Post and Telegraph Revenue Statistics




RETURN of REVENUE collected at the GENERAL POST OFFICE and in the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of NEW ZEALAND for the Quarter ended 31st March, 1905.

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 .. 7 0 0 284 6 6 .. .. .. 25,398 2 8 25,689 9 2 .. 3,676 15 3 278 10 2 3,955 5 5 29,644 14 7
Auckland .. 791 4 6 864 5 0 10,993 6 7 16 4 8 249 2 7½ 6 6 0½ 12,920 9 5 7,736 18 8 651 14 4 124 6 4 8,512 19 4 21,433 8 9
Blenheim .. 171 12 3 54 4 6 944 1 2 1 14 6 21 16 3 0 5 8½ 1,193 14 4½ 747 10 11½ 23 3 2 13 1 0 783 15 1½ 1,977 9 6
Christchurch .. 956 3 9 419 8 0 8,964 14 9½ 6 10 0 134 19 10½ 3 18 7 10,485 15 0 5,407 9 11½ 352 19 8 255 2 1 6,015 11 8½ 16,501 6 8½
Dunedin .. 725 6 4 389 7 6 6,180 11 10½ 9 3 0 146 13 2½ 2 14 10½ 7,453 16 9½ 4,702 11 2½ 128 3 7 210 19 0 5,041 13 9½ 12,495 10 7
Gisborne .. 161 14 2 66 13 6 466 5 9½ 0 1 6 17 16 1 0 10 2½ 713 1 3 1,200 0 3 19 11 9 6 10 0 1,226 2 0 1,939 3 3
Greymouth .. 126 15 5 82 6 0 1,288 18 5 2 7 0 19 16 5½ 0 4 3 1,520 7 6½ 1,108 11 4½ 91 18 3 26 10 0 1,166 19 7½ 2,687 7 2
Hokitika .. 64 10 0 28 14 0 430 6 0 0 19 6 9 0 1 0 2 9½ 533 12 4½ 406 8 9 8 3 5 11 10 0 426 2 2 959 14 6½
Invercargill .. 506 0 11 173 1 6 3,446 19 8 4 3 6 83 0 4½ 0 16 1½ 4,214 2 1 2,332 15 0 54 12 8 58 12 6 2,446 0 2 6,660 2 3
Napier .. 576 13 2 211 17 0 3,774 12 7 5 16 0 87 11 8 1 10 2 4,658 0 7 2,853 6 0½ 151 14 9 12 1 2 3,017 1 11½ 7,675 2 6½
Nelson .. 138 14 7 98 13 0 983 4 11½ 1 12 10 32 1 2 0 11 7½ 1,204 18 2 1,202 18 6½ 12 7 3 28 10 0 1,243 15 9½ 2,448 13 11½
New Plymouth .. 235 14 9 115 16 6 2,183 0 11 3 1 2 54 0 9½ 1 1 8½ 2,592 15 10 1,407 15 7 20 17 2 24 3 0 1,452 15 9 4,045 11 7
Oamaru .. 130 2 10 54 7 0 1,593 17 3½ 3 7 4 22 6 0½ 0 5 3½ 1,804 5 9½ 719 6 11 17 3 9 3 10 0 740 0 8 2,544 6 5½
Thames.. 89 0 9 152 7 6 1,981 11 11 2 0 6 53 4 5 0 11 0½ 2,278 16 1½ 1,434 19 4½ 1 15 6 7 0 0 1,443 14 10½ 3,722 11 0
Timaru .. 269 9 0 110 4 0 3,891 7 5½ 3 2 8 42 13 10½ 0 16 5 4,317 13 5 1,286 4 4½ 54 15 2 14 10 0 1,355 9 6½ 5,673 2 11½
Wanganui .. 521 16 2 240 19 6 7,412 8 4 3 16 6 115 11 5½ 1 14 3½ 8,296 6 3 2,977 10 10½ 100 9 3 30 9 9 3,108 9 10½ 11,404 16 1½
Wellington .. 1,340 9 1 831 6 6 17,044 11 9½ 15 18 6 277 1 7 100 16 7½ 19,610 4 1 9,514 1 3½ 720 3 2 138 11 6 10,372 15 11½ 29,983 0 0½
Westport .. 48 0 0 83 8 0 769 12 0½ 0 16 6 20 14 5½ 0 1 9 922 12 9 742 12 5½ 6 19 0 40 0 0 789 11 5½ 1,712 4 2½
Totals first quarter in 1905 6,860 7 8 4,261 5 6 72,299 11 7 80 15 8 1,387 10 5 25,520 10 2 110,410 1 0 45,781 1 7½ 6,033 7 1 1,283 16 6 53,098 5 2½ 163,508 6 2½
Totals first quarter in 1904 6,241 2 2 4,076 2 6 66,133 1 8 81 5 4 1,221 14 4 23,522 0 5 101,275 6 5 44,841 5 6½ 6,143 6 9 1,323 19 6 52,308 11 9½ 153,583 18 2½

General Post Office,
Wellington, 17th April, 1905.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 37]
986



Next Page →



Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1905, No 37





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🚂 Return of Post and Telegraph Revenue for Quarter Ended 31 March 1905

🚂 Transport & Communications
17 April 1905
Postal revenue, Telegraph revenue, Telephone exchanges, Financial statistics, General Post Office, Regional postal districts
  • W. Gray, Secretary