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
1944/1945, PP no. 20 of 1946
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THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT. YEAR 1944-45. 1
CONTENTS. 3 , 4
I. FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS. 5 , 6 , 7
II. POSTAL SERVICES. 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14
III. TELEPHONE SERVICES. 14 , 15 , 16
IV. TELEGRAPH SERVICE. 16 , 17 , 18
V. RADIO SERVICES. 18 , 19 , 20 , 21
VI. STORES. 21
VII. TRANSPORT. 21 , 22
VIII. STAFF. 22 , 23
IX. GENERAL ITEMS. 23 , 24 , 25
APPENDIX A. TABLE No. I.—SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE YEAR 1944-45, TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH “TOTAL COMMONWEALTH RESULTS “ FOR THE YEARS 1939-40 TO 1943-44 INCLUSIVE. 27 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40
APPENDIX B. STATEMENT OF NET REVENUE FOR YEARS ENDED 30th JUNE, 1945 and 1944. 41
APPENDIX C. STATEMENT SHOWING EXPENDITURE FOR YEARS ENDED 30th JUNE, 1945 AND 1944. 42
APPENDIX D. POSTAL STATISTICS. 43 , 44
APPENDIX E. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TELEGRAPH BUSINESS. 45
APPENDIX F. TELEGRAPH BUSINESS. 46
APPENDIX G. STATEMENT SHOWING PARTICULARS OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ORIGINATING AND TERMINATING IN AUSTRALIA TRANSACTED OVER THE CABLES DURING THE YEARS ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1945 AND 1944. 47
APPENDIX H. STATEMENT SHOWING PARTICULARS OF CABLE BUSINESS EXCHANGED BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, FIJI, AND NORFOLK ISLAND DURING THE YEARS ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1945 AND 1944. 48
APPENDIX I. STATEMENT SHOWING PARTICULARS OF CABLE TRAFFIC TRANSITING AUSTRALIA DURING THE YEARS ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1945 AND 1944. 49
APPENDIX J. STATEMENT SHOWING PARTICULARS OF TRAFFIC TRANSACTED OVER THE BEAM WIRELESS SERVICES DURING THE YEARS ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1945 AND 1944. 50
APPENDIX K. STATEMENT SHOWING PARTICULARS OF WIRELESS TRAFFIC ORIGINATING AND TERMINATING IN AUSTRALIA AND EXCHANGED WITH FIJI—YEARS ENDED 30th JUNE, 1945 AND 1944. 51
APPENDIX L. TELEPHONE STATISTICS FOR THE COMMONWEALTH—1944-45. 52
APPENDIX M. TRUNK LINE TRAFFIC AND REVENUE—1944-45. 52
APPENDIX N. TELEPHONE EXCHANGES—DAILY CALLING RATES AND EFFECTIVE PAID LOCAL CALLS—1944-4; >. 52
APPENDIX 0. CABLES AND CONDUITS. 53
APPENDIX P. AERIAL WIRES AND POLE ROUTES. 53
APPENDIX Q. STATIONS OF THE NATIONAL BROADCASTING SERVICE AS AT 30TH JUNE, 1945. 54 , 55

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THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT.  

YEAR 1944-46.  

1-14  

1940-4 7.  

THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.  

POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT.  

Presented by Command, 1th November, 1946 ordered to be printed, 21 si March, 1947.  

[Coat of Paper.—Preparation, not given 000 copies approximate cost of printing and publishing, £82-1  

Printed and Published for the Government of the'Commonwealth of Australia by  

L. F. Johnston. Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.  

(Printed in Australia.)  

No. 20. [Gkoup H.] F. 14-39.—Phiue 2s. 4p.  

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