✨ 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 31st DECEMBER, 1926.
| Rural | Private Box | Money-order | Postages. | Postal-note | Miscellaneous | Total | Telegrams. | Tolls. | Telephone | Miscellaneous | Total | Total Post |
| Delivery | and | Commission. | Commission. | Receipts | Postal. | Exchanges. | Telegraph. | Telegraph | and | |||
| Fees. | Bag Rents. | (Postal). | 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 | 4 18 10 | 181 4 0 | 214 6 6 | 51,862 7 11 | 52,262 12 3 | 7,299 15 6 | 1,110 13 7 | 8,410 9 1 | 60,673 1 4 | |||
| Auckland | 34 14 7 | 188 9 11 | 1,239 6 3 | 75,690 8 7½ | 1,145 18 8 | 261 7 7 | 78,560 5 7½ | 19,017 18 9½ | 13,384 11 0 | 94,019 5 10½ | 2,539 8 11 | 128,961 4 7 | 207,521 10 2½ |
| Blenheim | 0 10 0 | 4 3 10 | 70 6 0 | 2,780 9 9 | 71 16 7 | 10 19 0 | 2,938 5 2 | 1,651 11 7½ | 1,731 18 6 | 2,378 5 9 | 11 17 6 | 5,773 13 4½ | 8,711 18 6½ |
| Christchurch | 14 15 0 | 47 5 7 | 638 16 6 | 39,796 9 5 | 446 9 8 | 160 12 10 | 41,099 9 0 | 12,404 6 3 | 9,185 13 5 | 58,468 12 4½ | 1,278 16 2 | 81,337 8 2½ | 122,436 17 2½ |
| Dunedin | 28 0 5 | 33 6 5 | 532 8 0 | 25,292 3 3½ | 473 12 3 | 118 17 8 | 26,473 8 0½ | 8,512 17 8½ | 7,630 3 10 | 1,966 19 4 | 403 15 3 | 18,513 16 1½ | 44,987 4 2 |
| Gisborne | 14 9 1 | 178 19 0 | 5,716 11 3 | 128 15 10 | 31 19 7 | 6,070 14 9 | 3,111 1 3 | 3,834 17 10 | 508 4 8½ | 27 2 2 | 7,481 5 11½ | 13,552 0 8½ | |
| Greymouth | 22 10 10 | 174 7 6 | 4,109 1 8 | 100 17 9 | 19 4 8 | 4,426 2 5 | 2,989 0 4½ | 1,420 8 10 | 1,306 19 0 | 23 5 2 | 5,739 13 4½ | 10,165 15 9½ | |
| Hamilton | 27 2 1 | 51 13 0 | 576 17 11 | 19,581 7 3 | 629 17 4 | 30 5 8 | 20,897 3 3 | 5,978 14 5½ | 9,185 19 5½ | 30,309 16 8 | 163 17 10 | 45,638 8 5 | 66,535 11 8 |
| Invercargill | 15 18 4 | 36 7 6 | 253 0 0 | 11,791 9 4 | 248 2 1 | 25 18 2 | 12,370 15 5 | 3,827 1 2½ | 5,264 13 7½ | 534 5 10 | 60 3 8 | 9,686 4 4 | 22,056 19 9 |
| Napier.. | 4 3 0 | 30 2 10 | 301 6 6 | 11,718 15 0½ | 257 6 3 | 54 5 4 | 12,365 18 11½ | 4,691 17 3 | 7,136 4 1 | 919 2 8 | 71 17 9 | 12,819 1 9 | 25,185 0 8½ |
| Nelson.. | 0 15 0 | 9 0 7 | 132 12 6 | 4,778 6 10½ | 122 1 9 | 20 14 5 | 5,063 11 1½ | 2,124 1 3 | 1,898 14 3½ | 3,307 13 5 | 59 19 3 | 7,390 8 2½ | 12,453 19 4 |
| New Plymouth | 3 18 0 | 30 8 11 | 267 3 3 | 11,614 8 2 | 251 16 7 | 39 8 8 | 12,207 3 7 | 4,472 10 2 | 4,372 6 0½ | 669 6 1½ | 65 1 2 | 9,579 3 6 | 21,786 7 1 |
| Oamaru | 2 5 0 | 5 12 5 | 73 3 6 | 3,263 16 10 | 68 2 11 | 11 10 3 | 3,424 10 11 | 1,349 2 9½ | 1,301 18 4½ | 3,894 18 5 | 18 10 8 | 6,564 10 3 | 9,989 1 2 |
| Palmerston North | 17 0 0 | 26 16 1 | 308 13 0 | 14,626 11 7 | 315 4 9 | 33 16 11 | 15,328 2 4 | 4,545 10 9½ | 7 429 9 4½ | 10,375 10 0½ | 72 11 0 | 22,423 1 2½ | 37,751 3 6½ |
| Thames | 1 10 0 | 21 10 5 | 240 14 9 | 6,868 14 11½ | 248 8 11 | 13 10 9 | 7,394 9 9½ | 2,491 9 1½ | 3,124 18 9½ | 431 18 11 | 70 12 1 | 6,118 18 11 | 13,513 8 8½ |
| Timaru | 7 15 0 | 6 3 3 | 149 18 9 | 7,182 15 7 | 117 19 9 | 26 12 6 | 7,491 4 10 | 2,564 7 1 | 3,772 13 11½ | 12,695 5 0 | 66 10 11 | 19,098 16 11½ | 26,590 1 9½ |
| Wanganui | 6 10 10 | 30 1 3 | 294 6 0 | 13,263 2 4½ | 301 7 6 | 44 0 8 | 13,939 8 7½ | 4,486 15 10 | 5,402 16 11 | 7,052 5 2 | 119 1 5 | 17,060 19 4 | 31,000 7 11½ |
| Wellington | 8 15 0 | 101 15 3 | 982 3 3 | 65,713 4 8 | 635 19 6 | 250 16 0 | 67,692 13 8 | 22,913 4 6 | 9,418 8 3½ | 51,867 17 5 | 366 19 5 | 84,566 9 7½ | 152,259 3 3½ |
| Westport | 6 16 10 | 119 14 3 | 1,459 5 0 | 68 10 2 | 12 16 8 | 1,667 2 11 | 1,217 12 3½ | 511 5 2½ | 350 9 6 | 45 17 4 | 2,125 4 4 | 3,792 7 3 | |
| Western Samoa | 30 6 0 | 752 12 7 | 8 3 5 | 786 2 0 | 786 2 0 | |||||||
| Rarotonga | 14 16 3 | 464 14 9 | 2 7 4 | 481 18 4 | 481 18 4 | |||||||
| Totals, 4th quarter in 1926 | 168 12 3 | 671 7 10 | 6,755 3 2 | 326,678 15 6 | 5,637 19 0 | 53,029 5 3 | 392,941 3 0 | 108,349 2 9 | 96,007 1 10 | 288,356 11 8½ | 6,576 1 3 | 499,288 17 6½ | 892,230 0 6½ |
| Totals, 4th quarter in 1925 | 393 13 3 | 738 16 11 | 6,925 2 11 | 325,364 1 5½ | 5,411 5 3 | 42,449 8 8½ | 381,282 8 6 | 113,789 9 1 | 92,286 19 11½ | 289,570 19 6 | 1,548 12 3 | 497,196 0 9½ | 878,478 9 3½ |
General Post Office, Wellington, 25th January, 1927.
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