STATEMENT showing the Number, Amount, &c., of Postal-note Transactions in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand during the Quarter ended 31st December, 1895.

| Postal Districts. | No. of Postal-note Offices open at the end of the Quarter. | Number of Postal Notes sold. | | | | | | | | | | | | Commission on Postal Notes sold. | Total Amount of Postal Notes sold. | Number of Postal Notes paid. | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total Amount of Postal Notes paid. |
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| | | At 1/0 | At 1/6 | At 2/6 | At 5/0 | At 7/6 | At 10/0 | At 12/6 | At 15/0 | At 17/6 | At £1. | At £5. | Total. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | At 1/0 | At 1/6 | At 2/6 | At 5/0 | At 7/6 | At 10/0 | At 12/6 | At 15/0 | At 17/6 | At £1. | At £5. | Total. | £ s. d. |
| Auckland .. | 88 | 3,336 | 2,732 | 1,665 | 2,319 | 907 | 2,081 | 538 | 640 | 266 | 1,328 | 99 | 15,911 | 104 15 4½ | 5,516 19 4½ | 4,023 | 3,332 | 2,139 | 3,198 | 1,212 | 2,870 | 676 | 916 | 340 | 1,921 | 102 | 20,729 | 7,245 8 6 |
| Blenheim .. | 10 | 394 | 306 | 206 | 262 | 105 | 241 | 70 | 85 | 31 | 171 | 5 | 1,876 | 12 8 7 | 636 16 7 | 135 | 114 | 69 | 111 | 45 | 116 | 22 | 50 | 18 | 119 | 4 | 803 | 332 11 0 |
| Christchurch .. | 47 | 1,611 | 1,288 | 787 | 1,257 | 561 | 1,382 | 351 | 455 | 146 | 1,114 | 60 | 9,012 | 66 9 0 | 3,659 19 6 | 2,504 | 1,939 | 1,085 | 1,661 | 867 | 1,777 | 525 | 649 | 230 | 1,207 | 67 | 12,511 | 4,593 5 0 |
| Dunedin .. | 51 | 2,133 | 1,767 | 948 | 1,455 | 746 | 1,453 | 426 | 549 | 234 | 1,079 | 56 | 10,846 | 75 10 11½ | 4,044 19 5½ | 2,616 | 2,291 | 1,258 | 1,906 | 962 | 1,893 | 600 | 679 | 316 | 1,275 | 63 | 13,859 | 4,994 7 6 |
| Gisborne .. | 4 | 177 | 141 | 73 | 119 | 44 | 129 | 27 | 29 | 14 | 131 | 12 | 896 | 6 10 0½ | 387 13 6½ | 44 | 35 | 37 | 46 | 11 | 50 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 55 | 4 | 308 | 144 1 6 |
| Greymouth .. | 10 | 318 | 214 | 144 | 221 | 75 | 236 | 54 | 74 | 32 | 190 | 22 | 1,580 | 11 11 9½ | 680 3 3½ | 176 | 149 | 77 | 121 | 49 | 135 | 25 | 60 | 23 | 96 | 5 | 916 | 347 9 6 |
| Hokitika .. | 6 | 167 | 131 | 73 | 101 | 69 | 118 | 28 | 39 | 22 | 111 | 1 | 860 | 6 2 7½ | 325 11 1½ | 84 | 58 | 28 | 60 | 28 | 49 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 49 | 10 | 414 | 196 1 0 |
| Invercargill .. | 31 | 1,031 | 790 | 506 | 786 | 406 | 769 | 249 | 341 | 145 | 535 | 23 | 5,581 | 40 5 2½ | 2,135 16 2½ | 731 | 554 | 317 | 560 | 310 | 547 | 175 | 229 | 105 | 400 | 11 | 3,939 | 1,475 9 6 |
| Napier .. | 24 | 1,329 | 1,065 | 602 | 857 | 391 | 844 | 208 | 270 | 111 | 492 | 20 | 6,189 | 40 13 5½ | 2,066 14 11½ | 851 | 664 | 395 | 529 | 256 | 531 | 147 | 193 | 64 | 319 | 14 | 3,963 | 1,317 2 0 |
| Nelson .. | 15 | 313 | 268 | 171 | 240 | 89 | 251 | 64 | 75 | 31 | 182 | 7 | 1,691 | 11 17 6½ | 628 5 0½ | 364 | 257 | 173 | 286 | 126 | 246 | 74 | 96 | 36 | 164 | 8 | 1,830 | 654 12 0 |
| New Plymouth .. | 9 | 617 | 545 | 259 | 410 | 185 | 455 | 125 | 142 | 57 | 272 | 4 | 3,071 | 20 16 10 | 1,050 16 4 | 434 | 372 | 165 | 257 | 137 | 295 | 97 | 121 | 46 | 198 | 5 | 2,127 | 747 19 6 |
| Oamaru .. | 9 | 352 | 269 | 150 | 266 | 122 | 270 | 85 | 93 | 47 | 170 | 4 | 1,828 | 13 0 2½ | 670 15 8½ | 217 | 167 | 88 | 157 | 88 | 190 | 49 | 69 | 28 | 156 | 4 | 1,213 | 484 10 0 |
| Thames .. | 15 | 601 | 534 | 366 | 511 | 284 | 494 | 153 | 175 | 85 | 270 | 7 | 3,480 | 24 6 9 | 1,227 13 9 | 197 | 191 | 118 | 165 | 88 | 241 | 51 | 62 | 30 | 129 | 10 | 1,282 | 517 6 0 |
| Timaru .. | 12 | 567 | 413 | 265 | 420 | 181 | 382 | 109 | 146 | 64 | 273 | 2 | 2,822 | 19 10 1 | 992 9 1 | 340 | 241 | 130 | 245 | 100 | 254 | 58 | 80 | 24 | 256 | 2 | 1,730 | 660 6 6 |
| Wanganui .. | 20 | 1,304 | 1,097 | 688 | 860 | 444 | 851 | 244 | 295 | 123 | 588 | 12 | 6,506 | 43 10 1½ | 2,213 7 1½ | 679 | 598 | 355 | 534 | 247 | 494 | 123 | 189 | 76 | 361 | 8 | 8,664 | 1,282 8 6 |
| Wellington .. | 45 | 2,710 | 2,250 | 1,434 | 2,056 | 897 | 1,957 | 502 | 743 | 275 | 1,464 | 40 | 14,328 | 99 7 11 | 5,187 7 11 | 3,538 | 2,860 | 1,816 | 2,316 | 1,067 | 2,279 | 561 | 751 | 306 | 1,595 | 58 | 17,147 | 5,803 13 0 |
| Westport .. | 15 | 219 | 171 | 137 | 188 | 107 | 176 | 67 | 74 | 29 | 80 | 12 | 1,260 | 9 1 6 | 487 17 0 | 77 | 48 | 32 | 71 | 30 | 78 | 13 | 35 | 11 | 36 | 5 | 436 | 184 9 0 |
| Total 4th quarter in 1895 | 411 | 17,179 | 13,981 | 8,474 | 12328 | 5,613 | 12089 | 3,300 | 4,225 | 1,712 | 8,450 | 386 | 87,737 | 605 18 0 | 31,913 6 0 | 17,010 | 13,870 | 8,282 | 12223 | 5,623 | 12045 | 3,225 | 4,207 | 1,670 | 8,336 | 380 | 86,871 | 30,981 0 0 |
| Total 4th quarter in 1894 | 391 | 15,420 | 12,399 | 7,472 | 11008 | 5,116 | 10976 | 2,871 | 3,948 | 1,757 | 9,458 | .. | 80,425 | 563 2 11½ | 29,107 6 5½ | 15,382 | 12,296 | 7,439 | 10832 | 5,107 | 10924 | 2,892 | 3,922 | 1,739 | 9,372 | .. | 79,905 | 28,348 18 6 |

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

*First issued on 17th June, 1895.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

[No. 9.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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