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Table No. 15. Statement of Correspondence received from the United Kingdom via San Francisco and via Brindisi and Suez during the Year ended 31st December, 1882.

Table No. 16. Statement of Correspondence despatched to the United Kingdom via San Francisco and via Suez and Brindisi during the Year ended 31st December, 1882.

Table No. 17. Table showing the Number of Letters, Book-packets, and Newspapers received from and despatched to Places outside the Colony during the Year ending 31st December, 1882.

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Vid San Francisco. Via Suez and Melbourne. Date of Receipt. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Letters. Books. Newspapers. January February March ,, April May June July 32,367 37,496 29,594 33,274 33,425 35,°67 33,095 "32,810 36,733 I3,35i 21,200 23>37 8 13,183 11,983 14,457 14,068 13,377 6,453 7l,8lO 101,513 75,302 75.419 97,893 98,581 94,695 78,935 93,829 S-349 3,3i4 4,989 2,946 5,142 2,992 4,758 3,116 4,689 2,605 4,178 2,864 4,872 2,690 4,593 2,742 5,039 2,804 4,844 2,71 1 5,i5i 2,824 5,939 2,558 4,058 3,010 3,338 1,490 4,824 1,184 2,610 i,'3S 3,039 1,329 6,73o 1,676 3,240 502 2,959 1,488 2,883 2,034 4,449 2,641 2,906 2,030 2,543 1,600 3,535 2,067 2,873 2,333 19,554 6,283 20,269 5,847 19,015 5,382 19,641 5,267 20,154 8,920 20,450 4,891 20,231 6,012 16,796 6,280 13,660 6,807 18,698 6,34i 16,805 5,32o 14.750 7,097 13,507 5,678 August j) September 34,867 11,978 100,470 October 33,276 12,417 57,294 November 42,223 7,401 121,742 December 39,982 14,651 107,245 jj Totals 454,209 177,897 1,174,728 100,777 67,438 313,655 298,403 Previous year 44°,535 191,783 i,i49>435 97>9'5 42,954

Via San Francisco. Via Melbourne and Suez. Date of Dispatch. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Letters. Books. Newspapers, January February March April May June July August September October November December 28,414 35,8n 35,043 35,6o3 35,Sio 35,558 36,169 29,046 36,641 35,572 33,057 38,724 32,503 2,255 2,624 2,803 3,283 1,960 3,160 2,822 3,57o 3,358 3,436 2,190 5,201 4,256 35,704 4i,553 39,816 38,482 42,652 40,150 42,960 39,250 43,084 29,925 34,200 39,6i 1 39,i6o I,2'4 762 971 2,397 2,607 3,278 2,417 3,102 1,879 2,575 3,004 19 43 '3 18 66 78 95 62 78 79 253 187 140 117 63 86 247 270 241 264 199 145 149 194 Totals 447,6s i 456,042 40,918 506,547 25,79i 991 2,U5 Previous year 34,71° 497,855 23,771 829 3,78l

Received. Despatched. Letters. I Book-packets. Newspapers. Letters. Book-packets. Newspapers. I I Initcd Kingdom— Via San Francisco Via. Suez Orient Line ... > ... .ustralian Colonies - ... ither places 454,209 100,777 4,672 387,739 68,669 177,897 67,438 47,587 14,623 1,174,728 313,655 5,622 490,182 122,972 447,651 2.5,791 18,209 384,322 74,903 40,918 99i 597 22,160 9,336 506,547 2,115 1,692 310,483 79,io7 Totals 1,016,066 307,545 2,107,159 950,876 74,002 899,944 Previous year 937,341 297,863 2,050,437 863,071 58,757 783,289