✨ 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 December, 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. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ 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. | |||||||||
| General Post Office .. .. | 44 2 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 574 16 6 | 618 18 11 | .. | 3,169 8 3 | .. | .. |
| Auckland .. .. | .. | 36 0 0 | 470 16 6 | 5,255 3 3 | 4 6 0 | 72 14 1 | 1 18 10 | 5,840 18 8 | 65,553 | 4,757 9 10 | 7,460 | 763 0 10 |
| Blenheim .. .. | .. | 4 0 0 | 60 4 0 | 792 14 5½ | 1 14 0 | 9 12 0 | 0 13 2 | 868 17 7½ | 8,452 | 609 10 1 | 1,285 | 136 18 8 |
| Christchurch .. .. | .. | 47 10 0 | 332 2 8 | 4,554 14 2½ | 2 0 6 | 39 2 6½ | 4 3 0 | 4,979 12 11 | 48,246 | 3,950 10 3 | 4,101 | 435 13 5 |
| Dunedin .. .. | .. | 87 0 0 | 342 3 10 | 4,730 7 11 | 7 0 0 | 50 11 3 | 5 8 4 | 5,222 11 4 | 56,760 | 4,415 17 11 | 5,106 | 571 18 6 |
| Gisborne .. .. | .. | 3 10 0 | 43 14 0 | 1,468 5 6½ | 0 7 0 | 2 18 11 | 0 10 6 | 1,519 5 11½ | 8,685 | 423 12 2 | 955 | 124 17 10 |
| Greymouth .. .. | .. | 13 0 0 | 89 0 8 | 1,326 12 0 | 0 4 0 | 6 7 6 | 1 2 6 | 1,436 6 8 | 13,105 | 858 17 0 | 1,351 | 129 6 8 |
| Hokitika .. .. | .. | 4 0 0 | 41 15 10 | 496 17 5 | 0 5 0 | 3 10 8 | .. | 546 8 11 | 4,690 | 250 6 8 | 703 | 84 18 9 |
| Invercargill .. .. | .. | 28 10 0 | 118 0 7 | 2,719 8 6½ | 0 12 0 | 25 15 5½ | 0 16 9 | 2,893 3 4 | 22,596 | 1,526 11 5 | 1,916 | 163 0 6 |
| Napier .. .. | .. | 20 10 0 | 188 10 10 | 2,578 19 9½ | 1 11 0 | 30 16 4 | 2 9 0 | 2,822 16 11½ | 25,083 | 1,766 8 3 | 2,388 | 235 17 0 |
| Nelson .. .. | .. | 1½10 0 | 60 5 6 | 901 11 10 | 0 10 6 | 9 16 5½ | .. | 973 14 3½ | 13,359 | 713 7 3 | 1,186 | 117 5 1 |
| New Plymouth .. .. | .. | 4 0 0 | 54 5 8 | 539 0 7½ | 0 12 6 | 12 11 5 | 0 12 0 | 611 2 2½ | 9,247 | 491 17 3 | 1,497 | 160 5 2 |
| Oamaru .. .. | .. | 4 0 0 | 49 5 8 | 1,360 17 5 | 0 4 0 | 8 19 1 | 0 2 0 | 1,423 8 2 | 5,692 | 496 11 7 | 361 | 38 18 9 |
| Thames .. .. | .. | 5 10 0 | 62 7 4 | 1,002 13 10½ | 1 6 6 | 11 15 6½ | 0 11 0 | 1,084 4 3 | 10,164 | 537 0 2 | 868 | 76 7 5 |
| Timaru .. .. | .. | 7 0 0 | 66 15 4 | 2,144 6 4 | 0 14 6 | 12 15 7½ | 0 8 0 | 2,231 19 9½ | 9,867 | 695 13 4 | 922 | 90 1 2 |
| Wanganui .. .. | .. | 21 0 0 | 122 19 8 | 3,389 0 4 | 0 14 0 | 26 13 6 | 0 12 0 | 3,560 19 6 | 18,832 | 1,157 0 3 | 2,146 | 203 14 5 |
| Wellington .. .. | .. | 75 0 0 | 461 4 10 | 6,175 13 1 | 12 3 0 | 59 6 10½ | 4 0 11 | 6,787 8 8½ | 88,326 | 5,387 18 11 | 17,185 | 2,227 15 10 |
| Westport .. .. | .. | 0 10 0 | 66 19 6 | 610 10 6 | 0 3 6 | 4 17 7½ | 0 4 6 | 683 5 7½ | 7,939 | 409 11 1 | 1,484 | 179 6 7 |
| Total fourth quarter in 1891 .. | 44 2 5 | 362 10 0 | 2,630 12 5 | 40,046 17 1½ | 34 8 0 | 388 4 10½ | 598 9 0 | 44,105 3 10 | 416,596 | 31,617 11 8 | 50,914 | 5,739 6 7 |
| Total fourth quarter in 1890 .. | 4,131 12 11 | 208 10 0 | 2,373 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 |
General Post Office,
Wellington, 25th January, 1892.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.
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Revenue, Post Office, Postal Districts, Telegraph, New Zealand, 1891
- W. Gray, Secretary