POST AND TELEGRAPHS

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 260, 3 August 1928, Page 13

POST AND TELEGRAPHS

IMPROVING BUSINESS INCREASE IN REVENUE A large increase in post and telegraph revenue during the quarter ended June 30, 1928, compared with the corresponding period of last year, is disclosed in the return published in last night's Gazette. I’ostal revenue increased by £33,021, and telegraph revenue by £39,614, a total of £72,634. Nearly one-quarter of Die total revenue was collected in the Auckland postal district, the amount being £214.420, compared with £159,933 in the Wellington district, and £128,033 in the Christchurch district. The growing popularity of the longdistance telephone is shown by the fact that the tolls revenue for the Dominion during the June quarter was £103,461, an increase of over £13,000 compared with the corresponding period of last year. At the same time the total revenue from telegrams. £93,216, was over £13,000 less than for the June quarter of 1927. Under the heading telephone exchanges the revenue amounted to £317.809. an increase of over £27,000 over the June quarter of 1927. The total revenue from postages during the- quarter ended June 30, 1925, was £7700 greater than for the corresponding period of last year. In all other branches such as rural delivery fees, private box and bag rents, and money-order and postal note commissions decreases were shown, .with the exception, of “miscellaneous receipts (postal)'.”- chiefly handled by the General Post Office, which increased from £29,052 to £56.162. The main, revenue figures are shown in the following table: — ... ' Total Post and Total TeleTotal Tele- grapli

Totals, second quarter in 1928 .... 401,031 525,522 926,553 Totals, second quarter in 1927 .... 368,010 485,908 553..910

1 e l1 y General. Post Office Auckland . Blenheim Postal 55,253 77.132 graph revenue 11,097 137.2SS 5.643 £ 60,950 214,420 9.000 t Christchurch 40,730 87,296 128.032 Dunedin 25.401 18.059 43.460 Gisborne . (5.582 ■6.793 - 13.376 .Grey mon th :........ 4,507 5,521 10,119 Hamilton 22,800 47,356 70,157 Invercargill 13,452 9,986 23.438 1 Nil pier ... i 14.310 12.4 IS 26,734 Nelson ........... 5.2S5 7,300 12,586 New Plymouth .. 12.G03 9.850 22.514 Oamaru 3,882 7,031 10,914 Palmerston North 15.359 21.808 37,167 Thames — 6,194 13,420 Timarn 8.507 20,141 28,649 Wanganui ....... 13.895 16,605 30.501 Wellington 07.760 92,172 159.933 West port • 1.775 2,355 4,131 Western Samoa .. 586 . 5S6 Rarotonga ■ 453 1 454