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 December, 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. £ s. d.
General Post Office .. 3 0 0 .. .. .. 265 10 4½ 268 10 4½ .. 963 8 6 1,273 12 9 2,237 1 3 2,505 11 7½
Auckland .. 198 6 7 1,051 5 6 41,624 13 6½ 697 6 10 1 3 11 43,512 16 4½ 18,106 15 7½ 33,536 1 10 279 6 5 51,922 3 10½ 95,435 0 3
Blenheim .. 8 18 11 48 6 9 1,733 10 9½ 44 9 9½ .. 1,835 6 3 1,489 3 11 825 18 10 0 11 0 2,315 13 9 4,151 0 0
Christchurch .. 78 2 7 401 0 9 21,457 14 6½ 229 14 3½ 8 12 8 22,175 4 10 8,942 5 5 21,469 13 7 245 15 6 30,657 14 6 52,832 19 4
Dunedin .. 43 17 1 330 17 5 14,509 5 11 235 4 4 0 14 0 15,119 18 9 6,976 1 8½ 8,391 13 7 116 16 2 15,484 11 5½ 30,604 10 2½
Gisborne .. 16 11 8 118 0 2 3,196 7 6½ 55 13 5 0 1 6 3,386 14 3½ 2,935 4 1½ 3,277 8 2 0 12 3 6,213 4 6½ 9,599 18 10
Greymouth .. .. 114 8 5 2,121 13 5½ 41 15 10½ 0 8 0 2,278 5 9 1,768 12 6 558 2 2 1 6 0 2,328 0 8 4,606 6 5
Hokitika .. 5 0 0 20 11 3 531 16 8½ 14 13 4 0 2 0 572 3 3½ 674 10 3½ 176 11 0 0 2 6 851 3 9½ 1,423 7 1
Invercargill .. 19 7 7 145 13 1 6,631 0 4½ 131 13 0 0 2 6 6,927 16 6½ 4,014 19 3 3,254 12 4 7 1 4 7,276 12 11 14,204 9 5½
Napier .. 10 9 4 215 10 11 7,727 6 8½ 152 18 8 0 3 6 8,106 9 1½ 6,165 9 4 8,169 10 5 5 5 10 14,340 5 7 22,446 14 8½
Nelson .. 16 4 0 91 12 11 1,853 10 6 55 11 10½ 1 1 0 2,018 0 3½ 2,054 10 10 966 8 11 22 15 9 3,043 15 6 5,061 15 9½
New Plymouth .. 6 13 9 98 4 4 3,837 17 3½ 79 6 4 0 13 6 4,022 15 2½ 2,284 8 3½ 2,058 18 7 3 15 6 4,347 2 4½ 8,369 17 7
Oamaru .. 2 0 0 42 17 6 1,979 6 9 49 5 2½ 0 0 6 2,073 9 11½ 1,360 13 0 746 2 3 4 7 6 2,111 2 9 4,184 12 8½
Thames .. 43 14 1 151 2 5 4,132 10 1½ 120 13 0 0 0 2 4,447 19 9½ 2,725 18 4 1,486 7 1 10 9 6 4,222 14 11 8,670 14 8½
Timaru .. 11 2 8 92 9 9 5,492 18 5 64 14 6 1 7 0 5,662 12 4 2,550 2 9 4,723 19 9 10 3 2 7,284 5 8 12,946 18 0
Wanganui .. 86 19 2 260 7 8 10,789 0 4 200 16 10 0 3 8 11,337 7 8 5,428 12 3 3,957 10 0 26 1 6 9,412 3 9 20,749 11 5
Wellington .. 81 1 8 756 1 4 43,494 16 8 421 4 3 48 0 8 44,801 4 7 18,051 9 7 24,866 19 0 156 1 1 43,074 9 8 87,875 14 3
Westport .. 1 2 10 88 6 6 1,129 12 2½ 26 4 11½ 0 0 4 1,245 6 10 1,144 10 4½ 227 4 5 16 13 8 1,388 8 5½ 2,633 15 3½
Totals 4th quarter in 1914 572 11 11 4,026 16 8 172,243 1 10½ 2,621 6 6 328 5 3½ 179,792 2 3 86,673 7 7 119,656 10 5 2,180 17 5 208,510 15 5 388,302 17 8
Totals 4th quarter in 1913 638 7 7 4,580 0 5 162,764 18 8 2,627 13 6 271 7 2 170,882 7 4 89,256 10 6 111,221 3 4 2,637 17 7½ 203,115 11 5½ 373,997 18 9½

General Post Office, Wellington, 19th January, 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 & Communications
19 January 1915
Postal Revenue, Telegraph Revenue, Quarterly Statistics, Transactions
  • W. R. Morris, Secretary