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, 1918.

| | POSTAL REVENUE. | TELEGRAPH REVENUE. | Total Post | and | | | | |
|---|------------------|--------------------|------------|-----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|
| | Private Box and Bag Rents. | Money-order Commission. | Postages. | Postal-note Commission. | Miscellaneous Receipts (Postal). | Total Postal. | Telegrams. | Telephone Exchanges. | Miscellaneous Telegraph. | Total Telegraph. | Telegraph Revenue. |
| £ s. d. | £ 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 | 52 10 9 | 69 11 0 | 995 1 4 | ... | 493 0 4 | 1,610 3 5 | 12,228 5 6 | 51,644 18 0½ | 63,873 8 6½ | 65,483 6 11½ |
| Auckland | 2,516 6 4 | 1,024 6 8 | 57,612 8 8½ | 581 15 10½ | 19 4 0 | 61,754 1 7 | 24,304 17 1 | 1,918 16 5 | 512 12 10 | 26,736 6 4 | 88,490 7 11 |
| Blenheim | 328 10 5 | 42 1 6 | 2,332 4 4½ | 31 7 3 | 1 4 6 | 2,735 8 0½ | 1,908 16 11 | 1,975 0 3 | 44 0 0 | 3,927 17 2 | 6,663 5 2½ |
| Christchurch | 1,618 15 11 | 372 0 0 | 28,973 12 2 | 188 14 7 | 20 17 0 | 31,173 19 8 | 11,832 0 0½ | 1,489 0 10 | 304 10 8 | 13,625 11 6½ | 44,799 11 2½ |
| Dunedin | 1,091 6 8 | 311 12 2 | 17,347 0 11½ | 204 1 2 | 13 3 6 | 18,967 4 5½ | 9,250 12 11 | 15,395 0 5 | 206 7 0 | 24,852 0 4 | 43,819 4 9½ |
| Gisborne | 764 13 8 | 104 13 3 | 3,891 16 10 | 42 2 7½ | 1 8 10 | 4,804 15 2½ | 3,921 4 7 | 5,709 0 7 | 6 10 0 | 9,636 15 2 | 14,441 10 4½ |
| Greymouth | 202 16 6 | 78 2 10 | 2,243 14 1½ | 30 1 3½ | 1 0 0 | 2,555 14 9 | 1,719 6 7 | 1,026 2 2 | 25 0 0 | 2,770 8 9 | 5,326 3 6 |
| Hokitika | 82 14 9 | 15 8 3 | 634 10 5 | 11 14 4½ | 0 4 0 | 744 11 9½ | 611 0 4½ | 321 19 0 | 3 0 0 | 935 19 4½ | 1,680 11 2 |
| Invercargill | 782 4 7 | 135 8 6 | 8,542 9 11 | 108 16 5 | 3 17 6 | 9,572 16 11 | 5,140 12 10 | 6,096 17 5 | 41 12 7 | 11,279 2 10 | 20,851 19 9 |
| Napier | 1,676 8 8 | 194 16 5 | 10,346 6 5 | 125 17 0½ | 0 12 0 | 12,344 0 6½ | 7,943 2 3½ | 12,476 1 3½ | 74 16 0 | 20,493 19 7 | 32,838 0 1½ |
| Nelson | 226 10 11 | 84 15 6 | 3,607 4 9½ | 47 7 3 | 0 0 6 | 3,965 18 11½ | 2,410 13 9 | 2,799 12 6 | 28 2 6 | 5,238 8 9 | 9,204 7 8½ |
| New Plymouth | 720 11 6 | 143 6 10 | 8,222 9 4½ | 104 3 11½ | 2 2 6 | 9,192 8 2 | 4,368 11 8½ | 5,548 1 8 | 20 0 0 | 9,936 13 4½ | 19,129 1 6½ |
| Oamaru | 174 16 7 | 39 12 6 | 2,622 8 8½ | 38 14 2 | 1 18 6 | 2,877 10 5½ | 1,694 10 2 | 1,496 4 1 | 5 0 0 | 3,195 14 3 | 6,073 4 8½ |
| Thames | 452 18 7 | 141 14 11 | 5,510 11 10 | 97 3 0½ | 0 6 0 | 6,202 14 4½ | 3,349 0 3½ | 3,227 0 5 | 36 0 0 | 6,612 0 8½ | 12,814 15 1 |
| Timaru | 460 6 2 | 76 8 7 | 6,168 0 1 | 48 5 2 | 2 3 2 | 6,755 3 2 | 3,335 18 0 | 84 7 2 | 38 10 0 | 3,458 15 2 | 10,213 18 4 |
| Wanganui | 870 15 2 | 197 12 7 | 10,058 8 1½ | 130 13 0 | 2 1 4 | 11,259 5 2½ | 6,173 5 10½ | 8,697 13 3 | 74 16 0 | 14,945 15 1½ | 26,205 0 4 |
| Wellington | 2,488 14 4 | 997 8 5 | 60,489 11 1½ | 400 19 9 | 8 7 6 | 64,385 1 1½ | 29,375 6 9½ | 1,430 11 3 | 200 5 9 | 31,006 3 9½ | 95,391 4 11 |
| Westport | 81 3 6 | 63 11 9 | 1,188 8 6 | 22 0 5 | 0 11 6 | 1,355 15 8 | 1,000 11 11 | 449 19 0 | 121 16 3 | 1,572 7 2 | 2,928 2 10 |

Totals 1st quarter in 1918
14,593 5 0 4,092 11 8 230,785 16 9½ 2,218 17 4½ 572 2 8 252,256 13 0 118,339 12 1½ 82,369 13 2½ 53,387 17 7½ 254,097 2 11½ 506,353 16 5½

Totals 1st quarter in 1917
14,051 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

General Post Office, Wellington, 1st May, 1918.

W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.