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page Telegraph and toll —• page Repeal of Part XII, Post and Telegraph Act, 1928 22 Offices open for business .. .. • • 28 Report form, annual .. .. • • - • 12 Traffic : Number of transactions and value . ■ 28 Representation of Department on Radio Research Telegraphic facilities : Visit of foreign warships .. 28 Committee and Standards Advisory Committee 53 Telegraphy, high speed: Experiments .. .. 54 Residential and business telephone stations : Per- Telephone — centages .. .. .. .. .. 47 Carrier-current system .. .. .. 5,29 Return of toll-call delays and cancellations .. 30 C.L.R. method of toll operating .. .. 30 Revenue of Department .. .. ..1,9 Coin-in-the-slot .. . . ■. 44 Revision of Radio Regulations .. .. 40 Density .. .. .. •. 45 Rural deliveries .. .. .. • • 18 Direct dialling of toll calls .. .. 30 Rural-exchange lines: Conversion to automatic Directories, sale in sets .. ■. 53 working .. .. .. .. 51 Directory, Introduction of improved form .. 53 Rural unattended automatic exchanges .. ■. 51 Extension of toll facilities .. .. 30 Extension stations .. .. .. • • 46 Graph showing telephones per 100 of population S. in cities and principal towns ■. • • 47 Intercommunicating-apparatus (interphone) _.. 41 Salaries .. .. ■. . • • • 9 Introduction of hand-microphone for use with San Francisco mail-service .. •• 17 automatic instruments •• •• 41 Savings-bank— Multiple-dialling of toll calls .. .. 30 Amounts of deposits.. .. 1,27,58,59,60 Offices transferred from Auckland to Thames Balance at credit of depositors .. 1,27,59 Postal District .. .. .. ..23 Excess of withdrawals over deposits 1,27,58,59,60 Proportion of automatic .. .. ..51 Interest .. .. .. 1, 27, 59, 60 Radio, overseas .. .. ■ • 37 Number of depositors .. •• ..59,60 Statistics .. .. •• • ■ 45,46,47 Office open .. .. • • • • 59, 60 Toll service : Improved methods of operation .. 30 Transactions .. .. 1,27, 58, 59, 60 Trans-Tasman, radio-telephone .. . • 6 Withdrawals ■. ■ ■ 1. 27, 58, 59, 60 Telephone exchanges— Service : Reclassification .. . • •. 11 Automatic .. .. • • • • .. 48,52 Sets of telephone directories : Sale .. .. 53 Automatic : Extension .. • • • • 51 Slot telephones .. .. • • 44 Return of equipment .. ■ ■ 52 Staff — Central-battery .. .. • • 50 Annual report form .. .. . • 12 Classification of subscribers' stations .. .. 47 Casual .. .. . • • • 10 Conversion to automatic working .. .. 6 General Division salary schedule .. .. 11 Cost of extension .. .. •• ..42 Health .. .. .. • • 10 Development .. .. • ■ .. 7,41 Ministers remarks concerning .. .. 1 Extension of attendance .. • • 53 Non-permanent .. .. .. 10 Extensions commenced but uncompleted .. 44 Number .. .. .. .. 10 Extensions to cabling and switching systems .. 42 Payments to dependants of deceased officers .. 10 Individual and party-line stations : Percentages 47 Permanent .. .. .. 10 Miscellaneous improvements .. .. 44 Personal .. .. . • • ■ • • 11 Number and classification .. ■ • 46 Reclassification .. .. .. . . 11 Number of subscribers .. • • 46 Temporary.. .. .. .. ..10 Number of telephones connected .. .. 41 Stamp-booklets .. .. .. ■ • 25 Open-wire systems reconstructed .. ■ • 44 Stamp, " Charity" .. .. • • .. 3, 16 Opened .. .. . • • • • • 42 Standards Laboratory Advisory Committee : De- Percentage of business and residential stations .. 47 partmental representation .. .. 53 Plant in existence .. • • • • .. 47,48 Stores — Rental payments .. .. • • 41 Marine Insurance Fund .. .. 22 Revenue .. .. • • • • .. 45 Obsolete and unserviceable: Sale •. ■. 22 Rural, unattended automatic .. • ■ 51 Payment of Customs duty .. .. 22 Stations connected to automatic exchanges .. 52 Purchase of Dominion products .. .. 21 Statistics .. .. .. • • 45 Purchase of motor-vehicles .. •. .. 22 Teleprinters .. ■ ■ • • ■ • .. 5, 29 Purchased under Stores Control Board Regulations 22 Toll calls — Purchases .. .. .. • • 21 Direct dialling .. .. • • 30 Received and issued: Value .. .. 21 Increase .. .. • • •■ • • • ® Submarine cables, New Zealand .. .. 34 Multiple dialling .. .. • • .. 30 Suggestions: Awards .. .. .. 12 Return of delays and cancellations .. ■ • 30 Wire used for telephone-toll purposes .. .. 34 Toll facilities : Extension .. .. • • 30 T. Toll operating: C.L.R. method .. •. 30 Telegrams — Transfer of northern portion of Coromandel Penin-Daily-letter cable service : Extension .. .. 36 sula from Auckland to Thames Postal District .. 23 Government: Number and value ..63, 64 Number and value .. .. .. 28, 63, 64 Of all codes .. .. .. .. 28,63 jj. Ordinary : Number and value .. .. 28,63 Press: Number and value 28,63 Undelivered advertising matter .. .. 25 Urgent; Number and value .. .. .. 28, 63 Weather, for aviators .. .. 28 Week-end cable service : Extension .... 36 Telegraph — Amount of business .. .. .. 28, 63, 64 ... 1 7 Conference, Brussels, 1928 .. .. .. 27 Vancouver mail-service Extension of facilities .. .. .. 30 Machine printing .. .. .. .. 5, 29 Machine printing : Transmission of signals by W. radio .......... 54 Offices open for business .. .. .. 28 Weather telegrams for aviators .. .. •. 28 Offices transferred from Auckland to Thames Week-end letter-telegram cable service : Extension 36 Postal District .. .. .. 23 Westport-Karamea radio service .. . • 28 Receipts and payments .. .. .. 9 Wireless (see " Radio "). Return of instruments and batteries .. .. 35 Wireless and cables merger .. .. •. 4 Revenue .. .. .. .. 9,28, 63, 64 Work performed for other Departments .. .. 7 Wire used for telegraph purposes .. .. 34 Workshops .. .. • • • • 22