Postal 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 30th June, 1909.

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. 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 .. .. .. .. .. 17 18 4 17 18 4 .. 15 5 8 207 3 10 222 9 6 240 7 10
Auckland 61 5 10 808 3 6 22,069 10 10½ 2 2 4 326 7 5½ 24 5 3½ 23,291 15 3½ 11,144 17 11½ 12,130 19 4 110 15 11 23,386 13 2½ 46,678 8 6
Blenheim 6 15 6 42 5 0 1,647 7 8½ 0 2 0 25 4 8½ 0 14 0½ 1,722 8 11½ 1,120 18 8 721 13 0 12 3 3 1,854 14 11 3,577 3 10½
Christchurch 44 8 1 356 6 3 15,222 8 7½ 2 5 4 153 7 4½ 11 17 5½ 15,790 13 1½ 6,272 9 11 9,790 12 9 132 11 9 16,195 14 5 31,986 7 6½
Dunedin 25 19 1 292 14 0 10,085 10 0 1 2 6 150 19 2 5 18 9 10,562 3 6 5,368 11 11½ 7,992 7 3 47 5 2 13,408 4 4½ 23,970 7 10½
Gisborne 14 18 3 79 12 0 1,633 12 5½ 0 1 6 28 2 8 1 18 7 1,758 5 5½ 1,537 13 5½ 1,589 10 8 1 15 4 3,128 19 5½ 4,887 4 11
Greymouth 5 1 4 91 16 9 2,228 15 9 0 2 0 24 5 6½ 2 3 1½ 2,352 4 6 1,385 4 5½ 854 16 6 2 10 7 2,242 11 6½ 4,594 16 0½
Hokitika 3 6 8 19 19 6 597 17 5½ 0 0 6 8 17 0 0 5 7½ 630 6 9 485 12 7½ 306 18 7 0 14 6 793 5 8½ 1,423 12 5½
Invercargill 21 3 9 135 12 6 6,022 6 0½ 0 11 0 91 2 9½ 2 17 10 6,273 13 11 3,091 13 5½ 2,347 5 2 4 4 1 5,443 2 8½ 11,716 16 7½
Napier .. 40 1 1 162 1 3 6,447 4 1 0 15 0 97 6 2 10 4 1 6,757 11 8 3,496 19 8½ 4,640 4 7 20 18 6 8,158 2 9½ 14,915 14 5½
Nelson .. 3 14 3 89 10 9 1,249 13 4 0 4 4 35 12 9 1 15 0½ 1,380 10 5½ 1,306 5 7 926 14 11 37 14 8 2,270 15 2 3,651 5 7½
New Plymouth .. 8 19 6 83 13 9 3,181 4 3½ 0 8 0 53 16 8 1 10 6 3,329 12 8½ 1,713 15 11 1,414 4 5 3 4 3 3,131 4 7 6,460 17 3½
Oamaru 2 4 2 40 1 3 1,984 18 9½ 0 2 6 30 7 0 0 8 7½ 2,058 2 4 882 14 2½ 659 12 0 4 4 0 1,546 10 2½ 3,604 12 6½
Thames.. 4 9 0 130 3 0 3,005 13 3½ 0 1 0 61 17 3½ 3 5 1½ 3,205 8 8½ 1,772 15 7½ 863 0 1 17 1 6 2,652 17 2½ 5,858 5 11
Timaru .. 14 4 4 84 11 9 5,115 2 10½ 0 1 0 44 8 2 1 3 5½ 5,259 11 7 1,648 7 5 1,583 10 5 5 2 4 3,237 0 2 8,496 11 9
Wanganui 40 7 3 197 17 6 10,118 4 7 0 9 4 123 1 10 6 7 7½ 10,486 8 1½ 3,893 18 11 3,206 10 7 57 4 4 7,157 13 10 17,644 1 11½
Wellington 56 11 4 705 10 5 29,900 4 3 2 1 8 269 11 10½ 33 16 8½ 30,967 16 3 12,136 7 8½ 14,557 14 1 170 7 2 26,864 8 11½ 57,832 5 2½
Westport .. 84 4 3 1,214 0 8½ .. 23 1 4 0 3 4½ 1,321 9 8 927 9 5½ 364 6 6 0 13 0 1,292 8 11½ 2,613 18 7½
Totals 2nd quarter in 1909 353 9 5 3,404 3 5 121,723 15 1½ 10 10 0 1,547 9 9½ 126 13 7 127,166 1 4 58,185 17 0½ 63,965 6 6 835 14 2 122,986 17 8½ 250,152 19 0½
Totals 2nd quarter in 1908 320 14 2 2,976 0 6 109,381 12 2½ 10 1 4 1,337 19 6 101 12 2 114,127 19 10½ 55,211 2 11½ 57,839 3 1 842 4 5 113,892 10 5½ 228,020 10 4

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

W. R. MORRIS,
Acting-Secretary.



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🚂 Return of Revenue collected at the General Post Office and Postal Districts

🚂 Transport & Communications
19 July 1909
Postal revenue, Telegraph revenue, Money-order commission, Stamps, Telegrams, Telephone exchanges, Financial statement
  • W. R. Morris, Acting-Secretary