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, 1924.

| Postal Revenue. | | | | | | | | Telegraph Revenue. | | | | | | | |
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| Rural Delivery Fees. | Private Box and Bag Rents. | Money-order Commission. | Postages. | Postal-note Commission. | Miscellaneous Receipts (Postal). | Total Postal. | 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 | ... | 0 19 6 | 173 4 2 | ... | ... | 41,508 5 1 | 41,682 8 9 | ... | ... | 6,833 1 8 | 3,385 7 10½ | 10,218 9 6½ | 51,900 18 3½ |
| Auckland | ... | 185 17 6 | 2,596 15 11 | 1,700 11 1 | 69,395 11 7½ | 1,065 7 6 | 237 2 6 | 75,181 6 1½ | 18,771 18 1½ | 12,229 16 5½ | 75,252 1 1 | 1,477 16 9 | 107,731 12 5 | 182,912 18 6½ |
| Blenheim | ... | 28 11 2 | 123 0 3 | 90 0 4 | 2,393 19 1 | 70 0 2 | 7 10 0 | 2,713 1 0 | 1,619 19 3½ | 1,437 16 8 | 178 7 7 | 3 15 0 | 3,239 18 6½ | 5,952 19 6½ |
| Christchurch | ... | 693 10 0 | 1,499 10 2 | 831 18 9 | 38,134 1 0 | 399 17 6 | 158 18 11 | 41,717 16 4 | 11,926 8 6½ | 8,930 2 6 | 54,011 2 4½ | 901 7 10 | 75,769 1 3 | 117,486 17 7 |
| Dunedin | ... | 134 10 0 | 894 12 8 | 642 11 4 | 22,753 7 0½ | 450 12 1 | 97 15 2 | 24,973 8 3½ | 8,107 19 0½ | 7,362 7 10 | 1,951 1 4 | 585 4 7 | 18,006 12 9½ | 42,980 1 1 |
| Gisborne | ... | 3 17 6 | 852 2 9 | 202 1 11 | 4,882 10 5½ | 127 11 2 | 27 18 4 | 6,096 2 1½ | 3,178 8 6½ | 3,678 17 1 | 500 12 6 | 53 13 8 | 7,411 11 9½ | 13,507 13 11 |
| Greymouth | ... | ... | 49 11 0 | 207 16 8 | 3,932 4 5 | 93 1 1 | 20 10 4 | 4,303 3 6 | 2,733 1 0½ | 1,258 16 2 | 99 2 3 | 25 0 0 | 4,115 19 5½ | 8,419 2 11½ |
| Hamilton | ... | 514 12 3 | 623 11 11 | 676 10 10 | 19,421 4 0½ | 563 5 1 | 23 5 1 | 21,822 9 2½ | 6,176 8 2 | 8,490 15 10½ | 27,054 5 1½ | 52 17 9 | 41,774 6 11 | 63,596 16 1½ |
| Invercargill | ... | 85 1 8 | 408 13 11 | 282 19 11 | 10,765 15 3 | 240 7 5 | 30 5 8 | 11,813 3 10 | 4,149 3 1½ | 4,981 1 7½ | 646 3 11 | 140 10 0 | 9,916 18 8 | 21,730 2 6 |
| Napier | ... | 154 7 6 | 954 12 6 | 417 4 9 | 12,140 5 2 | 278 3 7 | 43 6 3 | 13,987 19 9 | 5,286 11 2 | 8,124 18 1½ | 1,186 18 8½ | 77 10 6 | 14,675 18 6 | 28,663 18 3 |
| Nelson | ... | 10 10 0 | 100 9 3 | 160 3 8 | 4,368 17 4½ | 115 0 8 | 18 17 5 | 4,773 18 4½ | 2,102 16 5½ | 1,429 2 4 | 501 11 4 | 33 7 0 | 4,066 17 1½ | 8,840 15 6 |
| New Plymouth | ... | 157 0 0 | 284 4 7 | 321 10 5 | 11,488 15 4 | 230 6 4 | 33 19 6 | 12,515 16 2 | 4,361 0 6 | 4,017 18 0 | 697 9 9 | 25 18 6 | 9,102 6 9 | 21,618 2 11 |
| Oamaru | ... | 130 5 0 | 195 19 11 | 77 4 11 | 2,927 10 10 | 62 7 0 | 7 9 4 | 3,400 17 0 | 1,322 2 0½ | 1,152 11 10 | 3,063 15 0 | 25 10 0 | 5,563 18 10½ | 8,964 15 10½ |
| Thames | ... | 2 0 0 | 166 1 4 | 289 19 1 | 6,355 18 1½ | 217 7 4 | 9 16 8 | 7,041 2 6½ | 2,509 14 10½ | 2,761 17 4 | 312 0 6½ | 22 7 8 | 5,606 0 5 | 12,647 2 11½ |
| Timaru | ... | 301 18 9 | 369 15 0 | 173 6 2 | 6,135 1 1½ | 110 2 1 | 19 2 4 | 7,109 5 5½ | 2,419 14 3 | 3,645 13 0 | 10,532 4 4 | 62 7 6 | 16,659 19 1 | 23,769 4 6½ |
| Wanganui | ... | 168 2 6 | 527 13 10 | 360 16 4 | 12,553 15 11½ | 298 2 0 | 41 10 2 | 13,950 0 9½ | 4,625 13 8½ | 5,199 17 0½ | 947 12 5½ | 75 5 0 | 10,848 8 2½ | 24,798 9 0 |
| Wellington | ... | 684 4 2 | 3,395 9 5 | 1,525 16 6 | 69,842 2 5½ | 746 14 10 | 241 18 8 | 76,436 6 0½ | 25,857 19 7 | 14,786 18 3 | 85,277 6 6 | 1,712 9 4 | 127,634 13 8 | 204,070 19 8½ |
| Westport | ... | 1 7 6 | 68 17 6 | 132 5 4 | 1,605 6 6 | 59 12 0 | 9 7 2 | 1,876 16 0 | 1,176 19 1½ | 437 3 4 | 38 14 6 | 2 10 0 | 1,655 6 11½ | 3,532 2 11½ |
| Western Samoa | ... | ... | ... | 31 0 8 | 1,135 5 0 | 2 17 5 | ... | 1,169 3 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,169 3 1 |
| Rarotonga | ... | ... | ... | 23 3 10 | 483 14 6 | 2 13 0 | ... | 509 11 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 509 11 4 |

Totals, 4th quarter in 1924 3,255 15 6 13,112 1 5 8,320 6 8 300,715 5 3½ 5,133 8 3 42,536 18 7 373,073 15 8½ 106,325 17 7 89,925 13 5½ 269,083 10 11½ 8,662 18 11½ 473,998 0 11½ 847,071 16 8

Totals, 4th quarter in 1923 1,641 18 7 9,497 6 4 8,312 12 10 287,587 2 10½ 4,665 0 11 1,710 8 3½ 313,414 9 10 179,203 3 4 371,841 13 1½ 6,585 15 1 557,630 11 6½ 871,045 1 4½

General Post Office, Wellington, 23rd January, 1925.

A. T. MARKMAN, Secretary.