✨ 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 31st March, 1899.
| 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. | £ s. d. | |
| General Post Office .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20,619 6 7 | 20,619 6 7 | .. | 2,601 16 11 | 238 13 4 | 2,840 10 3 | 23,459 16 10 |
| Auckland .. | 360 0 0 | 771 16 8 | 8,204 9 7 | 6 19 6 | 116 19 6½ | 0 3 6 | 9,460 8 9½ | 4,599 15 1½ | 222 18 4 | 91 7 6 | 4,914 0 11½ | 14,374 9 9 |
| Blenheim .. | 68 10 0 | 51 3 9 | 795 13 6½ | 2 6 6 | 11 4 11 | .. | 928 18 8½ | 403 6 4 | 34 19 4 | 0 10 0 | 438 15 8 | 1,367 14 4½ |
| Christchurch .. | 437 0 0 | 348 1 9 | 8,779 2 3 | 11 18 0 | 74 7 9½ | 0 10 0 | 9,650 19 9½ | 3,392 12 5 | 352 4 0 | 101 11 9 | 3,846 8 2 | 13,497 7 11½ |
| Dunedin .. | 395 0 0 | 358 10 6 | 6,783 6 0½ | 14 1 0 | 88 14 11 | 0 6 9 | 7,639 19 2½ | 3,753 8 1½ | 123 10 0 | 159 13 8 | 4,036 11 9½ | 11,676 11 0 |
| Gisborne .. | 81 10 0 | 50 3 3 | 614 8 10½ | 0 12 6 | 6 16 2½ | .. | 753 10 10 | 589 3 0½ | 11 19 1 | 10 0 0 | 611 2 1½ | 1,364 12 11½ |
| Greymouth .. | 80 10 0 | 104 3 9 | 1,097 14 8½ | 2 16 6 | 11 8 5 | .. | 1,296 13 4½ | 702 16 5½ | 28 8 8 | 12 5 0 | 743 10 1½ | 2,040 3 6 |
| Hokitika .. | 41 10 0 | 31 6 6 | 453 4 0½ | 1 12 0 | 6 19 3 | .. | 534 11 9½ | 304 14 6½ | .. | 7 10 0 | 312 4 6½ | 846 16 4 |
| Invercargill .. | 303 0 0 | 148 18 3 | 3,870 3 4½ | 1 12 6 | 45 5 8 | 0 0 6 | 4,369 0 3½ | 1,565 11 1½ | 49 10 9 | 48 10 0 | 1,663 11 10½ | 6,032 12 2 |
| Napier .. | 326 0 0 | 192 1 3 | 3,005 1 5 | 1 1 6 | 46 0 5½ | .. | 3,570 4 7½ | 1,603 19 10½ | 105 12 1 | 67 5 0 | 1,776 16 11½ | 5,347 1 7 |
| Nelson .. | 57 0 0 | 67 8 9 | 798 14 4½ | 2 0 0 | 14 17 2 | 0 2 0 | 940 2 3½ | 710 1 9 | 1 0 0 | 21 10 0 | 732 11 9 | 1,672 14 0½ |
| New Plymouth .. | 83 10 0 | 109 9 0 | 1,436 14 0 | 2 4 6 | 29 15 5 | .. | 1,661 12 11 | 852 18 8 | 13 7 8 | 2 5 0 | 868 11 4 | 2,530 4 3 |
| Oamaru .. | 88 10 0 | 46 2 9 | 1,503 8 6½ | 3 1 6 | 12 16 1 | .. | 1,653 18 10½ | 450 4 9½ | 26 15 6 | 0 2 6 | 477 2 9½ | 2,131 1 3 |
| Thames .. | 48 0 0 | 170 10 0 | 1,954 0 11 | 1 19 6 | 28 13 5½ | .. | 2,203 3 10½ | 900 8 11 | 5 12 4 | 1 0 0 | 907 1 3 | 3,110 5 1½ |
| Timaru .. | 148 10 0 | 81 8 2 | 2,663 17 2½ | 2 4 6 | 22 3 6 | 0 1 0 | 2,918 4 4½ | 617 18 8 | 9 16 5 | 5 10 0 | 633 5 1 | 3,551 9 5½ |
| Wanganui .. | 224 10 0 | 191 15 9 | 5,426 2 0½ | 1 0 0 | 56 16 1 | 0 2 0 | 5,900 5 10½ | 1,498 8 1 | 39 16 10 | 19 17 6 | 1,558 2 5 | 7,458 8 3½ |
| Wellington .. | 580 10 0 | 678 12 8 | 10,530 10 0½ | 4 17 0 | 116 2 4½ | 50 17 0 | 11,961 9 1 | 4,904 11 2 | 308 11 9 | 991 11 9 | 6,204 14 8 | 18,166 3 9 |
| Westport .. | 37 10 0 | 76 5 9 | 622 17 7 | 0 3 0 | 10 18 9½ | .. | 747 15 1½ | 465 17 7 | .. | 84 0 0 | 549 17 7 | 1,297 12 8½ |
| Total first quarter in 1899 .. | 3,361 0 0 | 3,477 18 6 | 58,539 8 6½ | 60 10 0 | 700 0 0½ | 20,671 9 4 | 86,810 6 5 | 27,315 16 8 | 3,935 19 8 | 1,863 3 0 | 83,114 19 4 | 119,925 5 9 |
| 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 |
General Post Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1899.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[APRIL 27.]
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🚂 Quarterly Return of Postal and Telegraph Revenue for March 1899
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Postal Revenue, Telegraph Revenue, Statistics, March 1899, New Zealand Districts, Financial Report
- W. Gray, Secretary