1872.

VICTORIA.

REPORT , .

ON· THE

POST 'OFFICE AND 'TELEGRAPH

DEPARTMENT

FOR THE YEAR

"1871.

PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. BY illS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND.

~!111uttiOtitl1 : JOHN FEllRl<;S, GOVERNlIIENT PRINTER, lImJ,llOURNg.

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POST OFFICE AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT,

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GENERAL POST OFFICE,

Melbo-qrne, 31st March 1872.

As required by the 57th section of the Post Office Statute, 29 Victoria

No. 298, I have the honor to submit a General Report upon the affairs of the

Post Office for the year 1871.

The Honorable

The Postmaster-General,

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. . I have the honor to be,

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Your obedient Servant,

W. TURNER,

Deputy Postmaster-General.

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REVENUE k"ID EXPENDITURE.

The progress of the business of the Department during the year 1871 may be considered on the whole af3 satisfactory. .-

Gross receipts for Postages, Money Order Commission, &c., amounted to £129,991, showing an increase of £1945 over the year 1870.

Gross receipts on account of the Electric Telegraph business amounted to £36,94·1, or £3796 in excess of the receipts during the previous year.

The increase in the Postal business has been chiefly in the Inland correspon­dence. The Intercolonial ship letters show a slight increase, but there has b~en a falling off on the British and Foreign ship letters, which make$ the total number of ship .letters about 29,000 less than in 1870.

The reduction in the Intercolonial rate from 6d. to 3d. has not been attended with such results as were expected, as by a comparison of the number of letters despatche.d to the neighboring colonies by sea during 1869 there appears only an increase little over 6 per cent., which may have been caused, by circumstances in no way connected with the cheaper rates:

··The Inland rate was reduced from 4d. to 2d. in August 1866. In 1865 the number of Inland letters to each person in the colony was 9, and in 1871 about 13 to each person.

1 It is difficult to determine how far this increase is to be ascribed to the lowering of the Postal rates, as the extended settlement in the country districts which has taken place within the last few years would-had the higher rate been maintained -have led to considerable augmentation in the circulation of 'correspondence within the colony. .

The result of the reduction in the rates on Electric Telegraph messages, which took effect from Ist.January 1870, has been a very considerable increase in the number of messages transmitted. Since the introduction of the uniform shilling rate' on Victorian telegrams, two years ago, the business has been nearly doubled; and the lowering of the rates on Intercolonial messages. has been followed in seventeen months by ap incre:tse in number equal to 60 per cent.

Number of Victorian Messages in 1869, before the reduction " ." " 1871, two years after the reduction

Gross Cash Receiptfl, 1869, Victorian Messages " ." 1871,,, "

,Average Number of Intercolonial Messages for seven months before reduction in rates . .

Average Number of Intercolonial Messages during 1871, after reduction in rates

256.723 496;043

£24,154 6s.9d. £27;274 14e,2d.

2,150 per month

3,446 per month

-Cash Receipts, average during saven monthe, to 31st July 18iO, Vic­torian Messages £871 lIs .. Od. per month

... £805 lIs. 9d. per month " 1871, VictQrja.n :M!'lssages

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EXPENDITURE.

The amount of expenditure on account of Post Office and Telegraph serVices for Salaries and Wages, and Contingencies, during 1871, was £128,537, being £1801 in excess of tJle amount expended under same heads in 1870. _This is accounted for by increments under Civil Senice Act, and necessary expenditure in consequence of increased business in all branches of the Department. The Mail Service (exclusive of Steam Postal Communication) amounted' to £83,391, showing an increase over previous ,year of £7627. The Ocean Mail Service cost £44,415, showing an {tpp~renr increase of £8886 over 1870; but as there was an undercharge in the accounts for 1870 of £9055, the cost of this service during 1871, as it now appears, was £,178 less than in 1870. The-'accounts for 1871 have, however, yet t6 lLe finally adjust~d. '

, ' A further statement of the revenue and ~~penditure of the Department for 1871 "will be found at page 22 ~f tlii8'Report"'~

, ',INLAND, INTERdoLONliL,'·~AND<FonEIGi(CORRESPONDEN6E.-" -: ' , ,011 comparing th,e' following statement 'with that at pag~ 7" of the Report 'of this Department for 1870, it )vill appear that there :has been an .increase jn the Inl{tIld cOlTespon,dence dur\ng 'the Plitst year of a, little over 6t per cent., and this may be taken. as representing as nearly as practjcable the actual facts of the case. '

, , On Intercolonial letters despatched ther,e hasb~en. an increase 9f_nearly 3 per cent., and on Intercolonial letters received about 6 per cent: , ' ' ,<':' ..

On British and ,Foreign, received and despatched, there J!as beep. it decrease <;>n the former of nearly 7t per cent., and on the latter of about·4 percent. ' '

'" ", On the whole there has been an increase in the number of letters of a little over 5 per cent.' . - 'I~land p;ckets-have increased 14t per cent., . , "'"

: Intercolonial pac~ets receiv~d a:nd _ ,despatclle~ ha,v:e, increaseg ~ 42 :3nd 57 per cent. respectively. ", , ' : . - ... , . ~"', ,,- -, '" ,

, British and Foreign packets despatched have increased 21t:p~e:r; .. .ce:Qt., and those received ,have <iecreased about 22t per, cent. " "" , On the total number of packets there has been an inc~as,e of about 13t

pet' cent., , Inland. newspapers have increased 4 per ,cent ... ,,' ',' , British and. Foreign' newspapers. despatch~d ~ave increased nearly. 2 per cent; Intercolonial newspapers rec~ived and despatched show. a decrease 6f nearly

2 per cent., and British and Foreign received ,have fallen off during the year over 16 per cent.... '. ' . . . ' ., '

. On the whole there ha§ been a decrease in the number'of riewspapers passing through .the post, gu;r:i.r}g, the year,9f 'about 2 per cent~".. " .. ,.. " RETURN sliowing the 'Number of -Letters, Packets, aud Newspapers Received and D,cspatcl).ed d~ring 187~. -'-', ' .-

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SnIP LETTERS.

Number " { ~

Of Inland Rocelved,

.. Total Letters~ Post O1llces. Letters. Despat,ched. .-.

Colonial. 'Briti~h and Fore!iIn. 'ColOnial. British and Foreign.

, ( 9,900,Q64 386,652 528;182 396,676 504,592 11,716,166

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SHIP PACKETS, .- .. ' . :

Inland Despatched. ' , llece!ved. Total Packets.

Packets.

Colonial. British and Foreign. Colonial. British and Foreign,

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26,H2 'i '/ 27,862.- -'

.. '469,547 706 ,394,398, 10,630 - 10,l15 " ",: . .

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1 , Totlll New8papm. Despatebed. . .... : Recelvoo. Newspapers. . "

, YOlonial. Brltlsb and Foreign. Colonial. Brltlllb and Foreign. , , " . .

. '(I· . '2,807,501:' ,', " ..

357,531 592,482 ,. 246,241 1;t'69,215 5,172,970 ,,'

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,...- .'. REfGISTEltED 'LETTERS: .

.. , \ . The ,number .. of registered ~letter.s posted.ip.:.Victoriaduring, the Jear 1871 amounted to 123,013, showing an increase of about rather more than 7 per cent ..

The number of letters containing valuable enclosures for which' enquiries have been made during the last.:twelye 'months 'has been P'luch smaller .·than for some years past;· it is still, however;. 'Il!.llch to be desired tliat the registration of letters containing ~oney should in no, ca~!'.t;:be overlooked, as.' the neglect' of' this precaution not only opens a ,way to di13hones.t;.practices,.but makes it almost impossible to deter­mine whether a letter, reported to' be missing, has' really been posted, or if posted, to trace it in its passage through the office to its destinafioll._ . .

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DEAD LETTERS. r ",_

, The follpWipg, statements 'sho'w t~e extent ~of bh~iriess transacted i.n the Dead LetterOfficeduringl871:-. . r' '., '.

RETUR... ... 8howin!5th~~Nu~b'er o(~~tt~rs ~~a~'p~~~~~ tJir?~gh the D.e~:~et~er ~~at;ch duri,ng the'Ye~ 1871.

Received .. How disposed of.

Year.j~~~ ~.,_...:. . " . Total.

1871 72,635" . 1),961 21,935 106,581 . 95,048 11,483 106,531

Eight hundred and'tliiitj:';x reg;.itered lett~""ar,; included' In' the ahove ~iiif,~rs ;-156 ":;;;tain~d in·clos';;';.;r mbiler, .. a.'iu~ a. given belCl'lV; 8 willi an!el •• value not known; and 672 without valuable contents, or the value of contents not known to tbe department; 35 ordinMy' lette.., .. Iso contained articleBof;~a.lue.. I. t" : .r· ;: :;C ;: ,'., ~'.

, Twenty-four letters witb.obseene o.-lihellous, addresses were posted dnring the year., One hundmd and fifty of the irregularly posted letters bore no name or address w imperfect addrOSSf)JI : 'theee 'letters could not, 111

conse~;::y~ig1?~~;~ J~:r~h~:=~r ~~~a.!?tf~ ;3dr~~~::~~';i =Y~l1~!ih ~n uable enclosUl"e8. In addition to the above number of letters, 2285 pa.ckets were alllo dealt with during the year. . . .,,-'';- ,~_., .~ ~- ~

RETURN showing' the Number of Registered, ~ncf,u Dl'egister!l.d Lett~rs 'containi~g Yalue ,that pllssed through .' . '.' t}le .. Dead Le.tter Branch during the Tear 1871.

Received. I -. ., I!0w dealt with. ". \,: 't" _·_",r...c·"'-·_"'_' _._ .• ..:.'.....,._.,..~.,:."-'.~'--_ .. _.;-:-'-.. _ .. ~_ .. _'_.-' .• :.........L~ ':-,,--,-, __ . ';.:.. • ..;.,.;.... _---,.:·,'-.,;...·..:..7_' __ ,-.. -'--___ _

·iiet~~~ to 8~nde~~ iJPald Into Treasu;iy On hlllld at close Begl8tered.

Calibel

N ()~es. } '76 184, 7"5. an Stamps '.

Cheques, &0. ... SO 1;561'1 9 ,. .. - ----

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Ordinary.

Value of Contenl>l.

'·365' 0 0'

and Delivered. Irom 64 Letters of Year , Destroyed. .

Total.

;:: ,.' 'v~iu~ of No.1 Value of No I Valne ot . ~ontent.. " Contents.' . Contents.

-'.----. -:'-:~""-' ,---' ---,..",,_-.1·-. ,£, 'II. t1. ' £ .. 8. t1. £ ~. t1.

No. Valne of Coutoots.

-£, 8. d. ,

-516· 449 7 5 390' . ~'366 16 3 '640 32, 2 '6 62 60 8 8

639 ! 15,1~6 2 Ilj' 719 16,747 '3 lH 686 13,627 4' at . .. .. . 33 3,119 19 8 .. --,------- ----- - - --Total' ...·156 1.645 9 2,1.079115,551 2· Ili 1,235, 17,196 11 .4l1,076 13,9940 '0 61 64 322 ,6 : 95 3.170 8 4

PROPOSED ALTERATi~N' IN THE POSTAL LAW. t ! < .' 1-' \. ,... <' •

. A Bill' was pass'~<;l': quring ; la~rS~s:Sio:u,:b:{the" H6us~'of. A~sem bly ,amending the­Post Office Statute 18Q6.··· T~is Bill was rejected by the Legislative Council, and' therefore it is n.ot 'riecess!Uy to' do 'more for 'the- puryoseS5of' this· -Report ttlan to place on·record the le:iaing·featui.'es~ofrt11e n1easilre.'~; ,_!, q(, ,,,,,';',.<.". '" 'J~ '!:'." . !,

. f'he Bill provided fQr-. . .. I ·;.!.::-1.~~ : ... ;': "". . : .. ';".:,~"- . .. . The' reduction ·of 'pdst~ge' on lnland newspapers/aria on 'newspa:llers sent

. out of the· colony . 'by ·pr~yate sh~p from one penny to a; halfPenny; The reduction of"tne· Postage -rates"en all Intercolenial letters, .and on·

Foreign letters'serit ·by:ptivate-shipi:£rom~sixpence to tnreepence; The reduction in the Postage rates on ship packets to one penny per ounce; The reduction of the minimum~weight;of Inland packets from four to two

ounces; . '. The issue of a penny Post· Ca.rd; . t·:

And' g~nerally foram~liding.'· the existip.g law, with a view to the' con- .. • ': .'1 '" ~' veriience!6fthe'pu'blic . .'an.'d'tlie oetteraarninistI'ation: of the Post Office

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NEW POST 'AND TELEGRAPH OFFICES.

. Thirty-two ~new Post Offices were ?pened in 1871 at the undermentioned places:- .

B"allanee Hazelglen Nirranda Briagolong Kiewa. Powlett Plains Carpendeit Kolon!. • Pow lett's Hill East Shelbourne Main Leal! Redhill E~8t Trentham Major Plains Rosebrook Eurambeen Mount Camero.n Shady Creek Geelong East Mount Wallace Sbelbourne 'Greenvale Muddy Creelt Bridge Sorrento

'Stockyard Creek Tahara Taianga.tta. Toolern Warrambine Warrenmang Wendouree . Wyuna.

Five Post Offices were closed, viz. :-Lake Hindmarsh; Leviathan Reef, McMahon's Creek, Merrijig, and Talbotville. .

The names of the following offices have been· changed :"""'=Boggy Creek to " Bulumwaal ;" Bridgewater to "Cape Bridgewater;" Fiddler's Creek to "Percy­dale;" Myrtle Creek to "Myrtleford ;" and Warrambine to "Hesse."

The Post Office at Ross' Creek, which was closed in October 1869, was' re-opened in July 1871. . .

Dandenong, Eaglehawk, Eldorado, Gaffney's Creek, St .. Kilda, Shady Creek, and Terang, have been opened as combined Post and Telegraph Offices.

Post Office Savings Banks have been open~d at the following places :-Birregurra Cranbourne Meredith' W ()dODg~. Bungaree Eldorado Moyston Corop Inverleigh W o.lha118

Money Order Offices have been established at the following places :-BirregurraDromana Morrisou's Diggings Riddell's Creek Corop'" East Brighton Murcbison Sago Hill Cowes Eddington Richmond South UUiDa.

Total number of Post Offices on the B1st December 1871, 706. The third delivery in the suburbs, which was discontinued in 1869,. was'

resumed on the 1st October 1~71. The boundaries of the delivery at Carlton, have been extended to Scotchmere street. .

Letter deliveries have been established at Bright, Eldorado; Eaglehawk, Mansfield, Seymour, and W odonga. .

BuiLDINGS.

. . ,', Arrangements are in progress for tr;tnsferring the Central Telegraph Office. from William sn:eet to a temporary building, now in course of erection, on the vacant portion' of land in Elizabeth street the site of .the future extension of the permanent building. These arrangements, which it is expected will be completed about the end .. of .May, will effect a considerable saving for rent and other expenses connected with the maintenance of the Central Office as at present. It will also, have the effect of economising labor, as the services of the officers now employed in the Telegraph. branch at the General Post Office can be made available for other purposes. More­over, it will greatly facilitate the despatch of business, by concentrating the staff at the Head Office, where all matters pertaining to the administration of .the Department ·have been conducted since the amalgamation of offices in 1869. .

It iEi proposed to open a receiving house at the Custom House, where telegrams may be deposited for transmission by messenger; at regular intervals, to the Central Office for despatch by wire tp destination. . .

. The erection of the temporary buildings referred to has, by restricting the area \available for out-buildings and yard accommodation, shown the necessity for securing some land immediately adjoining the Post Office reserve"in order to provide for the inevitable requirements of the Department in future ye::}rs.

OTHER BUILDINGS.

. At Ballarat, on 13th March, the Telegraph business was· removed, to the new public offices, under the same roof with the Post Office and Bub-Treasury.

At Taradale it has' been found necessary to rent other and. niore convenient premises.

The new buildings at Dunolly, Heathcote, and Kyneton have been completed and occupied. ,

- At Beaufort the new building is rapidly approaching completion, and will, it is anticipated, be occupied about 1st April 1872. -

At Eldorado, Emerald Hill, and St. Kilda telegraphiG communication has been established, and premises rented in each case for offices and quarters.

The telegraph wires having been extended to Eaglehawk, a portion of the court-house has been set apart and occupied as a Post Office and Telegraph station.

The Post and Tel Office at Avoca, having become dilapidated and uninhabitable, it has been to build new offices in a central part of the town, on an allotment of land purchased for the purpose near the shire halL

Repairs and alterations have been effected to the buildings at Bairnsdale, Belfast, Carisbrook, Colac, Echuca, Geelong, Inglewood, Mornington, Queenscliff, Sandhurst, Sandridge, arid 'Villiamstown. '

To the 'building at Collingwood, of which the Post and Telegraph Office forms a portion, a verandah has been added, which greatly conduces to the comfort and convenience of the public transacting business at that office.

Additional iron receiving-pillars have been erected at Sandhurst, St. Kilda, Richmond, and 'VilliamstoWll.

POSTAGE STAMPS.

Provisional ninepenny stamps have been issued since 22nd April, consisting of the tenpenny stamp altered by having the word "ninepence," printed across the face.

Perforated stamped newspaper wrappers, with green borders, have been issued since 17th May. . ~ ,

.The issue of the tenpenny stamp was discontinued on the 21st of June, in consequence of the Brindisi route having superseded the Marseilles route.

One hundred and-eight new licenses for the sale of, stamps to the public have been' granted during the year, and thirty-one revoked, making the total number at present on the books 311.

DENOMINATION, Number, and Value of Postage Stamps Manufactured and Issued at the General Post Office during the Year 1871.

MANUFACTURED; ISSUED.

Denomination. I Numoor. Valu •. Denomination. Number. Valne.

£, 8. d. £, s. d. One-penny stamps .•. 8,060,000 12;750 .0 0 One-penny stamps ... ... 3,406,084 14,192 0 4 ... Onc-penny stamped newspaper One-penny staniped newspaper

174,640 727 13 4 wrappers ... ... 240,338 1,001 7 9 wrappers ... ... ... Twopenny stamps ... 9,269,184 77,248 4 0 Twopenny stamps 8,218,800 68,49() 0 0

.. , ... Twopenny stamped envelopes 11,600 96 18 4 Twopenny stamped enyelopes .... 11,60,0 96 13 4 Twopence - farthing' stamped Twopence - farthing stamped envelopes ... ... 6,020 56 8 9 envelopes ... ... ... 2',940 27 II 8 Threepenny stamps 428,838 5,297 19 {) FourpenllY stamps 96,000 1,600 0 0 ... ... Fourpenny stamps ... 134,077 2,234 12 " .Sixpenny stamps 2-l0,OOO 6.000 0 0 ... ... ... Sixpenny stamps 658,472 16,461 16 0 Ninepenny stamps 54,000 2,025 0 0 ... ... Ninepenny stamps ... 47,778 1,791 13 6 Two-shilling stamps' ... 12,000 1,200 0 °

... '" Tenpenny stamps ... 5.891 245 9 2 .. ,

One-shilling stamps ... 78,425 .8,921 5 0

Totals 11,869,980 92,916 17 11 Two-shilling stamps ... 12,686 1,268 12 0 ... ... Fiye-shilling stamps 5,187 1,296 15 0 ... TotalS ... ... 14,299,575 125,107 16 8

INLAND MAILS.

The amount paid for conv<;yance of Inland Mails, 1871 (including the sum of £6150 paid to the Department ,of Railways), was' £82,183, and the gross number of miles travelled with the Mails was 3,234,287, at an average costbf 61~d. per mile.

The accepted tenders for the year 1872 are very much higher than those for 1871, and average R?Jd. per mile. ' ,

It has been suggested that the contracts for the larger Mail Services be let in future for a period of three years. It is believed that that would lead to increased competition and to wore favorable terms being secured to the Government.

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"' .1d:Jitions and .!1lterations 'tn Ma~l arrangements,' 187l. To and from Darlington and Mortlake, two days a' week, . ' '" ~ i:. ).~o anj:l from Beaufort snd Main Lead, three days a week. To and from Stonyford und.Carpende.it, once. a week. To and from Allansford and Nirranda. once a week. , To ,and from Moonainbel and WarreI),mang, three' days a week. To.arid from GeelolJg and East Geelong, daily: . To and from Durdidwnrrah and Monnt Wallace, two days a·week. To and from BalIan and Ballanee, three days a week..

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Extra ,daily mail to and ,from'Geelollg and Queenscliff during the summer.season (1st January to. , 30th ApriJ, and 1st December to 31st December). , '. .

To and from Port Albert and Stockyard Creek, onco'a, week. . .. , ' . To and from Marysville to 'Jamieson, three'days a week, in'lieu of Mansfield to Jamieson, three days

a week. '" " ,... ' .. , : ... ' , ". ~ " .,. ..,' '. .' . " To and from Echuca and Wyuna, once a we~k. To and from lfIurchison'and Mooroopna, onc.e a week. To arid from Rye and Sorrento, two' days a week, " To and from Dromana and Red Hill, two days a week. 1'6 and froin Murchison' and McMillans, once a week.' ,

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:.To·and from Castlemaine and Chewton, once.a day. additional. . Additional mail every day to ,Fitzroy~.st. ~ilda, Richmond, Collingwood, South:Yarra, and Prahran, . and three deliv.eries to the above and Emerald Hill by letter carrier, instead of two per diem. ' , . An additional clearahce of the'letter-boxes at Fitzroy and Collingwood. . -...." "

To and from Muckleford and Chinaman's Flat, six days a week. To and from Benalla and Mansfield, once a week. , To and from Castlemaine a.nd Maryborough, six days a week in addition to night mail. To and from Moonambel and Warrenmang, three days a week • . 1'0 and from Shelbourne and East Shelbourne, three days a week. 4-h additional mail a week from Frankston and Hastings. . Triand from -Leigh Road Railway Station and Inverleigh,·three days It week. To and from Mount Cameron.and Mount Greenock, three days a week~', ' An additional mail from Stratford to Sale with correspondence for England. Additional mail daily to and from Drummond and Glenlyon. Additional mail daily to and fro~ Minersrest ~ndM~unt Blowharq.,.

, , To and from' Inglewood 'and Powlett.Plairis;once' a week. ". '. ,

Additiona;l-lnail daily to and from Ne;wsteadRn.d'Joyce's Creek, ,l'o and from, Tylden and East Trentham, three days a week. To and from MUI:chison and Mooroopna, once a week .. Ross Creek to Smythesdale and Avoca to Nattie Yallock re-establishe'd. Deviation to Briagolong, two days a' week. Increase of speed of an hour in conveyance of the mails between Dromana, Mornington, and Melbourne. ,~'." - ~' .~ ~ ,,' ,'. . . . ." '.:". '" -, ,:r

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EXTENSION OF ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH LI}'TES. ,

The underm(:mti~ned extensions havt: been completedduriilg the past year :-, .' Wood's Point to Ga,ffney's Creek ... 12 m~les}

Camperdown to Terang , ... ... 13 mIles . . , Saridhurst ,~q ~a.gleh~"'lr .... ..• , . " 5 miles

• ,I Additional.Wires e1'ected during,1871. Ballaraf.to CresWick ';.. . '12 miles ,,"

" Beaufort. 28 miles Castlemaineto.Sa,ndhurst ... ';.. 22 miles'

". < Lines in course of:'Con'Structio~ to he completed during 1872. " Port Albert to,'Vilson's,Prl)montory: ,78 iniles . , .:j 'j: C,~~tlenii1me to':vryersto'wn~ ~ .: ;: ::.~'~: .. ,6 miles I' . "

,. M#bour:g.e to Richmond... , ... ,I 2 miles (op~ned 2nd January 1872) ~ ..... ~,".~~~~"~,; ·_~::·.~_'Ej'iler!!t(L:u:m::,:~ .. _.,',~~. ,_L!l!Ue.1~pelled3~h ~~~~ry 1872)

Ha.wthorn ... . .. 4 miles Bright~n ,"; ,11 miles "

" , ./ Wires dispensed with and taken d01fJn dur.ing 1871. .

. 1 Third wire. between·.Long.wood anq. Benalla,. 40 .~i~es. .It is proposed, to. er~ct this line betweeIJ.· Melbourn~ and Kilmore; to ' .. connect with. the 'Heathcote branch t9. Sandhutst.· -" .", '," '.. .... . <., . "

. It is' also coiltempiated to' "dispe'nse yvith' the' speCial ',~ire, 35' Pilles" ~o MorniIigton, ,a:p.d replace MorningtoIi office on the, Mor~eci;t:cuit of the Southern Coast line'.' ' .: . .,! ' . .' ' . , . " . •

. F~lrparticul3;rs rt:lating .tQ .' the"',Electric .:r~le~aph, 9~~in:ess )vj~I.J:>~_f()l!P-.4 appended to this 'Report. .. ,. .' '''', . ....,.,' '- .. , '-. . :... ,d .. ,

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. ' Pending·the opening of the telegraph in connection with the cable at Port Darwin, telegrams have been received for despatch by l\tIail steamer to Ceylon for trans­mission to all parts of the world to which the electric telegraph has been extended ..

The question of placing the whole of the lines, of the colony on open circuit has been under consideration, 'and from the various reports on the subject there can be no doubt that it is highly desirable steps should be taken in this direction with as little delay as possible. The first outlay has been estimated at £1650, but such an, outlay would eventually lead to a more economical working of the lines. The open circuit systeIll, which is jn operation in all the European countries, would give increased command of the lines to all stations, and thus afford greater security against interruption. to business, from acts of omission or commission py operators, trifling in themselves,. but of most serious importance in their consequences, to which the lines are liable under the presen,t system. The probability of electric telegraph communication being shortly opened with England, and of messages being received. at night, points to the necessity for the change being immediately effected.

STEAM POSTAL COMMUNICATION,

In September 1871 a ConfeI:ence of Delegates from the colonies of Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, and Queensland, assembled in

'Melbourne, and agreed ·to the following terms for the establishment of a Postal Service between the colonies and England :-

The colonies above mentioned to contribute towards th~ maintenance of two Postal lines-one between London and Sydney by way of Suez, and the other between London and ylelbourne by way of San Francisco-. ~ sum not exceeding £123,000 per annum in the followi~g proportions, based on the relative population of such colonies, viz. :-

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Victoria ... ... New South Wales ... South Australia Queensland ,.. Tasmania

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! Estimated Population (exclusive Proportionate Payment,

of Aborigines).

728,734 501,580 185,626 115,000 100,000

1,630,940

£ II. d. 54,958 13 3 87,827 9 5 13,999 6 ° 8,672 18 2

,.' 7,541 13 2

Il12~,;;-o-0-, . clL • ,.

This sum was fixed on the assumption that one-half of the total cost of both services would . be borne by the Imperial Government. The following were the conditions upon which the contributions were to have been paid :-

1. Mails t,o be delivered at destination by each ·route within 48 days. 2. Steamers by the Suez route to deliver and receive Mails at Glenelg

(Holdfast Bay) in South Australia, and in Melbourne. Australian terminus of line, Sydney. .

3. ·Steamers by the San Francisco route to deliver and receive Mails at Moreton Is1and, Queensland, and at Sydney, New South Wales. Australian terminus Of line, .Melbourne.

4. Time Table of the two lines to be so· arranged as to provide for the arrival and despatch of a Mail every fortnight.

The colony of New Zealand was to have been permitted to join. in agreement, on payment of proportion of cost on basis of population and of necessary branch service.

The contributions of the colonies would then have stood thus :-

Victoria ... New South Wales _,. South Australia ... Queensland .. . Tasmania .. . New Zealand

., /

Estimated Population I (exclusive ., Proportionate Payment.

of Aborigines). . . i~-~---

£ s. d. -7.28,734 47,492 II 2 501,580 32,688 12 9 185,626 ; 12,097 9 9 llS,OOO 7,494 ·14 0 100,000 6,517 3 ° 256,393 -i 16,709 9 4

I,B87,~aa -I £123,000 ° ° Period of contracts to have· been -for five years certain,.

12

This agr~ement, which was subject to the approval C?f the Legislatures of the colonies interest~d therein, was ratified by the Victorian House of Assembly on 17th October, but has since become void in consequence of its having been rejected by the Assembly of New South vVales. .

Shortly befor~ the meeting of the Conference above referred to, the Government of Victoria gave notice of its intention to withdraw from the existing !trrangement for ~he conveyance of the Mails from Ceylon to Sydney; and information lias since been received that the Postmaster-General in England has.decided to terminate the contract with the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company for the Australian Mail Service, which will consequently expire on the 31st December 1873, until which- time this colony is bound by agreement to continue to pay its proportion of the Colonial moiety of the subsidy. . "

According to the account prepared-by the Receiver and Accountant-General of the General Post Office, London: the estimated pl:oportion of the Colonial moiety of ~ the subsidy to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, and of th~ cost of the service to and from Point de Galle,' with incidental expenses; due by Victoria for 1871, is £44,415 5s. 2d. ,

There is also' in this account £9055 11s. debited against this colony, being amount undercharged in 1870, which, added to the 'amount previously charged, brings the total cost on' account of that year up to £44,584 16s. This has been caused by the establishment in 1870 of the service to New Zealand via San Francisco, and the consequent withdrawal of the greater portion of the New Zealand correspondence ,from the Suez route, which rendered necessary an' adjustment of the account after the estimated sums due by the respective colonies had been rendered, as published at page 12 of Report of this Department for last year. '

. In the account for the year 1870 certain sums were debited to the colonies for the service between the United Kingdom and Point de Galle, on account of the additional subsidy claimed for the year 1869 by the Peninsular a.nd Oriental Steam NavigatioI;l Company under clause 38 of the contract of November 1867 for con­veyance of India and China Mails. As, however, a new contract was entered into in April 1869, by which the addition to the original subsidy was fixed at £50,000 instead of a probable payment of'£100,000, credit has been given in the account for 1871 for the difference thus arising in favor of the colonies.

The following return shows the gross amount chargeable to the Australian Colonies and New Zealand, on account of the Mail Packet Service for the year 1871 :- '

RETURN 'showing the Amounts Chargeable on the Australian Colonies and New Zealand on account of the Mail Packet Service for the Year 1871.

Number 01 Seryice between

Service between Service between . l .. ctWn Inwards Service to King George's Sound l,[elhourne . Colonies. and Point de Galle • Point de Gltlle .. ud and and Outwards King GeQrge~s Sound. lI!clbourne, 1'ydney. in 1870. "'.

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d, £ 8. d. Victoria. ... . .. ... 1,012,860 13,798 11 '2 19,627 I 11. 9,242 2 1 . .. New South Wales ... ... 404,240 5,508 0 8 7,834 12 8 3,688 15 0 3,905 5 9 South Australia ... ... 208,610 2,842 ,6 1 4,042 18 0 ..- .. . New Zealand ... ... 183,585 -2,500 10 11 3,556 15 7 1,675 15 8 1,773 13 1 Tasmania ... ... 70,678 962 12 6 1,369. 4 9 644 0 3 ... Queensland ... ... ... 176,225 2,400 17 3 3,414 19 10 1,608 7 0 1,702 1 2 Western Australia ... ... 34,248 467 1 5 664 7 3 ... , .. .

I--Totals ... ... 2,090,446 28,480 0 0 40,510 0 0 ,16,859 0 0' 7,381 0 0

Moiety 01 Cost Moiety ot Expenses Estimated Number Egyptian Colonies.

ot of of , Tr .. ",ltRat.c Totals • MaUBoxes . NaYill Agents Newspapers, &0., on Newspapers, &0., and lu Inwards anu viII. Suez.

Mall Bags. Charge 01 Malls, Outward!, t:id Suez.

£ 8. d. £ $. d. £ s, d. £ s. d. 'Victoria. ... ... . .. 96 18 0 156 5 0 1,835,i21 1,494 7 0 44,415 5 2 New South Wales ... ... 88 13 7 62 7 6 730,578 594 8 6 21,632 3 8 South Australia '" ... 19 19 2 32 3 9 387,498 815 5 0 7,252 12 0 New Zealand ... ... 17 11 2 28 6 4 432,950 852 6 0 9,904 18 9 Tasmania. ... ... ... 6 15 3 10 18 0 248,027 201 16 6 3,195 7 8 Queensland ... ... . .. 16 17 3 27 3 8 292,957 '238 4 6 9,408 10 8 Western Australia. ... '" 3 5 7 5 5 9 66,039 53 12 6 1,193 12 6

Totals ... ... 200 0 0 322 10 0 3,993,770 3,250 0 0 97,002 10 0

The estimated receipts by Victoria on account of'this service during 1871 are­Postage on letters, including registration fee .,. £16,654: 19 10 .

" Newspapers' 2,457 2 8

" Packets 266 14 10

--~--- £19,378 17 4 Showing deficiency on the year of £25,036 'ls. lOd.

The folrowing statement shows the. amounts charged against the Australian· ,Colonies and. New Zealand in eactt year from 1866 to 1871 inclusive on account of Mail Packet Service, according to the number of letters received .and despatched to tlte United Kingdom, as per annual .statement from the London office. Also the actual cost' to Victoria on adjusted accounts from 1866 to 1870.inclusive ;-

Year. Victoria. , New South W .. le •. South Austra.lia.. New Zealand.

Letters. . . ,£ s. d. I..etters. ,£ s . d. Letters. £ s. d. Letters. £ 8. d. 1866 ... 1,094,668 28,774 16 11 475,302. 14,635 10 6 251,423 5,098 1 ° 758,843 23,494 9 6 1867 .. , 1,076,799 37,297' 2 7 468,494 20,495 11 9 267,71 I 7,038 10 5 54,598 2,141 ° 11 1868 ... 965,193 42,145 14 1 390,355 21,063 ° 2 246,727 8,385 16 1 102,545 5,931 3 r 1869 .... 964,624 46,555 16 2 313,937 19,418 1'1: I 224,695 8,454 14 ° 64,445 4,317 1 3 1870 ." 990,164 ! 35,529 5 8 414,446 17,470 5 3 221,936 6,26213 6 559,046 23,671 2 4 1871 ... 1,012,86°1 44,415 5 2 404,240 21,6~2 3 8 208,610 7,252 12 ° 183,585 9,904 18 9

-6,104,308 234,718 0 7 2,466,774 114,715 8 5 1,421,102 42,492 7 ° 1,723,062 69,459 15 10

Year., Tasmania. Queenala,;it. Western A1lB~nilia. Total. ----

Letters. £ s. d. Letters. £ $. d. Letters. £ s. d. Leiters. £ 8. d. 1866 .. , 82,176 2,213 13 11 242,124 7,424 7 4 34,644 719 9 2 2,939,180 82,360 8 4 1867 ... 79,421 2,859 4 ° 251,032 1.0,909 16 7 35,442 968 13 9 2,233,497 81,710 0 0 1868 ... 75,410 3,333 12 10 203,635 10,960 10 5 35,963 1,255 13 4 2,019,828 93,075 10 ° 1869 ... 72,438 3,584 6 4 175,153 10,761 16 6 35,490 1,345 18 8 1,850,782 94,438 10 0 1870 ... 71,206 2,613 17 1 ! 178,351 7,50)' 0 2 35,774 1,015 6 ° 2,470,923 94,068 10 0 1871 ... 70,678 3,195 7 3

1

176,225 9,408 10 8 34,248 1,193 )2 6 2,090,446 97,00.2 10 0 --~-- ---------.451,329 17,800 1 5 1,226,520 56,966 1 8 1111,56) 6,498 13 5 13,604,656 542,650 8 4

The following returns show the number of letters, packets, and newspapers received and despatched by the Royal Mail Steamers each voyage:-

RECEIVED.

Dat •• Name of V€$lIel. Letter&. I Packet •• N 6wspapers.

1871. January 18 ... Avoca ... ... . .. 42,447 2,489 104,633 ]'ebruary 17 ... Gee1011g ... ... ... 42,048 2,706 112,495 March 15 ... Rangoon ... ... ... 42,667 2,578 . 108J555 April 11 ... Avoca ... . .. ... 40,964 2,286 95,527 May 13 ... Geelong ... ... .. . 41,654 2,324 97,053 June 6 ... Rangoon ... ... .. . 38,576 2,390 98,545

'July 3 ... Avoca ... .. . ... 39,678 2,301 91,541 July 31 ... Geelong ..... .. . ... ,38,187 2,175 92,635 August 26 ... Rangoon ... .. . ... 38,391 2,109 90,071 "-

September 26 ... Nubia ... ... .... 38,307 . 2,144 88,494 October 25 ... Geelong ... ... ." 39,197 2,113 88,522 November 28 ... Behar ... ... . .. 2,022 46 J,985 December 24 ... Nubia ... ... .... 44,188 I

• 2,175 91,622

Totals ... ... 488,326 27,836 1,161,678

DESPATCHED ..

Date ol.Despatch. Nama of Steamer. Letters. Packetf • Newspapers. . 1871.

Ja~uary 3 ... Geewng ... ... .. . 34,986 - 577 41,641

" 81 ... Rangoon ... .n ..' 45,482 1,015 53,338

February 28 ... Avoca ... ... . .. 41,687 1,206 40,778 March 28 • n Geelong ... ... ... 44,021 1,005,

r :::~~: ' April -28 ... Rangoon . .. '" ... 38,674 829 May 21 ... Avoca ... ... . .. 38,857 887 45,918 June- 18 ... Geewng '" ... .. . 43,828 834 42,134 July 16 ... Rangoon ... ... . .. 42,985 735 45,33~ August 13 ... Avoca ... . .. .../ 41,694 828 43,961 September 10 ;"1 Geelong ... ~ ... ... 40,297 765 45,511 October 10 ... Rangoon '" ... . .. 43,263 790 64.508

" 16 ... Malacca '" •• 4 ... 1,882 48 2,507

November 7 ... Nubia ... . .. ... 37,188 764 41,769 December 5 ... Geelong ... ... .. . 27,693 561 38,092

-.-Totals ... ... 622,487 10,844 589,712 -

14

.' Actual' .cost of service to Victoria, as ,per adjusted accounts for "service from 1866 to 1870 inclusive, £199,119 lOs., or an average of £39,835 18s. during the

-five years. " . ' The Mail steamershave.be~n before their time at Melbourne on nine voyages

from Galle, out of the thirteen performed during the year, a?d on the whole the seryice has been satisfactorily performed, as is shown ~y the following statement :-

, .

S,TATBlI!ENT showing the Dates upon 'which the Royal Mail 'Steamers were Due in Melbourne, and the , ", Dates upon which they Arrived; also the Duration of the"Voyage from Galle .

.. ,

NaUle' of St~l;IUler, Dae at Melbourne. '" Arriyed at Melbourne. Duration of Voyage Late.

Before , from Galle, Appointed Tim·e.

IS71. lS71. Days hours minutes. Days. Data. Avoca . .... , ... 'January 19th ... January lsth .. . 20 ' S 30 ... 1 Geelong ... ... February 16th ... FeJlruary 17th . .. '22 6 50 1 ... Rangoon' ,'" ... March 16th March 15th . .. 20 20 25 . .. 1 Avoca ... ... April 13th ... April lIth :20 2 45 ... 2 Geelong " ... ... May llth ... May 13th .. . 23 ~ 5 20 " 2 ... Ijangoon ." - ... June sth:., ... June 6th . .. 21 1 0 ... 2 Avoca' ... ... july 6th ... ... July3rd •.• .. . 20 16 0 '" 3 Geelong ... ... August 3rd , ... 'July 31~t .. . .19 9' 40 . .. 3 Rangoon ... ... August 31st . .. August 26th. ... IS 4 40 . .. 5 Nubia ... ... Scptember 28th ... September 26th .. . 20 1 15 . .. 2 Geelong ... ... October 26th '. ~. October 25th. ... 22 13 0 . .. 1 Behar ... November 23rd ... November 2sth ... 2'0· 10 50 ,5· i . .. Nubia"'· ;;; .. -C" ... December 21st - ... . December 23rd ... 23 22 () 2 . ..

> , ,

CALIFORNIAN. ROUTE.

Mails fo~ theU nited states and for 'Engiand were despatched ,dt+ring the months of May, June, July, and Aug~lst, by a line of' steamers from Sydney to San Franciscq, via Fiji and: . Honolulu, cliaru;red by Mr. :W. H. Hall, of Sydney, for the

,-service, an arrangement having been entered into by. Messrs. Osborne, Cushing, and Co;, tl~e Melbo~r:p.e agents, that the ordinary gratuity of one penny per letter only should be paid, pending more permanent arrangements. In August 1871 the Hon. H. Parkes, of Sydney, as representative of Mr. Hall; submitted a proposal to this Government for. a. seryige ~very hUl,l;t:t: . month from .Melbourne to San Francisco, via Sydney, Fiji, and Honolulu, and offered to contract, under suitable penalties, to' deliver Mails i~ Melbou,rne from Liverpool in 48 days, the amount asked from Victoria for the service being £2Q,000 per annUm. The steamers were, however, 'shortly after this 'withdrawn from the line, as. ,the enterprise di~: not receive sufficient encourage­ment from the, re~pective Governments whose support had been ~lculated upon .

. '. '

In September 1871' the steamship Nebraska. arrived in Mell;>ourne, vid California. This vesse~ is one of.a line of steamers belonging to .Me~srs::'Vebb and Holliday, of New Yoi'k, who . are under contract with' the Goverrunent of New Zealand'to mn a line of··Mail steamers for ten years between San Fl;ancisco and New Zealand iri~5'days;-iilchidirig stoppages-:-Aucklarid being the first port of arnval and lastof,departure-thirteen voyages.to be performed each way every year. .Contract9rs

. to mIi steamer every 28 days from Auckland to Sydney, and between Sydney and Auckland in CoIine'ction' with the' main line; and, if required by the-Govermnentof.'New Zealand, orth"e contractors at· their option, maYTun the steamerspfrom Sydney to Melbourne, and from Melbourne to· Sydney; but shall not· be l~equired to run the steamers to, and from ,Melbourne, unle~s the,Victorian,Goyernrpent pay ,~30,000 per annum, to 'pe' equally. divided.' b~tween- the Government' ·of ·N ew Zeal~nd and the contractors.' Time allowed ,between San Francisco and .Syuney' 31 day~,~:tl?e Goverp-ment of Ne,,!, Z~aland P!1ying £P.Q,OOO.per annum for th~'s~:vjc~.;, '.~:~:

- The Nebraska. took Mails:"from, Melbourne on her··return voyage(on payment to the'master 9f the ve~isel of the. gratuhy allowed by law of one penny.,p.er)etter ,; and Mails have been fOI'warded on the same terms each month- from Melhourne for trans-missionfronl Sydney' by the "stearriers em:rloyed on the line. '*' . I

.. A contract has since bGen entered into by the Government of Victoria (subject to approval of the House of. Assembly) and the Government of 'New Zealand, with .Messrs. Webb'&lld Holliday, for. the conveyance of Mails thirteen times in each year to and from Melbourne and San Francisco. '

.... ~~ .. -----------

i5

STATEMENT showing Number of Letters ForW2J;ded, and Received by Mail Stea.mers employed in, Californian , Mail Service.

America FIJI. Honolulu. and England. Total.

West Indies.,

I I

\

Generlll l'erlod,1871. d d ,,; .g oj Total.

~ " 'l.i .. ,,; d '2i .g '5 '" '1J ~ ~

.. ~ -!i ''Ii! i I l> .!:

i ! il ~ " 'i3 . '" - 0 i .i 0 ! .' .. ~ ~ '" " "". ~ A "" ------.----,--------,----i

HALL'S LINE. From 1st May to 26th August, five Mails ' ,

inwards, five Mails outwards ... . .. 459 604 34 90 4,067 2,354 ... 635 4,560 3,683 8,2~S -

WEBB'S LINE. From 25th September to 20th Decembet,

four Mails inwards, four Mails out-wards .. " ... ~ , .... ~ .. ~ .... ... ... .. . 510' ... .. . 74 4,747 2,153 31 298, 11,288 2,525 . 7,813 ----- .. - . 16,056 .

.--, ... .,

TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH EUROPE .A.JgD THE EAST.

, The telegraph cable was !succe~sfully laidhetwee'rl'Java and the Australian, shore on 17th November 1871; but, owing to unexpected difficulties retarding the completion of the overland telegraph . line between Port Augusta in South Aust1.'s:lia and Port ;Darwin, it is not expected th~t through;commuriicati'on bY' wire can be established until the end of July 1872. .

, It is stated to be the intention of South Australia to establish in the meantime a horse express to, convey messages over the unfinished' portion of the' line, and the most eJ?ergetic measures have been taken for overcoming the obstacles in the way of this ~reat undertaking.* . .. :

MONEY ORDER AND SAVINGS BANK BRANCH.

, The number' of Money Orders issued during the year was 100,908, against 91,002 in 187P; the difference showing an increase of 9906, or 10'88 per cent.

Thenumber of Money Orders paid during the year was 90,182, against 79,.191 in 1870; 'the difference showing an increase of 10,991, or ] 3'81 per cent.

The value of the Money Orders issued during the year was £313,223 13s. 3d., against £291,626 3s. 5d. in 1870,; the difference showing an increase of £21,597 9s. 10d., or 7'40 per cent. - .

The value of the Money Orders paid during the year was £290,066 Os. 5d., against 261,871 15s. in 1870; the difference -showing an increase of £28,194 5s. 5d., or 10'76 per cent. 1 i

, .The·number of new Savings Bank accounts opened during the year was 8864, the number closed 5237; and the number remaining open on the 31st December was 24,804. . ' . . T~e total amount' of Deposits received during the year was £292,679 17s. 3d. j and 'the amorp.:jt repaid was £229,871 18s. 11d. . ',' ., , .' 1':he total amount' of Interest placed I to the credit of the. depbsitors for ~he year was £11,167 28: 2d. . 'rhe total amount of i Balances to 'the credit of the depositors on the 31st December 1871 was £353,525 4s. 10d.; 'and at the 31st December 1870, '£279,55.0, ~s;·.4d.; the diff{)rence showing an increase' of £73,975 Os. 6d., oJ;' 26'46 per cent. ,.

T~e total number of depositors' accounts at 31st December be,ipg 24,804, and !be amolfnt ;of the balances being, £353,525 4s. 10d., the average balanc:e was £14 5s. Old. ' . ,....,

Of the '24,804 accounts remaining open on the 31st December-_ ' : 20~800 did not exceed £20. .. .."

.. '-,,' , 2;222 were above £20 but did not exceed £50 '. 1,014". £50 " £100 .

, 370 " £'100 "'" £150

.. l. ~

. 147 ,,£150 " £200 : 251 " £200

; " .. Proposals have been mace, llnu are now unuer consideration, for running It steam'er twice or three times a month with telegr:ulB, between Port Darwin and Normantown, to which place the telegraph 'lines of Queensland have been:

.. !l}tteI!.ded.

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The total number of deposits received during the year was 63,693, averaging £4 11s. 10id. each. .

The total number of repayments was 2~,2'13, averaging £10 6s. lltd. each. -, Twelve new Money, Order Offices we~'e opened, making the number open at

the close ,of th~ year 207. . .. . . . . Ten new Savings Banks :were opened, making the number open at the close of

the vear. 122. . ' - . " Of the 24,804 dep~sitors at the close of the year, 14,858 were males, and 9946

females. . . .

POST OFFICE MONEY ORDERS.

RETURN of-the Number of Money 'Order Offices, the Number and Amou'nt of Orders issued and Paid, in the Colony of Victoria during the year 1871, and the Amouut of Revenue received for Commission. .

Number of .. Money Order

. Oll!ces in 1811.

Net Revenue received

from Commission on Orders.

Orders Iesued.

Number. Amount.

Orders Paid, Total Transactions.

Number. Amount. Number. AmOlUlt.

-----1---------------1----------1----1-----£ s. d. £ s .. d. £ 8. d. 8. d •.

.207 4,159 0 8 100,908 .313,223 13 .3 90,182 290,066 ° 5 191,090 603,289 13 8

RETURN showing the Number and Amount of Orders Issued and Paid at each Money Order Office in Victoria' ~ during the Year 1871.

. Olllee.

Alexandra .. , Amherst ... Ararat .. . Ascot .. : .. . Avenel .. . Avoca... .. . Bacchus Marsh Bairosdale ... Banan... .., Ballarat ... Barry's Reef ... Beaufort .. . Becohworth .. . Belfast ... llenalla ... Berlin ... nirregurrll ... Branxholme .. . Bright .. . Brighton ... Broadford .. . Brunswick .. . Bucklalld .. . BUllgaree ... Buninyollg ... Campbell's Creek Cll.wperdown ... Caramut .. , Carisbrook .. . Carlton .. . Casterton . .. . Castlemain6 ... Cheltenham. . .. Chewton ... Chiltaru .. ' Clunes ... Coburg ... Colao ... .. . Coleraine .. . Collingwood·. ... _ Corop... . ... Cowes ... Cranbourne '" Cressy ... Creswick .. . Dandanong ' .. . Dllylesford .. . Digby... • .. Donnelly's Creak Dromana' .. . DrYBda.!e .. . Dunkeld .. . Dunolly , .. Eaglehawk .•. East Brighton .. . Eohilca .. .

Orders Issued.

No. Amount.

;/I; •• d. 647 1,728 2 0 174' 63614·0 872 2,642 2 9 44 210 18 0

487 1,981 6 2 701 1,952.6 1 356 1,162 18 11 484 1,473 14 11 256 865 1 1

7,9i9 23,643 9 7 104 299 18 9 504 1,537 16 2 992 3,297 19 8 628 1,775 15 5 637 1,752 14 8 340 1,231 16 10 III 375 6 8 130 396 18 5 837 1,009 5 7 124 265 1 2 2~7 1,046 16 11 236 627 13 6 111 555 15 2 72 265 12 0

433 1,343 3 4-116 259 4 11

. 598 1,727 15 4 114 250 15 1 347 1,163 7 5 520 1,600 12 8 550 2,350 18 6

2,282 6,626 11 6 134 434 15 4 288 782 18 7 336 966 14 8

2,008 5,250 17 2 125 473 7 1 547 1,944 7 1 540 1,835 3 2

1,384 4,171 14 3 47 163 11 6 5 '8116

74 286 [) 10 107 " 363 2 8 670 1,922 1 2 103 400 13 2

1,239 3,369 I 5 117 345 17. 0 99 263 811 43 166 17 3 70 174 15 1

'156 459 8 8 663 1,684 9 11

1,187 3,137 4 1 8 26 1 0

890 2,741 14 11

Orders Paid.

No.

140 83

520' 10 47

312 149 100 149

9,603 38

236 883 405 406 186

8 23

123 156 51

224 4

15 320 134 270 10 81

760 99

1,685 68

184 208 • 803 79

,233 . 95

2,108 11 14 22 27

476 84

620 29 17 18 23 24

356 272

1 373

Amount.

;/I; •• d. 623 13 -4 131 6 2

1,8.U 2 5 4\1 7 0

201 18 10' 1,223 13 . 1

444 5 3 793 1 4 410 5 9

26,76<1 5 9 76 1 0

79" 5 1 3,263 3 10 1,453 0 7 1,632 3 1

656 3 4 14 15 0 98 17 4

488 12 1 580 13 10 219 2 9 800 2 10

22 4. 2 44 2 6

1,025 5 5 526 5 6 925 8 8

17 16 4. 247 11 0

2,400 14 10 470 0 7

5,097 18 10 174 12 11 483 10 9 788 10 6

2,347 12 5 362 19 11 815 8 5 358 5 6

6,248 16 10 27 17 8

112 18 0 79 9 6

170 5 10 1,353 4 11

277 6 5 1,959 2 9

98 6 4 71 4 6 57 5 10 86 14 2 83 0 2

930 19, Ii 885 17 8

8 18 0 1,189 15 5

Office.

Edenhope ... Eddington '" ~~ldorado .. , Eltham .. . ]Cmerald Hill ... ' Epsom .. . Footscrav .. . Fryer.toivn ... Gaffney's Creek Geelong ... GisDorlle ... Grant ... ... Graytown ... Guildford ... Hamilton .. . Happy Valley .. . Hastings ... Hawthorn ... Heathcote' ... Heidelberg .. ' Hexham ... Heywood ". Horsham .. . Hotham .. . Inglewood .. . Illverleigh .. . Jamieson .. . Jasper Road .. . Kangaroo Flat .. , Kellor .. . Kerang .. . Kaw .. . Kilmore .. . Kingower .. . ·Kin~ston .. . KOl'oit ... Kyneton ." Lanoefield Lalldsborou!;h ... Learmonth ... Lilydale ... Linton's ... IJonglVood ... . Macarthur .. . Mafi'ra., .. " .. . Majorca .. . Maldon' .. . Malmesbury ... Mansfield .. .

.M aryborouglJ .. . :Melton .. . Meredith , .. Merino ... 1\1 oonam bel, .. ,\'loonea Ponds ... J.lloruiligton ...

!

Orders Issued •

, No.

102 9

474 66

654 154 76

240 306

3,720 295 180 263 180 880 159 99

180 547 60 97

198 18t 506 632 90

259 16

340 25 88

100· 852

- 98 147 145

1,336 254 176 226 204 304 117 175 75

441. 718 294 515

1,227 68

333 260 ]()8

159 268.

Amouni,

£, $. d. 395 6 1 430 10 6

1,526 6 1 407 13 11

1,759 9 10 4.69 19 8 213 11 7 693 2 4 899 3 2

10,560 12 6 836 16 6 821 15 2 7;;0 2 8 666 0 8

3,039 6 2 498 11 8 426 11 5 568 19 7

1,687 1 2 175 13 6 275 4 0 592 9 10 636 14 6

1,577 19 8 1,847 7 1

407 18 5 684 10 7

40 17 2 !)IO . 7 3

92 8 4 102,111 280 12 6

2,470 16 9 292 12 3 825 18 8 427 12 10

3,913 16 6 826 18 5 485 9 5 646 15 0 778 2 1 798 12 6 357 17 8 666 4 9 267· 1 4

1,042 5 11 1,892 12 3

693 17 4 },720 14. 2 3,540 4 1

237 17 4 1,174 8 1

801 1 1 319 18 3 505 14 7 994. 8 9

Orders Pald. '

No.

11 18 59 15

1,055 46 73

, 112 39

4,782 169 46

304 83

986 27

• 10 131 285 50 13 23 58

446 312 . 22 100

2 85 17 84

115 669 .26 45 59

817 70 86 96 63

141 43 25 26

252 530 196 160 516 44 94 43 26. 47

129

Amount. . £, ,. d. 56 16 6 56 7 3

209 9 7 65 14 6

3,540 11 11 195 1 6 215 4 3 293 19 7 97 11 9

15,543 12 4 633 7 5 225 5 7

.726 13 7 289]0 3

4,010 7 0 63 10 4 31 4 6

514 19 7 915 3 4 153 6 7 64 11 ° 73 0 0

264.18 7 1,432 12 6 1,055 2 11

72 1 10 327 3 2 700

298 17 " 63 19 6 75 6 9

450 0 5 2,790 6 2

738 8 196 9 10 165 II 6

2,861 11 1 246 4 8 105 13 1 373 0 1 227 ,8 4 474 \I 1 IllS 19 10 98 7 5

109 17 0 726 0 11

1.385 3 I} 520 4 4 760 8 8

1,830 16 8 193 4 11 447 7 2 248 11 8 73 7 6 U8 -18 1

49<i 1 8

RETURN showing the Number and Amount of Oraera Isau,ed and, Paid at e~ch Mouey Order Office in Victoril. during the Year 1871......::continued.

I I ,

Orders Issued. Orders Pr.ld. ,Orders Issued. Orders Paid. OIne •• Office.

No. ,Amount. No. I Amount. No. ! 'Amount. No. Amount. . ,£ s. d. ,£ $. d. £. s. d. £ s. d.

Morrison's '" 135 382 3 5 26 130 811 Smythesdllie ... 316 758 9 4 314 1,071 17 4 Mortlake 375 1,104 10 1 87 220 18 10 SIlll.ke Valley ... 187 708 17 9 65 280 7 6 MountBla()kwd~'d 285 652 4 6 134 221 16 7 Snowy Creek ... 4l 68 5 2 6 40 6 0 Moullt ~;gerton 810 827 16 8 111 321 6 6 South Yarra. ... 275 771 5 0 336 888 2 0 Moyston ... llll 311 4 8 49 158 2 10 Stawell ... 1,847 0,722 2 3 624 2.115 Ii 4, Murchison ... 11 58 8 0 ... . .. Stei~litz . .. 364 802 1 8 118 340 8 8 Nagllmbie ... 277 1,508 Ii 8 25 142 6 6 Stratford ... 125 381 14 11 62 266 17 3 Newbridge ... 134 418 3 4 42 134 19 11 SLreatham ... 180 705' 9 3 44 202 12 7 Newstead ... 165 501 11 2 66 155 18 11 Stuartmill ... 182 331 15 1 26 108 H! 3 Oakleigh ... 7l 250 13 7 '20 74 16 6 Sunbury ... 248 794 9 2 68 252 3 0 Omeo ... .. , 256 925 17 7 44 314 8 0 Swan Hill ... 94 305 16 10 33 157 7 6 Ondit ... ... 223 734 10 11 33 90 10 8 'l'albot ... 1,062 2,676 16 3 433 1,374 11 7 Pensburst 295 834 11 0 52 178 9 3 'l'aradale ... 470 1,835 18 8 358 1,019 12 6 Pentland Hills::: 83 266 10 0 26 79 19 8 'l'aruagulla. ... 294 981 17 4 284 94416 9 Piggoreet ... 390 1,360 3 7 129 40613 8 'l'erang ... 479 81019 1 45 232 8 6 Port Albert ... 356 1,212 12 3 162 580 12" 3 'J;oorak . .. 58 277 2 1 48 125 16 6 Portland ... 763 2,155 14 11 690 2,555 18 7 'l'raralgon' . .. 58 101 9 6 10 64 6 2 Prabran ... 640 1,810 19 6 535 1,738 18 5 'l'rentham ... 61 210 19 2 24 117 18 7 ~ueenscliff ... 288 908 2 6 816 975 11 6 Ullina ... ... 5 16 9 6 ...

1i7" 18 edbank ... 158 485 7 1 29 11403 10 Vaughan . .. 90 238 1 1 41 0 Richmond 610 1,877 19 4 1,010 3,094 11 9 Wabgunyah ... 186 598 1 8 82 241 3 5 }tichmond South 48 159 15 11 10 20 10 0 Walhalla 700 2,672 18 S 156 661 4 4. Riddell's Creek 87 207 10 10 42 129 8 0 Wangaratta ::: 552 1,915 5 1 810 1,230 15 1 Rokewood ... 898 1,309 2 4 80 254 8 1 Warrnambool .... 1,242 4,029 0 5 i87 2,769 5 8 Itomsey ... 165 523 1 1 .65 220 1 3 ' Wedderburn '" 170 803 16 4 78 213 10 5 Rosedale .,. 240 951 411 89 340 13 5 Whroo ... 119 497 13 6 28 83 8 S Rushworth ... 515 2,121 10 7 101 381 6 3 Wickliffe 185 765 3 2 28 143 11 8 Rutherglen ... 825 1,395 12 n 157 575 13 11 Williamstown ::: 808 2,731 7 8 532 1,746 18 7 St. Arnaud ... 377 1,069 19 5 2ti4 910 18 0 Winchelsea ... 180 651 18 1 43 108 13 6 St. Kildl\ ... 674' 1,812 19 6 772 2,842 18 1 Wodollga ... 413 1,546 4 4 55 293 15 3 Sago Hill ... 19 83 4. 7 2 5 18 0 Woodend

Wood's Point ::: 519 1,(;22 9 6 205 788 011

Sale ... 580 2,002 o 10 674 2,122 5 6 687 2,033 11 {) 232 920 9 4 San1b~'rst .... 7,867 23,709 9 1 3,226 10,143 2 4 Yackandandah ... 292 846 7 8 145 475 3 4 Sandridge ... 41)4 1,438 0 0 390 1,436 4 10 Yea ... 234 1,008 16 4 70 263 2 8 Scar5dale ... ll28 636 3·3 92 207 8 0 Yowen"Rill ... 10 34 2 6 -I 1 18 0 Sebastopol ' ... 480 1,2U 14 8 552 1,556 14 1

84,1631257,558 8 Seymour ... 584 1,834 15 9 123 420 15 11 9 5!l,098 1172,151 18 6 Shelford ... 89 802 15 0 27 88 17 3 Melbourne ... 16,745 55,665 4 6 37,084 117,914 1 11 Skipton 222 728 8 5 40 208 7 5 ...

100,9081313,223 13 90,1821290,066 Smeaton ... 286 923 15 7 32 150 6 0 Totals ... S 0

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT showing the various Places where " the Money Orders issued in Victoria during the Years 1871 and 1870 were made payable.

1871. 1870. Place.

I Number. Amount. Number. Amount • . . -------------- --_Q_-- -£ 8. d. £ 8. d. Victoria. ... ... . .. ... 75,615 227,619 16 3 65,547 203,160 19 I United Kingdom ... . .. ... 19,938 65,815 18 3 20,50ll 69,368 I 8 New South Wales ... ... ." 1,943 6,953 14 O. ,1,726 6,129 2 7 New Zealand . ... 773 3,379 15 0 719 3,486 5 4 South Australia

... '" ... . '" ... 1,264 3,970 18 0 1,319 4,436 17 11 Queensland ... ... . .. 320 1,276 13 5 287 J ,149 1 0 Tasmania ... ... ... 1,020 4,027 12 10 ass 3,841 17 10 Western Australia ::: ... '" 35 179 5 6 16 !i3 18 0

-----'J;otals ... ... 100,908 .313,223 13 3 91,002 291,626 3 5

-

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT showing the \;al'ious Places where the Money Orders paid in Vict9ria during . the Years 1871 and 1870 were originally issued.

1871. 1870. PIlle ••

Number. Amount. Number. Amount.

-----£ .8. d. £ 8. d.

Vicioria. ... ... ... ... 75,352 927,489 9 8 65,4i8 203,227 11 10 United Kingdom ... ... . .. 3,535 15,199 9 5 3,314 14,197 811 New South Wales ... ... . .. 3,119 12,040 11 0 2,852 11,549 14 8 New Zealand . ~ .. ... -... S,B91 17,960 9 2 3,862 17,943 3 8 South Australia ... ... ... 1,756 6,095 14 6 1,404 5,058 II 8 Queensland '" ... ... 701 3,152 19 2 584 2,763 1 9 Tasmania ... ... ... 1,651 6,938 12 5 1,548 6,299 10 7 Western Austra.lia ... ... ... 172 1,188 .15 1 )49 832 11 11 ----- - ----------.Tota.1.8 ... ... 90,182 290,066 0 5 79,191 261,~71 16 ,0 .

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,POST! OFFIO~ SAVINGS'BANK.:.· ,.,',' y " ,'r. ,;.""'-."".' ..... ~~" ,.. ... -.... ~ ... '"

RETURN showing,the Names of ,Places wher.e. P~~t.~Offic~ .. Sayiog~ ~.Il.Al!:!l.hav~p.§l.§lp. Qp-e~~d, t4eJ~ate8 of their Establishment, the Niunber of Accounts Opened and Closed, and the Number and' Amount of Deposit~ and Withdrawals" quring the Year 1871 ; a1'so 'tlie Amount of Balances remaining at the end of the jYear.· . I' - . . -_ .. - ... !..- .

y

Name of Post Office

S~vingSB~.

A.1~"andr1!. ••

1i::\:: "'Avoca •• Bacchus Marsh BalrDsilBJe •• Balian .. ' •• Ballarat ..

. Beautort .. lleechworlh •• Belfast.. •• Ben .. li.... .. Birregnrra , Bright .. Brighton Brunswick • Bung-are. •. Buninyong .. Campbell's Creek Campei-down ~.

'Carlsbrook , •• Carlton •• Casterton -,. Castlemalne .. Cheltenham .. Chiltern .. Clunes.. •• COburg •• Colae.. .. Coleraine • ~ Collllii:nvood •. .Coroll. '.'. cranbourne ., Cres;vick •. naylesford •• Drysdale •• Dunolly •• Eaglehawk .. Echuca.. ',' Eldorado , .. Emerald Hill •• Footscray .. Fryerstown •. Geelong .. &lsborDe .. Graytown. "" Guildford •• Hamilton .. Hawthorn •• Heathcote -:. Heywood .. Horsha.m •• Hotham •• Inglewood ," In ... erlelgh .. JamIeson •• Jasper Road .. Keilor I ....

Kew" Kilmoro Kingston Kyneton' Landsborough, : Learmonth ; • Linton's ,.. Macarthur ..

~:l~;'h'" .:: Malmesbnry ... Mansfield. .." MarylJorough •• Mer.e,uth ..... Merino •• Moonee Pond. llornington •• Mo~lake , ... Mt.-Egerton";;. Moyston •• N.gamble .. Newstcad .. Omeo •• Penshurst •• ,Plggorcet ., Port Albert .. Portland •. r~p!a.n , .. !~ Queenscliff .. Richmond' Rokewood, ,. Rosedale " •• Rushworth - :. Ruth~i'glen • St, Amaud :; ilt. K.Uda· Sale ,\.. ," Sandh-y.rs~",. ~ ," Ilandridge .. Rcarsdale·' •• Sebastopol, ..

~:;*::;dal" ::' ,

\ I " .\

Date when Established.

1st Nov. !869 1st Jan. 1866 lsi No .... 1869 6th Nov. 1865 17th Sept. 1866 l.t Nov. 1869 1st Nov. 1869 11th Sept. 1865 1st Dec. 1865 lItl1 Sept, 11165

·1st Feb. 1866 15th Aprll 1867

m~~:r.::~'I' <1st Oct, 1866 1st Oct. 1867 1st Dec. 1871 12th July IB66 20th Mar. 1869<· 1st Dec. 1866 17th Sept. 1866 1st Oct. 1867 lst Nov, 1859 11th Sept. 1865 lst Feb. 1868 6th Nov. 1865 .. 6th N av. 1865 17th Sept; 1866 6th Nov. 1866 1st Nov. 1869

,15tl1 Nov. 1865 Ist Sept. 18H: ht ,Sept. 1871 6th Nov. 1865 1st Jan. 1869 1st Jan. 1870 lst Dec. 1865 23rd Nov,< 1868 1st Feb. 1866;. 1st Sept. 1871 4th June 1866 1st Oct. 1867 1st Aug. 1867 11th Sept. 1865 1st Nov. 1869 12th July 1869 : 1st Oct. 1867 12th July 1'866 1st Oct. 1867 12tb",ruly 1866 • , 1st ,Nov. 1869 1st :Nov. 1869 -lstOct. 1867 ·1st Jan. 18611 1st Aug. 1871 lst Nov. 1869 8th Aug. 1870 17th Sept, 1866 1st· Oct. 1867 6th Nov. 1865 1st Jan. 1869 6th Nov. 1866 1st Jan. 1870 '1st Nov. 1869 1st Jan. 1870 18th Sept, 1869 2nd May 1870

20 97

. ,7 150

40 9

17 1,212

~3 468

14 46

84 21

147

136 19 68

:~~I~ 19

105 ,-133 46·~,

191 57 47 25

1,767

149 68 11

106 28

129

382 17 51;

1,256 23

ff' 7& t . • '1'9

49 108 1ti8

8 19

216 104 r;.

<21 3 9

.4 73 73 89 24 ,1 20 16 9

6th Nov. 1865 •. 1st ,Nov'. ,1869

'lst:Nov. 1869

240 -111 45'

221 lllh Sept. 1865 2nd Oct. 1871 13th Nov. 1868' 17th Sept. 18611 1st Nov. 1869

i~i ~~t:\~~~9, : loth May 1871 8th Aug. 1870

16 90 11 18 • 8

18tl1,Sept •. 1869 • ... 9 ... lsI Jan. 1870 Ist'Jan. '1870 1st Nov. 1869 1st D ••. 1865 1st Dec. 1865 4th.J~ne .181\6 12th July 18611 1st Oct. 1867 15th April 1867 '16th April 1868 13th Nov. 1868 1st Dec. 1865 1st Nov. 1867 4th Juno 1866 6th Nov: 1865 11 tb Sept. 1 S61; 6th Noy. 1865 1st Nov, 1867 lst},ov. l869 .... 1st Nov. 1869 Ist<Dec. 18E15

1/1 2

,20 58 ,14

490 114 178 125

47 83 SO 46

196 144 58~ 179 • 23

24 "6

• ,39'

'9 20 II 44 ,9

14 10

413 12

128 ..

19 ;3' U 13 69 '3

48 3

16 24

150 8

!Ill 23 14 70 18 8

10 810

5 15 36

.38 8

26 16 58 39

296 4

15 388

7 ,25 13 21 38 23 8 6

177 31 7

19 -7 1 8

23 7

:16 12

5 15 16'

9 35 ·5. 25

, 61 11 .2 34 9

11 13

4 I

•. 4 5 4

27, 24 5

209 9

244 18 12 25 14 12

124 55

266 98

7 18

, 17

I '

9 10' 4'

14 .(

20 107,

14 180'

45 19 4

I " 26, '1~3'23l' 302

6 69

I .. .8

10

29 527 '13 .. 57, 3'

" '89; 25

190

J ... I

13

3 174 Ill, 61 '

,~:: 2

23 I7 II 50 13 5 6

696 I

26 23 I

16 7

45 2

138 '4

10 307

I~~ , '19 17 SO-l 6

61 17 '1

- 5 '3

• 1 'S

,10 ,10 '11 ,. ,

5 i.

:~ " '6 •

25 5 9

53 ''3 I.

14 2 6 4.

"'20, ... 280'

, 25 108' 139 • .49· 211 62

"50 29

1,971 ' .4 15 •

159 83·' 18

Jl6 37'

142,<

n:g, '17 60

1,337 30

: 82 /' 22 51

129 ,151

f5 19

332 118

6 ... 35 ..

7 9 7

88 70 94 31 5

31 22 13

250 16

,61 229 11 15

110 18 24 :17

£ •. d. 126 16 1 923 9 0 "811' 7

2,79517 3 176 2 8

41 10 7 130 19 8

'15~439 '6' 0 33216 7

'3,994 15 6 647 4, 2

'86411 7

i5'54~(~r 9 :114 3 11 583 16 II

1,95i' 0 4 57' 5 8

25510 9 1,371 , 0 10 1,167 16 3

21512 9 1,858 19 6

,g~~ ~' ~ 1,347 17 °

294 I) 4 '408 8 4 184 <6 6

17,024 16 10

1,2!lS '2 6 1,023 "5' 7

244 18 6 1,745, II 1

·130 13 5 872 18' 6

933 19 /I 40 12 7

293 0 7 17,033 0 5 • 10610 8

972 5 7 • 172 14 '7

1,110 1 1 966 7 10

6,534 -5 10 7410 0

275 11 3 1;164 1- :.

646 ,9 0

.7,72 15 10 41 18 1 97 .9 _ 6 44 7 6·

941 B'U 142 8 ,1-

'1,140 1'9 10 59'12 ·7 013 0

36 1510 2S1 16 7 73 19 10

1,446 "6 1 .97 1, (I 207 11 10

2,239 17 7

. 461 3 4 753 17 1 475 1 4 404 10 2 48H5 8

.. ~ 4 <', .'

" .. 2 3 2 '6 8 1

134 '9

,76 15 ,. ,

2 17 f6 '

,7

<"1

• _.11

!~ i .,42

74, 18 ~65 114 346

,-128 ' 57 91 38 61

28.5 35 '28 189

44

., 171 659 233

25 SO

"17 • , ·34 ,

. •• 56 ,9 2 722 19 8 4618 4

289 18 0 1,6]0 19 11

321 :0,1

3,:~~ 1~ 12 1,390 IS' 8 2,8431-7'10

321 ;13,,'3 2,03414 8

109 12 5 531 '8 10

1,359 13 ,4 1,476 10 ,7 6,718 I; 10

907 II! 11 198 . 3 0 266 ~6 0,

'''1'05'-6-5 799'88'

78 160

31 254 49 Ii4

2;5,::4 61

838 J,14

79 4

66 68

793 ,6'.

483 9

78 169

1'~i~ 166

: 425 57

432 122 : 45

42 6;391

II 66

260 164

22 280

67 ,431

65 '2,287

60 99

3;104 • 242

125 38

190 414 173 ~9 28

1,711 240 73

..61, 33'

2, 28

220' 82,

187' 302< ,14'

'134 91

104 283

44 98

30t; 14 7

307 37

,1>9 • 60

• 1~ • .. 20 . , 15

9 129 171

24 1,864

140 1,475

98' 160 534 69

113 685 2S3

1,367 716 24

120 "37

49

;1\ •• d. 313 0 6 S03 0 1 55 15 10

1,352 16 11 127 1 9 67 8 1

101 2 1 11,415 14 0

137 8 8 2,516 6 0

114 1 1 373 1 2

257 9 2· 57019 3

,890 3 6

1:2i9'19 9 1 12 9 em i~ 1~

1,43919 0 174 19 10

.961 9 8 291 9 7 677 5 4

1,093 3 4, ,117 a 10 427 12 7 156 18 10

16,821 8 7

496 4 1 661 3 0 9315 7

294 4 6 "255 18 4

300 -.. 104 2 1\ 3S8 14 1 9918 4

,33~ 6 2-587 19 10 19 14 11

2,7~7 13 2 184 16 7

2,510 6 6 1,025 3 5

63 7 9 1,531 11 (;

247 15 11 425 U'7

1,36319 ,8 1,217 7 10, 6,121 6 4'

91616 9, 164<17 8 421 13 8 129 3 6' 881 14 9

£ •. d. 118 17 11

1,436 311 IG8 6 11

3,960 10 8 _ 279311

10318 1 333 19 0

18,565 6 '1 574 3 3

5,515 16 11 953 \I 6

r,039 1011 8 11 9

74019 " 214 6 0 857 4 6 138 10 0

4,074 8 3 60 7 3

268 13 0 1,684 '9 4 1,874 16' 0

254 10 8 1,733 9 4

826 3 1-51512 10

1,746 '0 4 478 18 6 227 4 {15 304 93

20,357 .• 910 39 6 2 2210 0

1,161 18 " 1,144 14 7

23813 0 1,808 13 .. 6

143 7 3 1,157 13 • 0

317 18 6 1,840 2 I

-os 10 1 289 1 4

20,097 5 2 241 12 2 692 18 8 402 11 "

1,157 11 7 1,021 10 4 b,368 .9. 7

184 19 0 366 13 3

1,298 4 7 1,469 5 I

12 III 4 1,889 .0 2

8317 " 121 0 1 Ib1 18 4

1,438 ".8,0 215 17 6

1,263 7 6 379 7 1 15 . .4 .3

101 15 .7 249 1 6 695:5 1

1,536 8 I! 128 0 11 397 2 4

1,993 9 4 5010 0

179 12 3 847 3 1 683 7 S 685 6 1 697 '0 7 121 3 6

310 8 109 2 8

-- 963 leI! 89 16 9

631 14 10 2,723 2 0

480 2 7 4,312 3' 6

753 0 \I 3,057 III 2 3,079 4 '0

601 5 7 2,780 19 10

459 18 7 . 424 19 9 2,071 13 10 1,295:6 3 7,919 19 7 1,399 17 6

374 < 3 11 578 '8 1 246 7 5 61416 "

, "

19

, RETURN showing,the Names of Places where Post Office Savings ~anks have been Opened, &c.-, continued. .

Nameo! Post Office

Savings Bank.

---s s

outh Yarra .. tAwell

s teiglltz s tuartmlll S unbul')' Il wan Hill T alhot .. or Tn or

aradale rnagnlla

oorak augha.n alhnUa angarottA

.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ' .. ..

arrnombool ••

V w w w Wh w w w w w Y

roo ~. .. 1I11arnstown lnchelsea .. odonga " oodend oodts Point.;>

ackandandah

elboume .. .,

Number 'of Accounts Date when

Established. Open at close 01

1870. ,. ----- -'-"---. ' 1st Jan. 1861 ' 171 lsi Dec. 1867, III .' lst Jan. 1810 13 1st April 1870 9 2nd May 1870 30 lst Doc. IB65 34, 6th Nov. 1865 158 • lst Nov. 1869 51 6th Nov. 1868 46 • 17th,Jan:'1870 .. . "29· 17th Jan. 1870 , .; ,16" 1st Feb. 1871 1st Feb. 1866 106 1st Dee. J 865 52 1st Feb. 1868 45 11th Sept. 1865 664 9th lIfay 187.0. 25 1st Feb. 1871 ., Is' Nov. 1869 51 lst Jan. 1869 71 Ist Jan. 1866 . 76

13,43:1 11tb Sept. 1866 7,744

. . TotalB .. 21,117

:Number NU~ber iNUmberO! 01 ..

Accounts Account. Accounts Balances on Opened . Open 31st bec. 1870. Closed I at close o! In 1~~1. 1871. - 1871.'

---' . £, •. d,

18 54 201 1,712 19 7 19 21 163 1,556 3 1 15 3 25 ~!hf ,~ 7 4 12 11 1 40 100 '9 "7 9 6 37 432 6 7

62 43 177 1,851 10 1 26 12 65 28711 2 12, 8 60 276 0 8 22 • 7 44 203 2 9 23 6 sa 20G 0 1 44 5 39

, 57 23' 140 4-87 11 2 30 21 61 581 12 0 11 5 51 282 4 6

183 118 729 10,019 17 2 16 .. 1 40 'IV8 'f B . 13 4 9 21 12 60 411 14 ~I 33 ' 16

88 I 1,119 10 9 14 __ 11_ 78418 6

6,618 .iI.2I;5. 15,796 1146,386 2 Hi 3,246 1,982 9,008 ! 133,164 1 6 ---- 24,80-' -, 279,550 8,864- 6,237 4 ~

I Depositsrecelved,,, ' , Withdrawals' paid I

Biuancee In 1871, in IB11. Includlng Interest. remaining at

close of

No. I 1871.

No. : . Amount. Amonnt. ,--

£, S. d. £, •• d. / £, 8. d. 637 1,032 3 1 164 ' 6:;8 13 6 2,086 9 B 86lI 1,634 14 9 82 908'13 10 2,28~ 4 6

0 101 1,118 13 1 8 163 8 \I 1,086 9 'f 29 101 2 I 13 101 4' 2 49 9 6 57 222 ,6 4', '10 100 8 0 252 611 79 • $2219 6 ' 7 194 17 10 560 8 3 3~0 1,B24 10 4 145 1,36611 . 6 2,311; 811 575 351 9 2 45 245 10 10 893 9 6 110 28717 5 25 16518 0 398 0 1 292 11;2.14 3' ! 22 9114 2 264 210 67 617 5 Sr ~ ,,22 836 0 3 388 5 1

160' 850 8 6 13 23213 1 617 15 5 29()' 909'17 .1, .. 61 50412 2 892 16 1 147 876 Il 7 53 569 2 5 83819 2 98 SS9 4 2 25 134 2 5 487 6 3

1,500 8,316 3 0 477 6,020 7 4 12,315 12 10 ,57 749 2 0 23 25611 S 690 18 5 27 19711 1 7 78 1 7 119 9 6

600, 84115 2 55 296 7 4 957 2 0 181 i 98811 9 79 i 1,148 11 11 95910 4. 104 518 5 7 38 . 520 1 4 733 2 9

--41,577 150,306 9 3 :11,682 109,246 15 1 187,445 11 0 22,116 153,540 10 2110,1;31 120,625 3 10 166,079 710

353,625 , 10 63,693 303,846 19 5 2~,~13 229,871 18 11

,

'PnOGltESSIVE STATEMENT of the Mo~ey O~der System in Victciri~ for ~.he DElcennial Period from 31st , December 1861 to 31st'December 1871. " . . ,

, ... « .' . , . .. :, ~ Net Beven'ue : ' .. ',_ Orders,I_ed. " -- ,Prd~ra Pal". • • .. '

.ToW T,rtlDlllI.ctloDll. ,I Nnmber· 01·1 Year. Money Order received

from Commission : Offices. ! I

on Orders. Number. Amount. Numb<ir., Amount. Number. Amount. .. I .. £ d. £ d.

... £: iJ: .. £ d. 8. II. 8. II.

1862 57 1,336 19 2 28,600 98,752 11 9 16,661 62,18~ .14. 6 40,261 155,934 6 8 1863 76 1,977 15 2 31,262 123,838 17 4 26,799 106,629 16 0 - 58,061 230,468 13 4 1864 88 2,199 16 5 39,026 148,283 13 5 32,341 124,153 ,0 4 ,71,367 ,272,436 13 9 1866 102 2,640 16 6 .50,666 186,855 8 5 ' 41,116 158,657 8 1 91,781 340.512 16 6 18.66 ,107 2,881\ .11 .2 90.1)9, 218;850 16 5 110,479 189,261 8 2 ' 110,598 408,l12 4 7 1867 141 3,159 7 6 68,714 237,317 9 7 57,787 205,622 18 6 ]26,501 448;840 8 1 1868' 154 3,278 o 10 ' 73,222 247,484 0 7 61,656 214,025 15 4 134.878 461,509 15 11 1869 181 3,593 11 Ii 82,234 272,531 9 1 69,857 237,844 1 10 151,891 510,375 10 11

.1870 195 3,883 III 91,002 291,626 3 5 , 79,191 261,871 15 0 170,193 503,497 18 5 ,1871 207 4,159 "0 8 100,908 813,223 13 3 '99,182 ·290;066 ·0 5 191,090 " 603,289 18 8'

.. , PROGRESSIVE STATEMENT of the Post Office Savings Banks in VIctoria from the commencement of the

system, lIth September 1865, to the 31St December 187L ..

Deposits Received. Repaym~nts. I Depositors' Account. . Interest

\ Average

Yea:. No of . credited to Depositors' nalance to Bt1!lks. DepositOrs. . ,Balanccs.

Accounb Acconnts Accounts eacb Number. Amount. Number. Amount. remaining Account.

Opened. ·Closed. Opeu. .. -------------;£ 8, d. £ 8. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. ;£ s. d.

1865 31 4,964 18,465 6 6 495 3.058 7 9 61 0 9 15,467 19 6 2,227 101 2.126 7 5 6 1866 50 25,909 85,381 15 7 6,204 '43,348 411 1,189 0 9 58,690 10 11 5,703 1,055 6,774 8 13 3 18{l7 66 37,624 ,124.633 5 0 10,657 83,006 10 0 2;758.4 3 103,075 10 2 6,175 1,831 11,118 9 5 5 1868 72 45,408 184,115 4' 6' 14,293 '125,565 10 7 4,435 19 3 166,061 3 4 6,540 3,302 14.356 1111 4 1869 99 51,528 233,412 14 0 ,16,~ 163,267 4 0 7,272 1\ 2 243,478 15 6 7,501 3,991 17;866 1812 6i 1870 112 57.241 242,192 3 ,6 20,622 215,603 4 2 9,482 9 6 279,550 4 4 7,973 ,4,662 21,177 '13 4 0 1871 122 63,693 292,679 17 3 22,213 229,871 18 11 11,167 . 2 2 353,525 410 8,804 ,5,237 24,804 14 Ii Of

, POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK.

THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL in account with the Depo~itor8 from" 1st January to 31st December 1871. & ~

IS71. d. ", : £ 8. 1871.

1 £ 8. d. Janultry To Balance from 1870 ... 279,550 ,4 4 January By Repaynientsto Depositol'S

to " Deposits reeeived in 1871..., 292,679 i7 3 to in 1871 ... ... 229;871 18 11 December " Interest due to Depositors December

" Balance due to Depositol'S ... 353,525 ,4 10

for 1871 .. , ... 11,167 2 2 , -----

583,397 3 9 : 583,397 3 9 , i

~

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20

Tm~ POSTMASTER-GENERAL in account with The. Honorable· the T~'ea8urer OD ac~ount o{ Savings Bank: Transactions for the Year 1 ~71.

Dr. Cr.

1871. £ 8. d. 1871. £ 8. a. January To Balance, being Deposits re- January By Balance, being amount due ..

to ceived in 1870 and paid to by Treasury for repay-·December into Treasury in' January December ment to Depositors during

1871 ... ... 7,49i'18 6 1870 ... ... . .. 2,841 3 :2 " Deposits received during "

Repayment to Depositors 1871 .:. ... ... 292,679 17 3 . in 1871 ... .. . 229,871 18 II

" Cash received frornTreasury 239,091 6 3 " Cash paid into the Treasury 299,363 10 3 " Interest allowed to Deposi-

2 • " Amount due to Trust Fund

tors for 1871 ... 11,167 2 " for Iuterest credited to .. Balance due from Treasury Depositors in 1871 ... 11,167 2 2

to replace money drawn .. Cash in hand awaiting lodg-from Money Order Ac- ment in Treasury ... 10,290 -15 . 0 count to repay Depositors ~~IO~ ------,

553,534 9 6 553,534 9 6

CHANGES IN AND PRESENT STRENGTH OF THE STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT.

The Telegraph. station at Mount Gambier was closed on "the 31st October, and -the Victorian officers were transferred to. other stations, an agreement having been entered into with the South Australian Government to conduct the business tor this colony.in consideration of a. contribution towards the maintenance of the 1'elegraph station at Moun~ Gambier of £300 per .annum. .

The augmentation of the business. of the Department and the extension of the facilities for postal and telegraphic communication. have rendered necessary the employ­ment of additional letter carders and Telegraph messengers.

. Within the year nine officers resigned their appointments, two officers retired from ill health, one officer was transferred to another department, the services of one officer was dispensed with, and six officers were dismissed. '

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The two following statements show the number of officers and others ~mployed , in the Post and Telegraph Department, and of those absent on account of sickness, during .1871 :-

STATEMENT showing the Number of Offi<;ers, &c., employed in the Post and Telegraph Department' in 1871.

Melbourne P.O. . ..

:Melbourne E,T.O. Ararat Avoca ... Bairnsdale

Ballarat P.O.

Ballarat E.T.O. Beaufort ... Beechworth Belfast ... Benalla ... Bright

Brighton

Buninyong

Camperdown Cape Schimek Cape Otway Cilrisbrook

Casterton ... Castlemaioe P.O .... Ca~t,lemaiDe E.'l'.O. Chiltern ." CluDes

2 1 1

1

1 , 1 1 1 1

1 1

.1 1 1

98 17

30

5 1

4

1 1

1

4.

92

1 1

13

2

2

4.

1

4. 1

1

1

"2

.,,::/

7 5

... I.'"

4.

30 1

7 1 2 3 1 1

1

4 1 2

Hcmarks~

7, 33 263 20 Supernumeraries employed on arrival of European mall ..

70. 4 2 2 • Assi,t""t Operator acting as P09tmaster and

l'clegrn-ph .Manager. 20 12 Supernumeraries employed OD arrival of

13 2 8 4 2

English ma~l.

2 * Assistant Operator acting aB Postmaster and Telegraph Munager.

2

2 • AssiSlant Operntor acting as PostmllSter Ilnd Telcgral)h Manager.

3 1 2

. 1 • Assistant Operator acting as Postma.ter and Telegraph Munage,.

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STATEMENT showing the Number of Qfficers, &0., employed in the Post and Telegraph Department in 1871 . -continued.

I !lSi ul 1 . -

:l ~~ ai ,

'l3 i 1il '" "" ~'" '" § u~~ 'lll ., ;.< S " ~ '" gj .r "'s '" .

~ r;; Ii", 5 Ii ~ ~+> ~ ~ '"::. ! &~o Rem~rkJI.

It $. 1:i .a'g !=. g.~ 1=: .... () ~ Office. ~~ ~

"d li.~ '"" bOll;", I ~ "i': '" S II ~ ~.o ti ill ~d c::() ~ .....

'"'" :§ 06 ~

~ -"C ~-~ ~ u ID :rh .,~ .;:: :§ ~ .8 i6~ '" 0'" ~c; '" " 0

"' ... '" ,c;o ~w p., o~ o2l.s '" ... -------- ----- ----

Colao ... ... 1· . .. ... ... ... . .. .. , 1 ... ... 2 * II sslstant Operator acting' as Postmaster and ''', Telegraph MaI1l\gor •

Coleraine '" 1 ." . " ... ... . .. . ... .o • 1 . ... ... 2 Collingwood ... 1 1 ... ... ... ... . .. ... 2 .. . .. . 4. Creswiok ... ... 1 ... ... ... 1 ... .. . 1 .. . ... 3 Dayles(ord ... 1 ... ... ... 1 ... ... .. . 3 . .. ... I)

Dunolly ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... .. . 2 .. . ... 3 Eaglehawk ... 1· ... ... ... . .. ... .. . .. . 1 .. . 1 3 • Postmistress. paid out of allowances to country

postmasters.

Echuoll. ... 1 1 ... ... ] ... .. . . .. 2 ... '" I)

Eldorado ::: ... ... Iii ... ... .. . ... '" .. . 1 ... ... 2 * Asslsmnt Operator acting' as Postmaster and Telograph Mnnagcr.

Flinders ... ... . .. 1;; ... .., ... ... ... ". .. . ... ... 1 " Assistaut Operator acting as Telegraph Mana-ger .

Geelong ". ... 1 7 1 ... 9 1 ... ... 4. .. . ... 23 • 4 5upemumeraries employed on the arrival of the English mail.

Hamilton ... 1 ... .., ... 2 1 ... ." 1 ." '" I)

Heathcote ... 1 . .. ". ... 1 ... .., .. . 1 ... ... 3 Hexham ... ... 1

"i# ... ... ... ... '" .. . . .. ... 1 2

Inglewood ... ... '" ... ... . .. .. . .., 2 ... ... 3 l" Assistant Operator. acting as Postmasters and

Jamieson '" ... 1# ... 1 ... .. . ... ... .. . ... 2 'l'elegrapb .lI1anagers. ... Kerang "0· ... ... ... '"

... ... 1 ... . .. .. , . .. 1 2 A~ting I'ostmast~r and Telegraph Maunger.

Kilmore ... 1 ... ... ... 1 1 ... ... .. . .. . ... 3 Kyneton ::: ... 1 ... 1 ... 1 .. . ... .. . 1 ... ... 4 Linton ... ... I*' ... ... '" ... .. . ... . .. ... . .. ... 1 .. Postmistress, paid out of allowances to country

, postmasters.

Longwood ... ... 1· ... ... ... ... .. . .. . ... .. . " . 1 • Assistant Operator ncting ns Postmaster a.nd Telegraph Manager.

Majorca ... .., lit ... . .. ... ... ... ... .. . ... .. . 1 2 .. Postmistress, paid out of allowances to country postmasters.

Maldon ... 1 ... ... ... 1 ... . .. ... 1 .. . ... 3 MalmeBbu~y ... i ... ... ... ... ... .. . ... 1 . .. .. . 2 Mansfield ... 1# ... ... . .. '" ... ... . .. 1 '" ... 2 .. AsBlsmnt Operntor acting as Postmaster and

Telegrapb Manager. Maryborough '" 1 ... 1 ... 1 1 ... .. . 1 ... ... I)

Mornington ... 1· ... . .. ... ... ... " . ... ... " . ." 1 * Postmistress, paid out of allowances to country postmasters.

Mortlaka ... 1* ... ... . " ... ... . .. .. . 1 ... ... 2 .. Assistnnt Operator ncting as Postmaster and Telegraph Mllllilgcr.

Mount Gambier ... ... ... ... . .. ... ... ... ... ... .. . ... .. . This smlton was discontinued on the 81st Octo-ber 1871, and an allowance on a.ccount of the business 01 this colony Is paid to tho Govern-ment of SoutilAustralla.

Newstead ... 111 ... ... ... ... . .. . .. .. . . .. . .. 1 2 .. Postmistress, paid Ollt of allowances to country postmasters.

Penshurst ... ... 1* ... . .. . .. ... ... ... .. . . .. ... 1 .. Assistant Operator acting as Postmaster and Telegraph MlUlll!1er.

Port Albert ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... . .. .. . .. . .. . ... 1 Portland ... ... 1 ". ... ... 1 1 ... '" 1 .. . ... 4 Queensoliff ... 1 ... ... . .. .. , ... . .. ... 1 .. . 1 3 Richmond ... 1 "It; ... ... 1 ... '" ... ... . .. ... 2 Rosedale ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . .. ... 1 .. . .. . 2 .. assistant Operator acting as l'ostm aster nnd

Telegraph Manager.

Rutherglen ... 1 .. , ... ... ... '" ... .. . 1 . .. ... 2 Sale ... ... 1 ... ... 1 . .. ... 2 .. . .. . 4 Sandhurst ... 1 2 2 ... (; 1 ... " . 7 . .. ... 19 4 Supernumeraries oeeusionally employed. Sandridge ... 1 ... ... .. , .. . ... ... '" 1 . .. ... 2 Sehastopol ... 1

"1# ... . .. ] ... ... . .. 1 .. . .. , 8 "

Seymour ... ... ... ... ... ... . .. ... ... 1 .. . ... 2 * Assistant Operator acting as l'ostmaster and Telegraph Manll!1er.

Smythesdale ... 1 ... ... ... .. . . .. . .. ... 1 .. . ... 2 St. Arnaud ... 1 ... ... ... .. . ... ... ... 1 .. . .. . 2 St. Kilda ... '" 1· ... ... ... ... ... .. . . .. 2 . .. ... 3 .. Postmistress, paid out of allowances to country

postmasters. Sbady Creek ... ' ... ... ... ... '" 1* ... ...

r .. . .. . 1 .. Acting us Postmaster and Tclcsmph Manager •

Stawell ... ... 1 "1*

... ... . " ... ... ... .. . , .. 4 Stuartmill ... ... ... ... ... ... . .. .. . .. . . .. 2 Streatham ... ... 1" ... ... ... ... ... ... . .. . .. .. . 1 } .. Assistant Operators acting as . PostmastCra Swan Hill ... ... 1* ... ... . .. . .. ... . ... .. . ... . .. 1 and Cl.·elograph Munagers.

Talbot ... 1 ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... 1 .. . .. . 3 Taradale ::: ... 1 ... ... ... 1 ... ... . .. ... 1 .. . .. . 2 Tarnagulla ... 1 ... ... . .. 1 ... ... .. . ... .. . .. . 2 Wahgunyah ... 1

"i-... ... ... ... ... ... 1 .. . .. . 2

WaJlJalla ... ... '" ... ... '" ... . .. ... 1 .. . ... 2 • Assistant Operator acting !Ill Postmaster and

Wangaratta 1 2 3 'llelograp!J. Mn.nagcr. .

... ... ... ... ... ... .. . ... .. . .. . lVarrnambool ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... .. . ... 4 .. . .. . 5 Williamstown ... 1 ... ... . .. 2 ... ..... . .. 2, .. . . .. 5 1 Supernumerary !)censionally employed . Wodonga ... ... ... I*' ... ... ... . .. . .. .. . 1 ... .. . 2 * Assistant Opemtor acting as Postmasror and

~'elegt'fillh 1I1unllger. Woodend ... ... ... '" ... . .. ... ... . .. 1 ." ,.. 1 Railway Telegraph Station . lVood's Point ... 1 ... ... ... 1 ... .. . ... ... .. . 2 Yaokllndandah .. , 1 ... ... '" . .. ... ... ... 1 .. . ." 2

----------i- --60 167 25 4 ]50 19 7 5 125 7 41t 610

t l'hese persons are employed a portion only of each month.

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RETlrRN OromC~rs, &C.,' ~f the Melbourne E;stablishment, Absent"f~m Duty on account Qf mness,. , . , , dunng 1~71. " _ _ ", _.

i. , Number or Ollioors, &:0.,

'Employed. , . , -

Number<-or: - I ... : ~-Bmnllh. -~--~~~~I D~

~~~! .. Absent.

-----------------------Correspondence branch ... Accounts branch Mail branch, .••

Dead Letter branch Stores and Printing

. . . . . ~ . -

8 9

63

, I

Money Order and Savings Banks '.;!', 16

Sta~p branch ,,,' , .. Electric Telegraph branch

, i

Numbsr Absent.

3 4

40

1 '10 ,

9

1 15

I

-48 25

264

, ' . 3

130

, " 90

14 58 r

"

It.:

, 'One, officer absent 'during 39 days. ) .

One officer absent 66 days, one 22 days, one 21 days, and five 56 days, showing eight officers abBe~t,during 1~5 day,s. ,

i One qfficer absent 53 days; one 19 days,'and tllree 41 days, showing'five officers absent during 113

,days.' '.. : _, , ' ; One o'fficer absent' 34 days, one 19 days, and two

2f days, showing four abse~t during 77 ~ys. ,

Three officers absent during 33 days.

'Out of ten mail gual'ds. three were abaent 'from sickn.ss during 18 da!'ll." ' ' Out of forty-three letter oa.rriers, twant dliring 229 days. Of this number, 'one was absent 33 days, ODO 28 d,,!'Il, one 24 days, and fou:r

72 days, Bhowing seven lotter carriers absent ,yo. Out of thirty-two TelegNph messengers, were o.bsent during 147 dar., four of whom were absent during 116 days. ., ,

S~ATE.MENi of ReveilUe and Ex:pentliture for the Year 1871. '

1871.-REVENUlll. , - I

, £ I

'fl., d.

Revenue, ip.<;ludPlg ppstage, fees on regis­tered letters, commission, on ~money ,orders, commission allo\ved ,to licensfd i vendors, also collections on account of

'other Governments ... ... ,.: :129,991 8 3 I " • f

Electric Telegraph collections, including' amount collected on account 'of other I colonies, and the SublIlltrine Cable CompallY ".. ... ... 1 ..

1

36,941 17 1 I

r" ! 98,1 92 1 1

! I

: 6' 5

.. ,

187 I.-ExpENDITURE.

Salaries and wages, occasional assistance, and overtime ' ... I ,.. l •• !

Contingencies I ... ' , .. : ...

Commission to licen~ed vendors of postage stamps ' .. ' !... ... , ....

Mail service inland, including landing and shipping mails' ,! .... I .. ~

Gratuities to masters of vessels ; '" Estimated amount of postal collections

oli account of other Governments' .. l "Steam postal ~ommunication with Great

Britain' ... ... : ... '" Electric ,Telegraph collections on account

of other colonies... £2,091 '14 2 Sub!llarille Ca?le Company 892 17 4

,o£ a: d.

113,018' 197 15,5~8 2}O

'1,389 13 ,~

83,391 3 0 1,643 18 l,O

2:763 12 2

44,415 '5 2

2,984 11 ~

265,125 6 5 ~265, ! _______________ ...;....;...-~--i.--lJ.~_:___;----------_;_--:...1 l..-•• ____ _

• See folio 12. • I

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In the for~going af!C9unt'c~edit :is not t~ken for the very i~.u:ge ~ri:iount of work done for the Government s~rvice ,generally through the Post Office, ~n<;l the Electri~ Telegraph wire~, This, _an:i(;m*t~ ~ to ~ ,consideraple 'sum, ~nd 'would, 'if taken i~t? aycount, matenally alter the. features i of the casei lit IS" ~n0'1~ that the. c9st of telegraphic messages transtnitted during, 187,1 amounte.d, ftt ordinary rates, to £5247, and, judging from the: issues lof post,tge stamps to the' GOYernment Depart­ments before the introduction of t:Qe frank stamp in 1864, ~'25,QOO ,woJld 'be a very reasonable estimate of the ~ value' of'the business transacted th'rough the Post Office during, the past -year, which' does"not' appear in the above account, , '

I~ should also be borne ilf ,mi!ld that t4e Steam Postal Service with England was carried on at a loss, during 187~,of £25,036 7s. lOd!,.that expensive Postal services are maintained throughout the colony, that additional facilities on existing' ~ail lines are not unfrequ~ntly granted, that there is a daily increasing demand for Postal communication to, meet the requirements of extended settlement in the' country districts, and that, in many cases, the service is rendered without aI).y immediate prospect of a remunerative return. " .

Considering the large deficit that 'at present exists,it does J:!.ot appear to he a favorable time for suggesting'any meas}ITe that would directly increase the cost of the

, working staff; but it is neverthele&s p.ighly d.e.sira,ble that steps should be ,taken as soon as possible. to have a dou1?le_st~ff erpploy.e<;l in tlI_eMail ,b.riwch qf the General Post Office. This would admit of an earlier attendance of the officers in the morning to sort the Mails received during the night, so that the up-couiltry,correspondenc,e, a portion of which now lies. in the General Pos~'Of.Iice l}-ntil the mi4day ~ails are despatched, . could

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be fDrwa~ded by. early mDrning. trains to. destinatiDn, and with this additiDnal a~sistance the English Mall wDuld be dispDsed Df much 'SODner than at present, especIaIly the newspaper·pDrtiDn. .'-,- - .. - .

. A dDuble staff wDuld alSo. place the Dfficers Df the Mail branch Dn the same fDDtingwith respect to. the number Df hodr~ Df attendance as the Dfficers in the Dther departments Df the GDvernment service, except upDn extraDrdinary DccasiDns, and wDuld enable them to. have a half-hDliday every 'other: Saturday, and thus remove Dne gl'eat cause Df dissatisfacti9n tl1at, a.t,present exi~ts'i i '. .

Such a change as tl1at indicaj;~d could be effected at an additional Dutlay Df say £1200 per annum, and wotj.ld afford ail Dpportup.ity fDr intrDducing the practice, lately fDIlDwed with advantage in the London'Office, Df employing lads as sDrters, which it is believed 'might be adopted with succ~ss as a measure of economy in this Department.

The Dfficers Df the Department have, as a rule, discharged, their various duties . in a satisfactDry manner. .

General Post Office, 31st March 1872.

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A'PPENDIUES.

APPENDIX A.

POST OFFICE BRANCH.

STATEMENT showing particulars .of Inland Mail Service performed in Victoria during the'Year 1871.

Service. Frequency. Mode'of DIstance. Amount.

Gross ·Conveyance. Mileage.

~mes. £ 8. d. To and from Keilor Road Railway Station and Twice a day ... Coach •• I ~

} 63 Bacchus Marsh, by way of Melton 51,168 to and from Bacchus Marsh and Ballarat" by way , Six days a week ... Coach ...

of Pentland Hills, Ballan, 'Gordon's, Mount , Egerton, Moorabool Oreek, and Dunnstown

8,736 to and from Melbourne and Eltham Six days a week '" Coach ... 14 to and from Eltham and Wood's Point: 'by way '~f Three days a week Coach ... 109 34,008

Kangaroo Ground, Yarra Flats, Healesville, Fernshawe, Marysville, and Matlock

to and.from Kangaroo Ground and St. Andrew's Three days a week' Coach ... 15 4,680 to and from Melbourne and Sale, by way of Oak- Six, days a week ... Coach ... 140 87,360

leigh, Springvale, Dandenong, Berwick, Paken-'ham, Shady Creek, Moe, Morwell, Traralgon, and Rosedale .

to and from Shady Creek "and Walhalla, by way Three days a week Horseback 35 10,920 of Tangil, Cooper's Creek, and Happy-go-Lucky .

to and from Tangil and Russell's Creek ... Once a week . .. Horseback 6 624 to and 'from Shady Creek and Cross-over Diggings Two days a week .,. Horseback 12 2,496 to and from Oakleigh and Mulgrave ,.. . .. Three days a week Horseback 6 1,872 to and from Rosedale and Walhalla, by way of Three days a week Horseback 35 10,920

Toongabbie and Happy-g'o Lucky to and from Sale and Bairnsdale, by way of Strat- Three days a week Coach

} 52 ford (Telegraph line) 16,224 with a branch mail to and from Fernbank , .. Three days a week Horseback to and from Melbourne and Beechworth, by way Six days a week ... Coach ... 185 115,440

of Campbell field, Somerton, Donnybrook, Beveridge, Wallan-waUan, Kilmore, Broadford, Tallarook, Seymour, Avenel, Longwood, Euroa,

"-Violettown, Benalla, Winton, Glenrowan, _ Wangaratta, and Tarrawingee

23,088 !LIso the conveyance of a mail from Melbourne to Six days a week Coach ... I , ... .. . • Kilmore to and from Wangaratta and Albury, by way of Six days a week ... Coach ... 45 28,080

Docker's Plains, Boutherambo, Chiltern, Barna-wartha, and W odonga , ,

to and from Boutherambo and Wahgunyah, by Six days a week ... Coach ... 18 11,232 way of Rutherglen

Six days a w~ek Coach to and from Beechworth and Yackandandah ... ... '," 15 9,360 to and from Yackandandah and Albury, by way of Three days a week Coach ... 30 9,360

Osborne's Flat, Kiewa, and Wodonga -to and from W odonga and J uniong, by way of Once a week ... Horseback 105 10,920

Tangambalanga, Bungoonie, Mitta-mitta Cross-ing, Toolangatta, Bungil, Thologolong, Burrowye, Jingellac, Walwa, Tintaldra, Cud. giewa, Colac-colac, and Gravel Plains

20,593 to and from Beechworth and Wahgunyah, by way Six days a week ... Coach ... 33 , of Chiltern, Indigo, and Rutherglen

Six days a week 28,080 to and from Beechworth and Growler's Creek, by ... Coach ... 45 way of Murmungee, Taylor's Gap, MyrtlHord, Black Springs, Pore Punk a, and Bright ...

Three days a week Coach 5,616 to and from Pore Punka and Buckland ... ... 18 to and from Murmungee and Bowman's Forest , .. Three days a week Horseback • 6 1;873 to and from Black Springs and Runnin\ Creek 2 ••• Three days a week Coach ... 10 3,120 to and from Longwood an d Jamieson, y way -of Six days a week , ... Coach ... 'i5 46,800

Merton, Doon, Maindample, and Mansfield • to and from Jamieson and Matlock, by way of Three days a week Horseback 39 12,168

Mack's Creek, Ten-mile House, Gaffney's Creek, Castle Reef and Wood's Point

'14,664 to and from Broadford and Alexandra, by way of Three days a week • Coach ... 47 Reedy Creek, King Parrot Creek, and Yea

Th;ee days a week Coach 14,352 to and from Runnymede and Murchison, by way ... 46 of Campaspe and Rushworth 50,670 o 0

to and from Sandhurst and Heathcote, by way of Three days a week Coach ... 30 9,360 Axedale and Wild-duck Creek Post Office

to and from Sandhurst and Swan Hill, by way of Two days a week ... Coach ... 120 24,960 Serpentine Creek, Dur~am Ox, and Kerang ...

• Distance included In Beechworth serv!ce,---' viii Myrtleford from 16th ~!arch 1871.--" The Illlllleson malls were conveyed three days .. week Ilia BealeSVllle, ancl three days" week via Manstlel~ frOIll 1st AprU, in lieu of daily by MBOStlald.

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STATEMENT showing Particulars of Inland Mail Service performed in Victoria, 1871-continued.

Servlee. Frequency. Modecf I Distance.! Amount. Gross

Conveyance. lIllieage.

Miles. £ I. d. to and from Swan Hill and Euston, by way' of Once a week ... Coach ... 80 8,320

Pyangil, Narung, and Wyrlong' Coach 60 6,240 to and from Euston and Wentworth, by way of Once a week ... . ..

Tarpallen, Mildura, and the Mission Station Six days a week Coach 4.8 29,952 to and from Sandhurst and Wedderburne, by way ... ...

of Marong, Bridgewater (on Loddon), Ingle-'wood, and,Old Inglewood '

Six: days a week Coach 15 9,360 to and from Inglewood and Wehla, by way of ... . .. Kingower, Berlin, and Linjham'8 Flat

Three days a week Horseback 6 1,560 to and from Burke's Flat an Wehla ... ... . to and from Marong and Bullock Creek ... Six days a week .,. Horseback 2 1,248 To and from Wedderburn and Yowen Hill Post Two days a week ... Horseback 20 4,160

Office . to and from Yow en Hill Post Office and Towa- Once a week ... Horseback 30 8,120

ninnie, by' way'of Glenloth and Wycheproof ... Twice a day Coach 180

to and from Castlemaine and Maldon, by way of ... ... Muckleford

Six days a week 24,960

to and from Maldon and .Mary borough, by way of ... Coach . .. J

Baringup and Carisbrook by way of Six days a week Coach 22 IS,7Z8 ,to and from Maldon and DunoIly, ... . ..

'Eddington and Burnt Creek Coach 45 28,080 to alid from Castlemaine and Creswick, by way of Six: days a week ... . ..

Green Gnlly, Newstead, Sandon, Glengower, Mo('rookyle, Smeaton, and Kingston

Coach 18 11,232 to and from Castlemaine and Daylesford, by way Six days a week ... ... of Yapeen, Guildford, Yandoit, Franklinford, Shepherd's Flat, and H~burn

Six days a week Horseback 1,872 to and from Hepburn and ry Diggings ... ... 3 to and from Malmesbury and Daylesford, by way Twice a day ... Coach . .. 22 27,456

of Drummond and Glenlyon Coach 18,720 to and from Kyneton and Heathcote, by way of Six days a week ... ... 30

Langley, Banold, Redesdale Post Office, and Mia-mill. •

to and from Tyiden and Spring Hill... '" Three days a week Horsebac~ 3 936 to and from Mount Blackwood and Barry's Re'ef Twice a day ... Coach , .. 4 4,992 to and from Mount Blackw90d and Ballan, by way Six days a week ... Coach ... 20 iii 12,480

of Greendale !if to and from Dunolly and St. Arnaud, by way of Six days a week Coach ... 40 ~ 24,960 .. ,

Goldsborough Reef, Bealiba, and Peter's bIl

= to and from St. Arnaud and Morton Plains, by Two days a week ... Coach ... 40 ;;; 8,320 waa- of Donald and Mount Jeffcott III

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to an from St. Arnaud and Yowen Hill Post Office, Two days a week ... Horseback 30 <I>

6,240 ... p.

by way of Y owong Springs ., to and from DunoHy and New Injlewood, by way Six days a week ... Coach ... 22 ~ 13,728

of Jones' Creek, Tarnagulla, an Maidentown Coach to and from Maryborough and Ararat, by way of Six days a week ... ... 56 34,944-

Adelaide Lead,Bung-bong, Avoca, Amphitheatre, Elmhurst, Eversley, and Crowlands '

Horseback to and from Eversley and Mount Cole... . .. Two days a week ... 6 1,248 to and from Avoca and StaweIl, by way of Moon- Six daya a week ... Coach ... 55 34,320

ambol, Landsborough, and Green's Creek Coach to and from Moonambel and Navarre, by way of Three days a week ... 20 6,240

Barklr; and Canterbur{ to and rom,Moonambe and St. Arnaud, by way Six: days a. week ... Coach ... 34- 21,216 . of Red bank, Hinds, and Stuartmill to and from Stawell West and Ballarat, by way Six days 'a week ... Coach ... 78 48,672

of Stawell, Great Western, Armstrong's, Ararat, Dobie's Bridge, Buangor, Shirley, Beaufort, Trawalla, Burrnmbeet, Windermere, and Car-digan .

Coach to and from Stawell and Horsham, by way of Six days a week '" ... 40 24,960 Stawell West, Deep Lead, Ledcourt, and Boga Lakes

to and from Horsham and Lake Hindmarsh, by Two days a week ... Coach ... 50 10,400 way of Dimboola

to and from Lake Hindmarsh.and Nyp6 ... Once a week . .. Horseback 30 3,120 to and from Dimboola and Lawloit, by way of Two days a week ... Horseback 35 7,280

Lochiel, Glenlee, Nhill, and Mount Elgin to and from Lawloit and Lockhart, by way of Once a. week ... Horseback 52 5,408

. Yannock, Bullarook, Bunyip, Yarrock, and Cove to and from Horsham and Werracknebeal, by way Two days a week ... Horseback 40 8,320

of Sheep Hill Station and Kewell to and from Werracknebeal and Lake Corong ... Once a week .. , Horseback 25 2,600 to and from Ballarat and Maryborough, by way of Six days a week ... Coach .. , "I Mount Rowan, Sulky Gully, Creswick, Glen.

41,184 donald, Clunes,Dimach(Mount Greenock South), Talbot, and Amherst; and from Maryborough Six days a. week '" Coach ... 18 to Dunolly

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;,·t6·'lind fr~m Talbot and; Avoca, by way of A~herst , to ~nd ~rom Talbot and lIfajqrca, by way of pock-

LL'a:too ' ~ .. ,. to .!lnd ~r9m Ballarat and Clunes; by way of Miners­, "rest, Mount Blowhard, ahd Ascot .. to and. from Ballarat and Daylesford, by way of · : Mount' Rowan, Sulky Gully, Creswick, Newlyn, "'Mount,Prospect, and Deep Creek ,. to and ffom Ballarat and Avoca, by way of Lake : ~Learmonth, Mount ~oIfon,' Springs; Lexton,

, and I;amplough " . .: 'to" and ~from Ballarat and Linton's, by way of

, ale and Scarsdale ' · arid from LintOn's and Hamilton, by Iway

of Skip~on, Streatham, Lake Bolac,: Wickliffe, · ,Glentp\)mpson, Strathmore,: and Dunkeld' ' to 'ahd from Hamilton 'and Portland, by way of

Branxliolme, Condah, and Heywood " to and .from Hamiltop' and Apsley, by way of

I' ,L CaveI!dish"Balmoral, :Harrow, and Edenhope to and frcimHamiltonaIid Casterton, by of Wan non .,' 8.'ii:'d Coleraine >' '. -

Frequency. " !

Six days a. week . , . Six day~ a ~,eek .. ,

i, Mode of Conveyance,

Coach Coach

Coach Six days a w~~k

Six days a week . .. Coach

Six days a week '... Coach

Twice a day ... Coach ': .. :

Six days Ii weel!; ... Coac,h

Six days a weel!; ... Coach

Two days a week ... Coach

Six days ~ week ." Coach

to and from Casterton ahd Penola '" to and from Casterton and Lindsay 'to 'an'd :from Coleraine :anil' Merino,

... Three days a week j Three days a ,week

Coach Coach Coach,

Tahara' , by' waf ~f Three days iJ. week

to ,and 'ffOm Coleraine ;and Harrow",by way of "'Narreen " . . ... , '

· to' and fl,'om Castertori 'and Portland, 'by way of Sandford, Merino, Digby, Hotspur,·and Rey-wood'! ! I , . . '

to and fr6m·Portland ~n~ Belfast, by'way ofNar-· .,rawong and Yambuk' ..' , id .and !from Belfast a~d Hamilton;, "by wllY of Orford,~Macarthur, and Byadult . . ,

to 'and 'from Belfast ai,td Wickliffe, b:Y' way' of I,Koroiti Woolsthorpe, 'Caramlit, and Chatsworth

· to and ffom Koroit and IWarrnambool,' by WIliY of , Dennin'gton I " . I

to and from Wickliffe ~nd Ararat, by way of Kiora to and from Geelong arid WarinambooJ, by way

'of Murgheboluc, Inverleigh, Cressy, LislI\ore, Tooliorook, Darlington, Mortlake, Ellerslie,

· 'Ballangeich, Framlingham;and Woodford, to and from Woodford and Winslow .. , .. , ana'to a:n:d from 'Voodford and Yangery ... to and fr,om Geelong alid Belfast, by way of Pet-

,tavel, ;Glifford, Mount : Moriac, Winehelsea, Gel. "'librand, Colac, Larpent,. Pombobieit, Camper-'

, ~ down,' Tarang, PanrIiure, AII!insford,Warrnam-• ,l,Jool, :Qennington, arid Killarney '~ . to and from Winchelsca 'and Wordicboluc .. , to and from Mount Gellibrand a.nd Birregurra: .. , to and from Birregurra and' Dean's Maish,' , ...

with a branch mail to and from Murroon, .. ' · tO'and ii-dm Killarney alid Crossley:.. . .. to and from CroBsley and Koroit ,.. • .. to and Wom Terang a4d, Hamilton, by way of

Mortlake, Hexham, Caramut, Penshurst, Crolt-" ,;ton EaAt, and Hochkirch , , to and :from Leigh Road Railway Station and

Roke~ood, by ,way of Tcesdale and SJ:telforq to and from Rokewood and Smythesdale, by way of 'Rokewood Junction, Bulldog Flat, Cape Clear,

· , 'and Scarsdale ,. "to andftom Rokewood and Mount Mercer· ' ... , to and ffom Rokewood and Break-o'-day ' ... to and from Break-o'.day and Dereel ':" ... to and from Cape Clear and Pitfield .:. . .. to and from Geelong, and Queenscliff, by way of , Moolap and Kensington '

To and from the Pos't Office ,and Landing-places, Queenscliff, whenever required; also thc, con­veyance of the English Mails

,a.nd specio.l mail conveyance between Geelongand Queenscliff ; ':" . .

To and from Rosedale and Port 'Albert, liy way of Tarraville and Woodside

_..... -_._" .".

Three days a week Coli'ch'

Two days a week... Cbach

Two'days a week .. ; Coach

T~o days 'a week;., ,Coach

TWo daysa week .. , Coach '. ."

Three days a week Coach T,wo days a wee)!: ... Coach·

Two days a week .. : Horseback Two days a week... Horseback Six days a week ... Coacn

Two days a week ... Six days a week .. , Two days a week ... Qnce a week '''' Six days a weekI, ... Four days a week .. , Three days a week

Three diys a week

Horseback Horseback Horseback Horseback. Horseback Horseback Coach ...

Coach

Six days a week .. , Coac)l ,

Three days a week Six days a week .. , Two days a week ... Three days a week ' Six days a we~k .:'

Every four weeks, . ,

Twenty-five trips ...

Three days a week

Horseback Horseback Horseback Horseback Coach :.>

Hor~eblick

, l!~!lIg £5 ru;d 30s, per trip fQ9peetlvcly. Dtstl!nee p~evlously stl!ted,

Distance.

Mlle •.

is ;~

21

94

56

98

45

35 30 12 , . 35

60

45

65

60 6

32 130

7 -4

}10 S 3

73.

30

18

5 6 4 3

19' ,

..,' "

Amount.

£ -," ..

~ ,

Gro,. MUeage.

~~::~g 1,1,

"i2,480

.17,472

'58 '656 r t: J

,34,944

20,384

~8,?~0

10;920 9,360 3,744

j:,280

18,720

~,360

'li,440 . . 1~,480

... '1,248

9,984 2?1040

;2,496

I 8~,864

, ,

-i,456 1 ~,496

'2,080

1,872 1,248

22,776

p,360

11,232

1,560 3,744. . S32 . 936

" 1~1~56

, 494

37 10 0 I' " ~. 476

27

STATEMENT showing Particulars of' Inland 'Mail Service performed in Victoria, i87l-continued. -- . . , ' .

, I

Distance.' serVice. ; , MoGnof Amount. Gross , Fl'llqueney. Conveyance. Mileage.

.. .. - ~

, , Miles. £ 8. d. To' and from Matlock and Donnelly's Creek, by way Two days a week ... HorsebacK: 30 149 0 0 6,240

of Jordan, Red Jacket, and Violettown , Horseback: 23 169 0 7;176 To and from Donnelly's Greek and Walhalla, by 'w~y 'J:hree days a week 0

. of Edward's Reef 'i ,. To and from Sale and Port Albert, by way of La Once a week ' .. Horseback 50 58 0 6 5,200

, , Trobe Bridge, Woodside, and Tarraville Horseback

Ii< To and from Stratford altd Bulltown, by· way of Two days a week ' ... -

Iguana Creek, Dargo' Flat, Grant, and Talbot- 440 0 0 19,552 ville . I

and 'to alid from Iguana :Creek and Bairnsdale, by Two days a week ... Horseback way of.Coongulmerang , . '

: Horseback 70

1." o . .f 7,280 To and from Bairnsdale and Omeo, by way of Bro. Once a week ...

then and Ensay , Once a week: I Horseback ,18 1,872 to and from Omeo and Swift's Creek... ... '"

to and from Bairnsdale and Delegate. by way of Once a week ... Horseback 130 13,520 Bruthen, Buchan, Gelantipy, Deduc, Tibbutt,

J l ' Cobanandra, Bonan~ and Bendoc ' : ,

to and from Omeo an Snowy Creek; by way of Once a week ." Horseback 27 2,808 Wombat and Merrimac

To and from Bright and Harrietville .. ' .. , Three days a wllek Horseback 20 95 0 0 6,240 To and from Harrietville and Grant, by w~y of the Once a week ... Horseback 46 154 0 0 4,680

Ull1er Dargo and Verdon , ; Horseback 52 To an rom Benalla and <(obram, by way of M';Ijor. Once a week '" 50 0 0 5,200

Yabba and Katandrll-J ' . 'Horseback To and from Benalla and ShCFrparton ... ' ... Once a week '"

4.0 52 0 0 4,160 To and from Doon and :q!y r.eek ... .. •. Twice a week Horseback 7 23 0 0 1,456 To and from Yea and Ghmlhm ... .., Three days a week Horseback 7 80 0 0' 2,184 To and from Rushworth an Coy's Diggings, by way Three days a week Coach ... 10 70 0 0 3,120

. ofWhroo 22 To and from Kyneton and ¥ount Blaekwood, by way Six: days It weeK ... Coaeh ... 395 0 0, 13,728

of ~~4en, Trenthal:li, and Newbury Three days a week Coach 24 195 0 7,488 To and rom Stawell an~ Longerenong, by way of ... 0

Stawell West, Glenorchy, and ABhens , ' Horseback To and from Glenorchy and Donald, by way'ofA:Jlcr's, Two days a week .;.' 65 150 0 0 13,520

- Anderson's, Creswick'lI Stations,andAvon lains ,. Post Office McLachlan Lakes (Stratford's) "

For the conveyance of all mails between the General '" ... Carts and ") ,Post Office and the wharfs at Melbourne and waggons

l21~ Sandri~e, inclusive of the transport of the Eng-lish ma' s , . 540 0 0 6,552

from Melbourne to Sandridge, by way of Emerald, Three times a day ...

} HoftObMk J. . Hill .,.. '.

from Sandridge to Melbourne, by way of Emerald Four times It day". and car . Hill, including the cpnvilrance of five letter-carriers to and from ~ari ridge, Emerald l;Iill, Once a day ... and Melbourne . ,

To and from the Generfll Post Office and Spencer As often as required American 8""

~ 01 2,496

street Railw/:Station; including the conveyance waggon 570 0 of mail-guar or letter-carrier for the clearance of the Post Office letter and news- Five times a day ... TilbUry ... 40* 12,480

paper boxes in the city of Melbourne, and that on Wellington parade, ineluding the conveyance of a letter-carrier !

From Melbourne to Prahr~n, by way of South Yarra Twiee a day ...

Jc" from Prahran to Melbourne, by way of South Four times a day .. , 24* 126 0 0 7,488 Yarra, includin~ the 'conveyance of six letter- ... carriers from an to Prahran and Melbou~e ' Once a day .. ,

For the clearance of the Post Office letter and news· Three times a day ... Tilbury ... 20* ( 6,240 Eaher, boxes in Carlton and Rotham, now eatab. is ed, or any that may be opened in the course

of the year, including the !Jonveyance of a letter-e'arrier

for the clearance of the Post Office letter and news· Three times a day ... Tilbury ... 40* 12,480 paper boxes in Fitzroy and Collingwood, now established, or any that may be opened in the COurse of the year, including the conveyance of It letter-carrier See next

for the eonveyance of six: letter·carriers from the Once It day ... W aggo,nette } ~6.

page • General Post Office to Hotham and Carlton

Tilbury I 4,992

also the conve6ance of mails to and from the Ge- Twic~ a day ... neraLPost ffice and Hotham and Carlton

I for the conveyance of seven letter-carriers from the O~ce a day .. , W~ggonette } 12* General Post Office ~d Ifitzroy and Collingwood 3,744

also for tbe conveyanee of mails to and from the Twiee a day ... Tilbury ... General Post Office and Fitzroy and Collingwood

wag for 'the conveyance of an extra mail from the ... ... ... .. . I Post Office, Collingwood; to the General Post ' Office, on the despateh of an English mail ' ,

- .. ' - .... ~- , - .. - , ,

.. Per diem.

28

STATEMENT showing Particulars of Inland Mail Service performed in Victoria, I87l-continued.;

Service. Frequeucy. Mode of 'Distance.! Amount. Conveyance.

lIIlles. to and from Melbourne and Dromana, by way of Six days a week '" Coach , .. '50

Cheltenham, Mordialloc, Frankston, and Mor. nington

• to and from Yackandandah and Snowy Creek, by Once a week ... Horseback 67 way of Sandy Creek and Mitta-mitta

to and from Beechworth and Hillsborough, by way Six days a week ... Coach ... 14 of Stanley

to and from Sutton and Yackandandah, by way of Three days a weck Coach H. 10 Hillsborough and Twist's Creek

Coach . to and from Beechworth and Wangaratta, by way Six days a week ... ... 30 of Reid's Creek, Wooished, Reidford, and El-dorado

to and from Chiltern and Howlong, N. S.' Wales, Three" days a week . Coach ... 20 by way of Brown's Plains

to and from .f amieson and Darlingford I ... Three~days a week Horseback 18 to and from Darlingford and Alexandra I "

, ... Once a week ... Horseback 23 to and from Merton' and Godfrey'S Creek ... Six: days a week ... Horseback 6 to and from Godfrey's Creek and Alexandra ... Six days a week ••. Horseback 18 to and from Gaffney's Creek and Enoch's Point .•• 'Three days a wllek Horseback 10 to and from Kilmore and Lancefield, by way of. 'fhree days a week Coach ...

2:} Spring Hill Horseback with a branch mail to and from Goldie ... . .. Three days a week

to and from Kilmore and ,Heathcote, by way of Three days a wcek Coach ... 30 Pyalong

to and from the Post Office and the Railway Sta- Twice a day '" Car ... 1 tion, Echuca .

to and from Sandhurst and Huntly, by way of the Six days a week ... Coach ... 6 White Hills and Epsom

to and from Sandhurst and Eaglehawk, by way of Six days a week ... Coach ... 5 Long Gully ahd California Gully

Six day~ a week Coach to and from SandhurBt and Raywood, by way of ... ... 22 Long Gully, California Gully, Eaglehawk, Myer's Flat, and Whipstick .

Three day's a week to and from Sandhurst and Strathfieldsaye .. , Horseback 7 to and from the Post Office and Railway Station, As often as required Car ... 15*

San~hurst, incl.uding the conveyance of a letter-carrIer

for the clearance of the letter and newspaper boxes Twice a. day ... Tilbury ... 10* in Sandhurst, now established, or any that may

. be opened in the course of the year, including the conveyance of a. letter-carrier

to~ aQ,d from Sandhurst and Tarnagulla, by way of Six days a week ... Coach ., .. , 28 Golden Srare, Kangaroo Flat, Lockw~od,'f ood. stock· on- oddon, N ewbridge, and Maldentown

to and from Inglewood and Powlet Plains ... Once a week ... Horseback 18 to and from Sand hurst and Kangaroo Flat, by Six: days a week ... Coach ... 4

way'of Golden Square Six days a week to and from Castlemaine and Dunolly, by way of ... Coach ... 33

Maldon and Eddington Twice a day To and from South Yarra and Malvern by way of Car ... a

Toorak From Melbourne to Richmond ... ... .. , Twice a day ... Car ...

} l5'1I' and from Richmond to Melbourne ... ... Four times a day ... Car H'

including the conveyance of four letter.carrie!s Once a day ... Car ... from and to Richmond and Melbourne

to and from Richmond and Kew, by way of Raw- Twice.a day ... Car ... 2i thorn .

to and from Kew and Ballyshanassy, by way of Six days a week Car . 5 ... - . .. Camberwell and Hartwell .

From St. Kilda to Melbourne ... ... Twice a day' '" Car ... } 14* and from Melbourne to St. K'iida .. , ... Once a day '" Car ...

including the canveyance of four letter-carriers Onceca day ... Car ... to and from Melbourne and St. Kilda

To and from Melbourne and Brunswick ' .. , ... Twice a day ... Car ... } 16* and to and from Brunswick and Pentridge ... Once a day, .. Car '" To and from the Keilor Road. Railway Station and Six days a week .... Car ... 12

. Dontta Galla, via Keilor" To and from Melbourne and Bulla, by way of Flem. Six days a week ... Coach ... 21

ington, Moonee Ponds, Essendon, Tullamarine, and Oaklands Junction, with a branch mail to and from l\fickleham, by way of Broadmeadows

Six days a. week To and from Melbourne aud Merrian/t, by way of , .. Coach ... 25 N orthcote, Preston, Thomastown, Epping, and

~ Woodstock to and from Preston and Glenvale, by way of Six days a week Coach 20· ... ...

Bundoora, J anefield, Morang, and Whittlesea to and from Bundoora and Diamond Creek, by Six days a week .... Co~ch ... 6

way of Greensboro ugh , ,

• ThiS Wall dlseontlnued !rom lst April, on alteration In route of Jam.le.'lon malls. ,. l'erdiem,

£ .8. d. I I

L~ I o 01

I

I I I

,

! I

I

I I J L

69 0 0

1 (

i )-248 0

I J

- 55 0 0

60 0 0

164 0 0 . 110 0 0

.

l~o r I 0 01

J

Gross M~leage.

31,200

6,968

.8,736

3,120

~8,72O

6,240

1,404 598

3,744 11,232 3,120

7,488

9,360

1,248

3,744

3,120

13,728

2,184 4,680

3,120

17,472

1,872 2,496

20,592'

a,\'44.

'4,680

3,120

3,120

.4,368

4;99~

7,488

13,104

15,600

12,480

3,744

STATEMENT showing Particulars of Inland Mail Service performed in Victoria, 1871-continued.

Service.

To and from Melbourne and Heidelberg, by way of Alphington

to and from Heidelberg and Templestowe ... To and from St. Kilda Railwav Station and Mordi­

alloc, by way of Elsternwick, Brighton, Brighton East, Beaumaris, Brighton South, and Chel­tenham

and to and from East Brighton and Jasper road

To and from St. Kilda and Caulfield ... '" To and from Footscray Railway Station and Bray­

brook, by way of Footscray Post Office and Maidstone

To and from Kew and Warrandyte, by way of Don­caster

to and from Kew and Lillydale, by way of Box Hill ,

to and f~om Lillydale and HoddIe's Creek, via Launching place .

.To and from Dandenong and Cranbourne, by way of Lyndhurst

To and from Cranbourne and the Clvde ... . .. ,To and from Cranbourne and the Bass, by way of

Corinella . To and from Berwick and N arree Warren, by way

of Harkaway To and from Frankston and Hastings, by way of

Somerville' . to and from Hastings and BlLlnarring ,,' , .. to and from Frankston and Cowes (Phillip Island),

by way of Sandy Point To and from Dromana and Rye (Tootgarook), by

way of Bonyony To and from Dromana and Flinders, by way of Cape

Schanck To and from Port Albert and Yarram-yarram, by

way of Alberton

Frequency.

Twice a day

Once a day Six days a week

Six days a week

Six days a week ~ix days a week

Six days a week

Six days a week

Once a week

Six days a week

Mode of Conveya.nce.

... Coach

... Horseback

... Coach ...

'" Horseback

... Horseback

... Horseback

... Coach ' ...

... Coach

.. ' Horseback

... b~ach

Three days a week Horseback Two days a week... Horseback

Six days a week .. ' Horseback

Three days a week

Three days a week Three days a week

Three days a week

Coach

Horseback Coach & boat

Horseback

Two days a week... Horseback

Three days a week Horseback

Distance. Amount.

Miles. £ s. d.

: }20000{

l5 I {

2, t 150 0 0

2! 3000 5 30 0 0

12

21

35

}~ 0

9 70 0 0

5 24 10 0 50 98 10 0

6 16 0 0

15

12 24

l2 46 0 0

20 6200

8 24 18 0

For extra mails per steamer between Port Albert and ... / . ..

Yarram-yarram, per trip, 5s. 1

To and from Port Albert and Tarraville with steam­er's mails

To and fr,om Sale and Bald Hills, by way of Hey: field, Denison, and Glenmaggie '

To and from Sale and Maffra '.. ... • .. to and from Maff'ra and Upper Maff'ra '.. . ..

'To and from Toongabbie and Cowwarr (Upper Hey-field), '

To and from Bruthen imd Cunningham (Lakes En-trance) ,

To and from Bairnsdale and Deptford, by way of Boggy Creek

to and from Boggy Creek alid Merrijig ... To and from Wangaratta and Oxley, by way of

Oxley township to and from Oxley and Greta, by way of Moyhu

Post Office To and from Wangaratta and Estcourt ... .. . To and from Wood's Point and Gooley's Creek .. . -To and from Seymour and Wahring, by way of To.-

bilk and N agambie To and from Wallan-wallan and Darraweit Guim .. , To and from Heathcote and Rushworth, by way of

Costerfield, Redcastle and Whroo To and from Heathcot~ and Spring Creek .. , To and from Echuca and Ulupna, by way of Lower

Moira, Kotupna, Karimba, and Ulupna West To and from the Post Office and the Railway Sta­

tion, Rochester To and from Rochester and Corop ... ... To and from Goornong Railway Station and Clare

Inn, by way of the Goornong Post Office To and from Kangaroo Flat Post Office and Railway

Station To and from Ravenswood Railway Station and the

Big Hill, ·by way of Old Ravenswood Post Office-

To and from Castlemaine and Harcourt, by way of Barker's Creek

, Service not rendered.

As often as required Horseback

Two days a week... Horseback

18 15 0

145 0 0

Six days a week Three days a week Three days a week

Horseback Horseback Horseback

50

15 8

10 '} 120 0 0 {

Once a week Horseback

Two, days a week .. , Horseback

Once a week ... Horseback Six days a week ... Horseback

Three. days a week

Three days a week . Two days a week .' Three days a week

Three days a week Three days a week

Horseback

Horseback Horseback Horseback

Horseback Coach , ..

Six days a week ... Coach .,. Once a week .. , Horseback

Twice a day ... Car

Three days a week Six days a week .. ,

Horseback Horseback

Twice a day ... On foot ...

Six days a week .. , Horseback

Six days a week ... Cart

40 0 0

14 24 10 0

16 1 130 0 16 ,5 14 } 120 0 20

8 .40 0 0 2 19 10 0

20 8000

6 14. 18 0 36 250 0 0

19 200 0 0 62 117 0 0

1 55 0 0

10 60 0 0 8 55 0 0

1 22 18 0

4. 19 15 0

6 1 , DIstance prevIously Itnted, beiDS 57 trlps. * Per diem.

( I

Grass Mileage.

9,984

1,248 9,360

1,560

1,560 3,120

7,488

13,104

3,640

5,616

1,560 10,400

3,744

4,680

3,744 7,488

2,496

4,160

2,496

812

10,400

9,360 2,496 3,120

1,456

3,328

1,664 8,736

6,240

2,496 416

6,240

1,872 11,232

11,856 6,448

.1,248

3,120 4,992

1,248

2,496

3,744

36

STaTEMENT showing Particul.ars. offuland Mail Service performed in Victoria, 187i-continued.

Service.' Frequency. Mode of

Conveyance. Distance. \ Amount.

.- to and from the Railway Station.'and.Post Office, As often as required Cart Castlemaine .'

... ,

~o: and .from Castlemaine and Golden-Point, by Six days a week way of Chewton, including the clearance of the letter.boxes at Chewton

Cab

to and from Castlemaine and Glenluce, by way of Six days a week ... Horseback Spring Gully and Fryerstown .

to and from Castlemaine and Vaughan, by way of Six days a week ... Horseback Campbell's Creek, Yapeen, Strathloddon, Guild-ford, and Tarilta _

. :

to and from N ewstead and Clydesdale ... to and from Newstead and Joyce's Creek t~ and from Newstead and .Strang-ways : ..

... Six days a week Three days a week

. Six days a week .. : To ahd from Muckleford and,Walmer -.. '~'-' .... To and from Caris brook and Moolort ... To arid fl;om Elphirfstone and' Sutton Grange - ...

to and from Elphinstone and Faraday ... . .. To and frpm Langley, and Metcalf, by ,way of Green

Hills ' ,

Six days a.week ... Three days a week Three days it weeL Three days a week Six days a week ' ...

Horseback Horseback Horseback Horseback', : j Hotseback .

'Hdrseback. Horseback Horseb'ack

Mlles.

3*

18*

9

11

4 6 3 3 6-

,9 4 ,7

£ 8. d.

I- l / -/

649 0 0,

I' >-

I :1 ...

J L " ,24 ,0,,0

i} 36 0 0

48 15 o{ 4i -10 0:'

33 18 o To and from Langley and Baynton ... ... Three days a. week Horseback 6 T~ and from the Railway Station and Post Office, Six times a day... Car ...} 1

- Kyneton ".,' . 16* ~nd for tJie clearance of thilletter·boxes, including Twice a day' ... Car ... . o{ 65 0

the conveyance of a letter-carrier J to and from Kyneton and Lauriston ... ... Six: days a week ... Horseback 6

To and from' Diggersrest and Coimadai Creek, by Three days a week Horseback 10 way of Yangardook

To. and from W oodend and Carlsruhe. by way of Six: days a wE!ek .. , Horseback " S prillgfield ."-

To.and from Lancefield-road-Railway Station and Six days' a week' .:. Coach : .... North Lancefield, by way of Duck Holes, Rom •

. ' .' sey, and Lancefield' .' - . to and from W oodend . and Lancefield, by way of Six: days a week ... Coach

-. Newham and Rochford . , To and from Gisborne and Cabbage.tree ... ... Three ,days a ~eek Horseback To' ahd froni 'Gisborne Rail way Station and'Gisborne',

also the conveyance of a mail on Saturday from the Railway Station to Gisborne

Six days a wee)!: , ... -Car - ....

" To and from Gisborne and Bullengarook ... __ : .. . Three days a week Horseback ,To and f*om Macedon and Upper Macedon .. . To and from Sunbury and the Gap .... .. . To and from Horsham and Apsley, by way 'of Vectis,

St. Mary's Lake, Spring Hill, Spring Bank, '. Pleasant Banks, Rose Banks, Lemon, Springs,

Six days a weeJr .. . S~ days a week .. . Two days'~ week- .. :

Horseback Horseback Buggy .. >

- and Bringalbert "-' '" " Td.'imd from Maldon and Newstead, bi way of Six days a wee)!: ... Carf'

Welshman's Reef . . to and from Maldon and Porcupine Flat to and from Maldonand Nuggety Reef

.To. lind from Dunolly and McIntyre's, by

... Six days a week Cart

... Six days a week ... Cart way of Six days a week, ... Coach

Inkerman and'Moliagul . to.a~d from Maryborough and DunoHy; by way of Six days a week ... Coach

Havelock and the Bet-bet .' , to and from Maryborough and'Majorca, by way of Six days a w~ek ... Coach

'- - Mosquito Flat and ·McCullum's Creek_. . . to and from Maryborough and'Wareek, by way of Six days a week .. : Coach . ,. ':Chinaman's Flat, Timor; 'and Alma .... - " . . "

including clearance ofletter-bot at Chinamim's Flat Daily" ....: ...... ... '. to and'from Avoca and Hoinebusli·... ... Three days a week Horseback

to and'from Avoca and Fiddler's Creek ... Six days a week ... Horseback to' and from Ararat and Moyston; by way of Six days a week .... Coach ...

. " Cat~cart' ; . to and from Ararat and Tat yo on "','" Two days a week... Horseback" to and'from Ballarat and And~rson's Sawmills, by Six days a week ... Coach ...

-way' of Black Hill, Little Bendigo,' Brown' Hill, Leigh Creek, Bullarqok, and Devil's Cree~

" tci and from ,Ballarat lind Blingaree, by 'way of Sixd!lYs a w'eek ... Horseback Dunn's Town and Warrenheip

,to and from Ballarat and Haddon (Sago Hill), by Six days a we~k ... Coach . ;' way· of 'Redan- Bridge; Mount Pleasant, ~ebas-

topol, 'Cobbler's Gully; and Cambrian Hill to and from Ballarat and Sebastopol, .by ~ay of 'Six days Ii we~k ... Coach

Redan Bridge . to and from the Railway'Station ane!' Post Office As often as required Waggonette

Ballarat, including ~he cOJ!-veyance of a letter-carrier' - " . .

:;.:to and from Ballarat·, and Alfredtown; including Twice a day i... Tilbury ... the honveyance of a:Ietter-carrier . , : \

.. I • Per diem. ,'-

7

'15

15

6 2~

7 .. .3 4

81

12

5 5

15

15

8

12

8 6

10

16 15

16

11

'3

i.'

160 q o

40 0 0

20 -0 6 . - 20' 0-0

23 -:0 0·'·-39 0 0 40 0 0 _.

215 0 0

7,690 8 o~

Gros. Mileage;

5,616

'.5,616

,'6,864

'2,496 ·1,872 '1,872 1,911 1,872 2,808

,1,248 4,368

1,872 4,9~2

B,744

3,120

4,368

9,360

9,360

.. 1,872 1,560

- .2,184 1,872 2,496

16,848

,7,488

3,120 3,120 9,360

9;360

4,992

7,488 - ".'

2,496 3,744 6,240

-3,328 '9,360

9,984,

6,864

1,560

468

3,7.44

~l

STATEMENT showing, Particulars of In~anct. ~ail ~e~vic~ performe!I -in. Yictoria, Ifj71-.co~dnued. It, J ". .. • ~ •• •

8ervle.:~.

, . '. ~

from Ballarat to Ballarat Easti . .. " . from Ballarat to Newington .1. .... ... Ill~o the conveyance of two letter-carriers /rom

Ballarat to Newington, I' ' /

Frequency.

Twice ,a day Twice a day Once a day /

for the clearance of the Post Office letter and news- Twice a day paper boxes. in Ballarat West nOW established, or a~y that may be qpened ill the course of the year; . and of the .~ost Office at N ewirigton,

I·· Mode of Conveyance.

... Tilbury

... Tilbury

... Tilbury }

... Tilbury ...

including the conveyance ofa letter-carrier for the: clearance of the IPost Office letter and news- 'rWiC6 a day ! ... Tilbury ...

pap~r' boxes in Batl~rat E~t now established, or any that may 'be/opened in the course of the year, and of the Ppst Office at Ballarat East,

, includ,ing the convey/unce oft a letter-carrier to and from Burrumbe,et and Weatherboard ,HilI ' sii days a weel!: ... to and from DaylesfqriI and ~eonard's Hill, by ~hree days a week

way of Muskvale iii! I to and from Clunea land, $}lendaruel, bY'way of .Six day a wee~ ...

Horseback ,Horseback'

Horseback Tourello and Mount IBeckworth /

to and' from Clunes a~d Glengower, by way of Six days a week ... Horseback Lord Clyde and Middle Creek !

to and:from Talbot and Mount Greenock, by way Six uays a week '" Horseback of Rocky Flat .

·1 :DlBtance.

Miles.

12*

20*

5 6

6

10

6

to and .from Talbot and Evansford .. , I ... Six days a week ... Horseback to' and from Ballarat and Buninyong, by way of Six days a week ... Coach ...

Mount Clear

,: 7 9

to and:from Buninyong and the Buninyong Rail- Six days a week ... Car way, Station

,to and from Buninyong and Grenville, by way of Three days a week ,Horseback Durham Lead and Hardie's Hill

to andJrom Buninyong and the Whim-holes .. , , Three days a week Horseback to and,from Buninyong and Napoleon's, by way Six days a week ... Horseback , of Black Lead and Scotchman's Lead .

to and from Smythesdale and Staffordshire Reef, Six days a week ... Coach , by way of Brown's and .Italian' Gully to andlfrem Smythesdale and Chepstowe, by way Six: days a week ... Coach

of Snake Valley, Preston Hill, and Carngham tq and from Smythesdale, and Happy Valley, by Six days a'week ... Coach ...

,way of Scarsdale, Newtown, Golden Lake, and " Piggoreet to and from Gordon's and Ormond ... ... 'to and from Brown's Hills and Bungaree Springs' to and from Heywood and Dartmoo.r ... . .. to and from Portland and J3ridgewater... . • .. to and from 'Belfast and Penshufst, by way of , Kirkstall and Hawkesdale

Three'days 8 week Six days a week ... Once a week ... Once.a week .. , Two days a week ...

Horseback Horseback Herseback Herseback Coach .. ,

to and from the Landing-place and Post, Office, As o.ften as required I '" , Warrnambeol, . 'to. and froin W oorndoo and Lake Bomc ... to and from Camperdown,and Darlington ... 'to. and,from Camperdown and Cobden ... · ... to and from Colac and Ondit ... .., ... to and from Ondit and Cundare .. , ... to and frem Mount Moriac and Lake Modewarre to and from LaHal Railway Station and Clarendon to. and from Meredith and Morrison's' .. , .. , to and from Morrison's and Dolly'S Creek ... to and from Dolly's Creek and Mount Doran ...

'to and from the Railway Station and Pest Office,

Two' days a week ... Onc,e a week ... Three days a. weeK Six days a week ... Two days a week .•. Three days a week • Six days a week ... Six days a week' .. , Three day~ a week Three days a w.eek Twice. a day ...

Horsebaek Horseback Horseback Horseback Horsebaek Horseback Horseback, Horseback Horseback Horseback Car ...

'Meredith '. . to and from Meredith and Steiglitz ,.. Six days a:,week ... Coach ... to and from Leigh Road Railway Station and Six dllYs a week ... Coach ...

,Anakies, by way of Darriwall and Maude to and from Steiglitz and Stony Creek... ... to and fro.m Meredith and Cargarie ... . .. to and from the Railway Station and }>ost Office!

Sii days a week .,' Horseback' Three days a week Horseback Tw!ce, a da.y ... Horseback

, ' Lethbridge' , to. and from Inverleigh ll:nd Leigh Road Railway Once a week

Station, .•. Horseback

to imd from Rokewood and Cressy .. , ... Once a week t(l and from Steiglitz Road Railway Station and Twice a day

:Post Office, Moorabool' "

... Horseback

.... On foot ...

Six days a week ... Six days a week ...

Horseback Horseback

to. and from Geelong and Sutherland's Creek ... to and from Geelong and Gheringhap, by way of

Geelong West, Cowie's' Creek and Batesford to and from Geelong and Fyanstord .. ' ... Six days a week ... Horseback to and from Geelong anq Port arlington, ,by way ~Six days a week ." Coach ...

" of. Curlewis, Drysdale, and Bellarine ' .

,

7

10

10 7

7

18

8

.5 4

31 13 40

It 12 18 10 7 6 9 4. 6 6 3 It* 7 9

5. 11 1

9

10 I

12 12

4. 18

Amonnt.

£ 8. d.

Orosa Mileage.

} 3,744

6,240

2,496

3,120 '1,872

. 3,744

6,240

3,74.4.

4,368 5,~1l6

'4,368

'3,120

3,120 4,368

4,368

11,232

"4,992

1',560 2,496 3,224 i,352 8,320

727

, 2;496 1'.872 3,120 4,368 1,248 2,808

, 2,496 3,744 1,872

936 468

4,368 51616

3;120 3,432 1,248

936

1;040 1,248

'7,488 '7,488

2,496 1~,232

C,'.

.-

STATE'A:lENT showing Particulars of lriland Mail ',Service performed in Victoria, 1871-continued.

Service, Frequency.

. to and from Portarlington and St. Leonards '" Three days a week to and from Geelong and Ceres, by way of Highton Six days a week ". to and from Ceres and Gnarwarre _ ... ... Three days a week ,to and from Geelong and Mount Duneed, by way Six days a week ...

of Belmont and Germantown . I to and from Mount Duneed and Jan Juc, by way Three days a week

of Freshwater Creek to and from Mount Duneed and Connewarre Three days a week

·to and from the Post Office and Railway Statid~: Twice a day , .. Wyndham

to and from Wyndham Railway Station and Der- Three days '8 week rimut, by way of Mount Cotterell ,

to .and from Geelong and Point Henry, by way of Six days ,a week ... the Breakwater

to and from the Post Office and Railway Station, Gee~ong, including the conveyance of a letter-

As often as, required

carrIer . for the clearance of the Post Office letter and news- ,Three times a day ...

papflr boxes in Geelong;now es~bli8hed, or any that may be opened in the course of. the year, including the conveyance of a letter-carrier

To and from Eddington and Laanecoorie ... .... Three days a week To and from Ararat and Opossum Gully .. ;' ... Six days a week ... To and from Moyston and Watgania ... ... Two dils a week ... To and from Beaufort and Charlton, by way of Main Three ays a week

Lead, Waterloo, and Raglan to and from Beaufort and Stockyard Hill, by way Three days a wee'k . of Sailor's Gully

~ix days a week To and from Creewlck and Dean, by way of Rocky ... Lead .

To and from Creswick and Coghill's Creek, by way of Six days a week ." Bald Hille and Ascot -To and from Moorookyle and mHna ... ... Six days a week . .. To and from Moorookyle and Hit-or-Miss ... Six days a week ... ,To and from Kyneton and Pastoria, by way of Piper's Three days a week

. Creek To and from Rochford and Heaket Three days a week To and from Benalla and Mansfield, 'by way '~f Once a week ...

McKellar's, Swan Pool, and Barjarg To and from Morang and Hazleglen ... ". Three days a week To and from Whorouly and Bowman's Forest ... Three days a week To and from Leigh Road Railway Station and Inver- Three days a week

leigh ~ Clearing a receiving. box at Prahran ... ... Thrice daily . .. Clearing a receiving.box at East Leigh ... ... Once daily .., Clearing receiving-box at Talbot-street, Ma~orca ... Once daily . .. Clearing three receivin1;boxes at Brunswic .. , Once dail} ... Clearing two receiving- oxes'in Hawthorn .,. Twice.dai y ... Clearing a receiving.box at Pascoevale .... ... Daily ... '" Clearing three receiving-boxes at Emerald Hill, and Thrice daily ...

twice additionally on ou . g mail days To and from Melbourne and ton; and for clear- Twice a day ...

ance of receiving-boxes at Ba,laclava, Elstern. wick, Bay street, and Brighton Beach railway stations, and conveyance of letters, &c., from Twice a day ... these stations to Melbourne

Conveyance of English mail from Prahran to Mel. bourne.

Every four weeks ...

From Prahran to South Yarra ... ... ... Twice daily . .. To and from the Post Office and the railway station, Twice daily ...

. Brighton ' Clearing receiving-box at Coburg '" ... Once daily • ... ,To and from Melbourne,Footscray, and Williamstown Twice daily ... To and from Melbourne, Geelong, Geelong West, Thrice daily ...

and Ballarat To and from Melbourne and Sandhurst ... ... Thrice daily ... To and from Saudhurst and Echuca ... . " Twice daily ... To and ,from Frankston and Hastings, via Somer- Once a week ...

ville, from the 18th February to the 31st De-cember 1871, at the rate of £1 per week ,

Three days a week To a.nd from Melbourne and East Shelbourne, from the 24th March to 31st December 1871, at the

. rate of £181J?r annum To and from the ost Office, Cape Bridgewater, and Once 'a week ... , the Cape, from the 8th March to the. 31st De-

cember 1871, at the rate of £15 128. per annum Two days a week .,. To and from Rye and Sorrento, from 10th January to

31st December 1871, at the rate of 8s. per week

, DlIItance previously .tBled, " rer ilJem.

l{ode of qo.:'veyance.

Coach ... Horseback Horseback Horseback

Horseback

Horseback On foot ... Horseback

Horseback

Buggy ...

Tilbury .. ,

Horseback Horseback Horseback Horseback

Horseback

Horseback

HorseQack

Horseback Horseback Horseback

Horseback Horseback

Horseback Horseback Coach ... Foot . .. Foot ... Foot ... On foot ... On foot '" On foot ... On foot ...

Railway ...

Railway , ..

Car ... Car ... On foot .. .

On foot .. . Railway . .. Railway ... Railway .. . Railway ... Coach . "

Horseback

Horseback

Horseback

DLstance. Amount. Gross lIIlIeage.

Mlles. £ 8 • d. 7 I 2,184 6 3,744 8

I 2,496

6 3,744

I 12 ~

I '3,744

M <d

6 I P;

1,872 t>/)

,2* <= 624 ;.a '" 8 '" 2,496 '" .. P;

8 '" ~ 4,992

3* l, 936

24* 7,488

6 29 10 0 1,872 6 2410 0 3,744

12 50 0 0 2,496 9

f 2,808

79 0 0 10 3,12v

6 92 10 '0 3,744

20 92 10 0 12,480

5 60 0 0 3,120 6 90 0 0 3,744 7 29 10 0 2,184

3 50 0 0 936 43 75 0 0 4,472

4 50' 0 0 l,248 3 25 0 0 936 9 38 0 0 3,744

2t* 47 0 6 2,340 1 10 0 0 312

3t 5 0 0 156

30 0 0 .936 21 30 0 0 1,560 1* 12 0 ,0 312 4 36 0 0 3,744

l 7t* 200 0 0 9,360

I 1 10 0 '. 72 ... III 18 0 0 312 ill' 15 12 0 78

1 10 0 0 624 91. 4 150 0 0 17,316

96t 2,600 0 0 180,180

lOot 2,500 -0 0 188,604 55! 1,000 0 0 68,052

1 45 5 8 1,800 . ..

8 13 n 8 1,920

3 12 14 1 258

18 - 20 6 10 . 3,636

..

-

STATEMENT showing Particulars of 1111alid Mail Service performed iI;l Victoria, 1871-continued.

Scr\'lce.

To and from Stonyford !lnd Carpendeit, from 20th January to 31st December 1871, at the rate of £20 per annum

To and from Chinaman's Creek ... ... . .. and extra.trip from Chinaman's Creek on outgoing

English mail days, from 20th January to 31st December 1871, at the rate of Is. per diem

To and from Port Albert and Stockyard Cr~ek, from 20th February to 31st December 18il, at the. rate of £80 per anuum

To and from Allansford and Nirl'anda, by way of 2\1 epunga, from 4th M arch to 31st Decem bel' 1871, at the rate of £10 per annum

From Stratford to Sale on departure of English' mail on Sunday from Hobson's Bay, from 23rd April to 10th September 1871, at the rate of lOs. per trip .

Conveyance of an extra letter, carrier from 'Melbourne to St. Kilda, from 1st January to 31st Decem­ber, at the rate of Is. per diem ,

To and from Geelong and ~ueenscliff, from 1st Jan­uary to 30th April 1871, at the rate of £3 per w~k .

To and from Briagolong and Stratford, from 2nd May to 31st December 1871, at thc rate of £25 per'annum '

To aud from Avoca and Nattie Yallock, from 1st April to 31st December 1871, at the raLe of £40 per annum

Increased distance consequent upon removal of·Post Officc, :Bullengarook, to another site, from'l9th January to 31at December 1871, at the rate of £7 per annum

To and from lHoimt Cameron and Mount Greenock, fmm 16th May to 31st December 1871, at the rate of £23 per annum

To and from Moonambelllnd Warrenmang, from 1st June to 31st December 1871, at the rate of £25 pe,r annum

Clearance of five receiving boxes at South Yarra ... and conveyance of English mail from Toorak and

South Yarra, from 6th June to 31st December 1871, at the rate of £5 58. per month

Clearing additional receiving box at Prahran, from 13th ,Tune to 31st December 1871,'at the rate of lOs. per month

To and from Castlemaine and Maryborough, by way of N ewstead, Joyce's Creek, Moolort, and Caris­brook, from 15th June to 31st December 1871, at the rate of £75 per annum

To and from HOS8 Creek and SmythesdaJe, from 1st July to 31st December 1871, at the rate of X15 per annum

To and from Echuca and W yuna, from 15th July to 31st December 1871, at the rate of £30 per annum

To and from Castlemaine and Chew ton, from 24th July to 31st December 1871, at the rate of J:20 per allnum

To a)ld from Dromana and Red Hill, from 1st August . to 31st December 1871, at the. rate of £10 per

allnum To and from Murchison and 1\fcMillau's (Arcadia

Station), by way of Kearney's Hotel, Feather Bridge, Castle Creek, and Spencer's Farm, from 1st August to 31st December 1871, at the rate of £10 lOs. for the period

To and from DurdiulVarrah and, Mount Wallace, from 2nd September to ;jIst December 1871, at the rate of £30 per anllum

Conveyance of an additional letter-carrier, from Mel­bourne to South Yarra, from 23rd February to 31st December 1871, at the rate of lOs. per month

From 1\felbourne to South Yarra and Prllhran, from 2nd October to 31st December 1871, at the rate of £3 per month '

, Mode of Dbt,,"ce. Frequency. CQuveyance~

, ..

lIliles.

Once a week ... Horseback 12

Six days a week .. - Horseback 2k Every four weeks ... 1 ... . ..

Once a week ... Horseback 35

Once a week ... Horseback 10

Every four weeks .. , Horseback 1 ...

2 Once a day ... Car ... I' ...

Six days a week ... Coach ...

Two days a week ... Horseback

Two days a week ... Horseback

. "

Three days a week Horseback

Three days a week Horseback

Three days a week Horseback

Three times a day.. On foot Every four weeki.:. Car

Three times daily ... On' foot ...

Six days a week ... Coach ...

Three days a week Horseback

Once a week ... Horseback

Six days a week ... Car .. ,

Two days' a' week ... Horseback

Once a week ... Horsl.'back

Two days a week,.. Horseback

Once a day' ... Car

Once a day ... Cur

3 ...

54

6

%*

10

'4

1~*

• . ..

. '4

12

6 .. .

4

20

4

Amount. Gross

:MHcage.

~---

£ S. d. 18 19 6 1,176

~

} 17 4 o { 1,470 60

68 16 2 3,150

8 5 0 860

3 0 0 132

-. .15 12 0 ...

51 0 0 3,876

16 11 11 700

30 0 0 936

6 13 2 367

14 8 1 .... 1,980

1411 8 720

35 17 6 1,800

360 234

40 16 8 . 10,080

7 ,10 0 624

19 17 5 576

8 15 3 690

434 352

10 10 0 880

9 18 4 272

521

000 234

1 Distance pr-cvlously stated, __ 'L VistJ;lnce prC'Iliously stated, also mUonge includcd.--3 Distance previously stated. Extra mail during summer season. ~-. Heiug deviation in connection with Grant :';Crvice.--l\. 11clug second daily mail be.tween Melbourne,ana llarylJoruugll. ni~tance. previously stnted.-~­• l)cing second dally mail between Castlcmalllc 3mI Chcwton, JHst:mcc pl'c,viou"ly stntad,--'1 Dh::tance find Illilcagc previously stated.--'1 Distance and mileage l)re\dously statcd.~_8 Consequent on tUid~day suburban ~eli\'cry being resumed. Distaucc llrcviously stated. .

• rer diem. No. 15. c

34

: Modcof iDistan~. , Service. Frequency. A.mount. Gross \.

" Conveyance. ~ 11ileage.

. - Miles. £,8. d . , From· :Melhourne to Richmond, from 2nd October to Once a day .' ... Car . . .. ·1 7 10 O~ 156

31s~ :J?ecember 18"71, at the,rate of £7 lOs. for . ..

-perIOd .

Once a day From Melbourne to St. Kiluli, from 2nd October to Car r , 7·10' '0 , 273 lEst December 1871, at the rate of £7 lOs. for

... , ... t· .. ·

period ..' To and from Elmhurst and Glenpatrick, from 17th

May to 31st December 1871, at the'rate of £5 Two days a week ... Horseback 7 3 2 4. 924

per annum Z

To and from MUl'chison and Mooroopna, by way Once a week f~' Horseback 21 5 0 7 420 of North Murchison, Toolamba House gate, \

Thompson's store, and. Page's farm, from 22nd October to 31st December 1871. at the rate of £6 lOs; for period. from 1st October ~ .

From Collingwood to Melbourne ... ... Six days a week. ... Car ' . '" 1

1 ... and. additional olea:ance of boxes and pillars in Daily Tilbury 1 ... ... ... .. .

Fltzrov and Collmgwood, from 1st October to 13 0 0 156 31st December 1871, at the rate of £13 for the , I poriod J

To and from Balian and Ballanee (Blake's Sawmills), Three days a week Horseback 7 7 17 6 294-from 13th November. to 31st December 1871,

To at the rate of 7s. 6d. per trip , and from Geelong and QueensolifI', by wav of Six days a week Coftch s 13 0 0 912 Kensington and Moolap, from bt December to

... . .. . .. 31st December 1871, at the rate of £156 per annum

Conveyance of an additional·letter·carrier to Eme- Six days a week ... Qar .' ( 111 6 rald Hill, from 7th August to 31st December

, .. ... . ..

1871, at the rate of Is. Sd. per week . . . :

Conveyance of an additional letter-carrier from South Six days a week Car '4 o 16 0 . " ... , ., ... YaITa to Melbourne, from 1st October to 18th November 1871, at the rate of lOs. per month

To an'd from East Trentham and Tylden, from 12th August to 31st December 1871, at the. rate of

Three days a week Horseback 6 7 1410 756

£2U per annum . Clearing receiving box at Ur. Lyons', Emerald Hill Twice a da.y ... On foot' ... } 2* 7 0 0 312

und one at Mr. Nicholson's, from 1st July to 31st Thrice a. day ... On foot ... December 1871, at the rate of £14 per annum

'61 Com-eyance of special mails ... ... ... As required ... ... .. . 7 6 ... 1 Consequent on mid-day suburban doUyery being rcsumed.~ Distance previously stntcd.--z Loose bag scrvlce.--" Extra service during summer season.

Distauce previously sttltod.--' Distance and mileage previously stated,--* Per diem.

APPENDIX B.'

POST OFFICE BRANCH. . . LIST of Post Offices in Victoria, with Names of Postmasters and the Amount of their Salaries, for 1871.

Office. Name., Salary Or Office. Name. Salary or

Allowance.' I Allowance.

. £ 8. d. £ 8. d.. Adelaide Lead ... C. Noller . .. 15 0 (') Ballarat ... Wm. Thacker .. . 485. o 0 Alberton - N. Christensen 15 0 0 Ballarat East ... J. Fussell ... 30 0 0 ... ... . .. Alexandra ... ... J. Peterkin .. . 60 0 0 Ballyshanassy ... D. B. Groves ... 20 0 0 AJfredion .. , ... J. H. Palmer ... 20 0 0 Balmoral ... ... B. Lyon ... 40 0 0 Allausford ... ... J. ~nder~on .. . 35 0 0 Balnarring ... ... P. V' ansuylen '" 15 0 0 Alma ... . .. n. Wilds . .. 25 0 0 Barfold ... ... J. Ryan .. . 30 0 0 Alphington .... ... J. S. Adtlms . .. 20 0 0 Bariughup ... '" R. J. Lawrence ... 35 0 0

Amherst ... ... J. P. Smith· . .. 40 0 0 Barker's Creek ... E. Homan ... 15 '0 0 Amphitheatre A. Hardie 30 0 0 Barkly . Wm. Blair . .. , 20 0 0 ... . .. ... ... Anakic ... . .. G. Belcher ... 20 0 0 Barkstead ... ;., S. J. Lawrence ... 15 0 0

Apsley ... . .. M. A. Botterill ... 35 0 0 Barnawartha . .. ~I. M..cKeone ... 30 0 0 Ararat ... ... K. L. Murray .. , 180 0 0 Barry's Reef , ... W. Shaw ... 25 0 0 Armstrongs , .. .. , J. Kershaw ." 15 0 0 Bass ... . .. W. Keen . .. 15 0 0 Ascot (Creswick) ... T.Ogilvy ... 25 0 0 Batesford ... . .. H. A.·Smith ... 25 0 0 Avenel .. , ... W.Campion .. . 35 0 0 Baynton ... ... E.w. .. . 20 0 0

Avoca ... P. R. Arkins ... 180 0 0 Bealiba .. , ... G. • Lyndon ... 30 0 0 Avon PI~ins ::: ... H. Stratford ... 25 0 0 Beaufort ... .. . Thos. Lewis ... 180 0 0 Axedale ' .. .... P. Drake . .. 20 0 0 Beechworth .. , • ." R. B. Hodgson .... 350 0 0 Bacchus ~Iarsh ... T. Taubman ... 60 0 0 Belfast .. . ... J. A. Lynar ... 350 '0 0 Bairnsdale ... ... 13. C. Jones ... 146 18 4 Bellarine ... ... W. Andrews ... 25 0 0

Bald Hills D. Slattery ... 15 0 0 Belmont ... ." J. Williams ... 25 0 0 Bald Hills (Gippsland)" C. RumpfI' ... 15 0 0 Benalla ... . " A. C. Croft ... 180 0 0

BaHan ... ':'" George Flack .., 65 0 O. Bendoc ... ... J: Stockdale .., 15 0·0

Ballanee' E. Blake 10 0 0 Berlin , H. J ~ Williams 55 0 0 ... ... ... . ... ... ...

Ballangeich ... '" W. Tomlinson ... 15 0 0 Berwick - ... R.Bain. ... 50 0 0

35

-.. LIST of Fost-Offices in Victoria, with Names of Postmasters and Amounts of Salarle's;'for ·1871~ontinued.

om .... Name.

Det Bet ... ... ·Mary Grant Deveridge... ... N. Fletcher Dig Hill :.. ... ·P. C. Perry Dirregllrra ... ... B. Wood Black Hill... ... Ann 'I'urner :Black Lead '" ... A: W. Chapman .. . Bontherambo ... J. Cozens .. . Bowmflu's Forest ... D. Alexander .. . Box Hill '" S. Padgham .' Dranxholme ... ". Thos. Kemp .. . Drayhrook ... ... J. Dickson .. . Break.o'-Day ... D. E. Thomas .. , Breakwater... ...C. Smith ... Briagolong ... W. J. Parker ... Bridgewater-on·Loddon R .. Boys .. , Bright ... ... W. H. Hollick ... Drighton ... E. Clark ... Brighton East ... W. Norquay ... Brighton South ... 'J. G. Reynolds ... Broadford... ... G. A bhot .. . Broadmcadows ... F. Phillips .. . Brown Hills... ... F. Bradbury .. . Brown's Diggings ... J. Booth .. . Brown's Plains ... H. G. Brown .. . Brunswick... ... J. George. . .. . Brutbcn... ... R. McDougall .. , Buangor... .. E. Keith •.. Buckland ... ... Mary White .. , Bulla .•. ,.. W.Bethell .. . Bullarook... .. .J. T. Ham .. . Bulldog Flat ... J. Russell .. . Dullengarook ... W • .Gorman ... Bullock Creek ... E. Young ... Bull Town... ... A. F. Cross ... Bulumwaal ... ... ·G. Allen . ' .. Bundoora ... ... W m. Emms .. . BUIJg Bong ... ... Wm. Glover .. . Bungaree... ... T. Chalmers ... Bungaree Springs ... J. J. Glenn '" Bunillyong ... ... G. A, Firman' ... Buninyong. Railway Station C. Fuller .. . Durke's Flat ... J. O. Gounett .. . :Bur'nt Creek ... J. G. Russell ... Burrumbeet ... . ..J. Miller .. . Byadu1!: ... ... J. Wilton .. . Cabbage-tree ... J: Benson .. . California Gully... T. Jones .•. Camberwell ... ... T. Keen. '" Cambrian Hill ... D. Williams ... Campaspe '" ... J. O'Brien '" Campbellfield ... J. Boreham .. . Campbell's Creek. ... C. Tolstrup .. . Camperdown ,,, J. Duigan .. , Canterbury... ... 11'1. Wall ... Cape Bridgewater C. Hedditch ... Cape Clear ... ... A. L. Gibson ... Caramut... ... J. Bendall .. . Cardigan... '" J. W. Surman .. . Cargarie ... '" J. Hewitt ... Carisbrook... ... D. J. O'Brien ... Carlsruhe ... Isaac Phillips ... Carlsruhe Railway Station A. Cobham ... Carlton .. , ... C. G. Lawson .. , Carngham ... ... J. Crowther ... Carpendeit... ... P, Morrison . ... Castcrton... ... F. L. Merchant ... Castlemaine ... ... Thoa. Green .. . Castle Reef ... ... J oun Reed .. . Cathcart ... ... 1'. Flattely .. . Caulfield ... . .. R ... Boxhill .. . Cav.endish... ... 'J . .l\fercer .. . CereB .•. ... R. 1vIcDowall .. . Charlton ... ... G. Dobie .. . Chatsworth ... ... S. Wilson ... Cheltenham ... ... J. Trail .. . Chepstowe ... ... W. B. Wilson .. . Chewton '" ... J. Lamb .. . Chiltern ... H .. J. T. Tymms ... Chinaman's Flat ... A. Watson ... Clare Inn .,. ....r. Wells ... Clarendon ... ... A. McDonald ... Clifford ... ... S. H. Sleator ...

--------- --...... ~

Salary or Allowance.

£ s. d. 10 O. 0 25 0 0 15 0 0' 55 0 d

i~··g g ·10 0 0 15 0 0 25 0 0 45 0 0 15 0 .0 30 0 0

- 15 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0

180 0 0 135' 0 0 . 35 0 0

25 0 0 50 0 0 30 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 15'0 0

150 0 (j 30 0 0 40 0 0 35 0 0

. 25 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 O.

150 0 0 45 0 0 15 0 0 20 0 0 55 0 0 25 0 0' 15 0 0 35 0' 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 15 0 0 25 0 0 95 0 0

180 0 0 IS- 0 0 10 0 O· 30 0 0 60 0 0 30 0 0 15 0 0

150 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 80 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0

180 0 0 350 0 0 lO 0 0 15 0 0 70 0 0 30 0 0 25 0·0 15 0 0 15 0 0 35 0 0 15 0 0 91 0 0

180 0 0 30 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0

Office.

'Clunes .. :" Clyde .. . Clydesdale ... . Cobbler's Gully Uobden ... Cobram ... Cobul'" ... Coc]m.too ... Coghill's Creek Coimadai Cr.eek''' Colde ... ; Coleraine .. . Collingwood .. . Condah ... : . Connewarl'e ' .. Coongulmerang Cooper's Creek Corinella ." Corop ... Costerfield ... Cove .. . Co\ves ... [, Cowie's Creek Cowwarr ... Cq:Y'sDiggings Craigeburn ... Crliitbourne ... . Cressy .. . CreslTick .. . Crossley. ...., Crossover Diggings Crowlands ... Croxton East Cun'dare ... Cunninghame Curlewis .. . Dandenong .. . Dargo Flat .. . Darlingford .. . Darlington ... Darraweit Guim DaHmoor ... Daylesford '" Dean ... Dean;a Marsh Deep Creek .. . Deep Lead .. . Denuington .. . Deptford .. . Dereel ... Derrimut Devil's Creek Diamond Creek Digby Diggersrest ... Dimhoola ... Dobie's 'Bridge Docker's Plains Dolly's Creek Donald ... Doncaster ... Donnelly's Creek Donnybrook Doon '" Doutta Galla Dromami ... Drummond Dry Creek ... Dry Diggings Drysdale ." Duck Holes ... Duek Ponds Dunach '" Dunkeld ... Dunn's Town Dunolly ... Durdldwarrah Durham Lead Durham Ox ... J}aglehawk East Shelbourne. East Trentham

! Name.

... ~"L. Collier ...

.:. J.,A.Noble .. .

...E. Sulcliffe .. .

... R. Miles .. .

... R. H. Roberts .. .

... ;E.;lYIcPherson .. .

... S. A. Reid ...

... Godfrey Kiisel ...

... W. J\fatthews .. .

... D. D. Bo\yer .. .

." G. E. Jackson ...

... R. Kennedv ...

... S. ·B. Montefiore ...

... Tho~. Maxwell .. .

... J. ,WaIt her .. .

... J. Whilboul'ne .. .

... J.·Day .. .

... J.Ohinn ...

... J\iax Jacobson, .. .

... F. Field .. .

... D. McLellan .. .

... J. West ...

... M .. Jones .. .

.. .T .. Gebhardt .. .

... E. Mann .. .

... J.;E. Keane .. .

... A., Thomson .. .

... T, A. Hall .. .

... J.Thwaitf)s .. .

... John Malone .. .

... J .. Veysey .. .

... 8'. J. \Yilkinson .. .

... n. Julm. .. . • .. P.,McMahon ... ... W. Roadnight .. .

R,O. M. Tobin .. . ... J. Dobson .. . ... J. B. Kelly , .. .. , J. DUlln .. . ...S.D. Hodgson .. . ... M. A'. FJ'ancis .. . ... A. McDonald .. . ... J. H. Woodward ... C. MaplE's ,,, ... J. Schram .. . ... D. Vanderbuilt .. . ... M. J. Sweetman .. . ... A.O'Sullivan ... ... H. 1,::[cKinnon .. . '" Chas. Brown .. . ... R.. Hopkins .. . . .. G .. Hansen .. . ... J. F. L. Edmunds ... M: Townsend .. . ... R.. Donnelly. .. . ... W. H. Lloyd .. ' ... W. NIalony .. . ... H. S.·Parfilt .. . ... B. Nesbitt .. . ... J. A. Meyer .. . ... M. H. Hoare .. . ... A. M.arshall .. . ... P. Crichton ... ... 11'1. Jones .. . . .. P. Phelan .. . . .. A. Haldon ... . .. C. M. Roen ... ... J. Sherring ... . .. R. Turner ... ... Charles Brazier .. . ... E. W. Cryer .. . . .. H. Tucker .. . ... W. Meincke .. . ... S. Fisher .. . ... D. Darcy .. .

F. O'Connell ... Knox

. •. R.. Lamb

... W. H. Argyle .. .

... Jane Constable .. .

... T. J. Sampson ...

... :M. J. Phelan ...

SalaryOl" Allowance.

£ s. rl. 350 0 0 20 0 0 10 .0 0 30 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0

130 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0

120 n 0 180 O. 0 350 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0

. 25 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 30 0 0 40 () 0 35 0 0

350 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 25 () 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0

100 0 0 25 0 .0 20 0 0 4000 20 0 0 15 0 0

350 0 0 30 0 0 15 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 lO 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 50 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 150 0 35 0 0 15 0 0 25 0 0 35 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 35 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 35 0 0 15 0 0 30 0 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 15 0 0

180 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 35 0 0 80 0 0 10 0 0 10 0

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LIST of Post Offices.in Victoria, with Names of Postmasters and Amounts of for'187I-contiriued,

Office. I Name. Sa.ln.ry or II Sn.l!>,yor .Alluwance. Office. Na.me . Alluwance.

, . £ 8. d. £. 8. d.

Echuca ... . .. D. W.,Forbes ... 350 0 0 Harkaw-ay .. , ... J. He~sel .. . 15 0 0 Eddington ... ... A. Gray, ... 40 0 0 H arrietvilla .. .- . .. H. D. Harkins

'" 30 0 0 Edellhope ... ... ·S. V. Lloyd ... 35 0 0 Harrow ... ' .. , C. R. Tulloch . .. 45 0 0 Edwards' Reef '" T. Walker ... 15 0 0 Hartwell ... ... P. Hurry .. . 10 0 0 Eldorado ... ... T. Holderness ... 135 0 0 Hustings ... ... H. Peddle . .. 20 0 0 Ellerslie ... R. Whittel ... 15 0 O. Havelock ... ... J. R.ule - .., 10 0 0 Elmhurst . -

H. Spiers' IS' 0 0 Huwkcsdale ... W. Scarlett 25 0 0 Elphinstone :::

... ... ... ... ... G. Sims . .. 45 0 0 Hawthorn ... . .. C, Nicholls . .. 195 0 O· Elsternwic~ ' .. ... G. Morris ... 82 0 0 Hazelglen ' .. ... A, Smith .. ... io 0 0 Eltham ... A. Hunniford '" 25 0 0 Healesville ... .. . L. Flanagan , .. 30 0 0 Emerald Hili '" ... W. Dempster. jun .. 90 0 0 Heat.hcote ... .. . A .. L. Sutton ... 180 0 0 , Enoch's Point Jno. Bain ... 15 0 0 Heidelberg ... ... F, P. Dunn . .. 45 0 0 Ensay .

H. Johnston 20 0 0 Hepburn J. Hill 25 0 0 ... ... .., .. , ... ... Eppil)g ... , .. Thos. Mitchell ... 20 0 0 Hesket . " ... J. Boyd . .. 10 0 0 Epsom ... ... R. Sharp . .. 35 0 0 Hesse ... . .. D. Ii. Laing ... 10 0 0 Essendon ... ... J. West ... 15 0 0 Hcxham ... ." S. H~nnah ... 35 0 0 Estcourt ... ... J. PraU ... 15 0 0 Hey field ... . .. A. H. Crook .. . 15 0 0 Eurambeen ... ... M. Kelly ... 10 0 0 Heywood' ... '" C. H. Baduall .. . 65 0 0 Euroa ... ... John De Doos ... 40 0 0 Hightou ... . .. J. Nicol . .. 20 0 0 Enrobin ... ... S. Winter ... 20 0 0 Hillsborough . .. J. Drown ... 25 0 0 Evansford ... ... J. C. Sloane ... 20 0 0 Hit-or- Miss ... ." J. Turner ." 15 0 0 Eversley ." ... H. H, Mansfield ... 30 0 0 Hochkirch . .. O. Muller ... 15 0 0 Faraday ... ... J. illoyle ... 10 0 0 Hoddle's Creek . " T. Ewart ... )5 0 0 Fernbank ... ... J. Scott ... 25 0 0 Bomebush ... . .. Jus. lIicKinnon ... 15 0 0 Flemington ... ... R. Terry ... 1(\0 0 0 Horsh}Lm , .. ... J. I.nnglands . .. 80 0 0 Flinders ... ... A. Brent ... 15 0 0 Hotham ... . .. J. M.acgibbon . ... 70 0 0 Foo.tscray '" .. , D. Mitchell ... 80 0 0 Hotspur ... . .. J. l\:IcEachern ... 15 0 0 Frarnlingham ... B. Lee 20 0 0 Humly . .. ... B. CaJ-t.mell ... 35 0 0 Franklinford - W ni. Bamstead ... 20 0 0 Indigo. Joseph Cannon 25 0 0 ... ... . .. . .. Frankston '" ... E. G. Savage ... 30 0 0 Inglewood, " . ... J. H. Kibble ... 180 0 0 Freeburgh ... ... Wm. Mackay ... 10 0 0 Inglewood (Old) ." Martha Power ... 10 0 0 Freshwater Creek ... C. Yuin .. , 15 0 0 Inkermann ... ... J. E. Matthews .. . 10 0 0 Fryel'Btown ... S. H. Hazlett ... 45 0 0 Inverleigh ..' W. Murrell ... 35 b 0 Fynnsford ... ... ThOR. J. Littlewood 20 0 0 Italian Gully . .. J. Dowd . .. . 10 0 0 Gaffney',s Creek ... .J. 'Weatherhead ... 90 0 0 Jamieson ". ... W. Andrews . .. 150 0 0 Gap '" ... . J. Murp~y ... 10 0 0 Janefield . " ... ~r. Peacock - " . 15 0 0 Garvoc ... ... J. Glowry ... 20 0 0 Jan Juc., ... ... ·W. Cook . .. 15 0 0 Gcelong ... ... S. C. Vivian .. . ·411 13 4 Jasper Road ... W. Ward ... 15 0 0 Geelong East ... T. 8. Stone ... 10 0 0 Jones' Creek . .. J. Bnrns .. . 10 0 0 Geelong 'IV est ... C. Yigar ... 20 0 0 Jordan '" ... It J. Donaldson .. 25 0 0 Germantown ... A. Benari ... 20 0 0 Joyce's Creek ... It.Rowe ... 15 0 0 Gheringhap ... ... W. Moore ... 15 0 0 Kangaroo Flat . .. W. Hogers ... 45 0 0 Ghin Ghin ... . . ~ ~ IV!. Kemp .. , 15 0 0 \ 'Kangaroo Ground ... W. McLaughlin ... 20 O. 0 Gipsy Village ... J. Hughes '" 10 0 0 Keilor ... ' ' . .. R. G. Ely . .. 30 0 0 Gisborne ... ... R. Haines . ... '55 0 0 Keilor Road Station ... 'rhos. Johnston . .. 35 0 0 Glendaruel ... ... A: Hockey ... 15 0 0 Kensington ... . .. R. McWilliams . .. 25 0 0 Glendonald ... . .. K Good ... 10 0 0 Kenlng ... . .. F. O'Connell .. . 10 0 0 Glengower ... ." W. McKinney ... 25 0,0 Kew . .. .. , F. B. Fishley ." 150 0 0 Glenluce ... ... C. Hilder ... .15 0 0 Kiewa . .. ." .J. Lawson ... 10 0 0 Glenlyon ... ... 'J. 1\1 aefarlan ... 35 0 0 Killarney ... . .. J. J. Madden . .. 45 0 0 Gl"llol'chy ... ... J. Wallace ... 45 0 0 Kilmore' . .. , .. G. E. Groves .. 180 0 0 Gleurowan ... ... R. Liddle ... 15 0 0 Kingower .. . ... P.Roy . .. 60 0 0 Glenthompson '" J. McLellan ... 30 0 0 Kiug Parrot Creek ... ·,\V. Doyle . .. 10 0 0 Glenvalc ... ... W. S. Welsh ... 15 ,0 0 _Kif!gston . .. .. . '1'. Rossell . .. 45 0 0 Gnarwarre ... P. Corbett ... 15 0 0 Kiora .. . ... '1'. Biggin' '" 20 0 0 Godfrey's Creek ... G. E. Simcocks ... 50 0 0 Kirkstall ... ... W. Witten . .. 15 0 0 Goldf'U Lake ... C. Werner ... 20 0 0 Kolora ... ... Ellen Fullen .., 10 0 0 Golden Point ... Eliz. Hopper ... 15 0 0 Koroit ... ... C. Norman .. . 40 0 0 Golden Square ... J. Miller ... 45 0 0 Kyneton ... ... H. B. Bristow . .. 350 0 0 Goldie .... ... J. Douglas ... 10 0 0 Laanecoorie ... ... Thos. Langdon . .. 15 0 0 Goldsboro' Reef ... T. N. King ... .25 0 0 Lakc Bolac .. , ... C. Lonisson . .. 45 0 0 Gooley?g Oreek ... J. Holt ... 15 0 0 Lal Lal .. , ... C. H. Orr ... 35 0 0 Goornong ... ... A. Cross ... 15 0 0 Lamplough ... ... P. ,M. Fogarty . .. 20 0 0 Gordon's .. ... S. M. Robertson ... 50 0 0 Lancefield ... ... J. N. Beasley .. . 55 0 0 Grant .. , ... W. Hopkins . .. 50 0 0 Lancefield Road Station J .• J. Hull ... 40. 0, 0 Graytown ... ... W.Oddy ... 100 0 0 Landsbo"rough ... J. Johnston ... 65 0 0 Great Western ... R. J. Rvberts ... 20 0 0 Langley ... ... J. Twyford .. . 60 0 0 Greendale ... .. , ]\f. Cassidy . .. 15 0 0 Larpent ... ... A. Mackay .. . 25 0 0 Green Gully ... F. Lauer ... 15 0 o· La Trobe Bridge . .. J. Flint .. . 10 0 0 Green Hill ... ... W. Power ... 15 0 0 Lauriston ... ... J. Crymblo . .. 30 0 0 Greeusborough . " J.lredale ... 15 0 0 Lawloit . .'~. ... J. McNevin .. . 25 0 0 Green's Creek ... C. F. Proctor ... 15 0 0 .Learmonth ... .. . Wm. McKay ... 55 0 0 Greenvale ... . .. G. P. Hancock . .. 10 0 0 Ledcourt .... 1 ... T. W. Dadswell ... 20 0 0 Grenville .' .. ... U. Ormrod . .. Hi o 0 Leigh Creek· .. , J. Mungovan . .. 20 0 0 Greta ... ... Sam!. Ellis ... 20 6,0 I~cigh Boad Railway Station J. Cotton ... 45 0 0 Grovder's Creek ... ·WIll. Dunphy ... 35 0 0 Leonard's Hill . .. 'J. Will(ie ... 15 0 0 Guildford ... ... .J. Sinclair ... 35 0 0 Lethbridge ... .. . A. J{oss ... 25 0 0 Hamilton ... ... Geo. Harriott . .. 350 0 0 Lexton . .. .., ~L '\Yatson ... 30 0 0 Ha['py ·go· Lucky ... C. Collins ... 15 0 0 Lilydale ... H. Perrin ... 45 0 0 Happy Valley ... J. Power ... 25 .0 0 I,indsay ... ... )i[. 'Spring .. . 35 0 0 Harcourt ... ... S. 'Williamson ... 25 ·0 0 Lingham's Flat .. . R. W. Williams ... 20 0 0 Hardie's Hill ... W. ,\V. L. Pearse 10 0 0 'Linton's ... . .. M. McDonagh ... 60 0 0

37

LIST of Post Offices in Victoria, with Names of Postmasters and Amounts of Salaries, for 187l-contil111ed.

Office. Name. ! Salary or I Alluwance. Office. :Name. Salary or

Alluwance. - .. -.-.----�------~-·,------II-~---------I--------·I----

Lismore ... Little Bendigo Litlle River ... Lockwood '" Longerenong Long Gully .. . J.onglyood .. . Lord Clyde ... Lyndhurst .. . Macarlhul' .. . :&tlacedoll .. . McCullum's Creek. Mack's Creck ~McJ ntyre's ... Maff'm ... ~,I[aidentmvn :Nlaidslonc ... Maindample Main Lead Majorca. ... 1\1 oj.)r Plains Maldou ... Malmeshury .. . :&tIaIHI'Il .. . Mansfield .. . Marong .. . Mnryborough Maryfield ... Marvsville .. . Matlock .. . Maude .. . Melton ... Meredith ... Merino ... Merriang '" Merrimac ... Merton ... Metcalfe '" Mia ,vlia ...

. Mickleham '" Middle Creek Jl,finer~rest Mitta Mitta ." Modewarre .. . Moe .. . Moliagul ... Moolap ... Moolort ... Moonambel ... Moonee Ponds Moorabool Moorabool Creek MoorookyJe ... Morang ... Mordialloc ... Mohlington ... Morrison's Diggings lVIorllake '" Morton Plains iUorwel1 ... Mosquito Flat Mouut Beckworth­Mount Blackwood Mounl Blowhard Mount,Bolton Mount Cameron Jl.:[ount Clear .. . }}fount Cole .. . :Mount Cotterell Mount Doran Mount Duneed Mount Egerton Mount Gellibrand ~:[ount Greenock Mount :lYIercer Mount Moriao Mount Pleasant :Mount Prospect 1.-Jount Rowan M·ount W ul1ace Moylin .. .. Moyston .. .

... J. Parry

... O. Skogland

... C. Nantes

... S. Espie ••. Thoa. Davey ... P. Pentreath ... F. St. Leger ... Chas. Penny ". P. Walker ... J. TIulstrode . .. R. Stewart ••. F. Robinson ... J. Dellar , . " ... W. Dow-son ... ... W: Campbell ... ... A. Black ... W. Pullar. ... Alex. Maclatcliey ... J. Reedy .. . ... S. H. Gearing .. . ... W. Williams ... ... Thos. Reed .. . ... Fanny Green .. . . " W. J. Wilson ... '" G. W. Newlands ... H. Palmer ... ... .r as. Fisher ... ... C. White .. . '" l\L Keppell ... ' ... E. ,f. 1'indall .. . ... T. Biles ... ... J. Ferris ... ... C. L. Nugent ... ... F. Ford ... J. Davies '" W. Haines ... B. Nolan ••• J. Farrant ... Thos. Dwyer ... ... John Edis ... John Kemp ... ... J. BlennerhasBet ... ... M. Thompson ... ... H. Lawrence ... ... Chas. Murcutt ... ... R. Leek ... ,.. J. Yeoman '" ... W. W. Liddel ... ... C. Middleton .. . ... J. T .. Hinkins .. . ... W. Simpson .. . '" G. Stubbs .. . ... Alex. McIntosh .. . ... H. M. Thompson ... E. Saunders ... ... AnnaD.McKenney ... G .. n. Silvester .. . ... John Hayes .. . ... C. Mills '"

£ s. d. 35 0 0 15 0 0 30 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 45 0 0

150 0 0 15 0 0 10. 0 0 40 00 80 0 .0 25 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 45 0 0 35 0 0 15 O. 0 20 0 o· 15 0 0 60 0 0 10 0 0

'180 0 0 180 0 0 79 0 0

150 0 0 30 0 0

350·0 '0 10 .0 0 25 0 0 35 0 0 15 0 0 35 0 0 70 0 0 50 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 55 0 0 20.0 0 30 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 350 0 30 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0

135 0 O. 15 0 0 15 0 0 45 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 55 0 0 35 0 0

150 0 0 15 0 0 10 0', 0 ... P. J.·Smith

'" A. Coles ... J. Dunn' ... J. F. Hansen ... .. , F. Gilbert

... '15 0 0' 15 0 0 60 0 0 25 0·0 30 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 15 '0 0 45 0 0 60 0 0 10 ,0 0 20 0 6 40 0 0 15 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 45 0 0

... R. K. Sanderson .. ,

... John'Holden '"

... .r: Davidson ...

. .. M. A. Jones ...

. .. John Minns ...

... W. Montgomery

... C. Lamond ...

... R. W. Tanner ...

... J. DUllcan '"

... J. McLennan ... '" W. W. Birrell ... ... C. J. Elder .. . ... J. Campbell .. . ... W. S. Jones .. . ... R. R. Paton ... ... Robert Robertson ... S. M. Staton .... ... R. Moore

Muckleford ... ... E. Thwaites ... Muddy Creek Bridge... Michl. Kearney ... Mulgrave... ... G. Stott .. , Murchison ... W. Barrett ... Murgheboluc ... M. A. Morris ... Murmungee ... ... G. Thompson ... Murroon... ... G. K. Prime ... Muskvale '" ... J. Hatton .. , Myer's FIl).t ... ... S. Dalton .. . MyrtIeford ... ... Thos. Mathieson .. . Nagambie... . .. W. Sheehan .. . Napoleon's... ... J. l\fembrey ." N areen ... ... A. Grant ." Narrawong ... D. ]\yIcLean .. . Narree.Warren ... G. 'V. Rae .. . Nattie Yallock ... JOB. Robinson ... Navarre... ... D. Pennington '" Ne,v.bridge ... ... J. Newington ... Newbury... ... J. Jack ... New Gisbornc ... T. J. Wills .. . Newham... ... E. Gibbs .. . Newington· ... ... J. A. Wine .. . Newlyn ... ... Frank Wilkins ... Newstead ... ... M. Howson .. . Newtown-Scarsdale ... G. D. Knight .. . Nirranda... ... Eliz. Lee .. . N orthcote ... ... E. Bastings .. . N ~ggety Reef '" J. Moil' ... Oaklands Junction ... J. Dewar ... Oaklcigh... ... W. Braithwaite .. . Omeo ••• ... E. Selk .. . Ondit '" ,.. lL Gilbert .. . Opossum Gnlly .. E. C. Webb '" Orford ... ... M. Horan .. . Ormond '" ... J. Harrington .. . Osborne's Flat ... J. B. Carkeek ... Oxley... ... D. Donald .. . Oxley Plains ... C. Gardner .. . Pakcnham ... ... M. Bourke ... Panmure... ... J. Anderson ... Pastoria ... '" J. Donovan ... Penshurst ... F. 'V. Rackham ... Pentland Hills ... H. W. Simmons ... Percy dale .... ... H. Wise ... Peter's Diggings ... S. J. Edelsten .. . 'Pettu\'el ... ... L. Mermod .. . Piggoreet... ... F. B1vthman ... Piper's Creek ... P. Kellas' .. . Pi tfield .. , '" A. W. Crowe .. . Point Henry ... A. Gray .. . Pomborneit ... ... C. H. Bowker .. . Porcupine Flat ... D. F. Martin .. . Pore.Punks '" ... W. Hooper .. . Port Albert ... ... J. Ferris .. . Portarlington ... Robt. Wright .. . Portland ... ... Edwin Braim .. . Pow lett Plains ... J. Guilfoyle .. . Povr lett's Hill ... J as. Morris , .. Prahran ... '" A. F. White .. . Preston ... .. . E. Wood .. . Preston Hill ... ... S. Franklin .. . Purnim ... ... G. Dowie ... Pyalong... ,.. H. Cuthery· ... Queenscliff ... ... G. S. Caldwell ... Raglan ... ... C. Tueker .. . Ravenswood... ... J. Bond ... . Raywood... ... H. W. Horsley ... Redan Bridge ... C. Giles .. . Redbank... ... E. Murphy .. . Red castle ... ... J. McKee Redesdale... '" J. McNiff Redhill ... ... Alex. Marshall ... Red Jacket ... ... J. Camrbell Reedy Creek ... G. DaVIS I{eid's Creek... ... E. Gannell ... Riehrnond ... ... E. Mackenzio ... Riddell'8 Creek ... R. Hutehinson ... Rochester... '" T. Seward Rochford ...... H. H. Hennell ... ROt'!iY Flat ... ... E. Peters Rocky Lead... ... J. H. Werner ... . l\okewood... ... W. H. White .. .

£ 35 10 10 85 15 25 10 10 15 35 20 25 20 15

'15 10 20 40 15 45 25 20 25 50 35 10 70 10 15 40 35 45 10 20 10 15 20 50 40 25 10

150 35 35 15 15 40 15 15 15 15 10 25

180 20

350 10 10

106 30 30 15 30

350 15 25 35 30 25 20 25 10 10 20 10

180 35 55 15 30 20 60

s. d o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0_ o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 I) 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 I) 0 o 0 () 0 o 0 o 0 o 0

Office. Name. Salary.". Allowance ..

£8. d.

88

Rokew:06~ Junotion, .... '. J. Gladstone ...: 15 0 0 Romsey; ... ,. ... ·W. F. Moffatt" .' 45 0 0 Rosebrook . ... ,. .... H. J. :H. Irwip. ... 20: 0 0 Rose.dale, .. ... ,. '.;. Sam!. Baker .••. 150 0 0 Ross' Creek ... ... f,.. J. Oswell .. .... 10 . 0 0 Running;Creek., .... J. Forsyth 25 6 0 Runnymede, ..., .t: J olina ... 45. 0 0 Rushworth... ..: .J:H: Roberts ... 16 O' 0 Russell's Creek ... M. E.-Gadd ... HJ. 0 0 R~thergl~n·... \,: " ... E. S. Onttrim ... 180 0 0 Rye, ... ... G. Mitchell ... 15 0 0 Sago Hill .... ..... R. Sims 25 . 0 0 Sailor's Gully, ... J. Patterson ... 10: 0 0 St. ·Andr!Jw ' ... ' R. Smith ... 20 0 0 St. Arnaud ... ... J. A. :J3. Smi~ll ... ISO 0 0 St. Kilda ' ... I .. , M. A, Seivwright ,.100 0 0 St. Leonards l;'" R Smiley ... · 10 0" 0 ' Sale ....... J. Cov'erdale ... 350 0 0 Sandford... ... C; Swarzeinke 25 0 0 Sandhurst ... ' ...... G. W. B. Vibert...350 0 0

SSanddo~d ' .. , .... AJ:FKirH:wan ... ' .... 'ISI05, 00 00

an rl ge ... "".' ayes ... Sandy Creek ... ' H. Briddou ... 15' O' 0 Soarsdale ...' .; ... Edmund Knights 70 0 0 Scotchman's Lead. . .. ' W. L: Clarke .'... 25' '0' 0 Sebastopol, ... ... F. Dore ... ISO O' 0 Serpentine'Creek ,,: ... ! C. Hutton •... 30 0 0 Seymour... .i. Peter Orr ... 150,0" 0 , Shady Oreek ... ... S: Hodder ... , .. , 14S 13 6 Shelbourne... " ... Hy. S: Brett ... 10 0 0' Shelford... ... H. M. Wilson,... 85 0 0 Shepherd's Flat ... '" .Tas. Sa.ndells .. , 10" 0 0 Shepparton'... '" ... F. P. Knight:; ... ; 15 0 0 Shirley... ... H. Kemmis ..... 25 0 0 Skipton , ... ... A. M. Elder' ... 45 0 0 Smeaton ... ... A. Dockery ".... ,45 0 0 Smythesdale... .., John Nicol... 180 0 0 Snake Valley ... J:Greig ,... 35 0 0 Snowy Creek.... A. Trench ... 20 0 0 Somerville... ... A. C. Dawson ... 15 0 0 Sorrento ... ... J: Clark ." 10 0 0 South Yarra ... I ... J. Turner ... SO 0 0 Springfield:.. . ... M. Kenny....... 15 0 0 Spring Gully . ... J. Malone ... 15. 0, 0 Spring IIil.l ... ." G~ Knight .... 15 0 0 Springvale... .... J. Coates ." 15 (j 0 Springs ... ... w. Barbour ... 30 0 0 Staffordshire Reef ... J: Laridles ... 20 (i 0, Stanley... ... J. Mathieson ... 35 0 0 Stawell ... ,"" L. O. Peyton ,.... 350. 0 0 Stawell West' .... G. Magnus .... 80 0 0 Steiglitz .. , ... W. R:Cooper.;;... 60 0 O' Stockyard Creek ... J~ W. Wyett :... 55 0 0 Stookyard Hill ." B. H. Stewart... 25 0 0 Stonyford ... ... C: McCallum 25 0 0 Strangways.... ... W. H. Mulholland 15.0 0 Stratford, ... , ... T. Lloyd .... 50 o· 0 Strathfieldsaye ,... J. Owen ,": 20: 0 0 Strathloddon ... P.McHardy ... 15 0" 0 Strathmore ." ... J. Spruhan ... 15 0 0 Streatham ... ,.. . .. F. W; Newcnham 120 0 0 Stuartmill ... oo. H. E. Christie ... 120 0 0 Sulky G'ully ... '. ... G. Redman ..... 20 0 0 Sunbury... ... W. McElwee ." 45 0 O' Sutherland's Creek '" D. McCallum ... 15 0 O' Sutton Grange John Elphinstone . 15' 0 0 Swan Hill ... ..... W. T. Swann' ... 150 0 0 Swift's Creek '" B. Johnson ... 15 0 0 Tabilk ... .... .1:. W yHe ... 25 0 0 Tabara ... "'r F. Cussen .... 10 0 .0 'l'alangatta... . .... W. Dyring ... 10 0 0 Talbot oo. .." J as. Colles ... 356 0 0 Tallarook .. . .... .T: Fox ... ... 30 0 0 Tan gil .....' C. Gadd .... 35 0"0 Tarilta ... ... W. L. Ferrier 15 0 0 Tarnagulla... ... P. K. Tucker ... ISO 0 0 Taradale... ....T. B. Mathews ... 180 0 0 Tarraville ... ... A. Hall '... 40 0 0 Tarrawingee... ... T. IJadson .. , 35 0 0 Tatyoon... ... J. Orothers ... 20 0 0 Teesdale... ." J. Todd '" 20 0 0 Templesto~e ... J. Field ... 15.0 0

Office. Name. Salary or Allowa.nce.

£ 8. d. Ten·mile House . ... T. Allen ... 15 0 0 'l'erang .. , ... RobLWright ... 100 0 0 Thomastown... . .. , E. Perry... .10 0 0 Timor ... ... S, S. )3rown .... 25 0 0 Tintaldra... ... 'rhos .. Donaldson... 20 0 0 Toolern ... I....T. Dunstan ... 10 0 0 'l'ooliorook ... ... M. Cummins ... 15 0 0 Toongabj:Jie ... .... J. Bassett ... 35 0 0 'l'oorak' '" ... E. Morel ... 50 0 0 Tourello. "" ... D. McDonald '" 15 Q 0 Towaninnie ... '" J. Finlay ... 15 0 0 Traralgon ... ... K,.Campbell ... 4.0 Q 0 Trawalla... ... L. Hamblin ... 35 0 0 Trentham... ... G. McPherson .... 30 0 0 Tullamarine '" .... J. Cousins ... 15 0 0 Twist's Creek ... J. Bourke ... 10 0 0 Tylden ... ... A. M. Clayton ... 60 0 0 Ullina ... oo, S. H. Lowry ... 20 0 0 Ulupna West' ... J, Gracey ... 10 0 0 Upper Dargo '... J. Fairley ... 15 0 0 Upper Macedon ., ... A. de Forest ... 15 0 ,0 Upper Maffra ....l!"'. McKinnen ... 15 0 0 Vaughan ... . .... J. Chapman ... 30 0 0 VioleF Town... " '" J. Fivey .... 40 0 0 Wahgunya4 ... ... R. Kilborn ... 350 0 0 Wllhring .,. • .. J. Adams ... 15 0 o· Walhalla... ... W. B: Payter ... 100. 0 0-Wallan WaHan ... H. Sinclair ... 45 0 0 Walmer·... ... D. 'Corbett ... 15 0 0 'Wangaratta ••• :', ... Wm.·Shields ... ISO 0 0 WanlJon . ... ... A. Cameron ... 25 0 0 Wareek ... ... C:.Fitzgerald ... 10 0 0 Warrimdyte... ... A. McDonald.... 25 0 0 Warrenheip ... .... J. Day... .... 15 0 0 Warrimmang ... Jno. Croad ... 10 0 0 Warrnambool .. ... T: R. Rackhain... 350. 0 0 Waterloo... . .. T. R. Morgan ... 15· 0 0 Watgania ... . .... A. Glen ... 20' .0 0 Waurn Ponds ,'" Oliver Ambler... 10' 0 0 Weatherboard Hill ... J: Nicolson ... 20 0 0 Wedderburn ...., . .T.' R Gray ... 45 0 0 Wehia· .. , J. Brown ... 30 0 0 WeIchman's Reef ... M. Morris 15 0 0 Wendouree ... .. ... Hy. Martin :.. 10.0 0 Werracknebelll ... A. Scott ... 20 0 0 Whim Holes... ... Danl. Kelly ... 15 0 0 Whips tick ... ,.... L. Marsden ... 15 0 O· White Hills ... ... G. S. Butter 30 0 0 Whittlesea.' ... ... J: W. Cairns ... 35 0 0 Whorouly ... ,.. J; Moore ... 10 0 0 Whroo 1.... ... J: H. Collier ... 35· 0 0 Wickliffe ... . . ... G. Harriott ... 70 0 0 Wild ,Duck Creek G: Murrowood... 15 0 0 WillIamstown . .; .. F. L.Outtrim n. 180 0 0

.. Wmfamstown Junction 'C: Stephens . ... 15 0.0 Winchelsea ~.. . ... W •. Stirling ... 45 0 0 Windermero ... ...R. Comber ... 30 0 0 Winslow... ... R. T. Chishohn' ... 10 0 0 Winton . ... ... G. Chandler ... 15 0 0 W OdOllgii.·· .. , A. Cheyne ... 120· 0 0 Wombat Oreek' .... J. Nicholson ... 10 0 0 Woodend... ... R. Nicholson ... 70 0 0 Woodford... ... J. M. Patison ... 30 0 0 .Woodside... ....T. Ccillins ... 15 0 '0 Wood's Point ... J. Sinnett ... 163 6 8 Woodstock .~: . .... 0.. Quin ... 15 0 0 Woodstock-on-Loddon H. W. Sinnott... 15 0 0 Woolshe~... ....T. McCabe Kerr... 10 O. 0 W oolsthorpe ... Emily Mackie... 20 0 0 W oorndoo '" ... Geo. N alder ... 15' 0 0 Wordieboluc:.. ... H. Reeves 10 0 0-

,WyndhaIl;1:.. ... F. SiJhulze ... 35 0 0 W yuna. '" ....T Ohll Vettler ... 10 0 0 Yackandandah ... H. Salkeld ... ISO 0 0 Yambuk .... ... O. Doherty... 20' 0 0 Yandoit, ... ... Ohaa. Hedges ... 25 0 0 Yangery... ... W . .T. Chalkley... 10 0 0 Yapeen ... ... '.T. Sniith ..... 15 0 0 Yarra Flats ... ....T. H. Petty ... 4.0' 0 0 Yarram Yarram ... O. Devonshire ... 15 0 0 Yea ... ... S. A. Wall ... 50 0 0 Yowen Hill ... ... Wm. Hay... 35 0 0

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APPENDIX C.

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BRANCH.

RETURN showing the Interruptions to Telegraphic Co.mmunication in ,Victoria .

Dute, Designation of Line. I 1871.

Points of Interruption. Pel'lod 01 Interruption.

. Supposed or ascertained Cause of

Interruption ••

January 9 Gippsland Line .•• Between Sale and Port Albert ••• 1 day ... 7 hours ...

Tree fell on line. " 12 " 30

February ,2

Aprii May

" June

" "

"

,. " " " " " " " "

} 18 2

18 10 21 27 28

" 29 30

1

5 ,,12

15 15, 15

18

" 18-20 22

"

August 21,22 ... " 22 .. ~ " 29,30 .. ,

September 11-14

" " . 15

18,19

Nov. 15, 16, and 23

" December

" "

" " "

22 4 7

15

19 22,23

29

" " ... Swan Hill Line ... Southern Coast Line Gippsland Line .•. 'Vo6d's Point Line Gippsland Line ... Bright Line .. . Northern Lille .. . Western Lille ••. Wood's Point Line Gippsland Line ... Cape Otway Line .. :

Nortb~Eastern'Lin~·· Western lAne •••

Southern Coast Line Wood's Point Line Gippsland Line .•. Wood's Point Line SW'Rn Hill Line Cape Otway Line ... Wood's l'oil1t Line . ,. " ... Cross Country Line

Swan Hill Line ... Wood's Point Line Gippsland Line Cupe Otway Line ...

Wood's Point Line Gippsland Line

Wood's Point Line SWUIl Hill Line ... Wood's J)oirit Line Bright Line ... Swan Hill Line ... Wahgunyah Branch

Line Wood's Point Line -

Swan'iUIl Lin;;

" " " " "

" " " ,. " "

" " " " " " "

,. " " "

. " "

" " " " "

"

Rosedale and Walhalla ••. Inglewood and Kerang .. . S;mdridge and Mornington .. . Hosedale and Walhalla .. . Henalla and Mansfield .•. Rosedale and Sale ... ... Beeehworth and Bright '" Runnymede and Sandhurst ... Camperdowll and \Vnrrnambool Wood's Point lind Gaffuey's Creek Rosedale and Walhalla .. . Geelong and eape Otway .. .

Lo~gwood and Se;mour ::: Camperdownand WarrnambooJ,

Rl1dPortiunda!ldMount Gam­bier

Sandridge and Mornington ... Benalla and Mansfield ... Shady Creek and Rosedale ... Wood's Point and Gaffney'S Creek Dunolly. and Tarnagulla .. . Geelong and Cape Otway .. . Jamieson and Wood's Point .. . Wood's Point and Gaffney's Creek DayJesford and. Castlemaine and

Daylesford and Creswick

Inglewood and Kerang ... Woo\l's I'oint and Gaffney's Creek Rosedale alld Walhal!a ... Geelong and Cape Otway, ..

Benalla and Mansfield Rosedale and Walhalla

Benalla and Jamieson Inglewood and Kerang Benallu and Mansfield Beeehworth and Bright Inglewood and Kerang Yuekandandah and.Chiitern ...

Jamieson and Wood's Point ... Mansfiel d and Jamieson Inglewood and Kerang

'REMARKS.

7 " ... 13 " '" 10 " '" 6 " .•• 7 " ... 6 " ••• S " ... 5 " •.• I day ... 8 hours ... I day 6 hours ... 6 " ... 10 " ...

4 " .•• 6 " ••• 6 " ••• 2 days '" 6 hours ... 1 day 2!days ... 4 hours ... 4. " ...

2 days ... 1 day 12 hours 4 days ...

1 day ... 18 hours

3 days ... ' 9 honrs .. . 8 " .. . 6 " .. . I day ... 6 hours ...

6 " ...

" " Post blown down. Defect in test-box at Brighton. Tree fell on line.

" " " " " " Post blown down.

Tree; fell on "line.

" " " " " " " u

" n

" " " " " " " " " u

" " ,,' H Wire eut purposely by an axe or

chisel 4 miles on both sides of Daylesford office.

Tree fell on line.

" " " " Several trees blown on line; very

heavy storm. Tree fell on line. Instrument at .Walhalla. injured

by lightning. Trees fell on line.

" " " " " u " u

" " " "

January 13.-All lines .. ficcted by atmospberic disturbances. NOS. 4 ami 6 A.ugust 29.- Lines crossed between Denalla and Longwood. August 30 and Sl-Lines crossed between Benalla and LongWOOd. Sentember 2.-Liues cros3ed between Wangarattn. and Benalla...

wires crossed between Geelong and BuJl.u,rat. February 4.-North-Eastem line crossed between Wangamtta and Bcechworth.

~~~:~~ ~~.~~o2Bt,~~Wtn~~s~~e~~~"~ ~:~~nh~~~1tis~~~~n~~~nalla. March 17, IS; and 24.-:::.Iorbb·Eastem lines crossed between Benallaa.nd Wan-

garatta. • March 2S.-Westem lines crossed botween Portland and MOWlt Gambier. April 11 and 20.-Nortb·Eastern lines crossed between Wangaratta and Beech·

worth a.nd Longwood u,nJ Ecnalla. ' May 1 and S.-Alllines affected by atmospberic disturbances. May 22, 23, and 29, 30.-Lines crossed between Benalb and Longwood, also

crossed bctwween Melbourne and Kilmore. June 2 and 9.-Lines crossed between Bona.na. and Longwood, ruso between

Woodend and ~I.lbourfle. June 20.-AJllines affected by atmospheric disturbances. June 23 and 24.-Line. crossed between Beeehworth and Wodonga. a.nd Bcnalb

and Wangaratta. ~ June 21.-Lincs crossed between KlImare and SeymoUr and Wood's Point and

Gaffneyts Creek. . July 1, 2, and 3, -Lines crossed between Longwood and Seymour and Longwood

and BenaUa. July 6,-Liues crossed between llIelbourne and July H.-Lines crossed between Belfast and P . July 17.-Linea crossed between Portland and t Gambier, also between

Ca.stlemaine and Sandhurst. ... -July 19 ",nd 20 ,-Lines crossed between Longwood and Eenallu., also between

Cast1emaine and Sandhu:t'5t. , . August 5, -Lines crossed between Geelong and Ballarat and between 1lenaUa

Aus~~f ::~~"2i~'tme. erossed between Geelong and Warriboo a,nd qeelong andColac.

September 27,28, and 29.-Lines on grOlmd occasionally between Portland and Hamilton and Camperaown a.nd \Varrna.mbool.

October 4.-TJines crossed between Benalla, and Wangaratta. October 5.-Lines on ground occasionally between BenaJItt and Longwood~ October 14.-Lines crossed between Benalla and Lou,,"Wood. October 19, --Lines crossed between Geelong and Werribeo lUld MelbourM and

Willia.mstown. . Oetober 24.-Line on lfCound between Portland and Hamilton. October 21 an<12S.-Lmes crossed betWeen Benana and Longwood. October 30 and 31, and N ovem ber I.-Lines crossed between Portltmd a.nd Mount

Gambier. November g and 9.-Lines crossed between Longwood and Seymour and 1leeah-

worth and Wodouga. November lO.-A.lllines affected by atmnopherie disturbance •• November 29.-Lines crossc<l between Longwood and Bena.l1a. November 29.-Southem COMt line interrupted occasionally. December 4 and 5.-Int<:rruption occasionally between RagJa.n and Ararat a.nd

Raglan and Streatham; several posts blown down; also instrument at Streatham injured by ligbtning. '

December 7.-Alllines affected by atmospheric disturbances. December 8 and 9.-LillCS fln ground occasiOlUlJly between Seymour and Kil­

more, and Longwood, 1lenalla, and Wan_atta. December IS.-Lines crossed between Dunolly and Maldon. Interruption be­

tween Melbourne and lIlornin,gton; defect in instrument at Mornington. December 22.-Lines eros.ed between angamtJa.; also interrup.

tion ocoo.siona.lly between nambool. December 29 ""d 30.-Lines crosSe< .tween lUld WallCa.r .. t~ a.nd be-

tween Eldorado aud lleechworth.

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APPENDIX D.

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BRANCH.

RETURN' showiug Particulars relating to the Transmission of Reporfs of English News from Mount Gambier to Melbourne'during (he Ye:,r lSi!.

Commenced. Finished, Numbe;~i

Remarks as to ihe Weather, &e. \Vords Date: Hour and Minute. Dnte. I Hour and ]\[inute, per HOllr",

.

187l. '1871. Jan. 17 7.5,5 a.m.; Jan. 17 11.23 a.m. 1,800 All lines \vol'keG well. Weather fine. Feb. 15 8.17 p.m. Feb. 16 1.45 n.m. 1;300 All lines"wOl'korl well. Weat,her fine. March 14 4.15 a.m. March 14 2p.m. 700 Alll;~~~ri~~;t\,~£~~~es, ~f>!~~ri:;li~::t~~~~r~~aili~te~~~is fo;~~~\gJ~gi April' 8.35 a.m. April 12.15 p.m.

from thirty to forty minutes. 10 10 1,400 All Ii lies worked well.

lVlay 11 7.10 a.m.- May 11 10.25 a.m. I

1,800 All lines worked well. June , 4 7.10 p.m. June 4 \:1.40 p.m. 1,800 All lines wOJ'ked well. -July ~ 1 a.m. July 2 6.35 a.m. 1,600 :All lines wo'rked well. July 29 8 p.m.' July 30 12.25 a.m. 1,700 A.1l lines worked well. Aug. 25 12.10 p.m. Aug .. 25 3.45 p.m, 1,800 11 11 lines WOl'ked well. Sept. 24 2 p.m. Sept. 24, 5.26 p.m. 1,700 All lines worked well. Oct. 23 ,11.5 p.m. O,ct. 2·.1. 2.80 a.m. 1,800 All lines wOI·ked well. Nov., 27 2.30 a.m. Nov. 27 6.'16 a.m. 1,000 Line worked badly. Atmospheric disturbancca. Dec. 21 -9.30 a.m. Dec .. 21 12.20 p.l!1. 1,600 Lines worked well.

APPENDIX E.

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BRANCH.

J~IST of Post Offices where Telegt'all1s will be received and' TraDs~itted through the nearest Telegraph. Station.

Alberton Allansford Alma Amphitheatre Apsley Ascot Avenel Axedale Alexandra Avon Plains Bacchus Marsh

, Bairnsdale Bal~lOral Barfold Baringhup Barker's Creek Bealiha Branxholme Break-o'.Day Bridgewater " Bridgewater-on-London Broadford BuanO'or ' Buckland Bulldog ~lat Bullock Creek Bun"aree Ball~n Barkly Bendoo Boggy Creek Burnt Creek Burrumbeet Byaduk· Bellarine Birregurra Bulbrook Bruthen Berwick Brig~hton .Brighton South Brighton :East BroadmeadowB Brunswick California Gully Cambrian Hill

C!lmpbell's Creek Caramut Carlsruhe Castle Rcef Cathcart Cavendish Cobden Cressy Charlton Coghill's Creek Cooper's Creek Carlton Caulfield Darlillgford Darlington Donnelly'S Creek Doon Dunkeld Deptford Diggersrest Eddington Edwards' Reef Eldorado Elmhurst Enoch's Point Epsom Estcourt EVi:tnsford Emerald Hill Essendon Framlingham Franklinford Fryerstown Flemington Footscray Frankston Glendaruel Glengower Glenlyon Glenorchy Glenthompson Golden Point Goldsboro' Reef Great 'Vestern Gooley'S Creek Growler's Crcek,

Gu ild ford Happy-go-Lucky Ha,:py Valley Harrietville Harrow Hepburn Heywood Hillsborough Hinds Huntly Hawthorn Heide,lberg Indigo Interleigh . Jones' Creck Jordan K.ingower " Kingston Koroit ReHor Ke°.v Lake Bolac Lake Hindmarsh JJancefield Landsborough Lauriston Learmon'th Leviathan Reef, Black River Lexton Macart,hur Mack's Creek Maidentovm Marong Matlock Merino . Moliugul , Morton Plains Mo'imt Blackwood Mount Bolton Mount Egerton Mount J effcott Myer's Creek 11' oonee Ponds Morang, Yan Yean l\fordialloc Newbridge

Ne,vbury Nattie Yallock

. Narrawong N'orthcote O-meo Ondit Orford Piggoreet Pyalong PQ,ntridge Prahran Raywood Redbank Redcastle Hedjacket Rokewood Rushworth Richmond Sandford Sandy Creek, Ovens Shepparton Skipton Smeaton Snowy Creek Stauley Stratford South Yarra Tarrawingee Ten.mile House Toongal;bie Traralgon Tylden Trentham Toorak Upper Dargo Vaughan Violettown Wedderburn Whipstick ' Wickliffe Wildduck Creek Wool shed Wi n chelsea Yambuk Yandoit Yea.

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APPENDIX F.

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BRANCH.

STATEMENT showing the Names of the several Electric Telegraph Stations and the Lines of Telegraph now in operation in the Colony of Victoria.

MaIn Linel.

SOllTlllI1Il'I Co.l.l!T LII(B ..

WIISTBIIN COAST LIlI1i

CROBB Cotrl!'rIlY-WUTlIlIN LIlI1i .. .. ..

CROSl! Cotrl!'rllY LIIIE

),ORTIlIIIIII LDtII ••

N01lTDERN LIlIlI

No. Iii.

Extent In Miles

from the Melbourne

omce.

Name of SlaUon.

137

315

140

8U

281

166

200

lSI

154

97j

( ]\felbOurne

I General Post Omce Williamstown Geelong 'I QlIeensclltl' Point Lonsdal. Sandridge Capo Scbanck

i. FlInders

{

Monnt Gambler Portland Belfast Warmambool Camperdown •• Colao

J l

Ballarat ••

Beanfort. ,

Str.atham Hexham .. Pens hurst Hamilton Coler.tne Casterton

Otway

r Creswlck Daylesford Maldon

i Dunolly Carlsbrook

Maryborollgh

Avoca SI.artmlll st. Arnaud

{

{

J

l

Tarnagulla Inglewood Kerang Swan HlII

COllingwood Kyn.ton Malmesbury Taradale CasUemalne Sandhurst Ecbuca

Kllmore ..

Seymour Longwood

Benall ... ,

Wangaralla

Beeehworlh

Wodonga Albury

r Dandenong Shady Creek

< Hosedale ..

l Sala' .. Port Albert

RAILWAY Cmct1lT.

I Spencer street Sunbury New Gisbome Woodend

l C., tlemalne Sandhurot ltunnymede Ecuuea

I Williamstown Pler

. Willi.mstown Junction \Verribeo

l Little River Goalong Meredith Ballarat West

.

Brancb Line.

TellUlg Branch ..

Name 01 StatIon.

.. Terang ..

Beaufort Bunlnyong

Extent 10 MIles.

13 from Camper40wn

28 from Ballsrat 7 li'om Ballil,rat

{

Beanfort Branch Bunlnyong Branch

• • Linton Branch •• I Smytheadal. .. lLlnton ..

:: } 23 from Ballar.t

31i'Om Ballarat

49 from B.aufort

..

Sebastopol Branch

Slawell Branch ••

Mortlalte Branch

l'ortlmd Branch

1 Clunes Branch ••

1 Majorca Branch ••

Newstead Bra.neb Eaglehawk Branch

Heathcot. Branch . .

Sebastopol J Ararat

.. 1 Slawell

Mortlake

{.Talbot .. Clunea . Majorca

.. N ..... t •• d

.• Easlehawk

.. H~athcote

.. :: 1 ..J

"I ..

9 from Hexham

:>3 from Hamilton

20 (rom Moryhorough

11 from Maryhorough

10 from CuU.main. 5 from Sandburs!

31 from Kilmor. 25 from Smdburst

{

Wood'81'01nt Branch

GalIney's Creek Braneb •• Eldorado Branch .

{

ManSfi.ld •• Jamieson •• Wood's Polot •• Gaffney'. Creek Eldorado ..

"J .. 85 from Benal\a

12 from Wood's Point 10 from Wangariltta

fWahgnnyab Branch

l Bright Braneb ••

Walhalla Brancb BairnsdAle Branch

SPBCUL WIlIEB ••

{

yaCkandandab .. ChHtem ••

•• Wahgunyo.b •• Hulbergl.n •• Bright.. ••

.. • Walhalla Baimsdale

.. ::} 50 from Beeebworth

30 from Beeebworth

.. 32 from Hosedale

.. • 48 from Sale

Bellard Llno (1).. .. 97 . Wllliamstown Line (I) •• ~

MelbOnrne to Albury (I).. 200 Melbourne to Monut Gam-

bier (1) .. .. 303 Melbourn. to'Momlngton (I) 35 Melbourne to st. Kllda (1) I} lIfelbourne to Emerald Hill 1 Melbourne to Rlobmond • • 2 BallaTat to Creswick 12 Castlemaine to Sandbarst " 22

ShOwing a total of 100 atatI.oDB or o1!lces; 2781~ miles Of line, provided with 8466 miles of wire.

D

42

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BRANCH. COMPARATIVE S1'A.TEMENT of Cash R6v6n~~ fo~ IfS7()- ~nd 1871, ind.·Number of Messages Transmitted from ,,~(~. ;,,",:::'; _".' " ~I\ph. Offi:c.e. during the·Year 1871.·, , .. ,' -- ~- ,- -... '-'~' > , ...

·t·

Melb'ou~ne - ... ; .•• Melbourne, General Post Office Ararat... ..... ... .Avoca... • •• : ... Bairnsdale ... Ballarat •• , Beaufort ... • •• Beeehworth .n

Belfast... ... Benalls.... • .. Bright .... f

Buninyong .. . Camperdown ••. Cape Otway· ... Cape Schanck ••• Caris brook .... . . • .. Casterton... .. . Castlemaine . . ~.. • .. .. Chilt'ern .. .' ........ .. Clunes... ... • .. . Colae ... .',~ .. ' •••. ' Coleraine... ..... ... Colling,wood ••. Creswiek... ... D!lJldeuong . ",' ' Daylesford ... ' •. • .... Dunolly .. . Eaglehawk ••• I Echuca... • .. , Eldorado ••• • .. Flinderst·.. ... Gaffney's Creek ••. Geelong .. . Ha.milton .:. .. . Heathcote .. . Hexbam '" Inglewood ... Jamieson... • •• Kerang... .. . Kilmore ... .. . Kyneton ... .. . Linton .•• • .. Longwood ... Majorca ... . .. Maldon ... ... Malmesbury ... Mansfield... . .. Maryborough •.• Mornington ... Mortlake •.. • •• Newstead... . .. Penshurst... • .. Port AHiert: ... Portland '" .n .....

Queenscliff ... Rosedale ... • .. Rutherglen ... St. Arnaud ... St. Kilda. •.. .. •. , Sale .. ~ ... Sandhurst... • .. Slindridge... .. . Sebastopol .. . Seymour ... .. . Shady Creek ... . Smythesdale .. . Stawell... • .. Strell,tham ... Stuartmill ... Swan Hill ••• Serpentine Creekt .. . Talbot... .. . Taradale ... ..... ... Tarnagulla. .. . Terang ... Wahgunyah Walhalla ... Wangaratta Warrnambool Williamstown Wodonga ... Wood's Point· Yackandandah

,~, .

Number of I . -- OP= ~~ce: ~'lriftt.':,d . :Revenue 1810. - :Revenue 1811.

Mar: 1854 April 1869 Nov. 1858 Mar. 1859 July 1869 Dec. 1856 Mar. 1858 Jan. 1858 Mar. 1858 May 1858 Aug! 1867 Oct.: .1862

.... Oct.; 1863 Sep.· 1859.­Sep., 1861 Jan. 1861

.. •. July 1865 Jan. '1857 Mar.> '1861 Feb. '1861 Aug! ·1863 Aug; .1867 Nov., 1865 Aug. ·1859 June 1871 Aug: 1859 Aug. 1859 Oct. 1871 Dec. 1858

.n . July' 1871 May 1869 May 1871 Dec .. 1854 Mar. 1861

.... Oct.· 1859 April 1858 Oct.' 1861 June -1865 Aug. 1863 Oct. 1857 April 1857 Oct. 1868 Nov. 1857 April 1870 Aug: 1859 Oct. 1865

... ,Nov.· 1868

... 'April 1859 Mar. 1861 June 1864 Oct. 1863 Jan. 1867 Dec. '1864 Feb. 1858 Jan. 1855 Mar. 1'867 Aug. 1862 Jan. 1865

.... Feb'. 1871 Sep. 1864 Jan. 1857 July 1855 Jan. 1870 June 1865 Jan. 1871 Junc 1863 Oct. 1861 July 18.')8 Dec. 1869 April. 1863

Dcc. 1860 No'v. 1861 Nov. 1860 Nov. 1871 Feb. 1861 Nov. 1870 July 1858 Mal'. '1858 Mar. 1854 Jan. 1858

in 1811.

£ s •. d. 109,537 10,972 15 7 58,952 3,649 7 II

4,900 231 17 5 2,403 129'16 3 3,464 238 12 3

49,877 3,585 2 10 1,162 63 5 6 8,391 808 14 0 7,053 393 9 II 2,415' 121 2 0 2,181 i59 17 9

660 26 . 6 1 2,772 246 4 2

120 ..• 565 4 7 5 954 50 10 6

1,484 111 15 8 10,418 461 4 10 2,083' '161 14 4 5,441 402 17 II 2,169 120 13 I 2,227, 158 15 11. 2,212 115' 12 9 3,Q29. 216 15 10

390 New Office 6,594 41 r 12 9 2,627 160 19 10

239 -New Office 7,189 493 4 11 1,375 New Office

392 In Melb. return 682 New Office

17,488 1,264 10 8 6,895 449 3 11 1,404 82 19 9

594 .36 4 3 3,104 131 4 1 1,850 '90 12 9

506 3893 2,518 120 4 1 4,574 201 IS 2

648 .39io 1,068 55 7 4 1,009 50 12 5 1,563 102 14 1 1,019 43 18 6

. 2,724 136 10 li. 5,165 287 9 4

865 33 4 1 1;650 '95 3 4.

629 29 12 1 1,303 '68 19 6 2,893 . '98 II 5 • 5,067 30l:!, 13 8.

.. ,' 6,655 '89 2 4 . "1,216' 121'·6 0

1,696 89 5 8' 1,528 98 15 4 1,335 New"Office'

.. 7,493 506 8 8 45,863 . 1,154 10 5

1,078 74 3 10 642 26 14 5

1,743 72 0 8. 442·' New. Office

2,227 107 18 4 5,769 355 17,10

913 48 11 7 875 135 0 6

1,442 75 I. 9. ... 3 5 0

4,192 271 8 3 9i3 51 10 3

1,674 135 13 1 134 New Office

3,538 , 224 19 8 5,019' 61 10 7 4,990 303 2 5

12,396 763 5 3 2,855 ,182 15 1

944 83 11 11

£ 8. d. 11,637 2 6 4,217 13 7

252 16 7 140 16 8 239· 2 11

. 3;301 0 1 63 18 2

758 14 11 358 13 9 115 4 8· 147 I ll'

34 2 9 207 6 8

6 8, 2 53 2' 2 95 4 8

606 9 5 132 10 .. 1 339 11 8 142 II 3 160 10:' 4' 1.43 0 2· 208 0· 10'

20 17 7 408 13 11 173 8 11·

13 1 0 441 8 6

92 14 8 613

43 3 2 1,292 7 9

457 4 7 82 '1 7 36 2 3

168 18 1 94 3 3 28 19 4

125 19 4 241 3 1 39 12 2 56 11 5 55 15 8

110 6 10 45 14 4

152 16 11 325 5 8

47 3 0 104 11 9 32 7 10 79 5 7

159 14 2 .326 12 0 100 14 0

66 17 11 101 4 9 105 14 5 104 18" 9 560 Ii 1

3,088 II 0 82 10 9 36 5 4 85 4 10 2-4 12' 10

120 4 8 365 10 0

53. 2 2 52 0 3 73 19 2'

257 16 n. 49 3"0

102 7 3· 7 5 11

190 15' 7 315 2 9 290 6 0 799 7' 1

'207 17 11

... 'Oct.· .. 1865' ... ."3217 00' _ .. 163 -n-l0 ,.'

1:257,; 96 7 1

59 '3 10 188 18"'5'

: 77 12 1 Feb. 1861 ----------------------~--

£ 8. d. \ !ii64 6 11

568 '5 8 20 19 2 11 .0 5 o 10 8

o 12 8

2 '0 9 2· 11 8

145 '4 7

21 18 2 .. 114" 5'"

27 7 5

20 17 7

12 9 1 13 1 0

92 14 8 613

43 '3 2 27 17 1 8 0.8'

37 14 0 3 10 6

5 15 3 39 711 o 11 2 141 533 7 12 9 1 1510

16 6 0 37 16 4 13 18 11 985' 2 15 9

10 6 1 61 2 9 17 18 4 11 11 8

11 19 I 6 19 1

104 18 9 54 2 5

1,934 0 7 8 6 11 9 10 11

13 4 2 24 12 10 12 6 4

9 12 2 4 10 7

7 5 11

253 12 2

36 I 10 ,25 2 10

- . '25 '6' 7 . " ..•.

£ 8. d.

284 2 9

49 19 r' 34 16 2

5 11 4 12 15 10

38 17 I)

16 11 5

29 4 S 63 6' S

8 15 0

.2 18 10

51 16 5

o 18 2 o 2 0

9 9 11

54 8 1

. .. -..

1i8 0 3 1 2 7-3 5 O.

1311 '4 278

33 5 10

34 4 1

" -l2 16· 5

24 8 1

18 15 0

* The collections Included in MoIbo1lJlle retnrn.-t Ja.nuary to:M:ai coUectio.nsw:& included In Melboumo%etnrn.-t BeJ:oentiJ1e Station closedllrdli'eb.1Blo.

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COllfPARATIVE STATEMENT of Cash Revenue for' 1870 l!i.tid 1871, and Number of Messages Trl!.n81Jlitted from each Office during the Year 1871-continued •

I' 'I' .. , .. . ' , .. Numb •• of

Name of Bte.tlon; «' . ' Date of M""""I\'es Revenue 1810. Rev\lIlu8'1871. ' , IncreaIIe 1871. Opening Office. TranJluutted , iu1871.

--_ ...... , .,.;.

RA.n.WAY Cmcm:T:' , \ . , £ s. 'd. £ d . £ d. 8. B.

Ballarat West ... ... ... July 1863 940 ,20 16 4 19 3 6 ,. . .. Castlemaine ... ... .. . July 1863 1,602 19 3 1 20 2 3 o 19 2, EChuca. ... i .. ... - ... June 1865 4,249 51 15 10 58 15 11 I 0 1 Geelong ~. t ... ... April 1862 2,996 40 11 8 44 17 0 4 5 4 Little River ... ... ... Nov •. 1862 4,282 13 18 . " 7 14 10 . .. Meredith ... ... ... ... April 1867 1,039 35 2'6 28 011 '" New Gisborne ... ... .. . July 1868 589 24 II 4 26 17 7 2 6 3 Runnymede ... ... . .. June 1865 3,244 56 6 8 54 18 10 . .. Sandhurst ... .. , ... July 1863 2,138 37 0'2 73 I 11 36 1 9 Spencer street, Melbourne ! ... Oct: 1861 9,177 201 4 6 303 16 1) 102 II 9 SunburY- .. : !.. ... ... Feb. 1867 1,222 13 17 11 25 6 7 11 8 8 Werribee ... ... ... .. . April 1862 6,904 20 6 0 27 14 2 7 8 2 Williamstown Junction ... ... April 1862 4,110 3 4 8 4 1 9 o 17 1 Williamstown&ilway Pier .. ; ... Jan. 1870 1,012 10 0 6 16 16 4 6 15 10 Woodend· ... ... -... ... Oct. 18in 1,585 33 3 5 39 1 6 5 18 1 Ravenswood '" ... ... ... ... . .. o 10 8 '" . .. Poill.t Lonsdale t ... ... ... Oct. 1861 ... ... . .. .. .

537,398 I 33,145 10 4 36,941 17 I 4,703 18 0 , ,

" I/.a.venswood closed Me.reh 1870. t Look·out Shipping Station; no I'fiv\lIlull, eoUected.

APPENDIX 1.

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BRANCH. STATISTICS of Business from 1854 to 1871, inclusive •

. Gove~:f'lr~~~grams. . Number of Total Number of 'Year. Cuh Revenue. . Government TelegrlllIlll. TelegrllmB.

£ s. d. £ s. d. 1854 ... 223 2 7 1,037 0 5 1,570 3,869 1855 ... 3,162 13 II 3,074 11 8 2,559 12,241 , 1856 ... 3,225 13 5 2,422 2 3 2,685 13,174 1857 ... 10,024 16 10 3,023 12 2 6,628 60,058 1858 16,474 17 10 10,126 15 10 17,834 131,486 1859 ... 25,249 17 0 21,301 8 7 31,699 197,320 1860 ... 24,955 18 2 21,270 12 2 49,918 167,872 1861 ... 25,217 5 4 8,566 13 11 40,818 184,688 1862 ... 26,834 19 8 15,466 0 9 49,038 211,685 . 1863 25,768 15 8 18,289 ,8 2 78,038 234,520 ... 1864 '" 30,601 17 11 14,375 12 0 71,939 256,380 1865 ... 35,767 17 4 11,546 19 3 68,946 279,741 1866 . 36,178 17 4' 12,899 16 0 63,506 277,787 ... 1867

;~::.,~ . 29,148 12 2 6,588 18 .0 59,887 235,648 1868 ... 31,058 6 8 9,916 III 57,047 276,677 1869 ... 34,183 0 5 10,460 10 7 57,966 277,132 1870 .. ... 33,145 10 4 5,996 12 9 60,634 454,598 .l8N ' : .. ;!" 36,941 17' 1 5,244 7 ·7' 63,877 1 537,398 ..

,~.. . ,

.- Totall .. , 428,163 .19 8 181,607 -4 0 784,589 3,812,274 ~

APPEND!X J.

I" ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BRANCH. ~x,PE~DITURE under control of Public Works'Department.

'" ,-

Total Expenditure for I:.ines, 'Stations, &c" up to 31st December 1870 .£ 8. d. .. , .. ., ... ... . ..

EXPENDITURE DURING 187}: Main Extension of Lines ... ... 1st January to 30th June £1,968. 13 4 ..

(computed) 1st July to 31st December 2,250 0 0'" 4,218 13 " New Buildings and Repairs to Existing Buildings, 1st January toI.3otb.' June £3,709 10 3

(computed) 1st July to 31st December .2,500 0 O~ , . , ,

.6,209 10 3 ..

CU1l.REN1' EXPENDITURE DUllING 1871. ..

Rent of Market Square Telegraph Office and Insurance ... . .. ... .. . 810, 4 0 Rent of Temporary Offices n. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,199 0 0

Decrease 1871

.£ II. d. 1 12 10

" ... .. . ... 6 1) 6 1 I 7 . .. I 7 10 . .. . .. .. . . .. . .. ... ... 010 8

907 11 3

£, 8. d. 299;873 1 5

," . ~. '

10,428 3 7

310,301 5 0

2,009 4 0

I

':1:'.:1:

APPENDIXK.

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BRANCH.

RETURN showing Net Revenue from 1st January to 31st December 1871 •

.£ s. d. ~ .£ 8. d. . By Cash receipts paid into Treasury from 1st January to 31st December 1871 ...

Less amount due to other Colonies on account of intercolonial business for sam'e . period:. ,

New South Wales South Australia ... Bass Cable Company

£2,03317 2 165 12 0 892 17 4

36,941 17 1

3,092 6 6' -Amount due by ather Colonies on account of intercolonial business for same period i 1------1

Queensland ... ... ....... .... £59 0 3 Tasmania 48 14 9

33,849 10 7

---. 107 16 0 107 15 0

. 33,967 5 7'

APPENDIX L.

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BRANCH .

. STATEMENT showing the Amount of Business Transmitted through the Bass'sStraits Cable. From 1st January to 31st December 1871. '

Date. Number of Messagee; .Vallle. 1st January to 31st December 1871 8,126 ... £9,430 158. 4d._

APPENDIX M.

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BRANCH.

EXTENSION of Telegraph Lines in other Colonies during 1871, and Lines in progress. . ,

NEW SOU'l'lt WALDS. Extension of line from Bathurst to Carcoar, 31! miles.

,II .. Penrith to Bathurst (third wire), 103-f miles. '

" " "

" " " "

Mudgee to Gulgong, n miles. W yandah to Casino, 19 miles. Tambaroora to Hill End, 2 miles. Maitland to Armidale (second

wire).

Proposed line from Tamworth to Fort Bourke. " " Cassillis to Coolah. " " (j-rafton to Laurenoe.

I QUEENSLAND.

Lengt.h of lines in 1871, 2,229 miles. , ' I Proposed line from Spnngsure vid. Tam bo and Charleville, Extension of line from Cardwell to N ormanton, 393 miles. following course of the Warrego to

" "Warwick to Gondiwindi, 144 I' Cunannella, 380 miles. ' miles. ' "" Roma to St. George, 115 miles.

.. "Clermont to Springsure, 105 miles. " to Ravenswood, 50 miles.

TASmNIA.~

Extension of line to New Norfolk, 9 miles. , Proposed, nil.

SOUTlt AUSTRALIA..

No extension of lina during 1871 except the Adelaide I Proposed, .nil. and Port Darwin line which will probably be com-vleted abont the end of July 1872. No definite information has been received as to propss made up I to present time. The length of this line from Ade-laide to Port Darwin will be about 1,660 miles, w~th . 12 stations in circuit.

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APPENDIX N.

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BRANCH.

EUROPE AND THE EAST.

BBITISR, INDIAN, AND AUSTRALIAN TELEGBAPR ROUTB.

Falmouth to Gibraltar tlid Lisbon . ... ...

Gibraltar to Malta ... ... ... ... Malta to Alexandria ... ... t· ... ... Alexandria to Suez ". ... ... ... Suez to Aden ... ... ... . .. Aden to Bombal ... ~.... . ... ... Bombay to Ma rae ... ... ... ... Madras to Penang '" ... ... ... Penang to Singapore ... ... ... .. . Singapore to Batavia ... . ... ... ... BataVIa to Banjoewang ... ... ... ... Banjoewang to Port Darwin . ... ... ... Port Darwin to Port Augusta, S.A. ... . , .. Port Augusta to Adelaide ... ... . .. Adelaide to Mount Gambier ... ... ... Mount Gambier to Melbourne ... ... ...

Total length of cable. including alack Ditto land line... ... . ..

Total

... .. . .. . . .. . .. . ..

... ...

." .. . .. . ... .. . . ..

... ...

. .. ... '" . .. .. , .. ... '" ... ... . .. ... ... .. . . .. ...

No of MUes. I Cable LaId.

i

1,061 1,154 1,008 1,120 . 828 924

224 ... 1,346 1,462 1,662 '1,819

600 ... 1,280 '1,409

399 405 553 565 480 '"

1,030 1,186 1,400 ...

200 ... 300 . .. 303 ... ----

12,734 10,04.4.

10,04.4. miles 3,567 n

13,611 "

Land line.

"

" ,. .. " "

The cable between Banjoewang and Port Darwin was laid on the 17th N ovemher 1871, and now only awaits the completion of the South Australian land line in order to place the Australian colonies in telegraphic communi­eation with Europe, America, ana the East.

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By Authority; JOHN FBRRES, Government Pputer, Melbourne.

No. 15. E I