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s, s. a. 211 post-office orders ... ... ... .. ... 539 0 4 27 bank drafts ... ... ... ... ... ... 917 5 8 129 cheques ... ... ... ... ... ... 978 5 5 3 dividend warrants ... ... ... ... ... 239 6 promissory notes ... ... ... ... ... 66 19 10 Postal-notes ... ... ... ... ... ... 66 12 6 Stamps ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 22 17 5 Bank-notes ... ... ... ... ... ... 136 0 0 Gold ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 10 0 Silver and copper .. ... ... ... ... 11l Eepresenting a total of ... ... ... £2,737 16 0 In addition, 3 gentlemen's silver watches, 1 lady's silver watch; 1 silver watch, chain, and locket; 1 waterbury watch and steel chain, 2 gold masonic jewels, 2 pairs gold earrings, 2 gold brooches, 1 silver brooch, 1 mother-of-pearl brooch, 1 gold chain bracelet, 4 gold rings, 1 gold pin, 1 scarf pin, 1 pearl tie pin, 5 studs, 1 silver locket, 1 silver medal, 19 silk handkerchiefs, 1 silk scarf, 3 pairs of gloves, 1 woollen petticoat, 1 purse containing coin and stamps, 1 violin string; 1 steerage ticket, Melbourne to Bluff; 1 steerage return ticket, Brisbane to Napier; 1 order for steerage passage, San Francisco to New Plymouth; 1 Avonside 'bus ticket, value 35.; 1 pawn ticket for 55., 8 racingsweep tickets, 4 sheets foreign stamps. 1,091 unclaimed registered letters were dealt with. 907 newspapers and 1,748 books and other articles without addresses were received, a considerable number of which were subsequently applied for and delivered. 722 newspapers were returned to the publishers. 270 letters were posted without addresses—at the rate of 10 per million. 168 letter-cards were posted without addresses—at the rate of 264 per million. 36 letters with libellous addresses were intercepted. 530 letters were wrongly addressed. 28 letters were discovered to have been posted with previously-used stamps. The number of inland, intercolonial, and international unclaimed articles received and disposed of during the year 1895 was as under: —

Registered Letters. The number of registered articles dealt with in 1895, compared with the numbers in 1885, 1890, and 1894, is shown below: —

Letters. Lettercards. Postcards. Packets. Newspapers. Inland. Eeturned, delivered, &c, through Dead-letter Office ... Eeturned by Chief Postmasters direct Destroyed in accordance with law ... 48,631 25,380 2,871 1,202 2,212 600 131 34,314 24,764 2,121 722 71 5,071 Intercolonial. Originally addressed to other colonies :— Eeturned to writers Destroyed in accordance with law Eeturned to other colonies as unclaimed ... 5,148 304 8,379 14 1 24 452 24 3,950 International. Originally addressed to other countries : — Eeturned to writers Destroyed in accordance with law Eeturned to other countries as unclaimed 4,046 238 4,513 11 1 13 510 27 31,051 Total 99,510 1,273 3,007 97,213 5,793

1885. 1890. 1894. 1895. Postal Districts. From Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. Prom Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. From Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. Prom Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. iuckland rhames .. New Plymouth jisborne .. Napier Wanganui Wellington kelson Westport .. 3-reymouth Hokitika .. 3lenheim jhristehurch rimara )amara .. Dunedin .. !nvercargill 5,890 205 675 108 892 283 4,757 559 45 125 173 181 3,717 440 316 5,645 1,614 22,124 2,879 2,876 922 5,453 4,500 19,218 2,432 1,438 2,835 1,907 1,413 13,678 3,153 1,947 12,737 6,661 : 28,014 i 3,084 8,551 1,030 6,345 4,783 23,975 2,991 1,483 2,960 2,080 1,594 17,395 3,593 2,263 18,382 8,275 7,119 130. 341 118 999 211 6,129 322 112 102 95 92 3,659 312 278 4,615 1,740 34,398 4,781 3,372 2,120 10,911 6,060 30,369 3,430 3,254 8,879 2,579 3,193 20,404 3,551 2,505 19,696 9,819 41,517 4,911 3,713 2,238 11,910 6,271 36,498 3,752 3,366 8,981 2,674 3,285 24,063 3,863 2,783 24,311 11,559 195,695 11,446 178 360 199 833 689 7,715 268 129 299 70 101 4,480 186 147 5,187 2,199 34,486 58,032 5,199 7,180 3,319 16,302 11,753 50,463 5,726 2,977 6,866 4,060 3,624 24,944 3,898 2,515 23,554 14,279 ! 69,478 i 5,377 i 7,540 > 3,518 : 17,135 ■ 12,442 ■ 58,178 5,994 3,106 7,165 4,130 3,725 29,424 4,084 2,662 28,741 16,478 11,042 226 505 228 1,195 397 10,055 1,239 194 365 206 120 4,465 1,510 1,252 5,520 2,579 47,350 7,955 8,576 3,812 16,917 16,300 50,900 6,956 4,409 4,989 3,624 4,447 28,302 4,514 2,569 28,188 14,507 254,315 58,392 8,181 9,081 4,040 18,112 16,697 60,955 8,195 4,603 5,354 3,830 4,567 32,767 6,024 3,821 33,708 17,086 Totals 25,625 106,173 131,798 26,374 169,321 244,69l! 1279,177 41,098 295,413