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Table No. 10. Number and Value of Postage-stamps, Post-cards, and Newspaper-wrappers Printed during the Years 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, and 1881.

Table No. 11. Return showing the several Subsidized Mail Steam Services, the date when Established, and also the Date each Terminated or Terminates.

Table No. 12. Table showing the Number of Officers employed in the several Chief Post Offices and Secondclass Post Offices in the Colony during the Years 1880 and 1881.

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177. [878. IJ9iSo. iSl. Denomination. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number, Value. £ s.d. £ s.d. 11,880 o o . 4,680 o o £ s.d. £ s.d. £ s.d. At five shillings At two shillings At one shilling At sixpence At fourpence ... At threepence ... At twopence ... At one penny ... At one halfpenny Post-cards Newspaper-wrap-pers at one halfpenny 6l,200 7,529,040 4,583,280 2,037,120 4,25° 1,530 o o 62,742 o o 19,097 o o 4,244 o o 17 14 2 47,52o 46,800 6,416,880 f,835,°4° 1,077,120 53,474 o o 7,646 o o 2,244 o ° 323,040 1,031,040 386,160 6,895,440 7,887,120 3,722,880 121,55° 16,152 00 25,776 o o 6,436 o o 57,462 o o 32,863 o o 7,756 o o 506 9 2 746,880 8,962,320 1,447,200 2,435,52° 248,200 18,672 o o 74,686 o o 6,030 o o 5,074 o o 1.034 3 4 962,400 504,960 6,372,240 6,106,320 3,373,44° 561,500 24,060 o o 8,416 o o 53,102 o o 25,443 o o 7,028 o o 2,339 " 8 509,238 *i,o6o 183 99,990 f2o8 6 3 236,502 $492 14 3 199,386 §4i5 7 9 Totals I4,2i4,890 | ,87,630 14 2 9,932,598, 80,984 18 3 20,267,220 14,076,622 105,988 17 7 18,080,246! 120,803 19 5 H7,i59 iS 5 * Exclusive of £117 17s. 7d., cost of paper an' ixpenBes. J Exclusive of £54 14s. 1 id., cost vorking expenses. 1 working e: if paper am :penses. 1 working t Exch ■xpenses. isivo of £2 § Exelus 13 28. 1 id., CO! sive of £46 31 it of paper i. id., cost 1 and working jf paper and

Duration of Service. Service. Annual Subsidy. When Terminated, When Established. or when Terminable. Number of Voyages per Annum. Mileage for Complete Voyage. Cost per Mile. Auckland and San Francisco Melbourne and New Zealand Auckland and Fiji Auckland and Warkworth ... Auckland and Matakana Auckland, Waiwera, and Warkworth Auckland, Kawau, and Omaha Helensville and Dargaville ... Helensville and Matakohe ... Helensville and Port Albert Tauranga and Opotiki Westport and Karamea £ 32,500 5,000 2,080 Oct., 1875 Sept., 1876 June, 1880 Oct., 1883 Feb., 1881 June, 1882 I 13 13 13 104 52 104 52 ) i } 11,916 3,440 2,334 £ s. d. o4 5i O 2 2l o i 4^ } ) ! 280J 250 500 Aug, 1878 Aug, 1881 July, 1881 Dec, 1882 150 90) 140) 003 o o 3i Jan, 1881 Three months' notice June, 1881 Two months' notice { 104 52 } 300 002 250 300 July, 1877 Jan., 1881 52 12 120 102 o o 038 G-reymouth, Hokitika, and Southern Ports, &o. Hokitika and Jackson's Bay Port Chalmers and Manukau Manukau and Port Chalmers 600 300 Jan, 1881 Sept, 1881 July, 1881 Sept., 1882 4 4 1,213 310 025! o 4 10 5,000 May, 1877 Oct., 1883 13 1.742 04S

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