✨ Postal and Telegraph Revenue Report
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 June, 1918.
| 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 .. | 6 0 0 | 447 5 2 | 653 10 1 | .. | 657 16 4 | 1,764 11 7 | .. | 2,109 6 10 | 118,789 17 0 | 120,899 3 10 | 122,663 15 5 |
| Auckland .. | 115 17 10 | 1,084 1 11 | 55,792 4 5 | 611 5 6 | 3 19 2 | 57,607 8 10 | 23,823 7 9 | 40,056 3 3½ | 49 17 5 | 63,929 8 5½ | 121,536 17 3½ |
| Blenheim .. | 5 17 3 | 47 18 0 | 2,425 5 9 | 32 18 8½ | 0 9 10 | 2,512 9 6½ | 1,738 1 8½ | 61 18 1 | 3 0 0 | 1,802 19 9½ | 4,315 9 4 |
| Christchurch .. | 57 18 0 | 391 13 3 | 30,595 17 1½ | 191 0 9 | .. | 31,236 9 1½ | 11,603 2 0 | 21,785 7 9 | 29 17 1 | 33,418 6 10 | 64,654 15 11½ |
| Dunedin .. | 28 7 5 | 319 8 4 | 18,860 12 3½ | 215 0 6 | 1 6 0 | 19,424 14 6½ | 8,963 7 0½ | 976 16 3½ | 2 6 2 | 9,942 9 6 | 29,367 4 0½ |
| Gisborne .. | 19 14 1 | 107 17 9 | 4,212 2 1½ | 46 4 3 | 0 3 6 | 4,386 1 8½ | 3,669 9 4½ | 433 19 2 | 4 12 6 | 4,108 1 0½ | 8,494 2 9 |
| Greymouth .. | 4 14 8 | 77 17 6 | 2,406 5 6½ | 33 4 10 | 0 5 2 | 2,522 7 8½ | 1,634 19 7½ | 37 15 5 | 3 7 10 | 1,676 2 10½ | 4,198 10 7 |
| Hokitika .. | 2 14 4 | 17 10 5 | 830 16 8½ | 13 0 6 | 0 0 6 | 864 2 5½ | 587 4 5½ | 9 18 3 | 0 12 4 | 597 15 0½ | 1,461 17 6 |
| Invercargill .. | 13 13 9 | 136 16 6 | 8,952 16 0½ | 109 10 7½ | 0 6 6 | 9,213 3 5 | 4,889 12 2 | 242 1 6 | 39 8 3 | 5,171 1 11 | 14,384 5 4 |
| Napier .. | 53 12 3 | 213 7 4 | 11,020 2 10 | 138 8 4 | 3 18 8 | 11,429 9 5 | 7,496 8 11½ | 601 15 2 | 0 11 6 | 8,098 15 7½ | 19,528 5 0½ |
| Nelson .. | 5 8 2 | 84 0 3 | 3,823 1 3 | 49 15 4 | 0 16 2 | 3,963 1 2 | 2,175 10 10 | 74 18 6 | 0 0 6 | 2,250 9 10 | 6,213 11 0 |
| New Plymouth .. | 31 16 10 | 156 16 9 | 9,023 12 4½ | 108 12 1 | 0 5 4 | 9,321 3 4½ | 4,243 8 1½ | 297 7 4 | 4 6 11 | 4,545 2 4½ | 13,866 5 9 |
| Oamaru .. | 7 7 3 | 41 15 6 | 2,973 8 4 | 37 3 8½ | 0 0 6 | 3,059 15 3½ | 1,658 2 9 | 32 4 2 | 0 7 6 | 1,690 14 5 | 4,750 9 8½ |
| Thames .. | 14 2 4 | 143 19 4 | 5,706 14 5 | 99 10 10½ | 0 2 6 | 5,964 9 5½ | 3,235 10 8½ | 197 15 2 | 8 13 10 | 3,441 19 8½ | 9,406 9 2 |
| Timaru .. | 6 16 2 | 87 8 9 | 6,821 1 8 | 49 8 4 | 0 2 0 | 6,964 16 11 | 3,175 1 1½ | 4,114 14 11 | 2 5 3 | 7,292 1 3½ | 14,256 18 2½ |
| Wanganui .. | 31 7 0 | 206 11 0 | 11,224 14 8½ | 132 14 3 | 0 6 2 | 11,595 13 1½ | 5,755 1 3½ | 510 3 6 | 14 15 2 | 6,279 19 11½ | 17,875 13 1 |
| Wellington .. | 101 17 8 | 1,074 16 4 | 63,641 2 0½ | 403 5 4 | 2 16 8 | 65,223 18 0½ | 30,518 8 10½ | 34,225 6 2 | 14 1 11 | 64,757 16 11½ | 1,308 0 0 |
| Westport .. | 3 1 1 | 62 15 3 | 1,367 12 0 | 24 2 3 | 0 3 0 | 1,457 13 7 | 999 18 8½ | 24 10 5 | 21 15 5 | 1,046 4 6½ | 2,503 18 1½ |
| Totals, 2nd quarter in 1918 | 510 6 1 | 4,701 19 4 | 240,330 19 8½ | 2,295 6 2 | 672 18 0 | 248,511 9 3½ | 116,166 15 6 | 105,792 1 11 | 118,989 16 7 | 340,948 14 0 | 589,460 3 3½ |
| Totals, 2nd quarter in 1917 | 467 6 4 | 4,023 11 9 | 230,547 17 11½ | 2,279 4 11 | 896 0 5 | 238,214 1 4½ | 109,783 19 8½ | 94,854 14 9 | 1,767 2 0 | 206,405 16 5½ | 444,619 17 10 |
General Post Office, Wellington, 24th July, 1918. W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.
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- W. R. Morris, Secretary