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Table No. 25. TABLE showing the Revenue, Expenditure, &c., of the Post Office in the Postal District of Canterbury in 1873.

ipatched. Mail Services '), Expenditure. Total. Total Received and De: '■I Mail Services. 2 c «... Letters. Books and Newspapers. Weight of Books and Newspapers in lbs. §i 5.S Mode of Conveyance. ' Number of Times Weekly. Cost of Conveyance. Salaries. Contingencies. Expenditure. Revenue. Trunk Lines: -• £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. I. Northern — Christchurch to Kaiapoi Kaiapoi to Hurunui ... "r : Hurunui to Hawkswood Kaiapoi to Rangiora... j. , ... II. Southern — Christchurch to Dunsandel Dunsandel to Waitaki III. Western — : Christchurch to Hokitika IV. Main Branch — Christchurch to Lyttelton 6 2 •3 4 '4 64,203 34,128 6,944 41,088 20,544 126,574 11,406 . IO..773 4.444 10,612 4,02s " 2,850 3.125 1,100 2,650 1,007 11,45° 12 38 5O 6 23 122 Railway Coach Railway Coach 12 6 1 6 6 3 i 340 o o - 995 o o (221 5 o s 71 o o C 7 o o 45 ° o 50 o o 397 o o t.. o 17 6 85 1 2 (639 5 o I 45 17 6 50 o o 1,477 « 2 890 11 2 301 o 4 J45 3 8 1,029 '3 9 II 62,832 5L9SI 10,390 150 n 2 1,250 o o 25 o o 1,275 o o 414 7 o 2 90,052 ">436 2,859 9 Railway 12 460 o o 109 461 o 9 610 9 6 Branches: I. Christchurch to Stanmore... II. Christchurch to Woolston... III. Dunsandel to Lake Coleridge IV. Dunsandel to Hororata Upper V. Dunsandel to Greendale ... : VI. Rangiora to West Oxford ... VII. Kaiapoi to Swannanoa VIII. Christchurch to Southbridge IX. Ashburton to Mount Somers X. Timaru to Rangitata Upper XI. Timaru to Lake Tekapo ... XII. Lyttelton to Pigeon Bay ... XIII. Duvauchelles Bay to Little Akaloa ... XIV. Lyttelton to Port Levy XV. Lyttelton to Governor's Bay ' XVI. German Bay to Le Bon's Bay XVII. Rolleston to West Melton... XVIII. Christchurch to Green Park XIX. Irwell to Brookside XX. Burke's Pass to Dr. Fisher's XXI. Dunsandel to Killinchy ... XXII. Christchurch to Akaroa ... XXIII. Waiau to Hanmer Plains... XXIV. Christchurch to Sumner ... XXV. Timaru to Pleasant Point... XXVI. Pigeon Bay to Akaroa XXVII. Post Office and Railway Station ... XXVIII. Railway Station and Vessels in Port XXIX. Rangiora Post Office and Railway Station XXX. Flaxton Post Office and Railway Station 7 2 3 2 4 2 8 6 3 i 2 20,055 8,148 3.476 4,244 1,071 24,803 2,33i 54,766 7,022 10,191 S47 2,071 789 1,845 1,724 1,040 709 !.592 3.671 1,800 567 229 4.795 675 10,112 4,264 3.007 81 375 778 179 674 882 279 244 358 734 400 262 142 1 57 959 169 2,023 853 752 16 75 i55 62 176 69 60 2 3 37 20 9 24 20 29 45 35 70 22 9 9 10 11 27 17 8 Horse Coach »» ,» tt Horse Steamer Horse Boat Horse 6 12 1 2 1 . 6 2 6 1 3 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 45 o o 20 o o I 145 o o 125 o o 39 o o 250 o o 60 o o 173 ° o 7200 200 o o 20 o o 50 o o 40 o o 12 OO I2OO 20 O O I5OO 25 o o 60 o o 35 o o 1200 C 5 o o < 10 o o (500 32 o o 900 45 o o 1000 10 o o 10 o o 1200 10 0 0 10 o o o 10 o 80 o o 32 o o £165 o o 157 o o 48 10 o 295 ° ° 70 o o 183 o o 82 o o 212 O O 30 o o 50 o o 50 o o 1700 1700 25 o o 15 o o 30 o o 63 o o 487 I 10 35 ° ° 15 o o 3S ° o 50 o o I IO O O 119 o o 20 o o 500 140 6 10 58 17 o ( 27 3 9 ] 28 17 9 (. 840 174 11 7 18 n 10 384 8 5 43 17 9 76 12 2 3 15 1 14 10 1 23 6 5 600 14 3 5 13 12 o 7 »3 3 5 8 7 11 8 10 I I I I », Coach Horse 500 500 500 92 2 500 300 85 o o 500 500 800 348 6,205 1,044 149 322 ""87 1,217 208 37 15 82 9 38 8 Horse Coach 1 10 1 7 204 17 9 18 5 4 14 16 8 2 17 8 10 14 it I 8 i i i 1,381 28,697 2.243 2,274 413 1,505 „ 2 3 1 6 400 o o 30 o o 10 o o 25 o o 50 o o no o o 119 o o 20 O O 500 2 I IO 30 14 1 Horse Coach Cart 3 2 As required j, ... ,, » — 632,515 859,846 204,326 545.!99 1 I 1 1 I I 1,617 5 o 2,266 5 7 89 11 3 131 10 10 1 Country Mail Services —Totals Chief Post Office, Christchurch I IlIO I 44,270 I49.9O5 924 4,737 o o 6,443 16 3 2.397 i6 5 4,714 8 1 7.477 6 7 ... Totals 1,492,361 194,175 924 U.737 ° ° 3,883 10 7 221 2 1 £,841 12 8 12,191 14 s in 749.525