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TABLE showing the Present Cost of the AUSTRALIAN MAIL PACKET SERVICE as divided between the Imperial Post Office and the Colonies; the same supposing the New South Wales and Queensland Correspondence, in addition to that of New Zealand, were conveyed via Panama; thirdly, the Cost of a Service twice a Month via Suez; and fourthly, the Division of the Expense of Three Lines of Packets proposed by the Committee of Delegates of the Colonies.

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Present Arrangement: I\ Tew Zealand Correspondence going via Panama. ISTew Zealand, New South Wales, and Queensland Correspondence, going via Panama. Estimated Cost of a Service twice a Month via Suez. Proposal of Delegats : Total Expencs of the three Services. Country contributing. Suez Route. Panama Route. Torres Straits Route. Total. Suez. Panama. Torres Straits. Total. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ United Kingdom* ... Victoria New South Wales ... South Australiaf New Zealand TasmaniaJ Queensland§ Western Australia ... 86,135 38,100 21,360 16,431 57,300 62,700 86,135 38,100 78,660 16,431 62,700 3,731 102,425 932 85,110 63,938 20,887 57,300 62,700 85,110 63,938 57,300 20,887 62,700 5,611 90,000 1,518 127,300 40,037 17,384 27,834 45,754 4,856 12,956 1,267 200,000 50,000 50,000 14,000 50,000 12,000 24,000 3,731 12,425 932 90,000 5,611 90,000 1^518 179,114 120,000j| 90,000 389,114 177,064 120,000j| 90,000«[ 387,064 277,388 400,000 Notes on 'he above. amely :— * Service between United Kingdom and Sydney, including incidental expenses King George's Sound and Adelaide Branch, Sydney to Queensland Melbourne and Tasmania £81,710 2,475 1,025 925 J United Kingdom to Melbourne Branch Packet to Melbourne ... ... • £2,801 92; £3.73: £3,73: £86,135 § United Kingdom to Sydney Branch, Sydney to Queensland -^_»,l o. £11,40( 1,021 £12 4.2! t United Kingdom to King George's Sound King George's Sound and Adelaide £7,112 9,319 AlZjj'iZi £12,42; £16,431 || This includes £10,000 for conveyance across the Isthmus of Panama. _;r-^'i.. r ..irr l -,.—- Estimated cost of a Monthly Service.