Postal Financial Statistics




Oct. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2507

STATEMENT showing the NUMBER, AMOUNT, &c., of POSTAL-NOTE TRANSACTIONS in the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 30th September, 1905.

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 .. 142 3,801 2,525 5,377 5,412 5,930 8,268 .. 6,877 .. 2,112 .. 3,187 19 43,508 13,141 16 4 287 3 10
Blenheim .. 17 238 173 456 456 555 668 .. 590 .. 165 .. 290 .. 3,591 1,110 13 7½ 24 4 1½
Christchurch .. 72 1,939 1,123 2,288 2,760 2,338 4,339 .. 3,738 .. 1,207 .. 2,113 20 21,865 7,330 13 5½ 152 19 11½
Dunedin .. 66 2,179 1,339 3,050 3,296 3,490 4,832 .. 4,185 .. 1,357 .. 1,986 36 25,750 8,107 12 9 173 10 3
Gisborne .. 9 329 205 320 368 423 579 .. 530 .. 145 .. 411 10 3,320 1,175 19 2½ 23 3 8½
Greymouth .. 12 302 162 358 405 351 664 .. 572 .. 207 .. 354 .. 3,375 1,151 9 11 23 18 5
Hokitika .. 8 110 75 171 213 233 289 .. 286 .. 88 .. 154 4 1,623 556 10 3 11 9 3
Invercargill .. 36 1,103 706 1,450 1,722 1,848 2,544 .. 2,279 .. 745 .. 1,142 4 13,543 4,334 11 2½ 92 15 2½
Napier .. 39 1,351 846 1,690 1,895 1,750 2,969 .. 2,259 .. 748 .. 1,096 16 14,620 4,505 3 6 97 1 0
Nelson .. 21 443 250 782 738 729 990 .. 871 .. 284 .. 492 .. 5,579 1,746 5 9½ 37 11 9½
New Plymouth 19 624 439 1,002 917 1,246 1,476 .. 1,138 .. 376 .. 613 7 7,838 2,385 4 9½ 51 7 9½
Oamaru .. 12 371 223 321 525 531 702 .. 598 .. 202 .. 382 .. 3,855 1,246 15 9 26 2 9
Thames .. 23 1,132 494 1,021 1,081 1,260 1,712 .. 1,462 .. 473 .. 572 5 9,212 2,690 3 8 59 11 2
Timaru .. 14 548 309 716 892 825 1,260 .. 1,165 .. 362 .. 636 4 6,717 2,229 7 2½ 46 18 8½
Wanganui .. 46 1,513 947 2,283 2,342 2,450 3,310 .. 2,854 .. 997 .. 1,475 3 18,174 5,649 8 4 121 18 10
Wellington .. 77 3,377 1,983 4,064 4,932 5,276 8,000 .. 6,802 .. 2,006 .. 3,997 59 40,496 13,611 10 11 282 3 5
Westport .. 19 303 203 363 414 515 603 .. .550 .. 187 .. 283 .. 3,421 1,067 12 7½ 22 19 1½
Totals 3rd qr. in 1905 632 19,663 12,002 25712 28368 29750 43205 .. 36756 .. 11661 .. 19183 187 226487 72,040 19 4 1534 19 4
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
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 .. 4,572 2,914 6,221 6,241 6,862 9,364 2 7,806 .. 2,505 .. 3,607 15 50,109 14,684 3 6
Blenheim .. 127 78 229 198 186 290 .. 293 .. 81 .. 153 1 1,636 525 10 0
Christchurch .. 2,174 1,319 2,913 3,453 3,244 5,284 .. 4,426 .. 1,529 .. 2,586 15 26,943 8,758 18 0
Dunedin .. 2,933 2,048 4,013 4,318 4,682 6,557 .. 5,555 .. 1,750 .. 2,722 19 34,597 10,489 17 0
Gisborne .. 114 82 154 160 157 233 .. 204 .. 60 .. 111 .. 1,275 387 1 0
Greymouth .. 161 90 179 253 243 380 .. 381 .. 120 .. 229 1 2,037 710 5 6
Hokitika .. 63 27 81 89 89 195 .. 158 .. 40 .. 91 .. 833 286 10 0
Invercargill .. 681 396 890 996 1,098 1,580 .. 1,401 .. 514 .. 692 4 8,252 2,634 19 0
Napier .. 903 554 1,076 1,184 1,247 1,928 .. 1,570 .. 515 .. 703 10 9,690 2,935 12 0
Nelson .. 320 210 512 492 474 758 .. 634 .. 209 .. 356 1 3,966 1,239 16 0
New Plymouth 435 304 607 642 661 989 .. 774 .. 299 .. 449 5 5,165 1,617 3 0
Oamaru .. 206 102 232 267 298 379 .. 371 .. 145 .. 212 1 2,213 725 4 6
Thames .. 345 174 394 368 523 732 .. 744 .. 209 .. 322 5 3,816 1,252 18 0
Timaru .. 259 177 362 463 384 640 .. 620 .. 203 .. 379 5 3,492 1,204 3 0
Wanganui .. 835 497 1,213 1,262 1,380 2,074 .. 1,707 .. 558 .. 864 4 10,394 3,239 11 6
Wellington .. 5,042 2,730 6,342 7,522 7,962 11,332 .. 8,985 .. 2,796 .. 4,949 62 57,722 17,907 2 0
Westport .. 104 65 129 142 172 217 .. 212 .. 91 .. 127 .. 1,259 422 0 6
Totals 3rd qr. in 1905 19,274 11,767 25,547 28,050 29,662 42,932 2 35,841 .. 11,624 .. 18,552 148 223,399 69,020 14 6
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

General Post Office,
Wellington, 19th October, 1905.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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19 October 1905
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  • W. Gray, Secretary