1878.
VICTORIA.
·REPORT
ON THE
-POST OFFICE AND T,ELEGRAPH
DEPARTMENT
POR THE YEAR
:1872.
PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND.
liJX! autborit!!: JOHN FERRES, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, MELBOURNE. No. 13. . '
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*PPROXlMATE COST OF REPORT. ;£ s. d. Prepamtlon-N"ot given. PrInting (825 caples), 71 10 0
-- POST OFFICE AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT, ,
GENERAL POST OFFICE,
Melbourne, 31st March 1873.
SIR,
As required by the 57th section of the Post Office Statute, 29 Victoria
No. 298, I have the honor to submit a General Report upon the affairs of the
Post Office for the year 1872.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
W. TURNER,
Deputy Postmaster-General.
The Honorable .
The Minister Administering the
Post Office and Telegraph l?epartment. ' , I
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- REPORT.'
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE. , Revenue. There was a considerable increase in the business of the Department during 1872. The gross receipts for Postages, Money Order Commission,' &c., amounted to £141,690, showing an increase of £11;699 over the year 1871. The gross receipts of the .Electric Telegraph Branch amounted to £42,617, being £5676 in excess of the amo"!1nt collected during the previous year. The principal sources of the increased Postal Revenue were, the Inland - correspondence, Colonial ship letters, and Inland newspapers, which are estimated to have increased 3;bout 11 per cent., 10! per cent., and 7 per cent. respectively. There has been an increase of 11 i per cent. in the number of registered letters.' ' In the Electric Telegmph business there was in 1872' an increase of nearly 17 per cent. in the Victorian,private messages over the number transmitted in 1871, and in the Intercolonial messages an increase (?f 14 per cent. On comparing the to~ number of messages transmitted over the Victorian lines of telegraph and the rc;venue collected during the year 1869-the year' before the reduction of the rates--=-with the transactions III 1872, the following is the result ;- Number of Messages transmitted. Gross Revenue. 1869 800,919 £34,183 1872 639,960 42,617 The increase- of business is no doubt due almost ,entirely to the reduction in rates, and so far the result may be considered satisfactory; ,but the fact must not be overlooked that, in consequence of the more general and frequent use of the telegraph wires, the working staff has necessarily been augmented, and that although in the third year under the lower rates the receipts have increased by £8434, as shown above, this addition t'o, the revenue has not been secured without a large additional outlay, which up to the end of the year 1872 may be e'stimated at £7250.'
Expenditure. The gross expenditure of the Department on account of the year 1872 was £292,623, or £27,498 in excess of that of the previous year. . , The Inlan~ ¥ail Service cost £14,197 more in 1872 than in 1871 ; salaries and wages, including increments under' the Civil Service Act, £5450; and contin gencies, £4213; this latter item including the purchase-money of extra telegraph instruments and materials for plaCing the telegraph lines of the colony under the open - circuit systerp.. (See fo1. 11, Post Office Report] 871.) , The Ocean Mail Service shows an increase of £2710 ; and the collections on . account of other Governments have been ,heavier. A further statement of the Revenue and Expenditnre of the Depart:qlent will be found at page 210f this Report. 6
'TIlE following Return shows the Estimated Number of Letters, Packets, and Newspapers Received and Despatched during 1872.
, SHIP LETTERS • . Number of Total Lattonl. PostOtileu. Rocelved,
Colonlel. British and Foreig~.· I Coloniel, Ilritisb And Foreign, i , -
I1fll1l1l1n 44l,600, 521,4~6 426,544 551,455 12,941,095
. SHIP PACKETS., I Despatched, Received. Total Packets.
.. \". <, ; !: j', ~ 06100i«1. I BritIsh and Foreign. Colonial, llritish,and Foreign, .
733 32,148 13,421 10,671 47,535 556,486 .. ,
SHIP NEWSPAPERS.
I· Inlan,,' .. ~ .. I .• ; I. Total N owspapers. Dilsp~tched. Received. -" "Y">" i .. _. -, .. Colonial. British and Foreign. Colonial. British and ForelgO.. ''''': ~-:::: - ," ... '" 392,016 . 610,425. 239,~08 ,1,250,090 . 5,~?9,772 ' k'
J ;", 5, . "." .... , of letters registered m YlCtonn ill 1B12, 136,925.
DEAD' AND lRREGULARL'Y POSTED LETTERS.
THE following Returns show the Number of Letters, &c., received and dealt with in the Dead Letter Branch during the Year 1872 . .. - "' .. .. Received. How disposed of•
.··w ...... ~ ___ .. f" .. ~-- - Unclaimed. Year. Irregularly Returned Destroyed. atHl Total. Intercolonial Po.ted. Total. &0. Victorinn. amI .. Deliyercd. ; Foreign.
1872 ... 85,926 22,962 22,132 131,020 118,685 12,335 131,020 \ Being nn increase over previous year of 24,489 in fiB; thus- 13,915 Dcnd Letters J 97 LP. Letters --10;317 from Wrecked Mail 24,489 increase over the year IB7l
---:--.. . --~-~.~-~-~---- ..---.. -~--~.-~~.....- • These numbers lnclude 10,377 letters (50ri-of which 'Were-registered) rcc(n~ered from tlle wreck of the mail steAmer Rangoon, Il;nu dealt with in the ;oead Leuer Office; 1540 T(;gistcred lettcl'iS nrc nisI) illeludcd, 171 of ,yilich cnntaiucd enclosures of value (amouut ns below), 27 enclosed articles, and 1342 were without valnable contents, or the vntue of contents not known to the Department. lrifty~olle orditmry lettcrs also c0utnlned nrtich:s of value. • . , . Twenty-fivc letters were posted during the year with obscene or ltbcUous nddrcs~s • . One hundred and twenty-two of the'" Irregularly l'ostec1 n "lettcrs bore no nnme'or address wllntevcr! and 518 but imperfect nddresses; the8e letters could not, in consequence, he forWM'ded to their intended destinatiolls." The remainder under this hending wero unpaid, or jusuffieiently pa.id letters, including 1976 valentines. . Sixty-one letters were ascel'tn.ined to.. hcnr wrong 8(ldres;:;es!"nnd gome of these contnined enclosures, the total -vnlue of which was nearly £600. The errors of the posters in theEc cases were correcled in the'ofi1ee where lJrnctlcal)lc, and where that ,vas not ·possible the JettcrS'were returned to the writers or otherwise nisposed of. , In Rrlditirm to the above number of lcMers., 2522 packets WfTC also dealt with during the year. Seventy-two packets and papers "'tcrc received, posted in the colon,.. in violation of the ·Postal Slatute, in which, amongst other things enclosed, may be mentioned bottles tlf medicine, oil, -wine, oysters, &:c" &e. . . RETURN !,howing the-Number· of, Registered·and Unregistered Letters, &c., containing Value received and dealt with in the Dead Letter Branch during the Year 1872.
How dealt with.
Returned, Deliycred, On Hand nt Close negistered. -Ordinary. Year 18;'2. II.:c, _. Paid into . of Year~ Treasury :fJ:om,. say 112 Letters Yalue.of Dcstr~}!ed . No. Ynlue of 'No. Contents. Content ••
£ 8. £ s. d. £ '8. d. ClI8h, Notes; and Stamps ... liZ 19 5 32 6 5 Cheques, Drafts, &0. 2,368 15 2 Totals 112 700 19 5 2,401 1 7
NOTE.-Includ('s the snm of £738 45. 7d~ realized at fnie by auction of jewellery, &c., received through the post in violation of the Cnstoms law .()f the colony; also the baJance of casb, notes, and stamps on huud, ana cheques, &c., d-euJt with from previous year.
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NEW . POST AND TELEGRA.PH· OF¥ICES. . . .' , Thirty-one new' Post Offices were opened:-,in 1.8~7)2 at the uIidermentioned places:-'." .. J ~ : t Aberfeldy . Flynn's. Qrcek Lower Buckland .. ,'" ' 'fooborac Avoca Forest Glenmaggie Lyall 'l'oolleen Clarke's Hill Gre-gre ,Maroona Wallington Colbinabbin K;
Diggings to " Carapooee;" and W ordieboluc to " 'Vensleydale." I . The Post Office, Fernshawe, which was closed in December 1869, was re-opened in March 1872. Brighton, Brunswick, Chewton, Emerald Hill,' Fryerstown, Hawthorn, Koroit, Prahran, Richmond, Scarsdale, and South Yarra, have been opened as combined Post and Telegraph Offices: . ' . Post Office Savings Banks have been 'opened at the following 'places :- Beeac (Ondit) Koroit Wahgunyah Bullarook PortarIington Wickliffe. Hastings 'ferang Money Order Offices have been established at the following places :.- , Allansford Hawthorn, Lower (Receiving House) Berwick Market street, Melbourne, West, Cfelegraph Office) Buliarook ' Portarlington Byaduk South Brighton. Harrow . Total number of Post Offices on the 31st December, 733. The boundaries of the letter delivery at Richmond have been extended to the Horticult,ural G~l;dens. In lieu of one delivery per diem, two deliveries are now made daily at North Fitzroy and North CoWngwood.
BUILDINGS.~GE]I;"'ERAL POST OFFICE. , .The business of the Central Telegraph Office was, on the 15th July, transferred from the Exchange Buildings, William street, to the temporary building erected on the vacant portion of the General Post Office reserve in Elizabeth stteet. On the same date a branch oTelegraph Office for the ,special accommodation of mer~hants and others carrying on business in tht: western portion of the city was opened at the Custom House building, Flinders street. ,To provide out-buildings and stables, it has been found, I;lecessary to rent a portion of premises abutting on the Post Office reserve, and further accommodation is still greatly required.
OTHER BUILDINGS. The new building at Beaufort has been completed and occupied. At Hawthorn, a wing of the Town-hall building, erected .for a Post and Tele graph Office, with a subsidy from Government, has also. been completed and occupied. A ,Post and Telegraph Office has been ~re,cted and occupied,at Koroit, near Belfast. The new building at Brighton )Vill, it ~s exp'ec,ted; be, ready for occupation in April 1873. I - 8 A contract has been entered ,into for erecting a new Post and Telegraph Qffice at Avo.ca" and, the building is in progress. Arrangements are in progress for new buildings at Buninyong;, Casterton; . CastIemaine, Eaglehawk, Majorca; Stawell, and Wangaratta. New, premises have been rented at Emerald: Bill, Stawell, (for quarte:rs), Stratford, Taradale, and Terang. . Sun,dry additi~ns, alterations, and repairs have been effected at Cape Otway, .' Belfast, Benallaj Geelong, Bexham, Longwood, Portland, Qu~enscliff, Sandhurst, and Sandridge. ' Additional iron receIvmg pillars. have' been erected at Carlto~, Eaglehawk, Emerald, Bill, Botham, Prahran, St. Arnaud, Sandh~st, and StawelL
POSTAGE STAMPS. , No change has been made in any of ,the stamps, and no new stamp has been issued this year. Ninety-six new stamp licenses have been issued, and'~ix revoked, making the . total number at present on the books 401; or an increase over last year of.nearlY 29 per 'cent. ' Since May last an officer of the fo~rth clit!'s of this branch has been engag~d in supervising the printing of stamps, retaining under his immediate control the dies, &c., whilst in use;
DEN03IINATION, Number, and Value of Postage Stamps M~nufactured and Issued at the General Post Office during the Year 1872.
MANUFACTURED, ISSUED, , , -
Denomination. Number. 'Value. Denomination. Number, Value,
£ II. d. £ 8, d. One-penny stamps ...... 3,414,000 14,225 0 0 One-penny stamps ...... 3,393,657 14,140 4 9 One-penny stamped new~paper One-pennystampednewsp.aper wrappers ...... 497,760 2,074 0 0 wrappers ...... 2,058 19 4 Twopenny stamps ...... 10,284,000 85,700 0 .. 0 Twopenny stamps .:. ... 85,641 16 2 Twopenny stamped envelopes ... 36,485 304 0 10 Twopenny stamped envelopes lOJ!UH 304 0 10 Twopence-farthing stamped en- Twopence-farthing , stamped velopes ...... 4,200 39 7 6 envelopes ...... 5;076 47 II 9 Threepenny stamps ...... 444,000 5,5fiO 0 0 'l'hrecpenny stamps .. . 457,613 5,720 3 3 Fourpenny stamps ...... ]20,000 2,000 0 0 Fourpenny stamps ... 123,857 2,064 5 8 Sixpenny stamps. '" ... 636,000 15,900 0' 0 Sixpenny stamps ... 653,686 16,342 3 0 Ninepenny stamps ... ' 78,000 2,925 0 0 Ninepenny stamps ...... 75,601 2,835 0 9 TWQ'Mhilling stamps ... \ ... 12;000 1,200 0 0 One-shilling stamps ... 85,054 4,252 '14 0 Two-shilling'stamps ... 12,994 1,2g9 8 0 . Fh'e-shilling stamps ... 5,142 1,285 10 0 Totals' ...... 15,526;445 129,917' 8 4. Totals '" ... 15,620,334 135;991 17 6
h'LAND MAILS. , The amount paid for conveyance of Inland 'Mails, 1872 (~xclusive of' £7939 12s. 3'd. 'paid to ~he Department of Railways), was £88,132 l,ls. 7d:, and the gross ,Ii~mber' of miles travelled with the Mails (deductipg 509,994 miles travelled 'by rail)'wf!.s 2,920,610; ~t an average C?st of 7;rl. per.mile. Contr~cts for the Inland Mail Servi~e have, been enter~d into for a period' of eighteen months, from l~t January 1873 to 30th June 1874.' Average cost per mile" ,7 d., exclusive of railway sery-ic'e.
Additions and Alterations in Mail Arrangements; 1872. To and from Rye ,and Sorrento, once a week additional during :summer months. To, and fror;n: ,Melbourne", Oakleigh, Springvale, and Dandenong, twice: a day (qnce a day additionafservice). ,. To and from Murchison-and Seymour, daily. ' To and from Tatyoon ,and Ross' Bridge, twice a week. To and 'fl'om' Stawell and' GlimorcllJ, daily.
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Mails from Belfast, Warl'DlImbool, &c., despatched from Belfast 10 a.m. instead of midnight, due in Melbourne 10.40 a.m., instead of 11.13 p.m. To and from Toolleen and Clare Inn, twice II week. To and from Dur.didwarrah and Steiglitz, three days a week, in lieu of daily. To and from Melton and Rockbank, two days a week. . To and from St. Arnaud and Gre-gre, once a week. To and from Moonambel and Kimberley, three days a week. To and from Dunkeld and {{arabeal, once a week. To and from Lancefield Road, Romsey, and Duck Holes, twice a day. To and from Melbourne and Frankston, twiee a day. To and from nrighton and Beallmaris, discontinued. To and from Ballarat and Clarke's Hill, daily. To and from Matlock, Aberfeldy, and Walhalla, three days 0. week. To 3,11d from Camperdown and Lismol'e, twice a week. To and from Port Albert ,and Stockyard Creek, three days a week (additional service one day a week). ' Deviation to Drik-drik on Haywood and Dartmoor service. To and from Bnrrllmbeet and"Bo-peep, twice 0. week. To !lnd from Durdidwarrah and Mount Wallace, three days a week (one day additional frequency). To and from Melbourne and Seymour, twice a day (once a day additional frequency). DeviaLion to Kalymna on :\:Ioyston and Watgauia service. To and from Lower Hawthorn and Uppel' Hawthorn, twice a day. Additional mail dailY"to and from Scarsdale and .Melbourne, extra daily mail during summer season (1st November to 31st March).
EXTE;NSION OF ELE~TRIC TELEGRAPH LINES.
The undermentioned extensions have been completed during the past year :~ Castlemaine to Fryerstown 6 miles Melbourne to HaWthorn ..• 4 miles Smythesdale to Scarsdale 3 miles Brighton 7 miles Belfast to Koroit 9 miles " South Yarra 2 miles Castlemaine to Chewton ... 3 miles " Prahran 3 miles Melbourne to Richmond ... 2 miles " Brunswick ... 3 miles Emerald Hill 1 mile " " Additional Wires erected during 1872. Melbourne to Longwood (Railway Service), 91 miles. On the opening of the several sections of the North-Eastern Railway~ it became necessary to furnish the means for telegraphic communication between Melbourne and the new stations, and, as a temporary arrangement, loops have been constructed from the North-Eastem telegraph line to Donnybrook, Wallan-wal1an, Kilmore, and Seymour stations on the line of railway. A special "rire has also been run for the use of the Railway Department to Newmarket and Essendon. Loops will be required at Avenel, Longwood, Euroa, Violet Town, Benalla, Gleurowan, Wan$aratta, Chiltern, and Barnawartha. It has been decided to erect iroll poles for the whole of the North-Eastern wires, within the railway fences, as soon as they can be procured from England. An instalment of 1200 of these poles (Oppenheimer's patent) is expected to arrive shortly, the order having been sent to the Agent-General in September. - Wires dispensed with during 1872. S'econd wire from Melbourne to Mornington.
TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH EUROPE A:t-.JJ THE EAST. On the 21st of October 1872 direct telegraphic coillmunicaEpn was established 'Via Port Darwin, and, with the exception of a few interruptions of short duration on the overlalld line, the communication has been satisfactorily maintained. No. 13. 10
Frequent complairits have been made with' reference to the il~acc~tracy of the messages r~ceived and transmitted, giving rise to unnecessary repetitions and delays befo.re correctness could be secured. I am informed that the errors chiefly orig!nate over the Dutch land lines. I understand, however, that steps are about to be taken t6 remedy these irregularities by erectiug a second wire between Banjowangie and Batavia, to be worked by and under the exclusive control of English operators. It is stated that negotiations have. been opened between the Governments of New South Wales, Queensland, and New Zealand, with a large contracting European firm, for the construction and laying of a cable from New South Wales to New Zealand, and from N orman ton to Singapore direct, thence .by land line to Calcutta, thus forming a duplicate line to Europe a~d the East. Judging from the number of messages that have passed over the British and Australian lines up to the end of the year, the value of the Australian business may be'set down at about £80,000 per annum, nearly one-half of which is contributed by Victoria. For Statement see Appendix O.
STEAM POSTAL COMlYIUNICATION. Suez Route. In 'October 1872 proposals from Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies were received by the Australasian colonies for a new postal service, to come i~to operatiou 011 the termination of 'the contract with the Peninsular' and Oriental Steam. Navigation Com~any. The Imperial Govermnent offered to convey the A.ustralian mails between England and Point de Galle, and vice versa, until 31st January 1880, on condition that an efficient line of packets fitted at Point de Galle to the Suez and ,Chlna packets, to run once Qvery four weeks, or once a fortnight, between Point de Galle and such port or ports. in Australia as the colonies might determine on, were provided by the colonies in combination; the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty Treasury <: ~ §1e Parli;mentary Paper E 19, orilered to be printed 12th November lSi2. t The Conference took place, and resu1te~ in tb~ adoption of the proposal of. the Impc;'ial Government, the colonies' contributing to the cost of the bmnch and mam servICes once every foul' weeks In proportlOn to the number of letters . received and despatched, Terminus of lille to be at Melbourne. AN ACCOUNTShowJDg the Amounts on the Australian Colonies and New Zealand on account of the Mail Packet Service for the Year 31st December] 872. I Sen'ieo between Seryice between 1IIoiety of Cost of Colonies. King George':; Sound :'lclbourne }\Jnil Hoxes i·otnls. nnd Melbourne. and Sydney. u.uu 1'oIail Bags. -----,------I------' -1-----1------£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d, £ s. d. £ s. d. Victorin, \) 982,600 14,700 10 5 2 9 6 77 8 6 36 2 8 1,519,222 6 4 G 47,125 15 New South W files 394,830 5,907 0 9 12° 4 1 3 4,686 16 31 2 3 14 10 4" (J18,OM 7 D 6 23,631 12 6 South Austrnlill. • 197,880 2,960 9 11 13 11 15 11 10 7 5 6 321,488 341 18 0 7,o1D 19 2 -New Zealnnd - ;... 45,160 675 10 II 3 5 8 9 536 0 8 311 2 1 13 2 90,139 95 17 6 2,723 5 7 Tasmania .70,340 1,052 6 9 1,491 0 10 0 7 '5 10 10 2 11 9 188.216 200 0 3,158 14 9 Queensland ... 179,445 2,684 16 2 3,80'!' 1 7 1,801 19 11 2,130 3 3 14 2 10 6 12 0 260,883 277 10,719 6 ,9 Western Australia 33,375 ' 499 5 1 707 7 9 2 12 7 1 4 7 57,298 60 15 °6 1,271 5 6 ---- 1------1-----1------1,903,630 28,480 ° 0 40,353 0 0 16,794 0 0 7,353 0 0 150 0 0 70 0 0 3,055,300 3,250 0 0 96,450 0 0 Dr. ACCOUNT CURRENT for the Year 1872, in continuation of that rendered for the Year 1871. Cr. Balance of Account i-' Colonies, to 31st December per Totals. Colon!es. Bemittances. Branch Packet Total,. i-' J871. Sen·ice. Year 1871. ·---1------,------£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. ,£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Victoria 52,233 10 1 47,125 15 9 99,359 5 10 Victo~in. 26,116 0 0 111 0 7 73,132 5 3 99,359 5 10 New South Wn.les 25,459 2 4 23,631 12 6 49,090 14 10 New South Wales ... 22,996 8 1 44 6 5 26,050 4 19,090 14 10 South Anstralia 12,597 16 1 7,519 19 2 20,117 15 3 South Anstralia 8,472 16 1 4,125 0, 0 22 17 5 7,497. °1 9 20,117 15 . :3 • New Zealand 6 4 2,723 5 7 15,953 11 11 New Zealand 9,000 0 0 1/178 18 1 20 2 5 5,55<1 11 ,5 15,95:3 11 11 rrasmn.nin. 15 9 3,+58 14 9 7,154 10 6 Tasmanin. 2,489 5 8 1,206 10 0 7 14 11 3,450 19 II 7,154 10 6 Queenslancl I 5 1O,il9 6 9 27,209 8 2 QueeT)sland 1I,249 14 5 1,225 HI 6 5 14,715 7 4 27,209 8 2 Western Australia 12 4 1,271 5 6 2,912 17 10 Western Australia 1,641 12 4 ° ° 3 15 2 1,267 10 4 2,912 17 10 ------125,348 4 4 96,450 0 0 221,798 4 4 81,965 16 7 7,9:15 8 229 3 4 131,667 16 4 :21,798 4 4 l\ ..... RETURN showing the Estimated Receipts on account of Steam Postal Service Outwards for 1872. £ s. d. Postage on Letters, including.Registra.tion Fee 16,511 5 3 Packets a31 5 6 Newspapers ... 2,526 17 2 19,369 7 11 • . "- COST of Steam Postal Communication between Great Britain aml the Australian Colonies and New Zealand, extracted from Accounts furnisheu the London Office. WESTERN AUSTRALIA. TASlIUNIA. QUEENSLAND. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Y.~r. Point de Galle,and Point de Galle and Point de Galle and Point de Galle and England and Australia. Total Co.t. England and· '"Australia., Total COlIt. England and Australia, Total (Joll. England and Australia, Total Co.t. l'01nt de Gall•. Egyptian 1'1.,te, .!to.' Point de Gall•• Egyptian Rato, &e. Point de Gallo. Egyptian Rate, &c. Puint de Galle. Egyptian Rate, &:c ------_._------.------1------.£ $. d. .£ t. d. .£ 8. d. £ 8. d. £ $. d. .£ II. d. .£ 8. d. .£ 8. d. .£ 8. d. .£ 8. d. £ 8. d. £ 8. d. 1866 193 1~ 4 .555 8 9 749 5 1 459 12 8 1,865 9 3 2,325 III 1,354 4 11 7,219 4' 10 8,573 9 9 1,406 3 10 3,893 8 2 5,299 12 ° 1867 2(}0 17 3 883 9 7 1,144 610, 584 11 I 2,809 16 7 3,394 7 8 1,847 12 10 8,976 9 8 10,824 2 6 1,970 8 3 6,085 ° 4 8,055 8 7 1868 540 17 6 813 15 0 1,35t 12 6 1,134 4Il 2,407 4 .4 3,541 9 3 3,062 12 2 7,430 9 2 10,493 I ,4 3,710 14 3 5,356 10 5 9,067 4 8 1869 606 17 2 858 6 4 1,465 3 6 1,238 12 2 2,589 3 I 3,827 15 3 2,994' 18 3 8,355 311 Il,350 2 2 3,842 1 4 5,367 14 7 9,209 15 11 1870 410 II 6 743 5 2 1,153 16 8 871 Ii' I 2,242 8 5 3,II4 5 6 2,29~ 6 2 6,920 I 9,213 i' 2 2,518 17 8 4,480 8 5 6,999 6 1 '" ° 1871 . 466 1 5 723 15 II 1,189 17 4 962 12 6 2,224 19 10 3,187 12 4 2,400 .\7 3 6,988 7 ° 9,359 4 3 2,842 6 1 4,387 8 6 7,229 14 7 1872" 499 5 I 772 0 5 . 1,271' 5 6 1,052 6. 9 2,406 8 3,458 14 9 2,684 16 ·2 8,034 10 7 10,719 6 9 2,960 911 4,559 9 3 7,519 19 2 --,------° ------Total 2,978 6 3 5,350 1 2 8,328 7 5 6,303·17 2 16,545 9 6 22,849 6 8 16,638 7 9 53,924 6 2 70,562 13 II 19,251 1 4 34,129 19 8 53,381 1 0 'cc - ...... " t:.:l NEW ZEALAND. NEW SOUTH WALES. VICTORIA. VICTORIA. YCIl.r. ~~- Point de Gall. "ud Point de Galle and Point,de Galle and Estima.te!} Receipts E,tiwt'lted Lo•• England a.nd England and England and on Austra.liat Total Cost. .l\ustrn.liaf TolK~l Cost . Australia., TotaJ Cost. OH a.ccount account roint d. Galle. Egyptian &,te, &0. l'oiut de Gallo. Egyptian Ita. te, &e. Puiut de Galle. EgYIJtian .Rate, &c. of this Service. of this Service. ------£ 8. d. 8. d. £ $. d. £ 8. d. .£ 8. d. £ 8. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ 8. d. £ s. d . 2,658 0 14,254 1 16,912 1866 4,244- 4 5 12,!j86 12 ° 16,830 16 5 7 8 8 8 6,122, 10 10 24,072 3 8 30,194 14 6 21,542 8 I 8,652 6 5 1867 2,272 17 7,561 15 7 9,834 12 7 3,448 4 16,883 2 I 20,331 6 5 7,925 9 3 28,965 10 36,890 19 3 20,572 4 (1 16,318 15 3 ° ! " ° 1868 1,542 '16 4 4,675 1 5 6,217 17 ~9 5,870 16 6 13,677 2 1 19,547 18 7 14,516 '8 4 24,'136 6 7 38,952 14 11 ]!l,i26 12 8· 19,226 2 3 1869 1,101 18 9 3,402 18 4 4,504 17 It 5,367 17 10 15,099 7 6 20,467 5 4 16,493 14 6 33,299 16 3 49,793 10 ·9 2.\320 ° ° 29,473 10 9 1870' 2,402 14 11 7,450 5 2 9,853 0 1 7,811 19 10 13,485 4 1 21,291 3 11 12,321 2 7 31,026 8 o , 43,347 10 7 20,275 5 10 23,072 4 9 1871 2,500 10 II 7,384 5 5 9,884 16 4 5,508 ° 8 16,079 16 7 21,587 17 3 13,798 II 2 30,505 13 5 44,304 .( 7 19,378 17 4 24,925 7 3 1872· 675 10 11 14 8 2,723 5 7 5,907 9 17,724 II !l 23,631 12 6 14,700 10 5 32,425 5 4 47,125 15 9 19,378 17 4 27,746 18 5 ° ,------._------~------.--- Total 14,740 13 3 45,108 12 7 59,849 5 10 36,572 6 11 107,203 5 9 143,775 12 8 85,878 7 1 204,731 3 3 290,609 10 4 141,194 5 3 149,415 5 1 • Acconnts not yet adjusted. NOTE.-Th!s Return does not Include the cost of the Brlllloh Servlees to New zealand, Queensland, Soulb AustraliA, lind Tasmania, which Is not charged against the other colonies. 13 ·RETURN showing the Number of Letters, Packets, and Newspapers received in and despatched from Victoria by the Royal Mail Steamers in each Month during IH72. RECEIVED. DESPATCHED. I Dale. Name Qf Steamer. Letters. l)o.ckets. Newspapers. Date. Name of Steamer. Letters. Pnckets. INewspapers. ------1872. 1872. Jan. 19 Ba'llgalore ... 54,060 2,268 95,076 Jan. 2 Bellar ... 30,871 764 41,342 Feb. 15 Baroda ... 52,472 2,270 104,492 Feb. 2 Nubia ... 47,60S 1,244 49,181 March 15 Nubia ... 40,028 2,147 88,752 16 Bangalore ... 12,276 429 17,121 April 7 Bongalore .. , 38,148 3,975 87,267 March" 1 Baroda ... 30,015 663 32,665 Baroda 37,393 5,085 115,007 28 Nubia 37,857 964 43,144 May 5 '" " '" May 31 Nubia ... 39,968 4,182 96,505 April 24 Bangalore '" 42.967 1,007 77,034 June 28 Ba'llgalore ... 38,135 3.995 92,748 May 22 Baroda ... 42,261 1,222 43,983 July 26 Baroda ... 35,699 3,929 94,933 June 19 Nubia ... 42,059 1,190 43,466 Aug. 24 Ta'lljore ... 36,041 3,692 89,782 July 17 Banga/ore ... 41,719 1,110 43,448 Sept. 20 Bangalore ... 40,218 4,101 94,803 Aug. 14 Baroda .. , 40,876 1,129 52,93S Oct. 18 Baroda ... 40,317 4,151 89,895 Sept. 11 Tanjore ... 37,774 996 44,091 Nov. 21 Behar ... 41,156 3,789 87,7i8 Oct. ~1 Bangalore ... 41,532 1,096 42,776 Dec. 16 Bangalore ... 45,380 3,722 89,501 Nov. S Baroda .. , 34,460 938 36,227 Dec. 6 Behar •• ' i 35,961 962 39,033 , ----- Totals ... 5:;9,015 47,306 1,226,539 Totals ... 1518,246 ,li7U 606,446 STATEMENT showing the Dates upon which the Royal Mail Steamers were due in Melbourne and the Dates upon which they arrived; also the Duration of the Voyage from Galle. Due at ~lelbourne. Arr!\'a! at J.lelbourne. I DuratiQn of Before aPPOinted Name of Steamer. Late. -----~~.-- Voyage from Gulle, time. TIme. ------Date. Time. Date. ------_._------18,2. 1872. Days hr~. min. Days -lITS. min. Days .hra. min~ Ballgalore .. , ... Jan. 18th 11 p.m. Jan. 19th 8.30 a.m. 22 20 30 0 9 30 .. . Baroda ...... Feb. 15th Feb. 15th 8.35 a,m: 21 14 20 ... 0 14- 25 Nubia ...... March 12th " March 15th 9.30 a.m. 22 1 30 2 10 30 '" Bangalore .. , ... April 9th " April nh 8.30 a.m. 21 14 0 ... 2 14 30 Baroda ...... May 7th " May 5th 10.45 a.m. 21 -14 45 ... 2 12 15 Nubia ...... June 4th " May 31st 10 a.m. 19 16 0 ... 4 13 Ballgalore .. , ... July 2nd " June 28th 10 a.m. 19 0 40 ... 4 13 0° July 30th " July 13 20 3 0 Baroda ...... " 26th 8 p.m. 20 ... 4 Tanjore ." '" Aug. 27th Aug. 24th 3 p.m. 20 20 15 ... 3 8 0 Bangalore ...... Sept. 24th " Sept. 20th Sp.m. 19 10 12 .. . 6 0 Baroda ...... Oct. 22nd " Oct. 18th 3.55 p.m. 20 I 20 ... 4" 7 5 Behar ...... Nov. 19th " Nov. 21st Noon 23 13 15 1 13 0 ... Ballgalore ...... Dec. lith " Dec. 16th 1 a.m. 20 7 0 ... 1 22 0 " -- The Nubia·anchored at Heads at 9.30 p.m. on 14th March. Mails brought up by steOtmer Mystery, and delivered at General Post Office at 4 a.m, on the 15th Marcil. The Ba1lyalore anchored at Heads at 12.30 a.m. on the 7th April. The Baroda an.chored at Heads at 2.15 a.m. on the 5th May. The Nubia anchored at Heads at 12.5 a.m. on the 31st May. Mails brought up by steamer Mystery, and delivered at General Post Office at 5.25 a.m. on the 31st May. The Bangalore anchored at Heads at 4 a.m. on the 28th June. • STATEl'rlENT showing the Dates upon which the Royal Mail Steamers despatched from Melbourne were due in London, and the Dates upon which they arrived at destination. Wa nrfudfsi. ViII Southampton. nefor. Defore Date of ._._- Name of Steamer. Despatch. Late. appointed Late. appointed Due Arrived Time. Due Arrived 'l'ime. in I ... ondon. in London. in London. .in Loudon. J ------,-- 1872. 1872. 1872. Days. Days. 1872. 1872. Days. Days. Behar ... Jan. 2ud Feb. 19th Feb. 18th ... 1 Feb. 26th Feb. 25th ... 1 Nubia ... Feb. 2nd :M:arch 18th March 17th ... 1 March 25th March 23rd ... 2 Baroda March 1st ... April ISlh April 14th '" 1 April 22nd April 22nd ...... Nubia ... March 29th .May 13th May 12th ... 1 May 20th May 20th ...... Ba'llgalore ... April 24th June loth June lOth ...... June 17th June 19th 2 .. . Baroda May 22nd July ... 8th July 9th 1 '" , July 15th Juh' 15th ... '" Nubia ... June 19th Aug. 5th Aug. 4th ... I Aug. 12th Aug. 14th 2 .., Bangalore ... July 17th Sept. 2nd Sept. 1st ... 1 Sept. 9th Sept. 9th ...... Baroda ... Aug. 14th Sept. 30th Sept. 29th ... 1 Oct. 7th Oct. 9th 2 ... Ta>ljore ... Sept. llth Oct. 28th Oct. 28th ...... Nov. 4th Nov. 4th ...... Bangalore ... Oct. lith Nov. 25th Nov. 24th ... 1 Dec. 2nd Dec. 4th 2 .., Baroda ... Nov. 8th Dec. 23rd Dec. 23rd ...... Dec. 30th Dec. 31st 1 ... 1873. 1873. 1873. 1873. Behar ... Dec. 6th Jan. 20th Jan. 19th .. , 1 Jan. 27th Ja.n. 29th 2 .. . ~------~ .. ~~~~.~~. o 14 California Route. In a foot note at 'page 14 of the Report 'of this Department for 1871 it 'is stated that a contract had been entered into by the Government of Victoria, subject to approval of the Legislative .Assembly, and the Government of New Zealand, ",ith Messrs. 'Webb and Holladay, for the conveyance of mails to and from Melbourne and San Francisco. ~ The House of Assembly having, on 13th' August, considered the contract, disapproved of and declined to ratify it. ' It had been previously intimated to the public that mails would not be made up for'the San Francisco steamers until further notice.'* MONEY ORDER AND SAVINGS B1\NK BRANCH. The number of Money Orders issued during the year was 113,050, against 100,908 in 1871 ; the difference showi~g an increase of 12,142, or 12'03 per cent.' I The number of Money Orders paid during the year was' 105,084, against 90,182 in 1871 ; the difference showing an increase of 14,902, or 16'52 per cent. The value of the Money OrC/ers issued during the year was £341,976 6s. lOd., against £313,223 13s. 3d. in 1871; the difference showing an increase of £28,752 13s. 7d., or 9'17 per cent; . The value of the Money Ordel~s paid during the year was £328,138 16s. 3d., against £290,066 Os. 5d. in 1871 ; the difference showing an increase of £38,072 15s. lOd., or 13'12 'per cent. . . The number of new S:\vings Bankaccolmts opened during the year was 11,458, the nmnber closed 6134, and the number reinainingopen 011 the 31st December was 30,128. T1:e total amo'unt o(Deposits received during the year was £521,978, 6s.. lOd., and the amount repaid was £348,314 15s. 7d. The total amount of Interest placed to the credit of the depositors for the year was £16,241 lIs. 2d. • The total amount of Balances to the credit of the depositors on the 31st De cember 1872 was £543,43078. 3d. ; and at the 31st December 1871, £353,525 4s; 1Od.; the difference showing an increase of £189,905 2s. 5d., or 53'71 per cent. The total number of depositors' accounts at 31st December being.30,128, and the amount of balances being £543,430 7s. 3d., the average balance was £18 Os. 8id. Of the 30,128 accounts remaining ~pen on the 31st December- ,24,175 did not exceed £20. 2,88.3 were above £20 but did not exceed £50 1,50~ ,,£50, " £100 684 ,,£100 " £150 297 ,,£150 " £200 583 " £200 .. The withdrawal of Mr. Webh's steamers from the service has· since been publicly announced. The question of a Pacific Mail Service was considered by the delegates at the Intercolonial Conference held at Sydney in January 18;3; the result of the deliberations on the subject, n.s affecting this colony, being an agree-ment that the Conference should move 'the Imperial Government to pay all charges upon the transmission qf mails to o.nd fro~ London and.San Francisco, and to contribute the sum of £20,OUO per annum towards a single service between San FrunClseo, New Zealand, and Sydney' snch senice to lie 'a(Trecd npon between the Governments ot' New Zealand and New South Wales. It was also ag;ced at the Conferenc~ that Queensland shouM negotiate for a service betwecn Singapore, Brisbane, and Sydney, at 11. cost not exceeding £2.5.0(10 per annum; that the Imperial Government be requested to contribute £5000 towar'ds it; and that the balance' be divided between all the colonies in the proportion of the number of letters they ilespatch by it. o 15 The total number of Deposits received, during the year was 74,842, averaging £6 19s. 5id. each. I The total number of Repayments was 26,406, averaging £13 3s. 9-;td. each. Nine new Money Order Offices were opened, making the ,number open at the close of the year 196. I' . Eight new Savings Banks were opened, making the number open at the close of the year 130. Of the 30,128 depositors at the close of the year, 18,772 were males, and 11,356 were females. I~OST OF'FICE MONEY ORDERS. RETURN of the Number of Money Order Offices, the Number and Amount of Orders Issued and Paid, in the Colony of Victoria during the Year 1872, and the AmoJlut of Revenue recei\'ed for Commission. Net Revenue I Orders Issued. Orders Paid. ToW Transactions. Number of I receivet! MOlley Order from Commission Offices in 1872. on Orders. Number. Amount. . Number. ! Amount. Number. Amount. J j; s. d. £ s. d, £ s. d. £ s. d. 196 4,542 8 5 113,050 341,976 6,10 105,084 328,138 16 3 218,134 1670,115 3 1 RETURN showing the Number and Amount of Orders Issued and Paid at each Money Order Office in Victoria during the Year 1872. I Ordel'S Issued, Order. Paid. Orders Isstled. Or(lers Paid. Office. Office. No.: Amount, No. Amount. No, Amount. , . No. Amount. I--'I-~---;- . ;£ 8. d. ~ B.~ • Alexandra .. , 549 2,041 10 6 216 8~6 3' ~. Dunolly ... , 622 8 1 380 1,1~5 ~ ~ Allansford .. . 122 105 14 6 3 6 1 }~aglehawk '" 1,170 15 7 480 1,515 4 4 Amherst .. . 158 510 11 8 54 107 14 East Brighton ... 38 J5 11 23 38 19 8 Ararat .. . 961 2,906 10 9 562 1,\)67 2 10 Ecbnca ... 975 2,913 11 1 533 2,209 6 3 Ascot ...... 58 186 6 4 12 67 3 0 Eddington ... 143 567 1\ 1 34 175 2 4 Avenel .. . 749 3,05'J 0 8 51 180 19 11 Edenbope ... 112 475 17 0 Ji! 35 4 2 Avoca...... 708 1,893 8 4 324 1,349 15 1 : Eldorado ... 516 1,757 9 2 110 463 18 1 ,UacclJus Marsh 361 1,086 11 5 181 556 13 8· ElLbam ... 57 308 4 0 11 76 254 8 2 ! Koroit ... 180 616' 3 2 58 214 18 8 Colac ... .., 520 1,460 19 8 226 686 0 G Kynet,on ... 1, RETURN showing the Number and Amount of Orders Issued and Paid-continued. Orders Issued. Oruers Paid. Orders Issued. .1 Orders Paid. Office. Office. I No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. ---------~I £ 8. d. £ $. d. Maryborough .. . 1,389 3,934 13 609 1,984 15 0 Shelford ... 110 £ {i d. 19 ~(i J~ d. Melton .. . 113 298 18 3 4:3 162 6 0 Skipton ... 200 1 45 200 13 9 Meredith .. . 340 1,241 13 7 93 343 12 7 Smeaton ... J81 5ill 0 42 '246 12 6 Merino .. . 261 1,034 6 1 37 116 ' 1 5 Slllythesdale ... 266 708 1 10 325 1,034 6 3 1.1 iLta-mitt,a .. . 47 159 12 6 2 1 17· 0 Sliake Valley... 215 804 J5 7 lOt 404 5 3 Moonambel .. . 127 399 9 9 25 107 7 6 Snowy Creek ... 18 54 4 4 6 2" 8 lJ. 1vloonee Ponds .. . 110 345 14 6 71 213 8 10 South Brighton 12 47 17 0, II 5 5 0 1.Iornington .. . 340 1,296 19 7 190 708 3 9 Sou~h Yarra .. , 335 I,Oat 17 10 384 1,3:!0 11 6 :Morrison's .. . 175 424 14 5 28 104 17 10 Stu.well .. , 1,916 5,626 19 7 774 2,259 11 (; Mortlake .. . 48:3, 1,360 1 0 107 381 17 4 S~eiglitz ... 390 1,Q59 9 I) 200 680 I) 11 M.L. Blaekwood 233 521 0 n 94 263 12 10 Stmtford ... 181 506 6 7 59 248 4 6 Mount J~gerton 390 811 0 1 176 525 1 5 Streat.ham '" 2:12 861!) 8 39 181 JO 2 ]\loySLOll ... 110 314 2 9 71 206 9 7 Stuartruill ... 201 69.4 10 11 39 J23 13 8 Murcbison .. . 346 1,482 6 7 77 399 4 9 Sunbury... 3](; 809 7 1 97 282 10 10 M.yrniong .. . 107 302 5 2 32 126 12 2 Swan Hill ... It;~ , 502 6 7 40 178 u 2 Nagarnbie .. , 39t 1,804 17 5 32 105 10 0 'j'albot ... 847' 2,OG2 9 7 476 1,54e'! 16 (; Newbrid~e .. . 175 494 2 2 72 244 10 7 Tamdule ... 485 I 1,275 \) 0 401 I,OJ5 Hi 1 Newstead .. . 222 554 19 3 124 331 3 6 'j'arnaguliEt ... 392 J,150 6 2 251 840 7 10 Oakleigh .. . 84 280 0 11 47 126 5 9 l'erang ... 265 7'l3 2 10 72 242 4 6 Omeo·...... 280 1,043 8 8 21 122 8 0 'I'oorak ... 94 315 4 7 52 132 3 9 Penshurst '" 349 J,031 /) 11 66 312 II 3 'l'raralgon .. , 49 119 J3 O· 12 5G 8 JO Pig!:(oreet .. . 379 1,~68 5 10 .96 327 19 11 'l'rentbarn ... 81 266 4 6 34 133 3 5 Port Albert .. . 360 1,321 3 10 156 564 II 1 Ullina...... 32 100 13·6 2 1,4 0 0 Portarlington .. . 3 236 Vaughan ... 79 187 10 4 58 164 14 3 Portland .. . 876 2,685 6 7 699 .2,500 17 2 Wahgunyah ... 178 545 18 9 58 200 4 1 Prahrnn .. . 738 2,241 15 5 742 2,215 4 0 WalhallEt ... 8li8 2,829 12 3 3ut 985 3 0 Queen,eliff .. . 281 1,010 4 9 652 2.139 Il7, Wangaratt,a, ... 8(l2 2,78314 4 316 J,096 0 2 ll,edbank .. . 221 960 8 5 31 li2 19 8 Warrnambool ... Uil 4,041 3 /; 807, 2,912 5 0 Uichmolld .. . 678 1,93814 8 1,084 3,4~0 18 11 Wedderburu ... ~05 8f.2 16 6 101 357 3 4 Ricbmond South 221 650 0 /; 117 215 6 6 Whroo ... 100 634 2 11 42 liS 11 10 ltiddell's Creek ... 16t 515 3 10· 62 212 16 5 Wiokliffe ... 233 757 16 7 33 109 11 4 Rokewood ... 352 1,227 18 7 95 325 7 9 Wiliiamstol'l'n ... 949 2,861 1 6 6O~ 2.038 9 2 Romsey .. . 238 682 11 2 71 217 0 7 Winchelsea ... 148 476 2 8 47 119 9 3 Rosedale .. . 192 642 19 1 108 505 6 1 W odonga ... 600 2,265 11 4 62 263 6 6 Uushworth .. . 616 1,671 3 0 126 385 176 Wood end ... 588 1,685 14 6 194 6i8 15 11 Rutherglen .. . 393 1,523 J7 5 93 327 13 11 Wood's Point ... 583 1,58613 10 296 1,127 1 11 St.. Arnaud .. . 504 1,496 3 0 186 650 11 7 Yaekandandub... 286 814 0 10 226 746 12 4 St. Kildu. ... 658 1,790 3 1 830 2,746 13 4 Yea ...... 230 93l 19 11 M· 344 12 10 Sago Hill ... 118 260 2 7 17. 62 3 11 . Yowen Hill ... 8 20 6 9 1 7 0 0 Sale ...... 717 2,307 6 0 li20 1,890 6 8 1----'---1------Sandhurst .. . 9,\)66 2~,4i9 18 11 6.817 ! 16,382 12 2 93,361 282,173 5 9 G4,4(1) !20~ 12 10 Sandridge .. . 557 1,861 1i 1 388 1,234 13 11 ' Melbourne .... 19,G89 50,803 1 1 :.10,589 il26;239 3 5 Scarsdale .. . 230 565 4 8 110 402 1 6 1-----1'----·---'------Sebastopol .. . 481l 1,415 8 0 621 1,763 2 2 ... lI3,050 341,976 6 10 1fI"I1". Iq<)Q 1RR 16 3 Seymour .. . 1,080 3,709 13 1 236 741 4 4 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT showing the various. Places where the Money Orders issued in Victoria dUl'ing - the Years 1872 and 1871 were made payable. 1872. 1871. Place. Number. I Amount. Number. .i Amounl. £ 8. d. £ 8. d. Victoria ...... 87,530 254,723 18 6 75,615 227,619 16 3 United King(lom ...... 19,491 64,123 14 7 19,938 65,S15 18 3 New South Wales ...... 2,402 9,371 7 7 1,943 6,953 14 0 New Zealand ...... 799 3,416 7 1 773 3,379 15 0 ·South Australia ...... 1,270 4,229 18 1 1,264 3,970 18 0 Queensland ...... 308 1,344 8 10 320 1,276 13 5 Tasmania ...... 1,219 4,664 J II 1,020 4,U27 12 10 Western Australia...... 31 102 10 3 35 179 5 6 Totals ...... 113)050 341,976 6 - 100,908 313,223 13 3 I , COMPARATIVE STATEMENT showing the variouR places where the Money Orders paid in Victoria dUl"ing the Years 1872 and 1871 were originally issued. IS72. , 1871. Place. Number. Amount .. Number.. Amount. --- : .------.---- £ s. d. £ s. d. Victoria...... 87,324 254,714 14 3 75,352 227,489 9 8 United Kingdom ...... 4,220 17,677 IS 5 3,535 15,199 9 5 New South Wales ...... 4,524 18,262 5 4 3,lI9 12,040 11 o· New Zealand ...... 4,391 18,607 17 I) 3,891 17,960 9 2 South AU8tra.lia ...... 1,752 6,185 3 11 1,755 6,095 14 6 Queensla'nd .•• ...... 1,143 5,370 0 0 707 " 3,152 19 2 Tasmania ...... 1,56S 6,521 IS 7 1,651 6,938 12 5 Western Australia ...... ~~ 162 798 IS.4 172 1,188 15 1 ------1------Totals ... 105,084 ·328,138 16 3 90,182 290,066 0 5 · .. 1 I - • 17 POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS. RETURN showing the Names of. Places where Post Office Savings Banks have been Opened, the Dates of their Establishment, the Number of Accounts Opened and Closed, and the Number and Amount of Deposits and Withdrawals, during the Year 1872 also the Amount of Balances remaining at the end of the Year. Number Number Number Number Deposits received, Withdrawals paid of of of of in IS7%. in IS72. Balanees Nameo! Accounts Accounts Accounts Accounts Balances on (including Interest), remaining at Date when close 01 Post Office Established. Open Opened Closed Open JIst Dee. [871. Savings Bank. [S7~. at close of in in at close of No. Amount. No, Amount. [87[. 187~. [8~. 1872.. -----Ji----! ------£-;-a.'-- £'-~.---.z - -~ -£~ Alexandra •• 1st Nov. 186<) 2.0 [, 10 2, II, 17 II' 64 558 14 10 16 85 II, 587 I 6 [07 41 Il IlS I,4l6 l II 182. 1,5'5 4 II 55 829 18 7 ',IlI 10 3 Ararat . ~ .• 1st Jan. 1866 0 Avenel.. •• 1St Nov. 1860 14 B 7 40 158 5 II lIS 837 J1. lO '4 'SS 16 10 74 I II Avoca.~ •• 6th Nov. 180s ISO 61 '4 217 3,953 10 S 301. 4,277 14 3' 117 "-,274 6 8 5,955 ,8 , Bacchus Marsh , 17th Sept, 1866 45 " 4 54 '79 3" 78 18 .. 17 8 26 94 4 4 ,67 16 (\ Bairnsdale ... 1St Nov. [869 19 4 5 18 lO, 18 1 II 253 19 10 '4 60 14 10 297 3 I ..0 (\ 2. ,0 lB '9 0 47 352 10 'II 6 2.31 2 l 455 7 8 Balian " •. 1St l>.'bv. 1869 0 Ballarat •• nth Sept. 1865 1;3'3 467 313 1,477 18,550 2. 2. 1,850 '4,612 10 II 1,396 15,855 5 10 27,3 7 7 3 Beaufort •• 1st Dec. 1865 29 17 6 40 574 3 3 1I2 119 '4 5 '3 303 9 0 610 8 8 Beeac w. 1St Feb. 1872 •• " 3 18 •. IOJ 621 14" [3 109 5 (\ 4[2 8 8 Beechworth •• lith Sept, 1865 527 16.. 94 595 5,497 [0 [ 951 6,,02. 10 [ 29 1 3>'1l3 0 1 8,366 19 II Feb. 1866 I3 .. ) 12 953' 6 9' 100 6 9 10 6e9 8 9 444 0 (\ Belfast.. •• [st 0 Benalla.. .. 15!b April 1867 57 54 . •• 8g 1,039 10 II 163 [,578 13 II 52. 877 [3 3 1,74 II 7 Birregurra .• 1st July 1871 3 8 2 9 5 II 5 IS 13 JI 8 3 10 ,8 0 8 5 I Bright,.. .. [st Feb. 1868 89 45 16 JI8 740 [9 4 192 5,[69 (\ [0 35 ',774 [7 8 3,135 8 (\ Brighton •. 1St Oct. 1866 15 20 9 36 213 6 0 76 476 19 4 17 106 [5 Z 583 10 1. Urunswick •• IS! Oct. 1867 190 82 37 ~3S 85~ ~ 5 74~ 1,644 13 5 14~ 75[ 7 6 1,745 8 4 Bullarook •• nt Nov. 187' .. I •• I .. I 100.. •• 100 Bungaree .• [st Dec. 1871 3 8 ; 8 138 10 0 18 61 13 9 15 188 [7 3 II 6 6 Buninyong •• 12th July 1866 174 62 1.7 209 4,071 8 3 553 4,978 [7 9 130 3,470 3 1. 5,580 ~ 10 CampbelI'sCreek 25th llIur. 1869 1.1 4 ~ 23 60 7 3 18 88 19 II 5 47 5 8 102' 6 Camperdown •• 1St Dec. 1865 Carlsbrook •• 17th Sept. [866 [~ i! 1~ ,~~ I,~! 'J ~ 1!~ .,~;~ 1~ [~ ~ 2,~j~ ,~ [~ I,~~ ~! I! Carlton ., 1st Oct. 1867 280 2.00 106 374 1,870 13 6 [,8~8 3.481 [S 9 407 1.,390 10 9 z,Q62., 6 C.sterton •• 1St Nov. 1869 25 'S ~ 38 254 to 8 73 7So.. 3 14 151. 13 7 SSI 19 4 Cnstlemaioe .• nth Sept. 1865 108 30 16 122 1,733 7 4 [60 1.,469 11. 6 59 I,OSo Z 5 3,a1. [7 5 Cheltenham •• lsi Feb. 1868 139 31 21 [49 8~5 3 7 47' 534 0 I 13 450 17 1. 908 6 6 Chiltem •• 6th Nov. 1865 49 19 10 58 512 10 6 9~ [,15' 16 5 36 381 9 I [,.S. 17 10 Clunes .• •• 6th Nov. 1865 2" 139 43 307 1745 [9 9 788 4,862 1 6 ISO 1,39 " 1. 5,.,6 9 I Coburg .. 17th Sept. 1866 61. ..0 a 76 '478 18 6 [71 1,176 ,6 [0 48 409' 19 4 1,'45 ,6 0 Co]ac •• 6th Nov. 1866 50 19 5 64 ~~7 4 5 80 53S I) II '4 314 4 3 451 14 I Coleraine •• [st Nov. 1869 29 20 6 43 304 9 3 63 9>7 15 5 27 190 9 I 1,051 IS 7 Collingwood •• 15th Nov. 1865 I,97[ 883 555 1,933 20,338 II 2 6,915 1.5.541 4 0 2,201 17,;S8 5 0 28,511 10 1. Corop •• 1St Sept. 1871 4 6 ~ 8 14 5 6 30 167 5 7 8 91 [0 6 108 0 67 Cranbourne •. ISt Sept. 1871 [5 II •. 26 .. 10 0 14' III 14 [ 12 56 5 7 97 18 CreswlcK •• 6th Nov. 1865 [59 50 ..0 [83 [,lIS 18 3 lS[ 2,053 2 n 103 940 18 8 ~,22~ 1. 6 l)aylesford .• [st Jan. 1869 83 49 17 II5 1,144 14 7 184 10588 I 0 55 339 9 8 1.,393 5 II Drysdale .• 1St Jan. 1870 ,8 18 [ 35 , 230 17 9 38 J75 [6 9 II 109 II 2 497 3 4 Dunolly .• 1st Dec. 1865 n6 31 5 141. 1,808 II 6 336 [,no 13 II 59 804 9 4 1.,lI4 [6 I Eaglehawk .• 23ro Nov. [868 37 27 14 50 143 7 3 98 1,020 II 0 40 211 [ 10 95 1 [6 ; Echuca.. .. 1St Feb. 1866 '42 70 36 176 [,1..0,. 6 338 2,001 Z 4 lIS 73' IS 8 2,394 [9 Z Eldorado •. 1St Sept. 1871 30 74 32 . 72 317 18 6 350 1,314 I 3 66 680 12 8 '15[ 7 1 Emerald Hill •• 4th June 1866 540 367 '9' 716 [,839 ,8 4 ',614 4,508 2 5 619 ',701 10 0 31>46 10 9 Footscray •. [st Oct. IS67 17 1. 4 [5 95 10 I 49 98 [4 4 13 Il[ 10, 82 [4 ~ Fryerstown .. 1St Aug. 1867 60 16 6 70 289 [4 80 948 IS II ~7 2'4 [4· 3 1,0[3 3 0 Ooclong .. 11th Sept. 1865 [,ll7 5[9 288 I,56S 20,090 8 7 3,610 39,094 7 10 1,189 >2,354 2 6 36,830 13 u Glsborne •• 1St Nov. 1869 30 [5 7 38 241 11 2 273 294 7 7 18 106 [9 9 429 0 0 Graytown •• "th July 1869 8~ 9 21 70 571 18 8 97 127 IS 4 36 246 16 10 552 [7 1. Guildford •• [st Oct. 1867 1.1. '4 7 29 4"" II 4 87 1,220 5 I 1.I 205 II 10 1,417 4 7 Hamilton •• 12th July 1866 51 50 29 7' 1,157 II 7 188 1.,496 I 67 72 1,564 13 7 2,083 19 7 Bastings .• '1st Jan. 187' .. [0 , 7 .. 48 8 ' 0 5 27 14 9 58 5 9 Hawthorn .. 1St Oct. 1867 '2.9 44 22 [51 1,02[ [0 4 324 925 7 I 113 88[ ~ 5 1p65 15 ,0 Heathcote •. 12th July 1866 '5[ 53 33 171 5,368 9 7 276 3,878 I ~ lIS ],638 10 0 5,608 0 9 Heywood •.. ISt Nov. [869 15 5 ) 17 IS4 '9 0 21 80 3 2 10 136 I I '29 I I Horshnm •• [st Nov. [869 '9 19 3 35 365 IJ 3 60 946 8 9 [3 99 19 10 1,212 2 1. Bothum •. I st Oct. 1867 332 126 90 468 1,192 ,8 , 2,286 2,959 2 0 44Z 2,175 10 0 2,076 10 1 Inglewood •. 1St Jan, 1866 1I8 29 14 123 1,459 0 I 205 1,267 7 5 75 971 3 10 1,755 3 8 Inverleigh •• 1St Aug. 1871- 6 7 I Ii 12 12 4 II 65 II 10 7 25 0 0 53 4 1. Jamieson •• 1St Nov. 1869 35 27 II 51 ',887 9 6 96 ~,ooo 5 1 33 [,690 5 ° 2,197 9 9 Jasper Road .• Sth Aug. 1870 7 4 .. II 83 17 4 26 J46, 9 6 104 0 0 226 I 1 Keilor •• 17th Sept. IS66 9 1 •• II 121 0 [ 8 78 16 7 •• .. [99 16 8 Rew .. 1St Oct. 1867 78 2 3 IJ 151 [8 4 48 629 17 8 21 343 15 4 438 0 8 RUmore ., 6th Nov. 186S 8 46 18 116 IAlB 4 0 262 3,n8 2 1 14 929 8 4 3,;S6 17 10 Kingston •• 1St Jan. 1869 70 14 8 76 206 17 6 67 106 6] 81 6] 18 I 1.49 5 8 Koroit.. •• 1st Oct, IS7' •• ~ .. 2 6 45 4 5 . . • • 45 4 5 Kyneton •• 6th Nov. 1865 94 76 ~6 144 1,263' 7 6 ,02 2,373 [4 II 10, 1,104 [7' 2,HZ 5 ; Landsborough •• 1St Jan. 1870 31 8 7 32 379 7 [ 190 1.,064 3 10 J2 I,3n I 6 1,070 9 S Learmonth ., [st Nov. 1869 5 II 5 II 15 4 3 31 n 7 3 9 59 II S 2.9 0 I Linton •. ,. 1St Jan. 1870 31 ~o 10 41 101 15 7 129 999 19 5 l3 26. [1. 1. 839 2 10 :Macurthur .. 18th Sept. 1869 11 15 6 4[ 1.49 I 6 ISS [,761 I2 II 25 449 IS [0 1,560 ,8 7 Majorca. ., 2nd May IS70 13 ~8 5 36 595 5 I [44 1,062 11 5 44 881 4 8 776 II 10 :Mnldon .• 6th Nov. [865 150 46 16 .So 1,5» 4 9 351 2,176 6 8 55 [,140 6 7 1.,57' 4 10 1\-fnhncsbury " 1st Nov. 1869 16 II I 26 128 ° II 67 63) 16 4 7 51 2 7 710 14 8 lI(ansfield •• 1St Nov. 1869 61 ~5 [9 67 ,97 2 4 II4 468 8 5 40 252 9 I 61 3 I 8 IIfaryborough .. 11th 'ept. 18GS ~29 13 1 74 .86 1,988 9 4 51' 4,685 9 7 193 ~,349 I ° 4,324 17 II :Mercdith •. :2.DtI Oct. 1871 [3th Nov. 1868 :2.' 0 Merino •• ~~ I~ ~ ~~ I~~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~~~ Ii '~ I~ 9[6~ 47 ~~ ,~ [~ ~foonee Ponda 17th Sept. 1866 IIO 30 27 "l 846 19 7 JI7 712 13 5 78 68 7 591 5 8 :Mornington .. 1St Nov. Is&) [8 28 5 41 683 7 3 109 S35 5 II 24 264 14 9 1,253 18 5 lIfortlal ,., Number' Number INumber I Number Deposits received, I Witbd;llwals p~d' I .. : d:Nimeol -: . 'of of of of 1U1871. iU1872..· Ba.l!ll!cce . "Post Office' '.' Date when, Accounts Acqounts Accounts Accounts B~lances on. (including Interest), , l'emailllng at 'S~virigs Bank:' '>' Established, . Open 0p<;ned Closed· Open jIst Dec. 1871. -~~ I . . .. close 01 at elOBO of III in at close 01 No. I.. 1872• 71. 1 7 , 7 , I 7 . l\'O,: Amount. I Amount: ______~ ______18 18 2 18 2 . ______18 2 1-'__ -,___ ._ .._____ ,,_,, __ _ ;£ •• d, ;£ •• P'ROGRESSIVE: S.T,A:.TEYENT of. the Money 'Order System in Victoria for the Decentiial'Period from 31St '. ,December 1862, to 31st December 1872.' .....: ( , l' ; , • ,,'~, 1 : t ' ! , .. Net Revenuo ' .., Orders Issued, Ordet. Paid. . Total·Tr':ns~ctlons. , " received , ; .' .: ~ ~ea~·<~1 IM:3~c~::~et from CommIssion , I 011 Ord~rs. Nu'mber. I Amount. Nnmber. I.' Amount, N1Imber. .. : Amount. : ~ ~ ~ , " ' .' ." . " ··u .. ' ,. ~,. ' .. ." ... ,. , .. . : ) ' .. £ a. d." £ II, d, £ II. d., .' £ s, :a: : 1863 76 1,977 15 2:: 31,262 123,838 17 4 26,799 i06,629 16: 0 58,oin 230,46813 ,·4 ' .' 186~ 88 '.'" . 2 199 16 6 I'. 39;026 148,283 13 5 32.341 124,J53 0 4, :11,367 272,436 ] 3' 9 1865': 102', . 2:640 ~6 '6:' .50,666 .. , 186;~55 8 5 41,115 153,1)57 8 1 : ~1,781 340,512'16 '6 , 1866:' , 107 :.. , ~,888 11 2; 60;119 21M50 16 5 50,479 189,21il 8, 2 110,598 : 408,112 .4, '7 :' 1867,- 141 '. ? 3,159 7 ·6, 68,714 237,;117 9 7- 57,787 205,622 18, 6 . 126,50], . 443,840 8. I, 1868 . 154 , .. 3,278 o 10,:' 1 73,222 247,484 0 7 61,656 214,1)25 '15 4 '134,878 ' , 461,509 15 II ') 1869· ,171 3,593 11 5 82,234 272,531 9 1 69,657 237,844 1 10 151,891 510,375 10 11 187!f. 175 3,883 . 111 91,002 291,626 3 5 79,191 261,871 15 0 170,193' 553,497 18 5 1871' 187 4,159 0 8 100,908 313,223 13 3, 90,182 290,066 0 0 191,090 '. 603,289 13 8 1872- '196 . 4,542 8 ,5 113,050 341,976 6 10 ' 105,084 328,138, 16 3 218,134 670,115 3 1 ! f·:,T> , , , .',;- , " . , .... ".' ,~--. .' .~----. " ' .. P.R~GRESB:iVE . STATEMENT of th:~ Post Office Savings Banks in Victoria from the ~~in~~n~em'ent of the . : \ "" systerp, 1Hh Septel11ber 1865, to 31st December 18{'2. ,'[ . t..,. . 1\ Repayments. DepOSitOr~~'~";;ount.' . I, " .. . , l?,~poslts Reielved. ." . Average , Interest ,y.mr, .' No of cre{]ited to DOposl tors' . '\ ' JJal ance to Balances. #. - Acconnts' :each Depositors. IAccounts A~e<{nI).ts remaining Account. " "BankJJ, Number. : Amoun~. ~ Number. : ~on·nt::':, I ~ • , \ . , , T -'-____ :__ -'-_-'- '< __ I__ oll.).:_n_Cd_. _CI_,O_":_d._":~. _o-"p.,-el-'-~'_I __"'_:.;.t:_ .. ,.0. --- £: ,~. ·d. ; £ s ... d, £ s. if.. {.,; 2,227 1865 31 4,964 18,465 6 6 ' 495 a,05S 7, 9 6f 0 9 15~67 {~~ "~~'oI' 2)~6 l' f~~; 1866 '00 25,909 85;381 15 7 ';6,204' 43;348 4 n 1,189 0 9 58,690 10 11 5,703 1;055' 6,774 8 13 ' 3 186Z 'li6 ,37;624. 124;633 5 0 ']0,G57:. 8:1,006 10, 0 2,758 4 3 103,07510 2 6,175 1,831· '11,li8 9 '5' 5 1868 .. 72 4$,408, 184;1 J5 4 .6 14,293 120,565 10 7 443519' 3 1li6061 '3 4 6540 '3302 14.356 1111' 4 1869: 99 5J,528 2~3,412 14 0 .16,435. 163,207 ,4,,0 7;272 2 2 243;478 iii 6 7;501 3:9\11; 17.;8£;6 Ii, :12:: 6i 11170 ; ,.112 57,241 24~,192 I> 6 20,622 215,603 4' 2 9,482 9 6 279,550 4 4 7,973 4,662 21,177 13 4' 0 18H ",,122, 63,693. 292,679 17 " i22,213 ,229,871 18' 11 11,167 2 .2 353,525 '4 10 8,864 5;237 24,804 14,5. ot 1872, 130 '74,842 521,978 6 10 26,406· 348,314 '15 7 16,24t 11 :2 543,430, 7 3 11,458 6,134 30,128 18 0 8i : ." ·1 • ." .~ ~ '.1 • I THE :POSiMASTER-GENERAL, in: acc~unt with tpe DepQsitors from lit_ Jap.uary to 3l,st, December~87.2! Dr: ¢~:: ,_ '( I,', 1872. £ '~.: d. " 1872. ~ r ~ ... I - , " ,,'.. I .. J~nliary To Raiance:from 1871 ' .:. _.January to By ~epa~m~nt to. D~l?ositors' . , De'positsreoeivedduring1872 dunng 1872... , .. 348,3l4' 15' 7 .' to December. " Balance d:;te to Deposit'ors .... 543,430" 7;, 3 pe?emb~r. ,: Interest credited to Deposi- , tors for 1872 .. , ... 16,241 il 2 ill t. ___._._·._ " .', ' .'\ ., . --'--'---891,745 2.10' 89],745' 2,10 -;:' - 19 TaE POSTlIASTER-GE.N~RA.~ in acc~unt with ,the Honorable the Treasurer on account of Savings Bank Transactions for the year 1872! Dr. Cr. 1872. ' ;£, I. d. I 1872. ;£ I. d January To Balance, being Deposits: re· January 'By Balanoe, being amount due to ceived in 1871. and paid , to by Treasurer for repay December. into 'l'reasury in January I Deoember,' ment to Depositors during 187,2...... 10,290 Hi ° 1871 ..• .... •.. 3,104. 5 4. I " Deposits reoeived dudng " Repayment to Depositors in 1872... .,' ... 621,978 6 10 1872 ...... 348,3l4. 16 7 " Cash received from Treasury 388,886 2 2 " Casb paid into Treasury ... 664,172 14 6 " Interest allowed to Deposi· " Amount due to Trust Fund , tors for 1872... .:. 16,241 11 2 rorInterestcredited to De- )lositors in 1872 ... J~,2n 11 .2 " Balance due from Treasury , p' • to replaoe money. drawn , I " Cash in hand awaiting lodg- from Money Order Ac , ment in 'l'reasury ... 19,268 9 6 count to repay Depositors 3,700 011 ---.. '" 941,096 16 1 941,09.6 16 1 : , . .' , ! 1 I • ~ .. • • Charge of the Teleg~aph Station at Flinders was, hftn~ed over to the officers :of the Tasmanian and Victori~n Submarine Telegraph Company on the 1st March, anc;l the Victorian' operator was,transferr~d to a~other st~tion, :an .ag~ee~e~t ha-ring'b~e~ entered into wIth' the manag¢r of the company to conduct the business of that' statioii for this colony, in conSIderation of a contribution towards its maintenance of £15.0 per annum. .. ,.: .... \ ). , I) I.. The telegraph managers throughout the' colony have been" reJieved. qf th~ duties of co-llector i of imposts, and telegraphic revenue is now &ccounted for in the same manner as postage, and p'aid into the Trea~ury. 'by the: Deputy Postmaster- General, who is the sole collector of imposts for the Department.. ' . " -, . , ,I. .. \ I~ ',.' . The groWth,'of the. b~siness of the :Depa~tri~nt,l a~d ~h~ ~xtension\"ofilih'~ , '. • ••• ,I. : l • ., , facilities both for postal and. telegraphic ??mmunication, have rendered necessary a considerable increase in the numbers of operators, lettericarriers, and te.tegr~p~ messengers . . In consequence of the augmentation of the 'business of the,Department, r~fer:reQ. to above, it has also become requisite to provide for .addition=t1 a~sistance in de~patch. ing mails at the General Post Office, and with this obje<}t six. ~ssi~·tant.sorters haye been temporarily appointed. ," ,..... , The Post and Telegraph Offices at the following places, namely, Emerald- Hill~ j • I '. 1>, •• _ . .. ,I, Hawthorn, St. Kilda, Brighton, Eaglehaw¥., HeXham; Linton, Mansfield, Morningt9~, , , .', I. j' <" ~ " ,I , J Streatham, Taradale, and Terang, are under the charge of. posm,usn:esses, andf';,~[tll~ first three named places female assistants are employed. ',.- :l. ,. , During the year the se;vices of one ,officer. werl?d~spensep. with, seven officer,s resigned their appointments, three retired from ill health, two were superaruluated, one was transferred to another Department, two were reduced iJ?, 'pay, five were dis- missed, and three died. ' , ·20 STATEMENT showing the Number of Officers, &c. employed in tile Post and Telegraph Department in 1872. ]I! I. Jil~ ~] ~ ~ ! , 011100. ~~ ~ . :; !J~~ e ;i ~ ;" ~~ fJ. .~ Remarks. ~~ r.:~ .,,~, ' :ij~ '~,~ trJ"~ ~g g~ ·~zg~ ,s~ i~j~ :o~ E I~ ~~ 1i;~~a ~Il riiili~ ei . :g~ i=~ k .sa ~'i ~i ~~ ~~i~ ~'i ~ 'I> 82 156 35 4, 167 17 9 5 137 6 52 670 • Asaistant operators aef.iIlg as Postmaster•• t Tbese SUPWllumerariea are employed onl:i a 1J()rtion of <>lob month. - - 21 RETURN of Officers, &c., of the Melbourne Establishment, Abse.nt from Duty on account of Illness, duril1g 1872. . I Number of Officers, &0., Employed. Number of Branch. Days Bemaru. Absent. Number Number Employed. Absent. " Correspondence branch n • ... 1\ 4. 30 One officer absent during 20 days. .Accounts branch ...... 9 1 2 M ail branch ...... 58 39 310 One officer abs,ent during 33 days, one 31 days, one 25 days, and nine 128 days, showing twelve officers Ilbsent during 217 days. Dead Letter branch ...... 4 2 20 One &fficer absent 16 dd;B. Stores and Printin~ ...... 26 9 82 Four officers absen t 62 Ilys. . Money Order and avings Banks ... 18 11 230 One officer absent 84 days, one 61 days, one 28 days, and one 23 days, showing four officers absent . during 196 dllYs. Scamp branch ...... 4 Nil Nil Electrie Telegraph branch ...... 48 9 18 Out of ten m.. U guards, three wcre absent from sickness during 21. days, Out of forty-four letter-carriers, thirty-two were absent during 399 days. Of tWa number one WItS absent 16 day., one 58 days, one 54. days, and six 9t days, showing nine letter-carriers nbsent during 287 days. Out oftwe~ty-nlne telegraph me.sengers, sixteen were absent during 16~ days, three of whom were nbsent,durlng 112 dnys. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure for the Year 1872. I J8?2.-REVENUE. £ s. d. 1872.-ExpENDITllJl.E. £ s. d. Revenue, including postage, fees on regis Salaries and wages, occasionai assistance, tered letters, commission on money and overtime 118,468 17 11 orders, commission allowed to licensed Contingencies 19,731 18 7 vendors, also collections on account of Commission to licensed vendors of postage other Governments .. , 141,690 14 6 stamps 1,534 15 9 Mail service inland, including landing Ilnd Electric Telegraph collections, including shipping mails 97,588 7 6 amonnt collected· on account of other Gratuities to masters of vessels ... 1,801 9 4 colonies and the Submarine Cable Estimated amount of postal collections on Company ... 42,617 17 3 account of other Governments 3,300 0 0 Steam postal communication with Great Deficit I08,l!14.14 3 Britain 47,125 15 9 Electric Telegraph collections on account of other colonies £2,359 8 2 Submarine Cable Company 712 13 0 3,072 2 292,623 6 0 292,623 6 0 W. TURNER, Deputy Postmaster-General. Post Office and Telegraph Department, Melbourne, 31st March 1873., No. 13 D - 23 APP,ENDICES. APPENDIX A. POST' OFFICE BRANCH. STATEMENT showing Particulars of Inla.nd Mail Service performed in Victoria during the Year 1872. • Frequency. Mode of Gross Service. Conveyanee, Distance; Amount. I. Mileage. ------,- Miles. £, 8. d. To and from KeHor Road Railway Station and Bacchus Twice a day ... Coach ... 20 ') ( 24,960 Marsh, by way of :Melton to and from Bacchus Marsh and Ballarat, by way of Six days a week ... Coach ... 3S 21,840 Pentland Hills, Balian, Gordon's, Mount Egerton, Moorabool Creek. and Dunnstown to and from Melbourne and Sale, hy way of Oakleigh, Six days a week ... ,Coach ... 140 87,360 Springvale, Dandenong, Berwick, Pakenham, Shady Creek, Moe. lYlorwell, 'l'raralgon, and Rosedale to and from Marysville and Jamieson, by way of Alexan- Three days a week ... Coach ... 60 18,720 dra and Darlingford to and from Melbourne and Beechworth, by way Six days a week ... Coach ... 180 182.400 of Campbellfield.· Somerton, Donnybrook, Beveridge, , 1211 , 227,645 Wallan-wallan, Kilmore, Broadford, Tallarook, 8ey- H8! s 17.100 mour, Avent'll, Longwood, Euroa, Violettown, Benalla, 951 • 6,858 , Winton, Glenrowan, ViTangaratta. and Tarrawingee also tbe convtiance of a mail, from Melbourne to Kilmore Six days a week ... Coach ...... '6,660 to and from iewa and Towong, by way of Tangamba- Two days a week ." Horseback 105 21,840 langa, Bungoonie, li1itta-mitta Crossing, Toolangatta, Bungil, 'l'hologolong, Burrowye, Jingellac, Walwa, Tintaldra, Cudgiewa. Colac-colae. and Gravel Plains I to and from Sutton and Yackandandllh, by way of Hills- Three days a week ... Coach '" 10 S,120 borouKh and Twist's Creek . , I to and rom Chiltern and Howlong, N.S.W., by way of Three days a week ... Coach ... 20 6,240 Brown's Plains to and from Sandllllrst. and Swan Hill" by way of Two days a week ... Coach ... 120 24,960 Serpentine Creek, Durham Ox, and Kerang to and from Sandhurst and Huntly, by way of the Six days a week ... Car ... 6 3,744 White Hills and Epsom to and from Sandhurst and Eaglehawk, by way of Long Six days a week ... Car ... 5 I 3,120 Gully and California Gull~ to and from Sandhurst and tratbfieldsaye...... Tbree days a week ... Horseback 7 I 2,184 to and from Kilmore and Heathcote, by way of Pyalong 'Three days a week ••. Coach ... 80 9.360 to and from Castlemaine and Maldon, by way of ,Muckle- Twice a day ... Coach n. 11 13,728 ford to and from Maldon and Maryborough, by way o( Six days II week ... Coach ... 17 10,608 Baringhup and Uarisbrook ' to and from Kyneton and Heathcote, by way of Langley, Six days a week ... Coach ... so 18,720 Barfold. Redesdale Post Office, and- Mia·mia I to and from Tylden and Spring Hill ". ... Three days a week: .. · Horsehack 8 936 to and from 'Mount Blackwood and Barry's Reef ... Twice a day ... Coach '" 4 4,992 to lind from DunoHy and St. Arnaud, by way of Golds· Six days a week ... Coach ... 40 24,960 borough Reef, Bealiba, and Peter's to and from Ballarat and Avoc,a, by way of Lake Six days a week '" Coach ... 44 27,456 Learmonth, Mount Bolton, Springs, Lexton, and I Lamplough , to and from Moonambel and Navarre, by way of Barkly Three days a week ... , Coach 20 6,240 and Callterbury . '" to lind from Stawell West and Ballarat, by way of Six days II week ... Co~h ... '78 48,672 Stawell, Great Western, Armstrongs, Ararat, Dobie's Bridge, Buangor, Shirley, Beaufort, Trawalla, Burrum. beet, Windermere, and Cardigan to and from Lake Hindmarsh and Nypo ...... Once a week ... Horseback 20 2,080 to and from C1unes and G1endaruel, by way of Tourello Six days a week ... Vehicle ... 6 3,744 and Mount Beckworth to and from Ballarat and Barkstead, by way of Black Six days a week ... Coach ... 15 I 9,360 Hill, Little Bendigo, Brown Hill, Leigh Creek, Bulla- rook, and Devil's Creek I to and from Ballarat and Sebastopol, by way of Redan Six days a week ... Vehicle ... 2i 1,560 Bridge from Ballarat to Ballarat East ...... ••• Twice a day ... Vehicle ... 1 83,181 143 1,248 from Ballarat, to Newington •...... Twice a day ... Vehicle ... 2 2,496 also the conveyance of two letter-carriers from BaUarat Once a day ... Vehicle ...... to Newington ' '" for the clearance of the Post Office letter and newspaRer Twice a day ~ ..... Tilbury ... 10* 3,120 boxes in Ballarat East now established, or any t at may be opened in the course of the' year, and of the Post Office at Ballarat East, including the conveyance of a letter-carrier io and from Smythesdale lind Happy Valley, by way of Six days a week ... CoaCh ... 8 4,992 Scarsdale, Newtown, Golden Lake, and PIggoreet I to and from Smytbesdale and Staffordshile Heef, by way Six days a week ... Coach ... 7 4,368 of Brown's and Italian Gully , to and from Hamilton and Portland, by way of Branx- • Six days a week Coach ... 56 I 34,944 holme, Condah and Heywood '" to and from Castertori and Penola ...... Three days a waek .... Coach ... 35 I I 10,920 • Up to 17th April. • From 18th April to 25tb August.' • ~'rom 26th August to 20th November • • From 21e~ Xovembcr to ~l.t December. • Up to 17th Aprii. * Per dIem. ~O .. 13. E ,2lt S,TA.TEMENT showing Particulars of Inland Mail Service pelrio'rmier in Victoria, 1872-continued. ;;, t: '," ~.-:- ,'''if'' '-" Mode of Gross, Service. - - ---Frequency, Conveyance. Distance, Amount. !1Uenge. ------"-:.------"-.-,~·I,=·=~=~~------,--i----·--I---- ", ;{~;.,:~=Jl"5;.~Ij~./\ Miles. £ s. d. to and from Coleraine 'and Merino, by way of Tahara ••• Three days a week... Coach... 12 3,744 to and from Belfast and Hamilton, by way of Orford, Tw<,.-days a week... Coach... 52 10,816 Macarthur, and Byaduk to and. from Koroit 'and Warrnambool, byt.:'way. 10f.; :Tw,o,day.sia!.. week~;:~'Coach 1,248 Denll1!1gton to and:fr!>iP 'Belfast and}Eimsliurst,:by,'way.iof"Kirkstall; ll'wo,days ;at.\veekr, i,., C.oach,: ...... 8,320 and Hawkesdale' - , fo'and fl'oru·Camperdownand·Darliii.rton-·--.. :· - .. -.. :. Once-a'week--' .•• Horseb':ick-'''' 18'- I 1;872 ,to:and from Ondit and Cundare .::': .::;:~ .. i ... Two,days ~ week... Horscb'ack 6 1,248 ,to '-alld from Geelong: ~i1tl '-Warrnamoooll "by way 'of' :'1\';'0 dayd. week ... Coach ... .' l:iO I 27,040 .. Murgheboluc, Inverleigh._Warrambine,_Cre'ssy, Lis- . ., ... ___ -_ -' -- --- ._. ... -_ -.,...... more, .(Io,oIiorook, Dar.lington, Mortlake, lEllerslie, I I ;i/~allal!geich, Framlin,ghilm, Purl\im, and/;V;o'od(ord 'I ;.',' ";',:7' I f'f', .-; './. (''':' , , I' ,. to and from Winchelsea and Wordieboluc .. ! j ... Two days :\ week... Horseback lid I: I:' 2,288 t\' and from Birregurraand.ncan'~:)\1arsh:"" .. ,.:.. . .. ".,'r,wQ.'days aweek·· .•• ·,.Hors\l.9'lck ", 8, I 1,1 1,664 and to and from Birregurra and .Murroon .. J ... Two days *week. .... H.orseba,ck ( 'f.' ".'1,456 to and from Ge?long and Sutherland.'s Creek.. ; •.• S!x days a week ... ;Horseback.. • '12'. 'n' I. ,; 7,488 ~~;;;tud from Geelollg and 1Porta),hngton,:o:by .)lVay;,of·;- .sll~.. ,gay.s ..a!w,ee,k l;·:':. Cpiich, ,... 1 18 ", al' • 1,11,t32 Curlewis, Drysdale, an~ Bellarillc 1 • I ,":,;:.. I ; ..... , .. ; : 'tlD : I to Rnd f~om Geelong and Ceres, by way of Highton .... Six days a;week ..., .. :ijorscba9k ,. I 6'·:, " a I" 3,744 t?land fr,om Moorabool Railway St;\tion ,um1/J?ost"Office" :a~wice a'dily .. '...... on. foot' .... 'I 1 :, .. , II' .bQ i .. 1,248 Moora.bool . 'i . . .' >;; to,and {rom I,al.lal Railway Statio!) and Ularorid.on ' ..·.·,v .Six days a\veek ... Horseback· 4 "., "'g '1 :'1 2,496 ~9:i!nd from Morrisoll's'a~d:l!olly's Creek .. i ... Three days a w.eek... HorsebacR, 6 I:"~ . 1,872 .t9:?-nd from the Hailway,cStation and Post Office, Mere- Twice a day. ... R()J;sebac); , i~~ :,:- 468 i~r~~e 'clearance of thl: Post Office Ictt~r alnd news· . Three tim~s ~ d~/.. Tilbyry . ~26~ t, C;;' ". I 8,'112 ',:, paper'b?xes in Geelong n9w established, or: a9Y that.. , " '.. " .. ;. I .. "',': .1 ..' .. ' '.'" '. .. . :;:':may be opened in the.:course of"th!l ;year; including , . ...:: .'f'.',': .,'. . .~. . I' the conveyance of a letter-cnrrier i, : ';:' . n " , to and from Geelonglirld Queenscliff, by way of Moolap Six days a·we.eh'·~;. ,CoaqT;l[ .....fi· >119. ",'.'," : '.' :11,856 and Kensington ' } " '. . " : I t~9iand f~om (Jape Clear and: Pittfielq ,. Htl~~.J .. ', .:.;..Tllree.days a,webk·,:. -Horseback', J' 11 :;'., . 'I,:' ,936 to and from Rokewood and Mount Mercer .• ! ... Three day~ a week... Horseback' 5" ,.' .. ' 1':' 1;560 to.and from Break-o'-Day/and Dereel ,'I.: .. ' .•...T,wo days a week ; ... Horseback : .,,4 1', :1 fl . • "'1' .,1 832 to and from Ballarat and Daylesfol'd; by way of Mount Six days a·week ... Coach··... 28 . ,17,472 .: ~~owan, Sulky Gully,'Creswick, ~ewlyp,;rI'Iount Pros, .. 1 ., ,<;> pect, and Deep Creek I . : .. ,i)' I,... '.' , , I' .,. ,~o: and from Belfast andi'Wicklift·~., by way\ of, Kor6it".. Two 'days a we!lki....Coll:ch i.'. 60 " .'•. .>,.. :;.12,460 Woolsthorpe. CaraJ;nut, and Chatsworth ii'", .•to'and fr.0m Castcrton and·Lindsay,...... ~.'.!. :..... " T.hree.days a week ... ·Horseback , 34" .,"" II 10608 to and f':om Geelong and Mount Duneed, by wh of Bel- Six days a·week· '" Horseback 6 .'.' .:, '." , iJ 3;744 , :JUont and Germantown" '.:.':, ,:; i .. '. , ... ! •. , " . ", ' '1/ :to~and frt'm thc-l'ost Office'and Rajlway Station, Wynd., "Twice·.a'day· . ;., 'On foot·' , .. ,' 2* J '., . l: ;., .624 :~ 1'!.am· I,. ,.t:.. : . . "'" .,;', ,Ii,. ,I': f 'j.'" ; h,' To and from Melbourne and Eltham... ~.i .. , Six days a week ... Coach ... 14 } '300,_ 0 0 { j:: 8,736 "an.d. to -4nd from Eltham't+nd St.. Andrew's;lI:iy.,way of," {l'jlree day~ awe~k... Goach.,. ... ,,15 < 4,Q80 Kangaroo Ground ! • I " I ...... ' . For.:the conveyance of mails' between thehG'eneral Post·, .orr ' ..... SpringCa!ta ..40* '. , ;.36~, 9.' Q., 1 12,480 Office and 'thc whnrv:es at l\iclb'ourne and Sandridgc, ' and. iWag- (. .' 't? inclusive of the trallRport of the ,English! ~I\ils, as.: ' .,) , '1' gons . ,.: ,.\'; ,. ,.,\. t 'alsoaJl mails arrivi~g :at theP.ort of· i\'l'ell;lourne in. ".,' ,11,:\ • , , .. , ,; ., I t~amii~ for or from thy adjacent ~oloniesJ'.'''· j ... . ", , 1, : . , -, " , ;. v: lit From Mel~ournc to Sandridge, by way of I~merald Hill ... Three times a day ... [I. . " '.anliJrom! Sandridge to Nelbourne, l:>y,way.of,~Emyrald Hill¥ Four.rtin:ies:a.day' .;.' Cart .: .,....}-... 2,1':"'.', I 1l.Q. 0" 0: ,; , including the conveyance of five letter·carriers to and Once a day: .. ."~ " .... I 'r from ~andridge. Em:eraldHill, and lYIelbournp , .To.:and from the General Eost Office nnd"tlp~ncer.street .. :... ' n" :,.;J, '. ,...Waggonette . 19* 1>.9.23 Railw~y Station, asl bftcn as required, incltiding the ~.c}:onveyance of mail.gJiard,or lettll.r-carri.el',·,. i... '!I~' ., . ; for the 'clearance of th~rpost Office letter and newspaper 40,,: . 12,480 boxes jn the city of;~felbourne ,now establish~d; or any thatmay be opened ,m T he course of the year,; and that ,J),on W~mngton parad~. including the·'convey'ance of a., "7 • ',' .. I,. t: ;.... ~etter-carrier 'I" .. .;,~~" !.... :.)',1 " < ,.' ;' ~ .' ..... " .' , .,Ij • \ •••~ lfrom Melbonrne to Prallran, by way of South Yarra ... Thiee times a day ... Car Car ., i4b 16 O"!' 7;!188 :and frorrl Prahran to Melbourne, by.. way.of.JSou'th.Yartil~" Four.,times'a.day .•... ::: } .. including the convey~U(le of six letter.carrifrs from . Once a day; ." ;,<' :.... Car. ~i. 24*~. I' . ,.,_t. and to, Prahran and }lelboUfnc ~ , .~J I •••. j' I 69,. 0 0 :,. 3;'1.44 TO:\lnd froVl South Y~rraia!id Malvern, bY,waY'of,Toorak •. ~r'IYice a 'day , r" .. : Ca.r· S :. , From Mel90urne to RIl~hrrlOnd ...... ! ... Three times a dav •• , Car ... l ,i .',at;'d from'Richmond to.l).felbournc,... :'_'·b'T I ll'oUf times'a day' '" " 108 ",Q' O· .' 1'),304, · , FiftY~Seven.trlPS,,? miles. " "1'e)' diem. - 'STA.TEMENT showing Particulars 'Of Inland .Mail Setvice"performed"in: Victorla:;'·18'f.2-continued. -' Mode of Gros. Conveyance. Dlstince. Amount. Mileage. ------..:--:..;:....·-...:·:.; ..;;.;,.;,·::.··..:::;.·-:..;-:-.:.....::....::;;=:.;...-1-' ..- .. --;",-='-'--'-'.;...;;;-;..;';;;;;-",'=' ------_.. _ ....- ..-... --'''''''''~I'------'.: Miles, £ 8. d. To and from Port Albert. and Stockyard Creek' ... ' ,.: Once a' 'we,ek ... Horseliack' "S5' II, ,. 100 0 0' 3,640 To and from Dandenong and Cranbourne, by way of Lynd. Six days a week ... Horsebac.k '9 50 0 O' 5,616 hurst \. To and from Cranbourne ahd tI,e Clyde ••• .... Three days a week... Horseback 5 14 0 0, 1,560 '1'0 and from Castlemaine and Ha'rj:ourt by way of·.Barker's Six days'a week ~ •. '. 'flor.(l,ebac~·,: '6"1 ( 3,744 to C::d\rom Castlemaine and Cbewton, t.wibe a day, Six days.~ w~e'k" .... : •.':'~h!?I~ t;.. ~': ~ . . t 1,872 . - including the clearance'of the letter.boxes'i.t CheW-ton: , . . " " 1~" "t 3.55 O' O. , and to and from Chewton and Golden Point, .,. .•. Six days a week~-;·.-i., Vehicle'" .-:." .' 2' 1,248 to and from Castlemaine and Glenluce';:by way of Spring Six days ~ we~~' ... Vehicle:.. ',9' 5,616 Gully and Fryerstown . ' 1 to and from Castlemaine and Vaughan, by W,I:\Y of Camp- Six days. a' week ... Vehicle ... ·6,864 .bell's Creek, Yapeen, Strathloddon, .'Giiildford, and \, I . Tarilta .' To and from Kyneton and Dauriston '" . .-. . ... Six days a week ... Vehicle ... 6 ~ '50 0 0" 3,744 To and from Kyneton and Pastoria, by way of Piper's Creek Three days a week.... Horseback 7 24 0 0 2,184 To and from EchucfI and Ulupna, by way of Lower Moira, Once a week ... Horseback' 50,. .• 97 0 O· .5.200 Kotupna, Kadmba; and Ulupua West . . . :."/'., ..... '1'0 and from Runnymede lind Corop ... , . ,'" ... Three dan a week... .Horseback 11 60 0 0' S,432 To and from Creswick and Dean, by way of Rocky Lead.:. Six days a week •. :' Iibi-seback 6' 80" 0 0:' '3,744 For the clearance of the ,Po~t Office letter and newspaper Three times ,a ~a~ .... 1 ,'Tilbury:;: .. , 25* ) "7,800 boxes in Carlton ancl Ho'thani now established, or any that may be opene~ ~iu the course. of the rear, includ- ',' .,. ing the conveyance of a letter-carrier' " ;.;t'; ", . "for the conveyance of s~ven \etter-carrie,rs,. from t~e Once adllY General Post Office to Fitzroy ,and:.Colli,?gwood .' '.; •.•••. Wagg()~ .... ,} 8:.~' 2,496 also for the conveyance of mails to and ·from· the General T)Vice ~. 4~y . Tilbury .. . Post Office and Fitzroy and Collingwood' :, ,·,fl •• also for the conveyance of an extra mail ,from the Post /1:",.),.-'-.< .: ...... ' I Office, Collingwood, to the General Post Office, 'on the despatch of an English 'mail, ' . .' ~I to and from Shady Creek .and Walha1!!l, by way of Tan~ ;. 1.0 iO,920 ", \ gil, Cooper's Creek, and' Happy:go.Lucky I'" .'. ~!}~e~~,t!~ a,:w~ek·""'iH~::~.~?,ack :,~~. , (,: to and from Rosedale ,and Wall)alla, by· way' of Toon" 'I'hree day~ a'week ... : HorEHibac{" , '35 ,:,1' ,':/ \,0,920 gabbie and Happy-go-Lucky ""_ .", I £0 and from Oak leigh abd: Mulgrave ...... '. :i. ' . Three' days lI'week ... 'Horseback:: "6 ·1-,872 { to and from Gatyney's yreek and Enoel)'s P,9fnt '" Three qays a, week... Horseback!'. . Y 10 " . '~,120 - to and from :&ee~hworth and Wahgunyah;. by' way of Six dl!-y.~'.a week :; :Coach ,. _,,;' '~3 ;7 '~Oi592 , Chiltern, Indigo, and Rutherglen ; , to, and from Beechworth and Grow)er'~9r!lek, by way. Six'. days II: week ...' C~ach 1'45 2'8,080 '.'~of Murmungee, Tiljlor'~ Gap, Mjrtleford,; Eurobin; '. - . Pore.funka, and Bright . , '. '1 ·C." ", ~ Ii:' " . I. f I. 1 ! .,.'~o.and from Beechworth and Yackandandah_\.. ·. .... Six days alweek '... Coach ".(~::.~ . i5 ,I ." ·9,360 ., Jii. and from Lon~ood and Mansfield, by. ,wily of Merton,. Six 'days a week, ... 'Uoach ... 50 31;200 , Doon, and MalDdample ,., , .' I,·. .;" ".j" I ,", .... , '1: IT" I'" " "1 I •. ',t<1 and from Mansfield and Jamieson... " " ...... Three days II week... Horseback ' , ~25 " I I· ", - to and from, Broadford and Alexandra, by vyay of Reedy . Three day~ a'week... Coach ... 47 , -Creek, King Parrot Creek; and Yea ••• 1, to and from SandhuTst and Heathcote, by way' of Axe- Three',days aweek... qoach ':30 dale and Wild-dnck Creek Post Office d k C h , -~," i-- , to and from Runnymede and· Murchison,. by way of ..Th ree. ay:~ a wee ... .,0fC ;". ": "'~j'N , Campaspe and .Rusbworth· r, • "to and fr'om Sandburst and Wedderburn, by way of Six, days al week .) Coach' :.-?" 48 29,952 Marong, Inglewood. alld Old Inglewood to and ,from Yowen Hill Post office and Towllninnie, by Once 'a' week' Horseback' '30 3,120 way of Glenloth and Wycheproof , ',. to'and from Castlemaine ao'd Cres'ivick,by way of'Green Six days a week" " .... 90iich .:! 45 28,080 Gully, Newstead, Sandon, Glengower, Moorookyle, , ". \ I ' .;~ .1',. ::",' P n'; .' Smeaton, and Kingston'" . " .: " , to and from CastlemaiIJe and Daylesfor,d, by way of, Six d.}~.sa week ... Coach ... 18. .,"( 1 11,239 ;.,' Yapeen, Guildford, Yandoit, FrabkIinford: Shepherd's " ••1 Flat, and Hepburn' .,.' .. r .,. 0 " :1' .1. io and from Malmsbury and Daylesford, by' way of' Twice a.day ... •.. Coach 22 27,41>,6 Drummond and Glenlyon ' . _~ I, .' • '. f'. to and from Castlemaine and Dunolly, by way of Maldon Six days II 'week'''... C~¥~"... 33 " , , 20,5~2 f" •• ~o ~~~ ~r~~nfi~ldo'~'and D~·~Olly. by·~a~'~;:Ed~ingt~~!· Six d'a;~)a,wee~!~ ... c~~~h:'... 2'3: .. ," . t 14,852 and Burnt Creek . . . ". .' . , .. , .. ;l". 'to and from Diggersrest and Coimadai 'Cr'liek, by w~y of . TIir~e'da:ys aweek.':: 'HorSebaci'" ":-' , 10 . ' 1 '8,f20 to Tooler~,and fIom )Ioonambel and St.· Arnaud, I by." I'way of Red-'.... " Six days, .. -a.week',·1, ,. ':•• :Ooach"'· ...ul·'· . 34S . (' ~9'6, 8. 8 ,1.3.. 9~1' ,". 21,216 bauk, Hinds, and Stuartmill • . to and !rom, Maryborough and lIf?Jbrca,' ,by ·way·'of.. : Six,dfoys,a .wllek ... Coach ,I ~ '1,992 MosqUIto F tat (tnd McCullum's Creek ,;, I .. '. ., r ' .. '(~. .(,"':.;" ·'1 .,'In )'" to and from Maryborough and Wareelo;, by.way·of China.. Six days a week } , ", . man's Flat, Timor, and Alma .. J ,.,.. ".'. Coach ••• .' ,i2, i ' I 1.1 7;488 including clenrance of letterboxat Chin~mnn'!LI<'lat' 'Once a day.• L··, " .'.," !l,:'J, I.' • : ... ' to and from Avoca and Percydalc ".1 ~ ... i ... ,Sixdays,aweek ... Horseback'~ .. :!6-;, ,;. ;," ,,'3,744 . to and from Ara~at and MOystOIl,. by way. ;J~,Catllcart ..... Six, daf~'.a week"... Coe,ch, .. (. ;10 ., '·'6240 to and from the Post Office aDd 'the Railway Station, Twice Ii day" ...... Catr,·.' ... /., 11' '" ;', •. ) - '~;24B Echuca : :u ,.: a,1 J:- . ' .. ' • ".L 11.1 i to lind from Ararat and Tatyoon., .... . '.. ... Two .9ay5 do week ,.. Horseback 16 3.328 '. to and from elunes aud Glengower,):>y way of L~~d' 'Sii,days a week ... 'Buggy ~~;'.. ''[io'" .. , ,6;240 ." 'Clyde'and Middle Creek,' •. '" ., ,'. ' " ":.. .:! o to and f~Oin Maryb(1rough ~'i,Jd Ararat, by wl!-y o( Adel~i~e, .s~i d~Yi!~ ~ee.k ... Coach ", ." 56' I' 84,944 .... ;Lead, Bung Bong, A voo'a, Amphit,heatre, Elinhur~t,. , .. " ',' b" I." 1 t. ~ \ Eversley, and Urowlands . "', - -",' '," -; , It ;" i , ~ "J~ '., I ..'" .. -.- - .... ,J._ .. _ ------.-.-c... __ .. ______...:':-:: ____ .. _ E2 .26 S'l'A.TE:r.:ENT ,s.howipg Par:ticulars of Inland ,Mail Service perform~d in Victoria, .1872:-continued. I, I Mode of GrOBS Service. Frequency. Conveyance. Distarice. Amount. Mileage. ------~ _____ ~ ______I------I------i------I---·------Miles. £ s. d. to and from Ballarat and Clunes, by way of ~1:inersrest, Six days a week ... Coach 31 19,344 Mountd:3lowbard, and Ascot to and from Ballarat and Linton's, by way of Smythee Twice a day ". Coach 21 I 26,208 dale and Scarsdale and to ahd from Linton's and Hamilton, by way of Skip Six days a week ... Coach 103 64,272 ton. Streatham, Lake Bolae, Wickliffe, Strathmore, I Yuppeckiar, and Dunkeld to and from Stawell and Horsham, by way Stawell West, Six days a week ... Coach 29,328 Deep Lead. Glenorchy, Ledcourt, and Boga Lakes .1 .. to and from the Railway St'l.tion and Post Office, Ballarat, ... Waggon ... 468 , as often as required, including the conveyance of a .\ ,IMter·carrier to and from Ballarat and Bungaree, by way of Dunns- Six day.s a week ... Coach 9,984 town and Warren heip . ' 5,616 to and from Ballarat and Buninyong, by way of MOllnt Six days a: week ... Car ien I . Clear ;ac to and from Terang and Hamilton, by way of Kolora, Three days a week... Coach 68 "'. .I 21,216 Mortlake, Hexham, Caramu~, Pensburst, Croxton East, and Hochkirch ! .1 to and from Portland and Belfast, by way of Narrawong Two days a week ••• Coach 9,360 and Yambuk I· ·to and from Portland and Cape Bridgewater. by way 'of Once a week ... Horseback 13 1,352 Bridgewater . to and from Heywood and Dartmoor, via Drik-drik and Onee a week ... Horseback 81 I 3,224 Balrook 1,872 to and from Killarney and Crossley ...... Six days a week H. Horseback 3 to and from Crossley and Koroit ...... Four days a week... Horseback 3 1,248 to and from Camperdown and Cobden ... Threc dava a week... Horso;back 10 3,120 to and from Culac and Ondit ... •.. Six days 'a week ... Horseback 7 4,368 to and from Mount Moriac and Lake Modewarre Three days a week... Horseback 7 2,184 to and from Leigh Road Railway Station and Rokewood, Three days a week... Coach ••• 30 9,360 by way of Teesdale and Shelford' to and from Rokewood and Smythesdale. by way of Six days a week ... Coach' ... 18 11,232 Ro~ewood Junction. Bulldog Flat, Cape Olear, and l Scarsdale, ' To' and from the Post Offico; and landing places, Q,leenscliff, 14 trips ...... Spriug cart 3 10 o ( '. whenever required, at 58. per trip . also the ,conveyance of the English mails, £5 per trip .... 13 trips ...... Spring cart 65 0 247 43 10 551 29 trips H. ... opring cnrt zl and special mail conveyance between Geelong and I . Queenscliff, as often as required, at 30s. per trip to and from Mount Gellibrand and Birregurra ... Six days a week ... Horseback 4' .i 2,496 to ar.d from Geelong and Gheringl1ap, by way of Gee long Six days a week ... Horseback 12 7,488 . West. Cowie's Creek. and Batesford 2,496 to and from Ceres and Gnarwarre ... 'l'hree day~ a week... Horseback 8 I . to and from Leigh Road R9ilway Station and Anakies, Six days a week .... Vehicle ... 9 l 5.616 by way of D:uriwaU and Maude .To and from Richmond and Kew, by way of Hawthorn .. . Twice a day ... Car 8 72 0 o 3,744 'From St. Kilda to Melbourne...... Twice a day ... Car 2,184 75 0 and from Melbourne to St. Kilda...... •.. Once aday ... Car ::: } 3i o{ 1,09~ including the conveyanee of five letter-carriers to and Once a day ••• Car from Melbourne and St. Kilda . To and from Melbourne.and Bulia, by way of Flemington. Six days a week ... Vehicle . Moonee Ponds, Esseudon, 'fullamarine, and Oaklands' .:" } 21 13,104 Junction with a branch mail to and from Mickleham, by way of Six days a week ... Vehicle ...... ; Greenvale and Broadmeadows To and from Mo;lbo1lrne and Merriang, by way of North Six days a week •.. Coach 25 300 0 0 15,600 cotej.l'reston, Thomastown, Epping. and' Woodstock 9,984 To and· (rom Melbourne and Heidelberg. by way of Twice a day ... Coach 8 150.0 0 Alphington Six days II week ••• Car ... 2~ 29 0 0 1,560 To and from St. Kilda and Caulfield...... 2040 0 14,040 To. and from Rosedale and Port Albert. by way of Tarra Three days a week... Horsebaek 45 ville and Woodside 13,260 To and from Matlock and Walhalla, by way of Jordan. R.ed Three days a. week... Horseback 42i 290 0 0 Jacket, Violettown, and Mount Lookout (Aberfeldy) 13,520 To and from Bairnsdale and Delegate, by way of Bruthen Once a week ... Horseba,ek 130 295 0 0 Buchan. Gelantipy. Deduc, Tibbutt. Cob!lnandra, Honang~and Bendoc 3,328 To and from Bairnsdale and Deptford. by way of Store Two days a week ... Horseback 16 87 0 0 Creek,and Boggy Creek . . 3,744 To' and from Berwick and Na.rree \Varren. by way of Six. days a week ... Horseback 6 14 0 0 . Harkaway . 'I'wo days a week... Horseback 2 20 0 0 416 To and from Wood's Point and Gooley's Creek... •.. 168 10 0 5,304 To ana from Harrietville and Grant; by way of the Upper Once a week ... Horseback 51 Dargo Once a week ... Horseback 82 98 0 '0 3,328 To a.nd from Upper Dargo and Om eo.' ... .., ... 160 0 0 9,360 To a.nd from So;ymour and Murchison, hy way of Tabilk, Three days aweek... Coach ... 30 . ,Nagambie, Wahring, and Dargalong Once a week ... Horseback 40 50 0 0 4,160 To and from Benalla and Shepparton ...... •.. 50 0 0 9,360 To and from LaneefielU Road· Railway Station and North SiX'days a week ... Coach ... 15 Lancefield, by way of Dllck' Holes, Romsey, and Lancefield " 2,496 To and'from Newstead and Clydesdale .•. •.. Six days a week ... Horseback 4 50 0 0 { Six days a week ... Horseback 3 } . 1,872 to and from Newstead and ::Strangways ... •.. 2,808 To and from Elphinstone and·Sutton Grange ..•. '" Three days a. week... Horseback 9 44 16 0 { 'rhree days a week ...' Horseback 4 } 1,248 to and from Elphinstone and Faraday ...... 36 0 0 7,488 To and from Langley and Metcalfe. by way of Green Hills " Six days a week ... Horseback 12 ______. ______-'-....!.- _____--l-~.- .. ---..L------'-----'------• Perdlem. , Distance, 19 miles, previously given In distance column• - 27 STATEMENT 'showing Particulars of Inland Mail Se~vice performed in Victoria, '1 872-continued. Gross Mode 01 Amount. Service. Frequency. I COllveyance. Distance. Mileage. --- Mil ••. £ 8. d. Three days a week ... Horseback 6 24 0 0 1,87 2 To and from Langley and Baynton...... 2,808 To and from Railway Station and Post Office, Kyneton Six times a day ... Car ... i '" 3'1: 75 0 o{ 93 6 and for the clearance of the letter-boxes, including the Twice a day ... Car J •• - } conveyance of a letter-carrier 'ro and from Kyneton and Mount Blackwood, by way of Six days a week ... Horseback· 22 370 0 0 13,72 8 Tylden, Trentham, and Newbury To and from Woodend and Carlsruhe, by way of Spring- Six days a week ... Horseback 7 32 10 0 4,368 . field 'ro and from Rochford and Hesket ... Three days a week ••. Horseb~ck 3 28 12 6 93 6 '" , To and from Gisborne Railway Station and Gisborne .... Six days a week ... Car .. 2i 18 4 0 1,56o also the conveyance of a mail on Saturday from the ... Car ...... } Railway Station to Gisborne To and from Echuca and Wyuna .•• ...... Once a week .... Horseback 12 30 0 0 1,24 8 To and from Ararat and Opossum Gully ... '" Six days a week ... Horseback 6 30 0 0 3,744 To and from Creswick and Coghill's Creek, by way of Bald Six days a week ... Horseback 20 82 10 0 12,480 Hills and Ascot '1'0 and from Melbourne and Wood's Point, by w?e of Three days a week ... Coach ... ." 34,008 Kangaroo Ground, Yarra Flats, Healesville, ern- 109 1 sllawe, Marysville, and Matlock - for the clearance of the Post Office Jetter and newspaper !hrce times a day ... Tilbury ... r boxes in 1< itzroy and Collingwood now established, or any that may be opened in the course of the ;year, in- . eluding the conveyance of a letter-carrier ! 12,480 Once a day Waggonette 1 for the conveyance of seven letter carriers from the ... 40· General Post Office to Botham and Carlton J also the conveyance of mails to and from the General 'fwice a day ... Waggonette Post Office and Hotham and Carlton to and from Tallgil and Hussell's Creek ... .., Once a week ... Horseback 6 624 to and from Shady Creek and Crossover Diggings '" Two days a week ... Horseback 12 I 2,496 to and from Jamieson and Matlock, by way of Mack's Three days a week ... Horseback 39 12,168 Creek, Ten·mile House, Gaffney's Creek, Castle Reef, and Wood's Point to and from Wangaratta and Albury, by way of Docker's Six days a week ... Coach ... 45 28,080 Plains, Bontherambo, Chiltern, Barnawartha, and Wodonga . and to and from Bontherambo and Wahgunyah, by way Six days a week ... Coach ... 18 ll,~32 of Rutherglen . to and from Yackandandah and Albury, by way of Three days a week ... Coach 30 9,360 Osborne's Flat, Kiewa, and Wodonga to and from Yea and Ghin.ghin ...... Three days a week ... Horseback 7 2,184 to and from Rushworth and Coy's Diggings, by way of Three days ~ week ... Coach ... 8 2,496 Whroo to and from Swan Hill and Euston, by ,way of PyangH, Once a week ... Coach ,.. 80 8,320 Narung, and Wyrlong I to and from Inglewood and Wehla, by way of Kingower. Six days a week ... Coach ... 15 9,360 Berlin. and Lingharn's Flat to and from Sandhurst and Raywood, by wa1 of Lon~ Six days a week ... Coach ... 22 13,728 Gully, California Gully, Eaglehawk, Myers Flat, an Whipstick . to and from Sandhnrst and Tarnagulla, W' way of Six days a week .,. Coach ... 28 17,4'12 Golden square, Kangaroo Flat, Lockwood. oodstock. on-Loddon, Newbridge, and Maidentown to and from Hepburn and Dry Diggings ... ••• . Six days a week ... HOrseback 3. 1,872 to and from St. Arnaud and Morton Plains, by way of Two days a week ... Coach ... 40 8,320 Donald and :Mount J effcott to and from Dunolly and New Inglewood, by way of Six days a week ... Coach ... 22 13,728 Jones' Creek, Tarnagulla, and Maidentown to and from Avoca and Stawell, by way of l\ GroSs Distance. . '.", Mileage, k. -._.. 1___ . '. , I'" -,. '1 - "'-,. I ' ------r, . ': , "I I ' '--- ...... j - '------Mi!es.- .. '·:C';:-d~'-· , ,., !":!.?,;andd f:fro~ BB,ro~n Hb ill,s an~wBuqg~~ee Swing~ ,...,Six,days a week ... Horseback ,4' 'I ." ".1 2,496 b£,,,;,t£ln rpm urrum cllt al!d e,t~erboard. Hill :.. ,Six days a' week .... Horseb'acK 5 3,120 iiG~P and Ifr,om Dilyiesfofd and Leonard's Hill; by' 'way of ,''lihr,ee,d, a,.ys'la w,e, elt .... H,orseba,l)k"., .. , 6 " I '. I 1,872 , , 3,tp,~nds~:;,~e Hamilton 'a~d~'PSlei. ~~ way, ~f C~v:e~dish" Two dayd week .... 'Coach .... ' y ~~" ,,', "'" '. ',:;: 20,384 Balm,oral, Harrow, anll Edenhop'e j' ' , I 'I' '" to:.!'nd ~rom Hamilton ahd Casterton,.bY"way oflWannon Six ,days a. week ,'" Coach I' ,I. "45 ., " I.,' " ~ ~ 28,080 I, 'imd GoleTaine ' I' I ! I , 'I :J,to and :from Coleraine and Harrow, by way) orlNarreen Tw;o days 'al week .•. Coach .•. '35 I 7.280 -to and from Casterton ahd PortlaDd, by wa,}l of, Sandford, ':l'lire"e')d~is:a week.;. Coach'" ql ::~. 19,032 (o':3,Merir\o,'DigbYj'Hotspur;'and Hevwood ":! '., ',' ..], ' " l['.'1 to and {rom Woodford 'a;nd Winslo~' ' ';'1 ... Two days a' week ... : Horseback t .12 ,lltl '''' 2,496 :,.a~~ to and-,from Woodford a,nd Y~ng\lry;" ~ ';'" ••• t"!'9,days al we~k ....Horseback J '11, ...!:l. " '" ,7' 27 t:to?andi.from :!the· landing.place i and the.;;PolitOffice, I Car ":.. 4 '0 "WarrnamoooI, as oftep as,required: ..... ~, .• ~i~ : . .~~ .." ::';~;'!{' :,:;"" ::;, -:", ";><'1'2:" : ... ~:;.,.. ,~'.~,., • ,'1' "t' "2",','4' 9'6 and (rom Woorndoo and Lake Bolac ... 1 ... Two days a w,eek' ... ii:o~s~b~ck _ ,t 16* 60 0, 0' .. : 4,,992 and to ftud from Brun~wlck and Pentrldge u ~ \ ... "Once a day .. '" To and from Preston anal Glen vale',l by way of B)lndoora, Six days a week:' 'Coach' , 20 ~ 175,0 0,,;', 12}480 nd :daneqe,ltj, ~ornng, a. W,hittle~ea ~. ,'; I ',.s,;, ,; ,! 1 '.~. ' H'or~s' e"b' ac·".:"" To and from HeIdelberg and Templestowe ... , ... SIX days a WeeK' ... ' ... 2 ' '. To and fGoln Mount Lookout (Aberfeldy) and Edwards' Tbree days h w'eek... 'Horseback 14 ,.:¥eef, ib~ wa~ of Donn'?ll~i!' Creek .I•. v·,) i." ',' .' c':! I .' ,', , To and from Omeo and S,Wlft,S Creek ... · .•• 1 ... Once a week' ••• Horseback' 18 25 ~ 0 1 0' To and from Omeo and Snowy Creek, by way. of ;Wombat ,Once a week ." . ~'" H?rse~ack 55, 135,0 0 - :and ~f~rrimac ii' I : ", '. ., I' f~ 'To.~nd frQm Maffra and.vpper Malfra ..:. "; ';':'.. ", J'bree days ~ wel/k ... Horseback' g" 30 0, O. 2,496 TO:~dnd fr~m Drko1mana anld; Sor,rentol by way of, Rye, thre~ ,Tjnee, day~ ~ ,w,eek: •. Buggy.... , \,. IS 35 15 O,,! 1,4040 • '" I~' " ays a wec i I I I I' l'O' T?:, lI;nd fhim Dromana I' and rFlinders, by., way 'of Cape Tw,o days a..week... Horseback 23~ , . ~5 !L ~.';': 4,7840 • ':'Scbanck ; i' I' --" ' I'." To~~~d fro,nt Dromana andjRe4' Hill: ,," ; ":1'.," ..... 'T~~ day,,! a week..... Horseback A , " 10 0' 0" 832 To and from Porc·Punka!and Buckliuld ... i ... Three days a'week ... Coach ... 18' ,'\ 170, 0' .. 0" 'I 5,()16 fo,and frdill Bright and H~rrietville'... . .,. ... Three day~! week... Horseback . 45' , . 70 0."0 14,040 ;" 49 0 0 5,200 Tiillii'd fro'oi Benalla andlCobram, bY-way of'Maj¥Yabba' Once: a. ,,,eek ," .::' Horsebac~:,. 50 ." . and Katandra I ii'I' ! To.an.d from Murchison and Moofoopna ,;." .;. 1 ... Once.i!:. w.~ek ... Horseback, 21 25 0 0 To'and from the RailwalStation and 'Post' Office; Castle-...... :; ... ,Cilr •. '~'l: 3.'" .j,5,1 !9 '0 "t ,_ ~ maine, as often as reqtlired' .. II 1'0:an,c1 from Woodend and:Lancefield, by, way"of Newham, ,~ix ~aY~(il-:'re~k ... 15 ~,360 • 85A"'<; 0 ° ;' :;:aiid Rochford \';,;' " '~.\ i' "," . " , " T 0' &Jd frOIn Sunbury andthe Gap , ••. '.. : 1" ... Six da'y~ a' ~e~k ... , Hor~eback ,f. ,1517,0: 2',496 To·and from Gisborue and Cabbage-tree ...,.... Thre\lday~ t ~*,elj:~ .., Horseback '6"1716'0' 1',872 To"~rl'd froln lHsborne and 'Bullengarook ...... Three days a week ... Horseb'ack: 2,184 TO'.,and from Mucklefordi and ,Walmer, by way,of China- Si,x".,d,.a,ys,{l1.w"ee".k, ,"', Hors~lJ!ick' , f,68C ""man'sICi-eek i'" I" .• , " " : .. )fl :: ',~,. :J' and.extra trip from ChiD~man'8 Creek to Muckleford on Hors~back' .... ~~ l.'~ ; •• ~:,'.; -Ii:'. ¥'>~~* ""'~' .. q...... · ',. ou'tgo;'n'g English mail days I" • 'l .... ~· '." '.\ 1 T9.;,~n~ frpm Ravenswood Ra,~!way. Stati(1ll~a9d tho Big .. Six}~ys. !li,'Ye~~· ,... . Horseback; •. 4 25 0 0 2:;49( Hlll, oy way of Old Ravenswooa Post Office Spring, Yll;rj. T?t al:d :roRiJl: Mf.,ald,{p. an~l, Ne~steald, ~.¥. waY,Rf Wels~~r i Six.?~ys, a-,.te~:k .. . , m~s 00' . ' . , · to,and froln Maldon and 'Poreupine Flat ',. .-.', . ~ , Six,days a.',week .. . 8pring Cart '; } ·5. ~ of ;:;;: ·.to,and from Maldon and 'Nuggety Reef ''';',',: •• : ';" Sbi'diiys,iweek .. . Sprir!,g Cart To "alid from the Post Office and ·the Railway .Statio·n~ 'Twice a 'day, ... Horseback 1 5~ 0 0', +.24 Rochester . ,I , I" _. " .. ,'.. To:"i1~d frolD: Goornong Railway Stati01:ti\.~d' Ohire lrlrl, by . Si~ 'day~'a week"· ... v'khi~l~" ••• 4,99 ," !frY of the Goornong Post Office .' ), •. I ;I'.:"., .,'" I~':' J, , ,'" and to and from Clare Inn, and Toolleen ,...... Two days a week ... Horseback' .1,24 T.o;~fin~ldfro;n, Heathcot~ and G~aytown, by,j'Ya:l',\of!C.ost~':.;iI Si~days.,a ~e~k;; ;"" 9~ach 'H' 12,,48 e ,I • , , i~,i,t,~ tal ,branch mail to andJrom qoste~Jl4 ap.? Re4' •Th!~e. d~y~ a ,!e,ek";r I;Iorseb~c~ .. .1,5€ , ... cas e 1 {' .• : " (I J' ", ~: ,~i ,and ; f~om Graytown arl,d R*shw?~;th. 1'y way ~f. "Thi~e .d~i.s.1\ w~~k... Coach :., 'l· ,:whroo' . I . '. ; ,~ ... '\ • .1 •• :.'~ . ,t ~ ..... To 'ana from Moyston ani! Watgania' '::. - .. '::. ;... ::;"'l'wodiiys a week" ... Horseliack' 12 2,4l To,·and from Moorookyle and Ullina.! .. , 1" .... I .. , Six days a week , .. Horsebaek 5 3,H tii'ilnd from Smcaton and Hit:or.Misil ' ... I" ...' Six days a week .. ' Hvrsebac~ • 6 37' fO,and from Tylden and :Jjlast Trentbam , ... I ... Three days a week... Horsehack' 6 :r:Sc To': ai\:'d from Sale and Bairnsdale, by way of Stratford 'Three days a week... Coach '," ..... 50 15,61 "", (Telegr~ph line) . C " ' ., • " , •••' ,with a branch mail to and from Fernbank,' .. , ... , '~h, I Three (jays a week ... Coach ... 2 6' 't'o'a'nd froin Murmungee 'and' Bowman's Forest' , ... Thr'ee da:rs a week .. . Horseback ,6 1,8 ,to,and froin Myrtleford~and Running Creek ..., . ,'l'hre,e days a week .. . Coacn ... 14 4,3 ------~------" l'er diem. • To 3lat Mareb; £2 li;~. per week. • For tllirteOIl trlPfi, " mJlea. ~ "f... - ST.AT~ME~~ sl1owi.ng. J;>lll1ic.ular~ {Jf Jl~I.al)d,Mlj.il. Service per~ormfil.d .i~.' Y;iptOf!8,. ~t~72-cQntinul1d.. rt ... ". . , , T Mode of Gross .1' Servic~: ,,""~ I K .• ~~~~~ft~.! Con'fcyauce~ Amount. MUeage. ______-= __ ~~ __~~~~~~'~~ ! - ...... _. '--1 _. I-'~"-" _ ... · ...... i.:::-- d.' --- • . .1;. .', ' _"00. £, s. · to and from Euston and Wentworth, by, way ofi'l'arp~l\~n" ,On!le. ~qve6k; '1',' .;., ,:C?ac,~h ·!3:;·· .:·.... !i.9 I I ,.i,~: r I ' f.~240 Mildura, and.the"Mission Station ' .::. , ' to Rnd from Burke's Fl:i.f and Wehla c...... ' .Tht:!l.e ~",ys'~ week'::I .ffo~s~bacJc ..,'I' 151' I :\. '.1 ..:: 1560 to I,\nd from St. Arnaud' ,lIld Yowen Hill Post Office, by Two days a ~eek .•.. Horseback ." 30 ·", .. ~~40 · way of , Yo wong' ,Springs , '. , , .. , .(' I G'" I . to and from St. Arnaud and Gre.gre , .. ",'~ .. ;' .. i ••. ·Ci~ce.a .w~ek· ...., ,H9rseiJ.ac~· ... ',10' ,." '1040 I to and from Horsham and Lake 1;:linslmarsh, .bY way' of., T:wp:~ays'a week, .... 1.9o~~)1 r O., :"'I,~ ..50r· I !':~.'; I 10,400 Dimboola . . ";' T". " ,1' ., to and from Lawloit and'Lockhart, by way ofYannock, Once a weel~ ..~ .', orsetia.6k ,n." 5; .. 1 ",: '.5,408 Bullarook, Bunyip, Yarrock, and Cove .;. '" i '1 .• , .•., ! ,.", 'i ., \ . ,... ,J I" to and from Werracknebeal and Lake Corong ... ' ... Once a week :... Hor~ebnck .",'/. 25 (,' .. 2,600 , to and from Ballarat and Mary.borougll, by, ~ay o.f.¥.'ount, Sjx.~~J~s '1(,we~k ,W" ,~'pa.c,~,~ J'~"l ,. ,4~'" ,'L • ,::. 2?,,208 ll.owan. Sulky Gully, CreswlCk, Glendonald, Maryfield, ',.'n) l' ,,' ' ;, , " .. ' r Clullcs,Dlln;tc,h (MountG.r.eenock.t3out)I)"._:ra\bQ~ a!l.d;r ' I, .:.;c.l .;c:;, t;i" ,;l'l'; L ./.;,>; 'I:i ,1.1['. !j,' ;"', f.. ':·':!~.lle,!,1·' ,,' , ~i~hm~eb~~DCh mail to and from D~'~olJy and 'Mary- sii d~ys ~ ',*e~k .;'.~,' 'C~aeh' ...... ~,i/;~." I" .' .;',~, ':. ",9,360 borough . ~ ~, ~. ~.. ',"' 1 ~ 1+'1" '1y.. i •• V'ITj I ~i'i t to ani! from Geelong and Belfast, by, way ,of P~ttav:el" Six:~l!-y:s"a,:we~.1!:. ;',"1 •. ,Co!l?h t ;,... :;13,6. , ,I.,: ,:.,,84,864 Clifford. Mount Moriac, Winchelsea. Mount Gijlibrand; " ,'_. _ .... _"".' ' ...... Colac, Larpent, Stonyford, PomborJ1.e.i.t, Camper~own, : . ,I i .....',":1· '" r' ',:/ I '. ""./, , ",'" . Terang, Panmure, All!,nsford,\Varrn,ambo.ql.,De.'.lning:; " , '~.';" " .. ' .. ' .... '" . "d ton, Rosebrook,and KIllarney , ' .. ' .. ".",'. :":l:•. ·r.'lti.!"'~;) .1:/1';6'''' I' )i, '. to and from !:lokewood and Break-o'-Day, ...... ~i.J!: dJly,~.a, I~eel: ... Horsebi'HK. " .. 3,,(44 • to and from the Keilor Road Railway Station al)d p.outta,. Six days a~:'o/e~k, .::: ,qga~!!- ' "~" "~: .)'~: ' , .. ,7,,488 Galla l!iilKeilor . . .',' .'.'"'' . 'I .t, : to and'f~om Melbo.urne and Drom3pa, ,_by ~~y of 'Chel~ ,·~il£~~~,a.:~ee~ ... Qoach :,::,"5q~' : ,. : 81,200 tenbam, Mordialloc, Frankston, an~,J}lo~nirgt?n . "" C .. ',,' ,! "H"'o' r's'eb'a'c','k' i ';':0'" , :,,., , to and from Kiewa and Snowy Creek, by way of Noor- Once a week 0 I 'I" ,,5,200 ongong, Sandy Creek, and Mitta·mitta , , .. ' R'!' . "j' " ,'l '.' .',. , ~"':' · to and from Beechwortli and Hillsborough, 'by .'Yay o( , I'!i diiys awee,k ,.. qoach ... ::. ,'. ;:l~', .. 8,786 , Stanley , _ c',.... ,,' ! ",,().;', . 11'\ J~l- I to and f.-om Beechworth and Wangarntta, by way of Six days ~'we,e(·,:::. '!09~~h" . :",~q, . Heid's Creek, Wooished, Reidford, and Eldorado ' .. . .-:" 8,736 to and from Wangaratta, and Oxley" by "way of OXley. Sil' day,s :J.)w. eek " . .9p~~ , ",' .it;: , I , " township ; I ,r',' , and to and from Oxley and. Greta, j.,y wa,y pf Moylm T,hree. d~y,s ~ ~~ek... l:lor~eb~~k; ,~".it0.. .. • I '. to ~~~\~:Godfr~y's Creek and AlexJl.np;~t :., ' :.. ... '~i~ day's i' ~e~k ';;'.' ~ifQr~eba~k : :::.:¥ ./. to and frQm Kilmore and Lancefield, by way ofSpripg;HiIJ., 'l'~Fee days ~ 'Yeek .. ,,; .Qpll'ch .".... ,',", 2,0. i with a branch ,mail to and from Goldie ... , .•• Three days l' week... Horseback ,,4 I to ,!-nd frQ!D Merton and' Godfrey'S pr~ek;L._1 "', ... '.... Si:s;:Jl1!Ys .a··wee,k '" .E!orseback . " ,,6,. to and from the Post Office and Railway Station, Sand- ...'... '.. CEll: ...' . , '7* ' " hurst, as often as required, ineludi,ng the conVeY,apcs " .' ,., ",! , , .. , '.,,~ }-9,542 l~'b of a lett.er.carrier ,," '. ' I, .i :"'J'" ; .\ rit',_ for the clearance, of t!le letter :and !1ewspape~.\Joxes 'r:w!ce a day ,!i1bury '.:'16* • J :. J,992 . in Sandhurst now established, Ojhfl.ny, ,that .njy be .'~, t, ,:! • I'.. U I ' ... ~., opened in the course of the year, il!el,w~iDg ,th~ con- , . i' ;. " , veyance of a letter-carrier , ... \, " : ;1, to and from Sandhurst and Kangaroo Flat, by '~ay of Six days a week .:,' 'Vehicle - ... ".- '4: 2,496 Golden Square ", ".- ;.,..... '..l ", i <., ' .. "", .(1, __ ' ", I: ". t.: \ to aud from Castlemaine and lIiaryborough, by. way .of 1>ix days a week . 'C:oach' ... ','. 83. 20,692 Newstead, Joyce's Creek, Moolort, Rnd Carisbrook , 'Lt. i to and fro~l Horsham. !lnd ~psl~y,.,by way of ~e.ctis;, T'Yo d.ays.n;weej<'(i.\, .,Qoa~h". :," "",81 ,', J6,848 · St. Mary sLake, Sprmg BIll, Spnng Bank, Pleasant ,,:,. l.'... .. '\ " , , Banks, Rose Banks, L~mon Spring.s,and.,I:!ri,nga,l)Jer,t , '.,,' ',': ',.' ., l •• 1;; ,to and from Dunollyand lIlclntyre:s, py',way of ~Ilkcr- ~jx.. d\ty~·a wco'k .. , Coach;, ,)'.... " ,Y man and l\'Iolingul . 'I" ~ ••• _;'.\1 • • • . • ;... ~i'; tq and from Ballarat and Haddon (~a,g9,Hill), by way .. ~i'x: P.~y{~\~e~k ... f}!lach ...... ",},lJ .J) G,864 of Redan Bridge, Mount Pleasant, S~bfl.st,?pol, Cob.bler's ,"I,', ~, " "'_'" ~ I I , crully, and Cambrian Hill , . . . '.'. I , , to and from Ba,llarat and Alfredtown, includingtb~ con- ,'+'":te~,a,da~ 'fi)b)ll'Y,: ', ... . veyance of a letter· carrier " I 'r" " " t for the clearance of the Post Office letter and newspaper Twice a clay 2ifil ' " . boxes in Ballarat West now established, or any that I I ,.". ';,,' ...' I , may be opened in the course of tIle ;,y~a~, alld qf tJ:!e . 1 '.f: .r. .~:.... ~ .. ... ,Post Office at Newington, incluilipg th!" coqveyan~e '". of a letter-carrier . , ., ,; , ... , '. 1 ... tQ and fro~ Talbot and Mount :Greenock, by w.ay of "Six days, ~ fe,~!t ... HOl's~back .6 Rocky 1< lat. .' , I" ..., ••• '1 to and from Mereditb and Morrison's' . :.. ... Six days .": week ".',', ,rtQr,s~ba,ck to and fl'om Meredith and and Steiglitz '...... Six; days. iL' ~eek CQach .. . . to .and from Melbourne and Dandenpng, by~ w,ay of8ix dayaa. wee~ ... .Yoach .. . Oak leigh and Spring Yale. . . .' ",' •. ' ,.' I ~.,:~ : ; I to and from Merec,lith,and Cargarie 'n ...... i'li~e~ days 'a week ... , :#orseback .• 11, to and from the Railway Station and Post Office, Leth- Twice a day ... V chicle ... 1 bridge . : .h. ,." \ '. .' ~ ,t .'; . : L: ,'I.' to and from In;verleigh and Leigh Road Railway Station Four days a week... Coach '" " '9 "to and from Roke'IYood and Cressy... , .: ':'1 " ' ..... ,pn«e ,!l-,week '''':, Horseback, <•• ' " ,~O, to lind from Geelong and Fyansford...... Six days II ~eek ... ,I:!orseback ,,~4, to and from Mount Duneed and COllnewarre ... ' ... Three days a w.eek, .. , Horseback . ,\. ':6, , to and from Wyndham Railway Station and Derrimut, Three days a weeltH,: ,,,I!.9.r~eback ,.::' 8 I'> by way o( lI~ount Cotterell' ; , ': , .. " . "!' • , .. ,,' , . , . to and from Geelong and Point Henry, by way of East Six days .a. '!Veek ,.. Horseback 9 ,Geelong and the Breakwater ::. 'i"," " ; : " to and from the Post Office and Railway Station, Geelong,...... i ",,-,;W aggonette ."~~ , ,·:936 \ as often as required, including the conveyance of II '. '. ,'-'." '.' ' .. , 'I letter,carrier . previously. given. " ~ '."":,'. STATEMENT showing Particular~ of Inland Mail Service perforJ;D.ed in Victoria, 1872-conti~ued. BerTIe •• 1 Mode of I I Gross Frequency. Conveyance. Distance. Amount. Mileage. --- Miles. -----£ s. d. to and from Lillydale and Yarra Flats by way of the Three days a week ... Horseback 10 See pre· 8,120 LOdge and St. Huberts . I ceding I to and from Moonambel and Warrenmang, by way of Three days a week ••• · Horseback 14 ) page l 4,368 Kimberley To and from Doon and Dry Creek •• , ...... Twice a week ... Horseback 7 19 10 0 1,456 To and from Wedderburn and Yowen Hill Post Office ... Two days a week ... Horseback 20 140 0,0 4,160 To and from Glenorchy and Donald, by 'way of Ayers, Two days a, week ••. Horseback 65 110 0 0 18,520 ,Anderson's, Creswick Station, and Avon Plains Post Office, McLachlan Lakes (Stratford's) To and from Bundoora and Diamond Creek, by way of Six days a week Coach ... 6 100 0 0 3,744 Greensborough • ... To and from Fo'otscray Railway Station and Braybrook, Six days a week ... Horseback 5 30 ,0 0 3,120 by way of Footscray Post Office and Maidstone To and from Melbourne and Lillydale, by way of Box Hill Six days a week ... Coach ... 21 160 0 0 13,104 To and from LilIydale and TIoddle's Creek, by way of Once a week ... Horseback 35 60 0 0 3,640 Wandon Yaloak and Launching.place To and from Cranbourne and Bass, by way of Corinella ... Two days a week ... Horseback 50 49 9 0 10,400 To and from Sale 'and Glenmaggie, by way of Dennison, Two days a week ... Horseback 50 127 0 0 10,400 Heyfield, and Bald Hills _ To and from 'roongabbie and Cowwarr (Upper Heyfield) ... Three days a week ... Horseback 10 40 0 0 3,120 To and from Sale and Maffra ...... Six days a week .. , Horseback '15 78 0 0 9,360 To and from Bruthen,and Cunningham (Lakes Entrance) ••. Once a week ... Horseback 14 20 0 0 1,456 To and from Inglewood and Pow lett Plains...... 0nce a week ... Hurseback 18 30 0 0 1,872 To Qnd from Kangaroo Flat Post Office and Railway Station Twice a day ... Foot 1 27 10 0, 1,248 To and from Macedon and Uller Macedon .~. •.. Six days a week ... Horseback 3 18 4 0 1,872 To and from Eddington and anecoorie ...... Three days a week ... Horseback 6 27 Ii 0 1,672 To and from Benalla and Mansfield, by way of McKellar's, Once a week ... Horseback 43 49 0 0 4,472 . Swan Pool, and Barjarg . To and from Morang and Hazelglen ...... Three days a week ... Horseback 4 18 0 0 1,248 To and from Whorouly and Bowman's Forest... '" Three days a week ... HOlseback 3/ 25 0 0 936 To and from Murchison and McMillan's (Arcadia Station), Once a w~ek ... Horseback 20 16 0 0 2,080 by way of Kearney's Hotel, Featherbridge, Castle Creek, and Spencer's Farm To an,d from Ondit and Cammel Springs (Tea-tree),' War. Once a week Horseback 3 12 0 0 312 flon ... To and'from East Shelbourne and Shelbourne Three days a week ... Hors~back 8 18 0 0 2,496 To and from Allansford and Nirranda, by way ~i'Mepung~ On'ce a week ... Horseback 10 9 0 0 1,040 'ro and from Stonyford and Carpendeit ...... Once a week ... Horseback 10 20 0 0 1,040 To and from BeauforL and Charlton, by way of Main Lead, Three days a week ... Horseback 9 2,808 Waterloo, and Raglan . 95 0 to and from Beaufort and Stockyard Hill, by way of 'I'hree days a week ... Horseback 10 } 01 3,120 Sailor's Gully , To and from Wangaratta and Estcourt ...... Three days a week ... Horseback 8 50 0 0 2,496 To and from Dunkeld and Karabeal... •.. \ ... Once a week ... Horseback 9 20 0 0 936 To and from Camperdown and Lismore, via Taaraak ... Twice a week ... Horseback 30 60 0 0 6,240 To and from Ondit and Cressy; via Corangamite Junction Once II week .. , Horseback 15 70 0 0 1,560 To and from Lancefield Road Railway Station and Romsey Six days a week ... Vehicle ...... I 50 0 0 4,680 '1'0 and from Elsternwick Railway Station and the Post Si:, days a week ... Foot ... ! 12 0 0 312 Office, J4~lsternwick , To and from North Brighton Railway Station and Mor- Six days a week ... Coach ... 8 70 0 0 4,992 dialloc, via Brighton East, Brighton South, and Chel. tenham , ' 'fo and from lItfordialloc and Cowes (Phillip Island), via Three days a week ... Coach ... , Fran katon, Somerville, Hastings. and Sandy Point 40 195 0 0- 12,480 with II branch to and from Hastings and Balnarring ... Three days a week... Horseback } To a,nd from East Brighton and Jasper l}oad, ...... Six days a week ... Horseback 2 • 25 0 0 1,248 To and from Elmshurst and Glenpatrick' ...... Two days a week ... Horseback 7 5 0 0 1,456 To and from Brown Hills and Clark~'s Hill ...... Six days a w,eek ... Horseback 7 130 0 0 4.368 To and C.. om Balian and Ballanee Three days a week ... Horseback 7 31 4 0 2,184 To and from Melbourne and North Brighton ::: ::: Six days a week ... Railway ...... 2 52 0 0 3,744 To and from Melbourne aud Brigbton, and for clearance of Twice a,day ... Railway ... 7~ 200 0 0 9,360 . receiving boxes at Balaclal'a, 'Elsternwick, Bay street, and Brighton Beaeh Railway Stations, and conveyance of letters, &c., from these stations to Melbourne Clearing two receiving boxes at Prahran ...... Three times a day ... On foot ... 5· 53 0 0 1,560 Clearing a receiving box at East Leigh ...... Six days a week ... On foot ... 1 10 0 0 312 Clearing receiving box at Talbot street, Majorca ... Daily ...... On foot ... V • 5 0 0 'lll6 Clearing three receiving boxes at Brnnswick ...... Daily ...... On foot ... 3 30 0 0 936 '.Clearing a receiving box at Pascoevllie ...... 'Daily ...... 'On foot ... 1 l2 0 0 312 Conveyance of English mail from Prabran to Melbourne Every four weeks ... Car ...... • 1 10 0 72 From Prahran to South Yarra ...... Twice daily ... Car ... Iv 18 0 0 936 Clearing receiving box at Coburg ...... Daily ...... On foot ... 1 10 0 0 312 Clearing five receiving boxes at South Yarra ...... Three times a day ... On foot ... 10· and conveyance of English mail from Toorak and Soutb ...... 63 0 0 3,120 Yarra, monthly } '1'0 and from Rosedale and F(ynn's Creek, from 21st Feb- Two days II week ... Horseback 6 22 10 O· 1,080 ruary to 31st December To' alid from Redesdale and Myrtle Creek, by way of North Three days a week ... Horseback 7 ~O 2 2$ 1,890 Redesdale, from 19th }!'ebruary to 31st December Conveyance of mails to and from Dromana and Sorrento ...... 3 7 1" (conveyed by night), 14th February to 31st March '" To and from Terang and Mortlake, from 19th February to ThreG days a week ... Coach ...... 43 4 1'1 ' 3,78 o 31st December' , 'Conveyance of an additional letter·carrier from Melbourne Six days a week ... Cab' ...... 12 0 Os ... to Prahran from ht January to 31st December . I Additional mail between Geelong and Qneenscliff, by way Six days a week ... Coach ...... 52 0 O· 3,876 of Ken~ington and Moolap, 1st January to 30th April ~ , Distance already statea, 7! milcs.-· Distance al ready,..' stated 6 mile.s._3 .Distance already stated.-' lOs. wcek.-' £23 5•• ptr annum. • lOs. per week; additional distance and mileage already accounted lor.-' ,UO ptr lIIUlum; additional freqnency, 14 miles, already l1iven:-' £1 per month.-'-'£13 per'monUI; distance, 19 mile., already ll'lven. .. Per diem. =-- - 31 STA'fEMENT showing Particulars of "Inland Mail Service performed in Victoria., 1872-continued. Moile of Gros. Service. . Frequency. Conveyanoe. Distance . Amount. Mileage. Miles. £ s. d. To and from Apsley and Narracoorte, S.A., 1st January to Two days a week ... Horseback 20 26 4 0' 4,160 31st December To and from the Post Office, East Brighton and the Rail- Six days a week ...... t \0 0 0 156 way Station, North Brighton, fl"om 1st January to 31st December To and from Port Albert and Stockyard Creek, from 6th Once a week ... Horseback ... 49 3 10 2 3,010 March to 31st December Th:re. times .. day, and twioe On foot 15* 108 8 0 CleariDg five receiving boxes at Emerald Hill, 1st January additional on outgoing ... to 31st December maildaYB 4,68 o Twice .. day, and twice ad- On foot 6 0 CleariDg one receiving box at Emerald Hill, 1st January ditional on outgoing mall ...... } to 31st December days ° Conveyance of an additional letter-carrier from Melbourne Six days a week ... Car ...... 9 0 0' ... to Emerald Hill, 1st January to 31st December To and from Burrumbcet and Bo-I'eep. 16th April to 11th Two, days a week ... Horseback 4~ 12 2 2' 37 8 September To and from Wallan-wallan and Darraweitguim, from 1st Three days a week,~. Horseback 6 14 16 6' 1,87 2 January to 31st December : " To and from Steiglitz and Durdidwarrah, from 18th April Once a week ... HQrseback 5 18 8 6 6 37 o to 31 at December To and from P"ntridge and Craigieburn, by way of Camp- S~x days" a week ... Horseback 11 60 0 0' 4,88 8 bellfield, from ISth April to 31st December To and from Wallan-wallan and Donnybrook, by way of Six days a week ... Horseback 9 3,95 6 Beveridge; and } 852 14 2{ to and from tbe Railway Station and tbe Post Office, Twice a day ...... 2 1,77 6 Wallan-wallan, from ISth April to 31st December To and from the Rail way Station and the Post Office, Four times a day" ... Car ... 2 68 0 O~ 3,55 2 Kilmore, f"om ISth April to 31st December To and from the Railway Station and the Post Office, Twice a day ... Horseback i . 12 0 0'· 44 Broadford, frGm 18th April to 31st December . To and from the Seymour Post Office and tbe Railway ,Once a day ... Vehicle ... 4 50 0 011 91 Station, Schoolhouse Lane, including conveyance of mail-guard, from 18th April to 25th Augnst To and from Tallarook and Schoolhouse Lane, from 1Sth Once a day ... Horseback 3 46 1 5'z 68 4. Atil to 25th August " To an from Dandenong and Berwick, from 24th April to Six days a week ... Horseback 9 27 9 9 13 3,88 8 31st December , To and from Tatyoon and Ross's Bridge, from Ist January Two days a week ... Horseback 6 30 0 0 1,24 8 to 31st December To and from Melbourne, Footscray, and Williamstown, 'l'hree times a day ... ,Railway ... 9i 150 0 0 17,31 6 1st Januartto 31st December To aDd from elbourne, Geelong, Geelong West, and Three times a dny ... Railway ... 96t 2,500 0 0 180,18 o Ballarat, 1st January to 31st December To and from Melbourne and Sandhurst, 1st January to 31st Tbree times a day ••• Railway ... looi 2,500 0 0 ISS,60 4 December To and from Sandburst and Echuca, Ist January to 31st Twice daily . ... Railway ... 55t 1,000 0 68,95 2- December . ° To and from Melbourne and Schoolhouse Lane, from Twice daily ... Railway ... 5St 26,79 18th April to 25th August . ° to and from Melbourne and Seymour" ... : .. Twice daily ... Railway ... 6Ii } 1,'89 " 31 26,46 o to and from Seymour and Longwood, from 21st Novem- Once a day ... Railway ... 23~ 1,69 2" ber to 31 at December f Conveyance of a letter-carrier from the Post Office, Gee- Six days a week ... Tilbury ...... 7 16 91$ ... long, to Newtown, from 6th May to 31st December Deviation from mail route-Conveying mails to and from Two days a week ... Horseback 4 22 15 0 83 2 . Briagolong, 1st January to 31st December Clearing one receiving ~lIar on the St. Kilda road, from Three times a day ... On foot ... i 7 15 4 1• 49 2 22nd March to 31st, ecember To and from Koroit and Wnrrnambool, via Dennington, 'l'wo days a week ... Vehicle ... S 25 7 6" 79 2 from 13th May to 31st December 1 To and from l\ielbourne and Richmond,.lst January to Three times a day ... Railway ... Ii 52 0 0 " 2,80 8 31st December . Additional work-Conveying mails to and from Wallan- ...... 10 0 0 .. . wallan and Darraweitr:im, in consequence of opening North-Eastern line 0 Railway, from 18th April to 31st December " Extension of Wordieboluc mail service in consequence of Two days a week ... HQrseback 4* 10 10 0'· 24 8 removal of Post Office to another site, from 1st June to 31st December . Clearing two receiving boxes at Hawthorn, 1st January to 'l'wic e daily ... On foot ~ ... 1'" 15 0 020 15 6 30th June - To and from Dromana and Sorrento, by way of Rye, 1st Three gays a week ... . Buggy ... 18 56 12 10" 1,83 6 Aaril to 31st July II Hurseback 12 To an from Dromana and R~e ...... Three days week ... 15 2 Zl 93 6 and to and from Rye and orren to, 1st August ·to 31st 'Once a week ... Horseback 6 } 3 { 15 6 October Extension of Lindsay mail service conseqnent upon re- Thrce,days a week ... Horseback Ii 5 13 6 22 5 moval of that office to Kaladbra, from 11th July to 31st December Extension of service consequent on removal of Post Office Twice a day ... Car ... 1* 8 6 s .. 27 to Upper Hawthorn, 1st to 31st July Conveyance of mails to and from receiving house, Lower Twice a day ... On foot ... 13 2 2 Hawthorn, and Hawthorn Post Office 13 10 10 ' and for clearance of two receiving boxes in Lower Twice a day ... On foot ... :} { IS 2 Hawthorn, from 1st August to 31st December .~~.-- 1 ProportiOflllteamount of £G510s.to be pa~d to Oovernment of ~outh Austrnlta.-!;t £60 per annum; addltJona1frequency,dlstancc, 35ml1es,alrea.dy stated. -' 168. per mOntll.-· £14198. for period from lfitll ~'ebrunry.-· £12 per anlll11ll to 20 til January; £16 per annum to 31st December,-" lOs. per week.- "1 For pcriod.-II £75 per aunum.~'--u 1!"'or pcriod.-_1U ~'or pcriod.-ll l:~or period from 18th April to 31st December. On opening of line to Seymour the contractor was paId at same rate, on accoum of bavlng frequency Increa.sed.-" £1 5s. per week.-" £30 lor perlod from 1st AprU.-" From 26th August to " 31st December 1872; 2j miles from Schoolhouse L.ne.--" £1 per month.-" £10 per annum.-" £.40 per Ilnnum.-" £1 per week.-'· £1108. per month.-" £30 per IWnum.-" £3 l)s. per week.-"" £1 38. per weu.-" £100 per annum . ..,...." £32 lOa. per annum. . • Per diem. ·32:. STATE!iENT·sho'Wing ,Particularsoof. Inland ;i\iail,. Sen;ice: performed in Y.ictoria,' !l872-continued. ) ,,,' . ,T. . ( ;, . ,.; .' Frequency. C::~;ll~~e. Dl~to.nec, I Amount. I M~~~~~. ----,1_---- .- • ;_1' Mlle,. I £ s. d . ']]0 and from Kangaroo Flat and Diamond· Hm; from 1st: Si:lt·.days'a,\veel, .... ·Horseback· ", 2~., I S. O'liO ~ 1. " 408 September to 31st December : ! Deviation in mail route,c9nsllquent:on con,veying mails to. '.,T.wo .. days·i\ ·week; ... · Horsebaclf ,'5' 1 L. 22 F. ·.'i 580' and from Kalymna, from 11th June to 31st December ." 1;'.' " •• I ~.;. To and from Burrurnbeet and Bo-Peep, from lst:October Two days a ,week Horseback 5 4 5 "S' 260 to 31st December ...'.:'.' d. • 'c·,· 0;., .. ·) ! . , . ~ I- • • , Extens,ion of .mail service cOllseque~t op' Tallar06k .mails Si:lt days a week Horseback 13 12 .6', 240 . bemg, conveyed to and ·.from .Seymour in?tead.·Of,' ., ",. ,,,.;:!s·A' ,,",i 1,0 • . Schoolhouse Lane, 2nd October to 23rd Novem:b€i-"'"'' '1" ':;Z;;;1t.:: To and from Drom'anll and Sorrentol by way of Ry.e, ffinii 'iTbree'<;lays' a week... Horsehach .18 20 0, 10.", ,;·9i2 1st November to 31st ;December ".J. '''';' n' III '"O:~;"', ' • To an.d from .Geelong anq Queens~liff, by way of. Moolap . Six·gays·3; we(:k.. .•. Coach. '/... 19 26 0 :9 2,052 Rnd Kensington, from' 1st November to 31st December . ·l!fl:via:tion.in~Dlail route, tp C(,lllvey p,~il.bag ... to!and.fr(}m." ·!f_w.o days a week· ... ,Horseb.nck I' '4 "H8·:'O~ : 416 Caldwadda, from. 1st July to 31st December . 7 Cl<;lJ..ring l'~ceiviIfg pillar c~rner of P~nt 'Road and lI10ubray .' {J:wice'a day, ' o 10 8 • 42 street, from 13th November to 31st December' '1:0. and from Berlin· and ,Avoca Fprest~Rush,.from 2nd. Six days a,week· .... Coach . ".' II· .f .. 6.·8 ·6," ..- 528 to 31st December. i '"\.I . 'liq,and from the'Railway Station arid Post Office,' Avenel, 'Twice:.a day.. Horsebuck ., 3 8 4~ '120 from 24th Npvember to 31st De.cember , . . '" '. '/, 1J;'0,l!on.d from the Railway"Station an~ the,Post Office, Tal-. Thrlletimes a:day .... H~'~;~b;~k .. ·,.' 5 '14 O!." J .. ·90 Jarook, from 24th Nov.ember to 31st December ' 'lio: and 'from the Post Office and: the Railway Station :Six, days a w~k O.n foot .... , Brigliton, lst January, to 31st December ; 1 _ ... '} ,J: 't ~ .. ' ~ ,! D,I).v.iation .consequent on conveyance of loose bag .to 'and Two .days a week Horseback 2 12' 0" 156 from Dromauaand Boneo, lstJanuary t031st December ._. i 'li.o.and from the,Post Office and Railway~Station,"S.ey.inour, I.Twice.a day Vehicle' '•• ; 18 0 :"0'\' 144 from 20th November to 31st December' . Cpnveyance of special mails during )872 .,' ·319 lil 7",' .r ... : : ...... " 1 £2 per.month,_2 £2~jper annum.~~ For perlod.-.-" £1 16s. per '!cck.-5 £2 6s. per ~ee1{, fWO days ~;Wf!~k:~ddipOnalf,l'eqUepcy ~t.~eeri So!rento and Rye,_6 For period.-' £4 per annum.-' £1 lOs. per week.-' £30 per nnnurn.-" £1 Is. jier·week.-'-u AbOut one mile per week!-.-' a Sny three mUe~par'Wm.-l$For~peri()d.· ) 'r; • ~rerdiem., :1 'lj(" "1\'j' lj .J'J ,. ',' , .: ,.1.~si ". Ill! : 11 (. ',. ,. ." i . '" '1 ,;"). ~'.; I j '. • ,~ • I '';j', w I ~ It.)' .' • • + '." ...; t. .. ~ • r-' v ,j .' .APPENDIX\ •• 0,' .tI\',- . B. " ., " POST 'OFFICE ,BRANCH. .:.' ... ~; , .... -. , ., 'LISTOf Post Offices· in Victoria, ,~ith Names of Postmasters and the Amount of their Salaries, for '1872., t '.. I j. ' • I. .., Sala.ry or SiJa.ryor I Office. Name. A}lowance. Office., Name. . : Allowance. , ,", ! ~ ., £ s. d, , ,e... :£~ AA,bdee,rla.fej.lddeYT.e·a·'d:: •.•.•. ·TC".:;NOo'Sllellrl~~~~(: ...:.:.,; ..: '4500 .B.as(·, ... ;,..D. Ke~n~dy; .. : .20,0 0 J.J '15 0 0' Bates ford ...... H. SmIth :...... 25 .0 0 Alberton ...,' \ ... , N, Christensen',., 15 0 0 Baynt()I1 ..~;.. . ..:Ii:. F!!y: .... ::',29 0, 0 Alexandra... •... , .T. Peterkin .. ,' 60 0 0" Bealiba.; ~...... G.,W. Lyndon... 30;,.0 0 4IJ~edton... .., J. H. Palmer; ...... 20. 0 ,0. " " Beaufort .! "'.. T. Lew·is ,.' .... 180'0 0 Allansford... , .. ! J. Anderson ... 30 0 0. Beeac ... \ . I". :A. Gilbert' :,'.... 45' 0 0 4,lma , ...... , B. Wilds ... ,30. 0 ,.0.. ·.,Beechworth...... R. B. Hodgson .... 350 0 0 AlphingtOn ...... J. S • .A:dams 25 0 0 Belfast ...... J: A,Lynar ... 350'0 0 Amherst ...... ' J. P. S!nith i • .': I ·40 O' ,0' "'Bellarine... W. AliurewB ..... 25 0 0 4lPphitheatre ... , Anne Hardie .,' 30 0 0 Belmont...... J. Williams ... 20"'0 0 Anakie ...' ... Geo. Belcher·· ... " '25~ 0 '0 Benalla ...... K. C:'Croft ,~: 180"10 '0 Apsley ... . M. A. Botterill... '50 0 0 Bendoc·... W. G. Sellers ... 15 0. 0 Ararat ...... K:'L, ¥urray ... : 180 0 0 BeHin . ":" .R: :N;i.Williams ,.. :'. ,4 ... !l '" H, Stratford' .... 25 0 0" . nlack Hill . :X '... Ann1'I'urliiir :.l "25·0' 0 .Axedale ...... P. Drake ... 25 0 0 Black Lead ... ,A. W. Ohapman.:. ';'.15".0' 0 Baechus Maran: I .. ... T.~Ta:ubman ... 60· '0 ' 0: . 'B1akeville. .::.'.. :.~'.. ' :iT. ·T:·~Chapman-":.:, ".15 ;0 0 ~,!j..irnsdale... ",', B.,C. Jones...... 163 6 8. Botitherambo .. ' J. C~~eIts.: .•. : ..: .... :::J.5,·'{) 0 Ba)d Hill!! , .. ". '... D.; Slatpery .• ~:. "15~" 0:' Q:-: ;:no-Peep ...: ., A. l\1;c:peod .. : :{ .. )0.. 0'; l 0 v Bald Hills (Gippsland) ,C.Riiinpff ' ... '15 0 '0 ' 'Bo-lvmari's FOrf!'st ... D. Alexa'ndcr ... ,,25 .. 0 0 :saJlan "...... , G. Fla~k , ' 1'. .65"i 0 , 0\ J30f Hjll ....'.. S., :pfl.dg~~m '" ,.... , 25 •. 0., 0 Ballangeich ...... W. Tomlinson ... 15 0 0 Branl'holme ... :... ,.T. Kemp .. " ...... 45 ..0 0 Ballarat I... "', w. Thacker ... 485 0 0 Braybrook...... J. Dickson- 15 0 0 Ballarat East ... Geo. Tress 30 0 0" Break,o'-Day ;.", D •. E.:.Thomas· ":.:> . ·30'. 0 O. B'lillyshanassy ... ' D.B. q-roves ,'" 20 0 0 Breakwater ...... c. SmIth ...... 15 0 0 Balmora,l'...... B. Lyop.. . v... 40 0 0, Bri"agolong, .. ,' . r..J. O:1)ono'v\ln ., .... : 15 '~:O 0 Balnarring ~",:" .•. , .P. Yan~uylen .... 15 0 0, Bridgewnter,on·Loddon, R "B6~~;'"'' "" ""30'''0 0 Badold', ,.. ... J. Ryan ... i, 30 00...... 'Bright .1.' ". (::.:W:'H>:kollick<:~· '180 .0' 0 Baringhup... •.. 1 R. J. JJawrence... 35 0 0. Brighton... . :::.~ F. :'1.'Ji:5IU'IlS ; :-! ' ... "::'70' 0 0 B~:rk.~r:s Creek..... E. Honran. ... 15 ... 0._0 .Bl·ighton South , .. J. G. R.~yriolds.... 55 0 0 Bar.kly.. ..-.::.,~. . ..." J, Cheesman : :". 25. ':0·0. Brighton East ... W. Norqllay . ... .1i)5. 0 0 Ba,rl£stc'!td...... S.J; Lawrence,... '15"0 0 Broadford ... ' 'J. McLeiSh .. : '45 0 0 BlJ.:r;I!~warl,ha,...... _M. lfc):{eone .. .30 '.0 o BroadmeadowB : ... Mary Thomp~on .. , - 30 0.,0 i Barry's Reef .... ~.: Shaw, .,'" 25 :p 0:'· . }~ro,!,n Hills ... ~. ~;; I ~ .. B:t:ad'!l.Urr .. '.... 25 0 :,0 - - \ . 33 LisT'Ot' Post Offices in Victoria, 'with Names'of Postmastel's and Amounts of. Salarles,.for'1872-continuea. .1 Salary or Name. , .. Allowance. - '. i.. ,OJIlce. Name. £ s. d. £ 8. d. Brown's';,Diggings ...'J.: Booth ... 15 0: 0: Cowca ;, ... ,J'. Wes't '" 35 O· O~ Brown's,Plains ... It; a::',Brown .. . 15 O· 0: Cowie's ,Creek .. , :1Vl: Jdnes .. . 10 0 6: Brunswick ,.. ... J', ,Geprge .. . 150 0.0 Cowwarr ... '" T. Gebhardt .. . 15 0 0- Bruthenm ... .., R McDougall ... 30 0 0 Coy's Diggings ... Elizabeth· Mann .. . 15 0 0"- Buan'gor'"' ...... 'E.'K,~ith .. , 40 0 o· Craigieburn ...... I.,E. Keane ... 25 0 0:" Buckland·...... Mari-White .. . ':35' 0 o· Cranbourne .. ... ·A .. Thomson ... 40' 0 0= ,J.O,·O Bullar I. ~...... i W. Bethell .. . 25 0 0'" Cressy. ' .. ... ;'T~ A .. Hall ... a: Bullarodk... ,., J'. !J.'.tHam .. . 20 0 0 Creswick' .. , ... J. Tllwaitfls .. . 350,., 0 O~ Bulldog Flat .. ' ·J';,:Ru'ssell , .. . 15 O· 0 Crossley" ...... J'. Malone .. . 15 0 o~ Bullengaroo~ n. ·W. Gorman .. . 10 0 0 Crossover Diggings ... J:Veysey .. , 10 0 o~ BulltowILJ I'" ... A~,F.'dross .. . 10 0 0: Crowlands ...... S. J.Wilkinson ... 25, 0 0: Bulumw.aaI ...... G. Allen '" 20 0 0: Croxton' East ... H:JahU ... 15 0 0: Bundoora!· ...... ·W·. Emms ... 15 0 0" Cundare' ' .. ...·P. !fcMahon .. . 10 0 dl BungB6u'g '...... W"Qlover .. , 15. 0 0' Cunnillghame .. , W. Roadknight .. . 15·0 (f Bungaree,... . .• ,T,,·,CIl..almers .. . 25 0 0, Curlewis,' ...... E. O:·M. Tobin .. . 15" 0 o~ Buninyorig ...... ,G:JA.-Firman .. . 150 0 0 Dandenong ...... r.. Dobson ... 100 0 0: Bunillyong, Railway Station lC.~Funer .. . 45 '0' 0: Dargalorig ', .. . ..T. Tidboald .. . 15 0 6\ Burke's"Flat .• / 'if.O:'Goullett .. . i5' o· 0; Darga Flat ...... J: B.:,Kelly .. . 20· 0'0- Burnt Creek ... "J'.·'G. Russell ... 20 0 0'. Darlihgford .. . •.. , J'. ,Dunn .. . '25 0 (j Burruml:i~et ...... J;'Miiler ... 55 0 O· Darlington ...... S.'D.'Hodgson .. . 40 0 CI Byaduk';: '... L: A,nderson ... 25 0 0 Darr'aweit' Guim '" M~ A. Francis .. . 20 o· 6 Cab~age~trec ... J: Benson .. , 15 0 0, Dartmoor .. , ... 'A:McDonald .. , 15 0' 0' . Calif()rnia;Gully ... T,., JO,nes ... 5<:1 0 0 1 Daylesford ...... ·Geo. 'Allan ... 350 0 I) Camb'erwell ...... Jr· .. Keen .. , 20 0 0 Dean: " ...... Cf Maples ... '2'50 (j Caml;Jrian-Hill ... D: Williams ... 35. 0 0 Dean's Marsh . .. J' : 'Scnram ... 15 0' 0 C!lmpasPl: '...... J. O'Brien ... 15 00 -Deep Lead ...... ·M . .T: Sweetman ... 20 0 I) Campbellp,eld ... G.,S~ranks .. . 25 0 !O Dennington ...... ,l.:. O'Sullivan ... 20 O· (j" C;\mpbeJVs Creek ... G. TQIstrup .. . 95 0 0 Deptford· ...... H. McKinnon ... 10 0 CI' CamperdowIi ... J', Duigan ... 180 0 () Dereel" ...... C. Brown 10 0 o~ Canterbii~y ...... M. W!>ll ... 15 O:Q 'Derrimut .,' ... n.. 'Hopkins 10 0 Ci Cape; Brip.gewater ... C; Hedditch .•. '10 0 0 Devil's Creek ... G. Hansen 20 0 0 Cape Clear ... " ... A;:'L.; Gibson ... 35 0'0 Diamond Creek. ." J':·F.:L. Edmonds 25· 6 C,. Caramut·...... J.,Bendall ... 550 16 Diamond' Hill ... H. Nixon .. . 10 0 0 Ca~apooee...... S. J.,·Edelsten ... I 15 0 6 Digby . ... M: Townsend .. . '25 0" 0 Cardigan" ...... J. W. Surman .. . 30 0 ,0 Diggersrest ...... ·R.Donnelly , .. 25 O· d Ca:rg~rie,...... '~~Hewitt .. . 20 O. 6 . Dimhoola ...... W •. H. Lloyd .. . 65 0 0- Carisbrook...... D;:J.. O'Brien .. . 150 0 () Dobie's Bridge ... W. Molony .. . 15 0 15 CarlsruhEi '... '" J'~ Phillips .. . 20 0 0 Docker's Plains ... H: S. Parfitt .. . :15 0' 0: Carlsruhe Railway Station 'A.,.CQbham .. . .20 0 0 DollY's Creek ... B. Nesbitt ... 16 0 O. Carlton" '... '.~. ,C" G. 'Lawson .. . 80 0 6 Dontild ...... J'.lA: Meyer ... 45 0 6. Carngham...... J; ,Crqwther .. . 25 0 6 Doncaster' ...... Jas.'Gill ... 26 6 0 Carpendeit...... J'·."MOrrison .. . 10 0 6 Donnelly'S Creek .,. A. Marshall ... '25 0 O· Casterton...... F.,L, Merchant .. . 180 0 6 Donnybrook .... P. Crichton .. , 25 o· 0- Castfemalne ... E: It.; Stodart ." 350 0 6 Doon " ...... M. Jones .. . 25 0' 0 Castle Reef ." " S. o,'roole ... 15 0, 6 Dromana ...... A. Haldon .. . 60 0 6: Oathcart:;: ... .T,; Flattely ... 15 0 6 Drummonll ... : .. , G. M. Roen .. . 20 0 cf Caulfield... :.. R.Bi>xill .. . 80 0 0 Drik-drik ... C. S. Dunbar .. , 10 0' 0 Cavendish roo J/Mercer .. . 30 0 6 Drung-drung or. J. Sparkes' .. . 15 0 ~ Ceres ,.... :::' R.' McDowall ... 25 0 6 Dry Creek ...... J.. Sh_errillg .. . 15 0 0 Charlton: ...... G>Dobie .. . 10 0 6 Dry Diggings ... R: Tanner ... 15 0' 0 Chatsworth ...... S;· Wilson .. . 20 0 0 Drys'dale '...... , C. Brazier ... 35 0 0 Cb.eltenham ... '.Tanet Trail .. . 35 0 0 Duck Holes ...... E. W. Cryer .. . 15 0' ~ Chepstowe ...... W. B. Wilson ... 15 0 0 Dunach, .. . ,.. C;'H; Corfield .. . Hi o· 0 Chewton"'" ... J'. Lamb ... 91 16'- 0 Dunkeld' ... ' ... S. Fisher .. . 40 0 (} Chiltern·.'...... H. J. T.• Tymms ... 180 00 Du'nnstown ...... D, D'Arcy ... is' oc) Chinama.ll'.s Flat ... 4.. ;W aLson .... 45 0 0 Dunolly .. . ." H. F. O'Connell .. . 180 0 0 Clare Inn...... J. Wells ! .. 25 '0 0 Durdidwarrah ... R. A. Honor .. . 25 0 0 Clare'ndo'n ...... A~ McDona.ld .. . 200 0 Durham' Lead ... R. Lamb· .. . 25 0 O' Clarke's Hill. ... .T. Daly ... i 15 0 0 Durham Ox ...... W. H. Argyle .. , 35 0 0 Clifford r...... S. H. Sleator .. . 15 0 0 Eaglehaivk .. , Jane Constable ... 100 0 (} Clunes'...... J: h., Collier .. . 350 0 0 East Shelbourne ... T: S. Sampson ... 20 0 0 Clyde :;...... T. A.· Noble .. . 15 6 0 East Trentham, ...M• .T: Phelan .. , :15 0 0 Clydesd!lfl~ ...... E. Sutcliffe ... 100 0 Echuca ' ... D. W. Forbes .. , 350 (). () Cobbler's Gully ... R. ,Miles .. . 25 0 0 Eddington : .. ... A. Gray ... 45 0 0, Cobden .. , ... R H. Roberta .. . 20 0 0 Edenhope .. , .... S; V. Lloyd .. . 35 0 0 Cobram ...... E. McPherson .. . '15 0 0 Edwards' Reef .oo T. Walker .. . 15 0 Q. Coburg'...... Sarah A. Reid .. . 135 0 '0 'Eganstown ...... D. Vanderbilt ... 25' 0 Q Cockatoo... ,.. G. L. Kusel .. . 20· 0 0 Elaine ' .. . '" W. Montgomery 20 0 (} CO$hill's. Creek ... W. Matthews .. . 25 0 0 Eldorado ...... T. Holderness ... 150 0 0 COlmadai Creek ... D. D •. Bower ... 150 '0 Ellerslie· ...... Jt. Whittel Iii '0' 0 Colac '.' ,,, , .. G:E. J'ackson, ... 135 0 0 Elmhurst ... H. Spiers 20 0 0- Colbi"nabbin ... .., C. H. Wendel ... 10 ,0 0 Elphinstone ...... G. Sims 4-5 0 0 Colerain~"" ... R. Kennedy .. . 180 0 '0 Elsternwick .. . .., G. Morris 870 0 C,?llillgwpod...... S._ B.·Montefiore .. . 3500 0 Eltham .. . '" A. Hunniford ... 2()' () Ii C?ndah ,...... T. Maxwell .. . 35 0 0 Emerald Hill ... M. Aspinall 100 0 0- Connewarre ...... T. Walther ... 15 0 0 Enoch's Point ... J. Bain 20 0 6 C90ngulmerang ... J. Whitbourn~ ... 15 0 0 Ensay ...... 'E. Johnston ... 20 6 6 Cooper's:Creek .. , 'J. :pay I ... 15 "0 0 Epping ...... T. Mitchell 2'0 (} 0. Corm ella ...... J. Chiim ... 10 '0 0 Epsom ...... R. Sharp 35 ,0 6 Corop I...... M. Jacobson ... 35 0 0 Essendon ...... J. West 15 0 0: Co'sterfield...... F. Field ." 30 0 0 'Estcourt ...... J. PraU 15 ·0 (}. Cdve ' ' ...... D. McLellan' ... 15 00 . Eurumbeen ...... M. Kelly 16 0 (j. '34 LIST of Post Offices in Victoria, with Names of Postmasters and Amounts of Salaries, for 1872-con,tinued: Salary or Sa.la.ry or 01liee. N ..me. AlloWl\IlCll. Omes. Name. .AJlowance. £ $. d. E~roa ...... J. De Boos .. . ts ~ dO Hesse ...... ElIcn Jenner ... 15 0 0 Eurobin ••. ... S. Winter .. . 10 0 0 Hexham...... S. Hannah 35 0 0 Evansford ...... It. Hastie .. . 20 0 0 Heyfield...... A. H. Crook 20 0 0 Evereley ...... H. H. Mansfield .. . 35 0 0 Heywood...... C. H. Badnall ... 65 0 0 Faraday ...... J. Boyle ... 10 0 0 Hig-hton...... J. Nicol 20 0 0 Fernbank ...... J. Scott ... 25 0 0 ,ii Hillsborough .. . J. Drown 20 0 0 Fernshawe ...... M. Jefferson ... 15 0 0 Hit-or-Miss ...... J. James 20 0 0 Flemington ...... It. Terry ... 120 0 0 i . Hochkirch ...... O. Millfer 15 0 0 Flinders .. . •.. A. Brent .. , 2(1 ,,0 0 Hoddle's Creek .. . G. Gray 15 0 0 Flynn's Creek ... D. Barclay ... 10 0 0 Homebush...... J. McKinnon ... 15 0 0 Footscray ...... D. Mitchell ... 90 0 0 .Horsham.. .., J. Langlands ... 80 0 0 Framlingham' ... B. Lee ... 20 0 0 Hotham ...... J. Macgibbon ... 80 0 0 Franklinford '" Wm. Bumstead .•. 20 0 0 Hotspur...... J. McEachern ... 15 0 0 Frankston ...... S. M. Savage ... 30 0 0 Hovell's Creek .. . H. J. Juckes ... 35 0 0 Freeburgh '" ... W. McKay .. . 15 0 0 Huntly...... B. Cartwell 40 0 0 Freshwater Creek ... C. Vains .. . 15 0.-0 Indigo ...... J. Cannon 20 0 0 Fryerstown .. ; .I.. S. H. Hazlett ... 100 0 0 Inglewood... , .. J. H. Kibble ... 180 0 0 Fyansford ...... T. J. Littlewood ... 20 0 0' Inglewood (Old) ... M. Power 10 0 0 Gaffney'S Creek ... J.·Weatherhead ... 90 0 0 Inkerrnann ...... J. E. Matthews ... 10' 0.0 Gap ...... J. Murphy .. . 10 0 0 Inverleigh...... W. Murrell .. . 35 0 0 Garvoc ...... J. Glowry .. . 25 0 0 Italian Gully .. . J. Dowd .. . 10 0 0 Geelo~g ...... S. C. Vivian .•. 430 0 0 Jamieson...... W. Andrews ... 150 0 0 Geelong East ... T .. S. Stone ... 15 0 0 Janefield...... J. Peacock ... 15 0 0 Geelong West ... J. Birrell .. , 20 0 0 Jan Juc ...... W .. Cook ... 15 0 0 Germantown ... A. Benari ... 20 0 0 Jasper Road .. . W. Ward ... 15 0 0 Gheringhap .. . '" W. Moore ... 15 0 0 Jones' Creek ... J. Burns ... 10 0 0 Ghin-ghin ...... M. Kemp .. . 15 0 0 Jordan ... It. J. Donaldson .. 30 0 0 Gieborne '" ... R. Haines .. . 55 0 0 Joyce's Creek ' ... F. Frankling ... 20 0 0 Glendaruel\ ...... A. HOCKey ... 15 0 0 Kalymna... '" J. P. Dalgleish ... 15 0 0 Glendonald ...... E. Goad ... 10 0 0 • Kangaroo Flat ... W. Rogers ... 60 0 0 Glengower ... ." W. McKinney ... 30 0 0 Kangaroo Ground . •.. W. McLaughlin ... 20 0 0 Glenluce ...... C. Hilder '" 10 0 0 Karabeal...... D. W.Itichardson 10 0 0 Glenlyon .. : ... J. Macfarlan ... 35 0 0 Keilor ...... R. G. Ely ... 30 0 0 Glenmaggie ...... G. Green ... 10 0 0 Keilor Itoad Station ... T. Johnston ... 30 0.0 Glenorchy .. . '" J. Wallace ... 50 0 0 Kensington .. : .. , It. McWilliams ... 25 0 0 Glenpark ...... 'J. J. Glen .. . 10 0 0' Kerang ...... F. O'Connell ... 148 13 6 Glenrowan ...... H. J.Iteynolds .. . 20 0.0 Kew ...... F. B. Fishley ... 150 0 0 Glenthornpson . .. J. McLellan ... 30 0 0 Kiewa ...... J. Lawson ... 55 0 0 Glenvale' ...... W. S. Welsh ... 15 0 0 Killarney...... J. J. Madden ... 45 0 0 Gnarwarre ... P. Corbett .. . 15 0 O. Kilmore ...... G. E. Groves .. 180 0 0 Godfrey's Creek ... W. E. Simcocks .. . . 35 0 0 Kilmore East ... J'; Burns ... 10 0 0 Golden Lake ... J;Young .. . 25 0 0 Kimberley...... 'T. Smith ... 15 0 0 Golden Point . ... E. Hopper ... 15 0 0 Kingower...... P.1toy. •.. 60 0 0 Golden Square . " J. Miller ... 60 0 0 King Parrot Creek ... W. Doyle ... 10 0 0 Goldie ...... J. C. Caffin .. . 10 0 0 Kingston...... T. R.ossell ... 40 0 0 Goldsboro' Iteef ... T. N. King .. . 20 0 0 Kiora ...... T. Biggin ... 20 0 0 Gooley's Creek . ... J. Holt .. . 15 0 0 Kirkstall...... W. Witton ' ... 15 0 0 Goornong , .. A. Cross .. . '15 0 0 Kolora ...... 'E. Fallan .. . 15.0 0 Gordon's ., ... S. M. Robllrtson .. . 50 0 0 KQroit ...... J. J. Doherty .. . 100 0 0 Grant ...... W. Hopkins .. . 50 0 0 Kyneton .. :' .. . H. B. Bristow .. . 350 0 0 Graytown ...... W.Oddy .. . 100 0 0 Laaneooorie ...... T. Langdon .. . 20 0 0 Great Western ... R. J. Roberts .. . 25 0 0 LakoBolac ...... C. Lonisson .. . 45 0'0 Greendale '" ... 1\:\. Cas~idy .. . 20 0 0 Lake Town ...... A. F. Wane' .. . 25 0 0 Green Gully ... F. Lauer .. . 15 0 0 . Lal-Ial ...... C. H. Orr .. . 40 0 0 Green Hill ... W. Mellen ... 15 0 0 Lamplough ... '" P. If. Fogarty ... 20 0 0 Greensborough .. . J. Iredale .. . 15 0 0 Lanceneld ...... J. N. Beasley ... 55 0 0 Green's Creek ... C. Proctor .. . 15 0 0 ·Lancefield Road Station I. J. Hall ... 35 0 0 Greenvale ...... G. It. Hancock .. . 10 0 0 . Landsborough ... J. Johnston .. . 135 0 0 Gre-gre...... , W. A. Dowling ... 10 0 0 Langley...... J. Twyford .. . 60 0 0 Grenville ...... E ..Tucker . . .. 15 0 0 Larpent ...... A. C. Mackay .. . 30 0 0 Greta .. . .. , S. Ellis , .. 20 0 0 La Trobe Bridge .. . J. Flint .. . 10 0 0 Grow ler's Creek •.. W. Dunphy .. . 30 0 0 Lauriston...... J. Cryenble .. . 35 0 0 Guildford .~. ... J. Sinclair .. . 40 0 0 Lawloit ...... J. McNevin ... 25 0 0 Hamilton ... Geo. Harriott .. . 350 0 0 Learmonth ...... M. McKay ... 55 0 0 Happy.go-Lucky ... C. Collins .. . 10 0 0 Ledcourt...... T. W. Dadswell .. . 15 0 0 Happy Valley ... Wm. Craig .. . 25 0 0 Leigh Creek .. . J. Mungovan .. . 15 0 0 Harcourt ...... S. Williamson .. . 20 0 0 Leigh Road Railway J. Cotton, .. . 45 0 0 Hardie:s Hill ... W. N. L. Pearse 15 0 0 Station...... Harkaway ...... J. Hessel ... 15 0 0 Leonard's Hill ... J. Wilkie ... 20 o 0 Harrietville .. : ... H. D. Harkin .. . 25 0 0 Lethbridge ...... A. Ross ... 25 o 0 Harrow ...... C. R. Tulloh .. . 45 0 0 Lexton ...... W. Fairlie ... 30 o 0 Hartwell ...... R. Hurry' .. . 10 0 0 Lilydale ...... H. Perrin ... 45 o 0 Hastings . __ ... H. Peddle .. . 25 0 0 Linton's ...... MarthaMcDonagh 75 0·0 Havelock .. _ ... J. Rule ... 15 0 0 Lismore .. , ... J. Parry... 35 o 0 Hawkesdale .:. ... W. Scarlett ... 25 0 0 Little Bendigo ... O. Skogland ... 20 o 0 Hawthorn ... .., Margt. M. Ha~erty 80 0 0 ~ittle River...... C. Nantes ." 30 o 0 Hazelglen ...... A. Smith ... . 10 0 0 Lockwood...... S. Espie ... 35 o 0 Healesvillc ...... L ..Flanagan .. . 35 6 0 Longerenong ... T. Davey. ... 20 o 0 Heathcote ...... A. J,. Sutton .. . 180 O. 0 Long Gully ...... P. Pentreath ... 55 o 0 Heidelberg ...... F. P. Dunn .. . 40 0 0 Longwood ...... F. St. Leger ... 150 o 0 Hepburn ...... J. Hill ... 30 0 0 Lord Clyde ...... C. Penny ... 10 o 0 Hesket ...... Jane Kays ... 15 0 0 Lower 1}uckland ... J. Dunphy' ... 15 o 0 - • 35 ,LIST of Post Offices in Victoria, with, Names of Postmasters and Amounts of for 1872-continued. , Satary OJ' No.me. Office. Name, Allowance. Office. __~, ___~~ __' _____,_;:----,:--II---~,---- I------,-I--:J?,.---;;, £~~ ~~- ,Lyall ...... T. Lowes .. . 20 0 0 Muskvale...... J. Hatton .•. 10 0 0 .Lyndhurst... .., P. Walker .. . 10 0 0 Myer's Flat ...... ,So Dalton ... 15 0 0 Macarthur...... J. Bulstrode .. . 45 0 0 Myrniong...... W. W. Simmons 40 0 0 Macedon ...... R. Stewart ... 35 0 0 Myrtleford '" ... T. Mathieson ... 35 0 0 McCullum's Creek ... M. Vowles ... 25 0 0 Nagambie...... W. Sheehan ... 80 0 0 Mack's -Creek ... J. ,Dellar .. , • 10 0 0 Napoleon's...... J. Membrey ... 30 0 0 McIntyre's ...... W. Dowson .. . 10 0 0 Nareen ...... A. Grant ....20 0 0 Maffra ...... W. Campbell .. . 45 0 0 Narrawong ...... D. McLean ... 15 0 0 Maidentown ... A. Black .. . 25 0 0 Narree.Warren ... G. Rae... •.. 15 0 0 Maidstone...... W. Pullar .. . 20 0 0 Nattie Yallock ... J. Robinson ... 15 0 0 Maindample ' ... A. McIntyre .. . 20 0 0 Navarre...... D. Pennington... 15 0 0 Main Lead...... J. Riedy .. . 10 0 0 Newbridge...... J. Newington ... 40 0 0 Majorca ...... Sarah H: Ge~ring 60 0 0 , Newbury ... J. Jack ... 15 0 0 Major Plains ... W. WillIams ." 15 0 0 New Gisborne ... T. J. Wills ... 45 0 0 Maldon '" ... Thos. Reed ... . 180 0 0 Newham...... E. ,Gibbs ... 25 O' 0 MalmesburY...... Fanny Green .. . 180 0 0 Newington...... D. H. Scott ... 20 0 0 Malvern...... W. J. Wilson .. . 84 0 0 Newlyn ...... F. Wilkins ... 25 0 0 Mansfield...... G. W. Newland .. . 150 0 0 Newstead... '" H. J. Howson ... 75 0 0 Marong ...... H.'Palmer .. . 30 0 0 Newtown·Scarsdale... G. D. Knight ... 35 0 0 Marooll!.\...... E. Wyatt .. . 15 0 0 ,Nirranda...... E. Lee ...... 10 0 0 Maryborough ... .Taa. Fisher. .. . 350 0 0 N orthcote ... E. Bastings ••• 70 0 0 Maryfield ...... C. White ... 10 0 0 North Uedesdale ... J. McNamara ... 15 0 0 Marysville ...... M. Keppel! ... 25 0 0 Nuggety Reef ... J. Moir ... 10 0 0 Matlock ...... E. J. Tindall .•. 45 0 ,0 Oaklands Junction •.. J. Dewar .. , 15 0 0 Maude ...... T. Biles ... 15 0 0 Oakleigh...... W. H. Waatell ... 40 0 0 Melton ...... J. Ferris '" 35 0 0 Omeo ...... B. Johnson ... 40 0 0 Meredith...... C. L. Nugent ... 70 0 0 Opossum Gully .. E. C. Webb .. ' 10 0 0 Merino ...... F. Ford .. . 50 0 0 Orford ...... M. Horan ... 20 0 0 Merriang... J. Davies .. . 15 0 0 Ormond ... ." J. Harrington ." 10 0 0 Merton ...... B. Nolan ... 55 0 0 Osborne's Flat ... J. B. Carkeek ... 15 0 0 Metcalfe...... J. Farrant ... 20 0' 0 Oxley ...... A. Donald ... 25 0 0 Mia-mia...... T. Dwyer .. . 35 0 0 Oxley Plains ... C. Gardner ... 55.0 0 Mickleham ...... J. Edis .. . 15 0 0 Pakenham... .•. M. Bourke .. , 40 0 0 Middle Creek ... J. Kemp .. . 20 0 0 Panmure... ,oo J. Anderson ... 25 0 0 Minersrest ... J. Blenerhasset ." 25 0 0 Pastoria OO' ... J. Donovan ... 10 0 0 Mitta.mitta ...... 14. Thompson ... 15 0 0 Penshurst ...... F. W. Rackham ... 150 0 0 Modewarre ." ... ' E. Ash...... 15 0 0 Percydale...... H. Wise ... 85 0 0 Moe ...... C. Murcutt ... 30 0 0 Pettavel ...... L. Mermod ... 15 0 0 Moliagul ...... R. Leek ... 25 0 0 Piggoreet...... F. Blvthman ... 40 0 0 Moolap .. , .. ; J. Yeoman ... 20 0 0 Piper's Creek '" P. Kellas '" 15 0 0 Moolort...... W. W. Liddel ... 10 0 0 Pirron Yaloak '" T. Sharrow... 10 0 0 Moonambel ...... C. Middleton .. . 50 0 0 Pitfield ...... A. W. Crowe ... 15 0 0 Moonee Ponds ... J. T. Hinkins .. . 135 0 0 Point Henry ... A. Gray ... 15 0 0 Moorabool ... W. Simpson ... 15 0 0 Pomborneit '" ... C. H. Bowker ... 15 0 0 Moorabool Creek ... G. Stubbs ... 15 0 0 rorcupine Flat ... D. F. Martin ... 10 0 0 Moorookyle ...... Alex:. McIntosh ... .30 0 0 Pore.Punka ...... W. Hooper ... 30 0 0 Morang ...... H. M. Thomson ... 30 0 0 Port Albert ...... J. Ferris ... 180 0 0 Mordialloc ...... E. Saunders ... 25 0 0, Portarlington ... R. Wright ... 25 0 0 Mornington ...... Anna D. McKenny 75 0 0 Portland ...... S. R. Deverell 350 0 0 Morrison's Diggings ... G. B. Silvester ... 35 0 0 Powlett Plains '" J. Guilfoyle ... 10 0 0 Mortlake...... J. Hayes ... 150 0 0 Pow lett's Hill ... J. Morris '" 10 0 0 Morton Plains '" C. Mills ... 20 0 0 Prahran ...... A. F. White .... 106 0 0 lVIorwell ...... P. J. Smith ... 10 0 0 Preston ...... E. Wood '" 35 0 0 Mosquito Flat ... A. Coles ... 15 0 0 Preston Hill...... W. Wilson ... 25 0 0 Mount Beckworth ... J. Dunn ... 15 0 0 Purnim ... ." G. Dowie ... 15 0 0 Mount Blackwood ... J. F. Hansen ... 60 0 0 Pyalong...... H. Cathery ... 30 0 0 Mount Blowhard ... F. Gilbert .. . 25 0 0 Queenscliff ...... G. S. Caldwell ... 350 0 0 Mount Bolton ... R. K. Sanderson .. . SO 0 0 Raglan '" ... C. Tucker ... 15 0 0 Mount Cameron '" J. Haldon ... 15 0 0 Ravenswood...... 'E. England ... 25 0 0 Mount Clear...... J. Davidson ... 20 0 0 Raywood...... R. Johns ... 35 0 0 Mount Cole ...... M. A. Jones 15 0 0 Redan Bridge ..• C. Giles '" 25 0 0 Mount Cotterell ... W. D. Hocking ... 20 0 0 Redbank...... E. Murphy... 25 0 0 Mount Duneed '" C. Lamond '" 15 0 0 :Red castle '" ... J.McKee ... ' 25 0 0 Mount Egerton .. , R. W. Tanner ... 45 0 0 Redesdale...... J. McNiff ... 35 0 0 Mount Gellibrand ... J. Duncan ... 60 0 0 Redhill ...... A. Marshall ... 10 0 0 Mount Greenock ." J. McLennan ... 20 0 0 Red Jacket ...... M. O'Keefe ... 15 0 0 Mount Mercer ... W. W. Birrell ... 15 0 0 Reedy Creek '" G. Davis ... 15 0 0 Mount Moriac .•• C. J. Elden ... 4(1 0 0 Reid's Creek...... E. Gannell ... 10 0 0 Mount Pleasant ... J. Campbell ... 15 0 0 Richmond...... E. Mackenzie ... 180 0 0 :Mount Prospect ... W. S. Jones .. . 20 0 0 Riddell's Creek ... R. Hutchison ... 40 0 0 Mount Rowan ... R. R. Paton - .. . . 20 0 0 Rochester...... T. Seward ... 60 0 0 Mount Wallaee ... R. Robertson .. . 10 0 0 Rochford ...... J. Edwards ... 30 0 0 Moutajup...... Jas. Lane .. . 15 0 0 Rockbank...... J. Fraser ... 10 0 0 Moyhu ...... S. M. Staton ... 20 0 0 Rocky Flat ." ... E. Peters ... 20 0 0 Moyston ...... R. Moore ... 45 0 0 Rocky Lead...... J. H. Werner ... 20 0 0 Muckleford ...... E. Thwaites ... 35 0 0 :Rokewood...... W. H. White ... 60 0 0 Muddy Creek Bridge .... / M. Kearney ... 10 0 0 Rokewood Junction ... J. Gladstone ... 15 0 0 Mulgrave...... G. Stott ... 15 0 0 Romsey ...... ,W. T. Jl,loffatt ... ·45 0 0 Murchison ." ... ; B. Goddard ... 50 0 0 Rosebrook...... H. J. H. Irwin... 20 0 0 Murgheboluc '''1 M. A. Morris ... 15 0 0 Rosedale...... Saml. Baker ... 150 0 0 Murmungee ...... G. Thompson .. : 35 0 0 Ross' Creek ...... A. J. Oswell ... ~~ 0 0 Murroon .. , ... G. K. Prim~ ... 15. 0 0 Running Creek ... J. Forsyth ... '1" 0 0 .- .. "? ,~ Salary or =.t~·~~7~~,"-'~·(~~\~~·~=-+~ffi_ce_'_--,-_.~I~~~_N_am_e· ___-'1 ,1it!7n~e. " ", Office. ./·1 Na.me. Allowance. £.. - t> ,- l .;.;~ :;t d , £ 8. d. "" r £ If. d • ,u,u~ny.1~e ~ ...::.' :'J1.Fohns ... -55 0 b Toolern'; ...... 'J'. U'ullstan '''~ 15 'fO '~"O Bushworth... ';: .. ;1'. H. Roberts ... '60'0'(} Tooliorook... .. i-L'Cummins .... '1'5 ,O~'O Rnssell's Creek t·, ' ~:.. :~'&QE; Gadd ... WO '0 . Toolleeri ...... -.F: W. Campbell ... pio 10' :'0 Ru'therglen ... 1~:.1E. ,So Ollttrim ... 180 0 '0 Toongabbie ...... ·J .. Bassett... 135 0 10 ;Ry~ :::... ,'. ·'G. Mitchell ...20 '10 iJ 'Toorak . ... E: Morell . ...' 50 0 :0 Sago Hill . ... l. I :a. Sims. ... i85 0 "0 Tourello .. , ' .' . D •. M~Donald .... CWO .'0 'Gully Ii:' 'ff,. Patterson ... 10 0 '0 's··Sailor's (' d'r '" . . Towaninnie ... "·,il.FJnlay '" "15 0 ·0 , t.;~n, rew ... :".:.R. S'mith ... 250 0 Traralgon·... ':.• ' .~. C!l;mpbell ... 40:'0.'0 (oSt,·:l\.rnaud ...".' t.·At;B. Smith ::: ISO' 0 ;'0 Tra'wall~...... !J.J •. Hamblin .... "35 .0 :,0 ~t.I.Kil.aa ... \ . :'~a~YA.Sievwright 100 0: 0 Trehthain... "G:McPherson ...130·' 0'.'0 St. Leonards R. S!lliley ... 10.0.0 Tullarri~rine,...... ,:T. ,Cousins ... 1.'15 0 /0' 8al~ :. . .,'... ::.:',' 'J': Coverdale .... 350 00 Twist's'Creek ... J. Burke ....:16 ().O San'aford...... '(f~ Ad.lison ... 25 '0 '0 Tyldell' ...... _lA:. ·M. Clayton ... . 60 '0, ,0 (SarU:lhurst... ;.::, ,g. 'W': B. Vibert ... 350 0 '0 Ullin a ~ll .... S. H.Lowrey .. ;!, f2b c·o '0 13a4ao~:.:·...:·' r~. ·Rirwan . 15 0 0 UIupni,West" . T:Gracey . ... 10' 0 ','0 Jla~arigge '.'. ,;.:: .:t,~. Hayes :::,180 0 ,0 Upper Dargo "'J: Fairley ...\ "30 0 '/0 Sa~aY'.0leek .!.:: :H. ~riddon... 15: 0 !'O Upper 'Macedon "~' A. 'de Forest .. , 15 0 \10 1'carsd~1f'" :,: ~ .. ¥nights ... '70 0 "0 Upper Maffra. .:. 1<'. 1iicKinnell... ',15'0 \0 Scotchman's Lead '",:: ·W;,:'L. Clarke .... :25 0';0 .v~n'gh!lJ?-'" ... J. Chapman ... 30 10 "0 §eb~stoROI...... ]f •. J)ore •.. 180'0:0 ::VIOlet-town .... J. Fivey ... 40'·~0 b J3erperiJij1e Creek :\'. .1 :G. ·Hutton ... '35 0 0 1 Wahgunyah... .., 'R. Kilborn .... 350:0.0 BeY!llo~r... .::'JP. 6r~...... 150.0·() Wahririg...... 'J~ adams ... "200:0 '!3ha,dy 9reek ... '81 Hodder .'.. 14813"6 Walhalla...... W. B. Payter ... 110:0:0 Shelbourne ... ,. \ H. SlBrett '" 10 ,'0 <0 Wallan·wallan :'.: H. Sinclair ••. 45 0.0 Sh~lfotd. ,.... :ir:,¥.; Wilson .,. 8500 Wallington ...... S; Coleman ... IS 0 0 'Sh!!pherd's Flat "0"" 'iT; ~~l!-dells ... 10 '0 ;0 Walmer: ... D. ·Corbett ... 15 6 0 'Shepparton ... :;'.' :W: Fraser .... 15:0 '0 Wangaratta ...... Wm: Shields ... 180 0 0 ShiHey":: ...;:. ~emmis... 25 '0 r 'a. :0 'Wannon...... A •. Cameron ... 20 0 .,6 Skiptoii ... .'A. M: Elder ... 45:0 "0 Wareeli ...... C: Fitzgerald ... '10 0': 0 Smeat6ri ...... , A. :pockery .:: 45'0 '0 Warrandyte ... '" 'K. McDonald ... 25 0 '0 $mYthgs:o.ale... ::'.~ "J'. Nicol... 180 ,0 "0 Warrenheip ...... T: Day ... • .... 15 0 \9 Sn~ke ;Valley· . ::~, c;r: Greig ... "35 '0 \0 Warrenmang ,.. .T. Croad '" 100 0 Snowy-Greek .. :· ... L·'IF.·Aitken '" ',:25 :0 fo Warrriitinbool ... /r. R. Rackham... 350 '0 0 'Sorh'eriilIe... '." IIJ: Grant ... '15 (0 .co \W aterlSb ...... " :T~ R. :Morgan .: ~ <1.5 '0 .:Q ~o~):en!(L ... .:'.'\J: E. Clark ... 1:5:0 .~o 'Watgania ... ..I.. '!.1'. Glen.. ... d:5 -0 : 0 S.outh ¥arra ..·; '::,!. :5: Turner ... ·80' 0 .ro WauritPonds '. ,0. A:tiJbler ' . ',:1.5 "0 ['.0 ~pr1'ng§~ld.... . :.:. ~'M,' tenny . ... -15 rO /0 Weatherboard Hill:l. Nicholson .... '15'0 :::0 :S1?~ing:'<'i-ulJy . ,'J,: :ff., Malone, ..... , f5 ~O ,'0' 'WedderbUJ!n :J. R; ~ray ... 50 0 ;.~ ',Spring:.mll .... . ::'.~ :'$:. R;n,ight '" :15':0 ~O iWehla~,:.. ;--J. B'l'own ... 80:0 1'0 'Spri·ngv£le... ",;.' ''J} Cqatea. ... '15 'rO /() {Welchcilm'sReef ...]\1:. Morris ... 15 '0 i\O '$pfing~·r ...... •. :'W •.'Sar.bour .. ,,:::1'0'0 ":0 'Wend6uree ...... H:'Martin ... 2b '0 ;',(} Staffordshire Reef (. ';r: L'andles ... 26 ~O :~o \W ensleydale . ::.:' ;M.,HfiJkyard ... :15 ,'0 . 0 (Sta~lei I. '... ..:,-: ';J;. Mathieson. . .. 1, ~ 3~5 .·0 '-:0 :w erracknebeal .. I:: A. Scott. ':.. '!25:0"0 'Stawell'!... ~'.:' -#~. Ql. Peyton. ... 850 '10 '0 \Whim Holes...... :':b'-·.Kelly. .' ... ,15'0,,0 'Sta'i-elJ'.West. If .•, •.t .. p.;~agnus :'.,:'>7.0 ;/0:0 Wliipstiok .... .~~·.;l tL ..Marsden ;t.\ .• :~., #.·:15 rO ;,0 Stelglitzn...... W. !t. Cooper ...·55 0 "0 WHite Hills :.. ::. G;''S, Butler .... "30 ·,0 ,'0 ,St,?pkyard Creek .... J .. W. Wyett ... 65 0 0 Whittlesea...... J. Gibson, ... 35 0 - 0 'Stockya]:d HilI ., .. 'B. H ... Stuart ...' 25 ,0 '0 Whorouly...... rEo .Tillotson ... "10 0 ;0 StonyforCl: .. ..i.: C; McOallum ... 250'0 Whroo ...... J. H. Collier ... 35' 0 ;0 .$tr~'ngw:ays .... ··'VV.·M'ulholland ... ; 115 '0 '0 Wickliffe' ... ::. ; G. ·Harriott ,: I ~70 -0 0 8trl!;tford, .. , '.: .. ' i\ 1:j1oyd : .. ; 55:0 '() Wild·duck Cree\: . ·G. Murrowood .. , '15' 0 ~(I) Str~th&~ldsaye ,r . '.J; Qwen ... 20'0'0 Williamstown ... ,F. L: Quttriin ... 180,0,0 Strathloddon i,;. 1;'. l\:(cHardy ... .15 '0 ;0 Williamstown J nnction' '. C. Stephens ... 1'5·(1):0 Str~thmpre .. ' ..... ':.J•. Spruhan ...' 15 .O·,Q Winchelsea ...... W. Stirling .... '00 ·o~o Str\latl:J~m ...... ;1 Isaac W utt .. , 110. 0 0 Windermere... • ... R Co'inber ... 30·0 0 Stujtrtmll,l... :·,.'I,'!sabellaJ.Landells I 72 0 :0 Winslow...... Wm'; Ould, ... J '15 :0 0 Su1k.y G,ully... '.:. 8: Redman. .. .•,;20 '0 ,0' Winton ... ::.' ,G. Chandler .. ; 'j'5 ,0 ".0 Sunbury .. " ·:.. ':W.· McElwee ... 45' 0 '.0 W odonga ...... A. Cheyne .... 135 '0 0 Sutherhiild's Creek D. McCailum ... 20 0 '0 Wombat Creek ... J. Nicbolson . ..fO . 0 ·~o Sutfon :Grange ... J; E.iphinatone ... 20 0 '0 W oodend ...... R. NicholBon ...!700 '0 Swan Hill...... W.T. Swann .,. 150 O· '0. W oodfoid ...... J. M. ,PatiBon ... 30 0 W Swift's Creek .. 'R J'ohnson ... 20 '0 '0. Woodside ...... ·.LColline .... '15 '0 ;'0 TaHilk ,"...... J,':' Wylie ... 25 0 '0 Wood'a.Point '''' J. Sinnett ...180 '0 'rO TaJ1ara·"'...... 'F,',CuBsen ...20 0 -:0, WO'odstock .... '0. Q;ulnn ... 1'5 '0 10 Tal~ng~tta...... :W.-,.Dyriug. '" .15·0,0 Woodstock, Loddon ...G. Ni Wardell .. , ·15 '0 to Talbot· <...... J as; Colles ... 350 ,0 "0 Wooished' ... J. McC. Kerr .... '10 10·10 Talllrook... .., T:' Fox... '" 80'0 ''(:) Woolsthorpe ~~ .. \:E .. Mackie·,20 "0 ro Tangil ':... :;. 'C. It. Williams .;, ',"25 "C) '0 W ooragee...... ' H. Gale ...;10 '0 '10 Tarilta ,•. .,t...... :W ... L. Ferrier '" '15 '0. :() W oorndoo...... G. N alder ... " .i5 '0 10 Ta/adale' ,.. . .. ',Isjlbella Kelly... 840:0 Wyndham...... F"Schulze .... ' ';35 '0 '0 Tar~agulla ... .. , J>" K Tucker .. < 180. 0 0 Wyuna.:':... •.. J. Vebtler ... 10 ,0 10 Tarl-aville ... T,. b~ng . ... 40 0 '0 YackandanCiah '" H. Salkeld ....' 180 ~O '0 Tar,ra wipgee .. . ,Tt I:adson ... 35 0 0 'YackandandahJunctioll J .. McCully ... lO"O '[0 Tatyoon:' .;. IJ: Cr~ther8 ... 25 '00 Yambuk:...... O. Doherty... 20.0 10 1'eesdale ...... j~... Todd ... 20 ~ 0 '0 Yandoit... ,C"Hedges ... 25 '0.10 Tmn'ples'towe . '.::: ·ii. ·Fl'eld ... 15 0'0 Yangery:...... ·iW .. Il'. Chalkley . ·~O '0' 10 Ten·mile House ... 'T~ Allbn ': .. ' ·i5 0 '0 Yapeen' .... '... J, Smith .. ' " ,20'0' 10 :I'er\\ng." .;. :.:' LouisaiE. Kinaha'n 80.0 0 Yarra. Flats .. .,J.;H~ Petty '" 45' :0' 10 rhoma~t9)Vn.·.. ";. E. ,P;my , . ... 'lq' ;.'0' )9 Yarram-yarram ... C. Devonshire ... 15:'0':;0 Timor ',:...... ;.,;. S.I S."Brown ... 30·0 .eO ·Yan·aville...... J. Palmer n. l)fO':,0 ',0 Tintaldra ... . '~;:' ; TJ. D'oJ;laldsen .. , 25 O.·\) Yea ... '" ;S. A:. Wall .... ·~45 .!O~:T0 T,?.oboiab...... "::'" ·1!'1. !!'.¥wen ...' '10 10 ':0 Yowen:Hill ... ','.: T. Armstrong ... 35' "0--10 - APPENDIX. d.':" , . •".o' ' :' ,- -, , . ~ ELECTRIC/ TEI;.~GRA"PlI, [BRANOH ..... • " " "( WI! ••••• -, ·"·L~ .. ,,~. -,' '.'''r· ... ·,. ';,.~ "';" f'~-(I • RETURN showingthe,Interrllption: tQ Telegraphic ComrQunication in,V~ctor!a d1,1ring,the Year 1872• ., . " , .. I .~ : " , .. , . Period or Supposed or ascertained Ca.use of Date, Designntio'u of Line. . I ,Points onnt.rruptioti. Interruptio'n " Interruption. ' ------~~--~------I--~------.----~------~--~- " { '. ~ ; I 1872. I ...... January 23 ... Wood's Point Line' Between Benalla a~d.,M~s-field.· ~. "H 2!b.ours T,ee fell on line. ... North.Eastern Line " Seymour and-Longwood ...:3~;, " 24 ". ." " 30,31 4 days Trees fell on line. February.1,2' } Gippsland Line ... " Roseda!e, I!-nd Walhalla. ; ",": March 8;9 ... Wahgu!1yah Branch , Yackahdandah arid' Wahgunyah· 7! hours,. Tree fell on line. Line t:., .j " '.. ... ," t ,;. ~ 14 ... Wood's Point Branch Jami~s~~.and ~~d;s POi~t ... II: ,~', " Line " " 25 .•• Ditto ... •.. " , . 'and'Mansfield '; 'r n _. \' " In ., f' I '": ,REMARKS. I ',' "f [f I : .' . ' ...... Date. Ren1lirkB. " •.. January 2 Lines·.crossed betweel1 Wangaratta, Benalla, and'Beechworth, from'S.30 a.m' tills p,m. .. 2,3,4 Lines crossed.between Warrnambool and.Campel'down, from'8.:30·a.:m. tillS,p.m: S Lines crossed between' Cll.Stlemo.ineand Taradale, from 8.30 a.m. till n ·a.m. 9 Lines crossed between Rilmore and Melbourne, from 3.15 p.m. till S p.m. " 10 ]~ines crossed between l'ortland and Mount Gambier, from 3.30 a.m. till 10 a.m. .." 10 Lines crossed between Kilmorc and Melbourne, from 6.30 p.m. till S p.m. II. Lines crossed between Castle maine and 'faradaic, from S.30 a.m. till I p.m. n All lines e.ffe~ted by atmospheric disturbances. : 38 Date. Remarks. January 15 Unes crossed between Camperdown and Warrnambool, from 8.30 a.m. till 8 p.m. 16 Lines crossed between Kyneton and Gisborne, from 8.30 a.m. till 10.10 a.m. .." 17 Lines crossed.between Raglan an.d the Junction, from R.30 a.m. till 3.30 p.m. 17 All lines working badly-affected by atmospheric disturbances. ",,' 23 Lines crossed between Geetong and Ballarat, from 8.30 a.m. till 8 p.m. February 12 ... Lines crossed between Geelong and Ballarat, from S.30 a.m. to 3 p.m. 16 Lines crossed between Melbourne and Kilmore, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. , 21 Lines crossed between Portland and Mount Gambier. from 8.30 a.m. till 4.30 p.m. " 22 No.2 and Wahgunyah. Branch crossed between Wahgunyah and Beechworth, from 8.30 a.m. till II a.m. II" 24 AllUnes affected bi atmospheric disturbances. . ,. 28 Lines crossed between Camperdown and Warrnambool, from 8.30 a.m. till 8 p.m. March 8.9 All lines affected by atmospheric·disturbances. . 13 Lines crossed between Wood's Point and Gaffney's Creek. from 8.30 a.m. till 5 p.m. " 25 Lines crossed between Melbourne and Werribee, from 8.30 a.m. til) 3 p.m. II 25 All lines affected by atmospheric disturbances. April 2 Lines crossed between BenaUa and tVangaratta. from 8.30 a.m. till 12 noon. 3 Lines crossed between Maldon and Dunolly, from 8.30 a.m. till 4.30 p.m. ,,." 5 Lines crossed between Camperdown and Raglan, from 9 a.m. till 2.20 p.m. 6 Lines crossed between Geelong and Colac, from 3.30 p.m. till 8 p.m. " 10 Lines crossed between Ballarat and Haglan, from 8.31) a.m. till 7 p.m. " 22 Lines crossed between Melbourne and Kilmore, from 3 p.m. till 6.30 p.m. ",. 24 All lines affected by atmospheric disturbances. "II 27 Lines crossed betw'een Wangaratta and Beechworth, from '9.30 a.m. till 2.10 p.m. October 1 Lines crossed between Camperdown and.Warrnambool, from 11.30 a.m. till 8 p.m. II 8 Lines interrupted between Daylesford and Castiemaine, from 8.30 a.m. till 2 p.m. 8,9' All lines working badly-atmospheric disturbances. .. 15 No.1 line interrupted between Warrnambool and Camperdown, from 8.30 a.m. till 8 p.m. " 17 Line interrupted between Creswick and Daylesford, from 8.30 a.ln. till 8 p.m. J .. 22 Lines crossed between Melbourne and Woodend, from.2.30 p.rn. till 8 p.m. . 23 Lines crossed between Melbourne and Seymour, from noon till 4.30 p.m. .. All lines working badly-atmospheric electricity. " 24 November 4 Lines crossed between Kilmore and Seymour, from 8.30 a.m. till3.ln p.m. 4 Lines crossed between Raglan and Ballarat, from 8.30 a.m. ·till 4 p.m. .' .4 NO.1. interrupted between Camperdown and Warrnambool, from 8.30 a.m. till 5 p.m. 8 No. I crossed between Por,tland and Mount Gambier, from 8.30 a.m. till 8 p.m. " 11 No.1 crossed between Portland and Mount Gambier, from 8.30 a.m. till 8 p,m. .." 14 Lines on ground between Ballarat and Warrnambool, from 8.30 a.m. till 3 p.m. .. 18 Lines crossed ·between Portland and Mount Gambier, from 8.30 a.m. till 8 p.m. .. 18, III All lines affected .by atmnspheric disturbances. 20 Lines crossed between Seymour and Longwood, from 8.30 a.m. till 3 p.m. II" 20,21 Lines crossed between Warrnambool and Camperdown, from 8.30 a.m. till 8 p.m. II 27 AlIlinee aff~cted by atmospheric disturbances. Weather very stormy throughout t)1e colony. December 7 ,Lines crossed between Ballarat and Raglan, fron; 8.30 a.m. till 4 p.m. 9 Lines crossed bet~ween Melbonrne and Sunbury, from 8.30 a.m. till 8 p.m. " 9 No.1 interrupted between Camperdown and Warrnambool. from 11 a.m. till 8 p.m. " 9 Lines crossed between Geelong and Ballarat, from 8.30 a.m. till 4 p.m. . ' " 16 North~Eastern lines crossed between Beechworth and Wodonga, from 8.30 a.m. till'noon. .." 17,18,19 All lines affected by atmospheric disturbances. Heavy storms throughout colony-number of poles blown down. .,. 26,27 Western lines interrupted between Geelong and Colac,.from 6 p.m. 26th til13 p.m. 27th. ' IJ 30 Western lines interrupted between Belfast and Portland, from 8.30 a.m. till 11.30 a.m. 31 " Western lines interrupted between Penshurst and Hamilton, from 8.Z0 a.m till 1.30 p.m. APPENDIX D. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BRANCH. RETURN showing Particulars relating to the Transmission of Reports of English News from Mount Gambier to ... Melbourne during the Year 1872. Commenced•. Finlsbed. Average , Number of nelllMkB as to Weatber, &e. . Word • Date. Rour and Minute. Date. Hour lind Mlnnte. per Hour. 1872. 1872. January 18 12.52 a.m. January 18 6.30 a.m. 1,200 AJllines worked well. Weltther fine. February 13 6.5 p.m. February 13 11.50 p.m. 1,300 All lines worked well. Weather fine. March 13 8.35 a.m. March 13 1.10 p.m. 1,600 All lines worked well. Weather fine. April 6 3.20 p.m. April 6 7.15 p.m. 1,800 . All lines worked well. Weather fine . May 4 6 a.m. May 4 10.43 p.m. 1,800. AIIUnes worked well. Weather fine. June 28 ... June 28 ...... No reports received from Adelaide. As the R.M.S. Bangalore arrived at Port Phillip Heads the Branch Mail Steamer reached Glenelg. July 25 3.25p.~. July 25 8.30 p.m. 800 All lines. partially interrupted, causing great delay , , in receiving. August 23 12.5 a.m. August 23 3.45 a.m. 1,000 All lines worked badly. September 19 11.15 p.m. September 20 4.30 a.m. 1,000 All lines worked badly. October 18 6.10.a.m. October 18 10 a.m. 1,200 All lines worked badly. NOTE.-Direct telegraphic communication established' with Europe and the East on 21st October 1872. No reports of English news received per. Royal Jl,1ail Steamers viii Adelaide after this date. APPENDIX' E. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BRANCH. LIST of Post Offices where Telegrams will be Received and Transmitted through the nearest Telegraph Station. 'Alberton Cambrian Hill Happy-go-Lucky Newburv Allansford Campbell's Creek Happy Valley Nattie Yallock Alma Caramut narrietville Narrawong Amphitheatre Carlsruhe Harrow North cote ApsJey Castle neef Hepburn Omeo Ascot Cathcart Heywood Orford Avenel Cavendish Hillsborough Piggoreet Axedale Cobden Hinds Pyalong Alexandra Cressy Huntly Pentridge A von PJailJS Charlton Heidelberg Ravwood Bacchus Marsh Coghill's Creek Indigo Re;lbank Balmoral Cooper's Creek Inverleigh Redcflstle Bartbld Carlton .1ones' Creek Red Jacket Baringhup Caulfield Jordan Rok('wood' Barker's Creek Darlingf"ord KingO\ver Rushworth Bealiba Darlirigton Kingston Sandford Beeac (Ondit) Donnelly's Creek KeHor Sandy Creek, Ovens Branxholme Doon Kew Sh<.:pparton Break-o'-Day Duukeld IJake Bolae Skipton Bridgewater Deptford Lake Hindmarsh Smeaton Bridgewatcr-on-Loddon Diggersrest Lancefield Snowy Creek Broadford Eddington Landsborough Stanley Buangor Edwards' Reef Lauriston Stratford Buckllmd Elmhurst Learmonth Tarrawingee Bu 11 dog- Flat Enoch's Point Leviathan lkef, Black River Ten-mile House Bullock Creek Epsom Lexton Tllongabbie Bungaree Estconrt Macarthur Traraigon Ballan Evansford Mack's Creek Tylden Barkly Essendon Mnidentown Trentham Bendoc Framlingham Marong Toorak Boggy Creek ];'rank !inford Mlttlock Upper Dargo Burnt Creek Flemington Merino Vaughan Burrumbeet ];'ootscray JVlolingul Violet-town Byaduk Frankston J\'Iorton Plains Wedderburn Bellarlne Glendaruel Mount Blackwood Whip~tick Birregurra Glengower Mount Bolton Wickliffe Jilullnrook Glenorchy Mount Egerton Wild-duck Creek Bl'uthell Glcnthompson Mount Jeffcott . Wool shed Berwick Golden Point Myer's Creek W,inchelsea Brighton South Goldsboro' Reef ~,lollnce Ponds Yamhuk Brigllton East Gooley's Creek Momng (Yan Yean) Yandoit Broadmcadows Great Western Mordialloc Yea Brunswick Growler's Creek Newbridge California Gully GuiJflford . No. IS. F 40 APPENDIX F.· ELECTl!IC TELEGRAPH BRANCH. STATEMENT showing the Names 'of the several Electric Telegraph .Statiqns and the Lines of Telegraph now in' operation in the Colony of Victoria; . Extent in i . ~Iiles ···-···Mnln Lines; ...... I. :e~:·~~e·:1 Name of SUllion. .1 .... Branch Line. Name of Station. Extent in Miles. , Office. Pa.rliament Houses ( 1I!elbourne Parliament Honse Branch { ..} 1 from Melbourne 'Williamstown Treasury Buil!!ings .. I Gec.long SOUTIlER" CO ...T LINE •• 137 ~ ~~i~~~l~~:;:dale ' Sandridge I. Cni)e Schanck \. ]'Undcrs Mount Gambier . .f l'oTl1and Koro,it Branch ~ Korolt 9 from Belfast ,30~,,:: ...•~~~:.~t,.~j,OOI .. I #~ ,j l ,Cn.mficrdown -Terang nranc h •• Tcrang 13 from Camperdown ,') . Colac '. BUninroug Branen Buninyong 7 from Ballarat Smythes!!ale •• 23 from Ballarat ,. I.lutQn ~. , { Ballnrnt .. .. Linton Branch .. { Scarsdale , •• :..1 3 from Smythesdale . S~bnstopol Branch Sebastopol 3 from Ballarat .,'. j Ararat St.well Branch •• •• J. .49 from Beaufort Cnoss COtrMTRY-W':STBRN •• 1Stawell .. LINE.. •• .. 315 J'Beanfort 28 from Ballarat Rtreathaln :.;, " ~ i Hexham •• Mortlc.ke Branch lfortlakc 9fromHe"h~ l"'enshurst. ' -Hamilton Por~lnnd Branch 53 from Hamilton I Coieraine \. Casterton 140 Otwoy Creswick Daylesford lIInidOn Dnnolly Carisbrook r (Talbot .. Cacss COl:J'N'lRY LINE 312 Clunes Bra,ncb •• 20 from Maryborough lIfaryburough l Clunes .. { hIajorca. Branch .• hIajorea "J 11 from Mnryborough 1Avoca Stuartmlll l ~t. Arnaud ( Tarna~ulla .I Inglewood SWAl( HILL LINl! 231 "\ Kcrang l· Swan Hill ' Collingwood K~'neton ~lalmesbury Chcwton Drnllch Chewton 3 from CusH.malne NOllTHERN LINE .. 1.6 'l'u.radnJc Frye.rstown Branch Frycl'stown 6 from Ca.stlemalne J N cwstcad Branch Nc\ystead 10 from Ca.."tlema.ine Castlcmaine Sand:hurst Eil<1IeIlawk Branch Eaglehu,.,-k. 5 from Sandhurst l Echnca 31 from RUmore Kilmorc .. Heathcote Branch 'Heathcote 25 from Sandburst ~cymour I.?"gwood ilr"nsflcld •• Jamieson ,. ::} 85 from Benodla. .. I Wood's Point Branell { Benalla .. 'Yood~s Point .. rI l Gaffney's CreeK Bl'unen .. Gaffney's Creek • , 12 from Wood's Point NORm·EASTERN LINE 200 « '\Va.ngnrntta :Eldorado Branch Eldomdo •• .. JO,from Wangarata YnCknlldnndah .. Chilt.ern •• IWnhgunyah Br,,;neh : : } 50 from Beeebworth { \Vnhgunyah •• .1 Beechworth Rutherglen .. lBrlght Branch' •• Bright.. .. •• 36 from Beechworth Wodonga l Albury llandenong . Shady Creek Walhalla 32 from lIoscdale GIPPSL""D LINE .. .181 Hosedale .. Walhall. Br"nch '.. .J Sale .. Da.irnadalo Branch Bl1intsdllle 43 from Sale l Port Albert RAIl.wAY CIRCUIT. ( R1H~ncer street Sunhury New Glsborne '\Voodend NonTm!lllI LII - - 41 APPENDIX G. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BRANCH. CO:IJIPARATIVE STATEMENT of Cash Revenue for 1871 and 1872, and Number of Messages transmitted from each Office during the Year 1872. ' Nllmberof Nume of Stution. Date of :Revenue, 1871. Revenue, 1872. Opening Office. :;Ucssagc8 Increase, 1872. I Decrease, 1872. , '1'ransmittNl. _._------.£ s. d. .£ s. d. .£ s. d. .£ 8. d. Melbourn'e'" ... , Mar. 185·~ i 60,281 11,637 2 6 15,753 11 8 ... .. 1 Melbourne, General Post Office" ... April 1869 36,103 4,217 13 7 2,517 0 6 } 2,415 16 ... Ararat ...... Nov. 1858 4,958 252 16 7 274 4 7 21 8 0 ... Avoc:1 ...... i\.far. 1859 2,490' 140 16 8 144 11 3 3'l4 7 ... Bairnsdale ...... , July 1869 4,145 239 211 267 2 .5 27 19 6 ... Ballarat '" ...... Dec. 1856 49,230 ,3,301 0 1 3,240 15 0 ... 60 5 I .1?eaufort ...... Mar. 1858 1,272 63 18 2 68 17 7 4 19 5 ... Beechworth ...... Jan. 1858 8,907 758 14 11 796 1 0 37 6 1 ... Belfast .,.,~ ." ...... Mar. 1858 7,ii8 358 13 9 411 ,l4 8 53 011 ... Benalla ...... " May 1858 3,114 115 4 8 152,18 1 37 13 5 ... Bright ...... Aug. 1867 2,217 147 1 11 140 310 .. . 6 18 1 Brighton ...... " ... Nov. 1872 84 New Office 6 1 :3 6 I 3 .. . Brunswick Aug. 1872 132 New Office 9 ...... 9 6 9 9 6 '" Buninyong ...... Oct. 1862 719 34 2 9 37 15 2 ,3 12 5 .. . CaI)1perdown ...... Oct. 1863 2,475 207 6 8 155 7 9 ... 51 18 11 Cape Otwayt ...... Sept. 1859 592 ...... Cape Schaock ...... Sept. 1861 567 6 8 2 5 3 4 .., 1 4 10: Carisbrook ...... , Jan. 1861 910 53 2 2 47 1 2 ... 6 1 0 Casterton ...... July 1865 1,735 95 4 3. 112 1 4 16 17 I .. . CastJemaine ...... Jan. 1857 12,653 606 9 5 740 10 7 134 1 2 ... Chewton Oct. 1872 72 New Office 10 ...... 4 7 " 10 7 .. . Chiltern ...... Mar. 1861 2,228 132 10 1 128 4 0 ... 4 6 I Clunes ...... Feb. 1861 8,768 339 II 8 510 16 8 171 5 0 .,. Colae ...... Aug. 1863 2,457 142 11 3' 147 16 7 5 5 4 .. . Coleraine ...... Aug. 1867 2,318 160 10 4 180 II ·5 20 1 1 ... Collingwood ...... Nov. 1865 2,448 143 0 2 160 3 6 17 3 4 ... Creswick '" Aug. 1859 3,532 208 0 10 212 18 9 ...... " 17 11 .. . Dandenong ...... " ... June 1871 816 20 17 7 43 6 7 22 9 0 ... Daylesford ...... Aug., 1859 4,563 408 13 11 273 2 I ... 135 11 10 Dunolly ...... Aug. 1859 2,255 173 81l 143 7 7 ... 30 I 4 Eaglehawk ...... " Oct. 1871 1,109 13 r 0 64 9 0 51 8 0 ... Echuca ...... , ... Dec. 1858 10,238 441 8 6 537 0 4 95 II 10 July 2,769, ... Eldorado ... "."" ...... 1871 92 14 8 180 19 5 88 4 9 ... Emerald Hill' ...... Feb. 1872 1,390 New Office 94 15 9 94 15 9 ... Flinderst ...... Mav 1869 256 6 I 3' 4 9 11 ... I 11 4 Fryerstown ...... April 1872 9i4 New Office 55 0 2 55 0 2 ... Gaffney's Creek ...... May IS7l 945 43 3 2 54 18 7 11 15 5 ... GeeJong ...... Dec. 1854 17,889 1,292 7 9 1,240 14 10 ... 51 12 II Hamilton ...... Mar. 1861 7,049 457 4 7 497' 19 9 40 15 2 ... Hawthorn ...... July 1872 245 New Office 14 13 3 14 13 3 ... Heathcote ...... Oct. , 1859 1,560 82 1 7 74 7 6 ... 7 14 I Hexhum ...... April 1858 668 36 2 3 36 16 10 o 14 7 ... Inglewood ...... Oct. 1861 2,363 168 18 1 132 13 II ... 36 4 2 Jamieson ... June 1865 1,599' 94 3 3 ...... 86 310 '" 7 19 5 Kerang ... '" ...... Aug. 1863 502 28 19 4 28 17 0 ... 0 2 4 Kilmore ...... Oct. 1857 3,540 125, 19 4 143 12 2 17 12 10 ... Koroit ...... Sept. 1872 . 398 New Office 25 5 '11 25 5 II Kyneton April ... '" ...... 1857 6,280 241 3 1 336 IS II 95 12 10 ... Linton ...... Oct. 1868 849 39 12 2 49 8 1 9 15 11 ... L'ongwood ...... Nov. 1857 1,399 56 11 5 64 8 3 7 16 10 ... Majorca ...... April 1870 1,238 55 15 8 64 17 7 9 1 11 ... Maldou ...... '. ... Aug. 1859 2,074 1I0 6 10 107 9 10 .., 2 17 0 MalmcRbury ...... Oct. 1865 I,ll I 45 14 ol 53 13 1 7 18 9 ... Mansfield ...... Nov. 1868 2,939 15.2 16 11 187 0 7 34 3 8 ... 1\>1 ary borough ...... April 1859 6,282 325 5 8 400 18 1I 75 13 3 ... 'Mornington Mar, ...... '" 1861 1,198 47 3 0 57 10 3 10 7 3 ... :Mol'tlake ...... June 1864 1,863 104 11 9 108 3 6 3ll 9 ... Newstefld ...... Oct. 1863 721 32 7 10 37 3 9 4 15 11 ... Penshurst ...... Jan. 1867 . 1,498 79 5 7 158 16 2 79 10 7 Port Albert ...... '" , '" Dec. 18G4 3,819 159 14 2 203 7 4 43 13 2 ... Portlan(l ...... Feb. 1858 5,347 326 12 0 375 17 11 49 5 11 . .. Prahran ...... Aug. 1872 361 "New Office 23 14 1 23 14 I ... Queenscliff ...... Jan. 1855 7,407 100 14 0 134 14 7 34 0 7 ... Richmond ...... Jan. 1872 1,131 N"w Office 69 12 7 69 12 7 ... Rosedale '" ...... Mar. 1867 1,344 66 17 II 73 16 0 '" 6 18 1 '" RutiIerglen ~ ...... Aug. 1862 1,780 101 4 9 91 II 5 ... . 9 13 4 St. Arnaud ...... Jan. 18G5 2,060 105 14 5 134 11 4 II '" 28 16 '" St. Kilda ...... l!'eb. 1871 2,201 104 18 9 149 8 3 44 9 6 ... Sale ...... Sept. 1864 8,141 560 11 1 562 17 0 2 5 II ... Sandhurst ...... Jan. 1857 63,G30 3,088 11 0 4,122 II 10 1,034 o 10 ... Sandridge ...... July 1855 1,101 82 10 9 91 18 2 9 7 5 .-, Scarsdale ...... Sept. 1872 253 New Office 14 0 6 14 0 6 ... Sebastopol .Jan. 1870 ...... 636 36 5 4 36 I 10 ... 0 3 6 Seymour ...... June 1865 3,162 85 4 10 148 17 3 63 12 5 ... Shady Creek ." ...... Jan. 1871 535 24 12 10 28 3 6 3 10 8 SIPythesdale June ...... 18GS 1,677 120 4 8 84 1 1 ... 36 3 7 South Yarra .. ~ ...... Aug. 1872 521 New Office 42 13 6 42 13 6 ... Stav1'ell ...... " . ... Oct. 1861 6,263 365 10 O· 412 14 II 47 411 ... Streatham ...... July 1858 999 53 2 2 146 13 10 93 II 8 Stuartmill ... Dec. 1869 ...... 594 52 0 3 35 0 1 ... 17 0 2 I -~, -.-.-.~~-. . .-.--.'--~-..,--- " The Office ut :l!InTket squars was transferred to the GeneTn.! Post Office on 13t.h July 1872, und tile Genornl Post Office Branch united with it from 15th July lS-2 t Doolt,-out Shipping StatiOn. i} ~ 'the colleotlons o.t ~'!lndors froUl April to July (J:;1 H •• Id,) "TO incl\'ded in the :Melbourne revenue., , I. ·42 COMPARA.TIVE STA.TElIENT of Cash Revenue for 1871 and 1872, and Number of Messages transmitted from eacb. Office during the Year 1872-continued. nate of Number Of. 1 Revenue, 1871. Revenue, 1812 ••.1 Increase, 1872. Decrease, 1872. . Name of Station. Opening Office. Messages I. ------Transmitted. £, s. d. £, s. d. £, s. d. £, s. d: 94 I 0 20 I 10 SwanHiU ... '" ... April 1863 1,576 73 19 2 ... 16 II 222 14 I 35 2 10 'Talbot ... '" ...... Dec. 1860 3,330 257 ... Taradale ...... Nov. 1861 893 49 3 0 43 12 I ... 51011 Tarnagulla ...... Nov. 1860 2,260 102 7 3 135 13 II 33 6 8 ... Terang ...... Nov. 1871 988 7 5 11 55 I 7 47 15 8 ... Wahgunyab ...... Feb. 1861 5,042 190 15 7 .217 7 9 26 12 2 ... Walballa ..• ...... Nov. 1870 5,944 315 2 9 364 15 0 49 12 3 ... Wangaratta ...... July 1858 7,0.56 290 6 425 6 8 135 0 8 ... Warrnambool ...... Mar. 1858 13,656 799 7 ° 1 873 7 4 H 0 3 ... WiIlia.mstown ...... Mar. 1t1.54 3.441 207 17 II 245 10 3 37 12 4 ... 18.58 :I 10 120 10 Ii 61 6 7 Wodonga '" ...... Tun. 1;745 59 ... Wood's Point ...... Oct. 1865 3,110 188 18 5 183 4 4 .. . 5 14 1 Yackandandah ...... Feb. 1861 .1,339 77 12. 1 73.6 9 ... 4 5 4 RAILWAY CIROUIT. Avenel ...... Dec. 1872 138 New Office 311 0 3 11 0 ... '19 3 6 20 15 5 1 11 11 Ballarat West '" ...... July 1863 1,036 ... Broadford ...... 1by 1872 2,962 New Office 20 4 5 20 4 5 ... Castle maine ...... July 1863 1,885 20 2 3 24 19 8 4 17 5 ... Cra.igieburn ...... Aug. 1872 1,477 New Office 3 14 5 • 3 14 5 .. . Echuca ...... June 1865 3,807 58 15 II 62 9 7 313 8 ... Geelong ...... April 1862 2,747 44 17 0 52 '14 10 7 17 10 ... Gravel Pits ...... Dec. 1872 25 New Office 0 7 0 0 7 ... . 5 6 5 0 6 Kilmore East ...... '" May 1872 2,416 New Office 0 ° ... Little "River ...... Nov. 1862 4,060 7 14 10 13 6 5 5 11 7 ... Longwood ...... Dec. 1872 389 New Office 13 6 3 13, 6 3 ... Meredith ...... April 1867 1,186 28 o 11 28 3 7 o· 2 8 ... 1868 .665 26 17 7 24.10 2 2 7 5 New Gisborne '" ...... July .. . Runnymede .. , ...... June 1865 3,500 54 18·10 67 9 1 ,12 10 3 ... Sandhurst ...... July 1863 3,18'1 73 1 11 90 6 5' 17 4 6 .. . Seymour ...... May 1872 2,684 New Office 47 3 5 47' 3 5 ... Spencer street, Melbourne ...... , Oct, 1861 15,032 303 16 3 384 16 I 80 19 10 ... Sunbury...... Feb. 1867 1.459 25 6 7 24 18 2 - ... 8 ,5 Wallan-wallan ...... May 1872 2,366 New Office 811 6 8 11_ 6 °.. . Werribee ...... April 1862 6,739 27 14 2 25 2 I ... 2 12 1 '" 3 11 . Williamstown Junction ...... Apdl 1862 4,189 4 1 9 3 ... ° 17 10 Williamstown Railway Pier ... Jan. 1870 1,227 16 16 4 16 10 8 ...... 5 8 Woodend ...... Oct. 1861 '2,660 39 1 6 55 2 O' 16 6 °." -- ° Point Lonsdale '" ...... Oct. 1861 ...... I --_._------639,960 36,941 17 1 42,617 17 3- 6,200 13 9 524 13 , 7 I I • Look-out illlipping Station; no revenue collected, APPENDIX H. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BRANCH. STATISTICS of Busiuess from 1854 to 1872~ inclusive. ,. C11arge for Number of Tot~t Number Year. Cash U:c'Vcnue. Govqmmcnt Telegrams. Government Telegrams. of Telegrams. ,"-~--~'--' --~~~-~~- £ 8. d. £, s, d. 1854 ... 223 2 7 1,037 0 5 1,570 3,869 1855 ... 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 ... 10,024 16 10 3,023 12 2 6,628 60,058 185B ... 16,474'17 10 10,126 15 10 17,834 131,486 1859 ... 25,'249 17 0 '21,301 8 7 ,31,699 197,320 1860 ... 24,955,18 2 21,270 12 2 49,918 167,872 .1861 ... 25,217 5 4 8,566 13 11 4\),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 0 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 0 63,506 277,787 1867 ... 29,148 12 2 6,588 18 0 59,887 235,648 1868 ... 31,0,';8 6 8 9,91(; I 11 57,047 276,677 1869 ... 34,183 0 5 10,460 10 7 57,966 277,132 1870 .. , 33,145 10 4 5,996 12 9 6U,634 454,598 1871 ... 36,941 17 I 5,247 4 63,877 537,398 1872 ... 42,617'17 3 7,029 II° ~ 85,645 639,960 470,781 16 11 188,6:)9 8 6 870,234 4,452,234 -APPENDIX t ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BRANCH. EXPENDITURE under control of Public Works Department. ;£ .. d. ;£ 8 • d. Total Expenditure for Lines, Stations, &c., up t<> 31st December 1872 ...... 310,301 5 0 EXPENDITURE DURING 1872. Main Extension of Lines ...... 9,070 3 1 -New- Buildings and Repairs to Existing Buildings ...... '" 7,635 5 6 16,705 8 7 327,006 13 7 CURRENT EXPENDITURE DURING 1872. Rent of Market square Telegraph Office ...... 438 14 2 Rent of Temporary Offices ... .,...... 1,375 19 5 . 1,814 13 7 APPENDIX J. ELECT~IC TELEGRAPH BRANCH. RETURN showing Net Revenue from 1st January-to 31st December 1872. £ 8. d. ;£ 8. d. Cash Receipts paid into Treasury from 1st January to 31st December 1872 ... 42,617 17 3 Less amount due to other Colonies on aecount of intercolonial business for same period :- New South Wales .. , £2,325 ]9 10 South Australia ... 298]9 4 Bass Cable Company ...... 712 13 1 3,247 12 3 39,370 5 0 Amount due by other Colonies on aecount of intereolonial business for same period :- Queensland ••• ••• ... ••• ...... £ 109 14 8 Tasmania ...... ••• ... 65 16 5 175 11 I 175 11 1 39,545 16 1 APPENDIX K. / ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BRANCH. STATEMENT showing the Amount of Business Transmitted through the Bass's Straits Ca.ble from - ( 1st January to 31st December 1872 •. Date. Number 01 Messages. Value. ;£ 8. d. 1st January to 3]st December 1872 7,582 2,083 8 44 APPENDIX L, ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BRANCH. LOCAr, AND INTERCOLONIAL BUSINESS. STATEJlIENT showing,tho Victorian. and Intercolonial Business for the Years 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872. 1870. Number }\umbcl' of l'l'iyu.te of PriY:Lte Revenue. Revenue . .lIesso.ges, },[essages. --.------,--,-----.------.----,-'--i---I-·-----I-----[------d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. ' .. 'Between 'Victorinn Stntlons 194,991 7 '8 363,332 ]22,921 18 9 432,166 14 4 515,604 31,544 14 3 -----_. --,-- --~~------,------' --'------From Victol'in to New South 'Vales 13,949 5,840 1 3 15,735 15,649 5 9 23,493 5,547 8 3 29,148 6,693 8 3 From Ne'" South Wales to Victoria 13,540 5,750 2 5 14,203 5,268 13 8 21,165 5,095 17 7 29,393 6,769 0 8 From Victoria to Queensland _ ... 938 586 8 11 1,080 540, 1 6 1,607 643 4 0 2,54'0 1,016 10 )0 From Queensland to Victoria 1,118 698 16 0 '1,5-14 757 1 8 1,970 788 5 10 2,652 1,307 12 8 From Victoria to South Australia .. . 7,101 2,523 7 6 9,332 2,289 14 8 14,340 2,171 1~ 2 12,371 2,315 10 II From South Australia to Victoria .. . 6,165 2,167 ) 1 6 7,842 1,892 5 3 12,065 1,797 10 3 10,823 2,006 15 10 :From Victoria to,Tasmania 2,187 1,078 15 1 4,485 1,744 9 8 3,791 1,304. II ,4 3,639 1,047 12 0 From Tllsmllnia to Victoria 2,313 1,106 16,__ 0-'--_4.:..,S_~_)5__'_.1,940 1O_0~~,5!J~2>:~03~~_~.!.>!61 8 7 ~joT.E.-Victol'ia •. Reduced rate of Is. for 10 "'on18 came into operation 1st January 1870. New 8cuth Wales J:educcd mt,e from 65. to a!3. for 10 words came into opcmtion 8th August 1870. Quecnslftntl Reduced mt~ from 95. to 6s. for W words came into operation 8th August 1870. ~outh .A u strllUa Reduce!} mte from 63. to 2$. for 10 words came into operation 1st Augnst 1870. 'tasmania Reduced (cable) rate lrom 55. to. 45. lor 10 words cum~ into operntlollIst January 1~70 . • ExclUSive of the numher and value of messages Q,H.lI.f.S. APPENDIX M. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BRANCH. EXTENSION of Telegraph Lines in other Colonies during 1872, and Lines in progress. NEW SounI W AT.ES. 447 miles of line completed during 1872, making the total number of miles of wire 6112. . QUEEl'SLAl'D. 200 miles of 1iD(~ completed during, 1872, making a total of ~818 miles of line, 3368 miles of wire, and 61 stations. SOUTH AUSTIlALIA. ·Total number of miles of line at the end of 18i2, 3000; number of miles of wire, 37i9; number of stations, 86. . NOl'll:.-Direct ~relegmphic ,communication estftblished with Europe and the East via Port Darwin on 21st October 1872. . . TASMANIA. Total number 'of miles of line at the end' of 1872, 291; number of stations, 21. APPENDIX N. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BRANCH. BRITISH AND AUSTIIALIAN LINE. COMPARATIVE Statement of O~erland and Cable Rates. Land Line. Cable. Proprietary. nate lor 20 Words, Number llnte lor 20 Words, . b",ll lldditional of' balf additional fur each 10 Words. ,Miles. for each 10 Words. ,---~- --,------From the~:~~~=:A:ta~Fon:si·n Victor:-I------~- £. s. d. £ s. d. (Wodonga) to the South Australian } Victorian Government. 508 0 2 0 Border Station (Mount Gambier) SOUTH AUSTRALIAN AND FOR1aGN LINES. From the South Australian Border Station 2,320 0 0 (Mount Gambier)'to Port Darwin } South Australian Government... * • Port Darwin to Banjowangie ... TIritish Australian Company 1,186. 2 .14 0 t Banjowangie to Batavia Netherlands India Government ..• 480 0 4 0 Batavia to Singapore British Australi~n ComplLny 565 I 1 0 Singapore to Penang ... } British Indi'tn Extension Tele- I 405 0 16 '0 Penang to l\fadras graph Company 1 1,409 I 10 0 Madras to Bombay Indian Government 600 0 8 6 Bombay to Aden Eastern Telegraph C?mpany 1,819 2 0 0 Aden to Suez 1,462 2 0 0 Suez to Alexandria " " .U 224 0 4 0 Ale::mndrh. to Malta ... " 924 1 0 lInlta to Gibmltar " 1,120 0 10, °0 Gibraltar to Lisbon ..• " " 300 0 3 4 t " " ", 854 0 10 6 § Lisbon to London " " " El'(H.AN:Q. TO AlIIEnICA. Athmtic Cable Atlantic Telegraph Company' 1,896 . '\ . , V:CTORIA TO TAS}fANIA. '1 Mllintenance and Construction} IS5 Iiass's Str:iits~Cable-':::""---- ':.: Telegraph Com.pan), :... China, Extension .Company 1,400 2 10 .0 800 1 5 0 RBMAHRS,-'" Appmximnte 'cost of overlnn(l line from l)ort Augusta. to Port Darwin, 18.50 mUcs, £350,OOO.-t AppT?:Xi~ate cost of cable bct...... een rort Darwin ancf.Banjowangte, 1186 miles, £32.t,OOO.-l' Limited by concession to 3s. 4d,-~§ Through message of 20 w'oTd3 from VU!tOTll1 to London costs £!) 8s. 6d.; distance pCl' laud Hnc~ [Hl(l cable, 14,176 milc~.-Il Rute-£2 for 10 words, amI 48. each udditional word, including address and signature.-' Cable ntltc~-4.s. for '10 words, <)ml hi11f~mtc for every niiditional!5 words. Lflna Lincs-Yictoriun~ ls. for 10 words! una Id. for each additional word; Tasmanian, b. for 10 'words! and Id. for eacb atlditional :vord. Tutu.! C.06t of throngh message 01 10 words, Victoria to Tasmania, 6s. Cost of lJass's Straits cab~e, ;!:,7(l,Q9.~, ' La. - 45 APPENDIX O. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BRANCH. The following Statement shows the Australian business transacted with Europe and the, East from the opening ofdil'ect communication (21st October 1872) to 31st December 1872:- - Received. I Transmitted. Total. Colony. Number Number Number of lIlessages. Value. of Messages. Value. of Messages. Value. £ 8. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Victoria ...... 554 6,536 14 9 405 3,233 6 6 959 9,770 I 3 South Australia ...... 134 1,022 10 4 126 1,194 9 8 260 2,217 0 0 New South Wales ...... 242 2,589 0 0 250 2,889 8 9 492 5,478 8 9 Queensland ••• ...... 36 394 9 6 43 469 4 6 79 863 14 0 Tasmania ...... 6 59 2 6 8 103 6 3 14 1,62 8 9. New Zealand ...... 22 391 6 9 25 331 10 6 47 722 17 3 Total ...... 994 10,993 3 10 ! 857 8,221 6 2 1,851 19,214 10 0 APPENDIX P. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH B,RANCH. EXISTING MEANS OF TELEGRAPHIC CmurqNICATION lJETTI'EEN EUROPE, THE E,.u;T, AND AUSTRALIA.. Communication by Electric Telegraph between Australia and Europe and the East is now effected by the following menns:- . Hobart Town to Low Heads, Tasmania, land line, 172 miles. Low Heads to Flintler-s, Western Port Bay, Victoria, submarine cable, 185 miles .. }j'lind'ers to Melbourne, land line, 70 miles. Melbourne to Mount Gambier, land linc. 305 miles. Mount Gambier to Port Darwin, land line, 2320 miles. Port Darwin to Banjowangie, Java, submarine cable, 1186 miles. Banjowangie to Batavia, laud line. 480 miles. Batavia to Singapore, submarine cable, 565 miles. Singapore to Penang, submarine cnble, 405 miles. Penang to Madras, submarine cable. 1409 miles. Madras to Bombay, land line, 600 miles. Bombay to Aden, submarine cable, 1819 miles. Aden to Suez, submarine cable, l462 miles. Suez to Alexandria, land line, 224 miles. Alexandria to Malta, submarine cable, 924 miles. Malta to Gibraltar, submarine cable, 1120 miles. Gibr~ltar to Falmouth via Lisbon, submarine cable, 1154 miles. Communication to China is effected by cable from Singapore to Hong Kong and Shanghai. By Authority: JOHN FERBES, Government Printer, Melbourne.