V 74.3 58.5
VI 86.6 73.8

--Ibid., p. 24

[454] Average weight of parcels in Imperial German Postal Service
(Inland):--

-----+--------------+------------------+--------------
Year.| All parcels. | Parcels not | Parcels over
| Kg. | exceeding 10 kg. | 10 kg.
-----+--------------+------------------+--------------
| | |
1875 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 16.2
1880 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 15.4
1885 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 15.0
1890 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 14.5
-----+--------------+------------------+--------------

--Ibid., p. 26.

[455] "Angenommen es h[:a]tte im Jahre 1890 unter 10 Packeten das
Gewicht eines in Zone III 12.4 Kg.; eines in Zone IV 8.7 Kg.; eines in
Zone V 7.5 Kg., oder eines in Zone VI 6.9 Kg., das der anderen neun je 5
Kg. betragen, so st[:a]nde der Durchschnittsportobetrag schon auf seiner
thats[:a]chlichen H[:o]he."--C. H. Hull, loc. cit. p. 25.

[456] _Statistik der Deutschen Reichs-Post- und Telegraphen-Verwaltung_,
1910, Berlin, 1911, p. 20.

[457] An analysis of the traffic of the Imperial Post Office gives the
following result:--

Numbers-- 1887. 1900.
Per cent. Per cent.
Parcels not exceeding 1 kg. in weight 17.158 12.163
" " 1-5 kg. " 62.086 68.874
" " 5-6 kg. " 7.095 7.783
" " 6-7 kg. " 3.984 4.081
" " 7-8 kg. " 2.629 2.364
" " 8-9 kg. " 1.809 1.466
" " 9-10 kg. " 1.353 .986
" over 10 kg. in weight 3.886 2.193

Revenue and distance of transmission--

Per cent. Postage, M.
Local parcels 0.216 42,826
Zone I 42.535 9,639,750
" II 15.865 6,849,005
" III 25.258 10,906,357
" IV 14.610 6,321,769
" V 1.452 604,909
" VI 0.064 29,200

--F. Haass, ibid. p. 77; _Finanz-Archiv_, 1906; vol. i. p. 89; cf.
Statistik, 1900, p. 31.

[458] Total number