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.

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🚂 Return of Revenue for Postal and Telegraph Services

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30 April 1919
Revenue, Postal, Telegraph, Quarterly Report
  • W. R. Morris, Secretary