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Table No. 29. TABLE showing the REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c, of the POSTAL DEPARTMENT in the Province of SOUTHLAND, in 1869.

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ra ft rH ft Total Received and Despatched. Mail Seevices. EXPENDITUEE. Total. PROVINCE OF SOUTHLAND. O ft d II S.s Letters. Newspapers. Weight of Newspapers in lbs. Mode of Conveyance. Number of times weekly. Cost of Salaries. | Contingencies Expenditure. Revenue. Conveyance. Trunk Lines, — £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. I. Invercargill to Mataura 2 12,807 10,401 2,049 33 Horse 2 220 0 0 30 0 0 1 15 0 251 15 0 158 2 0 II. „ Campbelltown ... 1 6,027 1,304 245 18 Railway 6 400 0 0 25 0 0 20 4 0 445 4 0 74 2 3 Branches — 11,977 9,316 1,747 Coach 1 220 0 0 30 0 0 1 11 5 251 11 5 147 5 9 I. Invercargill to Athol 5 73 II. ,, Riverton.., 2 17,105 8,952 1,678 22 jj 3 65 0 0 45 0 0 4 7 3 114 7 3 210 6 10 III. „ Flint's Bush 2 2,602 2,992 560 17 Horse 1 30 0 0 i 10 0 0 0 5 0 40 5 0 32 0 0 IV. Mataura to Pyramid 2 4,564 3,488 26 26 j> 1 35 0 0 5 0 0 0 7 0 40 7 0 I 56 2 6 V. Riverton to Centre Hill 4 5,118 5,408 1,014 97 jj i 100 0 0 15 0 0 115 0 0 02 18 5 Otago Branches served from Sonthland — 1,949 2,409 452 1 I. Pyramid to Switzer's , l i 24 jj II. Athol to Kingston 2,934 982 184 18 Coach 1 III. Mataura to Waimahaka I 1,357 1,317 247 35 Horse 1 Country Mail Services —Totals 18 66,440 46,569 1,070 0 0 160 0 0 28 9 8 1,258 9 8 740 17 9 8,802 363 Chief Post Office, Invercargill 1 80,419 I 107,238 20,143 545 0 0 21 8 3 566 8 3 1,005 1 2 Totals for the Province ... 19 146,859 363 1,070 0 0 705 0 0 153,807 28,950 49 17 11 1,824 17 11 1,805 18 11