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Table No. 6. Table showing the Estimated Number of Letters and Letter-cards, Post-cards, Book-packets, Newspapers, and Parcels posted and delivered in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand during the Year ended the 31st December, 1929.

Posted in the Dominion. Delivered in the Dominion. Total posted and delivered in the Dominion. Postal District. | ami p ostcar ds. Books, &c. Newspapers. Parcels. better™ a?da. . Books, &c. Newspapers. Parcels. Letter-cards, i i'ost-cards. Books, &c. p^ r 8 " Parcels. Auckland .. 31,215,702 980,642 20,354,244 5,475,088 904,293 34,602,230 998,634 16,901,157 4,713,267 637,208 65,817,932 1,979,276 37,255,401 10,188,355 1,541,501 Blenheim .. 1,914,572 46,059 510,399 272,974 18,187 1,948,505 47,736 668,603 505,362 67,678 3,863,077 93,795 1,179,002 778,336 85,865 Christchurch .. 18,129,671 735,176 11,910,128 1,562,858 437,125 19,953,791 924,469 10,151,752 3,037,424 352,573 38,083,462 1,659,645 22,061,880 4,600,282 789,698 Dunedin .. 12,436,510 499,798 7,594,204 1,860,930 311,298 11,885,146 459,095 6,802,991 1,924,169 306,462 24,321,656 958,893 14,397,195 3,785,099 617,760 Gisborne .. 3,248,244 41,041 1,027,596 661,264 43,485 3,438,396 71,851 1,914,224 1,197,573 118,560 6,686,640 112,892 2,941,820 1,858,837 162,045 Greymouth .. 1,786,673 38,506 531,077 284,167 33,241 2,145,689 58,877 751,556 514,878 82,121 3,932,362 97,383 1,282,633 799,045 115,362 Hamilton .. 9,842,309 351,910 2,728,703 1,024,065 93,882 10,373,987 422,838 5,075,642 2,006,875 297,037 20,216,296 774,748 7,804,345 3,030,940 390,919 Invercargill .. 6,800,568 157,339 3,342,571 688,108 78,767 6,640,283 199,927 3,393,559 1,136,876 151,996 13,440,851 357,266 6,736,130 1,824,984 230,763 Napier .. 7,056,393 105,820 2,900,656 805,905 82,576 7,690,657 188,604 3,788,603 1,554,748 187,863 14,747,050 294,424 6,689,259 2,360,653 270,439 Nelson .. 2,630,775 94,003 842,013 245,957 50,622 2,841,644 95,654 1,201,421 616,213 120,978 5,472,419 189,657 2,043,434 862,170 171,600 New Plymouth 4,965,586 132,600 2,255,940 703,388 64,493 5,702,216 172,120 3,176,316 1,131,000 166,803 10,667,802 304,720 5,432,256 1,834,388 231,296 Oamaru .. 1,502,724 57,811 578,556 162,539 18,317 1,731,288 96,551 1,021,306 380,887 47,346 3,234,012 154,362 1,599,862 543,426 65,663 Palmerston N. 6,471,221 124,852 2,911,662 705,912 82,940 8,246,940 284,375 5,113,511 1,310,712 185,731 14,718,161 409,227 8,025,173 2,016,624 268,671 Thafiies .. 3,183,560 68,016 1,045,103 576,102 36,777 3,872,349 185,458 2,240,485 805,142 129,896 7,055,909 253,474 3,285,588 1,381,244 166,673 Timaru .. 3,443,127 92,222 1,206,696 423,161 39,767 3,836,430 135,733 1,863,628 611,728 91,754 7,279,557 227,955 3,070,324 1,034,889 131,521 Wanganui .. 5,917,555 136,435 2,594,775 806,699 83,538 5,450,042 140,296 3,003,845 1,091,467 180,765 11,367,597 276,731 5,598,620 1,898,166 264,303 Wellington .. 27,710,226 481,651 16,831,323 5,186,224 882,059 28,204,563 729,229 11,221,268 4,109,248 423,202 55,914,789 1,210,880 28,052,591 9,295,472 1,305,261 Westport .. 795,860 10,751 103,824 126,763 15,184 1,206,101 30,836 391,235 310,141 47,645 2,001,961 41,587 495,059 436,904 62,829 Cook Islands .. 42,232 984 1,784 776 2,088 47,352 664 6,760 10,736 2,720 89,584 1,648 8,544 11,512 4,808 Western Samoa 91,008 2,856 2,880 17,700 912 159,978 1,512 4,122 99,444 3,138 250,986 4,368 7,002 117,144 4,050 Totals, 1929 149,184,516 4,158,472 79,274,134 21,590,580 3,279,551 1159,977,587 5,244,459 78,691,984 27,067,890 3,601,476 309,162,103 9,402,931 157,966,118 48,658,470 6,881,027 Totals, 1928 143,626,190 4,048,068 75,767,635 20,626,107 3,349,285 |154,922,174 5,402,400 j78,744,974 27,631,087 3,631,800 |298,548,364 9,450,468 154,512,609 48,257,194 6,981,085