✨ Postal 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, 1889.
| 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 | 4,759 9 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 32 4 1 | 4,791 13 6 | .. | 1,948 12 9 | .. | .. |
| Auckland | .. | 14 10 0 | 419 16 6 | 5,357 18 9 | 1 5 6 | 64 1 8 | 2 15 0 | 5,860 7 5 | 60,187 | 3,881 1 11 | 6,525 | 629 4 9 |
| Blenheim | .. | 3 10 0 | 64 16 10 | 778 12 10 | 1 14 6 | 7 10 4½ | 0 8 6 | 856 13 0½ | 9,171 | 626 6 3 | 1,805 | 172 9 9 |
| Christchurch | .. | 27 0 0 | 324 4 8 | 4,513 11 2 | 1 7 0 | 34 6 4 | 52 16 0 | 4,953 5 2 | 49,022 | 3,634 13 11 | 5,969 | 664 18 8 |
| Dunedin | .. | 34 0 0 | 335 9 6 | 4,251 15 4½ | 0 15 0 | 42 8 0½ | 4 3 10 | 4,668 11 9 | 73,141 | 4,682 5 2 | 8,410 | 933 13 11 |
| Gisborne | .. | 1 10 0 | 35 18 10 | 1,318 14 0 | 0 0 6 | 1 13 9½ | .. | 1,357 17 1½ | 5,848 | 333 12 0 | 1,093 | 146 1 2 |
| Greymouth | .. | 5 0 0 | 95 0 6 | 874 14 4 | 1 9 0 | 4 18 11½ | 1 10 0 | 982 12 9½ | 17,690 | 1,069 4 5 | 1,554 | 170 3 6 |
| Hokitika | .. | 2 0 0 | 40 1 8 | 445 7 3 | 0 3 0 | 3 3 11 | .. | 490 15 10 | 6,235 | 312 5 2 | 538 | 180 6 10 |
| Invercargill | .. | 14 0 0 | 112 17 10 | 2,485 5 0 | 0 3 0 | 22 6 3 | 0 17 6 | 2,635 9 7 | 19,877 | 1,134 14 1 | 2,187 | 189 1 0 |
| Napier | .. | 12 10 0 | 161 13 2 | 2,537 17 6½ | 1 3 6 | 19 19 5 | 7 18 0 | 2,741 1 7½ | 20,590 | 1,396 4 11 | 2,320 | 289 16 11 |
| Nelson | .. | 0 10 0 | 58 2 8 | 981 8 6½ | 0 1 6 | 7 4 7 | 1 19 0 | 1,049 6 3½ | 15,733 | 657 15 3 | 1,725 | 161 16 7 |
| New Plymouth | .. | 2 0 0 | 43 10 4 | 359 4 11½ | 0 0 6 | 11 3 11½ | 0 1 0 | 416 0 9 | 7,419 | 403 18 9 | 1,438 | 155 4 4 |
| Oamaru | .. | 5 0 0 | 44 15 6 | 1,300 19 3½ | 0 1 0 | 7 5 0½ | 1 4 0 | 1,359 4 10 | 7,576 | 561 7 9 | 991 | 90 18 6 |
| Thames | .. | 3 0 0 | 70 15 10 | 1,189 4 0½ | 0 1 6 | 11 15 11 | 2 1 0 | 1,276 18 3½ | 13,292 | 687 14 11 | 1,853 | 164 3 8 |
| Timaru | .. | 4 0 0 | 61 10 6 | 2,442 2 11½ | 0 3 0 | 12 1 4½ | 0 11 0 | 2,520 8 10 | 11,745 | 749 2 7 | 906 | 96 17 2 |
| Wanganui | .. | 13 10 0 | 92 17 6 | 3,145 1 4½ | .. | 23 3 3½ | 1 7 4 | 3,275 19 6 | 13,799 | 822 7 5 | 2,247 | 213 11 5 |
| Wellington | .. | 24 0 0 | 386 17 0 | 4,629 5 3 | 10 5 0 | 47 7 3 | 9 2 0 | 5,106 16 6 | 79,496 | 4,949 17 9 | 17,400 | 1,945 16 0 |
| Westport | .. | 8 0 0 | 62 10 4 | 674 10 9½ | 0 1 6 | 3 2 5½ | 0 0 6 | 748 5 7 | 8,325 | 444 2 3 | 1,486 | 235 10 6 |
| Total fourth quarter in 1889 | 4,759 9 5 | 174 0 0 | 2,410 19 2 | 37,285 13 5½ | 18 15 0 | 323 12 7½ | 118 18 9 | 45,091 8 5 | 419,146 | 28,295 7 3 | 58,447 | 6,439 14 8 |
| Total fourth quarter in 1888 | 5,982 16 5½ | 169 0 0 | 2,262 18 4 | 35,895 7 11½ | 14 3 0 | 276 6 8½ | 252 8 2 | 44,853 0 7½ | 394,761 | 25,907 16 3 | 50,991 | 5,253 5 11 |
General Post Office,
Wellington, 20th January, 1890.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.
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💰 Return of Revenue Collected by Post Office
💰 Finance & Revenue20 January 1890
Revenue, Post Office, Postal Districts, 1889, Statistics
- W. Gray, Secretary