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Table No. 16. Statement of Correspondence received from the United Kingdom via San Francisco and via Suez during the Year ended 31st December, 1879.

Table No. 17. Statement of Correspondence despatched to the United Kingdom via San Francisco and via Suez during the Year ended 31st December, 1879.

Id San Fraricisci Fid me/, and Melboi urne. Date of Receipt. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Letters. Books. Newspapers. anuary February darch Lpril tlay ... "une ... "uly ... 31,303 26,871 32,049 30.778 31,157 28,412 31,195 32,210 36,701 31,031 33,556 35,529 34,483 8,431 8,435 9,716 9,460 10,177 9,448 10,992 10,030 10,278 11,648 9,944 7,009 10,896 83,886 82,978 92,610 89,388 89,201 91,186 90,108 86,690 83,471 90,252 92,488 80,444 94,813 7,958 7,162 7,729 8,153 6,962 7,017 6,491 6,586 1,892 2,860 2,226 2,366 3,182 2,621 2,755 2,520 11,478 12,356 11,891 12,838 12,361 12,384 12,232 11,842 lugust September Jctober 'fovember December 6,529 7,160 6,909 6,997 8,002 93,715 82,912 2,604 3,055 3,439 2,917 3,138 35,575 32,662 13,009 12,217 12,547 12,243 13,401 Totals 415,275 126,464 1,147,515 160,799 140,248 968,451 Previous year 350,947 92,400

'id San Francisa Via. (elbourne and iuez. Date of Despatch. Letters. Books. Newspapers, Letters. Books. Newspapers. January February March April 24,551 32,311 32,884 33,146 32,887 32,538 32,156 32,460 34,710 31,814 32,233 33,365 32,307 417,362 1,012 1,690 911 1,285 1,119 962 1,243 1,169 1,701 923 1,273 1,545 1,201 21,107 26,396 24,105 25,119 25,116 26,025 26,387 30,981 27,523 28,466 30,676 29,769 28,685 5,758 5,340 5,640 5,147 156 136 181 127 6,783 5,124. 5,258 5,100 MaV June July August September October November December 4,749 6,128 9,926 4,267 4,855 5,235 5,229 5,639 119 133 302 259 144 153 234 146 4,523 5,557 5,904 2,204 3,099 3,052 2,652 2,349 Totals 16,034 13,179 350,355 264,587 67,913 85,483 2,090 2,387 51,605 Previous year 339,973 66,894