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Table No. 16. Table showing the Number of Letters, Letter-cards, Post-cards, Books, Newspapers, and Parcels delivered by the Letter-carriers from the Post-offices within the several Postal Districts during the Year ended 31st December, 1898.

Postal Districts. Letters. Letter-cards. Post-cards. Rooks, &o. Newspapers. Parcels. Auckland Fhames Sew Plymouth .. jisborne Napier .. Wanganui Wellington kelson .. Westport "ireymouth Hokitika Blenheim 3hristclmrch Fimaru.. )amaru Dunedin [nvercarpill 3,053,885 380,654 3°4> IX 7 no, 172 513,906 4<M,335 2,369,979 179,214 78,787 166,621 83,023 89,464 1,726,441 250,088 Mi,777 1 ,439,262 466,777 86,377 10,764 8,599 3,"5 14,532 13,130 67,120 5,o68 2,228 4i7" 2,347 2,529 48,727 7,072 4,009 40,672 13,199 "2,773 36,3*6 35,722 2,834 21,648 36,027 85,090 9,590 3,973 9,403 4,859 6,040 86,442 17,866 9,556 86,806 49,499 605,320 127,826 100,824 12,301 150,185 294,040 394,160 51,427 11,819 56,501 16,120 38,172 615,546 105,637 32,345 517,351 175,454 671>439 142,841 200,087 30,824 124,294 193,116 602,616 99 > !03 39,431 46,182 57,995 44,601 434,866 62,413 24,894 400,077 168, 5CJ7 9,739 3,080 2,634 1,860 6,282 4,000 io,353 2,532 1,491 3,008 874 875 4,803 1,016 1,064 5,442 1,163 Totals n,8i8,5O2 334,199 287,120 614,444 3,305,028 3,343,37 6 60,216 Previous year .. II ,197,988 597,234 58,360 2,842,976 3,075,085