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Table No. 12. 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, 1886.

Table No. 13. 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, 1886.

Table No. 14. 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, 1886.

leliv< :re< 'osi Postal Districts. B p°arceK d Newspapers. Post cards Books and Post-cards. ParcelSi Letters. Post-cards. Letters. Newspapers. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill 3,987,243 389,805 277>095 152,035 873,717 849,576 3,144,843 448,396 122,382 296,959 215,098 275,327 3,491,228 746,226 427,700 3,046,394 1,152,424 140,543 8,333 19,123 2,795 23,699 42,341 63,544 13,286 3,926 10,361 4,199 ",349 142,818 38,805 13,403 109,993 43,758 379,600 27,859 30,901 12,129 94,809 113,204 242,411 43,901 12,870 30,498 18,590 27,612 286,676 72,839 43,199 208,832 102,011 1,610,388 220,077 155,415 121,069 401,102 384,735 907,647 167,333 95,3i6 216,762 I37,o85 136,344 969,540 204,763 195,884 1,031,849 523,900 3,5io,897 358,852 227,8l2 151,385 825,669 798,850 2,631,005 475,527 131,404 285,740 187,083 242,671 3,158,636 653,718 358,527 3,168,360 1,022,008 147,940 6,682 18,135 2,093 30,186 39,48i 77,415 18,265 2,756 6,617 4,485 4,940 157,729 37,oii 20,124 122,447 45,305 261,703 14,820 15,821 12,181 70,902 60,879 325,H7 41,808 8,060 18,954 14,092 14,404 237,848 64,480 22,165 349,804 186,680 1,467,336 168,220 98,774 79,ooi 337,584 182,104 894,062 123,630 52,039 166,062 89,089 77,298 i,234,35o 128,336 97,877 1,362,348 286,728 Totals 19,896,448 692,276 i,747,94i 7,479,209 18,188,144 741,611 I,7i9,7i8 6,844,838 Previous year.. 19,371,378 653.722 I,670,708 7,685,370 16,458,477 666,211 1,595,252 6,548,508

Postal Districts. Letters. Post-cards. Books, Circulars, and Parcels. Newspapers. Auckland Thames .. New Plymouth Gisborne Napier .. Wanganui Wellington Nelson .. Westport Greymouth Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch Timaru .. Oamaru .. Dunedin Invercargill 1 1,425,538 137,456 116,670 36,612 153,314 223,835 841,365 129,938 31,889 93,425 5I|764 73,579 1,507,999 155,397 in, 946 1,033,396 252,029 46,520 6,426 8,351 1,807 9,289 15,030 25,105 4,148 1,631 3,605 2,278 4,166 59,419 11,064 5,045 32,154 10,134 83,512 5,950 11,186 3,690 12,043 19,247 50,623 7,086 1,911 7,994 8,126 7,503 101,191 20,047 5,677 70,609 21,200 304,017 42,991 69,321 32,968 30,858 99,465 233,490 54,309 17,900 61,563 27,380 42,657 354,58i 40,735 30,976 292,295 61,830 Totals 6,376,152 246,172 437,595 1.797,336 Previous year 6,141,091 246,525 1,725,680 394,239

Letters. Received. Books. Received. Newspapers. Despatched. Letters; Books; Newspapers^ Jnited Kingdom— Via, San Francisco By N.Z. Shipping Co.'s packets By Victorian packets By New South Wales packets .. By Shaw, Saville, & Co.'ssteamers By other routes .ustralian Colonies )ther places 326,909 279,422 21,260 13,685 10,961 58 505,337 88,154 140,406 326,221 7,287 3,878 1,161 729,627 776,519 35,944 22,157 27,927 3 605,133 177,273 385,808 140,561 I, III 2,393 14,299 "3 500,498 88,264 43,285 17,364 48 67 1,442 I 44,855 11,109 547,609 139,658 94 395 3,743 4 388,391 121,go6 2 178,186 36,020 Totals 1,245,786 693,161 2,374,583 1,133,047 118,171 *I,20I,800 'revious year .. 1,208,079 607,039 2,191,989 1,084,497 926,047 107,591 * Increase largely due to Tarawera eruption.