Table No. 27. TABLE showing REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c., of the POSTAL DEPARTMENT in the Province of NELSON, in 1867.

Table No. 28. TABLE showing REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c., of the POSTAL DEPARTMENT in the Province of MARLBOROUGH, in 1867.

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NEW ZEALAND POSTAL SERVICE.

Total Received and Despatched. Mail Contract. :s. Expenditure. Totals. Province of Nelson. ±> U. _ iS Offices. Weight of Newspapers in lbs. Letters. Newspapers. Distance in Miles. Mode of Conveyance. No. of Times Weekly. Cost of Conveyance. Salaries. Contingencies. ! ! Expenditure. Eevenue. Trunk Lines — I.—Nelson to Riwaka IL—Nelson to Fox Hill ... Fox HilltoTadmor .., 5 6 1 15,904 21,954 708 7,458 7,522 651 816 823 71 36 24 20 Coach 2 6 A £ s. d. 132 10 0 100 0 0 15 0 0 £ s. d. 69 0 0 75 0 0 5 0 0 £ s. d. 4 13 2 0 0 0 4 3 £ s. d. 205 11 3 177 0 0 20 4 3 .£ s. d. 131 3 7 181 1 8 5 16 9 Horse Branches — I.—Nelson to Wakapuaka II. —Nelson to Haveloek ... Seaborne Mails — I.—Nelson to Motupipi ... II. —Nelson to Takaka III. —Nelson to Collingwood IV. —Nelson to Westport, &c. 1 1 1 2 9 1,733 106 1,341 1,680 3,663 62,193 109,282 176,789 523 144 888 1,343 1,241 19,810 39,580 146,481 52 16 98 147 136 3,450 12 32 35 38 52 175 Cart Horse Vessel 2 Twice Monthly As opportunity occurs. 28 0 0 50 0 0 6 0 0 17 0 0 15 0 0 30 0 0 490 0 0 0 2 6 10 3 0 19 0 1 17 0 88 0 1 34 2 6 50 0 0 18 0 3 15 19 0 31 17 0 1,028 0 1 14 5 10 11 1 2 16 17 1 30 4 3 1,033 15 9 ,, 11 450 6 0 i ! 775 10 0 175 0 0 707 0 0 1,055 10 0 98 4 4 80 1 1 1,580 14 4 1,310 11 1 2,891 5 5 1,424 6 1 1,456 2 7 2,880 8 8 Countrv Mail Services —Totals Chief Post Office, Nelson 26 1 5,609 16,037 424 Totals 27 286,071 186,061 21,646 424 178 5 5 ... ... 950 10 0 1,762 10 0

Province of Marlborough. No of Offices. Totals Received and Despatched. Mail Contracts. Expenditure. Totals. Letters. Newspapers. Weight of Newspapers in lbs. Distance in Miles. Mode of Conveyance. No. of times Weekly. i Cost of Conveyance. £ s. d. 160 0 0 38 10 0 280 11 0 106 0 0 Salaries. Contingencies. Expenditure. { Eevenue. Trunk Lines — I.—Blenheim to Picton II. — Do. Awatere III. — Do. Hawkswood IV.— Do. Wairau Valley Branches — I.—Picton to Havelock II. —Havelock to Deep Creek 2 1 4 2 3 1 35,009 1,259 5,356 4,137 28,137 1,941 6,937 2,760 j 2,638 182 650 259 20 15 120 25 Coach Horse 3 1 _ 1 £ s. d. 169 10 0 15 0 0 11 0 0 35 0 0 £ s. d. 25 4 0 £ s. d. 354 14 0 53 10 0 292 5 10 141- 10 9 £ s. d. 314 10 8 12 1 30 8 10 24 5 8 Trap 0 14 10 0 10 9 10,136 29 6,863 34 643 4 25 20 Boat Horse 3 1 200 0 0 65 0 0 34 0 0 6 0 0 0 13 0 0 2 3 234 13 0 71 2 3 57 0 6 4 10 0 Country Mail Services —Totals Chief Post Office, Blenheim 13 1 55,926 39,179 95,105 46,672 33,069 79,741 4,376 3,031 7,407 225 I 1 850 1 0 ... 270 10 0 362 10 0 27 4 10 32 9 3 1,147 15 10 394 19 3 431 17 9 407 1 9 Totals 14 14 225 850 1 0 633 0 0 59 14 1 1,542 15 1 838 19 6 ...