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Table No. 10. Return showing the several Subsidized Mail Steam Services, the Date when established, and also the Date each terminated or terminates.

Table No. 11. Table showing the Number of Officers employed in the several Chief Post-Offices and Second-class Post-Offices in the Colony during the Years 1881 and 1882.

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Service. Annual Subsidy. Duration of Service. Number of Mileage for Voyages per Complete Annum. Voyage, Cost per Mile. When established. When terminated or when terminable. Auckland and San Francisco Auckland and Fiji Auckland, Waiwera, and Warkworth... Auckland, Kawau, and Omaha Helensville and Matakohe ... Helensville and Dargaville ... Helensville and Port Albert ... Westport and Karamea £ 32,500 1,690 Oct., 1875 June, 1880 Oct., 1883 { 13 13 104 52 11,916 2.334 90 140 £ ■• u. o 4 ai o 1 ii 3 ) 250 500 Aug. 1881 Dec, 1882 jo 0 3* Jan., 1881 Three months' notice Two months' { 104 52 i 3°o 002 300 Jan., 1881 13 102 o 4 6J Hokitika and Jackson's Bay ( I \ i 300 35° 5,000 Sept., 1881 Sept., 1882 notice Sept., 1882 Sept., 1883 4 310 o s o} Port Chalmers and Manukau Manukau and Port Chalmers May, 1877 Oct, 1883 13 i,742 045

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