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, 1923.

| Postal Revenue | | | | | | | Telegram Revenue | Total Post |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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. | 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 | .. | 422 15 10 | 1,667 10 4 | 433 8 3 | 951 11 10½ | 3,475 6 3½ | .. | 16,954 7 9 | 5,327 1 0 | 22,281 8 9 | 25,756 15 0½ |
| Auckland | .. | 503 9 2 | 1,570 19 11 | 1,332 9 7 | 74,167 13 1½ | 803 8 0 | 24 8 10 | 78,402 8 7½ | 28,168 4 0 | 2,359 15 8½ | 393 19 9 | 30,921 19 5½ | 109,324 8 1 |
| Blenheim | .. | 9 0 0 | 551 4 0 | 83 8 5 | 3,050 16 6½ | 57 13 9 | 2 0 10 | 3,754 3 6½ | 3,119 3 4 | 4,144 5 1 | 57 0 6 | 7,320 8 11 | 11,074 12 5½ |
| Christchurch | .. | 310 4 8 | 1,856 15 6 | 675 16 9 | 47,691 11 0 | 335 16 3 | 38 9 6 | 50,908 13 8 | 19,553 12 10½ | 2,907 13 11 | 485 19 11 | 22,947 6 8½ | 73,856 0 4½ |
| Dunedin | .. | 85 9 11 | 764 8 10 | 516 15 4 | 25,853 6 6½ | 368 11 8 | 12 15 6 | 27,601 7 9½ | 14,143 16 8½ | 9,981 6 10 | 162 7 7 | 24,287 11 1½ | 51,888 18 11 |
| Gisborne | .. | 11 10 0 | 757 3 2 | 149 0 7 | 5,515 0 2½ | 88 8 6 | 5 4 0 | 6,526 6 5½ | 5,709 13 2 | 1,837 12 5 | 23 9 6 | 7,570 15 1 | 14,097 1 6½ |
| Greymouth | .. | .. | 436 12 11 | 173 1 5 | 4,047 6 10 | 71 9 6 | 2 14 8 | 4,731 5 4 | 3,552 9 6½ | 1,755 2 1 | 45 9 10 | 5,358 1 5½ | 10,084 6 9½ |
| Hamilton | .. | 1,605 16 11 | 1,541 9 9 | 630 15 3 | 21,215 15 7½ | 475 15 4 | 5 6 8 | 25,474 19 6½ | 13,284 4 10½ | 619 12 3 | 52 8 3 | 13,956 5 4½ | 39,431 4 11 |
| Invercargill | .. | 93 9 11 | 1,196 15 9 | 258 18 3 | 12,044 15 9 | 207 19 7 | 10 3 6 | 13,812 2 9 | 8,473 13 11½ | 3,941 5 3 | 226 16 1 | 12,641 15 3½ | 26,453 18 0½ |
| Napier | .. | 167 16 2 | 1,749 10 7 | 335 19 2 | 15,034 4 8½ | 229 13 0 | 10 9 8 | 17,527 13 8½ | 12,438 13 9½ | 3,868 16 7 | 98 6 4 | 16,405 16 8½ | 33,933 10 0 |
| Nelson | .. | 66 3 6 | 402 13 3 | 160 17 2 | 5,348 10 4½ | 91 13 6 | 4 6 2 | 6,074 3 11½ | 3,661 1 2 | 5,936 13 7 | 58 9 0 | 9,656 3 9 | 15,730 7 8½ |
| New Plymouth | .. | 498 16 4 | 916 12 0 | 260 13 7 | 12,733 15 1½ | 181 10 4 | 3 11 2 | 14,594 18 5½ | 7,505 16 0½ | 2,240 5 6 | 50 7 0 | 9,796 8 6½ | 24,391 7 1 |
| Oamaru | .. | 136 10 0 | 175 4 4 | 77 1 3 | 3,475 9 3½ | 56 11 0 | 3 8 0 | 3,924 3 10½ | 2,620 13 4½ | 50 19 3 | 32 12 1 | 2,704 4 8½ | 6,628 8 7 |
| Thames | .. | 126 5 0 | 698 1 3 | 267 15 3 | 8,096 0 10 | 186 18 11 | 1 14 8 | 9,376 15 11 | 5,743 0 2½ | 1,508 16 9 | 64 0 0 | 7,315 16 11½ | 16,692 12 10½ |
| Timaru | .. | 687 13 9 | 560 8 5 | 168 0 3 | 8,052 16 0½ | 92 7 0 | 3 0 0 | 9,564 5 5½ | 5,899 8 0½ | 384 13 9 | 126 7 7 | 6,410 9 4½ | 15,974 14 10 |
| Wanganui | .. | 460 16 6 | 1,023 7 11 | 328 4 8 | 13,444 5 11 | 229 16 10 | 3 10 0 | 15,490 1 10 | 9,105 6 5 | 15,945 9 4½ | 87 10 6 | 25,138 6 3½ | 40,628 8 1½ |
| Wellington | .. | 1,667 7 6 | 2,555 18 6 | 1,197 14 3 | 74,785 18 10½ | 610 10 1 | 49 12 2 | 80,867 1 4½ | 37,144 15 11 | 2,725 4 2½ | 415 13 5 | 40,285 13 6½ | 121,152 14 11 |
| Westport | .. | 2 10 0 | 108 9 7 | 120 5 1 | 1,704 11 11 | 43 16 8 | 1 15 0 | 1,981 8 3 | 1,404 2 9 | 785 0 8 | 136 10 11 | 2,325 14 4 | 4,307 2 7 |
| Western Samoa | .. | .. | .. | 19 3 3 | 616 9 5½ | 1 19 8 | .. | 637 12 4½ | .. | .. | .. | .. | 637 12 4½ |
| Totals, 1st quarter in 1923 | 6,432 19 4 | 17,288 11 6 | 8,423 9 10 | 337,311 16 5 | 4,133 19 7 | 1,134 2 2½ | 374,724 18 10½ | 181,527 16 2 | 77,947 0 11½ | 7,844 9 3 | 267,319 6 4½ | 642,044 5 3 |
| 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 |

General Post Office, Wellington, 23rd April, 1923.

R. B. MORRIS, Secretary.