NEW ZEALAND POSTAL SERVICE.

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Table No. 11. COMPARATIVE TABLE showing the POSTAL REVENUE and NUMBER of LETTERS and NEWSPAPERS Received at and Despatched from the several POSTAL DISTRICTS in NEW ZEALAND, in each Year, from 1858 to 1871, both inclusive.

Let: ?ers. Newspapers. Postal Districts. Revenue. Received. Despatched. Keceived. Despatched. Auckland — 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 £ s. d. 1,978 1 7 2,521 16 7 3,079 1 5 3,679 16 4 4,045 5 3 5,254 10 10 8,507 13 1 11.548 4 5 9,653 16 5 7,848 5 5 8,754 16 7 10,814 0 5 10,246 15 3 12.549 7 9 65,874 82,678 ' 122,807 170,065 185,755 281,834 528,633 514,421 438,945 379,254 461,861 578,471 653,700 692,462 67,447 90,595 125,535 1.77,070 196,282 322,595 531,279 528,509 440,613 361,362 411,812 495,315 619,466 603,928 104,379 108,523 133,367 157,017 179,256 211,426 312,248 318,569 327,937 254,973 293,742 396,232 436,809 515,532 114,988 136,789 177,839 238,642 302,815 453,535 813,452 727,170 561,148 179,049 130,546 166,928 282,471 227,121 Taranaki — 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 274 17 8 300 0 2 506 11 1 528 16 0 403 0 2 498 2 1 818 19 5 984. 14 3 821 10 8 687 14 2 645 12 2 647 16 1 593 6 4 820 2 5 14,017 15,676 31,100 33,120 22,227 28,672 42,274 52,498 42,705 28,399 28,554 20,249 30,767 42,191 14,554 16,223 33,781 35,110 23,195 32,701 43,520 52,082 43,285 27,976 29,452 26,578 28,320 39,806 19,142 18,474 26,834 29,599 24,818 31,668 57,547 66,448 61,194 29,775 26,153 28,458 27,315 30,759 9,812 10,720 21, 549 23,948 14,341 19,338 22,654 25,128 20,170 11,052 15,423 13,533 15,308 15,457 Hawke's Bay— 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 153 6 11 296 6 7 444 17 10 505 7 11 593 9 1 679 10 10 889 17 4 1,107 13 7 1,372 7 8 1,431 9 8 1,390 0 4 1,481 17 4 1,476 14 2 1,569 13 2 14,228 19,006 38,516 36,116 43,342 58,943 68,721 88,599 71,353 62,539 67,907 72,744 85,003 12,507 18,109 36,895 38,847 \ 48,717 .' 60,685 I 71,546 88,134 74, 993 73,216 65,967 76,553 92,297 15,037 21,261 27,885 35,434 67,441 88,979 94,718 82,945 56,760 50,198 '; 67,239 61,963 63,339 7,018 10,472 13,245 39,512 56,777 66,120 68,780 81,922 58,475 52,572 38,684 . 54,157 67,293 Wellington— 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1,299 11 5 1,397 10 7 1,501 0 7 1.662 8 11 1,959 17 11 2,043 17 5 2,469 1 4 5,176 6 10 6.663 14 2 10,701 17 4 12,579 4 7 12,179 1 8 12,674 5 3 24,040 10 0 84, 687 93,220 83,359 93,635 101,613 117,936 139,717 259,152 270,563 288,815 328,180 319,709 354,815 361,442 87,111 92,805 84,060 15,642 104,794 113,756 132,551 237,907 253,988 289,058 311,476 302,209 336,375 369,343 131,413 112,235 83,950 96,067 102,730 131,854 148,741 206,566 210,306 159,238 179,923 225,867 262,631 283,917 126,441 105,099 120,580 145,768 191,873 209,692 219,553 261,080 286,889 178,765 179,042 217,126 216,621 216,181 Nelson — 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 I 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 731 1 1 831 8 1 995 3 6 1,114 2 2 1,189 10 9 1,157 6 6 1,423 6 0 2,012 15 10 2,012 4 9 2,880 8 8 3,651 12 8 3,380 11 9 3,093 5 8 2,556 9 6 18,796 42,280 42,771 72,626 56,132 63,356 75,807 99,661 104,282 142,697 203,537 180,827 183,860 205,159 14,771 ' 57,911 58,767 ' 76,048 68,348 83,601 93,715 126,143 115,829 143,374 200,665 176,903 185,179 208,766 26,535 60,177 72,356 95,575 102,889 106,743 132,484 128,317 126,047 102,809 135,027 143,694 191,671 154,687 M. 31,123 83,272 97,120 113,843 117,150 129,787 161,614 130,436 158,877 83,252 112,948 105,830 123,821 133,805 JtlBOROUGH