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Table No. 12. Eegistered Articles. The number of registered articles dealt with in 1918, compared with the number in 1890, 1900, 1910, and 1917, is as follows :— 1890. 1900. 1910. 1917. 1918. Prom places beyond the Dominion 26,374 52,343 132,493 144,659 162,910 Eegistered in the Dominion ... 169,321 464,036 993,675 1,619,851 1,659,135 Totals ... ... 195,695 516,379 1,126,168 1,764,510 1,822,045 Dead Letters. 1917. 1918. Opened and returned to writers ... ... 296,472 294,563 Eeturned unopened to other countries ... ... 39,413 38,940 Eeissued ... ... ... ... ... 65,088* 177,384* Destroyed ... ... ... ... ... 39,098 32,533 Eeturned unopened by Chief Postmasters ... 212,568 253,775 Eeturned unopened to other countries by Chief Postmasters ... ... ... " ... 13,790 23,789 Totals 666,429 820,984 * Includes letters addressed to soldiers.

Table No. 13. Parcel-post. The following shows the number and weight of parcels posted during the years 1890, 1900, 1910, 1917, and 1918 :—

The following table shows the number and weight of parcels exchanged with the United Kingdom and the undermentioned places during the years 1917 and 1918: —

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— 1890. 1900. 1910. 1917. Number 121,292 , 199,413 1,190,711 3,295,539 Weight 336,6431b. 12 oz. 682,1401b. 7 oz. 3,953,2841b. 15 oz. 14,171,1401b. 1 1918. 3,337,763 14,439,737 lb.

Country. Koceived. 1917. 1918. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Koceived. Despatched. 1917. 1918. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. United Kingdom and foreign countries (via London) United States of America .. New Zealand Expeditionary Forco Canada Victoria New South Wales South Australia Queensland Tasmania Western Australia.. Fiji Ceylon Cape of Good Hope Natal India Tonga Tahiti .. Hong Kong Straits Settlements 105,368 lb. 564,562 140,453 lb. 718,107 33,810 lb. 135,961 lb. 84,583 525,076 1,832 7,402 442,318 1,594,284 32,904 891 209,918 1,931 60,852 1,415 432,851 3,964 1,793 392,235 6,324 1,498,537 1,836 9,609 16,087 550 913 217 362 406 237 1,375 9,011 38,372 57,193 1,577 2,437 487 906 904 1,215 1,837 2,654 12,303 20,869 570 1,061 235 317 423 336 714 14,998 56,688 92,452 1,909 3,515 571 699 1,014 1,614* 1,654 593 3,613 11,593 557 956 697 452 1,143 83 113 283 697 425 337 164 i 101 1,773 9,980 37,230 1,543 2,651 1,590 1,077 3,874 343 370 719 3,464 1,592 1,780 707 387 1,116 ! 6,955 3,253 9,697 6,010 17,482 456 1,386 874 : 2,479 511 ; 1,373 399 1,052 1,145 3,539 177*; 707 69 I 175 251 769 675* 3,058 507 1,985 977 ] 7,765 207 ' 1,012 130 499 1,293 43 7 1,241 103 5,869 140 34 9,681 346 1,375 48 7 2,682 119 6,702 155 57 23,840 397 Totals 173,442 906,320 246,433 1,361,187 449,645 1,709,902 545,490 ! 2,186,095 * Including pi areola for 3s Majesty's i ihipB.