2022

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 70

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 30th June, 1921.

| POSTAL DISTRICTS. | No.of Postal-note Offces open at the End of the Quarter. | At | At | At | At | At | At | At | At | Total. | Total Amount of Postal Notes sold, inclusing Commission. | Commission on Postal Notes sold. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Auckland | 228 | 11,556 | 5,755 | 14,371 | 17,414 | 14,096 | 20,986 | 11,592 | 5,616 | 9,140 | 110,526 | £ s. d. 31,886 14 10 | £ s. d. 754 11 4 |
| Blenheim | 19 | 771 | 326 | 1,147 | 1,224 | 851 | 1,533 | 998 | 582 | 1,023 | 8,455 | 2,860 7 5 | 60 5 5 |
| Christchurch | 81 | 3,902 | 2,046 | 5,672 | 6,512 | 4,678 | 8,442 | 5,311 | 2,901 | 5,084 | 44,548 | 14,774 1 4 | 316 17 4 |
| Dunedin | 99 | 5,755 | 2,777 | 8,056 | 8,093 | 5,813 | 10,821 | 6,569 | 3,565 | 5,087 | 56,536 | 17,325 3 10 | 389 9 10 |
| Gisborne | 25 | 1,353 | 656 | 1,529 | 1,558 | 1,216 | 2,253 | 1,309 | 724 | 1,413 | 12,011 | 3,905 7 11 | 84 14 11 |
| Greymouth | 18 | 714 | 377 | 1,061 | 1,010 | 739 | 1,401 | 946 | 514 | 1,057 | 7,819 | 2,729 6 3 | 56 7 9 |
| Hamilton | 106 | 6,675 | 3,792 | 8,991 | 9,819 | 7,374 | 12,099 | 7,352 | 3,959 | 6,419 | 66,480 | 20,398 9 8 | 458 15 2 |
| Hokitika | 12 | 250 | 159 | 297 | 327 | 301 | 444 | 385 | 165 | 305 | 2,583 | 865 17 10 | 18 9 10 |
| Invercargill | 52 | 3,044 | 1,635 | 4,152 | 4,078 | 3,302 | 5,441 | 3,666 | 1,841 | 2,941 | 30,100 | 9,419 7 6 | 209 6 0 |
| Napier | 62 | 3,516 | 1,994 | 4,837 | 4,847 | 3,359 | 5,968 | 3,965 | 1,944 | 3,539 | 33,969 | 10,624 15 9 | 234 10 3 |
| Nelson | 37 | 1,144 | 714 | 1,981 | 1,941 | 1,892 | 2,291 | 1,521 | 882 | 1,372 | 13,188 | 4,213 15 4 | 91 14 10 |
| New Plymouth | 51 | 2,171 | 1,488 | 3,622 | 3,919 | 2,738 | 4,387 | 3,089 | 1,716 | 2,639 | 25,769 | 8,229 4 11 | 179 1 5 |
| Oamaru | 15 | 666 | 342 | 1,313 | 1,203 | 799 | 1,336 | 1,073 | 626 | 976 | 8,334 | 2,835 6 2 | 58 16 8 |
| Thames | 47 | 2,692 | 1,507 | 3,511 | 4,127 | 2,879 | 4,797 | 3,087 | 1,656 | 2,682 | 26,938 | 8,399 10 9 | 186 6 9 |
| Timaru | 20 | 1,019 | 550 | 1,686 | 1,732 | 1,209 | 2,421 | 1,594 | 905 | 1,532 | 12,648 | 4,362 13 1 | 91 0 1 |
| Wanganui | 47 | 2,987 | 1,654 | 4,173 | 4,707 | 3,173 | 5,712 | 3,934 | 2,217 | 3,644 | 32,201 | 10,683 19 3 | 227 3 9 |
| Wellington | 120 | 8,919 | 4,192 | 10,519 | 13,679 | 9,894 | 16,306 | 9,583 | 5,322 | 9,806 | 88,220 | 28,292 5 11 | 620 11 5 |
| Westport | 24 | 447 | 277 | 687 | 738 | 496 | 853 | 660 | 365 | 634 | 5,157 | 1,766 2 9 | 36 13 3 |
| Western Samoa* | 1 | 47 | 14 | 62 | 55 | 36 | 88 | 94 | 27 | 125 | 548 | 240 9 5 | 4 6 11 |
| Totals, 2nd qr. in 1921 | 1,064 | 57,628 | 30,255 | 77,617 | 86,983 | 64,345 | 107,579 | 66,678 | 35,527 | 59,418 | 586,080 | 183,812 19 11 | 4,079 2 11 |
| Totals, 2nd qr. in 1920 | 1,040 | 52,569 | 30,076 | 79,413 | 86,681 | 70,728 | 101,189 | 63,040 | 28,608 | 55,386 | 567,690 | 170,388 16 8½ | 2,459 16 2½ |

NUMBER OF POSTAL NOTES PAID.

| POSTAL DISTRICTS. | At | At | At | At | At | At | At | At | At | Total. | Total Amount of Postal Notes paid. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Auckland | 11,817 | 7,730 | 19,808 | 21,845 | 14,009 | 25,612 | 16,728 | .. | 9,957 | 14,579 | 142,085 | £ s. d. 44,797 2 6 |
| Blenheim | 284 | 163 | 404 | 464 | 284 | 584 | 407 | .. | 206 | 386 | 3,182 | 1,057 8 6 |
| Christchurch | 4,262 | 2,529 | 6,992 | 7,414 | 4,848 | 9,905 | 6,293 | .. | 3,494 | 6,228 | 51,965 | 17,227 3 6 |
| Dunedin | 5,395 | 3,412 | 9,039 | 8,855 | 6,303 | 11,695 | 8,241 | .. | 4,356 | 6,440 | 63,786 | 20,238 2 6 |
| Gisborne | 404 | 270 | 701 | 752 | 452 | 878 | 586 | .. | 325 | 532 | 4,900 | 1,560 12 0 |
| Greymouth | 229 | 160 | 433 | 412 | 315 | 620 | 427 | .. | 267 | 483 | 3,346 | 1,217 5 0 |
| Hamilton | 2,030 | 1,191 | 3,338 | 3,238 | 2,268 | 4,096 | 2,767 | .. | 1,423 | 2,553 | 22,904 | 7,297 6 6 |
| Hokitika | 76 | 46 | 130 | 120 | 113 | 196 | 176 | .. | 75 | 153 | 1,085 | 398 9 0 |
| Invercargill | 1,435 | 949 | 2,566 | 2,093 | 1,586 | 2,795 | 2,223 | .. | 1,101 | 1,761 | 16,509 | 5,296 1 0 |
| Napier | 2,263 | 1,287 | 3,115 | 3,241 | 2,082 | 3,835 | 2,694 | .. | 1,292 | 2,371 | 22,180 | 6,884 7 0 |
| Nelson | 682 | 473 | 1,254 | 1,238 | 834 | 1,490 | 994 | .. | 577 | 779 | 8,321 | 2,556 1 6 |
| New Plymouth | 1,199 | 771 | 2,111 | 2,138 | 1,431 | 2,542 | 1,798 | .. | 1,003 | 1,590 | 14,583 | 4,687 10 6 |
| Oamaru | 311 | 168 | 580 | 571 | 314 | 599 | 493 | .. | 231 | 420 | 3,787 | 1,194 2 6 |
| Thames | 861 | 545 | 1,294 | 1,330 | 932 | 1,707 | 1,073 | .. | 569 | 1,008 | 9,319 | 2,917 7 6 |
| Timaru | 557 | 286 | 956 | 1,031 | 667 | 1,400 | 877 | .. | 495 | 916 | 7,185 | 2,449 11 6 |
| Wanganui | 1,825 | 868 | 2,332 | 2,464 | 1,546 | 3,672 | 2,056 | .. | 1,156 | 1,914 | 17,833 | 5,656 9 0 |
| Wellington | 24,067 | 9,421 | 22,321 | 29,401 | 26,210 | 36,183 | 19,234 | .. | 9,101 | 17,713 | 193,651 | 54,950 3 0 |
| Westport | 136 | 94 | 273 | 248 | 155 | 323 | 272 | .. | 140 | 294 | 1,935 | 711 3 0 |
| Western Samoa* | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 11 | 36 | 15 17 6 |
| Totals, 2nd qr. in 1921 | 57,835 | 30,365 | 77,653 | 86,858 | 64,355 | 108,135 | 67,340 | .. | 35,770 | 60,131 | 588,542 | 181,107 3 6 |
| Totals, 2nd qr. in 1920 | 52,245 | 30,318 | 79,380 | 85,894 | 70,634 | 100,599 | 63,031 | .. | 28,548 | 55,523 | 566,172 | 167,755 4 0 |

• 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.