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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, 1904.

Table No. 19. Return of Paid Telegrams of all Codes forwarded during the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1904, 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, 1903.

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. Total Number Number of of Government Messages Messages. of all Codes. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames.. Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport 1 . £ •• d. •• 27,143 11 1 2,524 11 i&j .. 19,507 16 4 18,057 l8 10 3,93i 1 10 4,030 19 Ilj 1,804 12 7 8,500 16 34 9,241 o 84 4,343 17 8 •• j 5,614 7 i4 .. i 2,584 6 4 .. j 4,938 o 94 .. 4,308 15 54 .. ' 10,129 4 6| .. 32,881 17 5 2,954 15 6J £ s - d. 3,863 16 4 402 9 7 2,055 11 7 i,709 2 7 395 12 1 565 5 7 216 3 5 1,102 1 6 857 12 10 942 o 9 685 18 11 4°9 3 2 378 13 9 429 8 10 900 17 4 8,806 3 6 656 19 10 £ s- d. 31,007 7 5 ; 781,765 2,927 o 84 69,705 21,563 7 ti 512,627 19,767 1 5 507,273 4,326 13 11 ' 102,357 4,596 5 6J 110,594 2,020 16 o 49,739 9,602 17 94: 259,304 10,098 13 6Jj 262,350 5,285 18 5 230,176 6,300 6 04 154,181 2,993 9 6 66,095 5,3i6 14 64 134,176 4,738 4 34 118,004 11,030 1 104 299,540 41,688 o 11 936,539 3,611 15 44; 77,479 43,948 825,713 5,863 75,568 23,298 535,925 23,046 : 530,319 5,994 108,351 6,927 ; 117,521 2,038 i 51,777 16,563 j 275,867 9,605 ; 271,955 13,126 i 243,302 10,199 : 164,380 5,835 : 71,930 4,477 : 138,653 6,146 I 124,150 io,544 ! 310,084 97,i59 11,033,698 8,525 86,004 Totals, 1903-4 •■ 162,497 13 74 24,377 I 7 186,874 15 2414,671,904 293,293 14,965,197 Totals, 1902-3 ■• 153,338 3 3 26,440 2 IO 179,778 6 I 4,271,218 288,o86 4,559,304

June Q luarter, 1903. Septembei Quarter, 1903. December Quarter, 1903. March Quarter, 1904. Totals. Class of Telegrams. Number. Revenue, Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue, Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Ordinary .. Urgent Press Bureau 845,919 42,761 84,388 113,822 £ s - d. 40,909 17 14 2,870 7 o 3,902 18 9 2,698 4 10 817,595 36,624 91,118 123,974 £ s. d. 39,932 18 04 2,489 o 5 4i4 2 5 3 5 2,888 11 11 943,053 47,396 89,841 135,669 £ s. dr. 43,783 7 11 2,908 o 7 4,466 4 9 3,125 11 11 £ ■■ d.j ' £ s. d. 997,107147.17612 743,603,674:171,80215 84 49,995 ! 3,183 2 6 i 176,776, 11,450 10 6 99,5i3j 4.563 9 9 ; 364,860 17,357 16 8 153,1291 3,436 8 1 ; 526,594 12,14816 9 I ! Gross totals Less other \ lines and \ credits ) 50,381 7 84 12,309 1 84 J49,735 13 94 [12,384 15 24 54,283 5 12,050 1 2 8 158,359 12 n4| |i3,5i8 7 5 i : 1 19 74 50,262 6 o Net totals, 1903-4 Net totals, 1902-3 1,086,890 38,072 6 o 1,069,311 [37,350 18 7 ;i, 215,959 42,233 3 6 i,299,744J44,84i 5 644,671,904162,49713 74 1,152,658140,871 8 14 4,271,218153,338 3 3 1,007,506] 136,643 5 9 979,372 35.387 4 5 1,131,682 40,436 4 "4

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 i • • i 9,286 1,084 4,131 3,903 1,688 2,123 605 1,684 3,774 i,i37 2,134 495 2,873 1,012 5,289 11,991 1,724 J £ s - d. 464 6 o 54 4 ° 206 11 o 195 3 0 84 8 o 106 3 o 30 5 o 84 4 o 188 14 o 56 17 o 106 14 o 24 15 o 143 13 o 50 12 o 264 9 o 599 11 o 86 4 o £ ■• d. 35,418 o 2 3,206 16 10 13,723 11 11 14,583 1 0 6,106 17 IO ,8,279 II IO 2,119 18 9 §5,078 10 11 11,894 6 11 4,180 13 2 6,302 19 4 1,525 8 10 9,i53 3 9 3,249 16 3 16,869 13 7 40,445 13 7 5,334 9 4 Totals, 1903 54.933 54,933 2,746 13 o 2,746 13 0 187,472 14 o 187,472 14 o Totals, 1902 49,230 49,230 2,461 IO o 2,461 IO o 152,407 14 o 152,407 14 o