✨ Post 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 December, 1900.
| POSTAL REVENUE. | 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. | 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 | 2 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 3 10 0 | 62 2 8 | 249 19 1 | 312 1 9 | 315 11 9 | |||||
| Auckland | 109 0 0 | 941 7 6 | 9,514 17 6 | 1 7 0 | 143 2 6 | 0 10 6 | 10,710 5 0 | 5,313 12 7 | 4,034 2 7 | 98 5 5 | 9,446 0 7 | 20,156 5 7 |
| Blenheim | 10 0 0 | 73 9 9 | 855 10 6 | 1 17 0 | 14 17 4½ | 955 14 7½ | 509 18 0 | 157 17 4 | 1 10 0 | 669 5 4 | 1,624 19 11½ | |
| Christchurch | 193 0 0 | 476 9 9 | 6,703 11 4½ | 9 8 0 | 77 6 9 | 0 4 0 | 7,459 19 10½ | 3,998 16 0 | 3,600 16 9 | 87 8 6 | 7,687 1 3 | 15,147 1 1½ |
| Dunedin | 105 10 0 | 525 8 9 | 6,403 8 6 | 0 18 6 | 98 1 7 | 7,133 7 4 | 4,809 3 10 | 3,887 3 10 | 71 5 8 | 8,767 13 4 | 15,901 0 8 | |
| Gisborne | 17 0 0 | 73 9 9 | 624 13 2 | 0 8 6 | 7 19 1½ | 0 0 6 | 723 11 0½ | 728 19 8½ | 398 18 1 | 21 15 0 | 1,149 12 9½ | 1,873 3 10 |
| Greymouth | 13 10 0 | 127 6 9 | 1,339 17 11½ | 0 1 0 | 13 2 1 | 1,493 17 9½ | 912 12 8 | 240 4 5 | 1 0 0 | 1,153 17 1 | 2,647 14 10½ | |
| Hokitika | 3 0 0 | 44 10 6 | 531 14 1 | 0 2 6 | 6 16 10 | 0 0 6 | 586 4 5 | 428 0 8 | 0 12 5 | 428 13 1 | 1,014 17 6 | |
| Invercargill | 69 10 0 | 193 2 0 | 3,973 4 8½ | 5 0 0 | 47 17 4½ | 4,288 14 1 | 1,872 1 6½ | 1,068 0 2 | 2 10 0 | 2,942 11 8½ | 7,231 5 9½ | |
| Napier | 68 0 0 | 237 6 9 | 3,073 12 8½ | 4 14 0 | 49 1 5 | 3,432 14 10½ | 1,795 13 3 | 1,084 15 4 | 11 0 0 | 2,891 8 7 | 6,324 3 5½ | |
| Nelson | 9 0 0 | 88 14 9 | 728 9 4 | 0 2 0 | 17 10 0 | 843 16 1 | 826 10 1 | 200 14 2 | 22 0 0 | 1,049 4 3 | 1,893 0 4 | |
| New Plymouth | 42 10 0 | 146 5 3 | 1,809 11 7 | 0 2 6 | 35 15 6 | 0 1 0 | 2,034 5 10 | 1,130 9 10½ | 659 1 1 | 10 0 0 | 1,799 10 11½ | 3,833 16 9½ |
| Oamaru | 6 0 0 | 64 8 9 | 1,422 16 5 | 0 0 6 | 16 14 4 | 1,510 0 0 | 557 8 6 | 306 12 8 | 32 10 0 | 896 11 2 | 2,406 11 2 | |
| Thames | 25 0 0 | 250 11 3 | 2,385 3 1 | 0 6 0 | 34 12 10½ | 2,695 13 2½ | 1,165 13 9 | 188 7 7 | 0 10 0 | 1,354 11 4 | 4,050 4 6½ | |
| Timaru | 23 0 0 | 105 8 0 | 2,890 11 5½ | 0 4 0 | 23 13 1½ | 0 2 0 | 3,042 18 7 | 813 17 11½ | 236 6 5 | 20 17 7 | 1,071 1 11½ | 4,114 0 6½ |
| Wanganui | 73 0 0 | 263 2 3 | 6,004 3 8 | 0 17 0 | 62 1 6½ | 6,403 4 5½ | 1,887 0 6 | 948 15 6 | 63 8 5 | 2,899 4 5 | 9,302 8 10½ | |
| Wellington | 161 10 0 | 868 6 6 | 11,757 9 4½ | 12 6 0 | 131 19 0 | 6 15 11 | 12,938 6 9½ | 5,272 18 1½ | 5,052 7 2 | 2,271 2 4 | 12,596 7 7½ | 25,534 14 5 |
| Westport | 7 0 0 | 84 3 6 | 758 2 2½ | 0 2 6 | 11 5 5½ | 860 13 8 | 652 17 2 | 10 10 0 | 663 7 2 | 1,524 0 10 | ||
| Total fourth quarter in 1900 | 937 10 0 | 4,563 11 9 | 60,776 17 7½ | 37 17 0 | 791 16 10½ | 9 4 5 | 67,116 17 8 | 32,675 14 2½ | 22,126 5 9 | 2,976 4 5 | 57,778 4 4½ | 124,895 2 0½ |
| 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 0 | 965 3 0 | 50,685 7 4½ | 115,904 11 7½ |
General Post Office,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1901.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.
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🚂 Return of Revenue collected at the General Post Office and Postal Districts for Quarter ended 31 December 1900
🚂 Transport & Communications23 January 1901
Revenue, Post Office, Telegraph, Quarterly return, Statistics, Postal districts, Money-order commission, Stamps, Telegrams, Telephone exchanges
- W. Gray, Secretary