§ Mr. DAYasked the Postmaster-General whether he has any statistics and can state the net weight of letter mails to and from New Zealand and the United Kingdom for the 12 months ended to the last convenient date; whether this shows any increase since 1923; and whether he has received any reports of statistics that will show the success obtained by the New Zealand Government in establishing the penny post from New Zealand to the remainder of the Empire?
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§ Mr. LEES-SMITHThe estimated annual net weights of letters and postcards exchanged between the United Kingdom and New Zealand were as follow:
Year. To New Zealand. From New Zealand. lb. lb. 1923 … … 183,000 70,500 1929 … … 242,000 116,500 It is not possible to say what proportion of the increase in New Zealand's despatches is due to the re-establishment of the penny post and what proportion to ordinary growth of traffic or other causes.