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Inland Mail-services established, extended, and abolished — continued.

SUBSIDIZED SEA MAIL-SERVICES. The several subsidized sea mail-services, the subsidy-payments for the year 1913, the dates when established, and the date on which each terminates are shown below : —

District. Name of Service. Frequency. Bemarks. 'ellington— ctd. Kopikopiko-Hukanui Kimbolton, &c. - Rangiwahia Masterton - Lands End Palmorston North - Fitzherbert West (rural delivery) Raumai, &c. - Piripiri Opaki-Rangitumau Peep-o'-Day Post-office - coach on main road Te Wharau - Kummerstein Waimarie — Lower Mokihinui Railwaystation Karamea-Oparara Murchison-Katanga Westport-Karamea Westport - Little Wanganui Tenamu-Corbyvale Weekly Established. Extended to Peep-o'-Day Post-office Extended along Craigie Lea Road. Extended one mile and a half beyond Fitzherbert West. Extended to Foote's Mill. Abolished. Thrice weekly .. Established. 'estport Twice weekly Weekly Thrice monthly Monthly Abolished.

Service. Annual Subsidy or Payment. Duration of Service. Wben terminated or terminable. Number of Mileage Voyages for per j Complete Annum. Voyage. Cost per Mile. When established. Auckland and Fiji Auckland and South Pacific Islands Auckland and Great Barrier Auckland, Whangaroa, and Mangonui Dargaville and Tangiteroria Helenaville and Matakohe Helensville and Dargaville Horeke, Kohukohu, Rawene, Koutu, Eangi Point, Opononi, and Omapere Offices in Whangarei Harbour Eussell and Opua New Zealand - San Francisco New Zealand - Vancouver New Zealand and Australia (Wel-lington-Sydney) Wellington, Wakatahuri, Homewood (and other offices), and Havelock Picton, offices in Sounds, and Havelock Picton, Grove Wharf, Te Awaite, and Resolution Bay Picton and Portage Portage and Kenepuru Head Port Nelson and Waikawa Bay .. Ngakuta, Whangakoko, Hakabaka, Kakapo Bay, Ocean Bay, Robin Hood Bay, and Blenheim Portage and Crail Bay £ s. d. 1,690 0 0 1,200 0 0 250 0 0 126 0 0 June, 1880 June, 1885 Oct., 1891 Nov., 1907 June, 1914 June, 1914 Deo., 1915 Dec, 1915 13 12 52 52 2,334 6,992 124 368 s. d. 1 1-37 0 3-43 0 9-31 0 1-58 130 0 0 150 0 0 615 0 0 119 15 0 Nov., 1893 Jan., 1881 Jan., 1881 Jan., 1889 Dec, 1915 Dec, 1915 Dec, 1915 Dec, 1915 156 104 156 156 62 116 128 52 0 3-22 0 2-98 0 7-39 0 3-54 117 0 0 90 0 0 •21,666 13 4 20,000 0 0 15,000 0 Sept., 1912 Jan., 1889 Oct., 1910 Aug., 1911 Dec, 1906 Dec, 1915 Dec, 1915 Mar., 1914 Sept., 1916 156 416 13 13 52 22 8 12,180 12,660 1,230 0 8-18 0 6'49 2 8-8 2 5-16 4 8-28 440 0 0 Dec, 1891 Dec, 1915 26 300 1 1-56 f 320 0 0 ( 330 0 0* 185 0 0 I Jan., 1907 Dec, 1915 26 330 0 9-23 Jan., 1913 Dec, 1915 156 88 0 3-23 60 0 0 70 0 0 25 0 0 ( 75 0 0 { 77 10 Of Jan., 1913 Jan., 1913 Jan., 1913 Dec, 1915 Dec, 1915 Dec, 1915 312 104 26 14 46 62 0 3'3 0 3-51 0 3-72 I April,-1911 Dec, 1915 52 86 0 4-16 j 130 0 0 1 137 0 0\ 220 0 0 I Jan., 1910 Dec, 1915 52 106 0 5-96 Nelson, Tarakohe, Tonga Bay, Totaranui, Takaka, and Gollingwood Nelson and Otarawao Westport and Karamea Westport and Little Wanganui .. Hokitika, Okarito, Bruce Bay, Paringa, Haast, Okura, and Jackson's Bay Wellington or Lyttelton and Ghatham Islands (including Pitt Island) Blufi and Half-moon Bay Blufi, Te Oneroa, and Gromarty .. Dec, 1915 104 130 0 3-90 100 0 0 Jan., 1904 I June, 1886 \ Jan., 1895 Jan., 1886 Dec, 1915 ( 52 36 12 6 61 102 I 82 I 270 0 7-57 I 800 0 0 J Dec, 1915 3 5-24 750 0 0 Mar., 1913 9 3-11 350 0 0 Aug., 1914 6 1,050 1 1-33 300 0 0 137 10 0 , July, 1886 April, 1893 Dec, 1915 Dec, 1913 52 6 44 . 190 2 7-47 2 4-95 * Subsidy increased from 1st February, 1913. from 14th January, 1913, t Subsidy increased from 10th April, 1913, t Subsidy increased