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Table No 15. Table showing the Number of Letters, Letter-cards, Post-cards, Packets, Newspapers, and Parcels posted in New Zealand, and the Number received from beyond the Colony, during the Year ended 31st December, 1898.

Parcels. Articles exempt from Postage. Articles subject to Postage. Service. Letters. ! Lettercards. Ordinary. | | I Post-cards. Single. Eeply paid. Packets, including Printed Matter (except Newspapers), Commercial Papers, and Samples of NewsMercbandise. papers. Ordinary, i Kegistered. I ! I _ ■. . Kegistered Newsletters. J Packets. Sttclee. papers. Number, i Weight. Postage. Declared Value. ! : Posted. 1,380,469 1,350 14,901 2,692 13,633,024 7 138,165 31 234,597 i 8,708,287 2,599,046 864 502,230 j 31,663 : 1,953 | j 779,525 4,584 j 1,131 j 72,443 1,065 599 Lb. 878,840 169,018 591,467 1,237 4,518 11,027 £ s. a. £ s. 9,925 6 8 a. Inland 27,871,449198,894 672,601 60,737 917,631 I 26,389 5,480 321 5 0) [ 9,245 0 495 12 8lj 0 Intercolonial .. International .. 940.101J 20,924 29,484,151280.555 917,631 3,297 2,340 j 4,023 i 9,705 Totals .. 1,396,720 J 2,730 14,005,786 b,990, 042 2,635,293 290, 94S 882,417 177,559 ,612,199 10,742 4 i\ 9,245 0 0 35,166 74,107 Beceived. Intercolonial .. International .. Totals .. .. 1,000,017| 14,549 .. 1,198,917 25,890 .. 2,198,934! 40,439 61,405 18,928 127 983,627; 1,284,125 2,033 1,507,997 4,773 2,712,389 27,704 3,342 2,909 737 I i,194 9,221 27,237 ; 1,282 3 4 ) \ 57,627 0 0 17,823 : 58,865 2,340 6 8 j 54 375 413 I 1,448 80,333 181 2,267,752 6,806 4,220,386 | 31,046 3,284 1,150 2,642 27,044 86,102 i 3,622 10 0 57,627 0 0