✨ 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 30th June, 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 .. | .. | 104 11 0 | 1,113 7 11 | .. | 188 9 10 | 1,406 8 9 | .. | 961 10 3 | 1,037 17 1½ | 1,999 7 4½ | 3,405 16 1½ |
| Auckland .. | 101 12 7 | 947 9 8 | 54,342 2 6 | 678 1 6½ | 2 11 6 | 56,071 17 9½ | 20,417 12 2 | 32,545 2 11 | 45 2 5 | 53,007 17 6 | 109,079 15 3½ |
| Blenheim .. | 3 19 0 | 45 14 4 | 2,287 10 0½ | 38 1 10 | 0 6 2 | 2,375 11 4½ | 1,544 3 0 | 35 19 9 | 1 12 9 | 1,581 15 6 | 3,957 6 10½ |
| Christchurch .. | 70 19 3 | 360 18 4 | 27,471 10 0 | 219 1 2 | 1 11 4 | 28,124 0 1 | 9,968 3 8 | 18,379 18 4 | 33 14 5 | 28,381 16 5 | 56,505 16 6 |
| Dunedin .. | 20 15 11 | 314 19 10 | 18,573 3 10 | 229 9 3½ | 0 8 0 | 19,138 16 10½ | 8,023 10 8½ | 610 11 10½ | 32 12 6 | 8,666 15 1 | 27,805 11 11½ |
| Gisborne .. | 12 10 11 | 112 16 3 | 3,793 11 4½ | 55 5 1½ | 0 6 8 | 3,974 10 4 | 3,038 3 7 | 183 4 10 | 4 11 3 | 3,225 19 8 | 7,200 10 0 |
| Greymouth .. | 2 1 8 | 103 12 6 | 2,514 14 6 | 41 16 7½ | 0 4 0 | 2,662 9 3½ | 1,623 11 6½ | 11 2 10 | 0 9 3 | 1,635 3 7½ | 4,297 12 11 |
| Hokitika .. | 0 19 1 | 17 5 0 | 726 12 10 | 14 8 5½ | 0 1 0 | 759 6 4½ | 606 14 10 | 4 13 11 | 0 10 0 | 611 18 9 | 1,371 5 1½ |
| Invercargill .. | 16 2 5 | 137 1 5 | 8,823 5 8½ | 126 15 1½ | 0 3 6 | 9,103 8 2 | 4,461 8 1½ | 198 14 3 | 11 5 4 | 4,671 7 8½ | 13,774 15 10½ |
| Napier .. | 41 16 2 | 190 0 0 | 10,440 4 3½ | 149 7 9½ | 0 8 6 | 10,821 16 9 | 6,511 16 11½ | 622 15 5½ | 11 7 3 | 7,145 19 8 | 17,967 16 5 |
| Nelson .. | 8 18 9 | 90 15 8 | 2,784 6 5 | 57 14 3½ | 0 6 4 | 2,942 1 5½ | 2,203 13 11 | 59 10 5 | 9 17 6 | 2,273 1 10 | 5,215 3 3½ |
| New Plymouth .. | 13 8 4 | 145 1 7 | 8,078 11 6½ | 123 10 10 | 0 3 0 | 8,360 15 3½ | 3,933 2 2½ | 242 6 8½ | 15 5 0 | 4,190 13 11 | 12,551 9 2½ |
| Oamaru .. | 0 10 0 | 36 9 6 | 2,901 6 2½ | 43 15 1 | 0 2 6 | 2,982 3 3½ | 1,413 16 7½ | 46 18 0 | 3 2 3 | 1,463 16 10½ | 4,446 0 2 |
| Thames.. | 10 0 9 | 134 0 3 | 5,477 15 11½ | 117 14 2½ | 0 4 10 | 5,739 16 0 | 2,925 8 0 | 175 15 9 | 4 5 10 | 3,105 9 7 | 8,845 5 7 |
| Timaru .. | 11 9 0 | 82 2 6 | 6,423 12 0½ | 62 2 0½ | 0 6 6 | 6,579 12 1 | 2,815 18 5½ | 3,891 7 11 | 10 6 9 | 6,717 13 1½ | 13,297 5 2½ |
| Wanganui .. | 19 4 10 | 180 18 3 | 10,509 15 10½ | 147 10 6½ | 0 4 8 | 10,857 14 2 | 4,740 6 0 | 326 0 7 | 18 4 8 | 5,084 11 3 | 15,942 5 5 |
| Wellington .. | 83 16 11 | 895 16 3 | 57,109 11 5 | 442 10 9½ | 3 11 10 | 58,535 7 2½ | 23,726 0 0 | 28,913 19 10½ | 49 14 2 | 52,689 14 0½ | 111,225 1 3 |
| Westport .. | 1 0 0 | 68 6 7 | 1,423 5 11 | 26 11 7½ | 0 2 6 | 1,519 6 7½ | 947 1 0½ | 13 0 5 | 0 7 3 | 960 8 8½ | 2,479 15 4 |
| Totals 2nd quarter in 1916 | 419 5 7 | 3,967 18 11 | 224,794 8 4½ | 2,573 16 4½ | 199 12 8 | 231,955 1 11 | 98,900 10 10 | 87,222 14 1 | 1,290 5 8½ | 187,413 10 7½ | 419,368 12 6½ |
| 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 |
General Post Office, Wellington, 25th July, 1916. W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.
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Revenue, Postal Services, Telegraph Services, Quarterly Report
- W. R. Morris, Secretary