New Zealand Gazette – 1891 – No. 5

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✨ 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 31st December, 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 .. .. 4,131 12 11 .. .. .. .. .. 1,203 6 8 5,334 19 7 .. 1,901 13 11 .. ..
Auckland .. .. .. 26 0 0 427 7 10 5,461 9 2½ 0 14 0 60 8 4 9 15 2 5,985 14 6½ 74,506 4,499 15 6 10,030 1,216 10 4
Blenheim .. .. .. 6 0 0 64 14 6 867 17 7 2 5 6 7 2 2½ 8 1 6 956 1 3½ 9,139 592 3 6 1,620 102 5 3
Christchurch .. .. .. 20 10 0 304 4 6 4,736 5 0½ 0 13 6 35 3 1½ 4 6 0 5,101 2 2 44,131 3,486 3 3 4,063 436 6 7
Dunedin .. .. .. 18 10 0 325 5 0 5,415 3 3 0 11 6 44 18 6 3 6 6 5,807 14 9 65,083 3,529 19 3 5,994 605 8 4
Gisborne .. .. .. 2 0 0 £8 3 0 1,108 3 10 0 0 6 2 3 3½ 0 10 0 1,151 0 7½ 9,486 551 1 7 1,215 193 14 6
Greymouth .. .. .. 6 0 0 £6 5 6 1,102 18 1 0 0 6 4 10 10 1 1 6 1,200 16 5 16,861 932 16 4 1,957 221 10 3
Hokitika .. .. .. 2 0 0 34 2 0 465 13 8½ .. 3 1 9½ .. 504 17 6 5,562 284 9 1 540 49 15 7
Invercargill .. .. .. 23 10 0 114 14 2 2,561 9 9 0 16 0 25 5 6½ 0 6 6 2,726 1 11½ 23,179 1,267 3 7 2,646 252 0 0
Napier .. .. .. 28 0 0 154 14 10 2,533 9 2½ 1 16 0 23 9 11½ 5 19 6 2,747 9 6 23,935 1,540 14 8 4,522 532 17 1
Nelson .. .. .. 2 0 0 49 1 2 998 13 9 0 2 0 7 10 6½ 4 11 6 1,061 18 11½ 13,041 637 6 0 1,674 170 18 10
New Plymouth .. .. .. 4 0 0 39 15 0 479 13 8 0 0 6 10 8 10 0 18 0 534 16 0 7,060 380 10 7 1,174 126 15 9
Oamaru .. .. .. 0 10 0 47 13 4 1,325 17 6½ .. 7 10 2 3 12 6 1,385 3 6½ 7,195 478 1 5 702 94 12 3
Thames .. .. .. 4 10 0 75 14 6 986 5 6½ 0 1 6 12 6 3 1 2 6 1,080 0 3½ 17,158 855 19 0 1,917 204 4 10
Timaru .. .. .. 5 0 0 63 14 10 2,270 0 0½ 0 1 6 12 0 7½ 0 18 0 2,351 15 0 10,962 669 5 0 1,417 151 4 0
Wanganui .. .. .. 14 0 0 98 4 0 3,801 17 5½ 0 1 0 22 0 5 0 7 6 3,936 10 4½ 16,672 923 15 1 1,903 173 18 6
Wellington .. .. .. 44 0 0 371 5 0 6,202 5 8½ 10 15 0 49 10 5 24 1 0 6,701 17 1½ 86,346 4,022 16 0 21,276 3,121 9 7
Westport .. .. .. 2 0 0 78 17 0 694 18 1 .. 4 2 9½ 0 1 6 779 19 4½ 9,976 578 8 4 1,512 192 10 10
Total fourth quarter in 1890 4,131 12 11 208 10 0 2,973 16 2 41,012 1 5½ 17 19 0 331 13 7½ 1,272 5 10 49,347 19 0 440,242 27,132 2 1 64,162 7,846 2 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

General Post Office,
Wellington, 20th January, 1891.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

[No. 9.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.



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🚂 Revenue Collected at Post Offices

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20 January 1891
Post Office, Revenue, Postal Districts, Telegraph, Paid Telegrams, Government Telegrams
  • W. Gray, Secretary