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Table No. 28. TABLE showing REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c., of the Postal Department in the Province of Southland, in 1868.

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NEW ZEALAND POSTAL SERVICE.

Q Total Received and Despatched. Mail Services. EXPENDITLTBE. Totals. PROVINCE OF SOUTHLAND. O O 6 rA Letters. Newspapers.! Weight of Newspapers in lbs. Distance in Miles. Mode of Conveyance. Number of times weekly. Cost of Conveyance. Salaries. Contingencies Expenditure. Revenue. 20,394 13,138 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Trunk Lines — I. Invercargill to Mataura 3 2,589 35 Horse 2 270 0 0 23 15 0 3 7 10 297 2 10 251 11 0 II. „ Campbelltown 1 7,465 1,551 292 18 Railway 6 400 0 0 25 0 0 14 11 0 439 11 0 92 3 3 Branches — 15,347 10,142 1,902 91 Coach 325 0 0 35 0 0 13 7 361 3 7 189 6 6 I. Invercargill to Kingston ... 6 1 II. ,, Riverton ... 2 18,114 8,090 1,517 22 !) 2 90 0 0 45 0 0 4 0 3 139 0 3 226 19 9 III. „ Flint's Bush 2 4,362 4,207 788 17 Horse 1 25 0 0 10 0 0 0 3 4 35 3 4 53 16 1 IV. Mataura to Core ... 1 5,073 3,566 668 8 ,, 1 35 0 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 40 3 0 I 62 11 6 V. Bridge Inn to Oteramika ... 1 1,426 1,138 214 6 .5 1 30 0 0 5 0 0 0 10 35 1 0 17 11 9 VI. Riverton to Mararoa 3 5,483 5,527 1,036 77 !, 1 80 0 0 17 10 0 0 3 0 97 13 0 67 12 7 Otago Branches served from Southland — 2,202 2,361 443 38 1 I. Gore to Switzers II. Athol to Nokomai ... 807 495 93 10 ,} 1 I ... Country Mail Services —Totals _ 19 80,673 50,215 9,542 322 1,255 0 0 166 5 0 23 13 0 1,444 18 0 961 12 5 Chief Post Office, Invercargill 1 88,122 96,374 18,070 654 0 7 38 4 0 692 4 7 1,120 8 9 I I Totals for the Province 20 168,795 146,589 27,612 322 1,255 0 0 820 5 7 61 17 0 2,137 2 7 2,082 1 2