BRITAIN'S POSTBAG.
■•■"•; -',*■■; , j - \ \ People write more letters now than they X ever did before, and during,thfe year ending March 31 last, according to the British Postmaster-General's report recently '■ issued 3,186,800,000 letters were delivered [. in the United Kingdom. This number is v, the largest ever recorded. .... . ' The, greatest increase was in London, 3 and is attributed largely to-the':Corona--8 tion and its effects on the London season.. J,, : The total number of postal packets wus II 5,483,000,000, and the number of undeliver- / ed packets and articles found loose, is estimated at 32,632,000. Averaging the posl" talbusiness every member of the popui- lation received:—7o.2 letters, 20 postcards, 23.5 halfpenny packets, iA newspapers, 2.8 parcels, 2 telegrams'.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1648, 15 January 1913, Page 7
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113BRITAIN'S POSTBAG. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1648, 15 January 1913, Page 7
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