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Table No. 17. Table showing the Paid Telegrams of all Codes forwarded during the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1916, and the Revenue received therefrom.

Table No. 18. Table showing the Class and Number of Instruments and Batteries in Use at Telegraph-offices for the Year ended 31st March, 1916.

December Quarter, 1915. March Quarter, 1916. June Quarter, 1915. September Quarter, 1915. Totals. Class of Telegrams. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Ordinary Urgent Press Bureau 1,521,307 75.791 112,434 933,157 £ 76,297 5,334 6,361 26,136 1,501,518 | 75,754 115,570 975,753 £ 80,429 5,744 7,276 27,507 ! 1,508,029 72,171 80,875 996,146 £ 90,323 5,733 7,120 28,175 1,531,277 76,107 74,276 1,058,745 £ 92,759 5,958 6,799 30,151 6,062,131 299,823 383,155 3,963,801 £ 339,807 22,770 27,557 111,969 Gross totals Less other lines and credits 2,642,689 114,128 26,511 2,668,595 120,956 2,657,221 29,656 131,351 2,740,405 29,413 101,938 135,667 30,386 105,281 10,708,910 502,103 115,965 Net totals, 1915-16 87,617 91,300 105,281 386,138 Net totals, 1914-15 2,716,586 84,376 2,651,742 88,174 2,635,856 86,673 2,712,429 88,375 10,716,613 347,596 1

Number of Morse Instruments in Use (Full Sets). Number of Duplexes Nnr ., bpr (Differentials). dumber 1 Direct- r „ sounder Single Double s e t s . Current. Current. Number Number Number of of of Quadruples Quadruples Automatic Translator Sets. Sets. Sets. Number of Telephones Number of Cells. District. Constant ! Intermittent Current. Current. Single Double Current. Current. sounder Sets. nected with Exchange. Gordon - DanielL Bichromate. Storage. Auokland Wellington Nelson .. Canterbury Otago .. ■ 66 128 2 114 59 76 S6 29 20 93 12 17 4 11 1 9 13 7 7 1 11 3 21 32 2 13 8 1 7 14 249 109 9,226 831 429 548 12,336 3,569 I 1,426 223 1,867 152 50 2,5:34 332 ! 958 854 5,299 66 550 260 201 2 4 2 2 1 6 46 Totals 369 14 76 24 410 31,262 4,950 3,413 1,885 209 304 45 37 I i I Total number of Morse sets, 870.