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Table No. 8. Table showing Cable, Radio-telegraph, and Radio-telephone Business transacted during the Year ended 31st March, 1939, as compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1938.

Table No. 9. Variations in Full Rates per Word since 1876 in respect of Cable Messages exchanged between New Zealand and the United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa, India, and Australia.

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Cable Messages. International. Australian. Total. Forwarded. Received. Forwarded. Received. Year ended i Revenue Revenue Revenue Revenue Revenue Number of earned Number of earned Number of earned Number of earned Number of earned Messages, by New Messages, by New Messages, by New Messages, by New Messages, by New I Zealand. Zealand. Zealand. Zealand. Zealand. £ £ |s £ £ 31st March, 1939 .. 181,087 1 7,781 155,058 : 6,333 163,650 1 4,929 160,555 5,011 660,350 | 24,054 31st Maroh, 1938 .. 178,643 ! 7,488 158,206 i 6,378 I 168,984 I 4,957 168,815 5,218 674,648 | 24,041 Pbbss Messages (included in above totals). 31st March, 1939 .. 1,792 142 3,543 289 5,286 681 7,260 845 | 17,881 1,957 31st March, 1938 .. 2,340 312 4,414 395 5,409 648 7,394 895 | 19,557 2,250 Radio-telegrams. Forwarded. Received. Total. Year ended Number Revenue Number Revenue Number i Revenue of earned by of earned by of earned by Messages. New Zealand. Messages. New Zealand. Messages. j New Zealand. £ £ £ 31st March, 1939 .. .. ! 14,749 3,384 27,263 4,266 42,012 7,650 31st March, 1938 .. .. I 14,557 3,332 24,855 3,972 39,412 7,304 Radio-telephone Calls. Outward. Inward. Total. Period j Number of Revenue earned Number of Revenue earned Number of Revenue earned Calls. j by New Zealand. Calls. by New Zealand. Calls. by New Zealand. \ i t ; j £ £ £ 31st March, 1939 1 1,676 1,466 1,781 1,432 3,457 2,898 31st March, 1938 : 1,149 1,389 1,383 1,154 2,532 2,543

Yfiar ! Canada. South Africa. India. Australia. x ' Kingdom. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. 1876 .. . • • • 11 4 14 4 .. 8 8 0 10| 1877 .. • • • • 11 6 14 6 .. 8 9 1880 .. .. • • 11 10 12 4 16 11 9 1 1882 .. .. •• 12 8 16 7 .. 0 9 1883 13 10 16 5 1885 .. .. ■ ■ • • 13 6 1886 .. • • ■ • 10 6 11 0 16 4 9 0 1888 .. •• ■• • • 116 •• • • 10 1891 .. ■ • 10 2 112 16 "0 1893 .. .. .. 52 62 10 2 52 05 1896 .. •• •• 10 4 1897 .. .. 76 1900 .. -• •• •• • • • ■ 1902 .. ■■ •' { 3 0* } 4 4 2 6 4 11 | o 4|* 1903 .. .. • ■ ■ • 2 4 •• 2 10 1915 .. 2 8 2 0 1924 .. .. • • 2 3 1925 .. ■■ • • ■■ 19 1927 .. • • ■ ■ 1 11 16 1928 .. •• •• •• 1 n 1931 .. ■■ •• 18 .. 20 1938 .. • ■ 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 0 4| * From 7th December.