Postal Note Transactions




1746 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 49

STATEMENT showing the NUMBER, AMOUNT, &c., of POSTAL-NOTE TRANSACTIONS in the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the DOMINION OF NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 30th JUNE, 1924.

NUMBER OF POSTAL NOTES SOLD.

POSTAL DISTRICTS. No. of Postal-note Offices open at the End of the Quarter. At 1/0 At 1/6 At 2/0 At 2/6 At 3/0 At 5/0 At 10/0 At 15/0 At 20/0 Total. Total Amount of Postal Notes sold, including Commission. Commission on Postal Notes sold.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Auckland 248 16,627 7,810 18,255 19,171 12,822 28,320 13,119 6,600 10,540 133,264 37,588 9 3 896 13 9
Blenheim 21 832 483 1,287 1,275 757 1,757 1,044 499 818 8,752 2,693 2 9 60 3 9
Christchurch 84 5,147 2,593 7,868 8,088 4,752 10,892 6,206 3,211 5,531 54,288 17,104 7 9 376 14 3
Dunedin 99 5,995 3,068 8,823 8,889 5,583 11,529 6,829 4,020 5,307 60,043 18,390 7 8 410 18 2
Gisborne 26 1,930 932 1,921 1,935 1,194 2,831 1,553 764 1,307 14,367 4,240 18 1 97 3 7
Greymouth 31 1,066 561 1,652 1,499 1,053 2,243 1,498 664 1,325 11,561 3,820 12 1 81 19 1
Hamilton 109 7,531 3,923 9,706 10,197 6,309 13,488 7,634 4,066 5,894 68,548 20,450 16 5 465 19 5
Invercargill 51 3,468 1,792 4,812 4,291 2,828 6,612 3,959 2,112 3,214 33,088 10,409 7 1 229 5 7
Napier 66 3,653 1,918 5,417 5,274 3,325 7,051 4,258 1,968 3,581 36,445 11,225 16 5 250 17 5
Nelson 40 1,521 867 2,270 2,425 1,432 2,859 1,727 880 1,240 15,221 4,466 14 11 102 9 11
New Plymouth 52 2,581 1,538 4,467 4,345 2,461 5,563 3,426 1,746 2,567 28,694 8,779 11 2 195 18 8
Oamaru 15 760 400 1,342 1,111 667 1,481 1,014 536 985 8,296 2,763 11 2 58 3 8
Thames 49 3,291 1,783 4,188 4,393 2,872 6,175 3,168 1,726 2,615 30,211 8,940 0 2 205 15 2
Timaru 21 1,367 715 2,162 2,188 1,395 2,668 1,785 915 1,577 14,772 4,746 10 11 102 17 5
Wanganui 49 3,747 1,907 5,114 5,330 3,262 7,019 4,340 2,272 3,810 36,801 11,691 11 0 255 9 6
Wellington 120 10,343 4,705 13,637 14,646 8,452 20,495 10,789 5,583 9,946 98,596 30,666 6 1 682 10 7
Westport 23 704 420 1,054 988 638 1,364 952 494 759 7,373 2,389 4 3 51 8 3
Western Samoa 1 25 12 12 16 17 49 51 8 102 292 156 4 9 2 11 9
Rarotonga .. 8 7 12 15 7 19 7 3 12 90 28 3 6 0 12 6
Totals, 2nd qr. in 1924 1,105 70,396 35,434 93,999 96,076 59,826 132,415 73,359 38,067 61,130 660,702 200,551 15 5 4,527 12 5
Totals, 2nd qr. in 1923 1,089 69,681 34,840 85,390 91,876 60,581 126,368 70,844 37,064 58,030 634,974 192,453 16 7 4,359 2 7

NUMBER OF POSTAL NOTES PAID.

POSTAL DISTRICTS. At 1/0 At 1/6 At 2/0 At 2/6 At 3/0 At 5/0 At 7/6 At 10/0 At 15/0 At 20/0 Total. Total Amount of Postal Notes paid.
£ s. d.
Auckland 14,236 9,201 25,572 25,522 15,399 30,769 .. 17,890 10,003 14,464 163,056 48,062 13 6
Blenheim 267 137 503 495 324 574 .. 354 218 346 3,218 1,014 8 0
Christchurch 4,822 2,807 8,716 8,910 4,942 11,441 .. 6,740 3,690 6,502 58,570 18,678 0 6
Dunedin 5,382 3,372 9,691 9,870 5,896 11,973 .. 8,618 4,836 6,596 66,234 21,134 10 0
Gisborne 611 325 891 902 549 1,045 .. 767 346 609 6,045 1,852 7 6
Greymouth 413 232 712 687 410 935 .. 694 348 604 5,035 1,702 7 6
Hamilton 2,429 1,355 3,935 4,049 2,259 4,767 .. 3,108 1,828 2,999 26,729 8,577 6 0
Invercargill 1,513 956 3,035 2,616 1,689 3,381 .. 2,508 1,310 1,910 18,918 6,022 19 0
Napier 1,817 1,097 3,176 3,311 1,909 4,145 .. 2,440 1,313 2,232 21,440 6,663 19 0
Nelson 774 551 1,521 1,600 933 1,878 .. 1,170 611 885 9,923 2,969 16 6
New Plymouth 1,388 852 2,487 2,657 1,563 3,328 .. 2,021 1,016 1,673 16,985 5,226 1 6
Oamaru 321 220 566 539 313 678 .. 524 277 441 3,879 1,283 14 6
Thames 803 484 1,381 1,344 805 1,607 .. 1,060 578 918 8,980 2,786 11 0
Timaru 630 358 1,121 1,058 635 1,453 .. 895 503 860 7,513 2,445 19 0
Wanganui 1,740 868 4,371 2,713 1,617 3,915 .. 3,000 1,250 2,019 21,493 6,606 2 6
Wellington 32,058 11,844 24,933 27,789 19,751 49,433 .. 20,917 9,408 17,244 213,377 58,537 10 6
Westport 164 108 322 336 230 486 .. 363 192 372 2,573 944 0 0
Western Samoa 2 1 3 2 1 6 .. 3 .. 3 21 6 17 6
Rarotonga .. .. 1 1 1 .. .. .. .. 1 4 1 2 6
Totals, 2nd qr. in 1924 69,370 34,768 92,937 94,401 59,226 131,814 .. 73,072 37,728 60,677 653,993 194,516 6 6
Totals, 2nd qr. in 1923 68,387 34,553 84,447 91,008 60,584 124,791 1 70,610 36,749 58,326 629,456 187,310 0 0

General Post Office, Wellington, 22nd July, 1924.

G. McNAMARA, Acting-Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Postal Note Transactions for Quarter Ended 30 June 1924

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22 July 1924
Postal Notes, Statistics, Postal Districts, General Post Office
  • G. McNamara, Acting-Secretary