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Table No. 16. 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 Dominion, during the Year ended 31st December, 1907.

Articles exein] it from Postage. Parcels. Articles subject to Postage. Letters. Post-cards. Packets, including Printed Matter (except Newspapers), Commercial Papers, and Samples of Merchandise. Registered Articles. Service. Lettercards. Newspapers. Newspapers. Number. Weight. Postage. Declared Value. Letters. Packets. Ordinary. | »*► Single. Reply paid. Ordinary. Registered. Posted. Inland Australian .. 69,873,090 1,989,290 496,388 47,029 1,814,241 5,191,907 313,072 1,105 20,158,010 441,957 24,381 6,579 14,820,215: 1,199,026 1,670,409 j 99,287 • 16,666 ' 325 35,918 j 167 76,080 1,242 927,504 l 48 655,526 11,198 lb. 2,230,175 21,992 £ s. d. 23,504 0 7 742 19 9 £ a. d. .27,395 0 0 International 2,368,273 74,230,653 56,738 600,155 585,664 509,179 7,351 1,025,160 724 2,094 929,646 14,211 37,305 1,107 4 11 Totals .. 2,722,993 99,779 2,289,472 !5,354 5 3 1,814,241 6,090,643 1,105 11,109,146 38,311 17,044,4011 78,046 680,935 Received. Australian 2,202,923' 29,831 350,169 619,358 5,853 2,260,175 64,391 102 500 869 22,659 65,786 2,035 15 7 310,219 0 International 3,581,216 5,784,139 59,516 89,347 280,098 1,937,833 9,592 15,445 5,181,982 13,310 2 445 98,343 508,650 10,407 9 8 Totals .. 7,442,157 77,701 104 945 869 121,002 574,436; 12,443 5 3 630,267 2,557,191