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Table No. 27. TABLE showing the REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c, of the POST OFFICE in the Postal District of WESTLAND in 1871.

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Total Ri iceived and Despatched. Mail Services. Expenditure. Total. MAIL SERVICES. &. ft 6 ft 550 Letters. Hooks and Newspapers. Weight of Hooks and Newspapers in lbs. ® A 5.5 Mode of Conveyance. Number of Times Weekly. Cost of Conveyance. Salaries. Contingencies. Expenditure. Revenue. Trunk Lines : £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. I. Hokitika to Greymouth 5 38,470 20,583 3,430 25 Coach 6 500 0 0 25 0 0 525 0 0 18 10 0 II. Hokitika to Christchurch 8 38,054 j 23,439 I 3,908 150 2 1,250 0 0 1,250 0 0 6 10 0 III. Hokitika to Hunt's Beach 5 7,011 3,892 618 98 Horse ■1 300 0 0 30 0 0 330 0 0 38 10 0 IV. Hokitika to Eoss 1 38,003 25,065 4,177 17 Coach 3 1G0 0 0 40 0 0 200 0 0 260 10 0 Branches : Foot 3 60 0 0 35 0 0 95 0 0 32 10 0 I. Hokitika to Ho Ho 7,508 3,099 516 3 5 II. Hokitika to Greenstone 3 26,179 12,243 2,040 20 Coach 3 145 0 0 35 0 0 180 0 0 150 0 0 III. Greymouth to Paroa 1 2,406 620 97 51 6 10 0 0 0 8 0 10 8 0 16 0 0 IV. Greymouth to Arnold ... 1 5,060 1,671 261 16 Horse 1 52 0 0 5 0 0 0 10 0 57 10 0 20 0 0 V. Paroa to Clifton 3 6,711 j 2,661 415 15 1 30 0 0 15 0 0. 0 19 0 45 19 0 38 0 0 Post Office, Greymouth... 1 138,663 145,103 22,672 ... 640 0 0 127 12 10 7G7 12 10 1,123 10 6 Country Mail Services —Totals 31 308,095 238,376 1,704 0 6 38,164 333| 2,497 0 0 835 0 0 129 9 10 3,461 9 10 Post Office, Hokitika 1 i j 167, 4S9 j j 139,869 31,080 790 0 0 248 1 7 1,038 1 7 1,691 6 9 Totals 32 j 475,584 378,245 69,244 333J i 377 11 5 4,499 11 5 3,395 7 3 12,497 0 0 1,625 0 0