New Zealand Gazette – 1888 – No. 4

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✨ Revenue Statistics



RETURN of REVENUE collected at the General Post Office and in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand for the Quarter ended 31st December, 1887.

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 .. 10,118 5 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. 10,118 5 0 .. 1,873 18 8 .. ..
Auckland .. .. 4 0 0 412 4 2 5,058 15 10½ 0 16 6 49 19 0½ 0 12 6 5,526 8 1 63,882 4,451 13 8 8,855 906 14 6
Blenheim .. .. .. 44 2 4 649 15 11 0 1 6 4 5 10½ 2 17 0 701 2 7½ 6,969 523 16 11 1,334 135 0 7
Christchurch .. .. 2 10 0 303 1 2 4,598 7 9½ 0 14 0 24 16 2½ 0 17 6 4,930 6 8 43,884 3,596 16 4 4,554 445 3 10
Dunedin .. .. 6 10 0 311 4 0 4,170 4 5½ 9 17 6 31 8 11 0 15 9 4,530 0 7½ 55,200 4,120 13 0 5,232 537 17 3
Gisborne .. .. 3 0 0 32 6 8 1,050 12 10 0 0 6 1 8 1½ .. 1,087 8 1½ 6,406 383 9 7 564 55 2 1
Greymouth .. .. .. 131 7 4 914 17 1½ 0 5 0 4 4 1 .. 1,050 13 6½ 18,975 1,131 4 4 1,840 207 17 3
Hokitika .. .. .. 34 7 0 353 19 0½ 1 7 6 2 15 5 10 0 0 402 8 11½ 5,946 402 16 9 771 88 5 3
Invercargill .. .. .. 115 5 8 2,426 19 10 0 3 6 18 7 10½ 0 5 6 2,561 2 4½ 19,435 1,201 2 4 2,484 177 4 11
Napier .. .. 3 0 0 158 3 4 2,068 2 11 2 17 6 13 19 4½ 4 13 0 2,250 16 1½ 23,862 1,853 2 9 3,116 311 6 4
Nelson .. .. .. 54 15 10 814 7 9½ 0 4 6 5 3 9½ .. 874 11 11 14,536 946 4 9 1,817 179 14 9
New Plymouth .. .. .. 37 0 10 311 14 6½ 0 0 6 7 3 11 .. 355 19 9½ 5,796 382 14 3 1,610 173 14 0
Oamaru .. .. 2 0 0 45 4 8 1,244 12 7½ .. 5 1 1½ 0 7 6 1,297 5 11 6,682 559 2 11 598 59 0 8
Thames .. .. 1 0 0 59 6 0 1,090 11 3½ 0 2 0 8 16 5 0 16 9 1,160 12 5½ 11,155 607 7 10 1,127 96 19 8
Timaru .. .. 0 10 0 64 16 4 2,414 2 7½ 0 8 6 9 14 10 0 13 0 2,490 5 3½ 9,165 653 2 4 644 62 0 1
Wanganui .. .. .. 84 16 8 2,493 7 11 0 6 0 15 2 2½ 0 1 6 2,593 14 3½ 18,791 1,176 15 1 2,702 228 2 8
Wellington .. .. 7 0 0 350 5 2 4,044 3 7 9 16 0 30 5 8½ 0 10 3 4,442 0 8½ 91,310 4,265 4 2 18,170 2,005 16 9
Westport .. .. 0 10 0 63 12 2 490 10 10½ 0 1 6 2 8 0½ .. 557 2 7 9,614 510 13 11 1,231 138 0 0
Total fourth quarter in 1887 10,118 5 0 30 0 0 2,301 19 4 34,195 7 0½ 27 2 6 235 0 11½ 22 10 3 46,930 5 1 411,608 28,639 19 7 56,649 5,808 0 7
Total fourth quarter in 1886 5,612 1 9 34 15 0 2,310 14 10 41,341 10 9 18 14 6 181 7 0 19 1 7 49,518 5 5 380,570 26,108 6 7 59,570 6,955 5 11

General Post Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1888.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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💰 Return of Revenue Collected

💰 Finance & Revenue
16 January 1888
Revenue, Post Office, Postal Districts, Telegraph, Statistics
  • W. Gray, Secretary