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Before closing Ay report, I should recommend that where the Telegraphic service is attached to the Post-office, a Telegraphist should be appointed to the office of Post-master, and not the Post-master to the office of Telegraphist. Several of the Telegraphists now in the office have exercised the functions of Poet-masters in the neighbouring Colonies, and are consequently capable of filling both appointments, while it is almost impossible to make many of the Post-masters Telegraphists, and assistant Telegraphists have consequently to be given them at a great additional cost to the original estimate for working the combined offices. I have &c, ALFEED SHEATH, Telegraphic Engineer. The Post-master General, Wellington.

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REPORT OF THE TELEGRAPHIC ENGINEER.

KETUKN—A. Wo. 1. ELECTKIO TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT. Return of business transacted at each Station fronr May 23rd to May 31st, 1865. Press Messages. Provincial Government. General Stations. Cash. Total. Government. £ s. 11 19 d. 0 £ s. 1 6 d. 9 £ s. d. £ 1 s. 7 d. 0 £ s. 14 12 d. 9 Christclmrch Dunedin 32 11 6 0 10 0 1 2 0 2 18 6 37 2 0 Invercargill 21 19 6 4 3 0 1 12 0 0 7 0 28 1 0 6G 10 0 5 19 9 2 14 i) 4 12 (i 79 16 3 Alfred Sheath. EETUEN—A. No. 2. ELECTHIC TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT. Return of bus: iness transacted at each Station during the month of June, 1865. Cash. Press Messages. Provincial General Government. ' Government. Total. Stations. £ 8. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Bluff 9 13 0 1 16 0 5 11 6 17 0 6 Invercargill .. 47 18 0 3 13 12 6 0 ] 19 0 65 4 3 Dunedin 81 13 0 5 12 0 8 18 6 9 19 6 106 3 0 Oamaru, opened the 20th 6 8 0 O 7 ft 0 7 0 8 15 6 Timaru, opened the 19th Christchurch 6 5 0 63 2 0 6 19 14 14 0 5 4 6 6 12 0 89 2 3 Heathcote Valley 0 11 0 0 3 0 0 9 0 5 4 0 10 0 Lyttelton 23 11 6 1 12 6 30 11 0 239 1 (i 16 14 0 45 19 0 22 14 0 324 8 <;