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Table No. 14. 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, 1899.

Articles exempt from Postage. Parcels. Articles subject to Postage. Service. Letters. Post-cards. Packets, including Printed Matter (except Newspapers), Commercial Papers, and Samples of Merchandise. Lettercards. Newspapers. Letters. Packets. Registered Articles. Newspapers. Number. Weight. Postage. Declared Value. Ordinary, j %£ Single. Reply paid. Ordinary. Registered. Posted. I i ■ 'I 1,574,895 1,053 2,820,051 279,198 29,955 9,380 910,871 Lb. 643,210 £ s. d. 10,649 4 3 £ s. a. Inland 30,068,154 212,191 1,103,700 15,487,831 31,317 9,172,749 86,980 183,567 Intercolonial 773,252 69,255 17,458 92 114,010 5,274 487,057 1,323 40,132 5,052 13,060 358 18 5 [ 10,806 0 0 10,806 0 0 International 946,247 24,143 305,589 11,860 25 1,604,213 1,170 257,687 15,859,528 3,450 828,000 8,622 | 14,871 2,858,628 303,449 833 8,848 959,851 4,524 10,128 666,398 558 0 10 Totals .. I 31,787,653 1,103,700 89,136 193,143 11,566 3 6 40,041 10,487,806 Bet wived. Intercolonial 1,073,984 13,921 22,584 41 245,738 1,432 1,436,111; 2,831,329 17,752 3,913 704 1,031 2,105 10,488 30,811 1,452 11 10 | 70,094 0 0 70,094 0 0 International 1,203,134 33,990 14,998 45 1,196,691 3,422 218 575 186 19,719 68,628 2,585 18 5 Totals .. i 2,277,118: i ! 47,911 37,582 86 1,442,429 4,854 1,606 2,291 30,207 99,439 4,038 10 3 •• 4,267,440 21,665 922