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Table No. 11. RETURN of Interprovincial Mail Steam Subsidies, June, 1869.

Table No. 12. STATEMENT of Correspondence received from London, &c., via Panama and Suez, during the Year 1868.

Table No. 13. STATEMENT of Correspondence despatched to London, &c., via Panama and Suez, during the Year 1868.

NEW ZEALAND POSTAL SErVICE.

Conteacts. Seevices. Annual Subsidy. How OETEN. Mileage eveey 4 Weeks. Expense pee Mile. Commence. Terminate. * Manukau to Bluff and back £ 5,000 Jan. 1869 Dec. 1869 Once every 4 weeks. do. 1,790 s. d. 4 3-568 * Manukau to Bluff and back 5,000 Jan. 1869 Dec. 1869 1,790 4 3568 * Wellington to Napier and back ... 650 April 1869 Aug. 1869 do. 404 2 5-702 Totals 10,650 3,984 4 1-349 * Circular Saw Steam Navigation Company.

Via Panama. Via Suez. Date oe Receipt. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Januaey 24,871 2,014 8,311 3,017 233 60,592 Febeuaey 27,574 2,449 8,002 3,036 282 67,017 Maech 29,993 2,334 8,667 3,110 275 64,545 Apeil 20,722 1,557 6,049 2,012 160 62,328 May 26,300 2,045 5,844 3,117 1,198 64,915 June 25,069 1,980 9,268 1,906 184 50,135 July 24,435 1,786 9,847 2,073 209 58,007 August 24,210 2,139 8,571 2,284 213 56,516 September 31,107 2,508 10,768 2,080 238 51,204 OCTOBEE 19,917 1,782 9,946 2,252 211 56,082 November 25,900 2,375 8,181 2,233 138 56,980 Decembee 29,482 2,327 9,613 2,490 139 53,270 Totals ... 309,580 25,296 103,067 29,610 3,480 701,591

Via Panama. Via Suez. Date oe Despatch. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Januaey 19,409 315 12,703 4,981 38 4,958 Febeuaey 21,586 185 13,864 4,947 62 7,391 Maech 24,237 302 17,579 4,609 57 5,499 Apeil 24,125 194 18,077 3,558 7 3,305 May 24,311 191 17,560 3,140 33 4,418 June 23,125 183 16,042 3,194 35 2,735 July 25,220 196 17,089 1,946 198 2,986 August 24,277 274 19,649 1,912 41 3,446 Septembee 24,604 380 19,198 913 27 769 OCTOBEE 20,388 25,429 251 18,101 2,254 40 2,714 November 312 18,146 1,198 19 2,430 Decembee 24,007 230 24,325 7,139 89 6,345 Totals ... 280,718 3,013 212,333 39,791 646 46,996