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Registered Letters. The number of registered articles dealt with in 1906, compared wit.i the numbers in 1890, 1900, and 1905, is shown below:—
Official Correspondence. The estimated volume and value of official and other free correspondence posted during 1906 is given in the statement below : —
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:—
1890. 1900. 1905. 1900. Postal Districts. beyond *™» n Colony. Col °»yTotals. "= Is be t y h°e na Colony. , Colon yTotals. Places * e « is - 'Place's Ee S i8 " be'yoTd te^ d e l » Totals beyoTd *»*>« Totals. Colony. Colon y-| I Colony Col0ny - Auckland Thames New Plymouth .. Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington Blenheim Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill 7,119 ! 34,3981 130 4,78l' 341 3,372; 118 j 2,120 999 j 10,911 211 6,060| 6,129 30,369 : 92 3,193! 322 3,430! 112 3,254 102' 8,879! 95 2.579 1 3,659 20,404) 312 3,551 278 2,505 4,615 19,696' 1,740 9,819 41,517 4,911 3,713 2,238' 11,910; 6,27l! 36,498' 3,285 3,752 3,366 8,981 2,674 24,063; 3,863! 2,783: 24,311 11,559 18,108! 2671 1,310! 421 1,659! 2,151 9,518 116! 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 4,344l 49,049 9,973 8,880. 44,003! i 24,989 119,641 20,179 18,213 7,614 28,344 27,131 95,428 I 6,487 : 15,370 7,328 12,286 4,438 54,453 11,169 9,000 ! 50,957 28,341 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 !l58,466 20,346 19,202 7,874 26,297 35,239 !l57,517 9,854 ! 19,514 7,481 11,412 10,535 73,304 10,548 6,967 59,473 : 32,252 180,569| 20,640 ; 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 26,929 324 2,839 626 3,378 3,035 22,731 786 1,895 589 633 555 12,919 1,226 147 10,648 6,588 178,876 23,128 22,317 9,736 50,883 39,931 171,662 12,395 21,817 9,283 13,181 13,312 96,843 15,265 8,094 58,654 32,593 205,805 23,452 25,156 10,362 54,261 42,966 194,393 13,181 23,712 9,872 13,814 13,867 109,762 16,491 8,241 69,302 39,181 Totals 26,374 169,321 195,695 52,343 464,036! 516,379; 81,954 666,281 748,235 95,848 777,970 ,873,811
• District. Letters. Packets. Registered Articles. Newspapers. Auckland Thames New Plymouth .. Gisborne Napier Wanganui Wellington Blenheim Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Christchurch Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill 1,008,371 93,587 144,924 76,921 321,724 325,000 2,045,537 67,054 152,100 37,674 47,151 50,219 519,792 127,829 54,964 544,024 353,743 14,096 2,791 14,850 2,991 20,022 9,164 502,137 2,184 7,416 2,608 2,285 1,182 56,152 6,100 2,000 91,859 20,800 49,477 3,458 6,471 3,004 5,572 8,688 46,506 3,888 8,043 2,460 5,040 8,121 35,326 4,290 1,909 16,945 9,880 74,116 46,201 02,835 20,496 142,631 124,347 545,893 31,300 53,268 22,048 56,638 49,530 131,660 28,080 28,928 239,959 73,961 Totals 5,970,614 758,637 219,078 1,731,891 The estimated postage value of ifficial corresponi lence was £86,' 196 Is. 9d.
Manner of Disposal. 1884. | 1885. 1890. 1896. 1898. '• 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1908. 1904. 1905. 1906. ipened and returned to the writers teturned unopened to other countries leissued )estroyed Returned unopened by Chief Postmasters 68,942 66,592| 60,540 63,112 68,872 74,132; 76,692; 1100,036107,476 107,271 119,642 125,106137,210 ! 9,134 8,115 7,779 7,546 1411 148 2,660; 4,069 21,931 26,414 ' 93,051101,289 I 8,899 9,706; j 9,707 12,251| 14,401 •5,112+18,878 5,705 6,249 44,523 54,285 18,176 26,048 26,943 {32,062 107 3,986 17,593 : 185 2,872 19,187 219 3,368 33,273 178, 4,5361 22.915 1 265 4,900 40,282 203 9,579 93,920 234 12,167 85,670 265 358 18,060 27,575 97,267117,666 Totals ; 99,762 96,951 131,846 167,627195,784 114,631 111,467 229,149! |243,761 267,641314,871 * Including 4,911 troopers' letti .nutation postage-stamps which w ars. 7+ Including 13,18 'ere detained as being poi 0 troope] ited cont •s' letters. J Ii rary to the regulati icluding 6,161 posl ions, i-cards, a] id 1,000 post-cards bearing