1855-6.

19' ictoria.

POST OFFIOE, B'ALLAARAT.

~£tttrn to ~bbtess,

MR. HUMFFRAY.-30TH JANUARY, 1856.

LAID UPON THE COUNCIL TABLE BY THE TREASURER,

'BY COllllLU!D OF

HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING' THE GOVERNMENT,

ORDERED BY THE COUNCIL TO BE PRINTED,

ti~ autbotit!1:

JOHN PERRES, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, MELBOURNE. C.-No. 19, Q.

:SCHEDUiLE . OF THE 'WITHIN DOCUMENTS.

LETTERS.

IcFrom whom. No. To whom. Date.

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. 1 Postmaster, Ballaarat ... ... Postmaster General ... January 4th, 1855•

2 Ditto ditto ... ... Ditto ditto .... '..... February 8th, 1855. ,3 Ditto ditto ... Ditto ditto ... ... April 29th, 1855.'" 4 Inspector of Country Post Offices ... May 25th, 1855.Ditto .ditto ... ...

: 5 'Postmaster General '" ... 6 Assistant Colonial Secretary ... 7 Postmaster, Ballaarat ... ... 8 Postmaster General ... ... 9 Ditto ditto ... ...

10 Ditto ditto ... ... 1:1 Assistant Colonial Secretary ...

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Postmaster General ... Assistant Colonial Secretary

...

...

Colonial Secretary ... ... June 5th, 1855.

Postma~ter Geneml June lltli, 1855.'"

DittO' ditto ... July 16th, 1855.'"

Colonial Secretary ... ... August 1st, 1855.

Ditto ditto ... ... August 27th, 1855.

Ditto' ditto ... ... September 7th, 1855.

PostmaSter General ... September 12th, 1855.

Colonial Secretary ... .,. September 25,th, 1855.

PostmaSter General ... October 11th, 1855.

, RETU,RNS.

No. H.-Return of Establishment.

" 15.-Return of Collections.

" I6.-Return of Post Oflice§.

.. 17,-Return' of' Post Office Establishment at Ballaarat, in 1854 and 1855.

" 18.-Return of Country Establishments.

CORRE§PONDENCEo

Post Office, oBallaarat, 4th January, 1855.

Sm, In having the honor to forward the few accompanying lines, I would beg most respectfully

io state, the dispatching of the mails from this office to be done by two hands, will be beyond .ours or anybody's else physical ability.

Had I not have called in assistance, for which I have to pay, I could not possibly have -forwarded the accompanying maiL The ",ork is day and night; the registered letters dispatched' from this office 11. O.

l\'lr. Scott, willing aS,he is, is quite inadequate to the duty imposed on him. The office must doubtless be closed, and that not from any unwillingness, but from sheer exhaustion. :My 'present desire is to gctan opportunity of completing my monthly returns for December, 1854. Positioned as I am at present, I cannot accomplish the same.

I have, &c., (Signed) CHARLES H. PAIN.

'To Alexander McCrae, Esq., Postmaster General, Melbourne.

Noo Z.-(COPY.)

Post Office, Ballaarat, 8th February, 1855.

'SIR, In reply to your communication, received on the 6th inst., respecting the recent reduction

of the staff, and its effects upon this office, I have the honor, most respectfully to state, in the first instance, relative to the internal economy of this office, that since the reduction the returns and various duties required for the proper conduct of a post office, apart from ,the public, have been, of necessity, quite neglected.

Respecting the labors eutailed upon myself and one assistant, the duties are eo severe as to leave us completely prostrated at the end of the day, and being employed four evenings in each week until a late hour in making up or sorting mails, little or no inclination can possibly be left to get up returns, &c., on the other two evenings.

Respecting the effects upon the public accommodation, I should say, from t,he large popu­lation in this district, and our very confined delivery, that very much valuable time is spent, often in vain, in endeavouring to procure letters, &c.

In conclusion I would beg to state, respecting the staff requisite for efficiently carrying ,out the objects of this department, that the services of one postmaster, three assistants, and one messenger are indispensably necessary. '

I have the honor, &c., (Signed) CHARLES H. PAIN,

'To Alexander McCrae, Esq., Postmaster. Postmaster General, Melbourne.

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No. 3.-(Copy.) Post Office,

Ballaarat, 29th April, 1855. SIR,

In reply to your letter of the 24th instant, requesting an explanation as to the delay of transmitting the unclaimed letters, I have the honor most respectfully to state that, it only affords another. opportunity of shewing the deficiency of strength allowed this office; from the beginning to the end of the week, both early and late, ill or well, I am busily employed, assisted by a party (although perfectly willing) as totally unfit for a bustling department such as this is as it is possible to be; unless allowed im additional hand, and one most active, the business of so extensive a district cannot be performed without some part being neglected.

I have, &c., (Signed) CHARLES H. PAIN,

To Alexander McCrae, Esq., Postmaster. Postmaster General; Melbourue.

No. 4.-(CoP¥.) Ballaarat, 28th May, 1855.

SIR, • C. 1I. Pain, 8th I have the honor, while returning the letter as per' margin, referred for my report, to

lIUl"ch, 1855. confirm, and,-more than confirm,-to exceed every word of Mr. Pain's statements, as to his excessive labors.

For the last three days I have seen the office perpetually surrounded by crowds of applicants,-all complaining of the delay they sustained, yet all satisfied with the zealous and civil alacrity exhibited by Mr. Pain and MI'. Scott,-the whole establishment.

On Sunday both these gentlemen. were sacrilegiously engaged in sorting for l\ionday's delivery, the newspapers, whieh with an adequate staff, would have been delivered on Saturday.

They are now at ten p.m. still occupied, and have yet long oecupation before them in elosing the mails for dispatch to-morrow morning, as no progress in their preparation could be made during the uninterrupted window attendanee of both persons from nine to five to-day.

As either vital or mental energy must soon be expended by sueh'i3xertions, I have the honor to recommend that, if the establishment eannot be immediately increased to four persons, the hours at which the office shall be open to the public be rcduced to not less than one-half of their present duration on allmaiI days,-in which case I should antieipate either the demolition of the Post Office or serious riot.

If additional officers are sent, I would recommend that they be ascertained to be persons of private income, as, if not, they can only subsist by dishonesty in the Post Offiee, or by husbanding their energies while there, to be employed in private work after office hour3.

I have, &c., (Signed) CHARLES H. W AT'l'S,

Inspector of Country Post Offices. The Postmaster ,General, Melbourne.

No. !i.-(CoPY.) No. 97. General Post Office,

l\felbourne, 5th June, 1855. SIR,

I have thc honor to forward the aecompanying letter, addressed to me by the Postmaster, Balbarat, respecting the state of the Post Offiee there with the reduced staff, the overworked state of that ufiicial and his only assistant, in comequence of the inereased and increasirig postal

Dated Stb Morch. wants of the resident community, which statements are fully corroborated by the aceompanying extract of a report from the Inspector of Country Post Offices, who has recently visited .Ballaarat, and I respeetfully request that these documents may be submitted for the information and consideration of His Excelleney the Governor.

I have, &c., (Signed) A. MaCRAE,

The Honorable Postmaster General. The Colonial Secretary,

&c:, &c., &c.

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No. G.-(CoPY.) Colonial Secretary's Office,T·B.55 \ 7234.

Melbourne, 11th June; 1855. No. 55. 88. SIR,

In reply to your letter of the 5th instant, forwarding a communication from the Postmaster at Ballaarat on thei subject of the inadequacy of the staff for the Post Office there, and also an extract from a Minute of the Irispector of Country Post Offices, corroborating Mr. Pain's statement. '

I am 'commanded by tWe Governor to state that the Legislative Council having t.hought proper to 'stop the supplies, His~! Excellency has no means of acceding to your application.

, I have, &c., (Signed) J. MOORE,

The Postmaster Genera.!, Assistant Colonial Secretary. Melbourne.

No. 7.-(CoFY.) Post Office,

Ballaarat, 16th July, 1855. SIlt,

In having the honor t,o bring a few remarks before your attention, I would respectfully wish it to be understood that it is not on the ground of complaining, but as an actual point of duty. '

I would first remark that of late, but more especially to-day, the pressure of the crowd outside has been increasing td a very great extent, although I personally applied for the aid of the police, my request could not be complied with, no men being at liberty to be told off for the service required; the front of the building was in considerable danger, and one of tho windows broken. ,

The mail being so heavy, consisting of nearly 2000 letters with 146 registered inclusive, for two persons to n;take up, that I am compelled to defer forwarding my unclaimed letters till next mail, it being an advanc~d hour in the morning.

I I have, &c., , (Signed) CHARLES H. PAIN,

To Alexander McCrae, Esq., I Postmaster. Postmaster General, Melbou,rne.

No. a.-(COPY.) No. 117. General Post Office,

Melbourne, 1st August, 1855. SIR, '

I have the honor mostirespectfully to submit, for the consideration of His Excellency the Governor, the accompanying letters addressed to me by the Postmaster (Mr. C. H. Pain) and clerk (Mr. Robert Scott) of the Post Office, Ballaarat, on the subject of an increase to t.heir present rates of salary, and inidoing so beg to refer to your communications (two) of the 23rd and 28th June, in which His Excellency has been pleased to grant the increased rates of salary to the Postmaster at Creswick's Creek, at Castlemaine, and Portland, and whieh induces me to hope that the Governor will be pl~ased .to confer a similar favor on the present applicants, the duties of the Ballaarat office far e'xceedmg those of any other Country Post Office on the fixed establishment, and the services rendered by Messrs. Pain and Scott in the performance of their official duties, warrant me in recommending their application to His Excellency'S most favorable consideration.

I have &c., (Signed) A, McCRAE,

The Honorable , Postmaster General. The Colonial Secretary,

&c., &c., &c. C.-No. 19, O.

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No. '9.-(CoFY.)

No. 137. General Post Office, 1'tfelbourne, 27th August, 1855.

SIR, I have the honor to beg reference to my communication of the 5th June (unanswered),

No. 97, bringing under the notice of His Excellency the Governor, an appeal from the Postmaster, Ballaarat, relative to the heavy duties imposed. on him and his one assistant, owing to the reduction of his staff at the end of last year, and now beg respectfully to enclose for the consider­ation of His Excellency a. memorial addressed to me by nearly 400 diggers and other residents, praying that such steps may be taken as will speedily alter the present tardy delivery of letters at the Post Office.

1 also forward the .accompanying correspondence and statement of the duties performed and hours actively employed, which are submitted for His Excellency's.information, and 1 would urgently solicit that some further assistance be granted immediately to the Postmaster, Ballaarat, to av()id the ill effects that must ensue from' continued close application to business of such a wearying natur~.

1 have, &c., (Signed) A. McORAE,

The Honorable Postmaster General. The Colonial Secretary,

&c., &c., &c.

No. 1I.0.-(CoPY.) No. 143. General Post Office,

Melbourne, 7th September, 1855. SIR,

P .tmas!er to I have the honor to transmit herewith, correspondence noted as per margin, relative to o!>ostmfulterGc- the necessity and appointment of an extra elerk at the Ballaarat ·Post Office, the appointment as r:,~~~,~rdSep. stated in the Postmaster's letter of the 5th instant having been made by the Resident Warden,

Postmaster Gto and 1 would respectfully beg to draw your attention to the fact, that in my communications as ~~:;\:'~.(~rsc;: follows,-5th June, No. 97, and 27th A.ugust, No. 137,-1 have represented the state of this

P~:t'::.~~rtoRe- particular office, but as yet have not received any answer. iddent \\!"arden, 1 have, &c., 5th September. (Signed) A. McCRAE,

The Honorable Postmaster GeneraL The Colonial Secretary,

&c., &c., &c.

No. llD-(CoPY.) 55 I 11521. F.B. No. 55 I 58. Colonial Secretary's Office,

Melbourne,12th September, 1855. SIR,

1 have the honor to inform you that ha~ing submitted to the Governor your representa­tions concerning the amount of labor in the llallaarat Post Office, and the insufficiency of the present staff of the Post Office to discharge it, His Excellency is pleased to approve of the vote of Nine hund~ed pounds for clerical assistan0c to the Post Office at Geelong, being charged with the salary of one additional clerk for Ballaarat, but it will of course be understood that the Postmaster at Geelong is now precluded from expecting any further assistance in his office during the remainder of the year.

1 shall postpone conveyin~ the usual notification to the Audit Office until you have .sub­mitted for His Excellency's sanction the name of the person who you propose should proceed to Ballaarat.

I have, &c., (Signed) J. MOORE,

The Postmaster General, , Assistant Colonial Secretary. Melbourne.

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I No. lZ.-(Col'Y.) . No. 152. General Post Office,

Melbourne, 25th September, 1855. SIR, II In forwarding the enclosed communication, addrcssed to me by the Postmaster, Ballaarat, Dated 19th De­

setting forth the inadequac~ of his present staff, notwithstanding the rccent addition of one clerk, cemb....

I respectfully request that ;phe same may be submittcd for the consideration of His Excellency the Governor. ~ .

I have informed the Postmaster that there are no funds to meet the eost of further assistance, and desired t.hatijhe will use bis·best endeavours to discharge the duties appertaining to his office with the two adsistants he has.

The Honorable .The Colonial Secretary,

&c.} &c., &c.

(Signed) I have, &c"

A. McCRAE, . Postmaster General.

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No. 13.-(CQPY.)I2.739. Colonial Secretary's Offiee,

No. 55 I 66. F.B.

Melbourne, 11th October, 1855.ISIR, I have the honor tJ acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 25th ultimo, forwarding

.3. communication fronl the postmaster at Ballaarat, requesting further clerical assistance. In reply, His Excell~ncy the Governor desires me to state that Mr. Pain's request cannot

·be acceded to, His Excellc~cy considering that 3. Postmaster and two clerks ought to be quite a sufficient staff to carryon the wo~k of the BallaaratTost Office, the postal staff in many of the large cities in England notl!COnsist.ing of more than that number of persons.

I have, &c.,I (Signed) J. :MOORE, The Postmaster General, II Assistant Colonial Secretary.

Melbourne.

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No. GENERAL

Date and Nature of each Officer's Situation or Branch Date and Nature of each Officer's first employment Name of Officer. first employment in .the Public employed. in Post Office Department. Service of Victoria.

-Alex. McCrae ... Postmaster General ... 4th May, 1845, 31st Dec., 1850, 1st Jan., 1851 Chief Postmaster ... ...

Chief Clerk and Colonial Sub-Treasurer

Augs. Langston ... Secretary ... ... 10th Oct., 1849, Senior Clerk of 1st July, 1851 Superintending Accountant's Trade Accounts, Customs Branch

B. Wnymouth Accountant ... ... 6th April, 1852, Clerk, Treasury 1st April, 1854 Ditto ditto ...'"

John Alsop .,. Inspector of Stamps ... 5th Jan., 1854, Chief Smelter, 1st Ang., 1854 Superintending Stamp Office, and Assay Office kecping all postage stamps

Inspect()r of Dead Letters Thos. Pellatt ... See next column. ... ... 1st Sept., 1852 Dead 1,otter Office ..' .•• ... John Smith ... Resident Clerk ... 1844, ~xtra Tide W ruter, Cns­ 1st Jan., 1850 Assisting in Accountant's Branch

toms

A. Sievwright ... Mail Branch ••• ... See next column ... lst Jan.• 1850 Receiving and dispatching mails Richard Snow ... Ditto ... 20th Feb., 1852Ditto ... ... ... Ditto' ditto ...'" Jno. C. Harrison ... Ditto ... ... 1st July. 1852Ditto ... ... ... Ditto ditto ...

Delivery Room ...Richd. Dunstone Ditto ... ... ... 11th Oct" 1852 Ditto ditto'" Thos. ·Wm. Jackson Secretary's Branch ... 1st June, 1853Ditto ... ... ... Issuing postage stamps. &c. :::

Registry Branch ...Edwd. D. Pitman .•• 21st Sept., 1852 Ditto ... ... ... Receiving and dispatching. regis­tered letters

Thos. }<'. Clerke ... Dead 1,etter Office ... Ditto ... ... 1st Oct., 1852 Delivering dead letters ...'" Registry Branch ...John Machar ... 10th Nov., 1852 Ditto ... ... ... Ditto ditto ... Delivery Room ...John Barnes ... 19th Nov., 1852Ditto ... ... ... Delivering letters at window ...Mail Branch ... ...Jas. H. Gibbs ... 19th Nov., 1852Ditto ... ... Ditto ditto ...'" Delivery Room ...Hcnry N. King ... Ditto ... ... ... 19th Mar., 1853 Assisting in AccoUlitant's·Branch ...Accountant's Branch ...Edwin R. Elliott ... 9th May, 1853 Ditto dittoDitto ... ... '"

James Willes ... Ditto ... ... Ditto ... ... ... 9th May, 1853 Dclivering lctters at window ... Mail Room ...Edwd. Slack ... Ditto ... ... ... 19th May, 1853 Rcceiving and dispatching mails '" Delivery Room ... Ditto, ... ... ...Thos. Blunn ... 26th May, 1853 Delivering dead letters ...

William Galbraith ... Accountant's Branch ... 1st June, Ul53Ditto '" ... ... Assisting in Aceountant's Braneh

Mail Branch ...H.H.J. Vaughan ... Ditto ... ... ... 15th July. 1853 Receiving and dispatching mails ,Registry Branch ... Ditto ... ... ...W. Alexa,nder 17th Aug., 1853 Receiviug and dispatching regis­'"

tered letters Geo. Collett ... Delivery Room ... Ditto ... ... ... 16th Sept., 1853 Delivering newspapers at window

Ditto ... ...Thomas Fagan ... Ditto ... ... ... 16th Sept .• 1853 Ditto ditto ... Christophcr Hemmy Secretary's Branch ... Ditto ... ... ... 16th Sept., 1853 Assisting in Secretary's Branch ... John O. Rose Delivery Room ... D'itto· ... ... ... 1st Oct., 1853 DeliveriIJg lettcrs at window •••'"

Ditto ... ...W. F. Crofts ... Ditto ... ... , .. 1st Oct.. 1853 Ditto ditto ... Ditto ... ...A. W. Hallifax ... 1st Nov., 1853 Ditto ... ... ... Ditto ditto ... Secretary's Braneh ... Ditto ... ... ...J. H. Dobinson ... 9th Jan., 1854 Delivering dead letters ... ... Mail Branch ...H. McLachlan ... 9th Jan., 1854Ditto ... ... ... Receiving and dispatching mails

Thos. Baxter ... Delivery Room ... Ditto ... ... ... 21st Jan., 1850 Letter earrier; town delivery ... J as. Longcroft , .. ' Stamp Office '" ... 19th Dec., 1853Ditto ... ... ... Superintending the engraving of

postage stamps Alfred Krone ... Ditto ... ... 1st June. 1853 Ditto ... ... ... Assisting in Accountant's Branch

Delivery Room ...'I'hos. Murray ... Ditto ... ... ... 1st June. 1853 Ditto ditto ... Ditto ... ...W. B. Campbell ... Ditto: ... ... ... 1st July, 1853 Delivering letters at window ...

John Wutt ... Mail Branch ... ... Ditto ... ... 7th April. 1853 Postmaster, Bendigo ... ...'" Ditto ... ... ...Delivery Room ...W. Morrison .... 16th Sept., 1853 1 Delivering newspapers at window Ditto ... ... ...Secretary's Branch ...J. L. Lewis ... 19th June. 1854 i Assisting in Secretary's Brunch

Delivery Room ... Ditto ... ...S. B. Byrchall ... 1st April, 1853 . Delivering letters at wil,ldow ... 'Ym. Baron ... n •

Ditto ... ... ...Subsorter ... ... I st Mar., 1852 J~cttcr carrier ... ... Chus.Baker ... Ditto ... .... , 10th Sept., 1852 Ditto ... ... Ditto ... ... ...'" . Letter carrier ... ...Thos .• C. Sampson... 1st Dec., 1852Ditto ... ... ... Ditto ... ... ...

Ditto ... ...Ditto ... ...Wm.Impelt ... 16th Dec., 1852 Ditto ... ... ... Ditto ... '"

'" ...Ditto ... ... 27th Jun., 1853Richd. C. Reildshaw Ditto ... ... ... Ditto ... ... 22nd Feb., 1853 Ditto ... ... ...John Gibb ... Ditto ... ... ... Ditto ... ... Ditto ... ... ... 1st April, 1853 Ditto ... ...William Gore '" DittoDitto ... ...John Mounter ... ~st April,1853... ... ... Ditto ... ... ... '"

Ditto ... ... ...Ditt.o ... .. , 7th April. 1853 Joshua R. Hale ... Ditto ... ... ... . Ditto ... " Ditto ... ... ... 1st June, 1853 SamuerFielden ... Ditto ... ... .... Ditto ... ...John Beatty ... .Ditto ... ... ... 4th June, 1853 Ditto ... ... ... Ditto ... ... 1st July, 1852John SultOn ... Ditto ... ... Ditto ." ... ... Ditto ... ... Ditto ... ...J. Tom1ins ... lst Mar., 1854Ditto ... ... ... '" Joshua King ... Ditto ... 1st Jan., 1854Ditto ... ... ... Ditto ... ... ... Ditto

'" ... ... 1st 'May, 1854W. H. Peek ... Ditto ... ... ... Ditto ... ... ... Ditto ... ... ...E. Byrne .... Ditto ... ... 20th Sept., 1853 Ditto ... ... ... Ditto ... '" ...T. Hayward ... Ditto ... ... Ditto ... ... ...10th April, 1854

Ditto ... ... 17th May, 1854 Ditto ... ... ..,W. Cork ... Ditto ... ... ... Ditto ... ... ...Ditto ... ... 17th May, 1854John Johns ... Ditto ... ... ... Ditto ... ... ... 7th ll'eb., 1854WIn. Sanderson ... Ditto ... ... . Ditto ... ... ...

Theis. Jarman. Ditto ... ... Ditto ... ... ... 31st Oct., 1853 Ditto ... ... ...'" Ditto ... ...Ditto ... n • 21st Nov., 1854John Whitehead ... Ditto ... ... '"'"

General Post Office, 25th January, 1856.

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POST OFFICE.

. \'1 I Six months' Six months' Total six . Salary Allowance months'

Date and Nature of cach Officer's first employment in the Office he now holds. of each of each SalMy and 11' Officer. Officer. Allowance.

�------ --' Ii ...-~ -~------~-----·I-_:::--..I-·-·_----___;_I----~

16th July, 1851 IIPostmast~r General ... IIi'" ... ... ... ... '" 1st Aug.,1853 Superintending correspondcn~e, mail arrangements, and Acting Inspector of

Conntry Post Offices II 1st April, 1854' Superintendence of nccounts,"payment of gratuities and salaries, issue of stores,

1st Aug., 1854

1st Sept., 1852 31st Dec., 1852, appointed Hcsi. dcnt Clerk. 1st Jan., 1855 1st Jan., 1854 1st Jan., 1854 1st Jan., 1854 1st Ang., 1853 1st June, 1854

4th April,1855 20th April,1855 19th Nov., 1852 1st April,1855 1st June, 1853 9th May, 1853

1st Oct., 1853 1st .Tunc, 1853 1st JUllC, 1853 1st June, 1853

15th July, 1853 lith Aug., 1853

1st ~ray, 1854 1st Jan., 1855

and all cash received and p~id in the Department Custody, issue, and receipt ofl all postage stamps, receipt and payment of all

monies received at sale rooIh and from licensed vendors Superintending Dead i.c!ter Office ... ... ... Superintending. Mail Branch Ill,,} doing Resident Clerk's dnties

Super-iutending ship mails cd ... '" ... ... •.. Superintending sorting oflett~rs ... ... ... '" .. . Superintending dispatchin mails... ... ... '" .. . Superintending delivery l' ... ... ... ••• ... • •.

Assisting in Secretary's Brane. J ... ... ... '" ... • ..

Rcceiving aud dispatching registered letters '" ... ... .. .

Receiving and delivering deadillctters •.• ... ... ... .. . Registering letters at window I ... ... ... ... ... ... Delivering letters at window, s,?rting muils, and replying to applications for letters Ucceiving and dispatching mails '" ... ... ... . .. Delivering letters at window, s'brting mails, and replying to applications for lctters Assisting in Accountant's Bruhch. attending the passing of all accounts at Audit

Office, and receiving all mOhies from Treasury for use of Department Assisting in Accountant's Braiwh, and paying gratuities to IIlasters of vessels '" Reeciying and dispatching mdils ... ..... ... ... ... Delivering dead letters II ... ... ... ... ... ... Assisting in Accountant's Bi;aneh, issning .stores, .amI paying all the revenue

of the Department into thcl(Banks amI Treasury Recciving and (lispatehing m~ils ... Receiviug allddispatchingregistered letters

II Delivering letters at window, s'orting mails, and replying to applieations for letters

Ditto II ditto 16th Sept., 1853 . Assisting in Secretary's Branch ... ... ... ... ... 1st Oct., 1853 Delivering letters at :vindow, s9rting mails, and replying to applications for letters 1st Oct., 1853 DItto !I ditto 1st Nov., 1853 Ditto II ditto

22rd Jall., 1854 Assisting in Secretary's Braner. ... ... ... ... ... '" 9th Jan., 1854 .Receiving and dispatching millIs ... '" ... ... ... 7th Feb., 1854 Delivering letters at window, si)rting mails, amI replying to applications for letters 8th May, 1854 Selling 'post"ge stamps Ii'" ... .., ... ..,... 8th Jan., 1855 Ditto ditto "..................

22nd Jan., 1855 Delivering letters at window, sprting mails, and replying to applications for letters 13th Feb., 1855 ru~ I ~to

5th Dec" 1855 I Receiving and dispatching mails... ... ... ... ... . .. itl! April,I855 1st Jan., 1856

24th Aug., 1855 1st Jan., 1855 1st Jan., 1855 1st Dee., 1852

16th Vee., 1852 27th Jau., 1853 22udFeb., 1853 1st April,1853 1st April, 1853 7th April, 1853 1st June, 1853 4th June, 1853 1st July, 1852 1st Mar., 1854 3rd .Jan., 1855 3rd Jan., 1855

13th Jan., 1855 13th Jan., 1855 13th Jan., 1855 2nd April, 1855

12th April, 1855

19th April, 1855 26th Oct., 1855

Delivering letters at window, s9rting mails, and replying to applications for letters Assisting in Secretary's Branch ... ... ... ... '" ... Delivering letters at window, sorting mails, and replying to applications for letters Sorting letters for earricrs \1... '" ....... ... ...

Ditto ditto ,.I'" ... ... ... '" ...

Assisting mail room clerks ;i... ... ... ... ... ... Delivering letters in town ... ... ... ... ...II;'"

Ditto ditto .................. Ditto ditto ..................

Stamping letters ... ~... ... ... ... . ... '" Delivering letters in town II'" ... ... ... ......

DittO ditto .................. Assisting mail room clerks I' ... ... ... ... .... ••• Delivering letters in town ... ... ••. ... ... . .. Assisting milll room clerks 1'1:'" ... ... ... ... ...

Ditto ditto .................. Delivering letters in town .. . ... ... ... ... '"

Ditto ditto ,... .., '" ... ... •.. Ditto ditto ... ... ... ... ... .. . Ditto ditto ... ... ... '" ... .. .1'1

Ditto ditto ... ... '" ... ... .. . Ditto ditto II... ... ... ... ... '" Ditto ditto am! nsi'~sting the Resident Clerk in the after hours duty ...

Ditto ditto Ditto ditto

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£, s. d. . £'NI~l·. d. 600 0 0

350 0 0 Nil.

300 0 0 Nil.

300 0 0 Nil.

250 0 0 Nil. 175 0 0 House with

fuel and water.

225 0 {} Nil. 200 0' 0 Nil.

'200 {} 0 Nil. 200 0 0 Nil. 200 0 0 Nil. 200 0 0 Nil.

200 0 0 Nil. 200 0 0 Nil. 150 0 0 Nil. 150 0 0 Nil. 150 0 0 Nil. 150 0 0 Nil.

150 0 0 Nil. 150 0 0 Nil. 150 0 0 Nil. 150 0 0 Nil.

150 0 0 Nil. 150 0 0 Nil;'

150 a 0 Nil. 150 0 0 Nil. 150 a 0 Nil. 150 0 0 Nil. 150 0 0 Nil. 150 0 0 Nil. 156 0 0 Nil. 150 0 0 Nil. 150 0 0 Nil. 150 0 0 Nil.

150 0 0 Nil. 150 0 0 Nil. 150 0 0 , Nil.

'150 0 0 Nil. 150 0 a Nil. 150 0 0 Nil. 150 0 0 Nil. 127 15 0 Nil. 127 15 0 Nil. 91 5 0 Nil. 91 5 0 Nil. 91 ;; 0 Nil. 91 5 0 Nil. 91 5 0 Nil. 91 5 0 Nil. 91 5 0 Nil. 91 5 0 Nil. 91 5 0 Nil. 91 5 0 Nil. 91 5 0 Nil. 91 5 0 Nil. 91 5 0 Nil. 91 5 0 Nil. 91 5 0 Nil. 91 5 0 Nil. 91 5 0 Nil. 91 5 0 Houscroom

91 5 0 Nil. 91 I) 0 Nil.

£, s. d. 600 0 0

350 0 0

300 0 0

300 0 0

250 0 0 £175 with house,fucl and water. 225 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 a 0 209 0 0

200 0 0 200 a 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0

150 a 0 150 0 0 150 0 {} 150 0 0

150 0 0 150 0 0

150 u a 150 0 0 150 0.0 150 0 0 150' 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0

150 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 n 150 a 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 127 15 0 127 15 0 91 5 0 91 5 0 91 5 0 91 5 0 91 5 0 91 5 0 91 5 0 91 5 0 91 5 0 91 5 0 91 5 a 91 5 0 91 5 0 91 5 0 91 5 0 91 5 0 01 5 0

£91 5s. with house room.

91 5 0 91 5 0

(Signed) B. W AYMOU;rH, Accountant.

(Signed) A. McCRAE, Postmaster General.

D.-No. 19, c. II

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No. 15.

RETURN of COLLECTIONS of each POST OFFICE in Victoria, for the',llIonth of'December, 1855.

N!lme of Office. Amount. Name of Office.

,

Amount.

.,

GENERAL POST OFFICE.

:Melbourne ... ... ESTAllLISHMENTS.

Geelong ... ... Ballaarat ... ... Castlcmaine ... ... Sandburst ... ... Bcechwol'th ... ... Belfast ... Creswiek ... Portland ... ... vVarrnambool ... ... Williamstown •.. ...

COUNTRY POST OFL'ICES.

Apsley ... ... Avoca '" '" Bacchus Marsh ... Blulan ... '" Balmoral ... ... Sellarino ... ... Benalla ... '" Brighton ... '" Broadford ... ... Broadmcadows '" Brunswick ... ... Buninyong ... ... Bulla ... '" Campaspc ... '" CampCl:down ... ... Caramut ... ... Carisbrook ... ... Cnsterton ... ... Cavendish ... ... Chepstowe ... ... Co lac '" ... Coleraine ... ... Dandenong ... ... D,onnybrook ... ... Dunkeld ... ... Durbam Ox ... ... Duneed ... ... Elcplmnt Bridge ... Elphinstone ... ... Eltham (Little) ... Echllea ." ...

...

...

... ... ... ... ... '" ... '"

... '" ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... '" '" ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... '"

'" ...

.£ s. d.

2427 1 2

491 18 10 331 17 8 197 0 0 231 11 2 114 6 1 36 1 7 46 12 10 54 10 2 36 13 2 56 7 6

... 30 6 10 16 0 G 5 1 8

... ... 13 0 8

6 10 0 ...

1 3 7 G 0 0'

20 2 2 0 3 4 4 3 4 5 0 0 3 0 0 7 2 2 5 0 0

... 1 9 0 4 0 0

... 2 0 0 1 0 0

'" 6 0 2

... I:; 6 0

10 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 4

COUNTRY POST OFFICEs-continued.

Euroa '" :Fiery Creck (Raglan) Flemington ... :l!'rycr's Creek ... Gisborne ..... Glenorehy ... Hamilton '" Harrow ... Hawtborn '" Heathcote '" Hepburn '" Horsham ... Jancfield '" Kangaroo Ground Kilmore ... Kingowcr, '" Keilor ... Kyneton '" Lexton '" Lockwood '" Longwood '" Maldon '" J\f!lrybOl'ough '" ' Meredith ... Ilfonnt Blackwood Murehison '" Northcote ... Oaklcigll '" Pentridge '" Plenty (Upper) Prahran '" Queenscliff '" Hichmond '" Sale ....

'" Sandridge '" Seymonr '" Shelford Smyth's Creek Somerton ... St. Rilda ... Streathllffi ... SwnnHill '" Tarraville '" Wangaratta ... Warringal '" 'Vinehelsca '" Woodford '" Yowen Hill ... Port Albert ...

... '" ... '" ... ... ... ... ... ... '"

'" ... ... '" ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ~... ... ... ... '" ... ... .. ,

... ...

... ...

... ...

...

.... ...

... ... ... ... '" '" ... ... ... ... ... ... '" ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... '"

...

...

... ...

...

... ... .. .

... ... '" ... ... ... ... ... ... .. . ... ... ...

.£ s.

1 0 65 18 0 0

21 12 10 1

... 12 3 2 14 0 0

16 0 34 12 ,6 0 0 3 2 0

117 8 6 0 4 I

35 15 ~O 0

" 1 15 5 0

11 10 93 8

... 63 18 0 14 1 5 I 0 4 0

... 23 0 ... 15 5 II 15

... n 0 0 1 5 14

... 5 0 2 12 3 0 4 5

13 0 .0 I

5 0 2 0 .. .

11 9

d .

0 6 2 0 ()

8 0 2 0 4 0 2 0

10 '2 0 6 0 4 4 2 0

1 9 0 0 2

0

0 1

0 2 2

0 3 0 0 2

10 0 4

8

-­£ s. d.

NOTE.-Totalaverage collections for the five months from Jllly to Nm'embcr 5057 6 0 Total actual collections for December 4730 2 3

Shewing a deficiency of ... 327 3 9

Which can only be explained by the fact, 'that all the country Post Offices are fully supplied with stamps and the , operations have been smaller. It very seldom happens that anyone month is eClual to the average. '

(Signed) B. WAYMOUTH, (Signed) A.McCRAE, Accountant. Postmaster General.

General Post Office, Melbourne, 25th January, 1856.

Name of Post Oflice.

Alberton Amherst Apsley Avoca Bacchus Marsh

'Blillan Balmoral Bcllarine BeuaUa Brighton Broadford Broadmeadows Brunswick

. Buninyong Bulla

Name of Officer.

H. W. Stead J. P. Smith Joseph Botteriil 1Vm. Goodshaw ... Dobt. Cally Goo: l!Tack" Basil Lyon A. W. Bailey Richard Clarke Charles Clarke Dugald Ferguson G. S. Harris Joseph George John Adams Wm. Smith Henry Barrow D; C. McPherson James C. Watson Prince and Cambridge George Chaffey ... Josh. Graham D. Dearly John 1I'IcCay G. Tr'lJigmar ... George Dunbar ... Peter Crichton Mrs. Walsh William Wood

las Rae McLaurin '"

Thomas Bell ... I Henry Hopwood ...

Euro(1 '''1 John Dc Boos ...Fiery Creck .... Solomon and Levy Flemington .,. John Enw. SpicerFryer's Creek ... F.Bond Gisborne R: Haines GI~norehy N. J. F. Caddy:::Hamilton David M. Beath ... Harrow I .Tolm Davies

No. lUi.

TABULAR RETURN of all POST OFFICES in Victoria, including General Post Office.

Date and Nature of I I each Officer's first

Situation. I Emllloyment in the

Postmaster

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"

" "

" "

" " " " "

lie Service of Victoria.

Not known

" " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " "

"

Date and Natnre of each Officer's first Employment in

tll(l Post.Office Department.

January 10th, 1856 Postmaster

I Six mouths' Office now held. Allowance of

I each Ofliccr.

TotalEalaries

Sec former column

"

" "

" " " "

"

;,

"

" " " " "

Honse. Account

Allor owanee.

Nil.

"

~,,'-

" " " "

" "

" " " " "

"

" " " " " "

Pccuniary or other

Allowance.

£ s' d • 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 10 0 ]0 0 0 12 10 0 10· O~ 0

Revenue from

1st July to 31st Decem­bel', 1855.

£, S'. d.

14 9 6 71 9 11 80 110

213 .4~0

4 0 0 2 14 2

76 211 26 10 0 lJ 010 7 1 3

:J5 13 2 76 13 9

4 15 1 7 5 8

20 12 1 19 8 G 17 310 35 I G 1(i 2 3 16 2 0 43 3 2 20 1 6

2 0 0 II 3 5

1 0 0 15 9 4 45 12 2 47 5 7

6 7 2 22 la 6

217 4 8 7 1124

161 6 8 8210 5

6 810 108 6 1

22 6 6

...... l-'

January 10tb, 1856 Jo.nnary 10th, 1854

November lOth, October lOth, 1854 August 10th;'1855,

November 6th, 1855 J auuary 1st, 1855

November 1st, 1855 June 15th, 1855 July 1st, 185a

October 1st, 1855 January 1st, 1854 Oetobcr 1855 October 1855

22nd,1849 January 1st, 1854 January 1st, 1854

November 1st. 1855 Murch 1st, 1855

January 1st, 1856 January 1st, 1856 :February 1st, 1852 November 16; 1854 January 1st, 1854 August 1st, 1855

December 1st, 1855 June 1st, 1855

.August 1st, 1854 October 1st, 1853

February 1m;, 18:54 January 1st, 1855 Janunry 1st, 1854 INovember 1st, 1855 January 1st, 1854 October 1st, 1855 April 1st, 1854

January 1st, 1856 January 1st, 1854 January 1st, 1854

" "

',," ~,

" " " " " " "

" "

" " " " "

" " " " "

" " "

.£ s. 10 0 10 0 12 10

.10 0 12 10 10-0 10 10 15 15 10 10 10 30 10 10 10 15 10 20 10

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

12 10 15 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 15 0 10 0 17 10 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 50 0 20 0

d. 0 0 0 0 0 ·O~' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

10 0 10 0 15 0 15 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 30 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 15 0 10 0 20 0 10 0 12 10 15 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 15 0 10 0 17 10 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 IO 0 10 0 50 0 20 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Tarruyille

Name of Post Oflice:

Hawthorn Heathcote Hepburn Horsham Jancfield Kangaroo Ground Kilmore Kingower Keilor II:yneton Lexton Little Eltham ... Lockwood

Maryborough ... ,Meredith ...­

Mount Blackwood Murchison Northeote Onkleigh Pentridge Plenty (Upper) Port Albert Pmhran Quecnseliff' Hichmond Saint Andrew ... Sale ... Sandridge Seymour Shelford Sniyth's Creek Somerton St. Kilda Streatham Swan Hill

I J, :J!', Liston ... '" " " ,Vangttl'attn "Varringnl Winehelsea Woodford Tower Hill

TABULAR RETURN of all POST OFFWES in Vict.oria, including General Post Office-continued.

I

Date amI Nature of I - ­each Olfiecr's first Date and Naturc of each Officer's

Name of OtTieer. Situatioll, IEmployment in the I firs! l~mploymcl1t inI PubliC: Service of I the Post OtTice Department. Victori1l.J

James Pearson ... ... Postmaster Not known James Forsyth ... "" D. Buttner

'"

Georgc Langlands ... "" " " John Peacock ,. " And. Ross ...H' " " W. E. Stewart ... ... " " .Tohn Catto ... " ,Vm lUehmom1 ... ... " " " George Haskell '" ... " " W. R SnIt ... ... " " Thomas Hunniford ... " " A.lngliss ... ... " " H. Midillcmiss ... ... " " Frank Lewin ... ... " " Soloman amI Levy ... " " ]~d1'fard Gosling .. ; ... " " Thomas Mason ..• ... " " .Tames 1'. Edwards ... " " Edwin Hastings :.. ... " " Lamie ... ... r' " G.Reid ... " " A1.ariah Ashley ... ...

J as. J, Hart ... ... " " Robert Gidley ... " "

'" _Charles Dod ... ... " "

" Robert Wal'ry ... " " " W m. Watson and Son ... " " Duncan Clarko ... ...

Henry Harris ... ... " " " " Peter Tierman ... " " Thomas :rardine ... ... I " R Kellam! , .. "

Thomas Martin ... ... " " " " P. E. Matthews ... '" ,I" " Thomas Barker ... ... " " George B. Perkins ... " i' "

E. Lucns ... I'" " " K Morey ... I

Thos. J, Stirling ... ... " " " I " Abraham I.andcr ... " J ronesl\iorish ... "

H' " "

I January 1st, 1854 January 12th, 1855

May 21st, 1855 May 1st, 1855

January 1st, 1856 October 1st, 1854

July 1st, 1852 May 1st, 1855

Febrnary 1st, 1855 January 1st, 1854 J nnllary 1st, 1856 :May 11th, 1855

January 1st, 1855 :March 1st, 1853 July-1st, 1855 May 1st, 1855

N ovcniber 1st, 1854 January 1st, 1856

January 20th, 1855 September lst. IBM

August 1st, 1854 September 1st, 1855

April 1st, 1855 July 1st, 1854

IHnl'ch 1st, 1855 May l<'t, 185~ Mny 1st, 1854

J auuary 1st, 1856 December 1st, 1855 .January. 1st, 1853 I

September 1 st, 1854 INovember 14th, 1854

June 1 st, 1855 I January 1st, 1854

Febrnal'y 1st, 1855 I October 1st, 1855 I JUlle 1st, 1855 Novelllbcr 1st, 1854

l\by 1st, 18;;5 February 1st, 1854 ,January 1st, 1856

July 7th, 1854 November 1st, 18Z4

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Postmaster

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~-" Total -Revenue

House Salaries 'I from Office now held.

See former column

" " " "

~ " " " " " " " " " " " " "

- " " "

>" " " " " " " " " "

Six months' Allowance of each Officer.

£ s. 10 0 10 0 10 0 20 0 10 0 10 0 50 0 10 0 10 0 30 0 15 0 10 0 12 10 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 -10 0

d. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

10 0·0 10 0 10 0 22 10 25 0 25 0 20 0 10 0 15 0 10 0 20 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0­0 0

Account or

Allowance.

Nil.

" " H­

" " " " " " " " " " " " " " " ., " " " " " " " " " "

Peeuniary or other

Allowance.

£ s. d. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 2O 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0

• 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 12 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 25 0 0

'25 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0

1st July to 31st Decem­her, 1855.

£ 8. d. 0 8 9

100 211 153 14 0

16 010 5 1 7

10 0 6 169 13 5 28 9 6 17 7 9

236 5 2 }32 14 0

7 6 6 410 0

19 14 6 87 15 2

840 6 1 0 7 0

.287 i9 4 11 9 1 8 8 0 2 1 5

21 14 6 10 810 57 9 1

147 5 10 32 14 2 93- a 2

46 17 8 12 9 9

I 40 0 0"" 10 0 0I 10 0 0,. " I " " 20 0 0"" 30 0 0"" 10 0 0"" 10 0 0"" ,; 20 0 0

" 10 0 0"" 10 0 0"" 10 0 0"" 10 - 0 0""

60 11 100 0I 30" 14 11 6,,10 0 0"

" " " " "

" " " " " "

I 32 12 820 0 0

40 0 0 16 18 6I 35 3 110 0 0

6 0 010 0 0 21 17 220 0 0

21 5 610 0 0 94 3 '1020 0 0 13 3 810 0 0 15 10 1010 0 0 20 18 810 0 0

7 1 810 0 0

...... I.\:)

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No. 17.

p RETURN shewing the POST OFFICE ESTABLISH.MENT at Ballaarat in the years 1854 and 1855.

I r' ~

Name. Position. 1854.... ~ .f'.

Charles Herbert Pain Postmaster 1st January to 31st December at £250 per annum W. J. Cartwright Clerk 1st January to 19th April " £200

lmcceeded by Prysc C. Young 20th April to 30th June " £150 Pryse C. Young 1st July to 31st August " £200."

8ucceeded by " Thoma.g Grant 24th September to 31stDeccmber " £150 __ ___~~ _____'I=__~~~_"-""-=__ ~"_=""~~'___-"'_~__ <c __ "

25th 1\1ay to 31st Au,I'1lst " £150 Robert Seott 1st September to 31st December ,,£200 "

" R. B. Ring 26th May to 18th June " £150 " Thomas Pooley

"8u~ceeded by 31st July to 31st Decemher " £150 "

ThomasSimmonds... ITentkeepei'llst January to 8th March " 88. per diem. IlUcceeded by

Thomas Dillon 9th March to 18th August" " Thomas Jones ... I " I 19th Angust to 31st December " ME~w.-Rations, tentage, wood and water, allowed to all employees during the year 1854.

succeeded by

Charles Herbert Pain Robert Scott

succeeded by W. C. Umpleby

succeeded by J. P.Mabbott

Thomas Grant

General Post Office,

Postmaster Clerk

;,

"

"

2(j~h J!I!luarr. 1856.

1855.

1st January to 31st December at '£300 per annum 1 st January to 3 I st October " £200

16th October to 19th November " £200

29th Novemberio 3lstDecember " £200 .. 6th September to 31st December " £200 "

Salary.

60 11

29 11 8 33 6 8

40 8 4

40 6 5 66 13 4

9 18 4

62 18 0 72 16 4

26 16 0

65 4 0

54 0 0

I 146 0 0

739 13 10

300 0 0 13 4

19 3 1

17 15 6 203 11 11

63 17 9

567 9 8

(Signed)

Revenue, 1854 .

1855.

January l!'ebruary March ••. April May June. July August ... September October ... Noycmbcr December

Amount.

3002 3 8

419 19 6 295 1 4 293 16 2 406 5 10 375 0 3 377 16 8 425 19 0 514 3 8 341 12 9 188 10 1 321 3 4 331 17 8

4291 6 3

B. WAYMOUTH, Accountant.

Calculation as to how far variations in the Rates of Postage affected the amount of Collections at each period, referring to the preseut Scale of Postage as a unit.

Non:.-It is impossihle to calculate pre­cisely what the produce of each month would bave been had the exisl,jng' rates been rea­lized, as the number of double letters and the proportion of Foreign and Inland letters vary constantly.

In

course adopted has beeu to collr,ctions for January, Feb­

mary, J\1arch, an(l April, of 1854, when the rates were 2d. Inland and 3d. :I!'oreign, de­ducting 4-9ths from the collections fromMay, 1854, till June, 1855, both inclusive, the rates of that period heing 6d. Inland, and Is. Fo­reign. The nnmber of each class of letters being nearly equal, the ratio of the postage from that period to the present is as 6d. -l-Is. Is. 6d. to 4d. -\- 6d. 10d.

Amendment of variations, the present

scale as a unit.

233 6 6 163 18 7 163 4 10 225 14 5 208 6 10 209 18 2 425 19 0 514 3 8 341 12 9 188 10 1 321 3 4 331 17 8

)-'

Ci:)

(Signed) A. McCRAE,' Postmaster General

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Name of rost Office.

Gcclong

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Bali'aarat

Cast1()lUaine .•

Sandhurst

Bceei'nvorth Belfast ' Creswiek's Ck. Portland Warrnambool 'Williamstown

Name of Officer.

Wm. Thacker J. A. Walpole Chnr les Rogers Richard Banks M. Alex.

Francis Fryer Thos. Yates ... E. H. Stodart David Stuurt G.W.B.Vibert Edmd. Johnson Cbarles Jj'roste "fm. Fuller ... Prysc'C. Youn& Etlwin Braim Edw. Margetts Rd. R. Piper

No. 18.

COUNTRY ESTABLISHMENTS.

Officer's first Date Ilnd nature of each Officer's employment inemploymentSituation.

ture of

the l'ost Office Department.in the Public Service of Victoria .

.June 12, 1846 Clerk in General Post Office Clerk Postmaster ..• Not known

-, 1851 Postmaster, Belfast ... 24, 1852 ,Clerk in,Post Office" Geelong

3, 1854 " " "" Oct. 26, 1852 . Letter Carrier, Geelong Letter Carrier " March 1, 1853 Oct, 4, 1851 Jan. 20, 1855 " Allg. 15, ,1853

" April 1, 1852 Cle;k in Post Offi~e, Castlemaillc Clerk Postd:uster ...

Sept. 24, 1854 Clerk in Post Office, Ballaarat... May 3, 1854 Superintendent of striking off of

postage stamps Postmaster ... April 1, 1851 Clerk in General Post Office" Sept. 14, 1853 Clerk in Post Office, Castlcmaine

April 22, 1854 "

P~~tmaster ."

Clerk

July 10, 1855 Postmaster, Heathcote Clerk .Tune 8, 1854 1. Glerk in l'ost Office, Sandhurst. ..

" June 22, 1854 P~;tm(1,~tcr ... " Sept. 1, 1853 Clerk in General Post ~mvv" Jan. 1, 1850 Clerk in Post Office, Gcclong" April 20, 1854 Clerk in POst Office, Ballaarat ... '" " Jan. 15, 1854 Postmaster, Portland ...

March 3, 1854 Clerk in Geneml Post Office"" fTau. 5, 1854 Postmaster, \Villiamstown ""

Office now held.

Postmaster, Geelong Clerk in Post Office, Gcelong

" " " Lettor Carrier, Geelong

" " "

POStlIl~ster, Bana~~at Clerk, Ballaarat ...

" " Postmaster, CastJemnine Clerk, Castlemaine

Po~tmaste~: Sandlmrst Clerk, Sandhurst ...

ro~tmastel:: Beechworth Postmaster, Belfast Postmaster, Creswick's Creck Postmaster, Portland rostmaster, Wnrrnambool ... Postmaster, Williamstown ..•

Six monU,s' Allowance of every Officer.

£ s. d. 250 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0

91 5 0 91 5 0 91 5 0 91 Ii 0 91 5 0

150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0

150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0

Total Revenue from Salaries, 1st July toHouse Account peeuniar, 31st Decembel', or Allowance. or other­ 1855.wise.

gi £ s. d;£ s. d.£ s. d.::i 250 o 030 0 0 ~ 200 o 0

" 150 o 0" ~w -150' o 0o

91 5 0 .....6: 10OJ "" .....:5 91 .5 0 :@ 91 5 0

91 5 0! 91 5 0j 150 o 030 0 0S 6 '6100 o 0ill 100 o 0'" '" '" " 15030 0 0" o 0 }~ 100 o 0 2224 19 3'Ii)

OJ 100 o 0 ~

30 0 0 150~ o 0 }100 o 0 1699 16 2~ 100 o 0IE

o 30 0 0 150 o 0 630 11 7ill 20 0 0 150 o 0 212 18 1 ~ 30 0 0 lliO o 0 380 2 3 ~ '150 0'0 450 17 620 0 0I. 150 o 0 250 13 920 0 0

150 o 0 308 10 410 0 0~ z