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Table No. 5. NUMBER and Value of Postage Stamps printed during the Years 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, and 1875.

Table No. 6. RETURN of Intercolonial and Interprovincial Mail Steam Subsidies, Year 1875.

Table No. 7. TABLE showing the Number of Officers employed in the several Chief and Head Post Offices and Second-Class Post Offices in the Colony during the Years 1874 and 1875.

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1871 1872. 18H 1874. i875. Denomination. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. i £ ' 3 ,000 5.496 £ 60,000 129,120 £ 6,456 £ 16,171 Lt One Shilling ... 109,920 * 323.520 it Sixpence 770,400 19,260 366, 240 9.156 282,000 7.°S° 1,000,800 25,020 299.520 7,48! Lt Fourpence 84,000 1,400 48,000 800 79, 200 1,320 224,400 3.740! it Threepence 246,240 3.°7 8 474,000 5-925 90, 000 I>125 358,320 4.479' it Twopence 1,620,000 13.500 2,898,000 24. H° 3,064,800 25.540 4,410,480 36.754J 4.I55.84O 34.63 Lt One Penny 3,172,320 13.218 2,046,000 8,525 1,868,400 7.78s 3,114,960 12,979 2,421,360 10,081 Lt One Halfpenny 717,600 1.495 688,080 1.433 1,648,320 3.434 1,224,000 2,55' Totals 6,002,880 6,549.840 50,051 6,132,480 47.253 10,886,400 92,862 8,424,240 7O,93 55.952 * A large number of these postage stamps were in stock at the close of previous year.

< 'on: tract. Number of Trips per Annum. Annual Subsidy. Mileage per Trip. Cost per Mile. Service. Commence. Terr.ir.i.-Uc. £ 5, 000 1,200 £ s. d. O 2 2J lelbourne and New Zealand and Napier Vellington and Napier and Gisborne Vellington and Kaikoura ... lelson and Uokitika J August, 1873 Feb., 1875 August, 1876 Feb., 1877 f 13 26 \l 26 »3 3.44° 73 6 408 176 180 480 o 1 3 1,000 Nov., 1875 Nov., 1876 > O O Qi 400 1,300 Dec, 1875 Jan., 1875 Dec, 1876 On month's notice Nov., 1876 o 1 8; 042' liddle Island Service 4,000 Nov., 1874 12 i> 2I3 056

;;• i»7SPost Offices. a II 12 s I I o t 3 a 7, E Q s v 'rt i B o C P. .S* en l| i| rt £ 'aj O G rt o CI rt u I 5 6 a £ i 60 □ 1 c/3 M y 0 n •3 u J_ Auckland Fhames 3nehunga Fauranga jisborne Sew Plymouth ... Mapier Port Ahuriri Wellington Wanganui Melson Westport Blenheim Picton Kaikoura 3hristchurch Lyttelton rimaru \karoa Dunedin Port Chalmers ... 3am aru [nvercargill Sampbelltown ... Hokitika Sreymouth Chatham Islands i IS 2 5 2 2 23 6 2 "3 2 4 2 2 I 2O 6 i I i I i i i i I 2 3 I I I 3 5 i •a 4 5 3 3 2 i i I I I I 2 I i i i 2 4 i «3 3 S 2 i 10 3 i 2 I "8 3 i I i I I I I 2 i 2 2 i 2 I I I I I I I i i I I I 3 2 I I i i I I 13 i I I 20 i I 12 I 4 i I i 19 3 3 i 22 J i 4 I i 3 4 I I I i 2 I I I i 16 6 I I "16 I i 2 5 2 i 4 i I 2 3 S i g 4 I i i I I i i 2 i i 4 6 i I 3 i i i 4 i 4 i I I i i 2 i i i i 2 2 I I 2 i i ... i . i ■•• i ... ... ... ... I 82 I , | I i I i i 70 ! 29 6 11 I 134 Totals ■4 ■3 33 6 2 I '5 [ «4 13 j