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Table No. 12. Comparative Table showing the Postal Revenue, and Number of Letters, Post Cards, Books, and Newspapers delivered and posted, within the several Postal Districts, during the Years 1870, 1875, 1879, and 1880.

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Letti ;rs. Post Cards. B01 ,ks. Newsp; ipers. Postal Districts. Revenue. Delivered. Posted. Delivered. Posted. Delivered. Posted. Delivered. Posted. Auckland — 1870 i87S 1879 1880 £ s. a. 10,264 15 3 13,133 11 ° 20,492 1 1 22,764 11 o 653,700 782,329 1,427,636 1,940,536 619,466 779,617 i,57o,3n 1,900,808 31,681 42,241 12,723 43,905 99,736 109,720 108,342 173,966 436,809 647,325 881,127 965,822 262,471 326,248 800,020 672,187 Thames— 1875 1879 1880 1,664 ° 6 1,582 15 1 1,584 6 3 119,418 136,209 106,895 io9,9S4 107,805 117,901 2,782 4,524 1,933 2,886 8,632 4,9H 1,699 6,951 52,323 81,471 65,468 52,886 57,709 7i,49i New Plymouth 1870 1875 1879 1880 593 6 4 1,815 9 5 2,333 9 8 1,987 16 7 30,767 97,040 163,115 168,549 28,320 89,469 137,968 145,589 3,289 8,017 7,245 13,104 8,385 H,499 5,477 11.137 27,315 72,462 89,765 124,644 15.308 49,632 78,693 72,592 Napier— 1870 1875 1879 1880 1,476 14 2 4,076 19 8 6,554 10 3 7,225 13 3 72,744 186,993 459,289 377,979 76,553 230,973 462,852 446,697 6,487 5,599 7,748 7,505 27,924 35,438 15,505 38,957 61,963 128480 3:56,856 261,785 54,157 150,750 206,527 201,621 Wanganui— 1879 1880 6,456 12 8 6,850 12 ii 480,638 521,872 440,154 476,381 10,556 11,689 10,010 11,449 39,390 38,480 22,785 25,012 247,729 329,446 120,155 167,275 Wellington—■ 1870 1875 I 1879* 1880 12,674 s 3 51,050 5 8 57,293 3 10 58,386 9 o 354,8iS 802,9:50 1,688,180 1,590,897 336,375 922,177 1,691,768 1,658,436 I2,l68 25,679 21,493 27,395 158,717 109,191 194,480 187,131 262.631 596,768 1,129,973 773,145 216,621 470,650 702,945 585,836 Nelson — 1870 1875 1879 1880 3,093 5 8 2,399 II I0 3,568 6 o 3,821 2 O 188,860 205,716 313,384 286,962 185,179 180,707 281,644 335,519 2,756 6,327 4,429 11,249 36,959 2i,485 28,106 26,615 191.671 145,470 160,563 156,286 123,821 111,769 95,602 123,578 Westport— i875 1879 1880 1,053 6 896 1 908 5 2 1 2 73,527 68,965 62,374 57,447 59,263 49,227 8,684 i,499 6,084 1.213 5,9i5 4.056 1,196 1,560 95,237 82,628 7o,S47 51,258 33,973 24,856 Greymouth— 187S 1879 1880 2,171 13 7 2,481 3 6 2,514 19 9 146,702 187,161 167,079 167,980 210,097 196,603 1,729 2,011 3,059 2,236 8,944 22,967 130,734 127,842 132,851 153,106 129,012 79,889 7,54o 12,159 Hokitika— 1870 1875 1879 1880 2,252 4 4 1,816 o 9 2,574 5 1 3,072 17 11 212,689 121,517 134,602 141,483 225,157 121,743 Hi,934 137,670 1,222 1,976 i,499 2,912 10,842 10,833 5,174 7,124 165,380 151,832 131,365 131,092 123,906 68,695 69,221 66,135 Blenheim— 1870 187S 1879 1880 1,099 16 7 1,719 9 o 2,273 '7 i° 2,313 8 3 87,174 153,72.3 147,597 134,680 92,124 131,624 168,249 129,705 754 1,569 1,352 1,213 3.805 3,961 71,467 153,124 116,740 129,818 72,202 60,787 56,680 50,839 10,556 13,702 Christchurch —■ 1870 i875 I l8 79 t 1880 8,905 19 6 17,582 19 8 24,373 9 ° 26,088 6 3 623,794 1,052,071 1,872,468 2,171,819 410,938 1,000,864 2,038,002 2,528,623 63,596 75,699 82,247 92,326 106,873 '.08,933 92,179 214,285 353,651 529,554 578,942 685,756 168,635 295,420 437,571 737,i84 Timaru— .879 1880 6,415 8 10 7,259 19 2 417,542 479>423 489,456 534,369 14, 196 I5,7i9 15,990 17,342 2i,S4i 23,573 9,863 20,600 179,764 170,213 119,219 187,772 Oamaru— 1879 1880 3,486 8 6 3,735 6 s 320,730 331,977 258,502 315,432 7,137 S,9ii 8,095 8,797 2i,749 19,604 8,034 12,255 166,127 176,939 83,789 104,624 558,799 872,706 1,211,589 1,252,281 Dunedin— 1870 I 1875 i879t 1880 13,667 14 1 20,891 5 9 31,909 o 2 32,837 8 7 711,479 1 106,168 1,921,205 1,916,001 578,299 1,343.748 2,107,623 2,308,696 45,539 42,224 117,429 110,327 156,355 221,234 582,593 1,142,01 s 984,087 1,105,693 75,417 77,393 InTercargill— 1870 1875 1879 1880 ■i,758 15 2 3,121 s 9 6,340 2 8 7,453 17 1 82,910 205,249 512,849 564,486 74,536 238,145 540.620 579,800 29,289 36,755 H3,4S4 181,133 327,600 37i,765 26,808 120,913 205,660 223,487 15,210 13,823 12,367 13,459 22,195 26,017 Totals— 1870 •875 1879 1880 55,780 18 3 122,495 18 # 9 179,030 IS 3 188,804 19 7 3,018.932 5,053,403 10,251,570 10,963,012 2,626,947 5,374,448 10,706,248 11,861,456 227,786 264,507 271,691 334,384 711.477 673,669 684,139 999,78i 2,266,934 4,026,457 5,649,579 5,651,270 1,622,728 2,784,820 4,408,365 4,621,647 * The Wanganui returns separated fron jx: . those of 10 Oamaru Wellington, f The ■eturns separated fron Timaru returns sepai i those of Dunedin. •ated from those of Christchurch.