New Zealand Gazette – 1904 – No. 85

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✨ Postal Financial Statistics



Oct. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2501

STATEMENT showing the NUMBER, AMOUNT, &c., of POSTAL-NOTE TRANSACTIONS in the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 30th September, 1904.

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 3,236 2,224 4,276 4,658 4,940 7,177 .. 5,978 .. 2,012 .. 2,593 9 37,103 11,256 5 0½ 246 11 0½
Blenheim .. 15 230 166 385 379 370 554 .. 495 .. 150 .. 254 1 2,984 943 2 0 20 5 6
Christchurch .. 71 1,502 900 1,950 2,461 2,127 3,738 .. 3,168 .. 1,160 .. 1,785 14 18,805 6,340 2 11 132 7 5
Dunedin .. 65 2,059 1,247 2,899 3,081 3,041 4,570 .. 3,850 .. 1,284 .. 1,902 50 23,983 7,672 7 9 162 4 9
Gisborne .. 7 258 136 190 330 332 646 .. 437 .. 143 .. 335 7 2,814 1,010 8 5 20 0 5
Greymouth .. 11 270 140 355 352 305 624 .. 584 .. 196 .. 330 3 3,159 1,112 3 5 22 18 5
Hokitika .. 8 76 65 170 193 182 276 .. 238 .. 99 .. 186 5 1,490 561 6 0½ 10 19 0½
Invercargill .. 35 955 643 1,249 1,510 1,532 2,490 .. 2,099 .. 729 .. 1,020 8 12,235 4,003 4 11 85 1 5
Napier .. 38 1,240 772 1,369 1,614 1,628 2,494 .. 2,078 .. 648 .. 939 18 12,800 3,965 10 1 85 5 1
Nelson .. 20 380 247 619 620 644 878 .. 767 .. 235 .. 396 2 4,788 1,490 18 9½ 32 3 3½
New Plymouth .. 19 545 388 972 818 1,047 1,333 .. 1,103 .. 400 .. 668 4 7,278 2,334 18 8 49 6 8
Oamaru .. 12 305 198 301 469 370 650 .. 491 .. 195 .. 315 2 3,296 1,075 19 11½ 22 8 5½
Thames .. 22 670 416 945 998 1,129 1,588 .. 1,312 .. 427 .. 549 11 8,045 2,484 8 3 53 17 3
Timaru .. 14 552 250 577 698 664 1,200 .. 1,114 .. 342 .. 609 1 6,007 2,061 9 9 43 1 9
Wanganui .. 43 1,273 784 1,801 1,877 2,122 3,111 .. 2,448 .. 803 .. 1,367 3 15,589 4,947 3 5 105 13 11
Wellington .. 76 3,108 1,738 3,957 4,438 4,604 7,628 .. 6,554 .. 2,112 .. 4,168 57 38,364 13,421 11 8 273 15 8
Westport .. 18 300 194 359 376 430 629 .. 539 .. 161 .. 296 .. 3,284 1,042 14 3½ 22 5 3½
Totals 3rd qr. in 1904 610 16,959 10,508 22374 24872 25467 39586 .. 33255 .. 11096 .. 17712 195 202024 65,723 15 4½ 1388 5 4½
Totals 3rd qr. in 1903 585 15,941 9,873 21581 22507 23199 34109 .. 29411 .. 9789 .. 14775 134 181319 57,233 14 2½ 1225 7 2½
Postal Districts. Number of Postal Notes paid. Total Amount of Postal Notes paid.
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.
Auckland .. 3,758 2,549 5,179 5,582 5,907 8,342 .. 7,037 .. 2,316 .. 3,126 17 43,813 13,032 15 6
Blenheim .. 102 79 181 155 170 236 .. 222 .. 81 .. 102 3 1,331 421 15 0
Christchurch .. 1,874 1,077 2,538 2,950 2,752 4,469 .. 3,958 .. 1,316 .. 2,119 21 23,074 7,517 1 6
Dunedin .. 2,555 1,810 3,569 3,977 3,991 6,050 1 4,921 .. 1,670 .. 2,454 31 31,029 9,551 1 0
Gisborne .. 79 55 116 103 116 187 .. 163 .. 62 .. 100 3 984 339 14 0
Greymouth .. 119 65 200 204 216 335 .. 364 .. 130 .. 209 2 1,844 670 19 6
Hokitika .. 47 21 69 74 73 147 .. 121 .. 48 .. 79 .. 679 243 5 6
Invercargill .. 615 384 843 867 924 1,499 .. 1,269 .. 537 .. 511 3 7,452 2,328 16 6
Napier .. 776 439 952 1,030 1,085 1,647 .. 1,407 .. 487 .. 627 6 8,456 2,595 18 6
Nelson .. 247 179 457 465 415 658 .. 591 .. 228 .. 312 1 3,553 1,139 17 0
New Plymouth .. 445 222 627 621 679 921 .. 745 .. 311 .. 446 5 5,022 1,588 1 6
Oamaru .. 153 95 185 210 215 287 .. 350 .. 124 .. 172 1 1,792 608 10 6
Thames .. 263 125 336 375 466 619 .. 649 .. 236 .. 249 5 3,323 1,103 3 0
Timaru .. 263 163 376 333 403 575 .. 773 .. 216 .. 336 1 3,439 1,198 6 0
Wanganui .. 747 475 1,014 1,093 1,249 1,856 .. 1,545 .. 487 .. 743 2 9,211 2,853 2 0
Wellington .. 4,585 2,388 5,395 6,400 6,510 10,673 .. 8,367 .. 2,633 .. 5,057 73 52,081 16,972 17 0
Westport .. 90 67 130 161 124 210 .. 209 .. 67 .. 101 .. 1,159 369 10 0
Totals 3rd qr. in 1904 16,718 10,193 22,167 24,600 25,295 38,711 1 32,691 .. 10,949 .. 16,743 174 198,242 62,534 14 0
Totals 3rd qr. in 1903 15,653 9,877 21,916 22,534 23,372 34,043 4 29,347 .. 9,785 .. 14,288 123 180,942 55,465 1 6

General Post Office,
Wellington, 25th October, 1904.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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25 October 1904
Postal notes, Financial statistics, Postal districts, Government revenue, Quarterly report, General Post Office, New Zealand
  • W. Gray, Secretary