New Zealand Gazette – 1921 – No. 70

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✨ Postal 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 30th June, 1921.

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 3 4 1 356 18 0 138 12 11 .. 227 8 0½ 726 3 0½ .. 162 8 3 671 4 6 833 12 9 1,559 15 9½
Auckland* 128 5 11 1,684 18 4 68,464 8 10½ 754 11 4 11 9 4 71,043 13 9½ 27,491 15 7 50,548 19 1½ 52 15 10 78,093 10 6½ 149,137 4 4
Blenheim 11 8 6 96 9 1 3,346 19 2 60 5 5 0 6 4 3,515 8 6 2,717 16 6½ 45 19 2 .. 2,763 15 8½ 6,279 4 2½
Christchurch 86 11 9 798 16 5 43,545 2 1 316 17 4 5 17 0 44,753 4 7 17,109 14 5½ 35,334 0 0 15 9 2 52,459 3 7½ 97,212 8 2½
Dunedin 41 5 6 676 2 1 24,544 17 5 389 9 10 15 18 0 25,667 12 10 12,674 16 5 1,293 19 7 17 5 8 13,986 1 8 39,653 14 6
Gisborne 14 14 6 203 17 0 5,925 9 2 84 14 11 0 10 0 6,229 5 7 5,968 18 3 293 9 0 3 0 0 6,265 7 3 12,494 12 10
Greymouth 8 15 0 157 17 10 3,361 6 8 56 7 9 0 12 6 3,584 19 9 2,279 19 0½ 75 5 7 0 12 2 2,355 16 9½ 5,940 16 6½
Hamilton* 81 6 2 717 9 6 23,294 9 10 458 15 2 4 0 0 24,556 0 8 12,870 7 3½ 18,976 5 5 2 3 10 31,848 16 6½ 56,404 17 2½
Hokitika 2 11 1 36 1 6 1,019 17 3 18 9 10 0 0 4 1,077 0 0 852 16 8½ 27 2 11 .. 879 19 7½ 1,956 19 7½
Invercargill 21 6 7 259 19 9 12,226 1 6½ 209 6 0 1 8 6 12,718 2 4½ 7,100 9 2½ 279 7 0 7 0 6 7,386 16 8½ 20,104 19 1
Napier 71 9 7 401 9 6 16,033 7 1½ 234 10 3 2 6 2 16,743 2 7½ 10,762 8 9½ 983 6 1 11 10 11 11,757 5 9½ 28,500 8 5
Nelson 9 17 0 192 18 6 5,814 7 1 91 14 10 1 3 0 6,110 0 5 3,164 5 8½ 219 18 9 1 8 4 3,385 12 9½ 9,495 13 2½
New Plymouth 29 12 3 331 6 4 13,072 16 6½ 179 1 5 0 19 8 13,613 16 2½ 7,048 15 1 381 18 5 3 19 10 7,434 13 4 21,048 9 6½
Oamaru 12 3 5 80 9 0 4,146 4 9 58 16 8 0 5 6 4,297 19 4 2,289 9 9 54 16 6 .. 2,344 6 3 6,642 5 7
Thames 20 1 10 298 4 8 9,403 6 9 186 6 9 0 12 4 9,908 12 4 5,378 18 11½ 376 8 7 1 15 0 5,757 2 6½ 15,665 14 10½
Timaru 12 6 7 181 0 5 9,129 12 4½ 91 0 1 1 1 0 9,415 0 5½ 4,979 17 4½ 6,774 13 10 1 14 9 11,756 5 11½ 21,171 6 5
Wanganui 32 7 5 389 19 9 15,461 11 10 227 3 9 1 18 8 16,113 1 5 8,443 13 8 546 19 9½ 1 3 0 8,991 16 5½ 25,104 17 10½
Wellington 197 7 9 1,514 19 5 84,823 3 2½ 620 11 5 18 15 4 87,174 17 1½ 35,403 10 1½ 57,064 16 4½ 58 11 4 92,526 17 10 179,701 14 11½
Westport 0 7 7 124 4 8 1,981 9 9 36 13 3 0 0 6 2,142 15 9 1,415 14 5 17 10 11 .. 1,433 5 4 3,576 1 1
Western Samoa* .. 22 19 6 741 2 2 4 6 11 .. 768 8 7 .. .. .. .. 768 8 7
Totals, 2nd quarter in 1921 785 2 6 8,526 1 3 346,474 6 6 4,079 2 11 294 12 2½ 360,159 5 4½ 167,953 7 4½ 173,457 5 3½ 849 14 10 342,260 7 6 702,419 12 10½
Totals, 2nd quarter in 1920 697 17 9 6,311 6 2 264,650 12 1½ 2,459 16 2½ 235 14 9½ 274,355 7 0½ 151,581 8 11½ 126,895 19 4½ 587 9 0 279,064 17 4 553,420 4 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, 22nd July, 1921.
R. B. MORRIS, Secretary.



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22 July 1921
Revenue, Postal Services, Telegraph Services, Quarterly Report, Statistics
  • R. B. Morris, Secretary