Postal 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 30th September, 1912.

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-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.
General Post Office .. .. .. .. .. 187 11 1 187 11 1 .. 810 5 3 422 17 3 1,233 2 6 1,420 13 7
Auckland .. 190 0 0 1,065 0 6 32,801 16 6½ 596 12 9 2 0 9 34,655 10 6½ 15,434 6 1½ 1,141 15 9 81 9 3 16,657 11 1½ 51,313 1 8
Blenheim .. 20 17 1 47 4 1 1,636 6 7½ 86 12 2 0 3 8 1,741 3 7½ 1,229 19 6½ 111 0 5 6 8 6 1,347 8 5½ 3,088 12 1
Christchurch .. 67 11 9 415 7 10 17,057 8 0 208 1 1 1 5 5 17,749 14 1 7,661 4 10 438 6 10 47 17 2 8,147 8 10 25,897 2 11
Dunedin .. 31 18 1 349 4 3 12,384 11 10½ 223 1 4 1 6 1 12,990 1 7½ 6,137 13 1½ 238 1 6 37 4 8 6,412 19 3½ 19,403 0 11
Gisborne .. 191 19 8 113 6 10 2,076 9 10½ 53 8 8 0 7 6 2,263 12 6½ 2,396 13 11½ 110 8 4 2 14 3 2,509 16 6½ 4,773 9 1
Greymouth .. 5 17 5 92 19 1 2,010 18 6½ 34 10 5½ 0 12 0 2,144 17 6 1,512 15 2 29 16 4 0 14 3 1,543 5 9 3,688 3 3
Hokitika .. 1 11 7 19 2 0 451 11 1 13 4 11 0 0 6 485 10 1 575 14 1 13 5 10 0 8 3 589 8 2 1,074 18 3
Invercargill .. 40 12 2 166 15 4 6,448 17 7½ 133 5 5½ 0 10 3 6,790 0 10 3,932 1 11½ 172 16 0 10 0 3 4,114 18 2½ 10,904 19 0½
Napier .. 84 2 3 202 2 8 6,520 7 2 140 4 3½ 0 5 6 6,947 1 10½ 5,051 2 7½ 327 14 3 24 2 11 5,402 19 9½ 12,350 1 8
Nelson .. 9 16 1 86 16 3 1,464 19 7 46 15 4 0 4 8 1,608 11 11 1,703 4 1 53 19 1 17 16 0 1,774 19 2 3,383 11 1
New Plymouth .. 18 5 3 101 16 7 3,679 13 4½ 71 8 0½ 0 14 1 3,871 17 4 2,160 11 10 51 12 0 25 7 7 2,237 11 5 6,109 8 9
Oamaru .. 2 19 4 43 2 1 2,120 0 8½ 38 3 11 0 1 3 2,204 7 3½ 1,138 10 8 28 2 9 1 7 9 1,168 1 2 3,372 8 5½
Thames.. 22 10 1 135 12 10 3,581 10 2 93 1 2½ 0 2 0 3,832 16 3½ 2,184 4 11½ 38 0 1 20 12 10 2,242 17 10½ 6,075 14 2
Timaru .. 30 17 11 96 19 10 5,319 17 9 56 15 8 0 8 8 5,504 19 10 2,194 0 2½ 72 16 4 8 16 10 2,275 13 4½ 7,780 13 2½
Wanganui .. 84 2 7 244 3 5 11,263 5 5½ 179 6 5½ 0 8 0 11,771 5 11 4,877 8 1 276 6 10 24 7 11 5,178 2 10 16,949 8 9
Wellington .. 123 11 8 793 5 11 36,498 3 10 380 16 9½ 3 9 1 37,799 7 3½ 14,725 4 5 723 0 7 71 9 4 15,519 14 4 53,319 1 7½
Westport .. 4 0 8 116 12 4 1,384 12 7 32 0 11 0 1 0 1,537 7 6 1,058 5 10 19 19 8 0 5 6 1,078 11 0 2,615 18 6
Totals 3rd quarter in 1912 758 13 7 4,089 11 10 146,700 10 9½ 2,337 9 5½ 199 11 6 154,085 17 2 73,973 1 6 4,657 7 10 804 0 6 79,434 9 10 233,520 7 0
Totals 3rd quarter in 1911 785 6 9 3,706 3 0 138,286 9 3 2,167 8 4½ 164 12 11 145,110 0 3½ 66,738 18 2½ 4,216 19 6 1,065 6 6 72,021 4 2½ 217,131 4 6

General Post Office, Wellington, 21st October, 1912.

D. ROBERTSON, Secretary.



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🚂 Return of Postal and Telegraph Revenue Collected

🚂 Transport & Communications
21 October 1912
Postal revenue, Telegraph revenue, Money orders, Stamps, Telegrams, Telephone exchanges, Revenue collection, New Zealand, Quarter ended 30 September 1912, Comparison with 1911
  • D. Robertson, Secretary