Annual report of the Postmaster-General

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Australia. Postmaster-General's Department
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Nq 328.94 AUS
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[Melbourne : Postmaster General's Department, 19---1968]
Issue
1937/1938, PP no. 163 of 1939
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POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT. TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT. YEAR 1937-38. 1
CONTENTS. 3 , 4
REPORT. 5
BALANCE-SHEET. 5
CAPITAL INVESTMENT, 5
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNTS. 5 , 6
STATISTICS. 6 , 7 , 8 , 9
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS. 10
FREE SERVICES. 10
POSTAL SERVICES. 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14
TELEPHONE SERVICE. 14 , 15 , 16
TELEGRAPHS. 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20
BROADCASTING SERVICES. 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25
RESEARCH LABORATORIES. 25
STORES. 25
TRANSPORT. 25 , 26
ADVERTISING AND PUBLICITY. 26 , 27
STAFF. 27
RECRUITMENT. 27 , 28
ARBITRATION. 28
IMPROVEMENTS BOARD. 28
OFFICE METHODS. 28
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF CHANGES. 29
FREE PLACES AT THE UNIVERSITIES. 29
HONOURS CONFERRED ON DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS. 29
CONCLUSION. 29
APPENDIX A. TABLE No. I.—SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE YEAR 1937-38, TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH “TOTAL COMMONWEALTH RESULTS” FOR THE YEARS 1932-33 TO 1936-37 INCLUSIVE. 31 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46
APPENDIX B. STATEMENT OF NET REVENUE FOR YEARS ENDED 30th JUNE, 1938 and 1937. 47
APPENDIX C. STATEMENT SHOWING EXPENDITURE FOR YEARS ENDED 30th JUNE, 1938 AND 1937. 48
APPENDIX D. STATEMENT SHOWING THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF POSTAL ARTICLES* RECEIVED AND DESPATCHED. 49
APPENDIX E. STATEMENT SHOWING THE VOLUME OF PARCELS POST BUSINESS (INCLUSIVE OF REGISTERED, CASH-ON-DELIVERY AND DUTY PARCELS DEALT WITH DURING THE YEARS ENDED 30th JUNE, 1938 AND 1937, RESPECTIVELY. 50
APPENDIX F. STATEMENT SHOWING NUMBER OF REGISTERED ARTICLES* DEALT WITH DURING THE TEARS ENDED 30th JUNE, 1938 AND 1937, RESPECTIVELY 51
APPENDIX G. STATEMENT SHOWING PARTICULARS OF MAIL MATTER DEALT WITH BY DEAD LETTER OFFICE. 52
APPENDIX H. MAIL WORK. 53
APPENDIX I. MAIL MATTER CONVEYED BY NON-CONTRACT VESSELS. 54
APPENDIX J. STATEMENT SHOWING THE NUMBER AND COST OF INLAND MAIL SERVICES, INCLUDING THE COST OF CONVEYANCE OF MAILS BY RAILWAY. 54
APPENDIX K. PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE COASTAL MAIL SERVICES DURING YEAR ENDED 30th JUNE, 1938. 55
APPENDIX L. STATEMENT OF CASH ON DELIVERY PARCELS POST BUSINESS. 56
APPENDIX M. STATEMENT GIVING PARTICULARS OF MONEY ORDER BUSINESS. 57 , 58
APPENDIX N. STATEMENT SHOWING NUMBER AND VALUE OF POSTAL NOTES ISSUED AND PAID. 58
APPENDIX O. STATEMENT SHOWING NUMBER OF PRIVATE MAIL BAG SERVICES IN OPERATION ON 30th JUNE, 1938 AND 1937, RESPECTIVELY. 59
APPENDIX Oa. STATEMENT SHOWING NUMBER OF PRIVATE BOXES LET AS AT 30th JUNE, 1938 AND 1937, RESPECTIVELY. 60
APPENDIX P. WORK PERFORMED FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 60 , 61 , 62 , 63
APPENDIX Q. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TELEGRAPH BUSINESS. 64 , 65 , 66 , 67
APPENDIX R. STATEMENT SHOWING PARTICULARS OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ORIGINATING AND TERMINATING IN AUSTRALIA TRANSACTED OVER THE CABLES DURING THE YEARS ENDED 30th JUNE, 1938, AND 1937. 68 , 69 , 70
APPENDIX S. STATEMENT SHOWING PARTICULARS OF TRAFFIC TRANSACTED OVER THE BEAM WIRELESS SERVICES DURING THE YEARS ENDED 30th JUNE, 1938 AND 1937. 71 , 72 , 73 , 74
APPENDIX T. TELEPHONE STATISTICS FOR THE COMMONWEALTH. 75
APPENDIX U. TRUNK LINE TRAFFIC AND REVENUE. 75 , 76 , 77
APPENDIX V. TELEPHONE EXCHANGES—DAILY CALLING RATES AND EFFECTIVE PAID LOCAL CALLS. 78
APPENDIX W. CABLES AND CONDUITS. 78
APPENDIX X. OPEN CONDUCTORS. 79 , 80
APPENDIX Y. TELEGRAPH CABLE, SUBMARINE CABLE, AND POLE ROUTES. 81
APPENDIX Z. GROSS MILEAGE OF WIRE ERECTED DURING THE YEAR FOR TRUNK, TELEGRAPH, AND COUNTRY PUBLIC LINES. 81
APPENDIX Za. PERCENTAGE OF AUTOMATIC, COMMON BATTERY AND MAGNETO TELEPHONE LINES. 82
APPENDIX Zb. STATIONS OF THE NATIONAL BROADCASTING SERVICE AS AT 30th JUNE, 1938. 82
APPENDIX Zc. COMMERCIAL BROADCASTING STATIONS. 83 , 84 , 85 , 86
APPENDIX Zd. POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT. 87
APPENDIX Ze. NEW APPOINTMENTS. 87 , 88 , 89 , 90
APPENDIX Zf. PARTICULARS OF SUGGESTIONS ADOPTED. 91

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