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G.—No. 3L

THE TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.

!ash Value of Shtpp: Government, i am Teiegeams : ibr Telegrams tri Table I. ,nd Amounts Chai .nsinitted during •geable to each Department the Tear ended 30th June, if the General L872. Depaetment. September Quarter, 1871. December Quarter, 1871. March Quarter, 1872. June Quarter, 1872. Totals. Colonial Secretary Crown Lands Customs Defence ... Judicial ... Marine ... Native Postal ' Public Works ... Registrar- General Registrar of Land Treasury Shipping Reports £ s. d. 284 2 0 11 7 6 49 10 0 540 9 0 169 8 3 10 1 0 376 4 3 220 4 0 352 13 6 40 18 0 13 4 0 140 19 6 191 3 6 £ s. d. 344 14 3 12 10 0 49 4 6 590 15 6 173 3 9 6 4 0 360 4 3 224 11 G 418 8 0 15 8 0 16 7 0 165 18 6 216 0 0 £ s. a. 520 9 6 11 15 0 52 15 0 659 13 3 198 9 6 8 2 0 338 4 3 225 8 6 903 7 3 18 9 0 25 16 6 139 7 9 223 3 0 S s. d. 393 4 6 17 5 0 58 2 0 445 13 0 189 12 0 3 17 6 306 13 0 279 19 0 644 5 6 10 13 0 18 1 0 144 4 0 213 0 0 £ s. d. 1,542 10 3 52 17 6 209 11 6 2,236 10 9 730 13 6 28 4 6 1,381 5 9 950 3 O 2,318 14 3 85 8 0 73 8 6 590 9 9 84,3 6 6 Totals 2,400 4 6 2,593 9 3 3,325 0 6 2,724 9 6 11,043 3 9 Tab! :toh and Cue i K. De: iitoe Statement. Dk. To total cost of maintenance of Stations... To total cost of maintenance of Lines To refunds to Press, 25 per cent, on value of Interprovincial Telegrams ... Total Disbursements ... £ s. d. £ s. d. Cs. By Cash Receipts aa under, viz. : Ordinary, Press, and Provincial Government Telegrams* ... Incidental Receipts, not included in Tables, viz.: Profit on San Francisco Telegrams Excess on Ordinary Telegrams ... Deficit between Eeceipts and Expenditure paid by Guarantors of Longbush Station for Year ending December, 1871 Amount collected by PoBt Office for Telegraph Department on Money Order Telegrams £ s. d. £ s. d. 23,593 9 9 8,858 19 7 28,121 10 0 312 9 0 32,764 18 4 18 5 4 25 16 2 18 17 3 To balance to the credit of the Department ... 151 16 0 Total Cash Eeceipts ... Value of General Government Telegrams ... 28,336 ,4 9 6,614 10 2 11,043 3 9 £39,379 8 6 £39,379 8 6 * Of this amount, £228 4s. 9d. was collected in Stamps.