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Table B. NUMBER of Interprovincial Letters forwarded during the Year ended 31st December, 1873; Number of Telegrams despatched in each Province during the Year ended 30th June, 1874; and proportion of Telegrams to every 100 Letters; together with a similar Return for the previous Year.

Table C. RETURN of the Number and Amount of Telegraph Money Orders Issued and Paid at the Post Offices in the several Postal Districts in the Colony of New Zealand, during the Tear ended 30th June 1874.

Namo of Station. Total Cash Revenue derived from Private, Press, and Provincial Government Messages. Value of General Government Messages. Total Value of Messages of all Codes. Total Number of Private, Press, and Provincial Government Messages. Total Number of General Government Messages. Total Number of Messages of all Codes. Amount Paid for Salaries. Contingencies. Total Cost of Maintenance of each Station. teefton tichmond* tiverton Joss ... totorua* Roxburgh* ipit ... ?apanui ?arawera* £ ■■ d. 889 7 1 40 18 o 248 18 2 120 19 o 51 15 o 92 1 5 352 2 9 14 19 8 41 17 4 i°5 '7 5 367 10 5 74 o 2 174 8 10 1,113 8 11 326 6 10 113 13 1 14 19 5 103 9 1 147 9 i° i°5 3 1 140 15 10 26 7 9 1,066 2 11 7i 3 9 4.105 5 5 601 19 7 74i 3 7 4 11 6 106 1 4 2 15 11 46,508 18 10 £ s. d. 62 7 2 1 3 7 15 6 7 11 8 11 £ s. d. 95i 14 3 42 1 7 264 4 9 132 7 11 172 6 o 97 13 9 410 10 3 15 2 "2 59 9 7 299 3 10 700 7 9 107 18 4 191 16 11 1,247 1 7 344 11 8 117 13 2 16 2 10 115 1 o 155. 8 7 118 3 2 163 10 10 37 7 3 1,315 14 1 7i 13 8 5.5H 12 6 3,007 10 4 873 8 6 4 n 6 i°7 5 7 634 £ s. d. 304 o o £ a- d. 192 18 9 12 14 6 26 4 6 45 14 3 22 19 6 32 4 4 37 9 1 26 1 10 13 8 o 4*7 ' 3 78 13 7 59 I2 11 25 6 6 132 5 5 39 19 9 1206 £ *■ d. 496 18 9 12 14 6 152 17 10 225 14 3 22 19 6 47 4 4 "5 15 9 26 1 10 13 8 o 216 4 7 320 12 9 79 12 11 170 9 10 479 '5 5 191 13 1 95 o 6 11 3 1 196 6 8 i37 7 8 164 7 6 118 10 4 »3 3 ° 577 2 5 no 8 o 3,548 o 1 186 9 3 558 11 9 473 16 6 11 16 6 35 1 3 Paupo ?auranga ?e Awamutu* ... ?ernuka ?imaru ?okomairiro Vaiau. Vaikaia, Switzers Vaikouaiti Vaimate Vaipawa Vaipukurau Vairoa* (H. Bay) Vanganui Vashdjke t Wellington }ovt. Buildings (Vestport iVhite's Bayt ■ • ■ Yin ton* Waitaki 120 11 o 5 12 4 58 7 6 026 17 12 3 J93 6 5 332 17 4 33 18 2 17 8 1 133 12 8 18 4 10 401 1 3 5 n 11 n 7 18 9 13 ° 1 22 15 o 10 19 6 249 11 2 o 9 11 1,409 7 1 2,405 10 9 132 4 11 11,129 677 3.599 1,813 681 1,423 4,849 218 654 1,506 5,653 1,127 2,786 14,311 4,894 1,496 229 1,650 2,274 1,585 1,763 357 14,9*3 1,107 74,788 6,298 9,932 44 1,628 44 1,024 IS 199 126 656 88 809 2 158 1,074 2.376 264 207 i,68^ 238 49 11 175 119 158 189 8S 2,292 5 10,829 I7-45 1 1.75* 12.153 692 3.798 1.939 1.337 i.5" 5.658 220 812 2,580 8,029 i.39i 2,993 15.994 5>!32 '.545 240 1,825 2,393 1.743 '.952 442 17.205 1,112 . 85.617 23.749 11,683 44 1,643 73 126 13 4 180 o o 15 o o 178 6 8 '69 3 4 241 19 2 20 o o HS 3 4 347 IO ° I5 1 13 4 83 o o 185 10 2 118 6 8 128 6 8 106 3 4 368 11 5 100 o o 3.076 17 4 155 9 9 346 4 6 389 o o 11 3 1 10 16 6 19 1 o 36 o 10 1270 13 3 ° 208 11 o 10 8 o 471 2 9 3° 19 6 212 7 3 84 16 6 11 16 6 25 1 3 1 4 3 3 7 5 12,618 11 6 15 29 10 o o Total 752,899 29,547 15 o 59."7 10 4 645,067 107,832 9,254 4 4138,801 19 4 * Operator; also Lineman. t This transmitting Station was transferred to Blenheim on the 12th October, 1873.

1873-74. 1872-73. Province. Number of Letters. Number of Telegrams. Proportion of Telegrams sent for every 100 Letters. Number of Letters. Number of Telegrams. Proportion of Telegrams sent for every 100 Letters. Wellington ... tlarlborough... kelson Canterbury ... iVestland )tago Southland lawke's Bay... ?aranaki Auckland 500.541 92,104 227,572 448,795 163,838 829,283 145.131 58,889 612,376 146,406 18,286 6S.9SI 108,844 46,841 159,887 33.5O2 3o,557 11,768 '30,857 29'24 19-85 2898 24-25 28-58 1927 25'5i 2 1 '°5 1998 21-36 418,842 62,813 202,150 421,092 194,722 7S5.43O} 95.795) 101,741 48,748 577.039 105,372 15.851 52,376 73.071 35.137 126,368 2i,935 2i,497 8,721 108,632 25'23 2590 »7'35 18-04 16-72 22-89 21-12 17-88 18-80 Total Number of Letters ... Total Number of Telegrams Proportion of Telegrams to every 100 Letters 1873-71. 18: 3,209,837 2,8: 752,899 5< 23'45 '2-73. [8,372 )8,g6o 1976 1871-72. 2,418,021 411,767 17-02 1870-71. 2,626,947 312.874 , 11-91 2. 1869-70. ,374,o6o 185.423 7-8! 186i 2,741 I 4 I )-69. J.488 5,167 6-12 3867-68. I.938.578 106,104 5'47

Issued. Paid. Offices in— Number. Commission. Amount. Number. Amount. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Napier Wellington ... Blenheim Nelson Westport Sreymouth ... Hokitika Christchurch Dunedin 838 97 137 67, 1,100 45i 228 284 830 258 1,260 1,622 225 £ s- d. Ill 12 O 12 4 4 18 7 o 85 8 8 138 10 o 58 1 4 26 8 o 36 8 o 108 4 o 30 8 8 164 7 o 215 6 o 29 15 o £ s. d. 4.174 o 5 437 ° 7 684 11 9 3,100 9 6 5,000 o 2 2,126 12 8 898 6 7 I.35 1 12 1 4,000 15 8 1,043 16 6 6,074 1 8 8,050 19 7 1,110 1 7 1,386 515 79 158 1,059 151 75° 139 520 546 841 1.643 170 £ s. d. 6,580 11 3 1,947 4 6 4*5 9 9 759 2 11 4,878 10 5 642 13 4 3.395 17 5 696 1 6 2,502 2 o 2,655 12 8 4,097 16 7 8,349 »3 8 906 11 3 !nvercargill ... Totals 7-957 8,001 1,035 ° o 38,05214 9 38,837 7 3

Cash Eeyentje derived from Private, Press, and Provincial Government Messages, &e.— continued.