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Table No. 8. Table showing the Estimated Number of Letters and Letter-cards, Post-cards. Book-packets, Newspapers, and Parcels posted and delivered in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand during the Year ended 31st December, 1924.

Posted in the Dominion. Delivered in the Dominion. Total posted and delivered. Postal District 1 i j j ; (1924). LeMer-cards. | Post " card8, Books, <Sc. Newspapers. Parcels, j letter-cards. Po 8 t " cards - Books, &c. Newspapers. Parcels. Letter-cards. Post-cards. Books, &c. Parcels. j | I I ! Auckland .. 33,816,415 924,755 13,513,601 5,088,243 929,123 27,445,795 725,179 9,699,209 4,036,240 642,915 61,262,210 1,649,93423,212,810 9,124,483 1,572,038 Blenheim .. 1,579,215, 22,334 389,528 190,658 21,684 1,547,793 36,738 450,684 413,725 65,364 3,127,008 59,072 840,212 604,383 87,048 Christchurch .. 17,738,937 507,845 6,148,108 1,828,934 439,387 18,870,878 820,430 6,709,638 2,500,3941 351,689 36,609,815 1,328,275 12,857,746 4,329,328 791,076 Dunedin .. 11,600,606 443,820 5,034,225 1,669,576 305,929 10,369,879 407,381 4,191,122 1,847,612 303,160 21,970,485 851,201 9,225,347 3,517,188 609,089 Gisborne .. 2,561,375 23,504 605,583 528,598 49,647 2,982,551 52,442 1,062,646 1,080,716 108,901 5,543,926 75,946 1,668,229 1,609,314 158,548 Greymouth .. 1,621,184 35,698 347,680 271,193 42,302 1,991,002 38,207 441,415 490,828 92,625 3,612,186 73,905 789,095 762,021 134,927 Hamilton .. 8,018,511 200,174 1,667,902 895,372 109,018 8,499,361 247,949 2,771,652 1,568,580 298,441 16,517,872 448,123 4,439,554 2,463,952 407,459 Invercargill .. 6,406,805 148,850 2,145,089 754,638 87,542 6,972,251 184,327 2,199,275 1,136,811 162,331 13,379,056 333,177 4,344,364 1,891,449 249,873 Napier .. 6,582,880 106,639 2,161,139 802,242 96,135 7,661,459 156,650 3,144,505 1,615,666 225,368 14,244,339 263,289 5,305,644 2,417,908 321,503 Nelson .. 2,194,438 48,919 626,672 210,806 49,049 2,345,850 58,981 825,201 539,695 108,706 4,540,288 107,900 1,451,873 750,501 157,755 New Plymouth 4,484,293 119,925 1,416,327 485,634 68,900 5,017,519 150,657 1,893,736 895,193 169,351 9,501,812 270,582 3,310,063 1,380,827 238,251 Oamaru .. 1,353,126. 53,261 392,820 139,269 22,776 1,431,833 84,383 696,943 304,980 41,093 2,784,959 137,644 1,089,763 444,249 63,869 Thames .. 2,731,664 54,275 736,642 286,847 44,512 3,446,222 98,215 1,181,453 617,357 140,218 6,177,886 152,490 1,918,095 904,204 184,730 Timaru .. 2,969,431 70,369 850,033 234,664 46,930 3,282,513 141,258 1,106,352 533,026 99,723 6,251,944 211,627 1,956,385 767,690 146,653 Wanganui .. 5,259,430 98,592 1,701,939 816,880 92,339 5,178,797 119,938 2,078,583 1,031,212 211,003 10,438,227 218,530 3,780,522 1,848,092 303,342 Wellington .. 26,751,606 492,981 12,691,086 3,999,505 960,711 27,578,492 552,876 9,429,592 4,210,385 574,167 54,330,098 1,045,857 22,120,678 8,209,890 1,534,878 Westport .. 777,400 11,206 147,375 138,931 17,459 1,088,802 33,826 228,644 312,039 46,397 1,866,202 45,032 376,019 450,970 63,856 Western Samoa 69,468 .1,098 2,508 10,878 552 84,144 120 2,004 115,170 3,054 153,612 1,218 4,512 126,048 3,606 Totals .. 136,516,784 3,364,245 50,578,257 18,352,868 3,383,995135,795,141 3,909,557 48,112,654 23,249,629 3,644,506 272,311,925 7,273,802 98,690,91141,602,497 7,028,501 Previous year 122,558,296 2,950, 114 ( 41,452,818 17,030,450 3,342,208129,463,663 3,653,179 38,093,182 21,108,247 3,544,650 252,021,959 6,603,293 79,546,000 38,138,697 6,886,858