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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