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Work performed for other Departments. Among the many branches of Government work performed during the calendar year 1906 by the Department may be mentioned the following : — Customs duties were collected on parcels and other articles coming through the post from places beyond the colony amounting to £49,885 ss. Bd., and on account of ordinary Customs work £2,331 18s. 7d. Advances to Settlers receipts amounted to £897,953 19s. 5d., and payments to £895,202 4s. 7d. Fishing licenses were issued by Postmasters to the value of £1,539 16s. 6d., and game licenses to the value of £2,076. For the Government Insurance Department premiums were collected from the public amounting to £29,726 2s. lOd. Publications sent out by the Government Printer and paid for through the Post i flice brought in £744 2s. lOd. The sum of £27,808 18s. 2d. was paid to Imperial pensioners by Postmasters. Income-tax amounting to £160,506 13s. 7d., and land-tax £318,705 lis., were collected by Postmasters. The sum of £7,058 12s. 4d., fees due to the Machinery Department, was received. Under the Mining Act the receipts were £372 10s. New Zealand Consols for £1,725 were sold on behalf of the Treasury. £6,067 os. sd. was the amount paid for Official Assignees as dividends in bankrupt estates. The amount paid to old-age pensioners through the Post Office was £309,322 os. 7d. On behalf of the Public Trustee £602,658 16s. 4d. was received, and £609,802 9s. 4d. paid. Railway revenue amounting to £8,318 9s. was collected by Postmasters. Fees for the registration of births, deaths, and marriages received by Postmaster-Registrars were £2,409 3s. Receipts from the Hanmer Springs Sanatorium amounted to £1,847 9s. Id. Sheep rates amounting to £21,141 17s. 2d., and £57 15s. Bd. sundry amounts, were collected for the Stock Department. Valuation Department fees paid to Postmasters reached £4,784 2s. lOd. Claims on the General Government for £841,811 7s. Bd. were paid on behalf of the Treasury. Discount-stamps numbering 3,164,256, for £3,296 25., were sold, and 3,079,920, for £3,208 55., redeemed, during the year. The amount invested by the general public in Government 4-per-cent. debentures through the medium of the Post Office was £77,095 10s. Gross Receipts and Payments. The gross amount received by the Department during 1906 was £21,028,305 7s. 9Jd., of which £17,654,802 9s. OJd. was departmental, and £3,373,502 18s. 9d. on account of other Departments. The gross amount paid out was £21,025,969 195., made up of £17,666,816 17s. Bd. departmental, and on behalf of other Departments —to individuals £2,643,431 3s. lid., and to accounts £715,721 17s. sd. The total gross receipts and payments were therefore £42,054,275 6s. 9Jd. Letter-carriers' Deliveries. ' Deliveries by letter-carrier were established at: —Auckland: Dargaville (including Mangawhare), FYankton Junction. Christchurch : Heathcote Valley. Wellington : Eketahuna. Letter-carriers' deliveries were extended as follows :—Christchurch (C.P.0.) : Riccarton, to include area bounded by Curlett Lane, South Road to South Line Sockburn, Racecourse Road, and Yaldhurst Road to Racecourse Road. Lower Riccarton, afternoon delivery to include area bounded by West Belt, Railway Terrace, Picton Avenue, and Alliance Streets. Sydenham delivery to include Studholme Street. Dunedin (C.P.0.) : Mosgiel delivery along Bush, Shand's, and Gladstone Roads. Port Chalmers afternoon delivery from partial to full delivery. In Roslyn Borough, along Wakari Road to French's; in Pine Hill, from the School to the Bishop's house, Leith Valley. Invercargill (C.P.0.) : To include Glrasmere, Collingwood, and Prestonville; south delivery to Oteramika Road. Thames : Tauranga, to include both sides of Elizabeth Street. Wanganui (C.P.0.) : Aramoho delivery extended from Brunswick Road to the Old Men's Home. In Sedgebrook district, to Gordon Park. Eltham, along Mountain Road South as far as Eltham Dairy Factory. Wellington (C.P.0.) : Wadestown delivery to include Woodward Street and Wilton's Road to boundary of Wilton Estate. Hutt, second delivery along Waiwetu Road to Bellevue Road, thence along Bellevue Road, Bellevue Crescent, Cornwall Street, King's Road, Thames Street, Bristol Street, Orr's Avenue, and Parker's Lane. John»onville, along Porirua Road, Burgess Road, Woodland Road, Paparangi Road, and on hill in front of Post-office. Levin, to include Mako Mako, Bartholomew, and Kawhiu Roads. Palmerston North morning delivery along Main, Church, Ferguson, and College Streets to Maxwell's Line. Second daily delivery in the south-east to Te Ngutu Lagoon (Scandia Street), in the north-east to corner of Terrace Street and Boundary Road, in the .north-west to corner of Featherston Street and Kairanga Road, and in the south-west to corner of Ferguson and West Streets. Letter-carriers' deliveries were increased in frequency at —Auckland : Hamilton, twice to thrice daily (in principal streets only). Christchurch (C.P.0.) : Twice to thrice daily in area bounded by Moorhouse Avenue, Fitzgerald Avenue, Bealey Avenue, Park Terrace, Antigua Street, and Lincoln

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