New Zealand Gazette – 1888 – No. 25

Page 477

✨ 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, 1888.

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.
General Post Office .. 10,725 0 5 .. .. .. .. .. 200 0 0 10,925 0 5 .. 131 3 2 .. ..
Auckland .. .. 407 0 0 368 3 4 5,282 6 8 14 7 0 49 5 11 0 19 0 6,122 1 11 65,850 4,370 5 8 9,054 1,058 5 1
Blenheim .. .. 97 0 0 41 16 8 734 0 8 1 15 0 3 18 11 0 5 6 878 16 9 6,518 515 12 1 1,433 149 15 5
Christchurch .. .. 593 0 0 256 0 0 5,082 18 8 14 12 0 28 3 1½ 4 4 6 5,978 18 3½ 44,977 3,461 11 5 4,766 485 5 8
Dunedin .. .. 457 10 0 267 4 6 5,025 13 1 7 4 6 30 16 1 2 19 0 5,791 7 2 55,703 4,118 12 5 5,676 598 16 0
Gisborne .. .. 84 10 0 30 19 0 1,291 18 8 1 7 0 1 14 5½ 0 0 6 1,410 9 7½ 5,767 383 8 8 1,081 110 16 3
Greymouth .. .. 86 0 0 109 0 8 960 16 11 3 2 6 4 15 10 0 16 6 1,164 12 5 17,643 1,078 12 8 1,422 168 16 6
Hokitika .. .. 56 0 0 34 17 8 345 0 7½ 1 2 6 2 10 8 0 6 0 439 17 5½ 6,347 400 12 9 592 63 9 3
Invercargill .. .. 273 10 0 104 13 2 2,672 19 4 7 7 0 20 10 2 0 17 8 3,079 17 4 18,962 1,137 9 2 2,764 215 13 0
Napier .. .. 320 10 0 140 4 10 2,337 12 6½ 4 3 0 15 1 9 4 6 6 2,821 18 7½ 25,139 1,809 12 10 2,366 200 11 7
Nelson .. .. 67 0 0 54 8 10 930 6 0½ 4 2 6 6 1 5½ .. 1,061 18 10 13,161 842 8 5 1,649 164 2 8
New Plymouth .. .. 49 0 0 35 17 6 339 16 7½ 1 12 0 8 6 6½ 0 9 2 435 1 10 7,690 410 18 2 1,297 127 5 2
Oamaru .. .. 116 0 0 45 18 0 1,565 4 6½ 3 14 6 4 17 1 5 8 6 1,741 2 7½ 6,586 424 10 6 864 87 3 3
Thames .. .. 64 0 0 52 3 6 1,035 15 10 2 19 6 8 15 1 0 11 0 1,164 4 11 12,410 639 3 7 2,025 271 9 8
Timaru .. .. 179 10 0 58 11 2 2,644 11 8½ 4 3 6 9 10 3½ 21 14 6 2,913 1 2 12,228 733 5 11 853 80 6 8
Wanganui .. .. 165 10 0 89 4 8 2,481 9 3½ 2 14 0 17 6 8½ 0 15 6 2,757 0 2 22,704 1,293 7 1 2,377 209 14 6
Wellington .. .. 5 13 0 317 8 10 4,310 19 5 3 8 6 33 3 1 93 8 0 5,271 7 10 68,648 4,351 6 6 21,135 2,408 11 3
Westport .. .. 46 0 0 51 7 6 556 7 9½ 0 8 0 1 14 8½ 0 3 0 656 1 0 7,542 452 16 5 990 139 10 8
Total first quarter in 1888 .. 10,725 0 5 3,575 0 0 2,052 19 10 87,597 18 5 78 3 0 246 11 10½ 337 4 10 54,612 18 4½ 397,875 26,554 17 5 60,344 6,539 12 7
Total first quarter in 1887 .. 11,299 15 5 3,593 5 0 2,078 1 6 38,265 14 7 92 16 6 192 19 7 886 6 7½ 56,408 19 2½ 428,241 28,604 2 10 64,581 6,891 10 11

General Post Office,
Wellington, 17th April, 1888.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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17 April 1888
Revenue, Post Office, Postal Districts, Telegraphs, Financial Statistics
  • W. Gray, Secretary