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Table No. 16. RETURN of the NUMBER of LETTERS REGISTERED at the Post Offices in the different Postal Districts in New Zealand during the Years 1868, 1869, 1870, and 1871.

Table No. 17. STATEMENT of CORRESPONDENCE received from the UNITED KINGDOM via San Francisco and via Suez during the Year ended 30th June, 1872.

Table No. 18. STATEMENT of CORRESPONDENCE despatched to the UNITED KINGDOM via San Francisco and via Suez, during the Year ended 30th June, 1872.

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1868. 1869. 1870. 1871. Top: laces Top: laces To PI laces Top: laces Postal Districts. Without the Colony. Within the Colony. Totals. Without the Colony. Within the Colony. Totals. Without the Colony. Within the Colony. Totals. Without the Colony. Within the Colony. Totals. Auckland ... Taranaki Hawke's Bay Wellington... Nelson Marlborough Canterbury... Otago Southland ... Westland ... 1,175 93 127 839 1,430 117 1,286 2,734 303 2,602 4,248 167 532 3,280 1,029 446 2,307 3,279 704 1,445 5,423 260 659 4,119 2,459 563 3,593 6,013 1,007 4,047 2,006 62 114 684 802 82 2,364 2,342 241 1,968 5,163 183 555 3,313 1,009 464 1,281 3,293 545 1,245 7,169 245 669 3,997 1,811 546 3, 645 5,635 786 3,213 1,877 76 170 798 736 98 1,483 2,076 258 1,869 6,212 250 471 4,208 1,112 518 2,590 3,967 547 1,173 8,089 326 641 5,066 1,848 616 4,073 6,013 805 3,042 2 287 124 169 799 677 111 1,573 2,083 232 1,567 8,318 478 721 4,289 1,086 583 2,897 4, 578 803 1,304 10, 605 602 890 5,088 1,763 694 4,470 6,661 1,035 2,871 Totals ... 10,700 17,437 28,143 10,665 17,051 27,716 9,441 21,108 30,549 9,622 25,057 34, 679

Vi. San Francisco. Via Suez. Date op Receipt. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Letters. Books. Newspapers. 1871—July ... August September October November December 1872 —January February March April May 23,791 17,893 21,129 18,868 19,788 22,949 19,114 20,269 2,271 2,035 2,246 2,104 1,772 3,009 2,794 2,729 60,084 54,417 57,314 48,674 48, 302 56, 706 51,076 56,161 2,034 1,731 1,731 2,350 2,013 4,673 1,256 4,227 2,604 2,735 451 268 127 203 191 5,113 3,895 4,473 5,245 4,678 507 179 672 372 494 11,020 6,058 15,022 8,033 8,270 39,133 16,606 19,305 16,271 3,785 1,588 1,626 1,705 109,038 58,069 56,778 51,207 Juno 3,067 406 7,236 Totals 255,116 27,664 709,026 28,421 3,930 79,043

Vl San Franc: :sco. Via Suez. Date of Despatch. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Letters. Books. Newspapers. 1871—July August September October November December 20,325 21,689 20,275 19,192 18,873 19,751 16,262 18,492 20,234 16,731 20,705 11,223 24,672 425 310 452 346 480 618 349 372 337 402 536 181 532 15,650 15,754 16,339 16,363 16,069 16,980 15,397 16,690 17,068 16,196 17,326 10,228 15,214 1,546 793 1,177 1,264 1,320 816 17 17 9 4 14 18 1,317 196 281 508 467 398 1872 —January February March April May June 634 1,238 1,213 887 3,942 3,061 7 4 13 9 52 51 247 428 505 166 1,357 557 Totals 248,424 5,340 205,274 17,891 215 6,427