✨ Postal 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 31st December, 1896.
| 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. | Total Post and Telegraph Revenue. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ 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 .. | .. | .. | .. | 0 8 0 | .. | 275 3 7 | 275 11 7 | .. | .. | 152 17 0 | 152 17 0 | 428 8 7 |
| Auckland .. | 172 10 0 | 770 19 7 | 7,424 6 7½ | 5 9 6 | 117 1 0 | 2 12 6 | 8,492 19 2½ | 4,928 15 1½ | 2,631 19 5 | 53 15 0 | 7,614 9 6½ | 16,107 8 9 |
| Blenheim .. | 9 10 0 | 53 5 0 | 776 19 9½ | 0 6 6 | 11 15 2½ | .. | 851 16 6 | 428 0 0 | 114 3 4 | 1 0 0 | 543 3 4 | 1,394 19 10 |
| Christchurch .. | 158 0 0 | 358 19 9 | 5,543 2 2½ | 4 19 0 | 63 3 4½ | 34 1 3 | 6,162 5 7 | 2,814 14 2½ | 2,483 13 8 | 31 0 0 | 5,329 7 10½ | 11,491 13 5½ |
| Dunedin .. | 160 0 0 | 336 7 9 | 5,208 5 10 | 8 15 0 | 75 6 1½ | 3 8 9 | 5,792 3 5½ | 3,145 3 1 | 2,303 14 9 | 23 10 0 | 5,472 7 10 | 11,264 11 3½ |
| Gisborne .. | 2 0 0 | 52 12 6 | 1,243 11 6 | 0 15 0 | 4 16 1 | .. | 1,303 15 1 | 528 3 5½ | 1 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 530 13 5½ | 1,834 8 6½ |
| Greymouth .. | 7 0 0 | 90 8 0 | 1,056 8 7 | 0 5 0 | 11 16 3½ | 1 0 0 | 1,166 17 10½ | 651 10 7 | 164 7 3 | 2 10 0 | 818 7 10 | 1,985 5 8½ |
| Hokitika .. | .. | 34 9 9 | 452 12 8½ | .. | 6 19 11½ | .. | 494 2 5 | 292 17 1 | .. | .. | 292 17 1 | 786 19 6 |
| Invercargill .. | 38 0 0 | 136 2 6 | 2,959 5 0 | 4 1 6 | 37 10 4½ | 0 2 0 | 3,175 1 4½ | 1,280 13 5 | 716 15 11 | 7 5 0 | 2,004 14 4 | 5,179 15 8½ |
| Napier .. | 36 10 0 | 226 17 6 | 2,709 17 5½ | 2 13 6 | 43 10 4 | .. | 3,019 8 9½ | 1,533 16 7½ | 772 5 8 | 8 10 0 | 2,314 12 3½ | 5,334 1 1 |
| Nelson .. | 4 10 0 | 73 13 9 | 1,328 4 2 | 0 2 0 | 13 6 7½ | 2 18 0 | 1,422 14 6½ | 504 12 10½ | 121 0 0 | 3 10 0 | 629 2 10½ | 2,051 17 5 |
| New Plymouth .. | 25 0 0 | 91 15 6 | 1,153 12 6½ | 0 2 6 | 22 2 2½ | .. | 1,292 12 9 | 605 9 1½ | 271 13 4 | 3 15 0 | 880 17 5½ | 2,173 10 2½ |
| Oamaru .. | 9 0 0 | 48 7 9 | 1,310 11 7 | 0 0 6 | 13 4 6 | .. | 1,381 4 4 | 381 12 9 | 201 3 2 | 1 0 0 | 583 15 11 | 1,965 0 3 |
| Thames.. | 26 0 0 | 233 4 3 | 2,185 0 11 | 0 5 0 | 32 7 5 | .. | 2,476 17 7 | 1,334 13 4 | 188 1 11 | 2 10 0 | 1,525 5 3 | 4,002 2 10 |
| Timaru .. | 20 0 0 | 77 15 9 | 2,655 9 0 | 0 3 0 | 19 10 2 | 7 5 0 | 2,780 2 11 | 571 12 9½ | 162 11 3 | 6 0 0 | 740 4 0½ | 3,520 6 11½ |
| Wanganui .. | 65 0 0 | 188 9 9 | 4,566 2 10½ | 0 3 6 | 46 15 6 | 0 8 6 | 4,867 0 1½ | 1,177 12 4 | 298 5 9 | 2 0 0 | 1,477 18 1 | 6,344 18 2½ |
| Wellington .. | 109 0 0 | 676 7 1 | 8,102 14 5 | 9 3 6 | 104 17 1½ | 15 8 6 | 9,017 10 7½ | 4,427 4 11½ | 2,729 2 0 | 249 7 3 | 7,405 14 2½ | 16,423 4 10 |
| Westport .. | 2 0 0 | 67 3 6 | 666 16 1 | 0 2 6 | 11 10 0 | .. | 747 12 1 | 468 18 3 | .. | 9 0 0 | 477 18 3 | 1,225 10 4 |
| Total fourth quarter in 1896 | 844 0 0 | 3,516 19 8 | 49,343 1 3½ | 37 15 6 | 635 12 3½ | 342 8 1 | 54,719 16 10 | 25,075 10 0 | 13,159 17 5 | 558 19 3 | 38,794 6 8 | 93,514 3 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 | 24,287 19 7 | 11,761 4 4 | 653 7 9 | 36,702 11 8 | 88,329 16 4 |
General Post Office,
Wellington, 25th January, 1897.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.
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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, 1896
🚂 Transport & Communications25 January 1897
Revenue, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report, 1896, Statistics, Post Office, Telegraph
- W. Gray, Secretary