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Certain Places in respect of which the Cost is borne by the United Kingdom.

Amount payable by

Length

Section of the Service.

of

No. of

Voyages

Less Sca

Annual

Postage

Section.

per

Auuum.

Mileage.

credited to (Approxi-

India.

Straits Ceylon. Settle=

Gross.

Fections

under

Clause B.

of Award.

mate)

Net.

ments.

dom.

Amount. Amount. Amount. Amount. Amount. Amount.

Hong- Austra- kong. lia. King-

United

- 194 --

Amount.

Miles.

No.

Miles.

Brindisi and Port Said

Subsection A..

930

52

48,360

16,155

16,000

7,250

70

8,000

680

Subsection B.

930

52

48,360

16,156

16,000 3,980 440

260

290 2,480

8,000

550

Port Said and Adeu

Subsection A.

1,395

52

72,540

24,225

24,000

11,650

110

12,000

240

Subsection B..

1,395

52

72,540

24,225

24,000

5,950 650

370

340 3,840

12,000

850

Aden and Bombay

1,664

104

173,056

57,774

52

58,000

29,000

29,000

Aden and Colombo Colombo and Singapore

2,093

• 52

108,836

36,329

32. 36,000

1,850

1,673

52

86,996

29,031

439

28,500

1,080

3,660 3,580

1,190 11,620

18,000

2,260

14,250

7,060

Singapore and Hongkong

1,440

52

74,880

24,981

386

25,000

5,660

12,500

6,840

Hongkong and Shanghai. Colombo and Adelaide..

853

52

44,356 14,821

174

15,000

15,000

4,479

52

232,908

77,803

1,917

76,000

38,000

38,000

166,750

18,480

Cost of Sections

Cost of Sea Sorting Subsidy to P. & O. Co.

321,500

3,000

318,500

57,830 2,940

8,500

7,500

330,000

5,550 11,010 55,940 185,230

65,330 2,940 6,050 11,510 55,940 185,230

500

500

Add :-Share of Incidental Expenses (£6,090 †).

1,105

56

* 106

210

1,070 3,543

GROSS AMOUNT payable.

66,435

Deduet :--Share of Extra Receipts (£15,000 †) for Sea Postage on Foreign Closed Mails

2,722

2,996

138

6,156

261

11,720

517

57,010

2,635

188,778

8,727

NET AMOUNT payable......

63,713

2,858

POOLING ACCOUNT :-Allow ouc-half of excess collected in the United Kingdom

6,513

320

5,895

98

11,203

230

54,875

180,016

ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION

57,200

2,538

5,797

10,973

*This figure is a rough estimate, but the correct figure would not materially affect the shares of the Eastern Colonies. This figure includes the incidental expenses assigned by G.P.O. to Australian section. This is the approximate amount from foreign closed mails, including the Australian section.

$ These figures require some correction by including receipts from Australian mails.