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Table No. 8. Table showing Cable, Radio-telegraph, and Radio-telephone Business transacted during the Year ended 31st March, 1935, as compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1934. Cable Messages.

Radio-telegrams.

Radio-telephone Calls.

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International. Australian. 5 — Total. Forwarded. I Received. Forwarded. Received. Year ended i_ ! I Revenue ! Revenue Revenue Revenue Revenue Number of I 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 I Zealand, j Zealand. Zealand. Zealand. Zealand. I j | £ £ £ j £ £ 31st March, 1935 .. 157,021 7,181 137,567 5,903 127,277 3,711 | 124,776 4,114 546,641 20,909 31st March, 1934 .. 148,631 6,755 133,054 | 5,806 112,157 i 3,286 I 111,627 3,627 I 505,469 19,474 Press Messages (included in above totals). 31st March, 1935 .. 2,358 215 3,434 293 3,962 386 7,046 ; 845 16,800 1,739 31st March, 1934 .. 1,931 155 4,268 405 3,474 335 6,189 715 15,862 1,610

Forwarded. Received. Total. Year 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, 1935 .. .. 9,688 2,325 16,485 3,029 26,173 j 5,354 31st March, 1934 .. .. 8,960 2,192 15,131 3,142 24,091 5,334 • I

Outward. Inward. Total. Period. j : j Number of Revenue earned Number of Revenue earned Number of i Revenue earned Calls. by New Zealand. Calls. by New Zealand. Calls. by New Zealand. £ £ £ 31st March, 1935 .. .. .. 207 436 214 411 421 847 31st March, 1934 150 227 174 400 324 627