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Return showing the several Subsidised Mail Sea Services, the Subsidy Payments for the Year 1895, the Dates when established, and the Date on which each terminates.

Money-obdebs. Eleven money-order offices were opened during the year—namely, Blackball Mine, Fairfax, Kaikohe, Linwood, Makuri, Mangaweka, New Brighton, Eaetihi, Eangiwahia, Eimu, and Te Aute; and the office at Panmure was closed. The number of offices open at the end of the year was 364, as against 354 the previous year. 243,497 money-orders, for £812,604 14s. lid., were issued, as compared with 222,678 orders, for £776,783 4s. lid., in 1894—an increase of 20,819 orders and £35,821 10s. in amount. 183,995 money-orders, amounting to £709,533 10s. Bd., were paid, as against 174,810, for £678,556 Is., paid during 1894—an increase of 9,185 in number and £30,977 9s. Bd. The number of telegraph money-orders issued was 25,856, for £95,546 9s. 10d., as compared with 22,721, for £82,148 9s. 6d., in 1894—an increase of 3,135 orders and £13,398 os. 4d. 80,897 orders, for £177,541 175., were issued on the United Kingdom, Australian Colonies, and other places beyond New Zealand. 21,458 orders, for £75,018 6s. 7d., were issued at places beyond New Zealand for payment in the colony. The commission received for money-orders amounted to £11,433 13s. Bd., as compared with £10,600 19s. 7d. received in 1894. Postal Notes. The sale of postal notes was extended to the following post-offices not money-order offices : Apiti, Colyton, Grookston, Bllerslie, Kirikiriroa, Manaroa, Niagara, Okarito, Port Fitzroy, Toko, Waihopo, Waituna West, and Whananaki; and the postal-note offices at Hawea Flat, Panmure, and Whangapoua were closed. The number of offices at which postal notes were sold at the end of the year was 418, as compared with 394 at the end of 1894. 349,627 postal notes, of the value of £123,368 6s. 6d., were sold, as against 319,368, of the value of £112,307 10s., sold in 1894. The postal notes paid numbered 346,510, of the value of £122,538 14s. 6d., as compared with 317,519, of the value of £111,789 195., paid during the previous year —an increase of 28,991 in number and £10,748 15s. 6d. in value. The postal-note commission amounted to £2,411 os. 9-Jd., an increase of £187 13s. 6d. on the amount received in 1894. Savings -banks. Ten savings-bank offices were opened—namely, Blackball Mine, Fairfax, Kaikohe, Linwood, Makuri, Mangaweka, New Brighton, Raetihi, Eimu, and Te Aute; and the office at Panmure was closed. The number of offices open at the close of the year was 357 —an increase of 9. 30,261 new accounts were opened, being 1,592 more than the number opened the previous year, 22,001 accounts were closed, as compared with 21,930 in 1894—an increase of 71. iii—F. 1.

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Duration of Service. Service. Payment. Number ol Mileage for complete Voyage. Cost per Mile. When terminated or terminable. per Annum. When established. Auckland and San Francisco Auckland and Fiji Auckland and South Pacific Islands Auckland and Great Barrier Helensville and Matakohe Helensville and Dargaville Koreke, Kohukohu, Rawene, Waitapu, and Omapere Russell and Opua Wellington, Ketu Bay, Maud Island, Maori Bay, Homewood, and Havelock Nelson, Motueka, Totaranui, Takaka, and Oollingwood Westport and Karamea .. Westport and Little Wanganui Hokitika, Okarito, Bruce Bay, Paringa, Haast River, Okuru, Waitoto, and Jackson's Bay Lyttelton and Chatham Islands Bluff and Half-moon Bay Bluff, Puysegur Point, and Cromarty Paterson's Inlet and Half-moon Bay Half-moon Bay and Port Pegasus .. [nterprovincial service in connection with San Francisco line £ s. d. 7,588 14 7 1,690 0 0 1,200 0 0 250 0 0 Nov., 1885 June, 1880 June, 1885 Oct., 1891 Nov., 1897 13 13 12 52 J 52 { 104 11,916 2,334 6,992 112 118 } 170 J s. d. 0 11-76 1 1-37 0 3-43 0 10-30 * Dec, 1896 I 480 0 0 I fl94 10 0 Jan., 1881 Dec, 1896 0 4-84 1 6-70 Jan., 1889 Dec, 1896 52 48 90 0 0 Jan., 1889 Dec, 1896 104 16 1 0-98 1 150 0 0 I 125 0 0 I 170 0 0 I 500 0 0 Dec, 1891 ( June, 1886 ( Jan., 1895 Nov., 1896 Dec, 1896 Dec, 1896 Dec, 1896 26 52 26 12 183 130 102 ) 82 f 0 7-57 0 4-44 0 11-22 Jan., 1886 Dec, 1896 6 384 4 4-08 300 0 0 250 0 0 July, 1886 March, 1898 Dec, 1896 6 52 1,050 48 0 11-43 2 0-04 I 360 0 0 April, 1893 March, 1897 12 208 2 10-62 29 0 0 5 0 0 April, 1892 June, 1894 Dec, 1896 52 10 12 84 0 11-15 0 1-43 1 3,000 0 ) Nov., 1886 Nov., 1897 * On three months' notice. t Tb: 'ee services merged into one, Ja] iuary,1895.