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REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF POST OFFICE.

POSTAL SERVICE,

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 on Money Order transactions,

Interest on Money Order Fund,

Value of Unclaimed Money Orders,

EXPENDITURE :—

Total Postal Revenue,

C.

323,626.68

4,818.00

8,896.84

3,833.06

25,525.92

1,659.99 97.28

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

Money and Postal Order business) within the Colouy,

For Conveyance of Mails beyond the Colony,.

For Share of P. & O. Mail Subsidy,

169,084.76 117,668.67 116,855.61

Total Cost of Postal Service,

Deficit,

TELEGRAPH SERVICE.

REVENUE :-

Message Fees,

EXPENDITURE :—

For Salaries and Wages, &c..........

Between Colony and

Line of Stenmers.

Shanghai

and

Brindisi,

MAIL SERVICE,

Coutract.

Commencement. Termination.

No. of Mails.

Total Annual Subsidy.

368,457.77

403,609.02

$ 35,151.25

$ 2,623.30

4,112.07

Colony's Share of Subsidy.

Other paymenbe

to

Contractors.

Peninsular and 1st February, 31st January, Oriental Steam

26

£

210,753

£

10,673

1908.

1917.

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NUMBER OF POST, MONEY ORDER, AND TELEGRAPH OFFICES IN 1915.

Post Offices.

1 General, 16 Branches.

Money Order Offices.

Two.

Telegraph Offices.

One.