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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 1928-29 and 1927-28 was as follows :— INTERNATIONAL. Number of Value. Messages. £ 1928-29 .. .. 179,399 .. .. .. 188,851 1927-28 .. .. 170,818 .. .. .. 178,091 Increase 8,581 = 5-02 per cent. Increase 10,760 = 6-04 per cent. AUSTRALIAN. Number of Value. Messages. £ 1928-29 .. .. 146,942 .. .. .. 29,747 1927-28 .. .. 148,011 .. .. .. 29,464 Decrease 1,069 = 0-72 per cent. Increase 283 = 0-96 per cent. There was a total increase of 7,512 messages, and an increase in value of £11,043. Of the total revenue received on forwarded cable messages—viz., £218,598 —£205,145 was paid to other Administrations, and £13,453 was retained by New Zealand. RECEIVED CABLE MESSAGES. The number of cable messages received in New Zealand during the years 1928-29 and 1927-28, exclusive of press, was as follows : — International. • Australian. 1928-29 .. .. 156.115 .. .. .. 140,597 1927-28 .. .. 147,325 .. .. .. 140,899 Increase 8,790 = 5-96 per cent. Decrease 302 =0-21 per cent. The total revenue earned by New Zealand on received cable messages during the year 1928-29 was £11,224, as compared with £10,674 for 1927-28.

Poatal District. Changed from Changed to Thames .. .. .. .. Waiomio . . .. .. Puru. Christchurcli .. .. .. .. Spreydon* .. .. .. Hillmorton. * New office opened under name of Spreydon.