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TABLE K. Cash Value of Shipping Telegrams and Amount chargeable to each Department of the General Government for Telegrams transmitted during the Year ended 31st March, 1881.

TABLE L. Debtor and Creditor Statement.

Authority : Geobge DidSBUEY, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBBl.

Department. Value. Colonial Secretary Customs Defence Judicial Postal Registrar-General Treasury Public Works Shipping Reports Weather Reports £ b. a. 2,879 8 8 565 10 o 4,992 12 4 2,674 15 o 3.78i 3 4 211 11 8 2,148 12 4 6,847 13 8 1,641 4 4 1,278 10 4 Total 27,021 3 8

De. ?o Total cost of maintenance of stations £ s. d. 77.324 1 8 On. £ s. d. Total cost of maintenance of lines 23> J54 8 3 By Cash receipts as under :— Ordinary and Press telegrams* ... 69,634 12 7 Incidental receipts not included in tables, — Excess on ordinary telegrams 73 4 o Collections for copies and search of telegrams ... 19 8 6 Amount collected by Postal Department for money-order telegrams ... ... 724 17 o Proceeds of sale of condemned line, horses, sundry material, &c. ... ... ... 635 12 8 Amount recovered for subsidies on account of private lines ... 153 93 Amount recovered on account of guaranteed stations ... 90 16 o 1,697 7 S Special-wire subsidy for Press purposes ... ... ... 1,647 8 4 Recoveries on account of midnight cable service ... ... 22 13 8 1)670 2 o 73,002 2 o Value of G-eneral Government telegrams.,. ... ... ... 27,021 3 8 100,023 5 8 Balance ... ... ... ... 455 4 3 £100,478 9 11 £100,478 9 11 * Of this amount £1,634 us. 6d. was collected in postage stamps.