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Table No. 21. Number of Letters forwarded in each Postal District during the Year ended 31st December, 1881; Number of Telegrams forwarded in each Postal District during the Year ended 31st March, 1882, and the Proportion of Telegrams to every 100 Letters; together with a similar Return for the previous Year.

Table No. 22. Ordinary and Press Telegrams despatched during the Four Quarters ended 31st March, 1881, also for each Quarter of the Year ended 31st March, 1882, and the Revenue derived from each Class.

1880:r. 11.: •2. Districts. Number of Letters. Number of Telegrams. Proportion of Telegrams to every 100 Letters. Number of Letters. I Number of Telegrams. Proportion of Telegrams to every 100 Letters. Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hokitika Invercargill Napier ... Nelson ... New Plymouth ... Oamaru Thames ... Timaru ... Wanganui Wellington Westport 1,695,785 124,03 1 2,.337,o8o 2,083,002 184,004 127,187 523,034 425,612 3'4,82.3 136,734 310,757 112,269 5i3,i8o 463,519 1,497,640 47,341 230,820 26,410 155,847 189,485 34,42.3 24,462 62,905 59,156 57,636 4',77o 31,079 17,008 4i,474 74,595 241,357 16,285 1361 21-29 6-66 909 187 1923 12'02 1389 18-3 3055 IO 2,185,787 127,990 2,257,562 2,036,402 '78,372 266,623 134,262 521,338 379,5oo 268,451 163,657 297,687 118,054 5i3,335 479,2So 1,172,699 58,708 243,500 26,850 165,825 209,291 21,791 42,696 22,943 68,458 67,824 59,954 50,158 30,306 18,094 41,2.33 81,236 266,791 21,822 II'I4 20-98 7'35 10-27 27-8 1601 17-08 1313 17-87 22-33 30-64 10-18 I5'i5 8-o8 1609 16-11 34'39 IS'32 803 i6'9S 22-75 37''7

Year. Number of Letters. Number of Telegrams. 'roportion of Telegrams sent to every 100 Letters. 1881-82 ... 1880-81 ... [879-80 (for nine months only) '878-79 877-78 ... 876-77 87S-76 874-75 873-74 ••• 872-73 871-72 ... 870-71 ... 869-70 ... 868-69 ... 867-68 ... 11,059,677 10,895,998 7,065,510 7,374,786 6,078,384 5,540,920 4,731,873 4,059,5'7 3,209,837 2,828,372 2,418,021 2,626,947 2,374,060 2,749,488 1,938,578 1,438,772 1,058,342 1,008,409 1,448,943 1,260,324 1,124,432 1,051,086 917,218 752,899 568,960 4H,677 312,874 185,423 146,167 106,104 •3 97i 14-27 1964 20'7I 20-29 22'2I 22-59 23'4S I9'76 17-02 11-91 7-81 6"I2 5'47

June Quarter. September Quarter. December Quarter. March Quarter. Totals. Telegrams. Number. Revenue Derived. Number. Revenue Derived. Number. Revenue Derived. Number. Revenue Derived. Number. Revenue Derived. 1880-81. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s.d. £ s. d. £ s. d. (rdinary ... 254,778 16,334 1 o 225,928 14,985 14 2 247,906 16 3 o 11 2 9 255,090 16,521 o 5 983,702 63,851 18 4 'ress 16,618 1,439 in 17,326 1,801 o 10 16,002 1,174 o 9 24,694 1,368 10 9 74,640 5,782 14 3 Totals... 271,396 17,773 2 11 243,254 16,786 15 o 263,908, 17,'85 3 6 279,784 17,889 11 2 1,058,342 69,634 12 7 1881-82. Irdinary ... 253,797 16,286 1 6 256,347 16,268 8 5 285,452 18,128 3 6 299,042 18,366 10 2 1,094,638 69,049 3 7 'ress 25,733 i,65S 18 1 3i,47i 2,120 8 9 32,960 1,758 15 n 3i»°47 i,554 7 o 121,211 7,o89 9 9 Totals... 19,920 17 2 279,530 i7,94i 19 7 287,818, 18,388 17 2 318,412 19,886 19 5 330,089 1,215,849 76,138 13 4