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ACCOUNT CURRENT for the Year 1872, in continuation of that rendered for the Year 1871. Or.

An ACCOUNT showing the Amounts chargeable on the AUSTRALIAN COLONIES and NEW ZEALAND, on Account of the Mail Packet Service for the Tear ending 31st December, 1872.

COLONIES. Number of Letters Inwards and Outwards in 1871. Service to Point-de-Galle. Service between Point-de-G-alle 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. Proportion of Cost of Special Packets between Dover and Calais. Estimated Number of Newspapers Inwards and Outwards via Suez. Egyptian Transit Kate on Newspapers, &c, via Suez. Totals. Victoria New South Wales ... South Australia New Zealand Tasmania Queensland Western Australia ... 982,600 394,830 197, 880 45,160 70,340 179, 445 33,375 £ s. d. 14,700 10 5 5,907 0 9 2,960 9 11 675 10 11 1,052 6 9 2,684 16 2 499 5 1 £ s. d. 20,829 0 2 8,369 12 4 4,194 13 11 957 3 5 1,491 0 10 3,804 1 7 707 7 9 £ s. d. 9,866 9 6 3,965 1 3 £ s. a, 4,686 16 1 £ s. d. 77 8 6 31 2 3 15 11 10 3 11 2 5 10 10 14 2 10 2 12 7 £ s. d. 36 2 8 14 10 4 7 5 6 1 13 2 2 11 9 6 12 0 14 7 1,519,222 618,054 321,488 90,139 188,216 260,883 57,298 3,055,300 £ b. d. 1,616 4 6 657 9 6 341 18 0 95 17 6 200 4 0 277 11 0 60 15 6 £ b. d. 47,125 15 9 23,631 12 6 7,519 19 2 2,723 5 7 3,458 14 9 10,719 6 9 1,271 5 6 453 8 9 707 0 7 1,801 19 11 536 0 8 2,130 3 3 ... 1,903,630 28,480 0 0 40,353 0 0 16,794 0 0 7,353 0 0 150 0 0 70 0 0 3,250 0 0 . 96,450 0 0

COLONIES. Balance of Account to 31st December, 1871. Amount chargeable for 1872 (as per above Statement.) Totals. COLONIES. Remittances. Branch Packet Service. Sums allowed to the Colonies, on Account of the Year 1871. Balance due 31st December, 1872. Totals. £ s. d. Victoria ... New South Wales ... Soutli Australia New Zealand Tasmania Queensland Western Australia... £ s. d. 52,233 10 1 25,4,59 2 4 12,597 16 1 13,230 6 4 3,69S 15 9 16,490 1 5 1,641 12 4 £ a. d. 47,125 15 9 23,631 12 6 7,519 19 2 2,723 5 7 3,458 14 9 10,719 6 9 1,271 5 6 £ s. d. 99,359 5 10 49,090 14 10 20,117 15 3 15,953 11 11 7,154 10 6 27,209 8 2 2,912 17 10 Victoria ... New South Wales ... South Australia New Zealand Tasmania... Queensland Western Australia ... £ s. d. 26,116 0 0 22,996 8 1 8,472 16 1 9,000 0 0 2,489 5 8 11,249 14 5 1,641 12 4 4,125 0 0 1,378 18 1 1,206 10 0 1,225 0 0 £ s. d. Ill 0 7 44 6 5 22 17 5 20 2 5 7 14 11 19 6 5 3 15 2 £ B. d. 73,132 5 3 26,050 0 4 7,497 1 9 5,554 11 5 3,450 19 11 14,715 7 4 1,267 10 4 £ s. d. 99,359 5 10 49,090 14 10 20,117 15 3 15,953 11 11 7,154, 10 6 27,209 8 2 2,912 17 10 ... 125,348 4 4 96,450 0 0 221,798 4 4 81,965 16 7 7,935 8 1 131,667 16 4 221,798 4 4 229 3 4 General Post Office, London, 12th April. 1872. GrEO. ChEXWTND, Receiver and Accountant-General.