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Table No. 26. TABLE showing REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c., of the POSTAL DEPARTMENT in the Province of WELLINGTON in 1867.

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_ o Total Received and Despatched. Mail Contracts. Expenditure. Totals. Province of Wellington. O o Letters. Newspapers. Weight of Newspapers in lbs. 2 CD * 1 5.3 Mode of Conveyance. O .5 _ Cost of Salaries. Contingencies Expenditure. Revenue. Conveyance. _ 128,422 48,242 9,045 Coaeh £ s. d. £ s. d. £ 8. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. I. North-western. —Wellington to Wanganui 11 120 2 1,896 0 0 480 8 1 Ill 0 0 1,987 8 1 1,371 4 2 II. North-eastern. —Wellington to Upper Hutt 3 28,689 6,966 1,306 19 6 105 0 0 70 0 0 6 0 0 181 0 0 147 0 0 „ Wellington to Masterton 7 48,326 10,624 1,992 64 2 433 0 0 95 8 5 14 0 0 542 8 5 279 0 0 „ Masterton to Castle Point 2 5,341 4,447 834 34 Horse a 100 0 0 21 0 0 4 0 0 125 0 0 35 0 0 Suburban Line, — Cart 15 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 Wellington to Karori 1 1,068 234 44 4 2 27 0 0 i Country Mail Services —Total24 211,846 70,513 13,221 241 2,049 0 0 2,862 16 6 1,834 4 2 676 16 6 137 0 0 Chief Post Office, Wellington 1 366,027 267,490 50,154 1,533 6 8 185 0 9 1,718 7 5 8,867 13 2 ! Totals 25 577,873 338,003 63,375 241 2,049 0 0 2,210 3 2 322 0 9 4,581 3 11 10,701 17 4