New Zealand Gazette – 1904 – No. 5

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✨ Postal Note Transactions



Jan. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 233

STATEMENT showing the NUMBER, AMOUNT, &c., of POSTAL-NOTE TRANSACTIONS in the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 31st December, 1903.

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 .. 136 3,094 2,006 4,120 4,426 4,321 6,620 .. 5,307 .. 1,631 .. 2,267 19 33,811 10,033 9 0 221 3 0
Blenheim .. 14 225 144 421 393 325 560 .. 483 .. 134 .. 202 3 2,890 880 7 0½ 19 6 6½
Christchurch .. 70 1,354 815 1,791 2,038 1,709 3,270 .. 2,910 .. 901 .. 1,793 17 16,598 5,763 15 7½ 118 10 1½
Dunedin .. 62 1,798 1,099 2,184 2,615 2,560 3,812 .. 3,098 .. 1,087 .. 1,688 54 19,995 6,512 2 8½ 135 5 8½
Gisborne .. 7 182 118 176 271 236 447 .. 346 .. 104 .. 216 2 2,098 708 4 3½ 14 12 9½
Greymouth .. 11 177 105 265 247 249 492 .. 460 .. 140 .. 276 2 2,413 873 5 8 17 16 8
Hokitika .. 8 71 59 135 149 191 205 .. 198 .. 67 .. 115 5 1,195 417 13 1½ 8 8 1½
Invercargill .. 35 832 516 1,155 1,188 1,234 2,054 .. 1,794 .. 575 .. 836 11 10,195 3,333 0 9 70 17 9
Napier .. 36 1,057 706 1,338 1,464 1,361 2,212 .. 1,821 .. 544 .. 822 6 11,331 3,425 1 7½ 74 16 7½
Nelson .. 20 300 196 497 470 482 709 .. 637 .. 212 .. 367 4 3,874 1,279 0 0½ 26 16 0½
New Plymouth 19 591 364 951 888 1,053 1,330 .. 1,180 .. 372 .. 589 3 7,321 2,275 11 9½ 49 3 9½
Oamaru .. 10 244 142 272 358 366 486 .. 452 .. 178 .. 274 1 2,773 929 0 4 19 6 4
Thames .. 21 524 390 985 857 1,110 1,376 .. 1,200 .. 357 .. 433 2 7,234 2,130 1 1 47 14 7
Timaru .. 14 430 207 541 572 575 1,003 .. 910 .. 323 .. 499 3 5,063 1,747 4 7 36 7 1
Wanganui .. 39 1,237 811 1,562 1,709 2,098 2,561 .. 2,331 .. 862 .. 1,192 3 14,366 4,563 19 7½ 97 10 7½
Wellington .. 72 2,816 1,564 3,065 3,650 3,731 6,215 .. 5,245 .. 1,730 .. 3,386 58 31,460 10,952 14 1½ 222 9 1½
Westport .. 18 257 147 290 328 360 507 .. 419 .. 135 .. 240 1 2,684 848 8 2½ 18 0 8½
Total 4th qr. in 1903 592 15,189 9,389 19748 21623 21961 33859 .. 28791 .. 9,352 .. 15195 194 175301 56,672 19 7½ 1198 5 7½
Total 4th qr. in 1902 571 13,748 8,107 16340 18800 18531 29804 .. 25899 .. 8,370 .. 12632 149 152380 49,159 9 11½ 1045 8 5½

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 .. 3,647 2,353 4,887 5,095 5,338 7,556 .. 6,303 .. 2,035 .. 2,747 28 39,989 £ s. d. 11,738 17 0
Blenheim .. 87 64 174 150 120 237 .. 217 .. 74 .. 117 4 1,244 423 11 0
Christchurch .. 1,712 1,115 2,343 2,663 2,444 4,022 .. 3,562 .. 1,274 .. 2,111 15 21,261 7,031 0 0
Dunedin .. 2,201 1,514 2,816 3,212 3,287 4,883 .. 3,953 .. 1,354 .. 1,944 26 25,190 7,686 10 0
Gisborne .. 80 43 91 101 82 162 .. 164 .. 53 .. 77 .. 853 280 10 0
Greymouth .. 118 67 169 170 190 289 .. 283 .. 104 .. 180 5 1,575 574 6 6
Hokitika .. 57 46 60 74 91 160 .. 112 .. 34 .. 62 2 698 228 14 0
Invercargill .. 508 353 709 725 843 1,320 1 1,223 .. 448 .. 529 9 6,668 2,191 14 6
Napier .. 719 478 859 980 972 1,488 .. 1,377 1 443 .. 599 4 7,920 2,438 7 6
Nelson .. 234 129 347 388 331 612 .. 512 .. 148 .. 280 5 2,986 979 4 6
New Plymouth 417 236 491 561 592 797 .. 666 .. 256 .. 329 1 4,346 1,304 16 6
Oamaru .. 118 104 205 213 229 351 .. 339 .. 138 .. 182 3 1,882 652 18 6
Thames .. 254 139 321 376 373 645 .. 624 .. 200 .. 272 2 3,206 1,063 8 6
Timaru .. 224 117 289 284 327 514 .. 584 .. 163 .. 326 4 2,832 1,022 3 6
Wanganui .. 720 416 989 988 1,162 1,646 .. 1,384 .. 482 .. 662 2 8,451 2,600 18 0
Wellington .. 4,199 2,254 4,844 5,442 5,507 9,076 .. 7,613 .. 2,271 .. 5,232 96 46,534 15,860 9 0
Westport .. 91 62 97 144 129 178 .. 165 .. 68 .. 85 .. 1,019 319 5 0
Total 4th qr. in 1903 15,386 9,490 19,691 21,566 22,017 33,936 1 29,081 1 9,545 .. 15,734 206 176,654 56,396 14 0
Total 4th qr. in 1902 13,821 8,211 16,529 18,725 18,589 29,635 1 25,761 .. 8,449 4 12,510 167 152,402 48,063 12 6

General Post Office,
Wellington, 18th January, 1904.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Postal-Note Transactions by Postal District for Quarter ended 31 December 1903

🚂 Transport & Communications
18 January 1904
Postal Notes, Transactions, Postal Districts, Quarterly Statistics, Financial Data, Revenue, Government Banking, New Zealand
  • W. Gray, Secretary