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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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1886, No 39





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💰 Revenue Collected in Postal Districts

💰 Finance & Revenue
16 July 1886
Revenue, Post Office, Postal Districts, Telegraph, Statistics
  • W. Gray, Secretary