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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, 1936. Cable Messages.

Radio-telegrams.

Radio-telephone Calls.

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International. Australian. Total. Forwarded. Received. Forwarded. Received. Year ended Revenue \ 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, 1936 163,190 7,079 141,452 5,952 139,197 3,985 138,318 4,492 582,157 21,508 31st March, 1935 .. | 157,021 ! 7,181 137,567 5,903 127,277 3,711 124,776 4,114 546,641 20,909 Press Messages (included in above totals). 31st March, 1936 .. 2,256 211! 3,314 338 3,945 421 7,371, 944 16,886 1,914 31st March, 1935 .. 2,358 215 1 3,434 293 3,962 386 7,046 845 16,800 1,739

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. £ | £ I £ 31st March, 1936 .. .. 12,332 2,646 | 18,703 3,234 31,035 5,880 31st March, 1935 .. .. 9,688 2,325 | 16,485 3,029 : 26,173 5,354

Outward. Inward. Total. Period. ; Number of Revenue earned Number of Revenue earned Number of j Revenue earned Calls. by New Zealand. Calls. by New Zealand. Calls. : by New Zealand. £ ' £ £ 31st March, 1936 .. .. .. 431 489 338 467 769 956 31st March, 1935 .. .. .. 207 436 214 411 421 847