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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, 1887.

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, 1887.

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, 1887.

Delivi :red. Posted. Postal Districts. Letters. Post-cards. Bp°arce£ d Newspapers. Letters. Post-cards. Books and Parcels. Newspapers. Auckland rhames New Plymouth 3isborne Napier Wanganui Wellington kelson Westport jreymouth Hokitika Blenheim Fimaru Damaru Dunedin 4,I59,37 5 333,058 283,127 172,549 966,667 842,439 3,394,807 475,579 157,4" 366,171 231,868 303,225 3,497,156 768,612 418,717 3,079,011 1,166,672 154,752 8,151 22,100 1,846 26,897 46,280 85,813 19,448 4,017 7,631 7,904 10,972 136,318 43,745 18,265 113,984 49,933 490,425 33,86 5 25,8 3 i 13,455 93.47° 102,284 325,247 50,843 15,210 35,269 25,129 32,019 318,682 93,4*8 40,391 268,021 ioi,933 1,776,294 227,110 158,678 128,401 447,668 382,135 1,202,240 195,117 112,632 224,523 157,274 163,423 949,819 224,523 140,647 1,061,645 579>O46 3,644,108 357,786 241,735 159,848 889,564 734,838 2,849,847 506,298 130,143 296,439 182,663 273,299 3,265,600 693,303 350,727 3,124,576 1,010,555 172,380 6,916 21,307 2,600 3O,5H 52,546 85,267 29,237 5,512 5,018 6,994 4,914 173,836 40,781 14,118 151,212 46,488 377,884 36,751 15,717 14,586 86,983 75,o88 483,470 49,972 11,076 23,725 8,476 16,393 405,054 82,901 20,839 475,826 69,472 1,687,296 122,863 91,572 7o,3 I7 353,197 200,551 907,260 155,142 56,530 118,612 85,163 80,262 1,178,060 150,891 91,494 1,585,935 315,003 Totals 20,666,445 758,056 2,O65,492 8,131,175 18,711,329 849,637 2,254,213 7,250,148 Previous year.. 19,896,448 692,276 1,747,941 7,479,209 18,188,144 741,611 1,719,718 6,844,838

Postal Districts. Letters. Post-cards. Books, Circulars, and Parcels. Newspapers. Auckland rhames .. Sew Plymouth jisborne Sfapier .. iVanganui Wellington Slelson .. SVestport Ureymouth riokitika 31enheim rimaru .. Damaru .. Dunedin invercargill i 1,549,361 143,094 107,570 38,801 155,116 269,084 886,899 113,236 34.659 123,873 49,203 67,997 1,517,033 171,402 96,018 1,029,809 240,558 54.4" 7.629 8,767 1,710 7. O32 15.917 32.45O 4.973 1.959 3.354 2,638 3,98i 64,851 13.764 5,102 '32,568 ' 16,577 134.961 12,687 12,732 5,214 14.959 25,425 84,042 9,558 2,ogo 7,176 7.653 9,276 125,098 22,571 7.549 88,073 24,929 298,347 39,»39 68,628 27,870 3i,29i 9°,525 220,458 5°,408 17,490 59,197 26,018 36,862 343.825 41,117 27,162 293,696 63,843 Totals 6,593,713 277,683 593.993 1.736,576 Previous year' 6,376,152 246,172 437.595 J.797.336

Letters. Received. . Books. Received. . Newspapers. Despatched. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Fnited 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 ustralian Colonies ither places 221,919 322,105 20,324 I4,I34 i4,77o 492,512 83,033 241,488 219,541 4, 65i 3,624 598 219,358 55,233 523,523 735,8io 34,999 20,140 49,260 600,607 185,795 344,657 147,966 971 2,246 17,477 4 86,735 88,246 68,705 19,946 39 56 i,7°3 53,136 15,010 389,010 111,202 75 152 5,253 408,784 118,212 Totals 1,168,797 744,493 2,150,134 1,088,298 158,595 1,032,688 'revious year .. 1,245,786 693,161 2,374,583 1,133,047 118,171 I,201,800