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REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF POST OFFICE.
REVENCE —
Gross receipts from Letters, Post Cards, Newspapers, Books and
Parcels,
Commission on Money Orders,
!
$374,139.67
9.473.82
Commission on Postal Orders,
4.772.45
Value of Cnclaimed Money Orders and Postal Notes,
309.27
Fees for Private Letter Boxes,
5,880.39
Profit on Exchange,
13,544.96
Bank Interes!,
338.37
EXPENDITURE :—
Total Postal Revenue,
For salaries and wages and all expenses of Postal Service (including
Money and Postal Order business) within the Colony,
For conveyance of Mails beyond the Colony,....
For share of Mail Subsidy,
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Total cost Postal Service,...
Net Revenue,
MAIL SERVICE,
$155,256,93
96,025.04
65,474.59
$408,458.92
316,756.56
$91,702.36
Contract.
Between Colony and
Line of Steamers,
No. of Mails.
Total Annual Subsidy.
Colony's share of Subsidy.
Other payments
to Contractors.
Commence-
ment.
Termina-
tion.
Shanghai and . Peninsular and
1st February,
I
Brindisi,
| Oriental Stepm
1898.
31st January,
1905.
26 £245,000
£12,170
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