Postal Note Transactions




248 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 7

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, 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 .. 231 14,493 6,849 17,239 21,146 16,953 24,375 14,567 6,486 13,241 135,349 40,565 7 11 934 4 5
Blenheim .. 19 677 357 1,114 1,122 851 1,409 953 453 972 7,908 2,636 15 0 56 6 6
Christchurch .. 81 4,022 2,211 6,409 6,862 4,887 8,739 5,297 2,856 5,746 47,029 15,654 9 2 334 11 8
Dunedin .. 95 4,612 2,730 7,153 7,983 5,849 9,517 6,155 3,237 5,442 52,678 16,720 7 6 368 0 0
Gisborne .. 26 1,292 666 1,670 1,453 1,202 2,276 1,291 680 1,566 12,096 4,020 2 7 86 8 1
Greymouth .. 19 690 315 840 911 705 1,365 935 392 905 7,058 2,420 12 1 51 2 1
Hamilton* .. 101 4,185 2,340 5,769 6,092 4,774 7,518 4,808 2,624 4,908 43,018 13,901 1 6 302 6 6
Hokitika .. 18 211 170 332 403 339 439 305 151 358 2,708 910 12 8 19 8 2
Invercargill .. 53 2,608 1,279 3,797 3,641 2,898 5,117 3,339 1,749 2,921 27,349 8,870 4 10 192 17 10
Napier .. 63 3,016 1,943 4,445 4,694 3,480 5,857 3,738 1,824 3,620 32,622 10,399 11 5 228 8 5
Nelson .. 37 1,057 652 1,808 1,689 1,325 2,220 1,425 734 1,414 12,324 4,011 6 6 86 18 0
New Plymouth .. 50 2,249 1,493 3,748 3,998 3,057 4,679 3,121 1,678 3,022 27,045 8,758 7 6 190 2 0
Oamaru .. 15 716 329 1,248 1,217 799 1,412 1,068 647 1,172 8,608 3,063 9 10 61 19 10
Thames .. 45 2,496 1,433 3,321 3,851 2,824 4,874 2,944 1,514 2,800 25,557 8,148 14 9 178 7 9
Timaru .. 18 955 595 1,582 1,878 1,188 2,273 1,550 808 1,668 12,437 4,361 4 0 89 18 6
Wanganui .. 50 2,831 1,583 4,867 5,076 3,474 6,026 4,094 1,987 4,105 33,543 11,240 4 4 238 17 10
Wellington .. 120 8,581 4,076 12,094 14,165 10,359 17,838 10,229 5,608 12,022 94,472 31,620 16 8 675 4 2
Westport .. 24 477 274 618 585 529 923 606 360 700 5,072 1,799 9 4 37 0 10
Western Samoa* .. .. 29 5 40 19 41 61 43 56 57 351 152 17 6 2 15 6
Totals, 4th qr. in 1920 1,060 55,197 29,305 77,544 86,785 65,529 105,918 66,468 33,839 66,639 587,224 189,255 15 1 4,134 8 1
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
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* .. 11,881 7,778 20,529 21,787 14,350 25,028 .. 15,969 8,657 16,176 142,155 45,016 8 6
Blenheim .. 268 153 497 497 336 581 .. 385 189 304 3,210 970 12 0
Christchurch .. 4,648 2,816 7,783 8,153 5,353 9,984 .. 6,555 3,575 7,670 56,587 19,168 14 6
Dunedin .. 4,988 3,287 8,776 9,168 6,829 11,374 .. 7,603 4,257 6,423 62,205 19,729 12 6
Gisborne .. 445 283 811 731 477 977 .. 628 323 540 5,215 1,628 0 0
Greymouth .. 254 151 415 448 309 613 .. 386 256 469 3,801 1,175 2 6
Hamilton* .. 1,412 833 2,398 2,116 1,550 2,778 .. 1,895 1,055 1,863 15,900 5,166 2 6
Hokitika .. 78 48 111 123 91 201 .. 133 56 112 953 318 7 6
Invercargill .. 1,238 727 2,408 2,028 1,539 2,727 .. 2,040 1,094 1,754 15,555 5,117 16 6
Napier .. 1,726 1,096 2,828 2,885 2,004 3,513 .. 2,407 1,160 2,111 19,730 6,175 5 6
Nelson .. 642 446 1,159 1,247 838 1,495 .. 988 503 824 8,092 2,507 0 6
New Plymouth .. 1,183 794 2,117 2,546 1,525 2,650 .. 1,855 945 1,520 15,135 4,696 3 0
Oamaru .. 313 158 451 508 373 660 .. 425 222 440 3,550 1,176 1 0
Thames .. 883 508 1,280 1,291 934 1,660 .. 1,077 528 1,028 9,189 2,889 4 6
Timaru .. 593 396 1,051 1,084 689 1,390 .. 1,024 535 924 7,616 2,582 16 0
Wanganui .. 1,542 871 2,384 2,504 1,684 3,829 .. 2,025 1,125 1,843 17,807 5,602 18 6
Wellington .. 26,243 10,607 24,201 31,500 30,125 37,785 .. 23,407 9,885 24,086 217,839 65,633 10 6
Westport .. 172 123 266 253 223 394 .. 279 125 385 2,170 776 5 0
Western Samoa* .. 1 .. 4 9 7 8 .. 5 3 5 42 14 7 6
Totals, 4th qr. in 1920 58,510 31,005 79,469 88,878 68,736 107,647 .. 69,036 34,493 68,427 606,201 190,344 8 6
Totals, 4th qr. in 1919 51,935 31,452 79,614 88,966 71,042 102,119 1 65,416 29,138 55,597 575,280 170,882 14 6
  • 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, 26th January, 1921.

A. MARKMAN, Acting-Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Postal Note Transactions by Postal Districts

🚂 Transport & Communications
26 January 1921
Postal Notes, Quarterly Statistics, Revenue, Postal Districts
  • A. Markman, Acting-Secretary