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Table No. 15. Table showing the Estimated Postal Revenue, and the Estimated Number of Letters, Post-cards, Books, and Newspapers delivered and posted, within the several Postal Districts, during the Years 1885, 1890, 1893, and 1894.

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Postal Districts. Revenue. Delivered. Letters. Posted. j Delivered. Posted. Post-cards. Delivered. Books. Posted. Newspapers. Delivered. Posted. uckland — 1885 1890 1893 1894 £ s. d. 37,636 12 5 50,005 16 1 52,728 17 8 44,642 6 o 3,776,630 5,083,429 5,354,024 5,324,644 3,206,294 4,286,499 4,697,927 4,'38,758 126,646 208,780 215,306 205,361 127,946 233,845 345,241 220,298 277,927 620,217 i,7°5,769 1,519,648 176,150 660,281 1,426,71 I 1,401,530 1,400,906 2,152,878 2,209,376 1,827,267 1,339,468 2,'55,°4° 2,045,303 1,899,768 'names — 1885 1890 1893 1894 3,887 11 3 3,92O 5 7 3,821 10 3 4,014 15 11 369,100 435,656 429,429 442,169 359,55° 347,538 369,720 39 2 >535 '0,374 15,041 15,860 20,436 11,310 10,701 I3,3'2 13,689 24,674 56,680 88,855 87,061 18,681 24,33° 44,876 49,8i6 240,569 2 24.939 222,313 230,529 187,317 111,172 101,413 113,685 New Plymouth— 1885 1890 ■893 1894 3,210 16 4 3,812 1 7 5,54i 9 1 6,562 3 9 261,426 323,49 2 538,616 619,710 225,966 308,016 537,784 600,418 23,179 24,154 34,5' 5 45,188 24,°37 29,083 41 184 33,735 34-545 48,490 91,35! 206,687 26,676 20,076 59,'5° 91,689 168,844 208,8191 282,24s 1 384,982 98,280 107,141 171.093 '97,145 Gisborne— 1885 1890 1893 1894 ',545 '3 ° 2,353 9 8 2,635 2 1 2,652 12 o 153.998 198,744 263,510 277,082 132,210 180,656 245,076 237,003 1,846 4,810 6 ,773 6,331 2.990 2,560 3,575 22,373 10,699 63,232 42,822 74,997 12,870 34,99i 23,309 33,774 115,089 167,193 217,360 220,545 71,682 71, >o' 70,902 67,210 apier— 1885 1890 1893 ■894 7.953 16 o 10,953 '8 2 15,219 o o 15,683 19 9 795,236 1,039,636 1,555,762 i,7°9,539 711,282 998,733 1,370,486 1,502,059 21,203 38,675 69,225 79,755 21,437 33,52i 72.436 55,692 75.283 121,212 377,702 437,853 52,286 165,202 324.974 377.884 354,159 474,59' 618,397 669,318 309,985 338,990 408,486 415,805 Wanganui — 1 Sft - 188 5 1890 l893 1894 8,219 18 7 11,955 4 7 14,210 18 8 '4,928 11 3 872,430 1,038,882 1,363,869 1,503,814 7'°,775 1,078,236 1,358,136 1,407,900 34,658 63,089 99,528 108,654 36,504 65,440 98,813 110,253 137,956 109,850 295.100 388,154 52,871 146,583 284,284 357,773 441,792 469,35 2 673,'4° 722,410] 193,700 229,893 332,384 353,353 Wellington— 1885 1890 ■893 1894 68,085 '4 7 76,912 9 9 80,737 2 9 84,733 9 0 2,813,460 -3,766,685 4,946,916 5,159,362 2,375.529 3.7'i.877 4,96i,593 5, O 39,593 66,443 '34,498 '97,32 7 191,880 65,104 115.071 199,329 186,056 241,020 524,589 1,156,116 950,924 387,140 750,905 1 186,120 1,613,846 848,601 1,327,664 1,666,847 ',723,865 897,728 1,340,232 ',283,503 1,397,344 lelson — 1885 1890 1893 1894 4,667 18 1 5,103 6 o 6,292 17 5 5,230 12 5 456,222 464,477 549.510 5'5' 8 4o 411,034 443,755 526,162 5'6,087 10.S43 22,334 21,957 24,037 13.234 21,848 25,363 23,231 55,536 62,517 99.645 80,704 35,526 62,840 109,408 103,727 203,346 234,767 237,874 206,895 "7.923 124,341 124,423 111,644 Westport— ,885 1890 1893 1894 1,432 19 2 1,967 2 1 2,222 19 8 2,286 3 3 121,589 190,879 193,024 186,602 114,699 169,889 185,484 186,303 3,7i8 5,642 5.369 7.423 2,73° 5,54' 3,432 9,45 1 10,634 21,164 39.'3O 54,756 5,547 9,i 12 17,056 27,1 18 83,772 '56,936 150,696 146,068 45,ii9 73,686 83.590 92,846 Grey mouth — 1885 1M90 1893 1894 2,920 o 8 3,973 1 10 4, 103 17 6 4,139 H 3 266,682 368,108 329,537 324.3H 227,929 347,354 366,067 391,898 6,240 9,'&5 8,853 i°,'79 5,330 8,548 8,788 '3,'95 26,546 52,975 7i.°32 107,21 1 14,690 37.°79 50,843 82,745 '9O.554 253,474 219,700 219,739 136,552 136,106 157,781 152,321 Hokitika— 1885 1890 1893 1894 2,154 3 1 i>996 5 4 2,189 11 5 2,000 11 10 208,975 187,889 219,700 199,212 169,065 '58,755 181,233 170,1 18 6,214 8,333 6,227 7,982 6,071 5.003 4.056 4.576 21,615 31,356 42,380 35,O48 10,361 16,675 23,166 16,978 168,766 i4i,'93 '75.5'3 154.96° 85,003 65,781 88,361 7 6,.6 7 Blenheim — 1885 1890 1893 1894 2,952 6 o 3,908 14 7 3.822 3 1 3,986 9 10 308,529 334,815 403,221 374,673 242,619 3'7,523 343,63 s 369,122 ii,479 10,608 14,911 13,000 4,173 9,007 9,256 11,804 31,525 49,45 2 "13,178 154,154 13,936 41,176 57,278 63,115 154,544 204,711 252,161 2^9,427 78,520 89.323 ' 13, 126 126,113 Christchurch— ■ 885 1890 1893 1894 31,836 10 o 36,226 7 6 42,100 14 1 41,067 7 10 3,212,638 3,398,291 3,754,920 4,010,591 2,848,443 3,398,556 4,090,099 4,070,768 129,549 186,329 200,161 164,034 145, O 54 181,128 193,206 i75,7o8 266,223 384,475 '.372,605 799,383 269,438 505,820 1 107,327 849,563 i,O5',934 949,806 1 182,896 ■,'47,783J ','95.558 1,260,362 ',795.599 1,630,278 'imam— 1885 1890 1893 1894 6,454 6 2 8,783 M 4 9,063 14 9 8,510 2 5 783,900 782,184 859,144 876,005 607,516 771,361 815,854 870,168 33,670 5O,O37 62,101 62,803 33,553 45.745 53,352 57>'22 69,593 97,786 212,966 264,758 35,2°4 99,251 212,446 262,054 234,260 274,001 339,95° 294,242 127,036 148,566 147,004 156,455 Oamaru — 1885 1890 1893 1894 3,998 7 6 4,355 19 6 4,553 13 4 5,045 3 8 569,101 447,213 485,823 54',6'9 37°,7 2 ' 409,695 469,222 545,545 '5,587 30,615 29,692 34.398 '5,99° 26,247 26,546 25,428 52,156 59,423 127,166 155,805 26,403 49,8i5 62,088 78,390 271,180 '34,355 ' 73,654 176,098 106,444 85,713 •°2,557 103,818 Dunedin — 1885 1890 1893 1894 32,468 19 10 36,908 12 2 38,571 '3 4 39,282 8 o 3,231.124 3,M7>69o 3,463,005 3,543,397 2,820,025 3,406,250 3.699,9'7 3,7'8,8 5 8 97,812 138,320 200,421 176,072 119,119 136,841 202,007 '77,67i 240,409 396,162 1,382,368 893,087 373,035 495,592 1,148,017 1,100,619 1,168,778 1,233.895 1,286,740 1,329,809 1,284,114 ' ',350.466 ',355,549 Invercargill— 1885 1890 ■893 1894 9,873 14 10 12,296 1 2 15,346 2 8 16,192 5 o ■ 170,338 1,207 193 1,630,694 1,735,799 924,820 1 167,244 i.5 26 .33° 1,666,834 54,56i 69,004 121,342 140,361 31,629 60,936 87,646 108,537 94,367 138,749 393.°94 472.7°6 87,438 201,073 411>736 389,428 588,276 612,638 79o,439 809,718 2 74.079 399,086 480,740 538,434 Totals— 1885 1890 '893 1894 229,299 7 6 275,432 9 11 303,161 7 9 300,958 16 2 ■9'37 W378 22,415,263 26,340,704 27.344.369 16,458,477 21,5° '.937 25.744.745 25.^23,967 653,722 1,019,434 1,309,568 1,297.894 666,211 991,065 1.387,542 1,248,819 1,670,708 2,838,329 7,611,279 6,682,936 1,595,252 3,320,801 6,548,789 6,900,049 7,685,370 9,221,212 10,699,299 1°,483,655 6,548,508 8,691,522 8,856,731 8,787,935