New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 17

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✨ Postal Note Transactions



Feb. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 417

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 31st December, 1916.

POSTAL DISTRICTS. No. of Postal-note 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 At 3/0 At 5/0 At 10/0 At 15/0 At 20s. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Auckland .. 295 13,558 8,395 23,389 25,818 19,543 31,358 18,862 7,138 12,764 160,825 45,876 9 11 683 7 5
Blenheim .. 20 674 382 1,147 1,180 951 1,452 1,065 389 798 8,038 2,488 5 6½ 35 16 6½
Christchurch .. 81 3,375 2,037 6,253 6,591 4,703 8,962 5,996 2,130 4,755 44,802 14,269 9 3 202 6 3
Dunedin .. 94 4,006 2,468 7,084 7,755 5,496 9,812 6,773 2,428 4,647 50,469 15,418 13 2½ 223 11 8½
Gisborne .. 25 1,043 595 1,632 1,673 1,311 2,110 1,478 567 1,408 11,817 3,818 16 6½ 53 6 6½
Greymouth .. 19 747 466 1,161 1,089 1,059 1,622 1,126 474 925 8,669 2,771 16 0½ 39 8 6½
Hokitika .. 14 263 190 409 410 351 527 416 154 393 3,113 1,034 15 8 14 6 8
Invercargill .. 53 1,923 1,377 3,586 3,858 3,315 5,217 3,654 1,295 2,401 26,626 8,160 4 2 119 3 8
Napier .. 64 2,824 1,690 5,393 5,294 3,669 5,890 3,985 1,592 3,016 33,353 9,837 9 1½ 143 2 1½
Nelson .. 35 1,005 725 1,893 1,830 1,552 2,303 1,589 546 1,047 12,490 3,636 3 3½ 53 18 9½
New Plymouth .. 49 2,049 1,462 3,929 4,169 3,345 5,263 3,775 1,463 2,874 28,329 8,930 0 6½ 127 13 0½
Oamaru .. 15 725 433 1,152 1,256 964 1,527 1,378 514 831 8,780 2,813 5 6 40 10 0
Thames .. 42 2,213 1,571 3,637 4,138 3,149 4,761 3,509 1,354 2,481 26,813 8,141 5 3½ 118 4 9½
Timaru .. 16 897 557 1,632 1,740 1,315 2,343 1,654 631 1,376 12,145 3,982 7 7 55 16 1
Wanganui .. 51 2,874 1,646 4,790 4,931 3,606 6,441 4,447 1,732 3,697 34,164 10,887 0 1½ 153 16 7½
Wellington .. 120 6,455 3,803 11,940 13,521 10,052 19,017 11,898 4,462 10,218 91,366 29,684 13 4½ 417 0 4½
Westport .. 23 434 280 730 788 656 1,002 678 249 464 5,281 1,576 0 0 23 3 0
Totals 4th qr. in 1916 1,016 45,065 28,077 79,757 86,041 65,037 109,607 72,283 27,118 54,095 567,080 173,326 15 2 2,504 12 2
Totals 4th qr. in 1915 1,014 46,777 28,968 80,439 90,715 65,127 113,878 87,695 28,228 55,120 596,947 184,957 7 2½ 2,685 11 8½

NUMBER OF POSTAL NOTES PAID.

POSTAL DISTRICTS. NUMBER OF POSTAL NOTES PAID. Total Amount of Postal Notes paid.
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 20s. Total. £ s. d.
Auckland .. 13,825 9,319 25,773 24,759 17,929 30,655 20,743 .. 8,074 13,574 164,651 47,416 8 0
Blenheim .. 250 134 461 406 332 590 432 .. 172 314 3,091 975 14 0
Christchurch 4,127 2,620 8,001 7,766 5,915 10,455 7,737 .. 2,809 6,294 55,724 17,943 19 0
Dunedin .. 4,841 3,051 9,008 8,882 6,528 11,161 8,419 .. 3,093 5,261 60,244 18,041 12 6
Gisborne .. 395 228 718 649 515 861 621 .. 269 540 4,796 1,534 10 6
Greymouth .. 368 209 530 499 440 718 579 .. 294 504 4,141 1,408 19 0
Hokitika .. 111 60 176 159 109 218 184 .. 74 156 1,247 421 17 6
Invercargill .. 1,192 984 2,385 2,100 1,852 3,088 2,342 .. 905 1,524 16,372 5,057 19 0
Napier .. 1,595 996 2,922 2,904 2,098 3,613 2,639 .. 1,086 1,866 19,719 6,027 12 0
Nelson .. 651 408 1,314 1,126 979 1,475 995 .. 392 760 8,100 2,402 8 0
New Plymouth .. 1,069 752 1,972 2,045 1,589 2,662 2,061 .. 853 1,605 14,608 4,741 15 6
Oamaru .. 268 170 541 753 391 762 562 .. 202 435 4,084 1,291 1 6
Thames .. 765 490 1,382 1,193 904 1,486 1,308 .. 578 899 9,005 2,855 18 6
Timaru .. 502 410 1,190 985 795 1,523 1,111 .. 415 986 7,917 2,650 14 6
Wanganui .. 1,669 955 3,741 2,546 1,988 3,295 2,464 .. 996 1,951 19,605 5,899 7 6
Wellington .. 13,894 7,570 19,444 29,359 23,597 37,652 21,263 .. 7,060 17,649 177,488 53,404 15 6
Westport .. 194 112 305 263 213 422 344 .. 138 279 2,270 773 8 6
Totals 4th qr. in 1916 45,716 28,468 79,863 86,394 66,174 110,636 73,804 .. 27,410 54,597 573,062 172,848 1 0
Totals 4th qr. in 1915 47,691 29,150 81,100 90,801 66,875 114,253 88,074 .. 28,570 55,271 601,785 183,360 18 6

General Post Office, Wellington, 29th January, 1917. W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.
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29 January 1917
Postal Notes, Transactions, Statistics, Postal Districts, Quarterly Transactions
  • W. R. Morris, Secretary