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Table No. 7. NUMBER and Value of Postage Stamps Printed during the Years 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, and 1873.

Table No. 8. RETURN of Intercolonial Mail Steam Subsidies, 1873.

1869. 1870. 1871 1872. 1873Rates. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. it One Shilling .., 119,280 5>9 64 480 £ 24 109,920 £ 5.496 * £ 60,000 £ 3,000 it Sixpence 165,360 4.134 742,320 18,558 770,400 19,260 366,240 9>!56 282,000 7.050 1 Fourpence *... *... 84,000 1,400 48,000 800 79,200 1,320 Lt Threepence 9.36° 117 480,000 6,000 246,240 3.078 474,000 5.925 90,000 1,125 A Twopence 1,212,960 10,108 2,556,000 21,300 1,620,000 13.500 2,898,000 24,150 3,064,800 25.540 ,t One Penny 1,616,160 6,734 2,070,000 8,625 3,172,320 13,218 2,046,000 8,525 1,868,400 7.785 it One Halfpenny ... 717,600 '.495 688,080 1.433 \ Totals 3. 123.' 20 27.OS7 5,848,800 54,507 6,002,880 55.952 6,549340 50,051 , 6,132,480 47.253 * A large nui iber of these Postage Stamps were in stock at the cli >se of the pn :vious yi ir. I

Contract. How ofter.. MHeage every Month. Service. Annual Subsidy. Commence. Terminate. Cost per Mile. Selbourne and New Zealand £ 5,000 August, 1873 August, 1876 Once every j four weeks. 3.44° £ * d. O 2 2^ Table showing the Num Table No. 9. ier of Officers employed in the res in the Colony. iective Post Office Establishments ISJ31872. Post Offices. y I 1 3 5 I in 3S § s o to c 1 S3 o & jj u hi to n S •I C to a I IS ,3 0 I S 2 s » I Auckland Phames >Iew Plymouth Napier Wellington ... ATanganui kelson /Vestport Charleston ... Blenheim Icton Dhristchurch... Pimaru iaiapoi Dunedin Port Chalmers I I I 11 2 1 4 2 1 2 1 2 i i I7 6 2 4 II II 2 I I 5 i 4 2 I 1 I 18 6 2 I I I I 2 7 1 i i I 2 2 4 5 i 2 2 I 2 9 3 5 2 I I I I I I I I 1 1 i i i 2 16 I I I I 3 2 if. 3 2 10 4 1 IO 4 1 I 1 3 3 2 17 3 3 4 S 3 I I 1 1 I I I 11 1 4 1 I 2 I i i ; II 4 1 I 1/ 3 3 4 t 3 i I 1 2 I 3amaru I 1 1 1 [nvercargill ... Hokitika I I i I 2 I 1 I I 2 1 I I 2 I Sreymouth ... Chatham Islands I I 1 1 I Totals 22 56 29 7 n6 2 22 53 28 112