New Zealand Gazette – 1879 – No. 46

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✨ Gold and Postal Revenue Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

RETURN of the QUANTITY and VALUE of GOLD ENTERED for DUTY for EXPORTATION from NEW
ZEALAND, from 1st APRIL, 1857, to 31st MARCH, 1879.

ENTERED FOR DUTY AT PRODUCE OF THE GOLD FIELDS IN DURING THE QUARTER ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1879. ENTERED FOR EXPORTATION TO THE 31ST DECEMBER, 1878. TOTAL ENTERED FOR EXPORTATION FROM NEW ZEALAND TO THE 31ST MARCH, 1879.
Quantity. Value. Quantity.
Auckland ... Auckland Oz. 9,567 £ 38,108 Oz. 1,211,203
Wellington Picton Wellington Marlborough 560 2,240 30 45,961
Nelson Nelson 1,193 4,518 1,619,594
} West Coast 617 6,138 19,921 15,088 2,453 24,553 79,685 60,344 2,280,344
Westport Greymouth Hokitika 41,764 167,035
Dunedin Invercargill } Otago 18,639 2,977 73,684 11,908 3,802,350
Totals ... ... 74,700 297,493 8,959,482

Customs Department,
Wellington, 16th April, 1879.
WILLIAM SEED,
Secretary of Customs.

RETURN of the QUANTITY and VALUE of GOLD ENTERED for DUTY for EXPORTATION from NEW
ZEALAND, for the QUARTERS ended 31st MARCH, 1879, and 31st MARCH, 1878.

DISTRICT OF QUARTER ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1879. QUARTER ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1878.
Quantity. Value:
Auckland Oz. 9,567 £ 38,108
Marlborough 560 2,240
Nelson 1,193 4,518
West Coast 41,764 167,035
Otago 21,616 85,592
Totals 74,700 297,493

Customs Department,
Wellington, 16th April, 1879.
WILLIAM SEED,
Secretary of Customs.

RETURN of the Gross POSTAL REVENUE collected in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand
for the Quarter ended 31st MARCH, 1879.

— Imperial Postage Receipts. Stamps Sold. Money Order Commission. Private Boxes and Bags Rents. Postal Guides. Miscel-laneous. Total.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
General Post Office 3,000 0 0 3,857 5 10 266 14 10 280 0 0 23 19 0 *237 10 0 3,237 10 0
Auckland ... 391 19 8 40 15 6 43 10 0 4 7 0 ... 4,427 19 8
Blenheim ... 5,155 7 2 287 9 10 389 10 0 6 15 6 ... 480 12 2
Christchurch ... 5,707 9 2 301 3 8 453 5 0 8 13 0 ... 5,839 2 6
Dunedin ... 453 0 0 58 5 4 62 10 0 1 5 6 ... 6,470 10 10
Greymouth ... 417 8 3 40 17 6 65 10 0 6 4 0 ... 575 0 10
Hokitika ... 1,254 10 0 73 18 6 181 10 0 17 6 6 ... 1,527 5 0
Invercargill ... 1,403 8 3 106 16 0 208 0 0 3 5 6 ... 1,721 9 9
Napier ... 721 7 6 44 1 8 37 0 0 11 14 6 ... 814 3 8
Nelson ... 296 15 0 32 19 4 24 0 0 0 7 6 ... 354 1 10
New Plymouth ... 794 18 4 61 15 8 115 10 0 0 10 0 ... 972 14 0
Oamaru ... 314 17 9 22 4 4 12 0 0 2 5 6 0 1 0 351 8 7
Thames ... 1,461 5 0 100 11 2 235 0 0 6 3 0 ... 1,802 19 2
Wanganui ... 1,254 0 0 111 6 4 101 0 0 3 4 6 ... 1,469 10 10
Wellington ... 3,127 16 0 258 10 10 388 0 0 15 18 6 33 0 0 3,823 5 4
Westport ... 158 0 0 27 2 2 30 10 0 2 7 0 ... 217 19 2
Total first quarter in 1879 3,000 0 0 26,769 7 11 1,834 12 8 2,626 15 0 114 6 6 270 11 0 34,615 13 1
Total first quarter in 1878 3,000 0 0 22,566 18 0 1,503 9 6 2,250 0 0 76 8 6 23 7 1 29,420 3 1

General Post Office,

  • £237 10s., half-yearly payment for postage by Government Insurance Department.

Wellington, 21st April, 1879.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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💰 Return of Gold Exported from New Zealand (1857-1879)

💰 Finance & Revenue
16 April 1879
Gold, Exportation, Duty, Statistics, Quantity, Value, Auckland, Nelson, Otago
  • William Seed, Secretary of Customs

💰 Comparison of Quarterly Gold Exports (Q1 1879 vs Q1 1878)

💰 Finance & Revenue
16 April 1879
Gold, Exportation, Quarterly comparison, Statistics, 1878, 1879, Auckland, Otago
  • William Seed, Secretary of Customs

🚂 Gross Postal Revenue Collected for Quarter ending March 1879

🚂 Transport & Communications
21 April 1879
Postal Revenue, Statistics, Quarterly return, Postage, Stamps, Money Order Commission, Post Offices
  • W. Gray, Secretary