✨ Postal and Telegraph Revenue
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, 1919.
| POSTAL REVENUE. | TELEGRAPH REVENUE. | Total Post and Telegraph Revenue. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private Box and Bag Rents. | Money-order Commission. | Postages. | Postal-note Commission. | Miscellaneous Receipts (Postal). | Total Postal. | Telegrams. | Telephone Exchanges. | Miscellaneous Telegraph. | Total Telegraph. | ||
| £ 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 0 6 | 179 4 6 | 1,117 4 7 | .. | 432 1 5 | 1,780 11 0 | .. | 11,988 14 1 | 5,403 2 6½ | 17,291 16 7½ | 19,072 7 7½ |
| Auckland .. | 2,705 5 2 | 1,094 0 7 | 56,444 7 1½ | 628 7 4 | 25 13 0 | 60,897 13 2½ | 26,636 0 10½ | 1,957 1 3½ | 803 0 5 | 28,896 2 7 | 89,793 15 9½ |
| Blenheim .. | 373 5 2 | 49 2 4 | 2,508 4 0½ | 81 4 4 | 0 1 8 | 2,961 17 6½ | 2,056 7 0½ | 2,115 16 0 | 52 10 0 | 4,224 13 0½ | 7,186 10 7 |
| Christchurch .. | 1,776 5 11 | 388 3 6 | 28,311 7 1 | 190 16 1 | 19 19 0 | 30,686 11 7 | 12,717 9 7½ | 1,693 17 1 | 142 15 7 | 14,554 2 3½ | 45,240 13 10½ |
| Dunedin .. | 1,141 6 7 | 319 1 4 | 16,708 11 8½ | 204 19 1 | 23 5 6 | 18,397 4 2½ | 10,334 18 11 | 16,409 17 1½ | 276 14 1 | 27,021 10 1½ | 45,418 14 4 |
| Gisborne .. | 779 0 0 | 109 12 2 | 4,141 17 8½ | 43 19 4 | 6 10 6 | 5,080 19 8½ | 4,222 12 8 | 6,469 4 11 | 13 0 0 | 10,704 17 7 | 15,785 17 3½ |
| Greymouth .. | 214 2 9 | 79 18 0 | 2,198 5 8 | 26 14 2½ | 0 18 0 | 2,519 18 7½ | 1,753 4 1 | 1,052 19 11 | 31 0 0 | 2,837 4 0 | 5,357 2 7½ |
| Hokitika .. | 87 14 2 | 16 0 11 | 596 10 8½ | 12 1 11½ | 0 9 0 | 712 16 9 | 641 1 2 | 334 5 0 | 3 0 0 | 978 6 2 | 1,691 2 11 |
| Invercargill .. | 808 9 4 | 144 2 11 | 8,220 0 1½ | 111 12 5½ | 6 0 0 | 9,290 4 10 | 5,543 19 9 | 6,761 5 3 | 22 10 9 | 12,327 15 9 | 21,618 0 7 |
| Napier .. | 1,699 8 10 | 220 4 0 | 10,277 3 2 | 126 9 9½ | 4 17 8 | 12,328 3 5½ | 8,469 16 2½ | 13,821 5 5½ | 72 7 6 | 21,863 9 2 | 34,191 12 7½ |
| Nelson .. | 247 5 7 | 87 15 9 | 3,518 0 2½ | 47 16 0 | 1 5 0 | 3,902 2 6½ | 2,701 0 4 | 3,085 0 8 | 33 1 11 | 5,819 2 11 | 9,721 5 5½ |
| New Plymouth .. | 788 12 1 | 154 9 9 | 8,812 18 2 | 99 4 2½ | 3 10 11 | 9,858 15 1½ | 5,010 3 0 | 6,264 12 8½ | 27 8 10 | 11,302 4 6½ | 21,160 19 8 |
| Oamaru .. | 186 7 11 | 41 14 1 | 2,676 15 5 | 33 6 10½ | 2 15 0 | 2,940 19 3½ | 1,853 17 8 | 1,646 10 6 | 5 18 11 | 3,506 7 1 | 6,447 6 4½ |
| Thames.. | 447 9 7 | 142 4 2 | 5,401 18 4 | 91 5 3 | 0 4 0 | 6,083 1 4 | 3,619 14 1 | 3,660 13 5 | 41 1 0 | 7,321 8 6 | 13,404 9 10 |
| Timaru .. | 440 10 0 | 89 5 9 | 6,024 11 0 | 49 1 6½ | 2 10 0 | 6,606 2 3½ | 3,768 4 0½ | 194 6 0 | 48 10 3 | 4,011 0 3½ | 10,617 2 7 |
| Wanganui .. | 970 14 10 | 206 8 4 | 10,133 2 0 | 126 14 4½ | 1 17 0 | 11,438 16 6½ | 6,721 9 2 | 9,196 7 5½ | 43 4 0 | 15,961 0 7½ | 27,399 17 2 |
| Wellington .. | 2,703 19 5 | 1,120 9 3 | 59,114 7 8 | 356 7 6 | 16 4 6 | 63,311 8 4 | 30,757 5 10 | 1,750 17 10 | 209 1 7 | 32,717 5 3 | 96,028 13 7 |
| Westport .. | 66 12 6 | 61 18 0 | 1,206 16 9½ | 21 18 10½ | 1 2 6 | 1,358 4 8 | 1,023 19 10 | 473 8 7 | 132 5 0 | 1,629 13 5 | 2,987 18 1 |
| Totals, 1st quarter in 1919 | 15,488 10 4 | 4,503 15 4 | 227,412 1 6 | 2,201 19 2½ | 549 4 8 | 250,155 11 0½ | 127,831 4 3½ | 88,276 3 3½ | 6,860 12 4½ | 222,967 19 11½ | 473,123 11 0 |
| Totals, 1st quarter in 1918 | 14,592 5 0 | 4,092 11 8 | 230,785 16 9½ | 2,213 17 4½ | 572 2 8 | 252,256 13 6 | 118,339 12 1½ | 82,369 13 2½ | 53,387 17 7½ | 254,097 2 11½ | 506,353 16 5½ |
General Post Office, Wellington, 30th April, 1919.
W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.
[No. 43] 956
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Revenue, Postal, Telegraph, Quarterly Report
- W. R. Morris, Secretary