✨ Postal Note Transactions
Oct. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3393
STATEMENT showing the NUMBER, AMOUNT, &c., of POSTAL-NOTE TRANSACTIONS in the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 30th September, 1916.
| POSTAL DISTRICTS. | No. of Postal-note Offices open at the End of the Quarter. | NUMBER OF POSTAL NOTES SOLD. | Total Amount of Postal Notes sold, including Commission. | Commission on Postal Notes sold. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At 1/0 | At 1/6 | At 2/0 | At 2/6 | At 3/0 | At 5/0 | At 10/0 | At 15/0 | At 20s. | Total. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | ||
| Auckland .. | 293 | 15,137 | 8,780 | 25,354 | 27,562 | 20,784 | 34,227 | 22,321 | 7,481 | 13,216 | 174,862 | 49,805 7 3½ | 747 15 3½ |
| Blenheim .. | 22 | 708 | 431 | 1,209 | 1,216 | 1,054 | 1,475 | 1,163 | 404 | 775 | 8,435 | 2,564 9 1 | 37 9 7 |
| Christchurch .. | 81 | 4,203 | 2,208 | 6,990 | 7,446 | 4,932 | 9,821 | 7,494 | 2,269 | 5,161 | 50,524 | 16,039 11 4½ | 229 5 4½ |
| Dunedin .. | 93 | 4,611 | 2,620 | 7,856 | 7,958 | 6,154 | 10,439 | 7,670 | 2,622 | 4,833 | 54,763 | 16,617 18 9½ | 243 3 9½ |
| Gisborne .. | 25 | 1,116 | 639 | 1,975 | 1,955 | 1,703 | 2,472 | 1,773 | 577 | 1,539 | 13,749 | 4,338 18 11½ | 61 12 11½ |
| Greymouth .. | 20 | 962 | 472 | 1,304 | 1,388 | 1,230 | 1,953 | 1,358 | 515 | 1,029 | 10,211 | 3,200 8 10 | 46 0 10 |
| Hokitika .. | 14 | 279 | 178 | 387 | 386 | 405 | 615 | 493 | 177 | 409 | 3,329 | 1,132 16 1 | 15 16 1 |
| Invercargill .. | 54 | 2,209 | 1,623 | 4,023 | 3,946 | 3,461 | 5,899 | 4,124 | 1,412 | 2,635 | 29,332 | 9,009 6 0½ | 131 13 6½ |
| Napier .. | 63 | 3,152 | 1,928 | 5,448 | 5,317 | 4,048 | 6,525 | 4,687 | 1,717 | 3,306 | 36,128 | 10,845 6 1½ | 157 19 7½ |
| Nelson .. | 35 | 1,202 | 814 | 2,131 | 1,951 | 1,674 | 2,539 | 1,684 | 582 | 1,068 | 13,645 | 3,868 10 4 | 58 0 10 |
| New Plymouth | 49 | 2,213 | 1,614 | 4,411 | 4,256 | 3,362 | 5,432 | 3,931 | 1,459 | 2,800 | 29,478 | 9,057 15 5 | 130 18 5 |
| Oamaru .. | 14 | 773 | 402 | 1,321 | 1,191 | 1,078 | 1,646 | 1,465 | 514 | 762 | 9,152 | 2,844 16 11½ | 41 17 5½ |
| Thames .. | 42 | 2,531 | 1,661 | 4,274 | 4,487 | 3,522 | 5,236 | 3,857 | 1,357 | 2,594 | 29,519 | 8,745 9 10½ | 128 10 10½ |
| Timaru .. | 16 | 1,019 | 657 | 1,882 | 1,931 | 1,530 | 2,653 | 2,129 | 735 | 1,518 | 14,054 | 4,621 13 7½ | 65 7 7½ |
| Wanganui .. | 51 | 3,095 | 1,651 | 5,256 | 5,261 | 3,936 | 6,777 | 4,774 | 1,557 | 3,456 | 35,763 | 10,915 3 10½ | 157 19 10½ |
| Wellington .. | 121 | 7,398 | 3,963 | 13,470 | 14,453 | 10,540 | 20,395 | 14,166 | 4,994 | 10,741 | 100,120 | 32,529 18 3 | 459 18 3 |
| Westport .. | 23 | 609 | 374 | 915 | 807 | 794 | 1,194 | 869 | 282 | 555 | 6,399 | 1,897 12 2½ | 28 2 8½ |
| Totals 3rd qr. in 1916 | 1,016 | 51,217 | 30,015 | 88,206 | 91,511 | 70,207 | 119,298 | 83,958 | 28,654 | 56,397 | 619,463 | 188,035 3 1½ | 2,741 13 1½ |
| Totals 3rd qr. in 1915 | 1,004 | 50,105 | 30,417 | 84,567 | 98,287 | 72,086 | 122,031 | 86,561 | 28,491 | 53,836 | 626,381 | 188,099 8 5 | 2,764 16 5 |
| POSTAL DISTRICTS. | NUMBER OF POSTAL NOTES PAID. | Total Amount of Postal Notes paid. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At 1/0 | At 1/6 | At 2/0 | At 2/6 | At 3/0 | At 5/0 | At 10/0 | At 12/6 | At 15/0 | At 20s. | Total. | £ s. d. | |
| Auckland .. | 13,793 | 9,636 | 26,541 | 25,689 | 17,885 | 31,964 | 24,104 | .. | 8,512 | 13,808 | 171,932 | 50,195 6 6 |
| Blenheim .. | 269 | 152 | 444 | 467 | 317 | 611 | 489 | .. | 178 | 368 | 3,295 | 1,073 18 6 |
| Christchurch | 4,765 | 2,683 | 8,252 | 8,455 | 6,215 | 11,023 | 9,181 | .. | 2,931 | 6,458 | 59,963 | 19,256 6 0 |
| Dunedin .. | 5,506 | 3,433 | 9,927 | 9,478 | 7,081 | 12,283 | 9,740 | .. | 3,428 | 5,527 | 66,403 | 19,811 2 6 |
| Gisborne .. | 378 | 240 | 755 | 678 | 545 | 847 | 699 | .. | 261 | 574 | 4,977 | 1,609 18 0 |
| Greymouth | 329 | 168 | 526 | 560 | 405 | 731 | 704 | .. | 292 | 579 | 4,294 | 1,545 3 0 |
| Hokitika .. | 97 | 49 | 161 | 163 | 132 | 242 | 217 | .. | 81 | 157 | 1,299 | 451 11 0 |
| Invercargill | 1,351 | 995 | 2,405 | 2,098 | 1,923 | 3,176 | 2,726 | .. | 945 | 1,663 | 17,282 | 5,462 2 6 |
| Napier .. | 1,869 | 1,152 | 3,353 | 3,101 | 2,239 | 3,777 | 3,179 | .. | 1,273 | 2,139 | 22,082 | 6,866 2 6 |
| Nelson .. | 635 | 436 | 1,263 | 1,097 | 938 | 1,444 | 1,216 | .. | 432 | 869 | 8,330 | 2,630 11 6 |
| New Plymouth | 1,107 | 850 | 2,107 | 2,173 | 1,547 | 2,834 | 2,246 | .. | 910 | 1,687 | 15,461 | 5,034 9 6 |
| Oamaru .. | 293 | 207 | 613 | 557 | 443 | 762 | 699 | .. | 253 | 445 | 4,272 | 1,402 6 0 |
| Thames .. | 699 | 471 | 1,337 | 1,146 | 878 | 1,459 | 1,359 | .. | 560 | 949 | 8,858 | 2,892 3 6 |
| Timaru .. | 632 | 395 | 1,212 | 1,107 | 836 | 1,543 | 1,401 | .. | 500 | 1,030 | 8,656 | 2,937 9 0 |
| Wanganui | 1,487 | 849 | 3,611 | 2,638 | 2,225 | 3,973 | 2,773 | .. | 951 | 1,935 | 19,842 | 6,040 12 6 |
| Wellington | 17,256 | 7,865 | 25,360 | 31,165 | 25,471 | 41,981 | 22,954 | .. | 7,336 | 16,679 | 196,067 | 55,858 4 0 |
| Westport .. | 187 | 113 | 358 | 274 | 260 | 446 | 459 | .. | 164 | 354 | 2,615 | 944 17 6 |
| Totals 3rd qr. in 1916 | 50,653 | 29,694 | 88,225 | 90,846 | 69,340 | 118,496 | 84,146 | .. | 29,007 | 55,221 | 615,628 | 184,012 4 0 |
| Totals 3rd qr. in 1915 | 50,240 | 30,536 | 84,569 | 98,657 | 72,518 | 123,294 | 86,000 | .. | 28,431 | 53,340 | 627,585 | 184,955 13 6 |
General Post Office, Wellington, 25th October, 1916. W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.
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- W. R. Morris, Secretary