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Table No. 13. Table showing the estimated Number of Letters, Post-cards, Book-packets and Parcels, and Newspapers delivered and posted, within the several Postal Districts of New Zealand, during the Year ended 31st December, 1884.

Table No. 14. Table showing the Number of Letters, Post-cards, Books, &c., and Newspapers delivered by the Letter-carriers from the Post-Offices within the several Postal Districts during the Year ended 31st December, 1884.

Table No. 15. Table showing the Number of Letters, Book-packets, and Newspapers received from and despatched to Places outside the Colony during the Year ended 31st December, 1884.

livi :rei osi Postal Districts. Letters. Post-cards. BlS d Newspapers. Letters. Post, cards. Books and Parcels. Newspapers, Auckland Thames ■ New Plymouth Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill 3,675,880 403,377 267,488 162,084 740,688 888,108 2,632,110 561,015 103,922 263,172 215,007 297,622 3,326,895 769,951 527,904 3,276,884 1,125,683 109,135 9,O35 8,476 1,196 18,083 36,621 45.383 11,245 2,990 5,642 6,123 8,320 126,048 33,4 10 12,103 85,189 42,653 236,405 26,546 37.323 15,691 6g,oi7 121,732 186,992 59,631 9.477 29,679 30,602 30,576 259,376 66,924 53,O4O 233,675 62,917 1,342,783 241,423 169,104 124,969 356,291 456,014 759,187 174,356 72,020 207,480 174,629 149,019 I,025,700 272,779 247,572 1,186,068 566,202 3,155,594 370,162 222,365 139,3°8 628,303 679,952 2,358,200 391,248 118,417 232,791 163,826 202,397 2,751.372 602,264 357,318 2,797,977 848,562 98,917 8,255 14,924 4,641 21,13s 37,687 51,480 I2,57i 1.599 5,057 2,249 5,226 143,013 22,893 10,205 123,526 28,522 230,087 18,954 21,164 14,768 41,665 48,516 374,140 19,058 5,798 14,612 7,215 19,396 274,495 26,572 25/181 310,037 59,852 1,633,216 159,861 97.318 80,548 259.558 190,398 703.430 109,291 40,118 134,680 85,358 78,442 1.157.767 176,813 112,541 1,284,660 264,147 Total 19,237,790 561,652 1,529,603 7.525,596 16,020,056 591,903 1,511,510 6,568,146 6,119,360 Previous year.. 6,911,203 15,820,051 574,717 1,321.363 17.768,357 539,682 1,197,521

Postal Districts. Letters. Post-cards. Books, Circulars, and Parcels. Newspapers. Auckland rhames .. Mew Plymouth jisborne Slapier .. iVanganui Wellington Melson .. kVestport iireymouth Htokitika 31enheim "hristchurch rimaru .. Damaru .. Dunedin 1 1,494,615 145,960 87,715 27,952 99,035 197,596 667,039 136,684 28,118 61 ,.994 52,752 7°,773 1,314,462 144,254 100,060 964,082 305,290 42,182 7,875 6,856 999 7,783 14,406 15,972 2,862 1,584 1,33° 2,982 3,517 43,308 9,708 4,765 28,298 8,421 59,320 3,832 8,344 i,7i7 11,304 17,127 26,333 4,56o 2,154 2,383 7,679 6,772 47,915 14,463 9,250 40,467 10,626 466,020 32,029 55,159 n,233 27,161 79,401 161,977 35,282 20,247 27,489 30,822 38,317 270,690 35,596 23,453 267,072 60,651 Totals 5,898,381 202,848 274,246 1,642,599 Previous year 5,339.874 173,216 1,489,304 221,454

Received. Despatches. Letters. Books. Newspapers. Letters. Books. j Newspapers. Jnited Kingdom— Via San Francisco By Victorian Packet By New South Wales Packet By Direct Steamer By other routes .ustralian Colonies ither places *. 361,563 63,690 218,898 12,542 33i 459,398 91,128 120,273 24,382 125,976 i6i 89 57,455 32,088 875,660 167,596 625,599 9,891 255 535,579 189,852 4 57,497 19,412 16,750 62,838 40 443,877 85,954 4x,54i 815 1,009 7,072 2 499,090 1,969 1,635 32,126 35,234 7,872 3 290,528 93,900 Totals 1,207,550 360,424 2,404,432 1,096,368 93.545 919,251 Previous year .. 1,093,391 292,972 2,188,673 1,016,854 89,434 847,361