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General Post Office Geo. Chetwykb, London, 15th April, 1869. ;; „ . - - Eeceiyer and Accountant-General.

An Account showing the Amounts chargeable on the Australian Colonies and New Zealand on Account of the Mail Packet Service for the Year ending 31st December, 1869.

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PAPEES RELATIVE TO SUEZ MAIL SERVICE.

COLONIES. Number of Letters Inwards and Outwards in 1868. Service to Point de Galle. Service between Point de Galle and King G-eorge's Sound. Service between King George's Sound and Melbourne. Service between Melbourne and Sydney. Moiety of Cost of Mail Boxes and Mail Bags. Moiety of Expense of Naval Agents in Charge of Mails. Proportion of Cost of Special Packets between Dover and Calais. Estimated Number of Newspapers Inwards and Outwards, via Southampton, in 1868. Egyptian Transit Rate on Totals. New-spapers via Southampton. Yietoria ... New South Wales ... South Australia New Zealand Tasmania... Queensland Western Australia ... 964,624 313,937 224,695 64,445 72,438 175,153 35,490 £ s. d. 13,194 11 10 4,294 3 11 3,073 10 10 881 10 6 990 17 1 2,395 16 10 485 9 0 £ s. d. 21,113 14 9 6,871 9 5 4,918 2 10 1,410 11 5 1,585 10 5 3,833 15 1 776 16 1 £ s. d. 10,224 13 11 3,327 12 4 £ s. d. 4,186'"2 8 £ s. d. 338 15 7 110 5 3 78 18 3 22 12 7 25 8 9 61 10 4 12 9 3 £ s. d. 168 1 10 54 14 3 39 3 2 •11 4 7 12 12 5 30 10 3 6 3 6 £ s. d. 78 3 8 25 8 10 18 4 4 5 4 4 5 17 4 14 4 0 2 17 6 1,624,694 620,500 369,153 501,129 222,616 264,389 70,290 £ s. d. 1,437 14 7 549 0 5 326 14 7 443 9 11 196 17 10 233 19 4 62 3 4 £ s. d. 46,555 16 2 19,418 17 1 8,454 14 0 4,317 1 3 3,584 6 4 10,761 16 6 1,345 18 8 683 1 4 767 2 6 1,856 9 11 859 6 7 2,33510 9 ... 1,850,782 25,316 0 0 40,510 0 0 16,859 0 0 7,381 0 0 322 10 0 150 0 0 3,672,771 3,250 0 0 94,438 10 0 650 0 0 >r. Acci >mra Ctjeeen' for the Tear ending 31st December, 1869, in co: .tinuation of that rendered for the Tear 1868. COLONIES. Balance of u nt to 31st December, 1868. Amount chargeable for 1869, as per above Statement. Sums charged tl to Colonies for Years 1866 and 1867. Total. COLONIES. Kemittances. Branch Packet Service. Sums allowed to the Colonies for Years 1866 and 1867, and for Excess of Penalties over Premiums for 1868. Balance due 31st December, 1869. Totals. £ s. d. 46,555 16 2 £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. ... { 3,196 17 6 Victoria £ s. d. 51,681 14 0 £ s. d. 98,237 10 2 £ s. d. 117 6 5") 5,848 3 8j 38 2 8 ( 2,598 4 10 J 27 5 8 7 16 8 8 16 6 21 5 9) 1,031 2 6j 4 6 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. New South Wales 20,898 14 10 19,418 17 1 40,317 11 11 Yietoria 51,681 14 0 40,590 6 1 98,237 10 2 South Australia 10,041 12 2 8,454 14 0 1,120 14 9 19,617 0 11 New South Wales 15,449 7 5 22,231 17 0 40,317 11 11 New Zealand ... 5,887 19 11 4,317 1 3 7,736 14 10 17,941 16 0 South Australia New Zealand ... Tasmania 6,844 14 7 9,548 3 2 17,933 19 4 5,306 13 7 19,617 0 11 17,941 16 0 10,286 2 1 Tasmania ... 6,272 10 2 3,584 6 4 429 5 7 10,286 2 1 4,039 12 0 931 0 0 Queensland 13,602 5 5 10,761 16 6 24,364 1 11 Queensland 9,199 12 9 1,662 10 o| 12,449 10 11 24,364 1 11 Western Australia 1,240 10 7 109,625 7 1 1,345 18 8 190 15 10 2,777 5 1 Western Australia 930 7 11 1,842 10 10 2,777 5 1 ... £ 94,438 10 0 9,477 11 0 213,541 8 1 A I \ 88,145 8 8 5,790 7 6 9,702 11 0 109,903 0 11 213,541 8 1