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Table No. 10. Eeturn of Subsidized Mail Steam Services. 11. Number of Postal Officers employed. 12. Comparative Eeturn of Postal Eevenue and Number of Letters, &c, dealt with. 13. Estimated Number of Letters, &c, delivered and posted. 14. Number of Letters, &c, delivered by Letter-carriers. 15. Eeturn of Correspondence received from the United Kingdom via San Francisco and via Brindisi. 16. Eeturn of Correspondence despatched to the United Kingdom via San Francisco and via Brindisi. 17. Number of Letters, &c, received and despatched from and to Places outside the Colony. 18. Total Eevenue and Expenditure Eeturn (Postal), including the estimated Value of franked Correspondence. 19. Telegraph Eevenue and Expenditure Eeturn, showing Cost of Maintaining each Station. 20. Number of Telegrams forwarded to each 100 Letters posted. 21. Comparative Quarterly Eeturn (Telegraph) for Years ended December, 1881 and 1882. 22. Annual Eeturn showing Comparative Progress of Telegraph System. 23. Eeturn of Cost of Maintenance of Lines. 24. Insulation Tests, Cook Strait Cables. 25. Insulation Tests, Wanganui and Wakapuaka Cable. 26. Total Cost of Telegraph Lines, including Cables. 27. Number and Value of Telegraph Money Orders issued. 28. Value of Government and other Free Messages. 29. Debtor and Creditor Statement (Telegraph).