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Table No. 18. Table showing the Estimated Correspondence posted and delivered, with the Expenditure and Revenue of the Post Offices, in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand, and of the General Post Office, for the Year 1885.

Total Estimated Correspondence posted and delivered. Expenditure. Revenue. Postal Districts. No. of Offices. Contingencies. Total. Letters. Post-cards. Books and Parcels. Newspapers. Cost of Conveyance of Mails. Salaries. Estimated. Official Postage. Total. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington 216 38 20 17 47 31 78 6,982,924 728,650 487,392 286,208 I,506,518 1,583,205 5,188,989 254,592 21,684 47,216 4,836 42,640 71,162 131,547 454,°77 43.355 61,221 23,569 127,569 190,827 628,160 2,740,374 427,886 267,124 186,771 664,144 635.492 1,746,329 £ s. d. 4,328 19 10 1,878 18 o 336 8 10 375 o o 1,827 ° 5 656 4 9 2,924 o o 10,254 10 ° 2,403 8 10 978 10 o 663 o o 3,107 o o 2,6cg o o 6,945 o o 1,979 15 8 4 J3 3 o 253 7 7 130 1 o 293 15 2 174 5 3 1,7*5 o 1 £ s. d. 16,563 5 6 4,695 9 10 1,568 6 5 1,168 1 o 0.227 15 7 3,439 IO o 11,584 O I £ a. d. 31,267 12 4 3,720 9 2 2,202 13 I 1,348 6 8 7,032 6 4 6,677 6 5 18,698 6 7 £ s. d. 6,369 o 1 167 2 1 1,008 3 3 197 6 4 921 9 8 1,542 12 2 49,387 8 o £ s. d. 37,636 12 5 3,887 11 3 3,210 16 4 i,545 13 o 7,953 16 o 8,219 18 7 68,085 14 7 Totals for North Island .. 447 I 16,763,886 573,677 1,528,778 6,668,120 12,326 II IO 26,960 8 10 4,959 7 9 44,246 8 5 1 70,947 o 7 59,593 1 7 130,540 2 Nelson Westport Grevmouth Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill 38 23 24 28 21 143 42 21 138 86 867,256 236,288 494,611 378,040 551,148 6,061,081 1,391,416 939,822 6,051,149 2,095,158 23,777 6,448 ",570 12,285 15,652 274,603 67,223 31,577 216,931 86,190 88,062 16,181 41,236 31,976 45.461 535,661 104,797 78,559 613,444 181,805 321,269 128,891 327,106 253,769 233,064 2,247,492 361,296 377,624 2,452,892 862,355 2,055 8 8 200 19 6 715 8 8 1,167 2 4 72i 13 4 3,507 9 8 621 o o 219 16 8 5,298 9 6 1,770 1 11 2,069 O O 823 o o 1,187 I0 ° 1,247 ° ° 1,035 o o 8,035 o o 1,950 10 o 1,078 o o 8,826 o o 183 13 8 79 4 2 160 7 2 125 15 7 621 18 5 1,368 19 n 226 17 o 118 17 7 1,679 17 8 588 15 8 4,3o8 2 4 1,103 3 8 2,063 5 10 2,539 17 11 2,378 n 9 12,911 9 7 2,798 7 o 1,416 14 3 15,804 7 2 5,597 17 7 3,883 14 8 1,052 18 6 2,158 14 4 1,607 13 5 2,253 16 2 29,269 9 1 5,738 1 9 3,658 15 6 29,520 16 o 8,993 " 10 784 3 5 380 o 8 761 6 4 546 9 8 698 9 10 2,567 on 7i6 4 5 339 12 o 2,948 3 10 880 3 o 4,667 18 I 1,432 19 2 2,920 o 8 2,154 3 1 2,952 6 o 31,836 10 o 6,454 6 2 3,998 7 6 32,468 19 10 9,873 14 10 3,239 o o Totals for Middle Island .. 564 19,065,969 746,256 1,737,182 7,565,758 16,277 IO 3 29,490 0 0 5,154 6 10 50,921 17 1 88,137 11 3 10,621 14 1 98,759 5 General Post Office 70,879 4 1 822 11 10 76,113 13 6 38,372 2 2 38,372 2 •• 4,411 17 7 Totals for the Colony ! i,on 35,829,855 1,319,933 3,265,960 14,233,878 99,483 6 2 60,862 6 5 10,936 6 5 171,281 19 o 197,456 14 o 70,214 15 8 1267,671 9