TWELFTH REPORT ON THE POSTAL SERVICE OF NEW ZEALAND, BY THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1871 Session I, E-01

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TWELFTH REPORT ON THE POSTAL SERVICE OF NEW ZEALAND, BY THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL.

PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BY COMMAND OF HIS EXCELLENCY.

WELLINGTON.

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General Post Office, Sir, Wellington, 14th August, 1871. I have the honor to submit to your Excellency the Twelfth Report on the Postal Service of New Zealand. I have, &c., F. D. Bell To His Excellency • (In the absence of the Postmaster-General). Governor Sir George Ferguson Bowen, G.C.M.G., &c, &c, &c.

*- REPORT. During the year 1870, and the first half of the year 1871, important changes have taken place in the Postal Department, more especially in connection with the Mail Steam Services. The agreement entered into with Mr. H. H. Hall for twelve services via San Francisco has terminated, and a new contract has been made with Mr. W. H. Webb and Mr. B. Holladay. Corresponding changes have also been made in the Interprovincial services, to suit the alterations in the service via San Francisco, for collecting and distributing mails received and despatched by that route. In addition to the reductions of postage on Intercolonial letters, of the registration fee to places beyond the Colony, and of the fees for late letters, which were mentioned in last year's Report, a reduction has been made on the postage for Interprovincial letters from 3d. to 2d. per half-ounce. In order to meet the growing wants of country districts, fifty-four new offices have been opened during the year: but eleven have been closed. The business of the Money Order and Savings Bank Department has made steady progress, as will be seen from the subjoined tables. The revenue compared with that of last year has slightly decreased, which must be attributed to the reductions on the Intercolonial and Interprovincial rates of postage; but it may fairly be presumed that this decrease will only be temporary. Departmental. Fifty-four new offices have been opened and eleven closed during the year, particulars of which are shown in the following tabic : —

SCHEDULE of Post Offices in New Zealand in 1869 and 1870.

New offices have been erected at Foxton, Hampden, Kawarau, Marton, Mataura, Mount Ida, Opunake, Patea, Qucenstown, Riverton, Wainiate, and Wanganui ; and arrangements are being made to erect new offices at Hawera and Tokomairiro. Several of the existing internal mail services have been extended, and new ones established; the most important of these being between Napier and Tauranga via Taupo; between Waipukarau and Tahoraiti, in the Seventy-Mile Bush; between Waitara on the North and Okato on the South; between Wellington and Porirua Ferry by coach, in lieu of the old arrangement under which, at a greater cost to the Department, the correspondence was delivered by mail carrier on horseback; and between Westport and Reefton, in the Province of Nelson,

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IS' Tl. 181 ill. Postal Districts. Dead Offices. Post Offices. Sub-Post Offices. Totals. Head Offices. Post Offices. Sub-Post Offices. Totals. Luckland .'aranaki Iawke's Bay ... Wellington f elson ilarlborough ... Canterbury iVestland )tago louthland Chatham Islands I 1 1 1 1. 1 1 1 I 1 1 4 1 1 a 3 3 1 2 2 98 11 24 31 37 9 73 22 106 16 103 12 26 33 40 13 77 24 109 19 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1. 1 1 4 1 1 a 3 3 1 2 2 86 11 24 27 30 10 67 17 96 16 91 12 26 29 88 14 71 19 99 19 • 1 Totals ... 11 10 427 457 11 19 384 414

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The proprietors of the steamer plying on Lake Wakatipu, between Queenstown and Kingston, having commenced to run her twice a week between those places, advantage has been taken of making an alteration in the Overland Service, to reduce the course of post between Invercargill from fourteen days to one week. Between Wanganui and New Plymouth the mail service is now performed by coach, a complete communication twice a week being thus established between Wellington and Taranaki. The total number of letters and newspapers despatched and received during 1870, as compared with 1869, is as follows :— 1870. 1869. Letters—Despatched ... ... ... ... 2,626,947 2,374,060 „ Received ... ... ... ... 3,018,932 2,642,535 Newspapers—Despatched ... ... ... ... 1,622,728 1,486,255 Received ... ... ... ... 2,266,934 2,076,892 So that in 1870 there passed through the Post Office 629,284 more letters than in 1869 : the despatched letters showing an increase of 252,887, and the received of 376,397, over the numbers in 1869. The newspapers also show considerable increase, there being 136,473 received, and 190,042 despatched, more than in 1869. The following is the Schedule of Officers in the Postal Department in the years 1869 and

1870 :— Officers. 1870. 1809. Postmaster-General ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1 Secretary ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1 Inspector of Post Offices ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1 Controller, Money Order and Savings Banks ... ... ... 1 ... 1 Clerks in General Post Office ... ... ... ... ... 3 ... 4 Clerks in Money Order and Savings Bank Department ... ... ... 3 ... 2 Mail Agents ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 ... 3 Chief Postmasters ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 ... 9 Postmasters ... ... ... ... ... ... 21 ... 21 Clerks ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 52 ... 48 Sub-Postmasters ... ... ... ... ... ... 427 ... 384 Letter Carriers ... ... ... ... ... ... 23 ... 21 Messengers ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 ... 5 Shipping Officers ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 ... 3 Totals ... ... ... ... 555 ... 504 The arrangements for the Mutual Assurance of Officers of the General Government, embracing, of course, those of this Department, have been completed and are now in force. Dead Letters. It is satisfactory to observe from the following returns that the number of " Dead Letters " is year by year decreasing.

Registered Letters. It is satisfactory to report an improvement in the number during the year in this class of correspondence, which for the previous four years had been srradually decreasing, as may be seen by Table No. 18. Money Orders. The business of the Money Order Department during the year exhibits a satisfactory increase over that of the preceding year, as shown by Tables Nos. 1 and 2 j the issues and payments within the Colony being respectively .€73,344 lis. 9d., and £73,245 Bs. 3d.: against in 1869, £63,897 Is. 10d., and £63,821. The amount of Money Orders issued on places beyond the Colony, and the payments of orders drawn by them on New Zealand during the year, are as follows :— The amount drawn on the United Kingdom was £41,472 3s. 7d., against, in 1869, £39,939 Bs. 6d. The payment of orders drawn on New Zealand by the United Kingdom amounted to £5,523 4s. 4d., as against, in 1869, £5,630 18s. Bd. The amount drawn on the Australian Colonies was £25,637 12s. 7d., against, in 1869, £23,381 14s. 7d. The payment of orders drawn on New Zealand bv the Australian Colonies amounted to £6,054 6s. lid., against, in 1869, £6,382 4s. 3d. Remittances had therefore to be made to the United Kingdom amounting to £35,950, and to the Australian Colonies £19,583, being the difference of exchange against New Zealand. The total amount of Money Orders issued during 1870 was £140,454 7s. lid., against £127,218 4s. lid. in 1869; and the total amount of payments in 1870 was £84,823 19s. 6d., against £75,833 18s. 4d. in 1869.

Manner of Disposal. 1867. 1868. 1869. 1870. ipened and Returned to the writers Returned unopened to other places ie-issued lestroyed 16,829 13,170 79 7,550 17,884 12,365 90 2,733 16,453 10,074 87 2,717 17,516 6,688 63 2,960 Totals 37,628 33,072 27,227 29,331

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A system of Telegraph Money Orders was commenced on 15th June, and has proved highly successful. The number of such orders granted during the six months was 935, transmitting the sum of £4,216 Is. 7d. The commission yielded thereon amounted to £156 Bs. 6d. Post Office Savings Bank. The number and amount of transactions, show steady and continued increase during the year. The amount of deposits was £264,328 ss. 7d., as against £240,898 ss. 9d. The sum withdrawn was £208,526 7s. 7d., as against £179,599 10s. 6d. in 1869. The details of the transactions are shown in the annexed Tables 5 to 8. There were 4,304 New Accounts opened, as against 3,839 in 1869; and 2,276 Accounts closed, as against 1801 in 1869. The amount of interest paid on Closed Accounts was £983 ss. 7d., as against £918 13s. 7d. in 1869. The number of transactions was 32,423, against 26,425 in 1869; showing an increase of 5,998 in favour of 1870. The number of acknowledgments issued was 16,636, against 13,789 in 1869. The amount remaining in deposit at the close of the year as the balance of the transactions was £55,801 18s., against £61,298 15s. 3d. in 1869. In 1868 it was still larger, amounting to £87,968 ss. sd. From the first opening of the Post Office Savings Bank on Ist February, 1867, up to 31st December, 1870, the total amount of Deposits was £796,134 10s. Bd., to which has accrued and been added to principal, interest to the amount of £20,275 13s. 3d., making the total £816,410 3s. lid. The total amount withdrawn during the same period was £521,038 2s. 4d., leaving a balance of £295,372 Is. 7d. to the credit of depositors at the close of the year 1870; and the number of accounts open at that date was 8,315, against 6,290 accounts open and £231,311 ss. 3d. to their credit on 3lst December, 1869. Eleven new offices were opened for Money Order and Savings Bank business during the year. The number of new Depositors during the year, as compared with the population of the Colony, was as 1 in 59. The total number of Deposits since the commencement of the Savings Bank system was 57,613; averaging £13 16s. Bd. for each deposit. The total number of Withdrawals during the same period was 29,510, each averaging £17 Bs. The average amount at credit of each account open on 31st December, 1870, was £35 19s. Steam Postal Services. The contract with Mr. H. 11. Hall for a Monthly Steam Service between San Francisco, Honolulu, Auckland, and Sydney, which was in operation at the date of the last Report, was terminated with the outgoing mail from Auckland in March last. During the last Session of Parliament, the House of Representatives passed a Resolution authorizing the Government to contract for a Mail Service between San Francisco and Port Chalmers, by way of Honolulu, Auckland, Wellington, and Lyttelton. To give effect to this resolution the Postmaster-General embraced the opportunity afforded him while passing through the United States of America on his way to England, to negotiate and conclude a contract with Messrs. W. H. Webb and B. Holladay, of New York—gentlemen of large means and influence —for a four-weekly service between San Francisco, Honolulu, Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Port Chalmers; also for a four-weekly service between Auckland and Australia. The vessels to be employed in performing these services are large and powerful paddle steamers, namely, the "Nevada/'' "Nebraska," " Dakotah," and "Santiago de Cuba," with the " Moses Taylor " as a reserve boat in case of accidents, or when neither of the other steamers are available. The "Dakotah" and " Santiago de Cuba" are undergoing extensive alterations and improvements, and will be placed on their respective stations as early as possible, until which time the " Nevada" and "Nebraska," now performing the service, will connect at Honolulu with a steamer from San Francisco. The subsidy payable by New Zealand for these services is £50,000 per annum : but during the time the Contractors do not perform the service between New Zealand and Australia, the subsidy payable is at the rate of £40,000 per annum; and it is provided by the contract that any contributions received from the Australian Colonies by way of subsidy towards the service, arc to be equally divided between the Contractors and the New Zealand Government. Papers to be laid before Parliament by your Excellency's command will show that as yet the Australian Governments have not thought fit to contribute to the new service. It was in contemplation to send a Special Agent to Australia, but it has been thought best to wait for the return of the Postmaster-General, who will meet Mr. Webb either at New York or San Francisco, and bring the latest propositions of the Contractors relating to the Australian Service. The services are being performed with remarkable punctuality, and the mails from New Zealand are now delivered in London in from forty-two to forty-five days. As Mr. Hall's contract terminated with the outgoing mails in March, and Messrs. Webb and Holladay were not prepared to commence the new service from San Francisco until April, and from New Zealand until May, it became necessary to provide for the transmission of the 2

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outward mails of April. Arrangements were therefore made with Mr. Hall for the conveyance of the New Zealand mails to Honolulu in April. The return mails of that month were brought by the " Nevada." The mails being conveyed by these steamers between Auckland and Port Chalmers by way of the East Coast, it became necessary to make special arrangements for the purpose of collecting and distributing the West Coast mails, and contracts have accordingly been entered into for the following services, each terminable by two months' notice from either side: — Between Manukau and Picton via New Plymouth and Nelson once every four weeks each way for £350 per month. In consequence of a claim made for demurrage at Manukau, contrary to the spirit of the agreement, I deemed it necessary to terminate this contract, and have entered into another for the same service at £300 a month, being a saving at the rate of £600 a year. Between Nelson and Hokitika via Westport and Greymouth once every four weeks each way for £650 a year. With regard to the expense of the Mail Services with the United Kingdom, the cost of the service via San Francisco for the twelvemonths of the contract with Mr. H. H. Hall was £15,000 the amount of the contract, £2,000 the amount guaranteed on account of contributions to the service from the Australian Colonics, and about £2,000 for the transit of the correspondence through the United States; in all £19,000. The great bulk of the New Zealand correspondence previously conveyed via Suez having been transferred to the service via San Francisco during 1870, the charge to the Colony for the Packet Service via Suez, which is in proportion to the number of letters conveyed, was during that year no more than £9,924 13s. lOd. As the San Francisco Service only commenced in April, 1870, and the first mail from the United Kingdom by that route was despatched as late as May, it may fairly be assumed that had the San Francisco Service been in existence from the commencement of that year, not more than £6,000 would have been charged to the Colony on account of the Suez. Service. In the account of the Receiver and Accountant-General of the London Post Office, made out before the establishment of the San Francisco Service was known in that department, and in which it is assumed that the whole of the correspondence would be forwarded via Suez, the charge to the Colony for the Suez Service during 1870 is estimated to be £23,671 2s. 4d.: and had the service via San Francisco not been established, this would doubtless have been near the actual charge. There would also have been the cost of the branch service to Australia, necessary to complete the communication, amounting to at least £10,000 a year, and making the whole cost of the Suez Service alone £33,671 2s. 4d. for 1870. In short, during the year of Mr. Hall's contract, the charge to the Colony, both on account of the Suez Service and that via San Francisco, was actually less by about £8,000 than the cost of the Suez Service alone would have been. In the above comparison, the Interprovincial Services necessary to collect and distribute the mails within the Colony by both routes have not been considered. In consequence of the difficulties which, during the late war in Europe, attended the transmission of the Australian mails via Marseilles, those mails have been, from the 21st October last, forwarded by way of Belgium, Prussia, and the Brenner, to Brindisi, for transmission thence to Alexandria. The conveyance between Alexandria and Brindisi was for a short period by Italian packets; but commencing with the mails despatched from London on the 16th December last, these mails have been conveyed by British packets, the packets of the Peninsular and Oriental Company having been withdrawn from Marseilles for the purpose. Simultaneously, the postage on letters between the United Kingdom and the Colony via Brindisi was reduced to 9d. per half-ounce, or Id. per half-ounce less than the rate was via Marseilles. On the letters, however, contained in the mails made up for France, now also conveyed via Brindisi, the postage has been increased by 3d. per quarter of an ounce, to meet the Italian transit rate to be paid on those mails by France to Italy. The following Tabic shows the Subsidies paid for Steam Mail Services during the last eight years:—

RATES of COST per Annum, payable for Mail Services, at the date of the PostmasterGeneral's Reports, from 1863 to 1871.

Year. Intercolonial. iNTEErKOVINCIAL. Totals. 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1S70 1871 to June 30 £ s. d. 26,000 0 0 36,000 0 0 35,116 13 4 21,675 0 0 11,700 0 0 6,000 0 0 7,800 0 0 2,521 7 4 2,757 16 2 £ s. d. 23,300 0 0 27,328 0 0 33,729 0 0 29,669 13 4 31,000 0 0 8,400 0 0 10,650 0 0 7,575 0 0 5,200 0 0 £ s. d. 49,300 0 0 63,328 0 0 68,845 13 4 51,344 13 4 42,700 0 0 14,400 0 0 18,450 0 0 10,096 7 4 7,957 1G 2

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Table No. 2. TABLE showing the NUMBER and AMOUNT of MONEY ORDERS PAID in NEW ZEALAND during the Year 1870.

Table No. 1. TABLE showing the NUMBER and AMOUNT of MONEY ORDERS ISSUED in NEW ZEALAND during the Year 1870.

Postal districts. \A S (a O to o o 13y Post. Issued on New Zealand. By Telegraph. Issued on nn United Kingdom. Issued on Victoeia. Issued on Issued on S. Australia. N. S. Wales. Issued on Queensland. Issued on W. Australia. Issued on Tasmania. Total Issued. ! No. I Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. Xo. Amount. No. Amount. I No. j Amount. No. i Amount. j £ s. dJ 20 104 10 0 No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. Auckland Tabax aki Hawke's Bat ... Wellington ... Mablbobouqh.., Nelson Canterbury ... WEaTLAND Otago Southland 14 2 4 7 4 5 9 3 18 4 3516 4S7j 633 2102; 950! 1234! 1656! 14041 3562' 342 £ 8. d. 14373 9 8 2328 10 8 3136 6 5 9258 17 0 5102 0 4 5801 6 9 6591 9 8 5955 12 0 14713 3 10 I 1407 13 10 i £ s. d. 40 133 16 10 28 202 19 (> 25 143 8 5 146 569 1 6 47, 219 7 0 121 563 18 11 126 B50 '.) 4 134| 669 18 7 256 1166 2 0 12 37 4 6 £ s. d.| £ s. d. 1905 8167 14 4 506 2374 19 7 102 405 2 3 35 158 7 11 282 1 1479 10 6 61 268 6 2 982! 416 6 12 4 380 1758 19 11 152! 729 1 2 46 190 13 9 558 2633 3 5 376! 1665 14 3 2192J 9154 2 2 321 1444 15 3 669 3333 8 3'l002J 4771 9 7 2415 9996 2 5! 967 4546 11 11 367 1407 6 9 183 903 18 1 45| 5 i 19 23 36 46 4 ! £ s. d. £ b. d. I 181 16 7: 444 2129 17 11 I 28 7 0 19 70 10 1 20 18 0 29 167 4 2 24 13 6 152 689 5 10 | 16 69 2 0 90 8 o! 84' 409 18 6 130 10 0 120 633 13 7 146 9 6 62 374 1 G 183 10 2 109, 529 3 10 9 17 0 15 45 9 10 816 9 91050 5118 7 3 637 12 10 932 1749 12 10 H 3315 4 4 85 0 0 6 28 2 8 9 56 0 0 11 53 10 6 ... 58 310 18 6 110 459 8 3 £ 8. d. "2 19 16 0 1 3 21! G 35 39 49 31 £ s. d. 221 12 8 7 0 0 19 7 0 127 7 0 17 0 0 183 13 0 183 7 10 806 17 8 221 14 0 C524 678 1039 3S03 1211 2 102 4479 3355 7410 957 £ a. d. 27687 17 7 3200 17 5 5235 1 2 16648 8 5 6700 4 3 11216 9 10 18710 15 8 15 ISO 2 3 31525 7 4 4033 4 0 "l o'"5 0 I Totals in 1870... Totals in 1869... 70 59 158Sg| 14305! '69088 10 2 63897 1 10, I 9354256 1 7 Il'56 1 7 962 ll 41472 3 7'3877| 18083 16 5 9263| 39939 8 63411| 16047 19 2 962 1! 9263 41472 3 7 3877 39939 8 6J3411I I 192 155 3j 20 1 0 3| 23 0 0 239 242 1287 19 8 1461. 1 6 31864 28427 140454 7 11 127218 4 11 3437 13236 3 0 INCREASE DURING 1870 * Tho Telegraph Money Order Sji commenced on 15th Juno, 1870.

fa H O to o u Issued in New Zealand. Issued in the United Kingdom. Issued in Western Australia. Issued in Victoria. Issued in S. Australia. ISSUKD IN N. S. Walks. Issued inQueensland. Issued in Tasmania. Total Paid. Postal Districts. Per Post. 1 Per Telegraph. On Foreign Offices Repaid. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. ■ Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No.' Amount. No. Amount. Auckland Taranaki Hawke's Bay ... Wellington ... Mahlborough... Nelson Canterbury ... Westland Otago Southland 14 434918513 14 8 2 2561 1100 9 8 4 145! 548 3 3 7 2201; 9701 1 1 4 370 1751 15 11 5 1731 8724 4 1 9 1549. 6495 11 4 3 1041; 4303 14 2 18 387416437 9 3 4 286 1116 0 5 £ s. d.| 434918513 14 8 60 2561 1100 9 6 2 145! 548 3 3 12 2201; 9701 1 1 168 370 1751 15 11 38 1731 8724 4 1 118 1549, 6495 11 I 118 ! 1041; 4303 14 2 93 387416437 9 3 301 286 1116 0 5 26 £ s d. 211 12 3 IS 0 0 74 2 4 917 10 11 140 8 11 524 13 10 458 2 6 374 17 7 1334 9 3 171 14 0 £ s. d. 20 95 19 0 1 0 15 0 I 0 14 0 9j 33 19 11 II 10 0 0 4 19 10 0 12 52 1 0 8 42 18 7 13 70 15 6 £ s. d. £ s. d. 3751752 18 1 197 993 2 6 28 96 13 7 2 8 0 0 14 49 19 0 7 36 18 6 119 609 3 3 46 210 5 0 21 127 17 11 3 22 16 0 92 476 6 10 45 167 15 3 2591251 9 9 53 152 14 6 25 79 8 0! 96 460 0 1 192 896 16 7 23211G0 1 10 31 182 11 4 27 114 15 1 £ s. 4 32199 5 2 3 7 13 0 '"? 21 10 6 j £ s. d. 164: 726 15 1 5 11 17 3 17 66 1 1 33 162 11 2 3 20 0 0 20 100 9 3 -11 236 1 4 ■ 13! 68 9 9 21 106 5 9 3 21 8 5 3231519 18 10 2841437 0 7 38 "3 5 £ a. d. !19 4 10 ... 23 0 0 '.'.'. 34 4 01 ... 3 "i 0 '.'.'. 19 12 0 2 41 6 0 ... 82 0 (i S 4 0 0... \£ a. d. £ 8. d. 29137 0 7 4 14 0 0 10 GO "3 4 8 17 14 8 10 46 8 8 3 25 0 0 28101 14 3 9 48 11 0 5251 301 199 2598 436 2020 20iJ5 1290 4G85 3S3 £ s. d. 22849 12 2 1258 8 4 798 18 2 11750 9 2 2072 18 9 10036 0 11 8784 12 1 5416 13 11 20247 5 9 1659 0 3 12 0 0 5 11 13 6 2 18 0 0 6 26 0 4 1 5 9 10 1 10 17 0 31 13 0 ... ... | ... Totals in 1870... Totals in 1869... j I 70 15802 68692 3 8 59 14202 63580 6 6 927 4226 11 7 69 326 13 0 48240 8 111 _J 115615523 4 4 708 3326 8 9 ll218|5630 18 8J 735;3557 12 5! , 5G28R 2 6 72)465 2 2 72|429 14 4! 66;350 4 0, 742 10 0 618 15 0 101450 12 6 109 553 5 6 19221 16740 84823 19 6 75833 18 4 ... ... 2481 8990 1 2 Increase during 1870

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Table No. 3. TABLE showing the NUMBER and AMOUNT of MONEY ORDERS Issued and Paid at each MONEY ORDER OFFICE in NEW ZEALAND, during the Year 1870.

Orders Issued. Orders Paid. Office. On Places within the Colony. On Places beyond the Colony. Total Issued. Issued within the Colony. Issued beyond the Colony. Total Paid. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. Auckland Alexandra Cambridge Hamilton, A. •Kapanga Moiigonui Newcastle Oneliunga Otaliuhu Kaglan Bnaaell Tnuranga Wangarei 1,294 172 105 176 24 54 110 112 19 121 194 121 89 £ s. d. 5,341 11 7 705 9 5 364 18 0 610 15 10 91 18 10 179 8 10 451 1 6 454 10 7 81 10 0 G80 8 5 905 14 10 439 8 11 303 12 5 2,047 9 15 11 3 IS 7 67 34 5 24 36 24 £ s. d. 9,090 12 11 52 13 4 84 2 6 54 10 4 17 0 0 61 5 0 18 19 0 317 5 0 180 3 6 20 1 0 126 2 0 197 9 0 105 11 8 3,341 181 120 187 27 72 117 179 53 126 218 157 113 £ «. d. 14,432 4 6 758 2 9 449 0 6 665 6 2 108 18 10 240 13 10 470 0 6 771 15 7 201 13 6 700 9 5 1,031 16 10 630 17 11 409 4 1 2,914 19 40 46 14 8 35 73 52 52 43 50 63 £ s. d. 12,243 19 2 129 0 11 208 14 2 184 18 3 40 4 7 36 7 0 143 16 3 315 3 9 276 16 4 330 0 4 209 2 2 328 14 9 443 5 5 603 6 3 5 1 5 £ s. d. 3,106 10 3 42 1 0 16 0 0 20 2 0 10 0 0 11 0 0 3,577 25 43 51 15 13 35 101 51 53 51 01 72 £ s. d. 15,350 9 5 171 1 11 221 14 2 205 0 3 56 4 7 47 7 0 143 16 3 482 9 9 279 17 6 330 8 4 256 8 3 351 14 9 497 19 5 31 2 1 8 5 9 167 6 0 3 12 0 8 0 47 6 1 23 0 0 54 14 0 Thames 905 3,896 17 4 668 2,854 15 10 1,633 6,751 13 2 1,004 3,925 2 10 96 526 17 9 1,100 4,452 0 7 New Plymouth *Patea 441 74 2,129 11 3 401 18 11 153 10 603 17 3 65 10 0 594 84 2,733 8 6 467 8 11 241 18 1,021 7 8 98 16 10 41 1 135 3 10 3 0 0 282 19 1,156 11 6 101 16 10 Napier Port Ahuriri Waipukurau 521 89 25 23 2,529 13 7 514 5 10 119 16 3 115 19 2 310 45 12 14 1,619 2 4 221 19 6 52 14 0 61 10 6 831 134 37 37 4,148 15 11 736 5 4 172 10 3 177 9 8 154 1 2 1 601 4 7 10 0 0 1 15 0 10 0 0 41 175 18 7 195 1 2 1 777 3 2 10 0 .0 1 15 0 10 0 0 Wellington •Feathers ton Greytown *Hutt Wanganui 1,112 4 182 59 19 13 859 4,809 4 0 33 15 0 897 19 11 315 17 3 94 0 0 60 10 9 3,616 11 7 1,106 "61 18 7 13 350 4,891 4 4 258 9 6 60 15 6 40 0 0 39 3 0 1,530 17 7 2,218 4 243 77 26 26 1,209 9,700 8 4 33 15 0 1,156 9 5 376 12 9 134 0 0 99 13 9 5,147 9 2 1,993 1 31 24 5 14 310 8,687 12 0 8 7 0 136 0 1 107 10 0 15 15 0 64 7 2 1,633 0 8 105 4 1 1 1 48 750 4 6 9 15 0 10 0 0 6 0 0 3 16 318 16 3 2,158 1 35 25 6 15 358 9,437 16 6 8 7 0 145 15 1 117 10 0 21 15 0 67 8 8 1,951 16 11 Blenheim Havelock Kaikoura Picton 379 327 90 201 1,954 6 2 2,405 18 8 432 12 1 918 10 5 92 33 39 50 401 15 2 124 0 0 196 1 3 207 0 6 471 360 129 251 2,416 1 4 2,529 18 8 628 13 4 1,125 10 11 113 23 191 703 12 6 209 0 8 181 16 4 807 15 4 14 7 90 5 0 53 0 0 137 59 23 197 793 17 6 862 0 8 181 16 4 835 4 3 0 27' S 11 NlLSON Collingwood 425 59 69 1,780 7 6 338 6 8 393 4 4 489 29 33 2,056 17 9 187 8 6 208 9 0 914 88 102 3,837 5 3 520 15 2 601 13 4 1,480 25 45 7,670 1 11 176 3 3 224 5 2 122 9 1 531 10 10 47 10 0 5 0 0 1,608 31 40 8,201 12 9 223 13 3 229 5 2 CHARLESTON 315 1,351 0 1 203 914 2 0 518 2,265 2 1 78 309 19 3 15 75 0 11 93 385 0 2 * Offices opened during the yeai".

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Table No. 4. TABLE showing the COMMISSION RECEIVED on MONEY ORDERS issued in the different POSTAL DISTRICTS of NEW ZEALAND, since the establishment of the System in AUGUST, 1862.

Postal Districts. <B oo i r6 8. 1862. j Five Months. I I 1863. ! 1864. 1865. 1866. 1867. 1868. 18C9. 1870. Total since Commencement. Amount. Amount. Amount. Amount. Amount. Amount. Amount. Amount. Amount. i i i £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. | £ s. a. £ s. d. £ 8. d. Auckland 14 29 10 0 154 1 0 347 13 6 333 3 6 260 18 0 223 3 6 j 264 8 6 420 8 0 451 7 0 2,484 13 0 Taranaki 2 5 4 6 23 8 0 46 4 6 48 6 0 37 12 0 32 1 0 23 5 0 27 13 0 41 0 0 284 14 0 Hawke's Bat 4 6 14 6 17 9 0 29 4 6 36 14 0 42 12 0 42 9 0 35 16 6 46 10 0 78 13 6 336 3 0 Wellington 7 17 5 0 I 44 0 6 67 1 0 138 13 0 j * llO 13 6223 7 0 209 1 0 I 204 6 6 258 19 0 1,373 6 6 I MARLBOROr/OH 4 18 6 17 3 6 47 16 0 42 2 0 50 13 6 | 51 7 0 49 13 0 48 8 0 69 16 0 378 7 6 | Nelson 5 13 11 0 33 4 0 44 14 0 65 4 0 106 7 6 j 105 1 0 151 8 0 135 7 6 173 13 G 828 10 6 Westland 3 210 18 6 205 6 6 249 12 6 695 17 6 Canterbury 9 32 17 0 194 7 0 306 17 6 324 17 6 561 8 6 575 15 6 316 3 6 j I 315 17 0 '■ 409 6 6 3,037 10 0 Otago ' 18 45 10 0 I 473 0 6 I 603 16 0 415 15 0 416 3 0 484 9 6 498 0 6 464 15 6 559 11 0 3,961 1 0 Southland 4 7 9 0 100 15 6 125 15 6 59 3 6 75 6 0 78 6 0 74 7 0 . 63 11 0 75 4 6 659 18 0 Totals 70 159 9 6 1,057 9 0 1,619 2 6 1,463 18 6 1,761 14 0 1,815 19 6 1,863 1 6 1,932 3 0 2,367 3 6 14,040 1 0

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Table No. 5. TABLE showing the NUMBER and AMOUNT of POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK TRANSACTIONS in NEW ZEALAND during the Year 1870. Also, SUMMARIES OF TRANSACTIONS during the Years 1867, 1868, and 1869, and TOTALS from commencement of the SYSTEM on 1st February, 1867.

DEPOSITS. WITHDRAWALS. BALANCES. Postal Districts. a, 3 n a New Accounts Opened. Additions to Open Accounts. is is 2 O S Accounts Closed Interest Paid (included in previous Amount op , ,,. __ ___ columns as PRINCIPAL LIWW, 'V*? "Principal Withdrawn.-) , v 1 ear on Closed . \\ 1THDRAWN. . „,„ , __ Accounts. ■.- , JNo. Amount. ! Interest accounts remaining j Amn) OPEN ON ; TQ ACC0UKTS 31st December. liESIAININO Principal and Interest at Credit op Depositors on 31st December. Total Deposits. 0 Amount. Principal. 31st December. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. No. Amount. Amount. No. I , I I 1 —! — ■—: Auckland £ l. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 3,430 47,806 2 4 £ s. d. 258 8 11 789 £ s. a. £ s. d. I 10,671 6 0 £ 8. d. ; £ s. d. 1,189 30,243 7 0 3,720 28,234 1 4 4,909 58,477 8 4 20,041 7 11 1,432 12 2 12,103 18 2 14 2,728 400 Taranaki 2 103 2,626 14 6 428! 3,804 17 10 531 6,431 12 4 326 372 5,819 16 3 206 3,765 6 10 22 18 6 I 80 15 1 9 40 2,111 15 3 23: 611 16 1 163 5 0 775 1 1 Hawke's Bat 4 87 2,330 1 0 388| 3,200 3 0 475 5,530 4 0 15S 1,007 15 4 ! 47 1,764 17 2 ; 136 7 4 1,901 4 6 Wellington 7 312 7,972 7 0 1,452 12,492 7 6 : 1,764 20,464 14 6 692 833 14,040 15 1 56 19 6 135 4,833 2 3 H 6,423 19 5 502 16 4 1 6,926 15 9 Marlborough 4 61 2,494 7 0 213; 1,958 11 5 277 4,453 1 5 93 96 2,334 11 1 1 4 16 2 13 597 9 10 51 i 2,118 10 4 I 143 13 8 2,262 4 0 Nelson 5 303 10,027 3 0 1,171 13,695 16 0 1,430 14,837 4 0 1,474 23,722 19 0 698 824 16,614 8 1 1,033 22,730 3 6 67 15 11 106 100 15 7 162 5,949 3 5 195 j 7,108 10 11 612 18 1 7,721 9 0 Wkstland 3 279 8,263 3 0 1,709 23,100 7 0 945 8,245 7 7 117 370 3 6 845 4 3 ! 1,215 7 9 Canterbury I 9 ! I 830 i 19,418 13 6 | 3,192 28,884 19 2 3,701 34,364 2 4 487 6,250 6 0 16,185 147,722 11 7 4,022' .18,303 12 8 1,780 2,061 36,797 15 7 2,682 52,522 9 1 337| 6,094 19 9 158 18 2 276 279 18 5 628 17 12 8 48 10,647 10 1 55 1 11,505 17 1 1,925 14 5 13,431 11 6 Otaoo 18 988 29,564 17 0 4,692 63,928 19 4 2,293 21,909 15 5 360 11,406 10 3 2,105 15 10 I 13,512 6 1 Southland 4 149 3,665 1 0 636! 9,915 7 0 305 1,078 7 7 j 101 3,820 7 3 390 11 3 j 4,210 18 6 1 AllN.Z. during 1870 70 4,304 116,605 14 0 B0, 489 264, 328 5 7 ' 110,018 11,934 208,526 7 7 983 5 7 2,277 76,421 14 8 2,025 55,801 IS 0 8,258 18 4 64,060 16 4 „ 1869 59 3,839 108,424 19 10 113,294 132,473 5 11 ; I il7,133 240, 898 5 9 7,969 9,292 179,599 10 6 918 13 7 1,801 65,089 12 7 :2,038 61,298 15 3 j 6,493 14 5 67,792 9 8 ' ' „ 1868 55 3,282 100, 167 3 0 I 9,732 91,368 8 6 ; 4,457 32,603 18 9 ' 13,014194,535 11 6 5,347 6,865106,687 6 1 627 11 2 1,186 35,913 5 10 2,090 87,968 5 5 4,352 16 1 92,321 1 6 „ 1867 46 j j 2,520 63,768 9 1 6,977. 96,372 7 10 1,592 1,919 26,341 18 2 j 71 0 7 364 8,183 13 6 2,156 70,027 9 8 1,170 4 5 71,197 14 1 I ! 43,668 407,168 4 9 I 1 :57, 613 796, 134 10 8 24,926 29,510521,038 2 4 j ! 521,038 2 4 ! 2,500 10 11 5,628 2,500 10 11 ,5,628 185,608 6 7 8,315 275,096 8 4 All N.Z. prom commencement. 13,945 388,966 5 11 20,275 13 3 295,372 1 7 I i I 1 i

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Table No. 6. TABLE showing the NUMBER and AMOUNT of TRANSACTIONS at each POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK in NEW ZEALAND during the Year 1870.

Deposits. Withdrawals. Office. New Accounts Opened. Additions to Open Accounts. Total Deposits. Principal. Interest Paid on Closed Accounts. Total Withdrawals. No. Amount. No. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. i h Auckland Alexandra Cambridge Hamilton, A. *Kapanga Mongonui Newcastle Onehunga Otahuhu Raglan Bussell Tauranga Wangavci 830 9 12 9 £ s. d. 22,210 16 0 77 5 0 235 11 0 80 0 0 2,814 22 30 44 £ s. d. 21,401 3 0 148 14 0 362 1 0 175 19 0 3,644 31 42 53 £ s. d. 13,617 19 0 225 19 0 597 12 0 255 19 0 2,914 4 12 10 £ s. d. 40,661 2 4 17 5 0 204 17 4 267 0 10 £ s. d. 218 8 0 0 0 9 0 16 3 £ s. d. 40,882 10 4 17 5 0 204 18 1 267 17 1 2 4 27 1 1 4 45 9 23 0 0 37 8 0 531 15 0 10 0 0 75 0 0 67 14 0 952 1 0 205 0 0 15 26 101 3 2 88 28 275 2 3 171 18 0 391 13 6 25 0 0 18 0 0 833 18 7 171 10 0 17 30 128 1 4 6 133 37 298 2 3 209 6 0 923 8 6 10 0 0 100 0 0 86 0 0 1,785 19 7 376 10 0 4 9 31 4 2 2 32 6 292 0 0 132 10 10 425 8 3 14 17 6 26 16 6 26 0 0 588 3 1 128 4 9 0 17 11 0 16 2 0 4 2 0 13 0 0 6 6 5 18 0 0 4 8 292 0 0 133 8 9 426 4 5 15 1 8 27 9 6 26 6 6 594 1 1 128 9 5 Thames 236 5,731 17 0 547 4,258 16 0 783 9,990 13 0 400 5,018 15 11 30 3 6 5,048 19 5 New Plymouth •Patea 95 8 2,396 11 0 230 3 6 428 3,804 17 10 523 8 6,201 8 10 230 3 6 372 5,819 16 3 22 18 6 5,842 14 9 Napier Port Ahuriri •YVaipawa Waipukurau 70 13 2 2,259 3 0 15 0 0 22 18 0 33 0 0 247 8 131 2 3,060 17 0 92 3 0 31 3 0 16 0 0 317 10 144 4 5,320 0 0 107 3 0 54 1 0 49 0 0 203 3 3,708 6 10 57 0 0 15 1 9 3,723 8 7 57 0 0 • 6,009 5 0 158 5 0 1,152 50 15,817 3 6 320 4 0 689 9 9,547 17 10 147 6 7 9,575 5 2 147 12 1 AVellington Gievtown *Featherston *Marton *Masterton *Hntt Wanganui 213 14 3 1 10 18 10 0 2 10 0 128 0 0 1,055 17 0 3 4 22 221 9,807 18 6 161 19 0 5 13 0 14 0 0 162 15 0 2,310 2 0 1,365 64 6 5 32 292 24 3 0 16 10 0 290 15 0 3,995 19 0 169 10 0 120 0 0 4,050 0 8 27 7 4 0 5 6 2 14 7 0 0 10 26 11 3 172 4 7 120 0 10 4,082 11 11 3 5 127 Blenheim HaTclock Kaikoura Picton 34 4 8 18 1,315 13 0 122 0 0 318 16 0 787 18 0 132 20 9 52 1,389 1 5 3 3 0 83 0 0 483 10 0 160 21 17 70 2,704 14 5 125 3 0 401 16 0 1,221 8 0 63 3 8 22 1,291 4 0 12 5 0 212 8 0 818 14 1 110 0 3 4 3 11 10 1,292 5 0 12 5 0 212 11 4 822 5 11 Nelson Collingwood Motueka 126 7 13 3,508 7 0 323 0 0 i 201 0 0 j 438 6 63 4,298 5 0 265 10 0 172 5 0 561 13 76 7,806 12 0 588 10 0 433 5 0 294 3 5 5,961 15 9 270 0 0 87 10 0 25 12 3 5,990 8 0 270 0 0 87 10 0 Charleston 49 2,145 10 0 238 2,706 11 0 287 4,852 1 0 129 3,011 9 8 12 3 9 3,023 13 5 * Offices o] iened duriii; the ear.

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Deposits. Withdrawals. Office. New Accounts Opened. Additions to Open Accounts. Total Deposits. Principal. Interest paid on Closed Accounts. Total Withdrawals. So. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. I Amount. Westport ... 108 £ 8. d. 3,789 6 0 426 £ s. d. 6,253 5 0 534 £ s. d. 10,012 11 0 393 539 516 38 1,833 5 37 '"85 | ' "18 ! 77 | 11 ! £ s. d. ! 7,280 12 8 ! 12,668 15 3 ! 9,010 1 9 1,021 6 6 31,418 13 2 125 3 11 1,096 15 3 1,682 16 8 313 18 0 2,047 12 7 112 10 0 £ s. d. 29 19 11 52 11 10 43 3 5 5 0 4 128 19 9 0 15 9 4 0 3 12 18 11 l' 4 8 10 18 10 £ s. d. 7,310 12 7 Greymouth 150 5,446 7 0 627 7,437 0 0 777 12,883 7 0 12,721 7 1 hokitika ... Bobs 100 ... I 29 2,501 2 0 315 14 0 661 142 6,229 3 0 1,171 1 0 761 171 8,730 5 0 1,486 15 0 9,083 5 2 1,026 6 10 Christchurch Akaroa ... Ivaiapoi ... *Kowai ... Lyttelton *Selwyn ... Teniuka ... Timaru ... Waimatc 663 6 28 2 52 2 12 57 8 15,936 12 0 53 9 0 560 10 0 22 0 0 1,077 8 0 65 0 0 134 4 6 1,455 13 0 113 17 0 2,545 17 163 1 268 24,691 16 8 24 17 6 1,211 15 0 3 0 0 1,036 2 0 3,208 23 191 3 320 2 28 215 32 40,628 8 8 78 6 6 1,772 5 0 25 0 0 2,713 10 0 65 0 0 189 11 6 2,599 2 0 232 (i 0 31,577 12 11 125 19 8 1,100 15 6 1,635 15 7 16 158 24 55 10 0 1,143 9 0 118 9 0 315 2 8 2,058 11 5 112 10 0 Dunedin Arrow River Balclutha Clyde ... Hamilton's Kawarau Lawrence Manuhcrikia Mount Ida Oamaru •Palmerston Port Chalmers Queenstown Switzers ... Teviot Tokomairiro Waikouaiti West Taieri 670 17 11 6 8 19 22 3 26 86 9 It 7 21 26 4 6 20,286 9 0 1,210 0 0 265 18 0 203 15 0 343 0 0 411 17 0 1,069 5 0 56 0 0 601 1 0 2,396 7 0 63 0 0 826 11 0 62 12 0 1,113 7 0 2,474 22 35 71 25 21 109 3 144 242 60 265 50 8 21 102 35 17 23,384 14 6 522 9 0 536 7 0 743 4 0 643 17 0 186 11 0 941 10 0 27 0 0 793 14 0 2,685 5 0 116 3 0 1,749 2 0 556 12 4 192 15 0 155 5 0 776 12 0 205 1 6 145 0 0 3, 1 14 39 4:; 77 33 40 131 6 170 328 69 309 57 32 21 128 39 23 43,671 3 6 1,732 9 0 802 5 0 946 19 0 983 17 0 598 8 0 2,013 15 0 83 0 0 1,394 15 0 5,081 12 0 179 3 0 2,575 13 0 619 4 4 1,306 2 0 155 5 0 1,272 0 0 286 1 6 221 7 0 2,192 17 20 21 12 9 34 1 38 123 6 116 21 6 2 42 14 8 39,095 0 2 734 19 6 j 469 4 8 | 1,067 17 3 j 401 17 7 I 348 7 5 1,603 0 7 5 0 0 571 15 7 3,399 5 10 63 10 8 2,178 0 4 494 7 5 150 11 2 20 0 0 1,009 19 9 177 16 2 128 15 0 217 2 2 o" 5 6 5 2 9 0 8 5 2 7 3 5 15 6 6 2 5 22 17 9 0 12 5 12 10 6 3 2 7 3 4 4 6 5 8 0 12 39,912 2 4 731 19 6 469 10 2 1,073 0 0 402 6 0 350 14 8 1,008 16 1 5 0 0 574 18 0 3,422 3 7 61 3 1 2,190 10 10 497 10 0 153 15 6 20 0 0 1,016 5 5 177 17 4 128 15 0 495 8 0 81 0 0 79 7 0 Invercargill Campbelltown •Long Bush Rivcrton 131 3 7 5 3,595 4 0 11 0 0 26 17 0 32 0 0 438 24 2 23 5,652 17 0 251 2 0 10 0 0 336 7 0 572 27 9 28 9,248 1 0 262 2 0 36 17 0 368 7 0 303 12 5,463 6 10 278 12 11 13 14 6 3 18 2 5,477 1 4 282 11 1 22 353 0 0 I 353 0 0 ! . ; 1 Totals ... 4,304 116,605 14 0 16,185 147,722 11 7 20,489 264,328 5 7 11,931 208,526 7 7 983 5 7 209,509 13 2 * Offices o] icned durin; the ear.

Table NO. 6— continued. TABLE showing the IS'itmbee and Amount of Transactions at each Post Office Savings Bank in New Zealand during the Year IS7U.

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Table No. 7. TABLE showing the MONTHLY TRANSACTIONS with the POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS in NEW ZEALAND during the YEAR 1870; together with the Total Transactions during 1869, and the Increase during 1870.

a c re o to Deposits. Withdrawals. Balance of Months. New Accounts Opened. Additions to Open Accounts. Total Deposits. No of Accounts withdrawn , upon. Amount of Interest paid Principal With- on Closed drawn. j Accounts. Accounts Closed. (Amount included in principal withdrawn.) Principal No. of Withdrawals. LEPT IN No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. I January February March April May Juno July August September October November December 59 00 62 62 63 63 05 60 os 69 70 7» 344 314 390 383 391 373 418 388 349 361 314 279 £ s. d. 8,611 12 0 8,770 14 6 9,966 3 0 11,357 3 0 9,980 9 0 9,662 13 0 11,357 3 0 10,350 18 0 8,627 10 0 9,825 15 0 8,806 15 0 9,288 18 6 1,189 1,152 1,393 1,296 1,429 1,335 1,430 1,431 1,439 1,137 1,361 1,293 £ s. d. 10,676 5 0 10,156 18 0 14,063 10 10 14,327 12 0 13,538 17 2 12,233 5 0 12,908 11 6 11,764 7 0 11,707 6 2 12,266 7 5 12,088 15 6 11,990 16 0 1,533 1,466 1,783 1,679 1,820 1,708 1,848 1,819 1,788 1,798 1,675 1,572 £ b. d. 19,287 17 0 18,927 12 6 24,029 13 10 25,684 15 0 23,519 6 2 21,895 18 0 21,265 14 6 22,115 5 0 20,334 16 2 22,092 2 5 20,895 10 6 21,279 14 6 825 724 833 751 742 805 843 892 905 880 870 948 962 827 984 894 876 967 995 1,100 1,073 1,068 1,022 1,166 £ s. a. j 16,603 4 9 17,390 8 5 19,150 7 2 ; 17,899 16 2 15,916 5 2 18,246 15 1 ; 16,577 19 9 17,944 9 3 16,731 11 9 18,009 16 2 16,984 5 2 17,071 13 9 £ s. d. 9 13 10 18 0 9 50 13 7 57 7 7 58 19 0 82 9 8 100 4 1 104 4 4 108 19 10 130 12 5 129 14 8 141 5 10 243 195 219 191 166 191 200 178 192 170 162 170 £ s. d. 7,059 6 11 6,841 5 6 8,827 16 0 7,628 15 10 5,501 8 9 6.774 8 11 6,144 7 11 5,720 1 0 5,891 12 3 5,734 1 2 5,088 9 0 5,207 1 5 £ s. a, 2,681 12 3 1,537 9 1 4,879 6 S 7,784 18 10 7,603 1 0 3,049 2 11 7,687 14 8 4,170 15 9 3,603 4 a 4,082 6 3 3,911 5 4 4,208 0 8 Totals for 1870 Totals for 1869 70 59 4,304 3,839 116,605 14 0 108,424 19 10 16,185 13,294 147.722 11 7 132,473 5 11 20,489 17,133 261,328 5 7 240,898 5 9 10,018 7,969 11,934 9,292 208,526 7 7 983 5 179,599 10 0 918 13 7 7 2,277 1,801 76,421 14 8 65,089 12 7 55,801 18 C 61,298 15 3 Increaso during 1870 11 465 8,180 14 2 2,891 15,249 5 8 3,350 23,429 19 10 2,049 2,642 28,926 17 1 64 12 0 476 11,332 2 1 * The balance of principal left in deposit is £5,496 17s. 3d. less thai in 1870.

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Table No. 8. TABLE showing the proportion of POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK DEPOSITORS in each Province and in the Colony during the Year 1870, as compared with Population; the Average Amount of each Deposit and Withdrawal ; the Average Amount remaining at credit of each Depositor, &c.; with similar Averages of the Transactions in 1867, 1868, and 1869; and for all NEW ZEALAND since the commencement of the system on the 1st February, 1867.

Provinces. Pi o Pi O O to Population as per Census of 1871. "SB. 4) "3.3 |-fg ten Number of new Depositors in 1870, as compared with the Population i.-j as 1 to Amount of Deposits during 1870. Deposits. Average Amount of each Deposit during 1870. No. of Accounts remaining open on 31 Dec, 1870. Amount at credit of the Year's Accounts on the 31st Dec, including Interest for 1S70. Average amount at credit of each Account opes on the 31st Dec,, including Interest. lis Nip* Amount of Withdrawals in 1870, including Interest paid during the year on Closed Accounts. Withdrawals. Average Amount of each Withdrawal in 1870. Percentage of Accounts closed during 1870. Auckland Taranaki Hawke's Bay Wellington ... Marlborough Nelson Westland ... Canterbury ... Southland ... 14 2 4 7 4 5 3 9 18 4 62,335 4,480 6,059 23,982 5,235 22,438 15,357 46,801 60,578 8,769 1.1S9 103 87 312 61 301 279 830 988 149 4,909 531 475 1,764 277 1,474 1,709 4,022 4,692 636 48 89 77 .si 71 66 66 61 59 58,477 6,432 5,530 20,465 4,453 23,723 23,100 48,304 63,929 9,915 £ s. a. 11 18 3 12 2 3 11 12 10 11 12 0 16 1 6 16 1 10 13 10 4 12 0 2 13 12 6 15 11 10 400 23 47 177 51 195 117 554 360 101 £ s. d. 12,103 18 2 775 1 1 1,901 4 6 6,926 15 9 2,262 4 0 7,721 9 0 1,215 7 9 13,431 11 6 13,512 6 1 4,210 18 0 £ s. d. 34 18 8 28 1 1 36 2 8 29 7 0 30 9 10 40 3 4 44 15 6 33 11 4 36 11 2 35 14 8 3,430 372 206 833 96 824 1,093 2,001 2,682 337 £ s. d. 48,064 11 3 5,842 14 9 3,780 8 7 14,097 14 7 2,339 7 2 16,682 4 0 22,830 19 1 36,956 13 9 52,802 7 6 6,112 12 5 £ s. d. 14 0 3 14 15 1 18 7 0 16 13 6 24 5 3 20 5 0 20 17 9 17 18 7 19 13 9 18 2 9 65 "1> cent. 78 46 43 „ 20 „ 35 58 33 63 32 „ All New Zealand in 1870 ... 1869 ... 1868 ... 1867 ... 70 59 55 46 256,034 218,443 218,443 218,443 4,302 3,839 3,282 2,520 20,489 17,133 13,014 6,977 69 57 66 86 264,328 240,898 194,536 96,372 12 18 0 14 1 2 14 11 3 13 16 3 2,025 2,038 2,096 2,156 64,060 16 4 67,792 9 8 92,321 1 6 71,197 14 1 35 11 0 36 15 5 38 9 1 33 0 5 11,934 9,292 0,365 1,919 209,509 13 2 180,518 4 1 107,095 0 0 26,345 0 0 17 11 1 .19 8 7 16 16 6 13 14 6 53 \> cent. 47 „ 36 „ M „ All New Zealand since commencement 8,315 29,510 523,467 17 3 40 f cent. 70 256,034 13,943 57,613 07 796,134 13 16 8 295,372 1 7 35 19 0 17 8 0

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Table No. 9. NUMBER and VALUE of POSTAGE STAMPS Printed during the Years 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, and 1870.

Table No. 10. RETURN of INTERPROVINCIAL MAIL STEAM SUBSIDIES, June, 1871.

Table No. 11. TABLE showing the Number of OFFICERS employed in the respective POST OFFICE ESTABLISHMENTS in the COLONY.

1861 1867. 1861 186! 1870. Kates. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. £ £ £ £ £ At One Shilling * # 108,000 5,400 119,280 5,904 480 21 At Sixpence 242,880 6,072 714,240 17,856 605,040 15,126 165,360 4,134 742,320 18,558 At Fourpence ... * . * * * # At Threepence... • 1,059,120 13,239 412,800 5,160 9,360 117 480,000 6,000 At Twopence ... 1,989,840 16,582 1,600,080 13,334 1,668,000 13,900 1,212,960 10,108 2,556,000 21,300 At One Penny... 714,000 2,975 1,315,920 5,483 1,869,600 7,790 1,616,160 6,734 2,070,000 8,625 Totals 49,912 4,663,440 47,376 3,123,120 2,946,720 25,629 4,689,360 27,057 5,848,800 54,507 * A Ian ;e number of these Postal ;e Stam is were in stock at the close of the irevious rear.

Ctottbacts. Expense per Mile. Seetices. Annual Subsidy. How Often. Mileage every Mmit'h. Commence. Terminate. Manakau and Pieton ... £ 4,550 June 22 June 24 Two months' notice. Once every four weeks. 720 £ s. d. 0 9 8^ Nelson and Hokitika ... 650 470 0 2 1£

IS' '0. Ibl 111. Post Offices. | I i s M 1 i § i o I E O 1 I — I o I 3 i g ■ ■ i I to c i m ■n S I H 5 I Auckland Thames New Plymouth Napier Wellington Wanganui Nelson Westport Charleston Blenheim Picton Christchurch Lyttelton Timaru Kaiapoi Dunedin Port Chalmers Oaniaru Invercargill Hokitika Greymouth Chatham Islands ... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 2 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 9 1 1 4 2 2 2 4 1 1 1 4 1 1 i 1 i 1 10 6 2 3 8 2 5 2 1 2 1 15 3 3 2 17 1 ; 2 5 5 3 1 108 l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l i l l l l 10 2 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 8 1 1 4 2 '> 4 1 i i i "i 1 17 4 2 2 8 2 4 2 1 O 1 14 3 2 2 17 1 2 5 5 3 1 i'6 "i i io i 4 i 1 i 2 2 1 1 1 1 "i l 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Totals 22 52 24 6 4 22 21 5 4 100

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Table No. 12. TABLE showing DATES of ARRIVAL and DESPATCH of SUEZ MAILS at NEW ZEALAND PORTS, and COST of CONVEYANCE between AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND.

OUTWABD M. .Li. Cost of itcs of Li itest Desi latch of "ails fro] Conveyance, Leave Melbourne. Gbatuities, Auckland. New Plymouth. Napier. Wellington. Nelson. Picton. Christchurch. Dunedin. Invercargill. Hokitika. Bonus, &c. —*• 1870. * £ s. a. July 1 June 25 July 4 July 6 July 2 July 5 July 6 July 7 July 17 91 4 3 July 28 * Aug. 2 Aug. 2 July 27 Aug. 5 Aug. 6 July 30 Aug. 14 95 14 11 Aug. 30 Aug. 25 Aug. 26 Aug. 24 Sept. 3 Sept. 4 Aug. 27 Sept. 11 80 8 5 Sept. 30 Sept. 22 Sept. 23 Sept. 20 Sept. 24 Oct. 11 78 1 4 Oct. 25 Oct. 21 Oct. 22 Oct. 19 Oct. 18 Oct. 23 Nov. 8 79 14 1 Oct. 17 Nov. 16 Nov. 18 Nov. 15 Nov. 18 Nov. 17 Nov. 19 Dec. 6 80 3 7 Dec. 17 Dec. 16 Dec. 17 Dec. 23 Dec. 24 Dee. 19 Jan. 3 C9 8 7 1871. Jan. 18 Jan. 20 I Jan. 14 Jan. 14 Jan. 22 Jan. 31 Jan. 13 69 1 6 Jan. 12 Feb. 13 Feb. 14 Feb. 11 Feb. 19 Feb. 20 Feb. 21 # Feb. 28 C7 16 11 Mar. 17 Mar. 14 Mar. 13 Mar. 16 Mar. 20 Mar. 21 Mar. 28 80 4 3 April 10 April 11 April 10 April 13 April 15 April 15 April 23 G6 18 2 May 6 May 5 May 6 May 3 May 11 May 12 May 21 175 12 6 June 1 June 5 * # June 1 June 8 June 9 June 18 G5 8 1 Inward \AIL3.—'. latea of Arrival at Arrived in Melbourne. Auckland. New Plymouth. Napier. Wellington. Nelson. Picton. Christcliurch. Dunedin. Invercargill. Ilokitika. 1870. July 24 July 27 July 21 July 19 July 20 Aug. 6 July 16 July 14 July 13 July 19 July 6 94 9 9 Aug. 24 Aug. 16 ;Aug. 19 Aug. 16 Aug. 14 Aug. 17 Aug. 17 Aug. 18 Aug. 20 Aug. 13 Aug. 6 93 0 2 Sept. 16 Sept. 20 Sept. 17 Sept. 11 Sept. 10 Sept. 13 Sept. 10 Sept. 15 Sept. 19 Sept. 9 Aug. 30 97 12 3 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 .Oct. 10 Oct. 9 Oct. 8 Oct. 15 Oct. 8 Oct. 14 Oct. 18 Oct. 6 Sept. 25 77 3 9 Nov. 6 Nov. 11 Nov. 0 Nov. 4 Nov. 3 Nov. 4 Nov. 5 Nov. 9 Nov. 12 Nov. 1 Oct. 25 74, 19 1 Dec. 6 Dee. 18 Deo. i< Dec. 1 Nov. 30 Dec. 1 Nov. 30 Dec. 3 Dec. 4 Not. 29 Not. 23 206 11 3 1871. Jan. 12 Jan. 4^ Dec. 30 Dec. 30 Dec. 31 Jan. 4 Jan. 7 Dec. 27 Dec. 21 306 11 3 Jan. G Dee. 29 Feb. 7 Feb. 14 Jan. 29 Jan. 27 Jan. 26 Jan. 27 Jan. 28 Jan. 29 Feb. 2 Jan. 25 Jan. 18 306 11 3 Mar. 6 Mar. 18 Mar. 5! Mar. 1 Feb. 24 Feb. 26 Feb. 25 Mar. 2 Mar. 3 Feb. 23 Feb. 17 71 9 2 Mar. 27 Mar. 31 April 2 Mar. 25 Mar. 24 Mar. 25 Mar. 25 Mar. 29 April 5 Mar. 22 Mar. 15 87 10 8 April 25 April 26 April 26 April 23 April 22 April 28 April 22 April 25 April 29 April 21 April 11 86 19 6 May 27 June 1 June 7 May 23 May 21 May 25 May 24 May 27 May 26 May 19 May 13 85 2 2 June 15 June 18 June 28 June 22 June 23 June 26 June 20 June 15 June 14 June 24 June 6 69 19 4 'otal Cost, Outward; and In 'ards £ 2,757 16 2

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Table No. 13. COMPARATIVE TABLE showing the POSTAL REVENUE and NUMBER of LETTERS and NewsPAPERS Received at and Despatched from the several PROVINCES of NEW ZEALAND, in each Year, from 1858 to 1870, both inclusive.

Let' :eks. Newi ■apees. Province. Revenue. Received. Despatched. Received. Despatched. Auckland— 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 £ 6. d. 1,978 1 7 2,521 16 7 3,079 1 5 3,679 16 4 4,045 5 3 5,254 10 10 8,507 13 1 11,548 4 5 9,653 16 5 7,848 5 5 8,754 16 7 10,814 0 5 10,246 15 3 , 65,874 82,678 122,807 170,065 185,755 284,834 528,633 514,421 438,945 379,254 461,861 578,471 653,700 67,447 90,595 125,535 177,070 190,282 322,595 531,279 528,509 440,013 301,362 411,812 ••195,315 619,466 104,379 108,523 133,307 157,017 179,256 211,426 312,218 318,509 327,937 254,973 293,742 396,232 436,809 114,988 136,789 177,839 238,042 302,815 453,535 813,452 727,170 501,148 179,049 130,546 106,928 262,471 Taranaki—■ 1858 1859 1800 1861 1802 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1809 1870 274 17 8 300 0 2 506 11 1 528 16 0 403 0 2 498 2 1 818 19 5 984 14 3 821 10 8 687 14 2 645 12 2 647 16 1 593 6 4 14,017 15,676 31,100 33,120 22,227 28,672 42,274 52,498 42,705 28,399 28,554 26,249 30,767 14,554 16,223 33,781 35,110 23,195 32,701 43,520 52,082 43,285 27,970 29,452 20,578 28,320 19,142 18,474 26,834 20,599 24,818 31,068 57,547 66,448 01,194 29,775 26,153 28,458 27,315 9,812 10,720 21,549 23,948 14,341 19,338 22,654 25,128 20.170 11,052 15,423 13,533 15,308 Hawke's Bat— 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 18G3 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 163 0 11 290 6 7 444 17 10 505 7 11 593 9 1 679 10 10 889 17 4 1,107 13 7 1,372 7 8 1,431 9 8 1,390 0 4 1,481 17 4 1,476 14 Z 14,228 19,000 38,516 36,116 43,342 58,943 68,721 88,599 71,353 02,539 07,907 72,744 12,507 18,109 30,895 38,847 48,717 00,685 71,5-16 88,134 74,993 73,216 66,967 76,653 15,037 21,201 27,8S5 35,434 07,441 88,979 94,718 82,945 50,760 50,198 07,239 01,963 7,018 10,472 18,246 39,512 50,777 66,120 68,780 81,922 58,473 52,572 38,681 54,157 Wellington— 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1,299 11 5 1,397 10 7 1,501 0 7 1,002 8 11 1,969 17 11 2,043 17 5 2,409 1 4 5,170 0 10 6,603 14 2 10,701 17 4 12,579 4 7 12,179 1 8 12,674 5 3 84,687 93,220 83,359 93,035 101,013 117,936 139,717 259,152 270,563 288,815 328,180 319,709 354,815 87,111 92,805 84,060 15,042 104,794 113,756 132,551 237,907 253,988 289,058 311,476 302,209 336,375 131,413 112,235 83,950 90,007 102,730 131,854 148,741 200,506 210,306 159,238 179,923 225,867 262,631 126,441 105,099 120,580 145,763 191,873 209,092 219,553 261,080 286,889 178,765 179,042 217,126 216,021 Nelson — 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 731 1 1 831 8 1 995 3 6 1,114 2 2 1,189 10 9 1,157 6 6 1,423 6 0 2,012 15 10 2,012 4 9 2,880 8 8 3,051 12 8 3,380 11 9 3,276 5 8 18,796 42,280 42,771 72,020 50,132 03,356 75,807 99,601 104,282 142,697 203,537 180,827 188,860 14,771 57,911 58,7(57 76,048 08,348 83,001 93,715 120,143 115,829 143,374 200,005 170,903 185,176 26,535 60,177 72,356 95,575 102,889 100,743 132,484 128,317 126,047 102,809 135,027 143,09t 191,671 31,123 83,272 97,120 113, <S 13 117,150 129,787 101,014 130,431! 158,877 83,252 112,948 105,830 123,821

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Table No. 13— continued. COMPARATIVE TABLE showing papees Received at and Despal Year, from 1858 to 1870, both the Postal Revenue and Numbee of Letters and News ;ched from the several Peovincks of New Zealand, in eac" inclusive. Let 1 :ees. News: •apees. Province. Revenue. Received. Despatched. Received. Despatched. Maki.isoboucii— 1861 1862 1803 1864 1865 1866 1807 1808 1809 1870 £ s. d. 206 12 7 294 11 4 347 6 2 843 13 7 853 17 6 794 4 0 838 19 6 1,048 2 2 896 11 4 1,099 16 7 14,500 12,800 40,967 83,990 59,507 64,117 47,890 48,391 54,812 87,174 14,171 12,334 34,067 76,978 62,672 57,430 47,215 43,428 53,502 92,124 16,480 7,895 40,526 108,658 62,212 78,335 45,477 43,592 57,796 71,467 5,591 10,289 37,268 67,778 73,354 65,419 34,264 35,635 38,611 72,202 Canterbuby— 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1S69 1870 1,019 11 4 1,563 11 6 2,052 15 8 2,790 1 5 4,016 16 7 5,198 18 1 7,326 15 9 10,158 1 9 14,342 11 10 15,471 9 8 *8,525 19 4 8,857 8 10 8,905 19 6 50,954 53,616 73,109 130,500 215,742 317,011 37S,5S5 472,284 734,S52 864,123 539,610 535,062 623,794 22,582 60,675 72,881 130,899 284, 159 312,212 400,838 486,007 671,720 801,774 436,125 397,352 410,938 41,392 61,214 91,478 124,485 181,881 405,104 307,016 381,360 512,138 571,558 398,320 312,274 353,651 27,161 48,817 66,951 13S,001 198,500 362,151 384,090 480,238 597,220 269,852 170,102 189,229 168,635 Westland (County)— 1808 1809 1870 4,771 7 11 4,292 IS 1 3,561 19 3 251,108 223,309 212,689 212,479 242,400 225,157 152,666 151,021 165,380 106,860 116,393 123,906 Otaoo— 1853 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 186I1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 546 8 8 902 7 5 1,489 3 10 3,503 11 5 9,319 9 2 14,824 2 7 14,273 0 7 12,611 18 1 12,030 6 10 13,482 9 4 13,605 12 3 13,628 1 5 13,607 14 1 20,477 36,249 62,168 153,354 360,210 693,496 67S.349 588,545 581,353 508,882 595,062 584,715 711,479 21,786 39,207 62,916 151,201 3S9.231 660,839 638,792 568,001 599,861 575,948 535,909 538,329 578,299 23,742 30,902 42,418 69,692 187,132 368,419 459,095 439,733 470,820 378,784 646,450 574,691 582,593 28,229 41,099 G3,175 114,433 310,883 549,869 680,917 551,303 561,341 519,253 502,521 535,131 558,799 Southland— 1861 1862 1863 1864 1805 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 112 11 3 828 14 0 2,482 7 5 2,741 17 10 2,012 7 4 1,894 17 1 1,970 12 2 2,106 1 6 1,805 18 11 1,758 15 2 13,500 31,104 100,331 126,173 93,396 79,372 76,918 84,235 71,414 82,910 14,796 33,007 100,765 135,491 102,321 82,996 81,209 81,560 75,445 74,536 13,636 32,751 110,032 142,903 111,060 89,806 71,146 82,232 89,017 113,454 4,444 23,947 105,124 131,568 79,920 80,525 56,406 64,357 64,790 26,808 Chatham Islands — 1863 1864 1865 1866 1807 1868 1869 1870 3 0 0" 7 19 5 9 9 8 12 11 4 18 12 2 29 4 6 23 1 4 12 1 11 No returns. No returns. No returns. No returns. i Totals— 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 6,024 5 8 7,812 19 1 10,068 13 11 14,108 8 8 22,710 14 3 32,329 1 11 39,302 4 4 46,475 9 3 49,598 4 9 55,331 18 1 57.107 14 0 58,007 7 2 57,273 13 2 I 254,605 ! 228,251 337,947 ; 369,923 434,320 ; 456,049 603,209 | 633,559 1,021,735 1,100,497 1,687,945 1,715,303 2,051,265 ! 2,099,877 2,208,285 2,235,188 2,404,788 ' 2,353,856 2,408,331 2,402,909 2,603,077 2,374,122 2,642,535 2,374,060 3,018,932 2,626,947 346,603 406,562 471,661 630,436 854,786 1,474,125 1,758,271 1,809,583 1,959.52S 1,070,520 1,907,309 2,070,892 2,266,934 337,745 432,823 557,692 797,915 1,209,337 1,923,544 2,547,746 2,397,409 2,413,511 1,390,368 1,376.306 1,486,255 1,622,728 * The Westland returns have been ieparated from tho: ie of Canterbury since the 1st of January, 1868. A

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Table No. 14. TABLE showing the NUMBER of LETTERS received in NEW ZEALAND during the Year ended 31st December, 1870.

Table No. 15. TABLE showing the NUMBER of LETTERS despatched from NEW ZEALAND during the Year ended 31st December, 1870.

Fbom 'laces wit: Colony. :IN THE Fbom 'laces we [out the Colony. Postal Disteicts. Other Districts in New Zealand. Totals within the Colony. Totals WITHOUT AND within the Colony. United Kingdom. Australian Colonies. Other Places. Totals without the Colony. Places within the District. Auckland ... 62,559 41,961 3,761 108,281 235,934 309,485 545,419 653,700 Taeanaki ... 3,689 1,194 3 4,886 17,429 8,452 25,881 30,767 Hawke's Bat 8,171 2,799 10,970 25,763 36,011 61,774 72,744 Wellington 32,603 16,875 2,148 51,626 136,014 167,175 303,189 354,815 Nelson 16,937 7,802 645 25,384 120,412 43,064 163,476 188,860 Maklbobough 4,569 1,195 9 5,773 24,094 57,307 81,401 87,174 Canteebuby 70,525 18,496 460 89,4S1 116,291 418,022 534,313 623,794 Westland ... 12,517 37,511 1 50,029 89,336 73,324 162,660 212,689 Otago 72,771 43,888 3,586 120,245 90,432 500,802 591,234 711,479 Southland... 9,393 7,830 96 17,319 22,326 43,265 65,591 82,910 Totals 293,734 179,551 10,709 483,994 878,031 1,650,907 2,534,938 3,018,932

To P: ,aces with Colony. [N THE To P: ,ACES WITHi )UT THE Ci >LO>"Y. Totals WITHOUT Postal Distbicts. AND United Kingdom. Australian Colonies. Other Places. Totals without the Colony. Other Districts in New Zealand. Places ■within the District. Totals within the Colony. WITHIN THE Colony. Auckland ... 70,217 43,650 11,102 124,999 237,380 257,087 449,467 619,4CG Taranaki ... 2,584 902 57 3,543 17,358 7,419 24,777 28,320 Uawke's Bat 6,565 1,699 149 8,413 23,842 44,298 68,140 7G,553 Wellington 31,106 19,041 1,996 52,143 153,126 131,106 284,232 330,375 Nelson 14,773 5,749 1,329 21,851 119,074 44,254 163,328 185,179 Mablboeough 2,897 852 84 3,833 21,497 66,794 88,291 92,124 Cantebbuby 53,424 17,034 1,758 72,216 106,739 231,983 338,722 410,938 Westland ... 14,420 34,610 121 49,151 83,961 92,045 176,006 225,157 Otaqo 66,336 41,211 4,522 112,069 104,950 361,280 466,230 578,299 Southland... 9,827 7,732 458 18,017 18,874 37,645 56,519 74.53G Totais 466,235 886,801 1,273,911 2,160,712 2,626,047 272,179 172,480 21,576

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Table No. 16. TABLE showing the NUMBER of NEWSPAPERS received in NEW ZEALAND during the Year ended 31st December, 1870.

Table No. 17. TABLE showing the NUMBER of NEWSPAPERS despatched from NEW ZEALAND during the Year ended 31st December, 1870.

Feom Places wit: 'OLONY. Fkom Places wit: Colony. [IN THE [OUT THE Postal Distbicts. Totals ■WITHOUT AND within thb Colony. United Kingdom. Australian Colonies. Other Places. Totals without the Colony. Other Districts in New Zealand. Places within the District. Totals within the Colony. Auckland ... 142,383 44,907 3,716 191,006 100,290 145 ; 513 245,803 436,S09 Takanaki ... 9,278 1,828 11,106 12,967 3,242 16,209 27,315 Hawke's Bat 24,848 3,920 7 28,775 21,090 12,098 33,1S8 61,963 Wellington 148,724 13,752 1,324 163,800 69,376 29,455 98,831 262,631 Nelson 87,125 8,454 462 96,041 91,384 4,246 95,630 191,671 Mahlbokough 11,576 1,995 13,571 22,732 35,164 57,896 71,467 Cantekbuey 179,672 22,947 151 202,770 61,689 89,192 150,881 353,651 Wellington 30,100 57,381 87,481 59,724 18,175 77,899 165,380 Otago 249,752 74,861 2,489 327,102 63,906 191,585 255,491 582,593 Southland ... 40,837 12,035 20 52,892 21,922 38,640 60,562 113,454 Totals 924,295 242,080 8,169 1,174,544 525,080 567,310 1,092,390 2,266,934

To Places within the Colony. To Places withi IUT THE Cl (LOUT. Postal Disteicts. Totals WITHOUT AND within the Colony. United Kingdom. Australian Colonies. Other Places. Totals without the Colony. Other Districts in Now Zealand. Places within the District. Totals within the Colony. Auckland ... 86,085 25,695 8,785 120,565 90,244 51,662 141,906 262,471 Taranaki ... 3,355 908 63 4,326 9,630 1,352 10,982 15,308 Hitvke's Bay 5,939 1,187 159 7,285 14,493 32,379 46,872 54,157 Wellington 21,023 8,530 1,546 31,099 113,624 71,898 185,522 216,621 Nelson 11,816 2,201 844 14,861 86,146 22,814 108,960 123,821 Mahlboeouoh 2,293 374 64 2,731 7,192 62,279 69,471 72,202 Cantehbuky 39,770 9,433 1,305 50, 508 76, 861 41,266 118,127 168,635 Westland ... 7,768 14,140 33 21,941 59,822 42,143 101,965 123,906 Otago 61,654 22,238 3,984 87,876 64,797 406,126 470,923 558,799 Southland ... 5,359 2,856 330 8,545 8,852 9,411 18,263 26,808 Totals 245,062 87,562 17,113 349,737 531,661 741,330 1,272,991 1,622,728

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Table No. 18. RETURN of the NUMBER of LETTERS REGISTERED at the Post Offices in the different Postal Districts in New Zealand during the years 1867, 1868, 1869, and 1870.

Table No. 19. STATEMENT of CORRESPONDENCE received from the UNITED KINGDOM via San Francisco and via Suez during the Year ended 30th June, 1871.

Table No. 20. STATEMENT of CORRESPONDENCE despatched to the UNITED KINGDOM via San Francisco and via Suez during the Year ended 30th June, 1871.

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1867. 1868. 1869. 1870. Postal Disteicib. ToPl ■03 ToP] laces To PI laces To Places Totals. Totals. Totals. Totals. Without the Colony. Within the Colony. Without the Colony. Within the Colony. Without the Colony. Within the Colony. Without the Colony. Within the Colony. Auckland Taranaki Hawke's Bay.. Wellington ... Nelson Maryborough.. Canterbury ... Otago Southland ... Westland ... 850 168 157 916 811 124 5,467 2,810 422 4,048 210 444 3,088 1,191 435 5,5G5 4,761 832 4,898 378 601 4,004 2,002 559 11,032 7,571 1,254 1,175 93 127 839 1,430 117 1,286 2,734 303 2,602 4,248 167 532 3,280 1,029 446 2,307 3,279 704 1,445 5,423 260 659 4,119 2,459 563 3,593 6,013 1,007 4,047 2,006 62 114 684 802 82 2,364 2,342 241 1,968 5,163 183 555 3,313 1,009 464 1,281 3,293 545 1,245 7,169 245 669 3,997 1,811 546 3,645 5,035 786 3,213 1,877 76 170 798 736 98 1,483 2,076 258 1,869 6,212 250 471 4,268 1,112 518 2,590 3,967 547 1,173 8,089 326 641 5,066 1,848 616 4,073 G,043 805 3,042 Totals ... 11,725 20,574 32,299 10,706 17,437 28,143 10,665 17,051 27,716 9,441 21,108 30,549

Via San Fbancisco. Via Suez. Date op Receipt. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Letters. Books. Newspapers. 1870—July August September... October November ... December ... 1871 —January ... February ... March April May 21,732 18,496 19,450 20,569 20,650 20,777 24,832 24,005 17,093 25,493 14,774 17,533 7,567 1,340 1,357 1,741 2,090 1,838 2,194 2,278 2,963 2,515 2,824 1,569 2.397 1,800 39,800 57,197 67,490 57,090 65,543 65,615 77,196 81,008 57,853 70,178 49,201 50,708 38,550 3,998 3,126 3,086 2,571 3,3(i3 2,740 3,545 1,290 3,080 1,664 1,515 261 402 629 568 633 411 455 58 192 104 43 9,665 5,018 10,772 17,027 15,728 14,505 14,592 3,150 15,684 7,100 7,505 June 1,963 119 7,876 Totals 252,971 26,906 777,429 3,875 31,941 128,622

Yi. San Feancii >co. Via Suez. Date of Despatch. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Letters. Books. Newspapers. 1870—July August September... October November ... December ... 1871 —January February ... March April May June 22,656 21,255 19,939 20,099 19,873 19,579 17,434 21,529 19,597 19,056 30,067 17,700 322 398 343 266 275 310 410 332 288 619 384 290 16,600 17,670 18,442 16,928 16,073 15,036 13,737 14,757 13,154 14,768 18,074 14,109 3,715 3,865 2,819 1,961 1,482 1,861 1,671 1,700 3,985 1,705 1,069 1,303 176 154 114 40 12 147 16 29 60 12 24 45 2,553 1,895 2,232 2,155 1,588 2,292 l,G30 1,595 2,492 1,596 979 748 Totals 248,784 4,237 189,348 27,137 21,755 829

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Table No. 21. TABLE showing the REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c., of the POST OFFICE in the Postal District of AUCKLAND in 1870.

Total Received and Despatched. Mail Sebvices. EXPENDITUEE. Total. MAIL SERVICES. c O 6 to Letters. Books and Newspapers. Weight of Books and Newspapers in lbs. 5.2 Mode of Conveyance. | Number of times wecklv. Cost of Salaries. Contingencies Expenditure. Revenue. Conveyance. Trunk Lines: I. Auckland to Maungatoroto (Northern) ... II. Auckland to Newcastle (Southern) 18 18 19,852 72,203 16,275 21,803 3,510 4,088 80 75 Horse and Foot Coach 1 3 £ s. d. 253 0 0 700 0 0 £ s. d. 61 0 0 133 13 4 £ s. d. 5 15 0 £ s. d. 314 0 0 839 8 4 £ s. d. 207 2 10 588 17 7 * Branches : I. Auckland and Onehunga ... II. Auckland and Howick III. Papakura and Wairoa IV. Drury and Waiuku V. Drury and Tuakau VI. Newcastle and Cambridge ... VII. Newcastle and Baglan VIII. Newcastle and Alexandra ... IX. Cambridge and Alexandra ... X. Auckland and Helensville ... XI. Whau Bridge and Muddy Creek XII. Waitemata Mills and Komokoriki... XIII. Helensville and Mangawhare -\1V. Helensville and Matakohe ... XV. Te Arai and Port Albert XVI. Port Albert and Wharehine XVII. Auckland and Rivcrhcad ... XV1I1. Wade and Parakakau XIX. Waiwera and Puhoi XX. Auckland to Wangarei XXI. Auckland to Wangarei Heads XXII. Wangarei Heads to Waipu XXIII. Wangarei Heads to Paroa Bay XXIV. Wangarei to Mangapai XXV. Auckland to Kawau XXVI. Auckland to Russell XXVII. Russell and Ilokianga XXVIII. Russell and Mongonui XXIX. Auckland and Kawa Kawa XXX. Kawa Kawa and Vessels in Harbour XXXI. Auckland and Thames XXXII. Auckland and Kapanga XXXIII. Auckland and St. Andrews XXXIV. Auckland and Whitiangi ... XXXV. Auckland and Tairua ... XXXVI. Auckland and Tauranga ... 2 3 1 2 3 2 2 3 1 5 1 3 4 4 1 1 48,957 13,395 4,582 15,255 2,882 28,267 6,765 9,300 4,352 10,694 227 3,307 4,137 5,794 3,713 135 232 230 11,113 3,317 2,571 11,363 4,361 1,992 7,061 1,203 11,037 3,426 5,018 4,218 3,202 129 2,220 1,946 3,052 3,497 108 172 155 4,484 1,816 3,051 2,130 817 373 1,323 206 2,009 642 1,053 790 000 24 416 304 572 655 20 32 29 903 340 572 6i 15 9 22 12 26 30 35 30 34 7 19 75 70 11 5 9 4 7 96 80 12 5 12 36 140 45 40 1J2 2 114 47 160 121 130 195 Coach 33 •" Horse 33 «.. 33 ••• 33 '•• 33 ••• 33 •" 33 ••' ,, Foot Boat Boat Foot 33 Steamer Foot Boat Sailing Vessel... 12 6 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 120 0 0 100 0 0 32 0 0 105 0 0 36 5 0 96 0 0 121 3 4 83 0 0 40 0 0 290 0 0 20 0 0 51 16 0 80 0 0 120 0 0 24 0 0 3 10 0 78 0 0 7 1 11 10 16 8 7 17 0 1 12 10 21 16 8 18 0 0 20 0 0 0 6 6 9 14 9 75 0 0 120 0 0 70 0 0 33 0 0 5 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 45 0 0 24 3 4 25 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 9 3 4 10 0 0 18 0 0 11 11 8 2 18 4 20 0 0 115 0 190 0 0 133 0 0 37 0 0 130 0 0 51 5 0 141 0 0 147 1 8 108 0 0 50 0 0 315 0 0 20 0 0 60 19 4 90 0 0 138 0 0 35 11 8 3 10 0 78 0 0 7 1 11 13 15 0 27 17 0 1 12 10 26 16 8 18 0 0 30 0 0 0 6 6 45 11 5 90 0 0 155 0 0 5 0 0 7 13 4 1,505 7 0 74 19 11 0 0 6 0 7 10 0 3 0 51 14 0 356 19 6 97 13 6 33 8 2 111 4 9 21 0 5 206 2 4 49 6 7 67 15 9 31 14 8 77 19 6 1 13 1 24 2 4 30 3 3 42 4 10 27 1 5 0 19 9 1 13 9 1 13 6 81 0 7 24 3 8 18 15 0 Uncertain 13 • •• 33 1 1 1 Uncertain 5 0 0 Foot 1 1 1 3 7 1 2,972 1,280 33,844 7,200 12,301 4,184 4,289 665 14,620 3,924 8,049 826 804 124 2,110 735 1,509 154 Boat Sailing Vessel... io" 0 0 21 13 5 9 6 8 246 15 7 52 10 0 16 15 6 30 10 2 33 Boat and Horse Foot Sailing Vessel... Boat Steamer Sailing Vessel... 33 1 Fortnightly: Uncertain 35 16 8 15 0 0 35 0 0 5 0 0 5 3 1 1 1 1 307,153 11,856 158 1,012 185 24,694 87,786 2,513 29 239 255 10,287 16,452 471 5 44 47 1,928 12 Uncertain 7 13 4 495 1 10 35 16 7 0 0 6 0 7 10 0 3 0 11 14 0 1,010 5 2 39 3 4 2,570 0 8 86 9 0 13 2 7 7 7 1 6 11 180 1 1 33 • S3 .." " ... 33 *» 40 0 0 33 ••• ■ 3 I

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Table No. 22. TABLE showing the REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c., of the POST OFFICE in the Postal District of TARANAKI in 1870.

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i Total Received and Despatched. Mail Seeyices. E.XPENDITUKE. Total. MAIL SERVICES. o 8 Letters. Books and Newspapers. Weight of Books and Newspapers in lbs. 5.3 Mode of Conveyance. Number of times weekly. Cost of Conveyance. Salaries. Contingencies; Expenditure. Revenue. Branches —continued. XXXVII. Taurnnga and Opotiki 3 XXXVIII. Auckland and Gisborne 2 XXXIX. Auckland and Devonport ... ... ... 1 XL. Auckland and Eden Terrace ... ... 2 XLI. Auckland and Onchunga (Seaborne) XLII. Auckland and Queen's Wharf ... XLI1I. Queen's Wharf and Vessels in Harbour 4,833 5,139 6,803 20,460 1,988 3,434 1,862 5,788 372 643 349 1,085 45 375 3 2 1 1 Horse Sailing Vessel Steamer Foot Coach Cart Boat 1 Uncertain 6 12 £ b. d. 33 10 1 23 13 5 24 0 0 50 0 0 96 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 £ s. d. 21 13 4 15 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. 55 3 5 38 13 5 34 0 0 75 0 0 96 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 £ b. d. 35 4 9 37 9 6 49 12 1 149 3 9 As required Country Mail Services —Totals ... ... ... 103 Chief Post Office, Auckland 1 Totals 104 715,354 557,812 258,743 440, 537 48,366 82,600 2,401* 3,514 1 3 1,810 8 6 2,751 12 6 7 10 0 247 10 2 5,331 19 9 2,999 2 8 '8,331 2 5 : 5,598 6 7 4,648 8 8 ... ... 1,273,166 699,280 ! 130,966 ; ;2,401i 3,514 1 3 255 0 2 10,246 15 3 4,562 1 0

- Total Received and Despatched. Mail Services. Expenditure. Totals. MAIL SERVICES. C o 6 Letters. Newspapers.' Weight of Newspapers in lbs. Mode of Conveyance. Number of times weekly. Cost of Salaries. Contingencies Expenditure. Revenue. ConTeyance. I Trunk Line: New Plymouth to Patea 502 100 £ a. A. 230 0 0 £ s. d. 26 16 8 £ s. a. 7 10 0 £ e. a. 264 6 8 £ s. d. 115 17 1 2 15,598 15,598 43,489 4,594 Horse 1 Country Mail Services —Totals Chief Post Office, New Plymouth , . 2 1 4,594 38,029 502 4,160 j 100 Horse 1 230 0 0 26 16 8 246 0 11 7 10 0 54 18 6 264 6 8 300 19 5 115 17 1 477 9 3 ' Totals 3 59,087 42,628 4,662 100 230 0 0 593 6 4 ... ... 272 17 7 62 8 6 565 6 1

Table NO. 21 — continued. TABLE showing the Revenue, Expendituee, Ac, of the Post Office in the Postal District of Auckland in 1870.

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Table No. 23. TABLE showing the REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c., of the POST OFFICE in the Postal District of HAWKE'S BAY in 1870.

Table No. 24. TABLE showing the REVEN UE, EXPENDITURE, &c., of the POST OFFICE in the Postal District of WELLINGTON in 1870.

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MAIL SERVICES. O to Total Received and Despatched. Weight of Books and Newspapers in lbs. In S.3 Hail Seeyices. Number of times weekly. Expenditure. Total. Letters. Books and Newspapers. Mode of Conveyance. Cost of Conveyance. Salaries. Contingencies Expenditure. Revenue. Trunk Lines: I. Napier to Wairoa Wniroa to Mahia II. Napier to Porangahau ... Porangabau to Wainui ... ;i i 8 1 7,431 225 31,612 272 5,673 145 8,456 472 405 10 604 32 56 26 74 15 Horse Coach Ilorso 1 Fortnightly 1 1 £ s. d. 13 1 0 0 110 0 0 100 0 0 96 0 0 £ s. d. 18 0 0 75"o 0 6 0 0 £ a. d. £ s. d. 152 0 0 110 0 0 175 0 0 102 0 0 £ s. d. 68 0 0 2 10 0 290 0 0 3 0 0 Branches: I. Napier to Peka I'eka II. Clive to Pourerere III. Ilavelock to Kereru IV. Te Aute to Patangata V. Waipukurau to Ilampden VI. Napier to Port Ahuriri ... VII. Napier to Meanee 3 1 2 1 3 1 1 2,381 1,655 2,326 1,810 2,61117,413 7,759 2,801 2,022 2,180 1,911 3,075 9,808 3,541 200 144 156 136 220 700 250 21 48 36 5 50 1 5 Horso ii 1 1 1 1 1 6 28 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 12 0 0 12 0 0 6 0 0 12 0 0 40 0 0 6 0 0 40 0 0 60 0 0 52 0 0 36 0 0 52 0 0 90 0 0 26 0 0 22 0 0 15 0 0 21 10 0 17 0 0 25 0 0 162 0 0 74 0 0 >j Coach .. Country Mail Services —Totals ... Chief Post Office, Napier 25 1 75,561 73,736 149,297 40,087 76,033 2,857 5,437 340 ... 708 0 0 6 0 0 187 0 0 455 0 0 30 0 0 895 0 0 491 0 0 700 0 0 776 14 2 Totals 26 116,120 8,294 310 ... 714 0 0 642 0 0 30 0 0 1,386 0 0 1,476 14 2

W Total Received and Despatched. Mail Seevices. EXPENDITUEE. Total. MAIL SERVICES. 5 o 6 Letters. Books and Newspapers. Weight of Books and Newspapers in lbs. CD rn 19 s.s Modo of Conveyance. Number of times weekly. Cost of Salaries. Contingencies Expenditure. Revenue Conveyance. Trunk Lines '• I. North-Western : Wellington to Patea II. North-Eastern : Wellington lo Upper Hutt ... III. North Eastern : Wellington to Masterton IV. North Eastern : Masterton to Castle Point 3 7 4 176,858 24,542 57,519 10,839 09,081 6,042 18,880 4,632 11,513 1,007 3,146 772 150 19 64 34 Coach ii 2 6 a i £ s. d. 1,600 0 0 10 0 505 0 0 89 15 0 £ S. d. 512 13 8 72 0 0 100 9 11 24 0 0 £ s. d. 100 0 9 6 0 0 14 0 0 8 0 0 £ 8. d. 2,242 14 5 79 0 0 619 9 11 121 15 0 £ s. d. 1,205 3 4 167 4 9 392 3 2 73 17 2 Horse Branches: I. Wellington to Karori II. Wellington to Makara III. Wanganui to Turakina ... IV. Foxton to Palrnerston V. Masterton to Alfredtown VI. Hutt to Wainuiomata 1 1 i l 1 1,099 447 4,836 676 324 1,014 329 39 336 120 130 471 55 6 56 20 21 78 4 13 20 30 8 Cart Coach Horse 2 1 6 1 2 18 0 0 10 0 0 48 10 0 30 0 0 18 15 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 25 0 0 17 0 0 48 10 0 32 0 0 20 15 0 27 0 0 7 9 9 3 12 0 30 18 0 4 16 0 2 6 0 7 3 0 j> 25 6 0 32 1 278, 184 413,006 i 16,674 63,198 1 Country Mail Services —Totals ... Chief Post Office, Wellington 100,060 379,192 3491 2,321 0 0 774 3 7 1,536 10 1 138 0 9 229 7 8 3,233 4 4 1,765 17 9 1,894 13 2 10,779 12 1 ... ... Totals 83 691,190 479,252 79,872 2,321 0 0 2,310 13 8 367 8 5 4,999 2 1 12,674 5 3

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Table No. 25. TABLE showing the REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c., of the POST OFFICE in the Postal District of NELSON in 1870.

Table No. 26. TABLE showing the REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c., of the POST OFFICE in the Postal District of MARLBOROUGH in 1870.

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TO Total Received and Despatched. Maii Seeyices. EXPENDITUEB. Total. MAIL SERVICES. Z o 6 Letters. Books and Newspapers. Weight of Books and Newspapers in lbs. la Mode of Conveyance. Number of times weekly. Cost of Conveyance. Salaries. Contingencies Expenditure. Revenue. Trunk Lines: I. Nelson to Riwaka ... II. Nelson to Fox Hill III. Fox Hill to Wangapeka IV. Hurunui to Hawkeswood... V. Nelson to Blenheim 5 6 2 20,664 23,600 4,737 5,747 7,248 2,622 988 1,245 450 36 24 35 60 Cart. Coach. Cart. Horse. 2 6 2 £ s. d. 125 0 0 100 0 0 125 0 0 120 0 0 36 0 0 £ s. d. 65 0 0 75 0 0 15 0 0 22 0 0 £ s. d. 3 0 5 3 9 0 0 13 9 £ s. d. 193 0 5 178 9 0 140 13 9 142 0 0 36 0 0 £ s. d. 150 13 6 172 1 8 34 10 9 x Branches ; I. Lower Moutere to Ngatimoti II. Ngatimoti to Thorpe III. Spring Grove to Waimea West ... IV. Nelson to Wakapuaka 1 1 1 1 868 161 3,385 1,652 378 91 593 1,152 65 15 102 198 7 6 3 12 Horse. 2 1 3 2 10 0 0 10 0 0 19 0 0 15 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 12 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 7 0 9 3 0 4 9 15 2 6 15 0 7 31 9 3 21 4 9 6 6 7 13 5 24 13 6 12 0 11 Cart. Seaborne : I. Nelson to Golden Bay II. Westport, &c, and Branches III. Grey Services 6 8 14,318 124, 131 4,733 87,195 811 7,979 52 180 Vessel. Coach, boat, and foot. Boat and horse. As opportunities offer. Daily and twice weekly. Once and twice weekly. 625 0 0 57 0 0 598 19 10 2 18 54 19 8 59 1 8 1,278 19 6 104 7 11 765 2 6 7 27,064 10,098 1,578 41 274 0 0 51 13 4 4 11 6 330 4 10 183 0 0 Country Mail Services —Totals Chief Post Office, Nelson 40 1 I i 220,580 180,523 I 119,907 205,735 13,431 33,874 456 1,459 0 0 60 0 0 912 13 2 915 0 0 69 13 1 36 0 11 2,441 6 3 1,011 0 11 3,452 7 2 1,454 0 9 1,822 4 11 3,276 5 8 ffotals I 47,305 41 401,103 325, 642 456 1,519 0 0 1,827 13 2 105 14 0

■n Total Received and Despatched. Mail Sekvices. EXPENDITUEE. Total. MAIL SERVICES. C o Letters. Boots and Newspapers. Weight of Books and Newspapers in lbs. o.S Mode of Conveyance. Number of times weekly. Cost of Salaries. Contingencies Expenditure. Revenue. Conveyance. Trunk Lines : I. Blenheim and Pictou II. Blenheim and Hawkswood III. Blenheim and Renwiektown IV. Blenheim and Wairau Valley ... 2 4 2 1 54,464 11,649 2,851 1,635 47,547 10,483 1,188 885 4,457 982 112 86 20 140 7 25 Coach Horse Spring Cart Thrice Once £ s. d. 122 0 0 290 0 0 17 10 0 49 0 0 £ s. d. 127 0 0 14 11 8 15 0 0 15 0 0 £ s. d. 3 14 11 4 7 3 0 3 0 0 10 £ s. d. 252 14 11 308 18 11 32 13 0 64 1 0 £ s. d. 102 18 7 90 7 7 6 0 0 2 0 0 Brandies: I. Picton and Havelock II. Havelock and Deep Creek III. Havelock and Homewood IV. Wairau Valley and Bartlett's Creek ... 3 1 1 1 12,485 510 414 28 6,756 714 191 5 633 66 17 25 20 25 7 Boat Horse Boat Horse Fortnightly 55 0 0 18 4 0 38 10 0 4 10 0 43 9 8 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 98 12 8 24 6 3 38 10 0 4 11 0 84 2 5 4 10 0 01 0 2 0 0 » I 269 Country Mail Services —Totals ... Chief Post Office, Blenheim 15 1 84,036 93,202 67,769 75,900 6,353^4,1674 ... 594 14 0 221 1 4 350 0 0 8 12 5 26 17 5 824 1 9 376 17 5 381 18 7 718 18 0 ... Totals 16 I 179,298 143,669 10,521 ...- 594 14 0 571 1 4 35 9 10 1,201 5 2 1,099 16 7 269

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Table No. 27. TABLE showing the REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c., of the POST OFFICE in the Postal District of CANTERBURY in 1870.

MAIL SERVICES. Z C 6 Total Received axd Di-spatcmed. Weight of Books and Newspapers in lbs. S.s Mail Services. Expenditure. Total. Letters. Books and Newspapers. Mode of Conveyance. Number of times weekly. Cost of Conveyance. Salaries. Contingencies Expenditure. Revenue. Trunk Lines: £ e. a. £ s. d. £ ». d. £ e. d. £ s. d. I. Northern — Christchurrh to Kowai Kowui to Ilurunui... Hurunui to Ilawkswood ... Kaiapoi to Rangiora IT. Southern — ■ Christchurch to Selwyn 5 2 2 1 87,339 9,280 7,05(3 33,243 15,504 2,81)4 4,255 6,1G9 2,916 531 797 1,156 802 38 24 50 6 Coach >> ,) 6 2 1 G V240 0 0 210 0 0 12 0 0 6 8 G 0 10 0 10 0 2 5 0 iiG9 18 6 807 15 3 j» 40 0 0 40 0 0 82 5 0 258 19 11 4 22,194 4,279 23 Railway 6 Carried by Provincial Grovt. 1,890 0 0 50 0 0 1 16 9 Gl 16 9 172 18 7 Selwyn to Waitaki... III. Western— Cbristehurch to Ilokitika ... IV. Main Branch — Christclmrch to Lyttelton... 12 11 107,934 16,530 38,929 5,693 7,299 I 1.0G7 118 150 Coach 3 2 1,200 0 0 440 0 0 25 0 0 37 8 3 3 9 6 2,367 8 3 1,228 9 6 840 19 7 128 15 10 2 77,467 17,266 3,237 9 Railway 6 Carried by Provincial (iovt. 385 0 0 10 2 0 395 2 0 603 8 11 Branches : I. Christehurch to New Town ... II. Christchurch to WGolston III. Selwyn to Snowdon ... IV. Kangiora to Oxford ... V. Kaiapoi to Eyreton ... VI. Cliristeliun-h to Southbridge VII. Cliristchurcli to Lincoln VIII. Ashburton to Mount Somers IX. Orari to Upper Rangitata X. Tiinaru to Lake Tekapo XI. Lyttelton to Akaroa ... XII. Duvauchellcs Bny to Okain's Bay ... XIII. Lyttelton to Port Levy XIV. Lyttclton to Governor's Bay XV. German Bay to Le Bon's Bay XVI. Governor's Bay to Litlle River XVII. Rail and Boating Services, Lvttelton XVIII. Railway Services, Christclmrch 4 1 3 3 2 6 4 1 3 5 2 1 2 2 1 10,853 5,721 6,4(58 13,093 2,627 30,487 4,535 4,898 4,715 7,876 24,077 3,141 1,137 4,587 1,855 1,288 2,252 1,165 2,385 2,238 550 5,549 798 1,357 947 2', 476 4,903 845 313 1,047 471 697 422 218 417 419 103 1,010 149 254 177 464 919 158 58 196 88 ' 130 6 2 GO 22 12 32 14 40 13 70 30 ]0 9 10 ~* 11" 22 Horse Coach Horse Coach Horso Coach Coach Horso 6 3 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 40 0 0 30 0 0 72 0 0 35 0 0 40 0 0 125 0 0 84 0 0 85 0 0 78 0 0 105 0 0 350 0 0 45 0 0 50 0 0 30 0 0 ■ 26 0 0 40 0 0 | 92 0 0 ) 75 0 0 40 0 0 12 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0 15 0 0 5 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 67 0 0 10 0 0 0 3 3 2 "8 3 3 3 0 o' 2 6 80 0 0 42 3 3 92 0 0 52 8 3 50 0 0 158 3 0 99 0 0 90 2 6 98 0 0 126 0 0 422 4 6 55 0 0 50 0 0 45 8 0 31 0 0 45 0 0 92 0 0 75 0 0 82 9 1 44 11 7 50 7 9 102 0 5 20 9 4 237 10 9 35 6 7 38 3 1 36 16 3 ■ Gl 7 4 187 12 0 * 24 9 7 8 17 1 35 14 8 11 0 0 10 0 7 Boat and Horse Foot Boat and Horse Cart ' Foot ' Horse GOO 5 4 6 15 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 "8 0 •• ... I f When required. ... ■ ... ... ... ■ Country Mail Services —Totals Chief Post Office, Christchurch 81 1 488, 401 54fi, 331 i 122,922 399, 304 23,011 74,880, 1 ' 781 1,446 0 0 2,227 10 7 4,772 0 0 80 9 6 672 12 2 6,208 9 6 2,900 2 9 3,802 11 2 5,103 5 6 ... Totals 82 1,034,732 3,673 10 7 522,286 97,928 781 4,772 0 0 753 1 8 9,198 12 3 8,905 19 6

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Table No. 28. TABLE showing the REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c., of the POST OFFICE in the Postal District of WESTLAND in 1870.

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r/J O Total Received and Despatched. Mail Seevices. Expendituee. Total. MAIL SERVICES. O ft d to Letters. Books and Newspapers. Weight of Books and Newspapers in lbs. 8 J 5.3 Mode of Conveyance. Number of times weekly. Cost of Conveyance. Salaries. Contingencies Expenditure. Revenue. Trunk Lines: 18,917 3,153 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ b. d. £ 8. d. I £ b. d. I. Hokitika to Greymouth ... 4 42,264 26 Coach 6 600 0 0 30 0 0 630 0 0 358 6 0 II. Hokitika to Christchurch 3 ! 34,717 21,815 3,636 150 33 2 1,200 0 0 1,200 0 0 290 0 0 III. Hokitika to Hunt's Beach 4 6,494 3,117 519 98 Horse i 298 0 0 25 0 0 323 0 0 51 3 8 IV. Hokitika to Ross 1 34,803 12,550 2,092 18 Coach 3 140 0 0 30 0 0 170 0 0 291 2 0 Branches: 3,251 542 Foot 3 70 0 0 30 0 0 53 10 0 I. Hokitika to Hoho 7,738 100 0 0 3 6 II. Hokitika to Greenstone ... 3 26,829 8,164 1,361 20 Coach 3 200 0 0 35 0 0 235 0 0 221 8 0 III. Greymouth to Paroa 1 3,020 677 106 B* 33 6 0 8 0 0 8 0 26 18 0 IV. Greymouth to Arnold ... 1 3,556 1,054 165 16 Horse 1 78 0 0 5 0 0 0 16 0 83 16 0 28 7 0 V. Paroa to Clifton 3 5,660 1,635 255 14i Horse and Tramway 1 90 0 0 1 11 0 91 11 0 45 12 6 Post Office, Greymouth ... 1 134, 472 111,145 17,366 641 0 8 102 15 10 744 2 6 1,208 17 5 Country Mail Services —Totals ,.. 24 299, 562 182,325 29,195 354 2,676 0 O 796 6 8 105 10 10 3,577 17 6 2,575 4 7 Post Office, Hokitika 1 111,220 96,811 16,144 ... 846 10 1 132 7 9 978 17 10 986 14 8 Totals 25 410,782 279, 136 45,339 354 2,676 0 0 1,642 16 9 237 18 7 4,556 15 4 3,561 19 3

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Table No. 29. TABLE showing the REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c., Of the POST OFFICE in the Postal District of OTAGO in 1870.

■J, Q Total Received and Despatched. Mail Seevices. Expendituee. Total. » MAIL SERVICES. ft ft d to Weight of Books and Newspapers in lbs. Letters. Books and Newspapers. 5.3 Mode of Conveyance. Number of times weekly. Cost of Conveyance. Salaries. Contingencies Expenditure. Revenue. Trunk Lines: I. Dunedin to Waitaki II. Dunedin to Popotunoa — Dunedin to Tokomairiro Tokomairiro to Balclutha Balclutha to Popotunoa and Mataura 9 180,415 114,093 28,524 95 Coach 3 £ s. d. 845 0 0 £ s. d. 414 7 6 £ s. d. 17 5 6 £ s. d. 1,276 13 0 £ s. d. 996 0 0 9 2 (3 95,931 35,733 12,702 7,087 89,895 13,984 12,046 9,251 22,476 3,496 3,011 2,312 38 18 25 ii 6 6 2 200 0 0 71 0 0 375 0 0 282 14 2 35 8 4 25 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 6 486 14 2 106 10 10 400 0 0 022 10 0 305 0 0 80 0 0 *> III. Palmerston to Queenstown — Palnierston to Clyde ... Clyde to Queenstown ... IV. Tokomairiro to Clyde — Tokomairiro to Lawrence Lawrence to Clyde 8 8 62,239 62,246 55,353 50,447 13,839 12,011 120 73 a II 2 3 1,500 0 0 450 0 0 220 8 4 206 9 5 19 5 6 39 18 6 1,739 13 10 696 7 11 493 10 0 437 0 0 4 7 63,028 25,389 36,583 16,423 9,145 4,105 34 74 M 6 1 161 0 0 225 0 0 196 13 4 78 1 8 2 0 0 14 0 359 13 4 304 5 8 415 0 0 184 10 0 Branches : I. Oamaru to Omarama II. Green Island to Brighton ... III. East Taieri to West Taieri IV. West Taieri to Waipori V. West Taieri to Lake Waipori VI. North Taieri to Hindon ... VII. Wailiola to Taieri Beach ... VIII. Lawrence to Blue Spur IX. Balclutha to Kiiitang.-ita ... X. Kaiiangata to Wimgaloa ... XI. Balclutha to Port Molyneux XII. Mataura to Waiinaliaka ... XIII. Beaumont to Switzers XIV. Athol to Nokomai XV. Waihemo to Hyde ... XVI. Kyeburn to Ilamiltons XVII. Hauiiltons to Linburn XVIII. Mount Ida to Kyeburn Diggings... XIX. Blackstone Hill to St. Bathan's XX. Blacks to Pry bread XXI. Kawarau to Nevis ... XXII. Kawarau to Cardrona XXIII. Arrow to Twelve-mile Creek XXIV. Queenstown to Skippers ... XXV. Queenstown to Kingston ... XXVI. Oamaru to Marewhenua ... XXVII. Coalcreek to Teviot ... .., XXVIII. Queenstown to Moke Creek XXIX. Lawrence to Tuapeka Mouth XXX. Dunedin to Port Chalmers, including sea Mails XXXI. Dunedin to Anderson's Bay 4 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 4 2 S 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2,897 521 24,352 9,137 2,809 1,605 875 6,738 5,926 516 12,892 2,240 15,749 450 9,257 5,099 1,270 521 6,197 2,293 1,507 8,109 Included in 1,417 309 390 229 385 148 1,052 479 20,119 8, 842 3.6C2 2,096 1,470 6,009 6,876 427 17,321 907 17,464 1,593 9,030 7,227 2,812 217 6,300 1,995 1,099 7,468 Arrow River. 1,776 742 87 73 277 136 263 119 5,029 2,210 923 524 367 1,517 1,719 106 4, 330 226 4,366 398 2,257 1,807 703 54 1,575 498 277 1,867 75 7 9 18 11 20 9 5 10 5 19 30 47 10 26 28 7 8 8 11 22 45 12 37 30 28 4 11 16 " II Horse )> n 3. Coach Horse " Coach Horse ii 1 2 6 2 1 1 1 6 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 250 0 0 100 0 0 104 0 0 24 18 0 12 0 0 24 0 0 34 10 0 39 0 0 89 10 0 68 0 0 180 0 0 18 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 60 0 0 19 0 0 39 10 0 52 0 0 77 0 0 125 0 0 10 0 0 56 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 18 15 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 9 19 11 27 18 4 5 0 0 22 0 0 30 0 0 10 0 0 0 8 4 15 0 0 6 0 0 5 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 14 11 10 5 0 0 2 3 3 0 18 0 260 0 0 156 0 0 124 0 0 39 18 0 22 0 0 34 0 0 53 5 0 59 0 0 124 10 0 77 19 11 208 16 4 23 0 0 122 0 0 90 0 0 70 0 0 19 8 4 54 10 0 58 0 0 82 0 0 150 0 0 10 0 0 74 11 10 31 0 0 23 16 0 12 10 0 17 1 11 13 19 6 35 0 0 12 0 0 123 10 0 50 0 0 15 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 116 5 0 165 0 0 5 0 0 69 10 0 48 0 0 - 49 0 0 16 0 0 4 0 0 45 0 0 Coach Horse 444 185 21 18 69 34 33 Steamer Coach Horso 60 0 0 26 0 0 21 12 9 12 10 0 17 1 11 13 19 6 5"0 0 2 0 0 6"'o 0 33 1 1 34,790 4, 743 15,094 4,983 3,523 1,245 9 2 Steamer Coach 12 6 600 0 0 15 0 0 195 0 0 5 0 0 7 5 6 802 5 6 20 0 0 229 0 0 5 0 0

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REPORT ON THE

Table No. 30. TABLE showing the REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c., of tho POST OFFICE in the Postal District of SOUTHLAND in 1870.

1 Total Received and Despatched. Mail Services. Expenditure. Total. MAIL SERVICES. O 6 Letters. Books and Newspapers. Weight of o Books and | ~ Newspapers •£ S in lbs. q ,~ Weight of Books and Newspapers in lbs. Mode of Conveyance. Number of times weekly. Cost of Conveyance. Salaries. Contingencies Expenditure. Eevenue. Branches —continued: XXXII. Dunedin to Mornington XXXIII. Dunedin to Waikari XXXIV. Dunedin to Murrayville XXXV. Dunedin to Portobello 1 1 1 2 2,005 3,071 1,034 1,612 1,127 967 1,605 2,218 3,428 422 2,671 1,767 240 459 554 2 857 2 108 2 1,109 12 On Foot Horse 6 6 6 2 £ s. d. £ s. d. 10 0 0 16 0 0 10 0 0 22 0 0 £ ! s. d. £ s. d. 10 0 0 16 0 0 10 0 0 22 0 0 £ s. d. 12 10 0 3 0 0 11 0 0 » Steamer XXXVI. Portobello to Kaiki XXXVII. Rocky Point to Bendigo Dunedin to Catlin's, Martin's Bay, and Waikari 1 1 00 7 115 4 Horse 1 1 10 0 0 5 0 0 i"io o 15 0 0 1 10 0 36 0 0 }' 358 203 50 f Steamer or Sailing Vessel s ••• 2 0 0 Totals —Country Mail Services ... Chief Post Office, Dunedin 112 1 720, 540 569,238 1,289,778 557,211 581,181 139,046 1,085 146,045 6,079 12 2 2,104 19 5 2,941 1 5 93 9 6 605 12 0 8,278 1 1 3,606 13 5 4,641 5 0 9,026 9 1 Totals 1 i 6,079 12 2 13,667 14 1 113 1,141,392 285,091 jl,O85 ... ... 5,046 0 10 759 1 6 11,884 14 6

MAIL SERVICES. GO o Total Received and Despatched. Weight of Books and Newspapers in lbs. 6.5 Hail Services. Expenditure. Total. I Letters. Books and Newspapers. Mode of Conveyance. Number of times ■weekly. Cost of Conveyance. Salaries. Contingencies Expenditure. Revenue. i I i i I Trunk Lines : I. Invercargill to Mataura II. Invercargill to Campbelltown III. Invercargill to Kingston IV. Invcrcargill to Riverton 2 1 7 1 19,278 5,598 15,939 17,640 13,833 980 8.99G 7,153 2,594 184 1,630 1,341 35 18 93 22 Coach Rail Coach 2 6 1 3 £ s. d. 200 0 0 350 0 0 250 0 0 45 0 0 £ s. d. 30 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 40 0 0 £ s. d. 2 5 4 12 10 0 12 9 4 11 0 £ s. d. 232 5 4 387 10 0 276 2 9 89 11 0 £ s. d. 190 16 3 58 6 3 162 0 7 179 15 0 5, Branches : I. Invercargill to Flint's Bush II. Mataura to Switzers III. Riverton to Mararoa IV. Riverton to Orepuki V. Athol to Nokomai 3 3 4 1 1 4,790 8,193 5,670 962 665 5,512 4,451 5,602 854 205 1,033 835 1,050 160 40 17 40 77 25 10 Horse 1 1 1 1 . 30 0 0 120 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 15 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 6 0 5 0 0 4 3 0 1 G 45 4 6 125 5 0 115 4 3 55 1 6 49 7 11 85 7 8 59 1 3 10 0 5 6 18 6 H Foot Horso ... Country Post Offices— Totals Chief Post Office, Iuvercargill 23 1 78,735 78,711 — 47,586 92,676 8,867 17,377 l_ i 337 I 1,145 0 0 1G0 0 0 550 0 0 21 4 4 78 8 3 1,326 4 4 628 8 3 801 13 10 957 1 4 ... ... Totals ... 24 157,446 1,145 0 0 710 0 0 99 12 7 1,954 12 7 140,262 26,244 337 1,758 15 2

Table No. 29— continued. TABLE showing the Revenue, Expendituee, <&c, of the Post Office in the Postal District of Otaoo in 1870.

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Table No. 31. TABLE showing the REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c., of the POST OFFICE in the different Postal Districts of NEW ZEALAND in 1870.

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NEW ZEALAND POSTAL SERVICE.

a K Totals Received and Despatched. Expendituee. Totals. POSTAL DISTRICTS. O o d to Letters. Newspapers. Weight of Newspapers in lbs. Country Services. Salaries. Contingencies. Expenditure. Revenue £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland 104 1,273,166 699,280 130,966 3,514 1 3 4,562 1 0 255 0 2 8,331 2 5 10,246 15 3 Taeanaki 3 59,087 42,623 4,662 230 0 0 272 17 7 62 8 6 565 6 1 593 6 4 Hawse's Bay ... 26 149,297 116, 120 8,294 714 0 0 642 0 0 30 0 0 1,386 0 0 1,476 14 2 Wellington ... 33 691,190 479,252 79,872 2,321 0 0 2,310 13 8 367 8 5 4,999 2 1 12,674 5 3 Totals toe Noeth Island 166 2,172,740 1,337,275 223,794 6,779 1 3 7,787 12 3 684 17 1 15,331 10 7 I 24,991 1 C Nelson 41 401,103 1,827 13 2 105 14 0 3,452 7 2 3,276 5 G 325, 642 47,305 1,519 0 0 MAELBOEOUGrH... 16 179,298 143,669 10,521 594 14 0 571 1 4 35 9 10 1,201 5 2 1,099 16 1 Canteebcey ... 82 1,034,732 522,286 97,928 4,772 0 0 3,673 10 7 753 1 8 9,198 12 3 8,905 19 C Otago 113 1,289,778 1,141,392 285,091 6,079 12 2 5,046 0 10 759 1 6 11,884 14 6 13,667 14 1 Southland 24 157,-446 140, 262 26,244 1,145 0 0 710 0 0 99 12 7 1,954 12 7 1,758 15 i Westland 25 410,782 279,136 45,339 2,676 0 0 1,642 16 9 237 18 7 4,556 15 4 3,561 19 i Totals toe Middle Island 301 3,473,139 13,471 2 8 1,990 18 2 32,248 7 0 I I 32,270 10 i 2,552,387 512,428 16,786 6 2 Chatham Islands 1 12 1 11 Totals fob the Colony ... 468 736, 222 23,565 7 5 21,258 14 11 2,675 15 3 47,529 17 7 57,273 13 i 5,645,879 3,889,662 * This includes po; :age on franked corresponde: ico.