Postal Note Transactions




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 8

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 31st December, 1917.

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 .. 303 15,063 10,065 23,628 25,456 19,118 28,678 17,027 6,958 12,170 158,163 43,647 1 6 655 1 0
Blenheim .. 20 693 468 1,222 1,229 982 1,358 934 433 665 7,984 2,323 6 8 34 4 2
Christchurch .. 81 3,534 2,305 6,277 7,039 4,781 8,690 5,551 2,054 4,361 44,592 13,619 11 0½ 195 15 0½
Dunedin .. 96 4,517 2,558 7,390 7,857 5,677 9,506 6,036 2,563 4,190 50,294 14,713 9 4 216 6 10
Gisborne .. 25 908 621 1,506 1,535 1,142 1,963 1,305 498 1,235 10,713 3,405 5 6 47 15 6
Greymouth .. 19 699 433 1,114 1,179 998 1,484 1,063 378 822 8,170 2,520 4 8½ 36 6 8½
Hokitika .. 13 289 188 416 411 386 539 370 162 317 3,078 951 6 5 13 12 11
Invercargill .. 53 2,018 1,232 3,711 3,827 3,233 4,680 3,238 1,309 2,358 25,606 7,769 9 3 112 19 9
Napier .. 63 2,760 1,801 4,684 5,108 3,880 5,794 3,864 1,583 2,916 32,390 9,585 12 6½ 139 18 0½
Nelson .. 35 1,091 673 1,876 1,838 1,410 2,255 1,378 634 1,067 12,222 3,581 9 4 52 6 10
New Plymouth 48 1,977 1,500 3,996 4,212 3,157 4,785 3,434 1,306 2,585 26,952 8,207 3 6½ 118 9 6½
Oamaru .. 15 750 320 1,403 1,346 1,133 1,561 1,068 529 869 8,979 2,769 5 7½ 39 14 7½
Thames .. 41 2,271 1,692 3,876 4,078 3,121 4,492 2,991 1,199 2,241 25,961 7,474 16 9 110 2 9½
Timaru .. 16 857 581 1,638 1,761 1,169 2,340 1,521 603 1,142 11,612 3,637 7 3½ 51 18 3½
Wanganui .. 52 2,736 1,566 4,694 4,983 3,468 6,146 3,799 1,628 3,207 32,227 9,871 17 1½ 141 2 7½
Wellington .. 121 8,209 4,328 12,999 14,572 11,056 18,262 11,345 4,700 10,609 96,080 30,314 13 8 427 16 8
Westport .. 23 572 325 794 776 681 1,006 695 262 465 5,576 1,616 0 10½ 24 0 4½
Totals 4th qr. in 1917 1,024 48,944 30,656 81,224 87,207 65,392 103,539 65,619 26,799 51,219 560,599 166,008 11 2½ 2,417 11 8½
Totals 4th qr. in 1916 1,016 45,065 28,077 79,757 86,041 65,037 109,607 72,283 27,118 54,095 567,080 173,326 15 2 2,504 12 2

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 .. 14,540 10,136 26,393 25,426 18,141 31,483 19,501 .. 7,817 13,648 167,085 £ s. d. 47,157 18 0
Blenheim .. 261 184 471 444 339 554 391 .. 173 294 3,111 938 1 0
Christchurch 4,537 2,901 8,552 8,207 6,495 10,598 7,125 .. 2,763 5,732 56,910 17,316 0 0
Dunedin .. 5,149 3,351 9,507 9,067 7,194 11,601 8,058 .. 3,093 5,053 62,073 17,973 19 0
Gisborne .. 447 319 806 763 550 1,005 632 .. 293 481 5,296 1,572 15 0
Greymouth .. 334 214 557 514 467 801 542 .. 230 460 4,119 1,326 10 0
Hokitika .. 88 42 134 132 95 179 159 .. 55 121 1,005 338 4 0
Invercargill 1,338 836 2,421 2,269 1,789 2,921 1,981 .. 981 1,550 16,086 4,930 3 6
Napier .. 1,776 1,138 3,166 3,216 2,241 3,868 2,521 .. 1,136 1,916 20,978 6,224 8 0
Nelson .. 767 445 1,253 1,198 980 1,519 945 .. 457 790 8,354 2,478 15 6
New Plymouth 1,375 782 2,338 2,259 1,498 2,733 2,167 .. 874 1,523 15,549 4,813 10 6
Oamaru .. 315 179 619 597 390 768 477 .. 246 413 4,004 1,252 4 0
Thames .. 875 479 1,409 1,289 979 1,702 1,149 .. 518 915 9,315 2,832 1 0
Timaru .. 522 296 1,056 962 653 1,330 914 .. 424 784 6,941 2,263 12 0
Wanganui 1,608 940 2,658 2,703 1,911 3,357 2,143 .. 1,086 1,728 18,134 5,494 9 6
Wellington 14,285 7,934 19,320 26,763 22,005 27,416 16,758 .. 6,338 15,089 155,908 44,962 18 6
Westport .. 170 111 326 294 217 396 310 .. 110 308 2,242 763 4 6
Totals 4th qr. in 1917 48,387 30,287 80,986 86,103 65,944 102,231 55,773 .. 26,594 50,805 557,110 162,638 14 0
Totals 4th qr. in 1916 45,716 28,468 79,863 86,394 66,174 110,636 73,804 .. 27,410 54,597 573,062 172,848 1 0

General Post Office, Wellington, 23rd January, 1918.

W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.



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23 January 1918
Postal Notes, Postal Districts, Quarterly Statistics, Revenue
  • W. R. Morris, Secretary