D—No. 2
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THIRD REPORT ON
'ABLE D. Amount chargeable on account o: Service between Melbourne and lydney. Colonies. No. of Letters in 1660. Percentage for each Colony. Chargeable from April 1, 1861, to March 31, 1862. £ s s. d. New South Wales Queensland New Zealand 438.600 39,100 266,700 58.920 5.253 35.827 4,442 11 4 396 1 6 2,701 7 1 744,400 100.000 7,539 19 11 Total amount chargeable for Packi tabl: 3 E. . it Service from i 31st Marc! :ach of the Col i, 1862. mies from 1st April, 1861, to Colonies. Service between Point de Galle and King George's Sound. Service between King George's Sound and Melbourne. Service between Melbourne and Sydney. Total. £ s. d. £ S. d, £ s. d. £ s. d. Victoria New South Wales South Australia New Zealand Tasmania Queensland Western Australia 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 10,545 9 11 3,678 10 7 2,236 14 11 783 7 3 327 17 10 4,442 11 4 2,701 7 1 33,609 1 7 16,160 0 7 3,270 4 11 9,830 3 5 2,4!)6 16 3 1,440 18 7 522 14 8 396 1 6 42,223 19 7 67,336 0 0 17,572 0 6 7,539 19 11 General Post Office, London, 19th August, 18' Frank Jas. Scudamoke. L861. 1. Number of miles over which Mails are carrie •ied by land within each Post Office District. lily. Wei ikly. Fortl lightly. M« ithly. Post offic* Districr. Per day. Per annum. Per w eek Per annum. P«r fortnight. Per annum. P«r month. Per annum. Total par annum. Auckland 76 23,788 718 37,386 1400 36,400 110 1320 98,844 Taranaki 200 5200 5200 Hawke's Bay 300 15,600 340 8840 24,440 Wellington - 16 5008 396 20,592 90 2340 27,940 Nelson 336 17,472 17,472 Marlborongh40 2080 400 10,400 12,480 Canterbury - 38 11,849 266 13.8S2 326 8476 180 2160 36,362 Otago ■» ... 234 12,168 286 7436 19,604 Southland 114 2984 2964 130 40,690 2290 11 9,080 3156 82,036 290 3480 245,306 Under the head ' Dailj Under the head Weekly, i Monthly Mails are similarl; totals e (hibit accurately thi r,' is shewi ire include y shewn, i: ; number c i the numl d mails le: nclusivc of if miles tra ber of mil ss often tl ? those car iversed in :s traversi lan Daily •ied at otl the year. ed in the i r, but not her intervi lay, by mails carried less often than Wee! ils within those periO' once a dakly. Fort ds respecti y or often er. tnightly and ively. The