✨ 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, 1923.
| 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 | .. | 94 5 0 | 4 1 2 | .. | .. | 1,605 1 0½ | 1,703 7 2½ | .. | 15 1 4 | 512 9 11 | 527 11 3 | 2,230 18 5½ |
| Auckland | .. | 19 17 6 | 205 10 11 | 1,418 3 4 | 71,937 14 6½ | 864 8 5 | 9 15 8 | 74,455 10 4½ | 25,814 18 1 | 21,310 15 0 | 106 7 5 | 47,232 0 6 |
| Blenheim | .. | 0 10 10 | 2 14 5 | 77 5 7 | 2,785 2 7½ | 61 4 11 | 0 5 6 | 2,927 3 10½ | 2,683 11 1½ | 110 0 8 | 0 7 6 | 2,793 19 3½ |
| Christchurch | .. | 14 6 1 | 67 2 3 | 716 9 10 | 41,822 11 10 | 342 7 10 | 7 5 6 | 42,970 3 4 | 18,006 3 5½ | 9,489 11 1½ | 33 7 5 | 27,529 2 0 |
| Dunedin | .. | 3 4 4 | 32 4 10 | 552 5 7 | 24,817 17 10½ | 389 13 5 | 2 10 6 | 25,797 16 6½ | 13,002 2 2½ | 14,565 17 2 | 176 4 10 | 27,744 4 2½ |
| Gisborne | .. | 0 11 2 | 20 13 4 | 156 19 7 | 5,079 13 8 | 92 0 0 | 0 10 4 | 5,350 8 1 | 5,023 8 0½ | 5,147 14 2½ | 1 16 8 | 10,172 18 11 |
| Greymouth | .. | .. | 8 19 9 | 177 5 7 | 4,005 1 1 | 77 11 2 | 0 7 0 | 4,269 4 7 | 3,150 14 8½ | 74 19 9 | 7 12 11 | 3,233 7 4½ |
| Hamilton | .. | 43 9 7 | 55 8 8 | 627 4 1 | 20,640 11 2½ | 486 14 11 | 21 9 0 | 21,874 17 5½ | 12,185 9 7 | 8,446 1 4½ | 11 17 6 | 20,643 8 5½ |
| Invercargill | .. | 0 2 0 | 27 6 4 | 277 7 5 | 11,143 13 6 | 221 9 1 | 1 15 2 | 11,671 13 6 | 7,712 19 3 | 5,869 0 3 | 10 4 2 | 13,592 3 8 |
| Napier .. | .. | 12 4 6 | 70 12 7 | 360 0 3 | 13,707 15 11 | 237 15 0 | 1 18 0 | 14,390 6 3 | 10,768 14 8 | 10,827 13 6½ | 1 18 4 | 21,598 6 6½ |
| Nelson .. | .. | 0 11 5 | 19 14 2 | 161 18 4 | 5,067 14 2½ | 102 3 6 | 21 0 4 | 5,373 1 11½ | 3,094 12 8½ | 143 4 0 | 7 13 0 | 3,245 9 8½ |
| New Plymouth .. | .. | 8 0 5 | 38 5 1 | 265 14 8 | 11,912 19 9 | 190 1 7 | 0 18 2 | 12,415 19 8 | 7,039 3 7 | 6,196 4 3½ | 70 5 2 | 13,305 13 0½ |
| Oamaru | .. | 2 5 0 | 6 11 11 | 84 2 2 | 3,597 15 3½ | 57 2 5 | 0 6 0 | 3,748 2 9½ | 2,488 5 5½ | 461 9 7 | 8 1 3 | 2,957 16 3½ |
| Thames.. | .. | 5 14 9 | 21 17 8 | 279 17 10 | 7,916 11 10½ | 204 1 4 | 0 14 4 | 8,428 17 9½ | 5,059 17 10 | 3,887 13 8½ | 1 0 0 | 8,948 11 6½ |
| Timaru .. | .. | 7 19 0 | 23 0 5 | 168 11 0 | 7,936 6 8 | 96 7 6 | 3 3 6 | 8,235 8 1 | 5,490 12 1 | 1,687 4 11 | 4 3 10 | 7,182 0 10 |
| Wanganui | .. | 8 13 1 | 34 14 5 | 321 7 10 | 13,445 6 8½ | 242 14 0 | 11 13 8 | 14,064 9 8½ | 8,092 9 10 | 424 7 0 | 3 0 0 | 8,519 16 10 |
| Wellington | .. | 29 2 9 | 127 12 4 | 1,251 17 6 | 73,350 11 5 | 640 14 0 | 32 18 8 | 75,432 16 8 | 33,101 16 11½ | 34,302 4 9 | 51 13 1 | 67,455 14 9½ |
| Westport | .. | 3 0 0 | 4 10 10 | 135 10 9 | 1,634 1 1½ | 49 18 10 | .. | 1,827 1 6½ | 1,357 17 11½ | 50 0 11 | 41 10 0 | 1,449 8 10½ |
| Western Samoa .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 6 5 | 771 15 0 | 2 14 8 | .. | 791 16 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals, 2nd quarter in 1923 | 159 12 5 | 861 4 11 | 7,053 8 11 | 321,573 4 3½ | 4,359 2 7 | 1,721 12 4½ | 335,728 5 6 | 164,072 17 6½ | 123,009 3 7 | 1,049 13 0 | 288,131 14 1½ | 623,859 19 7½ |
| Totals, 2nd quarter in 1922 | 301 7 3 | 771 19 7 | 6,922 17 1 | 360,791 10 2 | 4,123 9 5 | 757 9 8½ | 373,668 13 2½ | 164,937 11 11 | 189,328 1 7½ | 351 0 3½ | 354,616 13 10 | 728,285 7 0½ |
General Post Office, Wellington, 24th July, 1923.
R. B. MORRIS, Secretary.
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🚂 Return of Revenue for Postal Districts
🚂 Transport & Communications24 July 1923
Revenue, Postal Districts, Statistics, General Post Office
- R. B. Morris, Secretary