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International to New South Wales, 1892. N.S.W. Proportion. £ s. d. January ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 149 1 7 February 126 10 4 March 145 18 11 April ... 126 19 9 May ... 124 11 11 June 134 5 3 July 129 7 0 August 116 17 0 September 120 17 2 October 147 7 10 November ... ... ~ 150 18 4 December , 144 8 9 Messages received ... ... ... 14,558 S. H. LAMBTON, Deputy Postmaster-General.

APPENDIX K. INTERNATIONAL TELEGEAPH TRAFFIC. EROM MAY Ist, 1891, TO FEBRUARY 28th, 1893, COMPARED WITH THE YEARS 1889 AND 1890. Notes. An agreement made at the Sydney Conference of 1891, between Cable Company and the following Colonies : —South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, and Western Australia, to reduce the Tariff from May Ist, 1891. Cable Company to be guaranteed their 1889 receipts—viz., £237,736. Similar agreement made between the Contributing Colonies, agreeing to guarantee South Australia £37,552 per annum. From May Ist, 1891, Cable Rates (Contributing Colonies), Adelaide to London, &c, reduced from 9s. 4d. to 4s. per word, and rates to other parts of the World reduced in proportion. Government Messages 3s. 6d. per word, and Press Messages Is. 9d. per word. From January Ist, 1893, an all round increase of 9d. per word was made on Ordinary or Public Messages, Government and Press Messages not being affected. Through insufficient notice the extra charge of 9d. per word was not collected by India, Burmah, and Ceylon until January 16th, 1893. From January Ist, 1893, New Zealand joined in with the Contributing Colonies.

Comparative Statement showing the Increase to Business since the altered Rates came into Operation from 1st May, 1891. TOTAL NUMBER OF MESSAGES.

10 Months' Business— Increase over 1889 figures during 1891 of 34 per cent. 1892 of 39 per cent.

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1889. 1890-1. 1891-2. 1902-3. May June July August September ... October November ... December ... 4,882 4,852 5,277 5,155 4,989 5,886 6,065 5,513 5,590 5,481 5,347 5,526 5,483 5,926 5,975 6,110 6,749 6,556 7,018 6,941 6,855 7,543 7,235 7,101 6,867 7,177 7,074 6,950 6,907 7,681 8,034 7,864 January February ... March April 5,468 4,798 5,183 4,841 5,758 5,047 5,485 5,338 1892. 7,892 7,050 7,761 6,870 1893. 7,826 7,159 Total 62,909 67,066 85,574