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Table No. 6. 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, 1931.

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Posted in the Dominion. ' Delivered in the Dominion. Total posted and delivered in the Dominion. Postal District. Letters and j Post _ oarda . Books, &c. Newspapers. J Parcels. Letter-cards. Poo'-cards. Books, &c. Newspapers. Parcels. LetteTcarfs. j Books, &c. Parcels. Auckland 25 206 705 773,383 19,147,449 5,047,876 387,452 28,651,415 726,388 15,660,398 3,677,817 315,263 53,858,120 1,499,771 34,807,847 8,725,693 702,715 Blenheim l'414'l81 23,543 450,621 181,259 11,609 1,453,595 40,430 829,244 368,030 34,710 2,867,776 63.973 1,279,865 549,289 46,319 Christchurch 15'o9s'757 639,353 12,406,640 1,368,936 215,137 17,795,284 793,442 11,025,690 2,568,033 185,484 32,894,041 1,432,795 23,432,330 3,936,969 400,621 Dunedin 10'l64'404 409,968 6,721.890 1,532,120 145,509 10,537,124 438,685 6,949,982 1,771,575 152,425 20,701,528 848,653 13,671,872 3,303,695 297,934 Gisborne 2'823'008 23,036 974,213 388,027 25,831 3,188,354 56,147 1.691,352 914,771 56,446 6,011,362 79,183 2,665,565 1,302,798 82,277 Grevmouth l'eil 974 32,682 579,949 240,331 21,463 1,907,425 63.765 803,582 437,775 47,931 3,519,399 96,447 1,383,531 678,106 69,394 Hamilton 8'977'659 291,041 3,091,613 810,061 51,805 8,856,939 331,669 5,189,288 1,525,329 142,623 17,834,598 622,713 8,280,901 2,335,390 194,428 Invercargill 6'35l's49 141 362 2,862,372 541,540 43,719 5,974,800 166,634 3,045,692 956.501 80,548 12,326,349 307,996 5,908,064 1,498,041 124,267 Napier " e'235'209 121,381 2,367,769 549,616 33,163 6,051,162 145,145 3,661,957 1,007,643 81,185 12,286,371 266,526 6,029,726 1,557.259 114,348 Nelson 2'346'841 57 733 836,280 220,196 27,846 2.647,138 53,274 1,278,433 552,799 67,184 4.993,979 111,007 2.114,713 772,995 95,030 New Plymouth' 4'242'203 108,693 2,151,170 509,959 32,773 4,955,366 148,993 3,172,481 856,297 83.421 9,197,569 257,686 5,323,651 1,366,256 116,194 Oamaru 1*348 '830 39,403 491,691 124,540 10,075 1,507,337 67,457 964,561 309, '803 22,464 2,856,167 106,860 1,456,252 434,343 32,539 Palmerston N 5'546'920 120,549 2,588,369 564,411 43,433 5,990,842 172,627 3,780,829 991,952 92,430 11,537,762 293,176 6,369,198 1,556,363 135,863 Thames 2'908'698 69.394 963,924 241,883 19.006 3,391,999 158,951 2,175,251 609,180 61,750 6,300,697 228,345 3,139,175 851,063 80,756 Timaru 3'235'627 82979 1,194,939 331,054 32,578 3,323,073 91,598 1,902,238 573,807 44,551 6,558,700 174,577 3,097,177 904,861 77,129 Wanganui 5'o88'433 124 332 2,054,420 514,029 37,713 5,096,390 158,717 2,491,203 890,461 68,653 10,184,823 283,049 4,545,623 1,404,490 106,366 Wellington 23'089'309 388,167 16,814,524 4,246,976 444,974 24,469,042 508,334 10,477,579 3,543,381 250,151 47,558,351 896,501 27,292,103 7,790,357 695,125 Westport '725 607 9 399 147,998 108,446 11,752 1.078,909 29,627 380,939 307,697 25,831 1,804,516 39,026 528,937 416,143 37,583 Rarotonga 44'040 294 2,286 1,872 1,410 51,756 456 7,842 16,806 2,226 95,796 750 10,128 18,678 3,636 WesternSamoa 462 1,896 10,890 318 118,728 468 31,014 41,292 2,712 246,048 930 32,910 52,182 3,030 Totals .. 126,587,274 3,457,157 75,850,013 17,534,022 1,597,566 137,046,678 4,152,807 75,519,555 21,920,949 1,817,988 263,633,952 7,609,964 151,369,568 39,454,971 3,415,554 Previous year 152,152,265 4,341,070 83,202,341 21,095,719 3,129,353 160,995,793 5,242,939 81,977,713 26,548,379 3,317,841 313,148,058 9,584,009 165,180,054 47,644,098 6,447,194