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CABLE BUSINESS. The Dominion's outward International and Australian cable business, excluding press, for the years 1929-30 and 1928-29 was as follows : — INTERNATIONAL. Number of Value. Messages. £ 1929-30 .. .. 192,351 .. .. .. 195,701 1928-29 .. .. 179,399 .. .. .. 188,851 Increase 12,952 = 7'22 per cent. Increase 6,850 = 3-63 per cent. AUSTRALIAN. Number of Value. Messages. £ 1929-30 .. .. 149,486 .. .. .. 31,701 1928-29 .. .. 146,942 .. .. .. 29,747 Increase 2,544 = 1-73 per cent. Increase 1,954 = 6-57 per cent. There was a total increase of 15,496 messages, and an increase in value of £8,804. Of the total revenue received on forwarded cable messages—viz., £227,402 —£213,341 was paid to other Administrations, and £14,061 was retained by New Zealand. RECEIVED CABLE MESSAGES. The number of cable messages received in New Zealand during the years 1929-30 and 1928-29, exclusive of press, was as follows : — International. Australian. 1929-30 .. .. 162,963 .. .. .. 144,095 1928-29 .. .. 156,115 .. .. .. 140,597 Increase 6,848 = 4-39 per cent. Increase 3,498 = 2-48 per cent. The total revenue earned by New Zealand on received cable messages during the year 1929-30 was £11,665, as compared with £11,224 for 1928-29. RADIO-TELEGRAMS. The radio-telegraph business transacted by the New Zealand coast stations during the years 1929-30 and 1928-29 was as follows :—

Forwarded. Received. Year. Number of Amount Number of Amount earned by Total Value earned by Messages. Words. New Zealand. Messages. Words. New Zealand. £ £ £ 1929-30 .. .. 13,921 164,821 2,932 5,531 24,282 272,335 4,526 1928-29 .. .. 14,345 204,857 3,847 6,523 25,559 290,137 5,059 Decrease .. 424 40,036 915 992 1,277 17,802 533