✨ Post and Telegraph Revenue Returns
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 December, 1908.
| 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 .. | 33 0 0 | 45 16 9 | .. | 0 12 0 | .. | 260 17 10 | 340 6 7 | .. | 917 3 5 | 233 11 2 | 1,150 14 7 | 1,491 1 2 |
| Auckland .. | 56 7 4 | 745 8 0 | 22,245 9 10 | 9 19 0 | 304 14 10 | 22 11 5 | 23,384 10 5 | 11,447 18 5 | 11,294 8 9 | 380 14 2 | 23,123 1 4 | 46,507 11 9 |
| Blenheim .. | 5 9 0 | 39 19 9 | 1,503 6 0½ | .. | 24 3 6 | 0 9 6½ | 1,573 7 10 | 1,205 5 7 | 696 15 6 | 8 4 9 | 1,910 5 10 | 3,483 13 8 |
| Christchurch .. | 32 17 7 | 345 5 6 | 15,270 15 1½ | 0 17 10 | 142 18 1 | 10 2 5½ | 15,802 16 7 | 6,418 7 10 | 9,428 12 11 | 278 11 1 | 16,125 11 10 | 31,928 8 5 |
| Dunedin .. | 17 8 10 | 308 13 9 | 9,666 1 7½ | 0 13 6 | 145 5 7 | 6 5 3 | 10,144 8 6½ | 5,353 14 11½ | 7,689 13 7 | 291 1 9 | 13,334 10 3½ | 23,478 18 10 |
| Gisborne .. | 19 9 7 | 74 0 0 | 1,112 19 6½ | 2 10 6 | 25 16 3 | 9 17 0 | 1,244 12 10½ | 2,008 15 9½ | 1,512 14 2 | 7 15 10 | 3,529 5 9½ | 4,773 18 8 |
| Greymouth .. | 48 3 4 | 93 4 6 | 1,928 7 2 | 2 10 0 | 22 7 4 | 0 13 0 | 2,095 5 4 | 1,519 12 1 | 802 7 2 | 3 2 3 | 2,325 1 6 | 4,420 6 10 |
| Hokitika .. | 4 0 0 | 21 9 9 | 554 2 1½ | .. | 8 5 2 | 0 4 1 | 588 1 1½ | 606 3 11½ | 286 7 9 | 2 3 6 | 894 15 2½ | 1,482 16 4 |
| Invercargill .. | 59 4 6 | 133 13 6 | 5,583 2 3½ | 0 6 0 | 82 1 2 | 1 2 11½ | 5,859 10 5 | 3,053 11 9 | 2,262 13 7 | 20 6 7 | 5,336 11 11 | 11,196 2 4 |
| Napier .. | 25 13 2 | 162 6 6 | 6,284 2 11 | 0 3 8 | 92 4 5 | 4 7 5½ | 6,568 18 1½ | 3,919 10 5½ | 4,405 9 4 | 30 9 10 | 8,355 9 7½ | 14,924 7 9 |
| Nelson .. | 5 12 5 | 75 14 6 | 1,195 5 9½ | 0 1 8 | 31 15 4½ | 1 1 2 | 1,309 10 11 | 1,450 13 7 | 851 6 8 | 8 6 4 | 2,310 6 7 | 3,619 17 6 |
| New Plymouth .. | 21 5 4 | 85 9 0 | 3,213 2 2½ | 0 2 8 | 50 19 8 | 1 9 4 | 3,372 8 2½ | 1,776 11 5 | 1,322 0 5 | 24 5 11 | 3,122 17 9 | 6,495 5 11½ |
| Oamaru .. | 1 3 9 | 37 7 0 | 1,923 1 6½ | .. | 30 3 8 | 0 13 2 | 1,992 9 1½ | 823 3 6 | 618 16 5 | 8 15 3 | 1,450 15 2 | 3,443 4 3½ |
| Thames .. | 11 16 10 | 125 13 9 | 2,888 8 7½ | 0 2 6 | 58 13 3½ | 1 10 6 | 3,086 5 6 | 1,859 0 8 | 726 14 6 | 7 1 0 | 2,592 16 2 | 5,679 1 8 |
| Timaru .. | 13 11 2 | 75 0 6 | 4,478 5 8 | 2 5 6 | 39 0 0½ | 1 6 1½ | 4,609 9 0 | 1,589 14 7½ | 1,503 3 7 | 13 8 6 | 3,106 6 8½ | 7,715 15 8½ |
| Wanganui .. | 48 12 9 | 217 6 9 | 9,989 0 7 | 0 6 0 | 126 17 5 | 3 16 9½ | 10,386 0 3½ | 4,171 4 4½ | 3,026 10 6 | 9 5 1 | 7,206 19 11½ | 17,593 0 3 |
| Wellington .. | 77 7 0 | 681 11 0 | 31,110 18 3 | 17 0 0 | 272 0 4½ | 23 18 9 | 32,182 15 4½ | 13,307 18 2½ | 14,075 12 3 | 314 12 2 | 27,698 2 7½ | 59,880 18 0 |
| Westport .. | 3 16 6 | 83 18 6 | 1,237 4 4 | 0 3 0 | 20 2 3½ | 0 2 1½ | 1,345 6 9 | 1,021 16 5 | 350 5 8 | 1 1 0 | 1,373 3 1 | 2,718 9 10 |
| Totals 4th quarter in 1908 | 484 19 1 | 3,351 19 0 | 120,183 13 8 | 37 13 10 | 1,477 8 5½ | 350 8 11½ | 125,886 3 0 | 61,533 3 7½ | 61,770 16 2 | 1,642 16 2 | 124,946 15 11½ | 250,832 18 11½ |
| Totals 4th quarter in 1907 | 573 12 7 | 4,817 18 3 | 105,529 19 6½ | 39 5 6 | 1,876 13 3 | 73 9 9 | 112,910 18 10½ | 58,794 16 0½ | 54,218 2 7 | 1,768 9 10 | 114,781 8 5½ | 227,692 7 4 |
General Post Office,
Wellington, 19th January, 1909.
W. R. MORRIS,
Acting-Secretary.
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- W. R. Morris, Acting-Secretary