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Table No. 10Compabatiye Table showing the Postal Revenui received at and despatched from the several . to 1873, both inclusive. -continued. i and Number of Letters and Newspapers Dostal Districts, during each Tear, from 1860 Letters. News] ,apers. Postal Districts. Revenue. Received. Despatched. Received. Despatched. Marlborough—1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 £ s. d. 206 12 7 294 n 4 347 6 2 843 13 7 853 17 6 794 4 o 838 19 6 1,048 2 2 896 11 4 1,099 16 7 1,201 14 11 I.317 ° 4 1,417 17 11 14,500 12,800 40,967 83,990 59,5O7 64,117 47,890 48,391 54,812 87,174 62,647 75, O67 107,658 14,171 12,334 34,067 76,978 62,672 57,43° 47,215 48,428 53,562 92,124 58,OO3 67,928 96,920 16,480 7,895 40,526 108,658 62, 212 78,335 45.477 43,592 57-796 7",467 54,948 55,264 91,968 5.591 10,289 37.268 67,778 73,354 65.419 34.264 35.635 38,611 72,202 36,279 36,585 53,764 Canterbury— i860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 2,052 15 8 2,790 1 5 4,016 16 7 5,498 18 1 7,326 15 9 10,158 1 9 14,342 11 10 I5,47i 9 8 *8,525 19 4 8,857 8 10 8,905 19 6 9,072 1 10 10,324 5 1 12,191 14 8 73,109 130,500 215,742 3i7,on 378,585 472,284 734-852 864,123 539.6io 53S,o62 623,794 718,910 876,786 951,020 72,881 130,899 234,459 312,212 400,838 486,007 671,720 801,774 436,125 397,352 410,938 455.536 497.326 54i,34i 91,478 124,485 181,881 405,404 307,616 381,360 5 I2,i38 57 1 .S58398,326 342,274 353,651 338,356 373,763 511,109 66,951 138,001 198,500 362,154 384,090 480,238 597.2 2O 269,852 176,402 189,229 168,635 179,077 195,346 238,416 106,860 u6,393 123,906 162,782 156,729 178,257 63,i75 114-433 310,883 549,869 680,917 55!,3O3 561,341 5^,253 502,521 535,131 558,799 833-137 414,275 821,988 Westland— 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 4,771 7 11 4,292 18 1 2,252 4 4 3,395 7 3 3,386 18 1 3-393 3 7 251,108 223,369 212,689 235,179 220,470 230,294 242,479 242,400 225,157 240,405 208,028 201,940 62,916 154,201 389,231 660,8S9 638,792 568,001 599,86i 575,948 535,909 538,329 578,299 716,623 873,132 959,,2i9 H,796 33,007 106,765 135,49 1 102,321 82,996 81,209 84,560 75,445 74,536 91.657 131,687 148,825 152,666 151,624 165,380 215,463 24L495 282,207 Otago— i860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1,489 3 10 3,5°8 11 5 9,3i9 9 2 14,324 2 7 14,273 o 7 12,611 18 1 12,030 6 10 13,482 9 4 13,605 12 3 13,628 1 5 13,667 14 1 15,044 12 9 17,339 7 2 18,418 7 1 62,168 153,354 360,246 693,496 678.349 588,545 58i,353 508,882 595, O62 584,715 711,479 893,997 653,141 824,495 42,418 69,692 187,132 368,449 459,o95 439,733 470,820 378,784 545.45° 574,691 582,593 651,633 828,490 672,038 Southland — 1861 1862 1863 1864 1861; 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 i873 112 11 3 828 14 o 2,482 7 5 2,741 17 10 2,012 7 4 1,894 17 1 1,970 12 2 2,106 1 6 1,805 18 11 1.758 15 2 1,696 5 10 1,691 19 3 1,962 11 11 13,500 3I»i°4 TOO,331 126,473 93,396 79,372 76,918 84, 235 71,414 82,910 92,903 118,941 160,867 13,636 32,751 110,632 142,903 in, 660 89,806 71,146 82,232 89,017 "3,454 8 ? ,6i6 74,877 71,220 4,444 23,947 105,124 131,568 79,920 8 °,525 56,406 64,357 64,790 26,808 58,328 68,888 94,658 Totals— i860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 10,068 13 11 14,108 8 8 22,710 14 3 32,329 in 39,302 4 4 46,47S 9 3 49,598 4 9 55,33i 18 1 57,107 14 o 58,007 7 2 55,78o 18 3 70,249 19 7 94,733 14 8 94,706 16 o 434,320 603,209 1,021,735 1,687,945 2,051,265 2,208,285 2,404,788 2,408,331 2,603,077 2,642,535 3,018,932 3,296,990 3,588,073 4,221,977 456, o 4 9 633.559 i,100,497 1.715.303 2,099,877 2,235,188 2 >353.856 2,402,909 2,374,122 2,374,060 2,626,947 2,784,707 3,370,470 3,694,008 471.664 630,436 854.786 1.474, "5 1,758,271 1,809,583 1,959,528 1,670,520 1,907,309 2,076,892 2,266,934 2,308,634 2,767,682 2,963,170 557,692 797,915 r, 209,337 1,923,544 2" 547,746 2,397,409 2,4r3,5" 1,390,368 1,376,306 1,486,255 1,622,728 1,871,150 1,643,409 2,306,025 * The Westland Returns have been separated from those of Canterbury since the 1st January, 1868.