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Table No. 15— continued. Comparative Table showing the Progress of the Telegraph Department during the Financial Years ended 31st March, 1895, to 31st March, 1915.

Table No. 16. Table showing the Cash Revenue derived from Paid Telegrams of all Codes, the Value of Franked Government Telegrams, and the Number of Telegrams transmitted in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand for the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1915.

_ _ Number of Telegrams forwarded Number N umber u g during the Year. Year ended o( flf lg Line. Wire. |g Pl . ivate Govem . ° and Press. ment. lotal - Revenue (Including Miscellaneous Receipts). Telegraph. Telephone. _ m %i ■si si Total Value of liusiness done during the Year. Total Expenditure {excluding Cable Subsidy). ,~i 15-2 rt g o o rt O 31st Mar., 1895 5,961| 705 1,802,182 231,618 2,033,800 1896 6,245§ I5,764J 743 1,899,632 224,579 2,124,211 1897 6,284f 16,4702 780 2,285,001 235,168 2,520,169 1898 6,484 18,024 824 2,469,415 226,818 2,696,233 1899 6,736 18,746 878 2,71.7,548 243,190 2,960,738 1900 6,910 19,228 91.5 3,159.093 310,538 3,469.631 1901 7,249J 20,682f 991 3,534,444 363,684 I!,898,128 1902 7,469 21,705 1,038 3,850,391 317,590 4,167,981 1903 7,7481 22,672| M03 4,271,218 288,086 4,559,304 1904 7,779| 22,920! 1,153 4,671,904 293,293 4,965,197 1905 7,943! 23,704 1,200 4,900,495 259,250 5,159,745 1906 8,355 25,116 1,312 5,351,084 289,135 5,640,219 1907 8,953 27,031 1,446 6,160,080 236,252 6,396,332 1908 9,656 29,343 1,611 6,958,279 84,644 7,042,923 1909 10,404 32,654 1,764 7,338,017 87,676 7,425,693 1910 10,901 34,788 1,871 7,757,128 89,762 7,846,890 1911 11,316 37,212 1,963 8,268,340 92,307 8,360,647 1912 1.1,805 39,370 2,079 8,971,725 91,408 9,063,133 1913 12,508 41,892 2,203 9,850,379 93,893 9,944,272 1914 13,044 44,642 2,305 10,594,556 99,476 10,694,032 1915 13,434 46,778 2,38610,716,613 111,355 10,827,968 I 705 t 743 I 780 824 878 915 \ 991 1,088 S 1,103 S I ,153 1,200 1,312 1,446 1,611 1,764 I .871 1,963 2,079 2,203 2,305 2,386 £ £ I 88,459 21,552 97,178 25,933 ) 100,385 29,248 1 99,798 36,422 ! 105,576 39,718 119,641 43,303 ! 137,861 49,117 151,933 55,542 : 160,343 62,151 ' 166,535 71,028 1 171,001 79,061 i 184,369 89,542 : 206,706 100,814 227,398 116,852 238,103 131,249 250,212 .1.44,298 272,942 161,173 295,334 179,123 321,951 201,237 342,595 232,190 356,306 303,856 £ 26,051 25,844 23,119 24,505 25,500 29,432 35,327 27,508 26,440 24,378 20,598 24,168 17.487 4,499 4,822 4,851 4,874 4,832 4,931 5,031 5,776 £ 136,062 148,955 152,752 160,725 170,794: 192,376 222,305! 234,984j 248,934, 261,941 270,660 298,079 325,007 348,749 374,174 399,361 438,989 479,289 528,119 579,816 665,938 £ 135,791 143,665 153,484 165,198 i 1.73,152 181,634 I 194,014! i 212,180 228,185 245,805 258,977 276,580 291,359 357,581 394,649 411,296 446,709 469,716 509,496 563,108 612,665 £ I 6,492 5 4,774 t 3,972 i 1,849 ! 1,427 1 1,608 I 1,000 ) 234 i 1.81 >10,057 7 ' .. > .. »! .. • i .. ! .. Note. —Tariff, 1890 : Is. for ton words, and free address and signatu: For twelve words, and free address and signature, ordinary telegrams, Is. ; text and signature made eighteen. 1896 : First twelve words, (id. ; each ai 1906 : For each additional word after first twelve, id. ien wore i and sig 1896 : "ter first ire up to ten words delayed, 6d. Lati iilditional word, Id. s; delay in- in 189 . ; addre 'cd telegri )2 the nun iss and sis ams, 6d. nber of wi 'nature pt 1892: cords in laid for.

Postal District. Revenue Vnlnoof Total Number derived from ™g« v^e al o( Number-of of Tennis T SS d ™~ Go^rnlnt of all Codes, j le 'egiams. an codes. Telegrams. Total Number of Telegrams of all CodoB. Auckland Blenheim Christ church Dunedin (f isborne Greymouth .. Hokitika Invereargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport £ £ £ 73,401 866 74,266 2,299,960 16,790 5,915 202 6,116 ' 199,105 4,064 37,033 764 37,797 1,079,41.4 15,191 28,355 ■ 396 28,751. 852,080 8,026 11,003 165 11,168 287,329 4,372 6,664 210 0,875 178,036 4,520 2,481 8 2,489 73,654 167 10,177 205 16,382 509,747 4,705 24,445 219 24,665 826,527 4,222 8,149 475 8,624 328,053 10,769 9,125 103 9,228 286,749 2,063 5,501 60 5,561 129,654 1,458 10,237 87 10,324 323,894 1,359 10,603 93 10,695 324,915 2,238 22,043 95 22,138 719,745 1,872 72,340 1,620 73,960 2,185,637 25,478 4,125 209 4,334 112,114 4,061 2,316,750 203,169 1,094,605 860,106 291,701 182,556 73,82.1 514,452 830,749 338,822 288,812 131,112 325,253 327,153 721,617 2,211,115 116,175 Totals, 1914-15 347,597 5,777 353,373 10,716,613 111,355 347,597 5,777 353,373 10,716,613 111,355 1.0,827,9,68 Totals, 1913-14 ... 334,221 5,030 339,251 10,594,556 99,476 334,221 5,030 339,251 10,594,556 99,476 10,694,032