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Receipts and Payments. The receipt* and payments of the Department for the financial year 1912-13 are shown in the following table: —

The total receipts exceeded those of 1911-12 by £80,115 9s. 9sd. Postal matter delivered in New Zealand, including that received from abroad, during the year reached a total of 108,143,256 letters, 6,058,962 post-cards, 54,068,196 other articles, and 1,735,567 parcels. 666,425 money-orders, for £3,281,349 L4s. 6d., were issued, and 536,130. tor £2,870,523 la. Bd., paid. The increase in the number of orders issued as compared with last year was 58,661. During the year 1,970,643 postal notes, of the value of £636,473 os. 6d., were sold, being an increase of 8-18 per cent, in number and 10-69 in amount as compared with the preceding year. The Dumber of British postal orders sold increased from 88,528, valued a< £45,687 10s. 6d., to 100,661, for £51,651 19s. 7d., and 24,405 orders, for £15,681 Is. (id., were paid, as against 23,429, for £15,458 18s. 6d., paid during the previous year. The savings-bank deposits (£11,725,182 His. 5d.) exceeded the withdrawals (£11,449,711 3s. 7d.) by £275,471 12s. 10d. There has been added £51 1,598 18s. Bd. as interest, making a total increase of £787,070 lls. 6d., and bringing the whole amount at credit up to £16,330,257 Bs. 2d., a sum which equals £14 16s. 3d. per head of the population. The total number of telegrams forwarded was 9,944,272, an increase of 881,139, or 9-72 per cent., over the business of the previous year. The number of bureau communications continues to show a marked increase, being 2,935,912, as against 2,360,914. The amount expended on telegraph-extension was £251,375, with liabilities amounting to £171,297 on account of works for which the authority of Parliament was granted too late for the necessary expenditure to be brought within the financial year. On the 31st March, 1913, there were 12,508* miles of telegraph-line and 41,892 miles of wire. The length of submarine cables within the Dominion was 374 knots. The number of telephone-exchange connections still continues to rapidly increase.

Statement showing Receipts and Payments of the Post and Telegraph Department for the Ten Years ended 31st March, 1913, and for the Years 1881-82, 1891-92 and 1901-2.

[tem. Postal. Telegraph. Total. Receipts, Stamps for postage Money-order and postal-note commission Money-order commission reoeived from foreign offices Private box and bag fees Miscellaneous receipts Paid telegrams Telephone exohanges 16 s. d. 591,921 11 8 36,888 6 11 811 16 1 , 13,736 0 1 J 12,334 12 :>J £ -. a. £ s. d. 591,921 11 8 25,833 6 11 811 16 1 13,736 0 1 20,325 13 84 313,960 5 1 201,237 7 3 7,991 1 3 818, $160 5 1 201,237 7 8 TotaU 644,637 7 2 J 523,188 18 7 1,167,826 0 9JPay>nents. Salaries (classified offioers) Salaries (country Postmasters and telephonists, and contributions to Railway Department) Conveyance of mails by sea Conveyance of inland mails Conveyance of mails by railway Money-order commission credited to foreign offices Maintenance of telegraph and telephone-lines Miscellaneous £ s. d. i 243,044 3 8 20,041 0 0 J- r. d. 848,884 S 4 83,38) 0 0 £ s. d. 591,378 9 0 j>2.922 0 0 85,787 11 5 72,852 4 6 62,677 3 2 2,500 3 10 85,787 11 5 72,852 4 6 62,677 3 2 2,500 3 10 64,011 3 9 137,143 12 8 72,273 7 9 i 559,775 14 4 84,861 12 10J 64,011 8 9 64.870 4 6 Balance of receipts over payments ;■)(): 1. i'»; 1H 7 18,693 0 0 1,069,272 7 11 98,553 12 10J Totals 644,637 7 2£ 523,188 13 7 1,167,826 0 94

D ~ 1 -> ~_ .. _ _. i T> _ — — - — a. Year. Payments. *£*£«*£»* Payments. Balance of Receipts over Payments. 1881-1882 £ a. d. £ s. d. £ i. d. 234,529 8 0 233,291 10 4 1,237 17 8 1891-1892 1901-1902 1891-1892 1901-1902 320,058 J 3 268,343 1 1 51,715 0 2 488,573 1 11$ 465,756 9 6 22,816 12 6$ 1903-1904 1904-1905 1905-1906 1906-1907 1907-1908 1908-1909 1909-1910 1910-1911 1911-1912 1912-1913 580,771 4 -H : o26,716 14 5 54,024 10 0$ 633,305 12 7$ .559,921 1 5 73,384 11 2$ 684.878 11 2 -578,726 11 7 106,151 19 7 746,249 L6 0$ 619,121 0 9 127,128 15 3$ 822,639 8 9$ 709,024 16 2 113,614 12 74 918,994 17 2$ 807,652 9 10 106,342 7 4$ 961,500 10 2$ 858,059 15 1- 103,440 15 1$ ... 1,037,265 17 3 914,069 7 10 123,196 9 5" ... 1,087,710 11 0 988,911 12 6 98,798 18 6 ... 1,167,826 0 9$ 1,069,272 7 11 98,553 12 10$ Total for ten years ... ... ... ... £1,004,636 12 0$