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Table No. 17. Table showing the Cash Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages, the Value of Government Messages, and the Number of Messages transmitted in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand, for the Year ended 31st December, 1890.

Table No. 18. Number of Letters posted in each Postal District during the Year ended 31st December, 1890; Number of Telegrams forwarded in each Postal District during the Year ended 31st December, 1890; and the Proportion of Telegrams to every 100 Letters; together with a similar Return for the previous Year.

Districts. Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages. Value of Government Messages. Total Value of Messages of all Codes. Number of Private and Press Messages. Number of Govt. Messages. Total Number of Messages of ali Codes. ~nd 31enheim "hristchurch Dunedin j-isborne __-reymouth rlokitika jivercargill Napier .. Melson .. Slew Plymouth .. Damaru rhames.. rimaru .. Wanganui Wellington Westport £ s. d. 13,956 1 8 2,131 17 9 11,566 o 2 12,422 13 5 1,708 11 11 3,559 3 3 1,115 8 2 4,399 15 o 5,215 13 11 2,478 13 o 1,498 11 5 1,862 14 11 2,854 5 o 2,487 o 9 3,679 16 5 12,907 7 6 2,110 10 3 £ s. d. 3,520 16 5 548 17 4 1,906 13 1 2,298 8 2 458 11 9 753 7 5 304 4 6 842 6 8 1,268 10 11 606 18 o 484 17 5 434 10 4 536 7 7 472 15 8 547 13 5 10,151 1 2 934 2 9 £ s. d. 17,476 18 1 2,680 15 1 13,472 13 3 14,721 1 7 2,167 3 8 4,312 10 8 1,419 12 8 5,242 1 8 6,484 4 10 3,085 11 o 1,983 8 10 2,297 5 3 3,391 2 7 2,959 16 5 4,227 g 10 23,058 8 8 3,044 13 o 283,391 36,730 195,843 264,490 29,229 63,435 20,948 88,351 90,113 55,278 32,840 30,756 55,338 44,017 68,062 338,498 37,062 30,592 6,169 18,037 24,525 3,701 6,926 2,605 10,091 12,027 6,228 5,oi5 3,095 5,714 3,647 6,600 75,633 6,175 313,983 42,899 213,880 289,015 32,930 70>36l 23,553 98,442 102,140 61,506 37,855 33,851 61,052 47,664 74,662 414,131 43,237 1,961,161 1,802,987 Totals, 1890 Totals, 1889 85,954 4 6 82,S25 I 6 26,070 12 7 24,218 9 3 112,024 17 i 107,043 10 9 1,734,381 1,589,157 226,780 213,830

1SS9. 1890. Districts. Number of Letters. Number of Telegrams. Proportion of Telegrams to every 100 Letters. Number of Letters. Number of Telegrams. Proportion of Telegrams to every 100 Letters Auckland 31enheim "hristchurch Dunedin jisborne 3,993,990 330,421 3,351,231 3,316,066 166,179 352,235 177,229 1,158,391 1,006,395 492,817 297,908 408,629 349,128 74 0,324 1,037,751 3,692,013 156,130 265,672 42,171 205,363 271,482 26,661 7o,773 25,445 83,014 94,891 68,711 37,150 33,347 51,637 48.141 69,537 366,970 41,823 6-65 12-76 613 8-19 16-04 20-09 i4'36 7-i7 9'43 I3-94 12-47 8-21 4,286,499 317,523 3,398,556 3,406,250 180,656 347,354 158,755 1,167,244 998,733 443,755 3oS,oi6 409,695 347,538 771,361 1,078,236 3,7",877 169,889 313,983 42,899 213,880 289,015 32,930 70,361 23,553 98,442 102,140 61,506 37,855 33,851 61,052 47,664 74,662 4I4>I3I 43,237 7'32 13-51 6-29 8-48 18-22 20-25 I4-83 8-43 10-22 13-86 1228 826 17-56 6-17 692 IO'II 25-50 .Ireymouth rlokitika Invercargill .. Slapier kelson <Iew Plymouth Damaru rhames rimaru Wanganui Wellington Westport I4-79 6-5 6-7 9'94 26-79

Year. Number of Letters. Number of Telegrams. Proportion of Telegrams sent to every 100 Letters. 1890 1889 1888 1887 1886 1885 1884 1883 1882 1881-82 1880-81 1879-80 (for nine months only) .. 1878-79 1877-78 1876-77 1875-76 .. .. ' .. 1874-75 1873-74 1872-73 1871-72 1870-71 1869-70 1868-69 1867-68 21,501,937 21,026,837 19,502,704 18,711,329 18,188,144 16,458,477 16,020,056 14,834,217 14,546,748 11,059,677 10,895,998 7,065,510 7,374,786 6,078,384 5,540,920 4,731,8/3 4,059,517 3,209,837_ .2,828,372 ' 2,418,021 '2,626,947 '2,374,060 2,749,488 I,93S,578 i,g6i,161 1,802,988 1,765,863 1,835,394 1,836,266 i,774,273 1,654,305 1,599,400 1,570,189 1,438,772 1,304,712 1,008,409 i,448,943 1,260,324 1,124,432 1,051,086 917,218 752,899 568,960 4",,677 312,874 185,423 146,167 106,104 9*12 8-57 9-05 9-8 1009 10-78 10-32 10-78 10-79 13-00 11-97 14-27 1964 2071 20-29 2221 22-59 23'45 19-76 1702 11-91 7-81 612 5'47