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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LAND LINE FUND. £ £ £ Amount to be guaranteed 37,552 Revenue for 8 months... ... . 23,617 Average per month 2984 (Approximate) Revenue for the remaining 4 months 11,935 35,552 Deficiency... £2000 The Colonies making up the following payments :—

INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH TRAFFIC Total Receipts.

Showing the Total Receipts (to and from each Colony) as above.

To the Guarantee Fund. To the South Australia Fund. Total Amount. • South Australia.. Victoria Tasmania New South Wales Western Australia New Zealand £ s. 704 17 2508 11 322 12 2490 11 109 10 1363 17 d. 0 1 6 7 3 7 £ s. 187 19 668 19 86 0 664 3 29 4 363 14 d. 3 0 8 1 0 0 £ s. 892 16 3177 10 408 13 3154 14 138 14 1727 11 d. 3 1 2 8 3 7 Total 7500 0 0 2000 0 0 9500 0 0 C. TODD, Postmaster-General and Superintendent of Telegraphs,

1889. 1891-2, 1892-3. 1893-4. 'or 8 Months 1894-5. May ... June July August September October ... November December .. ... £ s. d. 26,396 11 7 25,556 11 2 26,418 4 1 25,992 13 0 25,185 18 1 31,423 12 3 32,497 19 10 27,603 5 11 .£ s. d. 20,586 8 7 20,037 17 2 20,516 9 10 21,158 6 4 21,112 13 7 23,067 5 1 21,397 11 8 21,206 14 2 1892. 23,077 16 4 20,784 12 7 22,859 3 9 20,825 5 1 £ s. d. 21,057 2 8 21,141 3 2 21,266 19 4 20,671 5 9 20,802 15 8 23,005 0 10 23,656 13 4 22,645 15 7 1893. 24,070 7 11 22,837 15 6 23,976 0 11 26,638 19 2 £ s. d. 35,757 4 8 31,791 17 5 28,125 5 9 25,084 7 6 25,274 14 9 24,577 4 3 25,672 19 0 22,843 9 10 1894. 24,419 8 5 23,839 7 4 22,910 15 11 22,925 9 8 £ s. d. 22.630 4 7 23,157 12 6 21,947 1 0 23,971 18 3 24,038 6 10 30,463 17 2 32,846 2 9 28,357 7 2 January February March April .... 27,329 14 10 24,739 9 6 26,571 7 1 24,920 17 0 Total 324,636 4 4 256,633 4 2 271,769 19 10 313,222 4 (i 207,412 10

1889. 1891-2. 1892-3. 18934. 'or 8 Months 1894-5. loutli Australia... Victoria 'asmania Jew South Wales. few Zealand Queensland Vestern Australia £ s. d. 39,067 5 5 119,630 7 0 3543 6 9 85,306 17 2 48,156 ]9 11 24,755 8 5 4125 19 8 £ #. d. 34,695 0 7 103,363 13 6 3344 9 11 76,594 14 11 24,024 7 0 8820 7 4 5790 10 11 £ s. d. 37,545 0 11 108,491 8 7 2729 8 11 83,853 11 7 26,472 8 2 7542 8 4 5135 13 4 i> s. d. 41,059 13 11 126,453 16 5 2566 19 3 91,473 2 9 38,650 2 4 7664 10 5 5353 19 5 £ s. d. 34,792 15 11 68,723 4 8 1291 1 11 61,806 5 2 25,504 1 9 4239 18 10 11,055 2 0 Total 324,636 4 4 256,633 4 2 271,769 19 10 313,222 4 6 207,412 10 3