┌—————————┬———————————┬————————————╥——————————┬———————————┬——————————┐ │ Date of │ India, │ ║ Date of │ India, │ │ │Despatch │China, and │ Australia. ║ Arrival │China, and │Australia.│ │Outwards.│ Mediterr. │ ║Homewards.│ Mediterr. │ │ ├—————————┼———————————┼————————————╫——————————┼———————————┼——————————┤ │ Jan. 4 │ 213 │ .. ║ Jan. 10 │ 23 │ .. │ │ ” 12 │ 169 │ .. ║ ” 18 │ 30 │ 475 │ │ ” 20 │ 233 │ 709 ║ ” 26 │ 20 │ .. │ │ ” 26 │ 80 │ .. ║ Feb. 2 │ 27 │ .. │ │ Feb. 4 │ 248 │ .. ║ ” 11 │ 24 │ .. │ │ ” 12 │ 92 │ .. ║ ” 16 │ 31 │ 448 │ │ ” 20 │ 232 │ 762 ║ ” 24 │ 24 │ .. │ │ ” 27 │ 80 │ .. ║ March 8 │ 27 │ .. │ │March 4 │ 199 │ .. ║ ” 13 │ 25 │ .. │ │ ” 12 │ 97 │ .. ║ ” 21 │ 35 │ 463 │ │ ” 20 │ 184 │ 800 ║ ” 28 │ 23 │ .. │ │ ” 27 │ 56 │ .. ║ .. │ .. │ .. │ └—————————┴———————————┴————————————╨——————————┴———————————┴——————————┘ _Viâ_ MARSEILLES. OUTWARDS. │ INWARDS. Date. Boxes. │ Date. Boxes. January 3 125 │ January 3 38 ” 10 122 │ ” 10 80 ” 18 114 │ ” 18 22 ” 26 374 │ ” 26 25 February 4 114 │ February 4 45 ” 11 168 │ ” 11 81 ” 18 99 │ ” 18 41 ” 26 340 │ ” 26 50 March 4 98 │ March 4 34 ” 11 161 │ ” 11 81 ” 18 96 │ ” 18 51 ” 26 323 │ ” 26 22 The returns, _viâ_ Marseilles, do not separate the numbers of boxes to and from Australia, from those for the Mediterranean, India, and China, but the great difference between the number of boxes despatched outwards on the 26th of each month, and the number received inwards on the 10th of each month, will show approximately what is the number of boxes attributable to Australia. Outwards, it would be about 240; inwards, about 40. But this is certain, that during the three first months of 1867 no less than 6,288 boxes (or at the rate of 25,152 boxes per annum) were despatched outwards, and 1,675 boxes (or at the rate of 8,980 per annum) were received inwards. Total outwards and inwards for three months, 8,533, or at the rate of 34,132 boxes per annum. Taking each box at the weight of 30 kilogrammes (which is below their weight taken all round) it follows that the gross weight of the Eastern mails per annum is 1,024,000 kilogrammes, or about 1,100 tons. By ship-board measurement it would be about 2,300,000 kilogrammes, or 2,550 tons.