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Table No. 12. Comparative Table showing the Postal Revenue, and Number of Letters, Post-cards, Books, and Newspapers delivered and posted, within the several Postal Districts, during the Years 1880, 1881, 1882, and 1883.

. 1 ! ! ! ! i : i ' * The Gisborne returns separated from those of Napier. t The official postage decreased by £5,717 19s. 4d-> when compared with that of the previous year.

Letters. Post-cards. Books. Newspapers. Postal Districts. Revenue. Delivered. Posted. Delivered. Posted. Delivered, Posted. Delivered. Posted. .uckland — 1880 1881 1882 1883 £ s. d. 22,764 11 o 26,045 4 3 26,982 8 3! 28,968 3 7 1,940,536 2,563.418 3,080,779 3,458,923 1,900,808 2,36i,77S 2,728,420 3.150.236 42,241 89,193 85,124 110,084 43,9°5 91,091 105,300 102,167 109,720 164,268 207,530 247,559 173,966 148,798 191,763 257,766 965,822 1,325,636 1,729.338 1,417,988 672,187 1,068,093 1,394.549 1,699,308 'hames— 1880 1881 1882 1883 1,584 6 3 1,701 6 9 2,300 5 5 4,497 15 9 106,895 '54,0.37 183,716 438,087 117,901 123,695 162,825 377,764 4,524 3,029 3,965 8,853 2,886 2,522 4,3i6 8,606 4,914 10,686 8,847 22,828 6,951 8,775 3,224 24,417 65,468 91,455 117,131 214,916 7i,49i 91,026 90,610 150,540 lew Plymouth — 1880 1881 1882 1883 1,987 16 7 2,607 9 11 2,993 11 9 3.259 12 9 168,549 197,717 266,045 249,054 145.S89 174.421 212,199 230,854 8,017 10,712 7,644 14,8.33 13.104 12,558 9.529 10,686 14,499 17,446 21,203 19,617 ",137 6,708 10,270 11,219 124,644 156,364 153,252 141,596 72,592 81,497 86,515 79,807 Gisborne— 1881 1882 1883 1,212 18 4 2,377 2 s 3,250 13 5 124,267 109,278 148,278 82,290 128,479 '5 2,9'9 1,040 2,106 3,900 799 4.654 3.991 9,087 7,792 9.7" 6,302 9,958 10,140 113,022 102,757 1Q7.S49 38,272 68,641 6o,54i f apier— 1880 1881* 1882 1883 7,225 13 3 6,270 19 4 6,506 6 9 7,352 18 7 377,979 462,878 502,554 673,036 446,697 399,789 556,79° 611,026 5.599 11,219 11,258 14,911 7>5°S 8,671 13,650 12,948 35,438 44.954 53,17° 63,557 38,957 39,884 37,258 4i,574 261,785 298,467 268,015 340,015 201,621 208,078 231,283 258,986 'anganui — 1880 1881 1882 1883 6,850 12 11 7,258 6 8 8,163 '6 10 9.55' '3 8 521,872 717,873 770,393 820,599 476,381 49r,i53 721,643 672,698 11,689 25.337 24,466 25,506 11,449 20,514 33,11' 31,733 38,480 56,667 63,590 68,757 25,012 27,937 42,458 .52,962 329,446 457,639 386,504 335.673 167,275 183,612 196,482 180,427 'ellington — 1880 1881 1882 1883 58,386 9 o 54,682 15 7 56,684 16 10 68,353 17 11 1,590,897 1.977,417 2,279,186 2,486,471 1.658,436 1,319,266 1,900.405 2,236,242 25.679 31.525 31,226 59,852 27,395 28,470 33,475 5°,505 109,191 107,965 164,920 174,902 187,131 190,398 219,037 225,542 773,145 818,038 780,660 767,403 585,836 539,6i7 569,166 665,704 felson — 1880 1881 1882 1883 3,821 2 o 4,°3° 5 4 4,174 10 7 4,060 6 9 286,962 254,553 346,671 387,374 335,519 288,522 380,627 379,844 6,327 3,783" 5.551 8,827 11,249 5>94i n,245 15,964 21,485 25,623 33,767 24,856 26,615 2i,957 18,044 30,878 156,286 159,614 173.823 163,592 123,578 87,256 144,144 132,132 'estport— 1880 1881 1882 1883 908 5 2 1,119 18 3 1,636 7 63 2,042 n 1 62,374 80,167 92,534 '24,566 49,227 58,708 87,984 119,405 1,499 884 1,508 4,043 1,213 715 1,31.3 1,183 4,056 8,268 11,492 7,709 1,560 1,638 2,691 3,016 7o,547 78,793 76,621 92,573 24,856 26,052 33,501 40,30° rreymouth 1880 1881 1882 1883 2,514 '9 9 3.395 10 1 4,928 4 6 5,018 2 2 167,079 216,294 250,926 245.791 196,603 276,588 316,758 247,611 2,011 3,107 4,368 9.659 2,236 2,327 3,328 5,694 12,159 19,838 '8,434 i5.'7i 22,967 34.710 i7,5So 17,290 132,851 199,641 197,091 i8s,549 79,889 176,072 167.934 146,328 [okitika— 1880 1881 1882 188 "i 3,072 17 11 2,851 3 7 2,821 14 9 3,009 18 8 141,483 167,635 155.948 197,782 137,670 142,415 148,824 166,894 1,976 3.133 3.172 3.575 2,912 3,445 2,119 2,626 10,833 i6,57S 12,827 M,794 7,124 4,953 4,368 8,905 131,092 182,091 140,001 157,885 66,135 72,943 75,842 82,862 ilenheim — 1880 1881 1882 1883 2,313 8 3 2,268 4 o 3,041 18 10 2,955 1° 5 134,680 153,348 200,772 2.35»664 129,705 133,185 190,229 207,090 1.569 2,483 4,180 6,136 1,213 2,132 2,535 2,990 13,702 ii,544 13,942 21,424 3.961 6,617 10,036 11,414 129,818 120,263 '3',7'7 i25,93i 50,839 46,149 62,140 7o,oo5 Christchurch —■ 1880 1881 1882 1883 26,088 6 3 27,451 2 o 26,433 is 9 26,694 1 9 2,171,819 2,536,092 2,781,389 3r074,i34 2,528,623 2,436,343 2,885,480 2,820,792 75.699 78,793 106,756 ■15,440 92,326 155,623 127,309 15I.333 108,933 142,454 166,704 182,650 214,285 148,772 349.570 287.536 685,756 966,875 996,75o 911,638 737,i84 763,555 913.224 858,637 'imaru — 1880 l88l 1882 1883 7.259 19 2 6,855 '2 IO 8,299 I IO 8,961 12 S 479>423 577,863 618,124 7i8,34i 534,369 532,662 631,540 613,119 15,719 29,614 26,858 34,320 17,342 15,951 29,627 22,438 23,573 62,218 60,235 67,002 20,609 21,853 25,571 25,88.3 170,213 248,729 228,525 229,606 187,772 140,881 161,655 170,794 larnaru — 1880 1881 1882 1.883 3,735 6 s 3,924 19 7 4.658 19 5 5,263 16 10 33i>977 329,134 344,526 402,493 315,432 307,086 338,845 323,856 5.9" 7,891 8,775 8,398 8,797 7,462 11,674 '3.925 19,604 29,848 32,496 29,562 12,255 20,163 20,852 20,215 176,939 208,572 167,073 173,017 104,624 101,179 97.214 86,853 3)unedin — 1880 1881 1882 1883 32,837 8 7 28,364 2 11 29,269 9 6 28,723 17 7 1,916,001 2,345,720 2,746,692 3,076,344 2,308,696 2,234,505 2,858,921 2,706,210 42,224 53.846 7o,577 79.7'6 77-393 112,047 "5,440 111,631 110,327 155,740 164,677 164,944 221,234 198,679 298,831 257,545 1,105,693 i,279.SSi 1,263,829 i.o63r959 1,252,281 1,157,99' 1,412,697 1,155,609 Invercargill— 1880 1881 1882 1883 7,453 17 1 7,770 18 4 8,530 18 1 9,742 13 11 564,486 73°.327 797.i86 1,031,430 579,800 606,788 748,891 803,491 13.823 26,585 20,943 31,629 13,459 20,098 3',993 24,297 36,755 57,°S7 45.958 62,478 26,017 33,8oo 47,190 35>o6i 371.765 523,913 444,386 482,313 223,487 237,107 250,029 280,527 'otals— 1880 l88if 1882 1883 188,804 19 7. 187,810 17 9 1990803 6 1 221,707 7 3 10,963,012 1.3,588,740 15.526,719 17.768,357 11,861,456 11,969,191 14,998,860 15,820,051 264,507 382,174 418,477 539.682 334,384 490,366 540,618 574,717 673,669 940,238 1,087,584 i,i97,52i 999,781 921,944 1,308,671 1,321,363 5,651,270 7,228,663 7,357,473 6,911,203 4,621,647 5,019,380 5,955,626 6,119,360