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Table No. 15. Table showing the Number of Letters, Letter-cards, Post-cards, Books, Newspapers, and Parcels delivered by the Letter-carriers from the Post Offices within the several Postal Districts during the Year ended 31st December, 1896.

Postal Districts. Letters. Letter-cards. Post-cards. Books, &c. Newspapers. Parcels. Auckland rhames <ew Plymouth jisborne Napier .. iVanganui Wellington kelson .. iVestport Sreymouth -lokitika 31enheim Dhristchurch rimaru.. Damaru Dunedin nvercargill 2,941,807 69,041 277,281 6,507 251,801 5,909 106,631 I 2,502 519,020 I 12,180 369,574 : 8,673 I 1,962,587 46,059 I 7 6 ,43i , 4, r 4° 46,468 : 1,090 126,61s 2,971 74,362 1,745 76,244 ■ 1,789 1,525,061 35,79i 240,034 5,633 "7.499 J 2,757 1,333,731 , 31,301 392,806 9,218 "3.833 23,560 26,O2O 2,789 24,456 38,263 55,355 9,362 2,013 3,79° 3,834 4,884 8l,5IO 26,416 9,693 77.015 40,264 514,748 92,197 58,523 10,607 142,476 205,675 249,118 32,713 II,652 41,809 15,34 1 33,852 478,180 101,101 28,819 398,587 141,774 649,854 98,764 I47'»6l3 3I. O 54 110,254 I3 r ,573 452,522 83,822 23,000 50,625 55,291 50,988 352,534 61,784 25,612 358,548 150,062 2,833,900 7,867 2,6oo 1,548 i,397 9,720 3,620 18,746 2,552 1,128 2,405 834 1,086 3.917 1,318 449 4.336 1.039 Totals io,537,955 247,306 553.O57 2,557, X 72 64,562 Previous year .. 9,872,591 227,715 1,996,932 2,589,515 43,587 511,114