POSTAL RETURN.
The following figures (taken from a Parlia-mentary-return) show part of the business transacted in the Post offices of the Colony during 1871 :— . Letters Received - Total Letters from without the Colony. . . 508, 3 14 „ . „ within the Colony ... 2,788,676 Total letters received 3,296,990 Letters despatched Total Letters from without the Colony... - 473,896 i, „ within the Colony ... 2,310,811 Total letters despatched ... 2,734,707 Newspapers received Total From places without the Colony... 1,082,522 „ „ within the Colony ... 1,226,112 •Total newspapers received ... 2,308,034 Newspapers despatched Total From places without the Colony. . , 325, 180 „ within the Colony ... 1,555,970 Total newspapers despatched. . . 1, 881, 150 Money Ordkrs. Number. Amount. Issued from 81offices... 36,291 ... £157,397 Paid by .» 23,228 ... £100,724 The Postal revenue for- that year amounted %fh^ 7d >- showing an increase of i,i4,4t>9 is 48, whea- compared with the •revenue of 1870..
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Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 241, 12 September 1872, Page 6
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134POSTAL RETURN. Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 241, 12 September 1872, Page 6
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