F.— 1.

The several subsidised sea mail-services, the subsidy-payments for the year 1908, the dates when established, and the date on which each terminates are shown below: —

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Service. Annual Subsidy or Payment. Duration of Service. When When terminated established. terminable. Number of Voyages per Annum. Mileage for Complete Voyage. Cost per Mile. Auckland and Fiji Auckland and South Pacific islands Auckland and Devonport Auckland and Great Barrier Auckland, Whangaroa, and Mangonui Dargaville and Tangiteroria Helensville and Matakohe £ s. d. 1,690 0 0 June, 1880 1,200 0 0 June, 1885 60 0 0 Aug., 1863 April, 1908 250 0 0 Oct., 1891 Dec, 1909 126 0 0 Nov., 1907 Dec, 1909 13 12 939 52 52 2,334 6,992 6 120 368 s. d. 1 137 0 3-43 0 2-56 0 9-62 0 1-58 90 0 0 Nov., 1893 Dec, 1909 150 0 0 Jan., 1881 Dec, 1909 104 52 I 156 I ( 208* j 46 118 170 0 4-51 0 5-87 Helensville and Dargaville 500 0 0 Jan., 1881 Dec, 1909 0 4-52 Horeke, Kohukohu, Rawene, Koutu, Rangi Point, Opononi, and Omapere Russell and Opua Wellington, Ketu Bay, Homewood, Maori Bay (and other offices), and Havelock Wellington and Motueka Picton, offices in Sounds, and Havelock Nelson, Tonga Bay, Totaranui, Takaka, and Collingwood I 195 0 0+ i Jan '* 1889 Dec -' 1909 70 0 0 Jan., 1889 Dec, 1909 I j Dec, 1891 Dec, 1909 - 600 0 0 I Nov., 1902 Dec, 1909 107 10 0 Jan., 1907 Dec, 1909 '-' " ° ° ' Dec 1909 | 109 o o; i • • Uec ' 19W 100 0 0 Jan., 1904 Dec, 1909 I 104 I t 156 } (as required) 26 43 26 48 183 210 164 0 5-85 0 10-44 0 6-05 104 130 0 1-86 Nelson and Croixelles Westport and Karamea Westport and Little Wanganui .. Hokitika, Okarito, Bruce Bay, Paringa, Haast, Okura, and Jackson's Bay Lyttelton and Chatham Islands (including Pitt Island) Bluff and Half-moon Bay Bluff and Ruapuke Island Bluff, Te-Oneroa, and Cromarty .. New Zealand and Australia (Wel-lington-Sydney) ( 450 0 0 i June, 1886 ) - .-.„ I 650 0 0|| Jan., 1895 | u *°' lyiii 600 0 0 Jan., 1886 Dec, 1909 I 52 ) 1 29S I J 36 1 12 6 44 102 I 82 } 384 1 5-03 1 11-70 5 2-50 (300 0 0 |l (Mar., 1908 ( 350 0 OH i •• ( April, 19111 300 0 0 July, 1886 Dec, 1909 45 0 0 Sept., 1903 275 0 0 April, 1893 Nov., 1908 15000 0 0 Dec, 1906 July, 1910 I • 1,050 1 0-7 52 26 12 52 48 26 208 1,200 0 4-85 1 3-95 2 2-44 4 969 ♦Frequency increased, 4th Ma19th November, 1908. I Tonga 1 Ohiwi included and frequency din December, 1908. IT Contract rem !, 1908 (Is. 4d. per bag paid for extra mail), lay included and subsidy increased, 8th June, 19C linished, 15th February, 1906. I! Service rei )wed and subsidy increased, 1st May, 1908. \ Subsidy and frequency increased, i. § Wairangi, Otarawao, and lewed and subsidy increased, 15th