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1944 NEW ZEALAND

POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT (REPORT OF THE) FOR THE YEAR 1943-44

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency

To His Excellency Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Cyril Louis Norton Newall, G.C.8., 0.M., G.C.M.G., C.8.E., A.M. May it please Your Excellency,— I have the honour to submit to Your Excellency the report of the Post and Telegraph Department for the year ended on the 31st March, 1944. I have the honour to be, Your Excellency's most obedient servant, P. C. WEBB. General Post Office, Wellington C. 1, 20th June, 1944.

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL OPERATIONS AND BUSINESS OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1944 RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS The receipts and payments of the Department for the financial year 1943-44 are shown in the following account: —

The total cash value of the transactions of the Department, including the above, amounted to approximately £568,000,000.

Receipts Payments £ £ £ £ Balance forward .. .. .. .. 39,404 Salaries .. .. ... .. 1,099,221 Postages .. .. .. .. 1,555,150 Conveyance of ocean and air mails .. 05,201 Money-order and postal-note commission 57,323 Conveyance of inland mails .. .. 178,483 Private box and bag rents and rural- Conveyance of mails by rail .. .. 137,892 delivery fees .. .. .. 04,099 Maintenance of telegraph and telephone Miscellaneous receipts .. .. 1,031,784 lines .. .. .. .. 448,434 Paid telegrams .. .. .. 520,801 Renewals and replacements .. .. 03,000 Paid tolls.. .. 1,195,190 Motor services and workshops .. 177,677 Telephone-exchange receipts .. 1,820,289 Maintenance of Post and Telegraph 0,251,242 buildings .. .. .. 87,211 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 1,550,472 Interest on capital liability .. .. 093,480 Sick Benefit Fund .. .. .. 4,911 5,105,982 Renewal and replacement of Assets Fund (investment) 1,145,000 Balance carried down .. .. .. .. 39,004 £0,290,040 £6,290,040 £ Balance brought down .. .. .. 39,604