✨ Postal and Telegraph Revenue
APRIL 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1039
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, 1921.
| 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. | £ | |
| General Post Office | £ s. d. | 71 19 1 | 1,450 7 3 | .. | 21,030 7 11 | 23,394 4 6 | .. | 20,020 1 7 | 4,414 14 5 | 24,434 16 0 | 47,829 0 6 | |||||||||
| Auckland* | .. | 2,851 0 10 | 1,591 9 10 | .. | 668 8 6 | 15 12 0 | 70,385 2 4 | 29,662 16 4½ | 2,323 0 3 | 32,720 18 7½ | 103,106 0 11½ | |||||||||
| Blenheim | .. | 460 4 0 | 90 15 6 | .. | 50 18 0 | 1 9 0 | 3,529 12 2 | 2,932 16 9 | 3,538 4 8 | 52 0 0 | 6,523 1 5 | 10,052 13 7 | ||||||||
| Christchurch | .. | 2,715 9 0 | 723 17 8 | .. | 296 8 11 | 30 8 6 | 44,427 9 6½ | 18,870 15 6 | 2,659 10 10 | 303 15 2 | 21,834 1 6 | 66,261 11 0½ | ||||||||
| Dunedin | .. | 843 4 0 | 641 10 9 | .. | 350 2 0 | 3 4 0 | 24,690 10 1½ | 14,092 9 0½ | 23,734 11 4 | 186 5 10 | 38,013 6 2½ | 62,703 16 4 | ||||||||
| Gisborne | .. | 1,147 9 4 | 231 17 11 | .. | 74 19 9 | 7 0 6 | 7,642 14 2 | 6,644 9 9 | 9,520 1 4 | 69 0 0 | 16,233 11 1 | 23,876 5 3 | ||||||||
| Greymouth | .. | 314 18 9 | 144 4 11 | .. | 44 10 4 | 1 0 0 | 3,561 9 11 | 2,447 17 9 | 1,463 12 11 | 50 8 6 | 3,961 19 2 | 7,523 9 1 | ||||||||
| Hamilton* | .. | 1,724 1 5 | 680 6 2 | .. | 399 11 1 | 2 2 10 | 24,900 0 11 | 14,195 3 10½ | 588 5 4½ | 33 17 0 | 14,817 6 3 | 39,717 7 2 | ||||||||
| Hokitika | .. | 136 12 1 | 30 11 0 | .. | 15 5 3 | .. | 1,169 5 7½ | 926 5 11 | 463 16 0 | 7 0 0 | 1,397 1 11 | 2,566 7 6½ | ||||||||
| Invercargill | .. | 988 3 7 | 256 15 4 | .. | 185 5 11 | 3 19 0 | 12,959 9 4 | 7,603 19 10 | 10,283 3 2 | 127 6 0 | 18,014 9 0 | 30,973 18 4 | ||||||||
| Napier | .. | 2,735 4 3 | 14,792 15 11 | .. | 199 16 10 | 2 14 8 | 18,145 7 9 | 12,552 3 8 | 18,928 11 3 | 84 10 10 | 31,565 5 9 | 49,710 13 6 | ||||||||
| Nelson | .. | 405 19 9 | 166 17 4 | .. | 77 2 0 | 2 1 8 | 5,930 11 7½ | 3,709 3 5½ | 5,226 14 1 | 31 13 0 | 8,967 10 6½ | 14,898 2 2 | ||||||||
| New Plymouth | .. | 1,109 11 10 | 300 19 5 | .. | 160 15 5 | 1 16 0 | 14,042 1 7½ | 7,487 9 4 | 9,398 4 0½ | 22 18 4 | 16,908 11 8½ | 30,950 13 4 | ||||||||
| Oamaru | .. | 276 4 8 | 75 13 10 | .. | 51 7 6 | 3 1 0 | 3,974 19 9 | 2,517 2 10 | 2,359 18 7 | 6 0 0 | 4,883 1 5 | 8,858 1 2 | ||||||||
| Thames | .. | 785 10 1 | 283 12 0 | .. | 160 6 5 | 0 7 6 | 9,593 2 4 | 5,935 14 11½ | 5,981 14 10 | 52 7 5 | 11,969 17 2½ | 21,562 19 6½ | ||||||||
| Timaru | .. | 629 8 4 | 8,508 5 3½ | .. | 82 5 5 | 0 19 2 | 9,386 2 10½ | 5,410 14 10½ | 153 3 10 | 50 9 6 | 5,614 8 2½ | 15,000 11 1 | ||||||||
| Wanganui | .. | 1,534 15 4 | 205 3 4 | .. | 3 10 2 | 1 15 4 | 16,173 15 2 | 9,498 12 2 | 13,840 5 9 | 55 6 8 | 23,384 4 7 | 39,557 19 9 | ||||||||
| Wellington | .. | 2,755 5 7 | 77,151 13 8 | .. | 555 14 8 | 14 1 0 | 81,999 16 0 | 39,564 0 9½ | 2,829 6 9 | 484 0 9 | 42,877 8 3½ | 124,877 4 3½ | ||||||||
| Westport | .. | 87 0 0 | 111 17 5 | .. | 32 4 10 | 1 3 6 | 1,855 5 4½ | 1,433 18 0½ | 693 4 10 | 131 10 0 | 2,258 12 10½ | 4,113 18 3 | ||||||||
| Western Samoa* | .. | 28 4 3 | 847 17 3 | .. | 3 10 2 | .. | 879 11 8 | .. | .. | .. | 879 11 8 | 1,727 1 1 | ||||||||
| Totals, 1st quarter in 1921 | 21,572 1 11 | 9,292 8 8 | 323,049 2 3½ | 3,613 16 4 | 21,123 3 7 | 378,640 12 9½ | 185,475 14 11 | 6,898 5 5 | 326,379 11 9 | 705,020 4 6½ | ||||||||||
| Totals, 1st quarter in 1920 | 15,826 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 | 5,034 18 9 | 273,232 0 9 | 564,330 7 4½ |
- New postal districts of Western Samoa and Hamilton were created out of portions of the Auckland District on 16th July and 1st November, 1920, respectively.
General Post Office, Wellington, 27th April, 1921.
R. B. MORRIS, Secretary.
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🚂 Transport & Communications27 April 1921
Postal Revenue, Telegraph Revenue, Quarterly Report, General Post Office, Postal Districts
- R. B. Morris, Secretary