POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. (TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT.)

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1880 Session I, F-01

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1880. NEW ZEALAND.

POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. (TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT.)

Presented to both Souses of the General Assembly by Command of Sis Excellency.

Sir, — General Post Office, Wellington, 31st May, 1880. I have the honor to submit to your Excellency the Twenty-first Annual Report on the Postal Service of New Zealand, being for the year ended 31st December, 1879. The revenue and expenditure returns, however, have been, brought up to the 31st March last. I have, &c, His Excellency Sir Hercules George Eobert Robinson, John Hall, G.C.M.G., Governor of New Zealand. Postmaster-General.

E E P 0 E T. The general progress of the department during the year has been satisfactory, and there has been a marked increase of business in all branches of the service, as disclosed in the several tables hereto appended. The cash revenue for the financial period of nine months ended 31st March last amounted to £115,680 14a. 3d. The revenue was estimated to yield £101,200, but the receipts were £14,480 14s. 3d in excess of that estimate. The expenditure for the same period, inclusive of outstanding liabilities, was £117,707 16s. 2d., or £1,436 13s. lid. less than the appropriations. The revenue for the current financial year has been estimated at £145,000. The number of letters dealt with shows a considerably larger increase than in any former year. The total number of letters, post cards, book-packets, and newspapers received and posted during the year, compared with the number dealt with in 1878, is shown in the following statement: — 1879. 1878. Increase. Letters—Received ... ... ... ... 10,251,570 8,236,002 Posted ... ... ... ... 10,706,248 7,288,699 20,957,818 15,524,761 5,433,057 Post Cards—Eeoeived ... ... ... ... 227,786 116,674 Posted ... ... ... ... 271,691 137,509 499,477 254,183 245,294 Book-packets and pattern parcels—Received ... 711,477 505,294 Posted ... 684,139 413,855 1,395,616 919,149 476,467 Newspapers—Received ... ... ... 5,649,579 5,097,907 Posted ... ... ... ... 4,408,365 4,312,459 10,057,944 9,410,366 647,578 —the letters increased 8499 per cent., post cards 96-50 per cent., book packets 5184 per cent., and newspapers 6'BB per cent. The increase of correspondence in 1878 over that of the previous year was: Letters, 1892 per cent.; post cards, 10783 per cent.; book-packets, 23 84 per cent.; and newspapers, 1666 per cent. The average number of letters posted in the colony in proportion to the estimated population was 2308 to each person. In 1878 the average was 1685.

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In England and "Wales for 1878-79 the average was 37 letters to each person, in Scotland 28, Ireland 14, and for the United Kingdom 32. The percentage of increase of letters for 1879 was nearly double that of the previous year, and that of book-packets and pattern parcels more than double. There was, however, a decrease in the proportional increase of newspapers. The exceptionally large increase of letters may fairly be attributed to three causes : (1) To a more accurate check having been kept at country post offices of the number of letters posted for local delivery ; (2) to the natural increase of letters which followed the establishment of more frequent communication both by sea and by railway ; and (3) to the larger use made of the post office for the transmission of communications previously forwarded by wire, until the effect of the existing commercial depression had made itself apparent to all classes. The large increase of post-cards is an evidence of their usefulness. They are now used generally and for a variety of purposes. The unusually large number of book-packets and pattern parcels dealt with is due to the department permitting articles of merchandise, &c, not exceeding five pounds in weight, and all matter printed or written not being of the nature of a personal correspondence, to pass through the post at parcel and book-packet rates of postage, when intended for delivery within the colony. The small increase in the number of newspapers is, no doubt, due to the depression of trade. The falling-off is mainly in the number of newspapers posted, and it is difficult to determine any other cause than that suggested. On the 31st December there were 148 offices at which combined postal and telegraph business was performed. The business of the Government Life Insurance Department was transacted at 155 post offices, and at a minimum cost to the Government. It may be remarked that the duties of postal and telegraph officers are not confined to the discharge of merely postal and telegraph business. These officers also act as countersigning officers for Treasury cheques, Government Insurance Agents, Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, Railway Stationmasters, Land-Tax Collectors, Registrars of Electors, &c. It is also intended that, in several districts, the Postmasters shall collect the property-tax. With the view of providing a convenience which seemed to be required by the wages class, the several chief post offices have been opened every Saturday night, from G. 30 to 7.45 o'clock, for the receipt of savings bank deposits. Should it be found desirable to keep open the offices on Saturday night, it is probable the interval will be extended, and an* earlier closing effected in the afternoon. The system of returning " special request letters," and letters bearing on the covers the name and address of the writer and sender, has been extended, as may be seen by referring to page 6. The post office and telegraph duties at Hokitika, Westport, and Reefton were amalgamated on the Ist April last. They have also been combined at Albany Street, North Dunedin. Further amalgamation is to be immediately carried into effect at New Plymouth, Gisborne, Milton, and Mosgiel. With the view of facilitating the combination of postal and telegraph duties, it has been decided to afford postal officers facilities for acquiring a knowledge of telegraphy. Classes of officers will therefore be drafted from the several chief offices to Wellington, to receive a course of instruction in the Telegraph Learners' Gallery. Eollowijjg out this principle, no cadet will in future be placed on the permanent staff of the Postal Department until he has first passed through the Telegraph Learners' Gallery. 6 additional iron-pillar receivers were erected during the year ; 15 receiving-boxes were established and 4 closed. 29 iron pillars and 88 receiving-boxes were available for the receipt of letters at the close of the year. 88 additional stamp licenses were issued in 1879, and 29 cancelled. The total number of licensed stamp vendors on the 31st December last was 367, who received £991 19s. lOd. by way of poundage on the sale of stamps. The cost for the carriage of interprovincial and intercolonial mails by unsubsidized vessels was £2,385 12s. lOd. 3,098 private boxes were let, which, together with the fees on 194 private bags, produced a revenue of £3,197 10s. Government Insurance Agencies have been opened at the post offices at Aratapu, Halcombe, Duntroon, Newton, Te Nui, and Waitara. The names of the following post offices have been changed : Woodside to Papatoitoi, Waitoa to Morrinsville, Huntly Lodge to Huntly, Upper Eerry (Waitaki) to Kourow, Marewhenua to Livingstone, Harlington to Mount Cargill, Springfield to Ramarama, Bealey Road to Lovat, Horndon Junction to Darfield, Kowai Pass to Springfield, Stokes Point to Northcote, Duvauchelle's Bay to Duvauchelle, Lovat to Aylesbury, Waihi Bush to Woodbury, Warepa to Toiro, Elderslie to Lochiel, and Longbush to Woodlands. 19 money order and savings bank offices were established. At the close of the year 165 post offices were open for the transaction of money order and savings bank business. The total savings bank deposits amounted to £812,399 11s. lid., and the withdrawals to £876,180 19s. 3d. ; the excess of withdrawals over the deposits for the year being £63,781 7s. 4d., caused no doubt by the severe depression. A reference to Table No. 4 will show to what extent the savings of the people have been affected by the dullness of trade and the dearth of employment. 117,999 money orders were issued, and 88,791 paid. 15,054 orders were issued for transmission by telegraph. The money order commission on the total issue of money orders was £7,285 Is. 6d. Money order telegrams may now be forwarded as urgent messages, on payment of the "urgent" telegram fee. Payment for the carriage of mails by railway is now made at the rate of £10 per mile per annum.

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Nine additional inland-mail services were established. The total mileage increased from 2,308,827 in 1878 to 2,589,114. The total number of inland services in operation was 474. These cost £33,719 lls. Id. per annum, or at the rate of 3^-d. per mile. The net cost of the San Erancisco service for the year was £7,227 3s. Id., against £12,432 16s. for 1878, while the net cost of the Brindisi service increased from £7,391 12s. Id. in 1878 to. £7,526 4s. Id. Fortnightly communication between Melbourne and London via Brindisi was established in February last. The Southampton route has been abandoned, and the whole of the mails by the Eastern service are now sent via Brindisi and Calais. The colony's share of Imperial postages has, in consequence of recent changes, been reduced by a sum exceeding £2,700 a year. The postage on official correspondence for the year amounted to £62,437 18s. lid. The weight of this correspondence was over 200 tons. The question of the colony entering the General Postal Union is in stain quo. It has been decided, for the present, at least, not to take any further action in the matter, seeing that our postage receipts would be seriously diminished whenever the colony became a member of the Union. The several postal districts have been visited by the Inspector during the year, and the work of inspection has been vigorously prosecuted both in the North and South Islands. In the principal postal districts the more important offices have also been visited by Chief Postmasters as an aid to the Inspector ; but for many reasons it is not desirable that Chief Postmasters should frequently be absent from their offices. The growth of the department has, however, rendered the existing provision for postal inspection inadequate for the thorough administration of the service. Some assistance has been received from the Audit and Telegraph Inspectors, who occasionally visited post offices in the charge of permanent officers; but their inspection of postal matters did not extend beyond the accounts. It will, therefore, be seen that the practical work of inspecting the several post offices really devolved upon the Inspector of Post Offices. The work of inspection to be carried out thoroughly is too much for one officer, and the time has arrived when the Inspector should receive some assistance to enable him to complete his work in a thoroughly efficient manner. It is a matter for regret that the efforts of the department to assist in establishing penny savings banks in the public schools of the colony have not been attended with any degree of success. Only in one school has the system been brought into operation. In many cases the Education Boards and School Committees have opposed the introduction of the system on the ground that the work connected with penny banks could not advantageously be added to the present duties of the teachers. On the other hand, where the Education Boards or School Committees were favourable the teachers refused their co-operation. It is apparent that until such time as the Education Boards interfere actively on behalf of these institutions, and the teachers are required to regard the duties connected with penny banks as part of their school labour, the system will.meet with but little favour at their hands. Its success entirely depends upon the co-operation of the teachers, and it is very desirable they should be urged to afford the system a fair trial. The total strength of the department on the 31st December last, compared with the number of officers in the service the previous year, may be gathered from this return : —■ Eetuhh" of Officers of the Postal Department for the Tears 1878 and 1879. Officers. 1879. 1878. Officers. 1879. 1878. Postmaster-General ... ... 1 1 Postmasters ... ... ... 11 - 14 Secretary ... ... ... 1 1 Clerks and Cadeta ... ... 121 101 Inspector of Post Offices ... ... 1 1 Sub-Postmasters... ... ... 819 786 Accountant, Money Order and Savings Letter-carriers ... ... ... 55 42 Banks Department ... ... 1 1 Messengers ... ... ... 13 12 Clerks in General Post Office ... 5 6 Mail-cart drivers ... ... ... 1 2 Clerks in Money Order and Sayings Shipping officers ... ... ... 2 2 Bank Department ... ... 6 4 Mail Agents ... ... ... 3 ... Totals ... ...1,056 987 Chief Postmasters ... ... 16 14 Of the 1,056 officers, 242 were on the permanent staff of the department, 168 postal and telegraph officials, and 646 non-permanent sub-postmasters. 59 post offices were established, 3 reopened, and 30 offices were closed, during the year, as follows: — Offices Opened and Closed dttking 1879. Opened. Appleby, Invercargill Kuri Bush, Dunedin Eae's Junction, Dunedin Ashhurst, Wellington Kerry Town, Timaru Rangitata Island, Timaru Bishop's, Dunedin Kowai Bush, Christchurch Spreydon, Christchurch Bulmer, Timaru Loburn, Christchurch Stanton's, Hokitika Blackwater, Greymouth Lowther (reopened), Invercargill Stony Creek, Dunedin Bainesse, Wellington Makino Road, Wellington Swift Creek, Dunedin Big Bay (reopened), Hokitika Midhirst, New Plymouth Sherwood, Napier Cheltenham, Wellington Milford, Timaru South Malvern, Christchurch Dunback, Dunedin Miranda, Thames Taheke, Auckland Elderslie, Invereargill Manaia, Auckland Te Aro (Branch Office), Wellington Fern Plat, Westport Mangakahia, Auckland Taratahi, Wellington Georgetown, Oamaru Mayfield, Christchurch Te Teko, Auckland GHenham, Inrercargill Middle Kyeburn, Dunedin Treutham, Wellington Goodwood, Dunedin Motupiko, Nelson Upper Nevis, Dunedin Hakateramea, Timaru Owharo, Thames View Hill, Christchurch Hobsonville, Auckland Omata, New Plymouth Waiho Forks, Timaru Hunua, Auckland Paroa (reopened), Greymouth Waima, Auckland Huirangi, New Plymouth Pokeno Valley, Auckland Waitangi, Hokitika Kaihoke, Auckland Pinnacle, Dunedin Warepa, Dunedin Kohekohe, Auckland Eazorback, Auckland Weka Pass, Christchurch. 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Closed. Addington, Christchurch Kaikorai, Dunedin Phillipstown, Christchurch Adelaide Road (Branch. Office), Wei- Kensington, Dunedin Queen's Redoubt, Auckland lington Kew, Dunedin St. Albans, Christcliuroh Anderson's Bay, Dunedin Knightstown, Christchurch The Glen, Dunedin Bingsland, Christehureh Larry's Creek, Westport The Willows, Napier Caledonian Road, Christchurch Mornington, Dunedin Upper Waikaia, Dunedin Callaghan's G-ully, Hokitika Murrayville, Dunedin Waikari, Dunedin Cashel Street East, Christchuroh. Mahakipawa, Blenheim Waiapu, Napier Forbury, Dunedin Maruia Junction, Westport White's Point, Westport Ferntown, Nelson North-East Valley, Dunedin West Wanganui, Nelson. Five-Mile Beach, Hokitika The number of offices closed was largo, but this is explained by the fact that 18 were "suburban post offices," which, on the extension of the letter-carriers' deliveries at Dunedin, Christchurch Wellington, and Auckland, were no longer required. > The total number of post offices open on the 31st December last was 846. The following table gives the number of offices in the several postal districts, compared with the number open the previous year:— Table showing the Number of Post Offices Open in the several Postal Districts for the Tears 1878 and 1879.

Betbnus and Expenditure. The cash revenue and the expenditure (inclusive of the estimated outstanding liabilities) of the Postal Department for the nine months ended 31st March, 1880, are set forth in the following statement: — Revenue. £ s. d. Ezpendituee. £ s. d Sale of postage stamps ... ... 80,943 14 9 Salaries ... ... ... ... 33,747 1 3 Money order commission ... ... 5,665 5 7 Conveyance of mails by sea ... ... 39,507 17 3 Fees for private boxes and bags ... 3,116 6 0 „ inland mails ... ... 23,482 16 2 Miscellaneous receipts ... ... 7,567 9 5 „ mails by railway ... 5,551 3 0 Imperial postage receipts ... ... 15,887 18 6 Contingencies ... ... ... 3,515 18 6 San Francisco service, payments by non- Liabilities ... ... ... ... 11,900 0 0 contracting colonies ... ... 2,500 0 0 115,680 14 3 Balance of expenditure over revenue ... 2,027 111 £117,707 16 2 £117,707 16 2 The revenue for the nine months was estimated at £101,200; but the receipts exceeded this amount by £14,480 14s. 3d. As an explanation of this very large increase, it should be stated that the Savings Bank profits for the years 1878 and 1879, amounting to £6,982 15s. 5d., were paid over to the Post Office account in March last, and the sum was dealt with as revenue of the financial period. Hitherto these profits have been treated as incidental receipts; but it has been decided that the item shall for the future be regarded as postal revenue. The sum appropriated for postal services for the nine months ended 31st March last was £119,144 10s. Id. ; the expenditure, including liabilities of £11,900, amounted to £117,707 16s. 2d., or £1,436 13s. lid. less than the appropriations. Excluding the item of Savings Bank profits, the ordinary postal revenue collected for the nine months was at the rate of £144,930 per annum. The receipts for the financial year ended 30th June, 1379, amounted to £129,906 13s. sd. The annual increase was, therefore, £14,923 6s. 7d., or 11-49 per cent.

1879. 1878. Postal Districts. Chief Offices. f eco5, d- Sub-Post class Post 0ffi Offices. Totals. Chief Offices. Secondclass Post Offices. Sub-Post Offices. Totals. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Napier Wanganui Wellington Nelson Westporfc Greymou th Hokitika Blenheim Christchu-ck ...' Timar u Oarnaru Dunedin 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 172 13 14 50 21 60 26 16 24 29 14 128 37 17 145 51 2 175 14 15 53 22 61 28 17 25 30 17 131 38 18 147 53 2 1 1 1 1 2 162 10 16 51 165 11 17 54 '"_} 2 "l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 "l 1 69 27 19 22 28 14 156 71 29 20 23 29 17 160 "2 2 "2 3 " 1 1 1 1 1 O 1 165 46 1 168 48 2 Inrer cargill Chatham Islands Totals lf> 11 §19 816 14 14 786 814

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The official postage for the nine months amounted to £41,625 65., which, added to the cash revenue of £115,680 14s. 3d., brought up the gross earnings of the department to £157,306 os. 3d. for the financial period. OITICUIi COEBEBPOSDEU'C.E. The value of the free or franked correspondence is estimated at £62,437 18s. lid., against £56,176 os. lOd. for the previous year, an increase of £6,231. The weight exceeded 200 tons, and the proportion posted in each postal district is shown by the following statement: — Letters. Books. £ s. d. Letters. Books. £ s. ct. Auckland ... 9,681 lb. ..." B,BoBlb. ... 3,131 18 9 Blenheim ... 1,187 lb. ... 2,843 1b,... 417 1 7 Thames ... 1,331 „ ... 339 ~ ... 370 0 8 Christchurch 7,801 „ ... 22,321 „ ... 2,903 11 11 New Plymouth 3,081 „ ... 209,, ... 883 12 7 Timaru ... 948J „ ... 139,, ... 260 12 0 Napier" ... 1.228J- „ ... 3,727 „ ... 450 8 9 Oamaru ... 437 i „ ... 70 „ ... 119 0 0 Wanganui ... 3,618 „ ... 1,416 „ ... 1,013 10 6 Dunedin ... 25,770 „ ... 11,891 „ ... 7,377 17 9 Wellington ...131,027 „ ...200,172,, ...42,027 5 2 lnyereargill ... 2,274 „ ... 2,248,, ... 700 15 2 Nelson ... 1,715 „ ... 2,471 „ ... 554 0 6 ■ . Westport ... 611J „ ... 311 „ ... 178 4 3 Total ... ... £62,437 18 11 G-reymouth ... 1,486J- „ ... 56 „ ... 399 19 2 - ,- Hokitika ... 2,484 „ ... 2,130 „ ... 744 0 2 This description of correspondence is largely on the increase. The newly-organised department for the collection of the land-tax made very free use of the Post Office, and it has been estimated that over 50,000 letters were posted from Wellington alone during the year on the business of the LandTax Department. The gratuitous service rendered other departments of the public service by the Post Office was both, large and important, and entailed considerable labour and expense. The list of persons authorized to frank has grown to such an unreasonable size that it has been determined, if practicable, to reduce it, and at the same time bring into operation a more satisfactory system for the franking of official correspondence than at present exists. Of the several departments of the public service, the Government Insurance Department was the only one which paid for the transmission of its correspondence through the post, Now that the Post Office makes full payment for the carriage of its mails by railway, it has been decided to claim from the Railway Department a reasonable sum for the service rendered in transmitting railway correspondence through the post. Dead Lettebs. The increase in the number of letters dealt with at the Dead Letter Office has not been so large since 1875. The number disposed of during the year was 76,887, against 07,473 for the preceding year. The table below shows the number of unclaimed letters received in the Dead Letter Office, and how disposed of, year by year, since 1874: —

There were also 4,820 book-packets and circulars returned to the senders, and 91 book-packets returned to other countries. Tlie proportion of letters sent to the Dead Letter Office, out of the total number transmitted, was as Ito 272. In the United Kingdom the proportion was as Ito 217 for 1878. The following are the particulars of the number and articles of value enclosed in letters opened in the Dead Letter Office :—■ £ s. d. 134 money orders for ... ... ... ~, ... 434 10 8 63 bank drafts ... ... ... ... 3,458 10 7 83 cheques ... ... ... ... ... ... 592 8 3 2 promissory notes ... ... ... ... ... ... 324 1 4 Postage stamps ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 19 10 Banknotes ... ... ... ... ... 99 0 0 Gold ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 21 10 0 Silver and copper ... ... ... ... ... ... 016 10 Representing a total of ... ... ... £4,934 17 6 There were also received in the Dead Letter Office :— 2 silver watches, 5 gold rings (two of which were set with precious stones), 2 war medals, and 1 small gold medal. 811 unclaimed registered letters. 44 letters posted without addresses. 259 letters detained for postage; of which only 13 were subsequently prepaid and forwarded. 749 newspapers and 381 books and other articles without addresses ; of these, it was found practicable to deliver 84.

Manner of Disposal. 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879. )pened and returned to the writers Returned unopened to other countries leissued ... destroyed Returned unopened by Chief Postmasters 26,153 6,828 105 4,227 39,051 10,321 78 6,081 44,007 9,703 83 5,217 52,607 9,835 94 3,417 53,483 8,733 117 5,140 61,589 9,713 122 4,788 725 Totals 37,313 55,531 59,070 65,953 67,473 76,887

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7 letters with obscene and libellous addresses. 58 letters imperfectly and wrongly addressed. 612 refused letters. 4 letters with previously-used postage stamps. Reference was made in the last report to the amended regulations under which unclaimed letters, having the names and addresses of the writers or senders printed on the address side of the covers, were returned unopened by Chief Postmasters to the senders, instead of being forwarded to the Dead Letter Office for the purpose of being opened and returned to the writers. It was ascertained, however, that, while the principle of returning unopened this description of letters was appreciated by the public, the requirement that the name of the writer or sender must he printed on the address side of the envelope prevented general advantage being taken of the regulations. On reconsidering the matter, it was decided to extend the regulations, which, as amended, provide that the names and addresses of the senders may be either written, printed, or embossed on the address side or on the fly of the envelopes. "With respect to the return of "special request letters," i.e., letters having the names and addresses of the senders written, printed, or embossed on the address side or on the fly of the envelopes, in addition to a request on the address side that the letters should be returned if not claimed within a stated period, the regulations also provide for their return unopened to the writers or senders. Such letters, however, cannot be returned unless they shall have remained in the Post Office to which addressed at least ten days. Letters of this class originating at hotels, clubs, or places of public resort are forwarded to the Dead Letter Office for disposal, unless, in addition to the printed or embossed address on the cover, the name of the actual sender also appears. These extended regulations came into force on the Ist January last. It is of importance, particularly to commercial houses, that letters which cannot be delivered to the addressees should be returned to the senders as speedily as possible. The public would greatly assist to secure this by more generally affixing their names and addresses upon the covers of letters they may forward through the post. The period during which letters posted in the colony for delivery within the colony (but not having on the covers the address of the writers or senders) remain unclaimed prior to being sent to the Dead Letter Office for return to the writers, has been reduced from two clear months to one clear month. No alteration has been made in the period during which foreign letters are retained at post offices as " unclaimed." Registebed Lettees. The total number of articles registered during the year was 88,538, against 68,978 registered in 1878, an increase of 19,560, or 2835 per cent. The increase is unusually large. The number of letters registered in the previous year was only 8,391 over the number registered in 1877. The increase is believed to bo largely due to the exhibition of enamelled notice-plates at nearly all the post offices, directing public attention to the fact that no letters, &c, containing money, coin, or other valuable enclosure should be posted without first being registered. Over 700 of these plates (600 of which serve also as a sign for the Post Office) have been affixed over the posting boxes of the more important post offices. Notwithstanding the increase of registered articles, an unusually large number of letters containing bank-notes has been delivered through the post as ordinary letters. This is particularly the case with letters addressed to the promoters of racing " sweeps " and " consultations ;" and the department is now considering how best the evil may be checked, more especially with the desire to relieve its officers from undue temptation. Return of the Number of Registered Letters received from Places beyond the Colony, and the Number of Letters Registered in the several Postal Districts during the Tears 1876, 1877 1878, and 1879.

18J6. 1877. 1878. 1879. Postal Districts. From Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. From Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. From Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. Prom Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony, tals. \.uckland ... rhames STew Plymouth ... Sf apier kVangamii Wellington kelson iVestport Jreymouth lokitika Blenheim 3hristchurek L'imaru 1,799 290 i 230 483 2,134 320 146 602 391 175 3,139 6,468 887 517 2,286 7,946 685 409 1,451 1,195 665 5.846 8,267 1,177 747 2,769 10,0S0 1,005 555 2,053 1,589 840 8,985 1,818 123 188 483 1,791 381 52 181 257 8S 1,542 8,405 1,051 951 2,862 10,358 1,273 485 1,685 1,495 767 8,242 10,223 1,174 1,137 3,345 12,149 1,654 537 1,866 1,752 855 9,784 2,055 145 179 591 2,121 362 84 230 214 127 2,281 10,374 919 992 3,095 12,510 1,407 69? 1,420 1,636 740 10,786 12.429 1,064 1,189 3,686 14,631 1,769 781 1,650 1,850 867 13,067 2,735 154 290 627 309 2,743 487 82 182 219 132 2,856 373 176 3,584 4S2 12,569 922 1,429 3,828 4,004 12,167 1,894 862 1,205 1,343 938 12,640 2,532 1,454 11,889 3,381 15,304 1,076 1,719 4,455 4,313 14,910 2,381 944 1,387 1,562 1,120 15,496 2,905 1,630 15,473 3,863 )amaru Duuedin 5,270 681 6,024 2,824 11,294 3,505 2,591 234 11,086 2,200 13,677 2,434 60,587 2,819 444 9,613 3,119 12,432 3,563 Totals 15,663 37,203 52,866 9,727 50,860 11,670 57,308 15,431 68,S78 73,107 88,538

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Buildings. But few offices have been erected or put in hand during the year. The new building at Timaru is well advanced, and is expected to bo completed by the end of July. The post office and telegraph building at Waaganui is being altered and enlarged. The alterations are expected to be completed in about two months. In the meantime the business of the two departments is carried on in temporary offices. Competitive designs have been received for commodious post office and telegraph buildings for Wellington, and premiums awarded the authors of the two best designs. No decision, however, haa been arrived at with respect to adopting either design; and until parliamentary authority has been obtained for the necessary expenditure the erection of the new offices will not be undertaken. In the meantime the business of the Post Office is seriously impeded from the want of convenient accommodation. The increase of business at Auckland has made it absolutely necessary to enlarge the chief post office ; and the needed alterations will be carried out immediately. New offices have been erected during the year at Ohaupo, Pahi, Port Albert, Patea, Waitara, Woodville, Duvauchelle, Catlin's Kiver, Gore, Waitahuna, and Wyndham. The offices at Hawera, Waipawa, Waipukurau, and Foxton, have been altered and enlarged. New offices are in progress at Dargaville and Greatford; and the offices at Lower Hutt, Kawakawa, and Akaroa are being enlarged. It is proposed to build new offices at Collingwood, Takaka, Sydenham, and Balclutha. Inland Mail Sekyices. The inland services were, on the whole, performed satisfactorily, remembering the very difficult nature of the country over which many of these services travel, coupled with the unusual severity of the weather and floods which had to be contended against. The usual delays to the Hokitika andMalvern service occurred, and interruptions to mail communication from floods were very general on the west coast of the Middle Island. Indeed, over the greater part of the colony exceptionally severe floods were experienced, and not only were the ordinary services interrupted, but communication by railway was occasionally suspended. Temporary arrangements, where practicable, were made in every case by the department to maintain communication. The contracts for the majority of the inland services expired on the 31st December, 1878, and the services were re-tendered for, but with the result, in many cases, that the cost exceeded that of the former contracts, the difference being over £5,000. A proportion of this, however, must be set against new services and extensions or acceleration of existing ones. In 1878 the cost of inland services was £28,435, but the expenditure increased to £33,719 in 1879. The service between Wanganui and New Plymouth was increased from thrice weekly to once a day. There is now daily communication throughout from Wellington to New Plymouth. A second daily service was established between Patea and Hawera. A weekly service by coach between Auckland and Waiwera (Hot Springs) was established; but owing to the non-completion of the road the coach has been unable to proceed further from Auckland than the Orewa Eiver. The twice-weekly mail service between Palmerston North and Kopua was increased to thriceweekly. Thrice-a-week communication between Wellington and Napier is now secured. In connection with the Hokitika and Malvern service, a branch service has been established between Kumara and Goodfellows, admitting of the delivery and despatch of the Greymouth mails simultaneously with those to and from Hokitika. A second daily delivery of mails has been established between the offices at Wanganui, Turakina, Marton, Greatford, Bull's, Feilding, Halcombe, Palmerston North, and Foxton. The following statement shows the number and description of the inland services for the year together with the cost, compared with that of 1878; — 1879. 1878. Performed by coach and mail-cart ... ... 11l 113 „ horseback ... ... ... 211 207 foot ... ... ... ... 61 52 „ water ... ... ... ... 43 45 „ railway ... ... ... 48 48 474 465 Aggregate mileage ... ... ... ... 7,249 8,355 Total number of miles travelled ... ...2,589,114 2,308,827 Cost to the department ... ... £33,719 11s. Id. £28,435 10s. Bd. Average cost per mile ... ... 3i-d. 3d. Mail Steam Sebvices. The agreement under which the Imperial Government undertook to convey the colonial mails between London and San Francisco, Galle, or Singapore, and also to pay over to the several colonial post offices the outward postages, less the British inland rates (in the case of letters one penny per halfounce), on the colonies undertaking to maintain mail services to the points named, expired on the 31st December, 1378. The position of the colonies at the begiuning of last year with respect to this agreement may be gathered from the following extract from the last report: —

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" In view of the expiration of the agreement, the Secretary of State for the Colonies made pro- " posals to the several Australasian Governments for a readjustment of the amount of postage to be " retained by the Imperial Government after the Ist of January of the present } rear, on the outward " correspondence for the colonies. The proposal was that the Imperial Post Office should retain three- " pence per half-ounce letter in addition to the inland rate, thereby reducing the amount to be paid the " several Colonial Governments from fivepence to twopence per half-ounce letter. As there was no " apparent reason in justification of the proposed reduced payment, the proposal was naturally met by a " strong protest from all the colonies, and the several A gents-General were instructed by their respective " Governments to urge for more favourable terms. . . . The result of the negotiations was that the " Imperial Government consented to the continuance of the old arrangement until the 31st January nest, " when the present Suez Contract will expire, and thereafter to retain twopence instead of fourpence per "half-ounce letter, as originally proposed. As this Government is, however, in conjunction with that of " New South Wales, committed to a heavy annual expenditure until October, 1883, on account of the San " Francisco Mail Service, and as the present contract was entered into under the belief that the arrange- " ment of 1874 would not be disturbed during the term of the contract, the Imperial Government has " been urged to approve of a further extension of the existng payments until the termination of the '"' San Francisco Mail Contract." Considerable correspondence ensued with the Colonial Office, but the efforts of New South. Wales and New Zealand to secure a continuance of the payments provided by the agreement of 1874, until the expiration of the existing San Francisco Mail Contract, were unsuccessful. The Imperial Government refused to recognize that the contracting colonies had any claim for special consideration. Commencing, therefore, from the Ist Februai'y last, the payments to be made to this colony by the London Post Office were reduced one-fifth. In other words, only fourpence instead of fivepence per half-ounce letter is now credited the colony, which in effect represents an additional loss to New Zealand of about £2,700 a year in respect of its ocean mail services. There was every reason to expect more liberal consideration from the Imperial Government in this matter, and the decision cannot but be regarded as one of an arbitrary character. It was arrived at upon the representation of Mr. Graham Berry, the then Premier of Victoria, who was at that time in London, and, without consultation with the representatives of other Colonial Governmentfi, appointed at the request of the Secretary of State for the Colonies for the express purpose of fully and conveniently discussing the question with the Colonial Office. The department, through its agent at San Francisco, is endeavouring to obtain a reduction in the charges levied by the United States Post Office for the transit of the Australian and New Zealand closed mails between New York and San Francisco. That gentleman has, at considerable personal inconvenience, taken steps for satisfying the post office authorities of the United States of the impolicy of continuing to charge the present high rates, and there appears every prospect of his appeals being successful. The United States Post Office has been prevailed upon to claim only the actual sums paid to the railway companies, and there is reason to believe these companies will consent to charge a nominal amount only for the service rendered by them between New York and San Francisco. Recent information is to the effect that the United States Senate had empowered the Post Office to remit altogether the transit charges for the conveyance of the Australian and New Zealand mails. The charge for the carriage of these mails through.America is paid to the United States by the Imperial Post Office, and any reduction would, therefore, result in the first instance in a saving to that office. But if, through the exertions of the contracting colonies, a material reduction is made in these payments, the colonies will have a claim, upon the Imperial Government for concessions in aid of the San Francisco Service which have hitherto been refused. The fortnightly service between Melbourne and London via Galle and Brindisi was inaugurated in February last. This department decided not to make use of the double service, but to connect only with those services which, alternating with the San. Francisco line, would secure to the colony, as far as practicable, a fortnightly exchange of mails with the United Kingdom. Mails however are despatched for New Zealand every fortnight by the London Post Office by the new service, and, in addition, are also forwarded by the Orient steamers, which now alternate weekly with those of the Peninsular and Oriental Company. London mails are now generally delivered in the colony every week, and, in April last, no less than six mails were received from London. The use of the Brindisi Service is intended, so far as New Zealand is concerned, to be confined to the transmission of correspondence specially addressed to be sent by that route. Numbers of letters, however, have been forwarded from London via Brindisi which should have been transmitted either by the San Francisco Service or by the Orient steamers, and it has been necessary to remind the London office that only specially marked correspondence for this colony should be sent by way of Brindisi. An important alteration in connection with the establishment of the fortnightly service has been the abandonment of the Southampton route, and the decision to forward the whole of the mails by way of Brindisi and Calais at reduced rates of postage. In suggesting the change, the Imperial Government also proposed to reduce the postage from eightpence to sevenpence peL half-ounce on letters, from fourpence to twopence per two ounces on books, and from fourpence to twopence per four ounces on newspapers. This reduction was stated to be made practicable by the French and Italian Post Offices having agreed to diminish their overland transit charges, on condition that the mails sent via Southampton were forwarded by way of Brindisi and Calais. But, as the reduced rates of postage above proposed were insufficient to defray the entire cost of transmitting the mails through Italy and France, this department, while agreeing to the proposal to abandon the Southampton route, desired to be assured that it would be relieved from any loss in respect of this cost before it would consent to the reduced rates. Before a reply had been received, the Victorian Government invited the department to concur in a proposal to further reduce the Brindisi postage to the same rates as those levied on correspondence transmitted via San Francisco, viz., sixpence per half-ounce letter. As this

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proposal would have entailed upon New Zealand an obligation to defray heavy European transit charges, without receiving any equivalent in postage collected, and have thus increased the loss which it already sustains on all correspondence sent via Suez, the proposal was declined. From correspondence recently received, and laid before Parliament, it appears that, in order to secure the consent of the Imperial Government to this latter proposal, the Agent-General for Victoria undertook to defray the colonies' share of the European transit charge, leaving the question of reimbursement to be made by other colonies to Victoria to be hereafter agreed upon. The charge for the transmission of mails through Italy and Erance, as now reduced by the French and Italian Post Offices, is, on letters fourpence halfpenny per ounce, and on printed matter threepence three-farthings per pound. Pending the receipt of further information, this department continues to levy in New Zealand the old rates of postage on correspondence sent via Brindisi, as the colony is not in a position to sustain further loss in connection with the transmission of its mails to the United Kingdom. As already stated, the use of the Brindisi service is intended for the transmission of correspondence specially addressed to be sent by that route; but, as the postage now collected by London is the same as that levied on mail matter forwarded via San Francisco, and as communication is more frequent by way of Brindisi, a large number of letters which would otherwise have gone by the former route are received by the Eastern service, thus seriously adding to the loss which New Zealand has to submit to, as well as reducing its postage receipts. This will be better understood when it is explained that the payment made to Victoria, for the carriage of our letters between Melbourne and Galle, is at the rate of sixpence per half-ounce. In the case of the homeward mails this and the payment to the Imperial Post Office in respect of the European transit charges for the carriage of the mails from Brindisi to Calais are covered by the postage collected in the colony; but on the outward mails the payments exceed the receipts by twopence per half-ounce letter, and to this loss has to be added £5,000 per annum, the cost of the service between Melbourne and New Zealand. The colony, therefore, loses twopence on every letter received from London by way of Brindisi, plus the cost for conveyance from Melbourne and the distribution in New Zealand. On the homeward mails the colony's loss (seeing the payments to Victoria absorb the ordinary postage) is represented by the cost for conveying the mails from the colony to Melbourne. "Were the department, however, to reduce the Brindisi postage collected here from eightpence to sixpence per half-ounce letter, and to make a corresponding diminution on printed matter, the loss would be further increased by whatever sum we may have to pay for the transport of the mails from Brindisi to Calais. The free use of the Brindisi route means a diminution of the receipts on the San Francisco line, and an increased loss to the colony on the Eastern service, proportionate to the amount of correspondence forwarded by it. The manner in which the San Francisco Service has been performed may be seen by a reference to Table No. 7. The contractors continue their efforts to make the service a success in every respect. As an earnest in this direction, they recently proposed to reduce the time from London to the colonies by three days, to be effected by an earlier departure from San Francisco —-on Saturday instead of Monday —and the gaining of a day on the voyage to Auckland and Sydney. No additional payment is to be made for the early despatch from San Francisco—but the contractors will receive, in terms of the contract, a bonus of £5 for every hour saved on the voyage to Sydney. The proposal has been accepted ; but it is doubtful whether it can be carried into practical effect throughout the year, as its success mainly depends upon the early and regular arrival of the London mails at New York. This cannot be assured during the winter months. The contractors, however, are sanguine that, with the approach of summer, when the prevailing winds on the Atlantic are more favourable to steamers bound to New York, they will be able to deliver the London mails in Auckland and Sydney in thirty-eight and forty-three days respectively. The overland journey between New York and San Francisco has been shortened six hours, and the London mails frequently reached the latter city twenty-four hours prior to the time formerly appointed for the sailing of the raail steamer for Auckland. The steamers are now timed to leave San Francisco on the Saturday, but await the arrival of the London mails. In connection with this proposed acceleration, arrangements have been made for delivering the inward mails at the larger centres of population in New Zealand more rapidly than hitherto. The mail steamer from Manukau, instead of making a detour to Nelson and Picton, is to come on to Wellington, after landing mails at New Plymouth. The southern mails will be transhipped at Wellington into a fast steamer for Lyttelton, and the Manukau boat proceeds without delay to Picton and Nelson. This improved service admits of the Wellington, Canterbury, and Otago mails being delivered between one and two days earlier than hitherto. The actual delay to the mails for Nelson and the West Coast ports should not exceed twelve hours—a delay of little moment when compared with the earlier delivery secured by the three principal commercial centres. The homeward mails by the San Francisco Service have, with a single exception, been delivered in London within contract time. The shortest delivery was made in 39 days from Auckland, 41 days from Wellington, and 43 days from Dunedin. The longest transit occupied —from Auckland, 43 days ; from Wellington, 45 days ; and from Dunedin, 46 days. The average for the twelve months was, Auckland, 4017 days ; Wellington, 4217 days; and Dunedin, 4392 days. The outward mails from London, on the average, have been delivered in Auckland in 4033 days, in Wellington in 4333 days, and in Dunedin in 4475 days. The quickest transit to Auckland was 38 days, to Wellington 41 days, and to Dunedin 42 days. The longest time from London to Auckland was 43 days, to Wellington 47 days, and to Dunedin 49 days. This unusually long transit was attributable to two causes : The Atlantic steamer with the London mails of February last was delayed by fogs and adverse weather, and the mails were three days late in reaching San Francisco. Here they suffered a further delay of 60 hours, owing to a fire which occurred on the mail steamer " City of Sydney "on the 14th March last, after she was ready for sea. Although the " City of Sydney " was five days late in leaving San Francisco, the mails were landed in Auckland only two days late, the voyage having been performed three days within the contract time. The homeward Brindisi mails reached London, on the average, in 5017 days from the Bluff, in 2—F. 1.

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50-33 days from Dunedin, and in 535 days from Wellington. The shortest delivery was accomplished in 48 days from the Bluff and Dunedin, and in 50 days from Wellington. The longest transit from the Bluff occupied 5-1 days, from Dunedin 55 days, and from Wellington 57 days. The outward mails from London via Brindisi were delivered on the average in 4712 days to the Bluff, 475 days to Dunedin, and 4962 days to Wellington. The quickest transit to the Bluff was 41 days, to Dunedin 45 days, and to Wellington 48 days. The longest delivery occupied 54 days to the Bluff, 55 days to Dunedin, and 57 days to Wellington. Comparing the several performances of the two services, it is found that, notwithstanding the acceleration which has been effected on the Brindisi line, the service via San Francisco more ihan holds its own with the rival line. The following comparison may be read with interest; the groups of figures represent the maximum, minimum, and average number of days within which mails have been delivered by each service:— San Francisco Service. Brindisi Service. London to Auckland ... ... 43—38=40-33 "... 60—50=53'37 Wellington ... ... 47—41=4333 ... 57--16=49-62 Dunedin ... .... 49-42=44-75 ... 55—45=475 Sydney ... ... 48—43=45-83 ... 48—41=43 Melbourne ... ... 50—47=48-58 ... 45—38=4044 Auckland to London ... ... 43—39=40-17 ... 57—50=53 Wellington „ .., ... 45—41=42-17 ... 57—50=53'5 Dunedin „ ... ... 46—43=4392 ... 55—48 = 5033 Sydney „ ... ... 48—44=45-25 ... 50—44=46-17 Melbourne „ ... ... 50—46=47-25 ... 47—41=43-17 The net cost to the colony in respect of the San Francisco and Galle mail services is shown by the following statement: — ltecEiFrs and Payments on account of the San Francisco and Galle Mail Services for the "Year 1879. San Francisco Service. De. £ s. d. £ s. d. Subsidy to Pacific Mail Company ... ... 32,500 0 0 Estimated bonus due contractors ... ... 1,250 0 0 Interprovincial services, Mail Agents, &c. ... 7,793 18 6 41,543 18 6 Ce. Postages from London Post Office ... ... 14,821 19 1 Postages collected in the colony ... ... 16,448 3 4 Receipts from non-contracting colonies ... ... 3,046 13 0 3 4> 316 15 5 Net cost to the colony ... ... ... £7,227 3 1 The estimated net cost of the service for 1878 was £12,432 16s. Galle and Suez Service De. £ s. d. £ s. d. Payments to Victoria ... ... ... ... 9,01(! 3 9 Intercolonial service, &c. ... ... ... 5,331 11 0 . i 4; 347 14 9 Ce. Postages from London Post Office ... ... 3,815 9 8 Postages collected in the colony ... ... 3,006 1 0 — 6,821 10 8 Net cost to the colony ... ... ... ... £7,526 4 1 The estimated net cost for 1878 was £7,391 12s. Id. The payment made for the year for the transmission of correspondence by the Torres Straits mail service was £97 15s. 2d. By the San Francisco service 415,275 letters were received from and 385,055 letters despatched to the United Kingdom. The number of letters despatched to and received from the United Kingdom by the Galle service was 67,913 and 93,715 respectively. The services—Wellington, Kaikoura, and Lyttelton, and Wellington and Patea —have ceased to be subsidized, and a saving of £540 a year effected. By a rearrangement of the West Coast of the Middle Island service a saving of £2,800 a year is secured. The service as performed at present by the " Maori " ceases next month ; and from July next the settlements south of Hokitika will be served by a steamer starting every four weeks from Gteymouth and Hokitika, and returning to the same ports. This service will cost £1,200 a year, and a twelve-months' contract has been entered into.

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Railway Mail Services. In the last report mention was made that the question of payment for the carriage of mails by railway was under consideration. It was ultimately arranged that the Railway Department should be paid at tho rate of £10 per mile per annum on every mile of railway open for traffic, in consideration of mails being transported over all open lines. The agreement dated from the Ist November last, and £2,000 was paid for the year, or at the rate of £12,000 per annum. The total length of the rail way-lines open for traffic on the 31st December was 1,171 miles. For the financial year 18S0-81 the average number of miles has been estimated at 1,250, and £12,500 has been placed on the estimates on account of railway services. A further sum of £1,200 has also been provided for the purpose of defraying the cost of special trains. These are now secured by the department, on all occasions, at the reduced charge of 3s. 6d. per mile, instead of 15s. per mile formerly paid —a charge, it is needless to add, which had the effect of restricting the use of special trains for mail purposes. In view of the necessity for the strictest economy in all branches of the public expenditure, special trains will in future be used only in cases of pressing emergency. The travelling post offices attached to the express trains running between Chrisfcchurch and Invercargill, in the charge of postal officers, have proved to be a great convenience, not only to the department, but to the public. The mails are in the immediate charge of postal officers, called Railway Mail Clerks, by whom their delivery and receipt along the line is undertaken, and the public on payment of an extra fee are enabled to post letters in the travelling post offices until the departure of the trains. A considerable amount of sorting is performed by these clerks, whereby the delivery of correspondence from the larger offices is accelerated. The post offices are also relieved from despatching mails for intermediate offices, the correspondence being grouped and enclosed to the travelling post offices for distribution. Travelling post offices have not been placed on other lines, but, where the public requirements seemed to demand the convenience, late-letter boxes have been affixed to the guards' vans. Kailway carriages adapted for post office purposes have been placed at the unreserved disposal of the department. The necessary alterations and fittings were undertaken and supplied by the Eailway Department, but the cost was defrayed by the Post Office. It is due to the railway officials to acknowledge the many facilities accorded the department for the convenient discharge of the duties connected with the transport of its mails. The alterations frequently made of late in the railway time-tables have proved of considerable inconvenience, as each alteration involved a corresponding change in the time of the arrival and departure of the mails at and from several post offices. The recent alterations in the running of the trains between Christchurcli and Invereargill have had the effect of materially increasing the attendance, of the mail officers, particularly at the Chief Post Office, Dunedin, where they are now required to be on duty from 4.30 a.m. to 10.30 p.m. Sayings Banks. 19 post offices were during the past year constituted offices for the transaction of Savings Bank business. 15,401 new accounts were opened during the year, against 13,005 in 1878. 12,786 accounts were closed, against 9,634 in 1878. The number of accounts remaining open on the 31st December was 34,747, against 32,132 at the close of 1878. The number of deposits received was 71,865, amounting to £812,399 11s. lid., and the amount of each deposit averaged £11 Cs. Id. The withdrawals were 54,098 for £876,180 19s. 3d., the average amount of each being £16 os. 4d. The amount at the credit of depositors decreased to £787,005 195., from £819,071 Bs. 2d. at the close of 1878, a difference of £32,865 19s. 2d. The withdrawals exceeded the deposits by £63,781 7s. 4d., against an excess of deposits in 1878 of £20,030 17s. 9d. The interest credited depositors was £31,715 18s. 2d., against £31,664 12s. 9d. in 1878. Since the establishment of Post Office Savings Banks in the colony in 1867, 104,662 accounts haye been opened, and 69,915 closed. There were therefore 34,747 accounts remaining open on the 31st December, 1879. The total amount deposited from the commencement of the savings-bank system, inclusive of the interest credited to depositors, was £6,642,431 14s. 7d., and the total amount withdrawn was £5,855,425 15s. 7d. The balance remaining on deposit on the 31st December was, therefore, £787,005 19s. The average cost of every Post Office Savings Bank transaction, deposit or withdrawal, for the year was sfd., and for the whole period of the existence of the Post Office Savings Banks in the colony, nearly 7d. The total amount of interest placed to the credit of depositors since the establishment of the Post Office Savings Banks in the colony was £245,722 12s. 4d. The average daily number of deposits made during the year was 229, and the average daily amount £2,596. The proportion of depositors to the population was Ito 13. In England and "Wales, the proportion was 1 in 14 ; in Scotland, lin 70; in Ireland, lin79 ; and the average for the United Kingdoix was lin 17. The proportion was linl9 in Victoria, and lin3B in New South Wales. Monet Obbees. Money Order business was extended to 19 new offices—namely, Caversham, Duntroon, Duvauchelle, Goodwood, Huntly, Helensville, Kingston, Mohaka, Nelson Creek, Newton, Ohaeawai, Ohaupo, Otaki, Pokeno, Porangahau, Takapau, Te Aro, "Wakefield, and Wyndham,

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117,999 orders for £428,673 were issued during the year, against 101,017 orders for £368,254 16s. lOd. in 1878, an increase of 16,982 orders and £60,418 3s. 2d. 88,791 money orders for £319,200 ss. 6d. were paid, against 74,937 orders for £270,915 Is. lOd. paid in 1878, the increase being 13,854 orders for £48,285 3s. Bd. The number of money orders issued for payment in the United Kingdom and the Australian Colonies was 34,520 for £131,382 6s. 4d., and 5,466 orders for £22,968 9s. 3d. were issued in those countries for payment in New Zealand. A balance of upwards of £108,000 was, therefore, remitted out of the colony by means of money orders. In 1878 the balance against the colony was £96,000, in 1877 £80,000, and in 1876 £77,000. The telegraph was used for the transmission of 15,054 orders, amounting to £63,734 4s. 7d. In 1878 13,228 orders, for £54,807 10s. 6d., were sent by wire. The increase was, therefore, 1,826 orders for £8,926 14s. Id. The revenue derived from the issue of money orders was £7,285 Is. 6d., against £6,288 135,, for the year 1878, the increase being £996 Bs. 6d. The average number of money orders issued for every 100 persons in New Zealand was 255. The average was 594 for England and Wales, 404 for Scotland, and 22 for Ireland, and the average for the United Kingdom was 514. The average for Victoria was 148, and for New South Wales 193.

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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 1865.

Money Orders Drawn on the Colony.

Table No. 2. Statement of the Money Orders issued in New Zealand on the United Kingdom and the Australian Colonies during the Years 1878 and 1879.

Statement of the Money Orders issued in the United Kingdom and the Australian Colonies on New Zealand during the Years 1878 and 1879.

Money Order: ISSU3D IN THE COLONY. lerc Payable. Total. Year. Commission Received. In the Colony. Uni itcd Kingdom. Australian Colonies. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. I Amount. Amount. No. Amount. 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 Ifc74 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 £ s. d. 1,463 18 6 1,761 14. 0 1,815 19 6 1,863 1 G 1,932 3 0 2,367 8 6 2,608 3 6 3,068 17 6 3,562 3 2 4,393 2 3 4,950 19 4 5,261 19 2 5,714 18 4 6,288 13 0 7,285 1 6 6.292 8,924. 10,293 11,898 14,305 ) 6,821 20,514 28,156 34,288 40,968 48,611 55,748 64,000 70,531 83,479 £ s. d. 29,742 15 1 42,823 4. 7 49,496 13 0 54,3+2 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 9 212,089 1 6 233,804 15 10 250,861 6 0 297,290 13 8 7,756 9,238 9,242 9.241 9,263 9,624 10,407 10,619 11,913 14,379 10,949 17,331 18,369 21,169 24,461 £ s. d. 33,426 11 5 41,987 15 0 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 66,977 4 2 69,670 11 10 89,681 15 8 91,665 4 0 3,188 4,548 4,938 4,715 4,859 5,419 5,370 5,885 6,150 7,365 7,467 7,176 8,303 9,317 10,059 £ s. d. 15,400 17 2 23,968 5 2 25,115 5 1 23,286 11. 5 23,381 14 7 25,637 12 7 24,653 5 !) 26,347 17 7 28,068 5 5 33,659 10 2 33,597 2 3 31,202 0 3 31,498 0 1 36,711 15 2 39,717 2 4 17,236 22,710 24,473 25,854 28,427 i 31,864 36,291 j 41,660 1 52,351 62,712 73,027 : 80,255 : 90,672 101,017 117,999 £ s. d. 78,576 3 8 108,779 4 9 115,610 13 0 118,211 3 8 127,218 4 11 14'),454 7 11 157,397 18 7 191,009 2 0 219,258 1 7 263,164 7 9 293,481 10 9 310,208 5 11 334,973 7 9 308,254 16 10 428,673 0 0

Where Issued. Total. Year. I: the Colony. United Kingdom. Austi ralian Colonies. No. Amount, No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. 1865 18fifi 1867 1868 18fi9 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 3878 1879 6,218 8,886 10,353 11,903 14,250 18,798 20,514 27,983 34,288 40,968 48,611 55,748 64,000 70,531 83,479 £ B. d. 29,282 13 10 42,768 10 9 49,931 17 2 64,349 8 3 63,820 15 5 73,245 8 3 88,592 0 3 119,676 1 2 142,612 4 10 171,083 6 1 193,551 13 9 212,089 1 6 233,801 15 10 250,801 6 0 297,290 13 8 702 1,100 1,198 1,401 1,218 1,156 1,896 1,504 1,482 1,603 1,969 2,243 2,258 2,260 2,541 £ a. A. 3,568 15 10 5,021 14 9 5,649 2 10 6,502 3 0 5,630 18 8 5,523 4 4 6,217 U 5 7,078 8 6 6,625 14 5 7,284 10 7 9,2G2 9 7 10,202 13 6 9,744 8 8 9,833 18 6 10,073 3 11 700 917 1,108 1,294 1,272 1,2.67 1,318 1,45!) 1,668 1,800 1,995 2,385 2,568 2,528 2,942 £ s. d. 3,712 1 5 4,753 3 10 5,570 6 4 6,085 1 3 6,382 4 3 6,055 6 1L 5,914 18 7 6,803 15 3 7,689 6 8 8,316 17 5 9,340 19 11 10,838 16 8 11,056 2 7 10,698 14 3 12,295 5 4 7,680 10,903 12,659 14,598 16,740 19,221 23,228 30,946 37,438 44,371 52,575 60,376 68,826 75,319 88,965 £ s. d E6.563 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 11 15fi,957 6 11 187,284 14 1 212,155 3 3 233,130 11 8 254,605 7 1 271,393 18 9 320,259 2 11

1S79. 1878. Where Payable. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. United Kingdom Victoria South Australia... New South Wales Queensland Tasmania Western Australia i 24,461 6,26S 304 2,607 199 615 6 £ s. d. 91,6G5 4 0 25,143 6 5 1,366 14 6 9,331 13 1 943 14 4 2,891 14 0 37 0 0 21,169 5,923 380 2,375 172 450 17 £ s. d. 80,681 15 8 23,956 12 0 1,183 3 3 8,369 0 2 713 17 4 2,144 17 5 44 5 0 Totals ... 34,520 131,382 6 4 80,486 117,393 10 10

18)9. 185S. Where Issued. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. United Kingdom Victoria South Australia New South Wales Queensland Tasmania Western Australia b 2,544 1,223 15G 1,050 187 310 16 £ a. cl. 10.073 3 11 4,793 0 2 668 15 10 4,491 2' 9 762 15 8 1,4*2 15 2 136 15 9 2,?60 1,105 124 864 175 244 16 £ s. d. 9,833 18 6 j 4,442 14 5 j 528 12 6 ! 3,617 12 9 !| 756 15 9 'i 1-.236 12 10 ' 116 6 0 Totals ... 5,460 22,908 9 3 4,738 20,532 12 9

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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 1879.

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Money Orders, Savings Banks. Offices. Issued. Faid. CJ 4-1 . Deposits. i . Witl °g! o'Su No. Withdrawals. ;hdra\vals. Amount. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. .UCKLAND Alexandra Aratapu Cambridge Dargaville Drury Hamilton Helcusville Hokianga Huntly Kapanga Kawakawa ... Mangapai Mangawhare ... Mercer Mongonui Newton Ngaruawahia,.. Ohaeawai Ohaupo Ohinemutu ... Onehunga Opotiki Otahuhu Pahi Pokeno Port Albert ... Pukekohe Raglan Russell Tauranga Te Arai Te Awamutu... Te Kopuru Waipu Waluku Waiwera Wangarei Wangaroa Wark worth ... £ s. d. 6,667 500 8 o 467 18 13 o 5 io| 22 3 6 916! 47 o 8 317 12 7 o 961 5 16 4 1,010 45 11 2 75 3 14 2 373 28 12 10 93 4 o 10 521 23 17 10 688 39 13 10 no 3 16 6 243 10 5 6 229 814 245 926 83 4 10 o 355 »5 8 Io 20 102 83 2 17 8 112 10 16 4 421 23 9 10 314 15 12 8 179 8 17 10 108 654 37 " lS 8 170 6 n 4 142 5 14 10 272J 10 n 6 307 16 12 8 823 47 16 10 76 3 5 6 496 26 o 6 170 660 377 H 8 I0| 353j 13 10 2] 2501 8 17 2: 5'6 2f> 9 2i 383 '6 s 4I 275I 11 16 ioj 1,834; no 9 o 536; 23 14 4 268 17 14 o 62,5] 28 o 4 9,298 697 13 2 523 27 2 10 246' 12 18 4 1,619 94 I2 6 116 704 132 S '4 4 10 076 98 6 o 10 406 25 3 6 159 6 13 o 1,190^ 81 18 o 282! 16 9 O 383 1 '5 4 (> 382 19 19 8 488; 32 11 c 325! 17 1 2 132 8 12 4 72 3 14 6 8,222 644 19 4 904 67 s 6 423 23 13 6 584 30 8 6 128 4 16 2 69 3 13 10 -458 18 9 o 457: 21 s 4 542 28 o 8 6 030 153! I2 19 8 140 826 97j 4 4° 425 *7 12 o 774 37 7 2 319! 14 13 10 613! 29 o o 171I 10 14 6 469' 26 o 10 337 H '2 IO 183 12 15 o 678 33 12 10 £ s. d. 25,124 18 1 1,665 6 6 2,242 18 6 3,075 6 6 1,586 14 11 325 5 3 3,296 11 1 235 I6 5 1,970 2 4 236 19 8 1.530 6 10 2,841 o 8 440 6 2 1,371 12 6 574 6 4 671 16 2 234 2 4 1,044 2 5 46 17 9 292 g 2 43O 3 2 1,612 2 3 1,046 2 6 446 1 10 415 '3 o 117 14 10 579 1 9\ 463 9 8; i,S°4 1.3 4 1,046 19 4 2,976 o 11 307 5 6 i,7'5 9 5 801 5 2 1,860 12 6 1,126 4 3 747 '3 9 1,543 16 4 1,506 6 7 869 4 2 7,081 18 2 i,773 >o 3 1,018 16 9 2,008 9 o 34,838 17 8 i,744 J5 8 788 11 5 5,754 9 6 363 on 301 7 2 8 3 10 383 1 4 1,346 14 7 460 7 1 4,238 17 7 1,072 9 2 1,066 8 2 1,470 19 10 1,636 11 2 927 '3 3 583 9 9 166 19 3 33,247 l6 8 3.281 17 1 i,4'S 7 5 1,800 8 10 302 15 1 227 13 7 1,344 " 2 2,157 9 10 i,6.53 9 8 15 18 9 596 n 9 610 n 11 37o S 1 1.361 5 10 2,605 5 11 990 18 11 1,741 7 10 5 12 11 1 1,549 10 10 1,185 13 10 564 5 5 2,169 17 3 11,821 199 22 277 19 144 5°4 12 37 11 £ s. d. 43,253 17 " 654 3 10 no 17 2 957 6 " 53 6 o 572 3 9 i,594 9 5 42 14 n 192 10 6 45 16 n 825 18 10 814 17 10 126 3 4 70 11 3 264 18 4 272 6 10 337 i? "; 74° 3 6 600 22 9 3 555 17 7 2,402 7 3 640 19 2 869 5 1 263 3 10 11217 (> 282 2 O! 142 15 6 124 1 2 4.59 11 4 1,402 2 5; 6 4 5 1 722'io 4 118 n 4 397 18 n 356 16 6 157 7 o 591 12 6 293 7 5 489 1 3 2,253 2 7 538 15 7 297 2 7 1,210 10 7 25,434 9 1 818 15 8 358 5 10 2,179 17 8 23 19 6 127 10 11 o 15 o 55 12 6 1,308 16 2 153 13 1 2,341 11 4 202 18 8 631 4 4 5°° 6 S 1,246 14 7 658 18 7 | 94 14 °, 170 2 7 47,009 18 2 1,752 1 11 347 ° 8 1,472 8 1 95 1 5 307 2 11 333 17 3 380 12 1 545 i° 9 o 18 1 238 19 9 147 13 6 5° I2 1 189 9 11 1,699 14 8 271 18 7 1,251 9 4 302 7 3 6( 4 8 8 193 9 6 35 2 o 4 1,055 11 10 93 8 44 1 5°j 3 17 9 15 33 2 8 5>i9 6 67 347 146 98 42 27S 3 55 28 67 193 14 35 54 gl 95 93 £ s. d. 64,824 10 9 174 I O 1,804 19 o 1,207 1 6 1,364 13 o 251 8 10 1,52.3 1 o 1900 569 3 ° 203 2 o 428 3 o 2,160 19 II 133 5 o 439 7 10 386 6 1 435 4 o 276 9 o 538 l(> 4 3° i 917 5 15 20 6 4,692 26 4? s8 2/ 14 in 1 18 £ s. d. 72,567 2 IO 307 9 9 823 4 9 643 18 10 562 11 o 128 3 4 1,341 12 7 20 o o 282 15 2 3OO 359 16 I i,547. 4 4 49 5 o 3H 7 5 128 8 o 143 '3 ° 46 3 8 643 "9 3 10 19 "I 168 21 15 (<S H 99 246 5 7 106 52' 161 221 68 25 49 42 31 '51 4=3 '5 164 26 «3 86 23 60 6 7 19 14 16 9 23 5 '3 26 16 4 2 6 9 5 38 16 13 3 21 15 235 39 189 25 191 5 o 182 o o 2,397 6 7 675 o 7 54i S o 294 1 o 2 23 '3 9 1 16 79 20 38 600 219 1 8 1,077 2 6 528 J3 5 206 2 6 120 1 o o 10 o 4 280 17 6 23 !7 9 95 > 3 272 6 6 1,132 13 8 188 5 7 3'4 6 3 7 3 8 483 I£ 4 367 2 6 63 o o 810 15 10 112 II 4 354 i' 3 14,923 14 8 906 17 10 761 2 7 1,772 16 s 179,646 12 o 1,649 9 2 650 18 6 3,47 1 7 3 61 17 1 256 is 6 6 22 291 17 8 1 2 2 3 1 18 2 7 28 3 1 iS3 62 108 724 126 78 384 7,573 186! 991 S98 9 '7 45 3 27 4 14 '4 21 17 12 '5° 21 189 24 127 12 42 s? 14 9 oj 57 45 984 90 34 249 ",509 145 70 404 28 24 S9 11 o 459 1 ° t 1,606 17 6 261 6 o' 750 19 o! 114 9 0! 1,005 2 o 421 6 4 '55 1 o 771 16 6 615 17 Oj 374 10 5 11,097 1 o 736 10 3 500 14 4 1,548 19 3 137,423 1 8 i,3S° 15 8 1,013 13 3 4,752 2 3 652 13 o 287 o o 2 j ■ i 4 6 9 2 9 132 18 57 14 ,8" 25 2 35 10 LENHEIM Havelock Kaikoura Picton IhristcHurch ... Akaroa Ambcrley Ashburton Cheviot Dunsandel Duvauchclle ... Huvunui Kaiapoi Leithfield Lyttelton Malvern ... Oxford Rakaia Rangiora Southbridge ... Waiau Woolston )UNED1N Albany Street... Arrow River ... Balclutha Blueskin Caversham ... Clinton Clyde Cromwell Goodwood Green Island ... Hamilton's ... Hyde Kaitangata ... Lawrence Manuherikia ... Milton Mosgiel Naseby Ophir Outrara Palroerston ... 11 36 2,070 3' 22 14 26 2,716 37 664 45 iS 96 11,073 39 ?,^ 282 3 6 9 ■3 94 2 4! 52 1 i7| 356 44 674 57 95 347 206 28 38 14,187 418 92 442 40 93 92 '35 165 81 23 11 60 '37 12 6 3 7 49 8 11 28 31 66 '7 15 I4 1,745 284 12 42 316 42; 844 125 101 295 67 74 94! 9,846 2,007! 3.1 I34j 56 in 42 42 54 4 427 4 o 2,207 5 10 293 13 o 7,3i9 '3 « 357 10 o 1,607 l ° 1,211 14 o 2,506 o 4 499 2 O 1,206 8 o 466 8 o 107,922 17 6 13,719 9 1 532 18 o i,394 i.S 7 396 9 o 871 17 o 384 19 o 650 19 4 365 18 o 15 18 o 963 12 7 429 8 o 30 o o 462 6 o 1,707 4 o 123 o o 2,621 10 3 617 16 7 432 18 o 80 2 O 35' 7 3 1,066 so 4 "6 "16 226 16 5 3,635 5 ° 7'4 2 ° 4,964 7 2 501 8 8 1,061 5 8 47i 9 3 3,794 M- 10 C55 ° 5 481 4 5 342 16 7 153,705 9 4 7,221 1 10 468 19 9 1,185 2 1 219 8 4 336 12 9 520 17 7 597 1 6 279 12 o 39 96 iS5 22 364 13 53 37 142 3° 20 3° 9,669 424 '9 58 18 10 22 17 20 4 20 8 49 13 4 2,029 97 8 22 9 2 35 '5 '7 12 11 6 10 8 10 3 21 6 4 97 23 3 59 258 8 277 89 ; 75j 20! IS 9 40 27 637 3 " 947 13 8 1 11 42 3 43 12] 8 197 4 1 1,985 8 10 76 10 10 2,702 6 5 440 8 o 3i7 6 1 492 82 377 79 185 38 96 316' '7 43 4 61 18 25 98 4 118 12 24! 23 5 11 37 4 o| 'S3 '"8 ■ ■■ ! 27! 66; 3'9 4 'i 1,162 o 1 2l!

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Table NO. 3— continued. 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 1879-continued.

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Savings Banks. Money Orders. Offices. i Issued. Paid. Kg-g "S 8 £ Deposits. Withdrawals. No. Amount. No. Amount. c-83 Z No. Amount. No. Commission. Amount. Dunedin — contd. Port Chalmers Queenstown ... Roxburgh St. Bathans ... Tapanui Waihola Waikaia Waikouaiti Greymouth Ahaura Nelson Creek... Reef ton HOKITIKA Kumara Ross Invekcargilt, ... Campbelltown Gore Kingston Mataura Riverton Winton Woodlands Wyndham Napier Gisborne ... Hastings Kopua Mohaka Porangahau ... Port Ahuriri ... Takapau Taupo Waipawa Waipukurau ... Wairoa Ne,lson Collingwood ... Motueka Port, Nelson ... Richmond Wakefield New Plymouth Inglewood Waitara 797 522 5°3 3°3 53i 105! 47 1 487 2,076 832! 122 1,140 1,486 1,011 294 2,873 378 742 11 369 634 245! 161 32 2,400 i,4O5 148 362 27 89 237 129 369 4i7 319 252 2.I2OJ 302 419 1°5 87 8l I,8l2 2l6 122! 2,946 114 .328 231 2S4 1.529 3.239 464 683 1,030 3,600! 525 881 79 699 53° 326 312! 264 io,734 448 458, 1,052! 447 484 223 215 975 118 871 271 221 £ s. .1. 64 19 o 28 7 8 21 19 8| 11 6 2 23 12 o 4 7 6 20 9 4 22 o 4 128 9 2 38 17 8 5 8 °! 74 10 10 94 '9 8 57 J3 o 14 5 I0 202 17 2 23 '7 8 32 4 2 on 2 '5 '7 I0 35 3 6 14 o 10 5 12 2 1 10 4 170 11 o 101 7 6 9 16 2 19 12 8 I 18 2 3 12 4 16 o o 5 o 10 23 16 10 25 4 1° 21 16 8 12 15 o 122 12 10 11 6 6 18 19 o 6 18 2 4 16 6 3 l9 'o 108 13 o 19 8 10 1042 200 15 6 4 n 2 12 4 8 10 3 10 10 1 4 88 19 6 233 8 8 23 3 4 39 9 8 54 19 4 238 14 o 27 19 o 52 13 2 4 2 10 33 13 6 30 8 4 16 8 6 17 1 o 12 13 10 672 14 2 23 12 10 28 1 10 60 13 10 23 11 6 26 3 o 10 17 o 10 4 2 57 11 o 614 44 '8 4 II 17 10 '3 '4 8 5 8 i° S 3 '3 4 n 4 8 29 o 4 £ s. d. 3,016 13 II 1,911 9 6 1,518 19 6 69916 o 1,663 6 11 357 9 1 2,018 19 5 ',585 5 o 7,435 9 9 4.039 3 9 470 o 6 4>37 6 8 5 5,143 9 c 3.744 12 1 999 '9 9 10,454 16 o 1,911 18 7 2,326 17 7 67 7 o 1.069 18 5 2,210 14 5 831 1 6 352 '4 9 83 17 6 8,778 10 3 5,948 10 8 672 16 10 1,424 3 2 87 '2*5 316 8 1 810 12 8 43.5 '6 5 1,538 1 8 1,382 3 4 i,"9 3 7 797 I2 3 7,403 12 o 1,254 14 1 1,734 18 2 529 19 9 294 o 2 387 7 1 6,596 o 9 907 2 6 529 16 n 11,817 17 8 438 10 8 1.070 12 o 950 17 6 866 7 4 5,323 '6 7 12,938 5 ' 1,328 10 10 2,33° 15 ° 3,685 2 4 13,341 7 2 1,645 IO 6 3,176 17 o 33° '[ 3 2,478 17 9 1,716 15 9 1,259 " 3 1,271 7 8 874 15 8: 34,929 10 8 I,4i5 3 9 i,545 " 7 4,166 1 3 1,472 o 8 1,734 16 3 641 3 1 738 12 11 3,471 14 7 418 7 ill 2,661 14 8 636 7 5 656 o 8 395 16 5 2,987 2 1 1,292 o to 2,760 14 a 677 209 126 30 '95 36 73 167 ',997 121 2 666 1,812 323 176 1,903 '37 191 2 100 236 9' 20 11 1,876 5'4 66 29 3 10 121 '5 55 182 92 132 3,660 81 307 27 128 27 919 54 80 ',339 20 £ b. 4 2,470 6 11 634 " 9 522 15 8 95 n 6 760 12 10 174 14 9 292 15 9 640 14 8 6,636 o 3 522 4 o I 10 O 1,948 17 9 5,720 5 5, 1,047 12 1; 588 15 3 5,968 n 5 443 '6 ' 7°4 5 1 15 ° °| 408 3 8 900 3 3 293 19 ' 66 2 4 45 i 6 7,166 14 1 1,989 14 8 291 15 o 102 13 8! 4 19 6 22 17 6 502 13 I 56 15 7 280 4 7 760 13 1 301 1 4 462 10 2 14,923 9 5 406 1 7 1,447 '6 5 113 5 10 723 6 11 157 1 10 3,752 4 1 175 10 11 290 3 6 4,841 1 3 82 6 8 436 4 2 171 8 10 137 6 1 4,778 10 6 5.928 19 n 304 '9 3 1,128 11 1 1,361 2 10 8,044 10 8 654 n 2 987 11 4 58 17 4 1,119 17 2 1,183 16 2 197 II II 200 8 3 267 19 9 47,414 8 7 635 16 8 497 6 2 1,220 7 10 984 12 10 821 14 5 302 10 11 641 18 4 ',493 i7 3 201 4 1 1,867 9 11 465 '7 4 78 o o 310 14 9 2,296 17 11 374 'I « 247 8 6 ■7Si 10 6 A I2j 8' 14 148 20 25 39 96 S 339 ""18 44^ 20! 17 4 326 90 3 24 8 6 9 3 8 32 26 11 226 3 33 l7 16 26= '3 13 825 11 765 26 94 37 60 86 73' 99 64 175 55i 309 108 1,538 7' 75 46 154 68 83 5 1,710 432 32 109 9 12 82 7 37 119 101 48 J.393 24 171 90 144 1,164 35 38 1.859 19 96 29 48 1,827 2,110 233 256 277 2,084 '77 197 126 152 124 S8 37 10,702 "34 228 188 111 £ s. d 5,929 8 6 461 16 3 297 17 o 260 9 o 460 8 o 77i 3 o 709 s o 509 8 9 9,190 11 3 1,389 16 6 991 11 o 2,864 11 10 5,835 7 4 3,970 16 2 966 1 o 18,494 6 4 913 14 o 715 16 1 458 18 o 1,497 19 6 506 18 6 832 1 o 53 3 ° 18,996 4 o 3.235 3 9 405 '3 o 975 i 4 63 '3 6 102 11 2 650 o 6 42 5 o 253 11 o 934 4 & 826 6 7 273 18 5 14,482 4 10 232 16 o 2,174 15 10 743 5 1 1,3'° '5 4 336 9 ° 20,300 5 9 895 18 2 257 4 5 31,448 o 10 253 10 9 952 5 5 57 1 '5 3 780 11 7 19.425 '9 3 34,542 6 4 2.373 4 6 3,577 " 4 4,202 9 5 35,988 1 4 1,331 12 1 4,025 15 11 143 1 11 1,778 8 7 2,882 2 o 665 9 3 798 2 5 727 9 3 111,474 9 6 i,o57 9 9 1,897 4 10 2,045 12 1 648 5 1 1,922 1 6 361 15 11 1,927 14 0 2,953 7 » 341 18 o 2,553 4 i° 425 19 S 3,298 8 81 1,016 17 0! S,5 69 '7 9 1,387 '5 0 931 o 10 78 16 8 4 '5 3 6; 16 170 8 1 31 97 43 M 355 6 '5 9 18 10 10 1 35' 76 7 3 2 1 22 10 5 171 21 5 3 263 24 1 37 ,! 36 S93 35 9 79 380 190 41 i»453 21 4' 24 62; 22 25 1 «.55S '79 i! 11 54 43 20 860 6 67 22 4,189 9 8 1,145 6 ° 595 19 » 506 8 o 567 11 9 117 19 9 S 23 10 1 477 10 9 11,110 14 2 570 19 7 325 ° ° 1,854 14 1 7,359 19 8 2,939 '4 3 765 *5 ° 24,142 18 5 228 6 9 843 9 11 322 1 3 980 5 5 393 2 5 368 8 3 1200 24,690 911 2,884 4 9 143 o o 306 18 o 32 12 II 228 o 3 57 o 2 238 o o 732 3 1° 1,2.52 11 7 155 3 10 15,700 2 5 60 o o 1,718 4 9 130 7 10 536 9 " 2 15 o 21,804 17 2 433 17 4 219 16 4 18,490 11 2 79 '4 o 195 7 5 102 16 11 123 11 5 22,276 9 9 21,878 13 3 705 5 5 1,888 3 o 1,667 ° 2 19,833 8 1 490 2 1 2,040 1 1 'S3 7 3 1,214 16 9 1,419 18 8 483 '6 5 153 '8 o 128 17 8 146,023 17 3 884 6 3 1.578 2 2 1,821 18 7 1,291 2 6 1,305 14 4 267 7 8 825 s 4 3,516 13 4 48 14 S 2,001 8 6 687 18 9 697 18 5 73' 6 4 6,024 '3 l° 2,207 1 4 4!7 8 3 876,180 19 3 249 7 4 346 2 8 3 2 *37 387 20 986 '4 Oamaro Duntroon Hampden Kakamii Otepopo Thames Tiharu Geraldine Temuka Waimate Wanganui Bull's Hawera Manutahi Marton Patea Turakina Waitotara Waverley Wellington ... Carterton Featherston ... Feilding Foxton Greytown Halcombe Hutt Masterton Otaki Palmerston N. Sanson TeAro Upper Hutt ... Westport Charleston ... Lyell 119 34 44 1,417 1,582 81 263 363 2,239 170 248 18 404 57 57 88 12,883 178 182 355 304 258 94 '5 1 382 34 597 102 17 81 609 124 64 37 16 '9 249 975 9' 101 139 908 67 97 63 69 24 18 17 1,77° 45 55 56 64 15 35 88 16 6 7 | 14: 160 23I 78 21 11 4' 61 272 12 25 3 '5 3° 5 7 1,1.4 u\ 7 15 1,770 1,418 57 "5 158 J.375 58 72 9 68 64 29 33 10 10,180 66 87 84 60 74 20 167 7 123 47i 343, 81] 2,22O 233 54 259 240 31 190 62 660 "7 477 143 68 2S 27 34 27 23 6 25 82 3 42 9 25 7 71 17 5 "3 812 379 54i Total 7.285 1 6 428,673 o o 1 88,791 319,200 5 6] 15,401 71,865 812,399 11 11 12786' 54,698 117999

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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, 1879.

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Postal Districts. Number of Post Office Sayings Bank's 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 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 Blenheim Cliristcliuroh Orreymouth Hokitika Invereargill Nelson New Plymouth ... Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport 40 18 30 4 3 9 12 3 5 1 4 9 14 3 8,183 3,357 14,204 14,570 1,069 968 2,040 2,698 1.919 1^237 2,051 1,827 2,876 2,969 13,209 688 £ b. a. 87,938 3 10 13,883 4 10 163,581 5 1 141,542 0 0 14,436 10 7 10,772 4 6 23,472 16 5 26,758 12 9 19,280 6 1 21,453 8 4 34,006 3 10 19,425 19 3 44,695 11 7 48,340 2 9 131,924 8 6 7,888 13 7 £ s. d. 10 14 11 10 4 7 11 10 3 9 18 5 13 10 1 11 2 6 11 10 1 9 18 4 10 0 11 17 6 10 16 11 7 10 12 7 15 10 9 16 5 7 9 19 8 11 9 3 5,603 823 12,318 11,114 716 611 1,649 1,942 979 1,017 3,166 1,770 1,748 1,708 11,090 444 £ s. d. 86,58(5 9 1 18,364 11 6 202,585 9 11 181,443 7 11 13,861 7 10 11,065 8 11 27,290 12 5 30,720 5 3 18,147 19 11 22,458 10 10 18,992 0 11 22,276 9 9 26,139 1 10 25,918 6 0 161,681 12 10 8,649 3 7 £ s. a. 15 9 3 22 6 3 16 8 11 16 6 6 19 7 2 18 2 2 16 10 11 15 16 4 18 10 8 22 1 7 16 5 9 12 11 8 14 19 0 15 3 5 14 11 6 19 9 7 £ s. a. 1,351 14 0 575 2 9 £ 8. dj 4,481 6 8' 39,004 4 lo! 36,901 7 11 ... 293 4 5! 3,817 16 0 3,961 12 C 1 £ i s. d. I ... £ s. a. 3,915 1 8 738 15 3 7,048 17 8 6,315 10 9 699 18 2 517 9 10 1,163 17 4 1,211 11 6 1.163 15 8 593 0 5 517 4 3 1,116 5 6 705 7 7 774 12 8 4,856 4 1 348 5 10 i 1,563 218 2.675 2,626 232 182 481 546 320 287 908 249 1,3C6 1,266 2,432 110 1,177 190 3,083 2,513 210 154 424 477 200 260 361 237 509 373 2,525 93 I 4,512 772 7,864 6,433 942 544 1,111 1.333 1,145 727 547 1,086 797 893 5,633 408 £ s. d. 99,885 10 1 16,801 3 8 171,890 2 10 152,141 10 8 18,959 0 3 13,712 4 0 27,355 6 5 28,439 17 1 30,423 11 10 15,140 17 9 35,531 7 2 26,449 6 4 19,261 17 4 23,196 9 5 118,538 14 6 9,278 19 8 I £ b. a. 22 2 9 21 15 3 21 17 1 23 13 0 20 2 6 25 4 1 24 12 5 21 6 8 26 11 5 20 16 6 28 7 10 24 7 1 24 3 4 25 1'.) 6 21 0 10 22 14 10 1,132 6 2 15,014" 2 11 1,005" 2 C 18,556 9 9 22,421 16 9 2,85010 6 ... 29,757 4 4 760 10 0 ... I ... ... I I I I I I i 1 ! i 1 I i I I Totals for Colony in 1879... „ " 1878... 1877... 1876... 1875... „ 1874... 1873... 1872... 1871... 1870... 1869... 1868... Totals for Colony from 1st Feb. to 3ist Dec, 18S7... 105 147 138 124 119 103 97 93 81 70 59 55 71,865 69,908 00,953 57,295 56,129 52,627 39,223 31,681 24,642 20,489 17,133 13,014 812,399 11 11 762,084 12 0 681,294 13 2 664,134 12 6 657,653 4 0 699,249 14 3 580,542 5 5 430,877 0 0 312,338 18 4 264,328 5 7 240,898 5 9 194,535 11 6 11 6 1 10 18 0 11 3 6 11 11 9 11 14 4 13 5 8 14 16 2 13 12 0 12 13 6 12 ]8 0 14 1 2 14 18 11 54,698 42,746 39,363 39,486 ! 36,977 29,778 21,268 17,254 14,773 ! 11,934 9,292 6,365 876,180 19 3 742,053 14 3 667,023 7 5 696,281 7 4 729,759 17 9 620,155 8 9 425,90S 3 5 313,176 7 11 261,347 16 3 209,509 13 2 180,518 4 1 107,091 17 3 16 0 4 17 7 2 16 18 10 17 12 8 19 14 8 20 16 5 20 0 5 18 3 0 17 13 9 17 11 1 19 8 7 16 16 6 20,030 17 9 14,271 5 9 79,091 5 6 154,634 2 0 117,700 12 1 50,991 2 1 54,818 12 5 60,380 1 8 87,440 14 3 63,781 7 4 32,14fi"l4 10 72,106 13 9 3,000 2.500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2.250 1,800 1,556 1,351 1,264 1,186 789 0 5f 0 5J 0 6 0 6i 0 6f 0 6f 0 7i 0 T r \ 0 8f 0 10ia 0 9i 31,715 18 2 31,664 12 9 29,193 14 6 28,762 4 7 28,565 3 5 26,935 6 8 20,106 16 10 14,711 0 5 11,291 10 10 9.242 3 11 7,412 8 0 4,880 7 3 15,401 13,005 11,235 11,255 11,273 10,346 7,382 6,205 4,6 i 5 4,304 3,839 3,282 12,786 9,634 8,591 9,472 8,081 5,736 3,816 3,188 2,383 2,277 1,801 1,188 34,747 32,132 28,761 26,117 24,331 21,742 17,132 13,566 10,549 8,317 6,290 4,252 787,005 19 0 819,071 8 2 767,375 17 8 723,910 17 5 727,295 7 8 770,836 18 0 664,807 5 10 490,06(5 7 0 357,654 14 6 295,372 1 7 231,311 5 3 163,518 15 7 22 12 11 25 9 9 26 13 7 27 14 4 29 17 9 35 9 0 38 16 1 36 2 5 33 18 1 35 10 3 36 15 5 38 9 1 46 6,977 96,372 7 10 13 16 3 1,919 26,415 18 9 13 15 3 69,956 9 1 822 1 10J 1,241 5 0 2,520 364 2,156 71,197 14 1 33 0 5

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Table No. 5. Balance-sheet of New Zealand Post Office Account for the Year ended the 31st December, 1879.

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Balances on ist January, 1S79. Transactions. Balances on 31st lecember, 1879. Cr. Dr. Cr. Dr. Cr. Dr. * Honey Okder Accounts :— Money orders Commission... United Kingdom Victoria South Australia New South Wales Queensland ... Tasmania ... ... ... ... Western Australia £ s. A. 8,354 16 4 23,588 5 4 354 12 7 90 9 1 4S 1 5 117 7 3 79 14 5 £ s. d. 475" 19 6 £ s. d. 451,730 5 11 8^503 7 4 92,594 11 10 25,337 5 11 1,377 19 0 9,411 16 1 953 6 10 2,912 0 0 97 4 6 £ s. d. 450,765 9 2 8,51.4 4 7 96,112 18 11 25,830 8 2 1,473 14 4 9,124 8 9 968 12 8 2,852 14 8 137 10 3 £ s. d. 9,319 13 1 20,069 18 3 £ s. a. 486 16 » 138 9 8 5 6 3 335 8 9 102 1 5 138 19 9 50 17 3 91 3 0 Savings Bank Accounts :— Deposits and withdrawals Transfers Unpaid expenses 819,071 8 2 3.395 0 1 1,250 0 0 844,115 10 1 102,734 13 7 876,180 19 3 105,793 4 7 1,250 0 0 787,005 19 0 336 9 1 Ietbntji; Accounts : — Postage stamps ... ... ... ... Postal Guides Private-box and bag rents Miscellaneous revenue ... Postal revenue —total ... ... ... ,,. 28,042 14 4 17 0 119,853 9 2 493 8 0 3,268 11 0 24,890 15 9 141,448 19 7 105,887 3 1 491 16 G 3,^68 11 0 24,890 15 9 149,268 11 3 42,009 0 5 2 18 6 8,535' 6 4| 715 14 8i Jbneral Accounts :— Post Office Account ... ... ... ... Postmasters... ... ... Investments... Accrued interest on investments ... ... Imperial pensions Receipts in aid of voted services Advances to Treasury for payment of foreign money orders... Commission on postage stamps ... ... ... Gratuities for carriage of mails ... ... Miscellaneous expenses ... ... .., .,, Suspense ... ... ... „, Profit and loss ... .», ... ,,, go" 0 0 77,046 19 10 44,102 7 9 746,121 15 6 7,652 9 8 20,000 0 0 77 7 9 161 17 2| 54 11 8 583,169 19 5 1,523,702 4 4 208,700 0 0 7,652 9 8 43 8 5 190 18 0 31,950 0 0 997 11 7 1,982 7 2 920 2 1 527,333 17 9 1,533,833 5 8 227,000 0 0 8,108 17 4 43 8 5 227 18 0 30,000 0 0 993 6 10 1,979 10 5 928 9 7 7 12 6 34,715 18 2 23 0 0 21,210 18 2 54,233 9 1 764,421 15 6 8,108 17 4 18,050 0 0 73 3 0 159 0 5| 62 19 2 7'l2 6 2,747 11 3 38,951 2 4 6,982 "l5 5 Total ... 895,744 6 li 895,744 6 li 4,227,983 7 7 4,227,983 7 7 867,041 18 41887,041 18 4i

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Table No. 6. Statement of the Profit and Loss of the Post Office Account (Savings Banks) for the Year ended 31st December, 1879. Also List of Securities, &c, held by the Postmaster-General on account of the Post Office Savings Bank Fund. Profit and Loss Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1879.

Securities, &c., standing in the Name of the Postmaster-General on Account of the Post Office Savings Bank Fund.

£ s. d. £ s. d. 3,000 0 0 Balance forward, being the profit for the year, 1878 [nteresfc received from investment?, &c. ... | interest accrued, but not received at end j of year 2,747 11 3 30,842 5 0 8,108 17 4 Paid for expenses of management Credited to depositors for interest to 31st December Balance—■ Profit for 1878 ... £2,747 11 3 „ for 1879 ... 4,235 4 2 31,715 18 2 6,982 15 5 Total .., 41,698 13 7 Total ... 41,698 13 7

Description of Securities, &c. Nominal Value. Value at Cost Price. Interest and Dividends accrued, but not received, at end of the Year, Consolidated Loan, 4 per cents. ... Westland 5 per cents. Immigration and Public Works, 1870, 4 per cents. 4i per cents Waimakariri Eiver Bonds, 6 per cents. General Purposes Loan, 5 per cents. ,, 4 per cents. Defence Loan, 4 per cents. „ 4J per cents. ... Oamaru Harbour Mortgages, 5i per cents. Patea Mortgages, 6 per cents. Worth Otago 5 per cents. ... ■■■ Treasury Bills, 3id. per cent, per diem • ■• £ s. d. 13,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 173,200 O 0 14,900 0 0 4,500 0 0 142,600 0 0 5,200 0 0 75,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 35,000 0 0 510 10 2 23,200 0 0 65,500 0 0 45,000 0 0 6,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 44,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 30,000 0 0 30,000 0 0 £ s. d. 12,480 0 0 50,800 0 0 166,272 0 0 14,527 10 0 4,500 0 0 142,600 0 0 4,342 0 0 72,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 35,000 0 0 510 10 2 23,200 0 0 65,500 0 0 45,000 0 0 6,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 44,689 15 4 5,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 30,000 0 0 30,000 0 0 £ s. d. 109 18 11 527 7 11 1,461 10 4 141 8 11 44 7 8 898 11 5 43 17 7 632 17 S 3) )! » North Eakaia Riyer Bonds, 6 per cents. 806 18 3 23 1 0 241 10 1 561 17 4 386 0 4 15 15 7 29 18 5 729 6 4 50 16 4 132 6 6 818 4 3 238 7 1 215 0 7 » »' M New Zealand 10-40 Loan, 5 per cents. Patea Harbour Debentures, 7 per cents. Oamaru Town Corporation Debenture, 7 pel' cent. Fixed Deposit in Bank, 5-J-per cent „ 5 per cent. Post Office Account .... Totals 774,010 10 2 764,421 15 6 8,108 17 4

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OUTWARD VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

HOMEWARD VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

Table No. 7. 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 SVIASL SERVICE.

Melbourne. Sydney. Dunedin. Wellington. Auckland. Date of Despatch from Melbourne. 1879. February 25 March 25 April 22 May 20 ! June 17 I July 15 i August 12 I September 9 October 7 November 4 December 2 ; Date of Arrival in London. 1879. April 13 May 11 June 7 i July 5 i | August 2 j I August 30 I September 28 October 28 November 23 December 22 1880. ; January 18 rso. of Days. ] 48 47 46 4G 46 48 47 49 47 48 47 Date of Date of Despatch from Arrival in Sydney. London. 1879. 1879. February 27 April 13 ! March 27 May 11 April 24 June 7 May 22 July 5 June 19 August 2 July 17 | August 30 August 14 ' September 28 September 11 | October 28 ! October 9 | November 23 i November 6 ' December 22 1880. I December 4 j January 18 1880. i January 1 February 18 Xo. of Days. i 46 45 44 44 44 45 47 45 46 Date of Despatch from Dunedin. 1879. February 28 March 28 April 25 May 23 June 20 July 18 August 15 September 12 October 11 November 8 Date of Arrival in London. . 1879. April 13 May 11 June 7 July 5 August 2 August 30 September 28 October 28 November 23 December 22 1880. j January 18 No. j Date of of i Despatch from Days. I Wellington. 45 j 44 ; 43 43 | 43 | 43 | 44 | 46 43 | 44 1879. March 2 March 30 April 27 May 25 June 22 July 20 August 17 September 14 October 12 November 9 1879. April 13 May 11 June 7 July 5 August 2 August 30 September 28 October 28 November^ 23 December 22 1880. January 18 Date of Arrival in London. No. Date of of Despatcli from Days, j Auckland. 1879. 42 March 4 42 April 1 41 April 29 41 May 27 41 June 24 41 July 22 42 August 19 44 September 16 42 October 14 43 November 11 42 December 9 1880. 45 I January 6 Date of Arrival in London. 1879. April 13 May 11 June 7 July 5 August 2 August 30 September 28 October 28 November 23 December 22 1880. No. of Days. 40 40 39 39 39 39 40 42 40 41 45 December 6 1880. - December 7 1880. January 18 I 40 December 30 i i February 18 50 48 ! January 3 February 18 46 ! January 4 February 18 February 18 | 43 M axi num Minimum Average 50 46 ... 4.7-25 48 44 45-25 46 43 43-92 45 41 42-17 43 39 40-17

Auckland. Wellington. DUNEDIN. Sydney. vlELIiOURNE. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Auckland. No. i Date of of i Despatch from ■ Days, j London. Date of Arrival in Wellington. No. of Days. Date of ! Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Dunedin. No. | Date of of Despatch from Days. ! London. Date of Arrival in Sydney. 1879. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Melbourne. No. of Days. 1879. April 24 May 22 June 19 July 17 August 14 September 11 October 9 November 6 1879. June 4 | July 2 ] July 29 August 26 September 23 i October 21 November 18 December 16 1880. January 1 1 February 10 March 10 i April 9 : 1879. 1879. 41. I April 24 June 6 41 I May 22 July 4 40 ' June 19 i July 31 40 ' July 17 ; August 29 40 August 14 September 26 40 : September 11 ! October 24 40 ; October 9 ! November 21 40 ; November 6 December 19 1880. 3S December 4 January 14 1880. 40 January 1 j February 13 41 January 29 ' March 15 43 I February 26 I April 13 1879. 43 April 24 43 ! May 22 42 i June 19 43 j July 17 43 | August 14 43 | September 11 43 S October 9 43 November 6 1879. June 7 ! July 6 August 2 August 30 September 28 ' October 25 November 23 ! December 20 1880. | January 15 ! February 14 ! March " 16 ; April 15 ! 44 45 44 44 45 44 45 44 42 44 47 49 1879. April 24 May 22 June 19 .July 17 August 14 September 11 October 9 November 6 December 4 1880. January 1 January 29 February 26 June 9 I July 9 , August 3 . August 31 i September 30 j October 26 ! November 23 i December 22 1880. 46 48 45 45 47 45 45 46 1879. April 24 May 22 June 19 July 17 August 14 September 11 October 9 November 6 I. I 1879. June 11 | July 11 August 5 September 3 October 2 October 29 November 28 December 25 1880. 48 50 47 48 49 48 50 49 December 4 1880. 41 December 4 1880. 43 : January 1 46 i January 29 47 I February 26 ! January 16 43 December 4 1S80. January 1 January 29 February 26 January 20 47 January 1 January 29 February 26 ' i February 15 I March " 16 ! April 14 I 45 47 48 February 18 March 18 April 16 48 49 50 Maximum Minimum Average 43 | 38 . 40-33 1 47 41 4333 49 42 44-75 i 48 43 45-83 50 47 48-58

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Table No. 8. 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. GALLE AND SUEZ MAIL SERVICE.

OUTWARD VIA SUEZ AND GALLE—BRINDISI ROUTE.

HOMEWARD VIA GALLE AND SUEZ—BRINDISI ROUTE.

Mi ILEOURXE. Iydney. Bluff. UNEDIN. ILLINGTON. UCKLAND. Date of ] Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Melbourne. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Sydney. 1879. May 24 June 19 July 17 i August 18 I Sept. 13 I October 9 Nov. 7 Dec. 11 1880. 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 Duncdin. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Wellington. 1879. May 30 June 26 July 24 August 22 Sept. 18 October 14 Nov. 12 Dec. 18 1880. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Auckland. No. of Days. I 1879. April 11 May 9 June 6 July 4 August 1 August 29 i Sept. 26 ! October 31 | ! 1879. May 22 June 17 July 14 August 14 Sept. 11 October 7 Nov. 5 Dec. 9 41 39 41 39 40 39 1879. April 11 May 9 June 6 July 4 August 1 August 29 Sept. 26 October 31 43 41 41 45 43 ' 41 42 41 1879. April 11 May 9 Juno 6 July 4 August 1 August 29 Sept. 26 October 1879. May 27 June 23 July 21 August 19 Sept. 16 October 12 Nov. 10 Dec. 16 1880. 46 45 45 46 46 44, 45 46 1879. April 11 May 9 June 6 July 4 August 1 August 29 Sept. 26 October 31 1879. May 27 June 23 July 21 August 20 Sept. 16 October 13 Nov. 10 Dec. 16 1880. Jan. 5 46 45 45 47 46 45 45 46 1879. April 11 May 9 June 6 July 4 August 1 August 29 Sept. 26 ' October 31 49 48 48 49 48 46 47 48 1879. April 11 May 9 June 6 July 4 August 1 August 29 Sept. 26 October 31 1879. June 2 June 30 July 28 August 25 Sept. 22 Oct. 19 Nov. 17 Dec. 20 1880. i Jan. 11 52 ! 52 1 52 ■ 52 52 51 52 50 ; Nov. 21 Dec. 30 1880. Januaryl7 January28 39 Nov. 21 Jan. 1 41 ; Not. 21 Jan. 5 45 Nov. 21 45 Nov. 21 Jan. 7 I 47 Nov. 21 i 51 Dec. 5 Dec. 19 1880. January 2 January 16 January 30 Feb. 13 Feb. 27 43 40 Dec. 5 Dec. 19 1880. Jan. 20 Jan. 31 46 j 43 Dec. 5 Dec. 19 1880. January 2 January 16 January 30 Feb. 13 Feb. 27 Jan. 26 Feb. 3 52 46 Dec. 5 Dec. 19 1880. January 2 January 16 January 30 IPeb. 13 Feb. 27 Jan. 27 Feb. 3 53 46 Dec. 5 Dec. 19 1880. January 2 January 16 January 30 Feb. 13 Feb. 27 | Jan. 28 Feb. 6 54 49 Dec. 5 Dec. 19 1880. January 2 January 16 January 30 Feb. 13 Feb. 27 Jan. 31 Feb. 9 57 I 52 Feb. 12 Feb. 25 March 12 March 23 April 12 41 40 42 39 45 January 2 January 16 January 30 Feb. 13 Feb. 27 Feb. 16 Feb. 27 March 15 March 25 April 15 45 42 45 41 48 Feb. 23 March 1 March 24 March 29 April 19 52 45 54 45 52 Feb. 24 March 1 March 25 March 30 April 19 53 45 55 46 52 Feb. 25 March 3 March 27 ' March 31 I April 23 54 47 57 47 56 Feb. 28 March 8 March 30 April 5 April 27 52 60 52 60 Maximum Minimum Average Average via Southampton 45 38 40-44 48-44 48 41 43 51 54 44 47-12 55-12 55 45 47 5 55-5 57 46 49-62 57-62 60 50 53-37 61-37

Auckland. Wellington. I DUNEDIN. Bluff. Iydney. Melbourne. Date of Despatch from ! Auckland. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Wellington. 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 Bluff. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. ! i Date of Despatch from Sydney. 1879. March 19 April 14 May 12 June 9 July 7 August 4 Sept. 1 October 1 October 29 Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Melbourne. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. 1879. March 13 April 9 May 1 June 2 July 3 July 29 August 27 Sept, 24 October 21 1879. May 3 May 31 June 27 July 27 August £6 Sept, 19 Oct. 18 Nov. 15 Dec. 13 1880. Jan. 12 Feb. 5 52 57 55 54 52 52 52 53 1879. March 11 April 6 May 5 Juno 2 June 30 July 28 August 25 Sept, 24 October 21 1879. May 3 May 31 June 27 July 27 August 26 Sept, 19 Oct. 18 Nov. 15 Dec. 13 1880. Jan. 12 Feb. 5 53 55 53 55 57 53 54 52 53 1879. March 14 April 10 May 8 June 5 July 2 July 31 August 28 Sept. 27 October 25 1879. May 3 May 31 ! June 27 July 27 ! August 26 Sept, 19 Oct. 18 Nov. 15 Dec. 13 1880. Jaii. 12 Feb. 5 50 51 50 52 55 50 51 49 49 1879. March 15 April 10 May 8 June 5 July 3 July 31 August 28 Sept. 27 October 25 1879. May 3 May 31 June 27 July 27 I August 26 Sept. 19 Oct. 18 Nov. 15 Dec. 13 1880. Jan. 12 Feb. 5 49 51 50 52 54 50 51 49 49 1879. May 3 May 31 June 27 July 27 August 26 Sept. 19 Oct. 18 Nov. 15 Dee. 13 1880. Jan. 12 Feb. 5 45 47 46 48 50 4,; 47 45 45 1879. March 22 April 17 May 15 June 12 July 10 August 7 Sept. 4 October 4 Nov. 1 1879. May 3 May 31 June 27 July 27 August 26 Sept, 19 Oct. 18 Nov. 15 Dec. 13 1880. Jan. 12 Feb. 5 42 44 43 45 47 43 44 42 42 Nov. 18 Dec. 17 1880. January 11 55 50 Nov. 18 Dec. 17 1880. January 12 55 50 Nov. 22 Dec. 19 1880. January 16 51 48 Nov. 22 Dec. 19 1880. January 16 51 4S Nov. 26 Dec. 23 1880. 47 41 Nov. 29 Dec. 26 1880. 44 41 | March 4 53 March 4 52 March 4 48 | March 4 48 I January 20 March 4 44 I January 23 March 4 41 Maximum Minimum Average Average via Southampton 57 50 53 60 57 50 53-5 60-5 55 48 50-33 57-33 54 48 50-17 57-17 44 I 46-17 i 53-17 4,7 41 43-17 50-17

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Table No. 9. Number and Value of Postage Stamps Printed during the Years 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, and 1879.

* Exclusive of £117 17s. 7d., cost of paper and working expenses. t Exclusive of £23 2s. lid., cost of paper and working expenses.

Table No. 10. Return of Intercolonial and Interprovincial Mail Steam Services, 1879.

Table No. 11. Table showing the Number of Officers employed in the several Chief Post Offices and Second-class Post Offices in the Colony during the Years 1878 and 1879.

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18751876. :8J71878. 1879. Denomination. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. £ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 11,880 0 0 4,680 0 0 £ s. a. i.t five shillings Lt two shillings Lt one shilling i.t sixpence i.t fourpence ... i.t threepence ... i.t twopence ... K.t one penny ... i.t one halfpenny Post cards Newspaper wrappers at one halfpenny Totals ... 47,520 46,800 323,520 299,520 16,176 7,488 1,368,000 317,520 34,200 0 0 5,292 0 o! 61,200 1,530 O 0 323,040 1,031,040 386,160 16,152 0 € 25,776 0 0 6,436 0 0 4,155,840 2,421,360 1,224,000 34,632 10,089 2,550 4,737,360 3,949,440 2,099,76(1 1,002,500 39,478 0 O 16,456 0 0 4,374 10 0 4,177 1 8' 7,529,040 4,583,280 2,037,120 4,250 j 62,742 0 O 19,097 O 0 4,244 O 0 17 14 2 6,416,880 ! 1,835,040 1,077,120 53,474 0 0 7,646 0 0 2,244 0 0 6,895,440 7,887,120 3,722,880 121,550 57,462 0 0 32,863 0 C 7,756 0 C 506 9 2 509,238 *l,060 18 3 99,990 t208 6 3 147,159 15 I 103,977 11 8 18,424,240 70,935 13,474,580 14,214,890| 87,030 14 2 9,932,59! 81J.984 18 3! 20,267,221

Service. Duration of Sevvice. iS^f}, When Terminated, Subsidy. Whcn Established . „,. when Terminable. Duration of Service. Number of Voyages per Annum. Mileage for Complete Voyage. Cost per Mile. Melbourne and New Zealand Auckland and Warkworth ... "( Auckland and Matakana ... ) Helensville and Dargaville ... ~\ llelensville and Matakohe ... > Helensville and Port Albert j Tauranga and Opotiki £ 5,000 Sept., 1876 Feb., 1880 3,440 £ s. d. 0 2 2f 337i 500 Aug., 1878 Aug., 1878 July, 1881 July, 1881 13 (104 £ 52 rioi ■5 52 (. 52 52 150 300 0 0 3i 0 0 2 350 July, 1877 On month's notice On month's notice On month's notice Oct., J879 On month's notice 120 0 1 I* Wellington, Kaikoura, and Lyttelton... 360 July, 1877 26 380 0 0 8£ Nelson and Hokitika 3,300 July, 1877 13 480 0 4 2 Westport and Karamea Middle Island Service 200 4,000 Not, 1877 July, 1877 12 12 102 1,213 0 3 ?i 0 5 6 1'ovt Chabnei's and Manukau \ Manukau and Port Clialmers ) 5,000 May, 1877 1883 13 1,742 0 4 5

1879. 1858. Post Offices. s o U E o 03 to B $ 'rt. s s s s o bo c & I JO 1 E (S I 5 rd 5 £ bfl 5J Q s i bo c .£■ m 0 nj o H 3 O H Auckland Thames Onehunga Tauranga Gisborne New Plymouth ... Napier Port Ahuriri Wellington Wanganui Nelson The Port Westport Blenheim Picton Kaikoura Christehurch ... Lyttelton Timaru Akaroa Dunedin Port Chalmers ... Oamaru 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 "i 21 2 1 1 3 5 17 3 3 1 1 1 8 2 1 3 5 2 2 "i 1 2 1 i l i 32 6 2 2 3 5 9 1 24 6 7 1 3 3 2 1 29 3 8 2 36 3 8 11 1 5 5 2 220 1 1 1 1 "i i l l 1 1 1 i i "i 18 2 1 1 2 3 13 2 3 1 2 1 5 2 1 2 4 2 2 1 1 2 1 "i "i i 26 6 2 1 3 4 6 1 91 5 7 1 3 4 2 1 25 3 6 2 29 3 6 9 1 5 5 2 187 i i i ••• "i l i 18 1 4 ! 9 1 2 i l 16 1 3 6 1 2 l "i ... l i l l l l i 11 1 2 2 i i 2 i 19 1 2 5 6 1 2 2 i 2 l i l i 21 1 4 1 i l 1 l l l l Invercargill ■Campbelltown ... Hokitika Greymouth Chatham Islands l i i i l 2 2 2 122 | "i l i l i i i 14 2 2 1 I 101 1 1 i l Totals 16 li I 55 13 1 2 14 I 42 12 2 2

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Table No. 12. Comparative Table showing the Postal Revenue, and Number of Letters, Books, Newspapers, and Post Cards received and posted, within the several Postal Districts, during the Years 1870, 1875, 1878, and 1879.

* The Wanganui returns separated from those of Wellington. t The Timaru returns separated from those of Christehurch. J The Oamaru returns separated from those of Dunedin.

Let1 :ers. Books. Newsp; ipers. Post Cards. Postal Districts. Revenue. Received. Posted. Received. Posted. Received. Posted. Received. Posted. .uckland — 1870 1875 1878 1879 £ s. cl. 10,264 15 3 13,133 11 0 18,157 10 6 20,492 1 1 653,700 782,329 1,119.872 1,427,636 619,466 779,617 1,018,879 1,570,311 86,599 99,736 39,608 108,342 436,809 647,325 901,614 881,127 262,471 326,248 386,885 800,020 16,927 31,681 12,791 12,723 Thames — 1875 1878 1879 1,664 0 6 1,671 13 11 1,582 15 1 119,418 120,053 136,209 109,954 88,532 107,805 5,986 8,632 1,377 1,699 52,323 67,777 81,471 52,886 49,646 57,709 3,688 2,782 "946 1,933 ew Plymouth 1870 1875 1878 1879 593 6 4 1,815 9 5 2,862 4 7 2,333 9 8 30,767 97,040 153,553 163,115 28,320 89,469 124,111 137,968 9,576 8,385 2,035 5,477 27,315 72,462 105,982 89,765 15,308 49,632 60,358 78,693 1,883 3,289 1,679 7,245 apier— 1870 1875 1878 1879 1,476 14 2 4,076 19 8 5,916 13 9| 6,554 10 3 72,744 186,993 381,696 459,289 76,553 230,973 367,180 462,852 22,872 27,924 25,812 15,505 61,963 128,480 235,713 336,856 54,157 150,750 292,449 206,527 4,981 6,487 4,860 7,748 'anganui— 1879 6,456 12 8 480,638 440,154 39,390 22,785 247,729 120,155 10,556 10,010 ellington— 1870 1875 1878 1879* 12,674 5 3 51,050 5 8 56,755 5 1 57,293 3 10 354,815 802,950 1,389,349 1,688,180 336,375 922,177 1,290,735 1,691,768 87,256 158,717 107,612 194,480 262,631 596,768 749,726 1,129,973 216,621 470,650 763,997 702,945 16,076 12,168 18,077 21,493 "elson — 1870 1875 1878 1879 3,093 5 8 2,399 11 10 3,328 0 8 3,568 6 0 188,860 205,716 232,64,7 313,384 185,179 180,707 225,506 281,644 20,527 36,959 10,807 28,106 191,671 145,470 138,010 160,563 123,821 111,769 127,979 95,602 3,377 2,756 2,592 4,429 'estport 1875 1878 1879 1,053 6 2 895 13 4 896 1 1 73,527 73,656 68,965 57,447 73,879 59,263 4,740 5,915 3,873 1,196 95,237 73,978 82,628 51,258 64,846 33,973 603 8,684 1,148 6,084 rreymouth 1875 1878 1879 2,171 13 7 2,639 7 8 2,481 3 6 146,702 216,341 187,161 167,980 177,549 210,097 12,168 7,540 7,453 8,944 130,734 204,887 127,842 153,106 116,638 129,012 3,590 1,729 1,160 3,059 !okitika — 1870 1875 1878 1879 2,252 4 4 1,816 0 9 3,616 18 0 2,574 5 1 212,689 121,517 157,807 134,602 225,157 121,743 143,083 14.1,934 8,963 10,842 5,992 5,174 165,380 151,832 174,447 131,365 123,906 68,695 127,815 69,221 2,959 1,222 1,537 1,499 ilenheim — 1870 1875 1878 1879 1,099 16 7 1,719 9 0 1,870 6 6 2,273 17 10 87,174 153,723 ] 98,725 147,597 92,124 131,624 173,872 168,249 10,497 10,556 11,205 3,805 71,467 153,124 113,460 116,740 72,202 60,787 128,134 56,680 "927 754 1,363 1,352 Jkristchurch— 1870 1875 1878 1879+ 8,905 19 6 17,582 19 8 26,352 14 11 24,373 9 0 623,794 1,052,071 1,911,105 1,872,468 410,938 1,000,864 1,674,465 2,038,002 106,462 106,873 89,132 92,179 353,651 529,554 949,993 578,942 168,635 295,420 662,977 437,571 36,152 63,596 60,679 82,247 )imaru — 1879 6,415 8 10 417,542 489,456 21,541 9,863 179,764 119,219 14,196 15,990 lamaru — 1879 3,486 8 6 320,730 258,502 21,749 8,034 166,127 83,v89 7,137 8,095 lunedin — 1870 1875 1878 1879J! 13,667 14 1 20,891 5 9 29,997 0 8 31,909 0 2 711,479 1,106,168 1,958.318 1,921,205 578,299 1,343,748 1,577,631 2,107,623 110,633 117,429 84,373 156,355 582,593 1,142,015 1,182,040 984,087 558.799 872^706 1,237,883 1,211,589 17,800 45,539 26,318 75,417 :nvercargill— 1870 1875 1878 1879 1,758 15 2 3,121 5 9 4,934 19 4| 6,340 2 8 82,910 205,249 322,941 512,849 74,536 238,145 353,277 540,620 19,015 29,289 24,576 22,195 113,454 181,133 200,280 327,600 26,808 120,913 292,852 205,660 8,311 15,210 4,359 12,367 'otals — 1870 1875 1878 1879 55,780 18 3 122,495 18 9 158,998 9 0 179,080 15 3 3,018,932 5,053,403 8,236,062 10,251,570 2,626,947 5,374,448 7,288,699 10,706,248 505,294 711,477 413,855 684,139 2,266,934 4,026,457 5,097,907 5,649,579 1,622,728 2,784,820 4,312,459 4,408,365 116,674 227,786 137,509 271,691

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Table No. 13. Table showing the Number of Letters, Post-cards, Books, &c., and Newspapers delivered by-Letter-carriers from the Post Offices within the several Postal Districts during the Year ended 31st December, 1879.

Table No. 14. Table showing the Number of Letters, Book-packets, and Newspapers received from and despatched to places outside the Colony during the Year ended 31st December, 1879.

Table No. 15. Table showing the estimated Number of Letters, Book Packets and Parcels, Newspapers, and Post Cards received and posted, within the several Postal Districts of New Zealand, during the Year ended 31st December, 1879.

Postal Districts. Letters. Post-cards. Books, Circulars, and Parcels. Newspapers. Auckland Oh nines Sew Plymouth ... Sfapier tVanganui Wellington Nelson tV^st port 3-reymouth rlokitika Blenheim Christ church. rimaru 892,088 90,351 51,7(i2 57,237 87,420 396,364 73,288 18.711 42,273 46,344 24,444 722,410 85,576 76,935 569,993 96,800 2,846 4,000 1,980 3,580 1,891 7,364 4,371 169 611 1,446 420 41,861 5,826 1,928 13,178 5,412 18,830 825 2,650 1,735 4,896 7,520 4,513 2,115 2,653 1,999 1,616 33,563 2,820 3,036 23,998 3,336 90,150 21,807 22,205 24,777 33,780 80,032 23,336 12.395 25,487 16,216 10,000 148,211 19,766 13,056 161,222 33,487 Damaru Dunedin Cnvercargill Totals 2,831,496 96,883 116,105 744,927

Received. Despatched. Letters. Book-packets. ! Newspapers. Letters. Book-packets. Newspapers. Fnited Kingdom— Via San 1'rancisco Via Suez .ustralian Colonies •ther places 415,275 93,715 322,566 44,487 12R.464 ! 35,575 34,365 8,787 1,147,515 160,799 462,253 60,085 385,055 67,913 326,546 46,943 14,833 2,090 12,431 2,832 321,670 51,605 191,(161 42,338 Totals 876,043 205,191 ! 1,830,652 826,457 32,186 606,674

Received for Delivery. Posted. Place. Letters. D Farc SeK d Newspapers. Post Cards. Letters. 'parcel N™'s PaP" s- P™t Cards. 4_uddarid Chames *few Plymouth Napier SVanganui Wellington kelson kVestport 3reymouth Hokitika Blenheim 3hristchurch ... fimaru Damaru Dunedin 1,427,636 136,209 163,115 459,289 480,638 1,688,180 313,384 68,965 187,161 134,602 147,597 1,872,468 417,542 320,730 1,921,205 512,849 10,251,570 99,736 8,632 8,385 27,924 39,390 158,717 36,959 5,915 7,540 10,842 10,556 106,873 21,541 21,749 117,429 29,289 881,127 81,471 89,765 336,856 274,729 1,129,973 .160,563 82,628 127,842 131,365 116,740 578,942 179,764 166,127 984,087 327,600 1 5,649,579 31,681 2,782 3,289 6,487 10,556 12,168 2,756 8,684 1,729 1,222 754 63,596 14,196 7,137 45,539 15,210 1,570,311 107,805 137,968 462,852 440,154 1,691,768 281,644 59,263 210,097 141,934 168,249 2,038,002 489,456 258,502 2,107,623 540,620 10,706,248 108,342 1,699 5,477 15,505 22,785 194,480 28,106 1,196 8,944 5,174 3,805 92,179 9,863 8,034 156,355 22,195 684,139 800,020 57,709 78,693 206,527 120,155 702,945 95,602 33,973 129,012 69,221 56,680 437,571 119,219 83,789 1,211,589 205,660 4,408,365 12,723 1,933 7,245 7,748 10,010 21,493 4,429 6,084 3,059 1,499 1,352 82,247 15,990 8,095 75,417 12,367 .n vercargill Totals 711,477 . 227,786 271,691

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Table No. 16. Statement of Correspondence received from the United Kingdom via San Francisco and via Suez during the Year ended 31st December, 1879.

Table No. 17. Statement of Correspondence despatched to the United Kingdom via San Francisco and via Suez during the Year ended 31st December, 1879.

Id San Fraricisci Fid me/, and Melboi urne. Date of Receipt. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Letters. Books. Newspapers. anuary February darch Lpril tlay ... "une ... "uly ... 31,303 26,871 32,049 30.778 31,157 28,412 31,195 32,210 36,701 31,031 33,556 35,529 34,483 8,431 8,435 9,716 9,460 10,177 9,448 10,992 10,030 10,278 11,648 9,944 7,009 10,896 83,886 82,978 92,610 89,388 89,201 91,186 90,108 86,690 83,471 90,252 92,488 80,444 94,813 7,958 7,162 7,729 8,153 6,962 7,017 6,491 6,586 1,892 2,860 2,226 2,366 3,182 2,621 2,755 2,520 11,478 12,356 11,891 12,838 12,361 12,384 12,232 11,842 lugust September Jctober 'fovember December 6,529 7,160 6,909 6,997 8,002 93,715 82,912 2,604 3,055 3,439 2,917 3,138 35,575 32,662 13,009 12,217 12,547 12,243 13,401 Totals 415,275 126,464 1,147,515 160,799 140,248 968,451 Previous year 350,947 92,400

'id San Francisa Via. (elbourne and iuez. Date of Despatch. Letters. Books. Newspapers, Letters. Books. Newspapers. January February March April 24,551 32,311 32,884 33,146 32,887 32,538 32,156 32,460 34,710 31,814 32,233 33,365 32,307 417,362 1,012 1,690 911 1,285 1,119 962 1,243 1,169 1,701 923 1,273 1,545 1,201 21,107 26,396 24,105 25,119 25,116 26,025 26,387 30,981 27,523 28,466 30,676 29,769 28,685 5,758 5,340 5,640 5,147 156 136 181 127 6,783 5,124. 5,258 5,100 MaV June July August September October November December 4,749 6,128 9,926 4,267 4,855 5,235 5,229 5,639 119 133 302 259 144 153 234 146 4,523 5,557 5,904 2,204 3,099 3,052 2,652 2,349 Totals 16,034 13,179 350,355 264,587 67,913 85,483 2,090 2,387 51,605 Previous year 339,973 66,894

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Table No. 18. Table showing the Revenue, Expenditure, &c., of the Post Offices in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand for the Year 1879.

By Authority : G-eoege Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBBo Pr.co ls.J °

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Postal Districts. No. of Offices. Total Estimated Correspondence Received and Posted. Books and Parcels. Cost of Newspapers, i Post Cards. Conveyance of Mails. Salaries. Expenditure. Contingencies. Revenue. Letters. Total. Cash. Official Postage. Total. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Napier Wanganui Wellington ... ' 175 14 15 53 22 61 2,997,947 244,014 ' 301,083 922,141 920,792 3,379,948 208,078 10,331 13,862 43,429 62,175 353,197 691,072 1,681,147 139,180 168,458 543,383 394,884 1,832,918 44,404 4,715 10,534 14,235 20,566 33,661 £ s. d. 5,313 8 6 279 11 0 868 9 0 i 3,065 2 1 540 6 0 3,875 11 6 £ s. d. 6,686 5 8 1,010 0 0 712 4 5 2,061 13 4 1,373 6 8 5,151 9 1 £ s. d. 1,130 10 2 103 5 5 61 18 4 295 18 9 112 4 9 1,166 3 1 & s. d. 13,160 4 4 1,392 16 5 1,642 11 9 5,422 14 2 2,025 17 5 10,193 3 8 £ s. d. 17,360 2 4 1,212 14 5 1,449 17 1 6,098 1 6 5,413 2 2 14,305 18 8 £ s. d. 3,131 18 9 370 0 8 883 12 7 456 8 9 1,013 10 6 42,927 5 2 £ s. d. 20,492 1 1 1,582 15 1 2,333 9 8 6,554 10 3 6,456 12 8 57,293 3 10 Totals for North Island ... Nelson Weslport Grey mouth ... Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch... Timaru Oa'naru Dunedin ... ... Invercargill ... 340 28 25 30 17 131 38 18 147 53 8,765,925 595,028 128,228 397,258 276,536 3-15,846 3,910,470 906.998 579,232 4,028,828 1,053,469 < 65,065 7,1 U 16,484 16,016 14,361 199,052 31,404 29,783 273,784 51,484 I 4,759,970 256,165 116,601 256,854 200,586 173,420 1,016,513 298,983 249,916 2,195,676 533,260 5,297,974 128,115 7,185 ! 14,768 j 4,788 2,721 2,106 145,843 30,186 15,232 120,956 27,577 13,972 8 1 841 16 8 769 9 2 826 16 11 1,403 8 7 814 19 6 4,774 1 1 1,235 14 8 406 8 10 7,341 6 6 1,333 1 1 16,994 19 2 1,624 15 8 688 16 8 1,380 4 9 1,177 2 11 900 10 0 6,944 9 2 1,521 13 1 1,290 1 11 8,491 14 6 1,967 19 8 25,987 8 4 2,870 0 6 195 10 0 53 1 5 135 14 1 117 18 11 74 13 8 1,150 9 3 149 14 11 72 16 10 1,085 1 1 283 18 0 33,837 7 9 2,662 2 4 1,511 7 3 2,342 15 9 2,698 10 5 1,790 3 2 12,868 19 6 2,907 2 8 1,769 7 7 16,918 2 1 3,584 18 9 45,929 16 2 i 3,014 5 6 717 16 10 2,081 4 4 1,830 4 11 1,856 16 3 21,469 17 1 6,154 16 10 3,367 8 6 24,531 2 5 5,639 7 6 | 148,782 16 5 554 0 6 178 4 3 399 19 2 744 0 2 417 1 7 2,903 11 11 260 12 0 119 0 0 7,377 17 9 700 15 2 94,712 12 7 I 3,568 6 0 896 1 1 2,481 3 6 2,574 5 1 2,273 17 10 24,373 9 0 6,415 8 10 3,486 8 6 31,909 0 2 6,340 2 8 Totals for Middle Island... 504 12,191,893 704,544 371,362 I 19,747 3 0 3,318 18 2 I 49,053 9 6 70,663 0 2 | 13,655 2 6 j 84,318 2 8 General Post Office ... 59,350 13 0 3,479 16 8 46,462 4 2 324 6 11 63,154 16 7 24,856 3 3 24,856 3 3 Totals for the Colony 844 20,957,818 1,395,616 10,057,944 499,477 93,070 4 1 i 146,04513 10 141,448 19 7 ... i 62,437 18 11 203,886 18 6 6,513 5 7