POSTAL REVENUE.
A COMPARISON OF YEARS. LARGE INCREASES. The following comparative statement shows the volume of business transacted iu the Wellington Postal District and throughout the Dominion, during the .calendar years 1911 and 1912:— MONEY OBDEKS ISSUED. Wellington district— 1911. 1912. 'Number '... 101,177 111,127 Amount .'. iE43G,799 .£515,431 Commission ...... . . «£3,2 Ci i .€3,328 Dominion- 1911. 1912. Number G07.7C4 660,425 Amount ,£2,759,393 .£3,231,349 Commission ... .£15,307, . „£IG,39S SAVINGS BANK. Wellington district— 1911. 1912. Deposits d£2,12G,518 .£2,159,581 ' Withdrawals ... ,£1,938,922 .£2,099,761 No w accounts «. opened • 10,924 16,616 Dominion— 11911. 1912. Deposits £11,627,307 £11,725,182 . Withdrawals ... £10,662,045 £11,449,711 No w accounts opened ......... 85,912 85,529. POSTAL NOTES SOLD. ..','. Wellington district— 1911. 1912. Number 286,668 312,020 i- Amount. -~' .1 £105,597 Commission ...;. '■-; £1,379 £1,458 Dominion 1 — ■' lull. 1912. Number ..;....... 1,786,229 1,938,598 Amount £573,291 £625,826 Commission £8,200 £8,886 TELEGRAPH ■ Wellington district— 1911;: 1912.. No. of telegrams 1,813,174 1,962,939 Amount ............ : £57,952 £62,277 Dominion— 1911. ' 1912. No. of telegrams . 8,847,884 9,7-13^534 Amount;. £313,802 ' 'TELEPHONE BUSINESS. ' Wellington district— 1911.' 1912. No. of connections > 7,GSG 8,629 Amount *£35,374 4£30,071 Dominion— 1911. ,1912. No. of oonnettions' '■ 36,012 41,821 • Amount ...:. *£178,961 t£154,933 POSTAL BUSINESS. Wellington district— 1911. 19l£ , Stamp sales £131,298' £145,228' •Dominion— •'. 1911. 1912. ."'Stamp'sales i ' £560,037 £590,849 ''Includes, half-year October to' March rentals.
flneludcs December quarter rentals only. The apparent diminution in telephone revenue is due to the fact that at the end of September last a new plan was instituted under which rents are' collected quarterly instead of half-yearly. Revenue is thus outstanding which under tho system in vogue in 1911 would have been in hand. ■'■'•' ,
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1665, 4 February 1913, Page 10
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252POSTAL REVENUE. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1665, 4 February 1913, Page 10
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