COUNTING IN MILLIONS
DOMINION’S POSTAL TURNOVER.
THE LETTER-WRITING HABIT,
The Post Office is so closely in touch with the activities of the community that its business turnover, particularly on the postal side, is a very fair indication of the general financial position of the Dominion. For this reason, the figures relating to the postal work of the department for the year 1934, disclosing increases, some of them particularly large, in every section, can be taken as a very reassuring indication of greater vigour in the pulse of commerce. ' .
The most outstanding advance during the year was in connection with letters and letter-cards posted and delivered in the Dominion. The department made its contribution to lowered costs of business in June, 1932, when it reverted to penny postage, so that the stimulating effect of that reduction may be said to have worked itself out, leaving the recent variation to stand as a plain indication of greater letterwriting activity. Thirteen millions represent the net increase in this business for 1934, compared with the previous year, and the gross figures make an impressive total of 275,063,943. The extent of the letter-writing habit in different centres is shown by the following details from postal districts: Auckland 56,000,000 Wellington 48,500,000 Christchurch 35,000,000 Dunedin ' 23,000,000 Hamilton 18,750,000 Napier 13,000,000 Invercargill 12,800,000 Palmerston North .... 12,000,000
The parcels post business may also be taken as a good indicator of commercial activity., Here it is found that last year’s total of 3,460,719 parcels posted and delivered shows an improvement of 174,531 over the total for .the previous year. Book -packages and commercial papers increased in number by over 12- millions, reaching a total in excess of 167 millions. Millions having been quoted somewhat freely, it is appropriate to add that the'cash value of the postage side of the department’s business for 1934 was approximately one million pounds.
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Northern Advocate, 23 March 1935, Page 11
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308COUNTING IN MILLIONS Northern Advocate, 23 March 1935, Page 11
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