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REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE POST OFFICE.

REVENUE :-

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

Fees for Private Letter Boxes,

Commission on Money Orders,

Commission on Postal Orders,

Profit on Exchange,

Bank Interest,

Value of Unclaimed Money Orders and Postal Notes,....

EXPENDITURE :—

C.

362,981.45

4,421,50

8,119.75

4,547.71

17,991.99

1,032.79

121.96

Total Postal Revenue...

899,217.15

For Salaries and Wages and all expenses of Postal Service (iucluding

Money and Postal Order business),.

For Conveyance of Mails beyond the Colony,

For Share of Mail Subsidy,

154,326.01

150,167.09

117,774.87

Total Cost of Postal Service,

422,267.97

Deficit,

MAIL SERVICE.

Contract.

Between Colony and

Line of Steamers.

No. of

Mails.

Total Annual Subsidy.

Commence- mont.

Termina- tion.

Shangbai aud

Brindisi,

Peninsular and

Oriental Steam

1st February,

31st January,

1908.

1915.

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Company.

$ 23,050.82

Colony's Share of Subsidy.

Other payments to Contractors.

£

£

25

26

210,753

10,678