New Zealand Gazette – 1885 – No. 60

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✨ 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 September, 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. Value. Number. Value.
General Post Office .. .. 6,002 0 9 .. .. .. 550 0 0 6,552 0 9 .. 108 6 8 ..
Auckland .. .. .. 5,192 16 9 446 6 8 38 0 0 1 2 6 0 5 0 5,678 10 11 60,007 4,329 16 11
Blenheim .. .. .. 614 8 8 58 15 2 4 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 677 5 4 6,030 388 12 10
Christchurch .. .. .. 4,850 12 4 293 3 2 40 10 0 0 8 6 0 6 0 5,185 0 0 40,478 3,181 9 5
Dunedin .. .. .. 4,472 16 8 334 13 4 29 10 0 0 13 6 0 8 1 4,838 1 7 44,584 3,557 6 7
Gisborne .. .. .. 2,017 19 9 27 15 10 4 0 0 .. .. 2,049 15 7 4,387 305 5 0
Greymouth .. .. .. 924 16 10½ 72 14 4 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 16 0 1,009 9 2½ 9,214 545 13 5
Hokitika .. .. .. 485 17 6 38 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .. 525 0 6 5,017 341 7 10
Invercargill .. .. .. 2,839 16 1 140 11 4 21 0 0 0 2 6 0 5 2 3,001 15 1 18,720 1,091 1 5
Napier .. .. .. 2,072 14 0 119 15 10 24 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 0 2,221 13 10 16,639 1,169 3 10
Nelson .. .. .. 864 19 8 59 18 10 2 0 0 0 1 6 .. 927 0 0 10,069 734 15 7
New Plymouth .. .. .. 408 5 3 45 14 8 10 10 0 0 0 6 0 3 0 464 13 5 7,290 430 10 0
Oamaru .. .. .. 1,119 18 2½ 42 9 6 7 10 0 0 1 6 5 0 0 1,174 19 2½ 7,166 599 3 3
Thames .. .. .. 1,203 17 1 67 4 6 22 10 0 0 1 6 0 2 0 1,293 15 1 14,546 945 18 9
Timaru .. .. .. 2,144 3 11 67 6 0 12 10 0 0 6 0 0 1 3 2,224 7 2 8,348 568 6 3
Wanganui .. .. .. 2,713 14 5 100 10 10 29 0 0 0 4 0 .. 2,843 9 3 14,962 937 6 3
Wellington .. .. .. 4,024 7 4 356 8 5 33 0 0 0 6 6 20 7 7 4,434 9 10 81,821 4,191 8 4
Westport .. .. .. 450 2 0 52 2 6 7 0 0 .. .. 509 4 6 6,312 372 11 3
Total for third quarter in 1885 6,002 0 9 36,401 6 6 2,323 12 11 297 0 0 3 16 0 582 15 1 45,610 11 3 355,590 23,798 3 7 53,244 4,922 17 0
Total for third quarter in 1884 5,600 0 0 34,328 19 6 2,271 7 10 362 16 0 2 16 0 8,001 4 0 50,567 3 4 344,272 24,176 1 10 55,150 5,161 14 10

General Post Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1885.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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💰 Return of Revenue for Postal Districts

💰 Finance & Revenue
16 October 1885
Revenue, Post Office, Postal Districts, Telegraph, Statistics
  • W. Gray, Secretary