POSTAL RETURN.
The following figures (taken from a Parliamentary return) snow part of the business transacted in the Post offices of the Colony during 1871 :
The Postal revenue for that year amounted to £70,249 19s 7<i, showing an increase of £14,469 Is 4d, when compared with the revenue of 1870.
Letters Received Letters from without the Colony.., „ „ within the Colony ... Total , 508,314 2,788.676 Total letters received Letters despatched Letters from without the Colony.. Jf ,, within the Colony ... 3.296,990 Total 473,896 2,310,811 Total letters despatched Newspapers received From places without the Colony.. H „ within the Colony ... 2,784,707 Total . 1,082,522 . 1,226,112 Total newspapers received Newspapers despatched From places without the Colony... „ „ within the Colony ... . 2,308,034 Total 325,180 , 1,555,970 Total newspapers despatched... Money Orders. Number. Issued from 81 offices ... 36,291 . Paid by ,, ,, ••• 23,228 . 1,881,150 Amount. .. £157,397 .. £100,724
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Evening Star, Issue 2981, 7 September 1872, Page 3
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134POSTAL RETURN. Evening Star, Issue 2981, 7 September 1872, Page 3
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