HOW N.Z.’S MAIL GROWS
WELLINGTON, Thursday. The growth in the volume of mail matter, both inland correspondence and from overseas, delivered in the Dominion is shown in the following figures: In 1874 the number of letters delivered was just over 4,000,000. In 1884 the number increased to nearly 20,000,000. In 1894 it increased to nearly 29,000,000, in 1904 to more than 66,000,000. In 1914 it exceeded 124,000,000 and in 1926 147,000,000.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 67, 10 June 1927, Page 8
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