D—No. 2

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THE POSTAL SERVICE OF NEW ZEALAND.

Number of Letters Despatc, \ed, SfC, out of the Colo: iy, 1861— conti, ued. Destination. Auckland. New Plymouth. Napier. (3 Qrf.) Wellington Nelson. (3 Qrs.) Lyttelton. Dutiedin. Toials. Brought forward 68,723 11,279 4,669 21,177 13,137 38,186 36,593 194,184 Tasmania - 1,066 474 2 322 111 736 2,792 5,503 Tonga Islands ... 1 1 Travelling Post Office - 593 41 94 728 Trieste - 47 1 4 52 Valparaiso - 9 1 10 Vancouver's Island 18 18 Victoria .... 5,922 1,696 221 2,346 1,158 3,379 36,177 508 99 Western Australia 67 18 68 68 17 170 Totals, 1861 - 74,446 13,450 4,892 24,40ft 14,410 42,269 75,673 251,545 Ditto 1860 - - - - 66,618 19,893 4,812 24,623 17,202 35,255 29,426 187,829 The returns from Nelson for the strutted. The number of letters des; number of letters despatched during tl last quarter of th Hitched in that quai le year 1861, to placi ic year ha rter was 4 es out of tl ive been ,.298. Fi he Colom famished jr the pur] -, is taken since the loses of ci at 257,00( above tabli imputation t a was coni, the total I.

Shewing the total number of letters Offices, and between each Ilet and by sea during the twelve mi conveyed betrceen each Head Office and its several District <d Office and other Head Offices in New Zealand by land tnths ended 31st December, 1861. Letters conveyed to and from several sub-Offices. Letters con 1 C reyed to and lief Offices, (t from other .) Chief Post OfBces. By Land. By Sea. Total. By Land. By Sea. Total. Auckland - 95,930 22,664 118,594 420 79,009 79,429 New Plymouth 100 400 500 92 51,357 51,449 Napier 36,235 67 36,362 1,153 25,143 26,296 Wellington 62,577 6,000 68,577 713 60,961 61,674 Nelson 23,228 5,713 28,941 67,846 67,846 Picton (a) - 9,435 1,691 11,126 17,041 17,041 Lyttclton - 129,941 11,269 141,210 39,323 39,323 Dunedin (6) 105,239 1,158 106,397 4,255 41,734 45,989 Invercargill (6) 425 425 7,276 12,255 19,531 Totals - 463,110 48,962 512,072 13,909 394,669 408,578 Totals in 1860 - 306,225 55,049 361,274 258,765 5,186 263,951 (a.) This includes some letters forwardec (6.) Inrercargill was a Sub-Office to Du i out of the i Colony, entered in the Letter Bills with the Nelsoi i Office. inedin until t he 1st October, 1861. I despatched :evs passing 160. (c.) As these figures are compiled from to other Head Offices, the totals are necessari be.*w«en the several Head Offices of the Colon Returns of ei ily double t!: ly in 1861 is ach Head Office, shewing letters received from ant le real number carried. The gross total of-leti therefore 204,2S9, as compared with 131,976 in It