TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Afiruux. PAGE. Departmental Arrangements... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Comparative Statement of the Number of Letters and Newspapers received and despatched during the years 1863 and 1864 ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 Revenue and Expenditure ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ' .. • 3 Steam Communication ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• 4 Anglo-Australian Steam Service ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 4 Inter-Colonial ditto ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ■•• ~> Inter-Provincial ditto ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 Post-Office Savings Banks ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 Money Orders... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 Franking ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 Dead Letters ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 Registered Letters ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 Newspapers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 Panama Service ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 APPENDIX. Return of Inter-Colonial Steam Subsidies ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Return of Inter-Provincial Steam Subsidies... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Number of Letters despatched to places beyond the Colony ... ... ... ... 2, 3 Expenditure for the Tears 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864 ... 4,5 Money Orders issued and paid during 1864... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6, 7 Commission on Money Orders issued ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8 Letters despatched from Chief Offices to places within the Colony 8 Postage Stamps printed during the years 1862, 1863, 1864 ... ... ... ... 9 Letters received at Chief Offices from places within the Colony ... ... ... ... !) Letters and Newspapers received and despatched from Chief Offices in 1864 ... 10, 11 Comparative Table of the Postal Revenue, and Number of Letters and Newspapers received at and despatched from the several Provinces from 1858 to 1864, both inclusive ... ■ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12, 13 Abstract Statement of the Expenditure and Revenue of the Postal Service from 1859 to 1864, both inclusive 14, 15 Revenue, Expenditure, &c, of the different Inland Mail Service in New Zealand in 1864 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 EXPLANATION. In Page 2—The Revenue for 1863 includes Money Order Commission ; the Revenue for 1864 is ixclusive of that item. The Postal Expenditure for 1863, is given as stated in the Postmasterxeneral's Report for that year; but the actual expenditure as given in page 5. is £110,567 2s. Sd., uaking the rate of increase of expenditure of 1864 over 1863, 33-47 per cent. Since the Table, in pages 2 and 13, was compiled, several errors were detected in the Returns of some of the Chief Postmasters, :ausing differences in the totals of Letters and Newspapers for 1864, from some of the other Tables. Che Revenue as given in page 15, is exclusive of Commission on Money Orders, and in page 22,