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1877. NEW ZEALAND.

POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. (EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT.)

Presented to both Houses ofi the General Assembly by Command ofi His Excellency. My Loed,— General Post Office, "Wellington, 9th July, 1877. I have the honor to submit to Your Excellency the Eighteenth Annual Eeport on the Postal Service of New Zealand. I have, <fee, Geo. McLean, The Most Hon. the Marquis of Normanby, K.C.M.G., Postmaster-General. Governor of New Zealand.

EEPOET. The husiness of the department has been largely extended during the year, and the operations of the several branches have been satisfactory. The Postal revenue collected within tho colony for the financial year ended 30th June ultimo was £86,547 145., against £80,650 Os. 9d. for the previous year—an increase of £5,891 13s. 3d. But the gross revenue may be stated at £102,474 10s. lid., as a sum of £15,926 16s. lid. for postages from the Imperial Post Office and certain of the Australian colonies was due at tho close of the financial year, although not received into the Treasury. This amount has been treated as an asset of revenue. The expenditure for the above period, after making provision for outstanding liabilities, was £140,236 4s. 7d., or £4,710 15s. sd. less than the sum voted for carrying on the several postal services. The saving has been mainly effected under the item of " Conveyance of mails by sea." The total number of letters and newspapers dealt with shows a large increase, as may be seen by the following comparative statement of the number of letters and newspapers received and despatched during the years 1875 and 1876 : — 1876. 1875. Increase. Letters—Received ... ... 5,576,848 5,053,403 Despatched ... ... 6,193,889 5,374,448 11,770,737 10,427,851 1,342,886 Newspapers—Received ... ... 4,861,843 4,026,457 Despatched ... ... 3,100,905 2,784,820 7,962,748 6,811,277 1,151,471 The letters increased 1288 per cent., and newspapers 1690 per cent. 81 Post Offices were established, 3 re-opened, and 8 closed during the year. Money Order and Savings Bank business was extended to 6 Post Offices, and an office of this class was abolished. 48 additional mail services were established, and the aggregate length of the services increased by 449 miles. The staff of the department has been increased by 4 clerks, 61 sub-postmasters, 3 letter carriers, 3 messengers, and 1 shipping officer, making a total of 72 officers. 189 Post Offices have been inspected. The very large number of Post Offices, and the rapid extension of the Money Order and Savings Bank system, render more frequent inspection necessary. There are now 734 Post Offices in the colony, of which 131 are offices for the transaction of Money Order and Savings Bank business; and it is intended that the minor offices shall be inspected at least once a year, while the Chief Offices and Post Offices at which Money Order and Savings Bank business is carried on shall be visited more frequently and at irregular intervals. The arrangements necessary for giving effect to this increased inspection will be carried out without delay. ¥.— l.

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Several of the existing postal districts are to be re-arranged, and it is the intention to create additional divisions. For the future, all officers in charge of postal districts will be designated " Chief Postmasters." The post-card system was introduced during the year, and as an event in the history of postal progress in the colony, tho fact is one deserving of more than ordinary notice. Post-cards we're first issued on the Ist November last, and on the 31st December 92,500 were sold to the public—a number which largely exceeded the most favourable estimate. The introduction of post-cards would appear to have been appreciated by the public, by whom the cards are extensively used, both for general and special purposes. No complaints have been made against the charge of a penny for each card; and, contrary to anticipation, not a single card has been detained for having obscene or libellous writing. There is reason to believe, however, that a few post cards, with writing of an offensive character, have been posted and delivered to the addressees. There seems no good or sufficient reason for supposing that post-cards will be extensively used as a medium for transmitting obscene or libellous communications. The success which has attended the introduction of the post-card system has been very satisfactory. It is impossible, in the present report, to state to what extent the revenue may have been affected by the circulation of post-cards. It is believed, however, that the revenue has not suffered ; and that when returns have been completed it will be found that the postal receipts have not iv any way diminished through tho introduction of the post-card system. This assumption is based on the knowledge that the post-cards are to a large extent used for purposes which were formerly effected by agencies other than that of the Post Office. It may be stated that the New Zealand post-card is a colonial production, having been manufactured iv the Government Printing Office. The printing is from an electrotype, tho impressed stamp being produced from the die of the penny postage stamp, and the border and body of the card from ordinary type. The card is of the size of five inches by three and an eighth inches. It is printed in Indian red on buff-coloured card. The expense in connection with the introduction of post-cards, inclusive of the cost of producing 1,002,500 cards, is estimated at £184 3s. 6d. The United States postal authorities have again been communicated with, in the hope that they may consent to the establishing of a system for the exchange of money orders.

Eevenue and Expendituee. The cash revenue collected within the colony, year by year, for the six financial years ended 30th June ultimo, is shown by the following statement: — Financial Year. Revenue. Increase. £ s. 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 ... ... 70,692 0 0 ... 10,156 1 10 1875-76 ... ... 80,656 0 9 ... 8,619 0 9 1876-77 ... ... 86,547 14 0 ... 5,891 13 3 The increase for the six years is 10087 per cent.; and the year 1876-77 shows an increase over the preceding year of 730 per cent. The total receipts of the department for the financial year, compared with the expenditure, may be stated to be as follows :— Revenue. £ s. d. Expendituee. £ s. d. Revenue collected within the colony ... 86,547 14 0 Payments on account of Salaries ... 37,585 6 6 Receipts from non-contracting colonies ... 1,489 14 1 Conveyance of Mails by Sea ... ... 64,919 910 Postages estimated to be due by London ... 14,437 210 Carriage of Inland Mails ... ... 27,743 5 9 Balance of Expenditure over Revenue ... 37,236 4 7 Contingencies ... ... ... 3,802 2 6 Estimated Liabilities ... ... 6,186 0 0 £140,236 4 7 4?'236^4^ By taking into account £51,816 6s. Od., the sum estimated for franked correspondence, it will be found that the earnings of the Department for the year exceeded its expenditure by the sum of £14,054 12s. 4d. Official Postage. The service performed for other departments of the Government service by the Post Office, in the transmission of official correspondence through the post, is shown by the following Table: —

[OVNT OF Po: STAGE FOB iz Year 1876. OS THE Service or Totals. Auckland. Taranaki.; H^«'° Wellington. Nelson. Marlborough. Canterbury. Otago. Westland. 'rovincial Government £ s. d. 337 8 5 £ s. d. 80 8 4] £ s. d. 26 7 10 £ 9. d. 332 1 1 £ s. d. 46 1 1 £ s. d. 43 8 8 £ s. a. 29. 7 4 £ s. d. 1,245 17 4 £ s. d. 18S 5 9 £ s. d. 2,326 5 10 teneral Government ... 1,293 19 8 767 9 6 270 6 10 39,272 5 7 547 5 8 179 17 4 1,848 1 4 4,914 8 8 406 6 7 49,490 0 2 Totals 1,877 8 8 1,631 8 1 837 17 10 296 13 8 39,604 6 8 593 6 223 6 6,160 6 0 691 12 61,816 6 0

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Depaetmental. 81 new Post Offices were opened, and 3 re-opened during the year, at the following places : — Broad Bay, Otago Kaurihohorc, Auckland Spring Creek, Marlborough Adelaide Road, Wellington Kumara, Westland St. John's, Wanganui, Wellington Balcairn, Canterbury Kumeo Elat, Auckland Sandie Town, Canterbury Barrhill „ Row, Otago Selwyn „ Big Bay, Otago Lee Stream, Otago St. Andrews „ Bright Water, Nelson Little Grey Junction, Westland Stirling, Otago Broadfleid, Canterbury Longboach, Canterbury Te Kapu, Hawke's Bay Clarkville „ Makeritu, Hawke's Bay Te Wharau, Auckland Crofton, Wellington Matawhero, Auckland Te Mawhai, Hawke's Bay Clarendon, Otago Mauriceville, Wellington Turiroa ~ Coalgate, Canterbury Makikihi (re-opened), Canterbury Upper Waiau Ferry, Nelson Clark's, Otago Middlemarsh, Otago Upper Parnell, Auckland Dipton „ Normanby, Taranaki Upper Waikaia, Otago Duntroon „ Ngaliinepouri, Auckland Waitoa, Anekland Dunrobin ~ Oruru „ Waitohi Flat, Canterbury Deep Stream ~ Opaki, Wellington Washdyke (re-opened), Canterbury Eketahuna, Wellington Port Fitzroy, Auckland West Eyrcton, Canterbury East Oxford, Canterbury Peel Forest, Canterbury Whakato, Auckland Foxhill Station, Nelson Patcrangi, Auckland White's Point, Nelson Ferntown „ Purakanui, Otago Waihenga, Wellington Hoteo North, Auckland Pukeuri „ Waimangaroa, Nelson Henley, Otago Round Hill ~ Warrington, Otago Highcliffe „ Red Jack's, Westland Woodville, Wellington Hilton, Canterbury Ruatangata, Auckland Waiheke, Auckland Halcouibe, Wellington Ravensbourne, Otago Waitekauri „ Horokiwi (re-opened), Wellington Rangitata, Canterbury Whatipu „ Kimberley, Canterbury Sandymount, Otago Wbakataki, Wellington ' Katikati, Auckland Sefton, Canterbury Whirinaki, Auckland. The under-noted 8 Post Offices were closed during the year:— Cape Settlement, Auckland. Southside, Marlborough. Flaxbourne, Marlborough. Spreydon, Canterbury. Gouland's Ferry, Marlborough. Takaka, Nelson. Mount Somers, Canterbury. Upper Wakefield, Nelson. 708 Post Offices were open on the 31st December, 1876, and the number of officers employed was 855. The number of Post Offices open in the several postal districts on the 31st December, 1876, compared with tho number open in 1875, is shown by the following table :—

The following return of officers of the Postal Department for the years 1875 and 1876 shows to what extent the staff was increased during the year : — Officers. 1876. 1875. Officers. 1876. 1875. Postmaster-Gleneral ... ... 1 1 Postmasters ... ... ... 13 13. Secretary ... ... ... 1 1 Clerks ... ... ... 86 82 Inspector of Post Offices... ... 1 1 Sub-Postmasters ... ... 681 620 Accountant, Money Order and Letter Carriers... ... ... 36 33 Savings Bank Department ... 1 1 Messengers ... ... ... 9 6 Clerks in General Post Office ... 4 4 Mail-cart Drivers ... ... 2 2 Clerks in Money Order and Savings Shipping Officers ... ... 2 1 Bank Department ... ... 4 4 Chief and Head Postmasters ... 14 14 Totals ... ... 855 783 It is contemplated at an early date to relieve the Chief Postmasters at "Wellington and Auckland of the business now performed by them on behalf of the Government Insurance Department. The large proportions which the Insurance business has attained at these offices has made it desirable the change should be made. The staff of letter carriers at Napier, Christchurch, and Invercargill has been increased by the addition of a carrier to each office, enabling more frequent and extended deliveries to be arranged. A late-letter box has been affixed to the Guard's van of the trains running between Dunedin and Port Chalmers. It is the intention to extend the use of these "late-letter boxes " to other railway lines.

IS '6. 181 '5. Postal Districts. Chief and Uead Post Offices. Secondclass Post Offices. Sub-Post Offices. Totals. Chief and Head Post Offices. Sccondcliiss Post Offices. Sub-Post Offices. Totals. Auckland .'hames Paranaki lawke's Bay ... iVellington kelson Westport ilarlborough. ... Canterbury lokitika Irey mouth )tago louthland Chatham Islands 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 140 9 12 39 60 25 17 12 132 26 19 153 36 1 143 10 13 42 62 26 18 15 130 27 20 156 38 2 1 1 1 1 1 1. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 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 2 1 "a i Totals 14 18 681 708 14 18 620 647

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8 additional pillar and receiving boxes have been established, and 2 closed. There were 20 iron pillar and 45 receiving boxes open at the end of the year. Several Post Offices have been transferred to railway stations, and the duties of Station Clerk combined with those of Postmaster and Telegraphist. 59 additional stamp licenses were issued in 1876, and 14 cancelled. The total number of licensed stamp vendors on the 31st December last was 239, who received £767 14s. lid. by way of poundage on the sale of stamps. Country postmasters, not on the permanent staff, were also paid poundage amounting to £204 lis. 4d. For the carriage of inter-provincial mails by unsubsidized vessels, £532 Is. 4d. was paid ; and £1,724 18s. 7d. represented the amount disbursed on account of inter-colonial mails conveyed by vessels not under contract. The number of private boxes occupied was 1,715, producing a revenue of £1,778 10s. A revenue of £251 was received from the holders of 129 private bags. From the Ist of January last, tho fee for the use of a private bag for six months was fixed at half tho annual charge. The block of Government buildings in Blenheim, which included the Chief Post Office and other Government offices, was totally destroyed by fire on the morning of the 2nd November last. The Post Office being contiguous to that part of the buildings in which the fire originated, everything was destroyed with the exception of four bags of mails, and the contents of the safe. Temporary premises were at once secured, and business was resumed without delay. New and substantial offices are being erected, and the work is progressing most satisfactorily. Postage Stamps and Post Cabds. A very large reserve stock of postage stamps was printed during the year. Post-cards were issued on the Ist November last, and the number printed in 1876 as an advance supply was 1,002,500. Dead Lettees. 50,070 unclaimed or dead letters were disposed of in the Dead Letter Office during the year 1870. The table underneath enumerates the number of this class of letters dealt with, year by year, since 1872:—

The following particulars show the number and articles of value enclosed iv letters dealt with at the Dead Letter Office for the year:— £ s. d. 105 money orders of the value of ... ... ... 401 18 3 48 bank drafts, representing ... ... ... ... 2,648 3 8 21 cheques, for a total amount of ... ... ... 455 9 8 Postage stamps amounting to ... ... . ... ... 017 3 Duty stamps ... ... ... ... ... 2 7 6 Banknotes ... ... ... ... ... 93 0 0 Gold ... ... ... ... ... 7 0 0 Silver and copper ... ... ... ... ... 1 5 5J Eepresenting a total of ... ... ... ... £3,610 1 9| In addition to the above, 6 gold rings, 1 gold pin, 7 pairs gold earrings, 2 gold brooches, 1 pair gold sleeve links, 2 gold lockets, 2 sets gold studs, 1 gold chain, 1 hair bracelet, and 2 parcels gold dust were also received in the Dead Letter Office. 641 registered letters were received and dealt with. 36 letters were posted without addresses; 4 had valuable enclosures to the amount of £1,506 10s., and 2 contained other articles of value. 16 letters were posted with previously-used postage stamps. 687 letters were detained for postage, 49 of which were subsequently prepaid by the writers, and forwarded to their respective addresses. 787 books, newspapers, and other articles without addresses were received in the Dead Letter Office during the year, 55 of which it was found practicable to deliver to the persons for whom intended. Eegisteeed Lettees. 52,866 letters of all classes were registered, being an increase of 4,936 over the number registered during the previous year. Of these, "officially-registered" letters, which are authorized to pass through tho post free, formed a not inconsiderable number. Buildings. After a series of delays, the erection of the new buildings intended for the use of the Chief Post Office and other departments in Christchurch has been commenced. The building should be finished by the Ist July, 1878.

Manner of Disposal. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. 26,153 39,051 6,828 10,321 105 78 4,227 6,081 37,313 55,531 1876. tpened and returned to the writers Upturned unopened to other countries !e-issued Icstroyed 17,707 5,512 85 2,881 20,602 5,393 75 3,801 29,871 44,067 9,703 83 5,217 59,070 Totals 26,188

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Tho Telegraph Office at Nelson having been transferred to the new premises erected in Trafalgar Street, the Chief Post Office has been re-arranged and enlarged. The accommodation is now most suitable and convenient, and it may he remarked that the office is one of the most commodious in the colony. The Chief Post Office, Wellington, has also been re-arranged, and although additional and improved accommodation has been secured, the increase of business has been so great that the office is even now found to be barely large enough for the requirements of the department. As this office cannot be further enlarged, with any corresponding" degree of convenience, the question of providing new and suitable offices must shortly be taken into consideration. The Telegraph Department at Dunedin having vacated the Post Office building for new premises, arrangements aro now being made for effecting much required improvements in the Chief Post Office. The intention is to make very considerable alterations, and re-arrange and enlarge the office and public accommodation. It is a matter for regret that the department should only be enabled to carry out these alterations because of the removal of the Telegraph Office to a separate building, a change which cannot but result in more or less inconvenience to the public, from the fact that the business of the Post Office and Telegraph must for the future be carried on in separate offices, considerably apart from each other. The Post Office and Telegraph building now in course of erection at Port Chalmers will be completed iv September next. The Post Office and Telegraph business at Lawrence is now carried on in the old Courthouse building, which has been .adapted for the requirements of tho two departments with satisfactory results. Since the date of last report, new offices have been erected and occupied at Alexandra, Amberley, Cambridge, Drurv, Feilding, Kaitangata, Mercer, Outram, Oxford, and Sanson. Several other offices have been altered and enlarged. New offices are being built or intended to be .erected at Kumara, Mohaka, Mongonui, Eeefton, Waiwera, and Whangaroa. The buildings in course of erection at Gisborne are also designed to provide accommodation for the Post Office. Alterations to the Nelson Custom House are to be carried out so as to enable a branch Post Office being opened at the port. Inland Mail Seevices. The expenditure on account of Inland Mail Services for the year 1870 amounted to £27,797 lis. 9d. The number of services provided by the department was 378, as against 330 in 1875, showing the number of additional services established during 1876 to have been 48. Of the 378 services, 89 were performed by coach and mail cart, 168 on horseback, 49 on foot, 49 by water, and 2.3 by rail. These services in the aggregate wero of a length of 7,479 miles, and the gross number of miles travelled with the mails was 1,792,752 miles, at an average cost to the department of 3|d. per mile. In 1875, the Inland Mail Services were 7,030 miles in length, while 1,464,112 represented the number of miles travelled with the mails, and the cost 4f d. per mile. The above expenditure is, of course, exclusive of the services performed by the railways free of charge to the Post Office, which, if taken into account iv calculating the total cost for the carriage of inland mails, would considerably increase tho department's expense in this direction. The coach service between Napier and Tauranga has been re-established. Mails between Wellington and Napier arc now delivered in two days. The journey between Wellington and Wanganui has also been accelerated, and mails have been delivered within twenty-four hours, but the ordinary time is twenty-seven hours. Daily mails are now exchanged between Greymouth and Eeefton, under a three years' contract, at an annual subsidy considerably less than formerly paid for the thrice-a-week service. Eailway extension has been the means of accelerating the delivery of mails, aud enabled the department to provide several important districts with additional postal facilities. The completion of the lino between Christchurch and Oamaru admits of mails being delivered between those offices in a day, and the exchange of mails between Christchurch and Oamaru, and several of the intermediate Post Offices, has been increased to twice daily. A large number of the services have been contracted for for a period of two years. Those services affected by railway extension may, however, be terminated on notice by the department, or a reduction at a fixed rate made from the subsidy for each mile the Contractors shall be relieved from running their conveyances. The several services have been creditably performed, and generally schedule time has been observed. Several acts of carelessness have been reported, and the Contractors have been called to strict account. One mail has been lost, and as it was shown to have been lost through negligence, the Contractor was summarily dealt with. Mail Steam Services. The negotiations for effecting a modification in the San Francisco Service only await the assent of the Parliament of New South Wales to the proposals. In the meantime, permission has been given the Contractors to perform, temporarily, the service on the basis of the proposed modification, but on the understanding that, should the New South Wales Parliament refuse to adopt the altered service, the Contractors shall be required to carry out their contract in its entirety. This concession was granted on the 4th May last, from which date the Contractors have been paid a lesser subsidy of £72,500 per annum, instead of £89,950. As a matter of fact, however, the Contractors, owing to unforeseen circumstances, had been permitted to perform the modified service since December last, on the understanding that they arranged for carrying out the coastal part of the service,

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The proposals to modify the service may be briefly summarized as follows : —That the calling at Kandavau shall be abandoned, and the Contractors relieved from performing the coastal service. The route to be i^au Francisco, Auckland, and Sydney, and vice versa, this department undertaking at its own expense to collect and distribute the mails along the New Zealand coast. Tho time between San Francisco and Auckland and Sydney to be 550 hours and 674 hours respectively. The Contractors to receive a gross subsidy of £72,500 a year, of which New South Wales agrees to pay £40,000, and New Zealand £32,500. To the payment made by this colony should be added the cost of the coastal service, at present carried out for £5,000 per aunum, which increases the colony's annual liability on account of the San Francisco Service to £37,500, as against £44,975 paid when the coastal service was carried out by the Contractors with the main boats. The coastal service as at present arranged provides for the outward mails being conveyed to Auckland by way of Napier, and the steamers appointed to distribute the inward mails take their departure from the Manukau. The adoption of the altered route admits of the mails from London being delivered in New Zealand two days earlier than the dates given in the time-table, while the outward mails are enabled to be despatched from Auckland two days, and from all other ports one day, later than was the case when the steamers were required to call at Kandavau. This late departure does not disarrange the dates fixed for the arrival of the mails at San Francisco and London. The San Francisco Service has beeti performed satisfactorily, and generally the mails have been delivered within contract time. An accident which befel the "City of Sydney" at Honolulu, in April last, compelling her to prosecute her voyage to Auckland and Sydney with the aid of one engine only, caused the mails to be delivered six days late; but this was the only serious delay. A reference to Tables Nos. 1 and 2 will show the times within which mails have been delivered hi London, Melbourne, Sydney, and New Zealand by the San Francisco and Galle Services. The quickest delivery of mails between New Zealand and London by the San Francisco Service was made in thirtynine days, but it is believed that even this time may be shortened. The Contractors contemplate making arrangements which would admit of the Australian and New Zealand mails being conveyed between New York and San Francisco in five days, and they are also disposed to agree to despatch their steamers from San Francisco for Auckland and Sydney immediately on the arrival of the London mails from New York. Should these arrangements be carried out, the time between Auckland and London could be reduced to thirty-seven days. On the 31st December last the Imperial Post Office terminated all contracts providing for the carriage of mails from Great Britain to the United States, and did not make any permanent arrangement for the carriage of tho colonial mails to New York. This had the effect of disarranging the San Francisco Service, and otherwise had a prejudicial effect on the line. To what extent this was tho case will be better understood when it is stated that it became the practice for the London Post Office to advertise the dates for closing mails by the San Francisco route from month to month only, while the day of despatch was altered from Thursday to Saturday, in order to avoid forwarding the mails by slow steamer. This unsatisfactory state of affairs was forcibly brought under the notice of the Colonial Office and the London Post Office by the Agents-General for New South Wales and this colony, since which the original days of despatch have been reverted to, and the mails forwarded by powerful steamers. Although it is now understood that the mails will be despatched from London every fourth Thursday by the fast steamers of the Inman line, no permanent provision has been made for a continuous service, the present despatch being still a month-to-month arrangement. A permanent service, it is hoped, may soon be arranged. The result of the proceedings against Messrs. Hall and Forbes and their sureties, for failure to carry out their contracts, has terminated in Mr. Cunningham, one of the sureties, agreeing to pay a sum of £10,000 as a full release to all parties concerned, which has been accepted. A further small sum on account of costs has also been recovered. Full information in connection with this matter, as well as with regard to the San Francisco Mail Service generally, will be found in the printed papers which have been submitted to Parliament. The payments made, and the estimated postages and recoveries, on account of the San Francisco and Galle Mail services for the year 1876, may be gathered from the following statement: — San Feancisco Seevice. Db. £ s. d. £ s. d. Subsidy to main line ... ... ... 43,939 4 3 Bonus ... ... ... ... 2,559 5 8 Inter-provincial services, Mail Agents, &c. ... 2,630 10 2 49,129 0 1 Cr. Postages from London ... ■ ... ... 11,469 8 9 Postages collected in the colony ... ... 12,428 3 8 Eecoveries from non-contracting colonies ... 1,489 14 1 25,387 6 G Net cost to the colony ... ... £23,741 13 7 684,568 letters, 105,479 book packets and pattern parcels, and 1,135,757 newspapers were received from, and despatched to, the United Kingdom by the steamers of the San Francisco Service.

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Galle and Suez Seeyice. De. £ s. d. £ s. d. Payments to Victoria ... ... ... 9,121 5 1 Inter-colonial service, &c. ... ... ... 5,104 0 0 ■ 14,225 5 1 Ob. Postages from London ... ... ... 3,944 19 9 Postages collected in the colony ... ... 4,184 2 5 8,129 2 2 Net cost to the colony ... ... £6,096 2 11 189,419 letters, 25,330 book packets and pattern parcels, and 155,189 newspapers were received from, and despatched to, the United Kingdom by the Galle and Suez Service. The steam services between Auckland, Gisborne, and Napier, and also Wellington, Napier, and Gisborne, which were for some time previously carried on under a month-to-month arrangement, were cancelled iv February last, as it was believed the trade was sufficiently large to induce the owners of the steamers to continue running without the aid of a Government subsidy. Eesults have shown this to be the case. The subsidies hitherto paid on account of the steam services between Auckland and the North Shore, Auckland and Wangarei, Eussell and Mongonui, Auckland and Tauranga, Tauranga and Opotiki, and Onehunga and Awitu, have also been withdrawn from the Ist July instant. All other inter-provincial steam services expired on the 30th June, but are being continued from month to month until Parliament has had an opportunity of dealing with the question of inter-pro-vincial services generally. The steam services continued under this temporary arrangement are—the Middle Island service ; the Nelson, Westport, Greymouth, and Hokitika service; the service between Wellington and Kaikoura; the Nelson, Motueka, and Collingwood service; and also the service between Auckland, Warkworth, Matakana, &c.; and the two services connecting the several settlements on the Kaipara waters. In announcing in last report that a fresh arrangement had been entered into with the Auckland Steam Packet Company for continuing the Fiji Service, it was stated that "tho 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." It was subsequently ascertained, however, that the Company were not prepared to carry out their undertaking, and they eventually abandoned the service. With the exception of the four-weekly visits of the San Francisco mail steamers, Fiji has not had tho advantage of direct steam communication with this colony during the past year. As the San Francisco steamers no longer call at Fiji, it is the intention of the department to endeavour to re-establish a direct line of steamers between this colony and the Fiji Islands for commercial purposes, and to arrange the service, as far as possible, to dovetail with the steamers of the San Francisco mail line, and thereby afford the inhabitants of the sister colony a ready, speedy, and direct means of communication with Europe and America. The Government of Fiji will no doubt readily co-operate with the department in establishing direct steam communication between the two colonies. Monet Oedees. Money Order business was extended to six new offices during the year —namely, to Cheviot, Kumara, Mosgiol, St. Bathans, Waipu, and Waverley. The Money Order Office at Waitapu was closed. The total number of Money Order Offices open at the close of the year was 124, against 119 at the close of 1875. There were issued during the year 80,255 orders for £310,268 ss. lid., against 73,027 orders for £293,481 10s. 9d. in 1875 ; the increase being 7,228 orders for £16,75G 15s. 2d. The money orders paid were 59,807 for £232,334 6s. 2d., against 52,132 for £211,516 16s. 2d. in 1875 ; an increase of 7,675 orders for £20,817 10s. The money orders issued in New Zealand on the United Kingdom and the Australian Colonies were 24,507 for £98,179 4s. 5d., and 4,628 orders, amounting to £21,041 10s. 2d., were received from those countries for payment in this colony. The orders issued in the colony on foreign offices were accordingly in excess of the foreign orders received for payment by upwards of £77,000. In 1875 the excess was £81,000. Of the money orders issued in the colony during 1576, 11,636, amounting to £52,054 125., were transmitted by telegraph; the increase for the year being 1,492 orders for £5,020 9s. Bd. The gross revenue derived from the issue of money orders was £5,261 19s. 2d., the increase for the year being £310 19s. lOd. The net revenue, after allowing for the amount due to the Telegraph Office for the transmission of money order telegrams, and the commission payable to foreign offices was £3,957 19s. 2d. Savings Banks. There were 11,255 Savings Bank accounts opened during the year, against 11,273 in 1875; and 9,472 accounts were closed, against 8,681 in 1875. The number of accounts remaining open had increased to 26,117 from 24,334 at the close of 1875. The deposits received during the year were 57,295 for £664,134 12s. 6d., the average amount of each deposit being £11 lis. 9d. The withdrawals were 39,486, amounting to £696,281 7s. 4d., and of an average amount of £17 12s. Bd. The amount to the credit of depositors on the 31st December was £723,910 17s. sd. The sum of £28,762 4s. 7d. has been credited to the accounts of depositors for the interest which accrued on their deposits during the year. The interest allowed on each account was at the rate of 4j per cent, for deposits not exceeding £200, and at 4 per cent, for deposits over that amount, but not exceeding £500. The total receipts of the Money Order and Savings Bank Offices in the colony amounted to £1,008,427 2s. 2d., and the total payments to £928,615 13s. 6d. The total number of transactions was 236,843, of which 137,550 were receipts, and 99,293 payments.

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OUTWARDS VIA SANFRANCISCO.

Table No. 1. Statement showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between London and the under-mentioned Places, by the San Francisco Mail Service. SAN FRANCISCO MAIL SERVICE.

INWARDS VIA SAN FRANCISCO. Auckland. Wellington. Dunedin. Sydney. Melbouene. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Auckland. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Wellington. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Dunedin. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Sydney. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Melbourne. No. of Days. 1876. June 1 June 29 July 27 August 24 September 21 October 19 1876. July 15 August 13 September 11 October 8 November 6 December 3 44 45 46 45 46 45 1876. Juno 1 June 29 July 27 August 24 September 21 October 19 1876. July 18 August 16 September 14 October 11 November 9 December 6 1877. January 2 47 48 49 48 49 48 1870. June 1 June 29 July 27 August 24 September 21 October 19 1876. July 20 I August 18 I September 16 October 12 November 10 December 7 1877. January 4 49 I 50 51 49 50 49 1876. June 1 June 29 July 27 August 24 September 21 October 19 1876. July 20 August 16 September 14 October 11 November 9 December 6 1877. January 4 49 48 49 48 49 48 1870. Juno 1 June 29 July 27 August 24 September 21 October 19 1876. July 23 August 25 September 18 October 17 November 13 December 11 1877. January 8 52 57 53 54 53 53 November 16 December 30 1877. January 28 44 November 16 47 November 16 49 November 16 49 November 16 53 December 14 1877. January 13 February 10 March 10 April 5 May 3 May 31 45 December ' 14 1877. ' February 1 49 December 14 1877. February 3 51 December 14 1877. January 13 February 10 March 10 April 5 May 3 May 31 February 2 50 December 14 1877. January 13 February 10 March 10 April 5 May 3 May 31 February 5 53 February 26 April 2 April 20 May 19 June 16 July 15 44 *51 41 44 44 45 January 13 February 10 March 10 April 5 May 3 May 31_ February 28 April 5 April 23 May 22 June 19 July 17 46 54 44 47 47 47 January 13 February 10 March 10 April 5 May 3 May 31 March 2 April 7 April 25 May 24 Juno 21 July 19 48 56 46 49 49 49 56 46 4964 March 3 April 8 April 25 May 26 June 22 July 21 49 57 46 51 50 51 57 46 49-57 March 8 April 12 April 29 May 28 June 25 July 24 54 61 50 53 53 54 Maximum ... Minimum ... Average 51 41 4493 54 44 47'86 61 50 5379

Melbourne. Sydney. Dunedin. Wellington. Auckland. Date of Despatch from Melbourne. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Sydney. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Dunedin. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Wellington. 1876. March 10 April 8 May 6 June 2 June 30 July 29 Angust 25 September 22 October 20 Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Auckland. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. 1876. March 7 April 4 May 3 May 30 June 27 July 25 August 22 September 19 October 17 1876. April 29 May 23 June 24 July 18 August 18 September 12 October 10 November 7 December 5 1877. January 2 January 30 58 40 52 49 .",2 49 48 4!) 1876. March 10 April 7 May 6 Juno 2 June 30 July 28 August 25 September 22 October 20 1876. April 29 May 23 June 24 July 18 August 18 September 12 October 10 November 7 December 5 1877. January 2 January 30 50 46 49 46 49 46 46 46 46 187G. March 8 April 5 May 4 May 31 June 28 July 27 August 23 September 20 October 18 1876. April 29 May 23 Juno 24 July 18 August 18 September 12 October 10 November 7 December 5 1877. January 2 January 30 52 48 51 48 51 47 48 48 48 1870. April 29 May 23 June 24 July 18 August 18 September 12 October 10 November 7 December 5 1877. January 2 January 30 50 45 49 46 49 45 46 46 46 1876. March 13 April 12 May 9 June 5 July 3 August 2 August 28 September 25 October 23 1870. April 29 May 23 June 24 July 18 August 18 September 12 October 10 November 7 December 5 1877. January 2 January 30 47 41 46 43 46 41 43 43 43 November 14 December 12 1877. January 8 February 5 March 5 April 2 J9 48 November 17 December 15 1877. January 12 February 9 March 9 April 7 46 46 November 15 December 13 1877. January 10 February 8 March 8 April 8 48 48 November 17 December 15 1877. January 12 February 10 March 10 April 10 46 46 November 20 December 18 1877. January 17 February 15 March 14 April 12 43 43 Marcli 4 March 26 April 25 May 26 56 48 51 64 March 4 March 26 April 25 May 26 51 45 47 49 March 4 March 26 April 25 May 26 53 46 48 48 March 4 March 26 April 25 May 26 51 44 46 46 March 4 March 26 April 25 May 26 46 39 42 44 Maximum ... Minimum ... Average 55 49 50-53 51 45 472 53 46 48-8 51 44 46-73 47 39 43-33 * The Mail Steamer met with an accident at Honolulu, which compelled her to prosecute her voyage to Auckland and Sydney with the aid of one engine only. Mails arrived six days late.

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Table No. 2. STATEMENT showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between London and the under-mentioned Places, by the Mail Service via Galle and Suez_Brindisi Route. 2, GALLE AND SUEZ MAIL SERVICE.

OUTWARDS VIA GALLE AND SUEZ_BRINDISI ROUTE.

INWARDS VIA SUEZ AND GALLE—BRINDISI ROUTE. H Melbourne. Sydney. Bluff. Dunedin. Wellington. Auckland. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Melbourne. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Sydney. 1876. June 28 July 22 August 20 Sept. 19 October 15 Nov. 12 Dec. 11 1877. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival at Bluff. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Dunedin. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date'of Arrival in Wellington. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Auckland. No. of Days. 1876. May 12 June 9 July 7 August 4 Sept. 1 Sept. 29 October 27 1876. June 24 July 20 August 17 Sept. 16 October 12 Nov. 9 Dee. 8 1877. 43 41 41 43 41 41 42 1876. May 12 June 9 July 7 August 4 Sept. 1 Sept. 29 October 27 47 43 44 46 44 44 45 1876. May 12 June 9 July 7 August 4 Sept. 1 Sept. 29 October 27 1876. July 1 July 27 August 24 Sept. 23 October 18 Nov. 13 Dec. 13 1877. 50 48 48 50 47 45 47 1876. May 12 June 9 July 7 August 4 Sept. 1 Sept. 29 October 27 1876. July 2 July 28 August 25 Sept. 24 October 19 Nov. 14 Dee. 14 1877. January 14 Feb. 11 51 49 49 51 48 46 48 1876. May 12 June 9 July 7 August 4 Sept. 1 Sept. 29 October 27 1876. July 5 July 29 August 27 Sept. 26 October 21 Nov. 16 Dec. 16 1877. January 17 Feb. 14 64 50 51 53 50 48 50 1876. May 12 June 9 July 7 August 4 Sept. 1 Sept. 29 Oct. 27 1876. July 12 August 1 Sept. 2 Sept. 27 Oct. 25 Nov. 19 Dec. 21 1877. Jan. 22 Feb. 14 01 58 57 51 54 61 56 Nov. 24 Dec. 22 1877. January 19 Feb. 10 March 16 April 13 May 11 January 7 Feb. ' 2 44 42 Nov. 24 Dec. 22 1877. January 19 Feb. 16 March 16 April 13 May 11 January 10 Feb. 4 47 44 Nov. 24 Dec. 22 1877. January 14 Feb. 11 51 51 Nov. 24 Dec. 22 1877. 51 51 Nov. 24 Dec. 22 1877. January 19 Feb. 16 March 16 April 13 May 11 54 54 Nov. 24 Dec. 22 1877. Jan. 19 Feb. 16 March 16 April 13 May 11 50 51 March 4 April 1 April 27 May 26 June 22 44 44 42 43 42 March 7 April 3 April 30 May 31 June 25 47 46 45 48 45 January 19 Feb. ' 10 Mar. 16 April 13 May 11 March 11 April 9 May 6 June 2 June 28 51 52 51 50 48 Jan. 19 Feb. 16 March 10 April 13 May 11 March 12 April 9 May 7 June 3 June 29 52 52 52 51 49 March 14 April 11 May 9 Juno 6 July 1 54 54 54 54 51 54 48 52-21 60-21 March 14 April 12 May 9 June 6 July 4 51 56 6 > 64 64 Maximum Minimum Average Average via Southampton 44 41 42-36 50-30 48 43 45-30 53-36 52 45-49-21 57-21 52 46 60 58 51 54-93 62-93

Auckland. Wellington. Dunedin. Bluff. Sydney. Melbourne. Date of Date of Despatch from Arrival in A uckland. London. 1870. 1870. March 6 May 6 April 4 June 4 May 2 \ July 3 May 30 j July 31 June 24 | August 26 July 24 | Sept. 24 August 19 i October 22 Sept. 19 | Nov. 20 October 16 ! Dec. 16 1877. Nov. 16 January 13 Dec. 12 Feb. 10 1877. January 16 March 12 Feb. 13 April 7 March 0 May 6 No. of Days. 01 61 62 62 63 62 64 62 61 Date of Despatch from Wellington. 1876. Mar. 11 April 7 May 5 June 2 June 30 July 28 August 25 Sept. 23 October 23 Date of Arrival in London. 1876. May 6 June 4 July 3 July 31 August 26 Sept. 24 October 22 Nov. 20 Dec. 16 1877. January 13 Feb. 10 No. of Days. 56 58 59 59 57 58 58 58 54 Date of Despatch from D unedin. 1876. March 15 April 11 May 8 June 5 July 4 July 31 August 28 Sept. 27 October 25 Date of Arrival in London. 1876. May 6 June 4 July 3 July 31 August 26 Sept. 24 October 22 Nov. 20 Dee. 16 1877. January 13 Feb. 10 No. of Days. ■ 52 54 56 56 53 55 55 54 52 Date of Despatch from Bluff. 1876. March 16 April 12 May 9 Juno 6 July 5 Aug. 1 Aug. 29 Sept. 28 Oct. 26 Date of Arrival in London. 1870. May 6 June 4 July 3 July 31 Aug. 26 Sept. 24 Oct. 22 Nov. 20 Dec. 16 1877. Jan. 13 Feb. 10 No. of Days. 51 53 55 55 52 54 54 53 51 Date of Despatch from Sydney. 1876. March 18 April 15 May 12 June 10 July 8 August 5 Sept. 2 October 2 October 30 Date of Arrival in London. 1876. May 6 June 4 July 3 July 31 August 26 Sept. 24 October 22 Nov. 20 Dec. 16 1877. January 13 Feb. 10 No. of Days. 49 50 52 51 49 50 50 49 47 Date of Despatch from Melbourne. 1870. March 23 April 19 May 16 June 13 July 11 August 8 Sept. 5 October 5 Nov. 2 Date of Arrival in Loudon. 187G. May 6 Juno 4 Julv 3 July 31 August 26 Sept. 24 October 22 Nov. 20 Dec. 16 1877. January 13 Feb. 10 No. of Days. 44 46 48 48 46 ■17 ■17 46 44 58 60 Nov. 18 Dee. 18 1877. January 13 Feb. 10 Mar. 10 56 54 Nov. 22 Dec. 20 1877. 52 52 Nov. 23 Dec. 21 1877. Jan. 18 Feb. 15 March 15 51 51 Nov. 27 Dec. 25 1877. January 22 Feb. 19 March 19 47 47 Nov. 30 Dec. 28 1877. January 25 Feb. 22 March 22 ■It 44 55 53 61 March 12 April 7 May 6 58 56 57 Jan. 17 Feb. 14 Mar. 14 March 12 April 7 May 6 54 52 53 56 52 5357 60-57 March 12 April 7 May 6 53 51 52 March. 12 April 7 May 6 49 47 48 March 12 April 7 May 6 46 44 13 Maximum Minimum Average Average vid Southampton 64 53 60-36 6736 68 54 57 (it 55 51 52-57 5957 52 47 4893 5593 48 44 45-6^ 52-6-

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Table No. 3. 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.

MONEY ORDERS ISSUED IN THE COLONY.

MONEY ORDERS DRAWN ON THE COLONY.

Table No. 4. STATEMENT of the Money Orders issued in New Zealand on the United Kingdom and the Australian Colonies, during the Years 1875 and 1876.

STATEMENT of the Money Orders issued in the United Kingdom and the Australian Colonies on New Zealand, during the Years 1875 and 1876,

Where Payable. Total. Year. Commission received. In the Colony. United Kingdom. Australian Colonies. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. 186:5 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 £ *. d1,057 9 o 1,619 2 6 1,463 18 6 1,761 14 o 1,815 19 6 1,863 1 6 1,932 3 o 2,367 3 6 2,608 3 6 3,068 17 6 3,562 3 2 4,393 2 3 4,95° '9 4 5,261 19 2 £ s. d. 2,201 9,613 II 11 4,267 19,427 4 4 6,292 29,742 15 1 8,924 42,823 4 7 10,293 49,496 13 o 11,898 54,342 18 6 14305 63,897 1 10 16,821 73,344 11 9 20,514 88,546 9 7 28,156 120,125 14 8 34,288 142,642 4 10 40,968 ' 171,683 6 1 48,611 i 193,551 13 9 55,748 212,089 1 6 4,74° 7,700 7,756 9,238 9,242 9,241 9,263 9,624 10,407 10,619 ">9'3 '4,379 16,949 i7,33i £ s. d. 21,944 2 1 35,741 5 o 33,426 11 5 41,987 15 o 40,998 14 11 40,581 13 9 39,939 8 6 4i,472 3 7 44,i97 18 3 44,535 9 9 48,547 " 4 57,821 2 6 66,332 14 9 66,977 4 2 4,645 4,625 3,188 4,548 4,938 4,7i5 4,859 5,4i9 5-370 5,885 6,150 7,365 7-467 7,176 £ ■• d. 24,14s 7 5 23,388 IO 2 15,406 17 2 23,968 5 2 *5>»S 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 31,202 o 3 11,586 16,592 17,236 22,710 24473 25,854 28,427 31,864 36,291 44,660 52,35' 62,712 73,02 7 80,255 £ s. d. 5«»7°3 " i 78,556 19 6 78,576 3 8 108,779 4 9 115,610 13 o 118,211 3 8 127,218 4 11 i4o,4S4 7 » 157,397 '3 7 191,009 2 o 219,258 1 7 263,164 7 9 293,481 10 9 310,268 5 11

Where Issued. Total. Year. In the Colony. United Kingdom. Australian Colonies. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. I Amotint. 1863 1864 186 s 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 2,067 4,248 6,218 8,886 io,353 11,903 14,250 16,798 20,514 27,983 34,288 40,968 48,611 55,748 £ ». d9,169 4 6 19,417 10 5 29,282 13 10 42,768 10 9 49,93i 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 '93-55 1 13 9 212,089 1 6 4i5 675 762 1,100 1,198 1,401 1,218 1,156 1,396 1,504 1,482 1,603 1,969 2,243 £ 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 11 5 7,078 8 6 6,625 14 5 7,284 10 7 9,262 9 7 10,202 13 6 558 697 700 917 1,108 1,294 1,272 1,267 1,318 1,459 1,668 1,800 1,995 2,385 £ »• d. 3,077 13 7 3,776 1 7 3,7i2 1 5 4,753 3 10 5,57o 6 4 6,685 1 3 6,382 4 3 6,055 6 11 5,9H 18 7 6,80^5 is 3 7,689 6 8 8,316 17 5 9,340 19 11 10,838 16 8 3,040 5,620 7,68o 10,903 12,659 14,598 16,740 19,221 23,228 30,946 37,438 44,37i 52,575 60,376 £ 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 10 3 133,558 4 " 156,957 5 " 187,284 14 1 212,155 3 3 233,130 11 8

I87S1876. Where Payable. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. United Kingdom Victoria South Australia ... New South Wales Queensland Tasmania Western Australia 16,949 5,345 233 1,166 141 560 22 £ s. d. 66,332 14 9 23,765 o o 960 1 5 5,43o 11 6 601 2 5 2,685 > 11 155 5 o i7,33i 5,M9 285 1,138 447 6 £ s- d. 66,977 4 2 21,790 6 o 1,222 1 3 5,403 17 2 644 o 9 2,126 10 7 '5 4 6 Totals 24,416 99,929 17 o 24,507 98,179 4 5

1875. 1S76. Where Issued. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. United Kingdom Victoria South Australia ... New South Wales Queensland Tasmania Western Australia 1,969 893 122 631 I25 181 43 £ s. d. 9,262 9 7 3,945 15 o 677 O I 2,841 19 6 630 15 4 881 15 o 363 15 ° 2,243 1,102 131 744 149 233 26 £ s. d. 10,202 13 6 4,725 3 10 596 14 o 3,238 4 8 842 19 3 1,232 19 11 202 15 o Totals 3,964 18,603 9 6 4,628 21,041 10 2

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Table No. 5. 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 1876.

Money Orders. Savings ianks. Issued. Paid. Deposits. co fl 3 P~ u y \YithdravaIs. Offices. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. o< c z No. Amount. < 6 0 Z No. Amount. Auckland Alexandra Cambridge Drury Hamilton H okianga Kapanga Kawakawa Mangapai Mangawharc Mercer Mongonui Newcastle Onehunga Opotiki Otahuhu Pahi Port Albert Raglan Russell Tauranga Te Arai Te Awamutu Waipu Waiuku Wangarei Warkworth 4,850 401 482 40 799 149 5io 556 91 20} ,96 .64 327 297 308 162 £ *• d. 363 3 o 14 3 4| 24 II 6: 1 8 o| 41 15 6 824 25 16 8 45 6 o 3 3° 8 14 6 7 14 8 790 15 10 4 16 1 6 £ s. d. 19,602 11 7 1,3.86 6 1 1,767 13 3 154 19 9 2,863 10 11 605 18 2 1,630 14 2 2,911 16 6 366 3 3, 95° 6 3 619 12 8 579 7 7 1,002 19 7 968 17 10 1,116 4 1 569 7 5 7i 13 9 374 19 10 1,116 3 1 1,210 o o 1,616 o 9 262 15 8 1,755 10 7 553 6 11 342 9 9 1,179 o 2 1,189 16 6 9>423 187 187 75 312 20 187 56 29 17 80 24 278 552 82 206 8 34 44 84 241 15 104 5i 39 142 74 £ *■ d. 37,202 1 9 594 4 11 626 15 4 388 11 s 920 1 4 106 1 6 696 11 10 318 10 6 175 9 o 143 8 2 287 3 11 92 2 4 967 8 5 2,363 3 3 331 12 8 757 i7 o 35 o o 150 19 11 197 9 o 424 6 8 1,025 4 11 65 2 4 503 1 10 348 11 4 131 14 9 733 6 o 360 7 3 797 8 18 11 70 5 26 29 8 43 14 3 16 47 11 19 4,651 27 92 134 300 11 83 102 20 1.9 59 '9 67 227 42 112 £ »• d. 59,8i9 2 7 124 1 o 415 10 ° 366 2 o 3,006 2 1 77 o o 488 17 o 949 I? 10 482 o o 1,588 17 o 423 17 o 156 7 o 593 3 o 2,004 7 3 417 80 600 6 1 957 3 16 1 35 5 9 "6 5 4 17 8 6 4,774 16 39 14 106 2 27 27 7 22 18 i? 15 60 £ *- d. 74,027 10 1 105 8 1 357 1 3 206 18 9 2,416 3 9 15 o o 309 4 3 790 6 9 182 o o 349 4 11 37° 3 2 726 18 o 197 18 6 811 19 10 611 2 5 180 9 1 30 10 o 60 13 10 143 19 o 317 7 o 1,556 17 7 250 14 2 277 11 7 32 9 o 600 679 4 2 810 6 o 14 15 10 7 H 6 1 8 6 »5 12 21 96 253 378 478 70 517 IOO 99 330 288 3 13 o 846 20 7 4 23 16 10 2 13 o 21 4 4 4 13 4 406 17 1 2 13 2 4 3 3 24 25 3 16 7 13 102 107 17 66 89 5 o 183 6 o 1,130 15 o 1,783 4 5 363 19 o 492 18 5 2 1 7 18 4 2 4 6 7 19 56 15 '3 2 87 I o 676 7 o 573 2 o 1 3 15 1/ 10 53 83 11 9 1 34 47 Thames 1,530 81 7 10 5,400 15 1.1 1,361 5,860 8 10 306 1,618 20,073 5 2 275 1,697 17,136 o 5 New Plymouth ... Hawera Patea 1,286 333 317 69 19 8 20 16 6 17 15 8 5,076 15 3 1,408 10 11 1,083 13 1 827 80 217 3,024 17 6 393 9 7 753 7 11 177 22 16 920 92 37 ",547 4 9 916 11 2 566 4 8 146 10 8 79i 27 27 13,016 12 5 823 1 1 387 12 o Napier Gisborne Hastings Port Ahuriri Taupo Waipawa Waipukurau Wairoa i,93o 703 49 261 141 301 403 182 144 11 4 51 1 2 4 12 o 21 14 6 11 12 2 21 5 o 25 10 2 13 9 4 7,947 16 3 2,755 2 4 236 1 10 1,225 18 11 589 15 7 1,161 13 1 1,683 15 1 715 IS 10 986 239 12 107 53 80 69 . 7° 3,612 3 o 93° I8 » 43 11 5, 293 6 2 255 14 2j 333 7 6; 327 12 8 202 5 1 307 50 9 20 6 i,499 165 25 148 33 114 76 74 14,198 o 11 i,54i 13 11 223 17 o 1,268 15 1 415 3 6 1,166 2 o 920 1 10 405 19 1 263 32 4 1 954 48 5 33 10 63 26 7 15,885 12 8 1,258 18 2 90 11 o 228 18 3 139 o 1 962 9 10 856 19 o 92 14 5 33 19 11 20 6 3 Wellington Bull's Carterton Featherston Foxton Greytown Hutt Marton Masterton Palmerston Turakina Upper Hutt Wanganui Waverley 7,88i 480 146 367 289 469 192 616 603 682 128 275 2,036 120 495 4 6 31 5 6 8 3 4 22 15 2 18 o 4 28 1 2. 9 17 6| 34 1 6 4.1 13 4 40 16 4J 9 13 8 19 o 2 145 19 6 646 27,349 12 8 i,958 19 o 496 17 8 1,365 1 3 941 9 11 2,112 16 o 791 16 2 2,525 3 4 2,353 12 5 2,676 7 2 462 14 2 1,117 5 7 7,983 14 1 487 17 8 7,993 128 7i 72 146 205 107 224 203 254 29 54 1,245 45 30,116 13 8 557 I6 6 317 9 6 301 12 6 567 9 4 754 13 9 473 9 8 73i 13 o | 797 18 7 909 14 1 98 19 o 198 1 9 5,034 18 11 180 19 8 1,553 26 '9 61 36 27 56 43 58 40 21 75 215 9,564 69 73 168 134 196 269 115 232 138 63 256 774 12 100,505 15 2 815 1 0 221 70 1,495 10 11 851 4 5 2,376 2 0 2,068 1 10 986 5 11 2,409 6 2 1,891 11 3 559 10 5 3,34i 1 9 9,519 11 1 117 9 0 1,305 4 9 29 11 28 6,360 27 24 52 36 76 52 56 111 68 102,581 15 8 833 13 7 555 11 9 662 o 5 539 4 7 1,705 4 9 937 12 3 1,411 1 3 2,873 18 2 1,684 7 2 334 4 3 377 4 " 6,346 15 3 287 12 11 21 24 42 32 9 15 154 2 19 33 32S 8 Blenheim Havelock Kaikoura Pieton 947 761 461 424 61 5 o 40 4 8 26 15 o 19 3 6 3,882 3 2 3,755 6 1 2,359 16 10 i,734 9 2 531 160 72 345 ' 1,725 6 3 930 16 3 320 3 2' 1,138 9 2 122 26 '5 40 642 103 31 171 7,905 1 8 1,095 5 c 587 13 11 1,887 11 5 127 14 7 22 452 4" '9 58 8,610 3 9 9>5 4 1 759 10 " 1,289 ll 7 s. Nelson Collingwood Motueka Richmond Waitapu 1,762 149 369 72 2 116 13 8 6 18 o 17 8 8 4 5 4 010 6,718 4 5 597 2 2 1,567 2 3 278 13 6 226 3,475 '46 208 106 ■5,354 2 4 203 10 6 998 9 1 502 4 6 212 13 30 16 1,277 30 171 101 12,695 9 4 788 11 8 1,881 4 0 877 2 7 179 7 6 5 791 19 44 26 15,220 15 3 438 19 2 824 1 2 775 16 7

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Table No. 5— continued. 'able 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 1876 — continued.

Money Orders. Savings ianks. Offices. Issued. Paid. z §! °8 | Deposits. C 3 o . IJ o u d Z Withdrawals. No. Commission, Amount. ' No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. Westport Charleston 970 423 £ •■ d. 3 67 O O ; 22 12 8 £ »■ d. 3,915 14 4 i,434 1 3 527; '73 £ s- d.; 1,959 2 IO 556 13 2 100, 18 483 ■33 £ »• d. 6,696 3 3 i,574 12 6 121 10 429 53 £ s. d. 8,035 6 11 2,078 12 4 Greymouth Ahaura Reefton i,73i 616 1,166 i 112 19 4 ) 32 7 10 i 81 10 10 6,548 2 1 2,560 13 8, 4,992 13 5 1,309 105 613 5,170 4 8 463 1 8 2,053 17 9 149 12 778 36 181 11,646 3 9 577 '5 o 2,915 19 10 124 3 36 662 15 112 13,685 19 8 3i6 14 5 3,228 6 o 5i Hokitika Kumara Ross ',357 99 239 f 101 7 6 ) 656 > 11 11 6 5,692 12 3 331 5 9 683 16 o 1,402 54 i/i 5,3" 2 1 294 5 11 564 12 3 143 11 55' '9 87 10,218 4 5 290 11 2 904 6 o "9 2 552 5 4i 10,404 6 11 37 o 9 ' 430 4 4 19 14 Christchurch Akaroa Ashburton Cheviot Uunsandel Geraldine Hurunui Kaiapoi Kowai Lyttelton Malvern Oxford Rakaia Rangiora Southbrklge Temuka Timaru Waiau Waimate 6,183 363 452 '4 132 243 60 327 150 923 118 169 113 336 193 353 2,203 132 792 ! 481 9 4 ! 23 17 8 ; 29 4 8 o 16 10 1 6 12 o 23,765 14 10 1,423 IO 2 1,586 3 2 31 11 4 336 17 7 821 13 2 210 13 6 1,222 2 8 352 16 4 3,655 4 11 462 18 8 467 17 5 440 5 9 1,117 8 4 635 !8 3 1,231 13 11 8,601 11 7 482 8 4 3,061 19 6 4,399 150 147 2 16,225 12 4 732 4 7 579 8 2 11 8 2 185 12 11 239 7 " 52 3 o 616 18 2 134 7 1 1,881 17 9 89 18 10 252 6 5 70 4 1 683 9 7 461 2 6 403 11 6 4,099 19 2 '37 10 1 718 18 9 ',794 37 36 6 6 9,594 101 '35 8 25 60 48 348 44 914 20 66 60 279 89 212 1,035 32 "5 118,560 17 4 1,163 6 9 1,797 o o 372 13 o 5°8 '5 2 500 13 O 492 7 3 3,687 12 o 554 4 o 8,138 11 6 194 2 6 65210 4 584 6 o 2,663 3 " 848 11 o 1,990 15 1 12,708 15 11 438 16 7 2,039 6 1 1,451 '7 17 6,737 28 58 125,585 7 6 718 11 4 1,522 7 9 33 57 10 183 43 472 37 72 26 167 100 "6 11 252 10 o 630 IO 2 204 7 5 3,003 8 3 908 o 9 4,476 13 2 112 2 4 521 1 5 92 o 2 2,270 16 1 931 II IO 1,850 9 2 11,125 6 11 478 17 1 1,744 18 8 I 13 14 2 3 '7 8 21 17 o 1 7 3 2 : 72 1 2 : 708 1 8 o 10 8 1 o 15 8 14 4 39 18 67 8 8 11 26 18 30 10 1 22 9 10 12 15 8 21 26 162 13 10 7 10 8 SO 15 4 72 12 '75 11 18 "7 64 28 48 324 9 45 141 38 222 11 29 18 108 105 989 33 199 35 2.5" 2 46 42 89 517 13 83 Dunedin Albany Street ... Arrow River Balclutha Clinton Clyde Cromwell Green Island Hamilton's Hampden Hyde Kakanui Lawrence Manuherikia Mataura Milton Mosgiel Naseby Oamaru Ophir Otepopo Outram Palmerston Port Chalmers ... Queenstown St. Bathans Switzer's Tapanui Teviot Waikouaiti 6,759 58i 268 586 192 275 494 72 150 382 43 34i 508 2 74 260 652 74 420 2,160 186 3i8 148 590 984 395 228 343 255 454 364 558 o 2 41 15 10 14 13 IO 30 '5 10 9 1 8 '4 '3 8 33 ' 8 6 9 10 11 1 6 19 6 10 1 11 6 '5 '5 o 25 11 10 '5 13 4 '3 '4 10 34 18 4 3 19 2 22 12 o 155 11 4 946 14 17 2 8 13 10 28 9 8 71 18 8 26 18 8 9 18 8 13 16 2 12 12 8 21 17 10 19 o 4 28,625 17 7 ',952 3 5 924 2 9 1,963 4 2 671 16 9 895 1.3 11 1,950 11 2 265 1 2 873 2 11 1,440 18 7 169 14 o 1,641 11 1 1,902 5 3 1,039 4 6 902 2 1 2,334 10 4 220 2 1 1,338 16 9 8,984 3 10 547 2 7 1,215 13 10 473 5 6 1,982 19 3 4,403 o 1 i,393 13 11 592 8 6 1,297 18 2 831 16 8 i,558 14 2 1,387 o 7 9,809 252 94 318 64 107 112 38 46 84 12 59 345 57 106 369 28 187 82s 28 39 52 186 36,815 10 11 1,077 '6 o 311 3 10 1,223 3 4 31.3 12 7 336 4 o 447 '9 9 138 o 4 366 4 3 419 16 o 59 3 o 3'7 9 3 1,364 6 5 334 3 1 518 10 7 1,321 1 10 110 o 6 561 15 2 3,409 8 8! 130 17 10 121 17 5 241 13 8 626 2 6 1,538 '3 6 793 '3 o 138 5 6 207 16 9 322 9 4 323 '3 3 524 '3 o 1,770 142 10 9,851 1,092 18 122,423 12 7 7,428 11 3 255 '4 o 2,202 8 o 348 11 1 192 15 c 226 17 o 849 13 o 817 18 0 1,165 9 ' 2,049 63 13 35 7 4 13 18 5 21 8,652 309 24 95 12 18 149,191 3 o 4,074 1 2 1,119 16 9 2,459 13 3 226 14 2 280 4 o 528 12 2 688 16 11 53 12 6 230 29 42 3i 136 26 I05 9 27 7 2!, 17 44 15 33 354 4 4 i,452 9 10 11 48 '33 18 35 388 111 53 1,005 21 59 59 117 702 642 19 o 1,574 2 O 119 3 o 486 17 o 4,137 8 o 49I Io o 575 14 o 12,087 3 5 316 4 o 823 11 o 282 18 8 887 12 o 7>°73 19 4 448 1 5 640 612 9 o 336 o o 275 19 o 698 12 O 3 20 3 13 41 14 11 15 55 7 27 "74 24 20 446 5 15 19 46 288 25 1 27 23 25 24 399 9 11 1,470 11 4 140 3 1 785 11 6 3,035 12 6 269 13 7 295 4 11 11,620 1 5 43 o o 330 11 5 270 2 7 858 2 o 5,259 2 10 301 8 9 ' 15 5 767 1 11 325 6 7 575 14 7 679 2 o 3> 4 8 65 38 7 274 5 18 8 26 169 12 2 3 15 8 17 211 2 9 5 21 350 223 27 78 60 68 122 45 9 30 43 34 63 104 13 1 3 •5 4 12 Invercargill Campbelltown ... Gore Long Bush Riverton Winton 1,701 302 126 124 28 '7 '4 8 7 8 10 5 11 8 19 10 2 11 13 6 !5,26i 19 2 6,579 5 1 1,57° 17 3 524 6 8 329 16 10 1,120 17 7 724 11 5 1,137 87 30 16 172 7i 4,208 11 8 401 7 9 173 12 5 67 9 o 592 2 o 334 '6 4 250 13 9 6 1,085 40 18 35 1.35 83 14,308 2 7 690 I I 327 10 4 274 17 o 1,198 17 1 715 13 o 297 8 2 2 1,026 •? 14 76 32 24,077 11 4 910 8 7 227 o o 314 8 4 1,286 8 4 35° 8 5 ■34 352 194 80,255 I 31 18 30 it, Total 310,268 5 11 59,807 232,334 6 7 664,134 12 6 39,486, 696,281 7 4 ",255 57,295 9,472

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Table No. 6. 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, 1876.

* The high cost of each transaction during 1867 is attributable to the payment during that year of charges properly belonging to the subsequent years.

Postal Districts. Number of Post Office Savings "'Banks 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 during the Year. Number of Withdrawals daring 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. I I Auckland Thames Taranaki Hawke's Bay Wellington Marlborough Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Canterbury Otago Southland -7 I 3 8 6,52.3 1,618 1,049 2,134 12,063 947 i,579 616 995 6.57 13,185 ■4.S33 1,396 £ »■ d. 76,892 15 8 20,073 5 2 13,030 o 7 20,139 13 4 127,157 17 11 11,475 12 o 17,242 7 7 8,270 15 9 15,139 18 7 11,413 1 7 157,896 7 5 167,887 15 10 £ s. d. 11 15 9 12 8 1 12 8 5 989 10 10 9 12 2 4 10 18 4 13 8 6 '5 4 3 '7 7 5 11 19 6 I I I I o 5,375 1,697 845 1,146 7,250 570 880 482 789 598 8,185 10,485 1,184 £ s. d. 85,823 1 2 17,136 o 5 14,227 5 6 '9,5 15 3 5 121,130 6 1 11,574 10 4 17,259 12 2 10,113 19 3 17,231 O I 10,871 12 O 156,429 O O 187,803 II II 27,166 5 O £ 8. d. '5 19 4 10 III 16 16 8 1706 16 14 1 20 6 1 £ s. d. 2,937 4 9 £ s. d. 8,930 5 6 i,i97 4 " £ s. d. £ S. d. 3,551 3 1 850 o 8 576 12 o 903 3 10 4,421 6 4 710 17 9 1,132 O 2 423 11 8 720 5 6 474 13 8 6,984 18 o 6,942 3 9 1,071 8 2 1,2.34 3°6 '215 455 2,234 203 271 118 212 173 2,725 2,782 327 1,127 275 164 329 1,685 I70 '97 I.3I 163 '35 2,Ol8 2,723 355 3,45' 892 606 908 625 9" 367 817 466 6,188 5,679 886 £ s. d. 85,344 1 1 25,319 '3 4 14,246 5 6 24,275 '3 2 118,880 17 7 18,396 8 7 29,048 11 1 10,322 15 1 17,654 '4 3 i3,37i '7 5 175,650 2 6 167,910 14 IO 23,489 3 o £ s. d. 24 14 7 28 7 8 23 1 o 2 26 14 8 27 10 2 29 8 8 3i 17 8 28 2 6 21 12 2 28 13 10 28 7 8 29 11 4 26 10 2 624 9 1 1 6,027 " 'o '4 4 4 2 3 3 30 0 19 12 3 20 19 7 21 16 9 '8 3 7 1922 17 18 2 22 18 10 98 18 4 '7 4 7 1,843 3 6 2,091 1 6 54' 9 7 1,467 7 5 12 10 11 19,915 16 1 9,65' 3 " Totals for Colony in 1876... 1875... 1874... 1873... „ „ 1872... ,, „ 1871... „ 1, 1870... „ „ 1869... 1868... Totals for Colony from 1st Feb. to 31st Dec, 1867... 124 119 103 97 92 81 70 59 55 57,295 56,129 52,627 39,223 31,681 24,642 20,489 i7,i33 13,014 664,134 12 6 657,653 4 o 699,249 14 3 580,542 5 5 430,877 o o 312,338 18 4 264,328 5 7 240,898 5 9 194,535 " 6 11 11 9 11 14 4 13 5 8 14 16 2 13 12 o 12 13 6 12 18 o 14 1 2 14 18 11 39,486 36,977 29,778 21,268 17,254 14,773 ii,934 9,292 6,365 696,281 7 4 729,759 17 9 620,155 8 9 425,908 3 5 313,176 7 11 261,347 '6 3 209,509 13 2 180,518 4 1 107,094 '7 3 17 12 8 19 14 8 20 16 5 20 o 5 18 3 o '7 '3 9 17 11 1 '9 8 7 16 16 6 79,o94 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 32,146 14 10 72,106 13 9 2,500 2,500 2,250 1,800 1,556 ',35' 1,264 1,186 789 o 6i o 6£ o 6J o 7i ° 7tV o 8f o 9tV o io T 3 o gf 28,762 4 7 28,565 3 5 26,935 6 8 20,106 16 10 14,711 o 5 11,291 10 10 9,242 311 7,412 8 o 4,880 7 3 ii,255 ",273 10,^46 7,382 6,205 4,615 4-304 3,839 3,282 9,472 8,681 5,736 3,816 3,i88 2,383 2,277 1,801 1,186 26,117 24,334 21,742 17,132 13,566 io,549 8,317 6,290 4,252 723,910 17 5 727,295 7 8 770,836 18 o 664,807 5 10 490,066 7 o 357,654 '4 6 295,372 1 7 231,311 5 3 163,518 15 7 27 '4 4 29 17 9 35 9 o 38 16 1 36 2 5 33 18 1 35 10 3 36 15 S 38 9 ' 46 6.977 96,372 7 10 13 '6 3 1,919 26,415 18 9 '3 '5 3 69,956 9 1 822 *i ioj1,241 5 o 2,520 364 2,156 71,197 14 1 33 o 5

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Table No. 7. Number and Value of Postage Stamps printed during the Years 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, and 1876.

Table No. 8. Return of Intercolonial and Interprovincial Mail Steam Subsidies, Year 1876.

Table No. 9. TABLE showing the Number of Officers employed in the several Chief and Head Post Offices and Post Office in the colony during the Years 1875 and 1876.

1872. 1873. 1874. ISJJ. 1876. Denomination. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. * £ 60,000 £ 3,000 129,120 £ 6,456 £ 16,176 £ s. d. U One Shilling ... 3 23>5 20 U Sixpence 366,240 9,156 282,000 7.050 I,000,8oo 25,020 299,520 7,488 1,368,000 34,200 o o it Fourpence 48,000 800 79,200 1,320 224,400 3,740 3>7.520 . 5,292 o o tt Threepence ... 474,000 5,925 90,000 1,125 358,320 4,479 It Twopence 2,898,000 24,150 3,064,800 25.540 4,410,480 36,754 4.155.84° 34.632 4.737.3»o 39,478 o o tt One Penny ... 2,046,000 8,525 1,868,400 7.785 3,114,960 12,979 2,421,360 10,089 3.949.440 16,456 o o tt One Halfpenny 717,600 1,495 688,080 1.433 1,648,320 3,434 1,224,000 2.55° 2,099,760 4,374 10 o 'ost Cards fl.002,500 4.177 ' 8 Totals ... 6,549,840 50,051 6,132,480 47,253 10,886,400 92,862 8,424,240 70.935 13,474,580 103,977 " 8 * A lar: ■c number of these tostai 'e stam is were in stock at the close of irevious ear. + For two months onl;

Conti ract. Service. Annual Subsidy. Number of Trips per Annum. Mileage per Trip. Cost per Mile. Commence. Terminate. £ 5,000 1,200 3,440 736 408 176 180 480 1,213 £ »■ d. O 2 2f OI3 lelbourne and New Zealand .uckland and Napier Wellington and Napier and Gisborne Wellington and Kaikoura ... lelson and Hokitika lidcile Island Service Sept., 1876 Feb., 1875 Sept., 1878 Feb., 1877 »3 26 1,000 Nov., 1875 Feb., 1877 s 52 26 26 jo o 9 i 400 1,300 4,000 Dec, 1875 Jan., 1875 Nov., 1874 June, 1877 June, 1877 June, 1877 '3 12 o 1 8§ 042 056

1876. I87J. Post Offices. n . ■ai 3 E 6 u d t/5 U u u to c B £ s u Q ri 0 '3 S C u e o to _c 'H. S tfi 15 — W 1: rt «-. £ o> o u u I o P-, 0 I. f u fcfl s 6 ■ CO y 2 B Q u VI E U S O to c 'a. S IS O H u 0 o H Auckland rhames Dnehunga Tauranga [jisborne New Plymouth ... Napier Port Ahuriri Wellington Wanganui Nelson Westport Blenheim Pieton Kaikoura Christchurch Lyttelton Timaru \karoa Dunedin Port Chalmers ... 1 16 s 2 2 24 6 2 I '5 2 I s 2 2 23 6 1 I 2 1 I I I I i 1 2 1 2 3 6 I 2 1 1 1 1 I I I I 2 3 1 1 1 l i 3 11 2 2 1 2 3 I 2 I I I 1 16 4 6 3 3 2 I I I I I 10 2 2 1 1 I 3 1 2 1 1 I 3 5 1 '5 4 S 3 3 2 1 1 i 1 1 I I I 1 1 i 14 1 5 1 I 1 1 22 I 1 '3 1 I 1 1 i I I 2 17 1 1 I 1 3 4 2 26 2 I I I I 2 itij 4 1 1 6 1 I 1 20 3 4 1 25 2 4 6 i I Damaru Invercargill Campbelltown ... Hokitika i 2 3 1 4 7 1 5 5 I 2 1 1 2 I I I 4 1 i 1 1 1 2 1 I I 2 1 5 4 1 ... ... ... jrey mouth Chatham Islands 1 1 2 1 1 I I 2 1 Totals i' ! 14 13 86 36 9 2 2 I 162 14 13 82 33 6 I 2 I 'S'

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Table No. 10. COMPARATIVE TABLE showing the Postal Revenue and Number of Letters and Newspapers received at and despatched from the several Postal Districts, from 1870 to 1876, both Years inclusive.

Letters. Newspapers. Postal Districts. Revenue. Received. Despatched. Received. Despatched. .uckland — 1870 ... 1871 ... 1872 ... 1873 -. 1874 ... 1875 ... 1876 ... £ »• d. 10,264 15 3 12,549 7 9 10,950 12 11 11,108 4 2 12,523 2 4 i.3,i33 11 o 13,445 1 3 653,7oo 692,462 627,212 691,154 740,502 782,329 851,721 619,466 603,928 584,915 626,188 786,279 779,6i7 886,452 436,809 515,532 524,094 575,954 626,164 647,325 768,214 262,471 227,121 243,543 2.59,285 352,197 326,248 372,799 'hames — 1873 ••• 1874 ... 1875 ... 1876 ... 1,787 19 4 1,618 O I 1,664 o 6 1,601 6 2 118,904 110,131 119,418 114,205 95,398 97,859 109954 106,605 45,532 52,244 52,323 54,857 40,670 44,382 52,886 49,519 'aranaki— 1870 ... 1871 ... 1872 ... 1873 ...' 1874 ... 1875 ... 1876 ... 593 6 4 820 2 5 982 o 5 1,068 3 5 1,336 1 3 1,815 9 5 2,520 19 6 30,767 42,191 57,029 66,572 80,112 97,040 121,734 28,320 39,806 50,739 58,889 71,108 89,469 106,207 27.3'S 30,759 38,105 44,354 56,384 72,462 91,482 15.308 '5457 18,275 25.545 30,217 49,632 52.777 lawke's Bay—1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1,476 14 2 1,569 13 2 1,789 14 4 2,000 2 3 2,972 17 11 4,076 19 8 4,421 6 9 72,744 85,003 99,046 139.189 148,837 186,993 283,430 76,553 92,297 109,083 150,948 179,703 230,973 277-512 61,963 63-339 64,315 88,172 109,157 128,480 282,668 54,157 67,293 72,628 93,090 136,825 150.750 118,220 Wellington — 1870 ... 1871 ... 1872 ... 1873 ... 1874 ... 1875 •■• 1876 ... 12,674 5 3 24,040 10 o 41,883 4 o 38,274 5 o 40,588 16 2 51,050 5 8 5i,8.S7 10 9 354,8i5 361,442 458,702 675-258 691,956 802,950 95i,7i7 336,375 369,343 472,016 564,991 743,776 922,177 1,040,510 262,631 283,917 315,314 37o,i49 506,428 596,768 732,782 216,621 216,181 236,486 313,347 390,085 470,650 516,060 Nelson — 1870 ... 1871 ... 1872 ... 1873 ■■• 1874* .- 1875 ••• 1876 ... 3,093 5 8 2,556 9 6 3,004 17 6 3,030 6 8 2,262 14 7 2,399 " 10 2,367 15 1 188,860 205,159 266,774 256,566 176,606 205,716 209,951 185,179 208,766 263,147 249-349 172,461 180,707 197,122 191,671 154,687 190,304 210,467 162,202 145,470 171,325 123,821 133,805 157,988 187,005 89,568 111,769 109,297 Westport— 1875 ... 1876 ... 1,053 6 2 828 17 11 73,527 72,984 57,447 68,394 95,237 91,581 51,258 49.445 Marlborough — 1870 ... 1871 ... 1872 ... 1873 ••• 1874 ... 1875 .» 1876 ... 1,099 '6 7 1,201 14 11 1,317 o 4 1,417 17 II 1,368 7 3 1,719 9 o 1,740 o o 87,174 62,647 75,o67 107,658 125,314 153,723 154,091 92,124 58,003 67,928 96,920 128,954 131,624 149,033 71-467 54,948 55,264 91,968 128,956 153,124 138,035 72,202 36,279 36,585 53,764 76,205 60,787 68,929 Canterbury— 1870 ... 1871 ... 1872 ... 1873 - 1874 ... 1875 ••• 1876 ... 8,905 19 6 9,072 1 10 10,324 5 ' 12,191 14 8 13-382 13 11 17,582 19 8 20,136 3 1 623,794 718,910 876,786 951,020 844,32 7 1,052,071 1,140,180 410,938 455,536 497-326 541-34' 858,393 1,000,864 1,285,833 3S3,65i 338,356 373,763 511,109 476,098 529,554 738,218 168,635 179,077 195.346 238,416 231,718 295,420 410,290 Hokitika — 1870 ... 1871 ... 1872 ... 1873 ... 1874T ■•• 1875 - 1876 ... 2,252 4 4 3,395 7 3 3-386 18 1 3,393 3 7 1,996 8 3 1,816 o 9 1,839 ' 'o 212,689 235-179 220,470 230,294 116,644 121,517 135,423 225,157 240,405 208,028 201,940 125,049 '21,743 127,518 165,380 215-463 241,495 282,207 149,035 151,832 147,620 123,906 162,782 156,729 178,257 62,182 68,695 80,286 Greymouth — 1875 1876 2,171 '3 7 2,359 3 10 146,702 158,240 167,980 181,678 130,734 132,898 i53>io6 151,154 Otago 1870 ... 1871 ... 1872 ... 1873 - 1874 ••• 1875 ... 1876 ... 13,667 14 1 i5,o44 12 9 '7,339 7 2 18,418 7 1 18,262 18 8 20,891 5 9 22,054 18 4 7",479 893,997 653,141 824,495 923,165 1,106,168 1,140,440 578,299 716,623 873,132 959,219 ','45,452 1,343,748 1,500-754 582,593 651,633 828,490 672,038 1,197,172 1,142,015 1,286,271 558,799 833,137 414,275 821,988 746,427 872,706 9'7,994 Southland— 1870 ... 1871 ... 1872 ... 1873 - 1874 ... 1875 ... 1876 ... i,758 15 2 1,696 5 10 1,691 '9 3 1,962 11 11 2,368 14 4 3-'2i 5 9 4, 111 2 o 82,910 92,903 118,941 160,867 i73,3ii 205,249 242,732 74-536 9I-657 131.687 148,825 181,248 238,145 266,271 H3-454 83,616 74,877 71,220 186,758 181,133 225,892 26,808 58,328 68,888 94,658 70,419 120,913 204,135 Totals— 1870' ... 1871 ... 1872 ... 1873 -. 1874 ... '875 - 1876 ... 55,780 18 3 70,249 19 7 94,733 '4 8 94,706 16 o 104.361 2 11 122,495 '8 9 129,263 6 6 3,018,932 3,296,990 3-588,073 4.221,977 4,339,i65 5,o.53,403 5,576,848 2,626,947 2,784,707 3.370,470 3,694,008 4,719,291 5,374-448 6,193,889 2,266,934 2,308,634 2,767,682 2,963,170 3,872,668 4,026,457 4,861,843 1,622,728 1,871,150 1,643,409 2,306,025 2,434,024 2,784,820 3,100,905 * The Westport returns separated from those of Nelson t The Greyi ;itifca. louth returns sep; irated from those of Nelson and

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Table No. 11. TABLE showing the Number of Letters received for delivery in New Zealand during the Year ended 31st December, 1876.

Table No. 12. TABLE showing the Number of Letters despatched by New Zealand during the Year ended 31st December, 1876.

From Places witl tout the C0I01 'y. From Ph ices within thi Colony. Postal Districts. Totals without the Colony. Other Districts in New Zealand. Places within the District. Totals within the Colony. Totals without and within the Colony. United Kingdom. Australian Colonies. Other Places. ~nd 81,205 41,758 '0,759 '33,722 226,321 491,678 717,999 851,721 ["hames 7,248 2 287 7,537 88,603 18,065 106,668 114,205 ["aranaki 9,402 2,542 420 12,364 43,140 66,230 109,370 '21,734 Iawke's Bay ... 19,467 2,456 727 22,650 I 23,468 137,312 260,780 283,430 Wellington 62,006 35,8oi 4,696 '02,503 451,244 397,970 849,214 95I.7I7 -felson 14,722 9>36i 7 24,090 122,386 63,475 185,861 209,951 iVestport 2,497 63 2,560 39,297 31.127 70,424 72,984 Marlborough ... 6,138 2,176 92 8,406 50,793 94,892 145,685 154,091 Canterbury 102,369 40,322 3,377 146,068 181,485 812,627 994,ii2 1,140,180 ■lokitika 4,505 13,629 324 18,458 66,008 50,957 116,965 >35,423 5rey mouth 5,726 14,400 20,126 66,126 71,988 138,114 158,240 )tago 107,002 66,509 12,346 185,857 218,974 735,609 954,583 1,140,440 iouthland 15.604 13,632 457 29,693 74,721 138,318 213,039 242,732 Totals 437,891 242,651 33,492 714,034 1,752,566 3,110,248 4,862,814 5,576,848

'o Places witl lout the Colon; To PI; :es within the Colony. Postal Districts. Totals without the Colony. Other Districts in New Zealand. Places within the District. Totals within the Colony. Totals without and within the Colony. United Kingdom. Australtan Colonies. Other Places. Auckland 70,094 40,845 1.3.230 124,169 246,790 515,493 762,283 886,452 rhames 5-946 3 676 6,625 76,178 23,802 99,980 106,605 [aranaki 4,75o 2 '55 4,907 45,789 SS-S" 101,300 106,207 Tawke's Bay ... 14,742 '47 14,889 128,889 '33,734 262,623 277,S'2 Wellington 64,581 45.288 4.254 ! "4,123 451,658 474,729 926,387 1,040,510 -Jelson 14,104 9.893 1,290 25,287 120,901 50,934 171,835 197,122 iVestport 2,936 36 2,972 31,654 33,768 65,422 68,394 Marlborough ... 5.033 100 181 5,3'4 48,040 95,679 143,719 149.033 Canterbury 98.541 39-603 3,877 142,021 187,213 956,599 1,143,812 1,285,833 -lokitika 2,882 9,840 '43 12,865 63,7« 7 50,936 "4,653 127,518 irey mouth 5,228 io,373 15,601 74,330 9i,747 166,077 181,678 )tago 105,816 66,186 8,999 181,001 259,710 1,060,043 I.3I9.753 1,500.754 Jouthland i7,854 17,220 997 36,071 64,813 165,387 230,200 266,271 Totals 412,507 3,708,362 5,508,044 6,193,889 239,389 33,949 685,845 1,799,682

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Table No. 13. TABLE showing the Number of Newspapers received for delivery in New Zealand during the Year ended 31st December, 1876.

Table No. 14. TABLE showing the Number of Newspapers despatched by New Zealand during the Year ended 31st December, 1876.

rom Places wil tout the Coloi From PI; ices within the Colony. IV. Postal Districts. Totals without the Colony. Other Districts in New Zealand. Totals without and within the Colony. United Kingdom. Australian Colonics. Other Places. Places within the District. Totals within the Colony. ~nd 202,178 50,470 15,231 267,879 140,967 359,368 500.335 768,214 Thames 13,337 '3,337 31,685 9,835 41,520 54,857 Taranaki 19,762 2,602 836 23,200 34,097 34,«85 68,282 91,482 -lawke's Bay ... 56,532 12,912 1,476 70,920 97,020 114.728 211,748 282,668 Wellington 156,013 70,513 8,499 235,025 2 73,808 223,949 497,757 732,782 \elson 29,992 13,401 43,393 87,6.31 40,301 127,932 171,325 Westport 6,565 4 6,569 46,088 38,924 85,012 9i,58i Jarl borough ... 1.3,302 5,818 308 19,428 40,932 77,675 118,607 138,035 Canterbury 249,568 67,956 4,963 322,487 128,068 287,663 4i5,73i 738,218 -lokitika 18,578 30,313 1,407 50,298 48,495 48,827 97,322 147,620 ireymouth ",737 35,828 47,565 55,996 29,337 85,333 132,898 )tago 235,393 "3,301 7,HO 355,834 142,892 787,545 930,437 1,286,271 Southland 36,654 24,943 2,881 64,478 107,769 53,645 161,414 225,892 Totals 1,049,61 I 428,061 42,741 1,520,413 1,235,448 2,105,982 3,341,430 4,861,843

'0 Places withi >ut the Colon; To Pla. es within the )olony. Postal Districts. Totals without the Colony. Other Districts in New Zealand. Places within the District. Totals within the Colony. Totals without and within the Colony. United Kingdom. Australian Colonies. Other Places. Auckland 59,272 26,294 15,231 100,797 163,727 108,275 272,002 372,799 Thames 4,795 614 5,409 43,52o 590 44,"o 49,519 Taranaki 3,025 97 3,122 33,212 16,443 49,655 52,777 Hawke's Bay ... 12,570 120 12,690 84,204 21,326 105,530 Il8,220 Wellington 38,964 25,37' 3,540 67,875 298,044 150,141 448,185 516,060 Nelson 10,015 3,489 1,063 14,567 89,254 5.476 94-730 109,297 Westport 2,233 2 2,235 27,657 19.553 47,210 49,445 Marlborough ... 4,594 58 153 4,805 17,802 46,322 64,124 68,929 Canterbury 54,005 19,064 2,444 75.513 121,747 213.030 334,777 410,290 Hokitika 3,248 4,041 181 7,470 53,286 '9,53° 72,816 80,286 Greymouth 5,230 6,i8 4 11,414 73,7i6 66,024 139,740 151.154 Otago 127,152 5i,535 9.137 187,824 262,611 467,559 730,170 917,994 Southland '2,75' 8,i7S 698 21,624 33,365 149,146 182,511 204,135 Totals 1,283,415 2,585,560 1 3,100,905 337,854 144.213 33.278 515,345 1,302,145 3—F. 1.

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Table No. 15. RRTURN of the Number of Letters registered at the Post Offices in the several Postal Districts during the Years 1873, 1874, 1875, and 1876.

Table No. 16. STATEMENT of Correspondence received from the United Kingdom via San Francisco and via Suez, during the Year ended 31st December, 1876.

Table No. 17. STATEMENT of Correspondence despatched to the United Kingdom via San Francisco and via Suez, during the Year ended 31st December, 1876.

i«731874. 187s. 1876. To Places To PI laces To Places To Places Postal Districts. Totals. Totals. Totals. Totals. Without the Colony. Within the Colony. Without the Colony. Within the Colony. Without the Colony. Within the Colony. Without the Colony. Within the Colony. Auckland Thames Taranaki Hawke's Bay Wellington Nelson... Westport. Marlborough Canterbury Hokitika Greymouth Otago ... Southland > 1,889 354 '47 304 1,169 258 "5 158 1,864 636 674 2,368 284 6,652 764 610 1,217 5,845 8'5 260 836 3,689 991 1,211 4,404 960 8,54' 1,118 757 1,521 7,oi4 1,073 375 994 5-553 1,627 1,885 6,772 1,244 2,029 6,513 8,542 1,669 6,640 8,309 i,799 6,468 415 567 982 334 657 991 290 887 147 647 794 217 652 869 230 517 320 1,934 2,254 345 1,338 1,683 483 2,286 1,783 6,254 8,037 1.674 6,893 8,567 2,134 7-946 249 814 1,063 256 981 1,237 320 685 187 381 568 164 629 793 146 409 132 907 1.039 '75 848 1,023 ! '75 665 2,260 4,508 6,768 2,648 4,988 7,636 3,139 5,846 514 1,046 1,560 460 959 1,419 j 394 1,195 798 1,346 2,144 778 1,415 2,193 602 1,451 3,679 4,824 8,503 4,656 5,617 10,273 J 5,270 6,024 338 1,174 1,512 605 2,532 3,137 , 681 2,824 2,029 415 '47 320 1,78.3 249 187 132 2,260 514 798 3,679 338 6,513 567 647 i,934 6,2r,4 814 38l 907 4,508 1,046 1,346 4,824 1,174 8,542 982 794 2,254 8,037 1,063 568 1,039 6,768 1,560 2,144 8,503 1,512 1,669 334 217 345 1,674 256 164 '75 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 99i 869 1,683 8,567 1,237 793 1,023 7,636 1,419 2,193 10,273 3,1.37 1,799 290 230 483 2,134 320 146 i75 3,i39 394 602 8,267 i,i77 747 2,769 10,080 1,005 555 840 8,985 1.589 2,053 11,294 3.505 5>270 681 Totals 10,220 28,254 38,474 12,851 30,915 43,766 13,981 34,149 48,130 ' 15,663 37,203 52,866

'ia San Francisc, Via Suez and Melboi irne. Date of Receipt. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Letters, Hooks. Newspapers. [anuary ■ebruary Uarch Vpril tlay [une ruly 27.520 31,866 26,167 24,21)0 27,518 25,162 24,741 24-235 4,33' 7,529 5,9i4 5,599 6,500 9,611 5,150 4,470 64,601 52,768 73,681 62,737 66,542 64,758 65,840 69,179 5,359 6,623 1,811 6,i75 6,707 6,800 5-707 5.693 6,273 5.727 6,536 5.923 6,636 8,052 1,480 2,110 94' ',527 2,263 1-759 1,466 1,241 1,149 1,049 2,383 ',474 2,505 1,852 8,039 5,860 2,388 4,i7i 4,421 5,331 5,76i 3,914 3,818 4,094 5,3i8 4,546 4,533 3,762 August September October November December 22,896 26,538 24,607 27.472 29,500 27,152 7,909 4,942 10,854 3,675 8,630 ",230 58,189 73,OII 67,960 63,806 48,420 70,840 ,. Totals 369,604 96,344 84,022 23,199 65,956 902,332

'ia San Francisci rm [clbourne and Si lex. Date of Despatch. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Letters. Books. Newspapers. anuary •ebruary Jarch ipril klay [une fnly Uigust 20,26l 19,402 27.934 24.794 24,68l 26,976 25.623 29,499 24.374 24,035 22,486 22,348 22,551 314,964 748 848 641 619 494 543 535 840 873 947 831 594 622 14,157 16,290 18,038 13.248 17.915 20,141 18,986 21,324 19,048 '8,434 '8,933 20,718 16,193 10,835 8,539 9,801 8,686 8,103 7,689 11,890 6,994 118 132 224 '52 129 166 305 '73 , 8,580 7,657 8,361 6,981 6,490 7,133 12,128 7,192 leptember October November December ... 7,812 8,439 8,525 8,084 142 212 200 '78 6,418 5.354 7.377 5,562 Totals 9,i35 233,425 105,397 2,131 89,233

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Table No. 18. TABLE showing the Revenue, Expenditure, &c, of the Post Office in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand for the Year 1876.

Oi Postal Districts. No. of Offices. Total Correspoi lence received Weight of Books and Newspapers in lbs. md despatched. Expenditure. Total. Letters. Books and Newspapers. Cost of Conveyance to the Department. Salaries. Contingencies. Expenditure. Revenue. c o <3~ Auckland o rr Thames rj Taranaki tsj Hawke's Bay p S Wellington ... P. ° Totals for North Island ft, rt a g Nelson Westport ... h Marlborough o a Canterbury H Hokitika at § Greymouth ... Q Otago ® Southland ... CD * Totals for Middle Island ® i Totals foh the Colony Totals for Previous Year ... 270 26 18 '5 '43 10 '3 42 62 4,740,093 407,073 141,378 303,124 '.738,173 220,810 227,941 560,942 1,992,227 1,141,013 104,376 144,259 400,888 1,248,842 3,039.378 280,622 141,026 206,964 218,873 20,845 25,451 66,814 208,137 540,120 46,786 29,343 19.707 10,310 15 o £ s. d. 3.7i6 13 10 273 12 8 1,151 9 2 2,719 6 o 2,449 '3 4 484 13 9 838 10 o 682 15 o 1,255 '5 o 637 IO o 741 o o 11,374 2 6 £ s. d. 4,982 1 7 9'5 '2 6 564 5 10 1.294 '7 7 3.6i7 5 o i,579 8 4 £ s. d. 349 11 10 95 10 3 77 '4 " 186 16 7 869 14 9 247 6 11 22 4 o 55 o o 23,264 5 10 1,987 15 8 1,498 4 o 1,478 '5 o £ I. d. 9.048 7 3 '.284 15 5 i,793 9 " 4,201 o 2 6,936 13 1 £ s. d. 13,445 ' 3 1,601 6 2 2,520 19 6 4,421 6 9 51,837 10 9 73,826 4 5 2,367 15 1 828 17 11 1,740 o o I36 I 2,426,013 1,148,508 1 229,682 1 4,518 IO o 5.552 4 11 898 13 9 10,969 8 8 20,136 3 1 27 262,941 227,906 37.982 ',975 '7 10 891 o 9 '35 9 " 3,002 8 6 1,839 ' 'o 20 339,9'8 284,052 53.259 713 o o 1,141 13 4 '94 '9 o 2,049 12 4 2,359 3 10 '56 2,641,194 2,204,265 '99,576 7,253 6 2 7,508 o IO 823 19 2 15,585 6 2 22,054 '8 4 38 509,003 430,027 71.465 1,020 4 o 1,049 '7 8 203 13 10 2,273 '5 6 4,111 2 o 1 436 7,030,644 4.923.37° 687,800 17,486 16 9 18,777 2 6 2,581 6 7 38,845 5 10 55,437 2 I 706 ",770,737 7,962,748 1,227,920 27,797 11 9 30,151 5 o 4,160 14 II 62,109 " 8 129,263 6 6 645 10,427,851 6,8ll,277 1,168,223 28,699 o 10 27,634 12 o 4,019 5 2 60,352 18 o 122,495 '8 9 Note. —The revenue includes the lostaj ;e on franked corresi londence, which has been estimated at £51,816 6s., the particulars of which may be found at the foot of page 2.

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