AN ACCOUNT showing the Amounts chargeable on the AUSTRALIAN COLONIES and NEW ZEALAND on Account of the Mail Packet Service for the Year ending 31st December, 1868.

D r. ACCOUNT-CURRENT for the Year ending 31st December, 1868, in continuation of that rendered for the Year 1867. Cr.

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COLONIES. Balance of Account to 31st December, 1867. Amount. chargeable for 1868, as per above Statement. Totals. COLONIES. Remittances. Branch Packet Service. Sums allowed to the Colonies as per Statement following. Balance due 31st December, 1868. Totals. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 406 3 4 164 5 4 103 16 7 43 3 2 31 14 9 85 14 1 15 2 9 £ s. a. I £ s. a. £ s. a. £ B. d. I 94,839 2 9 43,835 10 1 15,625 17 7 26,997 2 0 17,562 14 6 30,267 4 8 2,254 3 0 Victoria New South Wales South Australia New Zealand ... Tasmania Queensland Western Australia 52,693 8 8 22,772 9 11 7,240 1 6 21,065 18 11 14,229 1 8 19,306 14 3 998 9 8 42,145 14 1 21,003 0 2 8,335 16 1 5,931 3 1 3,333 12 10 10,960 10 5 1,255 13 4 91,839 2 9 43,835 10 1 15,625 17 7 26,997 2 0 17,562 14 6 30,267 4 8 2,254 3 0 Victoria New South Wales South Australia New Zealand ... Tasmania Queensland Western Australia 42,751 5 5 22,772 9 11 3,624 3 10 21,005 18 11 6,089 7 4 13,535 10 2 998 9 8 1,856 5 0 ... 5,169 2 3 3,043 15 0 51,681 14 0 20,898 14 10 10,041 12 2 5,887 19 11 6,272 10 2 13,602 5 5 1,240 10 7 ... 138,306 4 7 93,075 10 0 231,381 11 7 110,837 5 3 10,069 2 3 850 0 0 109,625 7 1 231,381 14 7 General Post Office, London, 11th MaGrEO. ClIETWTND, Receiver and Accountant-Q-eneral. , 1868.

COLONIES. Estimated Number of Letters Inwards and Outwards in 1808. Service to Point de Galle. Service between Point de Galle and King George's Sound. Service between King G-eorge's Sound and Melbourne. Service between Melbourne and Sydney. Moiety of Cost of Mail Boxes and Mail Bags. Moiety of Expense of Naval Agents in Charge of Mails. Proportion of Cost of Special Packets between Dover and Calais. Estimated Number of Newspapers Inwards and Outwards, via Southampton, in 1868. Egyptian Transit Hate on Newspapers via Southampton. Totals. Victoria New South Wales South Australia ... New Zealand Tasmania Queensland Western Australia Number. 965,193 390,355 246,727 102,545 75,410 203,635 35,963 £ s. d. 11,743 17 5 4,749 10 7 3,002 0 0 1,247 15 0 917 12 0 2,477 13 0 437 12 0 £ s. d. 19,109 2 2 7,728 6 9 4,881 14 10 2.030 4 3 1,492 19 8 4.031 12 4 712 0 0 £ s. d. 9,246 13 5 3,739 13 0 £ s. A. 4,083 4 11 £ a. d. 430 1 9 173 18 3 109 18 10 45 13 10 33 12 1 90 14 9 16 0 G £ s. d. 154 2 6 62 6 7 39 7 9 16 7 5 12 0 9 32 10 3 5 14. 9 £ s. d. 52 11 5 21 5 2 13 8 9 5 11 8 4 2 1 11 1 9 1 19 2 Number. 1,644,543 589,013 392,440 619,057 176,060 275,403 96,143 £ s. d. 1,409 5 5 504 14 11 336 5 11 530 9 10 150 17 5 235 19 7 82 6 11 £ s. d. 42,145 14 1 21,063 0 2 8,385 16 1 5,931 3 1 3,333 12 10 10,960 10 5 1,255 13 4 982 7 11 722 8 10 1,950 16 10 1,072 13 2 2,130 1 11 39,989 0 0 900 0 0 322 10 0 110 0 0 3,792,659 3,250 0 0 93,075 10 0 2,019,828 24,576 0 0 16,642 0 0 7,286 0 0