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Table No. 20. Number of Letters forwarded in each Postal District during the Year ended 31st December, 1882, Number of Telegrams forwarded in each Postal District during the same Period, and the Proportion of Telegrams to every 100 Letters; together with a similar Return for the previous Year.

Table No. 21. Ordinary and Press Telegrams despatched during the Four Quarters ended 31st December, 1881, also for each Quarter of the Year ended 31st December, 1882, and the Revenue derived from each Class.

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r88r. 1882. Districts. Number of Letters. Number of Telegrams. Proportion of Telegrams to every 100 Letters. Number of Letters. Number of Telegrams. Proportion of Telegrams to every 100 Letters. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Sisborne 3reymouth Hokitika 'nvercargill Napier ... kelson ... S T ew Plymouth Jamaru Phames rimaru ... Manganui Wellington fVestport [ 2,185,787 127,990 2,257,562 2,036,402 78,372 266,623 134,262 521,338 379,5oo 268,451 '6.3,6.5 7 297.687 1 '8,054 5 '3,335 479.250 1,172,699 58,708 243,500 26,850 165,825 209,291 21,79' 42,696 2 2,943 68,458 67,824 59,954 50,158 30,306 18,094 41,233 81,2,36 266,791 21,822 11-14 20-98 7'3 5 1027 27-8 1601 17-08 1313 17-87 22-33 3064 1018 3,025,39' 185,24 2,7 '5-39, 2,666,351 123,67; 3°6,' 1, 140,40, 6.38,99 531,92, 361,241 200,73, 326,901 157,23" 613,57: 7 1 o, 16 i,755,48' 87,90. 271,606 26,4,38 181,346 227,992 24,846 55,773 24.314 7i,994 67,990 65,445 42,902 32,738 3°,4'2 44,259 82,058 292,753 27,323 898 14-27 667 8'55 20 09 1822 i7'3i 1126 12-78 1811 21-37 io-oi 1934 7-21 n'55 16-67 31-08 I.T32 8-03 1695 22-75 37 - i7 Year. Number of Letters. Number of Telegrams. Proportion of Telegrams sent to every ioo Letters, 1882 1881-82 ... 1880-81 ... 1879-80 (for nine months only) 1878-79 ... 1877-78 1876-77 ... 1875-76 1874-75 1873-74 1872-73 1871-72 ... 1870-71 ... 1869-70 ... 1868-69 ... 1867-68 ... 14,546,748 11,059,677 10,895,998 7,065,51° 7,374,786 6,078,384 5,540,920 4,731,873 4,oS9,5i7 3,209,837 2,828,372 2,418,021 2,626,947 2,374,060 2,749,488 1,938,578 1,570,189 1,438,772 1,304,712 1,008,409 1,448,943 1,260,324 1,124,432 1,051,086 917,218 752,899 568,960 411,677 312,874 185,423 146,167 106,104 10-79 13 "'97 14-27 19-64 20-71 20-29 22 - 2I 22-59 2.V4S 19-76 I7-02 11-91 7-81 6-12 5'47

Man :h Quarter. Jtu ie Quarter. Septei iber Quarter. Decei iber Quarter. "otals. Telegrams. Number. Revenue Derived. Number.! Revenue Derived. Number. Revenue Derived. Number. Revenue Derived. Number. Revenue Derived. 1881. )rdinary ... £ s. d. 16,521 o 5 1,368 10 9 £ s. d. 16,286 1 6 1,655 18 1 £ ■• d. 16,268 8 5 2,120 8 9 £ s. d. 18,128 3 6 i,758 15 11 £ s. d. 67,203 13 10 6,903 13 6 255,09° 24,694 253,797 25,733 256,347 3i,47i 285,452 32,960 1,050,686 114.858 'ress Totals... 279.784 17,889 11 2 279,530 17,941 19 7 287,818 18,388 17 2, 318,412 19.886 19 5 1.165.544 74.i°7 7 4 1882. )rdinary ... 'ress 299,042 31,047 17,973 ] 6 2 i>554 7 ° 302,003 37,9°7 18,382 s 8 2,206 I 6 298,905 44,30.3 18,455 10 0 2,535 9 n '307,269 41.341 18,224 '3 9 2,438 o 8 1,207,219 154,598 73,036 5 8,733 '9 7 1 Totals... 330,089 19,528 3 2 339,9io 20,588 7 2 81,770 4 8 343.208 20,990 19 II 348,610 20,662 14 5 1,361,817