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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, 1901.

Table No. 18. Return of Paid Telegrams of all Codes forwarded during the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1901, 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, 1900.

Postal Districts. Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages. Value of Government Messages. Total Number of Value of Private Messages of all and Press Codes. 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 £ s. d. 20,032 10 8 1,933 17 "J 15,389 16 7 19,062 5 3J 2,771 5 5 3,880 12 11 1,739 6 2 7,081 12 1 6,771 12 9 3,066 14 1 4,223 10 4 2,193 2 ij 4,259 16 9 3,482 4 6J 7,265 14 8J| 20,825 13 3il 2,401 18 10 £ s. d. 3,880 3 11 475 10 1 2,147 15 8 1,932 19 6 368 11 8 904 13 9 274 19 9 896 3 7 803 8 1 746 o 1 717 4 9 227 19 3 572 17 2 423 6 2 1,059 5 Io 19,352 19 2 543 7 9 £ * d. 23,912 14 7 2,409 8 oj 17,537 12 3 20,995 4 9i 3,139 17 1 4,785 6 8 2,014 5 11 7,977 15 8 7,575 o 10 3,812 14 2 4,940 15 1 2,421 1 4 J 4,832 13 11 3,905 10 8J 8,325 o 6J 40,178 12 s| 2,945 6 7 558,377 51,767 379,314 500,913 67,628 96,970 4 J ,239 203,500 177,281, i6i,543 116,016 51,164 H5,7I4 77,215 200,090 677,084 58,629 46,218 6,696 25,4 O 9 24,309 5,014 8,788 3,005 11,185 12,250 10,179 9,792 3,163 10,109 5,420 13,198 161,625 7,324 363,684 604,595 58,463 404,723 525,222 72,642 105,758 44,244 214,685 189,531 171,722 125,808 54,327 125,823 82,635 213,288 838,709 65,953 Totals, 1900-1901 126,381 14 6 35,327 6 2 161,709 o 8 3,534,444 3,898,128 Totals, 1899-1900 114,383 2 Ij 143,815 I Ij 3io,538 3,469,631 29,431 19 o 3,I59,O93

June Quarter, 1900. September Quarter, 1900. Decembi I :r Quarter, 1900. March Quarter, 1901. 'otals. Class of Telegrams. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. (rdinary .. Jrgent 'ress 672,160] 35,945! 6i,6oii 57,43 1 £ s. d. |35,742 13 2j I 2,478 o 8 3,155 16 9 1,601 14 9 637.449 28,590 69,424 57,922 34,451 6 1,962 17 9 3,706 18 3 1,654 5 Io 742,175 50,596 64,819 66,641 £ s. d. 37,156 8 4 j 3,201 12 11 3,270 19 8 1,934 2 11 788,642 45.297 79,894; 75,858 £ s. d. 39,986 2 11 2,90615 9 4,012 7 2 2,164 ° x 2,840,426! 160,4281 275,738 257.852 £ s - d. 147,336 10 114 10,549 7 1 14,146 1 10 7,354 9 7 iureau fross totals ,ess other") lines and I credits j 42,978 5 41 13,618 18 6£ 4 r ,775 8 3J 13.870 5 2 45,563 3 ioi 12,887 9 8 '49,069 11 11 12,628 1 7 179.386 9 54 53,004 14 11J let totals, 1900-190 1 fet totals, 1899-1900 827,137 29,359 6 10 753.385 27.905 3 i<1 924,231 32,675 14 2 J 989,691 36,441 10 4 3:534.444 126,381 14 6 715,127: 26,149 4 oj 701,965 25,667 12 oj 832,126 30,082 17 oj 909,875 32,483 9 o 3,159,093 114,383 2 ij

Districts. Number. Telegraph Commission. Value of Orders, Auckland .. Blenheim .. Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui .. Wellington Westport .. 6,562 937 3,081 3»365 1,138 1,557 435 i,3I5 2,726 743 1,435 321 2,877 617 3,268 7,658 1,276 £ s - d. 328 2 o 46 17 o 154 I o 168 5 o 56 18 o 77 17 o 21 15 o 65 15 o 136 6 o 37 3 o 71 15 0 16 1 o 143 17 o 3017 o 163 8 o 382 18 o 63 16 o £ s. d. 23,580 6 5 2,619 9 1 11,002 5 3 12,728 1 3 4,150 14 6 5,046 2 7 1,314 4 2 4,799 1.9 11 8,414 15 6 2,269 9 4 4,314 14 o 893 5 7 8,925 7 7 2,012 15 11 9,276 6 2 23,112 9 2 3,091 6 I Totals, 1900 39,311 1,965 11 o 127,551 12 6 Totals, 1899 36,933 1,846 13 o 120,034 3 2