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Table No. 19. RETURN showing the Number of LETTERS received by the different PROVINCES of NEW ZEALAND, during the Year ended 31st December, 1867.

Table No. 20. RETURN showing the Number of LETTERS DESPATCHED from the different PROVINCES of NEW ZEALAND, during the Year ended 31st December, 1867.

PitoM Places Without the Colony. Peom Plac es Within the Colony. PROVINCES. Other Provinces in New Zealand. Totals without AND WITHIN the Colony. United Kingdom. Australian Colonies. Other Blaccs. Total without the Colony. Places within tho Province. Total within the Colony. % 74,303 4,562 105,929 64,697 208,628 273,325 379,254 Auckland 27,064 Taranaki 0,319 2,348 56 8,723 17,706 1,970 19,676 28,399 Hawke's Bay 12,832 2,447 21 15,300 26,220 29,833 56,053 71,353 Wellington ... 39,248 16,686 1,232 57,160 114,724 110,925 231,649 288,815 Nelson 15,953 13,249 159 29,361 71,293 42,043 113,336 142,697 Marlborough 5,253 1,524 6,777 21,721 19,392 41,113 47,890 Canterbury ... 98,344 76,285 62 174,691 171,892 517,540 689,432 864,123 Otago 85,044 47,740 7,025 139,809 101,028 i 267,445 I . 369,073 508,882 Southland ,.. 12,878 8,576 179 21,633 23,097 32,188 55,285 76,918 Totals ... 350,174 195,919 13,296 559,389 G12,978 1,235,964 1,848,942 2,408,331

To P. ,ACES WlTi :out THE Ci ILONV. To Placei Within t: :e Colony. Totals without PROVINCES. Total without the Colony. Other Provinces in New Zealand. Places within the Province. Total within the Colony. and within the Colony. United Kingdom. Australian Colonies. Other Places. Auckland 69,714 23,117 2,605 95,436 68,105 197,821 265,926 361,362 Taranaki 5,645 2,000 85 7,730 17,279 2,967 20,246 27,976 Hawke's Bay 11,197 2,404 191 13,792 23,705 37,496 61,201 74,993 Wcllington ... 40,866 17,620 1,875 60,361 121,123 107,574 228,697 289,058 Nelson 14,994 9,872 94 24,960 74,661 43,753 118,414 143,374 Marlborough 4,185 1,553 146 5,884 18,831 22,500 41,331 47,215 Canterbury ... 92,346 76,368 2,698 171,412 151,672 478,690 630,362 801,774 Otago 81,232 47,197 7,847 136,276 113,243 320,429 439,672 575,948 Southland ... 13,625 8,549 540 22,714 21,608 36,887 58,495 81,209 Totals 333,804 188,6S0 16,081 538,565 610,227 1,254,117 1,864,344 2,402,909