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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 31st December, 1934.

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Posted in the Dominion. Delivered in the Dominion. Total posted and delivered in the Dominion. Postal District. Letters j Pos t-cards. Books, &c. I Newspapers. | Parcels. | Postoards ' Books, &c. J Newspapers, j Parcels. Post-cards. | Books, &c. j Parcels. , - - Auckland 25,622,965 729,820 20,124,247 3,539,847 425,477 30,406,350 762,866 15,926,989 3,165,019 308,204 56,029,315 1,492,686 36,051,236 6,704,866 733,681 Blenheim 1307,962 20,722 434,050 11,818 11,622 1,412,918 36,335 752,336 272,090 33,800. 2,720,880 57,057 1,186,386 283,908 45,422 Christchurch 16.366,556 718,887 16,934,402 1,544,165 242,788 18,981,144 859,391 11,370,489 2,319,720 181.220 35,347,700 1,578,278 28,304,891 3,863,885 424,008 Dunedin 11,033,452 411,957 7,639,620 1,440,864 162,188 11.916,242 412,815 7.165,067 1,596,179 172,302 22.949,694 824.772 14.804,687 3.037.043 334,490 Gisborne 3,000,033 28.223 1,091,153 323,939 27,066 2,928,705 52,611 1,655,823 727,740 60.593 5,928,738 80.834 2,746.976 1,051,679 87,659 Greymouth 1,798.564 37,570 717,835 188,435 19,240 2,093,546 57,018 907,309 338.871 49,166 3,892,110 94,588 1,625,144 527,306 68,406 Hamilton 9 600,849 226,785 3,609,211 576,880 46.410 9,182,368 303,342 5,646,914 1.186,146 139.620 18,783,217 530.127 9.256.125 1,763,026 186,030 Invercargffl 6,593,799 109,928 3,074,867 501,578 42,835 6,293,313 161,135 3,215.511 780,767 90,428 12,887,112 271,063 6.290,378 1,282,345 133,263 Napier 6,320,796 111,852 2,844,130 571,884 30,823 6,705,868 181,168 4,516,330 963,365 78,351 13,026,664 293,020 7,360.460 1,535,249 109,174 Nelson 2,860,364 60.502 1,183.766 235.511 29,263 2,697,552 63,609 1,705,860 460,460 76,908 5,557,916 124,111 2,889,626 695.971 106,171 New Plymouth 4,416,005 91,585 2,433,426 557,882 28,795 4.893,174 145,847 3,268,395 721,669 73,385 9,309,179 237,432 5,701,821 1,279,551 102,180 Oamaru 1,504,243 35,412 597,152 145,556 8,528 1,525,758 53,365 1,043,367 270,504 24,310 3,030,001 88,777 1,640,519 416.060 32,838 Palmerston N. 5,821.194 114,543 3,195,185 475,407 43,914 6,163,781 149,032 4,223,817 830,583 81,029 11,984,975 263,575 7,419,002 1,305,990 124,943 Thames .. 3,081,416 60,684 1,052,997 282,656 19,890 3,637,140 153,257 2,410,486 520,260 65,481 6,718.556 213,941 3.463,483 802,916 85,371 Timaru .. 3,243.119 77,792 1,451,302 242,292 21,645 3,391,596 104,559 2,072,460 401,947 46,033 6,634,715 182,351 3,523,762 644,239 67,678 Wanganui 4,944,266 120,965 2,243,254 445,513 31,694 4,794,777 157,664 2,884,518 672,750 67,548 9,739,043 278,629 5,127,772 1,118,263 99,242 Wellington . 24,189,321 385,334 17,828,207 3,514,796 445,306 24,355,187 461,646 11,485,260 3,262,333 228,089 48,544,508 846,980 29,313,467 6,777.129 673,395 Westport 689,039 12.688 141.494 101,842 9,451 1,034.072 27,274 439,816 238,446 28,275 1,723,111 39,962 581,310 340,288 37,726 Rarotonga .. 39,936 288 1,530 2,256 864 55,698 180 8,664 12,636 1.878 95,634 468 10,194 14,892 2,742 Western Samoa 80.853 528 5,628 8,859 1,716 80,022 312 17,748 32,367 4,584 160,875 840 23,376 41,226 6,300 Totals .. 132,514,732 3,356,065 86,603,456 14,711,980 1,649,515 142,549,211 4,143,426 80,717,159 18,773,852 1,811,204 275,063,943 7,499,491 167,320,615 33,485,832 3,460,719 Previous year 125,841,774 3,062,037 78.449,180 15,919.451 1,546,457 136,137.538 3,991,591 76.588,875 17,855.938 1.739,731 261,979,312 7,053,628 155,038,055 33,775,389 3,286,188