✨ Postal 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, 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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 151 10 6 | 151 10 6 | 349 9 10 | 58 15 5 | 136 1 3 | 544 6 6 | 695 17 0 |
| Auckland | 119 10 0 | 786 5 6 | 8,880 5 8½ | 1 10 6 | 128 0 7 | 0 5 0 | 9,860 17 3½ | 4,308 2 1 | 3,393 11 5 | 40 6 7 | 7,742 0 1 | 17,602 17 4½ |
| Blenheim | 12 10 0 | 56 18 6 | 805 6 10 | 0 2 6 | 11 2 5 | 0 1 0 | 886 1 3 | 410 1 4 | 99 0 0 | .. | 509 1 4 | 1,395 2 7 |
| Christchurch | 121 0 0 | 381 18 11 | 7,208 7 6½ | 1 3 6 | 71 10 6½ | 0 6 0 | 7,784 6 6 | 2,885 9 7½ | 3,002 17 1 | 14 7 5 | 5,902 14 1½ | 13,687 0 7½ |
| Dunedin | 69 10 0 | 356 3 9 | 5,940 2 7½ | 1 2 6 | 91 7 4 | 0 1 9 | 6,458 7 11½ | 3,377 4 3 | 2,953 14 2 | 29 4 1 | 6,360 2 6 | 12,818 10 5½ |
| Gisborne | 13 10 0 | 42 9 6 | 704 8 10 | 0 1 6 | 6 14 3½ | .. | 767 4 1½ | 469 8 8 | 221 8 2 | .. | 690 16 10 | 1,458 0 11½ |
| Greymouth | 14 10 0 | 87 2 8 | 1,116 16 2½ | 0 15 0 | 12 14 5 | 0 2 0 | 1,231 19 10½ | 595 4 4 | 198 0 7 | 10 15 0 | 803 19 11 | 2,035 19 9½ |
| Hokitika | 12 0 0 | 81 10 8 | 510 10 9½ | 0 1 0 | 6 19 5½ | .. | 561 1 6 | 304 1 5 | .. | 1 11 8 | 305 13 1 | 866 14 7 |
| Invercargill | 48 0 0 | 189 10 9 | 3,792 15 1½ | 0 7 0 | 47 4 4½ | 0 2 3 | 4,027 19 6 | 1,483 4 4½ | 787 12 3 | 4 17 1 | 2,275 13 8½ | 6,303 13 2½ |
| Napier | 65 10 0 | 190 15 9 | 2,971 1 9 | 0 4 6 | 46 1 3 | .. | 3,273 13 3 | 1,395 8 9 | 996 16 7 | 22 8 1 | 2,414 13 5 | 5,688 6 8 |
| Nelson | 8 10 0 | 73 19 0 | 1,431 4 11 | 0 5 0 | 14 6 2½ | 0 3 0 | 1,528 8 1½ | 522 17 2 | 113 2 11 | 12 3 11 | 648 4 0 | 2,176 12 1½ |
| New Plymouth | 24 0 0 | 103 17 9 | 1,519 4 10 | 0 3 6 | 24 5 10 | .. | 1,671 11 11 | 748 10 9 | 349 6 6 | 70 0 0 | 1,167 17 3 | 2,839 9 2 |
| Oamaru | 9 10 0 | 45 3 0 | 1,300 9 11½ | 0 1 6 | 15 18 9½ | 0 3 6 | 1,371 6 9 | 372 0 0 | 213 4 1 | 0 10 0 | 585 14 1 | 1,957 0 10 |
| Thames | 20 10 0 | 197 19 9 | 2,439 0 1½ | .. | 32 12 9½ | .. | 2,690 2 8 | 1,012 18 6 | 198 11 8 | 1 10 0 | 1,207 15 2 | 3,897 17 10 |
| Timaru | 24 0 0 | 77 15 0 | 3,080 18 10½ | 0 2 6 | 22 10 7½ | .. | 8,205 7 0 | 556 16 2 | 174 10 0 | .. | 731 6 2 | 3,936 13 2 |
| Wanganui | 86 10 0 | 180 14 6 | 5,446 16 3 | 0 4 6 | 51 0 8½ | 0 5 7 | 5,765 11 6½ | 1,299 5 11 | 403 12 9 | .. | 1,702 18 8 | 7,468 10 2½ |
| Wellington | 155 0 0 | 628 19 8 | 10,675 15 3½ | 0 19 6 | 114 8 5½ | 7 6 0 | 11,582 8 11 | 3,993 8 11½ | 3,782 18 7 | 276 10 1 | 8,052 17 7½ | 19,635 6 6½ |
| Westport | 2 0 0 | 81 16 3 | 822 2 8 | 0 2 0 | 11 15 7 | .. | 917 16 6 | 465 3 3 | .. | .. | 465 3 3 | 1,382 19 9 |
| Total second quarter in 1898 | 806 0 0 | 3,463 0 1 | 58,595 8 4 | 7 6 6 | 703 13 8 | 160 6 7 | 63,735 15 2 | 24,548 10 4½ | 16,942 2 2 | 620 5 2 | 42,110 17 8½ | 105,846 12 10½ |
| 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 | 98,841 12 8 |
General Post Office,
Wellington, 25th July, 1898.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.
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🚂 Return of Postal and Telegraph Revenue for Quarter Ended 30 June 1898
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Post Office, Telegraph, Revenue, Statistics, Quarterly Report, Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin
- W. Gray, Secretary