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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, 1900.

Table No. 18. Return of Paid Telegrams of all Codes forwarded during the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1900, 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, 1899.

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 £ ■• d. 18,362 12 11 1,872 11 7 13,886 6 2j 17,358 5 o 2,437 14 6J 2,919 1 4 1,387 19 4 6,545 15 5i 6,419 5 11 2,816 12 6 3,707 6 0} i,937 10 4j 3,749 7 6 3,082 1 ij 6,143 2 10 19,635 13 7<l 2,121 15 10 £ s - d. 3,565 19 3 409 9 9 2,277 9 10 1,980 17 o 432 14 9 550 3 2 252 12 o 828 10 8 918 11 3 608 8 4 658 3 o 225 14 IO 622 4 4 377 4 5 1,065 14 11 14,164 o 3 494 1 3 £ s. d. 21,928 12 2 2,282 1 4 16,163 J 6 0} 19,339 2 o 2,870 9 3J 3,469 4 6 1,640 11 4 7,374 6 14 7,337 17 2 3,425 o 10 4,365 9 0} 2,163 5 2J 4,371 11 10 3,459 5 6} 7,208 17 9 33,799 13 10J 2,615 17 1 505,092 48,184 336,307 460,424 57,782 69,802 32,709 189,304 165,625 148,105 96,221 44,599 105,895 72,491 167,491 607,950 51,112 43,051 5,918 26,371 23,090 4,922 7,039 2,751 10,247 11,211 9,075 9,058 2,995 9,713 5,309 12,109 120,629 7,050 548,143 54,102 362,678 483,514 62,704 76,841 35,46o 199,551 176,836 157,180 105,279 47,594 115,608 77,800 179,600 728,579 58,162 Totals, 1900 .. "4,383 2 I* 29,431 19 o 143,815 I I* 3,159,093 310,538 3,469,631 2,960,738 Totals, 1899 .. 126,604 18 2 2,717,548 243,190 101,104 12 4 25,500 5 IO

June Quarter, 1899. September Quarter, 1899. December Quarter, 1899. March Quarter, 1900. 'otals. Class of Telegrams. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Irdinary .. Irgent 'ress lureau 589,502 28,742 54,315 42,568 £ s - d - 32,505 8 4 i,95i 15 1 2,483 3 1 1,130 12 1 571,153 23,346 63,317 44,149 £ s. d. 31,742 6 4J 1,587 18 2 3.208 12 2 1.209 11 2 677,121 36,213 65,655 53,137 £ s. d. 35,038 18 8 2,264 4 nJ 3,177 7 ioj 1,502 7 3 741,087 39,275 72,075 57,438 £ s. d. 38,446 15 8 2,608 17 5 3,495 5 7 1,640 7 1 2,578,863 127,576 255,362 197,292 £ s. d. 137,733 9 oJ 8,412 15 7} 12,364 8 8| 5,482 17 7 rross totals .ess other 1 lines and I credits J 7!5,i27 38,070 18 7 11,921 14 6J 701,965 37,748 7 ioJ 12,080 15 10 832,126 41,982 i8 9 11,900 1 8J 909,875 46,191 5 9 13,707 16 9 3,159,093 163,993 10 11J 49,610 8 10 let totals, 1899-1900 let totals, 1898-99 715,127 26,149 4 oJ 701,965 25,667 12 0} 832,121 30,082 17 oJ 909,875, 32,483 9 o 3,i59,093i 114,383 2 ij 647,284 124,548 10 44 609,615 23,008 6 10 712,121 26,231 18 5J 748,528 27,315 16 8 2,7i7,54 i 101,104 I 2 4

Districts. Number. Telegraph Commission. Value of Orders. Auckland .. Blenheim .. Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui .. Wellington Westport .. 6,637 884 2,816 2,840 1,034 i,55i 447 i,437 2,711 786 i,437 293 2,568 567 2,952 6,784 1,189 £ s. d. 33i 17 o 44 4 o 140 16 o 142 o 0 5i 14 o 77 11 o 22 7 o 71 17 o 135 11 o 39 6 o 71 17 o 14 13 o 128 8 o 28 7 o 147 12 o 339 4 o 59 9 o £ 8. d. 23,466 2 6 2,465 16 II 9,198 9 8 10,958 14 5 3,631 8 10 4,908 15 8 i,436 2 1 4,970 17 10 8,833 15 2 2,270 1 5 4,416 13 2 887 8 1 7,216 19 9 1,918 8 6 7,682 7 10 22,363 9 11 3,4o8 n 5 Totals, 1899 36,933 1,846 13 0 120,034 3 2 Totals, 1898 '60 ,622 I 20. Il II,