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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 1903.

Postal Districts. Letters. Letter-cards. Post-cards. Books. &c. 140,893 933,238 32.022 161,463 37,017 ! 83,036 2,026 16,346 25,788 242,871 52,428 i 457.055 l60,5II I I,638,OOI 14,954 ' 111,250 12,819 : 43,335 22,061 ■ 84,327 6,210 26,312 7,115 j 48,233 80,712 936,192 22,619 118,616 30.023 49,090 212,762 1,319,935 8i,953 550,820 I I > 1 I > ! Newspapers. ! Parcels. Auckland fhames ■few Plymouth .. >isborne Napier Wanganui Wellington kelson Westport jreymouth Hokitika 31enheim Christchurch rimaru.. Damaru Dunedin invercargill 4,219,400 I 87,868 . . I 568,757 I 11,844 702,736 j 14,634 207,092 ! 4,313 731,858 : 15,241 ., i 772,456 16,086 .. I 4,142,773 I 86,273 • ■ ! 324,073 1 6,749 .. 1 177,245 3,691 •• i 273,132 5,688 102,335 2,131 169,501 3,532 2,640,052 54,978 •• : 519,530 10,819 .. : 287,844 5,994 .. I 3,388,425 69,522 969,459 20,189 919,363 17,304 122,669 5,474 277,299 7,OI3 39,893 1,742 163,024 1 7,224 281,262 6,030 1,015,539 i 16,942 189,708 j 4,564 67,913 ' 2,993 67,549 5,508 36,872 1,160 54,854 2,369 586,718 14,989 84,167 2,813 50,690 1,935 892,990 : 10,337 227,313 2,956 1 Totals .. : 20,146,768 419,552 4 I 9,552 941,913 6,820,120 5,077,823 111,353 Previous year .. ■• 17,874,196 344,330 706,958 5.887,800 4,533.68i 97.4 11