New Zealand Gazette – 1922 – No. 35

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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 31st MARCH, 1922.

Rural Delivery Fees. 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. £ s. d.
General Post Office .. .. 99 15 0 1,504 18 5 452 7 7 .. 1,364 14 2 3,421 15 2 .. 17,360 7 2 3,447 3 6 20,807 10 8 24,229 5 10
Auckland .. 405 8 7 1,737 13 8 1,293 1 1 79,245 0 11½ 761 11 7 29 4 0 83,471 19 10½ 27,913 4 0½ 2,177 13 8 516 2 10 30,607 0 6½ 114,079 0 5
Blenheim .. 9 6 8 474 6 1 82 8 0 3,215 15 11 58 10 9 0 19 2 3,841 6 7 2,971 14 0 3,772 1 9 40 15 4 6,784 11 1 10,625 17 8
Christchurch .. 262 10 9 2,506 3 6 633 13 8 49,138 0 11½ 329 4 4 42 0 8 52,911 13 10½ 19,100 16 10 2,166 11 3 324 8 3 21,591 16 4 74,503 10 2½
Dunedin .. 149 9 9 1,496 19 4 516 0 8 27,634 4 7 359 8 8 23 8 2 30,179 11 2 13,820 15 0½ 25,629 18 8 130 16 11 89,581 10 7½ 69,761 1 9½
Gisborne .. 11 0 0 595 15 0 156 17 7 5,927 9 10 85 9 10 3 3 2 6,779 15 5 5,784 18 0½ 10,009 7 11 67 0 0 15,861 5 11½ 22,641 1 4½
Greymouth* .. 8 0 0 548 13 8 289 2 6 5,997 18 2½ 103 8 10 2 5 6 6,949 8 8½ 4,838 8 4½ 2,651 12 9 179 3 10 7,669 4 11½ 14,618 13 8
Hamilton .. 798 4 10 1,428 9 3 619 4 9 23,305 1 2½ 457 0 8 3 7 0 26,611 7 8½ 12,991 0 8½ 1,008 5 8 37 2 11 14,036 9 3½ 40,647 17 0
Invercargill .. 91 16 3 1,300 2 11 240 5 0 12,917 15 6½ 212 11 7 6 9 6 14,769 0 9½ 7,977 11 3½ 11,033 4 4 159 17 8 19,170 13 3½ 33,939 14 1
Napier .. 96 8 5 1,997 11 11 347 12 10 16,667 6 2 223 17 6 6 17 2 19,339 14 0 11,433 14 9 20,127 15 4 69 12 7 31,631 2 8 50,970 16 8
Nelson .. 14 0 0 449 16 10 154 13 4 5,655 9 2½ 86 0 9 3 17 8 6,363 17 9½ 3,729 1 2 5,611 13 8 41 2 7 9,381 17 5 15,745 15 2½
New Plymouth .. 531 7 6 978 3 7 270 2 9 14,743 13 8 173 3 4 1 13 0 16,698 3 10 7,149 12 7½ 10,434 13 9 28 6 0 17,612 12 4½ 34,310 16 2½
Oamaru .. 167 15 5 270 10 6 69 12 2 3,832 6 7½ 52 1 5 3 19 0 4,396 5 1½ 2,582 13 8 1,692 0 7 4 15 6 4,279 9 9 8,675 14 10½
Thames.. 18 0 0 742 14 0 250 14 9 8,686 14 0½ 176 12 6 1 8 0 9,876 3 3½ 5,408 4 4 6,964 15 6½ 58 8 3 12,431 8 1½ 22,307 11 5
Timaru .. 596 10 0 684 17 9 148 2 0 8,577 2 8½ 84 18 11 4 8 6 10,095 19 10½ 5,264 2 9 245 4 9 47 15 5 5,557 2 11 15,653 2 9½
Wanganui .. 659 7 6 1,110 1 4 328 5 6 15,036 2 9 228 12 1 2 15 6 17,365 4 8 8,955 0 3 14,313 13 10½ 57 13 9 23,326 7 10½ 40,691 12 6½
Wellington .. 1,652 11 5 2,700 19 4 1,193 12 1 85,444 15 9 600 4 7 34 9 4 91,626 12 6 36,759 0 10½ 3,222 5 3 558 7 5 40,539 13 6½ 132,166 6 0½
Western Samoa .. .. .. 32 17 1 1,365 12 2 4 11 4 .. 1,403 0 7 .. .. .. .. 1,403 0 7
Totals, 1st quarter in 1922 5,471 17 1 19,122 13 8 8,131 4 2 367,842 17 10½ 3,997 8 8 1,534 19 6 406,101 0 11½ 176,679 18 9 138,421 5 11 5,768 12 9 320,869 17 5 726,970 18 4½
Totals, 1st quarter in 1921 .. 21,572 1 11 9,282 8 3 323,049 2 3½ 3,613 16 4 21,123 3 7 378,640 12 9½ 185,475 14 11 134,005 11 5 6,898 5 5 326,379 11 9 705,020 4 6½
  • As from the 1st January, 1922, the postal districts of Hokitika and Westport are included with the Greymouth district.

General Post Office, Wellington, 1st May, 1922. R. B. MORRIS, Secretary.



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1 May 1922
Revenue, Postal Services, Telegraph Services, Quarterly Report, Statistics
  • R. B. Morris, Secretary