Postal and Telegraph Revenue Statistics




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 December, 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 .. 0 4 0 470 2 6 295 13 6 .. 381 13 4 1,147 13 4 .. 248 4 4 708 17 9 957 2 1 2,104 15 5
Auckland .. 841 12 8 1,486 4 3 70,474 13 10 701 5 9½ 3 2 6 73,006 19 0½ 35,345 17 3 46,971 11 11½ 864 19 11 83,182 9 1½ 156,189 8 2
Blenheim .. 7 3 4 62 4 7 2,606 3 9 85 4 1½ 0 19 6 2,711 15 3½ 2,444 7 5½ 102 9 9 4 0 0 2,550 17 2½ 5,262 12 6
Christchurch .. 479 19 11 526 13 0 34,171 1 7½ 199 6 4½ 1 15 10 35,378 16 9 15,431 17 1½ 25,689 16 7 544 17 1 41,666 10 9½ 77,045 7 6½
Dunedin .. 92 18 7 434 11 2 19,622 14 6½ 232 5 3 0 12 0 20,383 1 6½ 12,308 11 7½ 1,163 1 9½ 367 5 8 13,838 19 1 34,222 0 7½
Gisborne .. 86 12 3 146 11 5 5,082 7 7 48 0 7 5 10 6 5,369 2 4 5,347 11 0 339 10 11 25 1 8 5,712 3 7 11,081 5 11
Greymouth .. 7 16 2 103 18 4 2,582 16 6½ 31 0 11 .. 2,725 11 11½ 2,049 19 1½ 15 5 1 4 0 0 2,069 4 2½ 4,794 16 2
Hokitika .. 18 16 8 23 2 2 759 14 10 12 9 10 0 0 6 814 4 0 814 4 6½ 26 2 1 0 3 0 840 9 7½ 1,654 13 7½
Invercargill .. 153 16 6 190 11 7 9,690 8 2 118 13 11 3 5 0 10,156 15 2 6,618 0 10 374 7 10 84 12 5 7,077 1 1 17,233 16 3
Napier .. 170 0 4 285 3 11 12,199 0 7½ 144 16 6 0 4 8 12,799 6 0½ 10,469 14 10½ 569 8 0½ 95 19 9 11,135 2 8 23,934 8 8½
Nelson .. 20 1 4 106 13 5 4,027 4 6 52 9 11 0 12 8 4,207 1 10 3,009 8 4 79 18 2 12 6 4 3,101 12 10 7,308 14 8
New Plymouth .. 31 16 10 215 5 0 10,584 16 3 116 14 10 1 12 6 10,950 5 5 6,296 11 0 503 1 11 24 8 8 6,824 1 7 17,774 7 0
Oamaru .. 1 16 5 52 19 0 3,182 3 7½ 38 13 4 0 0 6 3,275 12 10½ 2,136 1 6 72 8 8 13 10 0 2,222 0 2 5,497 13 0½
Thames.. 62 0 11 191 15 6 6,444 9 11 107 12 3 0 0 6 6,805 19 1 4,839 15 2 490 10 0 4 5 0 5,334 10 2 12,140 9 3
Timaru .. 30 6 5 112 5 6 6,779 15 9 53 18 11 0 2 6 6,976 9 1 4,431 7 4½ 4,792 6 2 23 19 8 9,247 13 2½ 16,224 2 3½
Wanganui .. 117 15 7 279 2 7 11,908 7 10 146 19 6 0 3 6 12,452 9 0 8,010 18 1 726 9 0 41 11 3 8,778 18 4 21,231 7 4
Wellington .. 1,308 17 8 1,138 17 5 69,388 2 2 401 6 2½ 4 8 2 72,241 11 7½ 35,662 14 2 38,008 14 3 600 0 7 74,271 9 0 146,513 0 7½
Westport .. 46 12 5 70 14 9 1,248 3 6½ 20 17 9 0 9 0 1,386 17 5½ 1,239 1 8½ 17 19 0 37 5 0 1,294 5 8½ 2,681 3 2
Totals, 4th quarter in 1919 2,978 8 0 5,896 16 1 271,047 18 7 2,461 16 0 404 13 2 282,789 11 10 156,456 1 2 120,191 5 6½ 3,457 3 9 280,104 10 5½ 562,894 2 3½
Totals, 4th quarter in 1918 1,397 14 4 4,493 3 10 225,199 17 4½ 2,170 2 3½ 537 14 4½ 233,798 12 2½ 129,413 8 2 106,443 16 2½ 2,775 13 7 233,632 17 11½ 472,431 10 2

General Post Office, Wellington, 27th January, 1920. W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.



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🚂 Return of Revenue for Postal and Telegraph Services

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27 January 1920
Postal Revenue, Telegraph Revenue, Statistics, Quarterly Report
  • W. R. Morris, Secretary