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Table No. 13. Table showing the estimated Number of Letters, Post-cards, Book-packets and Parcels, and Newspapers delivered and posted, within the several Postal Districts of New Zealand, during the Year ended 31st December, 1885.

Table No. 14. Table showing the Number of Letters, Post-cards, Books, &c., and Newspapers delivered by the Letter-carriers from the Post Offices within the several Postal Districts during the Year ended 31st December, 1885.

Table No. 15. Table showing the Number of Letters, Book-packets, and Newspapers received from and despatched to Places outside the Colony during the Year ended 31st December, 1885.

Delivered. Posi ted. Postal Districts. Letters. Post-cards. . _ Books and ., „ M Parcels. Newspapers. Letters. Post-cards. Books and Parcels. Newspapers. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Sisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington Nelson Westport jreymouth Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch Timaru Damaru Dunedin Invercargill 3,776,630 369,100 261,426 153,998 795,236 872,430 2,813,460 456,222 121,589 266,6S2 208,975* 308,529 3,212,638* 783,900 569,101 3,231,124 1,170.338 i9.371.378 126,646 10,374 23,179 1,846 21,203 34,658 66,443 10,543 3,7i8 6,240 6,214 ",479 129,549 33,67° 15,587 97,812 54,56i 653,722 277,927 24,674 34,545 10,699 75.283 137,956 241,020 55,536 10,634 26,546 21,615 3i,525 266,223 69,593 52,156 240,409 94,367 1,670,708 1,400,906 240,569 168,844 j 115,089 ! 354,159 j 441,792 ; 848,601 203,346 83,772 190,554 168,766 154.544 1,051,934 234,260 271,1 So 1,168,778 I 588,276 3,206,294 359,550 225,966 132,210 711,282 710,775 2,375,529 411,034 114,699 227,929 169,065 242,619 ! 2,848,443 607,516 370,721 2,820,025 924,820 127,946 11,310 24,037 2,990 21,437 36,504 65,104 13,234 2,73° 5.330 6,071 4,173 145,054 33,553 15,990 119,119 31,629 176,150 iS,68i 26,676 12,870 52,286 52,871 387,14° 32,526 5,547 14,690 10,361 13,936 269,438 35,204 26,403 373,°35 87,438 1,339,468 187,317 98,280 71,682 309,985 193,700 897,728 117,923 45,"9 136,552 85,003 78,52c 1,195,558 127,036 106,444 1,284,114 274,079 Totals 7,685,370 16,458,477 666,211 1.595,252 6,54S,5o8 Previous year.. 19.237,790 561,652 1,529,603 17.525,596 16,020,056 591,903 1,5",5io 6,568,146 * Official correspondence decreased.

Postal Districts. Letters. Post-cards. Books, Circulars, and Parcels. Newspapers. Auckland Thames .. New Plymouth Gisborne Napier .. Wanganui Wellington Nelson .. Westport jreymouth Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch rimaru .. Damaru .. Dunedin invercargill 1 .. 1,500,498 118,178 108,324 40,343 122,234 208,103 791,198 138,896 26,478 78,568 47,886 72,454 1,333,922 155,261 109,233 1,003,519 285,996 51,946 5,584 8,211 2,265 7,i68 14,536 22,4S0 4,146 2,820 2,121 1,926 17.593 49,°55 10,870 5,335 29,274 io,595 87,845 4,716 11,360 5,180 8,912 18,946 37,075 6,992 1,674 5,201 8,307 5,629 76,029 18,240 8,504 74,418 15,211 396,610 30,626 66,880 24,893 27,772 97,009 199,937 47.334 17,208 37.321 24,419 39,752 3°3,589 39,888 24,998 284,368 63,076 Totals 6,141,091 246,525 394.239 1,725,680 Previous year 5,898,381 202,848 274,246 1,642,599

Received. Despatched. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Letters. Books. Newspapers. United Kingdom— Vid San Francisco By N.Z. Shipping Co.'s packets By Victorian packets By New South Wales packets .. By Shaw, Saville, & Co.'s steamers By other routes Australian Colonies Other places 324,682 260,597 31,306 38,563 5,959 130 456,548 90,294 193,284 151,986 n.893 23.404 544 9 180,500 45,419 715,964 614,821 50,904 73.147 7.316 67 562,058 167,712 365.439 I66,i8i 1.755 2,279 11,061 13 453.9™ 83,859 39.M3 19.759 60 101 806 388,134 126,378 237 335 2,454 3 312,488 96,018 37.484 10,238 Totals 1,208,079 607,039 2,191,989 1,084,497 926,047 107,591