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APPENDIX.

DESIGNATION OF OFFICES CHANGED.

CABLE BUSINESS. The Dominion's outward International and Australian cable business, excluding Press, for the years 1922-23 and 1921-22 was as follows:— INTERNATIONAL. Number of Value. Messages. £ 1922-23 ... ... 120,783 ... ... ... 172,767 1921-22 ... ... 102,520 ... ... ... 146,032 Increase 18,263 = 17-81 per cent. Increase 26,735 = 18-30 percent. AUSTRALIAN. Number of Value. * Messages. £ 1922-23 ... ... 113,567 ... ... ... 24,912 1921-22 ... ... 114,776 ... ... ... 25,813 Decrease 1,209 = 1-05 per cent. Decrease 901= 3-49 per cent. There was a total increase of 17,054 messages, and an increase in value of £25,834. Of the total revenue received on forwarded cable messages —viz., £197,679 —£188,270 was paid to other Administrations and £9,409 retained by New Zealand. RECEIVED CABLE MESSAGES. The number of cable messages received in New Zealand during the years 1922-23 and 1921-22, exclusive of Press, was as follows: — International. Australian. 1922-23 ... ... 106,211 ... ... ... 107,723 1921-22 ... ... 94,71.0 ... ... ... 108,796 Increase 11,501 = 12-14 per cent. Decrease 1,073 = 0-98 per cent. RADIO-TELEGRAMS. The radio business transacted by the New Zealand coast stations during the years 1922-23 and 1921-22 was as follows :—

Postal District. Changed from Changed to Auckland Auckland Auckland Blenheim Blenheim .. Cabbage Bay Waikumete Gumtown Ngapeka .. Ngakuta .. Colville. Glen Eden. Coroglen. The Branch. Hakana.

Forwarded. Received. Year. Messages. Words. Number of Amount earned by Total Value. New Zealand. Messages. Words. Number of Amount earned by New Zealand. .922-23 .921-22 11,940 12,152 230,481 223,562 £ 2,656 2,901 £ 5,628 6,503 19,715 20,086 215,013 226,886 £ 3,792 4,328 212* 6,91.91 245* 875* 371* 11,873* 536* * Decrease. f Increase.