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 DECEMBER, 1922.

| | POSTAL REVENUE. ||||||| TELEGRAPH 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. |
| General Post Office .. | .. | 1 10 0 | 582 15 7 | .. | .. | 883 19 7½ | 1,468 5 2½ | .. | 88 5 4 | 226 10 11 | 314 16 3 | 1,783 1 5½ |
| Auckland .. .. | 113 10 0 | 1,924 5 6 | 1,481 2 10 | 85,780 14 11 | 825 7 9 | 15 13 8 | 90,140 14 8 | 30,521 0 9 | 59,121 11 2 | 1,740 7 10 | 91,382 19 9 | 181,523 14 5 |
| Blenheim .. .. | 0 12 2 | 72 0 2 | 79 7 3 | 3,348 7 2 | 54 19 10 | 0 9 8 | 3,555 16 3 | 2,977 0 6 | 108 19 5 | 5 17 8 | 3,091 17 7 | 6,647 13 10 |
| Christchurch .. .. | 36 8 0 | 1,142 13 9 | 712 7 4 | 48,713 16 8 | 330 4 2 | 7 10 6 | 50,943 0 5 | 19,959 0 2½ | 39,628 7 5 | 760 9 8 | 60,347 17 3½ | 111,290 17 8½ |
| Dunedin .. .. | 251 13 7 | 982 5 5 | 564 15 5 | 29,171 1 2½ | 375 19 1 | 13 10 0 | 31,359 4 8½ | 14,646 3 7½ | 1,503 7 8 | 626 18 0 | 16,776 9 3½ | 48,135 14 0 |
| Gisborne .. .. | 1 0 0 | 436 8 1 | 164 4 9 | 5,633 7 10 | 86 5 0 | 5 9 0 | 6,326 14 8 | 5,987 18 10 | 337 15 10½ | 56 3 9 | 6,381 18 5½ | 12,708 13 1½ |
| Greymouth .. . | .. | 14 9 2 | 182 3 2 | 4,553 5 0 | 74 12 4 | 0 15 6 | 4,825 5 2 | 3,814 17 3½ | 619 17 8 | 25 0 0 | 4,459 14 11½ | 9,285 0 1½ |
| Hamilton .. .. | 291 10 10 | 267 16 5 | 653 14 6 | 24,304 0 9½ | 482 1 6 | 2 5 8 | 26,001 9 8½ | 13,966 12 10 | 22,696 7 3 | 35 7 2 | 36,698 7 3 | 62,699 16 11½ |
| Invercargill .. .. | 23 13 6 | 211 7 0 | 249 8 6 | 13,684 7 1½ | 205 0 0 | 2 6 8 | 14,376 2 9½ | 8,793 9 7 | 298 4 10 | 134 17 6 | 9,226 11 11 | 23,602 14 8½ |
| Napier .. .. | 74 16 7 | 960 1 6 | 365 7 0 | 16,131 0 9 | 227 2 6 | 3 1 6 | 17,761 9 10 | 12,139 12 11 | 711 4 9 | 172 15 4 | 13,023 13 0 | 30,785 2 10 |
| Nelson .. .. | 0 10 0 | 6 11 8 | 157 8 3 | 5,899 11 3 | 91 9 5 | 1 1 6 | 6,156 12 1 | 3,656 8 1 | 352 16 10 | 31 15 3 | 4,041 0 2 | 10,197 12 3 |
| New Plymouth .. | 64 13 8 | 418 11 10 | 292 8 1 | 14,966 12 2 | 186 5 8 | 2 1 2 | 15,930 12 7 | 7,752 2 2½ | 452 7 3½ | 50 4 2 | 8,254 13 8 | 24,185 6 3 |
| Oamaru .. .. | 40 10 0 | 104 2 1 | 77 3 5 | 4,059 14 0 | 56 11 4 | 0 1 0 | 4,338 1 10 | 2,564 13 7 | 2,587 9 4 | 18 8 8 | 5,170 11 7 | 9,508 13 5 |
| Thames.. .. .. | 1 2 7 | 121 15 0 | 283 19 1 | 9,010 9 3 | 191 5 5 | 1 2 0 | 9,609 13 4 | 6,024 4 8½ | 391 13 10 | 11 0 3 | 6,426 18 9½ | 16,036 12 1½ |
| Timaru .. .. | 184 15 0 | 190 9 10 | 157 12 5 | 9,034 10 6½ | 87 16 3 | 0 13 6 | 9,655 17 6½ | 5,722 6 5 | 7,925 1 1 | 6 17 0 | 13,654 4 6 | 23,310 2 0½ |
| Wanganui .. .. | 205 11 0 | 564 5 11 | 351 14 0 | 15,647 11 7 | 236 2 6 | 4 5 6 | 17,009 10 6 | 9,165 2 2½ | 900 9 8 | 87 19 8 | 10,153 11 6½ | 27,163 2 0½ |
| Wellington .. .. | 280 10 5 | 2,162 8 6 | 1,308 5 4 | 87,517 5 2½ | 613 5 2 | 11 0 10 | 91,892 15 5½ | 39,164 3 11 | 63,887 12 0½ | 1,409 7 8 | 104,461 3 7½ | 196,353 19 1 |
| Westport .. .. | .. | 23 8 9 | 119 18 9 | 1,897 4 5½ | 39 6 3 | .. | 2,079 18 2½ | 1,635 19 11 | 19 6 11 | 4 0 0 | 1,659 6 10 | 3,739 5 0½ |
| Western Samoa .. .. | .. | .. | 37 0 5 | 1,247 6 11 | 5 2 4 | .. | 1,289 9 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1,289 9 8 |
| Totals, 4th quarter in 1922 | 1,570 17 4 | 9,604 10 7 | 7,820 16 1 | 380,600 6 10 | 4,168 16 6 | 955 7 3½ | 404,720 14 7½ | 188,490 17 7 | 201,630 18 4½ | 5,404 0 6 | 395,525 16 5½ | 800,246 11 1 |
| Totals, 4th quarter in 1921 | .. | 7,488 15 1 | 8,705 4 4 | 358,283 13 3 | 4,163 8 2 | 2,477 8 8½ | 381,118 9 6½ | 176,785 1 8½ | 183,523 15 5½ | 5,048 6 10 | 365,357 4 0 | 746,475 13 6½ |

General Post Office, Wellington, 24th January, 1923.

A. T. MARKMAN, Acting-Secretary.