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Table No. 15. Table showing the Estimated Correspondence posted and delivered, and the Estimated Expenditure and Revenue for the several Postal Districts and of the General Post Office, for the Year 1892.

Postal Districts. No. of Offices. Total Estimated Correspondence posted and delivered. Books and Parcels. Newspapers. Samples. Estimated Expenditure. E Total. From Stamps, &c. Estimated Revenue. Letters. Post-cards. Cost of Conveyance of Mails. Salaries. Contingencies. Official Postage. Total. North Island. Auckland Thames New Plymouth Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington 283 39 29 22 62 5° 107 10,725,078 756,080 948,194 467, ogo 2,514,187 2,577,939 9,140,703 579,904 27,001 7°,239 15,275 116,623 I7 8 ,373 349,362 j>336.777 2,822,885 125,385 138,710 87,906 548,782 766,896 2,030,028 6,520,592 65,999 3,678 3,041 2,297 13,893 10,179 68,037 4,929,496 337,i68 404,677 280,514 864,825 881,036 2,672,384 4,730 13 10 1,426 16 o 433 3 4 538 o o 1,747 17 ° 770 11 5 1,879 11 3 £ s. d. 12,265 18 o 2,288 7 9 1,484 o o 799 10 o 4,207 10 o 3,011 3 11 10,049 1 5j £ s. d. 2,237 3 5 35O 17 3 191 19 11 79 o 10 475 9 11 157 13 9 3,748 19 10 £ s. d. 19,233 15 3 4,066 1 o 2,109 3 3 1,416 10 10 6,430 16 11 3,939 9 1 15,677 12 6J 49,355 7 5 3,iio 4 3 4,227 9 o 1,930 13 11 11,712 11 1 12,345 11 7 40,580 9 8 123,262 6 11 £ s. d. 6,991 7 3 645 11 7 1,3°6 5 1 695 6 8 1,289 3 4 1,994 9 4 37,664 5 5 56,346 14 8 3,755 15 10 5,533 14 1 2,626 o 7 13,001 14 5 14,340 o 11 78,244 15 I Totals for North Island 592 27,129,271 167,124 10,370,100 11,526 12 10 34,105 11 ii 7,241 4 " 52,873 8 iojj 50,586 8 8 173,848 15 7 Middle Island. Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Blenheim Christchurch Timaru 43 28 32 34 33 166 44 26 150 1,102,647 346,125 674,921 375,167 711,893 7,685,990 1,681,784 1,004,796 7,118,592 2,779,556 47,840 8.749 15,080 11,492 23,023 411,580 101,712 52,676 396,188 165,919 329,771 62,023 168,272 97,890 163,189 1,930,500 344,513 213,798 2,744,742 708,097 9,5i8 2,651 5,482 3,550 4,389 49,567 4,847 1,813 51,667 7,608 336,752 223,275 356,213 227,383 330,850 2,554,76o 4",333 281,073 2,418,481 i,O47,345 1,057 10 ° 383 1 o 494 13 4 515 14 o 972 5 o 2,651 2 6 479 13 8 151 o o 5,006 1 6 2,104 4 4 2,034 Io o 1,105 o o 1,989 o o 979 5 2 1,457 o o 9,646 8 2 2,122 10 o 1,448 15 o 10,187 14 10 3.423 4 2 431 3 1 167 10 6 133 5 3 120 17 11 147 17 4 993 3 9 164 3 9 76 o 5 1,959 3 3 571 10 2 3,523 3 1 1,655 11 6 2,616 18 7 1,615 17 1 2,577 2 4 13,290 14 5 2,766 7 5 1,675 15 5 17,152 19 7 6,098 18 8 5,810 15 6 1,607 14 3 3,457 ° 1 1,651 15 7 3,o88 3 4 38,834 18 10 7,705 6 8 4,280 8 7 37,321 2 2 13,073 6 6 822 13 4 412 19 4 525 2 8 406 2 o 947 16 8 3,534 9 4 1,667 12 8 339 17 § 2,798 13 5 954 6 2 6,633 8 10 2,020 13 7 3,982 2 9 2,057 17 7 4,036 o o 42,369 8 2 9,372 19 4 4,620 6 3 40,119 15 7 14,027 12 8 Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill Totals for Middle Island 671 23,481,471 1,234,259 6,762,795 141,092 8,187,465 13,815 5 4 34,393 7 4 4,764 15 5 52,973 8 1 116,830 11 6 12,409 13 3 129,240 4 9 General Post Office •• .. .. •■ 35.173 II 2 60,515 9 4 5,814 10 o 759 19 3 41,748 o 5 12,400 14 7 12,400 14 7 •• Totals for the Colony .. 1,263 18,557,565 50,610,742 2,571,036 13,283,387 308,216 74,313 8 5j 12,765 19 7 147.594 17 4i 252,493 13 o 62,996 1 11 315,489 14 II