✨ 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, 1900.
| 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 | .. | .. | .. | 1 0 0 | .. | 20,720 0 0 | 20,721 0 0 | .. | 2,200 17 1 | 170 2 11 | 2,371 0 0 | 23,092 0 0 |
| Auckland | .. | 350 10 0 | 797 14 3 | 8,629 5 1 | 11 12 6 | 132 17 5½ | 9,923 1 0½ | 5,013 2 4½ | 249 19 9 | 78 11 3 | 5,341 13 4½ | 15,264 14 5 |
| Blenheim | .. | 69 10 0 | 58 10 9 | 898 11 11½ | 2 9 0 | 13 0 6½ | 1,042 2 3 | 546 1 3 | 25 18 4 | 0 10 0 | 572 9 7 | 1,614 11 10 |
| Christchurch | .. | 460 10 0 | 390 9 6 | 6,941 3 7 | 13 9 6 | 80 19 10½ | 7,887 5 5½ | 4,129 15 4 | 406 12 5 | 212 10 0 | 4,748 17 9 | 12,636 3 2½ |
| Dunedin | .. | 426 0 0 | 438 16 5 | 6,973 0 11½ | 15 1 6 | 96 5 7 | 7,949 11 9½ | 5,330 18 7 | 141 1 8 | 166 2 6 | 5,638 2 9 | 13,587 14 6½ |
| Gisborne | .. | 83 0 0 | 55 12 9 | 669 18 8½ | 1 15 0 | 7 14 8 | 818 1 8½ | 700 18 4½ | 11 7 5 | 8 7 6 | 720 13 3½ | 1,538 15 0 |
| Greymouth | .. | 76 0 0 | 84 4 3 | 1,836 3 2 | 2 4 6 | 10 17 6½ | 1,509 9 5½ | 850 8 11½ | 23 11 4 | 17 0 0 | 891 0 3½ | 2,400 9 9 |
| Hokitika | .. | 41 0 0 | 33 18 6 | 420 5 8 | 1 10 6 | 7 2 5 | 503 17 1 | 457 6 3½ | .. | 7 10 0 | 464 16 3½ | 968 13 4½ |
| Invercargill | .. | 292 10 0 | 166 1 6 | 3,892 19 2½ | 1 17 0 | 46 9 6½ | 4,399 17 3 | 1,787 14 10½ | 66 2 9 | 73 0 0 | 1,926 17 7½ | 6,326 14 10½ |
| Napier .. | .. | 339 10 0 | 213 19 3 | 3,148 1 9 | 4 18 0 | 45 18 4½ | 3,752 7 4½ | 1,864 3 8 | 103 0 1 | 19 13 8 | 1,986 17 5 | 5,739 4 9½ |
| Nelson .. | .. | 59 10 0 | 78 16 0 | 727 8 0 | 1 17 0 | 17 1 0½ | 884 12 0½ | 747 14 5 | 8 14 4 | 42 10 0 | 798 18 9 | 1,683 10 9½ |
| New Plymouth .. | .. | 93 10 0 | 110 13 11 | 1,650 14 0 | 2 12 6 | 33 6 8½ | 1,890 17 7½ | 1,058 1 9½ | 26 19 10 | 2 5 0 | 1,087 6 7½ | 2,978 4 3 |
| Oamaru | .. | 90 0 0 | 60 0 0 | 1,686 11 4 | 3 3 6 | 15 7 5½ | 1,855 2 3½ | 545 16 7 | 28 1 8 | 3 2 6 | 577 0 9 | 2,432 3 0½ |
| Thames... | .. | 51 0 0 | 196 4 3 | 1,941 13 5½ | 1 14 6 | 31 2 7 | 2,221 14 9½ | 998 14 7 | 7 0 10 | 1 10 0 | 1,007 5 5 | 3,229 0 2½ |
| Timaru .. | .. | 140 0 0 | 87 12 9 | 3,041 8 0 | 1 19 0 | 24 1 7½ | 3,295 2 4½ | 973 10 5 | 22 4 6 | 5 0 0 | 1,000 14 11 | 4,295 17 3½ |
| Wanganui | .. | 213 0 0 | 207 11 0 | 5,828 17 9 | 2 2 6 | 58 13 9½ | 6,310 6 6½ | 1,785 8 2½ | 60 15 0 | 19 17 6 | 1,866 0 8½ | 8,176 7 3 |
| Wellington | .. | 590 10 0 | 784 18 9 | 11,436 17 7 | 8 2 0 | 121 12 6½ | 12,995 9 10½ | 5,112 15 6½ | 367 14 0 | 1,286 7 4 | 6,766 16 10½ | 19,762 6 9 |
| Westport | .. | 89 10 0 | 81 7 3 | 753 19 6 | 0 1 0 | 10 17 1½ | 885 14 10½ | 580 17 9 | .. | 34 4 4 | 615 2 1 | 1,500 16 11½ |
| Total first quarter in 1900 | 3,415 10 0 | 3,846 11 1 | 59,976 19 8½ | 77 9 6 | 753 8 10½ | 20,775 14 8 | 88,845 13 10 | 32,483 9 0 | 3,750 1 0 | 2,148 4 6 | 38,381 14 6 | 127,227 8 4 |
| 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 | 33,114 19 4 | 119,925 5 9 |
General Post Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1900.
W. GRAY,
Secretary
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