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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28 April 1920
Postal Notes, Transactions, Quarterly Report, Statistics
  • W. R. Morris, Secretary