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L. P. page Pacific Cable — Laboratory .. .. .. .. .. 52 Number and percentage of messages forwarded Leave, sick .. .. .. .. .. 10 and received .. .. .. 37 Letters and letter-cards— Press .. .. .. .. 37 Dead, dealt with .. .. .. 26 Share of business .. .. .. 37 Dead, proportion to number delivered .. .. 26 Packets, postal — Delivered .. .. .. .. .. 25,61 Missing .. .. .. .. 26 Imperfectly or insufficiently addressed .. 26 Prohibited .. .. .. .. 26 Missing .. .. .. .. 26 Unclaimed: Auction .. .. .. 26 Posted .. .. .. .. .. 61 Parcels— Posted per unit of population.. .. .. 26 Customs .. .. .. .. .. 27 Posted without address .. .. 26 Delivered .. .. .. .. 25, 61, 62 Posted with libellous addresses .. .. 26 Despatched overseas .. .. 62 Letter-telegram cable services .. .. 36 Foreign (inwards): Declared value, and Customs License — duty collected .. .. .. 27 Amateur transmitting and receiving station : Foreign (outwards) : Declared value .. .. 27 Annual fees .. .. .. 41 Number .. .. .. .. .. 61,62 Radio, abolition of form of application for .. 41 Posted and delivered .. .. .. 61 Lines — Received from overseas .. .. 62 Private, converted to departmental .. .. 41 Party and individual line telephone stations : PerPrivate telephone in New Zealand .. .. 46 centage .. .. .. .. 47 Telephone exchange— Plant and equipment (telephone and telegraph) inCable and aerial underground .. .. 48 stallation .. .. .. .. 31 Conversion of rural lines to automatic working 51 Poles, telegraph : Utilization of New Zealand soft Extension .. .. .. 42 woods .. .. .. .. 53 Lengths of various classes of plant .. . .47,48 Postage-stamp, " Charity " .. .. .. 3, 16 Return showing number of classes connected Postal articles delivered .. .. ..25,61 to automatic exchanges .. .. 52 Postal Congress, London .. .. .. 2, 23 Telephone and telegraph—■ Postal packets— Damaged .. .. .. 33 Missing .. .. .. .. 26 Extensions .. .. .. 30 Prohibited .. .. .. .. 26 Length of pole-line and wire .. .. 34 Postal notes— Maintenance .. .. .. 33 Commission .. .. .. 27 Reconstructed .. .. .. .. 32 Sold .. .. .. .. .. 27,57 Submarine cables, New Zealand .. .. 34 Sold (British) .. .. .. 27 London Postal Congress .. .. .. 2, 23 Postcards — Delivered .. .. .. .. .. 25, 61 Posted and delivered .. .. .. 61 Postmarking-machine advertising .. .. 25 Postmaster-Generalship .. .. .. 8 jyj Postmen: Decentralization at Wellington .. 24 Postmen: Employment of partially disabled retelegCaPhS 5,29 Post^ffiee o lnvestment Certificates !! ."M ' Registered 27 Post-offices-Removed from register .. .. 27 Burglaries .. .. .. .. 1 Mail services- ? lose( * 26 Inland 4, 18 Inspection 25 Interruptions .. .. .. 4,13,18 { er ; a "11 ,i , ' V r . " . , Overseas 3 17 Transferred from Auckland to 1 names postal disMaintenance of telephone and telegraph lines !! 33 Private-telephone stations : Number in New Zealand 46 Mechanical appliances 16 £ rO J?? blte £ P° stal P acketS Missing postal packets 26 Pubho call offices 44 Money orders— Exchange with other country.. .. .. 56 Issued .. .. .. .. ..27, 56 Paid .. .. .. .. 56 „ Number of transactions .. .. .. 58 . Commission .. .. .. 27,56,58 a !!° r ,. .. . .. . { .. Motor vehicles Abolition of form ot application lor radio license 41 Departmental 21 Broadcasting . 6,39 Registration 18 Broadcasting and copyright •• • f Third-party risks insurance 20 Emergency service in connection with earthquake 14 Motor-spirits : Refund of duty 20 Amateur-transmitting and receiving-station li-Multiple-dialling of ton calls 30 " " !! 38 Experiments in transmission of machine-printing telegraph-signals .. .. .. 54 New Zealand stations : Equipment and operation .. .. .. .. 6, 38, 39 • Overseas telephony .. .. .. ..6,37 Newspapers— Pacific Islands service .. • .. .. 6,37 Posted and delivered .. .. .. ol Radio dealers' licenses : Increase in fees .. 40 Received without addresses 26 Revision of regulations 40 Registered .. .. .. .. .. 27 Telephony, overseas .. .. .. 6 Removed from register .. .. .. J1 Westport-Karamea service .. .. .. 28 Returned to publisher as undeliverable .. 26 R a( Ji o Research Committee : Departmental repreNumber of post-offices in Dominion .. .. 26 sentation .. .. .. 53 Radio-telegraph stations open for business .. 28 Rates, cable .. .. .. .. 36 Receipts and payments .. .. 1, 9 Reclassification of service .. .. .. 11 O. Refund of duty on motor-spirits .. .. 20 Officers— Registered articles— Absence on sick-leave, average .. .. 10 Number .. .. .. .. 62 Deaths .. .. .. .. 10 Unclaimed .. .. .. 26 Health .. .. .. .. 10 Undelivered .. .. .. 26 Number .. .. .. .. 10 Registration of motor-vehicles .. .. .. 18 Overseas mails .. .. .. .. 3, 17 Rental payments, telephone exchange- .. .. 41