✨ 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 March, 1920.
| 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 | 40 0 0 | 235 18 0 | 481 15 3 | .. | 976 5 11 | 1,733 19 2 | .. | 15,386 3 5 | 3,843 15 2 | 19,229 18 7 | 20,963 17 9 |
| Auckland | 3150 1 1 | 1,889 17 11 | 72,753 7 0½ | 698 0 10½ | 12 13 0 | 78,503 19 11 | 38,393 11 3 | 2,916 17 4 | 222 16 0 | 41,533 4 7 | 120,037 4 6 |
| Blenheim | 403 2 10 | 68 3 6 | 2,645 13 11 | 35 4 9½ | 1 10 0 | 3,153 15 0½ | 2,667 15 4½ | 2,448 12 11 | 48 10 0 | 5,164 18 3½ | 8,318 13 4 |
| Christchurch | 1658 18 9 | 595 8 0 | 33,553 7 8½ | 204 8 1 | 28 1 0 | 36,040 3 6½ | 16,912 13 5½ | 2,222 13 6 | 103 15 8 | 19,239 2 7½ | 55,279 6 2 |
| Dunedin | 1198 8 10 | 482 14 10 | 19,253 14 10½ | 241 5 7½ | 28 14 6 | 21,204 18 8 | 12,977 15 1½ | 17,815 18 8½ | 125 14 2 | 30,919 8 0 | 52,124 6 8 |
| Gisborne | 823 11 0 | 179 19 1 | 5,412 9 8 | 49 13 10 | 3 5 0 | 6,468 18 7 | 5,388 4 0½ | 7,145 18 4 | 11 10 0 | 12,545 12 4½ | 19,014 10 11½ |
| Greymouth | 216 16 2 | 101 17 3 | 2,457 19 4½ | 29 12 3½ | 0 0 6 | 2,806 5 7 | 2,034 14 1½ | 1,112 6 0 | 30 0 0 | 3,177 0 1½ | 5,983 5 8½ |
| Hokitika | 86 19 10 | 18 0 7 | 808 3 6 | 11 12 4½ | 0 9 0 | 925 5 3½ | 803 9 2 | 357 18 6 | 4 17 6 | 1,166 5 2 | 2,091 10 5½ |
| Invercargill | 854 18 5 | 202 1 6 | 9,585 14 8½ | 125 5 10½ | 4 18 4 | 10,772 18 10 | 6,749 19 9½ | 7,767 6 0 | 26 10 6 | 14,543 16 3½ | 25,316 15 1½ |
| Napier | 1908 14 3 | 299 13 9 | 12,527 17 6½ | 140 7 4 | 7 10 0 | 14,884 2 10½ | 11,005 4 4½ | 14,721 13 7 | 51 1 6 | 25,777 19 5½ | 40,662 2 4 |
| Nelson | 273 6 10 | 131 12 1 | 4,129 12 8 | 52 1 11 | 2 13 2 | 4,589 6 8 | 3,344 6 4 | 3,390 16 7 | 33 4 5 | 6,768 7 4 | 11,357 14 0 |
| New Plymouth | 895 8 3 | 228 14 0 | 9,947 18 9½ | 105 15 0 | 1 17 2 | 11,179 13 2½ | 6,543 8 2 | 7,241 6 10 | 19 19 9 | 13,804 14 9 | 24,984 7 11½ |
| Oamaru | 203 14 9 | 63 3 4 | 3,023 4 2½ | 36 17 0 | 2 4 0 | 3,329 3 3½ | 2,236 1 6 | 1,862 15 11 | 0 10 0 | 4,099 7 5 | 7,428 10 8½ |
| Thames | 546 6 2 | 229 10 2 | 6,579 11 11 | 102 5 9½ | 1 19 2 | 7,459 13 2½ | 4,961 8 3½ | 4,354 12 1 | 42 10 0 | 9,358 10 4½ | 16,818 3 7 |
| Timaru | 522 17 11 | 131 12 6 | 6,701 3 0½ | 57 16 10 | 3 7 6 | 7,416 17 9½ | 4,832 8 10 | 391 18 8 | 55 13 4 | 5,280 0 10 | 12,696 18 7½ |
| Wanganui | 1045 1 9 | 290 1 3 | 10,087 11 11 | 144 3 1½ | 4 6 6 | 11,571 4 6½ | 8,447 18 3 | 10,601 7 10 | 57 19 2 | 19,107 5 3 | 30,678 9 9½ |
| Wellington | 1960 4 2 | 1,642 19 0 | 63,529 18 11 | 384 11 9½ | 19 1 10 | 67,536 15 8½ | 36,547 1 2½ | 2,837 17 10 | 246 1 7 | 39,631 0 7½ | 107,167 16 4 |
| Westport | 38 2 4 | 76 5 7 | 1,385 6 7 | 20 3 8½ | 1 6 6 | 1,521 4 8½ | 1,231 6 5 | 543 12 3 | 110 10 0 | 1,885 8 8 | 3,406 13 4½ |
| Totals, 1st quarter in 1920 | 15826 13 4 | 6,867 12 4 | 264,864 11 7½ | 2,439 6 3 | 1,100 3 1 | 291,098 6 7½ | 165,077 5 8½ | 103,119 16 3½ | 5,034 18 9 | 273,232 0 9 | 564,330 7 4½ |
| Totals, 1st quarter in 1919 | 15488 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 |
General Post Office, Wellington, 28th April, 1920. W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.
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🚂 Return of Revenue collected at General Post Office and Postal Districts
🚂 Transport & Communications28 April 1920
Postal Revenue, Telegraph Revenue, Statistics, Quarterly Report
- W. R. Morris, Secretary