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REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF POST OFFICE.

REVENUE:

Gross receipts from Letters, Post Cards, Newspapers, Books and

Parcols,

Fees for Private Letter Boxes,

Commission on Money Orders,

Commission on Postal Orders,

Profit on Exchange,

Bauk Interest,

Value of Unclaimed Money Orders and Postal Notes,

Total Postal Revenue,....

EXPENDITURE :

For salaries and wages and all expenses of Postal Service (including

Money and Postal Order business),

For conveyance of Mails beyond the Colony,

For slinre of Mail Subsidy,

Total cost Postal Service,

Profit,

MAIL SERVICE.

Contract.

376,515.90

7,453.00

9,964.31

6,129.05

10,675.23

1,001.01

303.08

Between Colony and

Line of Steamers.

No. of Mails.

Commence- ment.

Termina- tion.

Total Annant Subsidy.

199,332.65

77,969,17

94,124.35

412,431.60

371,486.17

40,945.13

Colony's Blinre of Subsidy.

Other paymont-

to Contractors.

Shanghai and

Brindisi,

Peninsular and

Oriental Stenui

1st Februnty, 31st January,

1008.

26

£ 236,500

£11,273

1915.

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