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

🚂 Transport & Communications
20 October 1908
Post Office Revenue, Postal Districts, Telegraph Revenue, Money-order Commission, Stamps, Telegrams, Telephone Exchanges, Quarterly Report
  • D. Robertson, Secretary