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COMPARATIVE RETURN of BUSINESS TRANSACTED for the FINANCIAL YEARS, 1865-6 and 1866-7.

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Ordinary. Press. Provincial Government. General Government. Totals. Tels. £ 3568 s. 12 d. 7 Tels. £ 578 s. 0 d. 9 Tels. £ 221 s. 4 d. 0 Tels. £ 1327 s. 15 d. 1 Tels. 29,654 £ 5695 s. 12 d. 5 Half-year ending, 31st December, 1866 Half-year ending, 30th June, 1867 29971 4026 0 1 1018 427 16 8 978 248 16 0 9331 2442 9 7 41,298 7145 2 4 Total for Financial year, 1866-7 7594 12 8 1005 17 5 470 0 0 3770 4 8 70,952 12,840 14 9 Half-year ending, 31 st December 2002 19 5 333 11 8 193 12 9 251 12 3 10,736 2781 16 1 Half-year ending, 30th June, 1866 2605 0 11 193 2 3 152 9 7 243 18 2 16,599 3194 10 11 Total for Financial year 4608 0 4 526 13 11 34G 2 4 495 10 5 27,335 5976 7 0