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PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE

Table No. 10. RETURN of the NUMBER and VALUE of POSTAGE STAMPS printed during the Years 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, and 1867.

Table No. 11. RETURN of INTERCOLONIAL MAIL STEAM SUBSIDIES, June, 1868.

Table No. 12. RETURN of INTERPROVINCIAL MAIL STEAM SUBSIDIES, June, 1868.

18i 13. 1864. 186; 1866. 1867. No. Value. No. Value. No. Value. No. ! Value. No. i Value. | ! i £ £ 159,120 £ £ £ AtOneShillingi i 90,720 4,536 143,280 7,164 7,956 At Sixpence , I ': 478,320; S 11,958 950,400 23,760 548,400 13,710 *242,880 6,072 714,240 17,856 At Fourpcnee 436,800 7,280 At Threepence 121,920 1,524 # ... 1,059,120 13,239 At Twopence 1,710,240 14,252 1,892,400 15,770 1,998,000 1G,650 1,989,840 16,582 1,600,080! | 13,334 At One Penny' i 326,640 1,361 457,920 1,908 774,960 3,229 714,0001 2,975 1,315,920 5,483 Totals ... : :2,605,920 32,107 3,444,000 48,602 4,039,200 50,349 2,946,720 25,629 4,689,360 I I 49,912 * A large nui iber of thcsi losta; ;e stain is wen in stock ,t the end of 1865.

Cont: tACTS. Service. Annual Subsidy. Monthly Payments. How Oeten. Mileage per Month. Expense PER Mile. : Commence. Terminate. ■ £ £ Mar. 1867 Sep. 12, 1868 Monthly 2,666 s. a. (1) Otago to Melbourne... 6,000 500 3 9

Cont: :acts. Services. Annual Subsidy. Monthly Pa \ MENTS. How Often. Mileage PER Month. Expense PER M.ILE. Commence. Terminate. £ ' £ Mar. 1868 Sep. 1868 Monthly. 418") s. a. (2) Manukau to Wellington 1 (2) Port Chalmers to Manukau ... I 400 Feb. 1868 do. Once every 4 weeks. do. 3 71-663 |> 4,800 I 782 j. do. do. I (2) Auckland to Otago, East Coast J 98GJ (1) Wellington to Bluff -> do. do. Monthly. 4771 (1) Bluff to Wellington Mar. 1868 do. do. . 477 i \- 3,600 300 Feb. 1868 do. do. i i 3 9.-71-1 (1) Wellington to Auckland, East 622 J Coast ■ 8,400 700 3,762 I 3 8..-202 (1) Panarr (2) NewZ ia New Zeali iealand Steal ind and Aus a Navigatio: itralian Roy; n Company. il Mail Com pany.