New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 120

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✨ 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 June, 1917.

Postal 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. 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 ... 69 1 5 1,156 14 11 ... 884 17 9 2,110 14 1 ... 151 13 0 1,622 12 2 1,774 5 2 3,884 19 3
Auckland ... 105 9 10 1,003 19 10 54,160 13 11 620 9 8 3 8 8 55,894 1 11 21,997 10 5½ 36,005 2 1½ 45 19 3 58,048 11 10
Blenheim ... 7 16 0 42 17 9 2,263 5 4½ 32 16 2 0 1 4 2,346 16 7½ 1,533 17 11¾ 103 2 5 ... 1,637 0 4¼
Christchurch ... 75 12 10 365 15 6 27,496 17 7½ 191 9 1½ 0 12 6 28,130 7 7 10,758 0 2 19,919 2 2 25 13 7 30,702 15 11
Dunedin ... 22 1 2 324 4 1 16,646 10 5½ 206 9 10½ 0 18 0 17,200 3 7 8,687 5 4½ 741 17 8 9 7 11 9,388 10 11½
Gisborne ... 20 8 5 108 10 9 3,705 13 11 44 1 6½ 0 2 4 3,878 16 11½ 3,475 0 10 309 11 4 4 10 10 3,789 3 0
Greymouth ... 3 8 8 82 12 3 2,292 14 3 35 16 10 0 2 2 2,414 14 2 1,539 10 5 13 7 1 0 8 10 1,553 6 4
Hokitika ... 0 5 0 16 15 10 730 14 1 12 14 10 0 0 6 760 10 3 585 9 2 4 10 0 ... 589 19 2
Invercargill ... 10 12 0 135 0 0 8,619 8 10½ 111 7 11½ 0 6 0 8,876 14 10 4,568 13 7 175 5 10 2 8 8 4,746 8 1
Napier ... 45 3 11 201 3 1 10,011 11 10 133 17 3 0 10 10 10,392 6 11 7,314 16 3 552 12 7½ 0 0 6 7,867 9 4½
Nelson ... 6 15 11 85 0 4 2,636 0 4½ 50 6 9½ 2 9 4 2,780 12 9 2,184 18 10½ 90 12 1 4 16 5 2,280 7 4½
New Plymouth ... 19 14 1 147 4 4 7,981 9 8½ 108 19 2 0 3 0 8,257 10 3½ 4,192 0 6 208 5 4 1 13 10 4,401 19 8
Oamaru ... 4 19 0 35 1 6 2,830 0 1 35 19 6½ 0 1 0 2,906 1 1½ 1,476 11 0 12 0 2 0 7 3 1,488 18 5
Thames ... 18 1 1 132 6 8 5,385 18 2 103 11 8 0 7 0 5,640 4 7 3,110 15 6½ 272 16 2 0 7 7 3,383 19 3½
Timaru ... 11 10 8 85 1 10 6,259 7 4½ 51 15 11 0 3 6 6,407 19 3½ 3,030 15 3 4,040 19 4 0 7 1 7,072 1 8
Wanganui ... 15 4 2 190 2 2 10,140 9 11½ 134 4 10 0 5 6 10,480 6 7½ 5,339 14 1½ 382 13 5½ 18 3 2 5,740 10 9
Wellington ... 98 4 5 941 12 2 67,036 16 5½ 384 2 9½ 1 11 0 68,462 6 10 29,127 19 0 31,868 13 11½ 9 15 4 61,006 8 3½
Westport ... 1 19 2 57 2 3 1,193 10 7 21 0 11½ ... 1,273 12 11½ 911 1 2½ 2 10 0 20 9 7 934 0 9½
Totals 2nd quarter in 1917 467 6 4 4,023 11 9 230,547 17 11½ 2,279 4 11 896 0 5 238,214 1 4½ 109,783 19 8½ 94,854 14 9 1,767 2 0 206,405 16 5½ 444,619 17 10
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

General Post Office, Wellington, 25th July, 1917.

W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.



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  • W. R. Morris, Secretary