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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 1923-24 and 1922-23 was as follows:— INTERNATIONAL. Number of Value. Messages. £ 1923-24 ... ... 132,992 ... ... ... 175,788 1922-23 ... ... 120,783 ... ... ... 172,767 Increase 12,209 — 101 per cent. Increase £3,021 = 1-74 per cent. AUSTRALIAN. Number of Value. Messages. £ 1923-24 ... ... 121,727 ... ... ... 26,555 1922-23 ... ... 113,567 ... ... ... 24,912 Increase 8,160 = 7-18 per cent. Increase £1,643 = 659 per cent. There was a total increase of 20,369 messages, and an increase in value of £4,664. Of the total revenue received on forwarded cable messages —viz., £202,343 —£192,144 was paid to other Administrations and £10,199 retained by New Zealand. RECEIVED CABLE MESSAGES. The number of cable messages received in New Zealand during the years 1923-24 and 1922-23, exclusive of Press, was as follows: — International. Australian. 1923-24 ... ...115,375 ... ... ... 115,937. 1922-23 106,211 107,723 Increase 9,164 = 8-62 per cent. Increase 8,214 = 7-62 per cent. The total revenue e-arned by New Zealand on received cable messages during the year 1923-24 was £8,441 as compared with £8,028 for 1922-23.

RADIO-TELEGRAMS. The radio business transacted by the New Zealand coast stations during the years 1923-24 and 1922-23 was as follows :—

Postal District. Changed from Changed to Auckland Auckland Auckland Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hamilton Napier Wellington Auckland East (B.O.) Onerahi Railway Bureau Whakarapa Dunedin Railway Bureau Matarehua Kumara Railway Bureau Ngatunui Matatera Muritai Park Auckland East. Onerahi Railway. Panguru. Dunedin Railway. East Cape. Kumara Railway. Ngutunui. Piripiri. Muritai.

Poi :warded. Receivei L. Year. Number of Amount earned by New Zealand. Total Value. Number of Amount earned by New Zealand. Messages. Words. Messages. Words. 923-24 ... 922-23 ... 13,907 244,955 11,940 230,481 £ 3,075 2,656 £ 6,414 5,628 22,576 242,390 19,715 215,013 £ 4,401 3,792 Increase 1,967 14,474 419 786 2,861 27,377 609