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Table No. 15. Table showing the Estimated Correspondence posted and delivered, and the Estimated Expenditure and Revenue for the several Postal Districts and of the General Post Office, for the Year 1890.

Total Estimated Correspondence posted and delivered. Estimated Expenditure. Estimated Revenue. Postal Districts. No. of Offices. Letters. Post-cards. Books and Parcels. Newspapers. Cost of Convevance of Mails. Salaries. Contingencies. Total. From Stamps, &c. Official Postage. Total. North Island. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington 269 36 27 21 60 9,369,928 783, 194 631,508 379,400 2,038,369 2,117,118 7,478,562 442,625 25,742 53,237 7,370 72,196 128,529 249,569 979,268 1,280,498 8l,OIO 68,566 98,223 286,414 256 433 1,275,494 3,346,638 4,307,918 315,960 238,344 813,581 699,245 2,667,896 £ s. d. 4,210 15 7 1,447 12 1 456 o o 477 o o 1,723 15 o 699 19 o 1,821 6 3 £ s. d. 10,525 18 o 2,172 8 4 1,126 10 o 658 10 o 3,313 o o 2,863 ° o 8,649 13 5 £ s. d. 2,888 4 1 505 3 1 238 8 7 159 17 4 445 iS 4 125 12 6 2,767 17 1 £ s. d. 17,624 17 8 4>I2 5 3 6 1,820 18 7 1,295 7 4 5,482 13 4 3,688 11 6 13,238 16 9 £ s. d. 42,597 15 10 3,165 2 o 2,816 o o 1,776 8 o 9,74i 5 7 9,981 10 2 34,736 5 11 104,814 7 6 £ B. d. 7,408 o 3 755 3 7 996 1 7 577 1 8 1,212 12 7 1,973 14 5 42,176 3 10 50,005 16 1 3,920 5 7 3,812 1 7 2,353 9 8 10,953 18 2 ",955 4 7 76,912 9 9 41 96 1 Totals for North Island .. 550 I 22,798,079 9,379,055 10,836 7 II 29,308 19 9 7> I3I 1 o 47,276 8 8 55,098 17 II 159,913 5 5 Middle Island. Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill 41 25 32 36 25 156 44 23 151 102 908,232 360,768 715,462 346,644 652,338 6,796,847 1,553,545 856,908 6,553,940 2,374,437 44,182 11,183 I7,7 T3 13,336 19,615 367,457 95,782 56,862 275,161 129,940 125,357 30,276 90,054 48,031 90,628 890,295 197,037 109,238 891,754 339,822 359,108 230,622 389,580 206,974 294,034 2,210, 16S 422,567 220,068 3,188,834 1,011,724 1,303 7 ° 1,164 o o 1,334 10 o 1,257 Iz o 960 o o 2,537 1 o 479 6 2 175 19 o 5,"3 T3 " 1,910 o 10 1,964 o o 878 o o 1,773 o o 915 10 o 1,300 o o 8,792 o 8 1,830 1 o 1,125 I5 IO 9,383 10 o 3,408 o o 342 8 o 250 4 o 153 I0 o 77 2 5 262 15 6 1,520 5 7 238 17 o 127 11 6 2,058 17 4 604 17 6 3,609 15 o 2,292 4 o 3,261 o o 2,250 4 5 2,522 15 6 12,849 7 3 2,548 4 2 1,429 6 4 16,556 1 3 5,922 18 4 4,282 5 o 1,561 13 5 3,302 18 6 i,537 6 8 2,949 15 o 32,986 3 4 7,°93 4 4 3,717 7 2 34,314 8 5 ",399 3 6 821 1 o 405 8 8 670 3 4 45S 18 8 958 19 7 3,240 4 2 1,690 10 o 638 12 4 2,594 3 9 896 17 8 5,103 6 o 1,967 2 1 3,973 1 I0 1,996 5 4 3,908 14 7 36,226 7 6 8,783 14 4 4,355 19 6 36,908 12 2 12,296 I 2 Totals for Middle Island .. 635 21,119,121 1,031,231 2,812,492 8,533,679 16,235 9 11 31,369 17 6 5,636 8 10 804 13 11 53,241 16 3 I03,M4 5 4 21,908 2 4 12,374 T9 2 "5,519 4 General Post Office •• 37,335 14 o 5,393 5 o 43,533 12 11 21,908 2 •• •• •• Totals for the Colony 1,185 43,9I7, 2oo 2,010,499 6,159,130 144,051 17 10 229,866 15 2 17,912,734 64,407 11 10 66,072 2 3 13,572 3 9 67.473 T7 1 297,340 12