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Table No. 18. Table Showing the Estimated Correspondence posted and delivered, with the Expenditure and Revenue of the Post Offices, in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand, and of the General Post Office, for the Year ended 31st December, 1883.

Total F.stii lated Correspom lence posted ai id delivered. Expenditure. Revenue. Postal Districts. No. of Offices. Salaries. Contingencies. Total. Letters. Post-cards. Books and Parcels. Newspapers, Cost of Conveyance of Mails. Estimated. Official Postage. Total. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington 192 21 12 46 29 68 6,609,159 815,851 479,9o8 301, 197 1,284,062 1,493,297 4,722,713 212,251 17,459 25,519 7,891 27,859 57.239 iio,357 505,325 47,245 30,836 121,719 400,444 1 3,117,296 365.456 221,403 168,090 599,001 516,100 i,433,io7 3,221 15 6 1,216 16 9 554 ° ° 222 12 9 1,603 13 4 589 9 10 2,800 16 o £ s. d. 9,269 11 2 2,299 16 o 858 o o 478 10 5 2,763 12 o 2,320 16 8 6,266 15 10 2,030 o 10 343 7 11 119 17 1 no 9 9 227 on 214 11 3 1,856 18 9 £ s. d 14,521 7 6 3,860 o 8 1.53i 17 1 811 12 11 4.594 6 3 3.124 17 9 10,924 10 7 / s. d. 23,273 9 4 4,280 o 10 2,234 ID Io 3,089 3 o 6,728 o 7 8,354 ifi 1 15,501 11 7 £ s. d. 5,694 14 3 217 14 II 1,024 15 II 161 10 5 624 18 o 1,196 17 7 52,852 6 4 £ s. d. 28,968 3 7 4.497 15 9 3,259 12 9 3,250 13 5 7,352 18 7 9,55i 13 8 68,353 17 11 Totals for North Island .. I 400 15,706,187 458,575 1,230,551 6,420,453 10,209 4 2 24,257 2 I 4,902 6 6 39,368 12 9 63,461 18 3 61,772 17 5 125,234 15 8 Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch < Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill 34 21 23 26 18 140 40 131 80 767,218 243>97I 364,676 442,754 5, 894,926 1,331,460 726,349 5,782,554 1,834,911 '24,791 5,226 15,353 6,201 9,126 266,773 56,758 24,323 191,347 55.926 55,734 10,725 32,461 23,699 32,838 470,186 92,885 49,777 422,489 97.539 295,724 132,873 331,877 240,747 195,936 1.770,275 400, 400 259,870 2,219,568 762,840 1,451 8 o 483 o o 418 o o 1,094 J8 4 757 10 o 3,280 1 o 611 50 215 o o 5,171 19 9 1,478 5 4 1,853 Io ° 756 4 2 1,460 15 o 1,078 16 6 692 10 o 8,019 19 3 2,009 12 3 1,384 15 o 8,650 g I 2,866 7 3 229 I 5 68 4 II 113 10 2 103 9 9 200 19 7 1,649 7 2 156 6 5 95 11 2 2,705 o 1 888 1 7 3,533 19 5 1,307 9 1 1,992 5 2 2,277 4 7 1,650 19 7 12,949 7 5 2,777 3 8 1,695 6 2 16,527 8 11 5,232 14 2 3,239 18 11 1,676 15 9 3,086 16 2 2,263 J9 o 2,776 11 7 23.135 6 8 8,069 4 4 4.855 3 2 24,353 12 6 9,191 18 4 820 7 10 365 15 4 1,931 6 o 745 19 8 178 18 10 3,558 15 1 892 8 1 408 13 8 4,37O 5 1 55O 15 7 13,823 5 2 4,060 6 9 2,042 11 1 5,018 2 2 3,009 18 8 2,955 10 5 26,694 ! 9 8,961 12 5 5,263 16 10 28,723 17 7 9,742 13 11 Totals for Middle Island.. 532 17,882,221 655,824 1,288,333 6,6lO,IIO 14.961 7 5 28,772 18 6 6,209 12 3 49,943 18 2 82,649 6 5 96,472 11 7 General Post Office 53,474 8 8 4.149 3 4 409 14 o 58,033 6 o 26,553 14 6 26,553 14 6 •• Totals for the Colony I 932 33,588,408 1.114,399 2,518,88, 13.030,56: 78,6. ■5 ° ,1 II 11,521 12 7.345 16 11 172,664 19 2 75,596 2 7 248,261 1 9