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Bates of Subsidies per Annumn, payable under Contracts for Intercolonial Mail Services, at the date of the Postmaster-General's Eeports, from 1863 to 1870 :— £ s. d. 1863 ... ... ... 26,000 0 0 1864 ... ... ... 36,000 0 0 1865 ... ... ... 35,116 13 4 1866 ... ... ... 21,675 0 0 1867 ... ... ... 11,700 0 0 1868 ... ... „ 6,000 0 0 1869 ... ... ... 7,800 0 0 1870, paid in gratuities, &c, to June 30 2,521 7 4 BATES of Subsidies per Annum, payable under Contracts for Interprovincial Mail Services, at the date of the Postmaster-General's Eeports, from 1863 to 1870: — £ s. d. 1863 ... ... ... 23,300 0 0 1864 ... ... ... 27,328 0 0 1865 ... ... ... 33,729 0 0 1866 ... ... ... 29,669 13 4 1867 ... ... ... 31,000 0 0 1868 ... ... ... 8,400 0 0 1869 ... ... ... 10,650 0 0 1870 ... ... ... * 7,575 0 0 * Or £725 per month, if the service should not be continued beyond six months.