Appendix F. RETURN of PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT TELEGRAMS for the Financial Year ending 30th JUNE, 1868.

E.—No. 5.

Appendix G. RETURN of GENERAL GOVERNMENT TELEGRAMS for the Financial Year ending 30th JUNE, 1868.

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REPORT ON THE WORKING OF THE TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.

July. ACGTT3T. September. ITOBEB. NOYEMBEIt. Decembek. Januaet. Fe: 1RTTAE "AECH. .PME. Mat. June. TOTAXS. No. of Telegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams. *ount. No. of Telegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams. Amount. Ho. of Telegrams. Amount. £ s. (1. 0 13 9 £ s. d. £ s. d. 0 2 6 £ s. d. 14 3 £ s. d. £ a. d. 6 £ s. d. 1 10 7 4 £ 1 s. d. 4 2 3 £ s. d. 0 18 9 2 £ s. d. 0 18 6 3 £ s. d. 0 10 5 £ s. d. 1 14 9 0 15 2 0 2 4 0 2 9 2 9 8 £ s. d. 8 17 8 0 15 2 0 2 4 0 5 2 27 2 10 Wellington Blenheim Picton liaveloek Nelson ... I Ivaikonra Cheviot, Kaiapoi Christclmreh Heathcote Lyttelton Tiraaru 2 1 5 6 6 1 1 7 32 6 1 2 82 1 0 7 9 '5 1 12 9 9 1 14 7 8 2 17 11 4 0 19 8 q 0 9 3 1 0 1 8 10 12 8 1 14 0 2 5 4 6 9 19 9 5 2 i 0 5 0 1 31 0 0 10 8 6 9 29 4 16 3 32 10 10 9 38 8 2 5 45 7 0 10 1 178 0 0 10 38 17 0 Oainaru Waikouaiti Dunedin Port Chalmers Tokomairiro Balclutha Invercargill Bluff 12 21 1 4 43 10 25 2 11 2 7 1 13 6 3 17 4 0 19 0 17 1 15 2 6 12 6 2 17 I' 0 4 9 2 18 9 0 3 10 2 11 0 16 11 10 7 39 7 20 1 17 9 2 19 10 17 2 15 8 6 18 10 0 15 3 4 12 4 4 17 1 8 51 9 14 0 10 1 5 12 0 3 514 4 20 1 4 10 1 2 15 0 17 16 5 7 53 8 18 12 4 7 2 18 2 18 0 0 11 2 16 9 12 5 0 0 14 1 5 15 9 0 8 11 3 12 5 0 10 7 2 10 10 26 24 3 2 60 4 51 2 19 1 3 10 2 0 10 11 0 4 8 12 5 0 0 9 2 11 12 2 7 3 78 13 30 1 1 13 1 6 3 9 7 3 L2 3 12 10 14 10 3 42 10 14 0 5 11 7 4 6 0 14 11 2 6 4 3 3 47 15 16 2 0 7 2 0 4 10 18 7 10 1 16 1 2 15 10 0 9 10 4 2 61 16 29 7 0 11 1 0 5 4 13 14 5 1 13 5 5 10 1 1 16 6 2 9 1 55 5 23 0 7 3 2 3 6 0 14 9 16 17 10 0 13 8 3 13 5 75 91 46 37 529 97 240 13 52 17 35 9 2 1 18 13 9 7 5 10 7 10 8 136 9 6 10 12 0 48 12 10 3 0 0 17 2 9 1 18 10 17 16 8 1 4 5 0 0 11 0 8 5 1 17 0 12 2 16 6 14 1 0 4 9 10 17 10 "l6 5 3 16 7 0 11 3 G-orernment Offiees Selwyn White's Bay Ilokitika G reymouth Bealey Featherston GreytoTm Castle Point Waipukurau Sapier 1 0 7 9 2 4 10 ' 1 0 8 0 it 1 3 0 0 10 0 6 6 1 0 11 8 1 5 8 1 0 11 8 115 15 6 0 14 9 3 0 14 5 2 1 0 4 7 0 14 9 176 40 19 2 151 28 12 2 I 176 60 19 11 200 44 19 9 240 43 19 6 0 9 3 2 0 0 147 28 -2 7 88 16 7 7 111 34 12 7 126 25 0 8 120 31 6 1 1,549 357 19 3

C1Y. August. Septembee. !T0BEB. De. SMffiEB. Jauuaky. Febkua: -AECH. J?EIL. :at. June. 'OTALS. No. of 'elegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams. Amount. ,No. of Telegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams. ou;it. No. of Telegrams. Amount, No. of Telegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams. Amount. No. of Telegrams. Amount. Wellington Blenheim. Picton ilavelock Xelson Kaikoura Cheviot Kaiapoi Christchurch. Heathcoto Lyttelton Timaru 418 24 80 2 249 5 4 £ s. d. 77 3 4 7 13 10 11 3 6 0 9 7 36 15 10 1 17 2 1 12 9 163 13 33 £ s. a. 25 11 7 2 15 11 3 12 11 361 17 92 1 259 £ s. d. 60 6 3 3 8 8 11 10 4 0 11 6 41 19 1 442 14 76 2 193 £ s. d. 86 2 5 3 16 2 9 2 9 0 7 2 27 15 11 80 11 47 £ s. a. 39 17 11 2 6 4 7 4 10 398 18 104 £ s. d. 69 5 5 3 11 (I 11 15 8 461 30 95 9 376 7 £ s. d. 96 9 5 6 14 4 15 4 1 2 5 3 63 16 9 14 3 214 25 42 7 152 4 £ 43 s. a. 8 4 3 10 19 11 12 3 6 4 3 2 481 46 104 5 244 4 £ s. d. 129 16 6 7 18 11 15 5 11 0 14 11 55 1 11 0 17 2 378 24 100 11 277 £ s. d. 104 6 1 3 17 9 15 11 8 1 12 11 54 18 0 357 25 99 3 193 £ s. a. 89 17- 3 5 2 10 13 13 3 0 9 5 43 9 1 362 20 99 4 220 £ s. a. 82 10 2 2 19 3 15 14 4 0 11 11 40 10 8 4,115 267 971 44 2,624 44 13 10 1,205 £ s. d. 904 14 8 54 9 4 135 18 9 8 14 11 464 14 5 12 15 8 6 7 6 3 10 6 504 4 6 163 2 3 23 6 1 0 17 6 117 110 4 3 1 114 22 15 0 1 9 11 2 13 10 0 16 42 16 10 188 18 27 19 9 5 6 6 5 1 26 1 1 65 3 0 19 4 15 1 79 18 4 10 1 30 15 3 '"78 23 10 7 27 6 16 3 0 8 2 21 0 9 134 53 19 4 104 37 9 7 "88 33 10 11 '"64 16 4 169 109 2 0 4 177 2 112 0 15 8 37 8 4 2 73 27 Oamaru Waikouaiti Dunedin Port Chalmers Xokoniairiro Balclutlia Invercargill Bluff Government Offices Selwyn White's Bay Ilokitika Grreymoutli Bealey Featherston Grey town Castle Point "Waipukurau Kapier 289 16 6 7 100 328 40 5 23 159 140 31 14 7 3 17 10 1 14 1 2 7 4 50 16 2 50 2 11 8 10 18 9 9 3 4 19 6 6 71 19 8 188 15 3 4 43 249 20 3 5 112 46 21 2 2 4 11 3 0 6 7 0 17 5 15 17 3 27 12 10 3 5 3 0 9 4 0 10 0 11 8 3 16 19 11 302 21 4 4 63 390 18 11 7 122 105 32 18 6 4 2 9 10 0 17 9 24 3 9 SO 11 3 5 11 0 4 18 5 1 17 4 18 4 1 44 18 11 361 22 4 1 59 335 4 9 13 131 129 41 1 10 2 13 3 0 11 6 0 6 8 24 19 11 40 11 4 1 10 6 4 18 4 5 9 16 9 11 66 2 8 286 14 3 49 319 15 2 17 132 96 30 12 11 1 19 3 0 14 1 17 0 9 38 4 7 3 17 10 2 9 4 7 18 10 16 4 9 44 0 10 376 48 81 336 23 4 13 107 146 40 4 2 15 1 1 34 4 8 45 13 1 5 19 2 14 7 6 4 2 15 10 4 75 18 7 310 36 9 1 100 452 17 9 29 155 215 3 34 11 4 8 7 9 2 4 0 0 4 3 43 18 10 67 14 6 4 17 2 2 18 6 12 11 7 27 15 2 164 6 9 2 0 3 276 22 7 2 34 273 13 4 19 83 89 1 31 5 1 o! 14| 37! lj 1 io; 12l 56 0 9 2 7 3 6 8 6 5 4 7 14 9 10 7 10 1 18 9 17 1 2 5 3 3 409 29 6 3 86 456 12 10 23 220 173 12 43 13 6 7 3 9 1 0 10 0 9 1 49 3 2 77 16 8 1 18 11 2 6 5 8 7 7 37 13 3 127 7 10 9 17 7 366 44 8 4 100 427 11 7 26 158 235 10 43 12 7 18 0 2 1 10 6 0 13 11 39 13 6 73 0 8 3 3 2 2 10 6 10 14 5 25 18 3 154 14 0 5 14 3 447 31 3 132 470 10 14 29 247 233 1 51 7 0 7 0 9 0 10 0 63 4 9 75 15 3 1 6 11 11 5 8 11 6 8 40 1 7 136 11 0 0 6 6 410 22 6 5 128 430 20 42 9 0 3 15 7 3 13 10 1 60 14 11 66 15 9 3 17 4 4,020 320 56 34 975 4,465 203 78 220 1,782 1,836 28 444 16 9 82 0 8 13 5 5 8 7 0 438 2 3 651 13 7 44 18 10 35 3 3 89 15 10 267 19 1 1,097 17 2 18 4 0 16 156 229 1 5 17 5 26 9 11 138 14 7 0 2 2 505 98 2 7 250 3 5 43 19 0 3 18 0 1 6 10 381 88 17 1 157 29: so! 0 7 1 19 11 15 6 2 2 525 86 280 5 3 39 3 10 418 72 193 7 4 30 9 1 315 58 5 3 146 0 1 25 15 0 3 8 11 0 9 11 263 70 12413 7 29 11 1 2,407 472 24 25 1 5 1,151 16 9 198 17 11 28 2 5 4 9 2 0 3 7 0 16 4 2 0 14 1 8 1 2 13 2 0 3 7 0 6 5 4 0 13 0 3 0 9 11 TOTAIS ... 1,973 410 18 9 1,092 167 2 1 1,843 328 18 6 1,932 384 18 1 1,303 282 9 4 1,964 395 7 10 3,014 890 2 4 1,818 492 5 10 3,105 1,005 19 1 2,868 866 5 4 2,792 765 15 9 2,540 681 17 4 26,244 6,672 0 3