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APPENDIX C. RETURN SHEWING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LETTERS CONVEYED (i) BETWEEN EACH HEAD OFFICE AND ITS SEVERAL DISTRICT OFFICES, AND (ii) BETWEEN EACH HEAD OFFICE AND OTHER HEAD OFFICES IN NEW ZEALAND, BY LAND AND BY SEA, DURING THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1860.

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Letters conveyed to and from several Sub-Oifices. Letters cohveyeb to and from other Head Offices. Head Office. By Land. By Sea. Totals. By Land. By Sea, Totals. Auckland , 47,763 20,141 67,904 1,218 60,489 61,707 New Plymouth 216 216 2,874 42,168 45,042 Napier ... 1 31,935 ... 31,935 371 26,952 27,323 Wellington ■ 54,730 1,387 56,117 713 51,643 52,350 Nelson 24,623 • 19,025 43,648 34,452 34,452 Lyttelton 101,615 8,906 110,521 * 27,318 27,318 Dunedin 45,595 5,428 50,933 10 15,743 15,753 Totals 305,225 55,049 361,274 5,186 258,765 263,951 * Note. —Any Letters from Lyttelton for the Province «f Otago have been forwarded as loose Letters to the Waitaki.