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THE TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.

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Table P. umbee of Inteeprovincial Letiees forwarded during the Number of Teleoeams despatched in each Pbovince duri: and proportion of Telegeams to every 100 Lettees ; to{ previous Tear. Tear ended 31st December, 1871; ag the Tear ended 30th June, 1872 ; ■■ether with a similar Eeturn for the 1871-72. 1870-71. Pbotiscte. Number of Letters. Number of Proportion of Telegrams sent for every 100 Letters. Number of Letters. Number of Proportion of Telegrams sent for every 100 Letters. Telegrams. Telegrams. Wellington Marlborough Nelson Canterbury Westland Otago Southland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Auckland 318,497 52,802 161,309 375,467 182,915 644,536 77,866 82,740 34,755 487,134 70,604 12,258 29,921 52,616 26,558 22-16 23-21 18-54 1401 14-51 336,375 92,124 185,179 410,938 225,157 578,299 74,536 76,553 28,320 619,466 51,360 10,682 29,111 41,486 25,188 79,117 13,203 14,025 2,490 46,212 1526 11-59 15-72 1009 11-18 13-68 17-71 18-32 8-79 7-45 ] 114,512 15-85 [ 16,638 5,097 83,563 20-10 14-66 17-15 1871-72. 1870-71. 1869-70. 1868-69. 1867-68. Total Number of Letters 2,418,021 2,626,947 2,374,060 2,749,488 1,938,578 ?otaiS:rofTe£ra mS 411,767 312,874 185 423 146167 106104 Proportion of Telegrams to every 100 Lettere 1702 11-91 7'S1 612 5 47 Table Qt. Eetuen of the Number and Amount of Telegbaph Monet Obdebs Issued and Paid at the Post Offices in the several Postal Districts in the Colony of New Zealand during the Year ended 30th June, 1872. Issued. Paid. Postal Pistbicts. No. Commission. Amount. No. Amount. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. d. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Napier Wellington ... Blenheim Nelson Charleston ... Westport Greyrnouth ... Hokitika Christchurch Dunedin Invercargill ... 165 61 86 158 432 192 70 123 111 188 108 339 895 108 26 9 6 12 2 G 17 6 6 28 12 0 74 10 6 29 2 6 14 8 0 23 4 0 16 19 6 27 9 6 18 7 0 55 2 0 143 8 6 17 14 6 703 9 3 206 8 3 508 13 6 800 7 4 2,086 4 0 873 12 8 437 0 1 661 4 10 466 14 0 719 2 0 524 5 5 1,521 0 0 3,917 3 9 510 15 4 228 21 29 53 585 78 234 15 42 73 200 459 883 120 1,030 0 0 99 2 2 18G 0 4 276 16 9 2,763 15 5 311 8 2 1,048 0 4 85 7 6 155 3 6 321 19 0 702 4 0 2,111 16 10 4,103 11 4 664 3 1 Totals 504 16 6 13,936 0 5 3,020 13,859 8 11 3,036