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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GUARANTEE. The following Table shows the actual Revenue of South Australia from International Telegrams, and the amount required to supplement Receipts up to guaranteed Revenue; viz., £37,552:—

TABLE showing Contributions of each Colony to Guarantee.

C. TODD, Postmaster-General 8f Supt. of Telegraphs, S.A. General Post Office, Adelaide, lUh March, 1898.

Year. Actual Revenue from International Telegrams. Amounts paid by contributing Colonies to supplement Receipts. Total Receipts. 1891-2 1892-3 1893-4 1894-5 1895-6 1896-7 £ 27,137 29,877 36,730 36,427 43,807 48,471 £ 10,415 7675 822 1125 Nil. Nil. £ 37,552 37,552 37,552 37,552 43,807 48,471

1891-2. 1892-3. 1893-4. 1891-5. 1895-6. 1896-7. South Australia Victoria Tasmania New South Wales New Zealand Western Australia £ s. d. 1196 7 4 4257 16 9 547 12 0 4227 6 7 £ s. d. 863 1 5 3071 13 3 395 0 11 3049 13 0 161 9 8 134 1 9 £ s. d. 77 5 0 274 18 9 35 7 2 272 19 4 149 9 8 12 0 1 £ s. d. 105 14 6 376 5 8 48 7 10 373 11 9 204 11 8 16 8 7 £ -Nil. £ Nil. 185 17 4 Total £ 10,415 0 0 7675 0 0 822 0 0 1125 0 0