✨ 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 June, 1891.
| 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. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paid Telegrams, &c. | Government Telegrams. | |||||||||||
| Number. | Cash received. | Number. | Value. | |||||||||
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | |||
| General Post Office .. .. | 1,937 12 11½ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 125 9 6 | 2,063 2 5½ | .. | 192 15 6 | .. | .. |
| Auckland .. .. | .. | 41 10 0 | 402 12 4 | 5,326 3 6½ | 1 11 6 | 68 0 11 | 19 10 4 | 5,859 8 7½ | 71,022 | 4,736 12 9 | 8,484 | 874 8 4 |
| Blenheim .. .. | .. | 7 10 0 | 60 10 6 | 831 1 9 | 0 1 0 | 8 9 5½ | 0 13 0 | 908 5 8½ | 9,464 | 594 4 7 | 1,904 | 210 19 10 |
| Christchurch .. .. | .. | 36 0 0 | 299 4 10 | 4,799 19 8 | 1 3 0 | 41 6 0 | 1 3 6 | 5,178 17 0 | 47,250 | 3,654 8 5 | 3,948 | 876 9 8 |
| Dunedin .. .. | .. | 33 10 0 | 301 13 0 | 4,727 0 7½ | 1 1 0 | 50 19 7 | 2 3 7 | 5,116 7 9½ | 60,718 | 4,353 6 7 | 6,902 | 880 16 8 |
| Gisborne .. .. | .. | 10 10 0 | 38 19 2 | 1,328 2 3 | 0 1 6 | 2 16 2½ | .. | 1,380 9 11½ | 7,560 | 418 7 4 | 1,064 | 126 19 10 |
| Greymouth .. .. | .. | 5 0 0 | 82 0 10 | 1,411 3 7½ | 0 3 0 | 6 2 2 | 1 10 0 | 1,505 19 7½ | 14,378 | 887 15 4 | 1,652 | 181 3 8 |
| Hokitika .. .. | .. | 9 0 0 | 33 10 2 | 562 8 4 | 0 1 0 | 3 15 3 | .. | 608 14 9 | 5,320 | 268 17 6 | 588 | 62 17 8 |
| Invercargill .. .. | .. | 24 10 0 | 114 8 4 | 2,870 18 7 | 0 7 0 | 28 6 9½ | 1 5 6 | 3,039 16 2½ | 24,164 | 1,332 10 4 | 2,548 | 211 15 0 |
| Napier .. .. | .. | 44 0 0 | 167 6 0 | 2,442 16 5 | 0 13 6 | 28 12 1 | 16 6 6 | 2,699 14 6 | 22,596 | 1,543 10 11 | 3,094 | 333 2 10 |
| Nelson .. .. | .. | 6 0 0 | 58 11 0 | 1,052 4 1 | 0 3 0 | 9 10 2 | 0 0 6 | 1,126 8 9 | 15,204 | 729 1 7 | 2,030 | 212 5 6 |
| New Plymouth .. .. | .. | 7 0 0 | 49 16 4 | 476 12 1½ | 0 2 6 | 11 17 3½ | 0 1 9 | 545 10 0 | 9,240 | 495 15 6 | 1,610 | 146 4 10 |
| Oamaru .. .. | .. | 7 10 0 | 48 1 8 | 1,424 19 9 | 0 1 0 | 8 14 8½ | .. | 1,489 7 11½ | 6,706 | 463 2 10 | 602 | 60 6 4 |
| Thames .. .. | .. | 7 10 0 | 67 6 0 | 1,163 16 5½ | 0 1 0 | 12 17 6½ | 0 8 4 | 1,251 19 4 | 14,210 | 731 5 4 | 2,058 | 231 0 0 |
| Timaru .. .. | .. | 17 10 0 | 62 7 4 | 2,540 1 10½ | 0 6 6 | 13 11 9½ | 0 6 9 | 2,634 4 3 | 11,816 | 725 8 1 | 910 | 107 19 6 |
| Wanganui .. .. | .. | 22 0 0 | 103 18 0 | 3,122 11 6½ | 0 7 0 | 24 19 0 | 0 10 0 | 3,274 5 6½ | 17,780 | 1,038 10 5 | 2,170 | 202 6 0 |
| Wellington .. .. | .. | 65 0 0 | 389 11 10 | 5,802 12 0½ | 0 9 6 | 55 17 3½ | 16 1 8 | 6,329 12 4 | 88,592 | 4,767 16 6 | 19,838 | 2,535 19 8 |
| Westport .. .. | .. | 10 0 0 | 75 9 2 | 822 0 1½ | 0 0 6 | 5 18 7½ | .. | 913 8 5 | 9,828 | 513 14 10 | 2,128 | 229 1 6 |
| Total second quarter in 1891.. | 1,937 12 11½ | 354 0 0 | 2,355 6 6 | 40,704 12 9½ | 6 13 6 | 381 14 10½ | 185 10 11 | 45,925 11 6½ | 435,848 | 27,447 4 4 | 61,530 | 6,983 16 10 |
| Total second quarter in 1890.. | 4,330 19 10 | 278 10 0 | 2,166 3 0 | 40,433 10 4 | 5 7 6 | 329 10 2½ | 84 5 8 | 47,628 6 6½ | 407,992 | 24,981 19 11 | 58,305 | 6,347 0 8 |
General Post Office,
Wellington, 21st July, 1891.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.
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NZ Gazette 1891, No 54
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💰 Return of Revenue Collected at Post Offices
💰 Finance & Revenue21 July 1891
Revenue, Post Office, Postal Districts, Telegraph, Statistics, Quarter, 1891
- W. Gray, Secretary