POST OFFICE—continued.

	1857.	1858.	1859.
Colonial newspapers forwarded in the Colony	34,094	36,116	36,251
Colonial newspapers forwarded out of the Colony	4,038	6,727	8,266
Newspapers received from places out of the Colony	18,936	25,784	33,737
Total newspapers received and forwarded	57,068	68,627	78,254
Registered letters forwarded to places out of the Colony (included in the above return)	373	692	771
Letters forwardedvidMarseilles and Trieste (included in the above return)	563	801	1,382