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Inland Mail-services established — continued.

SUBSIDIZED SEA MAIL-SERVICES. The several subsidized sea mail-services, the subsidy-payments for the year undo 31st December, 1916, the dates when established, and the date on which each terminates are shown below :—

District. Name of Service. Frequency. Kemarks. Timaru Willowbridgo Post-office - Railway- Thrice daily station Fairlie - Burke's Pass .. .. Weekly (during winter only) Westmere Creamery - Waiora Cheese- ! Daily factory Junction of Ohura and Manganui-o- Twice weekly te-ao Roads to Junction of Ohura and Middle Roads Kai l.wi Post-office - Upper Kai Iwi ,, to Hunter Bros, (rural delivery) Taihape-Ngawaka (rural delivery) .. „ Ruatiti - Junction of Ohura and ' Weekly Erua Roads Ruatiti-M urumuru (Leitch's) .. „ Kolburn-Wellington .. .. Thrice daily Featherston - Featherston Military Twice daily Camp Fitzherbert West, along Tiritoa Valley l Daily .. Road (rural delivery) Featherston - Wharepapa - Masterton, : Twice weekly along Weraiti and Westmere Roads (rural delivery) Established. Wanganui >> >. >» (Vellington H> II >t

Annual Service. Subsidy or Payment. Duration When established. of Service. When terminated or terminable. Number of Voyages per Annum. Mileage for Complete Voyage. Cost per Mile £ s. d. Auckland and Great Barrier .. 250 0 0 Auckland, Whangaroa, and Mango- 120 0 0 nui Dargaville and Ruawai .. .. I 140 0 0 Dargaville and Tangiterot-ia .. 198 0 0 Helonsvillc and Matakohe .. 150 0 0 Helonsvillo and Dargaville .. 1,100 0 0 Horekc, Kohukohu, ltawone, | 200 0 0 Koutu, Rangi Point, Opononi, and Omapcre Offices in Whangarei Harbour .. 150 0 0 Raweno and Horeke .. .. 32 0 0 Russell and Opua .. .. 110 0 0 j New Zealand - San Francisco .. 25,000 0 0 New Zealand - Vanoouver .. 20,000 0 0 Wellington, Wakatahuri, Home- 440 0 0 wood (and other offices), and Haveloek Pieton, offices in Sounds, and 410 0 0 Haveloek Pieton, Grove Wharf, Te Awaite, ! 208 0 0 and Resolution Bay Pioton and Portage 72 0 0 Portage and Kenepuru Head .. 90 0 0 Port Nelson and Waikawa Bay .. 25 0 0 Ngakuta, Hakahaka, Kakapo Bay, 77 10 0 Ocean Bay, Robin Hood Bay, and Blenheim Portage and Crail Bay .. .. j 165 0 0 Port Nelson and Croixelles .. ! 110 0 0 Waitai and French Pass .. 36 0 0 Wellington or Lyttelton and Chat- 500 0 0 ham Islands (including Pitt Island) Bluff and Half-moon Bay .. 300 0 0 Oct., 1891 Nov., 1907 Jan., 1916 Nov., 1893 Jan., 1881 Jan., 1881 Jan., 1889 Sept., 1912 Jan., 1916 Jan., 1889 Oct., 1910 Aug., 1911 Dec, 1891 Jan., 1907 Jan., 1913 Jan., 1913 Jan., 1913 Jan., 1913 April, 1911 Jan., 1910 Jan., 1904 June, 1914 July, 1886 Dee., 1918 Dec, 1918 52 52 124 ' 368 s. d. 0 9-31 0 1-58 Dec, 1918 Dec, 1918 Dec, 1918 Doc, 1918 Dec, 1918 312 260 104 312 150 40 02 116 128 52 0 2-70 0 2-95 0 2-98 0 0-61 0 5-92 Dec, 1918 Deo., 1918 Dec, 1918 June, 1919 Sept., 1917 Dec, 1918 156 52 312 13 13 26 22 9 8 12,180 12,660 300 0 8-18 1 4-43 0 10-58 3 1-89 2 5-16 1 1-56 Dec, 1918 26 330 0 11-47 Dec, 1918 156 88 0 3-64 Dec, 1918 Dec, 1918 Dec, 1918 Dec, 1918 312 104 26 52 14 46 62 80 0 3-96 0 4-51 0 3-72 0 4-16 Dec, 1918 Dec, 1918 Dec, 1918 Sept., 1918 52 52 52 6 106 61 24 1,050 0 7-18 0 8-32 0 692 1 7-05 Dec, 1918 52 44 2 7-47