Post 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, 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 .. 4,370 16 7 .. .. .. .. .. 1,260 11 6 5,631 8 1 .. 196 1 8 .. ..
Auckland .. .. 51 0 0 380 11 6 4,874 9 0 1 5 0 65 5 9½ 21 14 0 5,394 5 3½ 74,589 5,178 4 10 6,486 789 10 5
Blenheim .. .. 11 10 0 60 1 10 699 8 4½ 0 2 0 7 10 6½ 1 4 6 779 17 3 8,360 648 15 7 1,495 149 9 0
Christchurch .. .. 41 10 0 271 12 8 4,711 9 11 0 13 0 38 15 0½ 3 6 0 5,067 6 7½ 47,460 3,856 11 4 3,921 436 17 1
Dunedin .. .. 58 0 0 286 7 10 4,760 14 6 0 11 0 46 19 4½ 3 0 2 5,155 12 10½ 59,478 4,570 2 7 4,853 475 16 3
Gisborne .. .. 14 10 0 31 10 6 1,014 6 0 .. 1 19 0 .. 1,062 5 6 5,612 382 12 4 690 82 12 2
Greymouth .. .. 8 10 0 85 2 0 1,133 6 3½ 0 4 0 5 2 11 1 0 0 1,233 5 2½ 12,546 897 18 11 1,449 124 5 11
Hokitika .. .. 1 10 0 30 7 6 527 16 10 0 0 6 3 5 9 0 10 0 563 10 7 5,198 316 8 2 644 95 17 7
Invercargill .. .. 22 10 0 104 4 4 2,535 4 9 0 7 6 24 8 2 2 12 0 2,689 6 9 21,470 1,231 4 1 2,415 264 8 1
Napier .. .. 44 0 0 131 4 4 2,271 0 3 0 7 0 22 10 4½ 4 7 0 2,473 8 11½ 19,975 1,574 9 9 1,840 172 9 0
Nelson .. .. 3 10 0 41 13 6 965 5 6 0 2 0 8 19 7 2 0 6 1,021 11 1 12,454 734 1 9 920 115 12 5
New Plymouth .. .. 9 0 0 36 13 10 331 19 2 .. 12 8 10½ 2 19 6 393 1 4½ 8,464 485 10 3 1,012 86 9 9
Oamaru .. .. 2 0 0 44 7 6 1,465 12 8½ 0 0 6 8 0 1 .. 1,520 0 9½ 6,405 566 4 7 782 94 6 11
Thames .. .. 17 19 4 65 3 4 1,092 11 1 0 1 0 11 13 2 0 11 1 1,187 19 0 14,938 873 7 6 1,311 103 10 0
Timaru .. .. 13 0 0 58 0 8 2,387 11 0½ 0 1 6 13 11 1 0 6 0 2,472 10 3½ 9,430 701 8 4 483 49 0 4
Wanganui .. .. 21 10 0 83 16 0 3,087 3 5 0 3 0 24 18 2½ 0 1 0 3,217 11 7½ 16,629 1,076 19 0 1,276 86 17 5
Wellington .. .. 91 0 0 345 3 0 5,243 2 7 0 8 0 50 5 11½ 22 10 6 5,752 10 0½ 98,405 4,536 17 6 17,319 2,565 14 11
Westport .. .. 6 10 0 51 14 6 734 12 10 0 0 6 4 14 6 0 0 6 797 12 10 8,211 536 8 6 1,449 331 4 0
Total third quarter in 1890.. 4,370 16 7 417 9 4 2,107 14 10 37,835 14 3 4 6 6 350 8 5 1,326 14 3 46,413 4 2 429,624 28,363 6 8 48,345 6,024 1 3
Total third quarter in 1889.. 7,172 16 8 383 10 0 2,130 6 10 38,213 9 9½ 5 0 0 329 14 10½ 1,312 3 4 49,547 1 6 374,234 24,671 13 11 45,248 4,652 10 9

General Post Office,
Wellington, 20th October, 1890.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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💰 Revenue Collected at Post Offices

💰 Finance & Revenue
20 October 1890
Revenue, Post Office, Postal Districts, Telegraph, Financial Summary
  • W. Gray, Secretary