✨ Postal Revenue Report
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 March, 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 .. | 39 18 2 | 346 2 9 | 505 8 10 | .. | 12,441 15 9½ | 13,333 5 6½ | .. | 9,310 17 8 | 156,656 14 9 | 165,967 12 5 | 179,300 17 11½ |
| Auckland .. | 2,212 11 1 | 920 15 1 | 48,374 18 5½ | 662 16 2 | 6 13 10 | 52,177 14 7½ | 21,566 12 0½ | 1,202 8 6½ | 188 15 0 | 22,957 15 7 | 75,135 10 2½ |
| Blenheim .. | 299 5 5 | 47 13 0 | 2,334 3 4½ | 35 10 9 | 0 17 10 | 2,717 10 4½ | 1,733 13 5 | 1,747 9 9 | 53 15 0 | 3,534 18 2 | 6,252 8 6½ |
| Christchurch .. | 1,523 18 8 | 336 9 7 | 27,732 8 1½ | 220 9 9 | 7 4 0 | 29,820 10 1½ | 10,559 10 2 | 949 14 10 | 234 12 11 | 11,743 17 11 | 41,564 8 0½ |
| Dunedin .. | 1,006 15 4 | 318 7 6 | 18,578 11 2½ | 233 5 10½ | 17 15 8 | 20,154 15 7 | 8,419 11 11½ | 13,276 13 9 | 159 15 3 | 21,856 0 11½ | 42,010 16 6½ |
| Gisborne .. | 696 0 11 | 108 5 7 | 3,960 19 7 | 53 6 10 | 4 12 6 | 4,823 5 5 | 3,371 2 10 | 4,363 17 1 | 12 14 6 | 7,747 14 5 | 12,570 19 10 |
| Greymouth .. | 205 18 0 | 89 17 7 | 2,493 19 3 | 37 15 6 | 1 14 2 | 2,829 4 6 | 1,688 6 2 | 1,046 17 9 | 41 12 11 | 2,776 16 10 | 5,606 1 4 |
| Hokitika .. | 87 7 6 | 16 7 6 | 770 7 9½ | 13 7 10 | 0 4 0 | 887 14 7½ | 632 15 9 | 326 7 9 | 6 1 6 | 965 5 0 | 1,852 19 7½ |
| Invercargill .. | 811 15 2 | 132 15 2 | 8,897 8 10 | 130 12 6 | 4 8 2 | 9,976 19 10 | 4,558 0 5 | 5,030 18 1 | 29 9 5 | 9,618 7 11 | 19,595 7 9 |
| Napier .. | 1,544 12 5 | 192 4 7 | 10,974 3 0½ | 141 19 8½ | 9 4 6 | 12,862 4 3 | 7,164 11 4 | 10,780 3 9½ | 44 11 9 | 17,989 6 10½ | 30,851 11 1½ |
| Nelson .. | 239 17 9 | 90 3 10 | 2,840 6 11½ | 55 5 8 | 2 3 8 | 3,227 17 10½ | 2,496 1 1 | 2,228 0 2 | 25 2 1 | 4,749 3 4 | 7,977 1 2½ |
| New Plymouth .. | 659 19 0 | 145 2 6 | 8,047 7 5½ | 118 9 3 | 1 14 6 | 8,972 12 8½ | 4,139 17 6 | 4,966 3 11½ | 35 11 9 | 9,141 13 2½ | 18,114 5 11 |
| Oamaru .. | 158 14 5 | 37 5 3 | 2,643 10 0 | 40 7 1½ | 1 16 2 | 2,881 12 11½ | 1,526 14 10½ | 1,169 18 0 | 5 10 0 | 2,702 2 10½ | 5,583 15 10 |
| Thames .. | 355 0 1 | 123 2 0 | 5,649 16 5 | 110 19 6½ | 0 4 6 | 6,239 2 6½ | 3,011 9 8 | 2,325 4 6 | 49 11 7 | 5,386 5 9 | 11,625 8 3½ |
| Timaru .. | 452 3 5 | 79 13 9 | 6,715 10 9 | 59 8 5 | 2 16 0 | 7,309 12 4 | 3,042 1 11 | 124 4 9 | 47 4 6 | 3,213 11 2 | 10,523 3 6 |
| Wanganui .. | 808 7 5 | 173 18 0 | 10,460 14 5 | 142 4 6½ | 2 14 2 | 11,587 18 6½ | 5,057 8 8½ | 6,933 19 2½ | 49 6 3 | 12,040 14 2 | 23,628 12 8½ |
| Wellington .. | 2,261 9 9 | 871 10 3 | 55,296 15 11½ | 436 8 1 | 6 6 4 | 58,872 10 4½ | 25,310 9 1 | 1,471 12 0 | 253 14 4 | 27,035 15 5 | 85,908 5 9½ |
| Westport .. | 79 18 8 | 66 7 10 | 1,382 3 4 | 24 0 7 | 0 9 0 | 1,552 19 5 | 1,003 8 1 | 448 15 5 | 118 2 2 | 1,570 5 8 | 3,123 5 1 |
| Totals 1st quarter in 1916 | 13,443 13 2 | 4,096 1 9 | 217,658 13 9½ | 2,516 8 1½ | 12,512 14 9½ | 250,227 11 7½ | 105,281 15 0 | 67,703 7 0 | 158,012 5 8 | 330,997 7 8 | 581,224 19 3½ |
| Totals 1st quarter in 1915 | 13,107 11 4 | 4,089 16 6 | 151,214 15 5½ | 2,516 3 4½ | 9,606 11 11 | 180,534 18 7 | 88,373 10 10 | 63,323 1 11 | 5,038 18 11 | 156,735 11 8 | 337,270 10 3 |
General Post Office, Wellington, 2nd May, 1916. W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.
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Postal Revenue, Telegrams, Telephone Exchanges, Quarterly Report, Financial Transactions
- W. R. Morris, Secretary