Post and Telegraph Revenue Statistics




RETURN of REVENUE collected at the GENERAL POST OFFICE and in the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND for the Quarter ended 31st March, 1909.

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.
£ 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 .. 104 4 9 13 13 9 .. 0 8 0 .. 32,952 0 10 33,070 7 4 .. 6,366 19 3 434 0 9 6,801 0 0 39,871 7 4
Auckland .. 1,090 14 5 724 14 9 20,561 7 4½ 15 0 6 301 14 3 15 18 10½ 22,709 10 2 11,683 10 2½ 604 1 4 268 18 1 12,556 9 7½ 35,265 19 9½
Blenheim .. 192 16 9 40 18 9 1,385 14 9½ 1 2 6 24 6 11 0 7 7 1,645 7 3½ 1,258 13 0½ 53 19 10 28 5 0 1,340 17 10½ 2,986 5 2
Christchurch .. 1,221 10 2 344 12 6 13,353 18 3½ 14 11 10 147 18 6 12 4 9 15,094 11 0½ 6,885 7 3½ 366 17 11 246 18 6 7,499 3 8½ 22,593 14 9
Dunedin .. 785 8 7 279 1 0 8,417 17 6 18 4 6 146 0 5½ 7 9 11½ 9,654 2 0 5,623 4 5½ 225 16 11 109 9 6 5,958 10 10½ 15,612 12 10½
Gisborne .. 382 13 4 71 4 9 795 1 11 0 17 0 24 14 3½ 2 12 2 1,277 3 5½ 2,004 14 2 60 2 1 8 1 6 2,072 17 9 3,350 1 2½
Greymouth .. 137 5 5 74 13 0 1,678 17 9½ 0 13 0 21 8 4 2 6 4½ 1,915 3 11 1,372 7 5 44 3 9 13 12 10 1,430 4 0 3,345 7 11
Hokitika .. 75 10 0 16 18 0 412 14 4 0 16 0 8 5 0½ 0 3 11½ 514 7 4 514 13 7½ 15 8 2 52 10 0 582 11 9½ 1,096 19 1½
Invercargill .. 572 19 5 126 16 0 4,397 13 10½ 5 13 6 80 16 8½ 1 5 6 5,185 5 0 3,097 16 7 92 1 11 34 9 3 3,224 7 9 8,409 12 9
Napier .. 896 8 11 162 1 9 5,379 5 6½ 6 14 8 90 3 8 5 19 0½ 6,540 13 7 3,920 2 0 198 17 10 18 17 10 4,137 17 8 10,678 11 3
Nelson .. 169 2 1 79 0 0 1,169 1 10½ 2 0 10 31 19 3 1 3 10 1,452 7 10½ 1,494 9 0 15 2 7 16 11 2 1,526 2 9 2,978 10 7½
New Plymouth .. 263 4 8 80 15 6 2,747 14 4½ 3 0 0 54 11 1½ 1 2 8½ 3,150 8 4½ 1,731 3 9 40 4 3 29 10 11 1,800 18 11 4,951 7 3½
Oamaru .. 144 19 8 36 8 0 1,737 13 1 2 15 0 29 13 4 0 15 9½ 1,952 4 10½ 943 18 7 27 13 1 4 16 11 976 8 7 2,928 13 5½
Thames.. 207 4 8 110 19 6 2,657 15 5 1 12 6 52 16 0 2 4 9 3,032 12 10 1,759 6 3½ 71 19 3 9 0 0 1,840 5 6½ 4,872 18 4½
Timaru .. 327 1 5 69 7 6 4,088 4 1 0 17 0 40 17 0 0 19 5 4,527 6 5 1,637 6 4 22 11 2 14 19 1 1,674 16 7 6,202 3 0
Wanganui .. 727 10 3 198 18 9 8,733 18 2 3 11 6 119 11 1 3 10 4½ 9,787 0 1½ 4,190 2 2 132 6 8 48 1 1 4,370 9 11 14,157 10 0½
Wellington .. 1,770 14 10 803 8 9 26,885 0 5½ 6 6 6 261 18 0½ 118 7 10 29,845 16 5 13,551 14 8½ 656 16 9 126 16 9 14,335 8 2½ 44,181 4 7½
Westport .. 69 10 0 76 7 6 1,103 13 5½ 0 11 0 18 11 5½ 0 2 4½ 1,268 15 9½ 974 0 8½ 6 16 0 30 0 1 1,010 16 9½ 2,279 12 7
Totals 1st quarter in 1909 9,138 19 4 3,309 19 9 105,505 7 4 84 15 10 1,455 5 5½ 33,128 16 1½ 152,623 3 10 62,642 10 4 9,001 18 9 1,494 19 3 73,139 8 4 225,762 12 2
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

General Post Office,
Wellington, 19th April, 1909.

W. R. MORRIS,
Acting-Secretary.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
APRIL 22.] 1115



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🚂 Return of Revenue collected at the General Post Office and Postal Districts for the Quarter ended 31st March 1909

🚂 Transport & Communications
19 April 1909
Revenue, Statistics, Post Office, Telegraph, Telephone, Quarter ended 31 March 1909
  • W. R. Morris, Acting-Secretary