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TABLE B. Number of Interprovincial Letters forwarded during the Nine Months ended 31st December, 1879; Number of Telegrams despatched in each Provincial District during the Nine Months ended 31st March, 1880; and proportion of Telegrams to every 100 Letters; together with a similar Return for the previous Year.

1879-80. 1878-79. 1877-78. 1876-77. 1875-76. 1874-75. 1873-74. 1872-73. 1871-72. 1870-71. 1869-70. Total number of Letters ... 7,065,510 7,374,786 6,078,384 5,540,920 4,731,873 4,059,517 3,209,837 2,828,372 2,418,021 2,626,947 2,374,060 Total number of Telegrams ... 1,008,409 1,448,943 1,260,324 1,124,432 1,051,086 917,218 752,899 568,960 411,677 312,874 185,423 Proportion of Telegrams to every 100 letters ... ... H'27 J9'64 2071 20*29 22*21 22*59 23'4S ,s>'7 <> 17*02 n'9l 7'Bi

1879-80. 185S-79. District. Number of Letters. Number of Telegrams. Proportion of Telegrams sent for every 100 Letters. Number of Letters. Number of Telegrams. Proportion of Telegrams sent for every 100 Letters. Wellington I,434,OI5 255.97° if'84 1,289,165 367,342 28*40 Marlborough 122,028 21,541 I7'65 181,338 25.761 14*20 Nelson 222,423 71,117 3i'97 302,138 100,404 33'22 Canterbury I,S3I,032 150,184 9*8 1,581,976 220,439 I3'93 Westland ... 250,530 36,820 i4'69 336,266 67,277 20'0O Otago 1,388,214 180,120 12*97 1,699,140 264,680 i5'57 Southland 348,456 35.954 10-31 354,462 64,106 18-08 Hawke's Bay 336,924 42,534 I2'62 406,854 64,830 iS'93 Taranaki ... 99,399 28,050 28'2I 123,919 28,927 23*34 Auckland... 1,332,489 186,119 I3-96 1,099,508 245,177 22'29