✨ Postal 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 March, 1898.
| 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 .. | .. | 48 6 6 | .. | .. | .. | 13,332 10 0 | 13,380 16 6 | 588 9 8 | 1,883 10 11 | 23 8 1 | 2,495 8 8 | 15,876 5 2 |
| Auckland .. | 357 10 0 | 765 17 11 | 7,004 7 5 | 13 18 0 | 119 19 7½ | 0 1 0½ | 8,261 14 0 | 4,657 17 10½ | 217 0 5 | 161 14 3 | 5,036 12 6½ | 13,298 6 6½ |
| Blenheim .. | 69 10 0 | 47 3 9 | 735 1 4 | 3 8 6 | 10 3 4½ | .. | 865 6 11½ | 406 10 3½ | 33 15 0 | 0 10 0 | 440 15 3½ | 1,306 2 3 |
| Christchurch .. | 427 0 0 | 352 6 9 | 5,969 1 10½ | 7 11 0 | 71 15 9 | 0 6 6 | 6,828 1 10½ | 3,152 15 4 | 325 18 6 | 104 5 3 | 3,582 19 1 | 10,411 0 11½ |
| Dunedin .. | 334 0 0 | 335 2 0 | 5,040 7 3 | 8 3 6 | 82 1 0½ | 0 3 0 | 5,799 16 9½ | 3,486 11 0½ | 97 0 1 | 161 0 0 | 3,744 11 1½ | 9,544 7 11 |
| Gisborne .. | 77 0 0 | 42 16 9 | 865 13 8½ | 0 7 6 | 5 18 3 | .. | 991 16 2½ | 591 2 5½ | 7 9 1 | 6 0 7 | 604 12 1½ | 1,596 8 4 |
| Greymouth .. | 78 0 0 | 83 14 3 | 1,096 9 2 | 1 14 0 | 11 13 0 | .. | 1,271 10 5 | 657 7 6 | 26 2 7 | 6 16 11 | 690 7 0 | 1,961 17 5 |
| Hokitika .. | 43 0 0 | 31 11 6 | 448 15 5½ | 0 19 0 | 6 11 2 | 0 0 6 | 530 17 7½ | 337 13 1½ | .. | 6 10 0 | 344 3 1½ | 875 0 9 |
| Invercargill .. | 290 10 0 | 136 6 6 | 3,336 6 8 | 0 12 6 | 42 17 5½ | .. | 3,806 13 1½ | 1,408 10 5 | 30 0 7 | 63 13 4 | 1,502 4 4 | 5,308 17 5½ |
| Napier .. | 333 10 0 | 196 3 9 | 2,763 4 3 | 1 14 6 | 42 17 2½ | .. | 3,337 9 8½ | 1,652 18 7½ | 114 2 7 | 22 10 0 | 1,789 11 2½ | 5,127 0 11 |
| Nelson .. | 57 10 0 | 68 2 6 | 1,390 17 5½ | 2 1 6 | 13 17 5 | .. | 1,532 8 10½ | 485 1 5 | 1 0 0 | 3 10 0 | 489 11 5 | 2,022 0 3½ |
| New Plymouth .. | 83 10 0 | 113 15 9 | 1,160 4 2½ | 2 8 0 | 24 10 2 | .. | 1,384 8 1½ | 762 16 2 | 7 3 3 | 5 10 4 | 775 9 9 | 2,159 17 10½ |
| Oamaru .. | 90 10 0 | 42 3 3 | 1,362 10 3 | 3 1 0 | 13 12 10½ | .. | 1,511 17 4½ | 421 2 8 | 10 17 6 | .. | 432 0 2 | 1,943 17 6½ |
| Thames.. | 58 0 0 | 199 14 6 | 2,371 18 10 | 1 16 0 | 31 3 7 | .. | 2,662 12 11 | 1,040 15 4 | 3 9 6 | 1 0 0 | 1,045 4 10 | 3,707 17 9 |
| Timaru .. | 151 0 0 | 80 6 6 | 2,807 19 0 | 1 8 0 | 22 6 8 | .. | 3,063 0 2 | 609 7 1 | 3 5 0 | 5 0 0 | 617 12 1 | 3,680 12 3 |
| Wanganui .. | 204 0 0 | 176 16 6 | 4,806 1 4½ | 1 17 0 | 49 0 2 | 0 0 8 | 5,237 15 8½ | 1,441 10 0½ | 17 4 2 | 18 12 2 | 1,477 6 4½ | 6,715 2 1 |
| Wellington .. | 551 0 0 | 666 3 3 | 8,467 6 7 | 4 19 6 | 108 18 4½ | 55 11 0 | 9,853 18 8½ | 4,268 19 2½ | 231 9 1 | 498 14 5 | 4,999 2 8½ | 14,853 1 5 |
| Westport .. | 39 0 0 | 81 2 6 | 671 3 3½ | 0 5 6 | 11 16 3½ | .. | 803 7 7 | 463 4 6 | .. | 28 0 0 | 491 4 6 | 1,294 12 1 |
| Total first quarter in 1898 | 3,244 10 0 | 3,467 14 5 | 50,297 8 1½ | 56 5 0 | 669 2 5 | 13,388 12 8½ | 71,123 12 8 | 26,432 12 9 | 3,009 8 3 | 1,116 15 4 | 30,558 16 4 | 101,682 9 0 |
| Total first quarter in 1897 | 3,148 10 0 | 3,218 9 9 | 49,339 6 9 | 62 14 0 | 638 8 1 | 15,282 7 1 | 71,689 15 8 | 24,705 8 4 | 2,602 16 4 | 986 12 10 | 28,294 17 6 | 99,984 13 2 |
General Post Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1898.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.
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🚂 Return of Revenue for Postal and Telegraph Services
🚂 Transport & Communications25 April 1898
Revenue, Postal, Telegraph, Statistics, Quarterly
- W. Gray, Secretary