✨ Post and Telegraph Revenue
RETURN of REVENUE collected at the GENERAL POST OFFICE and in the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of NEW ZEALAND for the Quarter ended 30th June, 1897.
| 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 .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 150 0 0 | 150 0 0 | 936 4 8 | 19 7 2 | 8 14 10 | 964 6 8 | 1,114 6 8 |
| Auckland .. | 112 10 0 | 693 9 3 | 7,075 13 9½ | 1 15 0 | 114 4 6½ | 0 1 8½ | 7,997 14 3½ | 4,147 12 8½ | 3,320 19 0 | 60 7 3 | 7,528 18 11½ | 15,526 13 3 |
| Blenheim .. | 15 10 0 | 49 8 0 | 726 0 9½ | 0 1 6 | 11 16 2 | .. | 802 16 5½ | 376 4 1 | 88 9 4 | 0 10 0 | 465 3 5 | 1,267 19 10½ |
| Christchurch .. | 102 10 0 | 343 16 10 | 5,582 6 5½ | 1 9 0 | 65 7 0½ | 0 13 6 | 6,096 2 10 | 2,600 0 9 | 2,893 14 9 | 25 0 0 | 5,518 15 6 | 11,614 18 4 |
| Dunedin .. | 45 10 0 | 309 10 0 | 4,951 3 4 | 0 17 6 | 79 3 0 | 0 4 8 | 5,386 8 6 | 2,846 0 7½ | 2,686 15 8 | 17 17 2 | 5,550 13 5½ | 10,937 1 11½ |
| Gisborne .. | 11 10 0 | 42 6 6 | 924 11 1½ | 0 4 0 | 6 13 10½ | .. | 985 5 6 | 458 16 3½ | 21 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 480 6 3½ | 1,465 11 9½ |
| Greymouth .. | 15 0 0 | 83 1 0 | 1,069 9 11 | 0 3 0 | 12 0 8½ | 0 1 6 | 1,179 16 1½ | 606 12 8 | 184 1 8 | 1 0 0 | 791 14 4 | 1,971 10 5½ |
| Hokitika .. | 11 0 0 | 29 9 6 | 461 3 6½ | 0 0 6 | 6 13 0 | .. | 508 6 6½ | 276 18 11 | .. | .. | 276 18 11 | 785 5 5½ |
| Invercargill .. | 40 10 0 | 132 18 3 | 3,238 16 11 | 0 4 0 | 42 13 2½ | 0 1 0 | 3,455 3 4½ | 1,276 6 8 | 810 3 3 | 2 10 0 | 2,088 19 11 | 5,544 3 3½ |
| Napier .. | 57 0 0 | 173 9 9 | 2,612 4 8½ | 0 11 6 | 43 17 1½ | .. | 2,887 3 1 | 1,321 19 11 | 947 13 9 | 34 0 0 | 2,303 13 8 | 5,190 16 9 |
| Nelson .. | 7 0 0 | 70 18 0 | 1,359 1 8½ | 0 5 0 | 14 18 9½ | 0 1 0 | 1,452 4 6 | 450 4 3 | 110 0 0 | .. | 560 4 3 | 2,012 8 9 |
| New Plymouth .. | 22 10 0 | 88 7 0 | 1,147 10 2 | 0 3 6 | 23 14 9½ | 0 1 0 | 1,282 6 5½ | 609 0 8 | 305 10 6 | .. | 914 11 2 | 2,196 17 7½ |
| Oamaru .. | 9 0 0 | 51 14 6 | 1,301 15 7 | 0 1 0 | 12 1 7 | .. | 1,374 12 8 | 377 4 7 | 211 8 7 | 0 10 0 | 589 3 2 | 1,963 15 10 |
| Thames.. | 23 10 0 | 235 0 3 | 2,398 6 4½ | 0 5 0 | 35 1 8½ | .. | 2,692 3 4 | 1,084 16 2 | 196 8 0 | 0 10 0 | 1,281 14 2 | 3,973 17 6 |
| Timaru .. | 23 0 0 | 79 14 3 | 2,479 10 0 | 0 5 0 | 21 9 11½ | .. | 2,603 19 2½ | 548 7 6½ | 162 10 10 | 40 0 0 | 750 18 4½ | 3,354 17 7 |
| Wanganui .. | 83 0 0 | 165 18 9 | 4,939 0 7½ | 0 7 0 | 45 15 5 | .. | 5,234 1 9½ | 1,105 12 2 | 333 3 9 | .. | 1,438 15 11 | 6,672 17 8½ |
| Wellington .. | 148 0 0 | 598 5 9 | 8,659 13 4½ | 1 13 0 | 108 12 5 | 6 0 3 | 9,522 4 9½ | 3,700 6 0 | 3,414 8 10 | 304 0 2 | 7,418 15 0 | 16,940 19 9½ |
| Westport .. | 3 0 0 | 68 16 3 | 756 9 0 | 0 1 6 | 11 18 10½ | .. | 840 5 7½ | 467 4 5 | .. | .. | 467 4 5 | 1,307 10 0½ |
| Total second quarter in 1897 | 730 0 0 | 3,216 3 10 | 49,682 17 5 | 8 7 0 | 656 2 2½ | 157 4 7½ | 54,450 15 1 | 23,189 13 1 | 15,705 15 1 | 495 9 5 | 39,390 17 7 | 93,841 12 8 |
| Total second quarter in 1896 | 656 10 0 | 2,982 15 5 | 48,332 12 0½ | 14 11 0 | 623 19 5½ | 159 17 3 | 52,770 5 2 | 23,978 2 4 | 12,419 13 8 | 656 11 11 | 37,054 7 11 | 89,824 13 1 |
General Post Office,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1897.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.
[627] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1447
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🚂 Post and Telegraph Revenue for Second Quarter 1897
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Revenue, Post Office, Telegraph, Second Quarter, 1897, New Zealand
- W. Gray, Secretary