Revenue Statistics




RETURN of REVENUE collected at the General Post Office and in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand for the Quarter ended 31st December, 1883.

Postage received from Foreign Offices. Stamps sold and credited to Stamp Revenue. Money Order Commission. Private Box and Bag Rents. Postal Guides. Miscellaneous Receipts. Total.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Number. Cash received. Number. Value.
General Post Office 3,600 0 0 550 0 0 4,150 0 0 528 2 6
Auckland 4,845 16 5 463 2 8 2 10 0 0 14 0 5,312 3 1 58,149 3,949 14 11 8,093 761 8 10
Blenheim 529 14 8 52 16 10 2 10 0 0 15 0 30 0 0 615 16 6 5,625 433 18 3 1,446 108 14 5
Christchurch 4,660 0 1 321 3 2 1 10 0 0 18 6 2 10 0 4,985 16 9 58,023 2,781 4 0 3,748 333 10 10
Dunedin 5,017 7 6 394 10 10 118 0 0 11 18 6 5,541 16 10 47,492 3,455 13 7 6,799 683 6 8
Gisborne 719 17 4 35 12 0 3 10 0 1 2 0 760 1 4 5,081 379 0 9 820 60 0 3
Greymouth 689 0 5 80 15 2 769 15 7 11,137 679 9 11 1,510 151 17 9
Hokitika 591 8 7 50 6 0 1 10 0 0 0 6 643 5 1 5,878 395 15 3 786 67 18 1
Invercargill 2,210 11 9 141 6 8 11 10 0 0 2 6 10 0 0 2,373 10 11 15,452 1,031 1 5 2,407 202 13 3
Napier 1,434 7 11 118 18 4 4 0 0 5 19 0 1,563 5 3 15,704 1,051 0 4 2,208 181 11 1
Nelson 603 11 8 72 17 2 2 0 0 0 1 6 678 10 4 15,052 652 19 11 1,744 132 10 5
New Plymouth 508 15 7 46 9 4 3 10 0 0 0 6 558 15 5 6,803 401 8 11 2,119 179 5 9
Oamaru 1,045 10 9 61 7 8 3 0 0 0 0 6 2 10 0 1,112 8 11 7,255 505 3 3 724 58 1 8
Thames 1,205 15 0 84 10 8 2 10 0 0 1 6 1,292 17 2 15,620 1,027 4 7 1,669 188 1 11
Timaru 1,855 19 9 83 12 6 4 0 0 0 2 6 13 10 0 1,957 4 9 8,997 589 6 8 753 70 5 11
Wanganui 1,785 5 3 106 18 8 4 0 0 0 4 6 1,896 8 5 15,177 959 9 0 2,104 172 1 7
Wellington 3,203 12 5 324 16 4 14 0 0 0 6 0 22 10 0 3,565 4 9 62,697 2,987 10 4 14,378 1,451 15 4
Westport 351 0 1 52 5 6 4 0 0 0 2 0 407 7 7 5,824 356 16 2 1,256 98 1 1
Total fourth quarter in 1883 3,600 0 0 31,257 15 2 2,491 9 6 182 0 0 22 4 0 631 0 0 38,184 8 8 339,966 22,164 19 9 52,564 4,901 4 10
Corresponding quarter in 1882 5,653 7 9 28,806 14 0 2,301 8 2 49 4 6 17 0 0 649 15 0 37,477 9 5 348,610 23,573 8 11 53,617 5,413 18 8

General Post Office,
Wellington, 15th January, 1884.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1884, No 7





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💰 Revenue Collected at Post Offices

💰 Finance & Revenue
15 January 1884
Revenue, Post Office, Postal Districts, Statistics, 1883
  • W. Gray, Secretary