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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25 October 1919
Postal Notes, Postal Districts, Statistics, Quarterly Report
  • W. R. Morris, Secretary