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Traffic over Cable for Year ended 31st December, 1900, showing proportion earned by the New Zealand-Sydney Cable.

POST OFFICE. Articles posted and deliveked. The number of articles posted in the colony, and received from places outside the colony, during 1900, as compared with the number in 1899, was as under : — Letters— 1900. 1899. Increase. Posted in the colony .. .. .. 36,185,045 35,032,452 Eeceived from places outside the colony .. 2,477,251 2,348,219 88,662,296 37,380,671 1,281,625 Letter-cards — Posted in the colony ~ .. .. 1,236,183 1,103,700 132,483 Post-cards— Posted in the colony .. .. ... 1,858,064 1,605,383 Received from places outside the colony .. 50,451 37,668 1,908,515 1,643,051 265,464 Books and pattern-packets— Posted in the colony .. .. .. 16,111,221 16,211,572 Received from places outside the colony .. 1,604,181 1,448,286 17,715,402 17,659,858 55,544 . ii—F. 1.

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hitivart Ordinary. Press. Messages. Words. Amount. Messages. Words. Amount. International New South "Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania ... Victoria Western Australia 11,947 28,516 1,496 1,306 1,599 15,598 1,813 158,511 341,96818,886 18,777 19,337 187,783 23,442 £ s. d. 1,975 16 0 4,104 3 0 222 14 1 222 13 4 233 2 2 2,242 13 10 277 0 9 96 911 7,315 130,630 £ s. d. 30 9 7 542 18 11 27 1,350 5 12 6 Totals 62,275 768,704 9,278 3 2 1,034 139,295 579 1 0 Moan Messages, Words. Amount. Ordinary Press 62,275 1,034 768,704 139,295 & s. d. 9,278 3 2 579 1 0 Totals 63,309 907,999 9,857 4 2 Inward. Ordinary Press Totals 55,601 743,492 3,666 278,689 i 59,267 1,022,181 8,281 8 8 1,170 13 11 9,452 2 7 I Grand Totals. Outward Inward 63,309 59,267 907,999 1,022,181 9,857 4 9,452 2 2 7 122,576 1,930,180 19,309 6 9