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, aC + iv 1< f S J 0 ? 1 tlie P ubllc an d by officers themselves. To this end there was established m the General Post Office in August, 1947 a Public Relations Division. This brought within one organizational unit the general CoXeS Brarf h Division and the activities Tthe Ssralti"' PrOV ed a ba " S for P-blic-Film-projectors have been introduced for staff training and instruction SeTto P good effS adYertlSmg and posters of an informative nature have been Due to war conditions, the commercial and sales organization was o-reatlv reduced m scope m 1941 and turned to the development of the national Savings movement and to assisting to raise various war loans. With the return of normal conditions commercial activities are being resumed, particularly in the Sfp°+ atl - 0n of 11 e 5 ,mmereml advertisements in telephone directories. By 1950 all directories will be carrying advertisements direetorfad^Sn™ 116 * °' ™"<* *° m REGISTRATION OP MOTOR-VEHICLES AND ASSOCIATED WORK the 31st March, 1949, licensed motor-vehicles in New Zealand numbered ooo,Zoo. New registrations during the year totalled 35,269. Motor-registration fees collected amounted to £708,083. The premiums collected on behalf of the thirty-seven insurance companies authorized to underwrite business in terms of the Motor-vehicles Insurance (Third-party Risks) Act, 1928, totalled £493,797. Mileage-tax amounting to £39,926 was collected in respect of 563 vehicles. During the year 97,798 claims for refunds of duty on motor-spirits were authorized for payment, the total amount of tax refunded being £811,007. The period within which an application for a refund of duty may be lodged has been extended from two to four months following the close of the prescribed quarterly periods. This extension became effective as from the September < 1948) quarter. ' ;

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