✨ Postal Note Transactions
Oct. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3303
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, 1919.
| 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 .. | 317 | 14,740 | 8,992 | 21,261 | 24,607 | 19,310 | 26,843 | 16,271 | 6,844 | 12,527 | 151,395 | 42,650 8 11 | 634 6 5 |
| Blenheim .. | 19 | 678 | 401 | 1,193 | 1,144 | 918 | 1,355 | 855 | 443 | 728 | 7,715 | 2,323 18 11 | 33 9 5 |
| Christchurch .. | 80 | 3,456 | 2,075 | 5,778 | 6,382 | 4,772 | 7,885 | 4,996 | 2,144 | 4,129 | 41,617 | 12,809 10 6½ | 183 10 0½ |
| Dunedin .. | 95 | 4,782 | 3,037 | 7,654 | 7,379 | 5,968 | 9,453 | 5,893 | 2,636 | 4,400 | 51,202 | 14,956 4 1 | 219 12 1 |
| Gisborne .. | 25 | 998 | 585 | 1,399 | 1,505 | 1,354 | 1,864 | 1,201 | 526 | 1,259 | 10,691 | 3,392 10 9½ | 47 12 9½ |
| Greymouth .. | 19 | 539 | 326 | 925 | 995 | 870 | 1,213 | 776 | 382 | 788 | 6,814 | 2,195 4 5½ | 30 13 11½ |
| Hokitika .. | 13 | 251 | 209 | 352 | 331 | 327 | 427 | 303 | 136 | 262 | 2,598 | 787 9 3½ | 11 7 3½ |
| Invercargill .. | 53 | 2,110 | 1,300 | 3,700 | 3,684 | 3,376 | 4,379 | 3,012 | 1,442 | 2,410 | 25,413 | 7,744 3 0 | 112 0 0 |
| Napier .. | 60 | 2,871 | 1,738 | 4,844 | 5,193 | 3,880 | 6,403 | 3,683 | 1,641 | 3,033 | 33,286 | 9,838 8 6 | 143 0 0 |
| Nelson .. | 37 | 993 | 695 | 1,790 | 1,820 | 1,417 | 2,115 | 1,362 | 569 | 899 | 11,660 | 3,305 13 3 | 49 6 9 |
| New Plymouth | 48 | 1,987 | 1,595 | 3,586 | 3,842 | 2,842 | 4,394 | 2,874 | 1,350 | 2,280 | 24,750 | 7,419 8 3 | 107 5 9 |
| Oamaru .. | 15 | 626 | 340 | 1,042 | 1,113 | 917 | 1,199 | 930 | 562 | 794 | 7,523 | 2,452 5 10½ | 34 7 4½ |
| Thames .. | 42 | 2,157 | 1,588 | 3,252 | 3,721 | 2,890 | 3,899 | 2,668 | 1,227 | 2,025 | 23,427 | 6,804 14 6 | 99 19 0 |
| Timaru .. | 18 | 923 | 550 | 1,459 | 1,786 | 1,308 | 2,168 | 1,446 | 632 | 1,216 | 11,488 | 3,659 10 3 | 51 15 3 |
| Wanganui .. | 50 | 2,593 | 1,774 | 4,207 | 4,849 | 3,696 | 5,645 | 3,855 | 1,865 | 3,394 | 31,878 | 10,118 5 2½ | 142 16 8½ |
| Wellington .. | 118 | 6,870 | 4,250 | 13,002 | 12,983 | 10,139 | 15,199 | 9,092 | 4,529 | 9,115 | 85,179 | 26,336 0 4½ | 372 6 10½ |
| Westport .. | 24 | 484 | 289 | 641 | 700 | 633 | 902 | 577 | 258 | 434 | 4,918 | 1,455 6 0 | 21 7 6 |
| Totals 3rd qr. in 1919 | 1,033 | 47,058 | 29,744 | 76,085 | 82,034 | 64,617 | 95,343 | 59,794 | 27,186 | 49,693 | 531,554 | 158,249 2 2½ | 2,294 17 2½ |
| 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 |
| POSTAL DISTRICTS. | NUMBER OF POSTAL NOTES PAID. | Total Amount of Postal Notes paid. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | £ s. d. | |
| Auckland .. | 13,817 | 9,769 | 23,844 | 23,589 | 17,539 | 28,026 | 17,172 | .. | 7,590 | 12,738 | 154,084 | 43,410 8 0 |
| Blenheim .. | 286 | 180 | 485 | 484 | 372 | 601 | 394 | .. | 201 | 311 | 3,314 | 1,001 12 0 |
| Christchurch | 4,036 | 2,499 | 7,221 | 7,328 | 5,266 | 9,323 | 5,989 | .. | 2,754 | 5,276 | 49,692 | 15,483 19 6 |
| Dunedin .. | 5,318 | 3,533 | 9,152 | 8,741 | 7,240 | 11,362 | 7,604 | .. | 3,249 | 5,114 | 61,308 | 17,817 14 0 |
| Gisborne .. | 401 | 267 | 710 | 696 | 570 | 883 | 609 | .. | 278 | 487 | 4,901 | 1,504 6 6 |
| Greymouth | 307 | 184 | 530 | 527 | 423 | 629 | 433 | .. | 272 | 430 | 3,735 | 1,219 4 6 |
| Hokitika .. | 109 | 56 | 163 | 151 | 131 | 226 | 134 | .. | 56 | 126 | 1,152 | 355 19 6 |
| Invercargill | 1,380 | 851 | 2,415 | 2,262 | 1,933 | 2,871 | 1,954 | .. | 1,034 | 1,579 | 16,279 | 4,996 5 6 |
| Napier .. | 1,954 | 1,154 | 3,232 | 3,221 | 2,440 | 3,764 | 2,500 | .. | 1,165 | 2,092 | 21,522 | 6,432 16 6 |
| Nelson .. | 715 | 488 | 1,333 | 1,260 | 939 | 1,514 | 958 | .. | 497 | 732 | 8,436 | 2,466 5 0 |
| New Plymouth | 1,089 | 788 | 1,983 | 2,114 | 1,578 | 2,611 | 1,731 | .. | 861 | 1,375 | 14,130 | 4,351 16 0 |
| Oamaru .. | 295 | 213 | 568 | 529 | 376 | 678 | 443 | .. | 223 | 311 | 3,636 | 1,079 6 0 |
| Thames .. | 761 | 542 | 1,297 | 1,228 | 967 | 1,565 | 1,042 | .. | 533 | 900 | 8,835 | 2,718 19 0 |
| Timaru .. | 525 | 323 | 986 | 972 | 631 | 1,300 | 910 | .. | 395 | 770 | 6,812 | 2,211 9 6 |
| Wanganui .. | 1,415 | 931 | 2,525 | 2,704 | 1,964 | 3,878 | 2,066 | .. | 1,080 | 1,745 | 18,308 | 5,583 3 6 |
| Wellington .. | 14,686 | 3,396 | 20,444 | 27,199 | 23,179 | 27,387 | 15,646 | .. | 6,666 | 14,926 | 158,529 | 44,880 7 6 |
| Westport .. | 183 | 100 | 283 | 293 | 207 | 366 | 264 | .. | 103 | 244 | 2,043 | 657 7 6 |
| Totals 3rd qr. in 1919 | 47,272 | 30,274 | 77,171 | 83,298 | 65,755 | 96,984 | 59,849 | .. | 26,957 | 49,156 | 536,716 | 156,171 0 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 |
General Post Office, Wellington, 25th October, 1919. W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.
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