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Table G. RETURN for the YEAR ended 30th JUNE, 1870, of the CASH REVENUE derived from PRIVATE, PRESS, and PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT MESSAGES, and of the Value of GENERAL GOVERNMENT TELEGRAMS; the number of MESSAGES transmitted by each STATION, and the WORKING EXPENSES

Name op Station. Total Cash Revenue derived from Private, Press, and Provincial Government Messages. Value of General Government Messages. Total Value of Messages of all codes. Total Number of Private, Press, and Provincial Government Messages. Total Number of General Government Messages. Total Number of Messages of all codes. Amount paid for Salaries. Contingencies. Total Cost of Maintenance of each Station. Bkmabks. Head Office Alexandra, Otago Balclutha Bealey Blenheim Bluff Brighton Castle Point Charleston Cheviot Christchurch Clyde Cromwell Dunedin Featherston Greymouth Grey town Havelock Hokitika Hutt Invercargill Kaiapoi Kaikoura Lawrence Lyttelton Marton Masterton Napier Nelson Oamaru Otaki Palmerston Patea Picton Port Chalmers ... Queenstown £ s. d. 48 13 6 141 19 4 27 14 4 349 10 7 185 12 4 101 10 6 30 15 0 354 11 7 94 19 11 1706 19 2 112 0 0 114 14 6 2785 16 0 30 13 10 911 2 9 84 12 5 143 0 2 1251 3 5 10 17 6 406 6 3 178 18 3 49 19 4 108 13 6 403 17 8 29 17 6 38 15 2 483 0 9 998 15 7 483 5 4 19 3 0 30 4 0 31 0 6 156 1 6 191 14 4 112 13 0 £ s. d. 5 0 0 13 10 10 0 3 9 56 6 10 285 12 6 1 19 9 5 6 7 73 4 4 0 12 0 217 1 3 8 2 0 3 19 0 460 12 0 33 11 0 532 1 6 7 10 9 11 6 4 705 7 1 1 17 0 75 18 8 3 2 9 10 7 10 4 4 0 501 17 8 17 6 6 9 6 1 1121 4 9 831 12 11 20 1 5 3 10 0 2 7 6 71 11 0 225 0 11 1006 11 11 10 9 0 £ s. d. 53 13 6 155 10 2 27 18 1 405 17 5 471 4 10 103 10 3 36 1 7 427 15 11 95 11 11 1924 0 5 120 2 0 118 13 6 3246 8 0 64 4 10 1443 4 3 92 3 2 154 6 6 1956 10 6 12 14 6 482 4 11 182 1 0 60 7 2 112 17 6 905 15 4 47 4 0 48 1 3 1604 5 6 1830 8 6 503 6 9 22 13 0 32 11 6 102 11 6 381 2 5 1198 6 3 123 2 0 411 1189 227 2831 1120 887 202 2791 523 11498 938 1020 20411 289 6364 756 1287 7706 141 2811 1696 433 965 3942 315 390 3034 6811 3830 161 321 350 1427 1934 861 37 74 1 340 2316 9 23 376 3 939 53 28 1807 186 3303 47 63 3945 13 265 20 52 28 4252 66 59 2345 5861 100 14 18 266 1486 7247 61 448 1263 228 3171 3436 896 285 3167 526 12437 991 1048 22218 475 9667 803 1350 11651 154 3076 1716 485 993 8194 381 449 5379 12672 3930 175 339 616 2913 9181 922 £ s. d. 2069 11 8 62 10 0 106 6 8 200 0 0 206 7 4 225 0 0 173 15 10 90 0 0 160 5 8 117 1 8 139-4 13 11 37 10 0 62 10 0 1076 11 7 120 16 8 209 3 4 129 3 4 145 0 0 489 4 2 16 13 4 186 16 5 86 0 0 131 6 8 40 11 8 361 16 2 45 0 0 109 3 4 302 11 5 420 7 2 192 19 0 £ s. d. 182 7 10 10 8 6 38 11 4 25 16 6 39 12 6 15 9 0 63 10 6 14 10 6 34 9 9 20 3 10 353 13 7 13 19 10 27 2 10 128 1 10 29 14 0 34 19 9 27 8 6 10 5 0 64 1 6 16 16 0 31 19 3 13 12 6 83 12 6 20 14 4 19 7 8 41 13 6 10 0 0 37 14 9 52 1 0 12 7 4 17 15 6 36 2 4 31 17 3 20 4 8 28 4 4 27 16 10 £ s. d. 2251 19 6 72 18 6 144 18 0 225 16 6 245 19 10 240 9 0 237 6 4 104 10 6 194 15 5 137 5 6 1748 7 6 51 9 10 89 12 10 1204 13 5 150 10 8 244 3 1 156 11 10 155 5 0 553 5 8 33 9 4 218 15 8 99 12 6 214 19 2 61 6 0 381 3 10 86 13 6 119 3 4 340 6 2 472 8 2 205 6 4 17 15 6 90 5 8 72 6 9 129 19 8 306 2 4 75 15 2 Including £210 rent of office Including £59 for alterations to office. 54 3 4 40 9 6 109 15 0 277 18 0 47 18 4