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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1929-30.

CONTENTS. PAGE PAGE Receipts and Payments .. ..1,9 Advertising Matter undelivered .. .. 25 Savings-bank .. .. .. .. 1,27 Inspection .. .. .. 25 Staff .. .. .. .. .. 1, 10 Articles delivered .. .. .. 25 Postal Congress, London .. ..2, 23 Average Number of Letters posted per unit Commercial Branch 3,12 of Population 26 Cash-on-delivery System of Exchange of Number of Post . offices in Dominion . . 26 " fiif rC -+ 8 »a+ '' '' '' o' Undeliverable Postal Packets .. .. 26 Overseas y Mails dmP !! " !! 317 Miscellaneous Postal Figures .. .. 26 Inland Mail Services 4, 18 Prohlblted Postal Packets .. .. 26 Cables and Wireless Merger .. .. 4 Missing Postal Packets .. .. ..26 Machine Printing Telegraphs .. .. 5, 29 Register of Newspapers and Magazines .. 27 Carrier Current Telephony .. ..5, 29 Customs Parcels .. .. .. 27 Increase in Toll Calls . . . . .. 6 Postal Notes .. .. .. 27 Radio, Telegraph, and Telephone Services 6,37 British Postal Orders .. .. .. 27 Broadcasting .. . . .. .. 6, 39 Money-orders .. .. .. 27 Telephone-exchange Services .. . . 6,41 Post Office Investment Certificates .. 27 Work performed for other Departments .. 7 International Telegraph Conference, Brussels, Buildings .. .. .. .. 7, 16 1928: Code Language . . .. 27 Auxiliary Postmen . . .. .. 8, 24 Westport-Karamea Radio Service .. 28 Postmaster-Generalship .. .. 8 Weather Telegrams for Aviators .. .. 28 Statement of Financial Operations and Visits of Foreign Warships: Telegraphic Business .. .. .. .. 9 Facilities .. .. .. 28 Appeal Board .. . . .. .. 12 Telegraph and Telephone Offices open for Suggestions Board .. .. .. 12 Business .. .. .. 28 Departmental Correspondence School .. 12 Telegraph and Toll Traffic .. .. 28 Examinations . . . . .. 12 Toll Service : Improved Methods of OperaEarthquake, June, 1929.. .. .. 13 tion .. .. .. ..30 Mechanical Appliances .. .. . . 16 Return of Toll-call Delays and Cancellations 30 Burglary of Post-office Premises .. .. 16 Extension of Toll and Telegraph Facilities.. 30 Rural Deliveries .. .. .. 18 Reconstruction of Lines .. .. 32 Registration of Motor-vehicles .. . . 18 Maintenance of Lines .. .. .. 33 Graph showing the Total Number of Motor- Poles and Wires .. .. .. 34 vehicles of all Classes registered monthly j New Zealand Submarine Cables .. .. 34 from April, 1925 .. .. . . 19 Table showing Class and Number of TeleMotor - vehicles Insurance (Third - party i graph Instruments and Batteries in Use Risks) .. .. .. 20 at Telegraph Offices for the Year ended Refund of duty on Motor-spirits .. . . 20 31st March, 1930 .. .. 35 Departmental Motor-vehicles .. .. 21 Imperial and International Communications, Stores Branch . . .. . . .. 21 Ltd. : Taking-over of Communications Workshops .. .. .. 22 System .. .. .. 36 Post and Telegraph Act, 1928 : Repeal of Imperial Communications Advisory ComPart XII .. .. .. 22 mittee .. .. .. 36 Transfer of Northern Portion of Coromandel Extension of Daily Letter-telegraph Service 36 Peninsula from Auckland to Thames Extension of Week-end Letter-telegram serPostal District .. .. 23 vice .. .. .. 36 Decentralization of Postmen at Wellington 24 Cable Traffic .. .. .. 36 Direct Mail Advertising .'. .. 24 Overseas Raclio-telephony .. .. 37 " Householder" Circular Scheme.. .. 25 Radio-telegraph Service between New Zea-Postmarking-machine Advertising . . 25 land and Pacific Islands .. .. 37 Blotting-pad Advertising .. . . 25 Byrd Antarctic Expedition : Radio TransStamp Booklets .. .. .. 25 mission .. .. .. 38

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