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The amount paid for the carriage of mails by unsubsidised vessels was £5,729 os. 9Jd. 3,459 private boxes were let, which, with the fees on 288 private bags, produced a revenue of £4,019 ss. Fbee Official Coeeespondence. The estimated value of the official or free correspondence for the year is given in the statement underneath:—
The estimated value of the free correspondence for 1886 was £75,606 lls. lid. Eegisteeed Lettees. The number of registered letters dealt with, compared with the numbers in 1884, 1885, and 1886, is shown below :—
The number of unregistered letters detected with money enclosures and compulsorily registered is largely on the increase, notwithstanding the repeated cautions given the public against sending money-letters through the post unless registered. In the hope of more effectually checking the evil, it is the intention to consider the advisableness of reducing the registration fee. Dead Lettebs. The number of unclaimed letters received and disposed of during the under-mentioned years is shown in the following table :—
The unclaimed letters dealt with show a decrease of 649 per cent, compared with the number disposed of in the previous year. 18,097 book-packets and circulars were returned to foreign countries, 11,941 were returned to
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Postal Districts. Letters. Books. Value. Postal Districts. Letters. Books. Value. Auckland Chames jisborne lew Plymouth .. Napier (Vanganui rVcllington kelson /Vestport jreymouth lb. oz. 23,486 8 1,501 12 1,003 0 2,379 9 2,927 7 6,127 1 140,835 11 3,730 2 1,382 1 1,703 5 lb. oz. 16,063 14 2,126 0 1,107 0 1,800 0 5,096 0 5,595 0 256,031 0 2,620 0 917 8 1,166 14 £ s. d. 6,970 9 4 473 11 8 304 7 4 721 2 3 950 10 4 1,825 11 5 49,972 13 11 1,091 15 8 399 2 8 493 2 3 Hokitika Blenheim Gliristohurcli .. Timaru Oamara D unedin Invercargill lb. oz. 1,991 8 1,837 0 8,589 0 3,143 0 1,445 7 8,136 6 3,154 15 lb. oz. 850 0 4,784 0 12,472 0 2,110 0 1,875 0 10,514 4 2,153 2 £ s. d. 559 8 0 654 6 8 2,706 2 8 910 16 10 447 19 0 2,570 8 6 913 18 0 Totals 213,373 12 327,281 10 71,965 6 6
1884. 1885. 1880. 1887. Postal Districts. From Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. From Places beyond tho Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. From Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. From Places beyond the Colony. Registered in the Colony. Totals. <Uickland rhames .. New Plymouth 3-isborne .. Napier Wanganui Wellington Nelson Westport .. jreymouth Eokitika .. Blenheim jkristehurch rimaru Damaru .. Dunedin .. [nveroargill 5,803 217 560 141 1,037 316 3,654 969 61 133 185 112 4,429 341 228 4,077 1,456 19,852 2,913 3,266 903 4,518 4,898 18,250 3,005 1,290 1,911 1,333 1,397 17,297 3,311 1,638 12,192 7,649 25,655 3,130 3,826 1,044 5,555 5,214 21,904 4,034 1,351 2,044 1,518 1,509 21,726 3,052 1,800 16,869 9,105 5,890 205 G75 108 892 283 4,757 559 45 125 173 181 3,717 440 316 5,645 1,614 22,124 2,879 2,876 922 5,453 4,500 19,218 2,432 1,438 2,835 1,907 1,413 13,078 3,153 1,947 12,737 0,601 28,014 3,084 3,551 1,030 6,345 4,783 23,975 2,991 1,483 2,960 2,080 1,594 17,395 3,593 2,203 18,382 8,275 5,340 212 551 111 934 185 4,452 326 06 159 177 112 4,048 512 324 6,108 1,729 18,702 3,850 2,075 1,133 6,769 5,081 20,942 2,410 2,105 3,120 2,014 1,421 13,825 2,942 2,048 13,069 8,040 24,048 4,062 3,226 1,244 7,703 5,266 25,394 2,730 2,171 3,285 2,191 1,533 17,873 3,454 2,372 19,177 9,709 5,996 149 343 81 992 183 5,581 349 39 88 162 113 3,603 405 256 4,172 851 22,743 2,613 2,653 1,736 0,831 3,980 22,148 2,944 2,318 5,630 1,720 1,514 15,169 2,727 2,350 14,760 7,035 28,739 2,762 2,996 1,817 7,823 4,103 27,729 3,293 2,357 5,724 1,888 1,027 18,772 3,132 2.G12 18,932 7,886 Totals 24,319 105,083 130,002 25,025 100,173 131,798 25,352 110,152 135,504 23,363 118,889 142,252
Manner of Disposal. 1880. 1881. 1882. 1883. 1884. 1885. 1886. 1887. Ipened and returned to the writers Returned unopened to other countries .. leissued )estroyed Returned unopened by Chief Postmasters 60,977 10,503 240 5,135 52,038 9,372 159 3,969 53,507 8,539 54 6,189 69,452 8,143 67 3,302 68,942 9,134 107 3,986 06,592 8,115 185 2,872 00,729 8,359 251 6,600 62,847 7,287 96 5,974 11,160 12,810 14,378 15,833 17,593 19,187 21,144 20,185 Totals 88,015 78,348 82,667 90,797 99,762 96,951 103,083 96,389
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