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Table No. 26. TABLE showing the REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c, of the POST OFFICE in the Postal District of CANTERBURY in 1871.

Total Received and Despatched. Mail Services. Expenditure. Total. MAIL SERVICES. ft M c o O ft fcO Letters. Rooks and Newspapers. Weight of Books and Newspapers in lbs. ft. 2 Mode of Conveyance. Number of Times Weekly. Cost of Conveyance. Salaries. Contingencies. Expenditure. Revenue. Trunk Lines: £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. I. Northern — Christchurch to Kowai Kowai to Hurunui ... Hurunui to Hawkswood Kaiapoi and Eangiora II. Southern — j .; t> Christchurch to Selwyn ... ... - 5 2 2 1 93,087 9,925 7,691 34,834 15,418 2,560 4,642 6,205 2,903 449 885 1,150 38 24 50 .6 * Coach 6 3 1 6 £ 400 0 0 255 0 0 12 0 0 40 "o 0 13 0 0 ll' 0 6 I 691 0 6 782 11 11 ,, 40 0 0 241 18 6 4 22,614 4,877 953 23 Eailway 6 Carried by Provincial Govt. 50 0 0 50 0 0 159 0 0 Selwyn to Waitaki ... III. Western— ., i. . - Christchurch to Hokitika ... IV. Main Branch — Christchurch to Lyttelton ... ... ... 11 110, 452 43,692 8,379 118 Coach 3 995 0 0 400 0 0 49 13 2 1,444 13 2 770 12 3 11 17,605 7,436 1,387 150 2 1,250 0 0 25 0 0 1,275 0 0 123 15 7 2 84,039 15,945 3,003 9 Eailway 12 Carried by Provincial Govt. 385 0 0 3 19 0 388 19 0 590 17 10 Branches : I. Christchurch to Stanmore Eoad ... II. Christchurch to Woolston ... 7... III. Selwyn to Snowden ... ... ... IV. Eangiora to Oxford ... ... .:. V. Kaiapoi to Fyreton VI. Christchurch to South bridge ... VII. Christchurch to Lincoln . ... VIII. Ashburton to Mount Somers ... IX. Orari and Upper Kangitata ... X. Timaru and Lake Tekapo XI. Lyttelton aud Akaroa ... XII. Duvaucholle's Bay and Okain's Bay ... XIII. Lyttelton and Port Levy XIV. Lyttelton to Governor's Bay ... XV. German Bay to Le Bon's Bay XVI. Governor's Bay to Little Eiver XVII. Bail and Boating Services, Lyttelton £VIII. Eailway Services, Christchurch XIX. Timaru and Temuka ... 7 1 3 3 2 6 4 2 2 4 4 2 1 2 2 1 15,626 5,611 6,317 15,368 2.623 37,077 5,807 6,173 5,151 8,764 26,199 3, 537 1,039 3,830 2,201 1,828 3,020 1,128 1,873 2,239 447 6, 742 838 2,665 1,067 3,093 6,207 914 301 873 526 1,066 653 209 337 422 82 1,337 162 593 238 607 1,204 178 55 158 102 213 12 2 60 22 12 32 14 40 13 70 30 10 9 10 11 22 Horse ,, Coach Horse Coach 6 6 1 2 2 6 1 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 40 0 0 25 0 0 56 0 0 70 0 0 26 0 0 145 0 0 96 0 0 87 10 0 70 0 0 85 0 0 400 0 0 40 0 0 50 O 0 30 0 0 20 0 0 33 10 0 | 120 0 0 j 61 0 0 12 0 0 40 0 0 12 0 0 20 0 0 18 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 18 0 0 5 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 72 0 0 10 0 0 i"o 0 2 0 0 0 12 6 80 0 0 37 0 0 76 0 0 89 0 0 36 0 0 172 0 0 114 12 6 92 10 0 90 0 0 105 0 0 475 0 0 50 6 0 50 0 0 35 0 0 25 0 0 38 10 0 120 0 0 61 0 0 12 0 0 109 18 2 39 8 11 44 8 2 108 1 1 18 8 8 260 13 10 40 16 7 43 8 0 36 4 4 61 12 4 184 4 2 24 17 4 7 6 0 20 18 7 15 9 5 12 16 9 Horse Boat and horse Foot Boat and horse Cart Foot Horse 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 0 i ... 12,589 ... "47O "].18 ::: ! Coach When required. 3 88 10 3 9 Country Mail Services —Totals Chief Post Office, Christchurch 85 1 540, 587 633, 359 1,174,446 ; ; 131,244 383,189 25,777 796 71,242 i I 4,112 0 0 1,452 0 0 2,363 3 5 84 11 2 127 6 0 5,648 11 2 2,190 9 5 3,800 18 8 5,271 3 2 ! ... Totals 88 i 517,433 97,019 : 796 4,112 0 0 3,815 3 5 211 17 2 8,139 0 7 9,072 1 10