✨ Postal Revenue Statistics
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, 1915.
| Private Box and Bag Rents. | Money-order Commission. | Postages. | 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. | |
| General Post Office .. | 1 0 0 | 236 4 6 | .. | .. | 278 8 10 | 515 13 4 | .. | 885 17 0 | 649 13 2 | 1,535 10 2 | 2,051 3 6 |
| Auckland .. | 245 18 4 | 981 13 9 | 47,309 13 5 | 751 10 0 | 2 18 2 | 49,291 13 8 | 18,850 12 0½ | 1,293 5 7 | 45 10 4 | 20,189 7 11½ | 69,481 1 7½ |
| Blenheim .. | 14 18 3 | 44 13 1 | 1,702 9 5 | 39 18 7½ | 0 1 6 | 1,802 0 10½ | 1,269 15 8½ | 1,683 10 0 | 1 16 6 | 2,955 2 2½ | 4,757 3 1 |
| Christchurch .. | 82 5 10 | 374 6 9 | 22,172 19 1½ | 239 3 10 | .. | 22,868 15 6½ | 9,115 14 3½ | 891 14 6 | 44 17 3 | 10,052 6 0½ | 32,921 1 7 |
| Dunedin .. | 39 0 4 | 307 17 5 | 15,100 10 2 | 239 9 4½ | .. | 15,686 17 3½ | 7,016 0 5½ | 12,975 14 7½ | 20 15 10 | 20,012 10 11 | 35,699 8 2½ |
| Gisborne .. | 13 12 6 | 99 0 10 | 3,316 5 11½ | 63 12 6½ | 0 4 6 | 3,492 16 4 | 2,847 2 3 | 4,262 17 0 | 1 10 7 | 7,111 9 10 | 10,604 6 2 |
| Greymouth .. | 5 14 3 | 103 10 0 | 2,024 15 7 | 45 15 10 | 0 0 2 | 2,179 15 10 | 1,551 7 6½ | 1,070 0 9 | 0 17 6 | 2,622 5 9½ | 4,802 1 7½ |
| Hokitika .. | 3 16 4 | 20 11 3 | 577 2 11½ | 15 7 5½ | .. | 616 18 0 | 583 14 9 | 297 17 5 | 0 3 6 | 881 15 8 | 1,498 13 8 |
| Invercargill .. | 40 18 11 | 132 2 6 | 6,851 2 2 | 131 19 3 | 0 0 4 | 7,156 3 2 | 4,248 0 9½ | 5,003 6 0 | 20 19 8 | 9,272 6 5½ | 16,428 9 7½ |
| Napier .. | 44 14 11 | 190 9 7 | 8,447 6 1 | 162 9 8 | 0 3 10 | 8,845 4 1 | 5,849 6 11 | 10,328 14 4 | 12 13 3 | 16,190 14 6 | 25,035 18 7 |
| Nelson .. | 12 5 8 | 89 9 8 | 1,957 5 0½ | 59 5 7 | 0 2 0 | 2,118 7 11½ | 2,109 13 5 | 2,129 9 9 | 16 15 7 | 4,255 18 9 | 6,374 6 8½ |
| New Plymouth .. | 41 15 9 | 130 7 2 | 5,253 3 10½ | 115 16 0 | 0 0 2 | 5,541 2 11½ | 3,276 9 0 | 2,646 6 8 | 10 13 10 | 5,933 9 6 | 11,474 12 5½ |
| Oamaru .. | 2 19 4 | 40 14 3 | 2,234 12 1 | 46 11 11½ | 0 2 8 | 2,325 0 3½ | 1,377 10 5½ | 1,153 13 10 | 2 1 6 | 2,533 5 9½ | 4,858 6 1 |
| Thames.. | 20 15 11 | 143 15 8 | 4,812 3 1 | 127 8 10 | 0 2 0 | 5,104 5 6 | 2,713 13 0 | 2,022 4 3 | 1 3 2 | 4,737 0 5 | 9,841 5 11 |
| Timaru .. | 20 4 9 | 85 6 3 | 5,490 2 6½ | 66 19 1½ | .. | 5,662 12 8 | 2,639 18 11 | 132 3 11 | 3 1 5 | 2,775 4 3 | 8,437 16 11 |
| Wanganui .. | 60 16 9 | 201 2 4 | 10,386 0 1½ | 170 14 9 | 0 9 0 | 10,819 2 11½ | 4,874 3 7 | 7,945 15 6 | 9 12 0 | 12,829 11 1 | 23,648 14 0½ |
| Wellington .. | 121 6 6 | 764 8 8 | 38,863 14 9 | 458 19 3 | 1 10 0 | 40,209 19 2 | 22,080 10 4½ | 1,468 14 3 | 45 0 8 | 23,594 5 3½ | 63,804 4 5½ |
| Westport .. | 4 8 4 | 68 18 3 | 1,241 1 8 | 29 16 4 | 0 1 2 | 1,344 5 9 | 896 11 0 | 436 2 9 | 6 0 11 | 1,336 14 8 | 2,683 0 5 |
| Totals 3rd quarter in 1915 | 776 12 8 | 4,014 11 11 | 177,740 8 0½ | 2,764 18 5 | 284 4 4 | 185,580 15 4½ | 91,300 4 6 | 56,627 8 1½ | 893 6 8 | 148,820 19 3½ | 334,401 14 8 |
| Totals 3rd quarter in 1914 | 827 14 10 | 3,660 4 0 | 163,370 13 10½ | 2,600 9 4 | 269 15 9 | 170,728 17 9½ | 88,173 14 10 | 4,758 6 2 | 737 4 2 | 93,669 5 2 | 264,398 2 11½ |
General Post Office, Wellington, 26th October, 1915. W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.
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🚂 Return of Revenue collected at the General Post Office and in the several Postal Districts
🚂 Transport & Communications26 October 1915
Revenue, Postal Districts, General Post Office, Financial transactions, Quarterly report
- W. R. Morris, Secretary