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THE FOLLOWING NEW POST OFFICES WERE ESTABLISHED IN CANADA ON THE 1st JUNE, 1868.
| NAME OF OFFICE. | TOWNSHIP. | ELECTORAL COUNTY. | PRO- VINCE. |
POSTMASTER. |
| Griffin Cove. | Gaspé. | Q. | Joseph O. Goulet. | |
| Kelso. | Elgin. | Huntingdon. | Q. | Peter McFarlane. |
| Montlouis. | Montlouis. | Gaspé. | Q. | Louis Saintange. |
| Ste. Flore. | Cap de la Madelaine. | Champlain. | Q. | Jean Melançon. |
| Taylorholme. | Gloucester. | Russell. | Q. | Chas Taylor. |
| opened on 1st april, but not reported. | ||||
| St. Mary's Ferry, (Way Office). | York. | N.B. | C. L. Estabrooks. | |
Post Office Department,
- Ottawa, 12th June, 1868.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS
for the month of May 1868.
| NAMES OF THE RAILWAYS. | Passengers. | Mails and sundries. |
Freight. | Total 1868. |
Total 1867. |
Miles in opera- tion. 1868. |
Miles in opera- tion. 1867. |
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||
Great Western Railway.
|
138,036 | 15,573 | 206,521 | 360,130 | 335,508 | 349¾ | 349¾ |
Grand Trunk Railway.†
|
163,641 | 19,700 | 330,381 | 513,722 | 444,242 | 1,377 | 1,377 |
London and Port Stanley Railway.*
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Welland Railway.
|
1,150 | 1,258 | 8 | 10,793 | 6,362 | 25 | 25 |
Northern Railway.
|
14,921 | 2,701 | 55,049 | 74,671 | 64,940 | 97 | 97 |
Port Hope, Lindsay and Beaverton Railway and Peterborough Branch.
|
3,222 | 247 | 23,804 | 27,273 | 21,968 | 56 | 56 |
Cobourg, Peterborough and Marmora Railway.
|
94 | 3,773 | 3,867 | 22 | 22 | ||
Brockville and Ottawa Railway.
|
3,511 | 260 | 12,785 | 16,556 | 11,746 | 86 | 86 |
St. Lawrence and Ottawa Railway.
|
5,572 | 1,496 | 3,195 | 10,263 | 8,542 | 54 | 54 |
Carillon and Grenville Railway.*
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Stanstead, Shefford and Chambly Railway.*
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St. Lawrence and Industry Railway.*
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New Brunswick and Canada Railway.*
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European and North American Railway.*
|
5,830 | 406 | 8,636 | 14,872 | 14,783 | 108 | 108 |
Nova Scotia Railway.*
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| Total. |
- * No Returns. † 4 weeks.
JOHN LANGTON, Auditor.
- Audit Office, Ottawa, 12th June, 1868.
STATEMENT of the Provincial Notes in circulation, Wednesday, the 3rd June, 1868, and of the Specie held against them at Montreal and Toronto, according to the Returns of the Commissioners under the Provincial Note Act.
.
| $cts. | $cts. | |
| Provincial Notes in circulation— | ||
| Payable at Montreal. | 2,718,809 00 | |
| Payable at Toronto. | 1,030,191 00 | |
| 3,749,000 00 | ||
| Specie held— | ||
| At Montreal. | 450,000 00 | |
| At Toronto. | 350,000 00 | |
| 800,000 00 | ||
Debentures held by the Reciever General under the Provincial Note Act.
|
3,000,000 00 |
JOHN LANGTON, Auditor.
Audit Office, Ottawa, 12th June, 1868.
