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Table No. 7. Table showing Cable, Radio-telegraph, and Radio-telephone Business transacted during the Year ended 31st March, 1931, as compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1930. Cable Messages.

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Radio-telephone Calls.

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International. Australian. -.. — _ __—__ Total. Forwarded. Received. Forwarded. Received. Year ended . % , .__„„___ .___^__ Revenue i Revenue Revenue Revenue Revenue Number of earned Number of earned Number of earned Number of earned Number of earned Messages, by New Messages, by New Messages, by New Messages, by New Messages, by New Zealand, Zealand. Zealand. Zealand. Zealand. £ £ £ £ £ 31st March, 1931 .. 180,070 9,411 160,562 7,824 142,457 4,185 136,125 4,232 619,214 25,652 31st March, 1930 ., 195,468 110,288 167,028 8,115 154,675 4,567 149,658 4,638 666,829 27,608 Press Messages (included in above totals). 31st March, 1931 . .1 3,542 385 4,714 410; 4,683 477 5,532 666! 18,471; 1,938 31st March, 1930 .. 3,117 275 4,065 378 J 5,189 519 5,563 709 | 17,934 \ 1,881

Forwarded. Received. Total. ended .Number ."Revenue Number Revenue Number Revenue of earned by of earned by of earned by Messages. New Zealand. Messages. New Zealand. Messages. New Zealand. _____________ ___„ __________ ______ ________ £ £ £ 31st March, 1931 .. ..! 12,959 2,689 23,130 I 4,331 36,089 7,020 31st March, 1930 .. ..! 13,921 2,932 24,282 j 4,526 38,203 7,458

(Service inaugurated 25th November, 1930.) Outward. Inward. Total. Number of OsI'«i Revenue earned wnmher of fall» Revenue earned wi.mbor nf folio Revenue earned Nuir.Deroruujs. by New Zealand. Number of Calls. by New Zealand. Number of Calls. by New Zealand. £ -p f 59 87 117 260 176 347