New Zealand Gazette – 1927 – No. 62

Page 2807

✨ Postal Note Transactions



SEPT. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2807

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, 1927.

POSTAL DISTRICTS. No. of Postal-note Offices open at the End of the Quarter. NUMBER OF POSTAL NOTES SOLD. Total Amount of Postal Notes sold, including Commission. Commission on Postal Notes sold.
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. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Auckland .. 248 43,706 10,004 24,712 25,122 13,590 35,783 15,596 8,223 12,170 188,906 46,860 0 10 1,193 9 10
Blenheim .. 19 1,688 628 1,607 1,593 816 2,067 1,050 653 988 11,040 3,156 3 0 72 18 6
Christchurch 84 24,855 3,782 10,937 10,712 4,962 13,554 7,329 3,574 6,014 85,119 20,918 5 2 527 7 2
Dunedin .. 103 20,195 4,342 10,677 10,798 5,988 13,407 7,659 4,368 5,528 82,962 21,158 19 4 522 13 4
Gisborne .. 25 2,900 1,226 2,701 2,663 1,632 3,898 2,057 983 1,968 20,028 5,928 10 8 135 11 2
Greymouth .. 33 1,874 773 2,006 2,113 1,226 2,929 1,739 908 1,567 15,135 4,754 10 3 104 9 3
Hamilton .. 107 15,251 5,242 12,808 13,276 7,081 17,018 9,058 4,819 6,833 91,436 25,035 9 6 596 11 6
Invercargill .. 53 6,998 2,341 5,636 5,574 2,918 7,772 4,211 2,367 3,562 41,379 11,883 6 5 274 0 11
Napier .. 63 5,827 2,204 5,559 5,897 3,231 7,321 4,085 2,254 3,226 39,604 11,285 17 1 262 5 7
Nelson .. 45 2,574 1,164 2,680 2,851 1,634 3,256 1,911 975 1,445 18,490 5,152 14 2 121 9 8
New Plymouth 53 4,904 2,121 5,228 5,300 2,639 6,279 3,765 2,277 2,916 35,429 10,295 13 7 234 5 1
Oamaru .. 15 2,134 534 1,547 1,576 869 1,881 1,133 642 979 11,295 3,200 2 6 74 1 6
Palmerston N. 56 7,925 2,351 6,231 6,589 3,370 8,201 4,711 2,537 3,708 45,623 12,840 14 2 299 8 2
Thames .. 49 6,283 1,953 5,072 4,820 2,723 6,485 3,447 2,132 2,714 35,629 9,869 4 2 232 13 8
Timaru .. 21 3,582 1,002 2,638 2,818 1,191 3,158 2,022 1,164 1,679 19,254 5,527 1 3 125 12 3
Wanganui .. 51 8,347 2,411 6,431 6,544 3,252 7,935 4,523 2,578 4,065 46,086 13,092 18 6 302 2 0
Wellington .. 120 29,437 4,933 13,613 14,169 7,657 20,277 9,249 5,143 8,504 112,982 28,895 15 8 717 19 8
Westport .. 22 1,391 565 1,311 1,427 731 2,001 1,320 752 1,219 10,717 3,549 2 7 74 16 7
Western Samoa 1 40 16 23 30 26 61 67 11 145 419 218 15 10 3 12 10
Rarotonga .. 6 66 33 82 88 66 91 64 38 66 594 188 4 7 4 2 1
Totals, 2nd qr. in 1927 1,174 189,977 47,625 120,899 123,960 65,602 163,374 84,996 46,398 69,296 912,127 243,811 9 3 5,879 10 9
Totals, 2nd qr. in 1926 1,170 79,901 39,736 118,404 123,863 63,353 155,054 82,822 43,011 76,652 782,796 238,220 19 6 5,334 15 0
POSTAL DISTRICTS. NUMBER OF POSTAL NOTES PAID. Total Amount of Postal Notes paid.
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. £ s. d.
Auckland .. 42,783 15,307 37,462 39,140 18,344 44,544 24,640 14,759 19,543 256,522 68,745 14 6
Blenheim .. 292 189 590 537 343 677 373 228 356 3,585 1,089 2 0
Christchurch 72,636 4,148 14,438 15,106 6,177 15,289 8,236 4,363 6,813 147,206 26,227 0 0
Dunedin .. 5,831 3,904 11,260 11,004 5,927 14,042 8,973 5,014 6,466 72,421 22,198 8 0
Gisborne .. 622 404 1,218 1,191 704 1,474 779 447 730 7,569 2,260 18 6
Greymouth 477 322 971 1,079 570 1,321 832 446 792 6,810 2,238 4 6
Hamilton .. 2,630 1,740 4,872 4,670 2,503 6,221 3,621 1,927 3,134 31,318 9,653 8 0
Invercargill 1,738 1,150 3,538 3,398 1,911 4,222 2,707 1,463 2,275 22,402 7,019 12 0
Napier .. 1,874 1,046 3,300 3,273 1,803 4,541 2,591 1,341 1,961 21,730 6,579 4 6
Nelson .. 902 618 1,744 1,727 989 2,157 1,209 709 930 10,985 3,235 11 6
New Plymouth 1,579 1,029 3,079 3,117 1,677 3,703 2,283 1,473 1,751 19,691 6,028 4 0
Oamaru .. 338 219 670 660 330 838 520 296 469 4,340 1,392 16 6
Palmerston North .. 2,348 1,569 4,621 4,814 2,551 6,370 3,358 1,818 2,730 30,179 9,046 11 6
Thames .. 807 522 1,470 1,448 810 1,997 1,104 667 1,006 9,831 3,086 10 0
Timaru .. 840 477 1,444 1,545 759 1,837 1,255 677 1,029 9,863 3,152 13 0
Wanganui 2,919 975 2,996 2,929 1,540 3,703 2,504 1,420 2,245 21,231 6,603 11 0
Wellington 32,326 11,346 24,694 27,601 16,930 47,240 19,502 9,062 17,777 206,478 57,060 15 6
Westport .. 212 131 362 405 200 562 440 263 446 3,021 1,141 0 0
Western Samoa 6 1 5 1 2 10 5 .. 4 34 10 6 0
Rarotonga 4 2 9 6 8 8 4 3 11 55 20 9 0
Totals, 2nd qr. in 1927 171,164 45,099 118,743 123,651 64,078 160,756 84,936 46,376 70,468 885,271 236,790 0 0
Totals, 2nd qr. in 1926 77,199 39,483 117,792 123,804 62,351 155,189 82,884 43,024 75,436 777,162 231,371 15 6

General Post Office, Wellington, 31st August, 1927. G. McNAMARA, Secretary.



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31 August 1927
Postal Notes, Transactions, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report, Statistics
  • G. McNamara, Secretary