✨ Revenue Statistics
RETURN of REVENUE collected at the General Post Office and in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand for the Quarter ended 30th June, 1886.
| Postage received from Foreign Offices. | Private Box and Bag Rents. | Money-order Commission. | Stamps sold and credited to Stamp Revenue. | Postal Guides. | Postal-note Commission. | 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 .. | 5,713 5 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6,361 17 2 | 12,075 2 5 | .. | 197 13 5 | .. | .. |
| Auckland .. | .. | 16 0 0 | 390 13 0 | 4,866 11 0 | 1 10 0 | 28 13 6½ | .. | 5,303 7 6½ | 65,981 | 4,911 7 0 | 9,056 | 1,072 7 2 |
| Blenheim .. | .. | 4 0 0 | 56 11 0 | 581 10 1½ | 0 2 6 | 3 3 6½ | 30 0 0 | 675 7 2 | 8,280 | 606 14 1 | 1,485 | 92 8 9 |
| Christchurch .. | .. | 22 10 0 | 269 9 2 | 4,722 3 11 | 0 15 6 | 15 1 6½ | 0 2 0 | 5,030 2 1½ | 43,346 | 3,785 7 8 | 4,950 | 359 17 2 |
| Dunedin .. | .. | 10 10 0 | 276 3 4 | 4,564 2 5½ | 1 0 0 | 23 8 11½ | 2 1 11 | 4,877 6 8 | 47,846 | 3,781 4 7 | 6,795 | 592 9 1 |
| Gisborne .. | .. | 6 10 0 | 27 18 6 | 1,084 14 11 | 0 6 0 | 0 17 5 | .. | 1,120 6 10 | 6,019 | 405 6 7 | 832 | 171 11 3 |
| Greymouth .. | .. | 0 10 0 | 68 18 0 | 832 18 1 | 0 6 0 | 3 0 9 | 0 6 6 | 905 19 4 | 13,028 | 825 0 0 | 1,316 | 120 0 11 |
| Hokitika .. | .. | 0 10 0 | 38 3 0 | 432 2 10½ | 0 1 0 | 1 14 4½ | .. | 472 11 3 | 5,501 | 383 11 7 | 889 | 83 2 2 |
| Invercargill .. | .. | 8 0 0 | 108 7 2 | 2,609 13 5 | 0 5 6 | 13 5 10½ | .. | 2,739 11 11½ | 18,124 | 1,189 4 0 | 3,004 | 265 1 7 |
| Napier .. | .. | 11 10 0 | 127 15 6 | 2,149 0 6 | 0 3 0 | 8 15 2½ | .. | 2,297 4 2½ | 23,647 | 1,611 5 9 | 3,071 | 265 9 1 |
| Nelson .. | .. | .. | 57 11 6 | 664 5 6½ | 0 2 0 | 3 15 11½ | .. | 725 15 0 | 13,084 | 880 14 2 | 3,049 | 198 18 9 |
| New Plymouth .. | .. | 1 0 0 | 38 14 8 | 324 15 10 | .. | 5 14 3 | .. | 370 4 9 | 6,480 | 477 4 8 | 1,238 | 102 0 11 |
| Oamaru .. | .. | 1 15 0 | 41 14 10 | 1,314 7 9½ | 0 2 6 | 3 7 8½ | 10 0 0 | 1,371 7 10 | 7,256 | 562 6 9 | 754 | 53 6 11 |
| Thames .. | .. | .. | 58 18 4 | 756 16 10½ | .. | 6 3 10 | .. | 821 19 0½ | 18,754 | 1,228 5 4 | 2,565 | 396 15 0 |
| Timaru .. | .. | 3 10 0 | 63 0 0 | 1,865 13 2 | 0 1 6 | 5 6 5 | 0 0 6 | 1,937 11 7 | 12,105 | 899 5 9 | 945 | 84 0 11 |
| Wanganui .. | .. | 0 10 0 | 96 9 0 | 3,284 11 11 | 0 4 0 | 10 8 7½ | .. | 3,392 3 6½ | 15,592 | 1,028 14 5 | 2,677 | 243 6 7 |
| Wellington .. | .. | 33 10 0 | 329 16 4 | 4,980 0 5½ | 0 14 6 | 21 9 1½ | 33 18 8 | 5,399 9 1 | 90,270 | 3,663 5 7 | 19,384 | 2,534 5 0 |
| Westport .. | .. | .. | 54 19 6 | 456 6 9½ | .. | 1 2 0½ | .. | 512 8 4 | 6,739 | 404 14 4 | 1,597 | 124 1 7 |
| Total for second quarter in 1886 | 5,713 5 3 | 120 5 0 | 2,105 2 10 | 35,489 15 8 | 5 14 0 | 155 9 2 | 6,438 6 9 | 50,027 18 8 | 402,052 | 26,841 5 8 | 63,607 | 6,759 2 10 |
| Corresponding quarter in 1885 | 6,765 8 3 | 99 0 0 | 2,332 11 2 | 33,970 14 7 | 6 1 6 | .. | 7,625 6 6 | 50,799 2 0 | 389,820 | 25,029 8 6 | 64,656 | 6,988 15 0 |
General Post Office,
Wellington, 16th July, 1886.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.
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💰 Finance & Revenue16 July 1886
Revenue, Post Office, Postal Districts, Telegraph, Statistics
- W. Gray, Secretary
NZ Gazette 1886, No 39