THE POSTAL SERVICE OF NEW ZEALAND.

Evening Star, Issue 3010, 11 October 1872, Page 4

THE POSTAL SERVICE OF NEW ZEALAND.

The following portion of the thirteenth icport of the postal service of the Colony shows the very satisfactory state of that service : The progress of the department during the year has been satisfactory. In each of its branches steady increase is shown. To meet the growing requirements ef outlying districts existing mail services have been extended and new ones established. Fifty new post offices have been opened and thirteen have been closed. Five receiving letterboxes and pillars have also been erected for the convenience of persons residing in towns at a distance from the post office. With the exception of occasional interruptions from Hooded rivers, and from heavy falls of snow in the interior, the inland mail services have on the whole been satisfactorily performed. In 1871 there were 188 inland mail services in the Colony, of an aggregate length of 5096 miles. Of these services, 64 were per* forn ed by coach or mail-cart, 92 on horseback, 13 on foot, 15 by water, and 4 by railway. The number of miles travelled by these during the year was 1,050,358. at a cost of about L 23 000, being an average,of about s]d per mile. New Cost and Telegraph Offices have been erected at Hawera, Coromandel, Ahaura, and Motueka. Offices are being built at New Plymouth, Waiau, and Hurunui, and will shortly be ready for occupation. Offices are also about to be erected at Ross, Reeftorq and Tokomairiro. The building at Westport occupi d as Post and Telegraph Office?, in consequence of the encroachments of the sea, is being removed to a safe locality. In all places where practicable, the Postal and Telegraph Departments are amalgamated. 'idle total number of letters received in 1871 was 3,296,990, against 3,018,923 in 1870 ; and the total number of letters despatched was 2,784,707 in 1870, against 2,626,947 in 1870 —showing an increase in both classes of letters in 1871 of 435,818 over 1870. The total number of newspapers received in 1871 was 2,303,634, against 2,266,934 in 1870; and the total number of newspapers de pitched was 1,871,150 in 1871, against 1.622,728 in 1870, being an increase of 290,122 newspapers in 1871 over 1870. The revenue also shows a satisfactory increase, being L 47,053 18s 3d in 1871, against L 43,086 15s in 1870. There has been considerable increase in the number of registered letters during tfie year, being 34,679 in 1871, against 30,549 in 1870.

Guatemala, like Germany, does not believe in the influence and doctrines of the Jesuits, aud so sent eighty away from the country not long since.