POSTAL BUSINESS.
FIRST QUARTER
The following returns, ,taken from the New Zealand Gazette of July 28, give the postal and telegraph business transacted in the various postal districts of New Zealand for the quarter ended June 30, 1921. They show that Thames district does more business than several districts that are graded above it: — SAYINGS BANK.
WithDeposits drawals. £ £ Wellington 1,726,597 1,659,783 Auckland . .. 1,599,292 1,703,578 Christchurch! 1,264,849 1,143,760 Dunedin 669,752 675,080 Hamilton 499,842 355,893 Napier .. .. 375,220 390,919 Wanganui 343,677 346,137 New Plymouth.. 294,539 316,509 Timaru 285,697 241,557 Invercargill 253,290 248,044 Gisborne .. .. 206,126 188,120 Thames 184,843. 171,327 Nelson 153,829 158,702 Oamaru 102,694 105,656 Greymouth 93,665 70,502 Blenheim 85,449 103,389 Westport 51,443 45,716’ Hokitika 18,070 13,414 Western Samoa 11,961 7,061 Totals, 2nd qr., .1921 .. .. 8,220,843 7,945,158 Totals, 2nd qr., 1920 .. .. 9,025,516 7,859,479 TELEGRAPH BUSINESS. Number. Amount. Wellington 616,723 35,40? Auckland 50S.5S7 27,491 Christchurch 291,103 17,109 Hamilton .. 270,217 12,870 Dunedin 223,037 12,674 Napier ( 228,454 10,762 Wanganui 158,906 8,443 New Plymouth.. 152,002 7,048 Invercargill 142,83S 7,100 Thames 110,190 5,378 Timaru 89,995 4,979 Gisborne 88,738 5,968 Nelson 60,265 3,164 Blenheim 56,674 2,717 . Greymouth 36,817 2,279 Oamaru 35,526 2,289 Westport 23,635 1,415 Hokitika 18,276 852 Totals, 2nd qr. 1921 .. .. 3,111,938 167,953 Totals, 2nd qr. 1920 .. .. 3,709,799 151,581 POST AND TELEGRAPH REVENUE. 1 £ s. d. Wellington .. .. 179,701 14 11 Auckland Christchurch .. 97,212 8 2 Hamilton '• .. 56,404 17 2 •Dunedin 39,653 14 6 Napier .. 28,500 8 5 Wanganui 25,104 17 10 Timaru 21,171 6 5 New Plymouth 21,048 9 6 Invercargill 20,104 19 1 Thames .. 15,665 14 10 Gisborne 12,494 12- 10 Nelson .. 9,495 13 2 Oamaru 6,642 5 7 Blenheim 6,279 4" 2 Greymouth 5,940 16 6 Westport 3,576 1 1 Hokitika/ 1,956 19 7 General Post Office 1,559 15 9 Western Samoa .. .. 768 8 7 Totals, 2nd qr, 1921 .. 702,419 12 10 Totals, 2nd qr., 1920 .. 553,420 4 4
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Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 14728, 5 August 1921, Page 8
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302POSTAL BUSINESS. Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 14728, 5 August 1921, Page 8
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