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Table No. 12. Table showing the Estimated Number of Letters and Letter-cards, Post-cards, Book-packets, Newspapers, and Parcels posted and delivered in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand during the Year ended 31st December, 1908.

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Postal Districts. Posted in the Dominion. I_«er-__r_s. Post - card »- Books, &c. Newspapers. Parcels. Posted in the Dominion. Letters and Letter-cards. Postcards. Delivered in the Dominion. Newspapers. Parcel?. I'etteV-ardi Post-cards. Books, &c. | Newspapers. Parcels. Total posted and delivered. Books, &c. Auckland ■ Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth .. Oamaru Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington Westport 14,871 ,642 1,076, 709 12,379,469 10,408,332 1,152,789 1,025,981 467,720 4,698,275 4,274,653 1,881,098 2,290,355 1,213,019 i,577,6i7 2,4io,539 5,403,955 20, 54 1,606 676,481 86,350,240 1,080,807 58,409 1,056,913 940,693 72,254 60,736 26,988 370,149 271,674 132,847 156,416 57,733 118,586 173,979 408,057 1,184,768 51,675 6,222,684 6,091 ,748 4,288,149 225,115 2,782,378 4.'37.793 306,549 165,306 100,876 1,057,286 1,092,601 395.590 527.379 202,514 260, 968 449,448 1,664,144 6,402,397 86,470 3.795.786 288,691 2,615,981 2,387,222 472,455 343,915 120,432 779,977 876,526 272,675 552,747 148,707 296,517 345,042 1,114,109 4,496,702 129,298 14,205,425 6,470 1,111,851 H3,342 13,350,376 ,109,052 10,726,547 11,731 1,331,616 , 9,031 1,199,159 6,068 606,619 21,238 5,360,199 34,500 4,662,359 17,256 1,830,998 ' 12,906 2,631,629 5,186 1,329,887 ; 9,781 1,719,328 9,050 2,521, 688 41,268 5,699,876 1244,073 119,978,088 j 6,741 824,226 925,886 79,794 1,017,861 1,618,513 84,409 83,421 62,660 517.972 300, 040 146,185 190,905 83,070 124,163 173,966 479,869 1,691,040 64,077 3.434.639: 265,265 2,906 ,215 3,829,280 314.964 214,760 266,032 1,924,169 1,358,669 477,7" 495,625 290, 082 333,9i8 483,470 2,069,223 6,240, 169 193,687 2,946,567219,154 29,077,067 415,688 6,995 2,188,560 2,529.995122,550 25,729,845 2,714,023117,909 21,134,879. 649,441! 12,684' 2,484,405 618,579 9,765 2,225,140 226,551 6,561 1,074,3391 1,232,907 22,963 10*058, 474J 1,308,229 37,302 8,937,012 579,189 18,658 3,712,096 907,712 13,954 4.921,984 248,963 5,607 2,542,906 504,153 10,575 3,296,945 534,118 9,785 4,932,227 1,921,049 44,620 11,103,831 4,712,422263,898 40,519,694! 272,545 7.287 1,500,707; 2,006,693 7,722,788 j 6,742,353 j 138,203 490,380 704,379 : 2,074,774 5,688,593 5,145,976 2,559,206 7,967,073 5,101,245 156,6635 621,513 j 1,121,896 144, 157 1 380,066 962,494 89,64S 366, 908 346, 983 888,121 2,981,455 2,012,884 571,714 2,451,270 2,184,755 279,032 873,301 851,864 347,321 1,023,004 1,460,459 140,803 492,596 397.670 242,749 594,886 800,670 347.945 1 932,9i8 879,160 887,926 3.733.367 3.035.158 2,875,80812,642,566 9,209,124 115,752 280,157 401.843 :3,866, 51549, 242, 841 41,358,913 421,841 13.465 235,892 226,961 24,415 18,796 12,629 44,201 71,802 35,9M 26,860 io,793 20,356 18,835 85,888 507,971 14,028 1,790,647 Totals 24,144,963 19,036,782 860,380 89,089,871 7,643,83125,097,878 6,457,75021,520,083 22,322,131930,267175,440,111 13,866,515! 49,242,841 Previous year 79,462,425 1,208,925 17,974,047 680,935 20,888,816776,528 159,680,654 142,729,008 38,862,863 1.457.463 80,218,229 12,549,4981