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Table No. 29. Cash Value of Shipping and Weather Telegrams and Amount chargeable to each Department of the Government for Telegrams transmitted during the Year ended 31st March, 1882.

Table No. 30. Debtor and Creditor Statement.

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Department. Value. Colonial Secretary Customs Defence Judicial Postal Registrar-General Treasury Public Works Shipping Reports Weather Reports £ 8. d. 2,519 16 o 608 8 o 3,327 16 o 1,808 4 o 1,830 8 o 211 16 o 1,364 16 4 6,613 12 o 3,080 4 o 1,372 16 o Total 22,737 i6 4

Db. 'o Total cost of maintenance of stations ... £ s. d. • 69,165 5 o Cb. £ b. d. £ s. d. Total cost of maintenance of lines 18,292 13 4 By Cash receipts as under: — Ordinary telegrams ... 68,435 '8 5 Press „ ... 7,089 9 9 Telephone exchanges ... 613 5 2 76,138 13 4 Incidental receipts not included in table, — Proceeds of sale of condemned line, horses, sundry material, See.... 403 19 6 Subsidies of private wires and midnight service 990 18 1 Head Office receipts ... 583 7 9 1,978 5 4 78,116 18 8 Balance 14,108 17 8 £101,566 16 o Amount collected for money-order telegrams by Post Office ... ... 7121a Value of Government telegrams ... ... ... 22,737 '6 4£101,566 16 o