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General Conditions during the war years created accounting difficulties which had to be surmounted by such means as were available, and there is now much to be done by way •of development of the system of accounts to cope adequately with all requirements. Deficiencies in properly trained still represent a problem which becomes more pressing with general development of the Department. This has been met in some degree by the adoption of puiiched-card accounting-machines, and specially designed equipment from English sources, now on order, will enable mechanical aids to be applied extensively to present and future requirements. Accurate and speedy construction of the daily advertising schedules at Commercial stations and the compilation of data therefrom for inclusion in centralized books of account have presented problems since inception of the Service for which no fully satisfactory solution could be found. Despite the emergency • conditions of the past years, the position has been under continuous study, and equipment has 'been devised and ordered which it is confidently believed will speed up the work and ■ eliminate errors and consequent adjustments. With a view to taking full advantage of this improvement, proposals are now being examined for photographic reproduction of .schedule data which would assure even greater speed and accuracy to be attained.

ENGINEERING SECTION Twenty-three stations Were in regular operation during the year, and these are listed in the following table :

Hours op Transmission The aggregate programme transmission time of all stations, both. National and 'Commercial, amounted during the year to 82,270 hours. Of the scheduled time, 18 hours were lost due to technical defects in. equipment and 64 hours due to failures of the mains power-supply ? making a total of only 82 hours.

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Station. Studio Location. Transmitter Aerial Energy. Frequency. kW. Kilocycles / sec. IYA Auckland 10-00 650 1ZB* 1-00 1,070 1ZM „ .. .. • 0-75 1,250 1YX 99 . . • 0-15 880 2ZJf Gisborne 0-25 980 2ZMJ „ .. .. ' .. 0-09 1,180 :2YH Napier .. 5-00 750 2YBf New Plymouth 0-10 810 .2ZA* Palmerston North 0-25 1,400 2YA Wellington 60-00 570 :2YC ,, .. 5-00 840 2ZB*. 99 1 ' . 1-00 1,130 2YD „ . . ' . . ' 0-50 990 2YN Nelson .. .. .. ., 0-03 920 3ZR Greymouth 0-10 940 3YA Christchurch 10-00 720 3ZB* „ .. A .. 1-00 1,430 3YL ' .• ... 0-30 1,200 4YA Dunedin 10-00 790 4ZB* „ .. 1-00 1,310 4Y0 0-15 1,140 4ZDJ 0-06 1,010 4YZ Invercargill 5-00 680 * Transmitting Commercial Division programmes. t Owned by the New Zealand Broadcasting Service and -operated tinder contract. J Privately-owned stations subsidized by the ,New Zealand Broadcasting Service.