✨ Post Office Revenue Report
RETURN of REVENUE collected at the GENERAL POST OFFICE and in the several POSTAL DISTRICTS in the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND for the Quarter ended 30th September, 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 | 12 12 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 62 16 3 | 75 9 1 | .. | 260 3 8 | 220 16 8 | 481 0 4 | 556 9 5 |
| Auckland | 85 2 1 | 677 15 6 | 20,065 11 1½ | 2 6 8 | 274 19 10½ | 15 0 3½ | 21,120 15 6½ | 10,364 7 2½ | 569 6 8 | 107 16 11 | 11,041 10 9½ | 32,162 6 4 |
| Blenheim | 24 19 0 | 37 17 6 | 1,239 8 10½ | 0 5 2 | 23 6 8 | 0 7 5 | 1,326 4 7½ | 996 19 11½ | 59 16 11 | 6 10 8 | 1,063 7 6½ | 2,389 12 2 |
| Christchurch | 71 12 10 | 319 1 9 | 12,191 4 5 | 1 3 6 | 136 6 5 | 9 0 0 | 12,728 8 11 | 5,497 18 0½ | 293 0 3 | 35 10 3 | 5,826 8 6½ | 18,554 17 5½ |
| Dunedin | 28 3 1 | 266 16 0 | 7,099 3 8½ | 0 12 8 | 138 3 10 | 8 12 0 | 7,541 11 3½ | 4,856 8 0½ | 204 16 0 | 6 18 7 | 5,068 2 7½ | 12,609 13 11 |
| Gisborne | 19 5 3 | 68 18 6 | 1,016 19 2½ | 0 3 2 | 23 16 4 | 1 3 4½ | 1,130 5 10 | 1,514 9 4 | 54 5 4 | 3 3 6 | 1,571 18 2 | 2,702 4 0 |
| Greymouth | 4 4 6 | 81 16 0 | 1,660 14 5 | 0 3 0 | 23 11 7½ | 2 3 1½ | 1,772 12 8 | 1,203 10 11½ | 43 16 2 | 20 4 3 | 1,267 11 4½ | 3,040 4 0½ |
| Hokitika | 3 10 0 | 19 10 6 | 468 3 8½ | 0 2 0 | 8 5 3½ | 0 1 10 | 499 13 4 | 494 2 4½ | 15 12 8 | 0 5 0 | 510 0 0½ | 1,009 13 4½ |
| Invercargill | 29 7 7 | 126 1 6 | 4,211 4 0 | 0 7 10 | 84 6 9½ | 0 17 10½ | 4,452 5 7 | 2,782 14 7 | 95 1 7 | 34 3 5 | 2,911 19 7 | 7,364 5 2 |
| Napier | 48 19 0 | 157 19 9 | 5,308 7 7 | 0 9 10 | 91 12 3½ | 3 11 2½ | 5,610 19 8 | 3,385 1 0 | 165 9 7 | 16 3 0 | 3,566 13 7 | 9,177 13 3 |
| Nelson | 9 8 4 | 72 0 0 | 1,012 19 1 | 0 5 4 | 31 8 0 | 1 1 2½ | 1,127 1 11½ | 1,207 12 2 | 19 15 8 | 0 13 0 | 1,228 0 10 | 2,355 2 9½ |
| New Plymouth | 14 15 4 | 69 8 6 | 2,823 0 3½ | 0 4 0 | 46 1 10½ | 1 2 4 | 2,954 12 4 | 1,698 0 5½ | 33 12 6 | 15 18 3 | 1,747 11 2½ | 4,702 3 6½ |
| Oamaru | 9 18 5 | 35 17 9 | 1,706 17 2½ | 0 0 8 | 28 3 0½ | 0 6 7½ | 1,781 3 8½ | 791 0 0½ | 27 9 1 | .. | 818 9 1½ | 2,599 12 10 |
| Thames | 25 9 11 | 116 15 6 | 2,693 6 3 | 0 2 0 | 56 2 6½ | 1 4 8 | 2,893 0 10½ | 1,707 2 11½ | 95 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 1,802 7 11½ | 4,695 8 10 |
| Timaru | 15 5 7 | 68 9 3 | 4,770 17 7½ | 0 12 6 | 38 10 7 | 0 19 4 | 4,894 14 10½ | 1,370 19 5½ | 31 2 6 | 20 6 9 | 1,422 8 8½ | 6,317 3 7 |
| Wanganui | 91 10 6 | 192 19 6 | 9,709 0 9 | 0 6 6 | 120 16 6 | 2 11 4½ | 10,117 5 1½ | 3,729 4 7 | 131 5 3 | 61 10 0 | 3,921 19 10 | 14,039 4 11½ |
| Wellington | 144 11 8 | 884 10 9 | 28,874 19 10½ | 1 1 0 | 252 4 9 | 35 4 7 | 30,192 12 7½ | 11,665 6 2 | 523 11 1 | 56 16 0 | 12,245 13 3 | 42,438 5 10½ |
| Westport | 0 7 6 | 81 11 9 | 1,035 16 8½ | 0 1 2 | 22 8 4 | 1 7 9 | 1,141 13 2½ | 864 16 1 | 13 17 8 | 0 5 0 | 878 18 9 | 2,020 11 11½ |
| Totals 3rd quarter in 1908 | 639 3 5 | 3,277 10 0 | 105,887 14 10 | 8 7 0 | 1,400 4 9 | 147 11 3 | 111,360 11 3 | 54,129 13 5 | 2,637 2 7 | 607 6 3 | 57,374 2 3 | 168,734 13 6 |
| Totals 3rd quarter in 1907 | 671 13 6 | 4,924 1 0 | 96,199 2 3 | 11 0 0 | 1,907 5 0 | 79 19 1 | 103,793 0 10 | 50,921 8 9 | 2,888 4 11 | 727 16 9 | 54,537 10 5 | 158,330 11 3 |
General Post Office,
Wellington, 20th October, 1908.
D. ROBERTSON,
Secretary.
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🚂 Return of Revenue collected at General Post Office and Postal Districts
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Post Office Revenue, Postal Districts, Telegraph Revenue, Money-order Commission, Stamps, Telegrams, Telephone Exchanges, Quarterly Report
- D. Robertson, Secretary
NZ Gazette 1908, No 81