✨ Postal and Telegraph Revenue
RETURN of REVENUE collected at the General Post Office and in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand for the Quarter ended 30th June, 1884.
| 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. | TELEGRAPH REVENUE. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | Paid Telegrams, &c. | Government Telegrams. | |||
| Number. | Cash received. | Number. | Value. | ||||||||
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | ||||||||||
| General Post Office | 3,600 0 0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3,600 0 0 | .. | 764 16 8 | .. | .. |
| Auckland | .. | 5,121 10 5 | 459 13 4 | 17 10 0 | 0 16 6 | 0 4 0 | 5,599 14 3 | 59,628 | 4,118 18 0 | 9,059 | 867 19 6 |
| Blenheim | .. | 599 18 7 | 44 15 2 | 20 10 0 | 0 4 6 | 31 7 0 | 696 15 3 | 5,601 | 426 1 11 | 1,227 | 92 18 4 |
| Christchurch | .. | 5,092 17 3 | 297 17 6 | 32 10 0 | 0 18 0 | 0 9 0 | 5,424 11 9 | 40,795 | 3,013 16 4 | 3,818 | 341 7 10 |
| Dunedin | .. | 4,949 15 10 | 330 16 6 | 19 10 0 | 0 10 6 | 0 19 0 | 5,301 11 10 | 47,499 | 3,513 0 0 | 5,907 | 575 17 8 |
| Gisborne | .. | 822 18 2 | 30 16 10 | 1 0 0 | .. | 0 1 0 | 854 16 0 | 5,372 | 439 2 10 | 723 | 57 13 7 |
| Greymouth | .. | 787 16 9 | 70 12 10 | 9 0 0 | 0 0 6 | 0 12 0 | 868 2 1 | 9,289 | 564 1 9 | 1,494 | 155 3 2 |
| Hokitika | .. | 547 7 11 | 40 2 0 | .. | 0 0 6 | 0 12 6 | 588 2 11 | 5,154 | 362 7 4 | 830 | 88 4 7 |
| Invercargill | .. | 2,430 5 9 | 135 18 0 | 9 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 0 3 0 | 2,575 8 3 | 17,403 | 1,212 1 4 | 2,585 | 218 7 3 |
| Napier | .. | 1,602 0 5 | 117 7 8 | 12 5 0 | 0 3 6 | 0 2 0 | 1,731 18 7 | 16,732 | 1,116 19 3 | 2,478 | 248 2 9 |
| Nelson | .. | 599 0 1 | 67 10 0 | .. | 0 3 0 | .. | 666 13 1 | 16,067 | 654 15 1 | 1,598 | 120 0 4 |
| New Plymouth | .. | 423 3 3 | 40 2 2 | 1 0 0 | 0 0 6 | .. | 464 5 11 | 6,675 | 394 18 6 | 1,980 | 186 15 0 |
| Oamaru | .. | 1,158 8 6 | 60 18 4 | 2 0 0 | 0 0 6 | 2 11 0 | 1,223 18 4 | 7,925 | 507 19 1 | 848 | 67 11 6 |
| Thames | .. | 1,277 2 3 | 70 3 4 | 3 0 0 | 0 3 0 | 0 4 4 | 1,350 12 11 | 13,248 | 849 17 5 | 1,802 | 237 5 7 |
| Timaru | .. | 1,913 18 3 | 72 11 4 | 7 0 0 | 0 1 0 | 16 6 6 | 2,009 17 1 | 9,052 | 616 8 3 | 794 | 81 5 8 |
| Wanganui | .. | 1,807 12 2 | 105 4 4 | 3 0 0 | 0 7 0 | .. | 1,916 3 6 | 16,451 | 1,011 2 8 | 2,482 | 202 5 0 |
| Wellington | .. | 3,445 19 11 | 310 3 4 | 24 0 0 | 0 9 6 | 1 11 10 | 3,782 4 7 | 68,921 | 3,016 12 10 | 15,862 | 1,629 1 2 |
| Westport | .. | 396 9 10 | 47 7 8 | 7 10 0 | .. | .. | 451 7 6 | 5,492 | 341 7 6 | 1,308 | 114 13 4 |
| Total second quarter in 1884 | 3,600 0 0 | 32,976 5 4 | 2,302 0 4 | 168 15 0 | 4 0 0 | 55 3 2 | 39,106 3 6 | 351,304 | 22,924 6 9 | 54,795 | 5,284 12 3 |
| Corresponding quarter in 1883 | 6,377 16 0 | 31,893 10 0 | 2,268 17 6 | 155 5 0 | 3 16 6 | 8,363 8 6 | 49,062 13 6 | 347,209 | 23,480 13 3 | 59,059 | 5,944 15 1 |
General Post Office,
Wellington, 14th July, 1884.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.
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Revenue, Post Office, Postal Districts, Telegraph, 1884, Quarterly Report
- W. Gray, Secretary
NZ Gazette 1884, No 86