✨ Postal and Telegraph 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 March, 1885.
| 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 | 9,551 9 0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 550 0 0 | 10,101 9 0 | .. | 267 15 5 | .. | .. |
| Auckland | .. | 4,271 5 8 | 463 11 4 | 393 10 0 | 20 5 6 | 9 10 0 | 5,158 2 6 | 73,117 | 5,224 6 11 | 10,494 | 1,113 9 6 |
| Blenheim | .. | 693 17 1 | 52 3 4 | 98 10 0 | 3 8 6 | .. | 847 18 11 | 6,908 | 449 0 7 | 1,276 | 89 5 8 |
| Christchurch | .. | 4,241 2 11 | 283 1 2 | 580 0 0 | 14 10 6 | 117 2 0 | 5,235 16 7 | 46,211 | 3,400 17 5 | 4,741 | 655 1 0 |
| Dunedin | .. | 4,344 18 3 | 349 9 10 | 470 10 0 | 19 16 0 | 0 10 10 | 5,185 4 11 | 50,072 | 3,659 16 7 | 5,841 | 535 16 9 |
| Gisborne | .. | 759 19 0 | 29 6 8 | 78 10 0 | 0 18 0 | 0 1 0 | 868 14 8 | 5,522 | 389 11 9 | 528 | 42 17 1 |
| Greymouth | .. | 757 12 2 | 65 18 10 | 69 0 0 | 3 4 0 | 1 3 3 | 896 18 3 | 10,648 | 589 3 9 | 1,606 | 156 3 1 |
| Hokitika | .. | 464 12 8 | 38 17 10 | 60 10 0 | 3 9 6 | .. | 567 10 0 | 6,655 | 416 8 10 | 836 | 60 16 4 |
| Invercargill | .. | 2,665 17 10 | 146 2 10 | 324 0 0 | 7 2 0 | 0 4 6 | 3,143 7 2 | 19,481 | 1,257 1 10 | 2,629 | 200 17 9 |
| Napier | .. | 1,795 1 4 | 126 15 0 | 311 15 0 | 4 3 0 | 7 11 0 | 2,245 5 4 | 22,781 | 1,525 9 2 | 3,212 | 308 10 1 |
| Nelson | .. | 751 10 2 | 64 10 6 | 74 10 0 | 4 15 0 | .. | 895 5 8 | 11,847 | 832 10 10 | 1,518 | 109 8 1 |
| New Plymouth | .. | 362 12 3 | 46 10 8 | 53 0 0 | 0 9 6 | 0 1 0 | 462 13 5 | 8,855 | 492 17 10 | 1,826 | 156 0 4 |
| Oamaru | .. | 1,091 0 3 | 55 9 0 | 133 0 0 | 4 4 6 | 25 11 0 | 1,309 4 9 | 10,329 | 726 10 1 | 935 | 63 5 11 |
| Thames | .. | 1,113 9 7 | 69 11 2 | 63 0 0 | 3 1 6 | 0 5 7 | 1,249 7 10 | 14,168 | 833 16 11 | 1,980 | 221 13 11 |
| Timaru | .. | 1,951 9 7 | 78 2 2 | 208 10 0 | 4 4 6 | 38 16 6 | 2,281 2 9 | 9,570 | 641 7 10 | 1,056 | 77 12 10 |
| Wanganui | .. | 2,415 19 4 | 100 19 6 | 182 0 0 | 2 13 0 | .. | 2,701 11 10 | 19,789 | 1,143 9 0 | 2,453 | 218 16 2 |
| Wellington | .. | 3,165 8 10 | 333 0 0 | 488 0 0 | 10 13 6 | 69 13 7 | 4,066 15 11 | 80,058 | 4,581 3 10 | 19,635 | 2,484 8 2 |
| Westport | .. | 401 14 11 | 38 15 0 | 38 0 0 | 0 4 0 | .. | 478 13 11 | 5,401 | 345 4 4 | 1,485 | 112 6 5 |
| Total first quarter in 1885 | 9,551 9 0 | 31,247 11 10 | 2,342 4 10 | 3,626 5 0 | 107 2 6 | 820 10 3 | 47,695 3 5 | 401,412 | 26,776 12 11 | 62,051 | 6,606 9 1 |
| Corresponding quarter in 1884 | 7,049 9 3 | 33,883 6 3 | 2,384 16 2 | 3,440 0 0 | 104 6 6 | 517 11 0 | 47,379 8 2 | 362,405 | 23,407 16 2 | 58,036 | 5,543 4 11 |
General Post Office,
Wellington, 16th April, 1885.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.
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Revenue, Post Office, Postal Districts, Telegraph, Statistics, 1885, March Quarter
- W. Gray, Secretary