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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1933-34.

CONTENTS. PAGE PAGE Receipts and Payments .. .. 1, 8 Telegram charges, &c. .. .. .. 18 Post Office Savings-bank .. .. 1, 17 Amendments to Regulations governing Staff .. .. .. ..2,8 acceptance of Cable Messages .. 19 Postal Congress .. .. .. 2 Waitangi Celebrations .. .. . . 19 Commercial Branch 2, 10 Lytte i ton alld Blll l er By-elections .. 20 Postages-stamps " " 15 Maintenance of Telephone and Telegraph Inland and Ocean Mail-services.. 3,12,13 Communications ... .. .. 20 Air Mails 3, 14 Printing Telegraphs 20 Charges for Telegrams .. .. .. 4, 18 Telegraph Batteries .. .. .. 20 Telephone Exchange Services . . .. 4, 27 Carrier-current Telephone Systems and Toll Service .. .. .. .. 5, 20 Voice-frequency Toll Repeaters .. 20 Radio Telegraph and Telephone Services.. 5, 22 Closing of Toll Board at Hastings and ConBroadcasting Service .. .. .. 6, 25 centration of Toll Traffic at Napier .. 20 Empire Broadcasting Service .. .. 6, 25 Extension of Toll and Telegraph Systems.. 20 Radio Patent Rights .. .. .. 6, 25 Poles and Wire .. .. .. 21 Interference with Radio Reception .. 7, 26 Cook Strait Cables .. .. .. 21 Post and Telegraph Amendment Act, 1933 8 Overseas Radio-telephone Service .. 22 Departmental Correspondence School .. 10 Departmental Radio Stations : Operation 22 Examinations .. .. .. 10 Direct Radio-telegraph Service with Nine Suggestions Board .. .. .. 10 Island .. .. .. .. 23 Stores Branch .. .. .. 11 Prime Minister's absence at World Economic Workshops .. .. .. .. 11 Conference: Radio Communication .. 23 Departmental Motor-vehicles .. . . 12 Direction-finding Signals for Steamers .. 23 "Householder" Circulars: Discount on Milford Sound: Provision of Radio-tele-large postings .. .. .. 12 graph Facilities _ .. .. .. 24 Postal Union Statistics .. . . 15 Ship-to-Shore Radio-telephone Service .. 24 Inspection .. .. .. .. 16 Emergency Radio-stations .. .. 24 Burglary of Post-office Premises, &c. .. 16 Cable-radio Messages addressed to Ships Articles delivered .. .. .. 16 at Sea: Charges .. .. .. 24 Average Number of Letters posted per Unit Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition : Radio of Population .. .. .. 16 Transmission .. .. .. 24 Dead Letter Office .. .. .. 16 Call-signs for Vessels registered in New Prohibited Correspondence .. .. 16 Zealand Missing Postal Packets.. .. .. 17 Trans-Tasman Flights .. .. .. 27 Money-orders .. .. . . 17 Development of Telephone - exchange Postal Notes .. .. .. .. 17 Systems .. .. .. .. 27 British Postal Orders .. .. . . 17 Telephone Statistics . . .. .. 28 Postal Office Investment Certificates .. 17 Automatic Telephone Exchanges . . 29 Work performed for other Departments .. 17 General .. .. .. . ■ 30 TABLES. 1. Receipts and Payments .. • • • • • • • • • ■ • • .. 31 2. Money-order Business since 1863 .. .. •• •• •• ..31 3. Parcel-post, Overseas .. . • ■ • • • • • • ■ • • .. 32 4. General Statement of Post Office Savings-bank Business for Year ended March, 1934 .. 33 5. General Statement of Post Office Savings-bank Business from inception in 1867 to 1934 .. 34 6. Letters, Newspapers, Parcels, &c., posted and delivered .. .. . ■ 35 7. Telegraph and Toll Business, 1933 and 1934 .. .. •• •• . .36 8. Cable, Radio-telegraph, and Radio-telephone Business, 1933 and 1934. .. .. ..37

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