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Table No. 17. 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 1905.

Postal Districts. Letters. j Letter-cards. I Post-cards. Books, &c. Newspapers. Parcels. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington Blenheim Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Christchurch Timaru Oamaru .. Dunedin Invercargill 4,825,332 637,022 648,104 315,855 877,985 1,009,826 4,917,482 201,663 395,439 153,599 377,630 116,487 3,218,133 667,664 339,320 3,540,600 1,044,838 108,041 14,263 14,511 7,072 19,658 22,610 110,104 4,515 8,854 3,439 8,455 2,608 72,055 14,949 7,597 79,275 23,394 297,227 52,007 56,490 IO,544 49,175 73,469 486,735 18,127 44,136 13,763 34,952 9,288 214,759 49,867 35,121 5i5,ni i",233 1,052,761 159,904 119,628 27,274 259,276 526,772 2,310,395 48,948 169,755 46,570 92,955 68,009 1,199,949 176,293 63,59o 1,589,047 584,832 890,400 141,677 251,002 54,460 214,002 333,039 1,188,013 50,118 193,771 50,242 120,898 33,ioo 659,911 103,710 53,919 1,007,599 220,691 21,833 3,726 2,994 2,006 4,746 5,267 18,754 2,477 4,721 2,583 7,082 1,169 22,348 2,128 1,476 9,844 5,32i Totals 23,286,979 521,400 2,072 ,004 8,495,958 5,566,552 118,475 Previous year .. 21,738,393 495,822 7,386,089 5,248,202 1,312,024 110,394