Postal Note Transactions




Oct. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3229

STATEMENT showing the NUMBER, AMOUNT, &c., of POSTAL-NOTE TRANSACTIONS in the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 30th September, 1913.

POSTAL DISTRICTS. No. of Postal-note Offices open at the End of the Quarter. NUMBER OF POSTAL NOTES SOLD. Total Amount of Postal Notes sold, including Commission. Commission on Postal Notes sold.
At 1/0 At 1/6 At 2/0 At 2/6 At 3/0 At 5/0 At 10/0 At 15/0 At 20s. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Auckland .. 257 12,491 7,635 21,048 23,348 19,629 29,253 20,465 6,853 14,954 155,676 47,494 13 9 690 7 3
Blenheim .. 20 759 449 1,181 1,258 1,133 1,628 1,280 400 1,050 9,138 2,955 15 6½ 41 17 0½
Christchurch .. 82 3,979 2,077 6,312 6,899 5,377 9,384 7,183 2,441 6,197 49,849 16,853 11 8½ 233 9 8½
Dunedin .. 89 4,298 2,687 7,792 7,718 6,129 9,692 7,496 2,550 5,067 53,429 16,468 19 0½ 238 14 6½
Gisborne .. 22 1,228 567 1,551 2,035 1,833 2,370 1,887 542 1,745 13,758 4,539 7 1½ 63 10 1½
Greymouth .. 17 665 479 1,132 1,111 895 1,391 1,215 396 1,044 8,328 2,790 9 1½ 38 14 1½
Hokitika .. 12 263 163 376 393 315 536 416 140 341 2,943 960 17 2½ 13 10 2½
Invercargill .. 50 2,316 1,429 4,438 4,683 3,721 6,382 4,526 1,560 2,920 31,975 9,902 15 0 143 19 0
Napier .. 58 2,866 1,640 5,022 5,244 4,229 6,051 4,631 1,720 3,735 35,138 11,069 5 2 157 13 2
Nelson .. 30 955 688 1,861 1,687 1,496 2,142 1,693 534 1,051 12,107 3,607 10 3½ 53 5 9½
New Plymouth 32 1,255 828 2,334 2,314 1,801 3,004 2,235 768 1,864 16,403 5,300 15 0½ 74 12 0½
Oamaru .. 14 937 384 1,234 1,321 991 1,638 1,557 556 1,044 9,662 3,207 3 3 45 6 9
Thames .. 33 2,274 1,442 3,763 3,656 2,922 4,496 3,561 1,176 2,356 25,646 7,749 3 3½ 113 4 3½
Timaru .. 16 942 597 1,730 1,813 1,333 2,461 2,109 778 1,819 13,582 4,829 6 3 65 12 3
Wanganui .. 64 3,235 2,020 6,099 6,575 5,018 8,182 6,195 2,141 4,780 44,245 14,228 2 6½ 201 13 0½
Wellington .. 114 6,672 3,932 11,450 12,733 10,041 18,151 12,302 4,493 11,337 91,111 30,691 2 11½ 424 7 5½
Westport .. 23 560 351 817 1,049 960 1,204 997 363 753 7,044 2,263 4 6½ 32 6 6½
Totals 3rd qr. in 1913 933 45,695 27,368 78,140 83,837 67,823 107,965 79,738 27,411 62,057 580,034 184,912 1 10 2,632 3 4
Totals 3rd qr. in 1912 886 41,008 24,525 68,893 73,531 57,356 94,589 73,517 24,580 54,438 512,437 164,190 1 5½ 2,337 9 5½

NUMBER OF POSTAL NOTES PAID.

POSTAL DISTRICTS. At 1/0 At 1/6 At 2/0 At 2/6 At 3/0 At 5/0 At 10/0 At 15/0 At 20s. Total. Total Amount of Postal Notes paid.
Auckland .. .. 11,365 7,758 21,902 19,815 15,592 25,300 20,556 7,223 13,945 143,456 £ s. d. 44,121 4 6
Blenheim .. .. 219 147 486 434 328 598 524 192 458 3,386 1,187 10 6
Christchurch .. .. 4,234 2,619 8,662 7,736 5,832 10,425 8,706 2,977 7,317 58,508 19,625 2 6
Dunedin .. .. 5,207 3,478 9,251 8,847 6,812 11,574 9,879 3,309 6,187 64,544 20,075 14 6
Gisborne .. .. 328 230 678 617 479 827 782 256 635 4,832 1,675 3 6
Greymouth .. .. 317 198 439 449 363 681 688 247 589 3,971 1,473 13 6
Hokitika .. .. 89 41 131 160 117 254 217 66 206 1,281 485 13 6
Invercargill .. .. 1,201 733 2,387 2,224 1,722 3,032 2,738 1,040 1,841 16,918 5,638 0 6
Napier .. .. 1,912 1,162 5,115 3,187 2,531 4,004 3,155 1,259 2,533 24,858 7,528 0 6
Nelson .. .. 546 382 1,159 880 747 1,190 1,044 409 921 7,278 2,441 3 0
New Plymouth .. .. 766 427 1,393 1,319 1,045 1,818 1,491 577 1,136 9,972 3,300 0 0
Oamaru .. .. 281 176 545 549 363 684 623 255 475 3,951 1,353 11 6
Thames .. .. 588 414 1,222 1,019 817 1,448 1,421 528 1,062 8,519 2,963 1 6
Timaru .. .. 613 288 1,040 999 760 1,522 1,417 506 1,124 8,269 2,987 12 6
Wanganui .. .. 1,543 1,029 3,121 2,875 2,140 3,941 3,399 1,198 2,761 21,997 7,486 1 0
Wellington .. .. 14,586 7,519 19,703 30,344 25,677 38,120 20,900 7,044 18,912 182,805 55,083 1 6
Westport .. .. 158 129 378 332 285 474 428 148 305 2,637 888 2 6
Totals 3rd qr. in 1913 .. 43,953 26,730 77,612 81,786 65,610 105,892 77,958 27,234 60,407 567,182 178,312 17 0
Totals 3rd qr. in 1912 .. 39,744 24,277 68,608 72,476 56,428 93,685 72,508 24,415 53,368 505,509 159,546 19 6

General Post Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1913.

W. R. MORRIS,
Secretary.



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