RETURN of REVEUE collected at the GENERAL POST Office and in the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of NEW ZEALAND for the Quarter ended 31st March, 1896.

                                                                                  TELEGRAPH REVEUE.

Postage Private Box Monevorder Stamps sold and Posta Posta Miscellneous Total. Paid Telegrms, Telephone Government Telegrms.
recived from and Commissiun. credited to Guides. ote Receiots. Exchnges, &c. Number.
Foreign Bg Rents. Stamp Revenue. Commission. Number of Value.
Offices. Telegrms. £ s. d.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. ..
Csh received.
£ s. d.

General Post Office .. .. .. .. 40 12 0 .. .. 7,332 10 0 7,373 2 0 .. 1,397 4 4 .. ..
Auckand .. .. .. .. 358 0 0 563 7 9 6,193 5 1 10 9 6 103 11 9 0 1 6 7,228 15 7 92,125 4,967 10 6 9,374 1,047 11 5
Blenhim .. .. .. .. 75 0 0 52 2 9 782 14 5 0 19 0 11 7 5 .. 922 3 7 7,504 439 6 5 1,360 136 6 8
Chistchurch .. .. .. .. 411 10 0 308 9 7 5,333 15 6 10 14 0 62 3 2 1 1 0 6,127 13 4 51,744 3,594 12 4 5,237 575 11 10
Dun din .. .. .. .. 326 0 0 304 10 7 4,994 14 0 7 10 6 79 11 10 0 4 0 5,712 10 11 64,259 3,569 13 6 5,033 557 8 1
Gisborn .. .. .. .. 76 0 0 48 9 3 1,371 7 0 1 0 0 5 6 4 .. 1,502 2 7 10,104 574 16 3 994 108 14 1
Greymouth .. .. .. .. 75 10 0 69 10 0 973 19 4 2 1 6 10 7 3 .. 1,131 8 2 12,933 785 4 11 1,753 248 12 5
Hokitika .. .. .. .. 45 0 0 29 11 9 457 6 1 0 18 0 5 12 9 .. 538 8 7 4,681 276 3 8 710 94 9 1
Invercargill .. .. .. .. 288 0 0 130 10 3 3,037 18 8 1 5 6 40 1 6 .. 3,497 15 11 28,841 1,401 17 9 1,880 229 13 10
Napier .. .. .. .. 323 10 0 190 1 6 2,917 1 8 2 15 6 43 15 10 .. 3,477 4 7 29,062 1,808 13 7 2,426 270 11 0
Nelso .. .. .. .. 57 0 0 56 14 3 1,165 4 7 2 7 0 12 18 9 0 1 0 1,294 5 7 11,215 613 9 9 1,878 194 10 4
New Plymout .. .. .. .. 74 0 0 87 12 6 1,108 8 1 1 1 0 22 14 3 .. 1,293 15 10 12,647 711 4 4 1,761 192 8 6
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 92 0 0 46 2 0 1,329 11 1 3 15 0 14 1 8 .. 1,485 9 9 7,851 473 10 2 486 50 19 6
Thames .. .. .. .. 45 0 0 138 5 0 1,651 12 6 2 6 6 24 1 5 .. 1,861 5 5 20,423 1,115 7 2 1,783 171 11 8
Tima .. .. .. .. 148 0 0 65 1 0 2,610 13 5 2 15 6 19 19 4 .. 2,846 9 4 10,260 640 5 10 833 77 6 10
Wangnui .. .. .. .. 192 10 0 162 13 1 5,251 5 11 2 0 6 45 0 5 .. 5,653 9 11 25,661 1,432 7 3 2,213 237 14 8
Wellington .. .. .. .. 550 0 0 574 7 4 8,345 11 7 4 4 6 98 1 11 51 1 0 9,623 6 4 104,399 5,496 12 7 19,079 2,331 3 11
Wesport .. .. .. .. 41 0 0 61 8 0 563 18 8 0 1 6 8 8 9 .. 674 16 11 7,689 440 16 10 920 107 7 5

Total first quarter in 1896 .. 3,178 0 0 2,929 8 7 48,088 7 10 56 5 0 607 4 8 7,384 18 6 62,244 4 7 501,398 29,738 17 3 57,770 6,632 1 3
Total first quarter in 1895 1,500 0 0 3,256 10 0 2,615 7 0 46,338 16 2 60 17 6 555 15 7 16,767 7 4 71,094 13 7 479,816 25,220 19 6 63,286 7,013 9 7

General Post Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1896.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.