Postal Note Transactions




Oct. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3629

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 30th September, 1918.

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 20/0 Total. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Auckland .. 308 14,200 9,303 22,380 25,518 19,974 27,366 16,825 7,022 12,195 154,783 43,193 8 6½ 646 7 0½
Blenheim .. 20 692 406 1,148 1,147 965 1,328 933 376 663 7,658 2,244 10 7½ 33 1 1½
Christchurch .. 80 3,606 2,037 5,995 6,854 4,679 8,341 5,002 2,255 4,137 42,906 13,093 8 0 187 14 6
Dunedin .. 96 4,463 2,636 7,621 7,800 6,037 9,356 6,014 2,590 4,249 50,766 14,819 3 3 218 3 3
Gisborne .. 25 1,046 623 1,508 1,622 1,298 2,036 1,301 522 1,218 11,174 3,465 10 1½ 49 4 7½
Greymouth .. 19 728 769 1,160 1,075 838 1,315 852 355 848 7,940 2,373 0 5 33 17 5
Hokitika .. 13 266 207 315 369 378 477 292 148 291 2,743 842 9 3½ 12 1 3½
Invercargill .. 54 2,111 1,489 3,689 3,793 3,243 4,625 3,235 1,316 2,362 25,863 7,782 18 7 113 9 7
Napier .. 62 2,816 1,916 4,787 4,807 4,064 5,787 3,774 1,640 3,066 32,657 9,744 19 8 141 11 2
Nelson .. 35 1,051 727 1,591 1,729 1,493 2,093 1,342 590 914 11,530 3,306 5 7 49 5 7
New Plymouth .. 48 1,967 1,324 3,764 3,962 2,974 4,532 3,019 1,258 2,228 25,028 7,437 16 8½ 108 8 8½
Oamaru .. 15 639 387 1,219 1,267 993 1,400 1,044 553 770 8,222 2,580 2 2 36 18 2
Thames .. 41 2,355 1,693 3,433 3,712 3,207 4,334 2,926 1,203 2,013 24,876 7,100 14 11½ 105 18 5½
Timaru .. 17 906 516 1,450 1,793 1,193 2,046 1,374 546 1,054 10,878 3,342 1 5½ 47 19 11½
Wanganui .. 50 2,638 1,533 4,428 4,756 3,465 5,717 3,514 1,540 3,158 30,749 9,437 13 9½ 134 10 3½
Wellington .. 120 7,209 3,973 12,486 14,749 11,560 16,997 10,283 4,447 9,815 91,519 28,429 4 3½ 403 11 3½
Westport .. 23 562 322 740 743 761 891 636 289 578 5,522 1,693 2 3½ 24 6 9½
Totals 3rd qr. in 1918 1,026 47,255 29,811 77,714 85,696 67,122 98,641 62,366 26,650 49,559 544,814 160,886 9 9 2,346 9 3
Totals 3rd qr. in 1917 1,020 48,502 30,589 83,100 89,067 67,527 104,541 66,219 26,177 48,593 564,315 164,177 10 3 2,415 6 3

Number of Postal Notes Paid.

Postal Districts. 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 20/0 Total. Total Amount of Postal Notes paid.
Auckland .. 13,549 9,320 24,318 23,987 17,444 28,725 18,546 .. 7,812 13,101 156,802 £ s. d. 44,837 9 6
Blenheim .. 279 150 487 425 342 527 422 .. 167 300 3,099 946 6 6
Christchurch .. 4,251 2,526 7,330 7,506 6,140 9,944 6,321 .. 2,777 5,628 52,423 16,351 10 0
Dunedin .. 5,049 3,333 9,453 9,084 6,935 11,584 7,444 .. 3,093 4,852 60,827 17,413 4 6
Gisborne .. 419 259 780 705 536 905 624 .. 275 527 5,030 1,558 8 0
Greymouth .. 395 456 579 526 442 740 518 .. 256 475 4,387 1,354 18 0
Hokitika .. 82 60 154 130 125 164 139 .. 50 86 990 293 0 0
Invercargill .. 1,418 923 2,628 2,258 1,911 3,025 2,151 .. 1,031 1,566 16,911 5,142 16 6
Napier .. 1,869 1,243 3,340 3,079 2,317 4,033 2,438 .. 1,159 2,083 21,561 6,432 12 0
Nelson .. 685 479 1,193 1,207 938 1,516 981 .. 448 759 8,206 2,445 11 0
New Plymouth .. 1,084 735 2,062 2,151 1,573 2,651 1,817 .. 805 1,316 14,194 4,311 7 0
Oamaru .. 340 226 577 601 402 764 467 .. 242 317 3,936 1,150 1 6
Thames .. 763 516 1,303 1,279 896 1,645 976 .. 522 750 8,650 2,542 3 6
Timaru .. 508 282 1,026 976 644 1,304 906 .. 403 645 6,694 2,094 0 0
Wanganui .. 1,507 824 2,639 2,519 1,944 3,778 2,099 .. 983 1,700 17,993 5,438 15 6
Wellington .. 13,664 7,852 18,976 27,820 21,790 26,316 15,137 .. 6,274 13,658 151,487 42,426 14 0
Westport .. 166 125 305 261 208 437 245 .. 102 275 2,124 695 5 0
Totals 3rd qr. in 1918 46,028 29,309 77,150 84,514 64,587 98,058 61,231 .. 26,399 48,038 535,314 155,434 2 6
Totals 3rd qr. in 1917 47,735 29,959 82,509 88,618 67,228 104,861 65,960 .. 26,351 48,601 561,822 161,605 10 6

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



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22 October 1918
Postal Notes, Transactions, Quarterly Report, Statistics
  • W. R. Morris, Secretary