D—No. 2
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THE POSTAL SERVICE OF NEW ZEALAND.
Table shewing the ! Licensed Stam 1 1861. ''own delivery of Ia Sellers in each Pt 'tters, n vt Offia ■mber of Eeceiving Houses, Private Bo, District for the year ending 31*< Dt res, and •cember, Receivii ig Houses. Private loxes. Province. Town. Delivery. Licensed Stamp Sellers. Number Letters Received. Number Occupied. Number Fixed. First consiructeJ. Auckland - Auckland Daily Four 18,356 (a) 54 54 Jan. 1860 Nine Taranaki - New Plymouth None None 23 24 Dec. 1861 One Hawke's Bay - Napier None None None Oct. 1857 None Wellington Wellington Daily One 3,933 30 37 Three Nelson Nelson Daily None 16 25 March 1860 Three Marlborough - Blenheim - None None None None One Canterbury Lyttelton - Daily None 17 18 Feb. 1861 One Christchurch - Daily Two (c) 1,083 23 40 Feb. 1861 Three Olago Dunedin - Daily None (6)56 56 Jan. 1861 Six Southland Invercargill None None None None None (a.) At the Auckland Post Office, additional Private Boxes having been cons the commencement of the year 1862 was 61. (4.) At the Dunedin Post Office 24 additional boxes were constructed, of wh commencement of the year 1862. (c.) The two Receiving Offices in Christchurch were opened on the 1st November al Private Boxes having be sen consti ;ructe:l, the number tak ken up at ional boxes were constructs i, of wh lich 23 were taken uf p at the rch were opened on the 1 st li fovember, , 1861. Number and Value of Postage Labels sold to the Public dur, 31 st December, 1861. Ing the year ended NUMBER. VALUE. At a Shilling - - 7,730 £ s. d. 386 10 0 " Sixpenoe - 148,782 3,719 11 0 " Two-pence - 279,909 2,332 11 6 '• One Penny - 90,583 377 8 7 527,004 £6,810 1 1 Time Tables of the New Zealand Inter-colonial and Inter-provincial Steam Postal Service. No. '.—Sydney and Auckland —One Boat. Sydney, leave - - - - 15th each month Auckland, arrive- - 22nd " leave - Is' Sydney, arrive ... - 8th No. 2.—Sydney, Nelson, and Wellington—One Boat. Sydney, leave - 26tJj Nelson, arrive - %™ « leave - 5. th Wellington, arrive - "ta leave - 9th Nelson, arrive - 1Ot t h « leave ISA « Sydney, arrive - 2Oth