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Table No. 16. 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 1902.

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25

Postal Districts. Letters. Letter-cards. Post-cards. Books, &c. Newspapers. Parcels. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill 3,816,153 574,403 540,969 169,833 598,290 645,006 3,648,378 294,583 179,437. 265,842 96,429 157,378 2,347,916 455,365 249,276 2,845,109 989,829 73,515 11,065 10,421 3,272 11,526 12,425 70,283 5,675 3,457 5,!2I 1,858 3,032 45,230 8,772 4,802 54,808 I9,o68 90,942 35,46o 32,327 2,633 18,531 43,905 107,253 14,213 7,647 21,345 5,082 5,553 64,626 19,031 30,143 139,169 69,098 883,951 181,935 78,691 16,308 203,573 407,363 1,161,594 83,393 40,037 91,622 19,1:63 38,774 932,163 123,838 49,172 1,021,370 554,853 815,613 149,600 229,699 41,849 142,596 249,031 869,883 165,974 63,412 64,277 39,558 52,002 538,031 78,732 43,808 774,243 215,373 15,923 4,327 6,43i 1,895 6,771 5,96i !4,337 3,669 3,044 4,121 962 2,008 12,804 3,299 1,476 8,282 2,101 Totals 17,874,196 344,330 706,958 5,887,800 4,533,68i 97-4" Previous year .. 16,076,586 339,893 732,744 5,124,504 4,179,621 78,338