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 September, 1917.

| Postal Revenue. | $\quad$ | $\quad$ | $\quad$ | $\quad$ | $\quad$ | Telegraph Revenue. | $
quad$ | $\quad$ | $\quad$ |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 0 6 2 | 382 10 8 | 1,138 16 2 | .. | 173 7 4 | 1,695 0 4 | 444 1 10 | 4,165 3 1 | 4,609 4 11 | 6,304 5 3 |
| Auckland | 235 4 4 | 1,003 19 3 | 56,192 6 7 | 657 10 1½ | 1 13 6 | 58,090 13 9½ | 21,750 2 2½ | 1,900 3 10½ | 13 7 5 | 23,663 13 6 | 81,754 7 3½ |
| Blenheim | 14 5 2 | 43 6 3 | 2,261 6 5 | 33 19 1½ | 0 3 6 | 2,353 0 5½ | 1,456 11 9 | 1,896 0 11 | .. | 3,352 12 8 | 5,705 13 1½ |
| Christchurch | 82 14 10 | 336 18 8 | 28,708 1 1 | 195 13 10 | 1 2 8 | 29,324 11 1 | 10,430 10 9½ | 1,401 0 3 | 12 11 0 | 11,844 2 0½ | 41,168 13 1½ |
| Dunedin | 29 16 9 | 309 2 7 | 18,048 8 2½ | 216 13 10½ | 0 8 0 | 18,604 9 5 | 8,309 15 2½ | 14,886 3 0½ | 40 4 9 | 23,236 3 0 | 41,840 12 5 |
| Gisborne | 10 3 6 | 111 4 6 | 4,173 5 7½ | 47 12 3 | 0 8 0 | 4,342 13 10½ | 3,289 7 8 | 5,493 12 0 | .. | 8,782 19 8 | 13,125 13 6½ |
| Greymouth | 6 18 4 | 67 3 6 | 2,320 3 3 | 39 2 9½ | 0 1 6 | 2,453 9 4½ | 1,508 8 6 | 1,029 13 4 | .. | 2,538 1 10 | 4,991 11 2½ |
| Hokitika | 3 10 0 | 18 3 8 | 758 10 5 | 13 6 4½ | 0 0 6 | 793 10 11½ | 531 13 5½ | 319 3 5 | .. | 850 16 10½ | 1,644 7 10 |
| Invercargill | 32 3 0 | 136 14 8 | 8,974 8 9½ | 117 18 4½ | 0 3 6 | 9,261 8 4 | 4,443 11 4 | 5,876 13 7 | 0 15 0 | 10,320 19 11 | 19,582 8 3 |
| Napier | 39 14 4 | 197 16 8 | 10,673 17 1½ | 143 5 10½ | 0 9 0 | 11,055 3 0 | 6,936 1 11½ | 11,849 2 6½ | 7 12 8 | 18,792 17 2 | 29,848 0 2 |
| Nelson | 10 6 3 | 84 0 9 | 2,982 5 9½ | 51 11 0½ | 0 4 8 | 3,128 8 6 | 2,475 14 7 | 2,715 11 6 | .. | 5,191 6 1 | 8,319 14 7 |
| New Plymouth | 58 0 10 | 141 13 6 | 8,798 10 8 | 120 10 5½ | 0 3 2 | 9,118 18 7½ | 4,097 0 11½ | 5,217 5 6 | 5 14 6 | 9,320 1 0½ | 18,438 19 8 |
| Oamaru | 3 18 10 | 33 6 9 | 2,791 2 7½ | 37 14 6½ | .. | 2,866 2 9 | 1,375 17 2½ | 1,448 14 5 | .. | 2,824 11 7½ | 5,690 14 4½ |
| Thames | 30 9 0 | 142 11 7 | 5,986 17 7½ | 114 2 4 | 0 2 4 | 6,274 2 10½ | 3,112 12 9 | 2,957 14 7 | .. | 6,070 7 4 | 12,344 10 2½ |
| Timaru | 12 12 7 | 81 7 10 | 6,104 8 7½ | 52 17 4½ | 0 1 6 | 6,251 7 11 | 2,848 0 0 | 109 3 5 | .. | 2,957 3 5 | 9,208 11 4 |
| Wanganui | 43 3 9 | 184 10 3 | 10,818 5 7½ | 142 1 0½ | 0 3 0 | 11,188 3 8 | 5,119 3 5½ | 7,742 13 0 | 0 16 4 | 12,862 12 9½ | 24,050 16 5½ |
| Wellington | 113 15 2 | 903 9 2 | 52,631 4 10½ | 405 7 10 | 1 14 8 | 54,055 11 8½ | 27,132 5 5 | 1,793 10 8 | 5 18 6 | 28,931 14 7 | 82,987 6 3½ |
| Westport | 5 19 10 | 64 7 3 | 1,309 19 10½ | 25 19 0 | 0 0 8 | 1,406 6 7½ | 880 15 1½ | 443 17 3 | 7 9 | 1,326 0 1½ | 2,732 6 9 |

Totals 3rd quarter in 1917 | 733 2 8 | 4,262 7 6 | 224,671 19 4½ | 2,415 6 3 | 180 7 6 | 232,268 3 3½ | 67,524 5 1½ | 4,253 11 1 | 177,475 8 7 | 409,738 11 10½ |

Totals 3rd quarter in 1916 | 778 4 2 | 4,329 8 2 | 236,519 19 1 | 2,741 13 1½ | 238 16 1½ | 244,608 0 8 | 95,907 19 9½ | 61,429 10 10 | 1,289 0 5 | 158,626 11 0½ | 403,234 11 8½ |

General Post Office, Wellington, 24th October, 1917.

W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.