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PEESS. The forwarded and received cable Press business for the past ten years was:—

DEFEKRED CABLES. The deferred-cable traffic for the year 1912-13 was :—

Week-end Gables. The week-end cable traffic for the three months ended 31st March, 1913, was :—

RADIO-TELEGRAMS. Radio-telegraph stations are now established at Wellington and Auckland. The number of messages transmitted up to the 31st March, 1913, is shown in the following statement: —

Forwarded. Received. Year. Nui Messages. iber of Number of Words. Value. Messages. Words. .903 .904 .905 906 .907 .908 .909 910 911-12 ... 912-13 ... 1,595 1,551 2,226 1,815 1,874 2,404 2,270 2,671 2,117 2,680 159,732 161,094 181,196 186,128 135,325 236,759 199,291 168,262 158,590 252,725 £ s. d. 1,235 11 1 1,147 8 8 1,290 9 3 1,290 7 9 1,003 5 5 2,643 6 0£ 2,230 18 3 - 1,362 13 10£ 1,297 14 6 2,161 9 4 5,636 4,488 4,548 4,061 4,204 4,264 4,515 5,893 6,682 6,004 425,824 392,888 398,878 394,337 405,498 380,117 422,949 528,843 582,247 546,187

Forwarded. Received. I T0talVa ' Ue - Number of Messages. i 'ia Pacific ... ,, Eastern... 5,404 807 e 8. 4,544 16 807 8 d. Hi 4,626 1,445 Total 6,211 5,352 4 7 6,071 6,071

Forwarded. Received. Number of Messages. I Total Value. Number of Messages. fia Pacific ... „ Eastern... 366 67 k. s. 455 0 80 17 d. 2 166 130 Total 433 535 17 7* 296

Forwarded. Received. Year. Number of Number of Messages. Words. Total Value. Messages. Words. Total Value. 912-13 .911-12 (eight months) 1,095 10,946 320 3,502 £ s. d. 434 17 8 134 4 11 1,932 16,909 639 6,281 £ s. 666 15 242 16 d. 6 4