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Table No. 8. Table showing Cable, Radio-telegraph, and Radio-telephone Business transacted during the Year ended 31st March, 1938, as compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1937. Cable Messages.

Radio-telegrams.

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. i i i r r £ £ £ £ i £ Slat March, 1938 .. ! 178,643 ; 7,488 ! 158,206 6,378 168,984 4,957 168,815 5,218 i 674,648 24,041 31st March, 1937 ..1178,787 7,672 154,407 6,277 164,350 4,729 161,008 5,138 658,552 ! 23,816 Press Messages (included in above totals). 31st March, 1938 .. 2,340 | 312! 4,414 j 395 5,409: 648 7,394 j 895 j 19,557 | 2,250 31st March, 1937 .. 2.141 225 2,626 263 4,992 645 7,512 997! 17,271 2,130 H ' I I I j ■; I !

Forwarded. Received. Total. Y*efl.r 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, 1938 .. .. 14,557 3,332 24,855 3,972 39,412 7,304 31st March, 1937 .. .. 14,352 3,229 23,691 3,985 38,043 7,214

Outward. Inward. Total. Period , j — Number of Revenue earned Number of Revenue earned ; Number of Revenue earned Calls. | by New Zealand. Calls. ; by New Zealand. 1 Calls. by New Zealand. _ j — £ £ £ 31st March, 1938 .. .. .. 1,149 1,389 1,383 1,154 2,532 2,543 31st March, 1937 .. .. .. 923 1,478 1,190 1,074 2,113 2,552