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Table No. 12. Comparative Table showing the Postal Revenue, and Number of Letters, Books, Newspapers, and Post Cards received and posted, within the several Postal Districts, during the Years 1870, 1875, 1878, and 1879.

* The Wanganui returns separated from those of Wellington. t The Timaru returns separated from those of Christehurch. J The Oamaru returns separated from those of Dunedin.

Let1 :ers. Books. Newsp; ipers. Post Cards. Postal Districts. Revenue. Received. Posted. Received. Posted. Received. Posted. Received. Posted. .uckland — 1870 1875 1878 1879 £ s. cl. 10,264 15 3 13,133 11 0 18,157 10 6 20,492 1 1 653,700 782,329 1,119.872 1,427,636 619,466 779,617 1,018,879 1,570,311 86,599 99,736 39,608 108,342 436,809 647,325 901,614 881,127 262,471 326,248 386,885 800,020 16,927 31,681 12,791 12,723 Thames — 1875 1878 1879 1,664 0 6 1,671 13 11 1,582 15 1 119,418 120,053 136,209 109,954 88,532 107,805 5,986 8,632 1,377 1,699 52,323 67,777 81,471 52,886 49,646 57,709 3,688 2,782 "946 1,933 ew Plymouth 1870 1875 1878 1879 593 6 4 1,815 9 5 2,862 4 7 2,333 9 8 30,767 97,040 153,553 163,115 28,320 89,469 124,111 137,968 9,576 8,385 2,035 5,477 27,315 72,462 105,982 89,765 15,308 49,632 60,358 78,693 1,883 3,289 1,679 7,245 apier— 1870 1875 1878 1879 1,476 14 2 4,076 19 8 5,916 13 9| 6,554 10 3 72,744 186,993 381,696 459,289 76,553 230,973 367,180 462,852 22,872 27,924 25,812 15,505 61,963 128,480 235,713 336,856 54,157 150,750 292,449 206,527 4,981 6,487 4,860 7,748 'anganui— 1879 6,456 12 8 480,638 440,154 39,390 22,785 247,729 120,155 10,556 10,010 ellington— 1870 1875 1878 1879* 12,674 5 3 51,050 5 8 56,755 5 1 57,293 3 10 354,815 802,950 1,389,349 1,688,180 336,375 922,177 1,290,735 1,691,768 87,256 158,717 107,612 194,480 262,631 596,768 749,726 1,129,973 216,621 470,650 763,997 702,945 16,076 12,168 18,077 21,493 "elson — 1870 1875 1878 1879 3,093 5 8 2,399 11 10 3,328 0 8 3,568 6 0 188,860 205,716 232,64,7 313,384 185,179 180,707 225,506 281,644 20,527 36,959 10,807 28,106 191,671 145,470 138,010 160,563 123,821 111,769 127,979 95,602 3,377 2,756 2,592 4,429 'estport 1875 1878 1879 1,053 6 2 895 13 4 896 1 1 73,527 73,656 68,965 57,447 73,879 59,263 4,740 5,915 3,873 1,196 95,237 73,978 82,628 51,258 64,846 33,973 603 8,684 1,148 6,084 rreymouth 1875 1878 1879 2,171 13 7 2,639 7 8 2,481 3 6 146,702 216,341 187,161 167,980 177,549 210,097 12,168 7,540 7,453 8,944 130,734 204,887 127,842 153,106 116,638 129,012 3,590 1,729 1,160 3,059 !okitika — 1870 1875 1878 1879 2,252 4 4 1,816 0 9 3,616 18 0 2,574 5 1 212,689 121,517 157,807 134,602 225,157 121,743 143,083 14.1,934 8,963 10,842 5,992 5,174 165,380 151,832 174,447 131,365 123,906 68,695 127,815 69,221 2,959 1,222 1,537 1,499 ilenheim — 1870 1875 1878 1879 1,099 16 7 1,719 9 0 1,870 6 6 2,273 17 10 87,174 153,723 ] 98,725 147,597 92,124 131,624 173,872 168,249 10,497 10,556 11,205 3,805 71,467 153,124 113,460 116,740 72,202 60,787 128,134 56,680 "927 754 1,363 1,352 Jkristchurch— 1870 1875 1878 1879+ 8,905 19 6 17,582 19 8 26,352 14 11 24,373 9 0 623,794 1,052,071 1,911,105 1,872,468 410,938 1,000,864 1,674,465 2,038,002 106,462 106,873 89,132 92,179 353,651 529,554 949,993 578,942 168,635 295,420 662,977 437,571 36,152 63,596 60,679 82,247 )imaru — 1879 6,415 8 10 417,542 489,456 21,541 9,863 179,764 119,219 14,196 15,990 lamaru — 1879 3,486 8 6 320,730 258,502 21,749 8,034 166,127 83,v89 7,137 8,095 lunedin — 1870 1875 1878 1879J! 13,667 14 1 20,891 5 9 29,997 0 8 31,909 0 2 711,479 1,106,168 1,958.318 1,921,205 578,299 1,343,748 1,577,631 2,107,623 110,633 117,429 84,373 156,355 582,593 1,142,015 1,182,040 984,087 558.799 872^706 1,237,883 1,211,589 17,800 45,539 26,318 75,417 :nvercargill— 1870 1875 1878 1879 1,758 15 2 3,121 5 9 4,934 19 4| 6,340 2 8 82,910 205,249 322,941 512,849 74,536 238,145 353,277 540,620 19,015 29,289 24,576 22,195 113,454 181,133 200,280 327,600 26,808 120,913 292,852 205,660 8,311 15,210 4,359 12,367 'otals — 1870 1875 1878 1879 55,780 18 3 122,495 18 9 158,998 9 0 179,080 15 3 3,018,932 5,053,403 8,236,062 10,251,570 2,626,947 5,374,448 7,288,699 10,706,248 505,294 711,477 413,855 684,139 2,266,934 4,026,457 5,097,907 5,649,579 1,622,728 2,784,820 4,312,459 4,408,365 116,674 227,786 137,509 271,691