The total revenue collected in tlio Gisborne postal district for the quarter ending December 31 last amounted to £4773. 18s. Of this amount postal receipts' represented £lßl4. and included salo of m -■£> money . order commission £V4, postal note commission £25, eiivato box and bag rents £l9. The telegraphic revenue £3529) included telegrams £2OOS, >and telephone exchange £1512. A. total of 2780 money orders was issued, (representing £12,889, whilst 1013, representing £51535, were paidin the savings ba,nk_ 542 accovtiiis were opened, and 367 S deposits, representing £53,270, were a ado. T oe- 1 withdrawals numbered £3325, exceeding the amount deposited by a. 390. A total! of 32,905 ordinary telegrams were handled,, also 1948 urgent*, and 1371 press messages. Bureau communications numbered 22.. 13.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2411, 28 January 1909, Page 4
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