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CONTRIBUTIONS TO GUARANTEES AND SUBSIDIES.

The following table shows the contributions of the several colonies to the under-mentioned guarantees and subsidies, not including the duplicate cable subsidy of £32,400: —

C. TODD, Postmaster-General.

Adelaide, March 24, 1898.

Guarantee to — Victoria. New South Wales. New Zealand. South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia. Total. CABLE COMPANY. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. (Revenue guaranteed, £237,736.3 First year ending 30th April, 1892 Second „ „ 1893 Third „ „ 1894 Fourth „ „ 1895* (Revenue guaranteed, £227,000.3 Fifth year ending 30th April, 1896 • Sixth „ ,. 1897* 11,250 13 4 8569 0 0 2071 0 0 11,170 1 1 8509 0 0 2050 0 0 815 0 0 1120 0 0 3161 4 3 2408 0 0 582 0 0 1446 18 10 1102 0 0 206 0 0 491 2 0 375 0 0 90 0 0 27,520 0 0 21,778 0 0 6191 0 0 21,890 13 4 21,735 1 1 1941 0 0 6151 4 3 2814 18 10 956 2 6 55,489 0 0 SOUTH AUSTRALIA. (Revenue guaranteed, £37,552.3 First year ending 30th April, 1892 Second „ „ 1893 Third „ „ 1894 Fourth „ „ 1895 Fifth „ „ 1896 Sixth „ „ 1897 4257 16 9 3072 0 0 275 0 0 376 5 8 4227 6 7 3050 0 0 273 0 0 373 II 9 162 0 0 150 0 0 204 II 8 1196 7 4 862 0 0 77 0 0 105 14 7 547 12 0 395 0 0 35 0 0 48 7 10 185 17 4 134 0 0 12 0 0 16 8 6 10,415 0 0 7675 0 0 822 0 0 1125 0 0 7981 2 5 7923 18 4 516 11 8 2241 1 11 1025 19 10 348 5 10 20,037 0 0 TASMANIA. (Subsidy guaranteed, £4200.1 First year ending 30th April, 1892 Second ., „ 1893 Third „ „ 1894 Fourth „ „ 1895 Fifth „ „ 1896 Sixth „ „ 1897 1717 0 8 1717 0 8 1717 0 8 1717 0 8 1717 0 8 1717 0 8 10,302 4 0 1704 14 8 1704 14 8 1704 14 8 1704 14 8 1704 14 8 1704 14 8 482 9 I 482 9 1 482 9 1 482 9 1 482 9 1 482 9 I 2894 14 6 220 16 6 220 16 6 220 16 6 220 16 6 220 16 6 220 16 6 1324 19 0 74 19 1 74 19 I 74 19 1 74 19 1 74 19 1 74 19 1 449 14 6 4200 0 0 4200 0 0 4200 0 0 4200 0 0 4200 0 0 4200 0 0 25,200 0 0 10,228 8 0 VICTORIAN GUARANTEE TO TASMANIAN CABLE. (Guarantee — First £1000 and half any additional loss in any one year.) First year ending 31st December, 1894 Second „ „ 1895 Third „ ., 1896.... Fourth „ „ 1897.... 264 9 4 4 13 10 262 11 6 4 13 3 143 15 10 2 11 0 74 6 3 16 4 34 0 3 0 12 1 11 10 11 0 4 2 790 14 1 14 0 8 269 3 2 2G7 4 9 146 6 10 75 12 7 34 12 4 11 15 1 804 14 9 NEW ZEALAND. (Revenue guaranteed, £26,258.3 Four months ending 30th April, 1893 First year „ „ 1894 Second „ „ 1895 (Revemie guaranteed, 3220,000.3 Third year ending 30th April, 1896 Fourth „ „ 1897 734 13 9 2432 5 11 2447 13 7 729 11 6 2414 17 4 2430 2 10 399 10 6 1322 8 5 1330 15 8 206 9 6 683 8 6 687 15 0 94 10 2 312 16 4 314 15 11 32 I 7 106 3 G 106 17 0 2197 0 0 7272 0 0 7318 0 0 1320 16 9 859 18 8 7795 11 8 1311 7 G 853 15 5 7739 14 7 718 2 7 467 10 9 371 2 7 . 241 12 6 2190 8 1 169 17 5 110 11 11 57 13 2 37 10 9 340 6 0 3949 0 0 2571 0 0 23,307 0 0 4238 7 llf 1002 11 9 Grand Totals 48,238 14 7 47,894 6 9 6842 6 5 13,553 1 4 6203 1 9 2106 3 11 124,837 14 9f * In these years there was a surplus of £970, £133,971, and £180,941, respectively. t In addition, New Zealand has borne alone on account of New Zealand-Sydney ca :3636 ; 1895, £3659 ; 1896, £1975 ; 1897, £1285 ; altogether, £11,653 10s.; making the :136,491 4s. M. ible guarantee the following sums :—1898, £1098 10s.; 1894, grand total loss by all the colonies on all the subsidies,