A—No. la,

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, 1872.

46

DESPATCHES FROM THE SECRETARY OE STATE

COLONIES. Victoria New South .Wales ... South Australia New Zealand Tasmania Queensland Western Australia ... Number of Letters Inwards and Outwards in 1871. 982,000 394,830 I 197,880 45,160 70,340 179,445 33,375 £ s. d. 14,700 10 5 5,907 0 9 I 2,960 9 11 I 675 10 11 1,052 6 9 2,684 16 2 499 5 1 Service to Point-de-Galle. Service between Point-de-Galle and King George's Sound. £ s. d. 20,829 0 2 8,369 12 4 I 4,194 13 11 957 3 5 1,491 0 10 3,804 1 7 707 7 9 Service between King G-eorge's Sound and Melbourne. £ s. d. 9,866 9 6 3,965 1 3 Service between Melbourne and Sydney. £ b. d. 4,686 16 1 £ b. d. 77 8 6 31 2 3 15 11 10 3 11 2 5 10 10 14 2 10 2 12 7 Moiety of Cost of Mail Boxes and Mail Bags. Proportion of ! Cost of Special j Packets between Dover and Calais. £ s. d. 36 2 8 14 10 4 7 5 6 1 13 2 2 11 9 6 12 0 14 7 Estimated Number Egyptian of Newspapers Transit Rate Inwards and on Newspapers, Outwards via j &e., via Suez. Suez. £ b. d. 1,519,222 I 1,616 4 6 618,054 657 9 6 321,488 341 18 0 90,139 95 17 6 188,216 200 4 0 260,883 i 277 11 0 57,298 j 60 15 6 3,055,300 j 3,250 0 0 TOTA1S. I £ s. 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 S 16,794 0 0 7,353 0 0 150 0 0 70 0 0 96,450 0 0 Dr. Account Current for the Tear 1872, in continuation of that rendered for the Tear 1871. Or. COLONIES. I 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 A.ccount of the Year 1871. Balance due 31st December, 1872. Totals. Victoria New South Wales South Australia New Zealand Tasmania ... Queensland Western Australia ... £ s. d. 52,233 10 1 25,459 2 4 12,597 16 1 13,230 6 4 3,695 15 9 16,490 1 5 1,641 12 4 £ s. 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 £ s. d. 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 £ a. 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 I 15,953 11 11 j 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 1 229 3 4 131,667 16 4 221,798 4 4, General Post Office, London, 12th April, 1872. G-eo. Chetwykd, Eeceiver and Accountant-General.