P. AND T. REVENUE

Evening Star, Issue 18543, 28 January 1924, Page 1

P. AND T. REVENUE

FOUR CENTRES COMPARED. Tho full return published in the ‘Gazette’ shows that the total revenue of the Post ami Telegraph Department for tho December quarter of la-st year amounted to £871,045, as against. £800,246 for tho corresponding quarter of 1922, malting an increase of rather more than £70,000 lor the quarter. The total postal revenue was £313,414 for the quarter, as compared with £404,720 for the December quarter of 1922; and the total telegraph revenue £557,630, as against £395,625. Postages for the quarter show a falling off of £93,000 odd, from £380,690 to £287,587; and telegrams a decrease of some £9,000, from £188,490 to £179,203. Tho revenue from the telephone exchanges, however, shows an increase of upwards of £170,000, from £201,650 to £371,841. Tho figures for the four main centres compare ns follow : —•

The total amount of the money orders issued during the quarter was £1,085,178 (£1,006,416 for December quarter, 1922); while that of the money orders paid was £074,358 (£919,513). In the four chief centres the total amounts of tho money orders issued were : Auckland, £202,030; Christchurch, £98,827; Dunedin, £81,633; Wellington, £194,586. The total amounts of the money orders paid were Auckland, £253,559; Christchurch, £115,116; Dunedin. £80,113; Wellington, £204,150. POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK. For the four centres tho figures compare as under : Deposits. Withdrawals.

Postal. Telegraph. Total. Auckland £68,863 £111,835 £180,698 Christchurch 38,879 83,863 122,742 Dunedin ... 23,982 38,182 62,155 Wellington 73,085 118,253 191,319

Auckland ... £1.575,085 £1,695,165 Christchurch 1,109,419 1,136,956 Dunedin 584,885 702,770 Wellington 1,807,189 1,860,465