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Table No. 29. TABLE showing the REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c, of the POST OFFICE in the Postal District of SOUTHLAND in 1871.

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TaMe No. 28 — continued. Table showing the eventje, Expenditure, &c, of the Post Office in the Pos; ,1 District of Otago in 1871. Total Received and Despatched. Mail Services. Expenditure. Total. MAIL SERVICES. ft | ao Letters, Books and Newspapers. Weight of Books and Newspapers in lbs. — 3.9 Mode of Conveyance. Number of Times Weekly. Cost of Conveyance. Salaries. Contingencies. Expenditure. Revenue. Branches —continued. XXXI. Portobello to Kaiki ... XXXII. Port Chalmers to Sawyer's Bay XXXIII. Dunedin to Anderson's Bay XXXIV. Dunedin to Mornington XXXV. Dunedin to Murray ville XXXVI. Dunedin to Kaikorai ... Dunedin to Catlin's Eiver, Martin's Bay, and Waikara 1 1 1 1 1 2 1,172 732 4,702 3,365 1,233 4,336 533 711 5,092. 3,086 1,085 4,567 89 123 832 ' 499 201 807 7 1 2 2 2 3 Horse Coach Foot Horse 1 6 6 6 6 6 £ s. d. 10 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 16 0 0 £ s. d. 5 0 0 2 4 10 £ s. d. 0 16 0 16 0 2 0 0 5 0 ! 0 "o 6 j £ s. d. 15 1 6 2 6 4 15 2 0 10 5 0 10 0 0 16 0 6 £ s. d. 3 5 8 3 0 0 4 16 3 1.0 9 6 0 10 4 1 10 4 }' 739 227 33 Steamer or Sailing Vessel ) 0 4 6 Country Mail Services —Total ... Chief Post Office, Dunedin 118 1 803,911 622,149 1,426,060 760,650 582,176 126,293 107,546 233,839 1,063 5,135 18 10 ! 2,295 17 4 2,949 14 3 I 1 172 2 9 ! 7,603 18 11 567 12 3 3,517 6 6 739 15 0 11,121 5 5 4,687 1 5 8,661 5 6 Totals 119 1,342,826 1,063 5,135 18 10 | 5,245 11 7 13,348 6 11 ... ...

Total Received and Despatched. Mail Seevices. Expenditure. Total. MAIL SERVICES. ft ft . ft O ft ao Letters. Weight of Books and Books and Newspapers. Newspapers in lbs. ft.3 Mode of Conveyance. Number of Times Weekly. Cost of Conveyance. Salaries. Contingencies. Expenditure. Revenue. Trunk Lines : I. Invereargill to Popotunoa II. Invereargill to Campbelltown (including Seaborne Mails) ... III. Invereargill to Queenstown IV. Invereargill to Eiverton 18,592 7,595 1,424 78 Coach £ s. d. 3G5 0 0 £ s. d. I 15 0 0 £ s. d. 2 3 0 £ s. d. 382 3 0 £ s. d. 150 6 8 3 2 1 7 1 7,304 25,257 22,138 826 10,259 7,851 154 1,923 1,472 18 116 22 Bail Coach & Steamer Coach 6 1 3 198" 0 0 40 0 0 37 10 0 ! 25 0 0 I 20 0 0 i 2 10 0 14 0 40 0 0 224 4 0 60 0 0 61 15 8 201 13 8 176 1 0 Branches : I. Invereargill to Flint's Bush II. Mataura to Switzers III. Lowther to Mararoa IV. Eiverton to Wairaki V. Eiverton to Orepuki VI. Athol to Nokomai 3 4 1 3 1 1 5,313 9,390 1,986 5,730 1,854 1,367 5,711 5,338 1,253 4,621 1,678 719 107 1,012 234 866 314 134 17 40 30 44 25 10 Horse 1 1 1 1 1 1 45 0 0 120 0 0 ■50 0 0 80 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 5 0 0 .500 15 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 "2 0 60 4 3 125 3 0 55 0 0 95 0 0 55 2 0 20 0 0 44 0 9 80 2 8 17 3 9 50 17 3 16 15 0 12 7 0 Foot Horse Country Mail Service —Totals ... Chief Post Office, Invereargill ... 24 1 98,931 85,029 45,911 96, 033 7,740 31,423 400 968 0 0 142 10 0 581 13 4 6 6 3 22 3 4 1,116 16 3 603 16 8 811 3 5 8S5 2 5 ... ... - 1 _ _ i 968 0 0 Totals 25 184,560 141,914 39,1G3 ... ... : ..' 724 3 4 28 9 7 1,720 12 11 1,696 5 10