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APPENDIX.

DESIGNATION OF OFFICES CHANGED.

CABLE BUSINESS. The Dominion's outward international and Australian cable business, excluding Press, for the years 1921-22 and 1920-21 was as follows:— INTERNATIONAL. Number of Value. Messages. £ 1921-22 ... ... 102,520 ... ... ... 146,032 1920-21 101,992 ... ... ... 160,906 Increase 528 = 052 per cent Decrease 14,874 = 9-24 per cent. AUSTRALIAN. Number of Value. Messages. £ 1921-22 ... ... 114,776 ... ... ... 25,813 1920-21 ... ... 126,310 ... ... ... 31,245 Decrease 11,534 = 9-13 per cent. Decrease 5,432 = 17-39 per cent. There was a total decrease of 11,006 messages, and a decrease in value of £20,306. Of the total revenue received on forwarded cable messages —viz., £171,845 —£163,447 was paid to other Administrations and £8,398 retained by New Zealand. RECEIVED CABLE MESSAGES. The number of cable messages received in New Zealand during the years 1921-22 and 1920-21, exclusive of Press, was as follows:— International. Australian. 1921-22 94,710 108,796 1920-21 ... ... 98,575 ... ... ... 124,840 Decrease 3,865 = 3-92 per cent. Decrease 16,044 = 12-85 per cent. RADIO-TELEGRAMS. The radio business transacted by the New Zealand coast stations during the years 1921-22 and 1920-21 was as follows :—

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Postal District. Changed from Changed to Christchurch Dunedin .. Gisborne .. InvercargiU Nelson New Plymouth Wanganui Whakamatau Hyde Railway Waiwhero Takitimu Ngatimote Waingongoro Pokako Lake Coleridge. .. Hyde. Hexton. .. | Ohai., .. ! Ngatimoti. Dawson Gate. Pokaka.

Forwarded. Received. Year. Numl ber of Amount earned by New Zealand. Total Value. Number of Amount i earned by Messages. | Words. New Zealand. Number of Messages. Words. 1921-22 ... 1920-21 ... 12,152 11,267 223,562 181,853 £ 2,901 3,133 £ 6,503 7,201 £ 20,086 226,886 4,328 20,756 246,407 4,861 885* 41,709* 232t 6981 f Decreai 6701 19,5211 5331 * Increi ise. >e.