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Table No. 11. — continued. 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.

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Letters. Newspapers. Postal Districts. Revenue. Received. Despatched. Received. Despatched. Marlborough— 1861 ... • 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 ... 1869 1870 1871 ... . £ s. d. 206 12 7 294 11 4 347 6 2 843 13 7 853 17 6 794 4 0 838 19 6 1,048 2 2 896 11 4 1,099 16 7 1,201 14 11 14,500 12,800 40, 967 83,990 59,507 64,117 47,890 48,391 54,812 87,174 62,647 14,171 12,334 34, 067 76,978 62,672 57,430 47,215 48,428 53,562 92,124 58,003 16,480 7,895 40,526 108,658 62,212 73, 335 45,477 43,592 57,796 71,467 54,948 5,591 10,289 37,268 67,778 73,354 65,419 34,264 35, 635 38,611 72, 202 30,279 Canterbury— 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 18G9 1870 1871 1,049 11 4 1,563 11 6 2,052 15 8 2,790 1 5 4,016 1G 7 5,498 18 1 7,326 15 9 10,158 1 9 14,342 11 10 15,471 9 8 *8,525 19 4 8,857 8 10 8,905 19 6 9,072 1 10 50,954 53,616 73,109 130,500 215,742 317,011 378,585 472,284 734,852 804,123 539,610 535,062 623,794 718,910 22,582 GO, 675 72,881 130,899 234,459 312,212 400,838 486,007 671,720 801,774 436,125 397,352 410,938 455,536 41,392 61,214 91,478 124,485 181, 881 405,404 307,616 381,360 512,138 571,558 398,326 342,274 353,651 338,356 27,1.61 48, 817 66,951 138,001 198,500 362,154 384,090 480,238 597,220 269,852 176,402 189,229 168,035 179,077 Westland — 1868 1869 1870 1871 4,771 7 11 4,292 18 1 2,252 4 4 3,395 7 3 251,108 223,369 212,689 235,179 242,479 242,400 225,157 240,405 152,666 151,624 165,380 215,463 106,860 116,393 123,906 162,782 Otago— 1858 1859 1860 , 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 ' 1868 1869 1870 1871 546 8 8 902 7 5 1,489 3 10 3,508 11 5 9,319 9 2 14,324 2 7 14,273 0 7 12,611 18 1 12,030 6 10 13,482 9 4 13,605 12 3 13,628 1 5 13,667 14 1 15,044 12 9 20,477 36,249 62,168 153,354 360,246 693,496 678,349 588,545 581,353 508,882 595,062 584,715 711,479 893,997 21,786 39,207 62,916 154,201 389,231 660,889 638,792 568,001 599,861 575,948 535,909 538,329 578,299 716,623 23,742 30,902 42,418 69, 692 187,132 368,449 459,095 439,733 470,820 378,784 545,450 574,691 582,593 651,633 28,229 41,099 63,175 114,433 310,883 549,869 680,917 551,303 501,341 519,253 502,521 535,131 558,799 833,137 Southland — 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 • 1869 1870 1871 112 11 3 828 14 0 2,482 7 5 2,741 17 10 2,012 7 4 1,894 17 1 1,970 12 2 2,106 1 6 1,805 18 11 1,758 15 2 1,696 5 10 13,500 31,104 100,331 126,473 93,396 79,372 76,918 84,235 71,414 82,910 92,903 14,796 33,007 106,765 135,491 102,321 82,990 81,209 84,560 75,445 74,536 91,657 13,636 32,751 110,632 142,903 111,660 89,806 71,146 82,232 89,017 113,454 83,616 4,444 23,947 105,124 131,568 79,920 80,525 56,406 64,357 64,790 26,808 58,323 Chatha3i Islands— 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 3 0 01 7 19 5 9 9 8 12 11 4 18 12 2 [ 29 4 6 23 1 4 12 1 11 No returns. No returns. No returns. No returns. No returns. Totals — 1858 1859 1860 1861 1.862 hi 1863 ::' 1864 K 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 6,024 5 8 7,812 19 1 10,068 13 11 14,108 8 8 22,710 14 3 32,329 1 11 39,302 4 4 46,475 9 3 49,598 4 9 55,331 18 1 57,107 14 0 58,007 7 2 55,780 18 3 70,249 19 7 254,605 337,947 434,320 603,209 1,021,735 1,687,945 2,051,265 2,208,285 2,404,788 2,408,331 2,603,077 2,642,535 3,018,932 3,290,990 228,251 369,923 456,049 633,559 1,100,497 1,715,303 2,099,877 2,235,188 2,353,856 2,402,909 2,374,122 2,374,060 2,620,947 2,784,707 346,603 406,562 471,664 630,436 854,786 1,474,125 1,758,271 1,809,583 1,959,528 1,670,520 1,907,309 ' 2,076,892 2,266,934 2,308,634 337,745 432,823 557,692 797,915 1,209,337 1,923,544 2,547,746 2,397,409 2,413,511 1,390,3G8 1,376,306 1,486,255 1,622,728 1,871,150 * The Westland returns have been separated from tho: •e of Canterbu: •y since the 1st of January, 1868.