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Southland Times, Issue 1170, 24 November 1869, Page 3

In an article on the telegraphs, the Independent, of the 18th instant, furnishes the following table, shewing the cost of working the New Zealand and Australian telegraph lines : — Expenses. Revenue. Messages. £ £ & N. Zealand 22,813 31,080 156,157 Profit 8,267 Victoria ... 41,715 41,034 276,677 Loss 680 N. S. Wales. 26,874 30,817 132,872 Profit 3,945 Queensland 15,631 16,077 59,632 Profit 1,445 S. Australia 15,519 11,334 110,400 Loss 4,185 The number and value of New Zealand postage stamps printed during the year 1868 were 4,663,440, and £47,379, respectively. These amounts are made up as follows : — Bates. Number. Value. At Is 108,000 £5,400 „ 6d 605,040 15,126 3d 412,800 5,160 " 2d 1,668,000 13,900 |, Jd 1,869,600 7,799 No fourpenny stamps were printed during 1868, nor, indeed, for the two years previous, a large number being in stock. The Wilmington (Illinois) Independent says :— A printer last week proposed to go into partnership with us. His name is Doolittle. The firm's name would sound bad either way you put it, < Steal and Do Little," or " Do Little and Steal " We can't jine. One of us would soon be in the poorhouae, and the other in the penitentiary.