Penny Postage.
[By Telegraph—Press Association.]
Wellington, last night. Calculations made by the Postal Department show that during the week from January 7th to 13th the number of letters posted in the colony was 30 per cent greater than during the corresponding period of last year. Other figures showing the operation of the penny postage system disclose the fact that 55,932 letters went from the colony by the ’Frisco mail on the 21st inst., as-against 26,662 by the previous mail in September, an increase of 109 per cent)
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 26, 31 January 1901, Page 2
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87Penny Postage. Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 26, 31 January 1901, Page 2
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