✨ 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 December, 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 .. | .. | .. | .. | 0 8 0 | .. | 267 18 9 | 268 6 9 | 550 12 8 | 201 17 10 | 30 0 0 | 782 10 6 | 1,050 17 3 |
| Auckland .. | 106 10 0 | 861 17 4 | 7,643 1 3 | 1 7 6 | 122 9 0 | 0 1 3 | 8,735 6 4 | 4,465 18 8 | 3,359 7 4 | 88 16 3 | 7,914 2 3 | 16,649 8 7 |
| Blenheim .. | 5 0 0 | 52 7 9 | 704 18 6½ | 0 9 6 | 10 15 7½ | 0 0 6 | 773 11 11 | 360 13 10 | 115 2 7 | 1 0 0 | 476 16 5 | 1,250 8 4 |
| Christchurch .. | 192 0 0 | 406 6 6 | 5,793 16 4½ | 7 7 6 | 69 11 5 | 1 3 0 | 6,470 4 9½ | 2,997 3 9½ | 2,918 19 1 | 17 10 0 | 5,933 12 10½ | 12,403 17 8 |
| Dunedin .. | 142 10 0 | 391 19 7 | 5,218 17 1½ | 7 0 0 | 79 11 6 | 0 3 1 | 5,840 1 3½ | 3,144 17 3 | 2,867 19 1 | 36 5 11 | 6,049 2 3 | 11,889 3 6½ |
| Gisborne .. | 9 0 0 | 47 1 3 | 901 7 1½ | 1 8 0 | 6 6 7 | .. | 965 2 11½ | 574 15 4½ | 208 1 11 | 85 15 0 | 868 12 3½ | 1,833 15 3 |
| Greymouth .. | 12 0 0 | 107 12 0 | 1,150 13 7 | 0 5 6 | 12 2 8½ | .. | 1,282 13 9½ | 708 5 5 | 189 6 2 | .. | 897 11 7 | 2,180 5 4½ |
| Hokitika .. | 2 0 0 | 41 6 0 | 379 10 6½ | 0 1 0 | 6 19 9½ | .. | 429 17 4 | 334 10 1½ | .. | 1 13 6 | 336 3 7½ | 766 0 11½ |
| Invercargill .. | 48 10 0 | 144 14 6 | 3,079 4 8 | 5 5 0 | 42 13 8 | 0 1 0 | 3,320 8 10 | 1,262 5 0½ | 808 15 1 | 13 3 5 | 2,084 3 6½ | 5,404 12 4½ |
| Napier .. | 36 10 0 | 219 10 3 | 2,746 5 2½ | 4 1 0 | 43 12 6½ | 0 0 6 | 3,049 19 6 | 1,504 14 11 | 957 16 0 | 12 10 0 | 2,475 0 11 | 5,525 0 5 |
| Nelson .. | 4 10 0 | 79 1 9 | 1,375 11 2 | 0 4 6 | 13 15 7 | .. | 1,473 3 0 | 538 0 7 | 116 10 1 | 2 10 0 | 657 0 8 | 2,130 3 8 |
| New Plymouth .. | 23 10 0 | 109 9 6 | 1,253 8 4 | 0 2 6 | 25 9 10½ | .. | 1,412 0 2½ | 677 12 2½ | 335 19 1 | 1 14 2 | 1,015 5 5½ | 2,427 5 8 |
| Oamaru .. | 9 10 0 | 48 3 3 | 1,288 13 1 | 0 1 0 | 13 14 3 | .. | 1,360 1 7 | 392 9 4 | 222 1 7 | 53 9 10 | 668 0 9 | 2,028 2 4 |
| Thames .. | 23 0 0 | 255 14 0 | 2,400 12 4½ | 0 5 6 | 35 2 0 | .. | 2,714 13 10½ | 1,090 6 3½ | 190 1 8 | 2 0 0 | 1,282 7 11½ | 3,997 1 10 |
| Timaru .. | 16 10 0 | 81 2 6 | 2,474 2 9 | 0 2 0 | 20 2 7½ | 0 1 0 | 2,592 0 10½ | 533 3 7 | 173 16 2 | 6 0 0 | 712 19 9 | 3,305 0 7½ |
| Wanganui .. | 64 0 0 | 205 0 6 | 4,950 15 1½ | 0 3 6 | 50 3 7 | 0 0 6 | 5,270 3 2½ | 1,259 2 1 | 376 17 6 | 5 10 4 | 1,641 9 11 | 6,911 13 1½ |
| Wellington .. | 112 10 0 | 724 0 6 | 8,604 18 5 | 9 6 6 | 114 16 2½ | 1 10 5 | 9,567 2 0½ | 4,293 19 5 | 3,569 1 11 | 301 14 6 | 8,164 15 10 | 17,731 17 10½ |
| Westport .. | 4 0 0 | 82 5 11 | 817 4 3 | 0 1 0 | 11 16 7 | .. | 915 7 9 | 493 16 11 | .. | 3 4 6 | 497 1 5 | 1,412 9 2 |
| Total fourth quarter in 1897 | 811 10 0 | 3,857 13 1 | 50,782 19 11 | 37 19 6 | 679 3 6½ | 271 0 0 | 56,440 6 0½ | 25,182 7 6 | 16,611 13 1 | 662 17 5 | 42,456 18 0 | 98,897 4 0½ |
| 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 |
General Post Office,
Wellington, 25th January, 1898.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.
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🚂 Return of Revenue Collected at Post Offices and Postal Districts for Quarter Ended 31 December 1897
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Postal Revenue, Telegraph Revenue, Telephone Exchanges, General Post Office, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Wellington, Quarterly Statistics, 1897
- W. Gray, Secretary