POST OFFICE AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT (REPORT OF THE), FOR THE YEAR 1887.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1888 Session I, F-01

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1888. NEW ZEALAND.

POST OFFICE AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT (REPORT OF THE), FOR THE YEAR 1887.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

Sir,— General Post Office, Wellington, 6th July, 1888. I have the honour to submit to your Excellency the report on the Postal and Telegraph Department for the year 1887, with the usual statement of revenue and expenditure to the 31st of March last. H. A. Atkinson, Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner. His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand.

REPORT. There has been a considerable expansion in the business of the department. The cash receipts for the financial year were £311,608 195., being an increase of £5,148 ss. sd. or 1-68 per cent, over the receipts for 1886-87. The expenditure was £270,635 10s. lOd. compared with £292,292 13s. Bd. expended the preceding year, a decrease of £21,657 2s. 10d., or 740 per cent. The revenue and expenditure for the year are given in the following statement:— Revenue. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Stamps used for postage (estimated) .. 157,000 0 0 Salaries .. .. .. .. 130,095 14 11 Money-order commission collected in the Conveyance of mails by sea .. .. 66,019 10 10 colony .. .. .. .. 8,507 8 9 Conveyance of inland mails .. .. 27,122 17 6 Money-order commission received from Conveyance of mails by rail .. .. 805 5 3 foreign offices .. .. .. 535 12 10 Money-order commission credited to Private box and bag fees .. .. 4,011 10 0 foreign offices .. .. .. 1,244 18 5 Postage from foreign offices .. .. 35,506 13 10 Maintenance and repairs to telegraph Miscellaneous receipts (postal).. .. 2,393 14 0 lines, and miscellaneous .. .. 44,370 1 5 Ordinary and Press telegrams .. .. 83,396 6 0 Cable subsidies .. .. .. 377 2 6 Telephone exchanges .. .. .. 16,881 8 6 Miscellaneous receipts (telegraph) .. 3,376 5 1 270,635 10 10 Balance of revenue over expenditure .. 40,973 8 2 £311,608 19 0 £311,608 19 0 The revenue was £40,973 Bs. 2d. in excess of the expenditure. For the previous year the balance in favour of revenue was £14,167 19s. lid. But it should be explained that the large balance in favour of revenue for the year was really due to an abnormal decrease in expenditure, more particularly under the head of " Conveyance of Mails by Sea; " and it may be of interest to give the result of a comparison of several of the principal items of last year's receipts and disbursements with those for the previous year. The ordinary postage increased by £7,500; foreign postage, £7,718 13s. lid; telephone exchanges, £1,403 2s. 4d. ; and miscellaneous (telegraph), £518 Bs.; while in miscellaneous (postal) and ordinary and Press telegrams there was a decrease of £6,366, and £5,581 Is. lOd. respectively. On the expenditure side there was an increase of £908 for salaries; while for conveyance of mails by sea there was the exceptionally large decrease of £18,669 os. 4d., and on account of maintenance, &c, £3,329 4s. 2d. Many economies have been carried out during the year. As vacancies in postrnasterships occurred by death, resignation, &c, at country offices, where a considerable falling-off in business had taken place, the postal and telegraph duties have been amalgamated with those of the railway, or the telephone substituted for the Morse instrument, and the office transferred to the charge of a local storekeeper or other suitable person, thereby doing away with the services of a special officer. i—F. 1.

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Economy in this direction has been secured •without dispensing with officers on compensation, and the principle will continue to be given effect from time to time. The Chief Post Office, Wellington, has been made a branch of the General Post Office, and the Chief Postmastership abolished, and the Post and Telegraph offices at Masterton are to be amalgamated, for economical reasons. A great improvement has been made since the Ist of April last, in the system of payments on account of the expenditure of the department. All payments for services of the Post Office and Telegraph are now made out of imprest advances received from the Treasury, and before the vouchers have been examined in the Audit Office. To make the system complete the Public Eevenues Act should be amended in the direction of authorising the payments to be made out of ordinary receipts, to be refunded periodically out of the votes after the payment vouchers have been passed by the Audit and approved by the Treasury. The change has relieved the Treasury of a considerable amount of work, which now devolves on the Post Office, but in a varied form. Experience, so far, has shown that the change has entailed but little additional labour on the Post Office, while the public appreciate the more prompt payment of their claims. The value of work performed gratuitously for other departments of the Government service was: official free correspondence, £71,965 6s. 6d.; Government telegrams, £30,205 lls. lOd.—a total of £102,170 18s. id.' This sum, added to the cash receipts (£311,608195.), gives £413,779 17s. 4d. as the gross earnings of the department for the year, or a sum of £143,144 6s. 6d. more than its expenditure. £22,984 6s. Id. was expended on telegraph extension and £2,227 7s. on buildings, and charged against the Public Works Fund. £1,656 14s. 4d. was also spent, but out of Consolidated Fund, for repairs, alterations, and additions to office buildings. 39,377,774 letters, posted and delivered, were dealt with. 1,835,394 telegrams of all codes w Tere transmitted. ' 38 offices were established, 2 reopened, and 11 closed. The total number of offices open at the end of 1887 was 1,118. .23.inland mail services were established, and the total number in existence at the end of the year was 600. The length of telegraph lines increased by 100 miles. At the end of the year there were 4,646 miles of line and 11,375 miles of wire. The business of the telephone exchanges did not increase in the same proportion as in the previous year, when there was an increase of 287 subscribers. At the end of last year there were 2,042 subscribers, an increase of 112. £1,312,151 Is. sd. was deposited during the calendar year in the Post Office Savings Banks, and the amount standing to the credit of depositors on the 31st December last was £1,813,084 18s. Bd. The amount of savings-bank funds invested on the 31st December last was £1,740,705 10s. The three-wire cable again parted on the evening of the 28th March last. Eepairs have been effected by the Eastern Extension Company's repairing steamer " Sherard Osborne," which was kindly placed at the disposal of the Government. Advantage has been taken of her presence to under-run about 26 knots of the cable for general repairs, and to relay it in a more southerly and direct line. The repairs were completed on the 30th ultimo. The question of renewing the Australian-New Zealand cable subsidy was brought under the notice of Parliament towards the close of last session. Government did not see its way to propose a renewal of the subsidy, and no action was taken. This was duly communicated to the Chairman of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company. Sir John Pender replied in effect that, as the subsidy was not to be renewed, his company had determined to increase the rates from the Ist January, 1888, to Bs. 6d. for the first ten words, and lOd. for each additional word in the place of 6s. for the first ten words, and 7d. for each additional word. The question of the Press rates was to be further considered ; and a few weeks later the tariff of 3d. per word (which had already been in force pro tem.) was confirmed, and without the necessity of a Government guarantee. Judging from the returns of business the increased rates on ordinary and Government telegrams bring in about sufficient additional revenue to recoup the company the loss of the subsidy. At the last annual meeting of the company the chairman admitted this. A Postal Conference, at which a series of important postal and telegraph questions affecting Australia and New Zealand were considered, met at Sydney at the beginning of this year. This colony was represented by the Hon. Sir W. Fitzherbert, K.C.M.G., Speaker of the Legislative Council, it having been found impossible for any member of the Government to attend. The thanks of the Government have been conveyed to Sir William for the very able manner in which he represented the colony. The Conference held its first meeting on the 19th January, but very considerately postponed important questions affecting New Zealand until the arrival of Sir W Tilliam Eitzherbert, who was unable to reach Sydney until the 22nd. These included telegraph cable communication and Australian-New Zealand cable rates, Pacific cable, Trans-Pacific mail service, proposed extension of San Francisco mail service, as well as several other matters. The printed proceedings of the Conference have been laid before Parliament, but it may be mentioned that the question of the New Zealand-Australian cable subsidy and rates was very fully discussed, Sir William Fitzherbert having been requested by the Conference to indicate fully the views of the New Zealand Government on the matter. In course of the discussion it was shown that, on the present estimated value of the cable, the traffic gave the company, on a 6s. per ten words rate, a return of about 10J per cent, per annum without subsidy; and no subsidy was therefore required. It was also shown that the higher rates which had just been imposed by the company were even less than were charged over other similar lengths of cable.

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No direct resolution was proposed in reference to the New Zealand-Australian cable, but the following, on the subject of cable communication with Australasia generally, was carried : " That as all the Australasian Colonies are interested in the maintenance of cable communication with Great Britain, this Conference is of opinion that each of these colonies should contribute, in proportion to the extent of its population, to the subsidies now paid by the contracting colonies to the Eastern Extension Company, and that a like division of cost should be made between all the colonies represented at this Conference of the cables communicating with Tasmania and New Zealand; Great Britain to be requested to contribute towards the subsidy given to the Eastern Extension Company in respect of the cables connected with the traffic with the United Kingdom : Provided always that it is understood that the right to purchase the Australasian cables of the Eastern Extension Company is to be in the hands of the colonies who are now paying, or may consent to pay, the above subsidies in the manner provided, at any time upon giving the company the notice prescribed in the subsidy agreement." A resolution was also carried, in the following terms, approving of a survey of a route for a Pacific cable : " That this Conference is of opinion that it is desirable a survey should be made of a suitable route for an ocean telegraph cable by way of the Pacific via Vancouver Island, the cost of the survey to be defrayed by Great Britain, Canada, and the Australasian Colonies represented at this Conference. This, however, is not to bind any of the countries named to accept the proposals of the Pacific Cable Company, and that the subject of the resolution be communicated to the various Australasian Governments." The other questions more directly affecting New Zealand were—establishing an intercolonial parcel post, exchange of intercolonial postal notes, and an exchange of post cards with the United Kingdom. The question of uniform postal and telegraph regulations was also discussed, and the matter referred to the heads of departments who were present at the Conference to draw up draft regulations for subsequent consideration of the several Governments. This was done. The Trans-Pacific mail service question was referred to New South Wales and New Zealand for consideration. The several questions dealt with by the Conference are now receiving consideration. With respect to the survey of a route for a telegraph cable between Vancouver and Australia across the Pacific, H.M.S. "Egoria" has commenced a preliminary survey. . The Pacific Cable Company, however, will need to take immediate steps for obtaining a complete survey if the Pacific cable is to be an accomplished fact within a reasonable limit of time. As indicating the feeling of the Imperial Government on the Pacific cable question, the following is extracted from a letter dated the 4th of April last, from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to the Colonial Office, which has been forwarded in a despatch to His Excellency the Governor:— " H.M.S. 'Egeria ' is now on the point of sailing from Sydney to perform the important work of clearing up the dangers and fixing the positions of and surveying the islands on the route from New Zealand to Vancouver, a work which my Lords understood was strongly urged by Bear-Admiral Sir George Tryon on the representations of the colonies. "In the course of this work the 'Egeria' has orders to obtain deep soundings which will in two or three years furnish more detailed information than now exists as to the varieties of depths to be expected on the general line of cable. " To survey a route for a cable to any purpose would, however, entail long searching for the best line, examination of contours of coral islands, and continuous close sounding; and three years' steady work at that and nothing else would probably not complete the survey. " The operations on which the ' Egeria ' is about to be employed will provide for work of immediate value to, and of urgent necessity in connection with, the commerce now springing up; and will also furnish gradually (at a minimum cost) the preliminary information required, and a great part of that directly bearing on the laying of a cable. " My Lords do not therefore consider that it is advisable to make any alteration in the orders under which the ' Egeria' is about to act; and as no vessel can be spared from her hydrographic work in any other part of the world, the question of hastening the survey by providing another vessel must, in their Lordships' opinion, remain open until Lord Knutsford is able to inform this department that there is a reasonable prospect that the funds for the construction of the submarine cable across the Pacific will be found, and that time is of importance in Imperial interests. " In reply to the inquiry contained in the last part of your letter, my Lords desire me to state that the annual cost of H.M.S. 'Egeria' is about £12,000, and that if a similar vessel is provided especially for the purpose of making a complete survey of the best ocean route and landing-places the cost would be about £36,000. The foregoing estimate is irrespective of the value of the vessel and the cost of fitting her out." The following table and return give the number of offices and officers of all classes on the 31st December last:—

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Compaeative Betuen of Officebs of the Postal and Telegbaph Depaetment for the Tears 1887 and 1886. 1887. 1886. 1887. 1886. Postmaster-General ... .. ..1 1 Mail Agent .. .. .. .... 1 Superintendent .. .. .. .. 1 1 Storekeeper and Assistant .. 2 2 Secretary .. .. .. 1 1 Chief Postmasters .. .. 17 17 Inspector of Post Offices .. .. .. 1 1 Postmasters and Officers in Charge on PerAssistant Inspector of Post Offices .. 1 1 manent Staff .. .. .. 272 277 Accountant .. .. .. .. 1 1 Clerks and Cadets .. .. .. 201 197 Telegraph Inspectors .. .. .. 3 3 Operators .. .. .. .. 306 317 Telegraph Sub-Inspectors .. .. 3 3 Country Postmasters and Telephonists .. 844 811 Electrician .. .. .. .. 1 1 Letter-carriers .. .. .. 104 104 Mechanicians .. .. .. .. 3 3 Messengers (Post Office) .. .. 14 14 Clerks in General Post Office— Linemen .. .. .. 46 47 Secretary's Branch .. .. 7 7 Telegraph Message Boys .. .. 189 201 Dead Letter Branch .. .. .. 3 3 Money Order and Savings Bank Branch.. 15 17 Totals .. .. 2,045 2,038 Sorters in Clearing-room .. .. .. 9 7 POST OFFICE. There has been a satisfactory increase of business. The number of letters, post-cards, book-packets and pattern-parcels, and newspapers delivered and posted during the year, compared with the number dealt with in 1886, was as under:— 1887. 1886. Increase. Letters—Delivered .. .. .. .. 20,666,445 19,896,448 Posted .. .. .. .. 18,711,329 15,188,144 39,377,774 38,084,592 1,293,182 Post-cards—Delivered .. .. .. .. 758,056 692,276 Posted .. .. .. .. 849,637 741,611 1,607,693 1,433,887 173,806 Books and parcels—Delivered .. .. .. 2,065,492 1,747,941 Posted .. .. .. 2,254,213 1,719,718 4,319,705 3,467,659 852,046 Newspapers—Delivered .. .. .. .. 8,131,175 7,479,209 Posted .. .. .. .. 7,250,148 6,844,838 15,381,323 14,324,047 1,057,276 The letters increased 3-4, post-cards 12-12, books and parcels 24-57, and newspapers 7-38 per cent. The increase in 1886 was—letters 629, post-cards 863, books and parcels 6-18, and newspapers 0-63 per cent. The average number of letters posted by each person was estimated to be 29 -31. The cash revenue for the financial year was £207,954 19s. 5d., compared with £199,147 7s. 6d. received the previous year, an increase of £8,807 lls. lid., or 4-42 per cent,

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IV © i o I OJD © EH ■s Com Po Offl. atry 1st oes. o © o © CO § M © o © © Clo: and I 1 Cad irks Jostal lots. Opei (incL Cad ■ators uding lets). © i) II if Leti carri triers. I n V CUD a © I Tele Mes sgraph SBage oys. Postal Districts. flow o d o © © M eg 1 3 © o O © ! ma 2j o B o o i o EH 'S o o a o a o O 0 o u Auckland Thames Gisborne Napier Now Plymouth Wanganui Wellington Blenheim Nelson Wostport Greymouth Hokitika Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invereargill 47 11 1 18 6 12 23 6 12 5 4 3 49 17 10 39 20 142 19 19 30 12 14 50 15 24 19 18 28 104 29 8 71 64 51 7 4 8 1 8 15 2 7 5 4 4 6 1 1 13 34 1 1 12 2 9 44 4 5 23 6 3 23 5 11 43 34 9 3 8 3 29 6 7 27 7 5 6 48 11 1 19 6 12 25 6 12 5 4 3 50 17 10 40 20 16 2 1 3 2 3 8 1 2 1 2 1 15 2 2 14 2 4 1 2 16 4 3 6 3 4 33 2 4 2 3 2 16 3 3 14 3 8 3 'l *5 i 2 2 7 7 2 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 '2 3 i 6 13 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 3 31 5 2 34 8 i 2 2 1 6 3 'l 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 C 1 2 1 1 2 2 17 2 1 4 6 3 34 9 's 13 1 6 G 3 1 Total on 31st Dec, 1887 .. Total on 31st Dec, 1886 .. 283 666 168 10 11 33 196 5 247 59 289 77 27 14 121 68 288 648 153 10 10 31 191 6 247 70 294 77 27 13 119 82 Compaeative Eetubn of Officees of the Postal and Telegeaph Depaetment for the Tears 1887 and 1886. 1887. 1886. 1887. 1886. Postmaster-General ... .. ..1 1 Mail Agent .. .. .. .... 1 Superintendent .. .. .. .. 1 1 Storekeeper and Assistant .. .. 2 2 Secretary .. .. .. .. 1 1 Chief Postmasters .. .. .. 17 17 Inspector of Post Offices .. .. .. 1 1 Postmasters and Officers in Charge on PerAssistant Inspector of Post Offices .. 1 1 manent Staff .. .. .. 272 277 Accountant .. .. .. .. 1 1 Clerks and Cadets .. .. .. 201 197 Telegraph Inspectors .. .. .. 3 3 Operators .. .. .. .. 306 317 Telegraph Sub-Inspectors .. 3 3 Country Postmasters and Telephonists .. 844 811 Electrician .. .. .. 1 1 Letter-carriers .. .. .. 104 104 Mechanicians .. .. .. .. 3 3 Messengers (Post Office) .. .. 14 14 Clerks in General Post Office — Linemen .. .. .. .. 46 47 Secretary's Branch .. .. 7 7 Telegraph Message Boys .. .. 189 201 Dead Letter Branch .. .. .. 3 3 Money Order and Savings Bank Branch.. 15 17 Totals .. .. 2,045 2,038 Sorters in Clearing-room .. .. .. 9 7 POST OFFICE. There has been a satisfactory increase of business. The number of letters, post-cards, book-packets and pattern-parcels, and newspapers delivered and posted during the year, compared with the number dealt with in 1886, was as under:— 1887. 1886. Increase. Letters—Delivered .. .. .. .. 20,666,445 19,896,448 Posted .. .. .. .. 18,711,329 IS,188,144 39,377,774 38,084,592 1,293,182 Post-cards—Delivered .. .. .. .. 758,056 692,276 Posted .. .. .. .. 849,637 741,611 1,607,693 1,433,887 173,806 Books and parcels—Delivered .. .. .. 2,065,492 1,747,941 Posted .. .. .. 2,254,213 1,719,718 4,319,705 3,467,659 852,046 Newspapers—Delivered .. .. .. .. 8,131,175 7,479,209 Posted .. .. .. .. 7,250,148 6,844,838 15,381,323 14,324,047 1,057,276 The letters increased 3-4, post-cards 12-12, books and parcels 24-57, and newspapers 7-38 per cent. The increase in 1886 was—letters 6'29, post-cards 8'63, books and parcels 6'18, and newspapers 0-63 per cent. The average number of letters posted by each person was estimated to be 29 '31. The cash revenue for the financial year was £207,954 19s. 5d., compared with £199,147 7s. 6d. received the previous year, an increase of £8,807 11s. lid., or 4 r42 per cent,

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The principal items of increase were : postage (estimated), £7,500, and postage from foreign post offices, £7,718 13s. lid.; while the miscellaneous receipts were £6,366 less than they were the preceding year. The expenditure was £172,364185. 9d., against £191,750 Bs. 3d. expended in 1886-87, a decrease of £19,385 9s. 6d., or 1041 per cent. The explanation of this large reduction in the expenditure is, that the payments in 1886-87 for conveyance of mails by sea included far more than the average liabilities of previous years, while the bonus earned by the direct service was over £5,000 more than estimated. The total payments in 1886-87 on account of conveyance of sea mails were £85,288 11s. 2d., against £66,619 10s. lOd. paid last year, a difference of £18,669 os. 4d. The estimated value of the free official correspondence was £71,965 6s. 6d., a decrease of £3,641 ss. sd. The estimated value of services performed by the post office for the year was, therefore : cash receipts, £207,954 19s. 5d.; official postage, £71,965 6s. 6d.—a total of £279,920 ss. lid. Deducting the expenditure, £172,364 18s. 9d., and there is a balance of £107,555 7s. 2d. in favour of the department on the year's business. In addition to the ordinary work performed for the Government Insurance Department, a sum of £12,348 7s. 2d. was received at places where there are no branches of the Bank of New Zealand, and paid over. The fees collected in respect of the registration of births, &c, amounted to £1,031 6s. 9d. Fees under the Live Stock Acts, amounting to £14,672 Is., were also received at post offices. £2,798 was collected in fees for inspection of machinery. 22,096 property-tax payments, for £253,989, were received at post offices. £10,171 lls. Id. was paid on industrial schools boarding-out orders. Game licenses were issued for £974 13s. Bates under the District Eailways Purchasing Acts, amounting to £197 195., were also collected. Deliveries by letter-carriers were extended at Auckland, Dunedin, Gisborne, Taylorville, and Geraldine. .The delivery at Boss was abolished. 23 additional Post Office receiving-boxes were established: 10 at Auckland, 2at Wellington, 1 at Te Aroha, 1 at Greymouth, 1 at Hokitika, 2 at Dunedin, 1 at Maroa, 1 at Mokau, 1 at Westport, 1 at Christchurch, 1 at Oamaru, and 1 at Invercargill. The total number of pillar, wall, and lamp-post receivers at the close of the year was 282. 6,593,713 letters, 227,683 post cards, 593,993 books, circulars, and parcels, and 1,736,576 newspapers were delivered by letter-carriers. 38 additional post-offices were established, 2 re-opened, and 11 closed during the year, as under:— Opened. Alton, Wanganui. Kanieri Porks, Hokitika. Paparata, Auckland. Big Bay (reopened), Hokitika. Kokiri, Greymouth. Queensberry, Dunedin. Bishopdale, Nelson. Lower Kokatahi, Hokitika. Bichardson, Greymouth. Cameron's Terrace, Greymouth. Marahau, Nelson. Shannon, Wellington. Coal Creek, Westport. Maungatapere, Auckland. South Spit, Wostport. Fowler's, Wellington. Milford Sound, Hokitika. Taumutu, Christchurch. Glorit, Auckland. Manukau, Wellington. Tapapa, Auckland. Gumtown, Auckland. Matawhero (reopened), Gisborno. Te Karaka, Gisborne. Greerton, Thames. Medbury, Christchurch. Three-mile, Hokitika. Hukercnui, Auckland. Ngahere, Greymouth. Upper Kokatahi, Hokitika. Herekino, Auckland. Patoka, Napier. Wharoa, Auckland. Hastwell's, Wellington. Patumahoe, Auckland. Wimbledon, Napier. Kaponga, Wanganui. Putaruru, Auckland. Waihopo, Auckland. Kawhia, Auckland. Closed. ■ Grovetown, Blenheim. Orewa Falls, Auckland. Taumaranui, Auckland. Harben, Westport. Paihia, Auckland. Utakura, Auckland. Matawhero, Gisborno. Puhatikotiko, Gisborne. Waipu Junction, Auckland. Mackaytown, Thames. Seatonville, Westport. The total number of post offices open at the close of the year was 1,118. The control of the Hakateramea Post Office has been transferred from the Timaru to the Oamaru Postal District. The office at Brightwater was removed from the railway-station to a store, and a telephone substituted for a Morse instrument. The post office, East Oxford, has been placed in the charge of the railway stationmaster. The names of the following post offices have been changed: Babylon to Parkhurst (Auckland), Te Mawhai to Tokomaru, Wharekahika to Te Awaroa (Gisborne), Canavan's to Orton (Timaru), Albany Street to Dunedin North, Blueskin to Waitati (Dunedin), Arrow Biver to Arrowtown, Longridge to Balfour (Invercargill). Government Insurance Agencies were established at the post offices at Nelson Creek, Waimangaroa, Wade, Ngapara, Kirwee, Lincoln, Dunsandel, and Ellesmere. 17 newspapers were registered for transmission by post. The total number on the register in May last was 171. 35 magazines and trade catalogues were also registered; and the total number registered up to the end of the year was 232. The Inland Parcel Post was inaugurated on the Ist October last. The manner in which it has been received by the public gives promise that, when it has been thoroughly established and its advantages more generally understood, it will be extensively used. For the six months ended 31st March last, 36,637 parcels were posted, being an average of 6,106 parcels a month. A Bill has been prepared providing for establishing Foreign Parcel Posts. Should it become law, the intention is to give effect to its provisions as early as practicable.

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The amount paid for the carriage of mails by unsubsidised vessels was £5,729 os. 9Jd. 3,459 private boxes were let, which, with the fees on 288 private bags, produced a revenue of £4,019 ss. Fbee Official Coeeespondence. The estimated value of the official or free correspondence for the year is given in the statement underneath:—

The estimated value of the free correspondence for 1886 was £75,606 lls. lid. Eegisteeed Lettees. The number of registered letters dealt with, compared with the numbers in 1884, 1885, and 1886, is shown below :—

The number of unregistered letters detected with money enclosures and compulsorily registered is largely on the increase, notwithstanding the repeated cautions given the public against sending money-letters through the post unless registered. In the hope of more effectually checking the evil, it is the intention to consider the advisableness of reducing the registration fee. Dead Lettebs. The number of unclaimed letters received and disposed of during the under-mentioned years is shown in the following table :—

The unclaimed letters dealt with show a decrease of 649 per cent, compared with the number disposed of in the previous year. 18,097 book-packets and circulars were returned to foreign countries, 11,941 were returned to

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Postal Districts. Letters. Books. Value. Postal Districts. Letters. Books. Value. Auckland Chames jisborne lew Plymouth .. Napier (Vanganui rVcllington kelson /Vestport jreymouth lb. oz. 23,486 8 1,501 12 1,003 0 2,379 9 2,927 7 6,127 1 140,835 11 3,730 2 1,382 1 1,703 5 lb. oz. 16,063 14 2,126 0 1,107 0 1,800 0 5,096 0 5,595 0 256,031 0 2,620 0 917 8 1,166 14 £ s. d. 6,970 9 4 473 11 8 304 7 4 721 2 3 950 10 4 1,825 11 5 49,972 13 11 1,091 15 8 399 2 8 493 2 3 Hokitika Blenheim Gliristohurcli .. Timaru Oamara D unedin Invercargill lb. oz. 1,991 8 1,837 0 8,589 0 3,143 0 1,445 7 8,136 6 3,154 15 lb. oz. 850 0 4,784 0 12,472 0 2,110 0 1,875 0 10,514 4 2,153 2 £ s. d. 559 8 0 654 6 8 2,706 2 8 910 16 10 447 19 0 2,570 8 6 913 18 0 Totals 213,373 12 327,281 10 71,965 6 6

1884. 1885. 1880. 1887. Postal Districts. From Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. From Places beyond tho 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. <Uickland rhames .. New Plymouth 3-isborne .. Napier Wanganui Wellington Nelson Westport .. jreymouth Eokitika .. Blenheim jkristehurch rimaru Damaru .. Dunedin .. [nveroargill 5,803 217 560 141 1,037 316 3,654 969 61 133 185 112 4,429 341 228 4,077 1,456 19,852 2,913 3,266 903 4,518 4,898 18,250 3,005 1,290 1,911 1,333 1,397 17,297 3,311 1,638 12,192 7,649 25,655 3,130 3,826 1,044 5,555 5,214 21,904 4,034 1,351 2,044 1,518 1,509 21,726 3,052 1,800 16,869 9,105 5,890 205 G75 108 892 283 4,757 559 45 125 173 181 3,717 440 316 5,645 1,614 22,124 2,879 2,876 922 5,453 4,500 19,218 2,432 1,438 2,835 1,907 1,413 13,078 3,153 1,947 12,737 0,601 28,014 3,084 3,551 1,030 6,345 4,783 23,975 2,991 1,483 2,960 2,080 1,594 17,395 3,593 2,203 18,382 8,275 5,340 212 551 111 934 185 4,452 326 06 159 177 112 4,048 512 324 6,108 1,729 18,702 3,850 2,075 1,133 6,769 5,081 20,942 2,410 2,105 3,120 2,014 1,421 13,825 2,942 2,048 13,069 8,040 24,048 4,062 3,226 1,244 7,703 5,266 25,394 2,730 2,171 3,285 2,191 1,533 17,873 3,454 2,372 19,177 9,709 5,996 149 343 81 992 183 5,581 349 39 88 162 113 3,603 405 256 4,172 851 22,743 2,613 2,653 1,736 0,831 3,980 22,148 2,944 2,318 5,630 1,720 1,514 15,169 2,727 2,350 14,760 7,035 28,739 2,762 2,996 1,817 7,823 4,103 27,729 3,293 2,357 5,724 1,888 1,027 18,772 3,132 2.G12 18,932 7,886 Totals 24,319 105,083 130,002 25,025 100,173 131,798 25,352 110,152 135,504 23,363 118,889 142,252

Manner of Disposal. 1880. 1881. 1882. 1883. 1884. 1885. 1886. 1887. Ipened and returned to the writers Returned unopened to other countries .. leissued )estroyed Returned unopened by Chief Postmasters 60,977 10,503 240 5,135 52,038 9,372 159 3,969 53,507 8,539 54 6,189 69,452 8,143 67 3,302 68,942 9,134 107 3,986 06,592 8,115 185 2,872 00,729 8,359 251 6,600 62,847 7,287 96 5,974 11,160 12,810 14,378 15,833 17,593 19,187 21,144 20,185 Totals 88,015 78,348 82,667 90,797 99,762 96,951 103,083 96,389

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the senders through the Dead Letter Office, and 13,245 were returned by Chief Postmasters: a total of 43,283 book-packets and circulars, against 33,361 in 1886. The under-mentioned articles of value were found enclosed in letters opened in the Dead Letter Office, and returned to the senders where practicable :— £ s. d. 103 Post Office orders ... ... ... ... ... 310 0 8 39 postal notes ... ... ... ... ... ... 14 11 6 18 bank drafts ... ... ... ... ... ... 952 7 9 76 cheques ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,043 14 6 3 dividend warrants ... ... ... ... ... 8 13 6 2 promissory notes ... ... ... ... ... 115 19 8 Stamps ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8 18 Banknotes ... ... ... ... ... ... . 120 0 0 Gold ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 0 0 Silver and copper ... ... ... ... ... 3 0 10J Eepresenting a total of ... ... ... £2,585 10 \\ In addition, 1 gold pin with pearl, 1 pair of gold and pearl earrings, 2 silver watches, 1 silver watch and steel chain, 1 silver watch and leather guard, 2 gold rings set with jewels, 1 gold weddingring and keeper, 1 plain gold ring, 1 Masonic gold ring, 3 Waterbury watches, 1 set of silver studs, 1 silver bracelet, 1 gold bracelet, 1 lady's silver chain, 1 greenstone pendant (gold-mounted), 1 gold brooch (20-dollar piece), 1 packet of gold dust, 1 silver brooch (Lizzie), 2 packets of New Zealand diamonds were received. 3,744 unclaimed registered letters were dealt with. 12 letters detained for postage were received, 10 of which were subsequently forwarded. 610 newspapers and 241 books and other articles without addresses were also received: of these, .40 were delivered, and 48 book-packets forwarded to London and other countries for return to the senders. 77 letters were posted without addresses. 25 letters with libellous addresses were intercepted. 171 letters were imperfectly and wrongly addressed. 3,945 letters were refused by the addressees. 9 letters were posted with previously-used stamps. A prosecution, happily of rare occurrence, was instituted against one of the public for affixing to letters previously-used stamps; the offender was found guilty, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment. Buildings. Offices have been erected at Herbertville and Eangiora. The contract for the restoration of the General Post-office was let on the 4th February last, and the work is required to be completed by the 4th May next year. Repairs, additions, and alterations have been made to the following offices : Onehunga, alterations and repairs; Te Aroha, additions and repairs; Manukau Head, repairs; Napier, addition of strong room; Hawera, restoring building which was damaged by fire ; Woodville, additions ; Wakapuaka, repairs; Blenheim, repairs; Timaru, repairs ; Sydenham, repairs; Eoss, repairs; Brurmerton, alterations and repairs; Greymouth, repairs ; Lyell, repairs; Chief Postoffice, Dunedin, additions and alterations; Eiverton, repairs ; Naseby, additions and repairs. Inland Mail Services. The following are the particulars of the several inland mail services which were in operation during the year : — Performed by coach and mail-cart ... ... ... ... 171 „ on horseback ... ... ... ... ... ... 273 „ on foot ... ... ... ... ... ... 54 „ by water ... ... ... ... ... ... 31 „ by railway ... ... ... ... ... ... 71 Total number of services ... ... ... 600 Aggregate mileage ... ... ... ... ... 9,210 Total number of miles travelled ... ... ... ... 3,796,174 Cost to the department ... ... ... ...£27,003 7s. lid. Average cost per mile ... ... ... ... l-71d. The total cost in 1886 was ... ... ... ...£28,656 11s. 6d, And the cost per mile ... ... ... ... l-86d. There was a net increase of 23 services, and 97,203 in the number of miles travelled. It should be stated that the mails conveyed by railway are carried free of charge to the department. The following services were established during the year:— Weekly between Eissington and Patoka. Twice weekly between Manaia and Kaponga. Twice weekly between Teremakau and Cameron's Terrace. Twice weekly between Bombay and Paparata.

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Four times weekly between railway-platform, Ball Eoad, and Alton. Weekly between Hokitika and Lower Kokatahi. Weekly between Hokitika and Upper Kokatahi. Twice weekly between Hokitika and Kanieri Forks. Weekly between Auckland, Clevedon, Maraetai, Hikurangi, and Otonga East. Twice weekly between Brunnerton and Blackball. Twice weekly between Gore and Waikaka Valley. The frequency of the following services was increased : — Daily, in the place of thrice weekly, between Devonport and Takapuna. Twice, in the place of once, weekly between Marton and Hunterville. Twice, in the place of once, daily between Christchurch and Prebbleton. Twice, in the place of once, daily between Dunedin, Stirling, and Waihola, Thrice, in the place of twice, weekly between Nelson and Owen Eeefs. Thrice, in the place of twice, weekly between Christchurch and Eotherham. Thrice, in the place of twice, weekly between Christchurch and Waiau. The service between Eees Gorge and Glenorchy has been abolished. Oteramika is now served by rail instead of by road. The service between Wanganui and Pipiriki has been reduced from weekly to fortnightly. The route of the Waipukurau and Herbertville service has been altered so as to serve the office at Wimbledon. The coach-service between Dargaville and Te Kopuru has been discontinued. The contracts for the Inland mail-services expire at the end of this year. Mail Steam Sekvices. The negotiations for a twelve months' renewal of the San Francisco mail-service contract, from November next, have been concluded, the assent of the Government of New South Wales to the renewal, and that of the Imperial Post Office to extend the agreement providing for the free transport of the colonial mails between London and San Francisco, and for the division of the outward postages with the colonies, for the renewed term of contract, having, in the meantime, been secured. The San Francisco mail-service contract will now terminate in November next year ; that for the direct service in the following month. Inquiries have been made as to the prospects of a Pacific Canadian mail-service. It has been ascertained that the Canadian Pacific Eailway Company are desirous of establishing a Pacific service, and that the Canadian Government would be willing to support such a line. But as the suggested service is one intended to serve New Zealand with a branch line from Fiji, the Post-master-General of Canada has been informed that no Pacific mail-service which did not provide for the main boats calling at New Zealand would receive the support of this colony. At the time the San Francisco mail contract was entered into it was understood that the United States Post Office agreed to contribute, in excess of the postage-payments for the carriage of the United States mails, a sum of £4,000 a year towards the cost of the service. The tenth clause of the contract provided for the amount being divided equally between the contracting colonies and the contractors —for the contractors to collect the sum from the United States Post Office, and for the colonies to deduct their proportions from their subsidy payments. This has been done ; but it is now ascertained that the £4,000 is only £800 a year in excess of the postage-payments. The contractors have, therefore, under the clause of the contract just quoted, a claim for refund of the amounts deducted by the colonies, less two-thirds of the sum of £800, which the colonies are authorised to retain in terms of the contract. After conferring with the Postmaster-General of New South Wales, it has been agreed that the contractors are entitled to a refund from each colony at the rate of £1,066 13s. 4d. per annum from the date the service began. This has the effect of increasing New Zealand's share of the subsidy from £23,333 6s. Bd. to £24,400 per annum. The explanation of this is that the telegram forwarded by this department to the PostmasterGeneral, Washington, in September, 1885, asking for a subsidy of £4,000 a year in addition to the postage-payments, was mutilated in transmission, and misinterpreted by the Washington office. The Postmaster-General, Washington, subsequently declined to increase the payment to the amount originally asked for by this office. But in the event of the San Francisco service being renewed by the colonies for a term of years, the Postmaster-General of Washington has stated that the contribution from his office may probably be increased to $30,000 (£6,000) yearly, but conditionally on the service being carried out by American companies, and that the United States be given " the full extent and measure of use of the vessels employed; " and "as full a right to demand the service of such vessels for the despatch of her mails as the Government of New Zealand or any of the colonies shall possess by the contract, and the same right to impose fines or deductions for failure or refusal to comply with any duty under the contract." Another alteration has been made in the despatch of the San Francisco mails from London, the day having been changed from Wednesday to the following Saturday. This was prompted by a statement made to this office that arrangements had been completed for a fast railway mail-service, in four days eighteen hours, between New York and San Francisco, and that by securing the use of the swiftest vessels (timed to leave Queenstown on the Saturday) for the transport of our mails to New York, a saving of from four to five days in the through transit time might be secured. But the accelerated railway-service has proved altogether delusive, as it has been found that the transit of the mails from New York to San Francisco cannot at present be accomplished much under six days. It is, however, intended to adhere to the Saturday despatch from London, as it is believed a saving of one or two days should be possible, independently of the railway running.

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There has been a falling-off in the receipts in respect of the San Francisco service, due mainly to the direct contract steamers conveying a larger proportion of the correspondence than in 1886. In the place of the San Francisco service showing a profit, as in 1886, there is a small loss of £729 ss. 7d. for last year, and this without taking into account any proportion of the refund, previously referred to, which is to be made the contractors. On the other hand, the loss on the direct service i 3 £6,707 12s. 7d., in the place of £11,070 9s. Bd. the previous year. Both services continue to be performed satisfactorily. The average time, however, by the direct service was longer than for the preceding year ; and this was particularly the case with the inward mails, the average time of delivery to the first port of arrival being 44 days, compared with 41-69 days in 1886. The detour to Hobart is the probable explanation of this. The bonus, &c, earned by the direct service was £8,443 6s. Bd., against £12,326 13s. 4d. in 1886. Particulars of the running of both services will be found in the usual table. The new agreement between the Imperial Pest Office and the principal Australian Colonies, for the maintenance of a subsidised weekly mail-service between the United Kingdom and Australia by the steamers of the Peninsular and Oriental and Orient Steam Navigation Companies, has been completed after protracted negotiations, and the new service began on the Ist February last. The contract is for a period of seven years, and the subsidy, £170,000 per annum, shared equally by the two companies, and payable in the proportion of £95,000 by the Imperial Post Office and £75,000 jointly by New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia, which have undertaken the contract responsibilities on behalf of the colonies. The £75,000 payable by these colonies is to be divided on the basis of population. For the use of the service by noncontracting colonies the following rates are to be paid : Letters, 255. 4d. per pound; books and packets, Is. per pound; and newspapers, 6d. per pound. These payments are receivable by the contracting colonies, and are to be applied in reduction of their respective proportions of the subsidy. The mails are to be conveyed by the Orient Company from Naples to Adelaide, and vice versa, and by the Peninsular and Oriental Company from Brindisi to Adelaide, and vice versa. The time allowed between Naples and Adelaide is thirty-two days, and between Brindisi and Adelaide thirtytwo and a half days. Bach country or colony retains the postages it collects, but has to provide for the cost of the transport of its mails to destination, including all overland-transit charges, whether on the Australian continent, or through Italy and France. - So far-as the new arrangements affect New Zealand they are favourable, as instead of the colony having to pay for the conveyance of both the inward and homeward mails, we are required to defray the cost of the homeward mails only. As by far the greater proportion of the mailmatter conveyed via Brindisi and Naples between the United Kingdom and the Colony is despatched from London, our payments for this year should be. considerably less than one-half of the amount paid in 1887. The Chatham Islands quarterly steam-service has been renewed to March, 1889, at the former subsidy of £200 a year. The service between Hokitika and Southern ports on the west coast of the Middle Island has also been renewed to February next, at a subsidy of £600 a year, or £200 less than paid under the former contract. The frequency of the Westport and Karamea service has been reduced from four-weekly to once every two months, at a subsidy of £150 a year, a saving of £175. The contract expires in June next year. The maximum, minimum, and average number of days within which the mails were delivered between London and New Zealand, Sydney, and Melbourne, by the San Francisco and Brindisi services, and also between London and the colony by the direct coutract packets, are given below ;— San Francisco Service. Direct Service. F. and O. Line. Orient Line. London to Auckland .. .. 41 36 37-23 .. 48 45 4677 .. 48 43 46-12 .. 53 39 44-40 Wellington .. 43 38 39-00 .. 46 43 44-00 .. 49 40 46-42 .. 52 38 44-85 Christchurch .. .. .. 47 44 45-31 .. 48 39 45-88 .. 52 39 44-42 Dunedin .. .. 44 39 40-62 .. 48 44 45-62 .. Bluff .. .. .. .. 48 45 4G-38 .. 46 38 44-58 .. 52 37 43-04 Sydney .. .. 46 41 42-08 .. .. .. 40 32 36-88 .. 38 29 34-12 Melbourne. .. 47 42 43-31 .. .. .. 39 31 35-58 .. 36 28 33-00 Auckland to London .. .. 39 34 35-77 .. 43 40 41-38 .. 48 43 46-45 .. 50 40 45-18 Wellington „ .. .. 41 36 3777 .. 42 39 39-69 .. 47 46 46-05 .. 50 47 48-05 Christchurch „ .. .. .. .. 43 38 40-15 Dunedin „ .. .. 42 37 38-77 .. 43 39 4054 .. Bluff „ .. .. .. .. 44 40 41-46 .. 47 42 44-12 .. 47 37 42-12 Sydney „ .. .. 43 39 40-77 .. .. .. 42 37 39-04 .. 41 30 35-65 Melbourne „ .. .. 45 40 41-77 .. .. .. 41 36 3808 .. 40 29 34-58 The estimated receipts and payments in respect of the San Francisco, Direct contract, and the Suez-Brindisi (Peninsular and Oriental and Orient) services for the year were as follows : — Eecbipts and Payments on account of the San Francisco, Direct, Colombo-Brindisi, and SuezBrindisi Mail Services for the Year 1887. San Francisco Service. De. £ s. d. £ s. d. Subsidy to Contractors ... ... ... 23,333 6 8 Bonus, &c. ... ... ... ... ... 1,537 6 8 Light-dues remitted (charged on Estimates) ... 663 0 0 Interprovincial service, Mail Agents, &c. ... 4,967 8 7 Ce. ■ 30,501 1 11 Postages from London Post Office ... ... 7,968 8 0 Postages collected in the colony .... ... 16,844 11 1 Eeceipts from non-contracting colonies... ... 4,958 17 3 29,771 16 4 Net cost to the colony ... ... ... £729 5 7

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In 1886 the service yielded a net profit of £2,496 13s. 2d. 221,919 letters, 241,488 books, and 523,523 newspapers were received from, and 314,657 letters, 68,705 books, and 389,010 newspapers despatched to, the United Kingdom, &c, by the San Francisco Service. Direct Steam Service, New Zealand Shipping Company. De. £ s. d. £ s. d. Payments on weight of correspondence... ... 13,566 8 11 Bonus, &c. ... ... ... ... ... 8,443 6 8 Light-dues remitted (charged on Estimates) ... 936 0 0 Interprovincial service ... ... ... 3,000 0 0 Ck. 25,945 15 7 Postages from London Post Office ... ... 13,174 9 3 Postages collected in the colony ... ... 6,063 13 9 19,238 3 0 Net cost to the colony ... ... ... £6,707 12 7 The estimated net cost of tho service for 1886 was £11,070 9s. Bd. 322,105 letters, 219,541 books, and 735,810 newspapers were received from the United Kingdom, &c, by the Direct service, and 147,960 letters, 19,946 books, and 111,202 newspapers despatched. Cohmbo-Brindisi, Victorian Packet Service De. £ s. d. £ s. d. Payments to Victoria ... ... ... 1,400 18 3 Intercolonial service, &c. ... ... ... 138 19 9 Ck. 1,539 18 0 Postages from London Post Office ... ... 574 5 5 Postages collected in the colony ... ... 384 15 6 959 0 11 Net cost to the colony ... ... ... £580 17 1 The following shows the number of letters, books, and newspapers conveyed from and to the United Kingdom, &c, by the Victorian packets: Deceived, 20,324 letters, 4,651 books, and 34,999 newspapers; despatched, 971 letters, 39 books, and 75 newspapers. Suez-Brindisi, Neiv South Wales Packet Service. De. £ s. d. £ s. d. Payments to New South Wales ... ... 485 4 3 Intercolonial service, &c. ... ... ... 70 7 0 555 11 3 Ck. Postages received from London ... ... 190 1 3 Postages collected in the colony ... ... 127 8 10 317 10 1 Net cost to the colony ... ... ... £238 1 2 14,134 letters, 3,624 books, and 20,140 newspapers were received from the United Kingdom, &c, by the Suez-Brindisi service, and 2,246 letters, 56 books, and 152 newspapers despatched. As the general question of the future of our Ocean Mail services will be considered during the present session of Parliament, the following statements have been prepared showing what would be the probable financial effect were it decided to abolish either the San Francisco or Direct service:— I. Direct Service, — Four Weekly. Statement showing the estimated cost of a four-weekly Mail service between the colony and the United Kingdom by the Direct contract steamers, based on the terms of the existing Direct service contract; on the correspondence conveyed by both Direct and San Francisco services in 1887, and on the assumption that the San Francisco service had been abolished. Db. £ s. d. £ s. d. Payments on correspondence by weight: From United Kingdom, &c... ... ... 18,020 111 To United Kingdom, &c. ... ... ... 13,426 17 5 Bonus ... ... ... ... ... 7,000 0 0 Light-dues ... ... ... ... ... 936 0 0 Interprovincial service ... ... ... 4,000 0 0 43,382 19 4 Cr. Postages from London ... ... ... 23,060 5 0 Postages collected in the colony ... ... 22,908 4 10 45,968 9 10 Net profit to the colony ... ... ... £2,585 10 6

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The rates of payment under the Direct Mail service contract are : Letters, 12s. per lb.; books and packets, Is. per lb.; newspapers, 6d. per lb. 11. Direct Service. — Fortnightly. Statement showing the estimated cost of a fortnightly service by Direct steamers, based on existing contract payments and on the correspondence conveyed in 1887 by both Direct and San Francisco services, and on the assumption the latter service were abolished. De. £ s. d. £ a. d. Payments on correspondence received from the United Kingdom ... ... ... 18,020 1 11 Payments on correspondence despatched to the United Kingdom, &c. ... ... ... 13,426 17 5 Bonus ... ... ... ... ... 11,000 0 0 Light-dues ... ... ... ... ... 1,872 0 0 Interprovincial services ... ... ... 7,000 0 0 51,318 19 4 Ce. Postages from London ... ... ... 23,060 5 0 Postages collected in the colony ... ... 22,908 4 10 45,968 9 10 Net loss to the colony ... ... ... £5,350 9 6 111. San Francisco Service. — Four Weekly. Statement showing the estimated cost of a four-weekly service via San Francisco—assuming the Direct service were abolished—based on a continuance of existing payments and receipts and in respect of the correspondence conveyed by both lines in 1887. De. £ s. a. £ s. d. Subsidy 23,333 6 8 Estimated bonus ... ... ... ... 1,500 0 0 Light-dues ... ... ... ... ... 663 0 0 Interprovincial service ... ... ... 4,500 0 0 Mail Agents, &c. ... ... ... ... 1,700 0 0 31,696 6 8 Ce. Postages from London ... ... ... 18,542 18 3 Postages collected in the colony ... ... 22,908 4 10 Eeceipts from non-contracting colonies ... ... 5,000 0 0 46,451 3 1 Net profit to the colony ... ... ... £14,754 16 5 The London Post Office at present provides for the free conveyance of the mails between London and San Francisco.

Return showing the several Subsidized Mail Steam Services, the Subsidy Payments for the Year 1887, the Dates when established, and the Date on which each terminates.

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Duration of Service. Service. Annual Subsidy or Payment. Number of Voyages per Annum. Mileage for Complete Voyage. Cost per Mile. When established. When terminated or when terminable. Auckland and San Francisco Direct Steam Service Auckland and Fiji N^ew Zealand and South Pacific Islands .. Sfew Zealand and Chatham Islands Selensville and Matakohe .. ) Sclensville and Dargaville .. } Auckland and Great Barrier Island Dnehunga and Rawene kelson and Golden Bay .. Sokitika, Bruce Bay, Paringa, Haast Biver, Okuru, Okarito, and Jackson's Bay tVestport and Karamea .. 31ufl and Stewart Island .. Service in connection with San Francisco Line !nterprovinoial Service in connection with Direct Steamers .. £ s. d. 23,333 6 8 22,095 19 2 1,690 0 0 Nov., 1885 Dec, 1884 Jane, 1880 Nov., 1889* Dec, 1889 13 13 13 11,916 23,019 2,334 S, s. d. 0 3 0-15 0 1 5-72 0 1 1-37 1,200 0 0 200 0 0 June, 1885 March, 1889 8 4 f 52 I 104 52 26 72 6,992 1,050 118 ) 170 } 120 354 130 0 0 5-15 0 0 11-43 450 0 0 Jan., 1881 Dec, 1888 0 0 4-53 125 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 Deo., 1884 Sept., 1886 Dec, 1888 Sept., 1887 Dec, 1888 0 0 4-81 0 0 6-52 0 0 5-13 600 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 Jan., 1886 June, 1880 July, 1886 Feb., 1889 6 13 52 280 102 40 0 7 1-71 0 2 3-15 0 1 1108 June, 1888 4,500 0 0 Nov., 1886 Nov., 1889 3,000 0 0 Doc, 1884 Dec, 1889 Kj)' :

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MONEY-OEDEBS. Eighteen money-order offices were opened during the year —viz., Lincoln, Campbelltown, Kelso, Makikihi, Pahiatua, Bealey, Cape Foul wind, Richardson, Ashurst, Macrae's Flat, Makatoka, Mauku, Alford Forest, Hanmer Plains, Omapere, Waharoa, Hyde, and Maungakaramea. Two money-order offices —Matainata and Barry town —were closed. The total number of money-order offices open at the end of the year was 293. There were issued 159,597 money-orders, for £555,744 13s. 5d., against 155,680, for £547,755 2s. 9d., in 1886, and 188,622, for £581,395 Bs. 9d., in 1885. As explained in the last report the falling off in 1886 was mainly due to the increased use made of postal notes. 133,910 orders, for £482,437 17s. 4d. were paid, against 129,242 orders, for £471,185 75., paid in 1886. The number of money-orders issued for payment in the United Kingdom, the Australian Colonies, the United States, Canada, &c, as well as on the Continent of Europe, and other foreign places through the London Post Office was 40,488, for £129,549 19s. Bd. There were 15,297 orders, for £56,677 18s. 5d., received from places outside the colony for payment iirNew Zealand. The balance against the colony on Money-order Account was therefore £72,872 Is. 3d. In 1886 the balance against the colony was £76,316. There were 16,899 telegraph money-orders issued for £61,389 15s. Id., against 16,568 orders for £62,048 7s. 10d., in 1886. The revenue derived from money-order commission was £8,532 10s. sd. The exchange of money-orders with foreign countries through the medium of the London Post Office resulted in an increase of 221 orders for the year. Postal Notes. The business in postal notes continues to expand in a marked degree. Of these notes 114,526, of the value of £45,950 17s. 7d., were sold, compared with 83,389, for £34,980 6s. 9d., in 1886. There were 113,607 postal notes, for £44,835 17s. 6d., paid. The commission derived from the sale of postal notes amounted to £856 4s. 3d., an increase of £216 os. Bd. over that for 1886. Savings-banks. The number of offices open at the end of the year for the transaction of savings-bank business was 283. Fourteen offices were established and two were closed. 20,368 new accounts were opened, against 21,671 in 1886 ; and 15,515 accounts were closed, against 16,757 the previous year. The following table gives the total number of open savings-bank accounts on the 31st December, 1887, classified according to the balances; and the number of such accounts compared_with the number at the end of 1886 :—

The open accounts with balances up to £200 increased by no less than 4,620, while there was a decrease of 233 in the number of accounts with larger balances. 136,197 deposits, amounting to £1,312,151 Is. 5d., were received during the year, the average amount of each deposit being £9 12s. Bd. In 1886 the average was £9 os. lid. 89,962 withdrawals for £1,182,409 7s. 6d. were made, the average of each being £13 2s. lOd. The average in 1886 was £14 19s. Bd. The deposits exceeded the withdrawals by £129,741 13s. lid., while for the previous year the withdrawals were in excess of the deposits by £87,881 19s. sd. This satisfactory state of the Post Office Savings Bank business is being maintained. For the five months ended 31st ultimo the deposits exceeded the withdrawals by no less than

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Postal District. Not Exceeding exceeding £20 and £20. up to £50. Exceeding £50 and up to £100. Exceeding; Exceeding £100 and .£200 and up to £200. up to £300. Exceeding £300 and up to £400. Exceeding £400 and up to £500. H3 3 W SO H.9 Total. Auckland Slenheim Jkristchurch .. 3unodin jisborne Jreymouth rlokitika !nvcrcargill Napier Sfclson STew Plymouth.. )amaru Charaes Cimaru iVanganui Wellington vVestport 7,349 1,257 12,985 10,086 501 1,445 716 2,229 2,603 2,189 1,175 1,053 1,880 1,820 2,472 9,502 781 1,013 178 1,754 1,607 79 240 109 375 455 249 187 204 237 327 341 1,624 131 624 108 1,155 967 41 149 90 207 211 177 118 125 159 188 186 807 69 446 66 783 660 23 104 39 118 164 116 64 104 100 110 104 583 47 141 11 225 167 6 32 23 39 37 27 26 25 28 28 33 154 19 31 3 63 41 2 7 1 13 6 13 6 5 9 3 11 44 5 15 1 28 21 2 7 0 4 5 4 6 5 2 3 2 32 3 21 23 14 1 4 1 3 1 0 6 9,673 1,624 17,016 13,563 655 1,988 979 2,988 3,482 2,775 1,588 1,521 2,416 2,483 3,157 12,760 1,056 1 4 8 14 1 Total 60,043 9,140 5,381 3,631 1,021 266 140 102 79,724 Totals for 1886 57,368 8,243 4,852 3,112 883 219 117 77 74,871

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£102,810 3s. 3d., and during May last the unprecedently large sum of £150,796 13s. 3d. was deposited. The interest credited depositors during the year was £67,363 15s. 3d., against £65,825 9s. 6d. in 1886. The total amount of interest credited depositors since the Post Office Savings Banks were established in February, 1867, to the 31st December last, has been £684,505 17s. Id. The average cost of each savings-bank transaction, deposit or withdrawal, for the year was 4Jd., and for the whole period of the existence of the Post Office Savings Banks, 6d. The number of new accounts opened during 1887 by means of stamps affixed to cards, the total number of such accounts open, and the amount at credit on the 31st December last, are given in the following table : —■ No. of now Accounts No. of Accounts Amount at Credit of Postal District. opened open on Accounts open on during 1887. 31st December, 1887. 31st December, 1887. £ s. d. Auckland ... ... 10 ... 106 ... 61 0 2 Blenheim ... ... 33 ... 105 ... 36 8 0 Christchurch ... ... 12 ... 609 ... 776 19 6 Dunedin ... ... 23 ... 373 ... 103 1 8 Gisborne ... ... 13 ... 7 10 2 Greymouth ... ... 12 ... 712 8 Hokitika ... ... 4 ... 0 14 0 Invercargill ... ... 2 ... 27 ... 11 4 3 Napier ... ... 85 ... 30 3 8 Nelson ... ... 22 ... 390 ... 644 1 7 New Plymouth... ... 1 ... 90 ... 19 15 0 Oamaru ... ... 5 ... 94 ... 94 13 11 Thames ... ... 15 ... 183 ... 11l 14 3 Timaru ... ... 8 ... 136 ... 120 8 9 • Wanganui ... ... 6 ... 73 ... 56 11 10 Wellington ... ... 123 ... 496 ... 93 9 9 Westport ... ... 1 ... 32 ... 23 9 8 Totals, 1887 ... 261 ... 2,828 ... £2,198 18 10 Totals, 1886 ... 936 ... 3,172 ... £2,000 7 2 It will be observed that there was a decided falling-off last year in this class of deposits, but the fact that even 261 new accounts were opened must afford some satisfaction to those who take a special interest in the saving of pence by children. TELEGRAPHS. There were 1,835,394 telegrams of all codes transmitted, a decrease of 872 telegrams on the number transmitted in 1886. 1,414,539 ordinary and delayed telegrams were forwarded, of the value of £77,975 9s. lOd. The number dealt with in 1886 was 1,415,794, for £80,748 6s. 6d. 175,202 Press telegrams were sent, for which £8,030 Is. lOd. was received, an increase over last year of 7,279 messages, and of £393 6s. 9d. in amount. The comparative number and value of telegrams of all codes transmitted during the calendar years 1887 and 1886 are given below :— Ordinary and Delayed Telegrams. Press Telegrams. Government Telegrams. Number. £ s. d. Number. £ s. d. Number. £ s. d. 1887 ... 1,414,569 77,975 910 175,202 8,030 110 245,623 30,205 11 10 1886 ... 1,415,794 80,748 6 6 167,923 7,636 15 1 252,549 27,281 4 9 The telegraph cash receipts for the financial year ended the 31st March last, including telephoneexchange subscriptions, private-wire rents, &c, were £103,653 19s. 7d., against £107,313 6s. Id. the previous year. The expenditure for the same period (exclusive of £22,984 6s. Id. charged against loan on account of construction) was £98,270 12s. Id., against £100,542 ss. sd. in 1886-87. The value of the services performed by telegraph (including the cost of Government messages, £30,205 11s. 10d., and a sum of £844 195., fees collected on money-order telegrams, but not paid over) was £134,704 10s. sd. This gives a credit balance of £36,433 18s. 4d., or 5-97 per cent, on the capital cost, on the year's transactions. 32,226 urgent telegrams, of the value of £4,028 55., were forwarded, a decrease of 6,609 in number, and of £638 9s. in value. There were 479,670 delayed telegrams transmitted, against 415,977 dealt with the previous year, and 265,422 in 1885. The very marked increase in the number of delayed telegrams transmitted during the last two years is in a great measure due to the regulations issued in January, 1886, authorising telegrams of this class to be forwarded whenever the wires were not otherwise engaged. The concession has been largely taken advantage of both in town and country. Country office wires are seldom worked at their full capacity. A delayed telegram thus secures almost the same promptness in transmission over these wires as the shilling or ordinary message; and the public have not been slow to recognise the advantages of the system under such conditions. The depressed times have also caused a more extended use of the delayed code for general purposes than otherwise would have been the case.

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That the delayed telegrams are now decidedly taking the place of the ordinary messages is to be gathered from the fact that in 1884 the proportion of delayed to ordinary telegrams was about onefifth, while last year it increased to over one-half. The actual result of this increased use of the delayed system has been to add largely to the work of the department, at the expense of its revenue; and it will become a question for consideration whether or not some amendment should be made in the existing regulations. Government telegrams were 6,926 less in number, but £2,924 7s. Id. greater in value. The number of telegrams to each hundred letters posted for delivery in the colony was ICM9, compared with 1009 in 1886. There were 16,899 money-order telegrams issued, for £61,389 15s. Id. The commission amounted to £1,023 35., and the fees to £844 19s. Compared with the previous year, there was an increase of 331 orders. The number and value of money-order telegrams forwarded from offices within the several postal districts will be found on Table 25. A telegraph office (Morse) has been opened at the Milburn Eailway-station. At the following places the telegraph offices have been closed: Dunedin Eailway, Milburn Railway, and Waitakerei. The designation of the office at Greytown (Dunedin) was changed to Greytown South, and Arrow to Arrowtown. Telephone offices were opened at Berwick, Blackstone Hill, Broad Bay, Cambrians, Campbelltown North, Hamilton's, Hyde, Kai Iwi, Kumeroa, Kyeburn, Matakohe, Mauku, Midhirst, Nightcaps, Otakaia, Pahautanui (re-opened), Patumahoe, Pihama, Porirua, Prebbleton, Queensberry, Eichardson, Shortland, Springston, Springston Station, Tahoraite, Te Alraahu, Tologa Bay, Waeraugahika, Wairio, and Woodville Eailway. Bureau offices were established at Kai Iwi and Broad Bay. At the close of the year there were 200 offices connected by telephone. The number of offices, both telegraph and telephone, open at the end of the year was 437, an increase over the number in 1886 of 31 offices. There are 33 bureau offices now open in connection with telephone exchanges. The offices at Manutahi and Takapau are worked by telephone instead of by Morse instrument; while at Danevirke the Morse instrument has replaced the telephone. A very largo number of telegraph offices have been closed between 7 and 8 p.m. since the Ist of April last. The number of miles of line maintained was 4,646, an increase of 100 miles. The average cost for maintenance per mile was £4 13s. 9d., as against £4 15s. lid. the previous year. The expenditure out of loan for telegraph extension was £22,984 6s. Id. Telephone Exchanges. The increase in the number of subscribers to the several exchanges for the financial year ended 31st March last is given below : — Mar. 31, 1887. Mar. 31, 1888. Auckland ... ... ... ... 425 ... 439 Napier ... ... ... ... 94 ... 104 Wanganui ... ... ... ... 113 ... 81 Wellington ... ... ... ... 366 ... 402 Nelson ... ... ... ... 71 ... 64 Blenheim ... ... ... ... 45 Christchurch ... ... ... ... 299 ... 332 Timaru ... ... ... ... 62 ... 60 Oamaru ... ... ... ... 47 ... 47 Dunedin ... ... ... ... 500 ... 515 Port Chalmers ... ... ... ... ... ... 14 Invercargill ... ... ... ... 65 ... 57 Bluff ... ... ... 6 2,042 2,166 An increase of 124 subscribers for the year. The capital expended on the telephone exchanges up to the 31st March last amounted to £57,595. The following return gives the capital cost, working expenses, and revenue of the Telephone Exchanges since established : —

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Return showing the Capital Cost, Working Expenses, and Revenue of the Telephone Exchanges, Year by Year from the Date of their Establishment.

Note.—Excluding the estimated cost of superintendence, inspection, &c, and the value of the instruments and material in stock, the total capital cost was £49,407 Ss.

Annual Gross Bevenue. Capital Cost for Wire, Instruments, Poles, Labour, Freight, Superintendence, &c. Wire Laid. 13™ >° ■3 * I ao2n <! Exchange. Date ol Establishment. No. of Connections. Avorage for each Connection. Total for all Connections. ■vt 4} Average Miies C05t P" Jymes- Mile. Gross Working Expenses, including 10 per cent, for wear and tear. Total nett Kevenue, i.e., Salance of Revenue over Working Expenses. Amount of Subscriptions received during the Year. Average Amount of each Subscription. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. d. Auckland .. .. .. 24th October, 1881 .. 439 3,666 9 8 8 7 0 25 5 7J 11,098 15 6 336 33 0 8 2,152 15 9 1,513 13 11 13-64 Napier.. .. .. .. 24th September, 1885.. 104 791 1 6 7 12 1 22 6 10J 2,323 17 0 46 52 13 8 466 5 8 324 15 10 13-94 Wellington .. .. .. 1st March, 1883 402 2,609 5 2 6 9 9 32 9 7 13,057 0 7 249 52 9 6 2,331 12 0 277 13 2 2-12 Blenheim .. .. .. 1st April, 1887 45 365 11 6 8 2 5 30 7 4f 1,366 13 4 26 52 11 3 353 11 4 12 0 2 0-87 Nelson .. .. .. 1st November, 1884 .. G4 542 8 8 8 9 6 19 12 0 1,254 8 4 31 40 9 3 358 8 9 183 19 11 14-59 Christchurch .. .. .. 1st October, 1881 D32 2,714 5 1 8/3 6 21 17 8J 7,266 0 4 232 31 6 4 1,683 13 11 1,030 11 2 14-17 Timaru .. .. .. 16th October, 1885 .. 60 475 5 10 7 18 5 15 15 95 947 8 10 19 49 17 4 332 13 10 142 12 0 14-88 Oamaru .. .. .. 25th November, 1884.. 47 364 0 5 7 14 10 20 19 5J 985 13 9 32 30 16 1 281 11 3 82 9 2 8-23 Duneain .. .. .. 26th April, 1882 515 4,175 4 9 8 2 2 22 16 10J 11,764 9 1 276 42 12 6 2,282 19 0 1,892 5 9 10-8 Invercargill .. .. .. 7th November, 1883 .. DO 457 13 11 7 5 4 16 9 0J1 1,036 9 10 18 57 & 8 339 0 10 118 13 1 11-38 Wanganui .. .. .. 16th March, 18S6 81 720 2 0 8 17 10 27 0 0 2,187 1 9 45 48 12 0 455 10 8 264 11 4 12-7 Total for year ending 31st March, 1888 2,152 16,881 8 6 7 16 10 24 15 2 53,287 18 4 1,310 40 13 6 11,038 3 0 5,843 5 6 10-96 Total for year ending 31st March, 1887 2,042 15,477 16 2 7 11 7 21 16 G 44,566 16 5 1,107 40 5 2 9,807 3 7 5,670 12 7 12-67 Total for year ending 31st March, 1886 1,710 12,294 1 2 7 3 8 21 16 8 37,319 12 1 811 46 0 4 8,985 0 5 3,309 0 9 8-86 Total for year ending 31st March, 1885 1,075 10,008 3 6 9 6 2 23,461 17 6 6,181 0 0 3,827 3 6 16-31 Total for year ending 31st March, 1884 715 7,746 16 7 10 16 8 15,604 17 6 3,375 0 0 4,371 16 7 28-01 Total for year ending 31st March, 1883 379 5,014 9 2 13 1 5 8,271 13 6 2,317 0 0 2,697 9 2 32-62 Total for year ending 31st March, 1882 .. 116 613 5 2 5 5 8 2,531 14 0 963 0 0

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The number of private wires increased from 77 to 82 ; the receipts, however, decreased from £1,124 10s. Bd. to £1,122 19s. 6d. The work undertaken and proposed to be carried out in the several districts is dealt with in the following abridged statements : — Auckland District. The extensions in this district have been the Patumahoe line, Shortland wire, Mauku line, Clevedon line, and Matekohe wire; in all, twenty-two miles of wire. Nearly three hundred miles of wire in this district has been overhauled and repaired, and two cables have been laid across the Piako Eiver. The lines are now in thoroughly good working order. Napier District. Construction. —Ffteen miles, Tahorite to Woodville, has been completed; and also the Kumeroa branch line, eight miles, has been finished. Ten miles of line from Pakipaki North has been entirely renewed with heavier poles and arms. Overhauling and liepairs. —Between Takapau and Tahoraite the line has been overhauled and angles strengthened. The following sections have been cleared and repaired where necessary : Thames to Katikati, Gisborne to Napier, Woodville to Waipukurau, and Napier to Taupo. The Napier-Hastings section has been strengthened at angles, and poles butted; and the TaurangaMaketu section has also been similarly treated. The following offices have been refitted : Napier, Herbertville, Woodville, Tarawera, Taupo, Gisborne, Takapau and Waipukurau. It will be nenessary to renew the first eight miles of line north of Napier with 9 by 9 poles to meet coming requirements. The remainder of the section will only require few pole renewals, but 300 will require butting; long arms will also be necessary. On the Napier-Gisborne line 120 poles will require butting ; with these exceptions the lines in this district are in good working order. Wellington District. There has been little constructing or repairing work required in this district during the past year. The Opunake to Hawera section has been carefully overhauled and strengthened, and also the line from Wellington to Castlepoint. A telephone line has been run from Masterton to Mauriceville and Mangamahoe. The line between Opunake and New Plymouth, via Pungarehau, has been converted into a telephone circuit. All other lines in this district are in good working order. The Cook Strait three-core cable broke between 5.30 and 7 p.m. on the 28th March last. The repairing steamer " Sherard Osborne " has been engaged in effecting repairs, which were completed on the evening of the 30th ultimo. Nelson District. Construction in this district has been very light, only an extension from Brunnerton to Eichardson, and a private line from Westport to Denniston, thirteen miles and a half long. The Manuka Mat line, about eight miles long, has been thoroughly overhauled and strengthened; but about ninety poles require butting between this point and Hope Junction. This work will be put in hand at once. The section Blenheim to Hope Junction via Tophouse has received a pole to pole examination. On the Eichmond to Motueka section some twenty poles will require butting. On the Kumara-Hokitika section some fifty poles will require to be renewed at an early date. The Westport-Charleston section requires entire reconstruction, which will be put in hand shortly. Otherwise the lines in this district are in good serviceable order. Canterbury District. Christchurch to Kaikoura section : Owing to the Kowai Eiver changing its course it was necessary to put in a pipe pole. This line has been considerably strengthened at Kaiapoi, and raised over street-and road-crossings, and also overhauled. It will be necessary to rebutt and overhaul the line from Christchurch to Kaikoura at an early date. The Christchurch to Waitaki section is in good order ; nothing has been necessary in the way of repairs this year. Eolleston to Darfield section has been thoroughly overhauled. Between Darfield and Bealey a heavy snowstorm and gale knocked down twenty-two miles of this line last October. This section will not require any unusual expenditure during the ensuing year. The section Christchurch Eailway to Amberley is now receiving a thorough overhaul. The Darfield to Whitecliffs section has received a slight overhaul, and is now in good order. The Whitecliffs end suffered greatly from the storm of October last. The Kaiapoi to Oxford and View Hill section is being overhauled at present. The View Hill portion is in good order. Christchurch to Southbridge section has received a thorough overhaul; many poles restumped, angles strengthened, and road-crossings raised. The Christchurch to Lyttelton section requires strengthening and uprighting ; this will be done soon. Christchurch to Akaroa: This line has been put in good repair ; many poles had to be stumped and road-crossings raised.

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The following lines have been erected during the year : Springston line, one mile and a quarter New Brighton line, three miles; Hororata line, five miles. The lines generally are in good working order. Otago District. The following new lines have been erected : Blackstone Hill to Cambrian, four miles of poles ; Henley Eailway-station to Berwick, four miles and a loop, equal in all to six miles. Otautau to Wairio and Nightcaps : Thirteen miles. Clinton to Waiwera South : Seven miles of wire. Broad Bay line loop : A mile and a half. The principal maintenance work has been as follows : 210 new poles (old railway rails) on Clinton-Waikaia line. The Green Island to Mosgiel section is now being reconstructed. The section Invercargill to Eiverton will require poles renewed shortly. Four miles of the Palmerston-Hainpden section will be reconstructed shortly. About a mile and a half of the Lawrence-Eoxburgh section requires reconstruction, which will be put in hand soon. Oamaru to Waitaki and Kakanui: At least five miles of this section will require longer poles; the wires at present are too low at many new crossings and gateways. The lines generally in this district are in good order.

The usual circuit plans showing in detail the number of instruments in each office, and the several lines that are duplexed, will be found attached to the report. Postal maps of the North and South Islands, showing offices and postal and railway routes, are also attached.

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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 1870.

Money Orders drawn on the Colony.

Table No. 2. Table showing the Money Orders issued in New Zealand on Offices beyond the Colony during the Years 1886 and 1887.

Table showing the Money Orders issued at Offices beyond the Colony on New Zealand during the Years 1886 and 1887.

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lONEY 'RDERS ISSUED IN THE 'OLONY. Where payable. Year. Commission received. In :he Colony. United Kingdom and Foreign Offices. Austral] ian Colonies, &c. No. No. No. Amount. Amount. No. Amount. Amount. 870 :8 7 I :872 873 :8 74 :875 1876 877 1878 :8 7 g :88o ■881 :88 2 883 :884 ■885 886 887 £ •■ *. 2,367 3 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 5,7*4 lS 4 6,288 13 o 7,285 1 6 7.943 15 4 7,582 8 5 8,267 9 8 9,022 10 6 9,525 3 8 9.553 o 7 8,541 7 10 8,532 10 5 16,821 20,514 28,156 34,288 40,968 48,611 55.748 64,OOO 70.531 83.479 97,275 99,523 108,916 132,232 144,227 146,406 "3.598 119,091 £ ■■ d. 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 r 6 233,804 15 10 250,861 6 o 297,290 13 8 320,260 19 11 321,635 3 3 360,196 4 9 402,558 12 11 430,446 18 10 439,870 3 9 412,276 3 o 426,194 13 9 9,624 10,407 io,6ig 11,913 14.379 16,949 17,331 18,369 21,169 24,46I 27,587 25,376 25,898 26,211 28,712 28,722 27,389 [26,057 £ s. d. 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 80,681 15 8 91,665 4 o 104,149 5 10 90,229 5 3 91,530 17 9 91,634 4 7 96,901 14 o 95,920 9 10 87,904 9 10 84,264 12 9 5,4*9 5,37° 5,885 6,150 7.365 7,467 7,176 8,303 9,3i7 10,059 10,786 10,657 13,348 14,"3 13."3 13.494 14.693 14.431 £ s. d. 25,637 12 7 24,653 5 9 26,347 17 7 28,068 5 5 33,659 19 2 33,597 2 3 31,202 o 3 31,498 o 1 36,711 15 2 39,717 2 4 40,994 15 4 40,317 19 2 47.641 7 5 46.939 17 11 45,317 12 4 45,604 15 2 47.574 9 11 45,285 6 11 31,864 36,291 44, 660 52,351 62,712 73,027 80,255 90,672 101,017 117,999 135,648 135,556 148,162 172,556 186,052 188,622 155,680 159,579 £ s- d140,454 7 « 157,397 13 7 191,009 2 o 219,258 1 7 263,164 7 9 293,481 10 9 310,268 5 11 334,973 7 9 368,254 16 10 428,673 o o 465,405 1 1 452,182 7 8 499,368 9 11 54 I,I32 15 5 572,666 5 2 581,395 8 9 547.755 2 9 555,744 13 5

Where issued. Total. Year. In the Colony. United Kingdom & Foreign Offices Australian Colonies, &c. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. :87O 871 :872' :8 7 3 874 :«75 :876 :8 77 ■878 1879 :88o :88i :882 :883 :884 885 886 887 16,798 20,514 '27,983 34,288 40,968 48,611 55,748 64, 000 70.531 83.479 97.275 99,523 108,916 132,232 144,227 146,406 112,598 119,091 £ * d73,245 8 3 88,592 o 3 119,676 1 2 142,642 4 10 171,683 6 I 193,551 13 9 212,089 1 6 233,804 15 10 250,861 6 o 297,290 13 8 320,260 19 11 321,635 3 3 360,196 4 9 402,558 12 11 430,446 18 10 439,870 3 9 412,276 3 o 426,194 13 9_ 1,156 1,396 1.504 1,482 1.603 1,969 2,243 2,258 2,260 2,544 3,466 3>466 3,421 3,725 4,535 5,204 5,824 6,334 £ s. d. 5,523 4 4 6,217 11 5 7,078 8 6 6,625 14 5 7,284 10 7 9,262 9 7 10,202 13 6 9,744 8 8 9,833 18 6 10,673 3 11 14,811 14 8 14,078 17 3 13,416 1 9 15,553 3 11 17,679 o 6 20,091 17 4 22,650 1 10 23,423 16 2 1,267 1,318 1,459 1,668 1,800 1.995 2,385 2,568 2,528 2,942 3,913 4,649 5,076 5.697 6,755 7.725 9,545 8,963 £ s- d. 6,055 6 11 5,9i4 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 15,829 0 3 18,863 4 2 21,090 4 10 23,299 12 11 27,429 18 6 30,724 6 4 36,513 3 11 33,254 2 3 19,221 23,228 30,946 37.438 44.371 52,575 60,376 68,826 75,319 88,965 104,654 107,638 "7.413 141,654 155,517 159.335 129,242 133.910 £ s. d. 84,823 19 6 100,724 10 3 133.558 4 " 156,957 5 11 187,284 14 1 212,155 3 3 233,130 11 8 254,605 7 1 271,393 18 9 320,259 2 11 350,901 14 10 354,577 4 8 394,702 11 4 44i,4n 9 9 475,555 17 10 490,686 7 5 471,185 7 o 482,437 17 4

1886. 1887. Where payable. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Jnited Kingdom .. roreign Offices through London Jnited States of America .. Canada .. Victoria iouth Australia .. Tew South Wales Queensland Tasmania Vestern Australia 26,716 673 1,925 94 6,076 424 5,336 301 508 29 £ s. d. 84,667 14 4 3,236 15 6 4,843 4 3 384 1 2 21,002 18 10 1,386 18 1 16,427 17 7 1,224 3 7 2, 180 6 4 125 o 1 25,163 894 1,982 133 6,175 443 4,864 289 5i6 29 £ s. d. 79,418 11 8 4,846 1 1 5,052 13 8 525 10 2 20,162 19 8 1,382 9 11 14,927 2 9 1,026 18 9 2,084 5 8 123 6 4 Totals 42,082 135,47 8 J9 9 40,488 129,549 19 8

1S86. 188J. Where issued. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Jnited Kingdom and Foreign Offices Jnited States of America .. ;anada .. Victoria iouth Australia few South Wales Queensland 'asmania Vestern Australia 5,824 272 75 3,729 217 3,735 669 778 70 £ s- 4 22,650 1 10 1.297 5 4 433 5 7 13,047 13 11 1,244 2 5 14,361 o 1 2,964 3 3 2,765 16 8 399 16 8 6,334 463 78 3. 675 313 3,018 716 5S9 in £ s. d. 23,423 16 2 2,077 1 2 408 2 5 12,768 3 o 1,143 4 10 11,274 T9 x 2,858 5 2 2,236 5 11 488 o 8 Totals 15,369 59,163 5 9 15,29' 56,6' 18

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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 1887.

Money Orders. Saving; Banks. Office. Issued. Paid. tft M 0 8 H a, < ° Deposits. go Withdrawals. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount, No. Amount. lUCKLAND Alexandra Aratapu Bombay Cambridge Clevedon Coromandel Dargaville Devonport Drury Hamilton Helensville Huntly Kaeo Kaitaia Kamo Kawakawa Kihikihi Kohukohu Lichfield Mangapai Mangawai . ,. Mangawhare .. Matakana Matamata Mauku Maungakaramea Maungaturoto.. Mercer Mongonui Morrinsville Mount Eden .. Newmarket Newton Ngaruawahia .. Ohaeawai Ohaupo Omapere Onehunga Otahuhu Pahi .. Papakura Paparoa Parnell Pokeno Ponsonby Port Albert Port Fitzroy .. Pukekohe Raglan Rangiriri Rawene Russell Taupiri Te Awamutu .. Te Koporu Tuakau Upper Symonds Street Wade Waharoa Waipu Waiuku Waiwera Wangarei Wangaroa Warkworth Whangapoua .. Whitiang'a Ilenheim Havelock Kaikoura Kekeranga Picton Renwicktown .. Spring Creek .. 'heistchurci-i .. Akaroa Alford Forest .. Amberley 10,915 262 485 112 631 67 720 478 289 117 690 57 1 433 212 366 518 725 158 154 107 276 .213 160 52 30 21 £ s.d. 788 3 o 10 18 6 22 19 o 3 11 6 27 4 2 240 31 8 4 26 I 4 14 o 2 3 9 4 28 7 2 20 10 C 18 12 2 8 8 10 10 11 o 22 14 8 33 16 o 882 17 15 2 3 18 6 10 4 6 798 6 10 10 1 15 6 140 o 12 o o 11 6 4 11 2 8 10 2 / s. d. 42,838 15 5 1,019 o 3 1,907 o 4 285 5 7 1,854 12 3 178 4 9 2,873 9 o 2,009 6 3 808 1 4 368 9 4 2,076 14 6 1,803 I 5 1,578 8 7 853 8 10 1,062 17 3 1,607 3 10 2,393 11 7 598 3 5 914 5 3 420 7 8 1,326 18 10 491 13 8 556 18 5 204 17 7 108 o 8 80 2 1 73 o 9 429 13 9 711 7 1 i,395 7 " 396 19 4 70 3 o 614 10 8 1,520 16 7 937 !0 2 687 19 11 508 15 7 23 10 o 1,477 J6 6 626 1 1 270 1 n 485 10 6 363 10 II 4°5 6 5 287 8 8 433 12 3 541 16 1 127 14 3 772 9 o 494 14 ° 453 ° 9 897 12 11 681 13 11 197 9 10 1,084 15 6 1,913 8 2 481 16 6 202 13 9 20,386 275 88 40 514 27 I3 1 97 190 101 543 152 118 3° 37 151 167 153 70 32 33 7 1 3° 18 2 £ s. d. 72,442 6 1 909 9 3 420 13 4 149 5 4 1,780 18 9 80 2 6 433 o 5 295 13 10 77° 3 5 440 4 1 1,698 12 11 553 18 o 440 14 10 84 3 9 134 10 8 669 16 6 646 1 10 558 12 8 364 4 8 158 o 4 174 13 o 376 7 10 153 " 9 50 7 o 3 9° 18 2 2 31 1 o 168 1 8 248 8 8 380 5 o 188 5 4 154 7 8 643 13 2 3,415 12 o 612 13 0 294 4 2 406 8 3 1,131 21 26 4 59 7 55 61 17 10 62 56 27 8 6 39 64 37 7 14 7 19 20 7 5 n 6,904 95 181 31 382 30 280 275 141 4 1 396 326 141 35 32 324 412 162 26 £ s. d 103,241 3 8 580 9 o 1,341 2 o 180 11 o 3,058 3 i° 134 J5 1 2,000 3 11 2,475 5 o 963 15 8 357 9 ° 2,914 19 5 1,676 15 11 1,109 19 8 128 1 o 206 3 o 1,732 10 o 2,878 8 4 1,874 IJ ° 103 9 o 278 o 8 452 16 o 710 5 o 1,041 15 o 128 5 o 137 4 9 42 14 o 1,426 8 10 3 32 3 16 7 9 11 44 24 7 o 8,826 44 4 8 27 159 12 84 23 44 35 132 96 45 9 17 no 95 78 22 £ s. d. 116,285 I4 1 433 5 3 838 2 2 260 17 3 2,187 9 4 46 on 1,152 19 o 295 17 5 275 9 6 374 4 5 1,187 I6 6 655 13 9 386 16 2 51 5 ° 261 9 9 1,613 10 7 2,016 16 8 712 1 5 320 3 4 14 7 8 184 10 o 377 16 o 465 16 3 3i 9 o 257 15 4 800 4 27 3° 8 6 1 40 37 83 108 29 18 22 6 6 2 4 17 33 36 / 3 2 19 103 247 401 "5 21 218 572 368 195 149 4 406 200 14 13 4 522 1 II 6 12 7 6 29 8 4 13 5 10 13 19 8 4 19 o 064 24 10 2 10 4 10 3 10 8 7 4 2 4 10 2 7 17 8 320 7 18 4 7 1 10 1 3 o 844 5 4 4 5 11 2 13 7 8 8 18 8 1 18 6 11 19 4 25 7 8 4 16 o 442 4 5 42 64 151 54 52 188 1,010 190 57 86 5 11 14 7 1 32 70 93 61 2 414 14 o 480 14 5 665 12 1 380 9 o 20 o o 236 6 o 1,329 6 9 531 1 ° 269 7 8 292 5 o 4 3 9 2 1 9 35 15 4 I 19 3T 43 20 1 21 120 68 18 14 I 74 102 24 33 28 43 7 28 48 1 62 15 13 27 39 8 57 61 29 12 136 6 9 518 1 10 556 13 10 188 15 5 10 o o 117 1 3 577 8 8 796 2 o 133 18 6 143 12 5 200 o o 906 15 6 657 1 4 m 13 5 349 o 3 4°7 ° 5 282 o 5 38 16 2 212 14 9 339 7 9 400 564 5 5 276 14 o 123 18 10 305 4 3 682 12 7 49 4 4 566 1 10 841 12 5 52 5 5 45 1 8 4 51 23 S 10 log 3°7 148 25 70 92 203 122 161 90 167 190 37 244 153 170 231 230 57 203 498 149 77 796 238 37 117 47 287 53 443 82 24 156 51 38 133 150 14 205 54 61 70 2,780 9 8 764 18 8 185 4 6 490 3 9 166 12 5 920 9 6 250 16 7 1,618 19 5 246 2 5 187 7 4 624 3 6 180 o o 145 16 4 593 11 1 663 10 10 44 3 o 852 18 o 250 3 o 195 12 o 207 2 3 23 21 8 39 10 115 164 36 170 54 136 22 82 1,441 o 1 617 16 o 218 2 o 1,194 4 o 427 5 o 268 7 o 208 10 o 242 18 I 757 15 ° 14 o o 464 11 o 394 2 o 249 16 10 534 J9 9 1,589 19 4 258 5 o 1,768 4 5 784 15 o 71 10 o 155 14 6 21 16 2 10 2 8 13 3 14 28 1 20 4 8 19 11 5 4i 19 4 6 II 4 3 92 59 20 79 94 81 223 96J 17 70 1 6 7 24 1 5 5 15 1 14 12 11 4 72 5 425 338 186 2 19 o 036 15 15 8 19 10 10 652 44 2 6 870 916 130 18 16 6 96 16 6 22 3 4 25 7 4 302 22 8 2 3 3 10 4 4 0 635 o 10 22 18 2 076 12 3 10 211 18 3 7 10 6 1,687 14 3 1,425 7 10 450 15 8 3,533 17 i° 5i5 15 o 798 2 11 61 o 6 1,650 16 5 6,182 14 9 2,038 8 9 1,585 2 6 196 15 9 1,519 5 5 294 3 9 240 8 5 34,177 1 10 1,657 I2 10 43 2 8 836 10 2 44 160 112 11 8 5 14 « 1,008 4 8 1,035 1 6 237 10 2 1,670 10 6 226 8 5 1,039 18 4 16 o o 355 16 4 3,363 o 11 470 7 3 53i 14 ° 13 18 1 1,097 2 1 66 15 2 140 16 2 44,381 19 2 839 6 6 6 18 o 525 14 c 13 6 34 25 14 96 11 98 12 132 131 172 450 48 119 4 193 i>384 112 178 30 310 150 5 20,360 34i 335 1 o 40 19 o 2,612 o o 1,563 5 o 1,230 9 o 3,256 8 n 418 11 o 712 19 9 76 o o 1,979 11 6 15,641 18 7 970 7 11 1,240 7 3 550 10 2 2,547 13 o 180 5 9 27 4 4 212,199 16 9 2,183 14 6 2 9 136 3 4 1,072 69 261 15 442 1,875 494 45i 52 5 I5 80 84 9,643 500 13 294 234 49 419 55 254 2 72 920 148 130 3 302 23 29 13,089 227 2 J57 23 1 5° 224 16 39 8 37 25 2 14 10 6 27 5 12 9 208 9 22 in 56 34 131 22 37 4 44 1,251 49 49 7 in 7 2 16,436 118 1,914 g 8 521 6 n 627 2 10 1,986 13 n 247 19 n 308 16 o 51 o o 1,068 4 2 19,282 12 3 803 4 3 919 2 2 112 o o 2,267 9 Io 17 18 2 o 14 1 213,881 o 3 2,129 I7 I0 23 3 1 2,440 2,007 27 44 3 1 249 1,413 12 o 13 90 1,390 11 5

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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 1887 — continued.

Money Orders. Saving; Banks. Office. Issued. Paid. < o* No. I Deposits. >eposits. Amount. §1 Withdrawals. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. :hristchurch —■ continued. Ashburton Bealey Chertsey Cheviot Coalgate Culverden Darfield Dunsandel Duvauchelles .. Ellesmere Hanmer Plain .. Kaiapoi Kirwee Leeston Lincoln Little River Lyttelton Methven Oxford Papanui Rakaia Rangiora Rolleston Sheffield Southbridge Springfield Sydenham Tinwald Waiau Waikari Whitecliffs Woolston >UNEDIN Albany Street .. Alexandra South Balclutha Caversham Clinton Clyde Cromwell Green Island .. Greytown Hamilton's Hyde Kaitangata Kelso Lawrence Macrae's Flat .. Milton Mosgiel Naseby Ophir Outram Owake Palmerston Pembroke Port Chalmers Roxburgh St. Bathan's .. Seaclifl South Dunedin Stirling Tapanui "Waihola Waikaia Waikouaiti Waitahuna Waitati i-ISBORNE Ormond Ireymouth Ahaura Barrytown Brunnerton Nelson Creek .. Reefton Richardson [okitika Goldsborough ,. Kumara £ B. d. £ ■■ d. £ *». d. £ ■■ d. £ ■■ d. i,4!3 33 61 44 122 158 84 62 74 7 10 1 17 10 1 19 2 2 5 4 690 7 16 o 3 4 0 2 17 8 7 1 o 140 0 16 6 25 1 10 5 12 2 9 7 4 2 3 10 8 19 8 88 4 10 11 14 8 14 18 o 1 18 6 15 11 o 30 9 8 1 5 8 7 12 8 10 4 8 7 5 6 19 3 2 206 11 10 6 10 8 8 3 10 4 1 15 6 556 2 10 65 17 IO 24 12 10 24 16 2 4 19 4 19 13 4 19 l6 2 25 8 4 12 8 6 1 10 6 746 2 10 6 18 18 8 4 16 2 30 19 o 1 15 o 22 17 10 14 4 6 33 J5 6 9 12 8 10 o 10 5 5 0 25 15 8 10 17 10 52 7 6 20 4 2 12 II 10 5 7 6 12 16 4 446 23 16 10 4 13 6 18 12 8 11 7 8 7 15 4 3 2 6 128 19 o 2 12 2 5,045 15 6 137 14 1 163 18 3 169 12 2 440 14 II 545 8 9 284 1 7 176 1 o 440 10 1 69 o 10 43 17 6 1,492 7 11 630 13 11 642 4 o 139 7 9 770 o 9 .,207 1 2 836 11 10 1.317 17 6 123 2 7 1,263 J4 1 1,879 6 5 80 6 11 870 17 4 764 6 4 732 8 9 980 2 6 187 19 1 775 4 3 811 11 2 335 19 o 120 15 3 30,742 4 7 3>i37 18 9 2,019 1 10 1,894 5 3 255 14 4 1,462 9 3 1,321 4 2 1,815 15 6 755 10 1 155 3 6 821 14 3 295 19 6 1,746 3 3 473 16 7 2,287 15 3 147 3 5 I,846 3 9 976 8 o 2,214 17 8 821 14 2 758 13 10 557 17 11 2,068 2 4 839 5 5 2,828 5 4 1,675 4 11 821 3 7 383 18 3 681 12 o 384 16 6 i,755 3 7 361 17 6 1,662 19 3 967 5 3 627 on 240 17 6 7,79O o 5 139 11 o 12,046 10 2 2,637 17 2 10 15 6 5,077 12 4 i,594 14 9 6,203 3 2 .,208 14 3 4,397 17 4 177 1 11 2.318 15 7 847 9 18 2,968 15 3 44 11 8 61 11 9 27 19 o 290 9 7 76 8 4 104 18 6 59 11 6 136 7 5 4 II 6 4 10 o 1,075 8 3 139 18 5 425 17 o 98 9 1 171 17 11 2,834 18 11 164 12 11 635 10 o 328 13 9 255 13 2 1,684 12 7 13 5 6 462 1 2 548 7 3 346 2 5 i,45i 9 4 24 8 5 192 9 3 353 2 4 255 12 6 146 12 6 63,482 10 3 2,718 5 5 244 1 1 1,332 3 11 1,194 2 10 296 1 1 420 14 2 711 12 6 362 7 n 55 7 2 152 7 9 12 2 2 939 14 7 53 14 2 2,051 3 2 35 4 4 1,233 1 2 930 19 4 1,027 13 8 154 13 6 338 6 5 238 14 4 1,231 3 6 128 9 7 3,501 2 o 359 o 5 201 2 2 206 18 1 1,093 14 5 144 9 6 517 14 7 261 1 4 228 7 2 502 6 1 210 11 2 488 9 10 2,792 7 o 104 4 o 8,496 o 7 501 10 8 44 2 o 782 17 3 139 19 2 2,694 I2 7 35 10 3 3,4!8 3 2 106 8 6 702 4 8 197 1 6 3 1,133 • i6 21 16 11,787 13 2 207 o o 125 15 o 336 5 ° 121 1 5 1 443 1 J4 3 7,229 19 6 o 18 4 183 12 9 55 19 6 141 29 7 498 158 193 45 236 1,476 220 381 40 368 .645 3° 214 237 191 352 49 210 227 101 46 8,194 1,097 564 520 92 497 415 656 189 35 216 79 495 151 77 1 58 557 321 754 253 243 171 613 222 778 428 288 109 244 121 635 112 497 347 161 82 2,202 62 3,237 604 6 1,319 291 1,43° 286 1,267 53 795 3 70 27 27 21 38 2 2 341 48 III 4 3 8 4 4 43 21 57 38 26 430 9 o 275 13 ° 352 O O 445 18 o 233 12 10 3,259 17 ° 414 13 o 978 2 I 106 9 o 816 15 5 11,381 1 o 636 19 8 2,105 C o 444 15 o 2,545 1 11 6,055 o 9 205 19 o 689 4 o 960 19 7 650 4 10 4,647 5 4 275 1 o 2,037 8 6 698 4 8 420 9 o 701 19 3 163,388 o 4 16,874 6 8 985 17 2 1,987 11 o 1,151 18 7 1,525 5 9 539 13 ° 536 9 o 1,262 11 8 279 19 9 537 10 ° 2 3 3 5 16 7 10 13 1 159 0 o 350 15 7 189 2 5 103 3 1 34 o ° 33 48 786 49 179 61 72 528 7 122 "81 4 36 2 19 199 14 29 19 39 97 3 4 32 10 109 8 25 15 II 18 2,000 55° 74 146 27 105 1,453 38 211 57 6 1 240 18 52 5 24 519 35 100 2,559 7 I0 321 4 7 604 7 9 22 9 o 542 17 2 8,849 4 10 526 7 6 1,154 15 11 134 5 3 1,221 11 8 4,008 5 11 13 5 o 630 17 7 702 o 9 297 10 8 480 3 5 140 18 6 521 5 4 414 o 1 3i3 7 7 128 3 2 165,750 8 6 5,643 3 2 239 2 3 1,636 1 6 33 9 4 835 12 3 310 7 7 349 18 8 593 10 4 75 17 3 231 19 3 7 100 4 21 5 12 65 145 94 4 63 12 40 95 33 47 18,035 7°3 76 408 360 109 J53 184 in 16 28 105 3°5 574 24 52 158 81 1,097 94 184 46 62 6 13 10 26 29 66 280 3 3O .61 35 114 16 414 18 52 47 28 11 23 4i 11 133 15,193 3,937 107 279 366 197 49 85 289 32 3° 4 6 8 6 6 2,188 222 6 31 5 17 6 17 19 4 5 43 48 24 .29 12,884 807 19 140 13 52 26 37 54 9 15 3 3 238 17 597 10 44 15 69 242 34 336 i,394 7 7 203 5 o 3,600 14 o 35 1 58 94 5 154 1,223 4 -8 21 16 9 3,061 19 6 340 247 385 60 in 47 361 32 954 112 36 44 346 43 141 56 73 201 7i 100 738 26 1,929 102 6 170 29 1,001 7 i,O35 26 224 77 42 20 6 14 8 21 469 279 135 27 127 18 377 2,931 18 7 1,611 4 10 815 4 7 116 10 o 675 16 o 3H 15 o 1,207 12 4 48 34 13 3 5 1 16 186 72 45 4 21 15 43 2,473 11 4 937 10 4 829 10 7 50 5 7 183 15 6 154 o o 427 16 5 '188 1,647 124 30 66 675 61 203 45 117 93 49 47 1,593 5 2,123 I3 1 10,944 5 9 1,512 1 o 136 o o 445 11 o 2,696 2 4 367 19 o 790 14 o 297 11 o 582 6 11 597 8 7 646 13 10 271 16 o 13,679 6 9 229 4 o 29,279 19 3 1,47° 5 3 '118 20 1 442 5i 4 9 165 23 63 19 20 3 1 .15 . 24 1,142 5 i,537 .49 6,016 13 7 1,093 12 5 109 o o 164 o o 1,076 13 9 150 3 8 814 o 3 199 10 6 244 5 9 383 5 8 260 1 3 211 10 8' 11,229 15 5 76 17 3 24,349 15 5 1,143 4 6 21 7 11 81 14 33 4 21 8 52 7 23 3 5 8 5 9 218 2 297 6 10 12 292 3 458 17 200 13 4 26 5 o 046 91 2 8 14 14 8 91 11 4 17 5 6 70 15 4 2 10 o 40 9 10 154 11 76 51 84 4 654 81 299 125 572 37 508 7,527 o 9 283 17 2 3,287 7 o 1,263 10 11 5,639 16 1 86 8 o 5,006 II 11 43 3 36 8 132 109 16 no 24 473 1 2,387 o 10 126 9 6 2,353 14 9 156 7 10 9,232 5 5 22 o o 4,687 15 5 "'69 200

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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 1887 — continued.

Money Orders. Savings Bank; Office. Commission. Issued. Amount. No. Paid. Amount. <° No. Deposits. Amount. 2 . go < ° No. Withdrawals. Amount. No. Hokitika— contd. Rimu .. Ross Stafford Invercargill Arrow Bluff Dipton Edendale .. Fortrose .. Gore .. Half-Moon Bay Kingston Lumsden Mataura Orepuki Otautau Pukerau Queenstown Riversdale Riverton Thornbury ., Waikaka Waipahi " •.. Wairio Winton Woodlands Wyndham Napier .. Danevirke Hastings Herbertville .. Kaikora North Makatoka .. Mohaka Norsewood .. Ongaonga Ormondville .. Porangahau Port Ahuriri .. Takapau Taupo Tikokino Waipawa Waipukurau .. Wairoa Nelson.. Belgrove Brightwater .. Collingwood .. Motueka Port .. Richmond Takaka Wakefield New Plymouth .. Inglewood .. Opunake Pungarehu .. Stratford Waitara .. Oamaru Duntroon Hampden Herbert Kakanui Kurow Maheno Ngapare Thames Karangahake .. Katikati Maketu .. Opotiki Paeroa Rotorua Tapu Tauranga Te Aroha Te Puke Waiorongomai Whakatane 69 353 206 2,832 557 406 178 168 285 1,005 59 121 397 388 354 157 114 652 372 475 97 64 ■ 198 9i 223 184 484 4,369 573 1,005 158 163 87 97 37° 85 333 190 498 367 347 38 714 387 407 2,305 49 121 616 £ s- a3 o 10 14 5 8 8 18 8 148 1 2 24 10 6 18 5 2 6 13 4 5 19 2 14 2 8 40 18 2 I 17 6 4 II 2 15 II 2 13 2 4 13 6 2 614 3 11 8 34 12 6 12 17 o 20 o 10 416 1 19 o 7 10 4 442 9 12 8 6 18 2 19 7 10 275 2 6 23 14 6 65 18 10 8 2 10 850 3 17 6 628 12 4 6 3 11 6 13 14 4 14 17 8 32 o o 14 9 o 25 5 4 160 40 16 8 19 7 o 26 14 6 124 18 o 242 5 13 8 24 2 2 18 2 8 £ •■ d. 195 11 9 1,102 2 3 738 10 8 9,436 4 2 i,759 7 7 1,443 9 6 600 13 11 533 1 9 908 14 6 3,893 16 9 189 13 6 470 17 9 1,326 14 9 1,219 11 6 1,468 14 6 5°9 3 8 358 19 3 2,645 9 3 1,117 ! IX 1,533 15 4 3°° 5 4 172 4 6 5i7 9 5 396 17 1 820 9 7 536 10 4 1,595 6 10 15,820 18 5 1,959 5 9 3,J33 16 o 596 10 7 611 15 10 329 18 7 445 10 5 I,37i " 5 309 14 9 1,284 l 2 843 o o 1,887 16 6 1,239 o 5 1,334 17 3 107 4 5 2,623 3 3 1,281 12 7 1,500 6 4 8,484 3 10 164 4 1 387 o 2 2,457 2 5 1,423 4 11 539 11 2 332 6 9 947 17 8 329 10 10 6,176 17 10 823 3 10 996 17 3 400 13 o 1.336 2 o 1,098 19 o 8,471 14 6 665 13 7 891 8 2 651 12 8 654 5 2 759 2 6 617 8 9 380 16 9 5,510 13 10 123 7 8 35i ° o 265 11 3 1.337 9 5 729 12 8 1,532 7 8 12 6 0 1,623 17 9 1,693 !6 6 207 11 7 536 8 5 388 12 2 18 273 57 4,099 90 360 56 3i 39 533 26 29 112 135 43 57 66 325 69 4*7 12 9 27 11 186 130 140 3,842 124 401 5° 85 21 21 27 17 78 53 145 55 140 8 543 189 186 4,287 34 114 88 £ ■■ d. 5° 3 G 1,042 15 11 200 2 7 14,554 2 o 264 9 11 1,595 " 1 213 12 11 118 18 2 222 16 7 1,789 7 3 115 12 6 156 15 10 451 o 3 483 -2 5 160 7 5 160 11 11 187 4 7 1,081 17 4 293 18 1 1,400 3 5 45 10 5 33 15 2 120 4 11 51 1 o 658 18 10 510 18 5 431 18 4 14,544 18 6 507 16 3 1,429 8 11 206 3 6 224 5 5 65 16 4 101 13 8 103 7 10 63 2 6 237 J4 9 185 7 3 473 11 6 181 4 2 647 15 10 26 o o 1,571 O 2 647 2 8 814 l6 2 17,368 15 9 117 7 7 400 6 7 390 4 8 703 9 o 286 3 11 378 19 6 360 6 11 203 12 8 7,O7i 17 5 617 6 11 809 8 8 257 18 2 1,038 12 1 731 16 10 5,560 4 6 183 4 6 538 7 1 241 8 1 106 11 II 293 12 5 135 4 i° 117 6 o 4,199 13 2 23 7 10 327 16 2 138 12 1 723 11 5 295 17 11 I,O37 3 1 19 16 8 1,890 7 9! 1,123 8 4 99 5 10 297 7 5 114 14 o 12 30 6 423 23 17 5 12 72 2 7 29 44 8 12 10 30 15 43 - 3 2 8 9 12 16 38 7°3 4° 129 18 10 5 2 57 273 33 2,606 117 "5 33 46 344 16 22 109 269 56 56 4 1 156 44 274 25 3 24 22 77 105 149 3,9io 178 628 61 62 21 £ s. d. 377 3 ° 1,813 3 1 350 2 o 27,657 10 11 820 3 3 999 3 3 304 10 11 428 0 11 2,225 5 1 76 12 o 202 7 1 1,155 15 8 1,569 17 5 636 16 o 418 14 o 238 12 O 1,886 4 o 241 6 11 1,630 9 11 93 6 o 500 214 17 6 212 10 o 802 4 4 567 17 o 1,291 19 8 43,316 10 6 1,474 15 10 6,259 9 6 363 2 7 373 6 11 102 o 3 "5 1 5 4 8 7 448 13 9 3 2 46 i 3 io 28 9 4 3 24 8 32 2 I 5 3 6 5 14 623 18 55 6 I 6 2 47 69 35 2,116 36 32 10 27 137 6 6 29 81 27 20 50 I? 105 9 1 11 6 38 14 39 3.259 62 267 23 20 £ s. d. 247 19 5 848 10 8 212 10 8 28,556 18 8 7°5 5 8 268 18 8 99 19 3 231 o 10 1,679 11 7 29 8 7 304 7 o 34° 5 5 7 J2 5 5 462 7 8 156 13 3 252 18 o 1,085 10 10 195 6 6 1,878 19 3 108 7 9 4 10 o 144 9 7 37 5 9 337 11 4 176 14 11 598 11 2 41,478 12 8 1,029 15 4 3,602 10 6 226 1 1 202 10 8 50 4 o 67 13 7 20 14 4 12 46 70 48 264 53 30 14 285 242 "5 2,241 46 62 220 o o 609 11 6 541 19 o 1,993 3 4 412 8 1 744 16 10 50 11 o 1,778 10 2 1,609 8 o 666 9 6 27,759 4 1 306 7 o 460 1 10 984 8 o 2,380 6 5 855 4 2 1,054 18 2 547 15 o 2,212 9 0 29,055 14 4 1,174 o 5 861 15 2 435 16 o 1,034 2 6 1,301 2 8 25,780 16 5 455 3 3 264 13 8 586 6 o 702 5 9 404 12 7 365 6 o 119 o o 17,929 O 2 9 40 180 11 o 325 4 3 984 15 o 600 19 o 1,301 10 1 3,388 12 O 1,043 9 9 112 15 8 469 10 o 76 10 o 5 7 24 36 13 64 2S 10 407 15 11 470 8 8 213 2 2 763 5 3 45i 19 3 651 15 5 47 12 9 1,081 o 2 1,429 6 g 556 19 6 27,712 4 7 190 19 4 149 5 11 519 8 7 i,532 9 o 626 8 1 520 17 4 276 19 8 649 16 7 26,837 15 11 1,352 7 11 544 10 4 132 15 2 73i 3 5 519 8 10 22,349 17 3 85 9 3 "5 11 5 190 13 7 64 19 o 190 16 2 34 18 2 41 10 9 18,677 9 o 20 3 4 59 o o 219 18 2 641 8 5 296 1 3 1,322 18 5 12 8 40 16 11 6 58 31 24 299 8 7 g 6 3 26 16 9 279 I 6 114 69 41 i>78i 14 14 33 130 70 37 25 49 1,898 108 11 18 392 166 97 256 100 1,793 213 301 103 352 3°3 2,684 183 273 231 180 206 160 108 I,74 I 4 1 122 81 502 280 378 6 488 480 70 156 104 9 13 ° 5 3 2 10 18 6 496 92 o 6 10 12 2 11 19 2 3 14 8 13 18 10 13 18 10 127 1 8 6 16 2 992 7 18 8 8 7 2 9 3 0 6 18 8 5 8 6 79 5 4 1 14 10 5 12 6 4 2 6 23 14 3 10 18 6 22 10 6 O5O 26 14 10 21 2 O 2 19 10 626 4 4 2 191 93 104 100 89 1,908 130 218 52 223 202 1.574 47 159 48 25 7i 37 30 1,189 9 69 48 193 94 228 11 57i 310 33 67 34 34 24 11 12 15 343 28 25 5 22 172 295 171 123 46 104 1,932 152 88 51 66 4 25 15 4 r 13 34 1 15 11 4 23 12 327 C 10 35 406 12 9 10 18 15 11 5 240 4 8 213 2,383 66 68 57 76 78 44 25 2,149 14 75 31 "3 in 127 45 10 78 65 1,625 14 20 22 11 2 c r 283 c 8 7 14 24 7 ' 9 i,794 c 25 9 29 18 C5 11 3 1 18 32 50 45 5 15 6 326 269 18 25 29 1 9 127 101 14 58 2,186 18 4 808 15 8 168 15 10 464 8 3 112 14

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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 1887- continued.

SUMMARY.

Money Orders. Savings Banks. Office. Issued. Paid. V c C Dc No. Deposits. cposits, Amount. ~ So Withdrawals. No. Commission. I L_ Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. 'iMARU Fairlie Creek .. Geraldine Makikihi Pleasant Point.. St. Andrew Temuka Waimate Vangantji Bull's Fordell Hawera Manaia Manutahi Marton Normanby Patea Turakina Waitotara Waverley Vellington Ashurst Campbelltown.. Carterton Castlepoint Chatham Islands Ekatahuna Featherston Feilding Foxton Greytown Halcombe Hutt Johnsonville Kaitoke Martinborough Masterton Mauriceville .. Newtown Otaki Pahiatua Palmerston North Petone Sanson Te Aro Te Nui Upper Hutt .. Woodville Vestport Boatman's Cape Foulwind Charleston Longford Lyell Waimangaroa .. 2,279 175 5°3 36 104 62 466 727 3. J45 362 75 776 422 35 1,070 175 484 226 89 326 I3>32C 83 . 76 545 114 47 394 33O 835 359 485 291 228 £ ■■ d. 143 12 6 8 15 2 20 17 4 1 5 10 4 13 6 266 22 8 4 32 3 8 162 15 2 18 2 10 2 15 2 36 8 o 18 7 o 1 15 8 45 19 4 8 4 10 23 15 10 9 12 8 5 11 8 14 5 6 756 4 6 3 5 0 292 23 13 4 6 10 10 2 13 O 16 17 o 14 8 10 43 9 4 15 10 8 22 5 10 11 6 6 13 6 4 208 3 9 2 7 12 6 78 5 6 6 19 6 1 16 6 15 7 o 10 11 6 74 9 6 12 17 4 942 75 11 6 11 6 4 682 69 10 8 116 12 4 28 12 6 426 II 4 4 17 10 0 26 5 o 27 9 6 £ s. d. 8,721 o 9 698 2 1 1,431 9 2 104 9 6 367 18 9 173 10 1 1,545 o 2 2,503 19 4 11,200 16 6 1,234 11 4 254 7 ° 2,647 3 9 i,557 2 4 138 16 o 3,317 16 5 585 10 1 i,53i 17 1 721 4 11 334 10 2 944 17 9 41,369 3 10 332 13 2 260 6 11 1,764 o 10 471 16 6 252 6 6 1,856 14 1 1,045 17 7 3,249 6 1 1,in 12 o 1,600 2 4 922 16 2 770 2 9 125 1 3 321 18 4 534 1 o 4,822 2 4 797 8 9 159 6 2 1,158 9 8 879 15 7 5,244 14 3 712 6 8 716 17 1 4,299 1 5 891 10 6 57i 19 4 5,844 16 5 7,116 2 10 1,861 18 11 422 15 8 640 16 0 1,577 19 4 2,678 19 5 1,783 12 2 1,872 66 189 4 59 31 226 34G 2,821 150 25 631 188 39 515 133 364 53 37 no 13,884 17 M 207 30 15 141 162 536 3°9 259 ng 211 £ s. d. 6,813 19 5 394 19 6 794 19 2 18 2 3 186 11 8 169 11 4 801 4 o 897 1 11 9,664 16 9 S9i 3 7 77 17 9 2,340 18 10 815 19 o 193 11 8 1,643 12 7 599 19 10 1,293 12 o 204 4 8 179 18 6 390 13 II 50,653 12 2 91 13 o 104 6 6 759 2 7 165 o 0 97 4 1 697 12 3 599 7 5 1,897 16 2 1,105 2 5 859 8 6 425 4 6 863 11 1 122 16 6 52 II 1 127 1 4 4.302 15 5 167 5 o 122 o 11 829 8 7 353 o 9 4,076 19 5 547 19 9 324 13 10 324 9 1 174 12 7 214 11 7 2,351 6 II 3.°47 13 5 in 11 6 429 13 50 19 10 78 92 502 41 9 79 22 4 88 21 51 o, 23 2,239 7 6 81 11 2,756 54 248 "67 45 323 509 3-"6 250 59 396 85 16 490 66 270 97 3° 96 16,303 21 28 479 34 £ 3- d. 25,058 15 7 411 4 2 1,967 16 5 468 14 o 354 14 7 2,238 19 3 4,808 1 4 29,737 5 0 996 18 1 220 o 4 4,083 14 2 1,013 11 7 17 13 o 3,325 11 o 1,539 14 11 2,624 14 3 453 12 o 161 10 o 697 5 9 184,407 4 2 157 15 6 38 o o 3,158 1 2 427 5 o 858*18 4 1,973 6 6 2,825 1 10 1,191 6 o 2,397 2 8 447 14 5 2,302 13 3 959 11 o 191 8 o 537 12 o 8,233 14 6 254 10 o 236 12 o 1,690 18 3 374 1 4 7,929 19 4 3,064 o 5 542 12 2 11,132 17 o 942 o 6 927 10 o 5,467 o 2 12,890 6 11 1,520 17 1 435 o o 517 o o 408 8 o 768 13 8 1,969 7 7 343 5 32 4 7 26 52 446 16 1 43 13 32 9 25 13 3 4 1,881 6 5 42 7 2,082 23 122 I 14 14 IOI 218 2,538 90 188 72 167 53 96 24 12 22 14,089 10 r 184 9 £ *• d 24,778 1 4 225 14 2 1,978 8 11 10 o c 208 16 5 104 12 IC 1,044 10 i 3,259 4 c 30,246 16 ; 647 4 ; 16 7 i 2,815 16 < 864 5 i 171 o c 1,877 18 •■ 1,275 9 t 1,213 5 t 217 12 i] 70 11 s 184 14 ] 188,243 16 Ic 132 19 ; 18 10 5 2, 602 3 i 592 15 5 27 37 80 34 48 20 70 24 5 14 154 6 12 61 221 424 199 323 82 493 223 47 39 900 26 74 178 57 728 335 95 3,728 82 130 426 1,185 220 45 90 17 79 359 8 24 47 20 45 18 39 62 201 72 162 46 100 34 5 22 424 21 19 Il6 48 348 65 3° 374 39 28 199 640 4 1 521 10 ic 696 8 i 2,399 13 • 553 4 <- 1,601 17 / 515 18 i 957 17 / 364 4 l 14 17 8 384 19 i 7, X7 8 5 1 291 13 2 150 7 ic 1,173 16 ; 502 16 II 6,307 10 1 1,288 2 ■ 353 2 ; 1,846 9 I] 633 12 ; 219 11 ■ 3,144 10 t 11,188 3 c 73° 7 s 36 0 c 295 11 : 78 7 £ 727 2 c 808 15 s 31 99 115 1,5" 214 44 343 259 i>578 238 222 1,428 232 162 1,605 1,893 425 104 205 310 578 487 32 12 30 1,195 4 1 29 214 102 1,120 170 81 108 42 7 1 602 772 19 1 60 33 107 76 34 21 146 51 15 354 26 17 I3 1 230 38 18 7 9 15 4 1 29 3 3 8 98 3 4 29 9 77 17 6 76 8 4 7 1 195 16 1 7 o 152 4 o 208 2 o 385 12 9 287 16 11 7 1 T4 24 4 20 6 36 87

Postal District of — Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika 27,939 3,55i 18,521 20,965 2,264 7,173 2,743 9,861 10,188 £ s- d. 1,533 3 10 177 3 4 1,069 7 4 1,130 19 10 131 11 2 441 17 o 140 o 4 437 15 6 595 10 4 205 4 10 146 4 2 181 3 o 209 6 9 236 2 10 347 J3 8 1,317 10 4 231 16 2 / s. d. 100,130 4 11 12,056 19 4 64,193 o 8 71,805 7 2 7,929 11 5 28,779 7 4 8,929 19 6 33,754 12 8 36,680 3 8 15,065 1 10 10,832 12 11 13,092 2 1 14,312 14 11 15,545 9 10 24,468 13 4 82,086 7 6 16,082 4 4 29,706 1,555 17,853 24,808 764 3,244 1.633 7,002 5,985 5,100 2,733 1,991 2,856 2,793 5,066 19,753 1,068 £ * d. 107,426 4 7 5,683 13 8 61,142 15 4 87,059 10 9 2,896 11 o 12,694 I2 6 5,519 18 4 25,101 18 9 22,031 5 5 20,209 6 7 10,527 o 1 7> I75 19 4 10,291 1 8 10,076 9 3 17,996 9 1 72,410 13 5 4,194 7 7 2,484 35i 3.519 3.374 295 767 201 840 1,125 432 458 486 465 691 852 3,670 358 14,554 2,169 27,840 25,765 i,598 3,4 T3 1,480 4,709 6,047 3,260 2,502 2,797 3,359 4,002 4,97i 25,736 1,995 £ s. d. 158,255 12 0 21,158 7 o 270,022 5 3 221,229 o 3 13,908 10 9 43,112 0 4 13,273 4 1 43,679 3 10 60,631 4 5 36,560 13 8 33,862 11 1 28,678 3 8 26,422 on 35,3o8 5 4 44,871 10 1 242,668 15 6 18,509 13 3 2,O23 266 z,55i 2,985 220 393 220 679 798 352 406 357 386 4G9 605 2,548 257 ".523 1,476 18,923 15,561 I.M7 1,845 825 2,831 4,069 2,153 2,204 1,732 2,245 2,575 3,268 16,751 834 £ «• d. 147,750 14 " 23,403 o 9 249,294 10 2 195,786 18 3 11,306 12 8 30,516 12 10 15,251 1 7 38,367 7 1 52,730 13 8 32,178 9 1 30,118 1 7 23,073 15 7 24,865 16 8 31,609 8 6 39,601 o 10 222,690 15 7 13,864 7 9 Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth .. Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport 4,102 3,065 4,025 4,449 4,352 7,185 25,194 4,002 159579 8,532 10 5 555,744 13 5 I339io 482,437 i7 4 20,368 136197 1312151 1 5 15,515 89,962 1182409 7 6

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Table No. 4. Table showing the Business of the Post Office Savings Banks in New Zealand Year by Year, from the Date of their Establishment to the 31st December, 1887.

Postal Districts. Number of Post Office Savings Banks Open at the Close of the Year. Number of Deposits received during the Year. Total Amount of Deposits received * during the Year. Average Amount of each Deposit received during the Year. Number of Withdrawals during the Year. Total Amount of Withdrawals during the Year. Average Amount of each Withdrawal during the Y=ar. Excess of Deposits over Withdrawals during the Year. Excess of Withdrawals over Deposits during the Year. Cost of Manage- , ment during the Year. ■ Average Cost of each Transaction, Deposit, or Withdrawal. Interest for 1 the Year. 1 Number of Accounts I Opened during the Year. 1 Number of l 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 Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier ... Nelson ... New Plymouth ... Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport , . 66 33 34 2 6 6 23 9 6 8 12 8 12 27 7 283 271 256 222 207 190 178 165 147 124 97 92 81 70 59 55 I 14.554 2,169 27,840 1,480 6,047 3,260 2,502 2,797 3,359 4,002 4,97! ',995 136,197 I 137,989 '3i,373 129,279 127,609 129,952 125,855 81,660 71,865 69,908 60.953 57,295 56,129 52,627 39,223 24,642 20,489 17.133 158,255 12 O 21,158 7 o 270,022 5 3 221,229 ° 3 13,908 10 9 43, 11 2 o 4 13,273 4 1 43,679 3 10 60,631 4 5 36,560 13 8 33,862 11 1 28,678 3 8 26,422 o 11 35,308 5 4 44,871 10 1 242,668 15 6 18,509 13 3 10 17 5 9 '5 4 9 13 10 8 11 8 8 14 1 12 12 8 8 19 4 9 5 6 1006 11 4 3 13 10 8 10 5 1 7 17 3 8 16 5 907 9 8 10 9 5 8 9 12 8 9 o 11 10 4 1 9 9 11 948 1040 9 8 11 10 11 9 11 6 1 1 10 18 o : 1 1 3 6 1 11 11 9 1 II 14 4 i 13 5 8 ; 14 16 2 > 13 12 o . 1213 6 ■ 12 18 o ",523 1,476 18,923 15,561 1,147 1,845 825 2,831 4,069 2,153 2,204 1,732 2,245 2,575 3,268 16,751 834 89,962 89,182 84,832 80,800 78,405 69,308 60,137 57,446 54,698 42,746 39,363 39,486 29,778 21,268 17,254 14,773 ",934 9,292 6,365 £ s. d. i47,75o 14 11 23,4°3 o 9 249,294 10 2 195,786 18 3 11,306 12 8 30,516 12 10 '5,251 1 7 38,367 7 1 52,730 13 8 32,178 9 1 30,118 1 7 23,073 '5 7 24,865 16 8 31,609 8 6 39,601 o 10 222,690 15 7 13,864 7 9 1,182,409 7 6 1,336,287 6 4 1,264,305 8 3 i,i95,93i o 11 1,295,719 18 3 [,143,599 ° ' 902,195 1 8 780,504 13 4 876,180 19 3 742,053 14 3 667,023 7 5 696,281 7 4 729,759 17 9 620,155 8 9 425,908 3 5 313,176 7 11 261,347 '6 3 209,509 13 2 180,518 4 1 107,094 17 3 £ s. d. 12 16 5 15 !7 ! 13 3 5 12 12 IO 9 19 IO 16 10 9 18 9 9 13 11 o 12 19 2 14 19 o 13 13 4 13 5 i° 11 16 12 6 3 12 2 4 13 5 10 16 2 5 £ s. d. 10,504 17 1 ... 20,727 15 1 25,442 2 o 2,601 18 1 ",595 7 6 5.3" 16 9 7,900 10 9 4,382 4 7 3,744 9 6 5,604 8 1 i,556 4 3 3,698 16 10 5,270 9 3 19,977 19 11 4,645 5 6 129,741 13 11 £ s. d. 2,244 13 9 ... 1,977 17 6 £ ... ... ... I ... I I 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 3,5°° . 3,000 2,500 2,500 1 2,500 1 2,500 2,250 1,800 1,264 1,.86 789 s. d. I - o 4 i o 4i o 4i o 4t 73 ° 4l o 4f o 4if o 6^ 0 5l o si o 6 o 6J o 6| o 6f o 7 s o 8J o 9^ o Iois o 9i £ s. d. 8,273 17 5 1,196 3 9 15,201 5 10 11,910 16 8 476 15 11 i,742 H 5 930 11 4 2,544 9 8 2,663 9 7 1,936 7 6 1,43° o 5 1,571 16 o 1,818 9 5 2,168 17 10 2,271 11 1 10,324 10 5 901 18 o 67,363 15 3 65,825 9 6 62,228 3 11 57,38i 13 7 56,046 17 3 54,909 13 11 42,204 19 o 32,822 12 4 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 o 5 11,291 10 10 9,242 3 11 7,412 8 o 4,880 7 3 2,484 35« 3,5i9 3,374 295 767 201 840 1,125 432 458 486 465 691 852 3,670 358 20,368 21,671 20,661 20,228 20,386 21,014 25,059 16,137 15,401 11,235 ",255 '1,273 10,346 6,205 4,615 4,304 3,839 3,282 2,023 266 2,551 2,98S 22O 393 220 679 798 352 406 357 386 469 605 2,548 257 iS,5i5 i6,757 16,42 1 16,447 15,967 i4,5 o 5 12,718 12,217 12,786 9,634 8,59i 9,472 8,681 5,736 3,816 3,188 3,383 2,277 1,801 1,186 9,673 1,624 17,036 13,563 655 1,988 979 2,988 3,482 2,775 1,588 1,521 2,416 2,483 3,i57 12,760 1,056 79,724 74,871 69,957 6S,7'7 61,936 57>5'7 51,008 38,667 34,747 32,132 28,761 26,117 24,334 21,742 17,132 13,566 10,549 8,3 '7 6,290 4,252 " £ s. d. 221,579 5 7 29,923 2 5 402,375 9 7 316,199 4 9 13,870 3 4 51,222 1 1 23,903 3 9 67,118 19 5 72,167 19 5 54,892 16 10 40,504 16 10 42,802 3 oi 48,188 14 8 56,929 19 2 62,824 ° 3 282,256 13 4 26,326 5 3 1,813,084 18 8 1,615,979 9 6 1,638,035 19 5 1,499,112 o 7 1,409,7s 1 l6 7 1,470,950 13 6 1,232,787 16 9 903,765 16 10 787,005 19 o 819,071 8 2 767,375 !? 8 723,910 17 5 727,295 7 8 770,836 18 o 664,807 5 10 7 o 357,654 14 6 295,372 1 7 231,3" 5 3 163,518 15 7 22 18 o 18 8 7 23 12 11 23 6 3 21 06 25 5 9 24 8 3 22 9 10 I 20 14 6 19 19 10 25 10 1 I 28 2 8 19 19 10 22 18 7 19 19 8 . 22 2 5 25 18 o 22 14 10 1 21 II 8 23 8 4 22 16 3 Totals for Colony in 1887 ... 1886 ... „ ,, 1885 ... 1884 ... 1883 ... 1882 ... 1881 ... „ „ 1880 ... ,. ., 1879 ... 1878 ... 1877 ... 1876... ,. „ '875 ••■ „ ,. '874 ... '873 ... „ „ 1872 ... 1871 ... „ „ 1870 ... „ „ 1869 ... 1868 ... Totals for Colony from 1st Feb. to 31st Dec, 1867 ... 11,312,151 1 s 1,248,405 6 11 1,341,001 3 2 1,227,909 11 4 i,i78,474 4 1 1,325,852 2 11 1,189,012 2 7 864,441 18 10 812,399 11 11 762,084 12 o 681,294 13 2 664,134 12 6 657,653 4 o 699,249 14 3 580,542 5 5 430,877 o o 312,338 18 4 264,328 5 7 240,898 5 9 194,535 11 6 1 13 2 10 I H '9 8 j 14 18 o 14 16 o ; 16 10 6 16 9 8 i 15 o 1 [ 13 11 8 I 16 o 4 i 17 7 2 ; 16 18 10 [ 17 12 8 I 19 14 8 ) 20 16 5 i 20 o 5 18 3 o : 17 13 9 11711 1 19 8 7 ; 16 16 6 76,695 14 11 31,978 10 5 183,253 2 10 286,8 17 011 83,937 5 6 20,030 17 9 14,271 5 9 87,881 19 5 117,245 J4 2 63,781 7 4 22 15 2 1 25 11 s ' 24 3 4 1 23 7 6 i 22 12 11 25 9 9 : 26 13 7 27 14 4 ; 29 17 9 ' 35 9 o , 38 16 1 • 36 2 s 1 33 18 1 35 10 3 36 15 5 38 9 1 32,146 14 10 72,106 13 9 79,094 5 6 154,634 2 o 117,700 12 1 50,991 2 1 54,818 12 5 60,380 1 8 87,440 14 3 I 14 1 2 • 14 18 11 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 o 2,520 364 2,156 71,197 14 1 33 ° 5

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Table No. 5. Balance-sheet of the New Zealand Post Office Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1887.

Table No. 6. Securities, &c., standing in the Name of the Postmaster-General, on Account of the Post-Office Savings Bank Fund, on the 31st December, 1887.

Balances on 1st January, 1887. Transi .ctions. Balances on 31s December, 1887. Or. Dr. Cr. Dr. Or. Dr. .Ioney Order Accounts :— Money orders United Kingdom, &c. United States of America, &c. Victoria South Australia New South Wales Queensland Tasmania Western Australia Commission Savings Bank Accounts :— Deposits and withdrawals Tranfers ACCOUNTS : — Eeceipts New South Wales New Zealand & Australian Cable 'ostal Revenue Accounts :— Stamps Postal Guides Private box and bag rents Miscellaneous revenue Money order commission Total revenue ienebaij Accounts :— Post Office Account Postmasters and Telegraphists investments Accrued interest on investments Advances to Treasury for payments to London office on Money Order Account Commission on postage-stamps Gratuities for carriage of mails Miscellaneous expenses License-fees —Game Government Insurance receipts Registration of births, &o. Receipts under Live Stock Acts Machinery-fees Property-tax Postal notes Maintenance of private linos .. San Francisco contributions, moiety to Sydney Consolidated revenue Under District Railways Purchasing Act Oyster licenses Postage from London Imperial Institute Samoan Government Profit and loss £ s. d. 13,892 7 o 14,144 17 10 549 3 9 1,831 13 o 188 5 4 636 8 5 1,615,979 9 6 186 16 6 2,692 11 9 978 16 5 373 4 8 97,958 14 5 6,456 o 8J £ a. a. 600 14 1 364 3 4 27 15 3 383 8 11 36,507 15 11 154,996 12 6 1,586,331 10 o 11,984 16 o 21,247 J8 1 £ s. d. 613,107 13 5 85,415 4 6 5,621 2 8 20,396 o 8 1 > 399 7 5 15,099 16 2 2,554 IX 3 2,501 13 6 424 6 4 1,247 1 « i,379,5i4 16 8 66,331 11 1 137.407 1 5 21,228 o 10 9,708 16 10 287,479 14 3 314 15 o 4,029 15 o 325 7 6i 8,532 10 5 199,447 10 6 1,426,084 10 7 2,433,987 12 34 649,210 o o 11,984 16 0 £ s. d. 612,328 14 8 96,847 15 7 5,073 6 o 24,469 18 2 1,165 11 4 12,515 2 5 2,907 15 2 2,258 o 5 502 9 4 1,245 17 3 1,182,409 7 6 66,324 I 10 135,521 3 o 20,940 14 8 9,498 16 9 263,506 12 9J 314 15 o 4,029 15 o 325 7 6-J 8,532 10 5 204,076 1 10 1,429,956 14 7 2,463,734 J4 9i 803,584 o o 15,406 C 2 £ s. a. I4>67i 5 9 2,712 6 g 1,097 ° 5 422 I 5 3,221 2 2 1,813,084 18 8 194 5 9 4,578 10 2 1,266 2 7 583 4 9 121,931 15 10J 1,827 9 4i £ s. a. 2,242 4 6 953 18 o 120 10 3 105 18 3 382 4 3 40,379 19 11 l84,743 15 o 1,740,705 10 o 15,406 6 2 21,247 18 1 63 3 6 384 2 2j 1,232 I 4 782 16 9 5,4 85 1 ° 26,180 2 8 960 13 o 12,303 14 o 1,057 Io ° 14,747 12 6 3,113 o o 82,466 7 9 51,510 8 4 1,049 14 6 3,894 4 10 822 14 o 5,749 12 4-1 27,34i 13 4 960 13 o 12,426 19 11 1,077 I2 9 15,423 6 o 3,130 o o 106,811 3 10 45,726 14 9 1,049 14 6 5.025 6 3 103 o 9 648 13 7 2,393 12 o 752 14 8 93 1 3 1,031 16 o 124 o o 24,384 o 3J 26,686 12 6J 629 8 9 72 18 6 356 2 6 107 o o 39 4 2J 32,470 6 ij 881 4 1 249 17 4 030 457 12 1 66 9 11 1,574 ° 8 66 9 11 2,031 12 9 030 050 22,478 8 8 3 5 1 89 5 4 86,338 2 4 050 18,750 o o 3,728 8 8 3 5 1 3,844 7 " 89 5 4 83,496 2 8 6,686 7 7 Totals Ii 14 7,697,454 18 7 7.697,454 18 7 2,009,683 8 1 1,814,124 I 1,814,124 1 2,009,68 8 1

Description of Securities, &c. Nominal Value. Valuo at Cost Price. Interest and Dividends accrued but not received at Close of Year. Thames Harbour Board Debentures, 6 per cents Borough of Thames Debentures, 6 per cents Oamaru Harbour Mortgages, 5J per cents Borough of Hamilton Debentures, 5J per cents North Rakaia Eivcr Bonds, 5 per cents Patea Harbour Board Debentures, 5J per cents .. Oamaru Corporation Debentures, 7 per cents Consolidated Loan 1867 Debentures, 4 per cents Immigration and Public Works Loan 1870 Debentures, 4 per cents Immigration and Public Works Loan 1870, Debenture No. 1994, 4J per cents Defence Loan 1870 Debentures, 4 per cents Defence Loan Debentures, 4J per cents 3eneral Purposes Loan, 1873-9, 5 per cents 3-eneral Purposes Loan, i per cents Westland Loan 1873 Scrip, 5 per cents ' Inscribed Stock Act, 1882," 5 per cents ' State Forest Act 1885 " Debentures, 5 per cents ' Public Revenues Act 1886 " Debentures, 5 per cents ' Public Revenues Act 1886 " Debentures, 4J per cents Damaru Gas Bonds, 6 per cents District Railways Debentures, 4 per cents Deficiency Bills, 5 per cents Hokitika Harbour Board Debentures, 6 per cents Loans to Local Bodies' Scrip, 5 per cents Consolidated Stock Scrip, &c, 5 per cents .. Post Office Account £ s. d. 4,000 o o 6,500 o o 33,000 o o 6,000 o o 5,500 o o 10,000 o o 5,000 o o 13,000 o o 173,200 o o 14,900 o o £ s. d. 4,000 o o 6,500 o o 33,000 o o 6,000 o o 5,500 o o 10,000 o o 5,000 o o 12,480 o o 166,272 o o 14,527 10 o s b. a. 120 O O 191 5 0 4,205 16 I 137 8 6 114 10 5 79 17 3 307 6 6 109 13 11 1,461 10 2 141 8 11 75,000 o o 5,000 o o 49,500 o o 5,200 o o 50,000 o o 250,000 o o 6,000 o o 38,000 o o 100,000 o o 9,300 o o 34, 000 o o 424,900 o o 9,000 o o 100,000 o o 324,584 o o 72, 000 o o 5,000 o o 49,500 o o 4,342 o o 50,800 o o 250,000 o o 6,000 o o 38,000 o o 100,000 o o 9,300 o o 34,000 o o 424,900 o o 9,000 0 o 100,000 o o 324,584 o o 632 17 6 108 9 11 43 17 7 527 7 11 2,054 16 1 57 5 2 421 12 10 1,109 11 10 47 7 9 342 15 10 73 19 5 931 10 o 1.467 5 9 718 11 10 Totals 1,751,584 o o 15,406 6 2 i,74°>7°5 io °

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Table No. 7.-DIRECT MAIL SERVICE. Statement showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between London and the under-mentioned Places by the Direct Mail Service of the New Zealand Shipping Company.

TO LONDON VIA PLYMOUTH.

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FROM LONDON VIA PLYMOUTH. Alxklaxd. Wellington. Christchurch. DUNEDIN. Invercargill. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Auckland. No. of Dajs. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Wellington. No. of Days. Date of Date of Despatch from Arrival in London. Christchurch. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Dunedin. No. of Days. Date of Despatch fiom London. Date of Arrival in Invercavgill. No. of Days. 1887. January 14 February 11 March 11 April S May 6 June 3 July 1 July 29 August 26. September 23 October 21 1887. March 3 March 2S April 27 May 24 June 22 July 21 August 15 September 15 October 13 November 10 December 5 1888. 48 45 47 46 47 48 45 48 48 48 45 1887. January 14 February 11 March 11 April 8 May 6 June 3 July 1 July 29 August 26 September 23 October 21 November 18 1887. February 27 March 26 April 25 May 22 June 19 July 17 August 13 September 13 ■October 9 November 6 December 3 December 31 44 43 45 44 44 44 43 46 44 44 43 43 1887. January 14 February 11 March 11 April 8 May 6 June 3 July 1 July 29 August 26 September 23 October 21 1887. February 28 March 27 April 26 May 23 June 21 July 18 August 15 September 14 October 10 November 8 December 5 1888. January 1 January 31 45 44 46 45 46 45 45 47 45 46 45 1887. January 14 February 11 March 11 April 8 May 6 June 3 July 1 July 29 August 26 September 23 October 21 1887. March 1 March 27 April 26 May 23 June 21 July 19 August 15 September 15 October 10 November 8 December 5 1888. January 2 January 31 46 44 46 45 46 4 6 45 48 45 46 45 1887. January 14 February 1 1 March 11 April 8 May 6 June 3 July I July 29 August 26 September 23 October 21 1887. March 1 March 28 April 27 May 24 June 22 July 19 August 16 September 15 October 11 November 9 December 6 1888. January 3 February 1 4 6 45 47 46 47 46 46 46 47 46 November 18 December 16 January 2 February 2 45 48 December 16 1888. January 30 45 November 18 December 16 44 46 November 18 December 16 45 46 November 18 December 16 46 47 Maximum Minimum Average 48 45 46-77 46 43 44 47 44 45'3 J 48 44 45-62 48 45 46-38

Auckland. Wellington 1. Christchurch. DUNEDIN. Invercargill. 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 Christchurch. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Dateof Despatch from Dunedin. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Invercargill. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. 1887. January 11 February 8 March 10 April 5 May 3 May 31 June 27 July 25 August 23 September 19 October 18 November 15 1887. February 23 March 22 April 19 May 16 June 13 July 13 August 8 September 4 October 3 October 30 November 28 December 26 1888. January 23 43 42 40 41 43 42 41 4 1 41 4 1 1887. January 13 February 10 March 9 April 7 May 5 June 1 June 29 July 27 August 25 September 21 October 20 November 17 1887. February 23 March 22 April 19 May 16 June 13 July 13 August 8 September 4 October 3 October 30 November 28 December 26 1888. January 23 41 40 4 1 39 39 42 40 39. 39 39 39 39 1887. January 12 February 9 March 7 April 6 May 4 June 2 June 30 July 28 August 24 September 22 October 19 November 16 1887. February 23 March 22 April 19 May 16 June 13 July 13 August 8 September 4 October 3 October 30 November 28 December 26 1888. January 23 4 2 41 43 40 40 4 1 39 38 40 40 40 1887. January 12 February 9 March 7 April 6 May 4 June 1 June 29 July 27 August 23 September 21 October 19 November 16 1887. February 23 March 22 April 19 May 16 June 13 July 13 August 8 September 4 October 3 October 30 November 28 December 26 1888. January 23 42 4 1 43 40 40 42 40 39 39 40 40 1887. January 11 February 8 March 6 April 5 May 3 May 31 June 28 July 26 August 23 September 20 October 18 November 15 1887. February 23 March 22 April 19 May 16 June 13 July 13 August 8 September 4 October 3 October 30 November 28 December 26 1888. 43 42 44 41 43 41 40 40 41 41 December 13 4 1 December 15 39 December 14 40 December 14 40 December 13 January 23 4 1 Maximum Minimum Average 43 4° 42 39 39'69 43 38 40-15 43 39 4°'54 44 40 41-46

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TO LONDON VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

Table No. 8.-SAN FRANCISCO MAIL SERVICE. 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.

Melbourne. Sydney. DliNEDIN. Wellington. Auckland. Date of Despatch from Melbourne. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Sydney. 1886. December 29 1887. January 26 February 23 March 23 April 20 May 18 June 15 July 13 August 10 September 7 October 5 November 2 Date of Arrival in London. No.! of Days. Date of Despatch from Dunedin. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Wellington. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Auckland. Date of Arrival in London. So, of Days. 1886. December 1887. 28 1887. February 9 43 1887. February 9 42 1886. December 31 1887. January 28 February 25 March 25 April 22 May 20 June 17 July 15 August 12 September 9 October 7 November 4 1887. February 9 40 1887. January 1 1887. February 9 39 1887. January 3 1887. February 9 37 January February March April May Tune July August September October November 22 22 X9 12 9 6 4 1 March 1 o April 3 May 2 June 3 June 26 July 25 August 25 September 19 October 17 November 13 December 12 1888. January 10 44 40 41 45 40 4' 44 41 4i 4° 4i March 10 April 3 May 2 June 3 June 26 July 25 August 25 September 19 October 17 November 13 December 12 1888. January 10 43 39 40 44 39 40 43 40 40 39 40 March 10 April 3 May 2 June 3 June 26 July 25 August 25 September 19 October 17 November 13 December 12 1888. 41 37 38 42 37 38 41 38 38 37 38 January 29 February 26 March 26 April 23 May 21 June 18 July 16 August 13 September 10 October 8 November 5 March 1 o April 3 May 2 June 3 June 26 July 25 August 25 September 19 October 17 November 13 December 12 1888. January 10 40 36 37 4' 36 37 40 37 37 36 37 January 31 February 28 March 28 April 25 May 23 June 20 July 18 August 1S September 12 October 10 November 7 March 1 o April 3 May 2 June 3 June 26 July 25 August 25 September 19 October 17 November 13 December 12 1888. January 7 o 38 34 35 39 34 35 38 3535 34 35 November 29 42 November 30 4i December 2 January 10 39 December 3 38 December 5 36 Maximum Minimum Average 45 40 4i"77 43 39 4°'77 42 37 38.77 41 36 37-77 39 34 3577

PROM LONDON" VIA SAN FRANCISCO. fcd Auckland. Wellington. DUNEDIN. Sydney. Melbourne. l-» Date of Despatch from London. 1887. January 27 February 24 March 23 April 20 May 18 June 15 August 10 September 7 October 5 November 2 Date of Arrival in Auckland. 1887. March 9 April 2 April 30 May 26 June 23 July 22 August 18 September 17 October 13 November 11 December 10 1888. No. of Days. 4' 37 36 36 37 36 38 36 37 38 Date of Despatch from London. 1887. January 27 February 24 March 23 April 20 May 18 June 15 August 10 September 7 October 5 November 2 Date of Arrival in Wellington. i 1887. March 1 1 April 3 May 1 May 29 June 25 July 24 August 20 September 18 October 15 November 13 December 1 1 1888. No. of Days. 43 38 39 39 38 39 38 39 38 39 39 Date of Despatch from London. I 1887. January 27 February 24 March 23 April 20 May 18 June 15 July 13 August 10 September 7 October 5 November 2 Date of Arrival in Dunedin. 1887. March 12 April 5 May 3 May 30 June 27 July 26 August 22 September 20 October 16 November 15 December 13 1888. January 9 February 6 No. of Days. 44 40 41 40 40 4' 40 4i 39 41 41 Date of Despatch from London. 1887. January 2 7 February 24 March 23 April 20 May 18 June 15 August 10 September 7 October 5 November 2 Date of Arrival in Sydney. 1887. March 14 April 6 May 5 May 3 1 June 28 July 27 August 23 September 22 October 18 November 16 December 14 1888. No. of Days. 46 4i 43 41 4t 42 41 43 4' 42 42 Date of Despatch from London. ,88 7 . January 27 February 24 March 23 April 20 May 18 June 15 J ul y '3 August 10 September 7 October 5 November 2 Date of Arrival in Melbourne. 1887. March 15 April 7 May 6 June 1 June 29 July 29 August 25 September 23 October 19 November 17 December 1 e, 1888. January 12 February 10 . No-. of Days. 47 42 44 42 42 44 43 44 42 43 43 November 30 December 28 January 6 February 3 37 37 November 30 December 28 January 8 February 5 39 39 November 30 December 28 40 40 November 30 December 28 January 11 February 8 42 42 November 30 December 28 43 44 Maximum Minimum Average 41 36 43 39 44 39 4062 46 42*O8 47 42

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Table No. 9.-PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL MAIL SERVICE. Statement showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between London and the under-mentioned Places by the Mail Service viâ Colombo and Brindisi.

FROM LONDON VIA BBINDISI AND COLOMBO. Melbourne. Sydney. Bluff. Christchurch. Wellington. Auckland. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Melbourne. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Sydney. 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 Christchurch. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Wellington. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Auckland. No. of Days. ! 1 I I 1887. Jan. 7 Tan. 2 1 Feb. 4 Feb. 18 March 4 March 18 April 1 April 15 April 29 May 13 May 27 June 1o June 24 July 8 July 22 August 5 August 19 Sept. 2 Sept. 16 Sept. 30 October 14 October 28 Nov. 11 Nov. 2S 1887. Feb. 14 Feb. 27 March 1 1 March 26 April 9 April 26 May 7 May 2 1 June 4 June 17 July 2 July IS July 28 August 13 August 26 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 October 7 October 22 Nov. 4 Nov. 20 Dec. 2 Dec. 12 Dec. 30 1888. 37 39 36 36 35 3b 35 34 36 35 35 35 35 36 35 37 35 s< 35 1887. Jan. 7 Jan. 21 Feb. 4 Feb. 18 March 4 March 18 April 1 April 15 April 29 May 13 May 27 June 10 June 24 July 8 July 22 August 5 August 19 Sept. 2 Sept. 16 Sept. 30 October 14 October 28 Nov. 11 Nov. 25 1887. Feb. 1 s Feb. 28 March 1 2 March 28 April 11 April 27 May 9 May 23 June 6 June 18 July 4 July 16 July 29 August 15 August 27 Sept. ] 0 Sept. 24 October 8 October 24 Nov. s Nov. 2 1 Dec. 3 Dec. 13 Dec. 31 1888. Jan. 14 Jan. 29 39 38 36 38 38 40 38 38 36 38 36 35 38 36 36 36 36 38 36 38 36 32 36 1887. Jan. 7 Jan. 21 Feb. 4 Feb. 18 March 4 March 18 April 1 April 15 April 29 May 13 May 27 June 10 June 24 July 8 July 22 August 5 August 19 Sept. 2 Sept. 16 Sept. 30 October 14 October 28 Nov. 1 1 Nov. 25 1887. Feb. 2 1 March 7 March 2 1 April 4 April 18 May 3 May 16 May 30 June 12 June 28 July 11 July 25 August 7 August 21 Sept. s Sept. 19 October 3 October 16 October 31 Nov. 14 Nov. 27 Dec. 1 1 Dec. 19 1888. 45 45 45 45 45 46 45 45 44 46 45 45 44 44 45 45 45 44 45 45 44 44 38 1887. Jan. 7 Jan. 21 Feb. 4 Feb. 18 March 4 March 18 April 1 April 15 April 29 May 13 May 27 June 10 June 24 July 8 July 22 August s August 19 Sept. 2 Sept. 16 Sept. 30 October 14 October 28 Nov. 11 1887. Feb. 22 March 9 March 22 April 5 April 19 May 4 May 17 May 31 June 14 June 29 July 12 July 26 August 9 August 23 Sept. 6 Sept. 20 October 4 October 17 Nov. 1 Nov. 15 Nov. 29 Dec. 13 Dec. 20 1888. 46 47 46 46 46 47 46 46 46 47 46 46 46 46 46 46 46 45 46 46 46 46 39 1887. Jan. 7 Jan. 21 Feb. 4 Feb. 18 March 4 March 18 April 1 April 15 April 29 May 13 May 27 June 10 June 24 July 8 July 22 August 5 August 19 Sept. 2 Sept. 16 Sept. 30 October 14 October 28 Nov. 11 1887. Feb. 23 March 11 March 20 April 7 April 19 May 5 May 17 June 2 June 15 June 29 July 13 July 25 August 11 August 26 Sept. 6 Sept. 19 October 2 October 17 October 31 Nov. 14 Nov. 30 Dec. 14 Dec. 21 1888. 47 49 44 48 46 48 46 48 47 47 47 45 48 49 46 45 44 45 45 45 47 47 40 1887. Jan. 7 Jan. 21 Feb. 4 Feb. 18 March 4 March 18 April 1 April 15 April 29 May 13 May 27 June 10 fune 24 July 8 July 22 August 5 August 19 Sept. 2 Sept. 16 Sept. 30 October 14 October 28 Nov. 1 1 1887. Feb. 22 March 8 March 2 2 April s April 19 May 3 May 17 June 1 June 14 June 29 July 12 July 26 August 9 August 23 Sept. 6 Sept. 22 Oct. 4 Oct. 18 Nov. 1 Nov. 15 Nov. 29 Dec. 14 Dec. 24 1888. 46 46 46 46 46 47 46 46 46 46 46 46 46 47 43 Dec. 9 Dec. 23 Jan. 13 Jan. 28 35 36 Dec. 9 Dec. 23 36 37 Dec. 9 Dec. 23 Jan. 10 Jan. 23 Feb. s 46 45 44 Nov. 25 Dec. 9 Dec. 23 Jan. 12 Jan. 24 Feb. 7 48 46 46 Nov. 25 Dec. 9 Dec. 23 Jan. 13 Jan. 25 Feb. 9 49 47 48 Nov. 25 Dec. 9 Dec. 23 Jan. 1 1 Jan. 24 Feb. 7 46 Maximum Minimum Average 39 31 35-58 40 32 36-88 46 38 44 - 58 48 39 45-88 49 40 46-42 48 43 46-12

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Table No. 9.-PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL MAIL SERVICE-continued. Statement showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between London and the under-mentioned Places by the Mail Service viâ Colombo and Brindisi— continued.

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TO LONDON VIA COLOMBO AND BBINDISI. Auckland. Wellington. Bluff. Sydney. 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 Bluff. Date of Arrival in London. No. Date of of Despatch from Days. Sydney. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Melbourne. Date of Arrival in London. No. ol Days. 1887. January 4 January 18 February 1 February 15 March 1 March 15 March 29 April 12 1887. February 20 March 7 March 20 April 4 April 17 May 1 May 16 May 30 47 47 4 8 47 47 48 1887. 1887. I887. January 7 January 20 February 1 1887. February 20 March 7 March 20 44 4 6 47 1887. January 12 January 27 February 10 February 24 March 10 March 24 April 7 April 19 May 3 May 17 May 31 June 14 June 28 July 12 July 26 August 9 August 23 Sept. 6 Sept. 20 October 6 October 20 November 3 November 17 1887. February 20 March 7 March 20 April 4 April 17 May 1 May 16 May 30 June 10 June 28 July 10 July 24 August 6 August 20 Sept. 4 Sept. 18 October 1 October 16 October 31 November 14 November 26 December 11 December 25 1888. 39 39 38 39 38 38 39 41 38 42 jo 40 39 39 40 4° 39 40 4 1 39 37 38 38 1887. January 13 January 28 February 11 February 25 March 11 March 25 April 8 April 20 May 4 May 18 June 1 June 15 June 29 July 13 July 27 August 10 August 24 Sept. 7 Sept. 21 October 6 October 21 November 4 November 18 1887. February 20 March 7 March 20 April 4 April 17 May 1 May 16 May 30 June 10 June 28 July 10 July 24 August 6 August 20 Sept. 4 Sept. 18 October 1 October 16 October 31 November 14 November 26 December 11 December 25 1888. January 8 38 38 37 38 37 37 38 40 37 41 39 39 38 38 39 39 38 39 40 39 36 37 37 February 16 April 4 47 April 17 May 1 May 16 44 44 45 March 4 March 18 April 1 April 29 June 10 42 June 10 June 24 July 8 July 24 August 6 August 20 44 43 43 August 5 August 19 Sept. 18 October 1 44 43 October 13 November 26 44 Sept. 30 November 14 45 November 11 December 25 44 1888. January 8 October 28 November 11 December 11 December 25 1888. January 8 44 44 1888. November 23 46 November 25 44 December 1 January 8 33 December 2 37 December 10 January 22 43 December 23 February 5 44 December 15 December 29 January 22 "February 5 38 38 December 16 December 30 January 22 February 5 37 37 Maximum Minimum Average 48 43 4 6 '45 47 46 46-5 47 42 44-12 42 37 39'°4 41 36 38-08

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Table No. 10.-ORIENT MAIL SERVICE. Statement showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between London and the under-mentioned Places by the Mail Service viâ Suez and Brindisi.

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FROM LONDON VIA BRINDISI AND SUEZ. Melbourne, Sydney. Bluff. Christchurch. Wellington. Auckland. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Melbourne. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Sydney. 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 Christchurch. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Wellington. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from London. Date of Arrival in Auckland. No. of Days. j 1887. Jan. 14 Jan. 28 Feb. 1 1 Feb. 2 5 March 11 March 25 April 8 April 22 May 6 May 20 June 3 June 17 July 1 Ju!y 15 July 29 August 12 August 26 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 October 7 October 2 1 Nov. 4 Nov. 18 1887. Feb. 17 March 5 March 1 s March 29 April 14 April 28 May 11 May 25 June 7 June 22 July 7 July 18 August 4 August 15 August 30 Sept. 16 Sept. 29 October 13 October 27 Nov. 12 Nov. 18 Dec. 6 Dec. 19 1888. 34 32 34 34 33 33 32 33 34 3 1 34 3 1 3 2 35 34 34 34 36 28 32 31 1887. Jan. 14 Jan. 28 Feb. 1 1 Feb. 25 March 1 1 March 2S April 8 April 22 May 6 May 20 June 3 June 17 July 1 July 15 Juy 29 August 12 August 26 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 October 7 October 2 1 Nov. 4 Nov. 18 1887. Feb. 18 March 7 March 16 March 30 April 15 April 29 May 12 May 26 June 8 June 23 July 8 July j 9 August 5 August 16 August 31 Sept. 17 Sept. 30 October 14 October 28 Nov. 14 Nov. 19 Dec. 7 Dec. 21 1888. 35 38 33 33 35 35 34 34 33 34 35 32 35 32 33 36 35 35 35 38 29 33 33 1887. Jan. 14 Jan. 28 Feb. 11 Feb. 25 March 11 March 25 April 8 April 22 May 6 May 20 June 3 June 17 July 1 July IS July 29 August 12 August 26 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 October 7 October 2 1 Nov. 4 Nov. 18 1887. Feb. 28 March 14 March 28 April 4 April 25 May 9 May 23 June 7 J une 12 July s July 18 July 25 August is August 21 Sept. s Sept. 26 October 17 October 24 Nov. 7 Nov. 2 1 Nov. 27 Dec. 11 Dec. 26 1888. 45 45 45 38 45 45 45 46 37 46 45 38 45 37 38 45 52 45 45 45 37 37 38 1887. Jan. 14 Jan. 28 Feb. 1 1 Feb. 2S March 1 1 March 25 April 8 April 22 May 6 May 20 June 3 June 17 July 1 J«iy 15 July 29 August 12 August 26 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 October 7 October 2 1 Nov. 4 Nov. 18 1887. March 1 March 15 March 29 April s April 27 May 1 1 May 24 June 9 June 14 July 6 July 20 July 26 August 16 August 23 Sept. 6 Sept. 27 Oct. 17 Oct. 2S Nov. 8 Nov. 22 Nov. 29 Dec. 13 Dec. 28 188S. 46 46 46 39 47 47 46 48 39 47 47 39 46 39 39 46 46 46 39 39 40 1887. Jan. 14 Jan. 28 Feb. 1j Feb. 25 March 11 March 25 April 8 April 22 May 6 May 20 J un e 3 June 17 July 1 July 15 July 29 August 12 August 26 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 October 7 October 21 Nov. 4 • Nov. 18 1887. March 3 March 16 March 3 1 April 7 April 29 May 14 May 26 June 11 June 15 July 8 July 22 July 25 August 11 August 26 Sept. 6 Sept. 28 October 17 October 26 Nov. 9 Nov. 24 Nov. 30 Dec. 14 Dec. 30 1888. Jan. 13 Jan. 2S Feb.; 10 48 47 48 41 49 5° 48 5° 40 49 49 38 4i 42 39 47 5 3 47 47 48 40 40 42 1887. Jan. 14 Jan. 28 Feb. 11 Feb. 25 March 11 March 25 April 8 April 22 May 6 May 20 June 3 June 17 July 1 July IS July 29 August 12 August 26 Sept. 9 Sept. 23 October 7 October 2 1 Nov. 4 Nov. 18 1887. Feb. 28 March 1 s March 28 April S April 25 May 17 May 23 June 13 June 20 June 29 July 18 July 26 August 15 August 23 Sept. 6 October 3 October 10 October 31 Nov. 7 Nov. 28 Nov. 29 Dec. 14 Dec. 27 1888. 45 46 45 39 45 53 45 52 45 40 45 39 45 j 39 I 39 52 45 52 45 39 40 39 Dec. 2 Dec. 16 Dec. 30 Jan. 3 Jan. 18 Feb. 2 32 33 Dec. 2 Dec. 16 Dec. 30 Jan. 4 Jan. 19 Feb. 3 33 34 35 Dec. 2 Dec. 16 Dec. 30 Jan. 16 Jan. 30 Feb. 13 45 45 45 Dec. 2 Dec. 16 Dec. 30 Jan. 18 Jan. 31 Feb. 15 47 46 47 Dec. 2 Dec. 16 Dec. 30 42 40 42 Dec. 2 Dec. 16 Dec. 30 Jan. 11 Jan. 30 Feb. 13 40 45 45 Maximum Minimum Average 36 28 33 38 29 34' 12 52 37 43"°4 52 39 44-42 52 38 44-85 53 39 44-46

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Table No. 10.-ORIENT MAIL SERVICE— continued. Statement showing the Number of Days occupied in the Delivery of Mails between London and the under-mentioned Places by the Mail Service viâ Suez and Brindisi.

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TO LONDON VIA SUEZ AND BRINDISI. Auckland. Wellington. Bluff. Sydney. Melbourne. Date of Despatch from u ckland. 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 Bluff. Date of Arrival in London. ! No. of i Days. Bate of Despatch from Sydney. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. Date of Despatch from Melbourne. Date of Arrival in London. No. of Days. 1887. 1887. 1887. 1887. 1887. 1887. 1887. January 6 January 20 February 3 February 18 March 4 March 18 April 1 April 15 April 29 May 13 May 27 June 10 June 24 July 8 July 21 August 4 August 19 Sept. 2 Sept. 16 Sept. 30 October 14 October 28 November 11 November 25 1887. February 1 1 February 24 March 10 March 27 April 10 April 22 May 1 May 26 May 30 June 15 July 3 July 16 July 29 August 14 August 31 Sept. 10 Sept. 22 October 9 October 20 November 4 November 20 December 3 December 16 December 31 1888. January 10 January 30 1887. January 7 January 21 February 4 February 19 March 5 March 19 April 2 April 16 April 30 May 14 May 28 June 11 June 25 July 9 July 23 August 6 August 20 Sept. 3 Sept. 17 October 1 October 15 October 29 November 12 November 26 1887. February 11 February 24 March 10 March 27 April 10 April 22 May 1 May 26 May 30 June 15 July 3 July 16 July 29 August 14 August 31 Sept. 10 Sept. 22 October 9 October 20 November 4 November 20 December 3 December 16 December 31 1888. January 10 January 30 January 11 January 25 February 10 March 8 March 22 April 6 April 20 May 3 May 18 May 31 February 24 March 10 March 27 April 22 May 1 May 26 May 30 June 15 July 3 July 16 44 44 45 45 40 40 43 46 46 46 49 46 44 47 August 47 January 15 January 29 February 11 February 26 March 11 March 25 April 9 April 23 May 6 May 21 June 4 June 17 July 2 July 15 July 29 August 12 August 26 Sept. 9 Sept. 24 October 7 October 21 November 4 November 18 February 24 March 10 March 27 April 10 April 22 May 1 May 26 May 30 June 15 July 3 July 16 July 29 August 14 August 31 Sept. 10 Sept. 22 October 9 October 20 November 4 November 20 December 3 December 16 December 31 1888. January 10 January 30 40 40 44 43 42 37 47 37 40 43 42 42 43 47 43 41 44 41 44 43 42 43 36 35 35 37 37 35 3° 41 3i 33 37 36 35 37 4 1 37 34 37 34 35 37 36 35 36 35 34 34 34 29 40 J2 35 34 36 39 35 33 36 33 34 36 35 34 35 June 29 July 13 July 26 August 9 August 23 August 14 August 31 Sept. 10 Sept. 22 October 9 June 28 Sept. 20 October 4 October 18 November 1 November 15 November 4 November 20 December 3 December 16 December 31 1888. January 10 January 30 45 47 46 45 46 October 14 December 3 5° November 29 December 13 42 48 December 2 December 16 39 45 December 9 December 23 32 38 December 10 December 24 3i 37 Maximum Minimum Average 5° 40 5° 47 48-5 47 37 42-12 4i 3° 35^5 40 29 34-58

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Table No. 11. Comparative Table showing the Postal Revenue, and Number of Letters, Post-cards, Books, and Newspapers delivered and posted, within the several Postal Districts, during the Years 1875, 1885, 1886, and 1887.

Letters. Post-cards. Books. Newspapers. Postal Districts. Revenue. Delivered. Posted. Delivered. Posted. Delivered. Posted. Delivered. Posted. Auckland—■ 1875 1885 1886 1887 £ s. d. 13.133 11 o 37,636 12 5 41,639 15 I' 4I,7IO 14 3 782,329 3,776,630 3,987,243 4,'59.376 779.6i7 3,206,294 3,510,897 3,644,108 126,646 140,543 154.752 127,946 147,940 172,380 277,927 379,6oo 490,425 176,150 261,70:5 377,884 647.325 1,400,906 1,610,388 1,776,294 326,248 ',339.468 1,467,336 1,687,296 'hames— i8?S 1885 1886 1887 1,664 o 6 3,887 n 3 3,740 9 3 3.676 4 9 119,418 369,100 389,805 383,058 109,954 359,55° 358.852 357,786 io,374 8,333 8,151 11,310 6,682 6,916 24,674 27,859 33,865 18,681 14,820 36,751 52,223 240,569 220,077 227,110 52,886 187,317 168,220 122,863 few Plymouth—■ 1875 1885 1886 1887 i;8'5 9 5 3,210 16 4 3,239 18 1 2,883 1 7 97,040 261,426 277,095 283,127 89,469 225,966 227,812 24',735 23.179 19.123 22,100 24.037 18,13s 21,307 34.545 30,901 25.831 26,676 15.821 ■5.7 17 72,462 168,844 i5S>4i.5 158,678 49,632 98,280 98,774 9',572 lisborne— 1875 1885 1886 1887 i,S45 13 ° 1,681 11 4 1,850 17 6 153.998 152,035 '72,549 132,210 ■51,385 159,848 1,846 2,795 1,846 2,990 2,093 2,600 10,699 12,129 '3.455 12,870 12,181 14,586 115,089 121,069 128,401 71,682 79,001 70,3'7 apier— '875 1885 1886 1887 4,076 19 8 7,953 '6 o 9,230 9 o 9,360 o 11 186,993 795,236 873,7'7 966,667 230,973 711,282 825,669 889,564 128,480 354,'59 401,102 447,668 '50,750 309,985 337,584 353,'97 21,203 23,699 26,897 21,437 30,186 30,511 75,283 94,809 93.4/Q 52,286 70,902 86,983 angaaui— 1875 1885 1886 1887 8,219 18 7 9,613 18 3 8,615 11 7 872,430 849.5/6 842,439 710,775 798,850 734.838 34,658 42,341 46,280 36,504 39.48i 52,546 137.956 113,204 102,284 52,871 60,879 75,088 441,792 384,735 382,135 193,700 182,104 200,551 ellington— 1875 1885 1886 1887 5 1,050 5 8 68,085 H 7 70,527 ii 10 74,395 14 o 802,950 2,813,460 3,144,843 3,394,807 922,177 2.375.529 2,63 i ,005 2,849,847 66,443 63,544 85,813 65,104 7 7.4'5 85.267 241,020 242,411 325.247 3»7. '4° 325." 7 483,470 596,768 848,601 907,647 1,202,240 470,650 897,728 894,062 907,260 [elson— 187S 1885 1886 1887 2,399 I' 10 4,667 18 1 5.045 4 10 5,5'Q 16 3 205,7 '6 456,222 448,396 475,579 180,707 411,034 475.527 506,298 10,543 13,286 19,448 '3.234 18,265 29.237 55,536 43.9°i 50.843 35.5 26 41,808 49.972 145,470 203,346 167,333 I9S,"7 11 '.769 117,923 123,630 'estpovt—■ 1875 1885 1886 1887 1,053 6 2 1,432 19 2 1,701 15 7 1,615 '6 'o 73,527 121,589 122,382 '57,4" 57,447 114,699 131,404 130,143 3,7i8 3,926 4.017 2,730 2,756 5,5'2 10,634 12,870 15,210 5.547 8,060 11,076 95.237 83,772 95.3i6 112,632 5'.258 45,"9 52,039 56,530 rreymouth 1875 1S85 1886 1887 2,171 13 7 2,920 o 8 2,746 14 2 3.°85 '3 9 146,702 266,682 296,959 366,171 167,980 227,929 285,740 296,439 6,240 10,361 7.631 5.33° 6,617 5,018 26,546 30,498 35.269 14,690 iS,954 23.725 130,734 ' 9°.554 216,762 224.523 153,106 136,552 166,062 118,612 okitika— '875 1885 1886 1887 1,816 o 9 2>'54 3 1 2,234 12 5 2,220 15 6 i2i,5'7 208,975 215,098 231,868 121,743 169,065 187,083 182,66^ 'S',8.S2 168,766 137.085 157,274 68,695 85,003 89,089 85,163 6,214 4.'99 7.9O4 6,071 4,485 6,994 21,615 18,590 25,'29 10,361 14,092 8,476 ilenheim— 1875 1885 1886 1887 1,719 9 o 2,952 6 o 2,976 9 10 3,091 3 10 153,723 308,529 275,327 303,225 131,624 242,619 242,671 273.299 1',479 ".349 10,972 4,173 4,940 4,9' 4 3'1S25 27,612 32,019 13.936 14,404 '6,393 153."24 154.544 136,344 163,423 60,787 78,520 77,298 80,262 'hristchurch— 187S 1885 1886 1887 17,582 19 8 31,836 10 o 34,067 5 1 34.S°3 6 2 1,052,071 3,212^638 3,491,228 3.497.'56 1,000,864 2,848,443 3,158,636 3,265,600 '29,549 142,818 136,318 145,054 157,729 '73,836 266,22} 286,676 318,682 269,438 237,848 405,054 529.554 ',o.5',934 969,540 949.8'9 295,420 ','95.558 ',234.35° 1,178,060 'imaru— 1875 1885 1886 1887 6,454 6 2 7,396 11 3 7,4'6 3 4 783,900 746,226 768,612 607,516 653,7'8 693,303 33,670 38,805 43,745 33.553 37,°" 40.78' 69.593 72,839 93.418 35.2°4 64,480 82,901 234,260 204,763 224.523 127,036 128,336 150,891 lamaru— 1875 1885 1886 1887 3,998 7 6 3,990 9 6 3,693 2 9 569,101 427.700 418,717 370,721 358,527 35 O.727 15.587 13.403 18,265 15.990 20,124 14,118 52.I56 43.'99 40,39' 26,403 22,165 20,839 271,180 195,884 140,647 106,444 97.877 9'.494 'unedin—■ '875 1885 1886 1887 20,891 5 9 32,468 19 10 36,793 7 3 33,781 11 7 1,106,168 3.23',I24 3,046,394 3,079,011 1.343.748 2,820,025 3,168,360 3,124,576 97,812 '09,993 "3,984 119, 119 122,447 151,212 240,409 208,832 268,021 373.035 349,804 475,826 1,142,015 1,168,778 1,031,849 1,061,645 872,706 1,284,114 1,362,348 1,585.935 — 1875 1885 1886 1887 3,'2i 5 9 9,873 14 10 10,563 o 2 10,234 14 5 205,249 ',170,338 1,152,424 1,166,672 238,145 924,820 1,022,008 1,010,555 54.561 43.758 49.933 31,629 45.3O5 46,488 94.367 102,on 101.933 87.438 186,680 69,472 '81,133 588,276 5 23.9°° 579. O46 120,913 274,o79 286,728 315.003 "otals— 1875 1885 1886 1887 122,495 18 9 229,299 7 6 247^89 3 9 247,645 9 0 5.053,403 i9,37',378 19,896,448 20,666,445 5.374.448 '6,458,477 18,188,144 18,711,329 653.722 692,276 758,056 666,211 741,611 849.637 1,670,708 i,747.94i 2,605,492 1,595.252 1,719,718 2,254,2'3 4,026,457 7,685,370 7,479,209 8,131,175 2,784,820 6,548,508 6,844,838 7,250,148

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Table No. 12. Table showing the estimated Number of Letters, Post-cards, Book-packets and Parcels, and Newspapers delivered and posted, within the several Postal Districts of New Zealand, during the Year ended 31st December, 1887.

Table No. 13. Table showing the Number of Letters, Post-cards, Books, &c, and Newspapers delivered by the Letter-carriers from the Post Offices within the several Postal Districts during the Year ended 31st December, 1887.

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, 1887.

Delivi :red. Posted. Postal Districts. Letters. Post-cards. Bp°arce£ d Newspapers. Letters. Post-cards. Books and Parcels. Newspapers. Auckland rhames New Plymouth 3isborne Napier Wanganui Wellington kelson Westport jreymouth Hokitika Blenheim Fimaru Damaru Dunedin 4,I59,37 5 333,058 283,127 172,549 966,667 842,439 3,394,807 475,579 157,4" 366,171 231,868 303,225 3,497,156 768,612 418,717 3,079,011 1,166,672 154,752 8,151 22,100 1,846 26,897 46,280 85,813 19,448 4,017 7,631 7,904 10,972 136,318 43,745 18,265 113,984 49,933 490,425 33,86 5 25,8 3 i 13,455 93.47° 102,284 325,247 50,843 15,210 35,269 25,129 32,019 318,682 93,4*8 40,391 268,021 ioi,933 1,776,294 227,110 158,678 128,401 447,668 382,135 1,202,240 195,117 112,632 224,523 157,274 163,423 949,819 224,523 140,647 1,061,645 579>O46 3,644,108 357,786 241,735 159,848 889,564 734,838 2,849,847 506,298 130,143 296,439 182,663 273,299 3,265,600 693,303 350,727 3,124,576 1,010,555 172,380 6,916 21,307 2,600 3O,5H 52,546 85,267 29,237 5,512 5,018 6,994 4,914 173,836 40,781 14,118 151,212 46,488 377,884 36,751 15,717 14,586 86,983 75,o88 483,470 49,972 11,076 23,725 8,476 16,393 405,054 82,901 20,839 475,826 69,472 1,687,296 122,863 91,572 7o,3 I7 353,197 200,551 907,260 155,142 56,530 118,612 85,163 80,262 1,178,060 150,891 91,494 1,585,935 315,003 Totals 20,666,445 758,056 2,O65,492 8,131,175 18,711,329 849,637 2,254,213 7,250,148 Previous year.. 19,896,448 692,276 1,747,941 7,479,209 18,188,144 741,611 1,719,718 6,844,838

Postal Districts. Letters. Post-cards. Books, Circulars, and Parcels. Newspapers. Auckland rhames .. Sew Plymouth jisborne Sfapier .. iVanganui Wellington Slelson .. SVestport Ureymouth riokitika 31enheim rimaru .. Damaru .. Dunedin invercargill i 1,549,361 143,094 107,570 38,801 155,116 269,084 886,899 113,236 34.659 123,873 49,203 67,997 1,517,033 171,402 96,018 1,029,809 240,558 54.4" 7.629 8,767 1,710 7. O32 15.917 32.45O 4.973 1.959 3.354 2,638 3,98i 64,851 13.764 5,102 '32,568 ' 16,577 134.961 12,687 12,732 5,214 14.959 25,425 84,042 9,558 2,ogo 7,176 7.653 9,276 125,098 22,571 7.549 88,073 24,929 298,347 39,»39 68,628 27,870 3i,29i 9°,525 220,458 5°,408 17,490 59,197 26,018 36,862 343.825 41,117 27,162 293,696 63,843 Totals 6,593,713 277,683 593.993 1.736,576 Previous year' 6,376,152 246,172 437.595 J.797.336

Letters. Received. . Books. Received. . Newspapers. Despatched. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Fnited Kingdom—■ Vid San Francisco By N.Z. Shipping Co.'s packets By Victorian packets By New South Wales packets .. By Shaw, Saville, & Co.'s steamers ustralian Colonies ither places 221,919 322,105 20,324 I4,I34 i4,77o 492,512 83,033 241,488 219,541 4, 65i 3,624 598 219,358 55,233 523,523 735,8io 34,999 20,140 49,260 600,607 185,795 344,657 147,966 971 2,246 17,477 4 86,735 88,246 68,705 19,946 39 56 i,7°3 53,136 15,010 389,010 111,202 75 152 5,253 408,784 118,212 Totals 1,168,797 744,493 2,150,134 1,088,298 158,595 1,032,688 'revious year .. 1,245,786 693,161 2,374,583 1,133,047 118,171 I,201,800

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Table No. 15. Statement of Correspondence received from the United Kingdom vi â San Francisco, and per New Zealand Shipping Company's, Victorian, and New South Wales Packets, during the Year ended 31st December, 1887.

Table No. 16. Statement of Correspondence despatched to the United Kingdom vi â San Francisco, and per New Zealand Shipping Company's, Victorian, and New South Wales Packets, during the Year ended 31st December, 1887.

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Fid San Francisco. Per New Zealand Shipping Company's Packets. Per Victorian Packets. Per New South Wales Packets. Date of Receipt. Letters. Books. »J£ Letters. Books. *££ Letters. Becks. £-£ Letters. B °°>- p^rs". March quarter* April 68,283 17,287 74.304 7,329 161,084 38,585 74,332 22,278 50,663 23,636 169,802 53.765 4,690 776 1,062 768 744 645 806 630 860 740 707 627 889 557 886 875 894 656 786 708 1,018 1,073 158 264 89 123 90 173 251 136 102 207 87 324 98 166 256 333 192 142 210 177 8,077 1,263 1,519 1,256 1.537 1.305 1,240 1,200 1.375 1.305 1,655 1,220 1,167 1,130 1,425 1,395 1,365 1,290 i,335 1,380 1,560 3,262 950 507 645 342 592 439 587 376 576 430 536 358 650 489 431 608 616 479 587 674 836 132 3° 173 61 276 181 125 138 131 171 53 136 114 114 83 102 116 268 134 250 4,648 861 738 877 621 822 780 770 642 828 918 845 707 844 650 899 927 690 810 840 423 May * .. 13^81 5.049 36.194 22,589 21,204 56,279 June 15,110 7,804 44.4 8 5 25,965 14,989 53^83 July 16,336 11,121 30,666 22,172 11.797 54.7 11 August is;675 77.44° 60,500 23,677 i6,557 77,207 September 15.725 11,928 35 ,'885 26,101 14,182 54. 0I 3 October .. i 22,022 25,329 37.696 23,472 12,679 5o,35i November 16,851 10,709 46,315 25,186 21,989 56,476 December 18,349 io,475 32,113 25,245 31,088 12,512 19,333 51.726 58,297 Totals .. 221,919 241,488 523,523 322,105 219,541 735,810 20,324 4,651 '34,999 I 4. I 34 3,624 20,140

Via. San Francisco. Date of Despatch. Letters. Books. Letters. Books. Per New Zealand Shipping Company's Packets. Per Victorian Packets. *»■»• £&£ Per New South Wales Packets. Letters. Letters. Book, £££ March quarter* April 106,048 26,181 21,140 3,302 119,696 32.733 34,146 12,966 4.603 934 25,662 7,620 3°9 43 3 24 12 1 24 4 582 110 95 14 1 2 39 3 12 1 May 26,545 2,710 24, 068 12,567 i,i97 8,835 1 3 '87 125 M3 24 116 32 146 22 80 78 161 20 162 30 92 16 88 37 2 1 3 1 7 13 8 1 June 27,104 8,34° 35,io7 10,938 8,068 14,253 '868 721 946 9,500 IO.733 90 24 62 1 1 2 3 14 2 9 4 4 2 8 3 7 2 7 2 7 1 12 1 July ;; 28,453 4,513 34,121 I August 27,608 6,614 32,74° 11,426 i>565 8,910 77 4 1 49 1 7 4 4 I 1 2 5 I September .. 25,526 3,362 28,720 9,029 "831 6,727 4 1 October 25,240 2,373 27,270 11,381 1,255 8,030 "3 48 44 88 2 59 1 5 6 November 27,216 5,235 29.995 12,467 5,939 8,945 4 1 9 4 2 December 24.736 11,116 24,555 10,725 1,087 7.855 2 if • ■ 4 3 4 Totals .. 344,657 68,705 389,010 147,966 19,946 2,246 56 111,202 971 39 75 152 * Detailed figures for mails received and despatched during March quarter were destroyed by thi late fin

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Table No. 17. Table showing the Estimated Correspondence posted and delivered, with the Expenditure and Revenue of the Post Offices, in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand, and of the General Post Office, for the Year 1887.

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Total Estimated Correspondence posted and delivered. Expenditure. Revenue, Postal Districts. No. of Offices. Letters. Post-cards. Books and Parcels. Newspapers. Cost of Conveyance of Mails. Salaries. Contingencies. Total. Estimated. Official Postage. Total. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington 240 37 19 34 88 7,803,484 740,844 524,862 332.397 1,856,231 1.577.277 6,244,654 327,132 15,067 43.4O7 4,446 98,826 171,080 868,309 70,616 41,548 28,041 180,453 177,372 808,717 3,463,590 349,973 250,250 198,718 800,865 582,686 2,109,500 3,802 o 7 1,588 11 4 321 6 8 515 o o i,738 5 6 688 18 1 1,691 10 5 £ s. d. 10,486 17 10 2,269 15 1 945 o o 615 o 10 2,827 ° ° 2,587 10 o 7,587 o o £ *. d. 2,427 9 4 317 3 3 335 12 7 179 o 3 487 15 2 198 9 o 2,374 18 7 16,716 7 9 4,175 9 8 1,601 19 3 1,309 1 1 5,O53 o 8 3,474 J7 1 11,653 9 o / s. d. 34,740 4 11 3,202 13 1 2,161 19 4 1,546 10 2 8,409 10 7 6,790 o 2 24,423 o 1 £ s. d. 6,970 9 4 473 11 8 721 2 3 304 7 4 950 10 4 1,825 11 5 49,972 13 11 £ s. d. 41,710 14 3 3,676 4 c 2,883 1 1 1,850 17 t 9,360 on 8,615 11 7 74.395 14 c Totals for North Island .. 498 I9.O79.749 981,877 287,554 662,610 414.531 576,524 6,762,756 1,461,915 769,444 6,203,587 2,177,227 717,366 48,685 9,529 12,649 14,898 15,886 310,154 84,526 32,383 265,196 96,421 2,175,056 7,755,582 10,345 12 7 27,318 3 9 6,320 8 2 43,984 4 6 81,273 18 4 61,218 6 3 142,492 4 Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Blenheim ,. Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill 43 29 26 35 23 46 21 144 93 100,815 26,286 58,994 33,605 48,412 723,736 176,319 61,230 743,847 171,405 350,259 169,162 343,135 242,437 243,685 2,127,879 375,414 232,141 2,647,580 894,049 2,256 12 o 592 5 8 1,097 7 " 1,632 3 o 779 17 6 2,915 16 1 555 18 6 196 o 0 5,122 18 8 1,508 16 o 2,004 5 o 872 10 o 1,523 10 0 1,053 ° ° 1,065 16 9 8,452 14 7 1,956 13 8 1,118 13 S 8,776 6 6 3,375 o ° 294 3 7 153 7 6 231 16 4 136 6 8 313 15 o 1,590 10 8 199 1 o "3 9 7 1,619 16 2 714 11 9 4,555 o 7 1,618 3 2 2,852 14 3 2,821 9 8 2,159 9 3 12,959 1 4 2,711 13 2 1,428 3 3 15,519 1 4 5,598 7 9 4,419 o 7 1,216 14 2 2,592 11 6 1,661 7 6 2,436 17 2 31,797 3 6 6,505 6 6 3,245 3 9 31,211 3 1 9,32o 16 5 1,091 15 8 399 2 8 493 2 3 559 8 o 654 6 8 2,706 2 8 910 16 10 447 19 o 2,570 8 6 913 18 o 5,510 16 1,615 16 I 3,085 13 1 2,22O 15 1 3,O9I 3 I! 34.503 6 7.4i6 3 . 3,693 2 1 33,781 11 ; 10,234 14 . Totals for Middle Island .. 619 20,298,025 890,327 2,144,649 i 7,^625,741 16,657 15 4 30,198 10 2 5,366 18 3 52,223 3 9 94,406 4 2 io,747 o 3 105,153 4 General Post Office 63.531 9 11 5,129 3 6 894 3 2 69,554 l5 7 37,674 r5 7 37,674 15 •■ ■• Totals for the Colony 1 1 i»"7 39.377,774 1,607,693 4,3I9,7O5 15,381,323 9o,534 J7 IO 62,645 17 5 12,581 9 7 165,762 4 10 213,354 18 1 71,965 6 6 285,320 4 -

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Table No. 18. Cash Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages; Value of Government Messages; and the Number of Messages transmitted in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand for the Year ended 31st December, 1887.

Postal Districts. Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages. Value of General Government Messages. Total Value of Messages of all Codes. Number of Private and Press Messages. Number of General Govt. Messages. Total Number of Messages of all Codes. Auckland 31enheim Dhristchurch Dunedin .. 3isborne .. jreymouth Hokitika .. !nvercargill Mapier kelson few Plymouth Damaru rhames Pimaru kVanganui Wellington iVestport £ ■• d. 14,407 11 5 1,772 13 4 10,433 18 7 11,477 17 o 1,523 o 6 3,978 7 3 1,429 16 10 4,016 3 6 6,520 19 10 2,658 12 10 1,428 8 8 1.875 17 9 2,465 6 1 2,259 4 10 3.876 4 5 13,951 8 o 1,930 o 10 £ •■ d. 4,552 8 2 571 12 o • 2,282 13 1 2,623 14 3 339 11 9 851 11 11 383 1 1 984 o 9 1,417 6 o 684 3 2 757 3 2 313 16 6 813 17 5 359 16 o 1,129 2 10 ii,447 9 7 694 4 2 £ s- d. 18,959 19 7 2,344 5 4 12,716 11 8 14,101 11 3 1,862 12 3 4,829 19 2 1,812 17 11 5,ooo 4 3 7,938 5 10 3,342 16 o 2,185 11 10 2,189 14 3 3,279 3 6 2,619 o 10 5,005 7 3 25,398 17 7 2,624 5 ° 263,670 30,367 171,697 208,947 25,682 68,529 24.073 73,533 97,825 50,072 26,820 29,946 47,551 40,622 73,698 321,722 35,oi7 38,287 5,688 18,379 23,081 2,95O 7,286 3,073 io,543 12,956 7,249 7,319 2,898 6,426 3,096 12,780 77,448 6,164 3 OI.957 36,055 190,076 232,028 28,632 75,8i5 27,146 84,076 110,781 57,321 34,139 32,844 53,977 43,7i8 86,478 399,i7o 41,181 Totals, 1887 Totals, 1886 86,005 11 8 88,385 1 7 30,205 II 10 27,281 4 9 116,211 3 6 115,666 6 4 1,589,77! i.583.7!7 245,623 252,549 1,835.394 1,836,266

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Table No. 19. Number of Letters posted in each Postal District during the Year ended 31st December, 1887; Number of Telegrams forwarded in each Postal District during the Year ended 31st December, 1887; and the Proportion of Telegrams to every 100 Letters; together with a similar Return for the previous Year.

Table No. 20. Ordinary and Press Telegrams despatched during the Four Quarters ended 31st December, 1886, also for each Quarter of the Year ended 31st December, 1887, and the Revenue derived from each Class.

1S86. 1S87. Districts. Number of Letters. Number of Telegrams. Proportion of Telegrams to every loo Letters. Number of Letters. Number of Telegrams. Proportion of Telegrams to every loo Letters. Auckland 31enheim "hristchurch Dunediu jisborne jreymouth rlokitika .. Napier kelson ••Tew Plymouth 3amaru rhames Pimaru 3,510,897 242,671 3,158,636 3,168,360 151,385 285,740 187,083 1,022,008 825,669 475,527 227,812 385,527 358,852 653>7i8 798,850 2,631,005 131,404 301,708 35,542 195,706 240,538 26,804 62,802 28,805 9O,537 103,215 59,958 31,112 34,777 68,068 48,706 80,486 388,118 39,384 Ii-o6 682 16-13 *3'i7 5'G4 4'54 6-49 11-28 8-99 793 7'32 11-08 5'27 13-42 9-92 677 3'33 3,644,108 273,299 3,265,600 3,124,576 159,848 296,439 182,663 1,010,555 889,564 506,298 241,735 350,727 357,7 86 693,303 734,838 2,849,847 130,143 301.957 36,055 190,076 232,028 28,632 75,815 27,146 84,076 110,781 57,321 34,139 32,844 53,977 43,7 l8 86,478 399,i7o 41,181 I2'o6 7'57 17-18 13-42 5-58 39i 672 I2'OI 8O2 8-83 7'08 IO67 66O 15-86 8-49 7 I3 316 iVanganui Wellington .Vestport

Year. Number of Letters. Number of Telegrams. Proportion of Telegrams sent to every 100 Letters. 1887 1886 1885 1884 1883 1882 1881-82 1880-81 1879-80 (for nine months only) .. 1878-79 1877-78 1876-77 I875-7S 1874-75 1873-74 1872-73 1871-72 1870-71 1869-70 1868-69 1867-68 18,711,329 18,188,144 16,458,477 16,020,056 14,834,217 14.546,748 11,059,677 10,895,998 7,065,510 7.374,786 6,078,384 5,540,920 4,731,873 4.059,517 3,209,837 2,828,372 2,418,021 2,626,947 2,374,060 2,749,488 1,938,578 1,835,394 1,836,266 1.774,273 1,654.305 1,599.4°° 1,570,189 1,438,772 1,304,712 I,008,409 1,448,943 1,260,324 1,124,432 1,051,086 917,218 752,899 568, g6o 411,677 312,874 185,423 146,167 106,104 1019 10-09 1078 IC32 1078 1079 13-00 1 1 97 14-27 1964 2071 20'29 22'2I 22-59 23'45 19-76 17-02 ngi 7-81 612 5'47

March Quarter. June Quarter. September Quarter. December Quarter. 'otals. Code. Number. Revenue derived. Number. Revenue derived. Number. Revenue derived. Number. Revenue derived. Number. Revenue derived. 1887. )rdinary .. 1 £ ■■ d. 384,441 21,837 13 6 43,801 2,007 10 II £ ■■ d. 340,95218,925 II II 39,514 I,8ll I 2 327,720 41,736 £ s. d. 17,067 4 4 1,912 18 o 36i,457 50,151 / s. d. 20,145 o 1 2,298 11 9 1,414,569 175,202 £ s. d. 77,975 9 10 8,030 1 10 'ress Totals .. 428,24123,845 4 5 380,46620,763 13 ll 86,005 11 8 369,456 18,980 2 4 411,608 22,443 11 10 1,589,77! 1886. )rdinary .. 'ress 366,37019,692 16 6 43,O27, 2,072 8 3 351,01619,867 12 2 46,78oj 1,647 2 7 329,001 4i>759 20,112 12 4 2,34° II I 368,407 37,347 21,075 5 6 1,576 13 2 1,415,794 167,923 80,748 6 6 7,636 15 1 Totals .. 409,39721,765 4 9 397.79621,514 14 9 1 370,760 22,651 18 8 1,533,717 88,385 1 7 22,453 3 5 405,754

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Table No. 21. Comparative Table showing the Progress of the Telegraph Department during the Financial Years ended 30th June, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878; to the 31st March, 1880, 1881, and 1882; and to the 31st December, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, and 1887.

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Year ended Number of Miles of Line. Number of Miles of Wire. c c a. Z Number ol du f Telegrams iring the Ye; forwarded ir. Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages, Money-order Telegrams, and Incidental Receipts. Value of Government Messages. Total Value of Business done during the Year. Cost of Maintenance of Stations. Cost of Maintenance of Lines, excluding Australian cable subsidy. Total Expenditure. Cost of Maintenance of Lines per Mile. Tariff in Operation. Private, Press, and Provincial Government. General Government. Total. 30th June, 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 ' 1877 1878 1879 31st March, 1880 1881 1882 31st Dec, 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 699 757 I,IIO 1,329 1,661 2,185 (b) 2,356 (c) 2,53° (a) 2,986 (<=) 3,154(0 3,259 (g) 3,434 (h) 3,5i2 (') 3,638 (i) 3,758 fc) 3,974 (m) 4,°74< n) 4,264(0) 4,463( p) 4,546 C) 4,646 (r) 1,39° 1,498 2,223 2,495 2,897 3,247 4,574 5,782 6,626 7,247 7,423 8,035 8,117 9,333 9,587 9,653 9,848 10,037 10,474 11,178 ",375 13 21 31 45 56 72 81 93 105 127 142 155 182 195 214 227 234 264 302 330 375 412 437 24,761 55,621 72,241 106,070 122,545 253,582 344,524 485,507 645,067 786,237 890,382 952,283 1,065,481 1,201,982 824,734 1,058,342 1,215,849 1,361,817 !,379, 483 *>433, 458 1,533,406 1,583,717 1,589,771 2,746 15,331 26,244 50,097 62,878 59,292 67,243 83,453 107,832 130,891 160,704 172,159 194,843 246,961 183,675 246,370 222,923 208,372 219,917 220,847 240,867 252,549 245,623 27,407 70,952 98,485 156,167 185,423 312,874 411,767 568, 960 752,899 917,128 1,051,086 1,124,442 1,260,324 1,448,943 1,008,409 1,304,712 1,438,772 1,570,189 1,599,400 i,654,3O5 !,774, 273 1,836,266 1,835,394 5,561 19 2 9,070 io 1 11,652 3 7 18,520 10 4 17,218 1 4 22,419 8 8 28,121 10 o 39,680 18 9 46,508 18 10 55,301 12 3 62,715 10 4 65,644 15 3 73,284 1 10 85,402 o 2 58,120 3 3 73,002 2 o 78,828 19 8 90.633 11 2 93,822 3 3 95.634 5 5 101,652 8 o 106,638 12 2 106,548 4 o 483 3 2 3,77° 4 8 6,672 o 3 13,430 11 9 12,252 6 o 9,876 17 6 ",043 3 9 11,105 2 o 12,618 11 6 13,679 10 9 16,154 6 o 17,024 8 9 19,148 12 4 26,949 2 2 I9,7O7 6 3 27,021 3 8 22,737 16 4 20,608 11 11 21,555 19 2 20,855 19 7 24,860 9 o 27,281 4 9 30,205 11 10 £ s. d. 6,045 2 4 12,840 14 9 18,324 3 10 31,951 2 1 29,470 7 4 32,296 6 2 39,164 13 9 50,786 o 9 59,127 10 4 68,981 3 o 78,869 16 4 82,669 4 o 92,432 14 2 112,351 2 4 77,827 9 6 100,023 5 8 101,566 16 o 111,242 3 1 H5,378 2 5 116,490 5 o 126,512 17 o 133,919 16 II 136,753 1S 10 £ *. d. 3,934 3 4 8,017 14 7 9,489 17 10 14,266 12 7 16,417 7 4 21,254 4 3 23,593 9 9 27,040 18 10 38,801 19 4 45,814 11 4 61,696 14 5 63,353 10 10 69,340 1 8 79,502 o 5 68,651 10 10 78,224 1 8 69,165 5 o 73,554 9 1 73,054 4 6 70,036 6 2 77,082 4 4 77,473 10 7 76,580 10 o £ s- d. 2,443 2 11 2,541 4 11 5,406 7 3 8,547 4 9 14,120 4 10 ",344 3 8 8,858 19 7 9,479 5 4 15,021 17 11 14,240 19 7 21,074 8 8 17,931 8 o 18,259 4 9 17,299 7 10 14,758 4 5 23,154 8 3 18,292 13 4 22,451 6 3 19,210 6 6 20,041 15 10 20,9OO 6 2 21,402 18 2 21,321 2 9 £ s- d. 6,377 6 3 10,558 19 6 14,896 5 1 22,813 I7 4 30,537 12 2 32.598 7 11 32,452 9 4 36,520 4 2 53,823 17 3 60,055 Io 11 82,771 3 1 81,284 J8 10 87.599 6 5 96,801 8 3 83,409 15 3 101,378 9 11 87,457 18 4 96,005 15 4 92,264 11 o 90,078 2 o 97,982 10 6 98,875 8 9 97,901 12 9 3 9 10 3 7 1 4 17 4 6 8 6 8 9 11 5 19 6 4 2 3 4 1 11 6 3 11 4 16 4 5 18 10 5 12 11 5 10 o 509 4 3 4 667 4 *7 4 5 17 5 4' 16 8 4 18 4 4 J5 " 4 13 9 I Mileage tariff. I Mileage tariff in operation up to 1st Sept., 1869; uniform 2s. 6d. tariff from 1st (Sept., 1869, to 31st March, 1870; and is. tariff from 1st April, 1870. 1 From 1st November, 1873, address and signature given in ire?. Prom 1st Jan., 1886, d e 1 a y e d - telegrams posted to addressees immediately after their receipt at offices of destination (a) From this mileage 78 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance. (b) -32 (') 42 c) ; 106 ; : ; ; <8) »i 5 o w » 85 (i) From this mileage 109 miles to be deducted before computing the cost per mile for maintenance. C) . 95 (') « J02 ,, m) " 66 „ °) - 19° • - » /, ") » 199

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Table No. 22. Insulation Tests of the First and Second Cook Strait Cables for the Year ended 31st December, 1887, showing the Resistance per Knot after Two Minutes' Electrification in Megohms (British Association Units of Resistance).

Table No. 23. Insulation Tests of the Wanganui and Wakapuaka Cable for the Year ended 31st December, 1887, showing the Resistance per Knot after Ten Minutes' Electrification in Megohms (British Association Units of Resistance). Length of Cable laid, 108-69 Knots.

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First Cook Strait Cable. No. 1 Wire. No, 2 Wire. No. 3 Wire. Second Cook Strait Cable. Dielectric Resistance per Knot. [anuary 132 149 311 January 444 February 135 148 271 February 406 Vlarch .. 126 J45 259 March 362 129 149 270 April .. 373 Way r43 174 297 May .. 3°3 fune 140 169 289 June .. 295 [uly .. 140 174 282 July .. 282 August .. 150 176 296 August 260 September 146 173 284 September 281 October 149 167 271 October 226 November 132 159 262 November 213 December 134 167 266 December 184

Date. Dielectric Resistance per Knot. Copper Resistance per Knot in Ohms. Mean Temperature of Sea-bottom calculated from the Observed C.R. Twenty Cells. Deg.Fahr. fanuary .. 5>I59 1094 56 February 3.512 II-O 59 March 3,837 11 09 6275 <Vpril 3.920 iro6 6r8 May 5.198 no 59 fune 5>789 11 04 609 [uly 5.3°° 10-95 57 \ugust 3.3CO 1089 54'°i September 8,225 I0'92 55'4 Dctober .. 5.725 10-98 58 November 5.856 io'95 57 December 6,023 10-95 57

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Table No. 24. Cost of Telegraph Lines and Cables throughout the Colony.

Table No. 25. Return of the Number and Amount of Telegraph Money Orders Issued within the several Postal Districts during the Year ended 31st December, 1887.

Table No. 26. Cash Value of Shipping and Weather Telegrams and Amount chargeable to each Department of the General Government for Telegrams transmitted during the Year ended 31st December, 1887.

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Section of Line. Number of Miles ot" Line. Total Cost of Section. Cost per Mile. North Island. £ s. d. £ s- d. rotal, North Island, to 31st December, 1886 Expenditure on sundry lines constructed during year 1887 .. 2.130I 744 229,657 15 10 5,362 16 8 72 g 2 Totals 2,205 235,020 12 6 South Island. Total, South Island, to 31st December, 1886 Expenditure on sundry lines constructed during year 1887 .. 2,4*51 26 233,728 13 6 1,781 19 5 68 10 9 Total, South Island, to 31st December, 1887 2,441^ 235,510 12 11 rotal, North Island, to 31st December, 1887 2,205 235,020 12 6 Totals .. 4.646.I 47O.53I 5 5 'ook Strait cables 81,280 2 4 'elephone exchanges .. 58,303 9 7 Total £610,114 17 4

Districts. Number. Commission. Amount. Auckland .. Blenheim .. Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika .. Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui .. Wellington Westport .. 2,657 471 1,451 1,500 497 1,562 306 636 1.755 413 3i7 208 524 317 804 2.735 746 £ ■■ d. 132 17 o 23 11 o 72 11 o 75 o o 24 17 o 78 2 o 15 6 o 31 16 o 87 15 o 20 13 o 15 17 o 10 8 o 26 4 o 15 17 o 40 4 o 136 15 o 37 6 o £ s. d. 10,283 4 6 1.498 4 5 5,536 1 9 5.518 10 7 1,759 4 2 6,274 3 7 1,065 7 o 2,012 19 3 6,980 12 9 1,513 14 11 995 II ° 673 5 3 i,573 8 5 1,142 10 11 2.519 11 1 9,216 1 11 2,827 3 7 Totals 16,899 844 19 o 61,389 15 i

Department. Value. Colonial Secretary Customs Defence Judicial Postal Registrar-General Treasury Public Works Shipping Reports Weather Reports .. General 3,378 8 8 2,612 18 4 2,071 19 11 2,482- 1 5 3,800 16 7 993 12 o 1,814 2 9 4,901 2 1 3,290 18 10 3,300 o o 1 1559 11 3 Total 30,205 11 10

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POST and TELEGRAPH MAP OF THE NORTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND.

POST AND TELEGRAPH MAP OF THE MIDDLE ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND.