✨ 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 30th June, 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 6 7 | 282 1 3 | 16 19 7 | .. | 208 9 0 | 508 16 5 | .. | 52 15 9 | 467 4 0 | 519 19 9 | 1,028 16 2 |
| Auckland .. .. | 115 19 9 | 987 16 1 | 41,021 13 11½ | 692 11 10 | 6 5 8 | 42,824 7 3½ | 18,285 1 4 | 30,234 12 6 | 142 18 7 | 48,662 12 5 | 91,486 19 8½ |
| Blenheim .. | 8 11 4 | 45 16 2 | 1,774 12 1 | 38 13 8 | 0 2 0 | 1,867 15 3 | 1,945 19 5 | 29 18 11 | 4 3 9 | 1,380 2 1 | 3,247 17 4 |
| Christchurch .. | 61 17 3 | 364 15 8 | 20,788 13 9 | 230 17 9 | 1 5 2 | 21,447 9 7 | 8,870 9 6 | 16,901 2 7 | 79 11 10 | 25,851 3 11 | 47,298 13 6 |
| Dunedin .. | 16 11 5 | 300 9 1 | 13,619 7 8½ | 225 11 11½ | .. | 14,161 19 9 | 7,100 17 0½ | 465 6 8½ | 51 10 6 | 7,617 14 3 | 21,779 14 0 |
| Gisborne .. | 11 16 7 | 99 3 8 | 3,126 17 2½ | 56 8 0 | 0 4 0 | 3,294 9 5½ | 2,676 7 1 | 267 3 0 | 6 19 9 | 2,950 9 10 | 6,244 19 3½ |
| Greymouth .. | 6 13 8 | 105 9 8 | 2,015 4 5½ | 41 19 10 | 0 0 6 | 2,169 8 1½ | 1,602 3 0 | 9 17 10 | 7 9 0 | 1,619 9 10 | 3,788 17 11½ |
| Hokitika .. | 1 18 2 | 18 1 0 | 514 0 4 | 13 17 4½ | 0 1 0 | 547 17 10½ | 562 19 4½ | 37 10 10 | 0 1 6 | 600 11 8½ | 1,148 9 7 |
| Invercargill .. | 16 9 0 | 133 17 7 | 6,461 13 3 | 129 2 4 | 0 6 8 | 6,741 8 10 | 4,303 13 10 | 143 8 7 | 30 15 5 | 4,477 17 10 | 11,219 6 8 |
| Napier .. | 30 13 1 | 194 19 10 | 7,862 0 9 | 162 1 5½ | 0 9 0 | 8,250 4 1½ | 5,913 7 3½ | 687 17 1 | 24 14 9 | 6,625 19 1½ | 14,876 3 3 |
| Nelson .. | 12 9 5 | 90 13 11 | 1,770 1 6 | 56 1 4½ | 0 7 0 | 1,929 13 2½ | 2,032 18 4½ | 56 2 1 | 11 15 6 | 2,100 15 11½ | 4,030 9 2 |
| New Plymouth .. | 13 16 11 | 93 4 1 | 3,869 9 7½ | 77 8 3½ | 0 3 8 | 4,054 2 7 | 2,287 6 2½ | 70 10 4 | 14 17 8 | 2,372 14 2½ | 6,426 16 9½ |
| Oamaru .. | 2 11 8 | 43 17 1 | 2,211 10 3 | 43 8 10½ | 0 4 0 | 2,301 11 10½ | 1,462 16 2½ | 50 14 2 | 4 6 9 | 1,517 17 1½ | 3,819 9 0 |
| Thames .. | 12 13 4 | 142 19 8 | 4,070 19 5 | 117 6 3½ | 0 4 0 | 4,344 2 8½ | 2,594 18 11½ | 175 13 3 | 8 19 5 | 2,779 11 7½ | 7,123 14 4 |
| Timaru .. | 10 1 6 | 88 0 7 | 5,979 11 1 | 63 4 6 | 0 3 0 | 6,141 0 8 | 2,746 8 3½ | 3,670 6 2 | 24 9 8 | 6,441 4 1½ | 12,582 4 9½ |
| Wanganui .. | 27 19 10 | 240 16 5 | 10,020 5 6 | 192 0 7 | 0 10 6 | 10,481 12 10 | 5,591 3 3 | 386 12 11 | 51 19 8 | 6,029 15 10 | 16,511 8 8 |
| Wellington .. | 82 12 11 | 739 18 0 | 45,274 18 0½ | 425 1 9½ | 2 19 6 | 46,525 10 3 | 19,328 1 9 | 26,242 8 10 | 104 16 5 | 45,675 7 0 | 92,200 17 3 |
| Westport .. | 2 4 1 | 76 10 0 | 1,062 17 2 | 28 8 6 | 0 1 0 | 1,170 0 9 | 912 15 9 | 0 11 2 | 0 9 0 | 913 15 11 | 2,083 16 8 |
| Totals 2nd quarter in 1915 | 436 6 6 | 4,048 9 9 | 171,460 15 3 | 2,594 4 5 | 221 15 8 | 178,761 11 7 | 87,617 6 8 | *79,482 12 8½ | 1,037 3 2 | 168,137 2 6½ | 346,898 14 1½ |
| Totals 2nd quarter in 1914 | 460 12 3 | 4,485 18 10 | 159,247 14 4 | 2,697 6 1 | 197 6 8 | 167,088 18 2 | 84,376 0 6 | 116,118 2 10 | 752 8 9 | 201,246 12 1 | 368,335 10 3 |
- Difference due to change in dates of collection of subscriptions.
General Post Office, Wellington, 27th July, 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 & Communications27 July 1915
Revenue, Postal, Telegraph, Quarterly Report, Financial Statistics
- W. R. Morris, Secretary