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POST AND TELEGRAPH STATISTICS, 1931.

REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE POST OFFICE.

POSTAL SERVICE.

$ c.

c.

REVENUE:-

Gross receipts from Letters, Post Cards, Newspapers, Books, and Parcels, 1,277,404.05

Fees for Private Letter Boxes,

Commission on Money Orders,

Commissiou on Postal Orders,

Profit on Exchange on Money Order transactious,

Interest on Money Order Fund,

Value of Unclaimed Money Orders, etc.,

Miscellaneous Receipts

Total Postal Revenue.....

EXPENDITURE :—

Salaries and Wages and all expenses of Postal Service (including

Money and Postal Order business) within the Colony.. Conveyance of Mails beyond the Colony..

Miscellaneous Services

REVENUE:

10,846.00

7.798.02

4,710.08

54.591.58

161,51

163.90

194.20

1,355,869.34

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400,446.30 95,966.99 20,038.27

516,451.56

839,417.78

Net Cost of Postal Service,

Balance of Revenue over Expenditure,...

TELEGRAPH SERVICE.

Message Fees,

680,263.46

Wireless Licences,

20,037.50

Total Telegraph Revenue,

700,300.96

EXPENDITURE :—

Salaries and Wages, &c...................

Miscellaneous Services (Broadcasting),........

Cost of Telegraph Service,........

Balance of Revenue over Expenditure,

148,677.96

12,000.00

160,677.96

539,623.00

NUMBER OF POST, MONEY ORDER, AND TELEGRAPH OFFICES IN 1931,

Post Offices.

1 General, 19 Branches.

Money Order Offices.

Two,

Telegraph Offices.

One Central.

Three Branches.

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