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X.—POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH SERVICES.
The total revenue from the postal service in 1922 amounted to $662,862.11 being $18,704.57 more than that collected in 1921. The net expenditure amounted to $258,115.57. The balance of revenue over expenditure amounted to $404,746.54.
The revenue collected in 1922 from radio-telegrams amounted to $32,052.99 being $12,970.01 more than that collected in 1921. Advices of vessels signalled at the lighthouses yielded $725.80, and semaphore messages $13.60, making a total of $32,792.39 for the telegraph service. The expenditure amounted to $65,670.85. The number of radio-telegrams forwarded during the year was 2,964 consisting of 40,928 words, and 7,865 received consisting of 104,858 words.
16th July, 1923.
A. G. M. FLETCHER,
Colonial Secretary.