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Table No. 17. Table showing the Cash Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages, the Value of Government Messages, and the Number of Messages transmitted in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand for the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1898.

Table No. 18. Return of Paid Telegrams of all Codes forwarded during the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1898, and the Revenue received.

Table No. 19. Return of the Number and Value of Telegraph Money-orders issued within the several Postal Districts during the Year ended 31st December, 1897.

Postal Districts. Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages. Value of Government Messages. Total Value of Messages of all Codes. Total Number of Number Number Private of of and Press Govt. Messages Messages. Messages. of all Codes. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier .. Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames.. Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport £ 8. d. 17,335 12 oj i,457 X 7 1I l 11,284 6 8J 12,179 18 84 2,140 17 6J 2,555 13 94 1,204 13 8| 5,096 6 10 5,705 16 7J 1,918 10 5j 2,600 10 oj 1, 5O9 3 2 J 4,3O5 o 2 2,192 9 4 4,859 15 iojj 15,701 16 7J 1,887 5 1 £ s. d. 2,767 9 3 295 6 o 1,496 5 4 i,447 J 5 1 304 14 o 490 15 8 243 2 7 653 14 10 757 6 4 490 10 o 618 1 1 159 2 7 563 12 7 244 1 9 578 11 10 12,956 12 5 437 8 4 £ .. d 20,103 1 3J i,753 3 "1 12,780 12 oj 13,627 13 9j 2,445 11 6J 3,046 9 5J i,447 16 3J 5,75O 1 8 6,463 2 11 J 2,4°9 o 54 3,218 11 ij 1,668 5 9j 4,868 12 9 2,436 11 1 5,438 7 8J 28,658 9 of 2,324 13 5 441.589 35,5i8 255,973 309,456 45,816 56,575 25,809 J 4i,332 133,606 131,394 63,877 32,952 109,511 51,280 124,413 466,820 43,494 34,173 4,289 19,038 16,422 3,675 5,689 2,488 7,996 9,147 7,806 6,856 1,997 8,502 3,217 7,562 81,926 6,035 475,762 39,8O7 275,011 325,878 49,491 62,264 28,297 149,328 142,753 I39,2OO 70,733 34,949 118,013 54,497 131,975 548,746 49,529 2,696,233 General Post Office receipts 93,935 14 8 \ 2,601 12 1 24,504 9 8 118,440 4 4J 2,469,415 226,818 Totals, 1897-98 Totals, 1896-97 96,537 6 94 97,452 18 7 24,504 9 8 23,118 2 6 it 8,440 4 4 J 120,571 1 1 2,469,415 2,285,001 226,818 235,168 2,696,233 2,520,169

jane luarter, 1897. September Quarter, 1897. Decembi :r Quarter, 1897. I March Quarter, 1898. Totals. Class of Telegrams. I Revenue. Number, Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. 1 1 I Ordinary .. Urgent Press 476,649 26,557 49,675 28,306 £ s. d. 28,242 1 5 2,249 11 3 1,939 9 2 678 8 7 455,835 20,039 5O,742 27,282 £ *• d. 28,226 17 gj 1,754 6 6J 2,207 X 6 4J 661 7 10 526,9Il] 25,842! 60,749 30,299 £ s. d. 29,518 5 11 2,133 9 8J 2,774 12 llj 739 6 o 564,026 34. 1 59 59,588 32.756 £ s- d. 31.374 o 3 2,832 17 7 2,285 19 9i 830 o 9 37,32218 4$ \ £ s. d. 2,023,421117,361 5 4 £ 106,597 8,970 5 1 220,754 9,207 18 118,643 2,909 3 2 2,469,4 T 5 138,448 11 11 Bureau Gross totals Less other] lines and I credits ) 581,187 33,109 10 5 10,856 2 o 553.898 32,850 8 6J 11,644 ° 2 643,801 35,165 14 7 io,533 !9 9 690,529 ".47815 34 44,512 17 2J G.P.O. receipts Net totals, 1897-98 Net totals, 1896-97 581,187 22,253 8 5 936 4 S 553.898 21,206 8 4J 526 5 1 643,801 24,631 14 i° 550 12 8 690,529 25,844 3 1 588 9 8 2,469,415 93.935 14 8J 2,601 12 1 23,189 13 1 I21732 13 5i 25,182 7 6 26,432 12 9 96,537 6 gf 495,661 23,978 2 4 549-838; 123,693 17 II 610,751 25,075 10 o 628,751 24,705 8 4 2,285,001 97,452 18 7

Districts. Number. Telegraph Commission. Value of Orders. • £ s. d. 329 16 o 34 15 ° 118 4 o 114 10 o 39 16 o 71 14 o 20 19 o 55 12 o 112 5 o 34 Io ° 62 13 0 13 5 o 183 11 o 26 8 o 115 8 o 290 18 o 55 17 ° £ * d. 25,729 14 4 2,132 5 8 8,537 10 8 7,553 8 o 2,860 11 1 5,050 16 1 1,295 11 8 3,371 17 3 8,197 7 3 2,258 15 7 3,670 14 4 667 8 5 12,056 16 11 1,401 12 2 6,654 X 4 ° 18,945 4 6 3,200 9 9 Auckland .. Blenheim .. Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui .. Wellington Westport .. 6,59° 695 2,364 2,290 796 1,434. 419 1,112 2,245 690 1,253 265 3,671 528 2,308 5,8l8 1,117 Totals, 1897 33,6oi 1,680 1 o "3,584 17 8 Totals, 1896 30,860 113,617 16 10 1,543 o o