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Repokt. page. Departmental Arrangements ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 Comparative Statement of Correspondence and Postal Revenue during 1866 and 1867 ... 5 Post Offices and Postal Staff' ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 Dead Letters ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 Return of Property found in Dead Letters ... ... ... 6 Registered Letters ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 Money Orders ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 Post Office Savings Banks ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 Steam Postal Services —Panama Service ... ... ... ... ... ... 8 „ „ Suez Service ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8 „ „ Inter-colonial Services ... ... ... .,, ... 8 „ ,. Inter-provincial Services ... ... ... ... ... 9 Melbourne Postal Conference ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 Miscellaneous ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 Retuens. Number and Amount of Money Orders Issued ... ... ... ... ... 10 Number and Amount of Money Orders Paid ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 Savings Banks Transactions in each Province during 1867 ... ... ... ... 11 Savings Banks Transactions of each Month during 1867 ... ... ... ... ... 12 Savings Banks Transactions from 1st January, 1868, to 31st May, 1868 ... ... ... 12 Savings Banks Transactions at each Office in the Colony during 1867 ... ... ... 13 Proportion of Depositors to Population, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... 14 Balances, including Interest due to Depositors on 31st December, 1867 ... ... ... 15 Commission received on Money Orders Issued in 1863-4-5-6-7 ... ... ... ... 15 Number and Value of Postage Stamps printed in 1863-4-5-6-7 ... ... ... ... 16 Inter-colonial Steam Mail Subsidies ... ... ... ... ... ... 16 Inter-provincial Steam Mail Subsidies ... ... ... ... ... ... 16 Correspondence, &c, despatched via Panama ... ... ... ... ... ... 17 Correspondence, &c, received via Panama ... ... ... ... ... ... 17 Correspondence, &c, received and despatched via Suez ... ... ... ... ... 18 Comparative Table of proportion of Letters and Newspapers to Population in Great Britain, New South Wales, Victoria, and New Zealand ... ... ... ... ... ... 19 Comparative Table of proportion of Letters and Newspapers to Population in each Province of New Zealand ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 19 Comparative Table of Correspondence and Revenue, &c, in each year from 1858 to 1867 20-21 Letters Received and Despatched ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 22 Newspapers Received and Despatched ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 23 Expenditure, Revenue, &c, of Postal Department in Auckland ... ... ... ... 24 „ „ Hawke's Bay ... ... ... ... 25 „ „ „ Taranaki ... ... ... ... 25 „ „ „ Wellington ... ... ... ... 26 Nelson ... ... ... ... 27 „ „ „ Marlborough ... ... ... ... 27 „ „ „ Canterbury ... ... ... ... 28 Otago 29 „ „ „ Southland ... ... ... ... 30 Total Expenditure, Revenue, &c, of Postal Services in New Zealand ... ... ... 31

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