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RETURN of REVENUE collected at the General Post Office and in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand for the Quarter ended 31st December, 1895.

Private Box Money-order Stamps sold and Postal Postal-note Miscellaneous Total. Telegraph Revenues:
and Commission. credited to Guides. Commission. Receipts. Paid Telegrams, Telephone Government Telegrams.
Bag Rents. Stamp Revenue. Exchanges, &c.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Number of Cash received. Number. Value.
Telegrams. £ s. d. £ s. d.
General Post Office .. .. .. .. .. .. 107 18 0 107 18 0 .. 167 9 4 .. ..
Auckland .. .. .. .. 61 0 0 716 16 0 6,237 12 6½ 1 11 0 104 15 4½ 0 2 6 7,121 17 5 93,832 6,894 2 6 8,868 877 1 8
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 8 0 0 58 6 3 770 3 2 1 13 0 12 8 7 .. 850 11 0 6,995 483 10 11 1,343 129 19 1
Christchurch .. .. .. .. 172 0 0 384 3 3 5,128 15 7 6 12 6 66 9 0 1 4 6 5,759 4 10 52,155 5,133 4 4 4,763 511 4 2
Dunedin .. .. .. .. .. 131 0 0 338 6 6 5,135 5 11½ 6 4 6 75 10 11½ 0 18 2 5,687 6 1 61,908 5,149 8 0½ 4,699 541 9 3
Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. 6 10 0 58 3 6 1,171 1 9 0 14 6 6 10 0½ .. 1,241 19 3½ 9,786 542 0 8 1,168 121 17 4
Greymouth .. .. .. .. 8 0 0 68 5 0 1,043 13 6 0 1 6 11 11 9½ 1 12 6 1,133 4 3½ 12,078 819 17 0 1,517 202 7 6
Hokitika .. .. .. .. .. 2 0 0 40 12 6 461 12 6 .. 6 2 7½ .. 510 7 7½ 4,836 265 19 5 681 83 19 3
Invercargill .. .. .. .. 33 0 0 132 10 3 2,861 13 1 4 16 0 40 5 2½ 0 1 3 3,072 5 9½ 27,498 1,901 13 3½ 1,859 209 16 8
Napier .. .. .. .. .. 46 0 0 204 10 6 3,018 17 1½ 2 18 6 40 13 5½ 3 12 0 3,316 11 7 27,354 2,189 5 9 2,205 236 9 7
Nelson .. .. .. .. .. 5 0 0 67 0 3 1,156 7 11½ 0 1 6 11 17 6½ 0 10 6 1,240 17 9 11,326 644 11 5 1,627 160 9 7
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. 17 10 0 96 6 6 1,136 7 7½ 0 2 6 20 16 10 .. 1,271 3 5½ 11,656 839 5 2 1,649 176 19 2
Oamaru .. .. .. .. .. 10 10 0 47 0 9 1,254 11 5½ 0 1 0 13 0 2½ .. 1,325 3 5 6,183 595 6 8 463 47 7 7
Thames .. .. .. .. .. 14 0 0 145 14 0 1,625 7 4 0 1 0 24 6 9 0 6 0 1,809 15 1 20,871 1,239 10 9 1,515 149 8 6
Timaru .. .. .. .. .. 12 0 0 73 1 0 2,611 16 2½ 0 1 6 19 10 1 0 0 6 2,716 9 3½ 9,393 764 14 4 861 83 2 9
Wanganui .. .. .. .. .. 57 0 0 198 11 7 4,382 4 3½ 0 3 6 43 10 1½ 6 5 8 4,687 15 2 23,692 1,500 6 9 2,363 227 17 10
Wellington .. .. .. .. 96 0 0 631 2 6 8,170 1 9½ 9 12 6 99 7 11 3 10 0 9,009 14 8½ 108,811 7,173 17 11 18,670 2,256 4 4
Westport .. .. .. .. .. 2 0 0 65 2 6 633 15 4½ 0 0 6 9 1 6 5 0 0 764 19 10½ 7,690 398 7 5 1,109 126 16 6

Total fourth quarter in 1895 .. 680 10 0 3,325 12 10 46,849 6 9 34 15 6 605 18 0 131 1 7 51,627 4 8 496,064 36,702 11 8 55,360 6,142 10 4
Total fourth quarter in 1894 .. 588 15 0 2,930 1 6 45,105 8 2 42 0 0 563 2 11½ 234 7 11 49,463 15 6½ 457,089 32,816 9 5½ 56,817 6,180 18 8

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

W. GRAY,
Secretary.