✨ 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, 1899.
| 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 | .. | 43 5 0 | .. | .. | .. | 401 9 10 | 444 14 10 | .. | 6 12 1 | 161 15 9 | 168 7 10 | 613 2 8 |
| Auckland | .. | 104 0 0 | 922 11 3 | 9,155 6 0 | 1 3 6 | 134 14 5½ | 10,320 0 11½ | 4,879 3 8½ | 3,648 2 11 | 23 12 6 | 8,550 19 1½ | 18,871 0 1 |
| Blenheim | .. | 9 0 0 | 62 4 9 | 793 16 6½ | 0 16 0 | 13 3 10 | 882 7 9½ | 481 14 9 | 111 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 593 4 9 | 1,475 12 6½ |
| Christchurch | .. | 166 10 0 | 427 7 0 | 6,914 0 6½ | 4 13 0 | 78 3 9 | 7,591 6 3½ | 3,591 9 0 | 3,330 3 8 | 31 3 2 | 6,952 15 10 | 14,544 2 1½ |
| Dunedin | .. | 78 10 0 | 470 10 3 | 6,436 7 5 | 0 16 0 | 90 17 3½ | 7,079 15 1½ | 4,400 15 0 | 3,383 4 5 | 46 7 6 | 7,830 6 11 | 14,910 2 0½ |
| Gisborne | .. | 10 10 0 | 63 15 3 | 639 14 2½ | 0 3 6 | 7 14 9½ | 721 18 3 | 664 6 8½ | 325 19 5 | 21 7 6 | 1,011 13 7½ | 1,733 11 10½ |
| Greymouth | .. | 13 0 0 | 95 3 3 | 1,209 4 0 | 0 2 6 | 12 2 7 | 1,329 12 4 | 801 1 0½ | 218 4 9 | 1 2 6 | 1,020 8 3½ | 2,350 0 7½ |
| Hokitika | .. | 4 0 0 | 39 16 0 | 483 5 10½ | 0 1 0 | 7 8 10 | 534 11 8½ | 345 14 7 | .. | .. | 345 14 7 | 880 6 3½ |
| Invercargill | .. | 57 0 0 | 183 8 9 | 3,782 16 2 | 4 10 0 | 45 7 5 | 4,073 2 4 | 1,634 16 4½ | 938 13 8 | 14 10 0 | 2,588 0 0½ | 6,661 2 4½ |
| Napier .. | .. | 54 0 0 | 223 2 6 | 3,109 13 7 | 0 1 6 | 46 1 1 | 3,432 18 8 | 1,724 16 11 | 1,069 9 9 | 4 12 6 | 2,798 19 2 | 6,231 17 10 |
| Nelson .. | .. | 10 0 0 | 78 19 3 | 652 16 0 | 0 3 0 | 16 0 5 | 757 18 8 | 718 17 2½ | 152 1 1 | 2 10 0 | 873 8 3½ | 1,631 6 11½ |
| New Plymouth .. | .. | 22 10 0 | 121 19 0 | 1,587 11 5 | 0 4 0 | 32 8 7 | 1,764 13 0 | 967 11 10 | 520 18 2 | 23 0 0 | 1,511 10 0 | 3,276 3 0 |
| Oamaru | .. | 7 10 0 | 63 0 9 | 1,396 18 10 | 0 1 6 | 15 9 3½ | 1,483 1 1½ | 476 4 11½ | 265 10 1 | 1 0 0 | 742 15 0½ | 2,225 16 2 |
| Thames.. | .. | 24 10 0 | 220 18 6 | 2,146 12 5½ | 0 6 0 | 30 19 8½ | 2,423 7 2 | 1,042 13 10½ | 190 14 11 | 1 10 0 | 1,234 18 9½ | 3,658 5 11½ |
| Timaru .. | .. | 19 0 0 | 100 9 9 | 2,604 4 9½ | 0 1 0 | 22 16 4 | 2,754 5 10½ | 786 9 8 | 185 0 0 | 48 0 0 | 1,019 9 8 | 3,773 15 6½ |
| Wanganui | .. | 65 10 0 | 219 8 9 | 5,928 2 1 | 0 5 0 | 58 2 6½ | 6,271 8 4½ | 1,657 19 7 | 806 2 7 | 9 10 0 | 2,473 12 2 | 8,745 0 6½ |
| Wellington | .. | 115 0 0 | 771 10 0 | 11,493 5 7½ | 5 4 6 | 117 17 4 | 12,518 19 5½ | 5,321 0 2 | 4,485 9 10 | 564 1 7 | 10,370 11 7 | 22,889 11 0½ |
| Westport | .. | 3 0 0 | 85 7 0 | 736 17 2 | 0 0 6 | 9 17 7½ | 835 2 3½ | 588 1 8 | .. | 10 10 0 | 598 11 8 | 1,433 13 11½ |
| Total fourth quarter in 1899 | 763 10 0 | 4,192 17 0 | 59,070 12 8½ | 18 12 6 | 739 5 10½ | 434 6 2 | 65,219 4 3 | 30,082 17 0½ | 19,637 7 | 965 3 0 | 50,685 7 4½ | 115,904 11 7½ |
| Total fourth quarter in 1898 | 760 10 0 | 3,939 16 11 | 59,503 16 8½ | 44 10 6 | 712 8 5 | 157 13 11 | 65,118 16 5½ | 26,231 18 5½ | 17,576 1 1 | 831 1 10 | 44,639 1 4½ | 109,757 17 10 |
General Post Office,
Wellington, 24th January, 1900.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
JAN. 25.] 381
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🚂 Return of Postal and Telegraph Revenue for Quarter Ended 31 December 1899
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- W. Gray, Secretary