✨ Postal and Telegraph Revenue Statistics
RETURN of REVENUE collected at the GENERAL POST OFFICE and in the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of NEW ZEALAND for the Quarter ended 30th September, 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 .. | .. | .. | .. | 0 8 0 | .. | 210 16 1 | 211 4 1 | .. | 30 10 4 | 192 2 3 | 212 12 7 | 423 16 8 |
| Auckland .. | 104 10 0 | 882 10 9 | 8,549 18 2 | 1 3 6 | 135 6 0 | 0 3 9 | 9,673 12 2 | 4,023 4 11½ | 218 8 8 | 60 1 7 | 4,301 15 2½ | 13,975 7 4½ |
| Blenheim .. | 9 0 0 | 56 1 6 | 811 15 11½ | 0 3 0 | 12 13 2½ | .. | 889 13 8 | 328 1 5½ | 14 2 6 | 59 6 0 | 401 9 11½ | 1,291 3 7½ |
| Christchurch .. | 94 0 0 | 415 19 0 | 7,252 9 9 | 0 14 6 | 77 18 0½ | 0 8 6 | 7,641 8 9½ | 2,808 15 1 | 315 1 9 | 52 10 0 | 3,176 6 10 | 11,017 15 7½ |
| Dunedin .. | 59 10 0 | 401 1 0 | 6,250 19 0½ | 1 1 6 | 98 12 0½ | 0 1 0 | 6,811 4 7 | 3,109 7 8 | 72 19 3 | 28 15 8 | 3,211 2 7 | 10,022 7 2 |
| Gisborne .. | 14 0 0 | 52 11 0 | 631 19 10½ | 0 1 6 | 6 16 2½ | .. | 705 8 7 | 474 6 0 | 2 13 9 | 45 10 0 | 522 9 9 | 1,227 18 4 |
| Greymouth .. | 13 0 0 | 98 0 9 | 1,268 16 1½ | 0 1 6 | 13 0 5 | .. | 1,392 18 9½ | 614 10 11 | 26 3 1 | 11 3 1 | 651 17 1 | 2,044 15 10½ |
| Hokitika .. | 3 10 0 | 39 19 9 | 440 10 8½ | 0 3 0 | 7 16 2½ | .. | 491 19 8 | 285 10 6 | .. | 0 10 0 | 286 0 6 | 778 0 2 |
| Invercargill .. | 48 0 0 | 155 4 7 | 3,736 10 4½ | 0 4 6 | 50 9 4 | .. | 3,990 8 9½ | 1,337 4 9 | 51 11 4 | 7 10 0 | 1,396 6 1 | 5,386 14 10½ |
| Napier .. | 78 0 0 | 208 16 6 | 3,103 12 4½ | 0 6 0 | 46 0 10 | .. | 3,436 15 8½ | 1,344 3 11½ | 103 6 5 | 28 0 5 | 1,475 10 9½ | 4,912 6 6 |
| Nelson .. | 7 0 0 | 83 8 3 | 1,228 7 8 | 0 3 0 | 15 6 2½ | .. | 1,334 5 1½ | 445 7 3 | .. | 1 10 0 | 446 17 3 | 1,781 2 4½ |
| New Plymouth .. | 23 0 0 | 109 3 3 | 1,284 16 2 | 0 4 0 | 26 18 9½ | .. | 1,444 2 2½ | 722 1 0½ | 10 9 3 | 1 10 0 | 734 0 3½ | 2,178 2 6 |
| Oamaru .. | 11 10 0 | 47 7 6 | 1,435 11 0½ | 0 1 0 | 16 17 6½ | .. | 1,511 7 1 | 589 13 11 | 26 8 9 | 2 10 0 | 418 12 8 | 1,929 19 9 |
| Thames .. | 26 10 0 | 215 5 6 | 2,322 19 6½ | 0 1 6 | 32 17 2 | 0 0 6 | 2,597 14 2½ | 886 4 5 | 6 18 4 | 1 0 0 | 894 2 9 | 3,491 16 11½ |
| Timaru .. | 36 0 0 | 86 5 0 | 2,727 14 7½ | 0 1 6 | 24 2 9 | .. | 2,874 3 10½ | 517 14 7 | 5 17 3 | 40 0 0 | 563 11 10 | 3,437 15 8½ |
| Wanganui .. | 57 10 0 | 198 3 9 | 5,426 4 5½ | 0 5 0 | 54 6 9 | .. | 5,736 9 11½ | 1,256 11 9 | 87 7 8 | 3 0 0 | 1,346 19 5 | 7,083 9 4½ |
| Wellington .. | 115 10 0 | 789 7 3 | 10,989 19 9 | 1 7 6 | 123 1 8 | 260 7 0 | 12,279 13 2 | 4,027 18 10 | 292 6 4 | 597 15 3 | 4,918 0 5 | 17,197 13 7 |
| Westport .. | 3 0 0 | 86 0 3 | 695 1 10 | 0 1 6 | 13 13 10 | .. | 797 17 5 | 437 9 9 | .. | 84 9 5 | 471 19 2 | 1,269 16 7 |
| Total third quarter in 1898 | 703 10 0 | 3,925 4 7 | 58,157 7 5½ | 6 12 0 | 755 17 0 | 471 16 10 | 64,020 7 10½ | 23,008 6 10 | 1,264 4 8 | 1,157 3 8 | 25,429 15 2 | 89,450 3 0½ |
| 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 5½ | 1,095 10 3 | 985 19 11 | 23,814 3 7½ | 80,790 9 8½ |
General Post Office,
Wellington, 25th October, 1898.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.
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🚂 Return of Postal and Telegraph Revenue Collected for Quarter Ended 30 September 1898
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Postal revenue, Telegraph revenue, Statistics, Quarterly report, Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin
- W. Gray, Secretary