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Table No. 9. Number and Value of Postage Stamps Printed during the Years 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, and 1879.

* Exclusive of £117 17s. 7d., cost of paper and working expenses. t Exclusive of £23 2s. lid., cost of paper and working expenses.

Table No. 10. Return of Intercolonial and Interprovincial Mail Steam Services, 1879.

Table No. 11. Table showing the Number of Officers employed in the several Chief Post Offices and Second-class Post Offices in the Colony during the Years 1878 and 1879.

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18751876. :8J71878. 1879. Denomination. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. £ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 11,880 0 0 4,680 0 0 £ s. a. i.t five shillings Lt two shillings Lt one shilling i.t sixpence i.t fourpence ... i.t threepence ... i.t twopence ... K.t one penny ... i.t one halfpenny Post cards Newspaper wrappers at one halfpenny Totals ... 47,520 46,800 323,520 299,520 16,176 7,488 1,368,000 317,520 34,200 0 0 5,292 0 o! 61,200 1,530 O 0 323,040 1,031,040 386,160 16,152 0 € 25,776 0 0 6,436 0 0 4,155,840 2,421,360 1,224,000 34,632 10,089 2,550 4,737,360 3,949,440 2,099,76(1 1,002,500 39,478 0 O 16,456 0 0 4,374 10 0 4,177 1 8' 7,529,040 4,583,280 2,037,120 4,250 j 62,742 0 O 19,097 O 0 4,244 O 0 17 14 2 6,416,880 ! 1,835,040 1,077,120 53,474 0 0 7,646 0 0 2,244 0 0 6,895,440 7,887,120 3,722,880 121,550 57,462 0 0 32,863 0 C 7,756 0 C 506 9 2 509,238 *l,060 18 3 99,990 t208 6 3 147,159 15 I 103,977 11 8 18,424,240 70,935 13,474,580 14,214,890| 87,030 14 2 9,932,59! 81J.984 18 3! 20,267,221

Service. Duration of Sevvice. iS^f}, When Terminated, Subsidy. Whcn Established . „,. when Terminable. Duration of Service. Number of Voyages per Annum. Mileage for Complete Voyage. Cost per Mile. Melbourne and New Zealand Auckland and Warkworth ... "( Auckland and Matakana ... ) Helensville and Dargaville ... ~\ llelensville and Matakohe ... > Helensville and Port Albert j Tauranga and Opotiki £ 5,000 Sept., 1876 Feb., 1880 3,440 £ s. d. 0 2 2f 337i 500 Aug., 1878 Aug., 1878 July, 1881 July, 1881 13 (104 £ 52 rioi ■5 52 (. 52 52 150 300 0 0 3i 0 0 2 350 July, 1877 On month's notice On month's notice On month's notice Oct., J879 On month's notice 120 0 1 I* Wellington, Kaikoura, and Lyttelton... 360 July, 1877 26 380 0 0 8£ Nelson and Hokitika 3,300 July, 1877 13 480 0 4 2 Westport and Karamea Middle Island Service 200 4,000 Not, 1877 July, 1877 12 12 102 1,213 0 3 ?i 0 5 6 1'ovt Chabnei's and Manukau \ Manukau and Port Clialmers ) 5,000 May, 1877 1883 13 1,742 0 4 5

1879. 1858. Post Offices. s o U E o 03 to B $ 'rt. s s s s o bo c & I JO 1 E (S I 5 rd 5 £ bfl 5J Q s i bo c .£■ m 0 nj o H 3 O H Auckland Thames Onehunga Tauranga Gisborne New Plymouth ... Napier Port Ahuriri Wellington Wanganui Nelson The Port Westport Blenheim Picton Kaikoura Christehurch ... Lyttelton Timaru Akaroa Dunedin Port Chalmers ... Oamaru 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 "i 21 2 1 1 3 5 17 3 3 1 1 1 8 2 1 3 5 2 2 "i 1 2 1 i l i 32 6 2 2 3 5 9 1 24 6 7 1 3 3 2 1 29 3 8 2 36 3 8 11 1 5 5 2 220 1 1 1 1 "i i l l 1 1 1 i i "i 18 2 1 1 2 3 13 2 3 1 2 1 5 2 1 2 4 2 2 1 1 2 1 "i "i i 26 6 2 1 3 4 6 1 91 5 7 1 3 4 2 1 25 3 6 2 29 3 6 9 1 5 5 2 187 i i i ••• "i l i 18 1 4 ! 9 1 2 i l 16 1 3 6 1 2 l "i ... l i l l l l i 11 1 2 2 i i 2 i 19 1 2 5 6 1 2 2 i 2 l i l i 21 1 4 1 i l 1 l l l l Invercargill ■Campbelltown ... Hokitika Greymouth Chatham Islands l i i i l 2 2 2 122 | "i l i l i i i 14 2 2 1 I 101 1 1 i l Totals 16 li I 55 13 1 2 14 I 42 12 2 2