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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1926-27.

CONTENTS. PAGE PAGE Receipts and Payments .. .. 1,9 Appeal Board .. .. .. 10 Staff .. .. .. .. 1, 10 Departmental Correspondence Classes .. 10 Money-orders .. .. .. 2 Examinations .. .. .. 10 Savings-bank.. .. .. .. 2 " Householder" Circulars .. .. 12 Overseas Mails .. .. .. 2, 11 Missing Postal Packets .. .. 13 Marine Post-office . . .. .. 2 Postmarking-machines .. .. 13 Inland Mail-services .. .. .. 2, 12 Graphs showing Number of Cars, ComRural Deliveries .. .. ..2,12 mercial Vehicles, and Cycles registered Inspection of Post-offices . . .. 3 each Month from April, 1925, to March, Interruption of Mail-services and Telegraph 1927 .. .. .. .. 14 and Toll Traffic .. .. .. 3 Workshops .. .. .. 15 International Telegraph Conference .. 3, 19 Stores Branch .. .. .. 15 Machine-printing Telegraphs .. .. 3, 25 Marine Insurance Fund .. .. 16 Telephone-exchange Service .. .. 3, 32 Articles delivered .. .. .. 16 Automatic Telephone - exchange Develop- Average Number of Letters posted per ment .. .. .. .. 3 Unit of Population .. .. 16 Inter-Island Telephone Communication .. 4, 24 Number of Post-offices in Dominion .. 16 Tariff for Trunk Line Calls .. .. 4, 25 Undeliverable Postal Packets .. .. 16 Public Call Offices .. .. .. 4, 38 Graph showing Number of Postal Packets Duplication of Pacific Cable .. ..4,21 posted in the Dominion, 1900, 1910,1913, Proposed Amendment of Constitution of 1916, 1919, and 1922 to 1926 .. 17 Pacific Cable Board .. .. 4, 22 Miscellaneous Postal Figures .. .. 18 Representation of New Zealand Govern- Prohibited Postal Packets .. .. 18 ment on Pacific Cable Board .. .. 5, 22 Register of Newspapers and Magazines .. 18 Pacific Cable Board Appointment .. 5, 22 Postage-stamps . . .. .. 18 Reductions in Cable Rates .. .. 5, 22 Discount-stamps .. .. .. 18 International Radio - telegraph Confer- British Empire Reply Coupons .. 18 ence .. .. .. .. 5, 28 Stamp-vending Machines .. .. 19 Radio Telephone Broadcasting .. .. 5 Customs Parcels .. .. .. 19 Private Radio Stations .. .. 5, 31 Postal Notes .. .. .. 19 Renewal of Radio Licenses .. .. 5, 32 British Postal Orders .. .. 19 Interference with Radio Broadcasting .. 6, 31 Telegraph and Toll Services .. .. 19 Erection of Wireless Aerials .. .. 6, 32 Telegraph and Telephone arrangements in Establishment of Radio Beacon Station .. 6, 30 connection with the Visit of Their Royal British Official Wireless Messages .. 6, 30 Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Weather Reports from Ships at Sea .. 6, 30 York .. .. .. 19 Work performed for other Departments .. 6 Automatic Stamping-machine Impressions 20 Work for Census and Statistics Depart- Telegraph Attendance.. .. 20 ment .. .. •. • • 6 Exchange of Weather Telegrams .. 20 Registration of Births, Deaths, and Mar- Charge for Inland Multiple Telegrams .. 20 riages .. .. .. •. 7 Telegrams from Members of the General Motor-registration .. .. .. 7, 13 Assembly to Chatham Islands .. 20 Motor Transport .. .. .. 7, 15 Telegraph-circuit Arrangements between Creation of Stores Division .. .. 7 Wellington and Greymouth .. .. 20 Opening of Stores Branches at Christchurch Private Morse-telegraph Circuit .. 20 and Dunedin .. .. .. 7 Distribution of Press to Midnight Offices 20 Buildings .. .. .. .. 8, 10 Telegraph Money-order Service between Visit of Their Royal Highnesses the Duke New Zealand and Fiji .. .. 21 and Duchess of York .. .. 8 Inland Letter-telegrams .. .. 21 Appointment of Permanent Head .. 8 Telegraph and Telephone Offices open for Details of Revenue, &c. .. .. 8 Business .. .. .. 21

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