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              R E V E N U E and E X P E N D I T U R E of P O S T OFFICE.
            
            
              R E V E N U E : —
            
            
              Gross receipts from Letters, Post Cards,
            
            
              Sale of Postage Stamps, Newspapers,
            
            
              Books and Parcels
            
            
              Commission on Money Orders
            
            
              „ on Postal Orders
            
            
              Parcel Post Receipts, from Foreign
            
            
              Countries
            
            
              Value of Unclaimed Money Orders, and
            
            
              other Miscellaneous Receipts ...
            
            
              Amount brought to Revenue after adjust–
            
            
              ment oE sums due to and from Foreign
            
            
              Countries for Foreign mail transit
            
            
              Total Postal Revenue
            
            
              E X P E N D I T U R E : —
            
            
              For salaries and wages and all expenses of
            
            
              Postal Service (including Money Order
            
            
              business and conveyance of -Mails)
            
            
              within the Island ...
            
            
              For conveyance of Mails beyond the Island
            
            
              Total cost of Postal Service ... ...
            
            
              Net Surplus ...
            
            
              £ s.
            
            
              4,492 9
            
            
              221 7
            
            
              26 10
            
            
              265 4
            
            
              68 13
            
            
              • 157 4
            
            
              5,231 . 9
            
            
              3,229 11
            
            
              286 8
            
            
              •3,516 0
            
            
              cp.
            
            
              0 (a)
            
            
              4
            
            
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              £1,715 .
            
            
              
                > H
              
            
            
              MAIL SERVICE.
            
            
              
                Between
              
            
            
              
                Idand and
              
            
            
              Egypt.
            
            
              do.
            
            
              Syria and
            
            
              Constan–
            
            
              tinople.
            
            
              . Syria and
            
            
              Egypt.
            
            
              Syria and
            
            
              Constan–
            
            
              tinople.
            
            
              Syria and
            
            
              Egypt.
            
            
              
                Line of Steamers.
              
            
            
              i
            
            
              Bell's Asia Minor
            
            
              Steamship Com–
            
            
              pany, Limited.
            
            
              Austrian Llovds
            
            
              Steamship Co.
            
            
              do.
            
            
              Khedivieh
            
            
              Mail Steamers.
            
            
              Messageries
            
            
              Maritimes.
            
            
              Florio Rubattino
            
            
              
                Contract.
              
            
            
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                Commencement [ Termination.
              
            
            
              1
            
            
              17th June,
            
            
              1902.
            
            
              Weekly
            
            
              do.
            
            
              do.
            
            
              Fortnightlv
            
            
              Monthlv
            
            
              
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              16th June/
            
            
              1905.
            
            
              
                /
              
            
            
              
                No.of
              
            
            
              
                Mails
              
            
            
              
                Received
              
            
            
              
                and
              
            
            
              
                Despatched.
              
            
            
              
                *
              
            
            
              (E) 3,381
            
            
              (D) 2,417
            
            
              
                Total
              
            
            
              
                Annual
              
            
            
              
                Subsidy.
              
            
            
              £1,500 (d)
            
            
              Paid by the
            
            
              Austrian
            
            
              Govt.
            
            
              Paid by the
            
            
              Egyptian
            
            
              
                • Govt.
              
            
            
              Paid by the
            
            
              French
            
            
              Govt.
            
            
              Paid by the
            
            
              Italian
            
            
              Govt.
            
            
              
                Transit
              
            
            
              
                charges paid
              
            
            
              
                by the Island.
              
            
            
              
                Othftr Payments
              
            
            
              
                to
              
            
            
              
                Contractors.
              
            
            
              
                *
              
            
            
              
                (i). This amount does not include £1,143 3 8 Franked Correspondence.
              
            
            
              
                (b). This amonnt includes £29 17 8^ paid out of Schedule 8 (b) Treasury.
              
            
            
              
                (:). Amouno saved which would otherwise have to be paid to other Governments if there were no subsidized service.
              
            
            
              
                (d). The Contract was published in the Official Gazette, page 4862, year 1902.