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Table No. 14. Table showing the Estimated Number of Letters, Letter-cards, Post-cards, Book-packets, Newspapers, and Parcels dealt with in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand during the Year ended 31st December, 1902.

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Posted in the Colony. Received from Places outside the Colony. Total Correspondence dealt with. Postal Districts. Parcels. Letters. °j * Books, &c. Newspapers. Parcels. Lettercards. Post-cards, j Books, &c. Letters. cards Post-cards. Books, &c. Newspapers. Letters. Newspapers. Parcels. Auckland .. 9,768,213 184,470 j 226,434 Thames .. 917,280 16,042 j 18,876 New Plymouth 1,687,543 52,312 j 65,247 Gisborne .. 476,931 3,770 ; 4,342 Napier .. 2,403,635 44,668 ; 56,875 Wanganui .. 2,671,214 64,948 i 71,331 Wellington .. 9,876,971 169,325 j 196,742 Nelson .. 1,045,824 26,546 27,729 Westport .. 402,545 2,873 ' 6,825 Greymouth .. 727,896 4,862 5,603 Hokitika .. 282,906 2,444 4,953 Blenheim .. 685,815 13,208 10,374 Christchurch 8,007,025 180,245 184,171 Timaru .. 1,483,131 41,990 32,110 Oamaru .. 912,873 23,725 24,570 Dunedin .. 8,424,689 138,567 210,431 Invercargill .. 3,504,384 55,380 92,391 Totals .. 53,278,875 1,025,375-1,239,004 2,942,111 2,560,948 184,705 206,700 431,340 447,317 111,150 167,362 646,357 54°, 449 735,644 494,741 3,255,399 1,841,320 283,465 207,831 81,484 124,215 89,622 243,568 30,732 94>:i72 124,279 189,202 2,867,868 2,521,064 308,355 195,455 130,423 145,652 3,604,687 2,480,400 1,043,330 932,451 48,878 3,426 4,501 2,570 10,363 11,487 60,954 5,846 2,384 2,737 2,961 2,013 35,292 2,507 1,805 39,6oo 6,692 625,325 11,548 58,705 963 108,002 3,327 30,523 221 153,832 2,901 i7 0 ,957 3,638 632,286 110,034 66,932 1,414 25,762 348 46,585 286 18,105 253 43,892 529 512,559 9,393 94,920 1,638 58,423 1,253 539,293 10,705 224,280 4,712 3,410,381 63,163 3> J 73,449 61,788 I ' 306,247 978,482 10,747 10,393,538 19,209 79,l66 j 380 975,985 44,859 171,322 j i,349 1,795,545 11,560 64,100 1 727 507,454 67,221 j 206,992 ■ 1,799 2,557,467 76,507 I 189,485 , 1,992 2,842,17,1 338,826 l 705,226 12,060 10,509,257 29,480 ! 79,599 675 1,112,756 8,474 47,574 251 428,307 9,320 j 93,287 649 774,48i 3,196 j 36,068 272 . 301,011 12,925 I 72,464 357 729,707 298,523 ! 964,233 7,593 8,519,584 32,069 ! 74,859 868 1,578,051 13,564 i 55,785 542 971,296 374,887 j 948,658 5,982 8,963,982 108,506 I 357,129 1,411 3,728,664 184,470 ; 237,982 3,248,358 16,042 19,839 203,914 52,312 68,574 476,199 3,770 4,563 ; 122,710 44,668 59,776 713,578 64,948 : 74,969 812,151 169,325 : 206,776 3,594,225 26,546 : 29,143 312,945 2,873 7,173 89,958 4,862 5,889 98,942 2,444 ■ 5,206 33,928 13,208 ; 10,903 137,204 180,245 193,564 3,!66,39i 4:1,990 33,748 340,424 23,725 25,823 143,987 138,567 221,136 3,979,574 55,38o 97,i°3 1,151,836 ,025,375 ji,302, 167 18,626,324 3,539,430 285,866 618,639 231,462 747,441 684,226 2,546,546 287,430 171,789 336,855 130,240 261,666 3,485,297 270,314 201,437 3,429,058 I,289, 580 18,517,276 59,625 3,806 5,850 3,297 12, l62 13,479 73,OI4 6,521 2,635 3,386 3,233 2,370 42,885 3,375 2,347 45,582 8,103 r >025,375:1, 239, 004 16,870,951 13,392,847 244,016 1,755,373 5,124,429 147,654 156,689,256 1,025,375 1,302,167 1291,670 Previous year 148,370,816 1,023,2951,460,589 1,023,2951,460,589 16,176,195 13,858,234 233,491 1,624,871 5,115,398 i39,95i 51,544,265 1,023,295 ji,522, 377 17,801,066 18,973,632 i273,442