Postal and Telegraph Revenue Report




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 June, 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. 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 .. .. 336 6 9 336 19 0 .. 237 14 1½ 910 19 10½ 3,970 10 2 2,112 11 11 4,074 14 5½ 10,157 16 6½ 11,068 16 5
Auckland .. 139 10 11 1,240 8 1 61,925 10 2½ 662 18 10½ 4 7 4 63,972 15 5 30,351 16 6½ 43,763 9 11½ 49 14 11 74,165 1 5 138,137 16 10
Blenheim .. 13 1 2 55 15 0 2,424 10 4 32 8 6 1 5 0 2,527 0 0 2,124 3 0½ 61 12 0 .. 2,185 15 0½ 4,712 15 0½
Christchurch .. 78 18 10 459 7 6 31,374 5 7½ 187 8 9½ 2 6 2 32,102 6 11 13,774 0 10½ 23,108 13 4 9 8 3 36,892 2 5½ 68,994 9 4½
Dunedin .. 35 8 7 360 19 9 17,643 10 9 218 8 6 4 14 0 18,263 1 7 10,750 0 8½ 989 2 10 15 16 11 11,755 0 5½ 30,018 2 0½
Gisborne .. 24 15 5 130 19 3 4,141 19 11½ 46 4 10½ 0 11 2 4,344 10 8 4,441 8 5 290 4 2 1 10 0 4,733 2 7 9,077 13 3
Greymouth .. 2 10 1 79 13 0 2,389 14 10½ 30 19 10 0 6 6 2,503 4 3½ 1,658 8 7½ 16 5 5 .. 1,674 14 0½ 4,177 18 4
Hokitika .. 2 0 5 17 2 4 782 19 3 12 14 7½ 0 0 6 814 17 1½ 634 19 10 10 8 0 .. 645 7 10 1,460 4 11½
Invercargill .. 20 14 10 150 0 11 8,674 8 5½ 114 14 9 1 1 2 8,961 0 1½ 5,718 6 6 320 11 2 9 10 11 6,048 8 7 15,009 8 8½
Napier .. 55 3 3 237 0 0 10,782 14 6½ 140 5 1½ 0 5 0 11,215 7 11 8,858 5 5½ 711 0 9½ 1 19 4 9,571 5 7 20,786 13 6
Nelson .. 13 8 7 99 5 9 3,605 17 0 48 11 11 0 3 2 3,767 6 5 2,724 1 6½ 93 8 8 7 10 9 2,825 0 11½ 6,592 7 4½
New Plymouth .. 23 1 8 173 16 11 9,353 4 10½ 104 13 1 0 1 4 9,654 17 10½ 5,214 2 10 262 4 11 13 5 0 5,489 12 9 15,144 10 7½
Oamaru .. 12 3 1 46 17 9 2,820 1 6½ 36 12 3 0 1 0 2,915 15 7½ 1,977 16 6 43 13 1 .. 2,021 9 7 4,937 5 2½
Thames .. 14 4 4 163 14 8 5,798 8 0½ 99 5 6 1 3 6 6,076 16 0½ 3,891 4 11 327 6 8 0 12 11 4,219 4 6 10,296 0 6½
Timaru .. 9 3 0 94 1 10 6,388 1 3 52 6 9½ 0 9 6 6,544 2 4½ 4,050 5 7½ 4,368 8 9 2 6 6 8,421 0 10½ 14,965 3 3
Wanganui .. 20 17 7 230 14 1 11,298 18 0 134 12 8½ 0 13 10 11,685 16 2½ 7,039 3 1 426 0 9 7 7 2 7,472 11 0 19,158 7 2½
Wellington .. 147 4 1 1,244 14 10 54,666 10 2½ 359 8 10½ 4 11 5 56,422 9 5 29,489 2 7½ 36,433 14 10 34 12 4 65,957 9 9½ 122,379 19 2½
Westport .. 3 9 8 65 12 0 1,289 11 6 21 8 9½ 0 5 0 1,380 6 11½ 965 10 2½ 31 1 0 .. 996 11 2½ 2,376 18 2
Totals, 2nd quarter in 1919 615 15 6 5,186 10 5 235,697 5 5 2,303 3 9½ 259 19 8½ 244,062 14 10 137,633 7 6 113,369 18 3 4,228 9 5½ 255,231 15 2½ 499,294 10 0½
Totals, 2nd quarter in 1918 510 6 1 4,701 19 4 240,330 19 8½ 2,295 6 2 672 18 0 248,511 9 3½ 116,166 15 6 105,792 1 11 118,989 16 7 340,948 14 0 589,460 3 3½

General Post Office, Wellington, 30th July, 1919. W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.



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🚂 Quarterly Revenue Report for Post and Telegraph Services

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30 July 1919
Postal Revenue, Telegraph Revenue, Quarterly Report, General Post Office, Postal Districts
  • W. R. Morris, Secretary