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Direct Steam Service, New Zealand Shipping Company. De £ s. d. £ s. d. Payments on weight of correspondence... ... 12,446 10 5 Bonus, &c., paid contractors ... ... ■■• 12,326 13 4 Light-dues (charged on Estimates) ... ••• 936 0 0 Interprovincial service ... •-■ •■• 3,000 0 0 2iO j /(jy o y Cβ. Postages from London Post Office ... ... 11,914 3 3 Postages collected in the colony ... ... 5,724 10 1° —. > 17 j boo J. 4: -L Net cost to the colony ... ... ••■ 9 8 The estimated net cost of the service for 1885 was £6,552 13s. 9d. 279,422 letters, 326,221 books, and 776,519 newspapers were received from the United Kingdom, &c, by the direct service; and 140,561 letters, 17,364 books, and 139,658 newspapers despatched. Golombo-Brindisi, Victorian Packet Service. Dr £ s. d. £ s. d. Payments to Victoria ... ... ••■ ■•• 1.544 4 3 Intercolonial service, &c. ... - " ■•• 179 17 3 1,724 1 6 Cβ. Postages from London Post Office ... ... 616 10 5 Postages collected in the colony ... ... 408 16 0 1,025 6 5 Net cost to the colony ... ... •■• £698 15 1 The following shows the number of letters, books, and newspapers conveyed by the Victorian packets : Eeceived, 21,260 letters, 7,287 books, and 35,944 newspapers ; despatched, 1,111 letters, 48 books, and 94 newspapers. Suez-Brindisi, New South Wales Packet Service. De . £ s. d. £ s. d. Payments to New South Wales ... ... 480 11 5 Intercolonial service, &c. ... ... ■•• 105 5 6 , 585 16 11 Cβ. Postages received from London... ... ••• 207 0 8 Postages collected in the colony ... ... 149 11 1 i oOd -Li \j Net cost to the colony ... ... • ■ • £229 5 2 13,685 letters, 3,878 books, and 22,157 newspapers were received from the United Kingdom, &c, by'the Suez-Brindisi service; and 2,393 letters, 67 books, and 395 newspapers despatched.

Return showing the several Subsidized Mail Steam Services, the Subsidy Payments for the Year 1886, the Dates when established, and the Date on which each terminates.

Duration of Service Annual Subsidy or Payment. Number of Voyages per Annum. Mileage for Complete Voyage. Cost per Mile. Service. When terminated or when terminable. When established. Auckland and San Francisco Direct Steam Service Auckland and Fiji New Zealand and South Pacific Islands New Zealand and Chatham Islands! Helensville and Matakohe .. ] Helensville and Dargaville .. j Auckland and Great Barrier Island Nelson and Golden Bay Hokitika, Bruce Bay, Paringa, Haast Eiver, Okuru, Okarito, and Jackson's Bay Westporfc and Karamea Bluff and Stewart Island .. j Interprovincial Service in connec- I tion with San Francisco Line ( Interprovincial Service in connection with Direct Steamers £ s. d. 23,333 6 8 24,847 12 10* 1,690 0 0 Nov., 1885 Dec, 1884 June, 1880 Nov., 1888. Dec, 1889. 18 13 13 11,916 23,019 2,334 £ s. d. 0 3 10g 0 18 0 1 1J 4,200 0 0 150 0 0 400 0 0 June, 1885 Jan., 18S1 May, 1887 1887 Dec, 1886 { 8 4 52 104 52 72 6,992 1,050 118 1 170 j 120 130 0 2 0 0 0 8J 0 0 4 200 0 0 240 0 0 Dec. 1884 Dec, 1886 0 0 7| 0 0 6 800 0 0 325 0 0 300 0 0 250 0 0 5,000 0 0 4,500 0 0 Jan., 1886 June, 1886 July, 1885 July, 1886 Jan., 1886 Nov., 1886 Jan., 1887 June, 1887 June, 1886 ) June, 1887 J Nov., 1886 Nov., 1887 6 13 280 102 0 9 6} 0 4 10f 0 2 7| 52 40 10 3 3,000 0 0 Dec, 1884 Doc. 1889 13 * payments according to weight of correspondence coi + By sailing vessel. ii—F. 1. iveyed, and bonuses earned in delivering mails under contract time.