New Zealand Gazette – 1896 – No. 82

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✨ Telegraph Business Statistics



STATEMENT of TELEGRAPH BUSINESS within the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the COLONY of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 30th September, 1896.

POSTAL DISTRICTS. Number of Offices open at End of Quarter. Ordinary Telegrams. Urgent Ordinary Telegrams. Press Telegrams.* Bureau Communications. Total. Government Telegrams.
Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Value.
Auckland .. .. .. .. 157 98,487 £ s. d. 4,185 16 4½ 6,315 £ s. d. 596 7 5 4,874 £ s. d. 393 0 6 6,070 £ s. d. 117 14 0 115,746 £ s. d. 5,292 18 3½ 8,875 £ s. d. 773 16 3
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 19 7,061 283 16 10 318 27 9 7 92 49 19 2 406 11 10 9 7,877 372 16 4 1,295 108 12 3
Christchurch .. .. .. .. 76 45,512 1,838 19 1 1,985 187 0 11 2,196 480 1 6 1,810 47 7 3 51,503 2,553 8 9 4,692 414 15 4
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 118 52,577 2,142 1 7 1,934 186 1 9 3,315 377 11 2 4,498 103 13 10 62,324 2,809 8 4 4,287 392 8 8
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 15 8,646 370 0 0 377 33 13 4 266 64 14 7 .. .. 9,289 468 7 11 980 85 6 5
Greymouth .. .. .. .. 10 11,946 470 18 10 430 39 5 11 278 117 13 7 .. .. 12,654 627 18 4 1,260 126 12 1
Hokitika .. .. .. .. 16 5,410 207 8 10 165 14 3 0 93 60 12 0 .. .. 5,668 282 3 10 498 58 19 8
Invercargill .. .. .. .. 59 19,468 766 9 10½ 464 66 18 9 691 114 10 0 8,264 203 10 9 28,887 1,151 9 4½ 1,741 172 10 8
Napier .. .. .. .. 39 25,092 1,010 16 10½ 1,134 106 18 10½ 1,069 253 11 7 673 19 4 3 27,968 1,390 11 7 2,151 192 4 8
Nelson .. .. .. .. 33 11,012 228 1 3 426 31 11 10 859 124 1 1 9 0 4 3 12,306 383 18 5 1,795 137 16 2
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. 16 11,234 410 3 2 422 39 12 4 633 68 9 11 190 5 2 11 12,479 523 8 4 1,638 189 18 9
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 19 5,310 203 11 6 162 14 19 10 49 134 1 9 405 15 17 3 5,926 368 10 .4 438 36 14 0
Thames .. .. .. .. 21 30,206 1,190 4 8 3,034 242 4 1 503 107 10 1 389 12 1 9 34,132 1,552 0 7 2,064 179 14 4
Timaru .. .. .. .. 20 9,376 347 15 10 428 25 16 6 478 102 6 6 .. .. 10,282 475 18 10 787 69 5 4
Wanganui .. .. .. .. 32 22,258 801 3 11½ 879 67 8 6 601 175 7 6 173 4 5 3 23,911 1,048 5 2½ 2,220 213 13 2
Wellington .. .. .. .. 85 78,423 3,338 7 4½ 3,926 363 6 9 34,689 168 4 6 1,995 54 8 1 119,033 3,924 6 8½ 18,793 1,970 11 3
Westport .. .. .. .. 20 9,132 361 8 3 416 58 8 10 305 48 9 8 .. .. 9,853 468 6 9 1,238 108 3 9
Total 3rd quarter in 1896 .. .. .. 755 451,150 18,157 4 3½ 22,815 2,101 8 2½ 50,991 2,840 5 1 24,882 595 0 4 549,838 23,693 17 11 54,752 5,231 2 9
Total 3rd quarter in 1895 .. .. .. 722 371,242 17,141 7 4½ 13,714 1,748 7 0 52,002 2,771 11 2 19,999 476 17 4 456,957 22,138 2 10½ 53,806 6,310 19 9

*The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1896.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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21 October 1896
Telegraph, Postal districts, Statistics, 1896, New Zealand
  • W. Gray, Secretary