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Table No. 8. NUMBER and VALUE of POSTAGE STAMPS Printed during the Years 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, and 1871.

Table No. 9. RETURN of INTERPROVINCIAL MAIL STEAM SUBSIDIES, June 1871.

Table No. 10. TABLE showing the Number of OFFICERS employed in the respective POST OFFICE ESTABLISHMENTS in the Colony.

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1867. 1868. 1869. 187 187: Kates. Number. Value. Number. ' Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. £ 108,000 £ 119,280 £ 480 £ 109,920 £ At One Shilling '*... 5,400 5,904 24 5,496 At Sixpence 714,240 17,856 605,040 15,126 165,360 4,134 742,320 18,558 770,400 19,260 At Pourponce ... *... *... *... *... 84,000 1,400 At Threepence... 1,059,120 13,239 412,800 5,160 9,360 117 480,000 6,000 246,240 3,078 At Twopence ... 1,600,080 13,334 1,668,000 13,900 1,212,960 10,108 2,556,000 21,300 1,620,000 13,500 At One Penny... 1,315,920 5,483 1,869,600 7,790 1,616,160 6,734 2,070,000 8,625 3,172,320 13,218 Totals 4,689,360 49,912 47,376 27,057 5,848,800 54,507 55,952 4,663,440 3,123,120 6,002,800 * A larj ;e number of these Postaj ;e Stain] >s were in stock at the close of the >revious rear.

Annual Subsidy. CON' !BA0TS. How Often. Mileage every Month. Expense per Mile. Services. Commence. Terminate. £ £ s. d. Manukau and Picton ... 3,900 On three months' notice. Once every four weeks. 720 0 8 4

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