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Table No. 24. TABLE showing the REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c, of the POSTAL DEPARTMENT in the Province of NELSON in 1869.

Table No. 25. TABLE showing the REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c, of the POSTAL DEPARTMENT in the Province of MARLBOROUGH in 1869.

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ft M ft Totals Received and Despatched. Mail Seevices. EXPENDITUEE. Totals. PROVINCE OF NELSON. O ft o d B r- & _____ Letters. Newspapers. Weight of Newspapers in lbs. Mode of Conveyance. Number of times weekly. Cost of Conveyance. Salaries. Contingencies Expenditure. Revenue I I 1 Trunk Lines, — I. Nelson to Riwaka... II. „ Foxhill Spring Grove to Waimea West ... Foxhill to Tadmor Branches, — ■ I. Hurunui to Hawkeswood II. Nelson to Wakapuaka III. ,, Haveloek Sea-borne Mails, — I. Nelson to Motupipi II. „ Takaka III. ,, Collingwood ... IV. „ Westport, &c 5 6 1 1 19,971 21,848 3,127 1,422 6,064 7,240 758 1,039 1,042 1,244 130 178 36 24 3 20 Spring Cart ... Coach Horse 2 6 3 1 £ s. d. 140 0 0 120 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 £ s. d. 68 0 0 75 0 0 12 0 0 5 0 0 £ s. d. 2 12 3 2 14 9 0 9 9 0 3 6 £ s. d. 210 12 3 197 14 9 32 9 9 35 3 6 £ s. d. 145 12 5 159 6 2 22 6 0 10 7 4 i, ... 2 1 1,703 1,415 "963 739 166 127 64 12 32 Cart '.'.'. Horse 1 2 _, 2 143 6 8 33 0 0 72 0 0 22 0 0 6 0 0 0 'o 6 165 6 8 39 0 6 72 0 0 12 16 8 10 6 4 I 1 2 2 10 1,826 2,688 6,169 139,676 913 1,590 1,672 71,176 157 273 287 6,621 35 38 - 52 175") 80 j 571 I Vessel ... I jj )> "'I » '-TS — rl *- a, o 658 16 5 17 0 0 15 0 0 20 0 0 649 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 9 0 18 6 43 14 3 17 4 0 15 5 9 20 18 6 1,349 10 8 13 6 3 19 12 0 44 19 7 973 17 3 Country Mail Services —Totals ... Chief Post Office, Nelson 31 1 199,845 157,885 92,154 157,370 10,225 25,487 „ - ... 1,215 3 1 94 10 0 889 0 0 746 13 4 51 3 3 38 17 6 2,155 6 4 880 0 10 1,412 10 0 1,968 1 9 3,380 11 9 Cart Totals for the Province ... 35,712 571 3,035 7 2 32 357,730 249,524 1,309 13 1 1,635 13 4 90 0 9

_ ft ft Total Received and Despatched. Mail SeeviceS; EXPENDITUEE. Totals. PROVINCE OF MARLBOROUGH. o ft o d r-3 Letters. Newspapers. Weight of Newspapers in lbs. O I" 8 Mode of Conveyance. Number of times Weekly. Cost of Conveyance. Salaries. Contingencies Expenditure. Revenue. Trunk Lines, — I. Blenheim to Picton II. „ Awatere III. „ Hawkswood IV. „ Renwicktown V. „ Wairau Valley Branch Lines, — I. Picton to Havelock II. Havelock to Deep Creek... III. * „ Homewood... 2 1 4 1 1 37,669 1,733 6,615 2,349 1,709 43,651 1,369 6,541 964 773 4,092i 128i 613 90i 72i 20 15 140 7 25 Coach Horse Horse Horse Spring Cart 3 1 1 i. £ s. <a. 185 0 0 20 0 0 260 0 0 20 0 0 60 0 0 £ s. d. 148 3 4 10 0 0 5 10 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 £ s. d. I 67 6 2 2 8 5 0 10 0 16 £ s. d. 400 9 6 30 0 0 267 18 5 85 1 0 75 1 6 £ s. d. 234 3 5 2 0 0 59 5 8 4 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 1 8,817 483 104 4,859 589 60 455i 55i 5,513 3,526 25 20 25 Horse Horse Boat 2 1 2 _" 105 0 0 26 0 0 16 13 4 44 0 0 6 0 0 ... 0 7 6 0 1 6 149 7 6 32 1 6 16 13 4 87 7 5 3 0 0 Country Mail Services —Totals ... Chief Post Office, Blenheim ... !_■ l 59,479 48,895 108,374 58,806 37,601 277 692 13 4 243 13 4 350 0 0 70 6 1 24 8 10 1,006 12 9 374 8 10 391 16 6 504 14 10 Totals for the Province ... 15 I 277 I 692 13 4 593 13 4 94 14 11 1381 1 7 896 11 4 96,407 9,039 ...