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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 1875, 1880, 1881, and 1882.

Letters. Post-cards. Books. Newspapers. ; Postal Districts. Revenue. Delivered. Posted. Delivered. Posted. Delivered. Posted. Delivered. Posted. Auckland— 1875 1880 ] 881 1882 £ s. d. 13,133 II o 22,764 II o 26,045 4 3 26,982 8 3J 782,329 1,940,536 2,563,418 3.080,779 779,617 1,900,808 2,361,77s 2,728,420 42,241 89,193 85,124 43,905 91,091 105,300 109,720 164,268 207,530 173,966 148,798 191,763 647,325 965,822 1,325,636 1,729338 326,248 672,187 1,068,093 1,394,549 Thames — '875 1880 1881 1882 1,664 ° 6 1,584 6 3 1,701 6 9 2,300 5 5 119,418 106,895 154,037 183,716 109,954 117,901 ■23,695 162,825 4,5 2 4 3,029 3,96.5 2,'886 2,522 4-3i6 4,9i4 10,686 8,847 6,9Si 8,775 3,224 52,323 65,468 9i,45S H7>i3' 52,886 *7i,49i 91,026 90,610 New Plymouth— 1875 1880 1881 1882 1,815 9 5 1,987 16 7 2,607 9 '' 2.993 11 9 97,040 168,549 197,717 266,045 89,469 145,589 I74,42i 212,199 8,017 10,712 7644 13,104 12,558 9>5 2 9 H,499 17,446 21,203 n,i37 6,708 10,270 72,462 124,644 156,364 153,252 49,6.32 72,592 8i,497 86,515 Gisborne — 1881 1882 1,21 2184 2.377 2 5 124,267 109 278 82,290 128,479 1,040 2,106 799 4,6.54 9,087 7,792 6,302 9,958 113,022 102,757 38,272 68.641 Napier— 1875 1880 1881* 1882 4,076 19 8 7,225 13 3 6,270 19 4 6,506 6 9 186,993 377,979 462,878 502,554 230,973 446,697 399,789 556,790 5,599 11,219 11,258 7>S°S 8,671 13,650 35,438 44,954 53.'7° 38,957 39,884 37,258 128,480 261,785 298,467 268,015 150,75° 201,621 208,078 231,283 Wanganui— 1880 188 1 1882 6,850 12 11 7,258 6 8 8,163 '6 10 521,872 7'7,873 770,393 476,381 49','53 721,643 11,689 25,337 24,466 11,449 20,514 33,iii 38,480 56,667 63,590 25,01 2 2*7,937 42,458 32 9,446 457,639 386,504 167,275 183,612 196,482 Wellington— ■875 )88o 1881 1882 51,050 s 8 58,386 9 o 54,682 15 7 56,684 16 10 802,950 1,590,897 i,977,4i7 2,279,186 922,177 1,658,436 1,319,266 1,900,405 25,679 31,525 31,226 27,395 28,470 33,475 109,191 107,965 164.920 187,131 190,398 219,037 596,768 773,'45 818,038 780,660 470,650 585,836 539,617 569,166 Nelson— 1875 1880 1881 1882 2,399 n '° 3,821 2 o 4,030 5 4 4,'74 10 7 205,716 286,962 254,553 346,671 180,707 335>5i9 288,522 380,627 6,327 3,783 5,55i 11,249 " 5,94i n,245 21,485 25,623 33,767 26,615 2i,957 18,044 145,470 156,286 159,614 173,823 111,769 123,578 87,256 144,144 Westport— '875 1880 1881 1882 1,053 6 908 5 1,119 18 1,636 7 2 73.527 62,374 80,167 92,534 57,447 49,227 58,708 87,984 1,499 884 1,508 1,213 7i5 1,313 4,056 8,268 1,560 1,638 2,691 95,237 70,547 78,793 76,621 5',258 24,856 26,052 33,501 ",492 Greymouth— 1875 1880 1881 1882 2,'7' 13 .7 2,514 19 9 3,395 10 1 4,928 4 6 167,079 216,294 250,926 167,980 196,603 276,588 316,758 2,01 i 3,107 4,368 2,236 2,327 3,328 12,159 19,838 18,434 22,967 34,7io 17,55° 130,734 132,851 199,641 197,091 153,106 79,889 176,072 167,934 Hokitika— '875 1880 1881 1882 1,816 o 9 3,072 17 11 2.851 3 7 2,821 14 9 121,517 141,483 167,635 1.55,948 I2',743 137,670 142,415 148,824 i,9i6 3,133 3,'72 2,912 3,445 2,119 10,833 16,575 12,827 7,124 4.953 4,368 151,832 131,092 182,091 140,001 68,695 66,135 72,943 75,842 Blenheim— '875" 1880 1881 1882 1,719 9 o 2,313 8 3 2,268 4 o 3,041 18 10 153,723 134,680 153,348 200,772 131,624 129,705 133,185 190,220 i.5°9 2,483 4,180 1,213 2,132 2,535 13,702 ii,544 13,942 3,96' 6,617 10,036 153,124 129,818 120,263 I3',7'7 60,787 50,839 46,149 62,140 'hristchurch — '875 1880 1881 1882 17,582 19 8 26,088 6 3 27,451 2 o 26,433 12 9 1,052,071 2,171,819 2,536,092 2,781,389 1,000,864 2,528,623 2.436,343 2,885,480 75,699 /8,79.5 106,756 92,326 155,623 '27,309 I io8,933 142,454 166,704 23,573 62,218 60,235 214,285 148,772 349,57° 529,554 685,756 966,875 996,750 295,420 737,184 763,555 913,224 I'imaru— 1880 l88l 1882 7,259 19 2 6,855 I 2 IO 8,299 I IO 479,423 5 77,863 618,124 534,369 532,662 631,540 15,719 29,614 26,858 ■7,342 iS,95i 29,627 20,609 2 1,853 25.571 170,213 248,729 228,525 187,772 I40,88l 161,655 'amaru — 1880 1881 1882 3,735 6 3,924 19 4,658 19 S 7 s 331,977 329,1.34 344.526 315,432 307,086 338,845 5,9H 7,891 8,775 8,797 7,462 11,674 19,604 29,848 32,496 12,255 20,163 20,852 176,939 208,572 167,073 104,624 101,179 97,214 unedin — 1875 1880 1881 1882 20,891 5 9 32,837 8 7 28,364 2 11 29,269 9 6 1,106,168 1,916,001 2,345,720 2.746,692 1,343,748 2,308,696 2,234,505 2.858,921 42,224 53,846 70,577 77,393 112,047 ■15,440 110,327 155,74° '64.677 221,234 198,679 298,831 1,142,015 1,105,693 1,279,551 1,263,829 872,706 1,252,281 i,iS7>99l 1,41 2,697 nvercargill— 1875 1880 1881 1882 3,121 5 7,453 17 7,770 18 8,5:50 18 9 1 4 1 205,249 564,486 730,327 797,186 238,145 579,800 606,788 748,891 13,823 26,585 20,943 13,459 20,098 3',993 36,755 57,057 45,958 26,017 33,800 47,190 181,133 37',76s 523,913 444,386 120,913 223,487 237,107 250,029 'otals— '875 1880 1881+ 1882 122,495 18 9 188,804 19 7 187,810 17 9 199,803 6 1 5,053,403 10,963,012 13,588,740 '5,526,719 5>374,448 11,861,456 11,969,191 14,998,860 264,507 382,174 418,477 334384 490,366 540,618 673,669 940,238 1,087,584 999,78i 921,944 1,308,671 4,026,457 5,651,270 7,228,663 7,357,473 2,784,820 4,621,647 5,019,380 5,955,626 * The Gisborne reti f The officia posta irns separated frc je decreased by . ,m those of ["S,7'7 19 s - Napier. id., when co: .pared w ith that of the previoi is year.