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Registered Letters. The number of registered articles dealt with in 1905, compared with the numbers in 1890, 1900, and 1904, is shown below: —

Official Correspondence. The estimated volume and value of official and other free correspondence posted during 1905 is given in the statement below:—

The estimated postage value of officiarcorrespondence was £94,252 ss. 7d.

Dead Letters. The following comparative table shows the number of unclaimed letters, letter-cards, and post-cards dealt with in the Dead-letter Office and by Chief Postmasters during the undermentioned years:—

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1890. 1900. 1904. 1905. Postal Districts. From «„„,-«. Plnpfic rtegisteredin be t y° the coioV 0ol °-yTotals. From Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. From E ,, Plnepta -KeglShI™t,A teredin be X ona the Colony. <*»ony. Totals. Places **&*■ Colony. Colony. Totals. Auckland Thames New Plymouth .. Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington Blenheim Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Christchurch Timaru 7,119 130 341 118 999 211 6,129 92 322 112 102 95 . 3,659 312 278 4,615 1,740 34,398 4,781 3,372 2,120 10,911 6,060 30,369 3,193 3,430 3,254 8,879 2,579 20,404 3,551 2,505 19,696 9,819 41,517 4,911 3,713 2,238 11,910 6,271 36,498 3,285 3,752 3,366 8,981 2,674 24,063 3,863 2,783 24,311 11,559 18,108 267 1,310 421 1,659 2,151 9,513 116 644 354 680 94 5,404 1,196 120 6,954 3,352 101,533 19,912 16,903 7,193 26,685 24,980 85,915 6,371 14,726 6,974 11,606 4,344 49,049 9,973 8,880 44,003 24,989 119,641 20,179 18,213 7,614 28,344 27,131 95,428 6,487 15,370 7,328 12,286 4,438 54,453 11,169 9,000 50,957 28,341 516,379 25,746 310 2,017 373 8,584 2,530 20,886 147 1,708 1,059 840 534 8,276 798 140 8,215 6,742 88,905 140,533 18,573 17,455 6,948 25,318 33,167 145,256 8,805 19,383 8,759 15,125 9,937 62,440 10,368 6,562 57,759 27,307 613,695 166,279 18,883 19,472 7,321 33,902 35,697 166,142 8,952 21,091 9,818 15,965 10,471 70,716 11,166 6,702 65,974 34,049 22,103 294 2,995 476 1,813 2,620 20,935 171 1,837 936 719 550 10,293 1,410 147 8,160 6,495 158,466 20,346 19,202 7,874 26,297 35,239 157,517 9,854 19,514 7,481 11,412 10,535 73,304 10,548 6,967 59,473 32,252 i180,569 i 20,640 I 22,197 8,350 28,110 37,859 178,452 10,025 21,351 8,417 12,131 11,085 83,597 11,958 7,114 67,633 38,747 Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill Totals 26,374 169,321 195,695 52,343 464,036 702,600 666,281 748,235 81,954

District. Letters. Packets. Registered Articles. Newspapers. Auokland Thames New Plymouth .. Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington Blenheim Nelson .. ... Westport Greymouth Hokitika Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill 1,088,828 104,767 168,064 62,816 299,767 294,398 1,442,688 76,505 153,881 42,016 52,663 55,497 499,863 124,761 58,435 767,520 361,426 12,406 2,960 15,800 2,376 15,632 5,020 626,610 1,869 7,312 1,091 4,785 3,963 51,823 6,300 1,307 67,315 21,561 39,162 3,369 4,731 1,264 2,371 7,900 40,728 1,510 6,041 1,895 2,989 4,602 32,270 520 1,004 20,390 9,768 71,238 37,502 62,835 19,959 62,714 110,830 552,563 29,306 52,980 28,170 44,978 31,900 126,498 28,500 29,899 236,490 79,570 Totals 5,653,895 848,130 180,514 1,605,932

Manner of Disposal. 1884. 1885. 1890. 1895. 1896. j 1898. 1899. I 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. I j 1905. •pened and returned to the writers Returned unopened to other countries teissued )estroyed Returned unopened by Chief Postmasters 68,942 9,134 107 3,986| 17,593 66,592 8,115 185 2,872 19,187 60,540 61,065 63,112 7,77912,929 7,546 141 199 148 2,660 3,617 4,069 21,93125,980 26,414 93,051103,7901101,289 68,872 8,899 219 3,368 33,273 74,132 9,706 178 4,536 22,915i ! 76,692100,036107,476 9,707 12,251 14,401 265 *5,112tl3,373 4,900 5,705 6,249 40,282 44,523 54,285 131,846167,627195,784 i 107,271 18,176 203 9,579 93,920 119,642 26,048 234 12,167 85,670 125,106 26,943 265 18,060 97,267 " Totals '"'','. 99,762 96,951 114,631 111,467 229,149 243,761 267,641 * Including 4,911 troopers' letters. i Including 13,180 troopers' letters.