THE NEW LETTER RATE.
(r_EBB ASSOCIATION TSLBO&Atf.) "WELLINGTON. Jan 27
_~ vary . . The number of letters dispatched from..: New Zealand by the . last Sou Francisco mail—-the first since the introduction of the £_d letter rate 83,391. The numbers for the four previous months were:—-Deoember, 92,710; November, 27,106; October, 24,048; September, 23,228. The increase at the teducedrate is considered very satiafactory, but the'small number posted in December is attributed to the holidays, and "that correspondence was delayed: in order to take t advantage of the cheap rate.
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7772, 28 January 1891, Page 5
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85THE NEW LETTER RATE. Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7772, 28 January 1891, Page 5
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