✨ 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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- W. R. Morris, Secretary