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Table No. 16. Table showing the Paid Telegrams of all Codes forwarded during the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1917, and the Revenue received therefrom.

Table No. 17. Table showing the Class and Number of Instruments and Batteries in Use at Telegraph-offices for the Year ended 31st March, 1917.

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June Quarter. 1916. September Quarter, 1916 December Quarter, 1916. Totals. March Quarter, 1917. Class of Telegrams. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. 1,312,497 67,772 75,941 1,029,194 £ 80,277 1,482,735 5,253 78,319 7,306 71,243 29,213 1,130,220 £ 91,167 1,531,541 6,194 88,379 6,959 79,664 32,475 1,215,314 I £ 92,710 7,147 7,120 35,629 £ 5,742,739 348,451 304,414 24,031 304,192 28,800 4,382,823 125,995 Ordinary Drgent Press Bureau 1,415,966 69,944 77,344 1,008,095 1,415,966 69,944 77,344 1,008,095 £ 84,297 5,437 7,415 28,678 Gross totals Less other lines and credits 2,571,349 2,571,349 125,827 26,927 2,485,404 122,049 26,141 2,762,517 136,795 30,648 2,914,898 142,606 29,708 10,734,168 i 527,277 113,424 Net totals, 1916-17 Net totals, 1915-16 2,642,689 98,900 95,908 106,147 112,898 413,853 87,617 2,668,595 91,300 2,657,221 101,938 2,740,405 105,281 10,708,910 386,138

Number of Morse Instruments in Use (Full Sets). Number of Duplexes »j, 1Tn v>Br (Difierentials). aumDer . Number Single Double gets. " v Current. ! Current. Number Number of of Quadruplex Automatic Translator Sets. Sets. Number of Telephones Number of Cells. District. noli eon- j nected with T . , Exchange. andDrv Gol ' aon - ! Daniell. Bichromate. Storage. J ! I ; Constant Intermittent Current. Current. Auckland Wellington Nelson .. Canterbury Otago .. 50 126 3 114 58 83 86 29 20 92 13 20 4 11 1 ! 7 15 7 7 1 9 1 20 28 2 13 8 8 16 2 1 48 44 8 6 54 8,876 853 340 544 12,429 4,063 1,259 223 177 1,932 152 55 .. 2 2,542 332 958 854 4 5,410 66 548 265 2 31,189 5,466 3,160 1,886 185 Totals 351 310 49 37 10 71 27 160 Total number of Morse sets, 855.