✨ 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 31st March, 1886.
| Postage received from Foreign Offices. | Stamps sold and credited to Stamp Revenue. | Money-order Commission. | Postal-note 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. | £ s. d. | Paid Telegrams, &c. | Government Telegrams. | |||
| Number. | Cash received. | Number. | Value. | |||||||||
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | |||||||||||
| General Post Office .. | 10,488 4 0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 550 0 0 | 11,038 4 0 | .. | 170 11 7 | .. | .. |
| Auckland .. | .. | 4,853 17 7½ | 388 18 10 | 23 7 4 | 425 0 0 | 23 16 6 | 0 3 0 | 5,715 3 3½ | 73,681 | 4,876 17 5 | 9,746 | 1,029 6 10 |
| Blenheim .. | .. | 589 19 10½ | 49 18 2 | 2 6 0 | 97 0 0 | 3 8 0 | 0 7 3 | 742 19 3½ | 7,465 | 433 16 7 | 1,513 | 112 3 6 |
| Christchurch .. | .. | 4,858 13 0 | 246 5 2 | 12 3 2 | 583 0 0 | 19 8 6 | 75 1 0 | 5,794 10 10 | 48,828 | 3,579 14 4 | 5,896 | 508 7 4 |
| Dunedin .. | .. | 4,553 2 6½ | 278 1 2 | 19 15 7 | 368 0 0 | 6 3 6 | 0 9 0 | 5,225 11 9½ | 56,048 | 3,901 5 4 | 6,897 | 568 17 2 |
| Gisborne .. | .. | 1,250 0 4 | 28 13 10 | 0 16 4 | 72 0 0 | 1 11 0 | 0 2 0 | 1,352 8 6 | 6,074 | 374 7 1 | 879 | 74 8 11 |
| Greymouth .. | .. | 801 0 6½ | 64 14 10 | 3 0 10½ | 76 0 0 | 3 10 0 | 1 0 0 | 949 6 3 | 12,349 | 729 3 0 | 1,836 | 176 2 11 |
| Hokitika .. | .. | 384 13 6 | 36 7 2 | 1 1 8½ | 57 10 0 | 3 10 6 | .. | 483 2 10½ | 7,876 | 431 9 4 | 923 | 72 4 5 |
| Invercargill .. | .. | 2,669 1 4½ | 118 14 2 | 10 19 1 | 301 0 0 | 10 12 0 | 0 1 0 | 3,110 7 7½ | 23,974 | 1,285 18 9 | 3,571 | 272 1 1 |
| Napier .. | .. | 2,010 8 4 | 122 7 10 | 6 4 7 | 303 15 0 | 2 5 6 | 15 10 0 | 2,460 11 3 | 27,724 | 1,905 19 1 | 3,527 | 341 10 9 |
| Nelson .. | .. | 843 7 8 | 59 15 4 | 4 2 10 | 74 0 0 | 4 2 0 | .. | 985 7 10 | 14,863 | 828 12 3 | 2,125 | 186 10 7 |
| New Plymouth .. | .. | 350 3 8 | 33 17 8 | 4 18 6 | 60 10 0 | 3 4 0 | .. | 452 13 10 | 7,954 | 383 7 0 | 1,557 | 133 9 1 |
| Oamaru .. | .. | 1,044 9 3½ | 43 0 10 | 2 12 7½ | 129 10 0 | 5 0 6 | 0 1 0 | 1,224 14 3 | 8,555 | 595 15 7 | 901 | 69 17 1 |
| Thames .. | .. | 1,297 8 10½ | 58 11 2 | 5 10 3½ | 65 10 0 | 2 6 0 | .. | 1,429 6 4 | 16,031 | 850 19 5 | 2,114 | 234 11 11 |
| Timaru .. | .. | 2,512 2 0½ | 65 5 2 | 3 16 9 | 208 0 0 | 4 10 0 | 20 0 0 | 2,813 13 11½ | 9,990 | 697 1 0 | 879 | 67 1 6 |
| Wanganui .. | .. | 2,844 13 7½ | 87 6 8 | 9 2 4 | 177 0 0 | 4 1 6 | .. | 3,122 4 1½ | 24,152 | 1,284 19 5 | 3,070 | 259 0 6 |
| Wellington .. | .. | 3,866 17 4 | 326 3 6 | 17 16 8 | 483 0 0 | 15 3 6 | 73 14 2 | 4,782 15 2 | 73,180 | 4,286 18 6 | 22,395 | 2,784 17 4 |
| Westport .. | .. | 342 13 6 | 52 18 0 | 1 5 2 | 44 0 0 | 1 0 0 | .. | 441 16 8 | 8,855 | 484 5 3 | 2,492 | 276 4 6 |
| Total first quarter in 1886 .. | 10,488 4 0 | 35,072 3 1½ | 2,060 19 6 | 128 19 10 | 3,524 15 0 | 113 13 0 | 736 8 5 | 52,124 17 10½ | 426,999 | 27,101 0 11 | 70,321 | 7,166 15 5 |
| Corresponding 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 |
General Post Office,
Wellington, 19th April, 1886.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.
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Revenue, Post Office, Postal Districts, Telegraph, March 1886, Statistics
- W. Gray, Secretary