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1871.
VICTORIA. '
REPORT
ON THE
POST .OFFICE AND TELEGRAPH
-DEP ARTMENT
FOR THE YEA¥
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PRESEN'l'ED TO BOTH HOUSES OF 1> ARLIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY;S COMIlIANl) .
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No. 12. JOHN F~:RlmS,' GO V}:U.NlIIENl' PRINTERJ MELBOURNE.
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GENERAL POST OFFICE,
Melbourne, 31st March 1871.
As required by the 57th section of the Post Office Statute, ;29 Victoria \
No. \ 298, I have the honor to submit a General Report upon tlle. affairs of' the
Post Office for the y~ar 1870.
I have the honor t!l be,
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Your most obedient Servan.t,
W. TURNER,
Deputy ~ostmaster-Genera} .
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The Commissioner of Trade and Cus,toms,
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REPORT.,
, Although the business of the_ Department has increased considerably during the past y~ar, tne Revenue R~turns are not so satisfactory as those for 1869.
The gross amounts collected in 1870 were-Postage and Money Order Com-mission, £126,596; Telegraphic Messages, £33,145. , . This shows a falling off from the receipts for 1869 on postage, &c., of £624 and
on telegraphic messages of £1038, \vhich is to be accounted for by the reduction that has taken place as hereinafter' me~tioned in the rates of postage on intercolonial ship letters and on telegraphic messages; and, to' some extent, by the operation of the, Stamp Statute,- which has greatly decreased the facilities afforded to the public for the purchase of postage stamps by diminishing the number <?f licensed vendors. It sheuld also be noticed.in cpnnection with the Stamp Statute, a~'affecting the revenue for 18,70, that from the,date it came into force ('lst,January 1870), tIie commission allowed to .licensed vendors was reduced from 5 per cent. to 2t per cent. Very large' purchases were made in the last few d~ys of December 1869, amounting, at least, to £1500 more than would otherwise have been the case; and, consequently, the sun; named was credited in the accounts of 1869 instead of appearing as part of the receipts of 1870, to which it fairly belonged. . .
But for these ci:rcumstances the revenue of the Post Office for 1870 would have 'shown ariexcess over'the collections for 1869 equal to that of 1868 over 1867, or, say (£5000) five thou,sand pounds.
The rates on ship letters .to New Zealand, New South Wales, South Australia, " and Tasmania, were reduced from sixpence to t~reepence per half-ounce on the 27th
May, -1st July, 1st August, and 1st Nove~ber respectively. The rates on local telegraphic messages were reduced to the uniform charge of
one shilling for ten' words on the 1st January 1870, and on intercolonial messages.' Ion the following'dates, viz. :-South Australia, 1st August; 'New South vVales and
. Q~eenslimd, 8th August. . , The charges on intercolonial messages were fixed at a minimum of 2s. with '
South Australia, 3s. with New South Wales, except to Albury and Deniliquin, to which places the charge was made 2s., and 6s. with Queenslan,d; this Department receiving on a message to South Australia one-half, on a message to New South Wales, at 2s. rate one-half, a,nd at 3s. rate one-third; and on a message to Queensland one-third.
The extraordinary increase in th~ number of telegrams in the early part of 1870, gave promise of a business that would not only prevent any falling off in revenue but would'· cQ!'npensate for the additional outlay occasioned by the appointment of junior operators arid messengers, which the largely. increased transactiQns that immediately followed the redu~tion in rates made necessary.
The failure of these expectations is, no doubt, due. to the depression in business generally throughout the, colony during the latter part of the past year, but more particularly to the extreme dulness that prevailed in the mining districts.
N umber of Victorian Messages in 1869 " " ,,1870
Cash receipts on account of Victorian Messages in 1869 .. . " '" " " 1 S70 .. .
Number of Intercolonial Messages in 1869
" " '" 1870 Cash receipts on account of Intercolonial Messages in 1869
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Monthly average of Intercolonial Messages, before reduction in rates, for seven months to 31st July 1870
. Monthly average of Intercolonial Messages, aftei reduction in rates, for five mouths from 1st August to 3!st December 1870 , ....
Cash receipts for Interco\oniai M~s8ages, bifo;'~ ,reduction of rates, for seven months to 31st July 1870 ... •.• ,'"
Cash receipts for Intercolonial Messages, after reduction of rates, for five mouths to 31st December 1870... ... ... '
256,723 423,591
£~4,154 6s. 9d. £22,811 19s. 7<1.
23,747 31,007
£10,028 13s. 8d. £10,333 lOs. 9d.
2,150 per mouth
3,191 per month
£871 lIs. Od. per month
£846 lOs. 9d. per month
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, The -gros~ amount of expenditure on account of the Post Office and Telegraph under the h~ads Salaries and Wages, Contingencies, and Jnland Mail' Service, " during 1870, was £14,325 in excess of that for .1869,' which is to be ascribed to ,the
,appointment of additional assistant' opera.tors and telegraph messengers, £3254 ; . annual increments allow~d by law, and, additional allowances to country postmasteI~s ~nl;<?9:p.seqUEm~eiof, incr~ased: busin~ss,;a:qd, qvertlme,:,.t:,U75; ma'nufactur~ of stamps under Stamp, Statpte, £1;046 ;;,Inl~~d ,Mail ~ervice, £7347., ,,' , ,'." q ~ ~;':l'l'<i,r1;teamoup.t ch~rged,~gainst. the cqlQ:p.y of Victoria OJ?, 3:c~ount ofS~ap:l Postal Communication, 1870, is £35,529 5s. 8d., ' tj,;,,;':' An '; accQmlt, of" th~, ,rey,e!lue, .an~, ,~xpep.qiture, will" be J~p,n~, a~, pag~ ,21 ~f this
v .Report. . , -".i "" t. /:: ,: J;NLAND CORRESPONDENC~;: ,t<' .. /: ,
'j " According to the, statement,on,·the.n~xt page,,;which has,be~~,carefp,lly"compil~d from,the·retmmsreyeiv;ed ,fr~m, the various! country post offices,' and ehec:ked by the.1;>e~t me~n$' at the, disposal of, the •. officers .of.this ... Department',i,the·)I).crease i~, the,;ip.lm~d. c@rresl')ondenye .. in·,the), year. ;1879,·..;.oYer" thaLfor,,186,9may. :be:estimated :;a,t. si~,:( 6.1
'percent. ~ ',;, " . ,.', '1'1,' " 'to:'
;t -<> 1 As(';xplaip.~d in previous:Reports, ,there are 3:lmost:i:qsuperable~ djfficuitiesjI).;the wa¥~o£,allriving,at. the: ,exact:number. of inland Jettens that ,have circulated,'throug~o,!l.t the colony" during any: 'gi;ven, perio&'; nevertheless;l., from ,the .various, .tests· ap,plje,e}
, in :,Con;tputingL thepercentagetlof.increase;, ,that)now,: given-may .be,,~ke:n. as, .. c19s.eJy , approximating to fact. " , ',,' " :...
ii'''d:~ There has also~beenaninc.rease,in th(:dnland~packets of ni\le,(9}pe:r: ce,nt., arid in the ,inland ,newspapers .of nearly four ~4) ,per,:,cent. '. j,: ",:
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" , . There . has 'been, ail· increase' in Intercolonial· letters 'despatched sinqe :the .reduction in the rate 9f p()stage at'l;he'rate of 1000 pet month.; the percentage"of increase for 1870 over 1869 being abouf,2i per-cent. . " " ' . ';: ;,;: ~. On'Intel'colonia;I'packets,despatched: during t4e . same pe~i()d the increaseha.8 oe,en'nearly'25 per cent.; aild,OIdntercoJomal newspapers' six (6}per.cerit ... ; . ',' ; ,:~.r '
'" .In British. and Foreign ship l~tters, packet~, and newspapers, outwards, ·thGre hal:( been ari jncrease in 19tter~ ':1~,":in:, packets ::t,:fractio,n" and in newsp,aper~ 2 per cent." , , . ,:....: ," .. , " " ".:, '
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r:<:", , Of Intel'colonialletters 'and'packetsreyeived there"has bee:p.~ail increase,·very trifling -in the letters, aJ?d about 6t per c'e'nt. in packets. ,.:. . /",,' '. ;,::,~,: " .: ,:' ' ,,' In, In,terc()lo:tiial., newspapers' received, th€lre ,has l?een" a, \falling' off,:,of· about 2.,t per: c'ent.· . . ',,' . " ' "';, .!.. ',- " ",' " '" >~:,- , 'Of British 'and ... ·E o,r~igl1 letters~' pa~kets; and ·newsp'ape~s: :r!3ceivedi
• .there' Has ,l:iee~i a,'very' 'slight inGrease,~ the letter,s andp~ck;et~;:!1nder 1 per- cent. in ;each~ casc','; )1l1(,l' in' newspapers a' decrease of rather more thi:m· 6 per cent." ' : " ,;,,"'"'' :' . ;';:""
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V";, "Complaints are:·frequen~IY:Q1!td~ 'of.- the'1)1iscal1il!ge ,,'of newspapers. P9stlild· :,ill England for transmission to.Nictoria 'by-the English mail; and the:'persons',;who',do not receive ;:the '. pap~rs' which, they feel certain, hav~ ,been ~for,warded",,for. them .:almost invari;:tQly assume that the blame're~ts 1rith t4~ Colonial P9~t.Offi~e. , There i~, howeve~, ,good reason to, believe that: j.t;l .. most case~ where such c~Iirplaint :ismade the
. missing newspapers have never been despatched from England, but have been detained in the L,9ndon office on account of ;some, irreg~larity in .. tne : posting. , .. According to the EnglishJ~w the terms 'upo~ whjch; ne~spap.er~ caJ? ,be f01;"warde~ by post ,at:e much more restrictive ,than thos~necess3;t'Y to 'be observed in this colony." :' ,
. . The following are the hea,ds of the leading iJtdispensable conditions enforced in the London office :_ I' . ,
i.. Newspapers must be posted,:w,i~hir: ~ .days of publicati?n~, " '" ", ., f!""Newsp~p~r postagE?: must be,p~e,p~l9. ~n .f\lf~ ... Q.JaY IW:tp;lyfor ,every A: ounces or " fraction of 4 ounces. I '
T~er~ mu~t. be no"writing-, or"other, ~~k, on: ,a :newspaper :,~u.t i,the lrHline arid i ,: address' of t1;te pers~m to ~.h~m It IS ,:ad<4"!3s~~. " (The ~mltia:Is: of. ~hq sender
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." ,,':F "::~Manyiof tlieiper~Qil'$r:who :app1yat ihis' ·office"'fornewspapers' :\vhi'ch they think t!!~Y-9.p.ght~9 p-~v,~ ,re,~eiy~d give parti~n;larswhich"ha:ve bee~ sent to ~hem by their friends of the manner of' postip.g the newspapers, which at once account for their not having .reached this office. For instance, it is sometimes stated that the senders, for greater sec!lrity, invariably write, their initials in some part of the paper or wrapper, or that four .weekly ,papers' have been posted in one bundle, ::fDd there can be no reasonable doubt that, in the majority of instances' in which ,newspapers do not reach t4eir intended destination, the senders have failed to obs«rve some" of the regulations, the neglect of which has led .to the detention ~f. the ~ews'paper's posted by them. .
, Newspapers are receIved by the EnglIsh mails Without any addresses, orJ W:Ith the addresses partially destroyed, . having been mutilated in transit, the bags in which they are conveyed and the rough 'handling they ~eceive during the various tranship~ ments between England and Australia exposing them to such violent friction as to cause nearly a sack-full to be receiyed' by each mllil in the condition 'described. Every effort is used to deliver these to the' proper-owners, but not always with· success; and those who are in this way deprived of their newspapEJrs are apt, with others whose papers are not I'eceived here at all, to ascribe their loss' and disappointment to dishonest pr~ctices on the part of some of the: ollic'ers of this Department, on whom imputations ;tre thus' cast which ~re altogether undeserved. , RETuHN showing the Number of Letters, Packets, and Newspapers Received and Despat~hed during 1870
, SHIP LETTERS. ,
Number of Inland . • Total Lettem.
,Post Oftlces. Letters. D .. patch~d. Received.
Colonial. JlrI~I.h altd Foreign. I Colonial. British and FOrelg~, -----I 375,767 550,046 I
374',611 544,706 " '''. 1,1,133,283
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-, - . 1\" ,677,: :. 1'6;707 8,75i ' 7,287
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Inland Despatched.
I ru-ived. Total Ne~.pape ... . ~ewspapers~
Colonial. British an~ Foreign. ColonIal. British and Foreign.
t 2,697,579 368,449 582,340 20&7,097 1,392,017 5,28'7,-182 F
, REGISTERED LETTERS. .
The,.number of registered letters' posted in Victoria during the year 1870 amounted to 114,198, sh9wmg an increase in this' class ofletters of about 9t per cent. over the year 1869.
DEAD LETTERS.
The following statements show the extent of ,business transacted m the Dead Letter 'Office during 1870:-, '. RET,URN showing' the N umb~r of Letters that passed through the Dead LettElf Branch during the Year 1870.
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Total. . " Posted. : i DeU"ered. &e. " \ , Victorian. Ship. -.-------, ,
• 1870 ... ... 65,856 '12,074 19,242 97,1;2 86,702 10,470 97,172 See below.,
\ .. .. (:li.: . ~evCl~ hundred a~d etghty*eigbt registe~d: letters are Ine[uded"in:the' &.b~ve n!irt;lbers;: 126.'contalned' ~luabl~{enel()Sures as.given below and 6i)~ ~re,:~vl.th?ut contents, orth~ v?lue of,U!C ~ontents was not ~p.o~~ ~o the Dep~rtmc:nt. ., , . . " . "
(.,' ,Fifteen letters ,we,re reeelve~ 10 D.flad'Letter.Oftlce'durtng.the y'eaTthnt bore obscene ,or libellous addresses. , , Qf the .~ Irregul"rly Pos~d" letters., I~I, did. not, bcar nuy adure~s at all, and 424 but, hnperfect addresses. 'These .o~ld not be ror",,,rdrd t,;
In~nded destinations In e0'!Sequence;: t.he rem"mder r<ere either totally or Insllffici.,itly prepaid, Not.wlthstandlng that the rates of postage up"n klt"r. ~or .lfew South Wales, New Zealand, South Australia, and Ta.mauia, had been reduced one·bI!.lf during the ;year there appear. but a nomllull,.tlillg ulI III the number or underpaid lett"", received as agaln.t the :year 1869. '
In addition to above number of leLtera, 2888 packets were also dealt wllJl during thO year.,
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RETURN sho\ving the Num1!er of Registered and Unregistered Letterscont~ining Value, that passed through the Dead Letter Branch during the Year 1870.,
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Value of Value of Value of Value of . Value of No. . , Contents. No, "Contents. No. Contents, No. Content •. No·1 Contents.
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Cash; Notes, t : . 71 94 8 6 378 364 9 9 449 458 J8 3 35i 393 5 9 47 17 4 37 17 15 2 and Sta!llPs I
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Ch~ques, &c .... 55 394 10 0 !i96 14,191 12 651 : 14,586 2 l1~i632 13,7,09 .7 5~ ... 19 876 '15 6
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'NEW POST A.ND TEI,EGRAPH OFFICES.
Thirty-one new Post Offices were opened in 1870, at the ~undermentioned places :/-, '
Bontherambo Dnnnach (Mount Mitta-mitta Ormond Bro\vn's Plains Greenock South), Moolol't, Oxley Plains, Bungnree Springs Glenl'ow::m IHorwell Porepnnka /" Cante'rhury Goillen Lake, Murroon' Somerville Chepstowe Goldie Muskvale Stra.thmore Cobram Heyfield . NlII'een Upper Macedon, Qoongllimemng Lingham's Flat :Kngambie Wal'c,"k Cunninghame Mel'rijjg Opossum Gully Watgania',
Beechworth, Majorca, Sebastopol,-and Walhalla, have been opened as combined Post and Telegraph Offices. _' '
, The Telegraph Office at Serpentine Creek was closed on the 3rd February 1870. Five Post Offices were closed, viz. :,-Hinds, Myers' Creek, Preston Vale,
Reidford, and Yerdon. . The names of the following offices have been changed :-Black Forest to
" Macedon;" Black Springs to " Elfrobin ; ': Mount ,Jeffcott to " Donald;". Pentridge to " CoburO" ." Quartz Reefs to'" Stawell ," S]), ring Creek -to H Gravtown'" Stan'ell .0' ' ( , .J , "
to "Stawell vVest;" Stony Creek to Durdid,mrrah i" Tootgarook to "Rye i" and Upper Heyfield to "CO'i!WalT." - . "
Post Office S::l;Vi~lgS Banks have been opened at the following places.:-· Dl'ysrlale ~ Majorca Steiglit.z • Vaughan .Jasper Hoa'd Nagaillbie ,Stuart,milL Winchel sen. :Landsborough 011100 ' Sunbury llinton's " Pensll1ll'~t . Toorak
Money O~'der Offices have been established at the follo)ving places:-Berlin .Taspcr Road Ondit CaraIl,lut JGilg6wcr ' St.uartmill Drysdale' Maffra Sunbnry
. "Ellenhope N~~gambie Toorak
, Vaughan Wicliliffe 'Yowen Hill.
',Total number of Post Offices, on the 31st Decemher 1870-:-677.
BUILDINGS.
General Post Ojfice Buildingt, , ' It having heen fou nd necessary to p1:ovide for' the inci'easing' hrisines's Of the
~lect,ri~ Telegraph ill this, building, extended accomulodation has been secured for the' purpose by ent1l'ging the room p:t;e\'iously used. This, however, has had the effect of restricting, to a somewhat inconvenient degree, the space required for sorting the Eng'lish in~il; and' for this reason, aHd with a view Ito the consolidation, of the Department, l1S wdl as on the score of economy, it is highly desirable that other arrangements sllould sllOTtly be made for rerl10viug the staff' of operators no,v engaged at Market square to the General' Post Office., '. " ,
. The clock hells ordered f1:om Eng-lanel k"l.ve aiTived, and are,Iwith the requisite . J,nacJdnel',Y for striking t1le hours and, chiming the' q narters" now ,being hung in, the
tower. Glass of an improved description, intended to replace that pl:eviously used for , ,the illuminated dials, has also been re~eived. It is 'expected that the whole will be
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The following particulars as to the dimensions, weight~ and cost of. the bells are given as a matter of present interest tp .some and for future reference :-
Particulars.
Set of five bells, and fixings for same, for the General Post Office, Melbourne, viz. :-One 54 inch bell, E flat
" 36~· ! B flat ,,30 II Eflat '" 28 " F ,,25 ", G ...
At 126B. per cwt.
54 in, , 36i In. 30 In. 28 In.
Clappers for bells, £3 lOs. £2 58. £1 ISs. £1 lOs. Od. Iron fixing8 " ,£2 58. £1 lOs. £1 58. £1 29. 6d.
Less I! per cent. discount ...
Freight per Clanranald ... Insurance ... Shipping charges and commission
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25 in.
£1 5a. £1 Os.
Weight. Amount.
cwt. qrs. lbs. £ 8. d.
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58 1 21 I 368 3 I ---"-, 10 5 0 126
385 10 1 4 16 5
380 14 . 2 144 4 11. 6 068
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Other Buildings.'
In consideration of the sum of £1500 contrib1J.t~d by the Government, the east wing of the Jllunicipal huilding at Richmond has been built 'with special referen~e to its use as a post offict;,', and on 1st September last the. postal business was transferred there, and placed in charge of a Government officer. , At Walhalla, the'telegraph wires having been extended from .Rosedale, and the building purchased for the purpose having undergone the necessary alterations and repairs, the postal andteJegraph business was placed under the charg~ of a Government 'officer from the 4th November.
'The new buildings at Beechworth, Maldon, and Sale have been completed and occupied. In the first case, improved ~ccommodation has admitted of the postal and. telegraph branches being combined under the charge of one officer. ' ,
The branch telegraph line from Maryborough to Majorca having been erected, the combined postal and telegraph business is now conducted in a portion of the municipal buildings. ,
'Repairs and altl?rations, more or' less ,extensive,. have been effected to the buildings in Ararat, Camperdown, Cape Schanck, Chiltern, Echuca, Hamilton, Ruther-glen, Streatham, Tarnagulla, Wahgunyah, W odonga, and Williamstown.· , , At the last-named place the telegraph branch, has been removed to the post office building, the telegtap'h manager acting also as postmaster. Consequent on this arrangement, the building ~itherto used as a telegraph station has been handed over to the Public "Vorks Department.
'New offices are in course of erection at Kyneton and. Heathcote, and ~ontracts have been entered in'to for new buildings at Beaufort and,Dunolly.
. Three iron receiving pillars have been erected at. Sebastopol, and one at East -St. Rilda. Five pillars have also been provided for, Geelong, and'two additional ones for Richmond, making a tot~ of 120 iron receiving pillars now erected in Melbourne and the country.
POSTAGE STAMPS.
. N?, ~hange has b~ep ~de in any of the stamps, and no new,stamp has been Issued thIS year. . " .
The opinion expressed in the Report for 1869, page 12, as to the probable effect of the new Stamp StatlJ-te in reducing the . number ~~ licensed vendors of postage stamps, has been confirmed:. the number of persons lIcensed under The Post Office Statute was 470; under the law now in force for the sale of stamps there are but 234 licensed vendors. '
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This must occasion considerable publi~ in'conyenience, and to ~ome extent check, corresp(mdence in quarters where f~cil}ties for t4~' .p,l;lrcflase of stamps, are no longer to be found; ,a:nd it ,is. on these groun.ds reconlwertdedthlitt,a retur,lJ- ~hould'be made without delay to the old system,' under which a more liberal allowance was made for commission on sales effected, an~ a license could be obtained for the sale 'of postage stamps. by any respectable' person carrying on a suitable' business, without the conditio'ns imposed by the new Stamp 'Statute.
DENOM~NATIQN, Number; and Value of Postage Stamps Manufactured at the General Post Office during the Year 1870. '\
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£ s. OJ;le-penny stamps I 3,642,000 15;175 0 '.' \ .... . .. I ... . .. ... 'I •••
One-penny stamped newspaper wrappers ... ... ... .. . Nil " Nil TJvopenny stamps ' .. , ... ... ... ... ... .. . 9,594,000 79,950 0 Twopenny stamped' envelopes ... ... ... ... '" ... 10,820 90 8 Twopence-farthing stamped envelopes ... . .. ... .. . ... , 10.632 99 18 -Threepenny stamps ... ... ... ... ) .;. ... . .. ~20.000 • 9,000 0 Fourpenny stamps ... ... ... ... ... , ... .. . 168,000 2,800 0 Six.penny stamps ... ... ... ... .. . ... 660,000 _,16,500 0 Tenpenny stamps - 120,000 5,000 ,0 ... ... ... ... ... ... . .. One-shilling stamps '" ... ... ... 240,000 " 12,000 ° Two-shilling stamps ... ... n. . , ... '" . .. .. . 12,()I)o' 1,200 0 Fi ve~shilling stamps ... ... , ... ... ... , ... Nil , Nil ,
- Totals ... ... ... 15,177,452 141,814 16
'DENOllIINATION, Number, ~~' Value of Po;tage Sta~ps Issued -during the Year 1870.
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One"penny stamps / , One-penHY stamped newspaper'wrappers
Twopenny stamps, . "', T'ropeimy stamped EJnvelopes ... ': Twopence-farthing stamped envelopes Threepenny stamps,
, F,ourpellllY stamps Sixpenny stanips Tenpenny·stamps ,One-shilling stamps Two-shilling stamps Five-sliilling stamps .L
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. 3,324,998' .. ~. 200;800 .,:, 8,623,458
'i 10,820 ... '13,776
220,584 , .. 112,144.
~16,O78 89,246
'83,689 ... 13;599
5,309
13,534,501
-INLAND MAILS. . ,
Valu~.
£ s. 13,854 3 ,
836 13 71,862' 3 . 90 t 3
129 , 3 2,757 6 2,202 8
,20,401 19 3,718 11 4,184 9 1,:159 18 1,3,27 -5
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~ The amount paid for conveyanc~ of ,Inland Mails, 1870 (including the sum qf £6150 paid to th~Department of Railways) was £74,579_ 11s. Id., and the gross number of miles travelled with the Mails was' 3,21'2,555, at an average cost of, 5{-d. per mile., I
Addition'al },tEail Services. Extra daily mail to and from Geelong .and Qneenscliff during :the summer, season-14th February to
30th· p. pril-resumed 191.h December. . -, . I , '
To and from Belfast find P!,nshnrst, additional mail, gnce a w~ek. To and from Ararat and Opossum'Gnlly, daily. TOo;tnd from Crossover Diggings I)nd Shady Creek, once a week I extra on previous ar~angement. To and from Meredith and Carg!1l'ie, O,nce It week extra. / ' . To and from Stawell to Quartz Reefs, daily, 21st March to 16th July. To and from Chiltern and I-~owlong via Brown's PlaiI).s, three days a week. To and from Koroit and W!lrrnambool, two dn.ys a week. . To and from Springfield and Goldie, three ,days a week ... To and from Carisbl'ook and Moolort, three days a week. 'I~o and from Macedon and Upper Maced<!n, daily. To and'fromBambrn. and Murroon, once a week. To and from Nureen between Coleraine and Harrow, two days a week~ To and from Main Lead and Beaufort, three days a week. To and Nom Canterbury, three'days a week. ,
\ To and from Bonyeo, two days a week., ' , . To and from Marong and Hazelglen, three,days a week. To and from Horsham and A,~sley" tw;o days' ~ week. '
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To and from Piggoreet and Golden Lake, six 'days a week.' To and from Gordon's and Ormond, three days a week'J '''', " ,
To and from Brown Hills and Bungaree Springs, daily. To and from Colei'aine and Castertoll, three days a week. To and from Moyston an'd Watgania, two days a week.. ' To and from Chepstowe, daily. ' _ , ,_ , To a~ld from Clynes and Glengower viii IJord Clyde and Middle Cr,eek, six days a week. To and from Muskvale, three days a week. ' To and from BUITumbeet and 'Veatherboard Hill, in lieu of to,and from Learmonth. Tb and from Wareek, daiiy. To lind from Welshman's Reef and Newstead, six days a week. c
To -and from Don~elly's Creek and Walhalla viii. Edwards',Reef, three days a week. To and from Rosedale and Bald HiVs, two days a week. To and from Ballarat and Clunes. viii Minersrest, Mount Blowhard, 8IHl':Ascot, s~x days a week. To and from Terang and Mortlake, three days ex:tra'a week (making a daily mail to Mortlake, tho
Darlington and. Mortlakemail haying been discontinued). To and from Melbourne and Heidelberg, twice It -day, in lit1u of-six 4ays a week as formerly. To and from Harkaway and Narree Warren, daily, in lieu of three days a week. To and from Ha~tillgs and Balnarring"three,days,a.week, in lieu of bi-weekly. To and from Boggy Creek and Merrijig, once a week. , To and from Merton and Go([frey's:Creek, six days a week, in lieu of .three days a week.
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/ ' 'Russell Creek mails forwarded via,Tangil, in lieu 'of viii. )'100. _ -
, Donnellv's Creek and Edwards' Reef mails forwarded via Walhalla three days a week,in lieu of ,by Ro~edale and Matlock. '
Bruthen mails forward~d viii. Bairnsdale two days a week. Green's Creek mails forwarded daily viii. Avoca, in lieu of Quartz Reefs. Longerenong'mails forwarded three days a week by way of,Glenol'chy, in lieu of by Boga Lakes. Clunes and Ascot mails twIce daily to and from Melbournc, in lieu of once a day. Castcrton mails daily via Hamilton, in lieu of three days a week. Mortlake mails daily via Terang, in .consequence of mail service twice a week between Darlington
I and Mortlake being dispensed with. \ " Crossley and Koroit mails daily. Heidelberg and Alphington mails twice a day, in lieu of six days a week.
I Narree 'Van'en mails daily, in lieu ofthr~e days 11 wqek.Balnarring mails three days a week, in lieu of bi-weekly. Godfrey's Creek mails daily, in lieu of thrice weekly. Golden Square mails twice a day, in lieu of daily. Lord Clyde and Middle Creek mails despatclled 'I.·ili. Clunes, in lieu of via Moorookyle. Sebastopol and Redan Bridge mails twice a day, in lieu of daily.
,Malvern morning mail received here by train from Sout.h Yarra, 10.15 a.m. Prahran and South Yarra mails received here by train at 10,.15 a.m. St. Kilda mail received here by train at 9.40 a,m. Caramut mails forwarded viii 'Wickliffe on Mondfiy and Friday, in lieu of vi& Terang on those days. Moorahool. mails-conveyed by train from Genlong, in lieu of'via Batesford. Btratford mails received at this office at 6 a.m: on day of c,los\ng English mails at this office on
Saturday, for six months of the year, in addition to the thrice weekly despatch from that office., Kensington, Moolap. and- Queenscliff mails twice a day, illstcad of six days a week, fi'om ,the 14th
,February to 30th April, and from the 19t.h December until close of summer season. Crossover -Diggings mails hi-weekly, in lieu of weekly. ' I
Swan Hill, Wentworth, &c., lincs of mails were altered as to days of departure hence to meet New' South ,"Vales postal arrangements.
The Hamilton an4 Penola line of mails were despatched from Ballarat at 5 a,m. on Sunday, in lieu of midnight of that day, n.nd same with regard to mails from ,Hamilton for Ballarat, hy which course the trausmission of overland South Australian correspondence was considerably expedited.
Cargarie mails thrice w'eekly, in lieu of bi-weekly. -Kirkstall and Hawkesdale mails thrice weekly, i~l lieu of hi-weekly. Howlong mails desp!!-tched vi&. Chiltel'll, in lieu of viii Albnry, three days a week. Weatherhoard HilI mails forwarded via Burrumbeet, in li~u of viii. Leal'month. Dromana and Mornington line of mails due here at noon, being half an hour earlier.
t Donnelly's Creek mails forwarded hence via Matlock on Thursdays and Saturdays, at 5 p.m., in addition to Walhalla route. , "
From the 1st July considerable alterations took place in departure of trains on the Victorian Railways, but this merely affected m~il' services in immediate connection with the Ballarat and Castlemaine, and Sandhurst lines of railway, .and the following month times approaching the original hours were reverted to. . " .
Owing to the flooded st,(tte of· some portions of the country during the w~nter, -'very bad time was kept on yall0US lin os, and in one or two instances night services had to be dispensed "rith for a time. Considering the very heavy state of the roads throughout the colony, the inland mail service was as efficiently carried out as could be expected under the c,u,.cumstances.
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'EXTENSION OF TELEGRAPH LINES, ,ETC.
The undermentioned extensions have been completed during the past y~r :-Rosedale to Walhalla . ..: .... 32 miles Maryborough to Majorca 7 miles Melbourne to St. Kilda 3 iniles
Projected extensions for 1871 are-To Eldorado 10 miles " Wilson's Promontory .:. about 70 miles I
Full' p_articulars relating to the business of the Telegraph will be found in the statements appended to ~his Report. . . ' , , Arrangements are in progress under which, when completed, the Department will undertake the despatch of telegrams to Point de Galle for transmission thence to Europe and the East, collecting the fees due thereon in Melbourne, and accounting
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STEAM POSTAL COll-IMUNICATION • .. The estimated proportion of the colonial moi~ty of the subsidy to the
Peninsular. and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, and of the cost of the service to and from, Point de Galle, with in,cidental expenses, d-qe by Victoria for 1870, is _ £351529 5s., showing a decrease on the amount for 1869 of £11,026 11s. 2d. , .
This differE;nce is attributable to the cessation in January 1869 of the Mail Service via PanaII!a ; the effect of which has been to increase the amounts chargeable to New Zealand and New South Wales and to diminish the proportion to the other colonies. '
" ,. The following return shows the gross amounts 'chargeable to :the Australian Colonies and New Zealand on account of the Mail Packet Service for the year 18'70 :-RETURN showing the Amounts Chargeable on the Australian Colonies and New Zealand on account of
tHe Mail Packet Service for the Year 1870. ' ,
Colonies.
'Victoria ... New SOUtll Wales South Australia New Zealand .. . Tasmania .. . Queensland ... Western Australia' , ...
Totals ...
Coloules.
, Victoria. ... New South Wales South Australia New Zealand ... Tasmania Queensland ' .. : Western Australia
Totals ...
Number of Letters Inwards
and Outwnrds In 1869. ,
990,164 414,446 221,936 559,046 71,206
178,351 35;774
Senlce to Point de Oalle.
£ 8. d. '10,144 17 7
4,246 '5 1 2;273 17 ,8 5,727 1411
729 '7 1 1,827 6 2
366 11 9
Service' between Service between Point:ne
d qalle King George's Sound,
King George'. Sound. and Melbourne.
£ 8. d. 16,233 11 6
6,794 14 10 3,638 12 2 9,165 7 9 1;167 1 10 2,924 0 3
586 11 8
£ 8. il. ,7,542 10 2·
3,157 0 3
4,258 9 10. 542 8 2
, 1,358 11 7
2,470,923 25,316 0 0 40,510 0 0 16,859 0 -0
I MOiety of Cost Moiety of Expense
of 'of Mail Boxes Naval Agents
and in Mail Bngs. Charge of Malls.
Estimnted Proportion of ~ Number
Cost of Special of Newspapers, Packets between &c., Inwards
Dover and nud Calais. Outwnrds,
via Suez.
Egyptian Transit Rate
on Newspapers,
&0., vi<i Suez.,
Service between );lelbollrne
and Sydney.
'£ s. d"
3,582 7 3
. 1,14217,5
7,381 0 0
Totals.
£ s. d. £ 8: d. 129 4 8 54 1 10
~ 28 19 4 7219 4 9 5'10
23 5 7 4 13 5
£ s. d. 50 ,1 10 20 19 4' 11 4 7-28 5 7
'£ 8. d. £ 8. d. 35,529 5 8 17,470 5 3 6,262 13 6
23,671 2 4 , 2,613 17 1
7,501 0 2
... 120415 50 6 5 26 18 11 67 17 ,6 8 12 10
21 13 1 4 610
3 12 0 • 9 0 ,5 .1 16 3
1,871,923 702,447 404,791
1,098,465 219,508 277,865 73,369
1,308 15 6 491 2 2 283 0 10 768 0 2 153 9 4 194 5 8
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'" 300 0 0 322 10 0 125' 0 0 4,648,368 3,250 0 O. 94,063 10 0
:There is also in the account for 1870 a further debit of £12,132 against the colonies collectively for the service between En~land and Point de Galle d'luing the years 1868 and 1869; this being the, proportionate sum stated to be ,due by the Australian Colonies on account of the. additional subsidy claimed by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Compl;tny in virtue of clause 30 of the contract of the J 9th :November 18G7, which is as foHows. ,
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CLAUSE 38. " Provided also that if in any year during the continnance of this contract the entire fund ac~ruing
from all sources whatsoever and applicable to the payment of dividends on the capital employed by the <company in performance of the before-mentioned services (which capital for thc purposes of this agreement is now allowed to be £2,670,000) after taking into account the said sum of £400,000 and the-enth:,e revenue, obtained by the company from all other sources in the p!'lrfor~ance of the before-mentioned services during such year and any balance that may have been left available for futlll'e dividends on .the like capital after the last declaration of a dividend during the preceding year shall by reason or in consequence of any cause or causes not within the control of the company be less than the sum of £160,000 then and in every such ca~e the Post'master-General shall out of such aids and snpplies as aforesaid pay to the company in respect of suchyear and in addition to tl}e ~aid subsidy of £400,000 such a sum of money as will make up the said sum,of £160,000: Provided nevertheless that the total sum payable by the Postmaster-General by virtue of this clause in ad"dition to the said subsidy of £400,000 shall not in respect of anyone year exceed the Sllm of £100,000." ' -
The sum in question appears to have been debited to the colonies in. proportion to the number of letters carried for each colony during the yearlj! 18~8 and 1869, respectively. .
The estimated receipts by Victoria on account of,this service during 1870 are-£ $, d. £ $. d.
Postage on letters, including registration,fee Newspapers Packets
Showing on the year a deficiency of
17,535 15 9 2,426 1 9
313 8 4 20,275 5 10
£15,253 19 2 \
T4eMail Steamers have performed the service in a very satisfactory manner, and have arrived before their time .on eleven voyages out of the thirteen performed during the year, having been late,'hilly on on~ occasiol}, as shown by the following statement :-
STATEj\IENT showing the Dates upon which the Royal Mail Steamers were Due in Melbourne, and the Dates upon which th!ly Arrived; also the Duration of the Voyage from Galle.
Duration of Voyage ! Before 'Na.nie 'of Steamer. Due at Melbourne, Arrived at Melbourne_ from Galle. Late. Appointed Time,
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Days hours minutes Day •. Days. Avoca ... ... Janll;ary 20th· ... January 20th . .. 21 3 50 . .. .. . Malta ... ... February 17th ... • February 16th . .. 21 9 15 . .. I Geelong March 17th },:[arch 16th 21
, 4 15 I ... ... *_.< ... . ..
,Avoca ' ... ... April 14th ... April 13th . .. 20 23 10 . .. I Malta ... '" May 12th '" May 11th ... 20 17 15 '" I Geelong ... ... June 9th ... June 5th ... 19 6 45 .. . 4 Malta ... ... July 7th . .. July 6th .., (See foot note) . .. I Avoca ... r ... August 4th . .. August 6th ... 21 7' , 30 2 ... Geelong ... ... September 1st . .. August 30th ... 20 18 35 .. . 2 Malta .; .. '" September 29th ... September 25th . .. IS 8 0, ... 4 Avoca ... . .. .Octeber27th . ... October 25th ... 21 5 5 ' .. . 2 Geelong ... ... November 24th . .. November 23rd ... 20 14 30 ... I Rangoon ... . . .. December 22nd .., December 21st ... 20 13 25 ... 1
.. NOTE.-The H Malta," which conveyed the outward June mails, was compclled, owing to au accIdent to her machinery, to return to 1\Ielbourne, after taking on board, at King George's Sound. the inward mails conveyed by the" Avoea.u The time occupied by the U Avoca" from Galle to the Sound was .14 days 16 hours Dnd 15 minutes, and the time occupied by the" Arnlta" from the Sound to Melbourne was 5 days 9 hours and 15 minutes, ma~ing a total of 20 days I hour and 30 minutes. . , •
The. follo~ving return shows the -numbe.r of letters, packets, and newspapers received and despatched by the Royal M~il Steamers each voyage :- .
RETURN showing the Number'ofLetters, Packets, and Newspapers Received and Despatched by the Royal I Mail Steamers in each Month dur~ng the Year 1870 • .
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'Date of Receipt. ,Lette,H. racket.. New·sps.pcrs. Date of Despatch. Letters. Pa.cket.. N cwspapers.
---------January 21st ... '" . 45,244 2,460 133,394 Janllary 4 ... ... 35,439 507 44,776 Febrrutry 16th ... ... 40,831 2,842 132,572 l!'ebruary I . .. ... 46,026 795 43,442 MarchJ6th ... '" 45,320 2,773 133,670 },:[arch I ... . .. 44,267 • 789 42,423 April 13th ... ... 44,361 2,954 120,164 March 29 ... . .. 44,632 684 4.1,225 May lith ... ... 42,997 3,097. 136,177 April 24 ... .. . 37,533 661 37,592 June 5tli ... . .. 38,345 3,141 62,211 May 22 . .. ... \ - 45,524 718 43,434 July 6th ... ... ". 39,353 3,112" 65,567 June 19 ... . .. 46,194 662 4.9,351 August 6th ... ... " 36,600 2,727 94,426 July 17 . .. '" 40,554 645· 56,292 August 30th ... '" 38,394 2,040 89,696 August 14 ... - . .. 40,39() 781 49,787 September 25th ... 38.215 2,466 100,460 September 11 .•• ... 44,758 697 48,717 'October 25th ... ... 40,115 2,458 107,818 October 11 . .. . .. 46,131 813 4~,269 November 23rd ... I
, ... 42,491 2,451 10,'>,476 November 8 38,0115 8<)6 39J~~:~2 '" ... December 21st ••. ... 42,869
i 2,31 i 1110,802 December 6 ...
"'i~" 698 40,(;21
I. --~- ... !j49,9;;;~ Totals '" ... 535,'135 :!~.838 1,382,433 Totals .. \ . 0,256 582,26 I
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" Mail Service from Sydney to San Francisco via New Zealand and Honolulu.
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In accordance with the arraiigemcmts referred to at page 17 of the Post Office Report for 186.!), steam,ers were employed undel~ cqntract with the New Z~dlaI!-d .Government early in 1870 in the conveyance of mails between Sydney and San Francisco; and mails for this·colony were conveyed by these vessels ,from 'March to \ July inclusive.. Owing, however, to the Gov.ernment 'of New Zealand requiring a contribution at the rate, of £6000 per annum towar~ the maintenan,ce ,of the line for
, th,is privilege, and declining to accept the offer made by the Government of this colonv , to, pay ,according to the weight of the correspondt;nce forwarded from Victo~a, the
despatch of m;:tils from Melbourne was discontinuea. after an experience of five, months, during which .the correspondence conveyed ~y tlJ-e p.ew route was but trifling, as I is ' evideI!~~d by the amount, £85 16s. 6,d., collected on this account for, postage, ~nd remitted to New· Zealand. . ", .' '.
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'~.Edinburgh " with the deep-sea section, and the" Investigator" with the shore end, ' &c., were "appointed to. leave England. in, June; and, it is confidently anticipated by those engaged in carrying out the undertaking. that' the cables 'will be laid betw~en Port Darwin and Java early in Dec~mber: .
Considering the satisfactory progress at present made· by the South Australian Govern,ment with the constructipn of their overland line from" Port Augusta to Po.rt Darwin, there appears reason to believe that telegraphic communication will be
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MONEY ORDER A~ SA v.ciGS BANK BRANCH.
, ,The number of Money Orders issued during the year was 91,002, against . . 82,234 in 1869 ; the difference showing an increase of 8768, or 10'66 p.er cent.
. The nu:rpber of Money Orders paid during.the year was 79,19l, aga~nst 69,657 in 1869; the difference showing an increase Of 9534, or 13'Q8 per cent. '
, ·The value of the'Money Orders is~med duriJ?g the year was ,£~9,1,626 3s. 5d., against £272,531 98'. :rd. in 1869; the ,difference showing an. increase of '£19,094 '14s .. 4d., or:7 per cent. ; - .. ' . . .
The value of' the Money Orders paid dming the, year was £261,871 15s.0d., I
agatnst' £237,844 IS;. 10d. in 1869; the difference showing an' increase of £24,027 13s. 2d., or 10'10 per cent. . '. The number of new Savings Bank accounts opened during the year ",as 7973;
t4e number closed, 4662; and the ;numb~r remaining open' on ,the 31st December was 21,177. , . ....,
Tlie total amount o( Deposits received during the year was £242,192 3s. 6d.; and the amount repaid was £215,603 4s. ~d. . ,- ' .
The total amount of Interest pl:;tced to the credit of the depositors for the year was £9,182 9s. 6d. '. .
, The total amount of Balances to .the credit of the depositors. on the 31st December 1870 was £279,550 4s. 4d., and at 31st December 1869 £243,478 15s. 6d.; the difference showiriO"an increase of £36,0.7i 8s. 10d., or 14'81 per'cent.
, The total number of depositor~' acc~)Unts at 31st, December 1870 being 21,'177, and the amount of the balances being £279,550 4s .. 4d., the average balance was
, £13 4s. " Of the .21,177 accounts remaining open on the 31st December :-
i 17,767 did not exceed £20. . ~,962were above £20 but did not,exceed £50
854 '.' £50 ' " £100 297 ,,£100 " £150 .132 ,,£150 ", < £200 165 £200
, " . The total "l\umber'of deposits ~ecei:Ved during ~he year was 57,236, averaging
£4 '.4s. 7 ~d. each. . , ' The total nUn,lber of repayme~ts was 20,611, averaging £10, 9~. 2td., each. . . ,
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Of.the 21,177 depositors at the close "of the "year, 12,617 were maies, ·and 8560 females.
Fifteen Iiew Money Order Offices were opened, making the number open at the close of the year 195. , .
, Thirteen new Savings Banks were opened, making the number open at the close of the year'112.
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the Colony of Victoria during the year 1870, and the Amount of Revenue Received for Commission. ,
Net Revenue Order. Issned. Orders PaId. Total Transactlobs. Nnmber of .Received from .
Money Order Commission on Offices In 1870. Order •. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. " ... , -----
£' s. d. £ s. d. £ s. ,d. £ s. d
... 195 3,883 1 ; 11 91,002 291,626 3 5 79,191 261,871 15 0 170,193 553,497 18 5
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RETURN showing the N iUl).ber and Amount of, Orders Issued and Paid at each Money Order Office in , Victoria during the Year 1870.'
-Orders Issued. Orders PaId. Orders Issued .. Ord~rs Paid.
Ollice. Office.
No. ,Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount.
£ s. d. , £ s. do. £ s. d. . ' £ s. d.
Alexandra ... 563 1,813 17 8 176 691 8 5 Emerald Hill 602 1,609 12 I 751 2,682 13 6 Amherst ... 175 703 3 4, 55 186 19' 11 Epsom ... 128 353 .11 7 51 155 8 0 Ararat ... 722 2,234 '9 10 442 1,580 16, 3 Footscray ... 56 168 16 9 68 275 19 0 Ascot ... 27 102 12 6 - - Fryerstown ... 259 846 5 7 102 304 0 8 Avenel , ... 289 1,34! 14 6, 24 122 10 11 Gaffney's Creek 227 591 18 8 52 187 12 10 Avoca ... 743 ~,380 14, 7 280 881 2 7 Geelong ... 3,600 10,385 7 5 4,178 14,210 15 6 Bacchus Marsh 407· 1,291 16 0 144. 512 2 10 Gisborne ... 329 1,004 0 5 197 629 0 6 Bairnsdale ... 392 1,288 11 1 195 698 12 0 Grant ... 188 900 5 Ii 23 143 19 11 Ballan . ,. 274 960 11 10 117 320 17 6 Graytown ... 481 1,288 13 7 292 789 10 11 Ballarat 7,919 ,26,019 .13 3 9,227 25,891 810 Guildford ... 184' 627 8 8 87 270 1 0 Barry's Reef ::: 204 630 15 4 23 70 6 6 Hamilton ... 769 2,491 10 0 642 2,301 6 1 Beaufort ... ' 476 1,406 10 5 178 , 558 5 7 Happy Valley 135 467 19 7 16 39 2 8 Beechworth ... 1,080 3,665 15 '7 860 2,894 12 2 Hastings ... 49 226 2 1 13 98 18 6 Belfast ... ,638 1,9..97 16 3 382 1,231 17 8 Hawthorn ... 171 505 3 6 92 346 4 11 Benalla ... 456 1,702 8 11 346 1,487 19 4 Heathcote ... 549 1,867 I 4· 285 950 12 - 1 Berlin ... 250 977 2 9 97 390 18 5 Heidelberg ... 46 150 11 7 34 88 11 1 Branxholme ... 105 443 13 4 34 146 6 I Hexham ... 72 233 19 9 15 79 19 6 Bright. ... 397' 1,412 16 9 98 420 18 7 ' Heywood ... 193 51919'9 28 99 12 6 Brighton ... 139 428 7 5 149 ,537 8 '6 Horsham ... 145 1484 16 11 41 167 15 7 Broadford ... 153 489 ,11 2 28 106 15 10 Hotham ... 461 1,332 18 0 376 1,237 7 11 Brunswick ... 243 678 17 4 166 527 610 Inglewood ... 447 1,304 Ii 7 2i6 874 10 0 Buckland , 186 864 3 0 14 85 10 - 0 Inverleigh ... 77 282 6 I 26 100 9 3 Bungaree ... 120 377 511 6 15 4 6 Jamieson ... 344 ' 1,092 I I 77 238 311 Buninyong ... 376 1,182 12 0 237 832 8 I Jasper Road ... 4 14 10 0 - -Campbell'sCreek 91 ~218 0 6 138 391 1'10 Kangaroo Flat 183 600 6 3 55 183 II 2 Camperdown ... 572 1,830 12 I 301 1,299 10 10 Keilor ... ' 41 126 10 9 15 72 10 0 Caramut ... 68 148 10 Ii 11 12 i7 9 Kerang ... 39 98 I 0 . 22 121 9 4 Carisbrook ... 315 1,067 9 2 93 341 12 10 Kew ... 169 526 12 6 90 337- 14 1 Carlton ... 499 ),490 17 2 522 '1,699 0 8 Kilmore ... 688 l,i85 10 6 625 2,648 8 8 Casterton ... 340 1,310 11 11 77 246 Ii 7, Kingower ... 59 187 7 1 21 75 16 0 Castlemaine ... 1,916 ,6,082 '14 3 1,605 ' j,941 9 3 Kingston ... 200 744 II 8 32 122 19 8 Cheltenham ... 123 380 13 0 47 132 I 7 6 Koroit ... 142 424 18 6 24 91 17 6 Chew ton ... 247 626 2 11 251 760 '19 4 Kyneton ... 1,335 4,456 17 8 685 2,069 6 7 Chiltern "'1 407 1,277 15 3 179 696 19 0 Lancefield '" 294 1,134 6 I 69 279 18 9 Clunes ' ' 1,961 5,107-11' 4 652 ' -1,890 .5 9 Landsborough 189 412 1'4 0 59 172 4 9 Coburg ... 154 537 6 6 78 326 5 I Learmonth ... 232 802 15 2 83 316 12 11 Co lac ... 499 1,510 I 3 197, 723 5 2 Lillydale . .. 210 783 2 I 41 170 7 4 Coleraine ... 444 1,461 9 4 97 349 8 I Linton's ... 303 935 13 9 114 340 19 2 Collingwood ... 1,261 3,735 II 7 1,866 5,568 14 I, Longwood ... 93 314 2 0 33 117 7 6 Cranbourne ... 67 323 18 4 20 80 12.' 0 Macarthur . .. 129 346 16 3 28 139 3 0 Cressy ... 6i 243' 'I' 9 14 54 18 7 Maffra ... 49 194 14 0 15 61 5 2 Creswick, ... 765 2,287 18 10 361 1,150 19 0 Majorca ... 453 1,273' 5 9 160 618 7 2 Dandenong ... 115 354 2 4 82 '235 14 2 Maldon ... 827 2,304 9 3 641 1,889 8 '6 Daylesford ... 1,134 3,280 19 2 644 2,249 6 9 Malm~bury ... 317 ' 985 12 7 173 598 1 3' Digby ... 115 292; 6 7 21 88 I 10 Mansfield . .. 443 1,356 4 6 97 414 9 5 Donnelly's Creek 138 480 13 5 62 • 384 18 3 Maryborough 1,015 3,063 14 5 463 1,550 9 6 Drysdale ... 48 164 19 7 22 95 3 4 Melton ... 78 221 11 2 34 152 14 9 Dunkeld
, 138 354 12 10 15 '8819'0 Meredith 334 '1,210 16 2 83 389 18 9 ... ...
Dunolly , ... 771 1,945 17 5 433 1,236 18 II Merino ... 231 862 16 1 62 322 810 Eaglehawk ... 811 2,225 5 11 193 588 6 0 Moonainbel ... 89 256 14 3 35 120 18 0 Echuca ... 775 2,320 19 6 401 1,520 II 0 Moonee Ponds 120 3\0 8 1 70 185 3 6 Edenhope ; .. 57 161 7 5 2 11 8 0 Mcirnington ... 230 874 0 4 126 539 13 8 EI Dorado ... 354 1,086 12 '2 85. 319 2 4 Mortlake ... 438 1,280 7 8 87 253 13 4 Eltham ... 44' 300 5 6 12' 69 10 0 Mt. Blackwood 328 834 5 1 56 188 16 8
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RETURN showing the Number and Amount of Orders Issued and Paid at each Money Order Office in Victori~ during the Year 1870~contirtued.
I Orders Issued.
'i Orders Paid. Orders Issued. Orders Paid.
Office. Omee. I No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount.
1-·· £ s. d. £, 3. d. £, 3. d. £, 3. d.
Mt. Egerton ... 306 785 15 9 102 309 17 9 Stawell ... 1,229 3,666 3 II 606 1,898 13 4 IMoyston ... 147 566 610 48 180 3 3 Steiglitz . .. ", 366 1,060 .2 3 88 260 7 4 Nagamhie 71 385 II 3 ' '- 23 2 6 Stratford 122 327 15 10 40 153 1110 ... .) ... , Newbridge 133 480 6 4 ,25 130 1'3 0 Streatbam 158 623 7 3 21
, 76 16 6 ... . ..
Newstead 161 385 12 '10 55 217 16 8 Stuartmill ... 108 356 10 10 32 100 18 0 Oakleigh ... 62 151 13 8, 13 :23 I 6 Sunbury . .. 164 623 3 3 35 130 16 10 Omeo ... 268 1,244 3 6 22 I is 17 6 Swan Hill ... 83 255 10 8 61 338 0 6 Ondit ... 117 410 18 5 9 37 17 '6 Talbot ... 1,1)53 2,926 8 9 407 1,398 0'11 Penshurst ... 235 748 6 2 '52' '182 9 8 Taradale ... 492 1,428 10 11 219 828 19 5 Pentland Hills 99 308 16 9 12 40 18 0 Tarnagulla ... 397 1,337, !'. 1 204 612 3 5 Piggoreet 361 1,271 2 3 88 327 5 0 Terang ... 258' 920 5 9 45 (I 192 15 10 Port Albert ... 297 ' 879 8 II 183 662 8 6 Toorak ... 88 265 o 10 8 19 2 8 Portland ... 697 2,219/ 9 4 500 1,683 15 I Traralgon ... 66 182 5 7 3 21 16 10 Prahran ... 560 1,694 6 9 532 1,743 12 II Trentham ... 81 193 6 0 25
I 75 11 5 Queenscliff ... 241 953 12' 9 150 577 5 3 Tylden ... 67 167 13 8 16 73 4 0 Hedbank .... 74 205 13 7 33 133 19 8 Vaughan . .. 63 179.13 ,3 27 53 5 9 Richmond ... 564 1,590 18 8 ,843 2,528 II II Wahgunyah ... 229 723 17 6 68 217 13 9 Rokewood 400 1,398 ° 9 91 290 13 I> Walb.a!La ... 818 3,264 14 11 169 724 9 c7 Romsey .
173, 566 I ,7 38 138 5 I Wangaratta ... 500 1,614 13 2 256 1,090 I ° ... 'Rosedale ... 222 713 '9 1 77 347 2 7 Warrnambool 954 3,103 19 II 623 2,286 19 4 Itusbwortb '" 426 1,630 10 8 79 231 19 8 Wedderburn ... 89 376 10 5 44 137 13 c 4 Rutheiglen ... . :235 837 3 1 96 394 10 11 Whroo ... ' 90 277 12 3 18 , 78 8 0 St. Arnaud ... 419 1,44U 11 7 '149 520 12 6 Wickliffe '" 101 43412'10 16 59 15' 10 St. Kilda ... 667, 1,799 2 8 558 1,903 1 9 Williamstown 721 2,597 6 0 ' 497 1,814 '5 3 Sale .... ... 645 2,086 14 4 544 2,085 6 10 Wincbelsea .•• 243 785 14. 5 70 451 I 5 Sandhurst ... 4,395 13,795 16 8 1,989 6,477 17 6 Wodonga . .. 31l l,ill 15 11 , 55 200 6 10 Sandridge ... 372 1,227 12 4 264 1,007 12 Ii Woodend . .. 597 1,847 14' 3 156 678 :3 9 Scarsdale ... 222 588 12 I 81 283 5 2 W Qod's Point 671 2,199 7 6 213 913 7 5 Sebastopol ... 493 1,372 15 II 393 1,087 14 2 Yackandandah - 355 1,133 17 8 168 639 7 1 Seymour ... 365 1,301 14' 6 111 410 :; I 'Yea ' .. 254 1;201 0 ~ 58 260 2 0 . Shelford ... 55 160 18. 5 27 95 3, 2 Yowen Hill ... 7 22 5 0 1 2 0 0 Skipton ... 225 721 8 7 26 97 I 7 --------------Smeaton ... 230 703 3 I 30 • 109 12 6 74,901 236,823 7 10' 45,792 151,2~4 ) 2 1O Smythesdll.le ... 322 903 3 2 361 1,427 0 5 Melbourne ~ 16,101 54,802 15 7 33,399 110,577 12 2 Snake Valley ... 199 643 4 7 59 186 3 5 Snowy Creek ... 30 88 4 10 10 72 1 '6 --------------South Yarra ... 280 988 9 10 249 856 '17 10 Totals ... 91,002 291,626 3 5 79,19i 261,871 15 0
COMPARATIVE STATEIIrENT showing the various Places where ~I;le Money Orders issued in Victoria during the Years 18'70 and 1869 were made payable.
I ,
- 1870. 1869. , Place.
! Number. Amount. Number. Amount.
, £ 8. d. £, 8 • d: . . Victoria ... ... ... ... 65,547 203,160 19 1 57,407 ) 185,059 10 10 England ... ... .. . ... 13,141 40,880 14 2 12,615
I 40,010.16 8 Ireland ... ... ... .. . 4,?48 17,454 6 7 4,425 . 17,722 5 7 Scotland ... '" ... ... 3,013 11,033 -0 II 3,027 11,232 1\ 11 New South Wales ... ... . .. 1,726 6,129 2 7 1,680 6.424 1 I New Zeal:md ... ... ... 719 3,486 5 4 739 3,377 5 3 South Australia '" ... ... 1,319 4,436 17 II 1,014 3,525 10 8 Queensland '" ... ... 287 1,149 I 0 540 1',940' 6 5 Tasmania ... ... . .. 886 3,841 17 10 764 3,164 13 10 Western Australia ... ... ... 16 , 53 18 0 23 74 6 10
'Totals ... ... 91,002 . 291,626 3 5 82,234 272,531 9 I
J
, CO~ARATIVE STATEMENT showIng the various Places where the Orders paid in Victoria during the Years
] 870 and 1869 were origil!!l.lly issued. , . ,
1870. 1869. . Place • Number. Amount. Number. Amonnt. - -£ d. £ d. S. 8.
Victoria ... '" ... ... 65,478 203,2)!7 11 10 57,358 i85,195 15 2 England ... ... ... .. . 2,873 ; 12,635 12 6 2.708 11,944 11 I Irelnnd
, 228 861 12 8 175 742 14 10 ... . .. ... ...
Scotland . 213 700 3 9 180 690 19 9 ... ... . .. ...
New South Wales ... . .. I ... 2,852 11,549 14 8 2,3).', 8,973 12 5 New Zealand '"
I ... ... 3,862 17,943 3 8 3,385 15,991 16 3 South Australia ... ... ... 1,40 • 5,058 11 8 1,404 5,124 2.3 Queensland
, 584 2,763 1 9 639 2,855 19 9 ... ... . ..
Tasmania ... ... ... '1,548 6,299 10 7 1,361 5,464 12 9 ·'Western Australia ... ... ... 149 i 832 11 II 132 859 17 7
-Totals ... ... 79,191 • 261,871 15 0 69,657 23'1,S'44 1 10
-
,
I
17
POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS. , RETURN showing the Names of Places where Post Office Savings Banks have been established, the
Dates of their Esta.blishment., the Number of Accoul,lts Opened and Closed, and the Number and Amount of Deposits and Withdrawals, during the Year 1870; also the Amount of Balances remaining at the end of the Year.
i No. of No~ of No. 01 No. 01
Name 01 accounts accounts accounts accounts\ Balances on Post Office Savings Date open nt opened closed ollen at 31st December
flank. when EStJlblished. close of during during close of 1869. 1869. 1870, 1870.' 1870.
-------------------__ i ___ ~
;£ s. d. Alexandra .. 1st Kov. 1869 .. 13 , 15 8 20 4t 8 9
Ararat .. .. 1st Jan. 1866 .. 80 23 6 97 ' 711 9 7
Avenel .. .. 1st Nov. 1869 .. 3 6 2 '7 6 5 0
Avoca .. .. 6th Nov. 1865 .. 135 28 13 150 2,6.15 10 9 Bacch us M urah .. 17th SepU866 .. 39 4 3 40 155 Ii 7 Balrnsdale .. 1st Nov. 1869 .. 4 12 7 9 II I 0 Balian .. .. 1st Nov. 18G9 .. II 8 2 I. 40 I 2
BnUllrat .. .. 11 th Sept. 1865 •• 1,123 416 327 1,212 12,921 11 5 Beaufort .. .. 1st Dec. 1865 .. 18 7 2 23 249 14 10 Beechworth .. II th Sept. IS65 •• 448 110 90 468 3,614 17 S Belfast .. .. 1st Feb. 1866 .. 1'4 I I 14 381 \6 8 :nenalla .. .. 15th April 1867 .. 47 13 14 46 750 8 3
Bright .. .. 1st Feb. 1868 .. 94 15 25 84 828 lJ 4 Brighton .. .. 1st Oct. 1866 .. 15 8 2 21 124 19 10 nrunswick .. 1st Oct. 1867 .. 116 52 21 147 368 5 2 Iluninyong .. 12tb July 1866 .. 124 24 12 136 ~,815 IS 2'
Campbell's Creek 25th March 1869 15 6 2 19 157 10 8 Camp.mown .. 1st Dec, 1861l, .. 46 22 10 58 189 12 3 Carlsbrook .. 17th Sept. 1866 .. 102 21 II 112 1,040 4 8 Carlton .. .. 1 st Oct. 1867 .. 120 liS 46 193 901 5 4 Casterton .. .. ist Nov. 1869 ,. Il II 3 19 &0 1 7 Castlemaine I ... 11th Sept. 1865 .. 105 19 19 105 1,668 13 6 Cheltenham .. 1st l!'eb. 1868 .. 120 26 13 IS3 , 585 II 0 Chlltern .. .. 6th Nov. 186~ .. 49 11 14 46 40' II 6 Clunes .. .. 6th Nov. 1865 .. 166 77 ' 52 191 1,328 010 Coburg .. .. ,17th Se]lt. 1866 .. 37 25 Il 57 181 18 5 Colne .. .. 6th Nov. 1865 .. S$ 11 2 47 286 17 9 Coleraine •• .. 1st l'0v. 1869 .. 7 21 3 25 7 13 6 . Collingwood .. ' 15th Nov. 1865 .. 1,528 721 492 1,7:'7 16,294 I 2 Creswlek .. .. 6th Nov. 1865 .. 128 47 26 149 1,341 ~ 7 Daylcsford .. 1st Jan. 1869 .. 40 35 7 68 720 17 3 Drysdale .. 1st Jan. 1870 .. .. 12 I II .. Dunolly I •• .. 1st Dee. 1865 .. 97 31 22 106 1,931 4 0 Eaglcbawk .. 23rd Nov. 1868 .. 22 12 6 281 121 7 4 Ecbuca .. .. I.t Feb. 1866 .. 92 62 25 1~9 868 7 6 Emerald lIill .- 4th June 1866 .. 280 211 109 382 641 6 0 Footsorey .• .. 1st Oct. 1867, .. 10 8 I 17 IS 12 1 Fryer.town .. 1st Aug. IB67 .. 51 9 5 55 316 12 9 Geelong .. .. 11th Sept. 1865 .. 1,137 360' 247 1,256 15,147 16 3 Glsborne •• .. 1st Nov. 1869 .. 8 16 I 23 14 6 J Graytown .. 12th July 1869 •• 72 34 31 76 972 1 10 Gul1dford' .. 1 st Oct. 1867 .. 17
" 6 4 19 232 19 2
Hamilton •• .. 12th July t866 .. 44 2. 21) 49 744 13 3 Hawthorn .. 1st Oct. 1867 .. 04 48 4 108 525 16 8 Heatllcote .. 12th July 1866 .. 130 44 16 158 6,17~ 3 7 Heywood ~~ .. 1st Nov. 1869 .. 2 7 I 8, 15 16 I)
Horsham •• .. 1st Nov. 1869 , .. 9 11 I 19 75 17 2 Hotham
, lst Oct. 1867 illl 139 42 216 700 7 HI .. .. ..
Inglewood .. 1st Jan. 1866 .. 85 30 II 104 363 6 0 Jamieson .: .. 1st Nov. 1869 .. II 19 II 21 511 011 Jasper Road .. 8tll Aug. 1870 _ .• ." 3 .. 3 .. Keilor .. .. 17th Sept. 1866 .. 9 .. .. U 93 '16 6 Kow .. .. 1st Oct. 1867 .. 4 7 7 4 112 8 S Kilmor. .. .. 6th Nov. 1865 .. 67 15 9 73 624 8 9 Kingston ., .. 1st Jan. 1869 .. 68 16 11 73 141 15 0 Kyneton •• \ .. 6th Nov. 1865 .. 72 26 9 89 I,5M 7 8 Landsborough .. 1st Jan. 1870 .. .. 27 3 24 .. Lea.rmonth .. lot No .... 1869 .. I 3 S 1 3 0 I)
Linton'. .. .. 1st Jan. 1870 .. .. 20-- .. 20 .. Maearthnr .. ,18th Sept. 1 S69 •• 9 13 6 16 209 5 6 :Majorca •• .. 2nd May 1870 .. .. 10 I 9 .. Maldon .. .. 6th Noy. t865 .. 230 33 23 240 1,273 16 6 Malmsbury .. 1st Nov. 1860 .. 6 II I W 210 6 Manslleld .. .. 1st Nov.I~(;g .. .4 43 2 45 17 17 & Muryborough .. Iltti Sept. 1865 •• 205 64 48 221 2,1>48 0 5 Merino .. .. 13th Nov. 1868 •• 12 7 3 HJ 588 13_ 0 ¥oonee Ponda .. 17th Sept .. 1866 .. 78 24 12 90 67h 1 0
No. 12 o
Deposits received in 1870,
including Illterest.
\ No. Amount,
------;£ s. d.
108 17S'I8 1
103 61510 3
8 III 11 -8 . 163 1,528 14 0
53 ·70 4 11
36 80 510
36 149 " 4
2,3~9 13,122 810
20 113 17 8 768 3,154 2 0
18 524 9 4
75 406 5 I
81 300 1 9 68 255 0 9
838 602 I I
260 1,289 19 3
18 82 2 6
109 224 I I
193 751 19 10
1,315 1,653 2 10
37 ISr. I 9
229 1,OL5 9 0
428 327 13 3
63 , &09 16 9
343 1,384 17 9
178 305 16 6
35 245 2 8 I
67 188 12 3
6,053 16,645 4 7
352 1,214 18 1
213 602 t5 10
40 269 6 6
339 860 I 0
91 141l 7 3
331 925 1 9
1,909 ,
1,436 10 4
46 27 6 2
112 ISo 9 8
3.042 10,684 II 10
2~1 128 7 S
237 823 5 5
37 78 19 8
101 903 12 4
338 • 933 14 II
21£ 3,134 19 ::;
20 82 7 0
32 295 16 9
1,269 1,435 8 4
195 5ll! 9 7
57 462 14 5
5 41 18 I .. 313 0
25 107 1; II
174 700 17 7
163 158 2 4
152 823 10 1
411 81 14 3
4 1214 0
41 36 15 10,
58 564 12 3
28 109,15 3 -304 l,t06 IS 6 59 143 11 3 ,
165 241 12 2
341 2,473 S 7
17 360 16 0
262 70S t3 7
Withdrawals pnid K
during 1$70. Balances K remaining at
! close of 1870.
No. Amount.
-- --------.----r
£0 s. d.
12 93 10 9
39 403 10 10
9 49 5 I
90 1,3S8 7 6
10 49 10 10'
14 49 16 3
8 58 olO
1,274 10,604 14 a 5 30 16 11
253 2,774 4 3
12 259 I 10
28 292 I 9
59 574 10 4 '
- 5 5 16 8
101 386 10 0
95 l,i54 12 l,
II 182 7 6
20 158 2 7
51 421 3 8 \
234 1,386 II ll' i; 2010 7
- 80 825 3 J-
65 224 19 7
40 352 2 9
145 1,365 ! 7
31 193 0 7
17 12S 12 I
4 II 19 3 1,840 15,914 811
132 1,288 11 2
57 300 7 6
3 .24 8 0
97 • 1,<145 18 II
22 136 I '2
97 ~20 10 9
352 1,133 17 I
2 5 5 8
12 219 1 10
939 8,799 7 8 6 S6 3 3
131 823 I S
16 139 4 3
44 588 4 6
73 493 3 9
108 2,772 ~17' 2
3 23 13 0
5 96 28
205 07l 14 9
43 230 6 7
12 200 19 6
.. ..
.. . . 11 175 6 8
45 3S3 11 5
40 157 10 0
47 1,23B 17 II
5 22 I 8
5 15 I 0 .. .. 15 292 r 2
3 35 15 5
99 ,9348 II
6 49 0 3 14 51 17 10
186 2,7AI 11 5
19 I 488 5 8
M 626 17 6
.£ .. d. 126 IQ I
923 9 0
8 II 7
2,79.'; 17 3
176 2 8
41 10 7
13019 8 15,439 6 0
332 15 7
3,994 15 6
64.7 " 2
864 11 7
554 2 9
374 3 II
5B3 16 3 1,951 0 "' 57 1) 8
255 10 9
1,371 o 10
1,167 16 3 215 12 9
1,858 19 Ii
688 4 8
065 5 6
1,347 17 0
~94 11 4
408 8 4
184 6 6
' 17,024 16 10
1,268 2 6
1,023 5 7
244 18 6
1,745 6 I
13013
872 18
933 19
40 12
293 0
17,033 0
o 6 II
7
7 5
8 7
7 I
o \I
o 3 5
o o
,
106 10
972 Ii 172 14
1,1l0 1
966 7 I
6,534 .\\ I
74 10
275 11
l,t64 I
646 9
772 1» I
41 1&
97 9
44 7
941 14 I
142 8
1,140 10 I 59 12
013
36 15 I
281 J6
()
6
I
o 7
o o
73 19 1 o I
G
o
1,446 6
07 1
207 II I 2,239 17
4~1 3
753 17
. 4
I
)
'18
RETURN showing the Names of flaces where Post Offic,e Savings Bank~ have ~een established, &c.-~ continued. ' . - ' .
.. ' : ':1' ; .... :," . ':I'~O'~f 1··No.of I N:Of I·ko;of." :, i .... ;epO'f~sre:c~'\'"e~-'I'~ithdr~wal~~:f~"1 _. '::
~ "~;" ~Nam~,of <'~.' 't 'D~te ,.! f accounts aecounts!a~cou'nts:accoiints . Ba~u.nc~ on inciu~~!~l~tc~st~ '. .!~u~~;!~70: \ " ~ } ~1l1.a~ces Post Office SavIngs ;ben Estsbllsh~d ' open at·: opened, closed 'open at 31st December" I' remamlOg at
Bank., • ,close of, during during close of 1809., ,I I cl9se'of 1870. 1869. 1 1870. 1870. '1870, .. , No. Amount. No. ' Amount., ,
,----.-- ---,-·-,,1-----------~-- ~---'--' ----\-----
~ 1I10rningtorl, ..
l\fortl~ke '.. ..
1st Nov. 1869 ••
1st N,ov. 1869 ..
lIfount Egerton.. 1st Oct. 1869 .. ,. ~. ~ ." . '. '
~e,~~te~d '. !8thScpt.,1869 .. , \
S
2
4
Omco •• 1st J.m. 1870 ..
". 1st Jan. 1870 .. .. ' 1st Nov. 1869' ..
.. ,1st Dee. 1865 ..
1st. Dec. 1865 ..
4th June 1~66 ..
12th.July 1866 ..
1st Oct. 1867
15th A~ril IS67 ..
16th April 1868~. ," ) 3th N~v. 1868 ..
:'" 1st Dec. 1865 't!
6
49
II
1405
JOS
00
126 .
47
62 28
l:'en~h,!rst
Piggyrcet
Port Albert
Portland, ..
frahl'an ••
Qu ee~18ciif:f Richmonr!
Rol;;:cwood
Rosedale ••
Rushworth
Ruthergien
St. Arnaud
ilL KHdn .•
Sale .•
.. ,1st N~v. 1~.~!: .. • 39 ,.. 4th June I866 .. 137
116
,Sandhurst
Sandridge
S,Cflr~d~le .. Sebastopol
Seymour ..
SmythcsdaIC South Yarra
Slawell ..
'Steiglitz ..
SiuartmUl.
St1nb~ry .. Swan Hill
Talbot •.
faradaIc ••
7nrnagulla
Too";'k Vaughan ..
6th Nov. 1865 .. ", , 11th Sept. 1665 ..
6th Nov. 1865 ••
.. ,lst:Nov. 1~67 : .. 1st Nov. 1869 ..
1st Nov. 18(,9 ••
1st Dec. 18GG j ••
1st Jan, 1867 ..
1st Dec. 1867 ..
1st Jan. 1870 ..
.,. ,st, April 18iG ..
i.. ,~n~ lI!~Y 1870 .. •. .,1st Dec. 1865 ..
6th Nov. 1865 ..
1st Nov; 1869 •.
.. ,6th Nov. 1868 ..
17th Jan. 1870 .. , litb Jan. 1870 ..
; .. Wangoratl;'
Warrnambool ••
:Whroo ," Williamstown ; ..
496
i36 25
2
4. 35
146,
65
, , 28
130
11
38
,47, , 613
I)
I 12
.14
7
16
2,.
1'6 1'0
4
207
14
II7
I~ 14
27
" 12
88 44
. 242
75
, '1
28
'4
9
73
76
16
1'1
30. '8
71
44
16
32
\ 16
30.
25
I
\I
8
'.? 1
5 , 29
16
1M
i 32
3 I 6
2 I)
42
30
3
2
2
43
4< ,8
I'
/ .. 3
9
.7
11
18
S" 9
15
2
20
58
14
490 " 114 I
s. d. :..
" 137 14 7
£, •. 'de
33 " 3uli,.6 9 4
7 7 4
1
166 17 6
35 3 0.
10. 0 i
" .. I ' . 87 's 5
1,620. '3 7 \
200 0 3
3,286 19 10' 1,5,03,
~7515 6 190
299 I' 8
52~,12 I! :54 8 1,1:
733. ,I 0
451:1,8 4
208,,911. 50S.. 2 7 130.,19 ' 4
6,
32
3
3.~4li,. I 11 .• 392,
352,11 I 28,
;£ •• 'd. 25' 0. 0.
61- 9 0 ~3, 01 0
8 0' 4
10" I 4
66 0 4 ii{ 0: 3'
9 19 0
2,927 II, 1I,
28212 3
178
125 147
1,397, 8 10, 542 1,617 10 8 15!i" 1,624 0 '10
83
30
46
196
144
582
.179
1 23 : 24
6
39
177
III
13 19
3,373 15 7 1-14,
~~2 4 1 389 1,779 2 3 519,
269. 3 \I 46"
4209 3 lIS" 9.68 7 ,0 535
1,169 7 8 205
~,302 I 8 Ii 46~ 728 2 4 555
103 15 .~ 17 10 I 0 :72"
75 19 II
462 4 0
.1,962 9 8,
I 771 ,I ~
{ ... '
9
62
,553 ..
319
63
.17
1,623.16 8 102
273 I~ 9
2,~15 ,12 7
136 18 7
276.33 ..
23,
50.
15
30
1,3GO ,13 81 171
1,275 16 I! 67
5,877 ,15 9. 452
1,019 0. S: 137
149 1.5 8, 10
443. ,2 6 18 '59 ~2 5' 5
5U 4 II , 26.
156 1,172 17
1,240.8
239, \0.
130 9
5'
9' 1
63
61
, 11 7' 7
,30 ,12 144 4 7; .. , 2
34 291; 17 4 ,80 174 .• 0 51.. 5,. 158 1,298'2 7 418. 1,720, 8 11· 124
51 28 19 10 424 ~09,12 lO~ 15
46 .344 '2 5 ,,59 \91,,\8 0, 27
29 , .. : 264 221 JI 10:.. 8 Hj .. '35 249.0 I' II
2,153 14 5
164 7. 7
~46 g, ~,
.165 3 8
969, 8' I
,9.68.13' 2
~,466,10 1 7 839.10, I .
56. 8 0 186 17, 6
.' '. 30 5 11
207 0 3
1,422, 7:~.
461 6 a , . 108.5 10
SO IS' 0.
.! .1.5 0
,' .. 3~l, ,I, 2 1,167 1,'5
·51. I: 6 259,1919
II, . ,.
18 ,9: I
43 0. 0.
, , £ s. d. 475 I 4
40.4 10. 2
481 15 8
41fl8 4-
289 18 it i;6lO'10 ''u'
321 0 ,7
3,804 9 10 545' 14' 4' I
!~39o. 18 8 2,843 17 10
- 321 13'.3
2,034: 14 81
,
159 12 I; 53i 8 10
1;35~ 13:,~ i,476 19 .. 7-5',713 6 10
907 12, II,
198 3, 0
266 6 0 105 '6' i;
799: 8 8
,1,712.19 }, 1,.056 3 7,
131 .,.. 8,
49 11 7
136 ~ ,~ 432 ~ 7,
1:857 10. 1 287" II 2 2'16' 0. 8
203 2 9
206 O' 1 ..106 .,554 14,.2 123 656.'.2, 3: 59, 623" ,5 i :I ,,487, I i I ,~ . 52 ' 230 i7 Ii ,84,. 772,!4 O' 19. 421 19 8 581 12 0
5 7 . 45 (.225 i3 ~3 '6< , 206 12 3: 1&: 149 i I O· 282 4 G 145. 94 6\34 IP,0}9 4 0 1,480 8,~15':5 5' 5~1,i '8,oi4, 12' S IO;OII! it 2
}VillC!telsC.a.
~~t F.~. 1866', ••
1st Dec. 1865 ..
IstF.eb.1868:; .. _
.11 th ,\",pt. 18r.~ •• ' 9th May 1870 .. 29 4 25 '." ,_ 5l, ~37';.8 • 9 10,' 39" I I 198. 7 8
28 32 ::9 .51 (.6415.8 678.,1, 43510 01 .2i·1 88 II: 6' "4'1114 2
lst J~n. 1869.. 60' 32 26 , .. ,71 1,42618 7 "~~":' 1,37219 4, 77': 1,~SO 7' 5' '~;1I9 .IO"~ :Wo~deIld,.. .. .1s~ Nov. 1869 ' ",
iVOOd'S PoInt ' ..
Yackandandah' .. 1st Jan. 1866 •. ' .76 IS 18 76 . ~5S 12 ;2"~r'l ,434,J6 5" ~,,' 558 'Ill i' 734 IS (1
__ "_'I __ ,-I.I--'. __ ' __ .-'-.I_~___ " '1'1 ", '.. r)
!>Ielbourne
".
,.
",
Year.
,
''1861 '1862 1863 1864. ]865 1866 1867 1868
"IS69 ! IS70
" ;! j,ll. 11 th Sept. ·1865 .. '
~11,'.2~, 5,O~1 ~ 6,74l . 2}942 ,
13,433 .12~,433 II 5 37,471-1119,869 i4 4, iO,41~1 99,9~7r 2 Ii' '~6,;S6 2.1<\
7,744, ,1I7,04!) 4 'I il!l,77~":13i,804i~S 8' IO,?O~ 115,6&6 "I 3 133,W4 I 6
.. Totsls
-----,---1---1------,1- ----1- ---~ ----
,243,478 15 ,6 I.",w 251,674 .13 0' 20,622 21~,603 '4:~. 279,500 14 4 , ::17,866 I • r"---·" ..
:" :, ", , : 'I '. I I,!! !, I .; '.
of 'the' Mqney Order' Sysfein in Vict<il'ia for the '. ':Dec~mbe~ 1860 t'o 31st December 1870;, .
..
".
Decennial'PerIod from' 31st
.. " .. .. . '.-
II. 'I i , ' ...
.. ~ , 'Ori\ers Issued. Orders Paid: .. , Totol ~ :-
• Number of Net ~venue 1
, :, : Money Order, ; recel\~e~ •
, , ". , I ." ..
Offices. ' from ComnusSlOn 1 Am~unt, 1 ., '-Number: .. ~
• .', • 011 Orders •. , Nu,*be;. Number. I '"
'I ',.
: 11 I'
, .. " , .. , , £ ~.t, d. "£ 8.' d. ) I f: >£. s~ I ~" ' * ••. ',. ;,i ..\£ l't. S.; if"
1 39: 419 16 6 13,?04 52,629 6 5 13,578 :
.... 51,753" 0 ·1· 27,282 104,382 "6 : 6
57 ~ 1,336 19· 2 23,600 '·93,752 11' 9' 16,661 ' 61l,ISI' J.l . 6 . .40;261:0 , 155,934,,:.6 ,.3'
76 1,977 i5 2 3Q62· 123,838 171 4: 26,799 , 106,629. 16 ' 0, 58,061,. 230,468 13, ,4
8.8 ; 2,19)} 16, 5 39.026, 148,283 :13 5 32,341 ! . 124,153 Oi;\ 71,367,·, ' 272,436 13, ,9·
102 2,640 16 6 50,666 186,855 8 5 ~1,1l5 " 153,65~ S . 1 ill,7S1 . ~40,5\2.16 ,6 . 107 ' 2;S~S II 2 60,119 218,850 16 I> 50,479 , 189,261 8;2 llO;598 408, 11~' 4 7:
1'141 3,159 '7 6' , 6S,714' 237,317 9 7 57,787 ' 205,622 IS , 6 126;501 4'43,S40"S I'
' 154 3,278 o 10 73,222 247,484 0 7 61,656 ' 214,025 15 4' 134,878 461,509 15,11' ,
; lSI 3,593 ll': 5~ 82,j!34 \272,531' 9. 1 69,657 i
;237,844 1 ,10 . 151,891 : 510,375 10::1>\t
.195' 3,883 L 1I! 91;002. ·291,626 3 5: 79,19 L. ,.261,871'15: 0; 1 ,17,0,193 : 553,497i IS· .J5: , , , :
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rROGRES~IVE STATElIlENT of; the Post Offlce Savings Ban~s in: Victoria 'from the commencement of the , • ',- • ,q \ system; lIth September 1865, tp'tlie'31st ]December 1870-: " " , ) : , •• r "
J ' ! • ~ I r , 'I " Deposits Received. Repayments. Depositors' Account.. Average
\ Yeh:i~ , "No, of Iuterest, .
Depositors' Baiau<!e"to credited to ' each Banks, Balances. Accounts Depositors.
NumMr, Amount. Number. Amount. , Accounts Accounts remaining Account.· , , Opened. Closed. Open.
. ' ----- ----- --,-------,----- , ----. ' !'.' '1
£ 11. d. £ s • d. ;£ 8. d .. £ 8. d. \ £ s, d. . ' , . ., . " . 1865 31 4,964, 18,465 , 6 6 495, 3,058' 7 ? 61~ 0 9 15,467'1,9 6 2,227 101 2,}26 .7 5 6
1866 50 25,909 6 85,S!!1 15 7 6,204 4~,?48\ 4 ,11; :1,189 0 9., 5!l,690! 10 11 ",5,703 1,055 ;6,774 813 3 , ,
1867 66 37,624 124,633 5 ° 10,657 83,006! 10~O 2,758 4' 3 J03,015' 10 2 6,175 1,831' 11,118 9 5 5 I I
125,565;10 1868 72 45,408 184,115 4 6 14,293 7 ,4,43~ 19 3 ,166,061' 3
'" 6,540 ' 3;302, 14,356 11 II 4
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1869 '99 Ki,528 233,41'2' 14,0 I6,43~ i6~,267!4 . O~ 7~72 2' ' 2 243;478,15 ~ 7.,501 3;9'91 17,866 1312 "6~
.' 1870 ' 112 15;,241 242,192'"3,,6, 20,62~ I ~1?,6031 4, .2 '9;48~ 9 6. 27~,550 4 4 '7,973 4,662 ~1,177 13 4 0 " ,
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. .. , .. ' . ~ POST OFFICE SAVINGS l1AN~.
THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL in a.ccoU1;t;,,,,~th the DepositPr~ from, the:],~t Ja,nuary to, 31st December 187q. Dr. " " ., , Cr.
18iO.
"Jan: I to
.Dec.-31
,\ . £ s. d.l: 1870.
To Balance from 1869", ' ;.: I, 243,~;8' i5 ·6 i 'Jan. 1 " Depositsreceived durhig 1870 242,192 ,3 6: to " Interest duato Depositors.ior, I ' , ,.pee •. 31 :
1870 '" ... ... 9,482 9 6 .--~--',--
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£ s. d. I
. By Repayments ,to! Depositors: ' i during 1870, .•. ... i 215,603 4· 2 '
", Bal!J-nce «l1!-dO pep~Bitors:~., ~79,550' ' .. 4 4
:~~5,1538 ,6 i'''! "I:~ j -, ! , '495,153 8 6
PO!?T OFFICE SA V~NGS 'BANK. ' . ,
<,:~HE, :f,9~,T~AsT;ER~.GE~ERAL ,inaccou~t with 1 The Honorable the Treasur~r_'on a.c~ount of Savings Bank I
Dr. ' t~nsac:itionsfor the ,Year 1870. Cr.
1870. s. d. , Jan
to' 1, To Balance, being Depos~ts re- , , .',
ceived in 1869,' and paid , , I?ec.31 into Treasury ).n January , ., I
,'J t "1'870 ..... , ..... 8,.61.9.0 " Depositsreceivedduring1870 ,242,192 3 6 " Cash received from Treasury; 224,459 ,54! " Interest allowed to Deposi- "
,tors for 1870... ..., 9,482 ~ 6 r, '''' Balance due from,';I'reasury"
to replace. moriey drawn', from MoneyOrde'rAccount i
to repay 'Pepositors ... 2,841 3 2
487,436 10 6 ,
."
1870.
Jan. 1 ·to Dec. 31
,
, ,
,. .£ 8. d.
By Balance, being amount due ,by Treasury for repayments toiDepositors during 1870 4,425 2 2
" Repayments to Depositors in ' / I 1870 .... ..."... 215,603 4 2
',,' Cas)l paid into the ,Treasury 250,433 16 2 " Ampunt d,ue to'Trust Fund,
. "for Interest credited to De- i . , , "posit~rs in'1870.... I ... : 9482 ' 9', ·6
.: '" I Cash in hand awaithig lodg-: ..' . t ••
,ment in Treasury .•• ; .. ' 7,491 18 6'
487,436 10 6
CHANGES IN .AND PRESENT S.TRENGJ.'H OF' TH~ STp'F OF THE' DEPARTMENT.
The s~rvices of the Telegraph Manager at AlBury ,were dispensed,with on the [4th January 1870"va~d ,on -the· 31stiOctober, the Victorian, operatprs welje,altqgether withdrawn fromihat stati0:t;t, anI' agreement,havirig been "enter,ed ,into with the New South 'Vales Government to Jonduct the lbusiness for this Colony" in consideration of
, ':;t I·con~bution'towards the ,maintenan~e of the .. Telegraph statiQn at Albury of £200 ,per. annum. ,The saving effected;by this change.is show:n.a~ pagf: ·7 i of ;the Report for 1869. '" . . The extension of the facil~ti,es for' ~elegraphic 'commUnication,; through th!; ,reduc-
~~9.n ?f,theTates fonnerly charged; re~dered.necessary a, considerable)ncrease in the staff 'of Telegraphic 'Messengerkahd; in consequence,those':t;nessengerswho-ltad served satisfactorily for one year as: sup~r:humerarieshave been provided for: on the Brd ,Schedwe, aJ;ld their, p~c.es filled up as the augmentation of business demanded.
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Within the year 1870 eight ~fficers resigned their appointments; one officer (5th Class) was supera~nuated; three officers, retired fi'om' ill-health; two died,; and three ,were dismissed.
'The follo"ying Statements show the numb~r of officers and others employed in the Post and Telegraph Department, and of those absent on acc(;mnt of ,sickness, during 1870 :.-
.STATEMENT sho~ing the Number of Officers, &c., employed in the Post and Telegraph Department in 1870. . ,-.. ,
'Melbourne, P.O,
Melbourne. E.T. ,Albury, Telegr.,
N.S.W. Ararat Avoca Bairnsdale Ballarat, P.O .. ..
Ballar~t, E.T .. .. Beaufort Beechworth Belfast Benalla Bright
Brighton' Buninyong ....
',Carnperdown ':" Cape Schanck ... Cape Otway' .. . 'Carisbrook' .. .
Casterton ... Castlemaine, P.O. Castleniaine,E.T. Chiltern Clunes Colac
Coleraine Collingwood Creswick Daylesford Dunolly Echuca ,Flinders 'Geelong
Graytown Hamilton' Heathcot'e Hexham Inglewood
Jamieson
Kerang Kilmore Kyneton Linton's
~ngwood
Majorca,
'Maldon Malmsbury q ... Mansfield ...
.,1;1.1
Maryhol'ough ... Morr;ington ...
Mortlake
Mount Gambier; ~S.A. Newstead
,Penshurst
Port Albert Portland Queenscliff Richmond Rosedale,
Rutherglen Sale ...
....
102 15
: 2 24
1 1 1 ' 1 5
I 4,
I 1 1 '1
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1*
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1*
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1*
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1*
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83
13
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2
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9
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43 266
56
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13 2 8 4,
2 2 2 . 1
3 I 2 '1
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2 5 3 2 3
2
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5 1
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2
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2 4
25 Supernumemrles employed on the arrival of the English mail.
Thl.statlonwasdiscontinued 30th November IS70,and two otllcers 01 the New South Wales staff are paid an all?wance on account of the busiuySB of this colony.
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12 Supernumeraries 'employed on the arrival of the English mail.
, • Assistant Operator acting as Postmaster and Tele
graph :l1anager.
• Assistant Operator acting as Postmnster and Telegra.ph 1\1 anngcr.
,. Assistant Opemtor acting ,lIS Postmaster alld Tele-graph Mallllger. .
• Assistant Operator ncting as Postmaster and Telegraph lI1anager.
4 Supernumeraries employed on tbe arrival of the El?-glish mail. ,r ,
• Assistant Operator acting as Postmaster and Tel.~ gmph .lIannger. ' * Assistant Operator acting as Postmaster and. Tele;' graph l\1anazel'. .
* Acting Postmaster an!;1 Telegraph )funager.
* Assistant Operator acting as Postmaster and Telegraph :M:aUllger~ '* Assistant Operator acting as Postmaster'and Tele ... graph Manager.
• Postmistress, _ paid out of allowances to cou.ntry postmasters.
• * Assistant Operator acting as' Postmaster and Telo-gropll :Mauftgcr. \'
* Postmistress, paid out o! allowances to country -postmasters.
• Assistant Operator acting ns Postmaster and Tel. graph Manager.
* Postmistress, paid out of allowances to country postmasters. .
;, Assistant Operator acting as Postmaster and Tele-graph 1\Ianager. J ,
• ASSistant Operator acting as postmaster and Telegraph Manager.
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STATEMENT showing the Number of Officers, &c.~continued.
Office.
Sandhurst Sandridge Sebastopol Seymour
Smythesdale St. Arnaud Stawell Stuartmilf
Slreatham
Swan Hill Talbot Taradale Tarnagulla Wahgunyah Walhalla.
Wangaratta Warrnambool... Williamstown ... Wodonga
1 1 1
2
'I"'
1*
1*
1*
5
1*
... , 2
4 I 1
2 1
,I' 1
2 2 2 1
1
15 2 3 1
2 2 3 2
1 3 2 2 2 1
3 5 5 2
1
Remarks.
One Supernumerary o=.looo11y employed.
"Aasistant Operator acting as Postmuter and Telegraph Manager.
• Assistant Operator Bcting as Postmaster and Telegraph Manager .
.. Assistant Operator acting as Postmaster and Telegraph Manager.
• Acting Postmaster.
.. Assistant Operator actlng ... s Postmaster and Telegraph Manager.
One supe~umerary occasionally employed. .. Assistant Operator acting as Postmaster and Tele
gra.ph Mimnger. lln!lway Telegraph Station, Woodend
Wood's Point ... Yackandandah
I 2 1 _ 2
Totals
'"
--1- --:--1'--;---1-- ---- ---1---1
-
59 167 24 4 141 19 7 5 102 49 1584
, . This Ust includes Bdditlonal Telegraph Messengers and Assistant Letter·carrlers appOinted In 1870, and fourleen of tho Supernumeraries included in 'the
column of " Remarks" in return at page 5 of Heport for 18fi9. .
RETURN of Officers, &c., Absent from duty on account of Illness during 1870.
Number of Officers, &c., Employed.
Number of Bfanch. days Remarks.
Number Number Absent. •
Employed. Absent.
" Correspondence branch ... . .. S 2. 33, One officer i!;bsent 29 days, and one absent 4 da1;s. Accounts branch 60 One officer absent 47 days. ... ... 10 4 Mail branch ... ... 57 37 238 One officer'absent 67 days, one 27 days, one 26 days,
I and four 59 'days, showing seven officers absent during 179 days,
Dead-letter branch ... ... 4 2 15 One officer absent during ~4 days. Stores and Printing I ••• .' .. 26 10' 25 Money Order and Savings Banks ... 16 10 99 One officei.' absent during 51 days. Stamp branch ... ... . .. 4 2 13 One officer absent during 12 days.
Totals ... ... 125 67 483 ,
Out of eleven mail·guards, four were absent from sickness during 21 days_ Out Qf thirty-six lctter-cnrriers, twenty-tbree were absent during 226 days. Of this number Qne w~ absent during 42 days, One 35 days, one
"24 days1 one 21 days, and one 20 days, showlng five lett/9r-cfll':rien a.bsent during 142 days. Two letter-carriers belonging In the Melbourne estabU$llIflent died dur!ng the ycar.
STATE!illNT of Revenue a~d Expenditure for the Year 1870.
1870.-RETENUE.
Revenue, including postage, fees on registered letters, commission on money orders, commission allowed to licensed vendors, also collections on account of other Governments... .. .
Electric Telegraph collections, including amount collected on account of other colonies, and the Submarine Cable Company
Deficit
£ s. d;
128,046 1 10
33,145 10 4 85,803 ,3 7
246,994 15 9 1
---
1870.-ExpENDITIIRE.
Salaries and wages, occasional assistance, and overtime
Contingencies Commission to licens!')d vendors ofposbige
stamps Mail service inland, inclnding landing
and shipping mails Gratuities to masters of vessels Estimated amount of postal collections , on account of other Governments
Steam postal communication with Great Britain
Electric Telegraph c9llections on account of other colonies £ I ,0 19 ) 6 0
Subma.rine Cable Company 1,201 II 8
s. d.
1I0,872 6 6 15,863 13, 11
1,449 12 6
75,764 I 11 1,476 14 9
3,817 12 10
35,529 5 8
2,221 7 8
246,994 15 9
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, It,now only remains to:be'1add.ed·that'theoffiqers'ofthe Department 4ave, as a rul~, mainta~ned .the cha'r~~ter ~?r 'zea~ 3;l).~' effi..~iencj i~ :t~~· ~eif9rmimce of; thei! .;duties WhICh has been recorded III thylr fayor, In;;p!:~'?!:-nl~ ltYP9rts. '
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APPENDI~ A:
POST OFFICE BRANCH. STAT1j:MENT showing Part~culars of InlaI!d. Mail Service peI:formed in Victoria, d!lring ·the Year. 1870.
! • ~ , •
i'
S~rvice, Frequency. "
i
To ~nd fr~m Keilor-road Railway Station and'Bac- Twice a day' , ' chus ~arsh, by way of Melton . , . I
to and from Bacchus Marsh an,d Buninyong Rail. Six days a week ... way,Station, by way of' Pentland Hills, Balian,: Gordon's, Mount Egerton, and Dunnstown
to and from Melbourne and Eltham' ... ... Six days' a week' ::. to and from Eltham and Wood's Point, by way .. of. Three days!lo week
Kangaroo' Ground,' Y arraFlats, Healesville, Fernshawe, Marysville, and Matlock
to and 'from Kangaroo Ground' and St. Andrew's . Threeday;s a week, , to and from Melbourne and Sale, by way of Oak., Six days a week ...
leigh, Springvale, Dandenong-, Berwick, Paken-ham, Shady Creek, M,oe, Traralgon, and Rosedale,
to and from Shady Creek and Walhalla, by way Three days a week of Tangil, Cooper's Creek, and Happy-go-Lucky
to and from ra~gil and Russell's Creek . . ., .. : to and from Shady Creek and Crossover'Dlgglllgs to and from Oakleigh and Mulgrave ... . .. to and from Rosedale and Walhalla, by way, .of
Once a week ... Once,a week .. , Three days a week Three, days a. week
Toongabbie and Happy"go-Lucky \ ... to and from Sale and Bairnsdale, by way of Strat· Three days a week, · ford' (telegraph' line) . . . : with a branch mail to and from Fernbank : ... Three days a w'eek
, to and,from Melbourne arid Beechworth, by way. 'Six days a week ... of Campbellfield, Somerton, Donnybrook, Beve-ridge, Wallan-wallan, Kilmore, Broadfoid, Tal· larook, Seymour, Avenel, Longwood, Euroa,.
• Viole~t?wn, Benalla, Winton, Wangarat~a, and Tarrawlllgee .. ,
also the conveyance of a mail'from Melbourne to Six 'days a weel!: ..... Kilmore .
. to and from Wangaratta and .Albury, by w:ay,of ,Six days a week ... Docker's Plains, Springs, Chiltern, Barnawartha, and "W odonga :
to and from Springs and Wahgunyah, by way of, 'Six i!ays a,week .... . Rutherglen' ;
. to and from Beechworth and Yackandandah: ... : Six days a .week ... to and from Yackandandah and Albury "by w,ay of Three days a week , Osborne's Flat and Wodonga :. . to and,from B£'echworth and Wahgunyah, by way Six: days a week ...
of Chiltern, Indigo, and Rutherglen to and from Bellchworth. and Growler's Creek, by Six days a week ...
way of :M:~rmungee, Taylor's ',Gap, Myrtlt!ford,' Black Sprlllgs, Porepunk:a, and Bright· !
· to, and;from Porepu,nk;aand Buckland .... I .....
to and,from Mt!rmungee and Bowman's Forest ... to and.from Black Springs and' Running Creek ... ,to. and from ,Longwoo.d' and ,I amieson, by way. .of
Three days a w.eek 'Three days a week Three days a week Six days a week' ....
Merton; Doon, Maiudample, and Mansfield to and from Doon and Dry Creek . .. . .. Two days a week ...
,t.o and from Jamieson and Matlock, by way of Three ,days a week Mack's Creek, Ten-mile Hou!e, 'Gaffney's Creek,
. Castle Reef, and Wood's~Point to and from Broadford. and Alexandra, by way of -'l:hree days a week
Reedy Creek, King:Parrot Creek, and Yea ,- .. to and from Yea and Ghin-ghih ...'... Three days a week to and/rom Runnymede and Murchison, bi way ,Three.days a week.
of Campaspe and RushwortIt :. . " to and from Rushworth and Coy's Diggings, by Three days a week
" way of Wthroo l. '. f... '.
to and from Sandhurs~ and Heathcote,' by w;ay. ,of' Three·days a week . Axedale and Wild-duck Creek Post Office '
.. ~ tp and from Sandhurstand Sw:a.n Bill, by way. of Two days· a, week· .. ,"
o Serpentine Creek, Durham Ox, and Kerang to'and fr?m Swan Hill and Wentworth, by way .. of. Once a ~week
Pyangll, Narung, Wyrlong, Euston, Tarplillen, Mildu~a, and the l\~i~sion Station I
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Mode of CQnve;yancew
Coach ... Coach . ..
'Coach ... Ooach .....
Coach ... Coach . ..
\
Horseback
Horseback Horseback Horseback Horseback
Coach . , .~ Horseback Coach , ...
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..
Coach ... Coach ...
-
Coach ... Coach . t.·· Coach ... Coach '"
Coach ...
. Coach Horseback Horseback; Coach ... ' Horseback
. Horseb,:ck
:
Coach ... '.'
Horseback ·Coach. ...
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Coach, ... Coach ' ....
-eO!1llh ; ',. ~ ~'l
Coach ... - , . . <>
j, I Amount, GrO~A Distance: :r.mcuge.
,
~file9. £ .~. ., ~ : 19 23,712
37 23,088
14 8,7:m 115 35,880
... 8 . '2,496
130 81,120
35 10,920
8 2,496 8 2"t96 6 1,872
3f) .. 16,240
50 15,600
6 1,248 180 112,320
,
, 37 23,088
50 31,20 ° . '. :
:17 ,10,608
15 ,
° 9,36 22 6,846
35 21,840 . 45 28,080 ,
14 4,3.68 6, 1,872 7 2,184
75 , 46,800
7 1.456 37 - 11,54,1
.50 15,600
6 1,872 45 14,04.1)
·8 2,496
'.30 I 9,360 44,58000
100 20,800 :
140
I B,560
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STA.TEME~T showing Particulars of Inland M~il Service performed in :Victoria, 1870.-continued. I
Service. Frequency. ::IIode of DIstance. Amount ConveYl:lllce.
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to and from 'Sandhurst and Wedderburn, by way lilies. £ 8. d.
Six days a week ... Coach ... 4B of Marong, Inglewood:and Old Inglewood ~
Six days a week to and from Inglewood and Wehla, by way of' , Coach ... ?O Kingower and Tyler'S Rush • , .
... to and from Marong and Bullock Creek Six days a week ... Horseback ,3 \ ... to and from Burke's Flat,and Wehla , .. ... Three days a week Horseback 8 to and from Wedderburn and East Charlton ... Two days a week ... _ Horseback 18 -to and from East Charlton (Yowen Hill) and Tow- Once a week .... Horseback 30
auinnie, by way of Glenloth and Whycheproof , . to and from Castlemaine and Maldon, by' way of Twice aOday ... Coach 13 .. ...
Muckleford ,
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to and froin Maldon and Maryborough, by way of Six days a week ... Coach . .. 17 Baringhup and Carisbrook
to and from Maldon and DunoIly, by way of Ed- Six days a week ... Coach . .. 23 dington and Burnt Creek ,
to and from Castlemaine and Creswick, by way of Six days a week ... Coach ... 43 Green Gully, Newstead, Sandon, Glengower, Moorookyle, Smeaton, and Kingston -
to ann from Castlemaine and Daylesford, by way • Six d~ys a week '" Coach ... 23
of Yapeen, Guildford, Yandoit, Franklinford, -Shepherd's Flat, and He:8burn . Six days a week
'. to and,from He~burn'and ry Diggings ... '" Horseback . 4 to and from' Ma msbury and Daylcsford, by way Six: days a week ... Coach ... 18
of Drummond and Glcnlyon . ' ' I
to and from Kyne~on and Heathcote, by way of Six: days a week ... Coach ... 33 Langley, Barfold, Redesdale Post Office, and -Mia-mia ~ . Ii
Co;ch to and from Kyneton and Mount Blackwood, by Six: days a week ... ... 24 way of Tylden, Trentham, and Newbury
Th~ee'days a week Horseback to and from Tylden and S~rin~ Hill .... . ... 5 to and from Mount Blackwood and Barry's Reef... Six days a week ... Coach, ' ... 3 to and from Mount Blackwood ang Ballarat, by Six days a week ... Coach ... 42 ,
way of Greendale and Balian Six days a week to and from Dunolly and St. 'Arnaud; by way of ... Coach ... 42 \
Goldsboro' Reef, Bealiba, and Peters to ane}. from St. Arnaud and Morton Plains, by Two days a week .•• Coach ... 55
way of Donald and Mount Jeff'cott . a; \
<:lJ . to and from St. Arnaud and East Charlton Two days a week ... Horseliack~ 25
, a; ... ,
to and from Dunolly and New Inglewood, by way Six days a week' ... Coach 25 .,.. ... !:;t,)
of Jones's Cr,eek, Tarnagulla, and Maidentqwn .S I
to and from l\1aryborough and Ararat, by wal of Six days a week Coach 54 ~ ... ... '" 10 , Adelaide Lead, Bung Bong, Avoca, Amphit ea- a>
tre, Elmhurst, Eversley, and Orowlands , , ....
T'wo d~ys a week .. : .,..
to and from Everslcv and Mount Cole ... HQrseback . . 10 ., ... ~ to and from Avoca and Stawell; by way of Moo- Six days a: week ... Coach ~6
~ nambel and Landsborough "'1
to and from Moonambel and Na~,arre, by way 'of Three days' a week Coach' ... 20 Barkly
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, to and from Moonambel and St. Arnaud, by way Six dll;Ys ~a week Coach , ... 30 of Hedbank, Hinds, and Stuartniill '
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to and from Ararat and Stawell, by 'va~ of Arm- Six days a week ... Coach ... 20 strong's, Great Western, 'and Quartz eefs -
to and from Stawell ~ and Horsham, by way of Six days, a ;veek Coach ... 48 Dei! Lead, Ledcourt Bridge. and Boga Lakes
,
to an from Horsham 'and Lake Hindmarsh, by Two days a week ... Coach . 50 ... way of. DiT)1boola ' ,
to and from Lake Hindmarsh and N ypo ... Once a week Horseback 20 to and' frOlTI Dimboola an'd Lawloit, b~ way of Two da.fs a week :::. Horseback 57
Lochiel, Glenleef ~hill, and Mount E gin
Once a week Horseback 56 to and: from Law Olt and Lockhart, by way of ... Yannock. Bullarook, ~unyip. Yarrock, and
,~
Cove ' , to and from HorRham and Werracknebeal, by way Two days a week ~ ... Horseback 48
of Sheep Hill Station and Kewell . Once a week'
, Horseback 40
~
to and from vVerracknebeal and Lake Corong ... ... to and frpm Ararat and Ballarat, by way of Dobie's Six days a week . . '~ Coach ... 58
Bridge, Buangor, Shirley, Beaufort, Trawalla, Burrumbeet, Windermere, and Cardigan
Six days a week Coach 50 to and from Ballarat and Maryborough: by way , .. ... of Mount Rowan, Sulky Gully, Creswick, Glen- , donald, Clunes, Talbot, and Amherst
to and from Talbot and Avoca, byway of Amherst Six days a week ... Coach ... 17 to and from Talbot ~ and Majorca, by way of Six days !l week Coach ... 7
Cocl,atoo . I .
Six days a week Coach 21 to and from Ballarat and Clunes, by way of ... ... l\1inersrest, Mount Blowhard, and Ascot
Six days a week Coach '29 to and from Ballarat and Daylesford, by way of ... ... Mount Rowan, Sulky Gully, Creswick, Newlyn, Mou~tProspect, and Deep Creek ,
" /
, ,
t -~.-~~
Gross "\lIileage.
'29;95 2
12,48 o 2 6
1,87 2,49 3,7 44 3,12
16,22
10,60
14,35
26,83
14,35
2,49 p,23
° 4t
8
2
2
2
6 2
20,59 2
15,37 6
1,5 1,87
60 2 8 26,20
26,20 S
o o o
11,4,.4
5,20 15,60
33;69 6
2,08 .28,70
o 4
.
6,24 o o o 2
18,72
12,48 -
29,95
10,4
2,08 11,85
00
o 6
5;82 4
9.98 4
60 2
4,1 36,19
31,2 00
10,60 4,36
S 8
13,1,
18,09
04
6
;
I
I
25
STATEMENT showing Particulars of Inland Mail Service performed in Victoria," 1870.-continued.
Service. I Frequency. Mod. of Distance. I Amount. Oross
Conveyance. MU'"'l1e.
Miles. I £ 8. d. to and from Ballarat and Avoca, by wat of Six days a week ... Coach ... 45 28,080
Minersrest, Lake Learmonth, Mount Bo ton, Springs, Lexton, and Lamrough
Coach 19,968 to and from Ballarat and inton's, by way of Twice a day ... ... 16 Smythesdale and Scarsdale
64,272 to and from Linton's and Hamilton, by way of Six days a week ... Coach ... 103 Skipton, Streatham, Lake Bolac, Wickliffe, Glenthompson, and Dunkeld
Six day~ a week Coach 34,320 to and from Hamilton and Portland, by way of ... ... 55 Branxholme, Condah, and Heywood
24,960 to and from Hamilton and Apsley, by way of Two days a week .... Coach ... 120 Cavendish, Balmon;l, Harrow, and Edenhope
to and from Hamilton and Coleraine, by way of Six days a week ... Coach ... 22 13,728 Wan non
to and from Coleraine and Penola, by Casterton
way of Three days a week Coach ... 58 18,096
to and from Coleraine and Merino ... ... Three days a week Coach . .. 12 3,744 to and from Oasterton and Lindsav ... ... Three days a week Horseback 25 7,800 to and from Coleraine and Harrow ... Two days a week ... HorAeback 36 7,488 to and from Casterton and PortJand,'by way of Three days a week Coach' ... 55 17,160
Sandford, Merino, D1by, HotspuI', and Heywood -to and from Portlan and Belfast, by way of Two days a week ... Coa~h ... 40 8,320
Narrawong and Yambuk . to and from Belfast and Hamilton, by way of Two days a week ... Coach ... 60 12,480
Orford, McArthur, and Byaduk to and frpm Belfast and Wickliffe, bl way of Two days a week ... Coach ... 70 ~ 14,560
Koroit, Woolsthorpe, Caramut, and C atsworth t>ll d to and from Wickliffe and Ararat, by way of Kiora Three days a wpek Coarh· ... 30 Po 9,360
to and from Geelong and Darlington, by way of Two days a week ... Coach ... 78 t>ll 16,224 ~ Murgheboluc, Inverleigh, Cressy, Lismore, and ;.a
Tooliorook <I> <>
to and from Mortlake and Warrnambool, by way Two days a week ... C!)ach 38 <I> 7,904 ... ri of Ellerslie, Ballangeich, Framlingham, and .., Woodford r>.l
to and from Woodford and Winslow ... Two days'a week ... Horseback 5 1,040 to and from Woodford and Yangery ... ... Two days a week ... Horseback 5 1,040 to and from Geelong and Belfast, by way of Pet- Six days a week ... Coach ... 146 91,104
tavel, Clifford, Mount Moriac, Winchelsea, Mount Gellibrand, Colac, Larpent, Pomborneit, Camperdown, Terang, Panmure, Allansford, Warrnambool, Dennington, and Killarney
to and from Winchelsea and W ordieboluc ... Two days Ii week ... Horseback 4 832 to and from Mount Gellibrand and Birregurra ... Six days a week ... Horseback 4- 2,496 to and from Birregurra and Dean's Marsh ... Two days a week •.. Horseback 8 1,66 to and from Killarney and Koroit, by way of Six days a week ... Horseback 5t 3,276
Crossley I
to and from Terang and Mortlake a ... ... Six days a week '" Coach . .. 15 9,36 to and from Mortlake and Hamilton, by way of Three days a week Coach ... 36 11,232
Hexham, Caramut, Penshurst, Croxton East,
4.
o
and Hochkirch to and from Leigh-road Railwar Station and Three days a week Coach ... 54 16,848
Smythesdale, by way of Tees ale, Shelford, Rokewood, Rokewood Junction, Bulldog Flat, Cape Clear, and Scarsdale b
Three days a week to and from Rokewood and Mount l\f ercer ... Horseback 10 3,120 to ,and from Rokewood and Break-o' -Day ... Six days a week ... Horseback 2 1,248 to and from Break-o'-Day and Dereel ... ... Two days a week ... Horseback 6 1,248 to and from Cape Clear and Pitfield ... ... Three days a week Horseback 3 936 to and from Geelong and Queenscliff, by way of Six days a week ... Coach ... 20 12,480
Moolap and Kensington between 'the Post Office and Landing Places, , Queenscliff, whenever required
Conveyance of English mails from Queenscliff to Every four weeks ... American ... 65 0 0 260 Geelong c
mails between Geelong and waggon
Conveyance of special ... ... .. . ... ... ... 37 10 0 500 Quef\nscliffd
Conveyance of all mails between the General Post ... ... ... ... . .. 40 1 ( 12,480 Office and the Wharves at Melbourne and per diem I JI Sandridge, inclusive of the transport of the English mails
from Melbourne to Sandridge, by way of Emerald Twice a day ... Spring-cart 3 ~ 530 0 1,872 Hill & horseback
from Sandrid~e to Melbourne, by way of Emerald Three times a day ... Spring.cart ... I I 2,801$
Hill, including the conveyance of the letter- & horseback. carriers to and from Sandridge, Emerald Hill, Once a day ... Spring-cart
J and Melbourne . . or cab l
(a) Frequency between 'rernng and'MorlJuke, increased from three to six d~ys a: week, in considerntion (If the servlce between DarUngton and }Iort~ lake being di.continued.-(b) During the wInter months. ·upon times heing modif,eil, tI,e S<TViee between i"mytllesdale and Rokewood was perfor:;::;:d daily ~itllout extra cost to the Departmellt.-(C) £5 per trip, being thirteen trips.-(d) £1 lO~. per trip, being twenty-fly.., trips.
No. 12. D
26
Service. Frequency .•
To and fr~)Jn Rosedale ,~nd ~Port Albert; by way of Thrl3e days.l!< :w:eejr. Tarraville and Woodside . , . .
to and from Sale and Port Albert, by way of Once a·week i '" La rrrobe Bridge, Woodside, and Tarraville '"
To and fro;rn Matlock and Donnelly's Creek, by way Two days a week ... · of .T or dan, Ited J ac.ket, and Violettown .. '
to and,from Donnelly'S Creek and Walhalla, by Three days a W.eek way of Edwards' Reef _ .
to and from Uosedale and Bald Hills :.. .' ... Two days ~ we~k '" To and from Stratford: and' Bulltown, by way 'of Two days a week .. :
Iguana,Creek, Dargo Flat, Grant, and Talbot- 1
ville to and from Iguana Creek and Bairnsdale ... Two days a week ...
To' and from Bairnsd~le and Omeo, by way of Once a week . '" Bruthen and Ensay
to and.from Omeo and Swift's Creek .,. '... Once a week to and from 13airnsdale and Delegate by way of ~llce a week
BrutJ.;en, Buchan, Gelantipy, Deduc, Tubbut, Cohanandra, 13onang, and Beadoc .
rro ::mcl from Omeo ane) Snowy' Creek by way Qf Once a week. 'W omhat Creek and Merrimac .
To and from Wodonga and Juniong, .by way of Once a week. Tangambalanga, Bungoonie,' Mitta·mitta Crossing, Toplangatta, Bungil, ThoJogolong, Bur-· rowye, Jingellae, Walwa, Tintaldra, Cl,ldgiewa,
, Colae·colac !}nd Gravel PIains To and from Bright and Harrietville .•. ... Three days a week
to and from Harrietville and Grant, by way.of the Once a week '" Upper Dargo and Verdon
To and from Benalla and Cobram, by way of ~ajor Once a week Yabba and Ratandra
To and from Benalla and 'Shepparton", '. ... Once a week 1 .. ,
To and frbm the General Post Office and Spericer As often'as requir~d street Railway 8tation, including the conveyance
'. of a mail-guard or letter~carrier ... for the clearance of the 'post office letter and Five times a day.: ..
newspaper boxes in the City of Melbourne, and that on Wellington Parade, inCluding the con-veyai:we of a letter·carrier ~ ,
For the,clearance of the post office letter and riews- Three times a day paper boxes.in Carlton and'Hotham nOW estab-lished, or any that may be opened,~n the course : , of thc year, including the conveyance lof a leLter.carrier ., , , .
an,d for the conveyance,of the letter-carriers ;from :Onee a day., ", ... · the General Post Office to Hotham and Carlton
Mode of Conveyance, D!stance. Amount.
Miles, £ .s, tl. Horseback .o( oo[ . Horseback 280 53 .
, ' .. ; ,
Horseback 26
145~ ~' 'oJ .. Hqrseback , ,-22
I I Horsehack 18, ).
.>. ,. l Horseback 95; }'
01 ~ 470 0 Horseback 25 \., '
Horseback 60
1468 0) Horseback 14 0 Horseback 160'
.
Horseback 50 i44 0 .. 0
Horseback 127 'i49 0 0
Horseback 16 } 325 0 o { Horseback 61
Horseback 60 59 10 0
Horsehack 40 60 0 0 Waggonette
\ 70 ..
per 570 0'0
Tilb~ry , diem, .. ... .. 1
Tilbury ... I 1 (
Waggonette i
Gross Mile.ge.
12,4.-80
'5,512
/5,408
6,862
.3,744 19,760
5,200 6,240
1,456 16,640
5,200
13,208
4,492 .,6,344 d ,
. ,6,240
,4,160 , '
-:21,84.'()
.
" ..
also the conveyance of mails to an!'! from the Twice a,day · General Post Office and Carlton and Hothani
'" Tilbury, .. : ,
for the clearance of the 'post office 'lettcr and news- Three times a day paper boxes in Fitzroy and Collingwood' now established, or any that may be opened in the
. course of the year, including the conveyanee of a letter-carrier I ' '
for the conveyance of the letter-carriers Ifrom Once a day , . the qeneral Post ~ffice. to ~itzroy .and Co~ling-
wood ,,,. I . •
for the; conveyance 6f mails' to and from the T~'ice' a day , General Post Office a~d Fitzroy and Colling'wood
also for.the conveyande of an extra mail from the ... . Post Office, Collingwood, to thc General. Post
t··
Office on the despat,ch of an English mail , to and :from Reilor-road Station and Doutta Galla, Six days a wee! ...
by way of Reilor '. i
. to and froin Melbourne arid Dromana, by way of Six days' a week ... Cheitenham, Mordial)oc, Frankston, and Morn-ington - ,,' I .. , ..' . ,'"
to and from Y ackandandah and Snowy Creek, by On~~ a wee~. :, .. · 'way of Sandy Creek' ~ ... , ' , ; ... to and from Beechworth and Hil1~borough, by Six days a week '"
way of Stanley ., : to and from Hills~orough, anq Yackandan~ah,.):>y Three days a week
way of Twist's Creek and Sutton' , ': . to and from Beechworth and W angaratta"by way Six: days a w,eek '"
of Reid's Creek, Wo.olslied, :and.Eldoradg· ,'" to and from J amiesol1 <].nd Darlingford -', ,." Three, qays a, week to and from Darlingford and Alexandra .. , O.nce a' week .. , to and from Merton ahd Godfrcy's Creek, ... SiX days a week ." to and from Godfrey!s 'Greek- and' Alexandra.- ... ;::. -lPhree· days·a-weekto and from Gaffney's Creek and ·Enoch's Point ,.. Three'days a week
,'. • '. • .~', J, I .r,; ! ;" , '
Tilbury ....
Horseback
Coach
Horseback,
Coach .. ,
Horseback
Coach ...
9
47
67
12
12
.30.
r . I
.'
, } 17,160
~: 1 : .. i "
",
'" ,; '5,616
'I' 29,i~8 . '6968
, ., -I
.1. " 7,48 8
, ;'.t
3;74 " 4
:;. 18720 . "
Ii,
~~~::~:~~ ~~' "".,. " l~~~ Horseback 7 ~ i2,055 1()' o~ '4,368
-Horseback-.... -15--- -1 .. --·--, .. ···.. '1' .. "':'\,120 Horseback", ' .. 9 ','" 'I, • (">:?'.8?8
27
STATEJ\!ENT showing Particulars of Inlan'd Mail Service performed in Victoria; 1870.-'-continued. :
Service. Frequency. Mode of Distance. Amount. Gross
I Conveyance. Mileage.
Miles. £ II. tl. : to and from Kilmore and :Lancefield, by way of Three.·days a week Coach ... 13 4,056 · Spring Hill . ..
Three. days a week Coach to and from Kilmore and' Heathcote, by way of ". 33 lQ,296 · ~~oog -.
Car' .. 1 1,248 · to and from the Post Office and, Railway" Station, Twice!J. day . "., , .. '. Echuca I . I .. •
to and from Sandhurst :and Eaglehawk, by way of Twice a day ... Coach ... 4 4,992 · Long Gully and California Gully . .. toand from Eaglehawk and W1lipstick, by way of Six days a week ... Coach ., . 22 13,728 '. Myer'sFlat and Raywood, .
Horseback 2 1,248 · to and from ~fyer's Flat and Myer's Flat Rush ... Six days a week to and from Sandhurstand' Strathfieldsaye ' ... , Three days a, week Horsebaek 8 2,496 to and from the Post Office and: Railway Sta~on, As often as required Car ... 8 2,496
· Sandhurst • ,. . pcrdicm
f9r the clearance of the ~etter and newspaper boxes Twice a day ... Tilbury , , .. 11 3,432 now established, or any that may be oyeried at , ~ per'diem
" . Sandhurst in the cO\lrse .ctf the year, lucluding ,j
· the conveyance of a letter-carrier. . . . , 33 · to and from Sandhurstand Tarnagulla, by way of Six days a week .. , Coach ... 20,592
; Golden Square, Kangaroo Flat, Lockwood, , Woodstock-on-Loddon, Newbridge, aIid Maid- ; en town j,,,,, :
· to, and from Sandhurst ,andGolden Square' : .... Six days a week· .,. Coach '" 4t 2,808 to and from Castlemaine and ])unolly"by way of Six days a week , .. Coach ... ... 18,096
Mald911 and Eddington a ' " Horseback to and from Bacchus Marsh and Coimadai Creek Three, days a week 6 3,744
to and from DunolJy and McIntyre's; by way of Six days a week ... Coach ... 14 8,736 Inkerman and Moliagul , ."
Six'd-ays a week ', .. Co'ach 15 · to and from Maryborough and Dunolly, by waY-of 9,360 Havelock and 'Bet-be,t , . '
Six day~ a week: ' .. , to and from Mary-borough and Majorca, by way Coach ... 7 1,092-· . of Mosquito Flat and McCullum's Creek. ; . .. to and from IVfaryborqugh and Alma, by way of Six days a week: ... Coach ... 7 1,092
Chinaman's Flat and Timor, including the clear-. ance of letter-box at Chinaman's Flat daily' ' Q) to and from Avoca and Homebush ... ' ... Three days a week Horseback 4 :;p 1,248 to and from Homebush and Nattie Yallock ,
O,u?e a week j'" Horseback 8 832 ... P;
to and from Avoca and,Fiddler's Oreek ; SlX days a wAek .; .. Horseback '6 bJJ 3.744 ... to and from Ararat and ~oystoh, by way of Cath- Sil; days a.week .... Hbrseback 12 .8 7,488 "C:l
· ~ri" , <1>
,Two days .\1- week ... <:>
to and from Ararat and Tatyoon " .. ,'" Horseback 16 <1> 3,328 '" · to and from Ballarat imd;Anderson's Saw Mills, Six days a week .. , Coach .. , ' 20 P; 12,480
by way of mack Hill, Little Bendigo, Brown "" Hill, Leigh Creek, Bullarook,:and Devil's Creek
~
to and from Ballarat and· Bungaree, by way of Six days a week ... Coach .. , 8 4,999
Dunnstown and Warrenheip , to and from Ballarat alid Haddon (Sago Hill), by Six days a week ... Coach ... 14i 9,048
way of l~edan Bridfe, Mount Pleasant, Sebas-. topol, Cobbler's Gul y, and Cambri~n Hill ' , from Ballarat to Ballarat East ... ... Twice a d'ay ... Car . .. 1 624
· from Ballarat to Newington ...... . .. Twice a day ... Car ... 2 1,248 · to and from Ballarat and:Alfred Town, including Twice a day ... C~r ... 2 , ],248
the conveyance of a letter-carrier to and from the Railway. Station and the Post Office As {)ften as required Waggonette 3 936
j per diem
also the conveyance of. two leUer-carriers from Once a day ... Car ~. >. . .. ... Ballarat to N ewingi;on. b
· for, th'e i clearance of the post office letter and· .Twiee a day , .. Tilbury 6ao' 27 8,424 newspaper boxes in ;1oth the Ballarat munid- per diem
· . palities, now established, or any that may be opened in the course of the year, and of the post offices at Ballarat Eas~ and Newington, including the conveyance of a lettcr-carrier c
to and from Burrumbeet and Weatherboard Hill Six. days a week ... Horseback 6' 7,488 to and from Datesford and Leonard's Hill ... Three daYI! a week Horseback· 6 3.744 to and from (:: unes and Glendaruel, by way' of, Six days Ii week .... ' Horseback .10 6,240
, Tourello and Mount-Beckworth . I,
to and from Clunes and Gle~ower, by, way of Six, days a week ... Horseback 15 9,360 Lord Clyde and Middle Cree ; .
to and from Talbot and>Mount Greenock, by way Six. d~ys a week ... Horseback 4 .2,496 , of Rocky Flat ' . ,
to and from Talbot and Evansford ... . i '.:.' Six days a week ~ ... Horseback 8 4.992 to and from B~larat and Bun~n:yong, by way bf Six days a week ... Cab .., 10 6,240
" MounL Clear ' - j
, to and from Buninyong and the. Buninyong Rail- Six days a week ... Cab ) . .. 6 3,744 way Station ' ..' ' ,
I to and from Buninyong and Grenville. by way of Three days a week 'Coach , .. 10 3,120 Durham Lead and Hardie's Hill . ;
.. .
I (a) Di.t~nce twenty.nlne miles, already include], (0) Dist."ce previously ~tated. (e) Included in 01041'1101100 of boxe ••
28.
STA!EMENT S?o:ving Partic~.Ilars of Inland Mail Service performed i,n Victoria, l870.-continued.
Service .. Frequeney. Mode of Conveyance.
to and from Buninyong and the Whim Holes ... Three days a week Coach to and from Buninyong and Napoleon's, by way of Six days a week ... Coach
Black Lead and Scotchman's Lead to and from Smythesdale and Staffordshire Reef, Six days a week ... Coach
by way of Brown's and Italian Gully to and from Smythesdale and Chepstowe, by way Six days a week ... Coach
of Snake Valley, Preston Hill, and Carngham to and from Smythesdale and Ross's Creek ... to and from Heywood and Dartmoor... ... to and from Portland and Bridgewater ...
Two days a week... Horseback Once a week ... Horseback Once a week ... Horseback
to and from Belfast and Penshurst, by way of Kirkstall and Hawkesdale
Once a week ... Horseback
to and from the Landing Place and Pos~ Office, As often as required Car Warrnambool (a) ,
to and from W oorndoo and Lake Bolac to and from Camperdown and Darlington
... Two days a week .. .
... Once a week .. . to and from Camperdown and Cobden .. . to and from Colac and Ondit .. , .. .
... Three days a week
... Six: days a week .. . to and from Ondit and Cundare .. . to and from Mount Moriae and Lake Modewarre to and from Lal-Ial Railway Station and Clarendon to and from Meredith and Dolly'S Creek, by way
of Morrison's to and from Dolly's Creek and Mount Doran ... to and from Meredith and Steiglitz '" ... to and from Steiglitz and Maude ... . .. to and from Steiglitz and Stony Creek .. , .. . to and from Meredith and Cargarie... .. . to and from the Railway Station and Post Office,
Meredith
Two days a week .. . Three days a week Six days a week .. . Six days a week .. .
Three days a week Six days a week ... Three days a week Six days a week .. . Two days a week .. . Twice a day .. .
Horseback Horseback Horseback Horseback -Horseback Coach '" Coach Coach
Horseback Coach '" Horseback Coach ... Horseback Car
to and from the Railway Station and Post Office, Twice a day Lethbridge .
... Car
to and from Inverleigh and Leigh-road Railway Once a week Station
... Coach
to and from Rokewood and Cressy ... ... Once a week to and from Steiglitz-road Railway Station and Twice a day
Post Office, MoorabooI '
... Horseback
... Horseback
to and from Geelong and Sutherland's Creek .. . to and from Sutherland's Creek and Anakies .. . to and from Geelong and Gheringhap, by way of
Six days a :week ... Three days a week Six days a week ...
Horseback Horseback Horseback
Geelong West and Batesford to and froll! Geelong ahd Fyansford... ... Six days a. week ... Horseback to and from Geelong and POl'tarlington, by way Six days a week ... Coach ...
of Curlewis, Drysdale, and Bellarine . to and from Portarlington and St. Leonard's .. ,
to and from Geelong and Highton, by way of Ceres to and from Highton and Gnarwarre.. . .. to and from Geelong and Mount Duneed, bY'way
of Belmont and Germantown
Three days a week Six days a \veek ... Three days a week Six days a week ...
Coach ... Horseback Horseback Horseback
to ~nd frolU Mount Duneed and Jan Ju(., by way Three days a week Horseback of Freshwater Creek
to and from Mount Dunecd and Oonnewarre ... Three days a week Horseback to and from the Post Officy and Railway Station, Twice it day... Horseback
Wyndham to and from Wyndham Railway Station and Der- Three days a week Horseback
rimut, by way of Mount Cotterell to and from Geelong and Point Henry, by way Six: days a week ... Horseback
of Breakwater to and from the Post Office and Railway Station, As often as required Waggonette
Geelong / and for the clearance of the post office letter and Three tim~s a·day... Tilbury .. ,
ne\\'spaper boxes now established, or any that may be opened in the. course of the year, in-cluding the conveyance of a letter-rarrier
From l'd elbournc to Prahran, by way of South Yarra from Prahran to Melbourne, by way of South Yarra including the conveyance of four letter-carriers
from and to Prahran and Melbourne
Twice a day ... Car Three times a day .. , Car Once a day . .. Oar
to awl from South Yarra and Malvern, by way of Twice a day ... Car Toorak .
From il'l elbourne to Richmond ... ... . .. ana from Richmond to Melbourne ... ... inclmling the conveyance of three letter-carriers
from and to Richmond and Melbourne
Twice a aay ... Car Three times a day... Car Once a day ... Car
... Car to llnd from Richmond and Kew, by way of Twice a day II"wLhom
to llnd from Kew flnd Ballyshanassy, by way of Six days a week ... Horseback C!l!lIbel'well and Hartwell
(a) A.bout ~40tripS •.
-
I Dl.tance
Miles. 11 7
9
16
5 36 12 43
It 10 20 10 10 4 7 3 8
3 6 4 5 6
1
9
10 It
12 8
II
4~ - 22~
4 3
12 7
10
3 J.. 4
per diem
14
7
23 per diem
A.mount.
£ s. d.
200 0 0
r I
245 0
°t
Gross Mileage.
3,432 4,368
5,616
9;984
1,040 3,744 1,248 4,472
425
2,080 2,080 3,120
,6,240 832
2,184 1,872 4,992
936 3,744 1,248 3,120 1,248
624
1,248
936
1,040 312
7,4~8 2,496 6,864
2,808 13,728
1,248 1,872 3,744 4,368
S,l20
936 312
4,368
4,368
1,716
7,176
7,488
3,744
3,744
1,404
I
29 .
STATE}[ENT showing Particulars of Inland Mail Service performed in Victoria, 1870.-continued.
Service. Frequency. Mode of Distance. Amount. Gross Conveyance. Mileage.
Mlle •• £ 8. d. From St. Kilda to Melbourne Twice a day Car at } and from Melbourne to St. Kilda ... Once a day Car 50 0 0 2,184
including the conveyance of the letter-carriers to Once a day. Oar and from Melbourne and St. KiJda
To and from Melbourne and Brunswick ... ,Twice a day Car ~ } 60 0 01 3,120
to and from Brunswick and Pentridge ... Once a day Car 1,560 To and from Melbourne and Bulla, by way of Six: days a week Car 18
J of 11,232
Flemington, Moonee Ponds, Essendon, Tulla- 89 0 marine, and Oaklands Junction . with a branch mail to and from Mickleham, by Six: days a week Car 5 3,120
way of Broadmeadows Coach 25
1 r 15,600 To and from Melbourne and Merrian~ by way of Six: days a week N orthcote, Preston, Thomastown, ,pping, and I Woodstock
470 0
°t to and from Preston and Glenvale, bI:' way of Six: days a week Coach 19 11,856
Bundoora, Janefield, Morang, and W ittlesea J 3,744 to and from Bundoora and Diamond Creek, by Six: days a week Coach 6
way of Grcensborough To and from Melbourne and Heidelberg, by way of Twice a day Coach 8 1 ot
'9,984 Al ton 150 0
to an Heidelberg and Templestowe ... Six: days a week Horseback 3 1,872 To and from St. Kilda Railway StatlOn and Mordial- Six: days a week Spring.cart 15 1 ( 9,360
loc, by way of Eisternwick, Brighton, Brighton I I
o[ East, Beaumaris, Brighton South, and Chelten·
r-107 0 ham
to and from St. Kilda and Caulfield Six: days a week Horseback H 936 to and from East Brighton and Jasper road ... Six: days a week Horseback 21, ) 1,560 2
To and from Footscray Railway Station and Bra)'. Six: days a ~eek Horseback 5 26 0 0 3,120 brook, by way .of Footscray Post Office and Maidstone
To and from Kew and Warrandyte, by way of Don. Six: days a week Coach 12
l500
r 7,488 castcr
o~ to and from Kew and Lillydale by way of Box Six: days a week Coach 18 0 11,232 Hill I I
to and from Lillr:dale and McMahon's Creek, by Once a week Horseback 20 J L 2,080 way of Hodd e's Creek ..
To and from Dandenong and Cranbourne, by way of Six days a week Horseback 9~
~ oj 5,928
Lyndhurst Horseback 218 0 to and from Cranbourne and the Clyde Three days a week 3 936
to and from Cranbourne imd Bass, by w~y of Two days a week.,. Horseback 48 9,~84 Corinella
To and from Berwick and Harkaway ... Six: days a week ... Horseback 3 } 14 0 o { 1,872 to and from Harkaway and Narree Warren Six: days a week ... Horseback 2 1,248
To and from Frankston and Hastings, by way of Three days a week Coach 15
, ,I 0) 4.,680
Somerville 160 0 to and from Hastings and Balnarriri~ ... '" Three days a week Horseback ]2 3,744
to and from Frankston and Cowea (Phillip Island), Three days a week Coach and 24 7,488 ba way of Sandy Point boat
To an from Dromana and Tootgarook ... Two days a week ... Horseback 12 66 0 o{ 2,496
to and from Dromana and Flinders, by way of Two days a week .. , Horseback 20 4,160 Cape Schanck
To and from Port Albert and Yarram.yarram, by Three days a week Horseback 9 18 9 0 1,872 way of Alberton; Pond for ex:tra mails per steamer, five shillings per trip a
To and from Port Albert and Tarraville with steamer's Horseback 4 14 0 0 424 mails, as often as required b
To and from Sale and Maffra ... Six: days a week ... Horseback 12 135 0 o{ 7,488 to and from Maffra and UJl(yr Maffra •.• . .. Three days a week Horseback 8 2,496
To and fr9m Toongabbie an pper Heyfield ... Three days a week Horseback 3 40 0 0 936 To and from Bruthen and Cuninghame (Lakes Once a week Horseback 16 30 0 0 1,664
entrance) To and from Bairnsdale and Deptford, by way of Two days a week ... Horseback 35 1 of
7,280 BOl(gy Creek 130 0
. to and from Boggy Creek and M errijig Once a week Horseba.ck 16 1,664 To and from Tarrawingee and Whorouly Three days a week Horseback 14 90 0 0 4,368 To and from Wangaratta and Oxley,' by way of Six days a week ... 'Horseback 12~ } o{ 7,800
Oxley township 175 0 to and from Oxle,Y and Greta, by way of Moyhu Three days a we'ek Horseback 21 6,552
Post Office To and from Wangaratta and Estconrt ... Three days a week Horseback 10 40 0 0 3,120 To and from Wood's Point and Leviathan Reef Two days a week ... Horseback 12 65 0 01
2,496 to and from Wood's Point and Gooley's Creek Two days a week :.. Horseback 2 416
To and from Seymour and Wahring, by way of Three days a week' Horseback 20 ' 80 0 0 6,240 Tabilk
To and from Wallan-walla.n and Darraweit Guim ... Three days a week Horseback 6 18 0 0 1,872 To and from Heathcote and Rushworth, by way of Three days a week Coach 36 205 0 0 11,232
Costerfield, Redcastle, and Whroo To and from Heathcote and Spring Creek Six: days a week ... Coach 19 130 0 0 11,856
None desPAtched (b) Fifty·three mlills despatched.
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STATE?!ENT·s}i6iririg' Particulars '~rlrilaii'd Mail Servi~e performed" in' Victoria; ·1870.-continu~a.
Service. Frequency.
To· ~nd fr6m ·Echuca .. and; Ulupnal W est, by>w~y 'of Once a ~eek Lower Moira, Rotupna, and Rarimba a '. ' . ,
To and frilm the Post Office 'and RailwayStatioii Twice a day
Mode of Conveyance.
Coacli .
... Car
Distance.
Miles, .. '58
1 " Rochester , .
To ~n~ from Rochester and Corop ..... ,' '.:: T? anq from Goornong ~ailw:ay Station and',Clare
· lim, by!way of Goorn6ng Post Office ...: .
Three days 'a week' Horseback SiX; dan a week .. , JIorseback' ,
,8 6
To and frqm Salldhurst and Huntly, by way of ,the Six days a week: ... (Joach :. "Whit~ Hills and Epsoin' ," .
... .. ~, 8
.. , 1 ... Foot To and f~onlRangaroo Flat Post qffice and Railway Tw'ice' a day ': Station, . .. I per diem
To and from Ravenswood' Railway Station and itlie Six day~ a week ! ~... H()rsebac)r ,'. 5' Big HilI, by way of Old Raveq.swood Post Oflice
TO:,and fro.m Castlemaine;and Preston Vale, py way Six days a.week i ... Horseback of Barker's Creek; Harcourt, and Barker's Creek
I R;eservqir b .:. .,'
to and from the Railway Station and Post 'Office, As often as requ~ed , Castlemaine '. ; 'to and frb¥1 Castlemaine and Golden 'P6irit,1 by Six days a week; : .. , . w~ay of ,Chewton, including the cle!tran,ce of the \ letter·boxes at Chewton . .' .. . to and froll! Castlemain!J 'and Glenluce, by way'Of Six days a week. ",'
Spring Gully and Fryerstownl I to and froin Castlemaine and Vaughan, by way of Six days a week! ... r Campbell's Creek, Yapeen, Strathloddon, Guild·
1 ford, an;d Tarilta . ! ~. ' ': .. , .•
To and from Muckleford and Walmer, ... _r.·.. Six days ~-week ... To and from N e~stead and Clydesdale .... . .. ! :~: Six days a week' : ..
to and from Newstead and Joyce's Creek ! ... Three days a week .. fto and fr'om Newstead ~nd Strangways .... ,," I .Six days a week "',
To 'and fron!. Elphinstone 'and Sutton Grange' , ,:',: Three days a week . ,to and froDl' Elphinst,one'and Faraday .. ; ,,' ' .. , Three days a.w:eek
To and from 'J;;angley and Metcalfe, byway of Geeri'Hills Six' (lays a week, ... To. and from Langley and, Baynton ...: ~... Thr.!le, days a week., To' and from the Railway Station and Post Office', Sii times' a day, ...
. ;' Kyneton " ',' .. '. J
Sprin'g.cart & horseback
, Spring~cart ; .
~orseb~ck ,
Horseback
Horseback. Horseback Horseback Horseback HorsebilCk Horsel:lack· Horseback Horseback
, Car ... Ca~ ...
11 4 per diem
5
81
9 : ,
, 31. ,2 9 6 3 8
·4 18 6
" 4'
3 for the clearance of the' letter-boxes, including-,tlie Twice a day , ... ',' .conveyance of a,lii'tte'r!carrier: , ." i., ': ' • ,.' r "', per diem 'fto, and from Ryneton ;a:nd,:Pastoria, byw.~Y of :Thr(le 'days a week.; ,Horse1!a9k ! ~, 8:'.
Piper's 'Creek " ,'. '" ", : . _ to and ftqm. Ryneton a1;l~ ~auriston.. ... :'I I ... ,Slx days a:week ~ .:: Horseback
To,al)d fr,om.lWoodend and!Carlsruhe,,,by .wayOf .SlX,days·a!week! ... Horseback 6 6:
Amount. Gross lI1ileage.
£ 8. d. : ,144 0 .. 0 .,' :'6;032
:.55,. 6 0
39.18 0 72'"0: 0
, .. 40 O.()
. .
18 19 0
3~. 0, 0
. ,24 0
.~{ } 150 0
I 56 () ?t , )
44 0 0 ,39 1.9 0
l.,· , r I I j-,. 65 O· 0-<. 'j' ,; " I: ' . J.' . L
36 .. 8 9.
J,248
, '2496 1 .. ?:744f,
',.' '~;992
3i2
3,120
'.'
,
6,552.
390
:3,120
4;992
, '5,616
"2,184. '5,616 1,872 1,872 ?,4.96 1;248
11,232 : ' '1,872
2,808
.936
. ~,4~6
'" 3 744 i : '3;744' . " '. · . Springfield' , . ... .
To and from W oodend and Lancefield, by way of Six: days a week ... "Horseba~k 14} {' 8 763' Newham and Rochford , .. I. I ' . 120 0 ,0 '.: .:'.,
'~to and f~om Rochford and Heskett. ... . .... Three days a week: Horseback' 51 '. .: . 1,560 To and from Gisborne and!Cabbagefree : I .:." Three'days a we!lk" Horseb'aek 3t ': ~5 0'\'0 .. 1;OD2 To and fro\n Gisborne Railway Station ~nd Gisborne ,Six days a weeki'" Car ...:: 2: }: { .' 1,352
: also., the conveyance of, a mail on Satu,rday,'fro:iil I.... ...' . ...:: .. ,... ~., 23. '10 0 104 · the Railway Station to Gisborne' , ... i
T.o'a.nd from,Gisborn!l and;Bullengarook.: ... '-, I .. : .. Three.days a.week· ,Horsebacf ... 7l 3.6.0 0.' 2,340-To and from Lancefield-road 'Railway Station ,and Six:' days a week: .... : Coach' .- 'j::' . ~1 r •. 45 0.0' 13,104
North Lancefield, by way ,of Duck Hqles, Romsey,.and Lancefield :: "T
To and frdm Sunbury and the Gap .... .. '::. To . and from Maldon and NeW-stead, ·by way of
Six days a week: f::: Six days a,weeki .,','
· Welshman's Reef' ~to and froIl,1,l\1;aldoIl andiPorcupine,Flat .] .... , S!x days ~ week! .. , ,to and from Maldo.n andiNuggety Re(Jf,. I: I ... Slx,days a weeJr: ... ,'f
To and from' Beaufort and' Charlton, by' way' of Three days 'a week Raglan '
, to and from Beaufort and Waterloo .. , .. , ! to and fi'om Beaufort ap.d' Sailor's Gully. 1 ••• ; to 'and from Beaufort and Stockyard Hill -:; i'::·.
To and from Cniswick and, Dean, ~ by.way of -Rocky "Lead",· .' I'" "'-\ ..
Th~ee days' a week' Thre~ days a ~e,ek Th,ree.days··a week' Six days Ii week' .'"
• '""; .• . •• ~~ I
Horseback : 3' " .. 30 0 '0 1,87'2
Spring-cart 13 ~. t ,8,112,
Spriu'g-'¢af(' ·"3 " ',150 .~ O.? .' r,8~2. SpriJ;lg~cart. :' '4 , .', 2,496" ' Horseback ' "u" 1 r 3,432'
'Horseback 5 J '. 84 ·0 0.1 . 1.560' Horseback . 6 ,L 1;872 Horseba~k .~ Hi.' ., .. 3.120 H~rseback' '. 13' ( , , ) " ,'8)12.
Horseba~~ .; 9 ~. 220' 0 . O. ' 5;616 < to a,nd f~qrri C~eswick and Coghill's Cr(lek, by lway.. S.i:x;, d~ys, ~ wee,ki I":
C of Bald Hills and As'cot': . . - .. To and from MO,or09kyle and,Ullina. .... '. r : ... Six days a week: ,.. Horsebacl,l:, ,3t ,',to and from Moorokyle, and· Hit·or-Miss :.r; .. :. Sii days.~ w!leki :.-. Horseba¢li:." :~r , ;'to and fr.om Stawell alid Longerenong, by'way'of Three days a wee];: , 90~5h .. ,.... ·36
r; 70: 0 b ~ " '. (
"·2184 3;744
, 11,232 Glenorchy and Ashen's . .~~ . " I . j I • J ~' ,,' :
To and fI:om Glenorchy and Donald,' by waf of TW:o days"a ~eek .:. ":Horsebadk' "58 ,Ayer's, Anderson's, Creswick's .Station~f land, Avon Plains'. :' ., ",: ..' .' I"
To and from: Smythesdale and Happy Valley; by Six davs a week, '.:. , ,way df Ne~town and Piggoreet ", i .. . I 'to and from Piggoreet and Golden Lake " i '::. Six days a:'weeki '::.
'4flO 0 0
IC" h/;'j oac .... j""
Coach ' ...
12,064
, 1- 'See ~"rie'xt' 6,240' .. 10 r , "
I ,
'2 l,.:page.·' 1,248
_. • - I •• , " "10 - ... ' ''; • ~ .i . I ' '". r: '~ .• (II) During flooded state of country by steamer and canoe, ' (b) The service between Preston Vale and Harcourt was discontinued from 1st September.
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STATEMENT showing P~rticulars o~ ~~nland ¥ail Service performed in Victoria, 1870.-con~inued.
Mode of Iii' Oros"
__________ Se_rvi_oo_. ________ ~ 1 ___ ...,F,...!'e_q_Ue_DC_Y ... ' __ +_C<l-"_ve_y_no_oo_,_ =. __ Am_o_u_nt_·_. __ I-_
lI1_il._C3ge __ ._
to and from'Gordon's ~rid O"nhond ... ' ... to and from Brown Hills and ;Bungaree,Spri,ngs .. ' to and from Coleraine and Casterton a .. , ... to and from Geelpng and Cowi~'s C'reek ,.. .. ' to and from Ballarat 'and Seba~top(ll, by way of
Redan Bridge ' . To and from Mount Bladkwoodand BiUry's Reef b
To and from Eddington and Laanecoorie ... To and from Moyston and Watgania . ... ,'" To and fro~ 1\:.(e1bourne and Brighton, ,and for, elear.
ance of receiving.boxes at, Balaclava, Elsternwicjr, Bay street, and BrigJ.!.ton ~eacJ:t Railway Stations, and conveyance of letters from' those stations to Melbourne ,
Conveyance of English mail from Prahra)l to Mel-bourne ,
Convey~nce of mails to and from the Post Offiye and' the R,ailway Station, Brighton
To and from South Yarr(1 Railway Station and Mel-bourne ' , ,
To and from Melbourne and Sandridge, by way of . Emerald Hill, from 8th J anu~ry to 31st Decem
ber 1870" From Richmond to Melbourne, from 8th January Ii From Stratford to Sale. with English mail, during . period 'of .R. M. S. steamers leaving Hobson's'
Bay; on Sunday, fro,m April 'to September, in. clusive' ,
To and: from Geelong ,and Q1).eenscliff, additional service once a day during summer season, from 14th February to 30th Aprilf ,.
To andl from Belfast and Penshurst, 1'y way' of Hawkesdale and Kirkstall, from 19th Febrnary ()
To and from Ararat and Oposs1).m Gully, from 14th March '
To and from Grossover Digging's ,a,nd Shady Creek, from 23rd February"
From Prahran to South Yarra'Railway Station, from 8th January i . .. .
Clearanee of five receiving-boxes .at South Yarra ... conveyance of English mail from Toorak, and
South Yarra on outgoing mail days ' also conveyance of a mail from South Yarra Post
Office to South Yarra Railway Station j To and from Meredith and Cargerie, from 10th.
March k
Conveyanee of two additional letter-carriers (one to South Yarra and one to Prahran) from Mel. bourne, frOID February 7th I
From Stawell to Quartz Reefs, from March 21st to JulyI6thm.~ ,
To and from Chiltern and Howlong, N.S. W., by way of Brown's PlaiDS, from' April 1st n .
Clearing six: .:receiving-boxes. in _.Richmond, ' from January 1st
i Three days a week Six days a week ... Three days a week Six days a we!lk .. . Six days a week .. .
Six days a week ... . Three days a ,!"eek 'fwo days a week ... Twice a day:' .. ,
Horseback Horseback Coach ." Horseback Car ...
Horseback Horseback Horsebaek Railw.ay ...
Every four weeks... Car
Twic~a day .,. Foot
Six dayS a ~eek ... Railway ...
Once a day ... Horseback
Once an day ... Car ... Every four weeks... Horseback
Once a day ... Coach
Onee a week
Six days a week ... Horseback
Oncc a week ' i
... Horsebaclc
Miles. £ s. d. 5 I
#J5~O I
O-{
,I L o ... : 30 0
6 I 38 0 o .14 500 o
O. . 7t. 200 0 per diem ~
1 per diem
3
... ..
9 , .
1 10 0
'15 12 0
25 0 0
35 6 5
29 8 8 3 0 0
.32 11 5
4417 7
15 19 4
29 15 10
15 60 Six days a week ... Car
Three times a day... Foot Twice a. month .:. Car
Daily ::: }r.1 } 1000 0
Once a week .1. Horseback
Daily ... Car
Once a day Car
Three days a week Coach
Three times daily... Car
Three times d!:,ily ... On foot ...
1~
14
6t per diem
4
819
10 15 8
10 4 0
9\1 0 ° .174/ 0 .0
Clearing three reeeiving-boxes on Emerald.Hill and . twice additionally on outgoing mail days
Clearing two:receiving-box:es in Hawthorn .. . 'fwice 'daily ... Daily ... Clearing areceiving-box at Pascoevale ...
... On-foot ... - .
. .. On foot
36 0 0
30 0 0 12 0 0
Clearing a,receiving~box at Prahran .:. ... Three times a day .. . Clearing a reeeiving-box at East Leigh.'.. ' .. .' Daily... ' .. . Clearing receiving.bo:;: at 'I'albot street, Majorca. '" Daily , .. Cle.aring three receiving-boxes at Brunswick '... DailY'r ... .. .. To 'and from' Koreit and' Warrnambool, from April' . Two days a week ...
11th ; , " I
To',and fre\:n Springfield.'and Goldie, from April 13th' Three days a week FrQID Pr$an to South 'Yar'ra, from January 1st I Twice daily' ' : ...
, 1870 ' .. . . I ,
Onfoot .. , On foot ... On foot' ... On foot' ... Horseback
Horseback Car " .. ,
Conveyance of additionalllltter.carriers to'and froin' ',Once a d'ay : .... 'Car . . St. Eilda Q' • , :. , • . .'. i ' \
T.o· and fri:>m Caris brook and Moolart, from June Three daya a week Horsebac)r . lstP . . '.' , i' ~ i
To ~nd 'frok MelboUrne, Footscray, and 'Wil,liams- Twice daily; .... iRailway. : town"from January 1st ..
per diein
2t 1
/ 6
'6
47 0 0 10 0 0 500
30 0 0 2610 0
10 15 0 18 ·0 0
14 2 0
10 () 0
150 0 0
1,560 2,496 6,240 2,808 2,340
1,872 1,872 2;912 9,3!)O
72
78 1,872
1,872
1,224 132
2,600
3;874
4,518
713
r,071
3,120
496
306
'3,276
2,028
3,744
1,560 312
2,340 312 156 936 905
570 312
1,100
17,316
(' " (a) Distance twenty'mUesfJprcvtollsly included.-(b) Distn.nce three rtliles, previously included.-(c) 'Distance throo miles, pr~ViOU8IY stated.. (d) Distance two miles, previously; illcluded.-(e) Distance eleven. miles,. previou,sly,included.-(fl £3 per wi;ck.-':' Jg) Additional ,rinil forty·three miles, C previously included.-(h)· Additional mail eight miles,. previously Inclnded in distance,---h) Being extra mail irom: Prahran.tQ Melbour!le,-(j) Being extra.
malt for )l!elbou),p.e.-_-, (kq?lstl!nce s!~ l)11)~~. prevlo~ly Included .. :;:-:-(I) ))ista,!ce !lull. gross DlU~age a\ready l!lclulled • ..,.-,.(m) At HI •• per ;weck.-' (n) .£ I 82 per o.nnum.-(Q) Is. per diem.-(p) For period.
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STATEMENT showing Particulars of Inlanq. Mail Service performed in Victoria, 1870.-continued.
Service.
, To and from Melbourne, Geelong,
and Ballarat Geelong West,
To and from Melbourne and Sandhurst '" ... To and from Sandhurst and Echuca To and from Black Forest Post Qffice '~~d Upp~~
Macedon, from July 18th a o and from Bambra and Murroon, from August
6ili b ' . 'T
Clearing receiving-box at Coburg, from January 1st Conveyance of mails to and from N arreen, frbm
July 1st c
o and from Main Lead, Beaufort, from January lata'
T
C
T
onveyance of an additional letter-carrier from Mel-bourne to Richmond, from May 1st e
o and from Canterbury (Sandy Creek), by way of Barkly, from November 22ndl
Conveyance of loose bag to and from Bonyo, from Apil23rdg .
To an from Morang and Hazelglen, from Decem-bel' 8thh ,
o and from Horsham and Apsley. by way of Vectis, St. Mary's Lake, Sprinf Hill, Spring Bank, Pleasant Bank, Rose Ban ,Lemon Springs, and Bringalbert, from November 5th i
.fo and from Geelong and Queenscliff, from Decem-bel' 19th}
T
eviation of mail route consequent upon removal of A von Plains Post Office to another site, from
D
March 14th Deviation consequent upon conveyance of loose bag
to and from Yawong Springs, from January Ist l •
Special train from Sandhurst to Melbourne on Scp-tember 11th, owing to flooded sLate of country
or conveyance of ,various special mails during the year
]'requency. I1fode of Con veyance.
- ... ---.-
Thrice daily ... Railway ... Thrice daily ... Railway . .. Twice daily ... Railway ... Six days a week ... Horseback
Once a week ... HQrseback
Daily... ... On foot Two days a week ... Horseback
Three days a week Horseback
Once a day ... Car . .. Three days a week Horseback
Two days a week ... Horseback
Three days a week Horseback
Two days a week ... Buggy ...
Six days a week ... Coach ... Two days a week ... Horseback
Two days a week ... Horseback
.. ... ... , .. . .. As oecasion required ... ...
Distance. Ap:lOunt. Gross Mileage.
Miles. £ $. d. 96t 2, 50!) 0 0 180,180
1001 2,500 0 0 188,604 55t 1,000 0 0 68,952 3~ 8 18 11 996
4 910 8 168
1 10 0 0 62,1, 3 20 0 0 312
It 26 0 0 468
'" 5 5 0 ... , 4. 5 14 3 144
l~ 9 o '8 216
6 1 14 3 108
65 33 810 2,080
... 6 0 0 480
... 30 0 0 ...
It 7 16 0 312
... 37 17 6 ."
... 54 0 4 .. .
(a) 78. 6d. per week.-(b) At rate of £12 lOs. for period from June 2t.t.-(c) For period.-(d) lOs. per week.-(e) 3s. per week; distance and mneage previoll';'y slnted.---(/) £1 per week.--(g) os. per week.--(h) lOs, per week.-(i) £21; per annum.-Ul £3 per week, being additional service during summer se:ason.-{k) Per annum. ~
APPENDIX B.
• POST OFFICE BRANCH.
LIST of Post Offices in Victoria, with Names of the Postmasters and tho Amounts of their Salaries, for 1870.
Office. Name. Salary or '.Allowance.
-"----~-
£ 8; d. Adelaide Lead .. , Caroline Noller ... 15 0 0 Alberton ... ... N. Christensen ... 15 0 0 Alexandra ... ... J. Peterkin ... ' 60 0 0 Alfred ton ... . .. J. H. Palmer ... '20 0 0 AlJansford ... ... J. Anderson ." '25 0 0 Alma . " ... B. Wilds ... 20 0 0 Alphington ... J. S.,Adams . .. 20 0 0 Amherst .. , ... .r. P. Smith ... 40 0 0 Amphitheatre ... ... Anne Hardie . " . 25 0 0 Anakie , G. Belcher ... 20 0 .0 ... '" Apsley ... ... i\L A. Botteril1 ... 35 0 0 Ararat '," , ... K. L. :Murray ... 180 0 0 Armstrong's ... ... J. Kershaw . .. 15 0 0 Ascot '," ... ,!,.Ogilvy ... 20· 0 0 Avenel
t
W. Campion '35 0 '0 ... ... ... Avoca ... ... p, R. Arkins ... 180 0 0 Avon Plains ... ... H. Stratford . ~; 20 0 0 Axedale ... . .. P. Drake ... 20 0 0 Bacchus Marsh n. T. Taubman ... 60 0 0 Bairnsdale ... ... W. H. Saxe ... 180 0 0
--
om"". Name.
Bald Hil1a .. . ... D. Slattery Bald Hills (G.L.) ... C. RumEn' Ballan ... ... G. Flac Ballangeich ... ... W. Tomlinson Ballarat ... ... Wm. Thacker Ballarat East .•• ... J. Fussell Ballyshanassy .. , ... B.·Trail Balmoral ... ... B. Lyon Balnarring ... ... P. Vansuylen Barfold ... ... J. Ryan
. Baringhup ... .., R. J. Lawrence Barker's Creek .... E. Homan Barkly ... ... W. Blair Barkstead ... ... S. J. Lawrence Barnawartha .. , ... M. McKeone Barry's Reef ... ... W. Shaw Bass "', . " ... W. Keen Batesford ... .. . H. A. Smith. Baynton ... ... E. Fay ... Bealiba ... .. . G. W. Lyndon
. .. , .. ... .. . .. . ... ." .. . .. . ...
.. ~ . ... ... ... .. . ... ... ... ."
Salary or ' Allowance.
£ 8. d. 15 15 60 Hi
'485 30 15 40 15 30 35 15 20 15 30 25 20 25 15 35
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 o () ()
33
LIST of Post Offices in Victoria, with Names of' Postmasters and' Amounts of Salaries, for 1870-continued.
I I Office. Name.
Sal.ryor Office .• Name. Sal.ryor
Allowance. Allowance.
1-
. \
;£' 8. a: • I ;£ 8. a. Bea.ufort Thoe. Lewis ... 180 0 0 Charlton ... .... G. Dobie .. . 15 0 0 ... ... Beeohworth ... R. B. Hodgson ... 350 0 0 Chatsworth ... . .. S. Wilson . .. 15 0 0 ... Belfast ... . .. J. A. Lynar ... 350 0 0 Cheltenham ... ... J. TraiL.. .. . 30 0 0 Bellarine ... ... W. Andrews .. . 25 0 0 Chepstowe ... ... W. B. Wilson .. . 10 0 0
. Belmont ... J •. Williams, junior 20 0 0 Chewton ... ... J. Lamb .., 91 16 0 .. , Benalla ... ... A. C. Croft . " 180· 0 0 Ohiltern .. , ... Edmund Banks ... 180 0 0 Bendoo ... J; Stockdale ... . 15 0 0 Chinaman's Flat , ... A. Watson I .. . 2ll 0 0 ... Berlin ... ... H. J. Williams ... 60 0 0 Clare Inn ... ... J. Wells . .. 20 0 0 Berwick
, R. Bain 60 0 0 Clarendon A. McDonald III 0 0 ... ... ... ... .. , . ..
Bet Bet ... ... M. Grant . .. lO 0 0 Clifford ... .. . S. H. Sleator .. . 15 0 0 Beveridge ... ... N. Fletcher ... 20 '0 0 Clunes ." ... J. L. Collier 360 0 0 Big Hill .. , ... P. C. Perry ... III 0 0 Clyde '" ... J. F. Dumareaq ... 20 0 0 Birregurra '" ... B. Wood ... 50 0 0 Clydesdale ... ... E. Sutcliffe ... 10 0 0 Black Hill ... ... A. Turner ... 20 0 0 Cobbler's Gully . .. R. Miles .. . 30 0 0 Black Lead . " ... A. W. Chapman ... 15 0 0' Cobden ... ... R. H. Roberts . .. 20 0 0 Bontherambo ... ... Jane Cozens ... 10 0 0 Cobram ... .. . E. McPherson . .. , 10 0 0 Bowman's Forest '" D. Alexander . '- 15 0 0 Coburg ... ... . S. A.'Reid ... 130 .0 0 Box Hill ... ... S. Padgham ... 20 0 0 Cockatoo ... ... D. I,ivingstoll . .. 15 0 0 Branxholme ... ... J. J. Smith ... 40 0 0 Cogh'ill's Creek ... W. Matthews .. . 25 0 0 Braybrook ... J. Dickson ... 15 0 0 Coimadai Creek ... D. D. Bower .. . 10 0 0 Break.o'-Day ... ... D. E. Thomas ... 30 () 0 Colac ... . .. G. E. Jackson 140,0 0 Breakwater ... ... C. Smith ... 15 0 0 Coleraine, . .. .... R. Kennedy .. , 180 0 0 Bridgewater.on-Loddon R. Boys ... ... 25 0 0 . Collingwood ... ... S. B. Montefiore .. , 350 0 0 Briglit ... .. .. H. J. Tymms ... 180 O· 0 Condah ... ... R. .n:IcLean ... 25 0 0 Brighton ... ... E. Clark ... 135 0 0 Corinewarre .. . ... J. Walther . .. 15 0 0 Brighton South. ... J. G. Reynolds . .. 25 0 0 Coongulmerang ... J. Whitbourne .. . 10 0 0 Brighton East ... W. Norquay ... 80 0 0 Cooper's Creek ... J. Day ... . .. 10 0 0 Broadford ... ... G. Abbott ... 45 0 0 Corinellal . .. . .. .J. Ohinn . .. 10 0 0 Broadmeadows ... F. Phillips ... 30 0 0 Corop , .. , . .. A. Sternberg .. . 25 0 0 Brown Hills ... F. Bradbury ... 25 0 0 Costerfield '" ... F. Field ... 20 0 0 Brown's Diggings ... P!.. Gartside ... 15 0 0 Cove ... ... D. McLellan . .. 15 0 0 Brown's Plains H. G. Brown ... ' 10 0 0 Cowes , J. West 30 0 0 ... .. . . .. Brunswick ... ... J. George '"
150 0 0 Cowie's Creek ... . .. M. Jones ... 10 0 0 Bruthen .... ... R. McDougall . .. 15 0 0 Cowwarr ... ... T. Gibhardt .. . 15 0 0 Buangor ... .. E. Keith ... 40 0 0 Coy's Diggings· . .. E. Mann '" III 0 0 Buckllmd ... '"
J. Mackay ... 35 0 0 Craigieburn ... ... J. E. Keane '" 30 0 0 Bulla ... ... W. Bethell ... 25 0 0 Cranbourne ... .. . A.·Thomson .., 35 0 0 Bullarook ... . .. J. T. Ham ... 20 0 0 Cressy .. , . .. T. A. Hall ... 30 0 0 Bulldog Flat ... ... J. Rnssell ... 15 l) 0 Creswick , .. ... J. Thwaites ... 350 0 0 Bullengarook '" ... P.Barry ... 15 0 0 Crossley ... ... J. Hourigan . .. 10 0 0 Bullock Creek ... ... E. Young ... 10 0 0 Crossover Diggings .., J. Veysey 15 0 0 Bull Town ... . ,. AI F. Cross . .. 10 0 0 Crow lands '" ' .. . S. J. Wilkinson ... 25 0 0 Bulumwaal ... .. , G. Allen '" 25 0 0 Croxton East ... ... H. Jahn . .. 10 0 0 Bundoora ... ... W. Emms . .. 15· 0 0 Cundare ... P. McMahon ... 10 0 0 Bung Bong W. Glover 15 0 0 qunninghame ::: , W. Roadknight ... 10 0 0 ... ... ... .. . Bungaree ... ... T. Chalmers ... 25 0 0 Curlew is .. . E. O'M. Tobin ... 15 0 0 Bungaree Springs ... J. J. Glenn ... 10 0 0 Dandenong .. .. . J. Dobson . .. 60 0 0 Bunillyong ... ... G. A. Firman .. . 180 0 0 ])argo FI .. t ... ... J. B.. Kelly ... 20 0 0 Buninyong RailwayStation C. Fuller ... 35 0 0 Darlingford ... .. . J. Dunn ... 25 0 0 Burke's Flat ... ... J. O. Goullet ... 15 0 0 Darlington .. . . .. S. D. Hodgson . .. 40 0 0 Burnt Creek . . ... J. G. Russell' ... 20 0 0 Darraweit Guim ... M. A. Francis . .. 15 0 0 Burrumbeet ... ... J. Miller . .. 40 0 0 Dartmoor ... ... A. McDonald ... 15 0 0 Byaduk ... . " J. Wilton .. . 20 O. 0 Daylesford ... .. , J. H. Woodward ... 350 0 0 Cab bagetree ... 'I- J, Benson ... 10 0 0 Dean ... . .. C. Naples ... 25 0 0 California GulJy ... J. Jones ... 35 0 0 Dean's Marsh ... . .. J. Schram . .. 15 0 0 Camberwell T. Keen 20 0 0 Deep Creek I D. Vanderbilt 26 0 0 ... . .. ... ... ... Cambrian JIill ... D.Williams ... 40 0 0 Deep Lead ... ... M. J. Sweetman ... 20 0 0 Campa~p(J J. O'Brien .
15 0 0 Dennington Annie O'Sullivan ... 25 0 0 ... ... . .. .. . ... Campbellfield ... ... 1. Boreham ... 20 0 0 Deptford .. . . .. H. McKinnon ... 10 0 0 Campbell's Creek ... C. Tolstrup ... 90 0 0 DereeL .., ... C. BowD . .. 15 0 0 Camperdown ... , ... J. Duigan . .. 180 0 0 Derrimut ... .. . R. Hopkins ... 10 0 0 Canterbury ... ... .IV!. Wall ... 10 0 0 Devil's Creek .. , . .. G. Hansen ... 15 0 0 Cape Bridgewater ... C. Hedditch \ .. 10 0 0 Diamond Creek . .. J, F. L. Edwards ... 20 0 0 Cape Clear ... ... A. L. Gibson ... 30 0 0 Digby ... ... M. Townsend .. . 25 0 0 Caramut ... ... J. Bendall .. . 60 0 0 Diggers' Rest ... . .. R. Donnelly' ... to 0 0 Cardigan ... ... J. W. Surman ... 30 0 0 Dimboola , .. .. . W. H. Lloyd . .. 45 0 0 Cargarie ... ... J. Hewitt .. . 15 0 0 Dobie's Bridge ... W. Moloney ... 10 0 0 Carisbrook ... ... D. J. O'Brien .. . 150 o· 0 Docker's Plains ... H. S. Parfitt ... 15 0 0 Carlsruhe ... E. Gardiner '" 15 0 0 Dolly's Creek ... ." B. Nesbitt 15 0 0 C'arlsruhe Railway Stati~~
... A. Cobham ... 20 0 0 Donald ... . .. J. A. Meyer ... 35 0 0
Carlton ... . .. C. G. Lawson ... 80 0 0 Doncaster ... . .. M. H. Hoare ... 15 0 0 Carngham ... ... J. Crowther . .. 25 0 0 Donnelly's Creek' ... A. Marshall . .. 25 0 0 Casterton ... ... F. J.1. Merchant . .. 180 0 0 Donnybrook ... .. . P. Crichton ... 35 0 0 Castlemaine ... ... E. H. Stodart . .. 350 0 0 Doon . .. . .. M. Jones ... 30 0 0 Castle Reef ... ... Sarah Brady . .. 15 0 0 Doutta Galla ... ... P. Phelan .., 10 0 0 Cathcart ... ... '1'. Flattel y ... 15 0 0 Dromana . .. ... A. Haldan . .. 35 0 0 Caulfield ... '"
R. Boxill . .. 70 10 0 Drummond .. C. l\!. Rowe H, 20 0 I] Cavendish ... . .. J. Mercer ... 30 0 0 Dry Creek ... . .. 'J. Sherring . .. 15 0 v Ceres ... .. , -11. McDowall .. . 25 0 0 Dry Diggings ... ... R; Turner 15 0 0 ...
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34 .,
~~ST of- Post Offices iIi. 'Vi~to~ia, with Names ~fPo~tmast'ers' and Amounts ,of Salaries, :'for 187o..:-contin~e~.' "
Office.
Drysdale Duck Holes ... Duck Ponds :bunach Dunkeld Dunnstown <: Dunolly ... Durdidwarrah ... Durham Lead ': .. Durham Ox . Eaglehawk ... Echuca ... Eddington ... Edenhope ~ .. Edwards' Reef Eldorado .... ' Ellerslie ... Elmhurst i ...
Elphinstone :-.. Elsternwick ... Eltham .. . Emerald Hill .. . Enoch's Point .. . Ensay ... Epping, .. . Epsom' .. . Essendon .. . Estcourt .. . Euroa .. . Eurobin' : .. . Evansford .. . Eversley " . F,araday' ... Fernbank ... Fiddler's Creek . Flemington ... Flinders· i ••. Foots , ... Fra am ... Frankli ord '" Frankston .. . Freeburgh ... . Freshwater Creek Fryerstown. .. . Fyansford .. . Gaffney's Creek Gap ... ... Garvoc _'" Geelong .. . Geelong West .. . Germantown .. . Ghelinghap. . .. Ghin-ghin ... Gipsy Village Gisborne ... Glendal'Uel ... Glendonald .. . Glellgower I ... .
Glenluce .. . GleI11yon·. . .. Glenorchy .. . Glenrowan .. . Glent<hompson .. . Glenvale, .. . Gnarwarre .. . Godfrey!s Oreek Golden .Lake ... Golden Point G?lden Square Goldie, ... Goldsboro' Reef Gooiey'sCl'eek GoornoI\g ... Gordon's ... Grant .. . Graytown ... \ Great Western Greendale ... ~ree? ?,ully, \
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I Name. Salary or Allowance. O:J!lce. Nwne. Salary or
Allowance. --"- ~-~ ; '. -, ...... -
: .' .\
I ,j i;" s. d. , , £, 8. d. • .... . A. Grant ... 30 0 g Green Hill:... ... W. ~ower 15 0 0
E. W. Cryer .... ii5 0' 0 Greepsbo!ough ... J. Iredale ::: ,. 15 0 -0 ,.. H. Jukes .,' 30 0 Q Gre~n's.Creek ... ... C.' Proctor ... 10 0 0 ,.. W. Meincke ... H), 9. 0 G~ep.ville; ,.. •.. R. Ormrod ... 10 '0 0 '" S. Fisher ... 40 0 0 Grepa..,... ... S. Ellis j ... 15 0 0 '" D. Darcey... 15 () 0 Growler's Creek ... W.:DUJiphy 35 '0 0
H. F. O'Connell... 180. 6, Q GuiJdford... •.• J. Sinclair ... 35 0 6 ... T. '0. Knox ... 25, 0.0 Hamilton; Geo~ Harriott ... 350 0. 0 ... R: Lamb ... 25 0 Q Happy~g().Lucky .:: C. Collins ... 15 0 .0 ... W. H. Argyle ... 35 O. 0 Happy ,Valley .. ; ... J. Power ... 25 b 0 .., T. J. Tuck ... 70 6 0 ! Harcourt ;... ... S, Williamson 35 0 0 ... ·D. W. Forbes ... 350 0 0 Hardie's Hill·... • .. W. N. L. Pearse... 10 0 0 ... A. Gray... ... 35 b o· Ha~kaway.... ... J. Hessell ... 15 0 0 ... G. Thomson ... 35 o· 6 '. Harrietville... ... H.L. Harkin ... 25 0: Q . .. IT •. Walker ." 15 0 10 Earrow ... ... O. R. Tulloh ;to 0 0 ... 1\1. Stamp ... 60 0 0. . Itartwell ... ... R. Hurry ."o' 10 0 G ... R. Whittett ... 10 0 0 Hastings .. . . .. H. Peddle . , 2b (; 0 . .. ,H.,~pier8 ... 15 0 0 Havelock... • .. J. J;tule... ::: 10 0 \) ... ,G. Sims ...... 4/) 0 6 Hawk'esdale... .... W.Scarlett ... 20 0 0 ... G. Morris ... 82 0 6 Hawthorn' . ... ... C. Nicholls :.. 195 0 0 ... A. Hunniford ... 30 0 0 Hazelglen ,.. • ... A. Smith' I ... 10 0 @ ... W. Dempster, jun. 90 0 0 Healesville... L. Flanagan ... 25 0 0 ." JM. Bain , .... 20 O' 0 Heathc,ote... ... A. L. Sutton ... 180. 0 0 '" H. Johnston ... 15 0" 0 Heidelberg... ... F. P. Dunn 40 b 0 '" W. Mitchell ...... 20 0 0 Hepburn ... " J. Hill ... .,','. 25 0 0 ...R.Sharp .: .. 350 0 Hesket· ..." ·J~Boyd... , ... "10 '0 0 ... J. W;est ... 10 00 Hexham I... ... S. Hannah ... 35 0 0 ... . J,. Pr~tt' , .. . 10 0 0 Hevfield" ... .. . A. Crooks ... 10' d 0 ... J. DeBoos ... 40 O. 0 Heywood, .... ... C. H. Badnall ... 2065. 09,' 00
S; Winter ... 15 Q 0, Highton ... ... J. Nicholls .. . ... J. C. Sloane ... 15 0 0 H~ll~boro~gh... ... J. BroWn 25· 0 0
,H. H; Mansfield... 30 0 0 Hlt·or-MIss... .., J. James ... 15 0 (j . .. : J. B9yle' ... 10 6 0 Hochkirch .. , O. Miiller ... 15 0 0 ... J. Scott ... 25 O' 0 :I;Ioddle's.Oreek ... '1'. EWart ... 15 0 (j ... ij". ,Wise ... 35 0 O' Homebush,... ... J. Agnew... 15 e (j ... It. :rerry ... 160 0 0 Horsham... ... J. Langlands '" 80 0 0 .. .. A. Brent ... 15 0 0' Hotham: .... . ... J. MacGibbon ... 70 0: 0 ... D. MitChell ... 80 0., 0.; Hotapur ... ... 'J. McEachern ... 15 0' 6 ... ,R Lee .. ,. ... 15 ,0 0' Huntly' :'" ... B,'Gartmell ... 30 6 ·0 ... W.Bumstead., ..... 15 0 0 Indigo: ... ." M. ·McOallum ... 25 06
, .. ~ E. G. Savage ... 30 0 0 Inglewood ... ... . J. H.! Kibble ... 180, 0 0. .., W.McKay ... 10 0, 0 Inglewood (Old) ... ' ·T .. ~ower ... 10 6 0 ... C. Vains ... 15 0 0 'Inkerman... ... J. E..Matthews... 10 0 0 ... S.,H. Hazlitt ... 40 -0 O' Inverleigh... ... W. 'Murrell ... 35 . 0 6 • .. W.'J.:S. Kishere... 15. 0.1 0;· Italian.GuUy... J. Dowd 10 d 0 . .. J, Weatherhead .. ~ 40., 0 0' Jamieson . ... . ... W. Andrews ... 150 0 0
• ... J. Murphy... 10 0 0 Janefield,... .., J. Peacock ... 15 0 6 ... J. GlQwrey ... 20 0 0' Jan.Juc ...'''' W. Cook ... 15, 0. 0 ... S. C; ;Vivian ... 393 6 8 ' Jasper Road ... ... W: Ward ... 15, 0 0 ... C. Vigar '... 20., ,0 o· -Jones'sICreek '" .... J.Burns ... 10 0 0. . .. A.Benari, ... 15, 0 0' Jordan", ... . .. , RJ.Donaldson ... 20 o· 0 . .. M. Irwin ... 15 O· O· Joyce's Creek ... ... R. Rowe 15: '0· 0 ... M. Kemp ... 15 0 0' ,Kangaroo Flat, ... W. iRogers ... 40. O· .0 ... J.J;ru~hes ... ,'10 0·;0' Kangaroo Ground ... ' W.,McLaughlen ... 15.0' 0 .... 1·t. Hames ... 50 0 O· Keilor, ... .. .. R. J.lEly ... 30 0 0. .. ... A .. Ho<.lkey ... 15 0 0.' Keilor-road Station ... A. C. Cumberland 25 0 0
E. Good ... 10· 0 0.' Kensington... ._. R. McWilliams... 25· 0 0. ... W. MpKinney 20. O. O· Kerang ... ... Frank O'Connell ... ' 148 13· 6
.C. Helder '.... 10 0 0.' Kew: .... ' ... ... F:B.:Fishley, ... ! 150· 0 0 ... J. MacFarlane... 35 0 0' Killarney'... ... J. J. Madden ... 40 0, 0 ... J. Wallace ... 45 O· 0' Kilmore; ... ... ·G. E.,Groves ... 180 0' 0
, ... R. Liddle', ... 10 0' 0' Kingower' .•. ,RRoy... ... 60 o· 0 ''', J. McLennan ... 30 o· 0' I}:ingParrotCreek .. " W .. Doyle ... 10 O. 0 .. .. W. S. Walsh ... 15 0 ,0 Kingston'... .., T. Rossell ... 45· o· 0 ... P. Corbett ... 15 '0· 0' Riora ,'. ... ... T. Biggin ... 20 G· 0 ...G. E. Simcocks... 50 0. 0 Kirkstall '" ~ ... W. ;Wilton ... 15 0 0 .... C. Werner ... 10., o· 0 Koroit ... . ... C. Norman ... 40 0; 0 ... Eliz.;Hopper ... 15 0, 0' j Kyneton .. , ' n. B. Bristow... 350' 0; 0' ... J. Miller ... 35 O. 0 Laanecoorie·... ... D. B. Ryhind ... 10, 0, 0' ... J .. Douglas ... 10 0 0 ,Lake Bolac... . ... C. Lotiisson .... 40 O. 0' ... T. N. King ... 20 Q. 0 Lake Hindmarsh ... It. Simmons ." 15 0: o· ... J. Holt... ... 11,,05 0
0,' 0
0 Lal Lak c ... J. Ji. Hall ... 30. O. O·
... A. Cross ... ,Lamplough ... .., . R. M. Fogarty ... 15 0.. 0.'
... J. Robertson' ... 45 0 0. I' Lancefield... .. .• J. W.1.3easley ... 50 0.. 0
... W. Hopkins ... 40' 0., o· . Lancefield-road'Station... J:. Chapman ... 35. 0 0
... J. J.; Mackenzie... 180· 0 O' Landsborough .. . .. ' J. Johnston ;.. 60: 0. 0,
... R. J. Roberts ... 20' 0/ 0" ~angley ,.... ... J. 'l'wyford ." 60. 0 O·
... ·M. Cassidy... 15 ,0 0 Larpent;~ I . ., ... A.-,McKay ... 15 0 0'
..: ~~ ~~uer' ... i.~ 0 0.. La '£robe Bridge ,'" J. Flint .... 10 0 .0
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LIST, of Post Offices', in- Victoria, with ,Names of;',Pqstmasters; nn~l. Amounts of :8aiaries, for L 870-continuea. ,
,I Olllce.
, ,
Name.
"
Salary 01' Allowance. Office. Name. Salary or
Allowance.
--------~.~-I~~-----'-_,_-I----~- 1 ____________ ~---.. ---,---I __ --·m. ;
Lauriston I ... ... J. Crymble '" Lawloit ... ... J~ McNevin ... Learmonth... ,," M. McKay ... Ledcourt '... ... T: W: Dadswell ... Leigh Creek... ..: J. Mungovan .. , Leigh-roadRailwayStation J. Cotton .. , Leonard's Hill... ... J. E .. Wilkie ... Lethbridge... ... A. Ro'ss . . .. Leviathan Reef ... J. Grant ... Lexton- ... .., M. Watson , .. Lillydale ... ." H. Perrin .. , Lindsay ... ... M. Spring ... Lingham's Flat ... R. N.,Williams ... ~inton'8 ... ... 1'. R. '(,'hallen ... Lismore ... ... J. Parry , .. Little Bendigo ... O. Skogland .. . Little River .... ... C. Nantes .. . Lockwood ... '" . S. Eapie .. . Longerenong... t ... W. D. Dinsmore ... Long Gully ... ... P~ Pentreath .. : Longwood ... ... F. St: Leger ... Lord Clyde... ... H. Gill .:. Lyndhurst... ... P.. er ... Macarthur... ... 'J. Bulstrode .. . lI48,eedon ... ... R. Stewart .. . McCullum's' Creek ... T. Ro'binson .. . Mack's Creek ... ... J. Dellar .. . McIutyre's... ... W. Dawson .•. Matfra ... ... W. Campbell ... ' ~faidentown ... ... A. Black ... Maidstone ' .. . .. . W. Pullar .. . Maindample... ... H. H: Kitchen ' .. . M~jorca ... ... Sarah H. Gearing Maldon .. . ... '['hos,' Re,ed ... ))1almsbury ... ... : Fanny Green ... Malvern ... .. .. W. J •. Wilson .. ' M;ansfield ... ... G. W. Newland .. . Marong ... ... H.Palmer .. . Maryborough ... ... J as; Fisher .. . Marysville ).. . .. M. Keppell ... . Matlock ... ... J. Stoffers .. , Maude ... ... T. Biles ... Melton ... ..; J. Ferris ... Meredith ... ... C. L.Nugent· ... Merino ... ... F. FQrd ... l\ferriang ... ... J. D.avies .. . l\ferrijig , ... ... G. Barnes .. . Merrimac .. . ... W. Haire .. . ~1erton . ••• ... R. Nolan ... l\fetcalfe .. . ... J. F:irrant '" Mia Mia ... '... F •. W estblade ... Mickleham... '.. J. Ed,is ... ' ... Middle Creek ... ..' D. Fraser ... Minersrest' .. . . . . J. Blenner-hassett Mitta Mitta ....' ... ',:M:Thompson ... Modewarre... ... H. Lawrence' ... Moe ... ... ... H. Miller ... Moliagul ... .~. R. Leck .. , Moolap ; ... ...:.T. Yeoman .. . Moolort ... ... W. W. Liddell .. . Moonambel ... ... C. Middleton .. . Moonee Ponds ; .. . J. T .. Hinkins .. . Moorabool ' ... ... W:Simpson Moorabool Creek ... G. Stubbs Moorookyle... .., J. C. Lewis Morang ... .,. Sarah Higgs ... Mordialloc .' ... E. Saunders '" Mornington... . .. Jane Constable ... Morrison's Diggings ... G. B. Silvester .. . Mortlake ... ... John' Hayes .. . Morton Plains ... C. Mills ... Morwell ... ... P. J. Smith .. , Mosquito Fine... ... A'-Coles .. . Mount :Beckworth ... T. Dunn .. . Mount Blackwood ....1. F. Hansen ... Mount Blowhard ... F. 'Gilbert .. , Mount Bolton ... R. K. Sanderson ... Mount Clear ... ... J. Davidson ... Mount Cole '" M. A. Jones ... Mount Cotterell ... T. C. Lowther ...
£ s. d. 20. 0. 0. 20. 0. 0. 55 0. 0. 20. 0. 0 -15 0, 0.: 45 0. 0.' 15, 0. 0. ;45 0. 0. 10 {) 0. 30 0 0. 40 0 0 35 0 0. 10. 0 0
110. 0 0. 35 0. 0 15 0. 0 30 0' 0 20 0. 0 25 0 0 35 d 0
150 0. 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 35 0 0. 25 0 0. 25 0 0. 10 0. 0 10 0 0 40 0. 0. 30 0 0 15· 0 0 20·0. 0
'.60 0 0 180 0 0. 180 0' 0. 40 0 0
150 0 0. 30 0 0'
350 0 0. 25 0 0 40 0 0 15· 0 0.
.35 0. 0. 70. 0 0 60. 0 0. 15 0 0 10 0. 0 150 0. 50. 0 0 20 0 0. 30. 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0. 25 0 0 10. 0 0 15 0. 0 35 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 ]0. 0 0. 40 0 0
·135 0. 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 50 0. 0 25 0. 0. 25 0. 0 55 0. 0. 35 0. 0
180. 0 0. 15 0 0 10. 0 0.
15 0 0. I 15 0 0 60 0 0., 25 0 0 30 0 0 I'
20 0 .0..
10 0 '0 III' 20 0 0
Mount ·Doran· ... Mount Duneed Mount Egerton Mount Gellibrand Mount Greenoek Mount l\{ereer Mount Morine Mount Pleasant Mount Prospect Mount l'\owan Moyhu ' ... J
Moyston .. . Muckleford .. . Mulgrave ... Murchison .. . Murghebohic .. . l\1m'mungee .. .. Murrooh. .. . Muskvale .. . Myer's Flat .. . Myrtleford ... Nagamhie ". Napoleon's! ... Nareen ... Narrawong .. , N afree Warren Navarre '" Newbridge ... Newbury ... New Gisborne Newham ... Newington ." Newlyn .. . Newstead .. . New town-Scarsdale Northcote ... N uggety Reef ... Oaklands Junction Oakleigh .. . Omeo' .. . Ondit' ... Opossum Gully Orford '" Ormond ... Osborn's Flat ." Oxley ,'" Oxley Plains ... Pakenham ... Panmure ... Pastoria. ; ... Penshurst .. , ;Pentland Hills Peter's Diggings Pettavel ". Piggoreet '" Piper's· Creek .. . Pitfield .. . Point Henry .. . Pomborneit' Porcupine ,Flat Ppre·Punka ... Port Albert ... Portarlil)gton ... Portland, , ... Prahran ... Preston· ... Preston Hill ... .Purnim ... 'Pyalong '" Queeuscliff .. . Raglan .. . Ravenswood ... Raywood .. . Redan Bridge .. . Redhank .. . Redeastle ... Redcsdale Red Jacket .. . Reedl Creek .. . Reid s Creek ...
. .. W. Montgomery .. . '" ,C. Lamond .. .
,R. W. Tanner .. . ,.. J. Duncan ... .. J. McLennan ...
... W. W. Birrell ... '" C. J. Elder '" ... J. Campbell .. . ... W. S; Jones .. . ... R. R. Paton .. . ... S. M. Staton .. . . .. R. Moore .. , ... E. Thwaites ... ... G. Stott ... ... W. Barratt ... ... M. A. Morris .. ' ... G: Thompson ... '" G.K Prime .. . ... J. Hatton .. . ... S. Da:lton .. . ... J. Blacketer .. . ... W. ,Sheehan ... '" J. M~mbrey .. . '" A. Grant .. . '" D. McLean .. . . .. G. Rae ... .. . ... D. Pennington .. '
"... J. Newington ... ' ... J . .Jack .. . '" T. J,' Wills ... ... E. G{bb .. ' ... J. A; Wine ... .. . W. Collingwood '" Margaret Howson ... G. D. Knight ... '" E. Bastings ... ... J. Moir ... ... J. Dewar ... ... W. Braithwaite .. . ... E. Selle... .. . . .. A. Gilbert .. . .., E. C. Webb ...
W. Horan ... ... J. llarrington ... ..' J.'B. Carkeek· .. , ... D. Donald .. , .... C. Gardner .. , '" M.'Bourke ... '" G. Wilson ... ... J. Donovan ... '" F. W. Rackham ... .. . W. \V. Rimmons '" ... S. J. Edelston ... ... L Merlilod ... P. Blythman .. P. Kellas '" A. W. Crowe ... '" A. Gray. ... C. H. Bowker ... ... D. F. Martin . •. W. Hooper ... J. -Ferri's .. . J. Calhoun .. . ... Edwin Braim .. . '" A. F. White
. ... E. 'Vooa ... S. Franklin ... G. Dowie ... H. Cathery ... G. S. Caldwell ... '" C. 'rucker ... J. Bond ... . ... H. W. Horsley .. . '" C.Giles ... • ... }i"). 'M~hy
.... J. :McKee ... J. McNiff '" J.. Campbell
G. Davis ... E. Ghnnell
I
£ s. d. 15 0 0 15 0 0 50 0 0 60 0 0 10 0 0 15 0 0 35 0 0 15 0 0 25 0 0 20. 0 0 15 0 0 45 0 0 35 0. 0 10 0 0. 30. 0 0 15 0 0. 25 0 0. 10 0 0 10. 0 0 20. 0 0 40. 0 0 10 0. 0. 30 0. 0. 10. 0 0. 15 0. 0 10 0. 0 20. 0. 0 40 0. 0. 15 0 0. 45 0. 0 ~5 0 0. 25' 0 0. 25 0 0 75 0. 0. 3D 0. 0 65 0. 0. 10 0 0. 15 0. 0. 40. 0. 0
,40. 0 0 4.0 0 0 10. 0 0. ]5.0 0 10 0. 0 15 0. 0. 10 0 0. 45 0 0. 40 0. 0. 25 0 0 10 0 0
]80. 0 0 35 0 0. 15 0. 0. 15 0. 0 40 0 0. 10 0 0. 15 0. 0 15 0 0 15 () 0 10 0 0. 10 0. 0.
180' 0. .0. 20 0 0
350. 0 0 106 O· 0
30. 0. 0 30. 0 0 15 0 0. 25 0 0.
350. 0 0 15 0 0
-25 0 0. 40 0. 0. 35 0 0. 25 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 10. 0 0. 20 0 0 10 0 0
'36
LIST of Post Offices in Victoria, with Names of Postmaster~ and Amounts of Salaries, for 1870-continued. . I \
Offle •• Name. Salary or Allowance.
. I ,
. £ 8. d. Richmond E. Mackenzie
, 180 0 0 ... . ... ..,
Riddell's Oreek ... 'R. Hutchison . .. 40 0 0 Rochester ... ... T. Seward .. . 55 0 0 Rochford ... H. H. Hennell ... 15 0 0 Rocky Flat ... ... E. Peters ... 25.0 0 Rocky Lead ... ... A. Oldenburg .. , 20 0 0 Rokewood W. H. Wbite 60 0 0 ... ... .. Rokewood Junction ... J. Gladstone ... 15 0 0 Ronisey q ... ... R. T. Beasley . .. 45 0 0 Rosedale ... ... Baml. Baker ... 180 0 0 Running Oreek ... J. Forsyth ... 25 0 0 Runnymede ... ... J. Johns . .. 40 0 0 Rushworth ... ... J. I:I. Roberts 60 0 0 Russell's Oreek M. E. Gadd' - 15 0 0 ... , .. Rutherglen ... ... E. B. Outtrim . .. 180 0 0 Rye , ... G. Mitchell ... 15 0 0 ... Sago Hill ... ... R. Sims . .. 20 0 0 Railor's Gully .... ... J. Patterson 10 o· 0 St. Andrew ... ... R. Smith I ... 20 0 0 St. Arnaud ... ... J. A. B. Smith ... 180 0 0 St. Kilda ... ... J. Hearne .,. 90 0 0 St. Leonard's ... ... R. Smiley . .. 10 0 0 Sale ... J. Ooverdale 350 0 0
. .. : t ••• ." Sandford ... ... O. Swarzenike ... 20 0 0 Sandhufst
). '/ ... G. W. B. Vibert ... 350 0 0 Sandon A.Kirwan
, 15 0 0 .. , ... . ..
Sandridge. ... . .. J. F.,Hayes .,. 180 0 O. Sandy Creek ... ~ ... H. Briddoll ... 15 0 0 Scarsdale ... ... W. Hawkridge . .. 60 0 O. Scotchman's Lead W. L. Olarke 25 0 0 ... ... Sebastopol . '" .,'. Fredk. Dor~ ... 180 0 0 Serpentine Oreek ... O. Hutton ... 30 0 0 ~eymour ... ... Peter Orr •• ,1 180 0 0 Shelford ... H. 1\1. Wilson . .. 35 0 0 Shepherd's Plat '" J. J. Garlick ... " 10 0 0 Shepparton ' ... - ... F. P. Knight ... 15 '0 0 Shirley ... ... H. Kemmis ... 25 0 0 Skipton , . A. McK. Elder 40 0 0 ... ... ... Smeaton .:-. ... A. Dockery . ... 40 0 0 Smythesdn.le ... ... John Nicol . .. 180 0 0 Snake Valley . J. Greig 35 0 0 ' .. ' ... ... Snowy. Creek ... ... A. Trench ... 20 0 0 Somerville ... ... A.O:Dawson ... 10 O. 0 South Yarra .. , ... .T no. Turner, jun. 80 0 0 Springfield ... M. Kenny. 15 0 0 ... .. Spring Gully ... ... J. Malone .. . 15 0 0 Spring Hill ... '" G. Knight . .. 15 0 0 Springvale ' ... ... J.Ooates , ... 15' 0 0 Springs ... ... W. Barbour . .. 25 0 0 Staffordshire Reef , .. J. Landles ... 20 0 0 Stanley ... ... J. Mathieson ... 35 0 0 Stawell ... ... Geo. Allan, jun. ... 350 0 0 Stawell West ... ... G. Magnus 80 0 0 Steiglitz ... ... W. R. Oooper ... 60 () 0\ Stockyard Hill ... B. H. Stuart ... 25 0 0 Stonyford O. McOallum I ,25' 0 0 ... .. ... StranglVays ... '" W. I:I. ;\Iulholland 15 0 0 Stratford .. ~. ... T. Lloyd ... 50 0 0 Strathfieldsaye ... J. Owen \ ... 20 0 0 Strathloddon ... ... P. McHardy ... 15 0 0 Strathmore ... ... J. Spruhan ... 10 0 0 Streatham ... ... F. W. Newenham 120 0 0 Btuartmill ... ... H. E. Cheshire . .. 120 0 0 Sulky Gully ... '"
G. Redman ... 20 0 .0 Sunbury ... , ... W. McElwee ... 45 0 0 Sutherland's Oreek ... D. J\icOallum ... 15 0 0 Sutton Grange .. , J. K. Wait ... 15. 0 0 Swan Hill W. T. Swann 180 0 0 ... ... Swift's Oreek ... ... B. Johnson ... 15 0 0 Tabilk ... .. ... J. Wylie ... 25 0 0 Talbot ... ... James Oolles ... 350 o· 0 Tulbotville ... .. J. P. Lory ... 10 0 0 Tallarook ... .. T. Fox ... ... 25 O' 0 ''I'angil . " ... O. Gada ... ... 20 0 0 Tarilta . " ... W; L. Ferrier ... 15 0 0 Tamagulla ... ... P. K. Tucker . .. 180 0 0 Taradale ... ~ .. J. 13. Mathews ... 180 0 0 Tarl'aville ... ... A. Hall ... ... 40 0 0 Tarrawiwfee ... ... T, IJadson ... 40 0 0 Tatyoon" ... ... J. Crothers .. . 15 .0 .0
\
. -
Office. ,
Teesdale ... Templestowe ... , .. Ten.mile House ... Terang
'" . .. Thomastown ... . .. Timol' , .. I
Tintaldra 'i' . .. ...
'l'ooliorook ... . .. 'foongabbie ... ... 'l'oorak . ... '" Tourello ... .. . Towaninnie ... ... Traralgon ... ... Trawalla ... .. . Trentham ... . .. Tullamarine ... Twist's Oreek ::: ... Tylden ... ...
'Ullina .. . ... Ulupna West ... . .. Upper Dargo '" . .. Upper Macedon ... Upper Maffra ... ... Vaughan ... .. . Violet ~own ... - ... Wahgunyah .. : ... Wahrillg ... ... Walhalla ... ... Wallall-wallan I ... Walmer
. .. . ... Wangaratta .. . ... Wannon . .. ... Wareek ... ... Warrandyte ... ... Warrenheip ... ... WarrnambooL .. .. . Waterloo . .. ... Watgania ... ... Weatherboard Hill .. . Weddel'burn ... . .. Wehla . .. Welshman's R~~f ... Wel'racknebeal .. . Whim Holes '" ... Whipstick . ... White Hills .. , ... Whittlesea ... . .. Whorouly ... ." Whroo '" . .. Wickliffe ... ... Wild Duck Creek .. .
'Williamstown Williamstown Junction::: Winchelsea ... .. . Windermere ... ... Winslow ... .. . Winton ... Wodonga :::' ... Wombat Oreek ... Woodend ... . " Woodford ... .. . Woodside ... . .. Wood's Point ...
' VVoorlstock ."
W oodstock·on-Loddon ... Wool shed ... .. . W oolsthorpe ... ... Woorndoo \ ... ... W ordieboluc
'" . .. Wyndham ... .. Yuckandandah ... Yambuc ... ... Yal1aoit ... . .. Yangery ... ... Yapeen ... ... Yarra Flats .. ." Yarram-yanam ... Yea .. . , .Yowen Hill .. . ...
Name. ,
J. Todd . .. J. Field ... T. Allen .. . A. Anderson ... E. Perry .., S. G. Brown .W. H. Armstrong M. Cummings ... J. Bassett . .. J. Worrell . .. D. 1IcDonalq .. . J. Finley .. . O. Denis .. . L. Hamblin ... G. McPherson . .. J. 'Oousins .. . J. Burke . .. A. H. Clayton .. . S. H. Lowry . .. J. Gracey . .. J. Pairley . .. A. de Forest
"''1
J. McKinnell ... J. Chapman ... J. Fivey ... R. Kilborn . .. 'J. Adams .. . W. B. l'ayter .. . I:I. Sinclair D.Oorbett .. Wm. Shields .. . A.Oameron .. . O. Fitzgerald . .. A. McDonald '" J. Day ... "., '1'. R. Rackham . .. T. R. Morgan .. A. Glen ... , .. . .r. Nicholson ... ,J. R.Gray .. . J. Brown .. . NL Morris - . .. A. Scott ... S. Ferguson ... L. Mal'sden ." G. S. Butter ... J. W. Cairns
< •• ".
J. Moore' . .. J. H. Collier ... G. Harriott .. . G. MUITowood .. . O. 1\1:. .?laplestone , O. Stephens , ... W. Stirling. .. . R.Oomber .. . R •. T. Chisholm ... Geo. Cllandler .., A. Cheyne .. ~, J. Nicholson . .. R .. Nicholson . .. J. lVI. Patison . .. J. Oollins . .. Jas. Sennett .. . O. quinll ... H. W. Sinnott ... .T. McO. KelT .. P. Mackio ... G. Naldel' ... H. Reeves '" 1<'. Schultze .. . U. Salkeld . .. O. Doherty ... J. W. '\'Vyett . .. W. J. Chalkley ... J. Smith ... J. H. Petty .., O. Devonshire .. . S. A. Wall ... J. Flug ... ...
,
Salary or ~ Allowance.
~-.. ~ .. ~
£ 8 • d. 15 0 0 20 0 0 10 "0 0 80 0 0 10 0 0 '2(1 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0
102 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0 35 0 0 30 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 15 0 0
' 30 0 (i
.40 0 0 350 0 0 15 0 0
~ 75 0 0 40 0 0 10 0 0
180 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0
350 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 15 0 0 45 0 0 30 0 0 15 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 15 0' 0 35 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 35 0 0 70' 0 0 15 0 0
350 0 0 10 0 0 45 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 15 0 0
120 0 0 10 0 0 70 o 0 30 0' 0 15 0
146 13 o 4
15 15
'15 15 15 10 :35
180 20 25 10 20 35 10 55 30
0 0 0 0 0 0 (l
0 0 0 0 0 0 ()
0 0
0 0 0 0 o o 0 0
·0 0 \)
0 0 0 0 0
37
APPENDIX C.
ELECT~IC. TELEGRAPH BRANCH. RETURN showing the Int~rrul""V'-"o to Telegraphic Communication in VIctoria.
Date. Designation of Line. l'olut. of Interruption. Period of
Interruption. Supposed or Ascertained Cause
of Interruption.
-.-,-:-=---1----------1-----------.------ -----~-----------IS70.
Jan. 22 .•. Feb. 7 •••
" 9 .•• " 12 ... " Hi-IS " 16 .... " 17 ... " 22-23 " 22-23
March 4-5 " 9-11 " 22 ... " '23-25
April ll-12 " 22 .. . ", 25 .. .
" May
" "
" " " " " "
" A.:'g.
" " "
" " " " "
O~t. " " .,
" " " "
D~c.
"
29 .•• 13 ••. 14-15 19 ... 23 ... 27 ...
4 ... 9 •.•
11-13 11 ... 14 ... 23 ... 28-30 28-29 29 ... 8-9
22 .. . 28 .. . 8-10 9 ...
16 .. . 18 .. . 18-19 8 ...
12 ... 12-13 21 ... 21 .. . 23 .. . 24 .. .
3 ... 20-22 27 ... 29 ... 29 ... 31 .. .
3 .. . 3 ... 9-11
12 ... 19-21 23-24 12-13 27 ... 27 ...
Bright Line Gippsland Line
" Ot;ay Line" Wood's Point Line
Gipp~iand Line" North-Eastcrn Lines ... Gippsland Line
Qu~enscliff Line Otway Line ...
" Bri~ht Li~e ~:: S\mn Hill Linc Bright Line Gippsland Line Wahgunyah l:.ine Majorca Line Mornington Line Swan ItillLine Bright Line Gippsland Line Wood's Point Line Ballarat Lines Bright Line Gippsland Line Otway Line ... Mornington Line Heathcote Line
Wahgunyah Line Wood's Point Line Gippsland Line Bupinyong I,ine North-Eastern Lines ... Maryborough Linc Otway Line North-Eastern Lines ...
~ Swan- Hill Line Bright Linc .. , Coast Line '" Western Lines Wood's Point Line Western Lines Wood's Point Line Gippsland Line Otway Line Swan Hill Line Wood's Point Line Gippsland Line Wahgunyah Line Gippsland Line
Sw;n HilI rXne Mornington Line Gippsland Line
" " Swan Hill Line
"
Between Beechworth and Bright - " Melbourne and Rosedale
" " " " " " " .. " " " "
" " " " " " "
" " " " " ,. " .. " " -.. " ,. " " ." '1 .. " "
,~
" " "
" l~ • Ge~l~ng and Cape Otway .. , Jamieson and Wood's Point .. . Mansfield and Jamieson .. . Melbourne and Rosedale ." Longwood and Benalla ... Melbourne and Bosedale ...
" u Geelong and Queenscliff Geelong and Cape Otway
" ,-
Bee~hworth and B:ight ::: Inglewood and Kerang ... Beechworth and Bright ... Sale and Port Albert ... Beechworth and Chiltern ... Maryborough and Majorca ... Melbourne and Mornington ... Inglewood and Kel'ang ... Beeehworth and Bright ... Melbourne and Rosedale ... Benalla and Mansfield ... Meredith and Ballarat ... l3eechworth and Bright .. . Melbourne and Rosedale .. . Geelong and Cape Otway ... Melbourne and Mornington ... Sand hurst and Heathcotc, and
Heathcote and Kilmore Yackandandah and Chiltern .. . Benalla and Mansfield .. . Melbourne and Rosedale .. . Ballarat and Buninyong .. . Beechworth and W odonga .. . Maryborough and Avoca ... Geelong and Cape Otway ... Seymour and Longwood ... Kerang and Swan Hill '" Beechworth and Bright ... Melbourne and Cape Schanck Portland and Mount Gambier Mansfield and J anlieson ... Portland and Mount Gambier Jamieson and Wood's Point ... Melbourne and- Rosedale ... Geelong and Cape Otway ... Maldon and DUllolly .. . Mansfield and Jamieson .. . Melbourne and Rosedale .. . Yackandandah and Chiltern ... Rosedale and Walhalla ... Melbourne and Rosedale ... Kerang and Swan Hill ... Melbourne and Mornington ... Melboume and Rosedale •••
Tar~~i!Ulla and Ingie,,"ood ::: Kcrung and S,~an Hill •..
7 hours .. . 1 day .. . 1 " ... . 1 " .. ~ 2 days ... 5,hours ...
'1 day .. ,. l~ days ... 2 hours ... I! days ... 2 days 10 hours 2i days ... 2 days 7 hours .. . 8" .... .. 5" .~. 1 day ... If; days .. . 3 hours .. . 5" .. . 1 day ... I~ hours 7 hours ... 2 days ... 3i hours 8 hours ... 7" ... 2~" ... Ii days ... J day.,. Ii days ...
3i hours 5 hours ... 2 days ... 5 hours ... 2" .... 3 t" .•• 2 days ". 1 day ...
, 9 hours .. , I! days ... 4 hours .. , 1 day, .. , 1 " ••• 4! hours 6& " 2 days ... I day' ... I " ... 5~ hours 6 hours' .• , 5 " ••. 2 " .... 2 days ... 1 day." I '" .•• I} days ... Ii ., .u 2 hours ... ,1 day ...
Tree on line
n "
" " " " " " " " Bush fires
Tree on line .. I
" ,; "
Pole blown down Tree on line
" " " "
P~ie bl~~n down Floods Decaye~ pole blown down Tree on bne
., " P~ie bl~~n down 'Tree on line
" H
I" " " " " n
u " n "
" n Floods
Tree on line
" " " " Pole blown down
Tree on line Pole washed away Poles washed away Floods
" " Pole blown down
Pole blown down; heavy storms Tree on line Fall of dead tree Tree on line
P~ie bl~~n down
" " " " " " Tree on line
" " " " Line on wet ground
Tree on Ihie
It "
Li~e off'three poles Line broken by dray
-~,~-~----------~--~-.-REMAEn:s.
JllJluary 3.-Lin .. croosed betwOOll Benalia and ,W<mgaratta, and all lines affected by atmoopheric electricity.
January G.-No. 2 line down between Longwood <md Benana. J<muary 13.-1lnes crosse,l between Castle maine and Sandhurst, and also
between Portland and lIount Gambier; severe stonns. January H.-Line dovm between (Jastlemaine and Dayl"sford. Ja.nuary 18.-NQB. I, 2, and 3 crossed between Melbourne and Castlemaine.
of anuary 22.-L.\~lii~~6~~~~;t~t~; .January 25.-~ . January 31.-Line down betwee t. February 2-3.-Nos. 2 ami 3, Western lines. crossed between Melbourne and
Feb~:;;;~_~N~~e~~\r~~~~d between Benana and February H.-No.2 line on ground between Bellalla. ; and
Western lines crossed between Camperdown and W
~~~~:~ ~~:=~~~t~.~:~~t~r'ifyi~~ ~~'::,I't~~~~~"f::,;:~~,r:~'it~alla Februa:ry 25.-N orth~'Ea.stem lines on ground between Seymour and Longwood. March 1. -Western lilles crossed. :ftfn.rcb IO,-Anlines working badly; boisterous weather. March 12-14.-Westeru lines working fu'lJdly ; messages sent via Hamilton. March 15.-All Western lin .. working badly. l\farch 21.-Alllines working badly; wet weather. March 2!I.-Western lines down all day: business t"",,,,,eted via Casterton. Aprill.-NQdh-Eastern lines cro"sed between Lonswood and Benn.l1a. Apri12,-'::;os. 4, 5, aud 6 crossed near Ballarat. ApriI1-8.-·All coast lines affected hy atmospheric electricity.
~~~\~~N:3:\;~~~: il~~~~~!;~:~~ ii=~ !~~ i>~~:~st. lIfn.y 1.-Western line crossed between Camperdown alld Wllrrnambool. MIIoY 12.-Western line crossed between Belfast and Portland; and line on
ground between Portla.nd and U ... nilton.
~ ~~:=~~it~~\::r':;f~:~OSsed l1"tween ne:chwort.h and Belvoir; and line down between Daylesford and Ore"wick.
,Juno ~.-Weltern lineJI crossed between Warmambool and Belfast
June 4.-Liues crossed between and Portland. .June 7.-W r""ns over the district. .June 9.-No nand Streatham. June I5.-Northem lines crossed uca.. June 16.-No. 3, Western line, d a.nd Penshurst. June 24.-Nos. I and 2, Western lines,down between Camperdown Il.!ld Wan·
unmbool ~ messages sent via Hamilton. June 25.-North·&stern lines crossed between Melbourne and Kilmore. and
near Beecbworth July 12 . ....:North·&.t.rn Unos on ground between Longwood and Ileruilla.:
business transacted via DenUiquin. July 27.-Alllinesworking badly; heavy rains. August L-North-Eastern lines cros.ed between Wangaratta and Beechworth,
and between RUmore and Seymour. 'Au,,"11llt G.-Nos. 3 and 4 lines €lown near Ballarat. August'15.-North·Eastern lines On ground. caused l1y tbe fall Of an enormous
dead tree. . ,
.t~~~ tt~.sfua~*~~~~~~~;'"~~~;:,ti~O~~lli;':,,.~€l in te.t-be .... t Brighton., September 20.-North-Bastern lineB down between Seymour lind Longwood;
business sent via Deniliquin. October lO.-Swan Hill and ~t. Arnaud 2~~~:~ ~~:---!N~(o)rri!th'e-Ji!i""'i-slit'."'r)uS Cl~iin)seS'.;dd)oiewt'n~~bn.t]w,[·.1
" bUl:lineS6 :Sent via Deniliquin.
Hoods in district_ Taradale.
OUl' and LOl1ifl:\"ood;
October 29.-Alllines atrected by heavy rains. November 3-5.~No. 6 line interrupted between J lmetion and Werribca November 1l.~Allline3 affected by a.tmospheric t!lectricitl~ November 21.-Westerlllines working very badly. December 5.-No. 2. N orth.~:astern line. broken nea.r Seymour. Deeember I9.-Alllines working badly witb exception of W.stern lines. Decemoor 24.-Lines crossed·between Gilelong and Ballar"t. , Decemlier 29.-Alilines affected by atmospheric electricity. December 3l.-North-Bastern lines down between Melbourne and Kilmore,
caused by dead tree falling aeross line. Dooembt'r S1.-No. 4Une I!,ll'eeted by atmospheric electricity.
, ,
3,8
APPENDIX D.
E'LECTRIC TELEGRAPH BRANCH . .RETUrui showing particulars relating to the Transmission of Reports 'of English News from Mount Gambier
" to Melbourne during the Year 1870.
Oommenced. Finished.
lIour aud Minute. I Remarks"" to tbe Weatber, &c •• ' . Date. ' Date. lIour'and Minute.
1870. 1870. , , "
Jan. ' 19 '4.40 p.m. Jan.' '1'9 7.37 p,m. Lines worked well. Weather fine. ',," No, I line worked well; other lin'es very' hard. lfeb. 15 12.5 a,m. Fcb. 15: 4.10 a.m.
March 15 7.40 a.m. . April 11 5.25 p.m.
March'I5 April II
,lAO p.m . 9.50 p.m.
Lines nearly unworkable; reports received' with great difficulty. Victorian linGS working well. South Australian and New , South Wales direct lines down; .all their business repeated , through Melbourne. South Australian lines working badly.
All lines working well. ;.. May 9 2.25 p.m. May 9 5.25 p.m. June 4 12.25 p.m. June ~ 4 7,40 p.m. Lines worked badly; crossed between, Belfast and:Portl!>nd ;
South Australian lines in similar condition. July , 2 8.20 p.m. July 2 11.55 p:m. Lines worked well. ' August 3 -7.30 p.m. Aug.
.. 3 11.56 p.in. Lines worked fairly. ... I
August28 1.45 p.m. ,Aug. Sept. 24 2.57 p.m. Sept.
28 24
7.35 p.m. 6.15 p.m.'
Lines worked well. Lines worked well.
Oct. 24, 10.37 a,m. Oct. '24 2.50 p.m. Lines worked well. . ~. Nov. 21 10.52 a.m.' Nov. '21 Dec. 19 l.45 p~m. Dec. 19
7 p.m. , 7.15 p.m.
\ ;
Lines worked :)Vi th great difficllltY. Lines worked ,well.
APPENDIX E. . 'I;
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BRANCH. LIST of Post Offices where Te'legr~~s will 'be received aiid tr8ns~itted through the neare~~: T~I~graph Station. Alberton Carlsruhe I Happy Valley Allansford Castle ·Reef r Harrietville Alma Cathcart' Harrow Amphitheatre Cavendish Hep,burn Apsley Cobden. Heywood Ascot Cre~sy Hillsborough Avenel (Charlton' Hinds Axedale Coghill's Creck Huntly Alexandra Cooper's Creek Hawthorn A von Plains Carlt'on Heidelberg Bacchus Marsh' Caulfield Indigo Bairnsdale Darlingford Inverleigh Balmoral Darlington Jones's Creek Barfold Donnelly's Greek Jordan Baringhup Doon Ringower Barker's Creek Dunkeld Kingston Bealiba Deptford ' Koroit Branxholme . Diggersrest Keilor Break-o'-Day' Dandenong Rew Bridglwater EddiIigt<>n Lake Bolac Bridgewater~on-Loddon Edwards' Reef Lake B;indmarsh Broadford Eldorado Lancefield Buangor Elmhurst "Landsborough Buckland Enoch's Point Lauriston Bulldog Flat Epsom ' . , Learmonth Bullock Creek\ Estcourt Leviathan Reef, Black River Bungaree Evansford Lexton , Balian , 'Emerald, Hill Macarthur Bark!y Essendon . Mack's Creek Bendoc ' Framlingham":.. Maidentown Boggy Creek Franklinford '.. Marong Burnt Creek' Fryerstown Matlock Burrumbeet' Flemington' Merino By.!l~llk ~ Footscray Moliagul \ Bellarine Frankston Morton Plains Birregurra Gafl'ney?s Creek Mount Blackwood' Bullarook Glendaruel Mount Bolton Bruthen GIeng-ower Mount Egerton Ber~ick Glenlyon Moun~ J efl'cott Brighton . 'Glenorchy Myer's Creek Brighton South Glenthompson Mooneo Ponds Brighton East~ . Golden Point Morang, Yan Yean Broadmeadows Goldsbol'o'l{,eef Mordialloe Brunswiek Great Western Newbridge California Gully Gooley's Creek Newbury Cambrian Hill , Growler's Creek Natty Yalloek,
, Campbell'a Creek Guildford N arrawong , - Caramut Happy-go-Lucky N orthcote
I . J '
Omeo Qndit .orford Piggoreet Pyaloiii Pentridge Prahrin Raywood Redb'ank Re'dcastle :{i.edj8.Qket Rokewood Rushworth Richmond Sandford' Sandy Creek, Ovens SJ!.eppilrton Skip~q~,' ' Slileat6n'. , Snowy Creek StanleY' ' Stratford ' St. Jiilda South Yarra Tarrawingee' .. Ten-mile House Terang T bie T n TyldeJ;! " Trentham Toorak Upper Dargo , Vaughan Violettown Wanialla Wedderburn Whipstick " Wickliffe Wild-duek Creek Wooished Winehelsea Yambuk· Yandoit Yea,
) ,
39
APPENDIX F.
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. BRANCH. STATEM:ENT showing the Names of the several Electric Telegraph StatioD;S and the Lines of Telegraph now
in operation in th~ Colony of Victoria. '
Main Lines.
SollTJU:n COAl1l' LlIIE ••
WBSrEllN CQA~ LINI!I ..
CROSS COUll'l'lly-Wl!8Tl!ID1 LINJ!.. .. ..
CAPlI OTwAY LINI!I .,'\,
SW4N HILL LINI!I
Noll'1'lIllRN LlIIE
GIPPIILAND LINE ••
WE_LINE ..
Extent In Miles
from the Melbourne·
Of!\ce.
'"
Name of Slntlon,
18'·
{
Melbourne . General Post Office
Williamstown Geelong Queenscliff Point LonBdale Sandridge Cape Schanck Flinders
., 3111
140
312
231
1116
200
181
154
91.
{ J
{ , r 1 r ~ l
Monnt Gambler Portland Belfast Warmambool Oamperdown Caine
Ballarat •• -
Beaufort •• Streatham Hexham .. Penshurst Hamilton Coleraine Casterton
OtwllY
CreswiCk. Daylesford Maldon Dunolly Cwbrook
Marybcrongh
Avoca Stuartm\ll St. Arnaud
Tarnngnlla Inglewood SerpentineKemng Swan Hill
Coillngwood Kyneton :Malmsbnry To.rildale CastleIIlAine Sandhurst Echuca
Kllmore ..
Seymour Longwood
Bennlla ••
Wo.ngaratln
Becchworth
Wodonga Albury
{
SlIady Ornekt Rosedale ." Sale •• Port Albert
RAILWAY CmCDlT.
{
Spencer street Sunbury New Glsborne Woodend Co.stlemaine Sandhurst Runnymede Eehuca
{ Williamstown Pier • Williamstown Junction Werribee Little River Geelong Meredith Hallamt West
Branch Line •.
,J
{B~ninyOng Branch
.. Linton Branch ••
Seblllltopol Branch
Slnwell Branch, ,
Mortlake Branch
Portland Bl'lInch
.. { C1nnes Branch •• Ma!<!,1'C& Branch ••
Newstead Branch
Heathcote 'Branch
Wood's Point Branch
•• ,Wnhgunynh Brancb
(Bright Bre.ncb •. '
Walhalla Brancb Bo.irnsdo.le l>ranch
SPECIAL WmES
NlIIDe of Station,
Banlnyong
{ Smytbesdo.le •• Linton .. Sebastopol
{Ararat Stawell
Martinka
{Talbot .. C1unes \ MlljorCil
'Newsteo.d
Heatbcote
..} .. :: 1 .. J
..} ..
•• Jamieson '{ Mansfield
, Wood' •. Polnt ••
• Ohllteru .. '{Y3.Cknndandal! ..
.. Wahgunyali ..
.{
Ruthcrglen •• Bright.. .,
Wnlhnllo. Bo.lmsdale
Ballarat Line (I).. .. Williamstown Line (I) .. nIeloourne to Albury (1) •• Melbourne to :MoUlit Gam-
bier (I) .. .. Melbourne to Mornlngton (I) St. Klldat(I).. ..
Extent in Mlle!!.
7 from Ballarat
23 from Ballarat
3 from Ballarnt
49 from Beaufort
9 from Hexham
63 from Bamllton
20 from Maryborough
11 from Maryborol1l!h
10 from Oastlemalne
31 from Kllmol'e 25 from Sandhurn
85 from Bena.lla
50 from Beechworth
36 from Becchworth
32 from Rosedale 43 from· Sale
97 9~ 200
803 3~ 3
8ho~ing 'a total of 96 st3Uons or offices; 2,696 miles of line, provided with 3,300 mUes of wire.
- Denotes Slntton closed during 1870. t Denotes statiof's not yet opened.
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APPENDIX G.
\ ,
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BRANCH. STATEMENT showing the Comparative Revenue for, the- Years 1869 and 1870.
, Nume of' Station, nevenue, 1869 .. Revenue, 1870, IncrellSe, 1870, I DecreBSc, 1870,
. , " £ 8 • d •. £ 8. d. £ 8- d. £ 8. d. Melbourne 13,896 3 0 10,972 15 7 . " 2,923 7 5 Melbourne, General'Post Offi~~* 1,854 12 2 3,649 7 11 1,794 15 9 , -Ararat .... ... 208 12 0 231 17 5 23 5 5 Avoca - 139 3 2 129 16 3 9 6 11 Bairnsdale:~:
.. , ... ." ... . .. 4 0 0 238 '12 3 Ballarat ... ... .. . 4,930 5 2 3,585 2 10 . .. 1,34~ 2 4 Beaufort ... .., 54 16 7 f 63 '5 6 8 8 11 , Beechworth . " ... 858 7 6 808 14 0 ... 49 13 6
, Belfast ... . .. .., 438 14 7 393 9 11 . " 45 4 8 Benalla ... ... 108 9 4 121 2 0 12 12 8 Bright ::: ... ... 306 11 11 159 17 9 ... 146 14 2 Buninyong ... ••• 1
' 26 1 2 26 6 1 0 4 11
Camperdown 151 0 1 246 4 2 95 4 1· ,
... ... Cape Schanck' ... ... 3 5 0 .' 4, 7 5 1 2 5 Carisbrook ... ... ... 57 6 2 50 10 6 .. . 6 15 8 . Casterton .. : ... ... 80 12 ,7 111 15 8 31 3 1 Castlemaine ... ... 382 11 11 461 4 10 78 12 11 " Chiltern
I 238 7 8 161 14 4 76 13 4 ... ... ... .. . Clunes ... ... ... 543 5 3 402 17 11 .. . 140 7 4 Colae ... '. 86 15 0 120 13 1 33 18 1 ... ., . Coleraine ... ... 158 1 11 158 15 11 0 14 0 Collingwood' ... .. , 105 0 0 115 12 9 10 12 9 Creswick ... , .. ... 187 7 1 216 15 10 29 8 9 Daylesford ... . .. 191 5 0 411 ' i2 9 220 7 9 Dunolly ... 165 6 0 160' 19 10
, 4 6 2 ... ... , ..
Echuea ... . .. - ... 381 'I 1 493 4 11 112 3 10 Geelong ... ... . .. 1,243 15 5 1,264 10 8 20 15 3 Hamilton ... ... .. . 366 13 9 449 3 11 82 10 2 Heathcote ... ... ... 84 12 4 82 .19 9 '" 1 12 7 Hexham ... ... . .. 41 3 10 36 4 3 .. . - 4 19 7 Inglewood ... ... 120 10 7 131 4 1 10 13 6 Jamieson . " ... ... 56 10 7 90 12 9 34 2 2 Rerang ... ... .. . 33 9 0 38 9 3 5 0 3 Rilmore ... ... .. , 80 17 6 120 . 4 1 39 6 7' R,Yneton ... ..' ... 126 2 11, 201 15 2 75 12 3 Lmton's ... . .. 32 10 5 39 1- 0 6 10 7 . Longwood ::: 51 8 11 55 7 4 3 18 5
, ... . .. Ma10rca ... ... , .. ." 50 12 5 New office, 1870. Madon ... ... 128 5 4 102 14 1 ... 25 11 3 Malmsbury ... ... 36 16 9 43 18, G 7. 1 9 Mansfield ... •• w* ... 143 1 4 136 10 11! ... 6 10 5 . :Mary borough ... ... 243 6 6 287 9 4 44 2 10 l\1ornington 27 2 10'
, 33 4 1 6 1 3 ... . ..
1\fortlake ... '" '" 85 7 2 95 3 4 9 16 2 Newstead ... ... ... 25 2 ,4 29 12 1 4 9 9 Penshurst ... ... ... 83 3 6 68 19 6 .. . 14 4 0 Port Albert '" ... 104 8 1 ,98 11 5 .., - 5 16 8 Portland ... - .. , 293 11 9 B08 13 8 15 1 11 Queenseliff . ... .. 73 3 9 89 2 .4 15 18 7 Rosedale ... ... 176· 8 8 121 6 0 . .. 55 2 8 Rutherglen ... . .. 109 4 4 89' 5 8 ... 19,18 8 St. Arnaud '" '" 141 10 8 98 15 4, ... 42 15 4 Sale ... ... .. . 523 8 '11 506' 8 8 ... 17 0 3 Sandhurst ... .. , ... 883 1 2 1,154 10 5 271 9 3 , , Sandridge .. , ... 75 12 7 7/J. 3 10' , 1 8 9 ... " ... Sebastopol ... ... ... , 26 14 5 New office, 1870. , Serpentinet '" .. , .. , B 5 0 Closed, 1870. • Seymour ... ... 47 16 2 72 0 8 21 4 6 Smythesdale '" ... 94 14 2 107 '18 11. , 13 4 2~
StawelL . ~ ". .. , .., 371 1. 0 355 17 10 ... 15 3 2 Streatham ... ... ... 40' 7 10 48 11 7 8 3' 9 Stuartmill ... "', .. , ... 135 0 6 New office, 1870. Swan Hill ... .. , ... 68 19 1 75 1 9 6 2 8 Talbot .. , ... ... 270 . 6 9 271 8 3 _ 1 1 6 Taradale ... ... 41 8 1 51 10 '3 10 2 2 Tarnagulla:: : .. , 123 1 5 135 13 1 12 11 '8 Wahgllnyah 255 11 7 224 19 8
, 30 '11 11 ... ... ... Walhalla ...
. 61 10 7 New office, 1870. ... ... I •••
Wangaratta ." ... 286 15 3 303 2 5 16 ''( 2 W arrnambool , .. .. 548 14 ·5 763 5 3 214 10 10 Williamstown '" .. ]99 4 0 182 ]5 1 ... 16 8 11 Wodonga , .. .. , .14, 11 8 83 11 ll·, 39 0 3 . Wood's Point .. ~; 153 15 7 163 11 10 9 16 3 Yackandandah .. , 96 lO 5 96 7 1 ... 0 3 4,
• Opened 6th April 1869. t Serpentine Station closed 3rd February IS7Q •
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APPENDIX H.
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BRANCH. STATEMENT showing the Cash Revenue and Number of Messages Transmitted at each Office during the Year 1870.
Total Number of Date of Tota! Number of Date of Nume of Station. Cash Revenue. Messages Opening Olllee. Name of Station. Cash Revenue. Messages Opening Olllee. Transmitted. Transmitted.
£, 8. d. £, 8. d. Melbourne ... 10,972 15 7 88,278 Mar. 1854 Portland ... ... 308 13 8 4,797 Feb. 1858 Melbourne, General Queenscliff ... 89 2 4 6,124 Jan. 1855
Post Office '" 3,649 7 11 46,107 April 1869 Rosedale ... ... 121 6 0 1,796 Mar. 1867 Ararat ... '" 231 17 5 4,473 Nov. 1858 Rutherglen ... 89' 5 8 1,597 AUg. 1862 Avoca ... ... 129 16 3 2,233 Mar. 1859 St. Arnaud ... 98 15 4 1,522 Jan. 1865 Bairnsdale ... 238 12 3 3,530 July 1869 Sale ... .. . 506 8 8 6,639 Sept. 1864 Ballarat ... ... 3,581) 2 10 50,454 Dec. 1856 Sandhurst. ... 1,154 10 5 17,258 Jan. 1857 Beaufort ... ... 63 5 6 1,093 Mar. 1858 Sandridge ... .. . U 3 10 793 July 1855 Beechworth ... . 808 14 ° 9,590 Jan. 1858 Sebastopol ... 26 14 5 471 Jan. 1870 Belfast ... ... 393 9 11 7,075 Mar. 1858 Serpentine Creek t ... 3 5 ° 58 Jan. 1869 Benalla ... . .. 121 2 ° 2,565 May 1858 Seymour ... ... 72 ° 8 1,345 June 1865 Bright ... ... 159 17 9 2,467 Aug. 1867 Smythesdale ... 107 18 4 2,065 June 1863 Buninyong ... 26 6 I 517 Oct. 1862 Stawell ... ... 355 17 10 5,273 Oct. 1861 Camperdown ... 246 4 2 3,197 Oct. 1863 Streatham ... 48 II 7 854 July 1858 Cape Otway'" ... ... 680 Sept. 1859 Stuartmill ... 135 0 6 1,936 Dec. 1869 Cape Schanck ... 4 7 5 463 Sept. 1861 Swan Hill ... ... 75 1 9 1,326 April 1863 Carisbrook ... 50 10 6 898 Jan. 1861 Talbot ... ... 271 8 3 4,592 Dec. 1860 Casterton .•. ... III 15 8 1,569 July 1865 Taradale ... ... 51 10 3 1,002 Nov. 1861 Castlemaine '" 461 4 10 7,530 Jan. 1857 Tarnagulla ... 135 13 1 2,356 Nov. 1860 Chiltern ... ... 161 14 _ 4 2,458 Mar. 1861 Wahgunyah ... 224 19 8 3,814 Feb. 1861 Clunes ... ... 402 17 II 5,848 Feb. 1861 Walhalla ... ... 61 10 7 893 Nov. 1870 Colac ... ... 120 13 I 1,858 Aug. 1863 Wangaratta ... 303 2 5 5,234 July 1858 Coleraine ... ... 158 15 II 2,229 Aug. 1867 Warrnambool ... 763 5 3 10,789 Mar. 1858 Collingwood ... 115 12 9 1,687 Nov. 1865 Williamstown ... 182 15 I 2,218 Mar. 1854 Creswick ... ... 216 15 10 3,265 Aug. 1859 Wodonga ... ... 88 II 11 1,200 Jan. 1858 Daylesford .. , 411 12 9 6,644 Aug. 1859 Wood's Point ... 163 II 10 2.814 Oct. 1865 Dunolly ... .,. 1601910 2,742 Aug. 1859 Yackandandah '" 96 7 I 1,507 Feb. 1861 Echuca ... ... 493 411 6,761 Dec. 1858 Flinders'" ... ... ... 108 May 1869 RAILWAY CIRCUIT. Geelong ... .1,264 10 8 16,925 Dec. 1854 Spencer street ... 201 4 6 8,346 Oct. 1861 Hamilton ... ... 449 3 II 6,895 Mar. 1861 Ballarat West ... 20 16 4 919 July 1863 Heathcote ... '" 82 19 9 1,415 Oct. 1859 GastJemaine ... 19 3 1 1,518 July 1863 Hexham ... 36 4 3 622 \ April 1858 Echuca ... ... 57 15 10 8,560 June 1865 Inglewood ... 181 4 I 2,278 Oct. 1861 Geelong ... 40 II 8 3,On April Hl62 .Tamieson ... ... 90 12 9 1,962 June 1865 Li ttle Hi ver ... 13 18 4 4,538 Nov. 1862 Kcrang ... ... 38 9 3 575 Aug. 1863 Meredith ... ... 35 2 6 1,276 April 1867 Kilmore ... ... 120 4 1 2,619 Oct. 1857 New Gisborne ... 24 II 4 580 July 1868 KYlleton ... ... 201 15 2 4,130 April 1857 Ravenswood t ... 010 8 13 Linton's ... ... 89 I ° 704 Oct. 1868 Runnymede ... 56 6 8 3,049 June 1865 Longwood ... 55 7 4 1,094 Nov. 1857 Sandhurst ... 37 0 2 2,144 July 1863 Majorca ... . .. 50 12 5 848 April 1870 Sunbury ... , 13 17 II 985 Feb. 1867 Maldon ... ... 102 1-l 1 1,625 Aug. 1859 Werribee ... ... 20 6 0 6,935 April 1862 Malmsbury ... 43 18 6 930 Oct. 1865 Williamstown Junction 3 4 8 3,699 April 1862 Mansfield ... ... 136 10 11 2,38'7 Nov. 1858 Williamstown, Rail-Maryborough ... 287 9 4 4,819 April 1859 way Pier ... 10 ° 6 731 Jan. 1870 Mornington ... 33 4 I 622 Mar. 1861 Woodend ... ... 33 3 5 1,070 Oct. 1861 Mortlake ... ... 95 8 4 1,485 June 1864 Newstead ... ... 29 12 I 751 Oct. 1863 Point Lonsdale II ... ... . .. Oct. 1861 Penshurst ... ... 68 19 6 1,184 Jan. 1867 ---------Port Albert ... 98 11 5 1,767 Dec. 1864 £38,145 10 4 454,598
t Serpentine Station closed 3rd February 1870. Ii Look-ont Shipping Station; no revenue collected.
• Ravenswood Station closed In l.Iareh 1870.
APPENDIX I.
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BRANCH. TABULAR. Statement showing Statistics of Business from 1854 to 1870, inclusive.
Yenr. Cash Revenue. Charge for Nnmberof Total Number of Government Telegrams. Government Telegmms. Telegrams.
£ 8. d. £, 8. d. 1854 ... ... 223 2 7 1,087 0 5 1,570 3,869 fS55 ... ... 3,162 13 II 3,074 II 8 2,559 12,241 1856 ... ... 3,225 13 5 2,422 2 3 2,685 13,174 1857 ... "'6 10,024 16 10 8,023 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 i 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 1l,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 ° 59,887 235,648 1868 ... ... 31,058 6 8 9,916 I II 57,047 276,677 . 1869 ... '" 34,18:! ° 5 10,460 10 7 57,975 227,181 1870 ... ... I 33,145 10 4 5,996 12 9 60,634 454,598
----. Total ... 391,222 2 7 li6,862 16 5 720,721 3,224,925
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APPENDIX K.
POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.·
EXPENDITURE und~r control of Public Works Department.
Total expenditure for Lines, Stations, &0., as per previous statement, to 31st Deoember £ . 1869 .... ... ... ... .... ... ... .,. .,.
£ . 288,673
s. d • 1 5
EXPENDITURE DURING .1870 .. Main extension of lines ... . .. 4,000 0 0
7,200 0 0 New buildings andr~pairs to existing buildings
CURRENT EXPENDITURE DURING. 1870, .'
.11,~OO 0 0
299,873. 1 5 Rent of ohief office and insuranoe .. :... . ... , . '" . " ... Rent of temporary offioes .... ':.. ... .. ...
810 4 0 1---,--1,174- 10 8
1,984 14 8
APPENDIX L.
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RETURN showing:'Net Revenue from 1st January to 31st December; 1870.
ELECTRI0 TELEGRAPH BRANCH .
£ s. d. £ s. I d. 33,145 10·' 4 .~ .-~-
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2,398 19 6
By Cash reoeipts.paid into Treil~ury fiom 1st January to 31st December 1870 ... Less aiuount. due to other Colonies on' account of intercplpni;\.l business for same period:
New South Wales .... £1,026 6 9 .. South Australia '.:. ....: ... :.... . 171 1 1 :Bass Cable Company .....:. ... . ... • ... 1,201 n 8
Amount due by other Colonies on acc9unt of intercolonial business for same period: 30,746 10 10 88 16 2 88 15 s· Queensl!l'nd '" .. . ...... .. ~ ':. .u."". ,,:'" f .. • •
tasmama... ... ........ '" ... . .. 177 11 10
30,924
: '.,. APPENDIX ·M:_.
ELECTRIC TELE(j-RAP~ BRA~CH. l
STATEMENT showing Am,ount'of :B\l~ines~, T~ansl?itt.e.d thrpugh the Bass'sjStraits Cable. t ", .. ~ t , : ',<-1I,.f ' .,,",.. 0". ,: ,
,From 1st January to 31st December 1870. ' Date. , Number of Messages. ' , • Value.,
lstJa.nuary to 31st December 1870 9,310 .£4,422 6$. 9d ....
c .·APPENDIX.,N . . " ". ELECTRIC TELE'GRAPH' BRANCH.
EXTENSIONS of Telegraph Lines 'in other Colonies during 1870, a.nd Lines in progress . . ' ",' .. , NEW SOuTR.,WALES: ' ', ..•
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Extension of line .from G~!lfton t;o ,Cla~ence Heads,. 4J, Pl,Hes." "' ',Prop,osed ~inEl from Na!l"abl"i to Fort ~ourk~, 250 mil~s. ... .". Kiama to J:erVlB Bay, 40 mIles: ",,' Maltlan,d to Mannmg RIver, 55 Illlies.
" Bathurst to Careoar, 30! miles. . "additional wire from Maitland to Armidale. " Grafton to Casino, 35 miles. I ... " " Eden to Gabo Island, 36 miles:' "
" 'QUElliNSLAND.,
taria, 350' miles-65 miles completed from Cardwell, and ,," Clermont to Springswie, 112 miles, Line in course of erection ,from Cardwell to Gulf of Carpen.' I Proposed line from Warwick to Goondiwindi, 150 miles.
65 miles rcompleted on Western Section. I The whole· ;. , ! line is 'expeoted to be finished ~a.rly in July 1871. ' . ':
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, J .~ :'. '. r TASMANIA. . ., New Stations opened at Brighton an4.Nine-mile Springs, ' I ' It is proposed to open New Norfolk during 1871 Lalso offices
, . , ,. J,; , __ :: at all stations on.Launceston and Deloraine Railway.
SOUTH' A USTRALU. Extension of line.'from Roseworthy't9 'Burra Burra, 70 miJes. "1 ',. Exteq![ion jn progress upon the Overland line from Port
, Augusta, South Australia, to Port Darwin, North Aus-'. traFa, 1,800 mile~.. • ' , ,
* The present'state of thls work Is ns follows :-From Port Augusta poles planted for 200 miles, and poles 'cut' and' distributed for nnotller 150 miles, wire beiug carted for 32.'; miles. This is for the first seCtion (by contract) of 500 mile~ •. The second (central) sectioD; from'latltude 27° to'190 30', 18 being carried out by I tlve Government parties, and two, if not three, ofth~ parties are now at work, each having 120 miles of Hue" to erect. Wire, insulators, other materials. and rations for the whole of the parties are nnw Beven to eigbt hundred mUes north of ,Port Augusta. The third or northern section, from 190 30' to rort DarWin, is being el'ccted by contract. l'be first pole planted .. t Port Danv\n 17th September last,nud, by advices.dated 8th November 1870,90 miles of line reported finished, and by this time (Febrtt'ary 1871) 150 mUes would' have been completed, and in working order. Constant communication j8 kept up by telegraph between Port DarwiJr. and the working party ns the line progi'e ••• s. . .•. - . • ,
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:By Authority: JOHNFERRES, (ffivernment Printer, MelbournE.'.