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Table No. 11. RETURN of the NUMBER and VALUE of Postage Stamps printed during the Years 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, and 1869.

Table No. 12. RETURN of INTERPROVINCIAL MAIL STEAM SUBSIDIES, June, 1870.

Table No. 13. STATEMENT of CORRESPONDENCE received from LONDON during the Years 1868 and 1869.

Table No. 14. STATEMENT of CORRESPONDENCE despatched to LONDON during the Years 1868 and 1869.

1865. 186i 186' 186: 186! Bates. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. £ £ £ 5,400 15,126 £ 5,904 4,134 At One Shilling. At Sixpence ... At Fourpence... At Threepence.. At Twopence ... At One Penny... 159,120 548,400 436,800 121,920 1,998,000 774,960 4,039,200 £ 7,956 13,710 7,280 1,524 16,650 3,229 50,349 * 242,880 * 6,072 # 714,240 17,856 108,000 605,040 # 119,280 165,360 # 13,239 13,334 5,483 5160 13,900 7,790 * 117 10,108 6,734 27,057 # 1,989,840 714.0C0 16,582 2,975 1,059,120 1,600,080 1,315,920 412,800 1,668,000 1,869,600 9,360 1,212,960 1,616,160 Totals 2,946,720 25,629 4,689,360 49,912 4,663,440 47,376 3,123,120 * A large nui iber of these postage stamps 'ere in stock at the close of the ireviuus year.

Cont: [ACTS. Services. Annual Subsidy. How Oeten. Mileage eveey Month. Expense PEE Mile. Commence. Terminate. £ t7,575 s. d. 7 0.636 * Manukau to Bluff and back April, 1870 Monthly 1,790 Circular Saw Steam Navigation Com; lany. t Or £725 per mo: itli if service Bhould not be ci intinued beond 6 months.

In 1868. In 1869. Date op Becbipt. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Letters. Books. Newspapers. January February ... March April May June July August September,., October November ... December ... 27,888 30,610 33,103 22,734 29,417 26,975 26,508 26,496 33,187 22,169 28,133 31,972 2,247 2,731 2,609 1,717 3,243 2,164 1,995 2,352 2,746 1,993 2,513 2,466 68,903 75,019 73,212 68,377 70,759 59,403 67,854 65,087 61,972 66,028 65,161 62,883 80,043 26,154 12,334 32,033 19,211 18,383 18,609 21,639 21,052 21,581 22,338 30,793 2,321 3,244 850 1,479 1,371 1,519 1,678 1,530 2,432 1,867 1,794 13,037 88,819 50,157 82,784 107,154 69,516 64,333 65,015 65,283 64,766 63,822 63,414 91,699 Totals 339,190 28,776 804,658 274,170 33,122 876,762

In 1868. In 1869. Date op Despatch. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Letters. Books. Newspapers. January February ... March April May June July August September... October November ... December ... 24,390 26,533 28,846 27,683 27,451 26.319 27,166 26,189 25,517 22,642 26,627 31,146 353 247 359 201 224 218 394 315 407 291 331 319 17,661 21,255 23,078 21,382 21,978 18,777 20,075 23,095 19,967 20,815 20,576 30,670 19,442 24,024 15,935 18,202 29,775 24,657 23,771 22,134 21,446 22,562 42,206 18,377 164 284 261 146 213 288 388 332 269 228 653 301 16,986 18,712 12,534 16,676 24,065 23,887 20,030 20,678 18,169 19,954 39,810 16,987 Totals 320,509 3,659 259,329 282,531 3,527 248,488