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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 1924-25 and 1923-24 was as follows: — INTERNATIONAL. Number of Value. Messages. £ 1924-25 ... ... 150,633 ... ... ... 185,468 1923-24 ... ... 132,992 ... ... ... 175,788 Increase 17,641 = 13-26 per cent. Increase £9,680 = 5'50 per cent. AUSTRALIAN. Number of Value. Messages. £ 1924-25 ... ... 133,618 ... ... ... 27,409 1923-24 ... ... 121,727 ... ... ... 26,555 Increase 11,891 = 9 - 76 per cent. Increase £854 = 3'21 per cent. There was a total increase of 29,532 messages, and an increase in value of £10,534. Of the total revenue received on forwarded cable messages —viz., £212,877—£201,230 was paid to other Administrations and £11,647 retained by New Zealand. RECEIVED CABLE MESSAGES. The number of cable messages received in New Zealand during the years 1924-25 and 1923-24, exclusive of Press, was as follows: — International. Australian. 1924-25 ... ... 125,639 ... ... ... 126,297 1923-24 ... ... 115,375 ... ... ... 115,937 Increase 10,264 = B'B9 per cent. Increase 10,360 = 8-93 per cent. The total revenue earned by New Zealand on received cable messages during the year 1924-25 was £9,318 as compared with £8,441 for 1923-24. EADIO-TELEGBAMS. The radio business transacted by the New Zealand coast stations during the years 1924-25 and 1923-24 was as follows :—

Postal District. I Changed from j Changed to I ! ; Napier .. .. ,. ! Petane, H.B. .. .. .. Bay View. Auckland .. .. Kawau .. .. .. .. : Kawau Island. Gisborne .. .. .. East Cape .. . . .. j M.itarehua. B.enhe.m .. .. .. Flat Creek .. .. .. j Rai Valley. Blenheim .. .. Te Aruhe .. .. .. Yncyca Bay.

Forwarded. Received. Year. Number of Amount Number of Amount —_ earned by Total Value. — earned by Messages. Words. New Zealand. Messages. Words. New Zealand. £ £ £ 1924-25 ... ... 16,259 ,293,189 3,555 7,331 25,669 270,814 4,777 1923-24 ... ... 13,907 244,955 3,075 6,414 22,576 242,390 4,401 Increase ... 2,352 48,234 480 917 3,093 28,424 376