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, 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 .. .. 23 16 3 .. 0 18 0 .. 57 6 10 82 1 1 .. 47 19 4 201 1 6 249 0 10 331 1 11
Auckland .. 125 2 8 876 8 3 24,150 15 1½ 1 18 2 368 19 5½ 24 3 7½ 25,547 7 3½ 12,398 3 7 13,136 13 4 410 19 4 25,945 16 3 51,493 3 6½
Blenheim .. 6 13 9 43 15 0 1,498 5 11 0 1 0 26 6 10½ 0 17 1 1,575 19 7½ 1,231 18 2½ 753 15 10 8 2 9 1,993 16 9½ 3,569 16 5
Christchurch .. 79 18 6 369 16 6 15,837 1 7½ 8 12 10 160 14 8½ 11 15 1½ 16,467 19 3½ 6,755 17 11½ 10,100 13 7 375 3 9 17,231 15 3½ 33,699 14 7
Dunedin .. 25 9 11 331 2 9 11,501 17 11 0 14 8 171 15 7½ 8 14 2 12,039 15 0½ 5,633 15 3½ 8,315 3 4 318 14 10 14,267 13 5½ 26,307 8 6
Gisborne .. 9 16 5 84 19 9 1,564 8 2½ 2 12 2 30 19 4 3 0 1½ 1,695 16 0 1,898 2 1½ 1,676 4 7 9 8 6 3,583 15 2½ 5,279 11 2½
Greymouth .. 20 3 3 105 16 0 1,961 15 2½ 1 6 0 26 17 7½ 1 16 7 2,117 14 8 1,689 12 9 908 4 8 30 18 2 2,628 15 7 4,746 10 3
Hokitika .. 2 10 0 17 15 6 481 8 0 0 0 6 9 15 3 0 7 0½ 511 16 3½ 588 14 6½ 804 1 6 2 2 6 894 18 6½ 1,406 14 10
Invercargill .. 19 13 1 144 3 0 5,702 12 4½ 0 16 10 97 0 5 1 18 8½ 5,966 4 5 3,326 7 4½ 2,584 7 2 40 4 5 5,950 18 11½ 11,917 3 4½
Napier .. 42 10 0 172 3 6 6,122 5 7 1 9 8 104 9 5½ 4 16 1½ 6,447 14 4 4,071 16 11½ 4,944 18 3 47 6 6 9,064 1 8½ 15,511 16 0½
Nelson .. 0 10 0 85 8 3 1,260 14 11 0 2 6 36 19 0 1 11 3 1,385 5 11 1,442 1 2 924 1 0 21 11 4 2,387 13 6 3,772 19 5
New Plymouth .. 7 4 10 91 16 9 3,458 13 1½ 0 4 6 56 17 3½ 1 9 6 3,616 6 0 1,944 11 0 1,503 6 2 28 15 8 3,476 12 10 7,092 18 10
Oamaru .. 0 5 0 41 12 9 1,941 4 2 .. 33 11 3½ 0 8 10 2,017 2 0½ 913 6 9½ 708 16 6 8 2 9 1,630 6 0½ 3,647 8 1
Thames.. 5 14 9 135 3 0 3,035 14 3 0 8 0 68 5 10½ 2 10 4 3,247 16 2½ 1,873 13 7 947 6 2 13 9 9 2,834 9 6 6,082 5 8½
Timaru .. 42 10 0 83 1 0 4,905 17 3½ 2 16 0 45 3 6½ 1 6 3 5,080 14 1 1,714 0 4½ 1,709 5 10 5 16 7 3,429 2 9½ 8,509 16 10½
Wanganui .. 28 11 1 205 19 6 9,775 17 7½ 0 3 10 139 11 10½ 4 8 9½ 10,154 12 8½ 4,152 5 5½ 3,416 14 4 108 7 4 7,677 7 1½ 17,831 19 10
Wellington .. 76 8 11 878 4 11 32,069 12 5½ 12 2 6 302 12 10 8 2 1½ 33,377 3 9 13,186 14 0½ 15,167 14 3 364 10 1 28,718 18 4½ 62,096 2 1½
Westport .. 1 2 9 81 19 3 1,208 9 9 .. 24 4 3 0 3 3½ 1,315 19 3½ 1,082 2 3½ 376 13 4 1 5 8 1,460 1 3½ 2,776 0 7
Totals 4th quarter in 1909 494 4 11 3,773 1 11 126,476 13 6½ 34 7 2 1,704 4 8½ 164 15 9½ 132,647 8 0½ 63,903 3 6 67,525 19 2 1,996 1 5 133,425 4 1 266,072 12 1½
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

General Post Office,
Wellington, 20th January, 1910.

D. ROBERTSON,
Secretary.



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

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20 January 1910
Revenue, Post Office, Telegraph, Telephone, Financial Statistics, 1909
  • D. Robertson, Secretary