New Zealand Gazette – 1897 – No. 91

Page 1965

✨ Postal and Telegraph Revenue Statistics



Oct. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1965

RETURN of REVENUE collected at the GENERAL POST OFFICE and in the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of NEW ZEALAND for the Quarter ended 30th September, 1897.

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.
General Post Office 2 0 0 .. .. .. .. 332 10 0 334 10 0 526 5 1 31 15 9 154 14 10 712 15 8 1,047 5 8
Auckland 98 0 0 759 0 9 7,323 5 2 1/2 1 11 6 133 4 2 1/2 0 0 6 8,315 2 2 4,064 2 9 1/2 192 15 11 61 0 9 4,317 19 5 1/2 12,633 1 7 1/2
Blenheim 8 10 0 42 7 0 776 15 3 1/2 0 1 6 12 9 5 1/2 0 0 6 840 3 9 314 9 9 17 8 7 0 10 0 332 8 4 1,172 12 1
Christchurch 104 10 0 386 5 2 5,778 3 9 0 19 0 72 12 0 0 6 0 6,342 15 11 2,534 6 10 304 11 4 29 10 0 2,868 8 2 9,211 4 1
Dunedin 49 0 0 342 3 9 5,243 18 10 0 16 0 87 9 10 0 6 6 5,723 14 11 2,702 9 9 1/2 76 10 2 40 12 6 2,819 12 5 1/2 8,543 7 4 1/2
Gisborne 18 0 0 46 19 0 1,026 18 7 1/2 0 0 6 6 5 7 1/2 .. 1,098 3 9 516 3 5 10 19 11 19 5 1 546 8 5 1,644 12 2
Greymouth 9 10 0 92 2 6 1,279 18 11 1/2 0 3 6 14 1 2 0 1 6 1,395 17 7 1/2 583 8 2 1/2 26 0 4 3 10 0 612 18 6 1/2 2,008 16 2
Hokitika 3 0 0 38 11 6 401 14 7 1/2 0 1 0 7 12 6 .. 450 19 7 1/2 255 11 6 1/2 .. 0 10 0 256 1 6 1/2 707 1 2
Invercargill 52 15 0 141 14 3 3,262 9 10 1/2 0 4 0 49 1 5 1/2 .. 3,506 4 7 1,149 4 8 1/2 42 13 10 6 10 0 1,198 8 6 1/2 4,704 13 1 1/2
Napier 77 10 0 188 15 9 2,700 6 5 0 10 6 49 10 9 1/2 .. 3,016 13 5 1/2 1,226 3 2 119 14 8 6 0 0 1,351 17 10 4,368 11 3 1/2
Nelson 7 10 0 74 11 6 1,311 8 9 1/2 0 4 0 15 13 7 0 1 0 1,409 8 10 1/2 445 4 2 1/2 .. 0 10 0 445 14 2 1/2 1,855 3 1
New Plymouth 26 0 0 88 12 6 1,276 2 3 1/2 0 4 6 23 5 6 1/2 .. 1,414 4 10 551 1 0 5 8 2 1 10 0 557 19 2 1,972 4 0
Oamaru 10 0 0 49 4 0 1,368 19 7 0 0 6 15 3 10 .. 1,443 7 11 318 6 7 1/2 17 6 8 2 10 0 338 3 3 1/2 1,781 11 2 1/2
Thames 27 0 0 265 2 9 2,535 2 3 0 3 0 40 15 11 1/2 0 1 0 2,868 4 11 1/2 1,089 2 4 1/2 0 10 7 2 0 0 1,091 12 11 1/2 3,959 17 11
Timaru 30 10 0 79 9 9 2,817 5 10 0 3 0 23 9 6 0 2 0 2,951 0 1 501 11 1 1/2 10 19 8 40 0 0 552 10 9 1/2 3,503 10 10 1/2
Wanganui 66 0 0 174 16 3 4,837 8 4 0 5 6 51 1 11 0 1 3 5,129 13 3 1,053 11 7 26 0 0 14 5 6 1,093 17 1 6,223 10 4
Wellington 106 10 0 729 9 9 9,004 11 11 0 17 0 116 4 8 3 17 1 9,961 10 5 3,438 12 0 212 14 8 599 1 3 4,250 7 11 14,211 18 4
Westport 4 10 0 86 17 6 670 6 6 0 0 6 12 15 5 1/2 .. 774 9 11 1/2 462 19 3 .. 4 0 0 466 19 3 1,241 9 2 1/2
Total third quarter in 1897 700 15 0 3,586 3 8 51,614 17 1 6 5 6 730 17 6 337 7 4 56,976 6 1 21,732 13 5 1/2 1,095 10 3 985 19 11 23,814 3 7 1/2 80,790 9 8 1/2
Total third quarter in 1896 705 10 0 3,305 2 11 49,271 8 0 8 3 0 665 18 5 1/2 82 4 7 54,038 6 11 1/2 23,693 17 11 1,066 12 0 730 13 6 25,491 3 5 79,529 10 4 1/2

General Post Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1897.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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26 October 1897
Postal Revenue, Telegraph Revenue, Statistics, Quarterly Report, New Zealand
  • W. Gray, Secretary