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No. 4. TABLE SHEWING THE NUMBERS OF NEWSPAPERS DESPATCHED FROM THE SEVERAL CHIEF POST OFFICES, AND PASSING THROUGH THE POST OFFICES IN THE SEVERAL PROVINCES OF NEW ZEALAND, DURING THE YEAE 1862.

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Auckland. N.Plymouth. Napier. Wellington. Nelson. Pieton. Lyttelton. Dunedin. Invcrcargill. Without the Colony: — United Kingdom 87,353 5,451 5,560 28,721 49,860 1,911 42,460 71,685 3,825 Australian Colonies 19,122 1,295 595 8,827 7,046 281 6,158 79,537 3,355 Other Places ... 2,592 296 1,204 867 1,024 902 14 Total Foreign ... 109,067 7,042 6,155 38,752 57,773 2,192 49,642 152,124 7,194 Within the Colony: — Other Provinces of New Zealand 57,762 7,299 7,924 66,290 31,444 5,217 21,322 59,985 5,574 Offices within the Province 135,986 25,433 8G,831 27,933 2,880 127,636 98,774 11,206 Total Inland ... 193,748 7,299 33,357 153,121 59,377 8,097 148,858 158,759 16,780 General Totals ... 302,815 14,341 39,512 191,873 117,150 10,289 198,500 310,883 23,974 Newspapers having been dealt with in the same way as Letters in the Eeturns, the Notes to the preceding Table (No. 2) are ei uall' ilicable here.