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REVENUE :-

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REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF POST OFFICE.

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

365,126.30

Fees for Private Letter Baxes,

4,631.50

Commission ou Money Orders,

9,445.15

Commission on Pastal Orders,

4,213.90

Profit on Exchange on Money Order transactions, .

16.461.00

Interest on Money Order Fund,

1,165.94

Value of Unclaimed Money Orders,

107.53

ExpenditurK :—

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 P. & O, Mail Subsidy, .

Between Calony and

Line of Steamers,

Total Cost of Postal Service,

Net Revenue,

MAIL SERVICE.

148,830.658

67.128.26

80,908.23

*

401,054.32

296,867.12

$ 104,187.20

Contruct.

'Total

No, of Mtails.

Annual

Share of

Subsidy.

Colony's Other payments

Subsidy.

Contractors.

Commence ment. Termination

£

£

Shanghai

Pouinsular and 1st February,

amt Brindisi,

Oriental Stewar

1908.

31st Jonary, 1913.

26

210,758

10,673

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