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APPENDIX F. Return of Letters despatched Seaward from the several Head Post Offices of New Zealand, during the year 1859, to other places within the colony. LETTERS.

March Quarter. JlXE QUARTER. September Quarter. December Quarter. Year 1859. OFFICES. Company's Steamers. Sailing Vessels. Company's Steamers. Sailing Vessels. Company's Steamers. Sailing Vessels. Company's I Soiling Steamers. I Vassels. Company's Steamers. Sailing Vessels. Auckland 1,561 4,699 1,490 3,866 1,964 4,030 4,271 3,104 9,286 15,699 New JPltmoutii ... 645 545 714 9 519 782 2 2,660 556 Napier 140 884 461 546 325 964 847 524 1,773 2,918 Wellington 693 10,375 5,497 13,429 1,650 4,690 4,181 2,513 12,021 31,007 Nelson 1,961 3,169 12,056 4,583 1,590 3,805 2,858 2,813 18,465 14,370 Ltttelton 1,027 1,111 2,015 889 1,828 1,028 2,894 261 7,764 3,289 Dcnedin 232 858 371 882 288 896 1,279 627 2,170 3,263 Totals 6,259 21,041 22,604 24,204 8,164 15,413 17,112 9,844 54,139 71,102 N.B. —The Wellington and Nelson portions of this Return, for the quarters ending March and June, include Letters originating in the United Kingdom, and addressed to other Provinces in New Zealand. These having been sorted in the Wellington and Nelson Offices, could not be separated in this table from other correspondence despatched from those Provinces.