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Table No. 17. Table showing the Cash Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages, the Value of Government Messages, and the Number of Messages transmitted in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand for the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1897.

Table No. 18. Return of Paid Telegrams of all Codes forwarded during the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1897, and the Revenue received.

Table No. 19. Return of the Number and Value of Telegraph Money-orders issued within the several Postal Districts during the Year ended 31st December, 1896.

Postal Districts. Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages. Value of Government Messages. Total Value of Messages of all Codes. Number of Private and Press ! Messages. Number of Govt. Messages. Total Number of Messages of all Codes. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames.. Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport / s. d. 19,668 9 11J 1,632 7 3 10,950 16 -]\ 12,108 17 i^ 1,999 o 5 J 2,615 3 7 i,i34 17 if 4,942 17 3j 5,837 11 H 1,849 12 10 2,318 12 11J 1,552 19 11 5,519 2 4 I 2,184 8 3 4,560 7 2j 16,740 9 6| 1,837 4 n £ s - d. 3,519 10 8 487 1 10 1,775 13 2 1,874 7 3 397 19 8 647 4 1 308 16 4 75° o 3 898 6 1 637 18 5 702 5 11 171 7 8 842 16 II 322 13 1 849 2 IO 8,478 2 I 454 16 3 £ B. d. 23,188 o 7* 2,119 9 1 12,726 9 gj 13,983 4 4i 2,397 ° ii 3,262 7 8 i,443 13 5* 5,692 17 6J 6,735 17 3i 2,487 11 3 3,020 18 10J 1,724 7 7 6,361 19 3 2,507 1 4 5,409 10 oj 25,218 11 7j 2,292 1 2 446,617 35,283 226,153 275,257 4O,537 53,441 23,240 125,426 125,065 71,017 53,726 28,982 123,569 46,314 106,264 463,208 40,902 38,509 5,553 19,798 i8,943 4,430 5,688 2,487 7,766 10,030 7,786 6,905 i,936 8,968 3,790 9,3io 78,182 5,087 485,126 40,836 245,951 294,200 44,967 59,1^9 25,727 133,192 135,095 78,803 60,631 30,918 132,537 50,104 115,574 541,390 45,989 Totals, 1896-97 Totals, 1895-96 97,452 18 7 92,289 9 5J 23,118 2 6 25,843 II II 120,571 118,133 I I i 4i 2,285,001 1,899,632 235,168 224,579 2,520,169 2,124,211

June (uarter, 1896. Septembei Quarter, 1896. December Quarter, 1896. March Quarter, 1897. | Totals. Class of Telegrams. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. : I " )rdinary .. Irgent )elayed 'ress .. i ( 341.419 l8,397 64,557 46,980 I 24,308 £ s - d - 30,562 19 3 451,150 2,021 15 10 22,815 2,010 13 7 * 2,328 o i 50,991 569 5 10 i 24,882 £ s. d. £ s. d. 32,315 8 64509,16132,29719 3 2,101 8 i\ 27,029 2,339 14 11 [518,241 29,002 £ »• d. 31,964 7 1 1,819,971 2,57i 5 4 97.243 64,557 2,091 5 6 198,406 677 ig 4 J 104,824 £ s. d. 127,140 14 i^ 9,034 4 it 2,010 13 7 9,521 9 o 2,483 9 1 2,840 5 1 47,617 2,261 18 4 595 o 4 26,944: 641 3 7 52,818 28,690 iureau Iross totals -ess other] lines and I credits ) 495,661 37,492 14 7 549.838 37.852 2 2 610,75137,540 16 I 628,751 37,304 17 3 12,285,001 150,190 10 1 13,514 12 3 I 14.158 4 3 '12,465 6 1 1 12,599 8 11 ; 52,737 « 6 let totals, 1896-97 let totals, 1895-96 495,661 23,978 2 4 j 549.838 |2O,548 O 4i ; 456,957 23.693 17 II 6io,75ij25,o75 10 o 628,751 24,705 8 4 2,285,001 97,452 18 7 445.213 22,138 2 IOJ 496,06424,287 19 7 [501.398 25.315 6 7411,899,632 92,289 9 5I I * " Dela: 'ed " telegrams ?ere abolished as from 3i*t May, 1896;

Districts. Number. Telegraph Commission. Value of Orders. Auckland .. Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timarii WanganUi .. Wellington Westport .. 6,691 662 2,031 1,926 998 I ,112 355 880 2,450 53° 943 253 3.O29 406 2,146 5.456 992 £ »' d. 334 " ° 33 2 o IOI II O 96 6 o 49 18 o 55 12 o 17 15 o 44 o o 122 IO O 26 IO O 47 3 o 12 13 o 151 9 o 20 6 o 107 6 o 272 16 o 49 12 o £ *• d. 3 r .°33 : 3 7 2 i°93 X 9 5 7,642 1 9 6.897 3 8 3,467 3 10 3.951 14 7 1,122 4 2 2.898 17 7 9.155 3 11 1,811 15 9 2,802 10 7 719 8 o 11,408 8 o 1,206 19 n 6.431 14 7 18,001 7 3 2,973 10 3 Totals, 1896 3O,86o 1,543 o o 113,617 16 10 Totals, 1895 •• 25,856 1,292 16 o 95.546 9 10