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RETURN of REVENUE collected at the General Post Office and in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand for the Quarter ended 31st December, 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.
General Post Office 5,982 16 5$ rac{1}{2}$ .. .. .. .. .. 228 15 3 6,211 11 8$ rac{1}{2}$ .. 1,031 12 0
Auckland .. 11 0 0 394 8 10 5,371 15 8 1 0 6 50 8 11$ rac{1}{2}$ 1 17 2 5,830 11 1$ rac{1}{2}$ 60,248 4,016 0 4
Blenheim .. 2 10 0 57 11 6 791 11 1 0 0 6 6 0 9 0 8 6 858 2 4 9,200 596 3 2
Christchurch .. 9 10 0 292 8 10 4,492 6 7$ rac{1}{2}$ 0 14 6 27 2 4$ rac{1}{2}$ 1 9 0 4,823 11 4 47,391 3,459 16 10
Dunedin .. 83 10 0 289 10 0 4,288 16 6$ rac{1}{2}$ 1 1 0 34 15 6 2 5 7 4,699 18 7$ rac{1}{2}$ 56,936 3,934 16 9
Gisborne .. 3 10 0 27 14 10 1,173 4 6 .. 1 10 7$ rac{1}{2}$ 0 2 6 1,206 2 5$ rac{1}{2}$ 4,911 308 5 0
Greymouth .. 3 0 0 103 14 8 824 11 4$ rac{1}{2}$ 0 2 0 4 18 3$ rac{1}{2}$ 0 17 9 937 4 1 18,239 1,131 14 0
Hokitika .. 2 10 0 44 11 2 403 17 8 0 0 6 2 3 1$ rac{1}{2}$ .. 453 2 5$ rac{1}{2}$ 5,187 312 5 6
Invercargill .. 8 10 0 111 10 8 2,546 12 1 0 2 0 20 16 4 1 0 0 2,688 11 1 19,216 1,072 13 10
Napier .. 8 10 0 142 0 10 2,418 6 10$ rac{1}{2}$ 1 12 0 19 0 6$ rac{1}{2}$ 4 6 0 2,593 16 3 22,195 1,624 18 0
Nelson .. 2 0 0 53 17 6 961 14 9$ rac{1}{2}$ 0 1 0 6 5 5$ rac{1}{2}$ 5 11 0 1,029 9 9 13,766 712 3 10
New Plymouth .. 2 10 0 38 14 10 396 16 2 0 0 6 10 15 3$ rac{1}{2}$ 2 16 9 451 13 6$ rac{1}{2}$ 6,394 353 8 8
Oamaru .. 2 0 0 52 7 6 1,178 2 9$ rac{1}{2}$ 0 4 6 6 5 1$ rac{1}{2}$ 0 3 0 1,239 2 11 9,213 649 8 7
Thames .. 2 0 0 63 19 0 1,117 12 6 0 2 0 11 6 3 0 4 0 1,195 3 9 10,454 560 13 6
Timaru .. 1 0 0 60 14 0 2,262 3 0$ rac{1}{2}$ 0 2 0 12 0 11$ rac{1}{2}$ 0 7 0 2,336 7 0 12,121 725 14 9
Wanganui .. 10 0 0 88 3 2 2,633 13 4$ rac{1}{2}$ 0 1 0 18 16 11$ rac{1}{2}$ 0 5 0 2,750 19 6 14,582 884 2 0
Wellington .. 15 10 0 357 10 8 4,425 10 5$ rac{1}{2}$ 8 18 6 41 8 2$ rac{1}{2}$ 1 13 8 4,850 11 5$ rac{1}{2}$ 75,049 4,041 7 10
Westport .. 1 10 0 84 0 4 608 12 5$ rac{1}{2}$ .. 0 0 6 0 6 0 697 1 3 9,660 492 11 8

Total fourth quarter in 1888 | 5,982 16 5$ rac{1}{2}$ | 169 0 0 | 2,262 18 4 | 35,895 7 11$ rac{1}{4}$ | 14 3 0 | 276 6 8$ rac{1}{2}$ | 252 8 2 | 44,853 0 7$ rac{1}{4}$ | 394,761 | 25,907 16 3 | 50,991 | 5,253 5 11 |
Total fourth quarter in 1887 | 10,118 5 0 | 30 0 0 | 2,301 19 4 | 34,195 7 0$ rac{1}{4}$ | 27 2 6 | 235 0 11$ rac{1}{2}$ | 22 10 3 | 46,930 5 1 | 411,608 | 28,639 19 7 | 56,649 | 5,808 0 7 |

General Post Office,
Wellington, 15th January, 1889.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 3



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