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Table No. 15. RETURN of the Number of Letters registered at the Post Offices in the different Postal Districts during the Years 1870, 1871, 1872, and 1873.

Table No. 16. STATEMENT of Correspondence received from the United Kingdom via San Francisco and via Suez during the Year ended 31st December, 1873.

Table No. 17. STATEMENT of Correspondence despatched to the United Kingdom via San Prancisco and via Suez during the Year ended 31st December, 1873.

18J0. 1871. l8}2. 1873To Places ToP! laces To Places To 'laces Postal Districts. Totals. Totals. Totals. Totals. Without the Colony. Within the Colony. Without the Colony. Within the Colony. Without the Colony. Within the Colony. Without the Colony. Within the Colony. Auckland lawke's Bay Wellington Jelson ■larlborough Canterbury )tago southland... Vestland ... 1.877 76 170 798 736 9 8 1,483 2,076 258 1,869 6,212 25° 47i 4,268 1,112 5i8 2,59° 3,967 547 i,i73 8,089 326 641 5,066 1,848 616 2,287 124 169 799 677 in i,573 2,083 232 1,567 8,318 478 721 4,289 1,086 583 2,897 4,578 803 i,3°4 10,605 602 890 5,088 1,763 694 4,470 6,661 1,035 2,871 2,457 196 942 S 68 126 1,637 1,983 237 1,567 10,199 605 877 4,9O4 1,504 721 3,286 4,7 63 927 2,052 12,656 761 i,o73 5,846 2,072 847 4,923 6,746 1,164 3,619 2,243 147 3°4 1,169 5°9 158 1,864 2,368 325 1,310 7,416 610 1,217 5,845 1,317 8^6 3,689 4,404 I-37 1 2, 202 9,659 757 1,521 7,014 1,826 994 5,553 6,772 1,696 3,5" 4,073 6,043 805 3,042 Total 21,IO8 9,622 34,679 9,869 29,838 28,907 9,44i 30, 549 25,057 39>7°7 io,397 39>3°4

Via San Francisci Via. Suez. Date of Receipt. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Letters. Books. Newspapers. fanuary February klarch ipril Hay [une [uly August September Jctober November 39,798 19,512 20, 239 53 4.79 8 2,655 2,624 14.392 100,601 56,289 53.363 2,999 3,4H 6,483 2,830 22,591 20,763 22,710 21,161 20,713 20,685 22,186 22,998 24,943 374 4 66 559 45i 2, 206 2,788 2,632 2,488 2.515 2,486 2.57° 2.732 2,947 4.541 8,57' 18,065 9.59 1 62,229 85,258 71,276 66,628 69,325 72.438 68,481 7i,335 74,934 December Total 224,645 214,476 79.549 10,130 25,214 682,672

r ta San Franciso Vm Suez. Date of Despatch. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Letters. Books. Newspapers. fanuary ». February tfarch ipril Hay [une [uly August September 3ctober November December 11,168 15.302 21.705 20,906 13.225 424 445 34° 418 328 9.547 13.772 l6,OO2 16,680 9,646 !,933 2,020 2,474 9,860 17,628 20,028 29,888 34>64i 19,058 33, 102 26,803 10,402 98 3° 79 256 395 413 614 722 643 834 421 "5 416 559 6,311 14,019 •4.765 22,128 24,211 2I,459 30,489 21,591 9,992 11,249 282 8,588 Total 207,837 93,555 2,237 74,235 4,620 166,521