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DIRECT MAIL CONTRACT SERVICE. Return showing the Receipts and Payments in respect of each Mail despatched from, and received at, New Zealand, since the Commencement of the Service on 20th December, 1884, to May, 1885.

By Authority: Geoboe Didsbuey, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBBs.

Receipts. Payments. Dates oe Postages collected in New Zealand. Postages received from London Post Office. Total Receipts. Payments (Postages) to the New Zealand Shipping Company. Bonus. Interprovincial Service. Estimated Light Dues. Total Cost of Service. Net Cost of the Service to the Colony. Despatch from i Arrival at Plymouth ... 1884. Dec. 20 New Zealand 1885. Jan. 30 £ s. d. £ s. d. 830 0 0 £ s. d. 830 0 0 £ s. d. 637 16 9 £ 600 £ s. d. 134 12 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. New Zealand „ 21 Plymouth ... . 30 476 8 8 476 8 8 248. 17 8 235 134 12 4 Plymouth ... 1885. Jan. 17 New Zealand Mar. 3 900 11 8 900 11 8 697 6 11 80 134 12 4 New Zealand . 17 Plymouth ... Feb. 24 492 5 4 492 5 4 256 18 9 470 ... ._ . 134 12 4 Plymouth ... Feb. 14 New Zealand Mar. 30 763 8 7 763 8 7 565 16 11 210 134 12 4 New Zealand „ 14 Plymouth ... „ 27 507 16 1 507 16 1 262 8 3 140 i 134 12 4 Plymouth ... Mar. 14 New Zealand April 28 855 14 5 855 14 5 683 17 5 15 134 12 4 ,, 15 Plymouth ... 631 11 6 631 11 6 322 8 3 240 i New Zealand „ 24 134 12 4 Plymouth ... April 11 New Zealand May 23 731 1 3 731 1 3 595 7 5 415 134 12 4 New Zealand . 13 Plymouth ... „ 22 538 13 9 538 13 9 278 6 1 360 134 12 4 New Zealand May 13 Plymouth ... June 20 628 16 6 628 16 6 325 15 0 555 134 12 4 Total ... 1,480 15 ! 8 300 |9,975 15 1 3,275 11 10 4,080 15 11 7,356 7 9 |4,874 19 5 3,320 2,619 7