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Table No. 5. NUMBER and Value of Postage Stamps printed during the Years 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, and 1874.

A large number of these Postage Stamps were in stock at the close of previous year. Table No. 6. RETURN of Intercolonial and Interprovincial Mail Steam Subsidies, Year 1874.

Table No. 7. TABLE showing the Number of Officers employed in the several Chief and Head Post Offices and Second-Class Post Offices in the Colony during the Years 1873 and 1874.

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igfi i8ji 1872. i8?3' 1874. Denomination. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. £ 24 5.496 £ 60,000 £ 3,000 £ 6,456 At One Shilling ... 480 109,920 * 129,120 At Sixpence 742,320 18,558 770,400 19,260 366,240 9>i56 282,000 7> O5° 1,000,800 25,020 At Fourpence # 84,000 1,400 48,000 8 oo 79.200 1.320 224,400 3.74O At Threepence 480,000 6,000 246,240 3.078 474,000 5.9 25 90,000 1.125 358,320 4.479 At Twopence 2,556,000 21,300 1,620,000 13.500 2,898,000 24,150 3,064,800 25.540 4,410,480 36>7S4 At One Penny 2,070,000 8,62s 3.172.320 13,218 2,046,000 8.S2S 1,868,400 7.78s 3,114,960 12,979 At One Halfpenny 717,600 J.495 688,080 '.433 1,648,320 3.434 I Totals 5,848,000 54.507 6,002,880 55.952 6,549,840 50.051 6,132,480 10,886,400 92,862 47.253

"oni met Mileage every Month. Service. Annual Subsidy. How often. Cost per Mile. Commence. Terminate." £ 5,000 3.44° £ s. d. o 2 2! telbournc and New Zealand August 1873 August 1876 Once every four weeks Once every four weeks Once every four weeks [anukau and Port Chalmers felson and Hokitika 2.015 Dec. 1874 Jan. 1875 On month's notice On month's notice 1.564 474 O I Ilf o 4 2i 1,300

1S74. 1873. Post Offices. •a ti —! 8 i 1 1 E tuO B 2 1 O u □ 'S. c I xj ■si u i 1 o Hi 0 i I i 4) U 6 to p '^. 15 c *T3 I c Auckland rhames Dnehunga Fauranga jisborne N Tew Plymouth ... S Tapier Port Ahuriri Wellington IVanganui kelson Westport Slenheim Picton iaikoura Lyttelton fimaru 4karoa Dunedin Port Chalmers Damaru 1 1 12 4! 2 2 1 19 6 I I ] I 4 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 I 2 4 1 I I I 2 1 2 1 2 4 1 '" 8 1 7 I I I 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 13 3 5 2 I I 1 2 2 2 1 1 11 3 s I 3 2 1 16 3 3 1 17 3 3 4 1 5 3 1 I I 1 1 1 1 3 2 I I 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 11 4 1 4 1 1 1 ... 1 17 3 3 1 17 2 3 5 1 5 3 1 I I 1 1 1 1 1 IO I I I 4 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 I 1 [nvercargill 3ampbelltown Hokitika 3reymouth Chatham Islands 1 I 2 1 I 1 2 1 1 1 I 1 2 1 1 1 1 I I I 1 1 Totals 62 6 1 H 13 29 I "5 14 13! i 56 27 7 2 118