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Table No. 18. Table showing the Cash Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages, the Value of Government Messages, and the Number of Messages, transmitted in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand, for the Year ended 31st December, 1892.

Table No. 19. Number of Letters posted and Number of Telegrams forwarded in each Postal District during the Year ended 31st December, 1892; and the Proportion of Telegrams to every 100 Letters; together with a similar Return from 1867-68.

Postal Districts. Revenue derived from Private and Press Messages. Value of Government Messages. Total Number Number Value of of Private of Messages of and Press Govt. all Codes. Messages. Messages. Total Number of Messages of all Codes. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport £ s - d. 12,960 11 10J 1,669 14 5 10,098 16 10 10,706 15 4 1,876 6 o 2,655 1 8 J 1,037 XI 7 4,546 13 6i 5,757 2 3 2,423 13 o 1,985 3 6 1,515 19 2-J 2,243 10 iij 2,368 10 5J 4,202 1 8 13,375 2 4 1,619 3 IJ i £ s. d. 3,574 10 2 499 8 7 1,722 10 7 2,282 13 10 437 9 2 675 7 9 367 13 o 886 7 1 1,186 5 3 558 15 o 688 14 9 188 15 o 353 4 9 324 13 9 966 o 8 8,954 I0 3 675 7 5 £ s. d. 15,535 2 °3 2,169 3 ° 12,821 7 5 12,989 9 2 2,313 15 2 3,330 9 5i 1,405 4 7 5,433 o 7 J 6,943 7 6 2,982 8 o 2,673 18 3 1,704 14 2I 2,596 15 8J 2,693 4 2 J 5,168 2 4 22,329 12 7 2,294 " 4i 269,271 30,457 180,344 224,837 33,3° 8 48,434 19,374 100,948 101,451 53,349 38,111 24,369 43,688 40,078 80,305 367,496 30,244 33,859 5,018 15,316 20,323 3,542 5,7io 2,984 8,187 11,912 5,841 6,681 1,711 4,172 3,302 9,869 74,068 5,584 3°3>i3° 35,475 195,660 245,160 36,850 54,144 22,358 IO9,I35 113,363 59,190 44,792 26,080 47,860 43,38o 90,174 441,564 35,828 Totals, 1892 Totals, 1891 81,041 18 7j 87,544 11 11 24.342 7 o 24,840 5 7 105,384 5 74 112,384 17 6 1,686,064 i,746,ii5 218,079 222,149 1,904,143 1,968,264

1891. 1892. 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 Gisborne Greymouth .. Hokitika Invercargill.. Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui .. Wellington .. Westport 4,682,483 347,880 3,723,590 3,631,979 184,587 338,429 168,311 1,366,937 1,191,918 5ig,662 382,551 472,355 377,ii7 896,610 I,i8g,o84 4,072,614 199,355 313,870 42,709 204,353 260,831 36,965 63,982 23,141 ioi,579 log, in 64,181 43,256 26,482 56,652 44,618 92,3" 44 I > II 5 43,108 670 12-28 5'49 7-i8 2003 18-91 1375 7'43 9-15 12-36 11-31 5'6i 1502 4-98 7-76 10-83 21-62 5,039,528 340,483 4,026,607 3,783,429 214,942 367,081 169,637 1,429,038 1,270,646 605,280 481,052 488,631 356,317 872,274 1,331,850 4,575,584 178,425 3°3, 130 35,475 195,660 245, 160 36,850 54,M4 22,358 109,135 "3,303 59,190 44,792 26,080 47,860 43,38o 90,174 441,564 35,828 6-oi 10-42 4-86 6-48 17-14 I 475 1318 7-64 8-92 978 9'3i 5'34 I3-43 4'97 677 9-65 2O'o8 :ar. Number of Letters. Number ofTelei -rams Pr°P°rtioi 1 of Telegrams sen :ry 100 Letters. 1892 1891 1890 1889 1888 1887 1886 1885 1884 1883 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 25,530,804 23,745,462 21,501,937 21,026,837 19,502,704 18,711,329 18,188,144 16,458,477 16,020,056 14,834,217 H,546,74 8 11,059,677 io,8g5,gg8 7,065,510 7,374,7 85 6,078,384 5,540,920 4,731,873 4,059,517 3,209,837 2,828,372 2,418,021 2,626,947 2,374,060 2,749,488 1,938,578 1,904,143 1,968,264 1,961,161 I,8o2,g88 1,765,863 1,835,394 1,836,266 J ,774,273 1,654,305 i,5g9,4OO 1,570,189 1,438,772 1,304,712 i,oo8,4og 1,448,943 1,260,324 1,124,432 1,051,086 917,218 752,899 568,g6o 411,677 312,874 185,423 146,167 106,104 7-46 8-29 9-12 8-57 9'O5 g-8 1009 10-78 1032 10-78 10-79 13-00 11-97 14-27 19-64 20-71 20-29 22'2I 22-59 23-45 19-76 I7-O2 n-gi 7-81 5-32 5-47