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 30th September, 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.
£ 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 .. .. .. .. .. .. 208 2 10 208 2 10 .. 120 4 6 138 12 10 258 17 4 467 0 2
Auckland .. 94 1 2 805 2 0 9,969 5 1½ 2 10 2 223 19 0 0 2 0 11,094 19 5½ 6,319 2 1 563 2 10 45 9 4 6,927 14 3 18,022 13 8½
Blenheim .. 14 9 4 55 18 6 722 0 1½ 0 2 6 20 15 6½ .. 813 6 0 556 2 5 15 15 5 .. 571 17 10 1,385 3 10
Christchurch .. 90 14 8 456 12 0 6,944 13 9 2 3 0 118 11 9 2 1 9 7,614 16 11 4,522 9 2 519 6 9 98 6 3 5,140 2 2 12,754 19 1
Dunedin .. 34 18 7 436 11 6 5,455 0 9 0 0 4 149 0 1½ 0 3 0 6,075 14 3½ 4,145 9 5 161 19 9 34 15 4 4,342 4 6 10,417 18 9½
Gisborne .. 12 13 5 54 2 0 349 7 2 0 2 6 13 0 9½ .. 429 5 10½ 895 0 3½ 22 2 3 1 10 0 918 12 6½ 1,347 18 5
Greymouth .. 2 7 3 92 19 6 1,321 2 3 0 7 2 20 1 6 0 1 0 1,436 18 8 962 13 3 26 7 3 2 0 0 991 0 6 2,427 19 2
Hokitika .. 3 19 7 32 15 6 423 8 11½ 0 1 6 9 2 3½ .. 469 7 10 449 1 10½ 9 15 0 .. 458 16 10½ 928 4 8½
Invercargill .. 19 16 7 177 12 9 3,233 13 5 0 12 2 73 16 7½ .. 3,505 11 6½ 1,990 18 8 59 17 4 38 10 9 2,089 6 9 5,594 18 3½
Napier .. 40 1 6 175 19 6 3,288 3 2½ 0 5 4 79 7 10½ .. 3,583 17 5 2,072 7 11 231 16 8 1 6 2,310 6 1 5,894 3 6
Nelson .. 11 17 2 97 9 3 702 14 2½ 0 11 2 27 16 8 .. 840 8 5½ 976 0 1 21 4 5 10 0 11 1,007 5 5 1,847 13 10½
New Plymouth .. 14 18 1 112 14 0 2,014 5 9 0 6 2 52 5 1½ .. 2,194 9 1½ 1,377 15 6½ 26 13 9 45 10 0 1,449 19 3½ 3,644 8 5
Oamaru .. 13 5 4 59 11 6 1,402 19 6 0 2 4 21 16 11½ .. 1,497 15 7½ 578 19 7 20 16 3 16 0 601 11 10 2,099 7 5½
Thames.. 30 16 11 164 8 9 1,876 12 11½ 0 1 6 48 4 1 0 0 6 2,120 4 8½ 1,177 19 10 19 4 5 3 12 0 1,200 16 3 3,321 0 11½
Timaru .. 17 11 10 97 11 0 3,437 1 1 0 7 8 36 7 7 .. 3,588 19 2 964 18 4½ 14 17 2 2 2 6 981 18 0½ 4,570 17 2½
Wanganui .. 51 15 2 219 11 6 6,589 13 10½ 0 7 10 98 2 3 0 2 0 6,959 12 7½ 2,286 0 9 90 5 10 47 10 0 2,423 16 7 9,383 9 2½
Wellington .. 83 19 5 1,047 13 2 14,368 0 5½ 2 7 4 214 13 3½ 17 7 6 15,734 1 2 7,391 12 10 560 12 9 416 10 6 8,368 16 1 24,102 17 3
Westport .. .. 88 11 0 739 18 2½ 0 2 0 18 5 9 .. 846 16 11½ 684 6 6 5 11 10 .. 689 18 4 1,536 15 3½
Total third quarter in 1903 537 6 0 4,175 3 5 62,838 0 9½ 10 10 8 1,225 7 2½ 228 0 7 69,014 8 8 37,350 18 7 2,489 14 2 892 7 11 40,733 0 8 109,747 9 4
Total third quarter in 1902 622 4 1 3,681 4 6 52,884 15 8 6 19 6 1,063 14 5½ 133 5 3 58,392 3 5½ 35,387 4 5 2,352 11 6 1,709 13 9 39,449 9 8 97,841 13 1½

General Post Office,
Wellington, 20th October, 1903.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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🚂 Return of Revenue for Postal and Telegraph Services

🚂 Transport & Communications
20 October 1903
Revenue, Postal Services, Telegraph Services, Quarterly Report, Financial Statistics
  • W. Gray, Secretary