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Special regulations are in existence for the detection of unlicensed radio apparatus. Wireless broadcasting lias now become a matter of great importance in the liome life of the community. The new stations at Auckland, Christchurch, and Wellington represent a great advance in broadcasting : they are as up-to-date and as advanced as can reasonably be expected in a country the size of New Zealand.

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS. Receipts and Payments of the Post and Telegraph Department for the Period 1st April to 31st October, 1928.

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Item. Postal. Telegraph. Total. Receipts. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Postages .. .. .. .. 650,209 2 7 .. 650,209 2 7 Money-order and postal-note commission .. 29,663 14 9 .. 29,663 14 9 Money-order commission received from foreign 530 5 11 .. 530 5 11 Offices Priva.te box and bag rents and rural-delivery 19,484 13 6 .. 19,484 13 6 fees Miscellaneous receipts .. .. .. 108,637 1 4A 18,320 16 10J 126,957 18 3 Paid telegrams .. .. .. .. .. " 203,573 3 l" 203,573 3 1 Paid tolls .. .. .. .. .. 244,727 1 1 244,727 1 1 Telephone exchange rentals .. .. .. 670,341 6 6| 670,341 6 6| 808,524 18 U 1,136,962 7 7 1,945,487 5 8-1 Payments. Salaries .. .. .. .. 432,633 5 7 500,798 3 10 933,431 9 5 Conveyance of ocean mails .. .. 33,304 6 6 .. 33,304 6 6 Conveyance of inland mails .. .. 80,291 9 7 .. 80,291 9 7 Conveyance of mails by rail .. .. 57,200 0 0 .. 57,200 0 0 Money-order commission credited to foreign 1,322 9 5 .. 1,322 9 5 offices Maintenance of telegraph and telephone lines .. 102,967 15 6 102,967 15 6 Motor services and workshops .. .. 22,104 2 1 12,161 7 6 34,265 9 7 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 66,103 5 7 69,643 13 2 135,746 18 9 692,958 18 9 685,571 0 0 1,378,529 18 9 Balance, receipts over payments 115,565 19 41 451,391 7 7 566,957 6 11-J Interest paid on capital invested .. .. , 180,000 0 0 Net balance .. .. .. j 386,957 6 lit Surplus funds invested .. .. .. 385,000 0 0 Balance uninvested .. .. .. .. 1,957 6 lit 386,957 6 JU