New Zealand Gazette – 1914 – No. 41

Page 1521

✨ Postal and Telegraph Revenue



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 March, 1914.

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.
General Post Office .. 36 12 0 268 6 0 .. .. 11,670 10 3½ 11,975 8 3½ .. 9,150 4 8 2,767 3 3 11,917 7 11 23,892 16 2½
Auckland .. 1,994 1 10 1,183 18 8 36,371 13 2 638 19 10½ 20 14 0 40,209 7 6½ 19,896 1 8 1,155 14 3 301 6 10 21,353 2 9 61,562 10 3½
Blenheim .. 265 19 9 47 7 1 1,794 13 6 38 12 9 1 5 2 2,147 18 3 1,615 12 2½ 64 15 6 52 13 9 1,733 1 5½ 3,880 19 8½
Christchurch .. 1,448 3 1 394 7 6 19,117 10 10½ 235 16 0½ 14 14 6 21,210 12 0 9,763 4 0½ 565 15 9 276 2 3 10,605 2 9½ 31,815 14 9½
Dunedin .. 968 19 2 334 0 9 13,322 4 9½ 234 13 4 11 16 6 14,871 14 6½ 7,425 19 2 221 10 11 140 12 1 7,788 2 2 22,659 16 8½
Gisborne .. 657 3 8 114 7 7 2,911 4 8½ 52 10 8 2 13 0 3,737 19 7½ 2,914 3 0½ 188 4 2 9 18 11 3,112 6 1½ 6,850 5 9
Greymouth .. 212 7 10 92 1 7 2,023 19 4½ 35 7 1 1 7 6 2,365 3 4½ 1,736 2 8½ 17 8 10 43 12 0 1,797 3 6½ 4,162 6 11
Hokitika .. 92 19 8 19 8 9 451 2 8 13 1 0 0 18 6 577 10 7 671 19 0½ 16 8 3 6 5 6 694 12 9½ 1,272 3 4½
Invercargill .. 770 8 8 160 13 3 6,755 19 10½ 139 9 9 3 15 8 7,830 7 2½ 4,243 1 6½ 151 16 2 103 8 5 4,498 6 1½ 12,328 13 4
Napier .. 1,401 10 8 214 15 3 7,863 7 10 148 4 8 5 17 2 9,633 15 7 6,408 6 11½ 447 14 10 44 18 4 6,901 0 1½ 16,534 15 8½
Nelson .. 204 14 10 92 9 6 1,672 14 1½ 51 17 10 4 7 0 2,026 3 3½ 2,170 13 1 89 2 10 25 6 5 2,285 2 4 4,311 5 7½
New Plymouth .. 347 14 9 107 6 9 3,804 9 4½ 78 1 3½ 1 10 2 4,339 2 4 2,464 11 3 20 17 0 17 12 5 2,503 0 8 6,842 3 0
Oamaru .. 155 7 8 45 5 6 2,031 12 11½ 42 10 8½ 1 14 6 2,276 11 4 1,547 8 4 47 1 10 7 9 3 1,601 19 5 3,878 10 9
Thames.. 314 16 1 139 10 3 3,704 1 5½ 101 15 7 0 14 0 4,260 17 4½ 2,485 1 3½ 58 15 11 38 14 0 2,582 11 2½ 6,843 8 7
Timaru .. 439 2 6 97 9 4 5,606 2 2½ 65 6 11 1 15 6 6,209 16 5½ 2,870 14 6½ 135 8 5 63 9 2 3,069 12 1½ 9,279 8 7
Wanganui .. 876 8 4 261 0 3 13,127 11 0½ 194 15 4 3 4 2 14,462 19 1½ 5,903 9 7 283 10 0 58 0 8 6,250 0 3 20,712 19 4½
Wellington .. 2,133 0 1 856 10 0 41,769 18 9½ 426 5 4 15 7 6 45,201 1 8½ 17,441 15 5½ 1,010 2 8 226 4 4 18,678 2 5½ 63,879 4 2
Westport .. 76 17 9 76 9 7 1,121 19 4 26 11 2 0 12 0 1,302 9 10 1,010 14 5 2 19 10 67 11 3 1,081 5 6 2,383 15 4
Totals 1st quarter in 1914 12,396 8 4 4,505 7 7 163,450 6 1 2,523 19 4 11,762 17 1½ 194,638 18 5½ 90,568 19 1 13,632 11 10 4,250 8 10 108,451 19 9 303,090 18 2½
Totals 1st quarter in 1913 11,975 12 9 4,110 9 0 141,492 2 2½ 2,189 12 1 11,536 15 8 171,304 11 8½ 83,488 13 7½ 57,940 16 5* 3,761 9 6 145,190 19 6½ 316,495 11 3*
  • Includes quarterly rentals for telephone connections. Rentals are now being collected half-yearly, and fall into June and December quarters each year.

General Post Office, Wellington, 21st April, 1914.

W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.

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🚂 Return of Revenue for Postal and Telegraph Services

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21 April 1914
Postal Revenue, Telegraph Revenue, Financial Statement, General Post Office
  • W. R. Morris, Secretary