POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. (SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT.)

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1876 Session I, F-01

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1876. NEW ZEALAND.

POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. (SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT.)

Presented to loth Houses of the General Assembly by Command of Sis Excellency. Mt Loed, — General Post Office, "Wellington, 21st August, 1876. I have the honor to submit to Tour Excellency the Seventeenth Annual Report on the Postal Service of New Zealand. I have, &c, The Most Hon. the Marquis of Normanby, K.C.M.Gr., Julius Vogel, Governor of New Zealand. Postmaster-General.

EEPOET. Since the date of last report, the whole of the Chief and Head Post Offices have been visited, and a very large number of the Sub-Post Offices inspected. In several instances, many of the offices have been visited twice, and generally there has been found decided improvement. Too much importance cannot be attached to a thorough system of inspection, which largely contributes to introduce and maintain order, discipline, and efficiency. ' The introduction of penny post cards for circulation within the colony has been decided upon. The cards will be issued to the public as early as practicable. Post cards supply a general want, by enabling messages, orders, notices, and other short communications to be transmitted through the post at a nominal rate of postage. The introduction of the post-card system in New South Wales and Victoria has been attended with success ; and in the United Kingdom for the year 1874, no less than seventy-nine million post cards were posted. Attention has been directed to the desirableness of establishing Penny Savings Banks in connection with schools, under regulations similar to those of the Penny-Bank system which has been worked with such marked success in the United Kingdom, and also in Ghent, in Belgium. The importance of the matter is fully recognized, and every facility will be afforded to Penny Banks established not only at schools but at factories and other establishments throughout the colony. One of the immediate results of the Postal Conference held at Berne, in October, 1874, has been a considerable reduction in the postage on letters and printed matter from New Zealand for places in Europe, &c. Further and still more substantial advantages are likely to follow. The following table shows to what extent the staff of the department has been augmented, and the expenditure on account of salaries increased, compared with the increase of revenue, during the seven years ended 30th June, 1876 : —

The total increase in the number of officers is about 72 per cent. The permanent officers increased 71 per cent., those not on the permanent staff, 59 per cent. Of the 789 officers on the strength of the department on the 30th June last, 152 are not in receipt of salary.

Number of Officers employed. Increase per Cent. Financial Year. Expenditure for Salaries. Revenue Collected within the Colony. On the Permanent Staff. NonPermanent. Salaries. Revenue. 1868-69 1875-76 158 270 326 519 £ s. a. 24,884 0 0 32,135 2 8 £ s. d. 45,561 0 2 80,656 0 9 £ s. d. 22 H 3 £ s. a. 77 "6 6

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The number of letters and newspapers received and despatched during the years 1874 and 1875 was :— 1875. 1874. Increase. Letters—Received ... ... ... 5,053,403 ... ... 4,339,165 Despatched ... ... 6,374,448 ... ... 4,719,291 10,427,851 ... ... 9,058,456 1,369,395 Newspapers—Received ... ... 4,026,457 ... ... 3,872,668 Despatched ... ... 2,784,820 ... ... 2,434,024 6,811,277 ... ... 6,306,692 504,585 The increase of letters was equal to 151 per cent., and of newspapers 8 per cent. Comparing the number of letters despatched with the population of the colony, it is found that the proportion is 1429 letters to each head of population, as against 1208 for 1874. During this year the average in Victoria was 1639, and in New South Wales 1638. Revenue and Expenditfbe. The revenue collected for the financial year ended 30th June last amounted to £80,656 os. 9d. Had the postages due by the Imperial Post Office, and the sums recoverable from non-contracting colonies for conveyance of mails by the San Francisco Service, been collected within this period, the gross sum to have been treated as revenue would have amounted to £94,591 os. 9d. The subjoined statement shows to what extent the Postal revenue increased during the past four years:— Financial Year. Revenue. Increase. £ b. d. £ s. d. 1871-72 ... ... 47,054 18 3 ... 3,968 3 3 1872-73 ... ... 50,586 6 4 ... 3,531 8 1 1873-74 ... ... 60,535 18 2 ... 9,949 11 10 1874-75 ... ... 72,037 0 0 ... 11,501 1 10 1875-76 ... ... 80,656 0 9 ... 8,619 0 9 The revenue of 1874-75 included a sum of £1,345 recovered on account of contributions to the San Francisco Service, the actual amount collected in the colony being £70,692. The revenue for the calendar year 1875, inclusive of the postage on franked correspondence, amounted to £122,495 18s. 9d., as shown by the summary table of the Report (No. 29). If the amounts admitted to be due, but not recovered, be added to this sum, £136,430 18s. 9d. would represent the gross earnings of the department for the year ended 31st December. The transmission of franked correspondence is largely on the increase, as may be seen by the following table. The amount of official postage for 1874 was estimated at £42,223 6s.: —

The actual expenditure for the financial year just ended amounted to £139,321 Bs. 4d. Of this sum, £72,743 Bs. 3d. represents the cost of conveyance of mails by sea. The payment for salaries was £32,135 2s. Bd., and Inland Mail Services absorbed £29,770 2s. 7d. Inland Mail Sebtices. The cost for the carriage of inland mails amounted to £28.699 os. lOd for the calendar year 1875. There were 330 services in operation; of these 83 were carried out by coach and mail cart, 153 by horse, 29 ou foot, 51 by water, and 14 by railway. These services exceeded 7,030 miles in length ; and the gross number of miles travelled" with the mails was 1,464,112, at an average cost of 4|d. per mile, a fraction higher than in 1874. Daily communication has been established between Dunedin and Invercargill, and it may be of interest to remark that mails have been delivered between those places within fifteen hours. From Dunedin to Balclutha, and from Invercargill to Mataura, the mails are carried by railway, while the intermediate stage, between Balclutha and Mataura, is still travelled by mail coach. The contract for the Rapier and Tauranga coach service having expired, and no eligible offers received for continuing the service, temporary arrangements were made for the carriage of weekly mails by members of the mounted constabulary. The coach service will be re-established so soon as a favourable opportunity presents itself. Forty-seven additional services were established, and in a number of cases the frequency of services increased. The extension of the railways has enabled many important districts to be supplied with daily mails, and in several instances with mails more than once daily. The fact has forced itself upon the department that the strict and exact observance of schedule time appears to be considered by many contractors of secondary consideration. The department has

Akousi of Postage iob thb Ybib 1876. On tics Sibyice 09 Auckland. Taranaki. Hf£y 6'8 ■Wellington. Nelson. bo^"^, Canterbury. Otago. Westland. Totals. 'rovincial Government £ s. d. 463 14 6 £ s. d. 34 17 2 £ s. d. 26 7 4 £ s. d. 311 6 0 £ s. d. 66 17 4 £ a. d. 20 0 6 £ 9. d. 87 4 8 £ s. d. 1,401 6 4 £ s. d. 212 1 6 £ b. d. 2,613 14 4 reneral Government ... 1,289 17 10 616 7 0 242 16 4 40,275 12 8 503 0 4 319 6 0 1.678 16 4 4,073 16 0 434 1 2 49,433 13 8 Totals ... 1,753 12 4 651 4 2 269 3 8 40,586 18 8 559 17 8 339 6 6 1,766 1 0 6,475 1 4 646 2 8 62,047 8

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always made the most liberal allowance for the difficulties and delays incidental to bad roads and flooded rivers ; but it has become apparent that many of the delays are attributable to other causes, over which contractors or their servants have control. The department has determined to insist upon contractors observing schedule time ; and failing this, the penalty clauses will be enforced in every case of needless delay. The Government have decided that contracts for inland mail services shall for the future extend over two years, instead of one, as is the general rule at present. By accepting tenders for two years the department will be relieved of a considerable amount of labour, while it is considered the change will tend to encourage greater competition than there has been hitherto. Depabtmental. 41 additional Post Offices were opened, 6 re-opened, and 15 closed during the year. The number of Post Offices open on the 31st December, 1875, was 647; and the total number of officers employed, 783. The following Eeturn of Officers of the Postal Department for the Tears 1874 and 1875 shows to what extent the staff was increased during the year: — Officers. 1875. 1874. | Officers. 1875. 1874. Postmaster-General ... ... 1 1 Postmasters ... ... ... 13 13 Secretary ... ... ... 1 1 Clerks ... ... ... 82 70 Inspector of Post Offices... ... 1 1 Sub-Postmasters ... ... 620 598 Accountant, Money Order, and Say- Letter Carriers... ... ... 33 29 ings Bank Department ... 1 1 Messengers ... ... ... 6 6 Clerks in General Post Office ... 4 4 Mail-cart Drivers ... ... 2 1 Clerks in Money Order and Savings Shipping Officers ... ... 1 1 Bank Department ... ... 4 4 Chief and Head Postmasters ... 14 14 , Totals ... ... 783 744

The following schedule shows the number of Post Offices open on the 31st December last, compared with the number open in 1874: —

A new office has been opened at Mosgiel, and placed in charge of a permanent officer. Seven additional pillar and receiving boxes have been established, and two closed. An additional letter carrier has been appointed to Auckland, enabling the deliveries to be extended. It is also proposed to extend the deliveries in Napier, Christchurch, and Invercargill, and to appoint an additional letter carrier to each office. The postage on book packets and patterns posted for delivery within the colony has been reduced. The postage now is Id. not exceeding 2 ounces, 2d. for four ounces, and 2d. for every additional 4 ounces. The postage on letters for the United Kingdom, for transmission via Brindisi, has been reduced from 9d. to Sd. per half-ounce, and on newspapers from 3d. to 2d. per 4 ounces. This reduction applies generally to letters and newspapers for other places when sent in mails via Brindisi. The letter postage for India has been reduced from Is. to 6d. per half-ounce. Letters for the South Sea Islands are now forwarded at a postage rate of 2d. per half-ounce. The business of the Insurance Department at Dunedin, formerly conducted at the Chief Post Office, was separated from that of the Post Office on the 2nd January. It is the intention to make similar changes throughout the colony at the larger offices. Kegistebed Letters. 48,130 letters of all classes were registered, being an increase of 4,164 over the number registered during the previous year.

fit. is; •1. Postal Districts. Chief and Head Post Offices. SecondClass Post Offices. Sub-Post Offices. Totals. Chief and SecondHead Post Class Post Offices. | Offices. Sub-Post Offices. Totals. Auckland Chames L'araiiaki lawke's Bay ... Wellington kelson Westport itarlborough ... Canterbury lokitika Jrey mouth )tago Southland Chatham Islands 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 ■1 l 2 3 126 8 11 36 51 25 15 14 119 26 17 136 35 1 129 9 12 39 53 26 16 17 123 27 18 139 37 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 1 124 4 10 36 51 25 13 14 115 24 17 136 28 1 127 5 11 39 53 26 14 17 119 25 18 139 30 2 2 1 Totals 647 14 18 620 14 18 598 625

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Dead Lettebs. 55,531 unclaimed or dead letters were disposed of in the Dead Letter Office. The following table enumerates the number of this class of letters dealt with, year by year, since 1871: —

The property found during the year in unclaimed letters, comprising cash remittances, amounted to nearly £5,000. A considerable number of articles of jewellery were also found in unclaimed packets. It has generally been practicable to return the property to the senders. A large number of book packets and newspapers are received without covers in each mail from the United. Kingdom, and although every effort is made to restore these articles to their owners, a considerable proportion remains undelivered. Much disappointment to the public and trouble to the depart ment would be saved if, in the case of book packets, the senders were to use strong paper covers, and in the case of newspapers, if the addresses were written on the newspapers themselves, instead of on flimsy wrappers. Another cause of disappointment through non-receipt of newspapers from the United Kingdom is, that wheu they are posted later than eight days after the date of issue, they are liable to book-packet rates, and are detained on account of insufficient postage. And again, should any newspaper posted in the United Kingdom exceed four ounces in weight, it is detained unless it bears a double rate of postage. Packets containing articles of wearing apparel, &c, alleged to have been posted in the United Kingdom, are frequently reported by the addressees as missing, and the explanation of the non-receipt is, that only honajide patterns or samples are admissible for transmission through the post at less than letter rates of postage. When articles, obviously not patterns, arc posted prepaid at packet rates only, they are not forwarded, but detained, and, if practicable, returned to the senders. Buildings. The new Government offices erected at Lyttelton are now occupied by the several departments for the accommodation of which the building was erected. The Post Office was transferred to the new offices on the 6th December. The new building at Hokitika was finished and occupied by the department on the 81st January. The Napier Chief Post Office has been completed, and the business of the department transferred to the new premises on the 14th February last. The office is both roomy and convenient, and should be ample for all requirements for years. The alterations necessary for adapting the building formerly known as the Greymouth Hospital to suit the requirements of the Post Office and Telegraph Departments were finished, and the building handed over on the 1-ith March last. The work has been faithfully carried out; and, although the external appearance of the building does not suggest its real character, the internal arrangements are all that could be desired. The want of better accommodation at Invercargill has been felt for some time past, and it was also recognized that the ordinary requirements of the department could scarcely await the erection of the new offices contemplated to be built within the ensuing two years. It was therefore decided to appropriate a portion of the wing of the public buildings already in course of construction, on it being ascertained that desirable offices could thereby be readily and conveniently secured. The necessary fittings were put in hand without delay, and the business of the Post Office was transferred to the new offices on the 29th July last. The Post Office at Timaru has been altered as far as possible to meet the growing requirements of the department. The plan of the building and the limited space at the disposal of the department, precluded alterations on a larger scale. Plans for enlarging the accommodation at the Chief Post Office, Nelson, are in course of preparation, and the alterations proposed will give the department convenient offices. The Post Office will have the exclusive use of the building, the Telegraph having been transferred to new premises erected in Trafalgar Street. The erection of new offices at Christchurch has not yet been commenced, and the remarks made in the last annual report, as to the want of better accommodation, are now still more applicable, owing to the very large increase of business which has taken place. The want of a new Post Office at Wellington is seriously felt. Should business continue to increase at the present rate, it will be absolutely necessary to procure other and more commodious offices. Increased office space is also required at Dunedin. This will be secured so soon as the Telegraph Department vacates its present offices. The want of new offices at Port Chalmers, both from a departmental as well as a sanitary point of view, has been long felt. This want will shortly be supplied, as the erection of the new building is to be proceeded with at once. The Post Office at Gisborne has -been altered, and the accommodation improved. Alterations to the Tauranga Post Office, for the better convenience of the public, have also been made. The requirements of the department at Wanganui have rendered necessary increased accommodati n, which has been satisfactorily provided. Several additions and alterations to other less important offices have also been arranged, and in every case, where necessary, provision has also been made for the requirements of the Insurance Department.

Manner of Disposal. 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. Opened and returned to the writers Returned unopened to other countries Re-issued Destroyed 17,106 6,192 97 2,173 17,707 5,512 85 2,884 20,602 5,393 75 3,801 26,153 6,828 105 4,227 39,051 10,321 78 6,081 Totals 25,568 26,188 29,871 37,313 55,531

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11l addition to those mentioned, new Post Offices have been erected and occupied at Ashburton, Masterton, Ohaewae, Eiverhead, Turakina, Porangahau, St. Bathan's, Mosgiel, Obinemutu, and Havelock. The following new offices are also in course of erection, or proposed to be erected : —Manuherikia, Oxford, Outrani, Kaitangata, Temuka, Sandon, and Cambridge. Mail Steam Seevices. Eeference was made in the last report to the contract entered into by the Governments of New ISouth Wales and New Zealand with the Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company for a mail service between the colonies and San Francisco, for a period of eight years, at an annual subsidy of £89,950, the cost to be equally divided between the two colonies. The contract provides for thirteen services in the year, and an average speed of eleven knots per hour. The steamer from San Francisco proceeds through to Sydney, and, on the other hand, the steamer from Port Chalmers is the through boat to San Francisco, —transhipments in either case being made at Kandavau. The service was appointed to commence at San Francisco on the 10th, and from Port Chalmers on the 17th November last. The contractors were not in a position to begin the service by the authorized route, and they requested permission for three months to perform the service from Sydney to San Francisco, and vice versa, via Auckland and Honolulu —the New Zealand coastal service being performed by local steamers. Acting in concert with New South Wales, the Government declined to accede to this request, and the contractors were informed they must adhere to the letter of their contract. Notwithstanding this refusal they persisted in their intention, and, as might have been expected, serious complications arose. The " Vasco de Gama " was the steamer appointed to open the service from Sydney on the 19th November, and sailed from Sydney on that clay for San Francisco, by way of Auckland, where she embarked the New Zealand mails. The " Mikado," which should have begun the service from Port Chalmers, was not available, and the southern mails were therefore conveyed to the Manukau by local steamer. The " Vasco de Gama " sailed from Auckland on the 25th November, and called at Kandavau for the mails from New South Wales conveyed there by the " Cyphrenes." The New South Wales Government had refused to forward their mails by the " Vasco de Gama," as she was not to proceed by the contract route. The " Colima" was appointed to open the service from San Francisco on the 18th November, but as the contractors were not prepared to despatch her by the contract route, the mails were forwarded by the " Macgregor," employed under a temporary arrangement with the Australasian Steam Navigation Company. The " Colima " met with an accident after leaving San Francisco, which resulted in her being laid up for repairs on arrival at Sydney. The contractors through this mishap had not a suitable steamer for the carriage of the December mails to San Francisco, and the contracting colonies therefore chartered the " City of Melbourne " for a voyage to San Francisco and back via Auckland and Honolulu. In the meantime the " Cyphrenes " had been despatched to New Zealand by the contractors, and although her employment was protested against by the Government, she conveyed the mails to Kandavau, where they were transhipped to the " City of Melbourne." The New Zealand Government was not aware until after the "Cyphrenes" had left Auckland that the "City of Melbourne" would call there en route to San Francisco. The "Cyphrenes," while on the New Zealand coast, sprung her shaft, and was consequently precluded going further than Kandavau, from which port she returned to Sydney for repairs. The " City of San Francisco " was ready to leave San Francisco in December, on the date appointed by the contract. As, however, she was not to proceed by the contract route, the mails were not entrusted to the contractors, but placed on board the " Mikado," then returning under the agreement with the Australasian Steam Navigation Company. Both steamers reached Auckland on the Ist January. The mails for southern ports were delivered by local steamer, which also carried the return mails to Auckland to meet the " Mikado," which had been specially chartered by the contractors to convey the outward January mails to San Francisco. The " Granada " left San Francisco in January, and she was the first of the contractors' steamers conveying the mails from that port. Unfortunately the " Granada" did not connect with the branch boat at Kandavau, which came on to New Zealand without waiting for her arrival. The " Granada" carried the New Zealand mails to Sydney, from which port they were forwarded to Auckland by ordinary steamer. The " City of San Francisco " took up the February service at Port Chalmers ; and she was the first steamer which proceeded through to San Francisco in accordance with the contract. The "City of Melbourne" sailed from San Francisco in February with the mails, under the charter made by the contracting colonies, as above mentioned ; she came on to Auckland from Honolulu. The " Granada," which had been awaiting at Kandavau, reached Auckland a few hours after the " City of Melbourne." The " Granada " performed the coastal service, and carried the outward March mails. The " Mikado " sailed from San Francisco on the Ist March with the mails, and connected at Kandavau with the " Colima," which steamer delivered the. mails at the New Zealand ports. This was the first inward service carried out in accordance with the contract. On arrival at Port Chalmers, the " Colima " was unable to enter, and on returning to Lyttelton she broke down off Banks Peninsula. This mishap again disarranged the service. Arrangements had to be made for conveying the Southern mails to Auckland for transmission to San Francisco by the " Zealandia," which left Sydney on the 7th April, the contractors having obtained permission to perform the outward service in April, via Auckland. The " City of San Francisco " sailed from San Francisco on the 3rd April (instead of 29th March), and, by permission of the contracting colonies in consequence of the break down of the " Colima," came on to Auckland, the Southern mails being distributed by local steamer. The " Colima," having been repaired, took up the outward service at Port Chalmers on the 4th May. The " City of Sydney" was the April steamer from San Francisco connecting with the

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11 Australia" at Kaudavau. The latter steamer brought the mails to New Zealand, and performed the outward service of the 31st May from Port Chalmers. The " Zealandia" performed the May service from San Francisco, and transhipped the New Zealand mails to the " City of San Francisco "at Kandavau; and the latter vessel performed the return service in June. The " City of New York " took up the June service from San Francisco, meeting the " City of Sydney" at Kandavau. This latter steamer conveyed the mails outwards from Port Chalmers in July. The service appears to be now in thorough working order, and the contractors are carrying it out with regularity. That the service can be performed within the time stipulated by the contract is beyond question. From a statement laid before Parliament it will be seen that comparing the services via San Francisco and Suez, the advantage to the Colony as a whole, in point of time, is decidedly in favour of the former service. It was considered advisable to appoint a [Resident Agent at San Francisco for the purpose of giving special attention to the interests of the Colony in connection with the mail service. There can be little doubt that the appointment will be of great advantage to the contracting Governments ; and there is reason to believe that the mails will be carried between New York and San Francisco with greater regularity than has hitherto been the case. The amount agreed to be paid to the Agent is only £30 per annum, for which payment he is to render any services required of him. Negotiations have been opened with the view of effecting a modification in the service, but up to the present time nothing has been definitely decided. It is recognized that calling at Kandavau is attended with serious risk and inconvenience. Owing to the failure of Messrs. H. H. Hall and Forbes, the payments on account of the San Francisco service have been unusually large. Two of the services under the temporary arrangement with the Australasian Steam Navigation Company overlapped the services under the new contract, with the result of a considerably increased expenditure. Heavy penalties for the irregularities at the commencement of the new service were exacted. The Contractors still protest against the decisions arrived at, and ask for a reconsideration. The following statement shows the payments made on account of the San Francisco and Gralle mail services, and the postages estimated to be due, for the year 1875 : — San Feancisco Service. Dr. £ s. d. £ s. d. Payments ou account of Main Line ... ... ... ... 48,000 0 0 Interproyincial Services, Mail Agents, &c. ... ... ... 3,000 0 0 51,000 0 0 Cr. Postages from London ... ... ... ... ... 10,224 5 0 Postages collected in New Zealand ... ... ... ... 11,232 O 0 Becoveries from non-contracting colonies ... ... ... 1,483 12 7 22,939 17 7 Net cost to the colony ... ... ... £28,060 12 5 Galle and Suez Seetice. Dr. £ s. d. £ s. d. Payments to Victoria ... ... ... ... ... 9,373 10 7 Intercolonial Service, Gratuities, &c. ... ... ... ... 5,510 0 0 14,883 10 7 Cr. Postages from London ... ... ... ... ... 3,273 0 0 Postages collected in New Zealand ... ... ... ... 3,680 0 0 6,953 0 0 Net cost to the colony ... ... ... £7,930 10 7 In December last the United States Postmaster-General intimated to the London Post Office authorities that from the Ist January, 1876, the rate for the carriage of British closed mails between San Francisco and New York would be increased to 33 cents, per pound on both letters and newspapers, instead of 3f cents, per ounce on letters, and 6 cents, per pound on newspapers —charges which it was stated were found to be wholly insufficient to represent the payments made by the United States Post Office to the Eailway Companies. The closed mails in question were principally those sent and received by New South Wales and New Zealand; and, in order to meet the extra charge, the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury proposed to raise the rates of postage on newspapers and other printed matter sent in mails to the Colonies via San Francisco. The proposal was in effect to raise the postage on newspapers, &c, to 4d. per 4 ounces, and to be at liberty to demand a postage on newspapers sent in the colonial mails sufficient to cover the transit charges of the United States Post Office. This proposal was strongly protested against by the Agents-General of the two colonies as being contrary to the spirit and intention of the arrangement made in May, 1873, and which was regarded as binding for a period of five years. Eventually the Imperial Government withdrew their claim, but intimated that the basis of payment would have to be re-considered on the expiration of the existing arrangement. The service between Nelson, Westport, Greymouth. and Hokitika, in connection with the San Francisco Mail Service, is continued month by month. Notwithstanding the difficulties encountered, the mails have, with a single exception, been delivered with regularity. The frequency and regularity with which steamers have been running to and from the Manukau have rendered it unnecessary for the Department to provide for the receipt and delivery of the New Plymouth, Nelson, and Marlborough portions of the San Francisco mails. Until it be seen what direction the modifications of the San Francisco service take, special arrangements need not be entered into. The contract for the conveyance of the Suez mails between Melbourne and New Zealand has been renewed for a period of two years, from September next, at the existing rate of subsidy.

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The Middle Island Service expires in December. It it proposed to renew the contract. The total subsidy is £4,000 per annum, the whole of which will be a charge on the votes of the Department. TJp to the present time, the Provincial Government of Otago have contributed £2,500 a year in aid of this service. The Fiji Service has undergone one or two changes. The contract for running through to Dunedin was cancelled, end in December an arrangement was made with the contractors (the Auckland Steam Packet Company) for placing the steamer " Llewellyn" (specially fitted up for the trade) in the service, and running her between Auckland and the Islands every twenty-one days, for a payment of £150 each round trip. Owing to adverse circumstances, the arrangement did not prove an advantageous one to the contractors. They accordingly obtained permission to withdraw the " Llewellyn," and again employ the steamer " Star of the South," arranging the service so that the steamer should have a longer interval at the Islands to collect freight. This new arrangement will be commenced on the return of the " Star of the South " from Fiji; and in the meantime the " Llewellyn" has been withdrawn from the service. Prior to withdrawing the " Llewellyn," the Company proposed to extend their service to New Caledonia, and arrange a time-table enabling the " Llewellyn " to connect with the inward and outward San Francisco mail boats at Kandavu and. Auckland respectively. After carefully considering the matter, the Government were unable to agree to the proposal. The service between Auckland, Gisborne, and Napier has been extended for a further period of twelve months. The service between Wellington, Napier, and Gisborne has also been extended for a similar period. The latter service expires in November, and the former in February next. A service has been established between Wellington, Kaikoura, and Lyttelton. The service, which is a fortnightly one, is performed for a subsidy of £400 a year. Money Oedees. The number of Money Order Offices in the colony had increased to 119 at the .close of 1875, from 103 at the close of 1874 ; 16 new offices having been opened, namely, at Hokianga, Kawakawa, Hawera, Hastings, Taupo, Wairoa, Carterton, Turakina, Upper Hutt, Waitapu, Geraldine, Malvern, Eakaia, Clinton, Hyde, and Ophir. The Money Orders issued during the year were 73,027 for £293,481 10s. 9d., against 62,712 for £263,164 7s. 9d. in 1874; the increase being 10,315 in number, and £30,317 3s. in amount. The Money Orders paid were 52,132 for £211,516 16s. 2d., against 44,364 for £186,394 9s. 6d. in 1874; the increase being 7,768 in number, and £25,122 6s. Bd. in amount. The Money Orders issued in New Zealand on offices in the United Kingdom and the Australian colonies were 24,416 for £99,929 175., and there were 3,964 Orders for £18,603 9s. 6d., issued by those offices on New Zealand. There was accordingly an excess of upwards of £81,000 in the Money Orders sent out of the colony over those received. The Telegraph was used during the year for the transmission of 10,144 Orders for £47,034 2s. 4d., against 9,060 for £44,026 12s. 6d. in 1874; the increase being 1,084 in number, and £3,007 9s. lOd. in amount. The total amount of commission received from the issue of Money Orders was £4,950 19s. 4d., or £557 17s. Id. more than the amount received in 1874. Savings Banks. The high rate of interest offered by the banks and investment institutions has diminished the Savings Bank deposits. A similar effect has been noticable in some of the neighbouring colonies. The following comparative statement of the Money Order and Savings Bank business of the Post Offices in Victoria and New Zealand during the year 1875, should be read with interest:—

In Victoria interest at the rate of £4 per cent, on deposits up to £1,000 is allowed, while in New Zealand the rates are £4 10s. per cent, on deposits not exceeding £200, and £4 per cent, on deposits exceeding £200, but not exceeding £500. The number of Savings Bank accounts opened during the year was 11,273, against 10,346 in 1874 ; the number of accounts closed, 8,681, against 5,736 in 1874. The number of accounts which remained open at the close of 1875 was 24,334, having increased from 21,742 at the end of 1874. The number of deposits received during the year was 56,129 for a total amount of £657,653 45., the average amount of each deposit was £11 14s. 4d. There were 36,977 withdrawals for a total amount of £729,759 17s. 9d., the average of each withdrawal was £19 14s. Bd. The amount of interest credited to the account of depositors for the year was £28,565 3s. 5d., the rates allowed were 4-| per cent, per annum on sums not exceeding £200, and 4 per cent, on sums above this amount. The balance at the credit of depositors at the close of the year was £727,295 7s. Bd., the average amount at the credit of each account was £29 17s. 9d.

New Zealand. Victoria. Population Money Order Offices Savings Bank Offices 375,856 119 119 823,272 224 151 Money Orders Issued Money Orders Paid Savings Bank Deposits Savings Bank Withdrawals ... Excess of Withdrawals Balance at credit of Depositors £ s. d. 293,481 10 9 211,516 16 2 657,653 4 0 729,759 17 9 72,106 13 9 727,295 7 8 £ s. d. 373,435 18 10 393,383 6 2 395,842 12 9 476,752 12 8 80,909 19 11 577,380 19 4

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Table No. 1. TABLE showing the Number and Amount of Money Orders issued and of Money Orders made payable in New Zealand, Year by Year, since the Year 1863.

Table No. 2. STATEMENT of the Money Orders issued in New Zealand on the United Kingdom and the Australian Colonies, during the Years 1874 and 1875.

STATEMENT of the Money Orders issued in the United Kingdom and the Australian Colonies on New Zealand, during the Years 1874 and 1875.

Where payable. Total. Year. Commission received. In the Colony. United Kingdom. Australian Colonies. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No, Amount. 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 £ s. d. 1,057 9 o 1,619 2 6 1,463 18 6 1,761 14 o 1,815 19 6 1,863 1 6 i,932 3 o 2,367 3 6 2,608 3 6 3,068 17 6 3,562 3 2 4,393 2 3 4,95° 19 4 2,201 4,267 6,292 8,924 10,293 11,898 14,305 16,821 20,514 28,156 34,288 40,968 48,611 £ s. d. 9,613 11 11 19,427 4 4 29,742 15 1 42,823 4 1 7 49,496 13 o 54,342 18 6 63,897 1 10 73,344 11 9 88,546 9 7 120,125 14 8 142,642 4 10 171,683 6 1 193,551 13 9 4.74° 7,700 7>756 9.238 9,242 9,241 9.2 6 3 9,624 10,407 10,619 11.9 "3 14,379 16,949 £ s. d. 21,944 2 1 35,74i 5 o 33,426 11 5 41,987 15 o 40,998 14 11 40,581 13 9 39,939 8 6 41,472 3 7 44,197 18 3 44,535 9 9 48,547 11 4 57,821 2 6 66,332 14 9 4.645 4,625 3,188 4,548 4,938 4,715 4,859 5.419 5,37° 5.88s 6,150 7,365 7.467 £ s. d. 24. MS 7 5 23,388 10 2 15,406 17 2 23,968 5 2 25."5 5 " 23,286 11 5 23,381 14 7 25,637 12 7 24,653 5 9 26,347 17 7 28,068 5 5 33,659 19 2 33,597 2 3 11,586 16,592 17,236 22,710 24,473 25,854 28,427 31,864 36,291 44,660 52,351 62,712 73,O27 £ s- d. 55,703 1 s 78,556 19 6 78,576 3 8 108,779 4 9 115,610 13 o 118,211 3 8 127,218 4 11 140,454 7 11 157,397 13 7 191,009 2 o 219,258 1 1 263,164 7 9 293,481 10 9 Money Orders drawn on the Colony. Where Issued. Australian Colonies. Total. Year. In the Colony. United Kingdom. Amount. No. Amount. No. d. Amount. No. X,,. Amount. 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 i875 2,067 4,248 6,218 8,886 IO.353 I1.9O3 14,250 16,798 20,514 27,983 34,288 40,968 48,611 £ s- d. 9,169 4 6 19,417 10 5 29,282 13 10 42,768 10 9 49.931 17 2 54-349 8 3 63,820 15 5 73,245 8 3 88,592 o 3 119,676 1 2 142,642 4 10 171,683 6 1 193,551 '3 9 415 675 762 1,100 1,198 1,401 1,218 1.156 1.396 1,504 1,482 1,603 1,969 £ s. d. 1,824 o 8 3,274 2 2 3,568 15 10 5,021 14 9 5,649 2 10 6,502 3 o 5,630 18 8 5,523 4 4 6,217 JI 5 7,078 8 6 6,625 14 5 7,284 10 7 9,262 9 7 558 697 700 917 1,108 1,294 1,272 1,267 1,318 1,459 1,668 1,800 i,995 £ s. d. 3,077 13 7 3,776 1 7 3,712 1 5 4,753 3 10 5,570 6 4 6,685 1 3 6,382 4 3 6,055 6 11 5,9i4 18 7 6,803 15 3 7,689 6 8 8,316 17 5 9,34o 19 11 3.O4O 5,620 7,680 10,903 12,659 14,598 16,740 19,221 23,228 30,946 37.438 44,371 52,575 £ s. d. 14,070 18 9 26,467 14 2 36,563 11 1 52,543 9 4 61,151 6 4 67,536 12 6 75.833 18 4 84,823 19 6 100,724 io 3 133,558 4 11 156,957 5 11 187,284 14 1 212,15s 3 3

1874. 187J. Where payable. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Jnited Kingdom... Victoria iouth Australia ... Jew South Wales lueensland "asmania Vestern Australia 14.279 5> 255 221 1,266 £ ■• <•• 57,821 2 6 23.34f> '3 5 957 5 7 6,243 4 9 43° 7 5 2,619 8 o 63 o o 16,949 5-345 233 1,166 141 560 22 £ s. d. 66,332 14 9 23,765 o o 760 1 5 5,430 11 6 601 2 5 2,685 in 155 5 o 91 523 9 Totals ... 21,644 91,481 1 8 24,416 99,929 17 o

1874. 1875. Where issued. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Jnited Kingdom... Victoria iouth Australia ... Jew South Wales lueensland Pasmania Vestern Australia 1,603 892 107 53° 98 160 £ »■ d. 7,284 10 7 4,191 2 11 497 '4 9 2,236 9 9 475 >6 6 831 14 6 83 19 o 1,969 893 122 G31 I2S 181 £ i- d. 9,262 9 7 3.945 >5 o 677 o 1 2,841 19 6 63° '5 4 881 15 o 3<>3 »5 ° 13 43 Totals ... 15,601 K o 3>964 18,603 9 6 3.403

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Table No. 3. TABLE showing the Number and Amount of Transactions at the several Money Order and Savings Bank Offices in the Colony of New Zealand during the Year 1875.

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Money Order: Savings Banks. Offices. Issued. Paid. o<io Deposits 8-0 < s 6 Withdrawals. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. Auckland Alexandra Cambridge Drury Hamilton Hokianga Kapanga Kawakawa Mangapai Mangawhare Mercer Mongonui Newcastle Onehunga Opotiki Otahuhu Pahi Port Albert Raglan Russell Tauranga TeArai Te Awamutu Waiuku Wangarei Waikworth 4,661 360 487 26 739 10 406 152 64 116 233 211 £ s. d. 337 2 ° 13 H o 22 15 2 1 13 o 35 6 6 078 21 2 6 7 11 10 236 6 10 o 10 13 6 9 11 6 26 19 8 '5 13 6 20 11 10 12 10 o 1 4 6 386 7 12 o 16 o 4 £ s. d. 18,599 1° 2 1,117 2 5 1.738 19 o 88 Ij 6 2,499 16 8 46 15 3 1,400 1 o 543 7 i' 207 12 8 649 4 3 784 11 7 970 13 7 1.742 7 7 915 6 1 1.337 7 7 685 15 6 49 l6 9 384 '7 4 1,090 11 5 1,250 14 8 1,617 2 5 214 8 8 1,385 o 8 254 2 2 867 13 8 1,045 6 4 8,310 178 150 48 291 1 200 28 27 7 55 27 241 455 73 209 1 38 49 69 239 13 80 45 130 68 £ s. d. 33.474 o 3 460 o o 599 8 10 218 17 2 883 5 9 280 888 10 8 196 3 10 143 9 8 41 10 4 222 o 8 118 14 o 818 15 1 2,164 18 10 275 7 7 814 11 7 300 220 14 1 266 15 11 398 o 2 970 4 4 48 10 6 373 5 o 165 16 11 8/9 9 9 322 o 9 975 7 / 6 62 1 1 13 27 2 28 20 S.63S 33 99 27 258 1 81 53 14 58 82 24 137 205 31 68 £ I d. 63,605 15 10 220 8 o 706 11 o 223 12 o 1,661 15 8 30 10 o 567 16 10 958 5 o 109 o o 736 18 o 809 6 o 594 12 2 936 14 o 2,478 17 5 452 16 6 421 13 1 914 3 15 17 4 4.853 20 64 I 68 27 12 4 11 £ s. d. 84,912 18 8 365 18 5 833 ° >i 500 706 11 o 317 7 « 118 4 7 38 7 9 80 1 4 136 11 2 373 ° o 313 18 6 1,169 11 10 496 16 7 233 3 I 49' 251 382 192 16 9° 206 318 435 59 399 75 236 250 9 28 4 1 15 9 1 H 24 '4 8 23 87 18 T 23 15 8 2 7 6 16 13 8 2 18 6 10 12 6 9 18 2 1 16 .18 10 4 1 22 47 70 n6 47 10 o 35 ° o 848 17 4 786 10 7 353 17 ° 392 19 o 39 3 4 1,034 I2 8 718 o o 1 10 "6 2 10 27 2 58 6 1 28 4 1 107 o 2 755 12 3 45 7 o 539 18 10 84 18 4 490 10 2 400 11 7 9 1 21 12 21 2 39 26 29 Thames 2.075 112 6 8 8,051 10 11 5.428 3 7 320 2,093 18,032 18 o 1,766 20,664 ° ° 1,462 255 New Plymouth ... Hawera Patea 1,300 88 398 75 4 6 5 7 4 24 5 2 5.578 4 4 310 9 o 1,499 8 o 562 16 185 2,458 6 8 86 2 1 878 8 8 225 4 22 I. Oil' 12 69 14,786 17 o 162 10 o 1,230 15 6 126 806 7 33 16,001 1 o I? 0 19 3 1,420 11 o 13 Napier Gisborne Hastings Port Ahuriri Taupo Waipawa Waipukurau Wairoa 1,858 622 16 '93 112 262 150 19 4 42 12 o 1 10 6 Ig 6 o 8 o 10 21 3 8 22 19 o 6 16 6 8,021 1 1 2,5°i '5 « 7220 844 8 2 611 8 5 «»"3 7 4 1,495 '4 2 391 10 o 906 192 49 14 37 68 12 3,656 o 11 656 9 6 876 112 7 9 82 16 2 149 5 6 216 13 3 32 13 5 291 4' 15 24 39 28 8 1.309 139 71 44 136 109 21 14,459 14 8 1.585 4 8 79 15 8 797 18 o 5°3 5 o 1,311 16 4 1.942 3 5 7i 5 o 262 13 6 811 26 29 9 52 28 5 20,159 3 5 980 18 6 368" o 8 152 5 3 1,731 4 10 860 11 7 37 18 10 339 93 20 11 Wellington Bull's Carterton Featherston Foxton Grey town Hutt Marton Masterton Palmerston N. ... Turakina Upper Hutt Wanganui 6,519 37i 99 337 286 5i3 220 476 6'3 349 5 89 1.975 421 7 4 23 2 10 4 5 8 16 5 6 '7 5 4 30 5 6 11 19 o 27 9 4 44 3 2 15 16 10 036 4 9 IO 144 o 8 23.236 5 9 i>565 «3 4 306 16 4 1,656 o 1 1,070 2 4 2,246 18 3 95,3 '3 o 2,114 o 1 2,675 14 8 i,353 12 6 25 3 o 225 6 4 8,041 4 9 7, =65 87 18 63 156 158 123 194 161 "59 2 27.751 3 5 45i 14 2 100 19 6 280 o 9 698 6 1 743 9 11 419 8 8 828 2 o 654 9 7 542 15 5 2 19 o 204 5 9 4,439 11 8 1.369 19 18 24 23 48 60 7,786 65 56 65 98 256 269 100 170 180 88,546 18 10 1.137 1 11 334 14 o 573 15 1 962 17 3 2,291 6 o 2,790 8 4 1,044 9 o 2,489 9 11 2,274 8 2 36 o o 1,878 14 4 8,343 6 7 1.031 9 2 12 18 26 10 5.534 30 11 38 39 94 60 96,729 6 3 1,205 18 1 77 10 5 510 14 1 1,278 14 10 2,605 10 2 1,465 19 11 964 19 o 3,i>9 3 o 3.247 2 2 23 45 64 54 219 124 843 '9 39 66 50 107 120 8 242 9i 9 3 5,884 4 4 35 1.034 4 100 Blenheim Havelock Kaikoura Picton 1.037 660 464 47i 64 3 8 39 9 10 28 6 2 28 o 6 4,494 4 o 3.399 3 4 2.505 » 4 1,943 19 10 428 '45 83 327 1.873 1 7 793 19 2 420 10 8 1,443 10 6 140 26 15 52 663 103 39 241 6.345 2 o 1,162 12 o 1.344 o 9 2,909 15 10 9i 13 12 25 302 31 26 79 6,716 12 o 712 5 3 1.381 14 5 1,847 15 10 Nelson Collingwood Motueka Richmond Waitapu 1,623 144 33O 49 5 104 o 8 6 14 o 15 '9 ° 3 13 8 030 6,223 " 5 548 19 8 1.583 2 4 177 18 4 16 16 6 3,4i6 37 198 82 6 15,212 17 o 260 10 1 898 15 7 416 13 2 19 3 o 222 14 25 24 1 1,277 -8 129 1 13,047 '5 10 961 3 6 '.955 1 4 779 7 o 010 174 7 4 2 702 •4 26 11,893 14 10 614 5 5 792 12 7 280 16 1 11 Westport Charleston r>°57 497 7i 5 8 28 id 2 3.984 7 3 1.833 13 8 5°0 •52 1.941 3 4 572 12 2 124 23 602 133 8,883 7 2 2,482 12 8 1,8 29 462 88 11.455 8 8 2,520 14 9

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Table No- 3— contim '>ea. Table show: mg the Number and Amount of Transactions at Offices in the Colony of New Zealand durii the several Money Order ig the Year 1875 — coiitinui and Savings Bank •d. Money Orders. Savings tanks. Offkes. Issued. Paid. It a oSg 6<o t Deposits. c a d Z Withdrawals. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. Greymouth Ahaura Reef ton i»573 584 1.034 £ s. d. 112 13 10 30 17 10 72 12 6 £ s. d. 6,627 6 6 2,370 2 9 4.562 17 7 1,155 88 5°5 £ s- d. 4,860 8 4 4i4 5 « 1,464 15 1 128 II 5 1 772 53 188 £ s- d. 10,824 17 9 1,517 o 8 3,283 4 1 141 4 643 20 58 £ s- d. 18,131 15 2 440 5 11 1,986 9 6 14 HOKITIKA Ross ... 1,360 253 98 5 4 15 4 10 5.708 17 9 942 3 o 1,168 228 4.79° 5 6 946 17 4 100 18 545 "3 7,437 16 2 774 17 o •44 28 656 57 16,768 13 s 1,404 3 o Christchurch Akaroa Ashburton Dunsandel Geraldinc Hurunui Kaiapoi Kowai... Lyttelton Malvern Oxford Rakaia Rangiora Southbridge Temuka Timaru Waiau Waimate Washdykc 5.7i6 306 398 127 175 62 332 144 828 *7 M7 7 227 153 419 1.574 107 656 20 483 12 2 18 14 2 3O 9 4 5 9 8 12 8 2 3 4 6 21 12 2 7 2 10 62 1 10 o 18 4 6 19 4 056 16 5 6 11 11 2 23,466 12 4 1.274 15 4 1.583 12 5 266 12 1 682 3 10 235 7 9 1,207 9 11 441 16 o 3.209 19 8 61 6 6 528 4 5 10 3 o 760 8 4 667 o 6 1,716 16 6 6.753 3 4 506 10 7 2,480 14 3 76 19 5 3>936 127 158 16 23 13 170 48 400 11 64 iS.890 7 7 491 8 4 687 3 6 90 6 6 58 14 10 67 7 7 683 9 9 189 17 11 1,597 8 10 52 19 o 259 14 10 1,658 24 47 5 13 11 58 18 171 2 8,366 89 132 16 28 55 292 53 998 53 184 5' 218 788 32 197 23 106,611 13 s 1,061 6 o 1,874 13 3 247 12 9 373 o o 514 18 o 3,102 18 o 781 1 o 8,241 J2 I 62 6 o 726 12 5 "I 5 o 2,548 7 o 581 10 o 2,439 3 3 9,683 11 6 556 1 o 3,281 10 3 165 12 o 1.465 9 22 7 53 10 78 10 5.992 34 5° 21 5 127 40 274 118,232 o ii 1,251 4 11 1,493 16 2 353 9 ! 454 15 " 99 o o 2,739 17 4 841 14 o 5,688 11 2 10 o o 965 3 10 30 13 " 2,891 6 2 802 o o 1.134 15 11 10,492 6 2 302 17 8 3,019 12 9 287 15 4 34 3 4 122 19 2 726 40 11 4 1 2 8 H5 53 no 6 39 3° "3 8 571 10 2 250 17 4 466 9 4 2,519 8 10 126 15 o 412 9 2 20 18 8 11 5 36 15 5> 252 e 60 2 29 8 24 186 29 in 30 67 33i 13 97 1 42 2 10 DuNEDIN Albany St. Arrow River Balclutha Clinton Clyde ... Cromwell Green Island Hamilton's Hampden Hyde Kakanui Lawrence Manuherikia Mataura Milton... Naseby Oamaru Ophir Otepopo Palmerston Port Chalmers ... Queenstown Switzers Tapanui Teviot... Waikouaiti WestTaieri 6,841 546 274 56i 268 277 5'8 93 128 38l 318 535 266 246 645 376 1,922 40 362 427 877 353 385 106 579 1 2 42 2 6 19 3 6 35 9 2 13 10 10 14 3 o 32 10 o 10 18 o 986 2156 040 13 13 2 29 iS 10 16 6 2 29.371 3 o 2,036 0 o I,092 8 9 2,225 '3 ° 1,129 2 6 900 7 7 2,153 10 9 428 Ig 10 664 11 n 1.579 >5 11 18 12 o 1,488 5 4 2,077 19 9 902 s o 979 11 4 2,538 o 7 1.213 5 5 8,060 14 5 103 6 10 1.485 11 9 1,410 o 6 3.797 13 4 1.263 6 7 1,414 16 1 409 16 3 1,094 16 4 i,33i 9 2 631 15 10 8,729 326 99 242 38 122 140 19 27 75 i 38 367 41 58 327 140 614 12 34,448 5 4 1.334 9 1° 422 11 9 1,057 2 4 191 6 2 420 2 7 453 16 6 81 19 s 196 15 2 358 13 " 17 00 155 3 3 1,567 11 2 '75 15 IO 348 o 8 1.55° '9 8 55O 14 6 2,535 !9 8 72 5 6 182 5 10 569 7 1 1,808 17 1 701 10 8 357 8 3 80 16 6 309 17 9 362 8 3 191 8 3 2,008 '39 33 24 13 22 36 12 36 10,868 811 21 178 49 87 76 154 39 «S« 127,272 1 10 6,213 n o 478 16 o 1,650 13 o 788 o 1 437 5 " 583 11 4 i,57° 3 o 1,194 13 o 1,834 19 4 1,861 8 34 12 6 22 8,484 257 13 67 23 15 32 37 10 45 153,135 17 5 3,77i 18 1 727 10 1 2,44417 s 413 6 6 196 1 1 i,495 10 7 556 5 » 220 9 7 1,227 i° 5 13 2 28 5 35 4 14 102 43 164 8 85 434 60 892 115 715 78 38 3' 64 89 59 53O 15 11 1,718 o 1 67 11 o 698 11 6 5,405 5 2 670 14 o 12,389 16 10 43 5 7 1,036 17 o 1,325 10 9 7,927 2 10 707 9 8 714 2 11 137 5 o 648 18 o 558 8 o 422 9 o 7 21 20 72 4 24 144 28 347 804 on 2,112 14 10 72 o o 819 3 7 4,5" 3 7 1,054 4 10 10,143 17 " 1 14 7 o 40 () 10 22 15 8 143 4 o 1 18 6 17 14 6 20 19 o 66 4 6 24 IS 2 16 19 o 5 1 6 16 16 8 16 2 10 1066 263 6 11 41 11 162 41 •3° 366 187 77 "9 80 78 46 23 26 157 15 8 M 14 86 11 8 1 24 27 235 25 32 4 21 35 20 953 9 7 912 19 o 6,483 7 i° 829 17 9 1,322 17 4 no o o 493 10 ° 788 12 8 547 2 * 325 344 '58 10 14 21 M 8 5 Invercargii-l Campbelltown ... Longbush Riverton Winton 1,801 246 148 411 2'3 137 9 6 15 '4 4 f >3 4 26 18 8 15 o 8 7,288 19 6 1,239 7 4 366 9 6 1,566 18 3 906 2 3 855 72 18 127 35 3,444 14 9 280 13 o 63 17 o 478 17 3 126 5 11 331 •5 11 57 44 '.354 5° 75 162 138 21,058 14 o 1,580 6 o 457 3 o 2,456 14 6 1,962 7 o 347 8 5 25 7 1,111 22 20 75 30 29,481 9 () 441 14 6 662 n 6 2,168 18 3 479 10 9 Totals 73.O27 4,950 19 4 293,481 10 9 52,132 211,516 16 2 ".273 56,129 6S7.653 4 o 8,681 36,977 729.759 17 9

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Table No. 4. STATEMENT of the Business of the Post Office Savings Banks in New Zealand, Year by Year, from the Date of their Establishment to the 31st December, 1875.

Postal Districts. Number of Post Office Savings ISanks open at the close of the Year. Number of Deposits received during the Year. Total Amount of Deposits received during the Year. Average Amount of each Deposit received daring the Year. Number of Withdrawals during the Year. Total Amount of Withdrawals during the Year. Average Amount of each Withdrawal during the Year. ;Excess'of Deposits over Withdrawals during the Year. Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits during the Year. Cost of Management during the Year. Average Cost of each Transaction, Deposit, or Withdrawal. Interest for the Year. Number of Accounts opened during the Year. Number of Accounts closed during the Year. Number of Accounts remaining open at close of the Year. Total Amount standing to the Credit of all open Accounts, inclusive of Interest to the close of the Year. Average Amount standing to the Credit of each open Account at close of the Year. Auckland Thames Taranaki Ilawke's Bay Wellington ... Marlborough Nelson Westport Hokitika Greymouth Canterbury Otago Southland 26 3 8 2.093 1,180 1,832 10,015 1,046 '1,607 735 658 11,589 •5.39° 1.779 £ s. d. 18,032 18 o 16,180 2 6 20,751 2 9 "2,703 9 s 11,761 10 7 16,743 8 8 11,365 19 10 8,212 15 2 15,625 2 6 142,964 12 11 I77.O25 17 9 27>5'5 4 6 10 19 o 8 12 3 13 14 2 11 6 6 5.354 ;i, 7 66 846 960 6,333 438 753 55° 713 721 7.240 10,045 1,258 £ s. d. 92,611 o 3 20,664 o o 24,290 3 1 117,180 11 6 10,658 7 6 13,581 18 11 !3.976 3 5 18,172 16 5 20,558 10 7 i5'.oyi 1 3 196,148 8 10 33.234 4 9 £ s. d. 17 5 11 11 14 o 20 15 10 25 6 o 18 10 o 24 6 8 1809 25 8 2 25 9 9 28 10 3 20 17 4 19 10 6 26 8 4 £ s. a. £ s. d13,839 18 10 2,631 2 o I 1,412 8 9 3,539 o 4 4,477 2 1 ... £ s. .d. 3.743 2 3 885 16 3 581 7 9 841 13 5 4,019 14 6 681 11 9 1,027 10 9 493 7 5 612 5 7 728 17 6 6,532 3 4 7,062 6 7 i,355 6 4 I,37O 32O 448 1,968 231 286 '47 118 190 2,452 3.°39 453 I.O47 255 141 312 1,336 141 187 147 172 !59 1,953 2,439 392 3,344 861 555 782 3,772 592 837 380 428 768 5,48i 5,620 914 £ s. d. 90,723 3 6 21,532 7 11 14,866 18 5 22,747 19 5 108,43*1 19 5 17.784 9 2 2 7.933 15 6 11,742 6 11 12,355 "4 2 19,025 10 3 167,197 17 1 180,884 7 2 32,068 18 9 27 2 7 2i O 2 26 15 8 29 1 9 28 14 11 30 o 9 33 7 5 30 18 o 28 17 4 24 15 5 30 10 1 32 3 8 35 1 8 ... ... .3 4 5 2 2 11 5 • 11 4 10 10 8 4 ■5 9 3 1297 15 8 6 12 6 8 11 10 o IS 9 4 ... 1.103 3 1 3.161 9 9 2,610 3 7 9,96o 3 3 4.933 8 1 8,126 8 4 19,122 11 1 5.719 o 3 3 19 28 5 Totals for Colony in 1875... 1874.. 1. .. 1872... 1871... » ,. 1870... „ ., 1869... „ 1868... I I I 119 103 97 92 81 70 59 55 56,129 39.223 3 1,68 1 24,642 20,489 13.014 657. 653 4 o 699,249 14 3 58o.542 5 5 430,877 o o 312,338 18 4 264,328 5 7 240,898 5 9 '94.535 " 6 11 14 4 •3 5 8 14 16 2 13 12 o 12 13 6 12 18 o 14 1 2 14 18 11 36,977 29.778 21,268 17.254 14-773 ■ 1.934 9,292 6.365 729.759 17 9 620,155 8 9 425.908 3 5 3'3.i/6 7 11 261,347 16 3 209,509 13 2 180,518 4 1 107,094 17 3 19 14 8 20 16 5 20 o 5 18 3 o 17 13 9 17 11 1 19 8 7 16 16 6 79.°94 5 6 154,634 2 o 117,700 12 1 50,991 2 1 54,818 12 5 60,380 1 8 87.440 14 3 72,106 13 9 ... 2,500 2,250 1,800 i,556 1,264 1,186 789 o 6f o 7* o 7tt o 81- ° 9tt o io}5 o 9! 28,565 3 5 26,935 6 8 20,106 16 10 14,711 o 5 11,291 10 10 9,243 3 1 1 7,412 8 o 4,880 7 3 10,346 6,205 4,304 3,839 3,282 8,681 5,736 3,816 2,277 1,801 1,186 24,334 21,742 17.132 13.566 io,549 8,317 6,290 727,295 7 8 770,836 18 o 664,807 5 10 490,066 7 o 357>654 14 6 295,372 1 7 231,3" 5 3 i63,5 l8 15 7 29 17 9 35 9 ° 38 16 1 36 2 5 33 18 1 35 10 3 36 15 5 38 9 1 ,, ,, from 1st Feb. to 31st Dec, 1867.,, 46 6.977 96,372 7 10 13 16 3 1,919 26,415 18 9 I 13 15 3 69,956 9 1 822 •l 10J1,241 5 o 2,520 364 2,156 71.197 14 1 33 o 5 * The high cost of each tran during 1867 is attributable to the payment during that year of charges properly belonging to the subsequent years.

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Table No. 5. NUMBER and Value of Postage Stamps printed during the Years 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, and 1875.

Table No. 6. RETURN of Intercolonial and Interprovincial Mail Steam Subsidies, Year 1875.

Table No. 7. TABLE showing the Number of Officers employed in the several Chief and Head Post Offices and Second-Class Post Offices in the Colony during the Years 1874 and 1875.

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1871 1872. 18H 1874. i875. Denomination. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. i £ ' 3 ,000 5.496 £ 60,000 129,120 £ 6,456 £ 16,171 Lt One Shilling ... 109,920 * 323.520 it Sixpence 770,400 19,260 366, 240 9.156 282,000 7.°S° 1,000,800 25,020 299.520 7,48! Lt Fourpence 84,000 1,400 48,000 800 79, 200 1,320 224,400 3.740! it Threepence 246,240 3.°7 8 474,000 5-925 90, 000 I>125 358,320 4.479' it Twopence 1,620,000 13.500 2,898,000 24. H° 3,064,800 25.540 4,410,480 36.754J 4.I55.84O 34.63 Lt One Penny 3,172,320 13.218 2,046,000 8,525 1,868,400 7.78s 3,114,960 12,979 2,421,360 10,081 Lt One Halfpenny 717,600 1.495 688,080 1.433 1,648,320 3.434 1,224,000 2,55' Totals 6,002,880 6,549.840 50,051 6,132,480 47.253 10,886,400 92,862 8,424,240 7O,93 55.952 * A large number of these postage stamps were in stock at the close of previous year.

< 'on: tract. Number of Trips per Annum. Annual Subsidy. Mileage per Trip. Cost per Mile. Service. Commence. Terr.ir.i.-Uc. £ 5, 000 1,200 £ s. d. O 2 2J lelbourne and New Zealand and Napier Vellington and Napier and Gisborne Vellington and Kaikoura ... lelson and Uokitika J August, 1873 Feb., 1875 August, 1876 Feb., 1877 f 13 26 \l 26 »3 3.44° 73 6 408 176 180 480 o 1 3 1,000 Nov., 1875 Nov., 1876 > O O Qi 400 1,300 Dec, 1875 Jan., 1875 Dec, 1876 On month's notice Nov., 1876 o 1 8; 042' liddle Island Service 4,000 Nov., 1874 12 i> 2I3 056

;;• i»7SPost Offices. a II 12 s I I o t 3 a 7, E Q s v 'rt i B o C P. .S* en l| i| rt £ 'aj O G rt o CI rt u I 5 6 a £ i 60 □ 1 c/3 M y 0 n •3 u J_ Auckland Fhames 3nehunga Fauranga jisborne Sew Plymouth ... Mapier Port Ahuriri Wellington Wanganui Melson Westport Blenheim Picton Kaikoura 3hristchurch Lyttelton rimaru \karoa Dunedin Port Chalmers ... 3am aru [nvercargill Sampbelltown ... Hokitika Sreymouth Chatham Islands i IS 2 5 2 2 23 6 2 "3 2 4 2 2 I 2O 6 i I i I i i i i I 2 3 I I I 3 5 i •a 4 5 3 3 2 i i I I I I 2 I i i i 2 4 i «3 3 S 2 i 10 3 i 2 I "8 3 i I i I I I I 2 i 2 2 i 2 I I I I I I I i i I I I 3 2 I I i i I I 13 i I I 20 i I 12 I 4 i I i 19 3 3 i 22 J i 4 I i 3 4 I I I i 2 I I I i 16 6 I I "16 I i 2 5 2 i 4 i I 2 3 S i g 4 I i i I I i i 2 i i 4 6 i I 3 i i i 4 i 4 i I I i i 2 i i i i 2 2 I I 2 i i ... i . i ■•• i ... ... ... ... I 82 I , | I i I i i 70 ! 29 6 11 I 134 Totals ■4 ■3 33 6 2 I '5 [ «4 13 j

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Table No. 8. COMPARATIVE TABLE showing the Postal Revenue and Number of Letters and Newspapers received at and despatched from the several Postal Districts, from 1865 to 1875, both Years inclusive.

Leti Received. ters. Despatched. Newspapers. Postal Districts. Revenue. Received. Despatched. Auckland— 1865 ... 1870 ... 1871 ... 1872 ... 1873 - 1874 ... 1875 ... £ »• d. ",548 4 5 10,264 15 3 12,549 7 9 10,950 12 11 11,108 4 2 12,523 2 4 13,133 " o 5' 4,42 1 653,70° 692,462 627,212 691,154 740,502 782,329 528,509 619,466 603,928 584,9IS 626,188 786,279 779,617 318,569 436,809 515,532 524,094 575,954 626,164 647,325 727,170 262,471 227,121 243,543 259,285 352,197 326,248 Thames— 1873 1874 1875 1,787 19 4 1,618 o 1 1,664 o 6 118,904 110,131 119,418 95,398 97,859 109,954 45-532 52,244 52,323 40,670 44,382 52,886 Taranaki— 1865 ... 1870 ... 1871 ... 1872 ... 1873 ... 1874 - 1875 ... 984 14 3 593 6 4 820 2 5 982 o 5 1,068 3 5 1,336 1 3 1,815 9 5 52,498 30,767 42,191 57,O29 66,572 80,112 97,040 52,082 28,320 39,8o6 5O,739 58,889 71,108 89,469 66,448 27,3i5 3o,759 38,105 44,354 56,384 72,462 25,128 15,308 '5,457 18,275 25,545 30,217 49,632 Hawke's Bay—1865 ... 1870 ... 1871 ... 1872 ... 1873 ... 1874 ... 1875 ... 1,107 13 7 1,476 14 2 1,569 '3 2 1,789 14 4 2,000 2 3 2,972 17 11 4,076 19 8 68,721 72,744 85,003 99,O46 139,189 148,837 186,993 71-546 76,553 92,297 109,083 150,948 179,703 230,973 94,718 61,963 63,339 64,315 88,172 109,157 128,480 68,780 54,157 67,293 72,628 93,090 136,825 150,750 Wellington— 1865 ... 1870 ... 1871 ... 1872 ... 1873 ... 1874 - 1875 ... 5,176 6 10 12,674 5 3 24,040 10 o 41,883 4 o 38,274 5 o 40,588 16 2 S'. OS° 5 8 259, I5 2 354,815 361,442 458,702 675,258 691,956 802,950 237,907 336,375 369,343 472,016 564,991 743,776 922,177 206,566 262,631 283,917 3i5,3i4 37°>i49 506,428 596,768 261,080 216,621 216,181 236,486 313,347 390,085 470,650 Nelson — 1865 ... 1870 ... 1871 ... 1872 ... 1873 ... 1874* .- 1875 •■• 2,012 15 10 3,093 5 8 2,556 9 6 3,004 17 6 3,030 6 8 2,262 14 7 2,399 «' I0 99,661 188,860 205,159 266,774 256,566 176,606 205,716 126,143 185,179 208,766 263,147 249,349 172,461 180,707 128,317 191,671 154,687 190,304 210,467 162,202 145,470 130,436 123,821 133,805 157,988 187,005 89,568 111,769 Westport — 1875 1,053 6 2 73,527 57,447 95,237 51,258 Marlborough—1865 1870 ... 1871 ... 1872 ... ■ 1873 ■•■ 1874 ... 1875 ■•• 853 17 6 1,099 l6 7 1,201 14 11 1,317 o 4 1,417 17 11 1,368 7 3 1,719 9 o 59,5O7 62,647 75,067 107,658 125,314 153,723 62,672 92,124 58,003 67,928 96,920 128,954 131,624 62,212 7 M67 54,948 55,264 91,968 128,956 153,124 73,354 72,202 36,279 36,585 53,764 76,205 60,787 Canterbury — 1865 ... 1870 ... 1871 ... 1872 ... 1873 ... 1874 ... 1875 ... 10,158 1 9 8,905 19 6 9,072 1 10 10,324 5 1 12,191 14 8 13,382 13 11 17 582 19 8 472,284 623,794 718,910 876,786 951,020 844,327 1,052,071 486,007 410,938 455,536 497,326 541,341 858,393 1,000,864 381,360 353,651 338,356 373,763 511,109 476,098 529,554 480,238 168,635 179,077 195,346 238,416 231,718 295,420 Hokitika— 1870 ... 1871 ... 1872 ... 1873 ... i8 7 4t ... 1875 ... 2,252 4 4 3,395 7 3 3,386 18 1 3,393 3 7 1,996 8 3 1,816 o 9 212,689 235,179 220,470 230,294 116,644 121,517 225,157 240,405 208,028 201,940 125,049 121,743 165,380 215,463 241,495 282,207 I49, O35 i5 I >832 123,906 162,782 156,729 178,257 62,182 68,695 Greymouth— 1875 2,171 13 7 146,702 167,980 130,734 I53,io6 Otago— 1865 ... 1870 ... 1871 ... 1872 ... 1873 »■ 1874 ... 1S75 ... 12,611 18 1 13,667 14 1 15,044 12 9 17,339 7 2 18,418 7 1 18,262 18 8 20,891 5 9 588,545 7",479 893,997 653,H' 824,495 923,165 1,106,168 568,001 578,299 716,623 • 873,132 959,219 i,i45,452 1,343,748 439-733 582,593 651,633 828,490 672,038 1,197,172 1,142,015 55!>3°3 558,799 833,1.37 4H,275 821,988 746,427 872,706 Southland — 1865 ... 1870 ... 1871 ... 1872 ... 1873 ■•• 1874 ... 1875 .« 2,OI2 7 4 1,758 15 2 1,696 5 IO 1,691 19 3 1,962 II II 2,368 14 4 3,121 5 9 93,396 82,910 92,903 118,941 160,867 I73>3i 1 205,249 102,321 74,536 9r,657 131,687 148,825 181,248 238,14s 111,660 "3,454 83,616 74,877 71,220 186,758 181,133 79,920 26,808 58,328 68,888 94.658 7°,4i9 120,913 Totals— 1865 ... 1870 ... 1871 ... 1872 ... 1873 ... 1874 ... 1875 ... 46,475 9 3 55,78° i8 3 70,249 19 7 94,733 '4 8 94,-706 16 0 104,361 2 11 122,40s '8 9 2,208,285 3,018,932 3,296,990 3,588,073 4,221,977 4>339,l65 = ,053,403 2,235,188 2,626,947 2,784,707 3,37o,47o 3,694,008 4,719,291 5,374,148 1,809,583 2,266,934 2,308,634 2,767,682 2,963,170 3,872,668 4,026,457 2,397,409 1,622,728 1,871,150 1.643,409 2,306,025 2,434,024 2,784,820 • The Westport returns have been separated from thosi those of : of Nelson. t The Greymouth returns have been separated from

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Table No. 9. TABLE showing the Number of Letters received for delivery in New Zealand during the Year ended 31st December, 1875.

Table No. 10. TABLE showing the Number of Letters despatched by New Zealand during the Year ended 31st December, 1875.

:om Places wi1 thout the Coloi ■yFrom PI: tees within thi Colony. Postal Districts, Other Districts in New Zealand. Totals without and within the Colony. United Kingdom. Australian Colonies. Other Places. Totals without the Colony. Places within the District. Totals within the Colony. Auckland 67,879 41,256 11,250 120,385 221,154 440,790 661,944 782,329 Thames 7,o95 7.095 96,O45 16,278 "2,323 119,418 Taranaki 6,300 1.693 152 8,145 41,508 47,387 88,895 97,040 Hawke's Bay ... 16,363 2.737 563 19,663 93.824 73,5o6 167,330 186,993 Wellington 51,612 32,246 6,682 90,540 372,8o6 339.604 712,410 802,950 Nelson 19,882 8,308 21 28,211 120,915 56,590 177,505 205,716 Westport 2,943 66 3,OO9 39,261 3i,257 70,518 73.527 Marlborough ... 5,8n 2.137 81 8,029 47,835 97.859 145,694 153,723 Canterbury 109,942 39,008 2,223 1*1.173 176,887 724,011 900,898 1,052,071 Hokitika 4.7H 15.491 4i7 20,622 59,431 41,464 100,895 121,517 Grey mouth 4,9^ 17.309 22,224 42,539 8i.-939 124,478 146,702 Otago "8,393 67,395 8,914 194.702 213,503 697,963 911,466 1,106,168 Southland I3.9 10 11,949 306 26,165 64,073 115,011 179,084 205,249 Totals 1,589,781 429.759 239.59S 30,609 699,963 2.763.659 4,353.440 5.O53.4O3

'o Places withi )Ut the Colony. To Places within the Colony. Postal Districts. Other Districts in New Zealand. Totals without and within the Colony. United Kingdom. Australian Colonies. Other Places. Totals without the Colony. Places within the District. Totals within the Colony. Auckland 70,056 40,897 I3,36l 124,314 233,906 421.397 655.303 779,617 Thames S.SI3 525 6,038 81,632 22,284 103,916 109,954 Taranaki 4.717 129 4,846 40,451 44.172 84,623 89,469 Hawke's Bay ... IM53 12,453 92,340 126,180 218,526 230,973 Wellington 63.304 37.856 3,669 104,829 390,824 426,524 817,348 922,177 Nelson 9.319 8,333 1.257 18,909 "5.347 46,451 161,798 180,707 Westport 1.545 20 1.565 24,516 31.366 55.882 57.447 Marlborough ... 5.432 i.37o 188 6,990 4i,995 82,639 124,634 131,624 Canterbury 86,925 33.124 3.257 123,306 73,342 804,216 877,558 1,000,864 Hokitika 2.753 15,714 250 18,717 58.327 44,699 103,026 J2I.743 Greymouth 6,95413.112 9 20,075 51,201 96,704 H7,9O5 167,980 Otago f ... 104,171 61,671 8,475 174,317 236,702 932,729 1,169,431 1.343.748 Southland 15.393 •0,395 428 26,216 86,364 125,565 211,929 238,145 Totals 388,535 222,492 31.548 642,575 1.526,947 3,204,926 4.731.873 5.374.448

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Table No. 11. TABLE showing the Number of Newspapers received for delivery in New Zealand during the Year ended 31st December, 1875.

Table No. 12. TABLE showing the Number of Newspapers despatched by New Zealand during the Year ended 31st December, 1875.

im Places witl lout the Coloi '>•• From PI; tecs within thi Colony. Postal Districts. Other Districts in New Zealand. Totals without and within the Colony. United Kingdom. Australian Colonies. Other Places. Totals without the Colony. Places within the District. Totals within the Colony. Auckland 162,438 47,076 15,849 225,363 137.322 284,640 421,962 647.325 rhames 12,850 12,850 30,809 8,664 39.473 52,323 "aranaki 15,768 1,972 /OS i8,445 28,266 25.751 54,oi7 72,462 lawke's Bay ... 37,466 7,104 759 45.329 76,007 7>!44 83.J51 128,480 Vellington 122,634 63,429 4,158 190,221 211,176 J95.3/I 406,547 596,768 Jelson 20,137 12,460 9 32,606 79.267 33.597 112,864 H5.47O Vestport 7.625 13 7,638 48,004 39,595 87.599 95.237 larlborough ... 14,114 5,945 258 20,317 39.969 92,838 132,807 153,124 Canterbury 156,813 73.253 2,967 233.O33 92,296 204,225 296,521 529,554 Iokitika 17,684 37>7H 495 55-893 49,413 46,526 95,939 151,832 Jreymouth 13,214 36,608 49,822 35,385 45,527 80,912 130,734 Hago 205.385 85,246 7,6i3 298,244 122,711 721,060 843,771 1,142,015 louthlaml 36,139 24,147 74i 61,027 21,800 98,306 120,106 181,133 Totals 822,267 394,967 33,554 1,250,788 972,425 1,803,244 2,775,669 4.026,457

'o Places withi mt the Colon 1 To Places within the Colony. Postal Districts. Other Districts in New Zealand. Totals without and within the Colony. United Kingdom. Australian Colonies. Other Places. Totals without the Colony. Places within the District. Totals within the Colony. Luckland 55.389 25,577 12,196 93,162 147,767 85.319 233.086 326,248 'hames 4.33i 333 4.664 46,666 J.55 6 48,222 52,886 'aranaki 3.38o 95 .3.475 33,268 12,889 46,157 49,632 lawke's Bay ... 9.301 9.3OI 52,101 89,348 141,449 'S0^ 0 Vellington ■4M57 23.152 4,799 70,408 247,640 152,602 400,242 470,650 Jelson 24.343 2.801 837 27,981 78,757 5.031 83,788 111,769 Vestport '.'45 2 1. M7 26,680 23.431 50,111 5'.258 Iarlborough ... 5.089 766 175 6,030 22,530 32,227 54,757 60,787 lanterbury 54.934 16,075 1,486 72.495 102,496 120,429 222,925 295,420 lokitika 3.302 5,828 161 9,291 45,859 13.545 59,404 68,695 Jrey mouth 8,931 8,064 16,995 59,474 76,637 136,111 I53»io6 )tago 132,105 41,248 9,417 182,770 217.435 472,501 689,936 872,706 iouthland 10,084 6,179 257 16,520 64,320 40,073 104,393 120,913 Totcls 354.791 129,692 29,756 5M.239 1.144,993 1,125,588 2,270,581 2,784,820

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Table No. 13. RETURN of the Number of Letters registered at the Post Offices in the several Postal Districts during the Years 1872, 1873, 1874, and 1875.

Table No. 14. STATEMENT of Correspondence received from the United Kingdom via San Francisco and via Suez during the Year ended 31st December, 1875.

Table No. 15. STATEMENT of Correspondence despatched to the United Kingdom via San Francisco and via Suez during the Year ended 31st December, 1875.

1852. i8»1874. 1875. To PI laces To Places To PI [aces To 'laces Postal Districts. Without the Colony. Within the Colony. Totals. Without the Colony. Within the Colony. Totals. Without the Colony. Within the Colony. Totals. Without the Colony. Within the Colony. Totals. Auckland ["hames iawke's Bay Wellington Jelson ... Vestport flarlborough 'anterbury Iokitika Jreymouth )tago ... iouthland M57 1St 190 942 568 10,199 605 877 4.904 i>5°4 12,656 7 6i 1.073 5.846 2,072 1,889 354 147 304 1,169 258 "5 158 1,864 636 674 2,368 284 6,652 764 610 1,217 S.84S 815 260 836 3.689 991 1,211 4,4°4 960 8,541 1,118 757 1,521 7.014 1,073 375 994 5,553 1,627 1,885 6,772 1,244 2,029 4'5 M7 320 i>783 249 187 132 2,260 514 798 3.679 338 6,513 567 647 i,934 6,254 814 381 907 4.5o8 1,046 i,346 4.824 i,i74 8,542 982 794 2,254 8,037 I,°63 568 1,039 6,768 1,560 2,144 8,503 i,5 12 1,669 334 217 345 1,674 256 164 i?S 2,648 460 778 4.656 605 6,640 657 652 1,338 6,893 981 629 848 4,988 959 1,415 5,6i7 2,532 8,309 991 869 1,683 8,567 1,237 793 1,023 7,636 1,419 2,193 10,273 3,137 126 1,637 1.567 721 3,286 2,052 847 4.923 .3.619 1.983 237 4.763 927 6,746 1,164 Totals 43.766 9.869 29,838 39.707 IO,22O 28,254 38.474 12,851 30.9 is I3.98I 34.H9 48,130

la San Franctsci na Suez and Melboi irne. Date of Receipt. Letters. Uooks. Newspapers. Letters. Hooks. Newspapers. [anuary February March I7.59 1 21,411 23,879 22,769 24,044 19,815 20,989 20,143 i,95 8 3,841 3,n8 2,961 3,^5 7.056 5.J9 1 3,9°8 44,993 3°.35 6 57.O58 55,O48 56,881 46,590 44,008 46,603 7,128 7,774 7.049 1,302 1,563 i,473 10,064 8,274 7,68i Vpril .'.'. Hay fune [uly 6,270 6,689 7,101 7,002 6,485 6,227 5.579 6,828 7,216 7,676 i,037 1,014 1,288 1.525 2,604 1,709 1,782 3.386 3.739 2,491 9>°32 9.177 10,004 9,45 2 10,871 9,612 7.583 10,242 8,611 5. IO7 August September October November iecember 25,120 22,855 24,O43 22,764 32,563 3,36' 3,362 3,804 4,721 4,032 48,919 56,194 60,938 58>375 73,354 Totals 297.986 679.317 50,418 89,024 24.9J3 115.71°

la San Francisci Via [elbourne and iuez. Date of Despatch. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Letters. Books. Newspapers. I anuary ''ebruary tfarch \pril Hay [une fuly Vugust September October 20,836 25,O95 21,395 24,988 25,459 23,604 27,5o8 25,245 27,481 25,061 23,947 19,921 19,882 416 470 36S 495 428 369 748 577 014 1,109 646 457 424 16,750 18,835 14,772 15.875 16,695 '5,93° 20,048 23,560 22,232 19,698 19,577 17,291 12,731 S.773 7,768 7.94S 5.9i8 6,6S • 6,738 8,544 ",645 7,760 7,760 177 162 120 98 174 109 205 197 133 146 6,233 6,789 7,359 6,9I3 6,326 5,557 7-972 11,600 5,960 6,542 November December 11,623 9,54' 122 129 7,403 7,819 Totals ... 7,Il8 310,422 233,994 97,666 1,772 86,473

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Table No. 16. TABLE showing the Revenue and Expenditure, &c., of the Post Office in the Postal District of Auckland for the Year 1875.

p. Correspondence received ai id despatched. Mail Services Expenditure. To; .1. Mail Services. 2 0 Letters. Books and Newspapers. Weight of Books and Newspapers, in lbs. 3.2 Mode of Conveyance. Number of Times weekly. Cost of Conveyance to the Department. Salaries. Contingencies. Expenditure. Revenue. Trunk Lines: I. Auckland to Waipu II. Auckland to Cambridge '7 205,112 16,644 68,859 3. 121 12,911 89 no Steamer & Morse Railway & Coach 1 3 75 o o 854 o 6 £ s. d. 53 6 8 235 3 4 £ s. d. 4 5° £ s. d. 128 6 8 1,093 8 10 £ s. d. 17° 5 4 1,495 12 2 Branches : I. Auckland to Devonport II. Auckland to Onehunga III. Auckland to Eden Terrace IV. Auckland to Ponsonby V. Auckland to Howick ... VI. Papakura to Wairoa ... VII. Drury to Waiuku VIII. Waiuku to Port Waikato IX. Onehunga to Awitu X. Drury to Tuakau XI. Pukekohe East to Pukekohe West XII. Mercer to Churchill XIII. Hamilton to Alexandra XIV. Te Awamutu to Kihikihi XV. Newcastle to Raglan ... XVI. Raglan to Aotea XVII. Whatawhata to Alexandra XVIII. Auckland to Henderson's Mill ... XIX. Whau Bridge to Muddy Creek ... XX. Auckland to Waitemata Mills ... XXI. Waitemata Mills to Helensville ... XXII. Helensville to Whapu ... XXIII. Helensville to Matakohe ■ XXIV. Pahi to Paparoa XXV. Auckland to Wade XXVI. Wade to Puhoi XXVII. Wade to Parakakau ... XXVIII. Wade to Waiwera XXIX. Wade to Wangaparoa ... XXX. Waiwera to Orewa XXXI. Waiwera to Puhoi XXXII. Waitemata Mills to Kaukapakapa XXXIII. Kaukapakapa to Komokoriki XXXIV. Te Kapa to Lower Matakana XXXV. Warkworth to Port Albert XXXVI. Warkworth to Kaipara Flats ... t 2 . 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 2 2 I3.79 6 72,i37 11,767 28,607 18,830 6,441 i8,535 678 4,786 3,632 942 35."2° 2,5 2 7 12,700 76 669 633 7,010 1,665 6,538 1,618 1,603 3,66. 267 2,061 18,209 2,609 7.751 5.637 2,664 12,572 481 914 2,876 2,008 389 19,191 2,398 6,763 22 1,058 3,328 857 1,684 4, 658 8,878 3,625 1.373 4,684 679 1,062 1,698 448 386 3.4H 489 1.453 i.°57 499 2.357 90 171 539 377 73 3,598 45° 1,268 4 198 624 161 316 873 1,664 680 257 878 127 199 318 84 3 6 2 4 IS 9 21 22 20 23 7 12 33 5 31 11 23 12 15 75 75 16 Steamer Railway Horse Coach Horse ,, Steamer Railway & Foot Horse Boat Coach Horse ,, ,, 1 2 1 2 12 12 1 3 2 1 1 6 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 6 3° ° ° 25 o o 50 o o 62 8 o 40 o o 54 o o 14 o o '7 5° 26 6 8 200 o o 138 o o 2 11 46 o o 30 o o 13 o o 130 o o 250 o o 1000 97 10 o 800 35 o ° 33 o o 500 3° ° ° 500 1000 8 6 8 55 o o 500 3° o o 4 3 4 10 o o 5 17 6 40 o o 103 7 6 33 o o 85 o o 95 8 o 45 o o 84 o o 14 o o 500 27 5 o 34 13 4 255 o o 500 168 o o 2 11 5° 3 4 40 o o 13 o o 135 ° ° 263 3 4 20 o o 100 n 11 525 19 » 85 16 c 208 11 ic 137 6 c 46 19 a '35 3 c 4 18 ic 11 12 ic 34 17 11 26 9 c 6 17 4 256 1 £ 18 8 ( 92 12 1 0 11 1 4 17 5 28 1 j 4 12 3 42 8 1 5 1 2 i 124 3 ic 47 IO i c 12 2 5 47 13 i 11 15 11 11 13 5 26 13 ic 1 18 n j, 1 2 5 3 1 4 2 Steamer Coach Steamer 3 1 500 «3 3 4 20 o o 19 o o 500 1000 Horse Cart Boat Horse 1 1 2 1 14 o o no o o 36 o o 1300 24 o o 10 o o 12 O O 25 o o 40 o o 20 6 8 1600 28 o o 19 o o 1900 120 o o 41 o o 18 o o 29 o o 1000 1200 1 2 1 2 1 4,559 5H 7°5 5.247 43' 3.432 35 1 809 3.734 357 644 66 12 7 7 5 3 8 15 7 7 4 „ „ Boat Horse 1 1 1 1 1 500 500 500 25 o o 50 o o 25 6 8 21 O O 1 152 700 74 )> j) 2 1 1000 500 5 ° °. 15 o o 500 33 4 ic 3 14 11 S 2 5 38 5 2 3 o 2 2 I )» 1 43 o o 25 o o .. 1 20 O O

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Correspond! :nce received and despatched. Mail Services Expenditure. Total. Mail Services. 0 Z S.s Letters. Books and Newspapers. Weight of Books and Newspapers in lbs. Mode of Conveyance. Number of Times weekly. Cost of Conveyance to the Department. Salaries. Contingencies. Expenditure. Revenue. Branches —continued. XXXVII. Port Albert to Tauhoa XXXVIII. Tc Arai to Mangatoroto XXXIX. Paparoa to Mangatoroto XL. Te Arai to North Oruawharo XLI. Wangarei Heads to Waipu XLII. Wangarei Heads to Paroa Bay ... XL1II. Limestone Island to Mangapai ... XLIV. Russell to Waimate ... XLV. Waimate to Hokianga... XLVI. Hokianga to Omapere ... XLVII. Kawakawa and Vessels in the River XLVIII. Wangaroa to Kaio XLIX. Mongonui to Ahipara ... L. Ahipara to Parenga LI. Kapanga to Tokatea ... . „ LII. Kapanga to Wangapoua LIII. Kapanga to St. Andrew's LIV. Kapanga to Tiki LV. Whitianga to Tairua ... LVI. Tauranga to Opotiki ... LVI1. Tauranga to Taupo LVIII. Maketu to Rotorua LIX. Gisborne to Waiapu LX. Wangarei Heads to Wangarei ... LXI. Waitemata Mills to Waikoukou ... LXII. Newmarket and Railway Station LXIII. Otahuhu and Railway Station LXIV. Woodside and Railway Station ... LXV. Papakura and Railway Station ... LXVI. Pukekohe and Railway Station ... LXVII. Tuakau and Railway Station LXVIII. Mongonui and Wharf ... LXIX. Chief Post Office and Wharf ... LXX. Chief Post Office and Railway Station LXXI. Otahuhu to Woodside ... LXXII. Ohiwa to Opotiki LXXIII. Landing Service, Auckland LXXIV. Landing Service, Onehunga LXXV. Landing Service, Te Kapa ... LXXVI. Landing Service, Matakana 2 4 1 1 3 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 4 3 1 1,706 4,841 5°7 4,207 9.415 8,602 I, 362 9.559 6,233 i,39 8 9,802 1,211 i, no 33° 2,420 19.799 I. °39 1.54i 4.734 5'9 4,814 5.455 879 1,472 3.37° 42 3.353 262 239 51 1.373 8,574 2,692 133 289 887 97 902 699 1,023 165 276 286 632 8 628 49 45 10 1,607 5°5 25 5 35 8 6 12 12 14 31 18 7 7 31 40 3 12 12 4 11 20 49 18 Horse .. ). Boat Horse Boat Boat and Horse Horse and Boat Boat M Horse ,, ,, >. Coach Horse I I I I ■ 2 I I As required 1 1 Once monthly 6 1 1 1 1 1 2 £ s. d. 22 10 o 60 o o 20 o o 7100 15 o o 30 o o 25 o o 76 11 8 60 o o 40 o o 40 o o 1600 80 o o 25 o o 40 o o 46 o o 20 o o 10 o o 32 10 o 75° ° ° 29 o o 45 12 6 29 s o 2 10 o IOOO 6 10 o 6 o n 7 5 ° 1920 8 17 o 360 97 «4 ° 60 17 6 8 10 o 600 26 o o 35 o o 8 12 o 6 10 o 31 00 IOOO 500 15 o o 15 o o 584 1084 5 ° ° S o o 15 o o 22 10 o 7 10 o 2 10 o 35 ° o 75 o o 20 o o 7100 15 ° ° 30 o o 40 o o 82 o o 70 8 4 40 o o 45 o o 21 o o 95 o o 25 o o 62 10 o 46 o o 20 o o IOOO 66 o o 760 o o £ s. d. 12 8 9 35 5 " 3 13 11 3° 13 6 66 13 o 62 14 s 9 18 7 69 14 o 25 7 6 45 8 11 10 3 10 7i 9 5 8 16 7 8 1 10 2 8 1 17 12 ii 144 7 4 53 6 o 7 11 6 1 29 o o 45 I2 6 50 7 o 2 10 o 1 19,067 8,365 1^568 16 1 2 i i I 2 8 Boat Horse Foot Cart Horse Foot Horse 1 1 3 12 6 6 6 6 6 As required 20 o o 120 139 o 7 Foot Cart 10 o o 6 10 o 6 on 7 5° 19 2 o 8 17 o 360 97 14 ° 60 17 6 8100 600 26 o o 35 ° ° 8 12 o 6 10 o ,, 1 1. Foot Boat As required 1 .. 3 1 3 .. »» ,» r. »

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Table No. 17. TABLE showing the Revenue and Expenditure, &c., of the Post Office in the Postal District of Thames for the Year 1875.

TaMe No. 16— continued. Table showing the Revenue and Expenditure, &c, of the Post Office in the Postal District of Auckland for the Year 1875.

S Correspondence received and despatched. Mail Services. Expenditure. Total. • Mail Services. 6 Letters. Books and Newspapers. Weight of Books and Newspapers in lbs. 5.E Mode of Conveyance. Number of Times weekly. Cost of Conveyance to the Department. Salaries. Contingencies. Expenditure. Revenue. Branches —continued. LXXVII. Landing Service, Wangarei Heads LXXVI1I. Landing Service, Warkworth ... LXXIX. Landing Service, Russell LXXX. Auckland to Warkworth LXXXI. Auckland to Wangarei Heads ... LXXXII. Auckland to Kawau LXXXIII. Auckland to Great Barrier LXXXIV. Auckland to Russell ... LXXXV. Auckland to Wangaroa LXXXVI. Auckland to Mongonui LXXXVI1. Auckland to Kapanga LXXXVIII. Auckland to Whitianga LXXXIX. Auckland to Tauranga £ s. d. 368 5 4O 15 o o £ s. d. £ s- d. £ % d. 368 S4o 15 o o 13 19 6 £ s. d. 1 1 Boat As required . •■■ ... ... ,, 2 1 1 ■ 1 1 1 1 2,489 4. 564 2,049 760 30,420 5.129 27,079 66,483 65.565 2,5°3 2,726 277 11,689 2,063 23,653 2.777 38,822 368,052 605,521 469 5" 297 52 2,192 387 2,638 4,435 520 7,279 35 65 25 5° 130 140 160 47 80 130 2,099* Steamer Sailing Vessel Steamer 2 I Uncertain 1 1 1000 500 20 o o 15 o o 40 o o 155 o o 3 19 6 1 15 o 5°o 21 15 o 15 o o 40 6 o 158 o o 18 2 11 33 5 5 14 18 5 5 10 ic 221 16 ; 37 7 " 197 9 c 484 15 .< 28 11 5 478 1 ( ,, 1 060 300 1 ,, 1 1 1 50 o o 55 7 6 1 5 7 6 Chief Tost Office, Auckland 131 1 850,823 7". '23 1,561,946 69,010 "3.535 ... 4,281 12 2 369 o 10 1,216 o o 3,514 10 5 35 12 6 563 18 I 5.533 4 8 4,447 9 4 6,203 14 6,929 16 Totals ... '32 973-573 182,545 2,0994 4,650 13 o 4,73O 10 5 599 10 7 9,980 14 o I3,«33 "

I. Thames to Tararu Tararu to Hastings II. Thames to Puriri... 2 1 1 5.419 2.752 1.039 i,io8 1,204 222 392 241 2 >4 10 Horse Steamer 6 S Every opportunity 2 ] 85 o o 1000 1000 ... j 105 o o 22 15 11 11 5 10 ... III. Puriri to Nevesville IV. Thames to Hikutaia V. Thames to Paeroa VI. Paeroa to Mackaytown VII. Grahamstown Wharf and Vessels in Port VIII. Tramway Terminus and Tararu Wharf 1 1 1 1 96 977 9,662 4.438 45 1,089 1.558 1,002 9 ! 218 i '4 30 4 Horse Steamer 4 10 o o 14 3 6 10 o 40 o o 52 o o 50 o o 238 14 3 4 10 o ° 14 3 16 10 o 45 o o 52 o o 50 o o 1 o 3 10 41 12 18 17 2 10 o o 500 312 200 Horse Boat Trap 2 6 As required ... ... .. Post Office, Thames 8 1 24.383 204,989 7>9 6 5 97,244 I 1.594 19,449 74 35 ° o 846 13 4 93 o 9 273 14 3 939 14 1 104 15 '.559 5 ... Totals ! 9 229,372 105,209 21.043 74 238 14 3 881 13 4 93 o 9 1,213 8 4 1,664 °

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Table No. 18. TABLE showing the Revenue and Expenditure, &c., of the Post Office in the Postal District of Taranaki for the Year 1875.

Table No. 19. TABLE showing the Revenue and Expenditure, &c., of the Post Office in the Postal District of Hawke's Bay for the Year 1875.

6 Correspondci ,ce received ai id despatched. Mail Services, Expenditure. Total. Mail Services. z o Z Letters. Books and Newspapers. Weight of Books and Newspapers in lbs. 3.S Mode of Conveyance. Number of Times weekly. Cost of Conveyance to the Department. Salaries. Contingencies. Expenditure. Revenue. Trunk Lines : I. New Plymouth to Inglcwood ... II. New Plymouth to Manutahi (North) III. New Plymouth to Patea IV. New Plymouth to Waitara V. Landing and shipping MaiU ... £ s. d. £ *. d- £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 2 10 6 1 I 8 2 295 360 79.49° 10,115 104 II I 36,456 1,969 II 13 4.557 246. 8 10 100 Hyrse Coach 1 1 2 2 As required 300 559 '7 2 33 'a o 282 5 o 10 ,, Boat 594 ° ° 17 10 o 150 o o 761 10 o 46 5 o 500 640 5 o 22 IO O 150 o o ... ... ... Chief Post Office, New Plymouth ... 1 i 12 1 90,260 96.249 186,509 I 38,640 83.454 4.827 10,432 i i 128 ... I 5 1 5 ° 442 18 7 45 "18 2 812 15 o 488 16 9 881 7 8 934 1 9 1.815 9 5 Totals 1 13 122,094 15.259 128 761 10 o 1,301 II 9 494 3 7 45 18 2

Trunk Lines : I. Napier to Wairoa Wairoa to Mahia II. Napier to Porangahau Porangahau to Castlepoint III. Napier to Taupo I 2 8 16,294 821 65,629 1,648 8,258 '3.424 475 32.8.36 1, 204 4,468 2,237 79 5,473 201 745 54 26 74 43 110 Horse Coach Horse Coach I Fortnightly 2 I7S IO ° 50 o o 290 o o 150 o o 600 o o 1600 500 89 o o 600 26 o o °S9 o 1 3 6 16 9 o 3 3 016 191 'S 9 55 " 3 385 16 9 156 3 3 626 1 6 63 10 210 508 18 6 10 18 15 2 3 1 2 Branches: I. Te'Aute to Patangata II. Hastings to Havelock III. Gisborne to Ormond IV. Waipawa to Tamumu V. Maraekakaho to Harapden VI. Hastings to Pourerc VII. Napier to Port Ahuriri VIII. Napier to Taradale IX. Taradale to Pekapeka X. Waipawa to Ongaonga ... ,.. XI. Hastings to Maraekakaho XII. Maraekakaho to Kereru XIII. Woodthorpe to Erewhon ... XIV. Farndon to Clive XV. Napier to Puketapu XVI. Landing Mails at Gisborne XVII. Chief Post Office and Railway Station 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2,941 13.347 461 3.157 2,621 17,957 S.958 4,030 3.195 i,4S4 1,019 ii,773 3.SI7 3.95 1 358 2,918 7,026 6,144 3> 673 765 544 4,600 2,019 S12 659 S°9 59 486 266 1,171 1,022 612 529 443 147 91 767 336 1 6i 12 7 >9 30 1 8 24 3 18 17 5° 2 12 Horse Coach Horse ,, Coach Horse 2 6 2 1 2 1 12 6 1 3° ° ° 25 o o 40 o o 25 o o 50 o o 85 o o 74 13 o 49 10 o 50 o o 69 10 o 50 o o 46 o o 50 o o 500 25 o o 20 o o 39 o o 600 600 500 600 50 o o II O O 500 5 o ° 600 600 0 14 6 1 S 6 076 °93 049 3 18 o 05° 056 060 030 026 36 14 6 32 5 6 45 7 6 25 ° o 56 9 3 85 4 9 124 13 o 64 8 o 55 5 o 74 IS 6 56 6 o 52 3 o 5° 2 6 12 11 o 31 2 o 220 o o 39 o o 29 o 51 o 14 10 18 12 9 10 160 o 119 o 10 o 11 8 12 2 6 o 1 62 o 1 1 ,, ,, 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 ,, ,, 1 6 2 As required 600 600 200 o o III O Coach Boat Coach 020 4 3 ' 441 10 1. ,, I I Chief Post Office, Napier 35 1 207,992 209,974 97.975 i8i,2 5 5 l6,344 30,2O9 SI7§ •.999 3 o 460 o o 745 ° o 17 3 o 77 )6 6 94 19 6 2,476 6 o 822 16 6 1,603 19 i' 2,472 19 11 ... Totals 36 46,553 1 I 5174 1 .999 3 o 1,205 ° ° 3,299 2 6 4,076 19 417,966 279,230

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Table No. 20. TABLE showing the Revenue and Expenditure, &c., of the Post Office in the Postal District of Wellington for the Year 1875.

i Correspondence received and despatched. Mail Services. Expenditure. Total. Mail Services. o d Z Books and Newspapers. Weight of Books and Newspapers in lbs. u S.s Mode of Conveyance. Number of Times weekly. Cost of Conveyance to the Department. Revenue. Letters. Salaries. Contingencies. Expenditure. £ s. d. £ s. «»■ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Trunk Lines : I. Wellington to Hawera II. Wellington to Porirua III. Wellington to Hutt IV. Wellington to Masterton V. Masterton to Castlepoint 25 4 I 9 4 461,679 '9.857 I4LS54 17.199 237,042 6,361 73.706 5.7 QI 37.840 642 I ,060 10,534 95° 182 12 8 64 34 Coach . Railway Coach Horse 2 6 6 6 1 I , 48 1 O O 35 o ° 400 o o 85 o o 683 1 9 30 o o 67 10 o 130 16 8 37 o o 45 8 7 090 2, 209 10 4 65 9 o 67 10 o 532 16 4 123 12 11 2,578 13 i 66 13 4 108 o c 855 I c 103 16 4 1 19 8 1 12 11 Branches : I. Wanganui to Bull's II. Wellington to Makara III. Hutt to Wainuiomata IV. Wellington to Ohariu V. Tauherinikau to Kaiwaiwai VI. Hutt to Taita VII. Masterton to Alfredton VIII. Foxton to Waipukurau IX. Greytown and Wairarapa ... X. Greytown and East Coast ... XI. Castlepoint to Glenburn XII. Feilding to Awahuri XIII. Te Nui to Alfredton, via Tiraumea XIV. Chief Post Office and Railway Station XV. Chief Post Office and Wharf 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2, 539 1,962 1.354 5" 5.94° Incl h 1 ".35 1 1.'79 726 631 3" '.590 uded in Mast< I I 1,891 196 121 105 52 265 :rton 43 7* "5 3 3§ 3° r nes " 1 Coach Horse j. 11 Coach Morse Coach Horse 6 2 2 2 2 6 Fortnightly 1 1 1 85 o o 25 o o ... 1200 20 o o 600 40 o o 600 o o 70 o o 50 o o 35 ° o 52 o o 28 o o 20 O O 1000 40 o o 15 o o 040 040 o 17 o 85 o o 35 4 o 40 4 o 12 00 20 o o 21 17 O 40 o o 600 o o 70 o o 5° o o 35 o o 52 o o 28 o o 286 10 c 15 l6 4 1204 80c 3 12 c 33 o c V Included ii J n services head led " Trunk Lii .. 1 1 1 «... ,, Express 1 1 As required ... ... 20 O O 40 o o ... ... 1 ). }t 40 o o 3,084 o o Chief Post Office, Wellington ... 58 1 7O9.794 342.455 724.9 6 3 53. 656 120,827 411 1.013 8 5 2,266 18 5 5° '5 2 491 4 8 4,148 2.758 3 3 7 1 4,071 4 4 46,979 1 4 ... ... — Totals 59 1.725. I2 7 1,067,418 174.483 411 j 3,084 o o 3,280 6 10 6,906 6 8 S'.o5° 5 541 '9 I0

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Table No. 21. TABLE showing the Revenue and Expenditure, &c., of the Post Office in the Postal District of Nelson for the Year 1875.

Table No. 22. TABLE showing the Revenue and Expenditure, &c., of the Post Office in the Postal District of Westport for the Year 1875.

u Correspondence received and despatched. Mail Services. Expenditure. Total. Mail Services. O o d Letters. Books and Newspapers. Weight of Books and Newspapers in lbs. 5.5 Mode of Conveyance. Number of Times weekly. 1 Cost of Conveyance to the Department. Salaries. Contingencies. Expenditure. Revenue. Trunk Lines : I. Nelson to Riwaka ... II. Nelson to Foxhill ... III. Nelson to Sherry River 6 7 2 30,721 35.3O.S 2,679 8,844 10,158 4.5 66 1.474 1.693 761 36 24 29 Coach Horse 6 1 181 13 4 120 o o 7200 63 o o 1000 23 3 « 26 10 1 206 £ s. d. 276 16 5 209 10 1 62 o 6 £ »• d. 190 15 4 219 4 5 16 12 9 50 o o Branches: I. Moutere to Nga Timoti -... II. Moutere to Thorpe ... III. Spring Grove to Waimea West IV. Nelson to Wakapuaka V. Collingwood to Bedstead Gully VI. Chief Post Office and Wharf ... VII. Landing Service, Motueka VIII. Landing Service, Motupipi IX. Landing Service, Waitapu X. Nelson to Golden Bay 1 2 1 1 2 2,158 1,127 4,368 2,408 2,211 1.179 1,850 368 64 196 508 6 3 12 1 H >> • Spring Cart 3 3 2 As required 24 5 o 10 o o 28 o o 25 10 o 15 o o 45 o o 500 10 o o 500 500 1000 12 o o 800 10 o o 1 12 6 0 17 o 3 5 IO 1 16 4 30 17 (> 20 17 o 43 5 10 35 6 4 25- o o 45 o o 500 to o o 500 58 '9 2 13 8 a 70a 27 2 6 14 18 la .. ,. Chief Post Office, Nelson 5 27 1 94,628 291.795 386,423 36,426 220,813 1,205 6,269 36,802 52 i8i£ Vessel As opportunity offers ... 5*9 8 4 47 o o 237 o o 965 o o 11 19 2 71 4 6 220 o 10 98 10 3 827 12 IO 1,185 ° 1O 587 12 1 ,811 19 ... Totals 28 257.239 43. Q7 1 181$ 2,012 13 8 519 8 4 1,202 o o 291 5 4 2,399 " 1

Trunk Lines : I. Westport to Reefton ..; II. Westport to Charleston III. Westport to Rochfort IV. Westport to Karamea 3 2 1,037 740 13.984 33.5^3 5 23 2,622 6,467 246 98 54 18 5 1 Horse 2 6 I 34° o o 230 o o 39 o o 500 100 o o 500 2100 345 o o 330 o o 44 o o 2100 3 10 129 o 9 5 2 1 Foot & Steamer 2 Branches : I. Charleston to Brighton II. Christy's to Lyell ... III. Lyell to Matakitaki IV. Lyell to Zalatown ... V. Reefton to Boatman's VI. Post Office and Vessels in River 2 1 2 1 2 1,769 10,668 1,428 1,056 2.375 1,326 8,970 2.H3 210 802 249 1,682 402 41 150 10 10 23 3 8 Horse .•» 1 2 1 1 40 o o 90 o o 95 o o 30 o o 47 o o 39 ° ° 15 o o 40 o o 1000 55 o o 130 o o 105 o o 30 o o 57 o o 39 o o 11 5 83 10 7 10 3 10 5 io Foot Boat 1 As required 1000 ... ... Post Office, Westport ... 16 1 60,116 62,790 H6.495 ".957 16,234 28,191 185 ... 95O o o 187 10 o 407 10 o 169 19 o 1,137 10 o 577 9 o 253 o 800 6 Totals >7 130,974 •85 950 o o 595 o o 169 19 o 1,714 19 o 1.053 6

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Table No. 23. TABLE showing the Revenue and Expenditure, &c., of the Post Office in the Postal District of Marlborough for the Year 1875.

Table No. 24. TABLE showing the Revenue and Expenditure, &c., of the Post Office in the Postal District of Canterbury for the Year 1875.

6 Correspondence received ai id despatclicd. Mail Service: Expenditure. Total. Mail Services. i c Letters. 1 Hooks and Newspapers. Weight of Books and Newspapers, in lbs. y s.s Mode of Conveyance. Number of Times weekly. Cost of Conveyance to the Department. Salaries. Contingencies. Expenditure. Revenue. • Trunk Lines: I. Blenheim to Picton... ... III. Picton to Havelock... III. Havelock to Nelson IV. Blenheim to Hawkswood V. Blenheim to Renwicktown VI. Blenheim to Wairau Valley ... £ s. d. 180 o o 80 o o no 00 35° o ° 20 o o 85 o o 198 3 4 52 o o £ s. d. 380 £ s. d. 381 11 4 132 o o no o o 372 o o 30 o o IOO O O £ s. d 355 2 6 133 «3 a 5 2 1 3 1 4.O57 28,421 6,867 2.675 65,961 27,708 1,792 21,831 2,7 63 6,183 2,597 168 2,046 259 294 20 25 36 140 25 Coach & Railway Horse and Boat Horse 6 3 1 1 1 22 o o IOOO 15 o o 84 4 10 29 o 0 20 o c 1 1 Branches : I. Havelock to Deep Creek II. Havelock to Homewood III. Blenheim to Southside IV. Blenheim and Wharf V. Picton and Wharf ... VI. Kaikoura and Wharf VII. Blenheim and Railway Station Vill. Picton and Railway Station ... 1 I 357 465 1,264 529 439 746 49 69 20 25 1 Boat Foot 1 Fortnightly 6 As required 27 o o 50 o o 15 o o 15 ° ° 600 3 II 8 2 7 9 600 500 33 ° ° 50 o o 500 15 o o • 5 ° ° 600 3 11 8 2 7 9 I 5 10 c ... ,, ,, Trap Foot i» », .■■• Chief Post Office, Blenheim 16 I73.SI9 111,828 I 124,909 89,002 1 ~ II, 706 20,054 ! 299 943 19 5 308 3 4 392 10 o 380 53 16 3 i,2SS IO 9 446 6 3 627 10 4 1,091 18 8 i ... Totals 1 1 1 17 285,347 ! 213,911 299 943 19 5 700 13 4 57 4 3 1,701 17 o 1,719 9 c

Trunk Lines: I. Christchurch to Ashley Bank Kaiapoi to Hurunui ... Hurunui to Hawkswood II. Christchurch to Timaru Timaru to Waitaki * III. Christchurch to Hokitika IV. Christchurch to Lyttelton 1 1 1 3 10 3 141,841 8,07.5 S'4.886 25.775 3°, 76 3 189,187 21,592 10,222 4,487 ■44.36l 14,458 42.673 2,044 897 28,872 2,891 1,078 8.534 22 38 5° 104 41 "5° 7 Railway Railway & Coach Coach 6 6 1 6 6 i 1 400 o o 1,215 1 ° 320 o o ( 82 o o i 12 O O ( 4°4 3 4 I 29 is o 35 18 4 412 18 4 } 52 15 ° 42 14 8 8 10 o 320 o 01 446 15 o ] 1,700 4 o 1,182 o 1 492 8 n (4,290 11 1 I 214 15 11 256 7 1,576 11 Railway 2 6 970 o o 1,005 l8 4 422 2 10 946 Branches: I. Christchurch to Suburban Offices II. Christchurch to Woolston III. Christchurch to Sumner 9 2 1 43.558 10,688 3.205 6,647 '.543 399 308 80 7 3 9 Horse Coach 6 6 6 ] 78 o o 8100 Si 2 00 5°o 159 o o 362 19 I f 89 1 . I 2614 : 30 o o * 47 o o ,,

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Table 0. 24 — continued. Table showing the Revenue and Expenditure, &c, of the Post Office in the Postal District of Canterbury for the Year 1875 — continued. O u Correspondence received and despatched. Mail Service: Expenditure. 43d. Mail Services. 6 Books and Newspapers. Weight of Books and Newspapers in lbs. Si Mode of Conveyance. Number of Times weekly. Cost of Conveyance to the Department. Letters. Salaries. Contingencies. Expenditure. Revenue. Branches —continued. IV. Christchurch to Southbridge V. Flaxton to Swannanoa VI. Cust to West Oxford ... VII. Weedon's Gate to West Melton ... VIII. Dunsandel to Lake Coleridge IX. Dunsandel to Upper Hororata ... X. Dunsandel to Greendale XI. Dunsandel to Killinchy XII. Invell to Brookside XIII. Rakaia to Drayton XIV. Ashburton to Mount Somers XV. Mount Somers to Ashburton Gorge XVI. Ashburton Forks to Alford Forest XVII. Kaiapoi to Kaiapoi Island XVIII. Waiau to Hanmer Plains XIX. Leithfield to Cheviot ... XX. Hurunui to Lake's Station XXI. Geraldine to Mount Peel XXII. Timavu to Lake Tekapo XXIII. Timaru to Pleasant Point XXIV. Timaru to Pareora XXV. Christchurch to Greenpark XXVI. Lyttelton to Pigeon Bay XXVII. Lyttelton to Port Levy ... XXVIII. Lyttelton to Gebbie's Flat XXIX. Duvauchelle's Bay to Okain's Bay XXX. German Bay to Le Bon's Bay ... XXXI. Christchurch to Akaroa XXXII. Pigeon Bay to Akaroa... XXXIII. Akaroa to Wainui XXXIV. Burke's Pass to Dr. Fisher's Station ... XXXV. White Cliffs Junction to Surveyor's Gully XXXVI. Middleton Railway Station and Upper Riccarton XXXVII. Cust Post Office and Railway Station XXXVIII. Oxford Post Office and Railway Station ... XXXIX. Malvern Railway Station and Kowai Pass... XL. Lyttelton Railway Station and Vessels in Port XLI. Irwell Post Office and Railway Station 8 3 6 88,217 3.'34 46,98 1 2,628 2,994 6,767 2,9>4 1,680 7417 1,742 372 2,506 1,613 785 659 9.735 1,004 4.54' 1,276 4.1 '3 5,281 2,094 61,854 £ s. d. '35 9 8 40 o o 85 o o 17 10 o 120 o o 60 o o 50 o o 20 O O 25 o o 150 o o 52 14 8 3° ° ° 25 o o 10 o o 70 o o 150 o o Ho o o 119 9 o 220 o o 75 o o 50 o o 45 o o 300 o o 60 o o £ s. d. 80 o o £ s. d. II 12 O £ s. d. 227 1 8 49 o o 127 6 8 22 10 o 125 o o 65 o o 55 o o 23 o o 25 o o 150 o o 62 14 8 30 o o 25 o o 10 o o 75 o o 150 o o 80 o o 138 9 o 230 o o 90 o o 60 o o £ s. d. 735 2 10 26 2 4 391 10 2 21 18 o 24 19 o 56 7 10 7 '5 4 18 5 6 24 5 8 1400 61 16 2 11 7 10 14 10 4 320 20 17 8 13 8 10 6 10 10 282 3 6 5 9 'o 81 2 6 8 7 4 20 9 6 37 16 10 10 12 8 34 5 6 44 o 2 17 9 o 5'S 9 ° 1 1 'I 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 11,114 621 483 747 1,129 220 5°3 395 339 438 447 '74 >-5 28 988 419 93 2,448 212 484 474 287 656 1,246 1,006 '3.453 2.223 124 ',.395 97 '49 226 44 101 79 68 383 88 90 35 306 198 84 1.47' 19 498 42 97 95 57 249 201 2,691 27 17 10 12 46 20 9 7 1 '/ 45 20 6 S 7 45 35 65 11 8 12 18 Coach Railway & Horse Coach IIorsc Coach .. Horse Coach IIorse ,. Coach Horse 6 2 6 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 900 42 6 8 5°o 500 500 500 300 10 o o 500 1 1 4 2 1 1 .. Coach 1 2 3 3 2 3 2 1900 10 o o 15 o o 10 o o 500 '9 3 4 1 1 Horse Coach Steamer Boat and Horse Horse 50 o o 3^9 3 4 60 o o 65 o o 70 11 8 35 o o 412 o o "5 o o 25 o o 25 o o 2100 1090 1 3 2 1 8 9 11 5' n 2 2 2 55 ° o 60 o o 30 o o 300 o o 115 o o 2500 25 o o 10 o o 10 o o 500 112 O O o 11 8 Coach 3 3 1 ... I 433 "87 ... Steam Launch Horse Railway Foot 1 939 3 20 716 6 2 1,718 102 20 1 6 As required 2 IO O 14 6 4 ""* 10 9 o N i» 10 o o 900 2 10 o 10 o o 900 2 10 O 150 o o "6 Coach Boat and Foot 6 As required 150 o o Foot M 10 13 10 10 13 10 Chief Post Office, Christchurch 121 1 1.330.845 722,090 308,461 61,999 103,302 998 5.485 16 8 1,781 15 o 3.1" »3 7 125 7 10 704 17 3 7,392 19 6 3,816 10 10 11,090 4 2 6,492 15 6 ... Totals ... 122 2.052.935 824,974 '65,301 998 5,485 '6 8 4.893 8 7 830 5 1 17,582 19 8 11,209 IO 4

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Table No. 25. TABLE showing the Revenue and Expenditure, &c., of the Post Office in the Postal District of Hokitika for the Year 1875.

Table No. 26. TABLE showing the Revenue and Expenditure, &c., of the Post Office in the Postal District of Greymouth for the Year 1875.

4 XI Correspondt :nce received ai despatched. Mail Services. Expenditure. Total. Mail Services. 5 o* Letters. Books and Newspapers. Weight of Books and Newspapers in lbs. 5.S Mode of Conveyance. Number of Times weekly. Cost of Conveyance to the Department. Salaries. Contingencies. Expenditure. Revenue. Trunk Lines: I. I lokitika to Greymouth II. I lokitika to Christchurch III. I lokitika to Ross IV. Ross to GiHcspie's ... 6 2 66,549 9,102 46,898 24,238 25,218 7.949 7,816 4.039 4. 203 40 147 20 7i Coach .1 6 2 6 £ s. d. 575 o o 970 o o 129 o o 250 o o 45 o o 40 o o 32 18 4 £ ■• <>• £ s. d. 620 o o 970 o o 169 o o 282 18 4 £ s. d. 145 O 0 17 o c 182 o 0 36 o o S Horse 1 Branches: 7,612 7°S 491 4.S4O 2,000 1,388 i>'93 756 333 23 1 199 Horse 6 40 o o 16 o o 1000 26 o o 25 o o 1000 500 65 o o 26 o o 34 o c 60c I. I lokitika to Hoho II. Waimca to Fox's III. Waimea to Callagtian's Gully IV. Arahura to Teremakau 3 2 I 2 5 3 10 .. .» 2 2 15 o o 26 o o 40c 5 o c >> 1 ... . 2,016 o o 157 '8 4 760 18 6 918 16 10 Chief Post Office, Mokitika 29 I 149,941 93.319 "3.424 107,103 18,901 17.850 3°°i 146 18 3 146 18 3 2,173 18 4 907 16 9 3,081 15 I 429 o '.387 o 1,816 o Totals 1 2,016 o o 30 243,260 220,527 36.751 3°°i

Trunk Line: I. Greymouth to Hokitika 34, 76 ° Coach 6 066 5 6 6 44,375 4,345 I 4° 500 »3 o Branches: I. Marsden to Clifton ... II. Marsdeu to Rutherglen III. Greymouth to Arnold 1 1 3,834 746 3,616 2,424 3 > 5 74 3°3 446$ 6 3 16 IIorsc ,, 2 I 25 o o ... 500 500 500 o 12 o 036 063 ;o 12 o ■5 3 6 5 6 3 24 o 7 ° 12 10 ,, I 1-482 10 o J Xclsoii Brandies strved from Orei/mouth : I. Greymouth to Reefton II. Rcefton to Black's Point III. Twelve-Mile Landing to No Town IV. Camp Town to Nelson Creek ... V. Reefton to Antonio's Flat VI. Greymouth to Cubden 7 1 1 1 7', 675 5,661 6,742 659 146,065 168,617 314,682 54-35° 3,662 3.334 89 106,003 177.837 283,840 I 6,7931 207^ 45 7 J 48 3 7 5 11 I39-T Coach IIorse 3 2 2 285 o o 5 ° o 500 500 500 1000 73 12 o 1 3 o o 15 6 0106 026 063 841 2 o 630 5.5 6 5 IO 6 25 2 6 21 19 6 597 'o 46 o 31 ° 21 o 5 o 12 10 ,, 1 Boat 1 6 20 o o 11 '3 3 1 192 Post Office, Greymouth ... — 18 13,2502 22,229i 35,48O 539 3 3 335 ° ° 705 o o 77 '8 o '3° 7 9 95* ' 3 835 7 9 769 10 1,402 3 ... ... Totals •9 «39i I i 539 3 3 040 o o J 208 5 9 1,787 9 o 2,171 13

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Table No. 27. TABLE showing the Revenue and Expenditure, &c., of the Post Office in the Postal District of Otago for the Year 1875.

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Correspondence received and despatched. Mail Services. Expenditure. Total. Mail Services. i o d Books and Newspapers. Weight of Books and Newspapers in lbs. is Mode of Conveyance. Number of Times weekly. Cost of Conveyance to the Department. Expenditure. Letters. Salaries. Contingencies. Revenue. Trunk Lines : I. Dunedin to Balclutha II. Milton to Lawrence III. Dunedin to Oamaru IV. Palmerston to Naseby ... Naseby to Clyde V. Clyde to Queenstown VI. Lawrence to Clyde VII. Oamaru to Waitaki VIII. Palmerston to Naseby via Macrae's and Hyde IX. Balclutha to Kaitangata X. Balclutha to Long Bush XI. Dunedin to Port Chalmers 13 5 1.! 4 5 8 8 1 2 218,776 107,859 439,908 39,084 60,008 87,183 34.i 11 213,931 123,596 238,038 35,°77 62,128 88,537 25.719 35,655 20,599 39,672 5,846 io,354 14,756 4,286 55 34 73 7-1 10 Coach n 6 6 2 £ s. d. £ s. d. 412 4 1 271 10 o 736 19 2 120 o o i8( 5 o 281 00 85 15 o £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d 1.433 15 Ji 544 " 7* 2,397 11 o 278 7 9 1 241 5 5 = 781 2 ii 254 8 9 i ;, ,5 ,1 2 3 2 !■ 3.397 I0 ° i i r- 80 7 9 J 5,614 7 8 ,, 10,069 11,698 46,168 118,277 9,010 9,437 57,588 50,214 1,501 i,572 9,598 8,369 54 10 ,, 5) 3 2 J 2700 .. 20 16 8 5,1 '5 ° 256 10 10 68 17 7| 44 17 2 320 10 oj 445 '5 10 2 ,, 4 9 Railway 12 .. • 53 15 ° 247 18 4 %"\% 6 Branches : I. Dunedin to Portobello II. Portobello to Kaik III. East Taieri to West Taieri via North Taieri... IV. North Taieri to Hindoo ... V. West Taieri to Waipori ... VI. West Taieri to Waipori Lake VII. Waihola to Taieri Beach VIII. Port Molyneux to Owaki IX. Lawrence to Bluespur ... X. Lawrence to Tuapeka Mouth XL Lawrence to Waipori XII. Beaumont to Welshman's XIII. Switzers to Waikaka XIV. Maheno to Kakanui XV. Oamaru to Maerewhenua via Omarama XVI. Waihemo to Macrae's ... XVII. Kyeburn to Hyde ...• XVIII. Hamilton's to Linburn ... XIX. Linburn to Serpentine XX. Blackstone Hill to St. Bathan's ... XXI. St. Bathan's to Cambrian XXII. Naseby to Kyeburn Diggings XXII I. Black's to Tinker's XXIV. Cromwell to Nevis XXV. Cromwell to Cardrona ... 2 1 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 4,942 1,183 4 1>i32 1,019 8,079 3>7°2 1,227 10,590 4,818 2,049 u,i77 i,4°5 8, 196 5>5 6 2 632 23,436 1,562 7,733 5,709 2,439 15,834 5,358 i;39 6 10,224 653 6,394 6,899 1,187 3,906 260 1,288 406 2,639 893 232 1,704 108 1,065 1,149 8 1 9 20 18 11 16 5° 20 75 10 28 7 12 8 4 8 25 45 Horse Coach Horse Coach IIorse i) ,, j. ), 2 2 6 i 2 2 I 2 6 1 2 1 6 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 69 o o 13 i o o 6o o o 20 O O 94 o o ; 2O O O 33 o ° 25 o o 30 o o 27 10 o 217 o o 50 o o 45 o o 185 o o 3° ° ° 58 o o 59 o o 3S ° ° 35 ° ° 20 10 o 145 10 o 167 10 o 2100 500 53 10 o 1000 15 00 15 00 500 20 o o 20 o o 26 5 o 500 25 o o 15 o o 050 11 96 400 90 o o 18 10 o "3 15 o 30 o o 109 o o 50 c o 25 o o 53 ° o 30 o o 27 10 o 243 5 o 66 9 6 74 o o 200 o o 30 o 0 88 o o 69 o o 35 o o 70 10 o 25 8 o 40 o o 29 is o 160 8 4 222 2 6 2276 1 r 1 238 o 10 '3 12 3i 53 5 1 20 o 93 8 19 n| 61 3 4 46 15 2 12 2 7 87 "s 5^ 22 13 3 37 13 6 63 11 11 1 Cart Coach Horse 1 5 ... . ... . 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 5 7,099 632 524 680 826 5,512 11,070 7,192 2,315 8,006 536 1,192 5,547 10,411 1,198 385 238 i,334 89 198 689 924 1,735 ,, 30 o o 1000 1500 o 10 o 080 44 18 3 7 12 2 600 82 2 61 14 o 10J 5 5 11 15 6 2 32 6 9} 75 12 1 ,, 5 o o 600 12 18 4 25 o o ,, 350 200 29 12 6 Buggy

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Table Table showing the Revenue and Expenditure, 4c, of the Pi No. 27 — continued. jst Office in the Postal District of Otago for the Year I'&i^—conlim •td. in 9. Correspondence received ai id despatched. Mail Services Expenditure. Total. Mail Strvices. , - 6 v. Letters. Books and Newspapers. Weight of Hooks and Newspapers, in lbs. Mode of Conveyance. Number of Times weekly. Cost of ■ Conveyance to I the Department. Salaries. Contingencies. Expenditure. Revenue. Branches —continued. XXVI. Arrow River to Twelve-Mile Creek XXVII. Queenstown to Skipper's XXVIII. Queenstown to Moke Creek XXIX. Cromwell to Bendigo ... XXX. Kaitaugata to Wangaloa XXXI. Clinton to Tapanui ... XXXII. Oamaru to Waitaki ... XXXIII. Balclutha to Port Molyneux XXXIV. Milton to Adam's Flat XXXV. Dunedin to Anderson's Bay XXXVI. Green Island to Brighton XXXVII. Queenstown to Kingston XXXV11I. Queenstown to Martin's Bay XXXIX. Dunedin to Mornington XL. Dunedin to Murrayvillc XLI. Dunedin to Waikari ... XL1I. Dunedin to Forbury ... ... XLIII. Dunedin to Albany Street XLIV. Dunedin to Kensington XLV. Post Office, Green Island, and Railway Station XLVI. Fairfield and Railway Station XLVII. East Taicri and Railway Station... XLVIII. Otakia and Railway Station XLIX. Balclutha and Railway Station ... L. Taieri Ferry and Railway Station LI. Landing Service, Oamaru I I,ooi 3 , 3. 261 388 1,968 64 521 328 12 37 5 25 14 19 5 7 25 80 Horse 2 I I I 20 o o 85 o o 60 o o 40 o o 17 10 o 140 o o 26 13 4 100 o o 1000 15 o o £ s. d. 12 70 £ s. d. 42 7 o 100 o oj 60 o o 40 o o 17 10 o| 196 18 o| 26 13 4 120 o o £ s. d. 10 o a 32 10 6 021 ,, ,, I 431 3 34.192 823 23.636 137 3.939 Coach 2 42 10 o 14 8 o 269 12 4 3 i,n* « I 434 1 768 1 4C0 1 6,420 2 9,819 1 33,468 1 2,827 ".751 1,236 4.405 1.955 1,050 1,958 172 734 325 '75 Horse Cart 2 3 2 57 15 8 7 6 2 12 10 o 074 12 15 2 12 o o 22 I IO'; 1 6 1 36 19 i\ 9 5 i°h ■ 279 5 |I 2 o 7± 20 O O j 6 1 2 Monthly 6 6 6 6 18 6 500 1000 1000 104 o o 65 o o 5OO 10 o o 1000 20 o o 10 o o' 119 o o 65 o o 10 o o 10 o o Horse Steamer Foot 15 o o ... 1,241 1,618 5,735 2,109 802 206 269 955 35 1 2.175 '33 2 3 2 1 1 Mail Cart Foot Mail Cart Foot 1000 1000 2100 15 o o 170 o o 15 o o ... ... 21 OO ... I ,) ,, ,. As required ,, .. 268 3 15 o 650 100 ... ... ... 15 o o 170 o o 15 o o 268 3 15 0 6 i o I O Oj 12 1O O ■3 o o 40 o o .. ., ., ... ... ,. ,. 12 10 o 13 o o 40 o o ... Boat .. r, ... Chief Post Office, Dunedin ... 131 ■•434*35> 1 1.015,565 132 ,2,449,916 ; — 1,124,324 890,397 i87,333 148,396 1,220^ 5.714 o o ... 3.136 6 7 3,909 O 2 7.045 6 9 "67 5 3 563 7 ° 9,017 11 io 1 4.472 7 2! 8,544 o 4 ■2,347 5 5 Totals ... 2,014,721 335.729 I,22o£ I , 5,714 o o 73° '2 3 13,489 19 o 20,891 5 9

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Table No. 28. TABLE showing the Revenue and Expenditure, &c., of the Post Office in the Postal District of Southland for the Year 1875.

h-J 5 Correspond* :nce received an< despatched. Mail Services. Expenditure. •tal. Mail Services. Mode of Conveyance. Number of Times weekly. Cost of Conveyance to the Department. Salaries. i Letters. Books and Newspapers. Weight of Books and Newspapers in lbs. 5.S Contingencies. Expenditure. Revenue. Trunk Lines : I. Invercargill to Balclutha II. Invercargill to Campbelltown III. Invercargill to Kingston IV. Invercargill to Riverton V. Invercargill to Oteramika ... VI. Invercargill to Flint's Bush ... 29.385 40.613 47.5'° 47. "3 2,618 12,438 19,886 8,000 34,213 27,181 3,606 12,351 3.684 '.392 5.879 4.336 641 Railway & Coach Railway Railway & Coach Coach Horse £ s. d. 885 10 8 22 18 4 58 6 8 32 10 o 22 10 O 5 o ° 20 o o £ s. d. 11 5 o 25 13 II 100 919 14 o 84 o 7 130 10 o 88 10 o 45 o o 95 o o £ «• d87 10 o 128 17 s 203 7 o 384 1 6 4 6 7 32 14 5 2 6 I 2 5 75 18 3 12 12 1 2 90 21 11 18 97 o o 66 o o 40 o o 75 o o )j Branch Lines : I. Mataura to Switzer's II. Edendale to Wyndham III. Wyndham to Fortrose IV. Long Bush to Dacre V. Flint's Bush to Limestone Plains VI. Athol to Nokomai VII. Riverton to Otautau VIII. Otautau to Dunrobin IX. Otautau to Bellemont X. Elbow to Mararoa XI. Winton to Hokonui XII. Winton to Forest Hill XIII. Riverton to Orepuki XIV. Campbelltown and Wharf and Railway Station... XV. Long Bush and Railway Station XVI. Mataura and Railway Station 2 I I I 1 3 2 1 7.484 1,647 1,168 797 1,869 1.3H 2,892 779 87 4,683 4, 738 1,144 637 1,068 1,761 4,688 842 2,797 1,991 648 76 2,838 763 709 284 106 194 3" 784 132 428 356 118 12 462 36 4 6 9 20 27 32 36 12 24 Coach Horse »i j) H )» 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 107 o o 78 o o 50 o o 12 IO O 10 O O 25 o o 20 o o go o o 60 o o 69 o o 27 10 o 234 85 o o 25 13 II 800 350 1,796 12 II 5 ° ° 500 15 o o 500 112 00 83 o o 50 o o 12 10 O 10 o o 25 o o 35 o o 50 o o 65 o o 69 o o 27 10 o 234 90 o o 25 13 II 800 350 26 11 8 39 5 o 5 1 " 649 2129 1 2 11 9 11 1 016 1 19 o 2 3 3 °34 H H 1 >j 1 1 1 Foot 1 1 As required 500 19 7 2 H ... N 1. n »» Post Office, Invercargill ... 1 218,666 224,728 I33.I48 168,898 22,9'S 29,142 474 196 5 o 4Si 7 4 37 '8 11 171 7 6 2,030 16 IO 622 14 10 955 1 2,166 4 Totals 3« 302,046 474 1,796 12 II 647 12 4 209 6 5 2.653 11 8 443.394 52,057 3.121 5

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Table No. 29. SUMMARY.—Table showing the Revenue, Expenditure, &c., of the Post Office in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand for the Year 1875.

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E Total. Total Correspondence received and despatched. Expenditure. Postal Districts. No. of Offices. Weight of Books and Newspapers in lbs. Letters. Books and Newspapers. Cost of Conveyance to the Department. Salaries. Contingencies. Expenditure. Revenue. I Auckland £ s- d. 4,650 13 o £ s. d. 4.73O 10 5 £ s- d. 599 1° 7 £ s- d9,980 14 o £ s. d. 13.133 11 o 132 1,561,946 973.573 182,545 Thames 9 229,372 105,209 21,043 238 14 3 881 13 4 93 o 9 1,213 8 4 1,664 o 6 o E B c Taranaki Hawke's Bay Wellington Totals for North Island 13 36 S9 249 186,509 417,966 1,72S. "7 4,120,920 2.S47.S24 122,094 279,230 1,067,418 439,883 15,259 46,553 174,483 10,734 o 3 761 10 o 1.999 3 o 3,084 o o 10,591 14 494 3 7 1,205 o o 3,280 6 10 2 i,375 8 10 45 18 2 94 19 6 54' 19 10 22,701 1,301 11 9 3,299 2 6 6,906 6 8 3 3 1.815 9 5 4,076 19 8 51,050 5 8 7'>74O 6 3 Nelson 28 386,423 257,239 43,071 5'9 8 4 1,202 o o 29 1 5 4 2,012 13 8 2,399 " 10 Westpoiit 17 130.974 146,495 28,191 950 o o 595 o o 169 19 o 1,714 19 o 1,053 6 2 Mahlborougii "7 285,347 213,911 3'.76° 943 '9 5 700 13 4 57 4 3 1,701 17 o 1,719 9 o Canterbury 122 2.O52.93S 824,974 165,301 5,485 16 8 4,893 8 7 830 5 1 11,209 Io 4 17,582 19 8 a n 1 P Hokitika Greymouth ... 3° 19 243,260 314,682 220,527 283,840 36.751 35,48o 2,016 o o 539 3 3 918 16 10 1,040 o o 146 18 3 208 5 9 3.081 15 1 1,787 9 o 1,816 o 9 2,171 13 7 Otaco 132 2,449,916 2,014,721 335.729 5,7'4 o o 7>°4S .6 9 730 12 3 13,489 19 o 20,891 5 9 Southland ... 36 443.394 302,046 52.057 1,796 12 11 647 12 4 209 6 5 2,653 11 8 3,121 5 9 Totals for Middle Island 401 6,306,931 4.263,753 728,340 17,965 o 7 17,042 17 10 2,643 '6 4 37.6s 1 '4 9 5o,755 " 6 Totals for the Colony 650 10,427,851 6,811,277 1,168,223 28,699 o 10 27,634 12 o 4.019 5 2 60,352 18 o *i22,495 18 9 Totals for Previous Year 638 9.os8,4S 6 6,306,692 i,O9i,o64§ 25,263 i 7 24,729 o 11 3.9°2 2 I 53.894 4 7 * 104,36 1 2 II ♦This includes lostai ;e on franked corresi londenct.