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Retttbn' showing the Dates of Arrival at and Departure from Sydney of the Steamers which during the Tear 1871 conveyed Mails by way of New Zealand and California, and by way of Fiji and California, with the Number of Days occupied in the transit of the Mails to and from London.

Rettjbn showing the Number of Letters, &c, Despatched and Eeeeived by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Steamships between Galle and Sydney, and the Cost of Conveyance. [Laid before the Conference by Mr. Samuel.]

Arrival at Sydney, via New Zealand and !alifornia. Departure from Sydney, via New Zealand ai id California. Name of Vessel. Date. Number of Days occupied in transit of Mails from London. Name of Vessel. Date. Number of Days occupied in transit of Mails to London. •Wonga Wonga * City of Melbourne * Wonga Wonga * City of Melbourne ... t Nevada (per James Paterson, from New Zealand) * Wonga Wonga 19 Jan. 19 Feb. 23 Mar. 21 April 15 May 56 57 61 57 58 * Wonga Wonga * City of Melbourne * Wonga Wonga + Nebraska f Nebraska t Nevada ... t Nebraska t Nevada ... 31 Jan. 28 Feb. 1 April 9 June 29 Sept. 28 Oct. 25 Nov. 23 Dec. 61 62 59 67 68 69 68 77 t Nebraska ... t Nevada (per Hero, from New Zealand) + Nebraska (per James Paterson, from New Zealand) * Nevada (per Lord Ashley, from New Zealand) t Nebraska... t Nevada ... + Nebraska... + Nevada ... 23 May 6 June 15 July No English Mail. 52 72 5 Aug. 65 9 Sept. 72 18 Sept. 19 Oct. 13 Nov. 15 Dec. 53 56 53 67 Via Fiji and California. Via Fiji and Ci ilifomia. City of Melbourne Wonga Wonga City of Adelaide City of Melbourne Wonga Wonga 24 July 25 Aug. 7 Sept. 19 Oct. 13 Nov. No English Mail. City of Melbourne ... Wonga Wonga City of Adelaide City of Melbourne ... Wonga Wonga 4 May 1 June 1 July 2 Aug. 31 Aug. I 54 60 50 55 57 H )> • Under contract of Califon t Steam Packets of the Unil lia, New Zealand, «d States, New Z< and Australian Line of Mail Steam Packets. ?aland, and Australian Steamship Company.

Colonies. Number of Letters Inwards and Outwards.* Service to Point-de-Galle. Service between Point-de-Galle and King George's Sound. Service between King George's Sound and Melbourne. Service between Melbourne and Sydney. Moiety of Cost of Mail Boies and Mail Bags. | Moiety of Expense of Naval Agents in charge of Mails. Proportion of Cost ofSpecial Packets between Dover and Calais. Estimated Number of Newspapers Inwards and Outwards oia Southampton.* Egyptian Transit Kate on N e*wspapers via Southampton. Totals. 1866. Victoria New South Wales South Australia... New Zealand Tasmania Queensland WeBtern Australia No. 1,094,668 475,302 251,423 7S8.843 82,176 242,124 31,641 £ s. d. 6,123 10 10 2,658 7 0 1,406 3 10 4,244 4 5 •159 12 8 LSM 4 11 193 16 4 £ s. d. 14,108 1 8 6,125 12 0 3,240 6 4 0,779 18 0 1,059 2 7 3,120 11 4 41« 12 2 £ s. d. 6,504 6 11 2,824 0 4 4,508 18 1 488 7 6 1,438 13 0 £ s. d. 2,177 16 9 3,477 1 2 £ s. d. 641 7 8 279 15 8 117 19 11 416 13 10 48 7 6 142 10 8 20 7 11 £ s. d. 120 2 3 25 3 0 27 11 9 83 5 3 9 0 4 26 11 4 3 16 1 £ s. d. 78 4 3 33 19 2 17 19 3 64 4 5 5 17 5 17 6 0 2 9 6 No. 916,330 370,320 197,520 689,040 109,680 164,640 40,080 £ b. d. 1,197 3 4 483 16 7 258 0 11 900 4 4 143 6 11 215 1 9 62 7 2 £ s. d. 28,774 16 11 14,635 10 6 5,098 1 0 33,494 9 6 2,213 13 11 7,424 7 4 719 9 2 1,109" 8 4 2,939,180 16,439 0 0 37,880 3 1 15,764 5 10 6,764 6 3 1,730 3 2 322 10 0 210 0 0 3,487,600 3,250 0 0 82,360 8 i 1867. Victoria New South Wales South Australia... New Zealand Tasmania Queensland Western Australia 1,076,799 4*8,494 267,711 64,598 79,421 251,032 35,442 7,925 9 3 3,418 4 4 1,970 8 3 401 17 0 584 11 1 1,847 12 10 260 17 3 18,097 14 11 7,873 19 5 4,409 8 3 917 12 6 1,334 16 6 4,219 1 10 595 13 7 8,714 8 2 3,791 9 4 441 17 1 612 11 11 2,031 11 6 723 16 2 4,338 17 0 293 6 7 16-1 10 2 175 17 7 40 0 11 89 2 9 2,324 17 6 143 1 10 34 12 7 155 9 8 67 12 7 38 13 2 7 17 8 11 9 6 36 5 0 5 2 5 101 4 11 44 1 0 25 3 5 6 2 8 7 9 4 21 12 0 3 6 8 821,446 331,976 177,008 78,438 98,324 147,598 35,930 1,578 19 6 638 2 6 340 7 2 150 15 6 188 19 11 283 14 2 69 1 3 37,297 2 7 20,495 11 9 7,038 10 5 2,141 0 11 2,859 4 0 10,909 16 7 968 13 9 2,233,497 16,439 0 0 37,638 7 0 15,622 1 0 6,839 12 0 1,488 10 0 322 10 0 210 0 0 1,690,780 3,250 0 0 81,710 0 0 The number of letters and n< rspapers are those of the preceding year in each case; thus the number stated against ,the year 1866 is the number posted in tbi year 1865.