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Table No. 16. COMPARATIVE TABLE of the AVERAGE NUMBER of LETTERS and NEWSPAPERS to each Person in the United Kingdom, Victoria, New South Wales, and New Zealand, in One Year.

Table No. 17. COMPARATIVE TABLE of the AVERAGE NUMBER of LETTERS and NEWSPAPERS to each Person in the different Provinces of New Zealand, in 1867.

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Auckland. Takanaki. Hawke's Bay. Wellington. Nelson. MARLBOEOrGH. Canteebttby. Otago. Southland. Number of Letters to each person. Number of Newspapers to each person. Number of Letters to each person. Number of Newspapers to each person. Number of Letters to each person. Number of Newspapers to each person. Number of Letters to each person. Number of Newspapers to each person. Number of Letters to each persou. Number of Newspapers to each person. Number of Letters to each person. Number of Newspapers to each person. Number of Letters to each person. Number of Newspapers to each person. Number of Letters to each person. Number of Newspapers to each person. Number of Letters to each person. Number j of Newspapers! to each j person. I 15-327 9-12-933 9-367 28-279 22-266 26-326 15-398 12-013 7-813 21-758 18-243 30-939 15-627 22-376 18-523 19-907 16-092 ■ * The Return foi the United Kingdom is for Letters and Newspi ipera deliver otters and IS ed only. Those for the Colonies are for delivered and despatched. To make the comparison a fair one, the numbci ewspapers for the United Kingdom should be doubled. of

The United Kingdom, 1865.*' Victoria, 1865. ]S"ew South AY ales, 1865. New Zealand, 18G7. Number of Books and Newspapers delivered. Average Number of Letters to each person. Average i Number of Books j and Newspapers j to each \ person. : Number of Letters. Average Number of Letters to each person. Average Number of Newspapers to each person, j Population. Number of Newspapers. Average Number of Letters to each person. Average Number of Newspapers to each, person. Average Average j Number Number : 0 fNewsof Letters | papers to each , to each person. ! person. Population. Number of Letters delivered. Population. Number of Newspapers. _ umber of ■Letters. Population. Number of Letters. Number of Newspapers. 29,915,877 720,467,007 10-25 218,440 4,811,240 3,060,888 22-011- 14-024 97,252,766 24 3-25 038,983 7,485.808 '6,037,529 12 9-45 411,388 5,773,952 4,218,495 14