Postal Note Statistics




Oct. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2353

STATEMENT showing the NUMBER, AMOUNT, &c., of POSTAL-NOTE TRANSACTIONS in the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 30th September, 1902.

POSTAL DISTRICTS. No. of Postal-note Offices open at the End of the Quarter. NUMBER OF POSTAL NOTES SOLD. Total Amount of Postal Notes sold, including Commission. Commission on Postal Notes sold.
At 1/0 At 1/6 At 2/0 At 2/6 At 3/0 At 5/0 At 7/6 At 10/0 At 12/6 At 15/0 At 17/6 At £1. At £5. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Auckland .. 128 2,754 1,719 3,543 3,627 3,674 5,787 .. 4,661 .. 1,524 .. 1,866 26 29,181 8,733 12 2 191 19 2
Blenheim .. 13 212 164 312 297 363 542 .. 415 .. 145 .. 194 3 2,647 824 2 11 17 14 5
Christchurch .. 67 1,101 646 1,606 1,846 1,545 2,913 .. 2,527 .. 815 .. 1,264 8 14,271 4,734 0 10 100 8 10
Dunedin .. 60 1,964 1,064 2,299 2,741 2,573 3,871 .. 3,309 .. 1,097 .. 1,548 29 20,495 6,411 16 11½ 137 7 5½
Gisborne .. 7 171 87 215 236 193 343 .. 252 .. 85 .. 125 1 1,708 511 13 9½ 11 3 3½
Greymouth .. 10 254 131 306 319 267 514 .. 503 .. 181 .. 285 .. 2,760 953 12 10½ 19 16 10½
Hokitika .. 8 87 66 163 173 139 244 .. 199 .. 62 .. 109 .. 1,242 392 10 5½ 8 8 11½
Invercargill .. 33 841 536 966 1,147 1,372 1,942 .. 1,652 .. 566 .. 716 22 9,760 3,156 15 6½ 66 15 0½
Napier .. 34 881 599 1,270 1,241 1,241 2,056 .. 1,615 .. 556 .. 714 12 10,185 3,137 13 7 67 18 7
Nelson .. 20 289 187 457 466 444 634 .. 578 .. 202 .. 299 1 3,557 1,126 3 9 24 3 3
New Plymouth 17 504 376 861 846 822 1,177 .. 1,090 .. 380 .. 463 4 6,523 2,019 15 9½ 43 19 9½
Oamaru .. 10 246 185 353 406 329 567 .. 476 .. 154 .. 232 1 2,949 913 12 0 19 15 6
Thames .. 21 568 383 812 851 839 1,354 .. 1,077 .. 432 .. 413 5 6,734 2,054 11 4½ 45 0 4½
Timaru .. 14 380 240 484 556 562 971 .. 844 .. 284 .. 434 2 4,757 1,594 11 2½ 33 12 2½
Wanganui .. 38 1,177 812 1,394 1,586 1,871 2,354 .. 2,065 .. 711 .. 837 7 12,814 3,848 14 1½ 84 8 1½
Wellington .. 71 2,131 1,297 2,743 3,064 2,928 4,900 .. 4,376 .. 1,452 .. 2,129 25 25,045 8,230 11 6 174 5 0
Westport .. 17 282 123 276 287 823 471 .. 406 .. 148 .. 196 1 2,513 784 17 7 16 17 7
Total 3rd qr. in 1902 568 13,842 8,615 18060 19689 19485 30640 .. 26045 .. 8,794 .. 11824 147 157141 49,428 16 5½ 1063 14 5½
Total 3rd qr. in 1901 542 12,906 8,438 16763 19179 17478 28777 .. 24340 .. 8,671 .. 11094 138 147784 46,626 13 10½ 1001 13 4½

NUMBER OF POSTAL NOTES PAID.

POSTAL DISTRICTS. At 1/0 At 1/6 At 2/0 At 2/6 At 3/0 At 5/0 At 7/6 At 10/0 At 12/6 At 15/0 At 17/6 At £1. At £5. Total. Total Amount of Postal Notes paid.
Auckland .. 3,244 2,065 4,389 4,522 4,423 6,930 .. 5,697 .. 1,889 1 2,192 18 35,370 £ s. d. 10,265 6 0
Blenheim .. 90 56 128 129 151 220 .. 221 .. 57 .. 109 1 1,162 382 10 6
Christchurch .. 1,566 1,019 2,199 2,671 2,429 3,886 .. 3,405 1 1,125 .. 1,736 7 20,044 6,362 4 6
Dunedin .. 2,506 1,688 3,017 3,384 3,554 5,474 .. 4,247 .. 1,470 .. 1,970 31 27,341 8,229 4 0
Gisborne .. 84 42 101 87 92 160 .. 132 .. 46 .. 53 .. 797 235 12 6
Greymouth .. 115 61 173 156 145 293 .. 284 .. 115 .. 138 1 1,481 513 7 6
Hokitika .. 75 19 75 118 61 153 .. 127 .. 50 .. 83 .. 761 258 16 6
Invercargill .. 541 282 694 668 805 1,140 .. 1,089 .. 385 .. 502 8 6,114 1,982 2 0
Napier .. 592 369 735 774 797 1,351 1 1,120 .. 390 .. 535 7 6,671 2,107 14 0
Nelson .. 228 130 297 334 341 562 .. 481 .. 158 .. 265 5 2,801 933 5 0
New Plymouth 354 201 479 498 435 664 .. 580 .. 241 .. 285 1 3,733 1,134 6 0
Oamaru .. 136 102 197 230 192 300 .. 343 .. 122 .. 161 4 1,787 610 14 0
Thames .. 256 159 336 362 340 587 .. 619 .. 195 .. 252 3 3,109 1,024 1 6
Timaru .. 171 85 243 268 253 455 .. 425 .. 157 .. 198 2 2,257 762 13 6
Wanganui .. 669 447 792 950 916 1,510 .. 1,236 .. 432 .. 615 5 7,572 2,361 16 6
Wellington .. 2,877 1,829 4,006 4,271 4,290 6,586 .. 5,723 .. 1,914 .. 2,598 34 34,128 10,570 10 0
Westport .. 68 31 83 105 104 143 .. 159 .. 58 .. 66 1 818 272 10 0
Total 3rd qr. in 1902 13,572 8,585 17,944 19,522 19,328 30,414 1 25,888 1 8,804 1 11,758 128 155,946 48,006 14 0
Total 3rd qr. in 1901 12,821 8,375 16,826 18,789 17,201 28,074 18 23,999 2 8,587 .. 10,874 149 145,215 44,915 16 0

General Post Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1902.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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21 October 1902
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  • W. Gray, Secretary