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Table No. 28. TABLE showing the Revenue, Expenditure, &c., of the Post Office in the Postal District of Southland in 1873.

8 Total .eceived and De; ipatched. Mail Service! Expenditure. Total. Mail Services. 0 o c Books and Newspapers. Weight of Books and Newspapers in lbs. 5.2 Mode of Conveyance. Number of Times Weekly. Cost of Conveyance. Salaries. Letters. Contingencies. Expenditure. Revenue. Branch Lines : XXXI. Port Chalmers to Sawyer's Bay ... XXXII. Dunedin to Anderson's Bay XXXIII. Dunedin to Mornington ... XXXIV. Dunedin to Murray ville ... XXXV. Dunedin to Waikari XXXVI. Port Molyneux to Owaki XXXVII. Dunedin to Naseby XXXVIII. Milton to Adam's Flat ... XXXIX. Kaitangata to Wangaloa XL. Dunedin to Catlin's River and Waikara XLI. Waipori to Lawrence ... ... XLII. Linburn to Serpentine ... XLIII. Dunedin to Portobello ... 1 i i I 2 3 499 4,999 898 7.545 2,018 263 S.2O7 1,040 4,334 1,708 5 1 1,046 453 197 869 33° ... 2 2 2 3 2 13 94 4 5 101 16 16 8 Railway Coach Horse - '•' Coach Cart Horse Vessel, as opport Horse 6 6 6 6 6 2 1 £ s. d13 o o I 24 o o 150 o o 500 I2OO £ s. d. 2 10 o ... 10 o o 10 o o 1600 ... £ s. d. £ » d2100 15 o o 10 o o 10 o o 1600 24 o o 150 o o 10 o o 1200 £ s. d. 140 3 7 i°i 16 4 7i o 11 o 19 3 6§ 224 i 914 376 462 =;6o 689 260 121 2 500 8 12 g 102 5 1 io i i H3 44 1 :unity offers 1 Fortnightly 6 i 181 3,793 1,028,981 754.733 133 6, 357 29 1,258 20 o o 660 600 20 o o 660 600 1 o 4§ 14 1 7 2 Steamer Country Mail Services— Totals Chief Post Office, Dunedin 132 I 75 2 >89S 74i. 131 1,494,026 152,207 I4L732 1,363 4,713 6 o 2,385 6 8 2,946 10 6 96 12 II 538 7 3 63S o 2 6,140 o 4J 12,278 6 8| 7.195 5 7 3,484 17 9 Totals 133 293,939 1,363 4,713 6 o 5,331 17 2 10,680 3 4 iS,4i8 7 1

Trunk Lilies : I. Invercargill to Popotunoa II. Invercargill to Campbelltown III. Invercargill to Queenstown ... IV. Invercargill to Riverton 18.773 30,065 29,409 66 18 116 22 Coach Rail Coach £ s. d. 365 o o £ s. d. 15 8 4 50 o o 30 o o 20 o o £ s. d. £ s. d. 380 8 4 50 o o 228 o o 80 o o £ s. d. 119 10 9 190 14 8 220 5 7 !86 5 3 9 3 7 1 I3.I77 5.573 21,986 10,839 3.294 1.393 5.246 2,700 2 12 2 6 198 o o 60 o o ., Branches: I. Invercargill to Flint's Bush II. Invercargill to Otaraimaka III. Mataura to Switzer's IV. Riverton to Otautau V. Otautau to Mararoa VI. Otautau to Bellemont VII. Athol to Nokomai ... VIII. Riverton to Orepuki IX. Waimahaka to Fortrose 6,008 14.537 4,890 2,026 3.300 382 8,438 5> 674 3>7 6 7 2.397 775 2,39° 127 2,109 359 1,419 941 929 599 194 597 32 !7 11 Horse I 29 o o 25 o o 100 o o 20 o o 85 o o 45 o o 1600 5° o o 80 o o 15 o o 2 10 o 2 IO O 38 2 4 12 17 8 90 16 2 59 2 9 34 19 1 13 9 4 12 16 8 20 14 1 2 18 o 3 1 4 3 1 40 22 60 40 10 »> ., .. I 1 1 1 10 o o 44 o o 25 o o 100 o o o o 85 o o 50 o o 16 o o .. 2 ., 1 500 1 Foot Horse 1 500 1 1 24 20 1 I 55 o o 80 o o Country Mail Services —Totals Post Office, Invercargill ... 37 1 '58,523 151,169 80, 294 85.584 19,812 32,094 466 1,073 o o 150 8 4 603 8 o 2 10 o 9° 3 7 1,225 18 4 693 11 7 1,002 12 4 959 19 7 Totals 38 309,692 165,878 51,906 466 753 16 4 1,962 11 11 1,073 o o 9 2 !3 7 1,919 9 11

Table No. 27. Table showing the Revenue, Expenditure, <fcc, of the Post Office in the Postal District of Otago in 1873 — continued.