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Table No. 7. NUMBER and Value of Postage Stamps printed during the Years 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, and 1877.
Table No. 8. RETURN of Intercolonial and Interprovincial Mail Steam Services, 1877.
Table No. 9. TABLE showing the Number of Officers employed in the several Chief Post Offices and Second-class Post Offices in the Colony during the Years 1876 and 1877.
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1873. IS741873, 1876. .ill. Denomination. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. £ 3,000 7,050 1,320 1,125 25.540 7.785 1.433 £ 6,456 25,020 3,740 4,479 36,754 12,979 3.434 £ 16,176 7,488 £ «. d. £ B. d, At One Shilling At Sixpence At Fourpence ... At Threepence ... At Twopence ... At One Penny ... At One Halfpenny Post Cards 6o,000 282,000 79,200 90,000 3,064,800 1,868,400 688,080 129,120 1,000,800 224,400 358,320 4,410,480 3,114,960 1,648,320 323.520 299,520 1,368,000 317,520 61,200 34,200 o o 5,292 o o 1,530 o c 4,155,840 2,421,360 1,224,000 34,632 10,089 2,550 4,737,360 3,949.440 2,099,760 * 1,002,5OO 39,478 0 o 16,456 o o 4.374 10 o 4.177 1 8 7.529.040 4,583,280 2,037,120 4.250 62,742 o c 19,097 o c 4,244 o c 17 14 2 87,630 14 2 Totals ... 6,132,480 47,253 10,886,400 92,862: : 8,424,240 70,935 13,474,580 103,977 11 8 14,214,890 * For two moi iths onl
Duration of Service. Service. Annual Subsidy. When Terminated, or when Terminable. Number of Voyages per Annum. Mileage for Complete Voyage. Cost per Mile. When Established. lelbourne and New Zealand Auckland and Napic-r Vellington and Napier and Gisborne ... ... Vellington and Kaikoura ... "i i £ 5,000 1,200 Sept., 1876 Feb., 1875 Sept., 1878 Feb., 1877 13 26 .152 (26 3.440 736 408 176 £ s. d. O 2 2j o i 3 1,000 400 360 Nov., 1875 Dec, 1875 July, 1877 Feb., 1877 June, 1877} On month's > notice ) June, 1877 S On month's > notice ) June, 1877 ") On month's > notice ) 26 180 j o o gi (o i 8i ) o i 6i Jelson and Hokitika diddle Island Service 1,300 \ Jan., 1875 (July, 1877 \ Nov., 1874 (July, 1877 13 480 042 4,000 12 1,213 056 'ort Chalmers and Auckland tfanukau and Port Chalmers i 5,000 May, 1877 1883 13 1,742 04s
18*7*7. 1876. Post Offices. HJ s o u I o Oh 3 u & 5 O J a, bo a, *S g, Q rt 'd cj e o bo 'B. a. CO II o 2 •p rt g WI C CJ rt U s o bo c Q. co M o 5 rt o H en cj O Cfi o H Auckland Thames Onehunga Tauranga Gisborne New Plymouth ... Napier Port Ahuriri Wellington Wanganui Nelson The Port Westport Blenheim Picton Kaikoura Christchurch Lyttelton Timaru Akaroa Dunedin Port Chalmers ... I I i6 5 2 2 I 2 I 24 6 I I I 16 2 I 5 2 2 24 6 2 1 2 I I I 2 2 I I I I 1 2 3 2 3 6 2 3 6 I 3 2 I 12 4 2 2 I 18 5 6 I I II 2 3 1 I ■•• I ... [6 I 2 2 I I I 2 2 I 4 6 I I I I I I I 1 3 3 2 1 22 I I I I I 1 1 3 3 2 I I 14 5 i i 3 I I I 3 5 2 27 3 5 8 I I I 14 I 5 1 I I 1 22 17 "6 i i 2 I I I I I I 2 i I 3 4 2 26 I 2 I? "(> I I Oamaru Invercargill Campbelltown ... Hokitika Greymouth Chatham Islands I 4 2 I I I I 1 2 3 1 1 2 I 2 4 7 1 1 2 I 2 I 1 5 5 2 I 1 1 1 I I I 2 2 1 5 S 1 I 1 Totals I j __: I 9i 38 I 86 36 I 162 14 14 II 2 2 172 14 13 1 9 2 2