✨ 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, 1919.
| 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 .. | 0 9 10 | 183 1 8 | 187 19 8 | .. | 123 5 6½ | 494 16 3½ | 3,907 14 2 | 1,794 5 7 | 2,043 12 2 | 7,745 11 11 | 8,240 8 2½ |
| Auckland .. | 801 12 11 | 1,291 9 7 | 66,787 18 0½ | 634 6 5 | 3 7- 6 | 69,018 14 5½ | 32,744 7 2½ | 2,435 3 8 | 34 3 3 | 35,213 14 1½ | 104,232 8 7 |
| Blenheim .. | 16 2 8 | 52 11 8 | 2,347 14 7½ | 33 9 5 | 0 0 2 | 2,449 18 6½ | 2,122 11 0½ | 2,184 1 5 | .. | 4,306 12 5½ | 6,756 11 0 |
| Christchurch .. | 106 9 1 | 455 12 10 | 29,524 0 1 | 183 10 0½ | 1 9 0 | 30,271 1 0½ | 14,381 8 10 | 2,272 6 4 | 29 19 3 | 16,683 14 5 | 46,954 15 5½ |
| Dunedin .. | 47 13 7 | 394 16 7 | 17,600 10 11 | 219 12 1 | 1 10 0 | 18,264 3 2 | 11,123 11 9½ | 16,899 10 7½ | 22 8 7 | 28,045 11 0 | 46,309 14 2 |
| Gisborne .. | 15 1 6 | 126 12 6 | 4,579 12 4½ | 47 12 9½ | 0 6 0 | 4,769 5 2 | 4,540 12 3½ | 6,784 15 7 | 1 17 6 | 11,327 5 4½ | 16,096 10 6½ |
| Greymouth .. | 9 4 2 | 89 16 6 | 2,872 19 8 | 30 13 11½ | .. | 2,502 14 3½ | 1,715 9 9½ | 1,103 0 7 | 2 2 0 | 2,820 12 4½ | 5,323 6 8 |
| Hokitika .. | 2 12 9 | 18 19 3 | 650 9 8 | 11 7 3½ | .. | 683 8 11½ | 637 19 7 | 353 16 4 | .. | 991 15 11 | 1,675 4 10½ |
| Invercargill .. | 31 19 11 | 160 1 9 | 8,419 16 2½ | 112 0 0 | 0 14 0 | 8,724 11 10½ | 5,940 3 8½ | 7,213 6 9 | 38 13 10 | 13,192 4 3½ | 21,916 16 2 |
| Napier .. | 51 12 8 | 236 1 9 | 11,449 15 4½ | 143 0 0 | 0 6 6 | 11,880 16 3½ | 9,106 6 4½ | 14,237 14 1 | 3 10 9 | 23,347 11 2½ | 35,228 7 6 |
| Nelson .. | 14 0 8 | 90 16 3 | 3,633 18 6 | 49 6 9 | 0 14 4 | 3,788 16 6 | 2,646 5 11½ | 3,283 15 0 | .. | 5,880 0 11½ | 9,668 17 5½ |
| New Plymouth .. | 36 5 8 | 173 9 7 | 9,690 10 0½ | 107 5 9 | 0 1 6 | 10,007 12 6½ | 5,808 2 1½ | 6,475 9 11 | 6 7 6 | 12,299 19 6½ | 22,297 12 1 |
| Oamaru .. | 7 14 8 | 49 5 1 | 2,816 9 6 | 34 7 4½ | 0 0 6 | 2,907 17 1½ | 2,014 14 0 | 1,733 19 8 | .. | 3,748 13 8 | 6,656 10 9½ |
| Thames.. | 48 13 5 | 167 15 0 | 5,835 . 1 8½ | 99 19 0 | 0 2 8 | 6,151 11 9½ | 4,400 15 6½ | 3,983 3 4 | 2 4 0 | 8,386 2 10½ | 14,537 14 8 |
| Timaru .. | 18 11 11 | 101 0 0 | 6,243 0 4 | 51 15 3 | 0 2 6 | 6,414 10 0 | 4,133 11 9½ | 295 7 2 | 0 14 6 | 4,429 13 5½ | 10,844 3 5½ |
| Wanganui .. | 45 10 5 | 227 3 0 | 11,038 11 0½ | 142 16 8½ | 0 10 10 | 11,454 12 0 | 7,426 4 8 | 9,307 19 2 | 1 11 0 | 16,735 14 10 | 28,190 6 10 |
| Wellington .. | 169 9 10 | 1,024 12 4 | 56,962 14 2½ | 372 6 10½ | 4 5 8 | 58,533 8 11 | 31,392 4 10 | 1,805 .3 8 | 44 5 4 | 33,241 13 10 | 91,775 2 9 |
| Westport .. | 3 5 11 | 67 8 0 | 1,274 13 11½ | 21 7 6 | .. | 1,366 15 4½ | 1,012 2 5½ | 523 11 5 | 15 0 0 | 1,550 13 10½ | 2,917 9 3 |
| Totals, 3rd quarter in 1919 | 926 11 7 | 4,910 13 4 | 241,415 15 6 | 2,294 17 2½ | 136 16 8½ | 249,684 14 4 | 145,054 6 2 | 82,636 10 3½ | 2,246 9 8 | 229,937 6 1½ | 479,622 0 5½ |
| 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 |
General Post Office, Wellington, 25th October, 1919. W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.
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🚂 Transport & Communications25 October 1919
Revenue, Postal Districts, Telegrams, Telephone Exchanges, Statistics
- W. R. Morris, Secretary