EIGHTH REPORT ON THE POSTAL SERVICE OF NEW ZEALAND, BY THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1867 Session I, E-01

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EIGHTH REPORT ON THE POSTAL SERVICE OF NEW ZEALAND, BY THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL.

PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BY COMMAND OF HIS EXCELLENCY.

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Sib,— General Post Office, Wellington, 28th July, 1867. I have the honor to submit to your Excellency the Eighth Report on the Postal Service of New Zealand, being that for the year ended 3lst December, 1866. To His Excellency Sir George Grey, X.C.8., John Hall, Governor of New Zealand. Postmaster-General. +

REPORT. During the year 1866 and the first half of the year 1867, several important changes have taken place in the Postal Service of New Zealand. The mail communication with Great Britain via Panama has been successfully inaugurated. Post Office Savings' Banks have been commenced, with every prospect of success. The rates of inland postage have been amended by an Act of the Legislature, and by the same authority a charge has been imposed for the conveyance of newspapers through the Post. A Conference of Delegates from the several Australian Colonies, held in Melbourne, has agreed upon a scheme of Ocean Postal Communication, which, if acceded to by the Imperial Government, will, 1 have no doubt, produce important and beneficent results. Departmental. "With the exception of certain changes hereafter described, which have been rendered necessary by the introduction of the Post Office Savings' Bank system, no material alteration in tho arrangements of the Department have been made during the past year. The amount of business transacted through the medium of the various Post Offices must be considered satisfactory when it is borne in mind that a considerable body of linrierial Troops has been removed from the Colony during the twelvemonths. The letters despatched have been 2,353,856 in 1866 (see table No. 20),' against 2,235,188 in 1865. The letters received have been 2,401,788 in 1866 (see table No. 19), against 2,208,285 in 1865. The newspapers despatched have been 2,413,511 in 1866 (see table No. 22), against 1,923,544 in 1865. The newspapers received have been 1,959,528 in 1866 (see table No. 21), against 1,474,134 in 1865. The Postal revenue (exclusive of money order commission) has been £47,836 10s. 6d. in 1866 (see table No. 32), against £46,475 9s. 3d. in 1865. The Postal expenditure, exclusive of steam subsidies, has been £62,927 4s. 6d., in 1866—including £7,300 expended on buildings—(see table No. 32), against £55,641 6s. 3d., in 1865. Twelve new offices have been opened during the year, and four offices have been closed. The total number of the Postal staff is shown by the subjoined table. NUMBER of Post Offices and Postal Officers during the years 1863, 1864, 1865, and 1866. Chief Post Offices. Post Offices. Sub Post Offices. Officees. 1863. 1864. 18G5. 1866. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. 1863. 1864. 1 1865. 1866. Postmasters 9 9 9 9 10 12 16 17 257 274 j 299 306 Clerks, &c 78 77 76 68 7 7 10 12 Totals 87 86 85 77 17 19 26 29 257 274 j 299 306 It will be seen that a reduction has been effected in the staff of some of the chief Post Offices. The occurrence of every vacancy in the Department, has, moreover, been made the occasion, when practicable, of affording promotion to officers who have distinguished themselves by intelligence and zeal. I trust that this system will be continued. Nothing tends more to promote zealous and efficient service on the part of officers of the Department than an assurance that such services are not overlooked, but will eventually lead to the promotion of the persons by whom they are rendered. Several of the Post Offices throughout the Colony have been visited by the Inspector during the past year. The demands, however, which have been made upon his time for carrying out the several alterations rendered necessary by the commencement of the Panama Mail Service, and for maturing various important improvements in the Postal Service of the Colony, have rendered it impossible for him to devote as much time to the performance of the duty of inspecting the varibus branches of the Department as I could have wished. Nothing contributes more to the regular and efficient conduct of a Postal Service than a frequent inspection of the whole of its branches by an experienced and trustworthy Inspector. The high character for efficiency maintained by the Post Office in the United Kingdom, is owing, in a very great measure, to the liberal provision which is made for a constant and efficient inspection of every part of it. The New Zealand Inspector is an excellent officer, but it is not possible for him unassisted to visit all the offices throughout the Colony, except at rare intervals. To remedy this evil, I have in some cases authorized Chief Postmasters to inspect several of their sub-offices, but this remedy is not an effectual one. An addition to the Inspecting Staff of the Department would be a wise and prudent economy.

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Fbanking. The recommendations of the Postal Committee of 1866, in favour of the abolition of the system of franking, have been very carefully considered by myself and the permanent officers of the Department. The result has been, that while the necessity for having all official correspondence paid by Postago Stamps, would, together with the keeping of the necessary accounts, involve a considerable addition to the labour of the several Departments, no plan for the issue and use of stamps for this purpose has yet been devised which would not be as much open to abuse as the limited system of franking which is now permitted. It has been therefore considered desirable to continue, at least for the present, the system now in operation. The system of paying the postage on official correspondence by postago stamps has been tried in Victoria; the result was so unsatisfactory that the system has been discontinued. Dead Lettees. During the year 46,172 letters, including 521 registered letters, were received at-the Dead Letter Office. Of these 37,117, including 504 registered, were despatched from the office. Nearly 100 letters were delivered to personal applicants, and about 9,000 were destroyed, as neither the writers nor the persons to whom they were addressed could be found. 22,750 of the above total, including 227 registered letters, originating in New Zealand, were opened in the Dead Letter Office, and returned to the writers. And 14,367, including 267 registered letters, originating in places beyond the Colony, were returned to the several offices from whence they were forwarded to this Colony. The following Return will show the property found in the dead letters dealt with during the year:— £ s. d. Bills of Exchange 5,642 4 4 Bank Notes 168 0 0 Money Orders 177 13 4 Acceptances, Promissory Notes, &c. 1,516 13 4 Cheques 190 6 11 Coin 4 17 0 Postage Stamps ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 16 2 Orders 56 9 7 Bank Receipts 55 17 6 "Warrants 8 15 0 Gold Dust, two packets. Gold Rings, three. £7,822 12 10 The following is a Return of the property claimed and returned during the year:— £ s. d. Bills of Exchange 1,460 7 10 Bank Notes ... 56 0 0 Money Orders ... 126 11 0 Acceptances, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,365 4 3 Cheques 59 3 10 Postage Stamps 0 12 0 Orders and Coin ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 957 Bank Receipts ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 41 0 0 Warrants 8 15 0 Half Notes and Land Orders, one packet. Gold Dust, one packet. Gold Rings, one. £3,126 19 3 Registered Lettees. The following comparative Return of the number of letters registered in New Zealand during the years 1865 and 1866 respectively, shows a considerable addition to the number of letters which are so treated. This is chiefly to be attributed to the influx of population on the West Coast Gold Eields ; but independently of this, the Return shows an increased disposition on the part of the public to adopt such reasonable precautions when sending articles of value through the Post as persons of ordinary prudence ought not to neglect. RETURN of the Number of Lettees Registered at the various Post Offices in the different Provinces in New Zealand, during the Tears 1865 and 1866. 1865. 1866. Pbovinces. To Places To Places To Places To Places without within Totals. without within Totals. the Colony. the Colony. the Colony. the Colony. Auckland 7*~ 1,806 3,702 5,508 1,309 5,190 6,499 Taranaki 278 329 607 232 327 559 Hawke's Bay 122 297 419 165 363 528 Wellington 631 1,775 2,406 988 2,604 3,592 Nelson 419 1,035 1,454 572 841 1,413 Marlborough 225 1,076 1,301 170 565 735 Canterbury 2,608 3,936 6,544 6,217 6,302 12,519 Otago 3,772 5,016 8,788 2,960 5,711 8,671 Southland 479 479 958 329 483 812 Totals 10,340 17,645 27,985 12,942 22,386 35,328

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Monet Orders. The tables (Nos. 6 and 7) on this subject appended to this Report show a very considerable increase in the extent to which the public has availed itself of the facilities afforded by this branch of the Postal Services, for the transmission of small sums of money with safety and despatch. Notwithstanding a falling off in the number of money order transactions in those parts of the Colony from which considerable bodies of troops have been removed during the year, there has been an aggregate increase throughout the Colony of no less than 20 per cent, as compared with the business transacted during the previous year. Saving Banks. The Post Office Savings Bank system was brought into operation at five of the principal Post Offices in the month of February last, and at thirty-nine other offices on the Ist of April. Tables (Nos. 8 and 9) are appended showing the extent to which these banks have already been made use of by the public. The result cannot be considered as otherwise than very satisfactory. In the short space of' time which has elapsed since the introduction of the system, 830 accounts have been opened, 1,552 deposits have been made, and there remained at the end of May an aggregate amount of £20,974 Bs. 7d. to the credit of depositors in the several banks. The organisation and initiation of the system have been effected principally by the AuditorGeneral, Dr. Knight, to whom my thanks arc due for the time and trouble which he has devoted to this subject. The keeping of all accounts connected with the Savings Banks, and the general conduct of this branch of the Post Office service has been placed in the hands of a Controller, who undertakes also tho management of all Money Order business. I have been able to secure for this duty the services of a very efficient officer, and the arrangement is found to be an economical and satisfactory one. As the work in these branches of the Department increases, an assistant will probably be required, but up to the present time, the duties mentioned have been discharged by the Controller with very little clerical assistance. I believe there is hardly an instance on record in the Public Service in which so important an improvement, as the opening of these Savings Banks really constitutes, has been introduced at so small an increase to the public expenditure. Steam Postal Services. Panama Service. This service has now been in operation since June, 1866, and the Company's vessels have, to this date performed twelve voyages from Sydney to Panama, and twelve voyages from Panama to Sydney. In consequence of accidents to the machinery of the " Mataura," on her voyage from England, which prevented her arrival in Sydney in time to take up this service, tho Company was unable to send a vessel to Panama in August last; with this exception the service has been performed without interruption. The services to Panama have been effected with remarkable regularity, the mail steamer having only upon one occasion failed to effect a junction with the homeward-bound steamer from Colon. This failure was accounted for by the occurrence of weather of an extraordinarily tempestuous and unfavourable character. The services from Panama to New Zealand have been performed with less regularity, and it has been my duty to enforce the payment of several penalties for delays. Considering, however, the arduous character of the service, including as it does the longest steam voyage which has yet been attempted without an intermediate coaling station, the Company deserves much credit for the spirited and successful manner in which they have carried out their contract. The experience of the past twelve months having shown the desirability of a coaling station for the use of these steamers on the voyage to New Zealand, the Company has taken steps for establishing such a station at the Island of Opara. A vessel has already been despatched to that island with a considerable supply of coals, and the necessary appliances for facilitating their transhipment. Looking at the character of the vessels which have been supplied for the performance of the Panama contract, it may confidently bo expected that when this coaling station is available, it will be only under very exceptional circumstances that such delays as those I have mentioned will again occur. Tho Imperial Post Office, in addition to conveying the mails sent by the Panama route free of all charge between Southampton and Colon, has, in other ways, rendered very valuable assistance in the carrying out of this service. Owing to the excessive charge which the Panama Railroad Company had been in the habit of making for the conveyance of mails across the Isthmus, amounting to elevenpence per pound on the gross weight of the mails, it was necessary to impose on newspapers sent by that route, a postage of threepence each. I lost no time, however, in communicating with the Railroad Company on the subject, both direct, and through the Imperial Post Office, pointing out not only the serious inconvenience to which the public of this Colony was exposed by such an unusual charge, but the injurious effect which it could not fail to have upon the interests of the Company itself. lam glad to state that these representations have induced the Company to make such a reduction in their transit charges, as have enabled me to reduce from threepence to one penny the Colonial postage for the transmission of newspapers by this route to the United Kingdom. With a view of reducing the heavy payment with which New Zealand has been charged on account of the Suez Mail Services, and of obtaining the greatest amount of benefit from the service via Panama, which is maintained at so large a cost to the Colony, directions have been given for correspondence between New Zealand and the mother country to be sent by the route of Panama, unless specially addressed via Suez. This has largely diminished the number of letters sent by the latter route, and has resulted in a very considerable saving to the New Zealand Government. Although some inconvenience may have resulted from this arrangement in the first instance, this will cease to be the case as the regulation becomes generally known and understood, and effectual means having been adopted both here and in Great Britain to make the regulation public, I trust that any such inconvenience may be of short duration.

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Tables (Nos. 1 and 2) are appended to this Report showing the amount of correspondence sent and received by the Suez and Panama routes respectively, as well as the estimated cost of conveying the mails across the Isthmus of Panama, and the total amount of postage collected on such mails. The results shown by these tables are interesting and important. Suez Service. Since the establishment of the mail service via Panama, the constant irregularities which formerly characterized the performance of the Suez services, and which were the source of such serious expense and inconvenience to this Colony have disappeared, and the mails by this route are now delivered with commendable regularity. In December last, I pointed out in a Minute, which your Excellency forwarded to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, that the then existing apportionment of the Colonial moiety of the cost of the Suez Mail Service was unfair to New Zealand. It was suggested in this Minute that instead of the Colonial moiety being apportioned once every three years on the basis of the average amount of correspondence for each Colony during the then preceding three years, it should be apportioned every year on the basis of the actual amount of correspondence carried during the year. This suggestion has been acceded to by the Imperial Post Office, and has, together with the diversion of the bulk of New Zealand correspondence to the Panama route, had the effect of very considerably reducing the contribution of this Colony to the cost of the Suez service. This contribution for the year 1866 was £23,494 9s. 6d., whereas for the year 1567 it is only £2,141 Os. lid. Intercolonial Steam Services. The service between Auckland and Sydney continues to be performed in a satisfactory manner by the boats of the Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Royal Mail Company. The contract with the Otago Steam Company, for the mail service between Melbourne and Port Chalmers, expired in December last, and tenders were invited both in New Zealand and Australia for a new contract. Tho only tenders which were received were, however, for nearly double the sum paid under the previous contract. Under these circumstances, I made a temporary arrangement with the Pauama, New Zealand, and Australian Royal Mail Company for carrying these mails ; and, after some negotiations, eventually concluded a contract (see table No. 11) with the same Company for the performance of this service for the sum of £500 per month—being an advance of £100 per month on the sum paid under the previous contract. The present subsidy is, however, very much smaller than that paid two or three years ago. The Department was relieved from considerable embarrassment by the prompt manner in which the Manager of the Panama Company placed that Company's vessels at my disposal, in the emergency referred to, at the same rate of subsidy as had been paid under the expiring contract. I must express my acknowledgment of the liberal and considerate spirit wliich has characterized Captain Benson's dealings with the Department in this and other instances. When in Melbourne, in March last, I pressed upon the attention of the postal authorities of Victoria the unfairness of the arrangement so long in operation under which the Victorian Government retained the sea postago collected by it on correspondence for New Zealand posted in Melbourne, and forwarded in mail steamers subsidised by the New Zealand Government. The reasonableness of this complaint was admitted, and the postage in question is now credited to this Department. Tho operation of an opposite system during the last few years has been the cause of considerable loss to the New Zealand Post Office. Interprovincial Services. These services have been performed up to the present time under the contracts which were in operation at the date of my predecessor's report. The services, comprising four trips per month each way, have been well performed, and the subsidies paid for them are very moderate. In compliance with the recommendation of the Select Committee of last session, the two supplementary services to Hawke's Bay, Nelson, and Taranaki, have been discontinued, whereby a saving of £3,600 per annum has been effected. In order to provide for the conveyance of the mails previously forwarded by these supplementary services, a modification in the Time Table of the remaining coastal services has been adopted, which, although somewhat less convenient than the old table to certain parts of the Colony, is the best arrangement of which circumstances admit. Notice has been received from tho New Zealand Steam Navigation Company of their desire to terminate their present contract, and fresh tenders have been called for. The electric telegraph has been found during the past year to be of the greatest use in regulating the movements of these mail steamers, and in affording to the public such information as to their departure and arrival at the several ports as greatly facilitates the due despatch of the mails, and promotes the convenience of the public. A table (No. 12) is annexed to this Report, showing the cost of the existing Interprovincial Services. Revenue and Expenditure. The Select Committee of the House of Representatives on the Postal Service, in 1866, in addition to the recommendations above quoted, proposed certain alterations in the rates of postage collected in New Zealand, with a view of removing to some extent, the serious disproportion which exists between the Revenue and Expenditure of the Department. In compliance with this proposition, a Bill was introduced into Parliament during the last session, and was passed into law, under which the following rates of postage have, since the Ist January last, been collected on all correspondence sent by Post within the Colony: — Town Letters. Posted at any Post Office within the Colony for delivery at or from the same Post Office— Not exceeding half-an-ounce ... ... ... ... One Penny. Exceeding half-an-ounce but not exceeding one ounce ... ... Twopence. For every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce ... ... Twopence.

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Country Letters. Posted at any Post Office within the Colony for delivery at or from any other Post Office within the same Province — Not exceeding half-an-ounce ... ... ... ... Twopence. Exceeding half-an-ounce but not exceeding one ounce... ... Fourpence. For every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce ... ... Fourpence. Interprovincial Letters. Posted at any Post Office within the Colony for delivery at or from any Post Office in any other Province within tho Colony — Not exceeding half-an-ounce ... ... ... ... Threepence. Exceeding half-an-ounce but not exceeding one ounce... ... Sixpence. For every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce ... ... Sixpence. Newspapers. Posted at any Post Office within the Colony for delivery at or from any Post Office within the Colony— Each ... ... ... ... ... ... One Penny. As these rates have only been in operation for six months it is too early to speak with certainty of the exact effect upon the revenue which this change is likely to produce. As far, however, as an opinion can at present be formed, the result is very satisfactory, and there is little doubt that the additional revenue estimated by tho Committee, will bo actually realized. Tho number of newspapers sent through the Post during the six months ending 30th June was 1,511,317, as against 2,049,593 (see tables Nos. 16 and 17) sent during the corresponding period of 1866. Taking into consideration the number of newspapers which it is known are now distributed by private means, there is no reason to apprehend that the newspaper circulation throughout the Colony has been materially diminished. Melbourne Postal Conference. On the 22nd September, 1866, a Despatch was addressed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the Governors of the several Australasian Colonies, announcing that notice had been given for the termination of the existing contract for the conveyance of tho mails between Point de Galle and Sydney, and inviting these Colonies in combination to provide for this service in future. In consequence of this communication, a Conference of Representatives of the Australasian Governments (except that of AVcstern Australia) was held in Melbourne in March last, for the discussion of the whole question of Ocean Postal Communication, and with a view of arriving if possible at an arrangement on this subject which should secure the concurrence and support of all the Colonies. Tour Excellency was pleased to appoint Mr. Crosbie Ward and myself to represent tho Government of New Zealand at this Conference. A full account of its proceedings, and of the conclusions adopted by it, is furnished in papers which have, by your Excellency's command, been laid on the table of both Houses of Parliament. It will therefore suffice if I here briefly state that the Conference unanimously agreed in the desirability of establishing three lines of postal communication with the Mother Country—viz., one by Torres Straits and Suez, one by King George's Sound and Suez, and one by New Zealand and Panama ; —the total cost of this scheme is estimated not to exceed £400,000, and is proposed to be divided equally between the Mother Country and the Colonies ; the Colonial moiety to be again divided in the following proportions, viz.: — £ Victoria 50,000 New South Wales 50,000 New Zealand 50,000 Queensland 27,500 South Australia ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 15,500 Tasmania 4,000 Total £197,000 A Memorial to Her Majesty, praying the concurrence of the Imperial Government in this scheme, was signed by all the members of the Conference on behalf of their respective Governments, and was sent home in March last. No answer to this Memorial has yet been received. Miscellaneous. The Inspector of Mails has at my request prepared a new set of Instructions to Postmasters in New Zealand. This task has been performed by Mr. Gray in a very creditable manner, and his compilation furnishes the several officers with rules for their guidance so clear and comprehensive, as cannot fail to contribute materially to the efficient discharge of the duties of tho Department. Appended to this Report is a Comparative Table (No. 4) of the Average Number of Letters and Newspapers in ono year for each person in the United Kingdom, in Victoria, in New South Wales, and in New Zealand; from which it will be seen that the correspondence of this Colony contrasts very favourably with those of Victoria and New South Wales. In compliance with the recommendations of the Civil Service Commissioners, the printing of Postago Stamps, which was formerly part of the work of my Department, has been transferred to the Government Printing Office. John Hall, Postmaster- General. 2 i

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STATEMENT of CORRESPONDENCE, &c., Received form and Despatched to LONDON and the CONTINENT of EUROPE via SUEZ, from July, 1866, June, 1867.

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Despatched to the United Kingdom and the Continent of Etteope tia Suez. Received fbom the United Kingdom and the Continent of EuKorE via Suez. Estimated Amount Date op Despatch and Receipt. Estimated Gross Receipts from Postage. Estimated Amount accountable to London. Estimated Net Amount accruing to New Zealand. Estimated Amount to Credit of London. Estimated Amount to Credit of New Zealand. Zealand on Mails to and from London via Suez. Letters. Book Packets. Newspapers. Letters. Book Packets. I Newspapers. I 1866. 24,836 726 37,986 £ s. d. £ 8. <1. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. July 684 12 10 8G 2 7 598 10 3 2,162 30,338 113 2 8 8 599 17 8 25,789 August 14,699 540 37,546 431 6 4 118 9 1 312 17 3 25,429 1,621 30,982 14 5 2 11 0 314 3 10 September ... 14,679 412 30,296 42G 5 10 83 18 1 342 7 9 24,710 1,246 29,764 0 16 2 3 0 2 344 11 9 October 16,491 519 32,985 471 4 2 96 12 2 374 12 0 24,174 1,292 24,226 16 3 2 6 10 375 12 7 November ... 14,016 404 20,170 412 6 3 85 14. 6 326 11 9 23,950 1,141 49,023 0 18 10 2 18 4 328 11 3 December 7,178 161 19,985 22G 4 7 52 1G 4 173 8 3 21,658 1,124 39,470 0 19 4 2 8 6 174 17 5 18G7. 8,697 112 19,093 267 12 8 57 12 1 110 0 7 0 12 10 2 4 0 January 18,585 842 41,622 111 11 9 February ... 0,554 95 16.G21 208 4 6 48 4 6 150 0 0 16,621 453 16,812 0 14 G 1 18 0 151 3 6 March 7,274 86 17,808 210 5 1 62 16 3 177 8 10 2,870 148 10,730 0 16 6 2 2 0 178 14 4 April 7,552 67 18,926 232 1G 6 71 12 8 161 3 10 2,329 199 8,708 0 15 10 2 4 6 162 12 6 May 7,3G6 . 9,538 221 12 6 77 M 2 143 18 4 2,566 125 41,254 0 14 G 18 2 144 12 0 June 5,621 u 10,810 101 4 3 69 8 4 121 15 11 2,460 141 50,434 0 16 2 1 11 6 122 14 3 Totals I I I 134,963 3,253 I 271,800 4,013 15 6 911 0 9 2,992 14 9 191,147 10,494 373,413 10 10 7 27 4 8 3,009 2 10 .

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Table No. 2. STATEMENT of CORRESPONDENCE, Ac., Despatched from New Zealand in the Mails or Panama, and for London via Panama, to the 8th "une, 1867. For tiie United Kingdom and the Continent or Europe via Panama. Fob Nokth, South, and Central America, and the West Indies, via Panama. Total estimated op Estimated Gross Receipts from Postage, &c. Estimated Cost of Transit across the Isthmus of Panama. Estimated Share of Postage payable to the British Post Office. Estimated Net Amount accruing to New Zealand on Mails despatched to London. Estimated Gross Receipts from Postage, &c. Estimated Amount of Postage payable to the British Post Office. Estimated Net Amount accruing to New Zealand on Mails despatched to Panama. to New Zealand or Mails despatched to Panama, and [jondon via Pauams Despatch. Letters. Book Packets. Newspapers. Letters. Book Packets. NewBpapers. 1866. June 24 July 24 Sept. 8 Oct. 8 Nov. 8 Dec. 8 1867. Jany. 8 Feby. 6 March 8 April 8 May 8 Juno 8 10,955 14,137 14,157 12,345 12,570 15,625 110 132 190 172 198 208 7,0G0 7,250 6,073 4,561 3,802 4,610 £ s. d. 364 11 1 413 2 5 477 5 7 421 3 6 434 12 4 526 1 6 £ b. d. 76 12 8 79 14 6 75 4 3 58 16 4 53 14 8 59 7 4 £ s. d. 70 4 7 78 1 2 94 0 5 81 12 6 80 14 3 107 1 2 £ 8. d. 217 13 10 285 6 9 308 0 11 279 14 8 300 3 5 359 13 0 689 572 852 819 545 494 13 11 3 352 250 711 518 522 388 £ s. d. 36 8 4 30 0 2 45 11 3 44 14 10 29 0 10 26 6 4 £ 8. d. 4 12 5 5 9 2 11 10 4 2 3 3 10 2 3 16 6 £ s. d. 32 7 2 24 14 5 42 19 5 40 12 7 25 10 8 22 9 10 £ s. d. 250 1 0 310 1 2 351 0 4 320 7 3 325 14 1 382 2 10 18,416 19,761 21,854 20,342 22,714 24,156 225 195 180 155 218 355 2,226 2,136 2,246 2,764 11,260 13,475 641 7 2 646 12 6 682 4 2 650 5 8 706 4 2 724 6 3 54 18 7 56 10 1 46 12 10 31 4 2 56 10 10 69 14 6 124 4 4 121 3 10 128 6 4 129 12 2 135 7 6 132 8 10 462 4 3 468 18 7 507 5 0 489 9 4 514 5 10 522 2 11 846 745 838 927 1,063 1,021 3 2 1 6 398 370 412 342 590 646 46 12 0 39 10 0 47 4 0 51 10 0 62 10 0 58 6 10 5 13 4 12 5 12 6 4 19 4 5 18 4 5 10 7 41 10 9 35 8 10 41 11 6 46 10 8 56 11 8 52 16 3 503 15 0 504 7 5 548 16 6 536 0 0 570 17 6 574 19 2 Totals . 207,032 2,338 67,523 6,717 16 4 719 0 9 1,283 17 1 4,714 18 6 5,178 2 3 9,411 59 5,499 517 14 7 54 10 10 463 3 9 Table No. 3. STATEMENT of CORRESPONDENCE, &c, Eeceived in New Zealand from Panama, and from London via Panama, to the 25th June, 1867. From the United Kingdom and the Continent of Europe via Panama. From North, South, and Central America, and the West Indies, via Panama. Date of Eeceipt. Estimated Postage due to London on unpaid Correspondence from Foreign Countries. Estimated Cost of Transit acros3 the Isthmus of Panama. Estimated Amount ' accruing to New Zealand for share of Postage on contents of Mails received from London via Panama. Estimated Net Amount to the Credit of New Zealand. Amount of Postage to Credit of New Zealand on Mails received from Panama. Amount accruing to New Zealand on Mail* received from Panama and London via Panama. Letters. Book Packets. Newspapers. Letters. Book Packets. Newspapers. 1866. July 23 Aug. 25 Oct. 2 Nov. 23 Dee. 23 1867. Jan. 27 Feb. 24 April 11 April 25 May 25 June 25 I 3,047 3,412 4,126 4,747 7,677 ! 66 104 286 472 241 7,158 6,561 7,872 11,172 11,016 £ s. d. 18 7 1 11 0 2 2 7 1 11 10 2 10 10 £ s. d. 60 1 0 59 14 5 79 4 0 216 7 8 206 8 9 £ s. d. 192 5 0 214 5 6 262 10 4 222 14 6 252 16 9 £ s. d. 130 15 5 154 0 1 181 3 9 4 15 0 43 17 2 62 175 585 1,696 1,099 ... 37 93 38 43 59 333 1,214 665 £ s. d. 2 17 8 7 2 10 25 7 6 70 16 7 42 19 10 £ b. d. 133 13 1 161 2 11 206 11 3 7£ 11 7 86 17 0 11,754 11,375 28,198 25,829 25,262 23,330 4,693 1,309 2,232 1,983 1,918 2,140 I 15,444 22,081 26,411 45,594 37,488 4,554 3,026 * 6 e 3 8 9 9 3 4 7 6 11 8 4 4 7 7 10 312 18 1 314 12 0 196 0 3 182 11 4 63 19 4 71 1 4 359 15 1 364 2 1 749 7 1 661 18 1 652 11 2 694 3 10 42 10 6 46 1 4 544 3 6 471 19 10 580 7 6 615 14 8 1,167 964 1,567 1,257 1,398 1,398 11,368 1 11 6 9 52 5 659 449 1,002 966 1,149 1,100 41 17 10 33 14 2 59 17 9 48 7 0 54 18 6 51 5 5 84 8 4 79 15 6 604 1 3 520 6 10 635 6 0 745 9 3 Totals | 148,757 182,936 I 252 439 5 1 49 2 6 1,762 18 2 4,626 9 5 2,815 8 9 7,639 3,333 3 0 I i

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Table No. 4. COMPARATIVE TABLE of the Atehaoe Number of Lettehs and Newspapers to each Person in the United Kingdom, Victoria, New South "Wales, and New Zealand, in One Tear. The United Kingdom, 1865.* Victoria, 1865. New Soctii Waxes, 18G5. New Zealand, 1866. Population. Number of Letters delivered. Number of Books and Newspapers delivered. Average Number of Letters to each person. Average Number of Books and Newspapers to each person. Population. Number of Letters. Number of Newspapers. Average Number of Letters to each person. Average Number of Newspapers to each person. Population. Number of Letters. Number of Newspapers. Average Number to each person. Average Number of Nempapcrs to each person. Population. Number of Letters. Number of Newspapers. Average Number of Letters to each person. Average Number of Newspapers to each person. I 29,915,877 It 1025 208,000 4,758,641 4,373,039 22-9 21720,467,007 97,252,766 21 3-25 638,988 6,037,520 12 9-45 411,388 5,773,952 4,218,195 Table No. 5. COMPAEATIVE TABLE of the Average Number of Letters and Newspapers to each Person in the different Provinces of New Zealand, in 18G6. ArCKLA>"D. Tabakaki. Hawke's Bat. Wellington. Nelson. Marlbobough. Cantekbttet. Otago. Southland. Number \ of Letters I to each person. ! Number of Newspapers to each person. Number of Lett era to each person. Number of Newspapers to each person. Number of Letters to each person. Number of Newspapers to each person. Number of Letters to each person. Number of Newspapers to each person. Number of Letters to each person. Number of Newspapers to each person. Number of Letters to each person. Number of Newspapers to each person. Number of Letters to each person. Number of Newspapers to each person. Number 5?*" of Letters "f>Mvito each W"? to person. , cach * I person. Number of Letters to each person. Number of Newspapers to each person. 18-53 1873 19189 30 32 24'4 23 16 2527 20 24-8 ! 21 19 82 26 22-5 23 * The Return for the United Kingdom is for Letters and Newspapers delivered only. Those for the Colonies are for delivered and despatched. To make the comparison a fair one, the number of Letters and Newspapers for the United Kingdom should be doubled.

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TaWe No. 8. RETTJUN of the Number and AlCOUVX of Deposits and Withdrawals at eacli Post Office Saytn-os Bank in New Zeaxabd, frnrn 1st February to 3lst May, 1S67. Xtmbeu DEPOSITS. "WITHDRAWALS. ACCOUNTS CLOSED. PROVINCE. OFFICE. Accts. Number of Deposits Amount at EACH Office. Amount ineach Province. Accts. Withdraws upon. Number of WithPH.VWALS. At each Office. In" each Province. g Amount ax each § Office. ft Amount ineach Province. REMARKS. OPENED. £ s. d. £ i. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland ■ [• Auckland Alexandra ... Cambridge ... Mongonui ... Newcastle ... . Onehunga ... Raglan Russell Tauranga .... AN'angarei SI 2 1 1 1 5 1 2 4 7 U 147 3 1 1 1 10 1 4 9 19 1,852 15 8 63 0 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 0 3 0 105 10 0 30 0 0 3 0 0 345 0 0 304 2 6 19 7 6 23 1 31 1 168 7 0 10 0 0 ... 10 97 18 0 4a CSV-. C fl he be S &jD bo ... 1 ... Total 116 200 2,735 18 8 24 35 168 17 0 nil. nil. 7 178 18 4 97 18 0 Taranaki New Plymouth 15 23 735 10 0 735 10 0 54 0 0 54 0 0 Wellington... f I Wellington ... Wanganui ... 74 37 129 59 2,544 16 0 1,169 12 0 28 3 34 3 360 1 6 35 0 0 ... I Total 3,714 8 0 31 37 395 1 fi _ 7 - 178 18 4 111 188 Hawke's Bat ... Napier 71 13 0 nil. i nil. nil. nil. nil. 10 Nelson ... | Nelson Collingwood 21 28 811 10 0 3 5 66 0 0 Mablborouqii < Total 81 88 811 10 0 3_ 5 66 0 0 nil. S nil. Blenheim ... Picton 5 7 5 16 270 12 0 111 1 6 1 1 10 0 0 2 10 0 Total 12 21 381 13 6 2 L* 12 10 0 nil. j nil. ... j

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Table No. 8—{continued). EETUEN of the Nuitder and AiiovxT of Deposits and Withdhawals at each Post Office Satixgs Baxk iu New Zealand, from 1st February to 31st May, 1867. DEPOSITS. "WITHDRAWALS. ACCOUNTS CLOSED. NtJMBEE PROVINCE. OFFICE. Accra. Number of Deposits Amount at each Office. Amount ineach Province. Accts. Withdrawn upon. Number of Withdrawals PS M Amount at each Office. Amount in EAC1I Province. REMARKS. Opened. At each Office. In each Province. £ e. d. 3,878 7 0 7 7 0 86 15 0 371 12 0 57 12 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. 284 12 5 £ s. d. £ s. d. 38 1 5 £ s. d. Cantebbuby... i Christehurch Akaroa Kaiapoi Lyttelton Timaru 146 2 6 38 4 310 10 6 59 6 28 31 3 ... ... ... ... Total 196 1 391 4,401 13 0 284 12 5 38 1 5 Canterbury.,. \ 28 Bl 3 Hokitika 35 (!! 1,275 3 0 13 15 214 17 0 1 150 0 0 Gh-eymouth ... Dunedin Arrow River Balclutha Clyde Lawrence Manuherikia Oamaru Port Chalmers Queenstown Tokomairiro Waikouaiti 142 13 6 3 17 29 28 5 4 25 312 33 11 3 25 41 90 5 5 89 5,619 5 3 183 1 6 197 14 0 5 0 0 291 17 6 562 12 0 260 2 0 188 0 0 31 2 6 464 16 6 nil. 46 nil. 58 1,109 4 10 nil. nil. 10 nil. 468 12 4 1 I Otaoo 1 5 1 5 25 0 0 11 18 0 2 0 18 0 1 1 2 0 0 Total 247 525 7,283 14 9 53 65 1,148 2 10 12 469 10 4 SOUTHLAND ... j Invercargill Campbelltown Eiycrton 32 7 6 42 7 14 1,171 9 0 95 14 0 174 15 0 1 1 10 0 "2 "2 1 10 0 45 63 ... Total ... 1,444 18 0 2 10 0 nil. nil. Total in New Zealand 23,320 18 5 2,346 10 9 33 934 8 1 830 1,552 163 200 Auckland, Wellington, Hokitika, CliristcUurch, and Dunedin, were the only Offices opened before the 1st April, 1867.

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Table No. 9. SUMMARY—SAVINGS BANKS. Depos: [T8. [TIIDBAWALS. Accounts Closed. PROVINCE. 4 ° I ll O Is gj 4£ Balance DUE TO Depositors, exclvsivj: of ■OPS o . fl Amount of Deposits. "3 t to Amount. Interest. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. (1. £ a. d. Auckland 116 200 2,735 18 8 84 35 168 17 0 10 97 18 0 2,567 1 8 Tabanaki 15 23 735 10 0 6 7 54 0 0 681 10 0 Hawke's Bay ... 7 10 71 13 0 71 13 0 ■Wellington ... 111 188 3,714 8 0 31 37 395 1 6 7 178 18 4 3,319 6 G Nelson 21 28 811 10 0 3 5 66 0 0 745 10 0 Maklbobouoh ... 12 21 381 13 6 ■> 2 12 10 0 369 :i 6 Canterbury ... 196 391 4,401 13 0 88 31 284 12 5 3 38 1 5 4,117 0 7 Greymouth ... 25 39 464 16 6 461 16 G Hotitika 35 64 1,275 3 0 L8 15 214 17 0 1 150 0 0 1,060 G 0 Otago 247 525 7,283 14 9 53 G5 1,148 2 10 12 409 10 4 6,135 11 11 Southland 45 63 1,444 18 0 3 3 2 10 0 1,442 8 0 Totals 1,552 23,320 18 5 830 163 200 2,346 10 9 89 934 8 1 20,974 7 8 Table No. 10. RETURN of the Numbek and Value of POSTAGE STAMPS printed during the Tears 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, and 1866. !2. ISi 13. 186' i8c; I SI No. Value. No. Value. No. Value. No. Value. No. Value. £ £ £ £ £ At One Shilling 47,760 2,388 90,720 4,53G 113,280 7,164 159,120 7,956 * At Sixpence 663,840 16,596 478,320 11,958 950,400 23,760 518,400 13,710 *242,880 6,072 At Fourpence . •136,800 7,280 * At Threepence. 120,000 1,500 121,920 1,521 # At Twopence . 819,120 0,826 1,710,240 14,252 1,892,400 15,770 1,998,000 16,650 1,989,840 16,582 At One Penny. 148.080 617 326,640 1,361 457,920 1,908 774,960 3,229 714,000 2,975 1,798,800 £27,927 2,605,920 £32,107 3,444,000 £48,002 4,039,200 £50,349 2,916,720 £25,629 * A large m ibcr of the; so Postage Stamps wen in stock at the end if 1865.

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Tal ;le No. 11. Rutu: iy of LsTTEECOLONIAL ~N. ail Steam Subsidies, June, 1867. Contracts. Hilka.se Ezpmm Services. Annual Subsidy. Monthly Payments. How Often. PER Month. PER Mile. Terminate. £ £ 2 $ 'S • s. i Otago to Melbourne (1)... 6,000 500 Mar. 1867 MontHy 2,666 3 9 Auckland to Sydney (1)... 5,700 475 June, 1866 do. 2,630 3 7i 11,700 975 5,296 3 Si 'EEPRO Ta ile Jo. 12. Bectjbk of CIAL :l Steam Sudsidies, une, 1 !G7. CONTHACTS. Mileage Expense Annual StJBSIDT. Monthly How Often. Services. per Month. n:it Mile. Payments. Commence. Terminate. £ £ By two months' notice being given on either side. s. d. Auckland to Otago, East Coast (1) 3,600 300 June, 1866 Monthly. 1,990 s o; Manakau to Bluff, West Coast (1) 3,600 • 300 do. do. 1,922 3 H Auckland to Otugo, East Coast (2) 3,600 300 do. Aug. 14,1867 tlo. 1,990 3 0i Manakau to Bluff, West Coast (2) " 3,600 300 do. do. do. 1,922 3 U 14,400 1,200 7,824 3 0{125 (1) Panama Xew Zealand and Aus! (2) New Zealand Steam Navigation Italian Royal Mail Company. Company. Table N< ). 13. TABLE showing the Commission received on MO' Money Order System in the Colony (1st Au: also the Centesimal rate of Increase or Dec-re; N"ET OKDERS from the Establishment of the :;ust, 18(52,) to 31st December, 1SG6; showiug ise. 1862. LSI 186i W 16. JSi 16. Amount. Amount. IS I Amount. hi m Amount. h'U O I-H Amount. .1*8-8 p I'-sil £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.j Auckland ol7 14 6 136 5 S 220 317 13 6 15515 333 3 6 4- dec. 260 18 0 . 21-17 dec Taranaki . . 5 10 23 7 0 93-48 46 4 6 9786 48 C 0 4-35 inc. 37 12 oj i 22-2 dee. Wellington ... 17 5 0 46 10 6 12-31 63 1 0 35-6 138 13 0 119-05 iue. 210 13 6 51*7 inc. Hawke's Bay 3 3 6 18 10 0 142-78 29 13 6 603 36 14 0 21-14 inc. 42 12 0! 1G- inc. N elsou 13 11 0 35 4 0 892 36 4 6 2-84. 65 4 0 8055 inc. 106 7 B| 63-19 inc. Marlborough... 18 6 17 10 0 414-7 47 5 0 17042 2 0 10-62 dec. 50 13 6 20-36 inc. Canterbury ... 32 17 0 207 4 0 162-77 301 17 6 45-75 324 17 6 7-64 inc. 561 8 6 72-8 inc. Otago 45 10 0 473 11 0 888-66 603 16 0 27-5 415 15 0 3118 dec. 416 3 0 0-1 inc. Southland 7 9 0 96 3 0 438-05 125 15 6 308 59 3 6 52-8 dec. 75 6 Oi 2725 inc. Totals 41761 14 3 20-34 inc. 113 19 6, 1051 5 0 205-13 1601 11 51-9 1463 18 G 8-62 dec. (a) The amounts for 1862 are for fi (b) The increase from the years 18C ve months only. >2 to 1866 is at the ral of 410 per cent, nearly. 4

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Table No. 14. :ETURN showing the Number of LETTERS Received a' the different Provinces in New Zealand, during the i the Chief and other Post Offices in iix Months ended 30th Jun< ;, 1867. Without •HE COLOFY. Within the Coi ,ONY. PROVINCES. Totals without AND WITHIN the Colony. United Kingdom. Australian Colonies. Other Places. Total without the Colony. Other Provincesin A™ Zealand. Places within the Province. Total within the Province. \urkland 43,650 13,078 2,532 59,260 32,809 87,953 120,762 180,022 L'aranaki 3,662 1,760 36 5,458 10,262 654 10,916 16,374 [Inwkc's Bay ... 6,220 1,336 12 7,550 13,018 19,370 32,388 39,938 Wellington 19,681 8,387 515 28,589 51,551 57,097 108,651 137,240 kelson ... 8,032 6,255 126 14,413 20,071 1G.397 36,468 50,881 Vlarlborough ... 2,515 748 3,262 10,896 7,738 18,634 21,897 .'antovbury 48,750 38,522 30 87,302 83,271 239,823 323,094 410,396 Dtngo 42,992 23,156 3,201 69,349 60,603 138,558 199,163 268,512 Southland 7,188 4,243 78 11,509 11,593 15,787 27,385 38,894 Totals... 1,164,134 182,678 97,485 6,530 286,693 294,084 583,377 877,461 Table No. 15. RETURN showing the Number of LETTEES Despatched from the Ciiief and other Post Offices in the different Provinces of New Zealand, during the Six Months ended 30th June, 1S67. Withoit the Colony. WlT] in the Colony. Totals without PKOVINCES. * AND WITHIN the Colony. United Kingdom. Australian Colonies. Other Places. Total without the Colony. Other Provinces iii New Zealand. Places within the Province. Total within the Province. Auckland 36,810 12,134 1,245 50,219 35,423 99,632 135,055 185,274 Taranaki 3,318 1,620 34 4,972 9,408 1,230 10,638 15,610 Hawke's Baj ... 5,925 1,300 55 7,280 11,615 21,090 33,305 40,581 Wellington 20,666 8,610 934 30,210 56,013 52,868 108,913 139,153 Nelson 6,653 3,663 10,316 21,661 17,750 39,411 49,727 Marlborough ... 2,105 723 94 2,922 9,432 9,830 19,263 22,185 Canterbury 45,265 39,189 1,034 85,488 75,263 235,718 310,981 396,469 Otngo 41,473 22,995 3,868 68,336 56,159 160,278 216,437 284,773 Southland 6,657 4,337 2G7 11,261 10,504 15,477 1 25,981 37,242 Totals... 168.902 91,601 7,531 271,034 285,509 614,475 899,984 1,171,018

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Table No. 16. :ETURN showing the Number of NEWSPAPERS 1 Offices in the different Peotoces of New Zeala: sceived at the Chief and )ther Post :d, during the Sis Months mded 30th June, 1867. WlTnOFT ;e Colost. the Co: INT. PROVINCES. Totals WITHOUT AND WITHIN the Colony. United Kingdom. Australian Colonies. Other Places. Total without the Colony. Other Provinces in New Zealand. Places within the Province. Total within the Colony. Auckland 60,301 12,601 1.57G 74,481 16,831 10,637 27,468 101,949 Taranaki 6,834 1,626 16 8,476 7,170 36 7,206 15,682 Hawke's Bay ... 12,166 1,096 1 13,263 12,629 6,936 19,565 32,328 Wellington 36,643 5,999 310 42,952 21,819 6,616 31,435 74,387 Nelson 27,475 6,116 95 33,686 11,583 919 12,502 46,188 Marlborougli ... 4,239 703 C 4,9.48 8,809 7,686 16,495 21,443 Canterbury 97,318 33,183 51 130,552 48,056 73,151 121,207 251,759 Otago 96,609 29,015 2,073 127,697 27,4/13 37,891 65,334 193,031 Southland 16,928 6,319 9 23,256 9,139 2,069 11,208 34,464 Totals... 358,513 96,661 4,137 459,311 166,479 145,941 312,420 771,731 Table No. 17. EETUEN showing the Number of NEWSPAPERS Despatched from the Chief and other Post Offices in the different Pboyinces of New Zealand, during the Six Months ended 30th June, 1867. Without ti WE COLONl". WlTI [IN THE CO! >Nr. PROVINCES. United Australian Kingdom. Colonies. Totais WITHOUT AND WITHIN the Colony. Australian Colonies. Other Places. Total without the Colony. Other Provinces in New Zealand. Places within the Province. Total within the Colony. Auckland 21,786 3,677 718 31,210 17,457 67,313 84,770 115,980 Taranaki 1,212 421 6 1,642 3,132 1,158 4,234 5,926 Ilawke's Bay ... 3,G93 991 29 4,713 5,790 19,892 25,781 30,495 Wellington 13,775 3,491 431 17,700 44,810 27,097 71,907 89,607 Nelson 5,202 1,644 6,846 16,495 11,954 28,419 35,295 Marlborougli ... 3,852 805 4 4,661 7,938 8,883 116,821 21,482 Canterbury 28,787 14,668 592 44,017 32,219 65,141 97,360 141,407 Otago 49,032 15,043 2,608 66,683 31,151 175,021 206,172 272,855 Southland 3,172 2,181 100 5,453 5,405 15,681 21,086 26,639 Totais ... 130,510 47,924 4,521 182,955 104,497 392,134 556,631 739,580

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Table 1 . J.o. COMPARATIVE TABLE showing 1 Eeceived at and Despatched fro: both inclusive. ;he POSTAL n the several REVENUE and LETTE: 'eovinces of New Zeai RS and NEWSPAPEKS ,axd, from 1858 to 1866. i.r: :ees. News: 'ArEES. Peovixce. Revenue. Received. Despatched. Received. Despatched. Auckland— £ s. d. 67,417 90,595 ]25,535 177,070 196,282 882,696 531,279 528,509 410,613 104,379 108,523 133,367 157,017 179,256 211,426 312,248 318,569 327,937 1858 1859 1800 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1,978 1 7 2,521 16 7 3,079 1 5 3,679 16 4 4,015 5 3 5,254 10 10 8,507 13 1 11,548 4 5 9,653 16 5 65,874 82,678 122,807 170,065 185,755 284,834 528,633 514,421 138,945 114,988 136,789 177,839 238,642 302,815 453,535 813,452 727,170 561,148 Tabanaki — 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1805 1866 274 17 8 300 0 2 506 11 1 528 16 0 463 0 2 498 2 1 818 19 5 984 14 3 821 10 8 14,017 15,676 31,100 33,120 22,227 28,672 12.271 62,498 42,705 14,554 16,228 33,781 35,110 23,195 32,701 43,520 52,082 43,285 19,142 18,474 26,834 29,599 24,818 31,608 57,517 G6,448 61,194 9,812 10,720 21,549 23,948 14,841 19,338 22,654 25,128 20,170 Hawke's Bay— 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 153 6 11 296 6 7 444 17 10 505 7 11 593 !) 1 679 10 10 889 17 4 1,107 13 7 1,372 7 8 14,228 19,006 38,516 36,116 43,3!2 58,943 68,721 88,599 12,507 18,109 36, sir, 38,847 48,717 60,085 71,546 68,184 15,037 21,261 27,885 35,434 67,441 S8,979 94,718 82,945 7,018 10,472 13,245 39,512 56,777 66,120 08,780 81,1)22 I 84,687 93,220 83,359 93,635 101,613 117, 936 139,717 259 ,152 270,503 87,111 92,805 84,000 16,642 104,791 113,750 132,551 2:(7,907 253,988 126,441 105,099 120,586 145,768 191,873 209,692 219,553 201,080 286,889 Wellington— 1,299 11 5 1,397 10 7 1,501 0 7 1.662 8 11 1,959 17 11 2,043 17 5 2,469 1 4 5,176 6 10 6.663 14 2 1858 1859 1860 1861 18G2 1863 1864 1865 1866 131,113 112,235 83,950 96,067 102,730 131,851. 148,741 206,500 210,300 \ Nelsox— 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 731 1 1 831 8 1 995 8 0 1,114 2 2 1,189 10 9 1,157 6 6 1,423 6 0 2,012 15 10 2,012 4 9 18,796 12.2SO 42,771 72,626 5G.132 63,356 75,807 99,001 104,282 14,771 57,911 58,767 76,018 68,848 83,001 93,715 120,143 115,829 26,535 60,177 72,350 95,575 102,889 106,743 132,484 128,317 126,047 31,123 •S:i,272 07,120 113,84a 117,150 129,787 101,614 130,436 158,877

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Table No. 18— (continued). COMP lKATIVE TABLE, &c. Letters. News: ■APERS. Province. Revenue. Eeceived. Despatched. Received. Despatched. MAELBOBOrGH— £ s. d. 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 206 12 7 294 11 4 347 6 2 843 13 7 853 17 6 794 4 0 14,500 12,800 40,967 83,990 59,507 64,117 14,171 12,334 34,067 76,978 62,672 57,430 16,480 7,895 40,526 108,658 62,212 78,335 5,591 10,289 37,268 67,778 73,354 65,41!) Canterbury— 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1806 1,049 11 4 1,563 11 6 2,052 15 8 2,790 1 5 4,016 16 7 5,498 18 1 7,326 15 9 10,158 1 9 14,342 11 10 50,954 53,616 73,109 130,500 215,742 317,011 378,585 472,284 734,852 22,582 60,675 72,881 130,899 234,459 312,212 400,838 486,007 671,720 41,392 61,214 91,478 124,485 181,881 405,404 307,616 381,360 512,138 27,161 ■48,817 66,951 138,001 198,500 362,15t 384,090 480,238 597,220 Otago— 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 546 8 8 902 7 5 1,489 3 10 3,508 11 5 9,319 9 2 14,324" 2 7 14,273 0 7 12,611 18 1 12,030 6 10 20,477 36,249 62,168 153,354 360,246 693,496 678,349 588,545 581,353 21,786 39,207 62,916 154,201 389,231 660,889 638,792 568,001 599,861 23,742 30,902 42,418 69,692 187,132 368,449 459,095 439,733 470,820 28,229 41,099 63,175 114,433 310,883 549,869 680,917 551,303 561,341 I i Southland — 112 11 3 828 14 0 2,482 7 5 2,741 17 10 2,012 7' 4 1,894 17 1 13,500 31,104 100,331 126,473 93,396 79,372 14,796 33,007 106,765 135,491 102,321 82,996 13,636 32,751 110,632 142,903 111,660 89,806 4,444 23,947 105, m 131,568 79,920 80,525 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 Chatham Islands — 1863 1864 1865 186G 3 0 0 7 19 5 9 9 812 11 4 Totals— 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 6,024 5 8 7,812 19 1 10,068 13 11 14,108 8 8 22,710 14 3 32,329 1 11 39,302 4 4 46,475 9 3 49,598 4 9 254,605 337,947 434,320 603,209 1,021,735 1,G87,945 2,051,265 2,208,285 2,404,788 228,251 369,923 456,049 633,559 1,100,497 1,715,303 2,099,877 2,235,188 2,353,856 346,603 406,562 471,664 630,436 854,786 1,474,125 1,758,271 1,809,583 1,959,528 337,745 432,823 557,692 797,915 1,209,337 1,923,544 2,547,746 2,397,409 2,413,511

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Table No. 19. RETURN showing the Number of LETTERS received and despatched at the several Chief Post Offices in New Zealand for the Tear closing 31st Decembeb, 1866 RECEIVED.

Without tiie Colony. Within the Colony. Australian Colonies. Offices within the Provinces. General Totals. United Kingdom. Oilier Places. Total. Other Provinces. Total. i Auckland Tahanaki Hawke's Bay ... Wellington ... Marlborougii... Canterbury ... Otago Southland 114,176 9,006 9,339 37,177 14,490 3,996 89,839 86,783 14,538 31,410 2,897 2,481 13,591 13,482 1,455 66,814 51,798 9,189 5,284 4-1 424 445 150,870 11,947 11,820 51,192 28,417 5,451 156,750 144,191 23,823 584,461 87,081 29,170 29,659 117,893 49,392 49,901 209,590 136,628 26,321 735,635 200,994 1,588 47,120 101,478 26,473 8,765 368,512 300,534 29,228 288,075 30,758 76,779 219,371 75,865 58,666 578,102 437,162 55,549 438,945 42,705 88,599 270,563 104,282 61,117 734,852 581,353 79,372 97 5,610 96 Totals 379,344 193,117 12,000 1,084,692 1,820,327 2,404,788 Table No. 20. DESPATCHED. Without tiie Colony. Within toe Colony. General Totals. United Kingdom. Australian Colonies. Other Places. Total. Other Provinces. Offices within the Provinces. Total. : I Auckland T.vhanaki Hawke's Bat ... Wellington ... Nelson ■ Marlborough ... Canterbury ... Otago ... Southland 91,421 10,355 11,399 40,903 13,884 4,485 94,984 89,360 14,110 28,722 3,134 2,741 16,317 8,703 1,533 73,481 52,552 9,426 1,138 23 62 1,205 31 29 520 10,754 454 121,281 13,512 14,202 58,425 22,018 6,047 168,985 152,606 23,990 100,898 26,768 26,945 110,883 57,293 48,582 176,557 145,039 24,902 717,867 218,434 3,005 46,987 84,680 35,918 2,801 326,178 302,156 31,104 319,332 29,773 73,932 195,563 93,211 51,383 502,735 447,195 59,006 440,613 43,285 88,134 253,988 115,829 57,430 671,720 599,861 82,996 Totals 370,901 196,609 14,216 581,726 1,054,203 ■2,130

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Table No. 21. iETTTRN showing the Number of NEWSPAPERS received and despatched at the several Chief Post Offices in New Zealand for the Tear closing 31st December, 186Q RECEIVED. Without the Colony. Within the Colony. Totals. United Kingdom. Australian Colonies. Other Pli\cc3. Total. Other Provinces. Offices within the Provinces. Total. I Auckland Taeanaki Hawke's Bay ... Wellington ... Nelson Mablboeough ... Canteebuby ... Otago Southland 209,429 28,974 23,808 87,326 75,175 24,321 216,102 206,601 . i 44,038 . ! 945,774 31,555 3,788 2,558 10,508 12,272 2,237 69,630 63,964 14,756 3,220 5 ... G56 I 279 244,204 32,767 26,366 98,490 87,726 26,558 315,86t 275,567 58,809 52,750 28,091 36,311 89,999 35,016 48,036 129,970 104,363 26,967 30,983 336 20,238 21,817 3,305 3,741 66,304 90,890 4,030 83,733 28,427 56,579 111,816 38,321 51,777 196,274 195,253 30,997 327,937 61,194 82,945 210,306 126,047 78,335 512,138 470,820 89,806 ... 132 5,002 15 Totals 211,268 9,309 1,166,351 551,533 241,644 793,177 1,959,528 Table No. 22. DESPATCHED. Without the Colony. Within the Colony. Totals. United Kingdom. Australian Colonies. Other Places. Total. Other Provinces. Offices within the Province. Total. Auckland Tabanaki IIawke's Bay ... Wellington ... Nelson Maklboeough ... Canterbury ... Otago Southland 87,852 6,350 14.188 42,039 28,979 4,005 122,462 122,142 9,510 27,694 1,594 2,538 11,774 9,265 1,036 42,529 41,777 8,701 1,301 3 74 857 13 18 511 8,362 229 116,847 7,947 16,800 54,670 38,257 5,059 165,502 172,281 18,440 82,057 9,165 14,040 103,947 57,948 41,201 102,650 88,690 16,745 362,244 3,058 51,082 128,272 62,672 19,159 329,068 300,370 45,340 444,301 12,223 65,122 232,219 120,620 60,360 431,718 389,060 62,085 661,148 20,170 81,922 286,889 158,877 65,419 597,220 561,341 80,525 Totals 437,527 116,908 11,368 595,803 516,443 1,301,265 1,817,708 2,413,511

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Table No. 23. TABLE showing BEYEXFE, EXPEXDITTTEE, &c, of the Postal Depabtjieot in the Province of Auckland, in 1S66. Total Received and Despatched. Mail Services. EXPEKDITUBE. Totals. PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND. o ii 6 Letters. Newspapers. Weight of Newspapers in lbs. Is! Mode of Conveyance. Number of times weekly. Cost of Conveyance. Salaries. [Contingencies Expenditure. Revenue. Trunk Lines, — I. Auckland to Mangaturoto (Northern) II. „ Pokeno (Southern) III. Drury to Raglan Main Branches, — I. Auckland to Onehunga II. „ Howick..' III. ,, Mangawhare Branches, — I. Papakura to Wairoa ... II. Pokeno to the Bluff... III. „ TeAwamutu(l) IV. Newcastle to Cambridge (1) ... V. Whau Bridge to Muddy Creek VI. Helensville to Matakohe VII. Auckland to Wangarei (2) VITI. „ Waugarei Heads (2) ... IX. Wangarei Heads to Waipu X. „ Paroa Bay XI. Auckland to Russell (2) XII. Russell to Hokianga ... XIII. ,, Ahipara ... XIV. Auckland to Mongonui (2) ... XV. „ Coromandel (2) XVI. „ Port Fitzroy (2) XVII. „ Mercury Bay (2) XVIII. „ Tauranga (2) XIX. „ Opotiki (2) XX. „ Poverty Bay (2) XXI. „ Kawau (2) XXII. Limestone Island to Mangakaramea Suburban Branches, — ■ I. Auckland and Newton II. „ North Shore Special Services, — I. Auckland to Onehunga (3) ... II. „ Matakana (4) 12 8 4 19,494 76,007 32,385 19,642 97,189 23,032 362 18,223 4,431 80 35 65 Horse ... Coach ... Horse and foot l 6 2 £ s. d. 419 0 0 400 0 0 317 16 0 £ 8. d. 76 0 0 137 0 0 90 0 0 £ s. d. 1 10 0 2 7 0 16 0 £ s. d. 490 10 0 539 7 0 409 2 0 £ s. d. 138 7 4 652 14 8 273 13 4 2 3 9 47,838 17,704 11,990 37,789 2G,355 11,317 7,085 4,942 2,122 6i 15 105 Coach ... Horse ... Cart and boat... 12 6 1 144 0 0 59 0 0 247 0 0 95 0 0 29 0 0 47 0 0 1 2 G 0 12 6 1 13 0 240 2 6 88 12 6 295 13 0 339 3 0 106 12 8 86 11 0 1 3,816 6,070 1,138 9 4 80 25 7 70 96 80 12 5 140 51 77 185 47 71 121 195 210 375 30 15 Horse ... Cart and boat... Steamer 3 2 2 2 1 1 37 0 0 78 0 0 12 0 0 0 6 6 49 6 6 78 0 0 87 14 3 41 1 3 25 0 0 90 G 4 24 8 4 G 2 1 3 1 1 1 62,315 21,042 302 5,725 12,407 3,668 1,857 42,186 20,958 666 4,-892 13,712 3,490 4,146 7,910 3,930 125 919 2,571 654 777 86 10 0 40 0 0 5 0 0 20 0 0 ( 40 0 0 5 0 0 1 4 3 113 644 14 8 167 19 8 0 17 4 40 9 4 (90 1 1 I 30 8 0 10 8 4 Horse ... Boat Vessel 20 0 0 70 0 0 0 0 4 | 31 0 0 2 9 10 | 73 9 10 Foot 31 6 0 22 0 0 60 0 0 64 4 0 90 0 0 15 0 0 20 0 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 40 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 42 0 0 36 6 0 22 0 0 87 5 0 84 12 4 115 10 2 35 6 6 40 5 3 2 14 2 4 7 2 98 9 2 17 5 0 8 2 6 2 0 0 57 13 2 1 2 4 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 19,469 1,500 1,432 6,841 8,184 1,021 829 31,847 1,490 1,809 767 3,508 19,820 550 505 7,199 6,799 1,526 265 25,473 742 2,528 440 3,469 3,710 103 95 1,350 1,275 280 50 4,776 139 474 83 650 Vessel... Horse and boat j) Vessel n n "i Fortnightly 25 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 2 5 0 0 8 4 0 10 2 0 6 6 0 5 3 0 4 2 1 17 2 0 4 2 0 5 0 0 2 6 138 18 8 11 13 4 12 5 0 50 4 8 59 15 0 8 3 4 4 2 4 239 9 8 13 16 0 12 3 0 5 18 0 29 17 8 ,j 58 5 0 12 0 0 5 0 0 jj Boat ... .'.'. 2 15 6 0 0 18 2 1 1 19,09G 4,425 8,555 3,312 1,601 621 3 Foot Boat 12 6 15 13 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 12 3 0 6 8 31 15 3 35 6 8 138 1 4 24 19 0 7 41 Coacli... Vessel... 200 0 0 10 0 0 200 0 0 10 0 0 Country Mail Sen-ices —Totals Chief Post Office, Auckland 75 1 I 419,428 460,130 393,227 495,858 I— 70,411 92,973 2309 2,472 19 0 907 15 0 3,325 7 0 22 9 6 149 7 0 3,403 3 6 3,474 14 0 3,356 2 0 6,036 16 5 ... Total for the Province 76 879,558 889,085 163,384 2309 ... 2,472 19 0 4,233 2 0 171 16 6 6,877 17 6 9,392 18 5 (1) Conveyed in Government Steamers from the Bluff to Alexandra and Cambridge respectively. (2) Despatched and received as opportunities offer. (3) For conveying Sea-borne Mails between Auckland and the Manakau. (4) For conveying Newspapers only.

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Table No. 24. TABLE of EEVENTJE and EXPENDITUEE of the Postal Depaetment in the Province of Tabajjaki, in 1866. W o Totals Received and Despatched. Mail Conteacts. Expenditure. Total Expendituee and Revenue. PROVINCE OF TARANAKI. o o ft Letters. Newspapers. Weight of Newspapers in lbs. 8 . I|. S | Mode of Conveyance. '■6'i 8 Cost of Conveyance. Salaries. : Contingencies Expenditure. Revenue. i 3 3 3,250 1,343 2,384 884 447 166 37 27 Horse ... i 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ b. d. £ I. d. Trunk Lines, — I. New Plymouth to Clifton II. New Plymouth to Okato 1 52 0 0 52 0 0 27 7 6 19 17 6 .79 7 6 71 17 6 17 1 7 6 19 6 G 1 4,593 81,397 3,268 78,096 613 14,278 64 ,, 151 5 0 592 6 10 24 1 1 759 17 7 Country Mail Services —Totals ... Ckief Post Office, Dunedin ... 104 0 0 47 5 0 407 10 0 184 16 10 ... Totals for the Province 7 85,990 81,364 i I 64 i 783 18 8 14,891 104 0 0 454 15 0 184 16 10 743 11 10 Table No. 25. TABLE showing EEVENUE, EXPENDITUEE, Ac, &c, of the Postal Depaetment in the Province of Hawke's Bat in 1866. xn O M Totals. Total Received and Despatched. Mail Contkacts. Expenditube. PROVINCE OF HAWKE'S '. PROVINCE OF HAWKE'S BAY. BAY. O o 6 Letters. Newspapers. Weight of Newspapers in lbs. Lq Mode of | g .S 3 Conveyance.- 3 £ p Pack Horse ... 1 Cart"... '.'.'. I" Pack Hone ... 1 „ Cost of Conveyance. Salaries. Contingencies Expenditure. Revenue. I Trunk Lines, — I. Napier to Wairoa (Northern) ... Wairoa to Turanga ... II. Napier to Waipawa (Southern) Waipawa to Povangahau Porangahau to Wairau 3 2 5 ... I 3 1 11,376 8,432 15,916 10,060 242 8,794 3,102 7,728 7,721 198 1,099 386 i 968 965 : 25 56 i 54 •13 : 31 15 i £ s. d. 120 0 0 60 0 0 150 0 0 66 0 0 40 0 0 £ s. d. 18 0 0 6 0 0 28 0 0 26 0 0 6 0 0 £ s. d. 0 2 6 0 10 0 3 6 0 2 0 0 0 6 £ s. d. 138 2 6 66 1 0 178 3 6 92 2 0 46 0 6 £ a. d. 55 0 0 47 5 5 91 10 0 65 3 6 2 5 0 Branches, — I. Napier to Peha Peha II. Clive to Pourerero III. Te Aute to Patangata IV. Waipukurau to G-wavas V. Havelock to Kercru ... Town Branch Office ... 4 1 1 3 2 1 6,196 2,444 3,208 3,732 2,618 34,883 8,011 2,026 1,708 2,806 1,989 27,237 71,320 93,5-17 1,002 256 213 i 351 249 3,405 8,917 11,694 22 35 5 50 36 1 „ 1 i Cart 14 42 0 0 60 0 0 24 0 0 49 10 0 48 0 0 21 2 6 18 0 0 6 0 0 12 0 0 12 0 0 25 0 0 0 4 0 0 10 0 0 6 0 16 0 10 0 6 0 60 4 0 60 1 0 30 0 6 61 11 6 60 1 0 46 8 6 5 0 0 15 0 0 14 0 0 11 4 0 345 0 0 Country Mail Services —TotalChief Post Office, Napier 2G 1 94,107 82,626 348] ... 680 12 6 157 0 0 483 15 0 13 0 81 14 7 838 16 0 I 565 9 7 651 7 11 678 7 J> ... Total for the Province ...] 27 176,733 ( 164,867 ;- 20,611 h i 348 i 680 12 6 6-10 15 0 82 18 1 1,404 5 7 I 11,329 15 8 I U

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Table No. 26. TABLE showing BEVENUE, EXPENDITURE, Ac, of the Postal Dsbaktment, in the Province of WEtiiWOTON, in 1886. a TOUT, RECEIVED .VXD DESPATCHED. Maii Contracts. ExpjmmTUKB. Totals. PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON. O o 6 Letters. Newspapers. Weight of Newspapers in lbs. 8 • Mode of Conveyance. 2 § A II a cost of 3 ;" 9 Conveyanro. Ho 1* Salaries. Contingencies Expenditure. Revenue. Coach £ s. (1. £ s. A. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. d. I. North-western. —Wellington to Wanganui 11 113,512 111,086 20,828 120 2 1,387 0 0 430 0 0 150 14 3 1,967 14 3 1,172 0 1 II. North-eastern. —-Wellington to Castle Point ... „ „ Upper Hutt 3 24,680 15,139 2,838 19 Coach ... c 61 5 0 70 0 0 6 0 0 137 5 0 96 5 0 „ „ Masterton 4 38,814 19,148 3,596 64 2 217 10 0 90 0 0 8 0 0 315 10 0 213 0 0 „ Masterton to Ca9tle Point 2 4,219 4,219 791 34 Horse ... \ 140 0 0 21 0 0 4 0 0 1C5 0 0 21 0 0 Suburban Line, — Cart Wellington to Karori 4 1,094 497 93 12 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 24 0 0 2 0 0 Country Mail Services— Totals ... 21 182,349 150,089 28,146 241 1,817 15 0 621 0 0 170 14 3 2,609 9 3 1,504 5 1 Chief Post Office, Wellington— Official Postage 1 342,202 347,106 65,082 1,502 10 0 406 13 8 1,909 3 8 4,948 15 7 Total for the Province 241 ■22 524,551 497,195 93,228 1,817 15 0 2,123 10 0 577 7 11 4,518 12 11 6,453 0 8

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Table No. 27. TABLE showing REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, See., of the Postat, Department in the Province of Nelson, in 18G6. Total Eeceived and Despatched. Mail Contracts. Expenditure. Totals. T'< PEOVINCE OF NELSON. Letters. Newspapers. Weight of Newspapers in lbs. 3.3 Mode of Conveyance. 1j 0; k. Cost of Conveyance. Salaries. Contingencies Expenditure. Revenue. I _ t £ s. d. 884 8 0 150 16 10 10 9 2 48 8 7 £ s. d. 163 5 0 204 8 10 7 17 5 G 18 6 Trunk Lines, — I. Nelson to Riwaka (North-western) II. „ Wakefield (Southern) Wakefield to Fox Hill Fox Hill to Tadmor Branches, — I. Nelson to Waimca West II. Wahnea West to " Horse and Jockey " III. Nelson to Wakapuaka ... IV. „ Amuri ... Sea-borne Mails, — I. Nelson to Motupipi II. „ Takua III. „ Collingwood IV. „ Westport V. „ Cobdi'ii VI. Cobden to Twelve-mile ... 5 5 1 10.937 20.912 7 16 700 18,445 17,615 1,068 1,279 2,01? 1,928 117 141 36 18 6 20 Coach ... 2 6 £ s. d. 160 0 0 90 0 0 10 0 0 24 0 0 £ s. d. 71 0 0 55 0 0 £ s. d. 11 8 0 5 10 10 0 9 2 0 8 7 ,, Horse 1 21 0 0 1 ] 3,157 6,64-1 727 f 13 12 Van 2 50 0 0 20 0 0 28 0 0 12 0 0 12 0 63 2 0 20 0 0 31 6 4 12 1 4 j 30 4 9 1 1 1,586 387 2,771 1,033 303 113 n Cart Vessel and hor»c "2 1 GO 0 12 0 0 0 G 4 0 14 14 3 10 3 6 6 1 1 2 1 1 1 1,221 1,375 3,356 3,415 2,535 1,916 5,589 7,008 1,963 646 210 611 767 215 65 Vessel •2a a, o o 2 4 16 2 3 5 10 8 12 6 6 8 7 2 11 3 55 0 0 17 0 0 12 0 0 30 0 0 12 0 0 30 0 0 10 0 0 1 17 2 0 3 0 9 18 10 1 16 8 1 19 4 23 13 4 21 8 10 48 11 4 20 5 3 34 10 7 65 0 0 11 1 7 12 2 0 30 4 2 33 11 8 23 0 0 12 On'foot Country Mail Services Chief Tost Office, Nelson — 65,977 218,947 7,214 23,918 120 22 1 56,340 140,841 197,187 462 14 4 291 0 0 1,082 10 0 41 7 3 78 10 7 795 1 7 1,101 0 7 540 4 3 1,365 12 9 Totals 23 120 1,373 10 0 119 17 10 281,924 31,162 462 14 4 1,956 2 2 1,905 17 0 Table No. 28. TABLE showing REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, Ac., of the Postal Department in the Province of M.vhlboroitgh, in 1866. Total Received and Despatched. Mail Co.nteacts. Expenditure. To: & S PEOVINCE OF MAELBOEOtiaH. Letters. Newspapers.^ Weight of Newspapers in lbs. i.sl CO M Mode of Conveyance. Cost of Conveyance. Salaries. .Contingencies Expenditure. Revenue. Trunk Lilies, — I. Blenheim to Picton II. „ Awatore III. „ Hawkswood IV. „ Wairau Valley V. ,, Benopai Branches, — I. Picton to Haveloek II. Havelock to Deek Creek ... ... III. Wairau Valley to Birch Hill ... 2 1 2 1 26,631 1,403 2,684 1,713 846 29,410 2,172 2,784 2,444 417 4,595 352 435 382 65 20 15 120 25 35 Coach ... Horse 6 1 1 1 235 0 0 I 336 0 0 95 0 0 75 0 0 £ s. d. 293 15 0 30 3 4 40 0 0 6 0 0 £ s. d. 41 12 1 2 9 9 0 15 0 0 6 0 £ s. d. 570 7 1 368 13 1 135 15 0 81 6 0 £ s. d. 325 5 10 14 4 11 16 10 0 6 0 0 3 1 6,787 1,190 360 6,352 1,177 521 992 183 81 25 20 18 Boat Horse ... • 246 9 0 81 9 4 5 15 0 333 8 4 37 19 0 30 0 0 15 0 0 0 7 6 45 7 6 7 16 2 Country Mail Services —Totals Chief Post Office, Blenheim ... "t 16 1 41,653 79,894 45,277 98,477 7,085 15,387 278 1,017 9 0 466 7 8 225 0 0 51 5 4 23 4 8 1,534 17 0 248 9 8 407 15 11 335 14 7 I 121,517 1,783 6 8 743 10 6 143,754 22,472 278 1,017 9 0 691 7 8 74, 10 0

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Table No. 29. TABLE showing the REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c, of the Postal Department in the Province of CANTEitBTrEY, in 186G. Total Received and Despatched. Mail Conteacts. ExrEKDITUEE. Revenue. PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY. Weight of Newspapers in lbs. hi 111 Letters. Newspapers. Mode of Conveyance. Cost of Conveyance. Salaries. !ontingencies. Expenditure. Revenue. i I I £ s. d. £ s. d. £ b. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Trunk Lines, — I. Northern — Christchurch to Kowai ... ... ... 5 Kowai to Kurunui ... ... ... ... 2 Kurunui to Hawkswood 2 II, Southern — Christchurch to Waitaki ... ... ... 13 III. Western— Christchurch to Hokitika and Orvey 10 88,265 8,963 7,087 58,303 13,441 134 9,100 2,010 23 27 24 50 Coach Cart 6 2 1 900 0 0 200 "o 0 230 10 8 13 5 0 57 10 0 1,188 0 8 13 5 0 200 0 0 690 7 6 68 10 0 65 15 0 112,678 95,182 10,945 161 Coach ... 3 3,500 0 0 304 11 8 61 2 6 3,865 14 2 1,001 5 0 325,318 217,358 38,735 150 2 3,700 0 0 i 1,329 0 10 28 12 10 5,057 13 8 3,291 10 9 I. Main Branch — Christchurch to Lyttelton, including Letters ) posted at both towns for delivery therein j 190,732 46,134 15,200 ,, 12 1,153 17 6 i 528 11 2 115 1 7 1,797 10 3 909 7 0 Branches — I. Christchurch to St. Alban's 1 II. Christchurch to Addington ... 1 III. Selwyn to Snowdon ... ... ... ... 3 IV. Kaiapoi to Rangiora ... ... ... ... 1 V. Rangiora to Oxford ... ... ... ... 2 VI. Templeton to Prebbletou 1 VII. Weeden to Leeston ... ... ... ... | 1 VIII. Asliburton to Mount Somers ... /... ... , 1 IX. Timaru to Lake Tekapo ... ... ... ... \ 1 X. Lyttelton to Akaroa 4 XL Pigeon to O'Kain's Bay ... ... ... ... 2 XII. Lyttelton to Port Levy 1 XIII. Lyttelton lo Governor's Bay ... ... ■ ■ 1 XIV. Hokitika to Kanieri 1 XV. Hokitika to Waimea 2 XVI. Hokitika to Ross 1 XVII. Hokitika to Holo , 1 XVIII. Hokitika to Okarita [ 1 XIX. Hokitika to Greymouth 3 Boating Service at Lyttelton ... ... 2,156 2,871 7,549 35,514 11,277 2,268 7,967 5,417 802 25,998 3,661 1.075 1,925 15,542 16,642 29,901 1,467 25,893 114,236 960 688 7,128 36,820 9,288 920 5,334 4,306 594 24,019 2,745 1,369 3,859 4,367 3,164 6,589 292 8,921 51,270 143 107 1,113 5,753 1,451 140 834 673 3,752 429 207 603 680 5,000 1,013 47 1,393 16,159 2 2 60 8 20 4 6 40 50 30 10 9 10 31 17 58 25 Foot Horse ... I Cart ... ■ ., Horse ... „ Boat and horse Horse ... Boat and hone Horse ... Foot Horse ... 2 3 1 6 3 1 i 3 i i i 3 I 2 I 2 2 1 2 18 0 0 20 0 0 86 13 4 24 14 0 31 4 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 133 6 8 188 0 0 350 0 0 66 13 4 50 0 0 33 6 8 138 0 0 240 0 0 144 0 0 i 10 0 0 i 10 0 0 17 10 0 i 40 0 0 15 0 0 | 5 0 0 10 0 0 i 5 0 0 72 0 0 10 0 0 8 0 0 28 0 0 30 0 0 104 3 4 64 14 0 46 4 0 25 0 0 45 0 0 133 6 8 193 0 0 430 0 0 76 13 4 50 0 0 43 6 8 158 0 0 262 0 0 154 0 0 10 0 0 800 0 0 1,091 10 5 96 0 0 18 10 6 23 5 0 66 1 0 312 8 6 101 0 0 20 2 4 67 4 0 50 1 0 9 10 6 200 6 0 29 3 0 10 2 8 11 0 0 150 8 0 160 10 0 220 6 0 9 10 200 3 0 1,267 4 6 10 0 0 20 0 0 22 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 699 19 2 Foot Horse ... Coach ... ... • ; Boat ... ... 780 0 0 336 0 0 06 0 0 55 11 3 ... ... Country Mail Services —Totals ... ... ... 65 Chief Post Office, Christchurch 1 Totals for the Province I 66 ! 1,045,204 301,368 ■ 603,185 506,173 111,133 j 75,150 j 798 I i i 12,244 15 6 3,392 8 6 2,187 2 8 325 18 2 970 18 3 15,9G3 2 2 3,158 0 11 19,121 3 1 8,953 2 3 4,828 1 1 ... I ... ... 1,406,572 798 I ' I I ... I i. ! 12,244 15 6< 1 5,579 11 2 1,296 16 5 13,781 3 4 1,109,358 186,283 \

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Table No. 30. TABLE showing REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c, of the Postal Department in the Province of Otago, in 1866, <l = s Total Received and Despatched. Mail Contbacts. ElPEXDIirSE. Totals. PROVINCE OF OTAOO. Letters. Newspapers Weight of Newspapers in lba. Distance in Miles. Mode of Conveyance. No. of times weekly. Cost of Conveyance. Salaries. Contingencies. Expenditure. Bevenue. Trunk Lines, — I. Northern, Dunedin and Waitaki II. South-Western, Dunedin and Mataura — In three Contracts —Dunedin and Tokomairivo Tokornairiro and Balclutha Balclutha and Mataura... 8 8 2 2 151,732 83,145 20,463 9,777 74,430 72,223 10,320 8,073 12,405 12,037 1,720 1,345 92 38 18 56 Coach ,, 3 12 6 2 £ s. d. 1,480 0 0 623 0 0 298 0 0 400 0 0 £ B. d. 415 13 1 305 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 £ s. d. 11 7 6 1 14 0 £ s. d. 1,907 0 7 929 14 0 358 0 0 420 0 0 £ b. d. 1,474 10 2 807 19 5 198 17 0 95 0 4 ,, Ulain Brandies, — I. Waitaki, Oamaru to Morven Hills II. Waikouaiti to Queenstown, — In two Contracts —Pahnerston to Clyde Clyde to Queenstown III. Clutha Valley, Tokomairiro to Clyde,— In two Contracts—Tokomairiro to Lawrence... Laurence to Clyde Branches, — I. East Taieri to West Taieri ... II. West Taieri to Waipari III. West Taieri to Lake Waipari IV. North Taieri to Hindon V. Dunedin to Port Chalmers ... VI. Dunedin to Anderson's Bay... VII. Waihola to Taieri Beach VIII. Balclutha to Kaitangata IX. Balclutha to Port Molyneux X. Popotunoa to Pomahaka XL Longford to Switzers XII. Laurence to Weatherstone ... XIII. Waihemo to Macraes XIV. Kyeburn to Linburn XV. Kyeburn to Mount Ida XVI. Blackstone Hill to St. Bathan's XVII. Clyde to Nevis XVIII. Cromwell to Cardrona XIX. Arrow to Twelve-mile Creek XX. Queenstowu to Maori Point... XXI. Qneenstown to Moke Creek... XXII. Queenstown to Kingstown ... XXIII. Athol to Nokomai .. ... „. Timaru (Canterbury) Mataura (Southland) „ 3 5,328 1,617 269 110 Horse 1 450 0 0 30 0 0 480 0 0 51 15 5 6 5 64,222 42,499 50,237 30,588 8,373 5,098 120 73 Coach Horse 2 2 1,725 0 0 400 0 0 295 0 0 155 16 8 21 16 0 2 0 0 2,011 16 0 557 16 8 624 1 8 412 19 9 3 5 49,872 25,758 31,608 15,851 5,268 2,642 34 74 Coach Horse 6 1 650 0 0 497 10 0 255 0 0 82 0 0 8 0 0 913 6 0 579 10 0 484 12 8 250 6 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 19,033 12,397 1,655 1,655 23,401 1,239 1,392 6,777 12,689 5,529 2,684 6,418 10,273 18,740 14,344 9,886 2,420 4,008 16,932 8,086 1,952 1,945 12,540 1,9(56 1,048 5,6G8 12,088 3,886 2,939 3,235 3,599 9,677 4,410 3,741 1,547 2,3G9 2,822 1,349 325 324 2,090 328 175 945 2,015 618 490 539 600 1,613 740 623 258 395 10 18 11 20 9 3 9 10 19 30 52 4 13 35 10 8 22 45 ,, ,, ... ,, Steamer ... Cart Horse ,, 6 2 1 1 12 6 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 212 10 0 175 0 0 75 0 0 45 10 0 C30 0 0 C 5 0 30 0 0 55 0 0 98 0 0 100 0 0 110 0 0 19 0 0 150 0 0 450 0 0 370 0 0 156 0 0 130 0 0 240 0 0 53 13 7 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 200 0 0 2 18 10 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 21 15 6 266 3 7 185 0 0 85 0 0 55 10 0 851 15 6 8 6 8 40 0 0 75 0 0 128 0 0 110 0 0 120 0 0 39 0 0 160 0 0 500 0 0 390 0 0 176 0 0 140 0 0 260 0 0 10 0 0 104 0 0 61 12 7 190 0 0 70 0 0 184 19 2 120 9 4 16 1 7 16 3 7 227 8 0 12 0 9 13 10 6 65 17 2 123 6 2 53 14 6 26 1 7 62 7 4 99 16 6 182 2 2 139 7 9 96 1 4 23 10 3 38 18 11 ,, ,, " ' ,, "' I ,, "' >> " ' 2,158 526 322 3,028 6,952 5,749 2,115 534 487 1,700 2,609 3,740 352 89 81 283 435 623 30 11 30 10 )! " ' Steamer ... Horse 89 0 0 46 12 7 180 0 0 60 0 0 20 19 4 5 2 4 3 2 6 29 8 5 67 11 2 55 17 3 ... Country Mail Services —Totals ... Chief Post Office 74 1 626,081 555,133 403,800 628,361 67,299 104,727 1,024 i i I I 9,951 7 7 2,191 5 0 3,892 18 0 66 19 0 7,525 19 5 12,212 11 7 11,418 17 5* 6,084 0 3 5,530 3 7 ... Total for the_Province ... 75 1,181,214 1,032,161 172,026 1,024 9,951 7 7 j6,087 3 0 7,592 18 5 23,631 9 0 11,614 3 10

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Table No. 31. TABLE showing EEVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c, in the Postal Depaetment of the Province of Southland, in 186G.

& Total Received and Despatched. Mail Contracts. Expenditure. Totals. PROVINCE OP SOUTHLAND. O O Letters. Newspapers. Weight of Newspapers in lbs. Mode of Conveyance. Number of times weekly. Cost of Conveyance. Salaries. Contingencies. Expenditure. Revenue. TnmTc Lines, — Twice £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ 8. d. I. Invercargill to Mataura ... 10,935 8,863 1,661 Horse 287 0 0 35 0 0 13 3 323 3 3 106 6 3 2 82 II. Invercargill to Campbelltown 2 6,746 3,651 684 IS Coach ji 542 15 0 131 18 10 66 7 0 741 0 10 65 11 8 Main Branches, — 14,981 2,341 Coach Once 395 0 0 40 0 0 1 13 0 436 13 0 145 12 11 I. Invercargill to Kingston ... G 12,487 91 II. Invercargill to Eiverton ... 1 17,518 11,779 2,208 22 Twice 125 0 0 29 5 6 1 13 0 156 0 6 170 6 3 Branches, — 1,624 2,117 396 Once 10 0 0 0 2 0 10 2 0 15 15 9 I. Mataura to Q-ore 1 8 Horse II. Wallacetown to "VVaianiwa 1 1,138 1,575 295 6 j) 40 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 11 1 3 III. Eiverton to Mararoa 3 4,660 5,716 1,071 77 )j Fortnightly 100 0 0 20 0 0 0 2 0 120 2 0 45 6 1 IV. Riverton to Gummj's Bush 1 455 678 127 8 ,, Twice 20 0 0 6 3 0 26 3 0 4 8 5 Oiago Branches served from Southland, — 1,122 186 Hors-c Once I. Mataura to Switzer's 993 38 II. Athol to Nokoniai 2,428 1,511 287 10 i) ■ ■ ■ Country Mail Services —Total I I I 17 61,607 49,370 9,256 310 1,509 15 0 282 7 4 j 71 2 3 1,863 4 7 564 8 7 Chief Post Office, Invercargill 1 100,761 120,961 22,681 934 4 0 93 7 2 1,027 11 2 1,255 2 6 I 18 170,331 31,937 310 1,216 11 4 164 9 5 2,890 15 9 1,819 11 1 162,368 1,509 15 0

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Table No. 32. TABLE showing REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c, of the Postal Department in the different Provinces of New Zealand, in 1866.

9 Total Received and Despatched. Expenditure. Totals. NAMES OF PROVINCES. O O Letters. Newspapers. Weight of Newspapers in lbs. Country Services. Salaries. Contingencies. Expenditure. Revenue. 879,558 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland 70 889,085 163,384 2,472 19 0 4,233 2 0 171 16 6 6,877 17 6 9,392 18 5 Tabanaki 1 85,990 81,361 14,891 104 0 0 454 15 0 184 16 10 743 11 10 783 18 8 Hawke's Bay ... HI 176,733 164,867 20,611 680 12 6 640 15 0 82 18 1 1,404 5 7 1,329 15 8 Wellington ... x-z 524,551 497,195 93,228 1,817 15 0 2,123 10 0 577 7 11 4,518 12 11 6,453 0 8 Totals poe North Island ... I 132 1,666,832 1,632,511 292,114 5,075 6 6 7,452 2 0 1,016 19 4 13,544 7 10 17,959 13 5 Nelson 23 220,111 284,924 31,162 1,373 10 0 119 17 10 1,956 2 2 1,905 17 0 462 14 4 Marlboeottgh ... 18 121,547 143,754 22,472 1,017 9 0 691 7 8 74 10 0 1,783 6 8 743 10 6 CANTERBtTKY ... 66 1,406,572 1,109,358 186,283 12,244 15 6 5,579 11 2 1,206 16 5 19,121 3 1 13,781 3 4 Otago 75 1,181,214 1,032,161 172,026 9,951 7 7 6,087 3 0 7,502 18 5 23,631 9 0 11,614 3 10 Southland 17 162,368 170,331 31,937 1,509 15 0 1,216 11 4 164 9 5 2,890 15 9 1,819 11 1 Chatham Islands 1 ... 12 11 4 ' Totals toe Middle Island I | i 200 3,091,812 2,740,528 443,880 25,186 1 5 14,948 3 2 0,248 12 1 49,382 16 8 297876 17 1 Commission on Money Oedees Issued ! ' 1,761 14 3 ... Totals toe the Colony I 332 ; 4,758,644 4,373,039 735,994 30,261 7 11 22,400 5 2 10,265 11 5 62,027 4 6 49,598 4 9