Table No. 29. TABLE showing the Revenue, Expenditure, &c., of the Post Office in the Postal Districts of New Zealand in 1873.

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Total Received and Desi »atched. Expenditure. Tot :al. Mail Services. "5 S Letters. Books and Newspapers. Weight of Books and Newspapers in lbs. Cost of Conveyance. Revenue. Salaries. Contingencies. Expenditure. £ s.j d. £ s-'d- £ s. d. £ *. d. £ *• d. Auckland 835.239 156,551 3,735 5 3 3.843 12 1 862 10 5 8,441 7 9 11,108 4 2 123 1,317.342 Thames 4 214,302 86,202 17,241 158 17 6 993 2 6 122 1 1 1,274 1 1 1,787 19 4 Taranaki 8 125,461 69,899 8,743 630 o o 402 10 o 67 6 4 1,099 l6 4 1,068 3 5 Hawke'sJBay 34 290,137 181,262 21,327 1,426 16 8 850 o o 68 1 10 2,344 18 6 2,000 2 3 Wellington 52 1 , 240, 249 683,496 128,154 2,277 2 6 2,064 13 3 39 1 '3 9 4.733 9 6 38,274 5 o Totals for North Island * 221 3.187,491 1,856,098 332,016 8,228 1 11 8,153 17 10 i.5" 12 5 17.893 J3 2 54.238 14 2 Nelson 5° 505.91s 397,472 63,355? 2,162 19 11 1,872 18 4 3°2li7 3 4,338 "15 6 3,030 6 8 Marlborough 15 204,578 145,732 13,662^ 750 5 o 599 IO ° "9 !3 « j 1,469 8 1 1,471 17 " Canterbury in 1,492,361 749.525 '94. 175 4,737 ° ° 3,883 10 7 221^2 1 8,841 12 8 12,191 14 8 Otago 133 1,783.714 1,494,026 293.939 4.713 6 o 5.33 1 17 2 635 ° 2 10,680 3 4 18,418 7 1 Southland ... 38 309,692 165,878 51,906 1,073 o o 753 i° 4 92 13 7 1,919 9 11 1,962 11 11 Westland ... 35 432. 234 460,464 80,469^ 1.984 3 4 1,656 4 2 292 14 7 3.933 2 1 3.393 3 7 Totals'for Middle Island 382 4,728,494 3.4I3.O97 697>5°7i 15.420 14 3 14,097 16 7 1,664 ° 9 31,182 11 7 40,468 1 10 Totals for the Colony 603 7,9 is>9 8s 5.269,195 1.029,523! 23,648 16 2 22,251 14 5 3,i75 14 2 49,076 4 9 *94,7o6 16 o * This includes postage on franked correspondence.