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Table No. 18. Table showing the Revenue, Expenditure, &c., of the Post Offices in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand for the Year 1879.

By Authority : G-eoege Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBBo Pr.co ls.J °

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Postal Districts. No. of Offices. Total Estimated Correspondence Received and Posted. Books and Parcels. Cost of Newspapers, i Post Cards. Conveyance of Mails. Salaries. Expenditure. Contingencies. Revenue. Letters. Total. Cash. Official Postage. Total. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Napier Wanganui Wellington ... ' 175 14 15 53 22 61 2,997,947 244,014 ' 301,083 922,141 920,792 3,379,948 208,078 10,331 13,862 43,429 62,175 353,197 691,072 1,681,147 139,180 168,458 543,383 394,884 1,832,918 44,404 4,715 10,534 14,235 20,566 33,661 £ s. d. 5,313 8 6 279 11 0 868 9 0 i 3,065 2 1 540 6 0 3,875 11 6 £ s. d. 6,686 5 8 1,010 0 0 712 4 5 2,061 13 4 1,373 6 8 5,151 9 1 £ s. d. 1,130 10 2 103 5 5 61 18 4 295 18 9 112 4 9 1,166 3 1 & s. d. 13,160 4 4 1,392 16 5 1,642 11 9 5,422 14 2 2,025 17 5 10,193 3 8 £ s. d. 17,360 2 4 1,212 14 5 1,449 17 1 6,098 1 6 5,413 2 2 14,305 18 8 £ s. d. 3,131 18 9 370 0 8 883 12 7 456 8 9 1,013 10 6 42,927 5 2 £ s. d. 20,492 1 1 1,582 15 1 2,333 9 8 6,554 10 3 6,456 12 8 57,293 3 10 Totals for North Island ... Nelson Weslport Grey mouth ... Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch... Timaru Oa'naru Dunedin ... ... Invercargill ... 340 28 25 30 17 131 38 18 147 53 8,765,925 595,028 128,228 397,258 276,536 3-15,846 3,910,470 906.998 579,232 4,028,828 1,053,469 < 65,065 7,1 U 16,484 16,016 14,361 199,052 31,404 29,783 273,784 51,484 I 4,759,970 256,165 116,601 256,854 200,586 173,420 1,016,513 298,983 249,916 2,195,676 533,260 5,297,974 128,115 7,185 ! 14,768 j 4,788 2,721 2,106 145,843 30,186 15,232 120,956 27,577 13,972 8 1 841 16 8 769 9 2 826 16 11 1,403 8 7 814 19 6 4,774 1 1 1,235 14 8 406 8 10 7,341 6 6 1,333 1 1 16,994 19 2 1,624 15 8 688 16 8 1,380 4 9 1,177 2 11 900 10 0 6,944 9 2 1,521 13 1 1,290 1 11 8,491 14 6 1,967 19 8 25,987 8 4 2,870 0 6 195 10 0 53 1 5 135 14 1 117 18 11 74 13 8 1,150 9 3 149 14 11 72 16 10 1,085 1 1 283 18 0 33,837 7 9 2,662 2 4 1,511 7 3 2,342 15 9 2,698 10 5 1,790 3 2 12,868 19 6 2,907 2 8 1,769 7 7 16,918 2 1 3,584 18 9 45,929 16 2 i 3,014 5 6 717 16 10 2,081 4 4 1,830 4 11 1,856 16 3 21,469 17 1 6,154 16 10 3,367 8 6 24,531 2 5 5,639 7 6 | 148,782 16 5 554 0 6 178 4 3 399 19 2 744 0 2 417 1 7 2,903 11 11 260 12 0 119 0 0 7,377 17 9 700 15 2 94,712 12 7 I 3,568 6 0 896 1 1 2,481 3 6 2,574 5 1 2,273 17 10 24,373 9 0 6,415 8 10 3,486 8 6 31,909 0 2 6,340 2 8 Totals for Middle Island... 504 12,191,893 704,544 371,362 I 19,747 3 0 3,318 18 2 I 49,053 9 6 70,663 0 2 | 13,655 2 6 j 84,318 2 8 General Post Office ... 59,350 13 0 3,479 16 8 46,462 4 2 324 6 11 63,154 16 7 24,856 3 3 24,856 3 3 Totals for the Colony 844 20,957,818 1,395,616 10,057,944 499,477 93,070 4 1 i 146,04513 10 141,448 19 7 ... i 62,437 18 11 203,886 18 6 6,513 5 7