Postal 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 30th September, 1918.

Private Box and Bag Rents. Money-order Commission. Postages. Postal-note Commission. Miscellaneous Receipts (Postal). Total Postal. Telegrams. Telephone Exchanges. Miscellaneous Telegraph. Total Telegraph. Total Post and Telegraph Revenue.
£ 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 .. 4 12 8 117 3 6 689 2 9 .. 203 16 11½ 1,014 15 10½ .. 122 16 2 1,420 10 8 1,543 6 10 2,558 2 8½
Auckland .. 291 4 5 1,044 6 1 59,552 14 6½ 646 7 0½ 2 10 2 61,537 2 3 22,917 5 11½ 2,135 7 10 32 7 3 25,085 1 0½ 86,622 3 3½
Blenheim .. 18 18 9 46 16 3 2,469 8 11½ 83 1 1½ 0 5 2 2,568 10 3 1,668 0 2½ 2,051 12 0 5 12 9 3,725 4 11½ 6,293 15 2½
Christchurch .. 111 19 3 350 9 5 30,206 2 11 187 14 6 0 12 0 30,856 18 1 10,507 17 4 1,371 17 10 2 11 3 11,882 6 5 42,739 4 6
Dunedin .. 36 17 9 302 15 2 18,792 16 7½ 218 3 3 2 3 6 19,352 16 3½ 8,184 14 3½ 15,991 1 8 13 2 10 24,188 18 9½ 43,541 15 1
Gisborne .. 10 14 11 100 16 6 4,554 19 0½ 49 4 7½ 0 13 6 4,716 8 7 3,664 9 10½ 6,154 6 11 1 0 0 9,819 16 9½ 14,536 5 4½
Greymouth .. 6 3 8 82 3 0 2,469 6 4 33 17 5 0 0 6 2,591 10 11 1,560 17 0½ 1,025 5 5 1 18 6 2,588 0 11½ 5,179 11 10½
Hokitika .. 5 14 3 17 3 2 709 17 9½ 12 1 3½ 0 5 0 745 1 6 585 0 6 328 11 1 0 2 6 913 14 1 1,658 15 7
Invercargill .. 37 12 0 129 12 11 9,116 3 2½ 113 . 9 7 0 8 0 9,397 5 8½ 4,692 10 0 6,317 7 10 8 11 2 11,018 9 0 20,415 14 8½
Napier .. 49 12 7 197 8 9 11,360 9 5 141 11 2 0 10 0 11,749 11 11 7,443 13 5½ 12,575 1 4½ 5 4 3 20,023 19 1 31,773 11 0
Nelson .. 18 14 1 79 10 3 3,585 0 4½ 49 5 7 1 18 6 3,734 8 9½ 2,099 0 4½ 2,948 1 10 5 11 8 5,052 13 10½ 8,787 2 8
New Plymouth .. 59 15 2 147 8 10 9,908 8 0 108 8 8½ 0 9 0 10,224 9 8½ 4,352 5 9½ 5,831 10 10½ 4 11 11 10,188 8 7 20,412 18 3½
Oamaru .. 9 2 3 37 0 0 2,876 2 1 36 18 2 0 11 6 2,959 14 0 1,462 16 9 1,535 10 11 .. 2,998 7 8 5,958 1 8
Thames.. 43 7 8 140 10 7 5,762 17 7½ 105 18 5½ 0 2 8 6,052 17 0 3,261 4 5½ 3,497 6 9 0 7 6 6,758 18 8½ 12,811 15 8½
Timaru .. 20 4 4 79 12 6 6,309 14 0 47 19 11½ 0 9 0 6,457 19 9½ 3,182 13 4 96 1 5 .. 3,278 14 9 9,736 14 6½
Wanganui .. 60 6 4 185 2 8 10,894 17 4½ 134 10 3½ 0 11 4 11,275 8 0 5,632 11 5 8,422 10 0 0 7 0 14,055 8 5 25,330 16 5
Wellington .. 182 3 10 1,081 16 11 62,133 1 3½ 403 11 3½ 3 16 0 63,804 9 4 30,068 19 0 1,790 14 11½ 3 6 0 31,862 19 11½ 95,667 9 3½
Westport .. 6 1 11 59 9 0 1,214 9 3 24 6 9½ 0 7 6 1,304 14 5½ 958 14 2 461 10 4 0 5 0 1,420 9 6 2,725 3 11½
Totals, 3rd quarter in 1918 973 5 10 4,199 5 6 242,605 11 7 2,346 9 3 219 10 3½ 250,344 2 5½ 112,242 13 11½ 72,656 15 2½ 1,505 10 3 186,404 19 5 436,749 1 10½
Totals, 3rd quarter in 1917 733 2 8 4,262 7 6 224,671 19 4½ 2,415 6 3 180 7 6 232,263 3 3½ 105,697 12 4½ 67,524 5 1½ 4,253 11 1 177,475 8 7 409,738 11 10½

General Post Office, Wellington, 22nd October, 1918. W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.



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22 October 1918
Revenue, Postal, Telegraph, Statistics, Quarterly Report
  • W. R. Morris, Secretary