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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🚂 Return of Revenue Collected by Post Office

🚂 Transport & Communications
14 July 1884
Revenue, Post Office, Postal Districts, Telegraph, 1884, Quarterly Report
  • W. Gray, Secretary