✨ Postal Note Transactions
APRIL 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1343
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 March, 1920.
| 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 .. | 317 | 16,214 | 9,308 | 23,062 | 26,689 | 22,518 | 29,684 | 17,252 | 7,321 | 14,273 | 166,321 | 47,037 12 4½ | 698 0 10½ |
| Blenheim .. | 19 | 721 | 403 | 1,142 | 1,263 | 993 | 1,400 | 928 | 426 | 796 | 8,072 | 2,452 0 9½ | 35 4 9½ |
| Christchurch .. | 80 | 3,942 | 2,332 | 6,375 | 7,131 | 5,548 | 8,781 | 5,330 | 2,428 | 4,661 | 46,528 | 14,279 14 7 | 204 8 1 |
| Dunedin .. | 95 | 4,889 | 3,129 | 7,832 | 8,343 | 6,561 | 10,162 | 6,483 | 3,088 | 4,973 | 55,460 | 16,601 12 7½ | 241 5 7½ |
| Gisborne .. | 25 | 1,212 | 606 | 1,277 | 1,653 | 1,645 | 2,053 | 1,195 | 455 | 1,277 | 11,373 | 3,465 16 4 | 49 13 10 |
| Greymouth .. | 19 | 551 | 333 | 890 | 919 | 790 | 1,243 | 798 | 343 | 723 | 6,590 | 2,094 10 3½ | 29 12 3½ |
| Hokitika .. | 13 | 270 | 156 | 315 | 360 | 293 | 387 | 296 | 142 | 341 | 2,560 | 849 10 4½ | 11 12 4½ |
| Invercargill .. | 52 | 2,763 | 1,551 | 3,625 | 3,964 | 3,666 | 5,097 | 3,425 | 1,563 | 2,690 | 28,344 | 8,636 13 4½ | 125 5 10½ |
| Napier .. | 60 | 2,651 | 1,772 | 4,716 | 5,089 | 3,961 | 5,609 | 3,600 | 1,684 | 3,218 | 32,300 | 9,790 18 10 | 140 7 4 |
| Nelson .. | 38 | 1,053 | 801 | 1,813 | 1,847 | 1,463 | 2,188 | 1,352 | 628 | 1,065 | 12,215 | 3,556 3 11 | 52 1 11 |
| New Plymouth | 48 | 2,138 | 1,450 | 3,655 | 3,805 | 2,977 | 3,851 | 2,942 | 1,404 | 2,168 | 24,390 | 7,263 16 6 | 105 15 0 |
| Oamaru .. | 15 | 721 | 341 | 1,098 | 1,186 | 929 | 1,362 | 998 | 576 | 866 | 8,077 | 2,633 7 6 | 36 17 0 |
| Thames .. | 44 | 2,356 | 1,485 | 3,248 | 3,790 | 3,027 | 4,295 | 2,620 | 1,241 | 2,033 | 24,095 | 6,931 11 3½ | 102 5 9½ |
| Timaru .. | 18 | 1,117 | 610 | 1,610 | 1,863 | 1,519 | 2,351 | 1,584 | 645 | 1,477 | 12,776 | 4,121 13 4 | 57 16 10 |
| Wanganui .. | 50 | 2,852 | 1,713 | 4,481 | 5,109 | 3,635 | 6,037 | 3,676 | 1,800 | 3,448 | 32,751 | 10,192 9 1½ | 144 3 1½ |
| Wellington .. | 120 | 7,438 | 4,219 | 12,179 | 13,889 | 10,947 | 15,982 | 9,379 | 4,631 | 9,245 | 87,909 | 27,072 4 9½ | 384 11 9½ |
| Westport .. | 23 | 475 | 293 | 628 | 725 | 666 | 766 | 503 | 213 | 460 | 4,729 | 1,381 19 8½ | 20 3 8½ |
| Totals, 1st qr. in 1920 | 1,036 | 51,363 | 30,502 | 77,946 | 87,625 | 71,143 | 101,248 | 62,361 | 28,588 | 53,714 | 564,490 | 168,361 15 9 | 2,439 6 3 |
| Totals, 1st qr. in 1919 | 1,028 | 44,982 | 28,884 | 73,464 | 79,009 | 62,017 | 93,632 | 57,459 | 25,366 | 47,001 | 511,814 | 151,305 8 8½ | 2,201 19 2½ |
| 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 10/0 | At 12/6 | At 15/0 | At 20/0 | Total. | £ s. d. | |
| Auckland .. | 13,057 | 9,815 | 22,969 | 23,071 | 16,137 | 27,688 | 17,258 | .. | 7,718 | 14,179 | 151,892 | 44,508 16 0 |
| Blenheim .. | 296 | 192 | 545 | 499 | 421 | 623 | 425 | .. | 198 | 318 | 3,517 | 1,043 19 6 |
| Christchurch .. | 4,202 | 2,660 | 7,410 | 8,034 | 5,558 | 10,024 | 6,201 | .. | 2,805 | 5,567 | 52,461 | 16,265 16 0 |
| Dunedin .. | 5,317 | 3,530 | 9,109 | 9,111 | 7,448 | 11,854 | 3,041 | .. | 3,568 | 5,630 | 63,608 | 18,987 11 6 |
| Gisborne .. | 360 | 279 | 717 | 707 | 515 | 861 | 531 | .. | 218 | 492 | 4,680 | 1,412 10 0 |
| Greymouth .. | 293 | 202 | 490 | 471 | 398 | 637 | 489 | .. | 248 | 491 | 3,719 | 1,278 2 6 |
| Hokitika .. | 98 | 57 | 155 | 162 | 121 | 292 | 128 | .. | 75 | 145 | 1,233 | 401 6 6 |
| Invercargill .. | 1,491 | 974 | 2,409 | 2,302 | 2,029 | 2,992 | 2,094 | .. | 1,070 | 1,804 | 17,165 | 5,382 2 0 |
| Napier .. | 1,683 | 1,053 | 3,202 | 3,134 | 2,201 | 3,756 | 2,399 | .. | 1,217 | 2,178 | 20,823 | 6,434 9 6 |
| Nelson .. | 707 | 514 | 1,350 | 1,256 | 956 | 1,613 | 966 | .. | 485 | 781 | 8,628 | 2,540 6 0 |
| New Plymouth .. | 1,176 | 798 | 2,187 | 2,079 | 1,602 | 2,684 | 1,843 | .. | 926 | 1,651 | 14,946 | 4,775 10 6 |
| Oamaru .. | 323 | 197 | 514 | 510 | 396 | 656 | 415 | .. | 189 | 410 | 3,610 | 1,128 14 6 |
| Thames .. | 806 | 563 | 1,293 | 1,348 | 1,010 | 1,771 | 1,059 | .. | 541 | 983 | 9,374 | 2,892 16 6 |
| Timaru .. | 628 | 359 | 1,120 | 1,117 | 751 | 1,473 | 953 | .. | 496 | 911 | 7,808 | 2,550 7 0 |
| Wanganui .. | 1,374 | 849 | 2,422 | 2,424 | 1,723 | 3,318 | 1,965 | .. | 1,094 | 1,760 | 16,929 | 5,328 10 6 |
| Wellington .. | 15,254 | 7,842 | 18,615 | 27,549 | 23,428 | 27,703 | 15,691 | .. | 6,701 | 14,848 | 157,631 | 44,815 3 6 |
| Westport .. | 164 | 106 | 352 | 273 | 271 | 351 | 246 | .. | 115 | 283 | 2,161 | 706 2 6 |
| Totals, 1st qr. in 1920 | 47,229 | 29,990 | 74,859 | 84,047 | 64,965 | 98,296 | 60,704 | .. | 27,664 | 52,431 | 540,185 | 160,452 4 6 |
| Totals, 1st qr. in 1919 | 43,839 | 28,094 | 72,625 | 79,120 | 60,349 | 94,120 | 57,543 | .. | 24,974 | 46,780 | 507,444 | 148,315 17 0 |
General Post Office, Wellington, 28th April, 1920. W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.
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Postal Notes, Transactions, Quarterly Report, Statistics
- W. R. Morris, Secretary