✨ Postal and Telegraph 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 31st December, 1915.
| POSTAL REVENUE. | TELEGRAPH REVENUE. | Total Post and Telegraph Revenue. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private Box and Bag Rents. | Money-order Commission. | Postages. | 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. | ||
| General Post Office .. | 0 3 2 | 442 3 11 | 343 13 4 | .. | 280 1 5 | 1,066 1 10 | .. | 962 19 2 | 1,342 8 7 | 2,305 7 9 | 3,371 9 7 |
| Auckland .. | 141 13 1 | 1,105 0 6 | 52,001 11 9½ | 712 3 0½ | 15 13 2 | 53,976 1 7 | 20,784 5 4 | 31,586 2 11½ | 639 4 9 | 53,009 13 0½ | 106,985 14 7½ |
| Blenheim .. | 18 0 9 | 46 16 6 | 2,515 1 7½ | 38 19 3 | 0 9 4 | 2,619 7 5½ | 1,599 2 8 | 38 16 10 | 3 15 3 | 1,641 14 9 | 4,261 2 2½ |
| Christchurch .. | 76 0 7 | 398 11 9 | 30,259 18 11 | 230 14 9 | 8 17 2 | 30,974 3 2 | 10,096 11 7 | 17,761 17 9 | 480 16 1 | 28,339 5 5 | 59,313 8 7 |
| Dunedin .. | 32 13 10 | 350 2 10 | 20,472 18 4 | 239 19 7½ | 0 9 0 | 21,095 18 7½ | 7,993 15 10½ | 506 18 4 | 361 7 3 | 8,862 1 5½ | 29,958 0 1 |
| Gisborne .. | 18 8 6 | 115 19 2 | 4,361 0 7½ | 58 4 6½ | 0 8 6 | 4,554 1 4 | 3,375 9 4 | 185 14 7 | 18 5 2 | 3,579 9 1 | 8,133 10 5 |
| Greymouth .. | 2 4 9 | 106 4 11 | 2,541 6 5½ | 41 7 1½ | 0 6 2 | 2,691 9 5 | 1,857 5 3 | 13 13 2 | 0 17 3 | 1,871 15 8 | 4,563 5 1 |
| Hokitika .. | 1 10 9 | 21 18 8 | 762 1 6 | 16 0 2 | 0 0 6 | 801 11 7 | 671 8 4 | 9 7 1 | 0 1 6 | 680 16 11 | 1,482 8 6 |
| Invercargill .. | 30 15 3 | 139 6 5 | 9,460 0 7 | 127 18 1½ | 2 6 6 | 9,760 6 10½ | 4,394 11 1½ | 115 3 4 | 109 2 7 | 4,618 17 0½ | 14,379 3 11 |
| Napier .. | 48 4 10 | 217 6 7 | 11,532 12 7½ | 152 3 7 | 0 8 6 | 11,950 16 1½ | 6,827 6 5½ | 642 18 8 | 64 2 0 | 7,534 7 1½ | 19,485 3 3 |
| Nelson .. | 0 12 8 | 93 6 5 | 2,996 11 2 | 56 7 8½ | 0 0 4 | 3,146 18 3½ | 2,325 8 11½ | 55 16 0 | 22 16 2 | 2,404 1 1½ | 5,550 19 5 |
| New Plymouth .. | 19 7 8 | 159 6 5 | 8,964 16 9 | 132 14 4½ | 0 5 10 | 9,276 11 0½ | 4,035 9 6 | 128 16 11 | 15 12 10 | 4,179 19 3 | 13,456 10 3½ |
| Oamaru .. | 9 14 0 | 39 17 5 | 3,080 9 6½ | 47 1 11 | 0 1 8 | 3,177 4 6½ | 1,469 6 10 | 36 12 0 | 13 2 6 | 1,519 1 4 | 4,696 5 10½ |
| Thames.. | 31 7 2 | 151 1 2 | 5,941 16 9½ | 122 14 6½ | 0 6 0 | 6,247 5 8 | 3,108 6 3 | 214 9 9 | 18 10 3 | 3,341 6 3 | 9,588 11 11 |
| Timaru .. | 36 16 6 | 93 7 1 | 6,750 9 1 | 61 2 2½ | 0 5 6 | 6,942 0 4½ | 2,833 3 9½ | 3,790 6 2 | 27 16 1 | 6,651 6 0½ | 13,593 6 5 |
| Wanganui .. | 21 4 2 | 199 19 5 | 11,056 11 7 | 154 12 1 | 0 8 10 | 11,432 16 1 | 4,892 15 8 | 268 18 6 | 22 11 9 | 5,184 5 11 | 16,617 2 0 |
| Wellington .. | 164 8 11 | 931 19 10 | 60,414 9 2 | 466 1 4 | 25 0 6 | 62,001 19 9 | 24,570 8 10½ | 27,402 9 1 | 403 15 6 | 52,376 13 5½ | 114,378 13 2½ |
| Westport .. | 1 13 9 | 74 19 0 | 1,622 12 11 | 27 7 4 | 0 1 0 | 1,726 14 0 | 1,104 3 2½ | 12 19 7 | 1 7 6 | 1,118 10 3½ | 2,845 4 3½ |
| Totals 4th quarter in 1915 | 655 0 4 | 4,687 8 0 | 235,077 17 9½ | 2,685 11 8½ | 335 9 11 | 243,441 7 9 | 101,938 19 0½ | 88,733 19 10½ | 3,545 13 0 | 189,218 11 11 | 432,659 19 8 |
| 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 |
General Post Office, Wellington, 25th January, 1916. W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.
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🚂 Return of Revenue Collected at General Post Office and Postal Districts
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Postal revenue, Telegraph revenue, Quarterly statistics, General Post Office, Postal districts
- W. R. Morris, Secretary