NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. RETURN SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF MAIL-MATTER RECEIVED AND DESPATCHED BY THE NEW ZEALAND BASE POST-OFFICE, LONDON, FOR THE PERIOD JULY, 1916, TO JUNE, 1917.

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1917. NEW ZEALAND.

NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. RETURN SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF MAIL-MATTER RECEIVED AND DESPATCHED BY THE NEW ZEALAND BASE POST-OFFICE, LONDON, FOR THE PERIOD JULY, 1916, TO JUNE, 1917.

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Return of Mails received and despatched from July, 1916, to June, 1917.

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July. August September. October. November'. December. January. February. March. April. May. June. ■5 t, • at r, i j /i j. n I Number .. 19,150 Postings to New Zealand (letters) | w • ht ( lb \ 3983 Registered letters despatched to all destinations 1,984 Bags received from all sources .. .. 2,320 Letters received from New Zea- I Number . . 240,000 land ( Bags .. 60 Letter-packets received from New ( Bags .. 140 Zealand (Number.. 11,200 Letters and papers despatched .. Bags . j 2,891 Parcels despatched from Base ( Bags .. 1,458 Post-office (Number.. 23,668 Parcels for deceased and missing men opened and distributed to units Redirections noted .. .. .. 21,000 Broken parcels rewrapped Average staff for month .. .. .. 51 238,250 4,765 3,392 3,067 260,000 65 165 13,200 3,881 3.127 21,493 256,450 5,129 3,037 1,614 364,000 91 142 11,360 3,415 3,532 22.556 946 225,000 4,500 3,203 2.577 436,000 109 165 13,200 3,239 2,713 22.571 1.217 406.200 8,124 4,455 2,455 460,000 115 215 17,200 3,290 3,154 25,340 1,411 392,600 ' 343,100 7.852 6,862 4,524 4,171 3,623 4,230 640,000 680,000 160 170 230 232 18,400 : 18,560 4,460 4,958 7,075 10,468 49,656 70,609 1,659 2,041 - i 303,700 6.074 2,805 3,095 368,000 92 177 13,160 3,327 4.910 39,281 6,502, 261,200 5,224 3,717 3,284 660,000 190 175 12,760 4,861 3,275 26,200 4,602 557,750 11,155 3,786 2,834 232,000 58 48 4,040 4.109 4,145 34,767 1.068 531,350 1 406,650 10,627 I 8,133 5,013 5,821 2,175 2,454 512,000 576,000 128 144 115 55 9.200 4,400 3,885 3,881 3,709 4,171 23.693 22.923 ' 974 384 24,000 25,000 27,000 28,000 30,000 32,000 35,000 654 101* 40,000 428 79 , 45\000 364 80 48,000 50,000 279 397 77 78 53 55 57 60 94* 100*] * Includes men attached for Christmas work.