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POSTAL SERVICES Table No. 3 —Postings

TELEGRAPH SERVICES Table No. 4 —Telegrams and Cablegrams

Table No. 5—Radio Telegrams

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Number posted. Year Ended 31st March, Letters, Letter-cards, Post-cards. Accounts, Packets, Newspapers. Parcels. Total Articles posted. 1948 1949 159,778,000 162,131,000 133,555,000 148,959,000 7,734,000 8,139,000 301,067,000 319,229,000

Year Ended 31st March, Inland Telegrams. Cablegrams. Ordinary. Press. Forwarded. Received. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue (New Zealand Portion). Number. Revenue (New Zealand Portion.) £ 26,963 25,256 1948.. 1949.. 6,738,644 6,741,087 \ £ 475,494 472,490 456,783 497,262 £ 96,002 98,119 387,272 411,856 £ 28,553 27,324 360,909 386,675

Year Ended 31st March, Forwarded. Received. Number. Revenue (New Zealand Portion). Number, j | Revenue (New Zealand Portion). £ £ 1948 26,717 10,020 65,797 19,163 1949 25,644 7,106 61,634 14,309