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Table No. 17. RETURN showing the Number of Newspapers received by the different Provinces of New Zealand, during the Year ended 31st December, 1868.

Table No. 18. RETURN showing the Number of Newspapers despatched from the different Provinces of New Zealand, during the Year ended 31st December, 1868.

Feom Places wit: Feom 'laces wit: Colony. [IN THE [OUT THE !olony. Totals without PROVINCES. AND within the Colony. United Kingdom. Australian Colonies. Other Places. Totals without the Colony. Other Provinces in New Zealand. Places within the Province. Totals within the Colony. Auckland 95,509 22,583 2,876 120,968 33,832 138,942 172,774 293,742 taranaki 11,367 2,281 71 13,719 12,081 353 12,434 26,153 lawke's Bay 24,846 2,790 3 27,639 20,898 1,661 22,559 50,198 Vellington ... 76,079 15,320 1,073 92,472 60,071 27,380 8 7,451 179,923 kelson 48,561 12,878 62 61,501 53,208 20,318 73,526 135,027 darlborough 10,311 2,408 12,719 20,595 10,278 30,873 43,592 Canterbury ... 223,950 19,821 1,164 244,935 57,826 95,565 153,391 398,326 )tago 231,026 73,600 5,188 309,814 41,125 194,511 235,636 545,450 louthland ... 39,703 13,458 122 53,283 20,098 8,851 28,949 82,232 Vestland ... 9,248 59,435 ... 68,683 67,616 16,367 83,983 152,666 Totals 770,600 224,574 10,559 1,005,733 387,350 514,226 901,576 1,907,309

To P: -aces witi Colony. [N THE To P: .ACES WITHt )UT THE Cl )LONY. PROVINCES. Totals without AND within the Colony. United Kingdom. Australian Colonies. Other Places. Totals without the Colony. Other Provinces in New Zealand. Places within the Province. Totals within the Colony. Auckland 14,941 2,925 64,334 34,290 31,922 66,212 130,546 46,468 Taranaki 3,365 690 93 4,148 4,978 6,307 11,285 15,423 Hawke's Bay 7,442 1,606 131 9,179 15,402 27,991 43,393 52,572 Wellington ... 28,621 9,161 1,376 39.,158 86,194 53,690 139,884 179,042 Nelson 16,561 4,164 269 20,994 59,200 32,754 91,954 112,948 Marlborough 3,183 287 20 3,490 5,561 26,584 32,145 35,635 Canterbury ... 52,421 9,492 1,742 63,655 62,455 50,292 112,747 176,402 Otago 73,493 29,600 6,773 109,866 52,618 340,037 392,655 502,521 Southland ... 8,652 3,727 375 12,754 10,653 40,950 51,603 64,357 Westland 14,742 20,072 15 35,829 50,928 20,103 71,031 106,860 Totals 254,948 94,740 13,719 363,407 382,279 630,630 1,012,909 1,376,316