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COLONIES. Number of Letters Inwards and Outwards in 1870. Service to Point-de-Galle. Service between Point-de-Galle and King George'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 Sxpente of Naval Agents in charge of Mails. Proportion of Cost of Special Packets between Lover and Calais. Estimated Number of Newspapers Inwards and Outwards, via Suez. Egyptian Transit Rate on Newspapers, &c, via Suez. Totals. £ s. d. £ s. d. 96 18 0 38 13 7 19 19 2 17 11 2 6 15 3 16 17 3 3 5 7 Victoria ... New South Wales ... Soul]) Australia New Zealand Tasmania Queensland Western Australia 1,012,860 404,240 208,610 183,585 70,678 176,225 34,248 £ s. d. 13,798 11 2 5,508 0 8 2,812 6 1 2,500 10 11 962 12 6 2,400 17 3 467 1 5 £ 8. d. 19,627 1 11 7,834 12 8 4,042 18 0 3,556 15 7 1,369 4 9 3,414 19 10 664 7 3 £ s. d. 9,242 2 1 3,688 15 0 1,675 15 8 644 0 3 1,608 7 0 3,905 5 9 1,773 13 1 £ s. d. 156 5 0 62 7 6 32 3 9 28 6 4 10 18 0 27 3 8 5 5 9 £ s. d. 1,835,721 730,578 387,498 432,950 248, 027 292,957 66,039 £ s. d. 1,494 7 0 594 8 6 315 5 0 352 6 0 201 16 6 238 4 6 53 12 6 £ b. d. 44,415 5 2 21,632 3 8 7,252 12 0 9,904 18 9 3,195 7 3 9,408 10 8 1,193 12 6 1,702" 1 2 ... 322 10 0 97,002 10 0 2,090,446 28,480 0 0 40,510 0 0 10,859 0 0 7,381 0 0 200 0 0 3,993,770 3,250 0 0 Dr. Account Cubeent for he Year 187 , in continuation of that rendered for the Yeai 1870. Cr. COLONIES. Balance of Account to 31st: December, 1870. j Amount chargeable for 1871 (as per above -Statement). Sums charged to the Colonies on Account of Undercharges, &c. (as per Statement, p, 5). Totals. COLONIES. Eemittances. Branch Packet Service. Sums allowed to the Colonies ou Account of Overcharges for the Years 1809 and 1870. Balance due 31st December, 1871. Totals. Victoria New South Wales South Australia £ s. d. 41,539 11 2 17,003 11 11 13,060 18 8 £ s. d. 44,415 5 2 21,682 3 8 7,252 12 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. 9,055 11 0 95,010 7 4 4,229 12 3 42,865 7 10 1,024 17 1 21,338 7 9 Victoria . New South Wales South Australia £ s. d. 41,539 11 2 17,003 11 11 5,874 4 8 £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,237 6 1 402 13 7 288 4 6 f*13,746 8 6} ( 82 13 3 ) 92 18 4 224 13 7 45 10 8 £ s. d. 52,233 10 1 25,459 2 4 12,597 16 1 £ a. d. 95,010 7 4 42,805 7 10 21,338 7 9 2,578 2 6 New Zealand 26,304 3 6 9,901 18 9 10 19 6 36,220 1 9 New Zealand 5,000 ,3 0 4,160 13 8 13,230 6 4 36,220 1 9 Tasmania ... Queensland... Western Australia 3,073 19 0 14,899 0 5 1,237 16 3 3,195 7 3 9,408 10 8 1,193 12 6 593 6 9 6,862 13 0 1,937 0 7 26,244 11 8 184 1 4 2,615 10 1 Tasmania ... Queensland.., Western Australia 1,800 13 11 9,529 16 8 928 7 1 1,207 5 0 3,695 15 9 16,490 1 5 1,641 12 4 6,862 13 0 26,244 11 8 2,615 10 1 17,035 8 6 231,156 19 5 125,348 4 4 231,156 19 5 117,119 0 11 97,002 10 0 81,742 5 5 7,946 1 2 16,120 8 6 General Post Office, London, 14th April, 1871. * Overcharged to New Zealand for 1870. Geo. Chetwynd, Receiver and Accountant General.