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Table No. 31. TABLE showing REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c., in the POSTAL DEPARTMENT of the Province of SOUTHLAND, in 1867.

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Total Received and Despatched. Mail Contracts. Expenditure. Totals. No. of Province of Southland. Offices. Letters. Newspapers. Weight of Newspapers in lbs. Distance in Miles. Mode of Conveyance, j Number of Times Weekly. Cost of Conveyance. Salaries. Contingencies. Expenditure. Revenue. j 10,272 6,225 £ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ 8. d. £■ s. d. I Trunk Lines — 1,230 32 Horse 375 0 0 35 0 0 3 4 0 413 4 0 127 11 8 I.—Invercargill to Mataura 2 2 II. —Invercargill to Campbelltown ... 1 7,626 1,799 337 18 Railway 6 400 0 0 131 17 2 23 6 6 555 3 8 94 14 4 Main Branches — 6 10,560 1,980 91 Coach 1 384 0 0 40 0 0 4 0 0 428 0 0 181 0 6 I.—Invercargill to Kingston 14,573 II. —Invercargill to Riverton 2 19,868 8,055 1,510 22 3 140 0 0 30 0 0 4 6 0 174 6 0 246 15 4 Branches— 1 1,803 m x'726 324 8 Horse 1 35 0 0 7 10 0 22 7 11 I.—Mataura to Gore 42 10 0 II. —Mataura to Menzies' Ferry 1 1,453 731 137 11 1 49 0 0 5 0 0 0 10 0 54 10 0 18 1 0 III. —Wallacetown to Waianiwa 1 1,141 1,301 244 6 » 1 40 0 0 10 0 0 0 15 0 50 15 0 14 3 5 IV. —Riverton to Mararoa ... 3 4,365 5,095 955 77 a _ 80 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 101 0 0 53 11 7 Otago Branches served from Southland — 1,314 869 163 38 1 I.—Gore to Switzers a II. —Athol to Nokomai 1,076 508 95 10 ,, 1 Country Mail Services —Totals 17 63,491 36,869 6,975 313 1,819 8 8 758 5 9 1,503 0 0 279 7 8 37 1 6 Chief Post Office, Invercargill 1 94,636 90,683 17,003 777 17 10 82 4 8 860 2 6 1,212 6 5 Totais I I 18 158,127 127,552 23,978 313 1,503 0 0 1,057 5 0 119 6 2 2,679 11 2 1,970 12 2