New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 17

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✨ Postal and Telegraph Revenue



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, 1916.

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 .. 5 0 0 122 0 0 986 11 2 .. 344 0 4½ 1,457 11 6½ .. 190 3 6 1,264 15 4½ 1,454 18 10½ 2,912 10 5
Auckland .. 142 18 7 1,122 7 1 54,943 19 2½ 683 7 5 1 4 4 56,893 16 7½ 21,798 6 4½ 34,453 8 5 700 13 5 56,952 8 2½ 113,846 4 10
Blenheim .. 14 4 1 50 1 9 2,435 3 3 35 16 6½ 0 2 6 2,535 8 1½ 1,632 0 3 34 11 6 2 7 6 1,668 19 3 4,204 7 4½
Christchurch .. 119 14 11 411 4 4 29,480 18 8 202 6 3 0 2 0 30,214 6 2 10,513 4 0½ 19,146 18 8 394 19 3 30,055 1 11½ 60,269 8 1½
Dunedin .. 84 7 2 346 14 2 19,248 4 2 223 11 8½ 0 2 6 19,902 19 8½ 8,230 18 10 630 9 11½ 491 6 8 9,352 15 5½ 29,255 15 2
Gisborne .. 41 0 6 119 16 4 4,139 2 4½ 53 6 6½ 0 1 0 4,353 6 9 3,360 14 5 311 4 3 19 16 6 3,691 15 2 8,045 1 11
Greymouth .. 4 4 4 100 10 8 2,499 8 4 39 8 6½ 0 0 6 2,643 12 4½ 1,688 7 5 11 18 2 6 0 6 1,706 6 1 4,349 18 5½
Hokitika .. 0 10 0 17 17 1 777 18 4 14 6 8 .. 810 12 1 632 6 3½ 16 6 11 0 3 6 648 16 8½ 1,459 8 9½
Invercargill .. 18 18 9 146 19 8 9,308 17 1½ 119 3 8 2 13 0 9,596 12 2½ 4,676 10 7 177 12 2 44 6 3 4,898 9 0 14,495 1 2½
Napier .. 78 18 7 221 1 6 10,863 11 3 143 2 1½ 1 10 6 11,308 3 11½ 7,226 18 7½ 742 0 2½ 81 0 3 8,049 19 1 19,358 3 0½
Nelson .. 2 18 2 92 0 9 2,812 17 1½ 53 18 9½ 0 1 4 2,961 16 2 2,285 12 0 89 16 10 12 12 7 2,388 1 5 5,349 17 7
New Plymouth .. 38 0 9 171 8 0 8,559 11 11 127 13 0½ 0 4 0 8,896 17 8½ 4,165 19 4 232 12 0 26 12 5 4,425 3 9 13,322 1 5½
Oamaru .. 0 12 6 37 4 9 2,930 1 9½ 40 10 0 0 1 2 3,008 10 2½ 1,462 6 9 24 8 2 1 15 9 1,488 10 8 4,497 0 10½
Thames.. 11 14 7 153 16 2 5,805 18 4½ 118 4 9½ 0 10 6 6,090 4 5 3,141 19 1½ 417 9 2 15 6 11 3,574 15 2½ 9,664 19 7½
Timaru .. 20 7 3 94 3 10 6,462 13 10 55 16 1 0 1 6 6,633 2 6 2,972 6 8 3,968 19 7 22 8 6 6,963 14 9 13,596 17 3
Wanganui .. 63 5 2 213 19 8 10,753 11 9½ 153 16 7½ 0 5 2 11,184 18 5 5,167 3 9 409 9 0½ 48 13 10 5,625 6 7½ 16,810 5 0½
Wellington .. 88 11 6 1,021 0 9 56,503 4 9½ 417 0 4½ 1 5 0 58,031 2 5 26,203 13 3½ 30,518 12 0 404 17 8 57,127 2 11½ 115,158 5 4½
Westport .. 0 12 6 66 9 9 1,409 18 8½ 23 3 0 0 2 0 1,500 5 11½ 988 13 0 4 1 8 3 16 5 996 11 1 2,496 17 0½
Totals 4th quarter in 1916 735 19 4 4,508 16 3 229,921 12 2½ 2,504 12 2 352 7 4½ 238,023 7 4 106,147 0 9 91,380 2 2½ 3,541 13 3½ 201,068 16 3 439,092 3 7
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 83,733 19 10½ 3,545 13 0 189,218 11 11 432,659 19 8

General Post Office, Wellington, 29th January, 1917.

W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.



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🚂 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, 1916

🚂 Transport & Communications
29 January 1917
Postal Revenue, Telegraph Revenue, General Post Office, Postal Districts, Quarterly Revenue
  • W. R. Morris, Secretary