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By Authority : Geoegb Dibsbfbt, Govrenment Printer, Wellington.—1879.

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Table No. 22. Table showing the Revenue, Expenditure, &c, of the Post Office in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand for the Year 1878.

Total Correspondence received and despatched. Expenditure. Totals. Postal Districts. No. of Offices. Cost of Conveyance of Mails. Letters. Post Cards. Books. Newspapers. Salaries. Contingencies. Expenditure. Revenue. £ s d. 4.275 ifi 5 £ s. d. 5,733 l9 • £ s. d. 1,065 9 IO ii .075 5 4 18,157 i° » Auckland ... 16S I 2.138,751 29.718 126, 207 1,288,499 Thames ... ... ... 11 208,584 4.634 7.363 "7.423 297 o o 943 6 8 179 16 o 1,420 2 8 1,671 13 11 Tauanaki .,, ... '7 277.664 3.562 II,611 166,340 912 10 o 768 14 7 103 12 3 1,784 16 10 2,862 4 7 Hawke's Bay 54 748,876 9,841 48,684 528,162 2,709 2 6 1,767 16 8 457 1 8 4.934 o 10 5,916 13 i)i Wellington ... ... 7i 2,680,084 34.153 194,868 I !,513. 723 3.553 12 O 5,016 16 o 1,11211 7 9,682 19 7 56,755 5 1 Totals for Nohth Island I I I I i i 318 6>°53.959 81,908 388,733 3.614.147 11,748 o 11 14,230 13 o 2,918 11 4 28,897 5 3 85.363 7 1°; Nelson 29 458,153 5.969 265,989 698 8 o 1,554 17 9 269 16 1 2,523 1 10 3,328 o 8 3!.334 Westport 20 147.535 1.75i 8,613 138,824 944 o o 654 3 4 103 7 9 1,701 11 1 895 13 4 Maklborough ... 17 372.597 2,290 21,702 241,594 809 o o 904 18 8 72 13 11 1,786 12 7 1,870 6 6 Canterbury 160 3.585.57O 96,831 195.594 1,612,970 4,953 3 6 6,313 o 1 1,342 16 9 12,609 o 4 26,352 14 11 HoKITIKA 29 300,890 4,496 14,955 302,262 1,342 10 o 1,225 o 4 193 10 7 2,761 o 11 3,616 18 o Greymouth 23 393.890 - 4.75° 19,621 321,525 523 16 8 1,334 13 4 289 12 9 2,148 2 9 2,639 7 8 Otago 168 3.535.949 J 43.5i8 195,006 2,419.923 6,315 8 10 8,434 2. 11 1,797 7 6 16,546 19 3 29,997 o 8 Southland .., ... ... 48 676,218 I 12,670 43,591 493.132 1,101 2 9 1,528 7 6 231 17 8 2,861 7 11 4.934 19 4: Totals for Middle Island 1 ■ ' I J I I I 494 9,470,802 172,275 53 0.4i6 5.796,219 16,687 9 9 21.949 3 " 4,301 3 o 42,937 16 8 73.635 1 »i I I Totals for the Colony 812 15.524.761 254. J83 919,149 9,410,366 28,435 !O 8 36,179 16 II 7.219 «4 4 71,835 1 " 158,998 9 o Totals for Previous Year I 1 756 13.054.870 122,304 742,179 8,066,311 28,797 8 6 32,825 II I 6,234 19 3 67,857 18 10 143,600 1 5 Note. —The revenue includes the postage on franked correspondence, which has been estimated at £56,176 os. iod., the particulars of which may be found on page 3.