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Appendix C. RETURN for the Financial Year ended 30th June, 1869, of the Cash Revenue derived from Private, Press, and Provincial Government Messages, and of the Value of GENERAL Government Messages; the Number of Messages transmitted by each Station, and the Working Expenses of each Station.

EEPOET ON THE WORKING OF

Name op Station. Total Cash Revenue derived from Private, Press, and Provincial Government Messages. Value of General Government Messages. Total Value of Messages of all codes. Total Number of Private, Press, and Provincial Government Messages. Total Number of General Government Messages. Total Number of Messages of all Codes. Amount paid for Salaries. Contingencies. Total Cost of Maintenance of each Station. Remarks. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,321 175 2,420 1,520 1,611 259 3,128 744 10,338 17,839 382 5,293 847 780 7,364 2,557 1,429 673 4,697 266 2,413 4,778 4,150 1,365 2.703 161 66 3 256 2,180 25 36 586 1,387 178 2,676 3,700 1,636 295 3,714 744 11,348 18,884 586 6,379 941 832 11,270 2,798 1,451 701 9,209 335 5,943 9,389 4,236 2,577 9,589 190 £ s. d. 2,062 19 2 106 1 11 200 0 0 208 5 6 216 9 11 163 6 2 135 0 0 121 5 0 114 11 8 1,245 18 3 946 1 7 97 19 7 230 18 3 120 0 0 90 11 10 358 2 7 172 18 4 90 5 4 122 18 4 357 2 5 50 0 0 259 9 9 392 13 9 187 7 10 95 3 4 226 10 9 100 0 0 £ s. d. 1,221 17 0 19 9 9 18 3 6 25 4 6 31 19 6 87 18 0 20 7 6 32 11 6 31 17 7 319 2 7 79 6 10 25 17 9 56 17 10 27 0 7 34 6 0 13 4 6 35 19 0 8 10 9 18 11 0 16 12 7 36 10 3 88 11 2 16 10 3 23 10 0 17 11 3 31 11 6 15 7 0 £ s. d. 3,284 16 2 125 11 8 218 3 6 233 10 0 248 9 5 251 4 2 155 7 6 153 16 6 146 9 3 1,565 0 10 1,025 8 5 123 17 4 287 16 1 147 0 7 124 17 10 371 7 1 208 17 4 98 16 1 141 9 4 373 15 0 86 10 3 348 0 11 409 4 0 210 17 10 112 14 7 258 2 3 115 7 0 Head Office ... Balclutha Bealey Blenheim Bluff Brighton Castle Point ... Charleston Cheviot Christchurch... Dunedin Eeatherston ... Greymouth ... Greytown Havelock Hokitika Invercargill ... Kaiapoi Kaikoura Lyttelton Masterton Napier Nelson Oamaru Picton Port Chalmers Selwyn ... ... 135 0 10 21 8 9 267 8 10 547 19 9 , 160 11 5 35 10 7 421 6 11 159 2 7 1,749 15 2 2,825 0 8 34 1 7 867 16 7 82 1 4 81 8 8 1,919 5 5 382 7 1 130 15 7 87 7 6 403 3 0 24 2 0 588 2 8 983 1 1 482 3 11 137 8 0 199 11 4 16 16 7 17 15 1 12 8 38 14 3 384 8 1 11 11 1 11 6 11 158 8 10 355 9 8 401 0 3 34 0 1 217 0 9 15 5 5 11 6 9 1,282 16 10 93 17 11 4 4 8 8 10 488 6 0 19 4 10 1,886 0 7 868 14 0 19 0 0 238 1 4 1,244 18 3 11 4 9 152 15 11 22 11 5 306 3 1 932 7 10 172 2 6 46 17 6 579 15 9 159 2 7 2,105 4 10 3,226 0 11 68 1 8 1,084 17 4 97 6 9 92 15 5 3,202 2 3 476 5 0 135 0 3 95 8 6 891 9 0 43 6 10 2,474 3 3 1,851 15 1 501 3 11 375 9 4 1,444 9 7 28 1 4 1,010 1,045 204 1,086 94 52 3,906 241 22 28 4,512 69 3,530 4,611 86 1,212 6,886 29 Including Cadets' Salaries and Expenditure forPoles on hand, £911 5s 3d. Guaranteed. Guaranteed. Guaranteed. Including Rent of Office £210 Guaranteed. Guaranteed.