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Table No. 7. Table showing the Estimated Number of Postal Articles posted and delivered in New Zealand during the Year ended 31st December, 1940.

Table No. 8. Table showing Cable and Radio-telegraph Business transacted during the Year ended 31st March, 1941, as compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1940. Cable Messages.

Radio-telegrams.

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Second-class t 11 T ii Matter Letters, Letter- ., /A , j j i 'eistered (Accounts, -r, , cards, and * < • i v n . ■, Parcels. a. j Articles. Circulars, Postcards. AT -Newspapers, Packets, &c.). Posted .. . . . . .. 142,043,133 2,704,104 108,535,834 4,784,494 Delivered .. .. ..149,303,986 2,633,072 117,410,930 4,526,262 Total .. .. .. j 291,347,119 5,337,176 225,946,764 9,310,756

International. Australian. Total. Forwarded. Received. Forwarded. Received. Year ended _ j Revenue | Revenue Revenue Revenue Revenue Number of I earned Number of earned Number of earned Number of earned Number of earned Messages, j by New | Messages, by New Messages, by New Messages, by New Messages, by New ! Zealand. Zealand. Zealand. Zealand. Zealand. £ i £ j £ £ I £ 31st March, 1941 .. 281,653 11,378 ! 220,914 10,289 100,605 ! 3,895 101,971 ! 4,239 705,143 29,801 31st March, 1940 .. 179,685 9,433 ! 155,242 ! 8,168 137,449 | 5,005 I 128,860 | 4,891 | 601,236 27,497 Press Messages (included in above totals). 31st March, 1941 .. 1,058 212 1 4,699' .512 3,144 [ 398 1 8,643; 990 1 17,544 2,112 31st March, 1940 .. 1,475 I 167 I 5,687 648 5,357: 717 7,641 896 | 20,160 2,428

Forwarded. Received. Total. Year ended Number Revenue. Number Revenue Number Revenue of earned by of earned by of earned by Messages. New Zealand. Messages. New Zealand. Messages. New Zealand. £ £ £ 31st March, 1941 .. .. 5,211 2,252 6,903 2,008 12,114 4,260 31st March, 1040 .. .. 8,843 3,113 15,694 2,717 24,537 5,830 I _j_ I ; I _J