Postal Note Transactions




Jan. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 369

STATEMENT showing the Number, Amount, &c., of POSTAL-NOTE TRANSACTIONS in the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 31st December, 1919.

POSTAL DISTRICTS. No. of Postal-note Offices open at the End of the Quarter. NUMBER OF POSTAL NOTES SOLD. Total Amount of Postal Notes sold, including Commission. Commission on Postal Notes sold.
At 1/0 At 1/6 At 2/0 At 2/6 At 3/0 At 5/0 At 10/0 At 15/0 At 20/0 Total. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Auckland .. 316 16,137 9,243 23,081 27,252 21,911 29,910 17,608 7,512 14,196 166,850 47,314 2 3½ 701 5 9½
Blenheim .. 19 713 446 1,041 1,223 947 1,443 947 423 804 7,987 2,458 16 7½ 35 4 1½
Christchurch .. 80 3,842 2,110 6,281 7,242 4,660 8,631 5,339 2,557 4,508 45,170 14,035 0 4½ 199 6 4½
Dunedin .. 95 4,913 2,907 7,809 8,375 6,137 9,682 6,322 2,899 4,740 53,784 15,940 0 3 232 5 3
Gisborne .. 25 988 548 1,415 1,517 1,218 1,895 1,228 542 1,920 10,671 3,466 12 1 48 0 7
Greymouth .. 19 574 331 891 942 858 1,268 838 388 752 6,842 2,199 2 5 31 0 11
Hokitika .. 13 248 198 422 304 318 442 343 172 311 2,758 889 12 10 12 9 10
Invercargill .. 52 2,406 1,361 3,510 3,669 3,386 4,810 3,253 1,446 2,710 26,551 8,282 1 11 118 13 11
Napier .. 60 2,762 1,763 4,759 4,990 3,867 5,912 3,928 1,683 3,310 32,974 10,109 2 0 144 16 6
Nelson .. 38 972 827 1,706 1,797 1,515 2,289 1,352 650 1,070 12,178 3,591 6 11 52 9 11
New Plymouth 48 2,153 1,457 3,799 4,221 3,061 4,722 3,240 1,364 2,606 26,623 8,129 16 10 116 14 10
Oamaru .. 15 595 325 1,139 1,211 887 1,394 1,011 667 1,004 8,233 2,849 7 4 38 13 4
Thames .. 43 2,403 1,694 3,391 3,942 2,959 4,493 2,715 1,334 2,281 25,212 7,392 15 3 107 12 3
Timaru .. 18 934 492 1,476 2,086 1,402 2,259 1,510 554 1,332 12,045 3,823 8 11 53 18 11
Wanganui .. 50 2,677 1,671 4,593 5,037 3,780 5,873 4,008 1,755 3,553 32,947 10,403 11 6 146 19 6
Wellington .. 119 7,469 4,442 12,138 13,930 11,104 16,585 10,340 4,306 10,172 90,486 28,446 6 2½ 401 6 2½
Westport .. 24 471 273 656 670 629 839 554 279 422 4,793 1,426 12 3 20 17 9
Totals 4th qr. in 1919 1,034 50,257 30,088 78,107 88,408 68,639 102,447 64,536 28,531 55,091 566,104 170,757 16 0 2,461 16 0
Totals 4th qr. in 1918 1,029 43,509 27,554 71,241 77,469 60,644 90,737 57,983 24,288 47,509 500,934 149,717 3 9½ 2,170 2 3½
POSTAL DISTRICTS. NUMBER OF POSTAL NOTES PAID. Total Amount of Postal Notes paid.
At 1/0 At 1/6 At 2/0 At 2/6 At 3/0 At 5/0 At 7/6 At 10/0 At 15/0 At 20/0 Total. £ s. d.
Auckland .. 13,662 9,495 24,402 24,232 16,931 28,334 .. 17,526 8,058 14,282 156,922 45,576 1 6
Blenheim .. 300 203 572 569 331 668 .. 404 195 318 3,610 1,048 19 0
Christchurch .. 4,209 2,620 7,438 8,002 5,315 9,730 .. 6,437 3,050 5,807 52,608 16,698 15 0
Dunedin .. 5,385 3,571 9,506 9,306 7,744 11,934 .. 3,120 3,513 5,287 64,366 18,777 15 6
Gisborne .. 473 270 705 724 524 935 .. 573 276 498 4,978 1,508 15 0
Greymouth .. 282 198 514 479 370 600 .. 462 247 424 3,576 1,185 19 6
Hokitika .. 91 59 171 124 99 201 .. 99 51 109 1,004 303 8 6
Invercargill .. 1,406 859 2,426 2,184 1,798 2,995 .. 2,095 1,046 1,705 16,514 5,205 15 6
Napier .. 1,752 1,127 3,224 3,075 2,356 3,833 1 2,549 1,160 2,271 21,348 6,606 8 6
Nelson .. 685 526 1,215 1,202 961 1,541 .. 948 565 805 8,448 2,577 12 0
New Plymouth .. 1,196 780 2,123 2,282 1,467 2,661 .. 1,784 893 1,543 14,729 4,605 18 0
Oamaru .. 296 167 594 522 394 623 .. 376 179 434 3,585 1,123 1 6
Thames .. 820 498 1,388 1,315 988 1,798 .. 1,027 587 971 9,392 2,903 19 6
Timaru .. 646 317 1,021 1,284 695 1,420 .. 935 437 816 7,571 2,389 3 6
Wanganui .. 1,442 923 2,865 2,681 1,938 3,620 .. 2,271 1,152 1,872 18,764 5,830 3 0
Wellington .. 19,116 9,722 21,158 30,729 28,856 30,837 .. 19,543 7,593 18,202 185,756 53,347 15 6
Westport .. 174 117 292 256 225 389 .. 267 136 253 2,109 698 3 6
Totals 4th qr. in 1919 51,935 31,452 79,614 88,966 71,042 102,119 1 65,416 29,138 55,597 575,280 170,382 14 6
Totals 4th qr. in 1918 42,948 27,166 70,479 76,322 61,633 88,328 .. 57,660 24,215 47,696 496,447 146,787 4 0

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



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27 January 1920
Postal Notes, Postal Districts, Quarterly Statistics, Revenue
  • W. R. Morris, Secretary