ... 469 Aggregate mileage ... ... ... ... ... ... 7,525 Total number of miles travelled ... ... ... ... ...2,690,812 Cost to the department ... ... ... ... ... £23,334 18s. Average cost per mile ... ... ... ... ... ... 2'oBd. The total cost in 1880 was £35,062 Is. Id., and the cost per mile 3id. The following are a few of the more important alterations in the inland mail services which took place during the year:- — Tauranga and Waterford (by steamer) —replaced by coach service. Tauranga and Te Puke —thrice-weekly service established. New Plymouth and Opunake—daily service by coach established. Wellington and Foxton —from thrice weekly to daily. Masterton and Castlepoint —from weekly to twice weekly. Havelock and Keneperu, via St. Omer; Picton and Torea, via Grove; St. Omer and Crail Bay and Keneperu and Torea ; weekly services established, Belgrove and Hampden by coach fortnightly —altered to Belgrove and Lyell weekly. Christchurch Post Office and Papanui —daily service established. Queenstown and Kingston —from thrice weekly to daily. The existing contracts for the inland mail services expire on the 31st December next. In revising the schedules of services for 1883-84 due consideration will be given to the need for accelerating existing services and establishing new ones, which the expansion of business may seem to demand. Mail Steam Seevices. The San Erancisco Service was performed satisfactorily during the year, notwithstanding the mail steamers were frequently prevented leaving San Erancisco on the due date, from protracted passages made by the Atlantic steamers, and slight delays from snow storms and other causes on the overland route between New York and San Francisco. The outward mails from London, with one exception, were delivered in Auckland within contract time. The quickest delivery was made in 37 days ; and the average time from London to Auckland 39-36 days, against 4008 the previous year. The homeward mails were delivered in London from Auckland on an average in 405 days, against 4033 in 1880. The shortest delivery was in 38 days, the same as last year. But for the breakdown of the City of New York in March, 1881, which resulted in her mails taking 53 days to reach London, the average would have been even more favourable. Serious delays having taken place at Auckland in connection with the quarantining of mail steamers arriving from San Francisco and the fumigation of the mails, owing mainly to the quarantine station being nine miles from Auckland by water, the department purchased and specially fitted up a hulk for mail-fumigating purposes. The hulk, which is moored off Judge's Bay, will admit of the mails being received and fumigated immediately the steamers may be ordered in quarantine, thereby reducing the delay to a minimum. The maximum, minimum, and average number of days within which the mails have been delivered in London, Melbourne, Sydney, and New Zealand, by the San Francisco and Brindisi Services are given in the following statement: —

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San Francisco Service. Brindisi Service. London to Auckland ... ... 42—37=39-36 ... 60—46=53-46 Wellington ... ... 45—39=41-57 ... 56—44=4935 Dunedin ... ... 46—41=42-93 ... 54—42=465 Bluff ... ... 47—42=43-93 ... 53—42=46-08 Sydney. ... ... 47—41=44-21 ... 43—39=4042 Melbourne ... ... 49—43=46-36 ... 41—36=38-38 Auckland to London ... ... 53—38=40-5 ... 64—46=5207 Wellington „ ... ... 55—40=42-64 ... 63—46=535 Dunedin „ ... ... 56—41 = 43-71 ... 60—44=5046 Bluff „ ... ... 56—41=4371 ... 60—44=50-46 Sydney „ ... ... 58—43=45-64 ... 46—41=4319 Melbourne „ ... ... 59—45=47-36 ... 43—39=4073 The estimated net cost to the colony in respect of the San Francisco and Galle-Brindisi Services is set forth in the following statements: — Eeceipts and Payments on account of the San Erancisco and Galle Mail Services for the Year 1881. Son Francisco Service. Dh. £ s. d. £ s. d. Subsidy to Pacific Mail Company ... ... 32,500 0 0 Estimated bonus due contractors ... ... 1,173 0 0 Interprovincial services, Mail Agents, &c. ... 7,400 0 0 41,073 0 0 Cb. Postages from London Post Office ... ... 13,828 9 2 Postages collected in the colony ... ... 18,372 16 1 Eeceipts from non-contracting colonies ... ... 2,513 7 1 Contribution from United States Government ... 1,000 0 0 35,714 12 4 Net cost to the colony ... ... £5,358 7 8 The estimated net cost of the service for 1880 was £8,166 14s. 2d. 440,535 letters, 191,783 books, and 1,149,435 newspapers were received from, and 456,042 letters, 34,710 books, and 497,855 newspapers despatched to, the United Kingdom, &c, by the San Francisco Service. Galle-Brindisi Service. Dti. £ s. d. £ s. d. Payments to Victoria ... ... ... 8,465 8 7 Intercolonial service, &c. ... ... ... 1,342 1 6 . 9,807 10 1 Ce. Postages from London Post Office ... ... 3,311 1 2 Postages collected in the colony ... ... 1,790 5 7 5,101 6 9 Net cost to the colony ... ... £4,706 3 4 The estimated net cost for .1880 was £9,464 6s. 7d. The decrease for last year was due to the contract for the intercolonial service, at the rate of £5,000 a year, having been terminated in February, 1881. 97,915 letters, 42,954 books, and 298,403 newspapers were received from the United Kingdom, &c, by the Galle-Brindisi Service; and 23,771 letters, 829 books, and 3,781 newspapers despatched. The payments made for the year for the transmission of correspondence by the Torres Straits Mail Service amounted to £21 4s. lOd. 10,947 letters were despatched in mails for London intended to be conveyed to Naples by the Orient steamers; and 8,769 letters from London received by the same line of steamers. Savings Banics. 13 additional savings bank offices were established during the year, and 3 offices closed. The total number open at the end of the year was 190. 25,059 new accounts were opened during the year, against 16,137 in 1880 ; and 12,718 accounts were closed, against 12,217 the previous year. The number of open accounts on the 31st December last was 51,008, against 38,667 at the close of 1880. One in every ten of the population had an account in the Post Office Savings Banks. 125,855 deposits, amounting to £1,189,012 2s. 7d., were received, and the amount of each deposit averaged £9 Bs. lid. The withdrawals were 60,137 in number, for £902,195 Is. Bd., the average amount of each being £15 Os. Id. The amount at the credit of depositors increased to £1,232,787 16s. 9d., from £903,765 16s. lOd. at the close of 1880, a difference of £329,021 19s. lid. The deposits exceeded the withdrawals by no less than £286,817 Os. lid. In 1880 the deposits were in excess of the withdrawals by £83,937 ss. 6d. Interest to the amount of £42,204 19s. was credited depositors, against £32,822 12s. 4d. for 1880. The rate of interest allowed was 4J per cent, per annum on deposits not exceeding £200, and 4 per cent, on deposits over £200 but not exceeding £500, rates which have prevailed since the Ist July, 1874.

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The average cost of each Post Office Savings Bank transaction, deposit or withdrawal, for the year was 4i!d., and for the whole period of the existence of the Post Office Savings Banks in the colony under 6|d. The total amount of interest placed to the credit of depositors since the establishment of the Post Office Savings Banks has been £320,750 3s. Bd. In the last report it was stated that under the arrangement which permitted school-children to open accounts in the Post Office Savings Banks by deposits of one shilling in penny stamps affixed to cards, 3,684 accounts had been opened by means of the cards during the months of February and March, 1881. From April, to December following, 4,972 additional accounts were opened; and at the close of the year the total number of this description of accounts open was, therefore, 8,656. The following statement shows the number of shilling accounts which had been opened in each postal district up to the 31st December last: — Statement showing the Number of Savings Bank Accounts opened in the several Postal Districts by Stamped Cards, from February, 1881, to 31st December, 1881. No. of No. of Postal District. Accounts Poital District. Accounts Opened. Opened. Opened during February and March, Nelson (from April to December) 336 1881 ... ... ... 3,684 New Plymouth,, „ 40 Auckland (from April to December) 366 Oamaru ~ ~ 99 Blenheim ~ ~ 14 Thames „ „ 186 Christchurch „ „ 929 Timaru „ „ 91 Dunedin „ „ 1,796 Wanganui „ „ 288 Gisborne „ „ 38 Wellington „ „ 266 Greymouth „ „ 31 Westport „ „ 41 Hokitika „ „ 79 Invercargill „ „ 249 Total ... ... 8,656 Napier „ „ 123 Table No. 6 shows the securities held by the Postmaster-General on the 31st December last on account of the Post Office Savings Bank Eund. The nominal value of the securities was £1,138,912 Bs. 7d., oil which interest and dividends had accrued to the amount of £6,699 Os. lOd. Of the total sum invested in Deficiency and Treasury bills, £380,000 was paid off or transferred on the 31st March last, and the proceeds re-invested in Imperial Guaranteed Debentures of the Immigration and Public Works Loan, 1870, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum. The Savings Bank profits for the year amounted to £4,085 16s. 9d. Money Oedees. Since the date of the last report arrangements have been completed for the interchange of money orders between the colony and Germany and the United States respectively. The system for the exchange of orders with Germany was inaugurated on the Ist November, and that with the United States on the Ist January last. Up to the 31st March last 163 orders for £675 4s. had been issued for payment in Germany, and 386 orders for £1,583 os. lOd. on the United States. Money order business was extended to 15 new offices, namely, Barry town, Belgrove, Brightwater, Chatham Islands, Coalgate, Dipton, Edendale, Kamo, Maketu, Opunake, St. Andrew, Stafford, Takaka, Thornbury, Waterford ; and the money order offices at Te Arai, Goodwood, and Hyde were closed during the year. The total number of money order offices open at the end of the year was 192. 135,556 orders for £452,182 7s. Bd. were issued during the year, against 135,648 orders for £465,505 Is. Id. in 1880, a net decrease of 92 orders and £13,222 15s. sd. The decrease was on orders issued on the United Kingdom, which were 2,281 in number and £14,105 ss. I'd. less than in 1880, a fact probably to be attributed to the disappearance of the extreme distress which prevailed in the Mother-country during 1879-80. 107,406 orders for £353,330 16s. lid. were paid, against 104,107 orders for £350,313 6s. Bd. paid in 1880, the increase being 3,219 orders and £3,014 10s. 3d. The number of money orders issued for payment in the United Kingdom, Germany, and the Australian Colonies was 36,033, for £130,547 4s. 5d.; and 8,115 orders for £32,942 Is. sd. were issued in those countries for payment in New Zealand. A balance of £97,605 was therefore remitted out of the colony by means of money orders. In 1880 the balance against the colony was £114,000; in 1879, £108,000 ; and in 1878, £96,000. The telegraph was used for the transmission of 14,241 orders for £55,516 2s. 10d., against 14,497 orders for £58,334 lis. lid. in 1880, a decrease of 256 orders for £2,818 9s. Id. The revenue derived from money orders amounted to £7,582 Bs. 5d., against £7,943 15s. 4d. for the year 1880, the decrease being £361 6s. lid. TELEGKATHS. The total number of telegrams of all codes transmitted during the year was 3,438,772, against 1,304,712 the previous year, an increase of 134,060 telegrams, or 1027 per cent. The increase was unusually large, and the total number of messages reached within 10,171 of the maximum number forwarded in any one year since the telegraph system established. The number and value of the ordinary and Press telegrams was 1,215,849, for £75,525 Bs. 2d., being an increase of 157,507 telegrams, or 14-88 per cent., and £5,890 15s. 7d., or 8-44 per cent., in value. The number of telegrams of the several codes, and the value of each description of message, dealt with during the year, compared with previous year's transactions, were as follows;—

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Ordinary Telegrams. Press Telegrams. Government Telegrams. Number. £ s. d. Number. £ s. d. Number. £ s. d. 1880-81. 983,702 63,851 18 4 74,640 *7,430 2 7 246,370 27,021 3 8 1881-82. 1,094,638 68,435 18 5 121,211 7,089 9 9 222,923 22,737 16 4 T (110,936 4,584 0 1 46,571 increase ... j n . 27p _ Ci 700 p. c. 6239 p. c. -n f ... ... ... 340 12 10 23,447 4,283 7 4 uecrease... 1 457 p. c. 951 p. c. 1585 p. c. In Table No. 22 the value of the ordinary messages for the year is put down at £69,049 3s. 7d.; which, however, included £613 ss. 2d. on account of telephone exchanges. The Telegraph revenue from all sources was £78,116 18s. Bd., and the expenditure £87,457 18s. 4d. The expenditure, therefore, exceeded the cash receipts by £9,340 19s. 8d; but taking into account the sum of £712 Is., fees collected on money-order telegrams, but not transferred, and £22,737 16s. 4d., the value of the Government telegrams, the gross earnings of the Telegraph amounted to £101,566 165., or, in other words, the operations for the year resulted in an apparent profit of £14,108 17s. Bd., as may be seen by a reference to the debtor and creditor statement, Table No. 30. For 1880-81 there was a debtor balance of £1,355 4s. 3d. The current year's revenue has been estimated to yield £85,000. 32,474 telegrams of the urgent code, of the value of £4,446 18s. 4d., were forwarded. The average value of each message was a fraction under 2s. 9d., against 3s. for the former year. Compared with the urgent telegrams forwarded in 1880-81, this class of messages fell off by 916 in number, and £555 15s. in value. The number of delayed telegrams forwarded was 112,776, against 88,881 the previous year, an increase of 23,895, or 2686 per cent. The increase, it may be remarked, was considerably higher than in any preceding year. The value of the services performed for other departments, which amounted to £22,737 16s. 4d.,. was £4,283 7s. 4d. less than the previous year. This is satisfactory, because it has been evident that the wires are used too freely, if not needlessly in some cases, for the transmission of Government messages. A further and still larger reduction would follow were it the rule that brevity, consistent with clearness, should be observed in all public-service telegrams, and the wires never resorted to when corresponding by post would answer equally well. The Government telegrams forwarded last year were equal to nearly one-fifth of the number and one-third of the value of the ordinary messages, and over a fifth of the total number of ordinary and Press messages. Table No. 21 gives the mean proportion for the whole colony of the number of telegrams sent to every 100 letters. It will be observed that the number of telegrams increased from 971 in 1880-81 to 1300 in 1881-82, proving that there had been a decided recovery from the trade depression which prevailed during 1880-81. Dealing with districts, Westport had the highest average, with 37T7 telegrams to every 100 letters; and New Plymouth next, with 3064; while Nelson had fallen from 3197 to 22 33. The proportions for the four principal centres were —Auckland, 1114; Wellington, 2275 ; Christchurch, only 735 ; and Dunedin, 10 27. The number of districts having been increased from ten to seventeen, it is impossible to make any reliable comparison; but compared with former averages the mean proportion of 13-00 for the year was small. This fact was no doubt attributable to the increased frequency of mail communication. The comparatively high average for Wellington would be due to the large number of Government messages transmitted. The proportion for 1877-78 or the whole colony was 20-71, and 1964 for 1878-79. 14,241 money-order telegrams, for £55,516 2s. 10d., were transmitted, at a total cost to the remitters of £1,637 7s. Bd., or 2-94 per cent. The fees for the telegrams amounted to £712 Is., and the balance, £925 6s. Bd., represented commission. The year's transactions Bhowed a decrease of 256 orders, and £2,819 9s. Id. in amount. Table No. 28 gives the number and value of these orders, sent from offices within each of the postal districts. Auckland continued to make by far the greatest use of the money-order telegraph system, having sent 1980 per cent, of the orders ; Wellington is next, with 1305 ; Dunedin, 1039; Christchurch, 1041; Napier, 639; and Wanganui, 822 per cent. Telegraph offices were opened at Albury, Belgrove, Kamo, Pungarehu, and Parihaka ; and telephone stations established at Henley, Martinborough, Nuggets, and Tokatea. The number of telephone stations open was 19. The offices at Foxhill, Okato, Eahotu, and Eiverhead were closed. The total number of stations, including telephone stations, open at the end of the year for the transaction of public business was 234, a net increase of 7 on the number for the previous year. The number of miles of line maintained during the year had increased from 3,758 to 3,824; the average cost for maintenance per mile was £4 17s. 4d, against £6 6s. 7d. for 1880-81. The number of miles of wire increased from 9,587 to 9,653, which with 2,820 miles of duplexed wire gave 12,473 miles as the available wire accommodation. With a desire to place the service on a more satisfactory basis by improving the position of the employes in the matter of pay and status, it has been decided to introduce a system of classification, the need for which has become more apparent every day. The initial steps have already been taken, and it is hoped the work of classifying may be completed during the year. Eeference was made in last report to the introduction of the telephone, and to the possibility of extending the telegraph system, through its agency, to remote districts, which otherwise would not be accorded the benefits of telegraph communication. The results which followed this decision have been most encouraging. Anticipating that the telephone would be an important factor in the future extension of the telegraph system of the colony, authority was obtained under " The Electric Telegraph Act 1875 Amend-

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ment Act, 1880," to construct, establish, and maintain electric communication by telephone; and also to make it unlawful " for any person to erect, construct, establish, or maintain, for hire or profit, any line of electric communication by telephone except the sanction of the Governor in Council be first obtained for that purpose." No time was lost in giving effect to the provisions of the Act. It was decided to adopt the Edison-Bell telephone, with the Blake transmitter, on account of that invention having proved a thorough commercial success, and also from the fact that the instruments had been tested on the Wellington-Napier circuit (of 218 miles in length) with satisfactory results. Measures were at once taken to introduce the telephones to the favourable notice of the public, and to enlist their support in establishing telephone exchanges at the principal commercial centres. The subscription to these exchanges was fixed at £17 10s. per annum, and on the Ist October last the first telephone exchange established in the colony was opened at Christchurch with 27 subscribers. The opening was unfortunately delayed in consequence of the telephones not having arrived in due course. A second exchange was established at Auckland, with 26 subscribers, ten days after the opening of the one at Christchurch, and a third at Dunedin, with 56 subscribers, was opened on the 26th April last. Additional subscribers have come forward freely, and on the 7th instant the three exchanges had a total of 189 paying subscribers, viz., Christchurch, 63; Auckland, 57; and Dunedin, 69. The success of these exchanges has been assured; and, with the desire to further extend their convenience, the subscribers were placed in communication with the principal Government offices without additional charge. It was also decided to open "bureau stations" from time to time in connection with the exchanges. It may be explained that a bureau station is an ordinary telegraph station connected by telephone with an exchange, for the purpose of enabling the public to communicate with any exchange subscriber, at a minimum charge of 6d. for five minutes' conversation, which is increased to Is. when the distance between the exchange and the station exceeds four miles. One of these stations has been established at Newton, in connection with the Auckland exchange; and one is to be opened at Port Chalmers, to connect with the exchange at Dunedin. The expenditure connected with the opening of the three exchanges amounted to £4,318 17s. Id., and the annual revenue derived is at the rate of £3,374. Since the introduction of the telephone many applications for the erection of private wires have been received. There are now 40 private wires, of an aggregate length of 297 miles, bringing in a rental of £738 14s. per annum. The stations at Woodville, Waikaia, Otago Heads, and Owake, for reasons of economy, had telephones substituted for Morse instruments; and at the end of June telephone stations at the following places were open : — Devonport. Tiki. Martinborough. Henley. Kaeo. Tokatea. Sydenham. Nuggets. Northcote. Turua. Portobello. Kelso. Takapuna. Fortrose. Pine Bush. Several of these stations would not have been in existence but for the introduction of the telephone. The payment made to the person conducting a telephone station is at the rate of 3d. for each forwarded and received message, which also covers cost of free delivery of received messages within a radius of one mile of the office. Approved office accommodation has also to be provided free of cost to the department. The demand for telephones may be gathered from the fact that no less than 467 of these instruments have been imported since September last, and there are now but fifteen unallotted. The operations undertaken during the year within each of the six telegraph districts, under the immediate supervision of the several Inspectors, were as follows: — Eeom the Bltjfp to Waitaki Eivee. A wire was erected between Waihola and Henley (about 5 miles), and a telephone station opened at Henley in June, under the charge and in the premises of the Sub-Postmaster there. This was the first telephone station opened within this district under a new arrangement rendered possible by the introduction of the telephone, especially suitable for places too small to warrant the cost of the erection of a special building or the appointment of a skilled officer. The following private telephone wires have been erected: One from Dunedin to Mosgiel (10 miles), in August, for the Mosgiel Woollen Factory Company ; one between Dunedin and North-East Valley (4 miles), in November, for Mr. P. C. Neill; and one in Dunedin (under | mile) for New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. These all give satisfaction. For Eailway Department have been erected two wires at each of the following places, with electrical signal repeaters and light-out recorders, viz.: Kensington, in June ; Port Chalmers, in July ; and Shag Point Junction, in October. At Dunedin and Invercargill Eailway Stations, for the facilitating of railway-work, were erected in August, loops of No. 1 South wire, and fitted-up instruments, placing Dunedin Eailway Station in direct communication with Invercargill Eailway Station. A wire was erected between Mataura and Gore, in August, in order to place Gore intermediate on a loop of main line, and that station is now in direct communication with Dunedin and Invercargill on No. 3 South. A set of instruments was fitted up, in August, in Mataura Eailway Station booking-office, on No. 4 South. A new office was fitted up at railway-station, Invercargill, in August, and new loops of wires ■erected and led into the office. These are Nos. 1 and 4 South, Kingston line and Eiverton line: four sets of instruments in all. At Duntroon and Winton the instruments have been removed to railway-station offices.

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At Dunedin Eailway Station alterations have been made for block instruments. These are now in two signal boxes, one North and one South of station. These signal-boxes are connected by electricbells, and railway stationmaster's office is also connected with each box by electric-bells, for which wires have been erected. This work has just been completed. A set of Morse instruments has also been fitted up on Dunedin to Seacliff Eailway-line in the north signal-box, and a set on Outram line in the south signal-box. These are required solely in connection with the block instruments. There have also been alterations with block and Morse instruments at railway-stations at Kensington and Stirling, on account of railway-stations having been removed to new sites. Amalgamation with Eailway Department. —Winton, Duntroon, and Woodlands Telegraph Offices have been amalgamated under the charge of railway stationmasters: the Eailway Department taking the telegraph offices at Duntroon and Winton for stationmasters' residences. New Line in Course of Erection. —The Wyndham to Fortrose Telephone line will be completed shortly. This line will have stations at Pine Bush and Fortrose, under the charge of storekeepers there. Telephone Exchange.—Wires have been erected in Dunedin to the premises of upwards of sixty subscribers. Eepairs and Maintenance. —The sections of line, Bluff to Balclutha, Tokomairiro to Queenstown, part of Dunedin to Tokomairiro section, and part of section between Dunedin and Blueskin, have received a special overhaul, and various alterations and improvements have been made. The other lines in the district have not received any extra attention beyond that given by the linemen of each section, who have carried out any necessary repairs. Morse instruments at Otago Heads have been replaced by telephones, and the Signalmaster acts as telephonist. This enabled the department to dispense with a skilled officer. The Dunedin to Portobello line (about 12 miles) has been dismantled, not being required since telephonic communication established between Port Chalmers and Otago Heads, via Quarantine Island. Nearly all the materials taken down (with the exception of poles) have been used in the erection of the Fortrose line. Portions of the lines in and about Dunedin have been much improved by the erection of 35 feet poles where they were required for greater height and stability. Eailway Telegraph Cadets. —A number of Eailway Telegraph cadets have been undergoing training in operating at Dunedin Station since July last. Eight have been passed, and there are nine now learning. Fkom Waitaki to Kaikouea and the West Coast Lines, via the Bealet, noeth to Beepton. The crossing of the Waiau Eiver, in the Cheviot section, has been considerably strengthened by inserting two strong tube poles. It may now be considered safe in any ordinary weather and floods. The line from Christchurch to Waitaki is now in excellent condition. The work of reconstruction was finished in the early part of the year. On the Arahura Junction to Springfield line a great deal of work requires to be done. New poles for the first thirty-five miles, starting from the Loop line, are now laid, and the work of erecting them will soon be commenced. The poles for the section east of Arthur's Pass have still to be supplied. The spans cfn the Springfield and Darfield section will have to be shortened to four chains; they now vary from five to seven. The heavy south-west gales which blow across this line did considerable damage. Four miles of this section have been twice completely wrecked from the above cause. The line between Christchurch and Addington has been rebuilt on 35 feet poles, and is now in first-class order. The Christchurch Eailway and Addington line has also been rebuilt on strong poles. A line has been erected between Timaru and Albury, and an office opened for public and railwaywork at Albury. The Christchurch Eailway and Amberley line has received a thorough overhaul. The line from Waipara to Waikari has been put in good order. The other portion of this section, reaching to Waiau, will be overhauled when opportunity offers. Between Hokitika and Greymouth the line is in fair order ; a large number of poles are, however, getting weak, and will have to be replaced in about eighteen months or two years. On the Greymouth and Ahaura section the first seventeen miles are being new poled. A great deal of bush-clearing has to be done, which will occupy some time. The work was commenced in the beginning of last March, and is being pushed on rapidly. Between Ahaura and Eeefton the line is in good working order. The wires require straining-up for some miles. A heavy snow-storm last winter caused them to stretch a great deal. The line between Westport and Charleston has been put in good working order, but will soon have to be ro-poled. Private wires have been erected for the following persons: Messrs. P. Cunningham and Co., Merivale to Timaru; Loan and Mercantile Agency, Christchurch to Lyttelton; Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Christchurch to Lyttelton ; Vaughan and Cor'dner, Christchurch to Waikari; Aulsebrook and Co., short wire -in Christchurch; J. T. Brown, short wire in Christchurch ; Kaiapoi Woollen Factory, Christchurch to Kaiapoi; Lightband, Allan, and Co., Christchurch to Hillsborough. On the Ist October last a Telephone Exchange was opened in Christchurch; it has worked very well indeed. The number of subscribers, connected and to be connected, has increased to seventy-two, and will, it is anticipated, soon reach a hundred. A number of railway cadets have been, and are being, taught telegraphy. Feom Kaikouea to Collingwood and the West Coast Lines as pae as Eeefton. The repairs the Kaikoura and Cheviot line was undergoing at the date of last year's report were completed in May.

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The oscillation of the wires on the Blenheim and Tophouse line, and the consequent chafing of the line-wire at the insulators, necessitated the overhaul of this line. The weak sections were cut out, and the main wire rebound throughout. On the Tophouse and Eeefton section considerable repairs were effected during the months of September and October, consequent on the injury the line sustained during a heavy snow-storm in the month of August. Eepresentations having been made by the settlers residing in the Motupiko and Upper Motueka Valleys as to their isolated position in respect to the telegraph, it has been decided to run a line of nine miles in length from Belgrove to the junction of the Motueka and Motupiko Eivers, to be worked by telephone. This line has been pegged off, and its construction will be proceeded with shortly. A short line of a mile and a half in length, worked by telephone, has been constructed between the Nelson Post Office and the Port, which has proved of great convenience to the department and the public. It is intended to run another wire on the existing poles between Motueka and Upper Moutere, and to open a telephone office at the latter place. The building is now in the course of erection. The office at Blenheim was amalgamated with the post office in June last, and placed under the charge of the Chief Postmaster. The office at Foxhill was moved to Belgrove, and combined with the railway terminus office at that place. The telephones between Motueka and Collingwood continue to work in the most satisfactory manner, and without interruption. All other lines on this section are in good order, and no special outlay has been made on them beyond the ordinary expenditure for maintenance. Auckland Lines (including the Waikato and Lines Noeth of Auckland, and as fae Noeth as Geahamstown via the Thames). All lines have worked well in this district during the year, being entirely free from faults of any consequence. The section between Auckland and Coromandel has required no special attention. The Waikato line has been repaired from Mercer to Hamilton; the principal work that had to be done was clearing scrub and gorse, and rebinding and slackening the wires where chafed. The section between Kihikihi and Alexandra has also been overhauled. The poles in this section being all kauri, no less than 33 per cent, of them had to be blocked. The Manukau Heads line is now being repaired, and has been examined as far as Waiuku. The defective kauri poles are being blocked with totara and puriri; fully 40 per cent, of the poles so far examined have required this treatment. The northern lines have been overhauled from Port Albert Junction to Hokianga, and to Whangaroa, on the Mongonui line : about an average of 6 per cent, of the kauri poles have been blocked throughout, as well as a great deal of ti-tree cleared away from the poles and under the wires. An ordinary office has been opened at Kamo on the Bay of Islands line, and Tokatea has been reopened as a telephone station. The office at Eiverhead has been closed, being no longer required for railway purposes. A railway telegraph station will be opened at Taupiri as soon as the erection of the office is completed. It has been decided to open telephone stations at the following places as soon as the lines are completed and a supply of telephones have been received : Aratapu, Devonport, Kaeo, Kirikiriroa, Kohukohu, Mangawai, Northcote, Takapuna, Tiki, and Turua. The following extensions have been carried out during the year: Eailway wire, Auckland to Drury, 22 miles of wire ; railway wire, Green Lane, Ellersiie, and Papatoitoi loop-lines, 2 miles oi line and 4of wire ; Thames to Paeroa, 16 miles of line and 21 of wire. During the erection of this line 5 miles of the main south line were removed on to the road, it having been erected along an old track now unused. Thames to Turua, 2 miles of line and 9 of wdre ; Coromandel to Tiki, 2 miles of line and 4of wire; Auckland and North Shore, 10 miles of line and 17 of wire ; Whangaroa to Kaeo, 5 miles of wire. Total extension, 32 miles of new line and 82 of wire, exclusive of the Auckland Telephone Exchange. Sixteen miles of telephone-exchange wires have been erected in the City of Auckland, connecting sixty-seven subscribers. Eeom Geahamstown to Tenui (including the Beanch Lines Napiee to Gisboene, Maketu to Opotiki, and Waipukueau to Kopua). Beyond the ordinary repairs by linemen little special work has been needed during the past year. The overhaul and repair of the section between Thames and Waterford, and of that between Tenui and Waipukurau, referred to in last year's report as in progress, have been duly completed. On the former section, namely, Thames to Waterford, a few kauri poles still require butting with totara blocks, and this work will shortly be in hand, the materials for the purpose being now in course of delivery. For the maintenance of this, as previously mentioned, its ultimate removal to the superior route via Ohinemuri has been held in view, and such repairs as have from time to time been needed were restricted to those immediately contingent to upholding telegraph communication. The other sections examined are Tauranga to Maketu, and Taupo to Waipukurau. 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preventative of damage from fires. A few poles were renewed, and others rendered secure by means of totara butts. The line between Tenui and Castlepoint is now undergoing an overhaul. Some few of the poles standing since the first construction are being either renewed or blocked with totara butts. The Opotiki line is also under overhaul. This line is, in the main, in first-class order, but attention is demanded to clearing of undergrowth, and cleaning and examination of insulators. Some of the poles carrying the wire across the Ohiwa Harbour waters are perforated for an inch or so by the teredo navalis, but will not require renewal, it is anticipated, for probably two years yet. When such renewal becomes necessary, a better location clear of the tidal waters can, it is expected, be selected. The portion of line between Tauranga and Waterford will, within the next few months, require repairs, over about five miles of its length, at the Tauranga end of the section. The piece of line referred to runs through paddocks at some distance from the road. It is proposed during reconstruction to follow the road. When this is done the section will be in first-class order throughout its length. Another diversion required is at Hairini tidal-ford, near Tauranga, where the line will want erecting along the bridge now in course of construction, thus saving the cost of a second turret. The remaining lines throughout the district have undergone the usual periodical examinations, with such occasional minor repairs as the linemen have been able to execute. The Kopua branch wire has been extended along the railway-line a distance of seven miles to Makotuku, the present terminus. The wire is to be worked by telephone, and so soon as the instruments are available offices will be opened at Ormondville and Makotuku. A loop-wire has been carried through the railway-station at Kaikora, where a telegraph office will be opened immediately on completion of the necessary additions to the station building, which at present does not afford sufficient accommodation. An office is also to be opened at Te Aute, when similar accommodation is provided. A telephone wire has been erected to connect the Napier Eailway-station with the telegraph station, but the instruments are not yet to hand. Two private telephone wires have been erected between the Spit and Napier, and a third private wire is in course of erection. The telephones supplied give great satisfaction, and the owners are highly satisfied with the telephone service. The following offices have undergone a complete overhaul and refit, viz.: Spit, Tarawera, Taupo, Ohinemutu, Maketu, Tauranga, and Opotiki. All other offices within the district are in good order in respect to their fittings. A branch wire, to be worked by telephone, is to be extended from Maketu to the new settlement of Te Puke, a distance of twelve miles. The materials are partly on the ground, and the construction only awaits the arrival of the balance of the poles, which are shortly expected. This line extended past Te Puke for a few miles will re-join the main line at Mangatawa, and thus cut out the very troublesome and electrically-weak portion of wire between Maketu and Tauranga—a portion which, being contiguous to the sea, often during north-easterly or easterly weather seriously affects the working of the main circuits north of Napier. A telephone station at Whakatane is to be established on the Opotiki line, worked from Maketu on the Morse circuit. Between Maketu and Opotiki it is proposed to place Whakatane intermediate, and to make such arrangements at Maketu as will always insure attention to Whakatane's call. Wellington to New Plymouth via Wanganui, including the Beanch Lines to Palmeeston Noeth, Woodville, and also the Teunk Line feom Wellington to Auckland as fae as Tenui and Castlepoint. The lines in this district are in good condition. The only portion that will require any attention during the next summer will be the portion between Paikakariki and Wanganui. On this section a pole-to-pole examination was made, and where necessary new poles or blocks of totara have been laid ready for erection. Between Wellington and Pahautanui a telephone wire, some eighteen miles in length, has been erected on the existing line, and a telephone office will be opened shortly. During the erection of this wire the line received a careful overhaul. Between Featherston and the township of Martinborough, a distance of thirteen miles, a telephone line has been erected, and the office at Martinborough placed under the charge of the Postmaster. As anticipated prior to the opening of this line, the financial results in connection with it have proved highly satisfactory. Between Carterton and Gladstone it is intended also to construct a telephone line. Contracts for the supply and delivery of the necessary poles have already been effected. Between Pungarehu and Parihaka a line has been erected, and an office at the last-named place opened under the charge of an officer of the Armed Constabulary Force. The telephone line between Pungarehu and Cape Egmont lighthouse, erected at the date of the last report, has been opened. Cook Steait Cables. On the afternoon of the 19th February last, and without any previous warning, the original threewire cable, laid in 1866, again parted for the third time on all three wires. Copper-resistance tests taken by Dr. Lemon placed the fault at 12-166 nautical miles from Lyall's Bay. The actual length by measurement off picking-up drum on board cableship, and copper-resistance tests by Mr. Donovan, the cableship's electrician, made the break at 12021 nautical miles from Lyall's Bay. The recovery of the ends of the broken cable revealed the fact that the rupture of the conductors was not due to the corrosion of the armour-covering, but to some sudden longitudinal strain being thrown on the cable across its line, and thus causing it to part. At first, conclusions were come to that the fracture was due to some float ing wreckage having fouled the cable, and thus causing it, after severe strain, to part; but, as the cable was recovered even to the very broken ends on both sides exactly on the line it was originally laid down, the breakage can be attributed to no other cause but that of an earthquakein—F. 1.

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shock moving at right angles to the line of the cable. The break occured in 100 fathoms, and the length of the break, where the wires were stranded, was not quite twelve feet, the cable on each side of the broken ends being quite sound, and in no way giving evidence of any rough usage or abrasion. Between the point of the original splice in 1879, the date of the last repairs, and within two knots of the final splice, the cable has been relaid on a route in some parts nearly two knots to the southward of its line at the time of recovery. Five knots of new cable have been laid in the place of some of the old cable of 1866, which it was deemed advisable to repair. The insulation tests taken after completion of repairs gave the insulation of the three wires, numbers 1, 2, and 3, at 202, 262, and 439 megohms per knot respectively, showing a decided improvement in the insulation of the cable when compared with the tests prior to the rupture, the tests being for each respective wire 136, 245, and 309. The other two cables across Cook Strait are in good condition, judging from the respective insulation tests, as disclosed in Tables Nos. 25 and 26.

- The usual Telegraph charts will be found attached to the report, as well as Post Office maps of the North and South Islands, showing the several Post Offices and Mail routes.

Table No. SCHEDULE OE TABLES. 1. Number and amount of Money Orders issued and paid in New Zealand. 2. Number and amount of Money Orders issued in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Australian Colonies, and made payable in the respective countries. 3. Total number and amount of Money Order and Savings Bank transactions. 4. Eeturn of Post Office Savings Bank business since system established. 5. Balance-sheet of Post Office Account. 6. List of Securities held on. account of Savings Bank Fund. 7. 8, 9. Statements showing the times within which Mails delivered by the San Francisco and Galle-Brindisi Services. 10. Number and value of Postage Stamps, &c, printed. 11. Eeturn of Subsidized Mail Steam Services. 12. Number of Postal Officers employed. 13. Comparative return of Postal Eevenue and number of Letters, &c, dealt with. 14. Estimated number of Letters, &c, delivered and posted. 15. Number of Letters, &c, delivered by letter-carriers. 16. Eeturn of Correspondence received from the United Kingdom via San Francisco and via Brindisi. 17. Eeturn of Correspondence despatched to the United Kingdom via San Francisco and vid Brindisi. 18. Number of Letters, &c, received and despatched from and to places outside the Colony. 19. Total Eevenue and Expenditure return (including the estimated value of franked correspondence). 20. Telegraph Eevenue and Expenditure return, showing cost of maintaining each station. 21. Number of Telegrams forwarded to each 100 Letters posted. 22. Comparative Quarterly Eeturn (Telegraph) for Tears ended March, 1881 and 1882. 23. Annual Eeturn showing comparative progress of Telegraph system. 24. Eeturn of Cost of Maintenance of Lines. 25. 26. Insulation Tests, Cook Strait Cables. 27. Total Cost of Telegraph Lines, including Cables. 28. Number and value of Telegraph Money Orders issued 29. Value of Government and other free messages. 30. Debtor and Creditor statement (Telegraph).

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Table No. 1. Table showing the Number and Amount of Money Orders issued and of Money Orders made payable in New Zealand, Year by Year, since the Year 1865.

Money Orders Drawn on the Colony.

Table No. 2. Statement of the Money Orders issued in New Zealand on the United Kingdom and the Australian Colonies during the Years 1880 and 1881

Statement of the Money Orders issued in the United Kingdom and the Australian Colonies on New Zealand during the Years 1880 and 1881.

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ONE' RDERS SSUED IN THE 'OLONY. Where Payable. Total. Year. Commission Received. In the Colony. United Kingdom and Germany. Australian Colonies. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 187S 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 £ s. d1,463 18 6 1,761 14 o 1,815 19 6 1,863 1 6 1.932 3 o 2,367 3 6 2,608 3 6 3,068 17 6 3,562 3 2 4,393 2 3 4,95° '9 4 5,261 19 2 5,714 18 4 6,288 13 o 7,285 1 6 7,943 15 4 7,582 8 5 6,292 8,924 10,293 11,898 I4.305 16,821 20,514 28,156 34,288 40,968 48,611 55,748 64,000 70,531 8.3,479 97,275 99,523 29,742 15 1 42,823 4 7 49,496 13 o 54,342 18 6 63,897 1 10 73,344 11 9 88,546 9 7 120,125 14 8 142,642 4 10 171,683 6 1 i93,55i 13 9 212,089 1 6 233,804 15 10 250,861 6 o 297,290 13 8 320,260 19 11 321,635 3 3 7,756 9.238 9,242 9.241 9.263 9,624 10,407 10,619 ",913 '4,379 '6,949 17,331 18,369 21,169 24,461 27,587 25,376 £ s. d. 33,426 11 5 41,987 15 o 40,998 14 11 40,581 13 9 39.939 8 6 41.472 3 7 44,i97 18 3 44,535 9 9 48,547 11 4 57,821 2 6 66,332 14 9 66,977 4 2 69,670 11 10 80,681 15 8 91,665 4 o 104,149 5 10 90.229 5 3 3,188 4.548 4,938 4,7'5 4,859 5,4'9 5,37o 5,885 6,150 7>365 7,467 7,176 8,303 9,317 10,059 10,786 10,657 £ 8. d. 15,406 17 2 23,968 5 2 25,"5 5 1 23,286 11 5 23,381 14 7 25.637 12 7 24,653 5 9 26,347 17 7 28,068 s 5 33.659 19 2 33.597 2 3 31,202 o 3 31,498 o 1 36,7" '5 2 39,7i7 2 4 40,994 15 4 40,317 19 2 17,236 22,710 24,473 25.854 28,427 31,864 36,291 44,660 52,351 62,712 73,027 80,255 90,672 IOI,OI7 117,999 I35>648 135,556 £ s, d. 78,576 3 8 108,779 4 9 115,610 13 o 118,211 3 8 127,218 4 11 140,454 7 " 157,397 13 7 191,009 2 o 219,258 1 7 263,164 7 9 293,481 10 9 310,268 5 11 334,973 7 9 368,254 16 10 428,673 o o 465,405 1 1 452,182 7 8

Where Issued. Total. Year. the Colony. United Kingdom. Australian Colonies. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. 1865 i866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 6,218 8,886 io,353 11,903 14,250 16,798 20,514 27,983 34,288 4.0,968 48,611 55,748 64,000 7o,53i 83,479 97,275 99523 £ s. d. 29,282 13 10 42,768 10 9 49,93' '7 2 54,349 8 3 63,820 15 5 73,245 8 3 88,592 o 3 119,676 1 2 142,642 4 10 171,683 6 1 193,651 13 9 212,089 1 6 233.804 15 10 250,861 6 o 297,290 13 8 320,260 19 11 321,635 3 3 762 1,100 1,198 1,401 1,218 1,156 1,396 1,504 1,482 1,603 1,969 2,243 2,258 2,260 2,544 3,466 3,466 £ s. d. 3,568 15 10 5,021 14 9 5,649 2 10 6,502 3 o 5,630 18 8 5.523 4 4 6,217 11 5 7,078 8 6 6,625 14 5 7,284 10 7 9,262 9 7 10,202 13 6 9,744 8 8 9.833 '8 6 10,673 3 11 14,811 14 8 14,078 17 3 700 917 1,108 1,294 1,272 1,267 ',318 i,459 1,668 1,800 1.995 2,385 2,568 2,528 2,942 3,9i3 4,649 £ s. d. 3,712 1 5 4,753 3 10 5,57o 6 4 6,685 ' 3 6,382 4 3 6,055 6 11 5,914 '8 7 6,803 15 3 7,689 6 8 8,316 17 5 9,340 19 11 10,838 16 8 11,056 2 7 10,698 14 3 12,295 5 4 15,829 o 3 18,863 4 2 7,680 10,903 12,659 14,598 16,740 19,221 23,228 30,946 37,438 44,37i 52,575 60,376 68,826 75,319 88,965 104,654 107,638 £ s. d. 36,563 11 1 62,543 9 4 61,151 6 4 67,536 12 6 75.833 18 4 84,823 19 6 100,724 10 3 133,558 4 " 156,957 S " 187,284 14 1 212,155 3 3 233,130 ii 8 254,605 7 1 271,393 18 9 320,259 2 11 350,901 14 10 354,577 4 8

1880. 1881. Where Payable. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. £ s. d. £ s. d. 185 4 6 90,044 o 9 23,834 7 o 1,532 12 1 11,465 18 5 682 18 o 2,784 5 5 17 18 3 Germany United Kingdom Victoria South Australia ... New South Wales Queensland Tasmania Western Australia 27,587 6,506 500 2,936 169 667 8 104,149 s 10 24,718 13 8 1,936 9 6 io,595 5 6 587 10 9 3,130 2 5 26 13 6 7o 25,306 6,587 399 2,895 170 596 10 Totals 38,373 36,033 130,547 4 S ■45,144 i 2

1880. 1881. Where Issued. Number. Amount. Number, Amount. United Kingdom Victoria South Australia ... New South Wales Queensland Tasmania Western Australia Hongkong 3,466 1,569 251 i>535 180 368 7 3 £ s d. 14,811 14 8 5,905 S 4 927 13 o 6,304 19 6 845 1 3 1,763 1 2 58 o o 25 o o 3,466 1,636 273 2,071 231 424 14 £ s. d. 14,078 17 3 6,130 15 o 1,100 10 7 8,404 6 4 1,070 5 11 2,084 1 10 73 4 6 Totals 7,379 30,640 14 11 8,"5 32,942 i 5

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Table No. 3. Table showing the Number and Amount of Transactions at the several Money Order and Savings Bank Offices in the Colony of New Zealand during the Year 1881.

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Money Orders. Savings Bank. Office. Issued. Paid. £§"3 U Oh Deposits. Withdrawals. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. ¥ No. Amount. LUCKLAND Alexandra Aratapu Cambridge Dargaville Drury Hamilton Helensville Hokianga Huntly Kamo Kapanga Kawakawa Kihikihi Maketu Mangapai Mangawhare ... Mercer Mongonui Newton Ngaruawahia ... Ohaeawai Ohaupo Ohinemutu Onehunga Opotiki Otahuhu Pahi Pokeno Port Albert Pukekohe Raglan Russell Tauranga Te Awamutu ... Te Kopuru Waipu Waiuku Waiwera Wangarei Wangaroa Warkworth Waterford Ilenheim Haveleck Kaikoura Picton Ihiustchurch ... Akaroa Amberley Ashburton Cheviot Coalgate Dunsandel Duvauchelle Hurunui Kaiapoi Leeston Lyttelton Oxford Rakaia Rangiora Sheffield Southbridge Springfield Sydenham Waiau Waikari Woolston >UNEDIN Albany Street ... Alexandra South Arrow River ... Balclutha Blueskin 8,616 3°4 522 i,i54 568 168 1,093 189 370 160 5' 54i 724 202 23 159 55° 101 266 269 369 162 292 187 325 358 187 '56 42 181 202 334 483 1,123 401 33' 406 273 278 759 55° 368 95 1,985 599 334 631 10,139 393 356 1,724 100 £ s. d. 616 6 8 11 10 o 23 12 o 64 4 6 32 19 o 722 43 11 o 7 19 4 30 8 4 6 3 6 248 28 12 4 39 10 4 9 1 4 1 2 o 5 13 o 2170 3 7 4 11 3 o 17 1 4 15 3 10 8 5 o 10 10 2 11 12 4 21 6 8 16 8 o 9 o 10 7 18 2 196 6910 7 10 8 12 17 6 12 4 58 5 4 16 1 o 17 4 2 16 15 10 10 14 10 11 30 37 13 8 25 19 4 1402 368 103 3 o 28 6 o 21 19 10 26 o 6 73i 3 1° 18 2 10 1800 87 1 10 6 6 10 326 4 11 4 3 14 6 656 26 8 8 n 12 6 80 5 10 14 n o 22 9 o 34 13 10 10 11 10 iS 9 2 19 3 2 14 19 2 8 19 6 16 10 10 2 10 6 593 9 8 67 9 6 18 6 10 26 14 o 27 16 8 5 1 1° £ » d. 31,484 8 o 964 12 9 1,927 1 n 3,869 15 1 2,140 15 n 500 6 8 2,901 19 n 622 18 9 i,746 1 3 426 8 4 164 14 3 1,640 6 1 2,546 19 2 534 9 o 62 8 o 658 19 n 3,028 7 2 312 10 8 808 19 6 650 17 1 1,091 8 1 464 10 o 914 17 10 575 17 11 1,488 13 2 906 8 3 502 5 4 497 12 2 117 7 1 547 12 1 602 19 2 1,894 10 9 1,379 5 n 3,672 12 4 1,017 12 8 1,452 18 10 1,564 2 2 906 10 8 745 12 o 2,527 1 o 2,564 18 9 i,477 1 8 181 19 4 7,io7 14 5 2,640 8 9 1,307 5 8 2,064 6 6 35,724 14 7 1,187 8 5 1,000 3 9 5,304 5 1 346 14 o 238 16 9 213 2 1 213 6 3 449 S 1 1,428 19 8 546 19 6 4.395 15 3 983 4 5 i,439 13 6 1,836 6 9 703 8 7 969 13 4 1,358 12 9 648 7 7 725 16 4 1,102 16 5 171 14 9 31,043 1 8 3,256 4 4 1,216 o 4 1,820 5 7 i,9i 8 15 3 278 17 9 15,628 163 49 426 85 152 617 76 88 91 15 357 144 7i 5 28 21 4> 100 361 239 63 54 107 504 136 212 85 4i 77 "3 48 152 450 111 126 108 £ s. d. 53,873 14 10 505 10 11 225 8 4 1,430 1 11 332 18 10 613 6 3 1,384 7 n 203 11 3 414 18 3 271 13 4 57 '° o 1,178 6 1 449 12 5 305 14 3 13 8 6 117 17 8 98 iS 2 118 17 8 509 4 9 1,213 4 5 621 12 4 261 o 2 175 I 8 521 3 2 2,040 18 o 565 18 10 762 13 i 418 19 8 146 16 1 3°8 9 1 462 16 9 185 o 6 526 2 1 1,580 4 11 367 15 1 990 s 6 5i4 8 7 379 5 4 177 o 3 1,132 16 8 411 16 n 628 o 4 108 15 2 2,897 19 11 722 16 7 510 7 1 1,461 1 5 28,547 9 9 560 10 4 560 10 o 1,804 14 3 50 6 4 53 12 2 137 5 1 42 6 1 96 3 10 1,147 S 8. 126 o 9 2,202 911' 443 16 io| 320 19 7 1,164 8 4 154 19 7 369 15 1 277 14 6 689 16 8 193 18 7 120 17 8 171 4 6 52,937 7 o i 1,464 15 2 306 15 8 5'4 16 3; 1,286 10 6! 283 19 6 1,282 II 74 104 88 23 127 14 26 41 11 86 88 17 6 5 53 i7 28 48 34 10 11 20 4° 41 43 12 9 14 18 6,682 54 393 5i8 380 '80 470 65 69 132 23 387 456 78 6 23 25' 108 106 311 170 25 63 60 238 135 310 29 37 34 101 £ s. d. 120,866 19 6 221 14 11 2,965 17 o 3,105 10 1 2,174 6 o 186 18 o 3,614 6 11 535 '5 o '. T 34 '3 2 182 3 o 7° 5 'o 1.473 17 2 3,786 10 8 151 6 o 106 18 o 177 4 o 1,227 9 o 197 o o 592 11 o 785 17 4 854 10 o 363 10 o 253 13 o 682 3 8 2,368 2 o 489 12 O i,439 17 o 411 I o 182 9 o 579 6 o 702 9 o 210 o o 1,725 2 10 5,831 11 6 680 11 9 715 13 o 1,765 6 o 562 16 o 499 6 o 4,085 10 11 20 438 8 o no 3 4 16,656 3 3 1,200 7 o 204 18 7 2,442 18 9 222,071 19 10 1,449 6 2 2,520 4 0 9,292 3 5 260 1 o 1,112 3 •5 28 6 2 43 4 i 9 5 3 23 3 2 I 4 2 I I 16 15 2 2 I 12 4 II 5 2 5,757 11 61 106 36 11 120 20 14 22 11 38 72 16 3 6 29 15 30 48 44 6 9 11 56 11 £ s. d. 98,581 12 I 146 7 1 943 10 1 1.394 o 5 320 o 7 106 16 3 i,837 17 1 "3 1 10 9108 301 16 7 127 17 4 686 16 6 1,229 '6 S 314 1 8 30 8 6 100 12 o 278 7 3 268 7 4 242 15 6 406 n 10 586 2 9 125 5 11 156 3 S 227 o 3 663 10 9 238 10 10 510 14 5 459 10 9 42 16 6 432 o 9 530 13 2 48 14 10 836 15 3 2,074 19 1 336 13 7 208 10 1 850 10 8 244 11 11 60 4 10 1,496 13 4 113 17 3 367 7 4 44 16 8 19 49 87 32 5° 31 36 12 84 36 28 6 236 28 34 45 3.281 69 5' 337 3 95 206 357 166 183 95 164 76 261 126 98 16 1,279 89 7i 240 18,255 343 209 1.23 1 13 5 8 i 14 23 4 3 5 3 2 33 3° 4 29 84 111 24 20 33 25 6 97 12 44 3°o "87 ■39 23 87. 176 131 420 9,525 200 171 593 19 11 27 16 21 3' 4 6 143 ■5 15 32 2,118 34 743 52 23 104 11,865 42 7i 340 n,542 7 3 1,067 8 o 293 IS 3 i,9S4 o 9 182,551 12 5 789 13 2 1,224 9 4 4,188 2 3 49 10 o 19 '5 105 4 92 56 88 120 459 201 1,17s 354 42: 604 238 336 390 261 175 315 48 8,634 1,062 37 23 8 132 92 47 644 134 i,336 2 5' 320 546 211 257 132 ',257 72 113 237 18,018 6,446 65 70 263 134 496 o 7 21 10 o 463 15 ° 4,128 8 8 i,495 3 9 11,988 1 8 2,076 14 8 2,574 4 o 7,259 10 9 7°4 17 5 907 7 o 1,172 7 o 4,326 16 o 1,769 2 O 832 18 O 694 19 O 168,009 ° 5 18,045 17 10 398 18 o 1,108 13 1 1,644 17 o 425 15 o "*6 14 7 10 164 27 407 57 83 i77 23 38 34 42 18 18 42 io,945 620 17 27 70 38 216 18 5 10 4 o 62 o o 2,702 4 9 279 17 6 4,955 18 8 933 11 4 954 13 3 3,620 14 3 458 19 1 346 IS 8 379 18 8 276 9 8 638 7 8 273 8 9 352 17 o 155,489 ii 7 7,027 2 n 192 6 o 672 n o 803 1 3 381 13 9 2 353 49 667 144 106 139 44 238 61 68 121 77 77 25 329 13 36 66 3,288 1,220 5° 10 112 339 42 "3 7i 221 37 35 5i 18,826 398 90 137 448 83 15 '5 47 3 '3 13 '5 2 5 15 2,099 '74 422 546 7,6 10 21 73 37 18 27 8 9°

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Table No. 3— continued. Table showing the Number and Amount of Transactions at the several Money Order and Savings Bank Offices in the Colony of New Zealand during the Year 1881— continued.

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Money Orders. Savings Bank. Office. Issued. Paid. > b'S £ 3 = Deposits. Withdrawals. No. Commission. 1 I I Amount. No. Amount, ." o C <5 <J a. No. Amount. J* No, Amount. Dunedin — contd. Caversham Clinton Clyde Cromwell ... Goodwood Green Island ... Hamilton's Hyde Kaitangata Lawrence Milton Mosgiel Naseby Ophir Outram Owake Palmerston Port Chalmers ... Roxburgh St. Bathans ... Tapanui Waihola Waikaia Waikouaiti Waitahuna 89 481 397 640 12 106 265 70 583 898 75° 211 582 384 284 160 667 987 559 317 955 128 448 461 184 1,099 2,271 736 179 1,067 ',3ii 803 356 27 3,ooo ' 364 £ »• d3 12 8 18 1 10 18 18 10 29 16 6 076 7 8 6 1060 246 22 16 6 37 4 10 31 8 2 115 4 26 2 4 15 11 6 13 o 4 7 10 4 31 19 10 68 13 2 24 9 8 1290 35 10 4 4 IS 4 16 15 10 17 5 8 7 7 10 72 9 10 131 7 6 34 11 0 890 74 o 2 75 12 8 40 17 o 17 19 8 1 o o 180 10 4 20 6 o £ s. d. 306 10 4 1,170 7 8 1,210 11 6 1,851 12 7 36 16 2 4i7 4 8 938 11 3 134 16 1 i,796 7 5 2,446 6 o 2,303 15 7 569 12 7 1,548 16 11 1.031 15 5 743 7 10 492 7 6 1,940 17 8 3.388 16 3 1,782 9 2 765 18 11 2,393 13 9 459 16 9 1,528 18 8 1,265 5 2 493 18 2 4,152 13 8 7,88o 8 s 4,033 o 8 672 15 10 3,973 o 11 4,186 18 6 2,363 o 8 1.044 8 7 58 17 4 1 o, 18 7 1 1 1,724 10 o 7 4 o 243 4 10 813 17 4 2,670 1 6 378 2 2 1,269 14 1 667 7 7 2,076 4 7 3,170 7 8 85 7 3 999 i4 3 485 9 5 778 0 4 11,260 11 5 992 5 5 883 15 8 401 6 9 625 5 9 967 18 4 679 1 2 984 s o 1,611 19 6 1.045 11 11 664 s 1 8,288 4 1 46 2 3 43 7 7 1,672 19 2 1,787 17 o 383 11 8 241 17 1 701 15 9 435 6 1 6,914 15 3 571 16 1 986 16 6 1,868 18 8 10,275 17 2 1,053 '3 7 149 94 175 142 1 7i 22 6 86 584 43' "5 283 45 94 35 37o 922 96 46 219 49 68 178 66 £ s. d. 437 '3 8 262 15 1 479 8 10 486 4 3 3 o b 235 16 3 104 15 o 28 1 o 35o 6 8 1,887 9 8 1,506 6 8 443 o 1 1,034 1 9 162 15 6 354 11 2 161 19 10 1,209 o 3 3,183 o 9 411 06 169 9 2 691 18 7 182 19 6 184 12 5 7io 5 7 224 2 4 1,392 7 5 5,565 2 2 430 11 1 4i 13 8 1.859 5 2 4.472 9 7 1,242 17 9 380 8 10 17 20 8,720 12 7 572 14 7 122 Si '3 68 '"69 io "*88 "3 n6 57 21 2 501 210 103 254 289 37 413 620 511 297 93 19 162 £ s. d. 792 14 o 535 6 6 269 3 6 972 3 10 500 1,615 15 o 973 7 o 975 10 9 5,256 7 6 5,477 9 o 783 8 o 770 14 1 200 16 o 34S 6 2 183 IS o 1,760 4 10 7,5'° 13 o 1,025 6 o 764 18 1 865 15 o 510 1 o 332 12 o 1,569 o o 618 10 o 3,972 19 5 22,224 14 1 1,076 15 o 7l6 2 O 4,218 18 7 5,900 18 4 4,662 1 3 886 15 0 210 15 o 28,505 8 1 469 17 o 040 73 o o 1,021 18 11 2,131 2 4 13 10 6 8 12 3 24 29 35 4 6 1 12 25 22 20 20 40 25 49 107 124 15 23 15 21 £ s. d. 252 12 4 243 15 i° 254 18 11 402 4 9 763 4 4 329 5 3 544 iS 4 2,918 14 6 2,029 18 8 170 2 1 275 16 2 183 IS 8 113 '5 4 90 2 10 i,35o 14 3 4,367 14 10 509 15 2 202 6 10 416 3 1 242 11 3 87 4 7 855 iS o 269 o 2 2,677 6 7 15,492 18 9 426 6 11 100 17 3 3,53i 2 1 6,530 7 1 2,978 10 11 684 o 6 14 4 3 22,983 10 1 157 11 9 34 i 54 492 24 8 66 15 269 2,678 93 34 306 86 56 183 191 512 i,344 93 189 348 855 393 233 18 2,092 113 4 16 98 302 16 in 3 7 20 6 5 Si 422 25 16 37 15 9 3' 20 181 849 23 9 99 392 233 3' JlSBORNE JREYMOUTH Ahaura Nelson Creek ... Reef ton 402 i,5i7 99 667 i,358 33' 123 4 2,708 182 3° 12 36 41 123 251 16 34 86 186 2 7 10 45 189 5 4 49 108 -Iokitika Kumara Ross ... Stafford Invercargill Campbelltown ... Dipton Edendale Elbow Gore ... Kingston Mataura Otautau Queenstown Riverton Thornbury Winton Woodlands Wyndham Napier Hastings Kopua Mohaka Porangahau Port Ahuriri Takapau Taupo Waipawa Waipukurau ... Wairoa Kelson Belgrove Brightwater Collingwood Motueka Port Richmond Takaka Wakefield *Iew Plymouth ... Inglewood Opunake Waitara 4 68 250 1,016 9 1 474 i73 697 829 36 400 142 295 3,025 275 243 99 146 280 245 260 020 3 6 10 11 8 8 38 12 6 3 11 4 17 14 10 702 38 o o 37 1 o 1 4 10 16 3 6 646 I2l6 2 206 4 8 19 6 3 11 7 8 S o o 8 1 10 1620 14 89 287 16 146 29 256 3M 9 128 41 80 2,158 93 47 8 29 136 29 1.6 335 80 171 4,022 40 1 o 399 8 8 973 4 11 74 5 1 484 5 o i37 'S 9 767 11 6 924 10 o 36 14 1 482 11 3 151 19 4 297 16 10 6,864 19 7 289 17 9 166 19 6 38 12 6 I" 15 6 555 7 4 15.5 4 6 880 2 4 890 8 3 237 13 8 546 13 7 16,190 12 1 3° 8 o 28 14 2 3°9 8 6 1,098 o 2 68 17 6 489 6 10 86 17 8 295 5 8 5,091 8 3 339 18 5 521 6 4 299 12 11 4,990 12 3 218 11 o 95 64 8 487 24 2 14 92 '"83 8 32 194 '"26 18 24 535 17 20 "382 12 135 87, 9' 70 73 3,i8o 95 83 35 47 149 19 12 779 8 6 364 6 3 2,063 14 o 4,442 5 6 i.i77 9 S 245 o 10 626 310 30,877 12 10 558 7 o 93' ' o 178 18 o 739 13 3 7'5 6 9 187 1 9 34i 13 o 1,496 16 7 1,678 o 4 487 18 o 30,048 18 4 600 12 11 o 540 2 o 3.63' o 7 688 14 9 1,692 13 o 294 5 o i,97S i o 28,669 15 9 1,070 14 7 745 10 o 5,io8 '7 5 20,279 3 7 861 17 2 43 n 3 388 5 30 n 1 4 31 9 3 6 456 4 5 4 '.637 16 3 25 72 1 3° 3 25 97 4 30 6 24 1,826 16 19 2 76 o 10 699 8 10 i,63S o 7 500 372 13 io 24 1 1 918 13 6 1,623 19 1 42 2 7 353 '7 'I 77 5 1 463 8 9 28,570 o 9 3°8 3 2 603 11 8 iS 1 o 14 10 4 349 9 4 102 2 3 3'3 8 1 1,064 1 5 876 6 10 309 11 8 23,145 10 2 4 15 19 6 5 4' 6 452 285 225 2,387 12 9 3 4 '9 15 4 24 19 6 20 18 8 11 12 o 5 68 207 205 99 3,476 1 7 3 17 10 6 186 5 68 38 29 1,425 47 26 680 12 415 45 2 113 84 185 119 2,096 165 2 73 450 3,132 263 130 9 10 o 16 2 012 6 i? '3 4 20 10 2 7 9 10 3 14 6 7 16 6 5 7 6 114 11 io| 9 4 6| 15 11 4* 32 6 2 168 8 2 11 19 2 4 10 85 283 30 110 25 67 i,378 9i 180 87 i.SM 61 2 34 97 58 49 10 11 9' 339 37° 252 23 230 2,013 94 140 328 2,073 101 1 8 6 2 2 30 60 31 16 5 7 1,408 25 20 55 1,34' '4 536 13 o 1,285 14 10 279 6 8 593 1 S 76 3 9 198 18 o 25,842 12 1 439 2 9 259 3 7 1,199 9 9 18,503 12 3 222 s 4* 39 407 23 3i 108 5'6 31 316 10 3 11 417 4 3AMARU Duntroon

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Table No. 3 — continued. Table showing the Number and Amount of Transactions at the several Money Order and Savings Bank Offices in the Colony of New Zealand during the Year 1881— continued.

Money Orders. Saving; Bank. Office. Issued. Paid. r, = a Deposits. Ii O O Withdrawals. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. zSg, No. Amount. No. Amount. Oamaru— contd. Hampden Herbert Kakanui Thames Timaru Geraldine St. Andrew Temuka Waimate Wanganui Bull's Hawera Manutahi Marton Normanby Patea Turakina Waitotara Waverley Wellington Carterton Castlepoint Chatham Islands Featherston Feilding Foxton Greytowm Halcombe Hutt Kaitoke Masterton Otaki Palmerston North Sanson Te Nui Upper Hutt Woodville Westport Charleston Longford Lyell 240 200 196 1,709 3.368 508 7 601 1,137 3,051 494 1,165 90 607 442 955 241 155 294 11,362 463 98 55 346 923 5i7 490 286 255 73 1,192 357 1,049 214 217 210 363 875 393 176 807 I355S6 £ =■ d. 8 18 10 7 4 6 870 95 9 6 214 15 4 26 7 8 046 29 o 8 50 1 8 168 10 8 24 14 o 58 9 2 5 S o 25 7 8 20 7 4 55 3 2 12 11 8 766 14 10 8 610 o 4 20 7 2 5 3 0 2 12 6 15 14 8 41 9 8 27 9 o 21 16 o £ ft d. 704 4 3 640 O 2 773 10 7 5,8i5 9 6 11,897 13 9 1,482 16 6 16 8 3 1,770 17 8 3,106 6 9 10,046 7 6 1,480 7 7 3,640 1 3 34i 3 10 1,567 11 8 1,577 ii 10 3,278 17 7 830 15 3 596 8 4 864 1 10 30,464 S 2 1,376 19 4 343 13 4 239 7 10 917 7 10 2,886 3 8 1,428 9 8 1,412 o 4 672 8 10 1,124 5 6 '94 9 7 3,54i 12 o 1.577 IS 6 2,755 4 o 469 1 7 878 12 7 804 14 11 1,113 ' 7 3,140 15 o 1,289 o 7 887 s 4 4,613 17 1 452,182 7 8 .46 48 38 1,272 i,847 "5 1 229 339 2,799 180 392 16 481 106 521 101 36 144 13,494 205 £ ft d. 446 7 11 196 2 5 168 18 3 4.365 11 6 5,588 2 10 420 6 6 400 706 13 6 i,i74 5 7 8,346 13 7 624 16 7 1,303 14 8 32 11 o 1,247 4 4 403 16 6 1,758 10 7 302 4 1 128 13 10 53i 14 1 46,768 12 3 61S 13 3 68 13 o 9 14 6 468 9 9 1,479 S 4 937 15 3 9'4 14 3 455 12 o 542 3 5 7100 2,416 15 3 394 8 2 2,054 13 2 495 17 9 57 1 7 278 17 6 628 18 8 2,242 16 2 327 9 ' 73 15 4 457 5 3 21 15 26 580 650 43 7 79 100 649 37 "9 25 106 44 95 5° 8 11 1,824 121 6 74 44 117 2,874 2,916 195 I? 246 441 3,140 "7 482 100 422 136 361 259 21 60 12,731 506 22 £ s. d. 1,010 19 o 2'5 7 5 450 13 9 24,692 19 9 29,372 9 8 1,712 14 s 54 2 o 3,886 13 7 3,200 18 1 26,341 15 1 775 3 11 9,849 19 11 290 1 4 2,361 2 2 2,651 1 10 5,164 5 8 886 8 6 393 16 o 631 5 1 126,139 8 3 2,099 13 4 329 7 o 7 2 225 521 30 34 45 366 12 46 9 22 22 47 7 2 2 1,552 3° 1 28 17 9 i,476 1,725 66 102 152 i,759 44 183 20 83 46 134 3' 4 21 8,332 86 £ s. d. 275 IS 6 180 4 o 140 14 4 20,424 11 6 25,927 3 2 749 7 10 2,970 13 4 1,303 18 s 24,680 12 4 201 17 3 5,318 2 10 139 4 1 1,174 16 10 1,657 14 6 3,924 2 10 380 7 o 29 o 2 475 18 3 105,515 iS 4 1,080 15 8 7 11 3 •4 1 9 12 10 14 10 o 248 54 14 6 19 o 6 45 17 6 824 11 8 8 842 13 6 8 51 14 2 2228 15 18 4 54 i9 2 7.582 8 5 2 173 43i 284 324 126 183 34 739 101 694 108 16 79 143 54' 114 15 101 28 150 28 155 37 58 4 123 50 62 43 35 22 117 699 165 709 106 325 29 495 279 249 '93 124 67 202 852 17 o 1,825 9 7 1,in 16 9 2,786 14 o 313 6 8 3,644 13 6 226 7 o 5,iS2 8 11 656 3 o 3,470 o 6 650 1 7j 458 2 o 564 15 °| 5S9 11 °; 8,47i 17 7 1,486 5 n 27 33 27 33 7 17 1 55 92 80 102 27 68 4 Hi 48 113 28 663' 8 1 1,098 16 1 866 13 o 1,170 16 7 S18 iS 9 770 14 10 37 S 1 2,754 16 6 625 11 o 1,862 16 3 412 9 10 263 14 S 255 2 1 349 16 o 4,950 1 11 895 8 11 70 o o 953 14 10 49 11 3' 11 7 13 6 88 12 23 28 So 185 3° 777 162 25 266 39 3 33 ... 11 35 112 1,409 iS 9 Totals ... 107406 353,330 16 11 25,059! '25855 1189012 2 7 12718 60,137 902,195 I 8

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Table No. 4. Statement of the Business of the Post Office Savings Banks in New Zealand, Year by Year, from the Date of their Establishment to the 31st December, 1881.

Postal Districts. Number of Post Office Savings Banks Open at the Close of the Year. Number of Deposits received during the Year. Total Amount of Deposits received during the Year. Average Amount of j each Deposit received during the Year. Number of Withdrawals during the Year. Total Amount of Withdrawals during the Year. Average Amount of each Withdrawal during the Year. Excess of Deposits over Withdrawals during the Year. Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits during the Year. Cost of Management during the Year. Average Cost of each Transaction, Deposit, or Withdrawal. Interest for the Year. Number of Accounts Opened during the Year. Number of Accounts Closed during the Year. Number of Accounts remaining Open at Close of the Year. Total Amount . ,. . a. Amount standing to he standing t0 Credit ot all he a f open Accounts, h inclusive of A[Mm ' t at Interest to the rifi f Close of the Yea,. <£*>£ Auckland Blenheim Christchurch . ... "Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth ... ... Hokitika ... ... Invercargill ... Napier... ... ... Nelson... ... New Plymouth ,,, ... Oamaru ... ... Thames ... ... Timaru ... ... Wanganui Wellington Westport ... 44 4 21 29 1 S 4 11 13,637 1,679 25,832 32,417 712 1,974 i,499 4,259 4,2i3 4,793 2,575 2,409 2,874 3,8iS 5.098 17,018 1,051 £ ft d. 169,139 6 7 20,504 7 7 276,505 9 11 223,746 17 7 6,756 o 8 28,236 9 8 11,660 9 7 41,899 18 8 38,787 6 8 38,889 S 8 35,594 '7 9 22,818 o 11 24,692 19 9 38,226 17 9 49,344 '9 6 150,840 15 1 11,367 '9 3 £ s. d. 12 8 1 12 4 3 10 14 1 6 18 o 9 9 9 14 6 2 7 15 7 9 16 9 940 823 13 16 6 9 9 10 8 11 10 10 o 5 9 13 7 8 17 3 10 16 4 7,062 922 13,483 12,854 189 980 660 i>973 2,083 i,574 1,508 1,409 1,476 2,045 2,325 9,253 34i £ s. d. "8,133 4 8 14,857 11 3 205,266 5 10 181,440 13 8 2,482 1 o I9-5SI S o 10,207 2 9 29,434 14 S 33,162 1 11 26,115 7 i° 27,740 8 2 19,322 11 S 20,424 11 6 30,951 2 9 37,981 16 1 118,254 17 9 6,869 5 8 £ s. d. 16 14 6 16 2 3 iS 4 6 14 2 3 13 2 8 19 19 o 15 9 6 14 18 4 15 18 6 16 11 10 18 7 IO 13 14 3 13 16 8 15 2 8 16 6 8 12 15 7 20 2 11 £ ft d. 51,006 1 11 s,6 4 6 16 4 71.239 4 1 42,306 3 11 4,273 19 8 8,685 4 8 1,453 6 10 12,465 4 3 5,625 4 9 12,773 17 I0 7,854 9 7 3,495 9 6 4,268 8 3 7,275 '5 o ",363 3 S 32,585 17 4 4,498 13 7 £ s. d. ... ... ... ... ... £ ... ... ... ... ... ] s. d. ... ... ... ... £ s. d. 5,567 3 3 881 16 8 9,388 10 o 8,086 18 10 9i o 4 i,i73 3 11 656 5 6 1,487 10 5 1,500 4 11 1,637 13 9 i.iii 4 7 807 7 9 1,290 16 9 i,i99 5 10 1,425 19 10 S,46o 19 2 438 17 6 2,871 343 S,I°3 6,177 246 387 353 1,004 779 969 569 609 580 879 1,144 2,796 250 1,456 205 2,580 2,672 49 247 '6S 49i 521 2°5 34o 43o 225 630 535 1,856 in 6,423 949 10,789 197 1,189 772 1,813 1.753 2,023 1,126 879 1,522 i,339 1,784 6,658 S37 £ ft d. £ s . d. 171,485 1 1 26 14 o 25,297 6 7 26 13 o 275026 4 5 24 8 8 228,937 15 o 21 4 5 4,36S O O 22 3 2 33,816 13 8 28 8 10 17,653 14 5 22 17 4 46,042 15 0 25 7 11 41,241 o 4 23 10 6 48,081 12 o 23 15 4 33,428 9 11 29 13 9 22,991 13 2 26 3 2 35,054 14 10 23 o 8 33,314 9 7 24 17 7 42,661 5 o 23 18 3 159,856 4 3 24 o 2 13,533 17 6 25 4 1 1,232,787 16 9 24 3 4 903,765 16 10 23 7 6 787,005 19 o 22 12 II 819,071 8 2, 25 9 9 767,375 17 8, 26 13 7 723,910 17 5 27 14 4 727,295 7 8 1 29 17 9 770,836 18 o ! 35 9 o 664,807 5 10 38 16 1 490,066 7 o 36 2 5 357,654 14 6 33 18 1 295,372 1 7! 35 10 3 231,311 5 3 36 15 S 163,518 15 7| 38 9 1 ... ... ... 9 4 5 1 s 10 18 4 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Totals for Colony in 1881... 1880... „ „ i879-" 1878... 1877- „ ,. 1876... » „ i87S3) ,1 1874... ,» t, l8731872... „ „ 187O... „ „ 1869... „ 1868... Totals for Colony from ist Feb. to 3 1 st Dec. 1867 ... 190 178 16.5 147 138 124 "9 103 97 92 81 1° 59 55 125.855 81,660 71.865 69,908 60,953 57,295 56,129 52,627 39,223 31,681 24,642 20,489 17.133 13.014 j 1,189,012 2 7 864,441 18 10 812,399 11 11 762,084 12 o 681,294 13 2 664,134 12 6 657,653 4 o 699,249 14 3 580,542 S 5 430,877 o o 312,338 18 4 264,328 5 7 240,898 s 9 194,535 11 6 9 8 11 10 11 9 11 6 1 10 18 o 11 3 6 11 11 9 11 14 4 13 5 8 14 16 2 13 12 o 12 13 6 12 18 o 14 1 2 14 18 11 60,137 57,446 54,698 42,746 39,363 39,486 36,977 29,778 21,268 17,254 14,773 11.934 9,292 6,365 902,195 1 8 780,504 13 4 876,180 19 3 742,053 14 3 667,023 7 5 696,281 7 4 729,759 17 9 620,155 8 9 425,908 3 5 313,176 7 11 261,347 16 3 209,509 13 2 180,518 4 1 107,094 17 3 15 o 1 13 11 8 16 0 4 17 7 2 16 18 IO 17 12 8 19 14 8 20 16 5 20 o 5 18 3 o 17 13 9 17 11 1 19 8 7 16 16 6 286,817 o 11 83,937 5 6 20,030 17 9 14,271 5 9 79,o94 5 6 154,634 2 o 117,700 12 1 50,991 2 1 54,818 12 5 60,380 1 8 87,440 14 3 ... 63,781 7 4 32,146 14 IOj 72,106 13 9, 3,500 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,250 1,800 1,556 1,351 1,264 1,186 789 o 4§§ ° 6;% o 5* o 5* o 6 o 6i o 6| o 6f o 7* o 7t 7 t o 8f o 9t 5 i o 1 o+i! o 9142,204 19 o 32,822 12 4 3i,7i5 18 2 31,664 12 9 29,193 14 6 28,762 4 7 28,565 3 5 26,935 6 8 20,106 16 10 14,711 o s 11,291 10 IO 9,242 3 1 1 7,412 8 o 4,880 7 3 25,059 16,137 15.401 13.005 ",23s 11,273 10.^46 7,382 6,205 4.6'S 4,304 3839 3,282 12,718 12,217 12,786 9,634 9.472 8,681 5.736 3,8.6 3,188 2,383 2,277 1,801 1,186 51,008 38,667 34,747 32,132 28,761 26, 117 24,334 21,742 17,'32 13,566 io,549 8,3 > 7 6,290 4.252 I 46 6,977 96,372 7 10 13 16 3 1,919 26,415 18 9 13 IS 3 69,956 9 1 822 I I oil1,241 5 o 2,520 364 2,156 71,197 14 1 33 o 5

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Table No. 5. Balance-sheet of New Zealand Post Office Account for the Year ended the 31st December, 1881.

Table No. 6. Securities, &c., standing in the Name of the Postmaster-General, on Account of the Post Office Savings Bank Fund, on the 31st December, 1881.

lances on ist [anuary, ii II. 'ransactions. lances on 31st leceml ler, 1 11. Cr. Dr. Cr. Dr. Cr. Dr. Honey Obdeb Accounts ; — Money orders ... Commission United Kingdom Victoria South Australia ... New South Wales Queensland Tasmania Western Australia £ s. d. 9,908 1 3 3i,77i 6 6 826 15 8 211 15 9 £ s. d. 807 13 7 131 11 3 156 11 1 £ s. d. 485,124 9 ■ 1,771 1 2 91,147 16 o 24,033 2 6 i,545 3 7 ii,558 4 5 1,238 3 o 2,803 16 11 93 3 3 £ s. d. 484,339 10 o 1.232 17 5 100,382 16 11 23,681 5 o 1,709 4 1 13,069 3 10 1,077 16 5 3,298 7 4 73 15 o £ s. d. 10,693 o 4 22,536 s 7 1,178 13 2 47 15 3 £ s. d. 269 9 10 1,642 10 8 115 10 6 3 15 6 52 10 o 378 19 11 33 1 9 Uyings Bank Accounts : — Deposits and withdrawals Transfers 903,765 16 10 271 2 11 1,231,217 1 7 58,900 4 7 902,195 1 8 58,829 19 5 1,232,787 16 9 34i 8 1 Pelegxraph Accounts : — Eeceipts New South Wales New Zealand and Australian Cable 99,661 10 5 15,608 9 9 7,8o6 3 4 97,566 12 3 15,407 16 9 7,675 18 1 2,094 18 2 200 13 o 130 5 3 Jevenue Accounts : — Postage-stamps Postal Guides ... Private-box and bag rents Miscellaneous revenue Postal revenue —total 37,6i4 3 5 o 12 o 124,527 15 10 355 18 o 3,404 8 6 4,237 16 4 156,606 14 9 121,078 8 8 356 6 6 3,404 8 6 4,237 16 4 154,024 12 9 41,063 10 7 036 718 19 10 3,301 1 10 3-eneeal Accounts : — Post Office Account Postmasters and Telegraphists Investments Accrued interest on investments ... Advances to Treasury for payment of foreign money orders Commission on postage stamps Gratuities for carriage of mails Miscellaneous expenses ... License fees Property-tax Profit and loss ... 57,836 19 3 52,106 18 11 837.617 o 5 6,666 6 9 31,883 11 1 87 9 9 103 18 7 "7 17 3 759.512 3 5 i,997.i74 4 11 8,893 6 6 6,669 6 9 30,787 7 7 1,114 11 7 3,i45 18 2 1.470 13 7 1,010 17 6 41,266 6 5 56,457 2 6 797,642 15 3 2,006,461 9 11 300,000 o o 6,699 010 22,000 o 0 I,IOI I 10 3,176 8 8 1,410 15 7 1,009 17 6 41,266 6 5 54,73o 9 o 95,967 11 1 6i,394 3 11 1,128,723 13 11 6,699 o i° 23,096 3 6 74 o o 134 9 1 57 19 3 500 600 2,359 3 3 987,568 7 11 4,085 16 9 Total 68 ',3'8,. 1,318 11 11 5,22' 1,140 I II ,22' 1,1 ;o 1 11 3

Description of Securities, &c. Nominal Value. Value at Cost Price. Interest and Dividends accrued, but not received, at End of the Year. Consolidated Loan, 4 per cents. Westland s per cents. Immigration and Public Works, 1870, 4 per cents. ,, ,, 4i per cents. Waimakariri River Bonds, 6 per cents.... General Purposes Loan, 5 per cents. ,, ,, 4 per cents. Defence Loan, 4 per cents. ... „ 4I per cents. ... ... ... — Oamaru Harbour Mortgages, 54 per cents. Patea Mortgages, 6 per cents. North Otago, 5 per cents. Treasury Bills, 33 d per cent, per diem, Extended Currency Act, 1876 „ „ „ Act, 1879... „ '880 Deficiency Bills, 5 per cents. ... New Zealand 10-40 Loan, 5 per cents.... North Rakaia River Bonds, 6 per cents. £ 8. d. 13,000 o o 50,000 o o 173,200 o o 14,900 0 o 4,500 o o 142,600 o o 5,200 o o 75,000 o o 5,000 o o 34,000 o o 112 8 7 8,900 o o 45,000 o o 165,600 o o 159,200 o o 175,700 o o 44,000 o o 6,000 o o 2,000 o o 10,000 o o 5,000 o o £ 8. d. 12,480 o o 50,800 o o 166,272 o o 14,527 10 o 4,500 o o 142,600 o o 4,342 o o 72,000 o o 5,000 o o 34,000 o o 112 8 7 8,900 o o 45,000 o o 165,600 o o 159,200 o o 175,700 o o 44,689 15 4 6,000 o o 2,000 o o 10,000 o o 5,000 o o £ s. d. i°9 13 11 527 7 11 1,461 10 4 141 8 11 44 7 8 898 11 s 43 17 7 632 17 6 783 17 3 90 8 2 386 o 4 „ ,, „ ••* "■ ... Patea Harbour Debentures, 7 per cents. Oamaru Town Corporation Debentures, 7 per cents. Post Office Account... 729 6 4 i5 15 7 29 18 5 101 12 8 132 6 6 57° o 4 Total ... ... .,. .., , .... 1,138,912 8 7 1,128,723 13 11 6,699 ° 1°

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Table No. 7.-SAN FRANCISCO MAIL SERVICE. Statement showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between London and the under-mentioned Places by the San Francisco Mail Service. OUTWARD VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

HOMEWARD VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

Auckland. Wellington. Dunedin. Sydney. Melbourne. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Auckland. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Wellington. 1881. April 7 May 6 June 1 June 29 July 26 August 26 September 19 October 18 November 14 December 16 1882. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London, Date of Arrival in Dunedin. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Sydney. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Melbourne. No. of Days. I 1881. February 24 March 24 April 2 1 May 19 June 16 July 14 August 11 September 8 October 6 November 3 1881. April 4 May 3 May 29 June 26 July 25 August 24 September 18 October 16 November 12 December 14 1882. 39 40 38 38 39 4i 38 38 37 41 1881. February 24 March 24 April 21 May 19 June 16 July 14 August 11 September 8 October 6 November 3 42 43 41 4 1 40 43 39 40 39 43 1881. February 24 March 24 April 2 1 May 19 June 16 July 14 August 11 September 8 October 6 November 3 l88l. April 9 May 7 June 2 June 30 July '28 August 27 September 21 October 20 November 16 December 17 1882. 44 44 42 42 42 44 4i 42 4i 44 1881. February 24 March 24 April 2 1 May 19 June 16 July 14 August 1 1 September 8 October 6 November 3 1881. April 9 May 8 June 3 July 1 July 30 August 29 September 22 October 2 1 November 16 December 19 1882. 44 45 43 43 44 46 42 43 4i 46 1881. February 24 March 24 April 2 1 May 19 J une 16 July 14 August 11 September 8 October 6 November 3 1881. April 1 1 May 10 June 6 July 3 August 1 August 30 September 25 October 24 November 18 December 21 1882. January 18 February 13 46 47 46 45 46 47 45 46 43 48 December 1 December 29 1882. January 26 February 23 January 1 1 February 6 41 39 December 1 Deeember 29 1882. January 26 February 23 January 13 February 9 43 42 December 1 December 29 1882. January 26 February 23 January 14 February 10 44 43 December 1 December 29 1882. January 26 February 23 ' January 16 February 1 1 46 44 December 1 December 29 1882. January 26 February 23 48 46 March 9 April 4 42 40 March 12 : April 5j 45 41 March 13 April 6 46 42 March 14 I April 9 ' 47 45 March 16 April 1 1 49 ' 47 Maximum Minimum Average 42 37 39'36 45 39 4i'57 46 41 42'93 47 I 41 I 49 43

ELBOURNE. Sydney. DuNEDIN. ELLINGTON. Auckland. Date of Despatch from Melbourne. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Sydney. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from j Dunedin. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Wellington. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Auckland. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. I ■ 1 1880. December 28 1881. January 25 February 23 March 22 April 19 May 17 June 14 July 12 August 9 September 6 October 4 November 2 1881. February 20 March 14 April 23 May 7 June 5 July 2 July 31 August 26 September 23 October 21 November 18 December 17 1882. January 14 54 48 46 47 46 47 45 45 45 45 45 1880. December 30 1881. January 27 February 24 March 24 April 2 1 May 19 June 16 July 14 August 1 1 September 8 October 6 November 3 1881. February 20 March 14 April 23 May 7 June 5 July 2 July 31 August 26 September 23 October 2 1 November 18 December 17 1882. 52 46 58 44 45 44 45 43 43 43 43 44 . 1880. December 31 1881. January 29 February 26 March 26 April 23 May 21 June 18 July 16 August 13 September 1 o October 8 November 5 1881. February 20 March 14 April 23 May 7 June 5 July 2 July 31 August 26 September 23 October 2 1 November 18 December 17 1882. 51 44 56 42 43 42 43 4i 4i 4i 42 1881. January 2 January 30 February 27 March 27 April 24 May 22 June 19 July 17 August 14 September 11 October 9 November 6 1881. February 20 March 14 April 23 May 7 June 5 July 2 July 31 August 26 September 23 October 2 1 November 18 December 17 1882. 49 43 55 41 42 41 42 40 40 40 40 41 1881. January 4 February 2 March 1 March 29 April 26 May 24 June 22 July 19 August 16 September 13 October 1 1 November 8 1881. February 20 March 14 April 23 May 7 June 5 July 2 July 31 August 26 September 23 October 2 1 November 18 December 17 1882. 47 40 53 39 40 39 39 38 38 3S 38 39 November 30 45 December 1 January 14 44 December 3 January 14 42 December 4 1882. January 1 January 14 41 December 6 1882. January 3 January 14 39 December 28 I February 12 I 46 ' December 29 February 12 45 December 31 I I February 12 I 43 February 12 42 February 12 1 40 Maximum Minimum Average 59 45 47-36 43 S-6. 56 4i 43"7' 55 40 264 53 38 4Q' 5

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Table No. 8.-GALLE AND BRINDISI MAIL SERVICE. Statement showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between London and the under-mentioned Places by the Mail Service viâ Galle and Brindisi.

Melbourne. Sydney. Bluff. Dunedin. Wellington. Auckland. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Melbourne. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Sydney. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London, Date of Arrival at Bluff. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Dunedin. No.. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Wellington. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Auckland. No. of Days. 1 I 40 38 38 38 39 40 38 39 37 39 38 38 38 39 38 37 37 36 38 37 36 1881. 1881. March 1 1 March 23 April 6 April 20 May 5 May 20 June 1 June 16 June 28 July 14 July 27 August 10 August 24 Sept. 8 Sept. 21 October 4 October 18 Nov. 1 Nov. 16 Nov. 29 Dec. 13 1881. 1881. March 20 March 28 April 10 April 25 May 10 May 30 June 6 June 20 July 4 July 17 August 1 August 16 August 29 Sept. 13 Sept. 27 October 10 October 25 Nov. 4 Nov. 2 1 Dec. 5 Dec. 19 1882. 51 45 44 45 46 52 45 45 45 44 45 46 45 46 46 45 46 42 45 45 45 1881. 1881. March 2 1 March 29 April 1 1 April 26 May 10 May 30 June 6 June 20 Jily 4 July 18 August 1 August 16 August 29 Sept. 13 Sept. 27 October 10 October 26 Nov. 4 Nov. 22 Dec. 5 Dec. 20 1882. 52 46 45 46 46 52 45 45 45 45 45 46 45 46 46 45 47 42 46 45 46 1881. l88l. March 25 April 2 April 14 April 29 May 14 June 1 June 1 1 June 23 July 6 July 20 August 4 August 19 Sept. 2 Sept. 16 Sept. 30 October 12 October 28 Nov. 6 Nov. 23 Dec. 9 Dec. 23 1882. 56 So 48 49 50 54 50 48 47 47 48 49 49 49 49 47 49 44 47 49 49 1881. 1881. March 29 April 7 April 18 May 3 May 18 June 6 June 15 June 27 July 11 July 25 August 8 August 23 Sept. 5 Sept. 19 Oct. 3 Oct. 16 Oct. 31 ■Nov. 8 Nov. 28 Dec. 12 Dec. 27 1882. 1881. 1881. March 9 March 21 April 4 April 18 May 3 May 18 May 30 June 14 June 26 July 12 July 25 August 8 August 22 Sept. 6 Sept. 19 October 2 October 16 October 29 Nov. 14 Nov. 27 Dec. 10 Jan. 28 Feb. 11 Feb. 25 March 11 March 25 April 8 April 22 May 6 May 20 June 3 June 17 July 1 J«iy 15 July 29 August 12 August 26 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 October 7 October 2 1 Nov. 4 Jan. 28 Feb. 11 Feb. 25 March 11 March 25 April 8 April 22 May 6 May 20 June 3 June 17 July I July IS July 29 August 12 August 26 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 October 7 October 21 Nov. 4 42 40 40 40 41 42 40 41 39 4i 40 40 40 41 40 39 39 39 40 39 39 Jan. 28 Feb. 11 Feb. 25 March 1 1 March 25 April 8 April 23 May 6 May 20 June 3 June 17 July 1 July 15 July 29 August 12 August 26 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 October 7 October 2 1 Nov. 4 Jan. 28 Feb. 1 1 Feb. 25 March 1 1 March 25 April 8 April 22 May 6 May 20 June 3 June 17 July 1 July 15 July 29 August 12 August 26 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 October 7 October 21 Nov. 4 Jan. 28 Feb. 11 Feb. 25 March 11 March 25 April 8 April 22 May 6 May 20 June 3 June 17 July 1 July 15 July 29 August 12 August 26 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 October 7 October 21 Nov. 4 Jan. 28 Feb. 1 1 Feb. 25 March 11 March 25 April 8 April 22 May 6 May 20 June 3 June 17 July 1 July 15 July 29 August 12 August 26 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 October 7 October 2 1 Nov. 4 60 55 52 S3 54 59 54 S 2 52 S 2 52 53 52 52 52 5i 52 46 52 52 53 Nov. 18 Dec. 28 1882. Jan. 12 Jan. 25 Feb. 6 40 Nov. 18 Dec. 30 1882. Jan. 14 Jan. 27 Feb. 7 42 Nov. 18 Jan. 2 45 Nov. 18 I Jan. 3 46 Nov. 18 Jan. 5 48 Nov. 18 Jan. 8 51 Dec. 2 Dec. 16 Dec. 30 1882. 41 40 38 Dec. 2 Dec. 16 Dec. 30 1882. 43 42 39 Dec. 2 Dec. 16 Dec. 30 1882. Jan. 20 Feb. 7 Feb. 13 49 S3 45 Dec. 2 Dec. 16 Dec. 30 1882. Jan. 21 Feb. 8 Feb. 13 5° 54 45 Dec. 2 Dec. 16 Dec. 30 1882. Jan. 22 Feb. 10 Feb. 17 5i 56 49 Dec. 2 Dec. 16 Dec. 30 1882. Jan. 30 Feb. 13 Feb. 20 59 59 52 Jan. 13 Feb. 23 41 Jan. 13 Feb. 25 43 Jan. 13 March 2 48 J an - 13 March 2 48 Jan. 13 March 5 5i Jan. 13 March 13 59 Maximum Minimum Average 41 36 38-38 43 39 40-42 53 42 46-08 54 42 46-5 56 44 49'3S 60 46 S3-46

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Table No. 9.-G ALL E AND BRINDISI MAIL SERVICE-continued. Statement showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between London and the under-mentioned Places by the Mail Service viâ Galle and Brindisi— continued; (and also per Orient Line viâ Naples or Brindisi). HOMEWARD VIA GALLE AND BRINDISI.

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iLUl -y. Iydney. ELBOURNE. Per Orient Lii ie *v%& Naples or Brindisi. Via Galle and Brindisi. Via Galle and Brindisi. Via Jalle and Brindisi. late of Despatch from Bluff. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Bluff. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Sydney. 1881. January 5 January 17 January 3 1 February 14 February 28 March 14 March 28 April 8 April 22 May 7 May 21 June 4 June 18 July 2 July 16 July 30 August 13 August 27 September 10 September 26 October 1 o October 24 November 7 Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Melbourne. Date of Arrival in London. No. , Day; i88o. December 1881. 17 1881. February I 46 1881. January 13 1881. February 28 46 1881. February February March March April April May May June June July July August August August September September October October November November December December 1882. 16 28 14 29 1 1 25 9 23 22 19 16 29 11 25 10 24 21 4 18 42 42 42 43 42 42 42 45 46 46 45 45 45 45 44 43 43 44 44 42 41 41 1881. January January February February March March March April April May May June June July July August August August September September October October November 7 19 16 16 30 11 25 10 24 21 19 16 30 13 28 12 26 9 188 1. February February March March April April May May June June July July August August August September September October October November November December December 1882. January January January 16 28 '4 29 II 25 9 23 22 19 16 29 11 25 10 24 21 4 18 2 18 29 40 40 40 4' 40 40 40 42 43 43 42 42 42 42 4i 40 40 41 4i 40 40 39 39 February 11 March 29 46 March April April 18 iS May May June 5 16 4 48 44 SO 60 April 8 June 7 May June June July 13 17 2 July July August August 1 24 6 18 49 Si SO 47 June June July 10 24 10 August August August 2 16 29 S3 53 50 July August August September September October October ■5 12 27 9 21 14 26 September September October October November November December 1 29 18 31 7 28 11 48 48 52 52 47 45 46 August August September September October 5 20 21 3 September October October November November 25 10 24 21 51 51 52 47 49 1882. November 4 December 18 44 November November December December 19 25 3 16 January January January January 10 18 23 29 52 54 51 44 November 25 1882. January 18 54 November 2 1 December 5 December 19 January January January 2 18 29 42 44 41 November December December 23 21 40 42 39 Maximum Minimum Average 54 44 4863 60 44 50-46 46 4i 43'i9 43 39 4°'73

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Table No. 10. Number and Value of Postage-stamps, Post-cards, and Newspaper-wrappers Printed during the Years 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, and 1881.

Table No. 11. Return showing the several Subsidized Mail Steam Services, the date when Established, and also the Date each Terminated or Terminates.

Table No. 12. Table showing the Number of Officers employed in the several Chief Post Offices and Secondclass Post Offices in the Colony during the Years 1880 and 1881.

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177. [878. IJ9iSo. iSl. Denomination. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number, Value. £ s.d. £ s.d. 11,880 o o . 4,680 o o £ s.d. £ s.d. £ s.d. At five shillings At two shillings At one shilling At sixpence At fourpence ... At threepence ... At twopence ... At one penny ... At one halfpenny Post-cards Newspaper-wrap-pers at one halfpenny 6l,200 7,529,040 4,583,280 2,037,120 4,25° 1,530 o o 62,742 o o 19,097 o o 4,244 o o 17 14 2 47,52o 46,800 6,416,880 f,835,°4° 1,077,120 53,474 o o 7,646 o o 2,244 o ° 323,040 1,031,040 386,160 6,895,440 7,887,120 3,722,880 121,55° 16,152 00 25,776 o o 6,436 o o 57,462 o o 32,863 o o 7,756 o o 506 9 2 746,880 8,962,320 1,447,200 2,435,52° 248,200 18,672 o o 74,686 o o 6,030 o o 5,074 o o 1.034 3 4 962,400 504,960 6,372,240 6,106,320 3,373,44° 561,500 24,060 o o 8,416 o o 53,102 o o 25,443 o o 7,028 o o 2,339 " 8 509,238 *i,o6o 183 99,990 f2o8 6 3 236,502 $492 14 3 199,386 §4i5 7 9 Totals I4,2i4,890 | ,87,630 14 2 9,932,598, 80,984 18 3 20,267,220 14,076,622 105,988 17 7 18,080,246! 120,803 19 5 H7,i59 iS 5 * Exclusive of £117 17s. 7d., cost of paper an' ixpenBes. J Exclusive of £54 14s. 1 id., cost vorking expenses. 1 working e: if paper am :penses. 1 working t Exch ■xpenses. isivo of £2 § Exelus 13 28. 1 id., CO! sive of £46 31 it of paper i. id., cost 1 and working jf paper and

Duration of Service. Service. Annual Subsidy. When Terminated, When Established. or when Terminable. Number of Voyages per Annum. Mileage for Complete Voyage. Cost per Mile. Auckland and San Francisco Melbourne and New Zealand Auckland and Fiji Auckland and Warkworth ... Auckland and Matakana Auckland, Waiwera, and Warkworth Auckland, Kawau, and Omaha Helensville and Dargaville ... Helensville and Matakohe ... Helensville and Port Albert Tauranga and Opotiki Westport and Karamea £ 32,500 5,000 2,080 Oct., 1875 Sept., 1876 June, 1880 Oct., 1883 Feb., 1881 June, 1882 I 13 13 13 104 52 104 52 ) i } 11,916 3,440 2,334 £ s. d. o4 5i O 2 2l o i 4^ } ) ! 280J 250 500 Aug, 1878 Aug, 1881 July, 1881 Dec, 1882 150 90) 140) 003 o o 3i Jan, 1881 Three months' notice June, 1881 Two months' notice { 104 52 } 300 002 250 300 July, 1877 Jan., 1881 52 12 120 102 o o 038 G-reymouth, Hokitika, and Southern Ports, &o. Hokitika and Jackson's Bay Port Chalmers and Manukau Manukau and Port Chalmers 600 300 Jan, 1881 Sept, 1881 July, 1881 Sept., 1882 4 4 1,213 310 025! o 4 10 5,000 May, 1877 Oct., 1883 13 1.742 04S

1881. 1880. Post Offices. a, rt E o a. u E o 0 g o to M C S to a. CD -g S 55 o H rt S o IS o e o a O 5 u c 3 qj S o M .5 "Si p.. o H Auckland ... Russell Thames Onehunga ... Tauranga Oisborne New Plymouth Waitara Napier Port Ahuriri Wellington ... Wanganui ... Nelson The Port ... Wcslport Blenheim ... Picton Kaikoura Christchurch Lyttelton ... Akaroa Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Port Chalmers Invercargill... Campbell town Hokitika Greymouth ... Chatham Islands I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 18 I 1 I 2 5 i*6 3 3 i 2 9 2 I I 3 ... 5 2 2 I i 2 I 29 4 2 3 4 1 9 1 24 7 7 3 3 4 1 28 i i i i i i i i i i l i 19 2 I I I 2 5 14 3 3 i i 8 2 I 3 5 2 2 I I 2 I I 2 I I 30 *6 2 2 3 4 9 22 7 7 1 3 3 2 2 I l i i*8 i 8 I i i i8 9 i 1 I I 3 1 7 7 33 3 11 1 S s 2 i i I 29 3 2 8 8 33 3 11 I I I 3 3 18 2 I i i i 4 4 19 i 2 2 I I I 2 12 I 2 i I I 2 I i 7 I i I 2 I I 2 I i 7 I 2 2 I I i I I 2 I I 1 S s 2 I i I I I i I 2 I I I Totals i7 '3 III 57 II 2 211 16 12 "3 55 IS 2 213

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Table No. 13. Comparative Table showing the Postal Revenue, and Number of Letters, Post-cards, Books, and Newspapers delivered and posted, within the several Postal Districts, during the Years 1870, 1875, 1880, and 1881.

Letters. Post-cards. Books. Newspapers. Postal Districts. Revenue. 1 Delivered. Posted. Delivered. Posted. Delivered. Posted. Delivered. Posted. Auckland — 1870 1875 1880 1881 £ s, d. 10,264 15 3 13,133 11 ° 22,764 II o 26,045 4 3 653,7°° 782,329 1,940,536 2,563,418 619,466 779,617 1,900,808 2,361,775 42,241 89,193 43,9°5 91,091 109,720 164,268 173,966 148,798 436,809 647,325 965,822 1,325,636 262,471 326,248 672,187 1,068,093 Thames — '875 1880 1881 1,664 o 6 1,584 6 3 1,701 6 9 119,418 106,895 i54,o.37 109,954 117,901 123,695 4,524 3,029 2,886 2,522 4,914 10,686 6,951 8,775 52,323 65,468 9i,455 52,886 7i,49i 91,026 New Plymouth —1870 i875 1880 1881 593 6 4 1,815 9 5 1,987 16 7 2,607 9 n 30,767 97,040 168,549 197,717 28,320 89,469 H5,589 174,421 8,017 10,712 13,104 12,558 H,499 17,446 11.137 6,708 2 7,3i5 72,462 124,644 156,364 i5,3 0 8 49,632 72,592 81,497 Gisborne — 1881 1,212 18 4 124,267 82,290 1,040 799 9,087 6,302 113,022 38,272 Napier— 1870 i87S 1880 1881* 1,476 14 2 4,076 19 8 7,225 13 3 6,270 19 4 72,744 186,993 377,979 462,878 76,553 2.3°,973 446,697 399,789 5,599 11,219 7,505 8,671 35,438 44,954 38,957 39,884 61,963 128,480 261,785 298,467 54,iS7 150,750 201,621 208,078 Wanganui — 1880 1881 6,850 12 11 7,258 6 8 521,872 717,873 476,381 491,153 11,689 25,337 11,449 20,514 38,480 56,667 25,012 27.937 329,446 457,639 167,275 183,612 Wellington— 1870 1875 1880 1881 12,674 s 3 5',050 5 8 58,386 9 o 54,682 15 7 3S4,8i5 802,950 1,590,897 1,977,417 336,375 922,177 1,658,436 1,319,266 25>679 3i,S25 27,395 28,470 109,191 107,965 187,131 190,398 262,631 596,768 773,145 818,038 216,621 470,650 585,836 539>6i7 Nelson —■ 1870 187.S 1880 1881 3,093 5 8 2,399 11 10 3,821 2 o 4,030 5 4 188,860 205,716 286,962 254,553 185,179 180,707 335,519 288,522 6,327 3,783 11,249 5,94i 21,485 25,623 26,615 2i,957 191,671 145,47° 156,286 159,614 123,821 111,769 123,578 87.256 51.258 24,856 26,052 Westport — 1875 1880 1881 1,053 6 2 908 5 2 1,119 18 3 73,527 62,374 80,167 57,447 49,227 58,708 i,499 884 1,213 715 4,056 8,268 1,560 1,638 95,237 7°,547 78,793 Greymouth— i875 1880 1881 2,171 13 7 2,514 19 9 3,395 10 1 146,702 167,079 216,294 167,980 196.603 276,588 2,011 3,107 2,236 2,327 12,159 19,838 22,967 34,7io 130,734 132,851 199,641 i53,io6 79,889 176,072 Hokitika —■ 1870 i875 1880 1881 2,252 4 4 1,816 o 9 3,072 17 11 2,851 3 7 212,689 121,517 -141,483 167,635 225,157 121,743 137,670 142,415 i,976 3,i33 2,912 3,445 10,833 i6,575 7,124 4,953 165,380 151,832 131,092 182,091 123,906 68,695 66,135 72,943 Blenheim — 1870 1875 1880 1881 1,099 16 7 1,719 9 o 2,313 8 3 2,268 4 o 87,174 153,723 134,680 1.53,348 92,124 131,624 129,705 133,185 410,938 1,000,864 2,528,623 2,436,343 !,5 6 9 2,483 ... 1.213 2,132 I ■•• 13,702 ii,544 3,9 fil 6,617 71,467 153,124 129,818 120,263 353,651 529,554 685,756 966,875 72,202 60,787 50.8.39 46,149 168,635 295,420 737,i84 763,555 Christchurch— 1870 1875 1880 1881 8,905 19 6 17,582 19 8 26,088 6 3 27,451 2 o 623,794 1,052,071 2,171,819 2,536,092 75,699 78,793 92,326 155,62.3 i°8,933 142,454 214,285 148,772 Timaru — 1880 1881 7,259 19 2 6,855 12 i° 479,42.3 577,86.3 534,369 532,662 IS.7I9 29,614 17,342 iS,95i 23,573 62,218 19,604 29,848 20,609 21,853 170,213 248,729 176,939 208,572 187,772 140,881 104,624 101,179 Oamaru — 1880 1881 3,735 6 5 3,924 19 7 33i,977 329,i.S4 315,432 307,086 5,9H 7,891 8,797 7,462 12,255 20,163 Dunedin— 1870 1875 1880 1881 13,667 14 1 20,891 5 9 32,837 8 7 28,364 2 11 7",479 1,106,168 1,916,001 2,345,72° 578,299 1,343,748 2,308,696 2,234,5°5 42,224 53,846 77,393 112,047 110,327 155,74° 221,234 198,679 582,593 ' 1,142,015 1,105,693 i,279,55i 558,799 872,706 1,252,281 i,i57>99i 26,808 120,913 223,487 237,107 Invercargill—■ 1870 ■875 1880 1881 1,758 15 2 3.121 5 9 7,453 17 1 7,770 18 4 82,910 205,249 564,486 73°,327 74,536 238,145 579,800 606,788 2,626,947 5,374,448 11,861,456 11,969,191 13,823 26,585 13,459 20,098 36,755 57,o57 26,017 33,8oo "3,454 181,133 371,76s 5 23.9 1 3 •otals— 1870 1875 1880 i88it S5,78o 18 3 122,495 l8 9 188,804 19 7 187,810 17 9 3,018,932 5,053,403 10,963,012 13,588,740 264,507 382,174 334,384 490,366 673,669 940,238 999,781 921,944 2,266,934 4,026,457 5,651,270 ' 7,228,663 1,622,728 2,784,820 4,621,647 5,019,380 * The Gisborne reti ith that of the previous nns separated fn >m those of Napier. f The official postage decreased b; 19 s - 4<h. when compared year.

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Table No. 14. Table showing the estimated Number of Letters, Post-cards, Book-packets and Parcels, and Newspapers delivered and posted, within the several Postal Districts of New Zealand, during the Year ended 31st December, 1881.

Table No. 15. Table showing the Number of Letters, Post-cards, Books, &c., and Newspapers delivered by Letter-carriers from the Post Offices within the several Postal Districts during the Year ended 31st December, 1881.

Delivered. Posted. Postal Distriets. Letters. Post-cards. B p°^d s nd Newspapers. Letters. Post-cards. B p* c S e^ d Newspapers. Auckland Hiames Jew Plymouth Sisborne Napier yVanganui Wellington Slelson Westport 3-reymouth Tokitika 31enheim christchurch ... Cimaru 2,563,418 154,037 197,717 124,267 462,878 717,873 i,977,4i7 254.553 80,167 216,294 167,635 153,348 2,536,092 577,863 329,134 2,345,720 730,327 89,193 3.029 10,712 1,040 11,219 25,337 31,525 3,783 884 3,107 3,i33 2,483 78,793 29,614 7,891 53,846 26,585 164,268 10,686 17,446 9.087 44.954 56,667 107,965 25,623 8,268 19,838 i6,57S ",544 H2,454 62,218 29,848 155,740 57,057 1,325,636 9',45 5 156,364 113,022 298,467 457,639 818,038 159,614 78,793 199,641 182,091 120,263 966,875 248,729 208,572 i,279,55i 523,913 7,228,663 2,36i,775 123,69s 174,421 82,290 399,789 49',153 1,319,266 288,522 58,708 276,588 142,415 133,185 2,436,343 532,662 307,086 2,234,505 606,788 11,969,191 11,861,456 91,091 2,522 12,558 799 8,671 20,514 28,470 5,94i 7i5 2,327 3,445 2,132 155,623 15,951 7,462 112,047 20,098 490,366 334,384 148,798 8,775 6,708 6,302 39,884 27,937 190,398 2i,957 1,638 34,7io 4,953 6,617 148,772 21,853 20,163 198,679 33,8oo 1,068,093 91,026 81,497 38,272 208,078 183,612 539,6i7 87,256 26,052 176,072 72,943 46,149 763,555 140,881 101,179 i,iS7,99i 237,107 Damaru Dunedin .nvercargill Totals... 13,588,740 10,963,012 382,174 940,238 921,944 999,781 5,019,380 Previous year ... 264,507 673,669 5,651,270 4,621,647

Postal Districts. Letters. Post-cards. Books, Circulars, and Parcels. Newspapers. Auckland rhames Jew Plymouth ... JHsborne Sapier Wanganui Wellington Jelson Westport 3-reymouth ETokitika Blenheim Christchurch ... ... Cimaru Damaru Dunedin tnvercargill 527,936 90,512 67,120 14,025 72,458 H7,749 440,616 84,693 25,920 37,68i 3o.343 34,290 916,287 9o,S97 108,182 724,720 122,600 19,619 6,063 S.iSo 1,050 4,025 6,321 9,484 5,5i2 432 1,070 1,196 1,015 33,944 4,96.3 4,605 17,975 4,116 13,031 2,97i 3,369 1,250 3,776 7,i86 7,472 3,160 2,028 1,487 2,729 1,648 28,515 6,491 S,i35 32,438 3,9o8 126,566 28,998 23,468 5,'24 2 2,734 40,873 103,096 33,384 24,126 20,516 IS,213 i6,554 175,458 2.3,773 24,'53 194,406 29,552 Totals 3,505,729 126,540 126,594 907,994 Previous year 89,917 98,576 780,952 3,339,902

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Table No. 16. Statement of Correspondence received from the United Kingdom viâ San Francisco and viâ Brindisi and Suez during the Year ended 31st December, 1881.

Table No. 17. Statement of Correspondence despatched to the United Kingdom viâ San Francisco and viâ Suez and Brindisi during the Year ended 31st December, 1881.

Table No. 18. Table showing the Number of Letters, Book-packets, and Newspapers received from and despatched to Places outside the Colony during the Year ending 31st December, 1881.

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'id San -rancisco. iuez an lourne. Date of Receipt. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Letters. Books. Newspapers. January a ••• • •* ,j ... February March ji ... •>• April ,, ••• May „ ... June ,, ... ... July 37,101 33,237 36,033 30,859 35,258 22,226 38,095 30,991 11,763 17,028 M,54I 13,208 12,844 12,466 13,201 12,715 99,36S 80,070 103,181 97,378 96,506 87,905 95,372 67,482 5,428 2.90S 5,894 2,834 5,213 2,471 5,364 2,913 5,025 2,700 4,442 2,170 5,252 2,747 4,239 2,747 3,896 2,490 4,367 2,674 4,i7S 2,622 4,6u 2,744 4,962 3,030 1,149 769 2,952 791 1,624 53° 2,160 1,501 2,176 805 i,789 524 2,844 1,152 2,026 1,2.38 2,165 1,003 2,786 964 1,665 1,606 2,452 645 4,220 1,418 14,716 5,324 17,221 5,278 16,662 5,008 16,841 5,454 16,792 4,796 '6,595 4,907 20,002 5,499 18,011 4,925 18,796 5,304 18,327 5,o34 19,534 5,237 18,879 4,645 19,667 4,949 August 33,184 11,628 94,121 H ... ... September 33,147 ",825 8s',763 October 34,49o i3,S7S 70,565 ,) ••• ... November 38,597 26,896 82,724 » ... ... December 37,317 20,093 89,003 ,, Totals... 440,535 191,783 M49.435 97>9 I 5 42,954 298,403 Previous year ... 443,283 136,443 1,110,349 97,484 37,978 255,782

r id San Francisci Vid elbourne and ,uez. Date of Despatch. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Letters. Books. Newspapers. January February March 31,192 35.831 34,446 36,502 34,534 40,670 33,926 36,78l 34,657 33,949 32,015 38,430 33,109 2,358 2,210 1,694 2,244 2,432 2,774 2,432 2,827 2,769 2,982 2,860 3,597 3,53i 35,794 34,434 34,668 32,698 '28,817 52,815 38,481 38,815 37,322 38,091 40,011 42,760 43,H9 3,609 4,198 III 134 170 5 1,098 663 25 April May June July August September October November December '"855 2,922 2,077 2,168 2,808 1,156 1,663 2,204 86 97 73 65 72 16 107 475 249 221 .332 146 213 252 54 57 Totals 456,042 34,7io 497,855 23,77' 829 3,78i Previous year 463,900 433,048 16,679 23,3H 57>307 2,074

Leceivei ►espal hei Letters. Book-packets. Newspapers. Letters. Book-packets. Newspapers, Jnited Kingdom— Via San Francisco Via Suez Orient Line ... Australian Colonies )ther places 440,535 97,915 8,769 341,956 48,166 191,783 42,954 45,259 17,867 1,149,435 298,403 16,943 508,408 77,248 456,042 23,77i io,947 317,095 55,2i6 863,071 34,710 829 830 16,472 5,9i6 58,757 497,855 3,78l 3,522 221,218 56,913 783,289 Totals 937,341 297,863 2,050,437 'revious year ... 935,197 224,730 1,997,191 955,531 45,963 714,942

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Table No. 19. Table showing the Revenue, Expenditure, &c., of the Post Offices in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand for the Year ended 31st December, 1881.

iated Correspondence Posted and Delivered. Expenditure. Revenue. Total Estii Postal Districts. No. of Offices. Letters. Post-cards. Books and Parcels. Newspapers. Cost of Conveyance of Mails. Salaries. Contingencies. Total. Cash. Official Postage. Total. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Gisborne Napier Wanganui ... Wellington ... 192 15 17 9 42 27 61 4,925,193 277,732 372,138 206,557 862,667 1,209,026 3,296,683 180,284 23,270 1,839 19,890 45,851 59,995 313,066 19,461 24,154 15,389 84,838 84,604 298,363 2,393,729 182,481 237,861 151,294 506,545 641,251 1,357,655 £ s. d. 3,381 9 3 163 9 9 335 13 4 240 o o 1,607 17 6 596 2 1 2,613 10 4 8,479 7 o 993 16 1 590 14 o 443 IS 1 2,511 15 10 2,135 4 3 5,355 3 8 £ s. d. 1,193 1 7 179 18 11 135 12 o 75 12 3 204 6 9 219 7 2 1,371 17 11 £ s. d. 13,053 17 10 i,337 4 9 1,061 19 4 759 7 4 4,324 o 1 2,950 13 6 9,340 11 11 32,827 14 9 21,778 19 1 1,403 7 o 2,059 16 11 1, 104 6 4 5,784 18 2 6,207 2 4 14,319 13 2 52,658 3 o 3,146 5 11 842 11 7 2,064 16 1 1,628 o 3 1,980 7 6 23,990 13 7 6,168 5 11 3.S58 6 3 25,823 10 3 7.365 3 9 76,568 1 1 27,353 10 8 156,579 14 9 £ '■ d. 4,266 5 2 297 19 9 547 13 o 108 12 0 486 1 2 1,051 4 4 40,363 2 5 £ s. d. 26,045 4 3 1,701 6 9 2,607 9 11 1,212 18 4 6,270 19 4 7,258 6 8 54,682 15 7 Totals for North Island ... 363 11,149,996 336,680 839,875 5.470,8l6 8,938 2 3 20,509 15 11 3,379 16 7 47,120 17 10 99,779 O IO Nelson Westport Greymouth ... Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch... Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill ... 30 17 26 25 18 135 37 '9 134 62 543,075 138,875 492,882 310,050 286,533 4,972,435 1,110,525 636,220 4,58o,22S 1,337,'iS 9,724 i,599 5,434 6,578 4,6i5 234,416 45.56s 15.353 165,893 46,683 S35,86o 47,58o 9,906 54,548 21,528 18,161 291,226 84,071 50,011 354,419 90,857 246,870 104,845 375,713 255.034 166,412 1,730,430 389,610 309,751 2,437,542 761,020 856 8 6 559 10 o 677 o o 963 10 o 588 19 IO 3,603 17 8 577 18 2 236 o o 5,127 18 4 1,205 13 3 14,396 IS 9 1,63s 9 6 633 1 o 1,404 8 4 1,063 11 9 1,071 10 o 7,074 iS 2 1,499 14 10 1,759 16 o 8,264 IO 2 2,436 2 9 26,842 19 6 250 14 8 69 14 2 121 18 4 94 5 o 93 3 7 i,477 13 6 136 15 7 136 9 9 i>49 2 1 7. 749 14 o 4,622 10 2 2,742 12 8 1,262 5 2 2,203 6 8 2,121 6 9 i,753 13 5 12,156 6 4 2,214 8 7 2,132 5 9 14,884 10 1 4,391 IO o 45,862 5 5 62,986 7 9 141,676 7 11 883 19 5 277 6 8 1,330 14 o 1,223 3 4 287 16 6 3,46o 8 5 687 6 11 366 13 4 2,540 12 8 405 14 7 11,463 15 10 4,030 S 4 1,119 18 3 3,395 10 1 2,851 3 7 2,268 4 o 27,451 2 o 6,855 12 IO 3,924 19 7 28,364 2 II 7,770 18 4 88,031 16 II Totals for Middle Island ... 503 14,407,935 1,022,307 6,777,227 General Post Office I I I ... 59,133 IS 1 82,468 13 7 3,622 IO o i 230 2 2 8,232 8 11 ... 27,353 10 8 215,164 8 5 866 872,540 ! Totals for the Colony 25,S57,93i 1,862,182 12,248,043 50,975 5 5 58,584 13 8

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Table No. 20. Cash Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages; Value of General Government Messages; Number of Messages transmitted by each Station; and the Working Expenses of each Station, for the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1882.

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Name of Station. Total Cash Revenue derived from Private and Prcss Messages. Value of Government Messages. Total Total Value of N. 1 ™ 1 '" Messages of 0l f r ' vate all Codes. f? d Prcss Messages. Total Number of Govt. Messages. Total Number of Messages of all Codes. Amount paid for Salaries. Contingencies. Total Cost of Maintenance of Station. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. 486 3 7 o 10 7 o 10 7 37 5 7 ■5 13 7 £ s. d. 3,934 16 11 o 10 7 o 10 7 139 15 7 116 3 7 1000 98 6 1 164 9 5 i'5 5 1 147 18 7 474 6 3 4,674 7 2 204 16 5 94 1 1 5' 12 3 4,819 5 4 240 o 1 160 8 11 3 10 7 263 2 1 117 11 1 94 16 7 10 10 7 90 11 4 607 105 '5 9 5,602 16 11 143 10 5 99 18 1 11 14 1 139 18 1 i44 '4 7 136 17 7 6 10 7 o 10 7 100 1o 1 010 7 116 17 7 4,897 10 11 115 o 1 o 10 7 5107 73 '3 3 86 16 10 o 10 7 o 12 7 28 10 7 29 6 10 "4 19 7 203 13 o 250 15 10 119 13 10 501 16 9 i37 7 7 i,345 1° 5 176 17 9 o 10 7 69 2 10 204 9 7 59 1 1 64 4 7 88 9 7 252 8 6 132 2 9 5 3 10 52 11 7 112 o 1 794 19 5 o 10 7 io 10 7 84 11 7 132 16 7 31 2 5 1,451 17 II 183 7 7 102 3 4 9' '9 9 Head Office ' ... Abbotsford Addington... Ahaura Akaroa Albury Alexandra North Alexandra South Amberley ... Arrow Ashburton ... Auckland Balclutha ... Bealey Belgrove Blenheim ... Bluff Bull's Burnham ... Cambridge... Carterton ... Castlepoint Caversham Charleston Chertsey ... Cheviot Christchurch Clinton Clyde Coalgate Collingwood Coromandel Cromwell ... Cust Dariield Dargaville ... Dipton Drury Dunedin ... Dunedin North Dunedin Hallway ... Dunsandel... Duntroon ... Duvauehelle Ealing Edendale ... Elbow Farndon Featherston Feilding ... Foxton Geraldinc ... Gisborne ... 17 7 7 5 4 7 77 5 5 193 2 9 28 11 6 67 6 4 94 11 3 161 15 1 '52 13 4 686 7 4 7,231 6 6 146 3 9 35 1 5 20 6 7 862 6 2 340 3 10 204 2 2 8 13 6 774 4 7 2'4 8 7 70 14 3 2522 76 8 1 24 3 3 117 19 10 6,425 13 9 9310 6 130 7 11 44 10 4 68 3 6 340 14 3 201 3 8 32 14 6 12 o 10 195 2 7 42 12 11 31 1.3 2 8,395 17 5 251 1 4 10 19 10 28 12 3 57 18 11 44 o 5 11 96 51 19 7 118 2 8 5' 9 1 i43 9 9 272 6 5 361 4 5 89 18 6 i,373 9 8 271 13 3 i,33i 3 7 147 10 5 13 11 4 52 6 11 526 3 2 44 13 6 208 2 11 158 7 o 6.37 ' 4 II.5 10 3 18 3 2 25 '5 2 174 o 9 994 1 3 10 14 4 26 17 10 46 7 5 66 14 4 69 16 10 1,802 o 5 206 5 3 218 5 3 43 911 2110 086 19 9 5 5 '3 1 102 14 6 203 18 8 29 17 11 in 13 o 100 13 9 177 60 176 4 6 727 3 2 9,007 2 3 176 10 9 72 511 24. 6 4 1,052 n 4 499 4 1 216 14 8 13 12 6 901 4 10 2.37 IS 4 145 7 2 28 7 2 104 3 3 26 2 8 120 7 9 7,312 6 10 287 12 4 202 1 11 50 13 8 89 11 o 396 19 3 225 3 8 34 13 5 12 10 2 226 15 5 44 15 2 74 7 4 10,085 15 o 259 11 3 11 7 4 29 12 4 97 8 4 46 o 3 11 1 o 6 56 9 7 124 13 3 53 10 9 205 13 9 300 o 8 456 10 o 98 2 1 1,658 15 0 375 10 4 1,780 6 2 181 6 9 13 13 10 68 18 8 610 19 4 5° 5 4 222 8 3 187 5 6 806 o 3 153 13 6 18 3 2 27 14 3 236 16 8 1,277 3 4 11 611 29 14 1 51 16 8 73 11 2 81 10 9 2,148 8 7 238 n n 290 13 5 60 1 7 306 89 1,228 2,909 495 1,064 1,586 2,703 2,493 9,989 11 ',769 2,567 6.7 346 10,129 8,097 3,389 '49 10,620 3,653 1,081 20 326 94 i,473 3,044 508 1,332 i,677 2,893 2,7 2 5 10,491 127,486 3,o.35 1,252 369 12,374 io,473 3,59i 206 11,946 3,98' 1,924 462 1,460 439 954 101,068 3,448 13 4 25 9 1 10 15 11 1 6 5 44 6 8 6 2 6 5 245 135 '3 268 102 10 o 100 10 o 1000 5 16 1 66 19 5 22 5 1 30 8 7 108 6 3 356 7 2 79 16 5 29 1 7 112 3 44' 15 4 10 o 1 35 811 0107 75 12 1 17 n 1 17 6 7 o 10 7 25 11 4 o 10 7 4S 15 9 383 16 11 6 o 5 29 18 1 6 4 1 64 18 1 32 4 7 8 17 7 0107 0107 8 o 1 0107 3' 17 7 434 10 11 6 10 1 0107 o 10 7 28 13 3 26 16 10 0107 o 12 7 3 10 7 4 6 10 26 19 7 6130 33 5 10 9 3 10 108 16 9 9 17 7 125 10 5 59 7 9 o 10 7 9 2 10 28 9 7 311 1 9 4 7 8 9 7 79 18 6 79 12 9 5 3 10 2 I£ 7 27 O I 4i 19 5 o 10 7 0107 22 1 7 5 6 7 625 84 7 11 10 7 7 12 3 4 6 19 9 15 10 11 23 11 2 40 15 10 i,775 15 9 3° 7 o 37 4 6 3 19 9 190 5 2 159 o 3 12 126 9' 190 2.3 2 502 15,717 468 635 23 2,245 2,376 202 57 1,326 328 843 4' 214 17 36 7,628 i>743 575 46 253 766 287 17 7 398 30 348 11,562 138 4 12 367 27 1 92 10 o 97 10 o 93 o o 117 10 o 366 o o 4,318 o o 125 o o 65 o o 50 o o 4,377 10 o 230 o o 125 o o 3* o o 187 10 o 100 o o 77 10 o 10 o o 65 o o 5 10 o 60 o o 4 19 o 127 o 3 23 6 9 74 12 11 3 5° 27 15 2 1 '9 5 2 711 886 13 1 194 1 10 - 71 14 o 6.3 4 21 7 6 56 5 o 24 o o I 18 II 421 1,246 422 918 93,440 1,609 1,856 736 1,086 5,787 2,918 543 198 3,055 758 520 127,043 3,920 189 503 911 644 202 860 1,906 886 2,478 4,584 5,683 i,S57 18,820 4,273 19,639 2,394 228 925 6,745 748 3.243 2,752 9.725 1,970 32.3 472 2,495 14,773 180 476 792 1,085 1,115 26,408 3.404 3.236 757 3,352 2,43' 782 i,339 6,553 3,205 560 205 3,453 788 868 138,605 4,058 i93 5i5 1,278 67, 203 897 1,996 908 3,44' 4,994 6,889 1.673 21,791 5.467 23,022 2,696 229 i,i47 7,578 814 3,433 3,033 11,206 5,219 o o 137 10 o 70 o o 5100 75 o o I 12 IO O 128 O O 600 094 31 12 10 2 2 3 42 14 2 1,689 17 7 8 9 11 076 1 o 1 ..39 9 5 1 19 10 010 4 10 o 6 10 7 2 1 8 62 4 o 27 14 3 95 5 7 8 3 7 285 5 4 103 17 1 449 2 7 33 16 4 026 16 11 9 84 16 2 5 11 10 14 5 4 28 18 6 168 18 11 38 3 3 37 90 22 963 410 1,206 116 2,971 1,194 3.383 302 1 222 833 66 92 10 O 85 o o 4,463 o o 108 10 o 500 45 o o 60 o o 25 o o 25 o o 88 o o 142 10 o 217 10 o no 10 o Gore Greymouth Greytown North Greytown South Halcombo ... Hamilton ... Hampden ... Hastings ... Havelock ... Hawera Helensville Henley Herbert Hokianga ... Hokitika ... Hornby Huntly Hurunui ... Hutt Inglewood ... Invercargill Kaiapoi ... ... Kaikoura ... Kaitangata 393 o o 127 10 o 1,220 o o 117 10 o 190 281 1,481 362 60 o o 176 o o 55 10 o 55 o o 80 o o 172 10 o 52 10 o 1 19 1 62 15 11 283 2 1 012 7 2 16 3 5 9 3 6 16 10 11 13 11 346 8 2 32 6 8 72 8 2 16 11 8 23 832 2,871 6 39 79 90 146 2,932 311 990 303 2,332 323 495 3,327 17,644 186 SI5 871 i,i75 1,261 29,340 3,7iS 4,226 1,060 50 o o 85 o o 753 o o 1000 62 10 o 127 10 o 25 o o 1,367 10 o 173 o o 90 o o 85 o o 4—P. 1.

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Table No. 20 — continued. Cash Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages, &c. — continued.

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Name of Station. Total Cash Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages. Value of Government Messages. Total Value of Messages of all Codes. Total Number of Private and Press Messages. Total Total Number Nu ™ ber Amount paid Govt. M^f eS diaries. Messages. CodeB# Contingencies. Total Cost of Maintenance of Station. Kaitoke Kakanui Kamo Kawakawa Kekerangu... Kiliikihi ... Kingston ... Kirwee Kopua Kopiiru Kuniara Lawrence ... Leeston Longford ... Lyell Lyttelton ... Maheno Maketu Makikihi ... Manaia Manukau Heads Manutahi ... Martinborough Marton Masterton ... Mataura Mercer ... Miranda Mohaka Mongonui ... Mosgiel Motueka ... Napier Nascby Nelson Newmarket New Plymouth Novvton Ngaruawahia Normanby... Nuggets Oamaru Ohaeawai ... Ohaupo Ohinemutu Okato Onehunga ... Ophir Opotiki Opunake ... Orari Otago Heads Otahuhu ... Otaki Otautau Outvam Owako Oxford Pahi Palmerston South Palmerston North ... Papatoitoi ... Parihaka ... Patea Penrose Picton Pokeno Povangahau Port Albert Port Chalmers Pukekohe ... Pukcuri Pungarehu Queenstown Bahotu Bakaia Kangiora ... Bangitata ... Keefton £ s. d. 7 19 i' 50 3 5 66 14 4 i75 6 9 30 010 69 11 2 31 18 9 29 14 1 37 7' 4 219 8 8 208 5 9 221 13 3 76 6 6 49 311 329 17 3 856 6 10 31 19 8 73 2 7 2212 9 in 7 6 37 3 9 55 19 .8 10 1 1 299 5 1 476 5 10 61 15 o 50 16 2 9 12 9 58 14 6 75 16 3 65 o 3 91 2 4 2,403 6 10 192 16 7 2,062 19 2 88 7 2 1,267 6 11 6/ '7 5 1'5 3 11 108 9 7 8 3 3 1,678 6 11 80 6 5 48 2 o 34' 2 3 16 8 9 214 2 9 68 15 8 183 10 2 235 19 5 18 12 8 2282 47 7 1 201 10 11 74 10 6 79 9 2 5' 17 9 64 9 o 57 3 3 251 'o 7 438 9 8 4 5 ' 13 211 669 18 6 13 o 9 280 16 4 15 S 9 68 9 2 43 17 I' 444 16 11 34 '6 o 6 6 5 205 6 2 357 '6 6 73 15 4 139 1 7 152 19 9 17 60 1,190 14 5 £ s. d. o 13 9 0 '7 5 12 4 2 24 10 9 21 o 1 26 511 2 H 7 017 o 22 12 2 13 2IO 5 1 ' 4 58 8 10 417 11 2214 2 42 17 4 39' 6 o 0 18 7 29 17 9 1 8 2 103 '3 3 66 1 4 8 29 028 51 19 10 69 19 3 24 19 n 33 7 7 o 17 7 4 1 7 5' 14 ' 5 12 7 '5 3 4 389 17 10 56 1 1 7 559 4 10 30 1 7 729 5 4 617 3 57 ' " 37 lC 9 116 4 211 16 2 11 13 o 12 14 3 82 3 7 12 6 3 188 3 1 6 14 o "3 o 5 302 2 9 0 5 ' 61 1 7 3 4 5 39 1 6 1 6 2 19 6 7 316 6 6 2 8 5 8 . 121 711 48 1 1 9 0 3 7 25 8 3 201 10 o 1 IS 2 123 9 7 2 19 o 528 808 3'3 17 3 5 1 8 030 786 1 1 o 76 17 7 83 14 10 8 9 7 11 1 8 1 10 5 112 18 10 £ s. d. 8 13 8 51 010 '78 18 6 199 17 6 51 on 95 '7 1 34 '3 4 30 11 1 59 19 6 232 11 6 259 7 1 280 2 1 81 4 5 71 18 1 372 14 7 1,247 12 10 32 18 3 103 o 4 24 on 2' 5 ° 9 i°3 5 1 64 2 s 10 3 9 35' 4 " 546 5 ' 86 14 11 84 3 9 10 10 4 62 16 1 127 10 4 70 12 10 106 5 8 2,793 4 8 249 8 2 2,622 4 o 118 8 9 1,996 12 3 74 '4 8 172 5 10 146 6 4 9 19 7 1,890 3 1 91 19 5 60 16 3 423 5 10 28 15 o 402 5 10 75 9 8 296 10 7 538 2 2 18 17 9 8.3 9 9 50 n 6 240 12 s 75 16 8 98 1S 9 55 '4 3 70 11 8 62 11 4 372 18 6 487 1 5 488 38 11 2 871 8 6 14 15 11 404 5 I' 18 4 9 73 11 10 51 18 7 758 14 2 39 17 8 6 9 5 99' 17 2 434 14 1 157 10 2 147 n 2 164 1 5 18 16 5 1,303 13 3 140 725 1,052 2,776 494 1,0.32 55° 479 628 3,' 5' 3,384 3,78o 1,273 75' 5,207 14,910 548 1,051 409 1,921 753 941 154 4,n4 7,393 1,070 820 141 894 1,240 1,165 1,612 3',732 2,628 31,040 " ',484 21,416 1,003 i,93° 1,919 153 23,819 1,169 8.36 4,575 301 3,473 1,091 2,915 4,IS7 3'5 475 78. 3,036 1,263 F, 367 843 I,o6l 863 4, 166 7,020 79 21 2 10 i7 IOl 278 328 196 31 12 2CO 167 481 586 55 240 604 5-533 11 218 11 848 1,239 79 2 456 723 253 418 11 60 754 7° 182 3,742 6.39 6,587 273 6,019 77 788 435 9 2,49 2 123 153 644 135 2,986 86 963 2,596 ■5° 742 1,153 3,°54 822 1,228 58. 49' 828 3,3'8 3,865 4,366 1,328 991 5,811 20,443 559 1,269 420 2,769 1,992 1,020 ,56 4,57o 8,116 1,32.3 1,238 152 954 1,994 ',2.35 i,794 35,474 3,267 37,627 i,757 2 7,435 1,080 2,718 2,354 162 26,311 1,292 989 S.2'9 436 6,459 J,'?? 3,878 6,753 3'9 1,517 823 3,4'3 1,283 i,596 914 1,140 926 5,294 7,716 81 489 12,003 224 6,395 280 £ s. d. 30 o o 65 o o 82 10 o 150 o o 77 10 o 60 o 0 82 10 o 67 10 o 167 10 o 226 o o 22 10 O 7210 O 11 s 0 0 433 10 o 82 10 o 20 o o 75 o o 67 10 o 127 10 o 280 o o 140 o o 100 o o 85 o o 80 o o 82 io o 33 o o 108 o o 3,132 o o I 12 IO O 1,190 O O 96 o o 679 o o 115 o o 135 10 o 60 o o £ s. d.' 20 7 10 24 o 10 49 1 2 5 1' 1 4 10 7 4 12 1 0107 2 4 1 25 5 4 29 15 1 1 5 1 5 1294 3 '9 5 64 12 5 1.33 2 10 2107 17 12 7 16 13 1 6 o 10 15 211 29 6 9 29 2 3 1914 (> 12 15 1 11 18 5 7 4 4 12 7 7 13 S i0 o 10 7 12 8 7 303 12 3 "48 6 1 135 6 10 o 19 1 128 4 1 1007 33 610 28 9 1 3 '7 7 60 11 8 49 '8 3 14 610 14 10 1 10 14 7 8 14 7 20 o 7 10 8 7 46 8 n 013 1 6 3 7 'i 3 3 107 9 o 4 o 7 8 5 7 3 9 ' 4 19 10 8 17 9 13 16 7 24 18 1 0107 £ s. d. 50 7 10 89 o 10 13'n 2 155 11 1 82 o 7 6412 I o 10 7 84 14 1 92 1.5 4 197 5 1 241 1 5 34 '9 4 76 9 5 '79 '2 5 566 12 10 2107 100 2 7 '6 1.3 1 26 o 10 90 211 96 16 9 156 12 3 299 14 6 '52 i.S 1 111 18 5 92 4 4 92 7 7 95 '5 10 33 10 7 120 8 7 3,435 '2 3 160 16 1 1,325 6 10 96 19 1 807 4 1 125 o 7 168 16 10 88 9 1 3 '7 7 994 'i 8 127 iS 3 74 6 10 112 o 1 20 14 7 226 14 7 105 o 7 '33 8 7 114 811 6 3 1 '6 3 7 8' 3 3 199 19 o '4 ° 7 36 5 7 15 19 1 72 19 10 9179 •56 6 7 240 8 1 5 'o 7 10 o o 209 1 I 0 '7 '3 1 224 o 7 15 10 7 73 '3 7 130 9 6 393 10 7 48 o 7 300 80 9 1 154 5 9 212 9 101 o 7 161 19 1 6107 564 12 2 934 o 0 78 o o 60 o o 97 10 o 1000 218 o o 85 o o 123 o o 68 o o S 10 o 10 o o 4 1,042 42 377 20 70 o o 92 10 o 10 o o 28 o 0 229 7' 79 63 1,128 696 2 277 1,811 12 IO 0 68 o o 82 10 o 142 10 o 215 10 o 5 o o 1000 182 10 o 10,192 215 4>729 254 1,025 683 7,827 6.34 105 3,336 5,5'5 1,172 2,290 2,661 302 17,022 9 1,666 26 7° 62 4,989 43 3,867 95° 629 105 130 16 ','79 13 00 195 10 o 15 o o 60 o o 87 10 o 361 10 o 47 10 o 300 3° ° o 1 io o o 2710 4 13 1 28 10 7 o 10 7 '3 13 7 42 19 6 32 o 7 o 10 7 1,095 745 12,816 677 107 7,203 6,465 1,801 2,395 2,791 3'8 18,201 92 10 o 135 o o 600 428 o o 5° 9 1 44 5 9 212 9 8 10 7 26 19 1 o 10 7 136 12 2

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Table No. 20 — continued. Cash Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages, &c. — continued.

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Name of Station. Total Cash Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages. Value of Government Messages. Total Value of Messages of all Codes. -r . , -v . , Total Total Total Number Number Number r of Private of Messages and Press Govt. ofa ,f Messages. Messages c 0 d es Amount paid for Salaries. Total Cost Contingencies. Main ,° cnance of Station. Richmond ... Biverhead ... Riverton ... Bolleston ... Boss Roxburgh ... Russell St. Andrew's St. Bathan's Sanson Sef ton Sheffield ... Southbridge Spit Springfield... Springston... Stirling Stratford ... Studholme... Sydenham ... Takaka Takapau ... Tapanui Tarawera ... Taupo Tauranga ... Te Awamutu Temuka TeNui Thames Thornbury .. Timaru Tokatea ... Tokomairiro Tophouse ... Turakina ... Lpper Hutt Waiau Waihola Waikaia Waikari Waikouaiti Waimate ... Wainui Waipahi ... Waipavva ... Waipu Waipukurau Wairoa Waitahuna Waitaki Waitara Waitat i Waitotara ... Waiuku Waiwera ... Wakapuaka Wakefield ... Wanganui ... Wangurci ... Wangaroa ... Warkworth Washdyke ... Waterford... Waverley ... Wellington Wellington Railway... Westport ... White's Bay Winchester Winslow ... Winton Woodlands Woodville ... Worser's Bay Wyndham... £ a. d. 54 7 10 4 13 o 196 5 4 19 7 3 85 11 o 108 1 3 228 4 6 33 4 11 59 7 7 6.3 9 6 21 12 5 44 12 11 1381/3 4 390 7 4 62 19 10 24 1 6 33 6 3 39 16 1 21 210 £ s. d. 5 7 3 1 10 8 40 6 1 1 8 o 15 '8 7 29 16 7 147 9 i° o 14 4 8 15 5 3 4 9 013 2 13 18 1 32 7 5 no 7 8 4 9 10 0 14 5 1 10 1 5 6 9 0 8 10 1 14 11 10 4 8 312 o 66 2 2 5 11 3 154 16 2 297 7 3 24 4 9 12 19 2 12 65 287 2 11 o 14 9 247 3 6 o 13 10 '5 IS 4 27 13 1 22 s 9 i 211 £ s. d. 59 '5 ] 638 236 11 5 20 15 3 ioi 9 7 137 '7 i° 375 '4 4 33 '9 3 68 3 o 66 14 3 22 5 7 58 11 o 161 09 500 15 o 67 9 8 24 15 11 34 '6 4 45 2 10 2111 8 974 6.5 3,'34 339 i,273 1,816 4,496 56. 908 i,o35 378 753 2,173 6,231 1,085 429 575 707 374 58. 1,209 5'2 3,038 427 3,482 ",436 1,189 2,941 1,334 15,889 544 25,913 301 3,048 2'5 1,104 647 1,094 609 922 388 i,i45 3,561 624 626 3,671 827 2,117 4,253 623 248 4,926 527 i,i73 735 1,926 15,359 392 32,930 3,375 1,601 241 909 2,678 161,480 73 i6 522 15 161 452 1,796 9 122 i,047 81 3,656 354 i,434 2,268 6,292 57° ' ,030 1,082 387 954 2,566 7,6i3 1,'25 438 598 762 38' 611 1,365 560 3,562 47° 4,716 14,126 1,438 3,093 i>477 17,942 556 28,902 309 3,236 642 i,4M 663 1,279 630 1,019 534 1,218 4,084 675 642 3,955 930 2,231 4,912 653 259 6,255 552 1,273 795 2,003 15,360 411 38,179 4,826 2,003 1,166 259 1,000 2,857 216,184 £ s. d. 78 o o 132 10 o 5 o ° 67 10 o no 10 o 167 10 o 300 67 10 o 100 o o £ s. d. 4 '8 7 3 o 7 11 5 7 o 13 7 10 7 7 7 6 1 44 2 8 o 10 7 6 8 7 8 15 ' 050 6 15 4 9 18 o 30 17 1 o 10 7 o 10 7 o 10 7 246 £ s. d. 82 18 7 307 ■43 15 7 5 13 7 77 17 1 117 16 1 211 12 8 3 10 7 73 18 7 108 15 1 050 161 15 4 77 18 o 226 7 1 5 10 7 0107 o 10 7 2246 300 129 9 1 124 18 5 149 18 4 109 13 1 i°5 9 1 91 2 1 314 8 8 96 14 10 190 2 4 69 16 1 932 17 1 6 15 7 1,409 13 9 050 117 10 1 ■44 9 1 107 n 7 56 o 7 9' 11 7 10 12 1 89 14 7 US 7 4 36 11 7 204 9 9 92 7 7 607 ■53 14 1 124 2 7 108 4 7 94 17 7 13 o 7 10 15 1 101 16 1 1000 9110 7 112 010 87 io 7 564 13 8 10 14 1 i,743 12 9 127 o 9 114 4 10 i°3 3 1 4 4 7 1 1 I 14 2 135 7 10 8,929 17 3 43 o 7 353 4 7 173 13 7 5 10 7 o 10 7 44 18 7 26 3 7 37 S 7 40 o 9 82 5 1 47 9 201 155 o o 68 o o 33 7 o 74 17 1° 33 1 3 183 17 6 26 16 8 308 4 7 856 9 7 69 1 10 16/ 9 3 87 18 11 1,132 19 5 40 16 10 1,908 n 5 17 4 1 174 8 5 12 13 8 65 12 n 36 4 3 80 4 7 34 4 5 57 10 5 84 o 1 6.3 3 5 219 7 8 42 o 8 35 6 1 234 16 3 50 14 5 131" 2 2 274 15 8 34 19 7 14 12 9 295 o 2 29 9 9 82 5 7 45 9 8 130 2 1 953 6 11 22 12 9 2,201 10 11 211 14 11 93 11 9 61 10 2 15 '6 o 53 7 'o 151 19 o 6,698 18 10 35 1 ' ' 85 2 6 36 1,3 3 249 19 8 32 7 11 463 o 9 1,153 16 10 93 6 7 180 8 5 100 s 4 1,420 2 4 41 11 7 2,155-14 11 17 17 11 190 3 9 40 6 9 87 18 8 37 7 2 104 18 o 35 l6 1 65 18 o 96 2 o 70 16 9 265 1 2 46 14 o 36 9 6 260 5 3 56 ,8 8 140 1 o 325 7 8 37 10 1 15 11 7 379 '9 1 3 1 9 9 92 6 3 50 11 9 140 19 10 953 7 5 24 2 8 2,662 2 1 35' 18 o 116 5 8 79 7 9 1617 1 64 5 4 '65 9 o 12,338 3 o 393 1,382 4° 9 23 55 7 30 156 48 524 43 1,234 2,690 249 IS 2 143 2,053 12 2,980 8 188 427 310 16 185^ 21 9 i 146; 73 523 51 16 284 103 "4 659 30 11 195 i° o 5 o ° 20 o o 300 125 0 0 72 10 o 70 o o 100 10 o 80 o o 67 10 o 275 10 o 92 10 o 165 00 60 o o 874 o o 5 o ° 1,223 10 ° 4 9 1 52 8 5 79 18 4 9 3 1 25 9 1 23 12 1 38 18 8 4 4 10 25 2 4 9 16 1 58 17 , 1 '5 7 186 3 9 050 10 o I 4 9 1 39 11 7 ■ ° 7 14 1 7 o 12 1 2 4 7 60 7 4 ■ 1 7 25 9 9 9 17 7 0107 23 4 1 31 12 7 15 14 7 24 17 7 0107 o 15 ' 9 6 1 107 10 o 140 o o 68 o o 24 13 5 1 n 8 8 7 7 12 in 7 13 4 45 13 6 4 13 4 1 3 5 25 9 o 6 4 3 8 18 10 50 12 o 2106 o 18 10 84 18 n 200 10 o 8 55 o o 77 10 o 1000 87 10 o 85 o o 35 10 o 179 o o 82 10 o 5 10 o 130 Io o 92 10 o 92 10 o 70 o o 12 10 O 1000 1,329 25 100 60 77 1 92 10 o 1000 S3 o o 92 10 o 77 10 o 395 o o 1000 i,S54 o o 100 o o 85 o o 82 10 o 300 82 10 o 103 o o 8,263 o o 42 10 o 327 10 o 145 o o 5 0 o 38 1 o 7 19 10 10 1007 169 1.3 8 0 14 1 189 12 9 27 o 9 29 4 10 20 13 1 1 4 7 29 4 2 32 7 10 666 17 3 0 10 7 25 14 7 28 13 7 010 7 010 7 7 8 7 1 3 7 12 5 7 509 9 15 1 5 2 1 10 17 9 006 1 911 460 11 2 140 3 1 22 13 n 17 17 7 i 1 1 1 o 17 6 13 1 o o 5,639 4 2 19 5,249 1,451 402 '59 18 9' '79 54,704 588 10 II 375 9 6 964 o 5 9,879 3,68i 13,560 23 8 6 19 2 9 112 8 7 33 6 8 59 13 3 094 1 3 4 29 1 7 15 11 3 10 17 11 23 17 10 20 6 1 141 10 2 48 17 11 70 11 2 44' 329 1,880 545 985 6 11 352 201 447 34-0 2,232 746 1,087 37 10 o 25 o o 25 o ° 35 o o 72 10 o 102 i'3 11 8 11 18 11 125 10 7 1,929 94 2,023 Totals 76,138 13 4 22,737 16 4 98,876 9 8 1,215,849 1,438,772 60,880 3 4' 8,285 69,165 5 ° 222,923

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Table No. 21. Number of Letters forwarded in each Postal District during the Year ended 31st December, 1881; Number of Telegrams forwarded in each Postal District during the Year ended 31st March, 1882, and the Proportion of Telegrams to every 100 Letters; together with a similar Return for the previous Year.

Table No. 22. Ordinary and Press Telegrams despatched during the Four Quarters ended 31st March, 1881, also for each Quarter of the Year ended 31st March, 1882, and the Revenue derived from each Class.

1880:r. 11.: •2. Districts. Number of Letters. Number of Telegrams. Proportion of Telegrams to every 100 Letters. Number of Letters. I Number of Telegrams. Proportion of Telegrams to every 100 Letters. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier ... Nelson ... New Plymouth ... Oamaru Thames ... Timaru ... Wanganui Wellington Westport 1,695,785 124,03 1 2,.337,o8o 2,083,002 184,004 127,187 523,034 425,612 3'4,82.3 136,734 310,757 112,269 5i3,i8o 463,519 1,497,640 47,341 230,820 26,410 155,847 189,485 34,42.3 24,462 62,905 59,156 57,636 4',77o 31,079 17,008 4i,474 74,595 241,357 16,285 1361 21-29 6-66 909 187 1923 12'02 1389 18-3 3055 IO 2,185,787 127,990 2,257,562 2,036,402 '78,372 266,623 134,262 521,338 379,5oo 268,451 163,657 297,687 118,054 5i3,335 479,2So 1,172,699 58,708 243,500 26,850 165,825 209,291 21,791 42,696 22,943 68,458 67,824 59,954 50,158 30,306 18,094 41,2.33 81,236 266,791 21,822 II'I4 20-98 7'35 10-27 27-8 1601 17-08 1313 17-87 22-33 30-64 10-18 I5'i5 8-o8 1609 16-11 34'39 IS'32 803 i6'9S 22-75 37''7

Year. Number of Letters. Number of Telegrams. 'roportion of Telegrams sent to every 100 Letters. 1881-82 ... 1880-81 ... [879-80 (for nine months only) '878-79 877-78 ... 876-77 87S-76 874-75 873-74 ••• 872-73 871-72 ... 870-71 ... 869-70 ... 868-69 ... 867-68 ... 11,059,677 10,895,998 7,065,510 7,374,786 6,078,384 5,540,920 4,731,873 4,059,5'7 3,209,837 2,828,372 2,418,021 2,626,947 2,374,060 2,749,488 1,938,578 1,438,772 1,058,342 1,008,409 1,448,943 1,260,324 1,124,432 1,051,086 917,218 752,899 568,960 4H,677 312,874 185,423 146,167 106,104 •3 97i 14-27 1964 20'7I 20-29 22'2I 22-59 23'4S I9'76 17-02 11-91 7-81 6"I2 5'47

June Quarter. September Quarter. December Quarter. March Quarter. Totals. Telegrams. Number. Revenue Derived. Number. Revenue Derived. Number. Revenue Derived. Number. Revenue Derived. Number. Revenue Derived. 1880-81. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s.d. £ s. d. £ s. d. (rdinary ... 254,778 16,334 1 o 225,928 14,985 14 2 247,906 16 3 o 11 2 9 255,090 16,521 o 5 983,702 63,851 18 4 'ress 16,618 1,439 in 17,326 1,801 o 10 16,002 1,174 o 9 24,694 1,368 10 9 74,640 5,782 14 3 Totals... 271,396 17,773 2 11 243,254 16,786 15 o 263,908, 17,'85 3 6 279,784 17,889 11 2 1,058,342 69,634 12 7 1881-82. Irdinary ... 253,797 16,286 1 6 256,347 16,268 8 5 285,452 18,128 3 6 299,042 18,366 10 2 1,094,638 69,049 3 7 'ress 25,733 i,65S 18 1 3i,47i 2,120 8 9 32,960 1,758 15 n 3i»°47 i,554 7 o 121,211 7,o89 9 9 Totals... 19,920 17 2 279,530 i7,94i 19 7 287,818, 18,388 17 2 318,412 19,886 19 5 330,089 1,215,849 76,138 13 4

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Table No. 23. Comparative Table showing the Progress of the Telegraph Department during the Financial Years ended 30th June, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, and to the 31st March, 1880, 1881, and 1882.

Or Year ended Number Number of of Miles Miles of of Line. Wire. Number of Telegrams forwarded during the Year. Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages, Money-Order ■ Telegrams, and Incidental Receipts. Total Value of Business done during the Year. f. . , Cost of Cost of MainMaintenance Total ten^' c n eof of Expenditure. u Lmes - per Mile. Tariff in Operation. Number of Stations Open. General Government. Total. Value of Government Messages. Cost of Maintenance of Stations. M Private, Press, and Provincial Government. 30th June, 1S66 „ 1867 „ 1868 „ „ 1869 „ „ 1870 « >, 1871 „ 1872 » 1873 „ 1874 ,, ,, 1875 „ 1876 „ 1877 „ 1878 „ 1879 31st March, 1880 „ „ 188 1 „ „ 1882 699 757 1,no 1,329 1,661 t2,i8s 4^2,356 §2,530 ||2,986 H3-IS4 **3,259 tt3,434 tt3,Si2 §§3,638 Il!l3,758 HH3.824 1,39° 1,498 2,223 2,495 2,897 3,247 3,823 4.574 5.782 6,626 7,247 7,423 8,035 8,117 9>333 9,587 9,653 '3 21 31 45 56 72 81 93 i°5 127 142 iSS 182 24,761 55,621 72,241 106,070 122,545 253,582 344,524 485,507 645,067 786,237 890,382 952,283 1,065,481 1,201,982 824,734 1,058,342 1,215,849 2,476 i5,33i 26,244 50,097 62,878 59,292 67,243 83,453 107,832 130,891 160,704 172,159 194.843 246,961 183,675 246,370 222,923 27,237 70,952 98,485 156,157 185,423 312,874 4",767 568,960 752,899 917,128 1,051,086 1,124,432 1,260,324 1,448,943 1,008,409 1,304,712 1,438,772 £ b. d. 5o6i 19 2 9,070 10 1 11,652 3 7 18,520 10 4 17,218 1 4 22,419 8 8 28,121 10 o 39,680 18 9 46,508 18 10 55,301 12 3 62,715 i° 4 65,644 15 3 73,284 1 10 85,402 O 2 58,120 3 3 73,002 2 O 78,828 19 8 £ s. d. 483 3 2 3,770 4 8 6,672 o 3 i.3,430 11 9 12,252 6 o 9,876 17 6 ",043 3 9 11,105 2 o 12,618 11 6 13,679 10 9 16,154 6 o 17,024 8 9 19,148 12 4 26,949 2 2 19,707 6 3 27,021 3 8 22,737 16 4 £ s. d. 6,045 2 4 12,840 14 9 18,324 3 10 3i,95i 2 1 29,470 7 4 32,296 6 2 39,i64 13 9 50,786 o 9 59,127 10 4 68,981 3 o 78,869 16 4 82,669 4 o 92,432 14 2 112,351 2 4 77,827 9 6 100,023 5 8 101,566 16 o £ s. d. 3,934 3 4 8,017 14 7 9,489 17 10 14,266 12 7 16,417 7 4 21,254 4 3 2.3,593 9 9 27,040 18 10 38,801 19 4 45,814 n 4 61,696 14 5 6.3,353 10 10 69,340 1 8 79.502 o 5 68,651 IO IO 78,224 1 8 69,165 5 0 £ s. d. 2,443 2 11 2,541 4 n 5,4o6 7 3 8,547 4 9 14,120 4 10 n,344 3 8 8,858 19 7 9,479 5 4 15,021 17 11 14,240 19 7 21,074 8 8 17,931 8 o 18,259 4 9 17,299 7 10 '4,758 4 5 23,154 8 3 18,292 13 4 £ s. d. 6,377 6 3 10,558 19 6 14,896 5 1 22,813 17 4 30,537 12 2 32.598 7 11 32,452 9 4 36,520 4 2 53,82.3 17 3 60,055 10 1 1 82,771 3 1 81,284 18 IO 87.599 6 5 96,801 8 3 83,409 15 3 ■01,378 9 11 87,457 '8 4 £ s. d. 3 9 10 3 7 1 4 17 4 6 8 6 8 9 n 5 19 6 423 4 in 6 311 4 16 4 5 18 10 5 '2 11 5 10 0 5 o 9 4 3 4 667 4 i? 4 > Mileage tariff. Mileage tariff in operation upto ist Sept., 1869; uni- [ form 2s. 6d. tariff from rst [ Sept., 1869, to 31st March, 1870; and is. tariff from J Ist April, 1870. I From ist November, 1873, address and j* signature given in free. J I9S 214 227 234 * From this mileage 78 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance, t From this mileage 32 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance. J From this mileage 42 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance. § From this mileage 106 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance. || From this mileage 31 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance. If From this mileage 174 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance. ** From this mileage 85 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance, tt From this mileage 116 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance. XX From this mileage 109 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance. §§ From this mileage 95 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance. ||[ From this mileage 102 miles to be deducted before compuling the cost per mile for maintenance. 1f1f From this mileage 66 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance.

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Table No. 24. Cost of Maintenance of Telegraph Lines for the Year ended 31st March, 1882.

Section. Number of Miles. Travelling Expenses of Linemen and Inspectors. Extra Labour. Cost of Material used for Repairs. Salaries of Linemen and Inspectors. Total Cost of Maintenance. Cost per Mile. Biverton to Balclutha, including Winton to Lowther, Switzer's, Catlin's River, Wyndham, Lowther to Kingston, and Otautau Lines Tokomairiro to Queenstown ... Balclutha to Waitaki, including Naseby, Ophir, 8t. Bathan's, Kaitangata, Outram, Otago Heads, Duntroon, Portobello, and Seacliff Lines Waitaki to Christchurch, including Akaroa, Geraldine, Southbridge, Lyttelton, and Rolleston to Darfield Junction Chrislchur'-h to Grreymouth, including Ross Line Greymouth to Lyell, including Westport Dine ... Lyell to Nel«on, including Tophouse Io Blenheim, and Motueka to Collingwood Lines Nelson to Blenheim, including Wakapuaka and White's Bay Lines Blenheim to Christchurch, including Waiau, Rangiora, and Oxford Lines ... Wellington to New Plymouth, including Foxton to Feilding, Palmerston to Woodville, and Opunake Lines Wellington to Napier, including Castlepoint, Kopua, and Hastings Lines ... Napier to Tauranga, including Grisborne and Opotiki Lines Tauranga to G-rahamstown Auckland to Coromandel and Alexandra, including Manukau Heads and Onehunga Lines Auckland to Kawakawa, including Waiwera, Russell, Hokianga, Port Albert, and Dargaville Lines Kawakawa to Mongonui 309 142 332 277 196 '77 258 92 253 £ s. d. 136 411 101 4 o 3 1' 2 o 250 n 10 295 '5 4 224 13 10 120 15 6 271 18 n 289 11 1 £ s. d. ;8 18 4 66 15 10 151 o 4 2'4 1 3 93 7 6 29 6 6 65 o 2 127 7 8 ■79 15 9 £ s. d. 138 8 9 53 19 o 285 18 o 297 7 7 44 16 2 133 '5 5 '5 6 o 47 4 9 233 7 1 £ s. d. 500 o o 400 o o 655 o o 590 o o 530 o o 3Q0 o o 265 o o 250 o o 610 o o £ s. d. 8.33 12 o 621 18 10 1,403 o 4 1,352 o 8 963 19 o 777 15 9 466 1 8 696 n 4 1,312 13 11 £ s. d. 2 13 11 4 7 7 4 4 6 4 17 7 4 18 4 4 7 10 1 16 1 7 11 5 5 3 9 401 240 363 73 432 8 8 469 14 11 658 8 7 175 11 5 255 11 2 237 '5 9 296 18 9 173 6 o 382 18 3 477 3 " 192 17 11 58 5 o 870 o o 760 o o 710 o o 590 o o 1,940 18 1 i,944 14 7 1,858 5 3 997 2 5 4 16 9 820 5 2 4 13 13 2 270 57i 1 4 287 1 7 499 19 ° 445 o o 1,803 1 11 6 13 7 322 53 297 S 6 83 1 10 92 1 8 65 3 11 68 6 8 19 18 o 585 o o I 10 o o 1,042 13 10 278 3 9 3 4 9 5 4 11 Totals ... 3,758 4,689 9 8 2,949 11 6 8,260 o o 18,292 13 4 2,393 12 2 4 17 4* * Total average cost per mile. Note. —Cape Egmont Line (7 miles), Featherston to Waihenga Line (13 miles), Wellington to Pahautanui (18 miles), and Timaru to Albury Line (28 miles), not included in this table.

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Table No. 25. Insulation Tests of the First and Second Cook Strait Cables for the Year ended 31st March, 1882, showing the Resistance per Knot after Two Minutes' Electrification in Megohms (British Association Units of Resistance).

Table No. 26. Insulation Tests of the Wanganui and Wakapuaka Cable for the Year ended 31st March, 1882, showing the Resistance per Knot after Ten Minutes' Electrification in Megohms (British Association Units of Resistance). Length of Cable laid, 108.69 Knots.

First Cook Strait Cable. No. I Wire. No. 2 Wire. No. 3 Wire. Second Cook Strait Cable. Dielectric Resistance pel Knot. 881— 1881 — April 150 258 314 April 1,554 May 152 263 305 May 1,469 June 142 25S 296 June 1,23' July 148 259 299 July 1,369 August '50 270 320 August i,536 September 163 265 308 September ■,389 October '55 263 291 October 1,320 November 156 282 345 November 1,556 December '59 288 300 December 1,172 882— 1882— January 136 245 309 January 1,238 February Broke 19th February February 1,163 March March 1,142

Date. Dielectric Resistance per Knot. Copper Resistance per Knot in Ohms. Mean Temperature of Sea-bottom calculated from the Observed C.R. i88i — Twenty Cells. Deg. F. April 3,581 II 04 61 May 3,954 11-04 61 June 4,292 11-04 61 July 4,i55 11 04 61 August 4 849 1099 54'5 September 5,827 10-97 5775 October 5,"o 1099 58-5 November 4,688 1099 58-S December 4,404 11-04 61 882— January 4,705 n-oi 59'5 February 4,i73 HOI 59'S March 3,688 II-Q2 60

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Table No. 27. Total Cost of Lines of Telegraph throughout the Colony, and of Cook Strait Cables.

Table No. 28. Return of the Number and Amount of Telegraph Money Orders Issued within the several Postal Districts during the Year ended 31st December, 1881.

Length of Section in Miles. r.-»or e Total Cost of Cleans!,. Cost of Wire, Arms, Insulators, &c, including Carriage. Total Cost of Section. Cost per Mile. Section of Line. Cost of Erection. Nobth Island. rotal North Island to 31st March, 1881 3ape Egmont Line Featherston to Waihenga Line Wellington to Pauhatanui Line £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,722 7 ii,i74 S 4 56,786 19 3 30 o o 57,974 16 11 61 6 6 69,210 10 11 69 13 4 195,146 12 5 160 19 10 22 19 11 '3 161 16 3 142 9 9 96 15 6 401 1 6 30 17 o 18 13 '5 o 179 18 9 7' 4 o 264 17 9 14 14 4 Totals 1.760 ii,i74 5 4 56,992 10 6 58,358 II II 69.448 3 y 195,973 I' 6 South Island. total South Island to 31st March, 1881 Iddington to Bakaia and South Lines, repairs (36 miles) EUverton to Otautau Line, additional expenditure (18 miles) Richmond to Motueka, reconstruction, and new line, Motueka to Collingwood, additional expenditure (76 miles) ... iVaiau Crossing fimaru and AJbury Line 12,036 20,642 16 9 69,483 1 11 ioi 18 3 52,040 o 5 1,093 9 7 5 9 0 64,925 1 10 2,187 n 1 79 6 0 207,091 o 11 3,382 18 11 84 15 o 93 19 5 4 14 2 71 n 2 606 132 19 o 54 6 3 30 o o 260 17 IO '25 17 5 36 o 6 910 17 1 1 13 1 "28 517 o 3 32 10 7 rotal South Lines to 31st March, 1882 Potal North Lines to 31st March, 1882 2,064 20,642 16 9 70,102 o 5 53,349 9 8 67,537 3 o 211,631 9 10 1,760 ",i74 5 4 56,992 10 6 58,358 11 n 69,448 3 9 195,973 11 6 Totals 3,824 3i,8i7 2 1 111,708 1 7 136,985 6 9 407,605 1 4 [27,094 10 n look Strait cables, repairs 'elephone exchanges :o ditto. &e. (see last report) ... 80,676 6 8 4,3i8 17 1 492,600 5 1 Total

[istricl :s. lum! >er. lommission. .mount. iuckland ... Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin jlisborne jrrey mouth Hokitika Invercargill... Sapier ... ... Velson New Plymouth Damaru Blames Cimaru Wanganui ... Wellington ... Westport ... 2,820 442 1,483 1,480 279 592 398 6.S5 9" 377 483 212 213 413 1,172 •,859 472 £ s. d. 325 15 8 54 o 4 167 13 8 165 18 o 34 6 o 69 5 8 42 15 8 71 18 o 115 18 8 43 1 o 55 11 8 22 12 8 26 17 8 44 13 4 131 12 4 204 17 8 60 9 8 £ s. d. 11,087 '2 I 1,915 2 O 5,812 17 6 5,5H '3 3 1,221 12 3 2,351 11 6 ',373 1 7 2,406 13 1 4,223 8 5 1,452 14 5 1,886 1 6 722 4 5 794 17 3 1,441 16 1 4,38i 12 7 6,716 14 11 2,213 10 o Totals ... 1,6. l6 2 IO

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Table No. 29. Cash Value of Shipping and Weather Telegrams and Amount chargeable to each Department of the Government for Telegrams transmitted during the Year ended 31st March, 1882.

Table No. 30. Debtor and Creditor Statement.

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Department. Value. Colonial Secretary Customs Defence Judicial Postal Registrar-General Treasury Public Works Shipping Reports Weather Reports £ 8. d. 2,519 16 o 608 8 o 3,327 16 o 1,808 4 o 1,830 8 o 211 16 o 1,364 16 4 6,613 12 o 3,080 4 o 1,372 16 o Total 22,737 i6 4

Db. 'o Total cost of maintenance of stations ... £ s. d. • 69,165 5 o Cb. £ b. d. £ s. d. Total cost of maintenance of lines 18,292 13 4 By Cash receipts as under: — Ordinary telegrams ... 68,435 '8 5 Press „ ... 7,089 9 9 Telephone exchanges ... 613 5 2 76,138 13 4 Incidental receipts not included in table, — Proceeds of sale of condemned line, horses, sundry material, See.... 403 19 6 Subsidies of private wires and midnight service 990 18 1 Head Office receipts ... 583 7 9 1,978 5 4 78,116 18 8 Balance 14,108 17 8 £101,566 16 o Amount collected for money-order telegrams by Post Office ... ... 7121a Value of Government telegrams ... ... ... 22,737 '6 4£101,566 16 o

MAP OF THE MIDDLE ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND, SHOWING POSTAL ROUTES 1882.

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