New Zealand Gazette – 1888 – No. 4

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✨ Postal Note Transactions



STATEMENT showing the NUMBER, AMOUNT, &c., of POSTAL-NOTE TRANSACTIONS in the several Postal Districts of NEW ZEALAND during the QUARTER ended 31st December, 1887.

POSTAL DISTRICTS. No. of Offices which transact Postal-note Business. NUMBER OF POSTAL NOTES SOLD. Total Amount of Postal Notes sold. Commission on Postal Notes sold. NUMBER OF POSTAL NOTES PAID. Total Amount of Postal Notes paid.
At 1/0 At 1/6 At 2/6 At 5/0 At 7/6 At 10/0 At 12/6 At 15/0 At 17/6 At 20/0 Total. £ s. d. £ s. d. At 1/0 At 1/6 At 2/6 At 5/0 At 7/6 At 10/0 At 12/6 At 15/0 At 17/6 At 20/0 Total. £ s. d.
Auckland 65 1,262 980 572 827 380 916 282 364 160 1,043 6,786 2,697 11 0½ 49 19 0½ 1,488 1,096 702 967 445 1,129 302 416 174 1,111 7,830 2,981 9 6
Blenheim 7 118 67 44 70 45 86 27 29 10 81 577 226 9 4½ 4 5 10½ 49 32 35 32 14 35 9 22 9 45 282 114 19 6
Christchurch 36 518 436 245 395 226 484 139 217 98 458 3,216 1,332 18 2½ 24 16 2½ 790 648 294 529 291 675 194 274 130 627 4,452 1,771 4 6
Dunedin .. 36 766 572 279 476 265 575 168 273 88 681 4,143 1,721 2 11 31 8 11 965 719 389 666 362 782 197 305 126 816 5,327 2,122 3 6
Gisborne .. 2 38 25 13 30 13 31 12 9 3 19 193 70 11 1½ 1 8 1½ 81 12 7 11 4 16 6 4 3 17 111 41 19 0
Greymouth 7 114 89 76 75 55 66 20 27 12 78 612 219 14 1 4 4 1 77 95 63 84 42 36 31 32 10 45 515 170 14 6
Hokitika .. 6 46 37 28 37 12 62 16 26 12 56 332 152 1 11 2 15 5 81 16 13 20 12 38 9 10 4 33 186 82 10 0
Invercargill 24 391 291 148 273 171 339 97 160 68 394 2,332 1,014 5 4½ 18 7 10½ 250 174 96 168 91 226 67 91 40 297 1,500 668 16 0
Napier .. 18 371 265 156 259 114 257 89 116 46 246 1,919 736 15 4½ 13 19 4½ 260 217 102 197 84 213 75 89 89 184 1,460 561 0 6
Nelson .. 9 135 86 55 100 42 110 27 31 20 94 700 272 12 9½ 5 3 9½ 154 144 60 112 50 114 30 68 9 131 872 338 7 6
New Plymouth 6 234 200 79 134 48 158 38 42 12 128 1,073 368 0 5 7 3 11 198 167 76 111 58 111 47 34 15 94 911 298 18 6
Oamaru .. 8 126 98 66 89 52 88 19 47 13 99 697 270 4 1½ 5 1 1½ 77 62 35 40 31 55 19 37 17 69 442 185 10 0
Thames .. 13 214 194 94 134 95 183 39 57 26 171 1,207 467 6 5 8 16 5 120 112 46 72 46 105 25 40 14 130 710 295 15 6
Timaru .. 8 218 154 78 160 65 188 54 66 26 234 1,243 540 6 4 9 14 10 114 69 42 74 53 106 26 44 13 129 670 297 2 6
Wanganui 12 420 356 176 259 158 280 91 101 34 280 2,155 791 3 8½ 15 2 2½ 322 240 106 212 85 202 70 79 28 216 1,560 576 14 6
Wellington 28 764 666 333 521 246 594 181 234 77 563 4,179 1,598 11 2½ 30 5 8½ 943 708 379 622 308 653 199 250 102 727 4,891 1,873 5 0
Westport.. 7 51 64 25 44 25 45 19 23 7 32 335 123 0 0½ 2 8 0½ 20 13 10 12 2 21 6 4 6 12 106 41 9 6
Total 4th quarter in 1887 292 5,786 4,580 2,467 3,883 2,012 4,462 1,318 1,822 712 4,657 31,699 12,602 14 5½ 235 0 11½ 5,889 4,524 2,455 3,929 1,978 4,517 1,312 1,799 739 4,683 31,825 12,422 0 0
Total 4th quarter in 1886 277 4,381 3,098 1,805 3,073 1,430 3,473 981 1,313 637 3,766 23,957 9,820 12 6 181 7 0 4,196 3,091 1,687 2,920 1,465 3,409 963 1,304 605 3,793 23,433 9,538 12 6

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

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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💰 Statement of Postal Note Transactions

💰 Finance & Revenue
16 January 1888
Postal Notes, Transactions, Postal Districts, Statistics, Amounts, Commissions
  • W. Gray, Secretary