✨ 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, 1906.
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Post Office .. | £ s. d. 23 11 0 | £ s. d. 310 2 6 | £ s. d. .. | £ s. d. 0 12 0 | £ s. d. .. | £ s. d. 23,410 1 0 | £ s. d. 23,744 6 6 | £ s. d. .. | £ s. d. 4,152 13 5 | £ s. d. 432 11 9 | £ s. d. 4,585 5 2 | £ s. d. 28,329 11 8 |
| Auckland .. | 839 15 8 | 914 4 3 | 13,084 11 0½ | 12 1 4 | 285 1 3 | 7 9 2½ | 15,143 2 9 | 8,595 18 7½ | 756 3 5 | 147 1 9 | 9,499 3 9½ | 24,642 6 6½ |
| Blenheim .. | 174 11 0 | 59 13 9 | 1,040 14 10 | 0 13 6 | 23 4 0½ | 0 6 9½ | 1,299 3 11 | 936 14 4½ | 74 13 2 | 4 0 0 | 1,015 7 6½ | 2,314 11 5½ |
| Christchurch .. | 1,028 9 9 | 461 7 9 | 10,182 1 9½ | 18 16 6 | 150 11 5 | 5 15 0½ | 11,847 2 3 | 5,559 11 3 | 384 5 1 | 256 0 11 | 6,199 17 3 | 18,046 19 6 |
| Dunedin .. | 753 3 10 | 429 13 6 | 6,323 2 10½ | 7 4 6 | 165 2 3½ | 3 12 10 | 7,681 19 10 | 4,776 8 11½ | 262 13 5 | 211 16 0 | 5,250 18 4½ | 12,932 18 2½ |
| Gisborne .. | 201 12 0 | 76 8 0 | 566 13 3½ | 2 14 0 | 21 9 1 | 0 14 5 | 869 10 9½ | 1,286 0 11 | 17 3 9 | 7 0 0 | 1,310 4 8 | 2,179 15 5½ |
| Greymouth .. | 135 10 0 | 85 15 0 | 1,387 9 5 | 1 1 0 | 20 2 6½ | 0 5 2½ | 1,630 3 2 | 1,120 2 7½ | 30 15 6 | 9 10 0 | 1,160 8 1½ | 2,790 11 3½ |
| Hokitika .. | 68 7 8 | 30 1 6 | 418 4 7½ | 0 15 6 | 9 4 10½ | 0 5 11 | 527 0 1 | 438 14 4 | 7 12 6 | 10 0 0 | 456 6 10 | 983 6 11 |
| Invercargill .. | 543 18 11 | 186 14 0 | 3,861 18 4½ | 6 10 4 | 92 17 5 | 1 0 11 | 4,692 19 11½ | 2,305 7 10½ | 77 3 8 | 29 0 6 | 2,411 12 0½ | 7,104 12 0 |
| Napier .. | 710 16 0 | 230 12 0 | 4,586 4 7½ | 4 16 0 | 97 9 8½ | 2 4 4 | 5,632 2 8 | 3,295 0 3½ | 216 7 0 | 25 7 9 | 3,536 15 0½ | 9,168 17 8½ |
| Nelson .. | 140 12 2 | 96 11 0 | 1,111 6 3½ | 2 5 0 | 34 8 1½ | 0 15 10 | 1,385 18 5 | 1,322 4 11 | 17 10 3 | 28 10 0 | 1,368 5 2 | 2,754 3 7 |
| New Plymouth .. | 231 5 3 | 116 9 6 | 2,355 2 5½ | 2 17 0 | 57 14 8½ | 1 9 0 | 2,764 17 11 | 1,459 3 11 | 14 9 10 | 5 0 0 | 1,478 13 9 | 4,243 11 8 |
| Oamaru .. | 130 7 5 | 53 10 3 | 1,603 8 4½ | 2 17 0 | 25 0 7½ | 0 4 10½ | 1,815 8 6½ | 734 2 1 | 23 15 8 | 5 11 0 | 763 8 9 | 2,578 17 3½ |
| Thames.. | 112 3 4 | 156 13 6 | 2,219 11 6 | 1 12 0 | 59 15 8 | 0 17 9 | 2,550 13 9 | 1,426 1 5 | 17 9 4 | 29 10 0 | 1,473 0 9 | 4,023 14 6 |
| Timaru .. | 303 5 1 | 111 14 0 | 4,538 10 7 | 2 12 2 | 45 11 1 | 0 18 11½ | 5,022 11 10½ | 1,381 16 5 | 42 6 1 | 11 10 0 | 1,435 12 6 | 6,458 4 4½ |
| Wanganui .. | 572 2 2 | 262 2 9 | 7,651 0 11 | 2 13 10 | 130 18 11 | 1 19 8½ | 8,620 18 3½ | 3,121 11 5 | 109 10 3 | 10 4 0 | 3,241 5 8 | 11,862 3 11½ |
| Wellington .. | 1,514 2 2 | 869 11 6 | 19,094 10 4 | 8 19 4 | 300 1 1 | 105 3 11 | 21,892 8 4 | 10,243 14 6 | 902 1 1 | 192 10 6 | 11,338 6 1 | 33,230 14 5 |
| Westport .. | 38 0 0 | 80 17 0 | 786 19 2 | 0 5 0 | 21 18 11½ | 0 3 9 | 928 3 10½ | 754 4 6 | 5 11 8 | 26 2 6 | 785 18 8 | 1,714 2 6½ |
| Totals first quarter in 1906 | 7,521 13 5 | 4,532 1 9 | 80,831 10 6 | 79 6 0 | 1,540 11 9½ | 23,543 9 5½ | 118,048 12 11 | 48,756 18 5 | 7,112 5 1 | 1,441 6 8 | 57,310 10 2 | 175,359 3 1 |
| 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 |
General Post Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1906.
THOS. ROSE,
Acting Secretary.
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🚂 Return of Revenue collected at the General Post Office and Postal Districts for the Quarter ended 31 March 1906
🚂 Transport & Communications24 April 1906
Postal revenue, Telegraph revenue, Money-order commission, Stamps sold, Telegrams, Telephone exchanges, Quarterly return, 1906
- Thos. Rose, Acting Secretary