✨ 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 30th September, 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 .. .. | 9,616 3 0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 675 0 0 | 10,291 3 0 | .. | 129 17 6 | .. | .. |
| Auckland .. .. | .. | 38 0 0 | 331 14 4 | 5,315 11 11 | 0 18 0 | 55 14 0 | 1 3 0 | 5,743 1 3 | 53,843 | 3,957 3 8 | 6,831 | 712 17 1 |
| Blenheim .. .. | .. | 9 0 0 | 49 9 8 | 687 10 9 | 0 1 6 | 5 7 6 | 0 18 6 | 752 7 11 | 8,361 | 552 16 3 | 1,875 | 214 17 2 |
| Christchurch .. .. | .. | 39 0 0 | 253 0 10 | 4,795 0 9 | 0 14 0 | 30 14 5 | 1 14 9 | 5,120 4 9 | 38,881 | 3,302 11 4 | 3,743 | 409 9 11 |
| Dunedin .. .. | .. | 42 10 0 | 255 5 2 | 4,543 18 8½ | 0 10 6 | 35 16 10½ | 2 18 10 | 4,881 0 1 | 52,532 | 3,972 0 10 | 5,623 | 372 2 5 |
| Gisborne .. .. | .. | 1 0 0 | 24 12 10 | 1,044 13 8 | 0 0 6 | 1 8 10½ | 0 2 6 | 1,071 18 4½ | 4,750 | 292 7 9 | 978 | 106 10 4 |
| Greymouth .. .. | .. | 8 10 0 | 99 8 6 | 895 5 6½ | 0 1 0 | 4 15 11 | 0 16 0 | 1,008 16 11½ | 16,456 | 1,081 11 9 | 1,012 | 93 8 9 |
| Hokitika .. .. | .. | 2 10 0 | 34 9 6 | 423 2 10 | .. | 2 19 0 | 17 8 10 | 480 10 2 | 4,692 | 347 8 11 | 736 | 64 12 9 |
| Invercargill .. .. | .. | 28 0 0 | 103 14 6 | 2,575 8 9 | 0 2 0 | 21 0 4 | 0 13 6 | 2,728 19 1 | 16,318 | 979 4 7 | 2,518 | 236 11 3 |
| Napier .. .. | .. | 61 10 0 | 126 5 6 | 2,241 7 1½ | 0 1 6 | 17 9 9 | 4 3 0 | 2,450 16 10½ | 17,457 | 1,384 0 9 | 1,656 | 140 13 8 |
| Nelson .. .. | .. | 3 10 0 | 47 9 2 | 887 18 10 | 0 1 0 | 6 9 8 | 4 8 0 | 949 16 8 | 12,144 | 760 13 9 | 1,403 | 102 4 2 |
| New Plymouth .. .. | .. | 7 0 0 | 29 17 2 | 394 18 5 | 0 3 6 | 8 6 5½ | 0 8 7 | 440 14 1½ | 5,417 | 306 7 7 | 1,380 | 139 5 11 |
| Oamaru .. .. | .. | 5 10 0 | 45 17 0 | 1,291 6 5½ | 0 1 6 | 6 8 0½ | 0 12 0 | 1,349 15 0 | 7,636 | 637 17 6 | 851 | 57 8 1 |
| Thames .. .. | .. | 23 0 0 | 58 9 6 | 934 8 2 | 0 0 6 | 10 3 10 | 0 6 0 | 1,026 8 0 | 10,500 | 662 1 6 | 1,139 | 125 16 7 |
| Timaru .. .. | .. | 11 0 0 | 53 9 2 | 2,473 5 5½ | 0 1 0 | 11 13 7½ | 0 1 0 | 2,549 10 3 | 9,338 | 648 8 9 | 920 | 101 5 0 |
| Wanganui .. .. | .. | 18 10 0 | 77 18 4 | 2,602 3 7½ | 0 2 6 | 17 1 6½ | 0 1 0 | 2,715 17 0 | 12,477 | 813 16 7 | 1,437 | 122 1 10 |
| Wellington .. .. | .. | 42 10 0 | 325 16 0 | 3,664 8 7 | 0 10 0 | 39 2 0½ | 22 4 9 | 4,094 11 4½ | 78,901 | 4,807 18 6 | 15,502 | 1,884 18 11 |
| Westport .. .. | .. | 5 10 0 | 68 3 2 | 562 1 4½ | .. | 2 2 4 | 0 8 6 | 638 5 4½ | 9,384 | 497 0 10 | 1,909 | 225 17 7 |
| Total third quarter in 1888 | 9,616 3 0 | 346 10 0 | 1,985 0 4 | 35,332 10 11½ | 3 9 0 | 276 14 2½ | 733 8 9 | 48,293 16 3 | 359,087 | 25,183 8 4 | 49,519 | 5,110 1 5 |
| Total third quarter in 1887 | 4,951 15 8 | 317 10 0 | 2,052 1 0 | 38,163 11 11½ | 4 3 6 | 226 6 10 | 955 0 8 | 46,670 9 7½ | 369,456 | 22,870 19 2 | 64,812 | 10,605 5 0 |
General Post Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1888.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.
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Revenue, Post Office, Postal Districts, 1888, Statistics, New Zealand
- W. Gray, Secretary