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Showing the Number of Messages to and from each Colony, as above.

TOTAL NUMBER OF WORDS.

10 Months' Business— Increase over 1889 figures during 1891 of 56 per cent. „ ~ ~ 1892 of 61 per cent.

INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH SERVICE. Showing the Number of Words to and from each Colony, as above.

TOTAL RECEIPTS.

SmmWs

1.0 Months of 1892-3. 1889. 1890-1. 1891-2. South Australia ... Victoria Tasmania ... New South Wales New Zealand Queensland Western Australia 8,122 21,541 791 18,211 8,361 4,619 1,264 10,429 22,149 891 18,406 8,673 5,044 1,474 12,021 31,691 1,569 29,104 5,925 2,513 2,751 11,258 26,118 1,076 25,824 5,583 1,638 2,042 Total ... ... i 62,909 62,909 67,066 85,574

1889. 1890-1. 1891-2. 1892-3. May June July August September ... October November ... December ... 67,319 62,930 63,915 62,563 60,295 73,928 79,334 65,846 70,057 67,840 71,630 69,004, 68,555 73,213 72,525 69,703 95,438 95,390 101,783 102,371 103,356 112,948 105,546 105,684 105,860 105,859 105,666 102,767 102,410 113,717 119,390 113,068 January February ... March April 68,628 61,926 64,818 62,415 66,994 65,082 66,679 65,996 1892. 113,144 ' 104,416 118,469 116,646 1893. 107,545 101,775 Total 793,917 827,278 1,275,191

10 Months of 1892-3. 1889. 1890-1. 1891-2. South Australia ... Victoria Tasmania ... New South Wales New Zealand Queensland Western Australia 147,804 291,436 7,122 193,747 90,722 53.068 10,018 181.101 292,850 7,968 194,724 83,871 54,989 11,775 255,138 538,440 14,418 370,633 46,672 20,407 29,483 226,363 436,061 9,270 320,120 50,843 14,894 20,506 Total ... 793,917 827,278 1,275,191

1889. 1890-1. 1891-2. 1892-3. May June July August September October November December £ s. d. 26,396 11 7 25.556 11 2 26,418 4 1 25,992 13 0 25,185 18 1 31,423 12 3 32,497 19 10 27,603 5 11 £ s. d. 27,747 10 9 26,952 6 1 28,015 11 2 27,477 19 9 26,867 2 10 30,229 8 2 29,876 8 6 28,842 8 3 £ s. d. 20,586 8 7 20,037 17 2 20,516 9 10 21,158 6 4 21,112 13 7 23,067 5 1 21,397 11 8 21,206 14 2 £ *. d. 21.057 2 8 21,141 3 2 21,266 19 4 20,671 5 9 20,802 15 8 23,005 0 10 23,656 13 4 22,645 15 7 January ... February ... March April 27,329 14 10 24,739 9 6 26,571 7 1 24,920 17 0 27,792 13 0 25,729 7 3 26,288 15 0 25,648 12 2 1892. 23,077 16 4 20,784 12 7 22,859 3 9 20,825 5 1 1893. 24,070 7 11 22,837 15 6 Total 324,636 4 4 331,468 2 11 | 256,683 4 2