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Table No. 7. Number and Value of Postage Stamps printed during the Years 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, and 1876.

Table No. 8. Return of Intercolonial and Interprovincial Mail Steam Subsidies, Year 1876.

Table No. 9. TABLE showing the Number of Officers employed in the several Chief and Head Post Offices and Post Office in the colony during the Years 1875 and 1876.

1872. 1873. 1874. ISJJ. 1876. Denomination. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. * £ 60,000 £ 3,000 129,120 £ 6,456 £ 16,176 £ s. d. U One Shilling ... 3 23>5 20 U Sixpence 366,240 9,156 282,000 7.050 I,000,8oo 25,020 299,520 7,488 1,368,000 34,200 o o it Fourpence 48,000 800 79,200 1,320 224,400 3,740 3>7.520 . 5,292 o o tt Threepence ... 474,000 5,925 90,000 1,125 358,320 4,479 It Twopence 2,898,000 24,150 3,064,800 25.540 4,410,480 36,754 4.155.84° 34.632 4.737.3»o 39,478 o o tt One Penny ... 2,046,000 8,525 1,868,400 7.785 3,114,960 12,979 2,421,360 10,089 3.949.440 16,456 o o tt One Halfpenny 717,600 1,495 688,080 1.433 1,648,320 3,434 1,224,000 2.55° 2,099,760 4,374 10 o 'ost Cards fl.002,500 4.177 ' 8 Totals ... 6,549,840 50,051 6,132,480 47,253 10,886,400 92,862 8,424,240 70.935 13,474,580 103,977 " 8 * A lar: ■c number of these tostai 'e stam is were in stock at the close of irevious ear. + For two months onl;

Conti ract. Service. Annual Subsidy. Number of Trips per Annum. Mileage per Trip. Cost per Mile. Commence. Terminate. £ 5,000 1,200 3,440 736 408 176 180 480 1,213 £ »■ d. O 2 2f OI3 lelbourne and New Zealand .uckland and Napier Wellington and Napier and Gisborne Wellington and Kaikoura ... lelson and Hokitika lidcile Island Service Sept., 1876 Feb., 1875 Sept., 1878 Feb., 1877 »3 26 1,000 Nov., 1875 Feb., 1877 s 52 26 26 jo o 9 i 400 1,300 4,000 Dec, 1875 Jan., 1875 Nov., 1874 June, 1877 June, 1877 June, 1877 '3 12 o 1 8§ 042 056

1876. I87J. Post Offices. n . ■ai 3 E 6 u d t/5 U u u to c B £ s u Q ri 0 '3 S C u e o to _c 'H. S tfi 15 — W 1: rt «-. £ o> o u u I o P-, 0 I. f u fcfl s 6 ■ CO y 2 B Q u VI E U S O to c 'a. S IS O H u 0 o H Auckland rhames Dnehunga Tauranga [jisborne New Plymouth ... Napier Port Ahuriri Wellington Wanganui Nelson Westport Blenheim Pieton Kaikoura Christchurch Lyttelton Timaru \karoa Dunedin Port Chalmers ... 1 16 s 2 2 24 6 2 I '5 2 I s 2 2 23 6 1 I 2 1 I I I I i 1 2 1 2 3 6 I 2 1 1 1 1 I I I I 2 3 1 1 1 l i 3 11 2 2 1 2 3 I 2 I I I 1 16 4 6 3 3 2 I I I I I 10 2 2 1 1 I 3 1 2 1 1 I 3 5 1 '5 4 S 3 3 2 1 1 i 1 1 I I I 1 1 i 14 1 5 1 I 1 1 22 I 1 '3 1 I 1 1 i I I 2 17 1 1 I 1 3 4 2 26 2 I I I I 2 itij 4 1 1 6 1 I 1 20 3 4 1 25 2 4 6 i I Damaru Invercargill Campbelltown ... Hokitika i 2 3 1 4 7 1 5 5 I 2 1 1 2 I I I 4 1 i 1 1 1 2 1 I I 2 1 5 4 1 ... ... ... jrey mouth Chatham Islands 1 1 2 1 1 I I 2 1 Totals i' ! 14 13 86 36 9 2 2 I 162 14 13 82 33 6 I 2 I 'S'