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INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH TRAFFIC. TABLE 1, showing the Total Australian International Telegraph Business for the following Years, (January to December).

INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH TRAFFIC. TABLE 2, showing the Traffic of the various Colonies for the following Years.

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Year. Messages? Words. Receipts. .889 890 891 892 893 894 895 896 897 62,909 67,066 79,478 88,130 91,100 90,383 120,394 151,206 152,075 793,917 827,278 1,110,869 1,321,412 1,401,293 1,325,241 1,948,639 2,326,984 2,122,216 • £ s. d. 324,636 4 4 331,468 2 11 285,516 3 11 261,796 14 1 316,650 6 8 301,507 11 7 453,303 19 5 562,817 18 9 498,476 11 8

South Austra: ,IA. Victoria. Tasmania. Year. Messages. Words. Value. Messages. ! Words. Value. Messages. Words. Value. 1889 1890 1891 1892.. 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 8122 10,429 11,478 12,857 14,925 16,247 17,086 19,530 20,330 147,804 181,101 227,787 269,720 266,400 288,503 322,328 307,487 306,232 £ 39,067 48,406 39,120 35,939 40,185 48,804 57,205 62,094 59,239 21,541 22,149 28,229 32,517 : 29,816 27,774 32,061 35,152 34,892 291,436 292,850 435,419 560,309 555,039 442,382 538,442 551,894 508,554 £ 119,680 117,652 107,431 107,908 129,438 102,948 127,069 133,077 121,517 791 891 1301 1437 1250 876 1066 1192 1342 7122 7968 11,433 12,597 11,067 7816 9"376 10,893 12,410 £ 3543 3709 3236 2929 2842 2030 2504 2961 3300 Nl! South W. .LES. New Zealand. SUEENSLAN Year. Messages. Words. Value. Messages. Words. Value. Messages. Words. Value. 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 18,211 18,406 25,577 31,069 28,996 28,146 32,774 36,925 38,522 193,747 194,724 319,116 391,031 380,112 364,860 436,682 481,409 484,715 £ 85,307 87,749 83,199 80,561 92,979 89,574 108,554 121,393 121,045 8361 8673 7077 5696 11,553 11,345 13,768 18,568 18,001 90,722 83,871 61,256 42,584 145,470 151,256 195,683 288,842 246,365 £ 48,156 44,212 31,792 21,704 37,640 38,976 50,716 75,459 63,536 4619 5044 3428 1959 1986 1787 1765 1897 4182 53,068 54,989 32,974 16,765 18,483 14,314 13,089 14,135 52,012 £ 24,755 24,741 14,974 7184 8044 6468 5860 6559 14,557