Postal and Telegraph 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 SEPTEMBER, 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. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
General Post Office 1 15 8 397 19 8 353 5 1 .. 259 5 4 1,012 5 9 .. 570 10 6 204 17 8 775 8 2 1,787 13 11
Auckland* 280 4 6 1,560 11 6 72,816 14 9½ 848 7 5 9 1 6 75,514 19 8½ 26,949 7 9 2,542 15 5½ 40 4 9 29,532 7 11½ 105,047 7 8
Blenheim 15 0 0 85 16 4 3,336 0 9½ 60 11 6 0 4 6 3,497 13 1½ 2,673 18 0½ 3,609 2 7 .. 6,283 0 7½ 9,780 13 9
Christchurch 91 7 0 699 6 3 41,901 13 1½ 336 11 7 5 0 6 43,033 18 5½ 16,696 1 0 2,165 2 3 29 12 11 18,890 16 2 61,924 14 7½
Dunedin 46 19 1 570 5 11 23,636 19 3½ 393 2 0 2 2 0 24,649 8 3½ 12,249 1 3½ 24,809 8 1 19 1 11 37,077 11 3½ 61,726 19 7
Gisborne 25 2 7 181 16 4 5,743 15 2½ 93 3 9 0 9 2 6,044 7 0½ 5,554 3 2½ 9,765 15 4 1 10 0 15,321 8 6½ 21,365 15 7
Greymouth 11 3 2 152 15 11 3,329 2 1 56 9 2 0 14 8 3,550 5 0 2,315 12 1½ 1,405 13 3 0 16 8 3,722 2 0½ 7,272 7 0½
Hamilton 120 19 10 672 10 10 23,410 7 9 503 6 9 1 2 0 24,708 7 2 12,906 18 7½ 706 5 1½ 1 0 6 13,614 4 3 38,322 11 5
Hokitika 6 18 10 33 18 7 779 0 9 19 10 9 0 1 6 839 10 5 869 6 2½ 493 2 10 1 1 0 1,363 10 0½ 2,203 0 5½
Invercargill 26 12 3 245 3 6 11,943 5 10 205 4 2 1 5 0 12,421 10 9 7,018 17 6½ 10,717 6 1 4 6 2 17,740 9 9½ 30,162 0 6½
Napier 41 16 7 374 15 7 15,383 7 5 240 16 7 1 13 8 16,042 9 10 10,272 3 2½ 19,509 8 2 3 12 5 29,785 3 9½ 45,827 13 7½
Nelson 16 7 7 161 5 3 5,436 15 9 89 7 9 0 18 6 5,704 14 10 3,019 16 4½ 5,344 6 2 0 3 6 8,364 6 0½ 14,069 0 10½
New Plymouth 60 12 1 287 2 2 12,868 1 8½ 181 9 1 1 12 0 13,398 17 0½ 7,181 12 9 9,909 16 1½ 2 15 1 17,094 3 11½ 30,493 1 0
Oamaru 2 14 5 77 2 4 3,697 5 5½ 58 16 8 0 0 6 3,835 19 4½ 2,150 1 0 2,473 11 2 .. 4,623 12 2 8,459 11 6½
Thames 53 18 4 291 0 10 9,157 15 10½ 200 7 8 0 10 2 9,703 12 10½ 5,349 9 7 6,459 13 10½ 0 5 8 11,809 9 1½ 21,513 2 0
Timaru 17 0 10 148 13 7 8,535 17 10½ 85 11 11 0 15 0 8,787 19 2½ 4,686 12 1½ 177 15 0 0 2 0 4,864 9 1½ 13,652 8 4
Wanganui 53 6 2 349 0 9 14,812 14 8½ 241 4 8 1 10 8 15,457 16 11½ 8,231 7 8 13,986 10 4½ 1 4 8 22,219 2 8½ 37,676 19 8
Wellington 138 11 9 1,321 3 8 77,382 14 1½ 632 10 10 9 18 8 79,484 19 0½ 34,834 19 10 3,615 19 3 23 5 4 38,474 4 5 117,959 3 5½
Westport 4 19 0 122 1 10 2,069 0 7 38 15 8 0 10 0 2,235 7 1 1,477 10 5 702 14 9 8 3 8 2,188 8 10 4,423 15 11
Western Samoa .. 32 0 7 1,056 13 7 4 2 2 .. 1,092 16 4 .. .. .. .. 1,092 16 4
Totals, 3rd quarter in 1921 1,015 9 8 7,764 11 5 337,650 11 9½ 4,289 10 1 296 15 4 351,016 18 3½ 164,436 18 9 118,964 16 4½ 342 3 11 283,743 19 0½ 634,760 17 4
Totals, 3rd quarter in 1920 980 8 11 8,588 5 1 310,246 18 9 3,617 19 3½ 174 6 8½ 323,607 18 9 166,308 5 3½ 106,273 12 10 801 7 11 273,383 6 0½ 596,991 4 9½

*New Postal District of Hamilton was created out of portions of the Auckland District on 1st November, 1920.

General Post Office, Wellington, 26th October, 1921.

R. B. MORRIS, Secretary.

[2697] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [Oct. 27.]



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🚂 Return of Revenue collected at the General Post Office and Postal Districts

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26 October 1921
Postal Revenue, Telegraph Revenue, Statistics, Quarterly Report, General Post Office
  • R. B. Morris, Secretary