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TABLE A — continued. CASH REVENUE derived from Private and Press Messages, &c.— continued.

TABLE B. NUMBER of Interprovincial Letters forwarded during the Year ended 31st December, 1877 ; Number of Telegrams despatched in each Provincial District during the Year ended 30th June, 1878; and proportion of Telegrams to every 100 Letters; together with a similar Return for the previous Year.

Total Cash Revenue .. . c. .. derived from Name of Station. Private and Press Telegrams. Value of General Government Messages. Total Total Value Number of of Messages of Private and all Codes. Press Messages. Total Number of General Government Messages. Total Number of Messages of all Codes. Amount Paid for Salaries. Contingencies. Total Cost of Maintenance of Station. re Awamutu* ... lemuka re Nui rimaru rokatea rokoinairiro tophouse* rurakina Upper Hutt Waiau vVaikola Waikaia Waikouaiti Waimate Waimate Junction Wainui* Waipahi Waipawa Waipu* Waipukurau vVairoa Waitahuna Waitaki Waitotara Waitara vVaiuku Waiwera Wakapuaka Wanganui Warkworth Washdyke Waverley Wellington Westport Whangarei Whangaroa White's Bay* ... Winton* Winslow £ »■ d. 106 18 2 230 5 2 11 8 6 1,90s i7 7 58 16 1 246 12 10 17 5 3 81 16 o n.5 10 3 106 18 11 £ ■■ d. 21 811 23 9 9 078 248 4 9 1824 3° 2 3 25 I' 11 n 14 10 13 18 1 23 14 3 3 12 10 9 9 3 26 11 4 65 n 10 25 1 10 IOO 3 3 1 22 12 2 £ s. d. 128 7 1 253 14 11 n 16 2 2,154 2 4 76 18 5 276 15 1 42 17 2 93 IO IO 129 8 4 130 13 2 36 12 7 72 17 7 174 2 9 435 16 2 43 13 9 39 4 3 30 6 3 298 8 9 42 18 4 221 17 o 273 3 1 37 16 2 5° 18 3 107 7 9 125 5 11 69 IS 1 103 17 10 982 1 3 2,323 2 4 73 5 9 26 5 1 i5S 16 11 8,193 18 o 1,139 7 7 177 18 1 61 in 1,587 3,690 188 23,502 922 3,967 257 ',367 2,026 i,537 580 1,003 2,527 5>56o 3H 529 449 4,44' 641 3,028 3,392 6.37 464 1,563 856 964 1,483 13,272 27,448 1,024 437 2,393 154,985 10,057 1,872 781 ■95 288 4 3,212 312 389 368 135 196 254 43 128 1,782 3,978 192 26,714 1,234 4,356 625 ',5°2 2,222 1,791 623 1,131 2,848 6,232 588 542 475 4,747 681 3,262 3,842 650 75° 1,663 1,223 1,043 i,578 13,290 31,104 1,099 441 2,552 172,970 13,660 2,389 960 £ s. d. 204 11 8 289 1 8 739 ° o 104 11 8 1.59 3 4 124 11 8 106 6 8 104 11 8 109 3 4 64 11 8 no o o 133 ' 3 294 17 8 9 n 8 140 o o £ b. d. 5 3 6 54 '7 'I 77 '7 11 182 18 7 17 1 9 33 14 11 18 14 2 9' 19 4 6192 24 18 o 3 16 6 139 5 7 26 o o 66 16 9 27 18 o 105 o 35 6 o 26 3 3 12 15 o 70 19 2 16 6 o £ s. d. 209 15 2 343 19 7 77 17 11 921 18 7 121 13 5 192 18 3 '43 5 10 198 6 o 166 O IO 134 1 4 68 8 2 249 S 7 '59 1 3 361 14 S 37 9 8 150 5 o 35 6 o 191 14 n 132 6 8 195 2 6 176 6 o 61 1 1 68 13 8 171 14 8 56 4 4 158 13 3 115 4 6 589 4 2 922 8 6 133 13 6 18 16 10 152 5 n 5,475 1 6 449 6 7 161 6 11 no o 3 151 o o '55 12 0 40 10 1 69,340 1 8 32 19 9 6.3 8 4 '47 n 5 37° 4 4 18 11 11 38 4 3 27 3 2 275 l6 7 39 5 6 203 14 o 234 8 5 36 15 5 28 5 11 97 o 2 55 1 1 63 6 5 91 8 4 980 13 8 2,013 6 9 66 4 3 25 '7 7 142 19 4 6,496 9 6 812 o 2 143 4 10 51 16 10 3 12 10 18 3 o 38 14 8 1 o 9 22 12 4 10 7 7 70 4 10 6 8 8 12 9 6 1 7 7 3°9 iS 7 716 076 12 17 7 1,697 8 6 327 7 5 34 13 3 9 5 1 32i 672 274 1.3 26 3°6 40 234 45° 13 286 100 367 79 95 18 3,656 75 4 159 17,985 3,603 517 '79 165 11 8 119 n 8 124 3 4 160 o o 49 11 8 64 11 8 98 6 8 34 11 8 117 10 o 9' 3 4 382 9 8 822 13 5 106 5 o IO IO o IOO IO o 4,931 OIO 326 5 o 148 13 4 77 18 4 i3S o ° 140 o o 19 3 4 11 9 5 420 73 8 o 21 12 8 4' 3 3 24 1 2 206 14 6 99 '5 1 27 8 6 8 6 10 51 IS 11 544 o 8 123 1 7 12 13 7 32 1 11 1600 '5 12 o 2169 11,462 17 6 80 19 6 16 5 2 922 060 90 1 8 16 11 2 1,414 271 146 5 1,560 276 1,260,324 Totals 73,284 1 10 119,14812 4 92,432 14 2 1,065,481 194,843 57,877 4 2 Operator; also jineman. f From this amou: it £128 3s. 9i I. to be deducted, being :ash received from Government Anuuilii :s Department.

1877-78. 1876-77. Number of Letters. Number of Telegrams. Proportion of Telegrams sent for every 100 Letters. Number of Letters. Number Proportion of of Telegrams sent for Telegrams. every 100 Letters. Wellington Marlborough Nelson Canterbury Westland ... Otago southland... Hawke's Bay faranaki ... Auckland ... 1,068,204 155,993 248,802 1,357,049 316,257 1,275,874 234,768 298,009 114,228 1,009,200 305,896 23,828 74,526 183,229 88,118 237,832 46,192 75,765 30,599 194,339 28-63 15-27 29-95 13-5 27-89 18-64 19-67 25-42 26-79 19-25 926,387 143,719 237,257 1,176,688 280,730 1,319,753 230,200 262,623 101,300 862,263 260,449 21,016 57,055 157,143 90,700 223,615 38,533 65,645 23,348 186,928 28-11 14-62 24-04 13-35 32-3 16-94 16-73 24-99 23-04 21-67 1877-78. 1876-77. 'otal No. of Letters ... 6,078,384 5,540,920 'otal No. of Telegrams 1,260,3241,124,432 'roportion of Telegrams to every 100 Letters ... 20-71 20-29 1875-76. 4,731,873 1,051,086 1874-75. | 4,059,517 917,128 | 1873-5 3,209,! 752,1 '*. 837 899 1872-73. r 1871-72. | 1870-71. 1869-70. 2,878,372 2,418,0212,626,947 2,374,060 568,960 411,677 312,874 185,423 19'76 17'02 11-91 7-81 1868-69. | 1867-68. 2,749,488 1,938,57! 146,167 106,10-22-21 22-59 23-41 6-12 5-47