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Table No. 14. Table showing the Number of Letters, Letter-cards, Post-cards, Packets, Newspapers, and Parcels posted in New Zealand, and the Number received from beyond the Colony during the Year ended 31st December, 1900.

Articles subject to Postage. Articles exempt from Postage. Parcels. Service. Letters. Post-cards. Packets, including Printed Matter (except Newspapers), Commercial Papers, and Samples of Merchandise. Number. Weight. Lettercards. Newspapers. Letters. ! Packets. Registered Articles. Newspapers. Postage. Declared Value. Ordinary. | *&£ Single. Eeply paid. Ordinary. Registered. Posted. I Lb. £ s. d.j & s. a. Inland 30,859,307'242,656 1,236,183 1,819,226 1,193 15,389,089 30,582 \ 9,734,5793,144,727 258,906 89,428 935,211 188,314 656,664 11,016 11 1 Intercolonial 708,994 63,781 l,014,460| 25,906 32,582,761332,343 24,748 134 121,490 5,601 507,493 30,868 10,148 1,121,303 9,949 14,134 283,188 1,163 1 39,144 ! 4,163 [ 10,429 330 15 8 I 11,800 0 0 11,800 0 0 International 12,736 27 270,1581 3,611 1,308 I 9,644 ! 6,753 983,999 199,230 | 14,569 581 14 9 Totals .. : Q1 QQQ iyX * \JtJU J681.662 11,929 1 6 1,236,183 1,856,710 ! 1,354 J15,7SO,737J 39,794 ! I I Received. Intercolonial 1,055,060! 13,422 33,543 61 299,277 1,744 1,324,253 17,401 742 911 2,059 10,724 32,988 1,010 7 6 I 87,662 0 International 1,352,522 32,767 16,797 50,340 50 1,298,873 2,934 J 3,371,818 4,892 322 565 211 23,512 80,344 2,751 17 0j Totals ,. 2,407,582! 46,189 Ill 1,598,873 4,678 1,476 j 2,270 34,236 j 1113,332 J 3,762 4 6 87,662 0 4,696,071, 22,293 1,064