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Table No. 13. RETURN of the Number of Letters registered at the Post Offices in the several Postal Districts during the Years 1871, 1872, 1873, and 1874.

Table No. 14. Statement of Correspondence received from the United Kingdom via San Francisco, via Suez and Melbourne, and via Suez and Torres Straits, during the Year ended 31st December, 1874.

Table No. 15. STATEMENT of Correspondence despatched to the United Kingdom via San Francisco and via Suez during the Year ended 31st December, 1874.

1871. 1873. '873. 1874. To PI laces. To laces. To PI laces. To PI laces. Postal Districts. Totals. Totals. Totals. Totals. Without the Colony. Within the Colony. Without the Colony. Within the Colony. Without the Colony. Within the Colony. Without the Colony. Within the Colony. ~nd ["harries Paranaki Bay Wellington s'elson ... flfestport tfarlborough Canterbury -lokitika 2,287 124 169 799 677 8,318 478 721 4,289 1,086 583 2,897 1,304 10,605 602 890 5.o88 1,763 2.457 196 942 568 126 1.637 1.S67 10,199 60s 877 4.9°4 i>5°4 12,656 761 1.073 5,846 2,072 1,889 354 H7 304 1,169 258 "5 158 1,864 636 674 2,368 284 6,652 764 610 1,217 5.845 8.5 260 836 3,689 991 1,211 8,54i 1,118 757 1,521 7,014 1,073 375 994 5 >£S3 1.627 1,885 6,772 1.244 2,029 4i5 147 320 i,783 249 187 132 2,260 5'4 798 3,679 338 6,5!3 567 647 !,934 6,254 814 381 907 4.508 1,046 1.346 4,824 ',174 8,542 982 794 2,254 8,037 1,063 568 1,039 6,768 1,560 2,144 8, 503 i>5 12 in i.573 1,567 694 4.47° 2,871 721 v 3.286 2,052 847 4.923 3.619 Jreymouth )tago ... Southland 2,083 232 4,578 803 6,661 1,035 1.983 237 4. 763 927 6,746 1,164 4,404 960 Total 9,622 34,6/9 9,869 29,838 39>7°7 28,254 38,474 12,851 43.766 25.057 10,220 3O.9!5

ri, San Francii :o. 11a !uez and Mell* mrne. yia Su. :z and Torres Straits. Date of Receipt. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Letters. Books. Newspapers. fanuary 6,754 17,167 23,965 6,003 4,8 5 i 3,692 847 2,727 4,i74 636 1.529 710 22,600 47,152 56,064 7>36l II ,621 7.743 ■"ebruary March ipril Jay 15.637 20,418 19,423 17,277 18,911 17,276 2,699 2,669 2,790 2,634 2,585 3.953 55.265 44.497 55.!4° 49.532 53.5" 42,082 79 332 '.550 i 6 270 108 1,57° ,, fune luly 5,882 4.987 4,002 4,920 4.767 4.305 31,116 10,877 856 842 611 646 766 1,003 3,567 1,953 7,002 6,986 8, 545 5,509 4,066 4.565 65,529 12,217 1,025 !>399 136 45° 1, 220 1,620 n August leptember ... October November ... Jecember ... i7>456 19,722 '9-379 2,092 3.003 4.57' 44,921 46,775 52,416 1,273 1, 200 2,917 250 163 795 1,500 1,520 3,784 14,980 180,479 2,011 37.929 Total 29,007 482,069 133,288 20,867 266,960 9,775 2,071 11,322

Via San Francisci Via Melbourne and Suez. Date of Despatch. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Letters. Books. Newspapers. [anuary "ebruary March \pril Way [une luly lugust September October ■fovember Jecember 833 18,034 18,515 20,957 23,218 18,567 •23.057 22,303 2 35* 755 890 354 381 416 674 9 ".479 14,028 13.670 18,487 18,471 2Q.755 18,049 19,650 9,092 4.564 3.940 5.242 5.6i5 4.769 28,263 30,226 9,046 8,389 5.34O 4°9 166 146 93 in 225 57 655 566 142 130 84 9>93° 7.4IS 3.691 4,601 4.708 4.I9S 23.7" 22,710 6,712 4,667 5. 183 20,185 15.412 25,255 "561 280 814 14,711 14,718 •8,538 Total 206,336 5.479 163,9'S 134.136 2,784 114,841