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Table No. 18. 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, 1899.

Table No. 19. Return of Paid Telegrams of all Codes forwarded during the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1899, and the Revenue received.

Table No. 20. Return of the Number and Value of Telegraph Money-orders issued within the several Postal Districts during the Year, ended 31st December, 1898.

Postal Districts. Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages. Value of Government Messages. Total Value of Messages of all Codes. Number of Private and Press Messages. Number of Govt. Messages. Total Number of Messages of all Codes. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames.. Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport £ ■• d17,263 3 10 1,540 on 12,313 4 oj 13,785 o o^ 2,086 13 9J 2,669 14 6| i,2ii 5 4i 5,854 10 6 5,911 3 3 2,285 7 4 3,"4 4 I* 1,618 7 10J 3,666 14 ill 2,270 7 10 5,426 16 94 17,868 16 ioj 1,869 Io 5 £ s - d. 3,142 1 6 338 18 o i,552 2 7 1,546 17 5 303 4 2 552 3 1 294 10 3 700 7 1 771 13 3 572 11 11 645 2 5 166 12 5 558 4 6 267 6 5 672 5 6 12,934 ° 9 482 4 7 £ *. d. 20,405 5 4 1,878 18 11 13,865 6 7J I5,33i 17 5* 2,389 17 11J 3,221 17 74 1,505 15 7i 6,554 17 7 6,682 16 6 2,857 19 3 3,759 6 64 1,785 o 34 4,224 19 54 2,537 14 3 6,099 2 3§ 30,802 17 74 2,351 15 o 459,006 39.700 293,690 353,697 48,670 62,224 27,974 166,669 148,017 134.138 77,247 34,665 99,792 54,964 147,190 525,144 44,761 37.916 5,214 20,133 18,373 3,988 6,780 2,765 8,591 10,136 8,846 7,384 2,166 9,213 3,655 8,833 82,442 6,755 496,922 44,914 313,823 372,070 52,658 69,004 3o,739 175,260 158,153 142,984 84,631 36,831 109,005 58', 619 156,023 607,586 51,516 2,960,738 General Post Office receipts 100,755 2 6 349 9 IO 25,500 5 i° 126,255 8 4 349 9 10 2,717-548 243,190 Totals, 1898-99 Totals, 1897-98 101,104 I2 4 96,537 6 9i 25,500 5 10 24,504 9 8 126,604 J & 2 118,440 4 4J 2,469,415 243,190 226,818 2,960,738 2,696,233

June Quarter, 1898. September Quarter, 1898. December Quarter, 1898. March Quarter, 1899. 'ot.ils. Class of Telegrams. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Ordinary .. Urgent Press £ s - d - 534,205*29,560 19 8j 29,494; 2,480 5 51,699, 2,077 1 II 31,886! 803 6 10 499,780 23,227 53,227 33,38i £ •• d. 27.851 4 3i 1,935 4 4 2,832 II 3$ 851 6 2 587-553 56,680 36,861 i s. d. 30,510 2 8 2,015 4 9 2,657 18 6 952 18 4 ,20,849 29,690 56,177 41,812 £ s - d - 33.72519 ij 1,957 3 54 2,573 210 1,119 7 ° 2,242,387 ii3>438 217,783 H3,94° / s. d. 121,648 5 9J 8,387 18 5 10,140 14 6£ 3,726 18 4 Bureau jross totals Less other J lines and I credits J 647,284134,921 14 4 jio,722 13 9i 609,615 33,47° 6 1 10,461 19 3 712,121 36,136 4 3 9,904 5 gj 748,528 39,375 12 5 12,059 15 9 2,717,548 143,903 17 1 43,148 14 7 J. P.O. receipts Met totals, 1898-99 Net totals, 1H97- -<jN 647.28424,199 ° 64 349 9 10 609,615 23,008 6 10 712,121 26,231 18 5^ 748,528 27,315 16 8 2,7i7,548| 100,755 2 6 349 9 10 I 647,284(24,548 10 4 i 609,615 23,008 6 10 712,121 26,231 18 5J 748,528 27,315 16 8 2,717,548 101,104 12 4 581,18723,189 13 1 553,898 21,732 13 54 643,801 25,182 7 6 690,529 26,432 12 9 2,469,415 96,537 6 9i

Districts. Number. Telegraph Commission. Value of Order*. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth . • ; Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport 6,458 856 2,692 2,401 838 i,525 427 i,i47 2,818 707 ■ 1,468 276 2,869 480 2,644 6,455 i>143 £ •• d322 18 o 42 16 o 134 12 O 120 I O 41 18 0 76 5 o 21 7 o 57 7 o 140 18 o 35 7 ° 73 8 o 13 16 o M3 9 ° 24 o o 132 4 o 322 15 o 57 3 ° £ ■■ d. -24,225 6 8 2.443 J 3 2 9,199 15 :i 8,811 8 ti 2,800 6 9 4,985 5 8 1,338 11 8 3.3O5 16 8 8,222 4 o 2,225 7 3 4,990 11 o 780 2 o 9,122 l8 I 1,418 2 5 7.431 3 I 19,934 J 7 6 3,387 2 4 Totals, 1898 35i204 1, 760 4 o 114,622 13 1 Totals, 1897 i,68o 1 o 113,584 17 8 33,601