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1919. NEW ZEALAND.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1918.

Contents. PAGE PAGE Introduction ... ... ... 1 Embossed Envelopes ... ... 18 N.Z. Expeditionary Force — Ocean Mail-services ... ... 18 Honours List ... ... ... 4 Inland Mail-services ... ... 18 - Officers joining ... ... ... 5 Buildings ... ... ... 19 Officers who lost their Lives ... 2 Money-orders ... ... ... 19 Receipts and Payments ... ... 13 Postal Notes ... ... ... 19 Expenditure ... ... ... 18 British Postal Orders ... ... 19 Staff ... ... ... ... 14 Savings-bank ... ... ... 19 Health of Staff ... ... ... 14 Work performed for other DepartPersonal and Staff ... ... ... 14 ments ... ... ... 20 Reclassification of Staff ... ... 14 Telegraphs ... ... ... 20 Board of Appeal appreciation ... 15 New Zealand Submarine Cable Service 21 Epidemic of Influenza ... ... 15 Ocean Cable Services .... ... 21 Remuneration of non-permanent Post- Wireless Telegraphy ... ... 22 master ... ... .... ... 15 Telephone Exchanges ... ... 22 Restoration of Services ... ... 15 Automatic Telephone - exchange InExaminations ... ... ... 15 stallations ... ... ... 22 The War and the Department ... 15 Slot Telephones ... ... ... 22 Censorship... ... ... ... 16 Post and Telegraph Stores and Worksh°Pl } 6 APPENDIX. Post Office ... ... ... 17 Dead and Missing Letters ... ... 17 Designation of Offices changed or corLiterature for the Blind ... .... 17 rected ... ... ... ... 23 Wellington City Council Milk Scheme 18 Inland Mail-services established ... 23 Prohibited Correspondence ... ... .18 Subsidized Sea Mail-services • ... 24 Newspapers and Magazines registered 18 Cable Business ... ... ... 25 Postage-stamps ... ... ... 18 Radio-telegrams ... ... ... 26 (For Index to Tables see page ii, and for Detailed Index see pages iii and iv.)