✨ Postal and Telegraph Revenue
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, 1925.
| Postal Revenue | Rural Delivery Fees. | Private Box and Bag Rents. | Money-order Commission. | Postages. | Postal-note Commission. | Miscellaneous Receipts (Postal). | Total Postal. | Telegraph Revenue | Telegrams. | Tolls. | 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. | £ s. d. | ||
| General Post Office | ... | 910 14 9 | 1,071 7 0 | 483 0 9 | ... | 41,659 3 0 | 44,124 5 6 | 1,612 10 6 | 3,203 3 3 | 4,815 13 9 | 48,939 19 3 | |||
| Auckland | ... | 733 14 7 | 2,054 15 5 | 1,529 9 8 | 63,396 2 4 | 979 16 9 | 239 6 0 | 68,933 4 9 | 19,114 15 10 | 12,268 9 1 | 6,664 0 9 | 452 3 9 | 38,499 9 5 | 107,432 14 2 |
| Blenheim | ... | 12 10 0 | 666 0 7 | 84 18 8 | 2,534 15 6 | 63 13 8 | 11 2.2 | 3,373 0 2 | 1,783 11 5½ | 1,496 5 8½ | 4,782 1 6 | 18 12 10 | 8,080 11 6 | 11,453 11 8 |
| Christchurch | ... | 1,906 10 0 | 2,148 11 7 | 748 10 0 | 36,865 6 10 | 387 13 8 | 161 11 9 | 42,218 3 10 | 12,827 18 10 | 9,553 2 2½ | 3,128 8 6 | 235 17 0 | 25,745 6 6½ | 67,963 10 4½ |
| Dunedin | ... | 386 7 6 | 1,354 14 10 | 576 16 9 | 21,884 5 5½ | 425 15 10 | 115 4 0 | 24,748 4 4½ | 7,874 19 5 | 7,563 7 3 | 37,553 12 0 | 120 13 11 | 53,112 12 7 | 77,855 16 11½ |
| Gisborne | ... | 15 8 4 | 680 0 3 | 194 0 1 | 5,387 16 4½ | 119 9 6 | 21 19 6 | 6,418 14 0½ | 3,028 14 5½ | 3,977 1 3½ | 12,303 0 0 | 46 10 0 | 19,355 5 9 | 25,773 19 9½ |
| Greymouth | ... | 6 17 6 | 557 10 8 | 184 18 6 | 3,895 18 11 | 86 12 2 | 20 9 2 | 4,752 6 11 | 2,650 17 4½ | 1,232 17 2 | 3,033 1 6 | 17 10 0 | 6,934 6 0½ | 11,686 12 11½ |
| Hamilton | ... | 2,143 10 0 | 1,552 4 10 | 637 13 3 | 19,225 18 1 | 529 17 11 | 24 15 10 | 24,113 19 11 | 6,488 3 8 | 8,566 15 10½ | 1,044 6 4½ | 72 15 6 | 16,172 1 5 | 40,286 1 4 |
| Invercargill | ... | 396 6 11 | 1,385 12 0 | 290 16 4 | 10,798 17 11½ | 241 0 2 | 36 19 5 | 13,149 12 9½ | 4,224 9 0 | 5,235 16 6½ | 14,425 17 11½ | 44 5 6 | 23,930 9 0 | 37,080 1 9½ |
| Napier | ... | 237 5 0 | 2,350 12 6 | 390 3 7 | 12,581 8 2½ | 270 8 6 | 65 10 5 | 15,895 8 2½ | 5,437 6 10½ | 8,346 17 1½ | 25,563 10 5 | 135 14 6 | 39,483 8 11 | 55,378 17 1½ |
| Nelson | ... | 79 13 7 | 403 7 1 | 151 9 3 | 4,262 6 6 | 107 12 1 | 19 5 6 | 5,023 14 0 | 2,194 11 10 | 1,562 18 6½ | 6,964 9 10 | 17 12 9 | 10,739 12 11½ | 15,763 6 11½ |
| New Plymouth | ... | 571 19 2 | 1,433 14 0 | 286 15 11 | 11,059 0 11 | 208 16 3 | 33 1 8 | 13,593 7 11 | 4,504 19 4 | 4,168 17 8 | 15,771 5 9½ | 102 16 0 | 24,547 18 9½ | 38,141 6 8½ |
| Oamaru | ... | 169 7 6 | 160 6 0 | 81 6 0 | 2,853 15 1 | 58 14 6 | 9 13 9 | 3,333 2 10 | 1,385 14 2 | 1,239 7 10½ | 175 8 2 | 2,808 0 2½ | 6,141 3 0½ | |
| Thames | ... | 179 7 6 | 683 15 10 | 256 18 6 | 6,132 11 1 | 192 13 8 | 14 10 11 | 7,459 17 6 | 2,456 17 10 | 2,709 18 7½ | 8,498 8 4 | 20 0 6 | 13,685 5 3½ | 21,145 2 9½ |
| Timaru | ... | 883 5 10 | 577 2 6 | 179 10 9 | 6,411 7 2 | 106 5 11 | 24 0 8 | 8,181 12 10 | 2,626 13 1 | 3,933 15 7½ | 607 8 2 | 38 3 5 | 7,206 0 3½ | 15,387 13 1½ |
| Wanganui | ... | 721 7 6 | 1,407 19 3 | 347 15 7 | 12,256 4 10½ | 271 15 5 | 41 4 9 | 15,046 7 4½ | 4,784 1 4 | 5,514 14 6 | 19,017 5 6½ | 70 11 10 | 29,386 13 2½ | 44,433 0 7 |
| Wellington | ... | 1,953 15 0 | 2,525 2 6 | 1,395 8 6 | 67,502 13 11 | 713 19 3 | 261 9 2 | 74,352 8 4 | 25,504 6 5 | 14,717 2 8½ | 5,009 1 3 | 444 16 6 | 45,675 6 10½ | 120,027 15 2½ |
| Westport | ... | 3 12 6 | 88 10 8 | 109 4 3 | 1,455 11 4 | 56 7 3 | 8 2 2 | 1,721 8 2 | 1,113 10 7 | 436 15 2 | 1,257 16 11 | 6 5 0 | 2,814 7 8 | 4,535 15 10 |
| Western Samoa | ... | ... | 21 9 0 | 650 10 0 | 1 4 2 | ... | 673 3 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 673 3 2 |
| Rarotonga* | ... | ... | 17 10 3 | 280 16 0 | ... | 1 1 7 | ... | 299 7 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 299 7 10 | |
| Totals, 1st quarter in 1925 | 10,400 18 5 | 20,940 15 3 | 8,556 1 5 | 289,918 7 3½ | 4,822 18 3 | 42,767 9 10 | 377,406 10 5½ | 108,001 11 6 | 92,524 2 11½ | 167,411 13 6 | 5,055 2 3 | 372,992 10 2½ | 750,399 0 8 | |
| Totals, 1st quarter in 1924 | 6,826 4 5 | 16,481 18 7 | 8,457 2 2 | 270,278 9 5½ | 4,530 5 4 | 21,953 18 6 | 323,527 18 5½ | 191,038 15 3½ | 163,240 1 0½ | 7,603 11 8 | 361,882 8 0 | 690,410 6 5½ |
General Post Office, Wellington, 23rd April, 1925.
- Rarotonga was created a Chief Office on 8th May, 1924.
A. T. MARKMAN, Secretary.
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🚂 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, 1925
🚂 Transport & Communications23 April 1925
Postal revenue, Telegraph revenue, Quarterly report, General Post Office, Postal districts
- A. T. Markman, Secretary