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VICTORIA.

REPORT

UPON THE AFFAI:aS OJ!' THE

POST OFFICE AND TELEGRAPH

DEPARTMENT

J!'on THE YEU

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

1511 ~utfJOt:i1l!: GEORGE SK[NNER, AOTING GOVERNMENT PRINTER, MELBOURNE.

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REPORT.

The business transacted' ill the Department· during th~ 'past year has been important and extensive, as the following pages will show.

The contract hetween the Postmaster-Geneml of Victoria and the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company was commenced in January, and has been so far successfully carried out with satisfactory pecuniary results. ( See page 22.)

Considerable additions have been made to the contmcts for the conveyance of inland mails, and many alter:ations in the services' have b,een rend~red, necessary by the extension of the railway lines.. ' ,

Several new' Electric Telegraph lines have been erected and offices opened in connection therewith.

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", New Post Offices have 'J;)eeu opened in various parts of the country, and receiving-houses established in Fitzroy and Collingwood.

Letter deliveries have been extended and additional iron receiving-pillars erected in Melbourne and other places. ' " .

A most important step has been taken in establishing a code for regulating the appointment, promotion, and pay of sorters, letter-carriers, messengers, and others, according to which none but men or boys 'of some education, who have passed a medical examination" and who are of suitable age, are eligible for appointment to any of the offices named. A scale, of', pay h:;ts been adopted 'by which an annual increase' is assured by service with good conduct, and other adyap.tages .( which will be found fully detailed in Appendix F), are bestowed on those who are affeyted by the regula­tions in question; which, it is anticipated, will also be highly beneficial to the public service. The immediate effect of th!? change has been an increased expenditure, but it is confidently expected that it will in the future prove to be an economical arrangement.

REVENVE .AND EXPENDITURE.

Revenue., ,

There has been 'an increase in postage collections over 1873. . The gross amount is as, follows, omitting fractions

", 1873 '£1'48:061 I'

1874 ... 154,097 showing an excess of £6,036, or, say, four per cellt~p , ., r

The reduction in the Intercolonial ship rate from thi'eepence to twopence has occasioned a falling off under this Read, and- th~ loss on a~count of inland newspapers, consequent on the reduction of the postage thereon, wh~ch took place on the 1st July last, is still sho1-vn in comparing the revenue of 1874 with the previous year. The fall in these items together, it is estimated, ~mounts to £2,500.

There has been a falling off in the Tel~gr~ph revenue, .~lOtwithstanding the largely increased facilities affoi'ded to the public~ , I1'he following'are tliefigures ;-

1 ,,18'73 , •.. '£4:5;322 1874 , :.... --4~-,825

showing a decrease' of five and a half per cent., which may chiefly be. ascribed to the dulness which has prevailed in milling business (8ee Revenue Returns from Principal Goldfields' Offices, pages 13 and 14); and it may be taken as significant of this fact that the use of private wires for the transmission of mining intelligenGe to brokers' offices has in several cases been discontiuued. "

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Expenditure. '

There has been an increase in' the gross expenditure over the year 1873 of £11,720, caused by increments under the Civil Service Act and the new regulations referred to above, increased salaries and allowances to telegraph operators, country postmasters, and others, overtime allowances, increased numerical strength of the staff, increased cost of inland mail service, and of stores, and by the purchase of telegraph materials for stock; the principal details of which are given in the estimates of expenditure for the period.

1874 The following IS a statement of the revenue and expenditure fOl' the year

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£ s. d. £ s. d. Revenue, including postage fees on regis- Salaries and wages, occasional assistance,

tered letters, commission on money orders, and overtime 135,011 14 8 commission allowed to licensed vendors; Contingencies* 27,628 7 5 also collections on account of other Commission to licensed vendors of postage Governments ... .... . .. 154,097 10 7 i stamps 2,584 ° 7

Electric telegraph collections, including ! Mail serviee (inland), including landing and amount collected on account of other shipping mails 98,737 16 9 colonies and the Submarine Cable Com- Gratuities to masters of vessels ... 2,061 17 9 pany 42,825 9 7 Estimated amount of postal collections on

Deficit 104,959 7 1 aceount of other Governments 3,300 '0 ° Steam postal communication with Great Britaint· 31,955 \I 0

Eleetric telegraph collections on £ s. d. account of Submarine Cable Company 931 7 3

South Australia 94 I 5

1,025 8 8

£ 1301,8827-3-

Due by other colonies ... 421 18 7 ----- 603 IO

£ 301,882 7 3

• , • The sum of £24,134 Os. 10d. has also been expended on telegraph lines, an expenditure whicll was formerly defrayed by the Public Work.

Department. t As ncnrly us can be Rscertllined; accounts not all received. "NoTE.-This account does not include the value of tlie bU'ine.' performed by lhe Post Office for the olher Government Departments, which is

estimaled to exceed £30,000 per annum.

RETURN showing the Estimated Number of Inland Letters, Packets, and Newspapers Posted in the Colony of Victoria, also the Number,of Ship lietters, Packets, and Newspapers Despatched"and Received, during the Years 1873 amI 1874 respectively.

SilIP LETTERS.

Number Received. Total Increase 1874 over of Years. Despatched. Post Offices. Letters. 1873.

Colonial. British and Colonial. •

British and lforeign. Foreign.

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1873 12,342,000 475,632 515,722 617,092 524,639 14,475,085 } 8! per cent. 1874 13,250,000 597,792 , 527,046 797,213 566,837 15,738,888

SHIP PACKETS.

Yenrs. Inland Despatched. Ileccived. Total Increase 1874 over Packet •. Packets. 1873.

Colonial. British and Colonial. and Foreign: . Fureign.

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1873.-764 1873 594,591 33,245 15,058 13,593 50,829 707,316 } 79i per cent. 1874 1,116,755 53,287 16,703 18,179 64,898 1,269,822

1874.-802

SHIP NEWSPAPERS.

Years. Inland Despatched. Received. Total Increase 1874 over Newspapers. Newspapers. IS7S,

Colonial. British and Colonial. F(lrelg~~d l<"'oreign. ~

1873 3,524,857 451,950 591,760 330,135 ),181,305 6,080,007 } 13 per cent. , 1874 4,123,200 530,242 595,961 400,145 1,217,370 6,866,918

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Number of letters registered in Victoria in 1873 Ditto ditto 1874 :~~;~~~ }rncrease 1874 over 1873, 410 per cent.

XOTE.-·Thc vel'y Jorge ilH':l'eUfoIC in the number of inland packets has been cuusf>d by the reduction tn the minimum l'ate under The Po8t OffiCi Amendment Statu(1; 1073, fl'om 2;1. to Ill.. which JlIl~ induced the trfLllsmts~lon by POtH. of trudc Circlltlll'Ef, &c.

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DEAD AND IRREGULARLY POSTED LETTERS.

RETURN showing the Number of Letters, &c., received and dealt with in the Dead Letter Office during the Year 1874.

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Received. i Row dealt with.

Unclaimed.

! Year. Irregularly Returned, Destroyed

Intercolonial Posted. Total. Delivered, &c. alld on Hand. Total. VIctorIan. and Foreign.

1874 ... ... 94,533 13,421 14,836 122,790 110,4i3 12,317 122,790

NOTl.':.-One thousand and 1\vc (1,00:)) registered letters ate included ill these numl>crs, 171 of which contained enclosures of value (amount shown below), 4 covered articles, and 830 were without valuable contents, or tlt,c v[l,lue thereof was not known to the Department.

Forty-five (45) ordinary letters also contained articles of value. Six letters with articles 011 huud a.t close of yeur .. Ninetywfour (94) letters were posted during the year with obscene or Hbcllous addresses. One hundred and forty .. threc (14:1) of the" Irregularly Posted" lettt:Ts dill uot uear any names or addres$Cs whatever, and 1,853 but Imperfect

addresses, i.e., wanUng either nnme or address; these 1etters could not, in ('on.sCi]W..'l1Ce, be sent to the intended destiniltiolls. Some of them enclosed value. The rell1ainder under this heading were nn}lltid or insuflicictlLJy pai<t leiters, illCllli.Hng 754- valentines.

One hundred and forty-eight (148) letter~ were ascertained to henr wrong addresses; i'ome of these also contained enclosures. to the va.lue of over £300. The errors of the senders in thef:c eases were corrected where practicable, and where that WfiS not possIble, the Idlers were r(·turned or otherwise dealt with. Ninety·ftve (95) envelopes without correspondence covered enclosure!' to the value of over £3,000.

Two thousand two hundred aud seventeen (2,217} letter::; were" refused" by the pcnwns liddressed. mainly on account of postal charges. fthis ,hOWl an increase of over 1,300 Jetters more than in the previous yen.r. Some of these letters alSo' contained value. ll"ifly*onc (51) letters .and 23 packets and pa.pers were posted In viQlation of the l'ostallfegulations. In addition to. the above llUmlJel' of letters J 5,74811ackets were also dealt WIlh.

RETURN showing the Number of Registered and Unregistered Letters containing Value received and dealt with in the Dead Letter Office during the Year 1874.

Reeeived. How dealt with.

Reg!stered. Ordinary. Tot.1. Returned, Delivered, On Hand at Clo •• Y.a.r 1874. &c. Paid into of Year.

Treasury from 112 I.etters

Value of No. Value of Vallie of Dcstmyed. Ko. Vallie of Contents. Contents. Contents. Contents.

-----£ 8. d. £ £ 8. d. £ 8. d. £ 8, d.

Cash, N0tes, and Stamps ... J42 9 630 15 543 10 4 112 5610 7 23 30 15 O·

Cheques, Drafts, &0. 18,130 28 2,033 7 9'

18,5i8 10 ll2 56 10 7 51 2,064 2 9'

1873, encioging .£50 Is. 3d., balance £.rom 11373, brought forward.-t Includes 13 letters, enclosing £54 168. (d., dealt with froIW

NEW POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICES.

Forty-one new Post Offices were opened in 1874 at the undermentimeriI places :-

Balmattulll Doma MUllgi Balwyn Doogalook Bobinawarrah Forbes BOl1!1l1g Forest Hill Boneo Golden Gully Boort Graham's HilL Bulgoback Hurdle Flat Bullal'to I rrewillipe Christmas Hill I vanllOe Corryong Jarklin Derricull Creek Kerguuyah

Kewell Kialla Lome Lyndhur~t South Mandurang Mount· N OOl·at. Mnrtoa Myrtle Creek Natimuk Creek North Barnawal'tha

Port CampbellJ Queensferry St. Huberts Sebastian Swift's Creek.

JunctiQI:lI 'l'orrum]!,alT' f Upper KiD' g Rive. Wan<:lin Yalloak Y 81r:r.:nvc ,nga.

The Post Office at Warburton, which was closed in July IfJ65, has been re­opened.

Receiving-houses have been established at Fitzroy, North: Fitz. LOY, and North Collingwood.

Four Post Offices were closed, viz. :-Cobbler's Gully,. Hodd'le's Creek, King Parrot Creek, and Redan Bridge.

The names of the following offices have been change·dt .. -Bonthemmbo to " Springhurst.;" Godfi'ey's Creek to " Gobur ;" Major ~Jains: to f ,: Devenish ;" Oxley Plams to "~hlawa ;" Brandy Creek to "Buln-Buln ; 11 Bulldog l lIat to H TIlabarook ." Coy's Diggings to "Baillieston ;" Whim Holes to "Enfield' ;"" Whipstick to "Neil­borough;" Hovell's Creek to "Lara;" Cockatoo to "Nar:lloj:g1' .1." McCullum's Creek to " Craigie;" Hit-or-Miss to " Kooroocheang ; "" Grow.ler's; C redk to "W andiligong ." and Donnybrook to "Kalkallo.'" ,

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Birregurra, Sorrento, Winchelsea, Murchison, Rushwdrth, Caramut, Lancefield, Romsey, Learmonth, BaHan; 'and Bacchus Marsh,:'have been opened as combined Post aI).9: Telegmph Offi~es. 'I 'I, ,I , ',", "I. ,,'

Post Office Savings Banks have been opened at the following places :-E(}enth,ope Malvern Romsey , Wedderburn. Gaffney's Creek ' ' ..

,."The Post Office Savings ,Ba~k at,Morang South, opened on the 24th l November 1873, was cl9sed on the 1st .July 1874. ; ,', , "

, ,---, JVloneyOrder Offices have been established in conl1ectioli' with 'the Post Offices at the following .places :~

I I i Barnawartha' Burke's Flat Bealiba Dookie South Bulll-Buln Griffith's Point

Malvern Morang

Shepparton Sorrento.

, -'foney Order Offices have also been opened in connection with the Receiving Houses at Fitzroy, North Fitzroy, and North CCilliugwood, respectively. ; " _

" Telegraphic communication has been extended to the undermentioued places :- ' " "

, " 'Baccl~ns::M~rsh . Caramut Murchison So~re~to BaHan Lancefield Romsev Birregurra. Learmonth Rushw"orth

, Winchelsea.

The number of Post Offices on the 31st December was 802 . . , The boundaries of the Jetter. delivery at Emerald Hill have been extended

about half a mile further,in tlie direc,~ion' of :Sandridge" which .a~'rangement has' neces-sitated, the employment of an additional Jetter-carrier. ..

A second daily ·delivery of letters by carrier has been established at Kew.

'" BUlLDINGs.-GENERAL POST OFFICE.

, In :order to provide fu~ther accommodation, and to mitigate in' s~me measure the daily, increasing' inconvenience resulting from want of space to carryon the busiiiess of the Department, it has been found necessary to rent additional premises adjoining ,the General Post Office reserve, and also a store in Bourke street west.

:' .... TI~e reserve at the corner of Elizabeth and Victoria streets, hitherto in the permissive occupation of the Corporation of the' City of Melbourne, has been resl1med bY'the Government, and transferred to the Post Office and Telegraph Department, for the storage of poles, and the erection of sheds and workshops.

OTHER BUILDINGS.

The new buildings at Avoca, Buninyong, Eaglehawk, Majorca, Seymou~, and Wangaratta, have been completed and occupied.

At Casterton, Coleraine, and' Stawell, new offices, with quarters, have been built, and will be ready for occugation early in 1875. . .' The public building at ,Castlem11ine, pai·t of which is to be used as Post and

TelegraFh Offices, is completed, with the exception of the necessary fittings and furniture" ' .

. Extensive 11dditions will be niade to the office at Warrnanlbool. At Echuca it has been found necessary to enlarge the building, the duties of the Receiver and P~ymaster having been added to those of Postmaster and Telegraph Manager. . Premises have lJeen rented in Market Buildings, W'illiam street, to w4ich the

vVest Melbourne Branch Office has been transferred from the Custom House. Buildings have been purchased at A vellel and Stuartmill, a~d land at N agambie.

. At Baccln18 1\111rsh, Bairnsdale, BalIan, Horsham, Nagambie, Rushworth, and \Villchelsea, premises have been rented for Post Offices and Telegraph Stations.

Additions, alterations, and repairs llave been effected, or will shortly be in }Jrogress, at Ballarat, Beechwortn, Belfast, Cape Otway, Cape Schanck, Clunes, Colac, Collingwood, Inglewood, Jamieson, Kilmore, Kyneton, Longwood, Maldou, Mary­hOl:ough, NJornington, Portland, Sandhurst, Smythesdale, Tarnagulla, Walhalla, 'Nilliamstown, and Yack,andandah.

Seven iron receiwng7pillars have been erected in Melbourne and the suburbs, olle !it Geel.ong, and one at'Sandhurst. '.

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POSTAGE S'fAMPS.

A new halfpenny stamp wn.s issued on the 10th February. One hundred l?-ew postage stamp licenses were issued, and fourteen revoked,

making the total number at the close of the year Five'hundred and 'thirty,',being an increase over last year of 19'36 per cent. ' ., -,

An increase in the staff of this branch has been' made, by, the appointment of an assistant clerk. .

The following is a stntement showing the Denomination, ~Number, and'Value of Postage Stamps mnnufactnred and issued at the General Post Office.'during the year 1874 :- '., I

:Manufactured. • Issued.

Denomination. ! Number. Value. Denomination. Number. _ Value.

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4,.536,000 9,450 0 ° 1,842,000 . '7,67!! 0' 0 11,076,000. 92,.300 0 0

54,077 450 12 10

Halfpenny stamps... .. One penny stamps... . .. 'l'wopenny stamps... .. . Twopenny stamped pnve10pes .. . Twopence-farthing stampBd en-

1,200 11 5 0 540,000 6,750 0 ° 408,000 6,800 0"0

velopes... ... ' .. Threepenny stamps ... .. . Fourpenny stamps ... .. . Sixpenny stamps... .., 960,000 24,000 0 0

120,000 4,:;00 0 0 65,640 '3,282 0" 0

Ninepenny stamps... . .• One shilling stamps ... One shilling stamped telegraph

1,129 56 9 0 '12,000 1,200 O· 0

forms... ,.. • .. Two shilling stamps ... ..,

Totals ... 19,616,046 156,4i5 6 10

Halfpenny stamp's ... '" 3,501,652 "One' penny stamps I... 2,539,954

,£ s. d: 7,295 2 2

10,583 2 10 . One penny stamped newspaper. . '. '. ",'L ,

wrappers ... ••• 16,227 67 12 3 Twopenny stamps .,' ... 11,94'3;,,'13;99,530' 18 10 Twopenny staf!lped envelopes '54,077 450 12 10 Twopence-farthing stamped en-

velopes ....... ,J.. .~.' I .•.. 3,636, ... 34', ,1 9, Threepenny stamps .,. ... 181,404 2,267 II 0 Fourpenny stamps ... .... 154,997 2,583' 5 S Sixpenny stamps I. ... "... '1: 584,450 '14.6111' 5 0'. Ninepenny stamps .... 89,944 3,372 18 0 One shilling stainps~:. ',' " ::: ' 78;:"06 ,. 3,920l 13 0 .One shilling stamped telegraph .• I, '

forms... ... • .. Two shilling strrmps ... ll'ive shilling stamps '.. • ••.. ,

1,169 11;234' 5,448

58 9 0 1,123 --8 0 .1,362 0 0

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... '19,166,3Ir '147,Z60 13 " I ::,. .

, INLAND. MAILS.'

. The amount pnid for conveynnce of Inland ¥ails, 1874 (exclusive :0~:£11,000 paid to the Department of Railways), was £88,24 7 .9~ . .1d:, ~nd the g~ijs;'3 n.u~ber 'of miles travelled with the mails (dedt;cting 805, 6~O miles travelled by rail) was 3,147,857, at an average cost of 6i-d, pcr mile.'" .

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4dditions and altemtions in the Inland I1lai! arrangements during the year 1874. , . • I ' '. ,", i .• : J .!'I I . ••

To and from Kiewa and Kergunyah two daysKweek from 12th January 1874. To and from Violettown and Kialla, by way of Costello's and Keady's; o.nce,a week

from 2nd January 1874. ,'. To and from Sutton Grange and Myrtle Creek two days a week from lOth January: 18741. To and from Shepparton and Mooroopna two days a week from 1st Janua~'y, , To and from Cobden and Port Campbell once a week from 17th March. To and from Magpie and Sebastopol six days a week from 1st January ... To an~ from \Vodol1ga and Albury six days n week from· 26th, January (openipg. Of

rallway). . ~:. __ , Deviation to and from Corryong, in Tintaldra .andKoetong service, from 1st February. Additional three days a week frequency between Yackandandah and Albury. from

2nd March. .; . , Additional once a day frequency between Post Office and Rail way Station, Rochester'jI

from 3rd March. :',' ".:;1:'

To and from Dean's Marsh and Lorne two days a week from 29th ApriL Fitzroy and .. Collingwood letter-boxes cleared by'twovehicles in· lieu of by onewmm

19th February. . , I: !,i;

.. Contracts for most of the Inlund Mail Services have been eniJred into for three' years from .-st Ju}y!'tn'5, at II. rednced rate of 10 per cent. and npwards on the tenders for the financial yean 1875-6, py which means.a,s:1'1lilllg will be effected on the, t.wo additional years 1876-i-8 of Itbout £16,000, or 15 per cent. p~r annum. , '

This reduces the mileage twerage rate fllr 1875-6-7-'8 to about'6!d, per lilile; , .. , ,. ,

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Additional mail service once a week between Marysville and Alexandra from 1st March. To and from Box Hill and Forest Hill (Delany's'Road) three days a week from 1st

March. Additional letter-carrier conveyed between Melbourne and South Yarra daily from

23rd February. To and from Barnawartha and North Barnawartha three days a week from 4th April. To and from Echuca and TorrumbalTY once a week from 4th April. To and from Cowes and Newhaven once a week from 7th April. To and from Newhaven and Griffith's Point once a week from 7th ApriL To and from Melbourne and Nor.thcote six days a week from 27th ApriL To and from Moyhu and Upper King Hiver once a week fl.'om 1st May. Two additional letter-carriers conveyed between Melbourne and Sandridge from 14th

February. To and from Wedderburn and Boort, by way of Wychetella, once a week from 14th

August. Clearance of letter-boxes in East and West Melbourne once a day additional, conse­

quent on alteration in Sandhurst trains, from 7th July to 10th August. To and from the Post Office and Railway Station, Creswick, four times a day from

. 1st August. To and from Echuca and TOlTumbarry once a week additional from 12th August. To and from Ballarat and Sulky Gully, by way of Mount Rowan, six days a week

from 1st August. Portion of mail service between Ballarat and Creswick by coach discontinued from

1st Au~st (opening of railway). To and from Ballarat and Cardigan six days a week from 11th August, Portion of mail service between Ballarat and Beaufort discontinued from 11th August

( opening of railway). To ~nd from Post Office and Railway Station, Beaufort, from 11th August. Additional six days a week frequency betweeen Beaufort and Stawell West from

11 th August. To and from Birregurra and Dean's Marsh once a week additional, 20th August. To and from Post Office and Railway Rtation, Trawalla, four times a day from 11th

August. Deviation consequent on loose bag being made up at Leigh Road for Murgheboluc

State School from 13th August. Conveyance of additional letter-calTier between Melbourne and Gardiner's Creek

Road from 1st July. To and from Daylesford and Bullarto, by way of Musk Creek, two days a week from

1st, September " YalTa Track mails for :Matlock and Wood's Point, conveyed to and from Melbourne

via Lilydale, in lieu of via Kangaroo Ground and Yarra Flats, from 1st July. To and from Guildford and Daylesford (in lieu of to and from Castlemaine and Dayles­

ford), consequent on opening of railwllY to Maryborough, fl.·om 7th July. To and from Creswick and Daylesford (in lieu of to and from Ballarat and Daylesford),

consequent on opening of railway from Ballarat to Creswick, in consequence of which portion of day coach service between Ballarat and Creswick was dispensed with, from 20th July.

Deviation to and fl.·om Talgarno (between Bethanga and Bungil), in connection with Kiewa aqd Upper Murray mail service; from 1s~ September.

To and from Beeac and Camel Springs two days a week additional from 1st September. To and from Birregurra and Murroon one day a week additional from 3rd September. The service between the Post Office and Railway Station, Carisbrook, performed by

messenger fl.·om 21st September. The night service between Maldon and Maryborough, via Bal'inghup, discontinued

from'7th July. The day service between Castlemaine and Maryborough, via Carisbrook and Moolort,

discon tinued from 7th J tily (opening of rail way). ~ The night service between Maldon and Dunolly, via Eddington and Burnt Creek,

discontinued from 21st September. ' 'Service between Creswick and Chines dicolltinued from 17th November. Deyiation to and from Happy Valley, in connection with Creswick and Dean service,

from 24th September.

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To and from Stanley and Hurdle Flat six days a week from 19th September. To and from Wangaratta and Cobram, by way of Kilawarra, Peechelba, Bandalong,

Yarrawonga, and BUrl'amine, once a week froIp 17th October. To and from St. Arnaud and Donald one day a week additional service from 6th October. To and from Benalla and Hill Plain, by way of Rowan's Swamp, once a week from

16th October. . To and from Wharparilla and Terrick-terrick two days a week from 7th Oct?ber. To and from }Iaryborough and Dunolly, by way of Havelock and Bet-bet, SL,{ days a

week from 21st September to 5th October. , Deviation, consequent on Burnt Creek Post Office being supplied in connection with

Castlemaine and Dunolly day service, from 21st September. To and from Gong-gong and Brown Hills six days a week from 14th September. To and from Lower Reedy Creek and Strath Creek two days a week from 14th

September. , To and from the Post Office and Railway Station, Dunolly, four times a day from

6th October. To and from Brunswick and Coburg once a day additional from 8th October. To and from Castlemaine and Campbell's Creek once a day additional from 8th October. To and from the Post Of¥ce and Hailway Station, Bet-bet, four times a day from 6th

October. To and from the Post Office and the Railway Station, Havelock, four times a day

from 6th October. Additional daily mail (summer arrangements) between Geelong and Queencliff from

1st November. The Yarra Flats and Lilydale service, v'id St. Huberts, reduced from six to three days

a week from 1st November. To and from Yarra Flats and Eltham, by way of Kangaroo Ground, three days a week;

and to and from Yarra Flats and Kangaroo Ground, by way of Christmas Hill, three days a week, fi'om 1st November. . ,

To and from Oxley Plains and Hurdle Creek two days it week from 1st November. To and from Strathfieldsaye and Mandurang three days a week from 10th November. To and from Shepparton and Dookie South, by way of Pine Lodge and Sump tor's

Store, once a week from 24th November. To and from Creswick and Maryfield, hy way of Glendonald, six days a week from

16th November. . To and trom Post Office and Railway Station, Clunes, four times a day from 16th

Novemher. Post Office, Elaine, removed to another site from 1st October. To and from Baringhup and Kuggety Reef once a day fi'om 7th December. Post Office, Stockyard Hill; removed to another site from 4th August. Letter-box at Coburg deared once a day additional from 1st January. Additional mails to and from Post Office and Railway Station, Creswick, daily from

16th November. Letter-boxes at Brunswick cleared twice daily additional fi'om 19th November. The mail service between Wangaratta and Glenrowall discontinued after 31st

Decemher 1874. . To and from :Melbourne and Albury twice daily from 26th January. To ,and from Jamieson and Melbourne ~ldditional mail once a week from 28th February. Darlingford mail despatched, via Marysville, only three days a week from 28th February. Kiewa and Osborne's Flat mails daily from 1st March. Rochester mails twice daily from 3rd March. Footscray mails twice daily from 28th March. Griffith's Point and Newhaven mails once a week additional from 7th April. N orthcote mails twice a day from 27th April. Yackandandah mails three times a week additional (viti Barnawartha) from 22nd June. Yarra Flats mails daily, viti Lilydale, fro111 1st July. Donald and Avon Plains mails three days a week, in lieu of two days a week, via

Glenorchy, from 1st July. Trunk Lead mails daily, in lieu of three days a week, from 1st July. Mount Mercer daily, in lieu of three days a week, 1st July. Cavendish, Balmoral, Edenhope, Harrow, and Apsley, three days a week, in lieu of

two days a week, 1st July. .

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Framlingham ma~s despached via Panmure from 1st July. , , G~arwarre mails daily; in lieu of'three days a week, froD;l'lsfJuly. The '10.50 a.m. clearance, East an~l. West Melbourne, dispensed with, and III lieu

. ,thereof a clea~ance effected' ~t 11.55 ~.m., and 12.10 ,p.m. respectively. Corop mails despatched via Runnymede, in lie'u of via Rochester; , ;, " Clydesdale mails three days a week,'in lieu of daily; froin'lst July.: ':', ~ ," N~gaIA?i~,a~ld T~bilk,ma!ls twice ?aily, in lieu of o~lce a day, from 1st'July: I.,,', Fhnders mall~ three'.days a week, III heu of two, fi:'om 1st' .July. - , ' Lal·lal mails twice daily from 24th June. /.' , ' An ad~~tional qaily mail, despatched from Longwood for :M:elbourn~ from 1st J uiy. " ' Kangaroo Ground aud.Y arra 'Fl~ts mails three, days a week, in lieu of daily hence,

in consequence of Wood's Point mails being, conveyed via Lilydale, from 1st July. Diamo~d Hill mails despatched via Sandhurst, iIi lieu of vili Kangaroo Flat. Burke's Flat mails daily, in lieu of three days a week, from 1st July., '. Napoleons, Black Lead, and Scotchman's Jiead !TIails, daily, in lieu of three days a

'\veek, from 1st July.' " ,0

Consequent upon opening of railway fr<?ID Castlemaine to Maryborough, andl

from Ballara,t to Creswick,ori' the 7th' July, the evening rrtails' for' Sandhurst; Castle­m;:tine, &c., were closed one h011.1~ earlier tha;ll'usual, in conseql1.eric<,; of \vhich the

, whole'bf the' 'afternoon suburban services had to 'he altered accordingly;' the I a,ft~~noon mails from Sl\londhurst, &c., ~c., arrive4 in town also one hour e~rli~r - than'formetly, and the Ballarat 'afternoon mails "Tere also due here half an' hour

, earlier than originally. , Mails for' Y andoit, 'Shepherd's Flat, Franidinford,' and H~p burn, forwarded by'train

via Guildford. I • ' " '" "

Majir 'Plains 'additional mail 'via BenaUa. " , , ' ' ,J"

Receiving-boxes in the suburbs cleared in the afternoon "<?ne 'hour earlier, iii, order , "that letters, &c., may re~ch the General Post Office at' 3 ,p;m.' " '" "

Torrumbarry mails twice a week, in lieu of once a week,' from 12th August., '~' Fro~ the 11th August' the evening mails for Castlemaine and Sandliurst dosed at

, ,5 p.m., in 'liel1.of 4.30 p.m., o.wing to)ater departure of train: \' , ' !()wing to; O'pening of railway to- Beaufort on 11th All:gus~) the Arar;:tt and ~ Stawe~l,

&'c., , &c., mails, hitherto due in' Melb<?urne by' first m:orning train 'from' Ballarat, , :were, delivered in town by night train 'of the day previous; 'and mails, twice a day/were forwarded to and from' Beaufort, Ararat; Stawell, and Sta'well West. '

Prop-!. the 11th August the eyening mails for Cas~lemaine and Sandhurs,~',?16sed at ,~ .5:30 p.m.; for despatch per 7.15' p.m: train, as 'originally _

The clearance of boxes in East and West Melbourne at 3.50 and, 3.4 7' p.m., respec­tively, discontinued, owing to res'nmptionof 7.15 p.ni:' train for Castlemai~e ahd Sandhurst. -" . '.' ,: ,

Dean's Marsh mails three days :a week, iIi lieu of t'wo days "a week, from '~9th August. Mails fOl~ ~nd~rom Armstrongs, Great Western, Shirley, E~rambeen; Dobie's Bridge" " twice 'dailv fi'om 20th August. ' , ' , ', ,

Murroon mail; tbree times a ~eek, in lieu of two, from 3rd September. ' 'The afternoon Gastlen:taine and ,San9,hurst, '&c., mails arrived' at 3.30 p.m.; iri lieu of'

3.10 p.m., from 1st ·Septeinbe'y'. ," , . D1ll'ing the last few days of August and up to the 14th September, the' Matlock a~d

Wood's Point mails could not be forwarded via Yarra"Track, 'owing to deptJ:t of . ,- \.

snow. , " ' Weatherboard Hill mails twice daily £rOnY 11 th S~pterriber!, '_ ,~ , ' '; ,,' Havelock and Bet Bet mails forwardell per train, Oli opening of line to Dunolly, from

21st September. ' , ' '\ ' , ' Additional mail for and from Terrick, via Echuca and Wyuna, 'from 7th :Qc,tob~r. Donald and 'Cope Cope mails, via St. 'Arnau'd, three days a week, in lieu' of twice a

week, from 5th October. " " .',', On the 6.th October' fl1.rth'er alteration:s in' trains" caused mails closing at 2.45 p.m. to

close for train leaving at 3.45 p.m for Echtlca, &c., and: mails from SarldhurSt, &c.; , due at 3.20 p:m.; did not rej:tcn here until 4 p.m. ; tliis,alteration necessitated the

mails for Dunolly and Maryborough districts being closed at 2:45 p.m. for trans­mission per train; but to admit of letters, &c., for the places'lastreferrecl to being posted up to 5.30 p.m., the coach service from lVIaryborough to Dunolly, on, arrival of mail from Clunes, was continued. " ,

if ..

Coburg mails twice daily, in lieu of once, from 8th October. Mails to and from CampbeWs Creek twipe a day resumed from 8th October. Cobram mails once a week additional (1)1,4 'Vangaratta) from 16th October. Mails to and from Queenscliff twice a day duripg summer sea~on from 1st November. Additional mails from Melbourne to Kangaroo Ground three days a week from 1st

November. Yarra.Flats mails daily, in lieu of three days a week, from 1st November. Castlemaine and Sal1dhurst mails due at 3.40 p.m., in lieu of 4.10 p.m., from 1st

November. . The Stawell, Horsham, Ararat, &c., mails closed at 3.40 p.m., in lieu of at 5.30

p.m., and above line of mails due here at 10.31 a.m., in lieu of 3.25 p.m., from 1st November.

The afternoon desp;::ttch of Suburban 'mails ten minutes later from 1st November. Green's Creek mails daily from 18th November. Talbot, Clunes, &c., mails forwarded at night, per rail, to Clunes from 16th Novem­

ber, on opening of railway from Creswick to Clunes, and in the morning per first train to Marvborough. '

Mails for Leigh Road "twice daily from 16th November. Shepparton mails once a week additional from 23rd November. St. Huberts mails daily from 20th November. . Additional mail for and ·from Baringhup (in co'nnection with Nuggety Reef service)

from 5th December. Mails for and from Melbourne and Keilor despatched by rail, via Keilor Road Station,

as formerly, !.n l~eu of direct by coach, from 22nd December.

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Additional Wires and Extensions.

A line of telegraph has been erected from Keilor Road Railway Station to Ballarat, via Bacchus Marsh and Ballan, at which latter places Telegraph Offices have been established.

Nagambie1 Murchison, and Rushw-orth have also been placed in communication with Melbourne, by a line constructed from Seymour to those places. . Terang and Mortlake have been connected by a direct line, and an additional wire run from the former place to Melbourne.

A new line has been constructed from Lancefield Road Railway Station to Lancefield, via Romsey, at both which places offices have been established.

Learmonth has been connected .by a loop line with the Ballarat and Ararat wIre.

Special wires for the use of the Railway Department have been continued from Castlemaine to Dunolly, via Newstead and Carisbrook, and fi'om Ballarat to Beaufort. .'. . .

Poles have been extended from Hawthorn to Kew, to which place a wire has been run.

A deviation of that portion of the Southern Coast line between Frankston and Dromana has been effected, the line having been transferred from the old bush track to the present coach road. .

The following is a Statement of Expenditure I for Telegraph Lines, Stations, &c. ;-

£, 8. d. £, s. d. 'l'omI Expenditure for Line~, Stations, &c., up to 31st December ISi4 ... ... ... 359,265 i 7 10

EXPENDITURE DURING 1874.

Main Extension of Lines, &c., to 31st December ... ... ... . .. 24,134 o 10 New Buildings and Repairs to Existing B~ilding8 ... ... ... '" 18,161 II 10

42,295 12 8

401,561 10 6 CURRENT EXPENDITURE DUllING 18i4.

Rent of Temporary Offices ... ... ... ... . .. . .. . .. '" 2,357 14 9

12

Local and Intercolonial Business.

STaTE1>IENT showing the Victorian and Intercolonial Business for the Years 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, and 1874.

1869. 1870. 1871. 1872. 1873. IS74.

Hevellue~ Revenue.

". I-~ I~-~-' .8~~ ~ ;~~ § ~ ~ Ucvellue. ~,}{eveune. ~ ~ ~ ?;'B~ ~! !Zi'O~

Revenue.

--:--·--,·----,------1---1--- ---'--'--:---1--'--,--1-----1 ,£ &. d. £ s. d. ,£ •• ,£ t. d.

-Between Victorian Stations .. , 430,290,27,274 14 4 506,61731,544 1S 3 .31,489 32,780 16 30,045 2 1

From-1----.1----1------1---:-- - --- ----1---1-----;·---1·----

Victoria to New South Wales New South 'Vales to Victor;a Victoria. to Queensland Queensland to Victoria Victoria to South A ustraHa South Australia to Victoria Victoria to Tdflmanla Tasmania to Victoria

NOl"E.-Vlctor!a. New South Wales Queensland .. South Australia Tasmnnia

13,949 6,840 13,MO. 5,750 2 "

938

1

086 8 11 1,118 698 16 0 7,101. 2,523 7 6,105 2,167 11 2,1871 1,07815 2,313

1 1,106 16

5,f.47 8 3 1 5,095 17 7

643 4 0 788 !j 10

2,171 IH 2 1,7H7 lQ 3 1,304 11 4 1,303 15 2

29,148 29,39') 2,040 2,652

12,371 10823

3,6:19 3,943

6,093 8 3 6.769 0 a 1,016 10 Hl 1,307 12 8 2,:)15 1011 2.006 15 I{) 1,047 12 0 1,161 8 7

* Exclusive of the number and value of messages 0.H.1[,S.

Reduced rate (If 15. for 10 words came into operation 1st January 1870.

36,844 7,686 13 37,126 7,S34 5

2,7&2 1,184 14 3.219 1,567 4

17,308 2,391 3 19,541 2769 14

5,44:; 1 :279 8 4,455 1,:;23 2

Heduccl.I rate from 390. to 28. fi.r 10 worth; came Into operation 1st November 1873. Ht'.,lnced rate from 6s, to 3:1. for 10 words came into operation·lst November 1873. J\cduced mte from 6s. to 28. for 10 words came into operation 1st august 1870. Reduced (cable) rate from as. to 48, for 10 woros came into operation 1st January 1870,

7,024 8 7,759 6 4 1,141 10 7 1,7"7 7 6 2,364 :; 4 2,617 7 6 1,350 7 11 1,732 :; 11

STATEMENT showing the Extension of Telegraph Lines in the Australian Colonies during 18H, . and Lines in progress.

VICTORIA.

529 miles of wire; total number of miles of wire, 4,399; 18 new stations; total number of stations, 149,

NEW SOuTH WALES.

928 miles of wire; total number of miles of wire, 7,532 ; 26 new stations; total number of stations, 130.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

84 miles of wire; 50 miles of line; total miles of line, 3,054; of wire, 3,8i6; 7 new stations; total number of stations, 100.

'l'ASMANlA.

~56 miles of wire; total number of miles of wire, 547; 21 new stations ;, toLal number of stations, 42,

STATEMENT showing the Australian Business transacted with Europe and the East for the Year 1874,

Received. Transmitted, Total.

Colony, Nnmber of ! Number of Number of Value. Value. Valu •• Messages. .i\Iessages. ! )lessnges .

,-' £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s: d.

Victoria ... ,., ... 2,926 31,546 il 8 2,582 27,348 12 3 5,508 58,8911 3 11 SOllth AUstrali,! .. , ,. . 425 3,848 2 3 431 3,806 4 6 856 7,654 7 9 New South Wales ... ... 1,414 14,818 9 8 1,525 18;756 4 4 2,939 33,574- 14 0 Queensland ... .. , ... liB 1,891 18 9 1 228 2,469 1 6 406 4,361 0 3 Tasmania ... ... ... 42 344 16 9

'i 47 485 9 11 89 830 6 8

Totals ... , .. 4,985 52,449 19 1 4,813 52,865 12 6 9,798 105,315 12 7

RETURN showing Net Revenue from 1st January to 31St December 1874.

Cash receipts paid into Treasury, from 1st January to 31st December 1874 Less amount due to other colonies Oll :Lecount of intercolonial business for same

period:- ' Bass Cable Company South Australia.

Amount due by other colonies 011 account of period :-

New South Wales Tl'asmania Queensland ...

int~rcolollial

£931 94

business for

£45 135 241

3 5

same

8 2 6 1 4 4

£. s. d. £ Ii. d. 42,825 9 7

1,025 8 8 41,800 0 II

421 18 7 '-I 421 18 7 1--------

£42,221 19 6

13

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of Cash Revenue for 1873 and 1874, and Number of Messages transmitted from each Office during the Year 1874.

Name of Station. Date of

, J\lcBs<;~.es" Opening Office. ReVel11le, 1873. Revenue, 1874. i Increo.ee, 1874. Decrease, 1814.

-----.£ 'So d. .£ s. d. .£ s. d. .£ s . d.

Melbourne, Chief Office ... Mar. 1854 172,398 17,476 lIII 15,833 6 6 '" 1,643 I) 5

" William street ... Aug. 1872 33,246 2,761 10 II 2,959 9 8 197 18 9 '"

Alexandra '" ... . .. Dec. 18i3 2,395 6 1 2 131 8 4 125 i 2 ... Ararat ... ... . .. Nov. 1858 6,281 367 19 0 347 15 6 ... 20 3 6

Avenel ... ... ... Nov. 1874 195 New office II 0 4 11 0 4 ... Avoca ... ... ... Mar. 1859 3,092 146 0 2 169 12 11 23 12 9 ... Bacchus Marsh ... ... Oct. 1874 213 New office 12 7 2 12 7 2 ... Bairnsdale ... ... ... July 1869 4,442 226 5 10 263 3 6 36 17 8 ... Ballan '" '" ... Sept. 1874 431 New office 24 15 6 24 15 6 ... Ballarat ... ... ... Dec. 1856 41,053 3,130 3 4 2,637 II 2 ... 492 12 2

Beaufort ... ... . .. Mar. 1858 2,068 85 II 7 114 0 10 28 9 3 ... Beechworth ... ... ... Jan. 1858 8,273 610 12 I 487 12 0 ... 123 0 I Belfast ... ... ... Mar. 1858 8,730 427 12 7 413 18 4 ... 13 14 3

Benalla '" ... ... May 1858 3,605 214 4 5 177 8 4 ... 36 16 1

Berwick ... ... . .. Mar. 1873 738 23 2 2 38 410 15 2 8 ... Birregurra ... . .. . .. Feb. 1874 833 New office 49 7 5 49 7 5 ...

'Bright '" ... . .. Aug. 1867 1,852 114 6 6 104 15 7 ... 9 lOll

Brighton ... . .. ... Nov. 1872 1,045 46 17 6 63 I 9 16 4 3 ... Brunswick ... . .. ... Aug. 1872 462 22 17 5 28 9.8 I) 12 3 ... Buninyong ... ... ... Oct. 1862 9II 43 8 2 48 3 7 4 15 5 .. , Camperdown ... ... . .. Oct. 1863 3,050 152 15 2 198 8 0 45 12 10 Cape Otway 1 ••• ... ... Sept. 1859 1,219 . .. ... ... ... Cape Schanck ... . .. Sept. 1861 922 5 8 3 3 15 10 ... 1 12 5 Caramut ... ... ... Mar. 1874 724 New office 40 9 8 40 9 8 ... Carisbrook ... ... ... Jan. 1861 1,567 59 1 10 73 1 1 13 19 3 ... Casterton '" ... ... July 1865 2,632 128 3 4 161 18 4 33 15 0 ... Castlemaine ... ... ... Jan. 1857 10,165 769 15 9 548 1 3 ... 221 14 6 Chewton ... ... . .. Oct. 1872 434 20 5 11 25 16 6 5 10 7 ... Chiltern ... . .. . .. Mar. 1861 2,216 157 1 8 126 11 2 ... 30 10 6 Clunes '" ... . .. Feb. 1861 6,190 375 4II 355 0 1 ... 20 410 Coburg '" ... ... Aug. 1873 291 7 11 1 I 17 13 II 10 210 ... Colae ... ... ... Aug. 1863 3,604 169 10 8 226 16 9 57 6 1 ... Coleraine ... . .. Aug. 1867 2,534 164 10 8 169 16 0 I) 5 4 ... Collingwood ... ... . .. Nov. 1865 3,612 225 14 11 255 14 8 29 19 9 ... Creswick ... ... ... Aug. 1859 3,849 231 15 7 230 19 3 .. . o 16 4 Dandenong \ June 1871 1,548 58 19 8 82 15 7 23 15 11

'" ... . .. ... Daylesford ... ... . .. Aug. 1859 3,834 231 8 5 215 19 4 ... 15 9 I Dunolly ... . .. ... Aug. 1859 2,979 134 10 8 151 0 3 16 9 7 ... Eaglehawk ... . .. . .. Oct. 1871 956 53 13 0 54 17 5 1 4 5 ... Echuca ... . .. ... Dec. 1858 12,179 627 6 11 695 4 5 67 17 6 ... Eldorado ... . .. ... July 1871 1,275 158 11 6 129 o 10 ... 29 10 8 Emerald Hill ... ... . .. }'eb. 1872 2,387 128 2 9 164 13 10 36 11 I ... Flinders 2

'" ... ... May 1869 192 8 2 11 817 8 o 14 9 ... Footscray ... ... ... Oct. 1873 513 9 3 4 28 12 9 19 9 5 ... Fryerstown ... ... April 1872 777 55 8 10 40 12 10 ... 14 16 0 Gaffney's Creek ... ... May 18n 984 70 1 5 59 18 2 ... 10 3 3 Geelong '" ... ... Dp.c. 1854 20,526 1,122 15 6 1,284 0 2 161 4 8 ... Hamilton ... ... ... Mar. 1861 7,981 489 3 9 530 12 8 41 81I ... Hawthorn ... . .. . .. July 1872 715 35 5 4 48 15 3 13 911 ... Heathcote ... ... ... Oct. 1859 1,506 88 2 1 83 6 7 ... 4 15 6 Hexham ... . .. ... April 1858 641 39 18 7 38 511 '" 1 12 8 Inglewood '" '" ... Oct. 1861 2,649 137 5 4 137 15 9 o 10 5 ... Jamieson ... . .. . .. June 1865 1,585 75 17 3 82 3 6 6 6 3 ... Kerang '" ... ... Aug. 1863 84ij 34 9 2 47 15 7 13 6 5 ... Kilmore ... ... ... Oct. 1857 2,261 129 10 7 101 18 10 ... 27 11 9 Koroit '" ... . .. Sept. 1872 1,187 64 14 4 69 6 0 4 11 8 ... Kyneton '" ... . .. April 1857 5,424 292 0 5 274 10 3 ... 17 10 2 Lancefield '" ... ... May 1874 432 New office 24 3 '6 24 3 6 ... Learmouth '" ... May 1874 428 New office 28 5 4 28 5 4 ... Leigh Road' ::: ... ... May 1873 696 18 12 0 33 14 10 15 2 10 . .. Linton ... ... . .. Oet. 1868 901 44 4 0 45 17 6 1 13 6 . .. Longwood ... ... ... Nov. IS57 612 36 15 1 30 3 10 . .. 6 II 3 Majorca '" ... ... April 1870 1,021 67 10 10 50 16 8 ... 16 14 2 Maldon '" ... . .. Aug. 1859 2,417 117 12 1 122 1 1 4 9 0 ... Malmsbury ... ... ... Oct. 1865 1,753 61 3 6 83 1 0 21 17 6 .. . Mansfield ... ... Nov. 1868 2,945 149 3 2 156 6 5 7 3 3 ... Maryborough ... . .. April 1859 6,984 465 .. 9 398 0 9 . .. 67 4 0 Mornington ... ... . .. Mar. 1861 1,427 67 19 4 72 8 8 4 9 4 . .. Mort lake ... ... ... June 1864 2,165 II3 8 2 124 5 7 : 10 17 5 . .. Murchison ... . .. Dec.' 1874 II7 New office 7 9 3. 7 9 3 ... New Gisborne ... . .. .July 1873 582 14 6 1 31 18 10 17 12 9 ... Newstead '" ... ... Oct. 1863 863 50 3 9 45 8 9 .. 4 15 0 Penshurst '" ... ... ,Tan. 1867 2,194 102 4 6 134 17 7 32 13 I ... Port Albert ... '" ... Dec. 1864 3,874 225 14 0 175 19 11 ... 49 14 1 Portland '" ... . .. Feb. 1858 5,408 337 4 8 340 13 7 3 8 11 ... Prahran ... ... . .. Aug. 1872 1,705 76 2 5 99 210 23 0 5 .. . QueensclifF ... ... ... Jan. 1855 49,221 161 10 8 154 2 0 . .. 7 8 8 Richmond '" ... ... Jan. 1872 1,926 84 15 2 106 16 4 22 1 2 ... Rokewood ... ... . .. Sept. 1873 580 II 8 4 33 I) 9 21 Ii 5 .. . Romsey '" ... ... May 1874 442 New offiee 23 14 5 23 14 5 ... Rosedale '" ... ... :\far. 1867 1,990 88 14 2 lOI 17 11 13 3 9 ... Rushworth ... ... ... Dec. 1814 I 104 New office 6 6 9 6 6 9 .. .

• Look·out ShIpping StatIon. :1 Local colleetions only * II Leigh Road office is now called l( Wabdallah." • ThIS Include." large number of "Collect" messages.

14

COMPARATIVE STATEl'IIENT of Ca~h Revenue : for 1873"~nd 1874, am{ Number' of M~s8ages t~~;i~~itted fr?ui each Office during the Yeilr 1874-coriti..nllcd.

Name of StAtion, 1 ':;: I Number of

Date of Messages Opemng Office. , Transmitted.

:It0vonue, 1873. Reve~ue, 1874. I Increase,lB74. I Decrease, 1874, - ..... " ---------:---- ------ ------1------)------ ______ 1 ______ _

,',

.. \~. . . 'Rutherglcn •.. St, Arnaud ••• St. hilda '" 'Sale 0' ••• ,

Sandhurst ... Sandridge .,. Scarsdale ... Sebastopol .•• j?erpclltine .. . Seymour .. . Shady Creek .. . ,~mjthesdale .. . Sorrento .. . 80mb Yarra ... Stawcll ... ' Sto,cky'ard Creek Stratford .. . Streatham .. . Stuartmill ••. Swan Hill ... Talbot ... Taradale .. , Tarnagulla ... Terang .. , Wahgunyah , .• Walhalla ... 'tVangaratta ''',

L,

'/

)Va,n:nambool ••• Williamstown ... :Wilson's Promontory I. Winchelsea ... ". Wodonga .. , ' \ ' Wood's Point Yackandandah Point Lonsdale 1 ,

RAILWAY, CIRCUIT.

Avenel' ... Ballarat West Beaufort '" Benalla ... Broadford ... ~UI~inyong ... Bnrrumbeet' , .. Castlemaine .. , Chiltern ... Craigieburnt •.• Creswiek ... Behuea' ••.

..

Blphin'stone ... Geelong .. , Gravel'Pits 3.:. KUmore East> Lancefield Hoad Little River 3 •••

Longwood .•• Macedon· "',

, :

.' o*i

Maryborough ... Meredith" ... ,.... New Gisborne' '" Newmarket .•. .. . NeW-stead... .. . Runnymede ,.. .. . Sandhurst... . .. Seymour ... ..,. Spimcer'street, Mel1':)Qurne Sunbury... '.:. Violet TownS... ... Wallan-wallan Wangaratta ..• .. . Werribee •••• .. . Williamstown Junction Wmiain'stown Railway Pier Wodonga "'c ' '. Woodend' ... ...

';

,~ug, 1862 .:. :,Jan~ 1865 ',' 'Fe'Q., 1871 ••• ·Sept. 1864 ... :Jan'. 1857

,July_ IS55 ,fiept, 1872 Jan.' 1870 '8,ept. 1873' June '1865

... ;.J.ar). 1871 ;Tmie 1863

... Feb.' 1874 • •• Aug, 1872

Oct;, 1861 April IS73,

...May 1873 ,;ru iy; , 1858 Dec: 1869 April 1863 ' Dec, 1860

... Nov. 1861 No;". 1860 'Nov. 1871

.. , Fell: 1861 Noi-:' IS70 J,u!y ISS8 .r.~a~; 1858 Mar: 1854

.' ~A.p~il 1873 1':eo., 1874

.:. ·iJ'an.' 1858

...Oct: 18651

... ~el,i.' 1861 ~ct, 1861 I, ':i 'i

...Dec:" IS72

... ,Ju(f' 1863 " Aug, 1874 • 4ug. 1873 May 1872

.:. :\1ar: 187:3 , ':Aug, 1874

... )uli. 1863

... Dec: IS73 4ug. 1872 '.Aug'. 1874 Jutie1865

.•. 'April 1873 $pf.il 1862 Dec;' 1872 May 1872

... .July ISiS Nov., 1862

... Dec," 1872

... JUll'e IS74 Jf1ly: 1874' ..

... April 1867

... ,JUly', 1868 Qct;' 1874 July 18,4

... .lune 1865

... July' IRIl3

... May 1872 Oct, 1861 :Peb, , 1867

'" Mar; IS73 ... May 1872 ... Nov: 1873 ... April 1~62 ... 4pri!' 1862 ... ,Jan:; 1870 ... NoY:" 1873 ... Oct;·: IS61

, "

, ':

'1,4,5,3 5,655 3,4'57 7,904

32,650 2,21'3

8i9 706

to(ia 1;911

674 1,285 1,230 1,939 .

12,956 2,90!l 1,468

995 7l'i

'2,050 '3,65'2

999 , 929

1,1,34 331'6 4:9:(7' 6,S56

17,955 ,4,78:9: 1,249 • 781 3,06,1' II 1'68' 'i:025' 1: ", ... ,.".

2,402 '4,0,3§i " 663 2,7,~l2) '4,1'92 :l,5'52

68'3 ',6,37,6, I',~~~:,

29'7 ,3,io,~ 4,7§;?-, 435'5'

, o'l , r

"S'O'2' ~, , I,

"'0 ... "

,I:,84,t

j ·:65·6?·~

, . , ;'6'6'i ',81'6

4.030' 3,192 3951i( 2~:76i '511'6 l' 9si' 3;1'69"

'2,642 '544'9 a:339'

'2,4Sf' 1,398' 2,471

• • .1,,1

7i)1,0~O I

£ 8. d, 91 9 3

20'9 7 9 1'97 17 1 51'0 4 7 I

:3,504 I 6 1,42 4 10

~;,~: 1~ 1'5 '16 0

10:1 16 5 ,~8 13 0 'j4 15 9

New',office 147 5 11

1,080 0 1 202 10 8

5'1 '7 7, 5'7 7 I 38 15 9 97 19 2

176 19 7 4'1 10 2 72 1 4 '53 10 7

14'( 14 9 289 7 5 451' 'I 1 955 0 4 28J 10 4 , "

New office 1'74' 1'8 6 Hi7 91 I ,67 IS 3

'. ~~: l ;

'64' 15 7; 30' i'i 7

New'bffice 4'r 3 () 2'2 14 2' iii 5 9

New" office ~ii19 0 r 11 2

"3 19 7 Ne~ office .

'5,1 'II 7, 842

60 13 lO I'i,. 4 7, 11 a 9 '4' 16 6 4' Ii 1

46 9 5 New' office Ne* office

I '16 8 15 9 I

New office Ncw office '

9'\"'I'S a 8s'i9 II 16' 3 0

4,;2 i'5 :2 35 '1 s' 89 7 10 13' 17 :i 17' 6 2 35,11 2

4 II 10 21' 6 0 "r, '8 5' 52'.'19 7

45,3;l,f 17 5

£ s. d. 89 .4 7'

340 8 9 249 '10 10 532'16 11

1,989 8 9 15'2' '2 I' 47 14 2' a8 ,6 10 60 15 l'l 96 10 9 i~, ',I '6 60 2 0' 7J 13 4

139 12 '6' 7S'5 1 '4 177 5 'I' S6 4 10 59 25 41 1 10

'lIO 19 6 191 12 I'

51 ? 11 50 12 S 6'2 '9 0

lli \0 3 2si 14 II

,401 15 9 1,100 l!l 10

327 0 2' 01'

'0 5 20':1,.5 2' If7' '2 5' 58' ~2 8

55 7 11 51' 18 8

., '5 9 54' '9 1 I'g' i2' '7' 14 4 3 '4" 9 9

39 1'6 8 9 HI, 2

4'" 3 0 79 14 ' I 14' ·s. 9 7( I; 5

)i!r:~. i' ~:

19 8,9' "

6 14 5

17 '4 0' 1'- 8 2

l1{'IS'S 105' 15 5 24' 15 2

563'1n ' 3 . 44"18 5

28' 4 I 12 -1'1 i 5 6l' 13 9 42' 12 1

1'7 3 '15 8

£ s', d.

4 13iH

I 0'.

51 13 9 22 12 4"

'9 17 3' '4 1 4: 2 7 S'

44 19 II'

'4 8 6"

71 13 4'

34 17 3 1 15 4' 2 6 I

13 0 4 14 12 6

9 13 9

. 8 18 5'

145 12 6 42 9 10

4'5 0 5" 25 6 8 '!) 13 4

21 I 1 -7 5 9' 13 6 I

499 3 17 8

'8 8 0

'4 3 0 28 2 6' 6 4 7'

10 12 7'

10 6 4'

6 14 5

Ii 4 0 1 8 '2

20 0 5 16 15 6 8 12 2

50 16 I '9 16 9

44 7 7 '7 0 11' 1 5 5'

'8 9 8 22 3 7

9 13 4' ;;~, 12 0 v~ 12 11 :

1--------42,82;;" 9 7 2,528' 9 3

£ s. d. '2' 4 8' ...

,,'.

1,514 12, '9

l~' ~ :8 1~"13 '9

I '.. ~ ~

ri 13' 5 294 'lil 9 , 25· 5- 7

21' 8 ~

2r 4 6 '7"i2 6 4,t: 1; 4 ... .' J" •

...

.. -:. ,.,',',

e' .•

I ,7 I ,6

3 W 7

18' 4 7 It ,.3::,~ _~:It 1

27 51 8

I 16'"'8 15',9 1

'I..

", '"

, "

• Look,out Shipping Stations, • nu'rrumbeet Railway Telegraph Station ,;.. .. closed 4th Decembor 1874. ' Cralgleburn, Grayel Pits, KlImoTe East~ rAttle Itivcl', and .Meredith Railway 'rclegraph ~tatiolls were closed in 1873. :., The UaUwfty H Telegraph Station j~ at New Gisborne was'transferred in .Tuly lH73 to a l'osLuVrclcgrapb Station. 1 Violet Toy.,-n Railway Telegraph Statton was closed 011 30th ~oyembel' 1874. • The lmsil1cSB at Macedon IS'illcluded'in that at Wooucnd,

'NO'l'E.-The Postmasters at Brunswick. Cllewton, Cobllrg, Lauoofleld, .Murchison, nokewoofl t Homsey, ScarSdale; SCTp(mtlne, and South Ynrra arC. not on the Eslabllsllment, being In primte business on their own accou»t, They ure, vaid u! percentage on the telegraph collections at their respectl"", omces.

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

15 . .

. MONEY ORDERS AND SAVINGS BANK.

The number of Money Orders issued during the year_ was' 119,542, . against. 113,135 in 1873; the difference showing an increase of 6,407, or 5'66 per cent.

. , 'The number. of Money 'Orders paio during the .yea~ was 116,418, against 109,048 in 1873; the difference showing an increase of 7,370, .01'.6'75 per cent .

. The value of the Money Orders issued during the year was £374,075 13s. 7d., against £34~,961 lOs. 8d. in 1873; the difference showing an increase of £32,114 2s. lld., or 9-39 per cent. . .

. The value of the Money Orders paid during the year was £379,748 4s .. Sd., against £348,019 Os. 6d. in 1873; the difference showing an increase of £31,729 48. 2d., or 9'11 per ce,lt. . . I"

The number· .of new Savings Ban~ accounts opened during the year was 11,862; the munber ~losed, 8,422; and the number remaining open on the 31st December was 37,800.

" The total amount of Deposits received during the year was £461,973 Is., and the amount repaid W::j,S £451,132 19s. 5d.

The total aII\ount of Interest. placed to the credit of Depositors for the year was £22,726 Is. 8d. I , .. '

The rate of Interest allowed to the Depositors was 4 per cent. The total amount of Balances to the credit of Depositors on the 31st December

IS7.4 was £637,089 18s. Jel., and at the 31st December 1873, £603,523 15s. 4d.; the difference showing an increase of £33,566 3s. 3d., 01',5'56 per cent.

The total number of Depositors' accounts at 31st December being. 37,800, and the amount of Balances £637,089 18s. ,7d., Ithe average balance was £16 ~ 7s. ld.·

, Of the 37,800 account~ remaining open on the 3.1st D~cember . ;, , ," ,3Q,,4:54 did not exceed £20: I, ; I

3,613 were above £20, but did not exceed £50. 1,930 " £50, " " £100. ,.875' ." £100, " " £150.

356 " £150, " ". £200. ·572 ," £200. . ,:

The, totaillumbel' of Deposits received during the year was 86,772; averaging £5 68. fS!d. each. " , ,

. T~e to~alliumber of Repayments'was 33,081, . averaging £13 12s. S£d. Thirteen, new Money Order Offices were 'opened, and one closed, making the

number open atthe'c~ose of the year 216. '.' ". . Five n~w Savi?gs BankS were opened, making the number open at the close of

the year 143. " .

RETURN of the Number 'Ii: p-lone;y Oed!?!; Offices, the Number and Amollnt of Orders issued and Paid, in the Colony of Victoria during the Year 1874, and the Amount of Revenue received for Commission:

I , Number of Net 1{CVCflUC Orders lssued,; .' Orders Paid. 1'otal Transactions.

1\1oney Order received Olliees In 1874. from ~ommissioJl. Number. Amo.unt. Xl1mlJer.

• Amount. Number. Amount.

-. £ s. J. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.

216 4,912 15 ·7 119,542 374,075 13 7 116,418 379,7-18 4 8 , 235,960 753,823 18 3 " ..

, ~ET,uElN showing. the NumiJer and Amollut of Orders Issued and Paid at each. Money Order Office in

, Victoria durin~ the Year 1874. ,

()r<lbd,I',jue(" I Orders Paid. , O~uers Issue(!. Orders Paid. ! , omcc. , omce. ,

• 'Amount. ,

No. • ]\0. No • Amoun!. No. Amount. Amount. I .- d: .---;--. ,

;£ d. ~. s. d. ;£ ;I.; .Y.~. 8. , 8.

Alexandra . " 4G,t .1,654 6 10 272 (l 2 :,Bass .. ... 121 585 7 2 17 8419 Allun;for<l .• , i ! 57 217 In 11 Ii 1· II J'Bealiba ... .14. 3114 8 1 1,14 1 Amher,;J. ... 177 't100 1\ 7 66 11 7 Beaufort ... 895 2,639 2 8 254 '877 16, 7 ArarM ... 1,2'1-2 3,M2 1 2 7:36 2,207 1111 jlleeae ... ... 25/l 1,018 7 6 48 ' 157 18 9 Ascot ." ... (ij 250 9 () 4 13 10 0 I lleeeh \\'ori,1J ... 92,! 2,806 11 9 1,025 3,31J 3 1 Avenel ... 4()4 1,609 18 11 101 409 15 0 ' Belfast ... 651 1,8tll I) III 532 1,854 7 3 AV(J(Jtl.:. G8/i 1,630 4 6 491 1,525 (j 1 : J~enilll,. ... 1,047 4,178 0 2 771 3,!J44 15 2 ]Iacchus Mllrsh" 491) 1,528 10 0 159 458 5 !J BerJin ... 285 987 16 7 ; 89 346 9 6 Bairnsdale ... 511 1,418 14 4 259 1,(11 2 2 6 Berwick . .. 229 983 2 7 100 441 2 10 Ball all ... 302 1,065 4 8 136 4.58 19 8 ; Hirregurra ... 301 1,123 I) 1 , 46 182 I· 5 11allarat ... 7,143 2l,740 8 5 12,784 ~6,185 4 3 Branxholrne ... 200 70!J 9 10 • 28 100 II 1 llarnal'l'artha ... 45 121 13 9 .5 24 19 10 .J1~right . ' ... 445 1,36,l 4 71 137 565 17 4. Barry's Iteef ... 1,129 3,~79 .5 10 84 254 'l!i"li Brighton , .. 237 • 8~4 10 7 154 451 19 8

16

RETURN showing the Number and Amollnt of Ol'ders Issued and' Paid-continued.

Office.

No. ! Amount. No. Amount.

Office. Orders Issued.

i-,---'~--'- --____ _

I~ __ Amount. ,_ ~I Amount. ~. 8 a.. ~~. 8. d. 1------ £ s. d. £ s. d.

Broadford ... 220 600 13 115 625 100 Malmesbnry... 914 2,214 6 10 190 615 16 3 Broadmeadows 80 381 15 6' 11 37 10 3 Malvern ... 13 28 4 10 6 17 10 6 Brunswick ... 224 592 13 9 2J9 614 15 5 Mansfield ... 313 1,075 14 1 127 498 19 1 BU<lkland, Lower 45 173 9 4 8 42 0 0 Market street ... 610 2,079 17 2 10 29 17 0 Buln Buln ... 7 25 2 6 4 27 12 0 Maryborough... 1,431 3,969 5 6 960 2,995 16 6 Bungaree ... 93 308 6 8 25 66 iO 5 Melton ... ]22 340 13 0 52 256 18 6 Buninyong ... 330 1,054 4 7 671 2,241 15 6 Meredith ... 233 775 11 9 102 449 8 1 Burke's Flat... 26 96 1l 8 ... ... Merino ... 281 989 5 7 47 ]06 5 4 Byaduk ... 98 287]7 7 9 54 8 0 MiLta Mitta... 143 536 11 4 1\ 19 17 0 Campbell's Creek 169 502 1 7 142 338 7 2 Moonambel... 94 332 5 0 32 80 4 0 Camperdown... 567 1,90] 13 2 312 ],041 3 5 iVIoonee Ponds... 133 .352 16 7 33 88 0] 1 Caramut ... ]45 488 1 10 31 116 19 4 Mor!l.ng ... a39 1,071 3 11 27 87 7 2 Carisbrook ... 271 832 10 11 ] 11 462 8 2 Morang South... 17 53 0 6 2 7 10 0 Carlton ... 779 2,000 12 2 1,023 3,203 1 9 Mornington... 335 971 3 10 ]85 590 5 11 Casterton ... 582 ],894 16 8 169 (\21 2 1 Morrisolls ... ]33 338 4 10 54 169]5 0 Castlemaine ... 2,300 7,020 9 4 2,117 5,8]6 17 3 Mortlake ... 466 1,439 3 0 101 299 18 2 Cheltenham... 140 894 8 6 58 288 7] Mt. Blaokwood 413 1,083 2 7 87 419 2 10 Chewton ... 270 654 13 0 177 469 17 9 lIH. l~Kertou... 401 ],147 12 1 12U 409 5 11 Chiltern ... 558 1,472 12 11 284 1,039]7 10 Moystoll ... 14] 330 lU 4 75 276 19 0 Clunes ... 2,300 6,398 6 8 932 3,21:\1 0'7 Murchison ... '145 1,612 5 4' 103 619 11 4 Coburg ... 185 657 17 3 101 400 11 4 Myniiong '" 162 624 3 11 28 96 11 3 Colac ... ... 719 2,447 9 4 338 ],195 9 8 Nagambie ... ()I 7 2,241 9 5 104 291 4 n Coleraine ... 523 1,663 6 11 122 439 3 11 Newbridge ... 225 746]0 8 23 96 17 3 Collingwood ... 1,545 4,377 19 6 2,392 6,780 18 0 Newstead 266 773 9 1 129 415 13 5

" North 8 7 19 6 4 26 10 0 Oakleigh ... 77 2'79 1 5 50 222 6 1 Condah ... 126 472 5 7 21 63 13 0 Omeo ... ... 247 903 14 6 45 327 16 1 Corop ... ... 329 1,093 9 9 50 226 2 10 Pellsh urst ... 329 877 1 1 94 325 5 1 Cowes ... .., 95 348 10 7 50 250]6 6 Piggoreet ... 267 7U5 16 2 191 648 2 3 Cranbourne... 104 320 HI 8 24 82 12 10 Port AIlJert ... 441 1,484 7 4 1"70 562 4 5 Cressy ... 126 431 9 8 15 75 8 6 PorLarlington... 44 156 2 1 22 132 14 3 Creswick ... 808 2,428 13 2 513 1,441 12 5 Portland ... 736 2,087 19 3 875 3,223 15 4. Dandenong ... 230 672" 4 140 495 13 5 })mhran ... 758 2,402 15 7 810 2.319 10 1 Daylesford ... ],189 3,652 3 7 1,094 3,371 13 6 Queenscliff ... 276 814 9 10 637 2,619 15 7 Digby... ... 243 898 7 6 23 106] 11 }ted bank ... ]2U 444 18 7 37 I uu 9 3 Don nelly's Creek 183 545 7 3 7 45 17 6 Richmond ... 619 1,892 12 4 ],355 3,9(;6 7 9 Dookie South ... 2 13 ° 0 ... ... "N orLh 50 134 0 8 65 Il5 11 2 Dromana ... 153 515 12 J 120 668 8 11 "South 266 659 19 0 128 358 2 7 Drysdale ... 75 278 4 3 38 147 8 3 Riddell's Creek... 150 493 17 0 59 188 19 6 Dunkeld ... 265 925 10] 41 164 1 6 Rokewood ... 447 1,640 2 6 126 373 9 7 Dunolly ... 658 1,799 6 11 325 995 18 9 Homsey... 200 713 8 0 72 214 1 0 Eaglebawk ... 901 2,463 ·8 lJ 351 I 1,172 7 2 Rosedale ... 249 663 19 6 126 471 12 7 East Brighton... 44 162 0 6 19· 53 10 6 Itushworth ... 442 1,510 2 7 224 8tH 1 0 Echuca ... ],750 5,562]7 3 ],382 7,509 13 6 Rutherglen ... 241 604 11 9 70 314 5 2 Eddington ... 133 436 16] 19 41]2 6 St. Arnaud ... 990 3,116 4 5 751 4,360 4 0 Edenhope ... 188 723 9 11 21 85 7' 9 SL. Kilda ... 767 2,119 7 5 936 2,987 6 6 Elaine ... 353 1,277]2 10 68 288 1 6 Sale... ... 775 2,188 2 2 675 2,373 14 9 Eldorado ... 303 941 0 11 III '334 6 /) Sandhurst ... 6,918 20,052 19 0 5,546 14,456 13 0 Eltham ... 48 219 18 ]0 42 132 9 5 Sandridge ... 675 2,479 13 3 496 1,732 8 3 Emerald Hill... 914 2,483 11 10 1,386 4,686 7 4 Scarsdale ... 293 687 9 8 253 847 12 4 Epsom ... 78 208 10 2 51 175 16 6 Sebastopol... an ],072 7 1 974· 2,754 15 8 It'iLzroy ... 258 589 8 5 395 1,133 17 7 Seymour ... 669 2,074 6 1 355 1,284 13 7

" North... 45 94 3 1 33 89 15 9 Shelford ... 103 438 17 6 20 62 0 10 Footscray ... 278 686 4 6 265 734 7 9 Shepparton ... 146 693 9 11 22 115 12 0 }'ryerstown ... 347 973 6 1 173 598 3 3 Skipton ... 213 752 14 10 26 101 6 2 Gaffney's Creek 169 458 5 3 34 ]32 9 10 Smeaton ... 174 600 0 2 ]6 48 19 0 Geelong ... 3,815 12,017 3 11 4,713 15,8.13 10 4 SmytheRdale... 306 777 7 2 366 ],074 3 2 Gisborne ... 309 822 2 2 ]55 452 19 5 Snake Valley... 283 1,050 5 11 138 406 6 1 Grant ... ••. 91 418 18 5 36 173 7 4 Sorrento ... 131 527 6 7 19 59 19 9 Graytown ... 192 685'7 11 78 259 5 10 South Brighton 18 49 5 0 15 48 4 6 GriftHh's Point ]75 771 12 3 14 58 9 11 South Yarra.... 420 1,194 13 10 447 1,593 5 9 Guildford ... 115 314 1 11 125 313 13 8 Stawell ... 3,064 8,700 18 7 1,659 4,014 16 2 Haddon ... 1'74 765 3 5 33 90 15 8 Steiglitz ... 376 1,077 8 6 265 832 17 7 Hamilton ... 951 2,986 8 11 1,102 3,992 3 0 Stockyard Creek 341 1,178 15 9 90 374 0 8 Happy Valley... ]28 380 18 7 32 122 15 9 Stratford ... J21 342 0 9 41 ]23 5 6 Harrow ... 261 1,022 13 9 48 233 1 11 Streatham ... 184 558 15 3 41 189 8 3 Hastings ... 197 1,036 1 4 15 43 16 10 Stuartmill ... 168 390 16 4 39 ]50 12 6 Hawthorn ... 11] 276 10 8 201 634 8 1 Sunbury... 363 1.235 15 8 90 271 5 0 Hawthorn, Lower 39 101 18 8 5 17 12 0 Swan Hill ... 191 '896 11 11 77 421 19 0 Heathcote ... 451 1,464 0 2 279 9[2 19 7 'l'albot '" 874 2,382 1 4 380 1,19416 5 Heidelberg ... 72 245 2 3 71 221 19 3 'l'aradale ... 468 1,297 4 5 249 623 7 3 Hexham ... 82 320 19 7 11 36 38 'l'arnagulla ... 353 1,141 9 5 25G 911 6 8 Heywood ... 233 674 II 873 254 14 2 l'erang .. , 279 953 14 G 53 242 5 8 Horsham ... 1,105 5,143 17 4 436 2,898 5 5 'l'oorak ... 122 340 19 10 59 169 4 2 Hotham ... 639 1,752 3 3 683 2,120 8 2 'l'raraigon ... 96 229 16 7 35 190 2 4 In/dewood ... 665 1,961 7 1 444 1,712 611 'l'renthalll ... 120 335 2 4 30 112 2 7 Inverleigh ... 95 422 15 4 21 75 13 7 Ullina... ... 77 439 12 0 16 84 10 4 Jamieson ... 28] 784 11 6 131 414 1 0 Vaughan ... 9l 220 11 1 "7l 226 3 9 Jasper Road... 9 42 9 3... ... Wahgunyah... 349 1,03U 10 ]0 53 151 9 2 Kangaroo Flat... 406 1,172]3 3 185 672 11 1 Walballa ... 793 2,690 8 3 272 804 19 4 Keilor ... 28 78 8 6 30 142 16 3 Wallan Wallan 82 345 11 1 24 59 3 10 Kerang ... 103 4227 2 17 55 3" Wangaratta... 986 2,854 14 6 405 1,270 1 11 Kew... '" 171 427]6 9 165 675 1 6 Warrnambool... 1,444 4,329 5 8 843 3,036 6 11 Kilmore ... 661 2,18U 5 8 628 2,256 3 5 Wedderburn... 323 1,307 4 2 127 480 12 7 Kingower ... 48 121 7 4 9 34 6 6 Whroo ... 135 455 3 10 42, 159 0 9 Kingston '" 215 688 15 11 52 146 7 5 Wickliffe ... 243 98'7 13 8 41 ]35 11 7 Koroit '" 222 790 19 1 80 318 11 10 Williamstown ... 96[ 2,783 13 1 660 2,422 15 11 Kyneton ... ],360 3,754 5 0 914 2,897 13 8 'Winchelsea ... 226 783 5 2 104 357 7 3 Lancefield ... 328 1,190 2 0 82 277 16 6 Wodonga ... 891 3,130 11 2 150 443 18 ]0 Landsborough... 178 497 18 4' 63 224 17 0 Woodenr! "', 527 1,402 14 O. 202 692 16 8 Learmonth ... 203 9]8 17 3 12] 387 10 0 Wood's Point ... 386 ],135 It 0 163 471 12 8 Leigh Road ... JOO 316 15 7 56 300 19 3 Yackandandah... 272 854 0 '7 ]32 407 G 5 Lilydale ... 227 673 6 2 68 220 0 1 Yea... ... 317 1,253 0 1 82 409 9 9 Linton ... 324 ],133 1 7 255 54012 1 -- I - ---Longwood.. 207 87813 8 73 239 7 3 iioo,322 3[0,877 15 1072,652 246,32219 1 Mocarthur ... 274 872 0 9 39 Hi5 7 7 Melbourne .. , 19,220 63,197 17 9 143,i66 143,42~ Maffra... '" 124 416 5 7 46 144 13 2 Majorca ... 349 i 900 9 8

4 I' 274 1,028 12 11 'L'otols ... 119,542 374,075 13 71116418 379,748 4 8

~M~a_ld~o~n ____ ~.~ .. ~1~~~6~1~~2~,6~7~4~]~I~ __ ~72=2~=2,~05=2~7~7~ __________ __

Orders lsaned. Orders Paid:

.. 17

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT showing the various Places where the Money Orders issued in Victoria during the Years 1874 and 1873 were made Payable.

i 1874. 1873.

I'Jace.

•

Number. Amount. Number. Amount •

! £ s. d. £ s. d. Victoria ... ... ... . .. 94,465 286,920 13 11 87,010 253,018 10 2 United Kingdom ... ... . .. 18,561 61.456 5 1 20,094 65,643 711 New South Wales ... ... ... 2,580 10;346 4 9 2,412 9,253 7 11 New Zealand ... ... ... 902 4,191 2 11 812 3,479 13 5 South Australia '" ... ... 1,296 4,250 14 4 1,178 3,842 2 8 Queensland ... ... ... '" 393 1,805 4 9 346 1,680 11 II Tasmania ... ... . .. 1,315 5,014 7 9 1,255 4,960 7 6 Western Australia .. , ... ... 30 91 ° 1 28 83 9 2

Totals ... ... ... 119,542 374,075 13 7 113,185 341,961 10 8

COMPARATIVE STATElIIENT showing the various Places where the Money Orders paid in Victoria during the Years 1874 and 1873 were originally Issued.

i 1874. 1873. Plo.ce.

Number. Amount. Number. Amonnt.

£ G. d. £ s. d. Victoria ... ... ... . .. 94,236 286,504 13 4 86,941 252,778 16 4. United Kingdom ... ... ... 3,738 15,841 10 10 3,999 17,043 15 10 New South Wales .. , ... .. . 6,224 24,618 2 3 6,553 27,519 18 5 New Zealand ... ... ... 5,221 23,274 8 6 4,420 19,930 15 ° South Australia ... ... ... 3,160 12,146 411 3,092 12,152 2 9 Queensland ... ... ... .. . 1,473 7,123 18 2 1,996 10,123 II I Tasmania ... '" ... 2,133 8,994 Hi 1 1,888 7,661 15 4 Western Australia ... ... ... 233 1,244 10 7 159 808 5 9

'-Totals ... ... .. . 116,41S 379,748 4 8 109,048 348,019 0 6

POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS. RETURN showing the Names of Places where Post Office Savings Banks have been Opened, a.nd the Da.tes

of their Establishment; the Number of Accounts Opened and Closed, and the Number aDd Amount of Deposits and Withdl'awals, during the Year 1874; also the Amount of Balances remaining at the end of the Year.

Number Number I ;~rh;:.1 Number

DepOSits Received :

Withdrawals Paid Name of of of of of in i874 in 1874. Balance.

Post Olllce Date wben Acconnts A:coun!" Accounts Balances on (inclndlng Interest). remaining at

gaving. Bant. Establisbed. Open Opi~ed- Open 3ISt nee. 18n. ~--~~--- the close 01 at close of at close of No. Amount. No.· Amount. 1874-

18n· ,874· ----- ------------------ ------------1-' --------£, .. d. £, s. d. £, s. a. £, s. d.

Alexandra .. 1St Nov. 18~ 27 10 7 30 6<., I 10 4S 238 6 3 19 337 IS 0 5'5 Il I Ararat .• .. 1St Jan. 186 158 43 16 ISS 2!ISl II 6 .67 2,42S 5 0 83 1,732 9 11 .,849 6 7 Avenel •• .. 1St Nov. 186<.1 43 S 8 40 994 19 6 40 360 19 6 30 614 S 2 741 13 10 Avoca .. .. 6th Nov. 1865 UI '7 3

' "'7 4,896 I 4 '91 2,5"7 • 7 '" '.995 IS 5 4,407 8 6

Baccbus Marsh 17th Sept. 1866 66 .. 4 74 647 4 9 77 4Sl '9 I '7 275 18 I 81.5 5 7 Balrnsdale .. 1St Nov. 186g 28 II 8 3

' 238 II 0 44 263 14 4 17 116 IS 6 38S 9 10

Ballan .• .. 1St Nov. 18~ 39 Ij 7 45 516 0 0 49 648 010 ., 488 8 3 675 I2 7 Ballarat .. IItb Sept. I 5 1,$"9 378 29~ 1,594 .8,542 10 S 2,386 16,7z5 4 (', 1,236 16,579 0 7 28,688 14 4 Beaufort 1St Dec. 1865 53 18 63 1,083 IS 5 u.S 817 7 [I 14 620 7 I ],2.80 16 3 Bee"" (On~lt) .. 1St "eb. 1872 34 9 10 H 585 610 67 ;S8 7 8 27 3S5 17 0 587 17 6 Beecbwortb .. 11th Sept. 1865 724 134 110 748 8,655 I 8 912 6,228 IS 4 ,25 5,613 8 0 9 ... 70 9. 0 Belfast •• .. 1st Feb. 1866 '4 15 7 .. 539 9 5 8. 270 0 I 21 6<.17 2 I 81L 7 S Benalla .. 15th April 1867 129 37 42 124 .,688 16 4 20, I,OS2 16 .. III 1,96• '9 7 ',378 l2 II Birregurra .. 1st July 1871 9 14 .. 23 .. 4 • 25 66 9 0 .. 8 4 0 79 9 2 Branxnolmc .. 1St Aug. 1873 3 6 2 7 39 17 9 16 1,9 I 5 7 70 14 I 108 5 I Brlgbt .. .. 1St Feb. 1868 131 H 19 147 3,,91 2 8 IS' 10936 8 5 61 1,871 16 9 3,455 '4 4 Brlgbton .. 1St Oct. 1866 So 34 17 67 86, I 9 '70 8[0 17 II

Its 341 14 ; I,H2 5 i

Brunswick .. 1St Oct. 186-] 270 85 57 2<}8 1.,0$':. 010 7;8 1,365 18 4 J,8%.1. 3 4 1,595 IS 10 Bullarook .. 1St Nov. [871 I .. I I 0 0 .. 0 0 8 I I 0 8

16j' Bungare. .. 1St Dec. 1871 12 4 .. 16 ~7 '4 ~ IS [45 10 [0 S So 3 0 1 7 Bunlnyong .. ntb July 1866 214 ;8 H 219 6,6<.1212 460 1,1.8:; 15 6 148 1,935 17 3 71040 10 II Byaduk .. 1St Sept. 1873 3 I • .. 5 26 14 7 I 24 9 7 • 5 0 Campbell's Creek 25tb :Mar. 186<.1 .6 9 4 31 71 14 5 90 77 6 9 n 98 1 , So 18 II Camperoown •• 1St nec. 1865 B4 2S S 104 [,51.0 9 Il 1,7 1,674 0 7 3a 1,074 14 I :7.,119 16 , Caramut .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Carlsbrook .. 17th Sept. 1866 126 n '7 121 1.,oJo 1 6 110 915 10 S 81 1,')6, 17 8 981 '4 3 Carlton .. 1St Oct. 186-] 488 2a4 16, 60<) 4,506 0 0 ',762 6,703 0 5 601. ,,196 0 8 6,01%. [9 9 CaBterton .. 1St Nov, 186<.1 47 20 6 61 55' IS 6 94 393 8. 6 18 21S 16 [0 730 7 ' . CastlemBine .. IItb Sept. 1865 148 28 32 144 4,28S 0 5 1.05 2,$46 13 I 130 .,6B 13 5 4,178 0 I Cbeltenham .. 1St Feb. 1868 16<.1 32 37 164 1,[71 9 4 579 947 17 II 98 987 '4 3 I,IJI I} 0 Chlltern .. 6th Nov. 1865 82 30 17 9S 1,657 0 4' 14Z 929 'S 4 9

' [,on. 19 7 Isn 16 I

Clunes .. 6tb Nov. 1865 H7 '41 1"9 36<.1 5,.j60 710 726 4,34, 14 6 275 4,083 [I 3 5,71.0 [I I Coburg .. 17th Sept. 1866 9

' 18 I2 97 1,431 14 0 113 [,1.1[ , 8 7' 1,538 n II 1,104- 4 9

Cola. .. 6tb Nov •• 866 83 .. Il 92 1,086 311 115 997 15 7 64 1,078 18 8 [,OOS o 10 Coleraine .. 1St :-rov. 1869 6. 17 8 71 1,,92 6 I 146 828 2' 6 '7 1,116 0 3 1,104- 8 4 Collingwood .. 15th Nov. 1865 2.,661 1,017 6<.10 2,988 34,915 411 8,4Sl 30,452 10 , 2,676 15,57.[ 6 0 39,846 9 .. Oorop .. 1St Sept. la7I 9 5 3 II 103 17 3 lJ 97 16 6 II 97 17 0 10, 10 9 Crf\nbourne .. ..t Sept. 1871 32 7 5 34 .,2 4 10 141 '71. 15 2 24- 3SS 17 7 16<.1 1 5 Oreswick .. 6t1l Nov. [865 112 80 39 ~53 2,09' 3 0 S6, 2,468 IS 2 16<.1 2. j J08 5 8 2,452 12 6 Daylesford .. 1st Jan. 186<.1 1~9 58

'~ 148 ~,764 9 I :W3 1,381 8 4 "7 1,800 n, 0 ',345 5 5

Drysdale .. 1St Jau. 1870 36 9 39 4'4 18 8 40 : 410 13 ~ Il [44 10 6 681 I II Dunolll' .. 1St nee. 1865 166 40 ~o 156 ',551. 14 II 36B 1,148 5 8<) 1,"99 ,6 9 2.,60r 3 !O Eaglellawk .. 23rd N ov.- 1868 72 41 IS 98 [,a7 '~_~2~_.~ .. [.,11I 8 4 1;1 19 II

No. 6. B

is'.

PQST OFFICE SA VINGSBANKS.· RETURN showing the Names of Pltices wl;ere P6st 'office Savings Banks have been Opened, !l.I!t\ the ..

. ;'" Date~ of theil' Establishment, &c.-continued.

!i ' Number ! Numher Number, Number I Depo,lts Received

Name or" .,: of; of !, of 'I .: 1n'1874

.:.,. Withdrnwnls l'aid

in 1874. PoSfOfflce' .Dnto. ~'Vhen Accounts Aeco~ntB Accounts; Accounts lSalanccs on (including Interest).

Savings Bauk. ,·.EstablIshed. Open OP?ned CI?S~d Open ]Ist Dec. 18n ---,-----! nt. close of III ltt at close of '.,- -,. :

Balances ·remaining at tbe close of

18?,.+, .. , . ii, . ' I87J. 1874. 1874. 1874. ' l :So. A.':,oullt. ,:'0. i Amount,

EChuca:.: --.. - :s;;~:eb. 1::- Z09,:.',;;--"" ~~8i -'2;1 ]':2~/; ds: ~-;:: ];;86 ~ :~~: J;:56~:~; ]';5~: .~;~ Edcllhope ...; 11th .\loy 1874 8 .'.' ,f 8 . 26 150 12 3 '" . .. .15:) 12: 1 E1oorndi, ",1St Oct. 1867 74 28 32 '. 70 1,060 17' 6 167 1,038 7 3 61 .[l1.5 II 6; 1,273 '3' l Emerald·HiIl .. ,1St A'IIg .1867 859 39J 276. 976 5,]43 0 7, 2,8)5 5,727 14 I 8.. 4.9]1 2 4 6,IJ9, 12. 4 Fuotserai .. " ,1St Oct. 1867 31 48 18.. :61 ]04 0 4: 254 966 2 I . 66 5'4 15 3 755 1 2. FT\'crstown· IsrAllg .• 867 ?' 19 10' I 80 811 14 1 136 769 10 0 • 42 601 4 II· 998' '9- 4 Gaffney'. Creek . 4th )Iay 1874 .. '4 1 I I J .. 52 196 4 3 . I .. 0 9 0 '9FI5' Ji' Geelong . .... 11th Sept. .865 1,661 471 381 1,754 37,028. 7 5 ),811 2],001 4 ] 1,)61 23,378 14 1 36,650 17 7 Ol.borne ", "C ::\'uv. 1~ ,51 IS 9. ,57' 45J II 4· 299 4" 9 8 20 2Il 15 II " 664 5 I Graytowi. " 12tlLJuly .86<) 62 ) '4 'i.' 51. 5 II )0 II) 15 5 . n 1.57 15 5 368 5 II Ouildlard .. 1St Oct, 1867 29 '\ II '9 ',777 10 8 55 705' 9 4 46 I,1J8 2 1 1,344 17 10 Hamiltun .. 12th ,July 1866 81' 31 1.7 91 1.,041 ,8 3 '44 1,624 9 0 6, 1,176 '9 7 1.,489 7' 8 Hastings •. 1St Jan. 1872 14 3 3 14 288 6 5 40 353 2) 17 '74'4 7 466'4 1 Hawthorn .. .stOct.I867 173 49 J5 187 1,]87 3 0 365 " .. 6 6 4 III 891 0 0 ',710 9 4 Heathcote .. 11th ,July .866 175 24 23 176 5,8)6 5 6 171 2,550 15 5 107 2,962 I 7 5,424 19 4 Heywood" " .,,':;ov,'186<). 10 '3;. .] .,20 '1.85 8 I. .18. 158 8 9 (j .5J.12 Q' 299' 4"0 Horsham .. ,,( Nov .• 81i9 II 21.:. ,IS, ", ,,\?, . 8J' 7 6 .6. 417 16. 42 646 11 5 602 II 1. H thorn .. ut Oct. 1867 605 150 IH . 701. j,j60'16 11 '2:116 4,J4O 17 3 618 3,581 19 0 4,II9 15 1. Inglewood .. "t ,Jnn. 1866 134 J7 10· 151 I,8SS 11 4 251 1,096 ,.0 96 1,490 12 9 1,46•• 5 Invcrleigll ,,1St Aug. 1871 6 1 1 7 JO 2 5 10 .68 4 4 1 '9 II. 168'5 8 Jamieson " ul, Nov: 186<) 50 8 1 56 1,198 18 10 lJ 293 2 II 26 790 9 5 1,70' J2. 4 Ja'per lload.. 8,n Aug. 1866 14 8 J 19 311 7 3 86 767 10 I 18 561 4 0 539 13 4 Kellor .. '71h Sept, 1867 II 5' .. 16 265' 8 9' IS 179 17 9 I 100 0 0 345 6 6 Kew ," 1st Oct. 1866 40. lJ 9 ... ' 64 556 II 11' 265 1,.65 18 7 II 50 7 3 2. 1,3

'5 7 4

Kilmore. .. 6th Nov. 1865' 110 29.. 25, 114 PH 18 10 221 J,500 2 11 72 1,291 IJ 8 3,362 8, I Kingston .. Ist.Jan,l86<) 84 5 6 83 181 12 4 71 121 7 9 17 69 '9 10 2Jl 0 3 Korolt· .. 1St Oct. 1872 9 6 4' II 244 0 6 2.] 295 II 8 II 2.00] 0 Jl9 9 .. Kyneton ".. 6th·No .... I865, '55 63' 31 186 3,207 I 6 419 %,971 15 5 lJo 1,8J916 6 3,ll9",9 .5' Lancefield .. lith 1I1RY I87j 2] 15 I" 37 126 7. 0 58 64 1 4 4 122 TO 0 167 18. 4. Landsborougli,., Hit Jan, 1870 32 ] 5. i9 1,013 15 5 56 205 3 5 %7 443 11 I' 775' 6' 9: Learmollth ' .. '. 1St ~O ... , 1869 '17 ,. 8 4 '1.1 145 0 10 44 ]27 2 0 15 289 14 6 18% 8' 4' Leigh Road .. i,£ Aug, 1873 10 .. 4. 6 '9 16 9 19 II 18 5 6 18 I5 8, • 12\ 19 6, L!I~·d".!e .. 2nd June 1873 ';.7 21 7' %2 '9 3 7. 64 490 4 9 22 187 16 4 32. 12 0 Llntons .. lOt Jall •• 870 41 8 II '38 493 13 3 6<) 303 1 10 37 . 406 7.0 ,',l2"6 '

6, }

lIlacarthur . '., 18t1iSept.I869 "5' 17 14 58 1,284 I] 0 16<) 1,205 9 96

41 '79316 5 vy .. Majorca .. ' %II'd :'Ilay 1870 39 24 II' 5:t· 1,115 0 4 83 908 7 .. 51 ',007 6 7, 1,016 I 3 Maldon ..' 6th Xov. 1865 '322 70 41; lSI ],78J 19 4 479 1,077'2 7 150 1,779 l 7· 3,0~2 8, 4 M~lll!esbury.. r>t N.ov. 181i9 ,4] 18 1,8, ,43 ,681 5 3. 1

6171,' 749 15 8 51 9'9 14' 2 '511 6'9

Malven1, ,.,. 17th Aug. 1874... 16 3 IJ . 7l] 9 4 1 '5 0 71 8 9 .Mane/leld ' .. l'Ist·Noy.IR6<) 7' 8 8' 71 6520·i· 81 ,741 7 0 ,,57 .6806·u' 714 0 3 !llal'ybcrough.. 11 SeI,t. 1865 , 177 .02 98 %81 J,81o '9 9 516 3,374 11 0 242 2.,553 0 7 4,6]2 10 1. lIlerc'lilh .. 2nd Oct, 1871 17 4' 4' 17 192. 4 7 '9' %87 5 0 II 227 18 9 251 10 10 ]\[e1'lno .. 13th Xo\,. 1869 23 6 3 26 665 14 8 25 ]2] 15 6 5 117 II I 871 19 r lloonec l'ond, 17th SCjlt. 1860 137 56 42 lSI 738 19 2 425 1,2ll 1 3 "4 8ll 5 2 ',Il8 17 3 Mornlngton .. 1St Nov, 186<) 49 '4 . 10' ""53 1,14' 18· 9' '95 40 4 13 % 31 91; 16 I 830 15 10 }lurtlake "ISt Nov. 186<) 40 18 15 H 1,396.8 8 98 1,8"7 I] 1 35 2,432 4 7 1,772 7 3 Mt. Blackwood 1St 1<lny 1873 57 %6, '.I7 66. 3!i9 5 5 %14 571 18 2 l7 251 17 3 719 6 4 ],It. Egerton.. 1St Oct. 1869 45 17' 10 5'; ,1,863 13 10 98, I,IJ8 "3 44 786 5 9 l,21 5 I2 4 l\fo)'ston .. 10th May 1871 I] 6 I 18 374 '9 9 ]7 213 (, 3 14 177 12 0, 410 14 0 Nagl\ulble .. 8th AU'g.I8jo 3 I 2 ~. 'I] 18 6' 'J' 15 15 0 5 1715 II 'I 17 , Newstend .. 18th Sept. 186<) 27 15. 7 l5 532 5 6 78 483 7 6 '7. 715 12 4 300 0 8 Omeri . .. 1St Jan. i87" 24 3 5 22 1,194 18 9 13 30. U 10 '7 79+ II 8 7"2 19 II l'ellshurst •. 1St .Tan: 1870 8 3 2 9 83 5 II' 17 . qo 7 5. 5 '95 1J'9 .. 127 19 7 Pi\rgorcct· .. lSt Nov. I~ ~ 29 12 86 1,4.8 7 8 181 1,448 4' 79 1,61'8 13 7 2',247 18 1. Port.Albert .. "t vec .• 865 0<> 8 14 80 2,11716 7 135 613 7 6 49 560 4' 8 2,27019 5 Portarlington.. lSI. Dec. 1871 "3 10 5 18 177 I 10 42 ,28 14 5 14 198 ,7 II 207 8, 4 Portlnnd ., 1St Dec. 1865 Jl 5 4 34 3,690 7 6 42 720 15 4 '23 1,481 IJ 7 %,929 9 1 PrnlJran .. 4th'June 1866 775 'lI9' 162 931. 8,1"9.12 2" 2,717 8,lS211 9 672 6,21] 13 6 10,24810 5 Queemcliff ", 12th .'.Illy 1866 11> . 12.' 5 129 9JI 17 7" 92 664 18. 28 1.67 9 1 1,319 6 8 Richmond . .');1. Oct.. 1867 6<)1 ': ]l</, ". 244 r 776 7,916 12 7 1.,6<)9 10,252 I 10 751 6,841 ,6 10 1I,]4~' 17 7 Rokewoo<1 ... 15th April 1867 140 27, 21 144 'H85 '9 8 142' 1,]64 II 0 96 1,874 ,,10 1·875 18,10 Roms"f':" .. 1'1. ,J;",e 187~ .. 16: I IS .. 46 85 8 8 2 .0 4 0 '75" 4' 8 Ro"e,'"I. .. 16th April 1868 78 II 8 81 1,086 15 4 508, .. 48. 5 <> :52 647" 9 921 8 7 Ru.ilworth .... !]th N9v: 1868 I;t4 451 44. 125 4,439 14 0 6'56' 1,772 10 10 120 3,401 17 4 2.8'0 7 6 Rulherglell .. 'lSt Dec: 1865 41 9, l2 38 731 18 1 37 398 16 6 JO 663 II 7 467 J I !'it. ,hnand ..' 1St Nov: 1867 ' 71 '4' 21 7.4 '8a 9 5 160 689 5 I 47 512 II 0 979 1 6 I'll. Kild,,·. <, •• "4!.1I Ji,ne 1866 44J 195 109 529 ',pS419 10 1,]01 4,'57 II 1. 376 3,499 14, 5.42 16 9 ~"Ie . " .. ' 611I N,i,", 1865 115 46' 20 '241 1,856 7 f 407 1,932 I 6 IC9 '1,649 14 5. ].138 14 1. S"hnlinr't· •. '."ili S~I;t: 1865 944 3011 %75 970 18,700 9 II 1,675 '12,8'7 8 10 841 14.792,' 0 16,735 15 9 Sandridge .. ' 6th':-;',,,;. 1865 318 16<)' IC9' 398 I 2;546 17 6· 1,150 J.579 6 9 ,B5" 3,313., 46'. .,all 0 U Sear.dale·· ... 'J;tXov:.86, '51 14' '3 51 '759 3 0 163 ]81 7 Jl 39" 'H5I7 805 13' '5 Seba~toliol. .. . 1St ~OY. 1809 '53 l4' 27 60 1;877 0 8 '92 1,621'4 0 87 1,692 ~ 1 1,806 12' '6 Hc'ym'ourt\'~ u: Ist'XO": 1869 S9 "".,. "-IS' .' 20"1 i 57 ,1~'lOI [6 0 71. 831' 9' 2. 78 1,0%.9 '9 4 903 15 ]0: SKipton' . .. IscFeb.1873 ;"3 .8 '4' , '37 21719 5 89 540 II 7 15 177 1('. '0 58015 0 8my'hes'dalc .. ' , IBt Ilcc, 1865 ' . .;.8" • .17 II" ?"5~ '1,253 5 10 IC9' 554 5' 7 .5 8 66810 1 :11139"" '3 8.iakO'Y"lIey ... lSi Fe"; 1873' I '17 "'10 5" ,. 22 137 6 4 46 ,696 4' 9 21 "470 "'l 0 . 46) tiS 'I "';utli'Yar", ... 1St Jan'. 1867 '''49' 138 ,. 79' 308 2,4Q 14 4 1,116 ',766 7 5 242 1,670 I 8 ],520 0 I 8liiwell' "' .. ' ISCllee:'f867' '1'46. '. 129' 8. "29'3 'l,812 1 9' 575 '],C93 17· 3 23 2;' 3,31'1 6"7 3,584 d .. '5' Slci~litz' .. •· .. L .Tilll. 1870 3l 89 i {, ]1 .' 884 1 II 57' 209 l' I 40 452 2 9" 641. "I 'j Slmlford .. 1<1. .hili' ,Sn '19 4 ,. 1J 15 3 10 52 70 12. 6 8 .:l5 0 II 60 is '5 8trentll~lTn ,. Hu:i\l1lrcltI871 1.3 ,'t3 2. 14 'i07 q.IO [6; 22r 3 6 12, 'IIC9 18 -9 2.1819 7 Stun,:""iII' ISt A)!"ilI870 io' ,. 7" 4' '19 2S4 I 6 29 266 19' 3 '5 "'(490' 7 6 60 '13 '3 S",illlli"" :: 211d 11riy 1870; , 02 "'::,.'18 \ .9;' >'71 '719 5 3 1]8 53710'1 38 ' ':']62' 4 II 894, ,10 '6 Sw,,"IIiIl .. 'I;t Dec. 186;" '.II 17 10,. '. 48 . ·847 9 0 82 751' 2 Q 11 " 172 7 9 1,327 .]. 3 'l'aIMt .. 6Lh Nov, IS65 ' "IS 85' 5(' "249 7,161 5 10' 5;'8· 4.415 l' 8 161 '"'5,561 0 1. 6,015 ,'7 '·4 'l'lirhdnW' ... 1St N')V'. 1860 ' 95 ' J4. 18 . III • 988 8 5 214 , .. 711' 13 11 79'" 684 '5 s' 1,017 ,6 II Taruagulla .. 6.h Nov, 1868 6+ 16 13" 67 671 10 0 1I4 556 9 9 37 354 . 9 7 874 '10 .1. Ternn~ .. 1St Oct. 1871 ' 4 ..] 2 5 13 9" 66 114 4 3 7 61 9' 5 76 '4 9 'rnorak •.. 17th Jim. 1870' '74 ' '4 20 78 719 10 9 374 773 II 8 52 " 775 ' r . 8 738 , 4 9 Vnughan ., '7t.h Jan. 1870 41 16 '5 42 1,051 13 8 71 419 6 1 41 822. IO 10 648 8 II WnlIgunynlI.. 1St JiJiy 1872 l4 6 5 l5 .64 6 II 107 290 II 10 10 178 0·6 z76 18 3 Wilillalln .. ISt t'cb. 1871 96 6, 19 118 :1;,088 5 6 ]21 2,H8 5 2 108 2,480 14 1 '.945 ,16· 6 Wanga1'atfn .. IRt Feh, 1866 101 59 67 193 1.067 17 8 4J! .,821 ,6 I 146 1,779 8 9 2,11 0 S 0 Warrruunbool.. "t !lei" .865 73 35 ",6 82 ',742 3 6 168 1,868 '7 8 90 1,7"'7 1 10 1,88, '1 4 "'lIroo' .. ' "t D'e];, 1868 6; , IS II "',67 8'7 9 7 81' 488 17 9 39 48112 8 8n 14 8 Wickliffe ... 1St. :SO" •• 872 9 4 .. Il 46 3 5 18 48 '3 I 8 '. 31 10 0 63 6· 6 Williamstown.. lI(h Hcpt. 1865 . 876 247 . 'Ii 169' 954 16,]07 5 7 2,749 10,624 6 11 659 9,457 13 9 17·473 18 9 Winchel,,;u ,. 9')1 Aiay 1870 . '41 '19 6 5.4 947 1 8 77 517 19 7 29 5}1 6 'I 943 16 '2 WOQongn .. 1St t'eb, 1871 22 II I2 ' %1 636 14 7 49 53' 15 I 36 658 i 5 511 7 "3 Wood!s!'olnt.. l,t.Tnn, 1869 106 13 1ci 99 3,240 9 1 I14 I,SS5. 8 4 68 1,947 14 9 "',848 2 '9

~~~~~~~lldOh' ::i;;'°n~'ll:6~ g~ :~ i "'1 '~~I'i~~ ~ 1;' 3~~: I,~~~ 1~ ~ I ~~ 1';g ~ ~ I.~~~ I: ~ ,; ; 2i,21~: i,7~9-::s.i~ 24,6J;- J5S,276 II 0 57,866 264,640 -;;8118,573 250,51;-;--;- '36g'3~8 's ;

1I1elbourne .. I1th Sept. 1865 I2,,~,._~~ ~~ I 3,'6~ 248,~~ 28,906 219,03~ 14,s08 199'~~ 26'],691 10 :I.

: Totals •• 34,360 1",8~2 8,41~ 37.~,,? 60J,523'5 ~ 186,772.148],671 4 slll,oSt 450.~~S I 5 61.~.~89 18 ?

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-'P~OGRESSIVE S;'ATEM~i; of the Money Order System'irVi~~ori~' for. the D~c~~~i~'Pe~i~d frotp . 31st December 1864 to 31st December 1874.

, Ne.t Revenuo Orders Issued .. J Orders PaW. Total Transactions. Number of received Year. Money Order from Commission Offices: on Orders. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount.

, ., .. , , £ s. d. £ s. i: £ s. d. £ s. d.

1865 102 2,640 16 6 50,6GB 186,855 8 5 4t,115 153,657 8 1 91,781 340,512 ]6 6 ]866 107 2,888 11 2 60,119 , 218,850 16 5 50,479 189,2ill 8 2 nO,598 408,1l2 4 7 1867 141 3,159 7 6 68,714 . 237,ilU !l 7 57,787 205,622' J8 6 J26,501 ' 443,840 8 1 1868 154, 3,278 010 73,222 2+7.48<1 0 7 /;Ul~il' .214,025 15 4 134.878 : 461,509 15 11, 1869 171 3,593 11 5 82,234 272,531 9 I 1iH.1l57 237,8M 1 10 151,891 510,375 10 11 1870 175 3,883 111 91,002 291,626 :l 5 79,191 2(1l,871 15 I) 170,193 503,497 18 5 1871 ]87 4,159 0 8 ]00,908 313,223 13 3 ,90,182 290,O61l 0 5 191,090 603,289 J3 8

,1872 196 - 4,542 85 lta,OSO 341,976 610 10ii.084 328,138 16 3 218,134 670,115 3 1 1873 204 . 4,731 211 113,135 IHI,!)[l110 8 l i1!);048 348,019 0 ,6 222,183 689,980 1 L 2 1874 2l6' '4,912 15 7 119,542 374,075 13 '7 ll(l,41::l 379,748 4 8 235,960 753,823 18 3

-PROGRESSIVE STATEMENT of the, Post Office Sayings Banks in Victoria from the }!ommencement of the system, 11th September 1865, to 31st December 1874.

"

Deposits Received. ,

Repayments. ])eposftors' Account~ A'Vernge Interest

Year. No of credited to Depositors' Balance to Banks.

Number. I Balances. e'ach

Amount. Number.! Amount. DepoSitors. Ac(:()unts A~cOlmts : r~~~;:l~~g Account.

Opene~. Closed. Open. -.------------ -----,------'

I £ .... d. £, ,'" d, f £ 8. d, £ .. , d. J01 '1

£ 8. d. 1865. 3.1 4,964 18,465 [l 6 495 3.,058 7 9 61 0 9 15,467 III 6 2,227 2,126 7 5 6 1866 1i0 25,909 85,381 15 7 6,204 4~,348 ,,4, II 1,189 0 9 li8,690 10 11 ,5,703 t~~~ I

6,774. .'8.]3 3 1867 66 37,624 124,60:1 I) O. 10,r,!\7 8~,OQ6 10 0 2.758 4 3 103,075 10 2 C.,175 I 11,118 9 5 5 1868 72 45,408 ]84,115 4 61 14,2!J3 12",56fi 10 7 4,4,~1i 19 3 160,061 3 4 ' 6,540 3,302 ]4.356 llll 4 1869 99 51,528 2~3,412 14 0 ](1.4!~i\ U;!l,2H7 4 0 'i,2i2 2 2 24~,478 Hi. (i ' 7,50] a,l)!)l 17;866 13 L2 6 1!l70 112 57,241 242.H12 3 6 20,622 215.603 4 2 9,4il2 !J n 27\),550 4 4 7;973 4,(;62 21,177 13 4 0 187L 122 63,693 2!J2;679 17 :3 22,213 22g.87L 18 11 11,167 2 2 35H,525 4 10 8,8M 5,237 24,804· 14 5 0 1872 I 130 74,842 521,!J78 [lJO 26,406 348,314. ]5 7 16,241 11 2 543,430 7 3 11,458 n,134 30,128 18 0 8 1873 i30 84,148 433,086 15 3 '29;380 389,673 911 i6,680 2' 9 603,523 15 4, '11,794 7,562 34,360 17 11 3 1874 I 143 86772 I 461 973 1 0 33,081 451,132 19 5 22,72(; 1 S 637,080 18 7 11,862 8,422 37,800 116 17 1 , I '

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r

THE POSTMASTER-GE~~RAL in account with the Depositors from 1st January to 31st December 1874. Dr. Cr .

I 1874. ;£ $, d. 1874. , ; £ 8. d.

1st January To Balance from ]873 ,

'1 .January By Rep.yment.s to .Dep,osiiors 603,523 ·15 4 to " Deposits received in 1874 ::: 461,973 1 0 to ill 1874 451,132 19 0

31st Dec. " Int,erest credited to Deposi- 31st Dec. "

Balance duo to D~posi tors::: 637,08£1 18 7 tors for 187,4... . .. 22,726 1 8

I , .£ 1,088,222 18 0 ' r , : £11,088,222 18 0

.:!

THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL in account with the Honorable the Tre!l~rlrer on account of Savings Bank Transactio'ris for the Year 1814.>'

Dr.

1874.

1st January to

31st Dee.

To nalRnC/), heing Deposit,s re­ceived in 1873, and paid into 'l'reasury January 1874... ... . ..

" Deposits received in 1874 ... " Cash received from 'l'reasn ry .. 'Interest allowed to Deposi-

tors for 1874... . .. " Balance dne from Treasury.

to replace, money drawn ! from Money Order Ac- , count to repay DOllositors '

. , . ~"

£ II, d.

17,202 7 11 461,973 1 0 469,412 11 7

22,726 1 8

5,265 8 10'

£976,579 11

1874.

1st '~~un.ry. to

31st Dec.

'.

By Ba!ance, beinl!: amount due by 'Troasurer for' rep"r ments to Depositorsduring 1873... ... ...

" Repnyments to Depositors in 1R74... ... • ..

" Cush paid into 'l'reasur.v ... " Amount due to rl~rust ]<'und

,for Interesteredited toDe­po,itors for 1874' ...

" Cash in hand await,ing lodg-ment in 'l'reasury .••

Cr.

£ s. d.

6,864 18 3

451,132 HI 5 490,195 0 6

1

22,726 1 8

5,660 11 2

1£976,579 11 0

CHANGES IN THE PRESENT STRENGTH OF II'HE STA:JfF ;OF ·THE ·DEPARTMENT. , r

The regulations referred to at page 3 for the appointment, promotion, pay, &c., of sorters, line-repairers, stampers, letter-carriers, and telegraph messengers, were approved by the Governor in Council on the 6th March l874, and ca:m~ ipto operation on the 1st July:of the same year. .

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An increase in the number of operators, letter~carriers, and telegraph messen~ gers has been found necessary, -to keep pace with the growth of the business of the Department.

The increase in the number of sorters which has taken place is partly ascrib­able to the cause mentioned in the preceding paragraph, and partly to an alteration in the designation of mail guards who sort mails in travelling Post Office vans; such officers having, since my last Report, been appointed sorters, with a travelling allow~ ance when on duty'.

To the change above referred to the reduction in the number of persons under the head of mail guards, as compared "With the last statement of the strength of the Department, is to be attributed.

The Post and Telegraph Offices at the following places, namely-Market square, Brighton, Emerald Hill, Hawthorn, - :M.ornington, Sandridge, St. Kilda, Alexandra, Bacchus Marsh, BalIan, Birregurra, Berwick, Eaglehawk, FootscraYf Leigh l{oad, Lintons, Majorca, Malmesbury, New Gisborne, Newstead, Prahran, Sebastopol, Sorrento, Stratford, Stuartmill, Taradale, Terang, Winchelsea, and Yack~ andandah-are under the charge of postmistresses, and at the first seven n,amed places' female assistants are employed.

Female assistants are also employed at Cape Otway, Cape Schanck, Dande~ nong, Dunolly, Kerang, Learmonth, Longwood, Queenscliff, .Shady Creek, Scarsdale, and Stockyard Creek.

A room has been set apart in connection with the Central Electric Telegraph Office for the suburban circuits, and females who have passed an examination in Telegraphy have been appointed to assist in carrying on the business under competent officers of their own sex, the whole being under the direction of the Manager. The female operators so appointed have been required to serve a period of probation satisfactorily, before being paid for their services, and it is from those who have so served the probation that postmistresses have in some instances been selected to take charge of small offices in the country.

As is stated in the Report for 1873, the employment of female operators in the Department has admitted of the advantages of electric telegraph communication being extended to several places in the country which must otherwise have been left without the ~ccommodation, as the business of the stations referred to only justifies the pay~ ment of such salaries as those for which the services of postmistresses can be _secured.

During the year five officers resigned, three retired, one was superannuated, two were reduced in class, one was dismissed, and two died.

STATEMENT showing the Strength and Distribution of the Staff of the Department as at present constiLuted .

01110&.

Melbourne

Alexandra Ararat .. _ Avoca ... Avenel· .. , Bacchus Marsh ... Bairnsdale l1aJlan ... Ballarat P.O.

Ballarat E.T.O. . .. B~aufort .. , Beecbworth BelfMst ... Benalla ... Berwiok ... Birregurra Brigbt. ... Brighton Buuinyong Camperdown

•

163 75 5 85! 7 15 5 43 I

1 ... ... ... ... I 1 1 ... 1 'I 1 2 1 .. , .. , ... 1 ... 1 1 .. , ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... .. . I ... ... ... ... .., .. , ... I 1 ... ... .., 1 1 4 2 ... 16 I'" ... ... ...

I 5 ... 1 ... '" 10 1 ... 2 112 ... 11 2 1 I ... ... :I 1 1 1 I ... ...:... ... ." I 1 ... ....... ... ... ... ... I 1 ... ... ... 1 1 ... 2 ... 1 1 1 1 "l J

1 ... Cat'o Otwuy Cape Sobatl~k ... ... . ..

I

III ( --:-----_._----------:--

7 I 56*'

1

... 1 1

461 20 supernumeraries employed on arrival of the Buropeall mail

2, Postmistress pald out of Contingencies 5 :I I 1 PosLmistress paid out of Contingenoies 2 2

23

17 3 8 5 3

Postmistress paid out of Contingencies 15 supernumeraries employed on arrival

of the Buropean mail

2 Postmistress paid out of Contingenoies 2 Postmistress paid out of Contingencies 2 5 2 3 2 1

Postmistress paid out of Contingenoies

.. These supernumeraries are only employed a portion of ei\eh month.

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STATEMENT showing the Strength and Distribution of the Staff of the Department, &c.-continued.

Carisbrook Casterton .. . Casr,lemaine P.O ... . Cast.lemaine E.'l'.O. Chiltern ... Clunes Colac Coleraine Collingwood Creswick ... Dandenong Dayleeford ])unolly ... Eaglebawk Eldorado Emerald Hill J;Jchuca Footscray Fryerstown GeeJong ...

Hamilton Hawthorn Heathcote Hexham ... Horsbam ... Inglewood Jamieson Kangaroo Flat Ki,rang· .. . Kilmore .. . Koroit ,,' Kyneton ... Linton ... Longwood Majorca .. . Maldon .. . Malmesbury Mansfield Maryborough Morniugton .l\iortlake Nagamhie New Gi,borne Newstead Penshurst Port Albert Portland ... Prahran .. , Queensclitf ltichmond Rosedale ... RllShworth Runnymede Rutherglen Sale ... Sandhurst Sandridge Sebastopol Seymour ". Shady Creek Smytbesdale Sorrento ", St. Arn~ud' St. Kilda Stawell ... Stockyard Creek Strent,ham Stratford ... SI,uartmill Swan 11i11 'l'albot ... 'l'aradale ... Tarnagulla 'l'erang Wabdallah ,\Vahgunyah Walh"lllt Wangaratta W arrnam bool Williamstown ... 'Wilson's l'romon-

tory ... Winohelsea W()donga Woodend Wood's Point YackandandalJ

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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 181

1 1 1 2 1 1 1

I 1 1 1 1 I I I 1 1 1, I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1

I 1 143 1 I 1 1· 1 I 1 1 1 1 3 Iii 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1

2

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2 1 2 1

1

1

1

1

1

1 11, 1

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1 2

1 1

2 1 2 2 1 3 2

2 1 1 1 3 3 1

4

2 2 1

2 1

1 2

1 1 2 1 2 1 1

1 I 2 2 2 2 1

1 1 2 4 1 1 I

1 2 2 1

1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4

1

1

1

1

1 1

1 1 1

2 2 6 4 2 5 3 2 6 5 2 Postmaster paid out of Contingencies 4 a 3 P()stmistress paid out of Con tingcncies 2 5 \)

2 1

25

6 6 3 2 2 3 2 1 2 [I 2 6 I 2 2 3 [I

2 6 3 2

Postmistress paid out of Contingencies

Postmistress paid 'out of Contingencies Postmaster paid out of Con~illgen()ie; 5 supernumeraries employed 011 arrival ot

European mail

Postmistress paid out of Contingencies

Postmistress paid out or Contingencies

Postlllaster paiel out of Contingenoies

,. Liue-repllirel' ill charge

Postmaster ]laid out of Contingencies

PostlUistre~s paid ',ut of Contingencies

Postmistress paitI out of ContitlK()Ocies

1)\Jstmistr~8s paid out of Contingencies

l'ostmistrC8S 1',<1<1 out, of Cnll i in~encic,

1 Post,nlistress l,ai.l out, of (;md,ingoncies 2, Postllli:;!,ress paid Hur, or Coutiugencies I . 1'0stmisl,1'6sS puld OUt oj' CouLillllencies 2 2 6 4 4 5 2 I 1 2 4

24 [I

3 2 2 2 1 3 5

10 3 1 2 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 7 7

2

Postmistress paid out of Contingencies

Postmistress puid out of Contingencies

Post,mistress paid out of Conti nlo\encies Post,mistress paid out of Contillgencies

iI Line-repairer in charge

Postmistress paid out of Contingencies

Postmistress paid out of Contingenoies

;; Line-repairer in charge

Postmistress paid out of Contingencies Postmistress paid out of Contingencies

Postmistre,s paid out of Contingencies

Postmistress paid out of COlltin~oncies Postmistress paid out 01' COlltillgencie&

1 Postmistl'ess paid out of Contil'1'genoies 2 3 1 1

1 2 1 1 2 Postmistress paid out 1>( C!}ntingencies

1--- --1--1--1-- - - ----- ---102 201 88 5 160 21 15 7 77 856

~~T~,N, of 9fl,ic~l's, &<\0; of the:MelQourne Estfl~l~sh}:r:l.e~t,,:Abse!l~ fr<;>m,Duty. on,accounf ~f Illn~s, during 18?4.

',I .; " " ',' ,

Officel's,&c. , , " Nnmbe'rot

Brn!1cp"I' 4: ,Day'; Remarks. ,- Absent. " . .::1':

Number ' Number " Employed. Abient:'

" : " ' ..

' .. Correspondence branch ... . .. 9 4 5 Accounts branch ... ... ... 10 5 42 One officer absent 20 days, and one 17 dllYs. Mail branch ... ... ... 70 , , 51 520, One office~ absent 131 days, one 51 days, lind five ,. during 136 days. " .. Money Orders and Savings Banks ... ' '23 12 185 One officer absent 104 day~, and one 24 days: Stamp branch ... ... 5

, I 47 .. . ...

Dead Letter branch ... ... 4 I 2 7 Stores and Printing ... . .. : 44 10 78 .Four officers absent 53 days. Electric Telegrnph branch .•• ... 66 30 447 One officer absent 137 days, one 67

: 136 days. ..

Out of 51X mail guards, one was absent durmg days. Out of thll'ty·ftve letter-carriers, fifteen WCl'C absent during 96 duys. Of this number four. were absent during 61 days. Out of thirty-three telegraph messellgers, thirty were absent during 162 days, six of whom ,vere absent during 103 days. I

I

STEAM POSTAL COM?'IUNICATION.

days, and, five ,

. '.

The arrangements for the transmission of Mails to Europe and' the East, and,to the continent of America, a:r:e fully described, at page 23 of the Repo:t:1; for the 'year 1873. These arrangements have proved l~igl~ly advantageous to this, colony so, far as the year 1874 is concerned. :' i" ,,' ; . '-

Under the old contract, tl,e average net, cost pel' annum of the Suez service to this co~ony, during' the eight years preceding the ye~lr 1874, was £21,543. '

The net cost of the same service during 1874, under, the existing cont~a.c:t between the Postmaster-General of Victoria and the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, has been (taking credit for the estimated l'urlOl{nt to he paid'bj the French Government for the conveyance of t)1e New Caledonia Mails), say £12,543, showing a gain on the first year of the new contract Of £9,000. '

The net cost to this colony of the Califol'llia and Torres Straits services has heen during the year £1,580, so .that the public of Victoria has had the advantage of three different postal routes to the United Kingdom, and of more direct steam postal communication with the continent of America, for a less amount by £7,420 per .annU1~ than was paid before the commencement of the new contract, which also l carries with'it the henefit derived by Melbourne being the docking' port for the steamel's employ«.d in the Point de Galle service. : . .,'

The following is a statement showing the total cost of the Mail service hetwee~ Point de Galle and :Melbourne, the amount chargeable against other Governments, the .amount of penalties recovel'ed, and the net, co~t of the service to' the colony of Victoria for the year 1874 :-' .

DR. 'fo Amount of contract with the Pcninsular and Oriental 'Stea'm Navigation:Company " Premium earned for arrival of,1\:[ails in less .than contract ~illlC

CR. By Amounts chargeable to other Governments, on account of Pcninsular and Oriental

Company's contract ;-

Great Britain ... New South Wales South Australia Tasmania Queensland Western A ustrillia New Zealand ...

" Estimated amount to be paid by the French Government , ... ' " Penalty incurred by company for non-arrival of ~rail to time " Postages collected in Victoria

Net cost under old contract ... Ditto: ditto present ditto ...

Saving under Hew contmet,

I ~ ... I

a.,··t

£ s. d. 15,415 11 0

8,706 12 1 14,755 '4 11

3,528 :l 4" 1,202 3 1 ~,249 5 8

ll,749 10 ,3

£ 8. d. '" I 21,543 0 0 , , 12,54:3 0 0

n,ono 0 0

£ s. d. 90,000 0 0

550 0 0 ----

57,606 10 4 889 0 0 100 0 0

19,412 0 3

,£ '. d. s.

90,5~0 0 0

78,007' 10,' 7 12,542 9' fl --'----',

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RETURN s1;towing,the Number of Letters, Packets, and Newspapers'l'eceived and-despatched by the Royal Mt).il Steamers in each Month during the Year 1:874.

Received. "' Despatched. c' •

• • .,

I ' 'I ", N;~o{}is~~~er. Date. Name of Steamer. ' Letters. Packets. N ewspa perno Date. !

Letters. Packets. Newspapers.

--------------18'7.i. I 1874.

e

, Jan. 5 Ellora ... ... 9,285 1,274 32,419 Jan. 2 I Nubia 30.,0.53 ," 894, 44,924 Jan. 16 Pera ... . .. 30,80.1 2,646 63.611 Jan. 29 I Pera .•. : 38,253 1,173 41,41Q Feb. 8 BangalorE: ... 41,489 4,234 99,164 Feb". 26 , Bangn,19re " ... "'39,90.0. 1,349 39,823 March 12 Nubia ... 43,539, 3,935 92,0.17. Ma.r:, ,,26 ! Nubia .\"',' u; 38,414 1,:3i5 49,0.45 ApriL 7 Baroda ... ... 4i.,783 3,872 98,734 April 21 . BaroJa ..... ~ '36,356 1,0.29, 37,30.6 .May 4 Pera 43,168 4,418 10.2,592 May 19 Pera ...

, 40.,817 1,0.72 40.,90.5 ... ... ...

June 2 Nubia 40.,258 3,770 8,8,848' June 16 Nubia 39,565 986 .,

45,958 June 27 Baroda ..• ... 41,520. 3,832 ' 89,221 July 1'4" Baroda ... ',39,0.4,3 ,990. 45,855 July 23 Pera ... . .. 38,244 3,924 92,174 Aug, n" Pera ... .. , 38,877 1,241 ,47,721 Aug. 21 Nubia ... 38,0.\19 3,60.1 85,10.1 i::lept. 8 Nubia 1 .~. ... 38,0.14 , 1,362 40.,0.87 Sept. 21 Golconda ... 39,266 4,899 80.,168 Oct. 8 Golconda

- •• -1 ... 37,394 ' 1,330. 41,986

Oct. 15 Pera ... . .. 43,419 9,516 I

83.266 Nov: 5 Pera ... ... 35,464 '''1',173 36,757 Nov. 16 Nubia ... 42,089 6,716 81,0.66 Dec. 3 Nubia ,?5,537, . r 1,18), . ?7,~69 Dec. 12 Ceylon ... ... 48,850. 6,967 I, 91,~2Q , Dec. 31 Ceylon .. , 31,J'1IQ 1,0.04 i 46,391, . ' : .. ! " : ---

.. ~ , 518,837 .. 16,159 I. Totals ... 547,910. 63,610. ! '1,179,60.1 Totals 595,437 I c I ,

-

STATEMENT showi~g the Da~es. upon which the, Royal .Mail Ste~mel's ~ere due i}l':Melboun{e, and the Dates upon which they arrived:; also,theDul'~tion q£.the·Yoyage,f~·om Galle:~p.d::{..ondQn.

lluration or Voyage Due at Melbourne. Arrived at Melbourne. Durnm.n'l 'of !, d

. Before from Name London to Melbourne.

of Steamer. I Voyage Lat •• appOinted

I froIU Gulle. Time. Vta Via South. Date, Time. nate. Time. Brindisi, atupton.

, . . ' -.. -----,--'-" -.,-----1874. .I 874. DIlYs hr~. min . . l?p.ys brs., min. Days hra::' mill. Days . Days.

Pera ... Jan. 13 11 p.m, .Tan. 16 6.4\l p.m. 2S 6: ao 2 19 40. ... 49 57 Bangalore .:. Feb. II 9 p,m. Feb: ·s 8,50. a.m. 21 II, 35 "

",- .. " 3 12 10 44 52 ... Nubia ... March 11

" March 12 8.5G:a,m. ' I 22( 2 ' 35

I 0 II 50. ... 48 56

Baroda ... 1 April 8 '11 ' April 7 9,.'i0 a.m. 22 3,20 ... 1 II 10. 46 I . 54 Pem ... Mav 6 "

!\fay 4 4.3Q·p,m. I 22 17 0 ... 2 4 30 45 53 Nubia ... Ju~e 3

" June 2 4.10. a,m. 21 21 ' 55 .. ~ . I 16 50. 46 54

Baroda July I June 27 2.55 p.m. 20 19 40 4 6 5 43 ..

51 ... " ...

Pera July 29 July 23 6 a.m. 19 12 n ! 6 15 0. ..

41 49 ... " ...

Nubia ... Aug. 26 II Aug. 21 8,37 a.m. 20 16 7 . , H • I ;, 12 23 42 50 Golconda ... i::lept. 23 ", Sept. 21 10.50. a,m. 22 18 5 ... 2 10 10 45 53 Pera ... Oct. 21

" Oct. 15 2.30 a,m. 19 4 25 ... 0 18 30 41 49

Nubia ... Nov. 18 "

Nov. 15 11.2:5 p.m. 22 8 25 ... 2 2l 35 44 52 Ceylon ... Dec. 16

" Dec. 12 ,.55 p.m. , 21 4,40. .Il • * .... 4 1 .5 43 . . 51 ,

NOTB,-The average tIme occupied per voyage throughout the year wail-via BrindiSi, 44 days 9 hours; via SouthalUpten, 62 days 9 hours.

STATEMENT showing the Dates upo~ which the Royal :Mail Stea!'lle;rs despatched fl'om' ?delbom'no were due ... . 'in London, and the Dates upon which they-arrived at'destination: '.'" ,', .,.

I I i - , I .. Via Brindisi. Via Southampten. I Duration of Y vynge.

·Name

I Date of ·Defore I , ,- BefOre of Stearne!'. Despatch. i Late. . ap1)ointed

: Late.' appointed I

Due Arrivc(l ~'hllC. Due Arrived ,'[·jm.. Via Via South--... '~" in London .. in London. , In London~ In London. i ,·Brindisi.. nmpton. ,----!-- ' I ----,-------,---- '---

1874. 1874. 1874. nays. Days. 1874. 18H. Days. Days. Days.' Days. Pera ... Jan, 29 Mal'. 16 Mal'. 15 ... 1 March 23 Mar. 23 ... .. . 45 53 Ban!,ralore Feb, 26 April 13 April 13 .... ... April 20. April 22 2 ... 46 55 Nubia ... March 26 May II May 1'1 ... ... May 18 May 18 .. . . .. 46 ·53 Baroda. ... April 21 June, 8 June 8 ... ... June 15 June 15 H • , .. .48 ,55, Pera ... May 19 July 6 July 1'0 4 •• "* ~. July 13 July 21 8'

~ .... , 52 63, Nubia ... June l6 Aug. 3 Aug. '3 . .. ... Aug. 10. Ailg. 11 1 ... 48 56· Baroda ... July 14 Aug. 31 Aug. 30. '" 1 Sept: 7 Sept. 6 . .. I 47 -- '--54' Pera .. , Aug. II Sept. 28 Sept. '>- .1 Oct. ' 5 . Oct. 6 , I ... 47 ·56 _I ... Nubia ... Sept, 8 Oct. 26 O·ct. 25 ... I Nov ... .. , 2 Nov. 1 .., 1 47 . " 54 ' Golconda ... Oct. R Nov. 23 N'ov. 24 I' .. ... Nov. 30. 'Dec. 3 3 . .. 47 "- .. 56' Pera ... Nov. 5 Dec. 21 Dec. 19 '" 2 Dec. 28 Dec. 30 2 . .. 44 55

1875. 18i5. 1875. , 1875. Nubia ... Dec. :l Jan, 18 Jan. 16 . .. 2 Jan. 25 .Tan. 26 1 ... 44 M Ceylon' ... Dec. 31 Feb. 15 Feb: 14 ... , 1 ':Feb .. ,\22' Fe.b .. 21 ... ,1 45 , , "52,

I I N('·I'F.:-The average time occupied'per vo·yagc thronghnul'the year was-via Brhidlsl, '6'dtlys tiihours;' fila Southlllnpton,oo days 2 hours.

24

STATEJIENT showing the Dates on which the M!.ils viet Torres Straits were despatched from London, and the Dates on which they arrived at Brisbane, also the Time occupied in the Transmission of the Mails via Brindisi and Southampton respectively, during the Year 1874.

I :

Left London.

Name of Vessel. Arrived, Brisbane Bar. Days via Days via Southampton. Brindisi.

Via Southampton. V~a Brind!si.

Under Interim Time Table. 2 p.m. 8.50 p.m. Days hr •. min~ Day. hrs. min. 1874. 1874. 1874.

Bentan (chartered) ... January I January 9 March 10 9 p.m. 68 7 0 60 0 0 Flintshire, do. ... ... January 29 February 6 April 4 2 a.m. 64 12 0 56 5 10 Jeddah, do. ... . .. February 26 :Mareh 6 April 29 8.20 p.m. 62 6 20 53 23 30 Tom Morton, do. ... ... March 26 April 3 Mav 29 11 p.m. 64 9 0 56 ·2 10 Flintshire, do. .,. ... April 2.3 May I June 30 9.30 a.m. 67 19 30 59 12 40 Legislator, do. ... . .. May 21 May 29 July 19 12.25 p.m. 58 22 25 50 15 35 J~ddah, do. '" ... June 18 I June 26 August 18 9.55 a.m. 60 19 55 52.13 5 Alexandra, do. (A.S.N. CO.'8 July 16 July 24 Sept. Ii 10.30 a.m. 62 20 30 54 12 40

boat) Somerset (Company's boat) ..... August 13 August 21 October 12 9.10 a.m. 59 19 10 51 11 20 I.egislator (chartered) ... September 10 September 18 November 9 7.20,a.m. 59 17 20 51 10 30

Under Contract Time Table.

Normanby (Company's boat) October 8 October 16 Deeember 11 11.35 a.m. 63 21 35 55 14 45 1875.

Somerset, do. ... .. , November 5 November 13 January 4 1.20 a.m. 59 II 20 51 4 30 Brisbane, do. ... . .. December 3 December 11 January 29 2.20 a.m. 57 0 30 48 5 40

..~~.---

NOTE.-The average time occupied per voyage throughout the year wns-via BrindiSi, 55 days 25 hours; 'Via Southampton, 62 days 7 hours.

STATElIIENT showing the Dates upon which the Mails via Torres Straits were despatched from Brisbane, and the Dates on which they arrived in London, also the Time occupied in the Transmission of the Mails via ·Brindisi and-8outhampton respectively, during the Year 1874.

,

N llJlle of Vessel. Left Brisbo.ne Bar.

U..nder Interim Time Table. I 1874. Sunfoo ... ... ... January 6 Flintslrire •.. ... ... February 2 Tom Morton ... ... ... March 1 Bentan ... ... ... March 29 Flintshire ...... ... April 23 Jeddah ... ... ... May 21 Tom Morton ... ... ... June 18 Alexandra... ... ,.. July 22 Legislator... ... ... August 13 Jeddah ... ... ... September 19 Tom Morton ... ... ... October 11

Under Contract Time Table. Somerset ... ... ... November II Legislator... '" ... December 9

4 a.m.

".

" "

" " "

" "

Arrived at London.

Via Brindisi.

,. ,.

1874.

April 26 May 25 June 23 July 19 August 15 .. October 10 ,.

* 1875.

January 4 ,.

Via Southampton.

1874. ... March 8 ... April 4 ..• May 3 ... June I ... June 30 ... July 26 ... August 22 ... September 17 ... October 17 ... November 10 ... December II

1875. .,. January .. . l;'e bruary

I Via

BrindisI.

Days.

56 57 61 59 58

58

54

Via Southampton.

Days.

til 61 63 64 68 66 65 57 65 52 61

61 59

NOTE.-The avemg. time occupied per voyage was-during seven voyages via Brindisi, 57 days 13 hours; during thirteen voyages via Southampton, 61 days 17 hours.

• These moils forwarded by the French Packets (llfessageries Maritimes) •

. f::hATEMENT showing the Dates on which the' Mails via .San Francisco were despatched from England, and the Dates on ~hich they arrived at Sydney, also the Time occupied in the Voyage, during the Year 1874.

Name or Steamer. Date of Arrival Date from Date from N umber of Days

at Sydney. Sail ~'ranc!scO. l:ngland. from England.

-------'------ --------------1874. 1874. 1874.

Macgregor, per Tartar March 10 February 3 January 13 35 56 City of Melbourne April 6 March 7 February 10 30 55 Mikado, per Mongol ... May. 5 March 31 March 10 35 56 Tartar May 27 April 27 April 7 30 50 Mikado July 1 May 27 ]\1ay 5 35 57 Cyphrenes, per City of Adelaide July 24 June 21 June 2 32 52 Tartar September 2 July 28 June 30 36 64 Macgregor ... September 24\ August 17 July 28 38 58 Mikado October 15 September 13 August 25 32 51 City of Melbourne November 9 October 12 September 22 28 48 Cyphrenea December 17 November 10 October 20 31 58

1875. Macgregor January, II December 8 November 17 34 55

1875. Mikado February 6 January 6 December 15 31 53

NOTl:.-The average time occupied per voyage throughout the year wa. 54 days 110 hours.

~ .. ----------j

25

STATEMENT showing the Dates on which the Mails via San Francisco were despatched from Sydney; and the Dates on which they arrived in England, also the Time occupied in the Voyage, during the Year 1874.

Date of Arrival Date of Arrival Number of Days I Number of Days Name of Steamer. Date'from Sydney. at at to to

San Francisco. England. San Francisco. England.

---------------- ------ ------------- -------,-----1874. 1874. 1874.

City of Melbourne ... ... ... January 17 February 17 March 10 31 52 Tartar, for Mikado ... ... .. . February 15 March 17 April 5 29 49. Tartar ... . .. ... .. . March 14 April 13 May 3 30 50 Cyphreues, for Mikado ... ... April 11 May 21 Juue 10 40 60 City of Adelaide, for Cyphrenes ... May 9 June 13 July 5 35 57 Tartar ... ... . .. . .. June 6 July 8 July 27 32 51 Macgregor ... . .. ... . .. July 4 August 8 August 30 35 57 Mikado ... ... . .. . .. August 1 August 30 i:ieptember 18 29 48 City of Melbourne ... ... . .. August 29 September 26 October 17 28 49 Cyphrenes ... ... .. . ... September 26 October 29 November 18 33 53 Macgregor ... ... . .. . .. October 24 November 27 December 15 34 52

1875. Mikado ... ... ... .. . November 21 December 21 January 10 30 50

1875. Cyphrenes ... . .. ... .. . December 23 January 30 February 22 38 61

N oTE.-The average time occupied per voyage throughout the year was 58 daYB.

STATEMENT showing the Average Number of Days occupied in the Transmission of the Mails between Australia and the United Kingdom by the Suez, Torres Straits, and California Routes respectively during the Year 1874.

Outward. Homeward.

Contracting Colony. AUBtrallan Average Number o(Days occupied per A verage Number of DaYB occupied per

Termini. Rout •.

Via Brindisi. , -----------

Days b ...

Victoria '" Melbourne Suez ... 44 9

Queensland ... Brisbane Torres Straits 53

... 231 New South Wales Sydney ... California ...

Post Office and Telegraph Department,} . General Post Office, .

Melbourne, 31st March 1875.

Voyage.

Via Sou tham pton. ------

DaYB hrs.

52 9

62 7

. ..

Voyage.

Via Via Via Via San Francisco. Brindisi. Southampton. San Francisco. ------ ._--------- -----

Days Ilrs. DaYB hr •. Day. hr •• Days hra.

... 46 15 55 2 ...

. .. 57 13 61 17 ... 54 20 ... . .. 53 0

ROBERT RAMSAY,

Postmaster-General.

26

1, . APPENDICES

APPENDIX A.

STATEMENT showing the Revenue und Expenditu.r~ Ilnd Net Annual Cost of the Post Office and Telegraph Department; also the Number of Inland Letters Posted ill the Colony, the Ship Letters Received and Despatched, and the Number of Telegraphic Messages Transmitted ineach year from 1862 to 1874 inclusive. .

Post Office. Electric Telegraph •

•

Y ... r. 'S Expenditure.

Total Net Cost • Total , Total Net Cost.

~

Steam Postal • . Inland lIrall I ' AI! Otller Tot,,1 Uc\'enue. Expenditure. Revenue.

Service. i ,Ser1lice. Expenditure~ Expenditure. ----- ---- -------

.£ s. d. .£ s. d. , £ s. d. -£ s. d. .£ s. d. .£ .. d. -£ $. d • -£ s • d. .£ .. d. . . _. .. 1862 408 43,~3' 11 4 48,322 11 1 61,311 4 0 159,168 12 a 117,515 1 B 41,65310 9 33,340 2 3 26,884 19 8 6,505 2 '1

1868 437 40,122 17 4 53,81;4 8 3 68,785 011 162,762 6 6 121,212 :; 0 41,550 1 6 35,645 11 II 25,768 15 8 9,876 16 1

1864 475 , 40,122 17 4 59,732 17 8 a,069 0 4 173,~24 'l~ 4 129,373 0 7 44,551 14 1/ 35,976 ,6 3 30,601 17 1l 6,374 8 4

1865 525 40,122 11 4 58,904 8 6 77,984 2 8 177,011 8 6 138,807 0 3 38;204 8 3 37,846 17 5 ,

35,7G'7 17 4 '2,079 0 1

1866 655 28,774 16 11 61,012 11 9 • ~5,.571 2I1 li5,35S 11 7 130,558 12 4 44,799 19 8 38,473 2 10 36,178 17 4 2,294 5 6

" 186'7 583 37,297 2 7 66,430 6 9 90,715 16 G 194,443 5 10 114,029 2 9 80,(14 3 1 40,462 9 2 29,148 12 2 11,313 17 0

1868 633 ~2,145 14 1 70,626 15 11 96,379 II 9 209,151 19 9 119,280 4 2 89,871 15 7 41,715 3 4 30,760 10 4 10,954 13 0

-1869 660 46,555 16 2 68,416 3 0 129,156 5 7 244,128 4 9 164,735 12 7 79,392 12 2 " .. .. '.

18'70 083 35,529 :; 8 7;;,764 111 135,701 8 2 240.094 15 9 161,191 12 2 85,803 3 7 .. .. .. 18'71' 711 44,415 5 2 83,391 3 0 137,318 18 3 265,125 6 5

.. : ' ·n

166,933 :; 4 98,192 1 1 " .. .. 18'72 741 47,125 15 9 97,588 7 6 147',tlO!; 2 9 292,623 6 0 184,808 11 9 108,314 14. ' 3 .. .. .. 18'73 794 37,821 13 5 94,297 1 5' 108,043 5 lJ *290,162 6 9 193,384 511 96,778 010 " .. .. 1874 802 31,995 0 0 98,737 16 9 171,189 10 6 !*301,882 7 3 196,923 0 2 104,959 7 I .. .. ..

I Sh1ll- Numbers' Inland. Received Ilnd Despatched .. Total. of

Year. <--.~

Telegrnplilc :,Messages

Letters. Packets. Ne.wspapers. Letters. Packels. Ne'YSpapcTS. L<etters. !' Packets. N ewspnpers. Transmitted.

- ,. -----6,276,~23 !

.. 1862 4,345,066 .. 2,310,346 1,931,557 .. 2,598,873 .. 4,909,219 211,685

1868 4,581,169 .. 2,164.475 2,055,122 .. 2,766,171 6,636,291 • .. 4,930,646 234,520

1864 4,778,028 : 40,443 2,763,044 2,012,2IG 22,468 2,908,001 6,790,244 62,911 5,671,54~ 256,3a0

1865 5,579,097 70,871 3,151,385 1,906,711 37,017 2,~86,144 7,485,803 107,888 6,O37,~29 279,741

1866 6,61>0,000 ~67,843 2,495,045 1,981,133 47,362 2,943,343 8,631,133 315,205 6,438,388 211,787

1867 7,668,200 2'8,332 2,435,934 1,904,790 48,421 2,471,885 9,567,990 286,753 4,907,819 235,648

1868 7,905,067 • 272,942 2,527,549 l,844,649 51,201 2,446,553 9,749,716 324,143 4,974,102 276,677

1869 8,759,848 I 314,695 2,596,892 1,822,863 61,344 2,654,435 10,582,711 876,039 5,251,327 277,132

1870 9,288,153 344,515 2,697,579 1,845,130 -- .'68,77f: . "-2,589,903" '-11;133;283 413,28G 1i,287,482 454,598

18'71 9,900,064 394,398 2,807,501 1,8l6,102 75,149 2,365,469 11,716,166 469,547 5,172,970 537,398

1872 11,000,000 452,711 2,998,633 1,941,095 103,7;)5 2,492,130 12,941,695 55~,486 5,490,772 639,900

18'78 12,342,690 594,591 3,524,857 2,133,085 112,725 2,55;;,150 14,475,085 707,316 6,080,007 718,167

18'74 13,250,000 1,116,755 4,123,200 2,488,888 153,067 2,743,718 1,0,738,888 1~269)S22 6,866,918 701,080

In 1869 tllc EI"'"lric Telegraph was amalgamated with the Post Office Ilepurtment, and from that period the llevenue and Expenditure for both Services appear under one head. .

A separate ncco'mt of packets was not kept previous to the year t8r.4 .

.. The cost of Mllstruction and repairs of Electric Telcgrupil lines (1'17.., £15,519 for 187:1, find £24,131 for 1874) is not included in theJe figures. Previous to the year 187" el<pendlture or the kind WIIS borne upon tile E.limatcs olthe l'uhllc \\' ork.s Department.

..

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27

APPENDIX B.

RETURN showing the Interruptions to Telegraphic Communication in Victoria during the Year 1874.

Date. Designation of Line.

1874.

Points of Interruption. Period of

Interruption.

Ja.nuary 5 Gippsland .•. Bright ... Cross Country Gippsland ... Stawell Branch Ureswick ... No.3 Western

... Between Melbourne and Brighton ...

... Between Beeehworth and Bright '"

... Between Stuartmill and St. Arnaud

... Between Melbourne and Dandenong

9 hours

8 "

" ,.

" " " " ,. " " " "

5 5 6 9

12 12 14 Iii 17 22 24 29 30

5 "

Ditto ... Stawell ... St. Arnaud .•• Sandhurst No. 2

.., Between Stawell and Ararat .. . ••• Between BalhLrat and Creswick .. . ... Between Streatham and Mortlake ... ... Between Streatham and Hexham ... ... Between Ararat and Stawell .. , ... Between Avoca and Stuartmill ...

Between Castlemaiue and Sandhurst

5 4 6

12 ... 14

3 5 8

Gippsland ... '.u Ditto ... • ..

Between Sale and Port Albert ... Between Port Albert and Stockyard Crejlk' ...

No.1 and 2 Western ... At Campcrdown ... .... .... .

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Between CIunes and Maryborougb ••• .•. Betweeri Mornington and Flinders .••

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10 Sonthern Coast .. . 10 Gippsland... .. . 12 Western... .. .. 14 Suburban... ... 14 Gippsland ... . .. 14 Western No.1, ... 14 Coast ... • .. 16 Gippsland ... 16 North-Eastern ... 16 Western Coast .. . 17 Southern... . .. . 23 Daylesford... . •. 24 No.4, 5. lmd 6, Weste;rn 24 No.2 Western .... 26 Cape Otway ... 27 Western... • ..

Between Geelong and Queenseli.tf ... ... 12 Between Berwiek and Shady Creek ... 9 Between Port Albert and Stoekyard Creek... 10 Ditto, ditto, ditto... 10 Between Mornington and Flinders... ... 7 Between Port Albert and Stockyard Creek... 5 Between Camperdown and. Warrnambool ... 14 Between Mornington and Frankston ... 14 Between Berwiek and Sale ... ... 12 Between Camperdown and Colao ... ... 6 Between Melbourne and Mornington ... 12 Between Shady Creek and Berwick ... 6 Between Wangal'atta and Beechworth ... 12 Between Camperdown and 'Varrnambool ... 8 Between Melbourne and ~Iornington ... 5 Between Castlemaine and Daylesford ... 6 Near Werribee '... ... ... ... 11 Between Colac and Camperdown ... 12 Between Geelong and Cape Otway... ... 36 Between Williamstown Junction and Werribee 7

2 Ditto ... . ... Between Warrnambool and Portland ... 12 12 12 8 3

3 Ditto .. . 4 Ditto .. . 5 Sandhurst .. . 5 No.3 Western

II Cape Otway

18 No.3·Western 23 Gippsland ... 26 Western ...

... Ditto, ditto

... Ditto, ditto .. .

... In Sandhurst office ... .. .

... Between ~Ielbourne and Geelong .. . n. Between Geelong and Cape Otway .. . .•• 12

.... Beyond Casterton '" ... • •. 2 ... Between Shady Creek and R~sedale . ... II ... Between Belfast and Portland and Camper- 12

down and Warrnamliool

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26 Gippsland ... . ... Beyond Port Albert ... .. •• .2! " 28 No.4... ... 28 Chiltern Branch ... 31 No.1 and 2 Western

Between Clunes and Talbot ... Between Chiltern and Beeehworth ... Between Campc:t;down,Warrnambool, and

12 " 12 " 12 "

31 Gippsland ... Portland •

... Between Port Albert and Stoekyard Creek ... 12 "

7 South Coast ... Between Flinders and Cape Schanek 13 North-Eastern ••• Between Melbourne and WaJlan ••• 15 1 and 2 North-Eastern- Between Kilmore and Seymour .. . 16 Gippsland ... ... Between Rosedale and Sale .. . 18 North-Eastern 1,2, & 3 Between Kilmore·and Seymour ... 28 Gippsland n. ... Near Shady Creek ... ...

2 ... '12

6 9

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29 No.4 ... Between Dunolly and Tarnaguila ... 7~ " I Swan Hill ••. I No.6 1 Suburban ...

... Between Kerang and Swan Hill ... ...

... Between 'Williamstown Junet.ion and Werribee

... Between Hawthorn and Collingwood ...

2 North-Eastern Railway Between Wangaratta and Benalla ... .. . 3 Ditto ... . .. Ditto, ditto ..... .

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4 Ditto ... • .. 4 No.6... .. .

Ditto. ditto ...... 12 " Between Williamstown Junetion and Werribee 5! " Between Stockyard Creek and Wilson's Pro- 3

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7 Suburban... .. . 7 North-Eastern .. .

16 North-Eastern No.3 .. . 16 Southern Coast .. .

montory Beyond South Yarra ... . .. Between Kilmore and Broadford ... Between Newmarket and vVallan ... Between Sandridge and Snapper Point

18 Gippsland ... ... Between Port Albert and Stockyard Creek .. , 20 Southern Coast '" . NelLI' iSehnapper Point ... ... • .. 20 Wood's Point Branch i 13ctween Jamieson and Mansfield... ... 21 No.4... ... I At M!Lryborough ... ... ...' ...

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12 " 3 "

Supposed or ascertained Causes.

Decayed posts. Tree feU on line,

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" " Bad weather. Line blown down. Post down. Line blown down.

" " Tree fell on line.

Defeet in 'l'albot office. Defeet in leading in wires at

Eisternwiek. Ten posts burned down; Two posts burned down. -Tree on line.

" " Altering wires. Tree fell.on line. Men working on' line. Bush fires.

" Line blown down. Seven poles down near Frankston Line blown down.

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" " Defeet in Colae offiee. Trees on line and blown down. Post down.

Men working on line .

" Wi~es fused bY'lightning. Fault in Geelong office. Line interrupted by thunder-

storm. Men elearing timber. Tree fell on line. Lines blown down by storm.

Tree on Posts broken down. Line down. Stormy weather.

" u Unknown . Men working on line. 'Vires crossed riear Sale. Unknown. Leading in wire broken at Shady

Creek offiee. Lines crossed.

}'ault main battery, Swan Hill. Unknown. Caused by dray with trees com-

ing iu contact with wires.

} Unknown. Fault diseovered

in Benalla Railway office.

Unknown. ,

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Lin~' broken. Unknown. Lines down ten miles from Mel-

bourne. Unknown. Line repairer working on line. Unknown. . Defeetive eonnections at Ma.ry­

borough offiee.

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RETURN showing the Interruptions to Telegraphic Communication-continued.

DesIgna.tion of Line. Points of Interruption. Period of Interruption.

Date. I 1---------------1---------------------------__

._.1874. May 26 Heathcote Branch

29 Suburban ...

June

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5 Northern Railway ... lfi No.5 Ballarat ... 16 Ditto ... . .. 17 Gippsland ... . .. 17 Suburban.. . .. 17 North-Eastern Railway 17 No.4... . .. 19 Ballarat Railway ...

22 Gippsland ... 22 No.3 Western ... 23 Ditto ... . .. 23 Wood's Point Branch 24 Alexandra Branch ... 25 No.1 and 2 Western 26 Gippsland and South

Coast 26 Suburban ... . ..

·27 Ditto ... . .. 27 North-Eastern Railway 27 Gippsland ... ...

3 Wood's Point Branch 7 Gippsland, Western and

N orth-Eastern 8 Western, Gippsland, and

North-Eastern 9 North-Eastern, Gipps-

land, and Western 22 No.4... . .. 22 Walhalla Branch ... 27 North-Eastern Railway 29 Maryborough Railway 30 Ditto ... . .. 31 Ditto ... . ..

Between Kilmore and Maryborough. At Hailway Bridge ... ...

Between Sunbury and Lanceficld Hoad Between Melbourne and Werribee ... At Time-ball Tower, William street Between Shady Creek and Rosedale At Coburg ... ... . .. Between Wangaratta and Chiltern ... Between Melbourne and Geelong ... At Williamstown .Junction ...

Between Berwick and Shady Creek .. . Between Strcatham and Mortlake .. . Ditto, ditto .. . Beyond Jamieson... .. . Near Darlingford ... .. . Beyond Terang ... . .. Near Windsor Railway Station

Between Emerald Hill and Melbourne Between St. IGida and Brighton .. . Between Newmarket and Wallan .. . Near Melbourne ... ... . ..

Beyond Jamieson... ... . ..

~ Alm~t uuwo,k.bl, '" .•.

Between Clunes and Talbot .. . Between Hosedale and Walhalla .. . Between Violet Town "lid Longwood Between Maryborough and Ne,vstead Ditto, ditto Ditto, ditto

August 4 North- Eastern No.3 Between Melbourne and Wallan

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Railway 5 Ditto ... ... 6 Ditto ... . ..

13 Walhalla Branch ... 13 North-Eastern .. . 20 North-Eastern No.3 .. . 20 All Northern .. . 21 North-Eastern Railway 22 Walhalla ... . .. 22 No.3 Western .. . 24 Ditto ... .. . 25 Gippsland ... . ..

4 Gippsland... . .. 7 Wahgunyah Branch .. . 7 Cape Otway .. . 8 Ditto ... . .. 9 Ditto ... . ..

12 Northern Railway .. . 15 Suburban ... .. . 18 No.4... . .. 21 22 23 24

Western ... . .. North-Eastern .. . Northern ... .. . South Coast and Gipps-

" 30 land

Eehuca·

Ditto, ditto Ditto, ditto Between Rosedale and Walhalla Between Wodonga and Albury Ncar ~orth Melbourne .. . Ditto, ditto .. . Between Kilmore and Wallan Between Rose<iHle and Walhalla Between Penshurst and Hamilton ... Ditto, ditto Beyond Shady Creek

Between Shady Creek and Rosedale Between Beechworth and Wahgunyah Beyond Geelong ... ... .. . Ditto ... ... .. . Ditto ... ... .. . At North Melbourne ... . .. Between Collingwood and Hawthorn Between Stuartulill and St. Arnaud

} All uff,,,,, by ,">umy w~th", ...

Near Eehuca ... ... .. . October 1 Northern .. . ... At River ... ... . ..

5 Suburban .. . ... Between Emerald Hill and Sandridge

Near Gisborne ... '"

9 hours 6

6t 12 16 3 I

4~ 6 3

12 12 12 I~

6 5 5

4

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No.4... ... North-Eastern, No.2 Gippsland ... . .. No 3 Western ... 'Gippsland ... ...

3 North-Eastern Hailway 3 Suburban ... .. .. 4 No 3 Western ...

12 Western ... . .. 13 Ditto ... '" 13 No.2 North-Eastern ... 21 Swan Hill & Deniliquin 21 Western... . .. 21 Gippsland ... .. . 25 Heathcote Braneh .. . 25 Sandhurst No.2 .. .

bourne "Ild Castlemn.ine Betweell Stuartmill and St. Arnaud Between Seymour and I,ong',"ooel ... Between Shady Creek and Rosedale Between St.reatham and Mortlake ... Between Shady Creek and Rosedale

Beyond AYenel '" ... . .. Near Hawtborn... ... . .. Between Geelollg and Werrihee ... Between Portland and Mount Gambier Ditto, ditto .. . Between Benalla and \Vangaratta .. . Heavy gales ... ... . .. Ditto ... ... . .. Ditto ... ... . .. Beyond Kilmorc ... '" ... Between Castlemaine and Sandhurst

12 12 10 12 5

6

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12

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Supposed or ascertained Causes.

Broken by fallen tree. Two poles blown down.

Posts down. Unknown. Interrupted at time-ball to'IYer. Unknown. :Fault. at Coburg office. Unkno,wn. Fault at Footscray office. Fault at Williamstown Junction

office. Floods. Line down.

" " Snow on mountains. Man falli ng trees. Unknown. Lines.down.

Wire·down. Wire broken near Prahran. Line broken. Wire broken.

Unknown.

Stormy weather.

Unknown.

Cont;act for clearing timber. Men working on line.

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Unknown.

" " Men working on line.

I By house coming in f with wires. Unknown. Heavy gales. Heavy westerly gales.

" " " ., Stormy weather. Unknown.

" Lines down. Wires crossed. Unknown.

Stormy weather.

contact

Wire broken.

D~feet' f~und in Railway.

Emerald Hill

Pole broken. Unknown.

Wire broken near Kerang. Unknown. Thunderstorm. Stormy weather. Five poles do,vn. near Rose-

dale: Unknown. Supposed Hawthorn key open. Unknown. Stormy weather.

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RETURN showing the Interruptions to Telegraphic Communication-continued.

Date. Designation of Line. Points of Interruption. I" i Supposed or ascertained Causea, .., --~ ... ---

1874. Nov. 28 Gippsland ... ... Between Port Albert and Stockyard Creek ... 8 hours Heavy storms.

Dec. 7 Chewton and Fryers- Between Chewton and Fryerstown ... ... 8 "

, " " town

" 7 Western NO.1 and 2 ... Between Warrnambool and Belfast ... ... 4 "

Unknown.

" 8 Sandhurst Railway ... Beyond Sunbury .. ... . .. ... 2

" Key open.

" 9 Suburban ... . .. To Brighton ... .. , ... .. . 6

" Unknown.

" 9 Homsey Braneh ... Near Laneefield ... ... ... .. . 4! "

Several poles blown down.

" 10 Ditto ... ... Ditto ... ... ... .. . 12

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15 Suburban· ... ... At Coburg ... ... ... . .. 3~ " Wire broken.

" 16 Southern Coast ... Near Melbourne ... ... ... . .. 7! "

Wire down.

" 16 Nos. 1 and 2 ... Near Geelong ... ... ... .. . S "

Wires down.

" 16 Otway ... ... Between Geelong and Cape Otway ... ... 8

" " ,.

" 16 Western ... ... Between Geelong and Winchelsea ... 12

" I"ines blown down.

" 17 Ditto ... ... Between Warrnambool and Belfast ... ... 12 " " "

" 18 Ditto ... ... Between Geelong and Werribee ... ... 12

" Poles burned down.

" 19 Northern Rail way ... Near Melbourne and between Kyneton and 4 ., Heavy storms.

Castiemaine, and Castlemainc and Maldon

" 19 Swan Hill ... ... ... . .. '" ... ... 12

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19 North-Eastern ... ... ... ... '" ... 12 ,. " " "

19 Walhalla Brancl1 ... ... ... ... '" . .. 12 ,. " " "

21 North-EasterIl and Swan Hill and No.4 and 5, Gippsland line, 12 "

Deranged by yesterday's storm. i Sand hurst

" 21 Suburban ... ... i Brighton ... ... ... .. . 4Jj- "

Defect found Brighton office.

" 23 Balian ... ... Near Bacchus Marsh ... .. . ... 12

" Line down.

" 23 Gippsland ... ... Between Port Albert and Stockyard Creek ... 12

" By late storms.

" 23 No.4 ... ... Between Werribee and Geelong ... ... 12

" " " 24 Ballan 1 and Gippsland' { '2 " } Unknown.

" ... '" ... .. . 'All day

" 26 Homsey and Lancefield Between Romsey and Lancefield ... '" 8 hours Stormy weather.

" 28· No. 1 and 2 North- Between Kilmore and Seymour ... ... 12 "

Strong ground circuit through :Eastern iron pole.

" 29 No.2 North-Eastern ... Ditto, ditto ... ... 12

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31 Terang ... ... Between Melbourne a.nd Werribee ... ... 8 "

Unknown.

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Ballarat Railway and St. Arnaud lines crossed between Geelong and Ballarat. North-Eastern lines crossed between Beeehworth and Cbiltern; also Suburban lines crossed near Richmond Western coast lines crossed between Camperdown and Terang. North-Eastern lines crossed between Bcechworth and vYodonga. Western coast lines crosscd between Colac and Camperdown; also between Portland and Mount Gambier. Northern and Swan Hill lines crossed between Kyneton and M.almesbury. North-Eastern lines crossed between Wangaratta and Beechworth. North-Eastern lines crossed between Wangaratta and Beechworth. North-Eastern lines crossed between Wangaratta and Beechworth, Western line No.3 on ground near

Mortlake. Western No.3 on ground near Mortlake. Ballarat Railway and St. Arnaud lines crossed between Geelong and Ballarat. North-Eastern lines crossed between Seymour, Longwood, and Wangar<l.tta; also between Beechworth and

Wodonga. Swan Hill crossed with Sandhurst line, St. Arnaud line on ground between Geelong and Ballarat. North-Eastern lines crossed between Benalla and Wangaratta and Beechworth. Western coast lines crossed between Terang and Warrnambool, Suburban circuit crossed at South Yarra. Western coast lines crossed between Terang and Warrnambool. Western coast lines crossed between Colac and Camperdown. N ortb-Eastern lines crossed between Benalla and Wangaratta, and Suburban wires cros~ed at Emerald Hill. St. Arnaud line crossed; also Sandridge and Mornington line crossed. North-Eastern lines erosscd between Longwood and Benalla. St. Arnaud line crossed with Ballarat Railway wire between Geelong and Ballarat. St. Arnaud line crossed with Ballarat RaHway and Ballarat line. North-l~astern lines crossed between Kilmore and }[elbourne. Cape Otway line crossed with BaHarat line between Melbourne and Geelong. Ballarat line crossed with St. Arnaud line in Ballarat district. Western No.3 crossed with Ararat line between Ballarat and Beaufort. 'Vestern coast lines crossed between Portland and Mount Gambier. North-Eastern lines crossed between Wangn,ratta lmd Beechworth. North-Eastern lines erossed between Wangaratta'and Beech worth; also between Wahgunyah and Beechworth. North-Eastern lines crossed between Seymour and Benalla; 'also Wangaratta and Bceehworth. Western coast lines crossed between Camperdown, Belfast. and vYarrnambool. Northern line crossed with Daylesford line. Western coast lines crossed between Camperdown and Colac. North-Eastern branch to vYood's Point crossed near BenaUa. Southern coast line crossed with Sorrento line. Southern coast, Cape Ot\vay, St. Aihand, Ballarat Railway lines crossed between Melbourne and Geelong. North-Eastcrn lines crossed between Seymour and Longwood; also Beeehworth and Albury. Northern lines on ground between Melbourne and Kyneton. Western coast lines crossed between Camperdown and Terang. Western coast lines crossed between Camperdown and Terang. 'Vestern coast lines crossed between Camperdown and Terang. Northern and North-Eastern lines crossed near North Melbourne. All Western, Cape Otway, Ballarat, St. Arnaud, Qucenscliff lines crossed near Werribee. W e~tern coast lines crossed between Colac and Campel'down. Snburban line crossed between Sandridge and Mornington. Northern I ines crossed between Castlemaine ttnd Sandhurst. Northern lines erossed between Melbourne and KYlleton. Western lines crossed between Camperdown ani! Wal'rnambool.

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1874. REMARKS--co~tinued.

March 4 Western lines crossed between Portland and Monnt Gambier. 'Western lines crossed between Colao lmd Carnperdown. " .,,"

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9, '" North-l~astern'lines crossed bet.wecn Benalla, vV!tngamtta, and Beeclnvorth. . North~Easterll lines crossed between' Ileechworth andVV odollga; 'also between Wangaratta and Benalla. l\fortll-Jj:m;tern lines crossed be~w~ell,Melbourne and llihnore; also between Melbourne and Newmarket, 'Western lines crossed lJetween Geelong and Ballamt. vVires crossed between Melbourne and Collingwood. . vVestern lines crossed between (Jamperdown and vVarrnambool. North-Eastern lines crossed between Wangamtta and Beechworth. Western lines working ba(Uy, atmospheric disturbance. Western lines crossed between Geelong and Ballarat.

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NortlIern:lines crossed. between Gisborne and KYllcton. 2 Western lines crossed'between Colac and Camperdown .. 2 All lines affected by atmospheric disturbances. 6 North-Eastern lines crossed between Melboill'lle and vVallan,walian., 6 Western lines working badly" atmospheric disturbances .. 8 North-Eastern,lincs crossed between Beechworth and, \Vangamtta.

11 vVestern lines crossed between Melbourne and Geelong. 15 Western lines crossed bct\veen.rvIelbourue and Geelong., 21 Western lines crossed between Portland and Belfast:·

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22 W'estern lines crossed betwcen Portland and 13elfast. 27 Western lines crossed between Geelong and Ballarat. . 29 Western lines crossed between Camperdown and \Varrnambool.

1 vVestern line's crossed between' Ca,mperdown and Warrnambool. 2 \Vestern linescrossed bet\\'ecn Campertlown and vVarrnambool. 8 Nortb-Enstern lines crossed .between Kilmore and Sevmour.

12 North-Eastern lines crossed, between Kilmore and Seymour, 13 North-East9rll Hailway line~.crossed,near Newmarket railway station. 20 St, Arn(1ucl line crosscd,between Creswick and Clunes, , 21 North-l<~astern lines crossed between Eldorado and Beechworth. 23 Western Hnes crossed between Terang' and Warrnmubool. 27 North-l~astern lines' Cl'ossed .between Longwood and Benalla. 28 . North-Eastern lines, crossed between l~ongwood and Benalla . 29 North-Eastern lines crossed betwcen Longwood and Benal\a,

1 Northern and Sandhurst lines crossed ncar Castlenmine. I Western crossed with BaJlamt line ..... ' .. ' ...• " :l 'North-Eastern Railway lines crossed north of Broatlforcl. 3 North:Easteru RnilW!1y'lines crossed north of-Broadford. 6 Swan Hill line crossed between Maldon (md Dnnolly. 6 Suburban circuit, Coburg interrupted, ,;"1' ,.

8 North-Eastern lines crossed between vVangaratta and Beeehworth, 8 ... Swan Hill and Sandhurst linc:s crosscd betweel)..Kyneton and Castiemainc.

10 .... i Western and Ballarat lines crossed befweell>Geelong and Ballarat. I i Suburban circuit to Oollingwood and Hichinolld crossed. 12 Suburban circuit to Collingwood'alid Ric.hmond crossed. , 20 Western and Ballarat lines crossed between Balla.rat and Beaufort. 26 Western lines crossed 'occasionally,!' ' . .', ' . 29 North-Eastern and Wabgllriyah branch 'crosseu. 30 :-Iorth-Eastern and Wahgunyah bran'ch erossed ; ,also between \Vangaratta and Beechworth.

1. , ... , NOI·th··]ijastern and Wahgunyah branch c'rossed; also between Wangaratta and Beechworth. '2 N ortli-Eastern amf iVahgunj'ah b,:n.iJ.el1· crossed; also between \Vangaratta and Beeclmorth: 2 North-Bastem and vVfLhgllnyah branch crossed; also, between Beeehworth and Wodimga. 3 Nortb-Eastern andWnhgullyah branch crossed.. .", ,,! ! .•

6 Western dines. crossed between Carnperdoim' and .\Varrnambool. 6 Wood's ~oint and Ga(fney's Creck wires crossed.' ' 6 Sandhurst and Ecbuca wires crossed near North Melbourne, 9 Western lines doivn between Termig. and Warn1<imilooJ' i also ncn.r Caramut. 9 :Elinders and Sorrento \\-il;es erossed'nen.! Snapper Point, . 9 North-Eastern liiles croiise<l ill scvefal plitces'oetwecn' J,ongwoo(l and Beechworth, '

10 Western lines crossed between W lirl'llamhool and Belfast; also between Portland and Mount Gambier. ,10 vVestern lines crossed betwcen Camperdo,wll and Warrnambool.

16 North-Eastern lines crosser! between \Vangaratf.lL andlleeeiIworth. 16 North-l~astern Jines crossed; arso vVahgimyah hrancb: 17 North-]i]asternlil1cs down between "\Vil,ll~arat.ta and Beeehworth. 21 Nortb-]':astern Hanway and Wahgunyah wires·crossed. ' . 22 N orth-l':astern Hai I way and \Vahgull,pih wires crossed, 24 North-I~lLstern Railway llue in COllt,wt with earth bctween ~WaJlan mul Broadford. 25

" 27 North-~astern Ha~lway line crossed; ., ,:' ,~ J. North-l"'Lstcru Rallway line .and Wahgullyah crossed.

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vVestern line crosscd between Belfast and Portland Western line crossed between Camperdown a.nd vVu.rrnambool. Wes~~rp line. crossed between Campcl'uown l,Lnd \Varrnambooi. ~ewstcad and Maryborough Railway wires crossed, : Newskad and Maryborough Hailway w.ires:ci·osserl,· Sandh1ll'st and Echuca lines crossed bctwcen Castlemnine.and Sandhurst ..

,North,l£nstern lines crossed between Wall an ,and Mclbourne ; also between Beeclnvorth and \Vodonga. North-Eastern Hailway and Wahgunyah brilllch cr<;>ssecl. North-Eastemlines crossed mId broken between \Vouollga find Albury.

,:Westcrn lines crossed between Portland and Mount Gambier. ' Western lines crossed between Portland and "M:oUllt.Gambier.

. vVestern lines crossed betwecn l'ortlantl rulei l'I'I011llt Gambier,' Nort.h-]~astcrn lines crossed all day" , :. ,'. . .Flinders and Sorrento lines crossett , North-Klstern lines crossed l)ct\Ve~n Melb.omi:te a-qd llilmorc. 't', '

North-]~a.stern lines on ground h!;ltween Seymour and Avenel, and crossed between Benana and Wangaratta.. Swan Hill l\nd 8andhurst lines crossed between l'Ifelbonme find Kynetoll. Swan Hill ;;'ncl Snndhnrst lines crossed bct\veen'Melbourne and Kyneton. \V cstern coast lincs crossetl between Colae and Camperdown.

... North-Eastcrn lines crossed between "\Vnngnratta and Beechworth. North·Eastern lines crossed bctween llilmorc aIlt1 Seymour, 8wan Hill and Sandhul'st lines crossed between Melboum'e and Kyneton. N orth-J·;astern lines crossed between Kilmore and Melbourne.

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REMARKS-continued.

Western and Northern lines crossed between Melbourne and Geelong. Western and Northern lines crossed between Ballamt and Geelong. Cape Otway and Western crossed between Geelong and Winchel sea. 'Yestern lines crossed between Melbourne and Werribce. Cape Otway line crossed between Geelong and Winchclsea. Swan Hill and Sandhnrst lines crossed. North-Eastern lines erosse{l. Western Jines crossed between Melbourne and 'Y crribee. Western lines unworkable; stormy weather. Eehuca and Sandhurst lines crossed between Castlemaine and Sandhurst. N ewstead and Maryborough l.{ailway wires crosscd. Western and Ararat lines crossed between Ballarat and Beaufort. North·Eastern HIles crossed between 'Yaugaratta and Beechworth. North·Eastern lines crossed between Wangaratta and Beeehworth. Mornington and :Flinders wires crossed between Melbourne and Mornington. All Northerll lines or08sc(l; pole broken near Gisbome station. Swan Hill and Salldhurst lines crossccl betwecn Castlemaine l~nd Melbourne. Sul)urban circuit to Jliehmoml cl't)ssed. Suburban circuit to Hichlllond crossed at Bridge road. Mornington and Flinders lines erossed between Brighton and Schnapper Point. North·Eastern lines crossed Ileal' Wodonga. North·Eastern lines crossed near 'Yodong:l. vYestern lines crossed between Colae and Camperdown. Snburban circuit to Collingwood denlnged. ~Western lines crossed between Colac amI Camperdown. 'Yestern and Ararat lines crossed bet.ween Beaufort and Ballarat. Northern Railway,Sandhurst, an,l Swan Hill lines erossed between Melbourne and Kyneton, Sandhnrst and Swan Hill lines still crossed. 'Yestern lines crossed near North Melbourne; men repairing. Nortll-Eastern lines crossed between \Yangarn.tta and Heechworth. Western line interrupted, Footscray office. Sand hurst and Echnca Hailway lines crossed between Melbourne and I{Ylleton. Northern lines crossed between Melbourne and Castlemaine. North-Eastern and Western lines crossed, North Melbourne. Birregurm and Western lines crossed near 'YinclIelsea. Westcrn lines crossed ncar Camperdown, North·Eastern lines crossed between Benalla and Wangaratta. Flinders and Gippsland line crossed near Brighton Junction .. ::'iorthern lines crossed between Castlemaine and Sandburst. North-E .. stern lines crossed between Bemtlla and Wangaratta. North·Eastern lines crossed between Benalla and \Yangmatta. ., . North·Eastern lines crossed hetween Benalla and Wangamtt'L." Northern lines crosscd near Melbourne. < .. ,. Suburban circuit to Collingwood crossed. North-Eastern lines between Kihllore and Benalla. North-ElLstern lines between Beechworth and Albury_ North·Eastern lines between Bcnalh and Melbourne. Western line interrupted between Belfast and Warrnamhool. ~Western line interrupted between Portland and Mount Gambier, and between Melbourne and Geelong,

; and betweeu Geelong and Birrcgurra. 'Yestern line crossed between Geelong and Colae, and between Geelong and Terang. Queenscli:tf line crosscd by Ballarat. < North-Eastern line crossed between Longwood and Wangaratta. North·Eastern line crossed between Longwood and Wangaratta. West<ern lines crossed bctween, Helfast aud Warrnamb{)oL North-Eastern lines crossed between Wangamtta and Beechwortli, and Beechworth and, Wodonga.. ~W estern lines crossed near Mel bourne. N~)rth-Eastern lines crossed at Hailway station, Longwood; also at Kilmore. Northern lines crossed between Castlemaillc and Sandhurs!;, • Northern Jines Cl'OSSCll between Castlemaine and Sandhurst. ~uburban circuit to Coburg temporarily interrupted. Western lines crossed between Melbourne and Werribee. North·Eastern lines erossed between Seymour and Benalla, North-Eastern lines crossell between SeymoUl' and Beualla. . '.' Northern lines crossed between Castlemaiue and Sandhurst. , ,'. Hallarat and Creswick line crossed; :tlso between Clunes and Talbot. Sale line crossed with Flinders wire near Melbourne. . ' Western lines crossed between Melbourne ,md Geelong, and Gee~ong and Camperdown. North·Eastern and Wahgunyah branch crossed. . Northern lines crossed between Castlemaine and Sandhurst .. 'Yestern lines crossed beh\'een Gcelong and \Yerribee. North-Eastern Hailwav crossed between Avenel and Broadford.' North-Eastern lines crossedlietween Beechworth and Albury, Longwo<od and Benalla. Northern line crossed Ileal" Ecl1uca. , Northern line crossed near l~chuca. . l'ITorth·}Dastern lines Cl'ossed between Benalla and W .. ngaratta, and Avenel and Seymour. Northern Jines crossed between Sandhurst and ];;Chuea. . NotthcTn lines crossed between Sand hurst and Eehuca.. Cape Otway and Birregurra lines down on ground. Flinders line on ground near Junction, Ballarat and Maryborough lines down, between Ballarat and Crcswick, and DUliOlly and Maryborough. Korth-Eastern lines «rossed between Kilmore and Seymour. Ballarat line crossed with St. Arnaud line between Geelong and \"" crribcc. Western and Northern lines crossed near North Melbourne . Snburban cireuit to St .. Kilda 11l1d Hawthorn defective. Korth-]~astern lines crossed between Benalla and 'Yangllmtta; also broken near \Yodonga. Western lines crossed and down between 'Verribee, Geelong, and G,mperdown. W cstern and Ararat lines crossed betwcen Ararat and Beaufort., ,.' Northern lines crossed between Melbourne and Jfootscmy JUliet,ion. North-Eastern lines crossed between Bcnnlla and Wodonga. Western lines crossed between Melbourne and Geelong. \Yestern lines crossed between Melbourne and Geelong, North·Eastern lines crossed between Benall,~ an(J Wangarattlt, Beeehworth and Albury. Western lines crossed between Melbourne and Werribee. .'. . .

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APPENDIX C.

STATEMENT showing the names of the several Electric Telegraph Stations and the Lines of Telegraph now . in op~ration in the Colony of Victoria.

: I Extent in Miles

Extent in Miles. Main Lines. from the N am" of Station. Branch Line. Name of Station. Melbourne Office.

r ·Melbourne .. Parliament House Branch Il,arliament Houses "1 1 from ~[elbourne " Treasury Buildings

I 'Yilliamswwn .. Geelong Birregurra Branch Winchelsell. " "j 37 from Goelong .. .. .. Birregurra •. .. Queenscllff

1lo1lTlll!Rt< COAST LINl!l " 137 i .. .. .. Point Lonsdale •• .. Point Lonsdale •• .. 4. from Queensclifl Sandridge

I l\!oruington Sorrento

I Cnpe lichanck \. l'Undcrs

I lIfonllt Gambier Portland Belfast .. -. Korolt Branch .. .. KoroU .. .. 9 from Belfast WESTEnt< CoAST LrNl!l .. 303 \Varrnarnbool

I Terang Camperdown

\. Calac

NORTII·WESTEltK LTNE .. 70 ! Ballan Bacchus M n.rsh

( (Buninyong Branch { Sebastopol .. j 1 from Ballarat .. Buninyong .. I I Linton Branch

.. t Smythesdal" " 23 from Ballarat

I .. " Linton .. Scarsdale .. 3 (rom Smythesdale

I Ballarat .. .. { Rokewood Branch .. Rokewood .. .. 20 from Smythesdale I Stawell Brunch •• ! Ararat .. "1 ~7 Irom Ballarat .. Stawell .. CROSS COlTNTRY-WESTERN ..

I,INE .. .. 333

1

Beaufort lLenrmonth .. .. Learmontll .. .. 12 from Ballarnt .. Streatham Hellham lIiortlake Curamut Penshurst Hamilton .. .. Portland Branch •• .. .. .. . . ~ from HamUlon Coleralne

\. Cn.terton

CllB OTwAY Lum o. 1~0 Otwny

r Footseray Leigh :Road Creswlck

1 Daylesford Carisbrook

CROSS COUlil'RY Lum .. au Talbot

l Mnryborough " Majorca Brunch .. .. Majorca .. o. 11 from Maryborough elunes Avoca Stuartmill St. Arnaud

( Tnrnagulla

1

Inglewood Serpentine Kcrang Swan Hill

{ Lanc.field .. Glsborne •• Ramsey Bra.nch "I 24 trom Glshom • S., AN HILL LINE 231 .. . . Romsey .. .. Kyn.ton " :\[1l1mesbury .. Chowton Branch .. Chewton .. .. 3 from CfllItlemalne Tarildale .. " Fryerstown Branch .. Fryerstowll .. .. 6 from CasUemaine Castlemaine .. Newstead BrBnch .. New"tead .. " 10 from Castlemaine Muldon DunollY

N OB"rIlERN LlNlI 1M { Sandhurst .. .. Eaglehawk Branch .. Eaglehawk .. .. ~ from Snndhurst '0 Ecbuca

( Kilmore Heathcote Branch Heathcote .. .. { 31 from Kllmore .. " .. 25 from Sandhurst

I tRuShworth .. "} Seymour .. '0 Rushworth Ilranch .. )Iurchison .. .. 60 from Seymour Nngambie "

j Longwood •• .. Alexandra Branch .. Alexandra .. 30 from Jamieson

I Mansfield .. "J {WOOd'S Point Branch .. ( Jamieson .. . . So from BenalJa Benalla .. .. 'Wood's Point ..

NORTH.EAS'reRN LINE .. 210 Gaffney's Creek Branch .. Gaffney's Creek .. 12 from Wood's Point ,,\\TangaruttR.

{ Yackandandah Eldorado "} {WnhgUnyah Branch Chiltern· .. .. 50 Irom Beechworth .. Wahgunyall ••

Beechworth .. Rutherglen ..

Bright Branch Bright .. .. 35 from Beeeilworth Wodonga

\. Albury

r Dandenong BerwIck Shady Creek

32 from Rosedale Rosedale .. .. Walhalla Branch .. Walhalla .. .. GIPPSLAND LINl! .. ~71 , ,

Sale Bn.imsdale Branch ! Bairnsdale .. "1 43 from Sale

I .. .. .. Stratford .. ..

Port Albert Stockyard Creek

\. Wilson's Promontory

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STA-TE:It!ENT showing the Names of the several Electric Telegraph Stations and the Lines of Telegraph now in operation in the Colony of Victoria-continued.

Extent In ~ile. MainLines. from lhe Name of Station. Branch Line. Name of Station. Extent in Miles.

Meloourne Office. \

-~

rCOJUngWOOd ..

} Richmond .. .. Hawthorn ..

RAILWAY CIRCUIT. SUBURBAN CmCU1T 1 South Yarrs .. 25 .. Prnhran

r Spellcer street .. !>lewm"rket Emerald Hili .. Sunbury St. Kilda ..

J Lancefield Road Brignton .. Woodend Elphlnstone

NOliTHUN LIM!! .. 196 CasUemaine l " .. ~. Maryborough Creswlck Sandhurst Runnymede

i • Ecnuca (Ballarat Un. (I) •• .. 97 I Williamstown Line (1) •• 9j ( "THlillillstown Pier ,Melbourne to Albury (1) 200

{ WilliamstownJllnction J JUelbourne to Mount Werrlbee Gambler (I) •• .. 303

WESTERN L'NE .• .. I27j Geelong SPECIAL WUiU .. :Melbourne to Morning. Bunlnyong I tOil (I) .. .. 85 Ballarat West Ballarat, to Moryhorough 44 Beaufort CasUemalne to Sandhurst 22

, :Melbourne to Henalia .. 12~ ( Wallan-wallan ~Melbourne to Temng .. 13' I Broadford

I Seymour Avenel Long\vood { Brunsw!ck NOBT1l.EASTERN LINE .. 200 , Yio!etTown Coburg Branch .. .. .. } Ii from MeIbonrne I .. .. Coburg

I Beualla .. .. Wangaratta Chiltern

l Wodonga

Snowing" total of U9 stallons or oflice.; 3,387~ mile. of lIne, provided wIth ',399 miles of Wire.

APPENDIX D.

STATISTICS of Business from 1854 to 1874, inclusive.

Year. ClISh Revenue. Charge for Number of Total Number

Government Tclegrnms. Government Telegrams. Of Telegrams.

£, s. d. £, s. d.

1854 ... 223 2 7 1,037 ° 5 1,570 3,869

1855 ... 3,162 13 11 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 ° 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 ° 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 ° 63,506 277,787

1867 ... 29,148 12 2 6,588 18 0 59,887 235,648

1868 ... 31,058 6 8 " 9,916 1 II 57,047 276,677

1869 ... 34,183 ° 5 10,460 10 7 57,966 277,132

1870 .. 33,145 10 4 5,996 12 9 ,60,634 454,598

1871 ... 36,941 17 1 5,247 ° 4 63,877 537,398

1872 ... 42,617 17 3 7,029 11 9 85,645 639,960

1873 ... 45,322 17 5 9,056 7 7 124,319 718,167

1874 ... 42,825 9 7 9,055 1 4 121,285 701,080 _ .. _ ....

\ 558,930 3 11 206,750 17 5 1,1l5,838 5,871,481

No.6. e

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"''''''-XPPENDtX')' It:· ., " t~ II':',

" . ~ .{,~. nl~ ." .,~,"",,:, .l-;. .... .Jj . .r l:'/;~_" . .f"'j:~:·" ~:'"!": ' :.~l:ht ,', ..

LIST of Post. Offices in Victoria, with Names of Postmasters alld tl1e. Amoun.LQf ~h.eir. SI!J~r,ies, for. 1'8:74.

Office.

Aberfeldy Adebide Lead Alberton Alexandra Alfredton Allansford Alma Alma, Lower Alphington ... Amherst Amphitheatre Anakie Apsley Ararat

Salary or Allowance. ~ .. . Office.

£ s. d. .'-",,', j

J. Hefferin .... I 40 0 0 Branxholme.:. /.<,. 1'. , C. Nollel' ";-'1 20 0 0 Braybrook ....... , .. · ... J.,Dicksonl N. Christensen "', 20 0 0 Br·eak.o'-.Qay~:;';:·~ : '... D. E. Thomas

j'" H. C. Campbell 120 0 0 B"('tlKwater ... :;·,·t t ••• C. Smith ; I ,T. H. Palmer 15 0 0 Briagolong ~.,,:;!':c:. .... M. Firzgerald i .... J •. Anderson~;'J'''''''. 40 0 0 Bridgewater::o;~~1.;:rdd9n J. SLebbins · . lB"'Wild's'" .;;:. J , 35 0 0 Bright. . W. H. Hollick · "', "iii-> "M" "'f "k . ,'" 20 0 0 Brl'ghUm.' .. t......... F. 'l')loruas' : .... ,. ,V,Y • ' .• etrlC.:e '1.', ... .... .

,,' I .. ·· J, S. ,Adams.. 25 0 0 Brighto~' SoutK:.. J. G. Iteynolds ,I 'J';P:Smith' ." 50 o:!·I(f " ?:, 'Biighton East·, ." W.· N orquay

.~ ... <, ,.Am);:) Hardie ... , 35 0 0 Brimboal';:.:f.: '.' W. T. l'ugh .:.: '. 'G,cBelcher" . ::. 25 0 0 Broadford ... . J. McLeish

jl)1.'·A.~;Bo.ttereit :.:. 65 0 0 Broadmeadows G: Couser K. L. 'Murray 250 0 0 Brown Hiiur.:. .J. 'Bradbury Mary SpeL.cer 10 0 0 Brown's Diggings·. J. Booth . Arcadia

Armst~ongs ... .. ~8COt t L 'I, £,'~ ,.'. ;:",,1;;

· r·.·. G. S. Nas,on .,... 30 0 0 Brown's Plains' G. Bro\vn '.~ .. T. O. C~i~htoD.;.:.!.· 25 "0:"0(.:: 'j(' Brunswick·'. ;,'. ",'. '. George

Avenel Avoca Avoca Forest Avon -Plains-... Axedale

W. Campion 55 O. 0 Bvuthen .,.r":·.. R. McDougall I '" P. R. Arkins '" 220 0 0 Buangor .... . R. Hornsby , ... 1 D. Stewart .. 30 0 0 Buckland '." M. White ..... H:-Stratford " ........ 35" '0--0--' ,: ',Bulgoback . ... .;;;. ·.J-;-·Hardy .. ··

·W.'T:Caiiiir .1,;:.:. ""25' '0' 200""" . .1<' Bnlla ,I ". '<'.;> t.:,. :!,.':,J :W:"TIethell Bullarook J. T. Ham

Bacchus Marsh T. Taubman 60 0 0 Bullarto J. Slee ... Bailheston '" VV'. Oppermann... 15 0 0 Bullengarook W. Gorman Bairnsdale ... B. C. Jones lS0 0 0 Bulltown' A. F. Cross Bald Hills '" D. Slattery 15 0 0 J:luln-buin H. Fraser Bald Hills (Gippsland) 9. Rumpff 15 0 0 I Bulumwaal G. Allen Balian Geo. Flack 65. ,0 9 "'.. . ,J3.un~.oqra W. Emms Ballangeich ... W. Tomlinson 20'· ,0 0 .1 .. v~ BUlJg~Bong J. N ich01ls Ballarat William Thacker 4S5 0 0 Bungaree T. Chalmers Ballarat East G. Tress . 30 0 0-- ... -.lluninyong ,.. ... G. A. Firmtln Ballyshanassy W. F. Clark 20 0 0 Buninyong Railway Station W. J. Hughes Bctlmattum '" D. McKerua~ ,.:,.'>;).0). 0,,:9~ I ,:.i''Uur¥~) Flll.t . '.;:;, J. Goulett Balmo~~L ....._ ~ .... B:. ri~~~.. . .. ' .. : '. 40 . 0 __ o .. 1. Burnt Cre~k. " .J. G. Russell Balnarnng... . .. i P. '\ ansnyien '" 15 0 0 : Burruml:ieet ... -.J. -Mille'r' .. Balwyn ... ';"J",,,,;,ls::.!;'o. ~E'nnett ,-', .• J;,; 10 0 O.A.l ., Buxton... F. N ieholls ~~;[~~tp ::: .<mr~~:"I)'ii.o~~~!:e~~'e;·::::·"';;:~ .. -g .. gJ!:;~\li 1."",Byaduk ·C";·,. L. Anderson

Barker's Creek -.--.. --: .... "E;--no'man .' ·_· .... :---20 '0"0'- .. -Cabbagetree ,L·-I3enson-·, Bn,rkly ... ... ,f, Chllesman ... 25; Q J q.,. California G.~lly T. Jones Barkstead ... ,' C. W. Caddy 20' 0 0 Callawadda ... .J. M. Joyce Barnawartha Qii ::': W . .\\ cKeoniF" 45, 0" 6' \1', CambJrwell ... :".: 1\· Keen .,!., Barry's Reef \;':'.::1 W. Shaw 1,;~ .... 50 0; 0, ;·,:Cambriall·Hill. ~;. J,.Renkir!". Bass , :: :,;, D. B. !Kenuedy. ... 25: o. O. ,Campasp§ ,.... . J. O'Brian Batesford .... II. A.'Smith ... 30· 0 0 I' 'CampbeHfield G; StranKS' Bayncon Gt'.!;(.J'. E. Pay·· .. ·" 20: 0' 0 [ .• Campbell's Cre·ek." C. Tolstrup Bealiba ,~.,ri.,E. Lyndon : :.!. 35. Q., o· :' ,Camperdown· John Duigan Beaufort , ....... Thomas Lewis ... lS01.0, 0 . Canterbury... .i\f. Wall~ Beeac /;,,,::,,uA• Gilbert ";"":. 55! () 0 I" Oll.pe Ilrillgewater'" 0: lleddihlh Beechworth '" . \·;(i ll !li.. B. Hodgson· .'):. 350! 0: OJ i: Cape Clear ...... ,; A. L. Gibson Belfast .,f,h:UJ. A. Lynar ...... :. 350 (h 9.] ,,~Caramut. J;:. McD,onald Bellarine ;., .. :· .. ,I.W. A?~.rew8'r...... 25/ Q. 9 .. Carappo?e S: J. Edelsten Belmont . ~.~~ l J'

T Wllhams " ... .'.. 25; 0 (') (lr, Cardlg?n' 'n " .. " J, .. W. Surman

Benalla ' !: .,.'\'''', H. Saxe' ':.'. '.-:. lS01 O. 0 ". Cargane, ..... ,... J. Hewit~.;, Bendoe .. · ... ·I.F . . T. JOIIC'R .... 20' 0 (l ". ,Carisbrook ... 1 D •• T. O'Brien Berlin ,,' .. ""i"lL ~: Williarn~'.:. 50' () (r ""'Carlstuh'e' ; .... ' d." Isaac Jlhiilips Berwick :J ulia MulcaliY· ':t. 72: «) or "Cal'lsr.uhe Railway Station A. Cobham-'Bet-bet .\ ........ ~. Mary;Grllnt~ » ........ I 251 0. 0 ,.:._Carltqn '. . ''',,: C. G. L~')VC'?n

Salary or Allowanoo.

£ ,8. d. 50 0 0 ·20 ,0 ',0. 30 0 0

... , 20 0 0 15 0 0 35 0 0

180 0 0 SO 0 0

*60 0 0 *95· o· 0

20 0 0 50 0 0 30 0 0 35' 0 0 15 0 0

.... 15 .. 0 0 *220- o· 0

35 0 0 50 0 0 30 0 0 10 0- 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 35 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 25 0 0

150 0 0 45 ·0 0 20 0 0

.. 1 20' 0 0 \ "'55 "0"0

]0 0 0 25 0 0

15 0 0 4.5 0 0 15' 0 0

*65 0 0 35 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0

'*'100 0 0 "180 0 0

15 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0

120 0 0 15 0 0 30 0 0 20 0 0

Beveridge . N. Fie ~(;her \ "1" •11:" I' 29: 0. if '.'. Carnghn,n:' ... , J. Crowtlier BIg HIll P. C' I L eny ... If), 0 b Carpendelt .. , P; Morrison Birregurra Dawkins . , .;.. 72' 0, 0 ". Castertoll ....... I • ·F. L. Merchant ... Blaek Hill Ann Turner;.; .. , "c.. 20 0 0, Castlemaine ...... , " E. H. Stodart

150 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 80 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0

lS0 0 0 350 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0

Black Lead A. 'V. Chap:.uaii:.. 15: d O· .. (Jastle Reef' .::", 8: O'Tciille 13la~eville J. T.IChapman·· :;.. 2U: 0 1» '.,. Cathcart· :-';'. G. Ahrehdts Boblllawarrah J.Wallllee .... " ... 10 0 (') :lCauifiel4 '., .. : .. ',' R.Boxill. Bonang n .. 1I,arriotL. .. , : ..... 10; 0 p[ .'.,' Caveridi,h t " . i • '. A. lYfeC'alluru Boneo J. Cb'amen ... 10 0 0 . Ceres' . ... R. McD;{ugall Boort .J. Martin f'! ~ / }.,'. Hi 0 0·:' rl.,' Charlton' ., .... ".~.. G. Do b,ie:. Bo .. Peep Hill D. C\arke :! ;;'., Id 0 P " :, Chat~worth ... ~ .. !:." A. H. Amoore Bowman's Forest .. ... w. 11. Moore ..... 35 b 0 Cheltenham ... if. Trail" Box Hill ...... '-'::.- -S:"P,,!dgli'ilm-"'-:;:- ~31i 0 0 Chepsto'We W, B. Wilson

r --: to ;' til; j ;,J:!.~J":l ft,"' : ,: \'f (\ :':1(;- ; t.! ','

I ! ' ,,- .... " .... _ ...... _-. "'- --.... _._-_. --·-'--'-".Incll;d~s.~olli·o1 letter.dclivery._ ... _. .. :>. . .' ....

*S5 10 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 15 0 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 20 0 0

LIST Of Post Offices in vj'ct01·i~, with Names df Postmaste;'~ nn'd:Amounts 'of,'S'alari~s/foi: iS742!-coniinui'd.:

' Offi ... ,

, Chetwynd ... Chewton ... Cbiltern ... Chinaman's Flat Christmas Hill Clare Inn ... Clarendon ... Clarke's Hill Clifford, , ... Clunes ; ; ... Clyde Clydebank

.. ... Clydesdale ... Cobbler:s, Gully Cohden ... Cobram ... Coburg ... Cockatoo (Narrigal) Coghill's Creek Coimadai Creek Colao ... Colbinabbin ... Coleraine ... Collingwood ... Condah ... Connewarre ' ... Conover ... Coongu~merang Cooper's Creek Cope. cope ... Corinella. ... Corop ... Corryong" ... Costerfie)d .. , Cove ... Cowes ' .. Cowie's Creek Cowwarr ... Craigieburn ... Cranbouine .. Cressy ... Creswick ... Crossley' ... Crossover Diggings Crowlands '" Croxton East Cundare Cunninghame Curlewis .. , Dandenong ... Dargalong ... Dargo Flat ... Darlingford '" Darlington '"

,

Darraweit Guim Dartmoor ... Daylesford Dean ' ... Dean's Marsh Deep Lead '" Delatite ... Dennington ... Deptford ... Dereel ... Denicull Creek Derrimut ",

Derrinalium Devenish ... Devil's Creek Diamond .Creek Diamond Hill· Digby . ... Diggersrest ... Dimboola Dobie's Bridge Docker's Plains Dolly'S Creek DomaMungi

----.. , .

&laryor " • :1." , ., ;Ns.m •• Allowance. Offi .... Nama.

-. .. . - . -,- .. .. ..

: £ 8. d. ... JI4. Cussen ... 20 0 '0 Donald ... ... J. A. Meyer . .. ... J.Lamb ... *91 16 0 poncaster ... .. . 'J. Culliford ... ... H.~mms ... ISO ' 0 0 Donnelly's Creek .,zt~' Marshal ... ... A. .a~son' ... 45 0 0 Doo~alQQk ... ... :vI. Kemp ... ... Thos. Young ... 10 0 0 Doo 'e South ... H. Playford ... ... Christina Wells .. , 40 0 0 Doon ... .. . M. Jones ... ... A. McDonald . .. 20 0 0 Dromana' ... .. . A; Haldan ... ... J. Daly '" 15 0 0 Drummond .. , , ... C. M.Roen ... , .. S. H. Sleator ... 20 0 0 Drik-drik ... .' . 'C. S: Dunbar ... ... J. L.'Collier . .. 350 10 0 Drung-drung . , . J. Sliarkes .. ... A. Manke . .. 15 0 0 Dry Creek' ... J. ,8 erring ...

C.A .. ~enby 10 0 0 Dry Diggings T. Elliott . .. .. , ... ... E. ~utcliffe ... 10 0 0 Drysdale ... . .. . C. Brazier '" ... R. Miles ... 25 0 ,0 Duck Holes ... . ... G~ Mis'camble ... . .. C. MO]YllP;UX ... 25 0 ,0 Dunach' ... C. H; Corfield ... . .. H. Campbell ... 15 .0 .0 Dunkeld ... . .. S. Fisher . .. S. A. Reid ... *151 0 0 Dunnstown ... D. ])',Arcy ... ... G. L. Kusel ... 15 0 0 Dunolly ... .. . H. P. O'Connell ,,, ... vV'. Matthews ... 25 O' 0 Dnrdidwarrah ... R. A. Honor .. , ... D. Bower '" 15 0 0 D'urham Lead ... R.Lamb ... , .. I Fredk.iDore .. , 200 0 0 Durham Ox ... .... R.'Kemp .. . ... I C: H;. Wendall ... 15 0 0

Jane Constable ... I Henry:Salkeld ... ! 180 0 0 Eaglehawk ... ... S. Montefiore ... 350 0 .0 East Sbelbourne ... T. S. Sampson . .. ... T: Maxwell ... 35 ,0 0 East Trentham ... P. A. Doyle ...

J. W.alther ... 20 0 6 Echuca ... . .. D. W. Forbes .., . R. Quick 15 0 0 Eddington ... ',A. Gray' . .. ... . .. ...

... T: Holloway .. , 20 0 0 Edenhope ... J. Welsh ...

... J.Day ... 15 0 0 Edwards" Reef J. Dolan ... ... R. Bennetto '" 20 0 0 Eganstown ... . ... , D. Vanderbilt . ..

. .. J. Mitchell ... 10 0 0 Elaine . .. ' W. Montgomery . .. M. Jacobson ... 45 0 .0 Elaine Railway Station P. J'.' L. Jenkins

... R. Strutten ... 20 0 .0 Eldorado ... .. . T. Holderness .. .

... F. FiiJld ... SO 0 .0 Ellerslie ... ... S. A;'Coughlan .. . ... J.Laidlaw ... 20 0 0 Elmhurst ... , .. H. Speers .. . J. West 50 0 0 Elphinstone ... W.O'Gonnor . ..

'" ... ... ... M. Jones ... 10 0 0 Eisternwick ... . .. ·G •. Morris .. . ... T. Gebhardt ... 15 .0 0 Eltham ... . .. A. Hanniford . .. ... J. Baker ... 25 0 .0 Emerald Hill ... M. ASBinali .. , ... A.·Thomson ... 45 .0 .0 Enfield ... .. . D. Ke ly ...

1'..A., Hall 45 0 0 Enoch's' Point J. Bain .. '. ... ... .. . ... Joshua Thwaitfls ... 350 0"'0 Ensay ... . .. H. Johnston .. . T. Malone 15 .0 .0 Epping ,'. F. Vockenshon ... ... ... ... .. . J.Ve;ey ... ,IS 0 0 Epsom ,; R, Sharp ... ) ::. . .. . .. ... S. J. ilkinson ... ' 25 0 0 Essendon ' .. , ... J-. West '" ... H. Jahn ... 15 0 0 Estcourt . .. ... J. Pra.tt .. . ... B. Harlock .... 10 0 0 Eurambeen .., ... M. Kelly ."

"', W. Roadknight , .. 15 .0' 0 :E;uroa . I J. de. BOOB j ~ •• .. , .. . R O'Loughlin 15 0 .0 Eurobin'" : S. Winter ... ... ... ... ... . , Evansford ... R.Hastie ... ... ... J. Dobson . .. 100'0 0 Eversley . .. ... H. H. Mansfield ...

.... j T.:Tidbould ... 15 0 0 Everton' ... ... T. Dav.enport .. . '.1., B.:'Kelly ... 25 0 0 : ... J. Dunn ... 35 .0 0 Faraday ... ... J. Boyle . .. S. D: Hodgson 40 .0 0 Fernbank J. Scott ... ...

'" ... ... ... M • .Ai; ¥l'ancis . .. 25 .0 0 Fernshawe ... ... 'M:. Jefferson .. . A. MoDonald ... , 20 0 0 Ferntre,e Gully W. K.!Ross ... .. , .. . John"Nicol ... 250 0 0 Fieriiingto,n , ... A . .B. Brady ... ." '" C •. Naples ... 30 .0 0 Flinders .A:. Worall ... ... ... . ..

'" J. Schram ... 20 0 0 Flynn's Creek ... D. Barclay ... M. J. Sweetman ... 25 0 0 Footscray Margt. Larritt ... .. , ... . ..

... W. Lovick ... 10 0 0 Forbes . ~ .. ... 'R. O'Dwyer ... ... A. O'Sullivan ... 25 0 0 Forest Hill ... ... R. Peacock . .. ... H. McKinnon . .. 10 .0 0 Framlingham +", B. Lee ... C. Brown 10.'0 .0 Franklinford W. Bumstead .. , ... ... . .. ... S. Couper ... 10 '.0 0 Frankston ... S. l\:f, Savage .. .

... n,. Hopkins ... 10 0 0 Freeburgh ... , Nj:. McKaye '" ... ... D. Hoggart ... 20 0 () Freshwater Creek . .. C. Vaina ... W. Lievesley 20 0 0 Fryerstown 'S: H. Hazlett ... . .. .. . ... ... G. Hansen ... 20 0 0 Fyansford ... ... 'T.Littlewood ... J. F. L. Edmonds 25 0 0 ...

... Jane Nixon ... 25 .0 0 Gaffney'S Creek ... 3'. Weatherhead ... . .. M. Tmvn8end '" 3.0 .0 0 Gap ... . .. ~J. MUrphy . .. R. Bonnelly 30 .0 0 Garvoe 'J, Glowry ... . .. . ... ... .. . ... W. H. Lloyd ... SO 0 0 Geelong '" . S. C. Vivian ... .. . R. Bates 20 0 .0 Geelong East T. S. Stone ... ." .., ...

... n. S~ Parfitt ... 20 0 0 Geelong West ... J. Birrell ..,' ... B. Nesbit ... 15 0 0 Germantown ... A. Benari . .. "" N. Chenhall ... 10 0 0 Gheringhap , .. ... W. Moore ...

• Includes cost of Jetter delivery,

c2

"&la.ryor .Allow .... ce. _ ..

£ 8.

60 0 20 0 20 0 10 0 25 0 25 0 ,65 -0 20 0' 10 0 20 0 15 0 15 0 45 0 15 0 25 0 50 0

' 15 0 220 0'

30 0 25 0 35 0

100 0 25 0 15 0

350 0 50 0 35 0 15 0 3.0 0 25 .0 40 6

100 0 15 0 25 .0 45 0

*92 0 30 0

100 0' 15 0 20 .0 20 0 20 0 35 0 15 .0 15 0 20 0 45 .0 20 .0 20 0 3.0 0 20 0

10 .0 25 :.0 15 '.0 15" 0

*130 0 20 . 0 15 0" 72 0

d. 0 6 0 () 0 .Q .0 0 0 g 0 () 0 0 6 o o o o o

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100 0" 20 0 . , . 90 '0 15 1.0' 25 0

466 13 20 0 25 .0 20 '.0 15 0

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36

LIST of Post Offices in Victoria, with Names of Postmasters and'Amounts of Salaries, for lS74-cQntinued.

Ollioe.

Gipsy Village ... Gisborne... . .. Glendaruel ". . •• Glendonald .. . . .. Glengower... .,. Glenluce .. . Glen lyon ... .. . Glenmaggie ... . . , Glenorchy... . .. Glenpark... . .. Glenrowan... .. . Glenthompson .. . Glenvale... • .. Gnarwarre... ... Gobur ... '" Golden Gully ... Golden Lake ... Golden Point ... Golden Square ... Goldie ... '" Goldsboro' Reef .. . Gooley's Creek .. . Goornong... .. . Gordons... .. . Graham's Hill ... Grant ... .., Graytown... .. . Great Western .. . Greendale... .. . Green Gully ... Green Hill ... .. . Greensborough .. . Green's Creek .. . Greenvale... .. . Gre-gre ... . .. Grenville... .. . Greta ... .. . Griffith's Point ... . Growler's Creek (Wan-

Name.

M.Lewis ... R. Haines ... H. Judkins .. . A. Gillan .. . W. McKinney ... C. Hilder .. . J. McFarlane .. . G. Green ... J. Wallace ... J. J. Glen .. . H. J. Reynolds .. . J. McLennan .. . W. S. Welsh .. . P. Corbett .. . G. E. Sin cocks .. . R. Haines ... J. Young ... E. Hopper .,. J. Miller ... J. Douglas ... T. N. King ... T. Hope ... T. White .. . S. M. Robertson .. . J. M. Thomsett .. . J. Travis ... W.Oddy .. . R. J. R0berts .. . M. Cassidy ... F. Lauer ... W. Mellen J. Iredale C. F. Procter .. . G. R. Hancock .. . Eliza Dowling ... E. Tucker S. Ellis T. Smith W. Dunphy

diligong) Guildford ... ... J. Sinclair

Haddon ... Hamilton ... Happy-go-Lucky Happy Valley Harcourt , .. Hardie's Hill Harkaway .,. Harrietville .. . Harrow .. .. Hartwell .. Hastings ... I

Havelock .,. Hawkesdale ... Hawthorn ... Hazelglcil ... Healesville ... Heathcote ... Heidelberg .. . Hepburn .. . Hesket ... Hesse ... Hexham ... Heyfield ...

. .. H. Sims ...

... George Harriott ...

... C. Collins ...

... W. Craig ...

... S. Williamson ...

... W. N. L. Pearse

. .. J. Hessel

... W. D. Harkin ...

... C. R. TuUoh ...

... J. J. Burns

... H. Peddle

. .. J.Rule

... J. Davidson

.•. 1\1:. Haverty

... A. Smith

... L. Flanagan

... A. J;. Sutton .. ,

... F. P. Dunn. ...

. .. J. Hill ...

... Mary Orr

... E. M. Jenner ...

... S. Hannah

... A. H. Crooks ...

... A. M. 11cKeand

Salary or Allowan~e.

£ s. d. 10 0 0 55 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 85 0 0 10 0 0 85 0 0 15 0 0 65 0 0 15 0 0 80 0 0 85 0 0 15 0 0 20 0 0 85 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 60 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 20 0 0 45 6 0 10 0 0 50 0 0

*100 0 0 25,0 0 j!0 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 15 0.0 20 0 0 25 0 0 85 0 0

70 0 0

40 0 0 850 0 0

20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 15 0 0 SO' 0 0 15 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 10 0 0 85 0 0

180 0 0 50 0 0 80 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 65 0 0 Heywood .. .

Highton .. . Hillsborough Hit·or.Miss .. . Hochkirch .. .

. .. J. Nicol

... T. Brown

. .. J. James

. .. O. Muller

25 0 0 ... 20 0 0 ... '2000

20 0 0 Homebush .. , Horsham " Hotham ... Hotapur ... Huntly .. . Hurdle Flat .. .

IlIabarook ... Indigo,

... J. McKinnon .. .

... J. Langlands .. .

... J. Macgibbon .. .

... J. McEachern .. .

... B. Cartnell

.. . G. Armstrong ...

... J. Russell ,.. C. Robinson

15 0 0 100 0 0 80 0 0 15 0 0

.40 0 0 10 0 0

15 0 0 20 0 0

Ollice.

Inglewood Inglewood (Old) Inkermann .. . Inverleigh .. . Irrewillipe .. . Italian Gully Ivanhoe

Jamieson ... J anefield ... Jan Juc Jarklin ... Jasper Road Jones' Creek Jordan ... Joyce's Creek

Name.

... J. H. Kibble ...

... M. Power ...

... J. E. Matthews ...

... R. Murray ...

... T. Whyte ...

... J. Dowd

... E. Crisp

... H. J. Howson .. . , ... J. Peacock .. .

... W. Cook .. .

. .. W. Hardy ...

... W. Ward .. .

... J. Burns .. .

... 1'1,. J. Donaldson ..

... i F. Frankling ...

Kalkallo . .. . .. P. Crichton ... Kalymna... ... J. Bramley ... Kangaroo Flat ... J. Hopkins '" Kangaroo Ground ... W. MqLaughlin ... Karabeal... ... W. W. Berry ... Keilor ... ... R. G. Ely ... . KeHor Road Station ... W. R. Mullens .. . Kensington ... ... M. McWilliams ... Kerang ... ... J. Comyn .. , Kergunyah ... ... J. P. B. Ffrost ... Kew ... ... F. Barnard .. , Kewell ... ... M. Coffey ... Kialla ... .., J. Furphy ... Kiewa ... . .. J. Lawson .. , Killarney ... ... J. J. Madden ... Kilmorc ... ... G. E. Groves .. Kilmore East ... E. Higgins .. . Kimberley ... ... E. Saunders .. . Kingower... ... F. W. Wallis ... Kingston ... ... T. Rossell ... Kiora .. , ... T. . ggin ... Kirkstall... ... J. . y ... Koetong... . .. W. Ligbtbound ... Koroit· ... ... J. J. Doherty ... Kyneton... ... H. B. Bristow ...

Laaneeoorie ... ... G. Gardiner ... Lakc Bolac ... W. E. Veale ... Lake Town ... • .. A. F. Wane '" Lal-lal ... ... C. H. Orr ... Lamplough .. , ... P. M. Fogarty ... Lancefield... '" J. N. Beaseley ... Lancefield Road Station W. W. Moule ... Landsborough ." J. Johnston ... Langley... ... J. Twyford '" Lara ... '," M. Walker .. . Larpent ... ... Jane J. lfcKay ... . La Trobe Bridge • ... S. Thomas .. .. Lauriston... ... J. Crymble ... Lawloit ... ... J. McNevin ... Learmonth ... ... W. McKay ... Ledcourt ... ... T. W. Dadswell '" Leigh Creek ... J. Mungovan .. .. Leigh Road ... ... E. Pohlman .. . Leonard's Hill ... J. Wilkie .. . Lethbridge ... ... A. Ross .. . Lexton ... ... W. Fairlie .. . Lilydale... ... H. Perrin , .. . Lintons .. , ... G. Montgomery .. .

• Lismore '" ... J. Parry .. . Little Bendigo ... O. Skogland .. . Little River ... .., W. Madden .. . Lockwood ... ... S. Bspie .. . Longerenong ... T. Davey ... Long Gully ... ... A. Pentreath ... Longwood '" ... F. St. Leger ... Lord Clyde ... ... D. McRae ... Lome ... T. Mountjoy ... Lower Buckland ... J. Dunphy ... Lyall ... ... T. Lowes ... Lyndhurst... ... P. Walker ...

• Includes cOIIt 01 leUer delivery.

Salary or Allowance.

£ s. d. 180 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 10 00 10 0 0

150' 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0

"'35 00 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0

25 0 0 15 0 0 60 00 85 0 0 15 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 25 0 0

148 4 0 10 0 0

*210 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 65 0 0 45 0 0

200 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 60 0 0 45 0 0 15 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0

100 0 0 850 0 0

25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 40 0 0 20 0 0 55 0 0 85 0 0 75 0 0 60 0 0 85 0 0 80 0 0 10 0 0 35 0 0 20 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 35 0 0 50 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 20 0 0 85 0 0 85 0 0 80 0 0 55 0 0

150 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0

37

LIST of Post Offices in with Names of Postmasters and Amounts of Salaries, for 1874-continued.

Office. Name.

Macarthur ... . .. J. Law ... Macedon ... ... R. Stewart . .. McOullum's Ck. (Craigie) M. Vowles ... Mack's Creek ... J. Dellar ... McIntyres ... ... M. Dawson ... Ma:lfra ... ... W. Campbell ... Magpie ... ... R. Lewis . .. Maidentown ... A. Black ... lfaidsLone ... W. Pullar ... Maindample ... A. McIntyre ... Main Lead ... ... A. Riedy .. , M~{orca ... ... Julia Paterson ... Madon ... ... Thos. Reed ... Malmesbury ... ... J. Roberts ... Malvern '" .. W. J. Wilson '" Mandurang ... ... J. Whitworth Mansfield ... '" G. W. Newland::: Marong ... ... H. Palmer . .. Maroona ... E. Wyatt ... Marshalltown ... W. J. Morrison ... Maryborough ... C.M. Maplestone Maryfield ... ... E. McMaster . .. Marysville ... ... M. Keppell ... Matlock ... ... F. Drake . .. Maude ... . .. T. Biles . .. Melton ,., ... J. Ferris ... Meredith ... . .. P. O'Keefe ... Merino ... ... F. Ford ... lferriang ... ... J. Davies ... Merton ... ... Jessie Nolan . .. Metcalfe ... ... J. Farrant ... Mia-mia ... ... T. Dwyer ... Mickleham ... . .. J. Ellis . .. Middle Creek ... J. Newton ... Middleton ... ... E. Cawood ... Milawa ... ... C. Gardiner . .. Minersrest .. , J. Blennerhassett Mitta.mitta ... '" M. Thompson ... Modewarre ... ... E. Ash ... ... Moe . " ... M. Cain ... Moliagul .. , ... R. Leek ... Moolap ... ... J. Yeoman ... Moolort ... ... Jane McKowen ... Moonambel ... ... C. Middleton ... Moonee Ponds ... J. T. Hinkins ... Moorabool ... W. Simtson ... Moorabool Creek ... G. Stub s' ... Moorookyle .. , ... .r. Manson ... Mooroopna ... ... S. Smith ... Morang (Yan Yean) ... H. M. 'rhompson Morang South ... R. Grant ... Mordialloc ... ... E. Saunders ... Mornington ... ... F. Reed ... Morrison's Diggings ... G. B. Silvester Mortlake ... ... F. A. G. Farrar ... Morton Plains ... J. Millar ... Mosquito Flat ... W. Morris ... Mount Beckworth ... T. Dunu . .. Mount Blackwood ... J. F. Hansen '" Mount Blowhard ... F. Carver Mount Bolton ... R. K. Sanderson':: Mount Cameron ... J. Holden '" Mount Clear ... ... J. Davidson ... Mount Cole ... ... J. A. Carrighan ... Mount Cotterell W. D. Hocking ... Mount Duneed (Puebi~) C. Lamond ... Mount Egerton ... It W. Tanner ... Mount Gellibrand ... J. Duncan . .. Mount Greenock ... J. lfcLennan ... Mount Mercer ... W. W. Birrell . .. Mount Moriac ... C. J. Elden ... Mount Noorat ... Mary J. Evans ... Mount Pleasant ... Mary D. Barbour Mount Prospect ... J. Durose . .. Mount Rowan .' .. J. Gordon ... Mount Wallace '" R. Robertson ... Moutajup ... .., J. Lane ... Moyhu 0 S. If. Staten ... ... ... Moyston ... ... R. Moore ...

Salary or O1!ice. Allowance.

£ s. d. 50 0 0 Muckleford . .. 45 0 0 Muddy Creek Bridge ... 20 0 0 Mulgrave ... ... 15 0 0 Murchison ... 10 O. 0 Murgheboluc . .. 50 0 0 Murmungee ... . .. 15 0 0 Murroon ... ." 25 0 0 Murtoa . .. ... 20 0 0 Muskvale ... . .. 15 0 0 lfyers' Flat ... . .. 10 0 0 Myrniong ... ... 60 0 0 Myrtle Creek .. .

200 0 0 Myrtleford .. . . .. 84 0 0

*128 0 0 Nagambie ... ... 10 0 0 Napoleons ... ...

150 0 0 Nareen ... .. . 30 0 0 Narrawong ... . .. 15 0 0 Narree·Warren ... 15 0 0 N atimuk Creek ...

350 0 0 Nattie Yallock . .. 10 0 0 Navarre ... 40 0 0 Neilborough ::: ... 45 0 0 Newbridge ... ... 15 0 0 Newbury ... ... 40 0 0 New Gisborne ... 70 0 0 Newham ... .. . 60 0 0 Newhaven ... . .. 15 0 0 Newington ... ... 50 0 0 Newlyn ... ... 20 0 0 Newstead ... 35 0 0 N ewtown.Sc~;sdale ... 20 0 0 Nirranda ... 25 0 0 N orth Barna~~rtha .., 10 0 0 Northcote ... 50 0 0 N orth Redesd~le .. , 25 0 0 N uggety Reef ... 15 0 0 15 0 0 Oaklands Junction .. . 25 0 0 Oakleigh .. , ... 25 0 0 Omeo ... . .. 20 0 0 Opossum Gully .. 15 0 0 Orford . .. ... 60 0 0 Ormond ... ...

*145 0 0 Osborne's Flat . .. 15 0 0 Oxley .., ... 15 0 0 25 0 0 Pakenham ... .. . 50 0 0 Panmure '" .., 40 0 0 Pastoria ... ... 15 0 0 Penshurst ... . .. 30 0 0 Percydale ... .. . 84 0 0 Pettavel .., ... 40 0 0 Piggoreet ... ...

180 0 0 Piper's Creek ... 25 0 0 Pirron Yaloak ... 15 0 0 Pitfield .. . . .. 15 0 0 Point Henry . .. 75 0 0 Pomborneit ... ... 25 0 0 Porcupine Flat ... 30 0 0 Pore- unka ... . .. 15 0 0 Port Albert ... ... 20 0 0 Portarlington ... 15 0 0 Port Campbell ... 20 0 0 Portland ... ... 20 0 0 Pow lett Plains ... 45 0 0 Powlett's Hill ... 65 0 0 Prahran ... .., 25 0 0 Preston ... .. . 20 0 0 Preston Hill ... ... 40 0 0 Purnim ... . .. 10 0 0 Pyalong ... ... 15 0 0 20 0 0 Queenscli:lf .. , .. . 15 0 0 QuecnsfcrTY ... .. 10 o ·0. 15 0 0 Raglan ... .. . 25 0 0 Ravenswood ... .. . 45 0 0 Raywood ... .. .

• Includes coat of letter delivery.

Name.

E. Thwaites ... M. Kearney ... G. Stott ... B. Goddard ... M. A. Morris ... Jane Thompson ... G. K. Prime ... J. Anderson . .. J. Hatton ... S. Dalton ... C. Simmons . .. J. Bardin ... J. Mathieson ... W. Sheehan .. . J. Membrey . .. A. Grant ... D. McLean . .. G. Rae ... ... D. Mitch"}l . .. J. Robinson ... J. A. Stuart ... L. Marsden .. . H. Pearson '" D. Delane); ... Elizth. C. 'Afcy D. E. Gibbs .. . A. McLeod ." T. Kurnow . .. F. Wilkins .. . Annie Scott ... G.D. Knight .. . John Lee ... Henry Grimes .. . E. Bastings .., C. McNamara . .. J. Moir ... J. Dewar . .. W. H. Wastell . .. C. H. Hodgson ... E. C. Webb ... M. Horan . .. J. Harrington ... J. B. Carkeek . .. R. Dunlop . .. M.Bourke . .. J. Anderson ... J. Donovan .. . F. W. Rackham ... H. Wise . .. C Marendaz ... F. Blvthman ... P. Kellas . .. T. Sharrow ... J. Crowe ... A. Gray . .. C. H. Bowker ... D. F. Martin . .. W. Hooper . .. Jacob Ferris . .. R. Wright .. . H. McIntvre . .. S. R. Deverell ... J. Guilfoyle . .. J. Morris ... K. E. Chapman ... E. Wood ... W. Wilson ... W. Bickle . .. H. Cathery . .. G. S. Caldwell ... A. Stewart ... C. Tucker E. McP. Stewart R. Johns . ..

Salary or Allowance.

£ 40 20 25 SO 15 25 15 10 10 15 45 10 35

60 25 20 15 15 10 15 25 15 40 20 60 25 15 20 25 60 35 10 10

"'85 15 10

15 50 40 15 25 10 15 55

45 30 10

150 35 10 40 15 25 10 15 20 10 45

180 30 10

350 10 15 84

*100 25 20 30

350 2

20 31) 40

II.

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0

0 0 0

d o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0

0 0 0

Riiabank: ... E. Murphy .. . Rea castle ... .. : .. :'J~ l\{cKee .. . Redesdale: . ... .., :J.MeNiff .. . RedhilI' , ... ... 9. ~ .• Davies .. . Red Jacket .... M. O'Keefe .. . Reedy:Cr!;lek ... G. Davis .. . I~eid's Oreek... ... E. Gannell ... Richmond ... ... Eneas Mackenzie Ri~dell's Creek... :R: Hutchison •. , Roches.ter' ... '1': Seward ... Rochford... .. .. J:.Edwards .. . Rockb;mk... ....;J~ F90tit .. . Roeky:Flat ... ... E. Peters .. . Rocky Lead .... . ... J: H. Werner ... Rokewood ." ... W. H. White .. . Rokewood Junction ...J. Giadstone .. . Ro'ms'ey ... ... W: T.Moffatt .. . Rosebr,oo~ '" .. .H."J. II. Irwin ... Roseda;le... ... S. Baker .. . Ross' Bridge ... W. S. Bryant .. . Ross'. Creek ... ''', . A. J! Oswell .. . Running Creek ... J:F6rsyth ... Runnymede ... . ... W. D. McKee ... Rushw9rth ... ... ,L·H. Roberts ... Russell:s Creek '. ... :M."E. Gadd ... R~therglep: ... ... E. S: Outtrim ... Rye ;. : ... ... G.~itchell ...

Sailol;'S GjJ.lly St. Andrew .. . St: Arnaud··· .. . St, Huberts" St. R;il,da, ... St; Leonarda Sale .• :! .. . Sandfo,rd .... . Sandh~rst .. . Sandon .. . Sandridge .. . SandY'Creek Sarsfield ... .. Scarsdale: .. . Scotchman's Lead Sebastian i ... Sebastopol Serpeu~ine Creek Seymour. . .. . Sl{ady Ore'ek .. . Shelb.ourne· ... . Shelford .~ .. Shepherd's Flat Shepparton' ... Shirley .. . Skipton 1 .. .

Smeaton SJ:llythesdale ... Snake Valley Snowy Creelt Somerville .• , Sorrento ... Soutli Lyndliurst

, South··Mricldeford South .yarra. ... Springfield ... Spring;Gully Spring, Hill ... S priuglmrst .. . Springvale' .. . Sllrings,.; .. . Staffordshire Reef Stanl,ey ... Stawell .•• SL~WE:;11 West Steiglitz ... Stpckyard Creek Stockyard Hill Stonyford .. . Strangwayil ' .. . Stratford ...

, ... J.Pi1terson .. . ... R, Smith .. . ... J. A, B. Smith .. . ... Jane Lawlor , .. .,. :ftL A. Sievwright

It. Smiley ... ':.. J. Coverdale .. . ... J. Ahdillon .. . ... G.,W. B. Vi bert .. . ... i A~ Kirwan .. . ... J. Kelly ... . ... H. Briddon .. . ... . J. Dick .. . .. , E. Knights .. , ... W. L. Clarke .. . ... D. Hawthorne .. . ... I. J.:Landells ... ... C. Hutton .. . ... P. Orr ... . .. .

W. Barry, .. .. , H: S. Brett ... ... H. M. Wilson .. . ... J. LandeUs .. . ... A. F. Rowe ... ... H. Kemmis ... .... A. M. Elder ... ... . A. Dockery ... .. .P~ K:. Tucker ... ... J. Greig ... ... J. Aitken .. . ... ,J; Grant .. . ... E. Allison .. . ... ·D. Aherne .. . ." M • .iVlonks .. . '" J. Turner ... .... 1\!.·Kenny .. . ... J. Malone .. . ... ·S. Knight .. . ... J: Cozens .. . ... J. Coates ... ... W. Barbour .. .

M. Landles .. .. .. . J. Mathieson .. . ... L. O. Peyton ... ... G. Magnus ... ... E. Cooper ...

S. Hodder '" .. : R. Skewes ... ... H. Cameron ... 'w. H. Mulholland . .. 1\£. H.??gson .....

£ $. d. 25 0 0 20 :0 '0 4;5:9 0 15 0 0 15 .0 O. 200 0 10 0 0

2:q0 .0 ,0 ,.40 0 .. 0 i

60 ,0.0 • &0 0 0 10 0 0 15 0 0 20 0' 0 65 0'0 20 . 0 0 50 0 0

. 20 0'0 1500 0

15 O' 0 io 0 0 25 0 0 55 0 0 60 0 0 10 0 0

180 0 0 . 15 0 0

15 0 0 20 0 0

200 0 0 10 ,0 0

100 0 0 io 0 0

3'50 0'0 30 0 0

350 0 0 15 0 0

100 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 70 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 84 0 0 40 0 0

150 0 0 148 4 0 15 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 '30 0 0 30 0 0 45 0 0 50 0 0

200 0 0 35 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 60 0 0 10 0 0 15 0 0

. 100 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 15 0 0 35 0 0 25 0 0 35 0 0

350 0 6 80 0 0 60 0 0

148 4. 0 30 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 92 0 0

: ('} :; ·Office. • .t', ~ 4'.

, ! Na.me •

--~---------------,--.. I--~'.~'-~--'~--'~~'-~-"------"---£ s. d

•.. 20 0 0 Strathfieldsaye ... J. Owen Strathloddon ... .M. 'A.'Pitt ... 20'0 0 StratIimore' ... "... J. Wilson .",... 20 0 0

...... i20 0 O. .. , .. 72.6 0

Streatham... "', .·Isaac·Watt Stuartmill ... M .• J. Smith Sulky Gully... ... G. Redman Sunbury... ... W. McElwee

... 25.0 0

... 450 0 Sutherland's Creek .... ' D.'McCallum ... 20,0 0

. \ Sutton 'Grange 'W 'J:' Eiphinstone Swan Hill:.. ... W. T. Swann

.. , 25 0 0

... 150" '0 0

.. , '20 0. 0

... 10 0 0 Swift's Creek ... E'. J: Johnson Swift's'Creek Junction J:. McMillan'

Tabilk . . .. Tahara. ." Talangatta ... Talbot. . .. Talbotville .. . Tallaro'ok .. . Tangil .. . Taradale ',.~~ Tanlta .. . Tarnagulla .. . Tarraville: .. . Tarrawingee .. , Tat yo on ... Teesdale ... Templestowe Ten-mile Houso 'ferang , ... Terrick-terrick Tholliastown ... Timor·. . .. Tintaldra. . ..

'. To'nglo . . .. Tooborac .. . Toolamba .. . Tool ern ... Toolleen .. . Toongabbio ... . Toorak .. . Torrumbarry Tourello, .. . Towaninnie .. . Traralgon .. . Trawalla .. . Trentham .. . 'rrunk Lead .. . Tullamarine ... Twist's Creek Tylden ...

Ullina. .. . Ulupna West Upper Dargo Upper King River Upper Macedon Upper .1\tIaffra

Vaughan ... Victoria Valley Violet Town ...

... P. Finn ... 30 0 0

... F. Cussen .. : 25 0 0

...;W .. pYring ... .20. 0 0

... James Colles ... :.350 0. 0

.. . A.. Ross . .. 10 0 0

... T.Fox ... ... 60 0 0.

... C:H. Williams ... 25 0. 0.

... ·A~W.Stanton ... ,84,0 0

... W. L. Ferrier .... 1:5 0 0

... G. E. Jackson .... 160. 0 0

.. .. :T .. Limg ... 40.0 0

... . J; Ladson ... 35 0 0

... J. Crowthers ... 25 0 0

...D:Todd ... 20 0 0

. ..F. Field ... 15: 0 0. T. Allen ... 20. 0 0

... L: E! Kinahan ... 100 o· 0

... E. Davies ... 30. 0. 0

... E. Perry ... 15 0 0

... . S: s, Brown ... 45 0. 0.

... P: SJ Watson 25 0 0

... J. Fregon ... 10·0 0

... E~ F, Ewen ... 15 0 0

... G~ Thompson .. , .25 0. 0

... G. Hesketh ... 15 0. 0.

... T. W: Campbell ." 15 0 0

... J; BaSsett ... 35 0. 0

... E. Morell ... 60 0 0.

... IT. E.' Tolhurst ... 15 0 0

... J. MiJ,cGregor ... 20 O.' 0

... J. Finlay ... 20 0. 0

... H. Campbell ... 45 0 0

... S: Parker ... 35 0. 0.

... G. McPherson ... 40. 0 0.

.... R. Hall ... 15 0. 0

... J. Cousins ... 15 0. 0 .J. Burke ... , 10 0 0

.,. A. M. Clayton .... ' 60. 0 0

.... S. H. Lowry

... J. Gracey '" J. Fairley ... : Mahala Izard ... . A. de Forest ... .If: McKinnell

... J. Chapman

... F. W. Dawson ...

... J. Fivey

20 0 0 10 0 0. 40 0 0 10. 0 0 25 0 0.

'20 0 0

30 0 0 10 0 0. 60 0 0

Wahgunyah ... . .. Radk. Kilborn ... J. Adams

350 0 0. 25 0 0

120. 0 0 50 0 0

·20 0 0

Wahring... .. . Walhalla... . .. W. B: Payter

H. Sinclair Wallan-wallan ... Wallan-wallan Railway

Station Wallington ... Walmer ... Wandin Yalloak Wangaratta ...

C. Cutten

Wannon .. . Warburton .. . Wareek ... 'Warrandyte ... Warrenheip ... Warrenmang

... S. Coleman ...

... D.Corbet .. ,

... 'Jane Baker ...

... William Shields ...

... A. Cameron ...

... G. Gray ...

... . C. Fitzgerald .. .

... A. MeDonald .. .

... J: Day ... Q ...

'" J. Croad ...

25 0. 0 15 0 0. 10 0. 0

250 0 0. 20 0 0 15 0 0. 10 6 0 25 0 0 20 0 0. 10 O.' 0.

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LIST of Post Officesjn Victoria, with Names of Postmasters and Amounts of Salaries, ~or 1874:-continued • . -. ..

,c,.' " ,,>. , .,

Sala.rvor Salary 01' Offioe. Name. OJ!loe. Natne. Allowance. Allowa.nce. ... - ... .. , . .

I

£ s. d. .. £ Warrnambool James Fisher 350 0 0 ' . Woodend R. Nicholaon 70 ... . .. ... '" ... Waterloo T. R. Morgan· 20 0 0 Woodford ... J. M.Patison .. . 35 ... ... . , . ... Waul'n Ponds O. Ambler 15 0 () , Woodside ... J.,Collina .. . .. 20

~ ... ... ... Weatherboard HilI '" J. NicholsQn ... 15 0 0 W ood's Point :.,'):t

James Sennett ... 180 Wedderburn J. R. Gray 55 0 0 Woods~ock O. 'Quinn' 25 ... ... ... ... Wehla ... ... J. Brown ... 4,0' 0 0 Woodstock, I"oddon' ... 'G: N. Wardell ... 20 Welshman's Reef ... ;vr. :;Ylorris ... 20 0 0 Woolshed .. , ... M. J. Kerr ... 10 Wendouree ... H. Martin . .. 2.) 0 0 W oolsthorpe , . W. ,Davidson ... 20 Wensleydale ... M. Halkyard ... 10 0 0 Wooragee ... ...

'" H. ,Gale . .. '15 Werracknebelll ... J. A.. Sutcliffe 30 0 0 Woorndoo ... ... $}. I-I'alder .. . 20 Wharparilla ... , . ... J. Brisbane· 15 0 0 Wyndham ... .. , F. Schulze ... 45 White Hills ... . G. S. Butter .. . 35 0 0' ... Whittlesea ... .. , J. Gibson ... 40 0 0 Whorouly E. Tillotson .. , 15 0 0 Yackandanoah H. P. Kennedy ... 84 ... .. . .. ... Whroo .. , ... Chas. Band ... 35 0 0 Y nckandandah Junction J. McCully ... 10 Wickliffe ... . .. J. pyle ... ... 70 0 0 Yambuk '"

,0. Doherty ... 25 Wild.duck Creek ... G. Murrowood

'" 15 0 0 Yandoit ... ... C. Hedges .. . 25

Williamstown ... ,F. L. Outtrim ... .220 0 0 Yangery ... . .. W. T. Ohalkeley, 10 Williamstown Junction C. Nantes ... 20 0 0 'Yapeen ... .., J.Sniith ... 20 Winchelsea '" A.~ H. Belling '" 72 0 0 Yarra Flats ... J. H. Pettl ... 45 Windermere ... ... R. Comber ... 30 0 0 Yarram-larram .. . C. J)evOl;lB ire . ... 15 Winslow W. Oiild

) \ .~.

15 0 0' Yarravil e' .. : ,. J. Palmi;r ' <ll'40 ... . .. ... ... Winton M; Slafford 20 0 0 Yarr~woriga ...

. ' J. Davis' 10 ... . .. ... ... W odollga ::: ... .A.. Cheyne .,. 150. 0 .. 0 Yea. : .. : ... 'S:A. Wall . .. 55 Wombat Creek ... . J .. Nicholson ... 10 0 0 Yowen Hill ,,, .. . .Ellen ,Johnson ... 40

.' ,I. .,

I·' " : • Includes cost of letter dellve ;, , I '"

;" " ;t~. .'

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APPENDIX F. : i l ;', . ~. :

,. REGULATIONS AND SCHEDULES RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION,

PAY, ETC.,' OF SORTERS, LINE-REPAIRERS, STAMPERS,LETTER-CARRIERS, .A:.ND TELEGRAPH 'MESS'ENGERS. ."

(Approved by tke Governor in Council on tke6tk MareTt 1874.~ .';-

II • d. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0,

\ .

I. Every candidate for employment as sorter, line-repairer, stamper, letter-carrier, or telegraph Qualifications of

messenger shall be able to read manuscript, write from 'dictation, and have a knowledge of the first four candidate.

rules' of arithmetic; he shaU also show that he is of solieI' habits, and in other respects. of good chara.cter, and shall produce a certifieate from the Chief Medical Officer, or from some other medical man nominated by the Minister of the department, that he is free from any infirmity of body or mind; otherwise he shall not be eligible for appointment to any of the offices above named, either in the first or second class.

II. No person shall be appointed as a sorter, stamper, or letter-carrier who shall be under sixteen or above twenty-five years of age; or as a telegraph m.essel!-ger if he shall be under thirteen or above sixteen years of age.

III. Where in the present year any officer in the second class in the Schedules annexed, or !my ClAuses III. to officer not in the Third Schedule under the Civil Service Act, has attained to the age of forty-five years, Vll. relute solely

such officer shall not be eligible for appointment to the first ciass of any Of the offices Hamed herein. ~':n~~;.p~;;J:r thO

IV. Where in the present year any officer mentioned)l11f!lin shall be in receipt of a rate of wages :::'e:te~t~::l;~.~;.. beyond the maximum assigned to the first class in the 'ScheJliles annexed he shall continue to receive the in the s.rvlc~ same wages as before the passing of these Regulations; but in the event of such officers being' reduced for ~~~:::~,~(~~~~;:.g misconduct, 01' his office becoming vacant. no higher rate of wages shall be attached to such office than the tiono. maximum limit of the first class in the Schedule relating thereto.

V. Where in the present year any officer referred to in the Schedules annexed shall receive a rate of wages'under the new establishmellt in the first' or second class; 'but beyond ·the miniinu'm rates of those classes, he shall conti nne to receive the same wages, but shall not receive any 'annilal increment thereto until the time at which if he had entered the second class at the minimum rate of :w;a~es of such class.from the date of his first continuous employment he' wonld be entitled to an annual increment: .• '.'

VI. Where in the present year any officer referred to in the Schedules I.l.nnexed'shall receive '\vages under-the nEnv esta1:>lishment in.the·first or second class beyond the minimum rate assigned to hi13class, but below the rate of wages to which he would have been ent~tled if these Regulations had beenpas!Z!?d at the time he entered the service, such officer shall receive 'snch fiddition to his present rate of <wages as he IIlay be entitled to bv annual increment. i. "

VII. vVhel'e ill the pl'esent yeal' any officer refelTed to in the Schedules anu'exe4 shall receiye 1\ lower rate of wal!:es than others in the same class who have .not been.con.tinuousIY employed for so long a time, such officer shall rcceiv~ UTllIel' the neW e,'ltablishmeut such addition to his present rate of wages, by

. ~. j' ~ , ~. I

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way of increment, as shall place him on an equal footing with such other officers; but he shall not receive a higher rate of wages than those who were his seniors in point of pay befoI:e the passing of these Regulations.

Persons tonnerly VIII. 'Notwithstanding anything contained in the General Re!1nlations, or in the Schedule Re<Tula-in the service t' . d h" h b h 1 h rO I' 0 may be re.ap- IOnS annexe , any person w 0 at any tIme as een, or s al erea tel' be, emp oyed III any of the offices pOinted. named herein, or in any office in the Post Office and Telegraph Department, in the Third Schedule of the

Civil Service Act, who has left the service and has not been dismissed, may be appointed to ~my of the classes in the Schedules annexed in the same manner as if he had never left the service.

Oillcers of Third IX. Mail-guards and other persons in the Post Office and Telegraph Department holding offices in :!~::i~ ~~~t the Third Schedule of the Civil Service Act not mentioned in these Regulations shall b,e eligible for clause 01 tbese appointment to any of the offices named herein, and at such rates of pay within the first class of snch offices Regulations may b d t . d b th "'If" f h d . h d' h' . d' h be apPOinted. as may e e ermme on y e m.llllster 0 t e epartment, notWlt stan Illg anyt mg contame III t e

Schedule Regulations annexed. . Leave of absence X. The officers of the first class in the Schedules annexed to these Regulations who have been ten for recreation. years in the service, and have not been reduced for misconduct, may receive three weeks' leave of absence

Slclr.leave.

Bonn' allow. ance~

·,for recreation in each year, and the days appointed in the Government Gazette as public holidays; and the officers of the first class in the Schedules annexed who have not been ten years in the service may receive two weeks' leave of absence for recreation in each ye:!,r and the days appointed in the Government Gazette as public holidays.

XI. The officers of the first class in the Schedules annexed to these Regulations who may be abscnt from duty on account of sickness may receive full pay during such absence, provided it does not exceed thirty-six working days; but if any officer is absent for a longer period in the same year, such officer shall receive half pay only for such time as he may be absent on sick leave in excess of the number of days above mentioned.

XII. Officers of the second class, when absent for recreation or on account of sickness, shall not be entitled to any wages for the time they may be so absent, but may be allowed, conditionally upon good conduct, at the termination of each financial year, a bonus allowance equivalent to two weeks' pay.

Portion ota . XIII. When any officer appointed under these Regulations shall not have served a full week, he ::tet:" ~ervi:: f shall be paid only for such proportion of a week as he may be entitled to. liS full ;e~~ or XIV. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the Minister in charge of the department from Attendance of requiring the attendance of the officerll named in these Regulations on the days appointed in the Govern­~~~~:::: ~Ii- ment Gazette as public holidays, if necessary for the convenience of the department; bnt in that case such days. officers shall be entitled in lieu th~reof to holidays, on the conditions above mentioned, upon such other

Overtime.

occasions as shall not interfere with the public service. XV. The ordinary number of hOllrs that the officers named in these Regulations may be employed

shall be eight hours a day, and when the exigencies of the public service require their attendance for a longer period they shall be paid for overtime: if between the hours of 6 a.ID. and 6 p.m., at the same rate per hour as for an ordinary day's work; if after 6 p.m. and before 6 a.m., they shall be paid for snch extra. work 25 per cent. additional to the rate per hour for an ordinary day's work.

Schedule Regu- XVI. Other Regulations relating severally to the officers named in the first clause of these Regula-lations. tions have been superscribed to the Schedule~ annexed, and shall be denominated hereinafter as Schedule.

Regulatio!1s. . Pre .. !ou. Regula- XVII. These Regulations shall commence and take effect 'from the first day of July, One thousand tiODtS

t r.ladtlng to eight hundred and seventy-foUl', and shall be in lieu of all other Regulations whatsoever relating to matters

rna ers eter.. '. . '. . mined herein detel'mmed herem, and such other RegulatIOns are hereby cancelled; and the ratcs of pay and Increments ~~":i!~?;;n.~:b: set forth in the Schedules annexed hereto shall be subject to the votes of Parliament from year to year. jeet to tbe votes of ParUament, :"nd t~~ke efle~t NOTE.-Clauses I. and II. ahoye shan not apply to persons who may be tronsferred from any otber department of tile public service; but such

om ename persons, not being over thirty-fiye years of age, may be appointed, without probation, to the second class of any of the offices above named at the tninimum rate of pay 01 such class.

NEW ESTABLISHMENT FOR SORTERS.

SCHEDULE REGULATIONS.

Town and Country. I. Every candidate for employment as sorter who has not attained the age of twenty-one years ahall serve a probation of

three months at the rate of lOs. Gd. per week, except where otherwise provided in Schedule Regulations for stampers and letter-carriers. .

2. Probationer shall not be appointed unless he shall have served thc full term of his probation to the satisfactiou of the , Deputy Postmaster-General, and may be summarily discharged during probation for unfitness or misconduct.

S. There shall be two classes of sorters. . 4. The wages 9f the first class shall be from 51s. per week, with an annual increment of Is. Gd. per week to 60s. per week. 5. The wages of the second class shall be from 18s. per week, with an annual increment of 6s. per week afrer the first

year, and 7s. per week after the second and each succeeding year, to 45s. per week. 6. The sorters of the second class shall serve two years at thc maximum of such class before they shall be eligible for

promotion to first class. 7. Annual increment shall commence one year after first continuous employment. 8. No increment shall be deemed to have accrued to the wages of any sorter in the first class until such time as he would

be entitled thereto by a.nnual increment if hc had commenced at the minimum limiG of the second class. 9. Present seniority of sorters shall not be altered by operation of increment.

10. Increment shall be dependent upon good conduct.

CIa •••

First class . ,.

Class.

Second class . "

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SCHEDULE.

STAFF SORTERS.

III. Schedule of 25 Victoria No. 160 (Civil Service Act).

Maximum and I Minimum

Rate. of Wages.

'60s. to 51 s.

Maximum and Minimum

Rates of Wages.

1 458. 3Ss. 31s . 24s. ISs.

Rate of I Number of Years Annual Increment I to reach

per week. Maximum.

Is.6d. 6

ASSISTANT SORTERS.

" Contingencies."

Rate of Number orYears Annunl Increment to reach

per Week. Maximum.

7s.

f 7s. 78, 4 6s. -

! Remarks.

{ The length of service required to reach the maximum of this class is twelve years .

Remarks.

{ The length of service in this class before eligible for promotion to first class is six years.

NEW ESTABLISHMENT FOR LINE-REPAIRERS.

SCHEDULE REGULATIONS.

Town and Country. l. Every candidate for employment as line-repairer shall serve a probation of six months at 36s. per week. 2. Proba.tioner shall not be appointed unless he shall have served the full term of his probation to the satisfaction of the

Deputy Postmaster-General, and may be summarily discharged during probation for unfitness or misconduct. 3. There shall be two classes of line-repairers. 4. The wages of the first class shall be from 51s. per week, with an annual inerement of Is. 6d. per week to 57s. per week. 5. The wages of the second class shall be from 45s. per week., with an annual increment of Is. 6d. per week to 48s. per

week. 6: Line-repairers of the second class shall be eligible for promotion to the first class after one year's service at the'

maximnm of the second class. 7. Annual inerement shall commence one year after first continuous employment. S. No increment shall be deemed to have accrued to any line-repairer of the first class until such time as he would be

entitled ther('to by annual inerement if he had commenced at the minimum limit of the second class. 9. Present seniority of line-repairers shall not be altered by operation of increment.

10. Increment shall be dependent upon good conduct. ll. Line-repairers of the first and second classes shall be granted an allowance, when travelling, of 68. to Sa. a day,

according to the districts in which they may be employed.

SCHEDULE.

STAFF LINE-REP.ilIUms. IlL Schedule of 25 Victoria No. 160 (Civil Service Act),

-Maximum and Rate of Number of Years

CIa ••• Minimum Annual Increment to reach Remark •. Rates of Wages. por Week. Maximum.

Firat class 578. to 51s. Is.6d. 4 ( The length of service required to reach the . ,.

1. maximum of this class is seven years .

ASSISTANT LINE-l\EP AIRERS.

" Contingencies."

Maxfmumand Rate of

! Number of Years I Class. Minimum Annual Increment to roueh Retnarks.

Rate. of Wage •• per Week. lIaximum.

Second class { The length of service in this class before ... 48s. to 458. Is.6d. 2 eligible for promotion to first class is three years.

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NEW ESTABLISHMENT FOR STAMPERS. " ,t.. • ~ .....

SCHEDULE REGULA.TIONS • . '~ ,-

. ,. '.t;Q1.pn and Country. t. Every candidat'e 'for employment as stamper sha)lserve a probatio,!!.ofsix months, except wh~re otherwise provided in

Schedule Regulations for letter"carriers. ,; . _. . ~. Piooationer 'shall receive at the rate of 18s. per week for the first three mont,hs and at the rate of 27s. per'week for . _ ·tl)e last thr~e mpnths of his pro~ation. ~; ProQationcr shallnot be appointed unless he shaH have served the full term of his probation to the satisfaction of the

Deputy Postmaster-General, and may be summarily discharged during probation for unfitness or misconduct . •. There shaH be two classes of·stampers.· 5. The wages of the first class shall be from 458. per week, with an annnal inerement of Is, 6d. per week to 57s. per week. 6. The wages of the second class shall be from 36s.per week, with an annual increment of Is. 6d. per week to 42s. per

week. " ." ..• 7. The stampers of ~he second class s~al1 serve t",o' years at the maximum of such class before they are eligible for

promotion to the first class. ... . . 8. Annual increment shall commence from one. year after first continuous' employment. , 9. No increment shaH :be deemed to have' accrued to :the wages of any stamper in the first class until SUch time as he

would be entitled thereto by annual· increment if he had commenced' at the minimum limit' of the second class. 10. Present seniority of stampers shall not be altered by operation of increment. 11. Increment shall be dependent upon. good conduct. '. l~. Stampers of the.f\rst class who have served for one year at the maximum of their class '~han b~ eligible for promotion . . as'sortera of the"first class:a~ the tate,of pay they are th~n receiving. :" .

SCHEDULE: STAll'F STAMPERS.

m. Schedulc of 25 Victoria No. 160 (Civil Service Act).

Maxlmumand I Rate 01 Number 01 Years !

Class. Minimum Annual Increment to Teach I Remark •. Rat .. of Wages. per Week. Maximum.

. '" '<"'1,'" " ';" -------- -.'

.... " 1,1; ~,;~ { The length of service required to reach

First class 579, to 458. b.6d.· j: :8 ;' the maximum of this class is fourteen ... years . . ~.

A!!~~I!:l'~T. S~~r.ERS.

J' Contingencies." .- .

. ',! Maximum and Rate of' Number of Years Cla ... MinImum Annual Increment to reach Remlll'ks. " . ,

" R&tes of Was ... periW!,~~ ~ .. Maximum., . . . , • .- 'r' --------- ------.

"", , .. ;,', ~ , ",f/·

{ The length of service in this class before Second class ... 428. to 368. Is.6d. 4 eligible for promotion to first cl,as8 is

.. < six years . . , " . '. . ,,' ~ " .. ' - .. .. '"

.. :1

...-----.-.,- '.:' ..

NEW ESTABLISHMENT FOR LETTER·CARRIERS.

SCHEDULE REGULA.TIONS.

Town,and Country., '" 1. Every candida.te for employment'il.s letter-carriel,' slial! serve a probation of six months. 2. Probationer shall receive at the rate of 18s.per week for the first three month's and at the rate of 27s. per week for

the last three months of hiS' probation. " '.' . 3. Probationer shall not be appointed unless he shall have served the'full 'term of' his probation to the satisfaction of the

Deputy Postmaster~Generl\l, and may be summarily discharged during probation' for unfitness or misconduct. 4. There shall be two classes of letter-carriers. 'Ii. The wages Of the 'fir~t"cIass:sha,1l oe'from 45s. per week, with an annual increment of- Is. 6d. per week to 57s. per,week. 6. The'wages of tlie second Class shall ,be from 36s. per week, with an annual increment of Is, Gd. per week to 425. per

:week. . . '"" . 7. Letter-carriers of the second class shall serve two yea.rs at the maximum of such class before they are eligible for

promotion to first class. 8. Annual increment shall commence one year after first contiimoils 'employment. 9. No increment shall be deemed to have accrued to the wages of any letter-carrier in the first class until such time as he _. .. .would be entitled thereto by annual increment if he.had commenced. at the minimum limit of the. second class ...

10. Present seniority of letter-carriers shall not be altered by operation of increment. II. Increment shall be dependent upon good conduct:"'" ". c '.

12. Letter-carriers <if' the first class who have served 'for one year at ~he maximum of their c~ass shall be eligible for promotion as sorters of the first class, at the rate of pay tbey are then receiving; or as stampers, at the maximum rate of pay of such class. .... . .. " ..

'13, .Le~t.!!.r:c.a.qie!s of, the, sec9ud clas~ .who have served two years at the maximum of their class shall be eligible for ,.i: appointment as stampers of the first class, at the, minimum rate of pay of such class. '. 14. Letter-carriers of the first, and second classes shall be allowed uniforms cOllilisting of II summer coat and trousers, a

winter coat and trousers, and II cap with two covers, annually.

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SCHEDULE. STAFF LETTER-CAltRIERB.

III Schedule of 25 Victoria No. 160 (Civil Service Act).

Mulmnm and

I· Rate of Number of Years

. elllllS. Minimum Annual Increment ;, to reach Remarks. Rates of Wages • per Week. .M'.a.ximum~ . ,

,------------- ---------j The length of service required to reach

First class ... 57s. to 45s. Is.6d. S I

the maximum of this class is fourteell years.

ASSISTANT LETTER-CARRIERS.

" "

Maximum and Rate of I Number of Years Remilrks. Clas •. Minimum Annual Increment to reach

Rates of Wages. per Week. l'tl:nximum.

,

-{ The le'ngth of service in this clas,s before

Second class ... 428. to 36s . Is.6d. , eligible for promotion to the first ~ss is six years.

NEW ESTABLISHMENT FOR TELEGRAPH MESSENGERS. SCHEDULE REGULA.TIONS.

Town and Cou~t1'!J. I. Every candidate for employment as telegraph messenger shall serve a probation of three months at the rate of lOs. Gd •

. per week. . . 2. Probationer shall not be appointed unless he shall have served the full term of his probation to the satisfaction of the

Deputy Postmaster-General, and may be summarily discharged during probation for unfitness or misconduct. 3. There shall be two classes of telegraph messengers. " . 4. The wages of the first class shall be from 248. per week, with an annual increment of Is. 6d. per week to 30s. per week; 6. The wages of the second class shall be from 12s. per week, with an annual increment of 3s. per week after the first

year, and 5s. per week after the second year, to 20s. per week. . 6. 'fhe telegraph messengers of the second class shall be eligible for promotion to the first class after one year's service

at the maximum of the second class. ' . 7. Annual increment shall commence one year after first continuous employment. II. No increment shall be deemed to have accrued to the wages of any telegraph messenger of ·the first class until such

time as he would be entitled thereto,by annual increment if he had commenced at the minimum limit of the second class.

9. Present seniority of telegraph messengers shall not be altered by operation of increment. 10. Increment shall be dependent upon good conduct. II. Telegraph messengers of the first.class, after having served for two years at the maximum of such class, shall be

eligible for promotion as letter-carriers of the first class. 12. Telegraph messengers of the second class shall be eligible for promotion as letter-carriers of the second class, at the

minimum rate of pay of such class, after having served the probation required by the regulations relating to letter­carriers. But such probationer shall not be paid less during such probation than the wages he was receiving as telegraph messenger.

13. Telegraph messengers of the first and second classes,' who have, become qualified and have passed the necessary examination, shall be eligible for appointment as assistant opera.tors, at such rates ,of pay as may be determined upon by the Minister of the department.

14, Telegraph messengers of the first and second classes shall be allowed uniforms consisting of a. summer coat and trousers, a winter coat and trousers,and a cap with two covers, annually. '

Class.

-First class ...

orus •.

p_ J

SCHEDULE. \ • ' .If ,I

STAFF TELEGRAPH MESSENGERS.

III Schedule of 25 V'ctoria No 160 (C'vil Servo e .Act) I t tC i

1\!ax.irnum and .Minimum

Rste. of Wages.

30s. to 24s.

Max!mumand :l\I!nlmum

Rstes of Wages.

Rnte of )

Number of Years Annual Increment to reach

per week. Mulmum. , ----------

Is.6d, 4' {

ASSISTANT TELEGRAPII MESSENGERS.

" Contingencies."

Rate of Annua! Increment

per Week.

Number of Years tv rench

Maximum.

Remarks.

The length of service required to reach the maximum of this class is seven years.

.Remarks.

-------:---I--~-- i Second class { 158. /1 3s. \ I 2 {

The lengtb of service in this class before eligible for promotion to the first class is three yearll. 12s. J

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APPENDIX G.

STATEMENT showing Particulars of Inland Mail Service performed in Victoria during the Year 1874.

Service. }"l'equency. Mode 01 I

Conveyance. I Distance. Amount. I Gro ••

Mileage.

--.. -------~.- ----------1-------------------------- ----To and flom Melbonrne and Dromana, !ly way of Chelten­

ham, Mordialloc, Fr.~nkston. and Mornillgton to and from l\felbonme and Cowes (Phillip Island), via

Frankston, Somerville, and Hastings, with a branch to and from Hasting" Ilnd Baillarring

to and from Melbonrne and Sale. by way of Oakl~igh, Springvale, Dandenong, Berwick, Pakenham, Shady Creek, Moe, Morweli, '1'raralgon, and Rosedale

to and from Shady Creek and Walhalla, by way of Tangil, Cooper's Crcek, lind Happy-go-Lucky

to and from Shady Creek and Cr08sovcl' Diggings ••• to and from Sale and Bairnsdale, by way of Stratford

(Telegraph line) with a branch mail to and from Fernbank... • .. to and from Kiewa and Snowy Creek, by way of ~andy

Creek, Noorongong, Tallnndolln, and Mitta·mitta to and from Kiewa and Towong, by way of 'l'angam­

halanga, Bethanga, Bungil, Thologolong, Iiul'l'owyo, Jingellac, Walwu, Tintaldra. Cudgiewa,' COrl'yong Schoolhouse, Colac-colnc, and Gravel Plains

and to and from Kiewa and Towong, by way of Tangam­balanga, Bungoonie, MiUa·mitta Cl'oRsing, Talangatta, Koetong, Wabba, Cudgiewa, Corryong Schoolhouse, and Oolac-colae

with a branch to and from Tintaldra and Cudgiewa ... to aud from Beechworth and Yackandandah, via Wooragee to and from Yackandandah and AlbUl'Y, by way of

Osborn's 1<'lat, Kiewa, and Wodonga to and from . Beechworth and Wahgunyah, hy way of

Chiltern, Indigo, aud Rutherglen to and from Chiltern.and Howlong, N.S.W., by wny of

Brown's Plains to and from Sutton and Yackandandah, by way of Hills­

borough, Yackandandah .Junction, and 'l'wist's Crt:ek to and from Por~punkah and Buckland, by way of Lower

Buckland to and from Beechwvrth and Hillsborough, hy WHy of

Stan ley to and. from Beechworth and Wangarnttil, hy way of

Reid's Creek, Wool,lkd. Heidf"rd, and Eldorado to and from \oVangamtta and Growlcr's C,.e"k, viii Oxley;

Oxley Plain., E\-erton. Bowman'" Forest., T"ylor's Gap, MYl'tlcford, EUI'obin. Porcpunkuh, and Bright

with a branch til and from Oxley and Greta, hy way of lIIoyhu Post Office

and to and from Taylor's Gap and Beech worth, viii Murmungee

to and from Longwood Railway Station and Mhnsfield, by way of Longwood Post Oll'ice, :Mel'ton, Doon, and Maindample

and to and from Mansfield and Jamieson, by way of Old Devil's River Inn Hlld Brack's

to and from Jamieson and Matlock, by way of Mack's Creek, Ten-mile House, Gaffney's Creek, Castle Reef. and Wood's Point

to and from WOlld's Point and Lilydale, by way of Healesville, Fernshawe, Marysville, and Matlock

to and from Melbourne and Lilydale, by way of Box Hill to and from Alexandm and ,Jamieson, via Darlingford ... to and from Merton and Godfrey's Creek .•. . •. to and from Godfrey's Creek and Alexandra ... .. . to and from 'fallarook and Alexandra, I,y way or Yea .. . to and from KeilOl' Road Railway Station and ]\(:ilor .. . to and from Keilor Road Rail way Station ;lnd Bacchus

Marsh, by way of ~lelton to and from Bacchus 1\1 arsh and Ballarat, 11\' way of Pcut­

land Hills, Ballan, Gordon's, MOIll,t Egerton, Moorahool Creek, and Dunstown

to and from Mount !3lackwood and Barry's Reef ... to and from lhe Post Office and the Railwny Stalion, EchllCR to and from Unnnymede and Murchison, by way of CuI·

binabhin, CllmpBSpc, 'Illd Rmhworth to anll from S,mdhul'st and Huntly, hy way of the White

Hills and Epsom . from Sand hurst to J';~gldlawlr, by way of Long Gully

and Clllifol'llia Gully and fl·om Euglehawk to Sllndhul'st, hy 'ame mute ... to and froUl Sandhurst and Tarnagulla, by way of Golden

Square, Kangaro.) Flat, Lockwood, IDllst Shellwurnc, Woodstock-on-Loddon, Newbridge, and Maidentown

Six days a week ... Coach

Three days a week... Coach and boat

Six days a week '" Coach

'!'hree days a week ... . ••

Two day~ a week Horseback .. . Three days a week... Coach .. .

Three days a week... Coach .. . Once a week ... Horseback

Once a week

Once a week

Once a week Six davs a week Six days a week

... Horseback

... Horseback

... Horseback

... Coach .. . , •. Coach .. .

Six days a week ... Coach

Three days a "·eek... Coach

Three days a week ... C08ch

Threc days a week... Coach

Six days a w,eek ... Coach

Six days a week ... Coach

Six days a weelt ... Coach

Three days a week ..• Coach

Six days a week ... Coach

Six days a week ... Coach

Three days II week '" Coach

Three days II week... Horseback

Coach and horseback

Three days a week ...

Six davs a week Six dn;'" a week

I Six dnvs a week Six da;'-s a week Six day" a \Yeele Six days it week Twice-a day

... Coach ...

... HOlseback

... Horsehack .._ H(II"I,,,bllck ... Coach ... . .. Coach .. . ... Coach .. .

Six days a week ... Coach

'Pwice" day... Vehicle ... Twice a day... Vehicle ... Three days a week... Coach

Six days a week

Once a day

'l'wicc a day Six da,Ys a week

... Vehicle

::: }coach

... Coach

~files.

50

40

140

35

12 42

2 50

105

90

15 15 30

33

20

'10

18

14

30

62

20

10

53

25

39

80

25 32

6 18 48

5 20

35

4 I

40

6

5

28

)

I I I

I I I I

I

I

I I

I I

£ s. d. (

I I I I I

I

I i

Ii >-35,000 0 0' ~

I I I I I I { I I

31,200

12,480

87,360

]0,920

2,496 13,104

624 5,200

10,920

9,860

1,566 9,860

18,720

20,592

6,2{0

3,120

5,616

87,360

18,720

38,688

6,240

6,240

83,072

7,800

12,168

24,960

15,600 9,984 1,872 5,616

29,952 3.120

24,960

21,840

4,992 1.248

12,480

3,744:

1,560 3,120

17,472

, From above amount the sum of £2,047 68. 7d_ has been deducted, consequent on opening of portions of railway from Castlemaine to·Maryborough and !rom Ballarat to Creswick; and 51,722 miles have to be deducted from gross mileage in cOllilequence thereof.

45

STATEMENT showi~g,Particulars of Inland Mail Service performed in Victoria, 1874-continued.

Service. I Mode of I '\ Gr08'

Frequ.n~ __ ~=- Dlstancc'I~~'::' __ i~ ----------------- Mile •• ' £ 8. d.

to and from Sandhur~t and Swan Bill, by way of Ser­pentine Creek. Durham Ox, and Kerang

to and f,'OIll Swan Hill and Eu~ton, loy way of Pyangil, Narung, and Wyrlong

to and from Euston and Wentworth, by way of Tarpallell, Mildura, and the Mission Station

to .and from the Post Office and Hallway Station, Sand-hur~t, including the conveyance'of a letter-carrier •

for the clearance of the lette.· and newspaper boxes 10 ,

Sandhurst now established, or any that may be opened during the currency of the contract, including the conveyance of a letter-canicr; covered vehicles to be used

to and from Sandhurst and Wedderburne, by way of Marong, Inglewood, and Old Inglewood

to and from St. Arnaud and Gre-grc ... ... . .. to and from Wehla and Avoca Forest, by way of Burk,,'s

Flat to and from Inglewood and Wehla, by way of Kingower,

Berlin. and Lingham's Flat to and f!'Om St. Arnaud and Morton Plains, by way of

Donald and Mount Jeffcott to and from Dunolly and New.Inglewood, by way of

Jones Creek, 'farnagulla, and Maidentown to and from Dunollyand St. Arnaud, by way of Golds­

borough Reef, Bealiba, and Carapooee to and f .. om Castlemaine and Duno\ly, by way of Maldon

and Eddington to and from Maldon and Dunoliy, by way of Eddington

and Burnt Creek to and f .. om Castlcmaine and Creswick. hy way of South

Mur.kleford, Green Gully, Newstead, Sandon, Glengower, Moorookyle, Smcaton, and Kingston

to and from Castlemainc and Daylcsford. by way of Yapeen, Guildfurd, Yandoit, Franklinford, Shepherd's Flat, and Hepburn

to and from Castlemaine aud Maidon, by way of Muckle-furd .

to and from Maldon n.nd Maryborough. by way of Bar-inghup and Carisbrook '

to and from Melbourne and Lilydale, by way of Box Hill and to and from Lilydale and Wood's Point, by way of

Healesville, Fernshawe, Marysville, and Matlock ,to lind from Castlemaine and Ma"ylJol'ough, hy way of

Newstead, Joyce's Creek, Moolort, and Cariohrook to and f,ol11 .Malmsbury aud Daylesford, by way of Drum­

mond and G\enlyon to and from Kyneton and Heathcote, b}> way of Langley,

Barfold, Redesdnle Post Office, aud Mia.mia to and from Daylesford and Leonard's Hill, by way of

Muskvale to and from Hepburn and Dry Diggings .. , '" to anrl from Ballarat and Daylesford, by way of Mount

Rowan, Sulky Gully, Creswick. Newlyn, Monnt Pros­pect, and Eganstown

to and from Maryborough and Majorca, by way of Mos­quito Flat and McCnllum's C.'oek

to and from Maryborough and Wareek, by way of China­man's ~'Iat, Timor, IJower Alma, and Alma

including clearance ofletter-box at Chinaman's Flat To and from Maryborough aud Ararat, Ly way of Adelaide

Lead, Bnng Bong, Avoca, Amphitheatre, Elmhurst, Eversley, and Crowlands

to and from Buangor and Mount Cole to alld from Ararat and Moyston, by way of Cathcart ... t(} and from Ararat and Ross' Bridge, hy way of Tatyoon to and from Wickliffe and Ararat, by way of Kiora and

Maroona to and from Stawell and Horsh~m, by way of Stawell

West, DecpLead, G lenorchy ,Lcdc()urt,andDrung-drung to and from Glenorchy lind Longerenong, hy way of

Ashens to and from Glenorchy and Donald, by way of Ayers,

Anderson's, Creswick Station, Callawadda, Wirchilleha, Wa1laloo, A von Plains Post Office, and McLachlan Lakes (Stratford's)

to and from Horsham and Werracknebeal, by way of Sheep Hill Station, Jung-jung and Keweli

to and from Horsham and Lake Hindmarsh, by way of Dimboola

to and from Lake Hindmarsh, and W onga Lake, by way 'of Nypo aDd Albacutya

to and from .Dim boola and Lawloit, by way of Lochicl, Nhill, Monnt Elgin, and Drumbanagher

Two days a week Coach 182°0 I I Once a week Coach

Once a week Coach and horseback

As often as required .•• Vehicle

Twice a day

Six days a week

Once a week Six days a week

Six days a week

'l'wo days a weck

Six days a week

Six days a week

Six days a week

Six days a week

Six days a week

Vehicle

Coach

Horseback Coach

Coach

Coach

Coach

Coach

Coach

Coach

Coach

Six days a week ... Coach

Twice a day

Six days a week

Six days a week .. , Three days a week ...

Six days a week

Twice a day

Six days a week

} Coach .••

Coach Coach and

horseback Coach

Coach

Coach

60

15*

18"

48

10 14

15

40

22

40

88

22

45

18

80

25 81

33

22

30

Three days a week... Hor5eback 6

Six days a week Six days a week'

Six days a week

Six days 8. week

Daily Six days a week

Two days a week Six days a week Two days a week Three days a week ...

Six days a week

Horseback Coach

Coach

}coach

Coach

Horseback Coach Horseback Coach

Coach

3 28

8

12

56

9 10 25 32

47

Three days a week... Coach 18

Three days 8. week... Horseback 65

'I'wo days 8. week Horseback 40

Two days II week Ooach 50

Once n. week Horseback 45

Two days a week Horseback 49

• Per diem.

j

1 I I I I I ~ 11,325 7

I

6 1

I

I I I I

I I I

I I I l (

I

24,960

8,820

6,240

4,650

5,616

29,952

1,040 8,786

9,860

8,320

13,728

24,960

20,592

13,728

28,080

11,261

24,960

15,600 12,793

20,592

27,456

18,720

1,872

1,872 17,472

4,992

1,488

84,944

1,872 6,240 5,200 9,984

29,328

5,616

20,280

8,320

10,400

4,680

10,192

1 From above amount the sum of £B!l2 U •• 4d. has been deducted, consequent on opening of railway from Ballarat to Beaufort; and 16,668 miles han to be deducted from gross milellj/e.

STAT~I\{ENT showing Particui~t;l'df Inland'Maii Setviee performed in Vict'ori!i; 1874:-co'ntinuecl.

,. r;

, Service. i Frequency. , Mode of i I

Conveyance. Distance. "

I., f ; . 1 1 ~'i l' I , .•

to'and from Dimboola and Lockhart, by way of.GIenlee, ',.' LOl'quo'n, Y anack-14-Y anack, Balrook, Bunyip, Yarrock, , and Cove I I ' " to !lnd from Werracknebllsl and Lake Corpng" vid Brim to· and from Horsham and A paley, by way of Veatis, St. ". Ma.ry's'Lake, Spring Hill, Spring Bank, Pleasant Banks,

'Rose Banks, Lemon Springs, and Bringalbert ' , to !lnd from Stawell West and BalJ'arat, by way,of Stawell,

Great Western, A"rn~trong's, Ararat, 'Dobie''; Bridge Buangor, Shirley, Eurambeen, Beaufort, Trawalla, 'Bur~ rumbeet, and Cardigan '

to and from BurlUmbeet;and Weatherboard Hill,by way of Windermere . , I

To'and from Avoca and P~rcydale : .:. .:.; .• : to aud fr.om Avoca and: Slilowell, by way of Moonambel, , Landsborough, Green's Creek, and Kirkella " ' to and f':~m 'I'albot and A voea, by: way of Amherst ... .tJ> and flom Talbot aod EvansfQrd,... " ..... : ... to' and from rralbot and Majorca, hy way oC Cockato'o ... to and from Moonambel 'and St, .A:maud, by way of Red-

bank; Hinds, and Stuartmill ;'" , to .,and 'fi'om Landshor'ough and Canterbury, by way of

'Navarr,e and Barkly , , ' to and from MoonambeJ 'and Warrenmang, viii. Kimberley to'and f!'Om Ballarat arid Avoca, by way of Wellclouree,

Lal{e'Learmonth., Mount Bolton, Springs, Lexton, and Lamplough : I ! . 'l "

to and from Ballarat and Talbot, by way of :Minersrest, Mount :Blowhard, Asc6t, and Clunes "

"

Once'a ~eek ... Horseback'

Twice a we~k ... HOl'/leback Two days a week ... Vehicle .. ,

Six days a reek

t .,

Six days II week • , i .

Six daya a wcek Six days a week

Six days 'a- week Six da vs a, week ' Six days a lYeek Six daya II week

... Coach

... Hor~eback'

'" Horseback .. , Coach ...

... Co;ch ••.

... Horseback

... Coach .. . ... Coach .. .

Three days a week... Coach

Three days a week... Hor~eback Six days a week ... Coach ...

Six days a week ... Coach

Miles .. 80,

25 81

78

5

6 55

15

4 34,

22'

31

to and from Ballarat and Mal;yborough, by, way, of Mount Rowa!,!, Sulky Gully; Creswick, 'Ulimdonald, MaI'yfield, Clunes, Dunach (Mount Greeno,ck South), Talhot, and ~mherst; with a bra'nch mail tq and from,DUriolly and, Maryb?rough, hy way;of·Ha,·el~ck and Bet.b1t

Six days a 'reek. ... Coach

Six ,day.s a week

Six days 1\ ~eek

... Coach

... } 42

to and Trom Ballarat and TlUnk Lead, by way of Redan Bridge! Mount Plea~ant, Sebastopol, Cobbler's' Uully, Cambrian ,Hill, and Haddon, , " '

to and from Ballarat and' Alfredton, 'including the convey, ance of. a letter.carrier, I '

for the cl~arance of tit" Post Office lettel',and, pewspaper bo:xe8~ iD Ballarat West now' established, or any that may be opened in the course oCthe ye~r, and "Of the post Office at Newington, including the conveyance oh" letter,carrier I .i ... '. :.. .

from Ballarat to Ballarat East .. 0\ •••

from Ba,lJarat to Newington ,.... ..,: H' .. ,

abo the .conveyance of two letter-carriers from BalJarat to Newington, " ..

for. the clearance of the Po~t Office letter and, newspaper boxes, in Ballarat East now e~tahlished, or IIny that may· be opened in thil course of the year, and of the Post Office at Ballarat East, including the conveyance

... ".' 1

T'fice,a d,.~y,

Twice a day

I

Twice a day 'Twice a day Once a day

I Twice a day

," Coach

••• Y.ehicle

... Vehicle ...

','

::: } Vehi~le ''', u. VehIcle ::.

of a letter·carrier ;. , ,'" to and frqm the Railwa);Station a~d Post Officc, B~lJarat, As often as 'required

including the conveyance of a leUer·calTi.er: '" I

Vehicle .. ,

to and frl/tlI Mount GI'~enock and Mount Cameron (Split- Three days a. week .. , Horseback' ter's Creek): ' : '

,to 'land .from Talbot and Mount, Greenock, .by 'way of Six days a .:veek ' .•. Rocky!Flat : I ; .. ') I

Horseback

to !l.nd ff'!)m Clunes and' Glendaruel, hy ,~ay of '1'O'11l'ello ,'Six ;~ays a -rveek and Mount Beckworth ','; ...

to and from Clunes and GJengower, oy way of Lord Clyde and Middle Creek ' "

to and from Creswick and Coghill's Creek;bY'~ay of Bald' " l;lills ,and Ascot, . ",I ' , :... ,

To and f~om Ballarat and Hamilton, by way of Sri:iythes~ dale, Scarsdale, Linton's, Skipton, StI·eatha.n', Lak'e ./;lplac, Wickliffe, Ghinthompson, St:-athmore, Dunketd, and .Il19nrejup I ' , •

to and frt;'m Ballarat and Linton's, by way ofSmxthe~dal,~ and Scarsdale ' .. I

to and from Ballarat and Barkatead" bv ,way of Black Hill, Little Bendigo, Brown Hill, Leigh Cl'eek;Blllla~ rook, and Devil'a Creek '

to and from Ballarat and Sebastopol, by way of Redan

.' Bridge; B ! d' I,. b' "f 'D . • ' to and from aJJarat an Bungaree, y way 0 Dnn s

Town and Warrenheip : , t~and from Ballarat and Buninyong, byway of MountClear ' to and from BrJwn Hills and Clarke'slBil! H. '"

to and from Buoinyong alid the Bmiiny'ong :Rllilway , St~lion , " ." ' , ,

to"and from Buninyon" and Mount Mercer; by' way or' Durham Load, Hardie's Hill, arid Grenville

'"--, ... - _.

Six days a ~eek

Siidays a week

Six days a week

Six days It week

Six days a week

Six days a week

Six days /I week

Six days a week Six daya a week Six days a week

Six' days a week

... Coach

... Vehicle ...

... Vehicle .. ,

... Conch

H, Coach t

... Coach

... Vehicle ...

" ... Vehicle ...

... Cab ••. Horseback

... Vehicle ....

, .. Coach

8

22*

12*

9*

1'* • 10

6

6

10

20 ll6

21

15

16

9 7 7

16

"~I ,I

I ) 1

I

Amount.

£ s. d.:

.J'

" I I l (-

I ,. I

Gr .. , Mileage.

"l/': ;

, 5,200 16,848 ::. t i

48,672

3,120

3,744 3'~,!:l20

" ~,il60 4,368

,2,496 21,216

'S,864

4,868 27,456

19,344

26,208

, Z,392

468

8,120

.'1),744

~,744 "

6,240

12,480

r .. 71,760

18,104

9,360

1,560

9,98

5.fllfl ·1.31;1:; 4,868

9,360

. co' Per diem •

. " ';ji;,m ·~bo've '~~ollnt the ~Uln -Of i'-Illl 17s, 6d. ha~ been deducted. c~nsequent 'on opening of railway from Ballarat to M .. r;Ybor~Ug~'; and 27,790 mllee will have to be deducted from gross mileage. '

47 '._ .' ',' ", , . " l ." '. r

~±A..TEMENT snowing Particular:s of Inl~nd Mail Service performe~. i~ Yict?ria, 1874-cotltinue~ . .

Il'f'" 'I.

Service. Frequency. lIlode of

Conveyance. ! ",'

Distance. Amollut. Gross

:Mileage.

---.:.-------.-:::,,,0-. -------- ---.----\------ --------- --

l', . . t-~ ]'

to and from Buuinyong and Whim-holes ..• ...'" :'fhree days a week... Vehicle ... to Hnd from Buninyong and Napoleon's, by way of Black Six days a week ... Horseback

Lead and Scotchman's Lead . .- ,', to and from Brown Hills and Glenpark ... • •• ,.!;lix,days a week ... .. to and from Lal·laLRailway Station lind Clarendon •••. Six days a week .. . to and from the Railway Station and Post Office, Meredith 'Twice a day : to and from Meredith and Steiglitz... . ... ... Six days a week .•. to andJrom Meredith and Cargerie •.. ... ... , !1ihree days a week .. , to and from Meredith and Morl'i~on's ... 'Six days a week ... to and from Steiglitz and Durdidwarrah "... ... Thlee days a week lind tn and from Durdidwarrah alld Mount Wallace ... ' Two days a week ... to alld from MOII'ison's alld Dolly's Cre~k ... ... Three days a week •.• to and from Elaine Railway Station and Elaine (Mount Six days a week ...

Hon.eback H OI:se back Horseback Coach ....

. Horseback Vehicle Horseback Hor~e"ack Horseback Vehicle ...

Doran) ,,_, to and from the Railway Station Qod Post Office, Leth- Twic~ a d~y ... Vehicle ...

bridge to and from Inverleigh l'nd Leigh Roa!i R~ilway Station 10 and from Leigh noad Railway Station and Anakies, by

(four days ~ week .. . I

Horseback ,Six days 1\ we.ek .. . ,Vehicle ...

" .way of Darriwall and Maude , to and from Moorabool Railway Station and Post Office, Twice a day ... On foot

Moorabool to and from Leigh Road Railway'Station and Rokewood, Three da.y~ a week Coach , by way of Teesdale and Shelford: ' and to and from nokewood and Smythesdale, by wHy,of, Six days a wee,k .. ; Coach

Rokewood Junction; Bulldog Flat, Cape Ulear, New-. town"Scarsdale, and Scar8d"le .' ,', ' .. ,"

To and from Slllythesdale and Chepstowe, by way of Snake si'~ ·days a week .•. Coach Valley, Preston Hill, and Cill'llgham r'

to and from Smythesdale and Happy Va\!ey, by way of ~(i days a week ... Coach , Scarsd,t1e. Newtown, Golden Lnire, and f'iggoreet

, .

to and from Smythesdille Ill)d Staffordshire Hed', by way of Six days a week. ... Coach Brown's Diggings and halinn Gully

to llnd from Smythesdale and Ross'. Creek . ... Three days a.week Horseback .. to and from P,mland and Belfast, by way of Narrawong Two days a' w·eek'... COlich . ' ....

and Yambuk to and from Portland and Cape ,Bridgewater ... to and from Belfa6t and ',Hamilton, ~by way of.Qrford,r " :Macal'l.hur, and Bvaduk. ,. ,... '-to and from Belfast' ancl Pen8hul'8t, by way of Kirkst~ll

und Hawkesdale

Once a week ' , ... ':Horseback 'fro days ~ v.:;~k ... Coach ; ...

Tivo days ~ we~k .. . ,. to and from Uelfas.t and, Wicklitl'e, by way of Koroit, 'f:wo da.l:"t a week ... Coach .....

Woolsthol'pe. CHramut, and Chatsworth to and from Koroitand Warrnambool,by,iray,of Den· Fourdaysaweek ... Coach ning~on" c •

to and from Terang and! Mortlnke, by way of Kolora ... Six days a week ••• Coach ·and to and from Mortla\<.e and Hamilton, by way (If Hex- . T\l,ree .days a week Coach

halll, Caramut, Penshilr8t, Croxton East. and Hochkirch ' to and fmm Geelong aud Warrna'mbool. by way of Mm- Two days a week ..... Coach' ...

gheboluc, InverJeigh, Hesse, Cre.<HY, Lismore. Tooli-orook, Darlington,! Mortlake, Ell<:rslic; "Ballengeich, Framllngham, Purnilll, and Woodford . , ..

to and from Geelong an~ Belfast, hy way of Waurn Six days a week ... Coach' ••• Ponils, Petta"el, Clifford, "'Iount Moliae, Lake'I'own, \Vinchclsell., ~l()nllt' Gellihrand. Col"", 'l,-arpeut, Pirron Yalo:,k, Stonyford, Pomhorr.ei~. Campei-dowrl. "ferang, Garvoc, Pannml'l!, Allansford, Warrnambool, 'Denning-ton. Rosebrook. 'lOd Killarney .

to and from Camperdown and Darlington ,. .. . to and 'from Birregurra and Dean's Marsh... .. . and tn and from Bil'l'cgurra and Murmon ... . .• to and fI;om Mount Gellibrand and Birregurm .... to andtfrorn Winchelsea and Wensleydale (\Vordieboluc) to and from Mount Duneed and Connewarre... . ... to and from lIIount Duneed and .Jall Juc, hy way of

Frc.hwater Creek ' , to and f!'On! Mound,foriae and L'ake Modewarre' ... .to and from G~elong and"I<'yan.sford ..• II" ...

Once a week ... Horseback Two days a week ... Jlorseback Two day~ a week ... Horseback Six dllYs a ,week ... Cos'ch, 'I'wo days a week .... Horseback Three days a week . Horsebilck Three days a week Horseback

Th ree day~ a week 'Horsehack" .... Six days a week ... Horseback Six daye a week ... Horseback to and from 6eelollg ,!nd POlOt Henry; by way of' East

Geelong and the Bre"kwater , ,to !lnd fr~m the Post Office,and Rai~ay ~tation. (,}eelong, As often as required Vehicle ...

meludmg the eonveyanee of 'a letter-':arner for the clearance of the Post Office letter and newspaper Three ~ime8 a day:.. f

. boxes in Geelong now cst.ablished, or any that maY.'lie 'opelied during period of cont1'lict, inchl<:ling: i.hll con- . • •. ' Vehicle ... . veyarice of a lettcr-C<l:Tier , ., ,. , , .:;

also the conveyance of a letter, card'll' 'from Geelong' Once ad~y to Newtown " .

to and from Gcelong and' Mount' 'Duneeil, by' way' of Six days I\:week ... Horseback Marshaltown R.nd GCrIl,antowll '

in and from Geelong :and QueenScliff, by w~y of Mooiap, Six days al week " " "Co~~h' ...

. Kensington. aud Widlinglon i. ":

to and from Portarlington and St. Leonards'. ... • •. to and'from Geelong and PortarJington, by way of Cur-

lewis, Drysdale, and Bellarine !

.. Three days a week ". B:or~eback Six da.ys a.week .,,' Coach ....

to and from Geelong and Ceres, by way of Belmont and Six days a week ... Horseback B.ighton

L .. --.. ---, --- ~

• Perd1em.

:Mn ... 10

.; 7.

£

I r7,061 ·4

<I­

I~" 1

11 '6

I)

6 6 , 8

1

9 9

'1 :

80

I I

I

I

18 ; • J

18 1

8;

7

4

45, I 13

62 ',I 40

60 '\

~: i " 64

180

'I ~

i36 :\

'\

1~'1 . '4' ' I

1,1 ' '6

Ii I

86*,

26* I )-13,260

6

19

7 '18

6

I I I

11. d.,

,I 10 (H

\.

~ I ~ I

.. '

,[

I

I I

0'

,8;j'lO :1,868

2,496 2,496

468 4,368 8,482 8,744

i:~ 1,872 1~872

1.,248

3,744 ,6,616

:1,248

11,360

1I!?82

P.282

.4,992

~.~68

1,248 9:'860

..1,352 ~0,,§16

,8,320

)M89

~,496

8,186 )6,8",

~7,040

$4,864

1.812 i',664 2496

. ~:496 2,288 .1,812 3,144

2,184 2,:196 5,6l6

1,092

8,ll2

3,1#

11,856

2.184 11,232

8,144

48

STaTEMENT showing Particulars of Inland Mail Service performed in Victoria,

.

Service. Frequency. l\Iode of DistAnce.

Gross ConveY.llce. Amount. l1ileage.

, :1.111 ... i d. £ s,

to and from Geelong-and Sutherland's Creek ... Six days a week ... Horseback 12 I I 7,488 to.and from Geelong and Gheriughap. by way of Geelong Six days a week .. , Horseback 12 7,488

West, Cowie's Creek, and Batesford -

I 0\

to and from Ceres and Gnarwarre ... . .. ''l'hrce days a week ... Horseback 8 2,496 to and f"om the Post Office and Landing-places, Queens- 'l'hirteen trips ... j H 3 5

} cliff, Five shillings per trip' ~ Vchicle ~ I 01 also the conveyance of English mails, Five pounds per Thirteen trips ... and wag- '65 0 513

trip I gons l and &ecial mail conveyance between Geelong and Queens- Twelve trips ... j

1

'18 0 01 eli ,at per trip, 'l'hirty shillings

to and from the Post Office and Railway Station, Wynd- Twice a day ... Waggon ... 2* 624: ham

I to and from Wyndham Railway Station and Derrimut, by Three days a week Horseback 8 2,496 way of Mount Cotterell

to and from Rokewood and llrcak-o' ·Day ... ... Six davs a week .. . Horseback 6

I 3,744

to and froll! Break-o' -Day and Dereel ... ... Two dars a week ... Horseback 4 832 to and from Cape Clear and Pittfield ... ... Thrce days a week .•. Horseback :I

\

936 to and from Rokewood and Cressy ... ... '" Once a week . .. Horseback 10

I 1,040

to and from Beeae and Ores"y, via W cering... ... Once a week ... Horseback 15 1,560 to and from Hamilton and Apsley, by way of Cavendish, Three days a week Coach ... 98

I 20,384

Balmoral, Harrow, and Edenhopc I to and from Coleraine and Harrow, by way of Nareen Two days a wee~ ... Coach ... 35 7,280 and W ills' Station

I with a branch to and from Narcen and Chetwynd ... Two days a week ... Horseback 5 1,040 to and from Hamilton and Casterton, by way of W Imnon Six days a week ... Coach ... 45 28,080

and Coleraine

I to alld from Casterton and Kaladbra, via Argyle, Heath- Three days a week Coach ... 34 10,608

field, and Lindsay to and from Casterton and Portland, by way of Sandford, Three days a week ... Coach ... 61

I 19,082

Merino, Digby, Hotspur and Heywood Coach to and from Coleraine and Merino, by way of Tahara ... 'fhrce days a week ... ... 12 3,744-

to and from Hamilton and Portland, by way of Branx. Six days a week ... Coach ... 56

I 34,944,.

holme, Condah, and Heywood Coach to. and from Casterton and Penola, by way of Lake Three days a week ... ... 35 10,920

Mundy

I l to and from Heywood and Dartmore, via Drik·drik and Two days a week ... Horseback 31 6,449 Balrook

to and from W oorndoo and Lake Bolac ... ... Two days a week ... Horseback 12 j 2,496 To and from the General Post Office and Spencer-street As often as required Wagg()u ... 21* 250 0 0 6,552

Railway Station, including the conveyance of mail guard or letter-carrier

Five times a day Tilbury For the clearance of the Post Office letter and newspaper ... ... 53* 2,065 0 0 16,536 boxes in the city of Melbourne now established, or any that may be opened in the course of the year, and that on Wellington parade, including the conveyance a letter-carrier

For the clearance of the Post Office letter and newspaper Three times a day ... Tilbnry ... 30* ( 9,360 boxes in Carlton and Hotham now established, or any

I that may be opened in the course of the year, including the conveyance of a letter-carrier

Tilbury for the clearance of the Post Office letter and newspaper Four times II day ... ...

\ I boxes in Collingwood now established, or any that may

be opened in the course of the year, inclnding the eon· 40* 12.480 veyanee of a letter-carrier

Four times II day Tilbury ~ for the clearance of the Post Office letter'and newspaper ... ... boxes in Fitzroy now established, pr any that may be opened in the course of the year, including the convey-ance of a letter· carrier

for the conveyance of nine letter-carriers from the Twice a day ... Waggon ... 5* 1,560 General Post Office to Fitzroy and Collingwood, once a day; also for the conveyance of mails to and from the

I General Post Office and Fitzroy and Collingwood; also for the conveyance of an extra mail from the Post Office, Collingwood, to the General Post Office, on the

I despatch of an English mail for the conveyance of eight letter-carriers from the Onca a day ...

twogg"

General Post Office to Hotham and Carlton

I I also the conveyance of mails from the General Post Three times a day ... 5* 1,560 Office to Hotham and Carlton

and from Hotham and Carlton to the General Post Office Twice a day ... Coach •

I to and from Melhourne and Merriang, by w~ of North- Six days a week ... ... 25 15,600 cote, Preston, Thomastown, Epping, and \ oodstock ~

to'and from ~lorang and Hazelglen ... ... ... Three days a week Horseback 4

I 1,248

to and from Preston and Glenvale, by way of Bundoora, Six days a week ... Coach ... 20 12,4~0 Janefield, Morallg, and Whittlesea

Six'days a week Horseback to and from Bundoora and Diamond Creek, by way of ... 6

I 8,744

Greensborough Six days a week Coach to and from Melbourne and Dandenong, by way of ... ... 21 13,104

Oakleigh and Spring Vale Three days a week ... Buggy and I to arid from Cowes and Griffith's Point, by way of New- 11 3,432

haven boat For the 'conveyance of all mails between the General Post ... ." ... Waggonand 40* 270 0 0 12,48

Office and the wharves at Melbourne and Sandridge, spring cart inclusive of the transport of the English mails, as also all mails arriving at the POl't of Melboul'lle in transit for or from the adjacen~ colonies

o

• Per • Dista.uce previously stated •

49

STATElIENT showing Particulars of Inland Mail Service performed in Victoria, I874-continued.

I Mode of I Gross ____________ Se_rv_loo_. ______ ---, ______ F_re_q_u_e_llc_

y_. ___ , Conveyance. ,Distanee. __ Am __ o_u_n_t· __ I_M_il_e.,,_g_e .•

From Melbourne to Sandridge, by way of Emerald Hill ... and f!'Om :oandridge to Melbourne. by way of Emcrald Hill including the conveyance of ,eight letter· carriers to and

from Sandridge, Emerald Hill, and Mclbourne From lI1elbourne to Prahran, by way of South Yarra ...

and from Pmhran to Melboumc. by way of South Yarra including the cOllveyance of eight letter·carriers from and

to Prahran and Melbolll'Ile 'To and from Sonth Yarra and Malvern, hy way of 'l'oorak ... l!'rom 1Ylelhourne to Richmond ... '" ...

and from Richmond to lllelbourne... ... ... including the' conveyance of five letter·carriers from And

to Richmond and Melbourne to and from Richmond and Kow, by way of Lower

Hawthorn to and from Lilydale and Hoddle's Creek, hy way of

Walldon Yaloak and Launchiug.place and to and from Hoddle'" Creek and Warburton to and from Lilydale and Yarra Flats, by way of The

Lodge and St. Huhert's to and from Hawthorn and Dallyshanassy, by way of

Camherwell and Hartwell to and from 1\ ew and ~w al'l'Ilndyte, hy way of Doncaster

To and from Melbourne and St. KHda ... ... • .. including the conveyance of six letter-carriers to aud

froIll Melbourne and St. Kilda To and from St. Kilda and Caulfield ••• ... .. To and from Melbourne and Bulla, by way of Flemington,

'Monnce Ponds, Essendon, Tullamarine, and Oaklands Junction -

with a branch mail to and from liiickieham, by way of Greenvale and Broadllleadows

To and from Melbourne and Heidelberg, by way of AI-phington

to and f"om Heidelberg and '1'emplestowe ... to and fmlll Melbourne and Eltham ... . .. and to and frolll Eltham and St. Andrew, by way of

Kangaroo Ground To and from Box Hill and Forest Hill ... ... ... To and froUl Melbourne and Brunswick ... . ..

and to and from Brunswick and Coburg ... . .. 'fo and from Coburg and Campbellfield ... . •. To and from Footscmy Railway Station and Draybrook, by

way of Footscmy Post (lfiice and Maidstone To and from Dandenong and Berwick ... ... To and from Be. wkk and Nance \Vanen, by way of

Harkaway '1'0 and frolll Dandcnong and Cranbourne, by way of Lynd­

hurst and South Lyndhurst to 'lIld from Cl'allbourne' and the Clvde ... ...

7'0 and from Dromllna and Sorrento, by way of Rye '" to and from Drolllana and Flinders, by way of Boneo and

Cape Schanck to and from Dl'Omana and Red Hill ... ... ...

To and from North Hrighton Railway Station and 1I10.dialloc, via Brighton East, Bl'i~hton South, and Cheltenbam

wit,h a hmnch to and from Brighton South and Gipsy Village

To and from Eisternwick Railway Station and the Post Office, Elstel'llwick

To and frOIl! East Bright(1n and Jasper Road ... To and from 01lklei6h and Femtree Gully, by way of

Mulgravc To and froll! Tangil and Hussell'M Creek ... • .. To and from 'Yalhalla alld :Matlock, by way of Aberfeldy,

Violettown, Rcd .Jacket, and Jericho To and from Walhalla and Donnelly's Creek, via Edward's

Reef ~

To and from Rosedale and Walhalla, oy way or Toongahbie and Happy·go-Lncky

To and from Toongabbie and Cowwarr (Upper Heyfield) .. . To and fr'om Rosedale and Flynn's Creek ... .. . To and from Rosedale and Port Albert, by way of Tarra-

ville and Woodside To and from Port Albert and Stockyard Creek, via Alberton To and from Port Albert and TarraviUe with steamers'

mails to and from Port Albert and Yarram·yalTam, by way of

Alberton To and from Sale and Port Albert, by way of La Trobe

Bridge, Woodside, and Tarraville . 'l'o and from Sale and Clyde Balik... ... • .. To and from Sale and Mllffra ... ... ... .. . To and from Maffra and U ppcr M affra ... ... .. . To and from Sale and Glcnruaggie, by way of Dennison,

Heyfield, and Bald Hills

Miles. £, 8. d. Three days a week ... FoUl' times a day ... Once a day ...

}

Horseback } and

waggon 21*

Threc times a day... t Cab and

~~~~ ~'d:; a day:::} waggon

Twicc it day ... Three tim';s a day ... FOllr times a day ... Once a day ...

Car Cab Cab Cab

Twice II day ... Cab

Once a week Horseback

Once 11 week ... Horseback Three days a week... Horseback

} 21*

17*

3

J 35

1 10 10

Six days a week ... Horseback 3

Six days a week 'l'wice a day Once a day

Six Clays a week Six days a week

Six days a week

Twice a day

... Horseback 12 '" Cab ... i 4* ... Cab ... I 1

... Horsehack 21 Coach ... ... t 21

... Coach ... J

... Coach 8

Once a day ... Six days a week ... 'rhree days a week ...

Horseback Coach Coach

2 14 15

Horseback Three days a week ... Twice aday ... Cab ... )

4

16*

5 5

Once a day ... Six days a week ... Six days II week ...

Cab ... f Horsehack Horseback

Six davs a week Six days a weck

... Horseback

... Horseback

Six days a week Vehicle

9 6

9

Three dan a week... Horseback 5 Three dll\'s a week... Horseback 18 Three days a week... Horseback 23

Two days it week Six days a week

Six days II week

Six days a week

... Horseback

... Vehicle and horsehack

••. Vehicle and hor~ehacl\

... Foot ...

4 8

21

Six day~ a w~ek ... Horseback 2 Three days a week... Horseback 11

Once a week ... Horseback 6 Three days a week... Horseback 43

Three days a week... Horseback 20

'l'hree days a week... Horscltaek 35

'fhree days a week ... Two days a week 'fht'ee dllYs II week ...

Three days it week .•. 57 trips... ...

Horseback Horseback Vehicle and

horseback Horsehaek Horsehack

Three days a week... Horseback

Once a week ... HOl'seback

10 6

45

35

} 8

50

Two days a week ... Horseback 6 Six days II week ... Vehicle ]5 Three da\~s n week... Horsehark 8 rrwo day~ a week ... Ho,'seback 50

and vehicle

95 0 0

126 0 0

95 8 o

r

oj

I

96 0 0

32 0 0

150 0 0

28 0 0

60 0 0

55 0 0 22 8 0

48 0 0 30 0 0

I l

} 84 0 0 i ~ 130 0 0 {

} 99 0 0 {

800

25 0 0 49 0 0

40 0 0 251 0 0

200 0 0

216 0 0

27 10 0 26 0 0

294 0 0

162 10 0

48 0 o{ 5610 0

29 0 0 90 0 0 31 10 0 80 0 0

6,552

7,488

3,744

5,30+

3,744

4,680

3,120

1,872

7,488

4,368

1,560

13,104

9,9t14

1,248 8,736 4,680

1,2.18

4,992

3,120 3,120

5,616 3.741

5,616

1,560 5,616 7,17G,

832 4,9V2

l.71()

312

1,248 3,432

62 13,4 ]ij

6,240

10,\)20

3,120 1,248

14,040

10,92() ::l9\1

2,49tl

5,200

1,248 9,360 2,496

10,400

_______________ --'-_____ -'-___ L-_-L-___ . __ _

• Per dic.m.

NO.6. D

50

STATEMENT show.iJ;lg Particulars of Inland Mail Serviceiperformed in Victoria; 1874-:-continued.

i

Service. Frcquency.

I :Mode of

Conveyance. i Gro •• • Mileuge. Distance. I Amount.

------------------ ------_._-. --.--< --_._--------

To an~ from Stmtford and Grant, by way of Hardy's, Bnagolong, Stockyard, and Dargo Flat

and to and from Grant and Bulltown, by way of Tal­botville

to [(nd from Bairnsdnle and Delegate, by way of Bruthen, Murrindale, Buchan, Gelantipy, Deduc, Tibbutt, Co­banandra, Bonang, and Bendoe

to and from Baimsdale :and Omeo, by way of Bruthen, Ensoy, and Swift's Creek, with a branch to and from Swift's Creek Turn Off, nnd Tongio

To and fmm Baimsdale and Coongulmerang

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

To and from Baimsdale and Bruthen... .•. • .. '1.'0 and from Bruthen and Cunningham (Lakes Entrance) ... To and from Omco and Snowy Creek, by way of Wombat

and Merrimae To and frdm Upper Dargo and Omeo •.. ... < .•• To and froin H:mietviIJe and Grant, by way of Upper Dargo To and from Bright and Harrietville, by way of Freeburgh To and from Kiewa and KergunYllh... ..• . .. '£0 and from Wodonga Railway Station and Albury, hy way

of W odonga Post Office To and from llarnawartha Railway Station and Post Office To and from Barnawartha and Yaekandandah, by way of

Sonth Barnawartha and North Woomgec To and from Barnawartha Post Office and North Barnawartha To and from Clliltern Railway Station and Post Office .. . To and from Wangaratta and Glenrowan ••• .. . To and from Wangaratta Railway Station and Post Office .. .

"To and from vVangaratta and Estcourt ... To and from Bowman's lforest and Whorouly ... To and from li1yrtleford and Rnnning Creek ... To and from BenalJa and Cobram, by way of Major-Yaba

and I{atandl'a To and from BenalJa and Shepparton To and from Benalla and Mansfield, by way of McKellars,

Swan Pool and Baljarg, with a branch to and fl'om Swan Pool and Samaria

To and from Benalla and Winton To and from :i?cnal\a Post Office and Railway Station To and froni l\fl1jor Plains and Dookie South

and from Benalla Station and Dookie South To and from the Post Office, Violettown, and Railway Station To and from Post Office, Euroa, and Railway Station '£0 and from lYl arysville and Alexandra, by way of Buxton

<and Little River To and from Doon and Dry Creek To and from Mansfield and Delatite To and ii'om Wood's Point and Gooley's Cl'eek ... To and froll! Darlingford and Enoch's Point To and from Railway Station and Post Office, Avenel To and from Railway Station and Post Office, Seymour To and from Seymour amI Nagllmbie, by way of Tahilk

and to and from Nagnmbie and Murchiscn, by way of Wah ring and Dnrgalong

'£0 and f!'Om Murchison and McMillan's (Arcadia Station), by way 0(' Kearney's Hotel, Pethybridge'6, Castle Creek, and Spencer's Farm

To and froUl Murchison and Mooroopna To and from Mooroopna find Shepparton 'ro and from Tallarcok Post Office and Railway Station '£0 and from the Railway Station and the Post Office,

Broadford To and from Broadford and Reedy Creek, by way of Lower

Reedy Creek To and from the Railway Station and the Post Office,

Kilmore To and from Kilmore and Heathcote, by way of Pyalong

and 'roohorac To aud from Kilrnore Ilnd Lancefield, by way of Springfield

with a branch mail to and from Goldie ... ... <To anel from the Railway Station and the Post Office,

vVallan-wallan to and from Wallan·wallan and Darraweit Guim

<To and from Post Offiee and Railway Station, Beveridge ... 'To and from Post Office and Railway Station, Donnybrook To and froll! Mount Blackwood and Pentlalld Hills, by way

of Greendale "To and from Balian and B1akeville 'To and from Gordon's and Ormond 'To and from Melton and Roekbank ':To and from Echuca and Ulupna, by way of Lower Moim,

Kotupna, Karimha, and Ulupna West <iro and from Echuca and Wbarparilla ...

Two d"ys a week

Once a week

Once a week

Once a week

Horseback and vehicle

Horsehack and vehicle

Horsehack and vehicle

Horseback and vehicle

Three days a week ••. Horsehack i\lldvehicJe

Two days a week Horsehack

Once a week Once a week Once a week

Once a week Once a week Three days a week ... .Tw<) days a week Twiec a day

Horseback Horseback Horseback

Horsehack Horseback Horseback Horseback Coach

Four times a day Horseback Three days a. week... Coach

Three days a week .•• Three times a day ... Three days a week .• , Four times a day Three days a week ... Three days a week .. . '.L'hl"ee days a week .. . Once a week

Once a wcek Once a week

Three days a week ... Four times a day Once" a week Once a week Four times n doy <Foil\' times a day Three d<ays a week ...

Twice a week Once a week Two days a week Three days a week ... Four times a day ... Four times a day ... Six<days a week Three days a week ...

Horseback Vehicle Horseback Vehicle Horseback Horseback Coach Uorscbock

Horseback Horseback

Horseback Horsehack Horseback Horseback Horseback Horseback Horseback

Horseback Horseback Horseback Horseback On foot Vehicle Coach Coach

Two days a week ... Horseback

Three days a week ... Two .daya a week Four times a day .. . Four times a day .. .

Horseback HQrseback Horseback Horsehack

Three days a week... Horseback

Four times a day '" Vehicle

Three days a week... Coach

Six days a week Six days a week Foul' times a day

Six days a week Twice Il day Twice a day Six duys a weclt

Three days a week ... Three days a week. •. Two days a week Once a wp.ek

Two days a week

.* Pel' diem.

Coach Coach On foot

Horseback Horsehack Horseback Coach

Horseback Horseback Horseback Horseback

Horsebllek

Miles.

70

7

130

78,

6

16

16 14 55

32 51 45 6 2

:

! 18

6 I

11 1 8 3

14 50

40 46

6 I 6 7 It'" f

25

7 7 2

18 1 1

13 17

20

16

2! 30

} 24

2

6 Ii 2

20

7 5

10 50

10

37 10 0

49 16 0

12 0 0 14 10 0 94 0 0

103 0 0 200 0 0, 101 0 0

39 0 0 200 0 0

45 0 0 91 0 0

45 0 0 104 0 0 78 0 0

104 0 0 39 5 0 20 0 0

180 0 0 80 0 0

60 0 0 70 0 0

38 0 0 55 0 0

} 35 0 o{ 35 0 0 79 0 0

100 0 0

16 5 20 0 17 Hi

155 0 54 0 50 0

200 0

o o o o o o 0\

< 1

23 0 0

88 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0

96 0 0

50 0 0

270 0 0

110 0 0

}" 120 0 o{ 12 0 0 14 0 0

205 0 0

55 0 0 45 0 0 40 0 0

176 0 0

33 0 0

14,560

728

13,520

8,112

1,872

3,328

1,664 1,456 5,720

3,328 5,304

14,040 1,248 2,496

I 248 " 5:616

1,872 936

3,432 2,496 2,496

936 4,368 5,200

4,160 4,7.34

1,872 2,496

624 728 390

1,872 7,800

1,456 728 416

5,616 2,496 2,496 8.112 5,304

4,160

6,552 520 780 624

4,992

6,240

9,360

14,976<

4,992

3.744 1,560 2,496

12,480

2,184 1,560 2,080 5,200

2,080

51

STATEMENT showing Particulars of Inland Mail Service performed in Victoria, 1874-connnued.

Service.

To and from Echuca. and Torrumbarry... • •• 1 ••• To and from the Post Office and the Railway Station,

Rochester . To and from Rochester and Terrick·terrick. by way of Pan­

amabawn, Forestol's (Pine Grove), and Mittiami To and from Seymour and Rushworth, by way of Gray-

town, Coy's Diggings, and Whroo . to and from Heathcote and Graytown, by way of ·Coster­

field and Redcastle to and from Sandhuret and Heathcote, by way of Axe­

dale and Wild Duck Creek Post Office to and from Sandhurst and Strathfieldsaye ... to and from SandhUl'st and Raywood, by way of Long

Gully, California Gully, Eaglehawk, Myers' Flat, and Whipstick

to and from Inglewood and Powlett Plains .•. • •. to and from Wedderburn and Yowen Hill Post Office .•. to and fronl Y oweu Hill Post Office and Towaniunie, by

way of .Glenloth and Wycheproof to and from St. Arnaud aud Yowen Hill Post Office, by

way of Yowong, Springs .,. with a branch to and from Nicholl's Station and Conovcr to and from Dunolly and Berlin, by way of Inkerman,

Moliagul, and 1icIntyre's ' to and from Kyneton .lnd Mount 'Blackwood, by way of

'I'ylden. Trentham, :lnd Newbury (Garlick's) , to and from Tylden and East Trentham ••• • ..

To and from Rushworth aud Whroo... ..• . .. To and from Goornong Railway Station and Clare Inn. by

way of the Goornong Post Office and to and·from Clare Inn and Toolleen , ...., ...

To and from Sandl.urst and Kangaroo Flat, by way of Golden Square

To and from Sandhurst and Diamond Hill, via Golden ,Gully To and from Kangaroo Flat Post Office and Railway Station '£0 and from Shelbourne West and East Shelbourne" .. . To and from Eddington and Laanecoorie ,... .. . 'I'o and from Castlemaine and Harcourt, by way of Barker's

Cr.;ek '1'0 and from Castlemainc and Vaughan, by way, of Camp­

bell's Creek, Yapeell. Strathloddon, Guildfofd, and Tadlta .

To and from the Railway Station and Post Office, Castle-maine ' .

To and from Newstead and Clydesdale... • .•• :..... To and from Newstead and· Strangways ,: ••• ' ... To and from Elphinstone and Sutton Grange ... .. .

to and from Sutton Grange and Myrtle Creek... .. . To and from Elphinstone and Faraday... ... .. . To and from Maldon and Porcupine Flat ... ' '"

to and from Maldon and Nuggety Reef .... ... to and from Maldon and Welshman's Reef .... . ..

To and from Muckleford and Walmer. by way of China­man's Creek. and extra trip from Chinaman's Creek to Muckleford on outgoing English mail days '

To and from Ravenswood Railway Station and Big Hill. by way of Old Ravenswood Post Office .

To and from Kyneton and Lauriston •.. ... .,. To and from Kyneton and Pastoria. by way of Piper's' Crcek To and from Railway Stat.ion and Post Office. Kyneton ...

and for the clearance of the 'letter-boxes, incln.dihg the conveyance of a letter· carrier ;

To and from Redesdale and Lyal. by way of North Redes-dale

To and from Langley and l'Iictcalfe. by way of Green Hills To and f"orn Langley and Baynton... ...l '"

To and from Woodend and Carlsrnhe. by way of Springfield To and from Woodend and Lancefield, by way of Newham

and Rochford To and from Rochford and HeRket... ... • .. To and from Macedon and Upper Macedon ... • .. To and from Gisbome Railway Station and Gisborne; also

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

to and from Gisbol'Ile and BuUcngarook ... .. . To and from Gisborne and Cabbage· tree ... .. . To and from Lancefield Hoad Railway Station ahd Romsey

and to and from Romsey and North Lancefield, by way of Lancefield

To lind from Sunbury and lhe Gap... ... . .. To lind from Diggers' Rest and Coimadai Creek, by way of

'I'oolern To and from Elmhurst and GJcl)patrick .. . To and f10m Amrat and Opossum Gully .... .. . TO'abd from Moyston and Watgania. by way of Kalymna .. . To and from Avoca and Nattie Yallock, by way of Homebush

Frequency.

Once a week Four times II day

Mode of Conveyance.

••• Horseback ... Vehicle ...

Two days a week ... Horseback

Three days a week... Coach

Three days a week... Coach

Three days a week... Coach

Three dRYS ·a week... Horseback Six days a week ... Coach ...

Once a week . Two days a week Once a week

. .. Horseback

... Horseback

... Horseback

Two days a week ... ,Coach

'fwo days a' week ... Coach Six days a week ... 'Coach

Six days a week ... Coach

Three days a week... Horseback Three days!a week ... 'Vehicle .,. Six days a week ... Vehicle ...

Two days II week ... Horseback Six days a week ... Vehicle ...

Six days II week ... Vehicle .. . Twice a day ... On foot .. . Three days a week... Horseback Six days a week ." Horseback Six days a week ... Horseback

Six days a week ... ·,Coach I

As often aSlrequired Vehicle ... I

Three days' a week... Horseback Six days a week ... Horseback Three days a week... Horseback Two dM's a week ... Horseback Three days a week... HQrseback Six days a week ... Cart .. . Six days a week ... Cart .. . Six days 11 week ... Cart ••• Six days a week ... 'Horseback

Six: days a week ... Horseb8ck

Six days a week ... Horseback Three days a week... Horseback Six times a day... } C Twice a day ... a1' ...

Three days a week... Horseback

Six: days a week ... Horseback ThrcB days a week... Horseback Six: <lays a week ... Horseback Six days a week ... Oart ...

Three days a week... Horseback Six days a week ... Horseback Six days a week ... Vehicle ...

Three days II week... HorselJack '['hrce days a week... Horsehack Twice a day... Vehicle .. . Six days a week ... Vehicle .. .

Six days a week ." Horseback Three days a: week... Vehicle ...

Two days a week ... Horseback Six days a week ... 'Horseback Two days a week ... Vehicle Three days a week... Horseback

Pordlem.

Dlst4nce. Amount.

lI1lles. £ 8. d. 16 49 0 0 1 85 0 0

8S 110 19 0

40

25

30

7 22

1 I I

6~

22

6 11! 8

6 4:

60 0 o

72 0 or o

5 72 0 0 1 20 0 0 8 22 0 0 6 40 0 0 6 52 0 0

11 8000

0'" 46 0 0

4: 8 9 6 4 5 5 6 7!

4

6 7

16'"

'l

9 6 'l

15

, 3 3 2~

7 6

10 5

4 10

7 6

19 8

}

}

40 0 65 0 60 0 1114

67 12

52 0

o o o{ 2

o{ o

35 0 0

80 0 0 26 0 0

46 16 0

29 0 0

60 0 0 19 18 0 65 0 0 65 0 0

26 0 0 30 0 0

} 37 0

14 0

} 140 0

9 19 6 85 0 0

10 0 0 37 0 0 48 10 0 85 0 0

Gross Mileage.

1,560 1.248

7,904

12,480

7.800

9,360

2,184-13.728

1.872 4,160 3.120

6,968

11,856

18,728

1.872 3,588 4,992

1,248 2,496

3,120 1,248 2,496 3.744 3,744

6,864

1,560

1,248 1,872 2,808 1.248 1,248 3.120 3.120 3.744

{ 4,680

52

2,496

3744 2:184

4,992

2,184

5,616 1.872 4,368 9,360

936 1,872 1,560

2,184 1,872

12,480 3,120

2,496 3,120

1,456 3,741 3.952 2.496

52'

STATEMENT showing'Particulars of Inland Mail ServiQc performed in Victoria, ISH-continued.

Service.

To and from Beaufort and Charlton, by way of Main Lead, Waterloo, and Raglan

to and from Beaufort and Stockyard Hill, by way of Sailor's Gully and Lake Goldsmith

To and from Burrumbect and Bo-Peep ... •.. ... To and from Smeaton and Hit-or-Miss ... ... '"

to and from Moorookyle and Ullioa... ... . .. To and from Crcswick and Rocky Lead, by way of Dean ... To and from Dunkeld and Karabeal ... ... . ..

to and from Dunkeld and Victoria Valley, I:y way of Dwycr's Creek

to and from Hamilton and Penshurst, by way of Ho'~h­kirch and Croxton East

to and from Woodford and Winslow, via Yangcry ••• to and from the Landing-place and Post Office, Warrnam­

bool to and from Allansford and Nirranda, by way of Mepunga to and from Camperdown and Lismore, via Taaraak and

Foxhow to and from Killarney and Crosslay .•• .•• . .. to and from Crossley and Koroit ... ••• ... to and from Camperdown and Cobden ... • .. to and from Pinon Yaloak and Cnrpendeit, by way of

Irrewillipe to and from Stonyford and Terang, by way of McKenzie's

farm, Colantet, Jancourt, Cobden, and Elingamite to and from Cobden and Port CampbeH ... , .. to and from Beeac and Cam mel Springs (Tea-tree),

Wal'rion to and from Colae and Beeac ... .._ ... to and from Beeac and Cundare ... ... , .. to and from Birregurra and Middleton (Apollo Bay), by

way of Silk's saw-mills To and from Cranbvurne and the Bass, by way of Corinella To and from Springs Railway Station and Bonthernmbo ... To and from Moyhu and Upper King River (Izzard's) ••. To and from Violettown and Kialla. by way of Costello's

and Keady's To and from Corop and Runnym!lde... ... ... To and f!'Om Spring Gully and Flycrstown, including the

clearance of the receiving-box at Church's Flat ... to and from Castlemaine and Chewton ... • .. including the clearance of the letter-boxes at Ohewton ... to and from Chewton and Glcnluoe, by way of li'ryerstown to and from Golden Point and Chewton ... ...

To and from Lauriston and Spring Hill ... . .. To and from Echuca and i\looroopna, hy way of Wyuna

Station To and from Casterton and Brimboal ... ' .. ' ... To and from Casterton and Dergholm, by way ofRosencath To and from Morrison's and Bungeltap (McIntosh's) To ancl from Scbastopol and Magpie ..... . To and from Dean's Marsh and Lorne ... ... • .. To and f!'Om Springhur.t and Wahgunyah, by way of

Rutherglen To and from Benalla and Dookie South, via Devenish .. . To and fl'om Avenel and Nagamhie, by way of Tabilk .. . To and from lIIelbourne and Northcote... ... .. . For the c]uarance of nine lcttel'-boxes at Emerald HilI ... To and from Wangamtta and Beechworth, by way of

TalTllwingee, from 1st July 1874 to 30th June 1875 To and from Duek Ponds and Euroa, from 1st July 1874 to

30th Jnne 18T5 To and from Toolamba and Rushworth, by way of Mol"

rison's, Baldwin's, Oryer's, Whim Tatura, and Edney's, from 1st Julv 1874 to 30th June ]875

'1'0 and fI'olll AIl,~n5Iord and 'fallangatta, from 1st July 1874 to 30th June. 1875 ,

To and from Dromana and Flinders, by way of Boneo and . Cape SchaDck .

To and from Lilydn1e and Yarra Flats ... ... . .. For clearance' 01' lettrr-boxes at Stawell, including convey­

ance of letter-carrier For clearance of receiving-box at Church's Flat, and con-

veyance ofietters to and from Post Office, Fryerstown To and from Ceres and Gllarwarre... ._. .. . To and fmm lIielbouroe alld North Brighton... .. . To and from Melbourne and Brighton ... .., ...

,and for clearance of receiving-boxes at Balaclava, Elstern­wick, Bay street, and Brighton Beach Railway Station, and conveyance of letters from these stations to Melbourne

To aud from Melbourne and Richmond... ... ' ... Clearance of receiving· box at Middle Brighton 8tation, and

con\'eying letters, &e., to Melbourne Clearance of three receiving-boxes at Brunswick ...

• Per diem.

Frequency. ]\fode of I

Conveyance. Distance. ,

Three days a week... Horseback

'fhree days a week... Horseback

Two days a week Six days a week Six days a week Six days It week Two days a week Two days a week

... Horseback

... Horseback

... Horseback

... Horseback

.. , Horseback

... Horseback

Two days a. week ... Coach

Horseback Vehicle ...

Two days a week ... As often as required,

being 356 trips Once a week ... Horseback

... Horseback Twice a week

Six days a week ... Vehicle ... Four davs a week ... Vehicle .•• Three d"ays I, week... Horscback Once a weck ... Horseback

Once a week

Once II week Once a week

... Horseback

... Horseback

... Horseback

Six days II week ... Coach '1'1'1'0 d'ays a week ••. Uoach ... Once a fortnight ... Horseback

Two days a week Four times a day Once a week Once a week

Six days a week Six days n week

... Horseback

... Horseback

... Horseback '" Horseback

... Vehicle ••.

... Horseback

Twice a day ...} V h' 1 Six days a week ... e IC e ... Six days a week ... Horseback Six days a week ... 'Vehiele Three days a week... Horseback Once a week ... Horseback

Two days a week ... Horseback. Two days a wcek ... Horseback 'l'wo days a week ... Horseback Six days a wetk ... Horseback Two days a weck ... Horseb'ack Six days a week ... Coach ...

Once a wcek ... Horseback Six. days II week ... Coach ••• Six days a week ... Uar .. . Three times a day... Car .. . Six days a week ... Coach .. .

Three days a week... HQrseback

Once a week ... Horseback

Once a week ... Horseback

Once a week Horseback

Three days a week... Horseback Twice daily ... Tilbury ...

Six days a week ••• Horseback

Three days a week .. , Six days a week .. . Twice a day .. . 'l'wice a day .. .

Horseback Railway

} Railway ...

Three times a day... Railway .. . Twice a. day ... Railway .. .

Six days a week ... On foot ...

Miles,

9

4~ 6 5 ;; 9

10

18~

12 It

10 30

3 3

10 10

39

25 3

7 6

60

54 !

13 20

13 2

2

10 I! 4

45

18 20

6 3

19 15

24 10 4

18" 30

5

31

23

10 41'"

2

I} 1

3*

• DIstance prevIously stated.

Amount.

£. 8. d.

} 148 0 ° 13 ° 0

} 145 ° 0 110 0 0

')

I

J 83 17 6 50 0 0 30 0 ° 52 0 0

91 0 0

Gross Mlleage.

{ 2,808' 3,588

\136,

{ 3,744 3,120 3,7410

( 1,872

I 2,080

I j I

i I I l

3,848-

2,49& 909

l,oro 6,240

1,872 1,248 3.120, 1,040

4,056

2,600 31~

4,368 1,24a. 3,120

11,232 1.248 1;352 2,080

} I~ 10 0 1 8,112 1,248

2,496

6,240 :13&

1,248 4,630

34 19 0 105 10 0

50 0 0 60 0 0 28 0 0 30 0 0 26 ° 0 40 0 0

38 0 0 44 10 0 42 0 0 39 0 0 75 0 0

40 0 0

75 0 0

10 0 0

38 0 0

80 0 0 60 0 0

20 0 0

30 0 0 52 0 0

200 0 0

52 0 0 25 0 0

30 0 °

3,744 4,160 1,248 1.872 3,952 9,360

2,496 6,240 2,4:16 5,616

18,nO

],560

3,224

512

2,392

3,120 1,071

408

2,496 4,680

9,360

2,808

935

53

STATEililfNT showing Particulars of"Inland' Mail-Service 'performed" iirVictoria, ·1874.....:....continued.

service. Frequeucy. ~rode of !

Conveyance. 'DIstance. Amount.

Clearance of receiving-box at Pascovale ' ... • •• Clearance of receiving-bol!. at Coburg ... ':.. . •. Clearance of five receiving-boxes at South Yarra ... ' ••.

and conveyance of English mail from Toorak and South Yarm to. Melbourne

To and frum. Hawthorn Post Office and Receiving·house, Lower Hawthorn

and for clearance of two receiving·boxes in Lower Haw­thorn

Conveyance of mail from Foot.cray Post Office to Railway Station

From Brighton to St. KHda... .•. ... . •• Clearing I'ccciving-hox, Arthur'" Seat road .•. . .. To and from the Post Office, East Brighton, and the Rail-

way Station, North Ikighton To and from the Post Office and Railway Station, JI,fary-

borough, from 7th .July . To and from the Post Office (lnd Railway Station, Newstead . and to and from Newstead' and Joyc,,'s Creek, from 7th

July ~o' and from the Post Office and Railway Station, Carisbrook,

from 7th Julv To and from Cari:~brook and Moolort, f"om 7th July ... Clearance of' five receiving-boxes at South Yarra, from 7th

July To and from the Post Office and Railway Station, Guildford,

from 13th July (1'0 and from Chiltern and Doma lIfungi, from 1st August Increased mileage consequent on alterations in mail times,

from 7th July . To and from Horsham and Minyip, by way of Longerenong,

Green Hills, Murtoa, and La.1 Lat, from 15th July Calling at Major Plains Po.t Office, en route to and from

HenalJa and Dookie South, from 23rd July To and from Pinon Yaloak and Carpendeit, via. Irrewillipe,

once a week; in lieu of to and from :-stonyford and Car­pendeit, once a week, from 1st July

To and from Wedderburn and Boort, by way of Wychctella, from lst. Augmt

For til" clearance of the letter-boxes in East and W' est Melhourne, from 'ith July to 10th August

'1'0 and from the Post Ollicc and Railway Station, Creswick, . to 3nl l::5eptrmber

To and from Eehuca and Torrumbafl'Y, from 12th August To and f"om Ballarat and Sulky Gully, by way of "'fount

Rowan, from 1st August To'and from Ballarat and Cardigan, from 1st August ... To and from Post. Office and Railway Station, Burrumbeet,

fmm J lth August To and from Beaufort and Stawell West, by way of Euram­

been, Shirley, Buangor, Dohie's Bridge, Ararat, Arm­strong's, Great Western, and Stuwell, from 11th August

To and from Birrcgurra and Dean's ~farsh, fr\lm 20th August '1'0 and from Post Office and Railway Station, Tmwalla,

from II th August Addition 10 Contract No. 835, consequent on alteration in

mail times, from 7r,h July . Deviation eonsequent on conveyance of loose bag to and

from Murgheboluc State School, from 13th August Conveyance of !m additional letter-carrier to and from Gar.

diner's Creek Road and Melbourne To and from Daylesford and Bul~arlo, by way of Musk

Creck, f!"Om 1st September Deviation conveyance of loose bag to and from Tal garno,

fmf!} let Scptcmhcr To and from Beeac alld CAmel Springs, from li't September To and from Birregurra. and MUlToon, from 3l'd September To and from Post Office and Hailway l:5tation, ere.wick,

from 4th September Deviation cOllsequent on conveying mails by way of Hapny

Valley, Dean, from 24th September -To and from Melbourne, Footscray, and \Villiamstown .. .

to and from Melbourne, Geelong, and Ballarat .. . to and from Melbourne and Sandhurst .•• . .. to and from Snndhurst and Echuea .•• ... .. . to and from Melbourne and W odonga ... .. . to and from Ballarat and Creswick, from 1st August ' .. to and from Ballal':1t IIUel Beaufort, from 11 th August 1874 to and from Creswick and Clunes,fl'Om 16th November 1874 to and . from Uastlcmaine and Maryborough, from 7th

July 1874 to and from l\faryborough and Dunolly, from 21st Sep­

tember 1874 to and from Clunes and Maryhorough, from 2nd February

1875

Six da.ys a week ... On foot ... On foot Daily... .. . I Onfootand } Three times a day .. . , cab Monthly... H'

Twice l! day

Twice a day

Six days a week

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

Fonr times a day

Foul' times a day Six, days a week

Four times a day

::: }on foot ...

... On foot

... Spring cart

... On foot ...

... Horseback

... Vehicle ...

... Vehicle •••

... Vehicle ...

." Vehicle .•.

Six days a week ... Horseback Once a day additional On foot ...

Four times a day... Vehicle ...

: Six days a week ••• -Horseback

Two days a 'week ... Horseback

Once a week ... Horseback

Once a week ••• Horseback

Once a week ... Horseback

Once a day additional Tilbury ...

Four times a day

Once a week Six days a week

Six days a week Four times a day

... Vehicle ...

... Horseback Horsebaek

••. Horseback •.. Vehicle ...

Six days a week I ... Coach

Once a week Four times a day

..• Horseback

... Horseback

... Horseback

Four days a week ... Horseback

•.. Car

Two days a week ... Horseback

Once a week ... Horseback

Two days a week ... Horseback Once a week ... Horl;Cback Three times a day... Car ...

Six days a week ... Horseback

Twiee a day '" Viet. Railw. Three times a day,.. Viet. Railw. Three times a day... Viet. Railw. Twice a day ... Viet. Railw. Twice a day '" Viet. Railw. 'fwice a day... Viet. Railw. Twice a dav ... Viet. Railw. Twice a day ••. Viet. Hailw. Twice a day... Viet_ Hailw.

Twice a day

Twice a day

... Vict. Railw.

... Viet. Railw.

• Per diem. , Additional daily mail to and from Stawell.

No.6. E

Miles. I" I"

10*

3*

1 4

46

3

28

17*

3*

14 8

6 1

48

10 1

8~

3

3 5

13~

£ $, d. 12 0 0 10 0 0 63 0 0

40 0 0

10 0 0

20 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0

38 9 3

} 76 18 6

47 4 6

')

I

70 16 9 15 7 8

50 8 6

45 13 6 25 ]2 10

186 12 6

982

26 0 0

47 2 6

6 13 5

4 17 1

43 9 4 95 8 6

92 11 5 34 14 3

1,023 0 9

13 10 0 26 13 10

11]6 1

8 16 10

15 13 0

27 0 0

21 12 10

20 0 0 9 18 s

30 0 0

10 15 5

r1,000 0

J

, l'cr week.

Gross :Mileage.

312 312

3,120

936

138

1,632 612

'468

1,248

{ 2,496 2,496

780

3,432 1,000

1,248

1,584

8,832

156

1,040

2,912

510

162

1.288 4,608

3,456 1,104

26,496

900 552

552

1,462

312

516 430 567

720

11,544 187,668 188,604 68,952

233,376 14,302 31,464 5,130

41,616

12,960

9,954

54

STATEMENT showing Particulars of Inland Mail Service performed in Victoria, l874-contim1ed.

Service. I Mode of Frequency. Conveyance. Di.tllllee. Amount.

------Miles.

To lind from Stanley and IIurdle Flat, from 19th September 1874

Six days a week ... Horseback 2~

To and from Wal'garatta and Cobram, by way of Kilawana, Once a week ... Horseback 60 PeechclbR, Bondalong, Yarrawonga, and from 17th October

Burramine,

'1'0 and from St. Arnaud and DonaldJrom 6th October Once a week ... Coach ... 25 To and frollr Benalla and Hill Plain, by way of Rowan's Once a week ... Horseback 88

Swamp, from 16th October To and from Wharparilla. and Terrick·terrick, from 7th Two days a week '" IIorseback 171

October To and from Maryborough aud Dunolly via Havelock arid Once a day '"

Coach ... 14 Bet-bet, from 21st September to 6th October

Deviation consequent on Burnt Creek Office being supplied Six days a week ... Coach ... 4 jn connection with Castlemaine and DunolJy ser'vic~, from 21sl; Scptember

To and from Gong-gong and Brown Hills, from 14th Sep-tember .

Six days a week ... Horseback 11

'fo and from Lower Reedy Creek and Strath Creek, from Two days a week ... Horseback 41 14th Septembcr

To and from Rail~uy Station arid Post Office, Dunolly, from Four times a day ... Vehicle ... .I.

6th October ~

To and from Brunswick and Coburg, from 8th October ... Once a day ... Car ... 21 • To and from Castlemaine and Campbell's Creek, from 8th Six days a week ... Vehicle ... 2 October

To and from the Post Office and the Railway Station, Bet- Four times a day ... Horseback ! bet, from 6th Octol1er.

Four times a day Horseback To and from the Post Office and the Railway 8tation, ... .1*

Havelock. from 6th October ~

To and from Geelong and Queenscliff, from let November Six days a week ... Coaeh ... 20 to 30th ~ril

To and from arm Flats and Eltham, via Kangaroo Ground Three days a week ... Horseback 17 } and to and from the Yarra Flats and Kangaroo Ground, 'rhree days a week ... Horseback 12

To by way of Christmas Hill, from 1st November and from Oxley l'lains and Hurdle Creek, from 1st Two days.a week ... Horseback 7 November

To and from Strathfieldsaye and ll-falldurang, from 10th Three days a week , .. Horseback 5 November

Consequent OIl alteration in mail times 8tonyford and Te- ... ... ... ... .., . rang service, from 13th November :

To and from Shepparton and Dookie South, by way of Once a week ... Horsebaek 24 Sempton's Store and Pine Lodge, from 24th November

Horscback I

To and from Creswick and Maryfield, by way of Glen- Six days a week ... 8 . donald, from 16th November

To and f('om Post Office and Railway Station, Clunes, fr'om Four ti!l}es a day ..... ' Vehicle ... 6* 16th November

To and from Baringhup and Nuggety Reef, from 7th De- Six days a week ... Cart ... S cember

To and from the Post Office and the Railway Station, GJen- Four limes a day ... Ilorseback 1 , rowan, from 1st January 1875

'1'o,and from Rushworth and Toolamba, via Morrison'8, Baldwin's, Cryers, Whim Tatura, and Edneys, from

Oncc a week ... Horseback 31

27th J nnuary Horseback To and from Wodonga and Green Hills, from 1st March ... 'Two days a week ... 8

To and from Powlett Plains and Wychetella, by way of Once a week ... Horseback 32 Bool't, from 6th February j

Conseqnent on alteration in mail times Upper Macedon ser- ... ... ... ... ... vice, from 22nd January

To and from Talbot and Dunach, from 8rd lfehruary ... Six dav. a week ... Horseback 8~ To and Ii'om Post Office and Railway Station, Talbot, from FoUl' ti m as a day ... Vehicle ... 8*

2nd February L875

At ['er diem. , 1I1lleage and distance prevlouslyatated. NOTE.-Computed upon milcnge and cost of accepted tenders for mail servlc •• 1874-75.

1

. ,n

Dy Authority: GEORGE SKINNER, Acting Government Printer, Melbourne.

£ s. d. 29 11 8

64 1 11

46 S 1 73 16 1

38 3 2

11 18 10

88 9 6

20 14 3

19 2 8

37 G S

17 10 11 32 18 1

22 19 5

22 19 5

78 0 0

76 13 4

20 0 0

33 7 4

15 4 0

28 18 8

48 13 10

40 2 7

84 0 7

10 8 0

28 4 8

710 0 48 4 8

G 13 0

22 0 0 15 15 0

Gross Mileage.

2,400

4,440

l,900 :l,812

2,6,60

836

1,920

788

738

912

1,140 912

920

920

6,240

{ 3,5iO 2,520

980

1,020

I ... 1,488

3,168

990

, 1,800

312

1,364

204: 1,344

I . .. 882 378