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F. Amount Chargeable on Account of Moiety 7 of the Cost of Mail Boxes. COLONIES. I i Estimated No. of Letters in 1803. Percentage for each Colony. Amount Chargeable for Year to 31st Dec. 1863. I Victoria New South "Wales South Australia New Zealand Tasmania Queensland Western Australia 1,270,400 459,900 209,400 420,200 ... 103,200 79,700 32,900 49,3 a 17,855 8,130 16,314 4,000 3,094 1,278 £ s. 616 10 223 3 101 12 203 18 50 1 38 13 15 19 d. 9 9 6 6 6 6 6 2,575,700 100,000 1,250 0 0 G. Amount Chargeable on Account of Egyptian sent ria Southamptoi Transit Hat on Newspapers | Estimated No. of Newspapers in 1803, I via Southampton. Percentage for each Colony. Amount Chargeable for Year to 31st Dec. 1803. COLON IKS. Victoria New South Wales South Australia New Zealand Tasmania Queensland Western Australia 781,800 282.700 158,400 367,800 109,000 55.200 28,800 43,954 15,891 8,619 20,679 6,129 3,104 1,624 £ s. d. 1,428 10 1 516 9 2 280 2 4 672 1 1 199 3 10 100 17 8 52 15 7 1.778,700 100,000 3,250 0 0 H. Statement of Amounts overcharged in the first Account prepared in this Office, to be credited to the Colonics in the present Account. Post Office Statement. Corrected Statement. From 1st Oct. COLONIES. 'Y 0-',"'- Js;1' ! Vi" Guarantee from 1889,5 months . w .,„ b , ,.,s. „, Total Boyal Mail Steam .,..„, iv , lg59 Packet Companj a Contract. From 1st Oct., is:,s. to middle of 158, ftoyal Hail Steam Packet Company's Contract, H months. Prom 12t'.i to Guarantee from *!*,£??- ]f 9' 1st July, 1858, to :,t ";»»»»''"r middle of Peb., »n.l oriental Total 1888, 7,months. „>u' 111" lat*et Company s ( on- , tract, £180,000. Amounts overcharged in l'ost Office Amount. £ S. (I. t s. (1. cl Victoria 22,482 10 3 L4.000 o 0 36,482 10 :1 New South Wales! 8,773 4 10 5,463 2 0 14,236 6 10 South Australia... 2,800 8 9 L.743 16 8 4544 5 5 New Zealand | 2.194 11 3 1,36611 0 3.561 2 3 Tasmania 1,941 6 11 j 1,208 17 4 3 L50 4 3 WestemAustralia 349 11 4 217 L3 0 507 4 4 £ s. (1. 20,234 5 3 7,895 IS 3 2.520 7 11 1,975 2 1 1,747 4 3 314 12 3 £ s. cl. j £ s. d. £ s. d. 13,126 o 0 2,445 8 11 35,804 9 2 5,121 18 1 \ 954 3 6 13,971 14 10 1,634 10 11 > 304 11 6 4.459 10 4 1,281 2 10 238 13 8 3.494 18 7 1,133 0 3 211 2 7 3,091 13 1 204 0 11 38 0 5 550 13 7 22,500 0 0 4,191 15 7 61,379 5 7 £ s. d. 078 1 1 20!. 12 0 84 9 1 00 3 S 68 11 2 10 lo 9 38,511 13 4 24,0 0 0 0 62 "II 13 I 34,687 10 0 1,162 7 9 I. Amount Chargeable on each of th due to the Eoyal Mail Steam P Mails between 1st July and Itl cent, per annum from 25th Iso of suit. c Colonies for Moiety of Balance of Subsidy 'acket Company for Conveyance of Australia it May, 185*), together with interest at 4 per vember, 1859, to date of Payment and Costs COLONIES. No. of Letters, 1857—1859. Percentage for earl i Colony. Amount Chargeable on each Colony. Victoria New South Wales ... South Australia New Zealand Tasmania Western Australia ... ... 798,000 311,400 99,400 77,900 68.900 12,400 58,333 22,763 7,266 5,694 5,037 907 £ s. d. 5,337 9 5 2,082 16 3 664 16 9 521 0 0 460 17 9 82 19 10 1,368,000 100,000 9,150 0 0