Postage.
The movement in the Postoffices of the Republic is greater every day, owing to the continual improvement of the ways of communication.
The following table gives an idea of the movement in the Montevideo Postoffice:
| Letters, | |
| Years. | Papers, etc. |
| 1885, | 12,203,381 |
| 1886, | 11,407,596 |
| 1887, | 17,157,345 |
| 1888, | 20,171,929 |
| 1889, | 21,366,472 |
| 1890, | 21,534,209 |
| 1891, | 20,105,295 |
The movement during 1891 may be divided thus:
| Letters, in general | 6,152,654 |
| Business papers, samples | 543,127 |
| Official correspondence | 423,178 |
| Post-cards | 55,955 |
| Papers, etc. | 12,930,381 |
| ————— | |
| 20,105,295 |