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Table No. 6. Table showing the Estimated Number of Letters and Letter-cards, Post-cards, Packets, Newspapers, and Parcels posted and delivered in the Postal Districts of New Zealand during the Year ended 31st December, 1936.

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Posted in the Dominion. Postal Districts. T 7777Z , 1 7 ——— _____ Letters and p . „ Q ,j a Accounts. D , , , T _ Letter-cards. Post-cards. Circulars. Packets. Newspapers. Parcels. Auckland .. .. 28,479,811 794,079 21,840,272 2,055,859 3,583,778 970,203 Blenheim .. .. 1,417,147 22,165 407,147 107,016 167,362 21,957 Christchurch .. .. 15,465,672 543,361 14,779,748 1,275,365 1,476,124 368,875 Dunedin .. .. 11,260,976 439,972 7,866,080 898,885 1,419,011 297,115 Gisborne .. .. 3,326,470 33,904 1,120,444 149,487 331,546 37,531 Greymouth .. .. 2,044,191 34,983 781,262 102,986 193,713 36,530 Hamilton .. .. 10,438,960 244,062 3,977,196 536,952 656,799 120,796 Invercargill .. .. 6,462,042 130,507 3,312,294 369,005 441,953 80,210 Napier .. .. 7,156,474 127,647 3,039,276 392,639 573,961 76,466 Nelson .. .. 3,002,850 62,972 1,052,542 207,181 226,316 51,155 New Plymouth .. 5,308,253 111,046 2,662,935 309,673 375,622 67,379 Oamaru .. .. 1,596,180 22,217 534,700 87,035 127,296 16,536 Palmerston North .. 6,492,604 113,295 3,758,254 436,371 561,424 99,437 Thames .. .. 3,528,387 77,246 1,219,902 190,099 288,379 44^486 Timaru .. .. 3,686,213 78,715 1,466,316 232,206 241,412 42,250 Wanganui .. .. 5,812,592 145,600 2,568,900 255,346 444,207 78,871 Wellington .. .. 25,502,190 410,557 17,643,597 1,808,316 4,152,148 866'881 Westport .. .. 747,305 12,558 127,232 60,723 119,262 15,899 Rarotonga .. .. 46,080 702 .. 3,708 2,790 2,598 Western Samoa .. 79,101 561 .. 4,242 10,364 1,113 Totals .. 141,853,498 3,406,149 88,158,097 9,483,094 15,393,467 3,296,288 Previous year .. 135,069,826 3,547,852 94,548,235* .. 14,879,059 1,645,592 Delivered in the Dominion. Postal Districts. , 7 , i ~ Letters and p . ■, Accounts, , , T _ Letter-cards. Post-cards. circulars, &c. ; Packets. Newspapers. Parcels. Auckland .. .. 32,251,856 842,751 15,580,799 3,488,030 2,837,666 609,580 Blenheim .. .. 1,496,209 41,236 785,863 215,202 289,757 60,666 Christchurch .. .. 17,713,800 709,215 10,524,423 2,459,886 2,021,201 325,642 Dunedin .. .. 11,602,773 405,626 6,536,465 2,601,170 1,449,747 294,770 Gisborne .. .. 3,194,425 51,194 1,612,949 346,320 587,288 98,702 Greymouth .. .. 2,291,159 45,565 l,05i,362 270,985 342,056 110,067 Hamilton .. .. 10,713,391 347,919 5,652,855 1,365,975 1,201,694 281,541 Invercargill .. .. 6,385,457 202,670 3,423,316 567,840 789,958 172,648 Napier .. .. 7,243,093 178,620 3,931,395 814,918 1,029,743 161,056 Nelson ... .. 2,955,381 74,243 1,486,836 398,671 464,802 115,245 New Plymouth .. 5,259,371 147,992 3,342,430 711,971 653,159 141,265 Oamaru .. .. 1,518,998 55,718 911,703 175,201 215,293 44,421 Palmerston North .. 6,741,228 183,430 4,288,206 1,103,128 878,293 177,218 Thames .. .. 3,950,232 158,288 2,301,611 541,437 519,077 127^333 Timaru .. .. 3,654,664 114,504 1,992,185 416,117 415,831 84,787 Wanganui .. .. 5,044,338 164,684 2,813,889 580,762 666,939 127^723 Wellington .. .. 27,008,154 497,891 11,149,397 2,450,521 3,287,378 433,304 Westport .. .. 1,091,805 36,543 526,266 182,598 249,002 59,120 Rarotonga .. .. 55,536 420 .. 8,724 20,742 2,250 Western Samoa .. 73,393 345 .. 13,491 27,966 2^711 Totals .. 150,245,263' 4,258,854 77,911,950 18,712,947 17,947,592 3,430,049 Previous year .. 153,575,658 4,780,862 96,518,027* .. 19,668,435 1,893,133 Total posted and delivered in the Dominion. Postal Districts. T 7 T ~~ Letter-cards. Post-cards. circular" &c. Packets. Newspapers. Parcels. Auckland .. .. 60,731,667 1,636,830 37,421,071 5,543,889 6,421,444 1,579,783 Blenheim .. .. 2,913,356 63,401 1,193,010 322,218 457,119 82,623 Christchurch .. .. 33,179,472 1,252,576 25,304,171 3,735,251 3,497,325 694,517 Dunedin .. .. 22,863,749 845,598 14,402,545 3,500,055 2,868,758 591,885 Gisborne .. .. 6,520,895 85,098 2,733,393 495,807 918,834 136,233 Greymouth .. .. 4,335,350 80,548 1,832,624 373,971 535,769 146,597 Hamilton .. .. 21,152,351 591,981 9,630,051 1,902,927 1,858,493 402,337 Invercargill .. .. 12,847,499 333,177 6,735,610 936,845 1,231,911 252,858 Napier .. .. 14,399,567 306,267 6,970,671 1,207,557 1,603,704 237,522 Nelson .. .. 5,958,231 137,215 2,539,378 605,852 691,118 166,400 New Plymouth .. 10,567,624 259,038 6,005,365 1,021,644 1,028,781 208 644 Oamaru .. .. 3,115,178 77,935 1,446,403 262,236 342,589 60,957 Palmerston North .. 13,233,832 296,725 8,046,460 1,539,499 1,439,717 276,655 Thames .. .. 7,478,619 235,534 3,521,513 731,536 807,456 171,819 T ima ru •• 7,340,877 193,219 3,458,501 648,323 657,243 127,037 Wanganui .. .. 10,856,930 310,284 5,382,789 836,108 1,111,146 206,594 Wellington .. .. 52,510,344 908,448 28,792,994 4,258,837 7,439,526 1,300,185 Westport .. .. 1,839,110 49,101 653,498 243,321 368,264 75,019 Rarotonga .. .. 101,616 1,122 .. 12,432 23,532 4,848 Western Samoa .. 152,494 906 .. 17,733 38,330 3,824 Totals •• 292,098,761 7,665,003 166,070,047 28,196,041 33,341,059 6,726,337 Previous year .. 288,645,484 8,328,714 191,066,262* .. 34,547,494 j 3,538,725 Average number of letters posted per unit of population : 1936, 89-51; 1935, 86-53. * Including nackets.