Post and Telegraph Revenue Return




RETURN of REVENUE collected at the GENERAL Post Office and in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand for the Quarter ended 31st March, 1903.

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.
General Post Office .. £ s. d. 6 18 1 £ s. d. 38 0 6 £ s. d. .. £ s. d. .. £ s. d. .. £ s. d. 27,511 7 1 £ s. d. 27,556 5 8 £ s. d. .. £ s. d. 3,307 10 1 £ s. d. 302 8 4 £ s. d. 3,609 18 5 £ s. d. 31,166 4 1
Auckland . .. 605 17 9 726 4 6 8,442 17 2½ 20 1 8 195 8 2½ 0 15 3 9,991 4 7 6,628 19 11½ 538 12 0 58 9 11 7,226 1 10½ 17,217 6 5½
Blenheim . .. 113 12 1 50 11 9 735 3 4 2 6 6 17 13 11½ .. 969 7 7½ 644 8 2 20 15 11 1 2 0 666 6 1 1,635 13 8½
Christchurch . .. 807 14 6 391 3 6 6,577 16 0½ 13 2 0 106 2 9½ 7 10 9 7,903 9 7 4,949 10 3½ 522 6 7 111 19 10 5,583 16 8½ 13,487 6 3½
Dunedin . .. 588 5 8 395 13 3 5,311 19 3 9 16 0 126 18 ,1 0 1 0 6,432 13 3 4,641 13 7½ 135 13 9 109 15 5 4,887 2 9½ 11,319 16 0½
Gisborne . . 149 19 8 48 5 6 304 13 8 0 8 0 10 1 4½ 0 0 6 513 8 8½ 1,054 19 8 15 11 10 5 5 6 1,075 17 0 1,589 5 8½
Greymouth . . 111 18 8 79 6 0 1,184 11 7 0 10 8 15 6 11½ .. 1,391 13 10½ 970 12 6 51 5 10 12 0 6 1,033 18 10 2,425 12 8½
Hokitika . .. 59 1 7 32 10 9 421 12 9½ 1 6 6 6 14 11 .. 521 6 6½ 400 16 10½ 18 1 1 10 10 0 429 7 11½ 950 14 6
Invercargill .. 441 17 4 158 14 3 3,151 7 7½ 1 13 2 64 15 3 0 0 6 3,818 8 1½ 2,058 6 0 66 10 6 123 7 2 2,248 3 8 6,066 11 9½
Napier . .. 436 19 3 173 18 6 3,086 9 9½ 1 7 6 65 17 1½ 0 0 6 3,770 12 8 2,485 15 0½ 156 11 8 3 12 6 2,645 19 2½ 6,416 11 10½
Nelson .. 100 12 2 82 13 0 643 4 3½ 1 12 6 21 19 7½ .. 856 7 7 1,105 0 3 11 17 1 24 0 6 1,140 17 10 1,997 5 5
New Plymouth .. 226 3 0 122 4 0 1,827 12 1½ 1 19 6 48 7 8 .. 2,226 6 3½ 1,455 18 9½ 25 7 11 18 8 0 1,499 14 8½ 3,726 1 0
Oamaru .. 112 10 4 51 10 6 1,262 8 0 4 1 0 18 14 6½ .. 1,449 4 4½ 613 11 9½ 27 6 3 3 10 0 644 8 0½ 2,093 12 5
Thames.. .. 71 16 3 147 17 6 1,758 1 11½ 1 13 6 44 19 8 .. 2,024 8 10½ 1,253 3 7½ 7 1 6 27 0 0 1,287 5 1½ 3,311 14 0
Timaru .. 240 6 3 88 12 6 3,099 6 4½ 3 0 10 32 3 2½ 0 1 0 3,463 10 2 978 7 6 19 8 4 12 0 0 1,009 15 10 4,473 6 0
Wanganui .. 381 6 2 220 10 3 5,776 14 9½ 2 12 6 90 3 4 0 1 6 6,471 8 6½ 2,598 12 0½ 100 13 9 22 5 4 2,721 11 1½ 9,192 19 8
Wellington .. 1,000 13 7 903 16 9 11,011 3 0½ 15 18 0 193 3 7 80 10 11 13,205 5 10½ 8,299 6 10½ 505 4 8 968 10 10 9,773 2 4½ 22,978 8 3
Westport .. 48 3 4 82 18 9 647 3 4½ 0 13 8 15 6 11½ .. 794 6 1 732 5 1½ 3 9 4 28 0 0 763 14 5½ 1,558 0 6½
Total first quarter in 1903.. 5,503 15 8 3,800 17 9 55,298 5 3 82 3 6 1,073 17 3 27,600 9 0 93,359 8 5 40,871 8 1½ 5,533 8 1 1,842 5 10 48,247 2 0½ 141,606 10 5½
Total first quarter in 1902.. 3,455 14 11 3,702 13 3 50,255 1 4 71 9 0 936 17 3 20,242 7 5 78,664 3 2 38,490 10 3 5,138 15 0 2,753 5 4 46,382 10 7 125,046 13 9

General Post Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1903.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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🚂 Return of Post and Telegraph Revenue for Quarter Ended 31 March 1903

🚂 Transport & Communications
21 April 1903
Postal revenue, Telegraph revenue, Telephone exchanges, Statistics, New Zealand, Quarterly report, 1903
  • W. Gray, Secretary

🚂 Return of Revenue collected at the General Post Office and Postal Districts for the quarter ended 31 March 1903

🚂 Transport & Communications
21 April 1903
Revenue, Post Office, Postal Districts, Telegraph, Telephone, Quarterly return, March 1903
  • W. Gray, Secretary