✨ Post and Telegraph Revenue Statistics
RETURN of REVENUE collected at the GENERAL POST OFFICE and in the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of NEW ZEALAND for the Quarter ended 30th September, 1896.
| Postal Revenue | Telegraph Revenue | Total Post and Telegraph Revenue | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private Box and Bag Rents. | Money-order Commission. | Stamps sold and credited to Stamp Revenue. | Postal Guides. | Postal-note Commission. | Miscellaneous Receipts (Postal). | Total Postal. | Telegrams. | Telephone Exchanges. | Miscellaneous Telegraph. | Total Telegraph. | £ s. d. | |
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | |
| General Post Office | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 75 0 0 | 75 0 0 | .. | 55 14 1 | 162 3 9 | 217 17 10 | 292 17 10 |
| Auckland | 114 10 0 | 746 9 5 | 6,960 17 8 | 1 13 0 | 118 14 0½ | 0 5 7 | 7,942 9 8½ | 5,292 18 3½ | 242 5 7 | 108 15 0 | 5,643 18 10½ | 13,586 8 7 |
| Blenheim | 11 0 0 | 50 8 0 | 823 6 1 | 0 3 6 | 12 11 4 | .. | 897 8 11 | 372 16 4 | 16 17 9 | .. | 389 14 1 | 1,287 3 0 |
| Christchurch | 104 10 0 | 355 0 3 | 5,348 8 10 | 1 13 6 | 66 1 4½ | 1 0 9 | 5,876 14 8½ | 2,553 8 9 | 249 5 7 | 31 0 0 | 2,833 14 4 | 8,710 9 0½ |
| Dunedin | 46 10 0 | 330 16 3 | 5,067 13 8½ | 1 1 6 | 85 16 5½ | 1 1 0 | 5,532 18 11 | 2,809 8 4 | 38 7 4 | 63 0 0 | 2,910 15 8 | 8,443 14 7 |
| Gisborne | 10 10 0 | 50 2 0 | 1,473 11 10 | 0 2 0 | 6 4 8 | .. | 1,540 10 6 | 468 7 11 | 9 0 0 | 28 0 0 | 505 7 11 | 2,045 18 5 |
| Greymouth | 13 10 0 | 81 4 3 | 1,138 17 2 | 0 5 0 | 12 16 5 | .. | 1,246 12 10 | 627 18 4 | 20 8 9 | 1 0 0 | 649 7 1 | 1,895 19 11 |
| Hokitika | 5 10 0 | 33 1 9 | 418 6 1 | 0 2 0 | 7 3 7 | .. | 464 3 5 | 282 3 10 | .. | .. | 282 3 10 | 746 7 3 |
| Invercargill | 61 0 0 | 126 5 0 | 3,026 11 6 | 0 4 6 | 43 7 5 | 0 1 9 | 3,257 10 2 | 1,151 9 4½ | 35 6 9 | 42 10 0 | 1,229 6 1½ | 4,486 16 3½ |
| Napier | 89 0 0 | 202 6 6 | 2,725 17 0 | 0 11 0 | 44 9 4 | .. | 3,062 3 10 | 1,390 11 7 | 109 5 0 | 2 0 0 | 1,501 16 7 | 4,564 0 5 |
| Nelson | 1 0 0 | 67 14 0 | 1,428 5 1½ | 0 4 0 | 13 7 11 | 0 10 0 | 1,511 1 0½ | 383 18 5 | .. | 0 10 0 | 384 8 5 | 1,895 9 5½ |
| New Plymouth | 24 0 0 | 76 15 3 | 1,276 5 9½ | 0 2 0 | 19 18 1 | .. | 1,397 1 1½ | 523 8 4 | 18 13 6 | .. | 542 1 10 | 1,939 2 11½ |
| Oamaru | 8 10 0 | 46 2 0 | 1,356 10 2 | 0 0 6 | 14 4 7 | .. | 1,425 7 3 | 368 10 4 | 18 2 8 | 1 10 0 | 388 3 0 | 1,813 10 3 |
| Thames | 19 10 0 | 217 19 6 | 2,232 11 3 | 0 3 6 | 33 6 2½ | .. | 2,503 10 5½ | 1,552 0 7 | 2 16 6 | 2 10 0 | 1,557 7 1 | 4,060 17 6½ |
| Timaru | 24 0 0 | 70 9 9 | 2,435 19 1½ | 0 4 6 | 21 14 2 | 0 2 0 | 2,552 9 6½ | 475 18 10 | 1 14 10 | .. | 477 13 8 | 3,030 3 2½ |
| Wanganui | 35 0 0 | 170 6 3 | 4,771 1 3½ | 0 10 6 | 46 13 3 | 0 0 6 | 5,023 11 9½ | 1,048 5 2½ | 20 15 11 | 13 5 6 | 1,082 6 7½ | 6,105 18 5 |
| Wellington | 131 10 0 | 606 15 9 | 8,131 15 3 | 1 2 0 | 107 0 5 | 4 3 0 | 8,982 6 5 | 3,924 6 8½ | 227 17 9 | 274 9 3 | 4,426 13 8½ | 13,409 0 1½ |
| Westport | 6 0 0 | 73 7 0 | 655 10 1½ | .. | 12 9 2½ | .. | 747 6 4 | 468 6 9 | .. | .. | 468 6 9 | 1,215 13 1 |
| Total third quarter in 1896 | 705 10 0 | 3,305 2 11 | 49,271 8 0 | 8 3 0 | 665 18 5½ | 82 4 7 | 54,038 6 11½ | 23,693 17 11 | 1,066 12 0 | 730 13 6 | 25,491 3 5 | 79,529 10 4½ |
| Total third quarter in 1895 | 596 0 0 | 2,818 4 2 | 45,815 5 5 | 6 3 0 | 619 4 4½ | 114 4 8 | 49,969 1 7½ | 22,138 2 10½ | 955 4 5 | 1,438 10 0 | 24,531 17 3½ | 74,500 18 11 |
General Post Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1896.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.
1916
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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💰 Post and Telegraph Revenue Statistics
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Post Office, Telegraph, Revenue, Statistics, 1896, New Zealand
- W. Gray, Secretary