New Zealand Gazette – 1890 – No. 21

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✨ 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, 1890.

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 .. .. 9,074 13 0 .. .. .. .. .. 9,225 0 0 18,299 13 0 .. 205 1 0 .. ..
Auckland .. .. .. 354 0 0 363 14 2 5,525 16 1½ 14 11 6 58 14 1½ 0 14 2 6,317 10 1 69,231 4,271 10 7 7,719 820 3 0
Blenheim .. .. .. 92 0 0 72 2 0 807 18 6 1 8 6 6 18 3 0 9 0 980 16 3 10,222 657 1 8 1,598 164 10 0
Christchurch .. .. .. 599 10 0 276 1 2 5,198 13 0½ 16 6 6 35 2 11 0 19 6 6,126 13 1½ 53,968 4,461 6 0 4,359 447 16 5
Dunedin .. .. .. 443 10 0 305 6 4 4,963 2 9 17 1 0 40 11 7½ 2 18 10 5,772 10 6½ 75,059 4,919 15 7 6,580 693 19 8
Gisborne .. .. .. 67 0 0 33 10 2 1,038 12 8½ 0 8 0 1 18 1½ .. 1,141 9 0 7,473 429 2 5 834 74 10 4
Greymouth .. .. .. 87 0 0 95 14 2 910 9 6½ 1 4 6 4 16 7 0 15 6 1,100 0 3½ 19,000 1,108 6 3 1,869 226 19 5
Hokitika .. .. .. 45 10 0 34 18 4 463 0 11 1 18 0 3 3 4½ .. 548 10 7½ 5,287 276 3 6 810 106 14 7
Invercargill .. .. .. 287 0 0 99 15 4 2,697 3 6 5 14 0 23 15 6½ 1 6 0 3,114 14 4½ 23,617 1,335 15 1 2,820 119 11 1
Napier .. .. .. 294 10 0 159 12 6 2,769 18 8½ 4 11 0 23 6 10 8 4 0 3,260 3 0½ 24,194 1,676 19 5 2,831 268 13 8
Nelson .. .. .. 71 0 0 48 12 6 969 11 1 3 17 6 8 5 6 .. 1,101 6 7 16,003 735 0 9 2,126 166 0 4
New Plymouth .. .. .. 55 10 0 39 19 0 428 5 4 1 3 0 9 14 0½ 0 12 0 535 3 4½ 8,190 377 11 0 1,256 118 12 7
Oamaru .. .. .. 102 10 0 41 19 2 1,486 3 1 4 16 6 6 15 1½ .. 1,642 3 10½ 9,200 671 7 4 727 76 3 7
Thames .. .. .. 51 10 0 59 11 2 1,066 5 6 1 17 6 10 15 10½ 0 3 1 1,190 3 1½ 12,972 654 4 8 1,186 100 3 4
Timaru .. .. .. 172 0 0 55 11 4 2,620 3 2½ 3 12 6 12 4 8 16 5 6 2,879 17 2½ 12,185 784 14 11 681 64 13 6
Wanganui .. .. .. 170 0 0 90 3 0 2,497 15 5 2 8 0 20 18 6 0 5 0 2,781 9 11 20,175 1,160 6 6 1,692 133 6 3
Wellington .. .. .. 484 10 0 344 15 2 4,710 8 8 2 14 0 45 4 10 100 10 6 5,688 3 2 79,959 5,044 0 11 17,343 2,058 9 1
Westport .. .. .. 47 10 0 54 10 6 658 14 5½ 0 6 6 3 2 5 1 0 0 765 3 10½ 9,788 527 13 5 1,537 213 1 4
Total first quarter in 1890.. 9,074 13 0 3,424 10 0 2,175 16 0 38,812 2 6½ 83 18 6 315 8 4 9,359 3 1 63,245 11 5½ 456,523 29,296 1 0 55,968 5,853 8 2
Total first quarter in 1889.. 6,597 2 5½ 3,405 0 0 2,045 2 4 35,691 0 2½ 94 6 6 286 5 3½ 10,780 6 0 58,899 2 9½ 429,086 28,664 17 6 58,759 7,144 8 1

General Post Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1890.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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💰 Return of Revenue Collected by Post Office

💰 Finance & Revenue
22 April 1890
Revenue, Post Office, Postal Districts, Telegraph, Quarter, 1890
  • W. Gray, Secretary