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Mr. FREEMAN
asked the Postmaster-General the number of letters carried during 1929, 1919, 1909, and in previous years at 10-yearly intervals so far as figures are available?
Mr. LEES-SMITH
The estimated numbers of letter packets delivered at 10-yearly intervals since 1839 have been:
| 1859 | … | … | … | 577,121,000 |
| 1869 | … | … | … | 940,582,000 |
| 1879 | … | … | … | 1,586,937,000 |
| 1889 | … | … | … | 2,468,500,000 |
| 1899 | … | … | … | 3,513,300,000 |
| 1909 | … | … | … | 4,987,700,000 |
| 1919 | … | … | … | 5,730,000,000 |
| 1929 | … | … | … | 6,400,000,000 |