✨ 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, 1916.
| 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 .. | .. | 365 16 1 | 244 1 9 | .. | 232 10 7½ | 842 8 5½ | .. | 288 18 0 | 1,068 18 8 | 1,357 16 8 | 2,200 5 1½ |
| Auckland .. | 268 5 6 | 993 7 10 | 56,056 10 11 | 747 15 3½ | 2 15 4 | 58,068 14 10½ | 19,448 10 10½ | 1,576 10 11½ | 49 18 6 | 21,075 0 4 | 79,143 15 2½ |
| Blenheim .. | 12 11 7 | 43 15 0 | 2,260 18 2 | 37 9 7 | .. | 2,354 14 4 | 1,462 6 1½ | 1,783 2 9 | 2 2 3 | 3,247 11 1½ | 5,602 5 5½ |
| Christchurch .. | 84 4 9 | 364 0 .3 | 27,662 15 6 | 229 5 4½ | .. | 28,340 5 10½ | 9,250 14 3 | 1,239 0 3 | 39 5 1 | 10,528 19 7 | 38,869 5 5½ |
| Dunedin .. | 43 16 6 | 335 11 5 | 18,212 3 7 | 243 3 9½ | 0 13 0 | 18,835 8 3½ | 7,237 14 11 | 13,879 6 0½ | 14 10 6 | 21,131 11 5½ | 39,966 19 9 |
| Gisborne .. | 13 11 2 | 103 17 0 | 4,005 19 8 | 61 12 11½ | 0 5 0 | 4,185 5 9½ | 2,895 13 9 | 4,702 18 2 | 0 10 6 | 7,599 2 5 | 11,784 8 2½ |
| Greymouth .. | 5 19 10 | 93 11 11 | 2,646 5 9 | 46 0 10 | 0 0 6 | 2,791 18 10 | 1,516 17 4½ | 1,041 5 9 | 1 11 9 | 2,559 14 10½ | 5,351 13 8½ |
| Hokitika .. | 1 17 11 | 16 10 1 | 752 2 0 | 15 16 1 | 0 1 4 | 786 7 5 | 619 5 11 | 317 3 11 | 0 1 6 | 936 11 4 | 1,722 18 9 |
| Invercargill .. | 35 3 5 | 138 16 3 | 9,108 3 2 | 131 13 6½ | 0 4 0 | 9,414 0 4½ | 4,200 14 4½ | 5,371 9 3 | 10 9 1 | 9,582 12 8½ | 18,996 13 1 |
| Napier .. | 45 18 3 | 202 15 6 | 10,677 7 0 | 157 19 7½ | .. | 11,084 0 4½ | 6,362 6 2½ | 11,019 17 4 | 7 17 5 | 17,390 0 11½ | 28,474 1 4 |
| Nelson .. | 11 19 4 | 92 5 3 | 2,721 15 0½ | 58 0 10 | 0 3 8 | 2,884 4 1½ | 2,147 2 3½ | 2,353 8 10 | 10 16 10 | 4,511 7 11½ | 7,395 12 1 |
| New Plymouth .. | 66 19 4 | 145 18 9 | 8,535 17 3 | 130 18 5 | 0 3 6 | 8,879 17 3 | 4,011 6 4 | 4,725 7 5 | 11 18 7 | 8,748 12 4 | 17,628 9 7 |
| Oamaru .. | 2 3 3 | 36 15 1 | 2,726 10 6½ | 41 17 5½ | 0 2 8 | 2,807 9 0 | 1,228 9 11 | 1,456 0 1 | 2 6 3 | 2,686 16 3 | 5,494 5 3 |
| Thames.. | 21 12 8 | 136 2 7 | 5,614 3 9 | 128 10 10½ | 0 3 6 | 5,900 13 4½ | 2,923 18 8 | 2,292 1 9 | 7 18 7 | 5,223 19 0 | 11,124 12 4½ |
| Timaru .. | 13 11 7 | 82 9 11 | 6,226 13 6½ | 65 7 7½ | 0 7 0 | 6,388 9 8 | 2,672 12 6 | 97 4 4 | 2 0 3 | 2,771 17 1 | 9,160 6 9 |
| Wanganui .. | 44 8 1 | 187 7 8 | 10,616 10 2 | 157 19 10½ | 0 1 0 | 11,006 6 9½ | 4,614 13 10½ | 7,106 14 7 | 7 8 6 | 11,728 16 11½ | 22,735 3 9 |
| Wellington .. | 101 2 8 | 926 11 10 | 67,078 15 6½ | 459 18 3 | 1 4 6 | 68,562 12 4½ | 24,374 7 6 | 1,738 11 8 | 47 6 1 | 26,160 5 3 | 94,722 17 7½ |
| Westport .. | 4 18 9 | 63 15 9 | 1,378 5 9 | 28 2 8½ | 0 0 6 | 1,475 3 5½ | 941 4 11 | 440 9 9 | 4 0 1 | 1,385 14 9 | 2,860 18 2½ |
| Totals 3rd quarter in 1916 | 778 4 2 | 4,329 8 2 | 236,519 19 1 | 2,741 13 1½ | 238 16 1½ | 244,608 0 8 | 95,907 19 9½ | 61,429 10 10 | 1,289 0 5 | 158,626 11 0½ | 403,234 11 8½ |
| 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 |
General Post Office, Wellington, 25th October, 1916. W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.
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🚂 Quarterly Revenue Report for Post and Telegraph Services
🚂 Transport & Communications25 October 1916
Revenue, Postal Services, Telegraph Services, Quarterly Report, September 1916
- W. R. Morris, Secretary