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Table No. 30. TABLE showing the REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c, of the POSTAL DEPARTMENT in the different Provinces of NEW ZEALAND in 1869.

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PROVINCES. GO ft O ft o d Totals Received and Despatched. EXPENDITUEE. Totals. Letters. Newspapers. Weight of Newspapers in lbs. Country Services. Salaries. Contingencies. Expenditure. Revenue. Auckland Taeanaki Hawke's Bay Wellington 92 8 26 29 I 1,073,786 563,160 104,924 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 2,894 16 6 3,879 15 11 834 4 9 7,608 17 2 10,814 0 5 52,827 41,991 5,249 120 0 0 186 16 10 92 8 6 399 5 4 647 16 I 133,874 105,923 14,537 797 7 6 083 0 0 161 10 8 1,641 18 2 1,481 17 4 621,918 442,993 88,597 | 1,692 0 0 2,282 4 11 447 17 4 4,422 2 3 12,179 1 8 | Totals foe Noeth Island 155 I 1,882,405 1,154,067 213,307 5,504 4 0 7,031 17 8 1,536 1 3 14,072 2 11 25,122 15 6 i Nelson 32 357,730 249,524 35,712 1,309 13 1 1,635 13 4 90 0 9 3,035 7 2 3,380 11 9 Maelboeough ... 15 180,374 96,407 9,039 692 13 4 593 13 4 94 14 11 1,381 1 7 896 11 4 Canteebuey ... I 74 932,414 531,503 99,056 5,363 3 4 3,724 16 11 584 7 4 9,672 7 7 8,857 8 10 Otago 104 1,123,044 1,109,822 277,422 5,350 3 11 5,259 9 10 1,873 9 10 12,483 3 7 13,6_8 1 5 Southland ... j 19 146,859 153,807 28,950 1,070 0 0 705 0 0 49 17 11 1,824 17 11 1,805 18 11 Westland ... I 22 465,769 268,017 43,444 3,170 16 7 1,758 4 10 238 6 8 5,167 8 1 4,292 18 1 Chatham Islands* ... ! Totals foe Middle Island 266 3,134,190 2,409,080 494,223 16,956 10 3 13,676 18 3 2,930 17 5 33,564 5 11 32,801 10 4 Totals foe the Colony ... : 421 5,016,595 3,563,147 707,530 22,460 14 3 20,708 15 11 4,466 18 8 47,036 8 10 t57,984 5 10 * Return not received. t Includes £12,268 18s, 5d. for franked corres] londence.