✨ Postal Revenue Table
RETURN of REVENUE collected at the GENERAL POST OFFICE and in the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of NEW ZEALAND for the Quarter ended 31st March, 1908.
| POSTAL REVENUE. | TELEGRAPH REVENUE. | Total Post and Telegraph Revenue. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | £ s. d. | |
| £ 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 .. | 183 19 5 | 39 12 9 | .. | 1 0 0 | .. | 500 5 8 | 674 17 10 | .. | 6,565 11 0 | 434 11 5 | 7,000 2 5 | 7,675 0 3 |
| Auckland .. | 1,005 5 7 | 645 6 9 | 16,090 1 3½ | 19 1 6 | 252 1 7 | 14 16 0½ | 18,026 12 9 | 11,063 18 8 | 503 19 3 | 180 11 5 | 11,748 9 4 | 29,775 2 1 |
| Blenheim .. | 190 7 1 | 36 14 3 | 1,392 18 3½ | 1 5 6 | 19 14 5 | 1 8 3 | 1,642 7 9½ | 1,200 15 9½ | 53 7 1 | 6 2 8 | 1,260 5 1½ | 2,902 12 11 |
| Christchurch .. | 1,187 12 10 | 282 17 3 | 12,345 1 8 | 8 0 10 | 129 14 9 | 10 9 11½ | 13,963 17 3½ | 6,528 11 6½ | 335 0 8 | 241 11 6 | 7,105 3 8½ | 21,069 1 0 |
| Dunedin .. | 850 0 8 | 249 5 3 | 7,058 10 5 | 12 0 6 | 129 5 4½ | 5 5 1 | 8,304 7 3½ | 5,502 18 3½ | 207 17 0 | 154 16 10 | 5,865 12 1½ | 14,169 19 5 |
| Gisborne .. | 347 9 1 | 59 2 9 | 395 0 2½ | 0 19 0 | 19 8 9½ | 1 10 10½ | 823 10 8½ | 2,034 17 0½ | 37 17 7 | 10 10 0 | 2,083 4 7½ | 2,906 15 4 |
| Greymouth .. | 171 18 0 | 71 11 3 | 1,616 16 7 | 2 9 6 | 18 8 4 | 0 8 3½ | 1,881 11 11½ | 1,251 13 9 | 22 8 6 | 10 10 0 | 1,284 12 3 | 3,166 4 2½ |
| Hokitika .. | 72 0 0 | 17 13 0 | 449 11 11½ | 0 14 6 | 7 16 5 | 0 2 10½ | 547 18 9 | 512 15 2½ | 11 2 6 | 6 0 0 | 529 17 8½ | 1,077 16 5½ |
| Invercargill .. | 598 9 1 | 116 7 6 | 4,383 8 0½ | 7 6 8 | 74 13 10½ | 2 11 6½ | 5,182 16 8½ | 3,062 1 7½ | 97 16 11 | 83 6 6 | 3,243 5 0½ | 8,426 1 9 |
| Napier .. | 810 13 8 | 145 3 6 | 5,076 18 7½ | 5 6 8 | 81 11 4 | 4 6 4 | 6,124 0 1½ | 4,246 3 5 | 173 4 3 | 36 15 7 | 4,456 3 3 | 10,580 3 4½ |
| Nelson .. | 162 0 1 | 62 17 3 | 986 4 8 | 2 9 6 | 25 12 4½ | 1 10 11 | 1,240 14 9½ | 1,426 7 0½ | 19 12 6 | 10 0 9 | 1,456 0 3½ | 2,696 15 1 |
| New Plymouth .. | 261 1 1 | 67 11 3 | 2,499 5 1½ | 3 12 8 | 44 3 11 | 1 14 5 | 2,877 8 5½ | 1,727 5 8 | 27 12 6 | 33 13 4 | 1,788 11 6 | 4,665 19 11½ |
| Oamaru .. | 143 11 4 | 82 16 3 | 1,779 5 1 | 2 18 6 | 25 6 11 | 0 6 7½ | 1,984 4 8½ | 865 6 10½ | 24 0 4 | 5 10 6 | 894 17 8½ | 2,879 2 5 |
| Thames .. | 192 1 6 | 95 13 6 | 2,503 11 6½ | 2 1 6 | 49 8 7½ | 1 1 8 | 2,843 18 4 | 1,766 0 8½ | 41 16 11 | 15 5 0 | 1,823 2 7½ | 4,667 0 11½ |
| Timaru .. | 314 6 10 | 63 8 6 | 5,454 11 4½ | 2 15 0 | 36 13 5½ | 1 9 7 | 5,873 4 9 | 1,667 6 2 | 32 12 11 | 49 9 7 | 1,749 8 8 | 7,622 13 5 |
| Wanganui .. | 699 5 2 | 176 0 3 | 9,063 16 5½ | 1 18 6 | 108 4 8½ | 3 13 3½ | 10,052 18 4½ | 4,033 15 6½ | 88 8 6 | 16 14 0 | 4,138 18 0½ | 14,191 16 5 |
| Wellington .. | 1,757 2 6 | 808 19 0 | 25,942 12 3½ | 5 17 4 | 234 7 11½ | 134 9 5½ | 28,883 8 6½ | 13,476 12 8 | 581 3 10 | 155 16 7 | 14,213 13 1 | 43,097 1 7½ |
| Westport .. | 44 15 11 | 64 10 0 | 977 2 4½ | 0 11 0 | 18 9 0½ | 1 4 1 | 1,106 12 5 | 905 19 2 | 8 2 5 | 25 10 0 | 939 11 7 | 2,046 4 0 |
| Totals 1st quarter in 1908 | 8,941 19 10 | 3,035 10 3 | 98,014 16 0 | 80 8 8 | 1,275 1 10½ | 686 14 11½ | 112,034 11 7 | 61,272 9 2 | 8,831 14 8 | 1,476 15 3 | 71,580 19 1 | 183,615 10 8 |
| Totals 1st quarter in 1907 | 7,734 0 5 | 4,680 16 9 | 90,336 15 10½ | 72 19 2 | 1,664 5 11½ | 5,357 18 8½ | 109,846 16 10½ | 58,337 9 2 | 7,032 5 6 | 1,681 0 8 | 67,050 15 4 | 176,897 12 2½ |
General Post Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1908.
D. ROBERTSON,
Secretary.
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🚂 Return of Revenue Collected by Post Office Districts
🚂 Transport & Communications21 April 1908
Postal revenue, Telegraph revenue, Money-order commission, Stamps sold, Telephone exchanges, 1st quarter 1908, 1st quarter 1907
- D. Robertson, Secretary