New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 161

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✨ Postal Note Transactions

Oct. 25.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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STATEMENT showing the NUMBER, AMOUNT, &c., of POSTAL-NOTE TRANSACTIONS in the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 30th September, 1917.

Postal Districts.	No.of Post offices open at the End of the Quarter.	NUMBER OF POSTAL NOTES SOLD.	Total Amount of Postal Notes sold, including Commission.	Commission on Postal Notes sold.
	At 1/0	At 1/6	At 2/0	At 2/6
Auckland ..	300	14,853	9,556	24,441
Blenheim ..	20	608	420	1,331
Christchurch ..	81	3,723	2,237	6,453
Dunedin ..	96	4,487	2,866	7,331
Gisborne ..	25	974	649	1,562
Greymouth ..	19	779	414	1,367
Hokitika ..	13	255	175	374
Invercargill ..	53	2,131	1,376	3,959
Napier ..	63	3,064	1,983	4,956
Nelson ..	35	1,077	754	1,973
New Plymouth ..	49	2,028	1,356	4,133
Oamaru ..	15	681	382	1,286
Thames ..	41	2,495	1,686	3,889
Timaru ..	16	916	598	1,748
Wanganui ..	51	2,710	1,671	4,665
Wellington ..	120	7,176	4,127	12,848
Westport ..	23	545	339	784
Totals 3rd qr. in 1917	1,020	48,502	30,589	83,100
Totals 3rd qr. in 1916	1,016	51,217	30,015	88,206

NUMBER OF POSTAL NOTES PAID.

| Postal Districts. | At 1/0 | At 1/6 | At 2/0 | At 2/6 | At 3/0 | At 5/0 | At 10/0 | At 12/6 | At 15/0 | At 20/0 | Total. | Total Amount of Postal Notes paid. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland .. | 14,660 | 9,836 | 27,023 | 25,102 | 18,456 | 31,494 | 19,810 | .. | 7,725 | 13,070 | 167,176 | 46,721 8 0 |
| Blenheim .. | 267 | 164 | 550 | 426 | 346 | 559 | 428 | .. | 165 | 294 | 3,199 | 957 6 0 |
| Christchurch .. | 4,349 | 2,845 | 8,324 | 8,331 | 6,704 | 10,759 | 6,981 | .. | 2,719 | 5,747 | 56,759 | 17,276 14 0 |
| Dunedin .. | 5,150 | 3,575 | 9,654 | 9,407 | 7,184 | 11,928 | 7,816 | .. | 3,073 | 5,056 | 62,843 | 17,995 5 0 |
| Gisborne .. | 436 | 299 | 697 | 687 | 523 | 813 | 576 | .. | 290 | 495 | 4,816 | 1,482 0 0 |
| Greymouth .. | 357 | 207 | 541 | 532 | 421 | 705 | 604 | .. | 270 | 483 | 4,120 | 1,380 17 6 |
| Hokitika .. | 98 | 38 | 165 | 164 | 119 | 237 | 178 | .. | 71 | 140 | 1,210 | 404 2 0 |
| Invercargill .. | 1,346 | 835 | 2,629 | 2,329 | 1,915 | 3,151 | 2,234 | .. | 949 | 1,485 | 16,873 | 5,072 14 0 |
| Napier .. | 1,983 | 1,295 | 3,397 | 3,294 | 2,400 | 4,166 | 2,710 | .. | 1,173 | 1,973 | 22,341 | 6,554 9 6 |
| Nelson .. | 743 | 489 | 1,320 | 1,184 | 923 | 1,446 | 1,050 | .. | 446 | 813 | 8,414 | 2,526 5 6 |
| New Plymouth .. | 1,169 | 770 | 2,164 | 2,036 | 1,588 | 2,639 | 2,006 | .. | 822 | 1,437 | 14,631 | 4,541 11 0 |
| Oamaru .. | 365 | 241 | 600 | 624 | 423 | 826 | 529 | .. | 239 | 457 | 4,304 | 1,345 0 6 |
| Thames .. | 756 | 540 | 1,401 | 1,220 | 987 | 1,633 | 1,155 | .. | 526 | 933 | 9,151 | 2,832 4 0 |
| Timaru .. | 559 | 820 | 1,252 | 1,065 | 750 | 1,538 | 998 | .. | 415 | 791 | 7,688 | 2,408 10 6 |
| Wanganui .. | 1,554 | 862 | 2,629 | 2,515 | 1,941 | 3,685 | 2,132 | .. | 1,091 | 1,722 | 18,131 | 5,538 5 6 |
| Wellington .. | 13,828 | 7,542 | 19,843 | 29,391 | 22,331 | 28,798 | 16,432 | .. | 6,260 | 13,399 | 157,824 | 43,774 7 6 |
| Westport .. | 165 | 101 | 320 | 311 | 217 | 484 | 321 | .. | 117 | 306 | 2,342 | 794 10 0 |
| Totals 3rd qr. in 1917 | 47,735 | 29,959 | 82,509 | 88,618 | 67,228 | 104,861 | 65,960 | .. | 26,351 | 48,601 | 661,822 | 161,605 10 6 |
| Totals 3rd qr. in 1916 | 50,653 | 29,694 | 88,225 | 90,846 | 69,340 | 118,496 | 84,146 | .. | 29,007 | 55,221 | 615,628 | 184,012 4 0 |