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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24 July 1923
Revenue, Postal Districts, Statistics, General Post Office
  • R. B. Morris, Secretary