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THE POSTAL SERVICE OF NEW ZEALAND.

Statement of the amount due from each of the Colonies of Australia and New Zealand, on naconn/ of the Mail Packet Service, from 1st April, 1861, to 31st March, 1862. TABLE A. Distance between I Miles. Proportion of half Subsidy. Chargeable on 1. Point de Galle and King George's 1 „ „„, Sound ) ' ■ !. King George'B Sound and Mel- I , „». bourne I 1>d'5 " 3. Melbourne and Sydney 590 5,269 £ s. d. 42,223 19 7 17,572 0 6 ( The whole of the Australian Colonies and I New Zealand i Victoria, N. S. Wales, Queensland, Tas- | mania, and New Zealand N. S. Wales, Queensland, and New Zealand 7,539 19 11 67,336* 0 0 Half the amount of Annual Subsidy * Subsidy is £134,672. Half thereof £67,336. TABLE B. Amount chargeable on account of Service between Point de Galle and King George's Sound. Colonies. No. of Letters in 1860. Percentage for each Coloqy. Chargeable from April 1, 1861, to March 31, 1862. £ S. d. Victoria New South Wales South Australia Netf Zealand Tasmania Queensland Western Australia 1,257,400 438,600 178,300 266,700 93,400 39,100 28,500 54.622 19.053 7.745 11.586 4.058 1.698 1.238 23,063 11 8 8,044 18 8 3,270 4 11 4,892 1 5 1,713 9 0 716 19 3 522 14 8 2,302,000 100.000 42,223 19 7 TABLE C. Amount chargeable ou account of Service between King George's Sound ai id Melbourne. Colonies. No. of Letters in 1860. Percentage for each Colony. Chargeable from April 1, 1861, to March 31, 1862. 1,257,400 438,600 266,700 93,400 S9.100 £ s. d. Victoria New Wales New Zealand Tasmania Queensland 60.013 20.934 12.729 4.458 1.866 10,545 9 11 3,678 10 7 2,236 14 11 7S3 7 3 327 17 10 2,095,200 100.000 17,572 0 6