New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 78

Page 1880

✨ Postal and Telegraph 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 31st March, 1917.

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 .. 44 12 0 420 6 5 1,194 9 4 .. 6,482 16 1½ 8,142 3 10½ .. 13,048 7 7 105,801 3 1 118,849 10 8 126,991 14 ½
Auckland .. 2,412 4 8 968 8 8 52,071 11 1½ 612 4 5½ 18 4 10 56,082 13 9 22,921 1 11 1,522 17 11 176 19 3 24,620 19 1 80,703 12 10
Blenheim .. 315 8 8 47 9 4 2,280 5 0 34 5 10 1 4 4 2,678 13 2 1,844 5 10 1,815 14 11 58 8 4 3,713 9 1 6,392 2 3
Christchurch .. 1,515 16 11 334 3 2 27,692 3 11½ 195 16 4½ 14 7 10 29,752 8 3 11,390 12 5½ 1,213 10 1 327 0 2 12,931 2 8½ 42,683 10 11½
Dunedin .. 1,078 11 4 309 17 10 17,450 13 0 212 16 0 16 2 0 19,068 0 2 8,558 12 2½ 14,408 17 10 132 2 0 23,099 12 0½ 42,167 12 2½
Gisborne .. 721 18 2 104 8 3 3,593 10 11 42 14 9 4 4 0 4,466 16 1 3,789 19 11½ 4,988 19 4 10 15 6 8,789 14 9½ 13,256 10 10½
Greymouth .. 201 0 0 81 6 2 2,359 7 2½ 32 7 2½ 1 16 0 2,675 16 7 1,625 5 8½ 1,030 4 8 35 4 4 2,690 14 8½ 5,366 11 3½
Hokitika .. 85 1 10 15 10 5 740 6 8½ 12 3 2 0 4 6 853 6 7½ 644 13 9½ 325 17 6 6 1 0 976 12 3½ 1,829 18 11
Invercargill .. 833 8 7 134 9 4 8,778 5 0½ 114 18 4 4 19 0 9,866 0 3½ 4,739 3 6 5,614 4 10 101 7 1 10,454 15 5 20,320 15 8½
Napier .. 1,579 3 4 197 11 2 10,265 0 2½ 129 5 10½ 4 16 6 12,175 17 1 7,866 3 8½ 11,449 4 10 28 8 0 19,343 16 6½ 31,519 13 7½
Nelson .. 239 4 4 82 10 0 2,558 9 3 48 7 4 0 2 0 2,928 12 11 2,553 18 4½ 2,520 9 8 42 12 1 5,117 0 1½ 8,045 13 0½
New Plymouth .. 674 17 4 149 15 3 8,032 2 9½ 112 1 0 2 19 6 8,971 15 10½ 4,452 12 7 5,002 8 7 19 14 6 9,474 15 8 18,446 11 6½
Oamaru .. 184 5 0 36 3 0 2,885 3 1 38 2 3 1 13 6 3,145 6 10 1,580 15 9½ 1,436 8 10 15 14 0 3,032 18 7½ 6,178 5 5½
Thames.. 400 8 7 127 14 5 5,593 2 9 97 6 5½ 0 7 0 6,218 19 2½ 3,229 4 2 2,755 2 5 38 1 0 6,022 7 7 12,241 6 9½
Timaru .. 461 16 1 81 18 6 6,277 14 7½ 52 9 5½ 2 11 6 6,876 10 2 3,170 7 3 126 18 1 45 8 3 3,342 13 7 10,219 3 9
Wanganui .. 808 17 3 191 16 8 10,291 15 1 134 7 0 2 3 10 11,428 19 10 5,604 18 10½ 7,794 9 1½ 49 7 11 13,448 15 11 24,877 15 9
Wellington .. 2,416 1 8 910 15 9 58,912 3 1½ 400 1 5 11 17 8 62,650 19 7½ 27,966 19 9 1,740 9 6 231 16 2 29,939 5 5 92,590 5 0½
Westport .. 79 2 6 57 7 0 1,246 6 10 21 1 6½ 0 6 6 1,404 4 4½ 959 4 9 448 11 11 158 18 4 1,566 15 0 2,970 19 4½
Totals 1st quarter in 1917 14051 18 3 4,251 11 4 222,222 10 0½ 2,290 8 5½ 6,570 16 7½ 249,387 4 8½ 112,898 0 7½ 77,242 17 7½ 107,274 1 0 297,414 19 3 546,802 3 11½
Totals 1st quarter in 1916 13443 13 2 4,096 1 9 217,658 13 9½ 2,516 8 1½ 12,512 14 9½ 250,227 11 7½ 105,281 15 0 67,703 7 0 158,012 5 8 330,997 7 8 581,224 19 3½

General Post Office, Wellington, 2nd May, 1917. W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.



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Revenue, Postal, Telegraph, Statistics, Quarterly Report
  • W. R. Morris, Secretary