APPENDIX.
APPROXIMATE STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1887.
INTERNATIONAL.
LOCAL.
COMPARISON WITH 1886.
DESCRIPTION OF CORRESPONDENCE.
TOTAL.
De- spatched.
Received,
De- spatched,
Received.
Total in 1886.
Increase.
Decrease.
Ordinary paid letters,
571,000
428,000 65,000
56,000
1,120,000
1,095,000
25,000
Unpaid and short paid Articles,
10,000 23,000
2.000
5,000
44,000
46,000
6,000
Letters on Postal Business,..
1,200
7,000
1,300
1,200
4,400
4,000
400
Post Cards,..
5,000
3,000
3,000
1.500
12,500
9.900
2,600
Do. with prepaid reply,
Newspapers and Periodicals,
126.000
238,000
37,000
16.000
437,000
412,000
25,000
Books, Circulars, Prices Current, &c.,
210,000
87,000
15,000
11,500
323.500
304,100
19,400
Patterns,
5,000.
2,000
1,000
500
9,500
8,000
1,500
Commercial Papers,
Registered Articles,
23,000
32,000
3,700
3,800
62,500
58,900
3,600
Letters with value declared.
Registered Articles with Return Receipt,
300
5,000
100
100
5,500
4,500
1,000
Parcels,
1,000
1,200
8.506
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